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Chapter 50:
Harry looked at Hermione in surprise. "Nine days? It was only two, three at the most-"
But everyone ignored him. "Harry!" said Evelyn hurriedly. "Did you see Dumbledore yet? Did the others get back safely?"
"The others?" asked Harry worriedly, looking at Evelyn. "I thought they got back safely…"
Evelyn brought a hand to her forehead. "Oh no!" She began pacing. "Robyn, please go fetch Dumbledore….."
"Yes, Professor," piped up Robyn, tucking her blonde hair behind her ear. With that, she hurried out of the door, smiling at Harry as she slipped into the corridor.
"Oh, Merlin…" said Evelyn, upset. "Harry, where did you go? After… the first thing… Lenore got back safely, and she told us… but Draco and Ginny-" She suddenly turned to the rest of the classroom.
"Class dismissed."
Nobody moved. Evelyn sighed, exasperated. She took a deep breath and bellowed, "GET OUT!" Several people jumped and people cautiously edged out of the room, besides Ron and Hermione, Tabby, and Lenore, who embraced Harry tightly.
"Harry…" said Ron. "Where the hell did you go? Ginny wasn't there?"
Harry shook his head slowly. "No… I went back in time, to the year the Marauders were sixth years… Evelyn, I stayed with you, and Calli, and Remus, and Sirius, and Mum, and Dad… and Holly…" Suddenly Harry remembered something. "HOLLY! Evelyn, was Holly a Seer?" Evelyn's blonde curls were frizzing from stress and her blue eyes were strained. She was frowning at Harry's question, but she nodded.
"Yeas, Holly was a Seer… you saw us, in the Marauder's time? But-"
"Evelyn," said Harry seriously. "Holly told me something. She said that I could only defeat Voldemort if the other three heirs were there…. They didn't have to help, but somehow, they had to be there, or else I couldn't win! Evelyn, if Voldemort finds that out, he would kill Lenore, or Draco, or Ginny!" Evelyn was paling by the second. She collapsed into a chair.
"I've been gone nine days?" Harry asked suddenly. Hermione nodded. Suddenly fear bolted through his veins. "W-what happened, in those nine days?" he asked, dreading the answer.
Lenore bit her lip, Hermione suddenly became very interested in her shoes, and Ron looked away. "What?" he repeated.
"V-Voldemort found out about Lenore," whispered Hermione, looking up anxiously.
The blood drained from Harry's face. "A-and?" he asked quietly.
"He sent Death Eaters to Hogsmeade as a diversion, and then he went to America, to her school…" Tears sprang to Lenore's already-red eyes, and tabby looked as if she was fighting tears with all she had. Harry already knew what had happened. Suddenly, Lenore burst out crying, and hugged her cousin.
"H-he killed th-them a-a-all…. All of them! E-even o-our best friend! A-and then s-someone t-told him I-I had a-a-already d-died, b-but he killed them a-all anyway, and n-now D-draco and G-Ginny are g-gone, a-and what if H-he has them?" Lenore sobbed onto Harry's shoulder. He patted her on the back a little. Girls crying always made him nervous. Tabby put a comforting arm around Lenore's shoulder. Harry looked at Ron fro reassurance.
He nodded sadly. Harry spoke again after a moment. "Was anyone killed in Hogsmeade?" he asked quietly. Hermione nodded.
"About eight people… two mothers out at lunch with a playgroup of little kids… you didn't know them…" said Hermione miserably. For several minutes, the only sound in the room was the fresh sobs of Lenore. Then Dumbledore and Robyn entered. Dumbledore kindly dismissed Robyn, who left the room quickly, and looked at Lenore and Tabby pityingly. He then turned to Harry.
"Thank Merlin you've returned… Lenore's told us about what happened in Acacia's common room, until Merlin, and until you were all supposedly sent back into the present time. Were we correct in assuming Gryffindor's aim wasn't quite right?"
Harry nodded. "I was sent to the time where my parents were six years, and Holly made a prediction of some sort-"
"What kind of prediction?" asked Dumbledore quickly. Harry went on to explain what Holly had said. When he finished, Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully.
"Harry, you will have to take a small trip to the Department of Mysteries soon, before Voldemort does…. If you don't want to go, I will understand. I could take Ginny or Lenore or Draco instead…" Harry suddenly felt a strong pang in his chest.
"I will go, Professor," he said shakily. Maybe it would be good for him… He could drop a letter into the veil… maybe Sirius would get it. Or maybe this was just wishful thinking. In any case, it might calm Harry's fears a bit…
Dumbledore smiled at Harry. Suddenly, Harry remembered Draco and Ginny. "Professor Dumbledore, where do you think the others are?"
"It is very likely, Harry, that the same thing happened to them that happened to you. They're probably in a different time period. I believe that they are very intelligent and will find their way back before too long." Harry looked at Dumbledore's placid eyes. How could he be so calm?
Dumbledore then sent the five students up to the Gryffindor tower. Harry, in a fit of restlessness, played 5 games of Chess against Ron, losing all of them drastically. Suddenly he stood up. "Has anyone been doing mine and Draco's and Ginny's shifts?" he asked quietly. Hermione nodded.
"Yes. Everyone's been very helpful. Those students with families that died finally came back… the whole castle has basically elapsed into depression. It's awful, Harry! And then nobody knew where you or Ginny or Draco went, and where all the teachers went, a-"
"Are the Order members back?" asked Harry quickly.
Ron nodded. "Yeah. They pretty much just saved Hogsmeade, and now they're back."
"How's Tabby been taking it, alone in Slytherin, without Malfoy?" asked Harry again. This time Lenore answered.
"She's made some friends," said Lenore disgustedly. "She hates Pansy, but she became friendly with Zabini and Danica Belfore… She also has been talking to Millicent…" Harry nodded. Millicent and Zabini were pretty bad, but Danica had never really laughed along with the other Slytherins. But she had always kept quiet. Harry tried to picture her. She had long auburn hair and blue eyes. She was really short, too.
"Well, I suppose she has to make friends with some of them," said Hermione reasonably, though Ron looked like he thought being alone was better than any Slytherin's company.
"Well," said Harry resignedly, "I'd better go get my make-up work from the teachers…" With that, he exited the common room. Halfway to McGonagall's classroom, though, he changed his mind and headed to the kitchens, wondering whether Draco or Ginny were in the castle, only in another time.
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When Harry had left the kitchens, he decided to sit and think in the Room of Requirements. He had only been there a few minutes when suddenly there was a loud pop, and Ginny was standing in front of him. "Harry!" she shouted upon seeing him. She ran up to him and they kissed for a moment. Then Harry looked at her.
"Ginny! Where were you; where did you go?"
"Oh, Harry!" said Ginny, hugging him again. "I went into the future, Harry!"
"The future?" he asked quickly.
"Yes," she said sadly, "but they modified my memory right before I came back! They then told me that I had traveled to 2009 and that they had made me forget everything I learned, and they sent me back. The last thing I remember before being sent back was Gryffindor and Ravenclaw pointing their wands at me!"
"2009?" asked Harry. "That's thirteen years from now…" Ginny nodded, smiling.
"I wonder what I found out," she said quietly.
"I wish I knew," sighed Harry. "But I suppose it was for the best, and all, you not remembering…" He paused for a moment, perfectly content holding Ginny in his arms. Then she pulled away.
"Harry, is everyone else here? What happened while I was gone?" Harry then proceeded to fill Ginny in on everything that had happened, from the attacks, to Voldemort's recent knowledge, to Holly's prediction, all the way to Tabby making friends in Slytherin. Ginny was shocked by the end of the story, and she was trembling.
"Harry… I suppose we should tell Dumbledore I'm back." Harry nodded.
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Before Harry knew it, he had been back for a week, and the holiday break was only days away. Draco had returned, from the 1700's, and he was scarred mentally for life. Mr. Weasley won the election with flying colors, and the Weasley's had moved into Headquarters, as the Burrow was one of Voldemort's biggest targets, especially if he found out who was the heir of Hufflepuff. Everyone would be going to Headquarters for Christmas; Lupin, Evelyn, Calista, Snape (since his manor was being used by Voldemort, and Dumbledore didn't want Snape staying at Hogwarts, for reasons unbeknownst to everyone), Harry, the Grangers, all of the Weasleys, excluding Percy and including Fleur, Lenore, Tabby, Gwen, and Mrs. Greenly. Harry thought about inviting Lavender, whose parents had recently been killed by Voldemort, but she was invited home with the Patils.
The night before the train as leaving, Harry packed all of his belongings and collapsed into bed, tired.
He drifted off, and suddenly, he was Voldemort.
"Thank you, for telling me, Malfoy… The heir of Ravenclaw? Now, Potter is the heir of Gryffindor, and Weasley is the heir of Hufflepuff… But the Prophecy implies that I am not the heir of Slytherin… Explain."
"M-m-my Lord," began Malfoy fearfully, on his knees. "I don't know of it's validity; I only know what I've heard-"
"Silence!"
"S-sorry, My lord-"
"Crucio!"
Harry awoke to his scar hurting worse than it had in a year.
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