Time Travel

Chapter 4

The group of four with two portraits went to Grimmauld Place. They placed the portraits in the informal living room and ordered Kreacher for some food and drinks while they talk about the contract and how to cancel it. No one can find anything that they can use to cancel it except death of one person.

James Potter just wants one thing in his life right now, to go out of the portrait and kill Ronald Weasley. He doesn't know how to help his daughter to get out of this marriage. He doesn't even know if there is any way to get her out of the contract. Why did Lily do this? If she didn't love Harriet then why did she even die for her? It's not like she changed her mind at last point. Or did someone changed Harriet's memories to look like Lily died for her? Dumbledore must have done something to her mind, but he doesn't know that for sure. He looked at his daughter so sweet and innocent. No one will believe she killed the dark lord just a day back. He sighed rubbing his face and started thinking any way to cancel this stupid contract created by Lily.

Sirius Black just wants to scream in frustration. How dare that Evans do this to his pup. If there is a person who made him feel better Azkaban was Harriet. Not even Remus could help him get better like her. She was the sweetest person he ever met in the world. He can't imagine her living a good life with Ron. Ron will make her life hell. The contract just makes her a house-elf to him. No, he can't let this happen to her. What can he do? He just wants to go back in time and change everything. But he is dead how can he go? Wait!

"I have an idea." Sirius shouted getting everyone's attention. Everyone looked at him eagerly saying him to continue.

"Cissy, the Malfoys have a time-turner right?" He asked looking at her. Narcissa's eyes widened at that, she understood what he is implying. But the others didn't get it.

"But Siri, how does a time-turner help you to cancel this contract. It just goes a day at maximum right?" Harriet asked him confused.

"It's not a normal time-turner Harriet. It goes back years instead of days." Narcissa explained to the still confused people.

It took some time for everyone to grasp the idea that Sirius is implying. Time-turner that goes back years, that means they can go to the time before Sirius is dead, before James is dead, before the contract is made, before Harriet and Draco are born, before James and Lily married, before all the disasters happened. They can change everything for good. Yes, this is good, very good, brilliant actually.

"You are a genius, Siri." Harriet beamed at him making him chuckle.

"He was always a genius Bambi. He and your dad are the ones who invented most of the pranks when we were in school. I was just there to control them from harming anyone more than necessary. Peter just used to follow us like a follower." Remus shook his head to clear his thoughts about Peter and smiled at Sirius. "I think good ol' padfoot is planning a big prank even after death. But this prank will make everyone happy except the old fool and his blind followers."

"Oh padfoot, I just miss those days when we tried pranking Dumbledore's lemon drops to taste like his most hated flavour." James laughed remembering Dumbledore's face.

"Don't forget when we changed his robes to Slytherin colours. His face just resembled the gryffindor red with anger." Sirius laughed from his portrait.

"Ah those were the days, we never liked Dumbledore much. He always used to meddle in people's life. If it wasn't for Lily, I would never have left the protection wards of Potter manor and stayed at Godric's Hollow. Then maybe I would be still alive and Harriet wouldn't have gone to those Dursleys. She just nagged me until I gave up." James sighed.

"I don't blame you dad. It's ok. Anyways we are going to change the past aren't we?" She smiled at him.

James couldn't help but wonder how beautiful his daughter is. Just like his mum. That smile and her eyes, exact shade of his mother's green eyes. If he didn't know any better, he would think she is his mother. He smiled back at her. "You just look like my mum."