History Lessons

The look on the two staring at Erik was a cross of 'what you never heard of me?' to 'there is something that we have to tell you'. Severus was the first to speak up seeing as Harry wasn't ready to tell Erik yet much less talk.

"This is Harry Potter… surely you know who he is…." The look from Erik clearly said no.

"This is the boy that had his parents murdered by the dark lord." Erik shook his head, he still didn't know who Harry was.

"You're a Hogwarts Student… surely you know of Potter…"

"No I don't… even if I did… I might know the name in passing… but that might be because the Potter I know is already dead… has been for over 16 years" Erik looked between the two as they looked at each other. Thinking about it Erik looked closer as Snape and saw that he was missing some scars. This isn't the Severus he knew.

"You might want to fill us in on who you are and how you can to be with your injuries…. And your appearance" Snape's tone was slightly miffed but it was completely curious as to know the knowledge of what was going on.

"My name is Erik Tobias Destler. Many don't know my middle name for I don't tell them my grandfather was slightly abusive. But then my mother was your sister, I come from a mainly muggle style lived home… but my recent tale starts in my mid 7th year…."

Sitting in the library is a group of four, Erik is clearly there leaning against a table reading while the other two a girl with short hair but a spunky personality is reading through a book as well. The other friend was sitting with a note pad and 3 books open in front of him all of the books being looked at the same time. Looking up from a group of books was Severus holding his arm. He was being summoned they found that tablet.

"They found it... there would be no reason other then to call you… let's get going. Gideon, get the rest of the staff ready I'll be coming back hot. Alex… round the rest of others and have them with the teachers and ready.

Severus ready to do this?"

"Let's go before I am late" Severus and Erik walked out together; the potions master transfigured his robes into his death eater outfit, pulling his mask on. Erik followed looking to his first true friends not knowing it would be the last time that he ever did.

Giving a thumbs up to the two he turned and looked to Severus.

"Where is the summons?"

"It's in the deserts. That's all I have… You'll have to disillusion yourself…" Severus looked at Erik as Erik snapped his fingers and he turned into a very invisible mass and with a hand on Severus's shoulder the other man touched his mark and the two apperated to the Egyptian Desert in the midst of a pyramid.

Once amongst the Death Eaters, Erik released Severus and backed away carefully. Occluded his mind, with enough defenses up to make a barrier of ice look like nothing. Looking around Erik moved his way to the stairs where the tablet was being held. With no one down there Erik looked at the tablet and rested his hand on it.

Turning to look up where the entrance was Erik listened as the Dark Lord spoke of victory. Sneering that that thought Erik read the inscription a faint blue pulse radiated against Erik, picking up the tablet Erik wrapped it up and carrying it against his chest before taking off up the stairs. The man was still going on about his success, quietly Erik walked across the room till he hit a bit of stone. Looking at Snape he closed his eyes and focused hard on Hogwarts. A loud pop issued and Erik apperated away back to the school.

At the boarders of the school Erik took off on a run he soon ran into the order, soon there were others around him. Snapping his fingers the disillusion charm dropped and he soon returned to a visible state. Getting to the school was hard, the Death Eaters showed up, many of the order threw themselves in front of Erik taking blows. Hearing people die around him Erik turned for a second to wave his hand, a wall of fire was summoned giving people time to get inside the school and slam the doors shut.

Erik's friends and those of the Order that survived stood and looked at the door, looking to the many friends that he had trained they told Erik to run, he had to hide or destroy the tablet. Before the spell could be given to Erik to destroy the tablet the school's front door blew wide open. There was Voldemort with his death eaters.

"Kill them…. Kill them all... I want that tablet and Erik Destler's head on a silver platter!"

After that call Erik spun on his heel and took off, there was no reason for him to stop, no he nearly did when heard Alex scream out, it was cut short as Gideon came up beside him and pushed Erik out of the way from a green jet of light

"GIDEON!! ALEX!! Fuck!" Ducking under more jets of light Erik left his dead friends and turned down a hall, the school of Hogwarts was massive, but soon there would be no way to escape. Running a up a set of stairs Erik slipped on some water but he managed to keep his balance and dive into a hall at the speed he was running at. Finally tripping Erik flew into a skid and pitched forwards the tablet flying from his hands. Pushing himself up he ran and bent down and picked up the tablet in one swift motion before still continuing a down a hall.

Making it away from the 3rd floor Erik was barely away from the jets of light, they got closer a section of pillar and wall exploded and flew in the way of Erik, diving through a hole in the debris Erik looked back for a sec before taking off again.

After 5 more minutes of running, ducking, diving Erik was finally cornered. Soon Death Eaters surrounded him after having shrunken the tablet a bit and hiding it in his robes he was magically thrown around against walls before he dragged into the center of a clearing.

"I never felt as much pain as I did that day…. The Crucio was the most widely used, but then so was other spells I never heard of, and if that didn't do it for them they physically beat me till I was nothing more but a bloody rag of meat.

After that as I leaned against the wall pretending that I hid the tablet elsewhere, Lucius verbally threatened me over and over asking where the tablet was. I never broke, not once even though my leg was gone and some of my ribs there was no way I was going to give it up, even if I was forced to I would take it would me along with everyone there.

I spoke Chinese… an old saying…"

Erik looked up with his cold eyes and spoke in another language to Lucius. No one though knew traditional Chinese but one.

"There will be a day that good will defeat evil. There will be a day that the repressed will take back and be free. There will be a time that the evil that has transgressed here will be destroyed. And till that day I will gladly die before I see you take the hope of all."

"Yes… it was to be my dying words, but someone pulled their mask off and looked at me, it was you Severus. You looked at me and you gave me 'your' last words before you spoke one of the scriptures. You sent me away to a time where it could be fixed, where the problems of then could be stopped and even prevented. You died taking on the Death Eaters and transporting me away."

Severus and Harry listened intently to Erik, by the end of it Harry looked at his father with tears in his eyes. Severus looked to Harry and hugged him whispering words of comfort before looking back to Erik as he continued his story.

"I had blacked out and I remember popping out of nowhere above the ground before I hit it and the pain from my leg blacked me out so this is where you find me and put me back together in a way. And for that I have to thank you" Smiling Erik looked between the two with nothing but respect, they found him and they cared for him.

"Erik, I don't know what or where you are from, but in this world, the one that is against Voldemort in a race of good against evil. It's Harry Potter…. My son. He was permanently charmed but I'm hoping there is a way to reveal how my son really looks. The name of the Boy-Who-Lived is known through out the entire world. And the power that he possesses is to rival the dark lord himself." Harry looked at Snape and raised an eyebrow this was the first time the potions master would ever admit something like this. Much less about Harry Potter, a brief amount of coughing brought Severus and Harry back to the real world.

"The stone tablet…. I don't know where it other then that when you appeared you where covered in gold stone before the dust lifted and reformed the stone. After spinning a few moments it disappeared with a pop leaving you on the ground." Severus looked to Erik as he forced himself to a sit, sweat was starting to show as Erik pushed himself more and more.

"Erik what are you doing?"

"I need to get that Tablet… If the Voldemort of his time gets his hand on the tablet, you can expect that once he gets his hands on it that, this world will end. Not only would he be able to bend time and space, he could ultimately make the world to his image and his liking there is no way I am not going to sit by injured or not and let him get it." Turning his body Erik pulled his legs down so they hung off the ledge. Erik's face was set despite the pain he was feeling in his right leg. Placing his left leg down he made himself stand before he limped to where his stuff was.

Bending down Erik picked up his robes and pulled out a small pack, waving hand over it, it grew till it was a full sized survival kit. Opening the kit Erik pulled out some cloths and a cloak, changing Erik despite the brace on his entire leg stood on his left leg Severus trying to talk Erik out of leaving.

"Erik, your not thinking of leaving in your condition…"

"I've been in more pain before and I've pushed myself, the scars on my body is a testament and overall proof. Severus, you know that I can't be here… if the dark lord knew… then imagine what he would do…. To you and to Harry."

"Screw that… you have a completely destroyed leg, your ribs are broken… get back in the bed now Mr. Destler." Severus fixed Erik with one of his stares the commanded obedience.

"That will never work on me Severus…. I broke away from that gaze and what it meant years ago… you haven't been able to fix me with that for a while…"Severus was struck with awe, his gaze didn't work on the boy that was in front of him. Erik started for the door Harry had gotten in Erik's way, and with his back to Severus he spoke.

"You of all people know what it's like to be afraid for family…. You lost so many in your service and it's clear that Harry doesn't know this. I can't be here… Voldemort will know and look what he will do to you if he makes it into your mind with the knowledge that you have about Harry. And if the knowledge of the tablet I will not take the risk of it falling to the other side. Good-bye Uncle…" Erik pushed Harry back and started for the hall. Erik never made it as there was a mutter of words from someone.

"I'm sorry Erik..." Erik was struck from behind with a spell, Erik's vision swam before it went black, and he never hit the floor for he was caught and taken back to bed and put back into his pj's. Harry and Snape look at each other before they move on and make sure that there isn't anything that Erik would reach, sitting beside Erik, Severus looked to Harry and sent him off to bed and rest, it was already a long day.

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Opening his eyes to see nothing but blur Erik, yawned and rubbed his shoulder when he looks around, it's about mid-morning and the calendar at his says it's about a week later then when he last was awake. Turning his head again he see Severus with a book in his hand, clearing his throat the potions master moved his head up from the large coil bound book to Erik before putting it on the bed by Erik's leg and standing up to check Erik over.

Trying to move into a sitting potion Erik realizes that he's bound to the bed magically. There is nothing for him to do other then sit where he was and looked around.

"You've been out for a week, I had to make sure that you where unconscious because I know of what it's like to make sure that people are safe. I haven't given up my role as a spy for Voldemort or the Order, but as far as I know I haven't been found. I will not put Harry in danger, but then I will not let you put yourself in danger, your foolish Gryffindor bravery is not going to help you in the state you are in. It's better to stand back and wait till you are better before going off to find the tablet.

I have managed to heal most of your injuries but your right leg is still healing, if you promise not to leave I will let you out of the bed. Besides… I have something to show you…." Laying there Erik nodded; soon he was able to sit up against the back board of the bed.

Severus moved so he was directly beside Erik with the book he had earlier in his hands, he held it out to Erik who took it and opened it. It was his family tree, looking it over he saw his parents names and a skull beside each of them, Severus explained that Erik's parents where his relatives and that Erik's mother was Severus's sister, both of his parent's where Aurors and good ones, but they died in attack along with a young boy of 5 years. It was Erik; this time line had him dead.

Looking at his name he saw the date of his death and the skull beside his name. Swallowing Erik closed the book before he looked out a window, tears started to form as he realized what it meant, even though he was from somewhere else, a different or alternate time line was murdered, along with his family. He never had a chance to grow up, never had a chance to meet friends, never be able to go to school.

Once it hit him that he had a tombstone here he closed his eyes and tried not to cry, to think that there was a place that he was buried and beside his parents he completely let go. This was his home now, and even in his home he felt dead, tears continued to stream down his face as he cried silently. Severus looked at Erik and saw that Erik's wasn't as strong as he was, he was like everyone else vulnerable to everything, and too much death plagued him like it plagued Harry.

Reaching over Severus set his arms around Erik and pulled him into a hug rubbing his back like he had done with Harry. This was where he was meant to be; this was who he meant to be with, Harry his son, and Erik his nephew. Closing his eyes Severus made a promise that he would protect both Lily's and his son and his little sister's boy. For once Severus knew that he had a family and didn't have to be cold and uncaring.

Looking at the door of Erik's room, Severus whispered a few words and a silver doe left the room to head down the hall. A few minutes later Harry was at Erik's room with his cane, looking at the scene Severus ushered Harry over and he looked at the two before giving them proper introductions.

"Harry… this is Erik Destler…. Your cousin" Erik looked up with a sad, soft smile, while Harry gave Erik a full grin and hugging both people that where his family and the most important to him.

"Hey cus… looks like you and me are going to be talking huh?"

Erik gave a radiant smile, he was home.