entry 086 - harry potter and the presently past read the books, chapter 1.
Title: Harry Potter and the Presently Past Read the Books (1/?)
Author: jamie_love13
Beta-Edited: By no one. If anyone's up for it, email.
Pairings/Characters: Harry/Hermione, James/Lily, one-sided Snape/Lily, Sirius/Harry bonding, Fred/Harry friendship.
Word Count: Total is unknown, This chapter, roughly over 2000 words..
Rating: PG-13
Summary: During Harry's fifth year, a letter arrives on Dolores Umbridge's desk, with five books. Curious, and wanting to crush Potter, she reads the letter, to be left filled with glee. She rushes to the Great Hall, and soon, settles down with all of the students, professors, and many surprise visitors just who is that dog? and starts reading Potter's life story. Starts with Philosopher's Stone.
Disclaimer: Definitely don't own. If I did, Harry/Hermione would have actually been canon.
Warnings: None, other than some swearing, here and there.
Notes: Also posted on my fanfiction account. The story will be large, and yes, there will be a masterpost available. I'll probably post all five books as one story, but I'm not too sure about that. Let me know your thoughts!
Albus Dumbledore was currently sitting at the High Table, talking to Minerva McGonagall when it happened. The doors to the Great Hall were forced open in a very loud slam and bang, with the Undersecretary, Dolores Umbridge, storming through them. As she walked rather quickly to the table, Albus couldn’t help but notice that her cloak was trailing behind her in a pink blaze, with her face in a controlled mask of fury and bitter sweetness, with a smirk on her face that Albus knew would only bring trouble. Next to him, he could feel Minerva tense as she spotted the Ministry worker, and shortly afterwards, Albus realizes that there is a trail of people behind Umbridge. Right behind her was the third oldest Weasley kid, Percy. His glasses seemed to be skewed, and his clothes, which were obviously meant to be tight against his body, were ruffled and not tucked into his pants, showing that the kid was obviously worried. Behind him, was none other than the Ministry of Magic; Cornelius Fudge. Cornelius was obviously in a state of happiness as his walk was almost like a jig and he had a small smile on his own face, with an air of confidence in him. Behind him, shockingly enough was Amelia Bones. Madame Bones was clearly confused as she walked up to the table behind everyone else, looking at Albus square in the eye whilst biting her lip.
It wasn’t until the group finally arrived at the table and Umbridge had slammed the table that Albus realized she had been holding a stack of books of various widths. Albus eyed the five books warily, wondering what the pages held within, and why Dolores would be so happy about said books.
“Do you know what these books contain, Albus?” Dolores asks, using her fake sweet voice, causing nearly every teacher at the table to cringe in annoyance. Albus looks up at Dolores briefly, a twinkle in his eyes small but there, and it isn’t until he answers that he realizes that professors are listening to him adamantly.
“Why no, Dolores, I don’t believe I know what the books hold within them.” Albus chuckles, watching as Dolores’ face turns a dark shade of red out of anger. Albus watches as Dolores places her hands on top of the books before briefly turning to look towards Madam Bones, who nods quickly.
“Albus, I have a list here of all the people we need in the Great Hall, not including the students.”
“Not including the students, you say?”
“Yes Albus. Call them down here now, and then I’ll continue by telling you the other people needed.” Amelia Bones finishes, and Albus can only feel his pulse quicken in rapid succession, with worry on what this could possibly be about.
Within minutes, his wand is by his cheek; he’s uttered the sonorus spell and is currently asking all of the students to come down into the great hall for an important discussion, before using the quietus spell to silence him. Shortly after, Albus can hear the beginnings of the students making their way to the Great Hall, but it isn’t until the students are in the main hall that Albus can hear the confusion in their voices as to why they were called down so early in the morning. It takes a good thirty minutes for everything to settle, and all of the students to make their ways to their tables, but once they do, everyone stares at Albus, expecting him to continue, and most importantly, to explain what’s going on,
Albus though, looks towards three very important students - Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley - who are currently sitting at the Gryffindor table and glaring at Umbridge, who has appeared to have summoned her own table, sat in the middle of it, and taken charge. Albus doesn’t mind this, of course, he’s all for self-expression and rebellion, but when Harry glances at him, he looks away and notices the boy’s eyes squint in anger. He has to remind himself that it’s the best for Harry if he does this, just like everything else, but it takes him a couple of times to remember.
“Earlier today,” Albus hears, as he comes to from his thoughts, his eyes flicking up towards Umbridge, who has hem hem’ed many times between them.
“Earlier today, I was looking for a way for the truth to be revealed. I had been sitting at my desk, hoping against all hope that the lies Potter -“ At speaking this name, it is clear that Umbridge has snapped it, clearly not pleased with the boy - “has spoken, could come to fruition, be revealed, and he will be known as the liar I know he is.” Umbridge finishes, a gleam in her eyes that makes all the students shudder in fear.
“And surprisingly, after thinking this, a sudden green light had appeared on my desk, bright enough for me needing to block my eyes from it. Once the light had gone, I removed my hand to find these,” Here, Umbridge brings the five books in front of her, their covers and titles gleaming from shine.
“Not only were the books right in front of me, but so was a note that explain everything. Amelia, if you may.” Umbridge finished, looking towards Amelia, who could only nod before she looked down at the letter in her hands.
Albus, who is closest to Amelia, can see the writing on the parchment, but not see enough of it to know what it says. However, he can see that the ink is familiar, splotchy, and that the parchment is stained with what looks like a mixture of blood, tears and grime. He can tell by the way that Amelia, in her gray cloak and formal pants, looks at the letter, that she’s read it enough times in the short time she’s had it to know it off by heart, and be completely confused, intrigued and committed to seeing it though by it. She takes a deep breath, before she begins to read what the letter contains.
“Dear Hogwarts Students, Professors, and Ministry Employees,
You must excuse us for doing this, but too much has happened in the war that the group of us cannot forgive. You see, we are from the future. No, we are not far from the future - only three years ahead, truthfully - but we have each experienced pain, loss, grief and hurt like no other. And all of that pain could have easily been avoided, if the right people had known what it was that was not only true, but that needed to be done.
Therefore, we have decided to send you the five following books, about your fellow schoolmate, Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire and lastly, Order of the Phoenix. We would like to say before we get into everything else that we are sorry to Harry, for these books not only detail is first five years at Hogwarts, but his thoughts and emotions as well, and we know how much you hate the attention. For that, we hope you can forgive us.
Unfortunately, we found that the only way to do this properly was to send the books to the toad of a witch, Dolores Umbridge and her Ministry minions, Percy Weasley and Cornelius Fudge. We are not thrilled with doing this, but we have made special enchantments on the books so that they (and here, I swear on my magic) tell the truth and only the truth of what happened, like the truth serum itself would, only be opened by either Amelia Bones, who has remained neutral in the battle of wills between the Ministry and Albus Dumbledore, or Minerva McGonagall, who all four of us trust with our lives (and our intelligence!), will not be allowed in the hands (to be read or carried) of Dolores Umbridge, Cornelius Fudge, and Percy Weasley. If they are to grab, hold or touch it, a bubble will form around the books and they can hold the set through the bubble itself, and last but not least, will only be able to be read if the following people are involved in the reading (whether by being included in reading the books, or listening in on the reading of the books, which is to take place in the Great Hall): Students of Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge, Percy Weasley, Cornelius Fudge, Amelia Bones, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, Alastor ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Fillius Flitwick, Cuthbert Binns, Pomona Sprout, Madam Hooch, Poppy Pomfrey, Remus Lupin and his dog, Snuffles (whose true identity shall be later revealed), Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Viktor Krum, Lucius Malfoy and his wife Narcissa, Rita Skeeter (if only she swears to not report this), and two very important ghostly figures which will be told to Albus Dumbledore, and Albus Dumbledore only, and who will sit beside this man also. We feel that you should also make sure the following students are at the great hall, other than the infamous Golden Trio: Fred and George Weasley, alongside their younger sister, Ginny, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Cho Chang, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Luna Lovegood, Susan Bones, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan.
We understand that this letter is getting atrociously long (but what do you expect when I am the one that is composing it?) but we still have few things (well, rules) to mention. Seeing as four of these books have actually taken place in the past from where you guys are currently in the timeline, professors are unable to take away points, give points, or give detentions to any students who have been found doing things they should or should not have been doing. The same goes for the Ministry - you may not arrest or apprehend anyone until all of the books are completely finished, and you have a sufficient amount of evidence that could be used in a fair trial. Not only that, but you are also unable to take anything away from any person that you feel breaks the law, even if it does not do so.
We ask that the current Muggle Studies professor write down anything in the books that they believe will be asked about by anyone who does not know what it means, and lastly, that a new person read each chapter, thus allowing everyone a fair shot at reading the books, except of course, for the two ghosts, as they cannot actually read a corporal object.
We thank you for your time in listening to our letter, and reading these five books. Once you are done with them, they will immediately come back to us future kids, and the current kids will have a very important decision to make: Change the future, and the way the battle ends up, or continue the way they are going, losing too many people that are important to not only them, but their strength and will against Voldemort. Please, make the right decision and remember to stand up proud.
Farewell, for now,
HJP & HJP; RBW & LW; NL & GML.
After Amelia had finished reading the letter, all of the Great Hall had been completely silent and in awe, not only wondering who the initials belonged to, but why the people wanted all of the students of Hogwarts to know the details about Harry Potter’s life. It was then that the whispers began in the great hall, everyone wanting to know just what Potter’s life was like, and just how much of it was real and true, or a complete lie.
Albus looked over at the ‘Golden Trio’ as they were so coined, and noticed how pale Harry Potter appeared to be, with his arms encircling himself, and his best friends flanking his sides. Hermione Granger, who Albus believed had a relationship with Harry, was currently rubbing her hand along Harry’s back while Ronald Weasley had his arm slung around Harry’s shoulders in a comforting act. Before Albus could continue with his thoughts, however, Amelia came up to him with the parchment and leaned in close.
“Would you like to know the two ghosts, Albus?” While he had a complete twinkle in his eyes, and an idea on the name of the ghosts, he nodded his head anyways and conjured up two chairs to be placed next to him.
“James and Lily Potter,” Amelia whispered, and when Albus looked up with a smile, he knew that maybe the reading of these five books would not be so bad.
Quite suddenly, almost as quick as the books had probably appeared, several blue lights appeared and then flashed away, leaving in their trails, the corresponding people that had been mentioned in the letter that were already not at Hogwarts. Looking around, Albus could see many of the people mentioned, and was not surprised to see Remus and Snuffles making their way up to see Albus, because by doing a quick check behind him, Albus could most definitely see the ghostly figures of James and Lily Potter. He knew everyone was instantly confused, but before he could do anything, Remus and Sirius had made their way up to the table, and were looking at James and Lily in shock.
Before anything could get out of hand though, Albus allowed Amelia to re-read the letter, which then caused everyone to understand. Albus couldn’t help but notice that Sirius had let out a small whimper at James and Lily, and being unable to sit so close to the couple, nudge them as a hello, before he made his way towards his godson.
He watched as Sirius sat next to Harry in his dog form and put his head on Harry’s thigh, giving him a small hello lick. He continued to watch as Remus sat next to the two of them, Harry grin and James and Lily take their seats, with Minerva on his right, and Lily next to him on his left, with James next to her, and ending up between his wife and Severus.
After a quick glance at Severus, Albus could only sigh in disappointment as he saw the glare of hatred making it known in Severus’ core. Albus could only hope that these books not only brought out the best in everyone, but also allowed everyone to finally learn the truth about Harry and his home life.
It was then quite a shock to hear the infamous hem hem from Umbridge, and when he looked over at her, he could see the grin on her face like no other.
“Shall we get started then?” She asked sweetly, and after hearing several nods of ascent and agreement, Umbridge pushed the books towards Albus (although quite unhappily so) and allowed him to begin reading the first chapter of the first book, with everyone in the great hall on the edge of their seats in anticipation.
Chapter 2A ->
Author: jamie_love13
Beta-Edited: By no one. If anyone's up for it, email.
Pairings/Characters: Harry/Hermione, James/Lily, one-sided Snape/Lily, Sirius/Harry bonding, Fred/Harry friendship.
Word Count: Total is unknown, This chapter, roughly over 2000 words..
Rating: PG-13
Summary: During Harry's fifth year, a letter arrives on Dolores Umbridge's desk, with five books. Curious, and wanting to crush Potter, she reads the letter, to be left filled with glee. She rushes to the Great Hall, and soon, settles down with all of the students, professors, and many surprise visitors just who is that dog? and starts reading Potter's life story. Starts with Philosopher's Stone.
Disclaimer: Definitely don't own. If I did, Harry/Hermione would have actually been canon.
Warnings: None, other than some swearing, here and there.
Notes: Also posted on my fanfiction account. The story will be large, and yes, there will be a masterpost available. I'll probably post all five books as one story, but I'm not too sure about that. Let me know your thoughts!
Albus Dumbledore was currently sitting at the High Table, talking to Minerva McGonagall when it happened. The doors to the Great Hall were forced open in a very loud slam and bang, with the Undersecretary, Dolores Umbridge, storming through them. As she walked rather quickly to the table, Albus couldn’t help but notice that her cloak was trailing behind her in a pink blaze, with her face in a controlled mask of fury and bitter sweetness, with a smirk on her face that Albus knew would only bring trouble. Next to him, he could feel Minerva tense as she spotted the Ministry worker, and shortly afterwards, Albus realizes that there is a trail of people behind Umbridge. Right behind her was the third oldest Weasley kid, Percy. His glasses seemed to be skewed, and his clothes, which were obviously meant to be tight against his body, were ruffled and not tucked into his pants, showing that the kid was obviously worried. Behind him, was none other than the Ministry of Magic; Cornelius Fudge. Cornelius was obviously in a state of happiness as his walk was almost like a jig and he had a small smile on his own face, with an air of confidence in him. Behind him, shockingly enough was Amelia Bones. Madame Bones was clearly confused as she walked up to the table behind everyone else, looking at Albus square in the eye whilst biting her lip.
It wasn’t until the group finally arrived at the table and Umbridge had slammed the table that Albus realized she had been holding a stack of books of various widths. Albus eyed the five books warily, wondering what the pages held within, and why Dolores would be so happy about said books.
“Do you know what these books contain, Albus?” Dolores asks, using her fake sweet voice, causing nearly every teacher at the table to cringe in annoyance. Albus looks up at Dolores briefly, a twinkle in his eyes small but there, and it isn’t until he answers that he realizes that professors are listening to him adamantly.
“Why no, Dolores, I don’t believe I know what the books hold within them.” Albus chuckles, watching as Dolores’ face turns a dark shade of red out of anger. Albus watches as Dolores places her hands on top of the books before briefly turning to look towards Madam Bones, who nods quickly.
“Albus, I have a list here of all the people we need in the Great Hall, not including the students.”
“Not including the students, you say?”
“Yes Albus. Call them down here now, and then I’ll continue by telling you the other people needed.” Amelia Bones finishes, and Albus can only feel his pulse quicken in rapid succession, with worry on what this could possibly be about.
Within minutes, his wand is by his cheek; he’s uttered the sonorus spell and is currently asking all of the students to come down into the great hall for an important discussion, before using the quietus spell to silence him. Shortly after, Albus can hear the beginnings of the students making their way to the Great Hall, but it isn’t until the students are in the main hall that Albus can hear the confusion in their voices as to why they were called down so early in the morning. It takes a good thirty minutes for everything to settle, and all of the students to make their ways to their tables, but once they do, everyone stares at Albus, expecting him to continue, and most importantly, to explain what’s going on,
Albus though, looks towards three very important students - Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley - who are currently sitting at the Gryffindor table and glaring at Umbridge, who has appeared to have summoned her own table, sat in the middle of it, and taken charge. Albus doesn’t mind this, of course, he’s all for self-expression and rebellion, but when Harry glances at him, he looks away and notices the boy’s eyes squint in anger. He has to remind himself that it’s the best for Harry if he does this, just like everything else, but it takes him a couple of times to remember.
“Earlier today,” Albus hears, as he comes to from his thoughts, his eyes flicking up towards Umbridge, who has hem hem’ed many times between them.
“Earlier today, I was looking for a way for the truth to be revealed. I had been sitting at my desk, hoping against all hope that the lies Potter -“ At speaking this name, it is clear that Umbridge has snapped it, clearly not pleased with the boy - “has spoken, could come to fruition, be revealed, and he will be known as the liar I know he is.” Umbridge finishes, a gleam in her eyes that makes all the students shudder in fear.
“And surprisingly, after thinking this, a sudden green light had appeared on my desk, bright enough for me needing to block my eyes from it. Once the light had gone, I removed my hand to find these,” Here, Umbridge brings the five books in front of her, their covers and titles gleaming from shine.
“Not only were the books right in front of me, but so was a note that explain everything. Amelia, if you may.” Umbridge finished, looking towards Amelia, who could only nod before she looked down at the letter in her hands.
Albus, who is closest to Amelia, can see the writing on the parchment, but not see enough of it to know what it says. However, he can see that the ink is familiar, splotchy, and that the parchment is stained with what looks like a mixture of blood, tears and grime. He can tell by the way that Amelia, in her gray cloak and formal pants, looks at the letter, that she’s read it enough times in the short time she’s had it to know it off by heart, and be completely confused, intrigued and committed to seeing it though by it. She takes a deep breath, before she begins to read what the letter contains.
“Dear Hogwarts Students, Professors, and Ministry Employees,
You must excuse us for doing this, but too much has happened in the war that the group of us cannot forgive. You see, we are from the future. No, we are not far from the future - only three years ahead, truthfully - but we have each experienced pain, loss, grief and hurt like no other. And all of that pain could have easily been avoided, if the right people had known what it was that was not only true, but that needed to be done.
Therefore, we have decided to send you the five following books, about your fellow schoolmate, Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire and lastly, Order of the Phoenix. We would like to say before we get into everything else that we are sorry to Harry, for these books not only detail is first five years at Hogwarts, but his thoughts and emotions as well, and we know how much you hate the attention. For that, we hope you can forgive us.
Unfortunately, we found that the only way to do this properly was to send the books to the toad of a witch, Dolores Umbridge and her Ministry minions, Percy Weasley and Cornelius Fudge. We are not thrilled with doing this, but we have made special enchantments on the books so that they (and here, I swear on my magic) tell the truth and only the truth of what happened, like the truth serum itself would, only be opened by either Amelia Bones, who has remained neutral in the battle of wills between the Ministry and Albus Dumbledore, or Minerva McGonagall, who all four of us trust with our lives (and our intelligence!), will not be allowed in the hands (to be read or carried) of Dolores Umbridge, Cornelius Fudge, and Percy Weasley. If they are to grab, hold or touch it, a bubble will form around the books and they can hold the set through the bubble itself, and last but not least, will only be able to be read if the following people are involved in the reading (whether by being included in reading the books, or listening in on the reading of the books, which is to take place in the Great Hall): Students of Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge, Percy Weasley, Cornelius Fudge, Amelia Bones, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, Alastor ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Fillius Flitwick, Cuthbert Binns, Pomona Sprout, Madam Hooch, Poppy Pomfrey, Remus Lupin and his dog, Snuffles (whose true identity shall be later revealed), Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Viktor Krum, Lucius Malfoy and his wife Narcissa, Rita Skeeter (if only she swears to not report this), and two very important ghostly figures which will be told to Albus Dumbledore, and Albus Dumbledore only, and who will sit beside this man also. We feel that you should also make sure the following students are at the great hall, other than the infamous Golden Trio: Fred and George Weasley, alongside their younger sister, Ginny, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Cho Chang, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Luna Lovegood, Susan Bones, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan.
We understand that this letter is getting atrociously long (but what do you expect when I am the one that is composing it?) but we still have few things (well, rules) to mention. Seeing as four of these books have actually taken place in the past from where you guys are currently in the timeline, professors are unable to take away points, give points, or give detentions to any students who have been found doing things they should or should not have been doing. The same goes for the Ministry - you may not arrest or apprehend anyone until all of the books are completely finished, and you have a sufficient amount of evidence that could be used in a fair trial. Not only that, but you are also unable to take anything away from any person that you feel breaks the law, even if it does not do so.
We ask that the current Muggle Studies professor write down anything in the books that they believe will be asked about by anyone who does not know what it means, and lastly, that a new person read each chapter, thus allowing everyone a fair shot at reading the books, except of course, for the two ghosts, as they cannot actually read a corporal object.
We thank you for your time in listening to our letter, and reading these five books. Once you are done with them, they will immediately come back to us future kids, and the current kids will have a very important decision to make: Change the future, and the way the battle ends up, or continue the way they are going, losing too many people that are important to not only them, but their strength and will against Voldemort. Please, make the right decision and remember to stand up proud.
Farewell, for now,
HJP & HJP; RBW & LW; NL & GML.
After Amelia had finished reading the letter, all of the Great Hall had been completely silent and in awe, not only wondering who the initials belonged to, but why the people wanted all of the students of Hogwarts to know the details about Harry Potter’s life. It was then that the whispers began in the great hall, everyone wanting to know just what Potter’s life was like, and just how much of it was real and true, or a complete lie.
Albus looked over at the ‘Golden Trio’ as they were so coined, and noticed how pale Harry Potter appeared to be, with his arms encircling himself, and his best friends flanking his sides. Hermione Granger, who Albus believed had a relationship with Harry, was currently rubbing her hand along Harry’s back while Ronald Weasley had his arm slung around Harry’s shoulders in a comforting act. Before Albus could continue with his thoughts, however, Amelia came up to him with the parchment and leaned in close.
“Would you like to know the two ghosts, Albus?” While he had a complete twinkle in his eyes, and an idea on the name of the ghosts, he nodded his head anyways and conjured up two chairs to be placed next to him.
“James and Lily Potter,” Amelia whispered, and when Albus looked up with a smile, he knew that maybe the reading of these five books would not be so bad.
Quite suddenly, almost as quick as the books had probably appeared, several blue lights appeared and then flashed away, leaving in their trails, the corresponding people that had been mentioned in the letter that were already not at Hogwarts. Looking around, Albus could see many of the people mentioned, and was not surprised to see Remus and Snuffles making their way up to see Albus, because by doing a quick check behind him, Albus could most definitely see the ghostly figures of James and Lily Potter. He knew everyone was instantly confused, but before he could do anything, Remus and Sirius had made their way up to the table, and were looking at James and Lily in shock.
Before anything could get out of hand though, Albus allowed Amelia to re-read the letter, which then caused everyone to understand. Albus couldn’t help but notice that Sirius had let out a small whimper at James and Lily, and being unable to sit so close to the couple, nudge them as a hello, before he made his way towards his godson.
He watched as Sirius sat next to Harry in his dog form and put his head on Harry’s thigh, giving him a small hello lick. He continued to watch as Remus sat next to the two of them, Harry grin and James and Lily take their seats, with Minerva on his right, and Lily next to him on his left, with James next to her, and ending up between his wife and Severus.
After a quick glance at Severus, Albus could only sigh in disappointment as he saw the glare of hatred making it known in Severus’ core. Albus could only hope that these books not only brought out the best in everyone, but also allowed everyone to finally learn the truth about Harry and his home life.
It was then quite a shock to hear the infamous hem hem from Umbridge, and when he looked over at her, he could see the grin on her face like no other.
“Shall we get started then?” She asked sweetly, and after hearing several nods of ascent and agreement, Umbridge pushed the books towards Albus (although quite unhappily so) and allowed him to begin reading the first chapter of the first book, with everyone in the great hall on the edge of their seats in anticipation.
Chapter 2A ->