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Summary: Someone is messing with the timeline, why are they doing it and what has it got to do with Harry's parents?
Authors note: Here is the next chapter in my story I hope you enjoy it, this was the longest chapter I have written so far and it's mostly explanation so if you have any questions about it please ask. Anyway I hope you enjoy the chapter. And thank you to everyone that's reviewed so far, oh yeah and to Kirina who noticed my little slip up with the "accio" spell I'm really sorry but I couldn't find the banishing one if anyone knows it can they please tell me in their review thanks, anyway on with the story.
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"THAT DIRTY, WEASEL FACED, RAT!" Sirius bellowed as they whirled back through Sirius' memories.
Well Harry thought looking around I suppose you couldn't really say that they were going backwards it was more like they were speeding forwards through his memories back towards the present. Harry tried to look at some of the events that were happening as they speed through them unseen, as he knew it was useless trying to talk to Sirius at the moment as all he seemed to be focusing on was the "dirty, weasel faced, rat" whoever that was. He couldn't see any of the events however as they were speeding by too quickly all he could see were flashes of colour as he was propelled faster and faster towards the present. Harry was feeling very confused about what he'd just seen endless questions were floating around his head dying to be asked but he knew at this moment that would be pointless no one would answer him.
Harry's thoughts were suddenly stopped though as he fell through the ceiling and landed with an almighty crack at Remus' feet, the breath was knocked out of him and the world around him suddenly went black.
"Harry," Remus said gently shaking the boy lying on the floor in front of him.
Harry didn't stir though he just lay there, breathing shallowly. Remus gently lifted him up and placed him on the chair beside him ignoring the questioning look Megan was giving him, he just quickly raised his head towards the ceiling and waited.
"THAT SNEAKY, EVIL, CRAWLING, LITTLE RAT! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" Sirius roared as with an almighty crash he fell onto the floor exactly where Harry had been lying a few minutes before.
Remus and Megan looked at him their mouths open with shock as Sirius picked himself up off the floor and started pacing up and down muttering and cursing under his breath not noticing his surroundings or the people staring at him in shock at all.
"Sirius?" Remus asked gently, "what's wrong? What happened?"
Sirius ignored him however and carried on muttering about what he was going to do to that "sneaky, evil, crawling, little rat" when he got hold of him. Remus looked over at Megan who was still sitting there looking shocked as well as very worried.
"Sirius," Remus tried again raising his voice a little.
Sirius still didn't take any notice and just continued muttering and pacing.
"SIRIUS!" Remus bellowed trying to break his friend out of the trance he was obviously in.
Sirius suddenly turned around and stared at Remus as if seeing him for the first time.
"What happened?" Remus asked quietly realising he'd finally got his attention.
"It was Pettigrew," Sirius spat out between clenched teeth "he's the one who's messing with the timeline".
Dumbledore coughed quietly then from the side of the room making everyone jump apart from Sirius because all he could feel was anger about what his one time "friend" had done.
"Ah forgotten I was here had you?" He said a slight twinkle in his eyes at the looks of embarrassment on Megan and Remus' faces.
"What happened Sirius?" He asked.
He watched as Sirius' face started to darken as he thought about what had happened and how he could explain it, he then took a deep breath and started to talk as he carried on pacing up and down. He explained quickly about the memories he had shown Harry and then about what had happened when they'd come to the third memory they should have seen. Dumbledore thought about what Sirius had said for a couple of seconds and then finally reaching a decision he turned his wand towards Harry and muttered a spell under his breath, which none of the others heard, causing Harry to sit up with a jolt.
"Huh? What's going on?" He muttered groggily looking around at the faces around him, which were filled with varying degrees of anger.
"Harry?" Harry turned around to look at the voice that was talking to him, recognising it at once as that belonging to Dumbledore.
"Harry I think it's about time you heard what was going on and why you're here," he said.
Harry could only nod his head as Dumbledore started to talk again.
"Harry the building your in is used by The Ministry for Prevention of Time Misuse, all major events through history are recorded on the clocks you can see on the walls around you. Now when someone affects one of these events either intentionally or accidentally the year, date and event will start to flash and eventually will disappear altogether. If the event is allowed to disappear completely and the date stops flashing it will be erased from all existence, it will have never happened. Do you understand?"
Harry could only nod while he tried to process all this information.
"The clock you were looking at earlier Harry can you remember what the date was?"
Harry looked around him quickly to where the clock he had seen earlier should have been but there was no longer anything on it.
"It was that one over there," Harry said pointing at the empty clock, "it said March the 5th 1977 but there's nothing on it now," he finished confusion clearly written across his face.
"That is because Harry that event no longer happened. Do you know what happened on that day Harry?"
Harry shook his head at Dumbledore and waited for him to continue speaking.
"May I tell him please professor?" Megan asked quietly.
"Of course you may Miss Myers. You three know more about it than I do anyway," Dumbledore answered.
"Well Harry it was on that day your parents first realised what their real feelings were for each other. As you saw in those memories Si showed you your parents didn't appear to be to fond of each other".
"That's an understatement," Harry muttered under his breath but Megan obviously heard it as she gave a small smile and carried on talking.
"Well one day we all got sick of their fighting and added a few extra ingredients to one of their potions".
"Are you saying my parents only got together because of some sort of love potion? That they never actually even liked each other?" Harry asked a little shocked.
"No Harry we knew your parents liked each other more than they'd admit to. You see Lily would often get a dreamy look in her eyes whenever she looked at James when she thought no one was watching her."
"Yeah and James would do the same," Remus agreed quietly.
"They just would never admit it to each other, they were also very protective of each other even though they never realised it. Even though they would torture each other if anyone else tried to hurt either of them they'd jump to the others defence," Sirius agreed rubbing his arm gently as if someone had just hit it.
"So they did like each other?" Harry queried a small smile curving his lips.
"Yeah but they never would have admitted it without a little help," Megan replied as she laughed lightly.
"So we added a few extra ingredients to those they were using to make an anti-venom potion, which turned it into a potion which caused them to face their true feelings about the other. So your parents did love each other Harry because the potion only brings out what you truly feel it doesn't make emotions it just helps you face them".
"Is that what happened on March the 5th then?" Harry asked smiling but his smile started to disappear as he thought about what Dumbledore had said earlier about what happened if the event disappeared on the clocks on the walls.
"Yes that was what happened," Megan replied gently.
"Harry," Dumbledore said looking at the young boy in front of him, "that event disappeared off the clock though so it has no longer happened".
Panic flickered through Harry's whole being as he thought about what Dumbledore had just said. His thoughts were cut off though as he suddenly felt rather than saw Sirius jump to his feet from the chair he'd sat down on when Megan had started to talk.
"STUPID, FERRET FACED, LITTLE RAT!" Sirius ranted, "THE EVIL, HEARTLESS, CREEP! THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE PUT A NO ACCIDENT SPELL ON LILY AND JAMES' CAULDRON!"
Harry suddenly felt everything he'd heard slot into place with this last piece of information. Pettigrew had known how his parents finally realised how they'd felt about each other and now because he couldn't get at him in the present he'd gone back in time to split his parents up so that they'd never admit their feelings for each other and he'd never be born. Harry felt anger bubble through him at this last thought.
"You mean to tell me," he ground out through clenched teeth "that Pettigrew is trying to break my parents up and he is the one who is messing up the timeline? Can't we do anything about this?"
"Harry, yes something can be done about it," Dumbledore said quietly "but you must understand that this one event affects all the other events after it. However we still have a bit of time until all the events that were affected by your parents falling in love disappear including your birth".
"How much time?" Harry asked.
"Well the event that seals your parents together is the end of year ball that is when they finally say I love you to each other. You are going to be sent back to the 6th of March…"
"What do you mean sent back?" Harry cried cutting in.
"Oh did I forget to tell you? You, Sirius, Remus and Miss Myers are going back in time to help your parents admit their feelings. Now Sirius, Remus and Miss Myers are going to travel back into the bodies they had in 1977 but because you weren't born then you will be like a shadow, like you are in other people's memories only Sirius, Remus and Miss Myers will be able to see you. This means that you can follow your parents without being seen which is something the others can't do. Do you understand Harry?
Harry just nodded his head, dumbstruck at what he'd just been told.
"Right anyway you are going back to 6th March 1977 to help Lily and James admit their feelings and only that," he said giving pointed looks to the three adults sitting in the room "and to make sure of that drink these".
Dumbledore passed around three goblets of a purplish liquid and watched as with some muttering from Sirius they all drank it.
"That will make sure that you three do not speak of anything from the future or harm anyone else in any way," he said raising his eyebrows at a very annoyed looking Sirius.
"Ok everyone ready?" Asked Dumbledore getting up and walking over to a table and picking up four time-turners.
He then gave one to each person who put them on and were gone in a puff of silver smoke.
"Good luck," Dumbledore muttered.