I grew up with my only living blood relatives, I won't say they raised me because I more or less raised myself while cooking cleaning and caring for the elephantine Dursley family.
I am an average student with a pension for breaking the rules and getting into trouble all fueled by my hero complex.
I knew I was a wizard long before that oaf Hagrid showed up to tell me, I knew because the manipulative old fool Dumbledore told me so.
He told me when I was nine years old, when he started training me. It was then that I learned my life would be built entirely on a lie, I would pretend to know nothing about the wizarding world when Hagrid came to get me, I would make average grades and excel in only one subject; defense against the dark arts. That way when Voldemort returned people would have faith that I could defeat him like I did when I was a mere baby.
I laugh every time I hear it, The-boy-who-lived, the-boy-who-defeated- he-who-must-not-be-named.
They obviously didn't think that one through very well all considering, if I had defeated old snake face when I was a baby he wouldn't be back trying to kill me now. Let's just say I impeded him a bit the first time around.
Like what you are hearing so far? Do I have you clinging to my every word yet? I haven't even scratched the surface of the tangled mess of secrets and lies that surround my very existance.
My name is Harry Potter, and nothing is quite how it seems.
"Sirius is dead and it's my fault!" Harry raged throwing another random object across Dumbledore's office shattering it against the wall.
The old headmaster didn't even flinch, this had happened on multiple occasions something would piss the young wizard off and he would break things.
"Harry, I'm afraid I must take the blame on this one." Dumbledore sighed leaning forward. He waited until Harry quit throwing things and sat down before continuing. "Voldemort has some sort of a connection with you its why you have visions and nightmares of what he is up to. He planted the vision of Sirius being in danger in your head to lure you to the ministry." Dumbledore braced himself for the on coming explosion.
Harry leaned over placing his head in his hands and began to calmly speak.
"You've known about this, you've known about the connection as well as my nightmares and visions for how long? You've been training me in all aspects of magic and endurance for how long? You never fucking told me?" Harry ended with a loud tone.
"I know it's upsetting my boy, but if I had told you, you would have found a way to get rid of the dreams and the visions." Dumbledore let out a deep sigh. " Forgive me for putting you through such torment but we need those visions. That is the only way to keep track of Voldemort right now."
"Then what good is Snape! Isn't he supposed to be reporting back what goes on with Snake nose?" Harry stood up and began pacing the room. There was no way he was telling the old fool he had already found a way to get rid of his nightmares it just wasn't something he could do to keep visions away during the day.
"Professor Snape Harry, and he can't be there every moment. You see things that Severus couldn't even get close to." Dumbledore sighed again.
This was why Dumbledore had kept the information from Harry the boy worried more about himself than he did the rest of the wizarding world. He had to keep Harry from asking questions or straying away from his guidance.
"I don't care, you should have at least told me and let me make the choice for myself." Harry spat turning to face the head master the boys hair had lengthened and muscles began to show as glamors fell.
"You are completely right of course my boy, but you need to calm down you are beginning to dissolve your glamors. People will know our secrets we don't want that now do we?" Dumbledore asked softly folding his hands on his desk top.
Harry sighed with a shutter and rebuilt the glamors wandlessly. After a second the same scrawny defeated looking boy with thick glasses and messy hair.
"My apologies sir," Harry then forced a smile on his face and replied with a polite tone.
"Quite understandable my boy, but you must work on your control." Dumbledore stood and led Harry to the door by his elbow. "Now off to bed with you. It's been a trying day."
"Good night sir." Harry bowed his head leaving the office.
As Harry stomped down the hallway cursing the headmaster under his breath he didn't notice the person sneaking down the hall in the shadows behind him. Listening intently to everything he muttered
"Harry James Potter!" Hermione's know it all voice crashed into Harry's eardrums as soon as he entered the common room.
"Yes Hermione?" Harry asked having a feeling he knew what was coming. There was no way Dumbledore was paying her or Ron enough money to be his friend and risk their lives too.
"I can't believe you were so reckless," Hermione began. "You not only ran needlessly into danger and you had to drag your friends into danger with you!" She began to rant.
"I told you guys not to come." Harry replied tiredly.
"But you knew that we would anyway!" Hermione shrieked.
"Then tell me who the idiot is here?" Harry sneered rather reminiscent of a certain Slytherin.
Ron acted as if he were going to stand up and say something but changed his mind at the last second and sat back down allowing Harry to move his way past the red head and up to the boys dormitory.
He spent most of his time alone in the dorm since the previous year when he had come back from the maze clutching Cedric's dead body, everyone seemed to sleep other places and avoided him at all costs.
Neville and Ron had been the only ones who had stayed.
Now Harry had the feeling he'd have the room to himself. Ron and Neville had both gone to the ministry with him.
Harry made it to his room and fell face first into the bed.
"Hey Harry," Neville spoke up softly entering the room.
"Yes Neville?" Harry mumbled into the pillow.
"I just wanted to say I still support you. No matter what happens I will always have your back."
"Thanks Neville." Harry looked up at the boy giving him one of his rare genuine smiles.
"My grandmother is coming to get me tonight, just so you know I'm not avoiding you or the dorm. I'm just going home." Neville was fidgeting.
"It's okay Nev I understand." Harry turned around sitting up cross legged on his bed.
"Okay, well I better get going. But um Harry Hedwig is at the window." Neville pointed out before leaving the room just as quietly as he had entered.
Harry went to let Hedwig in and a plain brown barn owl accompanied her with a thick package with the Gringotts seal on it.
Harry took the letter from Hedwig as well as the package. He laid the package to the side recognizing the writing on the letter.
Harry,
We know what happened, we want you to know that even though we aren't at Hogwarts anymore we aren't far away if you need anything,
We mean anything. Don't hesitate to contact us. Perhaps once school is out you can come spend some time at our flat.
We can supply the Firewhisky this time. Don't think we forgot the last time we all drank together.
Take care of yourself.
Prank well.
Yours truly,
Fred and George
Harry let a broad grin cross his face. How could he forget the last time he had gotten hammered with the twins. They had all woken up naked in the same bed together, and it hadn't been the last time.
With a sigh Harry shook his head and put the letter in the bedside drawer then reached for the thick package. He tore it open allowing the contents to fall onto the bed. There were two letters and a leather bound book.
He opened the first letter from Gringotts.
Mr. Potter,
First allow us to offer our most sincere condolences on the loss of Sirius Black. His will was updated a few months ago in which he left you everything and as such has made you the head of the house of black. As you are also the beneficiary of both the Potter and Black family fortunes you will now be considered a legal adult. The tracking spell on your wand has been lifted.
Please come by Gringotts at your earliest convenience to review your vaults and earnings.
Thank you.
Garmin Friendbrook
Chief Executive
Inheritance and holdings Dept.
Gringotts Bank.
Harry pondered that one for a moment Potter and Black were two of the oldest most powerful names in the wizarding world and he was now the head of the both of them. That made him one of the wealthiest wizards alive and it gave him a lot of influential ability.
He reached for the next letter and found tears forming in his eyes when he read Sirius' handwriting.
Hey Kiddo,
If you're reading this then my idiocy and recklessness has finally done me in just like your mother always said it would.
If I studied up on my laws properly by making you the heir to the Black fortune you should now be considered a legal adult. Use it to your advantage, get out from under Dumbledore's thumb, Get away from the Dursley's.
You own several properties and homes now pick one. You're friends are not all what they seem I must warn you now that I am not there to protect you from them. Ginny is after your fame and money she seems to think she will marry you some day. Ron and Hermione are being paid off. Mrs. Weasley wouldn't tell me what Dumbledore had bribed her with but it seems like black mail to me.
The twins you can trust. There are a few others as well but you need to read about those in my journal otherwise you won't believe me.
Please wait until you are alone to read it, as your mother's best friend I was privy to many of her secrets. Most of which you will not be happy about nor will you wish to accept at first but it is the truth.
I am truly sorry that I cannot be there for you in such a difficult time of your life.
Just remember you can't save everyone every time no matter how powerful you are.
I love you even if I never said it. I thought of you like a son and I hope you can forgive me for leaving you.
Remain strong I have faith in you.
Sirius,
Harry finished reading the letter folding it back up he clenched it in his fist crumpling while letting out a choked laugh. When was there ever not a lie or two governing his life. A small smile then found it's way to his face but it was a weak one.
"Leave it to Sirius to find a way around the age law. Even if it was his own death that caused it." Harry spoke sadly to the empty room smoothing out the letter again, He placed it along with the one from the twins in his drawer. He picked up the journal and opened the cover before shutting it again.
He just couldn't bring himself to read it yet. It was really too soon. Harry vowed in that moment to destroy the causes behind Harry spending his life as an orphan. Voldemort for killing his parents and Dumbledore for being the reason behind Sirius' death and imprisonment.
Harry climbed out of bed and put on his invisibility cloak and grabbed the marauders map. He snuck through the common room which still contained a few people and approached the door he knocked on it waiting until a first year went to open it to see who was knocking to come in.
Harry slipped out then checked his map his path to the front doors was clear so he cleared the map and started off. Harry's journey led him to the lake. He pulled off his cloak and sat down hugging his knees to his chest looking out over the lake which reflected every star in the sky the full moon looking eerie and distorted in the lakes surface.
He was so wrapped up in his thoughts and his grief he still didn't see the gray eyes peering at him from around the trunk of a tree a few feet away.
"Oh , Harry what has this world done to you?"
AN- I know some of you probably want to kick me right now for starting another new story on top of all the ones I already have and struggle to update frequently, but I had an idea and it wouldn't leave me alone. So this was chapter one, tell me what you think.
I don't own.