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Time Gone By
Harry woke up.
He gave a small moan as he slowly eased himself up into a sitting position in the middle of the alley, and gave a small cough from the smoke, which he noted with a detached sort of fascination came from himself.
Okay quick check
Arms, two, check
Legs, two, check
Stomach, still there but about to empty itself
Head, got a head rush from sitting up
All things considered, pretty good for his first attempt at apparition.
Abruptly a small crack sounded to his right followed by two more, making Harry turn his head around to see three black clad figures. Death Eaters Harry thought for a second till he noticed that non-of them had a hood on. His hoped were dashed as the one in the centre lifted his wand and cast a spell, Harry tried to lift his arm up to cast a counter-spell but he was two weak and the spell hit him in the chest and all he knew was blackness.
Harry woke up.
This time the area was better than the last time. He was in a small room with only the bed that he was lying on, a small wash basin and a chair next to the bed with a Wizard in black robes sitting in it.
Harry slowly reached for his wand as he studied the Wizard next to him, he had black hair that was starting to thin at the top and a concerned expression on his face. He didn't seem a threat but it didn't stop the felling of dread go through Harry as he couldn't grasp his wand.
"Good morning sir, sorry about having to stun you before but Seymour is a bit spell happy, if you know what I mean sir, and the way you arrived...well it was a tad surprising to say the least"
Harry gave a small nod slightly confused first they stun and kidnap him, then they apologised for it, Voldemort definitely needed better Death Eater's
"Were am I? Where's my wand?
"Sorry, your wand has been confiscated, but will be returned to you at a later date, At the moment you're at the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic, Headquarters of the Unspeakable, which I'm a proud employee of... Names Mortimer but everyone calls me Marty"
Harry heart almost stopped when he realised where he was but it started up again as he listened as Marty explained about being with the Unspeakable's
"So Mr...?"
"Oh ...My names Harry Potter"
"Thought so...you can tell by the scar...but last time I saw you, you had Green eyes and black hair not silver eyes and blue hair"
"Huh...Oh yeah I've just been to Zonko's, and I guess he doesn't like me anymore so decided to prank me" Harry seeing Marty about to ask a question said "Ever since I helped some friend of mine open a joke shop that quickly become Zonko's biggest rivals in only a few months"
"Ha... well it kind of explains it, that Zonko was always a sore loser. Anyway do you mind explaining what happened before you woke up in the alley"
"Well I just got pranked by Zonko and left, I told Ron and Hermione that I was going to make my way back to the castle. I took a shortcut down an alley, about halfway down someone apparated in front of me, it was a death eater, and I turned around and found another one behind me. I was trapped and I couldn't take on two death eaters, there wasn't enough room to move around they lifted their wands and I had no escape so... I tried to apparate (Dumbledore been giving me lesson, just in case) and I felt a spell hit me from behind and next thing I woke up in the same place with no Death Eaters"
"Ah that explains it, so Harry can you tell me the date"
Harry slightly confused told him
"Oh boy...well Harry it is my duty to tell you that you had a bit of an accident, you've travelled back in time, about eight years by my reckoning. We managed to find you cause we've got wards all over Britain that tell us when someone had an accident with time and we come along and help them out, Give them new identities and the like"
Harry sat there with his mouth open
"Good news is you broken the record for the youngest time traveller"
"WHAT! Can you send me back"
"'Fraid not Harry there only one way you can get back to your own time and its gonna take about eight years"
Harry sat silently for a few minutes trying to get everything to sink in
"Their no way for me to get back"
"I'm sorry no...no one ever been able to create a safe, stable way of travelling through periods of time longer then a few hours, sometimes we'll get someone by accident. I mean you're the first one in a century"
God I'm stuck...what do I do...no Ron and Hermione, no Ginny, no Fred and George, no one I know will be here, hang about no one knows me...no Voldemort, no Death Eaters, no prophesy, no people putting me on a pedestal...Sirius I can save Sirius from Azakaban and Cedric...I can save Sirius
"What do I have to do"
"Well then you have two choices really, we can either make you take this potion" he said holding up a vial
Harry raised an eyebrow in question
"It's a special coma potion that stops the body from ageing, we'll give you the antidote on the day that you get sent back in time, this is actually our preferred method, no chance of anyone screwing around with the time line"
Harry sat in shock "what's the other choice"
"The other choice is that you can take a wizards oath not to do anything to change things from the way they happened"
"But I can change things I can-"
Marty interrupted him "Sorry but you might change it so that you never come back in time, which creates a paradox and might destroy the universe...well we think so anyway, either way we don't want anybody to risk it"
"But..."
"I'm sorry but this is the way it is"
When Harry didn't say anything Marty said "Look think about it I'll be back tomorrow to talk more okay"
Harry nodded
"Here's some food and some books you might want to look through, ill see you tomorrow" Marty said as he walked through the door
Harry lay back on the bed, his thought bouncing around his head, as he tried to figure out what to do. But the rich aroma coming from the table next to him broke his thoughts. He immediately dug in just now realising how hungry he was. When he finished he noticed two books with a note on top,
Dear Harry,
I've got a feeling that these books might come in handy for you, choose something totally different
Marty
He was a bit confused until he picked up the blue book and had to hold in a snort of laughter as he read the title 'The Big Book of Little Wizard Names' he looked at the white book and he couldn't hold in a snort of laughter 'London Telephone Directory 1979'
He settled back into the bed and started to look through them.
Harry woke up.
Marty was back, "Right then... erm...Harry is it?"
"Yeah, what can't you remember it" he asked in shock thinking how many wizards knew his name before being introduced
"Nope I'm oblivated as soon as I leave this room, standard policy...all I have is a few notes I made, and the Unspeakable's who found you in the alley where oblivated as well. They all know we have a Sixteen year old timetraveller but no one knows what he look like or his name" he paused for a second before saying "So have you made your choice"
"Yeah, I can't spend the next ten years as a frozen vegetable, I have to get ready for what is going to happen next, I'll take the oath" I can always break it later when I have to
Marty nodded and pulled out a stone bowl with carvings around the edge of it and an jade stone embedded in the centre as if he had been expecting to need it "I thought as much, you need to prick your finger and drop three drops of blood onto the stone in the centre"
Harry quickly did it using a stone dagger that Marty handed him, remaining silent as he did so, the whole thing seemed too sacred to speak.
"Now place your hands on those two runes, that's it, now repeat after me 'I your name..."
"I Harry Potter..."
"...Do solemnly swear on all my magic..."
"...Do solemnly swear on all my magic..."
"... To not do anything to alter the timeline from its original course."
"... To not do anything to alter the timeline from its original course."
Harry felt a surge of magic flow through him as he finished "That's it?"
"That's It" Marty agreed "Now have you figured out a name yet"
"Yep, Alexander Harry Jackson" The saviour of the wizarding world is now named after the saviour of the human race, I think that's called irony
"Okay Alex, I don't know if I told you this before but it's June 12th the beginning of the summer. You've really picked the best time of year to travel to, we can get a history for you together and teach it to you, and then send you off for your next year at Hogwart's. That all right"
"Fine" said Harry in a daze
"Now we only got three problems to overcome 1. Your Scar, its too noticeable, we can't get rid of a powerful curse scar so we'll have to cover it, we can get you a patch of fake skin to put on top but it wont tan in sunlight. However we can magic a bandanna so that only you can remove it to put over it during the day. We will also have to change your Hair and eye colour, but you can keep it silver and blue if you want "
Harry got up and moved over to the wash basin and looked into the mirror over it, his new hair and eye colour went well with his finger-less seeker gloves that he wore to cover up his Umbridge scar. "Your right the scar will have to go, but can I keep my hair and eyes as they are, its starting to grow on me" Harry said surprised that they had put so much thought into this
"That's fine we'll teach you a charm for your hair that will need to be redone every week, and we'll go to a wizard optician to get you some wizard coloured contacts for your eyes, changing the colour and getting rid of the glasses in one go"
"Who's going to pay for all this?" Harry asked
"Well the Ministry will pay for this year but next year you'll have to pay for yourself get a summer job or something, anyway point number two. We can't have two magical signatures which are identical running around so we'll have to get you a new wand, you'll show up differently on ours detectors when you cast a spell."
Harry just nodded
"Thirdly, your going into your sixth year, and we don't know what classes your supposed to be taking and at what level, so, sadly your going to take your OWLs in about one week time"
Harry gave a small groan of protest but was slightly looking forwards to his exams, he had spent most of the summer re-reading his textbooks to stop thinking about Sirius and now was approaching Hermione's level on some of the texts.
"I can do the first two now if you want and you'll walk out that door Alexander Jackson" He paused and answered as Harry was opening his mouth. "We'll have all records of your previous identity destroyed or stored in a vault which can only be opened by you after the date that you disappear...Do you want to do this now?"
Harry nodded
"Right you are, first the skin patch" Marty said as he pulled something from his pocket and placed in on his forehead. Harry felt a cool sensation on his scar for a second before it stopped.
"There you can hardly notice the patch now, and here your bandanna it's already been charmed so only you can remove it"
"Okay"
Marty reached and pressed a button on his robes and a few seconds later the door swung open.
"Alex this is Ms. Albright she's going to take you to a room in the Leaky Cauldron, we'll send you your text books and a exam schedule tomorrow. I hope you enjoy your new life"
Time Gone By
Harry woke up.
He gave a small moan as he slowly eased himself up into a sitting position in the middle of the alley, and gave a small cough from the smoke, which he noted with a detached sort of fascination came from himself.
Okay quick check
Arms, two, check
Legs, two, check
Stomach, still there but about to empty itself
Head, got a head rush from sitting up
All things considered, pretty good for his first attempt at apparition.
Abruptly a small crack sounded to his right followed by two more, making Harry turn his head around to see three black clad figures. Death Eaters Harry thought for a second till he noticed that non-of them had a hood on. His hoped were dashed as the one in the centre lifted his wand and cast a spell, Harry tried to lift his arm up to cast a counter-spell but he was two weak and the spell hit him in the chest and all he knew was blackness.
Harry woke up.
This time the area was better than the last time. He was in a small room with only the bed that he was lying on, a small wash basin and a chair next to the bed with a Wizard in black robes sitting in it.
Harry slowly reached for his wand as he studied the Wizard next to him, he had black hair that was starting to thin at the top and a concerned expression on his face. He didn't seem a threat but it didn't stop the felling of dread go through Harry as he couldn't grasp his wand.
"Good morning sir, sorry about having to stun you before but Seymour is a bit spell happy, if you know what I mean sir, and the way you arrived...well it was a tad surprising to say the least"
Harry gave a small nod slightly confused first they stun and kidnap him, then they apologised for it, Voldemort definitely needed better Death Eater's
"Were am I? Where's my wand?
"Sorry, your wand has been confiscated, but will be returned to you at a later date, At the moment you're at the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic, Headquarters of the Unspeakable, which I'm a proud employee of... Names Mortimer but everyone calls me Marty"
Harry heart almost stopped when he realised where he was but it started up again as he listened as Marty explained about being with the Unspeakable's
"So Mr...?"
"Oh ...My names Harry Potter"
"Thought so...you can tell by the scar...but last time I saw you, you had Green eyes and black hair not silver eyes and blue hair"
"Huh...Oh yeah I've just been to Zonko's, and I guess he doesn't like me anymore so decided to prank me" Harry seeing Marty about to ask a question said "Ever since I helped some friend of mine open a joke shop that quickly become Zonko's biggest rivals in only a few months"
"Ha... well it kind of explains it, that Zonko was always a sore loser. Anyway do you mind explaining what happened before you woke up in the alley"
"Well I just got pranked by Zonko and left, I told Ron and Hermione that I was going to make my way back to the castle. I took a shortcut down an alley, about halfway down someone apparated in front of me, it was a death eater, and I turned around and found another one behind me. I was trapped and I couldn't take on two death eaters, there wasn't enough room to move around they lifted their wands and I had no escape so... I tried to apparate (Dumbledore been giving me lesson, just in case) and I felt a spell hit me from behind and next thing I woke up in the same place with no Death Eaters"
"Ah that explains it, so Harry can you tell me the date"
Harry slightly confused told him
"Oh boy...well Harry it is my duty to tell you that you had a bit of an accident, you've travelled back in time, about eight years by my reckoning. We managed to find you cause we've got wards all over Britain that tell us when someone had an accident with time and we come along and help them out, Give them new identities and the like"
Harry sat there with his mouth open
"Good news is you broken the record for the youngest time traveller"
"WHAT! Can you send me back"
"'Fraid not Harry there only one way you can get back to your own time and its gonna take about eight years"
Harry sat silently for a few minutes trying to get everything to sink in
"Their no way for me to get back"
"I'm sorry no...no one ever been able to create a safe, stable way of travelling through periods of time longer then a few hours, sometimes we'll get someone by accident. I mean you're the first one in a century"
God I'm stuck...what do I do...no Ron and Hermione, no Ginny, no Fred and George, no one I know will be here, hang about no one knows me...no Voldemort, no Death Eaters, no prophesy, no people putting me on a pedestal...Sirius I can save Sirius from Azakaban and Cedric...I can save Sirius
"What do I have to do"
"Well then you have two choices really, we can either make you take this potion" he said holding up a vial
Harry raised an eyebrow in question
"It's a special coma potion that stops the body from ageing, we'll give you the antidote on the day that you get sent back in time, this is actually our preferred method, no chance of anyone screwing around with the time line"
Harry sat in shock "what's the other choice"
"The other choice is that you can take a wizards oath not to do anything to change things from the way they happened"
"But I can change things I can-"
Marty interrupted him "Sorry but you might change it so that you never come back in time, which creates a paradox and might destroy the universe...well we think so anyway, either way we don't want anybody to risk it"
"But..."
"I'm sorry but this is the way it is"
When Harry didn't say anything Marty said "Look think about it I'll be back tomorrow to talk more okay"
Harry nodded
"Here's some food and some books you might want to look through, ill see you tomorrow" Marty said as he walked through the door
Harry lay back on the bed, his thought bouncing around his head, as he tried to figure out what to do. But the rich aroma coming from the table next to him broke his thoughts. He immediately dug in just now realising how hungry he was. When he finished he noticed two books with a note on top,
Dear Harry,
I've got a feeling that these books might come in handy for you, choose something totally different
Marty
He was a bit confused until he picked up the blue book and had to hold in a snort of laughter as he read the title 'The Big Book of Little Wizard Names' he looked at the white book and he couldn't hold in a snort of laughter 'London Telephone Directory 1979'
He settled back into the bed and started to look through them.
Harry woke up.
Marty was back, "Right then... erm...Harry is it?"
"Yeah, what can't you remember it" he asked in shock thinking how many wizards knew his name before being introduced
"Nope I'm oblivated as soon as I leave this room, standard policy...all I have is a few notes I made, and the Unspeakable's who found you in the alley where oblivated as well. They all know we have a Sixteen year old timetraveller but no one knows what he look like or his name" he paused for a second before saying "So have you made your choice"
"Yeah, I can't spend the next ten years as a frozen vegetable, I have to get ready for what is going to happen next, I'll take the oath" I can always break it later when I have to
Marty nodded and pulled out a stone bowl with carvings around the edge of it and an jade stone embedded in the centre as if he had been expecting to need it "I thought as much, you need to prick your finger and drop three drops of blood onto the stone in the centre"
Harry quickly did it using a stone dagger that Marty handed him, remaining silent as he did so, the whole thing seemed too sacred to speak.
"Now place your hands on those two runes, that's it, now repeat after me 'I your name..."
"I Harry Potter..."
"...Do solemnly swear on all my magic..."
"...Do solemnly swear on all my magic..."
"... To not do anything to alter the timeline from its original course."
"... To not do anything to alter the timeline from its original course."
Harry felt a surge of magic flow through him as he finished "That's it?"
"That's It" Marty agreed "Now have you figured out a name yet"
"Yep, Alexander Harry Jackson" The saviour of the wizarding world is now named after the saviour of the human race, I think that's called irony
"Okay Alex, I don't know if I told you this before but it's June 12th the beginning of the summer. You've really picked the best time of year to travel to, we can get a history for you together and teach it to you, and then send you off for your next year at Hogwart's. That all right"
"Fine" said Harry in a daze
"Now we only got three problems to overcome 1. Your Scar, its too noticeable, we can't get rid of a powerful curse scar so we'll have to cover it, we can get you a patch of fake skin to put on top but it wont tan in sunlight. However we can magic a bandanna so that only you can remove it to put over it during the day. We will also have to change your Hair and eye colour, but you can keep it silver and blue if you want "
Harry got up and moved over to the wash basin and looked into the mirror over it, his new hair and eye colour went well with his finger-less seeker gloves that he wore to cover up his Umbridge scar. "Your right the scar will have to go, but can I keep my hair and eyes as they are, its starting to grow on me" Harry said surprised that they had put so much thought into this
"That's fine we'll teach you a charm for your hair that will need to be redone every week, and we'll go to a wizard optician to get you some wizard coloured contacts for your eyes, changing the colour and getting rid of the glasses in one go"
"Who's going to pay for all this?" Harry asked
"Well the Ministry will pay for this year but next year you'll have to pay for yourself get a summer job or something, anyway point number two. We can't have two magical signatures which are identical running around so we'll have to get you a new wand, you'll show up differently on ours detectors when you cast a spell."
Harry just nodded
"Thirdly, your going into your sixth year, and we don't know what classes your supposed to be taking and at what level, so, sadly your going to take your OWLs in about one week time"
Harry gave a small groan of protest but was slightly looking forwards to his exams, he had spent most of the summer re-reading his textbooks to stop thinking about Sirius and now was approaching Hermione's level on some of the texts.
"I can do the first two now if you want and you'll walk out that door Alexander Jackson" He paused and answered as Harry was opening his mouth. "We'll have all records of your previous identity destroyed or stored in a vault which can only be opened by you after the date that you disappear...Do you want to do this now?"
Harry nodded
"Right you are, first the skin patch" Marty said as he pulled something from his pocket and placed in on his forehead. Harry felt a cool sensation on his scar for a second before it stopped.
"There you can hardly notice the patch now, and here your bandanna it's already been charmed so only you can remove it"
"Okay"
Marty reached and pressed a button on his robes and a few seconds later the door swung open.
"Alex this is Ms. Albright she's going to take you to a room in the Leaky Cauldron, we'll send you your text books and a exam schedule tomorrow. I hope you enjoy your new life"