FAN FICTION AU AND TIME TRAVEL

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Summary

Female Harry Potter (Juniper) wins the war but the cost is too much so she performs a ritual and performs dimension travel after much research when she is 24. Her counterpart is Cordelia Faye Black, the daughter of Altair Black and Adelaide Malfoy. Has memories of both the worlds. Lives in France. When Juniper (Harry) seeps into consciousness, she is 14. Born on Beltane. Thus even though she is a girl, she has a high standing among the Blacks. Has gone to Beauxabatons for her first three years. Born on May 1, 1927. Start school in 1938. Goes to Hogwarts in 1942. Meets Tom Riddle. (Romance and power play)

Disclaimer: The characters and the world in the story belong to J.K. Rowling. I am not earning any profit from it.

Note: I have been a fanfiction reader for quite a lot of years before I gave this fic a shot, so if you see any ideas seeping in that I do not openly acknowledge, just let me know and I will add the credits. I have read too many to keep a track of them but I will try my best.

1) The idea of totems belongs to Catsarecool who is writing A Maurader's plan .

2) The basic idea of dimension travel comes from Hollow Thunder, Vital Lightning by Aariya07. You will see quite a few similarities in the first couple of chapters but it diverges after that.

3) This is a gender bender. Harry was born a girl as Juniper Anastasia Potter. Everything is as it is in canon except for her romances. This is not because I don't read slash or like it. You will see a lot of them in my favorites but because I don't think that I could do justice to that genre and because I want to do this. If you do not like such fics, do not read. Please do not flame. I will welcome criticisms, I know I am not perfect, just don't meaninglessly bash me for nothing.


For your references

"Talk"

"Thought"

"Parseltongue"


Chapter 8: Expecto Patronum

Tom's POV

Cordelia was devouring scones and a palate of fruits while Tom had chosen to eat the sausages along with a cup of tea.

An owl swooped down and dropped a package.

"Finally," Cordelia muttered, wiped her hands and unwrapped it. There were leather bound books.

'Here," She offered him all but one, "Books on the lineage of Gaunts, the last eminent heirs of the line of Slytherin. Like I said previously, the history stops a couple of centuries ago. These are books from the Black Library. I would request you not to read them in front of Walburga. She will get antsy. In fact, I would appreciate if you could keep them under wraps from everybody for now." She said thoughtfully, "I mean no need to hide them or anything, just don't read them openly. These books are rare and pureblood families will do anything to get their hands on those copies."

"I will return them safely." Tom murmured.

"A fair bit of warning." She said a little carefully.

Tom gave her a questioning look. She said reluctantly, "Gaunts are considered less than stellar in today's pureblood society as well. If you ask me, then it was them who began the whole tirade against muggleborns and begun the propaganda that Slytherins are blood purists. They were fanatic to the core, only married other Gaunts, and were frivolous and big spenders, even more so today's pureblood flaunting habits. It was a good thing that Slytherin gold was out of reach to them. They dwindled the money that they had until they were paupers. They also refused to marry anybody but Gaunts, supposedly keeping the Slytherin blood pure in them. Hence, they were inbred, the family did not see new gold and spent more of it than they had and there ideals were not considered best for any sort of company. It is said that they also started disrespecting snakes. Needless to say that they lost credibility and since they never treated other houses with even basic courtesies, they were shunned. I confirmed my data, the last respectable Gaunt was Cornivus, and I use respectable loosely, meaning he had money and influence. I know he studied in Hogwarts in 1703 and was perhaps the last Gaunt to do so. I know that does not give you hope but I thought being upfront about it would be best. The title of a heir of Slytherin would garner you respect but Gaunts have had shady dealings with the wizarding world. I would not buy their version of Slytherin's legacy and I would not take the crass words of the authors of these books to heart." She looked sad.

Tom nodded, "I do not think I could deal with adults anyway. I have not liked to deal with them for as long as I remember. I like being responsible on my own. But I appreciate the books nonetheless. I am sure I will find something."

Cordelia nodded.

"Tom," She said softly a while later.

He looked up from the book and directed his gaze at her. He saw the reluctance and hesitance on her face.

"Do you hate muggles?" She asked a minute later.

"That is difficult to answer." He allowed.

"Do you hate muggleborns?"She questioned.

Tom took a breath, "This does not leave the two of us." He said seriously.

Before he could say anything, she had taken an oath.

He looked surprised but he schooled his features, "I do not hate them as some like Lestrange , and Carrow would like to believe. It is just easier to gain their acceptance that way. I do not think that we should change our ways completely to accommodate the muggleborns. The truth is that there is no viable way to integrate them in place right now. I looked for it, there used to be a wizarding culture class earlier but it was scraped. I only learned a bit of wizarding etiquette from observing others. The books in library do not help much. I also feel that there is a need of better communication and understanding of the two worlds. Purebloods do not help the situation by holding their nose high and uptight and without aiding the muggleborns in integration. As for your first question, yes, I dislike muggles. I also dislike wizards though not as much as I have begun to resent the muggles. I do not like people much." He shook his head towards the end, lost in his thoughts.

"Then, I hope you will not be offended if I offer you this." She pulled the last book from her lap and handed it to him.

"It is a book on wizarding politics, and stances of different factions over the past century. It also alludes to several laws that came before it but it mostly deals with the views prevalent in the public. The book was written by a half blood in the recent past from a neutral family. I do not mean to be patronizing but this could help." She muttered, "I was not sure, because well the author is neutral and he is both dismissive of blood purisms and muggle loving factions. I was not sure which side of the scale you were on."

Tom felt up the cover of the book and nodded again.


Tom's POV

Another week passed, Halloween was just around the corner. People were looking forward to it, not just because of the feast but also because the day was also the first Hogsmeade weekend of the session.

Cordelia and Tom had settled into a routine. After resting for a bit after the classes, they both finished their homework of the day. They went to library and had formed a sort of inter house study group of sorts.

Abraxas, Orion, Dorea, Anastius, Alphard, Charles Potter, Cassius Zabini, Timothy Rowle, Sebastian Longbottom, Titania Shacklebolt, Herburt Burke, Mason Diggory was a mixture of years and houses.

A group of other students, only fourth years sat nearby. Mary Abbot, Aurora macmillan, Amara Tufts, Evelyn Adler.

Cordelia often went and sat with them for a while.
Riddle noted that she was generally very quiet and got irritated if someone disturbed her peace. But she always answered questions. And she transformed into a chatterbox only around him. She also liked to speak to Abraxas, Burke and Charles Potter, but she mostly listened. And spoke only when she was helping out people.

They spent an hour or two in library, mostly answering questions that others had and researching.

They checked out books at that time too.

After dinner, they both huddled in the common room, in a corner, where people knew not to disturb them and planned.

They had both started to execute out the plans of an Animagus potion. It took 21 days to happen. Riddle was quite interested in knowing his form.

She had sent a letter to the Goblins as well.

And she had started making a list of all influential families and was currently compiling how their reactions to an Heir of Slytherin would be.

She had quite easily and honestly confirmed that her uncle, Orion's father, would not be pleased but he would try the best to use the situation. She was not sure about the stance of House Malfoy. She said her uncle doted on her and Abraxas and was very easy going. He even enjoyed pranks and got along well with Alphard on that matter. That told Tom a lot. He would do anything to protect his family but he will not choose the path for her or Abraxas and would likely aid them in whatever the duo wanted to do.

He was also surprised when she supported his decision to not involve any adult. She said that adults often think that kids have no idea of ongoing of world and would only inhibit their plans.

They both had started a common journal as well, one for spells that they both wanted to learn.

Cordelia had been insistent on him learning a Patronus. She suspected that Grindelwald won't be able to resist using dementors or lethifolds and even though the war had not reached British Isles yet, she said it was only a matter of time.

The first Quidditch match of the season was between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Cordelia attended it as she was part of the team and had to observe their plays though she sat with Dorea and Lucretia, rather than the team. Hogwarts still had no idea about Cordelia being a seeker and they were trying to keep it tight until the first match of Slytherin which was scheduled a week after Halloween.

Hufflepuff barely won. Ravenclaw and Gryfinddor apparently had the strongest teams in Hogwarts. Slytherin and Hufflepuff were not doing that great in the past few years, but Hufflepuff had a strong set of chasers this year. Ravenclaw got the snitch a little early. Their seeker was Cassius Zabini and he was a bit cocky, if Anastius had his say about his brother. As a result, Ravenclaw surprisingly lost. But it was good news for Slytherin. It made their way to the cup easier.

Tom had skipped the match and Cordelia had not even pestered him to attend it. He was reading up on the Gaunts and the more he read on, the less he was impressed. Snakes had been his only friends as kids and the fact that Gaunts had started misusing parseltongue and torturing the snakes did not settle down with him. Moreover, the idea that Gaunts also began the propaganda that smeared the image of Slytherin angered him. They had made life difficult for every single student that went to Slytherin.

Cordelia had also told him about her interest in warding and Healing and how she thought parseltongue could improve both fields by leaps and bounds. They had started some spellwork. Though, they refused to spar with each other just yet. They used target practice. Cordelia had asked her Uncle Arcturus to acquire some Auror level dummies that they could use to test out the spells. She was planning to smuggle them in Castle after Christmas. But his secret room had not been any cleaner. Benefits of living in a Wizarding world, you knew how it operated. Cordelia had snapped fingers and called a couple of elves and they had been happy to clear out the room for them. Both of them wanted a more secure location, but until they found any secret rooms it would have to do.


Cordelia's POV

Cordelia had decided that if all went well with Tom, she would reveal the Chamber of Secrets and the Room of Requirement before Christmas to Tom. She wanted to have a stronger bond with him before she exposed him to the Basilisk or gave him access to the room of hidden things.


Cordelia's POV

It was Halloween. They had a Hogsmeade weekend the same day. Cordelia had accompanied Tom for the first half. They had gone to Tomes and Scrolls and had browsed for the best part of the morning. The owner had a soft spot for Tom so she just let them sit and read. They went to Scrivenshafts's to buy a few quills, passed by Dominic Maestro's music shop and met the court at the three Broomsticks, the proprietor was expecting a baby and was excitedly telling everyone that she would name the girl Rosemerta. Cordelia had treated everyone and did not hear any protests. Halfway through, a few people from other houses had joined in and it was a merry lunch table.

After that, Tom and Cordelia split up, Tom went back to Tomes and Scrolls to finish the Gaunt book in peace. Cordelia had promised to help her cousins out with a few things so she attended to them.

Cordelia had spent the last hour sitting with Lucretia, trying to probe her about her relationship with Heir Prewett. She had not been happy with what she found out and now she was almost back at the castle. She felt that it was suddenly colder. She shivered and cast a warming charm on herself quickly, without a second thought as she mulled about the situation of Lucretia. It was not until she saw students coming running from Hogsmeade that she turned around and looked for the cause of commotion.

It was Abraxas, Alphard, Anastius and that Ravenclaw girl Evelyn Adler, running away from something in the Hogwarts ground.

"Dementors!" Abraxas panted and informed her.

Her entire stance changed, "Where is Tom, Abe? I thought you said you were going to drag him out of the shop!" She hurriedly spoke with a lot of worry.

"He was right behind me." Abraxas' expressions changed to worry too.

Cordelia did not wait for a moment, and stretched out her magic. All four of them gasped as they felt it when it passed through them and stretched beyond to the Hogsmeade road and the Hogwarts ground.

She did not wait for a word and ran towards the Hogwarts ground.


Evelyn's POV

"Corrie, NO!" Abraxas screamed and followed her. The other two boys followed suit. Evelyn too followed. She wanted to help, Cordelia was always nice to her.

"Go back, this isn't safe." Cordelia snapped at them, glaring.

"I am not leaving you." Abraxas snapped firmly. Others nodded.

"Fine, be stubborn, but stay put here." She ran again. They still followed, but they were still some 20 steps behind her.

When they caught up, Cordelia had stopped in the middle of the clearing. They stopped right beside her.

Cordelia was staring intently at something and then they saw, hundreds of dementors moving in a circle around something or someone.

Cordelia didn't miss a beat, her face was a mixture of fury and worry and she took out her wand and yelled, "Expecto Patronum".

Eve was expecting a mild shield to pop up. Cordelia was 14, what else she could do, not a corporeal patronus.

She didn't expect six corporeal patroni. Two of them surrounded them, a doe and a stag.

Two begun to chase dementors away, a werewolf and a Grim.

The other, it was a giant snake, maybe basilisk, went and surrounded the figure in the center of dementors protectively.

Eve gasped .It was Tom Riddle, rendered unconscious. She saw his pale face and then her eyes went to the sixth patronus, a phoenix that hovered over Cordelia's shoulders. Cordelia did not stop there, she begun moving into the circle of dementors that the werewolf and grim were trying to break. The Dementors could not touch her.

She conjured a stretcher, levitated Tom on it, and it seemed like she cast a disillusionment charm on Tom and the stretcher.

The Basilisk begun attacking the dementors, completely breaking their tandem.

She turned around and walked back towards them. Evelyn assumed that the stretcher was hovering beside her. She didn't say a word and all of them were too shocked to voice it.

They walked towards the castle in silence, the phoenix had taken flight to fight and the doe and stag accompanied them, Cordelia's lips were pressed into a hard frown line and the rest of them too dazed.

She stopped before the gates as the patroni ebbed away and turned around to look at them, "I am sorry about this. I don't want to, but I have to. I can't let people see my power or his weakness." She raised her wand carelessly and muttered, "Obliviate."

"Tom is already back in the castle. I saw him leave for his alone time. He would be fine, we should get inside," She said this quickly, staring hard and meaningfully at Evelyn.

Evelyn gulped. She remembered everything and she did not think it was a coincidence. Cordelia wanted her to remember this.

Cordelia turned and left. Evelyn's eyes followed the stretcher.

She was suddenly very worried about Tom. He was just an orphan, a nice muggleborn. Even though Cordelia was a perfect angel, what if the pureblood witch did something to Tom, using his weakened state.

"Oh Eve, think fast." She thought to herself.

Something told her that it would do no good to tell a Professor. She didn't know when Tom would regain consciousness. From whatever she had read, he was going to take a while to recover. Especially when she considered the kind of childhood he would have had. She knew all about orphanages. Her father was a baron. Her mother had took her on a trip to London and she had visited one of them. Horrible conditions. It was a wonder that Tom was this nice. "Oh! What should she do?"


Evelyn's POV

Whatever Evelyn was expecting it was not to see Tom at the dinner table about an hour later, sitting a bit subdued, but fine in the Halloween feast. Cordelia sat right next to him and she looked worried as she looked at Tom, but she was hiding it well. If Evelyn did not know what went down earlier, she would not have figured it out.

Her fear dissipated a bit.

She had dinner quietly, occasionally glancing down at Slytherin. One time her eye met with Cordelia and she froze. Cordelia just gave her a small, tired smile.

It still left Evelyn disconcerted.

What startled her more was when Cordelia came to her as she was leaving Great hall, "Can I have a minute?"

Evelyn was scared but she nodded anyway.

Cordelia led her to a quieter alcove with no portraits.

"Thank you for giving Tom and me the benefit of doubt. I know you have more questions than I can give you answers but Tom would not have appreciated if..."She trailed off. "He is doing fine. He knows you know. I told him I think you have a good head and I trust you. You can talk to him yourself if you want to. I would suggest, not tonight, he is bit worn out. But he is fine and I have no intention of hurting him. I just…I just was really worried about him and he would not have taken well to being dragged in the infirmary." Cordelia said and she sounded sincere.

"Why did you just not obliviate me?" Evelyn blurted out.

"I don't regret it. Not doing it, I mean. I trust you, like I said. I needed somebody as a contingency in case something went wrong and I needed help. You were the only one out of the four..." Cordelia paused and completed reluctantly, "You were the only one out of the four that I could trust would put Tom before me."

Evelyn let out a sigh. "She sounds sincere and there is nothing in her past dealings with everyone that should make me doubt it. If I think that she is going to use Tom, just because she is a pureblood or a Black, then I was as bigoted as that dickhead Lestrange."

Evelyn finally nodded, "Tell him to get well soon."


Cordelia's POV

It may have seemed like an hour to Evelyn but Cordelia had been up taking care of Tom for about 18 hours in the Room of Requirement. She had deemed the situation an emergency and had decided to reveal the timeturner and the room of requirement to Tom on the roll.

She glanced at him across the common room. He still looked a bit pale. But he looked a lot better than he had just after she had brought him to the room.


Flashback: Cordelia's POV

The room knew her needs. It had turned into a comfortable bedroom in Slytherin colors. Cordelia was carrying everything else in her pocket.

She pulled out her second trunk out of her pocket, unshrunk it and dived inside. She got up chocolate, lots of it and all the potions she needed.

Potions were not going to be of much help but she had to try it all.

She placed Tom on the bed and covered him in the blankets. She had to keep him as warm as possible. Dementors had not sucked his soul but he still looked as pale as death. She had seen plenty of people die in the war to be able to compare.

If everything remained good, Tom was just living his worst memories over and over again and not turning insane by them.

She remembered Lily potter's screams so vividly despite the ritual. "Now is not the time Cordelia." She yelled at herself in the mind, "He needs you right now."

She kicked of her robes and shoes and joined Tom on bed in her skirt and cardigan. She rubbed his palms and she took off his socks and rub his soles.

She casted warming charms and finally when nothing worked, decided to adopt muggle methods and inject Tom with a pepper-up potion combined with an ennervate.

Tom woke up gasping for breath, his eyes filled with terror, he sat up and before he knew he was engulfed in a warm hug.

Cordelia buried her head is his shoulders, sitting on his one side, her fingers knotted in his hair and one pressed in the small of his back, "You are fine, I am here."She kept muttering into his ears until he calmed down. She did not stop when she felt hot tears on her shoulders. She did not stop when Tom grabbed her and buried his head in her hair. She did not stop when his hands tightened around her as if he was afraid that she was not real. Hours passed.


Hello Everyone, here is an early update because it is my birthday and I am feeling generous. I am also feeling ecstatic that we crossed a 400 follower mark yesterday. I might update tomorrow as well, I have frankly not decided yet. I am feeling I shouldn't because this is such a well done cliffie and waiting might do all of you some good, but I am also feeling like sparing you guys the wait. So, I don't know. I guess you will know tomorrow.

I shall get back to all your pending wonderful reviews tomorrow. Please keep giving them. And yes, if you have constructive feedback or information about my typos, please duly get in touch with me. I am nice about it :P. Thanks. And yes, read and review.

Also, this is the first time I have tried another POV apart from Tom and Corrie. So let me know what you think? Just a hint, Eve will become a major character much later.

I hope you enjoyed.