A/N: Hey guys there is the first piece of Fanfiction I ever wrote, Now just to warn you I lost chapter 2 and 3 completely but I will put an alert out in the story below for when that happens.

Harry Potter Rewrite of Destiny

Chapter One

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the basic of the plot, it all belongs to JK Rowling.

Harry sat in amazement, it had worked, he pinched himself just to make sure he wasn't dreaming,

"ow" he said as his arm left a small red mark when he pinched himself, he smiled and couldn't stop smiling, he had been granted a second chance, he had another chance to do it all again and this time hit back hard, he also had questions he needed solving and he finally had a chance to get them,

"and here I am stuck in this bloody cupboard" he thought, he wasn't sure what time it was, but he couldn't see much light yet which meant it was about mid morning, he tried to open the door but discovered it was locked,

"what am I being punished for" he stopped trying to get out and tried to recall what had recently happened,

"well I know I get my first letter today, oh wait a minute the boa constrictor, now I remember" he smiled as he remembered the Brazilian snake scaring the hell out of Dudley,

"good times" he mused, Harry laid back down on the mattress their was one thing he needed to decide right now,

"do I open the letter or let my aunt and uncle get it again" he thought long and hard, on the one hand a week of mishaps could be avoided but he wouldn't meet Hagrid or Hedwig, on the other he was in for a weeks worth on entertainment on behalf of his relatives,

"best let things play out as normal for" he thought to himself.

Harry was later let out of the cupboard by his aunt and was warned against any funny business and was told to make the breakfast, Harry tried to look neutral at best but a smile couldn't help but appear every now and then since he knew what would soon happen, luckily none of the Dursleys noticed.

It was nine o'clock by the time Dudley waddled in to the kitchen and slumped down at the kitchen table, he glared at Harry,

"pass the bacon" he demanded, Harry kept shut and handed him several rashes on a plate and watched as Dudley wolfed it down,

"what do you know, cannibalism" he thought having to suppress hard to hide a snigger, luckily the post arrived that exact moment,

"get the post Dudley" uncle Vernon called cheerfully

"make Harry get it!" Dudley called back,

"get the post Harry!" Vernon called out, Harry went for the post and checked the letters to make sure he had gone back to the right time, sure enough amongst the bills and the letter from aunt Marge sat his first letter,

Mr H Potter

The Cupboard under the Stairs

4 Privet Drive

Little Winging

Surrey

Harry took the letters back in the kitchen and handed them to Uncle Vernon, he pretended to be intrigued over the letter patiently waiting until,

"Dad! Dad! Harry's got a letter!" Dudley yelled, as he snatched the letter out of Harry's hands,

"good old predictable Dudley" he thought,

"hey give that back it's mine" Harry demanded playing the part, Vernon chuckled,

"who'd be writing to you" his face turned turned from red to green quicker than a set of traffic lights, Harry swore blind his insides would burst from suppressing his laughter, Vernon took several moments to compose himself,

"Dudley, Harry, out NOW!" he yelled mostly out of fear, Dudley looked gob smacked to be yelled at and was soon wrestling with his father over the letter,

"reminds me of sumo-wrestling" Harry thought, he was grabbed by the shoulder and flung into the hall along with Dudley,

"I didn't even fight this time!" Harry silently objected, Harry let Dudley have the keyhole and listened intently to his aunt and uncle,

"I won't have one of those freaks in my house!" his uncle bellowed,

"should we write back and tell them where not interested?" his aunt asked

"no, no we'll just ignore them if we don't respond then they'll stop contacting him" his uncle said in a end of conversation type of way, Harry smiled and entered his cupboard remembering that his uncle would come to see him later.

Harry sat planning things in his head when his uncle opened the door,

"where's my letter?" Harry asked politely, his uncle took a deep breath trying to contain his anger,

"I burned it, it was sent to you by mistake" his uncle replied, Harry wanted to be careful of what he said,

"but it had MY cupboard on it" he stated choosing not to become angry this time,

"ENOUGH!, now yes about your cupboard"

"here we go" Harry thought,

"your aunt and I believe your getting a tad big for it, we are giving you Dudley's spare room so if you could move your things upstairs" he stood back up,

Harry gave a sort of bemused look, "er thanks uncle Vernon" he gathered his stuff and made his way to the familiar bedroom where he held a lot of mental scars for him, he gave a small shudder, "come on Harry this is why you came back, to make sure these things don't happen" he started putting away his small amount of possessions, he sat on the edge of the bed taking a deep breath, his uncle came to do and had a friendly yet obviously fake smile,

"all settled in Harry?" he asked, Harry gave a appreciative yet just as fake smile,

"yes uncle Vernon thanks" the beefy man seemed satisfied and Harry could hear the strain of the staircase as his uncle strode towards the living room, suddenly Harry could hear his cousin start to argue with his father,

"How could you let HIM have MY room!" he yelled, Harry grinned widely,

"let the show begin".

The next couple of days went as they had before, Hogwarts letters would arrive in the Dursleys home through any means necessary, Harry continued the charade of not knowing a gave only a intrigued interest this time instead of demanding the letters,

Uncle Vernon was once again breaking down, Harry would often tire himself out from laughing when he knew none of the Dursleys were in earshot.

Saturday night arrived and he knew that tomorrow Vernon would instruct everyone to pack their bags, Harry didn't have many items but already packed an old and big but warm sweater, since he remembered that night in the shack.

Harry laid their on his bed, the days were filled with comedy in the Dursleys house at the moment, at night however it was a completely different story, Harry would always dream about the night he found his friends and having to watch Neville slowly pass away, the betrayal of those he thought the world of often entered his dream world as well the latest one being Dumbledore holding him under the Imperious and forcing him to marry Ginny, unlike real life however he couldn't break the spell, and then the ghostly figure of Voldermort would appear and tell Harry that he should have joined him when he had the chance.

The next morning arrived and Harry could feel the adrenaline running through his vains, their was only a couple of days till he met Hagrid,

in his heart Harry didn't believe that Hagrid would ever betray him but he knew that the gentle giant would blindly follow Dumbledore to the gates of hell and back,

"best to be careful about what I say around him" Harry thought,

a couple of hours past with nothing unusual happening, Harry made the Dursleys breakfast and Vernon even attempted light conversation with Harry,

about eleven O clock Harry could feel the sweat dripping off his head in anticipation, he kept glancing over at his Uncle waiting for the words that would soon signal his freedom,

"non post on Sundays, YES no blasted letters today!" his Uncle yelled in triumph, suddenly the fireplace exploded, the letter box came off and every other crack large enough in number four privet drive was an opening,

thousands of letters were pouring into the house, Dudley waddled to his mothers side and shielded (or attempted to) himself from the craziness, Vernon was cursing loudly and Harry decided he needed to repeat himself and grabbed one of the letters,

Just as before Vernon chased him and Harry gave up without putting up too much of a fight,

"we're going away far away, where they won't find us, pack some clothes and get in the car, you have five minutes!", Harry ran upstairs and burst out laughing, the look on Vernon's face not too mention his half chopped off moustache, Harry already being packed, was soon at the car and he felt a smile cross his face again when Dudley got a whack on the head for holding them up.

Harry stared out of the car, he had forgotten just how long and boring the ride had been before, his Uncle's craziness had provided an hour or so of fun but that had soon become old,

Harry kept checking his mental list, their were things that needed to be done,

he somehow had to help get his godfather out of Azkaban, he needed to somehow get Petergrew to confess, his main problem was he had lost almost all trust for Dumbledore, who else could he turn to McGonagall would listen to him but she didn't know him at least not in this time line,

Harry wasn't sure what he could do yet but he would eventually come up with something he HAD to,

the Horcrux's were also a major problem, right now Quirrell was at Hogwarts with Voldermort, right now all seven were still out their although the seventh was the part that was attached to Quirrell, he knew where the items were but how was a soon to be eleven year old meant to travel, he was still under-age and wouldn't be allowed to perform magic out side of Hogwarts, the diary he would get too next year, he wanted to distance himself from the Weasleys as much as possible for the time being,

"perhaps I should just take the diary out of her cauldron" he mused.

Harry didn't know how long he had been deep in thought but they arrived at the shabby hotel, Harry had another bout of nightmares and must been making noise as Dudley was in a terrible mood with him the next day, as known, the next morning a hundred letters or so arrived at the front desk for Harry, Vernon burned every last one to cinders, his uncle went out, Harry pulled on the jumper, "glad I brought this" , his uncle arrived back and took them too the dingy shack on the island, the place seemed lifeless and dead but it held one of Harry's most precious memory's.

Harry laid on his back taking in the surroundings, he smiled "just how far would Uncle Vernon have gone to make sure I didn't get my letter?" he chuckled quietly, he kept staring at Dudley watch, not only was Hagrid meant to arrive at midnight it would also be his eleventh birthday,

"hey you only turn eleven once...or in my case twice" he chuckled again, the last hour had dragged on forever, Dudley's watch said it was 11:59pm , Harry sat staring at the door waiting for the loud bang to come.

BANG, even though he knew it was coming it still made him jump, his cousin woke up and clutched at the blanket, another Bang came, and his Aunt and Uncle came into view with Vernon carrying the shotgun,

another Bang was heard this time the door came off it's hinges, stood at the door was Hagrid who to the unknown person resembled a monster but to the keen observer a friendly and loving person,

"sorry bout that" he ruffed as he placed the door back into place, Hagrid walked up to Dudley who was glued to the spot from fright,

"well I haven't seen ya since ya were a baby Arry, but your a bit bigger than I remember ya, specially round the middle", Harry suppressed a laugh,

"I'm..I'm not Harry" Dudley stumbled out, Harry wiped the smile off his face and appeared from behind the wall,

"I'm Harry" he quietly spoke, Hagrid smiled at Harry,

"well O course ya are, you look a lot like you dad but ya got ya mum's eyes" he said,

Hagrid looked deep in thought for a second, "ah yes, knew I'd forgotten something" he pulled a parcel out of his coat and handed it to Harry,

"I reckon I may have saten on it at some point but I reckon it'll taste fine all the same" Harry opened the parcel and smiled at his first birthday cake,

"thank you" he placed the cake on the table as Hagrid sat on the mouldy couch,

"I'm sorry but who are you?" Harry asked wanting to speed the process up a notch,

"call me Hagrid everyone does, I'm the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, course you know all about Hogwarts" Hagrid said, Harry gave him a confused look, and slowly shook his head,

"um no" Hagrid looked surprised by this,

"no, blimey Harry didn't you ever wonder where ya parents learnt it all?"

"leant what?" as on cue Vernon stepped up from the corner he was cowering behind,

"I wonder what he did with that shotgun?" Harry thought to himself,

"STOP, stop I forbid you to tell him anything thing else!" Vernon wouldn't get too close to Hagrid who looked both confused and angry,

"ya mean this boy doesn't know anything about anything?" Harry tried to quickly recall what he had said in his old time,

"well I can you know do maths and things", Harry had forgotten just how mad Hagrid was with the Dursley's before, his small eyes were practically glowing red from rage,

"you never told him!" he yelled at Vernon,

"we swore when we took him in we'd put a stop to all this nonsense!"

"what are you talking about?" Harry glared at Vernon who seemed to realize he was just making Harry more suspicious,

"ya don't know what ya are do ya?" Hagrid looked at him sadly,

"Harry your a wi.."

"STOP!, no more leave now you are breaking and entering" Vernon screamed, Hagrid chuckled and grabbed the shotgun bending the end up right,

"go jump of a roof both of ya, Harry your a wizard", Harry tried his best to look shocked, it must have worked since no one seemed any the wiser,

"I'm a what?" he asked,

"a Wizard and a thumping good un I'd wager once ya been trained up a bit", Harry kept shut not knowing what would be best to say, the conversation had already altered slightly then before,

"A wizard so that means I can do magic?" Harry asked, Hagrid smiled,

"that's only the beginning to what our world offers Harry"

" alright that's enough, get out get out now!" Vernon now had found his courage once again,

"wait you knew didn't you!" Harry said at his uncle, his aunt finally took the stage,

"knew, of course we knew how could you be anything else, my sister being what she was, then she went and married that Potter and had you, and to top it off she goes and gets herself blown up and we got landed with you!" she spat, Harry felt the anger in himself raise, true he knew all of this but watching his aunt speak about his mother like this always got his riled up,

"Blown up!, you told me my parents died in a car crash" Harry spat back,

"a car crash!, a car crash kill Lily and James Potter!, it's an outrage" Hagrid yelled, Harry turned to Hagrid,

"Hagrid what did she mean my parents were blown up?" Hagrid rubbed his wild hair,

"ah, I don't know if I'm the best person to tell you that Harry, I knew ya weren't getting your letters but I never expected this" Hagrid looked over at the table and saw Dudley scoffing down Harry's birthday cake, He pulled up his umbrella and pointed it at Dudley's bottom, a red light hit him and Dudley was screaming as a pigs tail sprang from out of no where,

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh mummy daddy help me!" he cried, both the adult Dursleys were also screaming and ushered Dudley into the bedroom and locked the door leaving Harry with Hagrid,

"oh by the way Harry here's that letter" he pulled out the familiar letter that had changed his life, he read it over, it was exactly the same as he remembered,

"what does it mean by they await my owl?" he forwarded on,

"oh right nearly forgot" he pulled out blank parchment and sent the owl back to Hogwarts,

"I know ya got a lot of questions Arry, but I think that we had better leave them for tomorrow" Hagrid said, Harry nodded,

"ya can kip under my coat, don't worry if it wiggles about, I think theirs some mice in one of the pockets",

Harry smiled as he laid down, he watched the gentle giant sleep and wondered what the Hagrid from the other time line was doing now.

The next day went just as Harry remembered, Harry believed he was putting on a damn good show of being a shy eleven year old again,

When Harry came across Quirrell he was vastly tempted to just burn the guy to the ground but he knew better, it would just cause to many questions, no right now things needed to play out like before,

Harry smiled as he saw Diagon Alley in all it's glory again, the last time he has seen it, it closely resembled a huge pile of ruins, Hagrid lead him to Gringotts, a strange sense came over Harry, he was happy to see the familiar face of Griphook taking him to his vault but at the same time this was the place he recently discovered Dumblerdore's betrayal of him.

After Gringotts Hagrid set Harry loose in Diagon Alley, he went into the book store first acquiring the same books and a few others like "Hogwarts A history" ("that'll put a smile on Mione's face" he though), he also bought a diary to keep track of things, he spent a lot of money on the extra security extras for it however.

It took very little time to finish up collecting his things when Hagrid arrived back, his only item he had yet to get besides his wand was his robes, Harry had purposely left this till last hoping that he wouldn't have to put up with the ferret that was Draco Malfoy, Luckily it seemed that the boy had already finished some time ago, Harry's thoughts drove back to the Horcrux hunt, when Malfoy had actually helped Harry and his friends.

The cloudy sky held promise of rain, it appeared to show signs of despair and hurt, the trio had headed for number 12 for refuge, the hunt had been going well, only three Horcrux's remained, Harry lead the other two inside, the order had long since abandoned the place since Dumbledore's death since it was no longer protected and Snape knew where it was, but the weather was turning colder and the tent would only provide protection from the rain,

"I still don't think this is a good idea" Hermoine claimed

"I told you we need a place to stay for a while, if we carry on camping where gonna freeze to death" Harry argued

"look I don't care where we are as long as theirs something to eat" Ron cried out, both Harry and Hermoine shook their heads, Ron had already made a beeline for the kitchen,

Harry sat on one of the couches and lit the fire with his wand, he was getting comfy when he heard Hermoine call him, "Harry come look at this" he sighed and entered the kitchen, not seeing anything unusual he glanced at her,

"what?"

"look" she indicated to the cupboard next to her, it was filled with tin food and junk food,

"where did that all come from?" Harry asked, He glanced at Hermoine and they both looked worried whilst Ron was to busy scarfing down crisps to care,

"you don't think..." she started but Harry was on the same wave length

"...someone's here yeah" he finished, he pulled out his wand and made for the stairs, he quietly crept up not wanting the intruder to know he was their or wake up Mrs Black either,

he slowly came towards the closest room and gently opened the door, his eyes drifted over to the bed, someone was sleeping in it, he crept forward and pulled the covers from their face,

"YOU!" Harry yelled waking up the occupant of the bed, Draco Malfoy,

Draco looked shocked for a moment and in that time Harry managed to catch him with the Totalus charm, Harry looked over at the doorway to Hermione,

"tell Ron to stop stuffing his face and get up here" he looked back down at Draco,

"well can't exactly say I'm pleased to see you Malfoy but you and I are gonna have a nice little chat".

After bringing a chair upstairs, and magically tying their new captive to it, Harry began with the interrogation,

"So Malfoy what are you doing here" he asked as calm as he could, he lifted the silencing charm and let the blonde teen speak,

"me what about you, this is the ancestral home of the Blacks!" he asked more in surprise than venomous, Harry chuckled,

"and just who was the last person to wear the Blacks name?" he asked, Draco looked bewildered at the question then his face came to a realization,

"Sirius Black" he simply stated, Harry felt a small tug at his heart strings from the name but he was enjoying watching Malfoy squirm to much at the moment,

"that's right and since you lovely aunt Trixy went and killed him who do you think he left the house to?" Harry spat remembering the incident at the ministry, Draco however seemed to not care but didn't have the sneer he looked in Harry's opinion lost,

"anyway I believe I asked you what the hell your doing?" He asked again with more force, Draco sighed and looked down at the floor,

"hiding" he said in a small voice,

"hiding, from who?" Harry demanded,

"oh I don't know Potter, that Order of yours and the dark lord himself not to mention his legion, the ministry of magic would you like me to continue!" he yelled, Harry knew why he was hiding from the order and the ministry,

"what do you mean your hiding from Voldermort?" Draco didn't answer but looked back down at the floor, he sat holding back tears he wouldn't show weakness in front of Potter,

"my mum" he quietly spoke so much that no one had heard what he had said,

"what?" Harry asked,

"HE KILLED MY MOTHER POTTER!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, he breathed deep trying to contain his grief, Harry was a little shocked at Draco's emotion, he was clearly holding back tears just as he had when Sirius died, for once Harry couldn't help but feel sorry for Malfoy but he needed to know more,

"why did he kill you mum?" Harry asked as nice as possible, Draco didn't bother looking at him,

"why should I tell you?" he spat, Ron walked over to him and got in his face,

"because unless it's slipped your mind ferret, your tied to a chair" he mocked,

"fuck you weasel" he sneered back, Harry could see Ron already turning red from anger and decided to step in,

"Ron go back downstairs" Harry declared, Ron looked at Harry like he had just insulted him,

"what!"

"you heard me go downstairs" Harry sad again trying to hold in his frustration,

"why should I! He yelled

"because your gonna be no help here so go back downstairs and get something to eat or do something useful" Harry was clenching his fist in rage, Ron was just making this harder to do, Ron looked at Harry rage in his eyes before he stormed out, and began knocking over all the items on his way to the kitchen, Harry turned to look at Hermione who simply sat on the edge of the bed patiently,

"I hate to ask but..." he began but she cut him off,

"yeah don't worry I'll go see if I can calm him down" she gave a small smile, while he shrugged apologetically,

after she left Harry turned back to Malfoy,

"okay Malfoy tell me why did Riddle kill her" he asked patiently, Malfoy again didn't answer, Harry sighed, he thought that trying to sympathise might work,

"look I know what your going through I..." he was again cut off

"going through how in the hell would YOU know what I'm going through!" Draco snarled, Harry was beginning to lose his patience but managed to to cream at the teen,

"oh I don't know maybe because both my parents were killed by the man you consider your master or the fact that I lost the closet thing to a father I have ever had AGAIN by the person you call master so yes Draco I know what your going through" , Draco looked Harry square in the eye,

"so tell me, did your father hold you and make you watch that bastard do unspeakable things and then murder your mother...no" he couldn't keep it in any longer and Draco Malfoy allowed the tears of grief to shed, Harry looked stunned, here was his childhood nemesis crying in grief and calling Lord Voldermort a bastard, Harry pictured what Draco had just told him and even that was enough to make him feel sick,

"I'm sorry" Harry said now not looking up himself,

"why the hell would you care!" Draco cried

"whether or not your parents were dark doesn't matter no one should have to see that happen to someone they love" he explained completely sincere,

Harry let the boy find some composer before carrying on,

"what happened?" Harry asked, Harry was surprised that Draco answered,

"it turns out that my mother has been under a loyalty potion all these years, that Bastard that I call a father practically forced my mother to marry him, and give birth to me" he spoke, he again found it hard to carry on but managed to retain his composure,

"A while ago the potion wore off, he must have forgotten to give it her or something, she told me what had happened and we attempted to escape here, but someone must have overheard us and knew we were trying to escape, that's when he did...he did... did those things to her, and my father just stood their watching, I tried to help her but...I just...couldn't move" He started crying again and even Harry felt teary eyed,

"how did you escape?" he asked,

"after we were caught I was punished for what happened, then I pretended to reform and go back to the way I was, they took me on a small mission to test my loyalty, I escaped while the other's were busy" he finished,

Harry still felt sorry for him but it seemed that Draco had some valuable information,

"what can you tell me about any of your missions?",

the next twenty minutes passed of Draco willingly handing over all the information he had, by the end Harry was still wondering one thing however,

"why have you willingly told me all of this?" Draco looked torn between pride and just wanting to be left alone,

"because your the only one he's afraid of, I don't know why and he'd never admit it but he's scared of you for some reason, and I want to see the Bastard burn along with my father!" he eyes filled with fury at the mention of Lucius Malfoy.

Harry was brought back to the real world when Madam Malkin finished his robes, yes the boy had finally seen the light but it had come at a huge price, still right now Draco didn't know that his mother was under a potion, and he was still that same old arrogant eleven year old,

Harry finished up the day by receiving his wand which he was happy to receive again and even happier when Hagrid gave him Hedwig for a birthday gift again, Harry silently prayed that Hagrid wasn't in on all the things related to Dumbledore's manipulation, in all honesty he didn't but he couldn't be certain at least not yet.

The day passed like before and was just as enjoyable, when Hagrid handed him his Hogwarts express ticket he watched out for any mention on how to get onto the platform, it never came, "just how did they expect me to get on the platform if I've never seen it before",

He finally and regrettably said goodbye to Hagrid and sat in his room at number four Privet Drive, His list of questions just seemed to get longer,

"could I have been set up to meet the Weasley's their?" he mused, in all honesty it could have been a simple error of not mentioning it by Hagrid, he decided to not take chance, he would catch the Knight bus to kings cross, and get on the train early, he found his inside start to warm and tangle,

in a couple of weeks he would be seeing his friends again and that thought helped him for the first time in a while have a good nights sleep.

The following two months felt strange, when he thought about all the things he was looking forward to again time seemed to crawl but when he thought of the things that made him nervous it seemed to fly,

he spent most of his time reading up on the first year material again, true he could do the magic no problem but he had forgotten a lot of the theory and facts, plus he wanted to see Snape's face when he would try to embarrass Harry on the first day,

the night before he was meant to leave for the express, he told his relatives that he would be leaving and that someone would be picking him up, as expected his uncle was livid but calmed down once he realized that he would be busy in London with Dudley tomorrow,

Many emotions ran through him that night, Happiness, excitement, nervous and down right terrified, all that mattered right now was that the people he loved were alive and that thought elated him, Hedwig gave a soft hoot, "correction make that the people and creatures I love" he said to himself,

"I think we better get some sleep Hedwig, tomorrow's gonna be a big day".

(((((((Okay guys here is where chapter 2 and 3 should have been but as I mentioned I lost them, so to quickly summarise: Harry gets on the train to Hogwarts befriends Hermione and Neville, spurs off Ron's advance's of friendship, that's all you really need to know for now)))))))

Harry sat by the lake letting the gentle cool breeze of the wind scurry his hair, his plan would go into action tonight, he hoped beyond hope that Moony would come to see him; he needed the man's help more than anything right now.

The early hours arrived and Harry was certain that he was the last soul awake in Gryffindor tower, he went down to the common room and began to write a letter, several minutes later after just finishing it Hedwig landed on the windowsill, "I gotta find out how she does that",

"Hey Hedwig feeling up to some late night delivery?" he asked, she gave a proud hoot and stuck out her leg,

"be careful girl, and try to make sure Remus is alone when you give it to him" she gave a nod and took off, Harry watched her for several minutes until she was out of sight, Harry turned towards the staircase, he hoped that the twins weren't awake,

"Accio Marauders Map" he quietly called, suddenly a large piece of parchment came zooming towards him a top speed, he caught, a small smile crept upon his face,

"Stage one, complete"

Remus Lupin had not been dealt the best deck in life, as a child he had been bitten by the legendary werewolf, he was now forced to turn into a raging beast once a month, this left him with a life that could be called sour at best, however he had been given the opportunity to attend Hogwarts like any other child, this had been a major turning point for the wolf, not only did he get to learn magic but he also went on to make three great friends, James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew, his seven years at Hogwarts remained some of the best memory's of his life, unfortunately one of those friends turned out to be a betrayer and would lead to the death of another one of them,

Remus sat at his kitchen table sipping his coffee, he reminisced about the past ten years, his life had been a downward spiral after his friend Prongs was killed and then later finding out Black betrayed them to Voldermort and then Peter being obliterated by Black, his friends were of a small handful that accepted the werewolf without question, Remus hadn't been able to find steady work at all in the past ten years, no one wanted to employ him because of his "condition" and he didn't know enough about the muggle world to work their either, the thousand galleons James and Lily left him had helped him even though he hated taking the money,

Another thing Remus hated was the fact that he had been disallowed to see his "nephew" Harry, Remus knew he had gone to live with his aunt and uncle who he knew hated magic with a passion, he had tried on several occasions to track him down but Dumbledore seemed to catch on and would give him a stern talking too which would occasionally cause a huge row between the two gentleman,

Remus was broke from his chain of thoughts by the sudden appearance of a magnificent snowy owl, Remus looked dumbfounded, normally he never got any post apart from the odd Christmas card from the Hogwarts staff,

"Well hello there" he chuckled as he took the letter from the creature, he was surprised that the owl seemed to be so calm around him, usually they could sense the wolf in him, he gave the owl a saucepan of water,

"Help yourself" he said, he was again surprised when the owl hooted at him,

"Did she just answer me?" he shook his head and opened the letter,

Dear Moony

You don't know me but I know you, believe me when I say I'm a friend, I enchanted the paper so only you can read this but just to make sure it's for your eyes only I need you to speak the command words for that map of the Marauders.

A friend

Remus frowned, this was highly unusual, who ever this was knew a lot about him from the small paragraph, they knew he was once a marauder but several people knew that, however no one other than the marauders and Lily knew about the existence of the map,

curiosity got the better of him, he pulled out his wand and uttered the words he hadn't said in over a decade, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good", suddenly the words disappeared and in it's place came a longer letter,

Dear Moony

First off I must apologize; I won't be able to tell you everything for that we will have to meet face to face,

Anyway to begin I'm sure your wondering how I know about the existence of the Marauders let alone the map, well to answer that question is simple, I'm Prongs son,

Yes I'm Harry, I wish I could say this was all about wanting to meet one of my dad's best mates but I actually do have to speak with you over a matter of huge importance,

I need to speak with you, IN PRIVATE, away from the teachers ESPECIALLY DUMBLEDORE, I can't say why in a letter as it's just too hard to believe,

If you can speak to me I will meet you inside the shrieking shack, I know your old wolf rooms their, I need to speak with your as soon as possible, tonight if it wouldn't be too much inconvenience,

I must also ask that you don't tell anyone about this, I know you must be wondering why you should trust I'm really Harry Potter, well I can't give you any reason over than the facts like I know my father and the other Marauders were all animagus, My father was a stag (as was his patroni) Sirius Black was a big shaggy dog and Peter Pettigrew's was a rat,

I ask that you please be their tonight, I fully understand if you are weary and I still don't blame you, I must ask that you DON'T respond to this letter,

Hoping to meet you soon

Harry Potter

Remus sat dumbfounded, he read and re-read the letter several times over, what was he suppose to think, Harry or someone claiming to be him wanted to meet with him, but wanted no one else to know, if it hadn't been for the things the writer knew then he would have guessed this was a trap of some kind, but this person knew a lot about his past, Remus rubbed the bridge of his nose, part of him wanted to go out of pure curiosity and the other half wanted to show the letter to Dumbledore, the writer seemed adamant that Dumbledore was to know nothing about this however,

In the end curiosity won again, he would go since he had a chance to meet his best friend's son.

Harry sat with Hermione in the Gryffindor common room reading, his mind however was on his "maybe meeting" with Remus later, he needed help and the only one he could trust with his secret was Moony, he just hoped the wolf hadn't told Dumbledore about it over wise the shit would hit the fan, he was soon interrupted by his thoughts when Ron came over,

"Hey guys are you doing that essay for Snape's class?" he asked, Harry groaned inwardly, "why won't you take the hints that I don't like you"

"No we finished those the other day Ronald" Harry said, Ron winced at the use of his full first name,

"Good you can help me then" he smirked and pulled out the none started essay,

"What exactly do you need help with?" Hermione asked obviously annoyed at the lack of manners from the red head,

"Well a bit of everything really, I don't understand why we need to skin the asphodel for starters and then why the potion needs to be a certain temperature" he shrugged, Harry looked at him,

"You do know that you can find out all those things in the library right?" Ron looked at him like he had grown an extra head,

"Yeah but you know, both of you pay attention in class and are really smart, I thought you wouldn't mind" he said, Harry was about to speak when Hermione got their first,

"Look if you want us to help you with things like spelling and grammar then yes we will help you in that department, if you want to know where to look for certain books that can help you with homework then we can tell you where to find them, but we aren't going to do your homework for you simply because you were to lazy to pay attention in class" she scolded,

Harry was impressed she got that all out in one breathe, and smiled, Ron however glared at her

"Fine" he spat, he turned back to Harry,

"You'll help me won't you mate" he said smiling, Harry raised an eyebrow in confusion,

"No Hermione's right you should have taken notes and since when have I been you "mate"" Harry spat the last word feeling angry with Ron and frustrated as well,

Ron smile quickly vanished and his face went bright red with anger, he got up and left and could be heard muttering "bloody boy who lived thinks he's too good to be my friend uh"

Harry turned back to Hermione, who he was surprised to see smiling,

"What?" he asked her,

"I think he now gets the message you've been trying to put across" she answered

"I didn't mean to be so nasty but I know his type and he's the last person I want to be hanging out with" Hermione patted his arm and Harry felt his face go red,

"I do understand what you mean and I know your not like that, like Malfoy" Harry smiled, sometimes she could read him like a book,

"Fancy going to see Hagrid for a while?" he asked, right now he needed to keep his mind off Remus and reading just wasn't cutting it,

"Yeah okay" they grabbed their bags and left leaving a very sour looking Ron watching them from the corner.

Harry and Hermione spent the rest of the day at Hagrid's mealy chatting, they then met up with Neville and had dinner, by eleven most students were in their year dorms, and Harry used the disillusions charm to keep himself from sight, he activated the map and kept a close eye on the prefects and teachers, Dumbledore was busy in his office and none of the prefects were any where near the Gryffindor tower at the moment,

He took off, and without much trouble he soon found himself at the whomping willow, he made sure not to make too much noise and soon found himself in the tunnel leading him, to the shack, he followed he stairs and arrived at the room, he peaked inside and saw the familiar face of Remus Lupin starring out of the window, Harry was glad he hadn't been spotted yet and made sure no one else was their,

He opened the door causing Remus to turn,

"Who's there?" he asked, Harry cast the finite charm and soon re appeared, Remus mouth dropped open,

"Hello Moony" Harry said cheerfully, Remus continued to stare mouth wide opened, Harry shifted at his staring,

"Careful Moony or you'll catch flies" he joked, Remus chuckled and closed his mouth,

"Merlin, you look just like James" he said "except your eyes you have your mum's eyes" he continued, Harry smiled at the grown man, Harry sighed he needed to talk to him,

"Look Remus I know you have some questions and I have to talk to you about something urgent so I'll do this the quick way" Harry pulled out his wand,

"I, Harry James Potter do swear on my life and my magic, that I am Harry James Potter and that everything I am about to say is truthfully factually and undeniable correct, so mote be it" his wand emitted a long silver vapour that engulfed Harry's body and soon disappeared,

"What was that for?" Remus asked

"Well I have some things that I need to talk to you about and some of them are….well…they're going to be hard to believe, but first things first, did you have any questions" Harry asked

Remus looked overwhelmed already and things hadn't even started,

"Well yes, how did you know about me, how did you know about me being friends with your father and me being a Marauder and by the way how did you get hold of the map?" he asked,

Harry smiled, "well many of those answers are tied in to what I have to tell you but to answer your last question, I summoned the map since I knew it was at Hogwarts"

"You summoned the map?" he asked

"Yeah you know with the Accio charm" Harry explained

"You already know the Accio charmed?" Remus asked looking even more confused, Harry gave the man a sympathetic look,

"Do you have a couple of hours to spare Remus?" Harry asked. Remus nodded,

"Good because I've got one hell of a tail to tell you, but first I need you to swear to me that you won't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you" Harry explained locking eyes with him

Remus took out his wand,

"I. Remus John Lupin do swear on my life and my magic, that I won't tell anyone anything about what Harry James Potter is to tell me, so mote be it" the same silver vapour appeared,

Harry smiled again, "thank you, I suggest we sit down, this could take a while.

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Remus Lupin was not a man who could be easily shocked, but here he was wide eyed mouth hung open and hardly taking a breath, Harry had just told him about the basics of the future like going back in time,

"But how exactly, how did you managed to go back in time" he asked, Harry pulled the crystal out of his pocket and handed it to him,

"It's the crystal of Aetus, it's time travel power is supposedly just a myth but that's only because no one had a power source strong enough to activate it" Harry explained, Harry chuckled

"Cost a pretty penny as well" he joked, Remus examined the Crystal, he knew of its existence and the myth behind it,

"Still how did you manage it, I wouldn't think anyone had that power or any means to that power" Remus asked

"No believe it or not everyone has the power but it was something I read in a book combined with what a friend said that helped me fit the puzzle" he explained

"What did they say?"

"She said "the soul holds more power than anything else on the planet" and she was right"

"I still don't fully understand" Remus asked

"Basically when the soul leaves the body it admits an extraordinary amount of power, enough power to activate the crystal" Harry explained, Remus was deep in thought,

"But how did you separate your soul from your body, the only way to do that would be to….oh no…..Harry please tell me you didn't" he asked practically begging, Harry looked him in the eye and slowly nodded his head,

"Yeah to activate it I had to kill myself" Harry softly spoke, Remus sat flabbergasted,

"WHY!" Remus shouted more out of surprise then anger, Harry looked at him and held his calm,

"You want to know why, you wanna know why, why not Remus!" he spoke loudly but calmly and stood up,

"You said you defeated Voldermort, you won, why throw it all away!" Remus asked now shouting,

"Throw what away, I'd lost everything Remus including you, you daft sod, not to mention my friends, everyone I cared about and the girl I loved, I had nothing to lose Remus!" Harry retorted, Remus stood taking in the young man who was radiating magic like he'd never seen, he chuckled,

"So who's the lucky girl then uh" he asked, Harry looked at him and burst out laughing, he calmed himself down before speaking,

"Trust a Marauder to pick that tad bit of information out of everything else" he joked, Remus laughed softly,

"She's my best friend, the one person who was by my side through everything, unfortunately I never got to tell her, infact to be honest that's the first time I've said it out loud"

"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?"

"I'd just finished off Voldermort, and soon found most of my friends, of all of them only one was still alive, Neville told me where Hermione, that's her name by the way, was, I found her and I broke down, my other friends….I don't know….I cried and I felt the loss of them but I didn't feel like my world had come to an end….till I found her….she'd be battling death eaters and managed to kill Bellatrix Lestrange, managed to defeat her but she didn't….she got hit" Harry felt a wave of sorrow soar through him, Remus gentle placed his hand on Harry's shoulder,

"Harry it's alright your girls alive and well isn't she?" he asked,

"Yeah" he sighed; he composed himself and looked back at Moony smiling,

"And she's not my girl" he added,

"Why not?"

"Well for one thing were both a bit young, secondly I'll have to tell her the truth before anything happens" Harry explained,

"Anyway I didn't ask you to come here tonight to talk about my love life, we need to talk about Sirius" Harry declared, Remus looked unsure,

"Harry he's locked up and I'm sure you found out about his betrayal and….." Harry held up his hand,

"Sirius is innocent Moony" Harry said, Remus again was giving a good impersonation of a goldfish,

"But how can he be Inno…"

"Wormtail's alive and in Hogwarts right now he was the one who betrayed my parents, Padfoot wasn't guilty nor was he my parent's secret keeper" Harry again explained, Remus was still slightly dumbfounded and Harry pressed on,

"Basically Sirius knew that Voldermort would think that he would be the secret keeper since he was my dad's best friend, he thought it would be a good idea to use Wormtail since no one would have suspected it, unfortunately it turned out that Pettigrew was the traitor" Harry allowed Remus a few minutes to let this sink in, Remus let out a loud breath he hadn't realized he been holding,

"You said that Peter's at the castle right now didn't you?"

"Yes, right now he's probably sat on Ron Weasley's bed gnawing at the sheets"

"Wait so that's how he…"

"yes, when Sirius cornered him all those years ago, the little prick put on an Oscar winning performance, he cut off his thumb and had a wand in his back pocket and killed those muggle, he then transformed into his rat animagus and went to find a wizarding family to live with so he could keep an ear out for any word on his master"

Harry felt terrible for the poor man, he looked so lost and Harry still hadn't reached the main reason for bringing him here yet.

"Remus I know this is a lot to take in but I've only just scratched the surface of the problem, I need your help and not only to get Paddy out of prison, there are some things you need to know about Dumbledore"

Remus's sorrow was drowned out momentarily by curiosity; he looked at Harry and nodded for him to continue,

"Here's where the story gets really good" Harry spat in disgust.

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Remus hadn't always agreed with Dumbledore but after almost an hour of listening of the betrayals of the so called "leader of the light" Remus actually felt physically sick that someone could be that manipulative,

"Harry are you sure about all this?" he asked, surprisingly Harry shrugged,

"About my account at Gringotts and my parents will, I'm in absolutely no doubt about those, whether or not he had anything to do with the love potion or not I'm not so sure"

Remus hung his head in shame, he had let the old goat manipulate the young man/boy in front of him for years and hadn't had a clue,

"Harry…I don't even know…I'm so sorry I wasn't there to help you" he chocked back tears, Harry gave him a appreciative smile

"Moony you didn't know, Dumbledore isn't called the most powerful wizard of our time for nothing, plus I know you tried to contact me in the past, but if it makes you feel any better you can help me now" he smiled mischievously,

Remus smiled back, "I'll do whatever you need me to do"

"Well right now since Sirius is in Azkaban, your technically my Guardian" Harry said, Remus was surprised to hear this and the shock must have shown on his face,

"I'm guessing you didn't know this did you" Remus shook his head,

"Well the official will stated that of something happened to my parents I was to go to Sirius, if not him then you, and if not you then the Longbottoms, then the Bones family" Harry explained,

"Right now the whole world believes that Dumbledore is my Guardian, I need you to come with me to Gringotts to sort this out, I trust Griphook a lot since he was the one I usually dealt with, Remus I'm asking you as my officially Guardian to amancipate me",

Remus looked worried for a moment that Harry didn't want him as a Guardian but Harry must have sensed his discomfort,

"And before you think it's because I don't want you as a Guardian Moony it's not, don't forget Dumbledore had complete control of my life last time, he even signed the marriage contract, this way Dumbledore won't find any loopholes, I will be free to find Voldermort's Horcruex's, I'll be free of the Dursleys, I'll be free to live my own life without it being controlled" Harry finished,

Remus stared at him and gave him a small smile,

"I'll help you Cub" he said, "but when can we do all this or do you already have a plan" he smiled at the young man,

"First things first, we need to get Sirius out of Azkaban, it does however mean sacrificing the map, by the way could you make another just in case it's ever needed?" Harry asked, Remus nodded,

"Good, it's also going to take some fine acting….." Harry explained the plan full front and Remus could help but burst out laughing,

"So simple yet so genius, you are truly the son of a Marauder"

Harry sadly smiled, he locked eyes again with Remus, "I will send some letter's if that's alright" he asked, Remus smiled

"I'd love to hear from you, don't worry I'll keep in touch" Harry rapidly shook his head,

"No Remus I don't whether Dumbledore is screening my incoming mail or not, tell me who knows about the existence of the Marauders?"

Remus sat thinking hard, "well…..I'm pretty certain Dumbledore knows about us, McGonagall as well I think, Flitwick might have but I can't say for certain and…." Remus stopped when he saw Harry grinning like a Cheshire cat, "what?" he asked,

"Moony you just gave me the final piece I needed for the plan, needless to say things are going to get interesting pretty soon".

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After discussing the plan a little more and some general banter (like Moony pressing Harry for information on Hermione) Remus soon realized the sun had come up, he stared wide eyed out of the window,

"Oh my, what time is it?" he asked but mostly to himself,

"Shit it's twenty past six" Harry exclaimed,

"You need to get back to the castle Harry, will you be alright getting back" he asked

"yeah don't worry and I'll send you an owl sometime next week" he said suddenly feeling very awkward, he took the map and was going to leave but emotion took over and he engulfed Moony in a hug which was returned, they broke apart and Harry struggled to keep the tears a bay,

"Don't you dare get killed this time around you daft sod" he joked, both laughed,

"Be safe cub, and try to stay out of trouble".

They soon parted and Harry thankfully had a safe trip back to the Common room, he felt exhausted but at the same time couldn't help but think a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders, he had one task left to do for the day and that was to write to Sirius.

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Sirius leaned against the wall reading the "pretend note" he had gotten waiting for the guard to disappear from site, after making sure no one was in ear shot he called the command words,

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good",

Dear Padfoot

I hope your doing well and I'm sorry it's been a while since my previous letter,

First off I have spoken with Moony, just last night as it happens, he believes your innocent and we're working on catching Pettigrew and getting you out of that hell hole.

Unfortunately too many people might get suspicious of my actions as well as Moony's so I'm afraid he won't be able to contact you, for the time being he has to let the world think that he still believes you to be the traitor.

If all goes to plan you should be out for Christmas, I certainly am looking forward to meeting you in person.

Best wishes

The same friend

Sirius couldn't hold in the tears of happiness, Moony now knew he was innocent and was working on getting him out, whoever it was that was helping him was getting a huge sloppy kiss from him he joked,

"Whoever you are thank you and I look forward to meeting you as well" he softly spoke.

The first frost arrived and Hogwarts looked to be promising a white Christmas, after seeing Moony several days ago, Harry now started to put his plan into action.

The last class of the day was Transfiguration, Harry's mind however was on anything but the lesson, he wondered if he could perhaps trust McGonagall with his little secret, he remembered how she had often took his side in an argument and didn't blindly follow Dumbledore, he would keep an eye out maybe tell her everything if he needed her help but for now he decided to play the part that he and Moony had discussed,

The lesson ended but Harry didn't make for the door,

"Harry aren't you coming with us?" Hermione asked,

"I need to talk to the Professor; I'll catch up with you guys later" He replied,

"Want us to wait?" Neville asked, Harry shook his head

"I don't know how long I'll be" they both waved and departed, Harry walked up to McGonagall now feeling rather nervous,

"Um Professor?" Harry said tentatively, she looked up from her desk,

"Yes Mr Potter did you need something?" she asked, Harry took off his back pack and began to rummage, pulling out the map,

"well Professor about two days ago, I found this in the common room, basically it's a map of Hogwarts that show's where everyone is" he explained, he'd already activated the map before heading for lessons so he wouldn't have to tell her the command words, she took it and did a very good impression of an owl,

"You say you found this Mr Potter?" she asked, Harry nodded,

"But that's not the thing I wanted to ask you about, it's the names of the creators you see, they sound really familiar" Harry explained,

"And who are the creators of this map Mr Potter?"

"Just put you wand to the parchment Professor and state who you are and they kind of talk back to you" Harry explained shrewdly, McGonagall eyed him suspiciously but decided to try,

"I am Minerva McGonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts, to whom is it that created you?" She asked, she was surprised when the map vanished and writing soon took its place,

Mr Prongs wishes to congratulate Meow McGonagall on finally getting headmistress and disappointed she finally found our map.

Mr Moony also wishes to congratulate the good Professor and prays she won't burn us when she's done with us.

Mr Padfoot would like to welcome the lovely McGonagall to the Marauders if she promises not to destroy the map, Please.

Mr Wormtail would like to offer the Professor his Congratulations and say it is well deserved.

Harry was surprised to see a sad smile appear on the Professors face, she looked at Harry with a warm expression,

"I don't suppose you know who these men are do you Harry?"

Harry was surprised to hear her call him by his first name,

"No professor, I mean like I said the names sound really familiar but I can't place them" he explained hoping she would help him out,

"How much do you know about your parents Potter?" she asked,

"Other than there names nothing really" he shrugged, McGonagall was surprised to hear he knew practically nothing,

"Well you may find it interesting to know that your father is one of the creators of this little trinket" she indicated to the map, Harry tried his best to look shocked at the news,

"You see when your father was at Hogwarts, he was a part of a group known as the Marauders…."

The next twenty minutes past and Harry listened to the Professor explain who the Marauders were and their not forgotten legacy that remained with the senior members of the staff, Harry took note how she tried to avoid to many questions about Sirius,

"Wow, I can't believe it, Professor I don't suppose if you know if any of the Marauders are still around are you?" he asked, her eyes flashed of worry for a moment,

"Well I believe that Remus Lupin, Moony, is still alive in fact we often exchange greetings at Christmas" she replied, Harry felt the happiness and excitement grow in him like air in a balloon, his plan was going great,

"Do you think Mr Lupin would mind if I contacted him Professor?" he asked, McGonagall gave the young boy a another sad smile, "I'm sure he wouldn't mind Mr Potter, now if you don't mind I do have papers to grade" she went back to her papers, Harry however decided to try his luck,

"Um, professor I was wondering if I could maybe, well may I have the map back" he asked polite, trying to luck very innocent,

McGonagall again looked at him,

"Potter I don't think…"

"I swear I won't use it professor it's just…well I didn't know that my dad help create it" he tried his best puppy dog eyes while still looking innocent, it seemed to work as she handed him the map,

"Very well Potter but I must insist that you don't use it, if I catch wind that you are you grandchildren will be attending detention", Harry smiled and stuffed it in his bag,

"Thank you professor" he quickly left, not really believing his luck, he kind of bad about using the parent card on McGonagall but didn't want to risk Dumbledore finding out about the map,

"Well the hat did say I'd do well in Slytherin" he mused, he quickly dashed to the owley and began writing his letter to Moony,

Dear Moony

Had a nice chat with McGonagall earlier, she was telling me all about you and the other Marauders,

Stage one is now complete, I even managed to keep the Map.

McGonagall now knows that I'm in contact with you, I don't think she'll tell Dumbledore and he's too busy with everything else to ask her if I've been talking to her,

If we're still on with the plan then I'll see you in the Holidays.

Bye for Now

Harry.

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Dumbledore sat in his chair waiting on Ron Weasley,

Knock Knock

"Please enter Mr Weasley" Dumbledore declared, A nervous looking Ron entered and sat across from the headmaster,

"Hello Mr Weasley, would you care for a lemon drop?" Dumbledore graciously asked, Ron took one a dropped it in his mouth,

"So Mr Weasley, how are you coming along with young Mr Potter?" he asked, Ron shrugged slightly,

"Well Sir, he seems to think he's better then me, the boy-who-lived refuses to give me the time of day" Ron spat in anger,

Dumbledore sighed inwardly, he had hoped that Potter would befriend Weasley so he had someone to keep track of him, he had convinced Molly that young Harry would be looking for platform 9 3/4, however it seemed that the child had found out how to get to the train anyway, he knew that plan wasn't his best but it seemed that meeting before the train would have been the best way to let the two get acquainted,

"Now, now Mr Weasley, I'm sure he isn't that bad" Dumbledore said talking to Ron like a Five year old,

"No he is, anytime I talk to him he brushes me aside, you know I don't know why I'm bothering" Ron moaned,

"Come now Mr Weasley, I'm sure you and Mr Potter have something's in common, I'll see you in a few weeks Mr Weasley, until then keep your chin up, I'm sure Mr Potter will soon take to you" his eyes gave a twinkle and Ron got up and left,

Dumbledore sighed once more, it seemed that his plan wasn't going to plan; perhaps he should have a word with Mr Potter soon.

"Well where is it!"

"How should I know?"

"Well you had it last Fred"

"Look maybe we just dropped it somewhere", Harry listened to the twins bickering in the corner of the common room, truthfully he didn't believe that the twins would ever betray him, but he had to make sure before anything else.

Harry sat with Neville at the Gryffindor table eating lunch,

"Where's Hermione?" Harry asked looking a little concerned,

"She said she'd meet us down here, but yeah she's pushing it if she's wanting something to eat" Neville said checking his watch,

"Harry swirled around and checked the Gryffindor table, none surprisingly Draco and his two gorillas weren't there, Harry couldn't shake the bad feeling in his stomach now, he got up,

"Where you going?" Neville asked, Harry slumped over to Neville so no one would overhear,

"Malfoy and his two baboons aren't here, I've got a bad feeling pal" he headed towards the Gryffindor Common room, on his way he heard whispered voices on the 4th floor,

"Well see how cocky Potter is after his girlfriend is shown her place" the voice of Malfoy taunted, Hermione just glared daggers at him,

"What's wrong Mudblood, scared, can't blame you Potter isn't here to save you" he laughed,

"Guess again Malfoy-Expelliamus" Harry cried disarming Malfoy of his wand, this gave Hermione the chance as she cracked him good and hard in the jaw knocking the blonde boy off his feet, both Crabbe and Goyle plus Harry were all shocked by this turn of events, luckily Harry recovered first by using the totalus on both of the huge young boys, he rushed over to Hermione,

"You okay?" he asked worriedly, she nodded but tears were formed in her eyes, Harry hugged her tightly which he was pleased to note she returned,

"I'm sorry it's just I was scared" she whispered,

"It's alright Mione, I understand" he released the hug and found her staring at him with a puzzled look,

"What?" he asked

"You called me Mione" she answered, Harry hadn't realized he had called her by her old nickname,

"Sorry just came out I guess, I'll not call it you if it bothers you" he replied, he was pleased to see she smiled,

"No I like it" she replied, Harry smiled then turned to Malfoy who looked to be knocked out,

"Jeez you've got a mean right hook Mione" he joked,

"I'm going to get in trouble aren't I" she said looking worried, Harry took her hand which made his insides full with joy,

"Don't worry well go get McGonagall she'll let you tell you side of the story" Harry pulled her along to the headmistress office, suddenly he felt Hermione force him to stop, she looked at him and smiled causing Harry to blush slightly,

"Eighteen years old and her simply smiling is enough to turn my legs to jelly, hormones suck"

"Thank you" she said, she then pulled him into a hug of her own, Harry couldn't help but smile, he had just seen her knock Malfoy out cold and was now hugging him, any doubts he had about coming back to the past were now non existent.

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And there ended my first attempt at Fanfiction, I actually had Chapter 6 out as well but like chapter 2 and 3 I lost it.

Anyway I stopped working on this because technically I wanted to do a prequel as I didn't believe the flashback scenes I was doing could do the story justice.

Anyway the next thing I will upload is the Prequel to THIS story.