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What if you could go back in time and save the life of those you most desperately wanted to meet? What if you could see your mother smiling at you, or hear your father planning pranks with your godfather. What if you knew you could save them, would you do it? Would you risk the world for those you love the most? Would you risk it all just to have a semblance of happiness?

I had the choice, I could stay here in my own misery, Most of my friends dead and in unmarked graves for fear of there bodies being desecrated during the war. I could help rebuild the world I loved now that it was over. I could carry on as an idol for people who would turn on me and then beg for me to save them.

Or I could go back before it all began and save the family I never knew, the godfather who died to protect me. I could save them, but did I dare? If I went back in time I could change my future, but who says it would be better? Who says that if I went back I wouldn't do more harm than good?

What if I got there and wasn't believed and all the things came to pass like it has already? Or what if I do save them only to change the future and Voldemort becomes immortal? Dare I risk hundreds upon thousands of lives for my own selfishness? I may be able to save the few I hold dear, but at the price of the world?

I smiled dreamily, my mind made up. I unclasped my hand and uttered a single word. "Incindio," All it took was one single word as the chain I had burst into brilliant flames.

"You did well Harry." I heard Luna say as she came to stand beside me.

"Some things are not meant to be changed. They are better left alone. To mess with time has unforeseen consequences, I dare not risk our people for my own selfish gains." I said as I clasped her arm with mine, and went to attend our coronation.

I had the chance to change everything, but I didn't. The past was never meant to be changed, for better or worse we walk into our futures. A future made by our choices, and as I looked at my wife I could not help but smile. No, I wouldn't change the past, and while I may look back on it my eyes would mostly be on our future.

"My people!" I shouted loudly as my eyes glanced at the wizarding world. "Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. Let not the sacrifices of others be wasted! Let not self-pity hold our hearts. Let us rejoice for we have much to live for!"

Luna smiled as she clasped the hand of our red headed daughter with brilliant eyes. It was in that moment as I saw my family that I knew I had made the right choice.

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