A Ripple In Time Keeperoliver Chapter 4 You Look Like Someone I Knew

Sirius came running into the room screaming, "DAMN IT HARRY, WAKE THE HELL UP! SHIT SHE IS GOING TO KILL ME. COME ON HARRY, WAKE UP PLEASE?"

Harry sat up rubbing his eyes, "Sirius what is wrong with you?"

"WE MISSED DINNER LAST NIGHT AND SHE IS GOING TO KILL ME. COME ON, WE HAVE TO GO SEE HER, AND BEG FORGIVENESS. WE'LL BLAME IT ON JET LAG."

Harry sat there blinking his eyes, "What did I miss? OH Man, you're right we were supposed to be at the Lupins last night. I think your jet lag excuse just may work. You can blame it on me, being so young, and you didn't want to disturb me, and you did not want to leave me alone."

"But what if she asks why I didn't floo call her?"

"The floo is not activated."

"Brilliant. Maybe this will save my hide, but we need to get to her early, to throw of her suspicion of us forgetting. Come on, we can grab something to eat at Hogwarts maybe, or Hogsmeade."

Harry dressed in a hurry, and met Sirius at the door. They did not want to ruin their defense by using the floo. They apparated to the Cauldron, and walked through to the entrance to the alley. They then made their way to the Lily Pad, and walked in. There was Lily standing behind the counter getting ready to start the day. She looked up and smiled at the two. "Siri, what brings you here so early?"

"We are here to beg your forgiveness, for missing dinner last evening. Jet lag caught up to Harry, and I didn't want to wake him up, or leave him alone. I couldn't floo, as it is not activated."

Lily looked to them with shock, "Do you want to know the truth, Siri, Remus and I completely forgot about it, what with the mad house we had for the past two days, with the signing. I'm sorry."

Sirius was about to say something, when Harry started laughing. Him and Lily looked at him with a bizarre look on their faces. He saw this and burst out again, saying, "Mrs. Lupin, to be quite frank, and honest, we also forgot about it. We thought up this plan this morning when Sirius came running into my room like a chicken with his cut off, screaming she is going to kill me."

Lily listened to this, looked over at Sirius, and she also burst out laughing, which brought Remus to the front to see what was going on. He saw Sirius and the boy who looked a lot like James. "Sirius you're back, and so early. What is the occasion for this early of a visit. When Lily told him the story, he broke out laughing as well. "OK, since we are both at fault, why don't we do it again, and have you over for dinner this evening. That is unless you have other plans to attend?"

Sirius looked to Harry who patted his pocket where Sirius knew where the time turner was. "As a matter of fact we do, and we don't know how late we will be. How about instead you cooking Lily, Harry and I take your family out to dinner. Saves a lot of clean up that way, and gives us a chance to talk."

"Thank you Siri, I like that plan better than Remus'. He does help with the meal and the clean up, but by the time we are finished we are so beat that ends our day. That and it has beenm a while since we went out for a relaxing meal."

"Excellent, what time should we meet?"

"Is six alright? That should give us time to get cleaned up and get the kids ready. How should we dress?"

Sirius thought about it for a second, "When was the last time you went formal?"

Lily looked at Remus, "How old are the kids now? It's been about twelve years. I don't even know if we can still fit into our formal attire."

Sirius appraised Lily up and down, "Lils, you haven't changed a bit over the years. You're as slim and beautiful as ever. As for Remi, he looks like he has put on a few centimeters around the waist."

Remus snorted, "I'll have you know I am the same weight I was at 20 years old?"

Sirius couldn't help it, "Well you do look shorter, so it must have gathered around your mid section when you shrunk."

Lily and Harry burst out laughing at the two ex Marauders. Remus was glaring at the smiling Sirius.

"You be there at six, and if I can't get into my formals, I'll go naked."

"Heaven forbid. You just filled my mind with hundreds of people staring at us when you walk into the restaurant sans clothing. Lily, please make sure the formals fit."

Still laughing, Lily nodded her head in agreement.

With that, Sirius and Harry said there good byes and went back to the Cauldron where Sirius used the floo and got in touch with Albus to see if he could pay them a visit. Albus was thrilled at seeing his once student, and colleague in battle.

Sirius and Harry walked through the floo and were greeted by Albus and Minerva. Upon seeing Minerva, Sirius pulled her into a hug and swung her around with her screaming, "Put me down now Mr. Black, I'm too old for this kind of frivolity."

Sirius smiled at his old Head of House, "Minnie, you have aged a bit since I last saw you." Which was the truth, in a weird sense of humor. Time travel made things all helter skelter.

"Well, I was too old then, and I haven't gotten any younger, now have I?" was her retort.

Albus just smiled and had the two to sit, "Now what have you been doing all this time Sirius, and who is your friend, and why does he look so familiar?"

Harry looked shocked at this statement. "What do you mean sir, I have never met you before, have I?"

"I don't recall if I have, but there is something familiar about you. Now, Sirius what is it you had to see us about?"

Sirius took a deep breath and looked to Harry. Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out the time turner. He handed it to Minerva, and she looked at it with a questioning scowl. "What is this?"

Harry gathere his courage and said, "This is a time turner that Sirius and I used to travel back in time to save his friend from a disturbing ailment. I think it belongs to one of you."

Albus looked into Harry's eyes and Harry felt a probe trying to enter his mind. "Sir, you do not have to use Legilemency on me. I will tell you nothing but the truth as far as I know it. I'm afraid, when we returned, I lost my memory."

Albus placed his head in his hands. "Who was it you saved Sirius?"

"Remus Lupin sir. I saved him from the werewolf attack when he was eight. I didn't think by doing this so much would change, especially with Harry."

Albus let out his breath he didn't know he was holding. "Sirius, any meddling in time will cause a number of affects in the future. Have you noticed any changes in the time you left, to now?"

Sirius laughed, "Where do I begin. Nothing is as we left it. I wished to go back and Let the attack take place, but, Harry stopped me. He saw how everthing was so right with the world, compared to how we left it, he didn't want to take any chances on making things worse. He felt his losing his memory was small compared to losing everything that has been righted. The only bad part is that Harry does not know who his parents were, and frankly, neither do I."

Albus looked to Harry, "Do you wish to know who your parents are Harry? It could be very heart breaking for you to learn they are dead. Or worse to find they are alive with no knowledge of you."

"Well sir, you already told me I look familiar, and I think there is another who feels the same way. Even if I knew, it does not mean they have to know. We could just keep it among ourselves."

"Harry, that would never work. If you knew who they were, and you met them, it would tear you apart knowing who they are and you couldn't do anything about it. If you learn who they are, you must confront them and tell them about yourself. Like Sirius said, the time line is already changed so you knowing will not change it. All it would take is a simple drop of blood."

Harry thought it over for a minute, tossing it around in his head. He wanted to know who his parents were, but, would it destroy their lives if the knew. Maybe they didn't marry in this time line. Buit what if they are both dead. Then nothing will change. Or maybe they are still married and can't have kids or they have kids and they are all girls, and have no one to carry on the family name. Oh well, he might as well, "I would like to take the blood test sir. I want to know who my parents are."

"Very good Harry, A wise decision, as you could not go through life not knowing who your parents are, and knowing you had a chance to learn their names. Now, what I need you to do, is to prick your finger with this dagger, and let a drop of blood fall ontro this parchment. It will take a minute once I make the enchantment to read the blood lines."

Harry jabbed the end of the dagger into his left thumb and let a drop of blood settle on the parchment. His thumb healed on it's own once he let the blood drop. He saw Albus wave his wand over the parchment mumbleing something he couldn't understand, and watched as the blood started to spead across the parchment like a river with many branches. Finally it stopped, and the paper glowed a golden hue, then it went out. Then names started to appear on the paper, and Albus and Minerva gasped as they appeared.

Harry sat back and watched the look of concern that appeared on their faces. Albus looked up to Harry and Sirius. "Are you sure you want to know this Harry?"

"Yes sir, that is why I did it. Is it that bad?"

"Harry it could be very bad, or it could be very good, depending on how two people take it? Before I tell you their names, I will tell you your parents did not marry each other. One never did marry."

"The time turner really messed things up there didn't they sir?" Harry smiled a forced smile. He wasn't feeling to well. "I still wish to know though sir."

"Very well Harry, I will tell you. Now I know why you looked so familiar though. You look just like James Potter, except you have Lily Lupin nee Evans eyes. You also have their blood."

Tears filled Harry's eyes as he heard this. His father was dead, and his mother married to some one else. "Sir how can I tell my mother with out ruining her marriage, unless we tell her about the time travel."

"That is exactly what you have to do Harry, in order to save Remus from any doubt about his wife's fidelity. I suspect it was Remus who noticed your looking like James?"

Sirius nodded his agreement. "The first time we met, he mentioned it. He didn't say anything about his eyes though. It would kill him if he thought Lily and James had an affair."

"Thats just it Sirius, they couldn't have had an affair. Although Lily didn't hate James, she did not particularly like him. He was arrogant, and full of himself. He tried to woo her away from Remus while in school, and she slapped his face a number of times to get him mto stop. Finally he and Remus got into a row, and it almost caused them to lose their friendship. You know this Sirius, or at least the Sirius who lived during this time line did. Albus, about that, what happened to the Sirius from this time line?" Minerva asked the head master.

"I believe he ceased to exist, when the Sirius you see before us, came through. My guess is you somehow had an extender to use for your travel, is this correct?"

Sirius again nodded, "It belonged to the family."

"Well, I am pleased Harry had enough sense to stop you from using it again. I am also pleased he had more than enough sense to return it back to where it belongs. Now, what say we have some lunch, and you tell us all about the future you came from."

That was how they filled their afternoon, until it was time for the two to leave and get ready for their dinner with Remus and his family.

ARIT-}

Harry was sweating grapes when they appatated to the lot across the street from where remus and Lily lived. They had arrived a little early, hoping to talk before they left for dinner.

This did not work out, as they knocked on the door, and Remus opened it to show his guests a mad house of activity.

Lily was chasing her two kids around, trying to get them to change for the dinner. It was a losing battle. Finally Remus stepped in and asked her, "Lils why don't we just get a sitter to watch them since it doesn't seem they wish to go."

"Finally something that makes sense. You get hold of Alice, and I will introduce our charming children. Sirius and Harry, I would like you to meet Amanda Minerva. She is twelve. And this is James Sirius. He is eleven. Amanda, and James, I would like you to meet Sirius and Harry Black. And yes James, he is the one you are named after."

James went over and shook their hands, and Amanda shook Sirius' hand, and when she went to Harry she didn't move. She just stared into his eyes, until finally she said, "Mum, Harry has your eyes, and they are beautiful on him."

Harry blushed a bright red at this. Lily snorted out her response, until she looked at Harry and saw what Amanda was talking about. He did have her eyes. They were beautiful on him.

Harry looked to Lily and said, "We need to talk later."

"I look forward to it." she answered.

"Don't, as you may not like it. In fact I am sure you won't like what I have to say. You may hate it enough to never want to see or hear from me again."

Sirius snickered, "He's just being dramatic Lils. He thinks he is a thespian preparing for a part in a play."

Lily had her eyebrow raised as she watched Harry divert his eyes from looking at her. Who is this child? Why does he look so familiar? Wait, Remus said he looked like James, and he does. Did He have a child out of wedlock? But why would that cause me to hate him. James and I were never close, though he wanted to be. Did he get someone pregnant that I was friends with? OR Did he rape one of my friends?

About that time, Remus walked back in with a lady with short blond hair and a pretty smile as she looked down on Amanda and James. "Looks like you monkees got me for the evening." She looked up and screamed, "SIRIUS, IS THAT REALLY YOU!"

Sirius barked out a laugh, "I should hope so. I don't wish to lose my dashingly good looks to some one else."

Alice ran over and pulled him into a hug, and slapped him on the arm, "It has been way too long Black, where have you been?"

"I have been out galavanting the world looking for family members, and found Harry. Harry Black, meet Alice Longbottom nee Pruitt, unless you remarried that is?"

"No, Sirius. I havent found any one who could replace Frank yet. Of course I haven't looked real hard either. Neville is the love of my life right now. He is my son. He's thirteen. Now about young Harry here, what about him?"

"My cousin. Found him in Australia."

"Well, it's nice to meet you Harry, and I hope you're nothing like this reprobate?"

"No, he is too high strung, and I am kind of mellow. It's nice to meet you Alice."

"OK, now that the introductions are all sorted, what say we head out to dinner. And Alice I will be seeing you again." And Sirius took her hand and kissed the back of it.

"Still the charmer I see. Well you better get going. Have fun Lils and you to Remi. Harry hope we meet again. Sirius don't be a stranger."

ARIT-}

The dinner had been marvelous and the talk had been just idle chatter. Then they left and found a park the had some benches where they could sit and talk. They knew they wouldn't be able to talk at home.

Sirius started, "Remus, Lily, I know you have a million questions you want answers to, but if you will give a chance to talk, perhaps that will answer most of them."

Lily answered, "Please do, as there is one that is pounding in my head dieing for an answer."

"OK, I will start, and Then I will let Harry take over for his part. Remus, do you remember when you were eight the incident with the werewolf?"

"Of course. It was scary, but, it changed my whole life. The reward money turned into making me very wealthy."

This shocked Sirius, "Reward Money? What reward Money?"

"You know what reward money. The money for terminating the most feared werewolf ever. Fenrir Greyback."

"Well I'm glad you got it. Any way, Did you ever find out who actually killed him?"

Remus lowered his head, "So you know I didn't do it? Why didn't you say something before now?"

"I'm getting to that. I want you to meet the real killer, Harry."

Both Lily and Remus gasped at this. "How?" Remus muttered.

Harry answered, "I levitated a silver dagger and when he charged at you, I forced it into his neck."

Remus just nodded, "And now your here to collect the reward money, right? Take all the credit, and belittle my name and make me look like a fool."

"No. I could never do that to a friend. What Sirius is beating around the bush at is I was thirteen when I did it."

Lily jumped at this, "That can't be, your thirteen right now."

Harry took a deep breath, "Lily, do you know what an extender is?"

"In what reference?"

"Time travel."

Lily's eyes got big around. Time travel was forbidden. "Surely you're not saying you have time traveled?"

"I am. Both Sirius and I are from a different time parallel. Sirius wanted to protect Remus from Fenrir, and to give him a better life. In our time line, Remus was bitten by Fenrir."

Lily shuddered, as did Remus. "Not that I don't appreciate it Sirius, but, why are you telling us this?"

"It's not for me, it's for Harry."

Lily took this time to ask her question, "Harry will you answer me if I ask you a question, and be truthful?"

"First let me tell you this. when we arrived here, we both had memory loss. Sirius lost his memory of my last name, and I lost my entire memory except for Sirius. I lost it, because my parents never had me in this time line." Harry was crying as he said this.

Instincts caused Lily to pull Harry in for a hug. "I take it you now know who your parents are?"

"Yes."

"I'm your mother aren't I?"

"Yes."

"And Remus is not your father, is he?"

"No." Harry sniffed.

"Who Is your father Harry?"

Harry pulled away from Lily, and walked to Remus. He dropped to his knee in front of him and lowered his head. Remus dropped down as well. Sirius walked over and pulled Lily into a hiug. This next statement will cause her to pass out.

"Mr. Lupin, please remember that what has taken place here had not taken place in my time line. It has nothing to do with what life is like here. You and Lily are married, and she has loved you for as long as you can remeber. Has always been faithful"

Remus had joined Harry in his tears, He hated what Harry had to say next.

"Mum, Remus, my father was James Potter."