The Third Time is a Charm

Chapter 25: Welcome to the War Room

They looked through the information for hours. The three timelines were actually very similar except the endings. In one time line Harry actually lived through the final battle but Severus didn’t. Harry ended up married to Ginny (he shuddered at this) and she went through his fortune and dragged him from party to party enjoying herself as Lady Potter, wife of the Boy-Who-Lived. Harry died at the age of fifty unhappy and broke. Ginny’s family however all had new houses and businesses that they didn’t really work at, well except for the twins, but the bills were paid with Harry’s money.

Becca had collected so much information including all the Gringotts statements for all three time lines and who got paid what. Harry didn’t know how she got all the information, but it all looked like original documents with the seals in tact. She definitely covered all the possibilities. There was information on what the Weasleys did, what happened to Remus, some information on Wormtail, on Sirius, Harry’s parents and Dumbledore. There was a pensive and a shelf full of vials of memories. They were collected from Becca as she looked into a mirror that could see what was happening and from the people themselves.

They found out just how far Dumbledore’s machinations went. How he knew that Sirius was innocent from the beginning. How he manipulated the Wizengamot to not give him a trial and had him found guilty. He tried to have him given the kiss but not even he reached that far. Even how Dumbledore knew Severus was on the other side of the door when the prophecy was given and how he gave Trelawney a drug that made her say the prophecy at that time. No doubt something he found from one of the many books he stole over the years.

An elf popped in with tea, the two men didn’t even realize how long they had been in the room. The elf put the tray for tea on a side table and bowed to Severus and Harry. “It is good to see you again sirs. Is there anything else I can get you?”

“Is Miss Becca awake yet?” Severus asked

The elf bowed again. “No Master Severus, this room is another time displacement area. One hour on the outside of this room equals twenty four hours on the inside. Miss Becca has only been sleeping about ten minutes. She put you here so that you would have time to digest the information and formulate your questions. Through that door,” the elf then pointed to a door in the far wall, “is a bedroom suite you may use so that you don’t have to leave before you are ready.

Severus looked at the little elf and noticed the pristine black uniform with a green shirt under the vest. He could see the Prince crest on the left of the chest on the black silk. The elf had such proper speech that he would not have believed it if he were not seeing it for himself. So he mentioned it to the elf. “You speak very properly, where were you educated?”

“All the Hogwarts elves that came from the other time line have been here many years now and Miss Becca, with the help of Master Shashi, arranged for us to be educated. She wanted elves to help the students of Hogwarts in their education. She wanted them to be able to help the teachers.”

Severus looked at the elf with a blank expression when he asked. “How do you and the other elves feel about this?”

“We are happy to serve you and Master Harry and Mistress Becca sir.” The elf bowed again and popped out of the room when Severus nodded his dismissal. He shook his head and looked at Harry who hadn’t said a word during the whole conversation. He was already asleep in the chair he had been sitting in for the last few hours.

He woke up his young lover and they both ate a few of the pastries with their tea. After eating, Severus smirked as he could see that Harry was falling asleep again.

Severus picked up his soulmate and carried him through to the bedroom indicated by the elf, placed him on the bed, transfigured Harry’s clothes into pajamas then his own and climbed in to get some sleep.

Severus and Harry woke up a few hours later. Since they were in the time room, Severus didn’t know if a time spell would give him the actual time or the time in the room. He didn’t even know if there was a time to the room. It was enough to give someone a headache. He shifted a little and pulled Harry over to his chest so he could kiss him awake. “How do you feel, love?”

“Overwhelmed. I think we have a lot more to do and I need the loo and do you think they have a shower in this place?”

“I am sure they must, they have everything else.” They got up and started exploring their quarters. “Maybe we should call an elf to find out if we can get some of our clothes.” At Harry’s nod Severus called “Elf” and with a very quiet pop an elf appeared in the room. “Can we get a clean set of clothes and can you tell us where the bathroom is?”

“Yes, Master Prince, Valet Vince is my name and I will get your clothes for you, the bathroom is through this door.” The elf walked over to one of the doors on the left of the massive king size bed. The bed had a blue silk comforter and large pillows encased, in the softest silk Severus had ever felt, in a light blue color that matched the sheets. The bathroom, when they entered was also done in light blue with dark blue appointments and linens. Severus was impressed with the elegance and simplicity of the whole thing. The shower was similar to the one they had used at what Becca called ‘Mission Control’ with three walls of shower jets. One wall was the same black with silver colored swirls and runes as was the floor.

Severus and Harry walked into the shower and turned on the water. They expected the water to be cold at first but it came out hot immediately and it felt wonderful. Severus found a flannel and looking at the soaps found a cinnamon scented one and lathered up the flannel to give Harry’s back a good scrub. As he worked his way down, Harry moaned and leaned against the shower wall reveling in the feel of Severus’ hands on him as he massaged and soaped his back. As the older mate continued lower the younger’s moans got louder and Severus took advantage and pressed Harry farther against the wall to keep him still. Harry was now flat with his chest against the shower wall, his face turned to the side and then he moaned louder.

“Patience my Harry” Severus said in a low sexy voice. “You will not be disappointed.” Harry moaned again, his lover’s voice sent shivers down his spine and blood straight to his groin. Severus pushed the soapy rag between Harry’s cheeks and rubbed his hand back and forth. He knew his lover was getting hard but wanted him to really enjoy this. He dropped the flannel and replaced it with his hand kneading the flesh that had him so mesmerized. What he wanted to do was slam into Harry and make him scream. He sighed and took control of his emotions so he could concentrate on pleasing Harry.

He slowly inserted a finger into the tight passage and moaned along with Harry. He needed that tight warmth around his hard pulsating shaft, he actually craved him like a drug, and he needed Harry. He added a second finger and Harry started to writhe and moan and “Oh Sev, more.” From this angle he had to turn his hand just a bit and oh yes he found Harry’s prostate and hit it hard. Harry was panting and mewling with nonsensical words and half sentences. Words like more and harder were most of what Severus heard because that was what he wanted too. He reached his other hand around to the front of his young lover and tightly gripped him to keep him from finishing too soon.

Severus added another finger and now three fingers were stretching and moving in that hot tight space that Severus was going to pierce soon. As he watched his Harry moaning and squirming against the shower wall he whispered in a low husky seductive voice. “Are you ready my Harry, ready to be mine, ready for the joining of our two bodies, ready for me to slam into you and make you scream, ready for...”

“Merlin, Sev, just stop talking and FUCK ME NOW!” Harry shouted and tried to turn around but Severus had a tight hold on him and would not let him move. He pulled out his fingers and lined up his purpling cock with Harry’s bud of an opening, he slicked up his shaft with some of the silky lube he found on the shelf and pushed against his Harry’s opening.

“Remember what I taught you Harry, if you push against me it won’t hurt as bad. Love me Harry, you must want me inside you” Severus’ voice was driving the poor young man to distraction. He whimpered and then whimpered again as he felt Severus at his opening but not filling him. Harry wanted more but Severus had his hand against Harry’s low back and was keeping him in place. Harry tried to push his hips away from the wall to get more of Severus inside him but each time he tried Severus held him in place. “What do you want Harry, you have to want it. Do you want me Harry? Do you crave me as I crave you? Tell me Harry, how much do you want Me.?”

Harry was almost crying by now, so frustrated and needy. “Please.” He whimpered to Severus, “Please” he whimpered again. “Need you, only you please.” He could barely be heard with the mewling and whimpers between each word. Harry was now up against the shower wall with his arms flat and above his head.

"Someone told me I was going to be punished. I wonder how you will feel when you get punished instead?" Severus slapped Harry's round ass cheek with his hand as the hot water kept coursing down, heating his skin. Another smack resounded in the shower and Harry started keening.

"Please Sev, I can't take any more, please..."

“Are you ready my Harry?” The man in question whimpered a reply and then Severus slammed into the younger man for all he was worth as Harry screamed. There was some pain at the rough handling, but the exquisite pleasure of being filled again was like nirvana. Harry’s cock was pressed against the shower wall and each time Severus thrust, Harry was thrust against the wall harder. Severus knew he was not going to last long, but he also knew he didn’t want Harry to ever forget this so he held on.

Each time Severus thrust in, he used one hand to smack Harry hard on his cute little ass cheeks. The excitement of teaching is young lover to enjoy this gave Severus a sort of tunnel vision, as all he could see was his hard cock pistoning into Harry as he was spanked. Oh, he was going to explode any minute. In his euphoria he could only hear Harry's cries faintly in the back ground as he filled his lover with his seed and they collapsed on the shower floor.

Harry was in heaven with the rough treatment his lover gave him. He knew he was not going to last, but wanted to come to completion with Severus. Severus thrust into him hard and fast but just as Harry could hold out no longer, Harry’s shout of “Sev” was followed by Severus’ shout of “Harry” and the both of them slowly slid down to the shower floor, the hot water washing over them in a wonderful rhythm against their flushed skin.

Harry had passed out for a few seconds and he was sure Severus had done the same. When they came to, they finished showering and wrapped themselves in the fluffy dark blue towels that were on the shelf and walked back into the bedroom. There on the bed were their clean clothes and the room had been straightened and the bed made, their dirty clothes were already taken, to the laundry they presumed. Harry, who had never had this level of service, was astonished and asked Severus if this was normal. Severus muttered a comment about them becoming pompous arses like the Malfoys and got dressed. Harry smiled and also dressed before following Severus through the door to the office.

They continued to look at the information that Becca had put together and looked at some of her notes about what she wanted to do. Harry found a book of children’s stories that he found very interesting titled Papa Merlin’s Fairy tales for the Young and Old and there was another book titled, So You Want to be a Death Eater? “Look Sev”, Harry brought the book to Severus, “Who do you think Tempus Spiritus is? This book is all about Voldemort and the author is Tempus Spiritus. I have never seen this before.” As Harry flipped through it he saw all the information that had been collected on Voldemort as well as observations of what a pure blood was and how the Dark Lord was really evil and why would anyone really want to follow him and let him steal their magic.

There was a whole chapter on the old blood lines and how their family magic was settled into the very property they allowed that man to enter. Letting him destroy and steal what was their birthright. How he deceived them into giving their power away without knowing it and how the dark mark was actually a slave brand. How he hated the pure bloods and wanted revenge for his mother’s family in not acknowledging him.

“Severus, you really need to read this. It is very insightful and makes real sense of Voldemort and his Death Eaters.” Severus took the book from Harry and looked at it.

“Where did you get this Harry?” Severus asked as he flipped through the book briefly. “This must be something Becca came across or maybe wrote herself. It does have a lot of information about wards, pureblood spells and Voldemort. Do we know of anyone else that would author a book under the name of Time Spirit?” Severus smiled. “You know, Harry, if this book were to make it out of this room, it would create quite a fuss.” Severus gave quiet laugh thinking about Voldemort having a fit trying to figure out who would write such a book and where they got their information from.

“Sev, here is another book, one of children’s stories by the same author. Wonder what this would do if the children were raised on these stories instead of the stories they have now; stories that made every one equal and taught that everyone had a contribution to give to others.”

“It would seem that our Miss Becca has been a very busy girl. I wonder what else she has written, and if she ever intends to publish it.”

“Do you really think Becca wrote these stories? It could have been someone else.”

“No Harry, I really think this has Becca written all over it, if you will excuse the pun.”

“Let’s see what else we can find Sev.”

Harry went over to another desk and looked around. Sitting on the desk was a journal and a parchment letter to Harry and Severus.


Dear Severus and Harry,
I hope you are reading this because I showed you where the room was so you could just look for information on your own. If, for some reason, I didn’t make it back with you, I want you to know I have devoted my whole life to the information in this room. Here you will find my successes and my failures and everything in-between.

It is imperative that contingencies are made to keep little Harry safe. It is the most important thing that we can do. If something happens, Gorbink and Shashi are my second in command to follow through with raising the baby if something happens to you two. I hope nothing will, but we have to have failsafe plans in place.

Prince Conglomerate is a bundle of businesses we have put together. Some of the businesses have been in place since Gorbink and Shashi were sent back fifty years ago. Some are more new as our arrival was anticipated.

We have peace contracts with most of the dark and light creatures. Prince Conglomerate has always been about helping others. We have contracts and help provide businesses and help to all the creatures the wizards try to control or put down. You need to speak with Gorbink about our Gringotts branch that services only other beings as they cannot by law do business with wizards.

You should already know about some of the alliances we have but to recap, we have friends as vampires, dark elves, light elves, wood nymphs, acromantula, centaurs, unicorns, thestrals, dragons, and we are working on werewolves but we wanted to wait till Remus could help.

Attached is my journal with all the plans. Please read and ask questions. If I am no longer available, Gorbink, Shashi and Doc know all. They were my great grandfathers’ most trusted friends.

Becca


“Wow, Severus, you have to read this. It says most of our answers can be found in the journal.” He handed Severus the letter and watched as he read it.

“Harry, do you know what this means? Have you really read this?” Severus wasn’t sure Harry got the full impact of the letter.

“Yeah, I read it. It says she wasn’t sure she would make it and Gorbink and Shashi and Doc know what to do.” Harry replied with a puzzled expression on his face, wondering why Severus asked him that question.

“No Harry, that’s not all it means. That young woman has sent the means to ally herself with an army of light and dark creatures to protect the younger you. She has created her own army to keep younger Harry safe.” The awe in Severus’ voice was evident with every word he spoke. The level of planning alone, would rival anything Malfoy Senior could do.

Harry wanted to think about this later when they had more time so he asked Severus, “Have you found any information on Prince Conglomerate or what it is that we are to do until the other Harry arrives? Who does Prince Conglomerate belong to? We also need to meet with Gorbink and talk about our vaults.”

“As soon as we talk to Gorbink, why don’t we take a trip to Diagon Alley or maybe to muggle London? We could go out to eat and see one of those muggle films you were talking about.” He held out his arms and Harry snuggled up to him. “Everything will settle down soon, Harry. I promise.” Harry snuggled closer to soak up the warmth and energy that Severus always provided. He was Harry’s rock and support, and the young man didn’t know what he would do without him.

About six hours later, Becca came knocking on the door, Harry and Severus were busy reading about the third time line. They had skipped the parts that repeated and were trying to get through the information as fast as possible. When Becca entered upon Severus’ request and look at the two men as they stood in each other’s arms she gave them a smile.

“Hey, you two, it is almost dinner time and I wanted to give you a tour of the manor before we had to eat. We only have about an hour and this place is pretty large.”

They followed her out the door as she led them back through to the sitting area they were in earlier. Becca started with her description of the property. “This area is under number five Privet Drive. The area with the office is actually under the front yard of number five. If we go back to the area in which we arrived, you will find several doors. Each one of them open to a different address above the ground and each are three stories under the ground. The area you were in is a small part of the whole. Gorbink and Shashi were sent back fifty years to when this area was undeveloped. This allowed Gorbink to buy the land and have the goblins build this before the muggles started developing it. The houses in this block belong to Prince Industries. We own eight houses, three across from number four, one on each side and the three in the back. All the other were sold a quite a good profit. The only one that was sold at a slight loss to get Vernon and Petunia to buy it was number four. We needed to repeat as much history as possible so we could keep Dumbledore from changing things and hiding Harry somewhere else.”

They were in the small ballroom size room and Becca went between two doors and hissed “open”. Severus was startled to realize he actually understood what she said, before she opened the door to an elevator, placed her palm on a plate by the door and stated her full name. It seemed strange to Severus but when he looked at her she said, “Muggle electronic technology. Computer voice recognition software, no one can enter this area without it. As you may have noticed the floor in this room is made of the acromantula armor mixed with titanium which is the strongest muggle metal you can buy. The ceiling is actually made of the same material, but it was covered with something more eye appealing so you would not feel like you were surrounded by black. The elevator opens into the next level. There are more sleeping quarters, a main dining room as well as a swimming room and area to fly in. I wanted Harry to be trained in everything possible.”

As the elevator opened to the next level they encountered a spacious receiving area that lead off in different directions just as the one below it, the only difference was that this area was smaller Then Becca started talking again.

“This area is more recreational.” She moved across the room to a door marked pool. “The pool is through here and there are other areas for play and also a gym with all the latest equipment. Some of the adults may want to train. This way is a training room for DADA or can be used for karate or other martial arts fighting. The weapons room is that way and has many of the weapons that were in the vaults that belonged to both of you. You may want to look through them and decide what you want to keep here and what you may want to move and store elsewhere.” Harry and Severus looked at the pool and were awed. It was half the size of an Olympic size pool and perfect for swim training. The area was huge and Harry wondered how many houses this place was under. Becca brought them up another elevator.

“We have not seen everything, but I wanted to give you an idea of what we were doing. Each floor has its own time displacement room so that you may train as long as you want. The level closest to the outside is for classrooms and what we call filtering. It is where we would receive non residents and anyone that wants the dark mark removed, really anyone that has not proven themselves to us. As you can see each room has a mini floo and you can call any other room once you know where they are located, for example number five Privet third level kitchen.” Becca had stated after she threw in a small amount of floo powder, then spoke to an elf to confirm dinner was ready.

“Well, gentlemen, shall we go for dinner?”