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Chapter 1: When Timing Fails
Dumbledore looked annoyed at the calender, 'why today' he thought. It was clear as day that Lily Potter had used some ancient form of blood magic to defend her infant child from Voldemort. Dumbledore mused, that the showdown happened today was nothing less than wrecked timing, since the Dursleys had just travelled overseas on vacation just last evening. Young Harry couldn't come into the protection of the blood wards for at least a week, before his aunt and her family got home.
Dumbledore sighed and tried figuring out what the best approach would be to keep the child safe for a week. Sure, Hagrid would love taking care of him, but as gentle as Hagrid was, he didn't know how to handle him for an extended period. Dumbledore needed someone 'motherly' for Harry.
There it was, of cause, Motherly was the primary keyword anyone would think of first when they thought of Molly Weasley. With seven children, the youngest barely 3 months she was probably easy to be talked into taking care of Harry while they was waiting on the Dursleys to come home.
Dumbledore went over to the fireplace, took some floo powder and said "The Burrow" and looked through "anyone home?" he asked though the flames, not that he was in doubt that anyone was there, but still.
"Yeah? Oh, Dumbledore it's you, how are you?, nothing wrong with William is there?" he heard a voice, and Molly came into sight from the fireplace, with the youngest sitting on her hip, looking quite annoyed with the world.
"I'm as fine as I can be with the recent events, and no, nothing wrong with him, he's a prime student, may I come over?" Dumbledore asked friendly.
"Sure, want to join for breakfast? most of the kids aren't awake yet but little Ginny had a bad night." Molly sighed, and as if on cue, the child started to cry.
"Sounds lovely, I'll be over in some 15 minutes, just need to gather myself" he said softly and pulled back out of the fireplace smiling, and went down to Hagrid to pick up Harry and apparated to the Burrow, only just missing Professor McGonagall coming down to Hagrid's hut.
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Professor McGonagall had just been down in the great hall eating when Professor Trelawney suddenly went rigid and pale and said with a quiet voice so only she heard it as more than murmured whispers.
"The night becomes the dawn
The One becomes The Two
When twilight becomes the night
The Two might hinder the blight"
McGonagall knew that the prophecy was, in one way or another, about Voldemort and Harry Potter but other than that, she was at a loss and needed to confer with Dumbledore to help figure out what it meant. She had seen that he went towards Hagrid's hut, probably to collect the same Harry Potter.
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Dumbledore was blissfully unaware of the prophecy and he apparated to the Burrow and knocked on the door while Harry was sleeping on his right arm.
"Hello Professor, just come inside" he heard Molly say from the kitchen.
Dumbledore went in the door and nodded at Arthur who sat in the dining area and was halfway asleep and used the rest of his awareness reading the Daily Prophet. "Good morning Arthur, could I please get your's and Molly's attention for a few moments?, i got a favor to ask you about this little thing" he said looking down on Harry.
Molly and Arthur looked at him and noticed Harry in Dumbledore's arms and looked at each other, suddenly completely aware of what had happening, "Is ... is that by any chance Potter's?" asked Arthur shocked, newspaper completely forgotten.
"Sadly yes, as you might have read in the paper, Voldemort..." Molly and Arthur shivered slightly "somehow managed to get access to Lily and James close to midnight and killed them, but somehow he wasn't able to kill little Harry and died himself instead. I was wondering if I could convince you to look after him for a week till his aunt and uncle get home from vacation?"
"He's ... dead?" Arthur said quietly as if afraid of jinxing it "You-know-who is dead after trying to kill Harry?" Dumbledore nodded "well, given his history ... but yes, as far as I'm aware Voldemort is gone"
"That's great" Molly said "But, shouldn't it be Sirius that should take care of Harry instead of his Aunt and Uncle?"
"That's the problem" Dumbledore sighed, sitting down "Sirius Black was the Potter's secret keeper, so for all we know he sold them out, and Remus isn't exactly able to take care of a child alone in his condition, so it's the only choice really."
"Sirius Black sold them out? I don't believe it" Molly said surprised, and managed to wake both Harry and Ginny who promptly started crying. Molly sat down next to Ginny's crib trying to pacify her, while Harry just looked around as if wondering where he was.
"I find it hard to believe as well Molly, but the case stands that Sirius was their secret keeper and even then they managed to find the Potters. Any chance you have something I could give Harry to eat? I guess he's hungry, since he haven't gotten anything since ..." Dumbledore tapered out leaving the meaning clear.
"Certainly" said Arthur summoning a carton of yogurt, a small plate and a spoon for Dumbledore. "I'd better go check up on the other kids so they can get something to eat as well before I have to go for work" he mumbled.
Just as Arthur had climbed the stairs, Charlie came down, looking shocked at Dumbledore who was sitting and enjoying himself,while feeding Harry. "Morning Headmaster. Who's that kid?" he said slightly surprised, as he sat the table and started to fill up a plate with breakfast
"It's young Harry Potter, and I'm hoping I can convince Molly to let him stay here for a week." Dumbledore said while looking questioning at Molly.
"Of cause he can stay here for a weeks time, there's not much difference between two and three toddlers" Molly said cheerfully while arranging a bottle of milk for Ginny.
Dumbledore rose from the chair and went to the fireplace. "Oh well, better get back, got a school to handle. I'll floo you in a weeks time, with information about when I'm picking up Harry."
"Albus, didn't you say you wanted something to eat yourself as well?" Molly enquired while smiling broadly.
"... I knew I forgot something, but seeing the time I really should get back to the school, if I could get a rain check on a breakfast or something later on it would be great" Dumbledore said while faintly smiling. "Merlin knows I've had a lot around my head lately so it's only natural that I forget the smaller details." He took some floo powder and travelled back to Hogwarts.
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As Dumbledore came back to Hogwarts he sat at his desk and called out "Tacca" and a house elf appeared "Yes, Headmaster?" the small creature said.
"I missed breakfast down the hall because I had a meeting out of Hogwarts, could you bring me some?" he asked friendly.
"Sure, sire. Anything specific you want?" Tacca asked.
"No just bring me a mixed plate and a goblet of pumpkin juice"
"Right away" Tacca said and popped away and back again with a tray with a plate of food and a goblet and served it for Dumbledore.
While eating he suddenly heard one of the pictures saying something. "Minerva McGonagall is on the way up and she looks somewhat … annoyed is probably the best word."
"Oh? Well I'm sure she has a good reason for being annoyed, thanks for warning me through"
A minute later there was a knock on the door and Professor McGonagall entered the headmaster's office. "There you are headmaster, I just missed you when you went down to Hagrid's hut and he couldn't say where you took Harry so I told my class to just read up on the next chapter while coming here to talk with you." She ran on with her explanation before he even managed to ask her if she wanted to have a seat
"Oh? Is there a problem with Harry or something Minerva?" Dumbledore asked looking at his deputy headmistress.
"Not sure but just after you left Professor Trelawney managed to make a prophecy again" McGonagall said.
"And it was about Harry prehaps?" Dumbledore questioned
"Not entirely sure but I guess it was" she said and then took a deep breath while sorting out her thoughts
"The night becomes the dawn
The One becomes The Two
When twilight becomes the night
The Two might hinder the blight"
"Hmm... sounds like it is about Harry, and that he'll have to win against Voldemort once again, but that another person joins him at some point" Dumbledore mused again looking thoughtful
"That is about as far as I can get as well on it Albus, but ..." McGonagall said before she was interrupted
"It'll be clear sooner or later Minerva, for now I placed Harry together with the Weasleys while the Dursleys is on vacation"
McGonagall nodded shortly "Then I'll return to my class, just thought that I should deliver this prophecy to you as fast as possible. We can talk again doing lunch or dinner trying to understand it better"
"Yes, better return to your class Minerva, I'll think about the prophecy while working"
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Molly had just finished feeding Ginny when Harry looked somewhat restless so she put them together in a playpen. When the other kids and Arthur came down, she got busy with breakfast. While the other children ate, Arthur left for work. As soon as their father was gone Percy and the twins noticed that there was a boy in the playpen together with Ginny. They knew that it wasn't Ron, both due to him being fed at the moment and that he had black hair instead of Weasley red, they asked who he was. Molly told them that it was Harry Potter and that he would stay here for a week until he could be moved to his proper guardians.
In the playpen the two toddlers looked at each other, each of them trying to figure out how to react to the other one. As a test Harry crawled over and placed a hand on Ginny's shoulder and suddenly there was a massive red pulse expanding from the playpen which flooded the whole of the Burrow in a series of waves.
When the first red pulse came the other kids and Molly looked shocked and panicked as to what was happening. Finally after the third pulse Molly noticed that it came from the playpen and rushed there to check if Ginny and Harry was safe. She noticed that they suddenly looked like they were convulsing, and unconscious, and they had fallen so Harry was laying over Ginny. Then just as suddenly the pulses stopped.
Molly panicked even more and tried to pull them away from each other but as soon as she touched Harry she was knocked violently back by a sudden pulse. Molly knew then that they needed help and the only one she thought had the chance of having half an idea about what had happened was Dumbledore. She quickly ordered Charlie to take the other kids out of the kitchen and went for the fireplace, looking at the playpen a last time and called Dumbledore.
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Dumbledore had barely finished eating when there was a bell ringing over at the shelves. This meant that the student book which automaticly updated each time there was a change in the future student lists, had made an update. Then suddenly there was a shrill panicked "Dumbledore" from the fireplace and he saw a confused and scared Molly looking at him.
"You have to come quickly and help me, Harry fell on top of Ginny in the playpen and there was a number of forceful red pulses and when I tried to pull them away from each other I was knocked back by one of the pulses" said Molly with barely a breath and full of fear.
"Red pulses and forceful knock-back you say? Can it be?" Dumbledore looked shocked and went to the shelves and pulled out the student book and flipped through it. "I'd never thought I would see that happen again, last time it happened was back when I was a second year student"
"What do you mean? You know what it is?" Molly asked fearfully
"Don't worry, its not dangerous as such, but it is highly unusual and specially in that young an age" Dumbledore mused "try looking at this book and see what it says" he said and showed her a page
First years, 1991
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Potter née Weasley, Ginerva Molly
Potter, Harry James
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Author Note
My first chapter in my first fanfic, constructive feedback would be loved to death