Harry Potter and The
Journey to the Past
Chapter VI
The next night, at 20.00 p.m. the Marauders arrived at the
Trophy Room. Filch ordered them to polished all the trophies
without using magic. They have worked for three hours until Filch
finally permitted them to go back to their dorm.
" I guess he haven't found out what we had done to Mrs.
Norris. " James laughed.
" That's good, unless he'll order us to work until tomorrow
morning. " said Sirius.
" Oh.... " Lily suddenly stopped. " Oh no, I have
left something in the Trophy Room. I have to go back to get it.
You, guys can go first, I'll catch up later. And... Harry, can
you accompany me? "
Harry nodded. Both of them walked back to the Trophy Room.
" What have you left? " Asked Harry once they
entered the room.
Lily smiled weakly. " Nothing... I just want to talk to
you.... "
" Huh.? "
They became silenced. Without their notice, they have some
listener outside. James, Sirius, and Lupin were listening to
their conversation. Especially James, who was paying lots of
attention.
Lily stared at Harry's eyes. " Harry.. I don't understand
why, but... everytime I was with you, my heart started to pound
very hard... " Lily bent her head.
Suddenly, a wave of pain rushed Harry's hand. He raised his hand
and found only nothingness. His right palm was gone.
" Ha.. Harry, I think, I love you. " ( Outside, James
were forcefully being held by his friends for trying to rush in.
)
Once Lily said the words, Harry clearly understood what had
happened. Lily loved him, which means she wouldn't marry James.
So Harry would never be born.
Lily raised her head. He quickly hid his hand.
" Harry..? "
" I..I.. " He started become very restless. " I do
like you, very, very like you indeed,... but... that is not the
same feeling like a feeling between a man and a woman... I am
sorry, Lil... "
Her face turned sad, her eyes became watery. " Oh... In that
case... I am very sorry to disturb you... I am going back to the
dormitory. "
She turned around and rushed out. Without looking back, she ran
to the dormitory.
James, Sirius, and Lupin stared at each other and followed her
hurrily.
Harry leaned against the wall, laughing. He heard three footsteps
were following Lily. James, Sirius, and Lupin must have heard
our conversation. Now, what must I do? If this thing keeps
happening, I'll disappear. I need to talk to someone... I need to
talk to Dumbledore. Harry walked to Dumbledore's office.
In the Gryffindor common room, Lily was sitting at the corner,
crying in silence. It was very fortunate that no one was in that
room. It was already midnight and everyone was already sleeping.
James, Sirius, and Lupin entered the room. James quickly
approached her.
" Lil... " He spoke in a very low tone. He understood
how she felt.
" Leave me alone..! " Lily grabbed her quill and
parchment, brushing the tears from her eyes. " I want to
finish the essay from McGonagall. "
James stunned. " But, Lil... your essay is already two
parchment more than what McGonagall have ordered. "
" SHUT UP!!! " Lily stared at him with some sort of
look that made him cannot say another word. " Just go... and
leave me alone. I just want to be alone. "
James nodded weakly and returned to his friends. None of them
wanted to get back to the dormitory, so they were just sitting
there in silence.
Dumbledore was enjoying his hot chocolate in his office when
suddenly Harry rushed in and talked so fast. " This is
horrible, Professor. My own mother loves me. "
Dumbledore burst his chocolate in surprise, right to Fawkes.
Fawkes jumped up, trying to avoid the chocolate although it was
too late. Fawkes was now covered with thick chocolate.
" What?! Wait, Harry, would you be generous enough to repeat
what you said slowly? "
" Lily... she... she told me that she love me.... and I am
disappearing. Look. " Harry showed his
what-suppose-to-be-right-hand since it was gone.
" Well, this really is a problem. " Dumbledore nodded.
" I guess, you will need to use a glove. "
Fawkes suddenly landed right on the desk in front of Dumbledore
and gave him a
could-you-please-remove-this-sticky-chocolate-I-almost-can-not-move
look.
" Oh, my apology, Fawkes. " He waved his wand and the
chocolate vanished in a flash. " There you are. That should
do it. "
Fawkes flew back to his golden perching place.
" Harry, I have discovered yet another serious problem for
us. " Dumbledore talked very seriously.
" What..? "
" I have checked every references I have about time tunnel.
" He drew a book about two feet thick out of nowhere.
Harry grinned as he saw the book. That's a light read for
Hermione.
" Now, Harry... according to this book. The blood that has a
very strong connection between the past and the present is able
to open the gate of a time tunnel to the past. To make it works
in the reverse way we need to mix it with the blood of someone
that has his/her future and past appearances in the same time. In
this case, Voldemort's. "
" WHAAAT??!!!!! " Harry nearly screamed and then fell
unconscious.
" The most problem here is... how to... Harry... Harry..?
" Finally Dumbledore realized that Harry was lying
unconscious in front of his table. " .... Too much problem,
I daresay.... "
Harry awoke at the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey finally let
him leave after about fifteen minutes argue. He walked back to
Gryffindor tower.
" What's the password, young man? " said the Fat Lady,
yawning.
" Holy Bell... " said Harry without spirit.
The painting sprung open and he climbed up to the common room.
Once he entered, what awaited him was James' anger.
" HARRY!!! HOW DARE YOU!! HOW DARE YOU MAKE HER CRY!!! I
WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD
REASON!!! "
James rushed to Harry. Sirius and Lupin quickly tried to hold
him, while Harry was very surprise that made him stepped back a
few feet until he leaned against the wall.
" HOW DARE YOU HURT HER !!!! " James jerked himself,
freeing his hand from his friends' grabs. He pushed Harry
straight to the wall and grabbed his collar. " I"LL
MAKE YOU PAY 100 TIMES FOR THAT!!!! "
That made Harry started to get mad. He already had lots of things
in his mind that made him feel very depressed and now James
really get on his nerves.
Ruthlessly, he pushed back James' hand and shouted. " YOU'RE
WRONG, I NEVER INTENDED TO HURT HER. I LOVE HER YOU HEAR ME... I
LOVE HER AS SHE IS MY MOTHER. " He ran toward the boy's
dormitory as fast as possible.
Lily dropped her quill. " What?! Am I that old? "
James stunned and fell to a chair. " Ha..Harry.... Mother
Complex.... He's kidding... "
Sirius and Lupin stood like statues.
In the dormitory, Harry cursed himself, punching the wall.
" Dammed.. Why this thing should happen to me? SH#T !!!
" He shouted as he hit the wall with his right hand. "
OUCH!!! My hand... "
He stunned for a second. " Hand..? " He glanced at his
right hand and found it right in the place where it should be.
" It's back..! My hand..! IT"S BACK...!!! HURRAY!!!!!
" Harry jumped and jumped around the room, celebrating the
return of his hand.
Meanwhile, James, Sirius, Lupin, and Lily were peeking from the
door.
" Do you reckon he is alright? " asked James.
" Do you think he become crazy because of me? "
whispered Lily.
The four of them stared at each other and quickly said, "
Naaah.... "
The next morning, Harry hurrily went to Dumbledore's office to
continue their conversation. Once he entered, the phoenix song
welcomed him.
" Hi Fawkes. " said Harry, while Fawkes flew to his
shoulder. " Where is Dumbledore? "
Fawkes soared out of that room with Harry behind him. He flew to
Hagrid's hut and landed right on Dumbledore's shoulder.
Dumbledore was having a chat with Hagrid. Harry ran toward them.
" Well, how are you today, Harry? " Dumbledore smiled.
" Much better, Professor. "
" Hi, Harry! If ye have time, we can go ter meet that
Pegasus again. " said Hagrid in high spirit.
Harry laughed. " Good idea. "
" Let's save that later. " Dumbledore cut their
conversation. " I am very grateful for your report, Rubeus.
Now, if you excuse me, I have something very important to talk
with Harry. "
" Of course, sir. I will report as soon as possible if there
is summat new. "
Dumbledore took Harry to walk a bit at the lake.
" Professor, last night you told me about the time tunnel.
So to open it to the future, I need to mix my blood with
Voldemort's? "
" Indeed. The time tunnel is one of the most ancient spells
that that already long forgotten for it is quite impossible to be
done. The percentage of success is less than 0,000001 %. But with
your blood it become 99,99 % or in another word it won't fail.
And yet, Voldemort's blood is needed to break the connection to
the past and that will make the spell work in the reverse way.
"
" Wow, that is also something quite impossible to do, taking
Voldemort's blood. I'll be dead even if I approach him in a mile
range. "
" That is something to become a thought. " Dumbledore
smiled. " And, what about, Lily ? "
" ... Well, I don't know either... " Harry raised his
shoulders and suddenly became silence. " Oh no!! Last night
I talk without purpose that... I love her as she is my mother.
"
Dumbledore smiled more swiftly while Harry started to get panic.
" Oh no, what should I do... "
" Let it be, Harry. I guess I know why Lily loves you.
"
" Huh...? "
" Lily saw James in you. "
" My father..? In me.. ? "
Dumbledore nodded. " Maybe you are already aware that you
are very much alike with James. And that makes her find James in
you. That's right. Lily do love James, even she herself haven't
realized it. But she is still looking for a figure of someone
more serious that James, someone to whom she can talk to as a
grown up. And that figure.. she found that figure in you. "
Harry constantly understood.
Dumbledore smiled again. " Now, if you don't mind, maybe we
can go back to the castle. You don't want to miss breakfast, do
you? "
Harry remembered he hasn't had breakfast. He grinned. "
Never. "
Dumbledore laughed. Both walked back to the castle.
Finishing his breakfast, Harry stood to leave the Great Hall
when James held him.
" Harry, I need to talk. " He gave a signal to follow
him out.
They walked out of the Hall. Lily, Sirius, and Lupin were eyeing
them.
" Yes, what is it? " asked harry.
" .. Well, I.. I want to apologize to you, maybe I'm a
little to... over.. yesterday.... "
" That's alright.. "
" But yesterday, I have found out that you are Mother
Complex. That makes me more interested to your background. "
" Huh..? " Harry shocked. " Me, what?! "
" You like someone like your mother, don't you? "
Harry stunned. Me, What?! They have misunderstood my words
yesterday.
" Uhm, Harry, anything wrong? "
" A...No! "
" In that case, we should get going to Transfiguration Class
or McGonagall will be mad. "
When Harry walked to his class, he met Ferrisa.
" Hi, you are Harry, aren't you? " greeted Ferrisa.
" Yes.. " Harry felt a little nervous in front of
Ferrisa.
" Then I'm right. It's a pleasure to meet you. " She
smiled sweetly.
" It's nice to see you too. You and Victoria are sisters,
right? "
" Yes, that is right. Have your friends told you? "
" Right. " Harry stopped for a moment before he
continued his words. " Did you..by any chance.? "
Suddenly Victoria appeared behind her sister. " Ferrisa, I
believe we have Charms class now. "
" Oh. " Ferrisa turned. " I'm very sorry. "
" I think I should go to Transfiguration too. See you again.
" Said Harry slowly.
" Yeah, see you. " Ferrisa walked hurrily to her class.
Victoria in the other hand turned to Harry and whispered. "
I wouldn't try to get close to Ferrisa, If I were you. "
After that, she turned and followed her sister.
Harry only stood and watched her. He couldn't remove the thought
about Victoria's eyes when she talked. Her pale blue eyes were
very sharp and cold like an icicle.
In the afternoon, Gryffindor team was practicing Quidditch at
the pit. Although the weather was so bad ( a blizzard like
snowfall ), they still could practice freely. It was because
(thanks to) Professor Flitwick had already put a charm to prevent
the snow from covering the pit.
James gave a new broomstick to Harry. Harry tried to use it, at
first it was very difficult to get use to the new speed. Harry
was used to the Firebolt's speed. And it was about three times of
his new broomstick maximum speed. But however, after a while he
was getting use to the speed.
" How is it, Harry? " asked James. He was holding the
box of Quidditch balls.
" Fine. "
" I will release the snitch. " James opened the box.
The golden winged ball was speeding out toward the sky and
disappeared in a brief moment.
Harry looked down and suddenly flew down. When he raised his
broom, he showed the snitch was in his palm.
James looked up, full with admiration. " I guess, the
quality of the broom doesn't bother you anyway. "
Harry grinned.
This exercise was the best exercise they ever had. James was
really fond of his new seeker.
" On the first match against the Slytherin after Christmas
holiday, I am sure we will win easily. " said James happily.
" I dare to bet 100 Galleons for Gryffindor. " said
Sirius.
" Ha..ha.. Who will bet with you, Padfoot? "
" Uhm.. Snape.. maybe. " Everyone could see his very
doubtful expression.
" He is still in Hospital Wing. "
" Nope. " Lily corrected his words. " He was out
this noon. The potion effect was disappeared. "
James immediately grinned. " Well, in that case. I think we
need to give his a welcome back present. "
Harry paused to consider a few prank things in his waistbag. Well,
what is the suitable prank for now? Fred and George gave me lots
of things but what is the most suitable to....
" Christmas-flavor-sherbet!!!! " He
suddenly grinned.
The others turned to him with the same look of confusion. "
What?! "
" Harry grinned more widely. "
Christmas-flavor-sherbet... if someone eat it, s/he will give
presents, like Santa Claus, to everyone for a whole month whether
s/he likes it or not. "
" Presents...? Snape...? No way...! " said Lily in
disbelief.
" Cool!! This is nearly Christmas. " said James.
Lupin continued. " So if we do it... "
" We'll have Santa Snape!!! " Sirius grinned widely.
" Eugh... can't imagine it. " Lily sighed.
" So you don't need to imagine it. " cut Harry quickly.
The plan was done the next morning, after dinner. On purpose,
the marauders waited for Snape in front of the Great Hall. And as
they expected, Snape showed up with his sharp tongue as he saw
them.
" Well, well, well... what are you doing here, Mr. Potter?
Waiting for your new lovers..? How about your dearest Mrs. Lily
Potter? "
James smiled coolly. " And how about this honorable Mr.
Snape? Satisfied with your latest view? Weren't they beautiful,
those creatures? "
" You!!! "
Harry walked from James back. " Said Cheese! "
" WHA..?!!!!! " Snape's mouth was closed by a sherbet.
It was the one that Harry threw right to his mouth right when he
opened his mouth, the Christmas-flavor-sherbet.
" Enjoy the sherbet, Snape. " said Sirius in chuckles.
" What do you..?!! " and PLOP!!!! Green and Red smoke
covered Snape, and when it has gone Snape had a new costume. He
was wearing Santa Claus' costume.
Some students stunned to see the change, some were laughing,
giggling, and chuckling.
" Ho..ho..ho.. Merry Christmas everyone. " said Snape
loudly.
The Marauders fell to the ground, laughing sooo hard and couldn't
stop.
" Now, where's my nice children list? I guess I left it on
my raindeers sleigh. Well, I suppose I should start to give
presents. "
The first one to receive one was Professor McGonagall who
received it with her eyebrows wrinkling. And then Professor
Flitwick, Professor Binns, etc.. even Filch also received one.
The Marauders peeked from the entrance, chuckling.
" How do you reckon, he got those presents from? "
asked James.
" I don't know.. from his stuffs maybe. " answered
Harry.
" What?!! So how if his stuffs are all gone? What will he
used as a present? "
" Don't ask me. I've never tried it before. "
Finally the Christmas holiday arrived. The students were all
ready at Hogwarts Express platform. James, Sirius, Lupin, and
Lily were looking for an empty compartment. Peter..? Well he was
off, he had gone a day before as his parents took him to Egypt. (
This is one of my strategies to get rid of that mouse. ).
Harry was talking with Dumbledore. Fawkes was perching at
Dumbledore's shoulder, staring at Harry with some sort of look
that said that he didn't want to say Goodbye.
" Be well, Harry. Now you'll be able to guard your parents.
" said Dumbledore.
" Yeah. I hope I will know them better. And I hope Voldemort
won't disturb my holiday. "
" And I guess, it would be wise to finish your problem with
Lily. "
" Right! That's the most important. How can I forget it?
Unless I want to disappear. "
Dumbledore smiled. " Enjoy your holiday, Harry. "
Suddenly, Snape showed up next to them." Ho..ho..ho.. Merry
Christmas everyone. I have presents for you all. " And he
gave presents to Dumbledore and Harry.
Dumbledore looked at the wrapped box in his hand. "
Christmas presents. But Christmas in next week? "
Harry had a very hard time to try not to let go of his laugh in
front of Dumbledore who was now unwrap the package.
" Socks..? Great, just as I wish. "Dumbledore smiled.
" It is a very generous of Mr. Snape. "
Harry quickly said goodbye and ran to the train. He burst into
laugh as he was in front of the others and couldn't help himself
to stop his laugh and told them what had happened.
Authors' note.
The next chapter will come as soon as possible. And special for Ferrum, two Chapter more to go. I'm sorry for the lots of grammatical errors and misspellings. Oh God, I wonder why my English is getting worst every time. And for L/J lover... thanks for continue reading this fic after what I did to L/J. Hey, have someone figure out what's next. Does anyone have idea for me? I want to make another " What Happen When Voldemort... " but somehow I couldn't find any fun muggle stuffs to be used in the fic.
Disclaimer: All the characters of Harry Potter are JK. Rowling, Bloomsburry, and Warner Bross' property. I only borrow them for noncommercial use. Anyway Ferrisa, Victoria, and Weston are mine.
