Harry woke slowly, he felt peaceful calm, there was no sounds of battle, no pain and he realized he had to be dead. He sat up and realized he was naked and he wished for something anything to wear. He saw a set of light green robes and drew them on and looked around. He was in a quiet wood that was so clean and pure he could not help but smile as he stood up. He saw a magnificent stag and was drawn to it, he walked up and he realized he knew this stag! The doe that appeared beside him confirmed just who these beautiful animals were.
"Mum, dad?" Harry said and at once the stag and doe turned into James and Lily Potter, "wow it is you!"
"Yes Harry, we are so proud of you!" Lily said hugging her son and then holding him out to take a good look at him, "your hair is a bit long but you have grown so big!"
"Last time I held you was just before he came." James said walking up, "you look good."
Harry looked from his father who looked much as he did in the photos he had of him however as they were dead he had no need for glasses as he was in a perfect form and his hazel eyes stood out along with his messy black hair. Both he and Lily were in robes of green and Lily's eyes were a brighter green than Harry's were and her hair was a deep dark red, so unlike Ginny's flaming red, Ginny! Oh Merlin Harry felt sad as he realized she would be devastated as would Severus, he could hear him sobbing even now.
"You have a choice." Lily said, "you can stay or go back. It is not your time to die, you have a destiny to fulfill, one you agreed to before you were born."
"Sounds like something I would do." Harry said grinning, then he got serious, "I um well…"
"I know Harry, Severus needs you." James said, "he does love you so much, I am glad he does, he is the bravest man I have ever known, tell him that for me."
"And tell Padfoot if he isn't nice to Severus I give you permission to kick his arse and take his chocolate card collection." Lily replied.
"Oh and tell Remus to marry that cute Auror, he deserves to be happy." James said, "we love you Harry, you take care."
"I will dad." Harry said, "see you in a hundred years?"
Discover moreRead Graphic NovelsFan fiction booksApp store optimizationFiction writing toolsFan merchandise"Something like that." Lily said kissing him on the forehead, "I love you so much my baby boy."
"Thank you mum, thank you for saving my life." Harry said hugging her one last time, "see you later."
He turned and walked down the path and slowly the wood faded away and he found himself cradled in someone's arms. He could feel wet tears on his face that were not his own, he knew he should wake up but the arms holding him were so comfortable he actually snuggled closer into them. The arms stiffened and Harry opened his eyes to find himself looking up at a very surprised sobbing Severus Snape.
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Meantime the battle had got very, very ugly. Sirius and Remus had cornered Wormtail and were taking a very graphic and horrific revenge on their old friend. They had got his wand away from him and used quite a few hexes and curses to remove his hands and feet, when he tried to crawl away on what was left of his legs Sirius cut his legs off above the knee cauterizing his wounds. He was not done, he cut off Wormtail's arms and when Wormtail tried to beg he found his tongue cut out and looked at it in horror on the floor before Remus incinerated it with his wand. The last thing he saw was Sirius and Remus pointing their wands at him and then nothing as they removed his eyes leaving him without limbs, tongue or eyes.
"Is he dead?" Ginny asked walking up.
"No, he is not yet." Sirius said raising his wand to end Wormtail's life.
"Hmm, well this is for Harry!" Ginny snarled and she sent a silent witches spell that removed Wormtail's manhood. "Now you can kill him."
"That was evil." Sirius said trembling as he slit Wormtail's throat, "all witches know that?"
"We are taught it yes," Ginny said, "along with other things."
"I am not going to ever upset a witch again." Sirius said, "ever, ever, ever!"
"Good idea." Remus said looking just as pale. "Very good idea."
In the meantime Lucius was paired with Crabbe and Goyle and they were fighting hard against Rabastan and Rudolphus. Crabbe was hit with a killing curse and he went down and Goyle ran forward only to have his legs sliced out from under him. Rudolphus had an evil glint in his eyes as he dueled Lucius and so he did not see Rabastan face off with Molly Weasley. Rabastan fell to the same curse that Ginny had used on Wormtail. Voldemort was fighting Slughorn, McGonagall and Flitwick while Hagrid was trying to keep Dumbledore safe.
While this was going on Severus was the only one for a moment that realized Harry was alive. He helped Harry up and the boy looked around at the battle, he had to end this now before anymore died and so he sent up several loud bangs from his wand that actually got everyone to stop fighting and turn to the sound. They saw Harry Potter very much alive, Severus on one side of him Dumbledore on the other. Voldemort stared at him in shock, he had not expected this at all, the brat should be dead!
"You know that really is getting old, you using that spell on me." Harry said calmly, "in fact you trying to kill me is really getting old."
"I will finish this Harry." Dumbledore said and he meant it, "you can rest now."
"No Albus, it is my fight, I will tend to him, he chose me to fight and so I will take him out." Harry said smiling up at the headmaster, "let me take care of him."
"I am responsible for him being here." Dumbledore said sadly.
"No, you cannot say that, I will deal with him." Harry said, "I must, for all of us."
"Very well, may the gods go with you." Dumbledore said.
Dumbledore watched as one of his former students and one of his students under him now prepared to face off. He looked to Harry, so much was put on him but he was so strong and noble just like a hero should be! He was willing to walk into danger again and again even if it meant he would die. Dumbledore felt badly for how he had left him with his aunt and uncle, he thought the boy would be loved and cared for but he was not. Yet despite that he was such a good boy, so was Remus as well, he had helped him heal so much and he loved these two boys the most, next to Severus, his boy. Such a noble boy to risk his life to come back and spy for all of them, he looked up as Harry gave his challenge to Voldemort.
"It's just you and me Tom." Harry said taking out the ancient sword of Potter that had been in his family for ages. "I am going to kill you and you will not be coming back ever again!"
"Oh really boy?" Voldemort hissed taking out his own sword, "you will find I am as good with sword as with wand and you will die by my blade!"
"No not today." Harry said then turning to the others in the hall, "could you give us a bit of room please?" Everyone moved back to the walls, "thank you."
"I will smite thee dead!" Voldemort said rising up in the air wand out glowing with magic.
"Hmmm, you can fly, thought that only those with fairy dust and a happy thought could." Harry said and Severus smirked in amusement, "well lets have some fun then!"
Harry had been trained by Severus and Flitwick both as they were the only two British wizards alive besides Voldemort who could fly without support. Dudley who had done as much as he could to help taking out Gibbon on his own was standing with the Weasleys who were very impressed with the young muggle champion. He watched as his cousin, clearly a very powerful wizard flew at Voldemort and the sword battle began. This was the cousin he used to torment and beat up and here he was one of the most powerful wizards ever. Dudley was humbled he was even allowed to be part of this world, and he would he promised do all he could to prove he was worthy of Harry's forgiveness.
Meanwhile Harry had landed as had Voldemort and they were really fighting it out. Harry was surprised that Voldemort was really this talented and he did not tire as quickly as he thought he would. Then again the body he was in was "new" and even with a few flaws it was working very well for him. Even so Harry had trained far more extensively than Voldemort had and he was a teen boy and had a lot of energy as such. He drew first blood and Voldemort hissed in pain his eyes going red and he poured magic into his sword causing it to glow red. Harry responded pouring his own magic into his causing it to turn green.
"Wicked this is like Star Wars!" Harry said, "light sabers anyone?"
"I love those movies." Flitwick said from where he stood on a transfigured pedestal so he could see the battle better, "Harry is quite good."
"Aye that he is." Moody said impressed by the battle, "very strong he is."
"He is stronger than I am." Dumbledore said smiling, "and he is a great wizard."
"So are you headmaster." Severus said.
"As are you my dear boy." Dumbledore said.
While they spoke Harry and Voldemort battled on and Rudolphus got ready to cast a spell at Harry's back. He did not see a pure white ferret that was scurrying between the legs of those watching coming up right behind him. The ferret morphed into Draco Malfoy, he stepped up and with one quick move he snapped Rudolphus' neck dropping the now dead death eater to the floor. He looked over at his father who looked impressed and smiled at him. Draco had a knife out and had turned on Travers and stuck the knife under his ribcage into his heart. He watched the life leave the man's eyes and took the knife out letting the dead man fall to the ground.
Meanwhile Voldemort was beginning to get tired. He may have an advanced body but he had to use all his magic just to keep on the mortal plane and to fight Harry. All his anchors were gone and the last killing curse he had used was weakening him with every breath. Harry pressed his advantage and hacked off Voldemort's sword arm causing Voldemort to howl in pain, he had his wand and he used that to stop the bleeding and with a snarl turned on Harry.
"You know Tom I know what the power is that you don't." Harry said.
"Oh really love?" Tom snarled.
"How about the hand of God?" Harry said then at the look of confusion on Voldemort's face, "fine would you believe it if I said witches magic?"
"You will die you horrible brat!" Voldemort hissed.
"No but you will." Harry replied lashing out with his sword to slice Voldemort in half. "Go to hell, say hi to Grindlewald for me."
Voldemort fell to the floor dead and Harry walked over to make sure he was dead and when he was sure he carefully wiped his sword of Voldemort's blood on dead dark lord's robes. With that done he turned to see if there were any death eaters he could take down and saw there were none. He realized the war was over and Ginny had got to him first and he had his arms around her and she was giving him the best gift of all as she was kissing him passionately. Finally after a moment Severus, Remus and Sirius came up and Harry pulled away.
"Mum and dad say hi." Harry said, "mum wanted me to tell you Padfoot to be nice to Severus or I am to kick your arse and take your chocolate card collection."
"You don't know where it is." Sirius said, "wait what else did they say?"
"James told you Remus to marry Dora." Harry said then he turned to Severus, "my mum says you are the bravest man he has ever known."
"She did?" Severus said.
"Yes he did and I agree." Harry said, "you are the bravest man I have ever met."
He hugged Severus and Severus, unable to control his emotions sobbed in Harry's arms and Harry was crying as well. No-one thought them weak or unmanly for crying like this, after all they had been through so much and they needed this release. After a time everyone turned to take care of the dead and cleaned up the great hall as much as the house elves would let them. After a compromise where the elves went to create a massive feast the witches and wizards got down to finishing cleaning the great hall and setting up the tables for a massive feast. The war was over and a new age had dawned.
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So that is the end of Riddle, as to why James and Lily did not say anything about Fate to Harry, it's not due to not knowing but they are not allowed to. Something about tipping the balance and harming mankind as she would say to them and others, only Remus knows about this second chance and he cannot tell anyone he was allowed to go back. Anyway that is the end of this fiction, hope you enjoyed!