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) 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 26

The Slytherin Chambers

Evelyn's POV

Eve had been waiting for this day with her heart in her throat. Sure, she had received that message from Malfoy of all people about Cordelia's safety, and she had received a present from Cordelia on Christmas and a card for season's greetings.

But it had not been enough. She had to see. See her alive and fine to believe it.

She pushed her trolley faster at the King's Cross station.

She reached the barrier, closed her eyes and ran through it. She opened her eyes to a spectacle of magical people. It was as if somebody inserted new life into her. She was about to turn her head to find Cordelia and the party when she heard a laughter that permeated through everything. It was her laugh.

Eve turned her head and moved a little ahead to find Cordelia surrounded by a ton of people. Her cousins, Slytherin and Gryffindor quidditch teams, a few other people from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff and of course, Tom.

She was holding Charles Potter's hands as both of them chattered away about something.

Just then, Zabini saw Cordelia, exchanged looks with Alphard and both of them lifted Cordelia into air in a cradle the two formed with their arms. She heard Charles' roar of laughter, Tom's chuckling and countless other laughs. They moved her about in a circle to her protests and giggles and put her down after kissing the sides of her forehead.

She smacked their heads lightly. But she looked happy.

A few other people came and congratulated her for her recovery and Cordelia, with her benign smile, politely kept giving everyone the season's greetings.

Abraxas began ushering the lot into the train. Cordelia stood, watching her cousins climb with a fond smile.

Tom came and wrapped his arms lightly around her waist. Their trunks hovered behind him. Cordelia leaned into him, looked at him, gave a smile, stood up on her toes and kissed his chin lightly.

In that moment, Eve knew that things would be just fine. They had to be. The balance was struck again.

She smiled and pushed her trolley to search for Amara and others.


Tom's POV

Attending the dinner after Christmas vacation was not mandatory, as Tom discovered when Cordelia chanted yet another rule from Hogwarts by laws.

He had given her a look.

"Don't look at me like that. You have read the charter too." She had made a face at him.

"Yes, but I have not memorized the trivial details." Tom said with dignity.

"It is not trivial when it gives us an extra hour and a half to do what we want to before everybody barges in the dorms." She had furiously whispered to him.

Tom had raised his hands in surrender.

Now they both stood in front of the vast Slytherin common room, wondering, how exactly could you get the Slytherin Heir and Lord Rooms to open? The Chambers of Slytherin, not the chamber of secret.

"It is bound to be here. It will not be through the doors of the boys or girls dorms because technically, a heir or Lord is above them." Cordelia said absent mindedly.

"Or an Heiress or Lady." Tom murmured. He was trying to be more sensitive about it. You learned to be more careful with words when Cordelia was around.

"Yes, I don't think Slytherin cared about gender as much as he cared about power or character." Cordelia agreed, then added, "But that does not answer out question."

"There are snakes all over the room." Tom pointed out.

"I am pretty sure that all of them are pathways to some other end of Castle. No, a snake is too plebian. Any parselmouth can open it. We need something specific to an Heir." Cordelia rubbed her chin.

"Like my Lord ring." Tom asked skeptically.

"It is a coiled snake with an open jaw and an emerald within the jaw, right?" She asked, still thinking.

Tom nodded, 'Unusual design. I thought that it was a key to the vault but it isn't. Maybe, it is for the chambers?"

"Well, what use is a key when we do not know about the lock?" Cordelia wondered.

"We will find it. We have 75 minutes to go." Tom said.

They began looking around again. They spent some 15 minutes just looking around on the walls.

"Have you ever wondered what is in the center of the two doors that lead to the respective dorms?" Tom asked after he had stared at the middle space too long.

"Well, it is not rooms. The rooms are on the other side and they coil around in a corridor on the other side." Cordelia said, looking up and alert, "Father told me about it though, something a while ago, as a child. It was a funny story."

"What is funny about a plain blank wall?" Tom looked confused.

"Well, it was a story that involved this area and it was funny. The wall was not funny. In fact, it was not a wall at all, if I remember clearly. It was an ancient giant fireplace, though in disuse. One of the previous Slytherin king got it closed because it looked ugly." She blinked as if in a daze.

Tom realized that she had been pulling out her memory with her father through occlumency.

It was a very handy mind art.

"A Giant fireplace. Now, that might be an entrance." Tom said with interest.

"Elf…" Cordelia called.

"Yes, Mistress. What can Dummel do for you?" The elf asked.

"Can you remove that wall?" Cordelia asked.

Tom just stared. The elf would not remove an actual wall of Hogwarts. Or would he?

"I cannot do any construction related work without Headmaster's permission." The elf said mournfully with drooping ears.

Tom thought that sounded more like it.

"What about by the decree of a Hogwarts Lord?" Cordelia bent down and looked the elf in the eye.

"Well, we is tied to Hogwarts and an Heir of Founders comes before Headmaster, so I is able to do it." The elf replied gingerly.

Tom removed the shield from his magic and bent down too.

'Dummel, could you please remove that wall. As Lord of Slytherin, I need access to the Slytherin chambers." Tom said politely.

Sure, he had seen how others treated elves.

Walburga was indifferent, Lord Black had been a tyrant but Tom usually followed Cordelia's ruling.

And she was always kind to elves.

The elf's eyes grew bigger, probably because of the feel of Tom's magic. He promptly nodded and vanished the brick of the wall, revealing indeed an ancient and unkempt fireplace.

They both thanked the elf and he popped with sputtering greetings.

"Skurgo Maxima." Cordelia waved her wand.

The soot and the dust and the construction material disappeared, revealing a clean if ruined fireplace.

"I wonder why they never refurbished it." Cordelia asked out aloud.

Tom shrugged.

They took it in the fireplace.

"The lock would be magically preserved." Cordelia prompted.

"Leaving only the most preserved part of the fireplace as our option." Tom said, promptly looking at the crest of the fireplace.

Sure enough, there was a round hole in the roof of the crest.

Cordelia pointed her wand at it and wordlessly cleared out the debris.

She put in her finger and felt it.

'There is an opening…" She confirmed.

Tom pulled his hand up, placed his ring finger near the hole. His Lord ring got fixed in the hole with a click. He moved it to the right and magic swirled out from the ring and with a louder click, the fireplace began moving backwards.

It moved backwards and slid to the side, revealing a large opening.

"I guess this is it…." Cordelia murmured with a slight smile.

"We found it…." Tom murmured happily.


Cordelia's POV

The Slytherin Chambers were humongous. Cordelia had no memory of them as June as she had not explored the Slytherin dorms. She had no need for it. Though, she had heard of it from Salazar.

But the Slytherin chambers were grand. They raised from the lowest dungeons to one of the thicker and lower towers of Hogwarts. It was larger than the entire Slytherin dorm.

Tom and she spent the next hour exploring.

The dungeons were prison cells. Tom and she just exchanged a look and sealed them behind a tight door with wards. They did not want to give anybody ideas just yet. They kept on the large staircase instead which led them to the second lowest level.

It had several empty rooms. Whatever had been in them had been cleaned out long ago. But they opened into grounds.

If they opened the windows, the rooms would be quite airy.

"They can serve as temporary headquarters until we find an alternative…" Cordelia murmured.

"Wait, why can't they be permanent?" Tom gave her a look.

"I was not sure if you want them to invade your privacy like that." Cordelia replied, giving a glance to the last room which looked like an ancient potions lab.

"I am pretty sure the living quarters are away from this and I shared a dorm with other boys and I lived in an orphanage." Tom replied.

"I just thought you might like some privacy?" She shot back.

"The top floors will be warded separately," Tom said pointedly, looking amused.

"As you say, Tom…." She murmured and they both climbed another flight of stairs.

The third layer was made up of dueling arenas and rings in a large hall with ward stones to separate each arena.

In the end of the hall, there were humanoid figures.

"Golems…" Tom murmured.

"We need to seal this away until we find a safe secure place to store them. They are dark magic, very powerful dark magic. We don't want them to fall in wrong hands." Cordelia said urgently, bending down on her knees to examine them.

"We will. Anyway, we are not opening this wing to anybody just yet. We need to make an inventory of everything we find, map it, clean it, and furnish it properly before we let anybody in." Tom said.

"Yes, good thing we brought extra furniture." Cordelia said, her mind elsewhere.

The third floor or the second layer were living quarters. Rooms larger than the ones in the dorm but not too ostentatious.

"Guest rooms. We can worry about them later. But I am glad that there is a buffer between actual living quarters and dueling arena. Though I could sense wards and we will put up ours too, it is a little…" She trailed off.

They found the Master bedroom on the fourth floor. They were a nice living quarters with a large living room by the side. A few normal rooms, kitchen, a preserved library and then they reached the Master bedroom.

It was as large as Cordelia's rooms in the Black Chateau. It had two fireplaces. It was bare currently. There were two doors to the right and to the left.

They entered one door to the right first. It led to a large bathroom. About the same size as the prefect's bath but more luxurious. Of course, it was dirty right now but with cleaning and works, it would be pretty good.

Tom stepped out and opened the second door, it was a large corridor and it had a door to the back of the wall and one right in front.

Tom opened the door in the front. It was another bedroom.

"The chambers of the Slytherin consort." Cordelia informed, "I am sure they have another door. It was just sealed and hidden because of some reason."

The room faced differently than the Master bedroom. They were shaped like an L.

"That means that door would lead to a nursery." She murmured and entered the corridor again and opened the door to the back.

Sure enough. It was a spacious nursery. Unfurnished again.

"This can be Lux and Nyx's room and even Jormy can lounge in if you get irritated of her sometimes. Or she could take the consort rooms."

Tom gave her a weird look but did not say anything.

She just shrugged it off.

'And that other door must lead to the balcony." She smiled and threw it open.

And indeed it was a balcony. It had another door that probably led back to the main areas of living quarters and not the bedroom.

It had a few raised empty flowerbeds, a few fountains with no water and it had a raised large bowl in the center.

"A scurrying mirror…" Cordelia murmured.

"It must have been a terrace garden of sorts." Tom suggested.

She nodded, "looks like it."

"Let us get to work." They shared a look and began pulling their magic.


Tom's POV

An hour later, with the help of a dozen of Hogwarts house elves, the entire living quarters were gleaming.

They went down to greet the Slytherins, informed them about the discovery and said that they would soon get to see it and not to let it out of the house.
They, of course, declared his lordship which was received very well. Tom was not really paying attention but he was sure there were people who would dissent. The task of observing the reactions had been assigned to Walburga, Dorea, Abraxas and Orion.

They pulled out the extra shrunken furniture from Cordelia's second trunk and Tom's second trunk which was Cordelia's present to him on his birthday.

They furnished everything in the main living quarters, i.e., the fourth layer of the Slytherin Chambers.

Tom had put up Cordelia's favorite bed in the consort room. He hoped that she got the hint. He wanted her to live in those quarters with him. Otherwise, he was going to have a talk with her anyway.

The Balcony was cleaned out completely. Fresh water was poured into the fountains and they were now running, thanks to elfin magic. Between, Cordelia and him, they had enough seeds and saplings to plant the entire flowerbeds. The elves helped with everything.

It looked quite homey when the two of them were done.

The fires were roaring in the fireplace. The place was filled with rugs and tasteful furniture and since Cordelia had opened the windows before casting the warming charms. The whole place did smell fresh.
But Tom suspected some spells and elfin magic in work too.

Cordelia looked exhausted. Tom was sure he did too.

"Just stay…" he said softly.

She nodded, "I am just pulling out our zoo."

Jormy was quite impressed with everything. She even went into the nursery quietly.

Nyx and Lux were considerably bigger but they still drank milk from bottles. After they were fed and tucked in, Tom was feeling exhausted but not quite sleepy.

They both took quick showers in the refurbished bathrooms. Tom was tempted to take a soak in the Jacuzzi styled tub. He seriously was but he had something to do that could not wait any longer. But the shower helped.

He had changed into warm night clothes and entered the master bedroom. It was empty.

He found Cordelia standing in the huge balcony staring at Hogwarts grounds while her hands clasped the railings.

"Hogwarts is really beautiful in winter." She murmured.

"It is beautiful perennially." Tom murmured, brushing his hands at her back and pulling her close. He was not sure he was just referring to Hogwarts.

She was wearing a white cotton nightie that went a little over her knees and was otherwise sleeveless. He was afraid that she was cold.

It was then that he realized that the entire balcony was swamped in warming charms. He still wrapped himself around her. She leaned into his touch almost instinctively and lightly placed her hands on his clasped hands.

The chain of the locket in her neck gleamed. The locket itself was snuggly secure underneath her clothes.

"I don't want to sleep." She looked at him with her eyes. They looked innocent and honest. Quite unlike the look she pulled with him to get him to do something.

"Then we won't sleep." He murmured, kissed her forehead and pulled her down to the ground, where his summoned rug, pillows and quilt were already spread out.

"We can watch the stars." She mumbled with a small smile.

The pillows were put up against a raised flower bed. Their legs were draped with the enormous quilt and they began looking up at the stars.

A few minutes later, Cordelia was describing how Ursa major and minor were really two lovers who had the animagus forms of bears. They wanted to be remembered for eternity for their love so they did a ritual that made them into stars.

She was saying that it was a sorry way of declaring love. Tom, somehow agreed. Spending an eternity as a cold, non-living thing was not how he envisioned his life, even for love.

"We can put a telescope there. I think I saw a really good one in the alley." Cordelia was chattering excitably. She again pointed upwards and was describing something.

Her eyes were sparkling with happiness and she had a wide smile. Tom was no longer looking at the sky. He was staring at the moon and stars of his life.

For the first time, Tom let himself examine her lips properly. Sure, he had stared at them sometimes. But he always stared at her as a whole.

Today, he really allowed himself to observe their shape, their soft texture, the way they molded when she spoke, the way they molded when she smiled.

He knew his eyes had a light and his face was lit up.

He thought that Cordelia finally realized that he was not really paying attention to what she was saying because she gave him a confused look.

Tom thought about waiting, hesitating but he had wanted this for so long, so long that he closed his eyes and just bent his neck and softly pressed his lips against hers. He moved it once and then again.

Tom had not really thought that Cordelia would reject him. He had not.

But when he felt pressure on his lips from her, a delight coursed through his body. He gently tightened the arms he already had around her and kissed her again as their lips moved against each other softly but boldly.

In that moment, Tom decided that he really, really liked kissing Cordelia. Her lips were smooth and soft and when their warm mouths met, all he wanted to do was pull her closer.

Which he had, Cordelia was now sitting on his lap with Tom's one arm wrapped snugly around her waist and another as a support behind her neck. Her fingers were knotted and laced his hair. And they were still kissing.

Tom was not ready to let go just yet. They were taking small breaks for even breathing without looking at each other before again pouncing on each other's lips.

Tom had wanted this, wanted this the moment he saw her in the orphanage with her cheeky smile. He wanted to kiss that smile, see her eyes widen as he captured her lips, as he felt the softness that he had imagined there would be.

He had again wanted to do it, so many times, as they lay entwined in front of that fireplace.

However, he had wanted it to be at Hogwarts, his home, their home. But patience was not Tom's strong suit. It had been very difficult for him to hold himself and his temptation.

He had nearly lost it again on Christmas seeing her clad in his locket and then again on his birthday. She had taken him to a New Year's Carnival in Muggle Cardiff. They had spent the day laughing, running around, being kids and Tom had wanted to claim her so many times, so many times, but he had exercised restrain.

There was no need for it today. No need. They were at home, in Slytherin chambers, in a budding terrace garden with flowing fountains and a bright, starlit night.

What more could he ask for?

He finally kissed her softly once more and stopped, nuzzling her slightly. He could feel her smile and see it. He rested his forehead against hers.

"Took you long enough…" He heard her mutter as she opened her eyes in amusement.

"Were you waiting for it?" Tom softly asked. She just raised her brow before lightly kissing his cheek.

"I would have made the move myself. Screw tradition. But I did not want to scare you off…' She admitted.

"Kissing would scare me off? Not if it is anything like this…" Tom said boldly and again captured her lips. After a slow, soft, small kiss, Tom admitted, "I wanted it to be somewhere meaningful. And that is Hogwarts for me. This is the only place I have felt like at home. This is where I met you…This is where…you get the drift…" He shook his head.

She nodded with an understanding smile and kissed him again. She seemed quite excited by it and Tom did not fight for dominance. He had his chance at it earlier.

But a couple of minutes later, he could not help it and they were again engaged in a fierce lip lock.

Tom gently ended it. She lightly bit her lip but they were not moving away from each other, their noses were still softly nuzzling each other's cheeks.

"I love you…" Tom murmured because he could not keep it in any longer, kissing her nose gently. He felt her smile and then she bend on her knees on his lap, raising herself a little higher than his head.

"I love you too…silly." She kissed his forehead and plopped back on his lap, placing her head on the crook of his neck.

"I guess this should keep your suitors away…"Tom said hopefully.

Cordelia let out a delighted laugh, "It should…"

"Hmm…I like it. My lia…" He murmured, wafting his hand through her hair.

"My tom…" She said with a glint in her eye.

"Yours…" Tom nodded and they kissed again.

'I guess we should do it formally." Tom gave her a look and formally asked, "Cordelia Faye Black, will you give me, Tom Marvolo Riddle, the honor of courting you?"

"Sic, oui, si, nai, yes, Yes…" She nodded as she murmured yes in different languages. She kissed his face after her every word.

They kissed softly one more before separating.

"So as I was saying….Wizarding World has more stories about constellations. Different than the muggle counterparts…" She began talking, pointing towards the sky.

Tom just looked and listened to her in amusement.

Fifteen minutes later, she let out a large yawn.

"C'mon, we should sleep. It is nearing 4 and we have a class at 9…" He murmured.

She nodded sleepily.

She got off his lap and was about to get up, when Tom tightened his arms around her and lifted her up in his arms.

Her eyes widened in panic, "I can walk…" She protested.

"I am not ready to let you out of my arms just yet. You can walk all day tomorrow."" Tom murmured and took her to the bed in Master bedroom.

Cordelia was adrift as soon as placed her on the bed. Tom kissed her forehead one last time and tucked them under the blanket, spooned her from behind and closed his eyes with a sigh of contentment.

Morpheus claimed him in seconds too.


I specifically did not write it any longer because I wanted it to sink in. Hope it was all sweet and nice. This is my first time writing a kiss, so spare me.

But I enjoyed writing his chapter. I had been playing with different versions of this kiss in my head for so long that I was afraid that it would not play out as I wanted it to when I wrote it.

But as it happens, I quite like this version. I admit that it could have been better, more sappiness but I thought that Tom was more focused on putting a claim on her than explaining his feelings. He is not good at it yet, but yes soon, they will talk about their feelings for each other too.

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Disclaimer: The name Jormugandr has been used in the fic Again and Again and Quetzalcoatl has been used in Snake whisper. I really liked them and thought they suited my story.

BIG BAD NEWS FLASH: I AM GOING ON A HIATUS FOR TWO MONTHS.

I know this is a very sad news and before you start cursing me, it is for the next 2 months. My migraines are bad. I have too much work and I am having a hard time juggling. Last time, when it got this bad, I already had chapters written and I edited them and posted. But as of now, I have no word written after this chapter. I do not want to compromise on the quality of my story. I do not want to compromise on the length of the chapters and I sure as hell do not want to compromise on my health. So, I need to take this break. Hope all of you will be nice about it and understand.

Consider it a season break of sorts.

I AM NOT ABANDONING THIS. I will be back after 2 months. I promise. I just need some time to get a little ahead with the story. Maybe type out a few chapters. I have the storyline in my head but migraines make it difficult to stare on to the screen for long times. So bear with me and you will read me again after 2 months. Cheers.