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Title: Tempus Transferre
Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, Laurene Fensworth, Draco Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron Weasley, Remus Lupin, Ash Gryffindor and Hazel Gryffindor, Sirius Black and Hermione Granger
Chapter: 25 of unknown
Number of words in Chapter: 1,057
Rating: M
Pairings: Harry (Godric)/Severus, Godric/Laurene
Genre: Drama/Supernatural
Warnings: AU, Time Travel, slash, amnesia, reincarnation, spoilers through book four, mentions of character death and the standard anything else that this demented author can think of.
Summary: On this fifteenth birthday, things don't go exactly as planned. He is faced with an interesting dilemma, and yet he can't even remember what happened. Harry is left with no memory and stuck in a time that he doesn't know anything about. Now he must face this new world with a new identity and help the world move onto a better time.
Notes: For this story, I am writing it for my friend, it was her who wanted to see Harry as Godric for a change. The title is Latin for Time Shift.

Chapter 25: Soul Bonds

Godric was sitting in his rooms, still feeling the shock of what he had learned. He had gotten some books and was trying to find some way to break the soul bond. He didn't want to die, but he knew that he likely would if the bond wasn't broken soon. He rubbed his eyes and glanced over at Ash. The boy was sitting quietly with his own books. He had been hesitant to tell the boy what was going on, but he knew that he should. Yet, he didn't want to. It was a quandary that he seemed to be fighting over. He sighed and got Ash's attention. The boy glanced at his father.

Godric shook his head. "I'm all right. I'm just doing some research on the bond that's placed upon me. I know why it's blocking so many things." He stopped there. He knew that Ash didn't understand the idea of a soul bond. Yet, he also knew that the boy would be scared when he was told, for Godric was all that he had left. The two might not have been that close, but they were all each other had anymore. He sighed and shook his head again. "I'll tell you more when I know, Ash. I don't know that much. Let's just say that if it remains on me for too much longer, things will go south." Ash understood that and his eyes widened. He went and hugged his father.

Godric hugged Ash back. Ash didn't let go. "No…I don't want you to go away." Godric nodded. He had no idea what he was meant to say. It was something that was new to him. Ash had begun to rely on him after their arrival in the present. The boy had gone from heading towards Salazar more to being all over his father. It was as if he was learning that he needed to remain close to people that were more likely to always be around.

Godric sighed. "Ash, we'll get through this. I'll find a solution." He kissed the boy's head. The boy nodded and let him go. It was apparent that he wanted his dad to find the answer as quickly as possible. He picked up his book and walked over to the couch. He was going to leave his father alone to do his research.

Godric watched him for a moment before looking back at the book. He flipped through yet another useless page and suddenly stared at a heading that was in bold letters: Soul Bonds. He couldn't believe that he had seen those words. He had thought that there was little hope in researching such a thing. Yet, there it was, words that he had wanted to see. He let out a slow breath and focused on reading the words that he needed to. It was strange that he had found the section that he was looking for in the first book that he had flipped through, but Severus was the one that had given it to him. It made him realize that it was unlikely that the man would have handed him something useless. He was glad for that. He began to read.

Soul Bonds

Soul bonds are the strongest kind of bond, but also the most unusual. Magic fights the bond. This can result in whatever is needed at the time. There have been stories of people who had travelled through time because of a soul bond. Nobody likes to believe them, but there seems to be some evidence to those tales. Magic does whatever it can to destroy the bond. So, the reason that the tales seem likely is because of the idea that people have two soulmates. However, they can never all be together at the same time. This is the reason why the person who cast the spell is usually needed to remove the bond.

The alternate solution to defeating a soul bond is to find the soulmate. The reason that this works is because the bond between soulmates is the strongest there is. A soul bond cannot withstand the power of the bond between soulmates. Now, soulmates are another kind of bond, but a regular soul bond is mostly called a soul block. It is called that because it binds the person's magic to the soul, which is a way to slowly kill a person. That is why it's considered dark to use. However, it can't withstand the bond of life between soulmates. The truth is that soulmates share life energy. They're the kind of people that will sacrifice themselves for the other to live. That's how come a soulmate bond can defeat a soul bond.

Now, it's not common for it to be defeated. While magic does fight to help deliver the person to where they belong, it can make mistakes. Those that went to the past often end up returning. It seems that their magic realized that it wasn't going to find the person that it needed in that time period. Even if it did, sometimes that isn't the person that's needed. Yes, there are two soulmates, but each life is with a different one. For the soul bond to be defeated, it needs the person that is meant for the current lifetime. That's all that can be said. Those that suffer under a soul bond will continue to have their magic fight until either the right person shows up or it kills them. It's mostly a grim fate left to the person, but there's always that one in the batch that gets lucky.

Godric stared at that and sighed. He knew that it wouldn't have been easy, but now it sounded impossible. He closed his eyes and tried to think of some way to determine what to do. His mind was still lost, though he would randomly have images that seemed to be from when he was younger. However, they also seemed to be from the present day. This left him questioning his life in the past. Yet, the information that the book gave seemed to make it worse. He closed his eyes and shook his head. 'I'll get through it. I'll find the answer. I have to.' He then closed the book and decided to spend some time with Ash. After all, he likely didn't have much longer.

A/N: Well, there we go. Hm…This could be interesting. Later.