A/N: Thanks to Child-of-the-Dawn; Alexa Donaghy; Bekah; Fage of Hyren;
LittleEar BigEar's sis; and Kanashimi: I know, but this isn't one of my
realistic fics. It's just something that was popping around in my head and
I had to write down. As for Voldemort, he is definitely more powerful
still. If Harry all of a sudden could squish Vold with a single thought,
then the story would be boring!
CH6: Diagon Alley
Harry strode towards the gates of Hogwarts. It was now the 27th of August, three days before school was scheduled to start. The time travelers had spent the past week getting "acquainted" with the castle and staff. It was rather boring pretending like everything was new to them.
Remus had a talk with Dumbledore about his condition. He explained that he was testing a new potion that would minimize the pain of the transformations and let him keep his human mind, and he hoped that the Headmaster wouldn't have a problem with it. Which was only partially a lie. Remus would be taking the Wolfsbane Potion (he had a years worth prepared before they left) and he did know that Albus wouldn't mind, from experience. He just didn't say that he had been using this potion for years as it was quite common in the future. Somehow, the werewolf had said, I thought that would blow their cover.
Now, Harry was heading to Diagon Alley to pick up a few things for the coming term. Sirius had devised a potion that would out marauder the Marauders' Map and hide their names on it. It wouldn't do good if the young students saw themselves on the Map. Or something like that.
Anyway, Harry soon reached the drive and Apparated away. After arriving at the Leaky Cauldron and waving a greeting to Tom, he tapped on the brick entrance and went into the Alley.
People were rushing this way and that, pushing and shoving. Harry loved it. Diagon Alley was the first place he had been to in the wizarding world and would always be one of his favorites, second only to Hogwarts.
Harry made his way over to Apothecary to purchase the ingredients for the Concealment Potion and then went over to Flourish and Blotts to get books for his class. Or, at least, he tried.
"Ahhhh," said a voice from beneath him as Harry ran straight into someone and fell down. There were a bunch of chuckles from above them.
"Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," said Harry. He stood up and held out his hand to the person he knocked down. He met eyes that looked just like his own.
"No, no, it was my fault," a young Lily Evans answered. She handed him one of the books he dropped.
"Thanks." Harry was slightly startled to be talking to his mother. He wasn't expecting it so soon.
"Are you going to Hogwarts this year? You must be new, I've never seen you around before. What year will you be in? I'm in sixth. By the way, my name is Lily Evans, Gryffindor Prefect." The way she said all of this reminded him of Hermione when he first met her.
"Uhhh, sort of, yes, no year, nice to meet you, Lily. Oh, and my name is Harry. Harry Jamison." Lily giggled at this and was about to respond when someone cleared their throat behind them. It was then, that Harry realized he was facing the entire group of Marauders.
"Excuse me, I forgot to introduce you to my friends," Lily said. "This is Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and my boyfriend, James Potter." Harry greeted them all, Peter a little stiffly, as they moved towards the check out counter with their purchases.
"Buying 'An Advanced Guide to the Defense of Dark Hexes' for any particular reason?" Sirius questioned as Harry laid the books on the counter.
"You can never be too prepared, right?"
"Someone's a little paranoid," James joked.
"Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean you aren't being followed," responded Harry. The Marauders laughed uneasily at this.
"Hey, Harry, we're going to head over to Gambol and Japes in a minute. Do you want to come?" asked Remus.
"I would love to, but I really shouldn't."
"Why not? Afraid to get caught? Don't worry, we play pranks all the time and nothing bad ever happens," Sirius grinned.
"At least not to us," Peter added.
"It's not that. It just wouldn't look good to have a teacher playing pranks on his students, now would it." Harry smiled at their faces. "I'll see you in class, kids." He gathered his things and left the shop, leaving a group of very shocked students behind.
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"Did he just say what I think he just said?" Remus asked.
"What do you think he just said?" Sirius responded, still slightly dazed.
"Huh?"
"Well, I can't read your mind. But, if you think he just said what I think he just said, which is, that he's a teacher, then we are thinking the same thoughts." The group stopped staring at Harry's retreating back and looked at Sirius.
"What?"
"Do get the feeling that he was...What word am I looking for?" James questioned.
"Young?" said Remus.
"Odd?" piped in Peter.
"The coolest teacher we will ever have!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Familiar." Lily finished for her boyfriend.
"Right, yeah, familiar. He reminds me of someone, I just don't know who."
"He looks like you, James," Peter said.
"But, with Lily's eyes," mumbled Remus.
"It's probably just a coincidence." James shook his head. "Let's just forget about it."
"I still say, what ever class he teaches will be the best!" Sirius went on. "Anyway, I want to get some of those new products, what are they called? Dungbombs?" The five friends went on to the joke store, taking their minds off their strange new professor.
CH6: Diagon Alley
Harry strode towards the gates of Hogwarts. It was now the 27th of August, three days before school was scheduled to start. The time travelers had spent the past week getting "acquainted" with the castle and staff. It was rather boring pretending like everything was new to them.
Remus had a talk with Dumbledore about his condition. He explained that he was testing a new potion that would minimize the pain of the transformations and let him keep his human mind, and he hoped that the Headmaster wouldn't have a problem with it. Which was only partially a lie. Remus would be taking the Wolfsbane Potion (he had a years worth prepared before they left) and he did know that Albus wouldn't mind, from experience. He just didn't say that he had been using this potion for years as it was quite common in the future. Somehow, the werewolf had said, I thought that would blow their cover.
Now, Harry was heading to Diagon Alley to pick up a few things for the coming term. Sirius had devised a potion that would out marauder the Marauders' Map and hide their names on it. It wouldn't do good if the young students saw themselves on the Map. Or something like that.
Anyway, Harry soon reached the drive and Apparated away. After arriving at the Leaky Cauldron and waving a greeting to Tom, he tapped on the brick entrance and went into the Alley.
People were rushing this way and that, pushing and shoving. Harry loved it. Diagon Alley was the first place he had been to in the wizarding world and would always be one of his favorites, second only to Hogwarts.
Harry made his way over to Apothecary to purchase the ingredients for the Concealment Potion and then went over to Flourish and Blotts to get books for his class. Or, at least, he tried.
"Ahhhh," said a voice from beneath him as Harry ran straight into someone and fell down. There were a bunch of chuckles from above them.
"Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," said Harry. He stood up and held out his hand to the person he knocked down. He met eyes that looked just like his own.
"No, no, it was my fault," a young Lily Evans answered. She handed him one of the books he dropped.
"Thanks." Harry was slightly startled to be talking to his mother. He wasn't expecting it so soon.
"Are you going to Hogwarts this year? You must be new, I've never seen you around before. What year will you be in? I'm in sixth. By the way, my name is Lily Evans, Gryffindor Prefect." The way she said all of this reminded him of Hermione when he first met her.
"Uhhh, sort of, yes, no year, nice to meet you, Lily. Oh, and my name is Harry. Harry Jamison." Lily giggled at this and was about to respond when someone cleared their throat behind them. It was then, that Harry realized he was facing the entire group of Marauders.
"Excuse me, I forgot to introduce you to my friends," Lily said. "This is Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and my boyfriend, James Potter." Harry greeted them all, Peter a little stiffly, as they moved towards the check out counter with their purchases.
"Buying 'An Advanced Guide to the Defense of Dark Hexes' for any particular reason?" Sirius questioned as Harry laid the books on the counter.
"You can never be too prepared, right?"
"Someone's a little paranoid," James joked.
"Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean you aren't being followed," responded Harry. The Marauders laughed uneasily at this.
"Hey, Harry, we're going to head over to Gambol and Japes in a minute. Do you want to come?" asked Remus.
"I would love to, but I really shouldn't."
"Why not? Afraid to get caught? Don't worry, we play pranks all the time and nothing bad ever happens," Sirius grinned.
"At least not to us," Peter added.
"It's not that. It just wouldn't look good to have a teacher playing pranks on his students, now would it." Harry smiled at their faces. "I'll see you in class, kids." He gathered his things and left the shop, leaving a group of very shocked students behind.
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"Did he just say what I think he just said?" Remus asked.
"What do you think he just said?" Sirius responded, still slightly dazed.
"Huh?"
"Well, I can't read your mind. But, if you think he just said what I think he just said, which is, that he's a teacher, then we are thinking the same thoughts." The group stopped staring at Harry's retreating back and looked at Sirius.
"What?"
"Do get the feeling that he was...What word am I looking for?" James questioned.
"Young?" said Remus.
"Odd?" piped in Peter.
"The coolest teacher we will ever have!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Familiar." Lily finished for her boyfriend.
"Right, yeah, familiar. He reminds me of someone, I just don't know who."
"He looks like you, James," Peter said.
"But, with Lily's eyes," mumbled Remus.
"It's probably just a coincidence." James shook his head. "Let's just forget about it."
"I still say, what ever class he teaches will be the best!" Sirius went on. "Anyway, I want to get some of those new products, what are they called? Dungbombs?" The five friends went on to the joke store, taking their minds off their strange new professor.