Chapter 4: Rescue

Last time:

"Congratulations." Lupin told the boy.

"Thanks. Not sure if we'll survive long enough though."

"In-laws?" Lupin asked.

"Well, yeah, but that's not the scariest. I'm worried about what my godfather is going to do to all 13 of us."

James groaned as he heard Teddy.

"Dad is going to ground us for a YEAR!"

"A year won't even COVER that!" a stern voice said in the doorway.

Everyone turned to see a man just a few years older than Lupin and Black looking very stern. However, his green eyes betrayed a hint of relief.

All thirteen from the future gulped.

"I think I already know the answer, but just for the benefit of the doubt, what happened?" the man asked in a tone that said 'tell the truth or else.'

"Apparently pickled fairy wings have different properties than fresh." James stated hoping his father was able to translate.

Unfortunately he was.

"And what is the Number 1 rule in the house concerning potions?" his father asked.

James winced.

"Don't make potions without adult supervision until you get at least an E on your OWL in Potions." James quoted. "And even then, the supervisor had to have gotten an E or better."

"All eligible supervisors were downstairs." Older Harry stated as Teddy had gotten an A. "Do you have ANY idea how lucky you are that the explosion didn't kill any of you?"

The room was silent. Those from the past and present who had gotten the connection had their jaws dropped open. There was no way this was the same Harry Potter.

Then, without warning, Older Harry seized James and pulled him into a tight hug.

"Thank Merlin you kids ARE safe." He sighed. At his beckoning, Al and Lily joined the hug. "I don't know what I'd have done if I lost you lot on top of living through the war."

"I'm sorry Dad." James apologized. "Just…everyone was busy with Mum's birthday, so I figured it would be a good time to work on homework."

There was an awkward silence.

"This coming from the boy whose excuse when he was caught doing his homework on August 31st at night was, and I quote, 'I am the nephew of Fred and George Weasley AND share the names of two Marauders'?" Older Harry challenged.

"Jasmine got on his case on the train." Fred tattled teasingly earning a death glare.

"Oh." Older Harry said knowingly.

"How do you know about Jasmine?" James demanded.

"I'm more interested in who Jasmine is." Black said with a smirk.

"You forget that I keep in contact with Aberforth, McGonagall, Hagrid, and Neville on TOP of the fact I have three portraits in my study that lead to McGonagall's office. There is nothing in that school that happens that I don't know about." Older Harry said.

"Nothing?" Al asked as he and Rose exchanged nervous glances.

"Yes you two. I know ALL about your best friend." Older Harry admitted.

"And you didn't tell Dad?" Rose asked, habitually motioning her head towards Ron.

"I'm the one who's going to have to deal with it and knowing Ron, he's going to be worse than when Hermione went out with Krum!"

"What's wrong?" Lily asked.

"Nothing. Just…the hat did it again: put a member of a prominent Slytherin house in Gryffindor."

"Do you know how Mr. Malfoy took it?" Rose asked nervously.

"WHAT?" Ron exclaimed as he turned to his daughter. "You're best friends with a MALFOY!"

"Kids aren't necessarily their parents Ron." Older Harry said sternly. "and if you don't believe that, you're no better than Snape."

Everyone who knew Snape, with the exception of Lily, winced.

"So, who's Jasmine?" Black tried again.

"A redheaded muggleborn girl who hasn't gotten around to hearing my story, thus doesn't understand why James and Al are so well known." Older Harry said smirking at his parents.

"Something tells me it's your love life all over again." Sirius said to Prongs.

"So…who are you?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"I'm so sorry!" Older Harry exclaimed. "I'm so used to people already knowing."

He nodded towards his teenage self. Harry nodded as he realized what his older self wanted to do.

The two lifted up their bangs to reveal the scar.

"I'm Harry Potter." Older Harry confirmed earning a few gasps.

Lily looked between her three sons: the napping baby, the teenager, and the adult.

Fred and George finally recovered from their shock and started laughing.

"What?" Harry asked.

"Just picturing the look…" Fred started.

"…on Snape's face at the…"

"…prospect of there being…"

"…three of you" George finished.

"Well we can't have him running off to kill himself, so is he due here?" Older Harry asked.

"Not until later." Dumbledore said "We were just about to have our meeting."

"So out." Mrs. Weasley told the kids, including Older Harry.

"Me too?" Older Harry asked. "Because, One: I've already LIVED this and Two: I'm older than THEM!"

He pointed to Black and Lupin.

"Not comforting knowing we changed his nappies." Black whispered.

"He has a point" Prongs said. "He can give us pointers."

"But…" Hermione tried to argue.

"It might save lives." Teddy added.

"I know." Hermione said. "I'm just worried about who could get killed instead."

"Here's an idea." Lily suggested. "You tell us who gets killed and how and we can decide from that."

"Okay." Older Harry said. "I don't know about the hows on some though"

"Do what you can" Arthur said.

Older Harry turned to Dumbledore who nodded.

"I'll start at the beginning for Mum and Dad." Older Harry said as he decided to go on before the kids could leave. "Marlene McKinnon and her family."

Lily gasped.

"Benjy Fenwick, Edward Bones and his family; Caradoc Dearborn vanished; Gideon and Fabian Prewett were killed by Dolohov."

The Weasleys bowed their heads.

"Dorcus Meadows was killed by Voldemort himself. You two as well, Mum and Dad. Frank and Alice were tortured. Cedric Diggory was killed on Voldemort's orders.

Teenage Harry winced as Prongs and Lily walked over to him after giving the baby to Sirius and hugged their teenage son.

"Now it's going to get harder because this is news for all of you and I don't think interruptions will be good. Sirius fell through the veil in the Department of Mysteries while dueling Bellatrix Lestrange…at the end of my fifth year."

Harry gasped as Prongs gripped Sirius' arm as if trying to prevent his friend from dying. Black looked a bit pale but accepting.

"Amelia Bones and Emiline Vance I don't know details for, Albus Dumbledore…"

There was a much louder gasp.

"Poisoned by…dark magic, but his death was disguised as murder by one… well... um… how do I put this?"

"Al's middle name-sake killed his first?" Teddy suggested.

"We'll come back later." Older Harry said nervously before continuing, praying that topic would be forgotten. "Professor Burbage was killed by Voldemort. Hedwig took the killing curse. Mad-Eye, killing curse, not sure who shot. Peter strangled himself for showing me mercy."

Sirius, Remus, Prongs, and Lily exchanged a look. Surely not their Peter.

Dobby killed by a knife in the chest thrown by Bellatrix. Colin Creevy, not sure who killed him."

Ginny gasped.

"The Lupins. Dolohov and Bellatrix killed them."

Prongs placed a hand on Remus' shoulder while Black did the same for Lupin.

Older Harry took a deep breath knowing this next one wouldn't go over well.

"An exploding wall killed…Fred Weasley" he stated "Senior as I have a nephew with the same name."

Mrs. Weasley was using all of her strength not to scream as a hand covered her mouth to stiffen one.

"Snape by snake venom as Voldemort instructed Voldemort instructed Nagini to bite him. Many others as well."

Teddy cleared his throat.

"Doesn't count. That was the horcrux." Older Harry told his godson.

"Then at LEAST tell them of when Molly I called Bellatrix a bitch before killing her!"

There was a stunned silence. Molly gasped before noticing that both Sirius Blacks were looking at her with admiration and one step close to kissing her.

"If you have a penseive I can show it" Older Harry said.

"That won't be necessary." Dumbledore said much to the disappointment of over half the Order.

"So…Peter's the spy?" Prongs asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." Older Harry confirmed. "We believe the reason was jealousy. I understand how you feel though. I have trouble believing that my friends would stab me in the back. But the truth is… Peter is the reason I grew up without parents."

"So what can we do to make this so I don't loose any children to death?" Arthur asked as Mrs. Weasley got up and hugged her twin boys.

Older Harry nodded to Teddy who ushered the kids out, mainly due to the horcrux in present day Harry.

"I know all the horcruxes and where to find them. That should bump up the battle."

"and we won't trust Wormtail." Lily stated simply and stubbornly as Teddy came back in.

"Mmm." Older Harry mused. "We want to be careful though. We don't want to change TOO much. It'll be easier if I was still the Boy-Who-Lived. He needs to mark his equal."

"What about the Potion Hermione was telling you about that they found in the Department of Mysteries." Teddy suggested.

"That could work. The sacrifice, because it's not proven, would still be in effect." Harry said.

"What potion is that?" Lily asked.

"Sorry. If we tell, it defeats the purpose." Older Harry said as he dug in his pockets and pulled out two vials and a piece of parchment that had writing on it.

"Does anyone have any other parchment?" Older Harry asked.

Dumbledore summoned some and handed it to Older Harry.

"Thanks Professor." Older Harry said.

Professor Dumbledore,

This may sound REALLY weird, but my name is Harry Potter. Yes the same Harry Potter that you know that is currently a baby about to enter the toddler stage. I am from the year 2018, but am writing to you from the year 1995. It appears that pickled fairy wings, as Sirius can tell you, have different properties than fresh. Though why it brought my children, nieces, nephews, and godson to the past while the Marauders and Lily went to the future, we may never know.

Anyways, in my time, we have found a counter to the killing curse. It's a potion and the recipe is enclosed. The list of catches for it is also on the page. I will give a vial to James and Lily each without telling them what it does and when to drink it. However, it won't take effect until 10 years after the matter.

In other words, once you learn that Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley defeated a troll in the girl's bathroom, check the Potters' graves.

Whether or not I go back to them I leave to your judgment as we will be changing the future for the better. There have been a lot of deaths due to the war that has been over for 20 years now where I'm from. I'm trying not to change too much so I can still have my three children and beautiful wife, but also give my children the chance to have both sets of grandparents and let my godson have his parents back.

Good luck.

Harry Potter

Older Harry folded the paper and charmed it to only open for and be read by Dumbledore and then handed it to Remus and then gave the vials to Lily.

"Drink these after midnight of October 30th." Older Harry instructed the parents.

"What will they do?" Prongs asked his older son.

"You'll know soon enough." He said as he handed them a spare time turner he brought when he came to get the kids.

"I wish we had more time to talk. To you or your younger self" Lily said.

"Just treasure what you have." Older Harry said smiling at his sleeping younger self, the scar on the forehead nonexistent. "Sorry about what has to happen Harry. But it'll work out in the end... I hope."

Lily, Prongs, the napping Baby Harry, Sirius, and Remus went back to the ruins of the Godric Hollow home to use the year-time turner and turned it 14 times.

Meanwhile,

"Mum's going to kill you" Rose warned her uncle.

"What she doesn't know can't hurt us." Older Harry whispered before gathering everyone around. He did a quick head count and all said their goodbyes.

When they got back to their own time, they were hit by an onslaught of new memories (one of which was an extra howler September 2nd, 1992).

The time stream had been changed.

"There you guys are!"

The group turned to see a 13 year old redheaded girl.

"I FOUND THEM!" the girl shouted.

"There you lot are." Ginny Potter said as she appeared in the doorway. "Thanks Georgianna."

"No sweat Aunt Ginny," Georgianna Weasley, daughter of Fred and Alicia Weasley, said.

"Why do I think that you changed history?" Ginny asked while giving her husband a look.

"Just play ignorant when Hermione asks." Harry said as he kissed his wife glad that Fate was on his side family-wise.

"Well, come one. Before Padfoot and Prongs eat all the food." She joked.

The End

A/N: I know I set this up for a sequel of how the potion saved them, but don't expect it soon. Between school and my read-the-books (full stories found on Wattpad), not to mention my other genre's, I'm going nuts (as most of you can probably relate). But the reason it ended like this is because this story is about the kids (and Marauders) time traveling. They did, they're back, and that's it...for now.