AN/ I do not own HP that honor goes to JKR. I would like to thank Alphaflash for his help in coming up with ideas and the like. I would also like to thank you the readers for your support by reading and reviewing. It means so much to me.

It was a little after Valentine's Day, and Harry was sitting in a classroom on the third floor. He had taken it over and used it for his private studies. Since it was unused, no one noticed it having been taken over.

He would also meet Cyrus here on Fridays for a game of chess. He was currently sitting and smiling as he worked on his Transfiguration essay.

He was smiling as he thought back to his two best friends. For Valentine's Day, he had sent them each a rose he had transfigured in their favorite color. He thought it was cool that they both liked sapphire blue and a lovely little card with a poem he had found. He thought it was cute when their faces turned as red as their hair. They had each given him a hug for his efforts.

James Potter, on the other hand, went over the top. He had somehow managed to set up fireworks in the great hall. As breakfast started, they had gone off spelling out, 'Lily Evans, will you be mine?' This had mortified Lilly. She would have hurt him if it hadn't been for Harry and Amelia holding her back. Luckily, he only got detention when he stood up to receive Lily's affection.

A soft tap at the door frame pulled Harry from his thoughts. He looked over, surprised to see who was standing at the door. Remus Lupin stood there at the doorway, not meeting his eyes. He held one arm around his front and kept the other. He wasn't honestly sure why he was here now. He had been thinking of what Pendragon had said on the train about James pranks getting out of hand. He was also thinking about his offer.

"I was wondering if that offer was still there?" he asked tentatively.

Harry gave a small smile and nodded. He reached into his bag and pulled out an old chess set. As he got things together, Remus stepped forward and spoke. "It's good to see you, Remus. Are you doing alright?"

Remus was a bit caught off guard. "Um, yeah. I'm okay, I suppose." He said, taking a seat in front of him.

Harry gave him a small smile. "You don't have to be nervous, you know. I don't bite."

Remus just nodded a bit. He wasn't sure how this would go, but this wasn't exactly what he thought. He looked down a bit. "You different from how James describes you." He mumbled more to himself.

Harry looked up at him, and when he spoke, there was no anger at his words. "Yes, well, I'm not sure that James has given me a chance to show him I am not, in fact, dark."

Remus nodded a bit. Harry gave him the go to start the game, and he made his move. After each took two moves, he decided to talk again. "Why are you doing this… Being so nice to me, I mean. Especially when you know what I am."

Harry didn't look up at him. "My mother always told me to treat people how I want to be treated. My father always said to be kind no matter who you speak to. Whether it be a janitor or a king. To me, Remus, you are just an ordinary boy who wants to learn and have fun like the rest of us. So why would I treat you any differently."

Remus looked down at his hands. "Because I'm a monster…" he whispered.

Harry leaned back in his chair and looked at Remus. Larry exited his shirt and rested a few heads on his right shoulder. "A monster, huh? Remus, have you ever killed someone?"

Remus looked startled by the question. "What, no, of course not!"

"Have you wanted to kill someone?" he asked.

"No, I…"

"Then what makes you a monster?" Harry asked softly. Remus stared at him with wide eyes. "Just because you turn into a fuzzy dog once a month means little in the long run. What matters is how you handle it. If you allow yourself to feel hate because of the beast, then you will become that monster."

Remus looked down. "I bet if I told James, he would see me as a monster." He said softly.

Harry watched him a moment before speaking. "I won't lie. There is a strong chance that you are correct. However, in the future, he may mature and see things differently. But right now, he may see you like that."

"I see," Remus spoke in a broken tone.

Harry sighed. "Listen, Remus, don't let this prevent you from trying to be their friend. Who knows, they may just surprise you."

Remus nodded a bit. "Yeah, but I'm not sure if they would like me for who I am or not."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Remus looked out the window. "I've felt like they only have me around to pay attention in class. The only things they really talk to me about are the class work or what they need to pull off an idea. Take Valentine's Day, for instance. He didn't tell me what the plan was, just that he wanted to know what he needed to do." He put his head in his hands. "Don't even get me started on how he attacks that Slytherin boy."

Harry nodded a bit. "Why does he go after him so much?"

Remus sighed a bit. "Part of it is his house. James thinks everyone, not Gryffindor, can turn dark, and they are dark if they are in Slytherin. Combine that with his obsession with Lily Evans, and it's a recipe for disaster. Snape is usually always hanging around her the same as you. To James, that not only means you are evil due to his house and your family, but you are his rivals in love."

Harry's face went blank at that. "Rivals in love…" honestly, even with his older mind, he felt he was too young for such thoughts. Remus nodded his head as he made a move on the board. Harry shook his thoughts out. "I feel we are a bit young for that."

Remus snorted as he watched him make his own move. "You know you don't seem much of a pureblood… no offense. Most purebloods start thinking of this stuff by the age of nine. Not so much in a romantic way, though. They tend to think about it more about how they can gain something out of a match. James, for his part, does think she is cute but mainly sees that when they get older, she will be beautiful. It's more that she will be a god trophy for him, you could say. Add in the fact that she is brilliant, which makes it all the more alluring to him."

Harry hummed a bit as he thought about that. It did make sense, but it was hard to listen to. He wondered if James thought the same in his time, too. If so, he wondered if Remus and Sirius just hadn't told him to keep his thoughts on his father pure. "That's ridiculous. She's a person, not some trophy." He mumbled.

Remus looked at him for a moment before he nodded. "Yeah, that's what I tried saying. Sirius, too, doesn't really feel comfortable with it, but he also dispises pureblood tradition. However, he also understands where James is coming from. To James, it's the best match whether she is Muggleborn or not. I'm not sure how his parents will take it, though. From what he has said, they didn't mind."

"Still, that's just wrong. As I said, we are too young, and she has learned enough about those customs to agree to anything like that. With that, he is coming on too strong." He said.

Remus raised a brow. "You sound like you don't care if she dates him."

Harry shook his head. "Like I said on the train, Remus, she can make her own choices on who she hangs around, and I won't tell her different. If she eventually wants to date him or even more, that's up to her. If she doesn't, and he persists, and she comes to me for help… Well, all I'm going to say is that a boil hex will be the least of his worries." At this, angry Larry raised his head and hissed menacingly.

Remus shuttered a bit at that. If he was going to remain friends with the others, then he needed to try and keep them in line, or Harry may kill them. "Noted."

End of year

The rest of the school year went on without any significant events. Harry started meeting up with Remus twice a week to play chess and just hang out. The two boys had quickly become friends during these days of chess playing. The unfortunate side effect, though, was that Remus slowly started pulling away from James and the others. It didn't help, though, that James' pranks were getting even more elaborate and possibly dangerous.

Harry was currently sitting in a compartment looking out the window as the girls were talking about this and that. Snape was there as well, though it really wasn't unexpected. He wasn't really thinking about anything specific more, just generally pondering this and that. He was, however, thinking about what he should be learning about. He had been thinking this since he had returned to Britain, and the realization that he still had a lot to accomplish really came crashing down on him. Horcruxes that needed to be destroyed and such.

He was pulled from his thoughts by a sharp poke to the ribs courtesy of Amelia. He looked over at her with a slightly annoyed look. It seemed that a sharp poke was her favorite form of getting his attention. "What are you thinking about so hard over there?" She asked with an innocent grin.

Harry shook his head. "Nothing really, just pondering this and that."

Lily rolled her eyes with a playful smile. "Well, would this and that have anything to do with your plans this summer? My mum and dad wanted me to invite you over for the break if you like." She finished a bit shyly.

Snape's eyes flashed dangerously at the mention of Harry going over to Lily's. Amelia, on the other hand, felt slightly jealous at the thought. "Well, my parents also offered you to come stay with us for the holidays."

Harry smiled at both girls, feeling lucky that he had friends who wanted to spend time with him. "I appreciate the offer, girls; however, I plan on leaving the country for the summer to travel abroad for a bit. However, it will only be for a few months, and then I will owl you both when I return, and we can spend some time together."

The girls smiled and nodded. "That sounds fine to me. I'll let my parents know." Amelia told him with a smile.

"Me too!" Lily added with a large smile. They all ignored Snape's soft grunt of disapproval. "So where are you thinking of going?"

Harry leaned back a bit and toward the window. "Well, I'm thinking America for a bit. I want to learn some more about the Native American magics. Then, I was thinking of traveling to Japan and learning about dueling. I heard there is a great summer course on it there."

Lily's eyes lit up at the prospect of learning a new magic. "Oh, I wish I could go with you! That sounds so cool getting to learn new things about magic from other cultures like that!"

Harry smiled at her as he watched her excitement grow. "Well, I suppose I could pick you up a few books if you like while I am there."

Her eyes began to sparkle at the prospect, and she nodded her head rapidly. "Yes, please, that would be wonderful."

Harry laughed a bit and turned to Amelia. "Would you like me to pick you up some books on dueling while I am gone?"

Amelia turned a soft smile to him and nodded her head. "Only if that is okay with you."

"Of course it is. I would not have offered if not." He told her.

He noticed Snape's scowl had deepened while listening to them talk. He also noticed the boy scoot ever so closer to Lily. He frowned a bit before he turned back to the window and watched as they began to enter London. It didn't take long before they entered Kings Cross and started getting off the train.

After meeting with his friend's parents and saying a quick farewell to them all, Harry went off to the floo and traveled to Gringotts. He needed to convert some money for his trip. He quickly made his way down the ally and to the bank, where he exchanged a few hundred galleons for both American dollars and Japanese yen. After making his exchange, he flooed home to Camelot Manor, where he was greeted by Trixie and Kurt welcoming him home from school. He smiled at the two elves and thanked them.

The next day, I found Harry and Larry back at the Ministry of Magic for an early morning international portkey. Their first stop was America, where they would be going to New Mexico. Where he would be learning from a medicine man within the Navajo tribe. The medicine man is the people form of a medical wizard. He would also perform various religious ceremonies for the tribe. This particular medicine man was a close friend of his mother's and had agreed to teach him some things.

Harry made his way to the Department of International Transportation. He rather enjoyed strolling through the ministry in this timeline. No one gave him a second glance other than the wand checker. He couldn't help but wonder, though, how long that would last. It was only a matter of time before something came out to the public, and people would start to recognize him. It was also a good probability that the other Ancient houses would know about him by now from their children, and he wondered how they would react to his presence. He could theoretically turn their worlds upside down if he wanted to.

Upon arriving at the desired department, he was quickly led to a departure room. In the center of the room was a small table with a length of rope sat upon it. He was instructed to pick the rope up in five minutes, and it would take him to MACUSA, where he would receive his next portkey to an outpost office in New Mexico. America, being as big as it was and having so many people spread out over so much area, had to have governmental outposts in every state. MACUSA was based out of New York, and it would be highly inconvenient to travel that far by anything other than a port key, which had to be cleared by MACUSA officials. Traveling twenty-eight hundred miles by floo would just be one long ride of vomit by the time you reached your destination. So, the Magical Congress decided to create the outposts. It also helped with the reaction times of the American Auror office.

When five minutes passed, Harry grabbed hold of the rope and felt the familiar pull in his stomach. Larry grabbed ahold of him tighter as they were whisked away. Finally, the spinning stopped, and Harry found himself in a large room. A desk sat to one side of a door that read new arrivals over it. Harry walked up to the woman sitting at the desk and gave a polite bow of the head to her.

"Harry Pendragon, 9 A.M. From London?" The woman with mousy brown hair asked, looking at her notes.

"That is correct, madam," Harry replied politely.

The woman nodded and looked up. "Anything to declare?"

"Here we go again..." Angry Larry huffed.