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There was a clear tension in the air and it was all related to the fact that a guy that Harry didn't know was pointing his wand at him, but that wasn't all, Harry couldn't decipher the way he actually felt about this guy who looked at him with hatred for some reason.

Harry couldn't help but see himself in the man he looked so protective over Ginny, and the questions in his head started to appear… Who was he? Why is he so protective of Ginny? Is he her boyfriend? Does Ginny date younger men now? Well, Harry's clearly younger than this guy so in the case of Ginny dating younger guys he has the advantage, or at least that's the way Harry thinks.

- For Merliin's sake… Can't I walk for ten seconds without someone pointing their wand at me? – Harry complained as he stared at the redhead who looked scared and shocked – Ginny I—Harry tried to move towards the redhead, but the man who accompanied her wasn't going to make things easy for him.

- DON'T MOVE! If you take another step I'm going to stun you! – The man said once again and Harry now glared at him.

- How annoying… I have no wand! – Harry said as he extended his arms to show that he was in fact unarmed, it didn't take too long for him to put his hands in the air, at the same level as his hips to show that he has no intention to take out a secret weapon or something like that – Are you part of the Hogwarts staff? You seem a little incompetent! – Harry said without thinking twice, he was getting tired of this situation, he just wanted to talk with the older version of the girlfriend that he left before disappearing for more than twenty years.

And it seems like those words stuck something in the man's ego, he looked more furious than he already was, and it didn't take too long for him to pinch Harry's chest with his wand.

- You don't know anything about me… I'm the best student this school has had since the current minister of magic, I graduated one year earlier than my peers and I was offered the position of defense against the dark arts at sixteen, I've been given tons of conferences around the magical world and even older and famous wizards consult me when it comes to dark arts… And with that in mind, I suggest you be careful with your words! – The man threatened Harry, and the rest of the people in the room for some reason didn't say anything to do or stop the man.

There were two options, they wanted to see Harry's reaction to this situation, if he was really the man those who knew him will judge if he was the real one based on his reaction, they also knew young Harry wouldn't be harmed as they trusted the DADA professor but in case that happened, but they also they knew that if the man who came from the portal was, in fact, the real Harry then he'll be fine because if he managed to defeat Voldemort a guy like the one that was pointing his wand at him shouldn't be a problem for him.

- And I suggest you to put that wand away if you don't want to get harmed – Harry said with a calm but serious expression, he didn't know where that confidence was coming from, maybe defeating Voldemort just a few minutes ago (For him) has given him a boost of confidence.

- And what are you planning to do? You have no wand and you're surrounded by many strong people… Unless you're Voldemort there's no way you'll be able to escape from this – The man smirked arrogantly and Harry couldn't help but sigh.

- Oh Merlin… It seems like in today's age and day anyone can get hired at this school, right? Even fools like you – Harry snickered back, he didn't like to humiliate people but this guy was asking for it.

And the man was about to put him through another speech but Harry stopped him in his tracks with his words.

- All the things you've said to me and the way you're acting just tells me something… You have no experience from the real world, you haven't faced a real threat in your life, which is fine I guess, but at least you should be humble about it – Harry said calmly – And to have all that knowledge without being put it to use… That knowledge is useless – Harry added with a calmness that surprised everyone – Let me show you what I mean – Harry smirked as he stared at the man's eyes and he now noticed there were some similarities with his own.

- Don't make me laugh there's no way that—The taller man said but he couldn't continue because suddenly Harry made a small movement with one hand causing a strike of wind to lift the DADA professor's cloak causing the thing to cover his eyes.

And that gave Harry the perfect opportunity to tackle him to the ground, he was on top of him, and in the middle of the confusion, the savior of the wizarding world restricted the man's hand until he dropped his wand.

Harry took this opportunity to get in control of the man's wand before he flipped their bodies and now Harry had complete control of the man as he restricted his neck with his strong arm, the current professor of defense against the dark arts was confused, he couldn't believe what was happening.

But the thing that worried him more was the fact that he couldn't get himself off Harry's control.

- Come on, tell me… Who's your boss? Be more respectful, in the right circumstances I could've been your father! – Harry smirked as he tried to give a lesson to the arrogant man.

- Well… Technically that's the truth – Fleur suddenly approached the pair and Harry had a confused expression – Look Harry, I know you're younger than him technically right now so, let me give you a tip as a parent… Don't be too harsh on your children – Fleur said with a soft smile on her face.

And Harry was trying to process the words he was hearing, and then something struck him now as he compared this man's face with someone from the past, and then he realized… He looked just like the way his dad looked in pictures just before he died.

- No way, you are—Harry was about to ask as his eyes widened.

- Yes Harry… Let me introduce you to James Arthur Potter… Your son – Ginny finally intervened shyly.

And those words were enough for Harry to free the man and Harry had some doubts until he finally stared directly at his emerald eyes, seeing the resemblance between his own and his mother's ones.

- No way… But we just did it once – Harry said not believing what he was seeing – Well, it seems like my effectivity rate is higher than I thought – He said jokingly trying to break the tension.

- I can't believe this clown defeated you, James! – Another male voice said as he joined the room, he looked to be the same age as Harry's son but there was something on the new man's face that reminded him of someone.

But he wasn't alone, there were many other people with him and they were younger, but they didn't care too much about the scene in front of them, the only thing they were worried about was their relatives' safety, they soon joined them, it seems like they were their children.

- Teddy is that you? – Asked Harry as he saw the similarities between the young man and Remus, it made sense for him to be Remus' son, or at least that's what his calculations lead him to believe.

- Sometimes… Yes, that's me – He answered as he suddenly changed his hair color from brown to red.

- Come on Theodore Lupin, don't be a show-off – A female voice said with a serious tone.

- Mum! Don't call me that! It's Ted or Lupin, you know that! – Complained the younger metamorph.

Tonks just sighed, this wasn't the right situation to argue about this.

- He's got you there Nymphadora – Harry said daringly gaining a glare from the purple-haired woman.

- Wow… If he dares to call her like that then I really believe we have Harry Potter in front of us, no one could be as brave as him…Or foolish – Fleur joked about it.

And all the people except James released a surprised gasp.

- Well I know this is shocking for all those people that just joined… I'd like to meet all of you, but first, let me tell you who I am… My name is Harry James Potter and people think I did some extraordinary things as a baby, well, to be honest, it had more to do with my mom's power rather than my own, bless her – Harry smiled at the thought of his mom – And now let me repeat to you what I told everyone – Harry started to retell the tale he told everyone before his confrontation with his supposed son.

All the guests, young and old regardless of their backgrounds, all of them are having a hard time believing what was happening, it was too extraordinary, but on the other way there was no way for them to deny what happened, after all, they were witnesses of that phenomena, they saw him emerge from that veil of light.

- And now that Harry explained his situation to all of you, while we wait for the Gringotts staff, why don't you tell us about that theory you have Luna? – Fleur encouraged her.

- Yes, thank you Fleur – Luna clarified her voice – As you know the study of stars and the universe is a very complex but fun subject in which we are very interested in the department of mysteries – Luna started and they all nodded – Time is part of the universe and also something that we study, in the past we used to have time turners until all of them were destroyed, so… The control of time has been a theme through all our history, so… I have two hypotheses about what happened to Harry and Voldemort that fateful day – Luna tried to collect her thoughts correctly.

She was indeed known as the weird girl during her school days, but long gone is that reputation and it has been now replaced by a more creative but logical one, she's still trying to prove nargles' existence though.

- As you may know, you cannot either create or destroy energy – Luna said calmly and they all nodded – We can transform it, though, that's basically how magic works, each one of us is born with a magical core that decides our level of magic and their limitations, we're still investigating about magical cores but there's one thing for sure… These things work on their own, it's not that they are intelligent or something like that, magical cores have their own laws as they operate at very microscopic levels – She gave more context.

And those magical people who aren't very familiar with physics and muggle science were having a headache trying to understand what they were hearing.

- Now, to clarify our cores are limited also due to the physical limitations the human body can take and there has been a record of only one person who has used their magical core to their next potential, and that's a wizard we all know – Luna said calmly.

- Merlin – Hermione said with a serious expression.

- Yes, Merlin – Luna nodded at her friend – I don't know if you guys have noticed it, but there were times were Harry and Voldemort were fighting at a very fast speed that it looked as if they were just teleporting from one way to another – Some of those who witnessed that battle nodded – That tells me something, that they tried to use their magical at the maximum potential just to defeat the other, but there was one problem, they surpassed their limits too much that at some point they became a source or energy themselves, and with that they attracted a portal that could only be created with a huge quantity of energy released very fast and that day, this situation meet the requirements for that … I mean, as you know, when we die our magical cores join nature to become one, but that night there were a lot of dead people and many magical cores from those dead people were attracted by the amazing quantity of power and energy generated by Harry and Voldemort and the consequence of that was the birth of a portal that either took Harry to another dimension… Or to the future – Luna finished.

And all the people present couldn't believe what they were hearing, they just stared at Harry who didn't seem shocked, he looked too calm for this situation.

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