Defiant Destiny

Chapter one

The war was still on going at this point and there seemed nothing that any one could do, however the order and the dark side had been at a sort of stale mate for the past month and no one had as of yet made a move to continue the fighting.

Harry had remained at Hogwarts away from Voldermorts grasp; he and his deatheaters dare not attack Hogwarts for they are not strong enough to stand triumphant. None of the students including the Slytherins had left school to join the dark side, something that was greatly received by the Order who now had a reasonably sized army at their disposal.

Draco Malfoy had offered himself as a spy for Dumbledore however that had been refused on the grounds that Voldermort had already murdered Severus Snape after he had been discovered as a spy. He now worked along side the Gryffindors along with Pansy, Millicent, Blaise, Crabbe and Goyal, all training for the forth coming war.

The DA had been set up again however they no longer practiced in the room of requirement, so many people had wanted to join and be trained by the boy-who lived they had moved location to the great hall. Harry had different years on each day of the week and the more advanced seventh years all of Saturday as they were the ones that would be fighting along side the Order, hell they were part of the Order now.

The house rivalry's had all ground to a halt since the beginning of the war, no more duels were started in the corridors and no more taunts were cried out, it was peace through out, if it hadn't of been then Harry didn't think that he would have been able to cope.

It was a Saturday evening, long after he had dismissed his DA class and he had been standing at the lake side staring off into the abyss, it was the only thing that calmed him and cured his insomnia, he didn't even mind the feeling of being watched he had when he stood there. It didn't feel intrusive or evil in any way shape or form; in fact it gave him an odd sense of comfort.

An odd reflection of lights on the surface of the still lake made him turn around, the feeling of being watched left him and he hoped that they were going to get help, he knew what this was having studied it with Dumbledore but that didn't make it anything less terrifying.

This, Harry knew, was a time portal; they terrified Harry because anyone desperate enough to travel to or from the future was probably trying to change it to their own advantage. They were extremely rare and only really powerful wizards or witches knew how to conjure them. Unlike time turners they didn't just put time back they actually moved your body into a different time.

The major problem with these things was that even if you could conjure one you had to know how to control it other wise it could send you to the Dark Ages, another hitch was dress code, you couldn't stick out in the time you went to so you had to know what to wear. The most immediate worry with most wizards, the reason most didn't conjure time portals was because you could die in the times that you went to and never get home.

The list was endless and Harry had no idea what was going on, the stillness of the night had been disturbed by a swirling wind, almost like a tornado and the lights were swirling with the wind. Then just as suddenly as it had appeared it stopped. Leaving behind a young girl of maybe nine or ten years of age.

The girl was conscious and unharmed however she was a little disorientated and the fact that Harry was shouting didn't help matters either. By the time Dumbledore came running the girl was sitting up and taking in her surroundings. She noticed Harry couching next to her but she didn't move back, in fact she felt a little better for seeing him.

"Harry, what is it, what happened, who is she?" The headmaster asked, he was dressed in a hot pink dressing gown that fell to his ankles, even he had no idea what was going on, this was not a reassuring thing for Harry.

"Time portal, she came out of it." Harry explained simply.

Before Dumbledore could reply to that the girl jumped up and hugged him as she said "Granddad, it's so good to see you."

Everyone was a little taken aback by this statement and stood there staring at her, she had ebony hair cascading down her back, not a kink in it and gorgeous blue eyes and very aristocratic features. She was a very beautiful child and would grow into an admired woman one day.

"I don't understand, you don't have any children, do you headmaster?" Harry asked getting up and looking at the two strangely. The girl stood there smiling at the two of them.

"No, I don't."

"Well technically you're not my granddad but my daddy, the one who gave birth to me, he always told me to call you that."

"So who are your parents?" Dumbledore asked.

"Can't tell you that"

"Why not?" Harry said suddenly confused.

"Because I haven't been conceived yet" She said as if she had already explained this a million times over and was sick of telling the story. "But my daddy told me to give you a message and stay and help you."

"Why did your father not come himself?"

"Because Daddy had to stay with papa, there are other reasons but I can't tell you, I can't alter the past to much, it may effect the future."

"Right, so what is this message?" Harry asked staring directly at her; this usually unnerved people and it had the desired effect on her.

"Tom Riddle has a son, like me he was sent back to stop me from being conceived, I just have to stop him, take him back to our own time."

"Again, why you?" Harry asked.

"Because I've inherited all the power of both my parents that makes me very powerful" She said this very matter-of-factly, a tone Harry was used to as it was used constantly by Hermione. "Tom's son, Jarrod is pure darkness, even more so than Tom and he is almost unstoppable, he has power that the light knows not, I have the power to stop him when no one else does."

The two older wizards looked momentarily fazed by this before the girl broke the silence again, she really didn't like awkward or uneasy silences like this one. "How rude of me, I haven't introduced myself, my name is Emerald."

"Do you have a last name?" Harry asked still not taking her eyes off of her, there was something there that reminded him of someone but he couldn't figure out who.

"If I told you that then you'd know who my parents were and if they know they may not conceive me." She retorted, Harry scowled but said nothing.

"Why were you out here in the first place Harry?" Dumbledore asked suddenly realising to have come across this girl so quickly he would have had to have been outside at the time the portal opened.

"He comes out here to think, clear his head." Emerald said, both stare at her, she just shrugged "You still do in the future."

"I think Emerald and I need to have a talk, Harry you need to go to bed, I will take care of this for the time being and will call you in the morning if and when you are needed."

Harry nodded although somewhat reluctantly before trailing off to bed, Emerald was led back to the castle by Dumbledore; she followed without a word of protest. "The castle hasn't changed much." She noted as they enter his office.

"No, I don't suppose it has Mrs Potter."

Emerald looked startled, "How did you know? My dad told me you would but how?"

You seemed to like the last chapter but there are a mix of ideas about whose point of veiw it was in. I will tell you that it is Draco, I hope you enjoy this chapter, please review, five and I'll update. xxx