A Bright Past
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, He and his world belong to JK Rowling, so I don't make profit out of this.
TRHP - Timetravel, Dumbledore bashing, Weasley bashing, SLASH, Mpreg, JPLE, RLSB, LMSS
As a last hope, just before he dies, Tom sends Harry back to the past, 20 years, to his parent's time. His goal is to do what they failed in the future: kill Albus Dumbledore. Will Harry succeed. Better yet, will he get to know his parents and will this Tom love him too?
I have to apologize for the late update. I have been sick a lot lately, so I haven't been able to update. But no worries, I'm back now. And I'll do my best to update regularly.
Chapter 1
Pain, that was the first thing he felt when he woke up. Pain in every part of his body. He slowly opened his eyes, he wanted to see Tom, ask him what happened.
Instead of seeing his lover next to him, he saw white walls. Only that. Until someone else entered the room he was in, this person was an adult man, about 39 of age. He had light brown hair and kind grey eyes. He was wearing a white healers robe.
"Hello, sir, it's good to see you awake", he smiled, "you were brought in a week ago by a young couple, the Weasleys, ring any bells?"
Harry was smart enough to know what happened, while the healer had been talking, his memories had returned: Dumbledore, the loss of their allies and friends, the battle, Tom being injured, the time-travel spell, the loss of his child.
He knew he was here to stop the future from happening.
"No, sir. I don't know them."
The healer nodded, "my name is Sam Healfather, your healer. As you probably guessed. Could you tell me what happened to you and anything useful about yourself."
Harry nodded, thinking back about what he and Tom had talked about when they found the spell. "My name is Hadrian Griffin, I'm 17 and until recently I lived in Edinburgh with my godfather. The last thing I remember is a lot of yelling and curses flying around. I think my godfather apparated us… That's all I know, I must have passed out."
The healer looked at him. He could see the wheels turning inside the man's head, probably coming to the conclusion of him being a survivor of one of Voldemort's raids.
Than healer Healfather said something that surprised him. "You said you're 17. Did you finish school?"
Harry widened his eyes, "well, I was homeschooled. If I were to go to school I'd be at 7th year level."
The healer nodded, "I'm going to get in contact with the headmaster of Hogwarts, I'm sure he'll let you enter the 7th year there…"
Harry smiled; internally really happy their plan was going so well, if only Tom was with him. He shook his head, they'll meet again, he couldn't keep living in the past. He sighed, now he just had to wait for his number one enemy. Not that said enemy knew who he would be letting into the school.
Not two hours later healer Healfather came back with Dumbledore. As soon as he saw who entered he slid his mask in place.
Dumbledore smiled, Harry cringed inwardly but smiled back, "my dear boy, Sam here told me what happened and I see no problem in letting you continue your schooling at Hogwarts, when you feel up to it and the healers let you go. I look foreward to see you at my school." With that he smiled one last time to Harry and Sam and left the room.
Hadrian spent two more weeks into St. Mungo's and by the, it was the last week of August. His Hogwarts letter had arrived and he made a trip to Diagon Ally to purchase everything he needed. His courses for the year would be; DADA, transfiguration, herbology, potions, arithmancy, ancient runes, charms and care for magical creatures.
So naturally he picked up the books needed for those classes. After that and the other school supplies he left and went back to the leaky cauldron.
He so couldn't wait for September the first.
1st of September –
Hadrian didn't know why he was nervous, he had done this before. The train, the parents with tears in their eyes, the children en teens saying goodbye to their parents or hello to their friends, it was all so familiar. The only difference were the faces. People he remembered were not there, he could spot some others that were probably parents of teens he knew from his time.
People like the Malfoys, the Blacks, even the Bones and Crouchs. They were familiar, yet complete strangers.
He took a deep breath, he would be able to this. He would make new friends and he would make sure what happened in his time, wouldn't repeat itself here.
He was one of the first actually in the train, taking a seat in one of the front compartments. He was glad now, with his staying in St; Mungo's, it had given him more time to come up with a truthful and complete back-up story. And of a way to tell the people of this time what would occur, of a way to break the news to Tom, in a couple of months.
Tom, even the mention of the name had Hadrian daydreaming, about the life they should have led. The child he had been pregnant with, all grown up, accompanied by brothers and sisters, while he and his love grew old together.
But it was not meant to be, not yet at least. He would never forgive Dumbledore for taking that away from him, taking away his friends, his family, his fiancé, his child.
It was in the time that Hadrian came back from his daydream, 2 young men had come in. He looked up, recognizing them as Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy.
"Hello", he smiled. The two others nodded back, "good day, we noticed you sitting here alone. We normally sit here, so I hope you don't mind us joining you?" It was Lucius who spoke.
"Not at all, I'm new since this year, I was hoping to make new friends soon. My name is Hadrian Griffin." Hadrian smiled again, hoping he had done the right thing making friends with Slytherins. "That explains why we haven't seen you around, I'm Lucius Malfoy. This is my friend Severus Snape." Both young men had small smiles on their face now and took a seat.
They talked all the ride, Hadrian coming to know the two men in a different way than he had in the past. They were younger, more carefree, yet things still matched with the older ones he had know. It was something he was glad about, it would make his transaction easier. He even got to see the Marauders, even put them in place.
It was halfway through the ride that the compartment door slid open, revealing 3 other young men Hadrian recognized as a younger Sirius, Remus and his father. Two out of three had smirks on their faces. "Oh look, slimy Slytherins, you already corrupting the new guy?" It had Hadrian furious; if this was how they had been behaving when they were younger he was ashamed of being related to them. "You call them slimy; you know you're nothing better than the supremacists you hate right? You judge people based on what house they're in. It's like what skin color they have, or their religion. Even who you parents were. It's pitiful and childish. What would you do when one of you has a child who ends up in Slytherin, someone you raised, but who's personality fits best with Slytherin. Or if you fall in love with someone who was born to Slytherin parents. Would you hate your child? Be rude to the parents of your crush? You think about that and let me know when you grow up."
It had all young men in the compartment looking at him with awe, two of them because he stood up for them. And three of them because they never looked at it that way, seeing that point of view, they were ashamed of themselves. They turned around, not fully prepared to face the truth, yet prepared to think over their actions and change them.
Hadrian was happy when the train stopped in Hogsmade. Together with Severus and Lucius he got into a carriage, only to be accompanied by a younger Narcissa and Bellatrix Black.
After acquaintances were made, small talk was exchanged. And while the four Slytherins went ahead to their table, Hadrian waited by professor McGonagall to be sorted.
He would be sorted first. So after the first years arrived, he stood in the front. And while walking towards the head table, talked to some of them.
"Students, this year we have an exchange student. A rare occurrence here in Hogwarts, Hadrian Griffin, please come up to be sorted.
Hadrian walked to the seat, took place and let McGonagall plase the hat on his head.
My, my, a time traveler. With such a history too.
'Hello hat, yes a traveler. But the history is not something I want to talk about. I will make sure it won't happen here.'
A noble goal. I hope you succeed. The old coat is up to something. Be carefull.
Now let's see, you were a difficult choise the first time. But you have grown since than; I could place you in all the houses. Any preferences?
'Ravenclauw, natural ground to try and regain peace in Hogwarts and outside Her walls.'
Well than, it better be RAVENCLAW!
With a smile Hadrian took a seat at the blue and bronze table. Getting a smile and a wave from four people on the table next to them. He was going to make the best out of this. And succeed in what he came to do.
That's it. Hope you liked it!
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