Harry was in King's Cross Station, somehow. The last thing he remembered was the words "Avada Kedavra."

It was a misty place, and suddenly Dumbledore loomed out of the mist, sitting on a nearby bench.

Dumbledore said gently, "Ahh... Harry, I've been waiting for you."

"You have?" Harry asked, coming over and sitting beside Dumbledore. His legs still swung beneath him. Always a little too short, Potter...

"Yes. You see, you have a decision to make." Albus said firmly.

Harry just looked at the old man. "I have so many things to ask you..." Chief among which was Why Snape?

"Yes, but our time grows short. You can board the train, and go meet your parents, or you can choose to go back." Dumbledore said.

Harry looked, looked at the train that Dumbledore pointed to. And then he saw, behind it, the other side of the tracks - lights coming closer. There was another train, not one that led to his parents at all. And he remembered Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black, and even Severus Snape...

He jumped to his feet. Harry ran, jumping between the rails and clamboring up onto the other side. The train rushed so quickly by that it whooshed through his hair.

It stopped, Harry dashed onto the nearly empty train, waving at Dumbledore, who seemed to smile sadly at him.

Harry was going back. To the past.


Harry woke up in the cupboard under the stairs, and his mind reeled. He was too small, and too young.

He wasn't really prepared for this.

Sitting up, he decided that until Aunt Petunia or Uncle Vernon decided to wake him, he could get some planning done.

How he missed Hermione! She'd already know what he could do to fix the world. She always knew when things were broken, and how to fix them.

The top of his list needed to be ending Dark Lord Voldemort.

But that had prerequisites, and more on top of those.

For one thing, how was an eleven year old supposed to find a Horcrux?

Nobody trusted an eleven year old on the street without supervision.

Ergo, Harry needed supervision.

Enter one Sirius Black.

Of course, Harry still needed to get him out of prison... And that would be a trick and a half, wouldn't it?

Nowhere near as hard as fiendfyre, or a basilisk. And Harry'd managed those ... mostly okay, right?

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