Chapter 66: World Jumping!
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"Okay. I believe you, but I am not sure why you are acting like you lost the war. You should be happy that you saved everyone, why are you so down then?"
"Because, now that I am done here, I have to go home. And once I go home I may never be able to return here. This is a final farewell. I am sad because I won't be able to see you anymore." Henry whispered softly, peering at them with narrowed eyes.
Daphne shot him an incredulous look.
"And why, may I enquire that you won't be able to come back here from your home? Don't tell me you are from the Moon." Daphne grinned, trying to hide her ever-increasing worry.
"The Moon? No. I am from another dimension. My real name is Harry Potter." Henry confessed.
"And I am a blonde Lily Potter with three boobs." Daphne couldn't help herself, even in this tense atmosphere, especially in this tense atmosphere.
"Liar. You only have two boobs. I saw." Henry grumbled.
"Exactly." Daphne grinned, hoping that he would say that his confession was just a joke.
"I am being honest, Daphne. My real name is Harry Potter and I am from another world. I came here for a certain reason and now that it is done, I have to go back to my own world. And once I go, I won't be able to come back."
That claim brought another moment of silence. Daphne's grin vanished and her eyes filled up with tears while Tracey herself looked dejected.
"Then don't go. You can stay with me. I will take care of you. I will love you. I will be your family." Daphne yelled, hoping that she didn't sound as desperate as she felt. Tracey placed her hand on her shoulder and mumbled sadly.
"You can't ask him to do that, Daph. He has his own family. We shouldn't be selfish. We should part with smiles instead of yelling at each other."
Daphne didn't listen to her and looked at him imploringly. Henry stood up and came before her. He leaned down and cupped her face.
"I have to go, Daphne. I wish I didn't, but I have to." Henry whispered softly. Daphne broke down in tears after that and hugged him tight like it was the last time she would be able to touch him. And maybe it was.
"But I have a last gift for you which hopefully will lessen the pain. Go to the bedroom." Henry smiled, pulling her to her feet and shoving her towards the said room.
"But—oww!" Daphne gasped as she felt his playful slap on her butt.
"No talking, just go and take the gift out here." Henry smiled innocently as if he hadn't just touched her bum. She shook her head, a grin growing on her face and ran into the bedroom.
"Tell her I said goodbye and will always remember her. Goodbye, Tracey, take care of her." Henry turned to Tracey and gave her a brief hug before teleporting away. Tracey couldn't even respond before he was gone.
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Astoria slowly opened her eyes when loud sobbing reached her ears. The first thing she saw was Daphne sitting beside her and crying her eyes out while holding her hand against her chest.
"Daphne, why are you crying?" Astoria asked dubiously.
"What was the last thing you remember, Tori?" Daphne queried, caressing her cheek. And just like that she sat up urgently.
"Voldemort! He attacked our house. And he asked father to join him. I don't remember anything after that."
"Voldemort is dead, Tori. Welcome back to the land of living. Come on, I will introduce you to Henry, he is your new brother." Daphne smiled blissfully and wiped her eyes before leading Astoria in the living room.
Henry was long gone and Tracey gave her an apologetic look.
"He said goodbye and that he will always remember you."
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It was cowardly, Henry knew, but he couldn't say goodbye to Daphne. It was just too difficult. He hoped she would forgive him for leaving so abruptly. At least, his gift in the form of Astoria's resurrection would mellow her hurt.
"Isis. Let's go home."
World Jumping… initialising… Return!
Henry found himself back in the Potter Manor and sitting on the same sofa from where he had jumped worlds. He knew not a single second had passed in this world, but he felt old. Even if he was again in his smaller and younger body.
He gave out a drawn out sigh and closed his eyes briefly.
"Where are we, papa?" Aura asked who was cuddled in his lap.
"We are home."
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Dumbledore and the other professors stood frozen outside. The student population too was out, wanting to see what had happened in the last few hours.
What they saw would forever traumatise them.
A river of blood cut the path of Hogwarts and formed a lake some distance away.
A crimson lake full of viscous blood. And as far as they could see the ground was covered with red. There were no bodies, but it didn't need them much cajoling to realise that a massacre had taken place here.
"Merlin! What monster could have done something like this so that it didn't even leave any bodies behind?" a student in green asked aghast.
Harry's friends looked at him pointedly.
"What? He is adopted."
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The three girls calmed down after so much sad crying and relieved crying. Tracey and Daphne briefly informed her what had happened last night and who Henry Potter was and how he brought her back from the dead.
Astoria finally asked the most important question.
"Where are we? And how will we go back to Hogwarts? I don't think you know how to apparate. Do you?"
"No." Tracey and Daphne shared a look and ran to the window. The sight that was before them left no doubt about where they were.
Just a block away, the Empire State building rose to touch the sky.
"We are in fucking America."
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Henry, who was on his way to wake up his mother from the sleeping spell, sneezed loudly.
'Why do I think I am forgetting something? Eh, whatever.'
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