HARRY POTTER - THE PAST REWRITTEN

Chapter 8

FACT FOR THE DAY: "The line 'the wand chooses the wizard' amazes me. The Celtic calendar shows each month and the wood that goes with it. For instance, Harry, whose birthday is on the July 31, owned a wand made out of holly since July falls on the Holly cycle." -Megha Thapa

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Harry's theory had been proven. Dumbledore wanted Harry to create Horcruxes of his own.

"But sir...why do you think that Voldemort is still alive?"

"That is because his body was not found."

"But sir, that is not possible. the killing curse rebounded on him. so, he should have been killed."

Dumbledore cursed Harry in his mind,'Harry... You are much more stubborn than I thought you would be.' "Okay...so, I'm going to tell you something that you are not supposed to tell anybody. Voldemort has a few horcuxes."

A few! Okay...that was a complete lie.

"Sir...I have one last question. Why did the curse rebound on him?"

"That was due to the power of love. Your mother didn't want you to be killed and this true love made the killing curse rebound on him."

"But there must various other parents who didn't want their children to be killed, but still they died, didn't they? Why am I the only one who survived? I have a theory that it may be because he was very weak before the attack. So, he must have done something right before it. So, it seems like his body was unstable because his soul was broken in too many pieces. It could be that he had made a horcrux just before the attack."

Checkmate. Dumbledore had no answer left. So, he just made up an excuse.

"Harry, that could be just because you are a lot more powerful than an average wizard."

"But a killing curse doesn't depend on power, does it? Even if it does, then the conclusion would be that I was not harmed. The curse would still not rebound. And Voldemort is a really powerful wizard himself. If he was affected by the curse then I should have been too. 

But I will still think about making a horcrux."

The last statement was made just to satisfy Dumbledore. And also to buy him some time. As soon as Dumbledore allowed him to leave, he went to tell Hermione.

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Hermione looked at Harry with pride when he told her how he contradicted Dumbledore in every statement he made. But she seemed concerned about another matter.

"What happened Hermione?"

"I was just thinking about how should we take the philosophers stone without getting noticed."

"Oh yeah. I had totally forgotten about the philosophers stone. Did you notice that this time 'round Dumbledore did not forbid going to  the third floor corridor."

"Now that you've mentioned it, I don't remember him saying anything like that. But today morning itself Draco told me that Crabbe and Goyle had stumbled upon the corridor and managed to open the lock. They had then seen a three-headed dog and ran from there."

"Wait...Crabbe and Goyle managed to open the lock! I think it would be best if we get the philosophers stone as soon as possible . Who knows what else Dumbledore has kept in store for us."

"So...tonight we will sneak out to the third floor and get the philosophers stone and then...how will we get it to your vault?"

"Since we cannot apparate within school grounds, I will keep it safe inside my suitcase wrapped in my invisibility cloak and put it under a disillusionment charm. I have already gotten a fake philosophers stone. I had gotten it as a birthday gift from Padfoot to play a prank on someone by gifting it to them."

"Wow!!! So you have it all planned out. but how do you have your invisibility cloak?"

"It seems like you are forgetting a very important fact that MY PARENTS ARE ALIVE! Of course Dad will pass it on to me."

"Should we at least tell Draco that we are going to sneak out to see what in the third floor corridor."

"Yeah, we can take him too. if we ever need help regarding the ministry, we could ask his father for a favour. After all, he isn't as bad as we thought him to be."

Then they moved on to some lighter talk as how decent Quirrel seems to be without Voldemort on the back of his head. Soon Draco joined them and the previously known 'Golden Trio' was now 'Silver Trio' with Draco as a replacement for the Weasley.

At night

 "C'mon, it's time to go." Harry said.

 He took he invisibility cloak and wrapped it around the three of them. They tiptoed till the third floor corridor so that they do not make any noise and after opening he lock they saw something they had seen last time too - a sleeping Fluffy.

Harry said in shock, "So someone has come before us again!" Harry realized his mistake just as he finished the sentence.

"What do you mean 'again'? You mean you have already done this with Weas- I mean, you have already done this with someone before?!" Draco asked them.

Hermione joined in, "Why would we do this with Weasley, Draco?"

Draco turned pink. "First answer me or I will make up a weird logic how you also went to Headmasters office, slipped by the time turner sand and ended up in the past."

"What do you mean 'also'? And how do you know in so much detail?" Harry said

"That means it's true! Okay...so I have also come from the future. I was about to warn the Headmaster of another Death Eater attack when I slipped. I don't know how the sand came there."

Hermione blushed. "When I found out that the Weasleys were actually against Harry, I tried to fix things by going in the past. But something went wrong and time turner sand was spilled all over and we came back to 1980."

"I had told Harry not to make friends with the wrong sort in first year itself but no...he has to be stubborn."

"Okay shut up. Let us focus on getting the philosophers stone."

But just then Fluffy woke up. Harry put a spell on the harp to keep playing and Fluffy went back to sleep. They jumped through the trapdoor and landed on Devil's Snare.

Harry said, "Draco, relax and you'll get free."

Soon the three of them were back down on the floor.

They went down a stone passageway and they heard a soft rustling and clinking. Harry remembered what to do, picked up a broom and got the key with ease. Well...Harry was one of the best Quidditch players ever seen.

Without any delay, they opened the huge door and next they saw the chess board. Since Draco was great at wizards chess, he was the one who gave the instructions. This time he was able to get them all free without any sacrifices. So...hurray!

Then a disgusting smell filled their nostrils. just as last time the troll was out cold confirming that someone had already come.

 He pulled open the next door and found the same bottles riddle. This time it didn't take Hermione more than a second to figure it out.

"But there is one problem...there is only one bottle that would let us move ahead and there are three of us."

"Hey doofs, someone has already used it to go before us still the bottle is full. That means it refills itself when one is done. So we all can go."

"Why didn't we think of that last time?" Harry said.

One by one, Draco, Harry and Hermione reached the other side.

There was already somebody there - but it wasn't who they expected at all.

"Dumbledore!" They all screamed together.