A/N: First off Please note that this story actually contains 2 and a half chapters even though I've rolled it all into one. This was my second attempt at a time travel story with Rewrite of Destiny being the first but I just lost interest with this altogether.
Chapter One
Turning Back
Disclaimer: Please Mrs Rowling DON'T SUE ME!
JK: Then say it!
ME: I don't own Harry Potter…sadly.
JK: Now say Canon shipping is the best.
ME: Pfft, I'd rather die.
JK: Say it!
ME: You'll have to kill me!
JK: Avada Kedavra!
It had happened, after so much training, so much work the wizarding war was finally over…it was just too bad they had lost, Harry Potter opened his eyes and gasped for breath, there was no more pain no more blacking out, he took in his surroundings, he appeared to be in some sort of corridor with chairs and surprisingly enough rubber plants, Harry was strongly reminded of the muggle hospital waiting rooms,
Suddenly a rather old yet warm old women came and helped him out,
"Hello dear, you look a little lost" she said, Harry nodded,
"Yeah err where am I?" he asked still searching around, she smiled sadly,
"Don't worry all your questions will be answered in a short while, why don't you take a seat whilst your waiting" she indicated towards the chairs, Harry had never felt more confused in his entire life, he was about to ask something when the old women spoke again,
"Now in a couple of minutes your name will be called, just wait here till then" Harry again tried to say something but the women simply disappeared,
"Did she just apparate?" Harry thought, he started racking around his memory for the recent events,
"What's going on, okay Harry it's simple lets list what's recently happened; right you found all the Horcrux, you went back to Hogwarts to assemble some help with the final battle, you faced Voldermort…did I get hit or something?" Harry closed his eyes trying to visualize the events,
Several minutes passed by when a voice called out, "Harry Potter!" Harry got up and walked down the corridor, he headed through a arch at the end and materialized in a huge room, hundreds of desks were everywhere with what looked like business people only wearing white robes instead of suits, in the background Harry could see machinery that he guessed only his female best friend could identify, it seemed like some sort of laboratory/Lawyers office, Harry was bewildered by it all when the same voice called out his name only with a little less politeness, Harry soon wandered over to a desk in the far right corner, a man not much older than Harry with rather long hair was busy sorting some documents,
"Please sit down Mr Potter I won't be a minute" he said without looking up from his papers, Harry sat down unsure and rather nervous, he watched the man fidget with the papers occasionally dropping one and cussing, when he finally finished he looked over at Harry,
"Well Mr Potter before we begin do you have questions?" he asked looking profoundly bored, Harry nodded,
"Yes, first who are you and secondly what the hell's going on?" Harry asked, the man gave Harry a small smirk,
"Well firstly my names Julius Powers" he said, Harry nodded,
"And secondly…your dead" he said bluntly, Harry went bug eyed, he watched the man who simply sat their doing little more than blinking, Harry tried to rack his brains around it,
"I'm…dead?" he said not really willing to believe it,
"Yes" Julius replied, Harry mouth remained open like a goldfish,
"As in dead, dead?" Harry asked, Julius rolled his eyes,
"No as in the other dead, of course dead dead, as in gone, caput, over, deleted, done" he replied sarcastically, Harry let his breathing calm before he pressed for further questions,
"How did I die?" he asked, Julius pulled out one of the documents,
"Let's see…according to this, you were struck with a Avada Kedavra by Tom Riddle" Julius answered again seeming to be amazingly bored, Harry couldn't believe it, he had failed, he hadn't been able to stop Riddle, all of the wizarding world was now at his hands and Harry couldn't do anything about it, and this wise guy behind the desk was acting like Harry was asking for information on a mortgage,
"So…what happens now…do I go on or something?" Harry asked now only realizing he was truly dead, he was no longer alive yet here he was, was this it, you get interviewed when you died, his head started hurting from all the questions and let them drop…for now,
"Well that would usually be the proper procedure" Julius replied, Harry frowned again in confusion, so Julius explained,
"Well when one dies, if they were for lack of a better term, good, then they come here and we get the formalities out of the way and they proceed onto the haven"
Harry butted in "Don't you meen heaven?" he asked,
"No, to save trouble with all the religious cults we simply refer to it as haven, and please don't butt in until I'm finished" he said, he took another breath,
"Anyway as I was saying that's what usually happens here, then we get cases like you" he said staring at Harry, Harry shifted in his seat uncomfortable,
"What do you mean?" Harry asked, Julius sighed,
"You and all your reality brothers" he stated, Harry felt he was going cross eyed with all the new information,
"What's a reality brother?" he asked,
"In short, you from another reality or alternate universe or whatever you wish to call them" Harry could have sworn he felt his brain explode from the intake but pushed for further information,
"Wait all that other reality stuff like on TV is real!" Harry asked, Julius again stated picking through his documents,
"Yes, and like I said you and your reality brothers are usually our special cases" he said,
"Why exactly am I…I mean we special cases?" Harry asked,
"Because you are at the centre of many worlds, your personal actions could cause either a period of peace or war among many things at this is the same in countless other reality's, some of the you brothers have gone back in time to change the world, other's have gone to other reality's to destroy the evil brother's and you have no idea JUST HOW MUCH PAPERWORK WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH!" he finished, Julius blushed at his outburst before apologizing,
Harry sat dumbfounded, many questions of the world had just been answered for him, yet why would he himself be a special case,
"Still what does this have to do with me personally" he asked, Julius picked out the paper he was looking for,
"We are offering you a second chance" he stated, now calm and collected again,
"What do you meen exactly?" Julius sighed and shook his head in irritation,
"Were you listening to me earlier, we're giving you a second chance, we're willing to send you back in time to fix your mistakes" Julius said, Harry felt angered,
"WHAT MISTAKES!" he asked outraged, Julius leaned over his desk,
"WHAT MISTAKES, WHAT MISTAKES HE ASKS, HOW ABOUT FUFILLING THE SODDING PROPHECY, CHANGING THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER, GETTING TOGETHER WITH YOUR SOUL MATE, LIVING YOUR LIFE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CONTINUE?" Julius yelled back, both calmed down before Julius again started shuffling papers, Harry calmed down before asking,
"My soul mate?" Julius nodded,
"Yeah some Granger girl" Harry eyes again widened,
"Hermione, but wait I was dating Ginny and Hermione was dating my best mate!" Harry said in bewilderment,
"Yeah but those two red heads had you and Miss Granger under…what I believe you call Amortentia" he said racking his brains for the name of the potion, Harry however remembered what it was,
"No way, Ginny wouldn't do that and neither would Ron, there two of my best friends!" Harry half yelled expecting Julius to yell in response however to his amazement the man chuckled,
"Oh boy, you would not believe the number of times I've had to explain this" he took a deep breath,
"Basically, you've been lied to, since your first year actually, Dumbledore convinced Molly Weasley to have Ronald befriend you, later she had you dosed with Amortentia to start developing feelings for her daughter, you actually put up more of a fight than expected you were resistant for a year and a half" Harry started shaking from both heart ache and anger but his curiosity was getting the better of him,
"A year and a half…when did she begin dousing me?" he asked, Julius looked down at his paper again,
"Your summer just before 5th year, I believe you spent it at your Godfather's" Julius replied, Harry felt his heart sink; yes there was plenty of opportunity for Mrs Weasley to drug him there,
"You said Dumbledore had been lying to me all my life, what else as he done?" Harry asked very downhearted, Julius gave him an apologetic look before continuing,
"Basically Dumbledore wanted you prepared as a weapon against Voldermort, he knew you wouldn't survive since you had that Horcrux in your head, but just in case you did live he wanted you married to a pureblood, since he believe that the savoir of the wizarding world marrying a muggleborn simply wouldn't be acceptable" he explained,
Harry thought long and hard about all this, too much of it was making sense, it had all been a lie and yet for some reason he wasn't all that shocked,
"How do I know this isn't all a lie?" he asked, Julius gave him a knowing smile,
"I can see in your eyes you believe me, without all those love potions and loyalty potions you mind is more clear than it has been in years, you know this is all the truth but I know this doesn't make it any easier for you" he said sadly,
"How could you know what I'm feeling?" Harry asked sharply,
"Your forgetting I've dealt with more of you than you could imagine" Julius replied, suddenly the phone started beeping and Julius pressed the speaker button,
"Yes Martha?" he asked, suddenly a women's voice replied,
"You have a new case Mr Powers; it requires you to take a trip back to the living realm however"
Julius sighed, and took out his note book and a pen,
"Let's have it" he replied,
"Gate 08756 and you want a Mr Harry…"
"Martha if you say Harry Potter I'm going to kill you" he said
"How exactly, I'm already dead; yes it's a Mr Harry Potter"
Julius wrote down the notes, he sighed heavily again,
"Okay thanks Martha I'll get on it after I've dealt with this Harry Potter" the phone disconnected,
Harry felt a stab of sympathy for the man, who again had to go through some papers before finally turning his attention back towards Harry,
"Anyway, where was I…oh yes, so we're giving you the chance to change your life, you can go on to the haven or you can go back in time for a second chance, but either way it's got to be your decision" Julius said,
Harry thought about it, beyond this was his parents, along with Sirius and several others he wanted to see again, on the other hand he had a chance to rectify his mistakes and he could save Sirius, not to mention he would now have information on Voldermort,
"How far back in time would I be sent?" he asked, Julius once again looked at the paperwork,
"Summer before your 4th year, I believe the significant event of the time was your dream of the riddle manor, we would be sending you back that same day" he explained, Harry started heavy breathing again, he really could go back, he could save lives, stop Voldermort finally and be with Hermione, that thought made him blush a little,
"Are you sure Hermione is my soul mate?" he asked, Julius rolled his eyes again,
"Yes, in most realities she is, in some Ginny is, in a small selection some Lovegood girl is amongst others" Harry frowned,
"Luna's my soul mate!...Not in our reality…I know but wow that's strange…Hey why are you complaining you best friend is your soul mate…I'm not complaining, it's just surprising…I'm more shocked about the fact that in some realities I'm with Ginny…yeah I bet I'm even with Tonks in a few of them…Now that's a scary thought…wait when did I start talking to myself?"
"Well what's it going to be?" Julius asked, Harry smiled a little,
"I'll go back, but what do I have to do?" he asked, Julius handed him the paper in his hand,
"Sign this and I'll get you on your way" he said, Harry gave it a quick gloss over when something struck him,
"Can I tell other people about my past…err future…err you know what I mean?" Harry asked,
"I would advise you only tell them you trust thoroughly, future knowledge isn't something to play with" Julius said,
Harry signed the document and handed it back, Julius got up,
"Well let's go Mr Potter, time for you to live again" Harry quickly followed him up a flight of stairs to one of the machines, Harry watched as the hexagon shaped machine was started up, suddenly the centre of the machine produced a silver looking liquid that grew until it became a pentagon shaped arch,
"Well Mr Potter your life awaits on the other side" Julius remarked, Harry took a deep breath and walked forward, his heart rapidly beating in his chest, he took one last deep breath at the edge before practically jumping through, and suddenly he was gone and the liquid vanished,
Julius looked down at his paperwork,
"Well that's that one sorted" he sighed,
"Hey Jules where you doing lunch?" one of the other white robed men asked,
"I'm not; I've got another one of these Potter bastards to see"
A almost fourteen year old Harry Potter awoke in his bed at Privet drive, memories of a future past engulfing him, he clutched at his head waiting for the headache to die down, after a couple of seconds it did and Harry started searching his room, he glanced over at his calendar, which read 'July 1994', Harry felt a massive amount of happiness he was back he could almost sing he was happy, suddenly he heard his uncle snore like a rhinoceros,
"Maybe I should have just gone to the haven" he mused.
Harry couldn't help but feel deja'vu from everything that happened around the Dursley's that day, in truth it was a little mind-boggling but he managed to cope, Eventually Uncle Vernon went to fetch the mail when he came back in bellowing at Harry,
Harry frowned and found his uncle brandishing the letter from the Weasley's,
"Oh crap, I forgot about that"
"Look at this!" his uncle cried showing Harry the letter front covered in stamps, Harry suppressed a snort, he became annoyed when his uncle opened the letter and began to read it aloud, yeah he knew what it said but it was his mail,
"Who is this Weasley family?" his uncle asked in curiosity,
"You saw them at the platform remember, the family of red heads" Harry explained, after finding out about the Weasley's true motives he was having less than friendly thoughts about them,
"The dumpy sort of family" his uncle exclaimed, Harry again not feeling to motivated to defend them simply nodded, silence took over for several minutes, in which Harry stood in deep thought and Vernon re-read the letter,
"Should I go…We kinda have to…Why I thought I was going to start distancing myself from them…You can't not yet…Why…Because Ron will give you the perfect chance in a couple of months…Wait you mean Halloween…Exactly…But that means I have to put up with him for another three months…No one said saving the world was easy"
Harry again sighed resolved to keep things the same…for now,
"So…can I go?" he asked.
Everything went just as Harry remembered, The Weasley's came to pick him up which resulted in the Ton-Tongue Toffee incident, Harry laughed along with the Weasley's, true he was now been careful around them but that didn't mean he couldn't have a laugh at his cousin's expense,
Whilst back at the Burrow, Harry began making a mental note of everyone there,
Ron, well Harry already knew the story there, now knowing the truth he suddenly saw his former 'best mate' in a new light, he suddenly saw the constant wining, the one track mind, the guy who was convinced by Dumbledore to befriend him, truth be told Harry couldn't wait for Ron to end their 'friendship',
Ginny, again he knew the score, thankfully Ginny was still in her blushing mode whenever he was around, which Harry didn't mind one bit since it kept her off his back,
The twins, Harry didn't really know what to make, Julius had only told him about Ron, Ginny and Molly, Harry hoped they weren't in on everything as they were fun guys to be around, none the less he would keep an eye on them,
Bill and Charlie, again he didn't know either of them that well, but he had gotten on with both well enough, hopefully he would get an answer about these two eventually,
Percy…never mind, Percy was a prat either way, even if he wasn't in on the betrayal, he was a sell out,
Mrs Weasley, now this one hurt in a different way, it was like finding out a family member was just using you, Harry shook himself, these people weren't his family, friends, yes once maybe again when he found out who's with who,
Mr Weasley, Harry couldn't figure this man out, honestly Harry didn't believe that Arthur would do this to him, but whilst the man was no coward it was definitely Molly who wore the pants in the family,
The one person who he was happy to see at the Burrow however was Hermione, finding out she was his soul mate had opened his eyes to her even more, he watched her talking with Molly about something or other and he couldn't help but notice just how pretty she was,
"How did I not notice before…Probably because we were to busy be Mr Angst guy…Yeah I guess…Plus hey, next year Molly has you drugged so it's not all our fault by then…Yeah, hey remember how she looked at the Yule ball…See you did find her attractive, but your bloody loyalty to Ron cloudy your feelings…YES, yes I get it, I was an idiot"
"Harry, are you alright?" Hermione asked as she saw Harry just staring in her general direction, Harry shook himself awake,
"Yeah I'm fine" he replied, she just looked at him sceptically, Harry sighed,
"This is going to be harder than I originally thought"
The world cup came and went practically the same as before, Harry found it amusing and strangely comforting that he wasn't effected by the Veela this time around, as before Ireland won but Krum got the snitch,
After the celebrations from the Ireland supporters, The Death Eaters went about the same as before, Harry already fully expecting this and knowing who was sat behind him at the world cup left his wand under his pillow whilst attending the game, he had a straight plan to change thing over time but first things needed to play out as they had before, or until he got to Hogwarts at least,
Harry spent the rest of the summer preparing for the future, he kept a mental list for what needed to be done, first chance he had he wanted to see Sirius, since he knew his godfather would soon be arriving at Hogsmeade he would wait patiently, Remus was someone else he knew he needed to talk to, hopefully the two men would be able to help him on his mission…that was if they didn't die of shock when they heard his story,
The train ride went the same as before, with the albino ferret making his annual train visit, the sorting also went the same with Colin and Dennis Creevey in deep talk whilst staring hungrily at Harry, much to Harry's displeasure,
He watched as the fake Mad Eye Moody arrived and Dumbledore let the cat out of the bag about the Tri-Wizard tournament, Harry found that time-travel was actually kind of…boring, at least when you weren't presently trying to change anything, he sighed and looked up and down the tables,
He glanced over at Cedric Diggory that was one death he would stop at any cost, it had been a hard time for him after the older boys death since he had been ridden with guilt plus Harry couldn't help but feel he had lost a newly gained friend that night in the cemetery,
Cho Chang, he chuckled silently at his former crush, he remembered how Cedric's death had messed her up emotionally which had been a shame as she had been a decent person before then, hopefully saving Cedric would keep her sane,
Luna, Harry felt guilty again, he remembered all about how Luna was treated in Ravenclaw, he was determined to put a stop to that and hopefully befriend the girl,
Neville, the shy kid who became a warrior, Harry found himself scheming ways of helping Neville with his confidence, hopefully he could get his friend to re-surface soon.
The following two months went ahead as planned, Harry found himself wedge between excitement and boredom, excited over the prospect of changing the future and bored over the fact he had to wait until after Halloween,
Eventually Halloween arrived and just as before Harry was called out as the fourth champion, he arrived in the faculty lounge and watched the familiar scene play by when Dumbledore calmly asked him;
"Did you put you name in the Goblet of fire Harry?"
"No sir of course not" Harry answered sincerely,
"Did you ask an older student to put your name in for you?" he again asked calmly,
"No sir"
"But o'course he is lying" cried Madame Maxime, Harry felt a need to suddenly change the time line a little,
"Why on earth would I want to enter this reckless tournament?" he asked in bewilderment,
"For fame and money of course" Maxime replied, Harry looked at her as if she was an alien,
"I don't know if you've heard but I'm Harry bloody Potter, I have enough fame as it is and I have money" he retorted,
"Harry, please show a some respect," Dumbledore said in a no nonsense tone of voice,
"No, I'm sorry sir, but everyone seems to believe that I've entered myself in this stupid game, well you know what, I refuse" he replied, everyone looked at him in shock, surprise and in a few cases confusion,
"What do you meen refuse Mr Potter?" Mr Crouch asked,
"I refuse to take part in this tournament" Harry explained calmly, everyone now had there mouths wide open in shock, it actually looked quite amusing with Victor who looked like a shark even in human mode,
"You can't just refuse Mr Potter, you're tied to a magical binding contract, if you don't compete you'll die" Mr Crouch again explained,
"Yes but since I didn't enter myself that means whoever entered me in this thing is the one whose bind to the contract right?" Harry asked, he already knew the answer but hopefully being so against competing might help him get Cedric on his side, which would hopefully help with the Hufflepuffs,
All the adults looked at each other in discomfort,
"Unfortunately Mr Potter, it goes on who's written on the parchment not who signed it" McGonagall explained, Harry managed to wear a surprised yet disgusted look before shaking his head in disbelief,
"So…your telling me, anyone of age can enter any persons name and that person has no choice but to enter?" he asked, again all the adults looked at each other guiltily, the other three champions watched on, Victor seemed to be analyzing Harry, Cedric seemed to be to be doing the same whilst Fleur simply looked bored and annoyed at Harry,
"Of course it does, wow you guys really didn't think this one through did you" Harry said finding that the anger in his voice wasn't fake; Harry took in the adult's faces,
Dumbledore had a slight guilty look upon his face but Harry suspected it was fake,
McGonagall also had a guilty look; Harry believed it to be really and was thankful for it,
Snape…well he just looked pissed at Harry as usual, as did Karkaroff and Maxime but Harry knew they were more angry about the fact Hogwarts had two champions,
Moody/Barty Jr, had an expression less face, Harry guessed since he knew that Harry would have to compete he didn't care about his outburst,
Bagman, he just looked confused like he hadn't really been listening over all the excitement,
Crouch, looked pissed as well but over Harry lecturing a ministry official like him, what bothered him more was the fact that Harry was right,
No one spoke for a few moments until Crouch again spoke up,
"So will you be competing Mr Potter?" he asked in annoyance, Harry glared at him, which made him tense up a little,
"I don't have much choice do I, if I don't I die" he replied, Bagman chose this moment to butt in and gave the champions the speech about the first task, eventually everyone departed, Harry walked through the now empty great hall with Cedric who eventually pulled Harry aside,
"Did you really not enter you name in the Goblet?" the older boy asked,
"Well better than last time at least"
"Look I know a lot of people think I'm some sort of glory hound but I want no part in this bloody thing" Harry replied sincerely, Cedric seemed to be glancing right into Harry's soul looking for the truth, eventually the boy sighed and stepped back,
"For what it's worth, I believe you" he said, Harry smiled slightly,
"Thank you, I just hope the rest of the school will believe me" Harry replied,
"Well I'll try to keep the Hufflepuff's off your back" Cedric said giving him an apologetic smile doubting that most of the school would believe Harry,
"I appreciate it Diggory" Cedric laughed a little,
"Call me Cedric" Harry smiled,
"Only if you call me Harry," he replied, Cedric stuck out his hand,
"Deal" Harry shook his hand, they were about to depart when Cedric called him,
"Oh and good luck Harry" he called from across the corridor,
"You too" Harry replied before making his way up the many flights of stairs leading to the Gryffindor tower, he knew full well that very few people would believe him but was found a new spark of happiness when he realized that he only had one more talk with Ron before the Ginger git would be out of his company,
Something else was bugging Harry, Hermione, or more about his tale, he had planned to tell her tomorrow but he had no proof as of yet, he didn't doubt that Hermione would listen but the girl like evidence and logic and his story lacked both, for now he would have to lie but realized he now had a chance to become close to her without Ron around, he smiled at himself, he now found himself looking forward to the Yule Ball, he suddenly felt very nervous about eventually asking her,
"Oh great now I really do have something to be bugging the crap out of me"
Harry managed to escape the party and soon found Ron in the boy's dorm; He found Ron sat on the edge of his bed jealousy practically flowing off him,
"So" Ron said,
"So…what?" Harry replied,
"Congratulations" Ron replied sarcasm oozing in his voice, Harry looked at him as if he had grown another head,
"So…how did you do it, was it the cloak because that would have covered both of us" Ron asked the anger in his voice raising,
"Ron you seriously believe I would enter myself in this…death trap" Harry asked,
"Why not, it's a chance to show the world just how bloody good the boy who lived is" Ron said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world,
"Ron you should know me better than that by now, I didn't enter myself in the tournament and I have no reason to want to be in it" Harry replied,
"Yeah I forgot, you already have money don't you and fame, yeah that one thousand galleons would be like pocket money to you wouldn't it!" Ron yelled, Harry sighed loving his own performance,
"Whatever Ron I'm not in the mood for this, I'm going to bed" Harry said taking off his shirt,
"Yeah better get your beauty sleep Harry, I expect you'll need to be in top shape for your front page photo tomorrow" Ron replied sarcastically, Harry felt himself rage,
"You know what Ronald why don't you go jump off the tallest tower, I'm sure that will be big news I mean after all that's what you want isn't it, fame?"
Ron suddenly lunged at Harry who was ready for it and ducked within moments the two were throwing fist when suddenly Seamus, Dean and Neville appeared and separated the two, both were still fuming but Harry was because he wanted to tear the red head apart for what he and his family had done to him and Hermione,
Harry was the first to calm down and Neville who was holding him let him go, he turned to leave when Ron broke free and attacked Harry from behind, the two began fighting again when finally McGonagall appeared,
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!" she shrieked, Harry cringed inwardly, he hadn't want this, he had simply wanted to get his hands on Ron too much, Neville and Dean both told there account of what happened as well as asking Harry and Ron of there story, in the end McGonagall said for Ron to visit Madam Pomfrey for his black eye but mostly to separate the two boys for the evening, not long after Harry ignored the questions of his dorm mates and went to bed.
Several hours later Harry laid in bed with a small smile on his face, He'd finally managed to end things with Ron, even though he knew there was a good chance the Red headed git would try and befriend him again, he listened to the snores of his dorm mates (or actually just Neville's).
If there was one thing he was sure of it was this, Things were soon going to change.
Ooo~ooO
From here on out I can't remember the name of the stories (yeah I'm THAT unorganised), but I think the next one was called Reality but like I said I can't remember.….
