Chapter 03 The New Home
When Harry woke up, the memories of the fight against Voldemort, the spell and what happened after that, returned to him. The Last thing that he remembered was seeing his parents and confusion took place on his mind. He opened his eyes, but the room was too bright and began to look for his glasses in the bedtable next to him.
"If you are looking for your wand, you won't find it there." Said a woman watching his search.
"I would like to find my glasses first. I don't see anything without them." Said Harry when he found them.
After he put them on, the room came in focus again and he was surrounded by his parents, Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey. He blinked a few times, rubbed his eyes and cleaned his glasses thinking that it could be a dream, or worse, a nightmare.
"What has happened this time?" Groaned Harry massaging his forehead.
"Could you tell us your name, please?" Asked Dumbledore politely, although there was a tone of demand in his voice.
"Harry James Potter." Said Harry trying to calm down a growing headcahe but failing miserably.
"Our son has been dead for 14! How do you dare to tell that?" Shouted Lily furious to Harry.
"I say the same for you!" Shouted back Harry, before he asked Madame Pomfrey: "Do you have an aspirin? I have a killer headache!"
"Here you have." Said the Matron giving Harry an aspirin and a glass of water.
"Poppy, could you leave us please?" Asked Dumbledore when Harry gave the glass back to her.
"Of course." Said the woman returning to her office leaving the 3 adults and the teen alone.
"Where am I? What day is today?" Asked Harry leaning on the pillows.
"Today is the 30 of July. The year is 1995 and you are at Hogwarts Hospital Wing." Explained Dumbledore.
"How long have I been here?" Asked the teen fearing the answer.
"Almost 12 hours since you attacked James." Said Dumbledore seriously.
"Sorry, I didn't pretend to attack you." Apologised Harry to his father.
"Why did you react like that? Who is that Tommy that you mentioned?" Asked serious James Potter.
"Tommy is Tom Marvolo Riddle. I guess that you recognize that name, Professor Dumbledore." Explained Harry to the adults that were with him.
"Lord Voldemort." Explained the old wizard to the other 2 adults who looked confused.
"Before I appeared here, I was dueling with him at Diagon Alley. He hit me with a spell called Reallus Altever or something like that. The next thing I knew was that I was here and heard your voice. I was still alert with my reflexes put on the duel, so I reacted in a defensive way. That's why I stunned you in that moment." Explained Harry to the 3 adults who were listening him intently.
"Reallus Altever? Are you sure that it was the spell that hit you?" Asked Dumbledore worriedly.
"Yes. I sent the explosioner's charm. I don't know what happened to him, though." Answered Harry.
"What is that spell, Albus?" Asked the Potters confused at the same time.
"Harry, what happened to your parents where you come from?" Asked Albus ignoring the question.
"They died when I was 1 year old. Halloween of 1981." Said Harry without lookig his parents.
"That's when our Harry died!" Said Lily shocked.
"Lily, James, Harry is actually your son. Although he is from another universe. The spell casted on Harry has that efect. It sends a person to another reallity or Universe. In this case, Harry was sent to one where you lived and he died." Explained Dumbledore to the confused persons.
"Is it true, Albus?" Asked Lily near the tears.
"It is, Lily, it is." Said Albus with a smile.
Lily hugged her son, and James followed her a few minutes later. Harry, although was a little surprised by the reactions, returned it with all his strenghts. They stayed like that a few minutes before they separated.
"Do you think that we could continue this meeting somewhere else? I hate the Hospitals!" Asked Harry to his parents and Dumbledore after they finished the embrace.
"Just like you, James!" Laughed Lily hitting her husband in his arm.
"Yeah, yeah." Laughed James.
"Let's go to my Office then." Said Albus, while Harry left the bed and followed them.
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"Take seat." Said Albus to Harry and the others.
Harry sat and began to scan the room looking for differences between this one and the one of his universe. The only one that he found was the missing Gryffindor's sword. The other things were the same: the painting of the old Headmasters at the walls, the shelves full of books and Fawkes in his usual perch.
"Nothing changed." Said Harry with a smile.
"I take it like you have been in my Office in your universe then." Said Albus smiling.
"A few times." Answered Harry going to Fawkes' perch. He petted the Phoenix who sang a few notes when the teen stroked his feathers. When he returned to his seat, he said: "Nothing is different here."
"You know Fawkes?" Asked the 3 adults confused and shocked to Harry.
"He saved my life in my second year. And we share a special bond too." Answered Harry thinking in his wand.
"What do you mean with a special bond, Harry?" Asked Lily completely confused now.
"I'll answer that question if you return me my wand." Said Harry seriously to his parents and Dumbledore.
"Here you have it." Said James giving it back to his son.
"Do you know who has or had a wand with one of his feathers?" Asked Harry pointing the phoenix.
"Voldemort has one of the 2 wands. The second one hasn't been sold yet. Why?" Asked Dumbledore curious and confused.
"Here you have the other one." Said Harry putting his wand at the desk.
"Your wand is sister with Voldemort's?!" Asked shocked everyone at the same time.
"Yes, they are." Said Harry simply putting his wand back in his clothes.
"Interesting." Said Dumbledore when he recovered from the shock.
"Talking of phoenix, have you seen an egg that was in my robes?" Asked Harry remembering his new pet.
"It is there." Said Dumbledore pointing a perch where the egg was.
"Thanks. He's my new pet." Said Harry reliefed after checking it.
"You bought a Phoenix's egg?" Asked shocked James.
"Yesterday at the Alley. I was looking for a different and special one, and the owner of the Pets' shop offered it to me. I liked the idea and bought it." Explained Harry.
"Interesting." Chuckled Dumbledore.
"What happened with you after our deaths?" Asked Lily seriously, dropping the question that had been rounding her head for a long while.
Harry took a deep breath and began to tell everything: the night of halloween in his world, Voldemort's defeat at his hands, his life with the Dursleys, the abuses, starvings and many other things. Needless to say, Lily didn't sound very happy with that. Neither James or Albus did.
"Why didn't you go to live with Sirius, Remus or Minerva? Or Albus?" Asked Lily angrily.
"Sirius was sent to Azkaban. Everyone thought that he had betrayed you and that he killed Pettigrew and 13 Muggles. Remus is a werewolf. Minerva... that's a good question. I don't have any idea about it. And in my world you left this letter explaining why no one told me that he is my Grandfather." Said Harry giving his parents the letter that he had recieved from Dumbledore a few days ago.
"Sirius was in Azkaban???" Asked James shocked after they finished the letter and processes all the information that Harry gave him.
"He escaped 2 years ago." Said Harry. He felt a pain when he remembered about Sirius and that he had been killed.
"What has happened to him? I hope that you are living with him now." Said James still shocked.
"He and Remus were killed this summer by Death Eaters." Said Harry fighting against the tears that wanted to leave from his eyes.
James, Lily and Dumbledore were silent when Harry said thius words. The 3 of them were completely shocked. Lily saw that Harry was trying to not cry and hugged him tightly a few minutes till he calmed down again.
"It still hurts when I think about it." Said Harry closing his eyes and calming himself again.
"We understand, Harry." Said James seriously. Lily and Albus nodded in agreement.
"What happened when you went to Hogwarts? We saw a broom in your trunk, so we are sure that you play Quidditch." Said Lily trying to cheer up the tone.
"The youngest Seeker in the School since the last Century." Said Harry with a proud smile.
"You play since first year??" Asked the 3 shocked.
"Actually, I never finished my first class with Madame Hooch." Laughed Harry and told them about that class and the incident with the remeberall of Neville.
"Minerva proposed to the team?" Asked shocked Albus.
"She dragged me to see my old Captain. He had to explain me the rules in my first training, I didn't have any idea about the game." Laughed Harry at the memory.
"How many games did you loose?" Asked James interested.
"I lost only one in my third year. Dementors entered at the pitch in the middle of the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff match and I fell from my broom. That year we won the Cu for first time in 7 years for Gryffindor." Said Harry with a big smile.
"You lost only a game but the team didn't won the Cup till yout third year?" Asked Lily confused.
"During my first year, we won against Slytherin and Hufflepuff, but I was unconscious at the Hospital Wing in the final against Ravenclaw. In Second year the Cup was suspended after some things happened. In third year, we lost against Hufflepuff, we won against Ravenclaw and the final against Slytherin." Explained Harry with a big amile.
"Impressive." Said Dumbledore with his eyes twinkling.
"Tell us about your School years. Are you a prankster like James or bookworm like me?" Asked Lily interested.
"None of them. I wreak havoc without pranks and I study only because Hermione drags me and Ron to the library. To give you an example, I fake all my Divination's homeworks." Laughed Harry looking the disspaointed looks of his parents.
"Who are Ron and Hermione?" Asked Dumbledore curious.
"Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, my best friends there." Explained Harry with a big smile.
"What kind of havok do you cause?" Asked James with an evil smile.
Harry laughed before he told them all his adventures. He summed up very shortly the Tournament and didn't mention about his ability to speak Parsel. He didn't want to mention it yet.
"You won the Triwizard Tournament as a Fourth year?" Asked Lily almost falling from the chair.
"Yes." Was Harry's flat answer.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Asked James concerned noticing the tone of Harry's voice.
"I don't like talking about the Tournament." Said Harry closing his eyes.
"Did something happen?" Asked Lily worried.
"Someone died at the end and I was there watching it. I... couldn't do nothing to stop it." Said Harry burrying his face in his hands crying.
The 3 adults were shocked with his words and kept silent till Harry recovered himself a few minutes later. The 3 of them decided silently never mention the Tournament to him again. It was obvious that it hurted him a lot.
"What happened this summer besides Sirius and Remus' Death?" Asked Dumbledore after a few moments of silence.
"The hell." Said Harry and began to explain everything that had happened at the Dursleys, the rescue, the trial, the spell, the attack at the Alley and the fight between him and Voldemort.
"That's how you are here now." Said James when Harry finished his story.
"Yep." Said Harry. He hadn't told them about the suicide attempt. He wasn't ready to tell them yet.
Before any of them could say something else, someone knocked the door. Moments later, entered McGonagall, Remus and Sirius. The 3 of them looked shocked when they saw Harry.
"If you excuse me, I would like to rest a while. I'm still recovering from the Imagus Mentalus Charm and I'm really tired. Is there any room where I could sleep for a while?" Said Harry to his parents and Dumbledore, meanwhile the 3 adults that had just entered in the room tried to recover from the shock of his presence.
"Sure, come with me." Said Lily standing from her chair. Before they left, she told to Albus and James: "I'll take him to our quarters."
"Sure." Said James when his wife and son left the Office.
Lily and Harry walked in silence for a while. Harry watching everything trying to see if there was any change from this place and his. Lily leaded him through many corridors to a room with a paint of Gryffindor.
"Hello, Lily. Who is this young man?" Asked the painting seeing Harry.
"Hello, Godric. This is Harry, my son. Harry, this is Godric Gryffindor one of the School's fouders." Said lily presenting them.
"Pleased to meet you, Young Harry. Password, Lily?" Asked the founder smiling.
"Green eyes." Said the woman and the painting opened to reveal a big room.
It was painted in red and gold. Had 3 dorms, a common room, shelves with books of different subjects. Over the fireplace there were many pictures of Harry's parents with children, the Marauders, they with other professors and other persons that Harry didn't recogised.
"Those are your brother and sister. You'll meet them in a few days." Explained Lily pointing to the pictures of the kids.
Harry nodded and went to one of the dorms. He fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. Lily smiled and kissed him before he left the room and returned to Dumbledore's Office.
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In said office, James and Dumbledore were explainig to Minerva, Sirius and Remus everything about Harry's presence and how he reached there. The 3 were completely shocked about that and were trying to uderstand everything when Lily entered there.
"He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. He looked really tired." Said Lily with a sad smile.
"If I was him, I would be tired too." Laughed James.
"He was keeping things, did you notice?" Said Albus seriously to James and Lily.
"Yes, I did. I guess that he'll tell them when he's ready. We can't press him to do that yet." Said James seriously. Lily nodded in agreement.
"So, I have a godson!" Laughed Sirius.
"Yeah, Padfoot, you have one." Laughed James along the others.
"Tomorrow is 31." Said Lily suddenly.
"Yes, why?" Asked Remus confused.
"His birthday." Said James understanding his wife's thoughts.
"Any ideas for gifts?" Asked Albus to the adults with a smile.
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A few hours later, James and Lily went with Sirius, Minerva and Remus to check Harry. The 3 adults wanted to speak with him a little. When they entered in the room, Harry was sat in the floor meditating again with his eyes closed.
"Harry?" Asked Lily shaking gently his shoulder.
"Hi." Said Harry standing from the floor and brushing his clothes.
"What were you doing?" Asked James curiously.
"Meditating. I began to do it this summer." Explained Harry going to the bathroom to take a shower.
In the shower, he closed his eyes and began to think about everything that happened that day. He still couldn't believe where he was. He was happy to see his parents and the Marauders alive again. Sirius not worried about being caught. Remus laughing.
He felt a hard thing in his stomach when he thought about the Remus and Sirius of his Universe. He hadn't recovered himself from their deaths yet, and was sure that he wouldn't do it soon.
"Harry, I brought you a few..." Began Lily entering suddenly in the room, but she stopped when she saw the scars in his wrists that showed his suicide attempt.
"Can you leave, please?" Pleaded Harry to his mother without looking her, knowing that she had seen the scars.
Lily nodded and left the room silently and shocked by what she had seen. Her son had tried to kill himself cutting his veins. She looked like she could cry at any moment. She returned to where her hsuband and her friends were and sat silently.
"Sorry about what you saw. I wanted to tell it in another way. Not like this and now." Said Harry entering the room again looking to his mother.
"What are you talking about?" Asked James confused.
"Harry tried to commit suicide cutting his veins." Said Lily not looking to the boy.
"What??" Asked all of them shocked.
Harry didn't say anything, he just pulled up the sleeves and showed the scars around the wrists. No one could say anything. They were too shocked to do it.
"If you excuse me, I'll go to the kitchens to eat. I'm hungry." Said Harry and without waiting any answer, he left the room.
"Wait, Harry! I'll go with you!" Shouted Lily following him. The others stayed there trying to process everything.
None of them said anything in the way to their destination. They walked silently till the painting that leaded to the kitchens. When they entered a few house elves surrounded them and asked if they needed something.
"We want something to eat, please. We are a little hungry." Said Lily politely to them. The elves nodded and began to cook meanwhile mother and son sat silently in a table to wait the food.
"Sorry for no telling it before, it's just that I wasn't ready to tell it yet." Said Harry sheepisly when they began to eat.
"I can understand it. I guess I would do the same in your place. When did it happen?" Asked Lily with a worried look.
"Last week. I was unconscious at the Hospital Wing here 4 days. When I woke up, McGonagall and Dumbledore told me that they are my family and had to face my trial." Explained Harry without looking up from his food.
"How do you feel about the secrets?" Asked Lily hoping that it would not anger him.
"With McGonagall, I understood and thanked her. I mean, I should have been expelled from this School a LONG time ago. I guess she tried to protect me the best she could." Said Harry very sure of his words.
"And about Albus?" Asked Lily.
"First anger. I wondered why he sent me with Petunia when he was my Grandfather. Then I thought everything better and understood it. Being his grandson would put me in great danger. After all he's the only wizard that Voldemort fears and I'm his downfall. A bad mix and a great target for the Death Eaters who wanted revenge after their Master's fall." Said Harry thinking about everything.
"You are right in that." Smiled reliefed Lily.
"Besides everything, he's my mentor at the School." Smiled Harry.
"Tell me about the teachers that you had." Said Lily changing the subject.
"Binns at History is the most boring thing that you can imagine. He's a ghost and everyone sleeps in his classes. Flitwick is in Charms, Sprout in Herbology, Sinistra in Astonomy. I guess that I don't need to talk about McGonagall in Transfiguration, right?" Laughed Harry.
"No, you don't." Laughed Lily. When she calmed down, she said: "Here are the same teachers. Who is in Potions and DADA? Care of Magical Creatures?"
"Potion's teacher is Snape. We hate each other with all our strenghts. Care of Magical Cretures' Professor is Hagrid. I don't know who's more dangerous, he as teacher or the creatures that he teaches about!" Laughed Harry.
"Hagrid is a teacher?" Asked Dumbledore listening Harry's words when he entered to the kitchens and sitting with them.
"In my Second year, me and Ron cleared his name. When Kettleburn retired, you gave him the place." Said Harry with a big smile.
"Is he a bad cooker like here?" Asked Lily curiously.
"He's not bad cooking, he's terrible!" Laughed Harry.
"Who's your Divination's teacher? You told that you faked your homework always." Said Albus amused remembering the teen's words early in his Office.
"Sybil Trelawney. She loves predicting my death. The only thing that I have to do to pass their test is invent bad things and painful deaths for me. I always get great marks!" Said Harry with an evil smile. Albus and Lily couldn't avoid laugh at this.
"Defense?" Asked Lily when they stopped laughing after his words.
"The coursed position. In my first year, I had a teacher that had sold his soul to Voldemort and tried to get the Philosopher's stone. In Second, I had someone who was a complete fraud and didn't have any idea about what he was doing. In his classes we used to read his books. In third, we had Moony as teacher, the best one and the one who taught me this." Said Harry before he took his wand and exclaimed: "Expecto Patronum!"
Prongs began to ride in the kitchens scaring a little to the elves and shocking his Mother and his Grandfather. After a few moments, the Patronus bowed to Harry and dissapeared. Harry saw all this with a little smile in his lips.
"It looks exactly like your father when he transforms!" Exclaimed Lily when she recovered from the shock.
"I know it. Moony told me when he trained me." Smiled Harry putting his wand again in his robes, before he continued with the story: "Last year, we had a Death Eater who was impersonating to "Mad Eye" Moody, who should have been the teacher. I don't have any idea who would be the Professor this year." Finished Harry.
"I can't imagine Alastor as teacher!" Laughed Minerva entering the kitchen with James and the others.
"Hey, Moony, you taught Defense at the School!" Laughed Lily.
"Really??!!" Asked the Marauders at the same time.
"2 years ago. You would continue there, if Snape wouldn't have told about your problem." Explained Harry.
"Snape is Professor!?" Asked the 3 pranksters more shocked now.
"He teaches Potions and is Head of Slytherin. We completely despise each other." Said Harry with a little groan.
"Just like you and him at the School, James!" Laughed Albus along the others.
"So you are not a prankster. Pity!" Said Sirius disspaointed with that fact.
"We have our own clowns at the School! They are more than enough and almost as dangerous as you at the School!" Said Harry to the old Marauders with laugh, thinking about the Weasley twins.
"Who?" Asked the 3 Marauders interested.
"Fred and George Weasley. They are Ron's twin brothers. I don't trust them a lot in the floor because they play pranks always. But on the air, I trust in them with my life!" Explained Harry thinking in the Quidditch Team.
"How is that?" Asked Lily confused.
"They are the Beaters at the Gryffindor's Quidditch Team. Acording to Oliver Wood, my old Captain, they are almost as dangerous as 2 human Bludgers!" Laughed Harry remembering Wood's words.
"That bad?" Asked McGonagall shocked.
"Worse." Said Harry with a grin.
"They are like here then." Chuckled Albus.
"Arthur told me that they have planned to open a shop of articles for pranks. Molly is not very happy with that!" Laughed Lily.
"In my world too. I'm their inversor there." Said Harry eith an evil grin.
"And you are telingl us that you are not a prankster?!" Excalimed shocked James.
"They are the pranksters, I just gave them a... little help." Said Harry with an innocent face.
"School marks?" Asked Lily seriously.
"Not bad ones." Said simply Harry.
"What is your worst and best subject?" Asked Albus.
"My worst one is Potions, and my best one is Defense." Explained Harry.
"Professor Evans!" Called a house elf going to the group.
"Professor?" Asked Harry confuse to his mother.
"I teach Care of Magical Creatures and your father DADA." Explained Lily before she turned her atention to the elf: "What's wrong?"
"Masters Mary and Paul are here and looks for you and Master James!" Said the little creature.
"Weren't they going to return in 2 days?" Asked Remus confused.
"It was supposed to happen like that." Said Lily before she left the kitchen with James.
"Who are Mary and Paul?" Asked Harry to Dumbledore confused.
"Your younger sister and brother." Explained Albus before all of them left the room and followed the Potters.
They returned to the quarters where they found James and Lily with 2 kids. The girl, Mary, was 13 and was tall and had redhair like Lily. She had also brown eyes and looked inteligent, not a prankster. Paul was 11 and was like a copy of James, black and messy hair, good humour and Harry was sure that he was a prankster too.
"What happened that they returned early?" Asked Sirius to James and Lily.
"They couldn't stand Paul's pranks anymore." Explained Mary not looking happy.
"Who is he?" Asked the boy noticing Harry.
"He's Harry. We'll talk about him tomorrow. It's late and the 3 of you have to sleep." Said Lily seriously to the kids.
"Yes, Mom." Said the 3 at the same time.
"Paul and Mary go to your rooms. Harry, you'll sleep in Paul's room. We made a bed for you." Said James to his children.
"Ok." Said the 3.
"Where's my trunk?" Asked Harry to his parents and Dumbledore.
"It's in the room." Explained Lily pointing to the room where he had slept before.
"Thanks." Said Harry following his little brother to the room.
He found the trunk and opened it. He began to take everything out of there looking for the few clothes that he had bought at the Alley the day before. He placed all the books, cauldron and the broom in order near his new bed, before he changed his robes and put his pj.
"Wow! You have a Ghost Rider!" Exclaimed Paul recognizing the broom.
"I bought it yesterday. Do you play Quidditch?" Asked Harry sitting on his bed.
"Chaser like my dad. Do you play?" Said the boy with a smile.
"Seeker." Answered Harry proudly.
"Are you fan of any team?" Asked Mary entering the room with a nightgown.
"Chudley Cannons, because a good friend of me like them." Said Harry thinking in Ron.
"Poor guy! How can you be fan of the Cannons?" Asked Paul shocked.
"Hey, don't insult my friends!" Laughed Harry hitting him with the pillow.
"If you want war, you'll get that!" Shouted Paul taking his one and beggining a war with Harry.
A few minutes later, Mary joined it too with her own pillow. The 3 laughed while they hit each other. It was like 3 little kids playing.
"Oh, what do we have here, Padfoot?" Asked James amusedly watching the fight with Sirius at his side.
"3 Little kids playing?" Asked Sirius amused.
Harry gave them an evil grin, took his wand and remebering a old prank of the twins that he had seen last year, he pointed it to his father and Godfather and mumbled a few words.
A red light involved both of them for a few moments before they changed to a turtle in James' case, and a peacock in Sirius' case. The 3 kids burst out in laughter seeing that.
"What's going on here?" Asked seriously Lily entering in the room with Remus, Minerva and Albus.
"Those 2 are James and Sirius!" Said Harry pointing the 2 animal without controlling his laughter.
The 4 adults turned to see them and they burst out in laughter too. It was very hilarious the forms of the pranksters.
"How do they return to the normalcy?" Asked Remus to the teens when he controled his laughter a little.
Harry pointed hs wand to the adults again and said the counter course. James and Sirius returned to their normal self lookig Harry like if they wanted to kill him. Harry just looked at them with an innocent smile that sent everyone in laughter again.
"And he said that he doesn't play pranks!" Excalimed Sirius to the others who were trying to calm their laughs.
"That I don't play pranks and that I don't know some of them, is something completely different, Padfoot." Said Harry with an evil smile threatening his Godfather with his wand again.
"Ok, enough fun for the 3 of you. Go to sleep. NOW!" Ordered Lily seriously to the 3 kids.
"Goodnight everybody." Said Mary going to her room.
"Goodnight." Said Harry and Paul before they went to sleep.
The adults left silently and turned off the lights before they closed the door. Both boys fell asleep very quickly. Harry thinking that it that would be his first birthday with his parents and Godparents.
When Harry woke up, the memories of the fight against Voldemort, the spell and what happened after that, returned to him. The Last thing that he remembered was seeing his parents and confusion took place on his mind. He opened his eyes, but the room was too bright and began to look for his glasses in the bedtable next to him.
"If you are looking for your wand, you won't find it there." Said a woman watching his search.
"I would like to find my glasses first. I don't see anything without them." Said Harry when he found them.
After he put them on, the room came in focus again and he was surrounded by his parents, Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey. He blinked a few times, rubbed his eyes and cleaned his glasses thinking that it could be a dream, or worse, a nightmare.
"What has happened this time?" Groaned Harry massaging his forehead.
"Could you tell us your name, please?" Asked Dumbledore politely, although there was a tone of demand in his voice.
"Harry James Potter." Said Harry trying to calm down a growing headcahe but failing miserably.
"Our son has been dead for 14! How do you dare to tell that?" Shouted Lily furious to Harry.
"I say the same for you!" Shouted back Harry, before he asked Madame Pomfrey: "Do you have an aspirin? I have a killer headache!"
"Here you have." Said the Matron giving Harry an aspirin and a glass of water.
"Poppy, could you leave us please?" Asked Dumbledore when Harry gave the glass back to her.
"Of course." Said the woman returning to her office leaving the 3 adults and the teen alone.
"Where am I? What day is today?" Asked Harry leaning on the pillows.
"Today is the 30 of July. The year is 1995 and you are at Hogwarts Hospital Wing." Explained Dumbledore.
"How long have I been here?" Asked the teen fearing the answer.
"Almost 12 hours since you attacked James." Said Dumbledore seriously.
"Sorry, I didn't pretend to attack you." Apologised Harry to his father.
"Why did you react like that? Who is that Tommy that you mentioned?" Asked serious James Potter.
"Tommy is Tom Marvolo Riddle. I guess that you recognize that name, Professor Dumbledore." Explained Harry to the adults that were with him.
"Lord Voldemort." Explained the old wizard to the other 2 adults who looked confused.
"Before I appeared here, I was dueling with him at Diagon Alley. He hit me with a spell called Reallus Altever or something like that. The next thing I knew was that I was here and heard your voice. I was still alert with my reflexes put on the duel, so I reacted in a defensive way. That's why I stunned you in that moment." Explained Harry to the 3 adults who were listening him intently.
"Reallus Altever? Are you sure that it was the spell that hit you?" Asked Dumbledore worriedly.
"Yes. I sent the explosioner's charm. I don't know what happened to him, though." Answered Harry.
"What is that spell, Albus?" Asked the Potters confused at the same time.
"Harry, what happened to your parents where you come from?" Asked Albus ignoring the question.
"They died when I was 1 year old. Halloween of 1981." Said Harry without lookig his parents.
"That's when our Harry died!" Said Lily shocked.
"Lily, James, Harry is actually your son. Although he is from another universe. The spell casted on Harry has that efect. It sends a person to another reallity or Universe. In this case, Harry was sent to one where you lived and he died." Explained Dumbledore to the confused persons.
"Is it true, Albus?" Asked Lily near the tears.
"It is, Lily, it is." Said Albus with a smile.
Lily hugged her son, and James followed her a few minutes later. Harry, although was a little surprised by the reactions, returned it with all his strenghts. They stayed like that a few minutes before they separated.
"Do you think that we could continue this meeting somewhere else? I hate the Hospitals!" Asked Harry to his parents and Dumbledore after they finished the embrace.
"Just like you, James!" Laughed Lily hitting her husband in his arm.
"Yeah, yeah." Laughed James.
"Let's go to my Office then." Said Albus, while Harry left the bed and followed them.
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"Take seat." Said Albus to Harry and the others.
Harry sat and began to scan the room looking for differences between this one and the one of his universe. The only one that he found was the missing Gryffindor's sword. The other things were the same: the painting of the old Headmasters at the walls, the shelves full of books and Fawkes in his usual perch.
"Nothing changed." Said Harry with a smile.
"I take it like you have been in my Office in your universe then." Said Albus smiling.
"A few times." Answered Harry going to Fawkes' perch. He petted the Phoenix who sang a few notes when the teen stroked his feathers. When he returned to his seat, he said: "Nothing is different here."
"You know Fawkes?" Asked the 3 adults confused and shocked to Harry.
"He saved my life in my second year. And we share a special bond too." Answered Harry thinking in his wand.
"What do you mean with a special bond, Harry?" Asked Lily completely confused now.
"I'll answer that question if you return me my wand." Said Harry seriously to his parents and Dumbledore.
"Here you have it." Said James giving it back to his son.
"Do you know who has or had a wand with one of his feathers?" Asked Harry pointing the phoenix.
"Voldemort has one of the 2 wands. The second one hasn't been sold yet. Why?" Asked Dumbledore curious and confused.
"Here you have the other one." Said Harry putting his wand at the desk.
"Your wand is sister with Voldemort's?!" Asked shocked everyone at the same time.
"Yes, they are." Said Harry simply putting his wand back in his clothes.
"Interesting." Said Dumbledore when he recovered from the shock.
"Talking of phoenix, have you seen an egg that was in my robes?" Asked Harry remembering his new pet.
"It is there." Said Dumbledore pointing a perch where the egg was.
"Thanks. He's my new pet." Said Harry reliefed after checking it.
"You bought a Phoenix's egg?" Asked shocked James.
"Yesterday at the Alley. I was looking for a different and special one, and the owner of the Pets' shop offered it to me. I liked the idea and bought it." Explained Harry.
"Interesting." Chuckled Dumbledore.
"What happened with you after our deaths?" Asked Lily seriously, dropping the question that had been rounding her head for a long while.
Harry took a deep breath and began to tell everything: the night of halloween in his world, Voldemort's defeat at his hands, his life with the Dursleys, the abuses, starvings and many other things. Needless to say, Lily didn't sound very happy with that. Neither James or Albus did.
"Why didn't you go to live with Sirius, Remus or Minerva? Or Albus?" Asked Lily angrily.
"Sirius was sent to Azkaban. Everyone thought that he had betrayed you and that he killed Pettigrew and 13 Muggles. Remus is a werewolf. Minerva... that's a good question. I don't have any idea about it. And in my world you left this letter explaining why no one told me that he is my Grandfather." Said Harry giving his parents the letter that he had recieved from Dumbledore a few days ago.
"Sirius was in Azkaban???" Asked James shocked after they finished the letter and processes all the information that Harry gave him.
"He escaped 2 years ago." Said Harry. He felt a pain when he remembered about Sirius and that he had been killed.
"What has happened to him? I hope that you are living with him now." Said James still shocked.
"He and Remus were killed this summer by Death Eaters." Said Harry fighting against the tears that wanted to leave from his eyes.
James, Lily and Dumbledore were silent when Harry said thius words. The 3 of them were completely shocked. Lily saw that Harry was trying to not cry and hugged him tightly a few minutes till he calmed down again.
"It still hurts when I think about it." Said Harry closing his eyes and calming himself again.
"We understand, Harry." Said James seriously. Lily and Albus nodded in agreement.
"What happened when you went to Hogwarts? We saw a broom in your trunk, so we are sure that you play Quidditch." Said Lily trying to cheer up the tone.
"The youngest Seeker in the School since the last Century." Said Harry with a proud smile.
"You play since first year??" Asked the 3 shocked.
"Actually, I never finished my first class with Madame Hooch." Laughed Harry and told them about that class and the incident with the remeberall of Neville.
"Minerva proposed to the team?" Asked shocked Albus.
"She dragged me to see my old Captain. He had to explain me the rules in my first training, I didn't have any idea about the game." Laughed Harry at the memory.
"How many games did you loose?" Asked James interested.
"I lost only one in my third year. Dementors entered at the pitch in the middle of the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff match and I fell from my broom. That year we won the Cu for first time in 7 years for Gryffindor." Said Harry with a big smile.
"You lost only a game but the team didn't won the Cup till yout third year?" Asked Lily confused.
"During my first year, we won against Slytherin and Hufflepuff, but I was unconscious at the Hospital Wing in the final against Ravenclaw. In Second year the Cup was suspended after some things happened. In third year, we lost against Hufflepuff, we won against Ravenclaw and the final against Slytherin." Explained Harry with a big amile.
"Impressive." Said Dumbledore with his eyes twinkling.
"Tell us about your School years. Are you a prankster like James or bookworm like me?" Asked Lily interested.
"None of them. I wreak havoc without pranks and I study only because Hermione drags me and Ron to the library. To give you an example, I fake all my Divination's homeworks." Laughed Harry looking the disspaointed looks of his parents.
"Who are Ron and Hermione?" Asked Dumbledore curious.
"Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, my best friends there." Explained Harry with a big smile.
"What kind of havok do you cause?" Asked James with an evil smile.
Harry laughed before he told them all his adventures. He summed up very shortly the Tournament and didn't mention about his ability to speak Parsel. He didn't want to mention it yet.
"You won the Triwizard Tournament as a Fourth year?" Asked Lily almost falling from the chair.
"Yes." Was Harry's flat answer.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Asked James concerned noticing the tone of Harry's voice.
"I don't like talking about the Tournament." Said Harry closing his eyes.
"Did something happen?" Asked Lily worried.
"Someone died at the end and I was there watching it. I... couldn't do nothing to stop it." Said Harry burrying his face in his hands crying.
The 3 adults were shocked with his words and kept silent till Harry recovered himself a few minutes later. The 3 of them decided silently never mention the Tournament to him again. It was obvious that it hurted him a lot.
"What happened this summer besides Sirius and Remus' Death?" Asked Dumbledore after a few moments of silence.
"The hell." Said Harry and began to explain everything that had happened at the Dursleys, the rescue, the trial, the spell, the attack at the Alley and the fight between him and Voldemort.
"That's how you are here now." Said James when Harry finished his story.
"Yep." Said Harry. He hadn't told them about the suicide attempt. He wasn't ready to tell them yet.
Before any of them could say something else, someone knocked the door. Moments later, entered McGonagall, Remus and Sirius. The 3 of them looked shocked when they saw Harry.
"If you excuse me, I would like to rest a while. I'm still recovering from the Imagus Mentalus Charm and I'm really tired. Is there any room where I could sleep for a while?" Said Harry to his parents and Dumbledore, meanwhile the 3 adults that had just entered in the room tried to recover from the shock of his presence.
"Sure, come with me." Said Lily standing from her chair. Before they left, she told to Albus and James: "I'll take him to our quarters."
"Sure." Said James when his wife and son left the Office.
Lily and Harry walked in silence for a while. Harry watching everything trying to see if there was any change from this place and his. Lily leaded him through many corridors to a room with a paint of Gryffindor.
"Hello, Lily. Who is this young man?" Asked the painting seeing Harry.
"Hello, Godric. This is Harry, my son. Harry, this is Godric Gryffindor one of the School's fouders." Said lily presenting them.
"Pleased to meet you, Young Harry. Password, Lily?" Asked the founder smiling.
"Green eyes." Said the woman and the painting opened to reveal a big room.
It was painted in red and gold. Had 3 dorms, a common room, shelves with books of different subjects. Over the fireplace there were many pictures of Harry's parents with children, the Marauders, they with other professors and other persons that Harry didn't recogised.
"Those are your brother and sister. You'll meet them in a few days." Explained Lily pointing to the pictures of the kids.
Harry nodded and went to one of the dorms. He fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. Lily smiled and kissed him before he left the room and returned to Dumbledore's Office.
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In said office, James and Dumbledore were explainig to Minerva, Sirius and Remus everything about Harry's presence and how he reached there. The 3 were completely shocked about that and were trying to uderstand everything when Lily entered there.
"He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. He looked really tired." Said Lily with a sad smile.
"If I was him, I would be tired too." Laughed James.
"He was keeping things, did you notice?" Said Albus seriously to James and Lily.
"Yes, I did. I guess that he'll tell them when he's ready. We can't press him to do that yet." Said James seriously. Lily nodded in agreement.
"So, I have a godson!" Laughed Sirius.
"Yeah, Padfoot, you have one." Laughed James along the others.
"Tomorrow is 31." Said Lily suddenly.
"Yes, why?" Asked Remus confused.
"His birthday." Said James understanding his wife's thoughts.
"Any ideas for gifts?" Asked Albus to the adults with a smile.
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A few hours later, James and Lily went with Sirius, Minerva and Remus to check Harry. The 3 adults wanted to speak with him a little. When they entered in the room, Harry was sat in the floor meditating again with his eyes closed.
"Harry?" Asked Lily shaking gently his shoulder.
"Hi." Said Harry standing from the floor and brushing his clothes.
"What were you doing?" Asked James curiously.
"Meditating. I began to do it this summer." Explained Harry going to the bathroom to take a shower.
In the shower, he closed his eyes and began to think about everything that happened that day. He still couldn't believe where he was. He was happy to see his parents and the Marauders alive again. Sirius not worried about being caught. Remus laughing.
He felt a hard thing in his stomach when he thought about the Remus and Sirius of his Universe. He hadn't recovered himself from their deaths yet, and was sure that he wouldn't do it soon.
"Harry, I brought you a few..." Began Lily entering suddenly in the room, but she stopped when she saw the scars in his wrists that showed his suicide attempt.
"Can you leave, please?" Pleaded Harry to his mother without looking her, knowing that she had seen the scars.
Lily nodded and left the room silently and shocked by what she had seen. Her son had tried to kill himself cutting his veins. She looked like she could cry at any moment. She returned to where her hsuband and her friends were and sat silently.
"Sorry about what you saw. I wanted to tell it in another way. Not like this and now." Said Harry entering the room again looking to his mother.
"What are you talking about?" Asked James confused.
"Harry tried to commit suicide cutting his veins." Said Lily not looking to the boy.
"What??" Asked all of them shocked.
Harry didn't say anything, he just pulled up the sleeves and showed the scars around the wrists. No one could say anything. They were too shocked to do it.
"If you excuse me, I'll go to the kitchens to eat. I'm hungry." Said Harry and without waiting any answer, he left the room.
"Wait, Harry! I'll go with you!" Shouted Lily following him. The others stayed there trying to process everything.
None of them said anything in the way to their destination. They walked silently till the painting that leaded to the kitchens. When they entered a few house elves surrounded them and asked if they needed something.
"We want something to eat, please. We are a little hungry." Said Lily politely to them. The elves nodded and began to cook meanwhile mother and son sat silently in a table to wait the food.
"Sorry for no telling it before, it's just that I wasn't ready to tell it yet." Said Harry sheepisly when they began to eat.
"I can understand it. I guess I would do the same in your place. When did it happen?" Asked Lily with a worried look.
"Last week. I was unconscious at the Hospital Wing here 4 days. When I woke up, McGonagall and Dumbledore told me that they are my family and had to face my trial." Explained Harry without looking up from his food.
"How do you feel about the secrets?" Asked Lily hoping that it would not anger him.
"With McGonagall, I understood and thanked her. I mean, I should have been expelled from this School a LONG time ago. I guess she tried to protect me the best she could." Said Harry very sure of his words.
"And about Albus?" Asked Lily.
"First anger. I wondered why he sent me with Petunia when he was my Grandfather. Then I thought everything better and understood it. Being his grandson would put me in great danger. After all he's the only wizard that Voldemort fears and I'm his downfall. A bad mix and a great target for the Death Eaters who wanted revenge after their Master's fall." Said Harry thinking about everything.
"You are right in that." Smiled reliefed Lily.
"Besides everything, he's my mentor at the School." Smiled Harry.
"Tell me about the teachers that you had." Said Lily changing the subject.
"Binns at History is the most boring thing that you can imagine. He's a ghost and everyone sleeps in his classes. Flitwick is in Charms, Sprout in Herbology, Sinistra in Astonomy. I guess that I don't need to talk about McGonagall in Transfiguration, right?" Laughed Harry.
"No, you don't." Laughed Lily. When she calmed down, she said: "Here are the same teachers. Who is in Potions and DADA? Care of Magical Creatures?"
"Potion's teacher is Snape. We hate each other with all our strenghts. Care of Magical Cretures' Professor is Hagrid. I don't know who's more dangerous, he as teacher or the creatures that he teaches about!" Laughed Harry.
"Hagrid is a teacher?" Asked Dumbledore listening Harry's words when he entered to the kitchens and sitting with them.
"In my Second year, me and Ron cleared his name. When Kettleburn retired, you gave him the place." Said Harry with a big smile.
"Is he a bad cooker like here?" Asked Lily curiously.
"He's not bad cooking, he's terrible!" Laughed Harry.
"Who's your Divination's teacher? You told that you faked your homework always." Said Albus amused remembering the teen's words early in his Office.
"Sybil Trelawney. She loves predicting my death. The only thing that I have to do to pass their test is invent bad things and painful deaths for me. I always get great marks!" Said Harry with an evil smile. Albus and Lily couldn't avoid laugh at this.
"Defense?" Asked Lily when they stopped laughing after his words.
"The coursed position. In my first year, I had a teacher that had sold his soul to Voldemort and tried to get the Philosopher's stone. In Second, I had someone who was a complete fraud and didn't have any idea about what he was doing. In his classes we used to read his books. In third, we had Moony as teacher, the best one and the one who taught me this." Said Harry before he took his wand and exclaimed: "Expecto Patronum!"
Prongs began to ride in the kitchens scaring a little to the elves and shocking his Mother and his Grandfather. After a few moments, the Patronus bowed to Harry and dissapeared. Harry saw all this with a little smile in his lips.
"It looks exactly like your father when he transforms!" Exclaimed Lily when she recovered from the shock.
"I know it. Moony told me when he trained me." Smiled Harry putting his wand again in his robes, before he continued with the story: "Last year, we had a Death Eater who was impersonating to "Mad Eye" Moody, who should have been the teacher. I don't have any idea who would be the Professor this year." Finished Harry.
"I can't imagine Alastor as teacher!" Laughed Minerva entering the kitchen with James and the others.
"Hey, Moony, you taught Defense at the School!" Laughed Lily.
"Really??!!" Asked the Marauders at the same time.
"2 years ago. You would continue there, if Snape wouldn't have told about your problem." Explained Harry.
"Snape is Professor!?" Asked the 3 pranksters more shocked now.
"He teaches Potions and is Head of Slytherin. We completely despise each other." Said Harry with a little groan.
"Just like you and him at the School, James!" Laughed Albus along the others.
"So you are not a prankster. Pity!" Said Sirius disspaointed with that fact.
"We have our own clowns at the School! They are more than enough and almost as dangerous as you at the School!" Said Harry to the old Marauders with laugh, thinking about the Weasley twins.
"Who?" Asked the 3 Marauders interested.
"Fred and George Weasley. They are Ron's twin brothers. I don't trust them a lot in the floor because they play pranks always. But on the air, I trust in them with my life!" Explained Harry thinking in the Quidditch Team.
"How is that?" Asked Lily confused.
"They are the Beaters at the Gryffindor's Quidditch Team. Acording to Oliver Wood, my old Captain, they are almost as dangerous as 2 human Bludgers!" Laughed Harry remembering Wood's words.
"That bad?" Asked McGonagall shocked.
"Worse." Said Harry with a grin.
"They are like here then." Chuckled Albus.
"Arthur told me that they have planned to open a shop of articles for pranks. Molly is not very happy with that!" Laughed Lily.
"In my world too. I'm their inversor there." Said Harry eith an evil grin.
"And you are telingl us that you are not a prankster?!" Excalimed shocked James.
"They are the pranksters, I just gave them a... little help." Said Harry with an innocent face.
"School marks?" Asked Lily seriously.
"Not bad ones." Said simply Harry.
"What is your worst and best subject?" Asked Albus.
"My worst one is Potions, and my best one is Defense." Explained Harry.
"Professor Evans!" Called a house elf going to the group.
"Professor?" Asked Harry confuse to his mother.
"I teach Care of Magical Creatures and your father DADA." Explained Lily before she turned her atention to the elf: "What's wrong?"
"Masters Mary and Paul are here and looks for you and Master James!" Said the little creature.
"Weren't they going to return in 2 days?" Asked Remus confused.
"It was supposed to happen like that." Said Lily before she left the kitchen with James.
"Who are Mary and Paul?" Asked Harry to Dumbledore confused.
"Your younger sister and brother." Explained Albus before all of them left the room and followed the Potters.
They returned to the quarters where they found James and Lily with 2 kids. The girl, Mary, was 13 and was tall and had redhair like Lily. She had also brown eyes and looked inteligent, not a prankster. Paul was 11 and was like a copy of James, black and messy hair, good humour and Harry was sure that he was a prankster too.
"What happened that they returned early?" Asked Sirius to James and Lily.
"They couldn't stand Paul's pranks anymore." Explained Mary not looking happy.
"Who is he?" Asked the boy noticing Harry.
"He's Harry. We'll talk about him tomorrow. It's late and the 3 of you have to sleep." Said Lily seriously to the kids.
"Yes, Mom." Said the 3 at the same time.
"Paul and Mary go to your rooms. Harry, you'll sleep in Paul's room. We made a bed for you." Said James to his children.
"Ok." Said the 3.
"Where's my trunk?" Asked Harry to his parents and Dumbledore.
"It's in the room." Explained Lily pointing to the room where he had slept before.
"Thanks." Said Harry following his little brother to the room.
He found the trunk and opened it. He began to take everything out of there looking for the few clothes that he had bought at the Alley the day before. He placed all the books, cauldron and the broom in order near his new bed, before he changed his robes and put his pj.
"Wow! You have a Ghost Rider!" Exclaimed Paul recognizing the broom.
"I bought it yesterday. Do you play Quidditch?" Asked Harry sitting on his bed.
"Chaser like my dad. Do you play?" Said the boy with a smile.
"Seeker." Answered Harry proudly.
"Are you fan of any team?" Asked Mary entering the room with a nightgown.
"Chudley Cannons, because a good friend of me like them." Said Harry thinking in Ron.
"Poor guy! How can you be fan of the Cannons?" Asked Paul shocked.
"Hey, don't insult my friends!" Laughed Harry hitting him with the pillow.
"If you want war, you'll get that!" Shouted Paul taking his one and beggining a war with Harry.
A few minutes later, Mary joined it too with her own pillow. The 3 laughed while they hit each other. It was like 3 little kids playing.
"Oh, what do we have here, Padfoot?" Asked James amusedly watching the fight with Sirius at his side.
"3 Little kids playing?" Asked Sirius amused.
Harry gave them an evil grin, took his wand and remebering a old prank of the twins that he had seen last year, he pointed it to his father and Godfather and mumbled a few words.
A red light involved both of them for a few moments before they changed to a turtle in James' case, and a peacock in Sirius' case. The 3 kids burst out in laughter seeing that.
"What's going on here?" Asked seriously Lily entering in the room with Remus, Minerva and Albus.
"Those 2 are James and Sirius!" Said Harry pointing the 2 animal without controlling his laughter.
The 4 adults turned to see them and they burst out in laughter too. It was very hilarious the forms of the pranksters.
"How do they return to the normalcy?" Asked Remus to the teens when he controled his laughter a little.
Harry pointed hs wand to the adults again and said the counter course. James and Sirius returned to their normal self lookig Harry like if they wanted to kill him. Harry just looked at them with an innocent smile that sent everyone in laughter again.
"And he said that he doesn't play pranks!" Excalimed Sirius to the others who were trying to calm their laughs.
"That I don't play pranks and that I don't know some of them, is something completely different, Padfoot." Said Harry with an evil smile threatening his Godfather with his wand again.
"Ok, enough fun for the 3 of you. Go to sleep. NOW!" Ordered Lily seriously to the 3 kids.
"Goodnight everybody." Said Mary going to her room.
"Goodnight." Said Harry and Paul before they went to sleep.
The adults left silently and turned off the lights before they closed the door. Both boys fell asleep very quickly. Harry thinking that it that would be his first birthday with his parents and Godparents.