Title: Time Warp: Year Two
Author: Laen
Chapter: (4) Forbidden Forest
Summary: Harry and the gang head back to Hogwarts... but the journey they embark on turns out to be very different from what they originally expected.
Disclaimer: All characters below belong to Joanne K. Rowling; the idea of Harry going back in time came from Back to the Future.
A/N: This chapter is dedicated to: Equasarus thanks for all the help :), and my beta, Linda
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"Harry James Potter, you are hereby sentenced to a lifetime of Azkaban for the murders of Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley." Madam Bones said as she smashed the gavel down, signaling two aurors to approach Harry.
"These two Ministry aurors will escort you to Azkaban," Madam Bones stated angrily as she smashed the gavel down once again.
"Court adjourned, you may all leave," she added, a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"What? What's going on?" Harry asked in confusion as he struggled to get free from the aurors.
"Harry! How could you! I trusted you!" Ronald Weasley cried out from the audience as Harry was led towards the door. "You said you could change the future! You said you would prevent them from being hurt! You lied this whole time! You were the one setting the monster in the chamber after everyone! How could you?"
"What? No! I never did that! I would never hurt them! I swear! Ron, you've got to believe me! This— this has got to be a dream! It's got to be!" Harry shouted as he wrenched himself from the aurors.
Before Harry could speak another word the world around him disappeared into darkness and he found himself standing alone, in a rather familiar location.
"The Chamber of Secrets?" he whispered, looking around at the damp cavern, pillars all around him. A huge statue of a wizened wizard stood, carved into the largest wall of the cave.
"Ah, Potter..." a cold voice said from behind. Harry spun immediately, to stare at the owner of the voice.
"Riddle! But—this can't be! How are you—"
"Alive?" Tom Riddle cut in with a Slytherin like smirk.
"Easy... I merely took the life force of your little friend here..." Riddle said, looking down at the body that lay on the floor, a few feet away from him.
"Hermione!" Harry shouted when he recognized who it was.
He ran towards her, but before he could reach her, his surroundings changed once more. He found himself standing in a forlorn cemetery. A rather familiar place, that he had seen in many nightmares.
"Hello there, Harry..." a voice whispered.
Harry turned slowly, stepping back when he saw the person. "Cedric?" he asked, shocked, taking a second step back
"But— how?" Harry questioned as Diggory took a few steps towards him.
"Don't you remember Harry? You killed me..." Cedric whispered as Harry shook his head.
"What?" Harry choked. "No! I didn't do anything!" Harry said, horrified. Cedric reached out and grabbed his neck, and began to choke him.
"You killed me!" Cedric yelled angrily as Harry struggled to free himself.
"No—let—me—go!" Harry gasped, trying to find his breath as Diggory finally forced him to the ground.
When Harry looked up once more, he found himself inside Dumbledore's office.
"Professor! Professor Dumbledore!" Harry said, relieved, as he stumbled towards the Headmaster. Dumbledore stood behind his desk, pointing a wand at him and staring gravely.
"Harry... what are you doing here?" Dumbledore asked as solemnly. Harry shook his head. "You're supposed to be in Azkaban."
"But I didn't do anything!" Harry said, frightened. Dumbledore frowned.
"But Harry... you did... You set the monster in the chamber free. You killed Miss Granger and Miss Weasley... you're a murderer Harry." Dumbledore said gravely as Harry's jaw dropped.
"No!" he cried out.
"I didn't do it! I swear I didn't do it!" Harry shouted as he fell to his knees and shut his eyes.
"I didn't do it... I didn't do it!"
"Harry..." a worried voice whispered and Harry felt himself being shaken. "Harry wake up! Harry!"
"I didn't do it... I didn't do it!" Harry's eyes opened abruptly. He sat up just as quickly, crashing into Ron's head as he did.
"Ow!" Ronald Weasley yelled as he fell towards the ground grabbing his head.
"Ron!" Harry got out of bed, and helped his friend back to his feet.
"You alright?" Harry asked.
"I think I should be asking you that question mate! What happened? You were struggling around and shouting 'I didn't do it'!" Ron said as Harry realized that he was soaked in sweat.
"It... I... I had a bad dream," Harry said as he looked downwards.
"A dream did he say?" Fred's voice inquired as the Weasley twins entered the bedroom.
"It seems our seeker is going crazy, what do we do about that Fred?" George asked with a curiously expression as Harry looked back and forth between the twins.
"Well... first we would—"
"What's going on? I heard shouting," Ginny had entered the room, cutting into Fred's sentence.
"Gin! Thank Merlin you're alright!" Harry gasped as he hurried forward and embraced her in a hug.
When he let her go, he realized that her face was turning redder then her hair, and that the twins were struggling to keep his laughter in tact.
"Aw... is Gin-Gin embarrassed?" George said in a teasing tone as he pinched his sister's cheek.
"Oh bugger off, George!" Ginny yelled angrily as she stormed out of the room.
"Harry, you're not coming onto my sister by any chance are you?" Fred asked after they heard the door slam from downstairs.
"Yeah Harry, cause the last time I checked, you liked Hermion—"
Harry covered Ron's mouth with his hand immediately, but it was too late, the Weasley twins had already heard Ron's statement.
"So Harry... you're in love are you?" George said with a mischievous smirk on his face as he approached Harry.
"Wow... Harry's all grown up... and so fast too..." Fred said as he ruffled Harry's hair, making it messier then it already was.
"Do we need to give you the talk?" George asked as he turned to his brother who looked like he was deep in thought.
Harry looked like he was about to be sick. Thankfully, he was saved from horror when Mrs. Weasley popped her head into the room.
"Boys, you should hurry now, the train's leaving in two hours, and we need to get there on time. Fred, George—have you packed your stuff, yet?" Mrs. Weasley asked as the Weasley twins shook their heads.
"It'll only take a few minutes." Fred grumbled and Mrs. Weasley rolled her eyes.
"Just hurry. You don't want to miss the train now, do you?" Mrs. Weasley asked, with a look that dared him to say anything. When he didn't retort, she left quietly.
"Anyways... as we were saying," George said as he turned his attention back to Harry, who was now grabbing clothes out of his trunk.
"Talk to me later, right now, you've got to pack your stuff," Harry said as he pushed the twins out the door.
"Harry, I feel sorry for you," Ron said as Harry shut the door and headed towards his trunk.
"Shut up and pack Ron," Harry muttered as he began to change out of his pajamas.
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"Fred! George! Hurry up!" Mrs. Weasley screeched as the Weasley twins stumbled down the stairs towards the door.
"Come on! We'll be late!" Mrs. Weasley said as the twins were ushered out of the house.
"Hang on!" Harry yelled as he suddenly remembered something.
He ran back into the house and pulled his wand out.
"Accio George and Fred's forgotten things!" Harry whispered under his breath. Several items burst through the door and flew to him.
Shrinking the items of them, and stuffing them into his robes, he hurried out of the house.
"In the car now! Hurry!" Mr. Weasley said as the Harry and the five Weasley kids all stuffed themselves into the back of the car.
"George, you forgot some stuff," Harry said as he pulled the items out of his robes and handed it to them.
"Hey thanks! Why are they so small though?" George asked in a whisper as Harry told him about shrinking it.
"I see..." George muttered as he stuffed the items into his pocket.
A few minutes later, they had arrived at King's Cross. Mrs. Weasley, who was still worried that they would miss the train, ushered them all out of the car, and hurried them towards the entrance to platform nine and three quarters.
"Hurry up!" she said as Harry pushed his cart up ahead.
"Harry, Ron, you two go in first!" Mrs. Weasley instructed, since Harry and Ron were much further ahead then the rest of the group.
"Yeah mum," Ron said as he and Harry began to run towards the entrance.
Knowing what was probably going to happen, Harry purposely slowed down slightly. Unfortunately, Ron didn't know that the entrance was going to be closed, and crashed full speed into the wall.
"Oy! Are you two insane?" a nearby man asked as Harry and Ron both got to their feet.
"Sorry, lost control of the cart," Harry explained as Ron picked up Hedwig, who was fluttering in her cage on the ground.
"What happened?" Mrs. Weasley asked as the rest of the Weasleys hurried towards them.
"I don't know. The entrance is closed." Harry said as he looked around.
Several people were now staring at them.
"Oh, bugger off!" Ron snapped with a glare as they all returned to what they were originally doing before the crash.
"Ron, language!" Mrs. Weasley said as Mr. Weasley checked the entrance.
"Strange... it seems to have been shut by some sort of strange magic..." Mr. Weasley said quietly, touching the entrance to see if it was solid. Harry frowned.
"Look at the time! The train must've left already!" Ginny said as she pointed towards the clock nearby.
Harry checked, and realized Ginny was right. The train had already left.
"What do we do? How do we get to school?" Ron asked in shock. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley both frowned.
"Let's go down to the Leaky Cauldron... you five can floo to Hogsmeade then walk to Hogwarts." Mrs. Weasley said as George and Fred both brightened.
"Hogsmeade, eh?" George asked with a smile as Mrs. Weasley frowned at them.
"You'll go straight to Hogwarts and that's that." Mrs. Weasley stated as she began to head back to the car.
"Come on, hurry." Mrs. Weasley said as the kids all followed after her.
Five minutes later, the trunks were all back in the car, and everyone was ready to go. Mr. Weasley pulled his wand out, and tapped the steering wheel twice.
"Start," he commanded.
The car engine puttered a few times, before dying.
"Start," Mr. Weasley said as he tapped the steering wheel again.
"Um... there's seems to be a slight problem here... don't worry, I think I should have it fixed soon..." Mr. Weasley mumbled as everyone groaned.
After ten minutes, the car was still 'out of order'.
"Arthur, I'm going to pop over to the ministry... maybe we can get a portkey for the kids." Molly Weasley said as Mr. Weasley nodded.
"I'll keep trying to fix the car." Mr. Weasley said as he continued to tap the steering wheel.
Mrs. Weasley disappeared with a pop, and Harry couldn't help but wonder if he should've let all the Weasleys go ahead of him before trying to go through.
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"Dad! I'm sick of sitting here waiting! It's been past an hour since mum left!" Ginny complained as Mr. Weasley sighed.
"I'm sorry kids, but... things happen for a reason," he stated as Ron gave Harry a look.
Harry merely shrugged.
"Dad, I'm a prefect—I should be patrolling the train right now—what if they take away my badge for not being on the train?" Percy asked worriedly as George and Fred snickered.
"Merlin's beard... you know what boys... I'll—I'll just make that portkey for you another way... of course... don't let your mother know..." Mr. Weasley said as everyone in the car brightened.
"Here you go dad, you can use this," Ginny said as she pulled a quill out of her pocket.
"Why are you carrying a quill with you Gin?" Harry asked. Ginny just shrugged in response.
"Anyways... what was that charm again... oh yes! Portiqulius Portus!" Mr. Weasley said as the quill glowed for a moment.
"Now everyone, place your hand upon it..." Mr. Weasley said as he handed the quill to his kids.
Harry placed a finger on the quill, and waited for the nauseous to start.
"I'll send the trunks over shortly, in the meantime, you five can head to Hogwarts... ready now? Three—two—one!" Mr. Weasley said as the group of kids all disappeared with a pop.
"Great, now everything's fixed and—wait a minute... did I say Portiqulius Portus or Portipelius Portus?" Mr. Weasley now had a frown on his face.
"Oh well... I'm sure the kids can find their way to Hogwarts..." he said with a smile as he sat back to wait for his wife.
'Molly...' Mr. Weasley thought to himself with a frown... what was he going to tell her?
Meanwhile...
Crash!
"Ouch!"
"Where the bloody hell are we?" Ron asked as he looked around at their surroundings.
Harry froze for a moment a look of realization appeared onto his face.
"We're... we're... Merlin's Beard, this is wrong..." Harry whispered as everyone began to worry.
"Harry... what's wrong? Where are we?" Percy asked as Harry gulped slightly before answer.
"We're in the Forbidden Forest."
A/N: I don't know if I should be relieved that I've gotten over my writer's block... or be glad that the computer managed to recover this story and save it before it froze... anyways... hope you enjoyed the chapter... originally, it was supposed to be longer... I was planning to write all the way to them entering the great hall... but I've got this SPLITTING headache... and yeah... sorry... all I can say is I've got the next part pretty much all plotted out, so it'll be coming out soon... in the meantime... REVIEW!!!