Disclaimer: Not mine. All character belongs to JK Rowling.

Chapter 11: The Time Guardian part 2

(DREAM…)

"Arise Yin Yang Mage…" A soft warm female voice echoed through the entire black void.

"Who's there?" Harry said, jumping up from the floor, turning around left and right. Harry noticed that he didn't sound like a kid anymore. He sounded as if he was back in his original body again. Not only did his voice return to normal, but his appearance as well. He tried to find his sword, but couldn't find it.

Failing to find it, he instead tried to figure out where he was as he knew he was sleeping in his bed a moment ago with his mother.

"You are in the dream world warrior…"

"Dream world?" Harry repeated back as he tried to pinpoint the source of the voice.

"A suitable location for the coming discussion. I'm sure you have many questions and like wise I have the answers. Though the more important topic of discussion shall be why the lives of this world are different than your original universe as well as the paths of destiny. Your actions so far have been most intriguing in this world as well as the the results of said actions." The soft warm female voice said amused.

Harry eyes widened.

'Paths of destiny?'

"I don't understand! Show yourself and explain it to me!" Harry said feeling his body preparing to take action.

"Very well…"

A huge burst of bright light appeared in front of him taking the shape of a young light blue haired female who had bright silver blue eyes, had a small petite size and… she had the most beautiful wings ever. She looked to be an angel. However Harry could sense that she was powerful. That was what put him on the edge. "Be at ease young warrior, I come to only give you an explanation." The girl said now standing in front of him.

Harry narrowed his eyes when he wasn't sure if she was a real threat or not as his instincts were telling him to attack first, asks questions later.

"Explanation, what do you mean?" Harry finally asked though still keeping his guard up.

"I am not here to fight you, unless you desire to fight me of course. I haven't dueled in a long time." She said raising an eyebrow at him that dared him to draw out his magic for a fight.

Harry shook his head while slowly getting into a defensive stance. If they were going to fight, he would have to rely on his Yin Yang magic for this but for now he would hear her out.

"You were here to explain something? Well explain." Harry said coldly in return while keeping his emotions in check.

The girl sighed.

"Truly a warrior at heart but please, I came here peacefully." She pleaded at the same time while putting her hand out in an open way, leaving him a full chance for an attack.

Still wary of this weird encounter, Harry backed down, but was still cautious. One, she knew of his Yin Yang magic, two, she had a lot of power, and three, he was in some kind of area or dream world in which she controlled. She had the advantage.

"Thank you." She said quietly.

Harry said only one word.

"Explain."

She nodded.

"I am the Guardian of Time. Others have called me the Mage of Time.'" She said looking at him kindly.

"Mage…" Harry said in shock. "That can't be. I'm the last Mage that has risen in the past two thousand years! Unless you're more then two thousand years…"

"Your assumptions are correct. I am a Mage, like you, but one that is cursed to live forever." She said interrupting him. "However, we are not here to discuss me. We are here to discuss on why you have entered this dimension."

Harry said nothing but waited for her to explain.

"I shall make this quick." She said now warmly while staring deep into his green eyes with her bright blue ones. "First off, as a Time Mage, I watch all dimensions and all present time lapses. I am what you say, a Time Guardian for all dimensions."

Seeing Harry's look of understanding, she continued. "As a Time Guardian, it is my job to make sure no one interferes with other dimension destinies, unless I see fit to change it myself," Seeing the young Yin Yang mage raising his eyebrow, "it is my job as a Time Guardian."

Harry gave a look of uncertainty.

She gave him a patient smile.

"Well, that's good to know that I am not the only mage left in existence, but why am I'm here then? You were going to explain on how I came to his dimension?" Harry wondered in interest.

Smiling at the young warrior, she spoke in a soft voice. "When you were in your old dimension, you made a wish, a wish to never be alone anymore. At that time, I was watching you. I have seen your entire life and I decided to grant you your wish by sending you into this dimension, where the person that you replaced had currently died in the cemetery. Though nobody knew the younger Harry Potter died since you had automatically replaced him."

Harry gave her a blank look.

"Because you heard my quiet wish that I wanted to never be alone again, you sent me to a dimension to live my wish?" Harry asked to clarify it.

"Yes. However, when you came here, I wasn't expecting your actions in this world to change the paths of destiny to so many people."

"You had mention about the paths of destiny a while ago? What do you mean?" Harry said blankly.

The Time Mage gave him an patient look.

"Please stop interrupting and allow me to finish." She said slowly losing some of her warmth.

Harry though just ignored her.

"When you came here, you didn't interfere a lot at first, but when you went to Hogwarts, you interfered with dozens of destinies that weren't supposed to happen. Normally, I try to fix the problems, however I decided to let things go as you see fit since you just wanted to adjust to this world." Here she looked she gave a smile and continued to speak softly, "Now, in case you are wondering, there is a change in the prophecy with Neville Longbottom."

Harry gave her a wide eye look.

"What do you mean? A change in the Prophecy?" Harry asked.

She smiled gently.

"When you came to his universe, you had changed so many destinies. It was hard for even me to set things straight. I know there will be some big changes that will happen in this world. First off, I knew that even if you were looking for peace, you would always find trouble because you are the type that will forever jump into a fight whenever you see those who are important to you in danger. A warrior through and through. Unfortunately the plan you designed in somehow defeating Voldemort by the end of your 4th year by not killing him, but capturing him and training Neville Longbottom to be able to defeat him will be impossible."

Harry gave her a sharp glance.

"What's impossible about it?"

The Time Guardian gave him a sharp look in return.

"Unlike you, Neville Longbottom will not become a mage on his 16th birthday."

"What?" Harry said looking shocked and surprised.

"You heard me. He will not become a mage on his 16th birthday. The reason why, is mainly because of you being here. However, let's say you'll be sort of happy in the end." The Time Guardian commented with a smile while flexing her wings.

Harry gave a confused look.

"If there is a change in the Prophecy, who will defeat Voldemort then?" Harry asked hoping his assumption was wrong.

The Time Guardian scoffed at him and gave him a disbelieving look at him.

"You."

Harry gave exasperated shake of his head.

"I've been thinking about this all last year. If I defeat Voldemort, won't the Wizard World start looking at me as a hero? The whole reason I've stopped interfering in people's affairs was to prevent myself from gaining the public's attention. Should I be the one having to defeat him? But then I don't even know if I can trust Neville! His attitude will take him forever to be adjusted and by the time that he does, people will begin to die in my 6th year from the random attacks and the people Voldemort targets," here Harry shivered remembering there were random attacks everyday and deaths that were reported frequently. "If I could possibility train Neville early, maybe I can do things differently." Harry said trying to do think of a few things in mind.

"No." The Time Mage said interrupting his thoughts.

Harry spun around and gave her a glare.

"So what the hell am I'm doing here then, to defeat Voldemort again? Is that the true reason you sent me here, because you know Neville can't do it?" Harry said coldly.

She gave him an equal cold look. "Don't be so spoil. If I hadn't sent you to this universe, Neville would have failed and the world would have been conquered under Voldemort's hand without your help. You were sent here mainly because of your wish to be with family and since you came, it was apparent for me that you came at a good time to allow this world to have a future!"

She paused and glared at him.

"You should have already known the real reason I sent you here after the beginning of our conversation. Yes. You are mainly here to defeat Voldemort, but to enjoy your life here with your family and parents."

Harry gave a growl. "And please tell, if you can send me here from another dimension, why can't you somehow make Neville stronger or replace him with…"

"There was none in the first place!" She interrupted. "You were the only candidate!" She shouted at him, her power radiating off her.

Not backing down. "You think because you are a Time Mage, I should fear you?" Harry said coldly releasing a huge amount of power and began opening the gates of his suppressor Orb. Waves of magic and power poured off of him like a Volcano exploding with hot lava. It had been the first time he had ever release his suppressor orb since he had came to this dimension.

It was so huge and powerful that she almost started to budge. Harry was powerful but she didn't think that he was this powerful.

"Look!" She shouted very annoyed. "I tried being nice about this. If you want to be an asshole, I'll send you right back to your original dimension and you can kiss seeing your parents and your family you grown fond with goodbye." She said hating to use this as a threat. "And even if you manage kill me by some miracle, you will automatically be sent back anyway. I have used my magic personally to bring you here. Should you kill me, my magic will be release and you will go bye-bye."

Harry's power almost double at the treat.

"A dirty threat, after you sent me here." Harry said coldly while biting his lip back from shouting dozens of painful curses that came to mind.

She shook her head violently.

"Look! I tried being nice about this. I just want to conserve this world. The only way I can save this world… is by using you. At first, I was planning to abandon it since I had not seen anyone capable of defeat Voldemort, but it was just a coincidence that you came along. When I noticed that Neville in this world will not be able to do it, it was convenient that you made a wish, and so I sent you here to mainly to fulfill your wish however in return for me sending you here, you would have to destroy Voldemort. If you do not want to destroy Voldemort, I'll send you back to your world where people can stare you down and whisper about you everywhere you go. No matter where you hide in that world, wizards and witches around the world will always find you."

Harry closed his eyes at her words.

"In return for sending you here, all you have to do is defeat Voldemort."

"Fine, I'll deal with him, but threaten me or endanger my family and I will crush you and scatter you to the endless void of space. And don't think your threat will work on me. Since I know of this dimesion now and been here, even if im sent back to my dimension, I can always come back with one of my techniques. Now I have several questions that you have to answer." Harry said in a strained voice to keep calm. He hated being used as a tool and being manipulated but he was making it clear that she had no control over him.

"First off, even if he can't become a mage, why can't Neville do it?" Harry asked.

She automatically responded by, "Look at his attitude and how he was raised. You think he can defeat Voldemort with that attitude? It will take a miracle or something to straighten him up now, plus only one mage present can be born at a time in every world every one thousand years."

Nodding, Harry asked her another question.

"How am I'm suppose to do this? I don't have any good plans. If you have seen my history, you would have noticed that I tend to plan things on the fly or just wing it most of the time."

She smirked. What she said to him had almost made him explode in annoyance.

"I'll leave that up to you."

Next, Harry said with uncertainty.

"Is it right for me to take the other Harry's place. I mean he has people who love and care for him and here I am fooling them into thinking that I'm their Harry. I'm scared of how they will react when they find out that their Harry has been dead for a year and the one who they've thought of as their son and brother wasn't really it at all."

The Time Mage nodded sadly in understanding and put her arms around him.

"I'm sorry Harry, I may be able to show you the parents that you never knew, but I can never bring back the dead souls. The Harry of this universe was going to die either with or with out my interference. I am only a Time Mage, death is outside my powers."

Hating his weakness of emotions, Harry spoke emotionlessly while trying to hide the pain away. "What exactly would have happened to this universe if I hadn't been brought here?" Harry asked.

The Time Guardian looked him straight in the eyes and answered, "The Harry of this world would have left to Hogwarts with strained ties to his family members. You read and experienced the kind of relationship he had with his father. Well the pressure of trying to appease James would have led Harry to alienating himself from his siblings. His attitude would soon destroy any form of connection he had with them and even to the Black family. The one to suffer the most would have been Lily who dearly loved her children. This in turn would lead Lily to resent James for the changes in Harry creating a rift between the couple."

Harry cringed at that. He knew Lily loved her children more than anything, and for her to lose that love would be a hard blow that would scar her emotionly for the rest of her life. Though as for the rift in Lily's and James's marriage, that still happened through James part in the way he treated Harry. The way things were headed, Harry could already see a divorce in a year or less. As for his siblings, yeah if you managed to earn their ire than you would be hardpress to earn their forgives back.

"Harry, in his endeavor to be recognized would lead him to flock to Neville Longbottom." The Guardian continued, "This in turn caused him to be hated by his school mates who he bullied along with Longbottom. They of course would cause Hermione to get killed by the troll during Halloween and to fail to keep the Stone from being stolen. Luckly as we know, it was a fake but this only set off Voldemorts anger even more who now had his sight on the two children that he was suppose to kill before his fall. During the summer before second year, there would be an incident that lead to the death of his grandparents and the Blacks. By the time second year came, Harry would barely have anything close to a relationship to his family and treated them just as the Longbottoms did. Eventually the incident from your second year would also happend to this dimesion as well. Harry and Neville would try to take advantage of the the situation to gain fame for themselves. This lead to Harry being horribly injured and Longbottom almost dying if it wasn't for Dumblodores quick intervention. When the parents found out, the Longbottoms pinned the blame on Harry. Lily defended Harry but James in an effort to not lose face to Dumbledore or to lose the alliance between house Potter and Longbottom agreed that the blame fell on Harry. Afterwards during the summer, Lily finally divorced James and used the gold from the divorce to get her own home for herself and the children who wanted to be with her."

Sighing, Harry waited for the rest of the now ex future to be told to him.

"When third year came around, there was a hunt for Peter Pettigrew who had escaped Azkaban. The ministry in responce sent Dementors to Hogwarts to protect Neville who they thought was the target of Pettigrew. What ended up happening was that they attacked him instead and Longbottom being the coward that he was, used Harry to buy him time to escape. Harry would have had no chance and had his soul trapped in the Dementors stomach for all of eternatity. Peter being the rat that he was, tried to take advantage of Lily's state after learning of her sons fate by attacking her over the Christmas break. Lily however was still able to hold out against him which led Peter to using a spell that was to powerful for him to control."

"Fiendfyre" Harry said while gritting his teeth and his palms bleeding from his nails digging into them.

"Yes, fiendfrye. As you can imagine he lost control of the spell that ended up consuming him. However since before he attacked Lily, Pettigrew had set up wards to prevent any form of contact and trap the occupants of the house. In trying to rescue her children, Lily ended up losing her life along with her children." The Guardian said before she looked at Harry and wished she hadn't.

Harry was angry, no scratch that, he was furious. Magic coated his body like a white blackish flame. His magic kept pulsing out as he tried to regain his temper. Oh Pettigrew was going to die a slow and painful death, that he promised. When the Guardian tried to get close to him he lifted his gaze from the floor. His eyes had become grey in color while his hair had become white with some strands keeping their original black color.

"Please calm down. Now that your here none of that will happen. You'll protect them right?" The Guardian said trying to snap Harry out of his trance.

And did Harry snap out of it. "Yes I'll protect them even if it costs me my life, they will be safe." Harry proclaimed. He started organizing plans in his head before a thought accured to him that could mess all his plans up.

"In the Triwizard Tournament, how will I be able to get my name inside of the cup?"

She gave him a sad smile at hiding his pain away.

"Don't worry. You shall see and I hope you will be able to figure it out." She said changing her sad smile into a devious smile.

Harry made no response towards her answer.

"Now by the time fourth year came, only James remained of what was once the Potter family but he managed to change that when he started to publicly announce his growing romance with some woman that he had been seeing after the divorce from Lily. The Triwizard tournament was the same as you remember except for Longbottom competing. By the time the third task came to head, Neville had earned himself an enemy out of all the rest of the competition. Even the wizards and witches of England had been able to see the type of person he really was. Anyway when the time came to get the cup, he along with Cedric had been portkeyed to the graveyard were Voldemort would arise anew. After being captured and having is blood taken, Neville managed to get himself free thanks to Cedric who was left alone thinking he wasn't a threat. When they ran for the Cup portkey, they were trapped by Voldemort and his death eaters. Once again being a coward, Neville used Cedric as a distraction to get to the portkey and escape. People acted pretty much the same as they did in your dimension when he told them of Voldemort's rise. Though he did manage to spin a tale of how Cedric sacrificed himself to save Neville." The Guardian renewed her tale.

"By fifth year the wizarden world was deep in acts of attacks from death eaters. By the time that Neville's fifth year started, the majority of muggleborns and halfbloods had been killed or simply disappeared. The Order of the Phoenix had been reinstated to combat the dark lord but the numbers were just too much for them. The first true casualty of the war was Amelia Bones and her niece who were killed in their home by Voldemort himself. Still the ministry refused to believe that it was Voldemort's work. Neville, through Dumbledores orders tried to gather allies from the student body, but failed. Soon Voldemort made his way to the ministry to obtain the Prophecy. The ministry was barely holding on when the Order arrived to help them. It was at this battle that Voldemort revealed himself to the world. He then proceeded to battle Dumbledore who sent Neville ahead to retrieve the Prophecy. What they didn't expect was that before the dark lords attack, he had managed to convince the goblins to join his side. When the ministry and Order thought they were winning, the goblins made their appearance and caused the Order to retreat with the few surviving ministry aurors and hitwards. The ministry had been captured and turned into the base for the dark lord."

"After the successful capture of the ministry, the death eaters went on a free for hunt of all those who were not purebloods or who went against their dark lord. As for those who claimed neutrality, well they were killed and had their riches taken for the death eaters. Those that survived sought shelter in Hogwarts, the only place left untouched by Voldemort. People started looking up to Neville to vanquish the dark lord again but all they found was scared boy who couldn't even defend himself. After months of conquering other ministry's and killing all who oppose him, the dark lord had finally set his sights on Hogwarts. Dumbledore for his part had been training all the refugees that had gathered in Hogwarts to push back Voldemort. As you can imagine the battle was the most bloodiest in wizard kind history. Hours became days before the battle saw an end. During Dumbledore and Voldemort's clash, Neville had tried to kill the dark lord while he was distracted but Nagina, Voldemort's snake, manage to attack and kill him. Seeing Neville die caused Dumbledore to be distracted long enough to send the killing curse towards him. That battle saw the end of the Boy Who Lived and the Leader of the Light as well as any resistance to Voldemort."

"When it came time to strike the muggles, the death eaters were able to gain much territory before the muggles became aware of what was happening. War soon broke out between the muggles and magicals when Voldemorts inner circle invaded a United Nations meeting that had been televised to the world. Countries took up arms to combat the magicals and managed to halt their advances into their countries. Voldemort in his madness was able to obtain an army of Inferi to push towards his goals. This led to mass death and destruction. When the world saw that they were being pushed back, they decided that if they were going to perish then so would their enemies. After this declaration, all countries around the world launched their nuclear missiles. The world was turned to ashes as the weapons made landfall and radiation washed over the earths surface killing off life as we know it." The Guardian finished grimly. She watched carefully as Harry processed everything she told him. Soon a face of determination replaced his icy mask.

"So will it be okay if I can just do whatever I want in this dimension?" Harry asked.

The Time Guardian nodded.

"As long as you defeat Voldemort then I'll leave you to deciding on how you can kill him. It however, must be done during the Triwizard tournament after he is resurrected."

Harry nodded his head in understanding.

"Should I reveal myself to anyone as to whom I truly am?" Harry asked.

She tilted her head down which made the hair in front of her face cover her eyes.

"Don't, unless you really feel like telling anyone, then I won't stop you. As for anyone finding out on their own, which I doubt will happen, however if there is anyone who figures it out, Obliviate them."

Harry gave a nod. Like what the Order of the Phoenix did in his old dimension to Death Eaters. Capture them, take whatever information that they could take, and Obliviate them. As for telling his family and especially his mother, it would to be planned wisely. He loved his mum dearly and he didn't want to risk anything separating him away from her but she and his siblings deserved to know the truth at least. Maybe even the Blacks but he'll wait for an appropriate time to do so before the end of the summer.

"Is there anything else I should know about?" Harry said quietly.

"Yes." She said with a dreaded pale look.

"And that is?" Harry said with a blank look.

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"Be careful hero, some DEMONS tend to hunt us no matter what we do." She murmured quietly.

Harry gave her a confused look.

"Care to repeat that again? And what about demons? "

"You'll see my young warrior. One more thing. I'm sure you were wondering what happened to the Time Turner you had before coming to this dimension right?" She asked.

"Yeah, I never did find that thing after coming here." Harry stated.

With an amused look she spoke, "Why don't you look at your chest."

Harry curiously did and was shocked at what he saw. There was a tattoo of a clock face on the spot were his heart is. He looked at the Guardian with a questionable look.

"I took that broken piece of junk and used it to give you a gift." She answered his look. Before he could ask anything else she continued, "I modified the Turner and embedded it into your body. Now you have the ability to change your body between your own or the alternate. I'm sure you can find useful ways to make this work for you."

Harry's mind raced with possibilities. Yes, now he had a way to pull of some of his plans and create new ones. If anyone could see his face, they would see a cheshire like smile on his face. Voldemort and his band of death munchers won't know what hit them.

Without another word, the dream world dispersed on him.

When the dream ended, Harry immediately jumped out of his bed and questioned himself.

'Was that a dream?'

Checking his chest, he saw the tattoo still , it was real… Harry sighed.

Looking around himself, Harry noticed that Ron was still sleeping.

Suddenly, his mind was forcefully invaded with memories of his supposed childhood of this dimension.

When the invasion of memories had ended, a familiar voice spoke in his head.

"The least I can do is give you a full detail of your beginning life in this dimension. It is the least I can do for you for doing this."

Harry sighed again.

At least she did something useful out of all the trouble she had caused…

Not feeling like going back to sleep or staying here any longer. Harry silently got ready to leave without saying goodbye personally to the Weasley's. As he made sure everything he needed was packed away safely, Harry was about to teleport out of the Burrow when he forgot that leaving without a note would seem rude. Making a quick note to the Weasley's of him leaving unexpectedly and that he was thankful for their hospitality, Harry was about to leave however a quick stray thought ran into his mind.

'Ginny…'

Before he decided to teleport right back home, Harry teleported to Ginny's room.

Harry said as quietly as he could. "I want you to know, I don't think it's possible for me to love you anymore. I'm sorry Ginny. I'll have to let you go now. You have your own choice of choosing who you want to be with, and it's not fair for you if I keep doing this." Harry, as silently as he could, Harry gave her a quick kiss on her forehead and teleported out.

As the memories of the current life he had taken over finish playing, he pushed himself to his limits in his training since it was still early to suddenly arrive home and seeing as he had time to run through his alternate's memories. Seeing that the sun was about to rise, he decided to teleport to his living room,were Harry noticed that the kitchen light was on. Wondering who was up at this time, Harry snuck in to see who it was. Harry felt a small twitch of warmness when he saw that is was his mother, and she was drinking coffee while reading a book.

Knowing that she might scream, Harry sent out a small temporary silencing charm around the kitchen. Sneaking behind her, Harry whispered in her ear.

"Hey mum, what cha reading?"

She screamed in shock and unexpectedly, threw her cup of coffee she was holding at him in which he easily snatched out of the air.

"Harry James Potter! What are you doing home at this time? You shouldn't be here until several more hours!" She shouted at him with a crazy glint in her eye that promised trouble for scaring her like that.

Harry was thankful that he had put up the silencing ward. He could have sworn he went deaf when she screamed.

"Hey mum, you shouldn't talk, what are you doing up this late at night?" Harry said ignoring her questions.

"Don't change the subject on me Harry Potter, and thanks to you, we probably just woke everyone up in the house." His mother said furiously.

Harry shook his head and gave her a warm hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Hello to you to mum, and as for everyone waking up, I knew you would probably scream, so I put a silencing charm around us." Harry lied. If he had said he put up a temporary silencing ward in the kitchen which was at least Auror level skill, it'll be his butt.

Her eyes soften when she was hugged by her son and kissed on the cheek. She returned his warm embrace and gave him a long kiss on the cheek cuddling him closer to her in the process.

"I missed you sweetie, it's been so lonely here without you. Lily has been crying non stop since you left and I have no one to talk to while your siblings and father are always pranking each other with your Uncle Sirius and his children." His mother said leading him into the huge living room and sitting on the couch holding him close.

Harry smiled at the comfort of his mum radiating off her. Snuggling closer to her, Harry spoke.

"Hey mum, when are we going to go to Diagon Alley to get my, Sakura, and Rosa's school supplies?" Harry asked.

His mother who was putting her hand through his messy black hair in which she adored doing to her son spoke softly.

"While you were gone, your sisters received their Hogwarts letters, including Yuna and Alex. We were waiting for you to return back from the Weasley's before we headed to Diagon Alley. Now that you're here, we'll probably go tomorrow. You still have to settle your things down first now that you're home."

Harry nodded sleepily from her warm touch and mumbled, "Okay."

His mother gave him a nudge. "Harry, don't fall asleep on me now. You still haven't answered my questions. Why are you home so early?" Harry mumbled out the words sleepily, "Felt… like it… tired mum… let me sleep." She pouted at her son who fell asleep on her before joining him herself.

A.N.

Sorry for delay but started on my first part time job and as such became short on time as such i willing mostly focus on this story and if time permits on my other story Anti-Hero when possible.

Also the majority of this chapter was my creation like the backstory of the fate of the Potters and such so it took more time to edit then others.