The Changed Life
This story is a Post Philosopher's Stone story.
For those of you who have seen my story, Harry's Final Choice, I apologize again for treating the main character brutally. Such things happened in that story will not happen in this story, although I cannot be sure how many people are going to favourite this one. In this story, the Dursleys are going to 'suffer' from loss of possessions to false confessions, etc.
Warning: This story will include Ron bashing, for those of you who is a supporter of Ron, it is best to stop reading.
In this story, a type of magic, called Metaphysical Magic, will be mentioned and used, it is a type of magic that can only be used by people who are dead, and living beyond death. This type of magic does not exist in the Harry Potter books. James and Lily will help Harry using Metaphysical Magic, which the Ministry of Magic can never detect regardless whether they are performed in a Muggle house that is registered to an underage wizard or not. This story does not include any Soul Bond. Also, in this story, James and Lily will do revenge on the Dursleys, using Metaphysical Magic, to the greatest extent possible, since the Dursleys have abused Harry for years. This story will include certain scenes of the Dursleys. Those of you who hate the Dursleys (which I believe most of you do), do not be concerned when you read this story, because the scenes of the Dursleys in this story are mainly the constant troubles that Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley are going to go through, on a regular basis.
In this story, Draco Malfoy will not be as traitorous as he was in the books. I will get his father out of the way, and letting a few Slytherins shun him to make him better. Also, in this story, Cornelius Fudge will not be on Lucius Malfoy's side as he was in the books, he will side with Harry.
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Everything in the Harry Potter universe belongs to J.K. Rowling, I have nothing out of this except for enjoyment.
The Will of James and Lily
Harry was locked in his room for some time now, and he had no idea when he will be getting out of the house.
He hoped that he have the opportunity to stay with the Weasleys, and to live a normal summer. He did not know why he came back, he could've made a move to the Weasleys house at the Kings Cross.
There were no letters addressed to him from either Ron or Hermione, which made him feel miserable. He wondered why he was being taken to this household in the first place. What did he do to deserve being locked up in his room?
He felt tired, and he went to sleep.
"Harry," said a voice.
Harry opened his eyes, and he saw Lily and James.
"What are you two doing here?" he asked.
"We were watching you, and from what I have seen, your aunt and uncle has been abusing you for a while now," said Lily.
She raised her hand, pointed at Harry, and after a while, she put it down.
"What did you do just now?" asked Harry.
"I performed a spell on you, to prevent you from waking up in your aunt and uncle's house," replied Lily.
"Continue," said Harry.
"Harry," said Lily. "Albus Dumbledore was manipulating you. Right now, you need to get away from his manipulation. Our will stated under no circumstances you are to be placed in the care of my sister."
"My aunt?" asked Harry.
Lily nodded.
"How come Dumbledore placed me in my aunt and uncle's house, then?" asked Harry. "And how come I didn't know that you have a will?"
"If you ask him, he will say that he wants to keep you safe, he placed some wards around Privet Drive to keep you alive, to keep you away from Voldemort, but you must know what his real intention was, he was using you as a weapon. He wants you to be weak so you are easier to manipulate. He moved the protection I have given you, and it was not what I wanted. I want to keep you safe from all your enemies, including Voldemort himself, and prevent you from being trapped by Dumbledore's manipulation. What utter rubbish. While what he did may have prevented Voldemort and his supporters from getting you, he could've given you a home better than the home you currently lived in. He's doing something for the greater good. I don't want him to manipulated you, using you as if you were a tool. The reason you didn't know that we have a will is that Dumbledore was trying to keep it from you. You could've read our will when you were eleven, unfortunately, the problem remains that Dumbledore was in that, he is the Head of Wizengamot, and he have somehow convinced the Ministry that we didn't have a will, and he obliviated the people who would make those appointments to keep our wills away from you. He feared that if you read our will, you are going to choose to not obey him. He wants you to be pliable so he can direct you."
"He WHAT?" asked Harry.
"Harry," said James. "Do you know why Voldemort wanted to kill you when you were one?"
"I asked Dumbledore this question, but he said he will tell me this later, not now," said Harry.
"And his reason for not telling you was that you are too young to know, but you need to know that as soon as possible, we are not going to keep it from you for too long," James symphasised. "If you blindly follow him, it won't do you any good. He did not send a qualified teacher like every single Muggle-Born students get. He sent Hagrid, and the reason he did that was because he didn't want anyone to talk you into leaving the Dursleys, or else you will not be protected. If he sent Professor McGonagall, she would probably have been angry with him for dumping you at the Dursleys, after she realized how you have been treated all those years."
"Dumbledore placed you in a house where you are unwanted, and abused, just for the sake of your safety, and keeping you away from the Wizarding world? No. If your safety was his only concern, why didn't he just take you in? He wants you to view him as your savior, plus that you will end up relying on him more, and following him. His plan is to raise you to die," Lily blurted. "Harry, don't you dare for one second think that you deserved to be treated like this, or being manipulated like this by anyone! You need guardians who care about you, you need guardians who feed you well, who gives you proper clothing to wear. You need guardians who know you, who likes you, and responsible. I want your life to be normal, rather than manipulative. Don't you think it is weird that other people did not recognize your abuse? Dumbledore was in that, he performed a confundus charm on you to make sure that you don't tell anyone that you were being abused, and he used a spell to prevent other people from recognizing your abuse. Nevertheless, I will guide you out of his clutch."
"How are you going to do that?" Harry asked. "Are you going to get me out of Privet Drive?"
Lily nodded.
"Before we get you out of Privet Drive, you must forget about going to the Burrow, where the Weasleys lived, get away from them before it is too late," she said.
"Why?"
"You befriended Ronald Weasley in your first year, I tell you what, he's just a stupid prat. Several instances during that year you should have realised what he is, but you didn't," said Lily.
Harry was feeling quite annoyed.
How could Ron be a prat?
He traced his memory back to his first year, then he remembered when he was in Hogwarts Express, Ron told him he wished that Hermione wasn't in his house. Then Ron told him that Hermione was a nightmare at Halloween, after charms. He did nothing to defend Hermione. But after that, nothing else has happened.
"I do agree that a couple incidents has happened in my first year between Ron and Hermione," said Harry, "but nothing else has happened."
"For goodness sake, Harry, do you really think Ron will turn better? Do you not have any idea how much incident or trouble will happen in the coming years between you and him?" Lily retorted. "Ron is jealous with you, all he sees are your money and fame, and he envies you for that."
Harry felt stunned.
True, he always felt there was something improper about Ron, except that he had no idea what it was.
"Besides, Ron's mother is wearing a love potion keyed to you with her daughter, Ginny Weasley, she raised Ginny on a steady story, and thinks that Ginny would be the perfect match for you. That wouldn't suffice. I don't want you to end up with her," Lily continued. "The Weasleys has been putting too much trust in Dumbledore, and thus wouldn't do you any good, none at all. If you attempt to get to them, they may be too protective of you, and they are not responsible parents, additionally it may give them a chance to modify your memory so that you will listen to Dumbledore."
"What is Love Potion?" asked Harry.
"Love Potion is a potion that causes the drinker to fall in love with the person who gave it to them," replied James. "This creates some kind of obsession, it does not create true love."
"What are we going to do now?" asked Harry.
"There's still time," said Lily. "We will counter Dumbledore's plan."
"Can you tell me about Dumbledore's plan?" asked Harry.
"No, at least not now, partly because we don't know what he is planning, but we will let you know bit by bit about his plan as time goes on. First of all, Harry, Dumbledore was using you as a weapon, and the Weasleys are also in Dumbledore's pockets, I would advise you to stay as far away from the Weasleys as possible. Not all the Weasleys are bad news, however, you may trust Arthur, Bill, Charlie, and Fred and George, to a limited extent, make sure you keep a distance from them, and don't trust the other Weasleys. Dumbledore was not very happy with the fact that you befriended Hermione. He thinks that with you getting too close to her would make him lose control over you. I am not saying that you have to completely disagree with everything he say, but you must make your own choice, your own observation, instead of just following what other people tell you to do."
"You mean Dumbledore made Ron my friend?" asked Harry.
"Exactly, and with Ron being your friend, Dumbledore will reach you easily," said Lily. "Additionally, did Ron even care about how your aunt and uncle treated you when you told him how horrible they were? Did Ron even asked you to not go back to them again? If he cared about you, he would also be caring about your well-being, Harry."
"How am I going to convince Hermione to get away from Ron?" asked Harry, he wasn't sure what have made him ask that, but he was sure that this question is valuable.
"You get away from Ron, and she would too. Hermione became friends with you and Ron because you saved her from a troll," said James. "To be honest with you, if you did not goof off with Ron, Hermione would also have been Ron's enemy. If Hermione did not tell Ron how to do the Levitation Charm, all three of you could've been killed by that troll you met on Halloween, in your first year."
"I didn't receive any letters this summer," said Harry, changing the subject.
"We know that, a house elf called Dobby have intercepted it, we will get them back to you using a way that is neither used in the Wizarding world or the Muggle world. We will first put that elf into sleep for five months, so he would not interfere with your lives anywhere, at least during that period of time."
"How are you going to get me away from the Dursleys?" asked Harry.
"We will place a charm on all the doors of Number Four, Privet Drive, so it opens and closes automatically when you stand in front of it. Any Muggle means that your aunt and uncle used to lock you up in your room will not work with this charm, and they will not realize that the doors are bewitched. We will place a spell on you that will make you become invisible to them if they take a glimpse of you. This spell will stop working when you get out of Privet Drive," said Lily softly. "Or we can do this, we will make sure you wake up somewhere else, by taking your sleeping body out of Privet Drive. But before we do either of these things, we need to destroy the wards that Dumbledore has placed at Privet Drive. Either way, the Ministry will not detect it since we are doing it using Metaphysical Magic."
"I will choose the latter," said Harry.
"By the way, Dumbledore asked Mrs Figg to keep watch on you, she's a Squib, we will need to put a charm on her to wipe her memory so that she doesn't report anything to him," added James.
"What is Metaphysical Magic?" asked Harry.
"Before we get to the subject of Metaphysical Magic, let me tell you how the Ministry detects magic," said Lily. "The Ministry can detect the location where the magic was being used, but not who used it. Any magic performed at Privet Drive will be assumed to be done by you. Right now you are under seventeen, if you performed magic here, you will be in trouble."
"What about Metaphysical Magic?" asked Harry.
"Metaphysical Magic is a type of magic that can only be used by Wizards who are living beyond death," said Lily. "The Ministry of Magic cannot detect Metaphysical Magic since it has a spell that can evade their detection methods. Metaphysical Magic is even more powerful than a Wizard creating a spell, and it constantly updates itself whenever a new spell is created."
"So even Voldemort is not a match against Metaphysical Magic?" asked Harry in slight confusion.
"Yes," said James. "Metaphysical Magic has the ability to drain other people's magical power, and it protects against any spells thrown at you."
"It may not be a good idea to destroy the wards that Dumbledore has set up on Privet Drive," James said to Lily. "If it had collapsed, Dumbledore will know, and then he may come, since he has an instrument that can detect whether or not the wards he set up are working properly. How about creating a false ward that fools his instruments? As soon as Harry get out of this house and no longer call this house home, the ward that he set up will collapse automatically after a period of time, but his instrument will still indicate that his wards are working properly, he will never know that the wards he set up has collapsed unless if he come here and check it, and we can also prevent him from getting here."
"Good idea," said Lily. "You are brilliant, James."
"Excuse me for asking, but what is a Squib?" asked Harry, he didn't want to miss the chance of knowing it.
"A Squib is someone who are born from a Wizarding family but has no magical powers, that means they can't do magic at all, that they can't use wands," replied James. "Now you asked this, I am going to take the advantage of this occasion to tell you that Muggle Born Witches and Wizards may have Squib as ancestors."
"What do you mean by Muggle Born?" asked Harry.
"Harry, Muggle Born is someone who are born from Muggle families, but has the ability to do magic," said Lily. "I was one."
Harry considered what Lily told him, and he thought of Hermione, well, she's one too.
"Where should I go after I leave Privet Drive?" asked Harry.
"It would be better if you go to Hermione's residence," said Lily, "here is her address."
She handed Harry a paper, and it said:
20 Stadia Crescent, Crawley
Harry looked up.
"You write a note to the Grangers, tell them to pick you up from the Leaky Cauldron as soon as possible, tell them that it is our wish to let them take care of you," said Lily. "Try your best to not knock yourself into anyone in the Weasley's family under any circumstances."
"I have to go to Leaky Cauldron first?" asked Harry.
Lily nodded.
"Go to Leaky Cauldron by Knight Bus," James advised. "Besides, as soon as you get out of the house, send a note to the Weasleys, tell them that you are not going to stay with them."
"Right," said Harry. "I will do it."
"And after that, I shall kill the Dursleys," said James.
"James Potter!" Lily screamed. "Our magic does not allow us to kill anyone, though we can harm them."
"What?" asked Harry.
"It might be a good idea to contact the Department of Magical Law Enforcement," said Lily. "There are regulations against child abuse."
"Lily," said James. "Is that our plan or not?"
"Not quite, our plan is to cause the Dursleys pain and grief, and we need to counter Dumbledore's plan," replied Lily.
She turned back to Harry, and said.
"When you get to Leaky Cauldron, write a letter to Griphook, make an appointment to read our last will and testament. We will charm this in your memory so you don't forget until you have done this. Do you wish us to be with you when you wake up?"
"Yes," said Harry.
"Since the Dursleys abused Harry, we shall do the revenge for him," said James.
"I know that Harry has been abused," whispered Lily. "But we must not do the same thing too frequently or else the Dursleys are going to suspect what's happening, and if the Wizarding world is alerted and Dumbledore is involved, he might check the Dursleys, and then he will know that Harry no longer call Number 4, Privet Drive home. At some point, the Dursleys may suspect there are some invisible demon or ghost trying to cause them trouble, and if the Ministry finds out, they may think that it was Harry who did it."
"For this reason, we might want to do a variety of things, such as False Memory Charm, maybe break a glass, and then plant a False Memory into the Dursleys mind, so they will confess that they broke it, they will never know that it was us," said James. "We will set our time to do these things. Not too occasionally, of course. But we can do several things at once to keep them busy."
"Good idea," said Lily. "Since Metaphysical Magic is outside both the Wizarding world and Muggle world, we can use it, and the Ministry won't detect it. I can't wait to see the look on the face of the Dursleys, when they are experiencing those troubles that we are going to create."
"Are you going to tell them that you did it?" asked James in a whisper.
"Yes, we can't hide this from them forever," answered Lily.
She looked at Harry, and said.
"We will be with you for no more than twelve hours per year, that's already more than enough time for us to get you sorted out. We need to do something before the Dursleys wake up, however."
They went to Harry's room in the Dursleys house, and Lily pointed her finger at the door, then she turned to Harry.
"I have charmed the door so that none of the Dursleys will be able to gain access into your room," she said. "This charm will stay intact until you leave Number Four, Privet Drive."
Then she and James pointed their fingers at the wards around Privet Drive, and in a split second, the wards were copied, and faked.
"Let's get you away from here," said James.
They snatched Harry and took him out of Privet Drive.
/Scene Break/
Harry woke up, and found himself standing outside, on the pavement of Magnolia Crescent.
"Here are your trunk and possessions, Harry," said Lily, handing him his trunk and his owl.
Harry took it, he sat there and waited. He was glad that he was free, and he hoped that Dumbledore did not notice him leaving Privet Drive.
He sat there, and waited patiently, hoping the Knight Bus would come at any moment to pick him up.
He was determined to forget about his past and start afresh.
After some time, a three decker bus arrived, Harry waved at it, and it stopped.
The bus door opened, and a man came out.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus, I, Stan Shunpike will be your conductor."
Harry hopped onto the bus and said:
"I would like to go to Leaky Cauldron."
"Here," said Stan, handing Harry his ticket.
Harry took the ticket, handed Stan some coins, and laid on one of the beds.
After twenty minutes, the Bus stopped.
"Anyone who is going to Leaky Cauldron please get off now, your destination is not far from here," said Stan.
Harry quickly grabbed his trunk and his cage, and got off.
"Harry," said Lily. "I would like you to write three letters, one addressed to the Weasleys, and one addressed to the Grangers, and one addressed to Griphook."
"You want me to inform the Grangers that I am at the Leaky Cauldron?" asked Harry.
"Yes," said Lily. "Meanwhile, we are going to put Dobby into sleep. He's trying to stop you from getting back to Hogwarts, and we want to prevent that."
/Scene Break/
Three days gone passed in the blink of an eye, then an owl landed beside him, carrying a parcel.
Harry took it, and the owl flied away.
He ripped open the parcel, it was from Griphook.
Dear Mr Potter
I would like to have the appointment with you on the 25th of July at 11:00 am at Gringotts.
Regards
Griphook
Harry counted the days, and it was the next day that he will meet with Griphook.
As he was thinking, Hermione arrived, followed by her parents. She ran towards Harry, and embraced him in a hug.
"Are you all right, Harry?" she asked.
"I am fine," said Harry.
"Thank goodness you met your parents in your dream, or else you would never be able to get out of the Dursleys house," said Hermione. "It doesn't sound like a dream, maybe it was some kind of magic, which has enabled you to meet your parents."
She turned to her parents.
"Mum, Dad," said Hermione. "This is my friend, Harry Potter."
"Hi Harry, my name is Dan, and this is Emma," said Mr Granger.
"Hi," said Harry.
"Hermione," said Harry. "When did you get my letter?"
"This morning," said Hermione.
"Currently I have got all the letters from you and Ron here with me, thanks to my parents that they got it back," said Harry.
Then he went on and explained about how he found out that his letter were being intercepted by a house elf.
"And you made the decision to not live at the Burrow for this summer?" asked Hermione.
"Yes," said Harry. "What about it?"
"Not a problem, except that Ron was scared when he read the letter you sent him, he thought your aunt and uncle asked you to send a letter to him, telling him that you are not going to stay at the Burrow," said Hermione. "By now, I would tell Ron that you are with me. I didn't think he had any idea that you went to the Leaky Cauldron, but I wouldn't dare tell him this now since I know that your situation is more important than letting him know where you are."
"I did send that letter, but it was not my aunt and uncle who asked me to send it," said Harry. "I really don't think you should tell Ron. I will explain what I mean later."
Hermione knows better than to urge Harry.
"Thank goodness you are all right," she said.
"We are coming here to take you away," said Dan. "You are hardly a stranger to me, Harry, you are mentioned in every letter that Hermione written to us last year."
"I got an appointment with Griphook in Gringotts tomorrow," said Harry.
"Don't worry, we will take you there, what time is it?" asked Emma.
"11:00 am," said Harry.
"I don't have any appointments tomorrow morning," said Dan. "I will take you."
/Scene Break/
"I can't believe what Dumbledore did!" said Hermione, after she finished hearing Harry tell her what Lily and James told him. "Acting against your parents' will, and using you!"
"There's still time," said Harry. "We will pretend that we don't know he is doing that, if he tries to do anything that is considered to be manipulating within this year or the coming years, we will try our best to counter his plan, we will find help from others if we need to."
On the following morning, Dan drove Harry to Gringotts, and they entered.
"Mr Potter, how can I help you today?" asked a goblin.
"I have an appointment with Griphook at 11:00 am," said Harry.
"Please wait," the goblin said.
He lead Harry and Dan outside the meeting room, and they waited.
At 11 am, Griphook appeared.
"Come in, guys, and have a seat," he said.
Dan and Harry went into the meeting room and sat down.
"Here is your parents will," said Griphook, handing Harry a piece of parchment.
Harry took it and started to read:
Dear Harry
If you are reading this, that means we are dead.
We would like you to be put into the care of the people in the following list
Amelia Bones
Sirius Black
Minerva McGonagall
Under no circumstances you are to be taken by people who despise you, abuse you or hate you, especially the Dursleys.
Regards
James and Lily Potter
"Dumbledore have acted against the will of my parents," said Harry. "What should I do?"
"If you attempt to escape from him openly, he will try and get you back to his control once he realized it," said Griphook. "I recommend you to do nothing right now."
Harry nodded.
/Scene Break/
While Harry was sleeping in the Grangers house that night, Lily and James appeared to him again.
"Harry, Dumbledore may be using Severus Snape to spy on you," said Lily. "I am going to remove him, making him leave Hogwarts. I know that Snape disliked you, Harry, but keep in mind that he is not a Death Eater, he's just acting like one. This way, you may be able to get along with some of the Slytherin students a bit better than in your first year."
"What do you mean?" asked Harry.
"I and Snape were friends," said Lily. "He has gone into the Dark side because he was disowned by his family, and he hardly had any sensible friends at Hogwarts, so he went to Voldemort to try and 'purify' himself. That is the reason that I don't want to do anything to harm him."
"He only disliked you because he disliked me, Harry," said James.
"I tell you what, Harry," said Lily, changing the subject. "Dumbledore can read minds. Using a wordless spell, he can find out what other people are thinking."
"Do you mean that he realized what I was thinking," asked Harry, "and he took his chance to wipe my memory and placed a false memory in my head?"
"There is every chance that he is going to do so if he read your mind," answered James in agreement.
"This time, I will use a spell to cause Dumbledore to unable to read your mind, preventing the opportunity for him to wipe your memory and insert false memories," said Lily.
She raised her hand, directed it at Harry for a moment, muttering words that Harry never heard of.
"It is done," she said.
"And you need to try and get closer to Draco Malfoy, he might be a bit annoying, but the reason for that was because he was a product of his father, who was evil. What we can do is to make some of the Slytherin students shun him, and make his father get out of the way, to change him," said James. "What you should do is to try and get along with Tracey Davis and Daphne Greengrass, they are both Slytherins, that might bring Draco Malfoy closer to you. I want responsible Head of Slytherins who can discipline the Slytherin students better. We will make sure you have more friends than you did in your first year."
"Right, I will think about it," said Harry. "If I ran into them on the train, I will try and do it."
A/N: From the next chapter onwards, James and Lily will avenge Harry, anything unusual happened to the Dursleys will mainly be James and Lily's plan. They will be using Metaphysical Magic to keep the Dursleys in continuous trouble until Voldemort's defeated/Harry turns 17.
A/N1: This fanfiction is already complete, I have got all the chapters written.
A/N2: The more reviews/favourites/follows I get, the more sooner I will upload a new chapter, according to my upload plan.