Chapter Title: The Plan
Author name: Lilly Potter
Author e-mail: lilly_potter22@yahoo.ca
Category: Drama, Action/Adventure, Humor and a little bit of Romance.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: All of them I suppose
Summary: Harry goes back in time to save his parents from Voldemort, who is trying to kill them while they are still in school. Meanwhile the world is left to mourn Harry Potter whom all think died in an attack by Voldemort.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros. Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. I own all non-cannon characters used in this story and also the spell used by harry to go back in time.
A/N: Just to be clear, Arabella "Bella" Figg, Kally Weasly and Keri Weathers are Lily's best friends. I was rereading this chapter and I noticed how inexperienced it sounds, so I will be rewrituing it, so look out for a new chapter one out soon.
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It was the summer after Harry's fourth year and he had only been at the Dursleys for three weeks and already he couldn't stand it. He could hear them downstairs eating dinner. Harry had been given a piece of stale bread and some water and was sent up to his room because the Dursleys were having Uncle Vernon's boss and wife over and did not want Harry anywhere near them. So Harry was trying to get to sleep praying that he would not have one of the nightmares that had been plaguing him since the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Harry could hear the polite conversation coming from the dinning room downstairs. He let the voices fade into the background as sleep overtook him.
~Harry could hear voices, he stood still so that he could hear them better "Wormtail, are the preparations for my little journey almost complete?" Harry instantly recognized Voldemort's voice, "Yes, Master the charm will be ready to do in one more day and then you can go back."
Voldemort laughed, "Yes, then I can make right a mistake that I made 25 years ago. I will kill James Potter and Lily Evans and then young Harry will not be a problem." The chamber was filled with an evil laughter. Then there was a flash of green light.~
Harry sat upright in his bed, How was Voldemort planning to kill his father if he was already dead? It was 4:00 am. Harry decided it would be safer if he didn't go back to sleep, so he lay in bed till dawn.
The next day Harry came rushing down the stairs. It was 7:40 am and Aunt Petunia had been calling him for the past two minutes.
" Well, it took you long enough," snarled Uncle Vernon as he glared over his morning paper. Harry made no reply as he sat down in a chair and Aunt Petunia set down a plate with his half grapefruit on it that served as his breakfast.
After eating in silence for a minute or two Aunt Petunia cleared her throat, "Vernon, darling, I have to go to London to get Dudley-kins a new school uniform, What are we going to do with Harry?" Uncle Vernon glared. "Mrs. Figg is out of town we will simply have to lock him in his room until we get home"
So that's how it came to be that half an hour later Harry was locked in his room as the Dursleys drove off for the day.
Harry had almost nothing in his room except some of his school stuff which he was able to smuggle up into his room where he hid it under the loose floor boards which also held some chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans.
He started on his charms home work. After two and a half hours on an essay about the different kinds of memory charms and how to use them he decided that he would take a break. He was trying to figure out what Voldemort had planned when he said that he would kill his parents when they both were already dead, he started to drift to sleep.
~Harry was back in the cave. "Master I have made all the preparations for the Time Charm , you will need to.."~
Harry was startled awake by the blast of a car horn. "Time Charm!" Harry leaped off his bed and grabbed his charm textbook and looked up Time Charms. He found only one that looked right, the Reverse Charm.
The Reverse Charm is a very strong time charm that can allow the users to travel years into the past. It is illegal and highly dangerous to use. It is usually used with the Dark Arts and was a favorite of Redwald who used it to travel back in time and wipe out whole Wizarding families. It is a charm that requires a huge amount of energy and many wizards have died trying to use it.
Harry stared at the page, "So that's how Voldemort is planing to kill my parents." Harry thought. "I have to tell someone soon. Wormtail said that the charm would be ready to perform tomorrow." But Harry had sent Hedwig to Ron's house two weeks ago after Uncle Vernon had tried to kill her for delivering a letter during breakfast.
Harry looked at the page again, a thought entered his mind "I'll have to be the one to go back." Just then he heard a noise. The Dursleys were back. He would have to wait till later to look for the spell.
That night after dinner, which had consisted of Caesar salad ( a celebration because Dudley had lost one pound), Harry looked over the charm again. He could almost hear Ron and Hermione.
Ron would say, "Harry why didn't you bring me with you? A chance to see Snuffles when he was younger and to meet your parents." And Hemione would say " Oh Harry! You should have waited. It could have been dangerous and you might have changed the time line. You could have killed people!" and then they would start to argue.
So Harry got his book and found the charm again. He then noticed that there were some pages stuck together. He carefully peeled them apart and on the page was the spell he would need to perform the charm. Harry smiled as he read over the spell quickly.
~At midnight on the night of a new moon you must stand in the middle of a room and recite the spell three times. (underneath the spell was written)
~I pray to you, the powers of Time and Destiny. I ask that you send me back through time and space to the time that needs to change. Send me back (Insert number of years) years, to change the line of time.~
Harry checked his calendar and realized that the new moon was tomorrow night. Harry went to bed that night with a feeling of purpose.
The next day when Harry came downstairs, he was given a list of chores to do by the time Uncle Vernon got home from work. Harry looked at the list "Scrub floors; clean windows; weed garden; make dinner. Who am I? Cinderella!!"
So after finishing his long list of things and eating his dinner of celery sticks, Harry climbed the stairs ready to collapse on his bed. "Ugh! I hate it when I have to do those kinds of things." Harry looked at his clock, "7:15, I have time for a nap." So with that thought Harry went to sleep.
~Harry found himself in the same cave as before. He heard voices and saw some blurry images. he squinted trying to make the pictures clearer. They suddenly became clear.
"Wormtail is it time?"
"Soon Master. It is almost midnight. We should begin very soon." Harry saw Wormtail follow Voldemort to the center of the room then there was a blinding flash of light.~
Harry woke with a start. He quickly turned to the clock. "11:30!?!" he jumped out of bed. Harry quietly climbed down the stairs to the cupboard where Uncle Veron had locked his stuff (Minus his homework) right after he had got home. Harry picked the lock ( A skill he had picked up from Fred and George Weasley) and took everything up to his room where he packed everything in his trunk.
Harry then took some broken chalk he had found from an old game of Dudley's and drew an X in the middle of the room. He had five minutes till midnight. Harry dragged his trunk to the X and opened his charms book to the spell. "Midnight!!" Harry smiled and began to recite the spell.
"I pray to you, the powers of Time and Destiny. I ask that you send me back through time and space to the time that needs to change. Send me back 25 years, to change the line of time!"
He waited a second and then there was a blinding flash of light and Harry was hurtled back into time.
James Potter was walking back from Quidditch practice across the Hogwarts lawn with his best friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew when suddenly there was a loud bang and a flash of golden light, A body fell from the sky landing on top of Peter with a thud.
"What the Hell was that!?!" exclaimed Sirius as James and Remus were helping Peter to his feet. Then they bent over the unconscious body. "He looks exactly like you James" Peter said in a quivering voice. "He does, except for the scar," Remus added wearing a puzzled expression. Harry let out a small moan. They all jumped away from him, James got his wits about him and started to give instructions. "Peter, go tell Madam Pomphry that we're bringing some one in. Remus, go bring Professor Dumbledor to the hospital wing. And Sirius, help me carry him." At that all the boys ran to do their respective tasks.
Darkness surrounded Harry. He felt like he was drowning, He remembered the charm and then a golden light but he couldn't remember anything after that. Harry was racking his brain trying to remember what had happened next when he heard voices.
"Do you know what's wrong with him, Poppy?"
"I think that he's just exhausted. Whatever he did to get here just drained all his energy. It doesn't help that he wasn't all that well before he came."
"Well, I know that you will be able to help. Please keep me posted," and with that Harry lost consciousness once more.
James was pacing the Gryffindor common room as his friend watched. "You know pacing won't make him wake up any faster." Remus said
" Maybe you should sit down and do some homework. You don't want to fall behind now, do you?"
"Moony, you don't get it, He looked just like me. How is that even possible?"
"How's what possible?" all the boys turned around and faced the dazzling green eyes of Lily Evans.
"Oh nothing, Lil. We were just working on homework," James said lamely. Lily rolled her eyes
"You guys never do homework unless it has to do with a prank. Come on you can tell me. I promise not to tell Keri, Bell OR Kally." She pleaded giving James puppy dog eyes.
"No fair. You know I can't resist the puppy dog eyes!" James flung his arms up shielding his eyes. Remus, Sirius and Peter started to laugh. "Okay Lil, we give," Sirius said smiling
"We were walking back from Quidditch practice and their was this big bang. Then this thing fell from the sky. Right on top of Peter," at this Peter made a face to show his dislike. "It turned out that the thing was a boy that looked exactly like James! He was unconscious, so we took him to the hospital wing"
Lily blinked twice, "Wow!! Has he woken up yet? Do you know who he is? Where he came from?"
Sirius laughed, "One question at a time Lil. No, he has not woken up yet. That was what we were waiting for. And for the rest, we won't know till he's woken up."
"Oh yeah" Lily smiled sheepishly. "So he looks exactly like James?"
" Yeah! Except for this lightening bolt shaped scar on his forehead" Remus told her. At that moment they were interrupted by the clearing of a throat. The group turned to see who it was and their eyes widened in shock.