Hey everyone,
I'm going to be honest, I have very little idea on how this chapter is going to go. It will have the Marauders and Co going back to Hogwarts to settle things down, but there will be the complication on whether or not they all go back. However, there is also the fact that I am not sure how long this complication will make the chapter.
This means that we might actually get to Chamber of Secrets this chapter or perhaps next chapter. I really don't know, but I do expect Harry and Co – especially Ginny – to want to go and get through that book as quickly as possible. And yes, once the book is done, they will go back to settle the score a little early.
As for the Horcruxes, I'm a little in two-battle. Should I let Harry and the others inform the Elven Kingdoms about this, so they can go and destroy them now or should I wait until the end of the Sixth/sometime through the Seventh Book. I'll probably put up a poll for you all to vote on, so please keep an eye on my account.
Thanks guys,

Venquine1990

28th of December 1976
Hogwarts Grounds, Scotland
Jaurion's POV

I never thought it was possible, but after staying at my home world for a few days, does the castle of Hogwarts just not have the same sense of grandeur and amazement to it that I usually felt when looking upon it after a while. Still, I know this was something we should've seen coming and that we are here to fix a serious issue.
Yet at the same time, I can't help but feel concerned and that is for the chance that, while my friends, rival/acquaintance, potential bride to be and her brother-by-adoption have come here, not all of us will be coming back to Ariador once we fixed this issue. But then I shake my head and think: "Problem for later, not now."

And the level of the problem shows itself to be quite high even before we reach the suspension bridge that reaches to the Clocktower Courtyard as at the base of the hill that leads up to it, we spot Hagrid using an actual horde of Hippogriffs to keep a bunch of Fifth year Lions and Fourth Year snakes apart, all of them aiming wands at each other.
"Oh for Merlin's sake, this is ridiculous." Sirius groans and this instantly draws everyone's attention. "Thank goodness, you're alright. You're back!" Hagrid shouts before he turns to the students and snaps: "See! They're fine, just like Dumbledore said." Yet none of the students seem convinced and I already know why.

Yet father gave me permission and I glare at them as I say: "You Lions, if you know what's good for you, will come here right this BLOODY INSTANT!" And the fact that I am ordering them seems to shock the lot, the Snakes getting shocked so badly that they drop their wands. And just like I expected, is this the wrong thing to happen.
One of the Fifth years, who is the younger brother of one of the bastards that humiliated me when I was younger, instantly tries to turn to the Snakes, but he is too slow as I make a twisting arm motion that results in my fingers aimed to the ground and my palm facing him. And a gust of wind blows from my hand and disarms him.
Everyone looks at this shocked and I glare at them as I growl: "Watch – and learn." And I use my Element once more, causing for my voice to sound like a thundercloud threatening to burst loose. A few of the Lions gulp in fear and concern and the Snakes step back, yet Severus instantly walks over to them, ready to reassure them.

The Lions slowly approach me, Hagrid using the Hippogriffs to keep them away from Severus and the other Snakes and I glare at them, making sure to rest my eyes on the little brother the longest before I put a hand on the rosary that holds up my disguise. And as I pull it off once again, do I glare at them as I say:
"Keep an eye up here." And I use the arm that has the rosary on it to aim for my forehead, where I know my crown is still hidden by the glamour. "What is –?" One of the Lions asks, but I glare him quiet, having accepted that I can never be like them and that it's just better that way. "I don't belong with these bastards, anyway."
I think to myself and as I pull off the rosary, do I say: "For years I have been dancing to your little games, playing your fucking little poster-boy and trying my best not to get thrown out naked for some of your sick bastard-like tendencies. I've humiliated people who sincerely don't deserve it and fed a feud that should have died ages ago.

I became a stranger to my own parents and for what? A bunch of bastards who don't know how to keep their freaking hormones in check or understand what it means to be a – as our Head of House calls it – family. You have been leading my life for years and unfortunately for your sorry lot, that ends today, here and now.
And here's why." And with that do I pull the rosary off my hand and throw it away, Remus, Sirius and Peter cursing it in sync to burn up and be turned to cinders that have already burned out before they reach the ground. And like stepping out of a hot shower on a cold winter's day, do I sigh in relief as my glamour falls.
My complexion turns elven pale again, my hazel brown eyes gain their new hints of amber brown, my irises turn darker, I grow another three inches, which makes me really tower over the other Lions now and my muscles regain their strength while my hair lengthens and my crown shines in the brightness of the Scottish sunlight.

The group looks at me, looks of shock, horror and even fright on their faces and it's the face of the brother that actually pleases me. The lad had, obviously by his behavior the last few years, been told to continue his brother's legacy and now I can clearly see him both regretting this and regretting his older brother's actions.
"I am Jaurion Henderson Valivial. I am a Wind Elf and a member of the Royal family of Ariador, the kingdom of the Elves. It was my father's righthand man who had him call me and the others you just saw arrive here to Potter Manor, where he took us to the Elven world and he did this for two very specific reasons.
One, that night was indeed the night that, if that bastard had his way, I would have been made an orphan. Two, Destiny is a powerful deity that, like so many times before, has chosen one individual in this world to hate and have suffer. And that individual – was my son, Hari Jaurion Valivial, who was sent back in time from 1998."

"Okay, now I get it, this –." The eldest of the Fifth years tries to laugh, but I stop him and say: "I'd keep that wand in hand, if I were you. And cast a shield spell in – now." And the boy, bless him, actually listens, yet his shield doesn't have any strength and the non-verbal disarming charm breaks right on through it.
The lad gets pushed back and skids over the ground a bit before groaning as a familiar voice says: "I'd take my father's words seriously, if I were you." And my son, in his full Elven glory, comes out of the woods, happily handing me the Invisibility Cloak that we agreed he would take with him as he admitted to a personal fear of his.
"It's war in that world, and I've lost too many to war not to fear for those I don't want to lose – again." And the fact that Lucius was the only one he didn't look at when saying this said everything and convinced us all to let Harry come, especially now that we have confirmation that Dumbledore is no longer influenced by Destiny.

Flamel himself had said that the red aura he saw around Hari had weakened considerably and was no longer in threat of being reignited. Hari and everyone else had breathed in relief over this and I know Hari has an extra reason. He's been on the frontline too long, being pushed back just isn't in his way of life anymore, not this suddenly at least.
And while I wholeheartedly agree with him and his friends to let them simply be the ones to help save the ones that might die in the next five years, can I not help but fear that they might be the ones losing their lives in the progress. The only thing keeping that fear at bay is their level of experience and the fact it already happened to some of them.

"What? How did –?" The Fifth year asks and Hari answers: "Non-verbal magic. You learn it in your Sixth. Better start practicing, trust me, it's a right hard task to learn. Took me a full year to accomplish, though it did save my life and hide more times than I care to count." At this the lad stands up and groans:
"Not fair, I wasn't ready." But Hari rolls his eyes and says: "Tell that to the Death Eaters. Or should I say, the people who don't fit your criteria and you attack, regardless of your rights to do so. I heard what you Lions did to my father and I only got this to say about it. I'm glad I'm nearing eighteen and that I don't have to enroll here.
Cause if I did, I would not join you cowardly, selfish bastards. Salazar Slytherin may have been the one who wanted Muggleborns out of Hogwarts, but I wonder if Godric Gryffindor isn't rolling in his grave, seeing how you lot treat not just others, but those of your own House. What? Do you think popularity makes you powerful?

Trust me, it doesn't." Harry growls in the end and I believe him just by the look in his eyes. Hari then looks away and what he says next really hits home with them all, both the Snakes and the Lions. "Besides, with the war going ham-bleeding crazy on Magical England as it is, why should you want to start another one right here?
Hogwarts is safe, it's the one place you can forget that your families might be at risk, where you don't have to constantly fear for your life or wonder if and when you have to go down under to protect those you love. Where you don't have to be afraid to speak about things, because you worry you might speak a word that is cursed.
So if this is such an incredible safe haven, why in the name of magic itself are you lot stupid enough you're trying to ruin the one place you can be kids for just a few more months to years? Are your hormones really that much on overdrive that you stopped listening to that little voice that is called your bloody conscience?

Allow me to inform you of a little something. This war is going to end in five years from now – if you go by my past timeline, which we hope to change and have the war end sooner than that – but things didn't change. Purebloods were still being dickheads that didn't give Muggleborns one second of their time and money was still power.
Then, fourteen years later, that same bastard who is gaining the ability to cheat death even as we speak, no I will not go into detail, don't bother, gets himself a new body and wreaks havoc on the Wizarding World a second time over. And guess what, you sorry lot, he almost wins. He conquers both the Ministry – and Hogwarts.
Hogwarts was the location for the Final Battle and I lost both a close friend and the last link to my own parents in that fight. Yes, you bloody nitwits, these people you see here; only one of them is going to make it through the next 20 something years. The rest of them were dead by the time I came back to this era."

Here my son steps up, coming to stand between us and the Lions, who now have the Snakes behind them without them noticing, even though Severus and Lucius are also there in case of another squabble and then Harry glares at the Lions in a way that makes me really, really glad I'm not on the receiving end.
"And let me tell you lot something. When I came back and realized who I had back in my life, I swore one thing to myself. That the life I always wanted for myself, I would do everything in my power and then some to give it to them, even if it meant my own death. So when these guys come back to study, expect me with them.
Not just to keep them safe from that murderous bastard and his propaganda, but from anyone who seems hellbent on them being anything but who they deserve to be; themselves. I never knew my parents and I never knew that my father and I shared the fate of others not accepting us for who we are, but that – is no more.
I don't have the reason people from the future wanted to control hanging over my head anymore and dad has truly seen the reason as to why he doesn't have to live up to those absurd expectation – read demands – anymore either. We are Elves, but we are also wizards and people. And we are both done – being your little playthings."

And then Hari actually scares me as he smirks in a way that makes me think: "Is that my son or a devil's child? Either way, I'm glad he's on my side." As the boy says: "Also, please pass this message on to anyone who thought – or still thinks – they can bully my dad into living a lie, I would love to meet with them."
And while he doesn't say it, does he turn to the lad he just disarmed, making the lad wince and bringing the message through quite well. Harry then turns to look at the Fourth year Snakes and seems to gauge them up or analyze them or something. And whatever it is that he's looking for, he doesn't seem able to find it.
"Good, not one of them." He mutters, confusing me. He then looks up at Severus, who nods and says: "Listen, I appreciate your concerns, but you have your own lives to worry about. You know what's awaiting you out there and I know not all of you are okay with that. Be ambitious and try to be different. Don't listen and don't give in.
You lot have proven that you can be strong and you can be stubborn. Now use that and be it against that murderous bastard. Just, try not to do it here. Hari is right, there is no reason for that here on these safe lands and grounds. Here, you might as well just do everything to prepare for your actual lives, lives that extend to after the war."

Yet the more the Snake speaks, the more the Lions get angrier, that is until Hari says: "They're not Death Eaters.""HOW DO YOU KNOW?" One of the Fifth years asks and Hari rolls his eyes as he says: "Because I basically fought every last one of them in the battle to keep Hogwarts safe, like I just told you five minutes ago, dolt."
The Lion turns red and Hari says: "Besides, I can name at least three Slytherins that are on our side.""That's impossible!""Alastor Moody, brilliant Auror and a Slytherin. Andromeda Tonks, once a Black, married a Muggleborn and has a daughter who becomes a brilliant Auror. She was a Slytherin. And finally –."
Here Hari turns to me and I smirk as I say: "My very own mother. Dorea Potter née Black. A Slytherin who married a Gryffindor and is now Queen of the Elven realm. And whose heart I break every bleeding time I live up to your expectations and beliefs that all of Slytherin is dark evil and full of bad witches and wizards.
Personally, I'd say that title belongs to Gryffindor, seeing how many Snakes in Lion's clothing are in that House, both now and in the future." At which Hari grimaces, proving that he knows I mean what we read about his First year and how the students turned against him for no good reason. Yet the current Lions are shocked to hear this.

"Personally, I have more respect for the Snakes than I do the Lions. At least with the Snakes you know what to expect. If they hate you, they show it, they don't try to hide it just because your level of popularity goes up or down. If they hate your guts, they hate your guts. They at least have the bloody decency to keep up with that mentality."
Hari growls and then the only Lion girl asks: "Why are you saying all of this?" And Hari shrugs as he says: "Two reasons, really. One, you lot needed a reality check, instead of being allowed to keep believing in bloody hearsay and your own egos. Two, the more Snakes I can save from horrified slavery, the better in my book.
And trust me, I know people who have betrayed Voldemort and served him as a spy for our side, so I know what I'm talking about. They told me what life was like serving under that monster and I even got to see the home of one family of Death Eaters for myself, including the family in person. They did not look like victors of a war."

Hari then looks up and says: "I'm not going to lie to you lot. That bastard is a lot. He's charming and has a way with words that will easily make it look as if he is voicing beliefs you have always secretly held for yourself. But once you serve him, everything that gives you a right to live a normal life goes out the window.
To quote a delusional man who was once very, very great. That man has as little loyalty to his servants as he does his enemies, and just as little remorse or pity. You fail a task, you get cursed. You fail an important task that can help him win the war, you might as well sign your will, cause it will be executed shortly after.
And no, I'm not joking, fibbing or lying, that's how the bastard works. And for those of you wondering why I'm not saying his name, I know better than to risk the wards of Hogwarts and the lives that are supposed to remain safe within its hold. It's not fear for him that stills my tongue, it's concern for your future, capish?"

The Lions nod and Hari sighs as he turns to us. "Listen, Severus, Lucius, my friends, Lin – Lily and I have an important task. My father's righthand man is a Time Elf and he is one of the lucky chosen who get to change the future timeline for the better. He brought my son back to me and saved my parents from certain death.
Now we want to repay him and we can do that by learning about the future. But Time magic is very picky and has chosen us for this task. You'll probably see us back in a few days, but until then, please try not to initiate another feud or war between Houses. We got the future and our own mortality to worry about, if you don't mind."
And to my relief do both Snakes and Lions nod, only one Snake looking at Lucius for confirmation before she nods as well. "Good, we'll go check in on our friends and then we'll head back. Letting the school know we're safe and healthy is up to you lot. Think you're up for the task?" The lot nods, but then Hari asks:
"Without letting the Hogwarts grapevine go berserk?" At which they wince, yet one of them spots it and jokes back to Hari: "We'll try." Causing for a smirk of humor to be shared between the two. "I'm going to check on Alice." Lindilwen then says and she and Hari also seem to share a glance before the girl takes her leave.

Ten minutes later
Head Girl dorm
Lily's POV

"And that's the whole story in a nutshell." I sigh, lying sideways on my bed with my arms spread wide and my head resting on the lower legs of my best friend, Alice, who is leaning with her upper back against the headpiece of my bed and has her arms crossed and her eyes wide. "Damn, Lils, you are one lucky witch."
"Lucky? The guy I thought was a right jerk turns out to be a bully victim trying to fight his demons. The bully I thought was after me just to have another fling turns out to be my future husband to be. I might become queen of an empire I have never even heard of. My future is marked with a son who is hated by Destiny.
Oh, and did I forget to mention, I only have another five years to live? I'm going to die before I even see my own son take his first step, let alone say his first word. I lose years and years that I should spend by my husband's side and raising our son to a monster that wants my son dead before he even gets a chance to live.

How is that lucky?" I shout at her and yet the girl remains where she is, passive and unmoved just like I know her and she only asks: "Already accepted it all, have you?" At which I groan and say: "It comes and goes. One moment, I accept it all and want it as it's the life I always dreamed about, the next –." And Alice says:
"Your past comes back to haunt you and you remember why you and Jaurion were never together until now. Yeah, I can see that." I sigh and say: "The worst of it all? There is one part I have accepted, if only in my heart. The fact that Hari is mine, that I'm his mother. I accepted the fact that I died for him, because – I want to.
I feel ready to do it all over again. I mean, I want a future, don't get me wrong, but – one look at that broken little lad – who by the way is almost two years my senior – and I both want to just hug and snuggle with him until he chokes on his own emotions and jump between him and whatever curse someone shoots his way.
And you know what, Al, whenever I see him look at me, I see that too. I see his need for me to be there, to be the mother he never got to have. But I also see his grieve, his pain, the way he constantly remembers that I died for him, that my life ended because I didn't want his to end. And that makes me want to be his mother even more.

Is that normal?" I can't help but ask and Alice shrugs as she says: "Sure. He's from the future, isn't he? Just because he time-traveled, doesn't change his genetics or his heritage or anything. He is and stays your son, Lils, that's just the way it is." She then turns away and looks out the window that is next to my bed as she says:
"And besides, a kid that became an orphan at the age of one, had to deal with your – ahem – sister for ten years and then had practically the whole world order him around. That you're letting him out there and not locking him in Ariador away from all this madness is really incredible. I wouldn't have been able to do the same if I were you."
"That's just because of who he is. He's like this caged animal, Al, wanting to be loved and cuddled, but ready to strike at the first sign of either freedom or danger. There is just so much to him, so much that makes him so complex, so unique, so – Hari." By now Alice is actually giggling and I ask: "What's so funny?"
"That's what Jaurion says about you all the time. I think it's obvious where the kid got it from." The girl laughs and I groan: "Not the point.""Maybe not, but it's a good thing. You have that in common with him, Lils, and you can use that to grow the bond that Destiny never allowed there to be." At this the girl moves.

"I saw it, Lily. The minute you approached me, I saw it. Don't ask me how or why, but somehow, meeting your son made you – I don't know – unite with the soul of the mother that died for her son. There is a part of you that is now just like that mother, that is that mother. And that part knows her baby is not yet safe.
That's why you have this bond already, why you feel this attracted and determined to help him. Because the you that died for him is part of you – or that's what it looks like to me at least." At this I sigh, yet I smile at her, glad that, like always, I can share my deepest doubts, concerns and worries with her before I ask:

"But what about Potter? I mean, I now have two reasons to be wary of him and to not want a relation with him.""Wait, two reasons?" Alice asks and I sigh: "Both his persona and the future. I don't know if, in the future Hari left behind, Potter ever told me what he did when we arrived in Ariador. What if he never did?
What if – if I married just a persona? What if that is what our marriage is based on? You know that's the last thing I want. So what am I supposed to do?" I groan in the end before I ask: "And what's with the deadpan stare?" As Alice has started tapping her finger against her arm, the way she always does when she's annoyed with me.
"Didn't you tell me that, when Hari traveled back, he took seven souls with him that had died? And that Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were two of those?" And instantly I groan again, feeling like the world's biggest idiot and I say: "I do not deserve to be considered smarter than the average Ravenclaw.""No, you don't."
My friend laughs and I smile at her before I decide that, with a plan of action now in mind, I might as well do as Hari has been advising us all. I move and lie on my front with my lower legs leaning up against the pole of my bed as I ask: "So, what do you think? You excited about the chance of meeting your own little bundle of joy?"
And instantly the girl starts squealing and we spent the next half an hour just laughing and giggling and gushing over our sons, Alice worrying herself crazy when she hears what Neville looks like and what he has let on about the year Hogwarts was under Death Eater control. And this girl talk really helps settle my last nerves.

A little while later
At the Gates
Jaurion's POV

My friends and I caught up with those that we needed to catch up with, Severus doing so with Regulus and promising to check up on him for Sirius and relay the message that Sirius' change in character are not what they appear. By now we're all ready to go back, but we are waiting for Lily and that really worries me.
"That girl has plenty of reason not to want to be with us. Is she going to bail on us now that she's back where she actually likes to be?" I think, wondering about the woman I might one day marry and hating myself that I doubt her this badly. And then my concerns are alleviated as I suddenly spot her and Alice Longbottom.

The two walk into the small house that connects the suspension bridge to the grounds and there they stop, turning to each other. And while we are quite a bit away, can I still hear them thanks to my abilities growing. "I want pictures next time, you hear?" Alice asks and Lily smiles: "It's a promise, see you soon, Mrs. Longbottom."
And the two actually squeal, making us all share smiles with each other and making me wonder if my own chances with the future Mrs. Potter aren't as bleak as I sometimes think of them. The two young women share a warm hug, proving how close they are and I notice that this makes Harry's eyes glister with unshed tears.
"I – I never knew they were this close." He whispers and I feel like pulling him in, but for some reason I don't. Lily then comes over and notices Hari's tears as well. "You alright, Hari?" She asks and Hari repeats his statement. And to everyone's great pleasure do I get proven that not hugging my son was the right move.

Lily walks over to him and wraps the slightly older teen in a hug that makes it obvious to anyone watching that this is a mother hugging and comforting her son. And Hari seems to almost shrink as he cuddles in the young woman's embrace before she herself makes his and my day as she says: "Let's go home."
And without waiting for anyone to object or comment, do I happily throw the onyx balls on the ground, causing for a portal to Ariador to appear right below us. Yet we don't fall far and land in the same field we arrived in when we first came here, a carriage already waiting. And yet mother and son don't break their hold all ride back.

Aaaawwwwwww,
Okay, that went better – and took longer and more writing space – than I actually expected. To be honest, the whole thing with Lily and Alice was actually supposed to be Alice trying to convince Lily to go back, but, if I have to be real, I'm just done with Lily not accepting her future as Lindilwen or Hari's mother.
She still has trouble accepting Jaurion and I think I gave her a new solid reason for that, but after the final chapters of the last book, do I feel that she is ready to be the mother Hari always needed. She was his rock when Voldemort came to destroy his life and she is going to be his rock as his hard past is uncovered and read.
Speaking of which; next chapter: Hendros and Jaurion discuss what they did while in Scotland and everyone agrees that they should start on the next book. And just the first chapter is enough to create more chances for mother and son to grow closer as they finally openly share how much Petunia's treatment hurt.
Again, awwww,

Venquine1990