I own nothing. I am receiving no monetary recompense from this writing. I only wish to own one Sirius Black and/or Remus Lupin, but if I did I would live inside a padded cell. Sniff, sniff.
This is my take on Hermione goes back to the Marauders. I hate when she goes back and cannot change anything. In my world she can and does.
Fallen
Chapter One
Running through the halls of Hogwarts with Death Eaters, chasing her is not a good way to end a day. This is not what Hogwarts is about. It is supposed to be the safest place in Britain. This whole past year has been like a nightmare that you just can't wake up from. The only thing is that it is real.
Arriving in the Great Hall, I see Harry battling Voldemort. This is it; it is either the end of Voldemort or the end of magical England. Harry and Voldemort throw cruses at each other and I hear Harry telling him that he, Tom, is not the master of the Elder Wand and with that proclamation, it is over. Voldemort is dead. As I am heading over to Harry, I am hit by a cruse being thrown at me. I turn to try to block it but it breaks through my shield hitting me in the chest. The pain is similar to when that bitch Bellatrix was torturing me with the cruciatus curse. As I fall down screaming, I realize that it is taking too long for me to hit the floor. Then I remember what I have around my neck. Oh, shit! A time turner.
Falling, why can't I stop falling? Finally, I land on something hard but pliable, then I feel a pair of strong arms encircle me; cradle me to a rock hard chest. I feel safe. Why do I feel so safe in the arms of a stranger? I try to pry my eyes open but can't seem to muster the energy to open them. I whisper thank you and know no more.
-ooOoo—
As my fellow Marauders and I are walking into the Great Hall for the Welcome Feast, the body of a screaming girl comes hurtling through the air to land on me. As I try to cradle her from hitting the hard floor, I see that she is badly hurt. She looks as if she has been in a battle for her life. You can see that she is struggling to open her eyes but is unable to, so she just whispers thank you and passes into oblivion.
Laying there in shock James, Remus and all the other Gryffindor students start to gather around. You can hear the buzz of gossip from them and the other houses. Professor McGonagall comes rushing over while sending a Petronius to the Madam Pomfrey. Not far behind her are the Headmaster and other professors.
I say, "Minnie, you did not have to get me a present." She huffs, "Sirius Black this is no time to play around." As the teachers try to move the girl off me, I tighten my arms around her. Something about this girl brings out a protective streak out of me. She has literally fallen into my lap and I want to hold onto her forever.
Madam Pomfrey takes one look at the girl and starts waving her wand in a diagnostic manner. The parchment that comes flowing out of her want is long and extensive. She exclaims that this girl is covered in dark magic curses, has all manner of injuries and that something that there is something strange about her birth date. She then levitates the girl to a mobile stretcher and using the mobliecorpos charm floats her along to the hospital. As she is leaving, she turns to me and tells me to follow, so she can check me for any injuries.
I start to follow as well as the rest of the Marauders. We get to the hospital ward were Madam Pomfrey is working on the girl. We take the time to look her over, just as Madam Pomfrey removes her shirt. We all gasp for there on her upper left arm is the word Mudblood that has been cut into her arm recently. Those along with other scars stand out on her otherwise creamy white skin. Madam Pomfrey quickly pulls the curtains around the bed to hide her newest patient from curious eyes.
We all go into a corner and start asking each other what they think might have happened to this beautiful young witch. As others are asking, I keep a watch on the curtains so that the others don't see my moist eyes. I feel like wailing like a banshee when I see all those scars and injuries. A feeling of rage comes over me as I want to hurt whoever had done this to her.
Finally, Madam Pomfrey comes out from behind the curtains and calls me over. She asks me if anything hurts from where this beautiful girl had falling onto me; did I hit my head or anything when we hit the floor? I tell her I just bruised my arse from sitting down to hard.
-ooOoo-
Floating, I feel that I am floating on a cloud; it is so soft whatever I am laying on. As I start remembering what happened and how I got to where I was lying on something so soft, it had been almost a year since I slept in a proper bed what with being on the run with Harry and Ron looking for Horcruxes. Groaning I pry my eyes open to see that I am back at Hogwarts Hospital Ward. How did I get up here, the last thing I remember was Harry killing Voldemort and I was going over to help him. Oh, that is right, I was hit by a stray cruse and then I was falling for what seemed forever.
I vaguely hear someone explain to Madam Pomfrey that I just fell from the ceiling into their arms in the middle of the Great Hall screaming. Hearing me groan she rushes over to see if I need anything. Seeing such a friendly face after being on the run for so long, I say to her, "Oh, Madam Pomfrey it is so good to see you. Is the battle over? I know there were still pockets of Death Eaters still fighting after Harry killed Voldemort." She gasps out, "How do you know who I am and who is Harry?" I frown a little and reply, "I go to school here even though I am missing my 7th year and Harry and I are pretty much regulars in the Hospital."
At this, she looks over to a group of students and tells them to go and get the Headmaster. I look at her in horror thinking that she is sending for Professor Snape. At that, I scramble to get out of the bed and hide. I see my wand lying next to me on a table, grab it and quickly hide under a bed as far away from the door as possible. Hearing footsteps quickly racing to the hospital I prepare myself to die. I know that I must still be at Malfoy Manor and Bellatrix must have tortured me into insanity.
I see someone enter the door and immediately throw a stunner at them. Albus Dumbledore sees the curse coming his way and quickly throws up a shield. "Miss, Miss, please it okay, we will not hurt you," says Professor Dumbledore. "Won't you please come out from under that bed? No one here will harm you." I yell back, "Yes you will. You are dead so I know you must really be a Death Eater."
Professor Dumbledore seeing that I am upset with him calls over the students who have been watching agog, asking them to try to talk me out from under the bed. The first one to speak up is a very familiar voice. "Remus?" Hearing a collective gasp, I go on to ask, "What happened? I thought I saw you fall. They told me you fell along with Tonks. Oh thank Merlin you're alive."
Remus says to me "I am sorry, but I think you must be mistaken about me. I don't know you and I don't know anyone named Tonks." "What are you saying; you don't know your own wife? You know that cute metamorpmagus." "Wait, what are you doing with my sweet little cousin? She is only 5 years old, you pervert," rings out another voice. A voice I hadn't heard in two years though it sounds younger than, not as raspy as I remember. Oh, I must be dreaming. I miss Sirius, that man-child. I would call him Peter Pan to annoy him during our summer at Grimmauld Place.
While taking a quick look at the group, I see Harry. "Harry," I call out, "can you please tell me what is going on. How can Professor Dumbledore still be alive? I know I didn't dream of Professor Snape killing him and us going on the run. Are we still in Malfoy Manor? Is Bellatrix still torturing me?" I pull myself out from under the bed and hurl myself into Harry's arms. Once there I realize that something is wrong, why does he not smell right? Harry always smelled of fresh air, treacle tarts, and herbs, this man smells of chocolate, butterbeer, and grass. Pulling back from him, I see that his eyes are not the usual emerald green but a soft mossy grey-green. I also notice other little differences, such as the shape of the face and the nose is slightly off. Embarrassed I apologize and say that he looks a lot like my friend Harry Potter. His eyes widen and then narrow as he coldly says that there is no Harry Potter that he is James Potter.
I stare at a man who claims he is James Potter, a man who died when I was just two years old. Then I start to look around closely and realize that everyone there, with the exception of Madam Pomfrey, is dead. I start to laugh hysterically, saying so this is what the afterlife looks like. All those who died before come back as their younger selves to help usher me on. Looking over to Remus I start crying telling him that Harry will look after his son Teddy. That he will know that his parents were heroes. Then I look at James and Lily and tell them that they should be proud of their son Harry. He finally ended the war by killing Voldemort. Next, I look at Peter and tell him that he better run, as I will kill him the next time I see him for selling out James and Lily and framing Sirius for his murder along with the murder of 12 muggles. For allowing him to spend 12 hellish years in Azkaban while he lived high on the hog at the Weasley's. Lastly I look longingly over to Sirius, he eyes no longer haunted by those 12 bleak years and apologize for not being able to save him from the veil. Then I start yelling at him for being so reckless with his life that he had his Godson Harry to think of. That if he been more vigilant that Bellatrix, the fucking bitch, wouldn't have been able to knock him back into the veil with a simple hex. I am smacking him on his chest and his arms wailing that he left us. I feel his arms just come around me and holding me safely. I can hear his heart pounding in his chest as I cry. Emotions I never have let out before.
-ooOoo—
She is a small, angelic looking witch and is beating me up and I am just standing there gobsmacked. She is screaming that I left them that I died, that we all died. What is going on here? All I can do is hold her in my arms. It feels so natural that she is in my arms. Even covered in blood and sweat she smells good, like rose oil and oranges. They way she is yelling at me make me believe (hope) that she has feeling for me. However, if James is about the same age as this Harry, that must mean I am old. At least old enough to be her father. Kind of creepy. I sure hope I didn't do anything out of place. Twelve years in Azkaban is not something I look forward to and I wouldn't want to go back there for inappropriate behavior. I sure hope that she can help change the bleak future she has talked about.
Madam Pomfrey comes over, gently takes her from my arms, and leads her back to bed. Spelling a calming draught and a sleeping draught into her she drifts back to sleep. Why do my arms feel so empty? Why am I missing a piece of myself? How is it possible that I have fallen for this nameless angel with the soft chocolate brown eyes and honey brown bushy hair?
We are all shocked and wondering what is going on. Peter is going on that he would never do such things as this addled girl is claiming. I sneer and say, "She sure acted like she knew what she was saying Peter. Why don't you roll up your left sleeve and prove to us that you are not a Death Eater." He gets nervous and says you can't believe this, you know me. James, please tell them that I would never betray you or Lily. Remus, old friend, please. Why do you believe some crazy Mudblood?" I yell at him, "Never, ever call her that again." The anger in me is so great that I want to hex Peter into the next world. James and Remus both look like they want to beat the dragon snot out of him while Lily is sitting back and crying. You can see that what this girl has told us and how Peter reacted that she believes her. She and James are going to die and leave their son behind.
Madam Pomfrey is ready to toss us all out of the infirmary when Dumbledore finally speaks up. He had been pondering over all she has said and has hypotheses about what has happened. Having seen her necklace what looked to be the remains of a time-turner he believes that she must come from the future. He is guessing approximately 18 to 20 years in the future.
-ooOoo—
Slowly waking up stretching I open my eyes. Looking around I start to remember what happened. I quickly sit up, gasping at the pain in my side. Madam Pomfrey comes bustling over telling me to lie back down, that I am not ready to get up. She waves her wand over me telling me that while I am almost ready to get up my core still has not fully recovered. I ask her if I could speak to Professor Dumbledore. She says that she will send for him.
A half-hour later Professor Dumbledore walks in, blue eyes twinkling, I might not fully trust the man anymore but I have missed his twinkling eyes. He walks up and says, "Good day Miss?" "Hermione Granger sir," I reply. "Miss Granger, I believe I know what happened to you. Maybe you can confirm for me," he says. "The date today is September 2, 1977. I believe that you come from somewhere in the future approximately 18-20 years," to which I reply, "It was 2 May 1998 the day of the Battle of Hogwarts." "Battle of Hogwarts? Sweet Merlin, the war was fought here at a school?" "Yes sir. If I may, let me start at the beginning."
"Sometime in 1979-80 you will be interviewing one Sybill Trelawney at Hogs Head Tavern for Divinity teacher when she will tell a prophecy 'THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD APPROACHES... BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM, BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES... AND THE DARK LORD WILL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL, BUT HE WILL HAVE POWER THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT... AND EITHER MUST DIE AT THE HAND OF THE OTHER FOR NEITHER CAN LIVE WHILE THE OTHER SURVIVES... THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD WILL BE BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES...' It will be overheard by a very confused Death Eater." "What do you mean confused?" "Well, when this person realizes who it is about he will come to begging for your help. You will practically enslave him to the side of the light turning him into a slave to not just one master but two. You and Dark Lord are not that much different in the way you treat subordinates. With the exception that you don't torture yours."
"Well, I see that I will need to work on myself. Your attitude toward me is telling." "I am sorry sir, I don't mean to be bitter, but can't help it a little. Before you died you really did not tell Harry much of what we needed to look for, oh and by the way that is Horcruxes." I could see a slight green tinge on his face when I mention Horcruxes, "And yes that is plural not singular. Nasty business those Horcruxes. Maybe if you had explained them in more detail, we wouldn't have had such a hard go of finding them. Oh, and by the way what is up with sending children chasing after such evil and fighting a war. Where the hell are all the adults in this wonderful world of Wizarding? While there were a few adults most of those who fought at the Battle on our side were children, still in school or just barely out of school. Don't get me wrong, I love the Wizarding world but you need to all pull your head out of your arsis and realize that the British Wizarding world is still stuck back in the past of 200 years ago. Go to America and you will find that they laugh at us. Hogwarts may be the best school in Europe but for the rest of the world we along with Beauxbaxton and Duramstrang are the laugh stocks of the world."
"Sorry, I got off track there. Yes, I am a bit angry with you and your need to keep secrets. If you took others advise now and then maybe this war would have been done sooner. Okay, rant is over for the moment. First was the prophecy. Now this prophecy could refer to two different people, James and Lily Potter or Frank and Alice Longbottom. Both women were due to deliver their children at the end of July. Voldemort decided to go after the Potters first. You had them go into hiding under a Fidelis Charm with Peter Pettigrew as the secret keeper. Only everyone thought that Sirius Black was the secret keeper. However, being the clever boy that he is Sirius convinced James to change to Peter thinking that no one would ever expect him to be the keeper. Even now I am convinced that somehow Peter persuaded Sirius to make that suggestion."
"Then on 31 October 1981, Voldemort showed up at the Godric's Hollow cottage, first killing James as he was urging Lily to get Harry and run. However, Voldemort had set up anti-apparition and anti-portkey wards. Lily was in Harry's room trying to shield him. I'm convinced she also set up some ancient magic blood rites to help protect Harry. When Voldemort entered the room Lily was begging him to take her instead, but he would brush her aside for some reason, he was initially reluctant to kill her, but Lily kept begging him to spare Harry's life. We know what happened that night because when Harry gets nears Dementor's he hears first his father calling out to Lily and then his mother begging for his life. Finally, Voldemort hits Lily with the Avada Kadavra curse. Next, he turns his wand on Harry, throws the curse and somehow it is repelled back at him. All that is left are his robes, his wand and a pile of ashes."
"Sir from here on out I want everyone here to hear what I have to tell. I will not talk to the Marauders about the Horcruxes just yet but they need to hear the story as it is their story and I believe that I am here to change their story. I just did not want James and Lily to hear about their death. They are still young and need to have hope for a future."
"Oh, also in addition to the Marauders, I want Severus Snape, Mr. and Mrs. Potter if they are still alive and Alcester Moody. In addition, do you have my purse? I have items that I will need for further proof that I am who I say I am and from where I am from. I don't believe that Severus Snape has taken the mark yet, but I do believe I remember hearing that Peter took the mark when he turned 16. You may wish to check him for that mark. In the future, we know that you cannot be given the mark involuntarily. You must kill, torture or rape to take the mark. It cannot be given with your express permission."
"So all those that are caught and gotten off by saying they were imperious are lying through their teeth. I can name a few L. Malfoy, Nott, Goyle, Crabbe, both Lestranges, Regulus Black (though he does repent and dies trying to destroy a Horcrux), Avery, Rookwood, McNair and Barty Crouch, Jr. I know of personally those ones. Oh, I almost forgot Bellatrix Lestrange nee Black, (I don't know if she is married yet), she is the one that gave me this nice little souvenir (pointing to the Mudblood on my arm) of my involuntary stay at Malfoy Manor. Narcissa Malfoy nee Black never took the mark and I do know that she tried to get herself and her son out but was not successful."
"You do realize all of those I just named, with the exception of Narcissa, are unredeemable. When caught, they need to go straight to Azkaban, preferably to be kissed. If Voldemort's Horcruxes are not taken care of before he goes for Harry then there will be a 10-year lull, but if we get them all before then we can eliminate him for good. Then it will be an uphill battle to clean out any and all sympathizers from the Ministry."
-ooOoo—
Back in Gryffindor Tower in the 7th year boys' dorm room, are three dejected looking boys. They are all wondering how they could have missed that Peter was a lying backstabbing piece of dragon shite. "Damn it!" Yells James. "I can't believe that little shite. We gave him all. I would have died for him. How could he?" "I just don't know," said Remus. All the sudden a thought occurred to Sirius he calls out and asks, "Do you think he had something to do with Martha's and her family's death? He was dating her and she was a half-blood." His face paling with a green tinge to it, Remus replies, "Merlin, I hope not, but it is possible."
As each boy is sitting their lost in their own thoughts, a school owl taps on the window. Sirius goes and opens the window, takes the rolled parchment from the owl and offer it some owl treats. Unrolling the parchment, he reads it aloud,
Gentlemen
You are requested to meet me along with Miss Granger and others in the seventh-floor corridor in front of the tapestry of Dancing Trolls at 7 pm tonight after dinner, please invite Miss Evans along as well.
Albus Dumbledore
"Well all we need now is her first name and all will be right with the world," sighed Sirius. "Ooh, someone is in love," chortled James. "Great another James," cried Remus. "Oh, Granger I can't live without you, please oh please go out with me. Argh! How do I get stuck with all the gits in this house?"
Sirius, after pining after the girl in the hospital ward gets up and heads down the stairs, "Where are you going Padfoot?" queries James. "I'm going to the hospital to see if Miss Granger needs anything. Maybe get some answers before tonight. Are you coming?" "Sure, let me just grab my jumper and get this lazy git off his bed from daydreaming over Lily," says Remus.
They all head downstairs, when Lily asks where they are going, "To see the girl in the hospital. Come with us, you were requested to come to a meeting tonight as well. We are going to try and get some answers now," James told her. "Yeah, especially about Peter and how she knew he was a death eater," growled Sirius.
"Well, from what we heard it is apparent that she is from the future," says Lily. "And it also apparent that she knows you two and rather well or at least you rather well Sirius, but has never met James and I." "How do you figure that," asks Sirius. The way she seemed relieved that Remus was alive, when she said that she heard that he had fallen during battle along with his 'Wife', and how his 'SON' would be well-taking care of, and of the way that she starts crying when she saw you Sirius and then started yelling at you. Only you can get a woman that riled up." "Yeah, but if I knew her so well in the future I would have been old enough to be her father, and that my dear Lily-Petal is just EW." "Sirius, not all girls like boys their own age, there are those who like them older. Maybe she just likes older men."
Soon they arrive at the hospital ward and enter quietly hoping not to see Madam Pomfrey. Sneaking over to Miss Granger's bed, the Marauders and Lily gather around her bed. Seeing that she is sleeping, they start to leave, when James sees her eyes pop open. "Hi! How are you feeling?" He asks. "Better, thank you." "May we know your name?" Remus asks. "Hermione Granger," she replies. "Her-mi-one, Sirius tries out her name," thinking no, that does not trip off the tongue well. Hmm, how about Mione?" "No! Empathically no!" she huffs. "Okay, I got it!" exclaims James, "Miah!" "Well," she whines "maybe, just don't ever call me Mione."
"Well, is there anything we can get for you Miah?" "Ooh, could you get me something to read. My favorite book is Hogwarts: A History. Alternatively, if anyone has any Shakespeare, I wouldn't mind. You know just for a little light reading." "Light reading," exclaimed Sirius. "Just because you don't like to crack open a book unless it is about Quidditch doesn't mean other people don't like to read," quipped Remus. Sirius pouted, "Why are you always picking on me?" To which Miah told him, "Don't worry, I'll save you." Sirius' face lights up like a Christmas tree when she said that exclaiming, "See I told you she likes me."
Laughing Miah lightly punches his arm and says that no, she only likes having him around as a punching bag. Seeing his face fall slightly, she quickly grabs his hand and gives it a squeeze. He brightens up quickly after that.
Miah tells them that they had better go before the Dragon Lady comes roaring out of her den, but it is too late, here comes Madam Pomfrey to chase them away. She is telling them that her charge needs her rest if she is to be released for a few hours tonight. While not happy that Miah is leaving the hospital ward so soon, she states that when she is feeling weak that she must come back.
They ask her if she can tell them more about the future, and she tells them that they will learn most everything later tonight or rather over the next few nights. It is not a short tale and she wants to start at the beginning. In addition, she doesn't really want to have to repeat herself. She also tells them that there are some things that she will not tell them while they are still in school, so please do not ask.
"But what are you going to do when, as you call her, The Dragon Lady fully releases you?" Remus asks. "I'm hoping that Professor Dumbledore will allow me to do my 7th year." "And what house will you be sorted?" asks Sirius. "Hopefully, I won't have to be re-sorted I am a Gryffindor if you please." This elicits a great big grin from Sirius and pleasant smiles from everyone else.
-ooOoo—
Miah, as she now is being called, mulls over her new name thinking to herself that she likes it. Now she just can't wait for 7 pm to come around, she wants to get all the facts out there so that she can save Sirius, Remus, James, and Lily. She has also decided to try to save that greasy git Severus Snape. Even though she had a great hatred of him after he killed Dumbledore, Harry told her during the lull in the Battle that he really was on their side. He owed a life-debt to James and made a wizards vow to always protect Harry to the best of his abilities. That he loved, until the end, Lily. When they were in the Shrieking Shack after Nagini attacked Severus, he had given Harry his memories.
These showed that in order to not only save Harry, but his own Godson Draco and at the behest of Dumbledore, he had to kill him. Dumbledore was dying already, from a withering curse that had been on the Gaunt family ring. He also showed how he was the one to have overheard the first two lines of the prophecy before being discovered and informing the Dark Lord. He showed how when he realized it was about Lily, he came to Dumbledore to beg him to protect the Potter's, even though he hated, beyond reason, James Potter. How he tried to protect the students this last year from the Carrow Twins, how he allowed Neville Longbottom overhear him say that they could not find the room of requirement for some reason. This led to Neville directing students to the ROR and how they were able to have Hogwarts create a new secret passage to the Hogs Head tavern. If he hasn't already taken the mark yes she was going to save him. She was also going to try to save Sirius' brother Regulus.
Miah knows that Sirius was torn up over his brother's death when he found out. He only knew that Regulus died as a Death Eater and that he had disappeared because of Voldemort. Sirius had already fallen into the veil when she and Harry found out that Regulus actually died trying to thwart Voldemort. When he realized that Voldemort had tried to kill his elf Kreacher, he realized what he had done, the ritual that he had performed. He had Kreacher take him to the cave and he drank down the potion giving Kreacher the Locket and replacing it with a fake. He made Kreacher go back to Grimmauld Place and promise to destroy the locket not realizing that the evil in the locket was even more powerful than elf magic.
Getting all her facts together and reorganizing them in her mind, she felt ready for the night. Ready to take down the Dark Lord. "Fuck that, from now on I am calling him by his birth name Tom Marvalo Riddle or the Dark Wanker. I will not give him any more power as words have power."
-ooOoo—
Everyone that had been called to this meeting was starting to assemble in the seventh-floor passageway. The Marauders were glaring at Severus Snape and Regulus Black and they were sneering back at them. Then hearing a pair of footsteps they turn around and see Mr. and Mrs. Potter. James and Sirius run over to them and give them big hugs asking them why they are there. "We were invited, along with a few other Order members," said Charlus Potter.
Right at 7 pm, Albus Dumbledore and a girl most have never met come along. Dumbledore says, "Thank you all for coming tonight." Alaster Moody snarls, "Are we having this meeting here in a hallway?" The girl pipes up and states, "No. If you just give me a moment I will show you were will have our meeting." She starts pacing back and forth three times in front of the tapestry of the dancing trolls when a door appears. Everyone gasps out, where did that come from. To which she replies, "This is the Room of Requirement or as the house elves say the Come-and-Go Room. If you pace back and forth three times in front of the tapestry while thinking of what type of room you need it will show up. The only thing is that anything that the room conjures, such as books, etc. cannot be taking from the room. Nor can it make food."
The Marauders look at each other and whine, how did we miss finding this room? Miah smirks at them, "Because you did not ask the elves." The Marauders all take a glance at each other, then with a nod stick their tongue out at Miah. She just shakes her head and gives a little laugh, thinking that Sirius and Remus haven't changed much at all over the years.
Taking everyone inside they find a comfortable looking conference room. Miah tells them that she had the house elves arrange a light buffet for them as this story was going to be long. Everyone makes themselves a plate of food and a cup of tea or coffee. She does have a few bottles of Firewhiskey but she rather not bring this out right now.
Taking a deep breath Miah closes her eyes saying a quick little prayer opens them and starts talking. "My name is Hermione Granger or as I have been dubbed by our friends over there Miah. I was born 19 September 1979." Everyone who didn't already know gasped. "On 2 May 1998, the finally Battle between the Light and the Dark Wanker," the Marauders snicker at that appellation, "came to fruition. On that day the Dark Wanker died. However, so did too many of ours die and most of them were the children, your children."
"It all began when a budding Death Eater overhead a prophecy given to Professor Dumbledore. He only heard the first two line of the prophecy before being discovered, but those two lines where enough to send the Dark Wanker after two sets of couples that the prophecy could be about. James and Lily Potter and Frank and Alice Longbottom." "What is the prophecy," asks Charlus Potter. "I am not going to repeat the full prophecy at this time for a reason as you will see later. ' THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD APPROACHES... BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM, BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES..." Even though he did not have the entire prophecy, the Dark Wanker," you can quit jumping at that name you two, Miah told Severus and Regulus, "I refuse to give him power by calling him Lord anything as he is a born half-blood hypocrite. His birth name is Tom Marvalo Riddle, son of a muggle father and a near squib mother. He is out to destroy Wizarding society starting with the purebloods, or haven't you noticed how many pureblood families have died out since he started to rise. He hates muggles because of his father. We will come to his history later in this story. So where was I, oh yes, the prophecy. He decided that he would start with the Potters before moving on to the Longbottom's. On 31 October 1981, he arrives in Godric's Hollow where the Potters are living in a cottage under a fidelius charm. Their secret keeper was not, as you would expect Sirius Black, but was actually Peter Pettigrew. What was unknown at the time was that Pettigrew was actually a Death Eater and had been given the mark when he was 16." Miah was growling by now and told she needed to take a quick 5-minute break to get her composure back. "Sorry about that, it really upsets me when I talk about that, that piece of dragon dung. I met him when in my 3rd year and ugh. Any way old, Moldy showed up in Godric's Hallow with Peter and tore down the wards while throwing up anti-apparition and anti-portkey wards, he also, through sympathizers in the Ministry, had the Potter's floo network shut down for the night. He waltzed in killing first James then Lily," at this Severus pales and his eyes are glistening, "And goes to kill young Harry. Whatever he did, and I say whatever as the AK curse does not leave a mark, it back fired on him as he was killed, leaving baby Harry with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. Being his sworn Godfather, which that in itself should have told you that it wasn't him, Sirius showed up not long after knowing something bad had happened. He runs in seeing his best friend dead on the stairs, and then he runs upstairs to Harry's room. As he enters he notices discarded robes and a wand on the floor. Then he sees Lily's body splayed out on the floor in front of Harry's crib where Harry is standing crying Mama. Harry sees Sirius and cries out Pa'foo' wan' Dada. Sirius grabs up Harry hugging him to his chest as he is sobbing, Padfoot has you, and I won't let anything happen to you Prongslet. As he is sitting there crying and cradling little Harry, Hagrid comes in wailing. He is startled to see Sirius there with Harry. He tells him that Dumbledore sent him to get Harry so that he can take him to his family. Sirius tells him no, I am his Godfather and I will be taking him. To which Hagrid again says that Dumbledore told him to bring him Harry. Sirius thinks about it, right now he is realizing that Peter betrayed them that Peter was the secret keeper and he betrayed his brother, James. That is the first betrayal of Peter Pettigrew." Miah looks around the room seeing tears in most everyone's eyes and decides to have everyone needs to take a break.
Walking over to the buffet table, she takes a slice of German Chocolate Cake and fixes a cup of tea. Severus comes over to the table and quietly asks her, "It was me that told the Dark Lord the prophecy, wasn't it?" "Yes," she softly answers. "Thank you for not saying it aloud," he lightly sobs. "You haven't taken the mark yet and you haven't done anything wrong. Therefore, I want to be able to give you a chance to change. If you don't you will be miserable for the next 20 years and die a horrible death. A hero yes, but still miserable and you deserve more than that Professor." He jerks back at that title. Walking away, he thinks to himself I dislike children.
Next, Regulus walks over and asks why he is there; she gives a one-word reply "Kreacher." Nodding to himself, he walks away.
After every one had gotten themselves a plate of desserts and a fresh cup of tea/coffee, she calls them back over. Taking the story back up where she left off, she quickly gets back into telling them the events leading up to 3 November. "Sirius after realizing Peter betrayed them, starts chasing after him. Three days he chases him and finally runs him to ground on the 3rd day. In a street full of muggles, he accosts Peter who then turned the tables on Sirius by loudly accusing him of betraying James and Lily. Then sending a cutting curse into an open manhole where gas-workers were inspecting gas lines causing an explosion that killed 12 muggles, he cut off his finger turned into his illegal rat animagus form and escaped into the sewers. Sirius blown back from the explosion, dazed was sitting there crying that he killed them, meaning he talked them into using Peter as secret keeper. The Aurors that showed up thought he was confessing and Barty Crouch had him sent directly to Azkaban, without a trial." Turning toward the Headmaster, Miah hissed at him, "Why did you not, in your capacity as Chief Wizard, demand a trial for Sirius? Twelve years he wasted away in that hellhole, and for that I will never forgive you. And that is the second betrayal of Peter." Hearing her say those words to the Headmaster had Sirius heart jumping for joy.
"What happened to our son," demanded James. "That comes next. Now I don't know when, but sometime between now and 1981 both Mr. and Mrs. Potter pass away. From what I heard it was natural causes, but I am fuzzy on those details. I am sorry to be breaking this news to you this way. So when Professor Dumbledore has Harry taken away from Sirius, don't you let that ever happen Sirius, he has Harry taken to Lily's sister's home." "NO! TUNEY HATES ME, HATES MAGIC AND WILL HATE HARRY," cries Lily, "AND THAT FAT PIG THAT SHE MARRIED IS NO BETTER." Turning on the Headmaster, she screams at him "HOW DARE YOU USURP MY WILL. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I WOULD HAVE A WILL MADE THAT STATED EMPATHICALLY THAT ANY CHILD OF MINE IS NEVER TO BE GIVEN TO MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW. SO I KNOW THAT YOU DID SOMETHING TO STOP IT FROM BEING READ." James was no less angry about this news. "Why would you not send him to Andromeda Tonks if Sirius was not available? My mother was a Black and so is Andromeda. I can tell that you are thinking about blood wards, but they don't work when the place they are erected is not considered a home, and someone who hates magic would not consider loving a magical child." At this point, you can see the blood boiling in Mr. and Mrs. Potter. Dumbledore is reeling from all the hate focused on him.
"Okay, let us get everything back on track please, I still have much more to go through," Miah said secretly pleased at how everyone is glaring at Dumbledore. Now, and please hold back your angry shouts, a little before midnight of 2 November, for reason only known to him, Dumbledore decides leave Harry, with only a note, on the doorstep of his Aunt and Uncle, the Dursley's. He arrives to find Professor McGonagall waiting for him telling him that they are the worst sort of muggles and begging him not to leave Harry there. He claims that it is best for the boy so that he can stay out of the lime light that the Wizarding world would thrust upon him." Turning to the Headmaster Miah asked, "Where did you have Harry all day, Lily and James died around 8 pm the night before. All day, there were reports of hundreds of Owls seen during the daytime and falling stars and other unusual occurrences. This was the Wizarding world celebrating and proclaiming that a 15-month-old baby had defeated the Dark Wanker. People really, is it a pre-requisite that you leave common sense behind when you become a wizard or witch. He was a baby, if he could do any magic at that age it would have been accidently magic. Old Moldy was obviously taken down by whatever Lily did. Sheesh, idiots, all of you if you believe that a baby has that kind of power." Miah loved the Wizarding world but hated how lemming like most witches and wizards were. If a leader told them to jump into an active volcano, they would beat up the person in front of them to get there first.
"The next ten years went by without little Harry knowing who he was or who his parents were. Until he went to primary school, he thought his name was boy or freak. He was treated more like a house elf than a little boy. Never any birthday or Christmas presents forced to wear his obese cousin's hand-me-downs, which were four sizes too big. Barely fed enough to survive, forced to sleep in a boot cupboard beneath the stairs, chased and bullied by his pig cousin and even though he denies it, I believe he was beaten by his Uncle as well as by his cousin. When he finally arrived at Hogwarts at 11 when you looked at him, you would have thought he was an 8-year-old child. He was malnourished and shorter than even I was. Even today, he has just barely reached the same height as me. He has the sweetest disposition, even with a quick temper that blows hot but burns out quickly. He does have another bad habit; he has a need to save people."
"I am a muggleborn, and it has taken me 7 years to realize that Hogwarts needs to have a class for all muggleborns and muggle raised when they first start, to introduce them to the Wizarding world. This would help eliminate some of the misunderstanding that happen between them and purebloods. We are now about to enter the school years. In my first year, I was behaving as a muggle, trying to get the Wizarding world to fit into my realm of knowledge instead of trying to assimilate into this new world of mine. Being a bookworm, SWOT to you Sirius, or a know-it-all to one of my professors," the greasy git, she thought glaring at Severus, "I would try and help others without waiting for them to ask for help. On Halloween of 1991 and for the first 4 years everything bad usually starts on Halloween, Harry's best friend, at this time we are just acquaintances, whom I tried to help in Charms class, insults me. I overhear them and run off crying to the girl's bathroom on the first floor, skiving off the rest of my classes for the day. While everyone is at the feast that night our DADA teacher Q. Quirrell runs in screaming 'Troll, troll in the dungeon, thought you ought to know,' and then faints. Panic ensues which Professor Dumbledore soothes everyone down, calls for the Prefects to lead everyone back to their common rooms." People start screaming at Dumbledore, "Are you nuts? The man just ran in screaming about a troll in the dungeon and both Slytherin and Hufflepuff are in the dungeon." "This is what I mean about leaving common sense behind. Anyway, Harry realizes that I am not with the Gryffindor group and asks my roommates if they had seen me. They said that I had been in the bathroom all afternoon crying. Realizing I didn't know about the troll he grabs Ron, that is his best friend the boy who hurt my feelings, and they go running up to the bathroom to find me. Arriving they see the troll wander into a room so they quickly lock the door." "Oh please tell me that wasn't the bathroom," whines Remus. "Sorry, can't tell you that. Almost immediately after locking the troll in, they hear my scream. With white faces and knuckles they unlock the door and run in to find a 12-foot Mountain troll getting ready to bash my skull. Not knowing what else to do Harry jumps on the trolls back," everyone gasps at this blood draining from their faces, Lily and Mrs. Potter giving a little scream. "He ends up jabbing his wand up the trolls nose, yeah troll bogeys, yum-yum." The Marauders and the two Slytherin giggle. "As he is distracting the troll young Ron remembers the charm that I tried to help him with early and levitates the trolls club over its head then drops it. A few minutes later Professor McGonagall along with Professor…wait for it…Snape arrive." You can see the surprise on most faces around the table, along with the sneers of the Marauders. "Yes, that is right, Severus Snape, the youngest potions master in over 200 years becomes our Snarky Potions Professor." Severus throws me a sneer. "Hey, I call them like I see them." I tell him. "Both are surprised to see that the troll has been taken down, by three firsties, no less. Professor McGonagall starts to berate Harry and Ron when I tell her that it was my fault that I had read a book on trolls and thought I could take care of it myself and that Harry and Ron came after me to stop me." The Marauders chuckle when I tell them that. "Yes, I the law-abiding SWOT lied. The Professor took away 5 point from each of us for not following directions to go back to our common rooms and then awarded us 20 points for 'Sheer dumb luck,' and that is the start of the Golden Trio as we become known."
Pausing a moment for a bathroom break and a refill of refreshments, Miah sighs and looks forlornly over the assembled crowd. The only person there that is still alive in her time is Professor McGonagall. It is just not right. This thought helps her resolve to stop the Dark Wanker before too many good people die.
After the intermission, Miah continues her story. "Sorry, what I forgot to mention was that during the Welcoming Feast that Headmaster Dumbledore warned us on the pain of death that the 3rd-floor corridor on the left was off limits. What were you thinking Professor, a school full of inquisitive children and you tell them where not to go? They are going to make a beeline straight for that corridor as soon as they can."
"Over Christmas hols, Harry receives (and I believe it is from the Headmaster) a present like no other. James, Mr. Potter I think you know what I mean." They both give a little start at that, yes you could see it in their eyes they knew I was talking about the invisibility cloak. "Well, of course, being nosy as most children are, how else will they learn, Harry and Ron decided to use the present and go and see what is in the 3rd-floor corridor. Lucky for them at that time I wasn't with them because the door was locked. Not a very good locking ward was used; any first year that paid attention in class could get in with an Alohamora charm. Harry, as a holdover from his life with the Dursley's, had leaned not to apply himself too much least he get better grades than Dudley. That habit was so ingrained that he forgot that he didn't need to do this anymore but continued to do an average job even here at Hogwarts, which really didn't make sense when we were told his mum and dad were in the tops of their classes. Again, what the hell where you thinking Headmaster?"
"When I got back from hols, they told me of their adventures. They tell me that Hagrid, a man who couldn't keep a secret if his life depended upon it, let slip about something that he got from Gringotts the day he took Harry there, something that used to belong to someone named Nicolas Flamel. So we snuck into the restricted section of the library looking for any information." James interrupted us and asked why we didn't look through Chocolate Frog cards? "Because two of us didn't know about them that much and the other comes from a family of seven children and really could not afford them that often. Now if I may please get back to the tale. As I was saying, we researched the library thoroughly and after one midnight session, we headed back to the common room when we heard Mrs. Norris ahead. Fleeing that nosy cat, we ended up in front of a locked door. Being, as many have said the smartest witch of the age, I quickly opened the locked door; we jumped in and waited listening at the door for Filch and that cat to go away. Finally, we hear them leave just as we start to hear soft growling. Slowly turning, we find what could kill us if we searched it out, a huge Cerberus, named Fluffy no less we found out later. We fled there quickly." Looking around the table, I see a few pale faces and a few that are tinged green. The Headmaster has his head in his hands as if he were trying to stave off a headache or to keep him from hitting the table with his head.
Allowing everyone to stand and stretch for a minute, Miah watches everyone and realize that she needs to wrap the first year up quickly. Emotions are starting to run high and information needs to be sorted through.
After the brief interlude, Miah calls out and says that she was going to be as brief as possible as it is getting late and everyone needs a chance to give consideration to over all they have heard tonight. With that, she takes the story back up.
"Having found what was behind that locked door, the three run back to the common room. Flopping down on the couch by the fire, they discuss what they have found, a three-headed dog. I quickly ask them did they see what the dog was standing on, to which Ron replies 'it was a bloody big three-headed dog, almost as big as the room' with Harry agreeing and saying he was too busy watching the heads to worry about its feet. I tell them that it was standing on top of a trap door."
"Well of course that just fueled the fire in us to find out what this dog was protecting. One of Harry's major flaws is his inordinately curious nature, it borders on being downright nosy. So Lily which one of you does he get that trait from?" Everyone laughs, helping ease some of the tension. "James," she quips. "So, we go back to pestering Hagrid for information, again not someone to tell a secret to Headmaster, now on information on the dog and what it is protecting. At this time we find that Hagrid is harboring and trying to hatch an illegal Dragon Egg, which we got the privilege of watching it hatch. The man is really thick about his pets, not realizing that as a half giant most of these extremely dangerous animals are a menace to everyone around him. After a few days we got him to understand that he can't keep Norbert as he has started to burn down Hagrid's and send a letter off to Ron's older brother Charlie, who is a dragon handler in Romania, to come and get this dragon. Charlie agrees and on the night in question Harry and I (Ron being in the hospital ward) and unbeknownst to us with Neville following and Draco Malfoy sneaking around to get us into trouble, take Norbert up to the Astronomy tower. On the way back, Neville accost us and starts to berate us. Then Draco comes around and finds them, bringing with him Professor McGonagall. The Professor takes away 150 points from us and assigns us detention with Hagrid. Draco, gloating also receives detention. Oh I wished I had a camera at that moment, the look on his face was priceless."
The following night Hagrid gathers us and takes us down to the Forbidden Forest, to help him find what is killing unicorns." What, cries out Professor McGonagall, "Why would I allow first-year students to roam in the forbidden forest, even under Hagrid's watchful eye?" I snort at that comment. "Watchful is not a word in Hagrid's vocabulary Professor. As I was saying, we go into the forest with Hagrid and his hound Fang. He splits us up taking Harry and Neville, leaving me with Malfoy and Fang. Telling us to send up red sparks if we find anything we separate. Neville, sweet boy that he is, is uncoordinated at this age bumbles along. This causes Hagrid to bring us all together again and splitting us up with Harry, Draco, Neville, and myself, with Malfoy saying he wanted Fang. Hagrid warns him that Fang is a coward, no big deal so is Malfoy. They go searching and of course as it is Harry he finds the downed Unicorn with a figure bent over it drinking its blood. Draco and Fang run away screaming and the figure turns and moves toward Harry. He is rescued by the Centaur Firenze who tells him he should not be in the forest."
"As we progress toward the end of the year we had figured out what Fluffy was protecting was the Philosopher's Stone. Eventually, the Headmaster is 'lured' away from the castle and we knew that this was the opportunity that Snape (we were wrong with that assumption Severus) was going to steal the stone for his master. We go to Fluffy's room, lull him to sleep with music, go through the trap door to find a room full of Devil's Snare, I set it on fire, we escape to a room full of charmed flying keys. Harry, being the youngest seeker in 100 years, caught the correct key opened the door. We find a room with an unconscious troll and proceed on. The next room was a giant Wizard's Chessboard. Ron is a genius when it comes to chess, slacker on everything else. He sacrifices himself, not permanently that would not fit someone machinations. The final piece to the puzzle is for me, it is a logic puzzle with potions. One potion would allow you to go through the fire to the last room and the other would potentially kill you. I figured it out and gave the correct one to Harry. He goes forward to find the Mirror of Erised and Professor Quirrell standing in front of it. The Mirror of Erised has the inscription Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi, which when read backwards and spaces added in different places reads 'I show not your face but your heart's desire.' It only shows what you desire and the Headmaster had set it so that only someone who wanted the stone but not to use the stone could get it out of the mirror. Quirrell calls Harry over and asks him what he sees. He sees himself putting the stone in his pocket and then feels the stone in his pocket, but he lies to Quirrell. He tells him what he saw the last time, his Mum and Dad along with the rest of his family, Sirius, Remus, his Grandparents and me who he treats like a sister. Harry then hears a voice coming from behind Quirrell telling him he wants to see Harry. Quirrell removes his smelly turban turns around and there on the back of his head is a face, Voldemort. He calls Harry a liar and demands the stone. Quirrell comes over to try to force Harry to give him the stone but when he puts his hands on him they burn. Harry realizing that Quirrell can't touch him grabs his face and quickly Quirrell is turned to ash, the wrath Voldemort rushes off and Harry passes out from magical exhaustion."
"That is pretty much our first year. I know I left a few details out, but if I find that they are important to the story will revisit them for you. Are there any questions?" Mad-eye Moody asks why exactly he is there, so I whisper in his ear, "Horcruxes," he blanches. I am going to try to protect the innocence of the Marauders, Severus and Regulus as long as possible. I add to Moody, "Please wait till all the students have left to discuss this. I am tired of children fighting this damn war, livid that I did not have a childhood once I came into this world of wonder and livid that Harry never had a childhood after his parents were killed. I want this war over before I am born, thank you very much but I will not allow innocence to be causality just yet." I can see the protests on the faces of the students and beg them please keep you youthful exuberance for as long as possible. Soon you will be at war and may die. I am trying to stop that so please." Miah runs to a restroom crying.
Coming out of the restroom toweling her face dry, Sirius grabs Miah and just holds her while murmuring soothing words. This starts her silently weeping again, remembering the haunted man he becomes. Miah remember the first time she met him in the shrieking shack, emaciated from living on rats and scraps, teeth covered in mold, greasy matted hair hanging half-way down his back, scraggly beard and haunted hollow eyes. She remembers how excited he was when he met back up with Remus and angry he was with Peter. How excited he got when he thought that he would be able to take Harry away from his horrid relations. Miah remembers how he turned into Padfoot to save us when Remus turned into a werewolf after forgetting his potion. It was that day that she started to fall in love with the complex man. Yes, she was still a child at that time but what she felt was anything but child like. She never had the chance to tell him how much she admired him, how much she ached for his forced imprisonment in Grimmauld Place. Miah could see how having to live there was eating him from alive. How she wanted to grab him and run as far away from England as she could and now maybe she have been given a second chance at saving him, a second chance at loving him. Oh please God, allow her to love and heal the hurt within this man. He deserves happiness, along with the rest of them.
Miah figured it was time to pass around the Firewhiskey. Giving everyone a shot glass she pours them all shots. She leaves the bottle on the table for those who may need more than one shot. Dumbledore looks at the students and tells us that it is time for us to go back to our common rooms and that Miah should go back to the hospital ward. He tells her that he will sort me tomorrow and that the Potters are going to take me shopping for clothes and books.