Harry woke up and he stretched out. There was a knock on his door and he called. "Come in."
Merlin walked in with Ravenclaw. "Hello Harry. Rowena is going to be giving you lessons, and this afternoon you will have physical training. After a few weeks of physical training you will start on weapons." Rowena said.
"Okay. When do I start?" Harry asked.
"You start in ten minutes." Merlin said. "You have ten minutes to get dressed and out in the front courtyard. There will be someone to show you the way outside your door." Marlin said, and he left the room, with Rowena.
Harry got up and rushed to his bathroom and showered quickly and he hurried putting on the robes that they had left for him. He opened the door and there was a boy standing across the hall from him. The boy had green eyes like his.
"Hello, are you Harry Potter?" The boy asked.
"Yes. Who are you?" Harry asked the boy.
"I'm your half brother, James Potter. Your Mum was here, but she left to visit you. Time says that she'll be back soon." James said.
"You're my half brother?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Lily and James, my dad, came here after Voldemort attacked them. They were granted the right to have children here, and because of that, I was born. I have three brothers, counting you, and three sisters." James said.
"I do?" Harry asked, a little confused.
"Yes you do, and I've been instructed to take you to the training courtyard, you'll be in my class because you are just starting." James said. "Now come on, we have to hurry. By the way, people usually call me Jamie, okay? James is my dad."
Harry laughed weakly. "Okay, Jamie. Got it." Harry said. "Now let's get to the courtyard."
"Okay then. Follow me." Jamie said, and Harry followed him through the marble halls of the Citadel, stowing away the new found knowledge of a family in the back of his head, for when he had time.
"Jamie, so good to see you. Now, who is your friend?" The training master asked, looking at Harry.
"This is Harry James Potter Snape, my half brother. He is here to further his education. He is the prophesied one who has the chance to defeat Voldemort. He is also the heir to Ravenclaw." Jamie said, and stepped back, leaving Harry standing alone.
"So. Harry Potter. Come to the Citadel of Time to learn. Is this true?" The training master asked, walking around Harry.
"Yes it is true." Harry said.
"I thought so. You are a little small, but you have good reflexes, and you will do well if you apply yourself." The training master said. "Draw your wand. Let's see how you can do in a duel."
Harry drew his wand and faced the training master. The others watched on, and wondered how Harry was going to do. They had all had to duel the training master when they joined the group.
The training master cast the first spell, which Harry stepped out of the way. Harry had decided to see what the training master had in him, before casting any spells. The training master cast two more spells in rapid succession. Harry stepped out of the way of the stunner, and ducked the dark purple jet of light. The training master cast another few spells, all the same color, and Harry had nowhere to dodge, so he finally put up his shield spell and grinned when he felt the power being absorbed into it. Harry dropped the shield and cast his first offensive spell, it was a weak spell meant to distract, and Harry sent the animagi spell that changed a person into an animal at him.
Harry watched in satisfaction as the training master changed into a duck, and Harry conjured a cage large enough for a man around the duck. The duck glared at him, and Harry laughed and made the wall solid halfway and filled the cage with water. The duck quacked at Harry and swam in a circle. Harry walked over and picked up the training master's wand.
Harry sat and waited for the five minutes to pass, and watched as the training master changed back into a tall man with long blond hair that was now mussed up instead of tied back like before. "Do you yield?" Harry asked.
"I yield. Now get me outta here." The training master growled.
"Okay." Harry laughed, and a door in the cage opened, and the water came spilling out onto the grass.
"I am Warric." The training master said.
Harry nodded and handed Warric his wand. "That was fun." Harry said.
"Yes it was, I haven't had a duel like that in ages." Warric said.
"I haven't had a duel when the person I was dueling wasn't trying to kill me in a long time." Harry said.
"That is sad, for one your age." Warric said.
"I can deal." Harry shrugged.
"Yes, I'm sure, now go and sit over there and pay attention, note taking would be a good idea." Warric said, motioning Harry over to a spot on the grass. Harry went over and sat on the grass. Warric waited for a moment and began lecturing on defensive and offensive spells. Harry paid close attention, and took notes that would rival Hermione's.
After about a two hour lecture, Harry and the others were allowed to try the spells that they had learned about. Harry already knew a few, and mastered most of the others, and he tried out a few of them. They had a short essay due the next week on the spells they had learned and they had to master most of the spells by the next lesson. After lunch, which Harry had in his rooms, Harry attended a lecture on the basics of physical strengthening, and did a round of exercise, and by the end of that Harry felt ready to die. Jamie laughed at him, and said, that it would get easier in a while. Although he didn't say how long a while was.
The teacher there, recommended a hot bath would do his muscles good, after he had spent fifteen minutes stretching. Jamie said, he might be by later that night to see how Harry was doing.
Harry was sitting on his bed when someone knocked on the door. Harry got up and winced. He walked to the door and opened it. There standing on the other side was Jamie, and James. "Hello." Harry said after a while. "Would you like to come in?"
"Of course, Harry." Jamie said grinning like a maniac, and came in, dragging James after him. James was staring at Harry.
"This can't be real." James said softly.
"Dad! It is, Harry is here to learn. He'll only be here for a while though." Jamie said, sitting up on Harry's bed, while James sat down on a chair.
"Harry." James said, looking at Harry and wiping his eyes where there were some tears.
"Yes. I'm Harry." Harry said softly. "This is the man that I'm growing into. I hope that you can accept me." Harry said.
"I can." James said. "I've missed you so much. Even though you weren't mine, I still loved you like you were mine." James said.
"I understand." Harry said. "Can I hug you?" He asked softly.
James smiled. "Of course. By blood you may not be my son, but in spirit you are." James said, and walked over to where Harry stood and gave him a hug. Harry sniffed and hugged him back.
"So. Did Lily find you?" He asked.
"Yeah, she did." Harry said.
"So you know that Severus is your Dad?" James asked.
"Yeah, I know. I think, that if Voldemort hadn't happened, she would have married him." Harry said.
"I know. I've always known that I was her second choice, but she grew to love me as I loved her." James said, with a small smile on his face.
"Yeah. So how are you?" Harry asked.
"Fine, for being dead." James said, laughing a little.
"But you're not?" Harry said.
"I am dead in you time sequence, but Lily and I were given a second chance in this time." James said. "How is Severus taking the news that you're his son?" James asked.
"He's fine, but I'm really worried about how he's going to take the fact that I'm missing." Harry said.
"Yeah, that will be hard on him." James said.
"I could be worse though. Time let me have a bag of lemon drops contact." Harry said.
"How's that work?" James asked, sounding curious.
"I'm not sure, but I know that it's really handy, even though with the time difference, if I check in once a day, the bag will pop up about every half hour. It's nice." Harry said.
"Okay. Jamie has a pile of homework, and you're in most of his classes, and as much as I'd like to get to know you, you should get your work done." James said.
"Yes, I suppose that I should do that." Harry said. He watched James and Jamie leave and got to working on his homework.
An few hours later Harry got up and stretched. Well, that was done. Doing the essay had given him some ides on how to master the five spells that he couldn't. He wrote them down for class tomorrow, he already knew that they would be working on mastering the spells. He decided to lemon drop Hermione.
Hermione Granger was worried about Harry. Dumbledore had been at dinner, and Harry hadn't been. After looking in the library, and all over the castle, she had gotten Amy to open up the chamber of Secrets to see if Harry was hiding down there. He wasn't and now she was up in Dumbledore's office covered in slime.
"Miss Granger, why were you in the Chamber of Secrets?" Dumbledore asked for the third time.
"Educational purposes. I was going to go down there and explore, and then write a book on what I found down there." Hermione said.
"Miss Granger, that is not the reason you were down there." Dumbledore said. "Tell me."
"I already told you." Hermione said, glaring at Dumbledore's nose.
"You told me one of the reasons you were down there. Tell me the main reason."
"Fine. I was looking for Harry. Happy?" Hermione snapped.
"What do you mean by that?" Dumbledore asked.
"I mean, we couldn't find Harry. I haven't seem him since the feast last night. I looked in the astronomy tower, I looked in the Quidditch Pitch, I asked Hagrid if he's seen Harry, I even bugged Professor Snape, I searched the Library, I made Amy take me into the old part of the castle, and as a last resort I looked down in the Chamber of Secrets. I'm out of ideas." Hermione said.
"You mean the last time you saw Harry was last night at the feast?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes. Professor Snape saw him after curfew, he came and got his mirror from his room down there. That was the last anyone saw him, although Neville remembers him summoning his and Ron's blankets last night because they fell asleep waiting for him." That's the last anyone remembers him." Hermione said frantically.
"Is that all you know Miss Granger?" Dumbledore asked, he felt that there was more to what she was saying.
"I can't reach him." Hermione said quietly.
"What do you mean by that?" Dumbledore asked.
Hermione closed her eyes and willed the circle of initials to show on the back of her hand. "On the train here, we did a friendship bond. This part just happened, I was going to research it more, but so far we know it allows us to talk telepathically. When you put your finger on the person's initials." Hermione said, sounding ashamed.
"Don't be ashamed of it my dear, you should be proud, there is true friendship among your friends. Heaven knows that we need it in these dangerous times." Dumbledore said, watching the initials circling slowly. "Is that why you performed the rite?"
Hermione nodded. "I did it because friendship is important, and Voldemort has a gift for spreading discord and making people enemies of one another. I thought that it would help us fight against Voldemort." Hermione said, staring at the floor.
"I have a book that would help you. Would you like to borrow it?" Dumbledore asked.
"What's it called?" Hermione asked.
Dumbledore smiled. "An In-Depth Study of the bond of True Friendship. I think it would be just the book for your particular situation."
"That would be wonderful." Hermione said.
"Okay, just let me get it." Dumbledore said, and he got up and went over to a bookshelf and started muttering. "Ah! Here it is." He handed the book to Hermione and said "Be careful with it, it is very old."
"I'll be very careful with it sir." Hermione said, holding the book carefully. She set the book on Dumbledore's desk and shook her shoulders and the slime from the pipes disappeared from them. "Enchanted robes." She said an as explanation. "Am I excused?"
"Yes you are excused, I have to go and look for Harry." Dumbledore said.
Hermione nodded and left. She left and went to the library. Just before she came in the library a bag of lemon drops appeared in front of her.
"Would you like a lemon drop Hermione?" The bag asked in Harry's voice.
"Sure." Hermione said and took a lemon drop.
"So what's new?" Harry asked through the bag.
"Oh nothing, I just spent the entire day looking for you." Hermione said.
"Did you find me?" Harry asked.
"No. Where are you?" Hermione asked.
"Well, I'm somewhere safe." Harry said.
"What do you mean by that?" Hermione asked.
"I mean I am safe, and I am fine, don't worry, and you should get a letter in a few days from me." Harry said.
"You get your butt back at Hogwarts right now." Hermione said.
"I can't." Harry said.
"You can and you well." Hermione said.
"No I won't." Harry said.
"Yes you will." Hermione said, raising her voice.
"No I won't." Harry said louder.
"Yes you will." Hermione shouted at the bag of lemon drops.
"No, I won't." Harry said. This was fun.
"Yes you will." Hermione shouted back.
"No!" Harry shouted.
"Yes you will!" Hermione shouted back.
"No, and good-bye." The bag of lemon drops said before disappearing.
"Hermione? Why were you arguing with a bag of lemon drops?" Ron asked, coming out of the library.
"You'll find out." Hermione said before stomping off to her room.
Ron muttered something like 'Women!' before going into the library.
Harry sighed. He should have known that Hermione would have noticed him missing soon. Well, he was going to have an early morning tomorrow, so he better get some sleep.
Harry woke up and looked around. He took a quick shower, and there was breakfast on his desk with a note.
Harry-
Here is your breakfast, you missed it today, but you are expected to be down in the dining hall this evening. Jamie or one of his sisters will come to show you the way.
-James
Harry smiled. He would probably save this note for a while. While he should probably eat quickly and head down to the courtyard he had had his lessons in the day before. When he got there only Warric was there.
"You're early." He greeted him.
"I wasn't sure what time it started." Harry said.
"Well you have about fifteen minutes before we start." Warric said.
"Okay. Do you mind if I stay here for a bit?" Harry asked.
"Not at all. How's your essay coming?" Warric asked Harry.
"I finished it." Harry said.
"Really?" Warric asked.
"Yes, one of my friends back home would always nag us to do out homework right away. So I decided that I should take her advice and work hard." Harry said.
"Okay. How are you with mastering the spells?" Warric asked.
"I've got most of them, but there are five that I can't get." Harry said.
"Any ideas on how you might get them?" Warric asked.
"Yeah, I had them when I was doing my essay. I wrote them down so I wouldn't forget." Harry said.
"May I see them?" Warric asked him.
Harry thought for a minute. "Sure." Harry said and pulled them out of the pocket in his robes, dark blue this time.
Warric read them over. "I think that these would work. Don't let the other's see this, they have to figure it out by themselves. Is it okay with you if I use your ideas in next weeks class?" Warric asked.
"I don't mind." Harry said.
"Okay thanks." Warric said, and he began looking through his lesson plans.
Harry moved to the small desk that he had sat at yesterday, and stretched out on the grass next to it and looked up at the sky. He watched the clouds over head, wondered what happened when it rained.
"Warric? What happens when it rains?" Harry asked.
"The courtyard is charmed to stay dry when it is in use by a class." Warric answered.
"Okay." Harry said, and let hid mind wander.
After a few minutes, the rest of the class began to arrive, and Harry sat up and adjusted the height of his desk, and made it low so he could lay next to it on the grass.
A few minutes later class began, today the lecture was short, and they were to practice the spells for the rest of the time. Warric was sitting on a platform that was floating about fifteen feet in the air, and he was watching them from up there.
By the end of the class Harry had gotten three of the five spells from yesterday. So he would have to work on the last two the next day.
In the class where Harry was going to learn to wield a sword there was dueling among the older students that the younger students were allowed to watch. Of course they had to still work out, but they did that after they watched a few duels. Harry decided that he was going to work hard, because the fencing looked like fun. That night he had no homework, but there was an optional class that learned things that they might not get until later. Harry found out the potions was a class that was very advanced, mainly because the students brewed dangerous potions quite frequently. Rowena had plead his case, and he was allowed to enter into the potions class. Harry found out that is schedule hadn't been completely figured out, he was just doing the basic schedule, and it was liable to change, he would probably have a final schedule by Sunday.
Harry sighed. At least he was done for today. He decided to lemon drop Severus.
"Albus, are you sure that you have no idea where Harry is?" Severus asked.
"No I do not. Hermione Granger informed me of the fact that he was missing. She checked nearly everywhere, she even checked the Chamber of Secrets." Dumbledore told Severus.
"Well I refuse to accept that Harry has run away. He's got to be here somewhere." Severus said.
"I've asked the portraits, and they can't find him anywhere." Dumbledore said.
"Did you ask his friends?" Severus asked.
"No, I came to you first, I thought that you might have an idea of where he is." Dumbledore said.
"Well, I don't." Severus snapped and turned away from Dumbledore. Suddenly, a bag of lemon drops popped into existence in front of his face.
"Hello Severus." Harry's voice said from the bag of lemon drops.
"Harry?" Severus asked.
"No, it's the god of the bag of the lemon drops that gives people lemon drops." Harry said sarcastically through the bag.
"Really?" Severus asked, smiling a little.
"No, it's me." Harry said.
"That's a relief." Severus said.
"Oh, so you found out that I've gone." Harry said.
"Yeah, I did. Are you going to come back anytime soon?" Severus asked.
"I'm not sure, but would you like a lemon drop?" Harry asked, knowing that Severus had to take one.
"Why?" Severus asked.
"If I'm going to stay around and talk to you, you have to take a damn lemon drop." Harry said irritably.
"Fine." Severus said, and took a lemon drop, grumbling about it.
"So how are you?" Harry asked.
"Worried about you." Severus said.
"Don't be. I'm fine, I'm in a place that's safer than Hogwarts. I'm learning some interesting things too." Harry said.
"Okay. Will you check in every once in a while?" Severus asked.
"I'll try. It all depends on Time." Harry said.
"Okay." Severus said.
"By the way, you'll never guess who I've met here." Harry said.
"Who?" Severus asked.
"I'm not telling, you have to guess. Next time maybe, my half-brother is visiting me." Harry said, and called the bag of lemon drops back to him.
"Well, that was interesting." Dumbledore said.
"Yes." Severus replied.
"What do you think of the half-brother comment?" Dumbledore asked.
"I've got to think about that." Severus thought for a moment and called Lily.
After a bit, Lily came and she looked at Severus. "Yes?" She asked.
"Harry just made a most interesting comment. He said something about his half brother visiting him. Could you tell me what that means, since I don't remember siring any other children."
If Lily wasn't a ghost, she would have paled. "Has Harry gone missing?" She asked.
"Yes he has." Severus said.
"Than he's in the Citadel of Time." Lily said. "That's where I belong."
"What!" Severus snapped. "The Citadel of Time! That's not real!"
"Severus, it's real. It's where I belong. I have children there. James is there. Sirius was there. Harry is there." Lily said. "I'm sorry, but I've got to leave. I'll see that Harry gets back soon. Do you have anything that you want to tell him? I'll be leaving soon." Lily said, silvery tears running down her face.
"Okay. I'll write a letter." Severus said. "You never explained the half-brother thing."
"Oh, that. There's Jamie, and Jessie, they're twelve and twins. Sirius, he's eight, then there's Hermione, who is six, and then there's Rose, she's four and the baby, he's only a year old. James and I agreed to call him Severus, we'd like you to be his god-father, if you don't mind."
Severus thought for a moment. "I wouldn't mind. Could you get pictures of them when you get back?" Severus asked.
"Of course." Lily smiled. "Maybe you could come and stay for a few years." Lily said, her eyes dancing mischievously.
"Years!" Severus squeaked.
"Of course, I expect that Harry will be there for a few years at least." Lily said.
"Not if I can do anything about it." Severus said.
"Did I forget to mention that the two places run on different time tracks?" Lily asked.
"No you didn't, perhaps you'd like to explain." Severus said, summoning a piece of parchment, and starting to write a letter.
"About a week of our time, is about a year of their time. So if Harry is gone for a month, he have been in the Citadel of Time for four years. It's very handy for the training, and they have the best training." Lily said. Albus was doing some very quick math.
"Lily, if Harry is checking in every day on the Citadel's time, he'd be checking in about every half hour?"
"That's about right. But you two can't breathe a word of this to anyone. The consequences would be dire, as in Time might mess with your time." Lily said. "Severus? Hurry with the letters, I can feel my time here slipping away." Lily said.
Severus nodded and wrote a bit quicker. After a few minutes he finished it and handed it to Lily who managed to hold on to it, and mere seconds after he had given it to her, she faded from sight.
"Well we know that Harry is safe as long as time allows it." Dumbledore said, before getting up from the chair he had been sitting in.
"Yes. And Lily's gone." Severus said sadly. "So's Harry, but we'll get Harry back, but we'll never get Lily back.
"It's okay Severus." Albus said.
"Okay? What's okay? Nothings okay! My son is missing, and I'm worried. Nothing is okay!" Severus shouted at the old wizard.
"Fine, you have one weeks vacation. I will teach you class, use your time wisely." Albus said before he left.
Severus thought for a moment. If Albus knew where Harry was, he would probably go and try to get him back. HE hurried after Albus and snuck up behind him and oblivated him. The potions master smiled smugly and went back to his rooms to ponder what to do with his week.
Severus sat and stared at the fireplace. Dumbledore's last phrase ringing in his ears. "Use you time wisely." He had said. Severus grinned. He hurriedly packed a trunk and shrunk it and put it in his robes. After some thought, he packed a second trunk. And shrunk that one too, and put it with the first. He went to the library, what he didn't know was, that in another part of the castle, nine young wizards and witches were preparing for a trip.
Severus entered the library and entered the restricted section. He walked hurriedly along the shelves and found the book that he wanted. He stood up and spelled the book to remain in the library. Holding the book, he flipped through it until he found the right spell. He began to read the words out loud. "deus gentilicius tempus egomet peto ad esse concedo aduitus ad arx gentilicius tempus." Severus felt himself become insubstantial, and he felt the book fall from his hands, and Severus was Severus no more.
"Severus Snape, why do you request entrance to the Citadel of Time?" A booming voice asked.
"I wish to see my son who is there, and to see old friends who are also there." Severus said. "My intentions are honorable."
"You speak the truth, and you have a pure heart. I grant you admittance to the Citadel of Time." The voice said, and Severus felt himself become solid once again and he fell face first into what smelled like grass. His last thought was 'I've made it.' before he blacked out.
Two figures approached the courtyard where Severus lay. "But Warric, how can that be?"
"I don't know." Warric said.
"Are you sure that you don't know?" Harry asked.
"No. I could know it, but now may not be the time for you to find that out." Warric replied smugly.
"So Time has once again meddled in our brains?" Harry asked.
"Since when does Time not meddle in out brains?" Warric replied.
"Too true." Harry said back.
Warric threw an arm in front of Harry and softy said, "Stay here, there's someone in the courtyard." Warric crept forward, drawing a sword from seemingly nowhere.
Warric came among a figure face down in the grass. Warric turned the figure over with his foot, and had his sword over the man's throat before he muttered the spell to wake him.
Severus groaned and opened his eyes. Hello! Why is there a man with a sword standing over me? I suppose it would be a good idea to not move.
"State your name and your business." Warric said coldly.
"Severus Snape, here to visit my son and some old friends." Severus said.
Warric was about to be asked who his son was, but was a little distracted by Harry running and tackling the man. "Dad!"
"Hi Harry." Severus said.
"Dad. What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"Well, Lily left, and then I had nobody at Hogwarts and Lily had said that you were here, so I just came here, because I missed you so much." Severus said softly.
"Now, let's talk about why you ran away." Severus said.
"I can't at least not right now. I have lessons." Harry said.
"You can't skive off lessons?" Severus said.
"Not unless I'm sick, and we're covering new material today." Harry said watching the other students who were coming in. "Jamie! Did Rose follow you today?" Harry shouted across the courtyard.
A young boy who looked like James came across the courtyard holding tightly to a girl with Lily's reddish hair who looked about four. "Yeah. Why, are you volunteering to keep her?"
Harry laughed. "As much as I'd like keep her, I can't. She's Lily's. But I found a baby sitter." Harry said.
"Really?" Jamie asked, looking hopeful.
"Yeah. You'll never guess who showed up a few minutes ago." Harry said, ending over to catch Rose who was running at him full speed saying something that sounded almost like "Uncle Harry!"
"Hey Rose." Harry said, standing back up with a four year old on his hip, she busied herself with pulling flowers from a vine behind Harry, and weaving the into his hair, that was longer than it had been before. "Rose, boys don't wear flowers in their hair." Harry said, laughing a little.
"I know." Rose replied, and picked another flower and put it in his hair.
Jamie was laughing a little. "Jamie, be careful or she might somehow get the idea that you like flowers in your hair." Harry said to Jamie.
"So, Severus, would you mind watching little Rose?" Harry asked.
"I'm not little." Rose said absently.
"Okay, then, Severus, since this fine big girl has escaped her parents, would you mind watching her, as we have a lesson that's about to start, and we have to listen to the lecture." Harry said.
Severus eyed Rose warily. "It's okay. She doesn't bite."
"Unless you make her mad." Jamie chimed in.
"And she's potty-trained." Harry said, glaring at Jamie, daring him to say it. He did.
"Mostly." Jamie said.
"I'm sure you'll be fine." Harry told Severus.
"Okay, I'll watch her." Severus said wondering what he had just agreed to.
"Rosie-posie, do you wanna got to Uncle Sev?" Harry asked Rose.
"YAH!" Rose said, not really sure who Uncle Sev was.
"Looks like you've got her then." Harry said, handing Rose over to Severus and Harry took the flowers out of his hair and handed them to Rose. "Rosie-posie, Uncle Severus loves flowers in his hair."
Severus sent his best death glare at Harry and, Harry just smirked in return.
Harry walked over to his desk and sat down, and waited for Warric to begin. As soon as Warric began speaking, Harry started taking notes. Harry's attention never wavered and when Warric finished lecturing, Harry went cast a shield around his area, and started working on the spells. This time he had mastered all but three when the class was over. They got the same homework as ever, and Harry went over to Severus and tried not to laugh.
But when Jamie came over, and started laughing, Harry couldn't hold it in. Rose had decided to try and plait Severus' hair, and Severus hair looked like a rat's nest. Literally. Stuck in it at odd places were flowers, and she was trying the end of it with some grass.
Severus conjured a mirror, and winced when he saw his hair. That was going to take a while to get out.
"Pay up." Harry nudged Jamie.
Jamie glared as he dug a few coins out of his pocket. "I should never bet against you, too risky."
Harry laughed and pocketed the money. "No, I just had an idea of what she'd do to his hair. Is that all for today?"
"Yeah, but you have to do independent physical training." Jamie said.
"Lovely. Let's go and pay your parents a visit." Harry said.
Jamie nodded. "Rosie-posie, we're going to see Mummy and Daddy, are you going to bring Uncle Sev with you?"
"Yay! C'mon Uncle Sev! Let's go and see Mummy and Daddy!" Rose said, and began dragging Severus towards Lily and James' quarters.
Harry laughed. "He is going to kill me." He said, following Severus and Rose at a slower pace.
"Why?" Jamie asked.
"He's my dad. I don't know how much he likes little kids, but I know that he doesn't like first years very much." Harry said.
"Oh. Do you think it was wise to leave Rose with him?" Jamie asked.
"We should catch up now." Harry said, and started running after Severus and Rose.
They caught up with Severus and Rose just as she dragged Severus into James and Lily's sitting room. "Daddy, come and meet Uncle Sev!" Rose called.
Harry and Jamie leaned on opposite sides of the door frame and watched the drama unfold.
"Severus! What a wonderful surprise!" James said, coming out of the study.
"Hi Rose. Did you fix Uncle Sev's hair?" James asked, trying not to laugh.
"Yep. Isn't it pretty Daddy?" Rose said, letting go of Severus to go to Harry. "Uncle Harry, could you make me some pink flowers?"
"Sure. But I'll make them invisible to everyone but you, and when you're done, say I'm finished, and they'll appear. Okay?" Harry asked.
"Okay." Rose said, watching as pink flowers that reminded Harry of his second year appeared in Harry's hand. Rose to the flowers and held them as she stood next to Severus on the sofa, and messed around with his hair.
"Help." Severus said in a small voice.
"Now, now, Severus, just let her play with your hair. We think she wants to be a hairdresser when she grows up." James said, laughing a little.
Rose jumped down and went and stood behind James. "I'm finished!" She shouted and watched in joy as the others caught sight of the flowers in Severus' hair that were flashing pink, green, orange, yellow, and then pink again.
Lily had walked up behind Harry and Jamie and she saw Severus' hair. She gasped and dragged Harry and Jamie away from the door. "Okay, which one of you conjured the flowers."
"What flowers?" Harry asked innocently.
"The flowers that you will find stuck in your hair forever if you don't tell me which of you conjured them." Lily said drawing her wand and pointing it at her sons.
Jamie coughed and the cough sounded suspiciously like, "Harry did."
"Fine. I did, but only because Rose asked for them." Harry said.
"ROSE CLARICE POTTER!" Lily shouted, and Rose came running out of the room.
"Mummy!" Rose said loudly, and stopped dead when she saw the expression on Lily's face. "uh-oh." She said quietly.
"Uh-oh is right. Did you or did you not ask your brother for flowers to put in Severus' hair?" Lily said, setting Rose on the ground in-between Harry and Jamie. Harry and Jamie slid down the wall they were leaning against and sat down.
"Yes, I did mummy." Rose said.
"You asked Harry for flowers to put in Severus' hair?" Lily asked.
"Yes, I did." Rose said.
"Why did you do that?" Lily asked pacing in front of them.
"I don't know." Rose said, sounding pleased with herself.
"And you." Lily said, rounding on Harry. "Why did you give her the flowers?"
"Because she asked for them." Harry said like it was the plainest thing in the world.
"Rose? Why did you put flowers in Severus' hair?" Lily asked again.
"Because they made Uncle Sev's hair pretty." Rose said this time.
"Uncle Sev?" Lily asked.
"Mum? She calls Severus Uncle Sev." Harry said.
That was the last that Lily could take. "Uncle Sev?" She asked before bursting out laughing.
James looked at Severus and mouthed, "Uncle Sev?"
Severus nodded and hissed, "Get my hair back to how it was before."
Harry heard the comment and leaned in the doorway. "What, you want it back to greasy?" He said trying not to laugh.
"Okay fine. Just get the flowers out of it." Severus said.
"Severus, did we mention that Rose doesn't have complete control of her magic?" James said.
Severus paled a little. "No." He said.
"Yeah, Dad, she uses magic to keep your hair like that, but you have to convince her to take it out. That's what I did." Harry said. "Although I wouldn't recommend trying to take it out on your own, as it might catch on fire." Harry said.
"It will come out eventually." Jamie chimed in.
"Yeah I think that the longest someone's hair was how she fixed it was about half a year." Lily said.
"I'm doomed." Severus said.
Harry got an idea, and went to talk with Rose. She nodded, and went over to Severus. She gave him a hug and then went over and gave James a hug. James felt his hair moving of it's own accord and winced. Severus also did, but when it stopped, his hair felt different. He tentatively reached up and felt it, it felt...normal.
"Thank the gods." Severus murmured. Then he looked at James. "My hair looked like that!" he nearly shouted.
James eyes widened, and he went over to a mirror. "Ugh. Sorry I ever said anything, Severus."
"Yeah, well, my hair isn't greasy anymore, although your hair looks a little different..." Severus said teasingly.
James felt a lock of hair and winced.
Severus got up and patted James on the shoulder sympathetically, "It's okay, Lily likes greasy haired men." Then he said "OW!" As James punched him in the arm. Severus returned to the sofa and gently felt his arm.
Lily came over and sat down next to Harry who was next to Severus. "Where did he hit you?" She asked.
Severus showed her where James had punched him, and she hit him there too. "I did not go for you because you had greasy hair. If you even remember correctly, when I was dating you, I forced you to wash your hair." Lily snapped.
"Okay." Severus said.
"Say it." Lily said forcibly.
"It." Severus said.
"I'll hit you again." Lily said.
"Fine. You don't go for greasy haired men." Severus said. "Now Harry, do you mind if we leave the fine company of these ruffians, and we go and have a nice chat about why you left?"
"Uncle Sev, I'm not a ruffian. I'm Rose." Rose said, climbing onto the sofa in-between Harry and Lily.
"Of course you're not." Severus said.
"Okay." Rose replied, tugging on Lily's sleeve. "Hi Mummy."
"'Lo Rose. I suppose that you want up?" Lily asked tiredly.
Rose nodded, and Lily moved her onto her lap, where Rose sat contentedly, watching the others.
"I think we should go." Harry said. "We've tuckered Rose out." Harry said.
"Yes, I suppose that you should, although it was nice seeing Severus." James said. In fact it was. When Harry had lessons next, maybe he would pay Severus a visit, to catch up on what was happening.
"Bye, James." Harry said, and gave James a friendly hug, and gave Lily a hug and Rose a peck on the cheek, causing her to giggle. "See you later Mum." Harry said, and waited by the door for Severus to say good-bye.
"Harry?" Jamie asked. "Are we still on for tonight?"
Harry thought for a moment. "Yeah, that's important."
"Okay then." Jamie said.
Severus finished saying good-bye, and followed Harry. "What's tonight?"
"I'm helping him out with a few spells he's having trouble mastering." Harry said. "Gods, I still have to do the physical training."
"And that would be?" Severus asked.
"Simple, I'm here to train magically and physically because it has been prophesied that either I kill Voldemort, or he kills me. Here, I can get quite a few years training done, where Voldemort can't find me; Time won't let him, bless her; and as soon as Voldemort gets wind of me being missing, he'll go crazy looking for me." Harry said.
"That does sound wise." Severus said.
"Now, How did you get here?" Harry asked.
"In the restricted section is a spell, well, it's more of a prayer, to the God of Time, is she dubs you worthy, she lets you in. Apparently, I'm worthy." Severus said.
"Okay. How long?" Harry asked.
"Dumbledore gave me a week." Severus said.
"Well that gives me plenty of time." Harry said.
"Yes, I suppose it does." Harry said.
They had reached Harry's room, and when Harry same in, there was a note that was floating, and his room looked positively different. Harry grabbed the note, and it quit glowing, and silvery green lettering appeared on it.
Harry-
Time has declared that your father will be staying here for a while, we got permission to expand your room. You now have a separate bedroom, the main room, which you are in, your bathroom, and Severus has his own bathroom and bedroom. On your desk is you schedule for next week.
-Merlin
"Okay then. Dad, my room has been expanded, and it looks like you will be staying with me." Harry said, and opened one of the new doors. Inside was his bed, with the dark blue comforter, and his trunk at the end of it. "This room's mine, so I suppose that the other is yours." Harry said.
Severus nodded and opened the other door. Inside was a space large enough for both of his trunks and, a four poster bed with black curtains, and a Slytherin green comforter. There was window, and a small desk in the corner. Severus smiled, and thought that this would be a good place to stay.
"Okay, Dad, I've got to go and work out, but I'll be around in about three hours. Okay? You can stay here, there are plenty of books and such, but if you do go around, call for a guide. It's very easy to get lost." Harry said, leaving before Severus could ask how to call a guide.
Harry got back to his rooms, and he was sore, Severus was sitting on the couch, reading, and he looked up at Harry as he walked by. Harry got to his room, and did another fifteen minutes of stretching, and a short yoga routine. Harry filled the bathtub up to the brim with hot water, and he got in. Harry sighed as the hot water made his sore muscles feel better. Harry reached for his wand, and flicked it at the stereo that he had brought with him.
On his way to the Citadel, Harry had stopped in a muggle town and spent about five hundred galleons on muggle electronics. Just a stereo, and quite a few CDs. Right now he had something by Mozart playing because relaxing. He decided to lemon drop someone now. Why not Ron.
"Come on." Hermione urged Ron.
"Do you or do you not want to go after Harry." Hermione asked.
"He hasn't even been gone a day." Ron pointed out.
"Yeah, but Ron, I'm worried about him. I couldn't find him anywhere in the castle." Hermione said.
"Okay, but first we're looking for him." Ron said.
"I did." Hermione said.
"Did you find the portraits of the founders?" Ron asked.
"No." Hermione replied.
"Than you didn't look everywhere. There are four portraits of the founders in the castle. The only thing is, you have to have blood of the heirs in you." Ron said.
"Well, that leaves me out." Hermione said bitterly.
"No, because if you are with someone who has descended from one of the heirs, you can see them." Ron said.
"You are descended from one of the founders?" Hermione asked.
"It's a family legend that we are descended from Gryffindor." Ron said, so come one, let's start looking." Ron said, dragging Hermione away from the common room.
"Why don't we try down there." Hermione said, pointing to the general area where the passage way that they had found the Gryffindor was.
"That's sounds like a good idea, Hermione. Funny, I've never noticed this place before." Ron said, walking through the wall, and Hermione tried to follow after him, but she couldn't. It was like she was hitting a stone wall.
"Ron?" Hermione asked.
"What?"
"I can't get through. Give me your hand." Hermione said, and Ron's hand came through the wall, and she grabbed it, and she felt relieved that she could see the hall. Ron and Hermione had almost reached the hall that Gryffindor's portrait was in the familiar bag of lemon drops appeared in front of Ron.
"Hey Ron. Do you want a lemon drop?" Harry asked through the bag of lemon drops.
"Sure." Ron said and took one.
"How are you?" Harry asked.
"I'm just fine. Slightly bored though." Ron said, earning a glare from Hermione.
"So, what're you doing?" Harry asked.
"Looking for you." Ron said.
"Oh. You won't find me." Harry said.
"What makes you think that?" Ron asked.
"Because you can only find me if you are allowed entrance or fall through..." Harry paused. "Never mind. I'll see you when Time allows. Okay?"
"Okay then." Ron said.
"My bathwater's getting cold, so I'm going to quit talking. See you." Harry said.
The bag disappeared, and Ron smiled sadly. "Well we won't find him. Why don't we explore some more?" Ron asked.
"Okay." Hermione said.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Ron asked.
"Well, about half an hour ago, we got in a fight through the bag because he wouldn't tell me where he was hiding." Hermione said.
"Oh, so you didn't want him to leave?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." Hermione said, pausing to look at an old portrait of a pirate ship.
Harry dried himself off using a charm. He hovered the stereo out after him. He paused for a moment, and pulled out a CD from the shelf he had put them on. He put the rap CD in, and smiled. It was an okay thing to listen to when he was bored. Harry had completely forgot about Severus, until there was a pounding on his door. Harry waved his hand and the door opened.
"What is that garbage you're listening to?" Severus asked.
Harry shrugged and summoned the case. He held it up for Severus to see.
"Ah. So you're blasting your eardrums out, why?" Severus asked.
"Keeps people from bugging me when I'm trying to figure something out." Harry said.
"Ah, did you forget that I was here?" Severus asked.
Harry nodded. "I didn't mean to. I'll play something different." Harry got up from his desk and pulled out a different CD, and put it in. A few seconds later Night On Bald Mountain by Modeste Moussorgsky came on, and Harry sat back down at his desk.
"That better?" (A/N: It's a really creepy classical piece, and I'm not completely sure that's who it's by.)
"Much." Severus said. "So, I'm here for a week."
"In whose time?" Harry asked.
"Hogwarts time, so I'm going to be here for a little over a year." Severus said.
"Okay, I was talking to Slytherin yesterday, and he mentioned that he had an idea for getting rid of the Dark Mark, but he'd have to see one to be sure about it. And Time doesn't like Death Eaters to enter her Citadel, so he's been having problems finding one." Harry said.
"So you want to know if I'll be a test bunny?" Severus asked.
"Yeah. Anyways, the children of Death Eaters are encouraged to join, and if Voldie finds out about me being your son, I will either join or be killed." Harry said. "Since I don't plan in being killed or joining up, the simplest solution would be to remove your mark." Harry said.
"I'd have to give that some serious thought." Severus said. "I've had it for so long, I don't know how I'd feel without it." Severus said.
"Same way I feel about this stupid scar." Harry said, pointing to the scar on his forehead, but I think that I'd like to get rid of it and not tell the entire wizarding world. They identify me by my scar, and I'd be less noticed with it gone." Harry said.
"That does make some sense." Severus said.
"I was wondering, today you showed that you were obviously friends with James at one time. Why were you so mean to me at school?" Harry asked.
Severus debated about how he should answer the question. If he answered it the wrong way, it could make Harry depressed. He decided to leave out the fact that he had once blamed him for Lily's death. "Your eyes. They were just like Lily's, they reminded me of her, and every time I saw them, my heart would wrench and I would miss her so much."
Harry thought for a moment. "Yeah, I see how that would affect you." Harry said. "It's time for dinner. Let's go, they have the best food. I've been eating in the main hall, but Lily and James eat in their rooms." Harry said.
"Okay." Severus said.
Harry and Severus headed off to dinner, and they continued talking through dinner and when they returned to their quarters. When Jamie stopped by for help, Severus watched, and after that Harry went to bed, because, as always, tomorrow was going to be an early day.
Severus sat in the main room and there was a soft knock on the door. He got up and answered it. Lily and James were there.
"Hello. Would you like to come in?" He asked.
Lily nodded, and James followed her in, whose hair was normal. "We thought that we'd come and see how you're settling in."
"I'm just doing fine, although I am a little jealous of Harry. HE gets such nice rooms." Severus said looking around.
"His rooms are rather nice." Lilyt said.
"There's a small concert tonight, and Lily and I were thinking of going. Would you like to go and go out for tea afterwards?" James asked.
"What is it?" Severus asked.
"It's Romeo and Juliet." Lily said.
"I haven't seen that one in a long time. Where would we go for tea?" Severus asked.
"A small tea shop. Some of the residents of the Citadel have started small shops, and such, so there is a very nice small café." Lily said.
"I suppose that I'll come." Severus said.
"Good." Lily exclaimed. "You and James need to become better friends."
Severus and James both looked at Lily as if she had gone insane.
"Don't even say it." She said, glaring at them. "The show starts soon. Let's go!" She exclaimed, and left.
"I suppose that we should follow her." Severus said.
"Yeah." James replied. "Instead of tea, there's a nice pub right near the café Lily wants to go to..." James trailed off hopefully.
"Would you rather have a nice drink instead of tea?" Severus asked, seeing what James was getting at.
"I'm sure that some of Lily's friends will be there." James said, grinning.
"Okay then." Severus agreed, and they left Harry's rooms after Severus scribbled a quick note to Harry.
Around three in the morning, Severus stumbled into Harry's rooms and collasped onto the sofa. "Thanks very much." He said to the boy who had escorted him back to Harry's.
"'tis my job sir." Henry said.
"Yes, of course. Your job." Severus replied. "Now, who are you?"
"Henry. I work for the pub, I escort people back to where they belong so they don't get lost." Henry said. It was a well practiced speech, he was used to telling it to people every night.
"Henry." Severus said, slurring it horribly.
"Yes?" Henry asked, before realizing that Severus had gone to sleep. "I pity you sir for your head's going to be pounding tomorrow." He muttered, letting himself out of the room and returning to the pub where Lily was attempting to get James to leave.
"James Potter, if you do not leave with me this instant, you will regret it for the rest of eternity." Lily said, tugging in James' arm.
"Just a minute Lily, me 'n' Sev'rus are talking." James slurred his speech.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Severus left you great oaf! Now if you don't leave you will be sleeping on your own."
"Miss?" Henry asked. "Do ye need a bit 'o help?"
"Please." Lily said, sounding defeated.
"Okay." Henry said, and went over to James' other side and yelled in his ear. "OY! Ye need to go home. NOW!" That semed to get throught to James.
"MY ear!" He exclaimed, rubbning the said appendage. "Lily! What're you doing here?" He asked.
"I am trying to get you home." She said, glaring at her husband.
"Oh. You should have said. Let's go then." James said, standing and immediately swaying to the side. Lily got up from the booth Severus and James had been in, and supported her husband. She paid the bill, and escorted James to the couch and went to her room and slipped into bed. Well, it appeared that James and Severus were on friendly terms, she thought as she drifted off to sleep.
Well. There it is. I've updated twice in as many weeks, I think. I have 17 done, but the computer didn't like eighteen, so i'm busy converting the astrieks back to letters. Highly annoying, but it could be worse. See, what the computer did, was it took parts of eighteen and turned them into little astrieks. Bloddy annoying.
Lady Lily3: Good to see you back! Harry's technically still in his time, he's just in a different part where time goes by faster. Although, Time does do a fair bit of time travelling to get Harry's fake identity set up. I think he goes bak in 17. Or it could be nineteen that went bonkers, and he goes back in 18. But he goes back soon, but only for a little while. HE has to find a few things.
sparkling silver angel wings: Dumbledore suffering is soon. IT is the place beyond the veil. Dumbledore was WRONG, and the veil doen't lead to death, it goes to the Citadel of Time, where dear Harry is staying along with Lily, James, James Jr. (Jamie), and Rose.
Wanamaker: Thanks for the revies, it's always nice to find someone new. I'm going to eventually re-write the first few chapters. They're not the best, are they? I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Well, there's this weeks update. I got an online diary too, link will be on my bio. I'll be saying things like when I plan to update and stuff like that.