Chapter 01

Even from a young age Lily Luna potter always listened with surprising attention to the stories her father told of his life at Hogwarts. She always loved his stories; he never made himself out to be the hero or anything. He just said he did what he had to do. Mum always said he was a noble git and the way he told the stories she couldn't help but agree him her.

But today was different lily heard a story she really could have done without hearing. She was 12 and a few months into her second year of Hogwarts, and of course as the sneaky Slytherin she was, she was found sneaking around the school at night. As she snuck towards the kitchens she heard footsteps and voices. She had the invisibility cloak but she knew from experience that it would not stop her from being solid, so she slipped into an empty room in the hallway that led to the kitchen.

"Do you think we should tell them what happened?" McGonagall's voice sounded weary.

"Don't you think they might freak out?" lily was surprised to hear her god brother teddy's voice, "Ginny would kill them herself, not to mention the rest of the family."

Lily thought whatever they were talking about must have something to do with her dad seeing as teddy had mentioned her mother first.

"Well o'course they'd be 'upset! He was locked in a cupboard fer 10 years weren't he?" (I'm really bad at Hagrid's accent so just bear with me) another voice lily recognized as Hagrid's boomed. She was shocked, were they really talking about her father? She hoped not, her mother would have a cow if she knew. But of course that is what they were just talking about.

"How did you come across this information again teddy?" McGonagall asked seaming to ignore Hagrid.

"We were looking through some old case files at the ministry about Harry's childhood and we decided to ask Dudley, he claims that Harry was indeed locked in a cupboard for 10 years." Teddy explained. Lily paled she knew teddy's voice well enough to know that he was holding in anger at the statement. It seamed to be true that her father was indeed locked in a cupboard. Oh her mum was going to be so mad. She knew about him not having a very good childhood but lily was sure she never knew it was this bad.

"Can't we do anything?" lily recognized her uncle Neville's voice.

"No, we can't change the past. And Ginny has the right to know." Teddy said sadly.

"Well we should get on with it then," McGonagall said. "Come on."

They continued to talk but the voices got fainter as they walked away down the hall.

As soon as the voices were gone altogether lily stood up from her spot on the floor. In the shock of what she just heard it was very hard work, but she eventually pulled herself up and walked back down to the Slytherin common room completely forgetting her original task of getting food from the kitchen.

"Did you get the food?" Lucy asked as she sat down in one of the straight backed chairs.

"No, I got sidetracked." Lily admitted.

"But I'm hungry Lil." Lucy complained.

"Get your own food." Lily suggested absentmindedly.

"But I'm not good at sneaking around like you are." Lucy whined.

"Then wait till morning!" lily snapped getting up from her chair and walking briskly up the stairs to the second year girls dormitory.

Lucy stared after her cousin in shock and confusion; she could tell something was wrong. Lily never acted like that, never forgot her mission halfway through. Lucy would have spent more time thinking about it but tiredness over came her so she walked up the stairs after lily and collapsed on her bed falling asleep instantly.

Lily stayed awake her eyes unwilling to close, sleep unwilling to come. She lie there confused and upset thinking about her dad being treated so horribly. He always told her stories with happy endings and though she knew he left out the worst of the events to save them for when she was older. Like when he told her about his first year the first time it was edited and safe, when he had told her the summer she had come home from her first year he had told her the whole story. He said he would do the same with the other years. But lily knew this was different, he had never planned to tell anybody this, even her mother. Teddy only knew because Dudley had told him. Dudley was really nice now; he had a few children terra and Caden. Terra was a year younger than her and had just started her first year at Hogwarts as a Hufflepuff. He had changed but he was holding back information until the aurors had asked.

Lily's eyes drooped as she tried to fight off the sleep that was inevitably coming. She wanted to stay up to think this through more but her eyelids continued to feel heavy as sleep overcame her.

Lily woke the next morning to her cousin's snoring; dragging herself out of bed she remembered the events of last night. At the time her mind had focused on the most important part. Her father being locked in a cupboard. But she forced herself now to remember what else had been said.

"Can't we do anything?"

"No, we can't change the past. And Ginny has the right to know."

Lily knew that changing the past was forbidden, but she also knew that her dad and aunt Hermione had gone back in time and changed the past before. So why couldn't she? She had a time turner aunt Hermione had given her at the beginning of the school year so she could get to all her classes – Hermione worked in the department of magical law enforcement so she could secure any of her nieces and nephews a time turner – but since it was newer it didn't just go back hours it went back days and years.

She knew the warnings about meddling with time but she figured that this was ok; she was saving her dad from a horrid childhood. This had to work.

Since it was the weekend she decided now would be a good of time as ever to do it, when she wouldn't miss any classes. Of course she didn't know exactly how it worked since she hadn't used it yet so she felt it better to stay on the safe side.

Digging through her trunk she found buried at the bottom, wrapped in old socks, a long gold chain that held a small hour glass at the end.

She looked at it for a long time contemplating what to do, little knobs said minutes, hours, days, months, years. She knew she wanted to go before Halloween of 1981 and since it was late October now she figured now would be a good time to go back so she wouldn't have to mess with days and hours and all that.

Taking a deep slow breath lily turned the dial labeled years back to 38. 38 years in the past.

Suddenly she disappeared from the 2nd year's girls dormitory. What she didn't know was that the snores that had woken her up had ceased and her red-haired cousin had seen her go.

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