The Founding of Happiness
by Healer Teddylonglong
All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.
COMPLETELY AU! Partly OOC! Time travel!
It is my story, and I intend to write it the way I want it. If you don't like it, don't read it.
Reviews are very welcome, as they inspire my muse. Thank you very much for the kind reviews for the previous chapter!
By the time Harry flashed home for the winter holidays, the thought of Amaterasu and the spell that had failed was at the front of his mind.
"Dad, the spell simply failed, although it was still a month before the year was over. Do you know why?" he asked his father, before he even took the time to greet his mothers and siblings.
Salazar threw his son a thoughtful look. "Harry, when do you normally renew the spell on Amaterasu? Do you have a fixed date, so you remember exactly when to renew it?"
Harry had to try hard to keep himself from rolling his eyes in annoyance. 'Does he think I'm stupid? I'm not that badly organised,' he mused and replied, "Of course, Dad. I always do it on the first of September, right after going back to the future. Do you think this is a joke?" he queried when Salazar began to chuckle. "Dumbledore was petrified you know."
"Yes, Thunderbolt, I know, and I'm glad that you managed to save him..."
"I didn't save him; Professors Sprout and Snape did; I merely flashed into the future to get the cure for Dumbledore," Harry interrupted him, impatiently.
"Yes, Thunderbolt; you said that; I'm merely laughing because the solution is so easy. You have to focus all your magic into the spell to have it work for a year. If you cast the spell immediately after flashing back one thousand years into the future, your magic is too weak to sustain the intent of the spell for a full year, especially if you flash with a passenger, which you did last year, when you took Dad Godric with you."
"Oh," Harry commented unintelligently.
"Cast the spell on the second of September after getting a good night's sleep, and you'll be all right."
"Okay. Oh well, since I'm a teacher now, I suppose I have to be back a week before the beginning of the school year anyway, so I can still cast it on the first of September, but, all right, I got the point. Thank you, Dad Salazar."
"You're welcome, Thunderbolt," Salazar replied, ruffling Harry's hair. "I'm glad nothing bad happened. Nevertheless, Amaterasu must have been devastated. She's such a cutie."
"She was devastated. I felt so bad for her, especially as none of it was her fault. I'll go and apologize to her again as soon as I'm back."
ハリーと幸せの願い
After his conversation with Salazar, Harry felt more reassured and went to visit Amaterasu and speak with her straight after returning to the future on the last day of the winter holidays.
"Hello Amaterasu. I just wanted to tell you that I'm sssorry becausse of not being more careful. It wasss my fault that the spell failed, becausse I didn't put enough magic in it."
"It'sss all right, Harry. I'm grateful that you cassst the spell at all," Amaterasu hissed back gently.
"I will alwaysss cast the spell, and I promissse to be more careful the next time," Harry promised, sincerely.
ハリーと幸せの願い
On a Sunday evening at the end of May, Minerva, Harry and Severus had tea in Helga's and Salazar's living room. "Ahhh, that was a long day," Harry sighed, stretching his arms and legs after a day of brewing.
"Yes, but we're nearly there. We need another small variation, and then we can begin running tests using rats," Severus said with a contented expression.
"May I ask what you're experimenting?" Minerva asked curiously.
"We're trying to invent a potion for the students, who have grown up in a muggle environment and aren't used to magical illnesses. The potion will prevent them from catching diseases like the wizard's flu as soon as they are exposed to the germs here at Hogwarts," Severus explained tiredly.
"Of course it won't make them immune forever or something like that," Harry added; "it'll just help them over the first few weeks. We know from Poppy's experience that these students often miss one of the first weeks of classes because they come down with the wizard's flu or the wizard's measles or something like that."
"That's true. The two of you are just amazing," Minerva said softly, "especially if you work together. I'm really glad that your relationship changed for the better; it would be such a waste if you were working against each other."
Harry chuckled, while Severus rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Don't remind us of that," he growled, smirking. "By the way, Harry, would you perhaps be willing to take me with you to the past over the summer holidays?" he suddenly queried, before he turned back to Minerva. "Or did you want to accompany Harry?"
"I'd love to go, but I can wait until the Christmas holidays or next summer," Minerva replied. "I can understand that it's much more important for you to go and share your knowledge with Salazar, while I'd only go for fun."
"I can take both of you with me," Harry replied, smiling. "We should leave on the second day of the holidays though, because I have an errand to run before that." Seeing the two adults throw him curious looks, he explained, "I have to go to the past, oh well, to the summer 981, right before my first Hogwarts year. I remember that I was sick and my older self came and flashed me here right in time for the Sorting. He told me that he had just finished his first year teaching, so this should be the right time to go and fetch him."
He sighed, absently playing with his spoon, before he continued thoughtfully, "I also have to arrange for his first year books and everything he needs and put the items into his room in 1981, and I need to take him to the Dursleys to put a spell on them, which we actually did at that time." 'Thank Merlin the spell seems to have worked perfectly; I never had any problems because of that, and even Dumbledore believed that I'd stayed with the Dursleys,' he mused.
"Oh my," Minerva sighed, throwing Harry a concerned look. "That sounds like a very busy day. Harry, we can leave a week later if necessary."
"It'll be all right," Severus threw in, smirking; "Harry, we know that you can manage that, but don't forget to take enough breaks before flashing forth and back in time, so that we don't have to worry."
"Of course," Harry replied, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
ハリーと幸せの願い
Harry, Minerva and Severus remained the whole summer holidays in the past. Severus, Harry and Salazar spent a lot of time in Salazar's lab inventing new potions together, while Minerva was often together with Rowena and Godric to exchange ancient and new Charms and Transfiguration spells.
Since Helga insisted that he had to go out into the fresh air for a few hours every day, Harry often went horse riding along the countryside with Godiva, whenever the girl could escape from Helga. Knowing that it was the last summer before she was going to take her NEWTs and finish her apprenticeship, the healer tried to teach her apprentice as much as possible during the holidays.
"Thunderbolt, you need to set up a waiting list," Salazar told Harry one day towards the end of the holidays. "I am the next to be taken to the future. Everyone has been there at least once, except for me."
"My little snakes would love to meet you," Severus said eagerly, glancing at Harry.
"Oh well, I don't mind leaving you here this time and taking Dad with me instead," Harry teased his colleague, smirking at the menacing glare he received in return, before he promised to take Salazar with him after Christmas. "You're not the last though, Dad Salazar. Mum Rowena hasn't been to the future either," he said thoughtfully.
On the last day of the summer holidays, Harry flashed Minerva, Severus and himself back to the future, planning on arriving exactly a week before the beginning of the new school year. However, somehow distracted by one of his small siblings, he didn't concentrate enough and arrived five days later than planned.
"I'm sorry," Harry apologized as soon as he looked at the calendar, knowing that Severus needed at least a week to brew all the potions requested for the hospital wing. "Severus, I'll help you brewing. Let's begin right away."
"Don't you have to prepare your own classes, Harry?"
"No, I can use the plan I made last year," Harry replied as he headed to the Potions lab.
The two Potions Masters spent the next thirty hours brewing half a dozen potions at once. Only in time for the last staff meeting before the beginning of the school year that took place in the early afternoon of the first of September, Harry and Severus had finished the most urgently needed potions.
"We have to attend the staff meeting. We can continue brewing tonight," Severus stated as he waved his wand to extinguish the flames under all cauldrons simultaneously.
'I need to get some sleep in order to be refreshed enough to put the spell on the castle and the grounds for Amaterasu,' Harry mused and decided to go back in time after the staff meeting to properly rest. However, as soon as he made himself as comfortable as possible in the staff room, he drifted off to sleep.
"Harry!" Minerva's voice suddenly pulled him out of his dream.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Harry apologized, fiercely rubbing his eyes. 'That was Amaterasu,' he mused. 'I really have to go and see her. She is worried about the spell wearing off.'
"Harry, are you feeling all right?" Minerva asked in concern, giving him a sharp look.
"Yes, I'm sorry. I'm going to get some sleep right after the meeting," Harry whispered back, resolving to flash back at least eight hours.
Harry tried hard to stay awake and listen to the headmaster's explanations; however, he couldn't help his thoughts wander off, into a different direction this time. When Dumbledore finished his monologue, he proceeded to fill his colleagues in about his newest idea of forming a teachers' Quidditch team.
"That's a brilliant idea, Harry," Minerva said warmly, "provided that you're willing to play Seeker."
Ten minutes later, they had formed their team with Severus and Sirius as Beaters, Remus as Keeper, Minerva, Poppy and Rolanda as Chasers and Harry as Seeker and team captain.
"I'll act as referee for the games," Dumbledore chuckled. "When do you want to practise, by the way?"
"Monday is probably the best, because the students are tired from their weekend escapades," Severus informed them, smirking. "Monday night is always the quietest."
Knowing that Severus often roamed the corridors and caught many students in the halls after curfew, everyone agreed to practise every Monday night after curfew.
Rolanda promised to change the schedule for the matches accordingly, so the teachers' team could play against each of the Houses during the school year, even if the teachers wouldn't compete for the House Cup, but merely play against the House teams for fun.
ハリーと幸せの願い
During the school year, Harry enjoyed himself immensely. Over all his years as a student, he had regretted not to be able to belong to a house team, even if he had been allowed to jump in here and there from time to time; now he was part of a team for the first time in his life, and he loved playing Quidditch on a regular basis. Moreover, the teachers' team was extremely good. In the first year of its existence, the team managed to win all four matches against the students.
Harry also liked teaching the students, and the students loved his classes, because Harry was strict but still always kind to everyone and used to keep his classes interesting.
ハリーと幸せの願い
Over the last couple of weeks before the end of the school year, Harry was very much engrossed in his own thoughts and secret preparations. He spent several hours discussing with Poppy, Minerva, Severus and Albus in private and finally flashed back into the past without taking anyone with him right after the Leaving Feast. 'I should arrive a few hours before the Leaving Feast in the past, so I can speak with my parents in private,' he mused as he concentrated on flashing.
One thousand years in the past, the Hogwarts students assembled in the Great Hall for the Leaving Feast. Headmaster Gryffindor had just finished a small speech and invited them to enjoy the meal when a huge balloon appeared at the ceiling, causing the students, who had never before seen such an object, let alone at Hogwarts, to let out a series of gasps.
The Great Hall turned completely silent as the large, rainbow coloured balloon slowly swept down under hundreds of watchful eyes. By the time it had crossed half of the distance between the ceiling and the floor, it began to send out colourful sparkles that spread over the whole Hall and formed into words, which stuck themselves to the walls.
'Congratulations to your NEWTs,' was written on the wall next to the Gryffindor table. The letters over the doors towards the entrance hall formed into the words, 'I love you.' The text on the wall behind the Slytherin table asked, 'Will you marry me?' and the sparkling letters over the Head table invited, 'Will you come to the future with me?'
Finally, Harry jumped through a hardly visible opening at one side of the balloon and came to stand right in front of the Ravenclaw table, only to realise that Godiva was absent. 'She is not here!' his mind screamed, and Harry had the impression as if his heart suddenly stopped beating due to the disappointment that hit him like a thunder.