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Authors Note: Sorry bout that. It just seemed that I had one vacation after another. Updates will be a little scarcer soon because school is just around the corner and I have volleyball tryouts on Monday. Wish me luck! Any way I want you all to know that I'm not sure how or if the sixth book is going to alter my story. I really didn't like the book so it's not going to change that much if at all. I know that Dumbledore isn't going to die, but I'm not sure if I'm going to make Snape a good guy or a bad guy. Give me some opinions please.

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kupo14: Hey kupo! Actually I've never had tofu but have gotten a ton of review about it so I don't think I described too badly. Actually I didn't like the 2nd book at all but I just had the dueling idea from a reader and I thought the spiders fit in well.

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Time Reveals All

Chapter 11

Lunchtime in the Great Hall showed three Gryffindors sitting at the Gryffindor table picking at their food. Two of them, one girl and one boy, were clearly related, both had shocking red hair and freckles. The boy was tall and gangly with limbs that he seemed to have no control over. She was only slightly shorter, but was clearly younger. Their third companion was a brunette with bushy hair. Her uniform was neat and she had a bag next to her full of heavy books. All three of them had worried looks on their faces and while people all around them were talking and laughing, they sat in silence.

"Remind me again just why Dumbledore said it was necessary for him to send Harry back in time," the red haired boy asked no one in general.

"For goodness sakes Ron!" The bushy haired girl said exasperated, "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. He said it wasn't safe for Harry in this time anymore and Harry needed to go somewhere safe to train to fight Voldemort. He said that he is supposed to return at the end of the school year. He also said that we should put this year to hood use and practice anything we can lay our hands on that might be useful to fight death eaters."

The boy named Ron nodded, "I know, but I still can't believe it. It's been three weeks since Remus last told us anything about the past and I'm a mixture of confusion, worry, and nerves."

BANG! The doors to the Great Hall flew open and the hall quieted. People looked up from their food to eye the stranger. Many of the older students recognized him and returned to their food and chatter. Many of the younger years looked nervous and some drew their wands even though some didn't know enough magic to do much more that throw sparks at the man.

He had sandy brown hair and a worn, drawn and tired looking face that was crisscrossed by so many scars it looked like someone had tried to play tic-tac toe and used his face as a board. His robes were raggedy and stained sporting many colorful patches.

Striding across the Hall towards the teachers table a worried expression never left his face except for the time that it took to send a reassuring smile in the trios direction.

The man approached Dumbledore and leaned towards him and whispered in his ear. Dumbledore nodded and stood up. Saying something quickly to the man he turned and faced the Great Hall, which quieted quickly.

"We have a guest that has come to Hogwarts. Many of the older students will remember him as Professor Lupin who taught Defense Against the Dark Arts several years ago. He has asked me for permission to remain at Hogwarts for an extended period of time and I have granted him this request. I expect you to treat him just as well if not better that you treat your professors and myself because he is our guest. I hope you will made him welcome." Dumbledore turned and left the hall with Lupin following behind him.

"What do you think that was all about?" Ron asked the girls when most of the hall had gone back to their food.

"I don't know," said the red haired girl, "but I think we should follow them."

"I think Ginny is right we have to start finding things out for ourselves instead of waiting for others to tell us. Let's go ask Dumbledore," the brunette responded.

The three students stood and left the Great Hall walking quickly. 5 minutes later they reached the statue of a gargoyle that guarded the entrance to Dumbledore's office.

"Uhhh Hermione, what's the password?" Ron asked the brunette.

"Honestly Ron! How would I know? Dumbledore doesn't grace me with the knowledge of the password to his office. Harry told me once, though, that it is always candy, but it can be muggle or wizarding," Hermione said, "he always gets it by guessing. Let's try it out."

"Okay, hmmm, how about Ice Mice," Ron tried tentatively.

"Fizzing Wizbee."

"Butterfinger."

"Snickers."

"Tootsie Roll."

"Sugar quill."

"Skittles!" Ginny shouted stamping her foot and, much to her amazement, the gargoyle sprang to the side revealing a spiral staircase slowly moving upwards.

"Skittles? What are they?" Ron asked his sister as they mounted to moving staircase.

"They're a muggle candy. I was really just joking," Ginny replied.

They stepped off of the staircase and onto a landing with a big wooden door. Hermione raised her hand to knock, but just them voices floated through the door and out onto the landing.

"- Don't know what you're playing at Dumbledore. Who is this girl anyway? The boy has Moody for goodness sake! He doesn't need more professors. Honestly the boy is going to die before he returns from overwork," Came Lupin's voice.

"Calm yourself Remus, anyway I didn't send her back in time, she sent herself. I don't know how she did it and I was hoping you would drop by soon to tell me if she had indeed gone back in time. For some strange reason I'm not "remembering" these things. Maybe it's because Harry being back in time does not have a big effect on my life, but it does yours. Anyway she came to me and said that Moody would not be able to train Harry enough for him to be able to fight Voldemort so she asked me for permission to go back in time and give him the extra boost that he needs to defeat Voldemort. I gave her my permission and she left," Dumbledore said patiently.

"But why? Why did you gibe her permission? You have no idea who this girl is or where she comes from. For all you know she's a death eater and is going to kill Harry," Remus said obviously distressed.

"Call it intuition if you must Remus, but I'm quite sure that Mandarb means Harry no harm. Anyway I am there in the past as well as here in the present. Do you think that my past self doesn't recognize Harry's importance? Do you think that I would let anything happen to him?" Dumbledore's voice was cold with disapproval and disappointment.

"No, no of course you wouldn't. Forgive me Albus, I'm just so worried. And so tired," Remus said letting out a sigh.

"Think nothing of it old friend. You need rest I believe your stay here will do you wonders. You, of course may stay as long as you wish. I will have Severus fix up some Wolfsbane potion for you," Dumbledore said kindly.

"Are you sure Dumbledore? I could always go home. I don't want to intrude," Remus said.

"Nonsense. I wouldn't think of you having to travel all the way back to your house. Stay here a while," Dumbledore replied.

Hermione exchanged a look with the other two. I seemed they were done talking about anything important. They nodded and she continued her earlier motion and knocked.

"Come in," Dumbledore called and the door swung open.

The trio entered. Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk with Remus standing on the other side.

"Ahhh Miss. Granger, Miss. Weasley, and Mr. Weasley please do come in," Dumbledore said with a smile. He waved his wand and conjured four chairs, "Please sit down."

Ron, Hermione, and Ginny entered and took a seat however Remus remained standing.

"Sir," Hermione began tentatively, "What's going on with Harry?"

"Miss Granger, A few days ago a girl, who I would say was roughly early to middle twenties in age, came and visited me. She said to call her Mandarb. She was dressed all in black with brown hair that was tied back. Maybe the strangest thing about her was her black eyes. Anyway she said that while Moody was a good teacher, he would not be able to teach Harry everything that he needed to know in one year by himself. She then said, 'Sir, I promise you I mean him no harm. Please allow me to go back in time and help hi. I have a debt and have made a serious mistake. I hope to regain some of my honor and make up for my mistake by helping him. I beg you.' Then she rolled up her left sleeve to show that she bore no dark mark. For some reason I felt a strong feeling as if someone was telling me that she was being honest. She didn't tell me what the debt was and I didn't ask. I actually don't think that I want to know. I gave her my permission; she thanked me, and left. I have no idea how she got back in time nor do I care," Dumbledore explained to them.

"Sir how do you know that she actually went back in time?" Hermione questioned curiously.

"Remus has just told me that a girl did turn up one day. She fits the description and has the same name, which I don't think is very common. She is also Professor Moody's assistant and Harry's personal defense coach," Dumbledore replied.

"So let me get this straight," Ginny said to Dumbledore. "You told a girl who came from no where, with a freaky name that nobody knows, that she could go back in time and teach Harry to defeat Voldemort. We don't know if she's a death eater and she seems to be as powerful as you, sir, if she could send herself back in time. For all we know she could be trying to seduce him and, or turn him dark!" Ginny said starting to get a little hysterical.

"If you'll just calm down for a few minutes Miss. Weasley, I'll be able to tell you that so far she has not tried to seduce him nor turn him dark. My younger self is taking classes with her as are Sirius, James, Lily, and Mary." Remus assured her.

"Who is Mary?" Ron asked curious as Hermione rubbed Ginny's back to get her to calm down.

"Mary was a classmate of ours. She was quite close to Lily. After school she ran off to the US and married a muggle. She didn't keep in touch and Lily was quite upset when Mary never answered her letter requesting for Mary to be her bridesmaid at her wedding. They were going to make her Harry's godmother, but again she never answered the letter asking her to come," Remus said sadly.

"But if she didn't answer the letter who is Harry's god mother?" Hermione asked.

"He doesn't have one. Lily was adamant that it was going to be Mary or no one, so when Mary didn't show up they made Sirius godfather and Harry never got a godmother. Sirius was heartbroken when she left. I think he loved her though he would never have admitted it. They started officially dating halfway through seventh year. Before that it was clear that they liked each other, but neither could work up the courage to ask the other out. They had a fight last night of term and when we woke up to leave the next morning she was gone. I don't think she even knows that James and Lily are dead," Remus said.

"What was the fight about?" Ginny asked in a hushed voice. She seemed calm now and quite interested as to what had happened.

"Sirius asked Mary if she would move in with him. Sirius never paraded around with the fact that he'd run away from home and so Mary hadn't known. She'd gotten quite upset that he hadn't told her he had run away and been disowned. There was crying and him shouting that he didn't have to tell her every aspect of his life. There was even some swearing thrown in. However it ended with her fleeing the common room in tears and him storming up to bed. Sirius woke the next morning determined to apologize only to find out that she'd left in the night. He was crushed. It took him a long time to recover. We only heard from her once five months after we had left Hogwarts. James and Lily had invited Sirius and I over for dinner. Sirius had to do something for work, he was in training to become an Auror, so it was just the three of us. James and Lily were engaged by the way. Anyway halfway through the meal and owl flew in, dropped a letter, and flew out. It was from Mary and was short and to the point. It said that she had moved to the US and married a muggle. She also said not to try to contact her. Lily was incredibly upset," Remus replied.

"And you haven't heard from her since?" Hermione questioned.

"Now we haven't," Remus said, "though it's not from lack of trying to contact her."

"That's so sad!" Hermione said, "Did Sirius ever know that she wrote to you?"

"No," Remus sighed, "He was just starting to get over her at the time and we didn't want him to have a relapse. I remember several instances when I would just apparate into his living room to make sure he hadn't done anything drastic."

"What exactly do you mean drastic?" Ron asked cautiously.

"Three days after graduation he disappeared and we couldn't find him anywhere. Finally Lily collected herself enough that only after hours of frantic searching, we were just about to contact the Ministry, Lily preformed a locating charm. We found him standing on the rail of a bridge in the middle of nowhere. It turned out he had been standing there all day contemplating whether or not to jump. He confessed later that we had arrived in the nick of time because he had just been about to jump," Remus said shaking his head sadly.

Hermione gasped, "Oh! That's horrible. And she only wrote once?"

"Yes, only once," Remus admitted.

Dumbledore cleared his throat, "I'm afraid that she actually wrote more that once. Two days after the incident Remus just told you about I was at James and Lily's house waiting for them to come home. During my wait an owl swooped in, dropped a letter at my feet, and flew out. I picked it up to find it addressed to me," At this point he opened his desk pulled out a letter and handed it to Remus, "Here I should have told you before, I'm sorry."

With shaking hands Remus opened the letter and read aloud,

"Dear Professor Dumbledore,

I fear that death eaters are after me. I had hoped that coming to America would get them off my tail, but they are more persistent that ever. They are the main reason that I left Europe. I didn't want to worry or endanger my friends. Please don't tell them of this letter. I have written them another letter that is mostly false. They will, I time, forget about me and while I will never forget about them, especially Sirius, that is what I want. I want you to help me. I wish to use the Fidelius Charm and I want you to be my secret keeper, please write back if you consent.

Mary."

"She is still under the charm. It worked so well for her that's why I suggested it to James and Lily. Remus I'm going to tell you where she is, and I want you to go get her. It's time for her to be reunited with you and the world. Tell her about everything that's happened," Dumbledore said, "Will you do this for me Remus?"

"I will," Remus replied.

Authors Note: Bit of a cliffy I know but still please don't follow pyrofreak133's example and flame. I don't appreciate it. Any wat I'm kind of stuck a little for the next chapter so tell me what you want to see. Thanks!