Morag: Hello Sophie. Thank you so much. I’m glad you loved it so much.

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I loved this part. It's so nice to see Tom settling down and I think it's s cute to have a Young Tom! He always puts others before himself but I'm glad he's looking out for himself. He seems to take fatherhood in his stride!

Yeah, I’m happy to give him a life he can live for. He needs happiness too I think. And yes, I think fatherhood does become him. I kind of envision him to The Lion King Mufasa.

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Aww Harry, Dumbledore only wants whats best for you! It may not seem like it but for the long-term, he's looking out for you!

Ahh, yes, but it seems he always has ulterior motives.

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I think Harry needs some space, guys. I know your looking out for him but give him an hour to himself- he'll come round!

I think he’s pretty determined Sophie.

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Aww please don't cry Harry. Dumbledore and Ginny are here now, though, I worry that Ginny might be quite scared as she is still young, though, so is Harry

Yes, I agree with you whole heartedly, but, sense JK is the one who provided the story then I had to make the best of it.

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My favourite thing about this post is the fact that everyone is looking out for Harry.

I love it too. I think it’s great Harry has such great friends who are loyal to him unconditionally. Thank you, Sophie, for reading and commenting.

Emily Black: Hello Emily. Thanks for reading and commenting.

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Awe, poor Harry I always felt bad for him because of all of this.

I know it right?!

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I wonder what he wanted Ginny for And what will he do now that Harry knows? Will he erase his memory? But that won't do much good will it? If he's got the memories Pomfrey gave him? Fantastic post, Connie! Please PAMS!

You’ll see tonight. You bring up a good point! Why would he erase his memory if Madame Pomfrey’s gift can just bring it back? Unless, if his memory was erased, and he took the book from him. Hmm, we’ll have to see. Surely there are things he can do. Thanks for reading and commenting Emily.

Miss Weasley: Hey there Katie girl!

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Another great chapter... seems I say this alot doesn't it? Well, you can't change the truth, can you?

Thank you for that sweetie.

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I'm so glad that Harry finally stood up to Dumbledore! He may be old and look like he's going to blow away, but he still has to face-up to his decisions, as good or bad as they are!

I think he realized this, and maybe he’s going to fix things up as they should be. We’ll see though, he is unpredictable you know.

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I had to laugh when you had Dumbledore tell Ron and Hermione to stay put... when have they ever done what they were asked to do when it comes to Harry? I mean, they're just too nosey for their own good! I also enjoyed how you had Harry and Dumbledore disappear so quickly. You have to really watch that Dumbledore; he's a slippery weasel!

I think he told them that to give him and Harry enough time to disappear around the corner undetected. Yes, he is slippery! I wonder if he might have Fawkes waiting around the corner for him. Or maybe Dobby is there waiting. Or does he know some sort of magic nobody else knows?
You’ll just have to make it a Kiwi in your mind. It is a lemon to the end. Thank you for reading and commenting sweetie.

Thank you to each reader for staying loyal to us here. I hope you enjoy tonight’s chapter. Next week is the last chapter, and I am reserving the right to withhold the title. The Epilogue will be following the final chapter.



CHAPTER FORTY FOUR

Crookshanks Tells of His Past

Ginny nodded her head silently as she looked around the room she appeared in. This was not the head office, but a room without any doors. It did however, have a lot of whirring and whizzing gadgetry. Bright and colored lights made a dazzling display of intrigue and wonder.

There were windows, but the scene outside was not the Hogwarts’ grounds. One was looking into a room where there was a small girl and two much older boys playing Ring Around the Rosie.

Another window was looking into each of the common rooms, where it appeared that it was before daybreak. They were all empty, simply because all the students were in bed still.

Then there was a window with a swirling Quasar and a beautiful Nebula.

And lastly, there was a window showing the Headmaster’s office. A clock was on the wall with the hands going backward. She saw another clock with the hands not moving at all, and still another clock with the hands moving the way they are suppose to move. Calendars were hanging with years gone by and years to come. Ginny walked up to a calendar and looked at a date that caught her eye—“Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley’s wedding.” Her breath caught and she moved her eyes to the date. But, before she could see the date, Dumbledore spoke.

“That’s enough of a peek into what could be,” he said softly, his eyes twinkling and a sweet smile on his face. “Now, to the matter at hand, as you see, our friend Harry here has been waiting to be brought back to the present.”

Ginny looked at him then back to Dumbledore. “Sir, are we in a different time … zone … er …something?”

“Actually, we are in between time at the moment.” He watched her as she stared at him with her mouth slightly ajar.

“But, how can we be ‘in…between time’…Professor?”

He afforded himself a small smile, for he did love it when he was able to talk of his brilliance and not be boasting. “It’s simple to explain, yet inconceivable to understand if you don’t know exactly what you’re being told. For you and I at this moment, in this space, time is irrelevant, for we are not progressing into the future as we normally do, nor are we going in the past, as we never do. We simply exist in between. When we move out of this space, we will either be exactly where we were when we entered, or I can bend space and go either to the future or the past. It works on the theory of the Time Turners that are in the Ministry of Magic at this moment. Only what I have made is more precisely a Tesseract, a four-dimensional extension of a cube. Some refer to it as a fifth dimension.

Just as Ginny was gathered up enough to speak, Fawkes appeared with a very bewildered Sirius Black and Lissydove. They all stood there speechless and looked at Dumbledore. Then Sirius saw Harry and strode over to him. He put his hand on Harry’s shoulder, and then looked into his tortured eyes. The state of anguish and tears on his face worried Sirius.

“Albus! What is going on? What’s wrong with him?” He didn’t take his eyes off of him as he cupped the boy’s angry face in his hands gently.

“Harry has learned a great deal of information that he’s too young to understand at the moment. I can’t help him understand it either, or I would. I need to learn quite a lot more myself before I know enough to begin to act on it.”

“What is it we’re doing here?” Sirius asked.

Crookshanks spoke for the first time since he walked in the room behind Dumbledore with Harry.
“Please, may I speak?”

Dumbledore’s eyes went to the cat, and a new dawning came across his face. “My old friend, Tom! So, its Crookshanks now, is it? I was most sorrowful when you died with James and Lily. How is it for you then?”

Crookshanks turned into Jim. “If I may, Sir, this form is much more suited when I am to do much talking.” He held out his small hand to offer a handshake, as is common for some humans to do upon civilized greetings. This he did for Dumbledore, because he had just started to stoop over to pet Crookshanks when the cat transformed. Dumbledore lost his composure for a second and exclaimed in happy surprise, “Jonathon!”

“My name is Jim when I’m in this form. I am doing just fine, Albus. Thank you for asking. I am also just today, rather yesterday, a proud new father.”

Dumbledore hid his surprise quickly, shook the small boy’s hand and smiled friendly. “Oh, delightful! Congratulations then. I’m most pleased for you to join us then, Jim.”

Ginny, at first, when Crookshanks spoke, jumped in alarm at seeing him talking. She grabbed Sirius’s arm and was going to get behind him, but recognizing Sirius from the posters, except noticing she didn’t remember him looking so charming and gorgeous in the wanted pictures, backed away from him and stood behind the immobile Harry. When she recovered from the double shock at a talking, transforming cat and seeing Sirius, she looked back to Dumbledore and the little boy, Jim talking.

“All right there, Ginny?” Jim asked her. “I’m sorry for the shock to you, but we need to get on with this.” Ginny smiled slightly with one side of her mouth turned up. She only grunted her acknowledgment.

“I’ve been feeling, ever since I got to Hogwarts, an electric charge in the air, every now and then. I figured it was all the magic in the air. But it was most noticeable late into the night. The fur on my back would stand up most annoyingly. Not a whole lot of magic goes on throughout the night. Then I started getting bits and pieces of another memory of a previous life. The electric charge I’ve been feeling brought back some more pieces of my memory.

I was born in Camelot in the year 1890, and raised by a Great wizard named Merlin. Sometime close to 1920, a young knave stole and sold me for the price of a year’s rent and food for the family of the knave. The new owner killed me to keep me from escaping back to Merlin. This wasn’t a huge tragedy in itself because I was at the end of my thirty-year life span, only I didn’t have my master to bond with to retain my memory. Indeed, when I came back to life, I didn’t have a clue who I was and meandered around after I regained my freedom. I was living in the marshes during a time when magic, deemed evil was a most dangerous era to live in. Different times I was captured and I would always escape, but with much expense to myself. The nearest I can figure, is one hundred forty-four years I’ve lost and unless I lose anymore lives needlessly, my lifetime will expire around 2016. I should have lived through the year 2160. The reason I recognized the energy in the air, and figured out finally what it was, is that Merlin was working on perfecting the same thing as you have here, Albus. Only he just called it a Time Machine.”

“This is quite fascinating. Now what led him to work on this? Do you know, Crookshanks?” Dumbledore asked him with bright twinkling eyes.

“He said that whenever magic is used, time, in the form of energy, is dispersed. He wondered where it went. So he started experimenting with time.

His first experiment was with an enchanted rock to move twelve inches back and forth in a timed interval in a tube. He drew all the air out and created a vacuum. The rock appeared on the other end of the tube, then back to the first side again. It did this numerous times, until the tube imploded. From this, he gathered that when time is changed, the used energy has to go somewhere else. If it doesn’t then the energy builds up and starts pulling everything in around it till it implodes. He then decided that the world would implode if magic was continually used and the energy wasn’t displaced, so he decided that a parallel time had to occur, and that the displaced time went there. If it didn’t, then tears would exist all over the world, and to his knowledge, there weren’t any. So, he discovered that when magic is used, time is actually being bent. That’s when he decided that …”

Hey Connie. I loved this post and being able to learn more about Tom!

Is it by any chance James, Albus and Lily?

This must be such a shock for Ginny. Everything seems to happen at once for her!

Ah, how exciting!!! Though poor Tom seems to have had a hard life at times. He needs big glomps !

That.......Oooo...I can't wait to find out what happens!

I can't wait for next weeks post! The suspence is killing me already! Great Post Connie! I'll be watching this space!
Soph x

Naw, that's precious. I bet it is Lily, Albus, and James
I bet she was excited when she saw that one
This just made me laugh. I love her reaction to Sirius. Just too comical.
Learning about Jim was quite fascinating, if I may say so. I love the whole Merlin part
Ummm, I think you forgot to finish your sentence
Great post, Connie! Please PAMS!

Connie!

Another great chapter, but one of a very different style I think. A little more sci-fi maybe? Anyway, it was a great and refreshing change in tone.

So... the windows? Are they like past, present and future? The kids being the past, the common rooms the present and the quasar and nebulus the future? If this is correct... then could the children be Lily, James and Sirius or maybe... Lissydove, James and Sirius? I know... the girls aren't young enough, right? I have now figured it out, but have decided to leave it to you to reveal the secret! (A, A, and A, perhaps?) You are very ingenious! I love it!

Well, as far as I'm concerned, Albus should've stayed in the background for just a few seconds longer, while Ginny was investigating the room! The sneaky man was totally unfair allowing Ginny to see that there was a definite wedding established for the future, but not allow her to see the date! So unfair!

Thank you so much for establishing a life line for Jim/Tom/Crookshanks. I have been curious as to where he came from and what he had done before becoming Lily's pet. It's a shame he has to die. I was also happy that he was able to surprise Dumbledore. The poor man knows too much!

Okay... so, what's with the mysterious ending to the chapter? "That's when he decided..." Decided what????? Decided that the world wasn't ready for such an invention? I told you this was a totally different type of chapter! A cliff hanger... who knew!

Great chapter, Connie. I can't wait until tomorrow;s! I'm sad that it's the last chapter before the epilogue.

Katie

Hello to all my readers. Tonight I’m going to make the comments as brief as I can because the chapter is so very long. You’ll need some cookies and milk for this one. This is the last chapter of the story, and if you need to ask questions, I will answer them as soon as I see that you have asked them, IF they aren’t answered in the Epilogue which will be posted next Thursday. Thank you each and everyone for reading, and thank you to my readers who comment.

Morag: Hello Sophie.

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Is it by any chance James, Albus and Lily?

The window with the children are answered in the Epilogue.

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Ah, how exciting!!! Though poor Tom seems to have had a hard life at times. He needs big glomps !

Yes, a very hard life, and he’s thankful for the big glomps. Thank you Sophie, for commenting.

Emily Black: Hello Emily. Again, the window- Epilogue. I wanted to make Ginny real when she recognized Sirius, even though she was with Dumbledore she was still startled when she saw him. And I couldn’t resist throwing in a cute reaction to his charm and good looks.

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Learning about Jim was quite fascinating, if I may say so. I love the whole Merlin part

Thanks Emily. It was fun coming up with that whole scenario. Thank you Emily, for commenting.

Miss Weasley: Hello Katie girl! The window-Epilogue.

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I have now figured it out, but have decided to leave it to you to reveal the secret! (A, A, and A, perhaps?) You are very ingenious! I love it!

Whatever are you talking about?!? Thank you sweetie for saying I’m brilliant. Quite a stretch, but it sure made me feel good.

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The sneaky man was totally unfair allowing Ginny to see that there was a definite wedding established for the future, but not allow her to see the date! So unfair!

Ah, but you see, the thing is, the future is never known for sure. All things seen in the future is just something that could happen, because something could be altered between now and then? The future is what we make of the present. Thank you, Katie for commenting.

A/N: I wonder if anyone caught Dumbledore saying, “Jonathon?” And has anyone figured who Jonathon is? Watch for a clue towards the end of the chapter, although the name is not mentioned again. Next Thursday, Epilogue “Of Heads or Tails Twenty Three Years Later.”


CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

The Tesseract to Save the World

“I’m sure this is very mind boggling and all, but what does Merlin have to do with Harry, and why we’re all here in this place?” asked Sirius.

“Yes, of course. We must get back to the reality of this world.” At this moment, Ginny saw Dobby carrying a box of kittens, and following them was Moondrop, and young Tom, in the window of Dumbledore’s office. Then Dobby snapped his fingers and he was in the same space as everyone else. He set down the box, and then pulled out from the box, some photo albums, along with Sirius, and Lissydove’s wands.

“Thank you Dobby. Is there anything you need to preserve from the time change Dobby?”

“Oh no Sir, Master Dumbledore. We is bending time long before this time our own selves. Ever sense the great student of magic, Merlin, was taught by Dobby’s father of four generations ago.”

“Your great, great, great Grandfather taught magic to Merlin, the greatest … wizard of … all… time!” Sirius said looking from Dobby to Dumbledore. “This story just keeps getting better and better!” Sirius said looking hard at Dumbledore.

“This will be a little difficult,” Dumbledore said as he tweaked a little on a knob. “Please bear with me a moment. Here we are.” Now, as you see, our Miss Lissydove is here, so what we are about to watch is the past. And as I said, it will be difficult to watch.”

Lissydove came into view. She was running across a street with rain pouring down, thunder cracking, and lightening flashing brightly. It was a very bad thunderstorm. She was leaving the hospital where she worked. She had a newspaper held over her head to try to keep the rain off her face. A speeding car came barreling down the street she was crossing.

“No!” Ginny screamed. What happened was to unnerving for her to watch. Dumbledore put his arms around Ginny, and held her trembling shoulders against him.

“That was awful hard to watch. We had to let that happen, or else she would have found her way here and the things that we are fixing would have come undone.”

“But, how do you know she would have come here? Why couldn’t you just let her live and tell her you didn’t have a place for her?”

“I actually thought of that, and instead of her getting hit by that car, she was struck by lightning, and the new mother of an unborn baby was hit by the speeding car. Another time I changed that, and something just as devastating happened. Finally I accepted her application and apparated her into Hogsmeade. I checked the news and saw not only did the speeding car kill the new mother, but also instead of Miss Lissydove, lightening struck a little girl that was behind her. She was the little niece of the new mother to be. Because Lissydove lived, three other people died. So I thought, well I can’t have this, so I was there to slow the speeding car down, and put a protective shield around the mother and niece. Lissydove and I came on back here, and all is well. Would you make that assumption in this case? Miss Weasley?”

“Yes” she answered quietly, almost whispering.

“But, what has happened because I displaced too much magic over and over is …” Ginny gasped and put her hand over her mouth.

“Merlin’s rock experiment?”

“Yes indeed Miss Weasley. The only difference is, it is occurring at a slow rate. Are you aware of what Muggle Scientists are calling a hole in the O Zone layer? This hole is actually the beginning of a tear in the Universe. If it keeps growing, it will implode. Our beautiful world will suck itself in and the moon, stars and every grain of cosmic dust will be sucked in with it.”

“A Black Hole” Ginny whispered barely audible. “But, the Scientists say it’s from spray cans and automobile gas fumes, and freezing air stuff.”

“What you probably mean is; aerosol from a can, exhaust emissions from automobiles, and refrigerant for air conditioners. Yes, very good, those are harmful to the O Zone, and of course, they would say that, because it is the only logical thing for them to think, sense most Muggles don’t believe magic exists. Moreover, those things certainly do not help the tear at all. Nevertheless, all is not lost. Our Miss Lissydove is alive and well at this moment.”

“That was rather un-nerving to watch,” said Lissydove. “Yes, Ginny, if I hadn’t gotten the post here, I would have gotten in somehow, even if I had to transform myself into a house elf.”

Dumbledore smiled, but said nothing, except, “Time travel can be mind boggling. Sirius, you and your beautiful bride need to step through the window from the present. The first thing we have to do is a disenchantment spell on you. You will be a couple living in Albania with Ottery St. Catchpole and Kelly. He twirled his wand and apiece of parchment folded itself and went in Sirius’s hand. Please give this to Ottery. There you will stay under secret protection until Voldemort is no more. It could be years, but it is imperative you stay in hiding till you get the word that Voldemort is dead.”

“But Albus, won’t they be suspicious?”

“We don’t need to concern ourselves about that. Ottery is no stranger to time, or even parallel universe travel. I’m not even sure if he is from this universe, but for the last one hundred fifty odd years he has been here and promises to stay till Voldemort is gone. Please give them my regards, and tell them to keep up with their work as normal.”

Jim stepped forward, took Sirius’s hand in his, and said, “It truly has been a blessing knowing you and being friends with you. It was kind of like being with James again. Thank you again for your friendship and for taking such good care to get James and Lily back here to Albus. I will miss you, and the both of you have a wonderful life.”

Dumbledore clasped Sirius’s hand and shook it. “You really did do magnificently that night. I know it was terrible what you went through. I’m sorry you’ve been robbed all these years your relationship with Harry you could have had. He still would have had to stay with the Dursley’s though. You can come back and start all over when Voldemort is dead.” Then with a flip of the wrist, Sirius and Lissydove, wands in hand, disappeared through the window where Dumbledore pointed.

“So, that was Sirius Black, and he really was innocent, and Miss Lissydove knows him?” Ginny said quickly, for things seemed to be moving along rather quickly.

“I’m sorry Miss Weasley; there wasn’t much time for introductions and the sort. Yes, he and Miss Lissydove were married a short time back.” He was turning knobs again and waited a moment then he pointed to a green light that just came on over one of the windows. “They have arrived at the home of Ottery St. Catchpole and Kelly. They saw Sirius and Lissydove in the window that came into view under the green light. Now, we can proceed to the next thing we need to do.”
He started turning dials and flipping switches. “We will go back to the beginning of school term of this year.” He looked at the window where Lissydove had been hit by the car and that scene evaporated into a different one.

A scene came into view of the morning Harry Potter, the Weasley children and Hermione were about to board the train. He turned the dial and the hands on the clock stopped speeding backwards and then sped forward. Everything moved at an alarming speed. They watched as the Hogwarts students were traveling the train to Hogwarts and the Dementors were about to enter the compartment and trying to get Harry. Dumbledore froze time and turned to Ginny.

“You must go in and get Crookshanks and step back here, while this Crookshanks gets on a seat, so he doesn’t bolt up Ron’s leg, injuring him. Miss Lissydove won’t be there to help him and I don’t want to think what will happen if it is discovered that, there is a Werecat at Hogwarts. I will go in and set Harry down, and put away his wand.”

“But, what will happen if when we’re correcting things, we don’t reset everything exactly the same as before we stopped time?” Ginny asked clearly nervous about what was happening and the role she was playing.

“If things aren’t exactly set the same then a sense of what Muggles call, ‘déjà vu’ will occur.” Dumbledore answered her with a twinkle in his eyes.

Ginny’s eyes blinked with her mouth slightly ajar, for she had experienced this a few times herself.

“Time adjustments aren’t uncommon at all, Miss Weasley” Watching Ginny’s expressions were as good as watching a child unwrap a present at Christmas, for him.

Ginny shook her head and focused on what was at hand.

“Professor, why not keep the Dementors from getting Harry. It was the most terrible thing I’ve ever seen before.”

“If it was safe to do that, I would do it in a heartbeat. Alas, that would set off a chain of events causing a bigger tear in the universe. We will change only things that have happened because of magic or indirectly by magic. We must allow things to happen naturally. Harry is a strong lad, and hard as it is to believe, these things make him stronger. “

So they stepped through the window, and after the Dementors left the train Dumbledore stopped time and Ginny and Crookshanks returned the other Crookshanks to the train. Then Dumbledore suddenly stepped through and came back with a rather large pickle jar full of swarming insects.

Ginny looked at him and pointed to them. “Aren’t those the ummm, “Yes, indeed they are. When Harry cast his spell at the Dementor, there happened to be a student running in the isle away from the Dementor, and he was stunned by Harry’s spell. The Imps also were stunned, but when they came to they found themselves free of the broken jar and the train empty. They made their way to Hogwarts and must have taken refuge in the small standing of pines down at the Quidditch Pitch. I shall take these Imps to The Ministry of Magic, and tell them what they are, and of course I trust they will be given a proper name.”

“And so, we don’t have to worry about Harry getting bit by them, and that whole mess won’t happen. And … we won’t have to use magic to keep that from happening.” Ginny said laughing with glee.

Ginny and Dumbledore continued watching until it was time for Crookshanks to find Sirius at the Whomping Willow. Dumbledore and Crookshanks spoke to the Crookshanks of that time era, and explained quickly what was going on, and that he must help Sirius without the use of magic or communicating with him. He was convinced that everything was good in the future, and they would catch Peter. So, after Crookshanks and Dumbledore left, he didn’t talk to Sirius, but let him in and out of the Whomping Willow. Crookshanks didn’t take him food and drink or take him to get his wand and the photo albums. The day Ginny and Harry went flying; Dumbledore stopped time, and caused Harry to go talk to Remus Lupin instead of flying.

The past again started flying through time, and each time something happened because of or indirectly because of the direct use of magic, to change something, then Dumbledore would stop time and one or all of them would step in and fix it.

They came to the present time and Dumbledore looked at the Common rooms. A house elf came in and started stoking the fire, and other house elves went into the other dormitories and stoked the fires. In seconds, all the Common rooms were full of the elves cleaning.

Ginny drew in her breath. “Sir! The Tesseract seems to be malfunctioning.” She turned back around and found the rooms completely cleaned and all elves gone from the rooms. She looked up at the clock and noted in surprise that the hands were not turning. They were still at the same time as when they stepped out. “But, I don’t understand Sir. The time didn’t change, and yet they were all in there and cleaned everything and rebuilt the fires in no time at all. Literally!”

“Yes, you are correct. You’re forgetting that house elves are magical creatures. You heard Dobby here say that they use space-time magic all the time. It’s how they are able to do all their duties and take care of our needs, and still have their time to rest, have their family time, and sleep. We would have to house thousands to do everything they do in the course of a day, if they didn’t bend time.”

“Ok, Miss Weasley, is there anything you need to know before we wrap up this little escapade of ours?”

The glint in his eyes was endearing as he looked at Ginny. “Well yes Sir. If, I mean … When the House Elves use magic, where is the displaced magic at? I mean to say, why doesn’t the rip keep getting bigger, and even if we fix it, it will just tear again, with all the displaced magic.”

Dumbledore laughed merrily and the twinkle in his eye’s danced. He looked at Dobby and said, “Miss Weasley asked a question that I do not have the answer to, and I must say I would rather like to have the answer myself.”

“Oh yes, Master Professor Dumbledore Sir. Dobby can reply with the answer. The magic used is causing dispersed energy, and we is harnessing the energy in the field of a matter stream, and we is using the energy to make our stoves and ovens more efficient to our needs.”

Ginny gawked at Dobby and blinked several times with her mouth open, then looked at Professor Dumbledore and spoke half dazed.

“Um well, I was wondering if I’ll be able to remember … things when I get returned or, will I return, because there is already a Ginny there? What is to become of that me or me … me? Also, does this mean the hole in the O Zone will be closed, when the rip in the Universe is fixed?”

“These are all very important questions. Firstly, the hole in the O Zone will still be there. We must let the Muggle scientists do something for their people. It would be too costly a feet to try and erase the memories of everybody knowing about the O Zone. Yes, you will retain all your memories, since I have pulled you out of the period. You’re little vial of “help” is still intact as is the, lemon, Harry’s shirt; (at this she blushed) everything in fact is intact, as long as it is in this space with us at this moment.

He reached into a pocket and pulled out Harry’s book Madam Pomfrey gave him. This was most ingenious what she did for Harry, and right under my nose at that.” He smiled delighted with her cleverness. “I must be more careful around her from now on. For all her innocence of wanting to help Harry, this is the very thing that caused us to have to undo all these things. If Harry had been able to contain his rage as he frequently has to do, and think clearly instead of full of anger and hate, then he would have figured out a way to leave Hogwarts and start looking for the Cru …,” he stopped and looked at Ginny. “Forgive me, but I can’t finish what I was about to say. Anyway, time is repaired, and we may now return to the present time. Let us look at the good that has come of this. You still have all your memories, and the things in your special pocket and this.” He handed her the book of Harry’s memories. I’ll entrust this to you to give to Harry after Voldemort has been defeated. I pray that he doesn’t see me in a bad way for the things I’ve had to do to him. And I still have this,” he held the miniature LED Monitor and Lissydove’s books that were stacked neatly in a corner. I must have Lissydove and Sirius come back after Voldemort is gone. She was a tremendous help to Madam Pomfrey. Now, this brings us to your other question. How will we be incorporated into the present while already there is one of each of us there already?” He looked at Crookshanks.

“Crookshanks, you understand why I brought you here and your family also?”

“Yes, Albus, because we are creatures we cannot be depended upon to do what is expected by the humans.”

“Well, actually, I brought you and your family here in case something hadn’t gone right with the shop keeper not taking you in, I was afraid you would just apparate into Hogwarts and work under stealth. You wouldn’t have a family if that was the turn of events. I just wanted to make sure you were able to have your family is all.”

“Thank you Albus. That was very thoughtful of you.”

And I had Dobby stay here in case something happened while we were in the past, so he could pull us out. He is in charge of your little family, and yes I could not take the chance of any of them getting away from him, while he was occupied with the errands I had him on.” He looked down at young Tom who was at that moment, trying to jump through one of the windows.

“Yes, thank you” Jim said, for he transformed back into the human to talk to Dumbledore.

“OK, if we’re all set then, we will all step through the window. After ten minutes, we need to be where our other selves are at. I will take Harry and put him with his other self. When you get there be as close to the spot where your other self is, and the time dilation field will lower and you will move into your other self. Dobby, will you take care of the little ones to help Moondrop. And we need to find out where you are Crookshanks.”

“I more than likely will be with Hermione.” Dumbledore turned a knob and a green light came on, he flipped a switch, and the girls’ dormitory came into view.

“Yes, there you are, and I see you are most agitated. It is like you said. You feel the Tesseract working.”

“Yes, it is most unsettling.” Jim offered.

Ginny looked at the window and watched as Hermione was sleeping in the view also. “So, Professor?” She looked at him sheepishly. “Um … You’re able to just come into this space and … um … see … whatever is going on?”

Dumbledore saw what Ginny was getting at. “If I were an immoral person, then yes, I suppose I would be able to do that. But, I’m not immoral, and so I wouldn’t do that. You saw the green light over the one window? I said that Sirius and Lissydove were safely at Ottery’s place. We looked through that window and seen them there? That green light goes on here in this space, in my office, and on my Illuminator, whenever there is someone here at Hogwarts that needs help, or when a mission has been completed so I can return to the present. I can go into this space and look to what window the green light is in, and it shows me where that person is at. This is the only way; I look into any private space so I don’t invade any privacy.”

Ginny looked relieved. She trusted Dumbledore so she nodded her head. “And the reason you asked me to come and help you was, well, I don’t now why. But, I came and helped you. Are you going to cause me to forget this Tesseract thing?”

“I should think that you would know the answer to that Miss Weasley. I didn’t have to have you help me. I had you help me so you could keep your memory of your special day with Harry. I wanted Ron and Hermione to know the Secret Keeper, so they could at the right time be able to remember Harry’s memory we saw in the hospital wing that day. You were the logical person for that. You are Harry’s Secret Keeper, and because of that you have some responsibility to the Tesseract being kept secret. So, you see; you don’t have to forget; and you won’t be able to tell. I probably won’t be around when that time comes to pass.

“Thank you Sir. I have learned a lot from that day. And I never want to forget it, or the time I spent with Harry. But, Sir, you could always be around with this Tesseract. You could have been Merlin for all I know. Why not,” But her sentence was not finished. “Ginny,” he looked at her with old eyes. “Excuse me dear, for the interruption. I will say this, and then we will all step through the window. My pet phoenix has a life span of five hundred years. He then dies in a fire he sets upon himself, and raises anew from the ashes. I have seen this happen on more than one occasion. I think it is time for me to move on. I have stayed around ridding this world of evil wizardry trying to close the tear in the universe. I will not be the one to defeat Voldemort. Another great wizard will do that, and he will be the next great and powerful wizard. The Tesseract has allowed me to stay long enough to fix things that has been messed up by magic from ages long past gone, and this last bit I‘ve done, we‘ve done, will close the rip in the universe, and I can go on to my resting place when my time is up.”

Her mouth dropped open and he smiled then gently pushed her through the window. Dobby stepped through then Jim, who then changed into Crookshanks. Dumbledore made his books and miniature LED Monitor disappear into a small bag and put it in a pocket in his robe, then flipped a switch and stepped through the window bringing Harry along by his elbow.

Ginny and Crookshanks hurried off to get to the places they needed to be. Dobby already had Moondrop and the kittens back with Luna, and he was back in his little nook off of the kitchen. Crookshanks stood over the Crookshanks that was cuddled up on the top of Hermione’s pillow.

Dumbledore took Harry and placed him up against the Harry that was lying on his back looking straight ahead and seeing nothing. But the look on his face matched the look exactly as the Harry had on his face that Dumbledore just returned. “What an angry young man. I wonder what thought he could have that would cause such a venomous look on his face. At least he won‘t be confused when he is one with himself. They are both having the same emotions at the moment.”

Then Dumbledore disappeared into the headmasters’ chambers where he was standing frozen in time as everyone else was. A wave of indescribable motion swept over the school and time was restored.

Hi Connie. Great Post, though I'm awfully sad as it is coming to an end

So I've read! It's all very well done though Connie!

That was so nice of Tom! One of my favourite things about your story is how you have kept Sirius alive and well.


I love the was you write Ginny. She's so detrmined and full of questions!

That is sooo cool. How do you manage to come up with things so complexed and detailed. I tell you, you could give J.K Rowling a run for her money. Your awsome Connie!
Watching for Thursdays post. It's sad to see everythig come to an end
Soph x

I actually did catch that and forgot to comment on it... I wonder who it is... I agree with Sirius This story just keeps getting better and better.
I'm with Sophie and Dumbledore. It is quite mind boggling.
Fantastic post, Connie! I can't wait to see the Epilogue. I'm curious to see how everything turns out.

THE EXPLANATION:
OK, Emily asked the question, and the answer doesn't have any effect on the story one way or the other. It was just a small confirmation bomb to something that was mentioned that could really be. [QUOTE][I actually did catch that and forgot to comment on it... I wonder who it is... /QUOTE]The first clue is mentioned when Jim was telling: The second clue is: And the third clue is this: So, putting the three clues together, you have a different point of view of Albus Dumbledore. He obviously had a Werecat whose human name was Jonathon. Merlin's Werecat, as Crookshanks tells us, was stolen and it was killed so there wouldn't be any way he could go back to Merlin. Dumbledore recognized Jim as Jonathon. He had never seen Tom, or Crookshanks in human form, so, he never knew it was his Jonathon. Remember the cat's coat changes color each time it is renewed of life. So, he didn't know him that way either. Dumbledore told Ginny he has seen his Phoenix die and raise again from the ashes into a new life for more than one occation. So, that gives Dumbledore a life span of at least 1,000 years. He has been ridding the world of evil wizards through the ages. In my ff, when Morgana trapped Merlin in the tree, we see that Merlin resurfaces later in history, so, I just made it so he had his Tesseract preset to a fail safe that if he didn't ever return within a certain amount of time, it would bring him back to the room where his Tesseract was. All he would have to do would be to go back in time to the point where he his brother and parents lived and transport them to a future date where they could start a new and secret life as the Dumbledores. And it is from that point in time that he started trying to mend the tear in the universe. He didn't tell Grindlewald about his invention, because he new the power Grindlewald desired. It was when his little sister died he became sadly aware even though he suspected it, just how power hungry he himself really was, and this changed Dumbledores way of thinking about for the greater good.
And also remember that Crookshanks adjusted Dumbledores mind the first moment he saw him. So Dumbledore didn't recognize Crookshanks as a Werecat until of course the moment Crookshanks became Jim. This caused the Disillution Charm to stop working on him, and he immediately saw him for who he was, Jonathon.
Hope you enjoyed my little side storyline I had going on. I didn't think it fair to have it in there and my readers not be aware of it.

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Hello Sophie. Thank you for your thoughtful comment. The thing I will miss is the wonderful comments I so enjoy reading from my readers. You always give such wonderful ones, and I thank you for them. Yeah, I thought there had to be a way for him to be able to stay alive. I know it was crucial for JK's story, for all Harry's father figures to die, but I say it is important to let him have one. He deserves to have Sirius, and Sirius deserved to be able to live a happy and productive life. And then there is Miss Lissydove of my ff, I think she deserved to have her happy and productive life. Please except this as a compliment because it is what it is given as. Ever since you started reading my ff, I always thought that you and Ginny, my Ginny are so much alike. I don't know you, but, I seem to picture you and her quite alike. I love my Ginny, and so I hope that shows you how I think of you. Thank you so much Sophie, for all your generous compliments. The things I came up with were given to me by JK and a couple other writers some of whom are here on SS, through inspiration and encouragement. Please don't be sad. I hope I'm able to throw one more curve ball into the game here, and manage a home run.

Hello Emily. Thank you so much for being my BETA READER, and I hope you have great success with your writing at school and into your Authorship. (Is that a word?) I hope you get published right away. There, I reckon that sounds better. Thank you for always writing such wonderful and encouraging comments like Sophie. You know what comments do for a new first time writer, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for always saying such nice things.

Thursday, I will be posting the final curve ball. I hope everyone enjoys the final inning.

Awe, well you're welcome, Connie. It was my pleasure really. It was fun to do. I missed editing And thank you; hopefully things will work out, but you never know. I really do know what you mean! I was extremely nervous about posting MYUTM, since it was my first story and what not. So, thank you

That is pretty cool, Connie! I have no idea how you come up with this stuff! But it is indeed quite clever.
I can't wait until Thursday!

Connie!!!

Another great chapter... the final one... Can you see the wee tear in my eye? I'm so sad. I figure with a lot of whining and persuading, maybe you will begin another one?

Okay... on to the comments. So, Dobby was around many moons ago and was also apart of Merlin and Jonathan's lives? I like how you kind of involved everyone and had the story make a full circle. Very smart of you!

At the same time, I really enjoyed how you brought Ottery and Kelly back into the story by sending Sirius and Lissydove back in time to stay. It must have taken alot of foresight on your part to get this all worked out before writing it. Great work!

Also, I would never have thought to bring the cats back to Dumbledoe's rooms before beginning all of the changes in time. But you are truly right, there is absolutely no way a person can control the actions of a cat, let alone kittens! Good thinking!

Soooo.... the Tesseract and the black holes and everything... are they just a more advanced form of the time turners? I guess more involved and intrical? ( I know, I know it's not a real word... but it works!) I'm sorry Im not into time travel and such, but you have definitely given me something to think about!

Lastly, I am so glad that you made Ginny the Secret Keeper. It fits perfectly and seems to draw she and Harry even closer together. Now... what's up with the lemon already!?!?

Well, I suppose you will post tonight... I'm so glad I was able to slip in my comment before you did. I will truly miss your story. It was well written and well worth the time and patience needed to wait for the next chapter!

Katie

You are very welcome Connie! It's been a pleasure being a reader of your story and I am goint to miss it sooo much. It's what I've got waiting for me when I come home from school on a Friday afternoon. What will I do now

Your soo right! I cried all night when I read Sirius died. I had to keep re-reading it to make it sink in It was so sad! I don't know what I would do without my dad.

You've got quite a close picture of me there, just imagine me with Harry's green eyes and your sorted. I love your Ginny more than my own. I'll miss her.

If you can play baseball like me you'll do it no problem! But honestly this story is sure to end on a high. It's brilliant

That's brilliant Connie! Aw Dumbledore a werecat..Awsome...and living for 1,000 years, how cool must that be!

I look forward to the post, but the end...couldn't it wait for just a little while I'm really going to miss this Connie.I'm crying just replying. I'll need plently of glomps at the end.

Hello Katie girl. Awe, wipe your tear sweetie, and thank you for your kind compliments, but, no, I can't see me writing anymore. It's possible, but I really don't think I will. I'm sure I've heard it used before. Well, if it isn't a word, it should be. Yes, somewhat the same principle, but way more technical. The time turners I think are limited to the time distance in the past it can travel to due to the limited amount of sand in the time turner, and it runs out in a very short time of space. The Tesseract bends time and is either released so one can stay in that time, a fail safe time is put in, or it is held till the person returns to the time of departure. It isn't limited to anytime because there is no limit to space and time. Deal with it! Yeah, you slipped in right under the wire didn't you. But, in all honesty I really didn't expect you to comment at all, going through the emotional week you just had. I'm deeply sorry for your loss. Thank you sweetie.Yes, I will be posting tonight. I hope you enjoy it.

Sophie! Hello! I'm sorry, you posted your comment just before I posted my comment, so I missed you in cyber space. So, I've added you you here to Katie's and I'll post my Epilogue later. I'm so afraid of Double Posting though. I'd hate to get in trouble on my past post. But, it can't be helped. I think all my readers who take the time to comment deserve a reply. So, I hope Jeremy forgives me this one double post.
You can write and post to your own fantastic ff.
Oh my goodness! You must get a lot of, "You look just like Ginny Weasley on that Harry Potter movie!" You must be very beautiful with Ginnys features and Harry's eye coloring. Your Ginny is wonderful! I admire her tremendously! Thank you so much! Awe, wipe your tears. No crying. The Epilogue is mostly the answer to all the questions I thought people might have rolled up into the most intrical (it's a word, someone very intelligent used it and so I think it is)part of the story. Here is a clue. Remember at the very beginning of the story, Ottery said it sounds as though it is told as a narrative. I said it is, but I would make it less confusing and just write it as a story. Think on that, and I wonder if you can figure it out. I'm hoping for a grand slam! Lots and lots of s for you.

Sorry Connie! I usually get an email when you post but the last few times it hasn't happened so I don't know whats up. SAME! Ever since you told me about it, after I post, it's like all I worry about!

Oh I don't know, it all sounds nice but.... I don't really get much people telling me I look like Ginny. Over here in Scotland Red heads are a rare thing but we all know one. Though I have had before I could be Harry and Ginny's offspring!

Thank you so much!Awe, wipe your tears. Ah you've got me thinking. It's like MYUTM....Me and my theories!

I sure you'll get it...I was actually playing baseball today at school, how weird is that and thanks for the glomps! I'll need them

Epilogue

Of Heads or Tails Twenty Three Years Later


Crookshanks was walking around in the train station one day, and jumped onto the bench beside a young woman very deep in thought. Crookshanks often times on sunny days would see this same young woman in a small square having her lunch. He was in the need of something very specific and needed somewhere to think how to get what he needed. He figured the woman was so deep in thought she wouldn’t notice him being there. She seemed to be distressed about something indeed.

He touched her mind out of curiosity just to see what was troubling her. She was trying to figure what bills she would be able to pay from her paycheck she just received. Her mind went to her little baby she adored and felt a desperation to do better by her than what she was able to do. She was thinking maybe she could write and try to publish her little story she had written a rough draft for. But who was she kidding. She didn’t think publishing one little children’s story would go very far in giving what she wanted for her child.

Crookshanks considered the young woman and made a decision that would help him with his dilemma, and the young woman with hers. He started putting thoughts into her head. She quickly got out an ink pen and a napkin she had from her coffee and doughnut she had that morning. Next she wrote: “Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived” She looked at it and scribbled it out and wrote, “Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone” by J.K. Rowling. She smiled and started writing on any piece of scrap paper she could find. She was looking for more paper when she noticed Crookshanks.

“Well, hello. I didn’t notice you sitting there. Have you been separated from your master?” She asked.

He answered in her mind. “My master has given me my freedom to search for the love of my life. I found her master, Luna, only to find my Moondrop is no longer of this world.” I have a great need to help the young Muggles of this world to recognize the difference of good and bad. I see a great tendency of young Muggles going in search of dark and evil things. I want to be able to help them see the choices they have in life. And I’m thinking if I tell you the story of Harry Potter and his struggles, this would help you and me.”

Miss Rowling sat there looking at Crookshanks in disbelieving awe. She shook her head still looking at Crookshanks. “Please believe what is in your mind. Go ahead and get on the train, wherein, I will accompany you and give you proof you are not going senile as you are thinking at this moment.”

Her train came and she boarded it with trepidation. The cat, she noticed followed her also. “I need to go to the Dr. and see if I am going senile.” The cat jumped upon the seat across from her. Feeling her anxiety, he felt it best to approach her from a different angle. He curled up in a ball and slept.

They traveled in silence and Miss Rowling started thinking she had somehow imagined the whole thing. Still though, she looked at the cat curled up on the seat across from her, and wondered what had made her think what she thought she heard.

The train stopped and Miss Rowling jumped up and got off of the train, and hurried into a coffee shop. She looked around and was relieved to see the cat was no longer around. She got her coffee and sat waiting for her next commute. She was sitting looking at her notes she had taken and couldn’t think what to write next.

“Miss, can I share your table with you?” She looked up and smiled at the small boy in front of her holding a napkin, a doughnut, and a book. “I would be delighted.” she said as she looked around. “Where are your parents? You know it is very dangerous to talk to strangers.” She still smiling let her eyes roam the shop. It appeared they were alone.

“My name is Jimmy, and I was wondering if I could get you to sign my book for me.” He handed her the book and she smiled taking it.

“Why would you want me to sign your book?” she asked the small boy. Overwhelming joy shone in her eyes as the thought of being a famous author came into her mind. “You must have me confused with somebody else. I am not an author, although I am entertaining the idea.” She was delighted with the boy, and again looked around for his parents. “What is your book about?” She looked down at it and gasped. The book cover read, “Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone” by J.K. Rowling.

She looked back up from the book to see not the small boy, but the same cat she seen on the train. When she looked back to the book, it wasn’t there. Only her hands still was in position as though she had a book in her hands.

“My name is Crookshanks, and I am a Werecat. My special magic is communication, mind over matter, and deception, in which I am a master of. Will you please let me finish the story I started giving you on the train? I really believe it will help young people to choose good over evil.”

Finally, Miss Rowling accepted that a Werecat was speaking to her through her mind. It was very strange to her. She asked in her mind, “Why is it so important to you that young people know about the choices of good over evil?”

“I’ve been wondering for days in a stupor sense I found out that not only is the love of my life, Moondrop, gone from me, but some of my grand kittens. A group of young Muggles stole them and used them for a demonic ritual. I am overcome with grief and sadness. My first instinct was to track them down and kill them on the spot, but I found that they are just young, and don’t know where they fit in. They do what makes them look impressive so they’ll be accepted. Gangs are the easiest social group to get into, and so they do these things. I believe if some of these young humans understood right from wrong, and good from evil, they wouldn’t get involved in these demonic rituals. Love is the greatest power of all, and it is a free gift to all.”

“I am so sorry Crookshanks, for your loss of Moondrop and your family members. I will be happy to tell Harry’s story. How will we do this?”

“I have already put the story as it happened in your memory. The brain translates very quick, much faster than a standard computer. I put the thoughts there; now you will be able to translate it to paper in story form. I would suggest though, you leave out any mention of the pre Harry Potter time period, the Tesseract, time travel, and everything that was changed due to magic. And also about me being a werecat.”

“Yes, I agree. It would take away from the story theme, be too much of a distraction. But the Harry, Ginny day was so sweet, I wish I could put that in. But I won’t. Can I ask though, what did Ginny spray her vial of helper on to make Harry remember her when he wasn’t near her?”

“Ah, yes, a good question. She was most ingenious. When she found out he was leaving to look for the Horcrux’s, she snuck into his room one day when he was mucking out the hen house getting ready for Bill and Fluer’s wedding, and sprayed it on the Marauders Map.”

“And did Ginny tell Hermione and Ron about Harry’s memory of the night Voldemort killed his parents, and you?”

“Yes, she did, and they didn’t believe her. She had to tell them about her day of flying with Harry, the Imps and all that happened with that. They still didn’t believe her. So, early one morning they met at Harry’s house before he and Ginny were married, and she brought her lemon and held it in her hand, and said, “I wish to remember the day I flew with Harry.” Dumbledore had imbued the lemon with the memories of that day, even the part in the hospital wing, when Harry was dying. They all watched it one day from beginning to end. Ron was devastated that he had done such a thing. But they all convinced him he was infected with the Imps, and he finally got over it for the most part. They were all horrified watching the memory of the night Voldemort murdered Harry’s parents, and me. They were heartbroken over Sirius’s anguish over losing his best friends.”

“Did Sirius and Miss Lissydove ever come back to see Harry?”

“That was a most joyous occasion! You cannot believe the tears that fell from their eyes. Sirius and Lissydove have a small family themselves and they all live close, and visit each other often.”

“Did Hermione ever realize you are a Werecat?”

Crookshanks thought back to a point in his memory, and then answered, “Sort of. Just before she went to the Weasley’s, she put a charm on her parents causing them to believe they were these other people and didn’t have any children, only a cat that they love very much. She convinced them this was the only way she would be safe, and the only way she would be safe as she wouldn’t be worrying if they were ok. After she performed the charm, she suddenly felt a detachment from them as though they had died, and was most bereaved and troubled to the point of crying uncontrollably. I showed myself to her, and told her what I was. After I convinced her of this truth, I was able to let her know that I would keep her parents safe, and then I caused her to forget, only about me being a werecat. But at least, she wasn’t so terrified of leaving her parents then.”


“And did any death eaters show up and question them?”

“Yes, a couple came to the house one day when the Grangers happened to be at the grocery store. I let them in as Jimmy. I knew who they were when I touched their minds as they rang the doorbell. Before they could ask for the Grangers I made them think the couple they were seeking walked in through the door. I allowed them to think they were questioning them and then they left. I knew their report wouldn’t satisfy Voldemort, so I followed them, and when they met with the dark lord, I planted a memory in their minds. And as I knew he would be, the dark lord was very demanding to know everything. Finally I made them say that they had to torture the couple to tell the truth, and still they held with saying they didn’t know a Hermione Granger and they didn’t have any children. “The torture left them with minds of babies, incoherent and useless, so we killed them. It will appear that they committed a double suicide.” they told him. Voldemort was most pleased with them. Nobody came after that time.”

“Why didn’t you let Remus know you are a werecat.” she asked

“Poor Remus had enough on his plate what with Snape always breathing down his neck, and his constant struggle he would have with his conscience whether he should tell Dumbledore about me or not. I didn’t want him to have to be responsible for knowing about me. I would have if ever I needed to though.”

“How was Ginny able to keep from speaking of the Tesseract?” It was easy while she was in school. She knew she would be laughed at for telling such a tale. After the final war, she went through a time of depression. She wanted to go back in the past and fix it so that Fred was able to move out of the way of that curse. And do the same for Remus and Tonks. Then the thought of little Collin Creevy and his even smaller brother came to mind. She should bring them back also. As she thought of different ones who lost their lives, she wanted to bring them all back. This is when she told Harry, Ron, and Hermione about the Tesseract. Harry got them all in to see the new Headmistress Minerva McGonagall. He asked her if they could speak to Dumbledore’s portrait in private. Of course she would never refuse Harry. He asked Dumbledore about letting them go back and letting them change time so he could bring back Dumbledore. He reasoned that if Dumbledore was still alive he and Dumbledore would have found all the Horcruxes, and the war wouldn’t have happened and all the lives wouldn’t have been lost.

“And what about the last piece of Voldemort’s soul Harry? How do you suggest we would have gotten rid of that?”

Harry thought about that for a good long bit. “He said in that soft voice he has that he, Dumbledore would have to kill him to get to the last piece of Voldemort’s soul. But it was a sacrifice; he was willing to take, to bring back everybody else. “The portrait looked sadly at Ginny.

Ginny understood. “We can’t do it. Not any of it. It will cause rips in the universe. And also because for each instance we change, a paradox would occur. Too many unexplainable things would happen. Maybe," she said "not in every case, but many just the same. Just like with Miss Lissydove.”

Dumbledore spoke quietly and with such conviction they bowed their heads till he spoke more steadily. “Plus, finally realizing my weakness to control my own struggle with power, only for the good; I put myself under a mind control that made me forget the Tesseract, and all that we did through the past year. You see, I knew I wouldn’t be able to sit still while the Dementors went after Harry during the Quidditch game, or any of the unfortunate things that happened hence that time. I could just go into the room and cause things to change. Harry’s name wouldn’t have been put in the Triwizard cup, and…”

Before he could continue, Ron spoke up. But, that would have been great! Harry wouldn’t have gone through what he did; Cedrick would still be alive…”

“And Voldemort would have gained all the time he needed to defeat the wizarding world for his evil dominance. Don’t you see how hard it was when we found out even before he was fully ready for us to know he was back? We would have lost the war. Although these things were most unfortunate, they needed to happen.”

Not wanting to give up Ron piped up with, “But you could fix it with the Tesser…thingy!”

“And another rip maybe even irreparable would open. The very thing I spent centuries fixing would once again need fixing. It was best to leave it untouched sitting in that room, until I had Minerva send for Ottery St. Catchpole to come and get it.”

“Professor? Sir?” Harry spoke deep in thought. Dumbledore smiled and his eyes twinkled. “Yes Harry?”

“If you made yourself forget, then… well, what I mean to say…” he shifted his weight and looked at Dumbledore.

“How am I able to tell you about it now?” he asked smiling upon his young friend he so greatly admired.

“Well, yes Sir” Harry answered looking into those wonderful blue eyes that he trusted his life to.

“Perhaps you have the answer to that already. Think on it for a second, I’m sure you’ll come up with the answer.” Dumbledore was clearly having a good time, his eyes dancing in merriment.

Harry looked up after a moment and spoke slowly at first then gained speed as he was confident in his answer. “That night on the tower when we got back from Voldemort’s hidden lake, you put a freezing charm on me. But as you went over… when you … died … the charm left me. So, when you died, the spell you put on yourself quit working also. You were able to remember then.”

Dumbledore closed his eyes slowly and smiled, as he nodded his head yes. “Yes, Harry, it was at that moment I remembered. Very good Harry. I was quite sure you knew.”

Miss Rowling spoke up then. Thinking of Harry and Dumbledore, “Did Ginny ever show Harry the memory book Madam Pomfrey made him?”

“Yes, she did. It was very close to this point of time we’re discussing now. They started to leave the office very down in the face, when Harry turned back to the portrait of Dumbledore.”

“Sir, I’d like to thank you for teaching me to stay calm when things are very unsettling. I watched the memory book Madame Pomfrey made me. If I had known then what I know now, I think everything would be different. If I hadn’t been such a hot head I wouldn’t have gone off like a mad man and messed things up.”

“You didn’t react any differently than I had expected you to if you found out, Harry. And the way you came to me and demanded answers was very adult acting of you. I’m so happy you had the courage and strength to try to find out. The only reason I had to change time was because you would have started looking for the Horcrux’s. And I didn’t know enough about them to teach you, what each one was, where they were, or anything.”

“Well thank you for everything, and you too Professor Snape. The two of you are the wisest, most honorable and brave men I have ever known, and probably ever will know.”

“Do you know what became of your son?” Miss Rowling asked Crookshanks.

“Yes, yes I do. He was given to a girl in Ginny’s grade. Her name is Tina. She and her husband Aaron are the only humans to know he is a werecat. They still to this day have many adventures together.”

“I think there are only three maybe three, no five more questions I’ll ask. When Dumbledore returned Harry from the Tesseract, you said Dumbledore told you that Harry was very upset, and in much the same frame of mind. Do you know what he was upset about?”

“Yes, he had been looking at the photo album that Hagrid had given him. He snuck into Hogsmeade that day under his invisibility cloak and just learned that Sirius Black was his Godfather, and he supposedly had betrayed his parents to Voldemort. And speaking of photo albums, Dumbledore gave Ginny the albums of Harry and Lily’s childhoods that I gave to Sirius the night Harry lost his parents, during Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts. He told her that she would need to give him the albums after Harry defeated Voldemort.”

“You had another question you wanted to ask?”

“I am curious whatever became of the LED Monitor. I know that sense the alteration of time, the Mirror of Erised didn’t produce the LED Monitor. But, Dumbledore kept the small one in the time bending room, and put it in his pocket when they left, so it should still be around. What happened to it?

Crookshanks looked at Miss Rowling and blinked several times. Then he continued to speak in his mind to her. “Albus was nearing his time of death when he devised his most brilliant plan of all I think. He called a meeting with Kingsley Shacklebolt, and told him that Sirius Black was alive and that he went back in time with a time turner of his own, and saved Sirius from The Killing Curse just seconds before it was cast. He caused an imprint from Harry’s memory to form in the place of Sirius to get hit, and fall through the veil. Sense he was proven innocent then, Shacklebolt would send notice to Sirius, and then he and Lissydove could come back and live free. Of course this scenario was completely fabricated, because he had made himself forget about the Tesseract in Harry‘s third year, yet he was still able to devise the plan saying he used his own time turner. He also instructed Kingsley at that time to give the LED Monitor to Lissy with the instructions to come back to Hogwarts and work in the Hospital Wing. She was to re-enchant the Mirror of Erised, using the small LED Monitor.”

“Oh my! That really was ingenious! Did Harry and the Dursley’s ever become close as family members do?”

“Not all of them. Uncle Vernon died of a heart attack the year Harry left. Dudley and Petunia stayed in hiding. Dudley was told how to get a hold of Dedilus and found out about Potterwatch on Dedilus’s old radio that he was listening to one time when Dudley went over, and kept up with the news. Dudley has a little family, and he named his first born son after Harry. Petunia‘s stone wall around her heart crumbled down around her as she listened to everything that was going on in Harry‘s world. She found herself grief stricken that she left Harry without telling him she loved him. She was in constant fear for Harry from that day till Voldemort was killed. She cried to the depth of her soul in anguish over the story that was told of how Harry gave his life to save everyone, including her and Dudley. And she was so very proud of Lily for having a son who was able to overcome the hate he grew up with and turned out the way he did despite the way he was brought up. She begged Harry to forgive her. She became a devoted grandmother to her grandchildren, both Dudley’s and Harry’s. She told excellent tails of enchantments, magic, witches and wizards. Petunia lives with her Dudders of course, and they have family gatherings on occasion.

“Another question?”

“Well, I was wondering what Ginny ever did with Harry’s T-Shirt she kept. It said something about love causing her heart to dance.”

“Love Is The Music My Heart Dances To” It was Harry’s shirt and she had planned all along to give it back to him. And she finally did. Most young human women have the need to have something sexually alluring to wear to bed on their wedding night. This shirt wasn’t meant for that, but it was what she wore to bed on her wedding night, as a gift back to Harry.”

“Oh I like that. I’ll have to make sure I use that in the story.” she said with a smile looking up as if she was reading her story off of the wall in front of her.

“You probably want to re-think that idea. Your readers won’t see the significance of it. You can’t mention anything that has to do with the time adjustment.

Crookshanks looked at Miss Rowling and told her to ask her fourth question.

She drew in her breath and said, “You and Harry was such good friends when he was a baby, and then again through Hogwarts. But every time he came close to remembering, you or Dumbledore caused him not to. It is so terribly sad that he didn’t ever get to remember you. Does he still not remember you?”

“Yes, it was after Ginny gave him the memory book. Harry put enough together that I went ahead and told him. He remembered everything, how we were great friends, my teaching him to fly, teaching him seeker skills, him nearly killing me, everything. It was a very joyous occasion.”

They talked in their minds till it was time for Miss Rowling to catch the next train home.

“Where are you staying Crookshanks? You are free from Hermione?”

“I am free, though I miss her very much. I am staying where ever my feet take me, and I sleep where ever I am when they can’t go any further.”

“Why don’t you come home with me? Although I am allergic to cats, I’m sure I can find something to give me relief. We can collaborate on the story together.”

“You want to be my master?” he asked her shocked that she would want him.

“I don’t feel comfortable owning you. Let’s just say we are friends helping each other.”

“I could go for that if you’re sure. I would like to be with friends now that I have nearly reached the end of my time. I figure I have maybe a couple months left. OK, I’ll be happy to stay with you. And I assure you, you have not to worry about your allergies with me. I … so it happens, am allergenic free.”

“I’m sorry, but there is one other question I’d love to have the answer to, if you know it.” She looked at him as they continued to walk away into the sunset. “The time when you, Dumbledore and Ginny were setting things back to order, when Ginny first got there, one of the windows she saw was of two young boys and a little girl playing, ‘Ring Around The Rosie’. Do you know who the children were and what the significance of it was?”

“Yes, I do know. It was Albus, his brother and little sister at a time in another universe where that tragedy of his little sisters death hadn’t occurred. He always kept that for him to watch to keep him honest so to speak. You see, in that universe, there wasn’t any fight so, she wasn’t killed and he never realized the wrong in, for the greater good, as he was thinking it as in those days. He was a very different wizard, one none of us would want to be associated with. He wasn’t evil per say, just very unfair to the Muggles he ruled over.”

A/N And so it is now, the end of the story. The uncommon things that happen in life most times go unnoticed or ignored. But if time is taken to look at these uncommon things, a whole new way of viewing things can give you a different perspective on life and the way you choose to live it.

The title can be pondered upon and each time you might come away with a different idea of what it means.

Heads or Tails - could be: Human or Cat
Heads or Tails - could be: Beginnings or Ends
Heads or Tails - could be: The toss of a coin

Or it could be one of those uncommon times that Jimmy Pryor, Tom, Crookshanks, wanted to tell about for an interesting story; the beginning of a story being one thing and the end of the story being another, tying together the common and uncommon by one individual living in both.

While I enjoyed creating this story, it would not have been possible without the mind of JK Rowling creating the Harry Potter books. My intention was to fill in holes to her story with uncommon things I made up using her own creations, with the exceptions of: KellyBear, Lissydove, Maria, Merlin, Obi-Wan-K’Lari, OtterySt.Catchpole, Teddy and Steven. The Tesseract I borrowed from a book I read ages ago called, “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’engle. All the time space mumbo jumbo was me trying to make it sound real, but uncommon.

I need to thank Emily Black for being my BETA READER, from chapter 27 on. She did an outstanding job, and is a very creative and talented writer herself. Look for her name on the bookshelves in the near future. Also, I need to be fair to her and say that I withheld the last chapter and Epilogue from her so she could be surprised as everyone else. So any mistakes, not hers, all mine and mine alone.

I would also like to remind everyone that the characters Ottery St. Catchpole and Teddy belong to Ottery himself, and it was so very generous of him to lend them to my story even though I took them somewhat out of the character he made them. For instance Teddy isn’t married in any of ~ Otts’s FF’s; nor does Ottery live in Bulgaria with KellyBear and they’re children, and run a web site called Seeker of the Snitch. (In real life or his FF’s) So, just remember this as you read any of his FF’s. Thank you again ~Otts, You’re the best Pal!

And lastly; (finally, yes?) I want to thank everyone for making my first time writing experience a thrill. I love each of you who commented, and the ones who only read along. I loved this story, and if I missed any explanations in the Epilogue, fill free to ask me questions. All comments are welcome. Thank you

I found this funny. The last chapter in MYUTM (not counting the epilogue) is also titled as the name of my fic.
Boy was she wrong
I totally saw this coming with the paragraphs above it Very clever, Connie
Awe, that's so sad! I feel bad for him
Awe, that was kind of sweet in a way. Too bad it couldn't have been the reality. =/
Awe, you're welcome, Connie
You are too sweet; thank you, Connie
It was a fantastic post, Connie! And a perfect ending to such an incredible story. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Connie! That is sooo cool. How do you even come up with things like this?!

Miss Jk must have been awfully confused. I wonder if she was dissapointed that perhaps someone had already wrote and published her book?

Oh my goodness, that is soo sad. Aww poor Crookshanks


Ah the lemon, I knew there was more too it than just an enchanted piece of fruit to be like a snitch!

I'm so glad that he has a good life and won't experience hardships like his father. He's very blessed to have a loving family!

I think we all knew that Petunia loved Harry. Life's too short for regrets though. I'm sure that in the Deathly Hallows when she said goodbye that she probably wanted to say more.


Aww that soo nice. I'm sure she spoils them all rotton like most Grannys do!

I'm so glad he has a home to go to! He needs to be with someone who will be a good friend!


Aww man, I guessed wrong. Oh well, though I can see why it was Albus and his sibings. It all ties in now!.

It's so much more than a title now Connie! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. It's been a delight to be one of your readers. I feel truely honored! I'm really going to miss Heads or Tails What I loved about it most was the way it got me thinking about everything and the perspective I have on life. Have you considered a sequal!?
I wish I could say PAMS! But every good story has an ending...
Thank you Connie! Your a star!:GLOMP:
Soph x

Emily Back: Hello Emily thank you for commenting. So funny! Thank you, Emily It is sad that his need for power was disguised by his want/need to make things right. And it is sad he didn't realize his downfall till his later years. At least he did what he could to keep the temptation away from him. Like not becoming Minister of Magic. But can you imagine how much better things would have been if he could have been? Thank you so much Emily! And it was my thrill to share it.

Morag: Hello Sophie. Thank you for commenting. Well, I wanted at first to make it a one shot, but, I loved the story idea so much, I just decided to write the whole story. It was always going to be this way. And it was going to be a narrative from Crookshanks and I got the idea that it would be to JK herself. I just thought it would be a great idea to have Crookshanks give her the idea of the books. So that's how I thought of it. I had the beginning and the end of the story in my head, so I just wrote an outline to fill in the middle to get me going in the direction of the end. As soon as I knew my characters well enough I stopped writing the outline, and stopped hand writing (100 pages) the rough draft, and just started typing. I finished writing the story a little after New Years I think. My only regret is not having Emily Beta Read from the beginning. But then, I don't think I knew her then. She was astonished I'd say at first. Not understanding, because her name was on the front, just as you see it for real. But, you see when she looked back down at the book, it wasn't there. She still had her hand as though she had the book, but, the book never was there. It was all an illusion by Crookshanks. He is a master of illusion remember. Yes indeed. Yes, he is Blessed. The Tina that ended up with young Tom and the Aaron that married her are actually my youngest son, and his girlfriend. (Hello Tina) She was ill that night and I was talking with her and told her I would write her in the story. I wrote her in right then. It's where I was in the writing of the story. Thank you so much for being such a loyal reader and commenting all the time. It has been a joy for me to write it. I do love it very much, and I am so overjoyed that people liked it. I shall miss it also. What a thrill for me that you said that, because it was one of two intentions from the very beginning that people would think that. The other thing and it goes right along with that is: Love really is the greatest power we all have. It is free, and it is freely given to every single person. If one could realize that, then a lot of heartache and grief could be avoided. It took Harry a while to understand this, but when he finally did, well, we all seen what happened with him, when he used it. Thank you Sophie, and no, I don't think there will be any sequal.

Connie i just read your posts right now...and i come to read the epilouge!i had no idea you were gonna end it.Liked how you tried to add JKR in this story......sorry that i couldnt post much and reply much to your posts previously...and all the best with your up coming stories that you will write in future...

Hello Harita. Thank you for staying loyal through it all, and commenting when you could. It was a fun idea from the very beginning. So many times I nearly spilled the secret and made mention of it. But, I made it without spoiling the milk. Steps into the Tesseract Room, and looks to the future....No... No more writings from me. Thanks for the warm wishes of future writings but, I seriously doubt if I will.

Well, Mom, I bet you didn't believe I'd actually ever get caught up. Here I am posting to the end of you ff..and what an ending it was! I had no idea you'd go all sci-fi on us. But the last chapter wasn't much more sci-fi-y than the whole of Prisoner of Azkaban. I am sad that it's over; I wish we all could look forward to a post each week again. On that note, I'm so excited to start reading your new ff where the Egyptian's pet (were)cat helps establish the first Stargate on Earth Again...many kudo's on your creation of such a wonderful tale!

Hello Stephie. I am rather shocked, but very pleased and happy! Thank you sweetheart. An interesting idea, but how would that be Harry Potter related? Hmmm, maybe Lord Baal would make his symbiote go into Voldemort when he is just a child. Lord Voldamort the Go'auld (sp?) It has a nice ring to it but, I think if you want that story, you should write it yourself. I don't think there'll be anymore story's from me. Thank you sweetheart. And thanks for all the sweet things you've said about my story.

Connie!

I’m so sorry that our time together on your Fan Fiction has come to an end... and what an end it was! It was the best! Your ideas were ingenious and everything fit together so well. JK would be so proud of you! But, since she’s not here, I will have to congratulate you for her.

Connie, this was one of your best chapters. I won’t say ‘the best’ because you had quite a few that I thought were the best. : P Sorry, each time a new chapter came out, I kind of changed my mind... it’s a girl’s prerogative and right though.

So, here we go... First and foremost, I love how you were effortlessly able to incorporate JK into your Epilogue. It was definitely one of my favourite parts, and the fact that you were able to use Jim and Crookshanks to do so, just made it that little bit better. The way you were able to use actual Harry Potter facts within your fiction allowed us, the readers, to feel a closeness to the actual Harry Potter series. It also gave us a look into JK’s personal life. Well done!

Following the same flow of thought... it was inspirational how you were able to explain why your story wasn’t included within the actual Harry Potter series. After all, werecats should be protected at all costs and the world just isn’t ready for Tesseracts, power and so forth. One question though... what kind of doughnut was it? That was one small detail you really should've included!

I also liked the concept of good versus evil. You’re right, you know... the children of today seem to have a hard time grasping the concept: whether due to peer pressure, ignorance or simple stupidity. Well done again!

Next, I enjoyed how you numerically solved each of JK’s questions. It was well organised and allowed the reader to easily follow the progress of your storyline. I won’t go into great detail here since you did such a great job in writing the solutions. I will, however, reiterate my praise for your writing.

Okay... so I do have to bring up a couple though. I loved how you were able to explain away the recovery of Dumbledore’s memories by comparing it to the return of Harry’s at the time of Dumbledore’s death.

AND... I loved the explanation of the lemon... I won’t even complain about it not being a kiwi... because the lemon works perfectly. Sort of a sweet ending on a sour subject for me! As for the shirt that Ginny kept of Harry’s: “Love Is The Music My Heart Dances To”... you did a fantastic job. You’re right; it was the perfect apparel for Ginny to wear on their honeymoon night and so very romantic!

And finally, I loved that Crookshanks finally found a place to stay to await his impending death. It was perfect ending to your story Connie. The poor boy/cat deserved a peaceful, loving and happy ending to his rather hard yet adventurous life. Thank you for thinking of that.

Now... the title meaning... I find it rather intriguing and can argue the pros and cons of each. You have truly created a title that aptly describes and enhances the story. Well done my friend. Your story has been well thought out and planned right down to the smallest detail.

Connie, I’m so sorry that your Fan Fiction has come to an end, but I guess it is only right that it does and that it ends on such a successful note. Thank you for your time and for sharing your wisdom and love of writing with us.

Katie

Hello Katie girl! Thank you sweetie. You are too kind to say that, and all the sweet things you say clear throughout your comment. I hope she doesn't mind. Awe Man! I knew there would be at least one thing I forgot! I can't say for sure, because I've only just read her saying doughnut. But, as she was tight on money, I assume it was just a glazed one. Yummy. I love glazed doughnuts when they are fresh made. Thanks a lot Katie! Now I'm slobbering all over myself wanting a doughnut! My hope and desire is that our young people all over the world will stop and try to see things in a different way, and see if they can reason out a better way out of bad situations, instead of thinking all is lost and just join a gang to be eccepted. Thank you Katie. Thanks. It's what made sense to me. I wasn't happy that spells and curses just wore off in the 5th book when the kids were fighting in the Ministry of Magik. But, when Harry became able to move again after Dumbledore fell over the tower, I thought Harrys reasoning made sense, so I used the same reasoning. He was my favorite character, and I wanted him to be able to be with someone he didn't have to keep his cat side or human side, whichever way you look at it, a secret. He can be himself. Thank you so much. I love it when titles have everything to do with the story. Thank you so much for everything. Your comments have humbled me. I was blessed to have wounderful readers, and I always enjoyed your comments.