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 9 – Boy Problems:
"Ed! Teresa! Lily!" Hermione called from at the foot of the stairs. "Come downstairs! It is dinner time!"
Ron and Harry had already taken their seats at the dinner table, waiting patiently. It was only a few moments before it sounded as though a stampede were coming down the stairs. Harry chuckled as he saw a little red-headed girl storm into the kitchen and sat down anxiously in the seat next to Ron and, without a moment's hesitation, began loading tons of food on to her plate and dug in.
"Whoa! Relax Teresa," said Ron, chuckling in amusement at his daughter's antics. "The food isn't going anywhere."
"Yes it is," she said through a mouth full of mashed potatoes, causing Hermione to give her a stern look. Teresa ignored her. "It's all going in my stomach, daddy!" With those words, Teresa managed to spit half of what she was chewing across the table.
"Argh, Teresa!" said Eddie with a tone of disgust, causing Harry to turn around and watch Eddie and Lily as they took their seats at the table. Eddie was watching his little sister with a look of pure repulsion. "You are so embarrassing; spitting food across the table! Did mum and dad ever teach you any manners?" Harry noticed that Lily was smiling genuinely at Teresa and shaking her head in an amused manner.
"We taught her manners," said Ron in mock defense as he ruffled Teresa's hair. "Is it our fault that she chooses not to listen?"
"I like how she has a choice on whether she wants to listen or not," mumbled Eddie so that only Lily and Harry could hear, causing them both to chuckle out loud. Hermione gave the three of them a stern look that reminded Harry of Professor McGonagall. It frightened and amused him at the same time.
"Besides, you don't have much room to talk, Eddie," said Lily, grinning. "Isn't your nickname at school Mr. I - Don't - Know - How - To Chew - With - My - Mouth – Closed?" Eddie glared at her as he loaded his plate with food as Harry and Ron shared a grin. Hermione chose to ignore Lily's comment and handed Anne a bottle in her playpen, then seating herself at the table.
"So what's going on in your time, Harry?" asked Hermione as she helped herself to some dinner.
"Well, Voldemort came back last year," muttered Harry, staring at his plate. An awkward silence filled the room, with the exception of Teresa's chewing. Harry immediately regretted his comment and backtracked; "but, everything is okay really. You two have been bickering much more than usual."
Harry gestured towards his two best friends and Ron and Hermione grinned at each other. Lily sniggered silently as Eddie rolled his eyes at his parents and pretended to gag into his plate, causing Teresa to giggle.
Suddenly, Eddie's eyes widened and a mischievous glint came into his warm chestnut depths.
"Speaking of love stories," Eddie announced, "Ray MacMillian was hitting on Lily the other day." At those words, everybody's gaze turned towards Lily, who blushed severely and gave Eddie a murderous look. Hermione smiled slightly and leaned in with interest. Ron acted like nothing was wrong. Everyone was too busy setting their sights on Lily that none of them noticed the frown that presented itself on Harry's face.
"If you're not in favor of being placed under the Tongue Tied Curse, I suggest you shut your mouth, Ed," hissed Lily, narrowing her eyes at him.
"What?" Eddie asked in defense, looking at Lily wide-eyed, feigning innocence. "He was hitting on you. He came up to you and started flirting with you and then he put his arm around you and everything."
"And I took care of that, didn't I?" asked Lily coolly, twirling her dinner fork in her fingers, as if she was twirling her wand.
"Does he still have an arm?" asked Teresa earnestly, spitting more potatoes across the table, her eyes wide with anticipation.
"Yeah," said Eddie, chuckling, running his hand through his hair in amusement, and ignoring his sister. "Yeah, you sure did take care of it."
"What did you do?" asked Ron curiously.
"She punched him in the eye," Eddie said, grinning at Lily. She just rolled her eyes and took a bite of her chicken. "I have never seen such a black eye in all my life!"
"That wasn't very nice Lily," said Hermione, shaking her head in disappointed. "Girls don't give guys black eyes." It sounded as though she were disciplining a toddler. Ron and Eddie caught each other's eye and grinned at each other in amusement. No one noticed that Harry's brow was raised and his face seemed to be a permanent frown.
"He should have known better," said Lily, shrugging, as thought giving a guy a black eye was an everyday occurrence.
"Well," started Eddie, ignoring Lily's commented, "Lily isn't just any girl. It's weird actually. A lot of guys at school want her and she doesn't give any of them the time of day-OW! Lily! Why'd you kick me?"
"Oops, I'm sorry was that your leg, Eddie?" asked Lily in an innocent voice, while giving him the most deathly glare she could give him.
"But, Lily," started Hermione, "you are fifteen years old. It's like Ed says, you don't even give any boy the time of day. Why is that?"
Lily opened her mouth to respond, before she could, Harry had given a derisive laugh, which caused everyone to jump and look at it him.
"It should bloody stay that way!" snapped Harry. He had not meant to laugh or say anything out loud, but he could not help it. After all, it was only natural he felt overprotective of Lily, even though he did not want to or mean to. Hermione, Ron, and Eddie were staring at Harry as though they had never seen anything quite like him. Lily's face was completely impassive. It was so quiet that you could hear Teresa chewing; not that she was already chewing like a cow.
"Listen, Harry," said Lily in a fierce whisper, "you may be my future father and I respect that. But I won't have you going around trying to control my life!" Harry nearly choked on his own saliva and looked at Lily wide-eyed for a moment before hastily turning to Ron and Hermione.
"Don't you two think she is a little young to be dating?" asked Harry harshly, silently pleading for his two friends to back him up.
"Harry," said Hermione, quietly, "she is fifteen years old…"
"I don't care if she is thirty-two and the bloody Queen of England!" snapped Harry, angrily, shooting daggers at Hermione. Lily's eyes widened dangerously at his comment. "I don't want her dating while I'm here!"
"Harry," said Ron, a little more sharply than Hermione. She gave her husband a look of relief as Harry turned to Ron, unthreatened. "To be fair, Hermione and I started dating when we were fifteen. You started dating when you were fifteen."
"That's different," said Harry defensively, almost childishly, causing Hermione to roll her eyes. Ron could not help but give him a sympathetic grin; after all, he had two daughters as well. "Hermione was going out with you. You're our best friend, so that didn't…or doesn't… bother me none. And for me…I'm a boy!"
"I didn't know you were sexist, Harry," interrupted Lily coolly. Everyone went to look at her and Harry went red with anger. He opened his mouth and closed it again, not able to utter a word. Lily, on the other hand, looked rather pleased with herself.
"I AM NOT SEXIST!" Harry shouted defensively. He was too angry and frustrated to notice the amused looks on Ron's face. Eddie and Teresa were watching with intensity, waiting for one of the Potters to explode. Hermione must have sensed it too because she immediately tried to calm Harry.
"Harry, don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit?" asked Hermione urgently, yet soothingly.
"Yeah," started Ron, finally chiming in, "I mean, even Sirius doesn't have a problem with Lily dating. And we all know how overprotective he can get."
"I am not overreacting!" snapped Harry, getting defensive again. "Overreacting would be taking Lily and locking her up in her room until she is fifty-two years old! In fact," he considered after a pause, "that doesn't sound like a bad idea…"
Ron could not help but laugh out loud at the comment. Lily shot him daggers and his laughter immediately subsided.
"Listen, Harry," said Lily said, getting to her feet and glaring at her future father. She had a dangerous tone in her voice that gave Eddie an unnoticed shiver down his spine. "I won't have you going around trying to be my father! You aren't even my father yet! You are only fifteen and I won't have you trying to act like something you're not!"
"And I won't go around Hogwarts and watch guys slime all over you!" said Harry, also getting to his feet. Hermione was staring nervously between the two, knowing both of them had dangerous tempers. Ron still had an amused look on his face. Eddie was anxious to see who would win a Muggle World War III.
"Well, you had better get used to it!" said Lily, placing her hands on her hips.
"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Harry, narrowing his eyes at her.
"What it means, Harry, is that-"
"Lily," said Ron in a warning tone of voice, sensing that Lily was about to say something truly cruel or hurtful towards Harry. Lily looked at Ron for a moment before glaring at Harry and sitting back down in her seat, and continued eating her chicken without another word. Harry also took his seat, completely frustrated, and finally realized that getting along with Lily was not going to be an easy thing. The rest of the dinner continued in absolute silence, with exception, once again, for Teresa's chewing.
After dinner, Lily and Eddie decided to ease the obvious tension and went outside to the woods behind the Windum with Ron to play some Quidditch. Harry was invited, but did not feel like going…or that he was even really invited. Lily kept giving him dirty looks and glares all through dinner and he decided to stay out of her way until she calmed down. So instead of playing Quidditch, Harry decided to help Hermione clean the table.
"Herm, do you think Lily is mad at me?" asked Harry, raising a nervous eyebrow. To his immense surprise, Hermione laughed.
"No, Harry, she isn't mad at you," explained Hermione reasonably. "She is just under a lot of stress right now. After all, her late future father came turned up from the past out of nowhere. Can you really blame her for acting this why?"
"I suppose not," said Harry with a defeated sigh. "I just don't understand why she got so mad at me during dinner. I mean, I understand that I died a few years ago and according to those pictures in the living room, I seem to have no part of her life. But, I was only trying to protect her."
"Harry, we all try to help protect Lily," said Hermione. "But if it's one thing that girl can't stand, it is people fussing over her."
"Why?" he asked curiously.
"Lily has been through a lot in her life, and she is very independent," explained Hermione as she waved her wand to dry the dishes. "She can't stand it when people try to do things for her or try to keep her safe. She wants to do things for herself."
"Well, I mean, I don't want to control her life or anything, but..."
"I know, Harry, I know," said Hermione smiling. "It's a natural reaction for you to be concerned about her, you being her future father and all. Even if you had no idea she was your daughter, you would probably still have those natural feelings."
"I guess so," muttered Harry, a little unsure. Hermione must have read his mind, because she turned him so that she faced him, eye to eye.
"And, if you're worried about boys and Lily, trust me, Lily is more than capable of taking care of herself when it comes to boys and their raging hormones."
"How do you know that?"
"Well, Lily has always been known for her...attitude," said Hermione delicately. "A lot of boys have tried making moves on her and she always ended up physically beating them up."
"What?"
"She's gotten quite a lot of detentions for it too," said Hermione, ignoring Harry's outburst. "I had to put my foot down in Lily's fourth year when she actually put a boy in the hospital wing. I tried talking to Sirius about it...."
"Eddie," whined Lily as she laid her head down on the Gryffindor table in aggravation. "You've had enough eggs. C'mon, we're going to be late for class!"
"Oh c'mon, Lils, one more plate," pleaded Eddie asked with a puppy dog expression on his face as he loaded his plate with food. Lily let out a groan of frustration as Asher did the same. Robby rolled her eyes and gathered her belongings.
"Fine!" snapped Robby, as she stuffed her books in her bag and rose to her feet. "It's your stomach, not mine."
"You two are never going to fit into your dress robes you know," said Lily with a lop-sided grin. Robby laughed and Eddie shrugged and continued stuffing his face.
"We have two days until the Christmas Ball," said Asher grinning, "that is plenty of time to pump some iron." He winked at the pair of them. Lily rolled her eyes as Robby smirked.
"Well, I'm not going to be late for class-"
"Well, good morning Lily," said a voice from behind. Robby stopped mid-sentence. Lily turned around and saw Ned Colins standing behind the four of them. Robby immediately lowered herself back into her seat and gave Lily a nudge in the ribs. Ned Collins was on the Ravenclaw Qudditch team, Prefect, very popular, and extremely handsome. Eddie and Asher stopped eating just stared, awaiting an interesting outcome, considering Lily's history with the opposite gender.
"Oh…er…hi Ned," muttered Lily, not really meeting his eye. Ned pulled up a seat next to Lily and just stared at her. He stared for a good minute before Lily stuffed her books into her bag and turned towards him sharply.
"Is there something I can help you with or do you feel lost?" Lily asked sardonically. Eddie and Asher went into a fit of chuckles. Ned just grinned and put his arm around Lily's shoulder. Lily cocked an eyebrow at him.
"I was wondering, Lily, if you would like to attend the Christmas Ball with me," asked Ned, giving her a charming grin that would make most girls at Hogwarts melt; but not Lily. Lily was different and it took a lot more than a handsome, charming grin to impress her. Instead of swooning, she just rolled her eyes so that Ned could not see and gave an inward groan. She took his arm from around her and placed it gently, but firmly on the table.
"Thanks for the offer, Ned, but no thanks," said Lily, as Ned stared at her, completely astonished at her rejection. No one had ever turned him down before and, now a fourth year was turning him down. There were people watching and some were laughing. Ned glared at them and turned back to Lily.
"And may I ask why not?" asked Ned, a bit coldly. Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"Because I would prefer to go alone, with my friends," she answered honestly, indicating Eddie, Asher, and Robby, who had also agreed to go alone. Ned raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing her reason.
"Is that all?" Ned asked coldly. Lily nodded slowly, her eyebrows raised. "Well, that's a pretty stupid reason! I say you're coming with me to whether you like it or not, Lily!" Ned roughly grabbed her arm. Lily just glared at him as her jaw began to twitch in anger. Eddie and Asher got to their feet angrily.
"She said she didn't want to go with you!" hissed Asher, immediately coming to Lily's defense. "Or do you not understand English?"
"Shut-up!" Ned snapped, not looking at him. "I wasn't talking to you, was I Lazard?"
"Listen you-" started Eddie, taking a step towards him with his fists clenched. But Lily gave him a look to silence him, that told him to stay back, that she would take care of the situation. Lily took her free hand and grabbed her wand and pointed it at Ned.
"If you don't want me to hex the pants off of you, I suggest you let go of me right now!" said Lily harshly, yet smiling innocently. Eddie, Asher, and Robby just stared at them nervously. Ned simply laughed
"I would love if you'd hex the pants off of me, Potter," said Ned lustfully. Lily's eyes widened furiously and she sucked in a gulp of air. Eddie jerked forward, ready to dive at Ned, but Asher grabbed his arm to stop him. He reassured Eddie that Lily would take care of herself, like she always has.
"I'm warning you-" started Lily, but Ned paid no mind. His lustful look never left his eyes. Instead of backing off, he leaned down and tried to kiss her. Furious, Lily shoved him away angrily and jumped to her feet with her wand at the ready. Eddie, on the other hand, saw red, brushed off Asher's grip and charged forward.
"HOW DARE YOU!" roared Eddie. He started toward Ned with his fists raised. But Ned was much quicker than Eddie and took out his wand and stunned him.
"I'm getting Professor Weasley!" cried Robby, clearly frantic and nervous at the scene before her. But she did not go anywhere.
Lily looked at Eddie's unconscious body, then looked at Ned, with a very dangerous look in her emerald green eyes. Asher jumped in front of her, trying to prevent her from leaping at Ned and punching the life out of him. Instead of going to get a professor, Robby bent down to try and revive Eddie
"Did you just stun my best friend?" asked Lily in a dangerous whisper. Ned grinned and folded his arms across his chest.
"You bet I did! Now come here, Potter," Ned started toward Lily but she took a step back and threw her wand on the floor. Ned raised a curious eyebrow but continued advancing on her. Lily simply smiled maliciously and grabbed her glasses from her face, tossing them on to the table. She closed her eyes and tilted her head towards the sky. Ned grabbed her and pulled her close to him. Her eyes were still closed.
"Open your eyes, Potter," demanded Ned. Lily's smirk only widened and she opened her eyes. Ned's eyes widened and he stumbled backward, at the look in Lily's eyes. Her eyes were lit up; it was like a green blazing fire and it made everyone watching gasp in horror.
"Lily, don't!" Robby cried out but it was too late. Lily muttered something under her breath and a green light shot out of her eyes, knocking Ned off his feet and on to the ground, unconscious. Everyone who was watching screamed out loud, which caught the attention of the professors at the staff table who were looking on the scene curiously.
"Never, EVER, harm any of my friends like that again, Colins!" snarled Lily, the fire in her eyes slowly diming. She did not notice Hermione put her hands to her mouth, jump to her feet, and was dashing over to the Gryffindor table, looking furious.
"LILY POTTER!" Hermione roared as she approached the scene, followed closely by Remus and Snape. Lily turned around; the fire had completely vanished from her eyes. Robby, who had tears in her eyes, was helping a now awake Eddie to his feet.
"Professor Snape, please take Mr. Colins to the hospital wing," ordered Hermione, bending down to make sure he was alright. Snape nodded and levitated Ned into the air, looking at him, completely horrified.
"What in the world did you do to him, Potter?" asked Snape, horrified at Lily's actions. Lily glared at him before grabbing her glasses and putting them back on her face. "You could have killed him!"
"Miss Potter, follow me to my office immediately," said Hermione firmly. Lily nodded and followed her godmother to her office, knowing she was in a huge amount of trouble. According to the Hogwarts code of conduct, Hermione had every right to expel Lily for what she had just done…and she knew she would too! Lily felt her stomach immediately fall out of her body.
"Lily!" Hermione yelled once they were safe within the walls of her office. "What were you thinking? You knocked that boy unconscious! I have a feeling he will be in that hospital wing for quite some time! I have every right to expel you right now!"
"He stunned Eddie, and no one does that to my friends!" retorted Lily, emotion choking her voice. Hermione put her hands on her hips, but looked at her goddaughter thoughtfully. Sometimes she was strongly reminded of Harry when she looked at Lily; not because of her eyes, but because Harry would have done the same thing someone had stunned Ron or herself. They really were so much alike.
"Why did he stun, Eddie?" asked Hermione curiously as she took a seat behind her desk. Lily bit her lip and looked at her feet. "I know there has to be reason."
" Colins asked me to the ball and I turned him down politely, but he kept pushing me," explained Lily, color rising to her face. Hermione nodded, urging her to continue. "Then, he tried to kiss me…when I didn't want him to! Eddie came to my defense, but before he could do anything, Colins stunned him and I lost my temper."
"I see."
"When I saw Eddie lying there, unconscious…" Lily's voice trailed off and she turned to look at the magnificent view from Hermione's window.
Hermione sighed and rested her chin on her hands as she leaned on her desk, watching Lily; waiting for some kind of reaction because she knew the real reason why her goddaughter had stunned Ned Colins and she wanted to Lily to admit it herself. But, she knew she never would and it frustrated Hermione to no end.
"Lily?" Lily turned to look at her.
"I'm going to ask you something and I want you to be honest" started Hermione. Lily did not do anything; simply stared. "Was this really about Eddie being stunned, or was it because Ned tried to kiss you when you said no?" Lily sighed, stuffed her hands in the pocket of her robes, and looked at her feet again.
"Well, no, I...yeah I suppose that was part of it," muttered Lily. Hermione looked at her skeptically with a raised eyebrow. "Okay, that was most it."
"Lily," said Hermione as she rubbed the bridge of her nose in irritation. "I know how you can't stand how boys hit on you and act disrespectfully, but you are going to have to get used to it. You are a very pretty girl, Lily, and I won't have a hospital wing full of boys who got there just for looking at you funny. Do you understand Lily?"
"Yes, Hermione," she muttered.
"I'm serious, Lily," continued Hermione, getting to her feet. "If I hear that you've done something like this again, I will have no choice but to expel my own goddaughter. Please do not make me do that…"
"Never."
Hermione smiled at her, gave a week's worth of detentions, and dismissed her.
"I better owl Sirius immediately," Hermione muttered to herself once Lily was out of the office door.
A few hours later, Hermione sat impatiently in her office as she waited for Sirius to respond to her owl. Finally, a large figure stumbled out of the fireplace, at first frightening Lily, but calmed when she saw the figure stand up and greet her with a mischievous grin.
"Hello, Padfoot!" Hermione said, smiling, crossing the office and embracing Sirius tightly. He gladly returned the hug. "How are you?"
"I can't complain," said Sirius as Hermione gestured for him to take a seat in front of her desk. "How is everything at Hogwarts?"
"Good," answered Hermione honestly as she poured each of them a glass of elfin wine and took her own seat at the desk. Sirius took the drink graciously and the two of them sat there in silence for a few moments.
"So, what's this I hear about Lily losing her temper, yet again?"
"Well, she just used her 'gift' to stun a boy that tried hitting on her," said Hermione angrily. Sirius was baffled by her sudden mood change. "Have you influenced this kind of behavior at all?"
"Never!" said Sirius, looking quite shocked, placing his wine on her desk. "In fact, I'm quite insulted that you would think I would influence that kind of behavior."
"But-"
"I try to encourage her to get a boyfriend and find love!"
"So do Ron and I," said Hermione earnestly. Sirius immediately calmed. "Where does she get the idea that she has to be so protective of herself against boys?" Sirius got to his feet and began pacing the room.
"Too be honest, Hermione, I don't have a clue to where Lily gets these ideas," said Sirius worriedly. He seemed quite taken back by what was going on with Lily and how she was behaving.
"Sirius, would you mind talking to her about? Maybe get some answers out of her?"
"Of course, Hermione!"
"......and Sirius tried talking to her about it, but she would just always change the subject. When it comes to the opposite gender, no one really knows what goes on inside of Lily's head."
At this point, Harry was not so much concerned about the whole boy situation with Lily for now. He was more concerned with something else; something else about the story Hermione just told him caught his attention and his concern.
"Hermione, what was that power with Lily's eyes; the power that Lily used to attack Ned Collins?" asked Harry, curiosity and some kind of panic rising in his chest. "Isn't controlled magic impossible without a wand?"
Hermione went deathly pale.
A note from the Jitterbelle. Well, what does that power with Lily's eyes mean? DUNDUNDUN!
Please keep in mind that this story was written long before Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was written so will not be in tune with the real, original series.
Coming in Chapter 10 - Lily and Harry share some bonding experiences...