Title : For Family

Author : MusketeerPrincess

This story was Inspired by : The Red Dragon and Different Halloween.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all the canon characters belongs to J K Rowling. Only the plot and other characters are my own.


Prologue : Just In Case.

Words : 830

The atmosphere and climate was just as dreary and forlorn as the people hiding in the dilapidated cottage. Cauldrons upon cauldron were lined near the walls of the only fully intact room of the house. Anyone with half an ounce of magic in them could feel the room thrumming with magic, for that was how strongly it was warded.

A young lady was fluttering from one cauldron to another, checking, smelling and stirring the things in it.

Her thick black hair was tied in a tight bun, away from her face. Tears were streaming down her eyes, but she didn't seem to be bother by wiping it away.

Near a corner sat a young man with messy black hair and startling green eyes, that was adumbrated behind his glasses. He gnawed his fingernails, forehead furrowed in wrinkles, and watched the woman work.

"I...Shree, think again. This could go horribly wrong. We don't know the paradoxes of time or anything at all. Things...things can go badly wrong. You just have to pack you things, and tell me. I'll make sure you reach back to India. You can forget all about us and have a normal life. This...this isn't your battle, Shree. You...you aren't even a proper witch!" The man suddenly the burst out.

The woman, Shree didn't bother with his words and continued working until he finished his rant. Then she turned around to him. When she spoke her voice was deadly calm.

"I have never left my friends or family behind to save my own life, Potter. And I am not about to start now. I walked into this battle willingly. Draco gave his life yesterday so that we have time. We have to do this. For him. For your best friends, your parents, for your world, Harry. The world will start collapsing if monsters like him are given the chance to rule. If you are content to die, knowing that there was a way to put it right, but you didnt, then all right. Go, do whatever you want. But that isnt how I work. I finish the work I start. And I am going to protect this place to the best of my ability...or die trying."

A loud BOOM made both of them jump.

Harry Potter was up in a second, wand in hand.

"They are here," He noted.

"Hmm," she nodded and turned her attention to the concoctions she was preparing, "The wards will stand five minutes, max, at this force."

Another BOOM, marked the end of her statement.

Harry looked at the various colored potions, "How much time do you need?"

"At least fifteen, if possible twenty."

"And how long the wards to this room remain intact on assault?" He asked.

"Five minutes. It will have weakened when the wards surrounding the house falls."

Harry breathed deeply through his nose.

BOOM!

"Then I'll keep strengthening the wards, as they keep breaking it." He decided.

Shree nodded.

Both the cousins turned to each other. It was Harry who moved first and embraced her in a very tight hug.

"I am so sorry, I dragged you into my mess. But I am grateful that I got to know you. That I had you by my side as I fought Voldemort. You are a truly remarkable woman and I love you a lot," he said as he moved back.

Shree gave him her signature soft smile, and her black eyes twinkled with mischief.

BOOM!

"Dont be sorry. I wish I had known you before. But I am proud to have fought beside a man as brave as you. And it's my promise, I will try my level best to put things right." She kissed him gently on his forehead and then turned back to her work.

"Remember, Draco was a right git at that time. Not the man you fell in love with," Harry reminded.

Shree nodded.

BOOM!

"And make sure I call myself, Harry Evans Potter."

Again she nodded.

BOOM!

Both of their eyes met, as the cauldrons bubbled

She pulled out a chain from her pocket. It looked not very different from a Time Turner. But no one had the time to check for its intricateness.

"It's a prototype. I dont know how well it works. It's...just in case."

Both the siblings smiled at each other. Harry nodded and tied it around his neck and walked out of the room, to what could as well be his death.

However Harry no longer cared. It would end today, one way or the other. He knew it.

As he raised his wand and began enchanting, he felt his magic draining from him. He felt it vibrating and flowing through his blood stream and saw, even with his eyes closed as the magic exploded outwards into the wards, giving her more than twenty minutes. But at the same time it imploded inwards and he felt a searing pain on his chest, where the locket was.

Then he blacked out.


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