A/N Anything you recognise, isn't mine. Anything you don't, should be :)

After a good few hours shopping, Holly found herself sat in the food court of the shopping centre, sipping on a drink and deciding what she wanted to eat from the various options available.

She suddenly realised, looking down at the bags by her feet, that she didn't actually have anywhere to store her new purchases, other than the trunk she had bought in Diagon Alley. Glancing around to make sure nobody was looking, she drew her wand under the table and quickly sent off a Patronus charm to Tonks, who she really hoped had managed to come back to the past with her as planned.

Within seconds, she noticed a small change in the energy around her and a moment later the familiar, if slightly younger, face of Tonks could be seen appearing from a shrouded corner, glancing around as if looking for somebody. As she passed by Holly's table, Holly grabbed her arm and span her into the seat opposite.

'Excuse me,' Tonks fumed 'Do I know you?!'

'Relax Tonks, I know I look bit different but surely you still recognise me?'

'Harry?' Tonks gasped 'You disguised yourself as a girl?'

'Not quite' Holly laughed 'Seems as though instead of going back in time like the spell should have done, we've all just been bumped into a separate timeline, where it turns out I was born a girl!'

'How weird... I thought you'd be more freaked out by that to be honest, it's a big change to what you're used to'

'Well, there's definitely a lot more shopping involved than I'm used to, other than that it's been okay so far' Holly laughed 'By the way, turns out the name is Holly, not Harry'

'Sure thing Holly, so, you not called Remus here too? Surprised he's not here already'

'Actually no, I haven't, I called you first because I had a favour to ask you. Obviously you've just graduated Hogwarts and got your own place, right?' At Tonks' nod she continued 'Well I could do with a place to stay, and until we get Sirius out of Azkaban we can't access Grimmauld Place, and using one of the Potter properties would alert everyone to me not being with Dursleys anymore'

'Yeah that makes sense, from the look of the place when I woke up, I've not long moved in and nobody knows where I live apart from Mum and Dad, so that shouldn't be an issue. You can use the spare room okay?'

'Thats great, thanks Tonks'

'No worries Holly, you ready to set off yet?'

'Actually, I'm only about half done' Admitted Holly, looking down at her feet 'That was actually the second reason I called for you rather than Remus... I could actually do with some help with the rest of my shopping, it seems I actually have no idea what to buy for myself as a girl'

Tonks laughed at the embarrassment showing on Holly's face 'Wow, I can't say I'm shocked, I think I would have been more surprised if you had managed this all on your own really, come on then, let's get you sorted'

With that Tonks grabbed Holly by the arm, and pulled her up. Grabbing a couple of the bags Holly had already managed to fill each, the girls headed off in the direction of more shops, determined to pick up as many things Holly could possibly need.

Hours later, the pair arrived back at Tonks' flat via a taxi, deciding to utilise Muggle transport as it was easier than attempting to apparate with over a dozen shopping bags each. Collapsing on the couch, Holly groaned, rubbing her sore arms.

'Who'd have known I would need to buy so much crap just to survive! I guess I never really appreciated how much effort you girls actually put into doing things guys take for granted, even showering seem like more effort for you!'

'Well that's the world you live in now hun, it has its ups and downs but I'm sure you'll make the most of it. Look at the plus side... the clothes are much more fun!' Tonks laughed

'That's very true Tonks' laughed Holly 'Got to be an upside to everything'

'So what else have you got planned then, or was shopping for clothes, shoes and toiletries all you could handle?' Tonks asked. Holly quickly filled her in with her actions, leaving Tonks sat slightly awestruck. 'So you're telling me, breaking through wards with no wand, destroying a horcrux and stealing from Gringotts you could do alone; but shopping, SHOPPING, was what you needed help with' Tonks dissolved into a fit of giggles 'Oh Holly, only you'

'Stop it!' Pouted Holly, slapping Tonks arm 'You try spending your whole life as one person, before waking up one day as a prepubescent in the opposite gender!'

'Hello! Metamorphmagus? I can literally change everything about myself if I wanted to, gender included. I know what it's like both ways girl, trust me' Tonks chuckled 'You think it's hard now, just wait until you start experiencing female puberty, shouldn't be long for you now, now that's the real fun part'

'Oh piss off Tonks, it's bad enough that I have to even go through that don't start taking the piss out of me for it' Holly frowned

'Language young lady!' Tonks managed to get out before erupting into even more laughs, Holly sat frowning even more.

Holly pulled out her wand, a mischievous gleam in her eye as she continued to look down, her now untied hair falling over her face. With a small twitch of her wrist, she sent out a silent tickling hex at Tonks, quickly running to the other side of the room and hiding behind a table to avoid the backlash. After a few seconds had passed she realised she needn't have worried, as Tonks was completely caught unawares by the charm and was too busy suffering a laughing fit to attempt any form of revenge. With a quick Finite Tonks laughter eventually subsided, before she stood up and without a word, disapparated from where she stood and reappeared behind Holly, before once again disappearing and apparated into the spare bedroom. She quickly cast a body bind at Holly before leaving through the door and heading into the living room once more. Minutes later she returned, all of the shopping bags in tow, which she unceremoniously dropped onto the bed. With a wave of her wand, she locked the bedroom door, erected an anti-disapparition hex and removed the body bind from Holly.

'Right then missy, you think you can get away with something like that, now it's time for my fun. You're going to try on everything you bought today, and then put it away and organise all of your things in the wardrobe, understand? You want to act like a child, I'll treat you like one' Tonks poked her tongue out at Holly 'Plus you may as well get used to the fact that being a girl, means spending a lot of time with fashion. Whilst you may still think like a guy now, once those hormones start kicking in you'll have to cope with the same emotions and impulses any other girl does, so you may as well get started now!'

And with that followed around two hours of trying on different outfits, trying different styles of hair, pairing outfits with shoes, what goes with what and various other fashion related tasks. It was during the hair styling that Tonks and Holly discovered something new, that Holly definitely hadn't been able to do before.

'Right, as nice as your hair is in the shade of red you have, let's try a different colour' Stated Tonks, as she cast a quick colour dye spell on Holly's hair. The spell changed her hair colour to a dark black, similar to her original colour, before quickly fading back to the red it began as. 'Well that's weird' said Tonks 'Let's try another colour' She then recast the spell, this time dyeing her hair a light blonde colour, this too lasted a couple of seconds before fading.

'What's wrong Tonks? Should it not fade like that?'

'No, those charms are supposed to last weeks and fade out slowly like Muggle hair dye... Although I may have a possible explanation as to why they don't work on you. Stand up for me, and let your hair down naturally'

Holly did as asked, before suddenly Tonks ran her wand across her hair, cutting off a good six inch chunk of hair, leaving Holly stood staring in shock. Before she could even move to say a thing about what just happened, her hair regrew to it's original length, looking no different than before

'Aha!' exclaimed Tonks 'I should have known! You're a metamorph too!'

'What?!' asked Holly, confused 'How can that be? I was never one before, that I knew of, and that's not an ability that's in the Potter family.'

'Well there's no way to prove for certain, but it could be a number of things. It could be because my magic would have latched onto yours when we came back to this time, it could be because as a female you had a stronger link to the Black bloodline from your father's side? Who knows! Anyway, now that we know that, it'll make your life a lot easier, assuming people don't find out whilst you're at school. Trust me, that's a whole new headache you do NOT need.' Tonks shivered 'Okay, well I guess I know what we're doing for the rest of the day!'

The rest of the afternoon passed by in a blur for Holly, as Tonks went through the basic stages of how to control her metamorph skills. She was quick to point out however to only keep it to small cosmetic changes whilst she was this young, as if she went too far and messed up at a young age, it could affect her body's natural growth, as well as stunting her ability to change.

As the night closed in, they changed into some comfier clothes and moved back into the living room, sitting down in front of Tonks TV, whilst Tonks pulled out a takeaway menu and started to browse. 'So, what do you fancy eating then?' asked Tonks as she flicked the TV on with the remote, ignoring what came on in favour of deciding on food.

'I'm not really all that bothered to be honest, we can always split a pizza or something' replied Holly

Before Tonks could reply, she noticed what was playing on the TV screen, stunning her instantly. A split second Holly also noticed what was playing, slumping back into her chair in shock.

'Well, something is definitely weird in this timeline, because THAT definitely didn't happen before I went to Hogwarts' muttered Holly, showing on the screen was a BBC newscast showcasing the 2001 Brixton riots

'Looks like this timeline is a little more different than we first thought, eh Hol..?' said Tonks

'Yeah.. 10 years difference' Holly gulped 'and Hol?' she questioned

'Well y'know, friends can come up with nicknames you know' laughed Tonks, the tension in the room at this new discovery fading as she spoke 'Unless you're telling me we're not friends?' she gasped in mock horror.

'Piss off!' Holly laughed, throwing a pillow at her

The next morning, Holly woke up on the same sofa she had curled up on last night watching TV, looking around for Tonks, she decided it was best to go for a quick shower and freshen up.

After drying off, she threw on a new set of pyjamas and slippers and made her way into the kitchen. There she found Tonks trying to work out how to use her own Kitchen utensils. 'Ugh, move out of the way, douche, and let the pro show you how it's done' Holly laughed, pushing Tonks out of the way of the oven.

Within 10 minutes the pair were sat at the table enjoying a cup of tea and some toast.

'You know, I never did really learn how to cook before, not the muggle way at least ' Tonks admitted sheepishly

'Well, living with the Dursleys I had to, and then with the camping trip we took in 97, and living on the run when Voldemort came back the second time, I guess I just learned to cope with cooking however I could' replied Holly thoughtfully

Moments later, they heard a small pop just on the other side of the door, jumping to their feet they pulled out their wands and moved to either side of the entrance. As the intruder opened the door and walked in, they were instantly struck by a pale blue curse, hoisting them up into the air and spreading their arms and legs out in an X shape.

Shaking their hair out of their face, a familiar voice spoke 'Really now, surely you'd be able to recognise your own husband Dora?'

'What did we name our child together Remus, if that is who you truly are?' replied Tonks

'Teddy, after your father, of course' said Lupin. Tonks instantly dropped the charm holding him up and he dropped the few inches to the ground.

'And who might this young lady be?' enquired Lupin, glancing at Holly.

So the duo sat Remus down and explained everything that had happened so far, and what they knew about the situation they found themselves in.

'So you're really okay with this Harry?' asked Remus, looking concerned

'It's Holly now, Remus, and yeah, I am. I mean there's not really a lot I can do about it now anyway, so I may as well embrace and enjoy it.'

'Trust me Remus, as strange as it may seem at first, Holly's muscle memory means you wouldn't even be able to tell her mind was ever male. I mean, I've been speaking to her as if she was one of my girlfriends without even noticing half the time, and Holly seems to be okay with that too. As she said, we can't do anything but just live with it. She's still the same person she always has been, just, has longer hair, a curvier body and wears skirts from time to time. You won't even have to fight the guys off of her, because she's more than able to kick anyone's ass that tries anything. Same old person we know and love' Tonks beamed

'Well okay then' hesitated Lupin, before giving Holly a hug 'Well, it's good to see you in the flesh either way Holly, and I'm glad to see you and Tonks getting on so well'

'Well y'know, I thought with there not being too much of an age gap between us she'd want to help out, especially with all the stuff I'm clueless on, and we just kinda became friends I guess. It's nice' Holly smiled. Tonks proceeded to jump on her giving her a hug, resulting in both of them landing on the floor in a laughing heap.

'Tonks, chill out, I'm not as strong as I should be, and I'm still tiny for crying out loud, I can't support both of us you dolt!' Holly laughed 'Get off me, you douche!'

'Right, well, now that Remus is here and everything has been sorted between us three, how about bring back Lily and James, and getting Sirius free?' Tonks stated as she climbed back to her feet

'Sounds like a solid plan to me' confirmed Holly 'Now going off what happened when Voldemort used this ritual, I'm going to need a big, secluded area. Especially given the base I'm using isn't what it is supposed to be. We don't know what side effects might come up, and I can't be dealing with collateral damage this early on. If you could meet me in the Little Hangleton graveyard in an hour, I'll set up the site if you can both get me a few things. We need a single bone from each of their fathers, and a vial of blood from an enemy for each of them. Shouldn't be too hard, the bones are easy, if questionable, to obtain and the blood can be taken from any Death Eater, just remember the blood must be taken unwillingly. Binding them and cutting them will do, even if they are asleep.'

'No problem Holly, we can sort that, we'll meet you there in an hour.'

Tonks left for her bedroom, and a couple of minutes later reemerged in a set of robes, grabbed onto Lupin's arm and disapparated.

Holly meanwhile headed back into her assigned room, grabbed a pair of leggings, a cami and some flats, threw a cloak over herself, grabbed what she needed off the side of her bed before she too disapparated.

Reappearing just behind the cemetery she remembered so well, she quickly pulled a miniature cauldron from her pocket. She threw it to the ground in front of her, and with a wave of her wand, the cauldron returned to full size. She repeated this with the second cauldron, and set about lighting them both. She removed the Philosopher's stone from her pocket, and carefully placed it into the bottom of one of the cauldrons. Focusing her magic, she slowly conjured the Alchemists Base inside the cauldron, until it was filled to the top. She removed the stone from the base, and checked her handiwork. The originally transparent base had turned a dark red colour, matching that of the stone. 'Perfect' she muttered to herself.

She then set about repeating this with the other cauldron, and had just finished filling it up when Remus and Tonks apparated in a few meters away from her.

Seeing this, she turned her wand to the empty space and summoned forth two rudimentary constructs, not dissimilar to that utilised by Voldemort in her fourth year. She then removed the resurrection stone from it's cloth bag and levitated it in front of her. With nary a sound, she summoned a small ball of Fiendfyre and levitated the ring through it. As it passed through, a scream could be heard and a small puff of smoke escaped before that too was swallowed by the fire. She extinguished the fire and levitated the now ringless stone in front of her, before rotating it 3 times in mid air.

Suddenly, the spectres of Lily and James Potter appeared, before she waved her hand and they flew forward into the constructs bodies. These were then levitated into their own cauldrons, and the ritual began:

'Bone of the father, unknowingly taken, you shall revive your child'

with that, Holly levitated the bones into the respective cauldron.

'Flesh of the servant, wilfully given, you shall revive your master'

With this, Remus withdrew a dagger and removed two of his fingers before levitating them into a cauldron each, his werewolf healing abilities having replaced the missing digits already.

'Blood of thine enemy, forcibly taken, you shall revive your foe!'

Holly dropped the vials of blood into each respective cauldron, before all of a sudden a bright light surrounded them all, shielding them from the view of any outsiders. Moments later, the cauldrons caught aflame, and began to levitate. They then began to convulse and wrap around themselves as if attempting to apparate, before finally they began to take on the shape of the intended form. As the light dissipated, the forms finished their transformation into that of the no longer deceased Lily and James Potter. Holly broke from her position to run into her families arms. Taken aback momentarily, Lily and James then wrapped their arms around their son, now daughter for the first time in years, soon joined by Remus and Tonks as the tears freely flowed from all's eyes.

An hour later found them all sat once again in Tonks' kitchen, enjoying a cup of tea and discussing what had happened since Holly had come back from the dead, and what their next move should be.

'In my opinion..' began Holly 'We should leave the ministry and Dumbledore in the dark with regards to your revival, they would only attempt to dig into what happened here today, and with our luck we would all end up in Azkaban.'

'That is all well and good sweetie, but how are we going to free Sirius if there's technically nobody that knows Wormtail was the secret keeper?' asked James

'That's easily done' replied Holly 'Sirius can escape from Azkaban again, just early this time, break into the Burrow, capture Wormtail, and take him to Amelia Bones's office in the DMLE. As long as he does it before anybody notices his escape, he should be fine. The only question is how to let him know our plans?'

'I'll send him a patronus now, knowing Padfoot, he'll be in the Ministry with the rat within an hour of him leaving. Do you think he'd need any help?' Remus interjected

'I'd be very surprised if he did' responded Lily 'That spell that we used to come back now, transported our consciousness' and our magic, and, for want for a better term, dumped it into our old souls. So really, he should have more than twice the magic he had before, and if I remember rightly he wasn't exactly weak beforehand. Now he should easily be able to escape Azkaban, even without a wand. Add into that the fact that he now has his sanity completely restored, all he has to do is wandlessly create himself a portkey off the island… His power level should allow him to at least transport himself to the edge of the wards, if not directly to the Burrow!'

'If our magic has been combined with that of our old selves, I would love to see how high we all rate on the Merlinean scale now…' muttered Tonks

'The what?' asked Holly

'The Merlinean scale, is the scale by which a witch or wizards magical power is measured. It was first created around 200 years ago by a wizard working for the ICW on a way in which to calculate how strong a witch or wizards magic was, and nobody has found a way to improve on it since. It is administered three times throughout a wizard's life, first when they are born, secondly when they are admitted into a magical school of their choice, and thirdly when they reach their magical majority at the age of 17. A drop of blood is taken from the child at birth, and placed onto the front page of their file at the ministry. That drop is charged with a short bolt of magic, and the amount of magic released in response is measured and recorded on the parchment. The form is linked to the acceptance letter sent to each child when they begin school so that the level is updated, and then when they reach the age of 17 the level is once again magically updated.' Answered Lily

'That just sound stupidly complicated' Holly laughed whilst looking confused 'Anyways, Moony you need to send the patronus to Padfoot, and let him know how he can escape easily, he never was the brightest spark, and he may try and escape the same way he did last time.'

'You think that's complicated, wait until you see the kinds of experiments the Department of Mysteries got up to before the war' laughed Lily 'Some of the things I had to deal with in that place, were unreal, and I wasn't even there long!'

With that, Remus withdrew his wand and summoned his patronus. A few muttered words later and the patronus sped off through the wall and onwards across the country to the prison at Azkaban.

Meanwhile, sat in said prison cell was one Sirius Black, last remaining member of the Ancient and Noble House of Black. Imprisoned in 1981 for the murder or Peter Pettigrew, the betrayal of Lily and James Potter to Voldemort and many other dark magic offences, he had spent the last ten years of his life seemingly withering away within his cell. However, this was not the case. Whilst originally Sirius had spent 13 years within the prison before breaking free, this time his future soul had resided within his body, granting him a complete healing of all the psychological effects Azkaban had had on him. Having spent from the moment he arrived in the past, to the moment Remus patronus appeared in his cell, regenerating his body and reversing the effects of malnourishment that had befallen him.

Given the extensive increase in magical power he had obtained, by the time said patronus arrived a few days after he did, his body was almost fully back to how it was before his incarceration.

Upon receiving the message, he calmly stood up off of his bed, if you could really call the mat in the corner a bed, and picked up one of the loose stones off the floor. With a muttered Portus the stone flashed blue, before returning to its grey hue. Moments later, Sirius Black, one of the most infamous wizards in Magical Britain, disappeared from his cell; momentarily rematerialized on the edge of the prison wards, before thrusting his body forwards through the ward boundary and apparating away with a faint gust of wind.

Far away from the island of Azkaban, Sirius reappeared with another faint whoosh on the edge of the property boundary of the Burrow, known residence of the remaining British Weasley family. Detecting no wards surrounding the property, other than the standard Muggle repelling ones, he strode forward through the open gate, and followed the main path down to the house. Noticing the lack of light emanating from the house, he circled round to the back door, and with a wave of his hand disillusioned himself. To anybody watching the Weasley household, it would have appeared that the back door of the property had blown open in the wind, before being shut just over a minute later. However, this was not the case. Upon entering the household, Sirius briskly walked up the stairs, pausing to silence his footsteps on the first landing after he realised the noise he may cause, and made his way to the bedroom where one ten year old Ronald Weasley slept. Hitting the boy with a mild Dormio hex to ensure he did not wake up, he stunned the rat resting in the cage beside the bed and placed it into a conjured bag, realising that the robes he had been given for prison had long since lost any pockets. Once again silently leaving the room, he closed the door and swiftly made his way downstairs and out of the house, closing the door behind him. Once he left the house, he moved into a full out sprint to the edge of the property before twisting mid stride and apparating away with a barely audiable pop being the only indication he had ever been there.

AN Hope you enjoy the chapter guys, let me know what you think in the reviews section? Thanks!