I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER!
"We've been expecting you, mister Potter."
Harry opened his eyes when he heard that eerie voice. The voice, though unearthly, was very calming and soothing. He got up from the ground and looked around, it was pitch black. He couldn't see the walls or the roof, the only comfort was the feeling of the ground beneath his feet.
"Hello?" He said, wondering how he got there. His voice, however, sounded young and fresh, just as it did in his teenage years.
"Harry?" a voice appeared, a young female voice. One he remembered very well; Hermione Granger.
"Hermione?" Harry asked, praying that it really was her and that he wasn't going mad.
"Harry? You're here? It's me, Hermione! Why do we sound like we did when we were young?"
"I have no idea."
"Harry?" A voice said in the other side. Harry turned in hopes of facing the man, but alas they were all covered in shadows. However, that voice was very similar to that of his school bully; Draco Malfoy.
"D-Draco?" Harry asked, in tears.
"Bloody hell Harry, what did you do? How am I even alive and why do we all sound young?"
"I'm here too!" Hermione squealed.
"Hermione? How? We saw you die!"
"That's what I want to know!"
Suddenly, light fell on the 3, revealing their locations. The 3 were in a shape of triangle, however they already assumed that. What surprised them was how young they looked. They were well over their teenage years when they died, yet they look 16?!
"How?" Harry said, before he was tackled into a hug by the other 2.
"It doesn't matter now, does it? I'm so glad to see you 2 again! " Hermione said while crying.
After the hug, Harry turned to Draco and apologized.
"For what?" Draco asked, confused.
"It's my fault you got the dementors kiss. I shouldn't have allowed you to go."
"HE GOT THE DEMENTORS KISS?!" Hermione asked, furious. When suddenly a thought struck in her head "How are you even alive if you got the dementors kiss. Your soul should be in his belly."
"I don't know, " Draco said "but what I do know is that it was in no way your fault, Harry. I chose my. path and I followed through with it. The one good thing that came out of it was that I killed Ron. That's half my revenge done."
Suddenly, a light shone in front of them, on a door. Realising what this meant, the trio approached the door cautiously. When they opened it, what ever they were expecting wasn't this.
In front of them were comrades, friends, that have all passed away; Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Arthur, Neville, Luna, Fleur, Victor, Professor McGonagall, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, the Slytherins, many Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. There was also Pansy, James, Lilly, Remus, Sirius, Tonks, Mad eye and Professor Snape. All of them sat near a long wooden table chatting with one another, till the three entered.
The first ones the trio eyed were the ones they loved.
Then, almost immediately, the trio leapt into the arms of their lovers; Harry in Charlie, and Draco in Fred and George. Hermione hugged the life out of Pansy, who had no idea what was going on, but she still hugged back. After a touching reunion, which went on for an hour, the doors once more opened, revealing a skeleton in a cloak and a elf-like young lady who had the presence of a Veela. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at the unknown guests.
"As all of you know-" the skeleton said, in an eerie but calm voice, "- each of you are dead."
It was the Lady's turn, "I'm Life and he is Death. we have brought you here to give you a second chance."
"A second chance?" Bill asked, concerned.
"Yes-" Death continued. "We, along with the help of Time himself, will send you back in time to Harry's first year."
Life answered the unspoken question, "We want you to go back in time to stop the unfolding events."
"Unfolding events?" Sirius and Severus said at the same time, causing them to. glare at each other.
Death sighed "It's been 3 years since your death, Harry. As Severus predicted, the world went into chaos. Dumbledore revealed themselves to the humans, causing fearsome battles. Now all the remaining wizards- which are only a handful left- hide, afraid. Dumbledore continues to use them though, the old coot. We know you always wanted to right your wrongs, Harry, so we give you this opportunity. Tell me, what will your wishes be?"
Harry looked at Death, "To go back in time, save Tom, and defeat the true Dark Lord and his minions."
"Why save Voldemort?" Narcissa asked.
"Simple, because if Dumbledore is really the bad guy, then wouldn't it make sense if he made Tom the way he is? By using spells on him and what not."
"That is true-" Life confirmed but suddenly, her eyes got clouded. A few seconds passed by till they cleared, and she said, "Magic has approved of your wishes Harry. However, only 7 can be sent back in Time with their memories. Time will rewind except for those 7, who'll have their memories. Who will go back?"
Many took a while to decide, until Lilly spoke up, "Harry, Hermione and Draco will go for sure."
The others nodded in agreement.
Then, Snape said, "The twins will be useful." Everyone looked at Snape as if he sprouted 2 heads. "Think about it, they have the ability to invent many great things to help. It only makes senses."
"We agree Uncle Snape-" Draco said, "-But we're just surprised you acknowledged Gryffindors."
"Those 2 are certainly Slytherin in disguise." Snape retorted.
The twins thought for a moment, then smiled.
"What do you think George?"
"About being in Slytherin? Love it!"
The 2 gave thumbs up to Snape. It was quite nostalgic for almost everyone (except the parents, who never conversed with them).
"Only 2 more... " Hermione said.
"What about Neville and Luna? " Harry said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"I'd love to Harry, but I'm a year younger. I won't enter the picture till later." Luna said.
"That can be fixed. Luna, everything will happen the same way in your life, just a year earlier. Fred and George will be a year older than Harry, instead of 2. The 2 of you will get a re-sortment when Harry arrives. This way, Harry can help provide you a space in Grimmaulds when Molly kicks you out. Arthur can go with you too." Life said.
"Make sure to get me out of prison soon. Ask for Amelia Bones and let her see through your memories as long as she is sworn to secrecy. Then, she'll get me a trial." Sirius said. Everyone looked at him as if he was crazy, since that was the first smart thing they heard him say.
"What if she was on Dumbledore's side?" James asked.
"She wasn't. When they said I was the next Dark Lord, Amelia Bones, Rita Skeetar, Madame Maxime and half of Beauxbaton students- including Fleur's sister-protested against this, along with Mr and Mrs Malfoy. All were killed by Dumbledore and the remaining order." Harry answered. Mr and Mrs Malfoy nodded their heads in agreement.
"Wait but, what about Charlie?" Harry asked, wanting to be with his boyfriend. Death shook his head, he couldn't go with them.
"I'll be fine Harry. I'll always love you. To. tell you the truth, the moment I laid eyes on you I loved you. But I knew Ginny loved you so I stepped back. I regret that decision now." Charlie said.
Once again, Life's eyes became clouded for a few seconds, before turning back to the clear and crystal like it was, "Magic said that, when the time is right, you can show them your memories Harry. It's impossible to restore them theirs, but you can show them yours. Only when the time is right. To do so, we well send the twins back in time to their first year so that they can hint at their good family members that the rest aren't good. You can also associate yourselves with Slytherin, and tell them your spies for Slytherin till Harry comes."
"Bloody-"
"Brilliant!" Fred and George said.
"What happened to Voldemort and his followers?" Remus asked.
Death and Life walked towards another door, that seemed to have magically appeared, and opened the door. They gestured their guests to enter, and so they did. When they did, they came face to face with a long white hall, each had a small room in the side. There were many, many rooms. They all started walking as they saw many death eaters in there.
"They were all forced under compulsion charms and such by Dumbledore and his minions. All were turned, unwillingly, evil by Dumbledore. After death, you are either sent back to earth to live another life, or sent to hell to rot if you did bad things in your life. The time in hell usually depends on what you did. However, for broken souls such as these, they have to be mended first before being sent back. A few have been able to recover quicker and was sent back, but some couldn't." Life said.
They passed by many death eaters who looked so broken and what they were spelled to do. They stopped by one, Peter Pettigrew. Peter looked just as he did in school- not like the rat like appearance they all knew. Peter crouched on the floor while continuously crying. He heard multiple footsteps and looked above. There stood, in front of him, were his friends he betrayed. Tears welled up in his eyes, "I'm sorry!" he kept repeating. The mauderers, and Lilly, forced Death to open the transparent door and went inside to comfort their friend. Harry looked at him with pity. Minutes later, they left the, now calm, man and went towards the end. Nearly at the end, a distraught voice was heard, "Cissy?".
Narcissa turned around and faced her sister. She went towards the door and placed her hands on the door.
"Bella!" she said.
Bellatrix started to cry, "I'm sorry Cissy! I was under a spell to do what I did! I should've been a better sister and aunt!"
Neville came forward and looked at her. She immediately took notice and cried even more. Neville shook his head and smiled, "Don't blame yourself. Blame Dumbledore." That brought a smile on her teary face.
A few moments later, they were brought in front of a weeping Tom Riddle. Tom continued to cry, he didn't care if he was watched or not. Death looked at them to explain, "He's the most broken. We tried everything to heal him, but nothing ever worked. He's way beyond fixing."
Snape couldn't see this any longer. He went in front of the door and banged on it to catch his attention, which it did. Tom lifted his crying head and looked at Severus. "Se-Sevy? " Tom asked.
This shocked everyone, including Snape. Snape motioned Tom to come forward, which he did. Snape opened the door, with Life's help, and hugged the Dark Lord. He stroked his hair as the Dark Lord continued to cry. It seemed the Dark Lord liked this, as much as Severus did. Although neither knew why (they were enemies after all) but it was obvious to everyone watching.
A 1/2 hour later, the 7 bid their final goodbyes. Before anything, Pansy grabbed Hermiones hand and pushed her lips on Hermione. It was heated for quite a while, till they separated for air. Pansy said, "Find me and show me your memories. I want to be with you, to do this with you." Hermione nodded before pecking her on the lips once more.
Charlie grabbed Harry and smashed into his lips. When it was time to separate, Charlie bit Harry in his neck. "I learnt that from the dragons. That mark won't go, ever. It shows that you are mine. When we meet again, I'll recognize that mark as mine. When I do, tell me everything." Harry could only nod weakly.
"I guess we remain dead, right James?"
"Guess so Lilly."
"Actually-" Life said, grabbing everyone's attention, "though I can't revive you, I can put your souls in a painting of you 2. I can transport it to the Malfoy Manor, along with Draco. Draco and the 2 of you can explain everything to Mr and Mrs Malfoy. The 2 will keep your memories. Magic gave me permission to do this."
Lilly and James nodded eagerly. They were glad!
The 7 heros stepped into the door that would lead them to their past. None looked back, regretting nothing.
DONE!!!
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