A second chance with fate, chapter 3 "once upon a time in Surrey"
A/N: Hey all. Sorry its been so long since my last update. Twas busy... shifty eyes yeaaaaah...
anyway, here it is, all for you.
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Disclaimer: Soooo... for the first two chapters i kind of forgot to put one up. Anyway. Sooo. I do not own Harry Potter. Unfortunately. I do not make any money off of it either.Perhaps someday... nope... damn..
perhaps i'll think of something a little more witty next time... till then.
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Chapter 3: "Once Upon a Time in Surrey"
"Right, well..." started Harry, not relishing the idea of telling his parents how they die.
"Well if we're, uh, dead," said James, "You must have grown up with Pads and Mooney here.."
"While i highly doubt Sirius' parental skills, i don't think he'd punish our child by putting him in a cupboard," said Lily, "So I'm guessing you didn't grow up with .. uh.. 'Pads and Mooney' Harry?"
"Nope," Harry said with a grim look, "I grew up at Number 4, Private Dr..."
"Surrey!" said Lily, her voice rising, "You grew up with my sister?! And what was that you said about a cupboard?" she finished, worry and anger mixing into her words.
"Ah. My Cupboard. My bedroom for the next ten years of my life. In fact, my first Hogwarts letter had my cupboard on it."
"What?!" exclaimed the four young adults in the room.
"Where was I?"
"Just WHAT was punishment then?"
"Um.." said Harry, "er... punishment was locking me in the cupboard with no food.."
"How LONG?" screeched Lily, a murderous look in her eye.
"Uh, not that long really... just a few days...the longest was only a week"
"Only a week?" cried Lily, "Ooh.. when i get my hands on my sister... What IDIOT left you with her in the first place?"
Harry's eyes flicked over to Dumbledore, "Um.."
Lily rounded on the old wizard, "You!You leave my precious baby in the hands of Petunia!Are you mad!?"
"Hey, " said Harry, trying to avoid a bloodbath, "My life doesn't really get interesting till i get to Hogwarts."
"Do tell." said Dumbledore, eying the huffing red head in front him wearily.
Harry told them of all his adventures in the magical castle. Stones, deadly plants and Gigantic chess boards. Diaries, Basilisks, escaped convicts, werewolves, animagi and patroni. Evil dark lords, nasty quills, evil professors, theastrals, veils and prophecies. When he finished his story, the rest of the group sat there, looking absolutely gobsmacked. Even Dumbledore had a slightly surprised look on his face.
Once again, it was Sirius who broke the silence.
"Jamsie..."
"Yes Pads?"
"Your son... is going to be the YOUNGEST SEEKER IN A CENTURY!"
"I know! I can't wait to get him a broom!"
"James!" said Lily admonishingly, "We just learn that our son has faced down the most evil wizard of all time more than once, even as a first year! And all you can think about is quidditch!"
"Uh.."
"It was Pads that started it!"
"Hey don't blame this on me Prongs."
"...Coward.."
Harry smiled. Their bantering reminded him of Fred and George.
Remus rolled his eyes, "So now that we've got the obligatory quidditch talk out of the way, how are we going to explain Harry's sudden appearance here? Not to mention why he's so important in the war?"
"I...thats a good question. I'm guessing it might not be the best idea to tell everyone I'm from the future, yeah?"
"Yes, dear boy. Perhaps," Dumbledore said, looking from James to Harry, "Perhaps we can say you are a long lost brother of James."
"And I didn't go to Hogwarts... why?" said Harry
"Well. It is always best to line a lie with just a little bit of truth. We could always say that there is a prophecy saying you would one day defeat an evil wizard, and because of that you were home schooled, given special training. James never spoke of you just in case the prophecy was found out and you were made a target. Yes... yes that sounds like it might work."
"Are my grandpar... er... are James' parents still alive? Because i know they are not when..."
James paled, "my parents... die?"
"Well obviously, otherwise I'm sure Harry would have gone to live with them instead of my sister." Lily glared at Dumbledore, "Right?"
"Ah. Yes. The Potters are still among the living."
"So... are we going to tell them? So they don't contradict the story?"
Dumbledore smiled, "Yes, I believe that would be wise."
Harry grinned, "Brilliant."
"We will introduce you to the rest of the Order at the next full meeting. Which happens to be tomorrow night. Tonights meeting was only for.. well... it was not a full one. So, we'll make a trip over to Potter Mannor tommorow. James would you owl you're parents and tell them we'll be around at lunch time?" said Dumbledore.
"Sure." said James
"Right well, till tomorrow." said Dumbledore, smiling benignly.
"Harry, er... you can stay with us, if you like." said James
Harry grinned, "I wold love to. Thanks da... er.. James."
James laughed, "Yeah, its going to be weird, getting used to having a younger brother.."
"Who also happens to be you're son... from the future..." said Sirius, smirking.
"Merlin, that sounds like the plot of some bad muggle soap opera." said Remus
Harry gave him a devilish grin, "And just how do you know about muggle soap operas Mooney?"
"Er.."
Harry laughed and followed the others out the door, side-along apparating with James to his new home.