A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I hope that all of you have a wonderful Christmas tomorrow, and that you enjoy this chapter. I have been having technical problems with my computer, and so that's why this blasted chapter is late. I am taking a break over the holidays and maybe it can be fixed, so my next chapter may be later getting up. However never fear it will be up as soon as I am able to get it up to you.
Winter Blaze: Thank you for reviewing. I understand that school has kept you busy, and it is okay. I wont hunt you down and tickle you for not reviewing. (Evil Grin)
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Recap
Harry left Tonks sleep until six am and then woke her for breakfast. After finishing their breakfast they made their way to the Room of Requirements. At exactly seven o'clock Harry hit the button and was pleased to see the vortex appear before him. He watched as Tonks jumped into the vortex and then followed her into it.
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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Godfather of Dimensional Travel
The vortex opened into the Room of Requirements and Harry fell out with a thud. He quickly glanced around and found that there were a few things wrong about the situation he was in.
The first problem was that the Room of Requirements was not dark and empty like it normally was when he arrived. Instead it was brightly lit up and was set up with stands around it for people to sit on. The stands were full of people with big grins on their faces that were cheering and clapping.
The second big problem, and by far the most important one, Tonks was missing! Harry quickly looked around, but she was gone! Harry replayed the jump in his head, and remembered watching Tonks go into the vortex, so where was she? "Tonks!" Harry screamed as he collapsed on to his knees, not even caring about the people looking at him or why they were even there.
"Harry!" Came Tonks voice, but it was different from the one he knew. It wasn't the young cheerful voice, but an older cheerful voice.
Harry looked up and saw her and at first he would have yelled that she wasn't Tonks, but given what Tonks was it may have been here. "Tonks is that you?"
"Of course its me silly, who else would it be?" Tonks said, but there was still something off to Harry.
Harry just stared at her for a moment. "Tonks why did you change your appearance, especially into an older one?"
"HARRY! That was not nice! You always liked my older appearance before!" Tonks said as she started to tear up. She abruptly turned and stormed off.
Harry just sat there lost, not quite sure what was happening. Things seemed to be as weird as they could get, yet Harry felt that he hadn't seen anything yet.
"Harry you made it! I didn't know if the timer would work or not but it did! Was it weird going to other worlds?" Hermione said as she started into a million questions, all of which Harry had no clue what to say too.
"Hermione cool it!" Harry snapped as he got to his feet. "I have to talk to Dumbledore!"
"Harry, is that any way to talk to your friend? No what is so important that you had to be rude to her?" Dumbledore asked as he came up behind Harry.
Harry spun around and looked at Dumbledore. "Do I have a double here?"
"What? Oh, I think I know what you mean. No Harry you are home, so there is no double here." Dumbledore said with a gleam in his eyes.
"If I am truly home then tell me why are all these people here? I am sure not many know about my disappearance. For that matter could you tell me how you knew I would be here? Harry asked not wanting to believe he was home until he was absolutely sure of it.
"The people were your idea sir, and I must say that I am shocked you have returned so soon. I had thought you would visit a few worlds before returning here." A voice came behind Harry, which he didn't know.
Harry spun around and looked at a short man with wild white hair. "Who are you?"
"Sir, I am William Stamford, and I must say I am a bit shocked you have forgotten me. Since I was the one that helped you get into London's most famous school of dimension travel." William said as he looked at Harry.
"That proves it! I never went to any school for dimensional travel and I sure as hell don't know you! Now someone tell me what the hell is going on here now!" Harry said curtly and then watched in disbelief as everything in the room went black.
Harry blinked a few times as a small dim light came back into place. The stands and people were gone and Harry found himself looking at a tall man with blazing red hair.
"So you aren't the Harry of this world. I should have expected as much when Tonks arrived with you." The man said as he looked at Harry.
"Where is Tonks? If you hurt her I will kill you!" Harry said as he pulled out his wand and aimed it at the man.
"Harry calm down, Tonks is fine. She is merely sleeping; I had to find out if you were the true Harry. I am Gorton, and I am a Planeswalker." Gorton said as he looked at Harry.
"I don't know what a Planeswalker is, but if you don't show me Tonks soon I will kill you!" Harry said as he glared at Gorton.
Gorton waved his hand and Tonks appeared in front of him and she started to wake up. "Harry what's going on?"
"Tonks!" Harry said as he rushed up to her and hugged her. "It really is you!"
"Harry what are you talking about? Why are you acting like I disappeared or something?" Tonks asked after pulling away from Harry.
"She doesn't remember?" Harry asked Gorton.
"Harry what are you talking about?" Tonks said and then realized that they weren't alone. "What is going on here?"
"Miss Tonks has been asleep since she landed here, and so no she doesn't know any of the things you saw. Harry they were not real images that you saw here, I used the room to make them appear. I could sense the vortex and where it would appear that is how I knew where to find you." Gorton said as he looked at them both.
"Tonks this is Gorton, and he says he is a Planeswalker, though I don't know what that is." Harry said as he helped Tonks to her feet.
Tonks looked at Gorton for a moment. "Gorton is it? Well maybe you could explain to us what is happening on this world."
Gorton thought a moment, and two chairs appeared for Harry and Tonks to sit on. "You may want to sit down. This could take a while to explain." Groton waited until they were seated and then started again. "As I have said I am a Planeswalker, which means I can travel to other dimensions without the need for a timer like you use. Your timer however only allows you to travel to parallel Earths, where as I can go to any plane or dimension. I can travel to the Astral Plane, Ethereal Plane, Multiple Prime Planes, and many more wonderful planes of existence. You would be astonished to know how many blundering sods I have dealt with in my travels. However when I found this world, it was by pure accident. I was crossing the Astral Plane, when a vortex like yours sucked me in." Gorton said and the paused to think about what had happened to him.
"That is when I met the Harry Potter of this world. He was a brilliant mix of wizard and muggle as you people call them. I am not sure how your world is but here muggles and wizards have lived in harmony for many years. Harry was able to study in both worlds, and became quite knowledgeable. That was how he developed the vortex to travel to other worlds, which was what pulled me here. I decided to aid him in his efforts and trained him in all I known about the different dimensions." Gorton said as he looked at them.
"Does that mean you can get me home?" Harry asked as he looked at Gorton.
"I am sorry Harry, but my form of travel only permits me to go and come through the dimensions. Also since I don't know your home dimension it would be hard to get you there. If the Harry of this world were here, then he would be able to help you. He knows how to set up the timer to go to an exact dimension, but I don't know how he does it." Gorton said in an answer to Harry.
Harry pulled out his timer and looked at it for a moment and then looked at Gorton again. "Tonks and I are here for twenty-seven hours, do you think your Harry will be back by then?"
"That I can not say, because I am not sure how many worlds he will check out. He doesn't go to worlds on a timetable like you. He goes to worlds as he wants and can open a vortex out when he wants too. However if he does come back I am sure that he would help you get home." Gorton said as he looked at Harry.
Tonks looked at Harry for a moment. "Gorton said muggles and wizards live in harmony here, so maybe we wont have to fight Voldemort on this world."
Gorton looked at them for a moment. "Voldemort? Who is Voldemort?"
Harry looked at Gorton and grinned. "A demented half-blood wizard named Tom Riddle. On my world and many others he became evil and started killing muggle born wizards."
"Tom Riddle?" Gorton said and then looked as if he was shocked. "Wow! That's amazing, because on this world Tom Riddle is the Minister of Magic!"
"What!" Tonks and Harry both said in perfect unison.
"Yeah he got elected minister a few years ago. The people wanted Albus Dumbledore to become minister because they couldn't stand Cornelius Fudge." Gorton said as he thought about the election. "Albus wouldn't take the job since he liked his job as Headmaster of this school. That is when he decided to sponsor Tom Riddle for the position. The people figured if Dumbledore supported him, then they would too, so Tom was elected as minister."
"I have heard everything now! I knew I would end up on some weird worlds, but I must say this wasn't one I thought I would come to." Harry said as he held Tonks hand, as if needing to make sure it was all real.
"Harry the Tom of this world must have never turned evil. Dumbledore would not have supported him for the minister position if he had right?" Tonks asked in a worried voice.
"If all that Gorton says is true, about the harmony between muggle and wizards, then I think it is safe to assume Tom is not evil on this world. Which I must say I am happy about, because we finally get a break from fighting." Harry said with a glint in his eyes.
Gorton looked at them a bit confused but tried to reframe from to many questions. "I suggest that you stay in here, otherwise people will believe you to be the Harry of this world. They have a huge celebration set up for him, since he is the Godfather of Dimensional Travel on this world."
Harry just smiled as he looked at Gorton. "I am sure we can entertain ourselves in here until we leave. Though I do ask that you tell us if and when your Harry arrives. I really would like to talk with him about getting me home."
Gorton grinned as he thought about the two teenagers before him and how they would entertain themselves for a day. "I will be sure to tell him to come see you if he arrives before your departure. If not I will stop by before you leave to see you off."
"Thanks" Harry and Tonks both said in unison and then watched as Gorton left the room.
"So Harry what do you want to do? We have a whole day to kill here." Tonks said with a gleam in her eyes.
"First I want to rest, because I haven't slept in a while. After that we can do whatever you want to pass the time." Harry said with a weak tired smile.
Harry made a bed appear and went off to get some sleep. Tonks decided to join him since she didn't want to sit up alone the whole time. They both fell asleep holding one another close.
They spent six hours in bed, and woke around one in the afternoon. Harry decided to work out in a gym for a while, so he had the room create him a private gym to work out in. Tonks decided to get in some dueling practice so she had the room conjure up some attack dummies for her to practice against.
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Harry's Mind During Workout
It will be wonderful if my double actually can get Tonks and I to my home world. I really do want to get back and see my real friends. It isn't the same seeing them on other worlds like this; because they are my doubles' friends not mine.
I will make Voldemort and all his followers pay when I get back to home world! I will continue to make them pay with each new world I come to also! Though really I suppose I should thank old snake face, because if he hadn't sent me on this adventure I wouldn't have learnt all I have.
Thank to him I have changed! I no longer fear using dark arts and I know now that I can kill! Some might think that I am evil, because of what I did, but I don't care any more! All I care about now is protecting Tonks and all my other friends! If that old goat Dumbledore can't understand that, then he will just have to learn to understand! I will no longer be his little puppet to control and use. If he thinks he can control me any longer he is in for one hell of a shock!
I am not the same weak Harry Potter that left over a month ago! After I am able to perform my ritual I will be even stronger than I am now, and then Voldemort will not be able to stop me! Bellatrix thinks I am weak, well I showed her double that I wasn't! When I get the Bellatrix of my world, I will show her too, and I will show her no mercy!
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Tonks' Mind During Practice
I suppose I should be happy that Harry might finally get home, but yet I am scared about it too. He has changed a lot since I first met him and my feelings for him have changed a lot too. I really do love him, and I don't think that I could live if he decides he doesn't want to be with me.
It is selfish of me I know but I can't lose him no matter what happens! He might have become darker since I have known him, but I really can't blame him. He has been put through hell his whole life! Together we will make all those pay for what they have done to him, that's if it will allow me to help him!
He doesn't like to see me fighting, but I think he will realize that I am here for him. I have tried showing him that, and I hope that he never forgets that!
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After Training
Harry and Tonks did their thing until Gorton stopped by in the late evening with food for them. Harry and Tonks gladly took the food and started to eat hungrily.
After they finished eating and talking to Gorton, they decided to take a shower. They watched as Gorton left with a wave goodbye and then went off to get a shower together. After they had finished they spent the rest of the evening quietly reading for a while. Then they both went to bed late in the night totally exhausted from their earlier training.
The next morning Harry woke up around six, and waited to see if his double would show up, but he never did. Gorton brought them breakfast around nine o'clock and they happily ate it before their departure.
"Gorton will you tell my double about my arrival here?" Harry asked as he prepared to leave.
Gorton smiled as he looked at Harry and Tonks. "I will be sure to tell him of your arrival. He will be most interested to know that he is not the only one traveling to different dimensions."
"Do you think he would come looking for us?" Tonks asked as she looked at Gorton and Harry.
"If he can locate you, I am sure that Mr. Potter would be happy to aid you and Harry in your travels to get home." Gorton said as he looked at them with a smile.
Harry looked at the timer and then at Gorton and Tonks. "It is almost time to leave Tonks. Gorton thanks for all you have done for us."
"It was my pleasure Harry and please travel safely." Gorton said as he shook Harry's hand. He then kissed Tonks on the cheek and whispered in her ear. "Take care of him Tonks, we both know he doesn't like to do it himself."
Tonks just laughed as she watched Harry pull out the timer. He hit the button and the vortex appeared in front of them. Tonks waved by to Gorton and jumped into the vortex. Harry waved bye and followed behind her.