A/N: Normally I only do the thoughts of people on Earth Prime. However this time I have felt the need to do a follow up chapter to Chapter 22: Half Breed World. This is not a normal chapter seeing as Harry and Tonks have already left for their next world. Also since chapter 23 is an Earth Prime chapter, this can't be a chapter. It would throw off my whole chapter format. That is why this is called; Half Breed Intermission! It is basically an interlude chapter to help people understand what the people of the world were thinking at the end of it. Also I am doing this because there are a few questions (even if people wont post them on the message board) floating around that need a bit of clearing up.
Special Note: These thoughts are written in the first person because it is what is happening in the person's head that I am writing about. Please no flaming me about it being different from my normal chapters.
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Half Breed Intermission
How can he be gone! He was like a brother to me for some many years, and now he is gone! He didn't deserve to die that way, hell no one deserves to die that way! Especially not him of all people!
James was like my brother when I left my family behind. His family took me in and loved me like I was one of them. They didn't care that my last name was BLACK instead of POTTER! They cared more about me than my own family did, but now they are all gone!
I no longer have my adopted brother! First I lost my adopted parents in this war and now I have lost him too! I still have Remus, Lily, Hermione, and Pete, but it wont be the same without James here!
For Merlin's sake why did he have to be a fucking HERO! Why did he have to stand there like a fool? Why didn't he just stay hidden with the rest of us? Why couldn't he just stay out of the way and let Harry handle it!
It is Ludwig or rather Harry's fault that James is dead! If that bastard hadn't come here, then James would still be alive and well! We would be planning our next great prank, instead of planning his funeral!
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I knew when that kid came here that there was something wrong about him. It was wrong to call him a traitor, but I knew something was wrong. I could smell it when I first met him!
He might not have been working for the dark lord like I first believed. Though in the end it was his fault that James died! If it wasn't for him showing up James would be alive!
Though I wonder if his showing has changed things for the better, even if we did lose a very dear person. If killing Voldemort really does help the ministry remove the half-breed law then maybe it isn't so bad.
That sounds cruel and selfish to the think of it that way, but at least James' death will have some meaning to it! He died because he wanted to protect that kid, because that is how James was. He was always sticking up for people even if they didn't deserve his loyalties!
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James how could you die on me! You have been chasing after me for five years now trying to get me to go out with you! Now when I finally decide to date you, you go and get killed!
What will happen now to Harry? I know Hermione said that he is still born in the future but how? How can Hermione still be here? I am glad that she is, because she is my best friend now that James is gone, but how can she be here? Why didn't she disappear when Voldemort died? She should have been swallowed by the paradox of time in this reality.
Has all the deaths today changed nothing? Are they all meaningless in the end? James is dead and gone! Would he have tried saving Harry if he didn't know that he was his son? That one I do know the answer too. He would have still tried to save Harry even if he only knew him as Ludwig and not Harry. That is how James was, always trying to defend his friends!
Oh Harry I will miss you as much as I will miss James. For it was you who showed me what could have been. I just wish James was here with me right now, so that our future together could come true. I guess now I can only wait and see what the future holds for me, since the one you knew is no more!
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Why am I still here? It isn't that I dislike being here, but why after all that has happened am I still here? I know the future, but I still can't figure out why the paradox of time has not swallowed me whole.
It will be hard for all of us in this time. Lily will have now have to deal with the lose of James like the rest of us will. I am glad that I am here for her, but I am mainly glad that I am here for Remus.
I still love Remus and I will do whatever it takes to make my time with him here worth it. I know he loves me too even if he loses his temper at times. It is just the werewolf in him, with the full moon so close.
I can't tell them what I know about Harry now. It will have to come out on its own, but the Harry I knew is gone. Harry James Potter is no more in my future! Now he is Harry James Snape, but he still turns out to be a good friend. Though it is strange that Severus Snape is his father! Though Professor Snape is no longer mean to the Gryffindors like he was in my alternate future.
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James and I were never what you considered friends. Then why is it that I feel so badly now that he is dead? He has been a thorn in my side for the last five years of my life, and yet I cannot feel the hate I once did.
Everything has changed in these past two days, and I doubt that anyone will ever forget what has happened. It is all thanks to that boy Harry Potter, the boy that should have been James and Lily's son. Now that cannot happen like it once had, but I will never forget who he was!
I will keep my promise to Harry no matter what it takes. I will look after and protect Lily just like James did! I have always felt something for Lily, but these past couples of days has opened my eyes to the fact that I love her. There is no denying that I do love her, but I know it will not be easy.
Sirius and Remus will not accept me for who I am. They will not be able to forgive me for who I once was, but maybe some day they will. I know Lily and Hermione will forgive me, and accept him as a friend, but the other two will be the challenge.
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Oh poor Harry what hell you must be going through now. You came here trying to set things right by killing Voldemort, but instead things have gone wrong. You had to once again witness the death of your father, even if he wasn't really your father. I don't know how this will affect you, but I will be here for you always!
I am worried about you though Harry. How is it that you could be hit by the Avada Kedavra curse so many times and still be alive to talk about it? How were you able to break the hold of the Imperius Curse? I hope that one day you will tell me how it is possible. Though my main concern is the way that you used the Cruciatus Curse without even thinking twice. That is not like you Harry and I hope that in time you will return to the boy that I am falling in love with. I hate to see you changing into this darker version of yourself, though I do know why you would.
Why was it that I could feel the pain of the curses hitting you? I could feel your rage, anger, and your pain Harry! I don't know why I could, but this wasn't the first time I felt your pain. Though it was the first time I could feel your rage and anger towards Voldemort.
Oh Lily how will you survive without James? How will any of you be able to deal with such lose? I would die if I lost Harry, even though I have only truly known him for less than a month. It is strange how close we have become, even if he doesn't realize it. I just hope the next world we come to is better than some we have seen.
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James what were you thinking? Why would you stand there like that, when you knew we were in the middle of a battle! Snape was no better, but at least he knew to stay behind me! You should not have been behind Voldemort! Actually none of you should have been there at all!
Once again I have allowed my emotions to cloud my judgment! If I hadn't been clouded by rage, I would have known better than allow any of you to come to that village! That battle was between Voldemort and me, and no one else was to die this night! Especially not you James, because now my future self cannot be born!
That can't be right though because Hermione said that I was still born. How could I be born in her future when I watched my father, to be, get killed tonight! There is a lot I don't know about this world, but I hope that they all can survive better now. I hope that Remus and Hermione are happy together forever, just like James and Lily were meant to be. I hope that they can forgive Snape, like I did. Though I doubt that I will ever be able to forgive the Snape of my world!
Tonks tonight I realized just how much I care about you. When I saw the horror in your eyes, I knew then that I could not allow this to happen again. I will do whatever it takes to become strong enough to protect you. Even if that means that I have to use dark arts to achieve my goal! I just hope that people will judge me for who I am and not for what I do! Tonks today I realized that I am falling in love with you, and you are my one true reason for living. I just hope the next world we come to, turns out to be better than some we have seen.
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I can't believe that James Potter is gone. He was a good man, with a pure heart. All will feel his death. When I found out that he died in the alternate future I knew then that something had to be done to change that. Though I worry now that I have messed up everything. Now Harry Potter will not be in our new future.
I now that Miss Evans, Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin, Miss Granger and even Mr. Snape will come to deal with the effects of this night. Though I doubt any of us will ever forget what has happened here tonight. I just hope that they can accept Severus for what he has done, and forgive him for what he did in the past. I have a feeling that they will need him more now than ever, since James is gone.
I also know that I cannot allow Miss Granger to be swallowed by the paradox of time. I am most pleased to see that she isn't and I intend to make sure she isn't. she told be that I was the one who sent her back to this time from the alternate future. That is why I know now that I must make sure that even with our new future that I still send her back.
I fear that if I do not send her back, then things may return to the way I don't want them too. We might have lost James in this war, but if things were changed to bring him back then too many more would be lost!
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A/N: Ok I know it is short, but I hope that it clears up a few things from Chapter 22. Remember this is not a normal chapter, so Chapter 23 will be up soon. I will reply to review when I post chapter 23. Until then I hope you liked this small intermission into the minds of some of the characters.