The Wizard of Warcraft

by profigymulligan

Harry discovers a rare book which will transform his life and destiny and lead him beyond his world and into another.

1. Chapter 1

The Wizard of Warcraft.

A/N: This story takes inspiration from Wizard rune master by Plums as well as enter the Silver Flame by Sam Stone, which is a story on fanficarchive. This story has entered my mind while waiting for inspiration for the next great adventure, so hopefully once I begin writing this, I can continue my other story.

Many of you will notice that it starts in second year in the HP universe. It will go through until the death of Voldemort and then transition over to Azarath. Character pairings yet to be determined. As I have stated before I am legally blind so I obviously cannot play Warcraft, so I need to take descriptions and stuff from the various knowledge repositories on the web. This story will be categorised as Hp to begin with until the transition to Azarath, which may even be a separate story, not sure yet. Reviews always welcome.

Chapter 1.

Location: Chamber of Secrets May 1993.

Harry Potter was officially tired. He had just gone through a quite exhausting year where mystery upon mystery was thrust upon him as the chamber of secrets continued to be hazardous to the student population's health. What was also encroaching upon him was the shunning he had received at the hands of the school as for some stupid reason known only to them, they believed that he was the heir of Slytherin and setting the monster onto the students. What seemed to elude their simple minds was the fact that his best friend was a new blood; he much preferred this term than that of muggleborn, which sounded too much like a derogatory term. It also seemed to elude most of the student population that his own mother was a new blood as well and that he had never shown an opinion which would give them suspicion that he had such beliefs about pureblood superiority. In fact he tended to shun those who professed such beliefs such as Draco Malfoy.

The suspicion had really only come to an end though once his best friend Hermione Granger was petrified during the beginning of a Quidditch match. While they believed him capable of attacking people for a stupid reason, apparently it did not also follow that he would also attack his best friend. The more harry observed the wizarding world, the more he agreed with Hermione's first year observation that wizards do not possess an ounce of logic. Many may have also thought that Ron weasley was his best friend, but harry wasn't stupid, contrary to most beliefs within the school. He knew from the first introduction to Ron that there was an ulterior motive with Ron's friendship. The very fact that he looked at Harry's scar when he introduced himself showed Harry that Ron wanted to be friends with the boy-who-lived rather than with Harry himself. Hermione on the other hand was interested in him as a person and the only thing she had done when she had learnt his name initially was to reference which books she had read which he was featured in.

This had also been confirmed with the behaviour of Ron and Hermione during his first two years at Hogwarts. Ron showed a certain disregard for Harry's safety during these times and considered everything to be a great adventure. This was in stark contrast to Hermione who was always concerned with his safety. The fact that after every Quidditch match, he saw nail marks on her face from when she clutched at her face and how she had blown up at the revelation that Professor Dumbledore had probably instigated the whole Philosopher's stone incident showed Harry more than anything else that Hermione was his true friend.

Ron's disregard had been shown once more at the beginning of Harry's second year with his completely stupid idea to fly the Weasley's car to Hogwarts. Harry had been perfectly happy to contact the school from the Leaky Cauldron, which was not far from Kings Cross, but Ron wouldn't have that. Apparently it wasn't Gryffindor enough for him. He had literally manhandled Harry and his belongings into the car and had locked him in before he could raise an objection. Harry had been almost fed up enough to actually biff Ron in the jaw to escape, but once again, circumstances took over before he could and he had found himself in the air before he could react.

Once the whole car situation was over and the school had calmed down, Harry had managed to take Hermione aside one day without Ron knowing. He had then explained to her that he hadn't wanted anything to do with the whole flying car farce and all he had wanted to do was to go to the Leaky Cauldron and ask for their help in contacting the school. He had then gone on to express his belief that Ron was in the whole friendship only for the fame and glory of the adventures they had been in.

"Hermione." Harry had said that day as they sat in an abandoned classroom "You are my only true friend. My best friend." The smile he had received upon these words made the whole ordeal he had just gone through worthwhile.

From that time on, Hermione had become his closest of friends and harry often confided in her when he could get the opportunity when Ron was off goofing off. He also managed to study a lot more with Hermione during the year as Ron's eagerness to be his friend seemed to wane with his popularity within the school. Sure, Ron still maintained Harry as his friend, but he often found other things to do such as playing Chess with Dean or Seamus rather than hanging out with Harry and Hermione. Consequently, Harry's marks went up as he no longer felt he had to keep his grades to the same level as Ron. This was particularly true as Hermione had begun to encourage harry to do much better once she realised what was happening. Despite everyone shunning him during the middle part of the year, Harry found he felt truly happy during this time as he often helped Hermione out with the making of the polyjuice potion as Ron apparently had better things to do than make an exceptionally hard potion.

As they spent an increasing amount of time together, Harry found out a lot more about Hermione and her life before Hogwarts and consequently Hermione also found out about Harry's home life. He had been quite reticent initially to tell her anything, as he had never told anyone before about his life with the dursleys. Ron hadn't seemed to be interested apart from finding it humorous somehow that he had been locked in his room and was being starved at the beginning of this year. Hermione though was different. Harry could tell she was genuinely interested to know more about him and so, slowly, he opened up to her. She did not judge him or think any less of him and most importantly, she did not pity him. She just offered him an understanding shoulder to cry on so to speak. He must admit he did feel a lot better once his whole story had been told, as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. She promised she would not repeat anything he had told her and he was comforted by this as he knew that despite anyone knowing, he would not be removed from the dursleys as Dumbledore had made sure it would not be done.

Apparently in the past a teacher had realised the abuse he was suffering at home and had tried to do something about it. The reports she had made to the authorities had disappeared apparently into a black hole as nothing was ever heard about them. People she had spoke to about the case consequently remembered nothing about their prior conversations. Finally one day, she had arrived at school and Harry could tell something was different as she did not look at harry any differently to any other student. She did not give him the smile she saved just for him and she did not talk to him and Harry knew she no longer remembered anything he had told her. Harry also suspected something similar had happened to some of the neighbours around Privet drive as one day people were looking at him in concern, the next, they ignored him completely.

None of it made any sense to him until he found out about magic and he later found out from Hagrid that Dumbledore had placed him with his relatives. He then concluded that something magical was obviously happening to the people who were interested in his treatment at the dursleys and that no matter who he told, they would not remember anything. He also figured that this also meant that the headmaster was also fully aware of what was happening at his relatives and condoned it as he kept harry there. This meant that from an early time of his education at Hogwarts that Harry did not trust the headmaster to look after his best interests.

His happiness though had come to an abrupt end though when Hermione had been found petrified. It was if his heart had been shattered by the discovery of her form holding the mirror. From that time on, Harry spent his time between visiting Hermione and researching in the library. It was on one of his visits with Hermione wen Ron was there for some reason or another that he found the piece of paper in her hand that talked about the basilisk. So after a short period of investigation, here he was in the chamber of secrets with the body of the sixty foot basilisk nearby.

He took the fang which had previously resided in his arm and stabbed it deep into the diary of Tom Marvolo Riddle. As he did this, a great fount of black ink came pouring out of the book like blood. The image of Tom Riddle contorted and screamed in agony as he was forcefully torn apart and exploded in a shower of light. Harry rose to his feet, now fully recovered from the basilisk bite and upon hearing Ginny weasley beginning to moan as she began to return to consciousness, pointed his wand at her and cast

"Stupefy!" She went silent once more as the spell hit her and Harry sighed in relief. In no way did he want to handle a fan-girl at the moment. She was creepy enough during the year as she stared at him, Merlin only knew now what she would be like because he had saved her life. In no way did she know the only reason he was down here was because the basilisk had dared to attack his friend, so he took care of it.

Deciding to explore the chamber further, as it was the chamber of secrets, not the chamber of secret, Harry wandered around the wall, seeing if he could find any more of the little snake symbols, like the one he had seen to open the chamber in moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Finding nothing, he climbed up the statue and entered the hole that had been created by its open mouth. Walking inside he found a long winding tunnel with a larger area in the middle of the hallways which was obviously where the basilisk had rested, if the shed snake skins were any indication. He continued on and at the end of the hallway, he found a little snake carved into the wall. He hissed out

"Open!" With a low grinding noise, a door appeared in the wall and swung open towards him. Harry walked inside and torches sprung to life on the walls, lighting the room before him. It appeared to be an office of sorts, with a desk and chairs as well as a small book shelf and an area which could be used as a potions lab. On the desk however, there was a book with an elaborately carved leather cover. Walking up to the book, harry could see various creatures that were engraved in fine detail and he could tell that someone had taken a great amount of time and care on the cover. The title read 'The Magical Arts.'

Harry sat in the chair before the book in curiosity and opened the book. The text was written in old English which made it somewhat difficult to read, but he got the gist of the introduction pretty quickly. The book was a compendium of magic that was self –updating and was constructed by Salazar Slytherin when he began his travels before building the school with his three friends. It contained the sum knowledge he accumulated from every corner of the world, including ancient knowledge as well as knowledge from his own time. However the book was also full of magic that had been discovered in the last thousand years. Salazar explained that he knew from a seer that his image would be tarnished and that his legacy, his true legacy would be lost to antiquity, so he created this book to be his masterpiece, his sentient legacy to any who was considered to be worthy.

Unbeknownst to harry he had been scanned as he walked through the corridor to the room, not only his magic, but also his character and memories to determine his worth. Only to someone worthy would the book appear. As the book was somewhat sentient, now that it had appeared and once Harry had committed himself to the vows the book required, it would guide him and help him to learn the knowledge within and protect him from himself and from learning beyond his capabilities. Harry read the instructions that Salazar gave as to the vows needed to be given in order for the book's information to be unlocked. Standing and walking over to a space in one corner of the room, Harry drew the runes in a circle as he had been instructed, using the phoenix ash in the jar in the potions lab. He combined this ash with his blood to form a paste of sorts with which he drew the runes. He took meticulous care and after 30 minutes, he was finished. Holding the book in one hand, he stood tall and intoned:

"By my magic and this life I sweat to uphold the tenants put down in this book. I will protect those who are weak and the innocent and will crush those who seek tyranny and dominion and who use cruelty and pain to rule. So Mote it be!"

The runes around Harry shone brightly as the ritual circle activated and Harry felt the magic surge within him. Unbeknownst to him, the magic was searching out and repairing imperfections that had been caused by his upbringing. Bones that previously had been broken and not set properly melted and became whole and stronger than before with a denser structure. Muscles twitched and compacted and also grew denser as their malnourished state was repaired. As Harry's body did not contain the required energy to complete this work, it was done due to the magic surrounding the ritual circle. Lucky for harry he had chosen to do this ritual in a chamber that was situated over the conjunction of three ley lines and the power was more then adequate.

Harry suddenly felt the mother of all headaches as his scar burst open and black blood ran down his face, some of which went into his eyes. It stung as he blinked, but his vision soon also cleared to the point where he took off his glasses as he no longer needed them. His hair grew slightly and for the first time, the genetics from his mother activated and his hair took on a very dark red streaked tinge. His face filled out and he now more resembled a combination of his parents rather than just his father. The scar healed and disappeared once the black blood had been cleaned from it. The runes glowed golden at the end of the ritual and standing in the middle was the same Harry, but also a different Harry. He was slightly taller and his features had changed slightly. The charm that Dumbledore had cast on him as a child had been broken along with the bindings on his power and he now truly for the first time looked the way he should.

Stepping away from the now fading ritual circle, harry quickly looked around and decided there was really nothing else he wanted from the room. He tucked the book away within his robes, not noticing that once the ritual had been completed that the script had changed so it was now easier to read for him, although anyone else trying to read it would not remember anything they had read and would feel compelled to return the book to Harry. Climbing out of the tunnel, Harry picked up the sorting hat and the sword of Gryffindor. Thinking for a moment, Harry realised that the sword would probably be confiscated if he returned with it, so he concentrated on the sword and asked it to be gone, but to return when summoned. As he watched, the sword slowly faded and then fully disappeared from his grip. Smiling, he then flicked his wand and with a muttered

"Mobilicorpus." He levitated Ginny and left the chamber of secrets, making sure that the door closed behind him.

He followed Fawkes who was gliding ahead of him until he reached the cave-in. taking a hold of Ginny in one hand and the tail feather of Fawkes in the other, he then felt a slight heat as he and Ginny were transported to the other side, surprising Ron who was still busy trying to make a hole in the rock pile for Harry.

"Sorry to scare you Ron. Fawkes was kind enough to offer us a lift out of here. If you can grab a hold of Lockhart and your sister, Fawkes can return us to the school." Ron just nodded, either too stunned, or too stupid to give an answer and grabbed a hold of his sister and the idiot teacher. With another flash, they all appeared within Myrtle's bathroom. Myrtle pouted when she saw that Harry was still alive. Harry cheered her up though when he promised he would come to visit in the next few days. Leading the group, Harry levitated Ginny until he reached the infirmary, where he laid her on a bed. Madame Pomfrey, who came out and gasped in shock when she saw Ginny alive, rushed over.

"Madame Pomfrey, Ginny was possessed by a dark object for most of this year." Harry reported to the medi-witch. "When I reached her in the chamber, the object was in the process of draining her life-force. I only just managed to save her life by destroying the object." He indicated the book with a large hole in it that he was carrying. "I thought it best to stun her before she woke and to let you examine her before anything else happened as I don't know what damage the object may have done to her." Madame Pomfrey was shocked at the revelation and smiled at Harry's thoughtfulness.

"Mr. Potter, thankyou for bringing her to me. I'll look after her from here. I believe Miss Weasley's parents and Professor McGonagall are in her office. You best go there and let them know the good news." Harry smiled and nodded, saying

"I'll be sure to do that. Once I have, I'll need to see you to make sure I am ok." Pomfrey nodded and she continued to cast diagnostic charms over Ginny. Harry turned and led Ron and Lockhart to Professor McGonagall's office, once more following Fawkes. Upon receiving the reply to enter after his knock, Harry opened the door, allowing Fawkes to fly in ahead of him and perch on the shoulder of Professor Dumbledore who was also in the office along with Professor McGonagall and the weasley parents. Both the weasleys and Professor McGonagall gasped in shock when they saw the state of Harry as his robes were a mess after his battle and the professor clutched at her chest as if in pain. Turning to the weasley parents, Harry said with a smile

"Your daughter is in the infirmary recovering after her ordeal in the chamber. Ron and I went down into the chamber and rescued her from the monster of Slytherin. Apparently she had been writing in a journal which had possessed her during the year and forced her to open the chamber of secrets." The Weasleys were overjoyed to hear that their daughter was safe and appalled that she had been using a dark object the whole year. Professor McGonagall was also shocked but also wanted more information, which was proved by her next words

"Mr. Potter, I would like to hear the whole story about what happened as I am sure there is a lot more to the tale than you and Mr. Weasley rescuing Miss Weasley." Harry nodded at this and sat down and put the journal of Tom Riddle on the desk and pointed to it and said

"This is the object that Ginny had been using. Apparently it was in with her school supplies when she returned from Diagon Alley, which makes me think that Lucius Malfoy was involved as he was the only other person near her school supplies while we were at Diagon Alley. I believe he provoked the incident that occurred in order to give her the diary." Everyone thought about this in shocked silence and seemed to accept the assertions that Harry had made.

"Apparently once she had discovered the diary she assumed that one of her parents had bought the diary for her. She began to write into it and was surprised when it started writing back. The personality within the diary introduced himself as Tom Riddle. I later found out that this was the original name of Voldemort." At this declaration, everyone except Dumbledore gasped and Harry gathered that he had already known this.

"Throughout the year he got a firmer and firmer hold over her and slowly began to take over her mind. His first complete takeover was a week before Halloween when he killed all of the roosters that Hagrid had. On Halloween he once more took over Ginny to let out the monster of Slytherin which petrified Mrs. Norris. The monster is of course a basilisk." Everyone except Dumbledore gasped again and Harry instantly knew that Dumbledore had known all year. Harry began to suspect that once again this was a test for Harry to test him as a weapon. Little did Dumbledore know that if the basilisk had left Hermione alone, Harry would not have bothered in hunting down the monster. Of course a good thing did come out of him doing this as he had found the book he now possessed, but he didn't know that at the time.

"Riddle continued taking over Ginny throughout the year and petrifying the different victims. She began to suspect a month ago what was actually happening and attempted to get rid of the journal. The problem was though that Riddle had enough of a hold that he forced her to retrieve it from me, as I had found the journal in the bathroom she had discarded it in. Before she had retrieved it, the journal had tried to lead me to believe that Hagrid was the culprit as he had been framed fifty years ago for the crime of murdering Moaning Myrtle. However, the journal did not realise that as a friend of Hagrid I knew he was incapable of hurting another person, especially with a basilisk. The fact that he was expelled for owning a spider when Myrtle's body showed no signs of spider bite is a travesty which I hope can be rectified." Saying this, harry turned to Dumbledore and McGonagall, who both nodded and he was sure at least that Dumbledore would take care of this.

"In the end it was Hermione who gave us the answer as to the monster's identity and how it was travelling around the castle. On the morning of the quidditch match when she was petrified, she had gone to the library as she had realised she knew what type of animal it was. I can only assume she realised the voices I had been hearing all year was the basilisk moving through the walls as my parceltongue abilities had been exposed a couple of months ago. She therefore went to the library to check out what type of snake could petrify and came up with this." Harry then took out the sheet Hermione had torn and placed it on the table so everyone could read it.

"My word!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed after reading the information and the word 'pipes' that Hermione had written at the bottom. Dumbledore nodded in agreement. The Weasleys looked impressed at Hermione's deduction, which Harry could only agree with.

"Unfortunately, she along with Penelope Clearwater were petrified on their way from the library. I guess she explained to Penelope what she had discovered, hence why they were using the hand-mirror to check around corners. I guess that saved their life. The piece of paper though remained hidden inside Hermione's hand until last night when I realised she was holding something in her hand and managed to tease it from her petrified fist. Once I realised what she was saying with the word pipes, I then worked out that most of the petrification's occurred around the second floor girl's bathroom and I remembered that last time a girl was killed. I then asked Ron what if the girl never left. What if she remained as a ghost because of the way she died." Ron nodded that Harry had indeed said this.

"We then went and talked to Myrtle and she told us how she died; that she saw a pair of yellow eyes looking at her when she opened the toilet cubicle door. An examination of the sinks revealed a tap which had never worked but had an engraving of a snake on it. We then went and retrieved Professor Lockhart as he was the supposed expert. However, we found him finishing packing his possessions and trying to flee the school. With a little encouragement, he admitted he made up the fact that he did all of the accomplishments he claimed, instead stealing the fame from others and obliviating the real heroes. Deciding he would still make a good shield, we forced him at wand point into the entrance to the chamber in Myrtle's bathroom. However wen we all landed at the bottom of the pipe, he seized Ron's wand and attempted to obliviate us. Since Ron's wand was broken, it backfired and wiped his mind and caused a cave-in, separating Ron and I. I therefore went on alone and entered the chamber." The weasley parents at this moment looked appalled at the behaviour of Lockhart and a little angry. McGonagall looked impressed at Harry's deductive leaps and his bravery in deciding to go on alone.

"When I entered the chamber I found a large statue at the end of a long row of pillars carved in snakes. It was Salazar Slytherin and between his feet lay Ginny. She was unconscious but still alive. While I was checking her, Tom Riddle in a rapidly corporialising form introduced himself and explained everything that had happened this year. He then let me know how he did what he had done and called out the basilisk. At this time Fawkes appeared with the sorting hat, which I took and sought to hide from the basilisk, as I had no idea how to combat such a large monster. Fawkes, however, blinded the basilisk by scratching out its eyes and in desperation I put on the sorting hat. The sword of Gryffindor then nearly gave me a concussion as it fell out of the hat. I then fought the basilisk and managed to impale it through the mouth when it tried to bite me. This had the unfortunate consequence that I was actually bitten." Saying this, Harry rolled up his sleeve of his robe, showing the circular scar in his arm.

"But how did you survive such a bite Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall asked incredulously.

"Fawkes, once more. He landed next to me and cried into the wound, healing it. I then took the fang which had broken off in my arm and stabbed the diary with it as Fawkes had dropped it next to me. This caused Riddle to disappear. Ginny then woke up and I stunned her as I didn't know what damage the item had done to her. I then levitated her out of the chamber, taking the hat with me. The sword disappeared once I had used it. Fawkes then transported me and Ginny past the cave-in and then all of us into the bathroom once more. I took Ginny to the hospital wing straight away and then we came to see you." Harry completed.

There was a stunned silence for several minutes as everyone in the room absorbed the tale. Finally, Professor Dumbledore quietly said

"I think Mr. and Mrs.

Weasley should go to the hospital wing ad see how their daughter is doing." Looking down, he also noticed Ron's hands which were scraped and raw looking from moving the rocks in the chamber tunnel. Harry also looked down and noticed this and it made him feel a little bad for his attitude towards Ron. He decided that he would give him another chance as a friend before ditching him.

"I think Mr. Weasley should also have his hands looked at." The weasleys all rose as one and left the office and headed towards the hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore then turned to Professor McGonagall and said

"Could I impose on you Minerva to go down to the kitchens and notify the elves to prepare a feast for when the victims of the petrification are cured tomorrow morning? I believe their cure and the defeat of the monster justifies a feast." Professor McGonagall nodded at this and rising to her feet, said

"Very well. I will let you deal with Potter then shall I?" With those words she left her own office.

The headmaster then turned to Harry and said with a smile

"I remember telling you at the start of the year that any further breaches in the rules would result in your expulsion Mr. Potter. This just goes to show that one must always eat ones words, especially in this case. I personally want to thank you Mr. Potter. Not just for saving the school, but also for showing me real loyalty. Only that would have summoned Fawkes to you." Harry nodded in acceptance of this in what he hoped was a humble manner. In no way did he at any point show the headmaster loyalty in the chamber. He was far too concerned with dealing with riddle and his monster to think about the headmaster. The things he said about Dumbledore were said out of necessity, not loyalty and just because everyone said Dumbledore was the one who Voldemort feared, didn't mean he had any loyalty towards the man.

Dumbledore then continued

"For your efforts, you will be given an award for special services to the school along with Mr. Weasley. You will also be both given 200 points. Now I believe you too should go off to the infirmary to be looked over." Harry thanked the headmaster and left the office and headed towards the hospital wing in a leisurely manner. He knew that Madame Pomfrey would be taking her time with Ginny and Ron and if he hadn't died yet, harry suspected he could take a little longer to head to the hospital wing.

As he was heading up the hallways, who should he come across but the instigator himself, Lucius Malfoy, striding towards the deputy headmaster's office.

"Mr. Malfoy." Harry greeted smoothly. Lucius Malfoy hesitated a moment and then nodded with a sneer

"Mr. Potter."

Harry, looking at Malfoy with a shark's grin on his face, said

"You may be interested to know I just killed the reincarnation of your master and his pet basilisk. I also retrieved the item which had possessed Arthur Weasley's daughter. Of course we both know that the item in question was planted by you in her used transfiguration book the day in Diagon Alley when you instigated a fight between yourself and Arthur Weasley." Saying this, Harry held up the diary in question and noticed how Lucius Malfoy's eyes narrowed and his skin paled even more than usual.

"However, my recollection may be too hazy for me to present my memory of the situation to Madame Bones at the DMLE, Particularly if you hand your glove to that elf to your side there. Why if that were to happen, I would consider the matter closed." Lucius Malfoy thought about it for a moment and realised that if Potter did hand his memory to the director and it was found through questioning the weasley girl that the diary was in her transfiguration book, which he did not doubt, then he would be in trouble and the minister would not be able to protect him. Shrugging mentally at the small price, he took off his glove and handed it to Dobby and said

"Here you worthless elf. You are no longer in my employ." Upon saying this, he then walked on past Harry and to his original destination, leaving the house elf and harry alone in the hallway.

"The great Harry Potter has freed Dobby!" The house elf squeaked in joy.

"What can Dobby do for the great Harry Potter?" Harry smiled as he had been thinking about Dobby ever since he had killed the basilisk. He had made a decision long before Lucius Malfoy had come and solved the only problem he had foreseen, that being freeing Dobby. He now turned to the house elf and said

"Well Dobby, you see I find myself in need of a companion. I have been in two great adventures now, but each time i have found myself alone at the end, having to face the great foe by myself. Now I don't want a servant; I want a companion, a friend. Do you think you would be interested in taking the job?" As soon as he finished, Harry began to worry that Dobby's eyes would fall out of his head, his eyes were so wide. He was shaking in what Harry could only assume was utter excitement.

"You want Dobby to bond as a friend instead of a servant?" Harry nodded quietly and waited for Dobby's answer.

"Yes, Dobby wants the job!" Dobby almost screamed in his apparent joy. Harry couldn't help but smile at the little elf.

"Okay Dobby, now how do we do this? I don't know how to bond with you as a servant or a friend, so you will have to be my guide in this." Dobby nodded and stepping up to Harry, took his hand in his own.

"It is simple Harry Potter sir. Just answer the question Dobby asks you during ritual." Upon these words, Dobby straightened up in a formal stance and looked into Harry's eyes and asked

"Do you Harry Potter accept Dobby in the bonds of friendship? Will his enemies be your enemies and his friends your friends?" Harry smiled and answered

"I do so swear." Dobby nodded and smiled and intoned

"Dobby also swears that Harry Potter's enemies will be his enemies and his friends will be my friends. So Mote it be!" Harry, knowing he had to repeat the last part, also intoned

"So mote it be!" There was a giant white flash of light and a rush of magic in the air as the bond formed. While there was not much of a change in dobby's appearance at the moment, he already did look a little better than he had before. Harry, making a quick decision as a very Slytherin thought came to him, said

"Okay Dobby. I have one major set of tasks for you, then I want you to rest over the next few days as the bond settles, alright?" Dobby nodded eagerly and Harry quickly outlined his requests to dobby. The smile on Dobby's face got wider and wider as he heard what Harry wanted him to do and with an almost mocking bow and salute of respect Dobby left the hallway with a crack. Harry, almost grinning as widely as dobby continued on his way to the infirmary, almost content with the knowledge that all would be right in the world shortly.

Harry was not surprised when he entered the infirmary to be ushered straight over to a bed and ordered to change into a pair of hospital pyjamas, which he did so without a protest. Once he was lying in his bed and waiting on the medi-witch to be done with her other patients, harry heard a pop as parchment, a quill and ink appeared on the desk next to him. Rolling one of the mobile tables to himself, he laid the parchment down and dipping his quill into the ink, began to write"

Dear Minister Fudge,

Good afternoon sir, my name is Harry Potter. We have not yet had the pleasure of meeting in person, but I have heard great things from Professor Dumbledore about you and your willingness to do the right thing for the wizarding world.

I am not sure if Professor Dumbledore has notified you, but earlier this evening, I along with my friend Ronald Weasley, discovered the entrance to the chamber of secrets and went down into the chamber accompanied by our Professor for defence against the dark arts, Gilderoy Lockhart. We managed to rescue Ron's sister Ginevra weasley who had been kidnapped earlier and killed the monster of Slytherin, a giant basilisk. During the battle a spell fired at the basilisk rebounded and hit the Professor and somehow acted as an obliviate charm and has wiped his memory. I hope the good people at St. Mungos will be able to heal him as the deeds in his books are indeed great.

It was discovered during the battle that a dark object had bewitched a student at Hogwarts and forced them to release the monster onto the school and that the object somehow appeared in the possessions of the student while they were in Diagon Alley. Unfortunately we may never know who planted the object, but at least we can be grateful that it has now been destroyed.

Now the main reason for my letter is in regards to Rubius Hagrid. Rubius is a friend that I made when I was first reintroduced into the wizarding world. He protected me while I went shopping for my school supplies in first year as well as during a detention during the year when the then Professor Quirrel tried to track me while disguised. During an accident this year while floo travelling, where I unfortunately ended up in Nocturne Alley, Rubius was able to locate me and return me safely to Diagon Alley. I can only imagine the public uproar if the boy-who-lived was either kidnapped or hurt or worse while in Nocturne Alley.

So as you can see, Rubius has been a great friend and ally to me during my first two years back in the wizarding world. As has been proven by my earlier explanation, Rubius was not responsible for the chamber of secrets being opened this time and it was also revealed that his earlier expulsion from Hogwarts and denial of wand rights was also unjust as the maker of the dark object, one Tom Marvolo Riddle, was actually responsible for the earlier incident and framed Hagrid in order to protect himself from expulsion. If you could see your way into organising Rubius' release from Azkaban prison and see about his rights to use magic, I would be most appreciative.

Yours Truly,

Harry Potter.

After finishing writing, he rolled up the parchment and sealed it with his wand. As he laid down the parchment on the table, it as well as the ink and quill disappeared with another pop and Harry laid back with a satisfied smile on his face. It was then that Madame Pomfrey came over to him and said with a little exasperation

"Alright Mr. Potter, tell me what happened."

Harry then went into his explanation, giving her the highlights of what happened to him so she could check his condition. She first checked his arm which had been re-grown earlier that year, but it was structurally sound. She then ran a full medical diagnostic of his body. While she waited for the diagnostic to finish and write its results on some parchment nearby, she said to him

"Mr. Potter if you keep turning up in my infirmary like this every year, I am going to have to reserve this bed for you on a permanent basis!" Harry just grinned his lop-sided grin and said

"Since we know each other so well, why don't you call me Harry?" Madame Pomfrey couldn't help but smile, as his grin reminded her so much of his father, who had also been a regular visitor to her infirmary, although his were more self-inflicted, while harry just seemed to fall into trouble's clutches with no effort on his part.

"Very well. You can also call me Poppy while we are in private. Any other time and you must refer to me as Madame Pomfrey, understand?" Harry nodded, smiling and answered

"Of course Poppy. Now what's the damage?" He then indicated the softly glowing parchment, indicating the completion of the diagnostic. Poppy picked up the parchment and read through it thoroughly. When done she placed it down and said

"Well there seems to be no real damage from your experience apart from the scar. As it is infused with both Venom and phoenix tears, it will be impossible to fully heal. Apart from that a side-effect of these substances in your body seems to have been your body using it to heal previous injuries which did not heal fully or properly. Do you feel any different?"

Harry nodded in answer, saying

"I have noticed that the aches I usually have are absent. So this is why?" Poppy nodded and said

"You may also notice over the next week that your eyesight will improve as well as the healing continues. I just suggest that you ingest a lot of food while this occurs to give your body the materials to work with. I'll organise a meal for you shortly and keep you in here for the next few days to make sure you are alright. I'll allow you to go down to the feast tomorrow with your friends, but you are to come straight back here afterwards, understand?" Harry nodded in agreement and said

"Thank you poppy, for all your help." She smiled fondly and walked off to check on her other patients. Harry sighed and laid back, fully relaxing for the first time since the petrification of Hermione occurred. Reaching over to the side-table, he took down the book he had found in the chamber and opened it up to begin reading. The notice-me-not on the book would help greatly him to read the book whenever he wanted.

He ate the food absently as he continued to read the introduction, which also contained a brief history of Salazar Slytherin. Apparently he was not against Muggleborns or new-bloods as Harry liked to call them, but was against those who would use them to capture wizards and witches for the witch-trials. He just wanted to remove all magical children from the non-magical world once it was recognised that they had magic so then not only were they protected, but the magical world was as well.

Reading Salazar's life was fascinating. He was what was known as a battle mage, meaning he was vastly experienced in magical arts to do with battle and protection of those who cannot fight for themselves. While a teacher in Hogwarts, he had gone off many times to protect Britain from the Viking invasions and the tales he told of decimating whole armies with his spells and that this was why the invasions stopped was a truly humbling thought. In the end apparently his need to protect those around him proved too much and against his friend's protests, he left the school to go to war, not because of some argument about who was to learn at Hogwarts as some of the books of history claimed.

Salazar then went on to explain that this book would teach all someone needed to know about becoming a battle mage, while protecting the user by not allowing them knowledge without practical experience and the maturity to not use the knowledge in a damaging way. Harry was excited to read this as when he had first heard of the wizarding world he had wanted to be a protector of people and a powerful warrior so no one would ever be treated the way he was again. He then made a further vow, but this one to himself, that he would do his best with this opportunity given to him and from now on he would do his best in all things and damn the consequences. If Ron got jealous, then their friendship would be over as he no longer had a need to pander to Ron's insecurities.

Having finished his meal and growing tired from his reading, Harry put a piece of parchment into the book ad put it under his pillow. He then got comfortable and laying his glasses on the table, which incidentally were clear glass, Madame Pomfrey's scans apparently did not measure his vision, and He turned over and went to sleep with a smile on his face for the first time in weeks.