Chapter 1: Fate Restarted
Late June 1995
The Moirai, otherwise known as the three Fates, sat looking at the tapestry they had spent their entire existence weaving.
"Look at this! It's ruined. Everything ends. Where did the ending start?"
They carefully followed the threads back to the exact moment that everything changed.
"Ah, this is the one that ends first It is Albus Dumbledore, a wizard in the United Kingdom. Shit. Albus Dumbledore committed suicide." Lakhesis said as she held his thread.
"That was not to happen. I did not cut his thread. Klotho did you not spin thread for him?" Atropos said
"Of course I did Atropos, but as I said there is no more material to spin ANY threads out of."
"Why?"
"Hmm… He made a grievous error. He put Harry back into the Dursley home and obliviated everyone. We can't change the magical world. But we can change the non-magical one." Lakhesis said.
"But at what price dear sister?" Klotho asked.
"If Vernon didn't have a bad day, he would not have beaten Harry. We'll just have to make that change." Lakhesis answered.
"But then… well no you're right. That we can change. Do you agree with us sister?" Klotho asked.
"Not really but change it we shall." Atropos said.
The sisters focused all their magic on going to mid-morning of that day and stepped through into the world.
June 30, 1991
They followed Vernon all day making small adjustments to things around Vernon as needed. Lunch time came and Vernon sent a quick note to his boss that he was going to try again to schmooze that big account before the man left town. He would be meeting him at a pub of the potential client's choice. He even took his boss's and read up on the particular man he was meeting.
The Moirai were not visible to the patrons of the pub where Vernon Dursley was having a 'wet lunch'. They watch unaffected as he chatted up the important client that sat across from him.
"So Mr. Dursley you are saying that you can guarantee us the price I mentioned?"
"As soon as my boss approves it. I'll ask him as soon as I get back to the office."
"You can use my cellular phone to call him."
"Thank you."
Vernon took the offered phone and called his boss. After ten minutes of explaining the particulars of the agreed upon price and delivery dates he hung up with a grin.
"He agreed. The contracts are being drawn up as we speak. They'll be ready for you and your legal team to look over by tomorrow noon. I do have to commend you on your negotiating skills sir. I had a lovely time haggling with you. Now as our business is done we should go." Vernon said as he handed the man his phone back,
"Come now Mr. Dursley, go out to dinner with me, my treat." The man said as he shoved a tall glass of bourbon into Vernon's hand. "You must at least drink to the celebration of the contract."
"Regretfully I must decline." Vernon said as he eyed the drink. He remembered the Dr. telling him he shouldn't drink with his new heart medication.
Mr. Black looked coldly into Vernon's eyes and practically growled, "I insist upon it." as he shoved the drink in Vernon's direction.
Vernon didn't know what got into him as he took the drink and slammed it back nearly choking as the liquor burned its way into his stomach. He set the glass down and said the only excuse he could think of to get out of going to dinner.
"My family always has dinner together."
"They can come too. Call them"
Vernon took the phone and called home. He knew that Petunia would jump at the chance but he didn't want to be seen in public with the skinny bint. They had a code. If he called her anything but her name it meant that she should decline. If she didn't once home he would not only beat the living out of that freaky brat of her dead sister's but he'd also insist on her performing her 'wifely duties',
"Petunia darling, we've been invited to dinner. Get yourself and Dudley ready. Well okay, if you're sure." Vernon said before hanging up. "My wife has a migraine headache and my son is taking care of her so they can't come but they are insisting I still go. Where should we meet?"
"I'll pick you up at your office at 6 o'clock this evening. See you then Mr. Dursley."
"Very well, have a good day Mr. Black."
Vernon and Mr. Black parted company as they left the pub and went to their respective cars. Vernon pulled onto the highway and slammed the accelerator to the floor as he weaved in and out of traffic. Thirty minutes later he walked into his office and sat at his desk. A frown flitted across his face as he rubbed his chest.
"Oi, I should not have had that last drink. Now I have the worse heartburn."
Vernon retrieved some antacids from his secretary and told her he wasn't to be disturbed until 5pm. She nodded and went back to typing. As soon as he was back in his office she sent a rude gesture in his direction and pulled out her Walkman. Slipping the headphones on, she hit play and was lost to the music rather quickly.
Atropos reached down and pushed the volume on the Walkman up and the volume on the phone down. They then faded out of the muggle world and back into their lair. They watched as the tapestry started to reweave itself. They happily went back to work as the threads multiplied and again were without end.
An hour later Vernon loosened his tie and peeled off his jacket. As he set the jacket over the back of his chair he grimaced and gasped out in pain as he grabbed his arm. He made to grab the phone but missed it as he fell to the floor. He lay on the floor gasping for air as pain and numbness radiated throughout his chest and left arm. As the next few hours passed his breathing became more labored and his color went from a splotchy purple to a greyish blue.
At 5pm just as she was about to lock up and leave for the day the young secretary knocked on the door to Vernon's office and opened the door.
"Mr. Dursley its 5 o'clock and OH MY GOD MR. DURSLEY!" she shrieked as she spotted him lying on the floor. She grabbed the phone and called for emergency transportation. She struggled to perform CPR as she waited for help to get there.
Half way to the hospital Vernon's heart stopped beating. The EMT's struggled to restart his heart. Just four minutes out from the hospital they turned the sirens off and made the call to the hospital that the man had passed away. At that exact moment at #4 Privet Drive in Surrey a blinding flash of light lit up the house and a soft clink was heard as the ring binding Petunia to Vernon fell to the floor. A slender stick of wood appeared out of thin air in front of Petunia.
Harry stared at the wand in amazement. It looked exactly like the one from his dream. Dudley snatched it out of the air and danced gleefully thru the house brandishing it as one would a toy sword. He jabbed the couch with it and jumped back as the couch turned from a drab color to an electric blue.
"What happened?" Dudley asked in a quiet voice.
"Dudley I'm sorry to tell you this but you are a wizard. Just Like Me. We are not freaks. Your mum can do magic to. So could your real dad. Vernon was your stepfather. Being the wand appeared I would say that he's dead. Right Aunt Petunia?"
"Huh, what? Dudley how did you get my wand?"
"It was in front of you. I took it and was playing at being Gandalf the Grey from The Hobbit, it's a book from a science fiction/fantasy series I'm reading and the couch turned blue. Mum is Vernon really just my stepfather?"
"Yes. Honey, I was bound by strong magic to Vernon. But not anymore."
"What changed?"
"I um well, the only reason that my ring would come off is if he died."
"Oh. I... I'll be in my room."
"Dudley, our names are nowhere on any of the deeds to this house. Marge is listed as beneficiary to everything. We'll need to leave. Go pack up a single duffle bag of clothes and bring down a duffle for Harry too. Hurry. Once Marge gets that call, she'll be over here and will throw us out. DO IT DUDLEY!"
Harry pulled all of his stuff out of the cupboard and called for Spot.
"Yes Master Harry?"
"Pack up everything of Dudley's and Petunia's. We're moving."
"Right away Master Harry."
"Rover!"
"Yes?"
"Place these books on Severus's kitchen table." Harry said as he handed Rover two books after placing a bookmark in one in the section that mentioned Horcruxes.
Rover glanced at the titles RITUALS & CERAMONIES FOR YOUR SOUL and BINDING SPELLS & POTIONS and shuddered at the thought of anyone using either one.
"Master Harry, these is very bad books. I is doing as you tell but I wants to engulf books in fire. But you wants Master Severus to has them so Rover is doing as you say."
"Thank you Rover. He needs them to find the cures for the Sclave Elixir and the Magi Inservio spell
Harry ran upstairs and helped Dudley pack up his things. Within half an hour everything was packed shrank and in Petunia's pocket book. She called for the Knight Bus. They went to Diagon Alley. Once there they went to Gringott's.
"Mum, what are we doing here? And what are those creatures?" Dudley asked in a shaky scared voice.
"They are goblins. They are a very proud and regal race of beings. Show them respect, be polite and NEVER try to cheat or steal from them. They have a tendency to be vicious in regards to thieves and liars." Petunia said before walking to a free goblin."
"Hello. My name is Petunia Stuart Evans and I need to speak to my account manager, I don't actually know his name."
"I am who you are seeking. How may I help you?"
"I need to file a marriage certificate and proof of consummation for a Handfasting along with several birth certificates from the muggle word."
"Follow me."
Petunia and the boys followed the goblin into a private office and sat down; she carefully pulled the four muggle birth certificates of Dudley, Harry, Elliane, and Pandora's. She magically corrected the line on Dudley's that listed Vernon as Dudley's father so that it listed his father as Sirius Orion Black. She glanced at Harry's and was happy to see that it listed Severus as Harry's father.
She went and found Dudley.
"Dudley, since we're in a new world that you've known you get to choose a new name. What would you like it to be?"
"That depends… Who picked out the name Dudley?"
"I did. I have a great uncle Dudley that was very kind to me at one time in my life."
"Well then I'd like to keep Dudley. Do I have an Uncle on my father's side?"
"Yes his name was Regulus."
"Can I keep Dursley? I was rather fond of Grandfather Dursley."
"Yes. So I take it you would like your new name to be Dudley Regulus Dursley Black?"
"Black?"
"Your birth father's name is Sirius Orion Black."
"Sure."
"Harry, what would you like your new name to be?"
"Harry Corvinus Snape."
"How about Harry Corvinus Snape – Evans?"
"Sounds good."
"Give me all of the certificates." The goblin said as he pulled out a stack of blank forms.
Petunia handed over them over and watched as the Goblin filled out the blank forms. He spoke aloud as he wrote.
"Date of Muggle Marriage: May 1, 1977
Date of Magical Handfasting: N/A
Date of Consummation: May 1, 1977
Muggle Groom's Name: Vernon Dursley
Magical Bride's Name: Petunia Stuart Evans
Children born to Marriage: One
Date of Birth: June 23, 1980
Time of Birth: 6:23pm
Place of Birth: Surrey General Hospital
Mother's name: Petunia Stuart Dursley nee Evans
Father's Name: Sirius Orion Black
Child's Name: Dudley Regulus Dursley Black
Vault Numbers: Stuart vault 710, Black vault 711, and Corvinus vault 945
Date of Muggle Marriage: May 1, 1977
Date of Magical Handfasting: May 1, 1977
Date of Consummation: May 1, 1977
Groom's Name: Severus Snape
Bride's Name: Lillian Evans
Children born to Marriage: Three
1st child
Date of birth: July 31, 1980
Time of Birth: 11:45 pm
Place of Birth: St. Mungo's
Mother's name: Lillian Snape nee Evans
Father's Name: Severus Snape
Child's Name: Harry Corvinus Evans – Snape
Vault Numbers: Potter vault 678, Prince vault 687, and Corvinus 945
2nd child
Date of Birth: July 31st, 1980
Time of Birth: 11:52pm
Place of Birth: St. Mungo's
Mother's name: Lillian Snape nee Evans
Father's Name: Severus Snape
Child's Name: Elliane Phoenix
Vault Numbers: Prince Vault number 687 and Corvinus vault 945
3rd child
Date of Birth: July 31st, of 1980
Time of Birth: 11:59pm
Place of Birth: Surrey General Hospital
Mother's name: Lillian Snape nee Evans
Father's Name: Tom Marvolo Riddle
Child's Name: Pandora Slytherin-Corvinus
Vault Numbers: Corvinus vault 945 and Slytherin vault 256
I take it you wish to visit the Corvinus Vault?"
"No, I'd like to visit the Stuart vault. I need to withdraw enough money to purchase four Hogwart's first year students necessities and full wizarding wardrobes for six people."
The goblin took the three down to the Stuart vault where Petunia withdrew enough money from the vault to cover all the upcoming expenses. She then took the boys to Twilfitt and Tatting's. Once they all had proper wizarding wardrobes, school uniforms and proper travel trunks she took Harry to See Things, the wizarding optometrist. She paid for Harry to get his vision fixed and even had Dudley's eyes examined.
They then went to the apothecary and bought up complete sets of the necessary potions ingredients for their first year along with cauldrons and the additional equipment that would be required. Next they visited the stationary shop and bought up a ton of parchment and writing supplies. They then bought plenty of books on all the subjects taught at Hogwarts. The last shop they visited was Ollivander's where they purchased wand holsters and care kits along with their wands.
Once all that was done she re summoned the Knight Bus and had it take them to the Stuart Estate. Once there she placed it under the Fidelius Charm.