Chapter Fifteen; Reunited
Harry and Jenny reappeared in front of another house. Jenny took Harry by the hand and dragged him up to the doorstep. "Wait Jenny, I'm not sure that I can do this." He told her with a quick shake of his head.
"Why not, you want to go home to help your brother don't you?" she questioned him.
"Yes, of course but you don't understand. My mother's dead in my world, both of my biological parents are. I'm just not sure how I would react about seeing them again." He admitted.
"Relax Harry, everything's going to be alright. Trust me." She told him before she rang the doorbell and Harry came face to face with his mother once again.
"Hullo Jenny, it sure is nice of you stopping by." She began smiling warmly at her daughter.
"Mum I have somebody that I want you to meet. This is Harry." She told her as she grabbed ahold of his hand and shook it.
"Well it sure is a pleasure meeting you Harry." She told him.
"Yeah," Harry began. "you too." He said.
"Mum I've got to ask you something. Is there such thing as an alternate dimension? And if there is, how do you travel back and forth between worlds?" she asked her.
"Well, I'm not sure actually, it's only happened once before." Lily said.
"Really, it has?" Harry questioned her eagerly. "When?" he asked her.
"About seventeen years ago. You see James and I knew this boy by the name of Tom Riddle, and well why don't you both come inside so I can tell you all about it." She said holding the door open for them to step inside before Harry let the door shut behind him. That's when all of a sudden James stood up from the chair and Harry saw his dad for the very first time.
"James this is Harry, he's a new friend of Jenny's." Lily told her husband as he walked over to greet him with a firm handshake unaware that he was his son in another world.
"Nice to meet you Harry. It's about time Jenny's settled down with someone." He told him with a grin.
"Oh no, it's not like that! Jenny and I are just friends, I already have a girlfriend." He told him.
"Ah I see, so what brings you hear then?" James wondered as Harry slipped his cross necklace off and dangled it in the air.
"This." He told him.
"Ha that's interesting, Jenny's got a necklace like that." James said as Harry put his cross back on.
"I know, that's because it is. Listen, I know that you both will have a hard time understanding this but I'm Jenny in an alternate world. I'm your son." He told them as James and Lily both turned their heads and looked over at their daughter who nodded at them.
"It's true. We're the same age and share the same birthday and everything." She said. "Harry's me if I was born a boy, and I'm him if he was born a girl." She explained.
"Well then if that's true, where are the alternate versions of ourselves?" Lily asked him as he just simply looked at her for a few moments before finally deciding to answer her.
"Up in Heaven." He told her. "I came here in a space ship because I was trying to go home to Snape, he's my adoptive father." He explained as Lily nodded. "But I ended up here instead. And right now all I want to do is go home to the family that I still have left." He said.
"I see, well I'm afraid there's only one way that you can do that." She began. "You see the reason that you probably ended up here is because you felt like there was a part of you still missing." She told him as Harry nodded. He knew that she was right. "Well, the only way you can leave is when you can be able to let me go and feel inside your heart that you're ready to move on with your life." She told him. "Do you understand?" she asked him as Harry nodded again.
"I think so, but what I don't understand is how Tom Riddle transferred in-between worlds. You said that he did. And where I'm from he's known as a dark and evil wizard named Lord Voldemort. Or rather he was until the light destroyed him." He said.
"It was because of the prophecy. He heard that a baby boy would be born at the end of July in a place where nobody in this world has ever seen." She explained as Harry nodded for a third time finally being able to understand everything. "Listen Harry, I know how much you want to get home, but how about we take you out to lunch while you're waiting. Are you hungry?" she asked him as he smiled and nodded at her.
"Yes, very." He admitted.
"Good, then it's on us. Can you drive?" she asked him as all three of them headed towards the door together.
"Yes I can, I love to drive." He told her.
"So do we, it's one of our favorite ways to travel." She told him.
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Harry pulled into the parking lot driving the Potter's Gremlin before stopping and putting the car in park. Everyone threw off their seatbelts and climbed out of the car before slamming their doors behind them. "Wow, you must be related to me. You're a really good driver Harry." Lily told him as he handed her the keys and they crossed the parking lot together.
"Thanks. You said the same thing to me in my world." He told her while they entered the restaurant together.
"Hullo there welcome to Francine's, how may I help you?" the waitress asked them as she started walking over to them.
"Table for four please." James told her.
"I see and would that be smoking or nonsmoking?" she asked them.
"Smoking." James and Harry said together.
"Very well, this way please follow me." She told them while she led them over to a table and everyone sat down before Harry and James started digging out their boxes of cigarettes.
"Honestly you two." Lily began with a roll of her eyes. "I don't blame Harry because he's never been with us before up until now, but James you know darn well that for eighteen years I've been trying to get you to set a good example for our daughter and quit." She told him.
"Yeah, well then I guess you haven't made a whole lot of progress then have you?" he questioned her back with a grin as he started lighting his cigarette.
"So Harry," Jenny began as Harry blew out a puff of smoke and turned his head over to look at her. "I know that you really don't want to be here right now but considering that you are, would you like to go to the costume party with me tomorrow night?" she asked him. "I mean you do dance don't you?" she questioned him.
"Oh yeah, of course I do." He began with a nod. "It isn't always good though." He told her with a chuckle.
"So will you come?" she asked him.
"I'm not sure. I'd love to, but I'm just not sure if I could have any fun right now when all I can think about is Tobey." He told her.
"Who's Tobey?" Lily wondered.
"He's Harry's brother." Jenny explained.
"Oh." Lily said with a nod when all of a sudden the waitress walked back over to their table.
"Can I get you guys anything to drink?" she asked them.
"Butterbeer for me please." Harry said as he and Jenny glanced up at her.
"Me too." She told him.
"You better make that four butterbeers then." James told her.
"Coming right up sir." She told them while her quill scribbled their orders down on her pad of paper before she turned around and walked away.
"Anyway," Harry began again. "I just feel like such an asshole. I promised Tobey that I'd be there for him, and I don't know if I can enjoy myself knowing that I broke a promise to him. I know we've had our differences but he's my brother. I need him and he needs me." He said.
"It's alright Harry, God knows that you didn't mean to break your promise to him. And right now that should be enough. Besides I want to introduce you to some of my friends. I mean don't worry I won't tell them where you're from, I just want them to meet you." She explained.
"Well,.. alright. I suppose there won't be any harm in going out and having some fun for a night." He told her as her face lit up with an excited grin.
"Good, it's a muggle party at the high school. I'll let Morgan and Meghan know that you're going to come." She said as she dug out her cell phone and started texting them as Harry just breathed a deep and heavy sigh.
