To be Whole Again
Last Time
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"I know Susie, I know. But I had to do it for my own satisfaction, I needed the push to make sure I tell you everything and everything truthfully, because as much as I may seem depressed, I love the way my life is going and I would definitely would not like to die." Harry said with a chuckle, earning a slap on the back of his hand from Susan and a weak chuckle from Daphne, Susan not being in a mood for jokes.
"Ok, so enough melodrama, let's start. Selena, could you please also join the girls?" Harry asked out to his familiar.
Selena just nodded her head before wrapping herself around Daphne's arm and resting her head on the armrest of the chair Daphne was sitting on.
Once both the girls were on their seat and both petting Selena on her head, Harry took his own seat before taking a deep breath and continuing.
"I am …"
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The Room of Requirements, Hogwarts, 24th September 1995
"I am …"
"First, let us move to the Chamber of Secrets, shall we? Just so the oath can be in effect." Harry said abruptly.
The girls who were on the edge of their seats were not impressed and they did let their displeasure be known on their journey to the Chamber.
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The Chamber of Secrets, Hogwarts, 24th September 1995
"I am Harry James Potter, age fourteen, that much has not changed. However, I am also Harry James Potter, age eighty-five, a man who sent both his and his most loyal friend's souls back in time to their past bodies, all for a chance to change the future." Harry confessed.
Both the girls suddenly became unsteady on their feet and almost fainted. In a blur, Harry moved to their sides in between them to catch them both before they could collapse. Once he conjured chairs for them and had them seated, he knelt down in front of them looking them in their eyes.
Both of them could not see any deception there, but only concern.
"But how? Why?" Daphne asked.
"The how is unimportant for now. Let's just say it involved a ritual and leave it at that. As for why... well, that is a much longer story, which I want to share with the both of you, and that is the reason I took the oath. I know how unbelievable this may sound." Harry answered, looking at both of them with concern and hope… Hope that they would not leave him before hearing everything he had to say and seeing all he had to show.
Both the girls realized that this would be a turning point for them, one way or another. They could walk away from him now and return to the lives they had before Harry came into theirs, but they would always be left wondering. Or, they could take a leap of faith and get a chance at having everything. Deep down, they both knew their hearts had already made the decision for them.
"Harry, that really is unbelievable and even with the oath I do find it hard to believe, but I trust you, Harry. And as far as my choice goes, I am going to stay here and listen to all you have to say, because the last few months of my life have indeed been magical, there was no deception I could see in ANY of the moments I shared with you. I will be here for what you have to say." Susan said gently running her hand on Harry's cheek, letting him know he had no reason to fear losing her.
This caused Harry to tear up, here was a woman he had lied to, he had hidden from her who he truly was, hidden the truth from for a long time even after the moments they had shared, still she was ready to trust him, trust in him, and was ready to give him the chance to explain himself. Though it was not over yet, not till the other half of his heart gave him the same chance. Looking over at Daphne, Harry could see nothing, no emotions on her face, no signs telling him what she could be thinking of.
"Daphne?" Harry hesitantly called out.
Daphne's eyes snapped towards him and what she said just caused his jaw to drop.
"Just tell me you are not some old age pervert and I am willing to give you a chance."
The smirk on her face was there for all to see, the reaction was the jaw drop from Harry and the soft laughter from Susan.
"No, no I am not some old age pervert. I am still not sure why it has happened, but seriously, I think while the souls did merge and I have most of the memories of the future, my personality and maturity is still that of the younger Harry. I think the souls and memories also merged, but the personality that took the driver's seat was of the younger Harry, maybe because of some rules of magic, or that he was, or rather I was in an emotional state, that I am yet to figure out." Harry replied, he was sure of this because the older Harry would certainly would not have been lashing out anytime he was enraged afterall, the older Harry was calculative, smart and a quintessential Slytherin, something one of his wives was proud of, while the other was frustrated with.
After all, an Unspeakable field commander would not show his strengths for all present to see, he would not make such a spectacle in the Dueling tournament as he had made, and someone of his maturity, would certainly not fall in love with a couple of teenage girls… yet again.
One might argue the fact that since he has the memories, he should be matured enough, but there is a lot of difference between knowing what the future holds, and actually experiencing it.
"That's a relief." Daphne chuckled.
"But what about Selena then? If only the souls merged then how did she come here?" Susan asked, petting Selena on the head.
"Well, this is just a theory at this point, but since Selena was yet to be born at this time, I think even her body got tagged along with the trip. There was no guarantee that it would work the way it did, but she was not going to let me take this drastic step without her with me." Harry replied, fondly looking at his familiar, someone who had been with him for decades.
Now that the heavy stuff was out of the way, all three sat back in their chair, a comfortable silence among the three while two of them took the time they needed to process everything said and come up with any questions they had before Harry started his life story.
"What made you come back? Through our talks and everything we shared I can pretty much guess that all three of us were together like we are now, so what made you take this drastic step? And if you came back, why did we also not come back with you? I already know that I would not have allowed you to come back alone unless…" Daphne said, before understanding dawned on her.
Harry simply stood up, transfigured the chair he was sitting on into a sofa and pulled both of his girlfriends to his sides. On instinct Daphne and Susan rested their heads on his shoulders before Daphne took one of his hands in hers and asked softly.
"We died, did we not?"
"Yes, and there was nothing I could do about it. You both died right in front of my eyes and I was helpless as I watched the life leave your eyes." Harry replied, trying his best not to sob, but one could see tears sliding down his cheek, before he was pulled down into a fierce kiss by the redhead on his left.
"We are here now, that is all that matters. And you came back for us, to change the future, for the better. That speaks volumes about you and your character Harry." Susan said gently.
Daphne not to be outdone, pulled Harry down once again into a kiss and rested her forehead against his before continuing what Susan said. "And a lot about our standard. Do not forget about our near perfect standards Susan."
The trio soon descended into a round of laughter.
"So, who is up for movie night?"
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"Now, I would like to warn you, this is not something either of you might be comfortable with, and I would like my very best not to recall all the memories and show them to you, so please, let's get this part out of the way in just words." Harry said, while shuddering remembering his childhood. He will deal with his relatives one day, once everything was over.
Harry talked for several long moments on his early life at the Dursley's. He never had a complete, unbroken toy to play with. Never had good crayons, or paper. He never received treats for good behavior, or learning something new. By the time he was five he could read, and count to twenty, but he was never praised for it.
If he made a sound during dinner, he did not get desert. He was only allowed to eat what was on his plate, or what he could reach from his chair. He was not allowed to stand up during dinner or scoot forward to get closer to a serving bowl and they were always placed out of his reach so in the end he could only eat what was on his smaller-than-all-the-others pate.
As young as he could remember, he slept and played in the cupboard under the stairs. When he was punished, he was placed in the cupboard and the lights were turned off, and the door locked. Sometimes he was locked in for a day or two with no meals, and no bathroom breaks. That was usually after showing signs of Magic or speaking out against his so-called relatives.
Daphne and Susan sat horrified to the stories of how their boyfriend was abused before he was even five years old.
"I remember the first time we brought home our report cards. They sat me and Dudley down on the couch and opened mine first. I do not know why, maybe they hoped I had done horrible and could punish me for it, or see bad grades and make me watch while they lavished praise on their idiot son."
"Anyways, I remember my teacher saying I was one of the best students in the class. In any case I do not think they expected their son to be a fat lard, and an idiot. But he did not get very good year end grades, and I did loads better then him. They praised Dudley for trying his hardest and doing his best, and then yelled at me when I pointed out the teachers' comments. "
An hour later Harry had finished the story up to his eleventh birthday. Susan and Daphne were both awestruck at how mature Harry acted after that kind of childhood. A sociopath usually claimed an abusive childhood, this boy...man in front of them was a hero to the Wizarding World, and he was calmly talking about his horrible path.
It took all of Susan and Daphne's strength to not barge into 4 Privet Drive and teach Petunia and Vernon a lesson. They resisted and Harry appreciated the effort.
"My eleventh birthday was probably one of the weirdest and best days of my life. The day I met Hagrid and got my Hogwarts letter and my owl Hedwig. Hagrid showed up at midnight exactly and pounded the door down on this little hut on a rock out in the sea..." Harry told the story of his eleventh birthday, cheering everyone slightly. A happy story for once was a relief.
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After the next ten minutes of storytelling found a furious Daphne being held back on the sofa by Harry and Susan.
"LET ME GO! I AM GOING TO KILL THAT FERRET!"
"I think telling her about the possibility that I could have been a Slytherin was a bad idea?" Harry whispered to Susan while struggling to hold back Daphne. To which Susan just gave him a deadpanned look that said 'You think?' before finally hitting Daphne with a mild calming spell.
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"Alright, I suppose now that we have gone through one part of my life, we should make an appearance to calm all our friends down before continuing with the good stuff. What do you say?" Harry questioned excitedly, which only caused both the witches to grow more concerned, afterall, anything that Harry was excited for just could not be safe.
"I guess." Daphne replied hesitantly. "The story is not finished, though."
"Not by a long shot." Harry assured her, his excited tone once again causing both the girls to shiver slightly. "There is still so much you both need to hear. When is up to you. We either can continue tomorrow morning or during the next weekend."
"Tomorrow." Both the girls replied firmly at the same time, making him smile.
"Tomorrow, then, as soon as we are able. Here, you keep the cloak, and you keep the Map, this should help you navigate the castle without being caught." Harry said, handing his cloak to Daphne and the Map to Susan
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The Slytherin Female Dorms, Hogwarts, 25th September 1995
Daphne woke up gently, the memories of the previous day flooding her as she laid in her bed. She smiled to herself as she thought back to the time spent with her boyfriend, then frowned when she remembered the inquisition she was subjected to the previous night. She, Harry, and Susan were cornered during dinner by Tracey, Basile, Hannah, Tori, Luna, and Neville, all of whom decided they absolutely had to know details. They ended up having to tell them an altered version of what had really happened, they took their friends to a secluded classroom before sharing what had happened with Luna and what Harry had done to Umbridge, and the reason they were not going to let the authorities know about it for a long time.
While this made all of the friends to grow concerned and make sure Luna was safe, they soon turned angry enough to reprimand Harry for going in alone to teach the toad a lesson.
They further continued with the story saying that Harry was just extremely angry and needed to let off some steam and hence had gone up to the Room of Requirements to train, and that is where Daphne and Susan found him and stopped him before he could destroy the Room of Requirements and let off the remaining steam by making out. This caused the girls to sigh wistfully, Basile to look at Harry with a smirk and Neville to cough till his face went red.
Daphne got up out of bed and went to take a quick shower. While she was showering, she thought back to everything Harry had told her about his alternate past. Even the hot water was not enough to prevent her from shivering at the memory of his childhood. No child should have to suffer the way Harry had, and she would be damned if she did not see justice served in its own special way.
She was really looking forward to hearing the rest of his story. She was especially curious to hear more about how they first got together in his original timeline and what their relationship together had been like. Then again, she was fairly certain that their story did not have a happy ending. She thought back to the reason why Harry came back in the past.
"We died, did we not?"
The notion that she was destined for an untimely death frightened her, but whatever fear she felt quickly disappeared when she remembered…
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The Hufflepuff Female Dorms, Hogwarts, 25th September 1995
"We are here now, that is all that matters. And you came back for us, to change the future, for the better. That speaks volumes about you and your character Harry."
Harry had come back for her. How could she not feel safe with someone who had gone to such great lengths just to protect her? She smiled as she thought back to the memory of their first date, the most beautiful and joyous day she had, and a tear of happiness ran down her cheek. She was not sure what to expect from today, but Harry had promised to tell her everything and she was anxious to get started.
Susan dried herself off and went back to her room to get dressed. She put on a simple black skirt with a warm green sweater, then threw on her dark green satin winter robes with the sheepskin lining. More than anything, she wanted to be comfortable today. She applied a bit of makeup and put on her shoes, then went on her way to the Great Hall to meet up with Harry and Daphne, before they could make their way towards the Chamber as today none of them had any classes till lunch.
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The Chamber of Secrets, Hogwarts, 25th September 1995
As the trio entered the pensive, they found themselves standing in the great hall, the ceiling was dark and dessert was on the long tables.
"Having your last meal, Potter?" they watch as the blonde ferret walked up to the table and taunted Harry.
"I remember this, Malfoy was announcing to all who would hear that he got you expelled and that he is the smartest Slytherin to get the Boy-Who-Lived thrown out of the Castle." Daphne said with a smirk, which caused her companions to start laughing at how wrong Malfoy was.
"You are a lot braver now that you are back on the ground and you have got your little boyfriends with you." The younger Harry said calmly.
This caused Daphne to look at the younger Harry with raised eyebrows, impressed with Harry's reaction to Malfoy trying to get under his skin.
"I'll take you on anytime on my own." Malfoy said. "Tonight, if you want. Wizard's duel. Wands only – no contact. What's the matter? Never heard of a wizard's duel before, I suppose?"
Susan and Daphne were appalled as they watched Malfoy so blatantly rude and tried to edge Harry on using petty insults. They watched as Ron stood up and defended Harry and made himself Harry's second. Malfoy chose his second and them when and where to meet.
"Midnight all right? We will meet you in the trophy room; that is always unlocked." Malfoy said as he and his goons walked away.
"How the fuck do you get trapped and fooled into believing the ferret would even show up? You both did not even know how to perfectly perform a basic levitation charm at the point and you thought fighting a wizard's duel was the way to go?" Daphne asked with a raised eyebrow
"I accept, I was kind of naïve, thinking that he would show up. And I was so angry that I just did not think about what would I even do in a Wizards duel." Harry replied, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
Susan chuckled and tousled his hair while Daphne muttered something about idiotic Gryffindor.
As the memory continued, they saw Harry and Ron make their way towards the trophy room and Hermione and Neville tagging along with them. Once they reached the trophy room, they could not see anyone in sight.
"He's late, maybe he has chickened out." Ron said.
"Sniff around, my sweet, they might be lurking in a corner." Said a chilling voice from the hallway. The trio followed Harry and company as they sneaked out of the room and watched as clumsy little Neville tripped over a suit of armor and Harry yelled "RUN!"
They all ran after the kids chuckling and wondering what was going on. Harry and Susan both groaned loudly when the kids ran into Peeves.
"Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you will get caughty."
"Pray tell me Harry, why are you not using your cloak to hide ourselves? With how small you all were, all four of you could have fit under it?" Daphne asked.
"I did not get the cloak until Christmas." Harry mentioned
"STUDENTS OUT OF BED! STUDENT IN THE CORIDORS!"
The memory continued with the kids running off. They heard Peeves being questioned in the background.
"Shan't say nothing if you don't say please."
"All right – please?" asked Filch.
"NOTHING! HA HAA! I told you I wouldn't say nothing if you did'nt say please! HA HA! HAAA!"
Just as the memory continued and the trio followed the kids down the third-floor corridor and into a room that Hermione unlocked using the Alohomora did a silence descend, which was soon broken by a "What?" by the younger Harry, when they turned to see Neville trying to get Harry's attention and pointing to an area behind them. Both Susan and Daphne gasped in union, both hiding behind the older Harry who looked on with amused eyes.
"Merlin's beard! Its toenail is bigger than my head!" Susan shouted.
"You do know that this is just a memory and that fluffy cannot hurt you?" Harry asked still looking amused. Hearing this both the girls did straighten out and came out from behind Harry, but both held onto his hand.
While this was going on, the memory continued of the children rushing out of the room and going back to the common room.
Soon the memory faded.
"What was the Cerberus doing in a school full of children?!" Daphne exclaimed.
"You will see." Was all the reply she got before the scene around them shifted into that of the great hall. But this time, it was decorated for some occasion.
"What… it looks like Halloween." Susan said as the trio looked around the Great Hall when they heard the same sentence that chilled them to their very bones when the first heard it.
"TROLL! Troll – in the dungeons – thought you ought to know."
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Susan and Daphne watched as the younger Harry and Ron realized Hermione was missing and decided to ditch Percy and go find her themselves. Heading towards the girl's lavatory. They both gasped as they watched Snape rush past the boys in the hallway and then creeping out of their hiding spot only to find a stinking, hulking mountain troll heading into a room at the end of the hallway.
"The key is in the lock, we could lock it in." said the memory Harry, making Daphne look at him like he was stupid, while Susan just chuckled at the innocence the memory Harry was showing.
"Good idea." Said the Ron, but this only caused Daphne to just roll her eyes and Susan's chuckle to turn into full on laughter, all the while Harry rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
Just then they all heard Hermione's scream and they headed towards the bathroom. They all entered just as Ron threw the metal pipe at it. And both the girls gasped when it turned and headed towards him.
"I swear, all of you Gryffindors are no better than trolls!" Daphne exclaimed as she saw the troll moving towards her as she was standing behind the memory Ron.
"Come on, run, run!" memory Harry shouted as the Troll roared and raised its club to bash Ron into the floor, just then Harry ran up and jumped onto the back of the beast sticking his wand in the Troll's nose.
"HARRY!"
This shout was not from the memory, but from the girls who were holding onto the current Harry's hand, looking wide eyed, full of fear as the Troll reached around and grabbed the memory Harry and swung him around holding him by the ankles.
Susan had encircled her arms around the present Harry and hide her face into his shoulder, though was looking through half an eye open, while Daphne was frozen in place.
The Troll swung his Harry sized club at the boy and both the girls winced as they looked away fearing the worst. Not hearing a thud or any breaking of bones, they peeked back at the Troll and saw Harry hanging again.
"Do something!" the memory Harry shouted at Ron, just as Daphne shouted the same thing at the younger red head, failing to remember that she was in a memory and could not interact with anything going on.
Another swing at the memory Harry and the girls forced themselves to watch as Harry swung himself into a difficult crunch and the club missed his head by inches.
"Anything!" the memory Harry shouted at Ron before completing another awkward stomach crunch and avoiding inevitable death by the club.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" memory Ron shouted. The girls watched as Harry did another crunch and only miss a fist, the club being held above the Toll's head. Susan screamed yet again as Harry was dropped on his head by the monster after the club fell onto its head, making it sway and fall towards Harry. The memory Harry scooted out of the way, looked up at memory Ron when the dust settled.
"Is it dead?" memory Hermione and Daphne asked as she neared the Troll to get a better look at it.
That is exactly when the Troll let out a grunt, causing both, memory Hermione and present Daphne to shriek before running back.
Daphne looked over to where Harry was chuckling at her reaction and Susan was hiding a smile behind her hand, annoyed she just fired off a mild stinging hex which quickly sobered by Harry and put a smile on her face that was before she quickly sobered up and the memory faded away as the teachers came running into the view.
"I cannot believe you jumped on the back of a Troll! Do you have a death wish?" Daphne asked a little sternly.
"You just… you jumped on the back of a MOUNTAIN TROLL! It was swinging its club at you repeatedly! What were you thinking?" she continued.
While the anger on Daphne's face was there for all to see, Susan and Harry could also see the fear that her eyes held at what could have happened.
Susan stopped Harry from going towards Daphne, but she herself made her way over to her pulling the scared girl into a comforting embrace.
"Shh... It is alright, he is here and he was not hurt. I know it is hard to watch after all the moments we have shared, after the bonds that we have created. But this is something that we have to watch, to know what made Harry, Harry. What caused him to become the man we love today." Susan whispered, making sure Harry was not able to hear anything that was said by her.
"And as you said. Idiotic Gryffindors charge ahead! What else did you expect from Harry. While the hat did say that he would succeed in Slytherin, he had the traits of all the four houses, that includes the brutish bravery of the lions." Susan teased, this time making sure Harry could hear.
This got her a chuckle form Daphne and a deadpan look from Harry, unimpressed with that joke.
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Harry continued with explaining about how he got the Invisibility Cloak for Christmas in his First year, and how he and his friends learnt what Fluffy was guarding and that Hagrid was the one who left slip about Nicolas Flamel.
"We were busy searching for information about Flamel when we got a note from Hagrid saying his dragon egg was hatching." Harry said, getting a duo of "What?" s in return.
"You mean to say that Hagrid was keeping a live dragon egg in his wooden hut that was NOT in a dragon reserve and hatching it on the same ground that houses hundreds of children?!" Daphne asked in shock to which Harry could just nod.
"Well, we went down after Herbology and were there when Norbert was hatched." Harry continued as Susan giggled at the name Hagrid had chosen. "But what we did not count on was Malfoy following us and seeing the dragon on Hagrid's table. We did not know why he was not saying anything over the next couple of weeks, but finally we talked to Hagrid into sending a letter to Ron's brother Charlie, who lives and works at a Dragon Reserve in Romania. He came to the school with a couple of his friends to pick up the dragon at midnight on top of the Astronomy Tower. Unfortunately, Malfoy found out about that too, so we had to use the Cloak to cover myself and Hermione, and also the crate with Norbert inside all the way from Hagrid's hut to the tower. Ron had been bitten by Norbert, so he could not come with us, as he was in the hospital wing. We got Norbert to the top of the tower, we even got to see the ferret get caught for being out of bounds by McGonagall."
"I always did wonder what Malfoy was on about when he kept leaving the common rooms at odd times during the night and promising to the house that soon he would get rid of Harry and Hagrid." Daphne said.
"Well, anyways, we sent off Norbert and headed back down to our common room, but halfway there, we got caught by Filch. Apparently, we forgot the Cloak on top of the tower in our excitement of Malfoy getting in trouble and seeing the back of the dragon for good. We both got detention with Hagrid in the forest, along with Malfoy and Neville, who got caught trying to warn us Malfoy was going to tell." Harry continued with the story.
"Wait a minute. You mean to tell me that you were given the detention to go into the Forbidden Forrest at night by the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts when the name of the forest is the Forbidden Forrest?" Daphne questioned slowly, not able to process this information that the teacher she thought most responsible and strict could give such a detention to children no less than eleven years old.
"Bonkers, I tell you. I am going to go Bonkers by the time we reach the end." Daphne mumbled, which caused Harry to laugh and pull her in close and kiss her on her forehead.
Harry then continued with the story of the rest of the detention, and leading up to the day the 'Golden Trio' went down the trap door.
"We figured out that Hagrid had told someone in the pub when he got the dragon egg how to make Fluffy fall asleep and then the same day Dumbledor was 'called' to the ministry. I realized that someone was going to go down for the stone that night, so we decided to go after him."
"And that someone was Quirrell? Based on the fact that we were told he had died the next day?" Susan questioned.
"Yes, it was Quirrell, but we initially thought it was Snape. Well, the first protection in place was Fluffy, which was Hagrid's obstacle. The next one was Sprout's. She placed Devil's snare at the bottom of the hole we had dropped into, so that we would land on the plant. The next one was Master Flitwick's. He enchanted several dozen keys to have wings and fly. There was a big door and a few brooms so I had to fly around and find the right key to the door out of hundreds of keys, finally I caught it and we proceeded to the next challenge, which was McGonagall's. It was a giant chess board." Harry said before stopping for a water break, making the girls more and more restless with the suspense. They knew was happened on a high level, but nothing as detailed as this.
Harry chuckled at their eager expressions before continuing. "Well, long story short, Ron sacrificed his piece as a Knight for me to go on and checkmate the King and go through the next door."
"Weasley truly sacrificed himself? Is that the reason why Gryffindor got the hundred points at the end of the year for the so called 'Greatest Game of Chess that has ever been played'?" Daphne questioned.
"Yep, that is the one. Ron is a master at playing chess, and even though my relationship with him is close to dead due to some reasons you will learn as we go forward. He was a loyal companion, atleast until his jealousy got in the way. And no matter what happened in the future, I still look back to these memories fondly." Harry said, with a small smile on his face.
"I cannot claim to know what happened in the future as we have yet to reach that point, but I can see that you genuinely reflect on these memories with fondness and smile at the friendship you have had with your friends. And even if you can no longer be the same best of friends that you once were, you can still keep in touch with them? Isn't that why you came back in time? To change the future? They have not done the deed they did in future; they are not the person who ended up doing what they did in the future, not yet anyways… But they will certainly end up that way if there is no one to show them the path, no one to guide them, no one to be their friend and support them." Susan said gently, rubbing her hand on the side of Harry's arm. Showing the qualities that got her sorted into the noble house she was in.
"I… I will think about it." Harry promised, looking at Susan with so much emotion. He could not understand how a woman could be so kind, so forgiving, so full of love.
"I agree Harry. Just having listened to the adventures you guys have been on in just this first year has given me enough to know that I owe them atleast a bit in the part they played, keeping you alive. For that reason, if at all possible, if it does not hurt you, then I am ready to give them a second chance. And as Susan said, while it cannot go back to what it once was, that is no reason we cannot be on friendly terms with them." Daphne supported.
Harry looked at her in shock, not having thought that the woman who was unforgiving to anyone who hurt anyone close to her was considerate and compassionate enough to give two strangers a second chance for his sake.
He could not love both of them anymore than this. He really was a lucky wizard.
"Continuing on. The next door was Quirrell's which was a giant Troll. Thankfully it was already knocked out, and we just had to walk around it to the next door. Which opened up into a small chamber with a small table in the center. As soon as we walked past the door, flames shot up in both doorways. The flames to go forward were black and to go back into the troll room were purple flames. On the table were seven bottles, each had something in it, and a piece of paper on the table had a riddle."
"Basically, it was not so much magic as it was Logic. Not many wizards or witches are known to think logically, so this was meant to be particularly difficult. Basically, it said that there were seven bottles, three were poison, two were nettle wine, one would take you through the black flames, and one would let you go back to the Troll room. After Hermione figured out which was which, we decided that I would go on ahead while she went back to get Ron some medical attention since there was only enough potion for one person."
"After I continued on into the next chamber, I walked in to find Quirrell looking in the Mirror of Erised."
"Erised?" Susan asked.
"Yeah, it's a giant mirror that when you look into it, you see your greatest desire...Erised is desire backwards. It had an inscription on the top that when it was read backwards was something like, I do not show your face, I show your heart's desire, or something like that. But he was looking in the mirror, which was the final obstacle, Dumbledore's. He said it was one if his more ingenious ideas. The person who looked into it, had to want to find the stone, but not use it or do something with it. Quirrell wanted to give it to Voldemort, so he could not get it, but when he had me look into it, I found it in my pocket a moment later. Voldemort, who was possessing Quirrell, told him to kill me and when he touched me it burned him. I figured this out, so I reached up and grabbed his face and held on till I passed out. The next day I found out Quirrell was dead and Voldemort gone. The stone was going to be destroyed and Flamel and his wife would finally die."
He looked at the Pensive and pulled his wand out and started putting memories into the bowl.
"I guess we can all go in and watch it, it shouldn't take more than about an hour."
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AN
So, that was the chapter.
Yeah, I know I know
A lot of you are going to stop reading because you do not want to re-read the entire Harry potter again. And that is fine. But I am not going to change my decision.
For so long I have wanted to read about the REACTIONS others might have at listening or viewing Harry's life, and so I am going forwards with it.
The next few chapters will indeed be full of them, with a few moments and some minor plot related things.
So, this was the first year
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Next up
Second year.
Take Care
Peve's Server: https: / discord gg/uqK5tbQQ6r
This server is owned by a friend and fellow author so in case you want to share so plots or ideas feel free to ping me there, there is a channel dedicated for that in the server, you will be able to see it.
