A secret that will change everything

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter or anything else that looks familiar in the story. I am writing this because I like Harry Potter and writing.

A/N: this is the same story but a little better! this is beta'd. Review and let me know how this is.

Chapter one: What did Harry do?

The family living at number Four Privet drive was anything but normal. They tried as hard as they could to be normal but no matter what they did or said, they were far from it. The women looked like a horse with a giraffe neck, the eldest male was the size and weight of an elephant, one of the chilren was the size and weight of a baby whale, and last but not lest the last child was not like any of them. He was as different from them as different could be. He was a wizard, but not any wizard but the boy-who-lived, known as Harry Potter. He was famous for something he had no control over and hated the fame. If that wasn't bad enough, his Aunt and Uncle, the Dursleys hated him for what he was. They hated everything to do with magic, they hated Harry's parents and hated him. They just wished that they could be normal.

Each summer he would go back to his Aunt's and Uncle's house so he had "protection." But all that being there accomplished was to make him miserable and abused. This summer wasn't any different.

Harry was lying in his bed. It was two days before his birthday and he would be spending it in his room, the smallest room in the house, even then everything in the room wasn't his. The only things he could call his was his wizarding items and his owl. Even the clothes we wore wasn't his as he believed.

His aunt and uncle knew he couldn't do magic out of school, they have known from years before he would get expelled if he used magic out of school, but that didn't stop them from locking him in his room if something out of the ordinary happened. He loved being in his room but he never told anyone this because then he wouldn't be in there for a punishment then, instead he probably would be beaten and in the cupboard under the stairs, so he kept his mouth shut.

Since he was locked in his room, all he could do was the homework his teachers had given him over the summer. Which turned out to be quite a lot. He decided not to worry about history of magic or divination, since he was dropping those courses. Instead he worked on the ones he hoped and knew he would get into. Since he threw himself into his homework and put in as much information as in possible, he was done within the first week with more then his teachers had asked for. He needed something else to do.

When he finished his homework, he sent Hedwig to his friends with wizard money to get food and books. Harry and Hedwig would be fed only twice a day and that was only bread and water, once in a while if he was really quiet he would get vegtable soup. Harry wanted some books to study and train.

He was now waiting for his owl to return with his stuff. his Uncle was smart enough to leave room for his owl to fly in and out of the window, because if he didn't he knew Harry would find someway to let the order know he couldn't send letters, then there would be hell for him to pay. Heaven forbid those people come near his family again.

The order was sending daily owls now. They somehow found out that Harry was on room arrest. Harry had no doubt to how since he was heavily guarded. They wouldn't listen to a thing Harry said no matter how many owls he sent and told them. He gave up after a week.

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Sirius was angry because he knew that Harry was mistreated but the order thought he was punished for doing something he shouldn't have. Sirius read all the letters Harry sent and understood what Harry was saying. If he had used magic everyone would have known immediately. They had a lot of support in the ministry that they would have known, they just weren't seeing that yet.

Sirius got a letter from him begging him to get Lupin to go out and get him some books. Sirus knew that Harry didn't do anything, using his brain for once and not listening to Dumbledore, he sent Lupin out to get the stuff Harry had asked for. When Remus got back he sent the stuff off with a letter saying

Harry,

I want you to give me your word that you didn't do anything and tell me why the muggles locked you in your room. I have read the letters you have sent and I believe you. The order is too brainwashed by Dumbledore at the moment to see it. If you did do something like that, then I'm sure someone would have spotted it. If I can show the others that you gave me your word that you didn't do anything to be punished for then maybe they'll send some people to get you out. Please send your answer back ASAP so we can get you out.

- Sirius

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Hedwig flew into Harry's room the next day with some other owls he didn't reconize, but he did see Pig there. Harry untied everything off the owls and let them take a drink from Hedwig's dish then they flew off. Hedwig stayed behind in case Harry needed her to send off any answers and to rest with her master.

Harry put all the letters in one pile and started opening the parcels he was sent. From Sirius and Lupin he got some advance Defense Against the Dark Arts books. A few Charm books from Ron. Hermione sent him a book on wandless magic, some books on potions, and two books about healing. Mad-Eye Moody sent him books on being an auror since he found out about Harry's profession choice to be after his schooling ended. Harry guessed that he found out from Sirus and Lupin that he wanted books to study and train from.

Harry then turned to his letters. There were a lot more letters then there were books. He opened Ron's first. It said

Hey Mate,

You really didn't pull anything on your uncle did you? Everyone here thinks you did. Mad-Eye just sent you something because he says you could at least be doing something useful while you are being punished. I didn't have enough room to send food I'll send that when Pig gets back. Write soon mate.

- Ron

Hermione's letter said the same thing but she had also told Harry that she bought an owl. After reading these first two he was mad. "Do they really think I'd try to pull something when every move I make is watched? Don't they think they would have seen me?" he said out loud. He wrote back saying that he didn't pull anything, thanked them for the stuff and congratulated to Hermione for her owl. Then he opened Sirius' letter and read it. 'Finally someone who knows I didn't do anything.' he thought happy that his godfather is behind him. He wrote Sirius back saying

Sirius

Thank you and Professor Lupin for everything. Thank you for believing that I didn't do anything, I swear to you I didn't. I'll tell you more when I see you,I'll explain what really happened. I'm glad you survived the battle last month and that your here for me. They are punishing me for using magic. I didn't because I'm still enrolled at Hogwarts, last I checked anyways.

- Harry

The next one was from the Order telling him off for trying to pull something right in front of them and that he is lucky they didn't see him. Then one from the headmaster telling him to start behaving. He wrote back to both of them telling them that he would try to behave. He was happy to see that Sirius didn't sign the one from the order, he knew that there probably was a big fight about it when he refused. Then he sent his letters off with Hedwig, telling her to take them all to the Headquarters.

When he turned back to his bed to finish his homework he saw two envelopes that he had forgotten about. They were his owl results and Hogwarts letter. He was happy to see he passed everything but History of Magic and Divination. He was more then happy to fail and be forced to drop those two subjects. He was pleased to see that he got a O in potions even if he had to put up with Snape until he finished his schooling at Hogwarts. When he looked again he saw he could take all the classes needed to become an auror, he smiled.

Then he opened his letter from Hogwarts. A prefect badge, a Quidditch captain badge and four pieces of paper fell out. The normal one about when and where to catch the school train and to meet the other prefects in the front of the train, one with all the subjects he could take for the next two years, a blank piece of paper, a paper saying he could stop being a captain at any time.

He took the paper where he had to pick his classes were. It said to just tap the box next to the course and say "Yes" or "No". He picked DADA, transfiguration, charms, potions and arithmancy. When he looked over at the piece of blank paper it wasn't blank anymore. It had all of the supplies he would need for the year. He hid everything under his loose floorboard so his Uncle wouldn't wreck it if he came in on one of his raves. Then he went back to his homework.

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