Disclaimer:

I do not own the characters of Harry Potter, these belong to that wonderful author JK Rowling and the various publishing companies used to publish her works. I am however borrowing them, no not to make money but for fun and fun only.

Summary:

Totally canon, twenty five years after the battle the magical world is still suffering from the effects of Voldemort. Harry and Ginny find a time turner and end up back in time twenty seven years. Can they make the world a better place?

Harry and Ginny will stay a couple here, just a warning for that. There is going to be lots of violence and angst and all that good stuff. Harry will not hold back this time around, he is going to kill but that does not mean he is dark or evil, no he is a soldier here and as such he will do what he has to do to stop as much misery as he can.

Now I know quite a few people have been confused by the structure of the story. I apologize I did not explain fully what is going on. At the beginning of each chapter there will be an italicized portion, a paragraph before the main story begins. This is the portion of the future time, little snippets of what happened and why Harry and Ginny went back in time. Then the story of them back in time comes up, do hope that clears up a few things and again I do apologize for not putting this in before.

ETA 12/07/2011

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Chapter One: Turned Back Time:

This has to work, we messed up this time, the world is not the one we fought to save…. Did we even fight to save the world? I fought Voldemort, maybe it should have been more…. Time turners are not meant to be used this way, you will die. Then we die, better to die trying than live in this cold world, maybe this time our prayers will be answered. …I am going with you, I will not be left behind this time... This one goes back months, but it has not been tested, it is just theory… 256 months give or take, end of fourth year… Are you ready? One, two, three….

Quidditch World Cup August 1994:

Harry became aware of cheering, as his vision returned to him he looked around in surprise. He was early, nearly a year earlier than he had wanted, though that was a success, at least he was not eleven again and waking up in that ruddy cupboard. He was not sure he could have stood seeing Petunia, he hated her so much, not for what she had done to him but to Dudley, his dear wife and their children. She had found out they were magical and Dudley was forced into hiding from his own mother. At the time of Harry going back in time Dudley lived in Grimmauld place more a prisoner as he could not go out for fear Petunia would find him. Harry was glad to be fourteen and not a scrawny eleven year old boy again. Still the world cup! Then it hit him, he could change things here, stun Winky and use the Imperious curse on Barty to force himself to turn himself in.

There had not been much of a plan going back, find the Horcruxes early, figure out how to get Severus to see him for him. Stop their classmates joining Voldemort, save as many lives they could, that sort of thing. He turned to see his friends, Ron was seated grinning as the players took the field, Hermione was unscarred and there was no haunted look in her eyes. Ginny, Ginny looked at him and smiled and winked, she had made it back! He was not alone and his love was here too! They would have to fine a time to talk, but not now, not here it was too dangerous. He had work to do and was going to take Barty Crouch down, this should help save some lives, and it would hopefully keep him out of the tournament. He did enjoy the game and cheered as Krum caught the snitch even though Bulgaria lost he was the star of the game.

"What a game!" Ron said, "that was amazing!"

"I agree, Krum really is amazing!" Harry replied as they got up after the presentation to leave, "can you excuse me? I have to use the toilet."

"Sure mate, don't get lost." Ron said.

Harry slipped off but did not go to the toilets, he followed the tiny form of Winky the house elf, once between some tents he pulled out his wand and stunned her then summoned the invisibility cloak and stunned Crouch before he ever even saw him. Then he put the Imperious curse on him to turn himself in and quickly walked away, satisfied with a job well done. He made his way back to the Weasley tents and joined in the celebrations there, one thing he did for Ron was replace the hundred pieces of Leprechaun gold with the real thing. His friend would never know the difference and would not "lose" any gold this time. He even managed to sneak real gold to Fred and George to replace the fake gold Ludo Bagman tried to pass off on them. It set him back six hundred galleons and took a major dent out of the bag of galleons he carried. He might have only been to his vault in Diagon Alley once but he could request money which he did, mostly for nutrient potions and wizard rations when he had to go back to his loving relations and they were not cheap at all.

He went to bed and was actually getting a decent night's rest when he was woke by screaming and shouts. He jumped up and dressed quickly, his years as an Auror drilled into him. He walked out the flap of the tent and saw the same sick scene as before, the muggles being toyed with, but then something changed, something was different he could feel it. He walked up and saw the muggles summoned and he turned his blood running cold as he saw Barty Crouch watching with an insane gleam in his eyes. Harry turned and saw the hooded, masked and robed death eaters turn and face each other. In some sort of sick and horrible irony there were an equal number of death eaters, he watched almost in slow motion as the death eaters cast the killing curse at each other and all fell dead. They fell to the ground dead and Harry screamed in rage, wand out he turned to Crouch.

"What did you do?" He screamed.

"What they deserved, they betrayed my master!" Crouch said, "they had to die!"

"No you will die now!" Harry screamed, "you bastard, you utter bastard!"

"Avada Kedavra!" Crouch shouted.

Ginny was running as she saw the killing curse head to Harry, someone was holding her back, someone was screaming and crying and she realized that was her. She saw Harry hit the ground lifeless and she screamed in horror and struggled to get free from Fred and George who were pale and holding her back. Aurors had Crouch who was laughing and others were removing the masks of the death eaters, she focused only on Harry and did not see the death eaters. She saw a young teen, slender pale with short white blond hair and gray eyes stagger to the dead body of one of the men, long white blond hair, pale skin lifeless gray eyes. He fell to his knees by his father's side, tears in his eyes. He closed his father's eyes and did not even wipe away the tears falling down his face. Barty Crouch was laughing and laughing and would not stop and Draco got up to face him tears streaming down his face but rage in his eyes.

"What is the matter baby Malfoy?" Crouch sneered, "miss your daddy? Don't worry you can join him soon enough!"

"You bastard, you killed them, you killed them all!" Draco snarled rage in his face, something that scared even Ginny as she had never seen him so angry.

"Yes, and it was so easy, snuck up on them a well place little curse and they were mine to do with as I chose and I chose to kill them, well my worthless father first. He dared keep me as a slave all those years, soon you all will pay!"

"Sectumsempra!" Draco screamed his wand out he slashed it hard at Crouch and the curse bit into Crouch's neck, said head rolled to the earth and the body of the death eater sagged to the ground, "go to hell you bastard!"

"What, was that Barty Crouch's son?" Fudge said walking up looking pale as he did so, "what happened here?"

He was filled in and Draco turned to where Harry still lay so still on the ground and fell to his knees at his side. He did not want Harry dead, not like this, sure Harry annoyed him but he did not want him dead! He had dropped his wand and refused to allow anyone to move him. He was sobbing but one could not blame such a normally proud young teen like him at such a time. He sobbed for his father mostly but there were a few tears for Harry Potter and what he meant to this world. Ginny was right by Harry now too sobbing and begging him to come back, that he could not die, that he was needed, that he was loved.

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Harry came too slowly and sat up and realized he was naked. He wished for clothing, anything and was surprised to find a set of green robes near him. He drew them on and stood, he did not feel weary, but he did feel guilty. He should have known his curse would not work, that Barty Crouch would figure out a way out of it. It was his fault for the deaths of the death eaters, he had helped cause that. He looked around and saw he was in a meadow with woods around him. He heard a noise, the same crying sound he had heard before so long, or in the future ago. He walked to where the sound was and saw the flayed looking evil creature blind and unable to speak crying trying to stand but barely able to move from the curled position it was in.

"It was not your fault." A woman's voice said next to him. "You had the best intentions, but you are not to blame for their deaths."

"I am, they are dead because of me." Harry said turning to the woman, she had dark red hair, pale smooth skin and the same green eyes he had and she too was clad in green. "Mother? Mum I failed, I didn't stop him and I got all those people killed."

"No, you did not, none of it is your fault." Lily said taking Harry into her arms "you are such a brave one to do as you have done.

"He killed them son, not you, you have grown a bit." James said walking up.

"Dad, dad!" Harry said hugging his father, who was clad in robes of dark maroon, "I am not dead, I really am not?"

Harry would remember the time he spent with his parents for the rest of his life. He had a few hours with them and went over his life and what he had done in school. Lily was not happy with Petunia but strangely she defended Vernon. Of course that was due to the fact that Vernon did make sure he ate three times a day even if it was not "meals" and kept Petunia somewhat in check with Harry. Lily gave him a message to give to Severus and one to give to Dumbledore, Harry grinned at that, and James sputtered Harry could not say that in front of the headmaster of all people! Finally after Harry had told all about his life and learned all about his parents, James admitted to being a real ass in school and sent a message along with Harry as an apology to Severus for how he had acted and treated him. The time came Harry could feel a tug and knew he had to go back, he wanted to stay, how he wanted to stay!

"You can't, you must go back." James said, "we don't want to see you here for another hundred years or so."

"You must be the only one to destroy the Horcruxes, but you know how and where they are." Lily said. "Oh and you know the prophecy I take it?"

"Yea, I know it."

"Good I love you, I am so lucky to have a son like you." Lily said kissing him on the forehead.

"We love you, remember that always." James said.

Harry tried to speak but his parents were going further and further away, and soon they were gone and all was dark. He felt the cool grass under him and an ache in his chest, he gave a great gasp and groaned. He heard a shriek by him and opened his eyes. On his right was lovely Ginny, her flaming red hair loose and wild, her brown eyes filled with tears and even her sprinkling of freckles on her nose and cheeks were pale. On the other was Draco Malfoy who was staring at him in shock and awe. Harry tried to sit up but realized that was not a good idea at the moment and so remained on the ground. He was very much aware how quiet it had gone as everyone was staring at him, then again he had just survived his second killing curse. He gathered not even a few minutes passed since he had been hit by his second killing curse.

"Do you know that really hurts." He grumbled, "Ginny glad to see you, but Draco what brings you here?"

"I, I thought you were dead, I don't want you dead, my father is dead, I killed Crouch." Draco said, "guess I will not see you at Hogwarts."

"Nonsense you think you will go to Azkaban my boy?" Fudge said, walking up looking pale and shaken "you did take out a death eater that well should not have been alive, very brave of you, should get a metal."

"I don't want a bloody metal minister I want my father back!" Draco snarled.

"Harry you should stay down." Arthur said coming up as Harry sat up, "well you er should not even be…"

"Alive, yea I know, whatever my mum did well it sure protects me from that curse." Harry said, not daring to bring up the prophecy "though it hurts like hell."

"Well we should get you home then." Bill said helping him up, "mum can take care of you."

"What about Draco here?" Charlie asked, "someone should get him home, I could."

"No, you will not, I will take him home." Severus Snape said walking up.

Harry put a hand to his head as if it hurt, he could not deal with Snape now, he was sure he would start crying as he remembered his death and the memories and his guilt. Severus was clad in robes as black as night with his long hair as dark as a raven's wing, his eyes like long dark tunnels. He looked down his long hooked nose at the teen before him and saw how pale he was. He said nothing to Harry and as gently as he could steered Draco from the campsite and with a crack Apparated him home.

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Harry stood in the Eyeglass shop in Diagon Alley looking at himself in the mirror, he really did look better and Ginny was right before, or in the future, it still was strange to him to be back in time. He had endured Molly calling Poppy after she heard the curse Harry had survived yet again. After two days of rest Harry had managed to get to Diagon Alley as he really needed new glasses as the ones he was wearing were outdated by a few years. The cheery slight man who ran the shop had convinced him to get clear contacts that he would change out once a year and could keep in. Once done he needed to get some books for Arithmancy and Ancient Runes as he had dropped Divinization and Magical History as Divinization was bunk and he had learned more of History from books than class. McGonagall had signed off allowing this but in her letter warned him he would have to study hard and would have to be on par with his classmates by the end of the school year if he was to continue to his OWLs in those classes.

He put his hat back on as he left the Eye shop and headed to the bookstore. There he picked out more than a few books, he was going to leave when he saw a small trunk and picked it up. The shopkeeper gave it to him for only a few galleons and Harry was sure this was worth far more. He then had his purchases shrunk and went to get some new under clothing and socks, he was so frugal he would wait until next year to get jeans and such, he could wear his school uniform to Hogsmeade, most students did and he was no different. He went to collect his trunk, he had had two new compartments added, one was a two bedroom one bath apartment with a large room for a study or library and one compartment that was set up like a cell. He had plans for this compartment, though his trunk looked like a normal school trunk it had far more compartments than a normal school trunk would. He had when he had been eleven got a three compartment trunk, one for his school stuff, another for potions and the last for a wardrobe but what he used for storage.

His relations thought they locked his trunk up when he got home each summer, well not the last as he had the threat of his godfather over their heads. He had a decoy trunk, he knew full well they would lock up all his magical things and that included Hedwig. What they did not know is his real trunk was with him in his room and that Hedwig was not as confined to her cage as they would like. Though he was not fed well he had hidden in his trunk nutrient potions and Wizard meal bars, boring fare but it kept him fed and able to do his chores. He even got his homework done early and had secretly studied the muggle world, even at the age of eleven near twelve he did not fully trust Dumbledore. He had never told anyone but Ginny about his continued ties to the muggle world, he was not sure anyone would understand. With his shopping done he met up with Fred and George who had taken Ron robe shopping and they all went back to the burrow. The school year was going to be very interesting to say the least.

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Well there is the first chapter, yea I got rid of a whole lot of death eaters and this will change things up you can bet. Harry did use an unforgivable true but he was trying to save lives by having Crouch turn himself in, that did not work of course. Oh and this will not be slash, it will never be slash!

Anyway do review please!