Echos across Time and Space
Book two:
"Harry Potter and the Philosipher's Stone"
An: And we are back, I can't conjour up anuthing in my mind to think of right now
So... onto the show!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter characters, only this plot.
"Oooooooooh" Sirius said excitedly as the chapter title was read. "Do we finally get your point of view Harry?"
Harry nodded "Um, this is a slightly depressing chapter but yeah, its my point of view from here on out"
"Neat!" Sirius said.
"Oh no" Lily moaned before turning her head into Severus' chest as the book talked about there being no indication of 2 children in the Dursley household.
"There's gonna be a lot of 'oh no's in these books mum" Harry said looking at Lily with half amusement half apologetic expressions on his face.
James really didn't like the sound of that but continued reading none the less.
"You remember that?" Minerva said looking up at Harry in surprise when it was revealed that he remembered Hagrid taking him to Number 4 Privet Drive.
Harry nodded and said "I was suppose to have an eidetic memory but I wasn't able to practice it during my time at the Dursleys and it ended up being lost to me with only faint traces here and there.
Minerva frowned but nodded for James to continue.
Reading the line about spiders on Harry's socks James read a line or 2 ahead and then stopped and looked up at Harry.
"Son" he said angrily "Even if your mother and I do die in 10 years I will somehow make sure this never happens again, understand?"
Harry smiled and nodded.
"I know dad, I know" he said.
James nodded and continued reading all while scowling at the book. All eyes joined him in glaring at the book when it was mentioned that Harry slept in the cupboard and Lily sat up straight a dangerous glint to her eyes.
Amelia was writing on her parchment again. For something to do or otherwise no one could tell.
All the purebloods began writing down their questions when the computer and tv were mentioned.
When James was done he continued.
Everyone was showing their pleasure at how Harry was treated. It was clear to them all that he had a low self-esteem in his early years and it set all of them on edge, however they stayed silent to let James continue.
James however was having a difficult time getting the words past the angry lump that had formed in his throat.
After a few deep breaths he managed to continue.
There was an instant uproar over Petunia telling Harry that James and Lily died in a car crash.
"CAR CRASH-"
"RIDICULOUS!"
"AS IF-!"
"OF ALL THE ASININE THINGS-!"
James simply seemed amused as he re-read that sentence then he looked up at Harry and said "They don't know that much about we Magicals do they?"
Harry shook his head.
"No" he said "All they really have to go off of is Aunt Petunia's jealousy of mum's magic and a harmless prank you played on Uncle Vernon when you met him. I believe a tongue tying curse was involved in that prank"[R1]
James nodded and mumbled to himself "Right...no pranks on any muggle named Dursley, it turns out bad results"
With that he returned to the book
"And that also squashes a child's natural curiosity" Minerva said, when the book Petunia told Harry to not ask questions, she scowled looking at Harry "How did you survive?"
"I had 'Mione" He responded wrapping his arms around the woman in question "she's my lovely bookworm and she got me use to asking questions"
"Right," Minerva said "I'm going to make sure to make you 2 partners in every class"
"No issues there Professor" Harry replied with a grin as James continued.
James snorted as did the rest of the room when Vernon told harry to Comb his hair. Everyone and their mothers knew the famous Potter hair was a lost cause when it came to grooming it.
"What a good way to put it" Severus said, referring to book Harry saying his hair naturally grew all over the place, Lily nodded in agreement.
"Why is she forcing you to cook so young Harry?!" Lily huffed when it was revealed that Harry was cooking breakfast.
"I dunno mum, but I turned into a damn good cook because of it" Harry said "In fact all the food you'll eat in here was cooked by me, or rather my original self,"
Lily brightened at that, looked eager "Oh boy, i cant wait!"
When the book said Harry would describe his cousin as a pig in a wig everyone burst out laughing. It went on for several minutes but eventually James got a handle on his admittedly shot emotions and continued to read.
"Spoiled brat" Minerva mumbled when Dudley clearly didn't like the amount of gifts he had.
"Ah don't worry, he grows out of it. I think he starts to realize how mean he's been when I saved him from a Dementor in the summer before my fifth year" Harry said cheerfully
Lily and James twitched and wondered how their son could think getting attacked by a Dementor was normal.
"Oh for Merlin's sake, he can't even bother to remember his numbers" Remus finally muttered when Dudley stumbled over his numbers.
"I loathe that man" Lily mumbled as Vernon encouraged the behavior.
Remus looked a bit upset having experienced being talked about like he wasn't even there before.
"And they talking about you like you're not even there..." He whispered loudly, horrified.
He proceeded to start a list on his parchment 'Reasons to find Harry and get him out of his Aunt and Uncles'
There was vicious scribbling coming from Remus' direction now as Harry's Aunt and Uncle kept talking about him like he wasn't there.
When Vernon mentioned Petunia's friend, Yvonne, Reguulus snorted and raised an eyebrow "The Gossip Queen has friends?"
Everyone snorted at this as Sirius clapped his back saying "Good one little brother"
"I now feel sorry for that child" Fillius said shaking his head when it was revealed that Dudley had a way to get what he wanted from his parents "No discipline from either of his parents, only encouragement"
"Even I can tell you that's bad parenting" Regulus agreed.
Delores nodded also in agreement.
"Really bad parenting" Regulus mumbled under his breath when Dudley stopped his crocodile tears around his friend.
"I should really sit Petunia down and talk to her about the ins and outs of accidental magic" Lily said writing something on her parchment for the first time ever as Vernon threatened Harry about his accidental magic.
The whole room went silent and stared at the book then looked at Harry as one of his bouts of accidental magic was revealed.
"Yes" Harry said answering their unasked question "My original self is a metamorphmagus. Hermione and I found out a few weeks before we sent this trunk out that that ability and several others were placed in magical blocks so the only mention you get of them in these books is in this chapter."
James looked mad but nodded as he continued.
Amelia was writing on her parchment again but the rest looked up at Harry in surprise when his "jump" onto the school roof was described.
"Apperation Harry? At so young an age?" Arthur asked in shock.
"Heh, according to Sirius and Remus from my time I was a very powerful toddler. I believe Siri said once that I was most likely Sorcerer class" Harry said looking a bit sad bringing up Sirius.
Sirius himself picked up on it and asked a question that had been nagging at him since the subject was last brought up "Did...Did I go down like I wanted?"
All eyes turned to him.
"Yes" Harry said, his smile strained "It didn't make it any easier for Remus and I to accept though...".
James continued on before the atmosphere could get any heavier.
The whole room cringed, anticipating Vernon's reaction to Harry talking about his motorcycle dream.
"N-Not my brightest idea" Harry said cringing himself "I was still holding out hope that they would come to love me like they did Dudley"
Everyone snickered when Harry compared a gorilla to Dudley.
"Gee Harry" Frank said as he chuckled "You're really good with descriptors"
Alice giggled and nodded hiding her mouth behind her hand.
"Thanks Uncle Frank" Harry grinned at the man
'Later' he mouthed to the boy who was just about to ask what he ment by Uncle. He nodded, holding off his question, instead, writing it down.
"Yea I get that feeling too" Giddeon said at the same time as George when book Harry thought he should have realized his luck was too good.
A few paragraphs later Harry merely got up and walked out of the portrait knowing what was coming next. The talking to the Brazillian boa constricter. Hermione let him go. She knew he was having trouble still with the knowledge that he had some of Voldemort's soul in him as well as...well...who he was.
Only Fred and Fabion noticed and they glanced at each other each exchanging looks of curiosity.
When the snake winked it dawned on the inhabitants all at once, Harry was a Parslemouth! They all looked at the portraits but only Hermione was there.
"Write it down for later" she said casually.
James hesitated unsure how he felt that his son was a parslemouth. He shook himself before writing down his question and continued on.
"Well at least he was polite" Lily said approvingly at the conversation with the snake.
James growled when Dudley punched Harry in the ribs.
Harry was just coming back into the frame and they all looked at him as people in the reptile house was running to the exits.
"Sorcerer class indeed" Minerva smirked at him as the others nodded.
Harry was sure he'd be blushing if paintings could blush.
"Oh that poor Mundane" Arthur mumbled at the harassed sounding reptile house keeper "I do hope the obliviation squad treated him with care, he's clearly already stressed."
"Oh I am going to find that kid and spell him till he cant talk about Harry again" Fillius said crossly when Piers told Vernon that Harry talked to the snake.
The others nodded in agreement, even Amelia had to agree the kid went too far.
Everyone scowled at Harry sneaking around and stealing having to be a necessity.
Lily whimpered a little as the book revealed that Harry could remember some of the night Voldemort attacked them but she remained sitting upright. Everyone but James looked back up at Harry.
Lily burst into tears and hid her head back into Severus's chest when book Harry revealed that he wished he had family to take him from the Dursleys. Severus immediately began rubbing her back as Remus got on her other side stroking her hair. Delores even came over behind the couch and gently rested her chin on the top of James's head, reaching down and gently stroking the top of Lily's hair.
James looked upset himself and lowered the book as the adults all moved over and surrounding the couch.
Fillius reached up squeezing James' shoulder in comfort as Minerva transformed and perched on James' chest purring comfortingly.
James smiled a bit slowly calming down though his eyes shined with tears and he returned to reading.
Lily sniffled and held out her hand when James ended the chapter.
"I-I'll read next" she said clearing her voice.
James nodded and moved over sitting next to Severus handing her the book. She laid across both their laps and glanced at the book at the same time as letting Minerva resettled on Lily's stomach
The title made Lily finally smile as she began to read.
"Chapter 3: The Letters from No one"
References:
[R1] On Pottermore there was a story about Vernon and Petunia meeting James and Lily. It said that Vernon's avoidance of magic came from a prank James played on him when they first met. I tied it to the tongue tying curse because in Sorcerer's/Philosepher's Stone in chapter 4 (page 50) he mumbled 'Mimblewimble' which is the incantation for the tongue tying curse
An: Chapter 2 done, just Chapter 3 to rewrite now and I'll be back on track. My acceptance of this situation is grudging. Bah who am I kidding? It ticks me off still. Bah Humbug! I'm going to finish my lunch and then surf the web.
For now, R&R
TTFN
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