A/N: Hey, lovelies! This is my first fan-fic. Originally published on . The link is attached if y'all wanna read it there.
So, the story is of a Female Harry, Hailey. Everything that happened to Harry in the 7 books happened to Hailey instead of Harry and everything that happened to Hermione happened to her male version Mason Granger.
Minister Kingsley Shacklebolt finds a time-turner and so Hailey goes back in time to correct all the wrongs and defeat Voldemort without costing the light side so much.
I am no writer or artist, if there are mistakes feel free to leave CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. NO flames, please.
Also, if you guys want me to illustrate a certain scene, I will do my best to do it.
And please leave a comment on who you think should be Hailey's main love interest.
And lastly, the cover is a drawing of Hailey James Potter: credits to me :)
Hailey James Potter was standing in the all too familiar forbidden forest with Kingsley Shacklebolt (The Minister of Magic), Ronald Weasley and Mason Granger (Hailey's two best friends) with a very large and bulky time turner around her neck.
The time turner was discovered in a former death eater's house during a very successful raid. Kingsley had thankfully been present at the raid and took the time-turner into his custody. After a lot of research and a lot of help from the Unspeakables, they had come to the conclusion that this time-turner was very unique indeed. It contained the perfect mixture of Moon sand and Time sand. This weird combination was actually quite beneficial as it didn't work as the other time-turners. This one could go back years, and there wouldn't be a past and a future self. It would just be the one who travelled back in time. Hailey would be able to go as far as 20 years because that was how old she was. She couldn't go into the time before she was born and stop Voldemort all together, it would be too dangerous. The only problem was that she wouldn't be able to come back if things didn't work out. She would have to move along with that time.
"Ready?" Kingsley asked the nervous Hailey.
"I could do it instead, Hailey. I have more experience with time turners and-" Mason tried for the sixth time today. He had been trying to convince Hailey ever since they first thought of the plan about a year ago. Even Ron had tried a few times but really, he had absolutely no experience with time-turners.
"No, it has to be me," Hailey said firmly. Despite the fact that this time turner was a lot safer than normal ones, it was still dangerous and Hailey wouldn't let anyone, not even a fly die for her anymore. She tucked the bag disguised to look like a sock in her pocket. Mason had fixed the sock with an undetectable extension charm. They all, even Ron, had done so much research before even considering the plan for real. Mason had dug through all the old records at the ministry with the help of Kingsley to find out where the death eater camps were caught when people died and etc.
The sock-bag contained letters that were to be sent as mysterious tip-offs to order members. Other than that, the bag contained Hailey's current wand, her Invisibility cloak, Marauder's map, some money, a de-ageing potion and an outline of their plans. As soon as she was transported back in time, she would drop off the letters at the Owl Post Office before taking her de-ageing potion and turning herself into a baby. Ron, Mason and Kingsley would then take potions to wipe out the whole scene from their memories. Only Hailey, assuming she survived would remember she had travelled back in time.
"Only 20 turns, Remember" Kingsley warned for the 3rd time.
"Yes, only 20" Hailey replied a little annoyed.
"Are you ready?" Ron asked. He really didn't want his best friend to take such a risk, he would jump at the chance to go instead of her but really how could he possibly protect her parents from the Burrow and really it was Hailey that needed this chance to have a life with her parents and everybody she loved.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Hailey replied.
"We'll miss you, Hailey," Mason said giving her a warm hug.
"See you in another time," Ron said grinning although there were tears threatening to fall.
Hailey quickly turning the time-turner 20 times so she didn't have the courage to look at her best friends' faces. She knew it would only make it impossible.
As she spun the time-turner the twentieth time, the world slowly de-materialised around her. She felt dizzy and nauseous. It was always the same thing with the time turners, except this was a bit extreme. It took her a while to gain composure before she was able to understand where she was. She was back in the forbidden forest exactly where she had been standing before. For a split second, she thought their plan had failed but she realized that it was now night-time and upon looking closer, the trees around her looked so much younger. She was at the right time but she did a spell to make sure. She was in the year 1980.
She transfigured her appearance a bit for precaution and walked across the school grounds under the invisibility cloak. As soon she reached the gates, she took off her cloak and apparated to an Owl Post Office in a wizarding town close to London.
All the owls at the office reminded her of Errol, the Weasley's elderly family owl. They looked old and hardly up to the job but she quickly handed the man all the mail along with a few galleons and apparated into Godric's Hollow. She had only been here twice. And once they got attacked by Nagini when Hailey had insisted on coming during their Horcrux hunt. She had come again after the war to visit her parent's grave.
Potter Manor was a sight to see. It stood tall in the middle of a huge field. A long path led to the entrance. There were also hedges on the side, so neatly trimmed that it would make even Aunt Petunia envious.
Hailey entered her home under the invisibility cloak and looked for her bedroom. She had an idea it was on the second floor since that's where the walls were blasted last time. She passed what she assumed to be her parent's room since she could see her nursery in the room beside theirs.
Her room looked like had James and Lily written all over it. The walls were Gryffindor red with golden snitches. On top of the crib were 3 snitches flying in little circles. The ceiling was similar to the one in the great hall, it had all the stars and constellations. There was also a chest of drawers where her clothes were stored. She picked out a red onesie since her closet consisted of a lot of red, they hopefully wouldn't notice they dressed Hailey in different clothes before putting her to bed. She looked for a loose floorboard and hid her sock-bag over there after taking out the de-ageing potion. There was no going back. She drank the whole thing. It tasted absolutely ghastly but she didn't have a lot of time to complain about the taste as she felt her skin tightening, her bones shrinking and her face changing. She was sure that she looked like a transforming werewolf and even if she didn't look the part, she felt it.
After the pain was gone, Hailey lay there for minutes or hours, she couldn't tell, not being able to find the physical strength to get up. Once she finally struggled herself up, she got rid of her current clothes and put on her onesie. It was an impossible task. She had absolutely no strength and her arms were so chubby but she managed. She then, got rid of the empty potion's bottle and crawled into her crib and thought about the day's events before drifting off to sleep.
The next morning, Hailey woke up in a different place. She wasn't in her apartment so she instinctively reached for her wand but her chubby hands were unable to locate it on her body. Then yesterday's events came flooding to her. What was she supposed to do as a baby? She recalled Teddy, her godson who always seemed to think crying at the top of his lungs was the best course of action so she started to cry, not because she was in pain but to get the attention of someone who would help her.
As soon as her cries reached Lily Evans, the young mother hurried over to her daughter and picked her up, cradling her in her arms to soothe the little girl. Something felt strange but she couldn't pinpoint exactly what. Hailey instantly stopped crying and reached her arms to be hugged. Lily hugged her and the little girl placed a kiss on her mother's cheek.
For some time after that, Lily played with her daughter. They solved wooden puzzles together, Hailey always had trouble with those but she seemed to be managing just fine. Lily was glad that her daughter picked up on something other than catching the snitch. It was something Hailey was just a natural at. Every time James would let a particularly slow snitch, Hailey would catch almost effortlessly and make a bored face as if challenging him to go faster. Lily was almost worried Hailey would be her father's exact copy. She looked just like James, except she had her green eyes of course. After they were done, Hailey helped Lily clean up by putting the wooden puzzles back into their respective boxes. The Hailey Lily knew would fuss over being made to put away the puzzles in their almost seems as the child had changed overnight but Lily wasn't complaining.
That afternoon Sirius and Remus came by to visit. Hailey was overjoyed to see the marauders who she missed so much after they had died protecting her. Sirius really did look handsome, he wasn't boasting without good reason. Hailey thought that he was exaggerating when he said every girl fell head over heels for him. Azkaban hadn't done him any favours. Remus looked a little exhausted but still young unlike what the war had reduced him to. His robes were not as battered as before although still a bit overused. Hailey hugged Sirius really very tight around the neck. Sirius had to remove her fingers from his neck when she wouldn't let go after 3 minutes.
"She's got a death grip on you, Padfoot" James joked.
Before Sirius put her down, she grabbed a chunk of his hair. She was curious as to how it felt, she hadn't ever been allowed to touch his hair. He cared for it like nothing else. It felt like regular hair to Hailey, she couldn't understand why Sirius was so obsessed with them.
"Owww, not my hair prongslet!" He said in a mock stern voice causing Hailey to giggle.
Sirius put her back down so he could fix his hair *insert eye roll*.
She wanted Remus to pick her up as well so she stretched out her hands towards the man but he didn't even touch her. She did her best puppy dog eyes but Remus just gave her an apologetic glance.
"She wants you to pick her up Moony," James told him. It was quite obvious really but Remus didn't seem to understand.
"I can't and you know why" Remus replied sadly.
"Nonsense, Remus. You would never hurt Hailey." Lily tried and Sirius nodded.
Remus just shook his head and said "I will hurt-"
Before he could finish, Hailey intervened "Moooomyyyy"
Everybody looked at her. Lily and Remus looked happy but James and Sirius looked horrified. Hailey couldn't understand why. She was sure 6-month olds could say a few words if not too many. Had she screwed up? Maybe talking was too advanced?
"Hailey's first word!" Both Remus and Lily cooed.
"She said, Mommy" Lily smirked at James as if had won a bet.
"No, she said Moony. She was even reaching out for me" Remus replied. He picked the little girl up allowed her to hug him.
"I am glad you two are getting along, but she said, Mommy. Her first word is Mommy " Lily argued.
Soon, it became a full-blown argument between Lily and Remus with James and Sirius snickering in the corner. Were these "the adults" who were now gonna be responsible for her? They were behaving like little kids! Hailey didn't know what to do so she chose the best course of action. She let out an ear-piercing wail and started wailing. She wasn't really crying with tears, just making a fuss. That stopped the arguing for good. Remus tried to calm the baby down and surprisingly, It worked. The little girl stopped crying.
"We're so sorry Hailey. We won't fight over something like that ever again because now we all know your first word was indeed Mommy" Lily assured her. Remus opened his mouth to argue before Lily continued "Now, it's shepherd's pie for dinner. It would be a pity if you miss out on your favourite dinner Moony."
Remus scowled and James and Sirius finally came to their friend's rescue.
"If you know what's good for you, you better cough up that galleon" Sirius chuckled as he and James handed their galleons to Lily. Remus sighed in defeat and handed his galleon to Lily.
Hailey couldn't believe it! They had bet over who's name Hailey would say first. It looked like her mother ran the place though. She had intended it to be Moony but she really didn't want to push it any further.
After a few minutes, everything became normal but Lily still had that smirk on her face. James was creating little figures in the air out of the smoke as Hailey giggled. Soon it became a puppet show, all of the marauders became a different character and did a play for her about The Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump. Then an owl came in. James took the letter and read it. A wide grin taking over his face.
"Wormtail has agreed," James told the group. They all had a smile on their face. But didn't they think Remus was a spy, if they had told him last time, Sirius wouldn't have spent 12 years in Azkaban. Maybe it was the ripple effect Mason had warned her about. Small changes can cause differences in the whole timeline. Either way, this change didn't really bother her. She wouldn't do anything about this because it was important for Voldemort to die on that night and if Wormtail didn't lead him to them, Voldemort would continue terrorizing the rest of the world. She would just have to come up with a plan to keep her parents safe. The golden trio had spent a good month in the library amongst the ancient text, researching blood bonds and time-travel. Hailey knew she still had the blood protection from her mother, it was in her blood. She would always have it. De-aging herself re-activated the protection. But her parents didn't know that and they would once again step in front to protect her.
A/N: That's all for this chapter! Hope you liked it :)
Next chapter...
Hailey's First Birthday!