LILY POTTER AND THE CHANGE OF TIME
Warning – This is the sequel to Harry Potter, Time Traveler. If you have not read, Harry Potter, Time Traveler, I would highly recommend it as this story will get very confusing. You may not recognize many of the characters and may have no idea what is going on if you do not read it.
Summary – Harry Potter is supposed to be dead. But thanks to the Book of Time and a little time traveling back in his fifth year, he is now alive. Now Lily must overcome the obstacles of being a typical teenage witch and finding out where time got changed because you never want to mess with fate. Sometimes it does not always come out for the best…but yet…sometimes it does.
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 20 – Hostage Crisis:
Harry's eyes fluttered open and he looked out of the window to see that it was broad daylight and the rays of sunlight were illuminating his room almost violently. Feeling quite comfortable in his bed and not wanting to get remove himself from the warm blankets and cool sheets, Harry glanced at his watch, praying that he had more time to lounge within them. But, instead he let out an annoyed groan when he realized that breakfast had started fifteen minutes ago.
Swearing loudly, Harry reluctantly, but immediately swung his legs out of bed and quickly dressed himself before grabbing his wand and dashing off to the Great Hall. He was already twenty minutes late for breakfast and knew that Hermione would be sure to greet him with a stern look and an even sterner lecture later on. After all, professors were supposed to not only be eating breakfast, but were supposed to be monitoring the students as they ate their morning meal.
Unfortunately, an average morning was not in store for Harry.
Without knowing this, Harry walked through the doors of the Great Hall and was surprised that Hermione was not pulling her neck looking for him. Instead, she was sitting at the staff table, talking to Remus in what looked like some kind of serious conversation. Harry raised a suspicious eyebrow and started to walk over to the staff table. But, a hand from Gryffindor table reached out and stopped him. His emerald eyes looked down to see Asher looking up at him uncertainly; his gray, stormy eyes full of concern.
"Professor Potter!" Asher gasped out, jumping out of his seat from beside Robyn and walked beside his teacher. Harry smiled at him.
"Good morning, Asher," he said, still smiling as the younger boy walked with him. Even though it was now known that Asher was now Lily's boyfriend, Harry found himself getting over the fact. Deep down, he knew that Sirius had been right and that Lily was growing up. In the end, Harry was rather thankful that his daughter was dating someone like Asher, and not someone like Daris Malfoy. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Erm…I think…I don't know…" mumbled Asher, almost incoherently as he nervously played with his fingers. Harry noticed his behavior and was immediately concerned.
"Are you alright, Asher?" asked Harry, suddenly stopping a few feet away from the staff table. Neither he nor Asher noticed that Hermione and Remus were watching them curiously.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Professor," said Asher, still not meeting the older man's eyes. Finally, when he looked up at Harry, there was concern etched into his features and he immediately felt a wave of panic rush over him. "I just…have you seen Lily anywhere? Or have you heard from her?" At those words, Harry felt his heart stop in his chest and he simply stared at the boy standing in front of him.
"Yes, I saw her today when we got back from the mission," said Harry slowly. "She told me she was going to the Gryffindor Tower. Was she there?"
"Yeah, she showed up. I saw her for a few minutes but I haven't seen or spoken to her since then," said Asher, now looking distressed. "She told me she'd meet me for a late dinner in the kitchens but she never showed up. And now she's not here at breakfast and frankly, I'm rather worried."
"And did she say where she was going?" asked Harry, now finding it extremely difficult to breathe.
"She just said that she needed to talk to Robyn about something urgent," said Asher looking confused. Harry's eyes immediately filled with panic.
"And you haven't seen or spoken to her since?"
"No, sir," said Asher truthfully. Harry immediately looked at the staff table. He saw that Hermione was looking at the pair of them with raised eyebrows and Remus seemed to be deep in thought. Harry shot them a look that told them that something was wrong. They must have understood because they immediately stood from their seats. Quickly, Harry turned back towards Asher.
"Asher, please go and get Robyn and meet me at the staff table," he said quickly before striding over to the table where Hermione and Remus were walking towards him.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Hermione immediately asked when they reached him. Without thinking, Harry blurted out; "Have either of you seen Lily since last night?" Hermione and Remus exchanged confused looks.
"Wasn't she with you when you returned from your mission?" asked Remus slowly, raising a confused eyebrow.
"Yes, but she went back to Gryffindor Tower," explained Harry. "And Asher said he met up with her for a few moments, but then Lily went to speak with Robyn about something urgent and he hasn't seen or heard from her since."
"Oh Harry, calm down," said Hermione almost laughing, which infuriated Harry. Clearly, she did understand the severity of the situation; did understand Lily and who she was and what extremes Voldemort would take to get to the two of them. "She's probably still oversleeping in her dormitory. That's not unusual for her."
Harry shook his head, not ignoring the funny feeling that had settled in the pit of his stomach and trying to keep his temper towards Hermione in check. But, before he could retort, Asher, followed closely by Robyn walked up to the table, both looking confused and weary. Harry immediately turned to Robyn and started shooting questions at her, left and right, leaving Robyn to look very confused.
"Harry, please calm down," Hermione ordered again. "One question at a time; she's not a suspecting Death Eater."
"Sorry," mumbled Harry hurriedly, reddening slightly. Apparently some Auror skills never go away. Rolling her eyes, Hermione turned towards Robyn with a soft and calm smile on her face.
"Miss Andrews, have you seen Miss Potter anywhere?" asked Hermione calmly, almost condescendingly which almost sent Harry to the edge. Remus must have noticed because he put a hand on Harry's shoulder, which immediately calmed him somehow. It just infuriated him how Hermione did not seem to be worried at all when no one had seen Lily in hours. Harry looked at her sternly. He was so worked up over the fact that Lily might be missing, that he did not notice Asher look around the room and those gray eyes fill with even more panic and distress.
"Erm, yes, I saw her in the Gryffindor Common Room after she came back from spending the day with Professor Potter," answered Robyn truthfully.
"Asher said that she was looking for you; that she needed to talk to you…" started Harry, his voice trailing off while looking at Robyn anxiously.
"Erm, yeah, I did speak with her," said Robyn. Harry raised an eyebrow, noticing how the teenager suddenly looked annoyed. Hermione nodded, urging her to continue. Robyn sighed and obeyed: "She asked me if I knew where Eddie was." There was an automatic silence that filled the circle and Harry was filled with great satisfaction when Hermione suddenly looked as concerned as he did at the mention of her son. Asher was now glaring at the wall.
"Eddie?" asked Hermione breathlessly. "As in my son Eddie?"
"The one and only…"
"What in the hell did she want him for?" hissed Asher possessively, but no one responded to him. They were all too concerned that Lily was even attempting to look for Eddie.
"I thought they weren't speaking to each other," said Remus slowly, almost carefully, as though he couldn't truly believe his ears.
"So did I!" Robyn snapped bitterly, causing Hermione to step back; clearly startled by her outburst. "But, she asked me if I knew where he was; insisting that she needed to talk to him. We had a small argument about it and then she went off to look for him."
"And neither of you have seen her since?" Both Asher and Robyn shook their heads. And now Harry looked at Hermione with a knowingly look and was oddly satisfied once again to see her looking concerned.
"Harry, what time did you get back from your misson?" asked Hermione suddenly sounding urgent.
"I'd say around dinner time last night…"
"So, no one has seen Lily since before dinner last night?" asked Remus, now breathing heavily. Everyone knew that he was beginning to panic. Robyn and Asher both nodded honestly. "And then she went looking for Eddie and never came back?" There was a long, pregnant pause and Asher turned on Robyn, looking furious.
"How could you let her go looking for that Slytherin wanna-be?" he snarled at her. Robyn looked at him through narrowed eyes. "How could be so bloody stupid? We both know how Ed feels about her; he hates her! You know he could have hurt her or something and you just let it happen!"
"You think I didn't try and stop her? You think I wanted her to go looking for Ed?" asked Robyn, disbelief dripping from her voice. "You know how she is! I tried to stop her and she blew up in my face!"
"If Eddie hurt her, it'll be your fault!" yelled Asher, pointing his finger accusingly at her.
"Excuse me?" screeched Robyn. "I didn't tell her to go running headfirst into danger!"
Asher opened his mouth to retort, but Hermione stepped in between them looking firm; like a Headmistress should in time in conflict. "Mr. Lazard, Miss Andrews, please calm yourselves." The two stopped verbally arguing but continued to glare at one another. Hermione quickly turned to look at Harry and saw plain panic shoot through his emerald eyes. She turned stiff at Harry's look and turned back to the two teenagers. "Now, Mr. Lazard, what makes you think that Ed might have hurt Lily?"
"It's just how he acts towards her," said Asher, shaking his head. "Plus, he seems to be missing as well." Hermione blinked.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Look around," he said, gesturing around the Great Hall with his hand. "I haven't seen Eddie anywhere since yesterday afternoon, he didn't come back to the dormitory last night, and he has yet to turn up for breakfast. Both Lily and Eddie have not been seen or heard from since yesterday and I don't know about you, Professors, but I find that rather suspicious."
Harry did not need to hear anything else.
"Do you two know where Lily keeps the Marauders Map?" asked Harry urgently. They both looked at him as though he asked them to go spend the night in the Forbidden Forest to hunt for unicorns.
"Erm…no idea…but I'd imagine that she probably keeps it in her trunk," said Asher reasonably. Robyn nodded in agreement.
"She does. Whenever she needs it, she always rummages through her trunk beforehand. I think she keeps it in a box, where she has a special Locking Charm on it. I think she also has the Invisibility Cloak in that box as well."
"A Locking Charm?"
"Yeah, I don't know what she did," said Robyn, "I've never been able to perform it. She says some kind of password and-"
"The Protettivo Locking Charm," muttered Harry. "But what in the world could be her password? Do any of you know?"
"No," the both answered truthfully, in unison. Harry sat there with a sort of frown on his face. Furrowing his eyebrows, he began scratching his chin, as though he was thinking long and hard about something.
"You two; come with me," he ordered the two teenagers. "Hermione, could you send for Ron? I think he should know that his son might be missing."
"Oh, yes, of course, Harry," said Hermione, looking a little tense and panicked herself. He could almost see the tears forming in her eyes as the severity of the situation began to sink in.
"Moony? Could you contact Sirius? I think he should know if Lily is in some kind of trouble or missing. Lily might have said something to him and he might be able to help." Harry looked directly at older and sicklier looking man. Remus nodded obediently
"Robyn, Asher, come with me," ordered Harry again. He ran as fast as he could out of the Great Hall and towards the Gryffindor Tower while the three of them received strange looks from the rest of the students.
Asher and Robyn have never seen Harry, or any professor run so fast. They had a tremendous problem trying to keep up with him. Even Asher, who still ran on the summer Muggle track team, had a very hard time trying to catch up with Harry. They quickly reached the Portrait of the Fat Lady, who beamed at them.
"Hello Harry, dear," she said smiling.
"Have you seen my daughter?" asked Harry quickly, interrupting her pleasantries.
"Oh, you mean Lily? Actually no, dear, I haven't seen her. She left yesterday evening searching for something and then never came back. I can't believe I didn't realize…"
"You're sure she never came back?"
"I'm quite sure, dear," said the Fat Lady, nodding. "But if you have the password, you're more than welcome to go inside and look for her."
"Thanks, I appreciate your help. Mars bars!" said Harry hurriedly. He scrambled through the Portrait Hole and stumbled into the deserted Common Room. There was no soul in sight as everyone had gone to breakfast.
"Lily?" Harry called out through the Common Room. When there was no response, he dashed towards the girls' sixth year dormitories, calling her name frantically. "Lily? Lily, are you here? LILY?"
"She's not here," whispered Robby anxiously, as she glanced around the Common Room, sadly watching Harry storm through Gryffindor Tower, shouting Lily's name so desperately it almost sounded pathetic. It was so blatantly obvious that he wanted Lily to be safe but deep down; they knew that that might not be the case. Asher looked at her and glared.
"Thank you Captain Obvious!" he hissed at her, clearly still annoyed over the fact that she allowed Lily to go search for Eddie. "I'm telling you, something happened. I just have this really bad feeling in my gut that Eddie did something to her."
"How are you so sure?" snapped Robyn, crossing her arms across her chest defensively. "Maybe you could give Professor Trelawney some of your insight. Merlin knows how much she needs it…"
"I don't know...just have these unsettling feelings in the pit of my stomach," said Asher, ignoring her rude and sarcastic comment. "Robyn, I just don't want anything to happen to her. If something happened…I…I don't know what I'd do…" Robyn's eyes were immediately forgiving and she looked at Asher wide-eyed; a near beam was forming at her lips.
"Asher?" she asked in voice that was so astonished that there were no words to describe it. "Are you saying that you…love Lily?"
"Yeah, I think I might," Asher whispered into the distance. Robyn put her hands to her mouth and gasped, with a huge smile on her face. Asher noticed her excitement and immediately went scarlet in the face. "Don't give me that look, Robby…"
"You should tell her, Asher. You need to tell her," said Robyn, looking uncharacteristically serious. "In times like these…especially with Lily being who she is…what have you got to lose?"
"You're right. But, now is not the time," was all Asher said as Harry stormed down from the stairs of the girls' dormitories and ran past them very quickly, without even acknowledging them. But, that did not stop Asher from running after Harry, hot on his heels.
Robyn, for some reason, decided to stay behind. She stayed behind because she crawled into her bed in the girls' sixth year dormitories and began to sob; fear over Lily's disappearance flowing through her veins.
Harry sprinted to his office as fast as he could throughout the Hogwarts castle, calling for his daughter and ignoring the painful stiffness in his aging joints and his desperate panting for air. He was in a complete state of panic; Lily was not anywhere to be found and the last place that he thought she could possibly be was in his office. Where else could she possibly be? She had not shown up to classes, she was not in Gryffindor Tower, the kitchens, or the Quidditch Pitch. What also worried Harry was that Eddie also seemed to have disappeared from the grounds as well. Stopping in front of his office and wrenching the door open, Harry busted in and looked around the room frantically.
"Lily? Lily, are you in here?" he yelled out urgently. There was no response. Harry's stomach was rolling over and falling into the pit with worry. No one had seen Lily in hours and she was nowhere to be found on the Hogwarts grounds.
Harry took a much needed, deep breath and feeling extremely stressed, plopped himself at his desk, grabbing his hair with his hands as his elbows resting on his desk. He let out a loud, dry sob and looked at the desk. There was something there that had not been there before; something that he had just noticed.
It was an envelope and it was addressed to him.
Harry raised a curious eyebrow and gingerly picked up the envelope. He looked at it carefully and tore it open slowly, as though it were a bomb about to explode. When the letter was opened, a tiny marble and a note fell out of it. Harry's instinct instantly told him not to touch the marble; instead he reached for the letter and opened the note and read it. As Harry continued to read the note, his face grew paler and his bright green eyes became grayer and colder; harder. Etched on to Harry Potter's face was concern, anger, worry, panic, and fury; all of these emotions were rolling in his eyes all at once.
Then slowly, very slowly, Harry arose to his feet and crumpled the note tight into his face; his jaw was set with a look of utmost fury as he stared at the wall in front of him. At that moment precise moment, Asher ran into the room, looking panicked.
"Professor Potter no one seen- Professor, what's wrong?" asked Asher timidly, after seeing the outrageous look on Harry's face. "What is it? What happened?"
"Asher," started Harry slowly, trying to control his composure; he was breathing heavy and the color was returning to his face becoming a bright, red look of fury. "I want you to get the Headmistress and Professor Lupin and bring them to my office immediately; run as quick as you can! Then, I want you and Miss Andrews to go to the Gryffindor Common Room and stay there until you are told otherwise. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir," said Asher breathlessly, frightened over Harry's obvious rage. It was clear that Asher had no idea what was going on, but he obeyed Harry and charged out the door to follow his orders. Harry paced the room, not knowing what to do or what to say. First off, he knew that he had to owl Sirius and Ron immediately, so he did just that. As he was sending off the letters, Hermione and Remus came dashing into the room, faces red and out of breath.
"Harry? What's wrong?" asked Hermione urgently, running a hand through her bushy, curly locks.
"Asher told us to come to your office as fast as we could," explained Remus, desperately panting for air. "He said you looked worried…enraged even. What's going on?"
"Read this," snarled Harry, practically throwing the now crinkled letter at them. 'It'll tell you everything that you need to know." Hermione caught it, smoothed it out, and read it as Remus read over her shoulder.
Dear Mr. Potter,
It has been quite a while since our last meeting together, but I am sure that you remember it well.
At this time, your infamous Auror skills must have noticed that your precious daughter and godson are missing and I can only assume that you are concerned for their well-being. I assure you, Mr. Potter that they are quite safe; they are my guests at the moment and are being treated well.
But, all of that can change, Mr. Potter; that can change very quickly. If you wish to see Lily and Edward unharmed and alive and breathing again, I highly recommend that you and you alone, come to the place where you witnessed my rebirth. You have until midnight, tonight. If you are not here or if you bring any of your so-called sidekicks, I will personally make sure that the lovely Lily Potter and young Edward Weasley die slow, painful deaths.
You have until midnight.
Lord Voldemort
Hermione finished the letter and her body crumpled to the ground in a dead faint. Remus, overcoming his shock at the letter, caught her before she hit the floor hard and slowly lowered her to the floor comfortably. When he was sure that Hermione was breathing normally and unharmed, he slowly stood and turned to face Harry, who was still staring blankly and furiously out the window.
"He's using them as bait, Harry. You know this," whispered Remus, as though trying to get Harry to see some kind of reason behind the situation. Despite his attempt, he knew that it was not use. There was a fire blazing in his best friend's son emerald depths; the same eyes that looked so much like his mother's. It scared Remus to see such anger in Harry, knowing how powerful he was and what he was capable of; especially when it came to Lily.
Knowing that it was no use to try and get Harry to see reason, Remus instead asked in soft whisper: "Harry? What are we going to do?" Finally hearing Remus's voice, Harry slowly turned and faced the older man, the emerald fire growing harsher and larger with every passing second.
"I'm going after them," affirmed Harry, his voice cold and dead with absolutely no emotion behind it. "And I'm going alone."
"Harry, are you crazy? You know that Ron and Hermione are never going to let you do this alone!" shouted Remus, though still sounding reasonably sound. "Voldemort kidnapped their son too! They're going to want to go after him!"
"I know," started Harry, looking away. His voice and face were still indifferent; completely impassive. "But, I only have a few hours to get to them. I have to prepare; I have to go."
"I understand Harry that you're in a fit of rage right now, I do," said Remus, now placing both hands on Harry's shoulders, forcing him to look the older man directly in the eye. "But you know that we won't let you do this on your own. Ron, Hermione, Sirius, and I will come after you; even if you go on your own. And if you think that for one minute that Ron and Hermione are not going to go after their son, or if you think that Sirus and I are going to let you run head first into danger and not be there for you, you are deluded!"
Harry looked at Remus, his eyes finally showing emotion. They were now full of gratitude, relief, and were even a little shiny, as though he were about to cry. The two men stared at each other and Harry slowly nodded before heaving a defeated sigh.
"Alright," sighed Harry, "here's the plan…"
A note from the Jitterbelle. According to my previous Author's Note, I bought Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when I originally posted this chapter on this story many years ago. It makes me so nostalgic knowing that I will never stay up until midnight to receive one of those marvelous books or watch one of those movies that adapted this magnificent story. It feels like a giant part of my childhood has left me.
On a happier note, here is a new revised chapter! I hope you enjoy it immensely and place don't forget to review because they are so greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
Coming in Chapter 21 - We find out where Lily is and what has happened to Eddie…
