"Always"

He wanted to let the stone drop. The stone is at the edge of his fingertip. He loosen his fingers a little and it'll drop to the ground.

But

He couldn't bring himself to do it

He needs more courage now than ever

The four of them stayed by his side as he faced the dark lord.

...

"Avada kedavra"

Jet of green light burst through the wand knocking Harry off a couple of feet. As he was hit, his right hand firmly hold his wand while his left is clenched tightly, holding the resurrection stone.

...

Harry opened his eyes and bright light eveloped him. He's all alone. He sat up and saw that he was fully clothes with t shirt and jeans.

Am I dead? I'm not supposed to be dead Harry looked around the room and a figure approaches him

"Harry"

There, in front of him, Dumbledore stood in white, looking at Harry akin to how a father saw his son after years of being separated, with a tint of sadness.

"Professor" Harry have never been happier to see Dumbledore right now

Dumbledore turned his back and look at the three path separated, each leads to the light.

Harry walked next to Dumbledore and saw the middle road that Dumbledore is looking at.

"This isn't supposed to happen" Dumbledore muttered

"Professor?"

Dumbledore turned to Harry "Harry, you understand that you were supposed to die but you will came back alive because the horcrux within you is destroyed am I right?"

Harry nodded

"Well my dear boy, it appears that somethings has gone wrong"

Dread starts to fill Harry at the thought of being dead and no chance of returning back to save his friends. Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, the Weasleys and Ginny...Ginny. Those who died for him, his parents, Sirius, Remus, Dobby, Dumbledore, Fred, even Hedwig.

"Am I'm dead?" Harry asked

"No my dear boy" Dumbledore said prompting Harry to look up in confusion.

"But Voldemort..." Harry then touches the scar on his forehead "The horcrux, he destroyed it"

"Yes" Dumbledore nodded but he didn't look pleased. There's something else on his mind.

"What are the objects with you when Tom cast the spell?" Dumbledore inquire calmly

"My wands" Harry recall walking towards the clearing with each hand holding a specific item "the invisibility cloak and the resurrection stone"

Dumbledore nodded in understanding as if Harry just handed the solution to the problem

"Now I see...that bright light twenty years ago. I see it now" Dumbledore smiled warmly recalling something

"Excuse me professor?"

Dumbledore turned back to Harry "You're not dead yet my dear boy, but you can't return to the land of living as of yet"

Harry stared at him in confusion

"When a wizard casted a spell to another wizard who currently holds or have with him a magical item, there are rare occasions where the spell does not go as planned" Dumbledore said "There are cases of spell backfiring or produces a different result"

"So what is the effect on me?" Harry asked "You said I'm not dead but you also said that that I can't go back out there either"

"The resurrection stone used to be a horcrux. Despite already destroyed as one, there's still traces of Tom on it." Dumbledore said "Voldemort unwittingly destroyed it when he strike you"

Dumbledore took a step closer to the path in the middle

"There should only be two, one if you were to choose death and another for living" Dumbledore murmured "And as you can see now, both are sealed shut"

Harry saw the two paths has a golden line blocking anyone from entering. The middle path is open.

"Professor, where does the middle one leads to?" Harry asked. He expected Dumbledore not to know the answer but the headmaster said

"49 days"

Dumbledore turned to Harry

"It is thought to be a myth and still one of the most controversial ideas in the wizard world" Dumbledore answered "There is a theory made by a wizard known as 49 days where when a horcrux is destroyed by its own owner, the owner will travel in time of 49 days before he created the horcrux."

Dumbledore took a step towards Harry

"In this case, that path leads you to a period where 49 days later, Tom will get a hold of the resurrection stone." Dumbledore answered and sadly said "You will be trapped in another period for 49 days"

Harry's thoughts are swirling. There's too much to take on at the moment. He's on a war with Voldemort and left his friends in Hogwarts against death eaters, giants and dementours. His plan to die and resurrect himself is delayed until he go back into the past and spend 49 days there. He can't help but think like Neville on the 'why me?' department.

"So I will waste 49 days in my real time" Harry said

"No" Dumbledore answered "Time freezes as of now in your reality. After 49 days are up, you will return here and then you may either cross to the land of the dead or live for the future"

Harry nodded and walked towards the path, wanting to get the challenge done and over with.

"Harry, there's one more thing" Dumbledore warned before Harry set foot in the path "I strongly insists that you do not alter the past in any way possible, even when tempted. It may be harmless when you think about it or it will save lives but there's many cases where it does more harm than good and best be left alone."

Harry hesitated as he look at Dumbledore's fierce glare. Something tells him that there may be a more difficult challenge than he predicted ahead but he forces himself to nod anyway.

"Professor" Harry started "49 days before Voldemort get a hold of the stone, what year is it? What period in time will I land on?"

Harry is convinced that Dumbledore already knew the answer but the powerful wizard just shakes his head "You will find that out yourself Harry"

Harry took a deep breath and the final step before the light enveloped him.

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AN: I am aware that there is a korean drama titled 49 days as well and all I would like to say is that the similarity ends with the name and no of days (lol). The storyline will be different and in no way similar with the drama at all.

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