At the Beginning
By: Hyuuga Ayame
Summary[AU DH spoilers (If you haven't read it by now go read it!!!) What would happen if someone was given the chance to change EVERYTHING? He could stop the traitor from ever becoming friends with them …He could save them all…He knew he could. A time travel fic.
Disclaimer: I own nothing otherwise Sirius would never have died in the 5th book…or the veil would lead to my closet so I could keep him (Note:: The disclaimer is only going to be in this first chapter 'cause I don't feel like writing it ten thousand times k? So don't yell at me when you notice that there's no disclaimer in the other chapters.)
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"YELLING"
Writing
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Prologue: Of Space and Time
He could hear nothing around him…not even the sound of his own beating heart. Everything around him was pitch black. He tried to open his eyes, thinking that there could be no way for anything to be this black without his eyes being closed but found them to be already open. 'Where…?' was the only thought in his head.
"Hello Sirius Black."
Everything rushed back at once at the sound of his name. Flashes of memory…His first meetings with James, Remus…and Peter…His sorting…Meeting Snape…Lily…no she was still 'Evans' back then…Finding out about Remus…Creating the Marauders…Evans yelling at James…Him becoming Padfoot for the first time…The incident with Snape after the OWLS…The incident in 6th year with Snape and the Wimping Willow…Lily and James finally getting together…Graduation…Auror training…The Order of the Phoenix…Harry being born…Voldemort…Peter's betrayal…Azkaban…Escaping…Seeing his godson once more…Harry and Remus believing him…the Tri-wizard Tournament…The Department of Mysteries…Bellatrix…Harry screaming…. 'Harry! I was there trying to protect him! I have to protect him!' He tried to move…any direction but found that his body wasn't responding. 'What's happening? Why can't I move?' His thoughts started to move towards panic.
"Fear not. Your Godson is fine."
Sirius's eyes snapped left and right to try to find the source of the voice. There was a bright flash in front of him and a man was suddenly standing there. The man looked old, his skin wrinkled with age lines, eyes that seemed to be able to pierce Sirius' very soul. He reminded Sirius of an older and wiser Albus Dumbledore, though the man's eyes were much more serious than Albus' ever were. Sirius tried to open his mouth to ask the figure where the hell they were, why he couldn't move, and where the bloody hell was his godson, but found his mouth to be just as unmovable as the rest of his body.
"That is because I wanted you to remain still while I explain some things to you." The old man stated. "My name is Chronos and you have been brought here because there are some of us that are not happy with the turn of events on Earth."
'Us?...Who the hell is this guy talking about? And how the hell does he know whether Harry is alright or not?!' Sirius shouted in his mind, utterly lost and worried about Harry.
"You are confused…And worried about your charge. I will first assuage your fears then I can explain our proposal." The man moved forward towards where Sirius stood, "Before I show you anything, I should tell you that you have been in a state of sleep for about 2 earth years. The events you are going to witness are spread throughout those years." Before Sirius could fully process what the man had said, a boney finger touched his forehead.
Images flew by in Sirius' mind. He watched Harry scream after him as he fell through the veil, watched as Remus forcibly restrained Harry from running to the veil, watched Bellatrix laugh and run off, watched Harry chase after her when Remus' arms slacked for just an instant, watched as Harry used the Curious Curse on Bellatrix, watched the battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore, watched Harry's summer that he spent in depression, watched the turmoil of Harry's 6th year, watched Dumbledore explain Horcruxes to Harry, watched as Harry and Dumbledore went to get the locket only to find it already gone with only a note remaining, watched Dumbledore tell Snape to end his life if it came to that if only to insure Snape's place within the Death Eaters, watched Dumbledore's end, watched Harry, Hermione, and Ron go on their suicidal Horcrux hunt, learned of the real fate of his brother, Regulus, watched the Battle of Hogwarts, watched Remus die, watched Harry 'die' only for him to come back to life, watched as Voldemort was defeated, and watched the grief that everyone experienced for the fallen.
When all of the images stopped and Sirius came back to himself, he felt hot tears streaming down his face. 'Remus…oh god.' Grief at both his friend's death and Harry's almost death overwhelmed Sirius life a tidal wave. In the wake of Voldemort's defeat, Sirius wasn't sure whether to be happy or not. The victory in Sirius' opinion came at too high of a cost, just as the first downfall of that monster had been.
"Grieve not, for I can give you a chance to correct all the mistakes of the future," the old man's voice said, "a chance to save the ones that you hold dear. A chance to change the wrongs of this pathetic war, but only if you are ready to sacrifice something."
It took Sirius a few seconds fully understand what the older man was telling him. He looked at him with both disbelief and confusion in his eyes. 'Change?...how?' Sirius asked in his head, hoping that the man would understand what he wanted to ask.
"It is rather simple actually, I will be sending you back to the year 1971 a few months before you are to head off to Hogwarts," the old man said with a chuckle. "From there it will be up to you to change how the war will turn out. All of the knowledge that you have now will stay with you. It will be up to you to remember what you have learned and the events of the years to follow." The man sat down on a large chair the had appeared behind him. "In order for you not to be too heavily studied by the Ministry and Dumbledore, it would be wise to establish yourself as quickly as possible as a seer. Athena will gift you with the ability to draw out your memories so that you don't need to think of rhymes or have to change your voice any," the old man said humor in his voice.
Sirius just blinked. '…Wait….Chronos…Athena? As in…?'
"You're just now working that out? Hn, maybe we picked the wrong person for this assignment. Yes Athena the Goddess of Knowledge, and I am Chronos the God of Eternal Time. Like I mentioned earlier we are going to rewind time in order to give you a second chance at life," Chronos said blandly. "So do you accept?"
Sirius blinked one more time before he slowly began to work out every last thing that might possibly be wrong with this. The year or so following Azkaban had helped Sirius learn to think things through (although this ability failed miserably whenever his godson was involved). Could he really risk bringing Voldemort back to life when there was a strong possibility that he could fail and then there would be nothing in Voldemort's way. For Remus, James, and Lily? 'I bloody well can!!'
"Then you will accept? Good, now remember to alert Dumbledore to the presence of the Horcruxes before the prophecy or go out and destroy them yourself. Which ever you may choose, remember to exercise caution Sirius Black."
'I'll do this! I can change the fate of the world and my friends won't have to die. I'll save everyone that died for no reason. I swear it,' Sirius thought heatedly to himself.
The old man waved his hand, and Sirius began to feel a warm sensation around his body. The dark area suddenly became overwhelmingly bright. Colors danced in his vision and the light somehow seemed to spin. Just as the lights started to become overbearing, he heard the god say something to him.
"And some words of advice before you head off on your journey, do try not to target anyone in your infamous pranks. What might have seemed as small things at the time turned Severus Snape into the man that he was in your godson's time. He will be important in this war, so do not turn him away lightly. And remember you are now the Gods' chosen one so when you feel that you need help the most, reach out your mind to us and we will do our best to answer."
And then everything went dark.
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So what did you think? Good? Bad? Please review so I can see what you guys think ok? Just as a warning, Sirius is probably going to be a little OC because I need to make him have a somewhat level head for this to work. My excuse is that Azkaban leveled out his head quite a bit but all of that level headiness gets chucked to the wind whenever Harry is involved.
I know the whole go back in time to fix everything isn't all that original but I love those kind of stories and thought that I would add my own original twist to it. I've never seen a Sirius-goes-back-in-time story where he gets to change the future so I thought that it might be a good thing to try. The next chapter should be up soon!
Ayame