Harry Potter and The Past

Harry Potter and The Past

Harry was glad to be back at Hogwarts. Lately he had kept on having dreams, but he could never remember them. He didn't know it back then, but they were of his past lifetimes as Godric Gryffindor and Merlin. He had also noticed that all of a sudden he was rivaling Hermione in class. He was beginning to see stuff in Divination, which scared him stiff. Other than that the days went by, nothing unusual happening, until that fateful day...

It was Halloween, and they had Divination that day. They were fire-gazing, which was gazing into a fire, trying to see something in it. It turned out that he had a talent in this. Half the time Harry saw Voldemort attacking, and the other half of the time he saw battles. Not just any battles though, but ones that were recorded in History. For instance the last battle Merlin had fought, before death, or the battle between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Trelawney had told them that they would do fire-gazing before Christmas, then they would move on to past lifetimes, until Easter, and then it would be Dreams. She also reminded them about the OWLs that year During all of the classes Ron kept awakening him out of his trance, when he was just about to find out something important, with comments like, "Oh my god! I see a fire!" or "I just found something out, it's hot near a fire."

This time, however, Ron miraculously did not interrupt him. Well, Trelawney may not be able to do it herself, but she could tell when someone was seeing something. When Harry went into a trance by looking in the fire, she hurried over to him.

'Maybe,' she thought to herself, 'I can a make a Seer out of this one yet.'

She waited until he came out of the trance, until she asked him, "What did you see?"

Harry shuddered and went into a half trance before he spoke, "A battlefield. It's covered with blood and the corpses of wizard and beast alike. My best friend amongst them. I'm see Slytherin approaching me, sword drawn, and I pull out my sword as well. We begin the dance of death. Swords weaving elegantly, to and fro. Rowena and Helga are watching us, they know that they can not and may not interfere. Finally after what seems like hours I see an opening. I strike my enemy there and he falls back mortally wounded. He gives in to his defeat, and swears that his heir will take revenge upon my bloodline someday in the future, and kill all the Muggleborns and Halfbloods. I know that I, again had saved the world. Me and Rowena's son will be our heir. Only now do I notice a small wound that I got with Slytherin's poisoned blade. The poison has developed too far, so I tell Rowena I love her, and hope to meet her, my soul-mate, in my next lifetime. She weeps, and wishes that too, with all her heart. Soon I will join my best friend, who died protecting me. Once again, we will wait until we are born again, to fight the darkness."

Harry then blinked a couple of times, only remembering the vision. Trelawney wrote down what Harry saw, and asked him to bring it to the Headmaster. Then she told him the password and he hurried off.

The professor continued the lesson, teaching students, that were oblivious to what had happened. She had understood it right away, but still had troubles processing it in her brain, that Harry Potter was the reincarnation of Godric Gryffindor. Yes, she had learned every little detail of Divination, and she knew that once in a while, she made a real prophecy, and that she was rather untalented, but she tried her best. She gave Ron and Harry good grades for their homework, because of the creative writing, not because it would ever really happen. It was a lot of fun reading their stuff.

'Maybe,' she thought, "I should have become a Muggle literature teacher, instead of Diviniation. Maybe if I could ever start believing in myself, I could become a true seer, but now, I just have the gift, and no idea how to use it, or invoke it. I wish I could talk to my old teacher, but You-Know-Who, that bastard, killed him. I loved my teacher, in more than just master-apprentice love. The Dark Lord took my true love away from me. Since then I've kept on telling everyone that they're going to die, hoping that they'll prepare themselves for that confrontation, that could mean their death. I don't want anyone to die like he did again. He was tortured with the crutatious curse. He had gotten wind of the attack on us, before it happened, put a binding spell on me, kissed me, telling me that he loved me, then put his invisibility cloak on me. I had to watch it all happen, they wanted me. They wanted to convert me to the dark side, to work as a fortune teller for Voldemort. I never even got to say that I loved him too.'

The class was over, and she hurried over to Dumbledore to tell him what she suspected.

Meanwhile Harry was swiftly walking away from Dumbledore's office. He had given him the note, and had stayed there until he finished reading it. He had told Harry to go to his Common Room, so Harry had departed.

On the way, he suddenly felt as if something was trying to break loose, and damn did it hurt! At the same time, Ginny and Draco were going through the same torture. Then they just gave up resisting. Then memories started pouring into all their heads, amongst them were memories of the battle between Godric and Slytherin, from different points of view. Surprisingly enough Draco's memories were from the point of view, of the friend who died protecting Godric. Ginny watched through the eyes of Rowena as her Love was slain before her very eyes.

All three awoke again in the Hospital Wing. Their boundaries, that they had built up to stop the memories, broken down. Harry remembered being Merlin, and Draco had once been Arthur Pendragon. Ginny remembered other past lifetimes.

Harry started looking up dreams, but he didn't find anything fitting to what he was experiencing. Then he found a book, per chance, because it was in the wrong section of the library. It was a book about past lifetimes. He thought that it would be interesting to read, and to his amazement it portrayed exactly what he was experiencing. He had had no idea, that all he was doing was remembering his past. When he came to the end of the book, there was a blank page, with 'you' written on top. On the next page it gave instructions, to put a finger on the 'you' and write what you saw on a piece of parchment. Then preferably make it so that no one else could read it. It had a couple of spells written down for it. He did so, and used a spell that turned it into a figurine that was also his soul name. It turned into a Phoenix. The password was, 'my past'.

Somehow he knew that he had to tell Draco and Ginny about this too, so he gathered them in a secret place that he had found through his memories.

He told them about what had happened, about what he wanted them to do, and what to do after that. They followed Harry's orders, because they were curious, as to what would happen. It turned out that Ginny wasn't in every lifetime that Harry had, but in most of them, and they were always lovers.

Draco was in every lifetime, and he and Harry were always best friends. They decided that the whole thing would be easier if Draco would be in Gryffindor. So they devised a plan to get him in there.

The plan was, Harry would ask Dumbledore if he would place Draco into Gryffindor, because Draco was getting too close to Voldemort, when in Slytherin. If he were to be placed in Gryffindor, he could maybe begin anew.

Harry continued telling them his plan, "Then we'll tell him that Draco would then become a main victim of Voldemort's because, Draco had gone to the enemy, and Malfoy (Draco's father) would not like it. Malfoy has a lot of influence within the Death Eaters, and would use it to attack Draco. Therefor he and I should stay here, and Ginny too, because by then she and I will be together. Ron and Hermione are only my friends, and if he wanted to attack them, he would have done so last summer. There, that's the plan. Now Ginny, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Ginny blushed and answered, "Yes, gladly."

They kissed, and Draco interrupted, "Uh, I'm sorry to disturb you two, but why Harry, are you so insistent that we stay here? Why don't you want to go home? I heard that your house is one of the most protected, in the England."

Harry got a pained look, "Please, what I'm going to tell you is top secret. Don't tell anyone."

They both promised not to. "You know about the hate harbored by dark wizards towards Muggles, now with my relatives it's that same hate, just towards the Wizards. They literally tried to beat the magic out of me. Up until my first year here in Hogwarts I lived in a cupboard under the stairs. Hermione only knows that they undernourished me. Ron only knows a little more, because he had to come with his brothers and save me. They had to pull out the bars on my window, then had to picklock two doors to get my school supplies. Last summer was the worst, my Uncle's business was doing bad, he got drunk a lot, and he blamed it all on me. Once he tried to rape me, because he knew it would have the most psychological impact on me. But somehow I put up a barrier without my wand, and was saved."

The two noticed that Harry felt the whole thing all over again, and they tried to comfort him. Ginny kissed him and Draco patted him on the back. Ginny and Draco had thought their childhood bad, with Ginny it was that she had always been tormented by her brothers, and with Draco it was because he had been forced to learn black magic. But, none of their pasts had been half as terrible as that of Harry. Not by far. Harry finally got over it. He smiled as he understood something, "I now know what our soul-names are, those are names you may never tell anyone else, unless you know you can totally trust them. Draco, yours is Dragon; Ginny, yours is Raven; and mine, mine is Phoenix. Hey, let's become Animagus! I know someone I can ask for instructions. You all know Sirius Black, right?"

They nodded. "Well, actually he is innocent. Peter is the one who betrayed my parents. Then he framed Sirius. He managed to stay sane in Askaban, because he knew he was innocent. Well, he, my father and Peter became illegal Animagi. My father was a stag, therefor his nickname Prongs, Sirius was a dog, his nickname was Padfoot, and Peter was a rat, he was also known as Wormtail. Professor Lupin also had a nickname, Moony. Together they were the marauders. I can ask Sirius to tell me how to do it, because it would be such a help in escaping Voldemort next time. I mean, he isn't going to stop trying to kill me, just because I escaped last year."

While all this, he put on an innocent face, so that the others had to laugh. Then he continued with a 'hurt face', "What, don't you believe me?"

Then he joined in on the laughing. "I'll start right away. See you guys later."

He kissed Ginny and left them.

Up to Dumbledore's office to fulfil the first part of their plan. It went well, and Harry added a little something, another ball.

He had decided to play matchmaker for Ron and Lavender, Draco and Hermione. He had noticed that they liked each other, and that it always had hurt Hermione more this year when Draco insulted her than it used to, and Draco hadn't called her names with as much malice, as the year before. Ron and Lavender kept on stealing looks at each other. All in all, a very comical situation. Harry totally convinced Dumbledore to do these things. The ball was again forth year and up, although you could ask someone younger.

Harry and Ginny joined up right away, and started plotting to get the other two couples together.

They ended up locking the different couples-to-be, in different empty classrooms. The locks would only come undone, once they asked the other person in the room to go to the ball with them. Since they already wanted to go to the ball with those people it should prove no problem. Ginny would take care of her brother and Lavender, while Harry would take care of the other two.

Ron was angry with Harry, because Harry had readily let Draco join the group. That, and the fact that he was overprotective of his little sister, that Harry happened to be dating now. Harry had taught the spell to Ginny, that they would use. It had been developed by him, in a past lifetime.

Ah yes, the joys of remembering past-lifetimes, he now remembered every single spell that he had known back then, but Animagi was very recent, so he hadn't known it in a past-lifetime.

Dumbledore paged him, while he was waiting for the Draco and Hermione to ask each other out. The classrooms happened to be near the other one, so he asked Ginny to take care of it. Which she did after claiming a small kiss from him.

He went to the Headmaster's office. There he saw Sirius, he was waiting for someone. When he saw Harry, he jumped up and hugged him. He said, "Harry, I got permission from the headmaster to teach you Animagi, and anyone else you want. So, can we start right away?"

"No, not right away. More like, when the operation 'matchmaker' is over. Turn into a dog and follow me. I'll tell you on the way."

So, they headed back to the not-so-empty classrooms, and Harry told Sirius what the operation was, he also told Sirius about the business with past lifetimes, but he left out the soul-names. When they arrived the classrooms were open and the two pairs were holding hands. Harry laughed, "So Ginny, I guess our little plan worked. There are now two more couples in Gryffindor."

Ron then apologized for the treatment, and they told Lavender about Sirius. Then they all went with Sirius to the guest-wing. There they began the training right away. "First, you have to use a potion to see what animal you will transform into. I already made the potion, because I would never trust Snape with anything. Here, each of you take a bottle."

He handed each of them a small bottle of the potion. "We'll do it alphabetically, by first name. Draco, that means you go first. Oh, wait, a quick charm. 'Engorgio Room', there now no matter what animal it is, we'll still have enough room."

Draco used the potion, and turned into a small Dragon, of a species Harry didn't recognize. Soon after he turned back, and it was Ginny's turn. She turned into a Raven. Then it was Harry's turn. He took the potion, and at first turned into a Phoenix, then a gray wolf, then a Hungarian Horntail, and on and on. When he finally got to an eagle, he turned back into a human, but his appearance had changed, his once green eyes were golden, then returned to green, and his hair wasn't as messy anymore. Sirius was a bit shocked. He then said, "Well, it seams that you're a Multi-Animagus. That means you can turn into any animal you want to. I don't know how to handle something like that, so I think I'll ask Minerva to do so. I'll do so after we're done here. Okay, Hermione it's your turn."

She turned into a cat, Lavender into a chipmunk, and Ron into a fox. Sirius then called McGonagall to take care of Harry's training. She gladly took aver muttering about how the ones in his care would probably also become illegal Animagi. Harry had to laugh at this.

The training turned out to be rather easy, all they had to do was concentrate on becoming the animal revealed to them by the potion. Harry would keep on doing different animals, because the transformations were easier for him, but he had to learn to become more than one. Following what was told to him, he became a different animal about every hour, other than during class and while others were around, until he had finally done so many, that whatever animal came to mind, that he wanted to turn into, he could do so as if he were an Animagus with that animal. The others finished about the same time as he did. Little did they know, it was just on time. Professor McGonagall, of course, had them sign themselves up at the ministry.

Before they knew it, it was time for the ball. The girls were all dressed in their best, and the boys just dressed up a little more than usual. Again, Hermione looked amazing, but this time Ginny and Lavender rivaled her. It appeared that Fred and George had also gotten Ginny a new pair of dress-robes, because they looked expensive. They were an iridescent white that, when held in the right light, shone in different colors of the rainbow and were made out of satin. Her hair was done in ringlets and a French-braid that cascaded down her back. She had perfume on that smelled like roses. Lavender wore lavender robes of muslin, she had some perfume on that smelled of violets, and she had her hair done up in braids that she folded on top of her head, and had lots of flowers in them, so that it looked like she was wearing a crown of flowers. Hermione's hair was done up like the year before, and her perfume was scented with heather. Her robes were silk and showed her dainty feminine curves. They were sky blue and glittered in the light. Harry had remembered to get Ginny some flowers. They were red in the center and the further away from the center the lighter they became, so that at the edge of every petal it was white. He gave them to her, she blushed crimson, and said, "Harry, these are breathtakingly beautiful. You didn't have to get them for me."

Harry answered, "But Ginny, their beauty is humbled in your presence. Besides, they might be beautiful now, but someday they will die and not look as they do now. Your beauty, on the other hand, lasts for eternity, for it is not only your outer appearance that is striking, but also your inner beauty shining out upon us all. Here, this is also for you. Please, close your eyes."

With that he took out a small box, and took out a locket in the shape of a heart. It was encrusted with jewels and bore the words, 'Ginny, I will love you for all eternity. -Harry'. He put it on her and told her to open her eyes. She did so and looked down to see what he had put on her. When she looked at it she gasped and held it in her shaking hands. Harry mentioned, "If you open it, you'll be able to see where I am, and speak to me. If you don't know where it is, then just point your wand at the other side and use the revealing spell. You will then find it written down. That way, next time I get into a mess, you'll be the first to know what's going on. I hope it's good enough for you."

She hugged and kissed him, "It's more than good enough. I'd be happy with just you being there. I love you so much!"

"As I do you, Ginny. I love you too."

They kissed, and everyone thought it was sweet, that could actually hear what was going on. The twins started teasing them, but stopped when they realized that the two were too wrapped up in their own world, to notice them. Ron tapped Harry on the shoulder, and then shook him, then finally pulled the two apart. They looked around quizzically for a bit, then they blushed. It was extremely funny to watch. Draco offered Hermione his hand, which she took, and Ron offered Lavender his hand, which she also took.

They went down to the ball room. As they entered it they gasped. It was, if possible, more spectacular than the year before. They had used the theme 'cave'. There was everything from stalactites to stalagmites. There were seats carved into the stalagmites, and the dance-floor was empty, of any stalagmites, but had more stalactites for that. They headed strait towards it.

Half the evening passed with eating, drinking and dancing. Then Harry and Ginny decided to get some fresh air, so they went outside. As the pair was about to kiss, he heard the whisper of the death curse. He acted on reflex, pulling Ginny to the ground with him, wile at the same time wandlessly summoning his sword. When he had made it, he had placed the only counter-spell known for the killing curse on it. In this lifetime he had updated it, by making it able to shoot spells. Like a wand. It was the only thing other than me, that was immune to the killing curse. I arrived at the same time that Voldemort stepped out of the rosebushes. He said, "Ah, so it seems that you have now regained your memory, as well as your beloved friends. Did you know, even though they don't remember it yet, your 'friends' Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley were generals for me in their past lifetimes? They will betray you again, as they did back when you were Godric Gryffindor. Believe me, this time history will repeat itself in my favor again, except this time I won't die, no, this time you will die alone."

"Nee, I don't think so, Salazar, this time things will change, for instance this time I won't neglect any of my friends, like I did back then, and through that I lost them to you. This time I will not make that mistake. This time you won't kill me either. I will, however utterly destroy you. I swear on my parents' graves."

He drew himself in front of Ginny, as to protect her.