Chapter VII: The End is Near

The three long weeks there finally came to an end. It was the day to the Harvest Ball. Ron and Emmett quickly went to the library and waited for Harry. They waited for hours and he finally showed up. They saw him reading his book for a few minutes and then he took out his quill and parchment and began to write his letters.

"Wait a minute, he's writing two letters," said Emmett.

"What's the big deal?" asked Ron.

"I only burned one. I thought he only wrote one."

They then saw young Emmett took a letter away. They heard them argue.

"But Harry this is wrong. You already alter history once, don't risk doing it again," said young Emmett.

"I'm willing to take the risk," said Harry

"I'm sorry but I won't let you." Then young Emmett burned the letter.

"Emmett no," Harry cried. "How could you."

"It was for the best," said younger Emmett.

Harry was going to say something else but he heard a noise from the bookshelf that was behind him. He slowly went to the shelf and removed two books that were eye level. When he did that he found a pair of eyes.

"Who are you? Show yourself," said Harry.

"It's me Harry, Remus Lupin."

"Lupin, what do you want," said Harry.

"That's Peter," Emmett whispered to Ron.

"Lily wanted me to ask you if you wanted to meet her at the Great Hall tonight."

"Oh no, tell her that I'll be picking her up at Gryffindor Tower at 7:45," said Harry.

"Okay, I will. Bye." Then he left.

"I wonder why he was hiding?" asked Harry.

"Who cares about that the question is how much he over heard," said young Emmett.

"Hopefully none. Well I'm going to get ready, I'll see you at the dance," said Harry.

"Bye."

They watch Harry leave and then a couple of minutes later young Emmett left.

"Let's grab that letter before someone picks it up," said Emmett. They saw the letter lying on the floor by the chair.

They were about to move to get it but they saw Peter disguised as Remus. They saw him looking at the letter and then grabbing it. After he picked it up he left.

"Oh no, follow him," said Emmett and they quickly left.

They followed Peter. He was walking alone. Ron took his wand out and pointed it at him.

"No wait," said Emmett. "You can't hex him when they're students in the hallways. Wait till there's no one around."

So they followed him. Soon he went into a classroom. Ron and Emmett went up to the door and peeked in.

"Emmett move your head, I can't see."

"Shh Peter is talking to someone."

Emmett saw Peter and the person that he was talking to, a Slytherin. Ron pushed Emmett's head out of the way and looked in.

"Hey I've seen that guy before," said Ron.

"Where?"

"When Hermione and I went to watch the Quidditch match. She bumped into him while we were fighting over weather we should save James or not."

"Interesting," said Emmett, and then they listen what the two guys were saying

"What did you find? Tell me."

"No."

"TELL ME!"

Peter tried to hold back but it seems he couldn't.

"Harry wrote a letter to his parents telling them about the war."

"And did you get the letter?"

Ron and Emmett looked at each other. "Matson!"

Peter gave him a letter with Lily's name on it. Matson took it.

"This isn't helpful," said Matson he threw the letter to the ground. "I know that Potter is a threat but I need to know how big of one."

"There's more," said Peter. "Emmett came and burned the other letter, not knowing about this one; after Harry told him the downfall of You-Know-Who."

Matson turned to Peter and grabbed him.

"TELL ME. TELL ME NOW OR DIE!"

"Harry told Emmett that You-Know-Who came to his house, killing. . . James and Lily. Then he went after Harry but the spell back fired."

Matson let go of Peter.

"So Potter is the key to the Dark Lord's down fall. I must get rid of him but how? I can't kill him here, it would still happen. Unless . . . I kill one of his parents."

"You will not harm Lily or James."

"Is that a threat Pettigrew?"

"Maybe, watch your back from now on." And then he left.

"Who needs him. I will kill one of them and it will happen tonight," said Matson. He then turned to the wall and placed his hand on it and a door appeared. He entered it and the door disappeared. Ron and Emmett entered the classroom.

"We need to stop him before history repeats its self," said Ron. He bent down and picked up Lily's letter.

"How? The plan was to stop Peter from telling Matson everything and we blew it," said Emmett.

"Then we will stop Matson from going to the Ball," said Ron. He placed his hand on the wall. "Com on, let's see where this takes us." And they went in. They found out that it lead to the dungeons.

"He's probably in his classroom," said Ron.

"What are you going to do to him?" asked Emmett.

"I'm going to give him the full body bind curse," said Ron. "Actually I should erase his memories. What do you think Emmett?"

He heard a thud and then turned around and saw Matson, old Matson from the future.

"How did you get here?"

"Before Snape and Malfoy came back to the Brown's Manor I grabbed a handful of the mixture and when they left I followed. And now I'm here to stop you from stopping me."

Ron looks to the floor and saw Emmett.

"What did you do to him?"

"Don't worry, he's not dead. But he will be if you enter my classroom."

"You got to do better than that. Once everything is fix he would still be alive," said Ron and he continue to walk. He was almost to the door when he fell over.

"Then if you don't care about his life then I'll take yours." He pointed his wand at Ron's throat.

"I think not," said Emmett and he punched him in the face and passed out. "Come on, let's find the younger one."

They entered the classroom and they looked around and couldn't find him. Going to his office they saw his shadow. Ron pulls out his wand.

"Here goes his memory. Oblivi. . ."

"NNNOOOO!"

Older Matson came in and knocks Ron to the ground.

"You will not ruin my plans. Avada Ke . . ."

Before he could finish the curse Emmett struggle with his wand. Matson pushed Emmett away.

"I had enough of you geek. Avada Kedavra."

Green lights came out of the tip of his wand and going towards Emmett but two seconds before it hits him Ron came and pushed him away.

"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO."

Emmett looked to see Matson but he was no longer there.

"Ron, Ron are you alright?"

Ron just laid there without moving.

"Ron please get up. You cannot die."

Emmett starts to shake him. Ron still just laid there. Emmett sat down by Ron and began to cry. But then he stopped, he noticed something about the office door.

When they entered the classroom the door was closed but now it's opened. Emmett moved closer and he saw a hand lying by the door. He soon found a body and it turned out to be Professor Matson.

"I guess when Ron pushed me out of the way he hit himself with his own curse."

"Oh no, this is bad," came a farmilar voice.

Emmett turned around and saw Ron.

"Ron, you're alive!" He ran over and gave him a hug.

"Of course I'm alive. What are we going to do now that's he's dead?" asked Ron.

"Well we stopped Matson alright," said Emmett. He went over to the young professor and pulled out some of his hair. "I guess there is only one thing else to do."

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"What happened?" asked Severus.

"He followed us and now he's dead," said Emmett.

"What are we going to do?" asked Lucius. "Someone will notice that he's missing and when they find his body the ball will be canceled and then James and Lily won't be together and if they aren't together now then Harry and Hermione will disappear."

"Don't worry. I hid his body and Ron had agreed to take Matson's place for tonight," said Emmett.

"Are you sure you can do this?" asked Severus. "I mean you get to kidnap Lily and do who knows what to Harry and James."

"I can do this," said Ron.

"It's getting close to eight," said Emmett. "You better get ready.

"Good luck," said Hermione.

Ron and Emmett went back to Matson's office where they found his dress robe. Ron drank the Polyjuice Potion and then put on the robe.

"Here's his cloak that you need to wear and the mask. Don't forget to take the potion every hour on the hour. Don't send the Dark Mark until the last song and quickly find Lily and get out of there."

"How?"

"There's a secret door by the teacher's table. Just stick your hand on the wall," said Emmett.

Ron left and went to the ball.

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The night was almost over and the last song began to play. Ron put on the cloak and stuck the mask on. He went into the shadows and waited for a moment. He made a gust of wind and the lights went off. The students started to light their wands.

"Morsemorde," he whispered and the Dark Mark went into the air.

The students began to scream.

"Everyone quickly return to your dormitories," shouted Dumbledore.

All the students began hurrying over to the doors.

"Okay Lily, where are you?" asked Ron.

He looked through the crowed and couldn't find her, but then he heard something from behind.

"Come on Lily. There's no telling what Parker will do," said James.

"Oh no Harry. I need to find him," said Lily.

Ron saw Lily left James and he followed her.

"Harry." He heard her called out.

He knew that Harry wouldn't be able to hear her. He pointed his wand at her.

"Stupefy."

The spell knocks her unconscious. He went over to her hoping that no one would notice, and then picked her up.

"God Lily, how much do you weigh?" asked Ron and he slowly walked over to the teacher's table.

He sat her down gently and placed his hand on the wall. When the door opened he slowly bent down and picked her back up.

"Lily!"

Ron heard the voice and turned around. Then he saw Harry, he looked very angry. He quickly picked her up and went through the door, hopping Harry wouldn't stop him. Once he was back in Matson's office he sat Lily on the floor and rested. He heard Harry behind him so he picked Lily up.

"Where do I go?" Ron asked himself. He left the office and entered the classroom. No where to hide from him so he quickly left. Harry was just in the office and Ron just barley left the classroom. Knowing that he couldn't out run him he sat Lily down. He stood by the door and waited for Harry. He could hear Harry falling on a table and then footsteps heading towards the door. Once Harry stuck his head out the door Ron performed a spell and Harry was also unconscious.

"Sorry Harry," said Ron. "Mobilicorpus." And he moved Harry's and Lily's body further in the dungeons.

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"Oh my head," said Harry. "Where am I?"

"In the dungeons."

"Lily, thank god that you're all right," said Harry.

"Speak for yourself. You're running a fever," said Lily. "You need medical help."

She grabbed on to him and helped him to sit up. He couldn't sit on his own so she leaned him against the wall.

"Don't worry about me; I can take care of myself. You just need to worry about getting yourself out," said Harry.

"You won't be leaving any time soon," said Ron.

"Show yourself," said Harry.

Ron walked out of the shadows and in front of Harry. He grabbed Harry and dragged him away, far from Lily.

"Who are you?"

Ron didn't answer.

"What do you want?" asked Harry.

"Why did you have to follow me Harry?" asked Ron. "But then again you always have to be the hero. That doesn't matter. Soon James will be told that Lily is missing and he'll be down here."

"James? You're after James. Well you . . . you're wrong. I'm James, not Harry," said Harry.

"Harry don't be such a fool. You're weak and you know as much as I do that Lily and James needs to be together in order for you and Hermione to stay alive."

"You're trying to stop Voldemort's downfall aren't you? But how did you find out about me?" asked Harry.

"Uh." Ron had his hands in his pockets and he felt something. He pulled it out and it was the letter. "I know because of this," he said showing Harry the letter that had Lily's name on it.

"Oh no, the letter I wrote for Lily but how did you get a hold of it Emmett burnt it," said Harry.

"He only burned James' he didn't see this one."

"But how did you get it, the only ones that were there were Emmett, me and . . . Lupin." Harry then looked at Ron. "No, Lupin would never betray his friends."

"Harry don't believe in what you see. People have their ways in disguising themselves," said Ron.

"Like your self," said Harry, "hiding your true appearance behind a mask."

They then heard some footsteps.

"James," they both said.

"Sorry Harry but I must do this. I can't let you get in my way," said Ron. "Pertifacus Totalus."

Harry was given the full body bind curse and he couldn't move anything, not even his mouth. Ron found a blanket and covered him, and then he went over to Lily. He saw her sitting in a corner shivering and scared. He squat down to look at her but he felt a sharp pain in his back and fell forward.

"What happened?" asked Lily when she pushed him off of her.

"Are you alright?" said a voice.

It was James.

"Oh James, you don't know how glad I am to see you," said Lily and she got up kissed him on the cheek and then hugged him. James began to blush and he returned the huge.

"Come on, we need to get out of here," said James and they started to leave.

He saw Harry's arm on the ground, he bent down to see if Harry was alright. Knowing that he was given the full-body bind he got out his wand and undid it.

"Parker, can you walk on your own?" asked James.

"No."

So he swung one of Harry's arms over his shoulder and began to walk. Ron heard footsteps leaving and opened his eyes. He got up to his knees and he felt his cloak wet. He looked down and saw shards of glass and green goop.

"Oh no my last vial. I hope I have enough time before I change back."

He got onto his feet. He pointed his wand at them and performed a spell that made them stop.

"What do you want? Do you want me, than have me but leave Lily alone," said James.

"Fine," said Ron and he undid his spell.

"Let's settle this like men," said James. "No wands."

"Oh god, I can't believe I'm doing this," said Ron to himself and he put his wand away.

"Ready?"

"Bring it on."

So they fought. Ron got the first hit in the eye. Then Ron came back and repeated hitting James in the noise until blood started to run down his face. James saw the blood on the floor. He took some more swings at Ron but he missed. Ron punched James in the stomach numerous times. The pain was too much to handle and he fell to his knees. Ron grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off of the ground.

"Come on Lily, come and save him," said Ron to himself.

He looked to see where she was but she wasn't there.

"Must be hiding, what to do?"

And then he got it.

"Die James, die," and then he started to squeeze hie neck

"NO!"

She came out of no where.

"Corpdia."

Ron let go of James and then was flung to the other side. Lily quickly turned to James, he was coughing as he was getting the air back into his lungs. He sat up and looked at Lily.

"Thank you," said James. "You've saved my life.

He wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

"I thought I lost you back there and I realized something," said Lily.

"That I . . ."

James put a finger to her lip and then he kissed her.

"That I love you," said Lily.

"I love you too," said James and then he kissed her again.

Ron saw them together and then quickly slipped away.

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Ron walk back to the hiding place and the Polyjuice Potion had already worn off. He opened the door and he saw that everyone were back to their old selves.

"So, how did it go?" asked Hermione

"Okay I guess. Everything is back to normal," said Ron.

"Are you sure? I mean I don't want to come back and do it all over again," said Lucius.

"Yes, I'm positive," said Ron.

"But how can you be for sure."

Hermione had her hands in her robes and she felt a piece of paper in one of her pockets. She took the paper out and she saw that it was the old news paper clipping from Emmett's manor. The headlines were bold and clear but then it starts to change.

It once had read: VOLDEMORT ATTACK HOGWARTS. HUNDREDS ARE DEAD! and now it says: HOGWARTS IS SAVED! FIVE 7th YEARS ARE HERO'S. There was a picture of the school, along with Dumbledore and beside him all waving James, Lily, Remus, Sirius and Peter.

"They live," said Hermione.

"What?"

"Look,You-Know-Whofails." She gave them the newspaper to show them that it's proof that everything was back to normal.

"Hey, where's Emmett?" asked Ron as he looked around.

"He left. He said that he needed to do something and that he should be back soon," said Severus.

Ron got out of Matson's robs and back into his. Lucius and Severus had destroyed everything and there were no signs that anyone were there.

Hours went by and Emmett hasn't returned.-

"Why isn't he here yet? It's already the next day," asked Ron. "I want to go home."

"Will you just shut up," said Lucius. "He probably just lost track on what he was doing. He will be back."

"Can't we just leave without him?"

"No, besides he has the only time turner," said Severus. "Where are you going?"

"To the kitchen, if I don't come back before he returns send someone to get me," said Ron.

"If you're not back we will leave without you," laughed Lucius.

"Very funny." And then he left.

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"Sorry I'm late," said Emmett.

"Where were you?" asked Severus.

"Down by the lake getting my last ingredient."

"To what?"

"To this." Emmett held up a bag. "It's the floo powder mixture but better. You don't need to buy anything to come and go. All you need to say is the year, date, and place."

"How did you come up with this?" asked Hermione.

"I discovered it while I was helping you to get home the first time. I completed it around this time. I would have given it to you to go home but I wasn't sure that it would work until now," he said.

"So that was why you were in the library. Reading all of those books, trying to remake this mixture," said Lucius.

"Yes and it's completed. Let's go home." He looks around as if something was missing. "Wait a minute where is Ron?"

"Well the last time we saw him he was heading towards the kitchen, but that was early this morning," said Severus.

"But knowing him he's still there eating," said Hermione. "I'll go and get him." She looks at them. "Why don't you go without us."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. It might be a while for us to return and I don't want you to be waiting and Ron would want to leave the very minute I get there."

Emmett gave her a bag and he put some of the mixture in it.

"There's just enough for the trip home," he said as he gave her the bag.

She took it and looked at them and they all gave their good byes and she left.

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She quietly walked through the hall. She stopped at one classroom. There were voices coming from within and they sounded familiar.

"Yeah well just because you're in Slytherin doesn't mean that you're evil," said James.

"I will really miss you," said Lily and then she kissed Harry on the cheek.

"Take care and stay out of trouble," said Peter.

"Don't listen to him, of course get into trouble," said Remus. "Hey, will we every see you guys again?"

"You bet on it," said Harry

"It's our first departure," she said. She heard some footsteps from behind and quickly moved on. She was nearing the kitchen when she saw Ron coming out from behind the portrait.

"Ron, it's time to go," said Hermione.

"Go where?"

"To home silly."

He walks pass her and Hermione quickly grabbed him.

"Emmett gave me the floo powder mix so we can go by ourselves."

Not wanting anyone to see them they quickly went to the nearest empty classroom. Ron starts to make the fire and Hermione took the bag out of her robes.

"Emmett has changed it a bit. Now you just need to say the year, date and place."

She handed the bag to him. As Ron stuck his hand in the bag his fingers ran through the sand. He grabbed his handful but he let it go when he heard some unsettling noises. He went over to the door and peek through. He saw young Emmett and two tall cloak figures.

"Let go of me," cried young Emmett.

One of them grabbed Emmett's arms.

"You have an appointment with someone and you don't want to miss it," said one of them and they walked off.

"Oh Emmett, what have you gotten yourself into now?" asked Ron. He closed the door and looked at Hermione.

"What, what's the matter?"

He stuck the bag into his pocket. "Put out the fire."

"What? Why?"

"Young Emmett is in trouble and we need to help him."

The fire was distinguished and they left.

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"Where are we?" asked Hermione after following Emmett out of the school and into the Dark Forest.

"In the Dark Forest," answered Ron.

"Well duh, I meant in general."

"I don't know. Be quiet, I don't want them to know that we are behind them."

"I don't see anyone. I think we are lost."

"That's what you think. But I know . . . . aaaahhhhhhhh." Ron tripped over a tree root and fell forward. He rolled down hill and didn't stop until he fell into a bush. He got to his knees and started to brush off the grass, dirt and leaves when he notices a camp. Right in front of him were three tents and they were around a big blazing fire.

"What on earth is going on here?"

"Ron."

He turned around and saw Hermione.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"Yes, just fine. Come and get a look at this."

He grabbed her hand and brought her over to the bush.

"Who would be camping out here?" she asked.

"I don't know but how come we don't see any smoke coming out of the fire?"

"They must have a charm so that it would be invisible," said Hermione.

Two figures in cloaks came out from the trees. One had a hold of a rope and on the other end of it was Emmett. They put him by the fire and then untied him then left.

"Come one let's get him," said Ron and he starts to leave but Hermione grabbed his arm.

"No wait."

"What is it?"

She pointed and he saw Lord Voldemort. Voldemort walks over to the fire place and took a seat across from Emmett.

"Well, well, well, the famous Emmett Brown, we finally get to meet," said Voldemort. "I've heard so much of you and I've been dieing to meet you."

"How do you me? What have you heard?"

"My sources have told me that you have come across a great discovery, a discovery that would help me. You are a very important person and with you on my side the world will be on our fingertips. Join me."

"Never, time traveling is very dangerous and shouldn't be taken lightly. If my knowledge of that every falls into the wrong hands, your hands, the world that we know would no longer exist and the time stream would corrupt with that kind of chaos and life could be destroyed. I would rather take my secrets to my grave then to give them to you."

"Well that can be arranged but later. Listen to me if you tell me what I want to know then I won't go after your friends."

"What friends? I don't have any friends."

"You've got three friends that aren't from here and if you don't tell me what I want to know then I will simply get it out from them."

Emmett looks in to Voldemort's eyes, "I'm sorry but I don't have any friends."

"Oh but you do, and they've came from the future."

"And I guess there they will stay."

Voldemort got up and went to the second tent and pulled out one of his Death Eaters.

"You fool, I told you to bring his friends with you!"

"I'm sorry my Lord. By they time we grabbed him they were gone. I'm sorry, I will never fail again."

"I know," said Voldemort and then he pulls out a knife and stabs him in the stomach. He pulls the knife out and whips it on his robes and then went over to Emmett.

"Why am I here?" asked Emmett.

"I had one of my agents working at the school pretending to be one of the teachers. I haven't heard from him so I decided to take action into my own hands. He told me that a student at the school is a big threat towards my future plans. He didn't know exactly who but he told me that he was getting close. He was supposed to tell me his results tonight but he hasn't, he will pay for being tardy. I brought you here because your name was the only one that he told me. Tell me, who is this big threat? I know that you know so don't lie to me."

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"Fine I guess I will just force it out of you."

Voldemort took out a small vial out from his robes.

"What is that?"

"It's the Veritaserum Potion, the most powerful truth potion." Voldemort took the cork off and went over to Emmett. He holds his mouth opened as he poured it down his throat. He covered Emmett's mouth so he wouldn't spit it out and waited for him to swallow. When Emmett finally swallowed Voldemort sat back down.

"Ron we must do something," said Hermione. "Emmett cannot tell You-Know-Who about Harry or the future."

"I know but what are we going to do?" asked Ron.

Hermione saw a big rock by her foot and pick it up and stood up

"What are you doing? Get down before someone sees you," said Ron.

She didn't listen to him and tossed the rock into the fire. Hot ash flew up and went into Emmett's and Voldemort's eyes. Emmett was pushed to the ground by some Death Eaters as they were going to Voldemort's side. Emmett cleared his eyes. He saw a brown bag lying next to him and he quickly picked it up and put it in his robes. He stood up and he began to look around.

"Emmett."

He saw Ron and Hermione by the bush and he quickly began to move towards them. One of the Death Eaters saw him escaping and cut his way off.

"You are not leaving."

He tried to grab him but Emmett quickly moved but from the back another Death Eater grabbed him. He turned Emmett around and then punched him in the face. Emmett fell to the ground. He was picked up by the same Death Eater and was punched in the face again, again and again. After the last punch he fell backwards towards the fire and the brown bag flung out of his robes and into the fire. He saw the Death Eater coming towards him and he quickly turned around and got up. He looked towards the bush and saw Ron and Hermione.

"Leave quickly before they get to you," he said. He turned towards the fire and said something under his breath and fell in.

Hermione screamed and then went to Ron to cry on. Ron began to hold her and then he saw Voldemort's eyes and he knew that he saw them.

"Oh no, they found us. Run," said Ron.

Ron grabbed Hermione's hand and ran.

"Get them and bring them to me," yelled Voldemort.

Running through the dark forest was like a blind man without his cane. Branches ran across their faces leaving scrapes and cuts. Roots were sticking out from the ground and they were tripping. They could hear the Death Eaters; they were coming closer and closer. Hermione stopped and pointed her wand at them.

"Impediment," she said. She lowered her wand and she saw that the Death Eaters were slowing down.

"Come on," said Ron. He grabbed her hand and they continued to run.

They ran and ran until the trees started to clear and they were in a wide open field.

"Are they still behind us?" asked Hermione.

"I don't know. I think we lost them," said Ron. "We better leave."

Hermione cast the fire and Ron got out the bag of the mixture. He just stuck his hand in the bag when he heard something from behind. He turned around and saw the Death Eaters. He quickly tossed in a handful and said, "1996/August 31/Burrow." and then pushed Hermione in. He tossed in on last handful, said his destination and left.

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Ashes flew all over the place.

"Hermione . . . where are you?" coughed Ron.

He got off from the ground and began to look for her.

"Hermione?"

He then saw her; she was thrown between the coffee table and chair.

"Oh Hermione," he said. She was unconscious. He picked her up and placed her in the chair. She had a nasty bump on her head but besides that she will be fine.

Knock, knock, and knock.

"Who could that be?"

He went to the door and opened it and saw a man in a brown over coat.

"Ron Wesley?" he asked.

"Huh?"

"Are you Ron Wesley?

"No."

The man begins to leave and Ron starts to close the door.

"Ron Wesley, "said Ron. "Wait a minute, that was the name that I went by when . . . Emmett!"

He opens the door and went out.

"Wait a minute sir. I am Ron Wesley. How can I help you?"

"I've got something for you." He pulled out a small envelope, "a letter."

"A letter for me, who are you?"

" Western Union," said the mailman. "A bunch of us at the office was hoping you could shine some light on the subject. You see we've had that envelope for the past 304 years."

"304 years?" asked Ron.

"Yep 304 years, 1 month, and 27 days to be exact. It was give to us with instructions that it would be delivered to a Ron Wesley to this house, on this day. Sign here please." He handed Ron a clipboard. Ron grabbed the clipboard and signed the piece of paper.

"Thank you." And the mailman left.

Ron closed the door and look at the letter. The stamp on it read Salem, MA. He opened it and read it.

July 3, 1692

Dear friends,

I hope that you are reading this and not some strangers. Since I didn't ask for your real names I didn't know where to send this but I remember when you left you said the name of your house and I hope that I got it right.

Ron and Hermione I don't know how you did it but I sworn that I saw you left at the school with Harry but when I was in the forest I thought I saw you behind a bush. I told you to leave and then fell into the fire. You might be wondering where am I, well I had a bag of the floo powder mix on me. It wasn't the same kind of mixture as I gave you; I modify it so all you needed to say was the year, date, and place. When the Death Eater gave me his final punch the bag flew into the fire. I knew that I needed to get out there so I decided to go to my manor, Majour, on December 10, 1976, a month later. But the ash was getting into my eyes and I was coughing and I guess when I said my destination it got all jumble about and I was sent to Salem Massachusetts December 07, 1691

I've been living very well and I set myself up as a stables boy (I really didn't have much of a choice). The Muggles and witches that I've met have been simply nice to me (well not all of them). After living here for six months I've grown an attachment to the place I was considering to stay here permanently but then June 10 came and Marry-Ann Bishop got hanged. I remember the lessons that Professor Binns taught us about Salem and then I realize that I'm in grave danger. Please help me. Someone is out to get me and I'm afraid that before the month ends I will have a noose around my neck. Please and hurry.

Your Friend in Time
-Emmett L. Brown

Ron looked at the letter in confusion and then he heard.

"What are you reading?"

He sat the letter down and saw Harry lying on the coach.

"Harry, you're back!" He ran over and gave him a big hug.

"Was I ever gone?" he asked and then Ron told his story.

"And then this man came to the door and he gave me his letter," said Ron. He handed it to Harry. Harry begins to read it while Ron starts to head towards the kitchen.

"Would you like something to eat, or drink?' he asked Harry.

"No thank you." He was deep in thought with the letter.

"Marry-Ann Bishop, now why does she sound so familiar?" Harry asked himself. And then he looked and the date that she died, then the date when Emmett arrived in Salem, and then the date that he wrote the letter.

"Ron come here."

Ron left the kitchen went to Harry.

"What is it? What's the matter?"

"It's Emmett. We must save him before he dies."

"What do you mean?"

He showed him the letter.

"He's in Salem Massachusetts."

"Yeah so?"

"The year is 1692." Ron looked blank at him. "The witch-hunts! Emmett is in the year of the witch-hunts. And the deaths are already happening."

"Are you sure?"

"Marry-Ann Bishop was the first to die."

"Harry, what are we going to do? I mean how are we going to get there?"

"We will find the answer when we get to Salem but first . . . you need to take a shower. You stink," said Harry.

Ron put his robes to his nose and indeed he needed to bathe. He quickly ran up stairs and into the bathroom.

Harry was standing by the fireplace still reading the letter. He folded it up in his robes.

"Hurry up Ron, we don't have all day."

Harry didn't have enough patients and went to the flower pot to get the floo powder. When he saw the pot was broken he went to the kitchen and got some there.

Ron came running down the stairs with his hair still wet and some clean clothes on but he didn't see Harry. He went over to Hermione to see if she was alright but then something caught his eyes. The fire place was lit.

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- Salem Massachusetts-(1996)

Harry felt really hot and nauseous. He couldn't move his arms or legs. His eyes are barley opened and all he could see were lights, bright lights and he could hear voices.

"What's the report nurse?"

"His body temperature is above normal."

"Get his clothes off and place him in an ice bath."

"Doctor, his clothes are strange and what is this, a stick?"

To Be Continued……….

Well this is the end of part two of my three part stories. I hope that you've enjoyed it as much as I've been writing it. The next story is called: "Harry Potter and the Journey Home". It's about Harry going back to 1692 and trying to save Emmett from a horrified death. While he's in Salem he must remember not to use his wand in any way and he run into some of his relatives and the relatives of some others, the Black and the Malfoys.

(If you have a question about the ending Harry ended up in a muggle hospital in Salem)