[HP] Ghosts from the future #9 (Patreon)

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Chapter #9: He's back.

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Harry slowly opened his eyes, he was expecting to wake in the Dursley home, however, as he regained his sight he was greeted by a beautiful view, there was nature and the beautiful landscape of the countryside, there was also a lake, he soon remembered the lake in which he, Ron and his siblings used to come during the summer before their fourth year.

“Oh Merlin, I’m glad you’re finally awake!” He heard the voice belonging to Daphne Greengrass.

“I was worried for a second you wouldn’t wake up, so, in the end, it seems like future Harry was right,” Hermione said with complete awe.

“What happened?” Harry asked as he was being handed his glasses.

“Well, it seems like you died, you were killed by Volde—” Hermione stopped herself. “You-know-who, but look at you…You came back, you’ve survived the killing curse twice now!” Hermione couldn’t help but hug him tightly.

Harry’s eyes widened at the realization. He still remembers the plan.

“So, what are we going to do now?” Asked the younger Harry with a concerned tone.

His uncles were gone, and it was time to plan what to do to stop the unnecessary deaths that future Harry said would happen, and in this case, it was the night Moody was supposed to die, but they wanted to prevent that from happening.

“Well…You need to die,” future Harry said without any care in the world.

And this caused Daphne and Hermione to raise their wands towards him, but the older wizard was unbothered about it, they clearly were no threat to him, and they didn’t know if they should feel angry or insulted by his indifference.

“Put those things down, you’re going to harm someone,” the older Harry said sarcastically.

“Yeah, and then you’re going to take the opportunity to kill your past self and—” Hermione suddenly stopped in her tracks. “Did you die too? If that’s the case, how the heck were you able to live that long?” Hermione asked with a confused expression.

“The answer is horcruxes,” future Harry said bluntly.

Hermione and the younger Harry’s eyes widened, that was something they needed to keep on secret, and even if Harry liked Daphne, that knowledge would put her in danger.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to talk about that in front of Daphne…” Present Harry said, concerned.

“But she actually knows what we’re talking about, hell, most of the pureblood families have information about them, right, Daphne?” Asked future Harry.

The blonde couldn’t help but sigh and nod.

“It’s the worst act a person can commit, a crime against nature, you’re literally selling your humanity for fake immortality because, if you’re not yourself after doing that? Can you claim that you’re truly going to be immortal?” Daphne asked with a worried tone.

“While it’s interesting to debate the philosophy behind immortality, the point I’m trying to make here is that…There’s a Horcrux inside you,” the older Harry pointed at his past self.

Everyone but older Harry gasped.

“So…That’s why you want to kill me?” Asked Harry with a concerned tone.

“I don’t want to kill you, and sadly I can’t…To destroy the horcrux inside you, there’s only one wizard who can destroy it, and you need to die at their hands, and that’s Voldy,” older Harry’s words echoed in the room.

The younger Harry was trembling, he tried to escape and deny the reality but then something struck him, he remembered all the memories and the prophecy how both he and Voldemort were prodigies in the dark arts when his mother was a charms and potions master while his father was a transfiguration master, then the parseltongue, now everything made sense.

“Once that happens, you’ll be free from him, and you don’t have to worry about anything else, Once you die, I can safely destroy his body, this will give us enough time to destroy his horcruxes before he attempts to regain his body again,” the older Harry assured them.

“Harry, no—” Hermione tried to stop her best friend, but the two versions remained calm.

“Hermione…It all makes sense now, besides…If my older version managed to survive the second time, I’m sure I will too,” the younger Harry said with a calm tone.

Hermione tried to stop this, however, until now the older version has been a very reliable source of information, he saved her from straining her relationship with her parents, so, it was hard to doubt him.

“You’re going to come back because in the end, the only soul that will die is the piece that belongs to him,” the older one said calmly.

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Gasps were heard in the room, and now younger Harry was able to see how his future version survived.

“Does dying feel bad?” Harry asked and James had a thoughtful expression.

“Not that I remember, you know how Voldy is, he loves his killing curses and surprisingly, that’s a quick painless death,” James answered with complete honesty.

Harry suddenly rose to his feet and started walking around the room, Hermione and Daphne were looking at him with concerned expressions.

“I’ll do it,” Harry suddenly said with a serious expression.

To say that Daphne and Hermione were horrified would be an understatement, however, they knew this was necessary.

“Harry…Harry…Harry!” Harry suddenly got back to reality.

The memories of the conversation they had less than twelve hours ago faded and soon, he was back at the lake.

“Are you alright?” Asked Daphne as she touched his forehead.

He nodded slowly.

“Shall we get going?” Asked Hermione trying to get them out of their trance, trying to hide her annoyance.

“Yes, let’s go,” Harry suddenly got back on his feet.

He also couldn’t help but think about the conversation he had with Dumbledore in the afterlife and he wasn’t sure if it truly happened or if it was just a dream but there was one thing clear, Dumbledore told him to trust his future self.

And that’s what he’s going to do, a few minutes later they finally arrived at the door of the Weasley family. They knocked and they were greeted by Arthur Weasley who had his wand pointed at Harry.

“When was the first time you visited this home?” Asked the head of the Weasley family.

“The summer before my second year, your sons took your flying car and rescued me from my uncles’ home,” Harry answered honestly.

Arthur suddenly smiled and hugged him both and Hermione, it seems like everyone had arrived already.

“Hey, who is she?” Asked Arthur as he looked at Daphne.

“She’s a friend of mine Mr. Weasley, she’s Daphne Greengrass, don’t worry, she’s on our side,” Harry explained with a happy expression. “In fact, she helped me and Hermione…When we were escaping a death eater was about to attack us and she took care of him from behind then she got us out of Privet Drive,” Harry lied with a happy smile.

The Weasley children who attended school with Harry were a bit skeptical about that story, after all, they thought she was a Slytherin which means she’s a supporter of the dark lord.

“I swear by my magic that I don’t support the dark lord and neither family, also, I swear I mean no harm to Harry Potter and his friends,” Daphne’s wand suddenly glowed just like her body.

Then she casted a patronus and they realized something, she wasn’t their enemy.