Chapter 32
The pain in Harry's scar became almost unbearable, blurring his vision and making his stomach churn. He put a palm against his forehead, and clenched his teeth. Severus Snape saw the boy clutching his forehead and stomach, the potions master edged his way over to him and handed him a small vial of potion. "Drink this, Harry. It's a pain blocking potion, you'll need it, it seems that Voldemort has arrived in Hogsmeade," he whispered.
Harry took the potion gratefully and quickly swallowed it. "Thank you, Professor," he said quietly. Within moments, the potion had done its work, and Harry was able to unclench his teeth and relax slightly. "I don't want to have to do this again, I want to destroy him now!" he whispered fiercely.
Severus patted him on the shoulder, "We'll get him Harry," he told him. "For the first time, I have good memories of my life. I want the life that you coming back here has given me, and I will do anything I can to insure that I get to keep it." He crept back to his position.
Harry watched him go, wondering what changes had occurred to make such a drastic change in the surly potions master. He looked around to where he knew the rest of the group was hiding. There were four of them ready to send the curse at Voldemort, and ten more with slingshots, ready to douse him with the potion that Professor Snape had created. They all knew the spell, just in case it took more magic than the four of them possessed to trap him in the waiting crystal.
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Dudley walked quickly behind Susan Bones, following her to their common room. He had so much to learn! After he had left the hospital wing, he had looked into classrooms as he walked by. Students were levitating feathers, changing animals into water goblets, and shooting spells at each other. He wondered just how soon that he would be doing those things. He walked into the common room and sat down at a table with her, "Okay, Dudley," she said smiling. "I need you to take out your Standard book of Spells, we'll start working on your charms first." He reached into the bag at his feet and pulled out the requested book, she waited for him to sit it down on the table before she continued. "Now, the first thing that we learned in Charms was how to levitate things. First I'll show you the way to hold and wave your wand for this spell," she said. She taught him the swish and flick movement needed to use the spell. "Okay, now you just have to say Wingardium Leviosa with the wrist movement." She placed a feather on the table and had him try. After half an hour, Dudley had his feather rising gracefully off of the table. "That's good Dudley, now let's work on some more first year spells. Maybe by the end of the year, you'll be able to do third year stuff."
He blushed and picked up the book, "With you teaching me, I'm sure that I'll learn everything that I need."
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Albus Dumbledore walked through the halls of the castle, looking for changes. He knew that the school would most likely not change at all, but he knew that the students might. I In his right hand he was holding a list that he had made the day Harry had left, it contained all of the students that were at the school on that day, in his left hand was a list that had been made this morning by Professor McGonagall. He was amazed by the sheer number of students that had just appeared, and was more shocked by some of their last names. There were two new Longbottoms, a Pettigrew, three Blacks, one extra Potter and three Snapes, and that was just the beginning. He had looked through the book that contained the list of the next batch of first years, it was immense. At that moment, they were expecting 200 new students at the beginning of the new term.
He went to watch the students as the entered the Great Hall for lunch, he wanted to see if he could pick out the ones that had surprised him so. As he watched, a group came in and headed toward the Gryffindor table. Neville Longbottom was holding hands with a girl that could only be Severus Snape's daughter. A Snape in Gryffindor, he rubbed his beard and watched the rest of the group, assuming that he was correct, he was watching Harry's sister, and Sirius Black's daughter laughing and joking around with two students that could only be Neville's brothers. He glanced around the room, searching for more students that were not here before. At the Ravenclaw table, he spotted a young man that looked like Severus and a young lady that must be one of Sirius' other two children, he was speaking quietly to her and she was blushing. He smiled and watched the students that he had identified, there were going to be a lot of things for the travelers to adjust to when they returned.
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They watched as the group of Death Eaters made their way down the street toward where they were hiding. They were surrounding Voldemort as he stalked toward Hogsmeade. As they came close to where the group was hiding, handfuls of Stupefy Stickies flew toward the Death Eaters. "Active!" shouted Severus, and the group fell to the ground.
Small vials of potion were shot toward Voldemort, breaking on impact. High pitched screams filled the air as the potion caused his body to stick to the ground where he was standing. Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Lily aimed their wands at him and shouted "Separate Soul from body." They watched for the wispy cloud that was his soul, but nothing came. Charlie, Severus, Remus, Sirius, Peter, Ron, Tonks, James, the younger Remus, Sirius, and Severus all aimed their wands at Voldemort and along with Harry, Lily, Ginny and Hermione shouted the spell again.
They watched as a black cloud seeped from the body of the Dark Lord. Harry pointed his wand at the crystal that was sitting on the ground and shouted, "Trap and seal!" The crystal floated into the air and began to pull the cloud into its depths. Charlie and Tonks bound the unconscious Death Eaters and levitated the other bound Death Eaters out into the road.
Professor Snape grabbed the crystal from the air and put it in his robe pocket, "I need for the six of you," he motioned to Lily, James, Peter, and the younger Sirius, Remus and Severus, "to stay here and take credit for destroying him. The rest of us will go back to the castle and inform Dumbledore of his demise."
Lily stepped forward, "Why do we need to stay here?"
"Because someone has to take credit for destroying him, and the six of you are the perfect people to do it. Just don't tell them about us, or about the Stupefy Stickies that you used to knock out the Death Eaters," he explained. "In a day or two, we should be able to return to our own time. You will remember everything that happened, and will carry the knowledge of who we are and what we did to help with his downfall, but you must never tell anyone."
The younger Severus stepped forward, "We'll take care of it. Just make sure that you take advantage of what we've all done. Make the most of life from now on."
"Believe me, I will," he answered.
A/N: My ISP has had server problems for the past two and a half weeks. That meant no internet access for me, and no updates. Sorry about the long wait, I'll try to post more chapters today.
The pain in Harry's scar became almost unbearable, blurring his vision and making his stomach churn. He put a palm against his forehead, and clenched his teeth. Severus Snape saw the boy clutching his forehead and stomach, the potions master edged his way over to him and handed him a small vial of potion. "Drink this, Harry. It's a pain blocking potion, you'll need it, it seems that Voldemort has arrived in Hogsmeade," he whispered.
Harry took the potion gratefully and quickly swallowed it. "Thank you, Professor," he said quietly. Within moments, the potion had done its work, and Harry was able to unclench his teeth and relax slightly. "I don't want to have to do this again, I want to destroy him now!" he whispered fiercely.
Severus patted him on the shoulder, "We'll get him Harry," he told him. "For the first time, I have good memories of my life. I want the life that you coming back here has given me, and I will do anything I can to insure that I get to keep it." He crept back to his position.
Harry watched him go, wondering what changes had occurred to make such a drastic change in the surly potions master. He looked around to where he knew the rest of the group was hiding. There were four of them ready to send the curse at Voldemort, and ten more with slingshots, ready to douse him with the potion that Professor Snape had created. They all knew the spell, just in case it took more magic than the four of them possessed to trap him in the waiting crystal.
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Dudley walked quickly behind Susan Bones, following her to their common room. He had so much to learn! After he had left the hospital wing, he had looked into classrooms as he walked by. Students were levitating feathers, changing animals into water goblets, and shooting spells at each other. He wondered just how soon that he would be doing those things. He walked into the common room and sat down at a table with her, "Okay, Dudley," she said smiling. "I need you to take out your Standard book of Spells, we'll start working on your charms first." He reached into the bag at his feet and pulled out the requested book, she waited for him to sit it down on the table before she continued. "Now, the first thing that we learned in Charms was how to levitate things. First I'll show you the way to hold and wave your wand for this spell," she said. She taught him the swish and flick movement needed to use the spell. "Okay, now you just have to say Wingardium Leviosa with the wrist movement." She placed a feather on the table and had him try. After half an hour, Dudley had his feather rising gracefully off of the table. "That's good Dudley, now let's work on some more first year spells. Maybe by the end of the year, you'll be able to do third year stuff."
He blushed and picked up the book, "With you teaching me, I'm sure that I'll learn everything that I need."
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Albus Dumbledore walked through the halls of the castle, looking for changes. He knew that the school would most likely not change at all, but he knew that the students might. I In his right hand he was holding a list that he had made the day Harry had left, it contained all of the students that were at the school on that day, in his left hand was a list that had been made this morning by Professor McGonagall. He was amazed by the sheer number of students that had just appeared, and was more shocked by some of their last names. There were two new Longbottoms, a Pettigrew, three Blacks, one extra Potter and three Snapes, and that was just the beginning. He had looked through the book that contained the list of the next batch of first years, it was immense. At that moment, they were expecting 200 new students at the beginning of the new term.
He went to watch the students as the entered the Great Hall for lunch, he wanted to see if he could pick out the ones that had surprised him so. As he watched, a group came in and headed toward the Gryffindor table. Neville Longbottom was holding hands with a girl that could only be Severus Snape's daughter. A Snape in Gryffindor, he rubbed his beard and watched the rest of the group, assuming that he was correct, he was watching Harry's sister, and Sirius Black's daughter laughing and joking around with two students that could only be Neville's brothers. He glanced around the room, searching for more students that were not here before. At the Ravenclaw table, he spotted a young man that looked like Severus and a young lady that must be one of Sirius' other two children, he was speaking quietly to her and she was blushing. He smiled and watched the students that he had identified, there were going to be a lot of things for the travelers to adjust to when they returned.
*******************
They watched as the group of Death Eaters made their way down the street toward where they were hiding. They were surrounding Voldemort as he stalked toward Hogsmeade. As they came close to where the group was hiding, handfuls of Stupefy Stickies flew toward the Death Eaters. "Active!" shouted Severus, and the group fell to the ground.
Small vials of potion were shot toward Voldemort, breaking on impact. High pitched screams filled the air as the potion caused his body to stick to the ground where he was standing. Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Lily aimed their wands at him and shouted "Separate Soul from body." They watched for the wispy cloud that was his soul, but nothing came. Charlie, Severus, Remus, Sirius, Peter, Ron, Tonks, James, the younger Remus, Sirius, and Severus all aimed their wands at Voldemort and along with Harry, Lily, Ginny and Hermione shouted the spell again.
They watched as a black cloud seeped from the body of the Dark Lord. Harry pointed his wand at the crystal that was sitting on the ground and shouted, "Trap and seal!" The crystal floated into the air and began to pull the cloud into its depths. Charlie and Tonks bound the unconscious Death Eaters and levitated the other bound Death Eaters out into the road.
Professor Snape grabbed the crystal from the air and put it in his robe pocket, "I need for the six of you," he motioned to Lily, James, Peter, and the younger Sirius, Remus and Severus, "to stay here and take credit for destroying him. The rest of us will go back to the castle and inform Dumbledore of his demise."
Lily stepped forward, "Why do we need to stay here?"
"Because someone has to take credit for destroying him, and the six of you are the perfect people to do it. Just don't tell them about us, or about the Stupefy Stickies that you used to knock out the Death Eaters," he explained. "In a day or two, we should be able to return to our own time. You will remember everything that happened, and will carry the knowledge of who we are and what we did to help with his downfall, but you must never tell anyone."
The younger Severus stepped forward, "We'll take care of it. Just make sure that you take advantage of what we've all done. Make the most of life from now on."
"Believe me, I will," he answered.
A/N: My ISP has had server problems for the past two and a half weeks. That meant no internet access for me, and no updates. Sorry about the long wait, I'll try to post more chapters today.