A/N: Sorry for the delay but as I said I had a family matter to deal with, but your wait is over and here is the next chapter of the fic. Thank you all for your patience.
Thanks to all the following for reviewing. shadow of the black abyss, silver, and jbfritz.
g3tog4: I think Silverscale asked the question as a joke, but thanks for your views on it and thanks for reviewing.
Slash&Burn: Thanks you it has been a hard week and I am sorry for making you all wait, but as you know it couldn't be helped. I want to thank you for defending my story, but I must also say that it was unnecessary though the thought of it is appreciated. (Hope that makes sense.) Now then a comment you made though caught me because I suppose I am a maladjusted kiddy as stated because I don't believe dark to be evil and evil isn't dark. Sure Dark can have traits that are evil in nature, but that doesn't make the person evil. An evil person is nothing but evil. More on this issue can be found on my yahoo group. How did you post four reviews for chapter 14? Also I would like to add that Slash&Burn isn't a friend as he has stated, he is just a loyal reader who wants his views on my story known. (Just in case anyone is wondering.)
Silverscale: Well no wonder you are farting bats if you are eating chocolate covered vampires. lol
illusion0910: All is not as it seems when in an Alternate Universe, but I am afraid you will have to wait and see.
deathumi: James Potter's fate is in the hands of his son and though I haven't told you much about him so far you are going to find a great deal about him soon. You must only be patient and wait for it to come. I have only covered the first three years of the school year, so there is still plenty of time for you to learn about my version of James Potter. Sorry I didn't understand what you said before about the whole 'Lord Ragnarok' thing. I guess I am a bit slow at times, which explains why my wife tells me that lol. As for Demon God of Chaos and his fic the Dark Lord. Yes I have read what parts of it that were up at the time, and I know that he used the name Lord Ragnarok, but I assure you that I did not get it from him. I had three names in mind when I wrote the story to switch with Lord Rettop; they were Lord Doom, Lord Armageddon, and Lord Ragnarok. I then allowed my beta to decide the fate of the name, and that is why Harry is now called Lord Ragnarok. I hope that clears up that little issue unless I missed something else. If so I am sorry and please feel free to tell me of my stupidity and explain it to me even more.
ulkser: I have a yahoo group, but as I have been told my romance scenes like much of my stories plots suck, so it would probably be best if I didn't try writing any more sex scenes. Though I may try it again at some point, but not until after Harry is back with Tonks.
Inimene: Sorry you didn't like the recruitment of Regulus Black part; I hope that the rest will be more to your liking.
Shadowed Rains: Alerts seem to pile up if you do not get to them, just like reviews pile up when I go to respond ;) Thanks for reviewing.
Dragonmaster: I have a full post on your issue on my yahoo group, so if you would go there you will see what I had to say about the Dark and Evil debate. Though I will say this to you just in case you don't go to the group. I agree that dark and evil are two different things because dark to me means that a character doesn't act like they should. They do not conform to societies standards and there for are labeled dark. Evil is more to the cold-blooded murders that only care about money or power and nothing else. I used Dark because Harry isn't going to be a cold-blooded killer, though he will kill if he has too! More on this issue can be found on my yahoo group.
TonksSlave: I am a big fan of Dungeons and Dragons and you are exactly right about where you placed Harry, Dumbledore, and Voldemort's alignments. I like to give the characters alignments from D&D and portray them in that sense, so that was an excellent example. You are also right that reviewers flaming other reviewers is not something I agree with, but I am in no position to tell them otherwise, because I do not tell people how to act or feel.
deepthoughtz: Time travel is an issue that is complicated and to go into detail here would take way to long. That is why I will send you an e-mail explaining my theory on time travel and then maybe you will see where I am coming from. After you read the e-mail if you have more issues with it feel free to let me know in a review or e-mail me back.
Really Frozen Phoenix: Thanks for your support.
FF-loverHP1: You will have to wait and see what happens with Harry and Lily, as there will be more about them in this chapter.
Chapter Fifteen: Shocking Truths Revealed
During the summer break between the third and fourth year Harry once again went to his castle in Transylvania. This time he went there looking to gain a bit more power, and he decided that it was time he dealt with a matter that had consumed his life.
Harry set up a pentagram in the center of one of the chamber in his castle and started the chant to summon a Time Mage to him. As he chanted he felt the floor beneath him shake and then there was a bright light that consumed the whole chamber. When the light died down he saw a woman in the center of the pentagram with raven black hair and a figure to die for.
"Who summons me?" The lady asked as she looked at Harry.
Harry stepped forward a bit before he spoke, so she could get a complete look at him. "I am Lord Ragnarok and I have summoned you here. Might I ask your name oh great and beautiful time mage?"
The woman blushed a bit as she looked over Harry. "I am Major Ravenclaw of the Time Clan, and why is it that you have summoned me Lord Ragnarok?"
Harry was a bit taken back by her name, but her looks definitely told him that she was a Ravenclaw. "I have summoned you here because I seek the power of time. I find myself in a time that is not my own and am seeking a way home."
Major Ravenclaw looked at Harry with a bit of distrust but then her eyes gave way to a bit of caring. "Time is not something to be dealt with lightly, and it is a protected magic by my family. How is it that you came to be in a time that wasn't your own?"
Harry looked at her and wondered if she would help him or not as he told her how he got here. "A rival lord in my time chose to vanquish me to the past in the hopes that I would not be able to destroy him. He is far darker than I and wishes to deal great harm to muggles of my time."
She looked him over for a minute and grinned. "I see that you too have a dark side to you, but if the wizard you speak of his darker than you, then he must be stopped."
"I assure you Major that he is a lot darker than I am. I only have a dark aura because he tried to kill me as a baby and failed."
"I see that you have mage blood running through your veins and as such I am bound to help you. I shall grant you my power under the condition that you use it to bring an end to the evil lord that sent you to the past."
"I shall Major I swear on my magic that I will bring down Lord Voldemort." Harry said knowing full well that he had to blame Voldemort for his predicament though it was actually himself that sent him back in time.
There was a glow of yellow light as a ball of energy grew in her hands, and then she sent it at Harry and it was absorbed into his body as he fell to the ground. "I trust that you will keep your promise and bring down the one called Lord Voldemort."
Harry felt a rush of power come over him as the knowledge of the time mage and the skills of the time mage were transferred into him. It took a few minutes for him to be able to stand, but when it was over he was able to. He stood up and thanked Major Ravenclaw before sending her back to her own time and place.
Harry tried to make a portal back to 1990, so he could see Tonks and Remus, but found that he couldn't make the portal. "What the hell? I thought that Time Mages could manipulate time!"
Harry sat down and started to look through the knowledge that he received in his mind about the Time Mage and how their magic worked. That is when he found out that portals could only be opened by true time mages and even then they could only open a portal up to twenty-four hours after that the portal would become unstable.
Harry was disappointed that he couldn't jump ahead in time, but he did find that he had some new powers. He was able to freeze time around him, he could rewind time up to hour or he could fast forward time up to one hour. He also could put a time bubble around him that would slow down time around him, while time outside the bubble would move at its normal speed.
Harry also found that he was still being plagued by the nagging question of who Lily Evans' real parents were if Mr. and Mrs. Evans were only her adopted parents. Harry decided to try out his new powers as he Apparated back to London.
Harry made his way to the orphanage that he figured dealt with Lily's adoption. As he arrived outside the orphanage he turned into a shadow and drifted inside unnoticed by any spectators around.
Once he was inside the orphanage he froze time inside the orphanage to test his powers and found that it worked. Harry made his way into the records section of the orphanage and started to go through the files in the cabinets.
It took him an hour to find the file, and he was shocked that it was even there after fourteen years. Harry pulled the file out and was shocked a bit by what he saw, but it wasn't like he didn't expect it.
Birth Name: Lily Gabriel Grindelwald
Adopted Name: Lily Gabriel Evans
Born: April 30, 1960
Adopted: May 5, 1960
Birth Father: Unknown
Birth Mother: Grindelia Lillian Grindelwald
Adopted Father: Nathan Evans
Adopted Mother: Rose Evans
Adoption Witness: Albus Dumbledore
Harry folded up the paper and placed it into his robes, and then he made his way out of the orphanage. 'That old bastard knew who my mother was! He knew that she wasn't really an Evans and yet he made me live with that bitch Petunia!' Harry thought as he Apparated away from the orphanage.
Harry was so mad about what he found out that he wasn't even thinking straight as he made his way down the sidewalk. He wasn't sure even where he was walking until he wound up standing in front of Number 4 Privet Drive.
'Why am I here? This is the last place I want to be!' Harry thought as he looked at the house that he had grown to hate. As he was looking at the house as a flash of red caught his attention in the window and for a split second he thought he saw his mother, but then figured he saw wrong.
Harry was about to leave when the door opened and a fourteen-year-old red haired girl stepped out. "Professor?"
Harry just stared at the girl who would become his mother and he lost it. He didn't know if it was the house or not, but for some reason he lost all control as a tear rolled down his cheeks.
Lily saw her professor and was a bit shocked to see him standing out in the middle of the street dressed in his robes. She decided to go out and see what he was doing there and as she opened the door she called out to him. Which it shocked her when the professor didn't answer instead she saw a tear roll down his face. Lily ran down to him dressed in a small T-shirt and a pair of short shorts. "Professor what's wrong? Come inside before someone sees you."
Harry didn't fight as Lily helped him inside the house and shut the door. She helped him over to the couch and sat him down. "Professor what's wrong?" She asked again as she sat down beside him.
Harry looked at her and couldn't hold back any more. "Lily I am so sorry, I never meant to hurt you."
To say Lily was confused was an understatement as she looked at Harry in bewilderment. "Professor you're not making any scene. How did you hurt me?"
Harry finally started to come to his senses and realized what he was doing and quickly jumped off the couch. "I can't do this, I can't tell her. It would change everything, I don't even know why I came here." Harry said rambling to himself.
Harry's ramblings added to Lily's confusion as she stood up and walked over to where Harry was standing. "Professor please tell me what is going on, you are starting to scare me."
Harry finally got himself under control and turned to Lily. "Lily I am sorry, but I have lied to you, and I feel terrible about it. You must understand that I have reasons for doing it, but that doesn't excuse my actions."
Lily was still confused as she looked at Harry. "Professor what did you lie to me about?"
Harry looked at her for a moment and then decided that he had to tell her. There was no way that he could continue to lie to his future mother without feeling worse for doing it. He had only ever been completely honest with Andromeda Tonks and it was time for him to come clean with Lily as well. "Lily my name isn't really Victor Drake, and it never was."
Lily was a bit shocked, but that wasn't a big lie, after all some wizards change their names when they are hiding or something. "Then professor please tell me your real name."
Harry couldn't believe she took that so well, but the next part he knew she wouldn't take so well. "My birth name is Harry James Potter."
"POTTER!" Lily said as she heard the name, but then slowly calmed down. "Then that means you're related to James Potter at Hogwarts?"
Harry slowly started to change his appearance until he was back to what he would look like at forty-eight years old. His messy black hair and his emerald green eyes. "Yes I am related to James."
Lily was a bit shocked, but couldn't figure out why he would hide that. "Professor why would you hide that you were a Potter, better yet how are you related to James?"
"Lily what I am about to tell you wont be easy to take in and you will probably think I am lying, but I swear on my magic that it is the truth." Harry said as he looked at his mother's shocked expression. "James Potter is my father."
Lily's eyes went blank as she fainted; luckily Harry reacted quickly and froze time to prevent her from hitting the floor. He then carried he over to the couch before unfreezing time and reviving her. She blinked a few times as she looked at Harry. "What happened?"
Harry smiled slightly. "You fainted and I put you on the couch."
Lily sat up and looked at Harry and for the first time she got to see his eyes. "Your eyes they seem so familiar."
Harry laughed slightly as he stood up. "I guess they would seem familiar considering they are your eyes."
"My eyes!" Lily shouted as she jumped off the couch and ran over to the mirror. She looked in the mirror and got a horrified look in her eyes. "How do you have my eyes?"
"Come on Lily I know you are smart enough to figure that one out." Harry said with a slight chuckle as he walked over to her.
Lily still seemed horrified as she turned to look at Harry. "James is your father and I am your mother?"
"That's right." Harry said as he looked at her.
Lily felt herself become lightheaded, but managed not to faint as she sat down on a near by seat. "Pro.. I mean Harry how did you get here, because you are a lot older than James and I are."
Harry grinned for a moment as he thought about what to tell her now that the truth was out there. "Well that is a long story, you see I am actually from the year 1996, and things are a lot different then. Remember how I told you that I didn't trust Dumbledore?" Lily nodded that she did, how could she forget after all she had been dying to ask him more about it for months. "Well I told you that Dumbledore arranged for a boy and girl to be married without them agreeing. Well the boy was me, and the girl was a close friend of mine. Dumbledore arranged with the girl's parents that I would marry their daughter, without even asking me. He forced the girl into agreeing to the marriage contract."
"Harry why would Dumbledore do that? Better yet why would James or I allow that to happen?" Lily asked forgetting for a moment that it was James Potter that she was speaking of.
"Well you and dad didn't have much to say about it, because by this point in time you had been dead for fifteen years. As for why he would do it, well I can only assume that he wanted the bloodline of the Boy-Who-Lived to carry on with a pureblood family line, which was the girl's bloodline."
"What do you mean the Boy-Who-Lived?" Lily asked a bit scared to even ask.
"When I was a year and three months old Voldemort found out where you were hiding and killed you and dad, then he tried to kill me, but for some reason the spell backfired and knocked him out of his body. Everyone thought that he was dead and went on to claim me as a bloody hero, but the truth was he went into hiding buying his time until he could get his bloody body back and kill me once and for all." Harry said as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Anyway that isn't what I was talking about. I was talking about what happened in 1996. I found a way to travel back in time, and well it got messed up and I went too far back. Anyway now I plan on making sure that bastard Dumbledore doesn't get the people I care about killed! He was supposed to protect you and dad and he didn't! He was supposed to protect my godfather Sirius and he didn't! I wont allow him to get the people I love killed this time around!"
Lily wrapped her arms around Harry and started to cry too. "Harry I don't know what to say, I just wish I could help you."
Harry held on to her for a moment and then pulled away. "Lily I found out today that Dumbledore has been lying to both of us. He lied to me in the future and he is lying to you by not telling you the truth."
Lily was again shocked as she looked at Harry. "I am confused again."
"Lily your last name isn't really Evans. I had a suspicion for a few years now, but it wasn't until today that I could prove it." Harry said as he pulled out the piece of paper and showed it to her. "Your birth name was Lily Gabriel Grindelwald, your mother was the daughter of Lord Grindelwald."
Lily couldn't believe it as she looked over the paper and saw that Albus Dumbledore was the witness for the adoption. Then she thought about how proud her parents were when they found out she was a witch, and now it explained it that they knew all along that she would be a witch. She wasn't just any witch either; she was the granddaughter of an evil lord who slaughtered countless people.
Harry looked at Lily and could tell that she was trying to piece together all the pieces of what she was told. "Lily I have to ask you something personal, and if you don't want to answer I will understand. Lily have you or do you like James Potter?"
Lily looked at Harry coming out of her own thoughts. "Honestly I think he is an arrogant ass, and have no idea why I would even consider dating him let alone have a kid to him, no offense Harry to you, but James is an asshole."
From all that Harry had learned about James over the last three years at Hogwarts he couldn't deny that James was an arrogant git. "I was told in the future that is, that you and James never dated until your seventh year when he became head boy and you became head girl."
"I become head girl?" Lily asked a bit shocked.
"Yes you do, and don't seem surprised considering you are an outstanding witch. What I am having a hard time piecing together is why all of a sudden you started to date James in seventh year after six years of totally ignoring him." Harry said as he walked over and sat down.
Lily stood up and made her way over to him and sat by him on the couch. "Harry I don't know what to say, I suppose we will just have to wait until seventh year to find out."
Harry spent the rest of the afternoon talking with his mother and finding as much out about her as possible since he never really got to know his mother the first time around. He even explained to her what the necklace was that he gave her and how it was suppose to save her life when Voldemort tried to kill her in 1981.
Hogwarts Fourth YearThe first part of the fourth year at Hogwarts pretty much flew by for the Marauders, Lily, and Harry. Harry wanted to enlist more known Death Eaters to his side, but was busy dodging pranks by the Marauders and trying to investigate certain things that were still puzzling him.
There was one thing that Harry knew he would have to take care of, and as the end of the 1974 came to pass he knew he had to act quickly. He drifted into the Gryffindor common room and froze time like he had done a few times before school started.
He then made his way to the boy's dormitory where he saw the Marauders had completed the Marauders' Map. He had to make sure that the map read Victor Drake instead of Harry Potter, because he couldn't allow them to find out who he was.
Harry preformed a very complex concealment charm on the map, so it would show his name as Victor Drake. He did the same for Lily, who was appearing as Lily Grindelwald instead of Lily Evans. He had to make sure that the map didn't reveal anything it wasn't suppose to or else things could get dangerous real quick.
After he finished his task he turned into a shadow again and unfroze time. The Marauders didn't even seem to notice the change as he drifted out of the dorm and into the common room. What he didn't think about was that his name appeared on the map as he was leaving, and yet when the Marauders looked they didn't see their professor there.
"That was a bit weird, maybe the map is malfunctioning?" Remus said as he looked at James.
"Maybe, but it seems a bit weird that his name was here, but we couldn't seem him, unless he was concealed some how." James said as he looked at the map.
After the day in the Gryffindor tower the Marauders paid closer attention to the map they had made trying to solve the mystery of why Professor Drake's name appeared in their dorm and then quickly disappeared back down into the Slytherin common room.
Harry decided to test his own theory and brought out his copy of the map and opened it on his desk after sealing his door. He then turned into a shadow and was shocked to see that his name still appeared on the map. Harry knew right away that he was in trouble, because he figured that the Marauders already knew he was in their dorm, and were undoubtedly trying to figure out how.
Harry was shocked to find that even after fixing their map, his map from the future was not altered. He couldn't figure out why it wasn't, but he assumed since his future was now altered that it was like being from an alternate universe in this time's reality.
Harry knew he would have to be a lot more careful about how he did things now that they could track him with the map and if he knew them like he thought he did, he knew they would be keeping a close eye on him from now on.
Fourth year was about to come to an end when Harry got his next surprise, one that he didn't expect. He had just finished his last class with the fourth year Ravenclaws and had dismissed them to find that Lily was still in his room.
Lily walked up to his desk and looked at him. "Could you sound proof the room please?"
Harry waved his hand and mumbled a silencing charm and a sealing charm on to room as he looked at Lily. "Okay now do you mind explaining why you wanted it?"
"Harry I have been thinking since last summer about what you told me. I have finally worked up the nerve to ask you this and I hope you don't take it the wrong way. When you said you had your own side and you wanted to bring down Voldemort, did you mean you were a Dark Lord too?"
Harry was shocked by his mother's statement and hearing her say it made him feel badly about it, but there was no denying who he had become. "In a way I suppose I am becoming a Dark Lord, but I do not kill muggles like Voldemort and I don't manipulate students into doing things they don't want to like Dumbledore. I do have a dark side because those that deserve to be punished by my views are."
Lily smiled slightly as she looked at Harry with her sparkling emerald eyes. "Then if you are a lord, that means you are gathering followers right?"
Harry wasn't sure where she was going with this, but he had a slight idea. "Yes I have collected a few followers that you could say I stole from Voldemort before he could turn them into cold blooded killers."
Lily smiled even wider at this as she looked at him. "Harry I want to become one of your followers. I agree that Voldemort has to be stopped, and I don't want to be used by Dumbledore either. You are the only person I can trust and I once said I would pick your side in this war and now I want to make it official."
Harry was glad to hear his mother say that she wanted to support him, but he was a bit shocked by it too, since she was said to be a crusader for the light side. Then he figured that was before she found out the light side was actually gray. "Mom I would be honored to have you by my side as a member of my inner circle."
Lily rolled up the sleeve of her robe and exposed her arm to him so he could mark her, and when it was done the marking disappeared like all the rest had. Instantly they both could feel the bond that was made and could feel the mental connection as well. Harry explained to her that now if she ever needed or wanted him all she had to do was call his name in her mind and he would be there.
Summer Before Fifth YearHarry spent a lot of his summer at Hogwarts planning out all he had to do the following school year and also trying to gain some vital information about Dumbledore. He did have a few distractions as Narcissa called him to come to her on occasion during the summer. Lily also called him, but it wasn't like his calls from Narcissa. Lily had called him because she was upset because neighbor kids were picking on her and she had no one else to turn to.
One day in July he arrived to find Lily outside crying on the steps and as he walked up to her he felt rage begin to grow inside him for some reason. He sat down beside her and pulled her close to him. "What's wrong Lily?"
It took a few minutes of being held before Lily calmed down enough to tell him what was bothering her. "Petunia brought her fat of boyfriend home to meet her parents and he kept calling me a freak the whole time while Petunia kept glaring at me. She told him that I went to some damn reform school for mental deranged kids or something like that."
"That sounds like something she would do! Let's get out of here before I forget that it is against the law to curse muggles with very painful curses." Harry said as he stood up and started to walk with Lily.
"Why does she hate me so much?" Lily asked as they walked still crying slightly.
Harry put his arm on her shoulder to comfort her. "Don't let nasty Petunia and fat Vernon get to you Lils you're a lot better than they are. Petunia is just jealous of you."
Lily stopped walking and looked at Harry through tear-drenched eyes. "How did you know her boyfriend's name?"
Harry took Lily aside so no one could see or hear them and then whispered in her ear. "As you know I am from the future, well in my time after you and James were killed I was sent by Dumbledore to live with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley."
Lily wasn't as shocked as she expected that she would be. "Why would he do that? Even if James and I were dead surely he would have sent you with your godfather. That would have been a lot better than sending you to live with those awful muggles."
Harry looked down and knew that he should have told her the whole story. "You see the night you and James died everyone believed that Sirius was the one that sold you out to Voldemort. He was sent to Azkaban for your murders, even though he was innocent. There was no proof of his innocence, not that it mattered since he was never given a trial. Anyway after that Dumbledore said I would be protected by the blood of a relative if I stayed with Petunia."
"But you proved I wasn't related to her." Lily said as she looked down at the ground.
"I know, and Dumbledore knew it too. He used it as an excuse to keep his precious weapon locked away were I was tortured and turned into their damn slave!"
Lily wrapped her arms around Harry and cried. "I am so sorry Harry."
Harry hugged her for a moment and then wiped away her tears. "Are they still at your house?" Lily nodded indicating that they were. "Then I think it is time that we sent them over the top. I think it is time for you to bring your boyfriend home."
"But I don't have one." Lily said a bit more saddened than she was before, but she quickly cheered up when Harry spoke.
"You do now." Harry said as he started to morph his appearance into a fifteen-year-old boy with black messy hair, emerald green eyes, and a body to make most girls cream in their pants over.
Lily couldn't believe it when she saw him standing there, and she felt her heart fly into her throat at how amazing he looked. "How did you do that?"
"My dear some things are best kept secret at least for a little bit yet. Shall we go make Petunia and Vernon sick to their stomachs?" Harry asked as he took Lily's arm. Lily smiled and started to walk with Harry back to the house that he learned to hate so much.
As they walked into the living room where Vernon, Petunia, Nathan, and Rose were having tea all four stopped chatting as soon as they saw Lily and a young man that didn't recognize.
Lily had a big smile on her face for the first time this summer, as she looked at the shock in all their faces and especially the horror she saw in Vernon and Petunia's faces.
Nathan stood up and walked over to Lily. "Lily dear who is your young friend?"
Lily smiled as she looked at her dad. "Dad since Petunia brought her boyfriend for you and mom to meet I thought it was only fitting that I brought mine. Dad this is Harry Potter."
Harry was a bit shocked that Lily introduced him by his real name, but he didn't much care either way. He knew he was going to have fun one way or another.
Petunia stood up and threw a tantrum. "Mom tell her to take that freak and leave this minute. This is suppose to be my day and she is going to ruin it by having one of her freaks act like her boyfriend!"
Rose Evans looked at her daughter and sighed. "Petunia that isn't nice, now sit down and behave."
Harry could feel himself becoming angry at what Petunia said, but decided to bring her down a notch. "First Miss Petunia I am not acting, I am surely dating your sister, and second I resent being called a freak."
Vernon stood up to defend Petunia's honor. "Don't you talk to my girl like that you hoodlum!"
Harry laughed slightly. "First I am a freak and now I am a hoodlum. Mr. Dursley if you failed to notice I am neither, but if you would like I will gladly show you what I am."
Nathan knowing full well what Harry was decided that he best intervene before the truth about Lily came out to Vernon. "Mr. Potter I am sorry for the way those two are acting, and I hope that you will not hold that against us. Would you like to join us for some tea?"
Lily grinned knowing that she had gotten to Vernon and Petunia, and to further make them sweat she leaned over and hugged Harry in a loving manner. "Actually dad, Harry and I just stopped in to tell you that we were going out for a while."
"That's right Mr. Evans I was going to ask you if it would be alright if I took your beautiful daughter to the movies with me this afternoon." Harry said just to add salt into the wound he had already made in Petunia and Vernon. If he knew one thing about Petunia it was the fact that she resented the fact that Lily was much better looking than she would ever be.
Rose stood up and walked over to her daughter. "That would be fine Mr. Potter, and maybe you could join us for dinner tonight."
"That would be lovely Mrs. Evans." Harry said as he took Lily's arm and led her out of the house leaving everyone in the house in a bit of a shock.
Lily couldn't stop laughing as her and Harry walked down the sidewalk together and Harry smiled as he continued to hold on to her arm. "It is nice to see you laughing Lils."
Lily smiled as she looked at Harry and before she even thought about what she was doing she kissed him right on the lips. 'Lily what in the hell did you do that for he is your son for Merlin's sake!' Lily thought as she pulled away from a shocked Harry.
Harry was shocked that his mother kissed him that way and what was even more shocking was the fact that he wanted desperately to kiss her back. 'You idiot your to old to let your hormones act like this especially with your own mother!'
They both walked down the sidewalk in awkward silence as they were both lost in their own thoughts until finally Harry broke the silence. "So do you still want to see that movie?"
Lily stopped and was a bit shocked by his question. "What? Oh I thought you just said that since you knew I didn't want to stay for tea."
Harry looked down. "Oh, well I suppose we could walk around for a few hours then."
"Harry that's not what I meant, I was just shocked that you really wanted to go to a movie with me." Lily said as she looked at the ground too.
Harry moved his hand to her chin and lifted it until their green eyes met. "Lily I meant it when I said I wanted to take their beautiful daughter to a movie."
Lily was stunned into silence as she looked into his eyes and for a moment she didn't see him as a professor or a son, she saw him as a boy who really liked her for who she was.
Harry kept his word and took Lily to a movie in town and after the movie they stopped off for ice cream before heading back to the Evans' house for a dinner with Lily's adopted parents. After the dinner was over Harry was about to leave and Lily grinned as she walked him out.
"I had a lot of fun today Harry." Lily said as she looked into his green eyes.
"I am glad, because I found it to be a fun day today too." Harry said as he glanced over her for a moment and then met her eyes.
Before Harry knew what to think Lily wrapped her arms around him and gave him a long slow kiss on the lips and then blushed before returning into her house. Harry smiled at her as he felt his face turn red as he turned to leave. Once he was away from the house and out of the sight of muggles Harry Apparated back to Hogsmeade and then walked up to the castle.
Harry had returned to Hogwarts to await the students' return, but he couldn't quit thinking about the day he spent with his mother. It wasn't like he spent it with a mother though, for some weird reason Harry felt like he was spending a day with a friend, possible even a girlfriend, which really freaked him out in a way.
Hogwarts Fifth YearFifth year for the Marauders, Lily, and the once Death Eaters brought O.W.L.s. this made this year that much harder, and Harry knew exactly what they were going through. He also knew that this year would cut a lot of these students out of his potions class the next year, because a lot of them would not be able to handle N.E.W.T. level potions.
Harry also knew this year brought about a prank for James Potter that would start the downward spiral between him and Severus Snape. Harry did his best to limit the damage that James' pranks had on Snape, but this prank could not be allowed to happen. Thankfully Harry knew it wouldn't happen until the end of the year, so he had time to prevent it.
Harry's classes with the marauders seemed to gain him glances from them, as if they were looking for signs that he wasn't who he portrayed himself to be. Harry knew this was because of his appearance in their dorm room, when he showed up on their map.
Harry's powers had grown enough that he could almost tell when someone was around him even if he couldn't see them. It was like he could feel their magical auras, which he believed he gained when he killed Grindelwald. He also honed the skill to be able to feel magic in use, and this is how he learned of the plan to prank him and expose him as a fake.
Harry quickly froze time as the prank started and Harry was able to see the charms themselves that were aimed at him. He had to figure out a way to bring this prank back on those that pulled it, but how. Then Harry had an idea he could rewind time slowly and see where the charms went back to.
As Harry had expected the charms went back to Sirius Black and James Potter. Harry only had one chance to teach both boys what it meant to mess with him and more importantly was the fact that his father and godfather would not be pranking him and getting away with it.
Harry returned to his seat where the charms were aimed and positioned a reflection charm that was powerful enough to send their charms straight back at them. Harry unfroze time and allowed the boys to go about their prank as he acted like he was looking at papers, like he was when he first felt the surge of magic.
The charms hit the reflection charm and went right back at James and Sirius. The room erupted into laugher as James was turned into a female version of himself and his robes were changed into a dress. Sirius didn't get off much easier, in fact his was worse as he had added a clothing vanishing charm to his so the dress he should have had one vanished leaving him sitting in his boxers.
James and Sirius both looked totally shocked as they looked at Harry. Harry just grinned and then went back to his papers, as he knew that the pranking was over for the day. James was furious that his prank failed, but Sirius found it to be a challenge to pull a prank on Professor Drake before he graduated.
Harry glanced over at Snape, who was in the class and could have sworn he saw him grin at what had happened, but then Snape quickly went back to his potion as if nothing had happened at all.
For twenty-four hours James and Sirius were stuck in their female forms, though they did get regular robes to wear. They tried to undo the charms they used, but found that they wouldn't reverse. It was like the time on the charms had been altered, but how could that have happened with a simple reflection charm?
His classes with fifth year Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs weren't as exciting as the ones with Gryffindors and Slytherins, but they were still a bit rough on Harry. Harry was having a hard time thinking about Lily as he saw her in his class, and he could tell that she kept glancing his way.
To make it even more interesting was the fact that Chang, also a Ravenclaw with Lily, kept looking at him and smiling shyly before returning her attention to the potion they were brewing.
Harry knew he had to be careful about how he acted around Lily, not only because it would jeopardize his job at Hogwarts, but also because he couldn't mess up the future, which meant that, she would have to marry James and have him. He also knew that James was a jealous type and if he thought someone was even looking at Lily he would make they pay for it. This didn't scare Harry because he could handle James, but since James was his father he knew enough not to tamper with that piece of history.
The other issue this that tampering was like the rest he worried about when changing anything about his past. He had to contend with fate, and the fates didn't like having their grand design tampered with.
Severus SnapeSnape might have been one of Harry's most despised teachers in his future, but he also knew that Severus was one of the most gifted Potions Masters in all of England. Harry didn't want to give Severus a chance to join Voldemort and later join Dumbledore. He wanted the man to join him first and remain loyal to him through all of the upcoming war.
Harry spent a large portion of his fifth year trying to save Snape from the embarrassments that he was subjected to by his father. Though he left a few of the more harmless pranks to occur, and he allowed the school wide pranks to occur, since they didn't single out Snape.
Harry had planned on waiting until it got closer to the end of the year before he recruited Snape because he wanted to prove he would watch out for him by preventing the prank that James had planned for the afternoon of their Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.s. It was this prank that humiliated Snape in front of the whole school, and Harry could not allow that to happen again.
However two weeks before Christmas break in 1975 Harry got an unexpected visit from Bellatrix informing him that Voldemort was planning on recruiting fifth, sixth, and seventh year Slytherin students during the Christmas holiday. When he asked how she found out she was told that all those in Slytherin house in those years was talking about it, and that's why she felt she should warn him.
This inevitably caused Harry to speed up his plans on recruiting Snape into his fold and the best way he could think of was by making Snape see the truth of what Voldemort was planning, and show him why he shouldn't be on his side in the pending war.
Harry held Snape back after his final potions class before Christmas break. He once again sealed Snape in his classroom like he did the others when he talked to them and he placed a powerful silencing charm around the room.
"Mr. Snape I am sure you are curious as to why I have asked you to stay here, and I know you're a man of little patience, so I will get right to it. I know that Voldemort is looking to recruit the fifth years during the Christmas break, and I wanted to talk to you about that." Harry said as he looked at Snape.
"Professor I am not sure how you gained this information, but I assure you that I know nothing about it."
"Severus there is no need denying it, I already know that you plan on swearing your allegiance to him because you think on some levels he is right in wanting to purify the world of muggles and mudbloods. However Snape I also know that when, not if, but when Voldemort falls you will run to Dumbledore and become a spy for him, at which point you will become so sick of the brutality that Voldemort is causing that you will practically beg him for the position as his spy."
Snape looked shocked as he stared at Harry. "How do you think you know all this?"
Harry grinned slightly as he looked at Snape. "I do not think I know these things, I do know these things! I am about to tell you something that I have not told anyone including most of my followers, except for two that had to know. Snape I am not from this time, I am in fact a Time Mage from the year 1996. That is how I know what is going to happen and when for the most part and I assure you that Voldemort will fall and when he does the world will have ten years of his absence, but like most plagues he will return only to have to deal with me!"
Snape grinned slightly and then sneered at Harry. "I am sure you could ramble on about a lot professor, but that doesn't mean you are right. Who are you to think that you can bring down the most powerful dark wizard since Grindelwald?"
Harry laughed in his crazy tone as he transformed his body into that of Lord Ragnarok. "The name is Lord Ragnarok and I know I can bring down Voldemort because I am the one who brought down Grindelwald! Sure Albus Dumbledore got the credit for it after I modified his memory into thinking he was a big hero, but I am the one who gained all Grindelwald's power and knowledge! I am offering you a position as one of my followers to bring down Voldemort and Dumbledore and make the purebloods of this country pure again! You can either accept my offer and become one of my inner circle or you can have your memory modified and take your chances with Voldemort."
Snape could tell his power as he stood before him and knew just by his aura that he was a powerful wizard. "Lord Ragnarok if you guarantee protection to those that follow you from the wrath of the Dark Lord, then I will serve you."
Harry looked into Snape's mind and saw that he was being honest and so he marked Snape as one of his followers, and like all the rest the mark vanished from sight. "Now as my follower you swear never to divulge any information that I tell you, and if you do I swear you will have a very slow and painful death."
Snape stood up and looked him in his blood red eyes. "Yes milord, I swear to keep all information secret from everyone."
Harry looked at Snape and knew that his next time around with Snape was going to be quite different, though he still didn't like being referred to as master or milord. "Snape first thing you will learn is that I am just in my serving punishments to people and there is one thing I will not tolerate. I do not want to be called milord or master. I am either Lord Ragnarok or Professor since we are still in school. When the time is right all my followers will learn my real name and when that happens then I expect to be called by it, but until then Professor will do nicely."
Snape nodded and then Harry dismissed him so he could get to his next class.
O.W.L.sThe fifth year students were all set for the O.W.L.s as it marked the end of another school year. All of them had to study hard after the Christmas break to ensure that they got their best possible scores on the tests.
Finally the day arrived that Harry had been waiting for, the afternoon of the Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.s. Harry knew that James was planning on humiliating Snape for Sirius' entertainment, but he was going to be in for a rude awaking. It was time for the professor to show the students what a real prank was like.
Harry waited until the exact moment that James had planned to hang Snape up upside down and expose his undergarments. As James set his prank into motion Harry froze time and positioned a very strong reflection shield around Snape. Harry then returned to his position and unfroze time.
The charm hit the shield and bounced back nailing James dead on and instead of Snape being levitated into the air it was James who was sent upside down and exposed his red underwear to the whole class. Everyone including Sirius was laughing their asses off at James as Harry walked out into view.
Sirius looked over at Harry and Harry mouthed the words "Gotcha ya!" Sirius couldn't believe Professor Drake had managed to once again out smart the Marauders and mainly he out smarted James. Sirius was impressed with his skills, James on the other hand was furious at the prank backfiring.
Once James was released he forgot about his war with Snape and redirected his vendetta against Harry.
Hogwarts Sixth YearThe summer between terms was brutally boring for Harry so he spent most of it working on potions and working out in the Room of Requirements. He was getting more powerful magic wise, but his physical conditioning was way down, so he decided to use some magic to help him get into better physical condition. He wanted to be stronger and more agile when he went to doge curses in a fight.
James spent his summer planning out how to get revenge on Professor Drake. If there was one thing James Harold Potter wouldn't stand for it was someone out pranking him, and also anyone looking at his flower, which he had a sneaking suspicion that the professor was.
The sixth year started out like all the rest, but from the start of term feast on James and the marauders had planned prank after prank to catch Harry. A few times they almost caught him, and if it wasn't for his ability to freeze time they would have, but most of the time Harry was ready as soon as the prank was set off. James continued to get pissed off and every time he would try a new tactic to bring the professor down it would back fire on him.
Harry knew that he wouldn't be able to enter the Gryffindor common room unseen if the marauders were using their map, which he suspected they were to make sure he wasn't spying on them. However Harry had to know what they were planning, so he would have a bit of an advantage, not like he needed it. Though he was starting to like the idea of being one step ahead of the marauders.
Harry was sitting in his quarters one night looking through some old books when the perfect idea came to him. It was a mix between the Weasley Twins extendable ears and a muggle bugging device. Since muggle devices wouldn't work at Hogwarts Harry knew he would have to resort to a purely magical bugging device. Ones that would be invisible to everyone, but would enable Harry to hear what was happening.
It took Harry a week to work out all the kinks, but he was sure he was ready to test out his device. Now all he had to do was try it out before placing it in the Gryffindor tower. He had to make sure it would work, or there was no point in planting it.
Bug Test OneHarry placed his bugging device in the Slytherin common room to see if it worked and as he sat in his quarters and listened he got a smile on his face as he found out it work.
"Master is definitely not happy about the lack of support he is getting." Came a male voice over the bug, which had to be one of the Lestrange brothers.
"I know he thought that Snape and Black would have join him, but neither of them showed." Came the other Lestrange's voice.
"I think its time that we showed them what it means not to support him."
"We can't right now, if anyone suspected what we were doing, we could be expelled."
"Well once Bellatrix becomes my wife that little slut is going to follow him or die."
"You still planning on marrying Black? Even after she said she didn't like you any more?"
"Yeah we have a contract and it is binding! When we finish school she has to marry me, and she can't say no."
Harry heard enough and disabled the bug. He knew that it worked, and now he also knew what Bella was in store for. He would have to prevent her from marrying Lestrange, even if it meant killing him! He would not allow one of his inner circle to be married to him, it was bad enough having Narcissa still married to Malfoy! Though Harry had to focus on one problem at a time, first he would retrieve his bug and bug the Gryffindor boy's dorm and then he could worry about what to do with the Black sisters' husbands or husband to be in Bellatrix's case.
Harry cared about Bellatrix more than he would actually admit and was actually looking forward to her sixteenth birthday. From the way she was acting in his classes he was certain that she was looking forward to it too.
Bugging the MaraudersHarry waited until all the marauders were off in class and then made his way towards the Gryffindor tower. It felt a bit weird having to break into the tower, since he had called it home for so many years, but it was exciting too. Once he was within range of the fat lady he froze time just in case the marauders happened to look at the map, which he doubted. Then he changed into his shadow form and easily gained access into the tower without the need for the password. Once inside the familiar tower he made his way out to the dorm room that housed the marauders and planted his bug. He had it set up so he could even hear the lowest of noises. The nice thing was with the bug inside the room, even if they put up a silencing charm to prevent people outside from hearing them, he could still hear them. Now all Harry had to do was return to his quarters and wait to hear what they were planning, so he could be one step ahead of them.
Harry waited until that night as he sat in his quarters and he listened in on the marauders trying to find out anything useful about any upcoming pranks.
"I am sick of Drake always blowing my pranks." James said in his normal arrogant and cocky tone.
"You just need to calm down a bit Prongs, if you let him get to you, then you will never beat him." Remus said in his normal calm tone.
"Mooney's right mate you just got to relax and think up a prank that he wont see coming." Sirius said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
"I just don't get him Padfoot, how does he always manage to turn my pranks on me? Look what he did after O.W.L.s last year."
"You could always ask your great grandfather what he thinks you should do about it." Came a small ratty voice that could only belong to Wormtail.
"I don't want to bring him into it, he will tell me to let the man alone. No this is something we have to do on our own, it is a matter of Marauder Pride!" James said clearly still pissed off.
"I don't know mate, it is possible your great grandfather could help. I mean look at the suggestion he gave you about your other problem." Padfoot said coolly.
"What other problem Prongs?"
"Nothing Mooney, Padfoot just doesn't know how to keep his trap shut at times. Look we will have to deal with Drake some how that is the problem I want to focus on right now."
Harry listened intently to what they were planning and laughed when he found out that they were going to pull a prank at breakfast. Though part of him wanted to know what other problem Sirius was talking about, and who was James' great grandfather.
Harry pulled out his version of the Marauders' Map and watched as James and Sirius headed down towards the Great Hall. "Prefect they are planning to set up the prank now. Well maybe I should show them what it means to try and prank the great Lord Ragnarok!" Harry's eyes flashed blood red for a moment before returning to their normal color.
Harry waited until they were in the Great Hall for about five minutes and then he froze time and made his way down into the Great Hall. He had caught them in the act of setting up dungbombs under the Slytherin table. Harry saw that they didn't have the map in their hands as it was sitting on the table where they were working. Harry decided that now was the time to charm the map so it wouldn't show his shadow form. He had found a spell that would replicate his name in his quarters whenever he was in his shadow form, so that way the Marauders couldn't tell where he truly was. Harry created a small bubble around him and unfroze time inside the bubble so he could check his charm out. Harry looked at the map and it showed him in the Great Hall. He turned into his shadow form and found that his name now appeared in his living quarters. The spell worked perfectly and Harry unfroze all time in the castle and drifted around the hall watching as James and Sirius worked on the prank.
After they had finished setting up the prank and left the Great Hall, Harry froze time again and become solid. Now all he had to do was rearrange a few parts of the prank, and move the dungbombs to the Gryffindor table to complete the back firing of the prank. Everything was set for the prank to get them instead of him and his house.
Harry turned into his shadow form and unfroze time and drifted out of the hall behind James and Sirius.
"Padfoot you really need to keep your mouth shut about what I told you. Wormtail and Mooney can't find out about it." James said as him and Sirius quietly walked down the hall watching the map for any trouble.
"I am sorry mate I didn't mean to let that slip. Your great grandfather really is a genius you know, but I am shocked that he would suggest you using potions on her to make her like you."
"Well he isn't the headmaster for nothing you know, and he wants her to be with me as much as I want to be with her. He is even working out a plan to get her to marry me when we graduate."
"Damn mate, I am glad I disowned my family, cause I wouldn't want them setting up who I marry."
"Its cool with me since I have been in love with her since the first day I saw her. My dad even says that she is perfect for me even if he does think she comes from a muggle family."
"Well doesn't she mate?"
"At first I thought she did, but my Great Grandfather made a comment that I wasn't suppose to over hear. He said that when I married her and had a kid with her, our child would be a very powerful pureblood witch or wizard. The only way to be a pureblood is if my love isn't actually a muggle-born witch."
Sirius BlackHarry had heard enough as he froze time again. 'Dumbledork is James' Great Grandfather? How come I never knew that, then again Dumblefuck never did tell me anything that was important. To think that he is scheming to hook James up with a wife, and there is no doubt who that wife is!' Harry thought as he took human form. Harry walked over and unfroze Sirius who was shocked as hell to see the professor standing there.
"Professor how did?" Sirius started to ask as he realized James was quiet and looked to see him frozen in place. "What did you do to James?" Sirius asked as he went for his wand only to have it fly into Harry's hand.
"I simply froze time, like I have done countless times before." Harry said smugly as he grinned at Sirius.
"That's how you been able to reverse all our pranks on us, but why? Why would you go through all the trouble of doing that?"
Harry laughed slightly as he looked at Sirius. "That is quite simple Padfoot, I wanted to teach dear ole dad here that it isn't nice to prank people, especially those with more power."
"Dad? You mean Prongs is your father?" Sirius asked as he became even more confused at this statement.
Harry transformed into his fifteen year old form, so Sirius would see what he looked like when he was sent back in time. "Yeah Sirius I am James' son, my name is Harry James Potter."
Sirius about fell over when he saw Harry become his younger self. "But, that means your.."
"From the future?" Harry added as he interrupted Sirius. "Yes Padfoot I am from the year 1996. Things have gotten really out of hand in my time, so I used my powers to go back in time to fix what once went wrong."
Sirius was stunned into silence for a moment and Harry couldn't believe his godfather would be so speechless. Finally Sirius managed to find his voice again. "What happened? What could be so wrong to make you want to rewrite history, which is what I expect you are doing."
Harry was surprised that his godfather, the goof off, was acting so mature. "Well Padfoot it is like this. My parents are dead, you are dead, and a lot of good people are dead because of Voldemort and the misconceptions of an old asshole, who thinks he knows everything."
Sirius was again shocked into silence for a moment. "I am dead? How did I die, wait don't tell me if it was horrible."
"Actually you died trying to save me, and for that I will be forever thankful, even when you don't remember what happened." Harry said as he looked at Sirius.
"What about James? Was Lily your mother or didn't James get her after all?" Sirius asked and then finished he hadn't.
"Lily was my mother and she was killed by Voldemort when he came to kill me. James was killed then as well. What I can't figure out is how James and Lily got together, because from all I have heard Lily can't stand him at all."
Sirius laughed slightly as he looked at Harry and found it hard to lie to him, since he already knew a lot about him. "I know I would never have thought that Evans would give Prongs the time of day, but with his family helping him it looks like he will get her. That's good because he deserves to be happy."
"What about Lily, doesn't she deserve to be happy?" Harry asked as he felt a bit of rage burning into him.
"Sure and I am sure she will be happy Harry. James is a good guy if you give him a chance. Its not like he is a slimy Slytherin, no offense mate, but why would you choose to be head of Slytherin?"
"Well that is simple Padfoot, I needed access to the school, and the only opening was Potions Professor. I had to take it, so I could gather information and supporters to bring down Voldemort."
"Followers? You mean your recruiting people to fight the deadliest dark wizard since Grindelwald?"
"Exactly and I have recruited a good many from the Black family already." Harry said smugly as he looked at Sirius.
"Really? I never thought those pureblooded fools would side with anyone but the Dark Lord."
"Padfoot if you haven't noticed mate you are part of that pureblood family."
"Not by my choice Harry. As you probably know I was kicked out of that family, and I gladly left. I didn't want to be part of their prejudice any longer."
"What about your brother? Did you even think about him when you left?" Harry asked wondering about him, since he only knew that Regulus was killed as a Death Eater.
"I loved my brother, but when I left my family I knew I couldn't save him. I wanted to, but when I saw he was sorted into Slytherin I knew my parents had corrupted him."
Harry had a smile devilish grin on his face. "Well I guess you were a bit off there Padfoot, because I spoke with Regulus and he willingly joined me, so I would protect him from your family and Voldemort."
"What? Are you serious?"
"No your Sirius not me, but I am being completely honest with you, and now I am offering you the same protection Sirius."
"Why would I need your protection?"
"Haven't you heard to a word I said? Look you might think that the Marauders are going to protect you, but in a few years you wont feel that way when your ass is sitting in Azkaban because a traitor frames you for murder!"
Sirius looked totally shocked and forgot for a moment that Harry knew the future. "Azkaban? You never mentioned anything about that. You said I die saving you, but how can I do that from prison?"
Harry rubbed his temple as he felt a headache coming on. "Look I can't tell you everything, unless you agree to be a follower of mine. Otherwise I have no choice but to obliviate you and let you continue down the path that winds you up in Azkaban. I am really trying to save you, but if you are so blind to see that then I have no choice, but let you continue that way."
"Wait I never said I wouldn't follow you, but I would like to know what happens to me, because if what you say is right I need to prevent this traitor from framing me."
"Take my mark and I will tell you everything, or you can forget all that I have told you up till now."
Sirius thought about it and finally his curiosity got the better of him and agreed. Harry told him that once he was marked he could never repeat anything he was told to anyone or he would die a slow and very painful death. Sirius agreed and after looking at his mind he knew it was the truth. Harry marked him as one of his inner circle and as with all the others the mark vanished from sight.
"Now tell me what James and Dumbledore are planning to get Lily Evans to marry him."
"Milord I…" Sirius started, but as Harry looked at him he lost control over himself and told him how James and Dumbledore planned on using love potions on Lily once Dumbledore made Lily and James Head Boy and Head Girl. That way Lily would have no choice, but to love James and he also arrange a marriage contract for her and James to marry each other."
Harry couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could James and Dumbledore do something like that? How could his own father force a woman into loving him? Harry was very pissed off as he obliviated Sirius, so he wouldn't remember telling him about James and Dumbledore's plan.
The next morning Harry was still pissed off as he sat at the head table watching the staff and students coming in for breakfast. His thoughts were lost in what happened the night before as he sat waiting for the breakfast prank to backfire on James.
'How could Dumbledore do something like this? I know he is willing to manipulate students into doing things for him, but this goes beyond that. I know he wants to be a big hero, even if he is just a fucking zero! Merlin I want to kill that bastard where he sits, but I will wait. I will wait until I can bring him down as Lord Ragnarok! I will wait until I show the world who I truly am then I will bring that old bastard down! He thinks that he can make me into his weapon, but I am making myself into his executioner!' Harry thought as he waited and then was brought out of his musing as he saw James enter.
James walked into the Great Hall with an arrogant, smug; look on his face as he sat down for breakfast. Harry grinned as he thought about how perfect it was for his arrogant father to get his just deserts by having the prank backfire on him.
James waited a few minutes and then set the prank into motion and was absolutely furious when the dungbombs went off under the Gryffindor table instead of the Slytherin table. The spell that was meant to hit Harry and turn him into a slimy snake was arranged by Harry to hit Dumbledore instead and it worked perfectly turning the old coot into a slimy snake. James was even more furious when he realized that his robes were turned into Slytherin robes with the words I love Slytherins flashing in bright green letters.
Harry laughed slightly as he watched James run out of the great hall looking fit to be tied. For Harry this was only a small measure of what was to come, because no matter what happened to him, he was not going to allow James and Dumbledore to force Lily into marrying James by using a love potion. Even if it meant that history was to be altered greatly and that fate would surely be out to get him after he was done.
Christmas Break 1976As the students were leaving for Christmas break Harry was off in his office waiting for the students to leave while he continued to think about what he had to do. Though he was brought out of his musing as Bellatrix Black walked into his office and she looked at him with a glint in her eyes.
"Professor my birthday has passed and I am now sixteen. I figured I would wait until we were on holiday before I came to you about fulfilling your promise to me." Bella said as she continued to stare at Harry.
Harry had almost forgot about Bella considering all his other problems and as he looked at her he figured that she was just the type of distraction that he needed right now to keep his mind off of his other problems. "I see Miss Black, and since I am a man of my word I believe I should keep it now to you."
Harry stood up and walked around his desk and waved his hand placing a sealing charm and a silencing charm on the door. Bella licked her lips in a seductive way and then walked over to him and ran her hands over his chest. "I am glad that you are keeping your word, since I have been nothing, but loyal to you."
Harry bent down and kissed Bella passionately on the lips as his hands started to move taking her into his arms.
April 1977The whole month of April Harry showed Lily how to Apparate in preparation for her seventeenth birthday. He knew with him teaching her she would learn it with no trouble and that she would get her license.
On April 30th Harry arranged it so he could take her to the Ministry of Magic and have her tested to get her license. He was a bit nervous as he sat in the waiting room for her, because if she failed she could die, but he was sure that she wouldn't fail.
When Lily Apparated in front of him as he sat looking at the floor he about jumped out of his skin. Harry stood up and looked at her for a moment.
Lily ran over and hugged Harry. "I got my license thanks to you!"
"I knew you could do it Lils. Now what do you say we go and celebrate you birthday?" Harry said as he hugged her back.
Harry and Lily Apparated to Hogsmeade where Harry bought her a beautiful gold locket for her birthday and then they went and had a nice dinner before returning to the castle. Not once did Harry mention anything about what he had heard, but he knew he would have to reveal it to her as soon as he knew what he was going to do. He only had until the start of new term to come up with something, and he was determined to come up with something no matter what happened!
Harry knew that the last full moon of the school year was suppose to be the night that Sirius sent Snape into the Whomping Willow so he would run into the werewolf form of Remus Lupin.
Harry knew he wouldn't do it now since he told him to lay off of Snape, but he had to make sure. So he did the only thing he could think of he put Snape into detention for a bogus reason.
"Professor why am I here?" Snape asked roughly as he sat at the desk in the dungeon classroom.
"Well simply Snape I am protecting you from a prank that would have disastrous consequences if I left it occur." Harry said as he made his way to his desk.
"Professor what prank would that be?" Snape asked unsure what he was talking about.
"Let me ask you something Severus, did you receive any sort of note or hear anything that would lead you out of the castle tonight? Remember Mr. Snape I will know if you are lying to me."
Snape cast a worried look about the room and seeing as he was alone he stood up and walked up to Harry's desk. "Lord Ragnarok as your follower I swear to you that I have no intention of leaving this castle tonight. I was merely planning on looking over a few potions I have that I would like to try and make over the summer holiday."
Harry could tell that he wasn't lying, which meant that Sirius kept his word when he told Harry that he would let Snape alone. Harry dismissed Snape and followed him into the common room where he instructed him to stay until morning. He also informed him that he would know if he left, and if he did he would regret disobeying him.
Harry sat in his quarters watching the marauders' map he owned to make sure Snape didn't leave the Slytherin house. Finally when the sun was starting to rise in the sky Harry relaxed enough to go to sleep for a few hours. He finally knew that his followers were loyal and that he could trust them not to disobey him.