A/N: Hey everyone, hope you're all well. Now as you all know, there was no upload last week or the week before. I had decided to skip them and not write anything in favor of possibly of getting past my writers block. Now I have looked at my last two chapters that were posted and I know they were sub-par and I apologize for that. I'm now back and working to not continue dragging ass like I have been. So now without further ado, on with the story!

Next Morning After Reset

"Daphne, can we talk?" At her skeptical look and the fact she didn't stop Harry ran in front of her. "Please?" He pleaded making her come to a full stop. She nodded reluctantly. "Lets go some-"

"No, if you want to talk, we're doing to right here." She interrupted him. Harry sighed and looked on either sides of the corridor, luckily it was empty.

"Fine." He gave in. "I know this is going to sound crazy." At her look and then her movement to turn he grabbed her arm. "Just listen." She moved back to face him and crossed her arms. "Okay I know you're mad at me. And you have every right to. I pushed you away. I know that and I know I shouldn't have. I've seen the result of it or rather heard about it and I can't let that happen because then everything will become f**ked up and so will the future and-"

"What the hell are you on about?" She interrupted, completely confused.

Taking a deep breathe, he started from beginning. "I'm from the future." Her eyebrows shot up. "Well only like a week in the future but it was enough to screw up the timeline apparently and-" He stopped knowing he was sounding crazy. "I'm sorry. About it all. I should've talked to you about it, all of it. I never should've made you think I didn't trust you or make it seem like I was treating you differently. I'm sorry."

"You know, half of that made no sense whatsoever." She commented and when he went to respond she continued cutting him off. "But the second half did. You're right. You shouldn't have. But I'll admit, I shouldn't have blown you into the wall. It was stupid and petty. Though, right now, I'm more curious about what the hell you are talking about." Daphne finished.

Nodding, Harry looked her in the eye. "I can't explain it really here. Please come with me to the Room of Requirement. I can explain there." She looked away for a few moments before turning back to face him and nodding.

Minutes later, they were standing in front of the room and Harry was pacing in front of it asking for the room. Seconds later the door appeared and he held it open for her. He hadn't been in it yet today, so he had no idea what they were walking into.

Entering the room, he could hear shouting coming from the research area of the library. Moving through the entire room and passing the library, Harry led her to addition they added yesterday.

"IT'S DRACO MALFOY! I DON'T GET WHY THE HELL HE HAS TO BE HERE!" Neville voice carried across the entire room. He was standing opposite Hermione and Draco on one end of the research table while Hayden nor Luna were on either side but rather Hayden was leaning against the wall arms crossed while Luna was just standing in at the long side of the table.

At seeing Draco, Daphne's hand was instantly in her hand and pointed at Draco who was standing with his side to her as he was facing Neville.

"Don't." Harry ordered her. Rushing in front of the wand before she could cast a spell.

"Get out of my way." She growled aggressively. They were standing beside bookcases so the others at the table couldn't see them yet. The movement garnered Hayden's attention and her eyes turned from watching the screaming match going back and forth to where Harry was standing arms wide with his back to them. Tilting her head slightly to the side she could see past his head and could see who he was standing in front of, Daphne. Her eyes widened at the sight. Pushing off the wall, she walked to the right of the table and over to Harry. Nobody at the table noticed as they were still shouting at each other.

Approaching Harry, Hayden grabbed his arm in an iron grip and yanked him behind one of the book cases out of view of the group and to the right of where he was standing previously before releasing him and pushing him into it.

"What the hell are you doing?" She demanded eyes flashing from emerald green to ice blue for a split second before going back.

"Making sure she doesn't kill Draco." Harry shot back frowning as he push off the bookcase and brushed off his jacket.

"Not that. I mean bringing her here." She snapped. "Have you lost your f**king mind?"

"Excuse me? You have a problem with me?" Daphne interrupted causing both Hayden and Harry to look at her as she stepped into the cover of bookcases beside them and was just to Harry's right. "Who the hell even are you?"

Hayden's eyes turned back to Harry. "See what you did? Now she wants answers."

"So we give them to her." Harry argued.

"I am here to make sure she doesn't die not raise the chances that she does!" Hayden countered.

"I hardly think telling her the truth will cause her death." Harry retorted. Daphne just watched them go back and forth confused.

"You don't know! None of us know until it's too late!" Hayden exploded angrily.

"Then you and Chaos can just reset it again." Harry reasoned.

"It doesn't work like that. Everything we do has ripples throughout time. Could be a big deal, could be small. We don't know. It could be big enough that I'm erased, not just changed, erased. Anything can happen!" Hayden explained.

"Then why did you do it even once if any of those things could happen?" Harry demanded.

"Because it was already screwed up, continuing like that could've made it worse!"

"What the HELL are you talking about?!" Daphne interrupted cutting off whatever Harry was going to retort with. The two tabled the argument and shared a look, Hayden shook her head.

"I'm trying to save her."

"Recently I've learned that the truth is what saves people. Not keeping everything a secret." Harry responded.

"I've been doing just fine saving people using secrets. Some people are better off not knowing the truth." Hayden countered.

"Yeah and look where that got you. In the past trying to save your dead mother before you change along with the rest of the timeline." Harry remarked dryly, realizing seconds after he said it that he crossed a line, going to far. Hayden's eyes flashed with power and anger. The blow came so fast Harry didn't even see it coming but he certainly felt it. Hayden's fist connected directly with Harry's face, throwing him backwards into the bookshelves behind him. She moved forward and grabbed him by the collar of his jacket holding his up.

"You don't know me, so don't act like you do." She growled before releasing her grip on his jacket, causing him to fall to the floor as she walked away, leaving the room of requirement.

Seconds after the door closed behind her she disappeared from the hallway in a faint golden aura.

In the room, Daphne was kneeling next to Harry on the floor as she helped him up. "What was that about?" She questioned as he stood and wiped his face, wiping away a bit of blood.

"Don't worry about it. I deserved it." He closed his for a second, before sighing and opening them again. "Maybe she's right and I shouldn't tell you. She certainly knows more about all of this, more than me but I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I didn't at least tell you."

"Maybe you can start with why the hell Draco goddamn Malfoy is standing in there." Daphne suggested in a way that wasn't really a suggestion.

"So you know how I said I'm from the slight future?" At her hesitant nod he continued, "well I wasn't kidding or lying. I've already lived out the whole week. But Hayden brought us back for a reset."

"Why?" Daphne questioned.

"I-I, um, actually it would be easier if I explained with everyone else." While she looked reluctant and very ready to say no, she nodded slowly.

He led her out of the bookshelves and over to the table. "Enough!" He got everyone's attention. Neville's eyes flicked to him as he stood at the side of the table next to Luna.

"Potter what happened to your face?" Draco questioned from his position at the right end of the table next to Hermione.

"Hayden." He explained simply.

"What'd you do?" Hermione wondered looking at him with a raised eyebrow

"Why do you think I did something?" He exclaimed incredulously. Hermione and Draco shared a look.

"Because we've both met Hayden." Draco started.

"She's a controlled person. Incredibly powerful but very emotionally controlled." Hermione continued.

"And, if you haven't noticed, she's a little- what's the word?" Draco paused looking to Hermione.

"Less controlled?" Hermione suggested with a shrug.

"Sure. A little less controlled around you. You may look like her father but you aren't yet Potter. Maybe you shouldn't act like you know better." Draco finished. Neville, Luna and Daphne all watched the byplay between the three and especially between Draco and Hermione. It was clear Harry and Hermione weren't the same as they were yesterday, and Draco wasn't the same as he the last time they saw him.

"Her father?" Neville caught. It was something Daphne had wanted to question but restrained from. Harry, Hermione and Draco shared looks. They all knew that there was going be no coming back from it if they explained everything. A silent agreement passed between the trio.

"Hayden is…"

About An Hour Later

Everyone was now sitting around the research table taking in the information the trio passed onto them but it was by far the hardest on Daphne.

"She didn't want you to tell me?" She asked even though it was more of a statement. Harry shook his head in answer to the statement question. "Why?" She questioned quietly.

"Because knowing your fate isn't easy." A voice spoke up. Everyone heads turned to look to its source. Hayden, was leaning on her shoulder against the end of the closest book case. She was wearing the black racer leather jacket she almost always was. "Trust me. I know. I was once fated to die." She revealed. "By my brothers hand." She paused letting it sink in. "Turns out, Fate didn't know what I was capable of. I didn't even know until I did it. But when I found out, I began to try to change it. But every step along the way I would wonder if, 'what if I'm only playing into actually what Fate wants? What if everything I try to change is only what's going to cause it to begin with?' eventually, my mother, who at the time had no idea what the problem even was tried to help me." She paused and Daphnes breathe hitched waiting for her to continue. In that moment Hermione understood what she meant yesterday when she talked about her brother. Some of the pieces were falling into place, little by little.

"When I tried to give her the least detail on the situation possible she got the gist of it and said, 'screw fate.' And I looked at like she was crazy, she continued 'Don't think that any of your choices are planned because let me tell you something, yours sure as hell aren't. You are probably the most unpredictable person I've ever met. I'm your mother and don't even have the slightest clue in hell what you're going to do, ever. So if I don't, nobody else will. And if they do, well then they can just go screw themselves because that's not fair.'" Everyone laughed. "I did it and I let the doubts fade away, and in the end, I won. So maybe she was right. But I know the feeling of knowing your fate especially if it's not always a good one." Hayden finished with a small smile.

Daphne looked at her future child with watery eyes. She felt some small bit of pride in her future self for being able to help her even when she had no clue in hell what was going on. She also felt pride for having raised the person in front of her. She may not know that much about her yet, and yes it sounded like she had done things and been through more difficult things than Daphne wanted to imagine. But she knew that the person standing before her today was someone to be proud of. It didn't matter if she crossed lines at times, what mattered was that was okay. She'd learned from everything Harry and Hermione and even Draco had told her that Hayden wasn't necessary the most open nor light person. More grey and secretive than anything.

Making a sudden decision, Daphne stood from her chair and strode towards Hayden. Before Hayden had the chance to question what she was doing, Daphne was upon her and was hugging her. She remained still for a few moments before returning the hug and reveling in it.

When they separated Daphne returned to her set without a word, but something had changed in Hayden. Not just an internal change either, as her eyes added just the tiniest shade of shade of ice blue to the emerald green slightly but not very noticeably changing the color shade. Hayden pushed off of the case and moved to stand behind Harry, leaning against the wall.

"So I know, not everyone in this room gets along." Harry took over. He didn't directly call anyone out but everyone could tell that he was talking about everyone in reference to Draco other than himself, Hermione or Hayden. "But we have to work together. Or we won't be able to do this." Everyone shared looks and slowly nodded. "Alright, well. Any ideas for a plan?"

"You mean one better than your last one?" Draco snarked with a raised eyebrow. Hermione covered her mouth with her hand to hide a smile. Nobody but the trio and Hayden who knew everything understood what he was referring to. They all just glared at him thinking he was genuinely insulting Harry. Harry took on an offended look with his hand over his heart.

"You wound me Draco." He joked. Everyone around the table save the trio and Hayden were shocked. They were joking with each other. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Joking. "But really, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Honestly it still does just minus the Dumbledore part." Harry admitted removing his hand and setting it back down on the table as he was standing. Draco opened his mouth to comment but Hayden cut him off.

"I mean, really it was a good plan." Hayden said from her spot leaning against the wall behind Harry. "Still is. Just needs a little work." She pushed off the wall and moved to stand next to Harry arms crossed looking across the table.

"A lot of work." Draco corrected her. She looked at him slightly, grinning.

"A lot of work." She repeated.

A/N: Okay, so I hope this is a better chapter to the previous ones quality. I feel like it is. Also, I went back into the last three or so chapters and changed a few of the dates and Hayden's age. She is twenty-one and from 2019, that way her brother would five years younger and that plot line would make fate stuff happened when she was let's say 18-19ish. And I know this didn't move the plot forward that much but I feel like this was a necessary event for the characters. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to bring Daphne into the loop, I actually still wasn't sure until I just wound up writing and liked the direction it took. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Thank you for all the support, feedback is always appreciated. Happy Reading! -DS

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