*Time Travel*

Kataleya and Louise arrived back home again and realized that Marc was already waiting for them. "And now you´ll explain everything to me once again. Nice and slow, without any gaps." And so it happened. Louise started by telling him of her life as a child and Kataleya continued by telling him of her accidental magic, which she never identified as such before. Then they showed Marc all of Kataleya´s new supplies and Louise even performed a spell to prove that magic was real.

Marc literally fell out of his chair when Louise performed her best levitating charm on the tea canned Kataleya, much to her father's dismay, couldn't help but laugh at him. It was just too funny how muggles reacted to magic performed around them. Also, she just couldn't figure out why she always made excuses for her magic when it happened. It was so obvious and everything she said was, "It's a trick of the light", "I'm imagining things", or something else, but she couldn't admit that it was magic. And now that her mother explained the existence of magic, Kataleya could only slap her hand at her forehead and curse herself for being to stupid to recognize simple apparation, color changing charms and parselounge. And the last one, with the decorations flying across the room, what was more obvious? Compared to that, even talking to snakes was more muggle than this.

But then again, who believes in magic when they see it, just because they read books and saw movies about it? Correct, not one soul. And that's the problem. Even if wizards and witches showed their magic to muggles, they would just think of any excuse, such as electronic or muggle magic tricks and all that, but now, Kataleya and even Marc knew better than to shake their heads and not believing In magic. Their wife/mother was a witch, after all. That simply couldn't be ignored.

For Kataleya, the day couldn´t have gone by faster, she was so excited. Next week she would turn 11 and in two weeks she would sit in the Hogwarts Express, finding new friends and such. But even after giving her parents the daily good night´s kiss and going to bed, Kataleya couldn´t forget the thought that has been in her mond siince her magical outburst the day before. Was changing the past possible? And if, was it possible for her? She turned her head and looked at Zuki. She couldn´t concentrate on her transfiguration book, as much as she wanted too, she just couldn´t. She wanted to change it. No child should be named Albus, except maybe Ronald Weasley´s child, but that was beside the point. Kataleya had to change it. And even if it would create a paradox, she could still do what she wanted, it wouldn´t effect the timeline. But how would she go to the past?

"Oh, Zzzuki...I wishhhh I could change it...the passst, you know. Harry desssserved a loving family, assss did Neville, I have to do thisss. But how?" Zuki perked up and looked as though she was thinking about something. Did she have an idea? Indeed, it took barely a minute for the beautiful animal to answer.

"Well Kata, there issss a way...a dangeroussss way. It could kill you, if performed wrong. I persssonally wouldn´t want to risk it, but it´ssss your choiccce." Kataleya frowned. Her pet knew a way for her to change the past? But she could die trying it. Should she risk it? Her parents would be so sad, if she died trying to go to the past, but there were so many lives that were lost then, what would it matter, if she died, too? She would have died trying to save the past, at least, and that would be worth it...wouldn´t it?

"Tell me what to do, Zzzu!" "Lissssten, grab your trunk and pack everything you need firsssst." As Kataleya did that, Zuki wondered, why exactly she was doing what she did. She could kill the only girl onnthe world with the ability to talk to snakes. But still, they could succeed and that could be the key to saving many innocent lives. Kataleya packed everything. Not only the ordinary stuff, like clothes and washing supplies, or her school supplies, no, she also packed the Harry Potter books. The movies would be staying, they weren´t completely true and the time they were goimg to go to didn´t have televisions, yet. It was a comfotable silence laying onnthe room. Both Kataleya and Zuki hang after their own thoughts, while only the sounds of Kataleya´s footsteps and her trunk and stuff could be heard. Then, after what felt like two eternities later, Kataleya stood at Zuki´s cage, her mother´s trunk next to her. Yes, she really had to find a spell to change the initials on the trunk to K.L.A., instead of L.K.M., which stands for Louise Katherine Murray.

"Ready?", hissed Zuki and Kataleya nodded. "Great! Now, I warn you, it will be very painful and you may die while doing thisss. Lift your wand. Good. Now look that everything you want to take with you isss touching you." The girl shuffled more towards Zuki´s cage,so that she could touch it and slowly became nervous. What if something went wrong and maybe only her stuff travelled back? "And next, you sssay, ´Tempussss Portussss´ and think of the year you want to be in. Everything touching you will easssily come with you. And one lassst thing. You won´t be able to get back. You will create a new reality. There, you and I will both ceasssse to exisssst, bjt here, it would be like, ´Gone without a trace´. They will look for usss, more for you, tho, but they´ll never find you. Think about it and do what you think issss right. Choose between the eassssy way and the right one."

Kataleya breathed in and out. Maybe she should leave a letter for her mother to find. She nodded and seated herself at her desk.

Dear Mum, dear Dad,

First I want you to know that I will always love you, even if I'll never be able to see you as a child again. But maybe I should explain. So, I laid in bed tonight, thinking about being able to change the past. But since I couldn't figure anything out I asked Zuki (Dad, I'm a parselmouth) and she told me that their was a really dangerous way, one that could kill me. But I am ready to take the risk and I hope you will tell Harry and Neville that I'll make sure he has parents. Tell Ginny and, as much as I don't want to, Ron that I'll save Fred and tell Molly, I'll save Gideon and Fabian and, just tell everyone, except Dumbledore's portrait. He'll only be able to send a message to his past self so that I won't be able to complete my plan.

Again, I'm sorry, I love you sooo much. And Mum, I'll save Grandma and Grandpa. Tell Aunt Lou that. And tell Blake that I love him, no matter if he's always been mean to me. He'll stay my cousin, if he likes it or not. I have to go now, before I change my mind.

I'll see you again, but I will be older by the time we see each other again. I'll be married, I'll even have grandchildren, but I promise, I will see you again.

I love you all

Kataleya Louise Anderson

After she finished, she laid the tear-stained letter on her bed and went back to Zuki. She grabbed her wand again, liftid it, looked that she touched everything she needs and thought of 1971. "Tempus Portus!"

Everything twisted aroung her and Kataleya stiffeled a scream. It hurt so bad, she was sure that she was crying. And then - as suddenly as it came - it was over. The pain was gone and Kataleya´s breathing evened again. She looked at her surroundings and there was one thing she realized immediately.

She did it. She looked around with a puzzled expression on her face before standing up. Right next to her there was a big lake and behind it trees everywhere. When she looked to the other side, she saw trees again, but a little hut just in front of it. Looking ahead, Kataleya saw a beautiful castle raising high into the sky. That must be Hogwarts with the lake, Hagrid's hut and the Forbidden Forest included. It was really fascinating, really.

Here, she could change everything. She only needed a cover story and she'd be ready to make sure that Harry and Neville actually have their parents in the future. Or it it the past? Well, that's not the point, the point is, Kataleya couldn't be more excited to finally be here. The only thing she struggled to accept was, that she wouldn't be able to see the castle for the first time ever again. Yes, she saw it on the television before, but it was different. This time was real, but still fake. All the other first years get to see the castle for the first time at night, sitting in boats with three other people their age. Kataleya saw it in movies, and then, standing right in front of it. She missed so much just by traveling back here. She just hoped she wouldn't regret it, since there wasn't a way for her to go back. So, as much as she missed home already or as much as she regretted it, she couldn't go back. Not that she already regretted her decision, of course, it was just an example.

Kataleya really was happy about the decision she made. She only had to make sure that everything worked out the way it should. So, of course, she can't prevent everything, but she is determined to try and prevent all the deaths of people she knew of very well or people, whose relatives would have really needed them in the future. She'd make sure the Marauders didn't trust Peter Pettigrew, which would cause for Sirius not to go to Azkaban, which causes him not to die in Harry's fifth year and so on. It's an endless list and every time Kataleya thought about it, more things to change popped into her head. There just was so much to do.

She quickly wiped some tears from her eyes and sniffed. "Are you fine, Kata?", Zuki asked from behind. "Yeah, I'm fine, Zzzzuki. Jusssst...memoriesss. I really want to change thingssss and thissss issss the perfect opportunity to do ssso. What do you think? Did we make it?" She smiled sadly and looked down at Zuki, who peeked out from under the sleeves. "I don't think we made it..." Kataleya's face fell. "I jusssst know we made it, Kata. And now, are you ready to change the passsst? It'ssss all in your handsss now, remember." The snake gave her owner a pointed look (don't imagine, please, just don't) and hissed satisfied. The sun was shining, a soft breeze went down Kataley's back and all in all, it was just ismply perfect. To good to be true. The best day of her life. Whatever you might want to call it. But despite not even being born yet, it was the most beautiful day ever. And Kataleya didn't even mean the weather. She meant everything. Just now she realized that she would be friends with her grandparents and laughed at the irony of it. An 11-year-old being friends with grandparents. But if you take it seriously, her grandparents were only children now, as well.

**TiMe TrAvEl**

Wrote this chapter at night. Dunno how many pages but it sure is over 5. I typed it on my Nintendo 3DS, so yeah...Hope you liked it!
Sarah💚