Last Chapter "Who…who are you?" Harry asked, and all their mouths dropped open in shock.
Hermione stared at Harry. "What do you mean?" she asked on the verge of tears, "It's us. You know, your best friends since 1st year!" she was starting to get hysterical.
Harry just stared blankly at the them.
Hermione looked over to Ron and burst into tears. "He doesn't remember us!" she wailed putting her head down on Ron's shoulder sobbing.
Ron looked shocked himself.
Ginny came over to Harry, but he moved away, looking fearful.
"It's ok Harry. It's me, Ginny..." she said, but the words had no effect on him at all.
"Mate?" he asked Harry uncertainly.
"Who are you?" Harry asked looking at all of them, with a confused look on his face.
"Why doesn't he know us? Is he hallucinating?" Ron shouted, "Yeah, that's it, he's hallucinating, everything's fine. He'll remember us soon..."he started to mumble randomly.
"Do you know your name?" asked Hermione looking hopeful and leaning on his bed.
Harry paused for a moment, thinking hard...
"I can't remember..."he said.
"Don't worry, you'll remember soon" Ginny said quietly, "he will won't he?" she looked at Dumbledore desperately.
"I don't know. We have to see what he remembers first." He turned to face Harry, and then said to him, "Hello. I'm Professor Dumbledore."
"Ok."
"Your name is Harry Potter."
"Oh yeah, I remember! And my middle name is James, because my daddy's name is James, and I'm not allowed out without my daddy to come with me, because I got lost last time, and...Oh...where am I?"
"You are in the Hospital Wing of Hogwarts"
"Hogwarts is a school" he said slowly.
"Yes!" Ron yelled, looking ecstatic, "It is a school! It is! It's a school! See Hermione, he's just hallucinating! It's a SCHOOL!"
"What do you know about Hogwarts Harry?" Dumbledore asked hurriedly, (as Harry was starting to edge away from Ron, as if he was mad).
"My mum & dad went there...and Sirius, and a bad man."
"Who was the bad man?"
"Rat" he said simply
"Pardon?"
"The naughty rat. My dad tells me about him, did your dad?" he asked Ginny.
"Err..." she said, looking at Dumbledore, who just nodded at her, "Yes he did, but I can't remember it, can you tell me about him?"
"He's a naughty man, who did naughty things. He's a rat too. He's scary though... I don't want my daddy to tell me about him."
"Pettigrew..." Remus said suddenly, "He's talking about Peter, but James never told Harry he was a bad man... we didn't know then..."
"Wait, Harry, where do you live?" Dumbledore asked.
"I live with my dad. In ...um... I can't remember..."
"But you defiantly live with your dad?" Lupin said.
"Yes, and he got me a toy snitch for Christmas! It goes up and down, and round and round, and..."
"Harry, how old are you?" Dumbledore asked.
"I am 4" he said proudly.
Harry saw that everyone looked shocked.
"Is that bad?" he said timidly.
"Of course not Harry..." started Mrs Weasley.
"You just look older than 4, we thought you were...um... 5!" Ginny carried on.
"You are nice. You can be my friend!" said Harry excitedly.
"I think that would be a very good idea Harry." Dumbledore said thoughtfully, "and could Ron and Hermione be your friends as well?"
"I like Herm-yo-nie she can be my friend!" Harry said, "But Ron is scary" he added in a whisper, (but everyone heard).
"I'm sure he won't be too scary after you get to know him" Dumbledore chuckled, "but you are still unwell, so I want you to have a long sleep like a good boy, and we'll see you in the morning."
"Ok," he answered, as he got into bed, "night, night!"
"Goodnight Harry" Everyone said, and they moved away from his bed, and crowded around Dumbledore, bombarding him with questions.
"Madame Pomfrey, will you please go and give Harry his potions before he goes to sleep? He's still unwell, oh, and give him this extra one as well." Dumbledore asked, and produced a lime green potion out of mid air, and then he carried on:
"Now, I have an idea of how to solve this problem. Ginny, Hermione, and Ron, can you look after Harry? Take him to your lessons, and try not to loose him? I have given him a shrinking potion for the time being, so he will not appear to have lost his mind. It will make him look like himself, but 4 years old. While you are looking after him however, could you please remind him of himself? For I believe that if we can remind him of himself, he can get his memory back. Like when we were questioning him. Now trot off to bed, it's been a long day."
"Ok professor, I'm sure we can do that." They said, as they walked out of the Hospital Wing.
Dumbledore then turned to the other adults in the room (Mrs Weasley, Lupin, Tonks, and Madame Pomfrey, who had returned from giving Harry his potion).
"I think, that the past has changed." He said, "Harry is 4, yet he still has his dad and Sirius isn't in Azkaban, which doesn't make sense, since his parents were killed when he was 1."
"So how will it change the future Dumbledore?" asked Tonks, who was wide-eyed.
Dumbledore cleared his throat, and then answered: "James and Sirius may still be alive."
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