A Ripple In Time Keeperoliver Who Am I
A/N: Just a quick question, is any one looking forward to see what Mrs. Rowling has planned with her new site, Pottermore. It should be up Thursday. I will definitely check it out. The Keeper.
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Hermione looked to Ginny and said, "Didn't I warn him? Will he ever listen to any one sane? No, that would be too easy. And this is the guy you crushed on for how long?"
Ginny just shook her head. "Doesn't really matter now does it. I may like Harry, but, he has other things on his mind, like what will be my next adventure, and who will it concern?"
"Some things never change, do they? I know the letter was from Sirius, and somehow he and Harry will be doing some time travel, but to when? I mean it is only a twelve hour turner, and Harry and I took care of everything of importance in that time frame. I just hope they don't do anything stupid, like trying to extend the time period for the time travel."
Ginny took a serious look on her face and replied, "That's exactly what I think Black will do. It sounds like something he would attempt. What I hope is that they don't screw up things with this attempt. How would we know if they did?"
Hermione just sighed, "Good point."
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Harry landed on something soft and plush, saving his butt from unwanted pain. He looked up to see Sirius grinning down at him, "Glad to see you were thinking of my comfort, when you so rudely took me from two beautiful girls."
"Well I didn't want to hurt your pride. Just be thankful my aim was spot on. You could have landed on the poker for the fire place. Now that would have been a nasty feeling."
"HaHa, very funny. Now could you please help me off this small mountain of feathers, and tell me what this is all about?"
Sirius grabbed Harry's hand, and pulled him to his feet. They sat on the couch, and Sirius banished the pillows to some where unknown. "Look Harry, I'm sorry if I got you and Hermione in trouble. I know she feels pissed at me, but, I need the time turner, and your help."
"My help? What can I do? I'm an underage wizard with no special skills or training. With out Hermione, I am barely above average with knowledge. With out Ron, I have no strategy to work with. Together we accomplished quite a bit, but with out them, I am lost."
"Harry give yourself a little more credit. I saw the Patronus you conjured. I can't even create a full blown Corporal Patronus. Hard telling what else you have done, that a full grown man can't do. You see Harry, for a thirteen year old, you have already done what grown wizards can't. Tell me about your first two years at Hogwarts, so that I can see what kind of strength you have. Then I will explain what I have planned."
Harry thought for a minute, and then went into his school life so far, "OK, in my first year, Ron, Hermione and I, started out meeting a three headed dog that was guarding a trap door. Then we had to take on a full grown Troll which Ron took care of, while I distracted it..."
"How did you distract it?" Sirius asked.
"By jumping on his back and shoving my wand up his nose."
Sirius burst out laughing at this, trying to picture it in his mind. He finally got his breath back, "Harry you do know that any other person would have run from this don't you?"
"I couldn't. Hermione was in danger of getting pulverized by his club. Any way, Next we had to solve the mystery of who Nicholas Flammel was, and what his involvement was. I got lucky, when I found him mentioned on the back of Professor Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card. It seems he was the inventor of the Philosopher's stone. This is what I thought that Professor Snape was after. Boy, was I wrong. I thought he was trying to kill me all year, and come to find out he was trying to protect me. It was our DADA Professor Quirrell, who was behind the whole thing trying to gain the stone for Voldemort. Thanks to Hermione and Ron, I made it through a maze to face and defeat him while he was attempting to get the stone."
"So the three of you defeated this Quirrell guy? And how was Voldemort involved?"
"No, I had to face him alone, as Ron was hurt, and Hermione and I had to go on alone. Hermione had to go back and help Ron, because of the lack of a potion that allowed us to go through flames to get to the stone. I took the potion to go forward, and she took the potion to return to help Ron."
"So you faced a full grown wizard alone, and you still haven't told me about Voldemort?"
"Umm OK, Ya, I faced him alone, and he had back up. It seems he was carrying Voldemort around on the back of his head for the whole year, sustaining him on Unicorn blood. I don't know how, but when we fought, Quirrell's flesh got burned when he touched me. This was how I defeated him. I grabbed his face, and he turned into ash. Voldemort's spirit left the room when this happened taking a path right through me as he left."
"So all that in just your first year. And you say your nothing special?"
"I had help Sirius. Hermione is brilliant, and Ron is brave, if not a little dense. He constantly got on Hermione's nerves. They argue all the time."
"OK, so on with your second year."
"I'd rather not. Too many bad memories with that one."
"Please Harry, I need to know if you are as strong as I think you are. If your second year was half as adventurous as your first year, my feelings would be correct."
"Can't you just go on my saying that my second year was far more adventurous than my first year, and leave it at that?"
"How about you just tell me the high point of ther year, strength wise. Did you do anything that might be considered say unlikely that any one else could do?"
"Maybe. I killed a Basalisk."
"YOU KILLED A BASALISK AT TWELVE YEARS OLD, AND YOU THINK IT MAY BE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR? Are you for real? How big was this Basilisk?"
"I don't know, maybe 50 or 60 feet long. I had help with it though. Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix took out the Basilisk's eyes, and gave me the sorting hat, in which I found Griffindor's sword."
"So, the Basilisk was blind, and you pulled out the sword form the hat, and destroyed the snake. OK Harry listen to me. Fawkes didn't just give you the sorting hat, he gave you the one connection to Godric Gryffindor in the wizards world. By doing this, he gave the hat a chance to find you worthy of the gift of the sword. So, why were you facing the Basilisk in the first place?"
"To save a friend."
"Who?"
"Hermione Granger. No that's not entirely true. She was not in danger. I was there to save Ginny Weasley from Tom Riddle."
Sirius looked confused, "Who's Tom Riddle?"
"Look, Sirius, this is bringing out things I didn't want to discuss. I didn't want to talk about Ginny, or her involvement. I didn't want to talk about Hermione. Can you just leave it at that?"
"Only if you tell me who this Tom Riddle was. Was he in your year, or in a higher year?"
"NO. OK, this is the last of my story. Tom Riddle was his name, before he became known as Lord Voldemort."
Sirius for the first time since Harry arrived, was at a loss for words. In two years of going to school, Harry had faced Voldemort two times, and beat him both times, plus a Troll, and a full grown Basilisk. He has faced 100 Dementors, and chased them away. No matter how Harry felt about being just Harry, Sirius knew this was not the case. He was correct in his thought about Harry being some one special. He knew Lily's magic had worked. Had made Harry stronger than anyone could know. Her final act of joining her magic with Harry's had made a wizard far stronger than any other wizard ever known. He could not tell Harry this, as it was Lily's final wish for him not to know of her sacrifice. Sirius thought, 'Lily, your plan worked far greater than you could have imagined. I will not take that away from him by changing what you did.'
Sirius' thoughts were interrupted by Harry, "OK so now tell me, why have you brought me here Sirius. What is it you need my help with?"
Sirius brightened up at this. He was originally going to go back and try to save James and Lily, but he now knew he couldn't take that risk. "Harry, I want you to go back with me and save a friend from a fate worse than death. I want to go back and save Remus Lupin from being attacked by Fenrir Grayback, and becoming a werewolf."
"How can we go back that far? The time turner is only a twleve hour time turner, like I already said. Hermione already told me that to try to go beyond that could kill the person that tried to go beyond this range."
"Yes, but Hermione did not have an extender. It just so happens that the Black family did. It was their intention to give this to Lord Voldemort, when he came to full power. Fortunately, They passed away before he came to full power. It is now in my possession." and he pulled out a device that looked like an hour glass with place in the center of it for a time turner to fit.
He also pulled out Hermione's time turner, and placed it in the slot of the extender. The time turner than changed, and became a part of the hour glass, making it ten times bigger.
Sirius looked to Harry, and saw bewilderment on his facial features. "Yes Harry we know have the means to go back in time up to 100 years. We will not need to go back that far. About 25 years is all we need to go back."
"Why not just go back 12 years?" Harry asked.
Sirius knew what Harry had asked, "Because Harry, something was done that night, that makes it impossible to reverse. I know what you mean, but, it is impossible. Your mum and dad cannot be saved. Believe, I want them back as much as you do, but, to do that would make too many changes to the future."
"Won't what you are planning do it also?"
"I don't think so, as Remus is still alive, so there will be no change there. I just want him to live a normal life Harry. You saw him, he is only half a man. The other half is a beast that he cannot control unless he takes potions that are not always available. Wolfsbane in a hard potion to come by in the wizard world. Snape was able to keep Remus supplied while he was there. Now that he is no longer a Professor, the accessability is far less. The cost is also more than Remus can afford. So you see, what I intend to do should not affect the future that much."
Harry agreed to Sirius' plan, and Sirius prepared the extender to the proper date and time for their travel. He told Harry to hold on, and he activated the device.
Sirius and Harry landed in the same room from which they left, but it looked different less lived in. Dusty and filled with cobwebs. "Sirius, where is this place? Why does it look like it hasn't been lived in for years?"
"Because it hasn't Harry. This is my mum's old home she lived in before she married dad. She left it to live in Grimmauld Place. She never went back to it, but, she couldn't find the heart to sell it either. Sentimental reasons I guess. Now, let's go, as we have aboput two hours to get to Remus' house before Fenrir attacks. Here, I brought four silver daggers with me. Two for you, and two for me. Don't waste them on chance throws. Be sure of the throw before you make it."
They then apparated to the tree line of the forest behind the Lupin property line. There they waited, and watched. It was as Sirius said, and two hours later, they watched as Remus walked out of his home and headed for the woods. Harry saw movement to his left, and got Sirius' attention by tugging on his sleeve. He looked to where Harry was pointing, and saw the movement. They moved in that direction, watching the figure move through the trees as he followed his prey. There were no clear shots to take as the trees were too dense. They picked up their pace, not caring about noise, as now they were intent on saving Remus from the Werewolf.
Sirius was the first to talke a shot at hitting the wolf, but Fenrir was moving too fast. Sirius set up for his next opportunity. Once again he missed, and Harry gave him a dirty look, "I thought you told me not to waste my shots. Was that so you could do it?" He whispered.
Sirius just growled and reached for Harry's daggers, which Harry stopped by pushing him away. Harry then levitated one of the daggers, and moved it slowly through the forest gaining on Fenrir, until it was two feet away. Fenrir was also within a few yards of Remus, so Harry had to move quickly. Fenrir jumped out in front of the young Remus, scaring the boy, and causing him to fall down, leaving him open to the werewolf. Greyback took one step forward, when Harry sent his dagger forward with force into Greyback's neck. The werewolf howled at the pain that now ran throuhgh his body. The silver was doing it's work, as it broke down all of the body functions of the creature. It took a minute, and Remus sat there still scare, but facinated. He didn't know what had saved him, or where it came from. He continued to watch, as the werewolf dropped to his knees, fell forward to his face, and died. His father had heard the howling, and came running out of the house and saw Remus sitting on the ground and the dead werewolf. He picked his son up and used his wand to summon the aurors. Harry and Sirius were already gone, so they did not see give a false account of what happened, and Remus given a large reward for the termination of the worst werewolf in existence. 100,000 galleons had been set in a trust fund for Remus. Being a brilliant and studious boy, He invested this into different venues, which brought him great success. He was a millionaire by the time he went to Hogwarts, three years later.
Harry and Sirius returned to the dank cottage to relax before returning to the future. They had rejoiced at saving Remus, and couldn't wait to get back and see how he was there.
Sirius reset the extender for their return, and had Harry take his hand. He then activated the device and they were both gone.
Harry and Sirius reappeared in the same room in 1994. However, Sirius had to catch Harry as he passed out when they arrived.
It took several minutes to revive Harry, and when he did, he was shocked when Harry asked, "Sirius, who am I?"
"What do you mean Harry?"
"I know I am Harry, but, what is my last name?"
"Why you are Harry...WHO? I can't remember. What the hell is going on here? Why can't we remember your last name?"
"Why can I remember you Sirius Black, but not me?"
Harry shook from fear, "WHO THE HELL AM I?"
