CHAPTER 2

WELCOME TO THE PAST

Harry groaned as he opened his eyes. He winced and shut his eyes again as the bright light felt like someone was ripping his eyeballs out of their sockets. After spending so many years in dim light and darkness, the slightest bit of light hurt his eyes. He heard someone bustling around near him.

"The poor dear! He's just so underfed. I wonder where he came from. And he looks so familiar too. Probably an old student, but why would the poor dear come hear of all places rather then St. Mungos?" Harry's eyes snapped open and he shot up. He recognized that voice. He had never thought that he would hear that voice again after Seamus Finnigan was put under the imperius curse and strangle her to death.

Harry's eyes mets Madam Promphry's, and he burst into tears. He hugged the poor, confused woman. It took a while for her to calm him down, but when she finally managed to get him to calm down, he refused to talk to her. Harry knew that Dumbledore would be coming sooner or later. Dumbledore always knew what was going on in his castles, and if he didn't know, he always came to investigate.

As if summoned by his mere thoughts alone, Dumbledore came in through the Medical Wing doors. Harry sat up and noticed that McGonnagal and Severus were carrying something in between them. It took a minute for him to realize that it was not a something, it was a some one. And when they set that someone down on the bed next to his, he realized that it was himself.

It was himself from twenty one years ago. He remembered this incident too, from his own past.

His entire life, he had been beaten by his uncle. His aunt was beaten as well, but to escape beatings, she had to ignore what Vernon did to him. Dudley participated in the daily Harry beatings as well. Well, it had been Dudley's birthday party, since they decided to throw it a little late that year because Dudley had been in the hospital to have his appendix removed. Harry had been there and had been forced to act as a waiter for the unruly group of teenage bullies.

When he "accidentally" tripped on Dudley's foot and the slice of cake that had been meant for Dudley's friend had landed on Uncle Vernon, well, Uncle Vernon had "accidentally" began to beat the shit out of Harry, after dragging him from the room. Harry had then had to go outside to set up everything for the bon fire.

Dudley and his friends came out, and started a rousing game of beat the Harry. With all ten of them beating on him, he had snapped and had fought back. Dudley, in fury of having his nose broken by courtesy of Harry's nee, had lit the bon fire using gasoline as his friends held Harry, and they threw Harry in. Harry had managed to escape, but the mass extent of his injuries had set off the alarms and Order members had shown up to see Harry lying on the ground, burnt, beaten, broken, and passed out cold.

Dudley and Vernon had been sent to Azkaban for the rest of their lives since one could not sentence a muggle to the Kiss. Aunt Petunia had mysteriously disappeared during the party while Harry was serving cake.

"Sweet Merlin and almighty goddess, what happened to him?" Promphry ran over and shooed everyone away from the younger Harry's unconscious form.

"His relatives." Spat Severus. He then spotted the older Harry, sitting there, watching his younger self, his gaze sad. "What the hell are you looking at?" He demanded. The older Harry's sad gaze met that of Severus's, and everyone, excluding Promphry, all turned to look at the older Harry.

"I was just remembering how I was never able to fully recover the use of of my left hand because they had shattered it while beating me, and the burns had damaged it irrepairably." The elder Harry pulled up his left hand that although had much movement still capable to it, it was never able to grasp a broomstick quite the way it had used to, and it's grip wasn't nearly as strong as his grip in his right hand. He could hold objects, and that was the extent of his capabilities with his left hand. The burns on his hand was almost as bad as those on his backs, and when he had been in school, he had been ashamed of his hand and had hidden the damage by wearing gloves. Now he just looked down at his hand and saw what he had managed to survive.

They then turned away from him, concentrating on the younger Harry, who had begun to twitch. He waited for Promphry to pull the curtain, but when she didn't, he rose to do it himself, and found himself promptly sitting back on the bed, his head spinning from dizziness. Luckily, only Dumbledore noticed, and drew the curtain, cast a silencing spell and turned to face the older Harry.

"My boy, you appeared quite unexpectidly on Hogwarts grounds, scared several of the students, with no form of identity whatsoever, and you've been unconscious for a week. Would you care to explain?" Dumbledore asked. The elder Harry waited for his head to quit spinning before looking up at Dumbledore, who's eyes twinkled curiously.

Before he could stop himself, he launched himself at Dumbledore and hugged the poor old man, who's eyes widened comically at the unexpected move. Out of everything that he had anticipated, this had not been one of them. His eyes widened even more when he realized that the young man who was hugging him was crying. He comforted the older Harry to the best of his confused abilities, and when the young man fell asleep, hugging him, he laid him back down on the bed and covered him up.

"So, what do you think, Albus?" Severus's voice was soft, but held a cold tone to it. Dumbledore glanced back at Severus before returning his thoughtful gaze back down at the young man sleeping on the hospital bed before him.

"He is no threat. If anything, I think he's been through a rough time and is here seeking help. I believe we should give it to him."

Okay, lets start off easy.

All questions from book one

1. What breed of dragon was Norbert?

5 points

2. What was Harry's first broom model?

5 points

3. What class did McGonnagal pull Oliver Wood out of?

5 points

4. How many legs did the sorting stool have?

5 points

5. What words did Dumbledore say before the feast started?

5 points

6. What did Jordan Lee have that the twins wanted to see?

10 points

7. What color was the potion that Harry drank in order to move forward?

10 points

8. What was the first move that Ron had McGonnagal's giantchess set make?

15 points

9. What present did Harry open first on Christmas?

15 points

10. What was the first password for access to Gryffindor tower?

15 points

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