Chapter 3
Everyone stared, mouths open in shock and eyes round in disbelieve. His speech had just shattered one of the most fundamental beliefs they had held. The Killing Curse had actually been blocked. There was no shield invented or anyway a body could reject the curse, it had been a believe the only way to survive was to get out of the way. Yet this boy who could be in the ninth year had just shattered that, and then told them that he didn't know how it was done. It was Lily and Cassandra and Dumbledore who first began to lose the look of unreality from their face. Harry allowed them all time to digest the knowledge he had just spewed forth.
Lily made the first move and hugged him, lifting the fringe which covered his scar and kissing it. Harry glanced with amazement at the hug, this wasn't like Mrs. Weasley's hugs which were exuberant and to the point of chocking. This hug was from his mother, or the closest thing he had to his mother, and she hugged him as though he was glass and would shattered into millions of pieces of if touched to hard. Harry slowly slipped his arms around the red headed Lily and hugged her with the same delicacy. Only the training brought to him through his childhood held back the tears that wanted to escape from his eyes and flow freely down his cheeks. Glancing at the others in the room, Harry noticed his father was crying and looking at the two of them with so much joy and pain. Cassandra's face looked as though a light had been lit behind it, she was so happy. It was Daniel's face that gave his pause, his eyes were grave and had the same look Ron's had had after his name was called for the Triwizard Tournament, a mixture of shock and betrayal and mostly jealousy.
Harry's eyes moved away to that of his mentor's, the light blue eyes held that familiar sparkle he had missed when the old man died. Harry smiled in joy at the whole experience. This was his dream. James took a step toward his wife and . son? Grasping the boy's shoulder and wrapping his other arm around his wives waist pulling her toward him and letting her fall back into his chest. Smiling he nodded his head urging his two other children to come over wanting the whole family to be involved together if only just once. Glancing at his eldest child James couldn't help but laugh at the earring, Lily was going to throw a fit in about a week after she started really looking at the boy. Daniel had asked a couple times about an earring having heard Sirius talk a bit about getting one, something he had never actually done. Lily refused for him to be allowed with anything in his ear that didn't need to be there, and an earring defiantly had no place being there. His robes were also surprising, battle robes were only used by those who are either Phoenixes, Death eaters, or Aurors because it made it easier when they were dueling.
Daniel disentangled himself from the rest of the family, unable to stand the boy who had taken his place in the family as the only boy. Why did he have to come anyway, before his parents were always looking at him with that amazed and amused look, he had been the one his parents fawned over. Cassie was the goody goody two shoe child that was all independent and I need to do it on my own. He was their little boy, the one that pouted and got away with anything, well nearly. This person couldn't take over his spot it wasn't fair, he was the one that brought Harry here. Shouldn't he be the one showered with adoring unbelieving looks. What had he ever done in this world except die. Oh god. Daniel couldn't believe his own thoughts, they were almost Malfoyish. That couldn't be, he was much better then the peroxide haired twit. Wasn't he? Shaking the thoughts from his head Daniel scrambled to the side of his family as they tried to untangle themselves from the boy they had been hugging.
Dumbledore was the first to speak, his eyes twinkling like never before saying, "Well, Harry would you mind joining our those in the ninth year? I'm guessing you were part of your own Gryffindor house. That way you will be able to get to know your family better."
"That would be nice, although I doubt I have the right books."
"We'll take you down to Hogsmeade and get them there, Harry" Lily spoke clutching James hand.
"Sirius and Remus, we should tell them about this, you can tell them if they're really that different in your world." With that James bounced over to the fireplace and threw some powder into the fire calling out for Sirius first and then Remus telling them to come up to the Headmasters office. The grin on his face hadn't been seen since the death of his first born and everyone knew just how happy he was by these turn of events.
Remus was the first to arrive, coming from his teaching of DADA. Harry was completely shocked at the image he presented. He had a few grey hairs around his ears, but no where near as many as the Remus in the other world. Even in his third year the other world Remus had had more grey hairs then this one. Another difference was the fact he looked so well fed, his robes were new and crisp showing he had a fair amount of money, and although he had some worry lines in his forehead there were nowhere near as many as his Remus and he actually had some laughing line around his eyes. Sirius came bounding in only a minute or so after moving so much like his animagus form it was startling. The change was amazing, especially considering this was the first time he had seen him since his death four years ago. His hair was as long as his, and it was clean and glossy, his eyes sparkled with happiness and humor, his body was filled out showing the muscles he had gained from being beater in school. Harry could only goggle at the two men, goggling at the differences between them and their other halves.
"Moony and Padfoot, I would like to introduce you to Harry James Potter, my son in another world. " James stated.
The two men stared at them all as though they were crazy before babbling out, "But he died over eighteen years ago. How is that possible?"
"Danny caused a small accident in his runes class involving a the Mirror of Dimensions and Harry was pulled through to here." It was Cassandra that said this.
"Wow, Danny that's amazing and Harry very nice to meet you I'm sure you know all about me of course seeing as I am your one and only godfather." Sirius said a cocky grin Harry had never seen before on his face.
"A bit" was the soft spoken reply which came from the young man who remained unmoved from his position of before.
"Yes, well why don't you all take Harry up to the dorm room and help him get settled and then you can all go down to Hogsmeade to get the supplies he needs." Dumbledore said.
With that they all began moving out, James and Sirius carrying Harry's trunk while Sun and Hedwig settled on his shoulders and Sniphius around his wrist. The trip was loud and joyful, everyone trying to find out as much information as they could from the new comer, while he asked his own questions. By the time that the Gryffindor tower had been reached Harry had found out that Cassie had a boyfriend name Aubrey and that Danny was an even worse prankster then the Weasley twins. James and Lily told him about his grandparents and their own lives, arguing about their time in school, while Sirius and Remus were asked questions about their lives in this world. Nothing was gleaned from the answers given by Harry except that he had been a seeker since his first year and he was friends with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
When this information came out, everyone that knew the two and their infamous fights and hatred questioned how this came about. Harry's finding out that they hated each other finally brought home the reality of where he was, another reality. In his world they were going to be getting married, they were fighting, yes, but it had become more bantering then anything else. The trip up the stairs to the dorm for the ninth years was a silent trip with Harry contemplating the information that he had just come upon.
Everyone stared, mouths open in shock and eyes round in disbelieve. His speech had just shattered one of the most fundamental beliefs they had held. The Killing Curse had actually been blocked. There was no shield invented or anyway a body could reject the curse, it had been a believe the only way to survive was to get out of the way. Yet this boy who could be in the ninth year had just shattered that, and then told them that he didn't know how it was done. It was Lily and Cassandra and Dumbledore who first began to lose the look of unreality from their face. Harry allowed them all time to digest the knowledge he had just spewed forth.
Lily made the first move and hugged him, lifting the fringe which covered his scar and kissing it. Harry glanced with amazement at the hug, this wasn't like Mrs. Weasley's hugs which were exuberant and to the point of chocking. This hug was from his mother, or the closest thing he had to his mother, and she hugged him as though he was glass and would shattered into millions of pieces of if touched to hard. Harry slowly slipped his arms around the red headed Lily and hugged her with the same delicacy. Only the training brought to him through his childhood held back the tears that wanted to escape from his eyes and flow freely down his cheeks. Glancing at the others in the room, Harry noticed his father was crying and looking at the two of them with so much joy and pain. Cassandra's face looked as though a light had been lit behind it, she was so happy. It was Daniel's face that gave his pause, his eyes were grave and had the same look Ron's had had after his name was called for the Triwizard Tournament, a mixture of shock and betrayal and mostly jealousy.
Harry's eyes moved away to that of his mentor's, the light blue eyes held that familiar sparkle he had missed when the old man died. Harry smiled in joy at the whole experience. This was his dream. James took a step toward his wife and . son? Grasping the boy's shoulder and wrapping his other arm around his wives waist pulling her toward him and letting her fall back into his chest. Smiling he nodded his head urging his two other children to come over wanting the whole family to be involved together if only just once. Glancing at his eldest child James couldn't help but laugh at the earring, Lily was going to throw a fit in about a week after she started really looking at the boy. Daniel had asked a couple times about an earring having heard Sirius talk a bit about getting one, something he had never actually done. Lily refused for him to be allowed with anything in his ear that didn't need to be there, and an earring defiantly had no place being there. His robes were also surprising, battle robes were only used by those who are either Phoenixes, Death eaters, or Aurors because it made it easier when they were dueling.
Daniel disentangled himself from the rest of the family, unable to stand the boy who had taken his place in the family as the only boy. Why did he have to come anyway, before his parents were always looking at him with that amazed and amused look, he had been the one his parents fawned over. Cassie was the goody goody two shoe child that was all independent and I need to do it on my own. He was their little boy, the one that pouted and got away with anything, well nearly. This person couldn't take over his spot it wasn't fair, he was the one that brought Harry here. Shouldn't he be the one showered with adoring unbelieving looks. What had he ever done in this world except die. Oh god. Daniel couldn't believe his own thoughts, they were almost Malfoyish. That couldn't be, he was much better then the peroxide haired twit. Wasn't he? Shaking the thoughts from his head Daniel scrambled to the side of his family as they tried to untangle themselves from the boy they had been hugging.
Dumbledore was the first to speak, his eyes twinkling like never before saying, "Well, Harry would you mind joining our those in the ninth year? I'm guessing you were part of your own Gryffindor house. That way you will be able to get to know your family better."
"That would be nice, although I doubt I have the right books."
"We'll take you down to Hogsmeade and get them there, Harry" Lily spoke clutching James hand.
"Sirius and Remus, we should tell them about this, you can tell them if they're really that different in your world." With that James bounced over to the fireplace and threw some powder into the fire calling out for Sirius first and then Remus telling them to come up to the Headmasters office. The grin on his face hadn't been seen since the death of his first born and everyone knew just how happy he was by these turn of events.
Remus was the first to arrive, coming from his teaching of DADA. Harry was completely shocked at the image he presented. He had a few grey hairs around his ears, but no where near as many as the Remus in the other world. Even in his third year the other world Remus had had more grey hairs then this one. Another difference was the fact he looked so well fed, his robes were new and crisp showing he had a fair amount of money, and although he had some worry lines in his forehead there were nowhere near as many as his Remus and he actually had some laughing line around his eyes. Sirius came bounding in only a minute or so after moving so much like his animagus form it was startling. The change was amazing, especially considering this was the first time he had seen him since his death four years ago. His hair was as long as his, and it was clean and glossy, his eyes sparkled with happiness and humor, his body was filled out showing the muscles he had gained from being beater in school. Harry could only goggle at the two men, goggling at the differences between them and their other halves.
"Moony and Padfoot, I would like to introduce you to Harry James Potter, my son in another world. " James stated.
The two men stared at them all as though they were crazy before babbling out, "But he died over eighteen years ago. How is that possible?"
"Danny caused a small accident in his runes class involving a the Mirror of Dimensions and Harry was pulled through to here." It was Cassandra that said this.
"Wow, Danny that's amazing and Harry very nice to meet you I'm sure you know all about me of course seeing as I am your one and only godfather." Sirius said a cocky grin Harry had never seen before on his face.
"A bit" was the soft spoken reply which came from the young man who remained unmoved from his position of before.
"Yes, well why don't you all take Harry up to the dorm room and help him get settled and then you can all go down to Hogsmeade to get the supplies he needs." Dumbledore said.
With that they all began moving out, James and Sirius carrying Harry's trunk while Sun and Hedwig settled on his shoulders and Sniphius around his wrist. The trip was loud and joyful, everyone trying to find out as much information as they could from the new comer, while he asked his own questions. By the time that the Gryffindor tower had been reached Harry had found out that Cassie had a boyfriend name Aubrey and that Danny was an even worse prankster then the Weasley twins. James and Lily told him about his grandparents and their own lives, arguing about their time in school, while Sirius and Remus were asked questions about their lives in this world. Nothing was gleaned from the answers given by Harry except that he had been a seeker since his first year and he was friends with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
When this information came out, everyone that knew the two and their infamous fights and hatred questioned how this came about. Harry's finding out that they hated each other finally brought home the reality of where he was, another reality. In his world they were going to be getting married, they were fighting, yes, but it had become more bantering then anything else. The trip up the stairs to the dorm for the ninth years was a silent trip with Harry contemplating the information that he had just come upon.
