A/N Yeah Baby!! Why is it that I get my inspiration for these stories only after watching a film? I have just watched Austin Powers 2. Is anyone else out there doing their SATS in May? The teachers are driving me crazy! Thank God the SATS only test you in English, Maths and Science! I don't think I could take it if we had to do SATS in all the subjects!! Someone - I can't remember who - asked me in their review if I was English. Well I am. I am a Birmingham Brummie through and through. I suppose you would like to read the story now? Well, just one more thing, this is probably going to be the last part, but I am thinking of doing a sequel in which Lily and James travel to the future. What do you think? Let me know in your reviews. And now, the story!! (Finally!!)
When Lily Met Harry
By
Little Witch
CHAPTER 4 - Goodbye, My friend
Everyone stared at Harry.
"Harry, are you sure? I mean everything would be different!" Hermione said.
"Yes. I am absolutely sure. I'd actually have parents." Harry replied.
"Well, I suppose it is up to you Harry," Ron said, "but when we get back, what if you're not my best friend anymore? What if you're Draco Malfoy's best friend? And what if you're in Slytherin?"
"That's just a risk I'm going to have to take." Harry replied, but as he said this he could see looks of hurt and betrayal in both Ron and Hermione's eyes. He began to rethink. If he told Lily and James not to use Peter, he would have the one thing he'd been denied for the whole of his life. Parents. But he would be risking his friendship with Ron and Hermione. If he told them to use Peter, he would be throwing this chance away. If only there was a way in which he could have his parents and be sure that Ron and Hermione stayed his friends.
He massaged his eyes with the palms of his hands. When he looked up, he could see everyone looking at him expectantly. He then asked Lily and James a question.
"If I tell you to use Peter as your secret keeper, will you?"
Lily and James didn't answer straight away, then James spoke.
"If you really, really wanted us to use Peter, then we would, but as you're not sure, we probably would use Sirius."
Harry nodded, then he addressed Ron and Hermione.
"Look, Ron, Hermione I'm really sorry, but I'm going to tell them to keep Sirius. Besides, the chances are that we still will be friends, when we get back."
"Harry, we understand. I'm sure that I would do the same if I were you." Hermione said.
"Okay, we're talking about getting back," Ron said, "the only problem is how do we get back?"
"Good point, I mean we don't even know how we travelled through time to get here." Harry said.
"Well there's always Master Bates, but we don't know when he's going to be back." Lily reminded them.
"Yeah, well I suppose all we can do is wait until he returns." Hermione said as they started to make their way out of the shrieking shack.
The eight friends walked down the tunnel, and out into the Hogwarts grounds. They were about halfway up to the castle when a small dark shape tripped Sirius up. He fell over and shouted out in pain. The others all crowded around him to see if he was okay, and because of this they didn't see the small dark shape transform into a man. The man cleared his throat and made them all jump.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." the man said.
"Master Bates? Is that you?" Heather asked.
"Yes Miss Cooper, it's me, and it was me that Mr Black tripped over." Master Bates replied.
"Is it you that can help us get home?" Harry asked.
"Yes. But firstly I think we should all go up to the school and have a little talk." Master Bates said.
They all nodded, and then Sirius spoke.
"Master Bates, shouldn't we fetch Peter too?"
"Well, that would be quite impossible, seeing that Mr Pettigrew is at this moment not in the school grounds."
"How do you know?" Lily said accusingly, then put her hand over her mouth apologetically.
"You're not the only one with a map, Miss Evans." Master Bates replied, his eyes twinkling.
They arrived at Master Bates's office, and Master Bates told James, Lily, Sirius, Heather and Rose to return to the common room.
When they had all gone, Master Bates gave Harry, Ron and Hermione a tankard of Butterbeer and he began to speak.
"Harry. I take it that you know who I am?"
"Well, I know that you are an expert on time travel and that you are the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in 1978, but apart from that, I don't know that much about you." Harry replied.
"Harry, look at me, do you see any resemblance with anyone you know from 1996?" Master Bates asked.
Harry looked at him, and a look of realisation came over his face.
"You're my next door neighbour!" he said, "except your name isn't Thordon Bates."
"That's right. To you in 1996 I am you're next door neighbour, a Muggle called Bill Reed who's a gardener."
"But if you're Bill Reed in 1996, how come you're Thordon Bates in 1978?" Harry asked in confusion.
"Well, I was born in 1907, so by rights, I should be seventy one now, and in 1996, eighty nine. Because I have the gift to be able to travel through time, to understand the properties of time travel and know how to use them, I have been able to go back and forth in time so that I can not age as fast as I would."
He could see the identical looks of confusion on the eight faces before him.
"It is quite a difficult concept to grasp, but the point is I can not age, so I have to be different people so as not to confuse unsuspecting Muggles. Now, I have travelled back and forwards in time more times than you have brushed your hair."
Self-consciously Harry patted his unruly hair down. Master Bates laughed.
"I have recently been on a trip to 1999, to see the Millennium in. A big fuss about nothing if I say so. Millennium bug! Ha! Anyway, that's beside the point. Before 1999, I made a stop off in 1997. I was very shocked at what I saw. As soon as I saw it I realised that you Harry had changed the past. Instead of nearly dieing in 1981, Voldemort lived. As he didn't need the Philosophers Stone in 1991, you didn't save Hermione from the troll and she didn't become your friend, in fact she became one of your worst enemies. Likewise, you didn't have to fight the Basilisk in 1992. Because Sirius never went to Azkaban, none of your adventures in 1993 had happened. You didn't compete in the Triwizard Tournament, because there was no need to kill you. Cedric didn't die either."
Harry, Ron and Hermione were silent. They couldn't believe how different it would be when they got back. In an instant Harry knew that he shouldn't have told Lily and James to keep Sirius. He asked Master Bates what he should do.
"Master Bates, what should I do then? I think even if I tell Lily and James to use Peter, they won't. Isn't there anything you can do?"
"Well, there are a number of options we can use Harry, though I can't be sure if any of them will work. The first option is to go back in time to when you first arrived here, and then take you straight back to the nineties before you have the chance to meet Lily and James. Though, this probably won't work because sub consciously they would still remember. Even though you've travelled through time you can still remember events that have happened in the nineties, can't you?" Master Bates said.
"What are the other options?" Harry asked.
"Well, I can put the strongest Memory Charm on all of them, even the painting, and they will forget everything that has happened in the past few weeks. The problem with that is Memory Charms, even very strong ones, will only last for a few years. I remember that a certain Gilderoy Lockhart once had a Memory Charm performed on him in 1992, and he couldn't even remember his own name. Unfortunately he remembered who he was after only a few weeks, Memory Charms are only meant to be used to erase ones memory for a short period of time." Master Bates explained.
Master Bates paused for breath then began to speak again.
"The third option is to travel forward in time to 1991 and for you to live your lives from then on as you would have, the only difference would be that Harry would have parents and Voldemort would still be alive and at the peak of his powers." Master Bates said, "the choice is yours."
"I'm going to need some time to think about this." Harry said.
It was the hardest choice he'd ever had to make. His first thought was that he should return to 1991 where he would be eleven and live his life through from then on. He then realised that this might not work as he wouldn't know his past.
In the end he decided that a memory charm should be put on everybody.
If he did this, it would be up to them what do. They could use Peter if they wanted, but they could also use Sirius.
He told Master Bates this, and he nodded. He then told Hermione to go and fetch the others, including Remus. When they arrived he spoke to them.
"I'm going to put the charm on you in turn. It won't hurt, but for a while afterwards you won't remember a thing, okay?" he asked.
They all nodded.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione, I'm going to ask you to wait outside." Master Bates said.
The three friends stepped outside of the door, and waited nervously. They saw a flash of white light from under the door, then Master Bates voice saying "Obliviate!" Then, he stepped out from his office.
"Well. It's done. They won't remember a thing. If you'd like to put on this cloak, and step back into my office, we can send them back to their common room, and we can have another talk."
Harry nodded, and threw an invisibility cloak over him, Ron and Hermione. They followed Master Bates back into the office and watched as Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Heather and Rose filed silently out of the door. Master Bates closed the door behind them, and Harry pulled off the cloak.
"Well," Master Bates said smiling, "that's that. Now to explain how you travelled here in the first place."
"Yes, we've been wondering about that for a while." Hermione said.
"Well. You fell asleep in a sacred spot of the Forbidden Forest. It was the land of the Sprites. Now, Sprites are little creatures with green bodies, and pointed hands and feet. They have long, long tongues, very much like Frog's tongues. Their tongues contain a venom, but it is not poison. It is a chemical that moves people from place to place. When the Sprite's found you in their sacred spot, they were very angry. They used their venom to transport you somewhere else. In this case, they sent you back in the past eighteen years."
The three nodded in understanding.
"Now, the job of you getting back." He handed each of them a white petal, "hold these petals in between your thumb and forefinger, close your eyes, and then say reversium." They did this, and felt themselves spinning around. A soft music could be heard in the background.
They landed with a thump on the floor of the Gryffindor common room. Harry held his hand to his head.
"What happened?" he moaned.
"We're back! We're back in 1996!" Hermione said.
"And it's the same!" Ron exclaimed.
"We're still friends, aren't we?" Harry asked, "you aren't my enemy?"
"No!" Hermione said, and threw her arms around Harry.
They each went to their dorms, and fell asleep immediately. Time travel could be very exhausting.
The next morning, they woke up and went down to breakfast. They went into the Great Hall and to their surprise saw a room full of strangers...
A/N Horrible horrible ending! I wouldn't be surprised if you flamed me for that! It was terrible! I just couldn't think of another ending. And it leaves it open for a sequel. I know I won't be writing a sequel, so if you want to, let me know. Oh yeah, and review.
When Lily Met Harry
By
Little Witch
CHAPTER 4 - Goodbye, My friend
Everyone stared at Harry.
"Harry, are you sure? I mean everything would be different!" Hermione said.
"Yes. I am absolutely sure. I'd actually have parents." Harry replied.
"Well, I suppose it is up to you Harry," Ron said, "but when we get back, what if you're not my best friend anymore? What if you're Draco Malfoy's best friend? And what if you're in Slytherin?"
"That's just a risk I'm going to have to take." Harry replied, but as he said this he could see looks of hurt and betrayal in both Ron and Hermione's eyes. He began to rethink. If he told Lily and James not to use Peter, he would have the one thing he'd been denied for the whole of his life. Parents. But he would be risking his friendship with Ron and Hermione. If he told them to use Peter, he would be throwing this chance away. If only there was a way in which he could have his parents and be sure that Ron and Hermione stayed his friends.
He massaged his eyes with the palms of his hands. When he looked up, he could see everyone looking at him expectantly. He then asked Lily and James a question.
"If I tell you to use Peter as your secret keeper, will you?"
Lily and James didn't answer straight away, then James spoke.
"If you really, really wanted us to use Peter, then we would, but as you're not sure, we probably would use Sirius."
Harry nodded, then he addressed Ron and Hermione.
"Look, Ron, Hermione I'm really sorry, but I'm going to tell them to keep Sirius. Besides, the chances are that we still will be friends, when we get back."
"Harry, we understand. I'm sure that I would do the same if I were you." Hermione said.
"Okay, we're talking about getting back," Ron said, "the only problem is how do we get back?"
"Good point, I mean we don't even know how we travelled through time to get here." Harry said.
"Well there's always Master Bates, but we don't know when he's going to be back." Lily reminded them.
"Yeah, well I suppose all we can do is wait until he returns." Hermione said as they started to make their way out of the shrieking shack.
The eight friends walked down the tunnel, and out into the Hogwarts grounds. They were about halfway up to the castle when a small dark shape tripped Sirius up. He fell over and shouted out in pain. The others all crowded around him to see if he was okay, and because of this they didn't see the small dark shape transform into a man. The man cleared his throat and made them all jump.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." the man said.
"Master Bates? Is that you?" Heather asked.
"Yes Miss Cooper, it's me, and it was me that Mr Black tripped over." Master Bates replied.
"Is it you that can help us get home?" Harry asked.
"Yes. But firstly I think we should all go up to the school and have a little talk." Master Bates said.
They all nodded, and then Sirius spoke.
"Master Bates, shouldn't we fetch Peter too?"
"Well, that would be quite impossible, seeing that Mr Pettigrew is at this moment not in the school grounds."
"How do you know?" Lily said accusingly, then put her hand over her mouth apologetically.
"You're not the only one with a map, Miss Evans." Master Bates replied, his eyes twinkling.
They arrived at Master Bates's office, and Master Bates told James, Lily, Sirius, Heather and Rose to return to the common room.
When they had all gone, Master Bates gave Harry, Ron and Hermione a tankard of Butterbeer and he began to speak.
"Harry. I take it that you know who I am?"
"Well, I know that you are an expert on time travel and that you are the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in 1978, but apart from that, I don't know that much about you." Harry replied.
"Harry, look at me, do you see any resemblance with anyone you know from 1996?" Master Bates asked.
Harry looked at him, and a look of realisation came over his face.
"You're my next door neighbour!" he said, "except your name isn't Thordon Bates."
"That's right. To you in 1996 I am you're next door neighbour, a Muggle called Bill Reed who's a gardener."
"But if you're Bill Reed in 1996, how come you're Thordon Bates in 1978?" Harry asked in confusion.
"Well, I was born in 1907, so by rights, I should be seventy one now, and in 1996, eighty nine. Because I have the gift to be able to travel through time, to understand the properties of time travel and know how to use them, I have been able to go back and forth in time so that I can not age as fast as I would."
He could see the identical looks of confusion on the eight faces before him.
"It is quite a difficult concept to grasp, but the point is I can not age, so I have to be different people so as not to confuse unsuspecting Muggles. Now, I have travelled back and forwards in time more times than you have brushed your hair."
Self-consciously Harry patted his unruly hair down. Master Bates laughed.
"I have recently been on a trip to 1999, to see the Millennium in. A big fuss about nothing if I say so. Millennium bug! Ha! Anyway, that's beside the point. Before 1999, I made a stop off in 1997. I was very shocked at what I saw. As soon as I saw it I realised that you Harry had changed the past. Instead of nearly dieing in 1981, Voldemort lived. As he didn't need the Philosophers Stone in 1991, you didn't save Hermione from the troll and she didn't become your friend, in fact she became one of your worst enemies. Likewise, you didn't have to fight the Basilisk in 1992. Because Sirius never went to Azkaban, none of your adventures in 1993 had happened. You didn't compete in the Triwizard Tournament, because there was no need to kill you. Cedric didn't die either."
Harry, Ron and Hermione were silent. They couldn't believe how different it would be when they got back. In an instant Harry knew that he shouldn't have told Lily and James to keep Sirius. He asked Master Bates what he should do.
"Master Bates, what should I do then? I think even if I tell Lily and James to use Peter, they won't. Isn't there anything you can do?"
"Well, there are a number of options we can use Harry, though I can't be sure if any of them will work. The first option is to go back in time to when you first arrived here, and then take you straight back to the nineties before you have the chance to meet Lily and James. Though, this probably won't work because sub consciously they would still remember. Even though you've travelled through time you can still remember events that have happened in the nineties, can't you?" Master Bates said.
"What are the other options?" Harry asked.
"Well, I can put the strongest Memory Charm on all of them, even the painting, and they will forget everything that has happened in the past few weeks. The problem with that is Memory Charms, even very strong ones, will only last for a few years. I remember that a certain Gilderoy Lockhart once had a Memory Charm performed on him in 1992, and he couldn't even remember his own name. Unfortunately he remembered who he was after only a few weeks, Memory Charms are only meant to be used to erase ones memory for a short period of time." Master Bates explained.
Master Bates paused for breath then began to speak again.
"The third option is to travel forward in time to 1991 and for you to live your lives from then on as you would have, the only difference would be that Harry would have parents and Voldemort would still be alive and at the peak of his powers." Master Bates said, "the choice is yours."
"I'm going to need some time to think about this." Harry said.
It was the hardest choice he'd ever had to make. His first thought was that he should return to 1991 where he would be eleven and live his life through from then on. He then realised that this might not work as he wouldn't know his past.
In the end he decided that a memory charm should be put on everybody.
If he did this, it would be up to them what do. They could use Peter if they wanted, but they could also use Sirius.
He told Master Bates this, and he nodded. He then told Hermione to go and fetch the others, including Remus. When they arrived he spoke to them.
"I'm going to put the charm on you in turn. It won't hurt, but for a while afterwards you won't remember a thing, okay?" he asked.
They all nodded.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione, I'm going to ask you to wait outside." Master Bates said.
The three friends stepped outside of the door, and waited nervously. They saw a flash of white light from under the door, then Master Bates voice saying "Obliviate!" Then, he stepped out from his office.
"Well. It's done. They won't remember a thing. If you'd like to put on this cloak, and step back into my office, we can send them back to their common room, and we can have another talk."
Harry nodded, and threw an invisibility cloak over him, Ron and Hermione. They followed Master Bates back into the office and watched as Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Heather and Rose filed silently out of the door. Master Bates closed the door behind them, and Harry pulled off the cloak.
"Well," Master Bates said smiling, "that's that. Now to explain how you travelled here in the first place."
"Yes, we've been wondering about that for a while." Hermione said.
"Well. You fell asleep in a sacred spot of the Forbidden Forest. It was the land of the Sprites. Now, Sprites are little creatures with green bodies, and pointed hands and feet. They have long, long tongues, very much like Frog's tongues. Their tongues contain a venom, but it is not poison. It is a chemical that moves people from place to place. When the Sprite's found you in their sacred spot, they were very angry. They used their venom to transport you somewhere else. In this case, they sent you back in the past eighteen years."
The three nodded in understanding.
"Now, the job of you getting back." He handed each of them a white petal, "hold these petals in between your thumb and forefinger, close your eyes, and then say reversium." They did this, and felt themselves spinning around. A soft music could be heard in the background.
They landed with a thump on the floor of the Gryffindor common room. Harry held his hand to his head.
"What happened?" he moaned.
"We're back! We're back in 1996!" Hermione said.
"And it's the same!" Ron exclaimed.
"We're still friends, aren't we?" Harry asked, "you aren't my enemy?"
"No!" Hermione said, and threw her arms around Harry.
They each went to their dorms, and fell asleep immediately. Time travel could be very exhausting.
The next morning, they woke up and went down to breakfast. They went into the Great Hall and to their surprise saw a room full of strangers...
A/N Horrible horrible ending! I wouldn't be surprised if you flamed me for that! It was terrible! I just couldn't think of another ending. And it leaves it open for a sequel. I know I won't be writing a sequel, so if you want to, let me know. Oh yeah, and review.