HARRY POTTER
TIME TRAVELER
Summary – Harry opens a book in the Restricted Section and it transports him 21 years into the future, where he meets up with the future Ron and Hermione and their son, Eddie. Harry also meets Lily Potter, Harry's very spunky and caring future teenage daughter with a hot temper and a bit of an attitude. Harry wants to know about his future, but he feels that Ron, Hermione, Lily, and Eddie are keeping something from him; some very deep, dark secrets.
Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter, the characters, or the Harry Potter world. The all belong to the fabulous J.K. Rowling. However, while I do not own their names, the characters and the personality traits of Lily Potter, Eddie Weasley, Daris Malfoy, Christof Nott, as well as Asher Lazard and Robyn Andrews all belong to me.
Chapter 5 – Meeting the Future:
"Well," started Hermione after a few minutes where Harry and Lily just stared at one another. Harry turned from Lily to look up at his curly-haired best friend. "Until Professor Snape comes up with a potion to send Harry back to his time, I think he continue his education so he won't be so far behind when he goes back, since it's only September. He'll join the Gryffindor fifth years and we'll tell everyone he is a transfer student. Harry, tomorrow is a weekend and I want you, Lily, and Ed to go to my house this weekend; let it sink in that there is a transfer student that appeared out of nowhere.
"But, he did appear out of nowhere…" started Eddie. His mother shot him a dirty look and he immediately silenced. Both Harry and Lily chuckled. Hermione turned back to Harry.
"Does that sound okay, Harry?"
"It sounds like a plan!" said Harry, smiling up at her. Hermione smiled back as Ron come over, grinning at his best friend and putting his arm around his wife. She turned sharply to everyone else in the room.
"No one, and I mean, no one, except for the people in this room and a few others, must know who Harry really is," said Hermione in a serious, somber tone. She was trying to make sure that both Lily and Eddie grasped the seriousness of the situation. "Do you understand Ed? Lily?" The both of them nodded.
"Good," said Hermione pleasantly, smiling at the pair of them. She turned back to Harry. " Harry, you'll have to use another surname. People might think it strange if a transfer student named Harry Potter transferred here and was walking around Hogwarts."
"How about he uses the surname Evans?" Remus suggested. Ron looked at Remus strangely, but smiled brightly.
"Why that name?" Lily asked curiously. Remus simply grinned and shrugged.
"That was your grandmother's maiden name," said Remus to Lily. Harry and Lily looked at each other for a moment before Harry turned and nodded at Hermione.
"I'll be Harry Evans," said Harry, nodding his head firmly.
"Excellent," she said. "Ed, Lily, please take Harry to Gryffindor Tower and all three of you should get some rest. Ron, you may go home…or you can stay for breakfast but I really don't want Teresa wandering the castle halls again after what happened last time. Remus, you may return to your sleeping corridors. Oh, and Ron if you do decide to go home, don't go to Hogsmeade and Apparate…it hurts Anne's ears; I ask you leave through Floo Powder." Hermione ordered.
Harry shook his head and smiled at the fact that some things just never change; Hermione was still as bossy as ever and Ron was still rolling her eyes at his orders.
"I'll take Teresa and Anne to the Room of Requirement; they can sleep there while I go knick some breakfast from the kitchens," said Ron. Hermione glared at him for 'knicking food out of the kitchens' but did not say anything about it; she just put her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes at her husband. Harry felt like he was still watching them back in their fifth year as they argued over the Potions assignments.
As the three of them walked back to Gryffindor Tower, Eddie began telling Harry all about Hogwarts, and from what he heard, nothing had changed….except maybe a few members of the staff. Lily, on the other hand, was silent the entire walk back. She kept looking at Harry like he was a bomb about to explode. Harry felt disappointed that his own daughter was not as excited to have him here as everyone else was but he supposed he would learn in time of why Lily was the way that she was. When they entered through the Potrait Hole, Eddie and Harry bade Lily good night and walked up to the boy's fifth year dorms. Since there was no extra bed, Eddie conjured a sleeping bag for Harry with his wand and then hopped into his own bed.
It was a long night. Harry was deep in thought as he slipped into his sleeping bag. He was dead, and he died saving his godfather and daughter. It was so strange to think about. Now that he knew the future, would Hermione, Ron, Sirius, and Remus let him change it? Before he knew it....he was drifting into a very restless sleep.
"Harry?" came a male's voice. Harry fluttered his eyes opened and above him, he saw a face, that looked like Ron and Hermione mixed.
'Duh,' Harry thought, 'that makes sense. He is Ron and Hermione's son.' Eddie grinned when he saw him wake up.
"Welcome to the land of the living," Eddie joked. "No wonder you were so hard to wake up; you were tossing and turning all night. Then again, I guess that makes sense…twenty-one years of time traveling is bound to make anyone a little tired." Harry laughed. Eddie was very much like Ron and it was comforting to him. Chuckling at Eddie's comment, Harry slipped on his glasses and kicked out of his sleeping bag.
"Hey, Eddie!" a voice shouted from across the room. "Who's that?" Harry could not help but laugh at such a blunt question.
"It's okay, Ash, he's a transfer student." Eddie explained over his shoulder, rummaging through his trunk, as the boy came out of the bathroom. Harry looked at him; he had thick, wavy, blonde hair, tan brown freckles, a rather long, sharp nose, and innocent, stormy gray eyes.
"Oh, when did he get here?" the boy asked.
"He's right in front of you, Ash," mumbled Eddie sarcastically as he worked on his uniform tie, "why don't you ask him yourself?" The boy gave Eddie a rude finger gesture behind his back, causing Harry to chuckle, before turning to Harry.
"When did you get here?" the boy asked inquisitively. Eddie glanced nervously at Harry from the corner of his eye.
"I arrived last night," said Harry quickly, winking at Eddie. Eddie simply nodded in approval. The boy failed to notice the looks that Harry and Eddie were exchanged and simply grinned. "I'm Harry Evans."
"Asher Lazard is the name," said Asher as he held out his hand for Harry to shake.
"Why don't we go downstairs and meet Robby and Lils? They'll be waiting for us," said Eddie. "And we all know how patience those two can be." Asher nodded in agreement. The three boys quickly changed and walked out of their dormitories and down the stairs to the Common Room. Standing by the couch, Harry saw Lily talking to a very tall, very pretty black girl with long braids in her hair. She was quite tall, about an inch taller than Harry, but not nearly as tall as Eddie. Harry pulled his bangs over his forehead nervously.
"Hey, girls!" Asher shouted from on top of the stairs. Lily and the girl looked and waved back. The tall girl looked curiously at Harry.
"I'm Harry Evans," said Harry quickly, approaching the two girls and holding out his hand for both of them to take. After all, they had to put on a façade that he and Lily had never met before. "I transfered here last night."
"Oh, well, welcome to Hogwarts," the tall girl said brightly. "I'm Robyn Andrews and this is my friend, Lily Potter." Harry thought it was very strange to hear someone else say Lily's name out loud like that. But, he brushed it off and smiled at them both.
"Let's go down to eat," said Asher. Robyn rolled her eyes.
"This is Asher Lazard; he is annoying. You'll have to ge used to him," said Robyn dryly. Harry chuckled. " And, this is Eddie Weasley."
"We've already met," said Eddie, patting Harry on the back. "After all, he was in our dormitory, Robby." Robyn stuck out her tongue at him. Harry grinned as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"I'M HUNGRY!" Asher whined. Robyn smacked him over the head.
"All you think about is food! How in the bloody hell do you stay so thin?" Robyn asked dryly. Asher grinned and patted his flat belly. Lily caught Eddie's eye and the two of them grinned.
The five students walked out of the Common Room and towards the Great Hall. Throughout the whole walk there, Harry could not take his eyes off of Lily. He could not believe that she was his daughter; his own flesh and blood. It was hard to think about how he had died and that now she had to put up with him being here. In a way, Harry understood how she felt, since his parents died the same way. He could only imagine if his mother or father appeared in the future from the past and had to spend time with him. It would get to him too, but he doubed he would be avoiding them like the way Lily was avoiding him.
"Harry, are you coming?" Lily called out. Harry pulled out of his thoughts, realizing that he had stopped following the four Gryffindor fifth years. Robyn and Asher were giving him strange looks but Harry ignored them and entered the Great Hall shortly behind Eddie and Asher. Before they took their seats at the Gryffindor table, Robyn pulled Lily aside.
"Lils, did you know that we were getting a new transfer student?" asked Robyn curiously, almost suspiciously. Lily stared at her for a moment.
"No," she said quickly, raising an eyebrow. "Why does it matter?"
"I don't know," whispered Robyn, biting her lip and looking in Harry's general direction. "I mean, usually Hermione tells Eddie when something big is going on, like if we're getting a new transfer student. Then of course he tells us. Are you sure Eddie didn't mention anything?"
"I would have remembered something like!" said Lily firmly. Robyn looked at Harry skeptically. This caused Lily to sigh in frustration. "Look, I don't know what the big deal is, Robby. I mean, he's just another student."
"I know, I know," said Robyn defensively. "But I think I've seen him somewhere before. He looks so bloody familiar. Lily's stomach did a nervous tumble. It was true, Robyn had seen Harry Potter before, in a picture Lily had of him,and it was quite a shock to Lily that she did not recognize him.
"You know, Lils," started Robyn, smiling, breaking Lily out of her train of thoughts. "I think that Harry guy has a crush on you." It was very hard for Lily to fight back a laugh.
"No he doesn't," said Lily firmly, knowing full well that the boy was her future father.
"I think he does," Robyn said confidently. Lily gritted her teeth at Robyn's know-it-all tone of voice. "He couldn't take his eyes off you in the Common Room and throughout the whole walk over here."
"Trust me, Robby, he doesn't," said Lily harshly, almost angrily. Robyn noticed her tone and immediately backed off. It was never a good idea to make Lily Potter angry; someone could get hurt. So, instead, Robyn just sighed and shook her head, thinking about how clueless Lily was when it came to the opposite gender.
"C'mon, we better eat some breakfast before Asher eats everything in sight," joked Robyn, trying to change the subject. To her relief, Lily laughed and nodded. They walked over to the Gryffindor table Lily took a seat between Eddie and Robyn. Harry was on the other side of Eddie, half glancing at Lily. Hermione stood up and cleared her throat.
"Everyone, I have an important announcement to make," said Hermione. The room went silent. Harry looked at the staff table and saw not only some of his own staff, but a bunch of new professors as well. He also saw Ron standing in the background of the staff table as well.
"I am pleased to announce that we have a new student joining us at Hogwarts this year. He is a transfer student from the Salem Wizardry and Witch Acadamey in American and will be joining the fifth year Gryffindors. I'd like for you to give a warm welcome to Mr. Harry Evans." Everyone craned their necks to look at Harry and gave a weak applause. Harry gave a weak, embarrassed smile. He looked up at the staff table to see Remus give him a reassuring wink.
"So, Harry," said Asher through a mouthful of eggs, accidentally spitting some on Robyn. "Are you Muggle-born?"
"No, halfblood. My mum was…well…is a Muggle-born witch and my dad is pure-blood," explained Harry.
"What are your parents names?"
"Jam-ie and Luke Evans," Harry said, thinking quickly. Eddie and Lily glanced nervously at each other but no one noticed and Asher and Robyn seemed satisfied with Harry's answer. "How about you guys?"
"I'm a half-blood," said Asher, piling more eggs and toast on his plate. "My mum is a witch. She actually went to school with Professor Weasley, though I don't think they were friends; Lavender Lazard. My dad is Muggle though, Eric Lazard."
"I'm Muggle-born," explained Robyn with a smile. "My parents are Mike and Patty Andrews."
"Why do you take such pride in the slimey blood of yours, you dirty little Mudblood!" came a cold, scatchy voice from behind Harry. Lily, Eddie, and Asher stood up, fists clenched. Robyn looked at her plate in shame. It was very clear that Robyn was self conscious about her blood status and considered the term 'Mudblood' to be extremely insulting. Of course it was insulting, but Robyn looked like she took it harder than other Muggle-born students.
"You watch it," threatened Eddie, pulling out his wand.
"Protecting Andrews?" the voice said cooly. "Has Weasley got a crush?"
"Shove it up your-"
"Language, Lazard…"
"Sod off, Malfoy!" Lily snapped. Harry looked up and saw Daris Malfoy and the other boy, Nott, standing behind him.
"You still owe me a duel, Potter," snarled Malfoy. Lily instantly drew out her wand.
"Gladly!" said Lily furiously, starting toward Malfoy. Eddie and Asher lunged for her and clung on to her robes to stop her from beating the crap out of Malfoy. Malfoy threw his head back and laughed.
"You know, you're just like your father; a mindless temperamental idiot! My father challenged him a duel in their first yea and the fool almost got caught by Filch. What an idiot!" Malfoy sneered. Anger hit the pit of Harry's stomach, more directed at Draco Malfoy for telling his son that stupid story and he stood up slowly. Lily was red with rage and she was trying to fight off Eddie and Asher grips.
"Take. That. Back!" Lily snarled, almost deathly. Her voice sounded venom, as though she wanted to kill someone.
"No!" said Malfoy coolly. Nott laughed at look on Lily's face.
"You know…your disgrace of a father wasn't even a real wizard, having a Mudblood for a mother," said Nott evilly. Harry felt his blood begin to boil at the insult shot at his mother.
" Hey Potter, aren't you named after that Mudblood?" asked Malfoy, feigning innocence. That was the final straw for Lily. She finally fought off Eddie and Asher and lunged at Malfoy, landing on top of him, punching him in the face.
"MISS POTTER!" Hermione shouted from the staff table, getting to her feet. She had a horrified look on her face. Lily didn't seem to hear her; she just kept punching Malfoy in the face as he began to scream and cry. Nott, when he awoke out of his stupor, shocked to see Lily attack Malfoy like that, was about to grab Lily, with his wand at arm. Watching Nott about to harm Lily made Harry so angry that all he saw was red light piercing his eyes. The next thing Harry knew, he had pulled out his own wand and shouted "STUPEFY!" and the next he saw was Nott on the floor, stunned. Eddie and Robyn were trying to pull Lily off of Malfoy. Asher was watching, a bit horrorstruck.
"HARRY!" Hermione shouted, just as horrified by his acts as she was by Lily's. By this time, she, Ron, Remus, and an old man had reached the fighting students. Ron pulled a fighting Lily off of Malfoy and Hermione grabbed Harry. The old man helped Malfoy and Nott to their feet. Remus was helping Ron keep a hold on Lily.
"Lily, that is enough!" said Hermioe sharply. Lily calmed down, but she had a look of pure hatred as she stared at Malfoy. "Remus, Ron, please take Harry, Ed, and Lily to my office. Mr. Lazard, Miss Andrews, you may finish your breakfast. Severus, please take Malfoy and Nott to your office. I shall be there shortly."
"As you wish."
Remus and Ron picked up a fighting Lily and dragged her through the castle and towards Hermione's office, followed closely by Harry and Eddie. Once everyone was inside Hermione's office, Ron rounded on Lily, shooting her a piercing look.
"Lily, I know you completely despise that Malfoy prat, and I don't blame you, but according to Hermione, that's the fourth fight you gotten in with him in this week!" Ron lectured. Lily glared.
"You need to start controlling that temper of yours, Lily," said Remus reasonably, giving her an apologetic look. "Hermione is fed-up. She is losing her patience with all the fighting you do with him."
"That stupid git won't stop insulting my family!" Lily shouted defensively. Ron reached out and hugged her. Ron was definitely someone who could empathize with the idea of a Malfoy insulting their family.
"You, Ed, and Harry should head back to Gryffindor Tower to get packed for the weekend," said Ron, pulling out of the hug. Eddie nodded in agreement. At that moment, Hermione came storming in.
"Not so fast!" she snapped, shooting daggers at Lily. She shut the door to her office behind and looked directly at her goddaughter.
"Lily, you need to stop this fighting!" said Hermione impatiently. "I can only stick up for you against Draco Malfoy so much. I mean, you've been doing more fighting with than usual. I don't know what's gotten into you lately, but I think you know what you have to do." Lily went pale at Hermione's words, because she knew exactly what she was going to say next. "You need to talk with Harry."
"What?" asked Harry blankly.
Yeah, what?" shouted Lily urgently. She had been trying to avoid Harry, now here was Hermione forcing her to sit with him alone and talk with him.
"I agree. You two need to talk," said Ron, backing up his wife's decision. "C'mon Ed, let's get ready to go home for the weekend. Plus, I should probably go get your sisters out of the Room of Requirement."
"They're still in there?" asked Hermione incredulously Ron looked at her.
"Yes, where else would they be?" Ron, Hermione, Remus, and Eddie started towards the office door. Remus looked at them with an amused smile as Eddie shook his head and rubbed the bridge of his nose in embarrassment.
"Ron, you can't leave them alone in the room for tha long!" retorted Hermione.
"Well, what else would you like me to do, Hermione? What do you suggest?"
With that, the door to the office closed behind the four of them and everyone had left the office, except Lily and Harry. They just stared at each other awkwardly before Lily crossed the room to stare out of the window. Harry sighed and stuffed his hands into the pocket of his robes, shuffling his feet nervously.
"Lily?" called out Harry. Lily nodded to show she was listening, but continued to simply stare out of the window and out on to the grounds. "Why do I have the feeling that you don't like me?" Lily still did not look at him, she just sighed in frustration and pressed her forehead against the cool glass.
"It's not that I don't like you," said Lily honestly. Harry did not say anything but waited for her to continue. "It's just…weird. I haven't seen you in years because you-you-died, and all of the sudden, you appear out of nowhere and.....it's just hard. You know?"
"I guess I would feel the same way if my parents somehow came to my time," muttered Harry. "But, I'd still want to get to know them; just like how I want to get to know you. Can you think of me more like your friend instead of your father? I mean, considering I'm not technically your father yet and we're the same age...." Lily finally tore her gaze from the window and her eyes locked with Harry's. She appreciated Harry's concern and his understanding and she thought his solution was one that showed he truly cared about and had her best interests at heart. And for the first time, she gave him a true, genuine smile.
"I'll try," said Lily with a smile. Harry grinned back. There was a long, pregnant pause when finally Harry took a seat in one of the chairs in front of Hermione's desk.
"So, what has happened in the last twenty-one years?" asked Harry. "Is Sirius free?" Lily laughed.
"Yes, Sirius is free. He is my legal guardian. Since I'm more a less an orphan he adopted me. I still go to Ron and Hermione's a lot, but I live with Padfoot. I doubt the Ministry would let me spend my holidays with an escaped convict." Lily laughed. Harry chuckled.
"What happened?" asked Harry eagerly. "They caught Pettigrew?"
"Yeah they caught him in the beginning of your seventh year," explained Lily. "See, you were sitting in the Great Hall…"
"HARRY! HARRY!" a voice shouted from the Entrance Hall. Harry immediately jumped out of his seat, his eyes wide. Sirius Black bursted into the Great Hall and there was an immediate panic. "PETTIGREW! HE IS HERE! VOLDEMORT SENT HIM TO KILL YOU!"
Harry felt his stomach drop as he looked around in fear. People were screaming and panicking. Dumbledore heard what Sirius had screamed and immediately paled; forgetting about getting the students under control and immediately striding over towards Harry.
Harry turned around and saw a white rat, glaring at him, with its sharp teeth, ready to sink them into the boy. Harry stumbled backward with Ron and Hermione, who were holding hands tightly.
"HARRY, GET OUT OF THERE!" Sirius shouted desperately as he ran as fast he could towards his godson through a crowd or running and screaming people. Harry plunged his hand into his robes to grab his wand but Dumbledore reached Harry in time, dragging him out of the way as the rat dived at him. Harry, safely out of harm's way, pointed his wand at the rat.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" Harry shouted. The rat froze and Harry looked up at his godfather. "Sirius! Get out of here!" Sirius nodded and ran out of the Great Hall and through the Entrance Hall. People were still horrified that Sirius Black had just entered the Hogwarts grounds. Ron was hugging Hermione tightly. Dumbledore stood behind Harry, looking at the frozen rat curiously.
"Harry...is that...Peter Pettigrew?" asked Dumbledore gently. Harry nodded as he picked up the stiff rat. Its eyes looked horrified at the very sight of the son of James Potter, the person whom that rat betrayed. Harry gave the rat a look of deepest loathing and looked into Dumbledore's twinkling blue eyes.
"We to turn him into the Ministry....."
"....and they testified Pettigrew under Vertitursreum and he admitted everything. Sirius was set free and you lived with him from then on."
"Sirius is finally free!" Harry said in relief as he leaned back in his chair. Lily took the seat across from him and looked at him with a smile. "What happened to Wormtail?"
"Fudge ordered him to receive the Dementor's Kiss, but you wouldn't allow it," said Lily. "You thought it was too inhuman or something; acting like the good boy scout we all knew you were deep down. That's one thing you and Sirius disagreed on." Harry laughed. Lily smiled.
"So, Sirius takes care of you?" asked Harry. Lily nodded.
"Yeah, we live in a small house in Godric's Hallow," said Lily with a smile. "I mean, Sirius is bit a bit overprotective, but he is the best!"
"I bet," said Harry bitterly. He was bitter because he had never gotten that chance to live with Sirius and Lily had. Harry was almost jealous. Lily sighed, knowing full why Harry was sp bitter, but she overlooked it. Changing the subject, Harry asked; "Who is teaching here at Hogwarts now?"
"Well, Hermione is Headmistress," started Lily, listing off all of the professors. "McGonagall and Snape are still here and both teach the same subjects they taught you. Everything else is basically the same, as well except Professor Orian Frankstarf is teaching Herbology, Remus is teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Professor Olivia Morris is teaching Charms. Everyone else is the same." Lily explained.
"Is Hagrid still around?" Harry asked eagerly, wondering what happened to his giant friend. Lily smiled.
"He is no long gamekeeper at Hogwarts but he's alive and well," said Lily. "He married Madame Maxime." Harry's eyes widened. Lily laughed at the look on the boy's face. "I know, they have a ten-year old son, Sampson Hagrid. He's quite a large one."
"I can only imagine!" Harry laughed. There was a long pause.
"Lily?"
"Hmm?"
"Did Sirius ever get married, or anything?" asked Harry in concern for his godfather. I mean, did he do anything to make his life happy? He's had such a rough life and I always thought…." Lily sighed.
"It's hard to explain Sirius' story. You know most of it. But it was your sixth year when things got really bad for Sirius."
"Bad? What do you mean? You said he got freed in the beginning of my seventh year. Things couldn't have gotten that bad!" said Harry nervously.
"You'd be surprised, Harry, how bad things can really get," said Lily, barely above a whisper. "Sirius has been through more than anyone could imagine."
"What happened?" Harry asked urgently. Lily hesitated and bit her lip. "Please, Lily, tell me. It's my godfather."
"Well, I guess you do have a right to know" said Lily with a defeated shrug. "Do you know Arabella Figg?" Harry thought for a moment.
"Yes, she's in the Order. She is an elder woman?" Harry asked. Lily nodded. "Yes, she took care of me when I was younger, when the Dursleys used to go away. I remember catching her doing magic when I was in the beginning of the summer this year."
"Well, Harry, do you know anything about Sirius' past?" asked Lily. Harry jumped, and was rather taken back by this question, when he realized, he did not know much about Sirius' past. All he knew was that he was sorted into Gryffindor with best friends James Potter, Remus Lupin, and that git Peter Pettigew. Harry knew that he was a Marauder, a trouble-maker, best man at his parents' wedding, and his godfather.
"Well," started Harry, uncomfortably, almost shamefully, "I know some things."
"Harry, I don't want to sound snotty or condescending or anything, but you know nothing about Sirius except that he was in Azkaban and why he was in there." Lily said, giving him a lop-sided grin. Harry sighed. She was right; he was quite embarrassed that he knew almost nothing about his godfather.
"You know," continued Lily, studying Harry's look, "I can tell you everything I know about him, if you want me to."
"Yes," said Harry without hesitation. "Tell me everything!" Lily smiled.
"Well, Sirius was a Gryffindor, of course, with grandpa, Remus, and Peter, though I don't see how that cowardly git ever got into Gryffindor." Lily snarled. Her attitude caused Harry to grin slightly. "Sirius was always considered very good-looking, a ladies' man, a prankster. Let's just say grandpa and him were the two most popular guys in school."
"I knew all that," said Harry impatiently. "What has that all got to do with Arabella Figg?"
"Everything."
"How?"
"Long before Sirius was born, a man named Caleb Black was at Hogwarts, and he met a girl there" started Lily. Harry listened intently. "They fell in love in seventh year, and they loved each other so much that...well....the girl got pregnant. The problem was, when she found out she was pregnant, Caleb and her had already broken up, and he was engaged to another girl named Patrisha. The girl, of course, told Caleb and he was devastated. The woman felt sorry for her ex-boyfriend, and since she still loved him, she agreed to give the child to Caleb after it was born. Caleb was to tell Patrisha that he had adopted the baby. When the baby was finally born, the girl kept her promise and gave the baby, which was a boy to Caleb. Caleb took the boy and told Patrisha that it was adopted. Patrisha never found out that the boy was truly Caleb's son. But, the boy did."
"Would this boy happen to be Sirius?" Harry asked smartly. Lily nodded.
"Caleb told Sirius all of this information on his deathbed" said Lily. "Patrisha had died sometime beforehand. This all happened a year after he graduated Hogwarts. Just before Caleb died, he told Sirius the name of his mother."
"Lily, are you trying to tell me what I think you're trying to tell me?"
"Yes, Arabella Figg is Sirius's mother; his true, biological mother," whispered Lily, giving him a sad smile. Harry stared into space for a moment, not sure what to think, then looked back at Lily.
"I know that's horrible and everything, but what does that have to do with Sirius's life getting tougher than it already was?" asked Harry rather curiously, but somewhat sardonically. Lily sighed and continued her story.
"In your sixth year, you were on Hogsmeade visit and since Voldemort had come back two years before, and was still on the rise. There were no hopes of the Ministry catching him, so Sirius was living there…hiding…so he could protect you....."
"Harry?" Hermione said, as she tugged on his arm, shaking him out of his daze. "Wake up, Sirius is waiting for us in the cave." Harry shook himself out of his thought and nodded. He rubbed his forehead gently. Ron looked at his friend with concern.
"Are you okay?" asked Ron. Hermione looked at one to the other curiously.
"Yeah," muttered Harry, still rubbing his forehead as his scar burned fiercely. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just have a lot on my mind, is all."
"Is something wrong with your scar?" asked Hermione urgently. Harry sighed, not wanting to answer, but nodded anyway.
"It's burning like hell," whispered Harry honestly. Hermione and Ron looked at each other and grew pale as she slipped her hand into Ron's nervously. Harry looked at the snowy ground, as the sun made snow glisten like a winter wonderland. But that is when Harry saw a tall shadow stand behind the three of them. His heart skipped a beat and his eyes widened, sweat coming down his face. He slowly placed his hand in his robes and whipped out his wand. Ron and Hermione also saw the shadow and followed his move, pulling out their own wands. They went deathly pale; Hermione's eyes filled with tears of fear. Ron put his arm around her and all color washed from his face, including his freckles. The three of them all looked at each other at the corner of their eyes and nodded. The trio spun around at the same time and shouted "STUPEFY!"
All three spells seemed to have no effect on the wizard whatsoever. It was hooded and they three could not see its face. But, Harry knew who it was. It was, without a doubt, Lord Voldemort. The figure laughed a high, cold laugh. Yes, it was Voldemort. Ron stood protectively in front of Hermione, and beside Harry.
"Well, well, well," said Voldemort in a cold sneer, taking down his hood; his snakelike red eyes piercing into Harry. "It's a fancy seeing you here, Harry Potter." Harry stumbled backward in fear, pulling Ron and Hermione with him. Someone came up from behind and grabbed him. Harry screamed in terror.
"HARRY!" Ron yelled. A Death Eater came from behind Ron and stunned him with his wand. He fell to the ground unconsious. Hermione screamed and raised her own wand, stunning the Death Eater who was charging at her. Harry tried fighting off the Death Eater that had grabbed him.
"Hermione!" Harry shouted desperately as he continued to fight off the Death Eater. "Run!" Before another Death Eater could grab her, she ran off at full speed. Voldemort ordered the Death Eater to leave her.
"She is nothing but a filthy Mudblood, she can't do anything," said Voldemort coolly. Harry was too scared to know what to do. He couldn't scream, for fear. The Death Eater, put his wand to his throat and Voldemort beamed at the loyal follower. Harry was drenched in sweat and was breathing heavy.
"Come," whispered Voldemort, as he approached the two of them. Harry nearly screamed out loud due to the intense pain in his scar. "It is time for Harry Potter to finally meet his death...."
"Not as long as I'm alive!" came a reassuring voice from behind. The Death Eater gasped. Harry's eyes widened when he heard it. He recognized it as Sirius' voice. Voldemort glared in the direction behind Harry and the Death Eater and grinned evilly.
"That can easily be fixed, Black," sneered Voldemort. Sirius gave Voldemort a muderous look.
"Let him go," snarled Sirius as he pointed his wand at Voldemort. "I'm warning you, you killed my best friend and his wife and you attempted to kill my godson many times. I will kill you. Now let him go." Voldemort sneered and nodded at the Death Eater, who set the tip of his wand on fire and put it towards Harry's face, but held the back of his neck tightly.
"Lord Voldemort is merciful so he will give you a chance to save the boy's life," said Voldemort coolly. If looks could kill, Lord Voldemort would be dead.
"I'm not playing games with you, Voldemort," snarled Sirius.
"Fine then, I'll just kill the boy," said Voldemort simply. The Death Eater held the fiery wand Harry's face again.
"DON'T!" Sirius shouted desperately, holding his hand up.
"I guess we will be playing that game after all?" sneered Voldemort. Sirius just glared murderously at him. "Now let me see, let me see.....Aaahhh perfect. Accio!"
Sirius stared as someone soared toward Voldemort. It was an old woman. Voldemort grabbed her and held her around the neck.v Harry recognized her; she was part of the Order of the Phoenix; the same woman who used to watch him as a child when the Dursleys went away. It was Arabella Figg. Sirius grew pale when he saw her.
"Now, Black, choose!" Voldemort hissed in his high, cold, snakelike voice. "Who shall die? Will it be your godson or your mother?" Sirius looked down at his feet. Harry stared at Sirius horrorstruck. Arabella Figg was his mother? But how? It did not make any sense to him. But, the look on his godfather's face told him that it was true.
"SIRIUS!" screamed Arabella, tears streaming down her face, looking desperately at her son. "PICK ME! Don't worry about me, pick your godson! He is only a boy! He has his whole life ahead of him. I'm old, I've lived my life. You love him. You need him more than anything. Please, Sirius, you lost James and you'll go crazy if you lose Harry. Pick me!"
"Let them go, Voldemort," snarled Sirius, his breathing heavy and his heart pounding. If you want to kill someone, kill me."
"NO! SIRIUS! NO!" Harry shouted desperately, trying to break free of the Death Eater's hold without getting burned by his fiery wand.
"Don't go being a hero, Sirius," Arabella shouted angrily and desperately. "Don't you sacrifice yourself! Harry needs you just as much as you need him! You need to pick me!"
"Kill you? But, that would take all the fun out of it, Black," Voldemort grinned evily. "Now choose."
"CHOOSE ME!" shrieked Arabella.
"STUPEFY!" a voice shouted. The Death Eater who was holding Harry had been stunned and fell to the ground. Harry turned around quickly and saw Hermione and Dumbledore behind him, running towards the scene, with several other teachers running behind the pair of them Voldemort's snake like red eyes widened and he pointed his wand directly at Harry's heart.
"HARRY!" shouted Sirius.
"Avada Kedevra!" shouted Voldemort. Sirius screamed and dived, pulling Harry away from the deadly green light. He shoved his godson to out of harm's reach and quickly pulled out his own wand and pointed it at Voldemort.
"AVADA KEDEVRA!" roared Sirius. Harry gasped as his godfather performed an Unforgivable Curse. A burst of green light shot out of the tip of his wand and headed straight for Voldemort. Voldemort panicked, grabbed Arabella, and placed her in front of him, making her take the curse for him. Arabella screamed and held her hands up to her face, as though that would prevent the curse from killing her.
"SIRIUS!" she screamed. Sirius's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. The green light hit the old woman right in the chest, and all life was ripped from her eyes. She was dead before she hit the floor. Voldemort laughed evilly when he saw the lifeless woman on the floor. Sirius's face was pale green; his eyes widened in horror and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Well, Black, you tried saving your godson and ended up killing your mother. Just like your friends. You attempted to save them by making Wormtail Secret-Keeper, but ended up killing them. You are a murderer, Sirius Black!" Voldemort sneered. With that the Dark Lord Apparated from Hogsmeade. Sirius fell to his knees and began to sob. Harry ran to his godfather's side and out a comforting arm around him.
"Don't listen to him, Sirius. Please, don't listen....."
"WHAT?" gasped Harry. Lily nodded.
"Yes, Voldemort caused Sirius to kill his own mother," Lily explained. Harry stared. Now he knew why things were so bad for Sirius. First, his best friends are killed because he was trying to protect them. Then, he accidently kills his mother in attempt to kill Voldemort and save his mother and godson. Now, his godson sacrifices his life for him. Lily was right; Sirius had it rough.
"He doesn't deserve this!" snarled Harry angrily. Lily nodded in agreement.
"I know," replied Lily, looking down at her hands, shaking her head. "Sirius is a person with the biggest heart. No one like him deserves what he went through," said Lily reassuringly. Harry sighed.
"This is crazy," he whispered. "All of this…it's just crazy." Lily nodded and put a comforting arm around him.
"I know it's crazy!" said Lily, trying to comfort her future father. "But, he insists that I don't worry about him and continue with my own life."
"That is so Sirius," whispered Harry. "He's always worried about everyone else except himself. I wish he would stop!"
"Oh shut up Harry," said Lily with a sarcastic smile. "You really shouldn't talk about putting everyone else before yourself. You're the same exact way!" Lily laughed. Harry glared at her for a minute and joined in on the laughing.
"Enough about Sirius and Hogwarts," said Harry. "Tell me about yourself. I want to know everything about you." Lily smiled at him.
"Okay, I guess I'll start with the basics," said Lily. "My name is Lily Julia Potter, daughter of Harry Potter, obviously. I'm a Gryffindor fifth year. My best friend is Eddie Weasley; we've been friends since the day we were born. But my other good friends are Asher Lazard and Robyn Andrews, whom you already met. My grades are pretty bad but I get by enough…I hope to scrape a few O.W.L.S this year but nothing special. I despise Daris Malfoy, Christof Nott, Francis Goyle, and Jeremy Crabbe, and the feeling is mutrual. I live with Sirius Black when I am not at Hogwarts in a small house in Godric's Hallow, but I visit the Weasleys a lot. I am Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, just like my father."
"Wow! Really? You're a Seeker?" interrupted Harr, bewildered about how his daughter was so much like him. "Well....that's fantastic!"
"Yeah, I made it in my second year. I'm not as good as you were though," said Lily, embarrassedly.
"No, you're probably better!" said Harry proudly. He was beaming, his chest puffed out, proud that his daughter was upholding the Potter name.
"Yeah, I love Quidditch," said Lily with a smile. "It's great. I actually made captain this year, though, Eddie would probably be a better one."
"Eddie is on the team too?" Harry asked curiously. Lily nodded.
"He is a spanking good Keeper," said Lily. "He must get it from his father and uncles."
"Father?" asked Harry blankly. "You mean, Ron played Quidditch while he was at Hogwarts?"
"He sure did," said Lily with a bright smile. "He became Chaser in his sixth year and he was not a bad one at that!"
"What about Hermione?"
"I think you know that story," said Lily with a slight chuckle. Hermione became prefect in fifth year, as you already know. Ron finally admitted his feelings for her in your sixth year and they began dating during the summer before seventh year. In seventh year, she was made Head Girl and graduated top in the year. Ron proposed to her on graduation day. Aurthur Weasley got a job for her in the Ministry, until Dumbledore asked her to take over his job. Hermione and Ron married barely one year after they graduated Hogwarts."
"How did Ron end up?" asked Harry eagerly. Lily smiled at him.
"Right after graduation, you and him started training as Aurors, and succeeded. After Anne was born, Ron took a desk job in the Auror department so he would have more time to spend with Eddie, Teresa, and Anne," Lily told Harry, beaming at his stunned face.
"Ron and I become Aurors?" gasped Harry. Lily laughed very nervously, too nervous for comfort, and nodded.
"Yup," she said quickly. "I mean, no one was surprised after all the stuff you guys did in school." Lily explained with a big grin on her face, but Harry could see nervousness, fear, and anger behind the grin, as though she were hiding something. He overlooked it.
"Do you do stuff like that?" asked Harry curiously. "I mean, do you go and save Sorcerer's Stones and save people from Chambers of Secrets?" Lily grinned.
"Well, it's kind of hard to explain."
"How so?"
"My theory is that there are two kinds of trouble-makers in this world," said Lily thoughtfully. "The first kind is like you; getting into trouble, but not meaning to. The second kind is like Sirius and grandpa and that is getting into trouble purposely." Harry looked at her wide-eyed.
"And which one are you?" asked Harry slowly.
"Let's just say that I am a lot like grandpa," said Lily with a big smile. She began to laugh as Harry rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Eddie and I almost have the record for most detentions."
"Who has that record?" asked Harry, raising an eyebrow. Lily grinned wickedly.
"There's a tie actually. Sirius Black, James Potter, and Fred and George Weasley are in a tie for the most detentions of 1,999. You need 2,000 to get expelled," said Lily. Harry began to beam at the familiar names. "But, let's just say Eddie and I aren't far behind." Harry laughed.
"How's your life here at Hogwarts?" asked Harry, leaning on his elbows, hanging on to Lily's every world. "I don't think I was that popular while at Hogwarts, but this stupid scar made me famous. But, I'm sure you already know that story."
"Yeah," started Lily uncomfortably, rubbing the back of neck. "Let's just say that I've got a lot to live up to, but I somehow manage. I've made myself unpopular with the Slytherins with my temper. But, I honestly don't care about what the students at Hogwarts think of me. Plus, I have the three greatest friends in the world and that is all that I need." Harry smiled proudly at Lily's attitude.
"I guess I was the same way," said Harry. There was silence.
"OH!" shouted Lily excitedly. Harry jumped out of his seat due to his outburst. "You'll never guess who Minister of Magic is."
"Who?"
"Neville Longbottom!"
A note from the Jitterbelle. I feel like this story really has improved due to the revisions and I hope you think so too! Review but most imporantly, enjoy!