Chapter 43

George's POV

I was on the Hogwarts express and we were almost there. The holidays had gone by slowly. Very slowly. Fred hasn't really been himself since the night Voldemort returned. He doesn't smile anymore. He puts on a fake one so people don't bug him but I'm his twin and I know it's not genuine. He still cracks jokes but his heart just isn't in it anymore. I'm worried about him.

The ministry still refuses to believe Voldemort is back. Even with thirty witnesses. Apparently, us children are just trying to stir up trouble. However, with Padma dead, it's hard for others to ignore. The ministry already had a bad reputation after Sirius Black was found innocent so not many people listen to them anymore.

When askaban was broken into during the quidditch world cup, it was impossible not to start seeing reason. Impossible for everyone except the minister of course. Dad always had said he was a fool. Fifty death eaters escaped. Fifty.

I hope Joanne wakes up. She's been in a coma for three months. I think that's the main reason Fred is so upset. Other people may not realize it but when your twin fancies someone, it's hard to miss. Joanne could also spread some light on the situation. She always knows what's going on because of her being from the future and stuff. But Madam Pomfrey said she may never wake up. What good is surviving the killing curse, only to fall into a coma.

Speaking of her surviving the killing curse, everyone is talking about it. Well, everyone who was there at least. It's one thing for Harry to do it when no ones around, that could have been something else, but everyone saw Annie get hit. Then she just got up like it was nothing. No one else believes us though. They say it's impossible.

The whole last month of the year before, Hermione was positively itching to get into the Ravenclaw library. But obviously she couldn't. Joanne is truly the only one who can get inside.

The train stopped and I knew we were there. We got off the train and loaded into the carriages.

Soon we had arrived at Hogwarts and I got out of the carriage. "I'm going to go see Joanne in the hospital wing." Fred said as soon as we got inside the castle. I expected as much. He was gone before I could so much as nod.

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Joanne's POV

I woke around the time the trains should be arriving. I decided the best thing for me to do would be to go back to the hospital wing. I took the quickest passage and soon got there. I entered and saw Fred standing with his back to me, staring at the bed I had previously occupied. Don't ask me how I knew it was Fred because I wouldn't be able to answer. There was just something about him that made me so sure who he was.

"Fred?" I said to get his attention. He quickly turned around. His eyes widened when he saw me. We jerked forward at the same time and he hugged me tightly.

"When did you wake up?" He asked when we broke apart.

"Yesterday but I went strait to the library." I explained.

"I was- we were worried you wouldn't wake up." He told me.

"Where are the others?" I asked.

"In the great hall. It's dinner. We just got off the train." He said.

We went strait to the great hall. The crowd of this years firsties were standing by the entrance. Hagrid was just explaining the houses to them when he saw me. "Annie! You're up!" He boomed and came in for a hug. "Just go right through." He said gesturing to the doors.

The doors opened and Fred and I walked through. There were some gasps and several cheers when people saw me. All my friends had jumped to their feet. We exchanged more hugs and I took my place at the Gryffindor table.

Once the sorting was done Professor McGonagall stood up. "I have a few notices before dinner can begin." She said. "First, there will be no quidditch this year because-" She was interrupted by a roar of disapproval from all the students.

"Shit." I muttered under my breath. They are still doing the triwizard tournament and I know just how 'well' that went last time.

"Silence!" Mcgonagall called and everyone grudgingly stopped talking. "Because we will be hosting the triwizard tournament this year." Whispers broke out through the hall and the twins cheered loudly. "However, only those of age can complete." There was lots of booing at this.

Suddenly the doors burst open and Professor Moody or someone disguised as Mad-eye limped in. "And let me introduce Professor Moody who will be our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and Professor Umbridge who will be replacing Snape, teaching potions." Finished McGonagall.

Umbridge then interrupted to do her speech but I wasn't listening as several thoughts were running through my mind. It makes sense that Umbridge is here early because Voldemort came back early. If Mad-eye is an impostor, it would mean that the death eaters are probably going to enter Harry in the tournament like last time. Also, where's Remus? "Hey Harry. Where's Remus?" I asked.

"Now that he can have any job, he decided to become an auror." Harry explained.

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As soon as the feast was over Harry, Ron, Hermione, the twins, Draco, Luna, Ginny, Neville and I went to the Ravenclaw Library. The others told Luna and Ginny everything while I was unconscious but I didn't mind. I know they are trustworthy.

Once we were safely inside, everyone hugged me. Again. "It's so good to have you back!" Luna said cheerfully.

"You looked very deep in thought during dinner." Hermione commented. "What's up?"

"Well, I did some research and found out how I survived the killing curse." I said for I had decided to start form the beginning. I explained to them what I had read in the book.

"So how did Harry survive when he was a baby?" Ginny asked.

"You see, Harry's mum sacrificed herself for him and that is very powerful light magic so it is classified as a type A curse." I explained.

"So does this mean you can tell us all about the future now?" Neville asked.

"I guess." I shrugged. "I'll test it." What is something I wouldn't usually be able to tell them. "One of the last horcruxes is Voldemort's pet snake Nagini."

"So maybe you should start by telling us what happened in the original time line." Harry suggested.

"Good idea." Hermione agreed.

"Okay. So first year," I began. "Was actually much how it happened in this time line. You suspected Snape and found out all your information from Hagrid. But, when Neville tried to stop you going out to try and save the stone, instead of explaining the situation to him, Hermione put a body bind on him."

"Wow thanks." Neville commented. Hermione looked apologetically at him.

"Because Neville didn't go with you, the Troll never woke up. Apart from that it was all the same." I continued. "In second year, Dobby the house elf didn't stop trying to get Harry to not go to Hogwarts because he only stopped in this timeline when I told him to. As a result, he blocked the barrier so Harry and Ron couldn't get on the train and they flew Ron's dad's car to school."

"Awesome!" The twins exclaimed.

"However, they crashed it into the whomping willow and Ron's wand broke." I said.

"Oh..." The twins said.

"I was the one who got Professor Lockhart to leave so-"

"That was you!" Hermione interrupted. "Why would you drive away such a great, brave author?"

"I'll explain Hermione." I told her.

"I don't care why you did it but thank you so much." Harry whispered in my ear. I giggled. For some reason, Fred scowled at us.

"Anyway, Professor Lockhart was still there. Dobby tried to get you to go home by sending a rogue bludger after you during the Gryffindor/Slytherin quidditch match. You broke your arm and-"

"Did we still win?" Ron asked.

"Of course we didn't win if Harry broke his arm." Hermione scoffed.

"Actually Harry still caught the snitch with a broken arm and a rogue bludger after him." I grinned. Harry and Ron high-fived while Hermione and Neville rolled their eyes. "Lockhart tried to heal your broken arm but instead he vanished all the bones in it."

"WHAT?!" Ginny exclaimed furiously.

"Since I wasn't there the Ravenclaw Library was obviously never discovered. Hermione figured out what the monster was right before she was petrified but couldn't tell anyone because...she was petrified. Harry and Ron discover a scrunched up page from a book with the information on basilisks in her hand."

"Hermione tore a page out of a book?!" George exclaimed. Hermione scowled at him and he shut up.

"When Harry and Ron went down to save Ginny they took Lockhart with them after they discovered he was a fraud." I continued.

"Lockhart was a fraud?!" Hermione asked, horrified. I just nodded before carrying on.

"He tried to obliviate Harry and Ron with Ron's wand but since it was a broken wand the spell back fired and caused a cave in. Harry was trapped on the other side so he continued into the chamber alone. Like in our time, Fawkes came with the sorting hat and blinded the basilisk. Then Harry pulled the sword out of the hat and stabbed the basilisk. However, a basilisk fang went into Harry's arm and Fawkes healed him instead of me. Harry then stabbed the diary."

"Wow." Draco commented.

"Lucius got away with slipping the diary into Ginny's caldron and Harry still freed Dobby."

"In third year you spent the whole year worrying about Sirius and wondering what Hermione was up to. You eventually confronted him in the shrieking shack but you didn't know he was innocent so Harry attacked him to avenge his parents."

"Oops." Harry said sheepishly.

"Lupin bursts in and stops you, then they explain that Sirius is innocent. However, it was the full moon so Lupin transformed. Then there was just a whole bunch of chaos: Lupin almost kills everyone, Pettigrew escaped, and Harry, Hermione and Sirius almost got the Dementors kiss before passing out."

"Wait, what was that last one?" Harry said.

"You almost got the kiss but you were saved by someone you thought was your dad." I said.

"What?"

"I'm getting to that! You wake up in the hospital wing and find out that Sirius is about to get the kiss so Harry and Hermione use Hermione's time turner to go back in time."

"Hermione has a time turner?!" Ron yelled.

"She was using it to get to lessons." I told him.

"That explains so much." Harry said.

"Oh, and remember when I saved Draco from Buckbeak?" I asked.

"Yeah." Harry confirmed.

"That's because in the original time line, Buckbeak got Draco, his dad sued, and Buckbeak was sentenced to death. I forgot that Lucius was in prison in this timeline. Anyway, Harry and Hermione save Sirius and Buckbeak and it turns out future Harry was the one who saved past Harry from getting the kiss."

"Hey! Where was I?" Ron said.

"Sirius accidentally mauled your leg a little so you were in the hospital wing." I replied.

"Why did Sirius do that?" Ginny exclaimed.

"He was aiming for Pettigrew." I said simply.

"He has bad aim then." Ron muttered.

"Okay now this year, Harry gets entered into the tournament by a death eater who is posing as Professor Moody."

"That can't be good." Ginny muttered.

"Cedric is also in it. You both win but the cup is a portkey made by the death eater and you get transported to the graveyard. Pettigrew kills Cedric and helps resurrect Voldemort."

"Stupid rat!" Ron hissed.

"Harry and Voldemort's wands do a strange thing because they are brother wands and can't hurt each other. Which reminds me, Harry you need to get a second wand so you can fight Voldemort properly." He nodded and I kept going. "You escape back to school with Cedric's body. The minister doesn't believe you and makes the profit write bad things about you so everyone thinks your nuts. The next three years consist of you finding horcruxes and the final battle but if we play this right, there won't be a battle."

"Who dies?" Harry asked. "In the original time line, who dies?"

"It doesn't matter." I said. "The original timeline isn't going to happen."

"Just tell us." Ron said.

I sighed deeply. "Of the ones I can remember: Sirius-"

"No!" Harry exclaimed.

"-Remus and his wife Tonks-"

"Poor Remus..." Hermione said grimly.

"-Colin Creevey-"

"But he's so young!" Neville burst out.

"-and...Fred." I said quietly. "But there were many more."

"F-Fred." Ginny stuttered. George looked like he was in shock.

"But that won't happen this time so it doesn't matter." Fred insisted to cheer everyone up.

"Exactly." I agreed. "But there is one more thing."

"What now?" Ron asked.

"You know that there are two horcruxes left and one of them is the snake. What you don't know is that the last horcrux is Harry."

"What?!" Ginny cried.

"I have to die?" Harry muttered.

"No!" Hermione exclaimed. "Horcruxes are type A curses. You only have to get hit with the killing curse and you'll live!"

"Exactly!" I grinned.

"So what's the plan to take Voldemort down?" Neville asked.

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