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Harry pokes his head around the curtain and yells,"How's that?"
"Excellent!" shouts wolf from the wings. You can have your fire bolt back now it is in the office.
Fox: walks out onto the stage, shakes her head at Harry, and says, "Men, what can you do with them that doesn't involve fire, leather or some kind of mishap?"
"You forgot boobs!" Wolf exclaims looking up from his magazine in the wings.
"….ahhhhh boobs the only thing better than flying" Harry sighs.
"OK you two you forgot to mention J.K Rowling owns it all!"
"I'll fix that Ms.Fox!"……Harry's wand and head pop back out from back stage and more writing appears as Fawkes flies to land on his shoulder.
Unless you've been under a rock since the 1990's you know that J.K. Rowling (aka she whom will not be named) owns Harry potter and all the little fun, yummy characters that go with him.
Wolf says," We did that one already!"
" Oops! To late now!" Harry responded shrugging his shoulders.
"I hate reruns!" Wolf says dismally.
Fox laughed and shouted behind her "Harry, by the by, there is a visitor of the female persuasion in the office eager to see you, I promise I'll keep wolf distracted from his office for at least a half hour, after that all bets are off!" Fox giggles.
Wolf proclaims as he raises his arms to signal the raising of the curtain. "Enough gilding the lily, on with the show!"
Chapter 2
A Farewell to the Future
Harry leaned back, looking up from his notes, as someone knocked at his door. "Enter!" he exclaimed wearily. The regal form of Head Mistress Alexis Von Richter entered the room. Her elegant voice and slight smile were always a comfort to those around her. Next to Dumbledore, Harry felt she had proven herself as the best headmaster/mistress he had known. But in all fairness, McGonagall had not held the position long enough to make it truly her own.
Alexis smirked at the parchments covering Harry's desk. "Ah! Still burning the midnight oil I see Professor. Why don't you ever stop your research and just have some fun?"
Harry smiled slightly "Alexis." Harry sighed her name, knowing he would have to repeat himself again. "Everyone is waiting for me to get us out of this god forsaken; unending, blizzard. Everyone knows that I defeated Tom and the fact that I did that, makes people want to believe that I am the most powerful wizard in the world. Sometimes I think they are waiting for me to figure this out by myself and just save them." Harry stood and walked to the window and stared out into the night sky, clasping his hands behind his back. Sighing sadly he began, "I may have found a possible solution but you're not going to like it."
"Why don't you fill me in on what you've found and let me be the judge of that." she said interrupting as she took a seat across the desk.
"Well, it's not the ritual we had in mind, not one to reverse the one Tom did, but I had an idea several nights ago and have been researching it ever since." He turned away from the window, returned to his seat and steepled his fingers. He seemed deep in thought for a moment, so Alexis waited until he began to speak again. While he Harry pondered she conjured two large mugs filled with a steaming liquid and a small cream pitcher. As she poured her cream Harry smiled sheepishly up at her. "Sorry forgot my manners for a moment. Spoon?" he asked. She nodded and he said, "I will never understand shy you don't conjure the coffee with your cream already in it."
She smirked at him," Simple Dobby is always coming up with new and delightful variances of cream for me to try. His latest is a pumpkin with vanilla flavor, want any?"
Harry scowled at the cream pitcher. "I never touch the stuff, you know that."
"And I will never understand how you can drink this stuff straight, it's like drinking tar." Alexis said crinkling her nose, which caused Harry to chuckle.
They sipped their coffee in silence for a few moments then Harry began to speak in a very serious tone. "The idea I had was time travel. I know now we will not find the ritual or how to reverse it until it is already too late. The Muggle population has shrunk to the point that it will take centuries for it to recover and the magical community hasn't faired much better. I have theorized that the only way to stop the death of every living thing on the planet is to travel back in time and prevent Tom from performing the ritual. Also stopping him from killing so many people wouldn't hurt my feelings. With my knowledge of events, hopefully, I can stop him from becoming such a powerful threat."
"That sounds more thought out than your past exploits. How much will change if you go through with it?" The headmistress questioned.
Harry leaned back in his chair and pulled out his pipe and thought out his answer then he responded. "I see two possible outcomes first history will completely rewrite itself based on the changes I make or a paradox will occur."
"Wait, wait, what kind of paradox?" The headmistress asked worriedly.
Harry shrugged as he blew out several smoke rings from his newly lit pipe. Then he answered nonchalantly, "Not really sure, worst case scenario the entire universe goes KA-BOOM!"
Alexis sputtered her newly sipped coffee all over Harry's papers and began guffawing. Between bursts of laughter she said," KA-BOOM?! HAHA I don't like the sound of KA-BOOM! HAHA Can we please not go KA-BOOM?!" She ended with unladylike laughter, and holding her sides gasping. Harry raised one eyebrow and chuckled slightly at the sight she made. Upon hearing this Alexis became to calmer and took a moment to compose herself. Once she was composed she asked, "What do you mean history will rewrite itself?"
"For example we may have to give up the society we have today, the co-operation between all races and such, unless I am able to work it out just right during the war. But to be honest without the threat of Voldemort I don't think it can be accomplished. However I'll be able to introduce the cure for Lycanthropcy about 30 years sooner when it will do the Werewolves some good not just the other lycans." Harry explained.
Alexis nodded to show she understand, "Ok that explains that part but you haven't gotten to the part about the catch."
"Well I will be trapped back there until I catch back up with my proper time." Harry said matter-a-factually.
"Oh! Ok! You mean like a time turner?" The headmistress exclaims.
"Not exactly, the ritual will not send my body back, only my soul; which will then reunite with my younger self." Harry responded
"So you can't take anything back with you?" Alexis asked.
"That's not true either the way ritual was designed it's easier for non-living things to move through time." Harry answered
The Headmistress nodded and said, "OK when do we start?"
Harry gave her a quizzical look before saying, "You're taking this rather well, I thought you might try and talk me out of it!"
"I have known you long enough Harry, to recognize that tone. You are going no matter what any one says." She looked thoughtful for a moment before continuing. "Try to remember Harry, that they don't view magic like we do now they are still prejudice against dark magic. Many of the powers you have developed and spells you used to defeat Voldemort would get you into lots of trouble. Plus without the open war decree that came after the third Minister was assassinated, openly killing death eaters will definitely be frowned on. Your old strategies will not work in the past."
Harry smirked at this and said, "I'll just have to develop new ones, unless I get them to declare War sooner." He said mischievously, "I was thinking about when to return to perhaps you could help me with that. I feel I should go all the way back to when I was still in school, much happened then that allowed Voldemort to become as powerful as he was before his defeat. His rise to power was practically ignored by everyone but me and a few others for an entire year. Plus some people were in positions of power that shouldn't be, and others were trusted that shouldn't have been." Harry scowled as he said this.
"You are referring to Fudge and Snape aren't you?" Alexis asked.
"Yes but what year should I go back to? It doesn't make sense to return to earlier than the end of my second year, nothing significant happened before then that holds much bearing on the events of the war." Harry puzzled.
"You mean besides you defeating Voldemort again and your learning of your heritage?" The head mistress said with a smirk.
Actually blushing at this statement Harry waved it off, "I would rather not mess with those events, but I missed a golden opportunity about that time to gain a formidable ally."
"Who would that be?" Alexis asked.
"Oh just a little helper; also Fawkes is going back with me so I will have someone to watch Dumbledore for me." Harry stated, as he began to rise from his seat nonchalantly waving his hand to begin magically packing his things. "I am leaving everything I leave behind to you, but I am afraid I am taking my trunk with me along with my wands, swords and Dragon hide armor."
"I think you should take the muggle clothing you own with you as well as your robes. They are charmed to adjust to your size and have anti-wear charms on them." Alexis looked thoughtful a moment then asked, "Just curious but are you going to take the same classes?"
"No, I figured I should take Runes and Arithmancy, and perhaps I'll try talk old Dumbledore into introducing that Muggle fitness class that was started during the war." Harry said.
The two of them silently packed a few moments before she suddenly asked, "What are you going to do about Malfoy?"
Harry hadn't anticipated that question, and he frowned a moment before responding. "I will cross that bridge when the time comes Alexis." He stated flatly.
Alexis shook her head, "Not good enough Harry, I want to know what you are planning for him, before you go back. Everyone from the old days remembers what happened between you two, and what happened after. Harry if you let him get to you like last time you'll kill him easily. Do you really think that it will help your mission any if Draco Malfoy dies young?"
"No," he sighed running a hand through his hair again. "Look, all I plan to do is make sure the little rodent leaves me alone. I promise that there will be no lasting… physical damage." Harry said sneaking a peak at Alexis's face.
"Just be careful," she said with a worried frown as she rose and moved next to him. "I don't want to loose you to your darker side again Harry, and we both know what she will think."
"I understand, I need to prepare for this ritual as near as I can figure Flammel perfected a ritual that allows the caster and anything inside a Runic circle to travel back in time. He first went back one day, and then made some changes in the ritual and he was able to travel as far as one year in the past. Flammel discovered that if you use the words day, week or year during the ritual and then the number them you wish to travel back your soul and the things inside the runic circle will be transported back in time. Your soul will merge with that of your past self to help prevent a paradox. It's pretty simple actually the hard part is getting the runes right and I have to do quite a lot of them." Harry said.
"What do you mean?" The Headmistress asked.
"Hmm? Oh you have to make a rune for each day, week or year outside the circle to power the spell." Harry said while gathering things from all over the room to prepare for the ritual.
"What happens if you mess up on one of the runes?" Alexis asked worriedly.
"Oh the usual," Harry said as casually as if talking about the weather, "the fabric of time will unravel causing a release of powerful magic energy that will destroy the world."
"Oh you mean the KA-BOOM!" Alexis giggled.
"Yeah the KA-BOOM!". Harry responded while laughing. "Well I need to finish packing and start the ritual"
"You mean WE need to start the ritual, if you think I am going to let you do Runic Magic without help your crazy, you have never been formally trained and you aren't very good especially at repetitive ones." Alexis said in her best formal Headmistress tone.
Harry thought a moment; Alexis had that determined look that told him saying no would be an exercise in futility. "Fine you can help." He said with a crooked smile.
SEVERAL DAYS LATER
"Well it's ready. If we did it right all you have to do is step in the circle and say the incantation and you will be transported back. Harry there is something I have been meaning to ask if your soul is going to the past to merge with your past self what is going to happen to your body here?" Alexis asked as she helped Harry shrink the last of his belongings to put in his trunk. Which was he shrunk, and placed it in his pocket.
"Well guess I had better get going, come on Fawkes," Harry said ignoring the question.
"Harry James Potter you will answer my question, now," Alexis said dangerously.
Harry froze in place and turned looking at Alexis, despite being several years younger than Harry; they had always had a soft spot in their hearts for each other. She was old enough to know it wasn't love in the romantic sense, but Harry needed someone to lookout for him and she had taken the job as sister after getting to know him during the war.
Harry sighed and motioned for her to sit down. "Alexis when my spirit leaves my body for the past my body will expire then disappear."
"Where will it go?"
"Where ever I will be in the new future." he shrugged, "I am not sure."
"How will I know if it worked?"
"You won't once I go back I will have re written history meaning your past. You will only remember the new past. Hopefully everything will work out." Harry sadly looked at her.
"You mean I might not remember you at all?"
Harry nodded looking down and closing his eyes. The next instant he was crushed in a hug by the surprisingly strong arms of Alexis. "I'll miss you even if I don't know what I am missing Harry, you have been the big brother I never had."
"And you the little sister I lost." Harry sadly stated as he removed himself from the hug and stepped into the circle. Harry smiled and waved then said the incantation "Chrono turnis revertia quadraginta six annus". His body crumpled the phased out as it did the Earth began to shimmer and vanish.
A/N:
armand6661976: Thanks for the review; my beta, co author and loving wife, fox is working hard to keep this flowing and error free, and believe me its not easy. I am good with the spoken word but when it comes to writing it down, not so much! To clarify a point you brought up, it is in Harry's past (as the old Harry) that we follow cannon through book five. Once he goes back in time …well you'll just have to read that to find out.
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