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"The bright light you saw… it took you back in time twenty years."

"What?" the boys asked in unison.

"You travelled back in time twenty years", Dumbledore explained. "Now is the year 1977. And Sirius – I assume your talking about Sirius Black-" he said and as Harry nodded he continued, "he is now the same age as you are."

Ron and Harry didn't know what to say. They just stared at Dumbledore.

"The painting also told me who you are", Dumbledore said after a moments silence.

"The painting…" Harry said. "Did it say anything about Sirius? Is he…" Harry was cut off as Dumbledore raised his hand.

"He's fine, he's just in shock and worried about you. I sent the man in the painting to go and tell that you are alright."

Harry sighed in relief.

"Now…" Dumbledore said. "I suggest that you, Harry, change your appearance. Seeing that you look a lot like James Potter, it would be some sort of a problem trying to explain that."

Harry nodded and Dumbledore nodded back.

"You have plenty of time", he said. "School starts tomorrow. I will apparate you to the Leaky Cauldron and pay for your room. Then you can go to Diagon Alley and buy your school applies and Harry can change his appearance. Harry, you will find that in Gringotts you have your account and your savings the same as you did twenty years in the future. Apparently I took care of that. At least that's what the painting told me."

Harry and Ron nodded.

"Tomorrow you will aboard Hogwards Express and come here by train like everyone else. As everyone else goes to the Great Hall you will come to my office and we will go to the Great Hall together and I will introduce you."

The boys nodded again and Dumbledore nodded back.

"Shall we?" he asked.

"Professor…" Harry started.

"Don't expect too much, Harry", Dumbledore said. "You were close in your time –and I'm not saying you couldn't be in this time too- but he doesn't know you yet. You have to remember that, when you see him."

Harry nodded and smiled a bit and Dumbledore smiled back softly. He stepped next to the boys and pressed one hand on Harry's shoulder and the other on Ron's shoulder.

"Here we go", he said.

Harry and Ron felt like they were squeezed into a small pipe and as soon as it had started it was over, and they were standing in front of the counter in the Leaky Cauldron.

"Hello Dumbledore, what can I do for you?" a man (who Harry recognised as a much younger version of Tom) asked from behind the counter.

"Hello, Tom", Dumbledore said. "Do you have a room available? The boys need a place to sleep."

"Yes, of course. This way", Tom said and led them upstairs. "There you go", he said and opened a door to a double room.

"Thank you", Harry and Ron said.

"Dumbledore paid Tom and Tom left.

"Will you two be alright?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes, I think we will", Harry answered.

Dumbledore nodded, "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Thank you professor", the boys said and Dumbledore smiled and disappeared with a loud crack.

"Bloody hell", Ron said the second Dumbledore disappeared.

"I'm sorry, Ron. I didn't mean for this to happen. I never thought a birthday wish would come true", Harry said apologetically.

"It's okay, mate. Besides it's not like you wished for my mothers death or anything", Ron laughed and continued. "And it's my mother who should be apologising. She had no right to say the things she did."

There was a small silence as both boys were lost in their thoughts.

"We should probably go shopping", Harry said.

"Yeah, you're probably right", Ron sighed.

They headed out and made their way to Diagon Alley and to the first barber they saw. Harry decided to go with short hair and the barber said that he put a permanent spell on it that would keep it from growing.

"You'll be able to take the spell of anytime you want", he told Harry.

"Thanks", Harry said and smiled and the barber winked at him.

Harry paid his bill (thank Merlin he had some money in his pockets) and they headed down the street.

"Let's go to Gringotts and then see if Wilder's optician already exists", Harry said and Ron nodded.

They went to Gringotts and Harry drew out some money. After that they headed towards where they remembered Wilder's optician to be in their time. As they got nearer they looked at each other and smiled. Wilder's was already open. They went in and Harry gave the gift token Remus had given him (lucky for him, he had put it in his pocket instead of the table where all the other gifts were) to the lady behind the counter. She told Harry to sit down, take off his glasses and look straight ahead as she performed the spell. Harry was surprised. He had never seen so clearly and he felt much better when Ron said that he looked better without glasses. Harry asked the lady if it was possible for her to make a spell that would change his eye colour a bit as well. She agreed and asked what colour Harry would like. Harry pondered it for a while and decided to go with the slightest shade of blue mixed with the green he now had. When the boys were out of Wilder's optician they headed to the nearest clothe store and to buy some clothes. Harry picked up some clothes and went to the fitting room and Ron sat in front of it to wait (he had already fitted his clothes). Harry came out of the fitting room, wearing tight jeans and a blue t-shirt that matched his eyes, meaning to ask Ron's opinion, but Ron wasn't alone. Who should be standing behind Ron looking t-shirts, but Sirius Black. Ron saw Harry's expression and looked at where Harry was looking and nodded when he saw Sirius. He then turned back to Harry.

"That looks good on you."

Harry looked back at Ron just as Sirius lifted his gaze to see who was talking to who. Harry smiled and decided to take the clothes. They both bought few pairs of jeans, t-shirts and sweatshirts. Harry also bought few dress shirts.

After that they decided to go and grab something to eat, so they headed to the nearest coffee place and went in. They both took a cup of coffee and pieces of apple pie and went to sit on an empty table. Not long after they had sat down the door opened and Harry nearly chocked on the piece of pie he had in his mouth. Who should walk in but Sirius Black and James Potter. Harry couldn't take his eyes off of Sirius and James. 'Damn….' Harry thought. Sirius said something to James, who nodded and then James headed towards the counter and Sirius headed towards the only free table in the café. And the table happened to be right next to the table where Harry and Ron were sitting. Sirius sat down and after noticing that Harry was staring at him he gave Harry a dazzling smile that made Harry blush slightly. A while later James joined Sirius. Suddenly Harry was in a hurry to get out and luckily Ron got the hint and they finished their pies and coffee's fast and made their way out.

When the boys were out of the café Harry stopped and looked at a tattoo shop nearby.

"Do you think a tattoo would look good on me?" Harry asked.

Ron stared at him for a while. "I don't know. What kind of tattoo where you thinking on getting?"

"A portrait of Rei between my shoulder blades", Harry said.

"Sounds cool. You wanna take it right away?"

"Yeah."

They walked into the tattoo shop and Harry tried to explain what he wanted. The tattooist didn't quite get the drawing of Rei right so Harry transformed to Rei and let the tattooist sketch him. Harry was satisfied with the sketch and the tattooist started to tattoo. It took him an hour to finish the tattoo. Harry was satisfied with it and paid to the tattooist and then they went to buy their school supplies and headed back to the Leaky Cauldron. They took their bags upstairs and went back down to get something to eat (they had actually spent three hours buying their school supplies. Hermione would've been proud). When they came back to their room after eating, both of them went straight to their beds not bothering to take off anything else but their shoes.

"Night, mate", Ron murmured before drifting to sleep.

Harry didn't even have the strength to answer that as he too fell asleep.

Harry was first to wake the next morning. He got up and did his morning chores. When Harry came out of the bathroom he saw that Ron was finally awake.

"Mornin' ", he said.

"Mornin' ", Ron murmured.

"Get up", Harry said and threw a pillow at Ron. "We can't miss the train."

Ron growled and reluctantly got up. Soon he was dressed and they headed downstairs. They said goodbyes and thanks to Tom and headed towards the train station. They made their way to the platform and to the train. Soon the train whistled its final call and when everyone was aboard, it started moving and making its way towards Hogwards. Harry and Ron found an empty compartment and settled there. After a long silence Harry let out a deep sigh making Ron look at him with a worried look.

"What's wrong mate?" Ron asked.

"Just thinking", Harry answered and wasn't entirely lying. After seeing Ron's questioning look he continued. "It's Sirius. I didn't expect to see him so soon. It feels weird. "

"Yeah, I know", Ron agreed. "He looks so different."

"I know."

"And what about your dad? I never knew you looked so much like him!" Ron said and Harry sighed.

"Me neither. I've seen pictures and all, from both of them, but it's different when you see them in person."

"I know what you mean", Ron said.

The rest of the trip they were in comfortable silence, both lost in their own thoughts. The train started to slow down and Harry and Ron collected their things and went to the corridor. They were in the top crowd out of the train and managed to get into the first wagon. Before stepping in Harry saw James and Sirius as they tried to get out of the train, and he quickly got into the wagon. Lucky for them no one else came to the wagon and Harry and Ron got the wagon to themselves.

"You nervous?" Harry asked.

"A bit", Ron admitted.

"Me too", Harry said. "By the way… I've been thinking…I don't think we should keep our own last names."

"I know what you mean. It would stir up lot of questions. You and James having the same last name and all."

"Hope Dumbledore has come up with something."

"Hope so."

When they go to the school Harry and Ron made their way towards Dumbledore's office as other students headed to the Great Hall. When Harry and Ron got to the statue that led to Dumbledore's office they didn't even have the time to say anything when the stairs started moving and Harry and Ron jumped on them and went upstairs. Before they even had the time to knock they heard Dumbledore say 'Come in'. Harry and Ron went in looking little surprised.

"I saw you coming", Dumbledore explained.

The boys nodded and Dumbledore motioned them to sit down.

"Now…" he started and looked at the boys. "At the sorting ceremony I will introduce you before the first years come in. I will introduce you as transfer students, who had to move to England and therefore you came to our school. As you were in Gryffindor in your time I decided it would be little easier for you if you were put in Gryffindor now too. I've talked to Professor McGonagall and she agrees with me."

The boys nodded and Dumbledore continued. "Now the second matter. I took the liberty of changing your last names. Ron, you will no longer be a Weasley. I decided that your last name is Sheffield. (Ron nodded). Harry, you will no longer be a Potter. Your last name is from now on McLain. (Harry nodded). Is this okay with you?"

"Yes", the boys answered in unison.

"Good", Dumbledore smiled. "Then I think it's time for us to go down to the Great Hall."

He stood up and the boys stood up as well and followed him down the stairs and towards the Great Hall. They walked in silence till they reached the doors to the Great Hall. Then Dumbledore stopped and turned around to look at the boys.

"One more thing… Please try to keep in mind that you are new students in everyone else's eyes. So, try to act like you don't know the place. It would be little weird if you didn't get lost at all like the new students usually do", Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Yes, professor", Harry and Ron said smiling.

"Shall we?" Dumbledore asked and pointed the door.


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