Chapter Eighteen – Grimoire
The aurors arrived to controlled chaos about the time Harry and Lisera were sitting down in Molly's Kitchen to order their food. People were very confused as to what happened. There was a Death Eater attack and several people were hurt and even a few were killed. Then the next thing they knew it was all over and all twenty of the Death Eaters were laying in the middle of the street dead.
No matter who they spoke to, no one saw anyone or anything involved with the killing of the Death Eaters. The only thing that was clear was they all had their necks twisted and broken. The Death Eaters were checked. They still had on their robes and they all had the Dark Mark on their arm.
The people interviewed clearly saw the Death Eaters killing and hurting people. They even saw that they started the fire in that one shop that was burnt. What they didn't see was who put the fire out and who took out the Death Eaters. It was a mystery.
The Death Eaters were attacking then suddenly they were all dead in the middle of the street. No one saw anything different. There were no leads. Nothing.
The aurors did not see this report going over well with Director Bones.
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"I saw this crazy looking store earlier, some kind of joke shop, and I want to check it out," Harry said to Lisera. "Are you up for it?"
"Sure."
"I think it's called Weasley Wizard Wheezes."
"That's a strange name."
"I think I met a Weasley at Hogwarts the other week. I wonder if he's related? He had bright red hair and freckles."
"We can always ask."
When Lisera saw the outlandish store, she involuntarily took a step back before continuing on with Harry.
"That is a crazy looking store," she noted. "The owners must be really big jokesters."
"They'd have to be with a store like that."
They entered the store and began to look around. Soon a red-haired young man approached them. He was dressed in perfectly matching colors but no colors a normal person would be wearing. The bright colors almost hurt your eyes.
"Hello, there. My name is Fred Weasley and I am one of the owners of this establishment. My brother George is the other owner. How may I be of assistance?"
"Hi, Fred. I'm Harry and this is Lisera. We just had a nice meal and were looking for some fun while we digest our food. Your store certainly looked interesting."
"Thank you. Did you eat somewhere in the Alley?"
"Yes, we tried Molly's Kitchen and it was excellent."
"Sure was," agreed Lisera.
"Well, it just so happens I know the owner of that fine restaurant."
"Would her name be Molly?" asked Lisera with a knowing smile.
"Yes and her last name is Weasley," answered Fred.
"Same last name as yours. The plot thickens," noted Harry.
"We've eaten her cooking pretty much," said George as he joined them.
"All of our lives," finished Fred.
"You see," George began.
"She's our mum," Fred finished.
"And she has a talent with cooking."
"Hence, she owns a restaurant."
"Started it right after her last kid."
"Went off to Hogwarts."
"She was also very kind to give us a loan to start up our own shop," added George.
"And you are standing in it," finished Fred.
"You guys are making me seasick," Lisera complained.
"You must be the other owner," Harry said noticing the brother was dressed in the same colors, only applied in an opposite fashion. "George, is it?"
"Right you are – "
"Wait a second George. Do you know who this is?"
"I would if you would introduce me."
"His name is Harry and his lovely friend here is Lisera."
"Harry?" asked George.
"Potter," said Fred.
"Ah… Say Harry, did you get to meet our mum while you were there?" asked George. "If you didn't she will be very disappointed."
"We only met Alicia who waited on us," answered Lisera.
"Yes, Alicia Spinnet," said Fred. "Such a nice girl and good Quidditch player."
"We went to Hogwarts together and played on the same Quidditch team," said George.
"She was one of the chasers while George and I were the beaters."
"Good times!" said George.
Not being all that familiar with Quidditch, Harry decided to change the subject.
"Say would you guys be related to a tall young man at Hogwarts named Ron Weasley?" asked Harry. "I met him a while back while I was visiting the school."
"Harry, if you run across anyone named Weasley, there are very good chances we are related," answered Fred.
"Ron just happens to be our little brother," added George.
"Actually, there are six of us brothers," Fred offered.
"Six brothers? No sisters?" asked Lisera.
"One," answered George.
"And she's the youngest," added Fred.
"She's in the year below Ron."
"Ron is a sixth year."
"And Ginny is a fifth year," finished George.
"Is there any one in your family without red hair?" asked Harry.
"Only if you're an in-law," answered George.
"Can your mother tell you two apart?" asked Lisera. "I sure can't."
"Not always, no," answered Fred. "Right Gred?"
"And we like it that way," answered George. "Don't we Forge?"
"Too right you are my handsome twin. Too bad I'm better looking than you though."
"If it had to be anyone, Forge, I'm glad it was you."
"I think I've been suitably entertained now," Harry said to Lisera. "These two are a hoot!"
"Since you've been gone, Harry, I presume you are not familiar with our merchandise?" asked Fred.
"That is correct."
"Let's do this," said George who grabbed a bag off the shelf behind him.
"Take one of our sampler packs," said Fred.
"And use it for free," said George. "That way next time you come in you'll have a better idea of what you want to buy."
"That's very kind of you. We will see what we like and come back another time."
"It's always good to gain new customers," said Fred as he put his arm around the shoulders of his twin.
"Come back again soon," said George as he waved a farewell to Harry and Lisera.
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Harry and Lisera had teleported away from the front of Weasley Wizard Wheezes and straight into Muggle London, avoiding the aurors still milling about in the Alley. Harry had been there before and knew of a spot no one would see them arriving. He took Lisera to the movies where they watched a romantic comedy, which Lisera enjoyed even though she missed a few references to things she was not familiar with. Of course, Harry had similar issues.
After the movie, they walked around for a good while until they came across a clothing store that looked nice. Lisera wanted to check it out so they did. She ended up buying most of her muggle attire from there. She made sure she modeled everything for Harry to see as she tried things on. They stopped at two more stores after that to finish up with everything Lisera would need.
And, yes, Harry bought her plenty of unmentionables.
He had teased her while she picked them out about modeling them for him. She teased him back to make him believe she would but in the end, she refused. As they left the last store, Harry leaned in toward her ear.
"If the elves are ever too busy, I'd be happy to clean them for you," he whispered.
"I'll be sure and keep that in mind," she said with a chuckle.
They found a hidden spot to shrink all the packages, then Harry teleported them back to Potter Place where Letty took all the new clothes, unshrunk them, and put them away for Lisera. She was finally starting to use up a good portion of her closet space with all the new clothes she now owned. Harry went back to Diagon Alley after dropping Lisera off at home. He still needed to pick up his wand.
Ollivander was quite proud of his work and the wand was definitely a masterpiece. The barbs the tree was known for were no longer an issue. They had been reduced to the point that they now served to provide a good grip on the wand. With the barbs reduced but still visible and the runes that were added by Ollivander showing, the ash-grey and red wand showed a lot of character.
Ollivander explained that the runes were infused with the blood Harry provided. This caused the dark red to appear. The wand was a long fourteen inches, which was necessary to handle the two cores used. When Harry picked it up, he felt his whole body tingle with magic as the wand chose him. The wand spewed forth a large fountain of sparks and a strong wind blew through the store for a good thirty seconds.
When the wind and the sparks stopped, Harry looked over at Ollivander for confirmation.
"I believe that about says it all, Mr. Potter. That wand is very powerful and a perfect match for you. Just be careful where you point that thing."
"Yes sir. How much do I owe you?"
"Not a thing, Mr. Potter. It was my pleasure. Besides, you have provided me with numerous new woods and cores. You more than paid for it already."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Now, enjoy your evening. I'm sure you could use a rest after everything you did in the Alley for us earlier today. I'm going to lock up and call it a night."
"Thank you, sir. Have a good evening yourself."
Harry headed back to Potter Place.
While Lisera was checking on the work the droids accomplished and working on the space station again herself, Harry finally sat down to read the Potter Family Grimoire which he found hidden in the manor a couple of days ago. There were some very interesting spells and other items about family magic in there. He determined to learn them as soon as possible.
While studying it to see what else he could learn, it dawned on him that he needed to have his own grimoire. As a time mage, he had spells he'd created already that only a time mage could use. Therefore, he needed to create his own time mage grimoire.
Harry had already written down most of his spells in his datapad over the years but he wanted to put it in a book or manuscript, which is more commonly used by magicals. As time progresses, hopefully he would be able to add additional spells, etc. to it.
There were instructions in the beginning of the Potter grimoire on how it was created so Harry followed those same instructions to create his own. There were many spells and enchantments on the grimoire to prevent anyone other than a Potter by blood from reading it, or even touching it. Harry wasn't sure he wanted to go that far since there can't be that many time mages and only a time mage would be able to perform any of the spells he'd created.
He decided to use his grimoire for time mage spells only, including rituals, and enchantments. Any spells he happened to create that were normal magic spells would be placed in the Potter grimoire. Having decided on his course, Harry began creating his own time mage grimoire.
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The next morning the Daily Prophet reported on the event that happened in Diagon Alley.
20 DEATH EATERS FOUND DEAD IN DIAGON ALLEY
Yesterday, twenty Death Eaters were found dead in the middle of Diagon Alley after they attacked. They managed to injure 19 people and killed 6, including small children. The story gets a bit fuzzy after that because suddenly they were found all together with their necks broken and twisted. It is still unknown who was responsible for stopping the Death Eaters since there were no witnesses to what happened.
Strange does not even start to cover it.
How could anyone do this against twenty Death Eaters? Was it a group of people? Was it one person? How did they do it without being seen? Were invisibility cloaks used? According to eyewitness reports, the Death Eaters spread quickly through the Alley as soon as they arrived. How did they end up in one spot and dead? How can no one remember what happened? Was a memory charm used on everyone in the Alley that day?
The Auror department reported that several witnesses were checked for any memory charms but none was found. Again, this makes no sense.
We have plenty of questions but no one seems to know the answers. There has to be someone out there that knows. If you do, please share. We are most curious how this was pulled off.
The story continued but Harry had read enough. He was thinking that those who were aware of his time mage abilities probably had a guess as to who did it, but he imagined they would not be forthcoming to anyone with the information, especially the press.
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Voldemort was not happy after reading the morning headlines. A couple of his followers felt his displeasure quite painfully.
Lucius Malfoy, who was responsible for organizing the raid on Diagon Alley and instructing the newer Death Eaters on what was expected of them, was a bit nervous since the Dark Lord had not turned his attention to him yet. He was fairly certain his time was coming though. While he didn't accompany the other Death Eaters to Diagon Alley, he was put in charge of preparing and sending them.
He was racking his brain over what he could say to the dark lord.
"Lucius," Voldemort said in his raspy voice. Lucius was deep in thought and flinched involuntarily when his name was called. "How can something like this happen to twenty of my followers? I put you in charge and this is the result I can expect from you? Who did this to them?"
"W-We're not sure, my lord. I-I personally think it was Potter. He did some very strange stuff to us too, things that could not be explained."
"Really, Lucius? A sixteen-year old boy can take on and kill twenty of my followers all by himself without anyone knowing?"
"He was confident my lord when he faced us, no worries at all and he used spells against us that we've never even heard of. Poor Bella had over 30 broken bones from that encounter and he used one spell on her. Where has he been all this time? He must have been training wherever he was."
"No doubt that old man's doing. Thinking he can prepare Potter to face me."
"Yes, Master, Dumbledore must have had him trained well while he was hidden away, but now he's back. His training must be over."
"I will give this some thought, Lucius, but some actual proof would be helpful at this point."
"Yes, my lord."
"Oh, and Lucius?"
"Yes?"
"How convenient that you have brought your other failure to my attention… again."
"Sorry, my lord –"
"CRUCIO!"
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"Harry?"
"Yes."
"I've been thinking about this ever since the attack in Diagon Alley last week."
Harry looked up from his lunch and gave Lisera his undivided attention.
"I need you to train me so I can defend myself. I can't do magic but that doesn't mean I can't do something. Will you do that?"
"Sure. When do you want to start?"
"As soon as possible."
"Then you are going to have to quit working so much so you'll have time to train. I told you that space station doesn't have to be built over night."
"I know but I like what I'm doing."
"We can train for an hour in the evenings before dinner if you like?"
"That'll work for me!"
"You will need some clothes to train in so back to muggle London."
"I get more clothes?"
"Yes, we're going to get all hot and sweaty so best to have the right clothes for that."
"Can we eat out again and do something else fun when we go?"
"Why, Lisera, if I didn't know better I believe you are asking me out on a date."
"So, what if I am?" she challenged.
"Are you sure you can control yourself on this date?"
"So, what if I can't?" she challenged again.
Harry stared at her for a second, blinking his eyes a few times, before he replied. "I-I-I'm sure I should say something here but… no… I've got nothing."
"Can we go this afternoon?" she asked undeterred.
"Yes. That will be fine."
Lisera got up and walked around the table to behind Harry. She leaned over and whispered "Thank you" in his ear then kissed him on the cheek. She walked back around where she could see his face again.
"I'm going back to work for a while. I'll stop about three and get ready for our date. Will you be ready by then?"
"Yes. I'll be ready. I just have a small errand to run after lunch."
As soon as Lisera went back to work, Harry went back to his bedroom and changed his clothes. He then grabbed a shrunk down chest of credits to take with him. When ready he time travelled back to Coruscant to several weeks after he left. Once there, he went shopping.
First, he wanted to buy a few speeders and then a few weapons, including some for Lisera to use. Before that though, he made a trip down to see his adopted father, Joban, and the other people at his restaurant. It had been a while since he had seen them.
Joban gave Harry a big hug when he showed up. The women who worked for Joban, who watched Harry grow up, gave him some big squeezes too. Once that was out of the way they enjoyed some time together so Harry could fill them in on what was going on in his life now. Not much had changed at the restaurant, so Harry did most of the talking. They were very interested in him being able to return to his home planet. They also wanted to know what it was like.
As he was telling them about it, he began to think about his theory that he had to travel through time and to a different dimension to get back to earth. He realized that may not be the case and he felt confident he could test that theory.
After he bid them farewell, he travelled to Alderaan while adjusting time slightly by only a couple of minutes. He landed in the mountains so no one would notice him. Next, he attempted only a change in dimension and was surprised at how that felt. He quickly travelled to Tatooine, landing in the middle of the desert with no one else around. In the dimension he was in, it felt strange since he was not hot. He travelled back to Alderaan adjusting the dimension back to normal and the time only slightly by a couple of minutes again. He immediately noticed the difference.
There was no way he was changing dimensions when he went back to Earth. He was only changing time and it appeared like he was going a long way back, which is why he originally felt more was going on than just time travel. As he was becoming more accustomed to travelling through time, he could now tell the difference.
There was nothing like experience to teach you a thing or two.
This gave him an idea but he had things to do and he was anxious to go on that date with Lisera. The idea would have to wait; besides Lisera may not have that part of the space station done yet. After Harry completed his shopping, he shrunk everything down and returned home.
Lisera looked up when she saw Harry in the garage. He was returning the five different model speeders he'd bought to normal size. She came over immediately to look at them.
"What have we here?"
"This is part of my plan and goes along with why I'm having you build me a space station. Plus I was thinking you may need a way to get around without me at some point."
"You bought me a speeder?"
"Yes, but don't get your hopes up yet. This world has never seen anything like this so we're going to have to ease them into it. I think they'll get adjusted to speeders a lot quicker than our kind of space travel though so I want to introduce the speeders first."
"I see. So when are you going to do this?"
"Soon. Sometime very soon. Now, tell me. Have you finished everything on the doors so I have a way to get one of my ships out of this place without shrinking it again? I know the landing pad just outside the doors is ready and waiting, not to mention hidden."
"Yes, that's one of the first things we did in case we needed to use a ship. What did you have in mind?"
"I realized earlier that I am only travelling through time between here and Coruscant. I was thinking I was changing dimensions too but it turns out here and now is just a very distant past to when we were on Coruscant."
"Really?"
"Yes, and if that's so then what if Coruscant and all the other planets exist right now?"
"So, you want to take a ship out and see where we are in relation to the known worlds? Then do what? If they do exist and we are so far in the distant past, will there be any inhabitants?"
"Maybe, maybe not, but I'm curious to know how close we are to the known worlds and if back on Coruscant time, can I get to here, Earth, in that time? What do the known planets look like so far in the past and what does Earth look like that many years in the future?"
"Couldn't you just use your magic and pop over to one of the planets without adjusting the time?"
"Well, technically I have to adjust the time some to travel between planets. It's not really possible to teleport between planets like I do between here and Diagon Alley. A normal witch or wizard can't teleport, or as they say, apparate, that far. However, as a time mage, I can cheat a little and adjust the time by just a few seconds or a couple of minutes and that works just fine."
"Interesting. So you can only travel between planets because you can adjust time?"
"Yes. As a time mage, I have power over space and time because essentially they go hand in hand. And, no, I'm not a space mage because that would not necessarily give me power over time, only space. However, power over time automatically gives me power over space, which by the way includes dimensions, since space and time are both dimensions."
Lisera nodded for a minute as she thought it through. "Got it. Now the important question out of all this is – can I come?"
"Certainly. I wouldn't dream of exploring without you."
"Can we still go shopping today and have some fun? You weren't planning on going right now were you?"
"No, not today. We have a date," Harry said with a smile.
"Yes, we do," she agreed. "Well, it's not three yet so I'm going to get a little more done. I'll see you later?"
"Can't wait!"
There was a definite bigger sway to her hips as she walked off. Harry chuckled and went back into the manor to unload the weapons he bought in the training room. He would let Lisera pick out the ones she wanted to use later.
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To prevent the muggle government from noticing a space ship leaving and returning to Earth, Harry studied the Fidelius Charm and then had Dumbledore instruct him further so he could learn the difficult spell. Once he had it down, he went to the space station and cast it on his Republic Escort Gun Ship.
Gathering Lisera, all the droids, and all the elves together in front of it, Harry explained about the charm and told them the secret. They were still surprised even after he explained it.
"Harry, that has got to be the best stealth I have ever seen," stated Lisera.
"The advanced technology to detect this should not exist today so hopefully we will be able to come and go without being noticed by the governments here. It should help us in space as well in case we run into anything hostile out there."
"When do you want to leave?"
"Tomorrow. We'll take OP, QE, and MT with us for support. Bring your new workout clothes so we can continue your training onboard while we travel.