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Chapter – 7

A Whole New Dimension

Harry opens his eyes into a world of darkness.

"Where Am I?"

He looked around, but couldn't see much, except for a little dot of light coming from the direction behind him. It looks like he had fallen into some kind of cave or something similar. He had definitely landed in mud, and this darkness that surrounded him made his assumptions all point to the possibility of being in a cave.

"How can there be a cave under Hogwarts?"

He thought. Then, it suddenly struck him, Where was Hermione? He looked around and walked around a few steps, there was no sign of her.

"Hermione, Hermione?" But there was no reply.

"Great, now I am separated from her too, I hope there is no need to answer any tricky questions in this test."

Harry realized how he relied heavily on Hermione to find a solution out of nothing.

"She might have gone ahead of me", he turned round and headed towards that little dot of light, which seemed very far….

After what seemed to be half an hour, he finally made it out of the cave. Outside, the sun shone brightly. Harry immediately closed his eyes as he was exposed to glaring light, after seeing nothing but darkness so far. As his eyes adjusted to the landscape and lighting, what came before him was truly astonishing. In front of him was a lush green meadow, with the horizon filled with lush green trees. Everywhere, green dominated. The sky was clear and the air was fresh. This was very welcoming to Harry, as he had to cope with the grey skies and smoky atmosphere that came into dominance with the rise of the Dark Lord. Harry moved forward, hoping to find Hermione, or any wizard for that matter. The joy in the atmosphere was really filtering into him, yes; he liked this place very much. As he climbed over a small hill, he could see a wizard and a witch, who were sitting on a sheet, with a picnic basket beside them. Harry could not identify them, as they were facing opposite to him. He was happy to finally see someone, and sprinted toward them.

"Excuse me, can you please tell me where I am?"

Harry asked the wizard, who still hadn't faced him till then. As the wizard turned around, Harry's eyes widened, his mouth became wide open and he couldn't believe that he was seeing this. By then, the witch had also turned around; Harry went more aghast after looking at her. Yes, those emerald eyes were unmistakable; he was facing James and Lily potter!

"What Harry? Well, we are in the meadows of Shrewsbury, we came here for a picnic, remember?" James answered, although he was a little caught off-guard by Harry's odd question.

"Mom, Dad! You're here, you are actually here!" Yelled Harry exuberantly.

"What? Of course we're here hun, what's gotten into you?" Lily was a bit concerned now.

"You sure you're alright Harry? You said you'd just go for a walk and you come back all dazed, everything fine?"

James came closer and patted him on the back. Harry was in a state of trauma, but things began to set in now. He was somewhere completely different, somewhere his parents hadn't been killed, somewhere, where there was no sign of war… He liked it though, but one question itched in his lips to come out.

"So, what happened to Lord Voldemort?"

"Lord Who?" Lilly was puzzled.

"Who's that? One of your friends or someone?" James broke into a smile.

"There's no Lord Voldemort? You know, he studied at Hogwarts 50 years ago, his real name was Tom Riddle."

"Tom Riddle? Oh! This is a terrible joke, son. Tommy studied with me and you already knew that." James' smile vanished.

"What? Tom studied with you? You do mean Tom Marvolo Riddle, don't you?"

"Yes, Tom Marvolo Riddle, he was quite a student, brilliant in Defense against the Dark arts and potions, but always chose to be isolated, I don't know why…"

This new piece of interesting information literally sent Harry tumbling. He had to sort this mess up. So, he went to a nearby tree and started to put together the pieces of the puzzle.

"Ok, so I fell through a hole, ended up in a cave, found my parents… But ended up in a world where Tom Riddle studied with James Potter! Hmm… I wonder that's why… Yes! Lord Voldemort hasn't come to power yet in this world! The war hasn't started yet! So this is what the test is? Win the war here and then go over to my world with good practice? That would be strange…"

Harry's line of thoughts was broken when he saw several hooded figures come out of nowhere and surround his parents.

"Death Eaters! So, it has begun!"

He drew out his wand and broke into a sprint, approaching his parents.

"I have already lost you once; I will NOT let this happen again!"

"STUPEFY!" Yelled Harry as he knocked down a death eater and found his way into the circle of death eaters and joined up with his parents.

"RICTUSEMPRA! Who are these people? And why are they attacking us?" James managed to ask in between casting his spell.

"They are death eaters, EXPELLIARMUS, they're bad news, and we have to get rid of them really quickly."

Jets of green and red lights shot into the air. As the three dueled on, the sky had turned grey, and there was a certain chill in the air. The three were able to lay down most of their opposition, until there were only two death eaters left. Seeing that the odds were suddenly turned against them, the death eaters found no reason why they should keep fighting. They turned around, and were ready to flee.

"No! You're not getting away that easily!" Shouted Harry and he gave chase to the fleeing evil doers.

"STUPEFY!" Harry's well aimed spell knocked down one of them, but the other kept running. Harry kept sending stunning curses one after the other, but none seemed to hit the mark. By then, the death eater vanished into the thick forest ahead.

"Damn! I let him get away. At least Voldemort will get the message now that the Potters are not playing around!"

Harry turned round, by then, he had lost sight of his parents. The chill in the air has deepened now, it was like it was snowing, freezing cold.

"What's with this weather?" Harry looked up, and the color went straight out of his face. There were about four Dementors, One was in front, and one was in the back, like they were an escort to the middle two.

Harry took a close look at the middle two dementors, looked like they were carrying something. While he was busy taking down the fleeing death eaters, the dementors had managed to kidnap his parents.

"NO! NO! EXPECTO PATRONUM!"

The patronus broke out of Harry's wand, but the dementors were too far way to be affected by it. Harry was devastated, the patronus died away. He had no idea what to do. He just ran after them at full speed. He was heading full speed over the hill that was beyond the picnic site. He could see the village that was beyond the hill. It looked so tiny. The dementors had gone in that same direction.

The view from the hill was astonishing, but he had little time to stare at the beauty of it. He sprinted on, towards the tiny village which lay in the shadow of a huge tower. As his pace quickened, he got on a pathway through which many people were walking by. He did not notice any one of them, as he ran past them. He hadn't the slightest idea where he was going, yet, going forward was better than standing still.

"Harry?" A familiar voice made him stop in his tracks.

He turned round, to see the always pale face of Sirius Black, whose head was inclined in a slight way as to indicate that he needed an explanation to what Harry was up to.

"Sirius! Where have you been?"

"Why, your father forgot to buy pumpkin juice, Harry! Can you imagine a picnic without pumpkin juice? I just couldn't sit there, James was always this irresponsible. So, I came back to buy some pumpkin juice."

"Never mind the pumpkin juice, Mom and Dad were taken by some dementors, they were headed in this direction, and I followed them here… We have no time to lose..."

"What? Did you say dementors? I saw them… I could have stopped them! They went to that tower, I saw them!" Finished Sirius, pointing to the tall black structure on the opposite side of the town.

It seemed to be just a huge black box from this far away.

"Come on! We have to go."

Harry had already started sprinting when he said these, and Sirius quickly followed. They ran through as much as three streets, but who was keeping count? As they were getting closer, it became clear that the tower wasn't actually a part of the town. It seemed to be beyond a forest, which they were entering into. The fallen leaves and rough terrain did not hinder their pace at all. Visibility was now becoming a serious concern, as it seemed to be getting darker and darker as they approached the tower.

The tower was in an opening at the heart of the forest. Now, only a thing line of trees stood between Harry and Sirius, and the tower. Harry was about to advance to the clearing, when Sirius pulled him back.

"Look on top of that tower, Harry. What the heck is that?" Harry looked to notice the dark skull and a serpent through it.

"No! It's the Dark mark!"

"Dark mark? What's it for?" Harry was about to answer Sirius, when his eyes suddenly fell on the two mangled bodies which were definitely not there a second ago.

"Mom? Dad?" Harry took a quick step forward and was going to accelerate, but Sirius's hand pulled him back on the shoulder again.

"Harry, it's no use, they're gone…"

"NO, THEY'RE NOT!"

"Harry, listen to me, it's probably a trap, someone obviously wants us to get to them."

"I DON'T CARE!" Harry broke free of Sirius's grasp and ran towards the bodies.

Sirius now had no other choice but to follow him. Harry knelt beside the bodies, yes; they were indeed those of Lily and James. Tears rolled down his cheeks.

"Harry? HARRY! Take your wand Harry, they're coming!"

Harry managed to look back, to see ten or so dementors advancing towards Sirius, who had moved so close to them, and so far away from him, just to give him the space he needed then. Harry took out his wand and advanced towards Sirius. But, five dementors descended from above and quickly surrounded him. Yes, he had to fight his way through again.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" He shouted.

But, something was wrong, his patronus did not burst out of his wand, but just a jet of white light flew through it and knocked out just the dementor in front of him. His mindset was not right at all, he just lost his parents again, how could he think happy thoughts? He tried it again and again, yet it was too weak to knock them all out…

"This is not working at all" Harry said to himself, as he clawed his way through the dementors one by one.

But, the number of dementors being knocked down was very little compared to the number of incoming dementors. Harry could see Sirius, he was having troubles as well, then, suddenly Sirius's wand flew out of his hand, one of the dementors had managed to do it. Defenseless, Sirius's life was now being sucked out of him by the dementor's kiss. This was very similar to the situation that he had faced two years ago.

"NO, SIRIUS!" As Harry screamed, his wand emitted a high intensity radiance, which knocked all dementors flat. Harry almost felt that his wand had done that on its own, because he had made no effort to unleash a spell. He sprinted to Sirius's side. He was very pale and weak.

"Harry… You... must… leave… Go… now; escape… while… you… can…"

"No, I am not leaving you…" His glasses had become wet again.

"Just… go…"

Sirius closed his eyes; his head rolled over to one side, Harry knew the inevitable had happened. His sobs were dissolved in the sound of the wind. Harry suddenly noticed, he had Goosebumps and the chill had returned. He looked up, to see nothing but black, yet it was squirming and moving, the dementors were stalking him, intend on having a little fun with their prey.

"So, this is it…" Harry did not know whether he had the strength to fend all of them off.

"I have failed… They've died… Now, what is left to fight for?"

He lowered his head as his eyes fell on Sirius once again. He had something clenched in his fist. He bent down and opened it, it was a beautiful yellow butterfly, and it was still alive.

"He was protecting it?"

Suddenly it dawned on him; Sirius was holding this little butterfly in his palm even while fighting the dementors. That's why he fell so easily. He gave his life to protect this little guy!

"Yes, I do have something to fight for! I have an entire planet, and all its living beings to fight for!"

He let go of the butterfly, which flew up and sat on his forehead, as if to say thank you. As soon as the butterfly touched his head, something snapped inside of Harry, and a sense of power and confidence swelled up in him, and something was unleashed inside of him and he could very well feel it. He looked up, and the dementors were still circling above him. And not a moment too soon, all of them swooped down on him.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM…!" Harry yelled, and a glowing sphere of bright white light sprouted from his wand.

But, instead of heading towards the dementors, it moved backwards, and went straight into Harry's chest, and into his heart. Suddenly, Harry underwent a change and all his arteries and veins emitted light, there were no pupils in his eyes, it was pure white radiance, the ancient technique of 'Patronising' was complete, Harry was one with his Patronus! He pushed his right hand forward, and a wave of white light pushed away from him, knocking most of the dementors out. But, the dementors kept on coming, apparently, there were as many dementors as to cover the entire sky… Harry kept on producing wave after wave, knocking uncountable numbers of dementors out, but the dementors never seemed to stop. A sudden surge of dementors covered him and even the white light which his body was emitting was blocked.

"No, I won't give up now; not now… haaaaa…."

An exceptionally powerful patronus wave burst out of him, knocking all dementors to far distances. Harry felt drained, he was on his knees, and did not have the strength to stand up.

"At least I got them, doesn't matter what happens to me now…" Harry panted, this technique was certainly taking its toll on Harry, and he had used up his energy.

Suddenly, a cold wind swept past him, shaking him to the core. He mustered the strength to look up, and he saw a black cloud approaching…

"More dementors? I must get up…"

He tried bitterly to get up, shaking and groaning, he got on his two feet. The dementors had almost reached him. He raised his palm, trying to produce another patronus wave, but, there was nothing left in him… The light from his arteries grew dimmer and finally vanished, his pupils came back into visibility and he fell to the ground… And the dementors surrounded him…

Every light had disappeared; the scene was completely overhauled by darkness… Sheer darkness…

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