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Authors Note: Nothing really to say that I didn't really say in the last chapters authors note. So just enjoy the chapter.

Time Reveals All Chapter 15

Christmas break was over and the Great Hall was once again filled with chattering students. Breakfast was a noisy affair as friends compared their presents and talked about their brief respite from school. Up at the teacher's table, though, it was a completely different matter. The professors, unnoticed to their students, exchanged worried looks. They had only had a whispering of the news of attacks. The ministry had promised a full report in the paper this morning, so when the owls swooped in, many of the teachers visibly braced themselves, looking as if those owls carried their death sentence.

For many, teachers and students alike, this truly would mark the beginning of a path leading to death. Before this there had been rumors of some sort of uprising, but the public laughed at it. So some fool decides he wants to rule the world and gets a couple of people to back him up. Big deal! The ministry will make sharp work of them. And anyway, after Grindewald's demise, who would ever dare to call themselves a Dark Lord again? Now that was a man with true power. This little rabble would quickly be quelled. As for the talk of disappearances and people found dead and tortured? All it was was talk. The blaring newspaper heading proved them all wrong though.

DARK WIZARDS ATTACK!

12 DEAD AND 32 INJURED.

By Penny Wright

On December 27 there was a report of dark magic in an undisclosed area.

A team of aurors was dispatched to the scene only to find about forty wizards

dressed in black robes and white masks attacking an assortment of witches, wizards, and muggles. One man who appeared to be the leader named himself Lord Voldemort. Bravely he announced that he and his followers, who he named Death Eaters, were going to rid the world of all muggles and muggleborns.

This Lord Voldemort was seen to use a variety of dark curses including two of the unforgivables on muggle and magic alike. He and his followers managed to ruthlessly murder five muggles, four regular witches and wizards, and three aurors. Many others have been submitted to the care of St. Mungos healers, some of who are in critical condition. There have been rumors of attacks before, but nothing to this scale. The ministry insists that they have things well in hand, but this reporter believes that if they were in control they would have dealt with this rabble when they first appeared, instead of waiting until they became a real threat.

The ministry needs to act and quickly. Innocent blood has been shed and hopefully the ministry will put a stop to this before the threat grows.

For a list of the dead and injured; turn to page 3

For and article about who Voldemort is and where he came from; turn to page 5

For additional information about Voldemort, his Death Eaters, and their plans; turn to page 6

Lily's voice stopped reading with a slight tremble. Her friends stared at her in shock. Suddenly James snatched the paper from her hands and turned to page three. Reading out loud he said, "Dead, Maggie Tomas-Muggle, Brent Phillips-Muggle, Sylvia McEwen-Muggle, Jack Wood-Muggle, Robin Black-Muggle, Simon Flinch-Fletchly-Wizard, Mary Robinson-Witch, Ivvy Brown-Witch, Zach Brown-Wizard," James' eyes traveled a table over to a Ravenclaw third year. He was staring at the list of names in shock. 'What a horrible way to find out that your parents are dead,' James thought, 'in a newspaper, poor kid.' Turning back to the list he said, "Kelly Green-Auror, Peter Goodfellow-Auror, and…" all of a sudden James felt like he had been punched in the gut. "No, no it can't be," he muttered, "No, it just can't be."

Sirius snatched the paper out of his hands, eyes already funning down the list, "What can't be?" All of a sudden he froze and James knew he had reached the bottom of his list as his face paled. He stared at it a few minutes more before clearing his throat and saying, "Edward Potter-Auror."

There was a stunned moment of silence before Lily, tears welling up in her eyes, pulled James to her, into a comforting hug.

"Uhh James," Harry asked quietly, "It's obvious that you are related to this guy, but if you don't mind could you tell me just how you're related to him?"

James pulled out of Lily's embrace, tear tracks on his cheeks. "He is, well, was, my father."

TRATRATRA

Remus heaved a silent sigh as he saw the figure standing at the edge of the astronomy tower. He was simply staring out at the stars, so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed Remus' presence.

"Harry," Remus said quietly, breaking the silence.

Harry whirled around startled, "Remus, what are you doing here?"

"Looking for you," Remus answered moving to stand next to Harry.

Harry nodded, "How's James?"

James had been excused from classes that day to visit with his mother who had come to Hogwarts.

"Upset. He really loved his dad," Remus told him, "but I think the better question is how are you?"

Harry gave Remus a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"I know Harry. I've known for a while. Ever since that conversation in the kitchens truth be told," Remus said.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," Harry told him, looking a little nervous.

"James and Lily are your parents. And Edward Potter is, or was, your Grandfather," Remus told him bluntly. He knew he had promised Mandarb not to confront Harry with this, but he felt he had to know. Besides Harry's grandfather had just died and Harry had no one to comfort him.

Harry stared at him in shock. "How-how do…" he trailed off.

Remus smiled mirthlessly. "It wasn't that hard to figure out. With a little help from the Marauders Map, that is."

Harry frowned and then, much to Remus' surprise, nodded. "That makes sense. You once told me, 'The map never lies.' Of course those were slightly different circumstances. Then it was a dead man who never died. Now it's someone from the future. I assume you figured that out too."

Remus nodded. He had been fully expecting Harry to ask what the map was, but Harry obviously already knew. "How did you know about the map?"

Harry grinned, "Two friends of mine nicked it from Filch's office and figured out how to work it. They passed it on to me in my third year. They were infamous troublemakers. The map paired with my dad's, James' cloak has gotten me out of a lot of scrapes. I have them with me now actually," Harry said pulling what looked simply like aged parchment out of his pocket. "The cloak's in my trunk."

It was Remus' turn to stare pop-eyed at Harry. "Well…that's, uh, unexpected." Suddenly Remus laughed. "Don't let James and Sirius find out! They get in enough trouble with only one cloak and map. I don't even want to think about what it would be like if they had two of each!"

They both laughed. For a few minutes there was a companionable silence. Finally Harry said, "Well, I know you probably have questions, so ask away."

"Well, what I really want to know, fist is why. Why did you come back in time. You say you are here to train, but why did you have to come back in time to do that? Why couldn't you do that in your time?" Remus asked him.

Harry sighed, "It's because, well, we have a Dark Lord in our time too. And I'm on the top of his 'to kill' list. My Hogwarts headmaster decided it would be best to send me back in time, that way neither the Dark Lord or his followers can get their hands on me to kill me, before I'm properly able to defend myself." Harry paused for a minute and when he continued Remus got the impression that he was talking to himself, rather than to Remus. "I don't know why he thought that though. I've faced him before. Several times. And each time I've lived. I know the prophecy say's I have to kill him, or be killed, but it's not like I'll be doing it alone as I have before. I'll have the aurors and the order there to help me. He didn't even really warn me I was going back in time. He just has people whisk me away from my relatives and sends me back in time. No warning at all."

Harry's muttering became to quite for Remus to hear, but he felt he had heard plenty already. Coming to stand next to him he put one hand on Harry's shoulder. "Look at me Harry," he said. Slowly Harry's emerald gaze came up from the floor to meet Remus' amber eyes. "Harry, is the Dark Lord in your time Voldemort? The guy who killed James' Dad? Then he kills James and Lily? And now he wants to kill you?"

Dumbly Harry nodded, "He tried to kill me, but he failed." Harry showed Remus his scar. "Because Mum, Lily, died to save me, the killing curse rebounded from me, back to him. I was hailed as a hero. A baby hero. I was only one when it happened you see. Dumbledore, our headmaster still, sent me to my aunt and uncle. Mum's sister and her husband. Voldemort didn't die though. Once I entered Hogwarts I had a run in with him almost every year."

Remus frowned. "Why did Dumbledore send you to your aunt and uncle? I didn't even know Lily has a sister. I understand why he didn't send you to me. My condition wouldn't make me the best parent, but why no send you to Sirius or Mary. Or Peter. Sirius was probably your godfather, and Mary likely your godmother. It just doesn't make sense to me."

Harry sighed and turned away from Remus to look out towards the Forbidden Forest. "I never knew Mary even existed until I came here. As for Sirius, well, he was sent to Azkaban. Peter was supposedly dead."

Remus' mind was whirling. Sirius in Azkaban! Why? And Peter dead! Truth be told he hadn't seen or talked to Peter much this year, but Peter was still a friend. Wait. What did Harry mean by supposedly?

Voicing his thoughts he prepared himself to be told nothing. Surly it would meant a change in the past for Harry, and the future for Remus. Harry had probably told him too much already. He would probably ask to obliviate Remus. And Remus didn't think he would object. He wasn't so sure he wanted to know what his future would hold. Not like this.

"I will only till you on one condition." Harry stated, jerking a confused Remus from his thoughts, "And that's if you consent to make an unbreakable vow to act upon nothing I tell you to change the future and that you will tell no one else."

Despite his early reluctance Remus knew immediately what his answer would be, despite the voice in his heat that was chanting 'curiosity killed the cat,' "I'll do it Harry," 'but satisfaction brought it back,' he told himself.

After a few minutes the two sat across from each other, vows complete. Taking a deep breath, Harry began to explain, "My parent's knew that Voldemort was after them so they went into hiding. They used the Fidelius Charm. It's an immensely complex spell that involves the magical concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul. The information is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is henceforth impossible to find, unless the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it. As long as Mum and Dad's Secret-Keeper refused to speak, Voldemort could have searched the village that they lived in for years and never find them. Even if he had his nose pressed against their sitting room window," Harry repeated the words he had once heard Professor Flitwick explain, what seemed like a lifetime ago, "of course Sirius was to be Secret-Keeper. Not a week later Mum and Dad were betrayed. Sirius was thrown in Azkaban for being second-in-command to Voldemort. Apparently he also made a run for it, but guess who tracked him down? Peter. Tracked him down and shouted, "Lily and James, Sirius! How could you?" Then Sirius killed him. Made a huge explosion and killed twelve muggles in the process. All they found left of Peter was his finger."

Remus gasped and stared at Harry. "Sirius! Turn dark! And do that! But why? And if he betrayed your parents why do you get along with him? You seem to like him, but you seem to hate Peter, why?"

"Because Sirius didn't betray James and Lily." Harry explained, "What I just told you it what everyone thought for twelve years. Twelve years while Sirius was in Azkaban. Until he escaped. Everyone thought he was mad. Everyone thought he was out to kill me. He wasn't though. I won't go into the details, but Sirius, me and my two friends Hermione and Ron ended up in the Shrieking Shack. It was my third year at Hogwarts. You were our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher that year. I was about ready to strangle Sirius when you burst in and got me off of him. You started talking to him. Talking to him about killing someone. My friends and I assumed it was me. Hermione then got angry and told us about how you were a werewolf. We though you were in league with Sirius. We were wrong though. You were after Peter. Sirius knew he was the obvious choice for Secret-Keeper and convinced James and Lily to switch at the last moment. To switch to Peter. They never told you they were switching. Why, I don't know, but they didn't. You also believed that Sirius was guilty, but earlier in the year you had confiscated the Map from me. You saw Peter on the Map. Peter was the Secret-Keeper. He betrayed Mum and Dad to Voldemort. Sirius went after him, but before he could curse Peter, Peter shouted for the world to hear of Sirius' betrayal. Then he blew up the street, cut off his finger, and transformed."

Harry paused and Remus stared. This was incredible. Too unbelievable to be anything but true. Visibly gathering himself Harry continued, "I stopped you and Sirius from killing him that night and I've regretted it ever since. Peter escaped you see. That very night. He went and found Voldemort and helped him return from the almost death-like state the rebounded killing curse put him in. As for Sirius' death, he died a year ago in my time. He went down fighting, just like he would have wanted."

Remus couldn't think of anything to say. It was all so overwhelming. Placing a hand on Harry's shoulder he said, "Come on. Let's go in. It's getting cold. Besides, the others will start wondering where we are."

Harry gave Remus a small smile, "Ok, lets go."

Authors note: Ok I know that wasn't the greatest ending so forgive me on that. Now be nice and don't flame, but do review. Now I have to get off the computer before my mom gets home and murders me! Ta!