A/N: Well now the fun begins and some of your questions are hopefully answered in this chapter.
Diablosdarkness: You didn't asked anything, but thanks for reviewing.
Shadow of the Black Abyss: Thank you, as for you question, which was a good one by the way. He didn't give Harry the wand for two reasons, one of which I can't tell you, but the other was because it is a rare wand and he just couldn't give it away.
Harryp1: I am not sure why it doesn't show up for some people when I first put it up, but I have it happen to me some times with stories I read too.
Silverscale: Right now the only one really trying to control him is Dumbledore, but we will see. He doesn't kill innocent people, but there are a lot of people who aren't innocent in his eyes so maybe one of them will be the one you want me to kill.
AlboDraconis: Thank you I like doing the dream scenes because they add to what people will get out of the story, and also you never know what to interpret out of a dream, so that comes in handy too.
It is a tangled web and such as the title explains this is only the beginning of what is to come for the Boy-Who-Lived. (Evil Grin)
Slash&Burn: Yes Harry is packing heat and I am not sure why I did that, but I like the idea of him having more than just a wand for protection I guess. As I said to another reviewer there are a couple of reasons for not giving Harry the wand, and you will see what happens about that later. That is also way I didn't have him use Imperio on Ollivander, because of something else I have planned. Yes Harry paid for the guns because he didn't want to be a theft (oh boy will that bit him in the ass later) anyway he paid for them, because he thought it was the right thing to do.
I would like to say thanks to Chelanzar for beta reading this chapter.
Chapter Eight: The Attack
July 7, 1996
"Milord all is ready for our attack, but are you sure today is the best day to do it?" A man asked. This man was dressed in a red robe and wore a golden mask.
"Again, you question me?" The lord said as he looked at his servant.
"I am sorry milord." The man said as he knelt down kissing the hem of his lord's robe.
"Rise, today is to be a great day!" The lord said as the servant stood up. "Today we will bring the world to the realization that their hopes of salvation will never come to pass. Today we make the forces of light pay for all that they have done to protect the foolish muggles of the world!"
In Harry's bedroom he is asleep holding on to Tonks in the center of his bed. Tonks has her head upon his bare chest as two soft pops echo into the room waking them from their slumber.
Tonks is a bit shocked as she realizes where she is and then becomes scared as she sees to people dressed in red robes and gold masks standing at the end of the bed.
"Don't even think about Apparating, Miss Tonks, because there is an Apparation Ward around this room preventing it."
Harry sat up in bed and looked at the two in his room. "Don't worry Tonks, these two saved my life when Vernon just about killed me."
"Harry, as promised we have come to take you away from this place." The female said who was also dressed like her lord.
Tonks turned to look at Harry and blushed crimson red. "Harry, what is happening here?"
"I am not quite sure Tonks, but whatever it is we will get through it together." Harry said and then turned his attention back to the two at the foot of his bed. "Thank you for all that you have done, but I handled the problem with my relatives, so I think we will be staying here."
"Actually Harry I thought you might say that, and that's why I decided that now would be the best time to get you before you became too powerful." The lord said as he aimed his wand at Harry. "Tempero! Tempero!" Instantly both Harry and Tonks were under the power of the Controller Curse, a curse thought to have been lost. "Now then, Harry, gather all that you will need for the trip and lets go!" The dark lord turned back to his female companion, but before he could give her instruction she spoke.
"Milord wouldn't the Imperious Curse worked just as well on them?" The female asked as she looked at him.
"Milady, have you forgotten who we are dealing with? Mr. Potter would have just fought its control, with this he had no chance of fighting my control." The lord said as he looked at Harry and Tonks then he looked at his female companion again. "Now if you will make it appear that Death eaters attacked the residence I will finish here and meet you down stairs. Remember do not kill the muggles they will get theirs later, just render them unconscious and modify their memories to remember the Death Eaters attacking them."
"Milord, won't the Order be suspicious if they find them alive? I mean, Death Eaters would kill them without a second thought." The female said, as she looked at her master.
"That is true, so take them to the basement, and make it appear that they hid when the Death Eaters attacked. Do not knock them out." The lord said as he turned back to see Harry was almost done. "Very good, now we shall head down stairs and meet milady, then we will Portkey to my temporary headquarters.
At the same moment that the Lord and his mistress kidnapped Harry, other followers were sent out dressed like Death Eaters to draw attention away from the kidnapping.
Another group, also disguised as Death Eaters attacked the burrow where they captured Molly, Ron, Ginny Weasley, and Hermione Granger. They made the attack look like Death Eaters had struck, and then used a Portkey to get back to their Headquarters.
Also at the same moment a third group of "Death Eaters" attacked the apartment of Remus Lupin, and captured him without much effort, as he was sleeping when they arrived, since he just got off guard duty a few hours before hand.
At the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, they found out about the attack in London when Kingsley Shacklebolt appeared in the headquarters.
Albus was not happy when he received the news and instantly went and found Snape who was sitting in the kitchen staring at the table. "Snape! Why wasn't I informed about the Death Eaters attack on London today?"
Snape looked at Dumbledore with a confused expression on his face. "Sir, I was not informed of any attack scheduled for today. Voldemort has been recovering still after his battle with Potter at the Ministry of Magic."
"Then you explain to me why there are reports coming in that say Death Eaters were terrorizing muggles in a London train station!" Dumbledore said in a stern and hateful tone.
"Sir, I assure you that I knew nothing of this attack, or I would have informed you of it. It must be a rogue group doing the attack." Snape said as he stood up and looked at Dumbledore.
"Let's hope so Snape, because if anything happens to Harry, we will not be able to defeat Voldemort, and I want that more than anything! Snape, go check on Potter and make sure that he is secure in his house." Dumbledore said as he turned and left the kitchen.
"Why is it that it is always my fault when something doesn't go his way?" Snape said as he Apparated out of the headquarters.
Seconds later Snape appeared on Privet Drive and was greeted by Fred Weasley, who had been stuck on guard duty that morning. "You're early Professor, is something wrong?"
"Silence Weasley!" Snape snapped as he looked at Fred. "Tell me has Potter left the house?"
Fred looked a bit confused as he looked at Snape. "No Professor, was he supposed to leave?"
"No Weasley he wasn't!" Snape snapped again as he looked at the house. "Has anything happened here at all today?"
"No Professor, all has been quiet here today. Might I ask what this is about Professor?" Fred asked a bit worried about what might have happened to bring Snape here.
"No you may not, now return to your post!" Snape said and then Apparated back to headquarters to inform Dumbledore that his precious golden boy was safe at home. Little did he know that Harry wasn't even in the house.
Harry and Tonks were taken to the Lord's temporary headquarters, which was a small house outside of London. The basement was made into a small dungeon with cells to hold the prisoners that were brought in. Harry and Tonks were both lifted from under the Tempero Curse as soon as they were placed into the dungeon cell.
Harry walked up to the cell door and looked out at the woman that had imprisoned him. "I want to talk with your lord!"
"Don't worry, Harry, you will speak with him soon enough, but for now be silent as not to disturb the other guests that are here." The woman said as she walked out of the basement and made her way to meet her lord.
"Harry, I thought you said they were friendly?" Tonks said in a scared and concerned tone.
"Don't worry, Tonks, I will find out what is happening. They were kind to me, and now I find that they were using me just like everyone else was!" Harry said as he punched the wall of his cell.
"Now Potter, don't do that, you might injure yourself." A male voice said from the front of the cell.
"I want to see your lord!" Harry said as he went towards the front of the cell again.
"Calm yourself Potter. Milord will see you now, but only if you remain calm or must I use the Tempero Curse to get you to him?" The male asked in a stern tone.
"I will go calmly!" Harry said in a calm tone, though he was boiling over with rage.
Harry was taken up to a small kitchen, where the master sat at the table, waiting for him. The man that brought Harry up motioned for him to sit at the table and then returned to his post at the front door.
"Harry, would you like some tea?" The master asked as he poured himself some tea.
"No I don't want any bloody tea! Why are you doing this Lord Rettop?" Harry asked as he looked at Lord Rettop.
"So, you know who I am, I should have known that meddling watcher would try and interfere, but she is too late!" Lord Rettop said as he looked at Harry and then took a sip of his tea.
"Tell me Rettop why were you nice to me? And why are you doing this?" Harry asked in a hurt tone.
"Really, Harry, I thought that you would have pieced it all together by now. Oh well I suppose you wouldn't with everything that has been happening." Rettop said as he looked at Harry again after setting his tea on to the table.
"No more games, just who the hell are you and why have you taken me and my friends hostage?" Harry asked as he looked at Rettop.
"First off Harry I thought you had no friends. Oh well I suppose it is time to reveal all to you, since time is running out." Rettop said as he stood up and pulled down his hood and took off his mask. He had messy medium length raven black hair and shining emerald green eyes. "Look upon the man that you would have become Harry!"
Harry was in shock, as he looked at the man before him.
"That's right Harry, you and I are the same person, only from different times." Rettop said as he motioned his wand to make his name appear in the air.
Rettop flashed in bright red letters and then they moved to form the words Lord Potter!
"How, I mean why?" Harry stammered as he looked at the name floating in the air.
Rettop sat back down and poured Harry some tea. "That is a long story, but lets just say that I found that Voldemort wasn't too wrong in hating Dumbledore, though I wasn't too extreme when it came to killing muggles, but my followers have killed a few that deserved it."
Harry knew what his future self meant by that because he was seeing that Dumbledore was nothing but an incompetent moron that was using him for his own means. "I can understand that, but why come to this time?"
Rettop took a drink and then looked at his younger self. "Well I found that in my time I didn't have enough power to bring down Voldemort and Dumbledore. That is why I decided to find the dark path sooner in life and become more powerful. However things haven't worked as I planned and I wound up in this time. I had intended to arrive when we turned ten, so I could start my younger self down the dark path before Dumbledork could change him, but that didn't work."
Harry looked a bit confused as he finally relaxed and drank some of his tea. "Why didn't you just go back once you found out you were in the wrong time?"
Rettop drank a bit more of his tea and then looked at Harry. "I would have, but it took so much energy to get my followers and I back to this time that I wouldn't be able to go back with all of them. That is when I came up with the plan to send you back with a smaller group, that way you will all have knowledge from now and will be able to bring about the end of Dumbledore and Voldemort's tyranny."
Harry was again shocked as he looked at Rettop. "Wait how can you send us back if you can't take yourself and your followers back?"
Rettop went pale as he looked at Harry. "Basically, my followers and I will use every ounce of our magic to send you back and then we will cease to exist, but they know that it will only be in this timeline. See once we arrived here, our future was altered, as such when you and your 'friends' arrive in the past, this future will be destroyed and it will be what you do back then that will rewrite the future."
Harry stared at Rettop with a confused expression upon his face, as the information was a bit much to take in all at once. "You will kill yourselves to send us back?"
Rettop looked down at the table for a moment. "Basically, yes, but this will also prevent any paradoxes from happening, since this time line will be destroyed. That means you will have free rein to do whatever you need to, to complete the mission."
Harry now understood what he meant some, but was still a bit confused. "So you are sending us back to when I was ten this time?"
Rettop stood up and stretched a bit. "That is the plan, though I am not sure if it will work out or not. Because this is all new to me, so I may miss the year again like I did the first time. Though I am hoping with a smaller group it will work out better."
"Who do you plan on sending back with me?" Harry asked as he looked at Rettop still not sure if he liked the plan or not, but knew he had little choice in what happened.
Rettop sat back down and took another drink of tea. "Well I figured I would send you, Tonks, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Remus Lupin."
Harry again was shocked as he looked at Rettop. "Why are you sending Ron and Ginny?"
"Well I figured they were friends, so they should go back with you. Though I am not sure how loyal Ron will be to you." Rettop stated coolly.
Harry now was starting to realize what all was happening and came to his senses. "No, Ron will never agree to it, and for that matter I doubt that Hermione would either. I am almost positive that Ron wouldn't because he is already jealous of me."
"This is true, and in my future Ron turned into a real git." Rettop stated as he looked at his cup of tea. "Okay Ron won't be sent back, but then who should be sent in his place?"
"No one." Harry said calmly. "Just send the five of us back and allow us to bring an end to this once and for all."
Rettop looked at Harry and grinned for a moment, and then he got a worried look on his face. "I hope that Hermione will work out in the past, because in my timeline when Ron became a git she was right with him."
"I am sure once she realizes that she would be better without Ron she will come around." Harry said as he looked at Rettop.
The woman from earlier walked into the kitchen and walked over and sat down beside Rettop. "Milord we best hurry this up time is running out."
Rettop looked at the woman for a moment and then back at Harry. "Harry we should be getting to our guests."
Harry looked at Rettop and then looked at the woman. "Before we go I have to know, who are you under that mask?"
The woman looked at Rettop and he nodded his approval. The woman removed her hood and mask, and Harry was floored once more, but not as much as before. "Wotcher Harry."
"Tonks? I should have known that was you under there!" Harry said as he stared at her.
"Yeah I was a bit shocked that you didn't know it was me, but I couldn't reveal myself too soon or else things could have got really confusing for you."
"If you have no more questions, we best be getting to the rest of our guests." Rettop said as he looked at Harry but then turned to the future Tonks. "Dora could you tell Snape that I want Ron and Molly returned to the burrow with modified memories of the attack."
Harry looked at Rettop. "Snape? How did you get him to follow you?"
Rettop looked at Harry and grinned. "A lot changed in my time Harry, and when Snape learned how big a blunder head that Dumbledore was, he was more than willing to help me bring an end to him and Voldemort."
Harry was shocked that Snape would work with him, but was glad to see that his future self did have some powerful followers. "Oh I see, but I never thought he would work with us after what happened."
"I know, I was a bit surprised too, but now isn't the time to talk about that since time is running out." Rettop said as he pulled on his mask and hood. "Shall we go?"
Harry followed Rettop back down into the basement to meet up with the rest of the group that would be going back in time.