I do not own anything that is in bold. Nor do I own any of the characters you see in this fic. They all belong to J.K Rowling. although if she would be willing to lend me Sirius Black for a night. I would be forever greatful.

The Plan

It had been two Years after the war, when Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom were called to a meeting, with their former head of house, and new Headmistress of Hogwarts Professor McGonagall.

"This meeting is very important, so I hope you will all pay attention and think about it extremely hard. Since your adventure in the ministry of magic four years ago which destroyed all of the time turners, the unspeakables from the department of mysteries, have been working extremely hard to replace them, and in the process, have discovered even more about time travel then anyone could have ever thought possible. What I have here (she placed a curios looking silver object on her desk) has the ability to take up to 5 people back in time, as far back as 50 years to be précis."

At this revelation the group standing before her stared in shock and disbelief at what their former teacher was saying.

"I'm sorry professor but what does this have to do with us exactly" Inquired Hermione

"I was just getting to that. The war has taken its toll on all of us and we have lost a great deal of people family and friends. After speaking with someone from the ministry who shall remain nameless and who also suffered a loss at the hands of Voldemort and his deplorable followers we have decided that given the chance to change things if we can then we should."

"How? You mean go back in time and destroy Voldemort before any of this happened?" asked Harry he had already spent a year tracking down and destroying Voldemort he didn't really fancy doing it all again.

"Yes and no." again she reached under the desk and brought up seven books and a roll of parchment. "These books tell a story, your story to be precise Mr Potter. Your mission, should you choose to accept. Is to takes these books back 22 years to the year 1978 you will find your selves standing in this very office, you will give this letter to Professor Dumbledore, that will explain everything. You will be joined by (If they choose to agree) both of your parents Mr Potter and Mr Longbottom, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Regulus Black, Professor Dumbledore and also I shall be there from that time period. In the room of requirement you will read these books so as they can be prepared, and know what is needed to destroy Voldemort. This way will be better than just going there and telling them what you remember, as every little detail could be just as important as the big ones. If after hearing these stories they choose to let the future play out as it has, then you will Obliviate there memories and return to exactly this place in time and nothing will have changed. I however hope that won't be the case."

"And if they choose to act on the information we give them?" asked Hermione

"Then when you walk out of the room of requirement you will cease to exist anything that has happened past that day of 1978 will cease to exist. You will all be born, or born again if you will in the year 1980, and hopefully this time Mr. Potter and Mr. Longbottom will be raised by their parents, and Harry won't lose his Godfather both to Prison and his own cousin. You Miss Granger will not have to erase your parent's memory of all knowledge of you, and you Mr Weasley will not have to go through the pain of losing a brother. I will give you a week to decide whether you accept my proposal. If you make your decision before then I of course shall be here."

During the course of the next couple of days the foursome met regularly to talk about the offer they had been made and the pros and cons of such a task. After the third day only Hermione was left with any reservations.

"It's such a big thing to change though." She said for what seemed like the thousandth time "I've never heard of such a device to send someone back in time so far."

"Yeah well you wouldn't have would you." Replied Ron "The whole thing about the department of Mysteries is that it's just that, a mystery nobody knows what happens down there."

"Anyway," added Harry "Had you heard about time turners before your third year."

"No but..."

"Exactly and you trusted McGonagall's Judgement on them then so why not now? I'm sure McGonagall wouldn't put us in any danger."

"Oh I don't know Harry what if we change too much and we're never born."

"Well," piped up Neville "correct me if I'm wrong but if we are never born then we'll never know"

"Exactly," Harry said again. "Hermione this is a chance to change everything and the likely hood is it'll change for the better. They will know all about the prophecy before it's even made, Voldemort won't go after my parents, they'll know about the horcruxes, and where to find them so they can be destroyed quicker. Tell me that isn't a good thing. That, that isn't worth doing."

"I'm with Harry on this" declared Ron

"Me Too" said Neville

"Oh I suppose your right. If McGonagall's got it all planned out already she must know what she's doing. Fine I'm in."

"Good we'll go tell her first thing tomorrow."

"We're in, and we're ready to go whenever you are professor."

"Great I was hoping you would come to that decision. Now this works very similar to a portkey although rather than travelling you over a distance it will travel you over time. You all need to make sure you are touching the device and I will activate it. One of you will need to take the bag with the books and the letter in. and in case the reading occurs over a full moon you might want to take some of this as well," she said handing over a sealed flask of Wolfsbane potion. "I don't believe it has been invented in 1978."

"I'll take that" offered Hermione taking the book bag.

"Are you all ready?"

"Yes" chorused the foursome, Harry noticed Hermione was looking apprehensive while Neville was looking distinctively pale. Ron however like Harry looked rather excited.

"The Good luck." Harry heard McGonagall activate the device, and then felt that familiar took behind his navel. However unlike a portkey, he seen flashes of his life blur before his eyes in reverse order. The rest of them were having similar experiences, seeing flashes from their own past, before they landed in exactly the same room as they were when they left. It was, however Professor Dumbledore that looked up at them, with a curious expression in his eyes.