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"Minerva, what in the world… is that Harry? I told you he has to stay with his relatives, I know you don't like them but…" Dumbledore said but stopped as I walked out from behind McGonagall.
"That was my fault, I kind of kidnapped him I guess" I said and I could almost feel McGonagall facepalming behind me.
"She is not lying, but it is a bit more complicated than that, before we start I need you to get a hold of some veritiserum, we need to be certain she is telling the truth" McGonagall explained and laid little Harry down in a basinet she conjured up.
Dumbledore actually looked gob smacked, I didn't think he was actually capable of that, I thought he would always be calm and collected. McGonagall sent Dumbledore a look which seemed to work, he walked to a cupboard which seemed to hold a varity of potions and ingredients.
"Now before I take this I need some reassurance from you. No no, do not look at me like that, I will take it, but there are parts that I might have to tell to only one of you, will I be able to tell one of you to leave or cover your ears before answering a question I'm asked? I don't quite know how the potion works" I asked them, I could see McGonagall trying to hide a little laugh at the covering your ears part, probably imagining Dumbledore covering his ears.
"Yes you will be able to do that, and we will oblige to the best of our ability" Dumbledore answered, I figured that was as good as I was going to get.
I sat down in a cozy chair situated in a little reading nook by one of Dumbledore's bookshelves. I held my hand out for the veritiserum, Dumbledore looked a little confused that we didn't bother to explain the situation to him first, but I figured it would be best if they were sure that all I was saying was true, no reason to tell the whole story twice. Dumbledore came up to me and dropped two drops on my tongue.
"Now that will last for about ten minutes give or take" Dumbledore explained.
"Now lets start with the obvious, who are you?" Dumbledore asked
"oh my I forgot to ask you that, how rude of me" McGonagall said surprised at herself, I just smiled at her.
"My name is Lana Eriksen, I'm 25 years old and I'm from Norway, for me the year is 2019, but from my guess the year I'm in here is 1981. I was somehow transported into this world, I don't know how and I don't know why. I say world and not time, because in my world, your world is quite famous, there has been written 7 books about a child named Harry Potter, it follows all his years at Hogwarts. We are also given background information on plenty of characters, so I know a lot, about a lot of people. I'm still not sure that this is real for me or if it is all in my head, but as you Dumbledore say to Harry at one point, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? The reason I took Harry is because I know some of what will happen to him in the next eleven years, and the parts I don't know scare me. By my definition he will be abused there, and I have a bachelor's degree in early childhood development, and I know how important a childhood is. I could not and will not, to the best of my ability, let a child go through that if I can in any way stop it… Oh and as far as I know I'm as muggle as they come" I said it all very fast and kept my eyes glued to both Dumbledore and McGonagall so they would know for certain that I was not lying.
"wow this is a lot, I have to confess I do not know where to even begin questioning you, there is a lot of knowledge here that I need to digest, but I need to know if there is some information that you have that you are sure only one of us knows, that no one else is suppose to know, unless it was in fact written by an author in your world" Dumbledore said.
"I do think on this question it would be best if McGonagall did not hear my answer" Dumbledore looked at McGonagall to make sure she was okay with that, she walked to the other side of the office and Dumbledore waved his wand around us, probably a silencing spell.
"The knowledge I'm about to give will be very painful for you to relive again, but it is the only information I am sure no one else knows, are you ready?" Dumbledore nodded for me to continue.
"I know that faithful day in the summer of 1899, you possibly murdered your sister, because you still do not know which one of your, Aberforth's or Grindewald's curse that hit her. I also know that you didn't just have friendly feelings towards Grindewald, you were in fact in love with him" I could see both the pain and surprise reflecting in Dumbledore's eyes. Dumbledore waved his wand ending the spell and motioned for McGonagall to once again join us.
"She is telling the truth, there is no one in this world beside myself who knows some of what she told me and only three other people know of the other incident and there is absolutely no doubt in me that they would never tell anyone about the incident either" Dumbledore looked stressed and passed back and forth as he talked. It looked like McGonagall understood enough to not ask about which incident I had told him about.
"This is a lot of information to digest, but what you are saying is that you know what will happen in the years leading up to mister Potters seventh year?" Dumbledore asked
"That is a little hard to answer, the books only cover Harry's years at Hogwarts, but gives a lot of information about the past and the characters, I know that how things are now we won't have to worry about Voldemort until Harry's first year. I know that Voldemort's name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, he is a halfblood and a decedent of Slytherin, he was conceived by a love potion given to Tom Riddle, his father the muggle, by his mother, a witch. Voldemort's mother died in childbirth and he was raised at an orphanage" I said, still feeling the effects of the potion, but I could also feel it lessening, my need to tell the truth. Dumbledore looked shocked at all my information, I knew he already knew all this, but to hear it from a complete outsider must be weird.
"The potion is going to stop working soon, I can feel it" I informed them.
"I do not believe we will need the potion any longer, I believe you were telling the truth even before you got the potion, so I trust you to tell the truth without it" Dumbledore said and looked at McGonagall to see if she agreed, she still looked a little shocked about all the information I had revealed about Voldemort but nodded at Dumbledore's silent question.
"that's good, but I need to inform you of something before the potion wears of, cause I need you to be sure I'm telling the truth about this. Sirius Black is innocent" McGonagall gasped and Dumbledore's eyes widened in surprise.
"Sirius was not James and Lily's secret keeper, it was Peter Pettigrew, he has been a spy for Voldemort for a while now, I do not know how long. The Potters and Black all thought it was a good idea to use Pettigrew, because who would ever suspect him? and that way the deatheaters would all focus on Sirius, and if he was ever caught he wouldn't be able to tell them anything, not that he would ever voluntarily give that information up, he would rather die I believe. When Pettigrew was made secretkeeper he ran along to his master like the rat that he is and betrayed them, which lead to their deaths. My only wish was that whoever or whatever brought me here would have brought me earlier, that way I could have tried to save James and Lily. Oh and Pettigrew is an animagus rat and James was a stag, they did it to keep Remus company during his time of the month. Remus is good through and through by the way, in case someone was doubting him." I rambled, McGonagall and Dumbledore just stood there both equally shocked.
"we will sort that out as soon as we're able to" Dumbledore replied after a bit, McGonagall still looked shocked.
"It makes more sense to be honest, before I was told I never would have believed Sirius to betray James, they were brothers. Pettigrew on the other hand, I wouldn't have guessed him either, but he was always weaker, always following the crowd with the most power, or popularity as it was here at Hogwarts." McGonagall said, more to herself than to us, Dumbledore nodded along.
"Yes we need to find Pettigrew and get Sirius out of Azkaban, he was transported directly there after the incident with Pettigrew yesterday after he found James and Lily" Dumbledore said.
Okay so today was the day after Halloween, after their deaths, good to know.
Thoghts?
