A/N: Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy.
Kkenny: Sorry but no Johnny Cash is not the only man in black now. (especially not the men in my tale). YES! I told you I was the Coke Classic of Evil lol. No fear your wait is over now. Thanks for your review.
Tabitha78: Ok I could see not being surprised by Moody's thoughts, but I thought that Tonks' might have left you with some questions ;). I think Molly would view Harry as one of her kids, and we all know her worst fear is losing one of her children, so Harry would probably fit in there. Interesting theory that there are two men from the future. I still don't know why you think anyone is from the future, but your allowed your own opinion. (I think ya read one to many time travel fics lol. J/K). I have said it before but I will say it again you are persistent in the view that Harry is the man in black lol. Thanks for your review and your support on my message board.
Recap
"It all started the summer following Harry's fifth year here at Hogwarts." Started Dumbledore as he looked at Tonks and Harry. "Harry returned to stay with his Aunt and Uncle though he hated the Dursleys. I had decided that it would be best if Order members continued to keep an eye on him during the summer. I also decided that Harry needed to continue his Occlumency lessons. Though I knew that he would not learn anything from Snape after what happened. I was busy with other things pertaining to the school and couldn't free up time to train him. That is when I got the idea to allow Nymphadora Tonks to teach him Occlumency over the summer. I fear that it was my idea and foolishness that caused Harry to become the man he is now. You see over the summer Harry and Tonks became closer during their lessons. Harry began to like Tonks a lot and Tonks was beginning to fall for Harry as well. The two of them fell in love and hide it from the world as much as possible. However they felt that I should know the truth about them. I was not excited about their relationship, but I was glad that Harry was happy. Harry told me that he wanted to MARRY Tonks after he graduated from Hogwarts, but that would not happen. Instead Harry had to watch as the only woman he ever truly loved was murdered by muggles. That is when Harry snapped he sworn his revenge on them and would not return to Hogwarts for schooling. Today was the first time I have seen Harry in two years, but I knew he different today, he was darker than usual."
Chapter Nineteen: Witchcraft World Part Two
Harry and Tonks just looked at each other. Neither one really knew what to say. As their eyes met they quickly looked away. Tonks blushed as she thought about her double being in love with Harry's double.
Harry looked at Dumbledore with a gleam of understanding in his eyes. "I can understand how he feels. I have seen my friends die numerous times on planets I have been too. I suppose if I had seen the woman I loved in the situation that he did that I would lose it too. Though I still can't see myself wanting to kill muggles just to get revenge on those that did it. I may go after those at the prison, but not every muggle."
Tonks looked at Dumbledore and seen that there was a bit of a twinkle returning to his eyes. "I agree with Harry Professor. Though I can see how his double looks at it too." She then turned her attention towards Harry making sure not to make eye contact with him. "Harry we have to help them some how. You said we had four days here, it isn't much, but maybe we could do something to help them."
Harry looked at Tonks for a second and then at Dumbledore. "Albus we will help you in any way we can. Maybe we could talk some sense into my double. Maybe we could make him see that revenge on all muggles isn't the answer."
Dumbledore's eyes began to once again twinkle as he looked at Harry and Tonks. "I pray that it is not too late to prevent him from doing something stupid. Though I fear that there isn't much we could do to help him see that his point of view is wrong."
Tonks jumped out of her seat as if her butt had been lit on fire. "I got it! What if the love of his life showed him that revenge wasn't the answer? What if she showed him that she wouldn't want him doing something so foolish?"
Dumbledore didn't stand from his desk he merely motioned for Tonks to take her seat. "I must say that is an interesting idea Tonks, but I don't think that he will fall for it. no we will have to show him that it is wrong from a moral stand point."
Tonks sat back down feeling a little embarrassed by her outburst. "I just thought that maybe.."
Harry placed his hand on her shoulder to show that he understood. "Tonks it was a good idea, but I think Albus is right. If my double is anything like me I don't think he would be able to deal with seeing his love. I think it would just fuel his rage even more so, and push him over the edge more than he is now."
Dumbledore stood up and walked around to the edge of his desk. "Tonks I am sorry, but I will have to ask you to change your appearance before we do anything. Harry is right; the sight of you could make his double go further over the edge. Seeing as you're a Metamorphmagus that shouldn't be to much too ask."
Harry looked at Tonks and then at Dumbledore. "Sir, I am a Metamorphmagus also. I think it might be best if I didn't look like my double either. Seeing as he is already in a state of despair it might have a bad effect on him."
Dumbledore gleamed at Harry. "Harry I didn't know you were a Metamorphmagus, but yes your right. Since you can change your appearance as well I would suggest that you do so. Also it will help to keep people from thinking that you are the Harry of this world."
Tonks screwed up her face in concentration. She began to change and soon she stood five foot nine inches. She had shoulder length fire red hair, and sparkling emerald green eyes. "How's this?"
Dumbledore looked at her and became pale. "You may want to try again my dear. We couldn't want either Harry to mistake you for their mother."
Harry looked at Tonks and was shocked at how much Tonks looked like his mother Lily. "If I didn't know it was you Tonks I would believe you were my mother. You look so much like her."
Tonks again screwed her face up in concentration. Her height stayed the same, but she changed her hair from long and red to shoulder length reddish brown hair. She now had brown eyes instead of the sparkling emerald eyes she had before. "Better?"
Dumbledore and Harry both spoke at the same time. "Much better."
Dumbledore then turned his attention to Harry. I believe that lets only you now Harry.
Harry screwed up his face in concentration. His hair went from short and messy black to long silver hair that reached down between his shoulder blades. His emerald eyes turned to an unnatural silver in color. His height and build also changed. He was a medium build now and stood six foot three inches tall.
"Wow that is great Harry you really got the hang of that now." Squealed Tonks in glee.
"All thanks to your training Tonks. I would have never been able to do this without your training." Replied Harry as he looked at Tonks.
Dumbledore was amazed at the two completely different looking people in front of him. "Both of you are amazing, and I am sure that ability will serve you well in life. Especially if you decide to become an Auror. Now all we need to do is change your names. It wouldn't be right to call you Tonks and Harry with your new appearances."
Harry and Tonks just looked at each other for a moment not sure what to say. They weren't sure what names they should use, and thankfully they didn't have to decide.
"Tonks my dear I think that the only name befitting you would be Belinda or just Linda if you prefer that." Dumbledore said as he looked at her with a twinkle in his eyes.
Tonks just smiled as she looked at Dumbledore. "That will work just fine sir, I think Linda will do nicely."
"Harry I can think can think of a few names befitting you but I think the best one for you would be Ludwig." Said Dumbledore as he looked at him with the same twinkle in his eyes that Harry knew all to well.
Harry looked at Tonks and then at Dumbledore for a moment. "That will be fine sir, though I think I am a bit flashy for that name."
Tonks blushed a bit as she thought 'you look great to me'. This thought made her turn her head away from Harry.
"With that out of the way I believe we should go down to the Great Hall and see what the current situation down there is." Said Dumbledore as he looked at Tonks and Harry.
A/N: From this point on in this chapter I will refer to Tonks as Linda and the dimension traveling Harry as Ludwig.
Dumbledore, Ludwig, and Linda made their way from his office and went down to the Great Hall. As they drew closer to the Great Hall they could hear the shouting looming from inside it.
Alastor Moody stood outside the now closed doors of the great hall. He looked at Dumbledore and grinned a crooked grin. He just stared at the two people who were accompanying Albus. "Albus who are they?"
Dumbledore stopped in front of Alastor. "This is Ludwig and Linda. They have come to help us in our battle against the rebels."
Alastor just looked at Ludwig and Linda for a moment and then turned his attention back to Dumbledore. "Sir earlier I thought I seen Harry Potter out here with Nymphadora Tonks of all people. They were looking for you, but I am sure I must have been mistaken."
Dumbledore just looked at Moody for a moment. "It has been a long day for all of use Alastor I am sure it was only your imagination. The only visitors I have had tonight were Ludwig and Linda. Shall we go in and see how Mr. Potter is fairing with his crusade to bring down all muggles?"
Linda just glared at Alastor and looked like she wanted to rip off his good leg and beat him with it. However she regained her composer as Dumbledore motioned for them to go into the Great Hall.
As they walked into the Great Hall they seen why there was so much shouting. Harry Potter and his rebel followers were standing on one side of the hall. While Dumbledore's supporters, Order of the Phoenix Members, and Aurors were on the other side. Both sides kept shouting their points of view across the hall at each other.
Ludwig was surprised to see that Harry had so many supporters on his side. Ludwig was shocked to see that Harry had Lavender Brown, Katie Bell, Colin and Dennis Creevey, Lee Jordan, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood standing on his side of the hall. What was even more shocking was that Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger were not standing with Harry but instead remained with Dumbledore's followers. Ludwig could see why Hermione would be against it, but he couldn't see why Ron wouldn't want revenge for the deaths of his mother and brothers.
Dumbledore took his place in the middle of the two groups. "QUIET!"
The Great Hall fell into total silence for the first time since Dumbledore had left a few hours before hand. Everyone turned their attentions to Dumbledore as he stood between them. "This fighting between us is not helping us get anywhere. I had requested that we all discuss this in a rational manner, but I see that will not work. As it is lunchtime might I suggest that we put all this yelling aside for now and have some lunch? Maybe then we will be able to discuss this in a more rational manner."
Dumbledore waved his wand and the tables normally decorated with the four house colors changed. Now there were only two sets of colors on the tables as they formed two long rows in the Great Hall. The tables that Dumbledore's followers were seated at changed to red and silver. The side that Harry and his rebels sat at turned to green and gold.
Dumbledore sat at the staff table, which now was half decorated in red and silver, and half decorated in green and gold. Dumbledore motioned for Ludwig and Linda to sit with him at the staff table. Then he stood up and looked at everyone. "Much better now let us eat!"
Dumbledore sat back down and food began to appear on the table. There was hushed talking on both sides of the hall as the people ate, but they were at least not shouting at each other.
Ludwig dug into his food eagerly as he had not eaten since the last world he was on. He tried not to focus on either side of the hall as he ate. Though he was amazed at how even both sides were. Dumbledore and Harry had about the same amount of followers, which was a bit shocking to Ludwig.
After they had finished with lunch the food disappeared from the tables. Dumbledore stood up once everyone was done eating and looked at everyone in the hall. "Now then before everyone begins yelling at each other again I would like to introduce to neutral people who I have asked to join me at the staff table. This is Ludwig and Linda and I have asked that they come to this meeting to act as mediators in your debate. This is because everyone knows where I sat on the issue, so it was best to get two people who were unbiased in their views of the issues."
Ludwig and Linda just looked at each other. They had no idea that they would be mediators in this world's debate. Though they both knew that they were truly the only ones that were not affected by the issues of this world.
Harry stood up and Ludwig seen that he must have been seventeen or eighteen years of age. Though he wasn't sure, he might have just looked older than he should have. "Dumbledore you old coot you don't get it do you? It doesn't matter if you believe in our cause or not! What matters is that we feel strongly that all muggles should pay for what they have done!"
Dumbledore looked at Harry and Ludwig could tell that he wasn't happy. "Harry please sit down. You will have your chance to express your views but right now I think we have heard enough from you."
The debating continued on back and fourth long into the night. The only time it stopped was when they paused for dinner. Then they went right back into it after they had finished eating.
By time Ludwig and Linda made their way to private quarters that Dumbledore had set up for them it was already after two in the morning. They both went to bed totally exhausted from the debate that they had to listen too.
Ludwig laid awake though he was totally exhausted. He just couldn't get the thought of the Harry of this world and Tonks being so in love. Then the thoughts about how the Tonks of this world died came back to him. As he tried to push those thoughts out of his head, the thoughts of his own nightmare came crashing back into his head.
Ludwig didn't sleep to well that night as he had the same nightmare about Tonks that he had before. Only this time Voldemort had used more curses on her than he had during the first version of the dream. He wasn't really in the mood to hear the same arguments that he had heard the day before, but he tried to pay attention.
The day dragged on for Ludwig and Linda they both wished it that the sides would come to some sort of an understanding. Though they knew deep down that neither side was going to give in to the other. The hardest point for Ludwig was when Ron Weasley came up to speak in the in the early evening.
Ron stood looking at both sides before he spoke. "I know better than most of the people here how it feels to lose someone. Those mulish muggles killed my mother and two brothers for no reason! Not to mention that they also shot my father in the back while he tried to defend my mother. Some of you probably wonder then way I can stand here and support Dumbledore's point of view. I admit it is not easy to deal with the fact that my family has been torn apart because of pigheaded muggles, but that is no reason to persecute all muggles! If we did that, then we would be no better than they are! I have friends that are muggle born and you don't see them supporting what the muggles are doing. They are here with us trying to figure out a way for all of us to get along. What really tears me apart inside is the fact that one of my best mates in the world would turn against his friends. That is what really kills him, because Harry you have always stood for what is right in this world. You were the one that always defended those too weak to defend themselves and now you are leading the charge to kill them!" Ron couldn't continue his speech as tears began to flow from his eyes. He made his way back and sat down beside Hermione.
Ludwig couldn't take any more after Ron's speech and declared an end to the debate for the day. He knew that it wasn't his world or the people that he knew from his world. Though they were basically the same people he knew and loved.
Ludwig went to be by himself by the lake. He always did like the view of the lake, it was peaceful. He spent the rest of the day there at the lake until Linda came and got him at nightfall. They made their way to their quarters and went off to bed. Linda wanted to talk to Ludwig, but he was in no mood to talk.
Ludwig laid down on his bed and pulled out the timer which read "2:22:59:03". He placed the timer on the stand by his bed and just looked at the ceiling. "Almost three more days to go. I don't know if I can take much more of this debating."
The next day was just as bad as the other two and it didn't look like it was going to get much easier for Ludwig and Linda. Neither of they were any closer to knowing how to get the feuding to stop than they were when they started.
It was 9:52pm when Kingsley Shacklebolt came into the Great Hall all out of breath. His robes were all dirty and he looked like he had just come from one hell of a battle. He made his way up to Dumbledore and spoke loud enough for everyone to hear him. "Albus it's terrible! Muggles have managed to get into Hogsmeade and have begun to capture wizards by dozens."
Dumbledore just looked at him a bit shock. "Calm down what do you muggles got into Hogsmeade? I wasn't aware that they were able to do that."
Kingsley Shacklebolt caught his breath and then continued. "It's worse than that I am afraid. They aren't alone! They have wizards aiding them in their attack. A group of muggles and their wizard supporters are making their way towards the castle right now!"
Harry jumped up from his table. "See Dumbledore because of your foolish debating they have made it this far. We should have put an end to this before they got this far! The time for talking is over, we will have to fight them here and now!"
A/N: Well that is it for this chapter, and so the climatic battle will occur in the next chapter. Now everyone be good and REVIEW!
