Disclaimer
Harry Potter and other characters used in this story are the exclusive property of Joanne Rowling (JK Rowling).
Author's Intro
Hey, this is Fayari with a Harry Potter story for you this Christmas. Basically, it's what I think would happen if Harry had never gotten the invisibility cloak for Christmas in his first year, but instead had gotten a time turner.
I know what you're thinking. "Oh no, not another time turner fic, just another guy making an old Harry go back into the past and changing it for the better based on his future knowledge."
Wrong!
I won't be following that formula, it's already been done. The works, 'Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past' by S'Tarkan; and 'Harry Potter and the Quantum Leap' by Seel'vor are the best stories that I've seen that follow that line of thinking. I cannot hope to match the stories that these gods among authors have written.
Thankfully, neither of these authors used a time turner to make Harry go back in time. Unfortunately, most other authors do. Many fans seemed to be confused at what a time turner actually does.
Let me make one thing clear. Nothing can change the past.
A time turner's purpose is to simply bring the present you back to the recent past. Whatever the present you does in the past has already happened, and the past you was only unaware of the present you doing it. There's a rule that says that the past you must never realize that the present you is in the past. Of course, Harry may try to break this rule in the story.
However, a time turner cannot be used to undo an action. For example, the past you cut his finger. The present you decides to prevent that from happening and succeeds. So then the past you will never have cut his finger and the present you will have had no reason to go back into the past. It becomes a paradox.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that in this story, even with a time turner, Harry will still have to live with whatever consequences his actions bring about. He won't come from the future and he won't have future knowledge. He won't be able to manipulate a perfect romance (although he might try). He'll still bumble around like the akward, clueless little kid with a lightning bolt scar that we all know and love. I just took away his invisibility and gave him a little bit of extra time to properly learn what he needs to defeat Voldemort.
One last thing, right now this story has a fifty-fifty chance to become a Dark!Harry fic. I still haven't decided yet.
So without further ado, let's get on with the story!