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 30 – A Not-So-Merry Christmas:
Yes, it was that wonderful time of year. It was the time of year where the corridors and the Great Hall were filled with Christmas trees, holly, and mistletoe; the time of year where fluffy white snowflakes graced the grounds of the castle. It was at last Christmas time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Alleluia!" gasped Lily as she plopped heavily down on to the couch in the Gryffindor Common Room. Eddie and Harry followed her into the room and raised an eyebrow at her. To Harry's amusement and confusion, Asher was playing chess by himself and Robby was doing her nails the Muggle way, claiming that it always looked better than using her wand.
"Why are celebrating Lily Billy?" asked Asher, not looking at her, watching the chess pieces move.
"Well…duh!" said Lily as though it were obvious. "It's finally Christmas vacation! No more schoolwork for a week! Woo hoo!"
"As much as I'm looking forward to the holidays, I'm not excited about the fact that everyone in fourth year and up are staying," muttered Eddie. He and Lily always stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas because Hermione was Headmistress and Remus was a professor at the school. Sirius and Ron would bring Teresa and Anne to also celebrate them so they could celebrate like a proper family. So, Lily, Eddie, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Remus, Teresa, and Anne always had their own little Christmas at Hogwarts. This year would not be the case because the Head Boy and the Head Girl decided to do things a little different this Christmas and have another dance in celebration of the holidays, considering that the Halloween one is always so successful.
"I know," groaned Lily, as she slammed her head back against the pillow. "All because of that stupid Christmas Ball! But, that's what happens when the Head Boy and the Head Girl are snogging each other. Honestly, two balls in one year? What is this world coming to?"
"Lily, you're rambling again," said Eddie nonchalantly, as though it happened daily. Lily narrowed her eyes playfully at him as Harry and Asher chuckled.
"I'm actually looking forward to it," stated Robby proudly as she inspected her newly polished nails. Lily looked at her and grinned.
"That's because you're a daft bimbo!" said Lily with a slight giggle. Robby glared mockingly and threw a pillow at her. "Also, it's because you have a date for a change."
"Well gee, thanks, Lils," said Robby sarcastically, though she was smiling. She started blowing on her nails to get them to dry faster.
"Seriously though," started Lily, "this ball thing is getting a bit ridiculous. Before you know it, there is going to be a Easter Ball, then a Graduation Ball-"
"Actually," Eddie interrupted, "there already is a Graduation Ball. But the only reason why we've never heard of it is because it's for seventh years only."
"Oh sweet Merlin!" said Lily overdramatically as she lay back down on the couch using her forefingers to rub the bridge of her nose. Everyone chuckled. "You know, I wish Hermione would let us perform again, like we did at the Halloween Ball. That went so well. But, nooooo, Jem and Robby don't want to perform. Jem and Robby have dates." Lily was teasing them; she could not help it.
"It's not my fault that Preston Gates finds me attractive," said Robby with a flirtatious shrug, winking at Eddie. Lily rolled her eyes.
"What about you, Ash? Who you going with?" asked Lily. She was always curious about Asher's dates because he was always dating a blonde Hufflepuff that Lily enjoyed making fun of. Asher grinned, knowing what Lily was up to.
"I'm going with Alicia Madson," he said casual. Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Isn't that the Hufflepuff you asked to the Halloween Ball as well?"
"It is indeed!"
"Are you really that desperate, Asher?" asked Eddie. Asher threw a pillow at him and everyone laughed.
"I'm just shocked that he's going with the same girl to two balls in one year," teased Harry. "Lily told me that never happens."
"Well, pray tell, Evans," said Asher coolly, "who are you taking?"
"Harry has a date?" Lily and Robby squealed in unison.
"Yes, Harry has a date," mumbled Harry, blushing slightly. "Madison Crosstones asked me. She seems not, so I thought, 'Why not?'" Asher considered Harry for a moment.
"Madison Crosstones? She's pretty cute…not a bad catch actually," said Asher brightly. Lily and Robby rolled their eyes and Lily pretended to batter her eyelashes sarcastically. Robby and Eddie laughed.
"Of course she asked Harry," said Eddie. "She was all over Harry at the Halloween Ball." Robby and Asher began to make kissing noises in Harry's direction as Harry hit Eddie hard over the head with a pillow.
"Well, it's not your turn in the hot seat, Weasley," started Harry coolly, folding his arms across his chest. "Who are you taking to the Christmas Ball?" Eddie began to blush, his ears going red.
"Oh…me?" he asked, sounding like he was squeaking nervously. "I…erm…I'm probably going stag…again…"
"Hey, don't feel embarrassed fee, Ed," said Lily smiling. "I'm going stag too; especially after what happened with Ned Collins last year. Bloody hell, Asher, would you stop playing a game of chess by yourself? It's bloody annoying." She jumped off the couch and joined Asher for a game of chess.
"I wish you would stop swearing so much, Lil," said Robby.
"That makes two of us," said Harry nodding in agreement. Lily ignored them and continued her game of chess with Asher.
As the night continued, Lily and Asher continued their chess tournament as Robby and Harry got ahead on impossible and extremely difficult Potions homework that Snape had assigned them early this morning. Eddie, much to the amusement of Asher and Robby, sat on the couch with his hands fidgeting and watching Lily, as though working up some kind of courage to do something. Finally, Eddie opened his mouth for the first time in hours and looked right in Lily's direction.
"Er…Lily?" Eddie called out awkwardly. Lily looked up at him. Harry raised an eyebrow and gave Eddie a suspicious look.
"What's up, Ed?"
"Well…I…I figured that since…w-we're both going stag…do-do you think you-you might want to go to the Christmas Ball…with me?" Eddie blushed furiously and Harry was not sure if it was because he was asking Lily or because he was stuttering so badly. Asher and Robby exchanged knowing smiles. Fortunately, Lily did not notice either of their looks nor Eddie's embarrassment. She looked up at him curiously, with a soft smile.
"Actually, that sounds like a great idea," said Lily brightly as she continued to play chess with Asher. "I'd love to go with you, Ed." Once again, fortunately for Eddie, she did not notice his face brighten immensely. Asher and Robby winked at each other. The only one who looked disgruntled was Harry. His charming face did not look all pleased at all. In fact, he was glaring at Eddie.
"Well, that's great, Lils!" he nearly shouted, a big goofy grin on his face.
"Ed, I need to talk to you." Without another word, Harry grabbed a hold of Eddie's arm and pulled him out of the Common Room, through the Portrait Hole and into the corridor with an angry and frustrated look on his face.
"Harry?" Lily called out, but Harry ignored her.
"Harry?" Eddie asked, confused when Harry finally got him alone in the corridor. "Is there a problem?"
"No, no problem. I just want to talk to you about something," said Harry, fingering his wand which sat in the pocket of his robes. Eddie nodded, encouraging him to continue. "I'm not particularly fond of Lily going to the ball with a date while I'm here. But, I rather her go with you than anybody else because I trust you."
"I appreciate that, Harry," said Eddie with a sincere smile.
"But, let me warn you, Ed," said Harry in a menacing voice. "if you hurt her I swear by my own grave that I will hunt you down and-"
"Harry," said Eddie, half laughing, putting his hands up in defense. "I get the point."
Harry nodded and the two of them headed back into the Common Room where Harry received the third degree from Lily.
It was finally Christmas Eve; the night of the ball.
Unfortunately for Lily, Robby demanded to put some make-up on her and do her hair; like a proper girl should. Lily argued and fought like a madwoman but in the end, she gave in. Robby put her long, golden blonde hair in an elegant bun at the back of her head with curled hair framing her face. Robby, using her expertise, made Lily's eyes pop using the classic eyeliner, mascara, and silver and gray eye shadows with dangling earrings that got lost in her gold curls. However, there was definitely some 'Lily' in that outfit because Lily wore the same shimmering green dress robes that she had worn to the Halloween Ball. Eddie wore the same dress robes as well.
The night of the ball, when Lily came walking down the steps, Eddie could do nothing but gape with his mouth hanging open and his eyes widened; there were no words. Asher and Robby giggled at each other in amusement and Harry stood there uncomfortably, shifting from foot to foot. Eddie went up to Lily and offered her his arm, blushing to the roots of his hair. Lily accepted it graciously and the pair of them skipped down the corridors singing Follow the Yellow Brick Road, which caused their fellow peers to stare at them curiously, making them wonder if Lily and Eddie needed a padded room wall at St. Mungo's.
To Lily's immense surprise, the ball was a lot of fun. Eddie surprised himself and continuously asked Lily to dance with him, which Lily gladly accepted. As a result of this, Lily and Eddie danced all night long. The look on Eddie's face told everyone else in the Great Hall that he could not be happier; that the beautiful blonde girl dancing who just kept saying 'yes' to his invitations to dance just made him unbelievably happy. She was not even embarrassed to dance with Eddie during the slow songs. When they came on, Lily found herself casually putting his hands on his shoulders and Eddie wrapped his arms around her waist.
During one of those slow songs, Eddie felt himself get brave and he pulled Lily close to him; close enough where Lily could rest her head against his shoulder. To his immense delight, Lily did just that. He enjoyed the sensation of Lily pressed against him and he began to savor it until a drawling, creepy voice interrupted them.
"Well, isn't this cozy," said the voice. Lily lifted her head and saw Daris Malfoy grinning evilly at the pair of them.
"Oh, sod off Malfoy," grumbled Eddie, before Lily could respond. Malfoy ignored him and stared directly at Lily, leaning in slightly.
"I would watch your back tonight, Potter," he whispered threateningly in her ear. Lily narrowed her eyes, but continued to ignore Malfoy as she kept dancing close to Eddie. "I would watch your dear friend Harry's back as well…" At those words, Lily's temper flared as she finally turned away from Eddie to face Malfoy; her emerald depths flashed with anger and violence.
"What is that supposed to mean?" snarled Lily. "Is that some kind of threat, Malfoy?" Malfoy merely smirked and ignored her as he turned to look at Eddie.
"Would you mind if I cut in, Weasley?" Malfoy asked him. "I have some words that I'd like to exchange with Potter." Eddie's eyes widened dangerously and grabbed Lily by the elbow, pulling her close to him. Lily flinched at how tight his grip was.
"Don't you dare touch her. Don't you think I forgot that you're the bastard that put the Sueno Curse on her! I still owe you for that…! Get out of my sight Malfoy!" Lily looked up at Eddie in complete shock. She had never seen him so angry or so defensive of her in her life. It scared, yet thrilled her at the same time. Eddie did not notice her look and was just narrowing his eyes at his rival.
"If you're so protective of her Weasel, then I'd-"
At that moment, there was a loud bang that sounded like an explosion outside of the Great Hall. Lily gasped as Eddie's grip on her somehow tightened. There was an array of panic that was spreading rapidly throughout the Great Hall. The only person, who looked even close to calm, was Malfoy, who was grinning like a maniac.
Hermione, Remus, Sirius, Ron, and the rest of the Hogwarts staff all jumped out of their seats and had their wands at the ready. As they swiftly walked towards the doors with their wands out, the doors busted open and in came a group of masked hooded figures; Death Eaters. They began hexing everybody in sight and in their reach. Sirius, Remus, Hermione, and Ron all immediately went to the students' defense and began sending curses and hexes right back at the Death Eaters. Many of the seventh and sixth years began to follow the staff's actions.
Lily nearly screamed and pulled herself away from Eddie's grip with only one goal on her mind; to find Harry. The thought of one of the Death Eaters stumbling across him sent Lily into a horrible state of panic and she was pushing through the crowd, desperate to find him. Deep down, she knew that it was possible that the Death Eaters already knew that the fifteen year old Harry Potter was here. In short, Lily knew that it was a very good possibility that they were here for the both of them.
"HARRY?" she screamed as she pushed through the crowd, unable to find his mass of messy hair. "HARRY?"
Eddie immediately lost track of Lily and also went to a state of panic. Pulling out his own wand, he began stunning Death Eaters in order to try and find Lily. He knew that she would be looking for Harry and he knew that if he found one Potter, if would find the other.
"LILY?" shouted Eddie, pointing his wand at another masked, hooded figure. "STUPEFY! HARRY? LILY?"
At the other end of the hall, where the Gryffindor Table usually sat, Lily caught sight of a black, messy haired figure, also looking around frantically. Her heart leaped into her chest and she felt a sudden wave of relief crashed over her.
"HARRY!" Lily called out to him as she struggled to run towards him through the panicked crowds of students, teachers and Death Eaters. "HARRY!"
Harry must have heard her because he whipped around and his eyes worriedly searched the crowd for her voice. Lily could not help but notice how deathly pale he looked and how his own emerald green eyes were relieved at the sight of her. Lily continued to run to him, shouting his name and he did the same. Then, out of nowhere, panic settled on to Harry's face and all little color that was left in it drained. He pointed directly at Lily as his eyes widened in complete and utter horror.
"LILY, LOOK OUT! BEHIND YOU!" Harry shouted, pointing directly behind Lily. Lily was about to turn around, but she felt a great, heavy blow to her head and all she saw was black…
"LILY, LOOK OUT! BEHIND YOU!"
Harry's eyes widened in anger and he felt his heart drop into his stomach as he saw Daris Malfoy dropped the punch bowl over Lily's head, causing glass and juice to shatter all around her as she fell to the floor, completely unconscious.
"LILY!" bellowed Harry, his head beginning to spin. He felt like the entire world was at a standstill and all that existed were him, Lily, and that Malfoy. The fact that Malfoy was bending over to pick Lily up shook Harry out of his reverie.
"MALFOY, YOU BASTARD! GET YOUR BLOODY HANDS OFF OF HER!" Malfoy just grinned evilly as he threw Lily's petite form over his shoulder. Harry saw red and charged towards them, with his wand at the ready and with his other hand clenched into a tight fist. He raised his wand and pointed it directly at Malfoy.
But, before he could act on it, a spell hit him in the back, also knocking him unconscious.
"STUPEFY!"
Draco Malfoy shouted the spell, hitting the boy with the messy black hair that was pointing his wand at his so, directly in the back. The boy fell to the ground, unconscious, flat on his face.
Draco laughed and looked up at his son, Daris, who holding the last of the Potter line over his shoulders, also unconscious. The elder man nodded in approval and Daris dashed off with Lily Potter over his shoulder. Draco, knowing his son was pretty much safe, strode over towards the boy with messy black hair who tried to curse Daris. He kneeled down beside the body, grabbed a hold of his shoulders, and flipped him over to see his face. Draco nearly had heart failure at the sight of the boy's face. Yes, Daris had been right; it was indeed, without a doubt, Harry Potter.
However, Draco did not want to take a chance. The Dark Lord would undoubtedly kill him if he brought back a boy who simply resembled Harry Potter; he had to make sure that it was Harry Potter. In order to prove it, Draco lifted the boy's bangs to see a clear, thin, scar, shaped like a bolt of lightning. Draco beamed to himself and was about to take after his son's action and pick up the boy and throw him over his shoulder, when he saw a wand pointed directly at his face. The wrinkled hand that was holding the wand was shaking violently with fury.
"Get your slimy hands off of my godson," the voice snarled in a deathly whisper. Draco looked up into the ice blue eyes of Sirius Black…
Eddie continued hexing Death Eaters and looking for Lily only to see Malfoy holding an unconscious Lily over his shoulder, running straight for the doors, as though trying to escape with her. Anger spread through his veins like a dangerous poison and he charged towards Malfoy, ignoring everything else around him, with his wand clenched tightly in his fist. Malfoy was so distracted with trying to avoid detection of carrying Lily Potter that he did not even notice Eddie walk closer to him and jab his wand hard into Malfoy's back. He felt Malfoy immediately tense up at his actions.
"Put her down," Eddie growled, "or I'll kill you, Malfoy, I swear it."
"Bloody hell, Weasley," Malfoy said coolly as he slowly turned around. "You just can't let pretty little Potter out of your sight, can you?"
"Put her down," repeated Eddie, venom dripping from his voice, jabbing the wand harder except this time into his stomach.
"Since you can't keep your eyes off of her, I'm assuming you would like to come along for the ride as well?" sneered Malfoy.
"What ride? What the bloody hell are you talking about?" snapped Eddie. Malfoy simply smirked and looked pointedly over Eddie's shoulder. Caught off of his guard, Eddie slowly turned around before he was stunned in the face by a Death Eater.
"Well, well, well, Sirius Black," said Draco in a singsong voice. Sirius just continued to glare at him and kept his wand pointed at his face. "How I wish the Ministry had been right about you all those years ago and you truly had been on our side…such a shame…"
"I thought I told you to get away from my godson," Sirius growled again, his wand pointed at Draco, to the point where it was grazing his nose. Draco ignored him for a moment and looked over Sirius's shoulder. He was pleased to see Daris still carrying the Potter girl over his shoulder and was instructed another masked Death Eater to grab a hold of the Weasley boy, who was starting to wake up. When they managed to both Apparate with the two teenagers, he beamed and went to look back at Sirius, to taunt him.
"I'm surprised that you're even protecting the boy," sneered Malfoy coolly. "I thought you would be…mad at him…?" Sirius gave him a murderous look and his grip on his wand tightened. "No comment to that, Black?"
At that moment, Malfoy took advantage of Sirius's distraction, grabbed the unconscious Harry, and started to Apparate with him. Sirius realized what he was doing and completely panicked. He could not understand how Draco Malfoy and the rest of the Death Eaters were able to Apparate and Disapparate within the Hogwarts grounds. Since somehow they were able to, Sirius continued to panic and jumped on Malfoy just as he was Disapparating with Harry, taking them away to who knows where.
When they got to wherever Malfoy had Apparated them to, Draco Malfoy dropped Harry and fiercely kicked Sirius off of him and got to his feet with his wand at the ready. Though Sirius was a powerful wizard, he was still and elder man and went flying backwards when Malfoy kicked him off. Sirius rolled over on the ground and groaned, looking up at the younger, blonde haired man. Taking in his surroundings, Sirius noticed that they were surrounded by tombstones.
Fear and terror gripped at Sirius when he realized that they were at the Riddle House; in the same graveyard where Voldemort had kidnapped Harry and had used his blood to regain a body. Despite how familiar it was, Sirius knew that it had changed over the years; Voldemort had completely destroyed and wiped out the village and transformed the Riddle House into a dungeon and a torture chamber.
Sirius searched and reached for his wand but Malfoy was too fast for him.
"Expelliarmus!" said Malfoy, as Sirius's wand flew into the air and safely into Malfoy's fist. Realizing he was completely defenseless, before anyone could act, Sirius heard two more pops and saw two more Death Eaters enter the graveyard. One of them, undoubtedly Daris Malfoy, was carrying an unconscious Lily. The other Death Eater was fighting with a struggling Eddie. Sirius wanted to run to them; to protect them but Malfoy had his wand and now had him at wand point.
Draco Malfoy turned to the other Death Eaters that had stumbled upon the scene; some were trying to assist with holding down Eddie.
"Nott, take the Potters to where they're supposed to go," Draco Malfoy commanded. "I'll take care of Black and the Weasley boy…"
A note from the Jitterbelle. Yet another revised chapter and I hope you all enjoy the story and please don't forget to review! Thanks!
Coming in Chapter 32 - The chapter that you have all been waiting for…all secrets of Harry's past (or future) will be revealed.