Stuck in 1979

Summary: Master of Death Harry finds himself stuck in the year 1979 with unwanted attention from both the Ministry, Voldemort and his Death Eaters all while trying to throw of both Dumbledore's and the Marauders suspicions. This could only happen to Harry Potter.

M.O.D HARRY. TIME TRAVEL. AU

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: Obviously I am not J.K Rowling. All characters are her own. This is her genius, my imagination simply at play.

Author's note: This chapter is a little longer then the last three, with a little more happening so the story, I feel, is beginning to really take off. If it however seems like the stories just jumping from place to person I apologize but I really did enjoy writing this, so I hope you enjoy reading it. Two things though. Number one there is mentions of homosexuality and very slight incest in this chapter, if that offends anyone then I'm sorry but I honestly will be surprised if it does. You after all are reading a fanfiction story about a time traveling wizard. Also I noted when I was writing this that some people may have thought it was weird to have your animals name tattooed on your neck(something from this chapter)but I have my dogs initial and paw print tattooed on my arm. So it's not that insane. Without further ado. Enjoy.

The talk with Remus had gone better then Harry had expected, although he had initially hoped that he wouldn't be having any talks of that nature with anyone. He hadn't even been that keen to talk to Dumbledore! But Harry had explained about his time travel and about not knowing how he had in fact traveled 25 years into the past. He told Remus about Dumbledore knowing and about his time with Voldemort. (Well only the fact that he had once been a spy of course.) Remus had agreed to keep Harry's secret and he also offered to help him with his research, which Harry himself was happy to receive.

So over the next three days they had continued to leaf through the restricted section of the Hogwarts library every chance they had. But with the first of September fast approaching Harry began to panic that they wouldn't find what they needed before the students returned to start another year and he may just have to teach Defense.

He of course was more than qualified for the teaching position, he simply thought it would be more productive for him to spend 8 hours a day attempting to find a way home to his family. The only true family that was his own, that he can actually remember having. Not sitting behind a desk teaching teenagers the difference between Offensive spells and Dark curses.

Dumbledore himself had apparently found nothing and Harry was beginning to wonder if he was even trying. So Saturday found Harry, yet again accompanied by Remus in the restricted section of the library.

"This is getting ridiculous." Harry exclaimed pushing another book away from him and dropping his head onto the table. They had been through nearly the entire restricted section of the library and still nothing. The most promising lead they had found was a short article in a book from the 1500's that told the story of an elderly man who claimed to have traveled 20 years into the past. The story began to become far fetched however when the man claimed that he had in fact fathered himself, and was really only in his 30's not his 60's.

Remus looked up from the book he was reading and smiled slightly at Harry. "Well if you're getting frustrated we can always take a break" he suggested. "What type of break?" Harry asked sitting up and rubbing his eyes. "Well we can head into Hogsmeade and grab a bite to eat. Saves calling the elves up again." Harry didn't feel like going into Hogsmeade, he however did want to do something more than just research with Remus, no matter how desperate he was to get home. It wasn't just for himself, but for Teddy. He wanted to have as many memories as possible of his birth father to one day show him.

"I guess yes." Harry sighed and stood up, gathering some books to place back on the shelves. Remus couldn't help but smile at how easy Harry seemed to cave to Remus's happy demeanor today. "Great, we can grab a bite at The Three Broomsticks." "Or we could not" Harry suggested with a slight shudder. The Three Broomsticks was not a place to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Then again neither was the library. His only reply was a small chuckle from Remus as they headed out the door towards the entrance hall.

Walking down to Hogsmeade had actually been quite enjoyable, and not the long tedious trek that Harry had to walk to patrol the village as a Hogwarts Professor on weekends. Remus was far more enjoyable to talk to then his students anyway because he wasn't Professor Potter, the famous Defense prodigy who had killed Lord Voldemort. No to Remus he was simply his friend Harry. (He liked to think that Remus was beginning to think of him as more than just the future son of his current two friends.) Something that was easy to do when they had rarely spoken of his parents since that night in the kitchens. It was nice to take his mind of the research for a moment and enjoy some leisure time with Remus. Sure he had spent time with Remus back in his own time before the man had died, but to Harry this was more special because Remus didn't feel obligated to the teenager he had known as a baby.

"So Remus I was thinking that…" "Moony, hey".

Remus and Harry turned to see James heading towards them, just coming out from Zonkos joke shop.

Remus turned towards Harry as if to say something but before he could James was in front of them, a questionable look on his face, eyes darting back and forth between the two.

Harry was nervous. He hadn't been this nervous when he met Luna's father or when the Ministry had held that ball his in honour, honestly he hadn't even been this nervous when he first sat down at Voldemort's dinner table as a servant rather than an enemy, but standing here in the middle of Hogsmeade 25 years in the past, face to face with his dead father made him incredibly nervous.

"Hello James. Um you of course remember Harry ah Harrison Thyme the new Defense Professor at Hogwarts." Remus asked gesturing to him.

"How could I not his the spitting image of me" James laughed, barely giving Harry a glance. His attention it seemed solely focused on Remus.

"No I'm not" Harry exclaimed, shaking his head whilst Remus also replied "Not really."

"Um ok." James replied. A little confused to why they were both getting defensive. "So um what are you doing?"

Remus was the one to reply this time. "Just grabbing something to eat for lunch."

"Oh really?"

Harry could hear the distrust and accusation in his father's voice. Obviously he doesn't like the amount of time Remus has been spending with you. His jealous. That little voice in his head said. "Yeah Remus has been helping me set up my office at Hogwarts." Harry quickly added, wanting to placate his father.

"Oh really. Why? Looking to make new friends Moony?" James asked. The accusation and personal clear in his voice with each word.

"It something you should try" Remus exclaimed getting annoyed. Harry placed a soothing hand on his arm. An action that wasn't missed by James.

The last thing he wanted was to be the cause of a fight between two men who were so important to him. (No matter the year he was in). He hadn't personally seen his father in a fight, but he had seen Remus plenty of times and the last thing anyone wanted was for Remus to let Moony loose. An angry Werewolf in the middle of Hogsmeade would help no one.

"Remus has also been helping me out by showing me around Hogwarts." Harry told James.

"Well you've been helping him out a lot. We've barely seen you these past few days mate." James said, addressing Remus and ignoring Harry.

"Yeah I had a harder time navigating the halls then I thought I would." Harry added jokingly, once again being ignored by his father who continued to stare at Remus as if Harry wasn't even there.

" I'm sorry James." Remus replied. His good mood all but gone after James's attitude.

"Oh that's alright mate. Just come round later when you're finished here yeah. At Remus's nod. James smiled and turned to head off back the way he came. "Well alright I'll um…I'll let you go. See you later Moony."

"Yeah bye Prongs."'

"Goodbye James."

Harry was once again ignored.

REMUS'S POV

That following evening found Remus sitting on the couch at James and Lily's, sitting opposite them and Sirius. Lily had invited him over for Supper under the pretense of talking birthday plans for Peter. However they had been acting awfully weird all through dinner, James and Lily glancing at him every few seconds honestly believing that he couldn't see them. Sirius was acting even weirder. He was getting very affectionate with him. Hugging him or slapping him on the back and grabbing his arm. He would then seem to think different of it and hastily retreat away to the other side of the room, like he didn't want to stand too close to Remus.

When they had finished their meal and the dishes had been cleaned and placed away, they retreated into the sitting room, were it was apparent that they wanted to talk to Remus about something much more important than Peter's birthday. James kept elbowing Lily as if he wanted her to say something. She in turn would open her mouth then hastily close it before looking away.

Remus, growing tired of their behavior decided to just confront them about whatever it was that bothering them.

"So it's obvious you all wanted to talk to me about something, so just tell me." The others looked startled that someone had broken the silence. Merlin you would think that they had forgotten he was sitting there. Lily sat up straighter in her chair as if she was about to start a lecture on the history of Goblin Rebellions.

"Well it's about you and Harrison Thyme."

Remus was a little confused. Why would his friends want to talk to him about Harry, they didn't seem to like him all too much. A fact that Remus thought was quite upsetting as he was their son and godson respectively.

"What about Harrison?"

Lily quickly glanced at her husband for moral support before turning back to him. " It's just that you both have been spending a lot of time together and you haven't really known each other that long I mean when you first both saw each other it was almost like you already knew who he was and you're very protective of him and sensitive."

"Yeah Moony you're going a little crazy. It's like when I ran into the two of you on your lunch date yesterday, I saw the look you gave Thyme when you realized I was heading over. It was almost like you didn't know what to say, like you didn't want me to know something. And the way he touched your arm... " James couldn't help but add.

"I guess what were asking is um…"Lily continued to ring hers hands with a nervous look on her face shooting glances at James and Sirius as if wanting them to stop her from asking whatever it was she was about to ask.

"What?" Remus asked getting irritated. What could possibly have Lily so nervous and James and Sirius so uncomfortable? Oh Merlin no. Remus couldn't help but think, do they know about Harry? Are they trying to ask me if he is in fact their son?

"Um well what I'm asking is um…" Lily took a deep breath and squared herself visibly. "Remus is Harrison Thyme your mate?"

Remus was shocked. How could they possibly think that he and Harry were…? Sure they had been spending a bit of time together lately, mostly alone but they were only researching, and whenever they were in public together, they weren't intimate with each other in any sense of the word. At all.

"What? Are you...? No no of course not."

"Look its nothing to be ashamed of." Lily continued. "It's rare yes, but not uncommon for a werewolf to be mated with a person of the same sex. It's fine. "

"Yeah Moons we always knew you were different." James laughed, walking over and slapping him on the back.

"You just should have told us, were your friends. We love you even if you're a homosexual." Lily finished for him, moving to sit beside him, wrapping him in a hug. Remus was speechless. Just what the hell is going on?

"Yeah and bonded to a weirdo."

Remus noted that Lily looked quite upset at that. "Sirius!"

"What?"

What was he going to do? They had been growing more suspicious of Harry for days. No doubt jealous of the amount of time we've been spending together. Remus couldn't help but think. But why couldn't they just take his word that Harry was a good person and they were just friends? Remus didn't get close to other people outside his small group. Merlin he had shared a dorm room with the other Marauders and had never told them about his Lycanthropy. They had to figure it out for themselves in their second year. Remus was a very private person. So why couldn't they just trust him? Better yet respect his privacy. Why just because Remus was making a new friend did he have to be bonded to them?

Remus wasn't homophobic but he felt uncomfortable about the idea of people thinking he was in a relationship with the son of his two close friends. (Whether or not anyone knew he was in fact their son from the future.) I really should talk to Harry about this. But what was he going to say?

Was harry even a homosexual? He had the name Ted tattooed upon his neck sure, but was that even a lover or former flame? Or simply a close friend, his child perhaps or maybe even a pet. He didn't know that much about Harry at all, if anything. He was James and Lily's son from the future. He was 24. He was in or had been in a committed relationship with someone (Remus could still faintly see the tan line from a ring on his finger) and he cared deeply for someone named Ted. That was it. He knew a total of 6 things about the man. (4 and 5 being his name and the fact he was a time traveler) How did that ever warrant being bonded with someone?

Obviously Remus sat there contemplating the situation to long because James seemed to take his silence for recognition.

"Merlin Remus." James exclaimed throwing his hands up in the air. "Why didn't you tell us? Were your best friends we don't care if you're gay, do we Pads?"

"Of course not. Just don't come on to me mate."

"HONESTLY SIRIUS, WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP?!" Lily had obviously had enough of Sirius's insensitive comments.

James continued to rub Remus's back, trying to offer him some form of comfort he didn't need, oblivious to the fight about to ensue between his wife and best friend. "You just should have told us."

Remus couldn't help but sigh at the turn of this conversation. Merlin he was getting a headache.

It's Saturday night and you're sitting in Remus's library reading. How exciting. Harry couldn't help but think. It's late at night and your sitting in a dead man's library, 25 years in the past researching time travel. Much better. Harry corrected himself with a slight smirk. Merlin I'm that bored I'm arguing with myself.

Harry wasn't used to being alone. He was always with either Luna and Teddy or his friends. Even then unless it was the occasional 'guys night out' that Seamus organized, Luna and Teddy were with him then too. If he wasn't with them he was with his students, or fellow professors or Wizengamont members. He was always surrounded it seemed by Ministry officials or fans. He had never been alone, not that he could ever remember anyway. He hardly ever got a moment alone at the Dursleys, unless he was locked in his closet and even then he found it difficult to relax, always on edge listening for Uncle Vernon in case he returned to let him out or demand another drink, or if he had some ridiculous cleaning task he wanted done like the ceiling or skirting boards. He had found it difficult to be alone at Hogwarts also. On the rare chance he wasn't with Ron and Hermione, he was with Dumbledore or in his remedial potion lessons with Snape. At the very least there was always someone close by, usually trying to 'do him in'.

He was Harry potter, he wasn't supposed to be left alone.

The only time Harry can ever remember being alone was when he was at 'The Compound.' The name given to Voldemort's family home in Little Hangleton.

As he was prophesied as the child who would bring Voldemort's reign to an end, The Boy who Lived, Dumbledore's golden boy and the only son of such a blood traitor as James Potter, the other Death Eaters had avoided him on principal. The fact that Voldemort had ordered no other Death Eaters to cause him any harm only added to the seclusion as they all saw Harry as some sort of prized pet.

This order alone had infuriated Bellatrix Lestrange to the point where Harry actually thought she may have attempted to disarm Voldemort for the chance to curse Harry. Voldemort claimed that he wanted the pleasure of hurting Harry for himself but Harry suspected that Voldemort didn't want anything to cause him to switch back to the light side and once again become an enemy. He had grown over time from a thorn in the Dark Lord's side to quite the threat and the Dark Lord himself had known it.

Harry was shaken from his thoughts from the sound of the back door opening. Getting up from his spot on the lounge he headed into the kitchen and took a seat at the dining table. A moment later he saw Remus enter in from the wash room shaking off his coat off, a forlorn look upon his face.

"What's up?"

Remus jumped, startled obviously not excepting Harry to be out of the library.

"I ah…" Remus stuttered rubbing the back of his neck. "It's just that um Lily and James and Sirius also, they seem to think that you're my um…" Now that he was here face to face with Harry, he didn't want to say anything but knew it was best. Sighing he took a deep breath and blurted it out. "They believe that you're my mate."

He had headed straight from James and Lily's to his home on the Isle of Skye. He hoped Harry was still there researching the object they had come across this morning in a book called Incredible feats of Magic. A book that Harry had found in Dumbledore's own personal library. How? Remus didn't want to know. The book however spoke of a device, some sort of multiple leveled disc covered in ancient runes and inscribing's that could be used to travel vast miles. This book was of course centuries old, used before wizards had developed and harnessed the skill of apperation. Harry hoped that if the device had actually existed they could replicate it to not only travel great distant, but time.

"I'm your mate?" Harry repeated, unsure if he had heard correctly.

"That's what they believe yeah."

Harry couldn't help but laugh. This wasn't after all the first time he had been suspected of batting for the same team. Even though he was married, back in his own time people still believed he was in a relationship with various men. He had even been linked to his good friend Seamus Finnigan on more than one occasion, and Seamus was also in a committed relationship and his fiancé, Lavender Brown was currently expecting their third child.

Harry sobered up though pretty quickly when he realized that he cared about what his parents thought of him. Sure he wasn't a homosexual, but if he was he hoped his parents would have been nothing but supportive of him.

"What did they say?"

"Well they said that the just wanted me to be happy and that they cared about me. Not much really. They said I should have told them."

Mistaking the look on Harry's face, he hurried on. "I mean we have been spending a lot of time together lately, what else were the supposed to think? Remus asked unsure if Harry was offended by what his parents and godfather thought.

"I guess yeah, anyway I'm glad your back I wanted to show you something." Harry replied, standing up from the table and heading into the adjoining sitting room, Remus close behind.

"So were ok? About people thinking that were seeing each other I mean." Remus couldn't help but ask, wanting affirmation that he hadn't offended Harry in anyway, though being the son of open minded Lily Remus would have been shocked if Harry actually was homophobic. " Yeah I guess. At lease their not suspicious about me and thinking that I'm trying to recruit you to the Dark Side or something and this gives us an answer when they ask again why were spending so much time together, I mean we can't tell them were just researching time travel, can we? Harry asked as he continued to flick through the notes hid made early on the for mentioned device.

Remus couldn't help but agree that Harry had just made a good point. "I guess not yeah. "

"Anyway." Harry continued as Remus sat down on the sofa next to him. "I was thinking about that device and I was thinking that if there is any truth to it there must be a record somewhere in the Department of Mysteries, I don't know why I didn't think of it before. I've been to the Department and it's filled with prophecies and experimental creatures yes, but when I was there last time there were thousands of time turners."

"Yes but when you told me of those devices you said that the timer turner hadn't been developed until the mid eighties, and all research and construction of the first prototype had been done privately. So there wouldn't be any record in the ministry at this time. "

"Yeah but she can't have be the only person whose had the thought what if we could travel in time? Could she?"Harry went on. Obviously coming to some revelation that he wasn't going to be swayed from. "I'm sure there must be something in the Ministry. Some sort of research papers or documents or something. I mean what else do Unspeakable's do all day?" Harry exclaimed getting even more excited by the moment.

"Unspeakable things?" Remus answered with a shrug of his shoulders, picking up Harry's notes from the coffee table where he had just placed them.

Harry couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Ok so in all seriousness when are you going to tell Dumbledore? I'm not too sure if he will take a 'what if' hunch seriously. I'm sure he is incredibly busy." Remus asked.

"No I'm not going to say anything, it doesn't feel to me like Dumbledore is really doing all he can to help me. I think he wants to keep me here longer for some reason. Probley wants to find a way to get me to reveal certain secrets about Voldemort, I did serve under him after all."

"So what are you going to do?" Remus asked handing Harry back his notes, a little apprehensive. It almost sounded to him like Harry's plan involved criminal behavior. Probley a natural response to a difficult situation. Remus couldn't help but think. He after all was voted in by the order to replace their fallen spy. Working so close with the Death Eaters couldn't have been easy. "You just can't walk into the Department of Mysteries and request classified documents."

Harry continued to stare at Remus. The look on his face was nothing but serene as if what he was about to say was not only the most obvious, but the most natural response in the world.

"I'm going to break into the Ministry. Tonight."

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