Dumbledore smiled, "Judging from your reaction, I guess that he was not the minister in your world?"
Harry chuckled, "He worked at the Ministry and headed the Department of Misuse of Muggle Artefacts before the second war. He was a very kind person who took me in his family as a part of his family making me his seventh son. He filled the role of father that I desperately missed. He and his wife were the parents that I so much wanted. His youngest son was my best mate and I married his daughter. Anyway, when Voldemort was vanquished for the first time, Millicent Bagnold was the minister. When she retired, Cornelius Fudge became the minister and later, he was replaced by Rufus Scrimgeour. Over the years, we had a few more ministers before I became the Minister of Magic. I retired then to become the Headmaster of Hogwarts."
Dumbledore's eyebrows rose high into his forehead, "Quite an accomplished life you had, Mr. Potter."
Harry smiled, "Yes, I had a good life. I lived to old age to see my family grow, I even outlived you and then I passed away peacefully in my sleep."
"I know you did not grow up with your parents but what about me or Remus?", asked Sirius Black.
Harry was still surprised with the differences between this man and the Sirius that he had come to know. This one felt like Sirius should be yet he looked different.
"Sirius Black died in my fifth year at Hogwarts, in the battle of department of mysteries in the bowels of Ministry. He was knocked into the veil by infamous Bellatrix Lestrange", Harry told them.
"Bella? You mean my cousin Bella? But she is Lilly's best friend", Sirius exclaimed, "And well I married her."
"WHAT!", Harry exclaimed loudly, "But she was Voldemort's right-hand man."
"In that world maybe", said Sirius, "But she is not so in this world. Here, she is my wife."
Harry mind was spinning with all the changes that were there in between these worlds. The world was truly insane. Imagine Sirius and Bellatrix being married of all people, but wasn't she older than Sirius?
"Sirius, I don't know about here but back in that world, Bellatrix was older than you", Harry said, "And she was married to Rudolphus Lestrange."
"She is older here too and feisty as much", Sirius said, "But what are a few years when you live to 150?"
"Anyway, Mr. Potter", Dumbledore said, "you said Voldemort rising for second time. Can you tell us more?"
Harry yawned widely, "That is too long of a story and I am about to fell asleep. Can it wait till tomorrow?"
Dumbledore nodded, 'Of course. I will arrange a guest room in the castle…"
"That will not be needed, Albus", said James, "We will be taking him home with us."
"Sorry but I want to remain here", Harry said, "I know you may have children at home and you will have hard time trying to explain who I to them."
Lilly nodded, "Tonight, we will tell them about you and tomorrow you will be coming with us."
With that they all flooed away when Dumbledore turned to Harry, "Is there anything else that you wanted to talk about, Mr. Potter?"
Harry nodded, "Yes. Before being sent here, I met Death in between who was dressed like you."
"M… Me?", Dumbledore shuddered.
"Yes", Harry said, "And he told me that I have been his agent for many different lives and dimensions now because I became the master of death."
"Master of Death!", Dumbledore exclaimed loudly, "That is quite hard to believe."
"Not really", Harry said, "you know the Hallows are real. In fact, you have one of them right here with you and I have the other one. The third one is out there and I just have to find it."
"Can the stone really bring back people?", Dumbledore asked.
"No, Headmaster", Harry said, "It does not bring them but a feeble imitation of themselves. It robs you of your senses and makes you wish that you could join them in the afterlife."
Dumbledore sighed, "I guessed as much. You said you have another of the hallows with you but as far as I know the cloak is still with James Potter."
Harry shook his head, "I don't know why but the cloak made it here with me. I mean everything burns away when it crosses the dimensions or universes but it was the only thing except my clothes that did not burn away. Even my wand is not with me."
"Your wand?", Dumbledore said, "But you had a wand when they brought you here."
Harry chuckled, "I won that from Auror Dawlish when he tried to corner me at the gates. Please see to it that it is returned to him."
"I will", Dumbledore said, "But what about you? You need a wand, I presume?"
Harry nodded, "I need my wand, Professor. You have it."
"The death-stick?", Dumbledore asked, "But…"
"That wand is mine, Professor", Harry said, "I was originally born as Ignotus Peverell and that wand belongs to me. Even now, the wand has relinquished you. It is calling for me."
Dumbledore pulled out the elder wand and it felt dead to him as if it were never capable of casting magic as it did in the past. Grudgingly, he handed the wand to Harry.
As Harry touched the wand, it started sending sparks into the air and the air around him cackled with energy.
At that moment, the door to the office flung open, and Sybill Trelawney entered, her eyes rolled into her head, her face a veritable maze of emotions and she thundered-
"He with the lightning bolt has come
Comes the one wielding the elder wand
He cometh bearing gifts of death
The agent of death he is
To restore order, to end chaos
He cometh bearing gifts of death
Comes he bearing gifts of death"
As soon as she had finished speaking, her eyes rolled up and she slumped. A moment later, she coughed violently and looked around the office, "W… Wh… Where Am I?"
"You are in my office, Sybill", Dumbledore calmly said, "Did you need anything?"
"No, Headmaster. I only wanted to get some fresh air", she said and was about to leave when her eyes fell on Harry and she said, "The wars drums start being sounded, death approaches those who evade it, there is still time for them, time to repent and yield to the scythe."
As she left, Harry turned to Dumbledore bewildered, "What the hell was that?"
Dumbledore had steepled his long fingers together and looked interestedly, "Curious!"
"What is curious?", Harry asked.
"She just gave two prophecies", Dumbledore said.
"Did she give a prophecy regarding one with power to vanquish Voldemort?", Harry asked.
"What? You also had that prophecy?", Dumbledore asked.
"Yes! She gave a prophecy in that world which made Voldemort come after me", Harry said and recited the entire prophecy to the headmaster who had turned white when he ended up speaking.
"That is the exact prophecy that made him come after the Harry here", Dumbledore said.
"How did the Harry here die?", Harry asked.
"We were fooled", Dumbledore said, "On the night of Halloween, Peter Pettigrew was at Godric's Hollow and he fed something to the Potters which rendered them unconscious. When they woke up an hour later, Peter was nowhere to be found, the nursery was upturned and little Harry was killed with the Killing curse."
"What happened to Pettigrew? Was he caught?", Harry asked.
"Sirius Black cornered him on a street and almost had him when…"
"When Pettigrew turned into a rat and ran into sewers, leaving behind 12 dead muggles?", Harry asked.
"No!", Dumbledore said, "He almost had captured Pettigrew when the death eaters attacked Sirius and took the rat with them."
"What about the Longbottoms?", Harry asked.
"They are alive. Why do you ask?"
"In that world, the Longbottoms were tortured into insanity", Harry explained, "and they became permanent residents of the Permanent Spell Damage ward at St. Mungo's", Harry explained, "Neville grew up with his grandmother."
"In this world, they were attacked by at their place of hiding by Voldemort who I think was trying to eradicate both of the obstacles in his way but something happened and he had to run away", Dumbledore said, "The Longbottoms are Aurors so they were not at home at that time but Augusta Longbottom was. He killed her but before he could harm little Neville, Frank and Alice arrived home with the Potters, Sirius Black and Alastor Moody. Faced with so many Aurors, Voldemort barely escaped with his life. Since then, he has been trying to kill Neville. They have another son."
"Tell me about the Weasleys", Harry said.
"Arthur Weasley is the minister of Magic and he has five sons", Albus said.
"Just five sons!", Harry exclaimed, "But in that world, he had six and what about a daughter?"
Dumbledore shook his head sadly, "Molly Weasley was pregnant with the sixth son when she ran into a death eater raid. One of the death eaters hit her with a curse which killed the child in the womb and rendered her unable to conceive more. It was this incident that forced Arthur to become the Minister of Magic. His eldest son William is a curse breaker for Gringotts, his second son Charlie is a dragon keeper, his third son Percy owns a joke shop…"
Harry started laughing and Dumbledore asked, "Did I say something amusing?"
"Pe… Percy a prankster!", Harry said clutching his stomach, "He was a ministry employee in my world and a stickler for rules. It was the twins who caused mayhem". After a minute, Harry said, "This world is truly bizarre."
"Not quite so, Mr. Potter", Dumbledore said, "Percy is a businessman. He runs the shop but the products are developed by the twins. It was Arthur who did not want any of his children to work at the Ministry."
"And in that world, Mrs. Weasley wanted her children to work at the Ministry", Harry said, "What about Voldemort?"
"What about him?", Dumbledore said, "I'd say you know him more."
"In my world, he was a half-blood known as Tom Marvolo Riddle", Harry said, "He was the heir of Slytherin and the last of Gaunts. He was born under the influence of a love potion."
"From what I know, it is the same here", Dumbledore said, "Is there anything that you can tell me?"
"In my world, he had created horcruxes", Harry said, "he can't be killed until they are destroyed."
"I guessed as much", Dumbledore said, "from the few times that he was cornered and fatally injured, he did not die from is injuries which makes me think that he may have created them here also."
"Was the chamber of Secrets opened here too last year?", Harry asked.
"No! Although it was opened 50 years ago and a muggle born witch Myrtle Warren died", Dumbledore said, "Was it opened in your world?"
"It was opened in my second year too though I guess things are different here", Harry said, "What about the Potters?"
"What about them?", Dumbledore asked.
"How many of them are there?", Harry asked.
"You have met James and Lilly. Then they have two sons and a daughter. Their eldest son is named Charlus after James's father and the younger is named Harrison after Lilly's father and their daughter is named Azalea. They live in Potter Manor out in Wiltshire."
"I have a final question."
"Please ask."
"Do you have the Houses here also?"
"Yes, we have the wizengamot and the Ancient houses are members", he explained, "Your family has been a member since the body was established."
"What about the Reverent houses?", Harry asked.
"There were three Reverent houses", Dumbledore explained, "They were the House of Peverell, Le Fay and Pendragon. Pendragon went extinct ages ago, Peverell line assimilated in Potters and the Le Fay house was divided into many of which only House Greengrass remains today. Why?"
"In another world, I was the Lord of House Peverell while I was the Lord of House Potter", Harry explained, "Those lines were never assimilated but no Potter Lord ever was capable of donning the mantel of Lord Peverell."
"You mean it is a possibility that House of Peverell can make a comeback?"
"If a Potter can handle the magic, then yes", Harry explained, "However I plan to visit the Goblins and get it tested."
"You mentioned another life", Dumbledore said, "How many lives have you lived?"
"Headmaster, I have lived many lives in many roles and so have you. I am an agent of Death and represent balance, you have always represented Order and Voldemort represents Chaos. When the balance begins to tilt I often have to intervene. It seems that you are failing here so that's why I had to come here."
"You speak of phenomenon that very few have heard about", Dumbledore said, "However I will have to meet the Minister and apprise him of your arrival. He is a friend of mine and he will be most helpful."
Harry laughed, "You mean he is a member of the Order of the Phoenix?"
Dumbledore chuckled, "Yes, that is what I mean. Now, can you find the way to the guest rooms?"
"Yes, I can", Harry said, "I will see you tomorrow."
Early next morning, Harry left the castle before anyone woke up. He had to do something important before that. Taking the route from the witch's hump to Honeydukes, Harry appeared in Hogsmead from where he disapparated.
With a crack, he appeared outside the marble building in Diagon Alley which was called Gringotts. At the door of the bank, two goblins brandished spears at him, "Halt Wizard! No admission without permission."
Harry frowned, "Since when Gringotts has started stopping customers?"
"But you are not an ordinary customer, are you?", asked a goblin which looked very old by goblin standards, he was bent at waist, one of his tooth was missing and he had a voice as if a blade was scraping against a stone.
"And why do you think so?", Harry said, projecting his fierce aura at the goblins. The guards flinched and took a step back but the old goblin smirked, "You wizard have the touch of death on you, the thestral shines in your wake and wherever you go, you spread hope to friends and terror to your foes. You are not of this world but another."
"And will that stop me from claiming what is mine?", Harry asked him.
"We shall see if the magic will agree with you", said the goblin standing aside and inviting him to enter.
The goblins led him in the depths of the bank through a veritable maze of tunnels and then on a cart through thief's downfall. When they finally arrived at a place, it looked very ancient and perhaps the deepest part of the maze. There was little to no light there and the goblin said, "I believe I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Tornac, the chief shaman of the goblin nation. Generally, it is beneath me to see a wizard but this day, something strange happened. The veil between the mortal world and the other realm was forced open and a soul was regurgitated. It happens many times that a soul can escape the other world but generally it does not contain a body. When I put my talents to use further, I recognized that it was death's move on the chessboard. A Peverell has returned to the world from nowhere and that is something that does not happen every day. The wizards may have forgot but we goblins remember. The goblin nation was once protected by the druids who worship death as an entity and it were them who defeated the dragon kings who wanted to destroy the world. They were the ones who stopped the tyranny of the serpent lords and brought reprieve to the world at costs of lives of the tribe. Lord Ragnok authorized me to meet you and see if magic deems you worthy of holding it. In front of you is the vault which belonged to House Peverell. Go ahead and prove who you are."
Harry raised his wand and intoned a chant and the walls on either side of him lit up revealing a corridor. With a mere thought, he sent ahead a wave of magic and the corridor lit up as the traps from there to the vault exploded. Smirking, Harry walked up to the vault and suddenly had to jump aside as a jet of fire came out of one of the niches.
"Dragon fire!", Harry exclaimed, "Forgot about that."
He turned to the goblin, "What dragon is in there?"
"Romanian Longhorn", said the goblin, grinning ferally.
Harry knew the dragon would be blind as other dragons in Gringotts were. Besides it did not need to see him, it could sense him just fine. Since the eye weakness could not be exploited, there was only thing that would work.
Concentrating hard, Harry moved his hand in a pattern and conjured a metallic clanker as he had once seen. Picking it up, Harry started to rattle it at his strength and the dragon retreated in a corner allowing him to pass. When he reached near the vault, he found a wall of magic in front of him.
Before he could do anything, voice echoed in the tunnel, "Who dares to approach the vault of Peverell?"
Harry confidently said, "Harry James Potter, the agent of death, the owner of the deathly hallows, the prophesized one, the lord of Peverells seek admittance in the vault."
There was no response but the vault of magic that was in front of him shimmered before disappearing completely and then Harry say an ethereal Thestral approach. The thestral approached him at a run and tried to headbutt him. Harry however was ready for it and sidestepped the thestral and grabbed hold of its neck and swung himself on its neck. Within a second, Harry was on its back. The thestral bucked hard, tried to throw him off but Harry held on. He dug in his heels and grabbed the neck with all his power. When it appeared that the thestral would not stop, Harry brought up his fist and pounded upon its back. With two powerful punches, the thestral sat down. Harry dismounted and stood in front of it.
The thestral looked upon him for a second before it turned into a shiny blob of magic and entered into his body. Pain! Searing pain coursed through his body. He was stunned in place and his inside churned, his nerves felt like they were on fire and he felt a pressure on his Occlumancy shields. Harry lowered his shields and felt someone riffling through all the memories that he had. It went on for a long time and during that Harry could only glimpse of the lives that he had lived. When it finally settled downed, a shudder passed through him and he turned to the goblin who sat on his haunches, "Congrats on your ascension, Harry Peverell, the master of the hallows."
When Harry went to Dumbledore's office next, there were many people present in there. There were the Potters, a woman that he didn't knew, Remus Lupin, the Longbottoms (he recognised them from photos of the order), two red headed twins and the Minister of Magic, Arthur Weasley and a few he had a suspicion that he knew.
"Harry, please come in", Dumbledore said, "let me introduce you to these fine people."
"Headmaster, let me get this correct before I ask for you help", Harry said and then turned to the red headed twins, "Since you are not Fred and George, I guess you are Fabian and Gideon the Prewett Twins, then the one hiding in the corner is Elphias Doge who is a very good friend of the head master. The Auror couple are Frank and Alice Longbottom. The big black scary Auror is Kingsley Shacklebolt, the one next to him is the ever- paranoid Auror Alastor Moody, the sandy haired wizard Remus Lupin and the little wizard with titled hat is Dedalus Diggle and of course I know Minister Weasley. Now this gentlewizard with the mask on his face, I am sure, he is Croaker the head of the Department of Mysteries."
"You seem to know many of them already", said Dumbledore, "And then you seem to know Croaker by name and that is astonishing. No one in this hall even know his name."
Harry snorted, "In that world, I had helped Director Croaker test some of his theories regarding time travel."
"Do you have any idea where you have come from?", Croaker asked, "I mean there are thousands of alternate realities or universes, timelines and it is often hard to find where one has come from."
"I have no idea, Director Croaker", Harry said, "However in a couple of years I will help you increase your knowledge on some of your most intriguing theories."
"In the mean- time", said Dumbledore, "We all have questions."
Harry nodded, "Ask your questions."
"Tell us about your Voldemort."
"In that world, Voldemort was born in 1926 to a near squib witch of the Ancient and Noble House of Gaunt named Merope Gaunt and a common muggle who were the landowners in the area named Tom Riddle. He studied at Hogwarts where he opened the chamber of Secrets in 5th year of his education at Hogwarts which led to death of a muggle born student named Myrtle Warren and he framed Hagrid for it. Later, he went on to work at Borgin and Burke's and after a couple of years, he disappeared from that place.10 years later, he appeared as Lord Voldemort and started a war which went to a halt briefly when he was vanquished by me due to an ancient magic that was done by my mother. 11 years later he possessed a professor and tried to get to the Sorcerer's stone but it was destroyed by me, the next year he caused the chamber of secrets to be opened again with the help of a diary and I killed the basilisk in the chamber and in my 4th year, he came back into a body at the end of the Triwizard tournament. There were rough three years after that and I went on run with my best friends when the ministry was taken over by him. After a year, I ended up killing him during a battle which took place at Hogwarts."
"Anyone has any questions?", Dumbledore asked.
Lilly Potter (of course who else it would be) asked, "You told us yesterday that you were not raised by Sirius or Remus then who raised you?"
"I was raised by your sister and brother-in-law who treated me worse than house elf", he said, "But in the end it did not matter. They gave me a roof on my head till I came of age and that is that."
"You never told me if I married someone?", Sirius said.
Harry looked pained, "My Sirius was arrested by the Ministry after my parents were killed. He had told everyone that he was their secret-keeper but it was Peter Pettigrew. He had tracked Peter to an alleyway where Peter framed him, killed 12 muggles with a curse and then scarpered into the sewers after changing his form. Sirius spent 12 years in Azkaban and in my third year, he broke out of Azkaban when he saw Peter in his animagus form with the Weasleys on a newspaper. He went on the run for two years after he failed to capture Peter despite our best efforts and later, he was killed in the battle of Department of Mysteries. When I lived with him while he was on the run, he told me that he had wanted to marry Marlene McKinnon."
"Marlene?", Sirius asked, "She was killed shortly before our Harry was murdered."
"What about Remus?", James asked, "Why he couldn't raise you?"
"Remus was already a frightened individual and due to his furry little problem, he could not get a stable job. The Ministry also knew that he was a dark creature and therefore it was impossible that he could have got custody of me. He lived a stressful life doing hand to mouth jobs and even went on to live among werewolves for a time before he was tracked down by Dumbledore to teach Defence at Hogwarts the year when Sirius escaped prison. Remus went on to marry and had a son but he was martyred in the battle of Hogwarts with his wife when his son was just months old. I was named the godfather and I spoilt him as much as I could. Ted Lupin went on to have two children and one of them was named after Remus John Lupin."
"I was a werewolf there too?", Remus asked.
"Yes, that has been the constant in many of lifetimes that I have lived", Harry said.
"Well I am more interested in knowing who Remus married", said Sirius.
Harry grinned, "Your cousin Nymphadora, the daughter of Andromeda Tonks nee Black and Ted Tonks, a muggleborn."
"What!", Sirius said shocked, "Andromeda married a muggleborn?"
"Yeah", Harry said, "Andromeda married a muggle born and was banished from the family. She had a daughter Nymphadora Tonks who was a metamorphmagus. Is it different here?"
"Well… Andromeda has married Evan Rosier, her cousin", Sirius said, "and she has a son. It is Narcissa who is married to Thomas Macmillan and has a metamorph daughter who will be in her 3rd year at Hogwarts this year."
"What!", Harry exclaimed, "Well, that is bee in the bonnet. In that world, the Macmillans had a son called Ernest Macmillan."
"Well, he is even in this world", said Sirius, "the eldest child of Narcissa Macmillan nee Black."
"Can you tell me about your Weasleys?", Arthur said.
"Arthur Weasley in that world, was a ministry employee and had 6 sons and a daughter. I met the youngest on the train on my first day to Hogwarts and later they accepted me a part of the family for the next 7 years. After the war ended and I joined the Auror office, I married Arthur Weasley's daughter. We had 3 children together whom we named James Sirius Potter (James and Sirius snorted loudly), Albus Severus Potter (many gasped) and Lilly Luna Potter. There is so much to tell about the Weasleys that it would be days and the story won't end."
"I understand", said the minister, "I hope you would visit us someday."
"I will, minister", said Harry, "Provided Director Croaker is convinced with my story for I see he has been chanting spells for minutes now."
Croaker laughed, "You know that too? Well, this lad is telling the truth. Where he comes from, I can't tell but he is not from this reality."
"It seems then that all we need to do is to create an identity for you", said Dumbledore, "And since no one knows anything personal about the Potters we can tell them that you are Harry Potter."
"But everyone knows Harry Potter is dead", said Harry, "Have you lost your marbles?"
"Hear me out, Mr. Potter", said Dumbledore, "Things were dangerous for you and Neville Longbottom at that time. We will tell the people that your parents had taken you out of the county a day before that eventful day and you were raised in a different country. Now you have come to take your place."
Harry nodded, "That can work. Do I have to go to school?"
"You look like what? 14 years? You'll have to go to school", said Lilly, "And it will do you some good to stay around people your age."
Harry sighed, "Alright. I will leave the details to you all."
"I think my work is done", said Croaker, "I have received a plausible reason for the disturbance in the veil which I had noticed yesterday. I will see you later, Albus."
As the unspeakable left, Harry turned to Dumbledore, "Are all of them members of the Order?"
"Yes, your world had the Order too?", asked Sturgis Podmore.
"Yes", Harry said, "Dumbledore was the leader of the order until he was killed and then it was led by Alastor Moody for three months before he was killed and then Kingsley Shacklebolt led the Order."
"I see."
"Mr. Potter, can I ask a question?", said Alice Longbottom.
"Yes, Lady Longbottom", Harry said.
"We have kept our son well hidden from the world", she said, "yet we don't know the reason that why we have kept doing it."
"The Prophecy is the reason", Harry explained, "However that prophecy was not fulfilled here because Voldemort killed Harry when he was toddler and therefore there was no reason for him to target Neville. In my world, you both were incapacitated by Death Eaters after the fall of Voldemort. Neville spent his entire life without ever knowing you but he never failed in visiting you at St. Mungo's. He named his first born after his father."
"What is the plan, Albus?", Arthur asked, "is something more to be discussed?"
"No Arthur", said Albus, "I just wanted to let everyone know about him. I will see to other formalities."
After everyone was gone and it was only the Potters and the two marauders, Harry turned to them, "Do you still want me to come with you?"
James said, "Yes, I want you to come with us."
"But…"
"No but. We have decided and it is final and if Prongs doesn't want you then I will take you in. I was your godfather, after all even if in another world."
"Don't be so hasty, Padfoot", said Remus, "We had decided that we will draw lots."
"As if I will let it remain in the hands of you idiots", growled Lilly, "he is coming home with us."
"Headmaster", Harry was talking to Albus, "What is Severus Snape's position in your Order?"
"He is a double spy", Albus said.
"Well, somethings are never meant to change."