Harry Potter: Alternative Universe
"Yes, its me." Professor Quirrell said with a small laugh at Harry's face. Harry shook his head.
"But Snape, it was suppose to be Snape." Harry said and Quirrell took a step toward him.
"Yes, Snape did make my job easier. Beside him, who was to suspect me?" Quirrell said and laughed again.
"But, at the Quidditch match, Snape tried to kill me." Harry said and stepped forward.
"No, you stupid boy, that was me and I would have done it, even with Snape muttering the counter curse, if I hadn't been knocked over." Quirrell said bitterly, Harry took another step forward.
"Snape tried to save me?" Harry asked himself.
"Yes, why else would Snape want to referee the next match. Not that I could do anything with Dumbledore there." Quirrell said, he smirked as Harry figured everything out.
"And you let the troll in. You're the reason Hermione almost died!" Harry yelled, Quirrell laughed evilly.
"Yes, I let the troll in but it was a distraction, if it killed the Granger girl it would have been a bonus." Quirrell said and smiled at Harry.
"Shut up!" Harry yelled, Quirrell turned to the mirror.
"Snape wasn't fooled by it, he went to the third floor corridor to head me off and never left me alone after that. But what he doesn't understand is I'm never alone." Quirrell continued, Harry took another step forward. "I see myself holding the stone, how do I get it?"
"Use the boy." A faint hissing voice whispered throughout the room. Harry looked around trying to see who else is in the room as Quirrell spun around and pointed to him.
"Come, boy!" He yelled, Harry smirked at him.
"What if I said no?" Harry asked still smirking, he turned and headed for the door when flames erupted around the room blocking his escape. Harry trudged over to the mirror and sighed.
"What do you see, boy?" Quirrell asked, Harry looked into the mirror and saw his parents and him, and then he saw his reflection taking the stone out of his pocket, winked, then slipped it into his pocket. Harry felt the real stone slide into his pocket and smiled. "What do you see, boy?"
"I see myself shaking hands with Professor McGonagall, we've won the House cup and she's very pleased." Harry lied, trying to fight off the smile he wanted to show.
"He lies!" The hissing voice said again, Quirrell took a menacing step toward Harry.
"Tell the truth boy!" Quirrell shouted, Harry turned and looked at him.
"I'm not lying!" Harry yelled back, Quirrell studied Harry for a moment or two. He shot, what he hoped was, a death glare at the professor.
"Let me speak to the boy." The hissing voice told him, Quirrell turned away from Harry.
"But, Master, you're not strong enough." Quirrell said, the frightened look on his face made the hair on Harry's neck go on end.
"I'm strong enough for this!" The voice hissed, Quirrell reluctantly started undoing his turban. Harry watched carefully as Quirrell finished untying his turban and pulled the cloth away to reveal a face on the back of his head. Harry stepped back a bit. "Harry Potter, I've waited so long to meet you." Harry looked at it.
"Voldemort." Harry said coldly, the face smiled.
"Now, Harry, I'll only offer this once so listen up. Join me and we could rule together, bring back your parents and your Aunt. Just hand over the stone." Voldemort said, Harry turned back to the mirror and saw them. Then he saw Hermione in the background, he knew what he had to do.
"Thanks for the offer, but I'd like to keep my soul. Besides, if you did bring them back, how long 'til you kill them or anyone else for that matter?" Harry said, Voldemort grew angry.
"Kill him!" Voldemort screamed, it echoed off the walls. Quirrell spun forward and grabbed Harry by the throat, Harry clawed at the hands. Smoke came from Quirrell's hands and he screamed.
"What magic is this!?" Quirrell yelled, Harry looked down at his hands.
"Kill him! I said kill him!" Voldemort yelled, before Quirrell could move, Harry put his hands on the professor's face. Harry took a step back and watched the professor fall to the ground and turned into dust. Harry sighed and picked up the stone, then he saw Voldemort's soul rise from what used to be the professor's body and pass through him. Harry fell back and felt his head connect with the floor, then it all went black.
Harry woke up later in the Hospital wing. He opened his eyes to see a dark brown haired girl laying on the bed next to his. He grabbed his glasses and saw Becca.
"Beccs." Harry said and sat up. She rolled off the bed and landed on her feet, then she threw her arms around him.
"Thank God you're awake. Everyone's been real worried, Luke and Draco even came in a couple times, they had to go quickly before anyone caught them though." Becca said and sat next to him.
"How's everyone else?" Harry asked hoarsely, Becca poured him some water and handed it to him.
"Ron's good, he was quiet but we got him to the Great Hall and he started eating. Dumbledore's furious and McGonagall is beating herself up for not listening to us. Dad is going crazy that you would try something this stupid but is partly proud. But he said he wanted to meet the girl you got caught coming from the Astronomy tower with." Becca said and they laughed a bit.
"Hermione?" He asked, Becca smiled.
"She's going out of her mind, she almost threw a punch at Dana because she was saying how she hoped you'd never wake up but then Ron pulled her out." Becca said with a smile, Harry smiled too.
"And you?" Harry asked, she waved him off. Becca looked away.
"I'm fine." Becca said and Harry smiled at her, she looked puzzled. "What?" She asked.
"I'm just glad my near death experience hasn't gotten to you." Harry said with a smile, Becca threw her arms around Harry again.
"What are you talking about? You're the boy who lived, if you died that name wouldn't be fitting and the newspapers would lie to me." Becca said as she pulled away.
"Ah, Mr. Potter!" A female voice said, they both turned to see a tall plump lady wearing dark purple robes rushing over to them. "You've finally decided to join us, wonderful."
"Nice to see you too, Madam Pomfrey." Harry said with a smile, Becca stifled a laugh as the woman pulled out her wand and checked Harry over. Becca got off his bed.
"I better get changed, I'll swing back here and pick you up. You know how I love good entrances." Becca said, waved and went out the doors.
"Much like her mother." Madam Pomfrey said, Harry looked at her.
"You know Aunt Sam?" Harry asked, Madam Pomfrey smiled at him and pulled up a chair, which was a rare thing.
"Sam had always been extremely intelligent and she would hang around with Lily, your mother, and when Lily and James got together, Sam became part of the group and James was like a brother to her. I remember Sirius, he was a bit of a player but when he asked Sam out and she politely turned him down, he made her his new goal. He would get himself hurt and she would bring him up here, then one day she brought him up here and stayed with him. You could see how much in love they were, it was funny because she said that exact line to James one day. It amazes me how much Becca acts like her parents." Pomfrey said and stood up. "Sorry, I shouldn't bore my patients with stories of the past."
"No, its nice hearing about them. Thank you." Harry said and she left him to get dressed. Harry met up with Becca a couple minutes later and relayed the story, Becca smiled and they went off to the common room. They went into the common room only to be met with tons of Gryffindors asking loads of questions. After answering a couple, he moved over to the couches where Hermione sat reading a book. Becca stood back and watched them.
"So, you made it out alive then?" Hermione asked casually and turned a page in her book, not looking at him.
"Maybe, or you might just be seeing my ghost." Harry said expecting a laugh but not getting one. "You might have to give me a hug to make sure." Hermione set the book down and sighed.
"The things I do for you." Hermione said as she gave him a hug. "Nope, you're not a ghost." Harry laughed.
"Hey, neither are you." Harry said and Hermione bit her lip trying not to laugh.
"I'm gunna go pack, oh you have to meet my parents. Since I'll be staying with you for half the summer, Sirius too, if that's not to much trouble." Hermione said standing up.
"No, not at all. Sirius wanted to meet you too." Harry said also standing up.
"Why?" Hermione asked, Becca came over and swung an arm around Hermione's shoulders. Harry looked away.
"Because he wants to meet the girl Harry got caught coming from the Astronomy tower with." Becca said, Harry and Hermione both blushed as Becca laughed. "Lets go pack. You too Harry." With that they disappeared up the stairs, Harry shook his head and headed up to the boy's dormitories. He walked into his room where he saw Ron, Dean, Seamus and Neville laying around or packing.
"Glad to see I didn't worry you all." Harry said, they jumped and Ron grinned.
"Hey, you got out of the Hospital Wing!" Ron said as he sat up. Harry made his way over to his trunk and started packing. "Becca made me pack too." Harry laughed.
"Yeah, your cousin can be scary." Dean said, Harry laughed and shook his head.
"She doesn't have to be, her brother and me can fight her battles for her which is probably why she's scary." Harry said, Seamus nodded in agreement.
"I wouldn't wanna meet her down a dark alley." Dean said, Ron burst into laughter.
"I would rather met her than Hermione." Neville said, Harry turned to him and the room went quiet.
"Neville, Hermione was really upset she petrified you. How are you by the way?" Harry asked, Neville gave an uneasy smile.
"Fine, McGonagall's face when she saw me was priceless though." Neville said, Harry chuckled.
"So, what's everyone doing for summer?" Seamus asked, Neville looked to the ground.
"My Gran is taking me to visit some of her friends." Neville said and sighed, everyone gave him sympathetic looks.
"My family are going on holiday." Dean said with an excited smile.
"I'm staying home, get back to normal and telling my little sister what she has to look forward to next year." Ron said, Harry shook his head.
"Me too, except I don't have a sister." Seamus said, everyone turned to Harry.
"Oh, um, I'm staying home and halfway through the summer Becca invited Hermione over." Harry said keeping his back to them.
"Lucky you, getting two mad girls around you all the time." Dean said, Ron laughed.
After Becca finished packing, she sat on her bed watching Hermione pack her stuff away. Hermione sighed and sat on her bed.
"What's up?" Becca asked, Hermione shook her head. "Listen Hermione, you ever wanna talk, I'm here." Hermione laid on her bed and sighed again.
"Why?" Hermione asked, Becca stood up and crossed over to sit at the end of Hermione's bed.
"Because I'm your friend." Becca said, Hermione sat up.
"Why though? There were tons of new Gryffindors and you chose to befriend me, why?" Hermione asked, Becca shrugged.
"Because we're alike in some ways. We're both intelligent, tell you the truth I didn't have many friends either. I don't want you to ever question our friendship, Hermione. Me and Harry might not have made it through this year without you." Becca said, she gave Hermione a hug and they walked down to the common room to find Ron and Harry.
"Hello girls, may we knights escort you to dinner?" Ron asked, Becca and Hermione laughed and nodded. They made their way to the Great Hall for the end of term feast and for the awarding of the house cup. They sat in their usual seats, Becca looked to the Slytherin table to find everyone smirking except Draco and Luke, who looked miserable. Dumbledore stood up and everyone's attention was towards the headmaster.
"Another year gone, this one more eventful than others." He started looking at the four Gryffindors. "And now I understand that the house cup needs awarding. In fourth place, with 292 points – Gryffindor. Third place, with 352 points – Hufflepuff. Second place, with 426 points – Ravenclaw. And first place, with 427 points – Slytherin." A loud cheer came from the Slytherin table while everyone else clapped slowly before turning back to the table.
"I really wonder how they get away with that." Ron said shaking his head.
"Yes, yes, well done. But due to recent events, extra points need to be awarded." Dumbledore said, everyone in the hall started whispering to each other. "I wish to award 20 points to Miss Rebecca Black, for self-sacrifice in order to complete her goal." Becca smirked at Luke, who shook his head. "50 points to Mr. Ronald Weasley for the best played game of chest Hogwarts has ever seen." Ron smiled as Fred gave him a pat on the back and Becca hugged him. "60 points to Mr. Harry Potter for the courage to protect the school even when he was told that it was safe." Harry smiled. "And it takes a lot of courage to stand up to your enemies but it takes a great deal more to stand up to you friends, 10 points to Mr. Neville Longbottom." Neville went red while everyone was cheering.
"He's not even gunna mention Hermione?" Becca shouted, Harry shrugged.
"Ah, yes, I forgot. To Miss Hermione Granger for her cool head and use of logic in a crisis, 50 points." Dumbledore said, the hall burst into cheers. The Gryffindor's all crowded around the five mentioned. Slytherin sulked and the first time in ages, Gryffindor won the house cup. McGonagall clapped her hands proudly and smiled at her house.
"You didn't think he'd forget did you?" Harry asked, Hermione rolled her eyes and sat back down as did everyone else. Dumbledore clapped and the Slytherin banners changed to Gryffindor banners.
They were on their way back to the common room when they saw Luke in the shadows. He signaled them to come over.
"Ron, you go ahead. Me and Beccs have to talk to Hermione real quick." Harry said, Ron nodded and set off. They walked over to an abandoned corridor.
"We just wanted to say congrats and we're glad none of you are dead." Luke said pulling Becca into a hug. Draco nodded.
"Luke, we're going home tomorrow, you couldn't wait?" Becca asked as he let her go.
"If we waited we would've had to wait until Hermione came this summer." Draco said, they said goodbye and went back to the common room. Becca sat next to Ron and Hermione sat in the chair closest to the couch and Harry sat on her armrest.
"I think we should go to sleep, we have to get up early." Hermione said, Becca smiled and they went up, closely followed by the boys.