Harry Potter and the Time Travelling Portkey

Morning

It was a warm, summers day when Harry opened Ron's bedroom window and looked out onto the bright field below. The beautiful sunlight and birdsong sounding from the trees were a far cry from the nightmarish cries of the dead that had been plaguing his dreams for the past month. Harry had expected the nightmares, everyone had. It was now over a year since the now famous Battle of Hogwarts (as it had been named) and the past month had been tough on everyone. But today, Mrs Weasley had declared was to be a happy day, after all it was Harry's birthday.

The smell of sausages cooking in the kitchen below had caused Ron to sleepily sit up in his bed and chuck a small parcel at Harry. "Happy birthday mate" yawned Ron as Harry sat down on his bed to unwrap his gift. Inside was a photo frame containing a picture of Lockhart holding up a boneless arm belonging to a very pale looking Harry. "I found it in Fred's old stuff the other day- reckon thats what gave him the idea for some of their sweets", Harry looked over at Ron who had the same expression every Weasley wore when Fred was mentioned. "Of course he would keep a picture of it" laughed Harry, "Yeah" smiled Ron who seemed to perk up a bit "He'd also congratulate you on going a whole year without having any near death experiences". Both the boys laughed at this as they got dressed and headed down for breakfast, of course this fact wasn't entirely true; both of them had began Auror training this year, Ron his first year and Harry who had skipped straight to second. The practical training side of things had meant both of them came home to Mrs Weasley injured in some way on an almost weekly basis.

Downstairs was full of the smell of freshly cooked breakfast, Hermione and Ginny were sat at the kitchen table with odd expressions on their faces whilst Mrs Weasley hummed to herself by the cooker. "What's up with you two?" asked Ron as he reached straight past Hermione to the sausages. Hermione- who looked a bit disheartened at her boyfriend giving sausages more attention than her- replied sharply to Ron. "What do you think is up with us Ronald? Our NEWTs results should have arrived by now if only that stupid old owl of your's new how to fly properly.". Harry, who had caught Ginny's eye, had to hide his smile. This happened all the time with Ron and Hermione, when they were together they'd complain about the other person, when they weren't together they'd complain about being apart. Ginny held Harry's hand under the table "Happy birthday Harry" she said softly as she kissed him on the cheek, "Oh yes happy birthday Harry!" said Hermione still nervously glancing out the window whilst Ron grimaced at the small sign of affection between his sister and his best mate.

"Ah Harry, how you feeling dear? Now, I've made you lots of breakfast but don't eat much as we've got everyone coming over for lunch later today. " she passed Harry a present wishing him happy birthday as she did so "I said don't eat to much Ron!". Ron's reply was muffled by the amount of food his mouth.

Harry loved his birthday breakfast, he loved the family atmosphere that always surrounded him at the Burrow but he couldn't deny that part of his mind had been dreaming of the place him and Ginny could get perhaps one day soon... Mrs Weasley was the one to bring Harry out of daydream, asking him what his plans were for during the day. "I'm looking after Teddy until this afternoon, I'm gonna pick him up in an hour. Then the four of us were thinking of meeting Neville and Luna in Hogsmede." .

"Neville and Luna? They still together? I have to say I didn't expect that to last long... Are you going to see Aberforth?" Harry had grown used to Mrs Weasley's questioning over the past year. She seemed to like having Harry living in the Burrow with them, in a sense it made the absence of Fred seem a little less painful. The rest of breakfast went on the much the same, Mrs Weasley telling Ron not to eat so much, Ron eating more, Hermione and Ginny receiving their NEWT's results (Hermione bursting into tears when she read that she'd got all O's) and Mr Weasley coming down for breakfast before rushing off to the ministry. It seemed the day was going to be a very calm, average day, something Harry, Ron and Hermione were finally getting used to. None of them expected their to be a very unusual gift on it's way to Harry.