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. They 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 21- Forced to Hide from the Future:
"Sirius?"
Lily's heart stopped in her chest as she looked into the face of a tall, broad-shouldered man with a thin, almost sickly looking face. He never really fully recovered from all of those years in Azkaban. He was pushing well into his late fifties, but he looked much older with his white skin, shoulder length grayish, blackish hair, and blue eyes that froze like ice in the middle of winter. He had the look of a once handsome young man who had gone through a rough and sickly time. As a result, his face had somewhat of a haunted look to it, but his wide, proud, and mischievous smile made up for it as he chuckled over Lily's shocked state of seeing him there.
"Yes, Flower, it's me," said Sirius, grinning down at the girl before him. "Hermione sent me and owl and told me you ladies were performing tonight for the Halloween Ball. I wasn't about to miss my Lily Flower's performance, now, was I?"
Lily nodded understanding; but not understanding what she was feeling at that moment. On one hand, she was extremely happy; almost thrilled at the fact that Sirius went out of his way to come to Hogwarts to see her perform. On the other hand, she was terrified; terrified of what would happen if Sirius realized that Harry was here. Sirius still knew nothing of Harry's visit and if he found out…. Lily could not bear to think of what would happen if Sirius did find out. While she should have been ecstatic to see Sirius so unexpectedly like this, her only concern right now was to warn Hermione and Remus and get Harry the hell out of the Great Hall and out of Sirius' sight.
Lily smiled up at Sirius to show her gratitude for his presence. She wanted to say than thank you; she wanted to celebrate over the fact that he had come to see her. She loved Sirius' surprise visits to Hogwarts. But, Harry's face kept popping up in her mind. Lily knew she had to find Hermione and Remus and fast because she was starting to have an internal struggle with herself. Part of her wanted to tell Sirius about Harry's time-traveling visit; after all, Harry did die saving Sirius. Maybe he had learned to forgive Harry over the last three years. The other part of her knew that Sirius would never forgive Harry and would curse him as fast as look at him. She sighed heavily to herself.
"Are you okay, Lily?" asked Sirius, noticing her sigh. He kneeled down so that he was eye level with her. He gently patted her head in loving concern.
"Erm…yes…I'm fine," she muttered hastily, brushing his hand away. Sirius' eyes narrowed in confusion and concern but did not say anything. "Uh, Padfoot, does Hermione or Moony know that you're here?"
"No…" said Sirius slowly, as he got back to his feet and looked down at her. "I always make surprise visits without informing them and that has never bothered them or you before. Sure, it makes the parents angry. But who cares what they think, right?" The last part intended to be a joke, but Lily did not laugh. She was too busy looking around the room anxiously for any sign of Hermione or Remus. Sirius did not fail to notice.
"Seriously, Lily, are you feeling alright?" he asked again, this time more sharp. Lily nodded her head,
"Yeah," said Lily untruthfully, silently praying that someone would realize that Sirius was here. "Yeah, I'm fine." Sirius looked at her disbelievingly.
"Then why do you look so sick? Or why do you look like Voldemort is going to pop out and say 'Boo' at any second?" asked Sirius skeptically. Lily sighed and knew that Sirius was not buying a word that she said. She just looked at him with complete fear and concern in her emerald green eyes. Her priority was Harry and how Sirius would react if he were to see him here.
"I don't know, Padfoot," said Lily with a shrug. "I guess I'm just a little nervous about the performance tonight." Lily knew that she was lying through her teeth. And apparently, Sirius knew too because he made a disbelieving snort through his nose.
"Now that's a cock in bull excuse if I ever heard one," he said, half smiling.
"What do you mean?"
"You never get nervous before singing performances or Quidditch matches. The day Lily Potter is nervous about something not considered dangerous is the day pigs fly," said Sirius, folding his arms across his chest. Lily shrugged and smiled mischievously.
"Well, that can be arranged," she said as she pulled out her wand. Sirius looked at her curiously as Lily looked around the Great Hall for a moment and spotted Daris Malfoy chatting up a fourth year Slytherin. Grinning, Lily pointed her wand at Malfoy and whispered, "Wingardium Leviosa." Malfoy levitated into the air and people around him began screaming and shouting before Lily pulled her wand away and he came crashing to the floor. When she turned back around Sirius was clutching his stomach and laughing.
"Good one, Flower," he said grinning. Lily shrugged, still smiling.
"See? Pigs can fly. So, I guess that means it's possible for me to get a little nervous," said Lily. Sirius rolled his eyes and placed a hand on her shoulder and shook it playfully.
"You and your smart arse comments," said Sirius shaking his head. "You have so much of your grandfather in you, Lily." At that moment, Lily knew that it was the perfect time to bring up Harry. She would judge whether Sirius was ready to see Harry based on his reaction to Lily mentioning him. Lily knew, for everyone's sake, that she had to make sure that Sirius would be absolutely ready. She took a deep, shaky breath.
"I'm a lot like my grandfather," started Lily slowly. "But, what about my own father; am I like him at all?" Lily did not look Sirius in the eye when she asked him this question. She chanced a glance up at him and noticed that his eyes were closed and his he was making a face as though he were in pain. She felt his grip on her shoulder tighten to the point where it was painful for her to endure.
"I told you this before, Lily. I don't want to talk about him!" whispered Sirius as though he were growling it. He said the last word, 'him,' referring to Harry as though it were something utterly disgusting. Lily took another deep, shaking breath before realizing that Sirius was not ready to see Harry. She had to find Hermione and Remus as quickly as possible; before Sirius laid eyes on his time-traveling godson whom he did not even want to talk about, much less see in person.
"C'mon Padfoot," started Lily, which she hoped was in a cheerful voice and taking Sirius' hand. "Moony and Hermione will be wanting to see you."
When Sirius' hand was tightly clenched in her own, Lily dragged him towards the staff table. As long as she kept him away from wall where the Gryffindors usually sat at their table, they would be alright. It would give Lily and Eddie enough time to get Harry out of the Great Hall and somewhere where Sirius would not find him. As they walked towards the staff table, she caught sight of both Hermione and Remus talking to Madame Parks; no doubt talking about how Harry was feeling since his last hospital visit.
"Moony!" shouted Lily as she pushed her way through the crowd of students who were patting her on the back and offering her a job well done on the performance so far. Robby, Mandy, and Jem had noticed that Lily had not yet returned and they continued performing songs that Jem knew how to sing. Lily ignored everything going on around her and continued dragging Sirius by his hand towards where the staff was sitting. "Moony! Hermione!" Thanks to Remus' wolf instincts that came with being a werewolf, he heard Lily's shout over the noise of the music and crowd and turned around to look at her in concern.
"Lily? Why aren't you up on stage singing? What's wrong?" Remus asked very quickly and before Lily had time to answer, he saw whom Lily was dragging towards the staff table and had gone pale at the sight of his old friend.
"Padfoot?" he managed to squeak, spluttering out pumpkin juice down the front of his already shabby robes. Sirius, noticing Remus' behavior, nodded slowly.
"Yes, Moony, it's just me," Sirius asked slowly, raising an eyebrow. "I'm not Voldemort in disguise so you can take that look off of your face now." At that moment, Hermione also noticed Sirius' presence and her eyes widened and she gasped.
"Sirius?" asked Hermione breathlessly, immediately going red with concern. "Sirius, what are you doing here?"
"Bloody hell!" Sirius snapped impatiently, throwing his hands up in the air. "What in the bloody hell is going on around here?"
"Nothing Sirius!" Remus lied quickly, and in a very unconvincing tone. Sirius just rolled his eyes.
"Remus, you never very good at lying to James and I so don't try and start now. You're still bad at it," said Sirius dryly. "Why is everyone completely terrified at the sight of me? In case you all forgot, I'm no longer a fugitive from Azkaban. My name was cleared. I will not kill anyone." Sirius said this all very sarcastically and his eyes were narrowed at the two adults in front of him. Lily nervously gulped and let go of Sirius' hand as she silently searched for Eddie so she could warn him to get Harry out of the Great Hall as soon as possible. Remus and Hermione ignored Sirius' comments and Hermione broke her thoughts.
"Lily?" she called out. Lily shook herself out of her daze in her attempt to look for Eddie and looked up at her godmother uncertainly. "Why don't you and Eddie? I'm sure he would like to see Sirius as well."
Lily, taking the hint to get Harry out of the Great Hall as soon as possible, nodded and dashed over to the Gryffindor wall as fast as her short legs could carry her. Sirius was about to go follow her, claiming that he would like to see Asher and Robyn as well, when Hermione grabbed his arm to stop him.
"No!"
Sirius said nothing, but raised an eyebrow at her.
"Eddie!" shouted Lily as she saw him up a head, leaning against the wall and watching Robby, Mandy, and Jem perform. "Eddie!" When she got closer to him, she realized that Harry was standing next to him, also watching the band perform. They both looked up at the sound of Lily's voice.
"Hey Lils," said Eddie, a pink color appearing in his cheeks. "Harry and I were just wondering when you were going back on?" When she walked closer to him, he noticed the pale and frightened look on her face and his smile immediately turned upside down. "What's wrong?"
"Ed…I just…come here. I need to talk to you," she said hastily, grabbing on to his arm and dragging him away from Harry. Harry raised an eyebrow, but did not say anything, learning his lesson from the last time that he eavesdropped. He watched Lily and Eddie closely; Lily whispered something in Eddie's ear and his eyes widened. He nodded and ran back to Harry, while Lily back towards the staff table.
"Harry, follow me," demanded Eddie. Harry's eyebrows furrowed.
"What's going on?" Harry asked skeptically, trying to look for Lily in the crowd. "Is something happening?"
"There is no time to explain."
"Well, then make time," said Harry stubbornly. Eddie just let out of frustrated yell before grabbing Harry's arm and before Harry could do anything, he was being dragged out of the Great Hall.
"Bloody hell, Ed!" he nearly shouted as Eddie continued to drag him towards the Entrance Hall. People were starting to stare at them. "What's going on?" Eddie did not answer; he seemed to be in a rush to get Harry out of the Great Hall. Harry looked around for any glimpse of Lily, knowing she might be able to explain what was going. Just before he went through the doors, Harry caught sight of her talking to Hermione, Remus, and tall, man with dark gray hair and a haunted look on his face. Harry's heart leaped into his throat and his eyes widened excitedly.
"Wait a minute!" shouted Harry, trying to break free of Eddie's vice-like grip. "Is that Sir-?"
"COME ON!" shouted Eddie, as grabbed Harry by the shoulders and almost threw him off his feet, through the doors of the Great Hall, and into the Entrance Hall. Once Harry had fallen on to the floor of the Great Hall, Eddie followed so that he could drag him back all the way to the Common Room. Harry stubbornly got to his feet and popped his head back into the Great Hall. His eyes widened as the man turned to Lily, and Harry could see most of his face.
"SIRIUS!" shouted Harry. Eddie panicked and did the first thing he could think of to get Harry out of the Great Hall. He grabbed him around his middle and off his feet and literally carried out of the Great Hall and towards Gryffindor Tower. This was an easy feat for him as Eddie was so much taller than Harry.
Sirius heard his name called out. His ears pricked up and he slowly turned around at the sound of his name. But, he did not see anyone waving or coming towards him. The only thing that caught his eye was the sight of Eddie carrying a struggling figure out of the Great Hall and out of sight.
"What was that?" asked Sirius curiously. Lily, Hermione, and Remus all looked at each other nervously, but Sirius did not notice. He was too busy looking behind him for whoever called out his name.
"What was what?" Lily asked, trying to sound casual.
"I thought I heard someone call my name," said Sirius slowly. "I think Eddie just dragged him out of the Great Hall…"
Panic arose in all of their eyes and they looked at each other desperately. Sirius was still looking towards the entrance of the Great Hall, clearly intrigued as to who called out his name. Thinking quickly, Lily said, "Padfoot, your old age is really getting to you. You're starting to hear and see things now." Hermione looked as though she could have kissed Lily because Sirius did not question it anymore. He simply turned back around to look at Lily and grinned with a mock expression of hurt on his face.
"I'm old, but I'm not that old, Flower," said Sirius with a wink. Lily rolled her eyes and decided to play along with this conversation, happy to get off the subject of who had called out his name.
"Well, I think Jem has run out of songs that she can sing," said Lily, "I had better get back to the performance." She smiled at the three and headed to the stage. She whispered something to Jem who nodded in understanding. Without anyone noticing, particularly Sirius, Lily snuck out of the Great Hall and headed toward the Gryffindor Tower.
"EDDIE!" bellowed Harry, kicking and punching, trying to get out of Eddie's grip. They were in front of the Fat Lady and Eddie was still carrying him as though he were a child. "GET OFF OF ME! THAT WAS SIRIUS! I WANT TO SEE SIRIUS!"
Eddie ignored him and carried him through the Portrait Hole. When they were safe inside of the empty tower, as everyone was still as the ball, Eddie dropped him on to the floor. Harry looked around and noticed they were in the Gryffindor Common Room. He stood up and looked at Eddie with anger flashing in his bright green eyes, quite similar to Lily's. It almost frightened to see how very alike Harry and Lily actually were; especially their eyes. It sent shivers down Eddie's spine.
"What the bloody hell did you do that for?" roared Harry, throwing his hands up in frustration. He tried to get around Eddie to go back to the Great Hall to see Sirius but Eddie kept blocking his path.
"Stop it, Harry," said Eddie firmly, "It was for the best…"
"I DON'T CARE!" bellowed Harry. He was so loud and so angry that Eddie actually, physically flinched. "I don't care what is for the best anymore! I don't care about my future or what in the world I did to everyone that was so horrible! I just want to see Sirius! Why can't I see him? He's my godfather for Merlin's sake!"
"You just need to trust us on this one, alright?" said Eddie impatiently. "Lily told me to get you the hell out of there so I did."
"Why did you have to get me out of there?" asked Harry angrily, narrowing his eyes at Eddie. "Is it because Sirius was there? If that's the case, then you're all crazy! Sirius would never hurt me!"
"Harry, don't you think if we wouldn't let you see Sirius, it would be for a good reason?" snapped Eddie impatiently. "We're only looking out for your best interest. Trust us, it's better if you don't see him right now."
"Damn it, I'm bloody sick of all this secrecy!" shouted Harry. "I don't care what is and isn't good for me anymore. I just want to see him! I don't care about my damn interest!"
"You don't care?" snarled Eddie, completely losing his patience and his temper. "You don't care? Well, you're the famous Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter! Of course you don't bloody care about your bloody interest but the rest of us do! Do you know what Sirius would do to you if he saw you right now? He'd go mental! I mean, for Merlin's sake, you heard what Draco Malfoy said to my dad! Even my dad wants to kill you! Can you imagine what hot-tempered Sirius would do?"
Harry stopped glaring and arguing with Eddie to think about the words that Eddie had just said. He let them sink in and realization began to dawn on him. Harry suddenly felt sick to his stomach and he was surprised that he was able to stand because his legs felt like jelly. His emerald green eyes suddenly became jaded and he felt like the whole world was spinning around him in slow motion. He did not respond, before some reason, Eddie, who was so irritated with Harry at the moment, decided to continue on his rant.
"The only reason why everyone is protective of you is because we're only concerned with Lily's well-being! Do you seriously think any of us give a damn about you after everything you've put us through? NO! We only act like we give a damn because of how much we love Lily; we love her way too much to risk anything happening to her because of your stupid time-travel trip!" When Eddie was done ranting and yelling, his face was bright red and he was completely out of breath. He was shocked that he got no response from Harry.
Harry stared blankly at the wall behind Eddie's head; blinking repeatedly, letting the rest of what Eddie had said sink in even more. He said nothing; he simply turned around and looked down at his feet. Eddie's eyes widened when he started to realize the hurtful and untrue things he had just said about Harry. He was just so frustrated with him because Harry did not understand how dangerous confronting Sirius would be at this time. Timidly, Eddie took a step forward and placed a gentle, yet awkward hand on Harry's shoulder.
"Harry, I…I didn't mean-"
But, it was too late. Harry roughly threw Eddie's hand off of his shoulder and dashed up the stairs to the boy's dormitories and slammed the door shut, completely shaking the walls of Gryffindor Tower locking it with an anti Alohomora spell. Eddie sighed and looked at his feet.
"Lily is going to kill me," he mumbled to himself.
"You'll be lucky if I let you off that easy," a voice snapped from the Portrait Hole. Eddie's eyes widened in fear as he whipped around and saw Lily standing there, and she did not look happy to see him. Her fists were clenched, her face was bright red with anger, and her emerald green eyes were flashing dangerously; like a green fire blazing in her depths. It was the same kind of fire she had used to attack Ned Collins the previous year. Eddie had never seen Lily look at him that way before and it frightened him. He took several steps back as Lily advanced on him. "You're an IDIOT, Ed Weasley!"
"Lily, I didn't…I didn't mean-"
"How could you?" shouted Lily as she continued to advance on Eddie. They were almost nose-to-nose and Eddie prayed that she did not pull out her wand. Either way, it would not matter. Even if she did not use her wand, she would use her fists. "How can you something so untrue?"
"What do you mean something so untrue?"
"I heard everything you said to him," hissed Lily. "AndI don't know about you, your parents, or Remus, but I know how I feel. I know that I care about Harry. How can you something so cruel and so untruthful to him, especially after all he has been through lately; especially after what happened with Malfoy?"
"I wasn't thinking," said Eddie quickly, trying to defend himself. "I messed up."
"Yeah, you've been doing that a lot lately," said Lily coolly, pushing her pointer finger into Eddie's chest, making him stumble backwards. This action made Eddie absolutely livid and he stood his ground, glaring at Lily.
"Spare me the drama, Lily!" snapped Eddie. "And spare me your good girl, heroic antics, alright? No one is buying it. You know you hate him after all he did, so stop acting like some kind of saint and say the truth."
"Oh, you want the truth, do you?" asked Lily, glaring at him. Eddie glared back.
"Yeah, why the hell not?"
"Fine, here's the truth," said Lily as she folded her arms across her chest. "The truth is that Harry means more to me than you ever have!"
Despite her tiny frame and Eddie's large physique, she shoved him as hard as she could. If Eddie had not been completely stunned by what she had said, he would not have stumbled backwards and hit the stone wall behind him, causing a sharp pain to climb up his spine and into his neck. But, the pain in his back and neck was nothing compared to the pain that he was suddenly feeling in his heart.
"What?" whispered Eddie, a sudden lump appearing in his throat.
"You heard me!" snapped Lily. "I love Harry! He's my future father and I love him! He's been a better friend to me these past two months than you ever have been in your entire life!"
"What?"
"Are you deaf or just stupid?" Lily asked cynically, making Eddie flinch. "Well, let me put it in simple terms for you; compared to how much I care about Harry, you mean nothing to me Eddie Weasley! Now, you stay away from Harry, you or you'll have me to deal with. You got it?"
Before Eddie could respond to her threat, Lily brushed past him by roughly bumping him on the shoulder and racing up the stairs towards the boy's dormitories; no doubt going to comfort Harry. Before she reached the door, Eddie regained his composure and turned around to face her on the stairs.
"You don't mean that," said Eddie, quite desperately, his voice severely croaking. "You can't possibly mean that!" Eddie was now standing at the foot of the stairs, staring desperately and longingly at Lily. Lily just turned around and narrowed her eyes at him. Even though it was obvious that she was still angry, he was relieved to see that the emerald fire in her eyes had vanished.
"I meant every word," said Lily, much more quietly. "Harry means more to me than you ever have." With that, Lily turned and dashed up the stairs. One could hear her beginning to bang on the doors of the fifth year boys' dormitory. Eddie just stood there, broken-hearted, staring up at where she had been standing just a moment before.
A note from the Jitterbelle. Poor Eddie and Harry. I know Lily has a harsh temper and can sometimes be overdramatic but she is a teenage girl. It comes with the territory.
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Coming in Chapter 22 – Eddie wanders the corridors reminiscing on he and Lily's childhood and friendship…