A Time Out of Memory
by S. L
He did not fly down to the ground as the others did, but remained perched on his broom high above them all. They were yelling for him to come down, to congratulate him, so they could all go back to the castle and duck down to the kitchens for something warm. He didn't hear their voices, his eyes were focused on the slinking form of his uncle.
Daniel Potter moved with uncertainty, looking over his shoulder constantly, and even staring at Harry for a moment. Just for a moment, then he moved faster. Treading over the ground carefully, one arm closed firmly around his arm. Harry narrowed his eyes and watched as the boy made his way towards the school.
Down below him Sirius was threatening to do some very painful and embarrassing things if he didn't come down and some of the others were laughing. Ron and Hermoine however had worry written across their features.
"Harry?" Hermoine's somewhat calm voice called out. "What is it?" She sounded a little frightened now.
He sniffed and pulled his eyes away from Daniel. "I see something!" He called down to his two friends. He nudged his head gesturing for them to come up. They were at his side in a moment leaving the others behind.
"Harry?" Hermoine questioned again. Ron was looking anxious.
He leaned closer to them all, his eyes still on Daniel as he slid into the castle. "It's Daniel, under an invisibility cloak. He just came out of the forest with a hand around his arm. Right where the Dark Mark is burnt into Death Eaters skins."
He ended with a sort of strangled sigh. Anger was pulsing through him, but he forced himself to remain calm. If he confronted Daniel that could mess things up, it just made him so furious that James' own brother could be betraying him.
Ron choked and Hermoine let out a gasp. "Daniel!" She cried a little too loudly then clamped her hand over her mouth, quickly followed by the two other boys. The next moment they were all three entangled, their heads bent close together and all of their hands covering Hermoine's mouth.
The other's began to yell again from the ground, but none of them were listening.
"Harry, you don't think he really is... well... you know..." Ron was said sounding panicked. He always hated dealing with anything dark. It was unfortunate then that the Harry Potter happened to be his best friend. Trouble seemed to just cling to him.
"I don't know," Harry snapped. This was not at all working out. "I just need to think."
He flew away then leaving all of his friends staring after him. He didn't even touch down at the castle, but flew up to the roof instead. The thoughts buzzed around his head, screaming to be solved.
~
James watched as Harry flew off. It was strange that the three had had a whispered conversation in the air and then attacked Hermoine when she said something. He didn't hear her clearly, but it almost sounded like she'd said `Daniel.'
"Do you know what all that was about?" Sirius asked, no longer screaming. He looked genuinely confused.
James just shook his head and put his arm around Lily. He shivered a little, it still sounded so odd, calling her Lily, even in his head. "Let's just go back to the castle. At least it's warm there."
The others agreed to this, but Hermoine and Ron were still floating above them arguing silently. Remus hesitated. "Hermoine!" He called. "You coming?"
She gave a thin lipped frown then shook her head and turned back to Ron. Remus sighed and James pushed him playfully. "Don't worry about it Moony I'm sure things are fine."
His friend nodded uncertainly. "There's just something about those three, especially Harry. They're all so strange."
James didn't say anything, but he quite agreed.
"You're right Remus," Lily said for him instead. "They are quite nice and everything, but so strange... I feel like we hardly know anything about them."
Sirius butted in then. "Yeah did you see him? He was staring at something. Harry I mean. Looked like it scared Hermoine and Ron too."
"Looking at something?" Peter spoke up with his usual squeak. He started shaking. "L-like w-what?"
"I dunno, just something." Sirius repeated, then they all walked into the castle each thinking their own thoughts. James lingered with Lily for a moment at the door just in time to see Harry fly over their heads and into the Forbidden Forest.
~
He didn't know what he was looking for exactly, but he knew something was there. There had to be a reason why Daniel had snuck out. To meet someone perhaps? It was more than likely the rage that drove him, the need to know what was going on. He was not the type of person that liked to be left alone in the dark.
"We move tonight," a cold voice was saying through the trees, Harry slowed his speed.
"Tonight my lord?" Another voice answered.
"Yes," this time he recognized the sneaker. It was Voldemort.
"My informant has been notified," he went on. "I will contact the rat in a moment. We must rid ourselves of the Potter boy tonight."
"Yes my lord. Shall I call the others together?"
A high string of laughter. The laughter that had haunted Harry's dreams for years. Harry began shaking a bit. He was brave and had faced Voldemort before, but the man (if you could call him that) still terrified him.
"The others? They shall not be needed for this. That mudblood loving fool Dumbledore won't even know we've come and gone until morning. No, we need to move with speed. You shall be the one to gather them together. I want no mistakes. You know where to meat me."
There was a faint pop that was no doubt the dark lord disapperating. Harry shook slightly.
"Better get this over with..." the other voice muttered then took off through the trees.
No doubt was in Harry's mind as he flew to the school, the old broom straining under his speed. His heart raced, what if he was late? His head pulsed, what if he was wrong? His breath was caught up in his chest, what if his father died?
Hermoine and Ron were still out on the field and as they caught sight of him streaking past them they tried to catch up, but quickly fell behind. No one could catch up to Harry now.
The wind was screaming past his ears, but he heard none of it. He knew only speed. That he had to get there in time, he couldn't let his father die. He couldn't let Voldemort win again.
He flew in through an open window scaring a daydreaming first year. He'd flown in the castle before, during another such terrifying moment, and it really wasn't too difficult. Just so long as you avoided the people and the professors. Something he was finding almost difficult now. He wove in and out of the scant crowd, not even apologizing as he knocked Professor McGonagal to the ground. Not even stopping to warn Dumbledore, as he knew he should have done, as the headmaster bent to pick up his deputy headmistress.
He had to find James, "Accio Marauder's Map!" He called out. Then, "Accio Firebolt!" The old broom was quickly failing and he needed to get around.
For one moment he stopped as the two items came soaring after him. Only long enough to mutter the password to the map and jump on his broom. Then he was gone again. If he had been going fast before, it was nothing like the speed only he could achieve on his Firebolt.
He glanced down at the map, looking frantically for his dad, or even his mother, or even for the traitor Daniel.
Lily was no where to be seen, but the all three Potters were up in the Hospital wing. His grand mum, dad, and uncle. He wiped the map clean then bent low against the broom, shooting off past Sirius who stood openmouthed before him.
Time, he kept thinking, he needed more time! He couldn't get there fast enough! He needed more time! Time, he thought again, this time bitterly. Time was what had gotten him in this fix in the first place. The box, and time, if not for that he would be in his own time right now. As would his godfather and best friends.
Shouts echoed past him, but he was gone before the sounds could truly reach his ears. Weaving around statues of armor and terrified students, knocking even more professors to the ground. Then at last he had reached the hospital wing.
His speed was so fast, that as he flew into the room he had to crash against the floor to properly come to a halt. That was not at all pleasant. He didn't have time to think about that though, he jumped to his feet immediately, as did James and Daniel. James looking worried, Daniel looking menacing. Susan Potter looking emotionless.
As he had done so many times before Harry drew himself up proud with his wand raised before him, aimed directly at Daniel. "Traitor," was all he said, but that was enough.
Daniel just smiled a sickening sort of smile. "Maybe, but now your too late." The lights blinked out and his grand mum's scream rang through the room, echoing through the entire school. Then Harry knew no more.
~
James didn't know what had happened. One moment Harry had come tearing into the room scaring them all and the next the lights had gone out and he had felt a strange pull, almost like a portkey.
Daniel was gone, but both his mother and Harry lay unconscious at his heals. There was darkness all around. A threatening, heavy darkness.
"The family has reunited has it?" A cold voice said from somewhere, James looked about wildly, but the voice seemed to come from everywhere. His heart rose in his chest.
The voice tutted scolding. "It seems my faithful Death Eaters have bungled my orders as usual. Really, they must be taught more obedience. Though I suppose I should have specified which Potter I wanted. You'll all do nicely though."
James looked about wildly looking for the speaker, a shadow, darker than night stood before him, wrapped in some strange cloak.
"What nothing to say? That's alright, there'll be no need for words in a minute. I haven't any need for you. Not when I have your brother after all. He's the one I really need. Him and your mother. You and your look-a-like we'll end up as your father did I'm afraid."
"Who are you?" James finally managed to make himself say to the dark figure.
The figure laughed, it was a high and terrifying laugh that he knew would haunt him for the rest of his short lived life.
"Who am I young Potter? Who am I? I am Lord Voldemort!"
*I hope things don't move too fast in this chapter. In my opinion though, if you're in a situation like this, things do move rather fast. I dunno, tell me if something just doesn't work out. Hope you like it though. The story is kind of coming to an ending, but not really. There are still a couple of chapters yet to come. It just depends on how I work things. I'm trying to just tie things all together at the end, so if there is something I'm forgetting please tell me so I can work it in. Thanks for reading and reviewing!*
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I AM SO MAD it took me FOREVER to be able to post this. I'm not good with computers (AT ALL) so when FFN told me I was doing something wrong I had no idea what to do... because I wasn't doing anythign different to post my new chapters. Apparently though, my uploads weren't supported by FFN. Also sorry for the delay, but I really didn't know what to do!!
by S. L
He did not fly down to the ground as the others did, but remained perched on his broom high above them all. They were yelling for him to come down, to congratulate him, so they could all go back to the castle and duck down to the kitchens for something warm. He didn't hear their voices, his eyes were focused on the slinking form of his uncle.
Daniel Potter moved with uncertainty, looking over his shoulder constantly, and even staring at Harry for a moment. Just for a moment, then he moved faster. Treading over the ground carefully, one arm closed firmly around his arm. Harry narrowed his eyes and watched as the boy made his way towards the school.
Down below him Sirius was threatening to do some very painful and embarrassing things if he didn't come down and some of the others were laughing. Ron and Hermoine however had worry written across their features.
"Harry?" Hermoine's somewhat calm voice called out. "What is it?" She sounded a little frightened now.
He sniffed and pulled his eyes away from Daniel. "I see something!" He called down to his two friends. He nudged his head gesturing for them to come up. They were at his side in a moment leaving the others behind.
"Harry?" Hermoine questioned again. Ron was looking anxious.
He leaned closer to them all, his eyes still on Daniel as he slid into the castle. "It's Daniel, under an invisibility cloak. He just came out of the forest with a hand around his arm. Right where the Dark Mark is burnt into Death Eaters skins."
He ended with a sort of strangled sigh. Anger was pulsing through him, but he forced himself to remain calm. If he confronted Daniel that could mess things up, it just made him so furious that James' own brother could be betraying him.
Ron choked and Hermoine let out a gasp. "Daniel!" She cried a little too loudly then clamped her hand over her mouth, quickly followed by the two other boys. The next moment they were all three entangled, their heads bent close together and all of their hands covering Hermoine's mouth.
The other's began to yell again from the ground, but none of them were listening.
"Harry, you don't think he really is... well... you know..." Ron was said sounding panicked. He always hated dealing with anything dark. It was unfortunate then that the Harry Potter happened to be his best friend. Trouble seemed to just cling to him.
"I don't know," Harry snapped. This was not at all working out. "I just need to think."
He flew away then leaving all of his friends staring after him. He didn't even touch down at the castle, but flew up to the roof instead. The thoughts buzzed around his head, screaming to be solved.
~
James watched as Harry flew off. It was strange that the three had had a whispered conversation in the air and then attacked Hermoine when she said something. He didn't hear her clearly, but it almost sounded like she'd said `Daniel.'
"Do you know what all that was about?" Sirius asked, no longer screaming. He looked genuinely confused.
James just shook his head and put his arm around Lily. He shivered a little, it still sounded so odd, calling her Lily, even in his head. "Let's just go back to the castle. At least it's warm there."
The others agreed to this, but Hermoine and Ron were still floating above them arguing silently. Remus hesitated. "Hermoine!" He called. "You coming?"
She gave a thin lipped frown then shook her head and turned back to Ron. Remus sighed and James pushed him playfully. "Don't worry about it Moony I'm sure things are fine."
His friend nodded uncertainly. "There's just something about those three, especially Harry. They're all so strange."
James didn't say anything, but he quite agreed.
"You're right Remus," Lily said for him instead. "They are quite nice and everything, but so strange... I feel like we hardly know anything about them."
Sirius butted in then. "Yeah did you see him? He was staring at something. Harry I mean. Looked like it scared Hermoine and Ron too."
"Looking at something?" Peter spoke up with his usual squeak. He started shaking. "L-like w-what?"
"I dunno, just something." Sirius repeated, then they all walked into the castle each thinking their own thoughts. James lingered with Lily for a moment at the door just in time to see Harry fly over their heads and into the Forbidden Forest.
~
He didn't know what he was looking for exactly, but he knew something was there. There had to be a reason why Daniel had snuck out. To meet someone perhaps? It was more than likely the rage that drove him, the need to know what was going on. He was not the type of person that liked to be left alone in the dark.
"We move tonight," a cold voice was saying through the trees, Harry slowed his speed.
"Tonight my lord?" Another voice answered.
"Yes," this time he recognized the sneaker. It was Voldemort.
"My informant has been notified," he went on. "I will contact the rat in a moment. We must rid ourselves of the Potter boy tonight."
"Yes my lord. Shall I call the others together?"
A high string of laughter. The laughter that had haunted Harry's dreams for years. Harry began shaking a bit. He was brave and had faced Voldemort before, but the man (if you could call him that) still terrified him.
"The others? They shall not be needed for this. That mudblood loving fool Dumbledore won't even know we've come and gone until morning. No, we need to move with speed. You shall be the one to gather them together. I want no mistakes. You know where to meat me."
There was a faint pop that was no doubt the dark lord disapperating. Harry shook slightly.
"Better get this over with..." the other voice muttered then took off through the trees.
No doubt was in Harry's mind as he flew to the school, the old broom straining under his speed. His heart raced, what if he was late? His head pulsed, what if he was wrong? His breath was caught up in his chest, what if his father died?
Hermoine and Ron were still out on the field and as they caught sight of him streaking past them they tried to catch up, but quickly fell behind. No one could catch up to Harry now.
The wind was screaming past his ears, but he heard none of it. He knew only speed. That he had to get there in time, he couldn't let his father die. He couldn't let Voldemort win again.
He flew in through an open window scaring a daydreaming first year. He'd flown in the castle before, during another such terrifying moment, and it really wasn't too difficult. Just so long as you avoided the people and the professors. Something he was finding almost difficult now. He wove in and out of the scant crowd, not even apologizing as he knocked Professor McGonagal to the ground. Not even stopping to warn Dumbledore, as he knew he should have done, as the headmaster bent to pick up his deputy headmistress.
He had to find James, "Accio Marauder's Map!" He called out. Then, "Accio Firebolt!" The old broom was quickly failing and he needed to get around.
For one moment he stopped as the two items came soaring after him. Only long enough to mutter the password to the map and jump on his broom. Then he was gone again. If he had been going fast before, it was nothing like the speed only he could achieve on his Firebolt.
He glanced down at the map, looking frantically for his dad, or even his mother, or even for the traitor Daniel.
Lily was no where to be seen, but the all three Potters were up in the Hospital wing. His grand mum, dad, and uncle. He wiped the map clean then bent low against the broom, shooting off past Sirius who stood openmouthed before him.
Time, he kept thinking, he needed more time! He couldn't get there fast enough! He needed more time! Time, he thought again, this time bitterly. Time was what had gotten him in this fix in the first place. The box, and time, if not for that he would be in his own time right now. As would his godfather and best friends.
Shouts echoed past him, but he was gone before the sounds could truly reach his ears. Weaving around statues of armor and terrified students, knocking even more professors to the ground. Then at last he had reached the hospital wing.
His speed was so fast, that as he flew into the room he had to crash against the floor to properly come to a halt. That was not at all pleasant. He didn't have time to think about that though, he jumped to his feet immediately, as did James and Daniel. James looking worried, Daniel looking menacing. Susan Potter looking emotionless.
As he had done so many times before Harry drew himself up proud with his wand raised before him, aimed directly at Daniel. "Traitor," was all he said, but that was enough.
Daniel just smiled a sickening sort of smile. "Maybe, but now your too late." The lights blinked out and his grand mum's scream rang through the room, echoing through the entire school. Then Harry knew no more.
~
James didn't know what had happened. One moment Harry had come tearing into the room scaring them all and the next the lights had gone out and he had felt a strange pull, almost like a portkey.
Daniel was gone, but both his mother and Harry lay unconscious at his heals. There was darkness all around. A threatening, heavy darkness.
"The family has reunited has it?" A cold voice said from somewhere, James looked about wildly, but the voice seemed to come from everywhere. His heart rose in his chest.
The voice tutted scolding. "It seems my faithful Death Eaters have bungled my orders as usual. Really, they must be taught more obedience. Though I suppose I should have specified which Potter I wanted. You'll all do nicely though."
James looked about wildly looking for the speaker, a shadow, darker than night stood before him, wrapped in some strange cloak.
"What nothing to say? That's alright, there'll be no need for words in a minute. I haven't any need for you. Not when I have your brother after all. He's the one I really need. Him and your mother. You and your look-a-like we'll end up as your father did I'm afraid."
"Who are you?" James finally managed to make himself say to the dark figure.
The figure laughed, it was a high and terrifying laugh that he knew would haunt him for the rest of his short lived life.
"Who am I young Potter? Who am I? I am Lord Voldemort!"
*I hope things don't move too fast in this chapter. In my opinion though, if you're in a situation like this, things do move rather fast. I dunno, tell me if something just doesn't work out. Hope you like it though. The story is kind of coming to an ending, but not really. There are still a couple of chapters yet to come. It just depends on how I work things. I'm trying to just tie things all together at the end, so if there is something I'm forgetting please tell me so I can work it in. Thanks for reading and reviewing!*
~Mayleesa
~Quack Quack 88
~Tidmag
~Aalilyah
~A-man
~SailorChibi
~Britz
~MidnightDragon
~AngelStar88
~Gia
~Artemis-chan
~Goddessnmb1: I know what you mean, but just think of them sort of ignoring one another all summer, so that they never spent time together. I dunno, it is weird, but it somehow works out a bit
~thistlemeg
~Tara
~Sirena Oculare
~child of shadow
~SuNnY GuRL
~Bunni Gurl
~Mystic Topaz
~Josh Carpenter
~Jay Da Fighta
~Mademoiselle Gabrielle
~Brittanie: you've sort of got it, but I'm not about to tell you
~Lady FoxFire
~Ashlynn Black
I AM SO MAD it took me FOREVER to be able to post this. I'm not good with computers (AT ALL) so when FFN told me I was doing something wrong I had no idea what to do... because I wasn't doing anythign different to post my new chapters. Apparently though, my uploads weren't supported by FFN. Also sorry for the delay, but I really didn't know what to do!!