Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Harry Potter and the Other World ❯ Time Goes On ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 8: Time Goes On

 

 

Harry and Hermione had kept running, even getting a couple other students going with them. Classes had been hard, Harry was glad he only had five classes as Hermione was being overwhelmed with her eight classes. That morning there were tryouts being held for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, two Chasers and a Keeper were needed. Harry wanted to do it, he knew he could play Chaser, but was worried what Hermione would do. Harry wouldn't have played on the team in the original timeline so shouldn't be doing it now. Harry told Hermione to take the morning off from running so she could try to keep up with all her extra work. Harry felt bad, Hermione was his only connection from the time he was from but he wanted to do this, to play on the same team as his father, he hadn't even dreamed about this.

 

“I am the Captain so you will listen to me.” Harry didn't know who he was but didn't care. “We need two Chasers and a Keeper so here is what you are going to do.” He explained the process and the people trying out went to work. Harry watched his competition, they had to score as many points in ten minutes against two Keepers. So far the high score was five shots, Harry knew he could beat that. “Alright Devin Granger?” Harry walked forward. “Whoa what kind of broom is that?”

 

“Custom made.” Harry got on the Firebolt and went to work. After just five minutes Harry had scored over twenty times being faster and able to turn quicker then the two people playing Keeper trying to get the place of Keeper. After ten minutes he had over fifty scores, or over five hundred points.

 

“That's amazing! I don't know if we need to keep trying out other people since no one could duplicate that!” Harry landed on the ground enjoying the crowd, the cheer, just like when he played back home as Seeker. Almost everyone left to try out left, even they knew they weren't that good, and the few people left proved Harry to be the best. “Well it looks like we have one Chaser, and in second place is Martin with eight scores, so we have two new Chasers. Now for Keeper, our two tryouts did well against most, but Meagan let in less then half of those she tried to stop excluding Devin's while Nick let in more then half excluding Devin's, so welcome Meagan to the team!” The members already on the team welcomed Meagan, Martin, and `Devin'.

 

Harry went back to the castle ecstatic; he had made the team on a different position, he had proven he was good enough to play on any Quidditch team, past or present. There was one little problem…

 

“Harry what the hell were you thinking!” Hermione grabbed Harry by the collar and dragged him into an empty classroom. “I can't believe you did this Harry, what are you thinking!” She smacked Harry on the back of the head. “You weren't supposed to do this, how could you do something like this Harry! You could fuck everything up!” Harry knew he was in trouble when Hermione started to cuss.

 

“I'm thinking about my future. What do we do if we don't go home? I am going to play Quidditch, this way I can play and keep in shape, I am thinking about the what if of not going home.” Hermione still didn't want to think that would happen, Dumbledore had to get them home.

 

“We are going home, we will go home, I don't know how but we are going home. I can't believe you did this, this is why you wanted me to sleep in isn't it?” Harry nodded, he wasn't going to lie to Hermione. “And you thought you would get away with this?”

 

“It would be stupid to say yes now wouldn't it?”

 

“Don't be funny with me Harry I am not amused!” Hermione was still to angry to remember not to call Harry by his name.

 

Calm down sis, remember who I am.” She shook her head trying to calm down. “I'm sorry Hermione I wanted to do it and didn't think about it any other way. I wanted to be doing something that reminded me of home, hear the cheers, be up on my broom with the wind in my hair.”

 

“Alright Devin, Brother, but don't think I will forget this, when we get back home I will make sure my parents ground you.” Hermione pushed Harry playfully smiling.

 

“Ok Hermione when we get home I can be grounded.” He doubted it would happen, they would have to get home and Harry was beginning to think that would never happen, another reason why he had done this.

 

“Damn straight Brother.” Hermione and Harry left the room and went to the Common Room where Harry finished his homework and then helped Hermione with hers, or watched her while she did homework to be more specific. Harry wasn't paying attention when the Marauders came in.

 

“Hey new Chaser, that was amazing!” James smacked Harry in the back. “Where did you get that broom? It was a thing of beauty.”

 

“Uh custom made, my Mom and Dad uh, got it for me on my uh, you know.” Harry was trying to come up with something but when he said it the images came into his head of sitting around a table while his parents gave him the broom instead of Sirius.

 

“It's ok Devin they are in a better place now.” Hermione was trying to save Harry from having to explain it.

 

“Well glad you made the team, the first game is against Ravenclaw on the 29th.” The first game of the Quidditch season, pretty early, earlier then Harry was used to but he could do it.

 

“Well I'm uh, gonna go somewhere.” Harry got up and left the Common Room and decided to go to the kitchen.

 

Hours later Harry was back in the Common Room with Hermione letting her check over his homework after she finished hers. Sirius came down and asked Harry over to a corner.

 

“Your sister seeing anyone?” This question caught Harry off guard, what was his God Father, er, Sirius doing asking this?

 

“Uh well, no, I guess.”

 

“My friend Remus thinks she's cute, he won't admit it but he does, a guy can tell. The Hogsmeade weekend isn't until October but I'm thinking of getting those two together.” Harry couldn't believe it, he remembered the speech, Eulogy, that Remus gave going on about how Sirius would make him talk to girls he liked.

 

“Uh well I don't think she would go, we need permission from a guardian but we don't have any guardians to give us permission to go.” And there was no way in hell Hermione would go with a former Professor, even if he wasn't that yet.

 

“Well there are ways to get around that.”

 

“The tunnels?” Oh crap, Harry wasn't supposed to know about them.

 

“How the hell do you know about them?” Harry was in trouble, he had to think fast.

 

“Uh well I was bored, nothing to do but talk to my sis and I wondered around the castle. I found a couple tunnels that take you to Hogsmeade, I think, the first one was the bottom of a store and I didn't follow the other one.” Please believe it Sirius, please believe it.

 

“Really? You find the way to the kitchens yet?” Harry nodded. “Good job, took me and my friends awhile to find those things and a few more.” Harry was getting nervous, he had already let one thing slip and couldn't let something else slip. “Anyways she isn't seeing anyone so would you have a problem with Remus asking her to Hogsmeade?” Now Harry didn't know what to say, he knew Hermione wouldn't but he didn't want to seem over protective of her.

 

“If he wants to, don't think she'll say yes though, she's to worried about reading and classes.” Good cover, Hermione did like to read.

 

“So was Lily until James corrupted her, forget I said that.”

 

“Hey I may be her Brother but I don't tell her what she can and can't do.” But if Remus thought he was going to get Hermione to do anything he was in for a world of pain, Harry would make sure of it.

 

“Thanks Devin, and good job on making the team.” Sirius left Harry so Harry went back to Hermione.

 

“What was that about?”

 

“Uh Sirius wanted to know if you were seeing anyone.” Hermione raised an eyebrow. “Remus likes you, or so Sirius says, and is probably going to make Remus ask you to Hogsmeade when the first Hogsmeade weekend comes around.”

 

“What did you tell him!” Hermione was shocked, this was Remus, how could he think about her like that? Yes it wasn't Professor Lupin but he was that to her.

 

“That uh, he could ask but we don't have permission to go to Hogsmeade.”

 

“Why did you say that! I can't go with him, he's a, he was our Professor, that is wrong Devin.”

 

“Like I said he could ask but you don't have permission to go so will probably say no.” Harry hoped she would.

 

“Of course I would that is wrong Harry, sick, why didn't you tell him I was seeing someone?”

 

“Because you aren't seeing anyone, right?”

 

“Well I'm not but still what do you think I am going to do?”

 

“Tell him no! I wasn't thinking about it alright? I was just trying to keep our cover and not expose ourselves.” He had, but he covered it up. Hermione closed her book and went to her dorm room to get away from Harry. Harry was going to let it go but he didn't want Hermione mad at him and followed her, asking the entrance nicely, and then followed her up to her room. “Devin what are you doing, leave me alone!”

 

“I'm not letting you get mad at me, you're all I have here, don't be mad at me over something stupid when you aren't mad at me for something major.”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“Being here! If it wasn't for me you wouldn't be here yet you aren't mad at me for that but now you are getting mad at me over something as stupid as not lying to Sirius!” Harry tried to calm down when he was interrupted.

 

“How the hell did you get up here?” It was Lily!

 

“Asked the entrance to let me in how else? Look Lily my sister is mad at me since I didn't lie to Sirius about something stupid please tell her to forget about it since you are a Prefect you have the power.”

 

“Asked the entrance?” Lily had completely blanked out the last part of what Harry said. “Devin how the hell did you get up here?”

 

“I just told you!”

 

“But that's not possible, how did you figure this out?” Oh crap Harry had let something else slip.

 

“Doesn't everyone know how? Look I am trying to get my sister to stop being stupid so if you could leave us alone.”

 

“I heard what you were arguing about, whatever happened to your parents it wasn't your fault.” Harry hearing this couldn't take it, Lily had no idea what she had just done to him, she had forgiven Harry for something she didn't even know about, not yet anyways, Harry broke down and started to cry.

 

“Was it his fault?” Lily was starting to panic; she had a male student in a girl's dorm room who was crying over something she didn't know about.

 

“No it wasn't it was…” Hermione almost yelled Voldemort. “It wasn't his fault but he blames himself for it.” It was true, but not about what Lily thought it was. “Devin I'm sorry alright I forgive you, you shouldn't lie and you didn't I can't get mad at you for that.” Hermione put her arm around Harry trying to comfort him then whispered. “What's wrong Harry?” Harry whispered back.

 

“Mom forgave me, she said it wasn't my fault, it wasn't my fault.” Hermione understood now, Hermione knew what had happened to Harry.

 

“It's ok Devin, they don't blame you, it wasn't your fault.” Hermione held Harry trying to comfort him but really just giving him a shoulder to cry on. After crying for a few minutes Harry wiped his eyes trying to gain his composure.

 

“I'm sorry, I guess I'm not suppose to be up here am I?”

 

“Well I'm not sure since I've never heard of this, you just asked the entrance to let you up?” Harry nodded. “How did you figure this out?”

 

“I wanted to talk to my sister, I needed to talk to her about something and she wasn't awake so I tried to go up but I couldn't so I got mad and started yelling at it and when that didn't work I asked it to let me up and it did.” Not the truth, but he couldn't say it was so he could go up and surprise his girlfriend.

 

“Alright well get downstairs, I won't take points off since she is your sister and you didn't know you were doing anything wrong.”

 

“There is nothing wrong with it since no where in the rule book does it say boys aren't allowed in the girl's dorm since the spell was put in place, so a boy actually being in here isn't against any rules.” Hermione had just let something out that she shouldn't have.

 

“How the hell do you know that?” Lily was confused; these two knew things she didn't even know.

 

“Uh I like to read, a lot, and I read it.” Hermione knew it sounded lame but what else was she going to say?

 

“Oh, well, he still shouldn't be coming up here, what if I was changing, or if one of the other girls were changing or something?” Harry did not want to see that.

 

“I'm sorry I didn't know, I'll behave I swear.”

 

“Alright just don't come up here again and don't tell the Marauders, hell I'll let you do whatever you want just don't tell the Marauders.” Lily didn't want to think about what would happen if those idiots found out how to get up here, although with James it would be nice…

 

“Ok I won't tell the Marauders, wait, who are the Marauders?” Harry caught himself, he hadn't been told who the Marauders were yet, had he? At least not who all the members were.

 

“Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus.”

 

“What about Mackenzie?” Good, play stupid.

 

“No, he is to smart to be going out with the others to do all the things they do.”

 

“Alright I won't tell them or anyone else in case they decide to tell them, the Marauders.” Harry went down the stairs running into the people he wasn't supposed to be telling how he got up.

 

“How the hell did you get up there?” All four Marauders asked at the same time.

 

“Not allowed to tell.”

 

“Only girls can go up there, are you a girl?” Peter, Wormtail, Harry wanted to hit him.

 

“No.” Harry was trying to keep his temper down.

 

“I don't think any of us have seen you naked, you could be a girl.” Peter, Wormtail, was just asking for it.

 

“No.” Harry pushed Wormtail hard knocking him down as Harry walked out of the Common Room. Harry was trying to think of a place to go when James and Sirius ran up from behind him.

 

“Hey stop!” They ran harder cutting Harry off.

 

“Your asshole of a friend needs to shut up.” Harry tried pushing them out of the way, he wasn't supposed to tell them, and Wormtail, just seeing him made Harry's blood boil.

 

“Look Devin he can be an idiot but still, how did you get up there!”

 

“I'm not allowed to tell you.” Harry wasn't going to let his Mother down.

 

“Come on buddy how did you figure it out?” Harry wasn't going to fall for that.

 

“I'm not allowed to tell you now please leave me alone.”

 

“We aren't going to do that Devin, not until you tell us how you got up there.”

 

“Look I promised Lily I wouldn't tell you so I'm not.” Harry was wondering what to do, he promised his Mother not to tell but his Father was asking him to tell.

 

“Oh she won't get that mad if you tell me Devin, I'll make sure she learns the benefits of me knowing.” Harry didn't want to hear this.

 

“Look I'll make a deal, keep Remus or any of your other friends away from my sister and I will tell you.”

 

“Deal.” Both James and Sirius agreed.

 

“Well now we just have to wait until say, after the first Hogsmeade weekend to make sure you keep your end of the deal.” Harry hoped that would be long enough to make them forget the deal or break it.

 

“Alright, and sorry about Peter, he can be rather rude sometimes.”

 

“He is evil, he will hurt you all.” Harry hated Wormtail, and as long as he wasn't being specific Hermione couldn't yell at him, could she?

 

“What?” Both looked at Harry confused. Harry walked away taking a shortcut to lose the two remembering it from the Marauders Map. A few minutes later he went back to the Common Room and sat next to Hermione.

 

“Devin we need to get out of here soon, if we stay here much longer we will let slip who we really are.” Harry had the same thoughts, hell he already had but so far had covered them up.

 

“I know Hermione but what are we going to do? There is nothing that we can do until Dumbledore comes up with something.”

 

“I don't care, this is getting to hard, I can't handle this.”

 

“You need to relax Hermione, you are doing to much, relax.” Harry started rubbing her shoulders trying to help her relax.

 

“Uh you two busy?” It was Mackenzie, and that was when Harry realized how wrong it looked.

 

“No, just my sister doing more then she can handle, she always does this.” That was true, she nearly had a nervous breakdown in her third year.

 

“Well I was wondering if uh, Devin could you go away?” Harry went away turning back when he heard a Hermione yelling at Mackenzie.

 

“I'm new here, leave me alone! First Remus and now you what the hell is up with you boys?”

 

“Wow they broke the deal before the day was over.” Harry went over to Hermione acting like a protective Brother. “What's going on here?”

 

“Nothing Devin.” Hermione wanted Harry to go away, she could handle it.

 

“Didn't sound like nothing to me.”

 

“I can take care of myself.”

 

“Hey I'm sorry I'll just go, uh, that way.” Mackenzie walked away leaving the two `sibling' to argue.

 

“I know you can Hermione but you were yelling for a reason.”

 

“Look it wasn't a big deal alright?” Hermione was actually flattered, in her time none of the guys seemed interested in her, and here they were jumping at the chance to ask her out. “Nothing happened so don't worry about it.”

 

“If you say so sis.” Harry walked away trying to get away in more ways then that. Going up to his room he tried to meditate but to many things flooded his mind, home, here, Hermione, his parents, Wormtail, it all distracted Harry.