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 10 - Lily Potter and Harry Evans; The Famous Dueo:
"Oh, never mind, Harry," muttered Hermione, trying to brush it off like it was nothing. There was no color in her cheeks. "You should just forget I mentioned it. It is nothing important."
"If it's not important, why can't you tell me?"
"I told you, just forget I mentioned it."
No!" said Harry firmly. "What was that magic that Lily used with her eyes? The green light she used to attack Ned Collins? What was it? I have a right to know!"
"I said forget it, Harry!" Hermione nearly shouted. Harry was rather shocked; Hermione rarely ever lost her temper, especially with Harry. He shrugged and thought it was best to drop the subject, for now. Maybe he would ask Ron or Eddie about it later. Hell, maybe he would work up enough courage to as Lily, herself, about it later.
The weekend at the Windum went by rather fast for Harry. It was like being at the Burrow all over again; except with less Weasleys and an extra Potter. He spent the entire weekend playing Quidditch, wizard chess, and Exploding Snap with Eddie, Lily, and even little crazy Teresa. Harry genuinely liked spending time with Eddie, considering he was so much like Ron. But, spending time with Lily was certainly a different experience; sometimes it would seem that she and Harry were the best of friends, and other times she seemed to hate him. Eddie said she was like that with almost everybody except himself.
"She just has mood swings," Eddie told Harry with a casual shrug.
"She doesn't seem to have this bipolar behavior with you," Harry protested. Eddie could only shrug.
"I'm her best friend, Harry," said Eddie. "I guess she feels some kind of special bond with me or something. I wouldn't feel bad though; she is the same way with Robby, Asher, mum, dad, Remus, and even Sirius."
"Was she like that with me when...you know...before I died?" Harry asked slowly. Eddie went slightly pale and did not respond to Harry's question, which continued to infuriate Harry. No one seemed to answer his questions about the future and he felt that the only one who would be truthful would be Lily; but Harry was almost too frightened to ask her about it.
"Don't worry about it, Harry," said Eddie as he shook his shoulder roughly. "Just give her some time. I promise you, Lily will come around."
The subject was not brought up again.
Harry was able to borrow some of Eddie's old robes, since he was so much taller than Harry and thankfully he had pocketed his own wand before opening the book. Hermione was even able to buy Harry another set of the books he needed. Everything was set; Harry He was all set to return to Hogwarts with Lily, Eddie, and one of his best friends as Headmistress.
It was early Monday morning. Lily was cranky and yawning as Eddie pulled his trunk into the fireplace and shouted "Hogwarts." Harry took a deep breath and stepped into the fireplace, ready to return to the Hogwarts as Lily knew it. He had only seen it for a few hours and could only go by what Lily and Eddie had told him about it, and certainly seemed the same. But, inside, Harry knew it was going to be different, extremely different.
When they reached Hogwarts, Harry and Lily headed straight to the Gryffindor Common Room with their trunks. Eddie was forced to stay behind in his mother's office because he was being lectured by Hermione about turning Teresa's favorite stuffed animal into a giant cockroach. On the way up to Gryffindor Tower, the pair of them met up with Lily 's least favorite person.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Four-Eyed Potty. Where's the Redheaded Weasel?" sneered a voice from the shadows. Lily gritted her teeth, dropped her trunk, and gave a frustrated groan before pulling out her wand. Harry followed Lily's suit and slowly took out his wand too.
"What's going on?" Harry whispered urgently. Lily ignored him and turned to face the person who had snuck up behind them.
"Why don't you get a life, Malfoy? What in the bloody hell do you want?" asked Lily coldly, clenching her wand tightly. Daris Malfoy stepped out of the shadows, a malicious grin on his pale, pointed face. It astounded Harry at how much Daris resembled his father.
"I was just wondering where you were this weekend?" he asked, as though the two of them were friends and having a pleasant conversation. Lily narrowed her eyes at him; her jaw set.
"What business is that of yours, you son of a bit-"
"Language, Potter, is not a nice thing," Malfoy said coolly, raising his finger and moving it like a ticking clock. This action infuriated Lily and she raised her wand threateningly. Malfoy laughed evilly at her actions
"C'mon, Potter," sneered Malfoy. "Curse me, hex me, you know you want to."
Lily raised her wand higher, but Harry, sensing danger in Lily's temper, put a gentle hand on her arm. She quickly looked at him and her future father shook his head, giving her a warning with his emerald green eyes. Lily looked from Harry to Malfoy before muttering something under her breath and pocketing her wand.
"You're not worth it, you scum," hissed Lily. Malfoy, who had been looking for a fight with Lily, looked furiously at Harry. Harry just glared right back at him
"Why don't you mind your own business you mop head!" shouted Malfoy, gesturing towards Harry's hair. Lily threw her head back and laughed out loud, almost cruelly. Harry could not help but grin as well.
"Mop head?" busted Lily. "Really, Malfoy, is that the best that you can do?" Malfoy ignored Lily and continued to shoot daggers at Harry with his cold, gray eyes.
"You!" he growled, pointing his finger straight at Harry. "Who are you?"
"Harry Evans," Harry said proudly. "Now why don't you go get a life and join the rest of your slimey Slytherin friends who will all become nothing but low life Death Eaters!"
"What did you say to me, Evans?" Malfoy asked slowly. Lily started coughing nervously. Harry and Malfoy did not seem to hear her, nor did they notice that she had grown deathly pale.
"You heard me!"
"Well, Potter, how do you f-?" asked Malfoy, crossing his arms across his chest coolly, raising a smug eyebrow. Lily quickly pulled her wand out of the pocket and raised it as Harry did the same.
"STUPEFY!" Lily and Harry shouted in unison.
Two jets of light bursted from both of their wands and Malfoy was knocked off of his feet and unconscious before he hit the floor. Lily and Harry stared at their wands for a minute, then at each other for a moment before they heard footsteps coming from behind them. Harry swore loudly and turned to Lily desperately.
"Now what?"
Lily turned around, biting her lip before turning back to look at her future father.
"Don't say anything," she ordered. "Just do as I say and follow my lead."
Harry nodded as Lily hurriedly ripped open her trunk and pulled out, what Harry recognized, as his old Invisibility Cloak. Harry wanted to question her about it but he remembered her orders and did not say anything. Instead, he watched as she flicked her wand in the direction of their trunks, causing them both to shrink to the size of small coins. Lily quickly grabbed them and shoved them into her pocket before throwing the cloak over both herself and Harry. This all amazed and impressed Harry. He certainly would not have thought of any of it. Lily seemed to be very sly, slick, and seemed to thrive under this kind of pressure; he could tell that she had done something like this before.
Safely hidden underneath the famous, Potter Invisibility Cloak, the two of them turned around to Snape coming down the corridor. He had on a faded green bathrobe and was walking on a cane with a nasty scowl on his face. Lily and Harry backed up away from their nasty professor until their backs hit the wall and they held their breaths. The stared wide-eyed as Snape looked around and saw Malfoy lying on the floor unconscious and immediately rushed to his side and revived him.
"Mr. Malfoy, what happened? Who did this to you?" asked Snape urgently. Malfoy's cold gray eyes fluttered open and he shook his head slowly and gazed around the corridor.
"Potter!" he shouted. Harry could almost see Snape's eyes light up at the sound of Lily's name. "It was Lily Potter and that Evans boy! I was walking down the corridor minding my own business when they both came out of nowhere and hexed me."
Lily held on to her wand tightly, her knuckles turning white. There was a look of pure fury in her emerald green eyes and Harry understood why. He did not appreciate or respect when people lied to get him in trouble, especially when it was Slytherin scum like a Malfoy. Lily started forward, ready to lose her temper, but Harry grabbed a hold of her arm. She turned to look at him and he just shook his head, as though telling her with his eyes to not do anything. Lily made a frown, but obeyed Harry's warning, knowing he was right and that it would just get her into trouble.
"Well, we shall speak to the Headmistress about this," muttered Snape, as he helped Malfoy to his feet, a sneer playing on his pale lips. "I will personally make sure that our famous duo gets the punishment that they deserve. Come with me, Mr. Malfoy." Grabbing him by the collar of his robes, Snape dragged Malfoy in the direction toward Hermione's office.
When they were out of sight and out of ear shot, Lily took off the Invisibility Cloak and stuffed it into the pocket of her robes while taking out the miniature trunks and handing Harry his own. There was a spark in her fiery emerald depths; a mischievous spark. Harry could not imagine what she was planning next. Before he had time to think about it, Lily grabbed a hold of Harry's forearm.
"C'mon," she muttered quietly, "I have an idea."
Lily ran off, dragging Harry closely behind her. They did not stop running until they were in front of the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. They stopped in front of the Portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Buttercup!" said Lily, gasping for air, trying to catch her breath from running so fast. Without a moment's hesitation, the Portrait swung open and she dashed inside, still dragging Harry behind her. When they were inside the Common Room, Lily whipped around and stationed Harry in the middle of the room.
"Wait here," ordered Lily. Harry nodded, wide-eyed. He watched with an amused look on his face as Lily bolted up the stairs to the girl's dormitories. Before Harry had any chance to even ponder about what his future daughter could be up to, Lily came flying back down the stairs a mere few moments later with a large bulging black bag in her hands. She had a big grin on her good-natured face.
"Come on," Lily whispered excitedly as she grabbed Harry's arm, her Invisibility Cloak still hanging out of the pocket of her robes, and dragged him through the Portrait Hole. Once they were down the corridor, she threw the cloak over herself and Harry and led him towards the dungeons. Harry, still completely bewildered on what Lily was planning, bit his lip nervously and sucked in a large gulp of air.
"Um, Lily?" asked Harry uncertainly, raising a curious eyebrow. "Where are we going? And, what are we doing exactly?" Harry saw Lily's grin widened and she handed Harry the large, black velvet bag. Harry was not surprised to find that it was heavy and his curiosity got the better of him, so he opened it. When he saw what was inside, he could not help but chuckle to himself in amusement; he had never seen so many Dungbombs in his entire life.
"Fred and George sent them to me last Christmas," explained Lily, seeing the look on Harry's amused face. "I haven't been able to put them to good use yet. Until now, that is. We're going to set them off all over the Slytherin Common Room."
"What?" choked Harry. "Lily- "
"Quiet!"
They reached the familiar wall in the dungeons that Harry recognized from his second year as the entrance to the Slytherin Common Room.
"You know the password?" asked Harry curiously. Lily nodded with a proud smile on her face. "How could you possibly know it??"
"Robby is Gryffindor prefect and having one of your best friends as a prefect has some advantages," she said with an impish grin on her face. Harry shook his head disapprovingly but could not help but chuckle. Lily stopped in front of the damp wall.
"Sissing snakes," she whispered. The password sent shivers down Harry's spine.
The wall slid opened and Lily put a finger to her lips, telling Harry to keep quiet. Harry nodded obediently and she beckoned him to follow her. Quietly, they tip-toed into the Slytherin Common Room and Lily placed a Silencing Charm on the two of them so that no one could hear them from their dormitories.
"Okay, now we can speak freely," said Lily with a breath of relief. "Take the Dungbombs and place them randomly around the Common Room."
"You got it!"
"Make sure you put an Invisibility Charm on them too!"
"Yes ma'am!"
The two of them laughed, without a care in the world, as they placed Dungbombs in every corner, every chair, under the couch cushions, and the stair banisters. They placed them in any spot they could manage to find within the Common Room.
"You know," started Harry, as he managed to put one under the couch. "I remember when Ron and I used the Polyjuice Potion to sneak in here in our second year. We wanted to interrogating Malfoy; Draco Malfoy."
"About the Chamber of Secrets right?" asked Lily wearing a knowing, lop-sided grin. Harry looked up at her and stared at her in awe.
"You know about that?"
"Of course!" said Lily brightly. "I mean, Ron tells Eddie and I stories about your adventures at Hogwarts all the time."
"Does he really?" asked Harry curiously as he nodded. Turning away to hide another Dungbomb, he could not help but wonder why he was not the one who was telling his daughter of his adventures. After all, he did not die until she was twelve years old. How come it seemed that Harry had absolutely no part in her life? What happened these past twenty-one years?
"Ready, Harry?" asked Lily a few moments later, wearing a grin a mile long, breaking Harry out of his thoughts. He jerked his head out of his daze, looking at Lily, he also grinned and nodded. Lily threw the Invisibility Cloak around their shoulders and quietly scurried out of the Slytherin Common Room.
"I want to wait and make sure Malfoy gets back," said Lily slyly. Harry looked at her curiously. "I want to see him smiling at the fact that he got us in trouble."
Harry and Lily stood outside of the damp wall, waiting for the sight of Malfoy strutting down the corridor. After waiting impatiently (especially in Lily's case) for fifteen minutes, they soon spotted him coming down the steps, an evil smirk on his face. He walked right past the pair of them without a second though and entered his Common Room. It was Lily's turn for her lips to curl into an evil smirk.
"We'll see how fast we can wipe that slimy smirk off of your face," whispered Lily as she raised her wand. "Dungbombio!" Harry recognized it as the spell that had the power to set off Dungbombs.
The pair waited anxiously in silence for a moment before they started laughing hysterical. Even from behind the damp wall, they could hear Malfoy screaming in disgust at the smell of all the Dungbombs. It was only moments before they could hear even more screams of repulsion from the Slytherins. It was very difficult for Lily and Harry to keep their fits of giggles to a mere whisper. Soon, it seemed as though the whole House came storming out of the Slytherin Common Room as fast as they could. Lily and Harry immediately backed up until they hit the wall, so no one could feel them under the cloak. No longer able to continue laughing silently, they let out of few snorts of laughter. Thankfully, no one heard them since the Slytherins were screaming and yelling angrily, and very loudly.
It was not long before Lily and Harry saw Snape and Hermione come running down the dungeon steps, both wearing their bathrobes. Harry nearly choked on his saliva when he saw the hot curlers in Hermione's hair but Lily elbowed him in the ribs to prevent him from making any more noise. Snape looked rather calm and collected while Hermione looked absolutely annoyed and frantic at having to get up in the middle of the night to see what the uproar was all about.
"What is the meaning of this?" asked Hermione impatiently over the shouts of the Slytherins. Her hands were placed firmly on her hips and it pleased Harry to see that she looked just as firm and as bossy as she did in their first year. It made him smile.
"Someone set Dungbombs in our Common Room!" a small Slytherin boy cried out angrily.
"What are you talking about?" retorted Snape. He and Hermione looked at each other briefly before they went inside the Common Room to investigate, though they came back up rather quickly with disgusted looks on their face. Snape was having a coughing fit and Hermione's eyes were tearing. Harry immediately stopped laughing but Lily was still in a silent fit.
"Well, that's horrendous," muttered Hermione, pinching her nose with her two fingers. "I've use a spell to try and stifle the smell but that is all I can do for now. There is nothing else we can do. You all can go back to bed now. Now off to bed!"
"WE CAN'T SLEEP IN THERE!" roared Malfoy. "IT SMELLS!"
Hermione stared at him for a moment.
"As I said, Mr. Malfoy," she started, "there is nothing anyone can do except try and stifle the smell, which I have done." With that, she turned on heel and walked back up the stairs of the dungeons. Snape shot his students an apologetic look before following her. The Slytherins lingered in the corridor for a few moments before the prefects ordered them back into the Common Room. Once they were all out of sight, Lily gripped Harry's wrist.
"C'mon," she whispered excitedly. "I have another idea! Do we have any Dungbombs left?"
"Er…yeah a few…"
Before Harry could say or do anything else, Lily was dragging him out of the dungeons, through the silent castle corridors, and into the Great Hall.
"What are we doing now?" asked Harry anxiously, yet nervously.
"We are going to put the Invisible Charm on the leftover Dungbombs and place them under the Slytherin table" explained Lily casually, as though she did actions like this daily. "Tomorrow while the scummy snakes are eating their breakfasts, we'll set them off." Harry could not help but grin and shake his head in amusement. With a defeated sigh, he held out his hand.
"Hand me a Dungbomb."
After they had set all the leftover Dungbombs they had left under the Slytherin table and put Invisible Charm on them, they sniggered and ran all the way back to Gryffindor Tower under the cloak. When they arrived through the Portrait Hole, still laughing, they saw Eddie sitting on an armchair in the Common Room wearing a large, freckled grin.
"Lils?" Eddie called out. "Please, take off your dumb cloak and tell me you didn't sneak into the Slytherin Common Room and set Dungbombs all over the place."
Lily pulled the cloak off of both of them, finally relieving themselves.
"Do you want me to lie?" Lily asked, grinning, flopping herself down on the couch with a tired look on her face. Eddie slapped his palm to his forehead and laughed. Lily and Harry looked at each other, grinned, and gave each other a high five.
"Great job you two!" said Eddie, laughing. "I present Lily and Harry Potter, the famous duo!" Eddie did a horrible mock performance of giving them a royal bow. Lily gave an even worse imitation of princess wave. Harry just rolled his eyes and chuckled, sitting down in the arm chair across from Eddie.
"Well, Harry Evans in this case," said Harry with a shrug. Eddie closed his eyes and continued to laugh. As his eyes were closed, Lily caught Harry's attention. He looked at her curiously.
'Don't tell anyone about the Great Hall,' mouthed Lily to Harry without Eddie noticing. Harry nodded to show that he understood. Lily flashed him an amused wink. To not arouse suspicion, Harry looked at Eddie curiously.
"How'd you know we set Dungbombs in the Slytherin Common Room, Eddie?" asked Harry curiously. "I mean, we only did it a few minutes ago." Eddie's grin widened.
"Ghosts talk, Harry," said Eddie. "Nearly Headless Nick just heard and came and told me. He wanted to know if Lily was behind it."
"Now, why would Nick think such a thing of me?" asked Lily feigning hurt.
"Hmm, gee, I wonder," said Eddie in sarcastic, mock puzzlement. Both Lily and Harry laughed. After a few moments of comfortable silence, Harry felt himself stretch and yawn. He rubbed his eyes and got to his feet.
"I think I'm going to head to bed," he said quietly. Lily looked up at him with a smile.
"Yes, we should turn in early. We want to be up early enough to see our 'project' in action," said Lily, winking at Harry. Harry grinned back.
"Absolutely," he said with a smile. "G'night, Lily; g'night Ed." With that, he turned around and headed up the stairs towards the boy's fifth year dormitories. Lily watched him until he was out of sight. When she turned back around, she saw that Eddie was staring at her curiously, with his head cocked to the side, as though considering her, and his chestnut eyes narrowed into suspicious slits.
"What?"
"I thought you said you didn't want to get to know Harry," accused Eddie. "You're certainly not doing a good job of not getting to know him." Lily considered Eddie for a moment before looking back at the stairs that Harry had just climbed. With a great sigh, she turned back to her friend with the most sincere, softest smile he had ever seen on her face.
"I guess I changed my mind," said Lily softly. With those words, Eddie's accusing and curious look melted away from his face and he replaced it with a grin.
"I'm really glad you did decided to change your mind, Lils," he said smiling. Lily nodded and gave a weak smile back.
"I'm still fighting it though, Ed," confessed Lily. Eddie rested his elbows on his knees and stared intently at his friend, to show that he was listening. "I want to hang to get to know him but, I'm afraid to get close. Part of me will just allow myself to hang out with him, maybe pull a few pranks with us. But then, there is that other part of me…."
Eddie reached over and gently grasped Lily's hand tightly in his own. Lily continued to look up at the staircase and would not meet his gaze. This did not surprise nor offend Eddie. Instead, he tightened his grip on her hand and spoke to her anyway.
"Just don't fight it, Lils," he whispered gently. "Just let it go."
"It's just...." started Lily, but she cut herself off. Eddie let go of her hand but kept his gaze on her, to show her that he was still listening and to allow her to find the right words. "It's just that he seems so different."
"Different? How?"
"He's not like how I imagined he would be," explained Lily, still staring up at the staircase. "He just seems to be filled with so much goodness. I find it hard to believe that he…the boy who pulled a prank with me tonight turns out…that one day in his future he will do the things that he did in my past. I just can't believe it."
"Maybe you'll finally come to understand why he did the things that he did," said Eddie, wearing his Ron-like lopsided grin. He was clearly trying to lighten up the mood with a sincere topic. It did not amuse Lily and she simply shook her head.
"Don't say he did it for me, Ed…"
"He did though," interrupted Eddie, protesting Lily's comment. But, Lily did not say anything. Instead, she finally tore her eyes off of the staircase and looked at Eddie with a light-hearted smile that did not match her tone of her eyes.
"I'm going to bed," announced Lily, getting up and starting towards the fifth year girl's dormitories. "Like Harry, I need to get up early tomorrow."
"Do I dare ask why?" asked Eddie dryly, but good-naturedly. Lily, who was halfway up the stairs, turned to look at her friend with a bright, mischievous smile on her face
"You'll see tomorrow."
"Until tomorrow then," said Eddie, getting to his own feet. "Good nigh, Lils."
"G'night, Eddie."
With that, Eddie retreated to bed as well.
Harry could feel himself deep in the warm, comfortable depths of slumber.
"WAKE UP!"
Until just now.
Harry jumped with a squeal, tumbling out of bed to see Lily standing above it grinning like a maniac.
"Lovely wake-up call, Lily," said Harry, dryly. Lily laughed.
"I thought you might like it. But, you need to get up," she said as she threw Harry his Hogwarts robes. "I want to make sure that those slimy Slytherins get their little surprise."
Harry, finally recovering from shock, recalled the events from last night. He chuckled to himself and ran into the bathroom to change. When he came out he found Lily pacing around the Gryffindor Common Room anxiously and rather impatiently. Without a word, the two of them sprinted towards the Great Hall.
They found Eddie, Asher, and Robby were already sitting and eating at the Gryffindor table. Harry flopped into a seat between Asher and Lily. They pair looked at each other, as though they were speaking without words; almost reading each other's minds. Asher and Robyn stared at the pair curiously but Eddie just bounced in his seat anxiously. Without a word, Harry nodded. Lily beamed and muttered something under her breath with her wand clenched tightly in her first. Harry turned to look at Eddie and winked.
Within seconds, the Slytherins were jumping out of their seats with disgusted looks on their faces. A few of the older students began screaming angrily at the rest of the school for laughing at the sight of them. This time, it was Lily's turn to give Harry the 'go ahead' nod. Harry grinned and took the Invisible Spell off of the Dungbombs. This caused the laughter from the other Houses to only increase. Asher and Robby were laughing so hard they were on the floor, clutching on to their bellies Once Eddie caught his breath, he just grinned at Lily and Harry.
"Lily Potter and Harry Evans," said Eddie, raising his goblet, as though toasting them. Many students overheard Eddie and looked at the pair curiously. "The famous duo strikes again!" Lily and Harry did nothing but smirk at one another
Lily Potter and Harry Evans; the Famous Duo.
Harry liked the sound of that.
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Coming in Chapter 11 -- Daris Malfoy sees "something" on Harry's forehead.