harry potter: a phoenix reborn

chapter 1

"it did not believe it were possible" a voice said as harry was yet again in the white space that he had been in when he 'died'

"who's there" i called

"i am the being you would be the master over, i am death, and i must congratulate you" death replied

"what do you mean" i asked

"it did not expect you to resist both the resurrection stone AND the elder wand, it was truly incredible that you did, whats more you purposely lost the stone, AND snapped the elder wand completely in half, in doing so you have given me the capability to give you an opportunity, one which will allow you to destroy voldemort, AND save all your friends that have perished in the last battle, you can change the fate of many" death said

"what is this chance" i asked

"you can go back in time, to the end of your third year just after you rescued your godfather, with all of your memories of everything that happened, from this timeline up to this point" death said

"what's the catch" i asked

"you will need a knew wand your phoenix wand will not recognize you because of what has happened, other then that there is no catch i will give you a word of advise however" death said

"what" i asked

"do not continue being friends with that weasley all he is friends with you for is to use your fame" death said

"i understand" i said he nodded

"very well, i would also suggest keeping miss granger away from him as well she is a true friend, and i daresay much more but that is for you to find out, goodbye Mr. potter and i hope you become my master in full this time it would be interesting to see what you can do at least with the elder wand at your side" death said with a chuckle

"will i have a memory of this as well" i asked death chuckled

"if you are referring to the pensieve then yes you may show it to others i daresay there are certain individuals who would love to know their hunt was not in vane" death said and with that he waved his hand and i was back in the hospital wing, as the minister stormed in, i sighed, as i had to here him rant and rave, thinking we busted him out, as dumbledore calmed him down, and he finally left

"headmaster might i speak with you privately, preferably in your office, it concerns tom" i asked he eyed me

"very well, we shall move to my office then, as you have requested" the headmaster said he was intrigued and curious when we were there, i gave a small sigh

"i would also like it if you set up a meeting with professor snape so i may speak with him soon as well but first, what i am to tell you and show cannot leave this room, none of my friends will know i ask you keep it the same and not to tell anyone, even professor snape" i said

"very well harry you have my word" dumbledore replied his curiosity peaked he had never seen the boy so serious or so confident

"may we use your pensieve this way would be best" i said

"certainly" the headmaster said he pulled it out

"i will be sitting these out, as i really don't want to relieve my own stupidity" i said as i started pulling out memories using my wand, as death said i could feel the wand fighting me but i was still able to do what was needed, as i showed him more of my memories the more dumbfounded the headmaster became as well as the more touched

"you trust me so much you would show me this, and for that i am grateful, from now on when we are in private i would prefer it if you would call me albus, formalities should not be needed between us" the headmaster said

"i am glad you understand the severity of everything" i said

"disarm me" albus said abruptly

"sir" i asked falling back into old habits in shock

"you are clearly more worthy of it then i so take it disarm me" albus said speaking of course of the elder wand

"i take no pride in this, expelliarmus" i chanted and the wanted flew out of his hand

"accio" i called and the wand flew to me i could feel it's warmth as it recognized me as it's master

"i would still like to go to ollivanders to get a new wand, i only want to use this wand for emergencies" i said

"very good harry, now let us discuss tom, now that i know he can be defeated, let me see, you have given me the locations of several of his horcruxes, it also showed me many mistakes i have also made, maybe....... yes that would work, i wonder if he will help us" albus said

"sir" i asked

"harry, i have asked you to do what was practically impossible, i shall not be doing so again nor shall i force you back to your relative for another four years, no knew arrangements will be made, harry i was wrong about you, i will not make the same mistakes twice" albus said seriously he was very angry with himself over what he had done all in the name of defeating voldemort, this time would be different especially with the knowledge he had been given

"really sir, i don't have to go back" i said

"no harry, i am sure, you have already mentally prepared yourself however with the knowledge you have given me i believe i can convince the malfoy family onto our side that will be a severe blow to voldemort, would you willing to become friends with draco, to replace the young Mr. weasley that i daresay does not deserve the friendship he has received" albus said

"if he is willing certainly actually that ties in to what i'd like to discuss with professor snape" i said

"i now know why, but it still gratifies me to see you giving severus the respect he deserves, he is most definitely the bravest man either of us will ever meet, i am certain of that" albus said

"what now sir, sorry albus" i asked the headmaster smiled

"now you will remain here at hogwarts this summer, so we may prepare you for the triwizard tournament that you and i both know is coming, and i have an idea that will make everything much easier when the time comes" albus said

"very well thank you sir" i said he nodded

"for now you may go, you can find severus and have your talk" albus said i nodded and left