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 23- Daddy-Daughter Talk:
Meanwhile, Lily did not even look or watch as Eddie slumped out of the Gryffindor Common Room with his head down. She was too busy screaming, shouting, and banging on the doors of the fifth year boy's dormitories. It was not until that she heard the Portrait Hole close that she stopped and turned around to see that Eddie had left the Common Room.
"Stupid little git," muttered Lily, clenching her fists tightly. Letting out a frustrated yell, she turned back around and started banging on the doors violently. "Harry! Open up now!" She stopped banging to allow Harry to open the door; but when he did not after a few moments, she resumed her raging banging on the door. "Harry, I swear if you don't open this door in five seconds, I'm…I'm going to kick it down!"
"Nice try, Lily…" she heard Harry mumble from the other side of the door.
"Oh yeah?" she shouted defiantly. "Five…"
Lily took several steps back.
"Four…"
She rolled up the sleeves of her dress robes.
"Three…"
Lily stationed her body so that her head, neck, and shoulders were facing forward; getting ready to charge.
"Two…"
She raised her fists.
"ONE!"
Lily shouted wildly and charged as fast and as hard as she could towards the dormitory door, but she did not have to kick it open. Harry had decided to take Lily seriously and had opened the door. She went flying headfirst into the room; running so fast, she could not stop herself. Losing all control, Lily went sailing headfirst into Asher's bedpost. Hitting her head, she fell backwards on to the floor, rubbing her head and swearing loudly. Harry could not help but buckle up with silent laughter.
"Oh, ha ha ha!" said Lily sardonically, standing up as she continued to rub her head which was bright red and swelling slightly. "That wasn't funny. You could have at least warned me that you were going to open the door!"
"Well, I didn't think you'd really try to knock it off the hinges," Harry managed to say through his laughter. Lily groaned and stopped rubbing her head and chuckled heartily. She had to admit, it probably looked funny seeing someone go running headfirst into a bedpost. Lily may have had a temper, but that did nit stop her from having a sense of humor.
"Alright," she said in a humorous, exasperated voice. "Maybe it was a little funny."
"A tad."
There was a long pause as the two of them chuckled at the situation and as Lily continued to rub her head periodically. Finally, taking a deep breath, she looked at Harry square in the eye and did not look away.
"Are you okay, Harry?"
Harry's laughter and genuine smile suddenly melted away from his face and he remembered why he had locked himself in the dormitory in the first place. Lily could not help but noticed that his eyes were glassy and slightly puffy. Her anger towards Eddie only intensified and she found her fists were clenched once again.
"No," whispered Harry honestly. Lily felt fists grow smaller, but she continued to look at Harry tenderly.
"What's wrong?" asked Lily softly.
"I was just thinking about what Eddie said…" started Harry, looking down at his feet. Lily wanted to interrupt and tell Harry what a complete lying, abysmal Eddie was but she knew it would be better for him if he just let it out. "I just never thought I would do something so horrible that I caused my best friends, my godfather, and my future daughter to hate me." The pain in his voice made Lily want to cringe. She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them, she saw Harry looking out the window. Lily sighed and walked over to Harry and placed a timid, yet gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Listen Harry," she started firmly. He did not look at her, but she continued anyway. "I don't know how anyone else feels about the situation; or how Sirius will feel when he finds out, but what I do know is how I feel."
"And how do you feel?" asked Harry dryly, finally turning around to look at her. She pulled her hand away and continued to look at him with a gentle and tender look in her emerald depths. "Do you want me out of your life too?"
"Why would you say that, Harry?" asked Lily softly, still looking at him square in the eye. The intensity in her eyes began to make Harry feel uncomfortable. "How could you even think that?"
"Oh gee, I don't know Lily!" snapped Harry sarcastically. "Maybe because that's what I've been hearing from a lot of people lately!"
"Well, it's not true," stated Lily firmly, trying to keep her temper in check. She did not like how Harry was speaking to her but she understood that he was upset and was sympathizing with him at the moment. "Listen, Harry, we all care about you; especially Ron, Hermione, and Remus. We all care about you."
"Alright," said Harry quietly, his voice getting emotional. "I understand that everyone her at Hogwarts cares about me. But, that does not explain why everyone here is trying to keep me away from Sirius." Lily sighed and ran a hand through her long, blonde hair. She was now beginning to see why and how Harry became such a famous Auror.
"Listen," started Lily, choosing her words carefully. "You know everyone here cares about you. We know Sirius will too when he finds out that you're here. But, the only problem is that Sirius might not be so quick to forgive you like we were."
"So I did do something…something so horrible that everyone, including you, want me dead or out of their lives forever?" Harry asked, his voice sounding shaky.
"Now, that's the last thing I want Harry, and you know it!" snapped Lily, her voice beginning to rise. "You're my future father for crying out loud! Despite how hard I've tried to keep my distance and not get close to you, I have found it impossible and I have grown to love you very much; as both a friend and as my future father.""
"You have?"
"Of course," she said, her voice getting lower and gentle again. "I mean, isn't it obvious? You're a great guy, Harry. You have a kindness in you that I've never seen before and it's only natural that people love you so much. Honestly, why do you think I wrote that song? It was not just to pass the time…it was because I love you."
"Yeah, I'm just a peach," mumbled Harry bitterly. Lily shook her head irritably, grabbed Harry by the shoulders and turned him around so that he was looking directly at her face. It unnerved both of them to see the resemblance between their faces.
"Harry, what Eddie told you… all bullocks! I don't know what he was thinking or why he said it, but he did. I don't even know why you are listening to that moron anyway! He may be my best friend but he is not a mind-reader and when he said that I hated you, well, that couldn't be more of a lie. If anything, Eddie is the one who has to worry about a friendship with me, not you." said Lily, nodding firmly, but it was the first time that she did not meet Harry's eye. Harry listened to her words and his jaw dropped in shock.
"What did you say?" asked Harry, astonished.
"He had no right to say those things to you," said Lily, her voice shaking and turning away from Harry. "You're my flesh and blood and he is only a friend. I have to take sides here, and if that's the case, I'm going to take your side. Eddie can go jump into the Great Lake," said Lily angrily, frowning at the thought of Eddie.
"Lily no!" said Harry, almost desperately. Lily looked at him, clearly startled and wide-eyed. "I'm not going to come between you and Eddie. You two have a friendship unlike anything I've ever seen. You're closer with him than I was with Ron and Hermione and that's say something. I can't and I won't ruin that."
"First of all, you do not decide who I'm friends with and who I'm not friends with," started Lily, her voice becoming edgy. "Second, Eddie said some horrible and untruthful stuff about you and I don't hang around people who do that to my friends, especially you, Harry; because you're more than just a friend, you're my family…my father."
Harry stared at her for a moment, his face completely impassive and Lily looked at him completely unabashed at his look. Then, completely unexpectedly, before anything else could be said between the two of them, Lily dashed over towards Harry, threw her arms around him, and hugged him tightly. Harry was rather startled and looked at her blonde head wide-eyed, but quickly returned the hug; except that he held her even tighter.
"I love you, Lily," said Harry, squeezing his daughter tightly. Lily, bit her lip, but a smile soon turned upright on her face. She knew she felt the same.
"I love you too, Harry," said Lily, and this caused Harry to smile as well.
"I still want you and Eddie to try and work this out," said Harry after they parted from the hug. "You've been best friends your entire lives…"
"He's a git!" snapped Lily as she sat down on one of the beds, her arms stubbornly folded across her chest and a look of fury formed on her face. "I don't care how close we are or were…he had no right to say those things to you."
"I can't let you and Eddie throw away fifteen years of friendship!" said Harry miserably, shaking his head and holding I at the same time. "You shouldn't let a friendship like that end over me…at my expense. You can't just give up all those memories and years of friendship together, Lily. You just can't."
"I can," said Lily stubbornly, "and I am."
"Lily, I can't let you do this," said Harry firmly, narrowing his eyes at her. Lily stood up slowly, glaring at Harry.
"Didn't I already inform you that you will not tell me who I can and cannot be friends with?" growled Lily. "I mean, who the bloody hell do you think you are?" Harry crossed his arms over his chest and grinned.
"It just so happens that I'm your father…"
"Well, you're not my father yet, Harry!" snapped Lily. Harry sighed and shook his head. She was so stubborn and he did not know why he was still arguing with her.
"I just don't understand how can you just do that, Lily? I could never do that to Ron or Hermione…" said Harry thoughtfully, desperately trying to get Lily to see reason. Sure, he, Ron, and Hermione had arguments but they always managed to get through them; because they were friends and loved each other. "Can you imagine how much you hurt Eddie? That boy has been your friend for all your life and I've only been here two months. You can't do this to Eddie, Lily."
"I can do as I please, Harry, thank you very much!"
"Lily, Eddie really cares about you and he's probably been torn to pieces over this" explained, trying absolutely anything to get Harry to see reason. "You two have got to work this out!"
"He should have thought twice before saying such those ridiculous things to you," said Lily, shaking her head. "He tore you to pieces first; so I just did it back."
"Don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit?" asked Harry, running a hand through his already messy hair and gave an exasperated sigh.
"I think I'm being perfectly reasonable," said Lily. Harry rolled his eyes. Lily, who had enough, finally decided to stand her ground and looked at Harry square in the eye and for the first time during this conversation, she was angry. "And I know that you have my best interests at heart…but it would be in your best interest to stay out of my personal life. Got it?"
"I'm just trying to help you," said Harry, with a sigh, frowning at her. Lily's eyes narrowed.
"Well do me a favor, and don't help me," said Lily coolly and impatiently, rolling her eyes. "Honestly, Harry I don't know why my friendship with Eddie is so important to you."
"Because whether you're thick head wants to admit it to you or not, Eddie is something in your life that makes you happy. And you happiness is important to me!" Harry nearly shouted in an exasperated tone.
"Just drop it," mumbled Lily. "I don't want to talk about this anymore." With that, she shook her head and stormed out of the dormitory, slamming the door behind her. Harry flopped on to his bed and gave a loud, frustrated groan.
"How in the bloody hell could someone be so stubborn?" Harry asked himself out loud.
"You should try looking in the mirror, dear," he heard the high pitched voice of the mirror call out. Harry frowned and threw his pillow as hard as he could at the it before it exclaimed, "How rude!"
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Coming in Chapter 24 - There is an attack...