Line #8 Heartwarming/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast


1	* Harry feeling hope for the first time in years when he discovers a way to travel back in time in Chapter 1. Dumbledore's portrait tries to talk him out of this.
2	--> '''Dumbledore:''' Harry, what you're proposing is unbelievably foolhardy. You're going to [[ItMakesSenseInContext kill yourself,]] hope your spirit will physically move through the field, hope the temporal field behaves as you think it will and transports your spirit into the past, and hope that your spirit will be drawn to your body. This isn't a plan, Harry, this is little more than guesswork and good intentions.
3	--> '''Harry:''' I suppose it is. [[TheDeterminator But you said 'hope' three times. I haven't had any hope in a long time.]]
4	* Before going back in time, Harry makes sure that the Americans will be able to find Dumbledore's portrait, knowing that Albus would be able to help with advice and knowledge after the war. After everything they been through, Harry [[RebuiltPedestal forgave Albus]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist for his manipulations in the past]] and is treated as an equal by the old man.
5	* From the beginning, Harry makes the effort to be a better friend not only to Hermione and Ron, but also to Ginny, Luna and Neville, not only because of his memories, but because he wants to see them live up to their full potential.
6	* When Neville asks Harry if he's alright after a disastrous first potion lesson when Snape deducts 100 points from Gryffindor, Harry instinctively calls him "Nev", a nickname from Future!Harry's timeline when he assures the boy that [[BlatantLies he's fine.]]
7	* Molly and Arthur offer to become Harry's legal guardians after Vernon beats him within an inch of his life. Harry is moved to tears by this.
8	* On their way to Hogwarts during Year 2, Ginny encounters some of the Slytherins harassing Luna then gets the others together to [[BigDamnHeroes save the girl]]. Mixed with SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome when we see Ginny perform the Bat-Bogey Hex for the first time instead of just hearing about it in the books.
9	** It's also a striking contrast with how her canonical first year went. Instead of feeling isolated and worrying that Harry Potter will never notice her, here she's able to get a whole group of friends following her, Harry in the lead, just by appearing in the doorway and saying "Grab your wands and follow me!"
10	** After Percy lectures them about fighting, everyone goes back to their compartment, including Luna, who Hermione guides with an arm around her shoulder in a motherly/big sister fashion.
11	* Harry eventually tells his friends that he's from the future and tearfully confesses that he's guilty of manipulating all of them. Fully expecting them to reject him, he just asks that they continue with their training before he's enveloped in a group hug, leaving him moved to tears at the realisation that all five of them know the truth and accept him regardless.
12	** Then Ginny tops it at the end of the chapter with this line:
13	--->'''Ginny:''' We were more than friends, weren't we? In the future, that is.\
14	'''Harry:''' Yeah.\
15	'''Ginny:''' ...Good.
16	* Sirius escapes and Harry reunites with him, telling him of the BadFuture he came from. Sirius remarks about the endeavor being one of the greatest pranks of all time and states that, "Somewhere your father is grinning like a maniac."
17	* Hermione makes a comment about people only wanting to be friends with her so she'll do their homework. Ron then immediately informs Hermione that if there's any question of that, then he doesn't want/won't take her help with homework, because he wants her to realize that he's her friend for ''her'', not for her homework skills.
18	* After Melissa Bulstrode dies (in apparent revenge for her warning Harry about Flint's attack at the end of the previous year) her sister starts to become bullied by her Slytherin companions and threatened not to tell anyone about it. Harry, feeling responsible (because he owed a debt to Melissa) finds a way to get her to go to Beauxbatons without calling undue attention, and funds her entire education there.
19	** When Millicent returns during the Goblet arc, she has been taken under Fleur's wing, with the elder girl teaching her confidence and how to carry oneself properly. The main characters even manage to befriend the Beauxbatons students this time around, thanks to Millicent.

Context Heartwarming / HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast