A/N: Happy New Year Everyone!
I haven't really felt much like writing lately, but I wanted to get this chapter up, mainly because if I didn't people would start hunting me down and beating me till I did it. Well maybe not, but I still knew I needed to get it up and so here it is.
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Recap
Voldemort lowered his wand and stuck up his scaly hand. He placed it under Bellatrix's chin and moved her head up so her eyes met his. "That is better Bella, it will serve you well to remember who is in charge! As I was saying I want you and Wormtail to find out as much about Azkaban defenses as you can. I want to get all my servants out of there, and then we go after the big target. Once I am ready we will go after Hogwarts!"
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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Harry Comes Home?
Things on Earth Prime were not looking up, and with each new day, came another disaster. With each new disaster caused by Voldemort and his followers, came more panic and fear. This increased the desire to have Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix come to the rescue. This however didn't seem to happen and as the days went by the overall feeling in the wizardrying world was despair and anguish.
The acting minister Arthur Weasley had his hands full with complaints pouring in about the lack of protection. People complaining that the ministry wasn't doing enough to ensure their safety. Which in most cases was true, because the Aurors were not having any luck getting the Death Eaters.
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Alastor Moody's Point of View
Alastor Moody returned to the ministry at Minister Weasley's request, because Arthur wanted him to help in strategizing a plan of attack. The ministry needed a way to make the people feel safe again, but with all the Death Eater attacks it was not going to be easy. Alastor was the one of the best Aurors in the world and one of the best strategists, so if anyone could come up with something it was him.
"No, no, NO!" Alastor slammed his fist down on the table. "Look if we go at this like a bunch of greenhorns then we're going to continue losing!"
A group of young Aurors sits listening too moody as he once again explains what they need to do in order to better protect the citizens of the Wizardrying World.
"Constant Vigilance! That is what we need!" Alastor shouting getting all the young Aurors' attention. "Aurors are being to focused on attacks when they occur, we need to prevent the attacks from happening! We need to be fully alert to the entire situation, so we can stop the Death Eaters from attacking!"
"How? Without Harry Potter everyone feels we lost!" Stated a female Auror in the back on the room, in a matter of fact tone of voice.
Moody's wooden leg thumped against the floor as he stepped away from his desk. "Tell me Miss Morse why is it that people think that?"
Miss Morse, a young Auror just out of training, stands up and looks at Moody. "Well sir, the people know that Harry is the Boy-Who-Lived, so without him we are not match for You-Know-Who."
Moody looks over her with his magical eye for a moment. "Is that so Miss Morse? Tell me do you think that way too?"
Miss Morse blushes a bit as she looks at him. "To be honest yes sir."
Moody glares at her with his good eye, as his magical eye scans the room. "Then Miss Morse I suggest you GET OUT! That goes for all of you that feel that way! I will not work with a bunch of people who would rather put the responsibility on one small boy's shoulders instead of taking it upon themselves to do something! It is going to take every last one of us to bring down the evil that threatens out lives! Even if Harry Potter was here right now he would not be able to do it alone!"
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While life outside of Hogwarts was bad, it wasn't a much prettier sight inside the Hogwarts' walls. Over a month had passed since Harry disappeared and they were nowhere near finding a way to get him home.
Hermione and Remus were hard at work in the library as usual. They had poured over every book in the library that might have helped them in any way, and still they had nothing.
"Bloody hell! We are just wasting our time!" Hermione said being rather pissed about not finding anything. "Professor we been at this for over a month and still haven't found a way to save Harry!"
Remus closed the book he was looking at and rubs his eyes. "Hermione we can't give up. Harry wouldn't give up if it was one of us that was missing."
A tear ran down Hermione's cheek. "I know that professor and I am not giving up on finding him. It just seems hopeless to me, because none of these books are helping. We can't find him with books we need a better way to locate him!"
Remus got up and looked at Hermione. "What we need is a break. How about we go to the kitchen and see if we can get a bite to eat."
Hermione looked at Remus and grinned. "That is a brilliant idea. I been at this so long I don't even remember when my last break was."
Remus laughed as he started for the door. "Probably when you passed out the other night from exhaustion."
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Nymphadora Tonks' Point of View
Nymphadora Tonks finally got put back on active duty after a month of desk duty, following the injuries she received during the battle at the Department of Mysteries.
Kingsley Shacklebolt and Tonks we placed together to scout around Diagon Alley for any signs of Death Eater activities. However all Tonks was finding was how infuriating Shacklebolt could be when on a mission.
Tonks was use to doing things her own way, which normally meant going against everything she had learnt in Auror training. Though with Kingsley she had found she had to follow the rules to the T, because Kingsley didn't tolerate senseless behavior.
Tonks sat in the Leaky Cauldron with a butter bear in front of her looking around aimlessly. 'This is boring! Why should he get to have all the fun while I am stuck here doing nothing! He gets to go off doing unknown missions and I have to sit around looking for anyone that might be a Death Eater. I have the same amount of training he does and yet he still wont let me go with him!'
"Tonks!" Kingsley said for the second time sitting beside her.
Tonks looked at him blankly for a second having just been yanked out of her thoughts by his voice. "What?"
Kingsley looked at her with a stern gaze. "About time, look over there." Kingsley motions for her to look over at a near by table where a wizard is sitting dressed in a black set of robes.
"You think he might be one?" Tonks asked as she looked at the man, though she couldn't get a good look at whom he was.
"It is possible, he is dressed like one, but we best not rush into finding out." Kingsley said in a low voice as he kept a keen eye on the man.
"No, wouldn't want to break any rules, now would we?" Tonks said curtly as she sneer at the man dressed in black.
"Tonks you need to follow the rules more! No wonder your fiancée didn't want you on his mission with him!" Snapped Kingsley as he returned to watching the man once more.
Tonks remained silent as she continued to watch the man, though her mind wouldn't shut up. 'Could Kingsley be right about him? Maybe he didn't want me on the mission because I don't follow the rules when trying to do things. No, that can't be right! He doesn't follow the rules either, hell he breaks more rules than I do!'
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Albus Dumbledore's Point of View
Dumbledore wasn't having the best summer of his life; in fact this had to qualify for the worst summer ever. He had bad summers before, but this one defiantly had to be his worst. His prize pupil was missing, most of London was under attack by a dark lord, and the greatest wizard known alive was helpless to do anything about it.
Dumbledore sat in his office staring off into the distance. "Harry where are you? Why wont Blade even tell me how to begin to get you back?" Dumbledore placed his head into his hands. "Blade why wouldn't you want us to help? What are you hiding from me that could be bad, for you to block everything out from me?"
"Because old man, anything I tell you would have to be Obliviated from your mind!" Came a deep German accent from a dark recess of the office.
Dumbledore looked up a bit shocked at first, but then his expression turned to one of concern and rage. "Blade! Show yourself!"
An insane laugh echoes out of the dark recess. "Dumbledore, you are still as naive as always. Do you really think I have to listen to you?"
"Blade would you mind telling me how you got into my office without me seeing you?" Dumbledore said still trying to remain calm as he looked where the Blade's voice was coming from.
Blade steps out of the darkness and walks over near Dumbledore's desk. "Yes I would mind, because that is another matter that cannot be discussed at this time. Look I dropped by to tell you that you are going to be having a visitor! You might want to get Hermione and Lupin as well. I am sure they would most enjoy meeting this visitor!"
Dumbledore looked up at Blade in amazement and confusion. "Who is it and why would we be getting a visitor?"
"You still try an ask too many questions, now do you want to meet the visitor or not?" Blade asked in an impatient tone.
Dumbledore stood up from his desk. Over the years Dumbledore has learned that Blade has his quirks about him, so his attitude towards him was no big surprise to Dumbledore. "Blade you know you can really try an old man's patients, but alas I suppose if you came here to tell me of a visitor's arrival it must be important. Where would this visitor be at for us to meet?"
Blade gives Dumbledore an amused grin. "That's what I admire about you Professor, I can be my natural rude self and you still are humble and kind towards me. The visitor shall be arriving in the room of requirements in about five minutes, so I suggest you hurry. Oh you may want to stop by the kitchens first, because that is where you will find Hermione and Professor Lupin. Now I must be going I have an urgent mission that I should get back to."
Dumbledore looks at Blade and smiles. "Thank you, I will be sure to pick them up along the way. Due be careful on your mission, and Blade do try to be a bit nicer to people. Not everyone is as open to your moods as I am."
Blade just grins and nods as he walks back into the darkness of the room and vanishes once more. Dumbledore makes his way to his door pauses briefly to look at the spot that Blade had disappeared from. "Some day you will have to explain all this to me, because I for one am most interested in knowing how you do that."
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Room of Requirements
Dumbledore, Lupin, and Hermione come running into the Room of Requirements. to find it empty and dark. The three look around and find that there is absolutely no one or anything in the room.
"Professor are you sure that he said the visitor would be here?" Hermione asked after making some light fill the room as they could see better.
Dumbledore looked around and then looked at Hermione. "I know it seems weird who a visitor be in here, but I trust Blade. He said that a visitor we would want to meet would be here, and I am sure the visitor will come."
Lupin sniffed a bit and then looked at the headmaster. "Albus I only smell us in here, so there isn't anyone here. Maybe Blade was mistaken about the location, I mean this room is not a normal room. Why would anyone just appear in here?"
"I don't know Remus, but if Blade made a special trip here to tell me about this visitor then the visitor will come!" Dumbledore said as he again checked the room to find it empty. "I just don't get it! Why would Blade send us here if there wasn't a real person to meet us?"
"I don't know professor, but I assure you no one is here…" Hermione started to say, but never got to finish her statement.
A large bluish vortex appeared in the room, which resembled a watery tunnel of sorts. Albus, Remus, and Hermione stare at it in disbelief and are further amazed when something or someone come barreling out of it on to the floor. The vortex vanished and the trio stood watching as the form on the floor stood up and began to brush its self off.
Hermione was the first one to recognize who the form was standing on not even five feet from where she was. "HARRY!" Hermione ran over and wrapped her arms around her best friend in the world. "Harry you came home!"
Harry looked at her for a moment and then hugged her back. "Its okay Hermione I said I would be back, and it isn't like I been gone that long."
"Actually Mr. Potter it has been well over a month and we had not idea what happened to you." Professor Dumbledore said as he made his way over to where Harry was standing.
"What?" Harry asked in disbelief. "Over a month, how is that possible? I just left a few days ago by my calculations. Also professor I most certainly did tell you were I would be going. Gorton and I both came to you and told you about this project. Where is Gorton I would like to tell him about all that I have seen."
Remus looked at Harry for a moment, and could tell there was something a bit odd about him. Yet he still sensed that it was in fact Harry standing there in front of him. "Harry would you mind telling us who Gorton is and why you think that you spoke to Professor Dumbledore?"
Harry looks around a moment at the people in front of him. "Wait if none of you know Gorton then? That's it I must have missed my world and landed here. That has to be it, but I thought I put it in right." Harry says as he pulls a timer out of his pocket. This timer doesn't have a count down timer on it though; this one has a keypad on it inside. Harry looks at the number and then grins. "That explains it! I accidentally entered the wrong number and now I am here!"
"Ah Mr. Potter would you mind explaining what in the name of Merlin you are talking about?" Dumbledore asked as he looked at Harry.
"Of course professor." Harry said as he positioned himself so everyone could see the timer in his hand. "As you see I am Harry Potter, but I am not the Harry Potter you know, I am like a double of your Harry. Though I must say this is the first world I have come to where my double was missing. You say he has been gone for over a month?"
"Yeah he has, but how can you be a double of Harry? Are you a clone or something and what do you mean worlds you been too?" Hermione asked as she looked at the Harry in front of her.
Harry moved slightly and then looked at Hermione. "This could take some explaining. Maybe we should make the room more appropriate for an extended meeting."
Hermione nodded and then went to getting the things they would need in the room. She had made a table and four comfortable chairs appear behind them. "That should do now please explain what is happening here, we really want to get our Harry back."
Harry moved to go to the tabled and as he did the others saw that he did not have the scar like their Harry did. Remus was most curious about this and decided to ask about it as he sat down. "Harry do you use some sort of charm to conceal your scar?"
"My scar? Oh you mean the Harry of this world has one too?" Harry asked and watched as everyone nodded in agreement. "I was never given a scar, but I have been to worlds where my doubles have. On my world Tom Riddle never became a dark lord. In fact he is the best Minister of Magic we ever had. Especially after the horrible job Cornelius Fudge did, but that isn't the point right now. Hermione I am not a clone or anything like that. I am in fact a version of Harry; only my life has been different from what you know. I come from a parallel earth, one where as I said Tom Riddle did not become the dark lord Voldemort. On my world muggles and wizards have lived in harmony for many years. I was able to study in both muggle areas of learning and also the magical aspects of learning."
Harry paused as he pulled out the timer like device and sat it down on the table in front of him. "That is how I was able to develop this, I call it a Vortex Key. At first I had a hard time focusing it and couldn't keep the vortex under control, so it would open on to random dimensions or parallel earths as I have come to know them."
"Mr. Potter, do you think that just a vortex could be the cause of our Harry's disappearance? We have a witness that said she saw a blue flash of light right before Harry disappeared." Dumbledore said as he looked at Harry curiously.
"That is very possible Professor." Harry said as he looked at the vortex key and then at him again. "Like I said when I first designed it, it opened to random worlds, so your Harry maybe either stuck on a world or randomly jumping through them as we speak."
"Would you be able to find him?" Hermione asked in a very concerned but hopeful voice.
"That depends Hermione." Harry said as he glanced down at the vortex key again. "I am now able to travel to worlds by entering the dimensional code as I call it. Each world has its own code that distinguishes them apart. The problem is that without a distinct location, or dimensional code, it would be very hard to locate him. Now if I knew where he was or if I could track the vortex he uses to jump from world to world then yes I could possible find him and bring him home."
"Please Harry you're our only hope of finding him. Professor Lupin and I have searched for ways to find him but haven't found anything yet. You are the only one that can find and rescue him." Hermione said as she started to silently cry again.
"Hermione I will do what I can to help you." Harry said as he stood up and walked around to Hermione. He placed his arm around her in a comforting hug. "It must be hard for you, but you need to remain strong Hermione."
Hermione nodded and began to cry into his robes as she hugged him back. After a minute or so of hugging Harry walked back over to his seat and sat down once more. "As I have said I have a friend named Gorton on my world. He is a being that can travel to different dimensions with using a portal like mine. He is like a mentor to me, and has taught me a lot about dimensional travel. When I leave here I will return to my own world and speak with him. He may be able to help me locate your Harry, and when we find him I will be able to bring him back to you. It may take some time for me to find him though, because there are a massive amount of parallel worlds out there, and he could be on any one of them."
"Thank you Mr. Potter, you have given all of us renewed hope. I must say that I was beginning to wonder if I would ever get to see him again, but now I know that one day he will return to us thanks to you." Dumbledore said as he reached across the table to shake Harry's hand.
Harry shakes Dumbledore's hand and then stands up. "I should return to my world at once. The sooner I find Gorton and explain to him what I have found out, the sooner we will be able to start looking for the Harry of your world."
Everyone stood up and thanks Harry again for trying to save their Harry. They then watched in silence as Harry entered a new code and then hit the button on it. The blue vortex the saw appear earlier had returned. Harry turned to look at them and smiled. "Do not lose hope my friends I will find him and I will bring him back home to you." With that Harry jumped into the vortex and vanished. The vortex then vanished a few seconds after he did.