AN: This is a sequel to Time to Heal and Love. I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters from that series. I am installing a minimum of three reviews per chapter before I post. This story is dedicated to my dedicated reviewers from my last story, imakeeper and smittyloveshpfic.
An Interesting Beginning
What if, for every choice we made a new world was created reflecting the opposite choices? What if one of those worlds needed our help?
In what was a familiar sight in the Ministry Arianna Potter-Lupin was seen striding down the hall with a phoenix perched on her shoulder and two Aurors and a large grim-like dog trailing behind. One of those Aurors was Draco Malfoy, head of security for the Minister; the other was Ginny Weasley. Arianna was not having a good day. Tomorrow was the 5th anniversary of Voldemort's defeat and the ministry was in a flurry of activity, and as the Minister of Magic Ria was in the thick of everything. Her husband Remus was also driving Ria close to insanity, because he wanted her to take more time off work and relax now that she was six months pregnant with their first child. After a lifetime of action this life-style was boring Ria to tears. There was no evil Dark Lord trying to take over the world, no rogue DE's, no most creatures were treated fairly and the others were on their way there, the wizarding world was doing the best it had in a long time. At the moment Ria was on her way to an emergency meeting called by her brother, who was head of the Unspeakables; and Ron, who was head of the DMLE.
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Harry Potter-Black sat at his desk staring at the man sitting across from him. The man was flanked by two of the best Aurors in the business, Neville Longbottom and Vincent Crabbe. At a knock on the door Harry allowed his best friend, former partner, and now Head of the DMLE to come in. The man who was the center of all the commotion was staring almost wide-eyed at everyone and everything he could. This fact alone added credence to his tale. Finally Harry's secretary knocked on the door, "Sir, Minister Lupin is here to see you." At that statement the man's head snapped around in shock, Harry answered, "Thanks Kathy, show her in please." The man in the chair looked confused at the use of a female pronoun when referring to Ria, making Harry want to believe him more.
Ria nodded to Kathy as she was ushered into her brother's office. She smiled and greeted him before asking him what all this was about. Harry gestured in the direction of the man sitting in the chair before him and using Jalen she turned to look at him. She stared for a minutes before turning back to Harry and demanding an explanation.
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(Flashback)
Harry was walking by one of the research rooms when he heard the intruder alarm go off in the veil room. He wondered who would want to be in the room with a veil no one had any notion of how it worked. He took off running, sending the Unspeakable closest to him off to get Ron and have him meet in the room. The black veil had always fascinated Harry, and he wondered what was going on.
Harry opened the door to the room and saw a group of six Unspeakables standing in a half-circle around a man with a haggard appearance. The man's hair was long and unkempt, going down to the small of his back. He looked as if he hadn't bathed, shaved, or eaten in days. What startled Harry was the pair of very familiar eyes staring out from under that hair, eyes that he saw everyday. "Drop your wand." The man did so without a second thought, tossing his wand in Harry's direction, Harry bent down and picked the wand up- it was also a wand he was familiar with- confusing Harry even more than he already was.
Harry gave a signal to his men and they gathered up the man and escorted him to the office where Harry sent out a message to his sister.
(End Flashback)
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"Ron, did you bring Veritaserum?"
"Yes Ria. Now sir, do you agree to be questioned under Veritaserum?"
"I do. Anything to get you to believe me."
"I need witnesses for these proceedings, Ron you are ineligible since you will administering the Veritaserum." Everyone nodded his/her understanding to Ria. Ron took out an automatic quill and a roll of never-ending trial parchment to record the proceedings. "As Minister of Magic I hereby grant permission for this voluntary use of Veritaserum in determining of the identity of this man, and witness this proceeding."
"I, Draco Malfoy, head auror of the Ministers personal force, do hereby witness this proceeding."
"I, Ginny Weasley, auror on the Ministers personal force, do hereby witness this proceeding."
"I, Harry Potter-Black, Head Unspeakable, do hereby witness this proceeding."
"I, Neville Longbottom, unspeakable, do hereby witness this proceeding."
"I, Vincent Crabbe, unspeakable, do hereby witness this proceeding."
"I, Ron Weasley, Head of the DMLE, do hereby swear that I will give only the recommended dose of Veritaserum and that I will stop the questioning at the first sign of distress by the man in question."
"Proceed, Ron."
At Ria's command Ron administered 3 drops of Veritaserum to the haggard man sitting in front of him, and began to ask questions.
"What were you doing in the veil room?"
"I came through the veil to this place."
"Why would you go through the veil?"
"I was sent to get help."
"Where do you come from?"
"I come from a world parallel to this one."
"Why do you need help?"
"Our only hopes have died. The Dark Lord is taking over. Any who oppose him are outcasts. We barely get enough to eat. The light is failing in our world."
"Why did you choose this world?" Harry cut in.
"The spell was to send me to the world that had the most peace, that was controlled by light wizards, and that had the best ability to help. So I didn't choose, it just happened that this was the world that I fell into."
"Finally, what is your name?"
"My name is Sirius Orion Black."