A/N : Hey this chapter is a little longer than usual, hence getting it out a bit late, but better late than never!

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Summary: Post OotP Harry receives a 'what if' stone for his birthday and gets thrown into an alternate reality where Sirius was the potter's secret keeper imagine a world with an alive Lily, James and Sirius, and a rather confused Harry. (As usual this will not be slash…I don't write it.)

What if

Chapter eleven

Delusional

Harry shouted out and closed his eyes as the sword came crashing down on him. Except he didn't feel anything, no pain. After a moment Harry opened his eyes and gasped.

The room was completely back to normal. The lion in the picture was unmoving, the sword remained on the wooden plaque on the wall, and the suit of Armour was still where it was when he originally walked through the room, and was also stationary.

Harry looked down at himself, he seemed no different. There wasn't even a scratch on him. It was eerie, like nothing had happened.

The suddenly the door crashed open and Sirius stood there panting. "What's t-the matter Har-Harry?" Sirius said between gasps for breath.

"I don't know, I think the err, room just tried to attack me," Harry said uneasily.

"The what?!" Sirius said shocked still gasping.

"It was! I'm not crazy,"

Sirius looked like he wanted to laugh but was trying extremely hard to hold it in; that combined with his breathlessness made him quite red in the face.

Then in skidded a fully grown stag. Then there was a faint 'pop' and James leapt up from the floor.

"Harry, are you-"

"Yeah, just a tad shaken up." Harry muttered still looking around the room like he expected it to attack him again any second.

"Oh, what happened?" James said noticing how uncomfortable Harry was looking.

"Erm, can we leave this room first?!" Harry asked feeling a bit paranoid. Sirius laughed, James just looked puzzled.

The trio went down stairs into the main sitting room, where Dumbledore and Lily were sat after the meal. Everyone else had left, having discussed what they needed to. He told everyone what had just happened to him but by the time he had finished Harry even started to think he really was crazy.

"Oh, Harry that must have been awful!" Lily said walking over to his sofa, sitting next to him and putting an arm around his shoulders.

"Well, it was alarming, but I've faced worse," Harry noticed Lilly and James exchanging a worried glance as he said this.

"So, you say nothing like this has happened before, Lily? I'm not around nearly enough to know what goes on in this house," Albus added for Harry's benefit.

"Of course not! I would have let you know if anything of the sort had happened," Lily said.

"Humm, well I do have a theory, but I think I will have to consult one of my books first."

Dumbledore calmly walked over to the large fireplace threw some Floo powder into the fire and muttered something and jumped into the green flames.

"Where do ya reckon he's gone?" Sirius asked.

"The vault probably," James said.

Lilly nodded "that would make sense."

"I'm glad Professor Dumbledore took me seriously, I started to think I was going mad!" Harry said suddenly changing the conversation.

"Yeah, sorry I didn't believe you mate, it was just a bit hard to believe." Sirius said

Harry grinned "Don't worry about it, no one believed me when I was in my second year when I kept hearing things!"

"What happened?" James said eagerly.

"James! We agreed not to ask him personal questions," Lily reprimanded.

"Sorry, I'm just interested to know what's happened in my son's life."

"Why did you do that?" Harry asked.

"We thought you had gone through enough, without us pestering you." Lily said warmly while flicking her red hair over one shoulder, a mannerism Harry had began to notice she did often.

"It's ok really, I don't mind telling this story. It was in my second year of Hogwarts when the Chamber of secrets was opened, due to a diary…Hang on a second." Harry's mind suddenly clicked into play.

"Do you know anything about the chamber of secrets?"

"No I don't" Sirius said the others also shook their heads.

"Well isn't that great? That means the Basilisk is probably still in the chamber, just waiting for someone to release it." Said Harry suddenly "Wait, without Tom Riddle, can it be opened?" Harry asked himself, he received several glances which said, perhaps you are crazy.

"Harry, I think I speak for your mother and Godfather when I say…Huh?" James said amusedly

"It's just…a really long story." Harry finished lamely, before he knew it Harry ended up explaining most of his second year to his family. Including the Polyjuice potion, and his ability to speak to snakes.

By the end James looked shocked, Lily worried and Sirius was grinning "How cool, you can talk to snakes!" was all he said after a moment.

Harry frowned "It's not that great, trust me," He shuddered remembering the incident where he was inside a snake, which attacked Mr Weasley. "Anyway, I'm not sure I'll be able to do it in this body." Harry didn't like to think about the fact he was in someone else's body, though the only differences were he was slightly taller though and he had slightly different glasses.

"Well," Said Lily, "Hagrid was never expelled in our universe. I guess that's because this Tom Riddle fellow wasn't around to catch him."

"Probably, though I'm surprised he didn't do something else dangerous involving magical creatures to get himself expelled."

"Well he never mentioned it if he did, we don't see him much anymore, he works full time at London's Wizarding zoo."

Harry laughed, "I bet that job suits him!"

"Yes, I think he's very happy, James are you ok?

"Yeah, I'm just a bit shocked, you slayed a Basilisk!"

"Yes, well I had help from-"

"A hat and a bird, yes I heard the story, Harry that's still…quite an unbelievable achievement."

"Yeah, well its not like I had a choice, it was either kill it or be eaten."

There was a whooshing noise behind them and the minister of magic walked across the room back to the sofas and opened a big dusty book in his hands.

"Now Harry I have found what I was looking for, this is a book on time travel. It talks about the many rules involved."

"But Harry didn't travel through time, he travelled through dimensions," Lily said confused.

"Yes, Lil's but the principles are probably the same," James said to his wife.

"You are of course right, James." Dumbledore said while still flicking though the book sending dust up into the air. "You always were a bright student."

"Hang on, I thought you never were the headmaster," Harry said picking up on Albus' comment.

"Yes, I never was, but I did teach transfiguration for several years, a while back, when they got desperate, I was fortunate enough to teach your parents and their friends."

"Talking of which, what happened to Wormtail, in this universe? Please don't tell me your friends with the scum?" Harry finally got the courage to ask.

Sirius growled in a rather wolf like manner. "Padfoot, calm yourself, he left us and became a shadow, Harry."

Harry looked suspiciously at his father. "Is that all? I'm used to people keeping things from me, don't be one of those people." Harry could tell there was more to it than that.

"Oh, we might as well tell him, James"

"Ok, but Harry I don't want you to take this to heart, I've seen it screw up our Harry I don't want it to screw you up too."

Harry nodded. "Good, well it was Peter who gave Harry Feverius. Harry knew this and as soon as we let him out of our sight he went and found him, then he killed him.

"Oh" Is all Harry said.

"We think that might be what turned him, before this he was very upset, of course and grieving, but after he killed Peter he was a different person, cruel and heartless.

"Look Harry, you have to remember this isn't you, it was him. We all have the potential to be like him, but you made the decision not to which is what makes you different." Sirius said kindly.

Harry smiled. "You know Professor Dumbledore said something very similar to me once."

"I daresay he did, Ah I've found it!" Albus said he then read an extract…

"When travelling through time it is important to remember that time does not want you to be there, that is why you are alive when you are. Time and space by nature want to right itself if something is out of place then some odd side effects may take place. This is why people tend not to stay in the wrong time for long. If they did they would probably be driven to insanity. The longer spent in the wrong time the worse the side effects become. The side effects range from paranoia to delusions to strong hallucinations. The only known cure is to get back to ones rightful time and space; though a clarifying potion may temporarily alleviate symptoms."

"Ah," Said Harry "So it looks like I'm going to go insane."

A/N : Reviews…

Funness : Oh and I like "Vampo" very funny! Sorry I didn't respond to chapter 9 review, I received it too late! Weird luck you seem to have! Good I'm glad someone noticed the birds faster than dogs thing. It was a bit subtle though! I'm also glad you prefer good Harry, because it seems like, most others prefer dark Harry. Yes everyone in the normal universe is a tad confused.

Padfootlet : Oww, more cookies soon!

lin-z1() : Thanks.

Silvercrystal77 : Sorry to leave you hanging (yet again) it one of my worst habits, writing cliffy's.

snowman1400() : LOL some thing s in my life are hard to just forget about simply so I can write a story, but hey! I'll try! Well dark Harry won't be happy (but then he never is) and good Harry well…things aren't really going his way at the moment.

gaul1 : Thanks, write more next time!

eruve tinwen : Yes believe me he can get a bit more psycho…lets hope no one pushes him that far. Yeah I love writing the sarcasticness to Snapey! *Giggles* there's no need to bow at my feet!

Gilthas : Yes updates are cool! Yeah Snapey will recover soon though, I dare say over all the years he deserved that. Yes I agree a dragon Animagus would be super cool. I also don't see why there are no magical Animagus' maybe you have to be a pureblood for it to work. Dunno, stupid really. Aww bless poor hanging Harry…well he's not hanging anymore. Lol Sorry Harry for leaving you so long!

Drusilla() : Yep he's gonna be really surprised when he finds his house is not there! Things are going to sink in then. Voldemort never existed in the other world.

Chocoliciouz : Thanks.

Limegreenlion() : Yay! Pleased you like Harry's Animagus form. It was the only one I could picture him with, oh bear in mind that Harry became an Animagus before he became evil. This will come up some time in a future chapter.

KatFay : Right…sure so umm review again!

Syron13 : Funny I just read your review and you asked about the chamber of secrets! Weird, no they didn't know before this chapter. They only found out the basics, they don't know much of what he got up to in school.

HarryGryffinGirl : Thanks

Dragonstorm316 : Hopefully!

Lil Lupin : Please stop reading Invisible destiny, I doubt I will ever write any more! An awful story which was going nowhere, fast. Perhaps one day I'll go back to it and re-write it…a lot!

A/N : Poor Harry, one shock after another. I've got a nice big shock coming up for him in a future chapter. Lol I think I need help… Anyway lots of reviews with your opinions! Please!