Harry Potter and the Starship Gryphon

Prologue

Beyond Jupiter a Blue-White portal came into being and through it came a ship which turned towards the portal and fired a beam of energy into the portal causing it to collapse in on itself. The ship then began to move in system towards the planet Earth and shimmered as it engaged the sensor cloak rendering it invisible. On the Bridge of the vessel an old grey haired man sat in the command chair and watched as the Earth grew larger on the main viewscreen.

"James give me a scan on all frequencies and tell me the date?"

A transparent holo-image of James Potter appeared next to the old man.

"Scanning…. Date is 23/05/1987…. We have Successfully transitted dimensional portal and are en route to Earth."

The old man whose name was Harry Potter looked at the holo-image of his father and gave a triumphant grin.

"ok we've done it. Lily bring all sensors on line. James initiate course and speed for a geo-stationary orbit above south east England, altitude 4000 km."

An image of Lily Potter came into being alongside that of James and several of the consoles came to life as the sensors began their scan of nearby space.

Harry watched as the upgraded versions of the portraits he had found at Potter Manor many years earlier interacted with the on-board systems of the Gryphon like a mundane computer although in fact they were far superior to anything in existence being what Harry called MageTech.

Harry had built the Gryphon after his victory over Voldemort in an attempt to escape the near worship of his fellow wizards and he had discovered his parents love of sci-fi with their own plans to go into space using magic and technology. The Starship Gryphon itself was based on the USS Defiant from Star Trek DS9 and used a magical version of a zero-point module from Stargate SG1. The Gryphon was capable of Faster Than Light travel via hyperspace and its sub-light engines could reach speeds of .7c.

"Harry ETA Earth orbit is 27 minutes…. Mark!"

Harry looked at the main viewscreen and watched as the Earth grew larger as the Gryphon sped towards it.

"James I want all weapons systems on minimal power and shields at thirty percent. All non -essential systems are to be placed in stand-by mode for minimum emissions. I don't want any of Earths satellites to pick us up."

The James hologram nodded and the bridge consoles began to flicker as the systems began to go into stand-by mode as ordered by Harry.

As the Gryphon neared Earth Harry looked at the two images of his parents who appeared to be in their early twenties whereas he appeared to be in his eighties and was actually closer to two hundred.

The Starship slowed and entered orbit above the UK and used manoeuvring thrusters to maintain position. Harry looked at the planet Earth and sighed.

"Lock imaging sensors on my alternates Bio signature and ready for transport."

James nodded and the matter transporter control console lit up as the system powered up and reached full power.

" Transporter has locked on to the target and we are ready." Said James.

Harry looked at the viewscreen and spoke.

"Once Harry is aboard take us out to the asteroid belt and I'll begin his training. I want to begin mining operations as soon as we reach the belt. I want to have young Harry independent of Bumbledore and able to operate without his ability to find out what he's spending from Gringotts."

James and Lily looked at Harry and smiled. A high-pitched whine sounded and young Harry appeared before them.

"Hello Harry. Welcome aboard the Gryphon. My name is Harry and I am going to teach you science and magic. "

Eight-year old Harry Potter stared at the old man in amazement and fear for he knew that magic was a word the Dursley's would not allow him to say and if he said that word he would be punished.

"It's okay Harry." Said the old man with a smile to set his younger self at ease. "You will not be going back to that place for some time, and when you do go back you will have new skills and abilities and will be a lot older. I am you from an alternate reality and my early life was similar to yours but now I intend to give you a better life. These are your parent's avatars James and Lily Potter." He nodded to the two figures that stood at his side with a smile. "The magical world has a method of placing memories in paintings and after I found my parent's paintings and began building this ship I was able to transfer them into the Gryphon as a form of AI computer to run the ship."

Harry looked at the two holo-images of his alternates parents and tears filled his eyes. The elder Harry got to his feet and crossed to the younger Harry before engulfing him in a hug.

"You are with family now Harry. We will be with you always. I am old but my magical portrait is already made and will be updated on a regular basis so when this body dies I will join our parents as part of the AI of this ship. My holo will be here to help you for as long as the Gryphon exists."

Young Harry listened to old Harry as he told of their history and possible future and the reasons he had crossed dimensions to change things so that fewer would die.

…. Time Skip ….

May 1st 1991

During the last 4 years Harry, had overcome the health issues by his previous living conditions and now was in better condition than many of his age. The Horcrux scar had been removed during his transport to the Gryphon and he no longer needed glasses. He was gifted in wand and wandless magic and had the skills needed to command the Gryphon. Older Harry had passed on a year earlier and his magical portrait had joined in the AI computer with James and Lily. The cargo hold of the Starship was expanded to hold several thousand tons of precious metals taken from the asteroid belt over the last years.

Harry sat in the command chair at the centre of the Bridge and looked at the three avatars of his family as they stood before him awaiting orders.

"Bring main power on line. Ready sub-light engines and manoeuvring thrusters for the transit to Earth orbit, destination geo-stationary orbit above the united states. Cloak the ship and begin transit to Earth."

The Starship Gryphon went invisible as soon as it left the shadow of a large asteroid and was soon approaching the planet Earth where it entered orbit and powered down non-essential systems which might have been picked up even with an active cloak. Harry stood up and left the bridge for his quarters where he changed from the one piece grey uniform he had designed for his shipboard uniform and dressed in blue jeans and a white tee-shirt which would not look out of place anywhere on Earth. Harry made his way to the Transporter Room and spoke.

"Locate major US magical district and make ready for transport to that location. Give me a shrunken magical trunk with 100 kg in gold ingots inside." Harry waited for Lily to Appear with the trunk which he pocketed before stepping onto the platform. "okay Lily put me down as near to the Bank as you can without interrupting their security. I want a constant lock on me and at the first sign of trouble I want to be back on board. If the cloak has to come down I want us heading back out system immediately at maximum speed."

Harry was surrounded by light as the transporter powered up and he vanished from ship to appear in the magical alley a few metres from the side of the Bank.