Time's Lullaby

Summary: Harry get's "killed" by Voldemort, but his inheritance sent him back to the night before he got his Hogwarts letter. What will he change now that he doesn't have to hide his real personality?

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

WARNING: This is slash, if you don't like it, deal. I don't care if some people think that whoever writes it is a bad writer, I. Don't. Care. If you didn't gather that it was slash from the second chapter then you're an idiot. This is the only warning I'm giving. I don't want any reviews that just say why I didn't say it was slash.

Key

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Parseltongue'

A/N: I know it's kinda weird that Harry is riding a Thundercat when he's only 11, but he puts on a glamour that looks like his older self, so he also has his drivers license from the future. Hope that clears that up. Heh.

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While Harry had been unconcious his words were echoing through Draco's and Blaise's head. 'There is a thin line between love and hate.' With this, came words that Harry had spoken when describing his soul's past. 'We despised each other.' However, when he had said these words a secretive smile had slithered onto his face, like the words he had just spoken had been one sided. Draco and Blaise had discussed this mulitiple times while Harry was out and they came to one conclusion. Harry was right there was a thin line between love and hate.

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Harry was up and well by the day after Halloween. He reassured everyone that it had just been a nightmare of the future's past. Some were skeptical but took his words. Poppy didn't pry into what he meant, respecting his privacy. They, meaning Harry, Draco, Blaise and Pansy, were informed that a troll had broken into the school and had attacked one Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, and Thomas Dean. Harry's only reply was a cold smile.

Harry felt no pity for them, it was their own fault they went searching for danger. However, if they decided to go after Quirrel, then he would step in. Harry silently slinked through the shadows of Hogwart's halls, completely avoiding the rushing students. They were heading to the first Quidditch match. Harry didn't want to go though. He didn't want to remember his first match. So he opted to head to the roof and think.

He sat on edge of the Astronomy Tower's balcony. His thoughts went unbidden to the nightmare he had expierenced. It hit a cord in him, he blamed himself for everyone's death. He didn't kill them or anything but he was the reason they had died. Then his thoughts took a dangerous turn. He was manipulating people. He was changing things, he felt no better the Albus. It made hi sick to the stomach.

He stared down at the ground. So far away when you looked at it but so close when you fell towards it. He scooted closer to the edge and started to push himself off, but at the last moment decided against it. His ears twitched and he shot forward off the edge in shock at the sudden explosion of cheers. His eyes became wide in panic, his mind raced a mile a minute and his eyes flashed with all sorts of spells and things to stop him from falling.

He heard a distant scream of his name but paid no attention to it, focusing on not killing himself, again. Then it hit. His true form! A smirk slithered on his face and he relaxed his body fully. He closed his eyes and eased his breathing. Once he was calm his eyes snapped open and they were blood red. They were wide and fully painted red with the pupil a silvery green. His mouth was pulled into a sudden snarl and it became longer as his face lengthened into a muzzle. He flipped his body so he was in a crouched position and fur exploded from his skin and covered the length of his body.

His hands and feet became paws and his ears and tail became larger. His entire body increased in size, till about the size of a full grown giant and he landed with a large thud. His ebony colored fur glowed in the dim sunlight and his eyes had returned to the normal emerald green. He was now a very large cat. His front paws were surrounded by flickering flames and his hind paws were incased in ice, though it seemed to flicker like the flames. He sat on his hunches and began cleaning himself unfazed by his sudden almost death.

He looked down confusedly when he felt something against his fur. His eyes widened at the sight of Draco and Blaise hugging him tightly, the fur hiding them from view. He leaned down and licked them gently, careful not to get his saliva on their forms. He purred and his chest rumbled lightly and soon the two humans fell asleep, the shock of seeing their friend almost fall to his death and then turn into a large cat, putting its toll on them.

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"Aisuheru's are a form of cat youkai. They originate back in Japan in the early ages. They were protecters of great libraries and the seven gates of Hell. The very first two were created by the Death God for the purpose of protecting his library. However, he created a male and female, but he didn't keep in mind that the opposite sex are attracted together, so he was surprised to find the female Aisuheru pregnant. Soon the female gave birth to seven kittens, which soon breeded themselves.

"The Death God allowed the breeding to continue before they became a race. Death created them to protect his library, but he didn't have enough space to put two overgrown felines by the entrance, so he created them to be able to take a human form. However, since Aisuheru's are meant for protecting things he couldn't let them wither away guarding nothing. Death assigned seven pairs to guard the seven gates of Hell, while the others were sent to the other gods to protect something important. The rest were sent to Earth to protect fallen priceless items and great libraries.

"They first landed in Japan, then soon spread all over the world, but soon humans became greedy and started to hunt the cats for their fur. Aisuheru's were dwindling. One night, when the moon was full, a guard from Hell taught each Earth dwelling Aisuheru how to take the form of a human. Soon they began to prosper again. They spread and guarded something small but important to themselves as the world changed. To some it was some heirloom, or their family, just something that was important to themselves. Those unlucky to have something to protect withered away.

"Death created Aisuheru's to have the powers of ice, unusual in hte fiery depths of Hell, but since they were created in Hell, they also got the standard power of fire. Thus there name Aisuheru, Hell Ice. To those who choose too, they can keep some kind of body part(s) to signify thier spieces, for me my ears and tail. We can also switch from form to form no matter the circumstances. We have the power of ice and fire, as I stated before, form shifting, posion saliva and claws, healing saliva, and energy shifting.

"Form shifting is three forms. One is the human with or without the chosen body part(s). Second is our half-breed. This form only comes out when our emotions go haywire. Our eyes become blood red; depending on our status, a certain number of stripes appear on our cheeks; our family mark appears on our forehead; claws become apparent, slit pupils, and no matter what choice, our ears and tail pop out. The third form is out original form, which is basically just a giant cat. Energy shifting is just taken our youkai (demon energy) and forming it in any form we want."

Severus, the Malfoy's, Selena (Blaise's mom), Blaise, and Pansy blinked at Harry, absorbing the information he just gave. It explained alot about his spieces. Severus raised an eyebrow, "Anything else you want to explain?"

Harry stared at them all innocently, "Of course! Aisuheru's eat raw meat and any fruit and milk. They know their mates by scent and personality. Once they figure out who their mates are we tend to try and be in contact with in any way, be it fighting or being friends. I had to choose the former, but that doesn't matter. Besides that nothing really. Aisuheru's travel in packs and they think of family as the most precious treasure in the world. If one of their pack mates betray the pack, they will not stop until that pack mate is dead. We don't hold grudges for long unless it involves family."

Draco and Blaise's eyes widened in secret realization, then everyone left in a sort of shocked stupor. When Draco and Blaise found a place alone to speak they discussed the fact of them being Harry's mate.

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Christmas holidays passed with no incident. Harry didn't recieve the invisibility cloak, but Harry stole it right from under Albus's nose. The cloak was one of the items he guarded. He kept tabs on Hermione, Ron, and Dean's progress with Nicholes Flamel and who was after the thing Fluffy guarded. Harry suspiciously noticed that Draco and Blaise were acting wierd, but kept it at the back of his mind.

The exams were coming up and he needed to study. He spent most of his days doing classes, spying on the "Golden Trio", and studying. Draco and Blaise had been studying too and Harry noticed that they seemed to touch him more often. Just brushes of the hands or arms, holding hands, or random hugs in the safety of their dorms. Harry didn't mind, he was just confused as to why they were doing it.

When the exams were finished, Harry found that the "Golden Trio" were going after Quirrel. Harry was not going to allow that. The Sorceror's Stone was another item that he guarded. Toninght was the night he went after them. He arrived at Fluffy's chamber and snarled at the sight of the fallen flute. They had gotten in before him. His emotions began to go haywire and he was beginning to go into half-breed mode. Fluffy let him enter with no resistence, acknowledging the fact that he was higher status them himself. Harry's eyes began to bleed red as he jumped down the trap door. Before the vines could touch him his youkai exited his body and blinded it.

He landed in a crouch and shot off towards the door he remembered. He entered and leaped onto the opposite wall and rocketed off the wall and got the key he needed. He flipped in mid air and landed on the ground in a crouch. Once he landed he unlocked the door and closed it behind him. He walked passed the knocked out troll and into the next room. He watched the ending game play out before stepping on the board to play his game.

The "Golden Trio" looked back and paused in shock. Harry was already dominating the game. He cheackmated(?) and raced through the next door ignoring his idiotic classmates. He placed a locking charm on the door, so they wouldn't interrupt him and drank the right potion after solving the simple riddle.

He walked through the fire. His appearance finished changing and he looked positively livid. His canines were poking over his bottom lip, his eyes were a glistening red, his nails were claws, and five black stripes were on each cheek. On his forehead was his packs mark, an emerald green crescent moon outlined in a black red. He was crouched in an animalistic pose, his ears were flat on his head and his tail was fluffed up and swaying madly behind him.

Quirrell turned around in shock and the head dress thingy fell away. Before he could speak Harry was upon him. Quirrel fell down and banged his head on the stone floor, of course that also meant that Voldemort got his face smashed in. Harry's claws were digging into Quirrel's shoulders, drawing blood, and Harry was lowering his mouth to the parasite's neck. Harry's fangs dug into the throat. Blood dripped to the floor, forming a puddle and Quirrel's scream rebounded off the stone walls eeirely.

Harry bit down harder and ripped the chunk of flesh off and spit it out off to the side. Blood dribbled from Quirrel's mouth and he gurgled before falling silent, dead. Voldemort's soul attempted to run, but Harry's claws grabbed hold of him. A deadly smirk slithered onto his face and in a dark voice he whispered, "This part of his soul has over stayed its welcome and need's to be punished by my master. Have fun in Hell!!" Harry bit his thumb and drew ancient runes in the air. His youkai crackled in the air and soon a portal opened. Harry dug his claws deeper and waited.

He didn't have to wait long. A skeletal hand exited the portal and reached for Voldemort's soul. Though it was only a part of his soul, Death would keep it till the rest were returned. Harry handed the fragment over and watched coldly as it was dragged into the depths screaming. The portal swallowed itself and disappeared. Harry's appearance returned to normal as his emotion calmed and he exited slowly, exhausted. He stumbled past the remains of everything, exiting without hassel.

He entered the Slytherin Chambers and made his way to his dorm, where he collapsed on his bed. Draco and Blaise were the only two in the room. They looked at each other and nodded. They clambered onto Harry's bed and curled against him. The three boys fell asleep and that was what Pansy came upon entering. She smiled softly and covered them with a blanket, kissing each forehead.

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The first year passed with no climax. The exam scores were out and nobody was really surprised that Harry got first place, Blaise second, Draco third, and Pansy fourth. Slytherin won the house cup, and the Sourcerer's Stone was safe in Harry's hands. The only reason why it was, was because he went back down later and switched the real one with a fake. Nicholas had placed the stone in Harry's hands in the future's past and he would protect even when he hadn't been asked yet. Soon everyone's trunks were packed and everyone was leaving Hogwarts for summer vacation.

Harry smiled brightly at his three friends. "You'll have to visit me over the summer."

Pansy hugged him tightly, "I will! I'll miss you a whole bloody hell a lot!!" She pulled away and kissed his cheek before leaving with her parents waving as she went. Harry turned to the other two with a glare.

"Alright, you two what's up with all the extra touching lately?"

Draco and Blaise tried to look at him innocently but failed. They sighed together and acting a lot like the Weasley twins, they swung an arm around Harry's shoulders. Pulling him off to the side they stared at him, "We know we're your mates."

Harry's eye twitched, "How, exactly?"

"We figured it out when you were explaining about Aisuherus."

Harry stared at them funny, "That doesn't explain how you figured it out."

The two looked at him funny, "You said you got contact with your mates by fighting. Also when you were explaining future's past you said the three of us constantly fought. We put two and two together and figured it out."

Harry caught a contemplative look for his face, "Well, I hadn't anticipated that. Whatever, anyway, we're going to have to spend loads of time together with and without Pansy this summer!!"

The three boys shared a smirk and left to find their parents. Summer was going to be fun, and Oasist agreeing hissing was encouraging.

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Shy-Hime: sorry the endings a little crappy, hahaha...Anyway, the second year probably won't be up for a while to come because my summer vacation is a little busy and I don't really have any inspiration...oh well! YEAR ONE IS COMPLETE!!!!