The Terror Train of Time


Disclaimer:
Harry Potter is owned by J. K Rowling and Warner Bros.
Kamen Rider Den-O is owned by Toei Co. Ltd. and Ishimori Productions


Hello and welcome to another experimental fanfic of Harry Potter, in which a new inspiration popped into my head in an unexpected way, after recently re-watching a marathon of Harry Potter films on HBO Asia on my cable TV in my country, which happened a week ago, which somewhat revived my interest in making an new Harry Potter fanfic.

Having seen all the films that culminated in The Deathly Hallows part 2, I felt that I should come up with a new fanfic to see if it would attract Harry Potter fans, but a few days ago, while scrolling the channels, I came across an 80's film titled Back To The Future, which starred a then-newcomer Michael J. Fox, which involves a time-traveling adventure using a train.

Having read the synopsis of Harry Potter and the cursed Child, which uses Time Turners to alter history, I felt that I should use this trope and give it a try, but instead of using time turners, I sort of deciding to use the time-travelling trains as a plot device so as to offer something new, since I heard that Potter fans are getting tired of the time turner devices as means of travel.

While the time-travelling trains served as inspiration, I will not use the Back to The Future characters given that the setting will be in England, as well as the fact that the current setting is in the year 2020, so as to make it canon to the Harry Potter universe.

Instead, the time-traveling trains used here will be based on a Japanese TV drama series that also incorporates time-traveling, which aired in 2007-2008: Kamen Rider Den-O.Having seen the film versions, I felt that using them would add some interesting elements and would see if this would attract interest from readers and fans of the two aforementioned series.

Lastly, while I would use Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy as the core characters, as well as some of the other characters, and the following Harry Potter characters depicted here will be based on their film appearances at the end of Deathly Hallows part 2:

Albus Potter – Arthur Bowen

Scorpius Malfoy – Bertie Gilbert

Rose Granger-Weasley – Helena Barlow

James Potter II – Will Dunn

Lily Luna Potter – Daphne de Beistegui

Harry Potter – Daniel Radcliffe

Ginny Weasley-Potter – Bonnie Wright

Hermione Granger-Weasley – Emma Watson

Ronald Weasley – Rupert Grint

Draco Malfoy – Tom Felton

Well then, read on and enjoy!


Ch. 1: Azukaban kara no dasshutsu

Several months have passed after being sentenced, Delphini is inside her cell, livid and bitter, as her chance of being reunited with her birth father, the former Tom Riddle, was thwarted, and even in the end she showed no remorse for murdering Craig Bowker Jr., and there she vowed that she will do whatever it takes to get out of Azkaban and continue her attempts to alter history so that her father, and possibly her mother – Bellatrix Lestrange – would be revived and accept her.

She looked back at how her plans backfired and thought of a way to correct them, and there a sinister idea formed into her head, and now she seemed to be hatching a plan to get out of here, but the problem is that the cell doors were magically placed, thus her wandless magic would not help her in busting out of her cell.

By then one of the Azkaban guards came and opened the cell door, where he brought a tray of food for her, as the guards are obliged to feed the prisoners, and there the guard told her to eat up, as she needs to be healthy enough to serve her sentence.

Delphini stared at the guard and an idea formed into her head, where she tricked him into having a brief conversation with her, and her acting came into play so as the guard would not suspect her of trying anything funny.

"Say…"

"Huh?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Can you…"

"Stuff it."

"But I…"

"Sorry. Not allowed to entertain prisoners. Eat up."

The guard just scoffed and leaves the cell before magically locking it, and Delphini smirked as she waited patiently, where several hours later, it was night time, where the guard came, and opened the cell while carrying a tray. As Delphini stood there, she smirked even wider, as it is revealed that she secretly bewitched the guard's mind and had him procure a Polyjuice Potion, and as the guard unknowingly showed the juice on a small drinker, Delphini puts a lock of her hair on the drinker and then ordered the guard to give her a lock of his hair, then had him drink the drinker, and soon the guard took the appearance of Delphini, as he remained under her mental control, and there the still-bewitched guard gave her another potion, which also contains the Polyjuice Potion, and puts the guard's lock of hair on it, and she drank it, where she assumes the form of the guard.

There she secretly had him go to sleep, and the disguised Delphini took off, and magically locked the cell as she quietly escapes Azkaban, and managed to do so without giving herself away, and thinking of a way to set her plans in motion, Delphini fled to the Muggle world in order to think her options without worrying over being hunted as she intend to go UNDERGROUND for the time being.

Several hours later, another guard is making his round and decided to check on the prisoner, which is Delphini, and when he glanced at the prisoner, he saw that the prisoner appeared asleep, but then something happened as the effects of the Polyjuice Potion began to fade, and the real guard is discovered.

There the other guard became alarmed and alerted the others, informing them of the jailbreak while tending to the fallen guard, while the rest of the Azkaban officials are scrambling to get the news out that Delphini has fled.

"What?"

"Delphini escaped?"

"This is bad!"

"Sound the alarm!"

"Contact the Ministry!"

"They must be informed!"

"Inform the Minister of magic! She must be aware of this!"

"I'm on it!"

-x-

A day later, the scene shifts at the streets of London, where Delphini is seen sitting on a bench within an open park, wearing a wig and dressed as a commoner, and despite her apparent beauty, her attitude provided a stark contrast, as she is feeling foul over the fact that she had to wear Muggle clothing, yet she had to put up with this as she needed to evade her pursuers while thinking of a plan on how to alter history and revive her father.

A few teenage Muggle boys noticed her and attempted to woo her, fascinated by Delphini's beauty, but not wanting to arouse suspicions that there might be Aurors around here, she pretended to be flattered but would turn them down, saying that she already has a boyfriend, which disappointed the boys.

"What?"

"You already have a boyfriend?"

"No way…"

"Bummer…"

"That's bad."

"Geez…"

"Blimey."

"I see."

As the boys left, Delphini snickered as she is now left alone and started to think of something that would help in restoring her father back to life, and yet she faces a hurdle, as the remaining time turner is already in the hands of the Ministry of Magic, and now she has to think of an alternative way to accomplish that goal, and slowly realizes that if she attempts to use magical means the Ministry would be alerted.

As she looked around to see if she could find a hiding place, her eyes twitched when she saw the Potter family passing by, consisting of Harry, Ginny, James II, Albus Severus and Lily Luna. The Potter family are approaching the park, and there Delphini can hear the two Potter boys bickering over something trivial, and she started to move away as she feared of getting recognized and getting caught.

"Wooohh…"

"What?"

"Voldermort's angry…he'l lcome after you…"

"Knock it off, James!"

"Scared, Albus?"

"I mean it!"

"So chicken…"

"I'm serious!"

Harry had to pry his two sons apart and sternly told James to knock it off, saying that it is not nice to tease his younger brother like that, which James smiled sheepishly and said he will behave, while Lily hugged her mother and said that she couldn't wait to return to Hogwarts, but Ginny tells her only daughter to be patient, as having a summer vacation would be good as this gives the family time to bond.

Lily nodded and said that it is okay.

"That's good to hear, Lily."

"I guess, mom."

"Don't worry. we still have a few weeks before you and your brothers and Rose head back to Hogwarts…"

"Yes, mom."

"So for now, enjoy this family moment, Lily."

"Yes, mom. I will."

"Good."

"…"

Delphini looked around as she had to think of a way to move out before they recognize her, but then Kingsley Shacklebolt showed up (he walked towards the Potter family after emerging from an enchanted phone booth), and informs the Potter family of Delphini's escape, which made Harry alarmed, as he is sure that Delphini doesn't have the means to escape.

Shacklebolt said that apparently Delphini used some means for controlling the guard into consuming a Polyjuice Potion and the rest is history, and informed him that the Ministry is having an emergency meeting, and suggests that he keep his family safe for the time being, which Harry nodded.

"I will, Mr. Shacklebolt."

"Have your wands ready. Given the situation, you'll be allowed to use magic only if necessary."

"I understand."

"Maybe you should send your children to the Burrows…that would be the safest place to keep them safe, given your son's history with Delphini."

"I'll consider that."

"Well, then, we'll have to be open to more discussions. Minister Weasley has been informed about the situation."

"Appreciate it, Mr. Shacklebolt."

"Well then…"

Albus clenched his fists as he could not believe that Delphini managed to escape and he is now bracing for the fact that he would have to face her again, and there James foolishly began teasing him that a BAD, BEAUTY WITCH is eager for a rematch, but this earned Albus' ire, and grabbed his elder brother by his collar and screamed at him that this is a serious matter and is not something to be taken lightly, surprising James.

Ginny had to pry the two boys apart and she reprimand her eldest son for that, telling him that Delphini is not someone to take lightly and he should not tease Albus for that, which James apologized, seeing that for the first time, Albus showed a very much serious side of him.

"That was not funny, James. You should know by now that Delphini is not someone to be taken lightly at all."

"Sorry, mom."

"you must know that this is a serious situation, James. Delphini is someone that we should all take seriously. Remember how I told you the story about the Dark Lord. Now that his secret daughter has escaped Azkaban, she is sure to alter history that would put all of us in danger."

"Yes, mom. Sorry."

"So stop teasing albus about this as he had a near-death experience agains tDelphini."

"Yes, mom."

"Now behave yourself and stop acting foolish."

"Yes, mom."

By then, Scorpius Malfoy came running, and approached Albus, telling him about the news he got about Delphini escaping Azkaban, and Albus nodded, saying he already found out, and there the two Slytherin students discussed about the possible complications of this mater, which they suggest that Delphini would try to make another attempt in altering the past and bring Voldermort back to life.

Scorpius also brought out the topic that it might be possible that Delphini might seek revenge by killing the Potter family so as to prevent them from interfering in Delphini's plans, which Albus said that might be possible.

"Yes, Scorpius…that scenario came into my mind…"

"Then we should tell our fathers about this."

"Right."

"Also, in case you see Delphini, try to send a secret SOS and then keep her busy so that it would give the Ministry time to arrive and apprehend her."

"My thoughts exactly."

"And given the kind of person she is, we may have to go over the extreme, and may have to kill her if we exhaust all means of resolving the matter peacefully."

"Yeah…if she refuses to turn herself in…"

"Remember…this is self-defense we're talking about, Albus…"

Harry and Shacklebolt heard this and sensed that Scorpius may have a point and both told Scorpius and Albus to be very careful, as they have no idea where Delphini is at the moment, unaware that she is just close by. Scorpius nodded and tells Harry that Draco is now on the move in tracking down Delphini, which Harry nodded, as Draco's aid will be appreciated.

As Delphini casually walked away from the crowd, she made sure that her body is covered, as the tattoo on the back of her neck would surely giver her away, and she had to make sure that no one would try to sense her presence.

Not far, the scene shifts to a nearby park, where it became somewhat of an attraction, when what appeared to be a FUTURISTIC locomotive train is parked in the middle, which children mistook it as a display and they began glancing at it, some uses the exterior to play hide and seek, others attempted to climb it.

In front of the locomotive, a man, who is a Muggle, is in his early 30's (about 32-years old), and he appeared to be Asian, is watching the children playing outside the train, and is making sure that the kids would not do anything reckless. By then, someone showed up and offered candies to the children, telling them to line up which the children did, and one by one they received the candies, and they can be heard enjoying the taste.

"Wow!"

"Candies!"

"Yummy!"

"Taste good!"

"Thank you!"

"You rock!"

"Can I have some more?"

"Please?"

The one giving them candies appeared to be a strange one, as he is dressed in a druid-like dress, wearing a hood and sporting a yellow and black mask. The Asian man then locked the masked being in a comical headlock, telling him not to arouse suspicions, which the other said he is just giving candies, as well as to keep the kids from accidentally going inside the train.

"Hey!"

"Whoa!"

"Stop that!"

"I'm just giving candies!"

"Are you trying to give us away?"

"This is the only way to keep the kids from accidentally going inside the Liner!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, master!"

The duo are identified as Yuto Sakurai and Deneb, with the latter revealed to be an Imagin, and the duo have been traveling a lot, and having parked at this park, the duo are waiting for the coast to be cleared before boarding the locomotive to take off, as the locomotive train is revealed to be the Zero Liner, a time-traveling train that is capable of traveling to different eras of time, be it the past, and the future.

To Be Continued...


Hope you liked this chapter, as this plot takes place after the Cursed Child, and the Potter family are having a family bonding when told that Delphini has escaped and now the vacation may have to be postponed due to the emergency.

Two secondary characters of Den-O appeared, and are just outside their train, which is the Zero-Liner, and for some reason they parked it here in London instead of Japan…which is somewhat suspicious…


Preview:

As the Ministry of magic are on the manhunt for Delphini, things take a turn when Delphini discovered something that might help her in alter history and attempt to take it for herself and commence her plans in a diabolical way…

As for the Potter family, James, Albus and Lily Luna meets up with Rose and came across Scorpius as they discussed about what to do in case they run into Delphini before encountering the Zero-Liner…

See you in six weeks (probably around late April)…

Reviews are welcomed, but needed…