January 27th 2182
11:27:23
Recording
"Today is January 27th of year 2182, time is 11:27 AM, project paradox is going smoothly."
Wilhelm sat infront of the camera as he recorded his report for today, his voice dull and void of any emotion.
"Today will mark 2,245 days since the apocalypse. On 11:30 AM we will start out test run of stabilizing the time portal."
The room around him was a mess of wires, buttons and different devices and behind him was a large portal of sort flickering with unknown magic.
"Extracting the remnant of one's soul from a body and using it to power time turner dust has stabilized the portal but weather it's safe for travel remains to be seen."
"At exact 11:30 AM I'll be sending an artificial chimera with bare minimum signs of life."
Wilhelm proceeds to place a jar filled with something moving infront of the portal, a robotic arm wrapped around the jar securing it in place.
"The Jar has been secured and will be inserted through the portal in 30 seconds."
"10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1..."
A bright glow covered the room as the jar was inserted inside the portal, the portal itself fluctuated for a second before stabilizing itself.
"The portal showed signs of fluctuations but stabilized itself, test no 231 has been a success."
Recording over.
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2,245.
It took Wilhelm 2,245 days, over 1128 experiments and 2200+ tests to build and stabilize the portal. His experiments has borne fruit which made him satisfied with his progress but not enough to make him feel happy and useful.
Wilhelm still thought of himself as a useless person who was the reason for the apocalypse.
As he wrote down the notes Wilhelm realised he might not have enough mana left to conduct more experiments, which meant he had only one choice to walk through the portal himself because if not the portal will become unstable and vanish.
Wilhelm prepared himself, he packed several trunks and filled them with different devices he thought would be useful, he even packed all the money he had stolen from gringotts because which ever era he would go to money would still be important.
Shrinking all the trunks and pocketting them, Wilhelm took a deep breath, he walked towards the portal with one last galnce at his lab Wilhelm walked through.
Wilhelm felt his body turn and twist as if his soul was being ripped out the dust embedded to his skin glowed as it started turning him back to a kid. Wilhelm who had felt it happen before didn't care, after the apocalypse his body would randomly turn into that of a toddler or a teen but that didn't stop him from his experiments.
Wilhelm landed on soft grass, the air around him felt fresh and clean, in the distance he could hear sounds of birds even small insects. These small sounds made his heart feel heavy, he had done it, he had travelled back in time, everyone was alive he could save everyone.
Wilhelm check his body which now looked like a kid of 10 or 11 he checked his trunks and found that all the devices he had made had melted except for the Gold since Goblin Gold was quite heat resistant.
After wandering through the forest he came across a dirt path which he simply decided to follow along. Walking for what felt like an hour Wilhelm finally arrived at the edge of a city and if he was not mistake it was old London.
Wilhelm walked around London, he had changed his clothes into much cleaner ones to blend in, people in suits walked in a hurry, there were less cars but the ones that were there indicated he was in the late 80's.
Wilhelm knew about this era he had read about it in his history books and also read the Harry Potter novels. But it has been over 30 decades since then and his memory about them was not quite clear.
Now that Wilhelm had identified the era and his location he needed to think of what to do if he was truly in late 1980's or early 1990's he'd be in the Harry Potter era which meant the explosion won't happen until 180-190 years from now, either he'd have to delay the reveal of the magical world or advance the magical world enough so that by the time they reach that point they'd be more advance.
Wilhelm knew he couldn't survive for 180 years at max he'd be able to live for 150 years barely clinging to life so whatever he decides on he needed to do it fast or he could create a Mana Engine and Generator himself so no one would need to do so in the future.
Although his idea was ridiculous it seemed possible to Wilhelm who was still high on the fact that he had travelled back in time.
Brushing off the thought for now Wilhelm walked with the purpose of finding Leaky Cauldron he knew it was hidden to muggle eyes, and with his ability to sense Mana signature he could find it easily.
Walking through old london felt nostalgic, although new London was more glass and steel the brick and stone buildings reminded Wilhelm of his past life.
Finding Leaky Cauldron was easy for someone like Wilhelm as he was familiar with the route of London. Hidden in plain sight in Charing Street was one of the most knows places of wizarding London, Leaky Cauldron.
Wilhelm walked inside the pub and was greeted with the sight of the old interior, although it seemed rundown the pub was homely and clean.
Wilhelm walked up to the bartender Tom and asked, "How much for a night?"
Tom looked at Wilhelm, who was a child, he raised a brow and said, "A Galleon per night, meals included. Bit strange to see a lad like you travelin' alone though."
Wilhelm nodded and handed Tom 10 coins. Tom slid a key across the counter and said "4th room to the right."
Wilhelm pocketed the key and walked upstairs. Opening the room Wilhelm laid down on the bed and closed his eyes.
He fell asleep, years of exhaustion taking a toll of him.
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Disclaimer:
I do not own Harry Potter or any of the original elements from the books, movies, or universe. All rights belong to J.K. Rowling and the respective creators. This is just a fanfiction made for fun. I'm not a professional author—just someone who had an idea and wanted to write it down. Please don't expect perfect grammar or writing, I'm doing my best and learning as I go.