Chapter 9 ~ So Much To Do, So Little Time
The world seemed to stop spinning. There was a faint ringing in his ears that didn't seem to want to go away.
Harry opened his eyes to find himself in a meadow surrounded by a dense forest.
The smells were so rich and potent, that he felt like he was in heaven. Then he sensed another presence in the meadow along with him. He turned around to find a girl his age standing behind him. only the girl was part wolf!
"Hello Aries Lupin, I am very pleased to meet you" she greeted cheerfully.
"...Sorry but my name is Harry Potter" He replied.
"Don't be silly we both know the truth about who you are"
"Well if you know who I am, then I would like to know who you are"
"Oh yes of course. I am Princess Seleena of the Wolven. I know you have also read my book, so I don't have to elaborate on who I am"
"Of course not" Harry whispered in awe.
"I've summoned you here in order to ask a favorer of you. I know you might think I'm crazy when I tell you this, but only you can save the Werewolves. It does sound crazy even to myself, but it's true. You would not have been able to come here otherwise. When the counter-curse I made was lost from knowledge, my mother predicted that only one who could save the people where cursed, would a cursed himself and have the mark of lightning apone his head." She said.
An odd silence hung in the air for a few minutes.
"Tell me something please, why me? So much has happened to me. I don't want to be a hero!"
"I am truly sorry, but listen to my words. If you go into the past and give the world back the counter-curse, you will also be able to change your father back. That will free your friend and yourself from being overpowered by the Moon's influence. But you will also have to work out how to get your parents together, since you'll go to the year they start to have fellings foe each other. Do this and you will never have to be a hero." Seleena whispered.
Harry thought about this. Seleena was being very truthful. This was something that he had wish for all his life, just a little differently.
"There is something I still don't understand. During July before my birthday I had this dream. There was a little boy being attacked by a Werewolf. When I woke up however, I had what looked like bite mark scars. How is that possible for a Secondary Wolf Born to have bite scars if they've never even been bitten?"
"You remember that? The appearance charms that had been on you for so long were being to fail. They had kept you from changing as well as hiding more then just one truth. The dream of the boy you had was of your father. He was the little boy that was bitten in your dream. As for the bite marks on your shoulder, they are hereditary from the parent that was bitten. But can you tell me now if you will take my offer or not?"
"I'll take it if it means getting my family back" Harry replied
"It does. I thank for accepting. The counter-curse is 'Dormatis Wloofus Dispelltis Wolfus'. Oh and please take your Bitten with you, I think you'll need his help... but only him so things don't get to complicated".
"Will we remember what the world was like before it was changed?"
Seleena smiled sadly. "You and your friends will always remember, but it will be just a hunting dream of a past life. Go now it is time for you to wake up now. Good buy my friend".
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Ron was still reeling from the information Harry had given him that morning. They two of them had to go to the past and without Hermione! It was suicide! But then again it made him think sneaky thoughts. In the year 1975, his father was a seventh year and Headboy. This could be a child's best revenge plot against one of their parents.
~ Just you wait dad, just you wait. I'm going to be a nightmare for you ~
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"But Harry you can't go into the past! I you change things, you could make things worse. It's not right to tamper with the past!"
"You've read the prophecy Hermione. If Ron and I don't go into the past and change history, bad things will happen. Form what the prophecy says is that we have to make the future/past different" Harry replied crossing his arms.
"Whether that's true or not, how will you get into the past? The Ministry controls the Time Turners that go back in years because they're dangerous. They won't let two fifteen year olds have one" Hermione protested.
"But Harry doesn't need a Time Turner to travel into the past. Willed time travel is one of a Wolf Born's special gifts" Ron said, clearly wanted to enter this conversation.
"Well I'm sorry Hermione, but we have to go. If I can get my family back, I'm doing it!"
She scowled. "Alright but you two have to be extremely careful or I'll never forgive you. But I'll only let you go in peace as long as you go to Sirius and Professor Dumbledore and tell them that you know the truth. But most of all go to Professor Lupin, his is you father and really does deserve to know you're his son before the two of you go and change the past. I hope things go alright and I can't wait to see you when you get back, even if I don't...."
"You will remember Hermione. I just hope we become friends when we meet again"
Ron coughed nervously. He had something to say as well, but it seemed to be caught in his throat like a chicken bone. He held his peace. He'd say it later when they said good bye.
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"Exploding Gumdrops?"
"Asteroid Crunches?"
"Sour Cherry Jawbreakers?"
"Fizzing Wissbeess?"
The stone gargoyle jumped out of their path, allowing Harry and Ron to enter the passage.
"I didn't know Professor Dumbledore liked Fizzing Wissbeess" Ron whispered in disgust as they started up the staircase to the Headmaster's office.
"He likes a new thing every day Ron, I thought you knew that already" Harry whispered back.
The stopped at the door and knocked. It was only a couple of seconds before the door opened to revile Remus. Harry had actually wanted to talk with him in privet, but I was better to kill three birds with one stone.
"What are you doing here boys?" he asked as he let them in.
Sirius and Dumbledore looked up to stare at Harry. They had no idea why the boy was here.
"I know the truth professor" Harry said looking at his great grandfather.
"Know the truth to what child?" the old wizard asked puzzled.
"The truth to everything thing that was kept secret from me my whole life"
Ron not wanting to get in the way went and in one to the office armchairs.
"What are you taking about Harry?" Sirius asked as well.
This had to be a lot for Harry to say because the started to talk like Hermione when she was in a rush. "Iknowthatyourmysecondcousinandthattheheadmasterismygreatgrandfather...."
"Please show down Harry and tell us again please" Dumbledore said waving his hand.
But Harry seemed to be out of breath for his speed talking so Ron got back up and said it for him. "What he knows Padfoot is that you are his second cousin and that Professor Dumbledore is his great grandfather. I know that if he had the words for it he would finish what he was saying. "
Remus looked over a Sirius and then to Dumbledore. This was definitely new news to him. But why hadn't Sirius told him this before?
"I'm sorry we couldn't tell you this sooner Harry, but could you tell me exactly how you found this out?"
"I read my mother's diary that Remus gave me for my birthday. That was in which I found out that my father is still alive, because he wasn't even married to my mother" Harry said shortly.
Sirius's mouth dropped open. "So is why your appearance has changed!? Would you mind telling us who he is?"
"He's standing right beside you"
Sirius turned on Remus, how was notable paler then a ghost. He looked like he just had his heart ripped out of this chest and then shoved back in again.
"Mmmm....me?" he stuttered.
"Yes" Harry replied.
Remus fell into the chair closest to him. This was really a lot to handle. Lily, the love of his life, The love that had died, had given him a son. His son that he had always thought was James'. His son, that for fourteen years of his life had to live with Muggles. His son that he had never got to rise. His son that was almost killed by Voldemort four times. His son....
Harry looked worried about his father but did what he had come to do. Looking at his great grandfather he said, "Do you still have that prophecy my mum wrote in her third year? Well you know that most of it has come true and that the rest is yet to come, so Ron and I have come to tell you that in order to complete the prophecy, we have to go back to 1975."
The world seemed to stop spinning. There was a faint ringing in his ears that didn't seem to want to go away.
Harry opened his eyes to find himself in a meadow surrounded by a dense forest.
The smells were so rich and potent, that he felt like he was in heaven. Then he sensed another presence in the meadow along with him. He turned around to find a girl his age standing behind him. only the girl was part wolf!
"Hello Aries Lupin, I am very pleased to meet you" she greeted cheerfully.
"...Sorry but my name is Harry Potter" He replied.
"Don't be silly we both know the truth about who you are"
"Well if you know who I am, then I would like to know who you are"
"Oh yes of course. I am Princess Seleena of the Wolven. I know you have also read my book, so I don't have to elaborate on who I am"
"Of course not" Harry whispered in awe.
"I've summoned you here in order to ask a favorer of you. I know you might think I'm crazy when I tell you this, but only you can save the Werewolves. It does sound crazy even to myself, but it's true. You would not have been able to come here otherwise. When the counter-curse I made was lost from knowledge, my mother predicted that only one who could save the people where cursed, would a cursed himself and have the mark of lightning apone his head." She said.
An odd silence hung in the air for a few minutes.
"Tell me something please, why me? So much has happened to me. I don't want to be a hero!"
"I am truly sorry, but listen to my words. If you go into the past and give the world back the counter-curse, you will also be able to change your father back. That will free your friend and yourself from being overpowered by the Moon's influence. But you will also have to work out how to get your parents together, since you'll go to the year they start to have fellings foe each other. Do this and you will never have to be a hero." Seleena whispered.
Harry thought about this. Seleena was being very truthful. This was something that he had wish for all his life, just a little differently.
"There is something I still don't understand. During July before my birthday I had this dream. There was a little boy being attacked by a Werewolf. When I woke up however, I had what looked like bite mark scars. How is that possible for a Secondary Wolf Born to have bite scars if they've never even been bitten?"
"You remember that? The appearance charms that had been on you for so long were being to fail. They had kept you from changing as well as hiding more then just one truth. The dream of the boy you had was of your father. He was the little boy that was bitten in your dream. As for the bite marks on your shoulder, they are hereditary from the parent that was bitten. But can you tell me now if you will take my offer or not?"
"I'll take it if it means getting my family back" Harry replied
"It does. I thank for accepting. The counter-curse is 'Dormatis Wloofus Dispelltis Wolfus'. Oh and please take your Bitten with you, I think you'll need his help... but only him so things don't get to complicated".
"Will we remember what the world was like before it was changed?"
Seleena smiled sadly. "You and your friends will always remember, but it will be just a hunting dream of a past life. Go now it is time for you to wake up now. Good buy my friend".
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Ron was still reeling from the information Harry had given him that morning. They two of them had to go to the past and without Hermione! It was suicide! But then again it made him think sneaky thoughts. In the year 1975, his father was a seventh year and Headboy. This could be a child's best revenge plot against one of their parents.
~ Just you wait dad, just you wait. I'm going to be a nightmare for you ~
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"But Harry you can't go into the past! I you change things, you could make things worse. It's not right to tamper with the past!"
"You've read the prophecy Hermione. If Ron and I don't go into the past and change history, bad things will happen. Form what the prophecy says is that we have to make the future/past different" Harry replied crossing his arms.
"Whether that's true or not, how will you get into the past? The Ministry controls the Time Turners that go back in years because they're dangerous. They won't let two fifteen year olds have one" Hermione protested.
"But Harry doesn't need a Time Turner to travel into the past. Willed time travel is one of a Wolf Born's special gifts" Ron said, clearly wanted to enter this conversation.
"Well I'm sorry Hermione, but we have to go. If I can get my family back, I'm doing it!"
She scowled. "Alright but you two have to be extremely careful or I'll never forgive you. But I'll only let you go in peace as long as you go to Sirius and Professor Dumbledore and tell them that you know the truth. But most of all go to Professor Lupin, his is you father and really does deserve to know you're his son before the two of you go and change the past. I hope things go alright and I can't wait to see you when you get back, even if I don't...."
"You will remember Hermione. I just hope we become friends when we meet again"
Ron coughed nervously. He had something to say as well, but it seemed to be caught in his throat like a chicken bone. He held his peace. He'd say it later when they said good bye.
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"Exploding Gumdrops?"
"Asteroid Crunches?"
"Sour Cherry Jawbreakers?"
"Fizzing Wissbeess?"
The stone gargoyle jumped out of their path, allowing Harry and Ron to enter the passage.
"I didn't know Professor Dumbledore liked Fizzing Wissbeess" Ron whispered in disgust as they started up the staircase to the Headmaster's office.
"He likes a new thing every day Ron, I thought you knew that already" Harry whispered back.
The stopped at the door and knocked. It was only a couple of seconds before the door opened to revile Remus. Harry had actually wanted to talk with him in privet, but I was better to kill three birds with one stone.
"What are you doing here boys?" he asked as he let them in.
Sirius and Dumbledore looked up to stare at Harry. They had no idea why the boy was here.
"I know the truth professor" Harry said looking at his great grandfather.
"Know the truth to what child?" the old wizard asked puzzled.
"The truth to everything thing that was kept secret from me my whole life"
Ron not wanting to get in the way went and in one to the office armchairs.
"What are you taking about Harry?" Sirius asked as well.
This had to be a lot for Harry to say because the started to talk like Hermione when she was in a rush. "Iknowthatyourmysecondcousinandthattheheadmasterismygreatgrandfather...."
"Please show down Harry and tell us again please" Dumbledore said waving his hand.
But Harry seemed to be out of breath for his speed talking so Ron got back up and said it for him. "What he knows Padfoot is that you are his second cousin and that Professor Dumbledore is his great grandfather. I know that if he had the words for it he would finish what he was saying. "
Remus looked over a Sirius and then to Dumbledore. This was definitely new news to him. But why hadn't Sirius told him this before?
"I'm sorry we couldn't tell you this sooner Harry, but could you tell me exactly how you found this out?"
"I read my mother's diary that Remus gave me for my birthday. That was in which I found out that my father is still alive, because he wasn't even married to my mother" Harry said shortly.
Sirius's mouth dropped open. "So is why your appearance has changed!? Would you mind telling us who he is?"
"He's standing right beside you"
Sirius turned on Remus, how was notable paler then a ghost. He looked like he just had his heart ripped out of this chest and then shoved back in again.
"Mmmm....me?" he stuttered.
"Yes" Harry replied.
Remus fell into the chair closest to him. This was really a lot to handle. Lily, the love of his life, The love that had died, had given him a son. His son that he had always thought was James'. His son, that for fourteen years of his life had to live with Muggles. His son that he had never got to rise. His son that was almost killed by Voldemort four times. His son....
Harry looked worried about his father but did what he had come to do. Looking at his great grandfather he said, "Do you still have that prophecy my mum wrote in her third year? Well you know that most of it has come true and that the rest is yet to come, so Ron and I have come to tell you that in order to complete the prophecy, we have to go back to 1975."