Disclaimer- I don't own the HP world, and neither does anybody else on here.
Warnings are many and will be stated later on - you'll see them, don't worry.
I'd like to clarify- in this story, the characters do not read the Harry Potter books, but a book containing the events of an AU future and past.
Thanks for giving my story a chance, I hope that you enjoy it :)
The sound echoed through the empty front hall of Hogwarts, unheard by its students and staff. The front doors had opened, seemingly by themselves. Slowly, eventually, they swung back closed, and where there would normally be the sound of footsteps on the polished stone floors there was nothing. The castle itself, confused by the power and emotion in its silent guest, let him pass, for this person was a greatly changed and invisible familiar face.
He clutched in his hand his life's last purpose, and far be it from her to deprive him of it.
He made his silent way to the Great Hall, smiling wryly to himself at how familiar the path was to the soles of his feet. He wasn't concerned over his possible reception; no, there was nothing that could hurt him now.
Again silently, the doors to the Great Hall swung open. Nobody noticed.
It was February the seventh in the year nineteen ninety-six, and Harry Potter was completely unaware that his very future stood nearby and was, in fact, moving toward the Staff Table where Umbridge resided, smiling her sickeningly sweet smile down upon her prisoners. He didn't glance around; he knew better than to rip out his own heart over the presence of people he hadn't seen for years, people who couldn't understand his love for them, his enemies. The enemies of his younger self. . . .
Scolding himself and blinding back tears, a thirty-five- year-old Harry Potter glanced at the gem on the ring on his finger and the handwritten leather book and small box he clutched to his chest.
He pulled out his wand. With a swift motion that belied his emotions he removed the invisibility cloak from his shoulder, revealing himself.
The chapters will become much longer as the story progresses.
Thanks to qslashfan for pointing out that it was ninety-six and not five, I really appreciated it.