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Chapter 2
"We have been betrayed", the other him whispered.
Harry stared at his future self. "Who? What? How?"
"Voldemort's council proposed ceasefire and a contract to stop killing muggleborns in exchange for stricter laws basically making muggleborns second class citizens of wizarding world in terms of rights and marriage. The wizengamot like the sheep they are, accepted and in a few weeks, laws regarding all these will be in effect."
"Just like that? He is not going to stop. He can order his lackeys to do the killings anyways."
"Well that is not all?"
"Voldemort as the controlling power in the ministry. Can anything be worse than this?"
"Yes."
A cold feeling of foreboding settled in the pit of Harry's stomach. Whatever the news was it was not good.
"He proposed a last minute suggestion. As a sign of good faith, a marriage between the two sides".
"Who?"
"The other harry sighed. You and Draco Malfoy, with him as the dominant partner."
Cold fury rose as wave inside harry. His grip on his wand tightened. 'So the wizarding purists literally sold him to the rich pureblood. All the snide glances Malfoy and his cronies were giving him lately suddenly made sense. It was not a last minute suggestion but a full thought out plan. They planned to win and make him a trophy of war to humiliate him.' His wand thrummed with his barely restrained temper.
"Dumbledore?" he asked.
"Outvoted and placed in protective custody by the executive order of the minister Fudge along with most of the order except Snape."
"Snape?", the question in his voice was colder than ice.
"He is dead. He helped me escape….took almost a dozen curses….gave me this and told me to turn back 5 hours……..maximum limit of this time turner", said the other one quietly indicating the time turner around his neck.
Harry was shocked. His anger abated suddenly,"How much time do I have to run?"
"Anywhere between four to four and a half," the other Harry looked him in the eye, "Run to Professor Mcgonagall's office. She has international portkeys to America waiting to go off every half an hour till Dumbledore's return. Keep this on," giving him the time turner.
The other harry begin to fade suddenly.