Chapter two

Harry read the journal and watching memories, which took a week. Once he started, he couldn't stop. By the time he finished Harry was angry, more than angry, he was furious. He then began to make plans, lot's of plans to change what others had done and planned to do. Severus Snape had given him the chance to fix things, to change things and to prevent certain people from manipulating him and others.

It was a few weeks later that Harry realise he would need to trust someone before travelling to the passed. He would have a baby with him, he knew nothing about babies. He would need a healer that he could trust, to check baby Harry's scar and during his first few years to make sure that the attempt on his life did not cause any problems. Harry had no idea if he had any problems growing up, he had enough problems caused by the Dursley's. But to read that Severus believed Albus visited Harry often as a child then removed certain memories, told Harry that there could have been medical problems, or some type of magical problem. He knew about the blocks on his magic and abilities like his metamorphmagus ability, so Dumbledore did visit to give Harry those potions. A healer was needed, just to make sure.

As Harry sat thinking about who he could trust, first he thought of Poppy Pomfrey, she had looked after Harry for years. Then he realised that she never once mentioned his old injuries or old scars, she just healed him.

'She knew, she's in with Dumbledore, why else would she ignore such obvious signs of child abuse,' Harry sighed, 'Okay, I can't go to her, just in case. Who else? It can't be just anyone, most of the ministry and other places like

St Mungo's had people that supported Voldemort or Dumbledore,' Harry remembered hearing one of the Order meetings that they were trying to figure out who supported Voldemort, but in secret. Sirius was pissed because he couldn't do much, Remus calmed him down but then they decided to work together, Sirius using polyjuice and without Dumbledore finding out. Harry concentrated, trying to remember the times the Order spoke about Voldemort supporters. Then Harry's head came up, he smiled.

'Andromeda Tonks, she's a healer and right now she's caring for Teddy. I can trust her as it would mean her husband and daughter would survive. It's a risk but not for him or little Harry, but the timeline,' Harry kept thinking, would it be worth it, he was given the chance to right wrongs, to stop Sirius dying, so he could stop Remus, Tonks and Ted dying as well.

Harry hurried from the house, he knew where the Tonks home was after crashing there with Hagrid on Sirius' motorbike.

Harry took a deep breath then knocked on the door, 'Hello Mrs. Tonks.'

'Mr. Potter, Dora and Remus told me they named you godfather, which surprised me.'

'Yeah, I was as well, mainly because he was always after me. Would it be okay to see Teddy?'

'Of course,' Andromeda moved aside to allow Harry entry into her home.

'I'm sorry about the last time I was here Mrs. Tonks, your looks just took me by surprise. All I saw was Bellatrix killing Sirius. I shouldn't' have reacted like that.'

'You do not need to explain Mr. Potter, Dora and Remus explained everything to me a few days later.'

'Please call me Harry.'

'Then call me Andromeda. Right now Teddy is asleep, so if you like we could have a cup of tea and talk.'

'Yes, that would be nice,' Harry followed Andromeda into the kitchen, 'This is a nice room, plenty of light.'

'Yes, I do enjoy cooking so I spend a lot of time in this room. Take a seat Harry.'

Harry sat down and thought about how to begin the story he needed to explain. He watched Andromeda make tea using an electric kettle. He knew Ted was a muggleborn and liked a lot of muggle gadgets. Tonks had explained how her mother adapted to using muggle electrical items, but also how her mother figured out that low powered spells could be used around electricity.

'T...Dora explained how you had to adapt to a muggle home.'

'I did not have to, Ted gave me the choice, but I knew it would be easier for me to use electrical items then for Ted to have to give up who he is. There is not a lot of difference really, I just don't use a wand,' she put two cups on the table along with a small plate of biscuits, 'As godfather, you have the right to take Teddy.'

'No, he belongs with his grandmother, you're family, blood family I mean. I would like to get to know him, help where I can, but he should stay with you,' Harry noticed the lines around Andromeda's eyes softened, 'You thought I would take him from you?'

'I was concerned you might as we all know you have no family.'

'I don't, but I'm pretty much used to that now. If you think about it, I will be Teddy's family just being his godfather. To be honest though, I don't know the first thing about baby's, having never been in contact with one.'

'You are part of Teddy's family, but thank you for allowing me to keep my grandson.'

Harry gave her a kindly smile, 'Dora told me you're a healer, so you wouldn't be able to work at the moment.'

'When he took over, I decided to retire, I was left quite a bit of money from my father. Ted and I also saved a nice amount as well. I'm going to dedicate my life to Teddy.'

'At least you can afford to, it would be hard on Teddy if you had to work, after losing…' Harry sighed, 'Andromeda, I need to ask you something and I need an honest answer.'

'Of course.'

'Do you believe in the fates, like chance?'

'I do, I believe it was fate that lead me to Ted. Around a year before I met him my two sisters were trying to get me to join him. They knew I didn't like the dark arts and kept trying to show me how much better it was and how Voldemort would make our world better. I tried to spend as little time with them as I could. One day I was sitting in a park working on where I could disappear to, so my sisters couldn't find me. As you know, anyone that didn't support him was killed. Well, this small dog sat on my feet and just looked up at me. Ted came running up, apologising for his dog getting my feet dirty. It was the cutest little thing and I just wanted to take him home with me. Well, Ted and I got talking, he asked me out, at first I thought he was a muggle, but decided to take the chance. I figured I was going to disappear under charms anyway, I was sure I could keep my sisters from finding out I was dating a muggle. That day began with depression and sadness, it ended up being the best day of my life. I found out at the end of the night that he was a muggleborn.'

'That's a nice story.'

'Why did you want to know if I believed in the fates?'

'I've been given the chance to right some wrongs you could say. I found out that a lot of people used me, they knew I was abused as a child, they knew I would need to face Voldemort and they believed I would die. There is so much to go into Andromeda, but basically my life was controlled and manipulated by Albus Dumbledore. He wanted to use my fame and me killing Voldemort to give him more power. He did not care who died if it achieved his goals. Many lives could have been spared if it wasn't for him. I was left some things from…someone, he knew all this, he knew I'd been given potions to block part of my power, my gifts, like animagus and metamorphmagus. Dumbledore planned for me to kill Voldemort then he was going to kill me, but tell everyone I was killed by Voldemort before he could kill him. He wanted the fame and glory. He knew Sirius was innocent the whole time, but he needed me weak, easy to control, he could not have Sirius raise me, so he let him rot in Azkaban. He forced Remus to stay away from me while growing up. He paid the Weasley's to be my friend, so they could spy on me but to also make sure I didn't learn too much.'

'I never trusted Albus Dumbledore. I could not convince Dora or Remus that he was not who he made us all believe he was. But how could you right these wrongs, Albus is dead, so is Sirius, my family is gone as well.'

'This person that left me the information was brilliant at potions. It took him more than ten years but he came up with a potion that would take me back. I know it sounds impossible, but I am going to do this. I will return to the past, but it will be like going sideways and creating a new path, one I hoped will mean many that died will survive. I know it's a risk but I believe it's a risk worth taking. I will be taking my baby self away from the abusive muggles and plan to raise him myself. It means I can help stop Ted, Dora, Remus, Sirius, so many dying. I needed someone to trust and you did lose your family. So many lives could have been saved if Dumbledore just did things differently. He knew Voldemort was basically immortal yet he kept that a secret until after Sirius died. He played on my grieving and wanting revenge so he could get me to do his work for him. He's only mistake was when he cursed his hand. He never believed anything could kill him.

'Andromeda, there is a chance this won't work but my life has been full of pain and suffering. I've contemplated killing myself so many times just so I can join my family. If this works then I can fix things, but I also need help, with baby Harry. He, or I was hit with the killing curse, I know nothing about babies. I figured if you're willing to help me when I go back, then we can work together to make sure neither of us lose our family. The only downside of this is if it doesn't work, but we've already lost everyone, so there's nothing left to lose by doing this.'

'I will help you, as I said, I believe in the fates. Severus Snape was a brilliant potions master and I know for a fact that Albus was manipulating him as well, to keep his spy. What do we need to do?'

'First is you will need to give me something I can show you to prove all this to your younger self. Ted can be told and Dora when she's older, but we have to make sure she's brought up to see who the real Dumbledore is.'

'Then we have some work to do, if all goes well, we will both have a family and young Harry can be raised by a loving father and have Dora as an older sister. Eventually, she will meet Remus again then Teddy will have all his parents.'

'Not to mention grandparents for Teddy but also baby Harry,' Harry smiled at Andromeda. He had been so worried that she wouldn't believe him, or that she might but still not want to help. Now he knew he could do this so he could raise baby Harry, with the help of some great people.