Time To Fix The Mistakes: Chapter 5 - The Birth Of Hope (Part 1)

[zelda_queen]

ZeldaQueen: Nearly done with this trash! At least this thing's short.

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Chapter 5: The Birth Of Hope (Part 1)

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Chapter 5: The Birth of Hope

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September 7, 1978

Harry had just returned from seeing his father play his first game for the Kestrels. Harry had forgotten how much he had loved Quidditch. It was good to see the same look of pure joy on his father's face.

ZeldaQueen: You know, I got the feeling that James preferred to screw around to being actually employed. That's why Rowling said that he was rich enough to support Lily and Remus and himself.

You know, the author does tell us stuff, DW

Then there had been the small announcement in the Daily Prophet: "Potter Heir to Marry Lily Evans."

ZeldaQueen: *head desk* Look author, the Potters weren't that important! The only reason the Potter family was so well-remembered was because Harry defeated Voldemort! If that never would have happened, then they probably would have remained rather obscure. I really don't see how Jame's marriage would get an announcement in the papers

History was coming together. It hadn't been just the heightening war or the death of Harry's grandparents that had driven his mother and father together. There was something real there. James had loved Lily for years; it seemed Lily really did love him back.

ZeldaQueen: What, did Harry really think that the two only married out of grief and desperation? Really? 

And of course we all know the real reason they got together - the author just couldn't stand to admit that Harry's actions stupidly undid his existence

It was more than probable that a little Harry James Potter would be born on July 31, 1980 with messy black hair and green eyes.

ZeldaQueen: Um, no it isn't. Maybe Lily and James had more sex because of the whole "dead at any moment" thing looming over their heads. Maybe they'll decide to have babies later (or not at all) now. Just because a couple's in love doesn't mean they're automatically going to have children

Harry sat down in a transfigured chair and just grinned.

ZeldaQueen: "Transfigured chair"? That's...kind of chilling. What was it transfigured out of, one of the Ministry officials he "disapproved" of?

He hadn't felt this happy since he'd returned in time.

ZeldaQueen: Bull, I say. I've yet to see Harry be honestly happy in this fic without it being overblown and cutesy

He had gotten to see his father's professional Quidditch debut. What a treat!

He conjured himself some tea and sat and replayed the game in his mind. His father had performed well – not as a superstar – and made seven shots, scoring on four of them. The game had been a short one, barely thirty five minutes in total.

ZeldaQueen: Because of course this version of Harry's parents were struck with the Sue virus as well

He was glad his father had been able to go into Quidditch rather than immediately join the Auror training program, as he had done in the original timeline.

ZeldaQueen: What if James liked being in the Order of the Phoenix? He seemed like the sort of person to enjoy going out and fighting the forces of evil. So who is Harry to decide that it's better for him to be a Quidditch star than an Auror-in-training (erm, did he even do that in canon? I thought he just was his own person as a fighter)

Perhaps James would still become an Auror at some point, perhaps not.

ZeldaQueen: Yeah, I'm fairly certain that James was never an Auror. Like I said, Rowling herself said in an interview that James lived off of his inheritance. Just because a person fought Death Eaters didn't mean they were Aurors

(The same went for the still unborn Harry Potter…Harry just hoped that his younger self would find something he loved to do.)

ZeldaQueen: That kind of implies that this version of Harry doesn't have things he loved to do. Quidditch? Hanging out with Ron and Hermione (wherever they are)? Anything? Really?

Harry sipped his tea and opened the Daily Prophet he picked up after the game. The front page held nothing of interest. No, the good stuff was mentioned on the society page (the wedding announcement) and also buried on pages six and seven: transcripts from the first public Death Eater trials for three men who had been sent to Azkaban previously without trial.

ZeldaQueen: How lovely. I feel ill already

Transcripts of the Trials of Randall Lovage, Quentin Greengrass, and Pericule Crispbottom.

ZeldaQueen: I'm fairly certain that Quentin Greengrass is supposed to be connected to Daphne Greengrass, a pureblood Slytherin girl whose younger sister Draco later marries. The others, so far as I can tell, were all made up. Because Rowling clearly didn't leave us with enough people that were arrested and held on trial in canon 

Chief Warlock Griselda Marchbanks, presiding.

ZeldaQueen: Wait, what? Since when was she Chief Warlock? Oh yeah, Dumbledore was booted because of that stupid book thing, nevermind the fact that she never took his place in the fifth book (when he was removed from the position canonically), and thus is most likely not second in command. Carry on

"Ladies and gentlemen, for our public trials the official transcripts will be taken by the Ministry and the Daily Prophet to ensure accuracy.

ZeldaQueen: (Author) "See what I did thar? THAT'S CLEVER!!!"

Bring in the accused. We have two tasks today:

ZeldaQueen: (Marchbanks) "To determine the amount of out-of-character-ness being displayed and how to best escape this fanfiction 

to determine if the three accused are members of the Death Eaters, a group labeled as a terrorist threat by the Ministry of Magic, and to determine how these three individuals wound up in Azkaban prison without trials before the Wizengamot. The lead inquisitor for the trial shall be Interim Head Auror Alastor Moody."

ZeldaQueen: Hold on, another question - didn't this version of Harry say earlier that the Moody of the past was virtually psychotic and that he mellowed as the years passed? So if that's the case, why is he the one in a highly prestigious position that surely has lots of responsibilities? Isn't that...I don't know, unsafe? Hasn't Harry been chasing down the Ministry officials for being incompetent or unable to properly do their jobs? So why's he fine with Moody doing all of this? Oh wait, Moody is doing what he wants. Never mind, carry on

Alastor Moody. "Administer the Veritaserum to Mr. Lovage.

ZeldaQueen: Vertisaserum. Doesn't. Always. WORK!

Mr. Lovage, do you admit to being a marked follower of the wizard known as Lord Voldemort?"

ZeldaQueen: You know, I kind of got the impression in canon that the Dark Mark could still be seen, even after Voldemort's death. Couldn't they just check to see if he was marked?

Randall Lovage: "Yes."

Moody: "Did you kill anyone on the orders of Lord Voldemort?"

Lovage: "No."

ZeldaQueen: Bull, I say. Only Voldemort's innermost circle was marked. Like he'd let anyone in that deep and then not make them kill anyone

Moody: "Did you participate in any Death Eater raids?"

Lovage: "Yes, sir, one raid."

Moody: "Why only one?"

Lovage: "I was disgusted by what I saw and allowed myself to be captured at the raid, sir."

ZeldaQueen: MOOSE SHIT! Like I said above, Dark Mark is only for most loyal followers! As in, psychotic folk who knew what was going on and did it willingly!

And as if a Death Eater who was marked could just "allow" their self to be captured at a raid. They'd have angry Death Eaters after their ass like I don't know know what. Look at what happened to Kakaroff! Look at what the Malfoy family had to do to get out alive! Voldemort doesn't suffer traitors at all!

Moody: "Are we sure the Veritaserum is working? Has this man really not killed anyone?"

ZeldaQueen: You know, if Moody were canon, he'd probably just assume that the guy could overcome the effects of the Veritaserum rather than just figure that a marked Death Eater didn't kill anyone

Lovage: "No, sir, I haven't."

Moody: "One test for the Truth Serum. Tell me your worst experience at Hogwarts."

ZeldaQueen: The Veritaserum isn't a truth detector test, you know. If a person can beat it and is unwilling to be arrested, they'll lie like a rug if they have to

Lovage: "Peeves the Poltergeist pushed me off a moving staircase and I landed on three girls the floor below, one of whom I had a crush on…"

Moody: "That's enough. No one would willingly own up to that.

ZeldaQueen: THEY WOULD IF THEY WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE AZKABAN!!! It's not even like it's that bad of an experience to own up to! My god, this author is stupid!

Why weren't you tried, Lovage?"

Lovage: "No idea, sir. I was interviewed under Veritaserum by three Aurors and a stern man called Crouch. I told them the same things I've said today…"

ZeldaQueen: Oh boo hoo, look at the poor persecuted Death Eater who didn't want to hurt anyone and was unjustly arrested by Crouch. Maybe this is is why the author hates the Ministry - he clearly has no idea what Voldemort and his followers were like!

Harry stopped reading there. He was reassured by what he was reading in the newspaper – and the old witch Marchbanks was certainly a formidable person – but he needed independent confirmation. The trial sounded almost too good to be true: innocents getting to speak, Ministry garbage aired in public view.

ZeldaQueen: And then he woke up

Harry wanted to find out if things were as rosy at the trials as they were portrayed in the newspaper. He made himself a note to pay Alastor Moody a visit in the near future.

ZeldaQueen: To mindrape him and wipe his memories. For the Great Good, of course

It should be fun going up against the paranoid old man… At least he didn't possess his magical eye in this timeline.

ZeldaQueen: Excuse me? Excuse me? "Fun"??? Harry actually thinks that breaking into the home of a guy who spent his entire life fighting and capturing dangerous people is fun??? And he's glad that Moody is at the disadvantage? 

DW, go ahead and find a point in canon when Harry ever thought of breaking into someone's house for interrogation "fun". Take you time, I'm sure you'll need awhile

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November 3, 1978

The paperwork finally came through. 'Thomas Franklin' now owned the old White Estate.

ZeldaQueen: Mighty impressive, considering that I'm sure it takes some legitimate identification and the like to purchase a house, which a guy from the future surely wouldn't have.

Ah, he probably mindraped them into believing him. Never mind

As a wizard it took him only three hours to clean the place with magic.

ZeldaQueen: See how much better he is than when they cleaned up the Black House in the fifth book? SEE?

It had had none of the revolting creatures that had infested the Black Mansion…many decades or centuries of nonmagicals living there would have been enough to banish any ghouls, doxies, or boggarts which all relied upon magical energy for some part of their sustenance.

ZeldaQueen: SEE? This place is so much better than that one!!!

And "magical energy"? Really?

Harry had one week left on his flat in Manchester and then he would disappear from the industrial city. But having a large, but not enormous, building like the White Estate would help Harry with his plans for the future.

ZeldaQueen: Read - he doesn't want to be inconvenienced to be without a comfortable home

He didn't plan to have too many active battles going forward, but he did need a place from which he could monitor the world and bring individuals for further interrogation…if things ever became complicated.

ZeldaQueen:



ZeldaQueen: I'll get you next time, Dumbledore! NEXT TIME! *meow*

Harry planned to hide several rooms throughout the main buildings with the Fidelius Charm. He would do the same to three of the outbuildings, too. He hoped never to need to use the hidden rooms, but he wasn't silly enough to realize the world would fall into line this easily.

ZeldaQueen: Yes, because canon Harry sucks for not thinking everyone would be out to get him. I don't think the Fidelius Charm works like that, by the way, but I'm not certain

His hardest task was over…but now came the unrewarding phase, guarding over the world.

ZeldaQueen: Oh, that's nice! "Damn that ungrateful world for not staying perfectly peaceful while I'll looking over it! Everyone had just better bend over and let me do what it takes for the Greater Good!"

Harry figured if he allowed his younger self to make it out of Hogwarts at age seventeen without the world exploding, then the young man would have the best possible kind of beginning.

ZeldaQueen: Yep, noble intentions my buttocks. He's doing this because he's a whiny brat who has to have the best of everything in all time periods

He could make his own choices – and, at that point, Harry would consider his task complete. Then he could choose to do other things.

ZeldaQueen: Because canon Harry had every single thing planned out, apparently. Seems that DW thinks so at any rate. Who he was friends with? Who he fell in love with? Bah!

Late on his first evening in residence, Harry found himself back inside the ritual chamber on the third floor. He began to read the volumes contained there. He didn't even realize he'd spent the entire night in intense concentration.

ZeldaQueen: Maybe a laxative would help there

One book of rituals utterly fascinated Harry Potter. Powerfull Rituals of Bloode Adoption.

ZeldaQueen: Huh, would you look at all of those misspellings? Somehow, I don't think that's ye olde butchered speak

He wondered why he was so mesmerized by this book in particular. Nothing in his conscious mind could account for it.

ZeldaQueen: Hmm, I wonder if this will be important somehow?

Was the book charmed or cursed in some way?

ZeldaQueen: What is it with this author and ulterior motives? Can't Harry just be interested in something because he is?

Harry didn't know. He read for the rest of the day until he'd finished the entire massive volume.

Ideas danced in Harry's head, just outside of his conscious mind.

ZeldaQueen: Along with visions of sugarplums

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ZeldaQueen: Incidentally folks, I apologize in advance if these sporkings slow down a little. I recently got a job and was assigned the latest shift, so things might get a little unorganized

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Comments

[tarawyn.livejournal.com]

Three outbuildings or more? How full of shit were these guys? XD

All that not-half-bad stuff at the beginning has to have been plagiarized from other authors. No WONDER Stu-pid Harry thinks plagiarism is so dandy. Now it's just one long mess of half-assed bullshit leading from one immoral deed to another, punctuated by periods of deepest boredom.

Not to mention, shouldn't Harry be erasing himself? Sure, "Harry Potter" may come into existence—but how is he supposed to be a dark! murderer if his life was all sunshine and roses and he had parents and lacked both fame and Voldemort pursuing him? GAH!

[zelda-queen.livejournal.com]

"Not to mention, shouldn't Harry be erasing himself? Sure, "Harry Potter" may come into existence—but how is he supposed to be a dark! murderer if his life was all sunshine and roses and he had parents and lacked both fame and Voldemort pursuing him? GAH!"

The Suethor also seems to think that hiding people who were supposed to be dead and then letting them out years later isn't going to change the timeline. They don't really have a grasp on how timelines work.