A/N: I bet your all chopping at the bit so to speak to see what will happen to the duo, and so here you are the chapter that will tell you why the vortex was a different color.
I was notified by your beta that this chapter is a lot like "The otherside" by Maxfic, and I would like to say right now that I haven't read nor did I know of this fic until I was informed about it, so any similarities are purely coincidental.
Disclaimer: Victor Drake, Phoebe Freeman, Jimmy, Evan, Crystal, and Professor Ferraro are all characters from a novel that I am currently writing and therefore are my characters. Magos School of Wizardry is also a place in my novel and all about it is from my novel. This is placed here in the event that I one day publish my novel I don't want anyone claiming I stole the characters or place from myself.
Edengrave: thank you for your review it really made me think. I was a bit disappointed you didn't have an e-mail so I could reply to you personally. However I did give a lengthy reply on my yahoo group message board if you wish to read it. A link to my group can be found in my profile if you are not already a member.
Pleione: Thanks and I am sure this will be a quite different chapter for most compared to what they are normally accustomed to reading.
I would like to say thanks to Chelanzar for beta reading this chapter.
Recap
"Time to go babe." Harry said as he pressed the button on the timer and opened the vortex. It wasn't its natural bluish color; it had a slight tint of red in it, which gave off a purplish hue. "I hope that isn't a bad thing love, maybe it is because it reset." Harry said as he jumped into the vortex. Tonks hoped he was right as she quickly ran in after him.
Chapter Thirty-Six: Half Frozen World
"Man are you sure about this?" A seventeen-year-old boy with brown hair asked as he looked at his group of friends.
"I am telling you that this is the place, and they will be here." Another boy with brown hair said defensively.
"Are you sure we should even be here?" A girl with shoulder length brown hair asked as she looked at the two boys who were talking.
"Yes I believe it is safe, because Jimmy wouldn't bring us here if it wasn't safe right mate?" The boy asked the other boy.
"Sure mate I am not you or Evan. I don't rush into trouble like you two do. All I know is that they will be here and they will need our help." The boy called Jimmy said in his usual calm tone.
"Hey Victor and I don't go looking for trouble, it just seems to find us." The boy, named Evan, said in defense. "It isn't like we have your gift for seeing things oh great seer Jimmy."
"Okay that's enough Evan, go help Crystal watch for any one that might be coming." The boy named Victor said as he looked at his friend.
Evan just walked away to go meet the girl Victor told him to help keep an eye out when a purplish vortex opened a few feet from the small group of friends.
"Wow Jimmy you were right it is beautiful." Phoebe, the girl of the group, said as she looked at the vortex.
Jimmy didn't get to answer as two people, a boy about sixteen with messy black hair and a girl about sixteen with medium length black hair dressed in a black leather uniform that clung tightly to the curves of her body came out of the vortex.
Jimmy and Victor stared at the girl for a moment taking in her outfit as Phoebe pointed them into the ribs to get their attention.
Harry and Tonks looked at the three people in front of them and were a bit confused as to who they were. Tonks looked around and realized that they were not in the Room of Requirements inside they were standing in a hallway that she had never seen before.
Tonks leaned close to Harry and whispered in his ear. "I don't think we are at Hogwarts."
Harry laughed slightly as he looked around. "No, I would say that is a safe bet." Harry looked at the three people in front of him. "Excuse me, but could any of you please tell me where we might be?"
Victor stepped forward obviously the leader of his small band of friends. "Sorry about my manners, I am Victor Drake and you are currently in the fifth floor corridor of Magos School of Wizardry."
"Magos School? Where is that located? I have never even heard of it." Tonks said as she looked at Harry and then at Victor.
Phoebe stepped forward. "Hello I am Phoebe Freeman, and this is our friend Jimmy."
"Sorry now I am the one without my manners." Harry said as he stepped forward to shake their hands. "I am Harry Potter and this beautiful lady with me is Tonks."
"You don't seem to surprised to see us here." Tonks said as she looked at Jimmy and the rest of them.
"Actually Jimmy here is something of a seer, or at least some times he gets a vision that comes true. Though he hates being called a seer, even if he does have the gift. Anyway he had a vision of you two coming here, and brought us here to meet you. So in a way we weren't surprised about your arrival." Victor said as he continued to look at Tonks.
"Oh, well I guess that explains that. Now maybe you could answer the earlier question of where this school is located?" Harry said as he looked at the students in front of him.
"Magos School is an American based magic school that is located on an island south of North America. So now maybe you could tell us about where you attend school and what that purplish vortex was." Victor said in a calm tone.
"Well we attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which is in Scotland. As for the vortex, it is normally blue and normally we wind up in Hogwarts School, but for some strange reason the vortex changed colors and threw us off course. We use a timer to open the vortex and use the vortex to get to different dimensions." Harry said but he was a bit concerned about giving away to much information because the last time he did, he was almost marooned on the world.
"Harry how long we here for anyways? I don't want to get stuck like the last world." Tonks said as she looked at Harry with a grin on her face.
Harry looked at the timer and his face went white. "Bloody hell! Sorry about that, but this timer normally counts down to zero, so we know when to leave, but for some ungodly reason the blasted thing seems frozen."
"What! No that means we are stuck here then?" Tonks asked with a great amount of concern in her voice.
"I don't know what it means Dora, but I can tell you if it remains frozen on one minute, then yes we are stuck here, unless we find another way off this world. Harry said as he shock the timer trying to unfreeze it. "This things been acting funny ever since it reset on the last world and I have no idea why!"
"Harry is it possible you grabbed the wrong timer?" Tonks asked as she looked at it. "It looks almost like your timer, but maybe you grabbed the replica."
"Bloody hell!" Harry said, as his face again got paler. "If that's the case then we might truly be stuck here. Unless we can get to Hogwarts and hopefully find a way off from there."
"Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt your discussion." Victor said calmly as he looked at the two in front of him. "Maybe we could help you get back to your school. We don't know a lot about your timer or what not, but we could get you back to Scotland."
"That's right I am sure someone can make us a Portkey." Tonks said with a bit of excitement in her voice.
"Yeah I didn't even think about that love." Harry said as he kissed Tonks on the cheek and then turned to Victor. "We would appreciate any help that you and your friends can provide."
Phoebe stepped up by Victor. "Then we should go see the headmaster, I am sure Professor Ferraro will be able to help sort all of this out."
"Excellent idea Phoebe, can you get Evan and Crystal and then meet us at the headmaster's office?" Victor asked as he looked at Phoebe.
Phoebe nodded and went off for their two other friends as Victor and Jimmy led Harry and Tonks to the headmaster's office.
Professor Ferraro is a tall and thin man who appears to be getting up in age. He has silvery gray hair and beard. His hair is long and goes down to the middle of his back. He wears long robes that sweep across the floor as he walks. His robe his a mix of Blue, White, Green, Silver, Brown, Gold, Black, Yellow, Red, and Gray. He has emerald green eyes that sparkle when the lights hits them through his small oval spectacles that he wears.
Professor Ferraro stared at Harry and Tonks the whole time as they explained why they were there and how they got there. When they finished he rubbed his eyes for a moment and then looked at them again. "That is quite an interesting story, and I bet you two have enjoyed most of your adventures or at least I know I would in your situation. Anyway getting to the problem at hand, I can send you to your school, but that is the best I can do. I am sorry, but I don't know much about inter-dimensional travel."
"That's okay professor, you helping us get to Hogwarts will be enough." Harry said as politely as possible.
Professor Ferraro stood up from his chair and looked at them again. "Well it will take me a moment to set up a portal for you, but it shouldn't take too long." Professor Ferraro found a small box and the mutter an incantation as his face scrunched up in concentration. "Hmm most interesting, it wont let me set it for Hogwarts."
Harry looked a bit shocked and then realized that the wards of the school might be the problem. "Professor it may because of some of the wards protecting our school. Maybe you could try setting it for Hogsmeade instead."
Professor Ferraro nodded and started the process again and after a few minutes of concentrating he looked at them and smiled. "Finished, you may use this to get to Hogsmeade. I am sorry I couldn't get you to your school."
"Thank you professor, that will be fine it isn't a long walk from there to our school." Harry said as he stood up and shook Professor Ferraro's hand.
After Harry and Tonks said goodbye to Professor Ferraro, Victor, Phoebe, Jimmy, Evan, and Crystal they were ready to leave. They took a hold of the small box and felt a familiar tug as they were sent off to Hogsmeade.
They landed in the street of Hogsmeade, which thankfully wasn't too crowded. They had to fight the urge to go shopping as they made their way up the street towards the exit of the town, which would lead them up to the castle.
As they were walking Harry caught a glimpse of the Daily Prophet that a witch was reading on a bench in the town. Harry froze for a moment and then looked at Tonks. "We need to get a paper."
Tonks looked at him for a moment not sure what his sudden interest was with the paper. "Okay Harry I am sure they have one at the Three Broomsticks if you want to stop off for a drink and look at it."
Harry agreed and they headed for the pub, which was near by. Harry ordered two butterbeers and then got a copy of the Daily Prophet. He sat down at the table with Tonks and laid it down so she could see it too. The first thing they looked at was the date on the paper, which was Friday September 13, 1996.
"Harry wasn't it August 23rd when we left?" Tonks asked a bit concerned.
"Yeah it was Dora, this world must have a different rotation than mine, which isn't too uncommon for me since I have been to worlds that have been years different. After all your world was going at a different rotation and had a different time." Harry said as he looked at the headline on the paper.
Lord Dumbledore Strikes Again!
Lord Dumbledore and his band of followers call the Black Phoenixes attacked Diagon Alley and layered it in blood of many witches and wizards. There were an undetermined number of witches and wizards there, but reports suggest it may have been as many as two thousand. A lot of families were visiting Diagon Alley to do their shopping for the new school year. The minister told us that there were hundreds of muggle born witches and wizards killed in the village. Hundreds more were injured in the attack.
"Lord Dumbledore? You mean he is the evil Dark Lord of this world?" Tonks asked confused as hell as she looked at the paper.
"It would seem that way love, but we just have to remember that all worlds we come to have some differences. I guess this world is different in that Voldemort isn't the Dark Lord he normally is." Harry said as he continued looking over the paper.
"That is just freaky though Harry, because we haven't encountered a world where Dumbledore was evil before." Tonks said in a low voice so people around her wouldn't hear her.
"It is disturbing, because with him being evil, we may not be able to get off this world." Harry said sullenly as he took a drink of his butterbeer.
Harry and Tonks sat and drank their butterbeers in silence after that and then stood up and left the pub with their heads down. They slowly made their way up the path towards Hogwarts, and they could only hope that they could find help there.
Harry was fighting his thoughts about being stuck on a world where Albus Dumbledore was the dark lord. Sure he was mad about Dumbledore keeping things from him for years, but the last couple of months had opened him to new experiences that proved that things could be far worse than they were on his home world.
They made their way through the gates of Hogwarts and as they walked up the path they saw Hagrid out tending his garden. Harry made his way up to Hagrid cautiously. "Hagrid." Harry said in low voice so only he could hear him.
Hagrid turned and looked at Harry and a slight smile crossed his weary face. "Ah' Harry what you doin' out of the castle? Don't ye have classes to be attending?"
Harry smiled thinking he was a bit safe, at least Hagrid recognized him, which meant his double wasn't working with Dumbledore. "Actually Hagrid that is a long story, maybe we could go into your hut and talk about it."
"Sure it's about tea time anyway." Hagrid said as he headed for his hut and then paused as he saw Tonks. "Harry whose the lass with ya?"
"This is Tonks, but I really need to explain everything first before you will fully understand." Harry said as he headed for Hagrid's hut.
It took over an hour to explain everything to Hagrid as he kept interrupting with questions. After Harry finished Hagrid just looked at him with a confused and concerned look in his eyes.
"Harry I wont say I understand everything you told me, because I don't, but you do look a lot like the Harry of this world except for that scar on your forehead." Hagrid said as he gulped down his tea.
"I am sure I do Hagrid, but that is common since most worlds I have an identical double. You have a double on my home world as I told you, and there we are great friends. In fact you were the first person that told me I was a wizard. I never knew that this world existed until you told me."
"I can't believe the Tom Riddle of your world is the Dark Lord." Hagrid said as he looked at Harry.
"Well we were shocked to find that Albus Dumbledore was the Dark Lord here when we got here." Tonks said timidly as she sipped on her tea.
Hagrid looked at her and gave her a kind smile. "I bet it was a shock considering all you have told me about the Dumbledore of your world. He sounds like a great bloke really, but on this world, as you know he is a deadly dark wizard. Killed a great many muggles, witches, and wizards that man has."
"Hagrid it was great talking with you it was, but we really need to find a way off of this world. Maybe you could come with us to the castle, so you can help get us in to see the headmaster. By the way I am half afraid to ask who is the headmaster here?" Harry asked with a great nagging concern in his mind.
"That would be Professor Riddle, yes Harry Tom Riddle is the exact opposite of what you know. I guess you could say him and Dumbledore switched roles on this world." Hagrid said in his kind tone.
"I was afraid of that." Harry said as he looked down.
"Hey Harry look at it this way, maybe the Riddle of this world can help you with the Riddle of your world." Tonks said trying to cheer him up some.
"Yeah maybe he can, but it wont mean anything if we can't get off this rock." Harry said glumly.
"Harry since your double is here for sure, maybe we should change our appearance. Also it would be weird going in there in this outfit." Tonks said as she finished her tea.
Harry looked at her for a moment and grinned. "Yeah I am sure it would be." He said with a wide smile on his face. "Maybe you should transfigure it into a set of robes before we go."
"Harry maybe you and Tonks should wait here. I will fetch the headmaster for you and explain to him the situation and that way you wont have to face all the students." Hagrid said as he stood up. Harry and Tonks both agreed and watched as Hagrid left the hut to get the headmaster.
Tonks moved closer to Harry and wrapped her arm around him. "Harry are you okay?"
Harry looked at her and she could tell he was really bothered by this world. "I'll be fine Dora, I just got to get use to looking at the man whom I have wanted to kill since my first year of school."
"Well I know it will be hard, but we have been through so much so far. I think we will get through this as well."
Harry hugged her tight and then spoke when he finally left go. "I know we will because we have each other and that is all that really matters to me. I love you Tonks I really do."
Tonks smiled as she hugged him and then whispered in his ear. "I love you too Harry."
Tonks and Harry were still holding on to each other as Hagrid came back into the hut followed by a man who's hair was starting to get gray, but he still had a lot of jet-black hair left on his head. He had brown eyes that sparkled much like Dumbledore's blue eyes did. The man in his late sixties and was dress in dark green and black robes.
Harry stood up and looked at the man for a moment, however he kept his mouth shut not wanting to offend the man even if on his world he was his sworn enemy.
"You must be Mr. Potter, Hagrid has in formed me of your situation and I must say that it is most perplexing." The man said as he looked at Harry.
"Harry this is the headmaster, Professor Riddle." Hagrid said as if confirming what Harry had already thought.
"I must say he doesn't look like the Tom I know." Harry said with a slight chuckle trying to lighten the atmosphere of the hut.
"Well I could say you don't look much like the Harry I know either son." The headmaster countered with a slight smile.
"Well that would because I changed my appearance when I thought I was going to castle." Harry said as he concentrated to change back to normal. "More like the Harry you know now?"
"A yes I can see that you and your double are very similar except for that scar on your forehead, which I am told that my double gave to you is that correct?" The headmaster asked as he looked at Harry.
"That is correct on my world you are known as Lord Voldemort and I must say that your double is one of the darkest wizards ever seen in over a century."
"Most interesting, now the real question is how do we get you and Miss Tonks to be able to continue on your dimensional journey?"
Harry looked down and then pulled his timer out of his pocket. "That is the true problem here, because as you can see the bloody thing is frozen. With it frozen I am not able to open the vortex, and without a vortex Tonks and I can't leave this crazy world."
Professor Riddle moved the sleeve of his robes and looked at his watch and went a bit pale. "It would seem that my watch has stopped as well, Hagrid could you check the time, I would hate for these kids to miss dinner."
Hagrid went over to his magical clock and looked at it for a moment. "Sir it seems my clock has stopped as well."
"Just as I had feared." Tom said as he looked down at the floor.
"Mind telling me what you feared?" Harry asked as he looked at Tom Riddle.
"I would explain it to you, but first I really must make a floo call. Hagrid if you could watch over them for a bit, I will be right back as soon as I contact Mr. Lupin." Tom said and then left as Hagrid agreed to watch Harry and Tonks.
"Hagrid do you know what he is blabbing on about?" Harry asked with a bit of concern in his voice. "Why would he have to contact Remus Lupin?"
"I have no idea what he could be contacting the head of the Department of Mysteries about. Ow' I shouldn't have said that."
"Hagrid you weren't very good at keeping things from me, and I am glad that trait is still with you. Now what do you know?"
"Really Harry I don't know why he would be flooing Mr. Lupin. I just meant I shouldn't have told you about him being the head of the Department of Mysteries."
Tonks looked at Harry with concern in her eyes. "Harry I get the feeling we are in for a lot of trouble."
"Yeah me too love, me too." Harry said as he sat back down beside Tonks.
It took about fifteen minutes for Professor Riddle to return and when he came back to the hut he wasn't along, he had Remus Lupin with him. Remus didn't look like Harry remembered him, but he figured the Remus of this world must have been different than the one he knew. Remus was dressed in formal black robes that made him look different then the Remus Harry knew that usually had old ragged robes.
Harry stood up and looked at the headmaster and his friend. "Could you please explain to me what in the bloody hell is going on here?"
"I am afraid that it is worse than I had thought at first Mr. Potter." Tom Riddle said as he looked at Harry and then he turned to Remus. "Remus my old friend would you explain to Mr. Potter what is happening here?"
Remus nodded and then looked at Harry. "Mr. Potter as you probably know I am Remus Lupin, and I am the Head of the Department of Mysteries. As such I over see all the things that happen in my department including but not limited to the prophecies that are recorded."
"Mooney please tell me there isn't another damn prophecy!" Harry said as he looked at Remus.
"Who is Mooney?" Riddle asked as he looked confusedly at Harry.
"Sorry, on my world I am good friends with Remus and he has been called Moony since he was in school. I guess by your confused expression that you aren't called Moony here?" Harry said as he looked at a confused Remus Lupin.
"No I am not called that here, and why would I have such a name?"
"Well on my world you were a werewolf, but I am assume by your job and the lack of the name that you are not a werewolf." Harry said in a questioning tone.
"No I am not, your correct if I was a werewolf I would have never been able to get the job that I currently have." Remus said with a small grin on his face.
"This is all interesting, and Harry I am sure you could tell us a lot of how different your world is from ours, but we do have a bit of a situation on our hands here." Professor Riddle said as he looked at Harry and Remus.
"Quite right headmaster we do have a dire situation here. Mr. Potter…" Remus started but then was interrupted by Harry.
"Please call me Harry, I really don't like being called Mr. Potter."
"Alright then Harry, as you have guessed there is a prophecy here, which I have brought with me. I feel that you may be the key to solving it, because this prophecy has baffled us for some time now." Remus said as he pulled out a clear ball that had a purple smoke inside of it. Remus sat the ball on the table and then muttered a charm to activate the ball. The purple smoke filtered out of the ball as it started to recite the prophecy for all to hear.
The Black Phoenix shall destroy his rival in a blaze of glory, only to become even worse than his rival. No one from this world will be able to fight the power of the Black Phoenix, but the savior shall come from another. He will be marked by an evil unknown to this world, and will possess power that the Black Phoenix knows not. All time will cease upon his arrival, and will not return to normal until the Black Phoenix is vanquished. Only then shall he be able to leave this world, but it will take twice that of his once enemy to complete the task.
"Umm what exactly does that mean?" Harry asked when the purple smoke had filtered back into the ball.
"Well we have been working to decipher it and here is what we think it all means." Remus started and then paused to get his thoughts in order. "The line; The Black Phoenix shall destroy his rival in a blaze of glory, only to become even worse than his rival. We believe it to be talking about Albus Dumbledore. We believe that he is the Black Phoenix, since that is what he calls his followers. We also believe that this line meant that Dumbledore would defeat his rival, Lord Grindelwald, and then become even more evil then he was by doing so."
"So Dumbledore is truly evil then?" Tonks asked from her seat at the table, she had been quiet for the most part, but now she just had to know.
"I am afraid so Miss Tonks, he wasn't always evil, but now he is. When I was in school he was a great man, and a great teacher. However when he killed Grindelwald something happened to cause him to become dark, and now he is the most fear dark wizard on our world." Professor Riddle said as he looked at Tonks.
"Well that is what we gather from the first line. The second line; No one from this world will be able to fight the power of the Black Phoenix, but the savior shall come from another, has had us baffled for years. We have always assumed that some sort of an alien or something might come to rid us of the Black Phoenix, but we were never really sure what it meant. However now we believe that it means you are the savior that was to come help us. You are not of this world, and you are in fact from another dimension, so you can see why we believe that this talks about you."
"I can't say I am all that surprised, it seems that my life is plagued by prophecies, and why should a different dimension be any different?" Harry said in a sarcastic tone.
"I know this is hard Harry, but I do really believe you're our only hope." Tom said as he looked at Harry with concern in his eyes.
"The third line; He will be marked by an evil unknown to this world, and will possess power that the Black Phoenix knows not. This line has baffled us as well and I must still say that I am still a bit perplexed about it." Remus said as he looked at Harry.
"Well I can clear up about being marked, because on my world I was marked by an evil dark wizard named Voldemort. That is probably the evil that is unknown to this world, though I don't know what power I could have that Dumbledore doesn't know about." Harry said as he showed Remus the lightning bolt scar on his forehead.
"That is something that we will have to figure out as we go. Now then the fourth line; All time will cease upon his arrival, and will not return to normal until the Black Phoenix is vanquished. This line also had us baffled, and until you arrived we had no idea what it meant. We believe when you arrived on this world all time froze, and as you have heard all the clocks and watches are stopped at the exact moment you arrived by my calculations." Remus said as he looked at Harry.
"That would explain why the timer is frozen! If time is frozen the timer wont be able to count down until time is restored." Harry said as he looked at his timer.
"Well I believe it is far worse than that Harry." Tom started and the paused as he saw concerned expressions on Harry and Tonks faces. "I believe time on every dimension is frozen in place, and I believe this is the only world where people are actually still able to interact with the frozen time."
"What? You might explaining that a bit clearer?" Tonks asked from her seat at the table.
"Think of it this way Miss Tonks. Time is like a flowing river and as long as it flows time continues on with no problems. However when you and Harry ended up here that river froze over. Now think of this world as being surrounded by a bubble in that river. As the water froze around us time stopped inside the bubble, but it protected those inside from being frozen as well." Professor Riddle said and hoped that he made it clearer for her to understand.
Harry pulled out his wand. "Tempus." A cloud of smoke appeared in front of him that read. "September 13, 1996: 1:23 pm" Harry again aimed his wand and cast a second spell. "Accro Tempus!" A silvery cloud of smoke to appeared that read. "August 23, 1996: 1:23 pm"
Harry and the rest of the people just stared at the cloud as it disappeared. "It seems that you are correct headmaster time is frozen, and the second spell I used should have showed me the date and time of my world. That means that this is the only world that actually isn't totally frozen in time. Time is frozen, but not the people, so this world is only half frozen in time."
"Wow you mean a year could pass, and yet not a single day would pass outside of this world?" Tonks asked with a bit of excitement in her voice.
"That is exactly what it means Miss Tonks." Remus started and then paused as he looked at Harry. "Getting back to the prophecy, the final line; Only then shall he be able to leave this world, but it will take twice that of his once enemy to complete the task. I believe it means that time will not be unfrozen until you defeated Lord Dumbledore. Though I am not sure what it means by it will take twice that of his enemy to complete the task."
"Well Remus, it could mean that it will take two of me to defeat him, and since my double is here it is all possible. Though it might also be talking about my enemy, in which case it would mean Voldemort. However there is only one of him on this world." Harry said as he looked at Remus.
"What I have never heard of Voldemort?" Remus said as he looked at Harry.
"Remus my old friend the boy is talking about me. On his world I took the name Lord Voldemort when I became a dark wizard." Professor Riddle said as he looked at his friend.
"Oh, but there is only one of you here, so that can't be right. It must mean both Harrys must work together." Remus said in a concerned but calm tone.
"Well there is something I haven't told any of you." Tom said, as he looked down a bit ashamed that he didn't tell them before, but it wasn't necessary until now to reveal it. "Before Hagrid came to get him, I was informed that two people were found wondering around the school. When I went to check it out I found a lady and a man that had been detained. At first I believed they were black Phoenix spies, but now I believe they might actually be dimensional travelers, because the man appears to be my double."
"Bloody hell! Tell me did you get the woman's name?" Harry asked as he looked at Tom and when he nodded Harry continued. "Was her name Major Rose Evans?"
"Yes it was and the man was claiming to be General Thomas Riddle, but that is all we could get out of them." Tom said as he looked at Harry. "So you know them then?"
"Bloody hell! My day just keeps getting worse by the minute." Harry said loudly and then calmed down a bit. "Sorry about that, yes I know the woman she captured us on the last world and took our timer. I believe that she is the damn reason I needed up here."
"Well actually Harry I believe it was your destiny to arrive here, even if it was her intervention that got you here it was meant to happen." Tom said as he looked at Harry.
"Okay so lets say that Harry is right and it will take two of his enemies, which would be you and this other guy General Riddle. What do you two have to do to help him defeat Lord Dumbledore and his Black Phoenixes?"
"Well it would seem that if my double is actually Harry's enemy on his world, then it would be best if I were to train him how to fight me. I mean there has to be some similarities between my fighting style and that of the Voldemort of his world. Furthermore I believe that the prophecy means that both General Riddle and myself will have to train Harry in ways of fighting, so he can defeat the Black Phoenix, and possibly help him be able to defeat Voldemort if he gets back to his own world." Tom said as he looked at Harry.
"You would really train me to fight you, even knowing that I will have to kill your double on my world?" Harry asked a bit surprised by Tom's offer.
"If there is one thing I hate more than Dumbledore it is the thought of me being as bad or worse than he is on you're world. If my double, Voldemort, is truly that evil then yes I will gladly train you to kill him!" tom said as he looked at Harry.
"I will accept your offer on the condition that you train Tonks as well. She is my partner in the venture and we watch each others backs." Harry said with a look of pure love in his eyes.
"Excellent idea Harry, and I think you will find that it will take both of you to defeat Dumbledore." Tom said with a slight smile on his face as if he knew something that he wasn't telling anyone else.
"I want to see Evans and the other Riddle I have a few questions for them." Harry said as he looked at Tom knowing that he was hiding something, but he figured he would find out in time.
Tom agreed to allow them to see them considering he would have to get the other Riddle to agree to help them complete the prophecy. He also had to figure out what to do with the students, because without time it would be pointless to have them in classes. They would worry about classes when time restored itself. The Headmaster decided that the students would be permitted to leave if they wanted to on a holiday since there was no point in having classes.
The Headmaster led Harry and Tonks up to the castle and into the chambers that Rose Evans and General Riddle had been detained.
Harry looked at Rose for a moment and had a look of rage in his eyes. "I thought you couldn't get the timer to work Major?"
Evans laughed coolly as she looked at him and sneered at Tonks. "I lied, in fact until I did the DNA test on you I didn't want to try it because I feared it would kill me. Once I found out you escaped through a vortex, I figured it was safe to try it."
"So then my hunch was right, you are my double on that world!" Harry said coldly.
"Wow the boy finally gets it! Yes smart guy I was your double!" Rose shot back sarcastically.
"Then why use Evans as your last night?" Harry asked still perplexed by that.
"Because my father was a worthless drunk that abused my mother until he killed her! That's right wonder boy James "fucking" Potter of my world was a royal asshole and he killed my mother! So naturally I had to kill him!" Rose Evans said as she stared at Harry.
Harry grew red with rage and glared at her. "At least you had fucking parents you bitch! A bastard known as Voldemort killed mine! You don't know how much I would give to have them back!"
"Harry calm down, we have more urgent issues to attend to." Tom said as he put his hand on Harry's shoulder.
Harry nodded as he tried to contain his rage. "General Riddle is it?" He asked the man who looked a lot like the headmaster, only a little older. The man nodded and Harry continued. "Well General it would seem that your being here is part of a plan to bring an end to an evil that is plaguing this world."
"He wont help you, you fool!" Evans stated as she glared at Harry and Tonks.
"That is enough Major, now sit down and shut up." General Riddle said as he looked at her. She was about to complain and he stopped her. "That is an order Major!" Major Evans had no choice but do as he said and then he looked at Harry. "Now then Harry is it? What do you mean that I am a part of a plan to bring an end to an evil plaguing this world?"
"Well sir, as I have said there was an evil man named Voldemort that killed my parents. This man was known as Tom Marvolo Riddle." Harry said as politely as possible.
General Riddle went white as he heard his name. "You mean my double was a dark wizard on your world?"
"That is exactly what he means General. I am also Tom Riddle, so I know that you are a bit shocked, because I was too when I heard about this. I hate to be so straight forward, but I think it is the best way to approach this. There is a prophecy here that says that this young man is the only person who can defeat the dark wizard of our world. It also states that he will need the help of two of his once enemies, which I can only assume means you and I." The headmaster said as he kept his hand on Harry's shoulder.
The general stood there thinking about it for a moment as he looked at Harry and his double. "So, this means that both us will have to train Harry in how to fight?"
"Yes, that is what we assume it means, and it is the only way that time will unfreeze." The headmaster said as he finally removed his hand from Harry's shoulder.
Tonks stepped forward and stood by Harry. "Harry also wants me to be trained, because we are in this war together."
Rose couldn't hold back her rage much more after the humiliation she suffered on her world. She had been left bound and naked on her bed, and Nightshade was the one that found her, which really pissed her off. She jumped to her feet, pulled her wand out and aimed it at Tonks as her rage increased. "Avada Kedavra!"
The green flash of light shot out of her wand as the curse sailed right at Tonks chest with no hope of her getting out of the way in time.