Mission to the past:
It took Harry Potter three years to work out how to solve not only his problem, but the magical world's problem.
Harry was stuck in a marriage to a girl who was a fan of the-boy-who-lived. Ginny Weasley, now Potter, she never really knew Harry but she loved the fictional character. Harry never picked up on the fact that Ginny was a fan girl. She didn't really love Harry, not the real Harry. Now that they were married, for two years, both were finding out just how wrong they were for each other.
It was more than that for Harry though. Molly Weasley liked the idea that she was the saviours mother-in-law. Even though he was an adult and a married man, she still tried to tell him what to do and how to live. He had changed his mind about being an auror and wanted to become a healer, but Molly used her influence as the woman who killed Bellatrix Lestrange and her loud yelling voice to get Harry into the auror training program along with her son, Ron.
Ron was another problem. Harry had never gotten close to him after he deserted Harry, twice. First when his name came out of the goblet of fire when they were fourteen. The second time was when they were searching for the horcruxes. Also with that, Ron and Hermione were now married and she was also trying to run Harry's life. She said Harry was the hero, he needed to be inside the ministry to use his influence to make some drastic changes. Hermione wanted the wizarding world to begin to follow muggle laws and traditions. She refused to listen that they were two different worlds with two different lots of traditions and laws.
Harry was also being used by the minister for magic. At first, Kingsley Shacklebolt was interim minister but it ended up going to Amos Diggory. Most voted for him due to losing his son to Voldemort when he returned. Diggory never liked Harry so he was using his position as minister to use Harry to make some changes that he believed the wizarding world needed. None of those changes were anything that Harry wanted. That's how he ended up married to Ginny when he was only eighteen at the time.
Amos used his grief for the lose of his son and Harry's popularity to force through a law so any marriage would be a pure-blood to a non pure-blood. Harry hadn't known about any of that until it was law. He was basically used then hurried into a marriage to Ginny before other pure-blood girls could get the saviour.
Harry knew after being manipulated and used by Albus Dumbledore, then a marriage to a girl he ended up not liking at all, then the minister making ridiculous laws. He knew things had to change. He decided to use his training and invisibility cloak to sneak into the department of mysteries of a night when he was on duty in the auror offices. He knew the security was low from around two in the morning. He really didn't care about doing his job, he showed that every day and people were beginning to wonder if Harry Potter should be an auror. He hoped one day they might finally get sick of him basically sitting on his arse and getting paid.
Since he was still stuck as an auror, he would use his time to find out what he needed. Harry wanted to find a way to change the mistakes made in the past. He wasn't sure if he would find anything and if he did, if it would work. He would hate to find some way to go back for it to end up having a world worse than the one he was living in.
It was three years before he found a way. There were two ways, one his soul would be sent back with his memories to his younger self. At first he thought that would be best, until he read that for it to work, he would need to do the ritual when his younger self had suffered something very traumatic. He knew that would mean the death of his parents. He then realised he would still be stuck with the Dursley's until he was old enough that people wouldn't see a child alone. If he was able to pick which traumatic experience, he would choose right after Voldemort returned. But Harry thought it best if he could go back before that. He would still have to be older or at least be able to do things to help their world and make sure he got a life without manipulation or a life with no Weasley's.
The other way to return to the past was his body and soul would be sent back with his memories in tact along with his power. He could only go back to when powerful magic touched him the first time. That is why this doesn't work on many or most people. Not everyone is ever touched by powerful magic, not when they were young and Harry needed to return to when he was young, or return as his older self but his younger self wasn't handled by Dumbledore.
There was so much involved in both rituals that it took him a few months of studying both to finally pick the one where he would stay as he was. He had to work on plans to get young Harry and to make sure he was legally allowed to keep Harry. He also had to stop young Harry from having anything to do with the Dursley's and the Weasley's.
For the next year, Harry worked on plans. One was finding a way to have money in the past. He had hidden all the money Sirius left him in the muggle world so Ginny could never touch it. She liked having money and nice things but Harry felt she sometimes went too far. He never told her about the other vault. He just removed it all, closed that vault and opened a muggle bank account. He found out that the ritual would work on everything he had on him, like his wand and invisibility cloak, which meant he could take his money with him.
He decided to work on another muggle bank account in the name he would be using. He finally worked out who he was going to be, another Potter. He had to stay a Potter since he looked like one. He did plan to get rid of his glasses and he could do that in the muggle world. He also figured he could use muggle hair dye. He would still have his father's facial features and his mother's eyes, but his hair would be different and he wouldn't wear glasses like his father. He also planned to see a muggle surgeon to get rid of the lightning shaped scar.
Harry then worked on getting into the bank records and making sure that the bank account would be there in nineteen eighty one. He worked on the file that said it was open three years before. All Harry would have to do once he was in his past, was use magic on someone at the bank so they would deposit most of his money into that account but make sure it was still dated in nineteen seventy eight and the money was deposited by Fleamont Potter. Harry found the information that Fleamont and Euphemia Potter, James' parents, died only a year after James and Lily married. They both died from dragon pox.
Harry worked on a lot of plans, he changed many, completely got rid of some before he had everything finalised.
Once Harry had all the changes done, he worked it so there was a lot of information on Charlus Potter, half brother to James, which is who he intended to be. Fleamont Potter had fathered Charlus by another woman, not James' mother. Harry used his training to created enough proof that no one could ever question him.
Harry had snuck into the house in Godric's Hollow to search through everything his parents had, especially papers. He found their will and worked on a copy, but this copy would explain about his half brother, Charlus, who would have custody of Harry if anything happened to James and Lily. The will also stated that Sirius was not the secret keeper, Peter Pettigrew was. Sirius would always be godfather to Harry and be able to spend time with Harry so they would end up close, but Charlus would have custody. While Harry was in the house, he took a few of his baby things, like clothes and toys, along with some pictures of his parents. He figured if he was going to have baby Harry, then the boy would like some of his things. He also took the broom Sirius had bought him on his first birthday. He might not remember that, but baby Harry would.
When Harry had everything ready, along with his story that will keep the Weasley's away from young Harry, he made sure he had everything he wanted or needed on him. He had bought a special cloak with many pockets that were charmed with the undetectable expansion charm and feather light charm. All his possessions he wanted to take with him were in his many pockets. All he had to do now was wait until Ginny left to go to training with the Holyhead Harpies.
The moment Ginny was gone, Harry went right down to the back of the property. He worked on a lot of wards to stop anyone seeing him or seeing what he was doing but also to make sure the ministry did not pick up the powerful magic Harry would be doing.
Over the last few months, Harry had been working on carving the ruins into four crystals. He never studied runes, so during this time he had to study as much as he could so he would know how to carve the runes perfectly. He placed them on the ground around him. Once he was ready, he cut his palm. He brought the memory forward of what he heard when Voldemort killed his parents and tried to kill him. Once he had that firmly in his mind, he began to recite the ritual as he dropped his blood onto each of the crystals.
After he had recited to ritual seven times and had dropped seven drops of blood on each crystal, he felt the pull. He knew by studying the ritual that this would be painful and it was. He was lucky though, the pain only lasted seven minutes, then he opened his eyes.
He was still on the same spot but the crystals were gone and the house was empty, deserted. That's why Harry had originally bought that house. Apart from having a lot of land around it, it also needed a lot of work so it was cheap. The house had been empty for more than twenty years. The owners died, but the children never wanted it so it sat for years, hoping that someone would buy it. Now he would be buying it only a few years after the owners died instead of nearly twenty years later. Harry knew it would be in better condition than when he originally bought it.
Harry quickly entered the house, cast some basic cleaning and noticed the house was in a lot better condition than it had been when he bought the house when he was engaged to Ginny.
Harry would be going the following day to buy the house, but he needed to get to Privet drive before McGonagall, Hagrid and Dumbledore arrived. Harry planned to disillusion himself then stay under his invisibility cloak and around the side of the house, behind the large begonia bush but inside the property. Harry never knew if Dumbledore put some type of ward to tell him if any other magical came onto the property. If he was already there, then the ward would just automatically add him.
Harry originally had planned to get Harry from the wrecked cottage at Godric's Hollow. He realised if he did that, Dumbledore would find out too soon. Harry needed time to get everything done before the man found out that Charlus Potter had custody of young Harry.
Harry stood, watching and listening as Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Hagrid left baby Harry on the doorstep on a cold night. He couldn't believe three adults, two of them powerful, left a baby to the elements but also, there was no charms of any type cast on Harry to keep him warm and safe. Baby Harry was old enough to be walking and he definitely would be crawling. Harry realised that he, as a baby, could have easily woken up and went to find his parents. He could have been hit by a car or some strange and not nice people might have found him. It made him realise that he was lucky to be alive. Now he would be making sure baby Harry lived and had a better life. But he would also get the type of life he wanted and not what others wanted for him. He would also try to make their world better, if he could.
He wasn't doing this just to make sure he wasn't stuck in a loveless marriage or a job he didn't like. Harry wanted to prevent deaths, a lot of deaths. He hoped he would be able to stop Voldemort returning which would save lives.
Harry waited for an hour after Dumbledore, McGonagall and Hagrid left before he finally walked over to the front of the house. He checked to make sure there was no one around, not magical, not squib and not muggle before he brought his arms out from under the invisibility cloak and picked up baby Harry. Once both were covered by the cloak, he hurried away. He wanted to be away from Privet drive before he apparated.
Harry or Charlus made sure baby Harry was fine and made sure he didn't need changing before he placed him in the cot. Once baby Harry got himself comfortable, only then did older Harry stripped off and got into his bed. He had a lot to do the following day as well as care for a fifteen month old baby who would be scared because he was in a strange place and he would be wanting his parents. Harry had unpacked all the things that he took from the house in Godric's Hollow. He wanted baby Harry to see familiar things. When he went into the house before returning to the past, he couldn't take long, which was why he only got a few things, mainly clothes but he also made sure to take almost all of Harry's toys.
It was like he expected, baby Harry was calling for his mum and dad. It took adult Harry to bring out the toys and use some spells to get the boy to stop crying. He finally got baby Harry to eat some breakfast then he got him changed. It made him think about what he had been like when he woke up at the Dursley's. They would have been yelling at him, maybe even ignoring him. For all Harry knew, Vernon might have hit him. Looking at young Harry, how small he was, he could just imagine what he felt like having someone like Vernon glaring down at him while he was yelling. This Harry though was going to have a good home and definitely never have anything to do with the Dursley's.
'I'm your Uncle Charlus, Harry. Your mum and dad asked me to take care of you and I'm going to do just that. We'll make sure Sirius comes here in a few days. For now, we have a lot to do.'
Harry or Charlus kept talking to young Harry while he ate. Once he had finished, he picked up the baby boy along with his bag and left the house.
Charlus kept Harry hidden inside his robe as he walked into Gringotts. He had to go there first to show proof of who he was, along with the key to the Potter vault and the wills of James and Lily Potter. That had been the one thing Charlus felt happy about, he didn't need to go to the ministry. With people like Dumbledore and death eaters being brought in, Charlus wanted to steer clear of that place. Everything could be done legally through Gringotts. They would send the legal forms to the ministry once it was all verified by the goblins.
Once Charlus was finished and legally Harry James Potter's guardian and uncle, he left Gringotts and went to send two letters. The first was to Frank and Alice Longbottom. He wasn't sure if it would help but he had to warn them about Bellatrix Lestrange and Barty Crouch junior and how they planned to attack them to kill them along with Neville. He wanted to make sure they did not remove the fidelius charm. He also hoped that since Frank and Alice were aurors, they could call on some other aurors to come to the house. If he didn't have young Harry to look after, he would have gone there himself but young Harry had to come first.
The second letter was to Sirius. He wanted the man to know who he was and why his brother wanted him to be Harry's guardian. He also wanted Sirius to know that he, Charlus would allow Sirius to be part of Harry's life as long as he put Harry first and made a magical vow to always put Harry's health and well being first before anything or anyone else. He also warned Sirius that Peter had extra wands and had been working on a plan to set Sirius up as the one to betray the Potters. He explained that he had a spy who told him what he heard from Peter. He hoped Sirius would listen and if he could instantly stun Peter and take him straight to Amelia Bones, then he should be safe. The goblins had the proof that Peter was the secret keeper, but everyone believed it was Sirius. The man had to think and had to do things differently or he could end up sent to Azkaban. Charlus knew he could get Sirius free, but it would take a week or two. If Sirius just took what the letter said seriously and take Peter seriously, then Harry would have his godfather in his life.
Once the letters were posted, Charlus went to buy the house. He shocked the people at the real estate when he said he would take it as is and for the money they wanted. He still had to work on his plans for the Weasley's, to make sure they stayed away from Harry, but he had years so he had plenty of time. He knew what he was going to do but he could take his time since Harry was only a baby. He had to get the house set up and new furniture bought for him and baby Harry.
Once Charlus had some basic furniture and kitchen items, he returned to the house. He gave Harry something to drink and some lunch before putting him to bed with a few of his stuffed toys he had taken from the house. It seems baby Harry liked to cuddle them. Charlus stayed sitting beside baby Harry until he fell asleep.
Charlus took the warding stones from the pockets of his charmed robes. He placed them around the boundary of his property and began to activate them. Once they were done, Charlus felt better. The house and property were now under the fidelius charm, it was unplottable and had muggle repelling charms as well. That would allow him to teach Harry some magic in a few years but he could also take Harry flying once they were more settled in. Charlus felt safer now the house and property was protected, against magicals and muggles.
Charlus and Harry got settled into their new home. They went out every day so Charlus could buy everything they needed. Harry needed more clothes but also more toys. They bought a lot of things for the house but Charlus got everything he needed that would turn Harry's room into the same room he had at Godric's Hollow. Some items might not have been exactly as the items in Harry's bedroom, which is where transfiguration came into it. He was able to make everything match. He wanted baby Harry to settle in quickly so being surrounded in familiar things would help.
Charlus did get a letter from Sirius about Harry. Sirius finally used his head, he captured Peter and took him to the aurors where he was able to show Amelia Bones, who was head auror at the time, the dark mark on Peter's arm. He explained how he, Sirius, had been the secret keeper for the Potter's but always believed it was too obvious so it was too dangerous. They switched to Peter because he was an animagus rat, something small that could easily escape. Amelia used veritaserum to get the full truth from Peter Pettigrew. Peter was sentenced to the dementors kiss. If he had been sent to Azkaban, he could have used his animagus to escape. He was too dangerous so he was kissed.
Charlus thought things were finally working out. He would have to contact Sirius and work on him visiting but after they met up and Sirius gave a magical oath to keep anything about Harry and Charlus a secret, unless Charlus gave permission that something could be told. He would send the letter and work on seeing Sirius in a few weeks. He wanted to get the house sorted so Harry would have a nice home.
It only took two weeks before Albus found out through Arabella Figg that Harry was not with petunia Dursley. When he began investigating, it didn't take long for Albus to find out about Charlus Potter and that he was the one to take Harry. When he checked with Gringotts, he was shown proof that Charlus was James' half brother and he was shown the will saying that Charlus was to be Harry's guardian if James and Lily died. Albus would see about contacting Charlus Potter to talk about security for young Harry. He just hoped the man was more serious than James had been. Albus also knew he would have to contact Sirius Black now he found out he had not been the Potter's secret keeper. Albus knew Sirius would be a part of Harry's life, so he had to know about security for the young boy as well.
It was only three weeks since he came back but Charlus had worked on a few charms to force the Dursley's to move. They would believe it was their idea but Charlus wanted the Dursley's to be gone so no one in the wizarding world could find them, just in case Albus Dumbledore tried to get baby Harry with Lily's sister. Charlus would never allow that to happen so he was making sure the Dursley's would be long gone. If the Wizengamot thought Albus was going to try to take Harry from Charlus, a pure-blood wizard from an old family, then give the boy to a muggle, they would instantly stop it. But with the Dursley's gone, it wouldn't work whether the Wizengamot agreed or not.
It was only a week later that Charlus made sure Harry was happy after eating his breakfast that he finally got a chance to read the Daily Prophet. Charlus knew now Harry was settled, he would work on plans during the night. He was going to put Harry asleep but make sure the boy remained asleep until he returned. He also had a letter for Sirius so if anything happened to Charlus, he would be able to look after Harry. He also had legal papers so Sirius would legally be Harry's guardian if anything happened to Charlus.
Charlus read the first page of the prophet before turning the page. It was when he read the statement that he knew what he had to do. Charlus got the information he needed then changed Harry before leaving the house.
Charlus entered the auror department and asked to speak with Madam Bones about something important and potentially dangerous. The moment the secretary saw Charlus, he looked like James Potter, then she saw him holding the-boy-who-lived, she instantly spoke with her boss. Charlus was shown straight into the office.
'What can I do for you Mr Potter?'
Charlus put a file on the desk, 'This was the information my brother left me so I would know who could be dangerous to Harry. I read this morning that due to Albus Dumbledore, this death eater not only got off but was going to be a teacher at Hogwarts. I can tell you now that if that man is not in Azkaban very soon, I'll be taking Harry to America, where James had another home and made sure he and his family had duel citizenship. There are memories in the file to show proof of what that man did.'
'I could not get any type of proof that Snape did anything illegal, otherwise that man would already be in Azkaban. Let's hope what you've given me is enough.'
'It is ma'am. What you are about to read and see could have that man kissed.'
Charlus kept Harry entertained while Amelia Bones read through the file. At one time, she called in two senior aurors along with Mad-eye Moody. One of the aurors was Kingsley Shacklebolt so Charlus had to act like he had never met him before. The other was a beautiful blond woman not much older than he was. Amelia had them read the file, then showed them the vials of memories that Charlus had supplied with the file.
'We need to organise that man's trial and this time, the chief warlock will not be involved in any way apart from a spectator. He won't need to be a witness, since he already spoke up for Snape.'
'I was losing hope we would get that bastard in Azkaban,' Mad-eye said then glanced at Charlus, 'It seems you saved a lot of people's lives by coming in.'
'James and I wrote often. He explained more about Snape, along with other death eaters that he went to school with. But I can't believe that the chief warlock would want that man free and a teacher when he was responsible for sending Voldemort after James, Lily and…' Charlus gestured at the boy on his lap, 'He only wanted Lily saved to have her for himself. But he basically was sentencing a baby to death, but this baby was also the boy from the prophecy. But apart from that, there was all his other crimes, including murder. There was no way I was going to allow that man to be free, not if I could help it.'
'And you have. I can guarantee that Snape will end up either in Azkaban or kissed. Can I contact you if it's needed?'
'Of course. Owls can reach me. Is that all Ma'am? I would like to get this young man home so he can have a nap.'
'Yes, that's all and thank you Mr Potter.' The three aurors and Amelia watched the man that looked like James leave with the-boy-who-lived. Once he was gone, they got to work on making sure Severus Snape paid for his crimes.
It was only two days later that Charlus got a letter from Amelia Bones to meet so he could fill out a proper statement form about his contact with James and what they talked about. It was right at the end of the meeting that Charlus asked Amelia if he knew any good families with children's Harry's age. He wanted the boy to be able to play and have friends. He knew he had to be careful, with death eaters still around. He just didn't want Harry isolated so he needed some good families with children that might be able to spend time with Harry.
Amelia was very helpful. She was able to introduce Charlus and Harry to a few families, all of them were good families. Harry ended up becoming friendly with Neville, Susan and Hannah. Charlus would prefer Harry went into Hufflepuff if he went to Hogwarts. He thought if Harry was friends with Neville, then the boy would not be so unsure and scared all the time. Those four children loved to play together and Charlus could see them becoming very close. That is what he hoped, which would lead to Harry have good friends.
It had been two months since Charlus returned and Harry had settled in nicely. He had even stopped calling for him mum and dad. Charlus knew it was time to deal with the horcruxes. One thing he wanted to do first, in case something went wrong, he was going to remove the bones from Voldemort's father, but also any person that was related to Voldemort by blood. Charlus also thought that if Voldemort's spirit didn't disappear when the horcruxes were destroyed, then he could make another, like the snake. If he did, then there would be no way for someone to do the ritual if there were no bones left.
Before Harry went to the past and became Charlus, he had studied that ritual and every book that mentioned horcruxes. Grimmauld place had a lot of dark arts books and they had three that went into details about horcruxes. Harry studied them so he would know if there were other rituals that could resurrect Voldemort. There was only one ritual that could be used if you made a horcrux, or horcruxes. That was using bone of a blood family member. Father or mother were the preferred bones to use but any blood family could be used.
When all the bones from that cemetery was gone, Charlus would use nights to find information on Voldemort's mother. He was able to find out where she was buried, so her bones were also gone. Marvolo Gaunt's body was cremated and his ashes were tipped into the north sea. Morfin Gaunt was buried in a paupers grave in Little Hangleton. Now those bones were also gone, which made Charlus feel very relieved. He knew now there was no way Voldemort could return. He still needed to destroy the horcruxes and remove the one from young Harry. That was next on his agenda. Apart from making sure Harry had a normal childhood, with friends. Harry having friends has been a great help while he made sure Voldemort would never return. The boy was either with his friends or put into a deep sleep so Charlus could get everything done.
Once Charlus knew that Harry was safe with the bones family and playing with his friends, Charlus began gathering all the horcruxes. He got the one at Hogwarts by using his map and invisibility cloak. That ended up being easy as he made sure to sneak in using the tunnel from Honeydukes while everyone was at breakfast. Even if Dumbledore found out someone entered the castle, he would be gone by the time the man made his way to either the seventh floor or the fourth floor where the tunnel was.
Charlus visited Sirius and asked if he could borrow some of the ancient books that the Black's owned. He wanted to give Harry a good history of why dark magic was illegal. At one time, Charlus acted like he needed the bathroom. He was able to get the locket before he gathered a few books. The ring was a little tricky, but being able to speak parseltongue allowed Charlus to conjure snakes to enter the home to set off all the traps. Charlus then use a levitation charm to remove the ring from the hidden space under the floorboards. Once he returned home, he sealed the horcrux with the others. He wasn't going to take the chance that Harry got near them. He would have left that one there if Dumbledore ever got around to searching for the horcruxes. If Albus died due to the curse on the ring, then Albus would not be at Hogwarts, the students would not be put in danger all the time. Charlus finally decided Dumbledore's death was not worth it, not if Voldemort could return because the old man didn't bother to find out how he never died that night.
The one from Bellatrix's vault at Gringotts took more planning and he had to do that on another day Harry was playing with his friends.
Charlus used an unforgivable to imperius a death eater, Lucius Malfoy. He had been staking out Diagon alley to find out when the man went to his vault. Once he knew the mans routine, it was easy to cast the imperius curse on the man. First, he had Lucius return home and bring the diary to Charlus. Once he put that in his warded pocket, he then went to Gringotts with Lucius. They both shared a cart, once they were past the thief's downfall, he had Lucius hit the goblin who drove the cart, over the head, knocking him unconscious. Charlus did not want any of the goblin's killed but he could not do what he planned while a goblin was with them.
Once they were outside Bellatrix Lestrange's vault, Charlus made it seem like the death eater was breaking into the vault, when Charlus was the one who entered the vault to get the cup. Charlus had Malfoy stun him., The death eater's magic sent a warning to the goblins. As the goblins were making their way down to where the magic was used, they found the goblin who drove the cart, unconscious. The goblins told Lucius to surrender, he didn't. He couldn't, the imperius curse was still affecting him so he acted like he was trying to kill the goblins. Lucius Malfoy was killed by a goblin when he used his axe to cut of the blond's head. Charlus was disguised as someone else, using muggle means. He thanked the goblins for rescuing him from the death eater. The lead goblin told Charlus to explain everything that he did and everything that he saw. He said Malfoy was trying to force him to enter a vault to remove an item that he wanted. After writing out an official statement, the goblins allowed Charlus to leave.
Charlus knew the snake was not a horcrux at that time, so all he had to do now was put the horcruxes together and use them to draw the horcrux out of Harry's head. He needed to put Harry into a deep sleep, but also give him a strong pain potion. Harry might not feel the horcrux being removed while he slept but he would when he woke. Charlus wanted to limit the pain young Harry felt. He planned to do that later that night. He would slip Harry the potion before putting him in bed then he would cast the sleeping spell on the small boy.
Charlus hated knowing that young Harry would have pain when he woke, but he had another pain potion ready for the small boy. He remembered how painful his scar became at times and a few times he felt like he was going to pass out. He would make sure young Harry would only suffer for a minute or two, at most.
Charlus was able to get Harry to drink the potion to help with the pain, he waited until Harry fell asleep before casting the sleeping charm on the small boy. Charlus stared down at Harry before going to his office to gather the horcruxes. He had to place them as close to Harry's scar as possible. Once he made sure they would not fall, he began to recite the ritual. He grimaced every time Harry flinched. The boy might be sound asleep but he was feeling the pain. The potion will help but not until he finished drawing out the piece of Voldemort's soul. It took nearly twenty minutes before the soul burst out of Harry's scar and went into the nearest object, which was the diary. Charlus hurried to gather the items, raced outside where he cast a lot of wards. He placed all the items on the ground inside the wards then cast fiend fyre. It took all his concentration and power to contain the fyre. It destroyed the horcruxes straight away but Charlus had to keep it contained until it basically burnt itself out.
Before Harry went to the past and become Charlus, he wasn't sure if he would be able to kill the basilisk, so he researched what else might destroy a horcrux. He thought of dumping them in a volcano but he would have a baby boy with him. He found out that only fiend fyre would destroy them, so he had to research how to contain such a dangerous fire.
Charlus almost collapsed from exhaustion as the fiend fyre finally disappeared. He removed the wards then checked the horcruxes. Every one was destroyed. There was no more dark magic, but the items were all one big lump of black coal type substance. Charlus levitated it up into the air, walked down to the back of the property and buried it, but he buried it twenty feet below the surface. After filling the hole back in with dirt, he then levitated a large cement slab over the top but made it look like part of the bricks he had used for a path down to the small pond. Once he was satisfied, he hurried back into the house. He cleaned up then removed the charm from Harry.
Time skip:
A few days after Harry turned eight years old, Charlus knew it was time to make Arthur Weasley believe his children would be in danger if they became friends with Harry Potter. One, was the death eaters who were still trying to kill the boy and would kill anyone Harry was with at the time. The second reason was Albus Dumbledore and how he wanted to test Harry, which would put them in danger.
Now that Harry had friends, with Neville along with Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot, Charlus was able to work on Harry staying with one of them for a few hours so he could speak with Arthur.
Charlus worked on muggle ways to make himself look different before heading to the ministry. Whenever Charlus had to go to the ministry for anything that wasn't official or to do with Harry, he always changed his appearance. Every since he had helped send Severus Snape to the dementors to be kissed, Albus Dumbledore had tried many times to speak with Charlus, mainly about Harry. Charlus refused every invitation from Albus and ignored anything the man said. Sirius had told him that Albus had even asked him to set up a meeting with Charlus. Sirius asked him first, when he said no, Sirius relayed that to Albus. Now though, he knew, thanks to his two house elves that Albus had been speaking with Molly and Arthur Weasley about having their youngest son, Ron and youngest daughter, Ginny becoming friends with Harry once he was at Hogwarts. He would prefer them to get to know Harry before Hogwarts, that way they could already be friends before others tried to get close to the-boy-who-lived. Charlus was going to make sure that didn't happen.
Charlus knocked on the door to the small office, 'Mr Weasley.'
Arthur looked up, 'Yes, can I help you?'
'Yes, my name is Alastor Orion, I am a seer. I don't normally use my gift unless it's to save innocent lives. I have a letter here from two people who know or knew of my gift, it's so you know that what I am about to tell you is the truth of what the future could be like. I knew I had to speak with you straight away.'
'I'm sorry but I really aren't that acceptable of seer's mainly due to the one I heard about at Hogwarts.'
'Yes, Trelawney. Her great grandmother was a true seer. Sybil has a small bit of talent but she is not a true seer. She is giving all of us a bad reputation. If you read the letters, I will leave it up to you if you want to know what I've seen. If you do, it could save...lives.'
'Alright, at least I can see what these people wrote.'
Charlus handed over the two letters. One was from Charlus Potter, the other was from Fleamont Potter. He had been able to easily copy his grandfather's writing and add enough facts so the man in front of him would believe Alastor Orion was a true seer. Finding the Potter's old home was easy, for someone with Potter blood. Charlus had found many letters or things written by his grandfather. It gave him enough to copy his writing but also get some facts that would make Arthur believe what he was reading.
'Have you told Charlus Potter about what you've seen?' Arthur asked as he stared at the letters.
'Yes, as of now, he does not plan to send Harry to Hogwarts. He has another home in America and is considering moving there. He was considering it before I explained, that's mainly down to his research into the curriculum and dropping standards at Hogwarts. Once I showed him proof of what I saw, he is working on plans to move sometime in the next year.'
'Alright, then please explain what this has to do with me.'
'It's to do with your two youngest children Mr Weasley. My vision showed that Albus Dumbledore plans on testing young Harry to find out if he will be ready to face Voldemort when he returns. I know that will never happen but that's another matter. What this is about is that your two youngest children are basically involved in these tests because they become friends with Harry. I saw that in your sons first year, he almost dies twice, one time he survived was due to luck. Albus knew what was going to happen with Harry, yet he left the school, not knowing that Ronald was going with Harry to prove he was just as good as the-boy-who-lived.
'The following year, a dark item ends up at Hogwarts that the wards should have picked up. Because of this item, your daughter is taken because she is friends with Harry. That could still go either way right now. I saw two endings. The first was she dies because Albus thought Harry was able to prevent it but Harry was twelve and had no idea what to do to help. The second was she ends up with her brain completely damaged where she would live out her days in St Mungo's. Harry does get to her but he is too late to help her. Ron goes as well but he ended up crushed when another person cast a spell that backfired and brought the roof down. I do not know who the man was as I could not get a good look at him to identify the man.
'Three times in two years your son could die and but one of those cases will happen if things don't change. Your daughter suffers from the moment she is at Hogwarts and as I said, she either dies or ends up like a breathing corpse. All that was again set up by Albus Dumbledore. I do understand how he wants to test the-boy-who-lived, but he is going on his belief, not proof or finding proof that Voldemort will return. I saw that he is gone, completely gone, he cannot return. I also saw that death eaters were able to get inside Hogwarts, due to what they know of Harry Potter, they want him dead and would kill anyone with him. Mr Weasley, I urge you to make sure your two youngest children do not get caught up with this and they will if they end up friends with Harry Potter. If they do, they will end up dead. He might not end up going to Hogwarts but there is a chance he will if things change. He already has friends but they have been warned.
'There is another girl that is involved as well, which I plan to speak with her parents. The girl is a muggleborn who does not even know she is a witch as she is the same age as your son. Charlus Potter has told me of some threats his nephew has received, from death eaters. He said Harry is a great kid but because of who he is, the-boy-who-lived, there could be many times where he could in danger which could affect the other children. If you wish, I could show you the memory of my vision. It will have to be done in my home, if you wish to see the proof. I do not like children being hurt and I hate it when they are manipulated by adults.'
Arthur listened to the man before he remembered the conversation he and Molly had with Albus Dumbledore. He always thought it strange that Albus wanted to work on friends for Harry Potter, when he had his own family who probably worked on friends for Harry. This man, Alastor Orion just said that Harry's friends had been warned about the danger. It was not up to other people to choose who someone wants as friends, yet Albus Dumbledore wanted Arthur's children friendly with the-boy-who-lived.
'I would like to see this vision, even though I already believe you.'
'Most will not believe seers without proof, so I am please you do but I would also like you to see just what could happen. When would suit you sir?'
'Right after work, I can leave an hour earlier so no one will know I've been anywhere but here then straight home. I will need time to work on what to say to my wife. You see Mr Orion, Albus Dumbledore has visited me and my wife a few times over the last few months. He wants Ron and Ginny to become friendly with Harry Potter. He said he thinks the boy needs a wider range of children around him, from good families and not just the few he has now.'
'From what I found out, Harry Potter has a dozen friends, from all types of families. Half a pure-bloods, the rest are half-bloods with two half-bloods who spend time in the muggle world. I doubt you could get better than Amelia Bone's niece or the future Lord Longbottom. Then you have just normal children who happen to be witches and wizards. Charlus has made sure Harry is surrounded with good people but he has also made sure they realise how much danger they could be in being friends with Harry. From what Charlus told me, they are all close, very close. If your son and daughter were to try to be friends with Harry, it might cause problems since he has many friends already. As you know, not all children like each other so it could cause fights.'
'Yes, it could, which could cause trouble for my family if my son or daughter upset the friends of Harry Potter. Where will I meet you when I've finished work?'
'I will be at the Leaky Cauldron. I have to pick up a few things from Diagon alley so it works well.'
'Thank you. I'll see you then.'
Once Charlus left, he went to see how Harry was but also to find out if he could remain for an extra hour that afternoon. Once that was sorted out, Charlus worked on removing some memories. Most were all true, from his real time, but a few had to be modified. The one where Lockhart took Ron's wand was modified so no one could see his face. He did cast a spell and it did backfire on Lockhart and bring part of the roof down. All Charlus had to do was make it look like Ron was buried under the rubble. Seeing Ginny in the chamber of secrets was easy. She did look dead when he had first arrived. The memory would show Ron to be eleven and twelve, while Ginny was eleven. Ron was only eight years old right now and Ginny was seven. Arthur would see two of his children a few years older, which would mean the man had proof of what could happen to his two youngest children.
Charlus explained to Arthur that his pensieve was one that projected memories into the air so no one had to go into the memory. Arthur nodded.
Charlus watched Arthur as he watched the memory of what he believed was his daughter's dead body. His face showed how angry but also how upset he was. It was the same when he saw the memories of Ron. From being crushed to death to being eaten by a giant spider on the grounds of Hogwarts. By the time the memories finished, Arthur was shaking. Charlus poured him a small glass of brandy.
'It's not nice seeing these things Mr Weasley. It's why I don't like my gift or use it unless it is to save innocent lives, especially if those innocent lives are children. Will you be able to convince your wife?'
'I think so. The hardest part will be making sure she doesn't speak with Albus about this. He will convince her that he will keep our children safe. I am going to speak with my eldest son, he can view my memories of watching these memories. I believe he will be able to help with my wife. Molly does not like the fact that Bill works overseas. She is always going on about him coming to visit more often. Bill will use this by saying he will never visit again unless she goes along with me, especially about Albus, who doesn't seem to prevent students being hurt. He also knows ways to keep her from talking. I began to have doubts about the man when I heard he was going to hire a death eater to teach at Hogwarts. I almost pulled my children out of school. Then I heard Snape was given the dementors kiss.'
'Yes, actually, it was Charlus Potter who helped bring that about. He had proof and memories of some of the things Snape had done. Snape was also the man that told Voldemort something that sent him after the Potter's. Snape wanted Lily saved but not James or Harry. He wanted Lily for himself so what better way then sending a dark wizard after them. Albus Dumbledore knew this and was still going to hire him. I'm so pleased he is gone. I might not have children but all those death eaters need to pay for their crimes.'
'Yes they do but I am shocked to hear what else Snape did. Anyway, thank you for this Mr Orion. You just might have saved two of my children's lives. They will not be close to Harry Potter. I can't say whether they will share classes or even a house but I will make sure they aren't more than just acquaintances,' Arthur held out his hand, Charlus shook it.
That night, after Charlus put Harry to bed, he began to work on a way for Harry to go to Hogwarts with his friends but not while Albus Dumbledore was at Hogwarts. He had a few idea's on how to get rid of Dumbledore, but most of those plans were for when Harry began at Hogwarts. Quirrell was one as he had no idea if Voldemort would still possessing him. He didn't believe Voldemort was still around. From his research, the moment the horcruxes were destroyed, Voldemort's spirit would disappear. The horcruxes were what kept him tethered to the world of the living. But Charlus thought of one idea that might work. He was leaning towards the philosophers stone. If Albus still brought that into the school then he would work on those traps. If Albus did that, Charlus was going to make a big fuss about removing the-boy-who-lived from Hogwarts since Albus Dumbledore was putting children in danger by bringing an item that most dark wizards would kill to get hold of. He would use Alastor Orion and his seer ability for that, if he did go that way. He could easily sneak into Hogwarts the night before the students returned to Hogwarts to find out if fluffy was there along with the other traps. He would work on that later.
He knew he could also wait until Harry was eleven and wait to see if Albus announced that the third floor corridor was out of bounds. He would have his house elves spying on Albus a few weeks before the first of September. It would give Charlus time to work on whether he allow Harry to go to Hogwarts or they would move to another country. He realised that was the safest way. The house elves could easily spy on Albus and the rest of the staff to find out if they worked on those traps. They could also rescue Harry if something happened.
Charlus never planned to go to America, he just used that in case someone mentioned it to Albus. He wanted Harry to remain here but also to stay with his friends. One thing Charlus was going to push for, was for young Harry to want to go into Hufflepuff. He would bring it up every now and then so Harry would have that in his mind. He would also mentioned how loyal the Hufflepuff's were. He would slip the odd bad comment in about the other three houses. He would also let it slip that he heard that the sorting hat does take into consideration what the student wants. He hoped he could get Harry away from the Weasley's all together so going into another house would work the best. He could do the same with Neville when the children came to this house for their play dates. Charlus always thought Neville would have been better in Hufflepuff then Gryffindor. Neville was brave, very brave but due to how shy and quiet he was, not to mention how much he loved herbology, he would have done a lot better in Hufflepuff with Pomona Sprout as his head of house. He wasn't as quiet or shy as he had been, not now he had friends.
Charlus thought he might use the seer again to speak with Xenophilius and Pandora Lovegood. He had already sent his so called vision to the Lovegood's about Pandora being killed by her experiment. Luna had never told Harry exactly how her mother died but she did mentioned that her mother liked to experiment a lot and one went bad, which is why she died. Luna could easily make friends if she was in Hufflepuff and not Ravenclaw.
When young Harry was ready to head to Hogwarts, Charlus decided to wait and see if Albus said the third floor corridor was out of bounds. With the students having that memory about dying if they went to that corridor, could help get Albus Dumbledore out of Hogwarts.
During the years, Sirius would visit Harry often. Charlus and Sirius became good friends. It was during some of these visits that Charlus was able to get the information on how the Marauders made the communication mirrors. He had no trouble making a couple of mirrors for him and young Harry. Charlus told Harry that he just wanted to make sure he was safe but he would like to hear what house he was sorted into and if anyone paid him more attention that they should.
Charlus did make sure to tell Harry that he just wanted Harry to have a good time and learn what he needed but because he was the-boy-who-lived, he wanted Harry to let him know about any danger or anything that could be dangerous. Charlus was trying to sound casual but he also wanted young Harry to be alert and feel like he could tell his guardian anything. Charlus and Harry were close and thought of each other as father and son. Charlus knew that was weird when they were really the same person, in a way. But he came to really love the boy and he knew Harry loved him.
Charlus did find out from the Bones and Longbottom's that they had spoken to their children about danger, especially in regards to Harry. The friends were all going to make sure they stayed with Harry but would write if they saw or heard anything that could be dangerous. Charlus was pleased and happy his now son had such good friends.
Charlus was pleased about one thing the house elves heard from the staff of Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy along with some of his friends, were not going to Hogwarts. They had all enrolled in Durmstrang. It seems that Narcissa Malfoy knew her son would not have any support due to her husbands death but also the rumours that he really had been a death eater. She decided her son would be better off away from Hogwarts.
When it was close to when the feast would be over and the students would be heading to their dorm rooms, Charlus sat in his lounge chair with the mirror in his hand. He did tell Harry he wanted to hear what house he went into but he also knew how tired all the kids were after the feast. He really wanted to find out if Albus Dumbledore made the announcement about the third floor corridor being out of bounds. He couldn't help feeling nervous but he also wasn't sure if Harry would contact him. He planned to send the house elves if Harry hadn't contacted him by eleven.
As Charlus began to believe that Harry must have went straight to bed, his mirror vibrated.
Charlus made sure to smile, 'Hey there kiddo. So, tell me, what house did you end up in?'
Harry laughed, but so did others who were in the room behind him. All Charlus heard was a lot of loud happy voices yell out Hufflepuff.
'Good for you, for all of you. From what Amelia said, it was the best house at Hogwarts.'
'We already know it is. But he wasn't happy dad, neither was McGonagall. It seems they thought I would go into Gryffindor.'
'We discuss that son. Just because your birth parents were Gryffindor's, doesn't mean you have to be. Professor Sprout is a great person from everything I found out and from everything Amelia told me, I think the hat made the right choice.'
'We know it did. Oh, by the way, Dumbledore said if we go near the third floor corridor, we could die a painful death. Susan is writing to her aunt now so she can send the letter straight away. I told Hedwig to stay with Susan until she finished the letter. But I figured if something happened to the letter, then I can at least tell you about this so called danger.'
'I'm glad you did. I will speak with Amelia about it and tell her to expect a letter from Susan. Was everything else okay?'
'It's all good dad. I did have a couple of prats try to intimidate me, but they ended up with six wands pointed at them. One of them wet himself before both of them ran away.'
'It was bound to happen. Just keep an eye on them and others and let me know if you think somethings wrong.'
'I will. Anyway, I'm really tired. I'll call you again on the weekend unless something happens.'
'Alright, get a good night's sleep. Love you son.'
'I love you too dad, night.'
Charlus put his mirror down and instantly used the floo to talk to Amelia about what was said at Hogwarts. They had also become close over the years, they were now very good friends.
Only a minute after Charlus explained to Amelia what Harry said, she was yelling and swearing and cursing Albus Dumbledore's name. He had to force himself not to smile but to act like he was worried.
Charlus did smile when he disconnected the floo, 'Get out of that old man.'
When Charlus woke the next morning, he found an owl sitting on the owl stand and it was one he recognised. It belonged to Amelia. He quickly took the letter and began to read.
'He's gone from Hogwarts, which means Harry can stay with his friends.' Charlus couldn't help smiling, 'Now Harry along with the other kids have a normal life at the castle. One thing still worried him though. If McGonagall became headmistress, would she stay in contact with Albus and take advice from him.
Charlus and Amelia would make sure Harry and Susan told them anything they needed to know.
One thing Charlus was glad about, he knew that since Harry could not go to Hogsmeade until third year, Albus would not be able to get to Harry. But Charlus planned to be in Hogsmeade on those weekends just to keep the old man away from Harry. He also knew that after the incident with Snape and now this, Albus Dumbledore's name would not hold as much influence as it used to. Now he just hoped McGonagall didn't listen to him and did a better job to keep the students safe but also the other teachers. If she became headmistress. But Harry knew he could speak with his head of house if he thought there was something wrong.
Charlus made an excuse to go to the ministry to speak with Amelia about the children and Hogwarts, which he really did want to do. But he also wanted to see a certain auror. The few times he had been in the auror offices, he couldn't help staring. He also noticed that she looked at him as well.
'I was planning on sending you own owl to let you know what the governors decided,' Amelia smiled.
'You're smiling, so you must like what they said.
'I do. They all believed that Albus would use his friendship with Minerva McGonagall to keep influencing what went on at Hogwarts. They decided to give the position to someone who had wanted the job for years. Have you heard of Griselda Marchbanks?'
'Yes, she's on the examination board.'
'She is, or was. She is now headmistress and has appointed Filius Flitwick as her deputy. Griselda always believed that Albus was not suited in running that school. One argument she gave the governors was about the curse on the defence against the dark arts position. She suggested getting a curse breaker to remove the curse instead of always having to hire new teachers. The students need stability and having the same teacher will help them settle in. The governors agreed and are working on a curse breaker now to start searching for the curse.'
'That's great. I heard about the curse and how many different teachers had died or something happened to them. It was another reason I was thinking of sending Harry to another school. Do you think Madam Marchbanks will do something about Binns and the muggle studies class?'
Amelia chuckled, 'She's already working on both of them but also, adding other classes. I would say Hogwarts reputation will begin to get better very soon.'
'I would say so. Now at least we know our kids will have better teachers and a safer environment so they can learn.'
'Yes, we do know that now. Alright, on to something completely different. When are you going to ask Connie out?'
Charlus blushed a little making Amelia laugh. This man had proven to be very confident, yet he just blushed when asked about a woman he had been checking out.
Even though Charlus had been helping change things, he also spoke with a lot of people who seemed to take in everything Charlus said. He was still very unsure about girls, or women. Amelia knew Charlus was a very powerful and confident man, yet she also knew he had little to no experience with woman. She decided to help the man out. He was a good friend and they spent a lot of time together with the family. She wanted to help him out but she also knew how Connie felt.
Amelia would never normally set anyone up on a date, but this time she did. She made sure that Connie got her note saying to meet her at her favourite restaurant at seven that she needed to speak with her, but away from the ministry. Amelia sent the same note to Charlus. All she planned to do now was watch while hidden to see if these two good people finally told the other how they feel. If they did, she planned to return home.
From their first date, Charlus and Connie saw each other every night. By the time Christmas rolled around, Charlus had asked Connie to live with him, to see if they could end up with a good life, which could lead to marriage. Connie moved in straight away. Since it was Harry's first Christmas at Hogwarts, it gave Charlus and Connie time to get to know each other more, before Charlus explained to Harry. Both Charlus and Connie hoped Harry liked her since she was now part of the family.
Once Connie and Charlus realised just how much they loved each other and how much they wanted to be together, Charlus proposed. Connie said yes.
That night, Charlus talked to Harry using the mirrors, to explain about Connie. She even got to speak with Harry. One thing that made Charlus sag in relief was the smile on Harry's face when he explained about Connie and their marriage. Harry even smiled at Connie when they spoke.
Even though Harry knew Charlus was his uncle, he thought of him as his father. Now Harry Potter would not only have a father, he would now have a new mother.
For Harry and Charlus, they finally had what most people had, a normal, happy and safe life.
The end:
