Harry Potter, Another Time
Chapter 1
Harry's eyes fluttered open to take in vastly different surrounding than those he was used too, looking around he found himself to be in what could only be described as a small child's room, looking down at himself he realised that he was in the body of a small child, he couldn't exactly determine his age, but he guesses around five years of age.
The room he was in was painted in a light colour close to white and even though limited light could enter through the drawn curtains he could clearly make out the Gryffindor colours that decorated most of things in the room.
Harry could feel his body fill with tension as he began wondering what was going on, he was certain he wasn't within 12 Grimmauld Place which he had taken as his home following the end of what became known as the second great wizarding war, at least within Britain.
He had taken the place as his home because even with the dark colours and what Sirius and he had come to call a 'Black' mood that seemed to hang in the air, it had been the closest link he had to what he considered his family. Harry had come to expect that he would be filled with a feeling of freedom and that he would be able to put everything that had related to Voldemort behind him, but he had found that even as he tried to put it behind him more and more unresolved things from his childhood and his time at Hogwarts began to wear him down now that he no longer had the burden of Voldemort hanging over his head, and in order to escape it and get some time to himself to process the things he had to overcome first and the subject that had taken him the longest to work through, which he only successfully got over after having sought out professional help in the muggle world, was the years of neglect he had suffered through during his time with the Dursley's which several times spilled over into abuse.
Harry had thought he had put it behind him, but much like Tom Riddle it had come back to haunt him, and he had spent many nights crying himself to sleep while dealing with it, however like he had done time and again in the face of the burdens in his life, with some outside help he had dealt with it and come out on the other end with some bruising to show for it.
The reason Harry was certain he wasn't within Grimmauld Place was because he could not find the connection he had through his magic to the wards he had put up around the place, seeing as he found himself in a child's room inside a child's body his mind soon began to work on plausible possibilities and he soon came up with a few that seemed to be the most realistic even with his current lack of information, the most possible he found was that he was dreaming and had become lucid due to the situation his mind had conjured up, the second most possible was that some kind of magic had been done unto him causing him to hallucinate the situation.
Deciding to let the situation play out on its own he got out of the bed and walked around and studied the room he found himself in, however his exploration was cut short when felt an urgent need to visit the toilet to relive his bladder, with quick steps he made his way to the door and left the room to find himself in small hall way, across from his door was another door which was partially opened from which the sound of light snoring came, even as he mind began to wonder who he was in the house with his body reminded him of his need to go to the toilet, quickly choosing to travel further down the hallway going to the left from his room, instead of to the right where a set of stairs led down, a minute later he entered the bathroom he was searching for and swiftly shuffled over to the toilet to relieve himself.
With his needs taken care of and with great hopes that he was hallucinating and not dreaming since he didn't want to wake up and find that he had wet his bed, he washed his hands before he left the bathroom to explore his surroundings, he found that there was four rooms on this floor of the house beside the bathroom, beside his own and the one from which he had heard snoring, there was a room that was coloured in a very light colour of what Harry guessed was purple with more girly coloured objects and toys in the room than had been in his own, from the two beds in the room he guessed it belonged to a set of twins due to the higher than average chance of having twins that magical couples seemed to have.
Another room was clearly a guest room which wasn't currently in use, finally getting to the room from which he had heard the snores which he had left for last due to the anticipation he had felt building inside himself, opening the door ever so slowly it didn't make much sound and Harry stepped closer to the clearly occupied double bed and was shocked when he was who was occupying in the bed, on either side lay one of his parents with his mother on the right and father on the left with a pair of twin girls in between them, just standing there for several minutes as his mind attempted to kick itself back into gear a soft female voice got him focused once more.
''Good morning sweetheart, do you need help going to the toilet'' asked his mother in a tired voice clearly not fully awake, Harry replied with a soft ''no'' before walking over to her side of the bed to see if she was waking up.
He just stood there looking at her in wonder and with hundreds of thoughts going through his brains in rapid succession, he was once more brought back to focus when his mother once more spoke to him however he didn't catch what she was saying but from the way she lifted the beddings and shifted slightly to make more room he was certain she had offered to allow him to join them, after hesitating for a moment he joined his mother and soon found a pair of arms wrap around him before he was hugged from behind.
Many thoughts made their way into Harry's mind as he lay in his mother's arms, enjoying the comfort it offered him and the calming effect it had on his usually chaotic mind, he quickly found himself getting drowsy as he snuggled closer to his mother, with the strongest feeling of comfort he could ever remember feeling carrying him to sleep.
When he woke next he thought it had just been a good dream however when he felt someone clearly larger than him move around him and out of the bed, the movement having woken him up he soon realised that he was still in the same place as he had fallen asleep, seeing his mother stand up in her pyjamas which were in Gryffindor colours with Hogwarts symbols decorating it in a seemingly random places, noticing that he had woken up she smiled at him before saying ''I am just going to the toilet then I will start to prepare breakfast for everyone, so just stay in bed until I call on you'' she said leaving once she got a nod from him.
Harry crawled further into the bed enjoying the heat his mother had left behind, once he had settled down he noticed movement on his left and a moment later one his little sisters crawled over to him grabbing onto him, shifting onto his side, he embraced his sister who cuddled closer to him.
After an undetermined period of time his mother's voice called through the house '' James it is time to get up, wake the twins and Harry and bring them down with you. Breakfast is on the table in a few minutes'' Lily called.
Harry's eyes shot opened and he once more began thinking about the situation he found himself in, however seeing as he didn't know how he had ended up where he did, he decided to just go with the flow, hearing a loud yawn he spotted his father getting up from the bed, his father spotted him out of the corner of his eyes after putting on his glasses, something which Harry only now realised he wasn't using, though that fact didn't surprise him seeing as he spent much time in an area with little to no light which had heavily affected his eye sight growing up, the thoughts back to his time with the Dursley's brought with it the familiar though now faint pang of emotions with it.
''I am just going to the toilet quickly then I'll be back to bring you three down for breakfast so just wait'' James said before quickly skipping out of the room.
No longer feeling tired as his brain kept trying to come up with more ideas for what was going on, he settled on waking up his twin younger sister's to get the scenario he found himself in moving along quicker, both of the girls were drowsy and clung to him even as he led them out of bed, he carefully guided them down the stairs and led them towards the smell of breakfast which soon found the three children in the kitchen where the table was being set with the help of magic as Lily kept her focus on the food she was making.
''Morning mommy'' the twins happily chirped as they came into the kitchen with Harry in the middle and a twin on either side holding one of his hands.
''Morning sweethearts, take your seat's food is almost ready'' Lily responded and a moments later James came into kitchen looking slightly surprised but seeing Harry stand with the twins holding his hands he just smiled before ruffling his son's hair.
''Thank you, Harry for helping Amanda and Catarina down'' he said before moving over to Lily and giving her a kiss on her cheek, the family soon settled down and ate their breakfast, his parents were talking about a visit from Sirius and his family the next evening and when the Daily Prophet arrived Harry managed to spot the date as his father started to read it, 30th July 1985.
With a start Harry realised that if the scenario he found himself in lasted long enough he would get to celebrate his birthday with his family, that realisation caused warm feelings to blossom inside him making him smile broadly.
''Why are you smiling honey?'' Lily asked him when she noticed him smiling while looking at the newspaper in her husband's hands.
''It's my birthday tomorrow'' Harry responded smiling at Lily.
''So it is sweetie and Uncle Sirius as well as your grandparents will come over and visit tomorrow night'' Lily responded.
Harry smiled at her and gave her a nod before turning back to his food and looking at the front page of the Prophet, their main story was about a new deal being made between the French, German and British ministries of magic which should create better relations and several job opportunities in each country.
Harry's thoughts kept going back to the fact that he wasn't sure if he would be able to remain in this wonderful place where his parents were alive, Harry spent most of the day observing his parents and listening to them talking as well as playing with his sister, he sneaked away a few times to look at newspapers in order to pick up on differences between where he had first grown up and this place he found himself in.
During the evening after his parents had gone to sleep Harry made his way downstairs to his parents study and library, moving over he glanced on the papers and books that lay about in the room, however he stopped when out of the corner of his eyes he caught sight of the invisibility cloak which belonged to his family, moving over to it Harry studied it for several moments as he remembered having absorbed all three hollows into himself after the war when he had become the master of death.
A title Harry had come to understand was much more than just a title, he had gained the abilities of all three hollows and could use them at will, the wand allowed him to freely cast any spell wandlessly and silently. The cloak allowed him to hide from everything, he had tested this ability and no known creature, spell or form of magic could detect or locate him while the ability was active, he hadn't ever used the stone after it had bonded to him, and he was unsure if it was the gathering of the three hollows or just the stone that had granted him immortality in the same way the philosopher's stone had granted the Flamels before Dumbledore had destroyed it.
Feeling curious Harry reached out a ran his fingers along the cloak, at first nothing happened but the next moment the cloak turned into a swirl of light which flew into Harry's chest and several moments later two more light came flying into the room joining the first in going into Harry's chest.
Surprised and not wanting to be caught out of bed by his parent's in case the bonding of the hollows had awoken them, or Dumbledore came running now that 'his' wand was gone, Harry quickly made his way up to his room and crawled into bed to sleep until morning all of sudden tired cause he suspected it probably wasn't a dream or an hallucination he was in but some form of alternate reality or time line like they called it in those super hero comics.
However this line of thought made him smile widely as he realised that he would actually have a chance to grow up with a loving family even if he wasn't quite the child he looked like at the moment.
He couldn't help all the thoughts that began coming to mind concerning his new-found situation, however after thinking things through and weighing his options he decided that he would keep any and all knowledge of his old world to himself and use the chance he had at fully healing his old wounds to its limit.
As he fell into a deep sleep, happiness graced his features and his night would for once in a long time not be plagued with dreams relating to his former life.
Harry awoke the next morning to the feeling of his bed shifting and muttered voices, two smaller bodies settled on either side of him and a moment later as he opened his eyes his family started singing Happy Birthday for him.
Harry grinned giving each of his siblings a hug which they happily returned, his mother who sat on the bed leaned in and gave him a kiss on his cheek before saying ''we have your presents for you downstairs'' she said before raising from the bed.
Once Harry got out of the bed his father pulled him into a hug and wished him a happy birthday, the family went downstairs into their kitchen where Lily had prepared breakfast and several presents were placed on the table where Harry normally sat.
For Harry the morning ended up being perfect, it was everything he had dreamed and longed for when it came to a family, which was why later in the day when he had the change to sneak away for a while he went to his room to be alone.
Once he got to his room and he was sure no one was coming up to get him he sat down on his bed and started crying for this chance to experience all the things related to having a family he had been robed off in his previous life, he cried for the child he had been, for the pain he has felt which had been with him into adulthood.
The pain and stunted emotions that had let him to become the man he had, Harry made several decisions at that moment, he decided to all ways be honest unless it related to his previous life, he decided to do everything he could to make his family happy and always keep them as first priority.
He decided to do his best to change the wizarding world to live up moral standards and ideas set forth by the Scandinavians countries of his world and he wanted to start studying philosophy in order to prepare himself for the opponents he would have to face when trying to bring forth this change, he knew that he would not be able to do much until he was older, but he could prepare to the best of his ability.
Half an hour after entering his room he went back downstairs after having freshened up in the bathroom so not to give the appearance of having cried. The rest of the day went perfect in Harry's opinion and when day turned to evening he started to feel a little bit anxious since he would see his godfather for the first time since Sirius died in Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts.
He knew that this would not be the same man that he had known, this man would not have been imprisoned for over a decade, he would not have lost his friends leading to him being consumed by vengeance, and most importantly he would have a family.
So while Harry knew that this man would be different from the one he remembered, he was sure that he would still remain the same fun loving, caring, joking and prank practising man that he had loved.
So when he heard the fireplace in their home crackle to life signalling the incoming floo connection, he jumped off of the floor where he had been playing with his sisters, he stood and stared anxiously at the fireplace for what felt like hours to himself before the crackling of the fireplace peaked and out stepped a girl that looked to be his age that he did not recognized, moments later she was followed by a smaller girl that looked to be around the age of his sisters if a bit younger, they were followed by a woman who was clearly their mother their resemblance being striking, and lastly out of the fireplace came Sirius.
Harry felt his heart jump in his chest as he saw his godfather, a giant smile erupted on his face and dashed up to the man hugging him while uttering a muffled ''Padfoot'' into the man's cloths, Sirius was surprised for a moment before reaching down and lifting Harry up to his chest, so they were at eye level.
''How is my little dogson doing, having a good birthday?'' he asked with a smile on his face and laughter in his voice, Harry giggled in response, which he would have been ashamed of was he not too busy being happy to see Sirius again, before replying ''The best'' giving the man a hug.
Harry's parents came to greet the arrivals as well and shortly after pleasantries had been exchanged Sirius put Harry down and Harry heard his mother speak up ''Harry love, you must greet all your guests'' Harry gave her a nod in response before turning towards the woman and two girls that had arrived before Sirius.
Walking up to them he offered both of the girls his hand in turn saying ''Hello'' to them as he did so, he was slightly surprised when he turned to the woman and he was about to offer her his hand as well when she bowed down and scooped him up in her arms giving him a hug which he returned, he was put back down after receiving a kiss to his cheek.
Harry had learned the names of the girls and their mother during the exchange of pleasantries, the girls were Daphne and Astoria Greengrass, Daphne being the older of the two and about his age, their mother Elizabeth Greengrass, was the lady Greengrass and the woman that Sirius had married in this world.
Ten minutes after the arrival of Sirius and his family, Harry's paternal grandparents arrived and Harry welcomed them with hugs which they happily returned while inquiring about his day and how he was doing.
Harry started to feel deeply emotional as the evening progressed as he witnessed the big and happy family he had become a part of, he was distracted when his siblings and the two Greengrass daughters came to get him to play with them.
That evening he fell asleep hugging both of his sisters while they slept on a couch, he woke up shortly when he was carried to his bed by his father, but he fell asleep again as soon as his head touched his pillow.
End of Chapter One
Authors Council Room of Doom
So I haven't uploaded anything in a long time, having suffered from depression and other life circumstances. But I am back now as part of my effort to work through my depression, I have had hundreds of ideas for fanfictions but most ended with a started or close to completed first chapter, the same was true for this story which I had on my pc in a nearly finished state since April 2016
I hope you have enjoyed this first chapter and look forward to the next which I will start working on later today, a huge thanks to my best friend Heretic-kun who gave my chapter a once over to check for major mistakes, and also a thanks to Cadurana who helped me work out the setting and some of the major changes you will see in this AU story.
