The Changed Timeline
by Teddylonglong
All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.
COMPLETELY AU! Partly OOC! Time travel!
Harry stared at the table in front of him, trying not to panic at the thought of transfiguring the button. He blinked, and all of a sudden, just one small rabbit was sitting in front of him.
"Nice wandless transfiguration," Remus commended him from his right side, causing Harry to cast him a terrified look.
"Just shut up or I'm going to kill you," he whispered back. He wished the rabbit to become green, causing the small animal's colour to change. 'Wow, that worked,' he thought in disbelief, looking up in surprise upon hearing his name.
"Well done Ms. Evans and Mr. Pane," Professor McGonagall commended them, nodding contentedly as she walked through the classroom.
During the rest of the class, Harry did all his transfiguration tasks wandlessly, feeling incredibly relieved when he managed to get through the class without attracting attention.
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After lunch, Severus waited for Harry in the entrance hall, so that they could walk to the dungeons together. "Harry, did Lily tell you about the conversation that we had last night?" Severus queried as they entered the Potions classroom. "We decided to go to Hogsmeade together."
"You're going to go to Hogsmeade with Lily? Wow, that's great. When is the next Hogsmeade weekend?" Harry asked, trying to feign enthusiasm, while his mind screamed, 'Oh no! Lily has to get together with James, doesn't she?'
"Lily and I?" Severus queried in disbelief, rolling his eyes. "No, you, and Lily and I of course, and the next Hogsmeade visit will be tomorrow. You're supposed to come with us." Severus gave Harry a sharp look.
Harry sighed. "Of course I'd love to go, provided that McGonagall won't punish me for anything today. Last night, she threatened to suspend me from the next Hogsmeade visit because I released myself from the hospital wing yesterday."
Severus chuckled. "You really would have deserved it, but she didn't, did she?" he asked in apparent concern.
"No, but I'm suspended from Quidditch for a week," Harry mumbled, feeling absolutely annoyed at the thought of not being able to attend practice with his father and his friends.
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After dinner, Harry spent two hours in the dormitory, feeling like a small child being babysat by Remus. When he took parchment and a quill out of his school bag, Remus immediately admonished him, "Harry, you know as well as I do that you're supposed to lie down and rest, not to study. But if you don't mind, I'd like to speak with you."
Harry sighed in annoyance but grudgingly put everything away, throwing his friend a curious look. "What did you want to speak about?" he asked softly, making himself comfortable on his bed.
"Concerning your problems with rabbits and wandless magic," his friend replied thoughtfully.
Harry groaned inwardly. "All right; I have a problem. I can't transfigure a plush rabbit into just one live rabbit. Once I got about fifty rabbits, the next time three, and I don't know why. The only thing I know is that I don't want to attract attention. At my old school, I was the focus of attention all the time, and I really hated it. Today, I didn't really try, and I didn't even take my wand out, because I was afraid of the consequences. It was just by chance that I succeeded."
"Well, I'm not sure if it was really by chance. When was your sixteenth birthday?" Remus asked, smirking.
"On July 31st," Harry replied, recalling that he had arrived at the beginning of September, just about when he had left in his own time. 'It's as easy to talk to Remus as it was in my own time,' he thought, surprised that he did not mind speaking about his problems with the other boy.
Remus thought for a moment. "Did you say you were raised by muggles?"
"Yes," Harry replied, looking at his friend in confusion.
"Then you might not be aware of this, but a wizard's magic reaches a new level of development when he turns sixteen. Your magic seems to have become very strong when you became sixteen, and you're still not able to properly control it," Remus explained patiently. "If you use your wand summoning the same amount of magic as you did earlier this morning, the spell will become too strong because of your stronger magic. I suggest that you speak with Professor McGonagall about the problem and ask her for a few extra lessons in order to get your huge amount of magic under control. Otherwise, it could become very dangerous for you as well as for others."
Harry was outright shocked. "Thank you, Remus," he stammered, "I didn't know that. I have a meeting with McGonagall and Dumbledore at nine o'clock, and then I'll talk to them. But please do me a favour and don't tell anybody about it, and about the wandless magic either." He unconsciously rubbed his forehead against the headache that was building up behind his temples. 'Will the professors be able to help me?' he thought in concern.
"Harry, I give you my word; I won't tell anyone," Remus reassured him, and Harry knew that he could rely on his friend's promise.
"Thank you, Remus. All right then; I'll use the remaining ninety minutes to work on my Animagus transformation if you don't mind. I want to be able to finally have a phoenix head to go along with my phoenix body," he replied, smirking.
Remus frowned. "I don't mind, although I know that the teachers wouldn't like it. But go ahead; I won't tell anyone," he promised.
After an hour of intensive practice, Harry finally succeeded and saw himself in the mirror as a beautiful white phoenix with pretty, green wings on both sides. He did a few uncertain steps on his bird's feet, before he flapped his wings a few times and finally managed to fly over to Remus' bed and back to his own.
Remus looked at the beautiful bird in amazement. "Wow Harry, that's brilliant. You can't imagine how I envy you."
'That's really cool,' Harry thought happily. He changed back and forth several times, until he was able to transform very quickly. He was just sitting on the windowsill in his phoenix form, watching the Quidditch practice outside, when all of a sudden the dormitory door opened and McGonagall entered the room.
"Mr. Pane, please accompany me to the Headmaster's office," the teacher said, before her eyes fell on Harry's empty bed.
"Oh, Harry just went to the toilet," Remus lied quickly.
She gave him a sharp look, deciding, "Then I will wait for him."
'Oh no, what am I going to do? She won't give up easily,' Harry thought, trying not to panic. 'I have to flash to the toilet.' With a splash of ice, the phoenix disappeared.
McGonagall turned her head, looking over to the window. "What was that?" she asked crisply.
"What was what, Professor?" Remus asked innocently, following his teacher's gaze.
"I don't know; it was like a white flash," the teacher replied, unintentionally thinking aloud, 'Am I imagining things? Maybe I'm going to be sick. Thank Merlin it's the weekend.' Then she advised Remus, "Please tell Mr. Potter... no, Mr. Pane of course, to come to the headmaster's office as soon as he returns. Thank you." With another confused glance in the direction of the window she left the room.
Harry arrived at the washroom without problems, quickly transformed back to his human form, and left the room, bumping into the professor on his way up the stairs.
"Sorry Professor, I just had to go to the toilet," he told the teacher.
"No problem, Mr. Pane. Go and put your robes on. Professor Dumbledore is waiting for us," the professor instructed him.
On their way to the headmaster's office, they made a short detour to the hospital wing to get Harry's nutrient potion. Feeling absolutely annoyed, Harry thought about just flashing away but dismissed the idea quickly, as he still did not want his secret to be discovered by the teachers.
Once again, they learned from Fawkes about the Order of the Phoenix. Fawkes seemed to sense that Harry was able to understand him and was trying his best to make Harry laugh. 'Maybe he can sense the phoenix in me,' Harry thought, giving Fawkes a threatening glare.
After about an hour of lecture from Fawkes, Dumbledore finally announced, "That will do for tonight. I invited ten people, whom I know very well, for Sunday evening. Harry, I'm very sorry; I'd like to have you here as well, but as you know I can't admit students under age, and friends like the Potters would be very astonished if you were here and their son wasn't invited."
"I can fully understand that, and I don't have a problem with it, Professor," Harry truthfully reassured the headmaster.
McGonagall smiled at Harry. "Since you're our advisor in this matter together with Fawkes, you can be sure that we'll inform you about the outcome of the meeting as soon as possible. In fact, this should be on Monday at the same time as today I suppose. I will come and fetch you again."
'And I will have a way to observe your meeting anyway,' Harry thought, smirking.
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At three o'clock in the morning, Harry woke up and spent some time musing about the events of the evening. Deciding to speak with Fawkes about the Order meeting, he quietly scrambled out of his bed and quickly transformed into his phoenix form, before he flashed into Dumbledore's office, sitting down next to Fawkes on his perch. Fawkes nearly fell off the perch, startled at the sudden appearance of another phoenix, especially in the middle of the night.
#Fawkes, can you hear me?# phoenix Harry asked, absentmindedly beginning to clean his white feathers.
#Hello Icicle. Yes, of course I can. Who are you, and what are you doing here?# Fawkes queried.
#Please Fawkes, can you promise me not to tell Dumbledore?# Harry cast the older phoenix a pleading look.
#I promise,# Fawkes replied, chuckling.
#I'm Harry.#
#I thought so,# Fawkes said in apparent appreciation. #Good, very good. I haven't seen an ice phoenix Animagus since the big purple grumpy bearded one, not even a phoenix at all except for Albus, but he's a fire phoenix. Congratulations, Icicle!#
#Thanks. What I wanted to ask is if I can come on Sunday evening to watch the Order meeting?# Harry asked quickly.
#Of course you may visit me. I'll introduce you as my friend Icicle, and you may come to all the Order meetings. Just flash here like you did tonight.#
#So you're Fireflight or what?# Harry asked in amusement.
#Correct.# Fawkes replied, grinning, motioning for Harry to help himself to a phoenix treat.
Harry hesitantly followed the invitation. #That was delicious,# he said in surprise at how tasty the treat was. #Okay, I'll flash back now, thanks Fireflight. Good night.#
#'Night Icicle.#
Harry flashed back straight into his bed, but as soon as he transformed back into his human form, an idea struck his mind. 'Why shouldn't I try to fly for a while?' he mused. He changed back immediately, trying to view the Quidditch pitch in his head. With a white splash of ice, he flashed out on the grounds. Harry took a deep breath, enjoying how warm the air of the icy November night felt to his thick feathers. He flapped his wings and started to fly around the Quidditch pitch and even over the Forbidden Forest. 'This is absolutely amazing,' he thought happily.
Harry enjoyed himself so much that he did not realize how the time passed, and suddenly he noticed that it began to get light. By the time he flashed back to his dormitory, he had already missed breakfast, and his roommates had wondered where he had gone so early on a Saturday. Harry groaned as he looked at his alarm clock. 'Now I have a problem. I can't let the teachers see me before going to Hogsmeade; otherwise, I'll be grounded for the day,' he thought, pondering what to do.
Suddenly, Remus stormed into the dormitory. Seeing Harry, he sighed and said in obvious relief, "Yes, he's here."
Lily came into view. "Here you are. Severus and I agreed to meet at the entrance door in twenty minutes. Is that all right for you?" she asked hastily.
"No Lily; since I missed breakfast, neither McGonagall nor Pomfrey should see me before we leave," Harry said, thoughtfully. "I'll wait for you near the Whomping Willow after you meet with Severus if that's all right with you."
"Of course, Harry, but please be careful. We'll look for you," Lily promised, before she headed back downstairs towards the common room.
"All right, I better leave as soon as possible," Harry said quickly. "Bye Remus, have a nice day. I'll see you at Hogsmeade."
Before Remus could reply, James and Sirius suddenly stormed into the room. "Can you believe it," James blurted out. "I asked Lily out to Hogsmeade, and she told me she was going with Snivellus and Harry!" He sat down on his bed, looking very frustrated.
"Harry, do you have any intentions with Lily?" Sirius asked boldly, glaring at Harry.
Harry sighed in annoyance. "James, I can assure you that Lily is only a friend of mine. I'm not interested in her in any other way. I can swear you a wizard's oath on that."
"Really?" James cast Harry a challenging look.
Harry quickly pulled his wand. "Herewith I swear on my magic that I'm not interested in Lily Evans as a girl friend. Is that enough? Okay, I'd better be going." Harry transformed into Icicle and flashed away with his normal white splash of ice.
James' and Sirius' eyes widened. "Wow, he managed to transform completely. How cool is that," Sirius blurted out in amazement.
"Fantastic," James agreed, grinning.
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When Lily and Severus reached the Whomping Willow, they saw a beautiful white phoenix sitting on a nearby rock.
"Severus, look over there. That's Harry; he managed to transform completely," Lily shouted, excitedly, looking at the gorgeous bird in amazement.
Harry transformed back into his human form, and Severus told him sternly, "You're impossible. I can't understand why you have to get yourself into trouble all the time."
"Yes Professor Snape, sorry Professor Snape. I just can't help it. Now, where are we going to go?" Harry asked, smirking.
Lily laughed. "Why not? I can imagine that Severus would make a good Potions professor. Anyway, I'd like to go to the bookshop. And maybe later have a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks?" She gave her two friends a questioning look.
"Good idea, but I have to go to the apothecary as well. I need a few potions ingredients," Severus replied, raising an eyebrow at Harry.
"I don't need anything at all, but I'll join you anyway if you don't mind. Butterbeer sounds good in any case," Harry said, laughing happily.
The three friends thoroughly enjoyed their first Hogsmeade visit together. For lunch, they had a butterbeer and a sandwich at the Three Broomsticks, where they shared a huge table together with James, Sirius and Remus.
It was a warm and sunny November day, but shortly after they left the Three Broomsticks, Harry noticed that the air was becoming colder by the minute. However, it was an abnormal coldness, which he knew all too well. His scar had been buzzing for a while now, so that it was not difficult to guess what was happening. With a terrified expression on his face, he turned to his friends.
tbc...
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