A Twinkle in Time

Summary: Harry is sent back into the past. There, he meets his a young Remus Lupin.

All of a sudden, Harry Potter woke up with a major headache. He blinked his eyes before looking around his surroundings. He instantly recognized his surroundings as one of the fields in Hogwarts. Groaning, Harry checked his pockets for anything and found nothing. Picking himself up, he realized that he was shorter than he remembered. He looked around for a moment before seeing a lake. He dashed over to the lake before seeing his reflection. Staring back at him, Harry saw a red-haired boy with sun-kissed skin and bright green eyes staring back at him.

"What the hell?!" Harry exclaimed, feeling his face. "What in Merlin's beard happened to me?" He then heard some movement. Without a moment's hesitation, Harry dashed over to the nearest corridor. He walked into the first door he found and just stayed there for a moment. He used this time to gather his thoughts.

"I shouldn't be in Hogwarts, let alone, in a different body," Harry muttered to himself before a memory popped up in his mind. "That spell it must have sent me here like this. I need to get back to the others as soon as possible only I know what he's planning to do." Harry then looked out the room and checked the corridor. It was strangely empty. Seeing the opportunity, Harry quickly dashed through the hallway in the direction of a floo network fireplace. It is then he passed by a trophy cabinet. He slowed down to see the large cup in the middle of the case. As he looked at the cup, his eyes noticed something that made him completely stop. Engraved at the bottom of the list in the cup, the year, "1972," could be seen.

"It should be 2017," Harry responded, grimacing. "Unless the spell must have sent back in time and altered my appearance. If that is the case, I should be able to use a time-turner to go back to the future. If I remember correctly, Dumbledore should have kept one in his office." Harry went back to running to the Headmaster's office. He made it to the foot of the spiralling staircase. He then bounded up the stairs before finding himself face to face with the familiar oak doors. A wave of nostalgia passed over Harry before he repressed it.

"Lemon drops," Harry spoke before the door opened up. "I can't believe he kept the same password. Honestly, that disturbs me." He then checked inside the office to see it empty.

"Lucky me," Harry grinned before noticing the paintings. He frowned when he saw that paintings were awake and alert. He double-checked his clothing to find nothing.

"They need my help," Harry muttered before he burst into the office. Ignoring the cries of intruder, Harry slid over the top of Dumbledore's desk and opened up the first drawer to show just scrap pieces of paper. Waving his hand, he saw the drawer shift itself to reveal a multitude of items. Harry quickly scanned for the time-turner before finding it. He grabbed it before noticing it was broken. After modifying it, he pressed it multiple times.

"Wait for me, guys," Harry whispered as he felt the time-turner magic course through his body. Suddenly, he screamed out in pain as if something was stabbing his heart. Then, he blacked out.

Groggily opening his eyes, Harry woke up to find himself in a hospital bed. He looked around and saw that he was in Madam Pomfrey's medical bay. Harry pushed himself off the bed and felt a great pain in his chest. He looked down at his chest to see his chest in bandages.

"At least, it doesn't hurt as much as the time Albus managed to stuff a fork into a power socket. Merlin, I never felt a pain like that even when I faced Tom," Harry whispered to himself.

"It seems you're awake," Harry heard a familiar voice. He whipped his head around to see Albus Dumbledore smiling at him. His eyes widened in shock before he internally facepalmed as he remembered he was in the past.

"Would you mind telling me why you were trying to use my time-turner?" Dumbledore asked Harry, who just lay on the bed. Dumbledore sat down next to Harry's bed before taking out the time turner from his sleeve. "You modified it. Why?"

"I need to get back to my time," Harry answered, knowing that Dumbledore could easily probe his mind. "I modified the time turner to take me to the future instead of the past."

"That would change the course of the future, wouldn't it?" Dumbledore pointed out.

"That's only if I was from this time period," Harry replied, propping himself up.

"I find that hard to believe. There is no spell to send a person back in time," Dumbledore responded, unfazed.

"Not in this year, but trust me, there are many spells that will be developed that you can only imagine. Time travel is no different," Harry explained before feeling his chest. "A dark wizard by the name of Largan sent me back in time and in this form. I modified the time turner to take me back to the future instead of the past, but it seems that the spell, which sent me back in time, is also keeping me here." Dumbledore didn't respond as he tucked the time turner back into his sleeve.

"Your story seems a bit preposterous and I have no reason to trust you," Dumbledore responded.

"I know about Ariana," Harry spoke seriously. Dumbledore's eyes darkened before he stood up.

"I will investigate the spell that's keeping you here before I fix this time turner you modified. In the mind, I would advise you to blend in with the students. I will lend you a spare wand for emergencies," Dumbledore stated before walking away. Harry just watched Dumbledore leave before closing his eyes.

Harry woke up when he heard a sniffle near him. He looked around to see a boy crying into the hospital cot next to his.

"Hey, are you ok?" Harry called out, concerned. The boy looked up at Harry. Harry's eyes widened as he recognized the face.

"Teddy?!" Harry exclaimed before he inwardly facepalmed again. "I mean, Remus!"

"H-H-How do you know my name?" the boy asked, wiping his tears.

"Umm, I've seen you around," Harry quickly answered, making Remus look at him warily. "I'm Harry."

"Harry what?" Remus responded.

"Just Harry, I'm an orphan," Harry lied without a beat, thanking his experience in the field.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Remus spoke, filled with pity.

"It's no problem, so why are you in the Madam Pomfrey's?" Harry asked, trying to divert the subject.

"Oh, I was involved in a quidditch accident," Remus told Harry, surprising Harry.

"Then, why were you crying?" Harry inquired.

"I got kicked off the team," Remus told Harry. Harry was shocked to hear this.

"Why?!" Harry exclaimed.

"Well, I was always hated by the Team captain, so I was kicked off the team after I accidentally broke his arm. He also managed to get my name removed from the team this year," Remus explained to Harry, who felt pure rage for Remus' situation. "I probably deserve it for being what I am."

"No one deserves to be kicked off a Quidditch team just for prejudice. Aren't you going to try and defend yourself?" Harry responded. Remus just shook his head.

"I could talk to Dumbledore for you," Harry suggested.

"No, he's already doing so much for me. I can't ask him to use his position as Headmaster to let my name be engraved on some silver cup. I'm fine with this. I wasn't much of a Quidditch player anyway," Remus grumbled before tucking himself back under his sheets. "Good night, Harry."

"Goodnight, Remus," Harry responded, looking at Remus with sad eyes and knowing full well Remus' future. He closed his eyes. His mind soon drifted into unconsciousness. As usual, nightmares started to plague his dreams. Visions of Voldemort and all the people he lost started to yell and scream out in pain. Harry knew these were dreams, but they still greatly disturbed him. Then, someone else appeared. It was a young black-haired man sneering at him. In his hands, there were Harry's phoenix wand and a peach slightly-dented wand. A flash of light blue light enveloped the mysterious man before Harry's eyes popped open. A cold sweat coated his skin and heavy breathing rocked his eardrums. Harry picked himself up off the bed. The moon still shone brightly outside. Harry clenched his fingers in frustration.

A month later

Walking outside, Harry and Remus were discussing something Remus learnt in Charms that day. Over the course of the month, Harry and Remus grew close to each other due to the facts that Remus was a loner and Harry didn't know or want to interact with anyone else in the school. Despite being a loner, Remus was very outgoing with people he was comfortable with. Harry learnt not to talk about some topics with Remus especially about his home life.

"So, you have to twist and flick before uttering the spell," Harry demonstrated to Remus with the spare wand Dumbledore lent him. The wand felt weird in Harry's hand, but he knew that it was necessary if he wanted to use any spells at that time.

"Actually, that makes a lot of sense," Remus responded, doing the motion with his own wand. Harry just nodded his head to confirm that Remus was doing the action properly.

"Remus, it's a simple charm. Why did you have such a hard time with it?" Harry inquired.

"Oh, I was sick that day. I woke up with a really bad headache, so I stayed in," Remus answered, looking away from Harry. Knowing full well the truth, Harry didn't say anything as the two walked into a hallway. They were walking through the corridor when Remus noticed the Quidditch dup in the cabinet. He saw the names of all the teams that year and just sighed.

"I'm sure you can try again next year," Harry reassured Remus, who just shook his head.

"I think I'm going to focus more on my studies next year. Then, I will be out of everyone's way," Remus replied, walking away from the trophy case. Harry just looked at Remus before staring at the trophy case. It was unamusing to him that Remus wasn't in the Gryffindor Quidditch Team photo, but he saw his father smiling in the photo.

"Why did Remus and Sirius lie to me about the four of you being friends since first year?" Harry muttered to himself before he ran over to catch up to Remus. The two walked for a bit in silence before they reached two different hallways.

"I got to go. I will see you tomorrow then," Remus spoke to Harry before walking away.

"Bye, Remus," Harry responded before he just stood there. The hairs on the back of his neck straightened, sending a shiver down his spine. He turned around to see Dumbledore there.

"Do you have a way to get me back to my time?" Harry asked.

"Walk with me for a bit, Harry," Dumbledore responded, motioning for Harry to follow him. The two walked through the hallway before reaching a flight of stairs.

"I have investigated the magic around you. It seems to be a type of teleporting spell that immediately anchors you once you teleport. I could use the Elder Wand to cast try and dispel the anchor spell placed on you, but the opposing spells could rip your body apart like what happened to you after you tried to use the Time Turner," Dumbledore told Harry., "I'm afraid you're stuck in this time period for the rest of your life." Harry just froze when he heard this.

Remus would later find Harry staring out at the night sky in an abandoned classroom. It was a cloudy night, but it didn't disturb Harry.

"Harry, are you ok?" Remus asked, catching Harry's attention. Harry turned his head to see Remus looking at him concerned.

"I'm fine, Remus," Harry answered plainly, looking back at the window. Remus just stared at Harry before he walked into the classroom.

"Harry, I'm your friend. You can tell me what's wrong," Remus told Harry. For some reason, those words seemed to trigger something in Harry's emotional state.

"Oh, I can tell you anything. Can I?!" Harry shouted, whipping around to face Remus. "Werewolf." Immediately, Harry regretted his words when he saw a distraught look appear on Remus' face before he ran off. Harry chased after Remus to outside the Hogwarts grounds. The two ended up in the Forbidden Forest where Harry found himself lost.

"Remus, I'm sorry," Harry shouted. "I was just frustrated. I didn't mean to insinuate anything when I called you a werewolf." Then, he saw a ray of moonlight. Looking up at the sky, Harry saw a full moon and his heart stopped for a moment.

"Oh, this is complete bull," Harry muttered before he heard a pain-filled scream. "Remus!" He ran to the source of the scream before he saw a horrifying sight. Remus was starting to grow hair at a tremendously rapid rate while his entire bone structure started to change before his skin could. Remembering his experience with a werewolf, Harry slinked behind a tree to hide from the werewolf. He pulled out his lent wand and prepared for a fight. Then, he heard a howl and got ready to run. After a moment, Harry realized that Remus wasn't coming after him. He peeked around the tree to see a medium-sized figure sniffing the air in the direction of Hogwarts.

"It's going after the most people," Harry understood before gripping his wand. Then, he walked out from behind the tree and aimed the wand.

"Stupefy," Harry spoke before a flash of red light hit the werewolf. Remus was stunned momentarily before turning to growl at Harry. He then lunged at Harry, who quickly rolled away before aiming his wand at the werewolf again.

"Stupefy," he shouted before a red flash hit Remus square in the head. Harry saw that it was stunned longer and made a break for it. He ran deep into the Forbidden Forest to try and lure Remus away from Hogwarts. It worked as he heard constant thumps behind him. He whipped around to see Remus lunge at him.

"Protego," Harry cast a powerful shield spell, which pushed Remus away. Then, he dispelled it before running off again. Remus howled before chasing after Harry. It was a continuous cycle. Harry would cast a spell, which would affect Remus before running off again. Eventually, Harry ran out of breath and masked his scent with a spell to hide from Remus. He was creeping through the trees of the Forbidden Forest. He was trying to control his breathing as he focused on his surroundings. It was very quiet in the forest. All of a sudden, Harry heard a snap of a twig behind him. Whipping around, he saw nothing. It was with a snarl that Harry knew he messed up. He turned around only to see the swish of claws. Pain seared throughout his entire body as he fell onto the ground. His wand clattered onto the dirt before being broken in half by Remus, who approached Harry closely. Clutching his chest, Harry looked at Remus.

"Don't blame yourself for what happened, Remus. It's not your fault," Harry coughed out before Remus plunged his hand into Harry's chest.

With a scream, Harry sat up, clutching his chest. His scream woke up the only participant in the room, who was his wife, Ginny.

"Harry! You're awake," Ginny responded happily before rushing over to him and hugging him.

"What happened?" Harry responded, confused. He looked around him to see that he was inside a hospital room.

"We managed to apprehend Largan after he sent you back in time. We thought we lost you until we found you yesterday in the Forbidden Forest," Ginny told Harry, looking at him. "What happened?"

"I-I-I think it would be best if everyone was here to hear what happened," Harry told, touching his chest. Ginny nodded her head before leaving the hospital room. Harry waited for a moment before he saw a rush of people flood his room. Everyone were asking questions about his health and what happened to him. Harry couldn't bring himself shut everyone up, so he looked at his wife to do it for him. With a loud whistle, everyone was silent. After Harry was sure he had everyone's attention, he told them what happened during the time he was gone. It took a while, but by the time, he finished everyone was looking at him in shock.

"It must have been when Remus killed you. It caused the magic to reverse itself. That is probably why you're back to your actual age and appearance," Hermione hypothesised. "Poor Remus. He must have thought he killed his only friend." Teddy, Remus' son and Harry's godson, was quiet throughout the entire session. He then pulled out a journal from his pocket before flipping to a page. He then handed it to Harry.

"What is this, Teddy?" Harry asked, taking the journal.

"My Dad's journal. I found it in his old home in Yorkshire. Inside, there was an entry that always intrigued me, but it seems that you solved it," Teddy answered. "Read it and you will understand." Harry nodded his head before he looked at the journal entry.

"Today was a strange day. I found myself in the hospital with no recollection of night previous. My friend, Harry, seems to have disappeared, but I found myself some new friends of the name James, Sirius, and Peter. They are nice people and actually brought me to the infirmary when they found me unconscious," Harry read out loud before smiling. "It seems Remus did find a happy ending."

A/N: I hope everyone enjoys this one-shot. All rights belong to J.K Rowling.

This is for Quidditch League Season 5 Round 12: Pair Them Up! Characters used were Remus Lupin and Harry Potter with the prompts, which were scenario, quidditch accident, object, power socket, and word, fix.

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