Chapter 4

The idea of his best friends hating each other wouldn't sink into his mind. Why, had the two never become friends. They had hated each other before the troll incident, but that was it without him Quirrel would have never work here and set a troll loose, the two would never have had to rescue Hermione from the girls bathroom. Could his presence have been required to make the two become friends. He would have to see if there was any way the two could put aside their differences, otherwise he would be doing a disservice to his friends, it wasn't fair to them. Or maybe it was just him who had a problem with it. Should he really try and fix the two up even if only as friends or just leave them to their feud. This other world thing was much too confusing.

In the common room Ginny and Neville were the only two there, thankfully talking quietly in the corner together, Neville is alive. All I want is to hug the two and never stop and profess how sorry I am that my friend had to die, that he had to be tortured to death because of me.

Cassie noticed my staring at the two and asked, "They just got engaged and are planning their wedding, were they dating in your world as well?"

"They married a year and a half ago, they had twins they named Arthur and Miranda after their parents." I said to the question.

The two must have heard what I said because they looked up and noticed me. They stared at me with a strange look upon their face, one I had never seen before. The people surrounding me walked me up the flights of stairs to the year nine boys dorms. Walking inside was like going back in time to my seventh year. There was one bed without a trunk in front of it, which had to be mine. I smiled, for it was in front of the window, my window. The one that I had slept next two for my seven years here. Thank god I'm not taking someone else's spot.

My mother asked if everyone would be going down to Hogsmeade while we got my books, and she was answered by the nodding of everyone's head.

"Well alright but Harry, Daniel, and Cassie you're going to have to stay as close to the adults as possible. There's no telling if You-Know-Who will attack while we are there."

"Oh course" Cassie and Danny said to this rule. Harry just nodded slightly, agreeing for a different reason, wanting to protect these people who were his family. The family that had never even existed before in his life.

With that the family walked off to Hogsmeade, the first thought Harry had was of the differences in this town and the town he had seen only days before. For one thing the town was flourishing, even more then it had before the rebirth of Voldemort and there was no comparison between the few destroyed buildings that had remained since the raid on the town that then continued up to the school. The Death Eaters had met no resistance here, because no one had been ready. Hogwarts, although the attack was already known, could do nothing. The students were protected by the teachers and Phoenix members as best as they had been able with the older students behind them to help with the younger students. The ministry had not believed what Dumbledore had said about the attack and so there had been no aurors, no help. It was then the first of the showdown between him and the man who had murdered his parents. Dumbledore had attacked Tom Riddle, calling him out for what he had been, half muggle born. Dumbledore was killed in the duel that had ensued, although he had injured Voldemort slightly. Harry had then stepped up to what he was destined to do, beginning their own duel.

Voldemort had fled along with any death eaters still left standing. It had been one of the biggest disasters for both sides, and yet one of the biggest victories they had had since the war had broken out. For the light, they had for once driven back Voldemort, something that had never been accomplished before. It had always been a draw between Dumbledore and Voldemort. It was a defeat for them because Dumbledore was now dead, their leader and guiding hand was dead. Harry was forced to take up his place from the very second that Dumbledore's last breath was expelled. The next two days, Harry chased down the self-called and enforced Lord, meeting with him just outside a magical forest in southern England, and dueling with him for the final time. The duel had been intense, lasting for well over an hour, with the use of unforgivables on both sides, until Harry had remembered.

He had remembered all the love that had been shown him, by his parents so long dead, by his friends, by Sirius and Remus and his professors and Dumbledore, and so many other wizards and witches, the feeling and memories had grown within him. It was at that moment he had known what to do, he had forced all of those thoughts and feelings which were good into a ball in his hand, the ball had been light a bright white which seemed to hold ever color imaginable and it had grown. At the last moment Harry had thrown that ball at the man inside of him, he had forced all that goodness into a man with only hate inside. When the two had met they exploded, unable to be in contact with each other. It was love that was the power he had not known or understood. It had been the caused of him first downfall, his mother's love for him, and it was love that caused his final downfall. What was Harry supposed to do with the Voldemort in this world, could and should he destroy this man, who had killed him in this world. So many thoughts and all so confusing, paradoxes and fate screwed with his mind way too much, they could even mess with Hermione's mind which was quite an accomplishment.

Harry was jerked out of his thoughts by his little sister's hand on his arm, she had a slight smile on her face and her eyes glittered with life and happiness. Harry couldn't help but smile back and begin talking to her wanting to get to know this girl, who could have been his sister. She seemed extremely pleased about his being there and when asked why that was she informed him that she had always dreamed of having a brother, a dream she thought could never come true. Cassie reminded him of a mixture of Ginny and Hermione, serious and smart but fun to be around, with a sense of humor. She seemed like a person with Ginny's rage though, a quick blow up that happens whenever she becomes angry, and she seemed just as shy as he was. She talked about the history of the world in which he was now in, allowing him to get a better grasp on the differences and similarities in the two worlds. Neville's parents had still been driven insane, The Scott's, a prominent wizarding family had never been hunted, and although they still hadn't picked a side in the war and both sides were trying to get the family to chose them.

The Scott's were the most well known family in the wizarding world, known for having members be in either Slytherin or Ravenclaw, the family turned out such wizards as Albus Dumbledore and the Merlin. The Dumbledores although an offshoot of the family was still well connected with the Scott's. It was upon Dumbledore's decision to fight Grindywald that the Scott's had finally picked to side with the 'light'. The Scott's in all their time and wars had never been known to chose the losing side. They were the last family to chose who they would side with, and they were now considered good luck. Voldemort had slaughtered them because they had been about to join with the Phoenixes, and the man hadn't wanted the light to have any kind of advantage, which the Scott's were. Powerful in money, influence, and magical power the family was the odd one out. The Potter's were fairly friendly with the family, some of the members having married in the past, and the Molfoy's were in the same position. The Weasley's, however had never gotten along with the family and were closest with the Longbottom's, Potter's, and Crabtree's. There were four families primarily Gryffindor, which were the families that associated closest together. There were nine families for the Slytherines and it was odd when there was a person from outside of these families that was the most affluent member of the house. In Hufflepuff there were only two main families, the Kendles and the Chesters, while in Ravenclaw there were five. There were numerous offshoots from each of the major families, as well as many other families spread throughout Europe. Cassie informed Harry of how the families were siding and faring. Aubrey Scott, who was now the head and only remaining member of the main Scott family who was his age, was going to school at Hogwarts and was in fact dating his kid sister, which was a huge surprise. This was something that James Potter didn't like, for two reasons, the main reason he didn't like his baby girl dating and the second reason being he didn't trust the Slytherines, which was what Aubrey was.

Harry laughed at the description of his overprotective father, causing the rest of the family members to look back at the two. Sirius asked what was so funny, and when informed that they were just talking about some of the things which their father had done he smiled. Harry was amazed at how she had weaved the truth so that it seemed like what she was talking about was pranks. Not many people could do that, Dumbledore was the expert and had taught Harry how to do it so if he was ever given Vertisium he would be able to give wrong information. It was a useful skill when someone knew how to use it. Many of the Slytherins could and did use the ability in their everyday life, which is probably where his other world sister first began to learn how to do such a thing.

They had reached the bookstore of Hogsmeade, which was impressive although not quite as much as the one that was in Diagon Alley. The store was still crammed with books but the store itself was smaller, without a Hogwarts students selection. Lily, him mom, had the list of books that Harry would need and she sent the children off, Harry went to get the history books thinking of getting some others to find any of the differences that occurred in this world. He wanted to know the affect his death had had on the world, as far as Harry could tell the war had never gotten anywhere near as bad as Voldemort had become after his second rise. Although, there were still many disappearances and deaths a raids every now and then, at least the man wasn't decimating everything as quickly as possible like had occurred in their own world.

"What's up with all the history books?" Daniel asked upon spotting him walking back though the stacks to where everyone had been waiting for him holding so many book.

"I'm just curious about the differences in the two worlds, I also want to see if there are any cases of others going into alternate dimensions." Harry said to his younger brother, the two hadn't had any real connection like Harry and Cassie felt for one another, and so the two hadn't really talked a whole lot.

Daniel had also picked up a joke book asking James if he could get it, knowing that James would never turn the boy down on anything relating to pranks, while Lily would say no in a heartbeat. James nodded and the books were bought, walking out of the shop Sirius and Daniel were talking together leaning over the joke book they held discussing who they should use each prank on, on the way to the Robes shop. Harry doubted the teachers would allow him to be in class in the battle robes, even though Harry now saw them as much more comfortable after having lived in them the last few years. In the robes shop it was a simple matter of being measured and waiting five minutes for the robes to be done. Their last stop they went to get some quills and parchment, because Harry had so little of that, and many of the others had also begun to run out as well. After that they went back to Hogwarts.