"No one goes any further, we have no idea what caused this, or if there are any other dangers down there," Severus warned as Harry and Luna both took steps towards the body.

"Can't you see it?" Luna asked. "Can't you see that the backlash knocked out all of the protections that had been left? I'm surprised the curses on the door were still intact after this. Poor Mr. Ollivander, he was fighting against that for a very long time," she said as she pointed to the splinters of wood.

"And just what was he fighting, young lady?" Eileen asked as she joined Severus on the stairs. She wisely knew not to discredit the young woman just because she was seen as weird. Eileen had seen Luna come up with many brilliant observations in the library, doing far better at seeing into the beyond than Trelawney ever dreamed of.

Luna moved closer to the destruction. Harry could see that she was looking at it, but at the same time seemed to be looking through it as well.

"Harry, you should be able to see more of what happened here than I can. Rewind and look," Luna said, in a far-a-way voice.

"Rewind? Luna, I'm sorry, I just don't understand?" Harry questioned.

"You were raised by Muggles, and you know what rewind means, so it's simple just rewind what happened. You've done it before, you just didn't know it at the time," she said, sounding so much like her opposite, Hermione, that Harry couldn't help but listen to her.

‘I can see why she acts the way she does all the time. It's almost the same thing Dumbledore used to do, and she needs all the help she can get! A serious Luna is a scary Luna.' Harry thought as he moved closer to her.

"Just concentrate on wanting to see what happened, Harry. You might not know what to do, but your magic does, just let it guide you," Luna whispered to Harry.

Severus, upon hearing what Luna had instructed his son to do, started to rush forward to stop him. Seeing this, Eileen stopped him. "Just let him be, Severus, he won't get lost. You've said so yourself, he's a new breed of wizard. His magic won't take him over, I promise."

"How can you be so calm, Mother? You know we use wands and incantations to control magic, a wizard or witch should never let the magic control them. He'll be lost to it, and no one will be able to pull him back," Severus argued.

"For once in your life, Severus, please just trust in your son. You have to learn that life isn't like potions, not every out come can be foreseen by just the ingredients. The same ingredients life hands us will have different reactions time after time," Eileen lectured.

Severus stopped struggling, yet kept alert to put a stop to whatever was happening if it looked like Harry was in danger of losing himself to the magic.

Harry gave Luna a disbelieving look, and then closed his eyes and opened himself up to his magic, the way he did what he wanted to cross wards that were...unfriendly. Harry latched onto the residual magic from the backlash and watched as his mind's eye replayed the horror that had happened in the room.

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"Ollivander, this wand is a disappointment. I believe you lied to me. This cannot be Ravenclaw's wand. A founder's wand would recognize my greatness, and bend to my will! I can feel this wand fighting my very touch. You have given me a weak wand; did you not think I would see through your deceit?" Voldemort stated. He then waved his hand, and said, "This is no worry to me. I shall leave you this worthless wand. I have even been magnanimous, and given it a slight addition that will surely boost its power enough for even one as weak as you to put it to use, to make your stay here easier," Voldemort said lazily, as he handed the wand to the broken man before him, and left the room.

Harry watched as day after day, Ollivander tried his best to ignore the wand and find a way out of the room. There was no hope for the man, though. While he had water from the laundry tap, there was no food, and as the hunger grew, his will to fight against using the wand left him and he finally gave into temptation.

Harry watched, as over time, the wand started to take over Ollivander. He could only stand there and watch as the man slowly lost his mind and was constantly talking to someone that wasn't there. Harry was horrified as the old man grew weaker as the wand slowly sucked the magic and life out of him.

Just as Harry was sure the wand had won, and Ollivander was just a shell, the man gave one last fight.

"I know what you are, just as I know what you have been doing. But unlike the child you had tried to take before, I have not given up. I shall fight you until my very last breath. You won't see me lie down and give up!" Ollivander said to the wand, as if it were alive.

Harry could only stand there, fascinated, as the very air around the man seemed to vibrate. Yet, it seemed that Ollivander was only looking at the wand in his hand. Then, as Harry thought Olivander could take no more tension, the wand was snapped between to age gnarled hands. As suddenly as the air had started to vibrate, it was sucked into the wand with such a great force, that Harry could swear he felt the breath leave his lungs. And just as suddenly the wind stopped as the old man fell to the floor and breathing no more.

The backlash was just as fierce as it had been with Moody and the locket. Just as before, it knocked Harry off of his feet, only this time he was lucky enough to have two people behind him to catch him instead of the wall.

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Severus virtually growled at his mother as they both rushed forward to catch the flying Harry. "You see, I was once again correct. He was hit by a backlash, again. There is no way his body can take much more," he said, as once again Harry's body was engulfed in a bath of light as it changed.

"Well, at least this time we are here to see the change, and we know what is going on," Luna said softly.

"Luna is right, Severus. Harry is fine, and we know what is happening. The change, no matter what it is, will not be a shock like the last one was. And we are here to help him. He is not in the Chamber alone for who knows how long. Now, I suggest we leave, and quickly. Surely the Dark Lord will know something has happened after a backlash like that," Eileen said as she slowly got up from the ground.

"We are fine here. I am not moving him until we know that he is fine. Besides, the Dark Lord would have felt the backlash the first time. What Harry felt would not have registered. Thank Morgana," Severus exclaimed.

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‘Why am I on the floor, again? And why do I always have to wake up in such pain when I wake up on the floor? Can't I just have fallen out of bed like a normal person?' Harry thought as he regained consciousness some time later.

"Please tell me that someone got the name of the quidditch team that ran me over," Harry groaned as he tried to sit up. "What happened this time, I swear I didn't touch another Hor...er...one of those artifacts," Harry stuttered as Luna came into view.

"It wasn't anything you did, silly," Luna giggled. "You were just affected because you're so closely connected to this house's magic. So you were able to actually go back in time, instead of just seeing it," she explained.

"You're going to have to explain this when my head isn't hurting so much, Luna. I just don't think I can give you the concentration I'm going to need to understand this," Harry said as he let himself fall back onto the floor and covered his face with an arm.

"No, none of that, lazy bones. Your father and grandmother are very worried about you, and very upset with me. Well at least Professor Snape is, upset with me, that is. He seems to think I shouldn't encourage you to make the most of your abilities with time travel," Luna said as she helped Harry pull himself up.

"Bloody hypocrite," Harry groaned as he stood.

"Who is a hypocrite?" Eileen asked as she made her way down the stairs.

"Your son," Harry said with a chuckle. "Telling poor Luna off, for doing the very same thing he was doing not even yesterday. Well it might have been yesterday, I'm not sure how much time has passed."

"It was yesterday. It is well into the early morning. You were out of it for several hours. I was sure I was going to have to stun your father, if you were not awake. Seeing that you are, well, we no longer have to worry about being accosted by an over protective father," Eileen explained.

"Where is he, where is everyone for that matter? If I've been out that long, surely everything has been thoroughly searched by now," Harry asked.

"The house has, everyone else is currently upstairs trying to salvage some important mementoes for you. We have agreed that it will probably be best if no one comes back here until after the Dark Lord is no more. But we cannot ward the house to keep him out either. He will know we have been here. With your father not going back, there is no point in leaving anything important behind," Eileen explained. "Now that you are up, you can help us finish. We need to leave as soon as possible; I do not care how safe Severus says we are tonight."

"Yes Ma'am," Harry said, as he slowly made his way up the stairs.

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"Harry! Harry? What happened?" Hermione questioned, looking between Harry, Luna, and Severus.

"I'll tell you in a minute, Hermione. Right now I've got to make sure Luna gets back to school, I really don't want McGonagall anymore upset with me than she already is."

"Come, Miss Granger, I do believe Severus and I can fill in most of the story. Harry should not be to long," Eileen said, as she passed Hermione on her way to the kitchen.

"Come on, Luna, let's get you back into McGonagall's hands. I don't think I can thank you enough. Your help last night was more than I could have asked for. Your insights, no matter how unnerving, were spot on. I would have never thought to do that with my magic. I don't think anyone else would have thought it was possible, either," Harry said as he moved through Severus' old rooms to the door.

"I'm always glad to help Harry, no matter what happens! I'll see you soon, and I'll tell Neville you said hello," Luna said happily, right before she grabbed him and hugged him.

Harry was stunned, but shyly hugged back and quickly let go. "Well, I better get back before Hermione gives Madam Pince a migraine," he said before waving her off and shutting the door.

Harry quickly made his way back home, unsure of what exactly just happened.

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"So, you're telling me that Harry actually went back in time? With out a Time Turner? I didn't think that was possible, how is that possible?" Hermione questioned.

"I do not care how it is possible, but he will not be doing it again!" Severus exclaimed.

"Now, Severus, you cannot forbid him from learning what he is capable of. Did you not lecture me on this very topic before we entered the house last night?" Eileen said.

Severus just crossed his arms and glared at Eileen, before giving into her glare and sitting back to think.

"How is it possible what he can do? I mean, I know you said he's a new breed of wizard, but time travel?" Hermione questioned again.

"Actually what he did last night was not all that spectacular once you think about it. The person, who invented the Time Turner, had to have known time travel was possible in some way. The Time Turners themselves had to run off something. If a Muggle picked one up it would do nothing for them, therefore our magic must instinctually know how to work with the object," Severus said, though still deep in thought.

Harry groaned as he walked in, upon hearing the topic. He groaned again and flopped into the chair next to Eileen, when he looked at Hermione. She had that look, you know the one. The look that says, ‘I've latched onto something with both hands, both arms, and all my teeth, and I'm not letting go until I understand every detail and the history behind every one of those details.'

"I'm confused, Professor, first you say that Harry is a new breed of Wizard, and now you are saying that we can all learn to do the same things he can. How can we do the impossible too?" Hermione finally asked.

"It is so simple I am surprised you have not worked out the answer for yourself. Take a look at the entire human race. Now, take away our innate magic, without that we are no different than Muggles. Even the most mundane Muggle has great potential. Now, before you cut in, yes, I agree that there are many outside factors that contribute to what direction a person's future takes, but ultimately everyone ends up where they are by their own choice to either work to accomplish or settle for what comes their way.

Now, add our magic back into the human equation. Our magic is just that, magical. We all have the potential to do great things, like Harry, we just have to work harder to accomplish those things. We are also taught that we have limits, so we no longer believe that we can accomplish everything we ever wished. Everyone, as children, did wandless magic, but once we get to school we are taught to only use a wand, and therefore we lose that ability from either mindset, lack of practice, or laziness.

I, myself, am even guilty of this. I am not proud of the way I reacted when Luna suggested that Harry just give into his magic. But that was from a mindset long drilled into me, not laziness.

Speaking of laziness, that is where Dark magic becomes a factor. Wizards and witches who wish to take the quickest path to power, delve into the Dark Arts and lose pieces of themselves with each spell or ritual cast.

There is hope for those that have ventured into the Dark, as long as they come away from them in time to heal. Unfortunately, those of us who have, are few and far between," answered Severus.

"Oh, I see," Hermione said quietly. "That is a lot to wrap your mind around, but it all makes complete sense. What do you think, Harry?"

"I don't know what to..."

"Hermione, Harry? Are you here?" Ron yelled from the front door.

Harry rolled his eyes, as Hermione got very agitated all of a sudden.

"I shall send him down," Severus said as he got up. "I am in great need of some sleep before we find a safe way for the last Horcrux to be destroyed, and I really do not have the energy to witness the angst that is about to be flung around in this room." He quickly left the room.

Harry and Hermione gave each other supportive glances before glaring at Ron as he entered the room.

"Look, you two, I know you think I've done Hermione wrong. But you really don't know the whole story, and I'm sorry I let my temper get the best of me, but in all fairness I just lost my parents. I think a little slack is in order for once. We all know what kind of prat I can be, give me the chance to explain, please. It might have taken Bill's lecture to show me just how badly I screwed up, but it doesn't make it any less right." Ron said in one breath, trying to get everything out before they cut him off.

"Ok, you have our attention, go on and explain" Harry asked.

"What part of the story don't we have, Ron?" asked Hermione.

"No, you didn't have the full story. I saw you two, in Harry's room you seemed pretty cozy. Even I could tell that you were getting closer, and even I could see that the two of you are a better match than the two of us will ever be. So, I thought I'd do what was right and get out of your way. But, as I'm sure you will agree, Bill showed me how wrong it was to assume you were getting close like that, and how it was even worse of me to move on without saying a word to you, Hermione. I never meant harm, I seriously thought our friendship would hold through it all, and that you'd see what I had seen. The thing with Cho, well," Ron paused to cover a blush. "The thing with Cho, it went faster than expected. She listened to me, and not like the two of you did. She actually heard what I was saying, she wasn't listening for what I wasn't saying, or reading in-between the lines as well as you two do. And I know the three of us do that all the time, it's what best friends are for, but it was nice having someone pay that kind of attention to me again, just listening to listen. So, yeah I really screwed up there. But I'd rather stay best friends with the two of you, for life, then have a romance that is going to go wrong ruin it. Come on, Hermione, you're to smart to think we'd last forever like that. We're just to close. And, before you even start, yes, I know that things will have to get deeper with someone I want to spend the rest of my life with, I'm just not ready for the rest of my life to start now. We've got too much going on, and I'm too immature just yet. Bill helped me see just how far the two of you have grown, and how I haven't. I need to do that first, before I get that serious." Ron said, looking thoughtful and sad all at once.

Hermione huffed. "You're lucky you have such a great older brother, Ron, those birds were going to be the least of your worries before this. I'm still very hurt and upset, but I'll get better and we'll eventually be back to the way things were. Well, as long as you don't try and play match maker...I mean come on, Harry and I?" She said with a strained giggle.

Ron just shook his head, and said, "No, I won't promise that, I want you to listen to me first. Harry and you have always known to look after each other. Who's idea was it to go to the girls bathroom our first year? It wasn't mine, I was only thinking of how to keep my own arse safe. But Harry, he thought of you. And Hermione, you're always doing the same for him. You know what he needs when the weird things happen to him, and let's face it, weird things are always going to happen to him no matter if there is a Voldemort around or not. Ginny, she's going to need someone strong to care for only her, especially now, and Harry's just got too much on his plate to do that for her. I know you love her, Harry, but you'd be doing her just as big a wrong as I would Hermione. We'll always be family. Please don't let this destroy the possibility the two of you have to be happy together!" Ron begged one last time.

"Well, I was wrong about one thing, Ron. You've gotten more than just a tablespoon of emotional range in you. I think Bill might be wrong, you've grown up too, we just weren't watching. In a round about way, I'm proud of you. Just so help me, if I ever catch you cheating on your girlfriend again, I don't care who she is, what I did to Draco's nose is going to be tame, and then I'll tell your girlfriend," Hermione said with an evil grin.

Harry and Ron just looked at each other, "She's mental that one, I'd watch it, Harry. So, you and me, we ok now?" he asked with a shrug.

Harry slugged him in the arm, "If we aren't now, we will be very soon, Ron. Speaking of Ginny, how is she?"

"Bill thinks she needs as much family as possible around her. He's taken up as the head of the family, and he's doing a killer job, who knew older brothers could be so smart? He even went to see Percy, not that he'll talk about what was said," Ron said, looking angry.

"I'm not going to say it will be ok, Ron, but we're here for you," Hermione said pulling Harry and Ron into a hug.

Harry yawned, "I'm exhausted, and I was even knocked out last...oh, um, did they tell you about that, Hermione?" Harry asked, bracing himself.

"Yes, and we will talk about it later. After you can get some sleep, which you should go get now, while you can," Hermione commanded.

"Is it just me, or has she gotten even bossier over the years?" Harry quietly asked Ron.

"No, she's always been this bossy, we just quit paying attention to her. Good luck!" Ron teased, pushing Harry towards Hermione.

Harry grumbled, but followed anyways.