Hey guys,
This is one of my absolute favorite challenges and at the same time is the topic of it – as the challenge creator admits – quite overused and even cliché. It's a challenge where Harry travels back in time, however instead of following the canon timeline, does our hero decide to forge his own path in his own way.
Enjoy,

Venquine1990

Challenge #27
Ravager Of Time

Luna's POV

"No. This can't happen. This is exactly why we came here. I can't allow this to happen. There must be a way to change this." Is what goes through my mind as I watch how my sweetest and most sincerest of friends, Harry Potter, watches the death of his own godfather, the same man we ventured into the Ministry to save.
The brave black-haired man who had come to our rescue when we had been taken hostage by the Death Eaters, only because their leader wanted some dumb glass ball that is filled with words of magic is now fading before our very eyes as the magic of the Veil of Death swallows him into its magical curtains and the great beyond.
Next to this curtain, my best friend stands, his eyes wide and pain growing within them as he seems to come to the realization that he has lost the man he had been coming here to save, but while I look from him to the rest of the room, do I see something that shocks me senseless and pretty much just pushes me over the edge.

Everyone who is on our side is actually done battling the Death Eaters that had held us hostage and by the way some of them are standing – like the real Moody and even the woman I know is Sirius Black's cousin – can I tell that their battle had been over for a longer time than that the man himself had taken to fall through the veil.
Angered beyond words that none of them had even thought to come and fight along with Harry and Sirius when they were standing so near to something this deadly makes me glare for the first time in a long while and I look from them, to Harry and then to the Veil, where I can now hear how the man's voice is joined with the other voices.
Focusing on this with all my might, do I start to think: "Help me fix this. Help me fix this. Help me fix this." And just like my mum told me so many years ago – a year before her own death – do my thoughts and my determination enable me the ability to sense my own magic connecting with that of those who have passed on.

Connecting myself with at least a good handful of them, do I feel part of me getting also connected to the Veil itself and then my anger gets joined by a new feeling of happiness as I sense another ability of the Veil; one to travel through actual time itself. Then, as I sense this, does my mental voice get heard by that of another.
"Save him." Does the mental voice of the late Sirius Black sound in my head and I nod, knowing what I must do and more than willing to do so. I then reaffirm the grip of my wand and decide to show the Order just what Dumbledore's Army is made of. I jump over to where Harry is still floored with shock and start cursing as I run.

Shooting all kinds of spells at whoever I see, do I shoot a particularly nasty one at Ron Weasley as I had noticed a happy gleam enter his eyes after seeing Sirius pass through the veil and while I just don't want to think of why the Redhead would want his best friend's godfather dead, do I feel content at hearing his yelp.
This yelp, however, seems to wake Harry from his petrified state and before I can plan what I want, do I run at him, pushing my own body against his to prevent him from following his godfather as my connection to those deceased is just not yet strong enough for my plan to work and while Harry screams and shouts, do I hiss:
"Harry, they set this up. They were already done battling and Ron was even smirking when Sirius died. But I can help you." And while this turns Harry silent, do I hiss: "Keep screaming, I don't want them knowing." And while I can tell by a single quick glance that my friend is confused, does he still comply and continue.

The pain in his voice tears at me and makes me want to just let him go, but while I continue connecting my mind to that of those long gone, do I also shoot another spell at Lupin, the man shocked and blocking my arrange of curses as I have no more trust in the werewolf or the others around me, whether friend or foe.
"Harry, my mum always told me that if you focus on something magically powerful with your mind and thoughts, you can connect your mental powers to that source of magical energy. She taught me this one year before she passed on and I have proof as I am currently connecting my mind with those that have passed on."
Harry halts in his shouts for just a second and this allows me to send a nasty looking purple spell – one of my mum's creations – at Lupin, the man not knowing what spell I shot and therefore getting hit, which actually makes his body turn to liquid and seep into the ground until only his head sticks out, the rest of it buried under.

The man and everyone else is shocked to see me perform such magic and I hiss: "Harry, you're my best and most personal friend and I – unlike this blasted little bunch – really want to help you. But if I do what I plan to, I can only help you once. After that, it will be all up to you. Can you promise me you will come through for me?"
Harry shakes his head, but his eyes – while teary – are open and I can see the promise to do as I ask shining in his eyes, making me smile before I hiss: "The Veil has a secondary ability. It can actually transport someone back in time through the amount of minds connected inside it and outside of it. I am outside, they are inside.
How many years do you want to go back, Harry?" The boy is tense, his whole body stiff as he continues raving about the man, but while his voice tears through me, do his words – blurred as they sound – make me realize that Harry is running out of ways to keep up his act and then Harry gives me the answer:

"He should have been the first to take me to Diagon alley, not Hagrid!" And this makes me smile, the others cringing as they hear this, but I recognize it for the answer to my question and while focusing, do I allow my mind to slip from some of those I already connected with and link with only a few of those closest to the Veil.
Finally connecting my mind with five other minds, do I nod at Harry and say: "Then go shopping." And because my words are no longer overruled by the shouts of my best friend, do the others hear me, making them shout in despair and shock, but Harry sends me a teary-eyed grateful smile and then dashes into the Veil.
Feeling him connect with those I have my own mental powers connect to, do I whisper: "You know where to take him." And while Lupin actually breaks my spell with his werewolf strength and rushes at us, do I again hear that loving and proud male voice of Sirius Black sound in my mind as it whispers two words: "Thank you."
I nod at what I know others think as nothing, but I know that what I told Harry – especially the thing about Ron smiling – will make the boy change paths, will make him take a new course in life and will make him stand up to all those fools who think they can control, harm and then use him for their own gains and benefits.

And then I get evidence of this as the Veil breaks the connection between my mind and that of those held inside its grasp, but as it does, do I feel my memories of the last five years changing ever so slowly, as if someone has laid see through paper over a drawing and is drawing over it, while the area around me also changes.
The stone walls, the Veil, the people around me, all of it slowly changes and while at first the whole vision becomes blurry as if I am suddenly looking through a pair of glasses with the total opposite of my prescription, does it then become clear and discernible once more, showing me that I am back at Hogwarts school.
Only a single look at the magnificent structure, the stone Circle in which I am standing and the grounds around me make me smirk, the need to giggle and laugh outrageously almost overwhelming as the school looks nothing like it did the last 5 years. The incredible ancient structure – has undergone a change only Harry Potter can create.
And then, to put the cherry on top of my happy glee, does a man move himself out of the alcove of the stone house that connects the wooden bridge to the stone circle and grounds and while Ron and Ginny gasp, does Hermione actually instinctively bow down before the person, Tonks and Kingsley actually doing the same.

Black hair that hangs in ringlets down to his upper chest, a pair of piercing green eyes that shout authority and extreme power, a flawless forehead that has no marking visible upon it, a strict pair of lips that are thinned in supreme dislike as the eyes look down at all those around me and a pair of robes that just scream royalty.
Harry James Potter stands before us all, his chest fully buffed with muscles, his waist slim, but in no way looking weak, his arms posed behind him with an air of authority, his legs set straight against each other and his lower abs showing the same strength as his chest, while his shoulders are held back thanks to how he holds his arms.
Then a new memory enters my mind and while I feel the magic of Time being Changed making a special little thing appear on my left ring finger, do I happily walk forward, my emotions for my best friend slowly adapting and strengthening themselves as I stand next to him and kiss his cheek as I say: "Good to see you, my husband."
And while the eyes of what was once – in a different period of time – my first and best friend widen, does the grim look of authority slip off Harry's face as he slowly turns his head my way, a grin growing on his face as he does and he says: "The least I could do after you saved me, my beloved Luna Potter."

And just the name makes me giggle.

Holy crap, WHAT?
Harry traveled back in time and MARRIED LUNA? When did that happen? Well, that's what the story itself will be about, because I would love to see how you all change the five Canon years in such a way that Harry becomes a figure of authority and – by the looks of Tonks, Hermione and Kingsley – even a Lord.
Why did I not just write about Harry arriving at his first trip to Diagon Alley after passing through? This was Luna's POV and I liked it better. Her point of view is just so unique and special, I had to continue. That and if I didn't the challenge chapter would only have two pages, now it has two and a half – which is fine with me.
Anyway, rule time:

Okay guys, so this one's an old cliche theme, but I still think it works out;

DZ2's 'Ravager of Time' Challenge

Plot:Betrayals have come to light, truths are known and Harry feels all alone, but then a loyal friend offers an option that Harry could never have considered: to go back and make them sorry they ever thought of betraying him.

Rules:Dark or Evil Harry

The story must start at some point following Sirius' death

The one that suggests that Harry go back and helps him to do it CANNOT be Ron or Hermione

Any pairings are welcome EXCEPT Harmony

There is no limit to how far back Harry goes, as long as its on HIS OWN timeline

Whenever Harry 'wakes up' he must remember everything and seek to change his current situation

If Harry 'wakes up' before/in his first year, he cannot go to Gryffindor

No matter what, no-one other than his most-loyal must know he's travelled in time

Somehow, Harry either loses or absorbs the Horcrux in his time travel experience

Guidelines:Harry's most-loyal also 'wake up' and remember their futures

Sirius and other adults become part of the new Dark Alliance surrounding Harry

Sirius 'wakes up' and remembers his own death

Harry becomes an ally of Tom's

With help from his friends, Harry makes Tom serve him

Master of Death Harry

Slash

Soul Bond

Harry uses his foreknowledge to make certain moments turn to his advantage e.g. the Tournament, the Chamber etc.

Forbidden:Light or Grey Harry

Hermione and Ron as allies of Harry - in EITHER time

Harry's time travel taking him before he was even born

Harry trusting Dumbledore

Sirius dying again

Other than that, it's up to you...

Okay, I know that, in what I wrote, it doesn't sound as if Luna remembered her actual past until after all the changes have been brought, but if you look at it the right way, Luna still has both of her memories, while the behavior of Tonks, Kingsley and Hermione make it sound as if they only know about the new timeline.
A little confusing perhaps – and I know I didn't add Sirius to the group who arrived at the New Hogwarts, but I just couldn't add anymore as it would make the story become a little lame. Plus I kind of wanted to make the person coming out of the Stone House be Sirius, but Harry being the man of Power just sounded better.
Hope you enjoy,

Venquine1990
PS. I might just make a HP-DBZ challenge pretty soon. One that is my own and has been bugging me for a while now, but I am not certain as the upcoming month will be very hectic for me, so sorry.