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!
It was one evening sometime early in the year 1996. The Snapes' fireplace at Hogwarts, where Severus was living happily together with his wife, his son and his two daughters, flared.
"Severus, could you please come to my office for a while," he could hear Albus' voice and groaned. He was just doing an experimental Potion together with his 15 and 13-year-old children.
"I'll be there in five minutes Albus," he promised, feeling thoroughly annoyed at the prospect.
He walked up to the headmaster's office, wondering about the solemn face of his old mentor and friend. Minerva, Albus' wife and deputy headmistress as well as Madam Pomfrey, the healer, and Remus Lupin were there as well. A moment later, Lily entered the room as well.
"I have called you here to show you a few, no, frankly speaking a lot of memories which were put in my Pensieve twenty years ago, when a certain Harry Pane visited us from the future. You do remember him, don't you?" His friends nodded eagerly. Of course they remembered him well, their great grandchild, son and in Severus' case his best friend forever.
"Until now I have never told anyone, but while he was here, I let him put lots of memories from his future in a Pensieve. He will come back in September and will be in a lot of trouble, because being in the past he has changed the future very much. When he comes back, he will still have his old memories of his own time line and will have difficulties adapting to the new realities, which for all of us here is the normal time line. Although now Harry is living here with us in this time line, when he returns from the past, he will not have the memories of this time line at first. Therefore, I want to use the next few months until the summer to show you all my memories about his old time line in order for you to be able to understand and help him dealing with his problems. As he spent two whole years in the past, viewing the memories will take a lot of time, so I would like to ask you to come here every evening at a fixed time, for example curfew, to watch for about two hours. Will the five of you be willing to do this for Harry?"
The five nodded their agreement. "Of course, Albus."
"I appreciate that very much, thank you, because apart from me, the five of you are the only ones who have not been obliviated about him, as you were the closest to him," the headmaster explained in a soft voice.
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It was the 9th of September, 1996, shortly after dinner at Hogwarts. Albus, Minerva, Remus and Poppy were sitting in the headmaster's office, waiting for the fireplace to flare. With a knock on the door, Lily and Severus arrived.
"No sign yet?" Severus asked, and Dumbledore shook his head.
"Do you think he'll be well enough that he can stay in his own room in our quarters?" Lily asked worriedly and glanced over to the others.
Pomfrey reluctantly replied, "I don't know how many minutes or even hours this floo travel will take, maybe he isn't even conscious."
Suddenly the fireplace flared green, and a boy was thrown out of the fireplace. He collapsed on the floor and vomited. Lily immediately scourgified the vomit, while Poppy waved her wand over him a few times, until she glanced at Lily and said, "I'm sorry Lily, but you can't take him with you, I have to take him; he's only barely conscious."
"Poppy, maybe we should all stay in the hospital wing for the night, because someone has to remain with him for the whole night in case he wakes up; so maybe we could take turns?" Dumbledore suggested.
Pomfrey agreed immediately. "That's a good idea; let's go, so that I'll be able to help him." Poppy guided them to a second section of the hospital wing, which was rarely used and therefore empty but contained six beds, where she put Harry in a bed.
Suddenly, Harry started to convulse and his body seemed to change; while his face was stretching, his hair became smoother and longer; the whole change only took a few minutes, however, Harry seemed to be in terrible pain. Everyone stared at him as if they were frozen. He suddenly looked very different; he still had the features of James and Lily, but these were completed by a new, different look. Poppy glanced at Severus, "Can you please help me to make him swallow a pain-relieving potion?"
"Of course, Poppy," Severus said and used two fingers to open Harry's mouth and massaged his throat in order to get the potion down that Poppy was slowly pouring into his mouth.
Lily sat next to Harry on the edge of his bed and gently caressed his pale face. "Hello Harry, my dear. I am so glad to have you back. Come on, open your eyes my child, I know you can do that. Come on Harry, we're all here and want to see your eyes."
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Harry's mind was very clouded. He was feeling sick and in pain, but suddenly the pain went away, and he felt much better, and then something penetrated his ear. 'I know that voice,' his mind screamed. 'It's my mum's voice. She's here.' He became excited, his breathing became faster, and he opened his eyes, only to shut them right away upon being confronted with the brightness of the room.
"He's awake. Maybe he heard me. Harry, wake up my son, it's me, mum," Lily cooed.
"It's probably too bright, and the light hurts his eyes," Severus said and extinguished the light with his wand. "Alright now Harry, try again," he said, and Harry mumbled, "Severus."
"Yes Harry, come again, try to open your eyes," Severus instructed him, and Harry obliged.
He blinked and glanced at the people around his bed. "Wow, mom and Severus, Remus, Poppy, Granny and Granddad. Wow, you look older than – he looked at his watch – four hours ago."
Everyone laughed. "No wonder Harry, for us eighteen years have passed during your four hours," his great grandmother said, giving him a happy smile.
Harry glanced at his family and said, "Um… I have his Runespoor's egg in my robes Hagrid gave me; could someone take it to Hagrid and ask him to look after it please, until I am well enough?"
Everyone laughed at his worries, and Severus assured him that he would take the egg to Hagrid in the morning. Poppy leaned down to Harry and asked, "Now Harry, tell me how you feel. Do you need any other potions? If not, I suggest that you take a dreamless sleep potion and get a good night sleep until the morning."
"I feel a little queasy, but otherwise, it's fine," Harry replied, sleepily.
"Alright Harry, I will give you a potion, and then you'll sleep for the night, and everything else we can take care of tomorrow," the healer said gently.
"Tomorrow? Do I have classes tomorrow?" Harry enquired.
"No Harry. For at least a week definitely not," Poppy decided, as she helped him to sit up a little to drink his potion. Then she tucked him in and motioned the others to the other beds. They took shifts to sit on the edge of Harry's bed, but he was in such a deep sleep, he didn't even stir once during the night.
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When Harry woke up in the morning, he was back to his old room, the one where he had stayed in the past during his 7th year. 'Was it only a dream? Am I still in the past? But I thought I had come back to the future,' he wondered, before he noticed someone sitting at his bedside. "Amelia Bones?" he asked in confusion.
"Yes Harry, it's me. How are you? At breakfast Remus told me everything about your journey, and as I just have a free period, I thought maybe you would like some company."
"Sorry, Amelia…um… may I still call you Amelia?"
"Of course Harry."
"I'm a bit confused. What are you doing at Hogwarts? I mean… in my old future, before I went back to the past, you were working at the ministry and were just about to become Minister of Magic."
Amelia laughed. "Nice story, Harry, but no, I had thought about working at the ministry, but then Remus proposed to me immediately after my 7th year, and Albus offered me the position of Muggle studies professor, so I stayed at Hogwarts all the time."
"Wow, Amelia – you are married to Remus?" Harry asked in excitement, his eyes twinkling merrily. "Congratulations, Amelia. You can't imagine how happy I am for both of you. You know, in my old future, Remus was still a werewolf and not allowed to marry or have children. This is just too great," he beamed.
"We have two children, Harry, and we're your godparents. You don't remember anything of this time line, do you?"
"No… should I?" Harry asked in surprise.
"Yes and no," Amelia replied, seemingly thoughtful. "Poppy did a lot of research about this, so she will be able to explain better. Wait a moment, and I will get her for you."
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Madam Pomfrey came and sat down next to Harry. "Good morning Harry, are you feeling well enough to listen to me for a while?" When Harry nodded, she continued, "After you were gone 18 years ago, Albus asked me to do research about time lines and even instructed me to study psychology to be able to help you when you arrived here. You have in fact lived in two different time lines. Currently, all your memories are stuck in your old timeline. However, during the last sixteen years, you've also lived here in the timeline which everyone else remembers. No one except from you remembers your old time line. There are only six persons who know a lot of it – Albus, Minerva, Lily, Severus, Remus and I, because Albus had put many of your memories in a Pensieve, and we spent two hours a day for the last six months watching your old memories. However, at the same time, you were growing up here at Hogwarts together with us, with your mother etc., spending your time in this, our timeline. Do you understand everything so far?"
Harry nodded, feeling extremely confused. "All right. Now, what we have to do is to restore your memories of the new (if you want to call it that) timeline back – you will never lose your old memories however, you will keep both memories of both timelines for your entire life. Do you understand?"
Harry grinned, "crystal clear Madam."
"Good. It is the same thing with your health. In the old time line, your health was not very good, in the new timeline better than normal. So from now on it will probably be almost normal, although better than in your old timeline or in the past. It's the same with your appearance and your genes. They are different from before, but neither like in the old, nor like in the new timeline, but a mix of both of them."
Harry looked slightly confused. "Sorry, Madam Pomfrey, I didn't get the last point right now, but would you mind giving me a headache potion?"
"Alright Harry, we've talked enough for today anyway." She checked on him and gave him a headache potion, before she motioned him to try and get some more sleep.
When he woke up, his mum was sitting on the edge of his bed. He smiled happily and moved his head on her lap.
"Hi Harry, do you feel a little better?" She glanced inquiringly at him.
"Yes mom, a lot better. Are classes already over?"
"They will be over in ten minutes, but I have a free period during the last class, so I've been sitting with you for a while."
"This morning Amelia was here. She is married to Remus – you know, I just couldn't believe it – I'm so happy for Remus," Harry told Lily, feeling very happy for his friend.
"I know Harry, he was a werewolf in your old time, I know. Albus made us watch all your memories. And they have two daughters; the older one is your age and also your best friend, Anna."
Harry frowned. He had heard that name before now, hadn't he? "Sorry, I can't remember anything yet. Pomfrey told me my memories of the new timeline would come back soon, but so far I can't recall anything."
"That's totally clear, Harry. However, Poppy is the one to help you; she really researched it during the last eighteen years with the intention of helping you as much as possible. You will be okay, although it might take some time. And there will be things you'll recognize."
"Which house am I in?" Harry asked reluctantly.
Lily laughed. "Why, Merlin of course," she said, "and I'm your head of house."
Harry smiled and thought, 'Should I ask about my father? I'm really angry with James and Sirius, but on the other hand, I cannot go hating my father forever…' He sighed, and Lily asked worriedly, having watched his expression turning from a laugh to a frowning sigh, "Harry? Are you feeling sick? Or what's wrong?"
He summoned all his self confidence and asked hesitantly, "And where is dad? Is he staying at Hogwarts too?"
"Of course, Harry, you know that, don't you?" his mother returned the question, causing Harry to shake his head.
At this moment a well-known voice came from the doorway, "I'm here my boy."
When Harry heard the voice, he took a small glance in the direction of the door, his eyes widening in shock.
tbc...
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