At dawn, Harry woke up.
He stretched lazily and, feeling the strangeness in his body, remembered that he was currently in an adult form.
He wanted to get dressed but quickly realized that his old wizarding robes no longer fit.
Harry picked up the phone and made a call to request what he needed.
This really was a five-star hotel—the service was top-notch. Before long, someone had delivered two sets of clothes to his room.
After paying for the clothes and tipping the staff, the person left happily.
He tried on a light gray suit first. It fit perfectly, so Harry decided not to try on the other one.
Standing in front of the mirror, he looked at his grown-up self for a few more moments before heading out.
——
In 1985, Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple.
In 1986, he founded Pixar Animation Studios in California.
In 1996, he returned to Apple and began a career that seemed like a cheat code for success.
Right now, it was 1992.
Harry wanted to know whether Jobs at this point in time could invent the iPhone.
Of course, Harry didn't need a full-featured smartphone. All he needed was a phone with a camera function.
Because Harry wanted to use it to record certain things—important evidence.
He had to turn to Muggles for this, for two main reasons. First, there was no known magic that could effectively record live moving images. Second, although enchanted Muggle cameras could produce moving photos, they were essentially short gifs, and he needed something that also recorded sound. Images alone wouldn't be enough.
——
To Apparate, one must have visited the destination before.
Harry had never been to the United States, so he couldn't directly Apparate there.
That sounded like a hassle, but he hadn't forgotten—there was always the Knight Bus.
Harry waved his wand a couple of times.
Soon, a massive black shadow came speeding toward him.
Of course, no Muggle could see this enormous bus.
Harry boarded. A laid-back young conductor with a bit of attitude asked, "Where to?"
"America. California. Can you get me there?"
"Of course. The Knight Bus—goes anywhere wizards go," he said, chewing on something as he handed Harry a ticket.
"That'll be two Galleons and three Sickles."
After paying, Harry found a seat and sat down.
The bus didn't drive—it jumped.
Cars, pedestrians, phone booths all leapt out of the way. After the bus passed, everything returned to its place.
It flew over forest canopies, skimmed the surface of lakes.
It sped through towns, villages, cities—faster than anything Muggle tech could match.
When Harry got off, it had only taken about twenty minutes.
At this speed, Muggles might need decades more to catch up.
Sure, Muggles were ahead of wizards in many ways—but there were things Muggles needed centuries of tech advancement to achieve, while wizards could do them effortlessly.
And vice versa.
Like… destroying the Earth.
Ding! The bus stopped. The door opened.
As Harry stepped off, the first thing he saw was a massive company complex, most of it covered in deep blue glass. From a distance, the word PIXAR could be seen.
——
It didn't take much effort—Harry quickly located Steve Jobs' office.
The security guards and employees didn't notice a thing. Just moments earlier, someone had walked right past them.
In his invisibility state, Harry had already been observing Jobs at work for a while.
Honestly? Harry felt a bit disappointed.
So this was what meeting a legend face-to-face felt like? Younger than the Steve Jobs he'd seen in the future, sure…
Harry had assumed he'd feel some excitement. But when he actually saw the man, he felt nothing. He looked just like any other Muggle, even if his net worth was in the hundreds of millions, even if Muggles admired him endlessly.
Harry looked at him with a trace of superiority.
That must've been the influence of Voldemort's memories… or so Harry convinced himself.
Harry stopped waiting. He appeared suddenly.
The Pensieve was ready.
Jobs was startled and opened his mouth to yell—
But Harry hit him with a Silencing Charm.
Jobs watched in horror as his mouth sealed tight. He could only hum through his nose.
Next, a Binding Charm—and Jobs was completely restrained.
"Shhh. Quiet," Harry said softly.
Jobs froze. Only his eyes darted around wildly, nearly popping out of his skull in panic.
"I need you to help me build a phone. Oh, right—phones don't exist yet. What I mean is something like a handheld telephone. My only requirement is this: compress a video camera into that phone."
"What you need to know is that the first digital video camera appears in 1995, and the first smartphone comes out next year." (See Note 1)
"And you have only ten months to build what I want."
Jobs' eyes spun with madness.
"I know what you're thinking—'Why me?'"
The founder of Apple nodded frantically.
"Well, too bad. When I thought about what I needed, you were the first person to come to mind. So here I am."
"But don't worry about not having a clue. I'll show you exactly what I want."
Harry raised his wand to his temple and gently pulled out a silver strand of memory, placing it into the Pensieve, where it began to swirl.
Jobs' eyes widened—it was beyond anything he had ever imagined.
"Let me show you what a smartphone really is."
With that, Harry grabbed Jobs and dove into the Pensieve—into a section of Harry's memories.
He showed him countless images of smartphone designs, letting Jobs witness the evolution of mobile technology firsthand.
Jobs was stunned as he saw this unfamiliar world where phones changed rapidly over the decades.
Function after function blew his mind. So this is possible?
Suddenly, the world spun.
Jobs found himself back in his office chair.
He sat, stunned. His mind was overwhelmed—thoughts burst in all directions, like fireworks.
Harry's magic was now the least of his concerns. The vision Harry had shown him consumed all his attention.
He muttered a few sounds—then realized he could speak again.
Swallowing hard, he asked, "Was all that… real? Is that smartphone thing really possible?"
"What do you think?"
"You know exactly what I need. You must deliver a working prototype in ten months. As for how you make the camera and phone—figure it out yourself. I came to you because I believe you're a genius among Muggles."
"Who the hell are you?" Jobs asked.
"You don't need to know. Just do your job. If you succeed, I'll give you something you never dreamed of."
"And if you fail… punishment." Harry smiled.
Jobs trembled.
"Do your best. Don't disappoint me." And then—Harry vanished.
It took a long time before Jobs recovered.
He slapped his own face—hard. "This isn't a dream."
He wanted to tell someone—anyone. He picked up the phone and dialed with trembling fingers. (See Note 2)
Ring… Ring…
"Phil… I—" Jobs opened his mouth—but no sound came out.
Panic-stricken, he hung up immediately.
After a while, he tried speaking again. It worked.
He grabbed a pen to write it all down—but his hand wouldn't cooperate.
Of course, Harry had cast a spell to prevent Jobs from leaking anything.
The charm had a silly name: "Secrets Must Not Be Shared".
No matter the form—not even sleep-talking—Jobs would never be able to reveal what had happened.
——
Eventually, Jobs gave up.
He called his assistant. "Lev, take all my funds and buy stock in Sony and IBM. Now. I want to be at their board meetings tomorrow!"
"You're insane!"
——
Harry didn't care what Jobs would do. He'd left it all to the professional.
Now with nothing urgent to do, Harry got a mischievous idea.
But he couldn't find any surveillance cameras.
Then he remembered—movie cameras still existed.
Harry went to Hollywood.
He found film crews and started acting as a background extra, appearing in many scenes.
"Heh heh…"
Thinking about the chaos this might cause in the future, Harry chuckled evilly.
Later, Harry went to both Muggle and wizarding photography studios and took tons of photos.
He had grown up—how could he not leave behind some memories?
——
2019
The world was shaken by a piece of news.
Reuters, Xinhua, and AP News all reported on it.
It was the strongest evidence yet—proof of time travel.
A young man suddenly appeared on China Central Television's evening news.
He told the whole world that he was from the future—that his time machine had succeeded. He first time-traveled in 1992 and had left behind evidence.
He claimed the reason for going public was simple: he wanted everyone to know… he was a genius.
Then he vanished again.
Leaving behind two bewildered news anchors staring at the camera—broadcasting to the entire world.
The world was in an uproar.
——
Meanwhile, in the wizarding world…
Wizards laughed heartily:
"Look at those foolish Muggles—Minister Potter's got them wrapped around his little finger!" (See Note 3)
——
Note 1: Sony released the first DV camcorder in 1995. IBM released the first smartphone in 1993.
Note 2: Portable phones were already common in 1992.
Note 3: In the future, Harry Potter dissolves all national Ministries of Magic, consolidating them into one. Every wizard is registered. Wizarding groups like the International Confederation of Wizards, the Order of the Phoenix, etc., are all disbanded. Harry becomes the first and only Minister of Magic, launches sweeping reforms, and integrates Muggle innovations into the magical world.
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