Prologue

"Almost done..." a 37 year old Harry Potter muttered as he added another ruin on the edge of a Pensieve.

"Dad, that rune doesn't look like its in the right place..." Harry's 11 year old son Albus Potter said concerned.

"I'm pretty sure it should be there." Harry replied.

Harry and his son had been hiding for a little over 10 years since Harry's wife Ginny and their other son James were killed by Death Eaters. Voldemort may have died in the Battle of Hogwarts 19 years earlier but the Death Eaters, not waiting for something to happen to their master again and having to go threw hell trying to stay out of Azkaban again, had Imperiused enough people in the Ministry that they were able to stay in control of the government.

One by one the members of the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army were killed and new recruits were non-existent. As far Harry knew, he was the only freedom fighter still alive. Al was all Harry had left and he didn't want Al to grow up as an orphan like how he did and so he decided it was best to go into hiding in the Muggle world as far from the front line as possible while he worked on a way for them to go back in time and prevent the second war from ever happening.

A time tuner was out of the question as that they didn't go back far enough in time to make a difference. Harry wanted away to arrive in his younger body. Adding to the fact he wanted to bring Al back with him made things more complicated. It took several years and a lot of sneaking to dark and shady places like Knockturn Alley before Harry found a way to accomplish what he wanted to do. All he need was to modify a Pensieve and place a memory of the time he wanted to go back to.

"Finished. Now Al, did you drink those potions I gave you before you went asleep last night?" Harry asked his son. Harry hated having to give his son one of the potions as it would remove any evidence that Ginny was Al's mother. Anyone who was trying to determine who Al's parents were would think they were the same as Harry's. Harry couldn't tell if the potion worked as that Al could have passed for his younger self minus the scar long before Harry found a way to go back in time. One of the other potions was one that would give Al a copy of everything Harry knew when he was 11 so people would think Al was copy of Harry with out the scar. It would also help since Harry had put a spell both of them that would prevent any Legilimens from seeing future events in their mind and Al have no memories prior to their arrival in the past would be extremely suspicious. The last potion was a shrinking spell to make Al more or less the same height as Harry was when he was 11.

"I did." Al replied.

"OK. Now, we need to get inside the basin before I add the memory."

It was hard for both of them to stand in the basin and harder for Harry to put the memory of the time he wanted to go back to into the pensive. When he finally managed, to do so, there was a flash of light and Harry found himself and Al in the cupboard under the stairs.

Chapter End Notes:

I've been sort of working on this story for about a month. The basic concept of Harry going back in time with at least one of his kids that have yet to be born is something I've had in my head for about a year. The original idea was Harry going back to the night his parents died with his three children and leaving a Dumbledore who is well aware of the time travel with no choice but to allow the changes in history. Eventually the idea evolved into this and then I decided to start writing it down a month ago. Any volunteers for betas are welcome.

Anyways, reviews please!

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