DISCLAIMER : I would actually like to know if some people bother to read
this. It's completely useless. Do you think that if I was J.K. Rowling I
would actually be writing in a site instead of working on the actual books
? *Sigh* I don't own Harry Potter but I do own the druids.
SUMMARY : After a Death Eater attack, Harry has to flee to Hogwarts for the rest of the summer. There, he enjoys the company of his two best friends and a new one. Knowing that whether they like it or not they will be in the center of the war, they secretly start training and undergo physical changes. During school year, they will stumble upon the oldest mystery of Hogwarts. A mystery Voldemort seems eager to solve. I absolutely have no idea where this story is going. Also, it might end up being a super-powered Harry, but I'm not sure. Contains HG/RW and might contain HP/GW.
AUTHOR'S NOTE : Okay, now that you know about the plot, I need to tell you something. ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. Actually, it's my third so please, be a little understanding. This story is probably going to be full of errors. I don't mind if you correct me in one of your reviews, actually I ask you to do it, but don't flame me. Personally, I don't give a damn about flames but it gets annoying sometimes. One last thing, please REVIEW. Even if it's just to say : you're story is great (or that it sucks), but what I'm actually looking for is reviewers that are going to tell me that they'll keep reading it. It's not very fun to write something that nobody is going to read. Now, on with the story
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CHAPTER 1
The stars shone brightly over the silent street of Privet Drive. The summer air was filled with a light breeze. Everyone was asleep, dreaming. Well, almost everyone. Standing alert in the shadows was Remus Lupin. He was wearing a black cloak hiding his features and kept his wand in his hand. For the hundredth time that night, he looked down the street on his left, then on the right before finally gazing upon the quiet #4. All the lights were off, indicating that everyone was asleep in the household. That would be what a normal person would have thought, but Lupin was not your average wizard. Although the magical community considered lycanthropy as being a disease of the worst time, Remus, who was a werewolf himself, knew there was some good sides. For example, his senses were far more accurate which rendered the 'lumos' spell quite useless, but at the moment, Remus' senses were picking up something that broke the man's heart.
Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived, son of the leader of the Marauders, killer of basilisk and four time survivor of Voldemort's assault was crying. His quiet sobs could be heard coming from the opened window on the second floor. Remus heard him each night when he came to replace Mad-Eye Moody at keeping guard for eventual attacks from death eaters. The boy would enter his room at dusk, read some books and complete his summer essays for some time before going to bed where he would cry himself to sleep. Sometimes, Remus would wish with all his heart that he didn't have the ability to hear the boy's anguish while some other times, he would wish he could go see him and comfort him.
Dumbledore has strictly forbidden any order members to enter the house for fear that the Dursleys would kind out and throw Harry out leaving him without the protection of his mother's blood. Although he knew Harry couldn't be attacked by Voldemort while in the house, Dumbledore couldn't be sure that the protection included the death eaters. That's why a guard was always keeping watch. Dumbledore also counted on the fact that the prophecy about Harry stated the boy couldn't be killed by anyone besides Voldemort. Remus however wasn't comfortable with the idea of leaving the fate of the boy in the hands of a prophecy. There was many ways to kill the boy. Voldemort could simply possess one of his snake and attack Harry. The werewolf had often insisted during meetings that Harry should be moved somewhere more secure, Hogwarts for example. He had received support from Mrs. Weasley, Professor McGonagall and Tonks. The young auror had taken an immediate liking to the boy who she considers as her little brother. Unfortunately, the headmaster had still refused and continued to do so every time they asked which occurred at every meeting.
Remus was jolted out of his reverie by a loud CRACK. Identifying the sound as being the one of a person apparating, Remus held his wand in front of him and faced the new arrival. He breathed a sight of relief as he noticed it was simply Tonks coming to replace him.
"Tonks, how many times do I have to tell not to scare me like that ? One day, you'll receive a curse right in the forehead." He complained at the younger woman. "Sorry Remus" apologized Tonks before noticing the wetness on Remus' face.
"I guess Harry's been crying again seeing you're too."
The man turned around swiftly and cleaned his face from any trace of tears. When he was sure he was clean, he turned back around to see Tonks looking at him.
"Remus, you don't have to be ashamed of yourself. It only goes to show how much you care about Harry."
"It's not only Harry. I just realized I was the only Marauder left alive. I don't consider Peter a member ever since his betrayal."
Knowing no words could comfort Lupin, the young woman simply hugged the other adult and held him tightly until he was fine. This took some time. Finally, Remus released Tonks and smiled at her with newly-fallen tears on his face.
"Thank you."
"No problem. I'm here for you. All of us are. You know that if you can't stand to hear Harry's crying anymore, you can go see Dumbledore. I'm sure he'll understand and change your shift."
"No, I'm alright. Besides, Dumbledore has more important matters to attend to than change of shifts."
Anything Tonks was going to answer was interrupted by the arrival of an incredibly huge amount of owls. Because of security measures, Dumbledore cast a spell on the house, preventing any owls from entering the house before their package had been checked by the current guard on duty.
"Well, I think Harry's birthday gifts have arrived. There sure is a lot of them this year. Remus, could you help me check them ?"
"Sure."
The owls came from Ron, Hermione, Fred and George, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Mad-Eye, Mr. And Mrs. Weasley, Remus and Tonks.
"Hey, that owl's from Hogwarts. I think it's his book list and his O.W.L.S result. Do you think he would mind if we took a peek ?" asked Tonks.
"I think he's going to want to tell us in a letter."
"Well, I think all of the letters are secure. Let's send them. It'll brighten Harry up."
"I hope so." Without another word, the owls flew in the air straight for Harry's window. They flew silently through the opened window. As Tonks and Remus watched from the other side of the street, Harry got up hurriedly from his bed and wiped his face, getting rid of his tears. He turned his light on and watched with wide eyes as ten owls found somewhere to perch themselves while Hedwig flew to each of them.
"What the hell are all those owls coming from ?" said Harry to himself, making sure his voice couldn't wake up the other inhabitants of the house.
Since his return to Privet Drive, the Dursleys had completely stopped talking to Harry, afraid of the threats Mad-Eye had given to them. Harry was quite glad of the change. He didn't have to do anything anymore. No more chores, no more cooking and he was able to eat more although he was still underfed and locked up every day in his room. That didn't bother Harry since he was quite occupied with the books he had taken from the school's library before summer and the homework he had to finish.
Suddenly, he remembered that today was his birthday and the owls were probably sent by his friends along with presents. He had been so caught up in his grief about the loss of Sirius that he had totally forgotten about his birthday. Harry's face suddenly broke into a grin as he started to open his letter and unwrap his gifts.
Ron had sent him a new wizard chess board that could be played alone. He received a homework planer from Hermione. When he wrote all the homework he had to do, the planer automatically told him what he should do first and how long he should study a subject. Fred and George sent him a sample of every tricks and pranks they had been able to invent with Harry's money. Dumbledore sent him a golden feather coming from Fawkes that Harry could use as a quill. The special thing about it was that no ink was needed to write with it. McGonagall gave Harry a wizard robe that could carry unlimited amount of objects in its pockets. Harry received a book from Mad- Eye that contained hundreds of spells. When the book was opened at the desired page, an image of a wizard would appear showing the hand gestures required to perform the spell. The spells in the book were highly advanced and used during duels. Ron's parents had offered to him a magnificent figurine of a flaming Phoenix. Harry thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Remus had got for Harry an album filled with incredible amount of pictures he had taken when the marauders had done a prank. Finally, Tonks had sent a wand holster like the one the aurors received when they completed their training.
Harry was overwhelmed with gratitude. He didn't know how he could repay all of them. He decided to try his new quill by writing thank you letters to everyone when he noticed the tenth owl. Taking the piece of parchment from the bird, it immediately flew out without waiting for an answer. Curious, Harry looked at the parchment and saw the Hogwarts seal on it. Harry realized suddenly what was the parchment. It was his O.W.L.S results and probably his supply list. He opened the parchment excitedly, but stopped suddenly realizing the importance of those grades. He had to get excellent marks if he wanted to become an auror one day. Taking a breath of air, he looked at the letter. Dear Mr. Potter,
Enclosed in this letter are your official O.W.L.S. grades. We want to congratulate you in reaching this stage of your studies seeing as your O.W.L.S grades mattered greatly in your future career. Along with your grades are your book list for the coming year. We remind you that start of term is on the first of September and that the Hogwarts Express leaves King Cross station on the 31st of august at 11 o'clock.
Truly yours, Professor McGonagall
O.W.L.S
Astronomy : Poor
Care of the magical creatures : Exceed expectations
Charms : Exceed expectations
Defense against the dark arts : Outstanding
Divination : Acceptable
History of magic : Acceptable
Herbology : Exceed Expectations
Potions: Outstanding
Transfiguration : Exceed expectations
Harry blinked several times to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. When he was sure what he was seeing was real, it took him a minute or two to realize what it meant. Then suddenly, he jumped in the air, having a hard time keeping himself from screaming like a mad. He was thrilled. He had manage to get all the necessary grades to enter the N.E.W.T classes required to become an auror. He still couldn't believe he had managed to get an Outstanding in potions. It proved to Harry that as much as he tried, Snape couldn't prevent him from reaching his goals. No one could.
To make things even better, now he could drop classes he didn't want to have anymore. He was definitely going to drop Astronomy, Divination and History of magic. To become an auror, he needed to take Transfiguration, DADA, Potions and Charms, but that wasn't a problem, he liked all of those classes except of course Potions, but he would manage. Normally, he could stop there, but Harry wanted to continue care of the magical creatures. He wanted to see Hagrid as often as possible and who knows, maybe what he will learn there would be useful in the future. There was several other facultative classes he could take, but he wanted to keep his schedule as light as possible. He would need to study hard if he wanted to pass his potions class and the more spare time he had, the better.
Outside the house, Remus and Tonks were watching with a smile as Harry opened his letters and found his O.W.L.S scores.
"Well, I think we can affirm he caught good grades." Said Remus.
"Absolutely and by the looks of him, he caught high enough scores to continue and try to become an auror." Replied Tonks.
"He's following his parents footsteps. I'm sure they're proud."
Suddenly, a frown appeared on Tonks face. Seeing this, Remus asked her what was wrong.
"The light in the Dursleys' room has just been turned on. I hope Harry didn't wake them up."
"I wouldn't worry. Mad-Eye had a strong impression on them. They wouldn't dare to hurt him." Assured Remus, although he was frowning too.
Suddenly, Harry's door was ripped open and the massive form of Vernon emerged. As the two members of the order of the Phoenix watched in transfixed horror, Vernon started hitting Harry with all his strength. The boy was thrown around the room. Reacting first, Remus started running toward the house, his wand drawn. Tonks followed closely after him. The moment they stepped on the freshly-cut lawn, the summer air changed drastically, becoming cold as winter weather.
The two adults stopped dead and turned around. Dementors had just appeared in the street and were making their way toward them.
"Oh no, Tonks, fast, call the other members. We need help." Ordered Lupin.
Without arguing, Tonks disapparated with a loud 'CRACK'. Seconds before the Dementors had reached the lone werewolf, Tonks reappeared. She was closely followed other members and together they charged into battle. They made short work of the attacking creatures and gathered around.
"That took care of them." Assured Filch.
"I wonder why Voldemort sent so little number of them. He should have known we would be protecting Harry." Wondered Dumbledore out loud.
"Oh no, Harry, I completely forgot about him." Panicked Lupin.
He had been so caught up in the fight with the Dementors, forcing himself to think about happy memories, that he had completely failed to remember the boy being hit by his uncle. He ran in the house followed by the other members, but when they reached Harry's room, they found the place trashed, Vernon's unconscious body lying on the ground and no sign of the boy who lived.
SUMMARY : After a Death Eater attack, Harry has to flee to Hogwarts for the rest of the summer. There, he enjoys the company of his two best friends and a new one. Knowing that whether they like it or not they will be in the center of the war, they secretly start training and undergo physical changes. During school year, they will stumble upon the oldest mystery of Hogwarts. A mystery Voldemort seems eager to solve. I absolutely have no idea where this story is going. Also, it might end up being a super-powered Harry, but I'm not sure. Contains HG/RW and might contain HP/GW.
AUTHOR'S NOTE : Okay, now that you know about the plot, I need to tell you something. ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. Actually, it's my third so please, be a little understanding. This story is probably going to be full of errors. I don't mind if you correct me in one of your reviews, actually I ask you to do it, but don't flame me. Personally, I don't give a damn about flames but it gets annoying sometimes. One last thing, please REVIEW. Even if it's just to say : you're story is great (or that it sucks), but what I'm actually looking for is reviewers that are going to tell me that they'll keep reading it. It's not very fun to write something that nobody is going to read. Now, on with the story
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CHAPTER 1
The stars shone brightly over the silent street of Privet Drive. The summer air was filled with a light breeze. Everyone was asleep, dreaming. Well, almost everyone. Standing alert in the shadows was Remus Lupin. He was wearing a black cloak hiding his features and kept his wand in his hand. For the hundredth time that night, he looked down the street on his left, then on the right before finally gazing upon the quiet #4. All the lights were off, indicating that everyone was asleep in the household. That would be what a normal person would have thought, but Lupin was not your average wizard. Although the magical community considered lycanthropy as being a disease of the worst time, Remus, who was a werewolf himself, knew there was some good sides. For example, his senses were far more accurate which rendered the 'lumos' spell quite useless, but at the moment, Remus' senses were picking up something that broke the man's heart.
Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived, son of the leader of the Marauders, killer of basilisk and four time survivor of Voldemort's assault was crying. His quiet sobs could be heard coming from the opened window on the second floor. Remus heard him each night when he came to replace Mad-Eye Moody at keeping guard for eventual attacks from death eaters. The boy would enter his room at dusk, read some books and complete his summer essays for some time before going to bed where he would cry himself to sleep. Sometimes, Remus would wish with all his heart that he didn't have the ability to hear the boy's anguish while some other times, he would wish he could go see him and comfort him.
Dumbledore has strictly forbidden any order members to enter the house for fear that the Dursleys would kind out and throw Harry out leaving him without the protection of his mother's blood. Although he knew Harry couldn't be attacked by Voldemort while in the house, Dumbledore couldn't be sure that the protection included the death eaters. That's why a guard was always keeping watch. Dumbledore also counted on the fact that the prophecy about Harry stated the boy couldn't be killed by anyone besides Voldemort. Remus however wasn't comfortable with the idea of leaving the fate of the boy in the hands of a prophecy. There was many ways to kill the boy. Voldemort could simply possess one of his snake and attack Harry. The werewolf had often insisted during meetings that Harry should be moved somewhere more secure, Hogwarts for example. He had received support from Mrs. Weasley, Professor McGonagall and Tonks. The young auror had taken an immediate liking to the boy who she considers as her little brother. Unfortunately, the headmaster had still refused and continued to do so every time they asked which occurred at every meeting.
Remus was jolted out of his reverie by a loud CRACK. Identifying the sound as being the one of a person apparating, Remus held his wand in front of him and faced the new arrival. He breathed a sight of relief as he noticed it was simply Tonks coming to replace him.
"Tonks, how many times do I have to tell not to scare me like that ? One day, you'll receive a curse right in the forehead." He complained at the younger woman. "Sorry Remus" apologized Tonks before noticing the wetness on Remus' face.
"I guess Harry's been crying again seeing you're too."
The man turned around swiftly and cleaned his face from any trace of tears. When he was sure he was clean, he turned back around to see Tonks looking at him.
"Remus, you don't have to be ashamed of yourself. It only goes to show how much you care about Harry."
"It's not only Harry. I just realized I was the only Marauder left alive. I don't consider Peter a member ever since his betrayal."
Knowing no words could comfort Lupin, the young woman simply hugged the other adult and held him tightly until he was fine. This took some time. Finally, Remus released Tonks and smiled at her with newly-fallen tears on his face.
"Thank you."
"No problem. I'm here for you. All of us are. You know that if you can't stand to hear Harry's crying anymore, you can go see Dumbledore. I'm sure he'll understand and change your shift."
"No, I'm alright. Besides, Dumbledore has more important matters to attend to than change of shifts."
Anything Tonks was going to answer was interrupted by the arrival of an incredibly huge amount of owls. Because of security measures, Dumbledore cast a spell on the house, preventing any owls from entering the house before their package had been checked by the current guard on duty.
"Well, I think Harry's birthday gifts have arrived. There sure is a lot of them this year. Remus, could you help me check them ?"
"Sure."
The owls came from Ron, Hermione, Fred and George, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Mad-Eye, Mr. And Mrs. Weasley, Remus and Tonks.
"Hey, that owl's from Hogwarts. I think it's his book list and his O.W.L.S result. Do you think he would mind if we took a peek ?" asked Tonks.
"I think he's going to want to tell us in a letter."
"Well, I think all of the letters are secure. Let's send them. It'll brighten Harry up."
"I hope so." Without another word, the owls flew in the air straight for Harry's window. They flew silently through the opened window. As Tonks and Remus watched from the other side of the street, Harry got up hurriedly from his bed and wiped his face, getting rid of his tears. He turned his light on and watched with wide eyes as ten owls found somewhere to perch themselves while Hedwig flew to each of them.
"What the hell are all those owls coming from ?" said Harry to himself, making sure his voice couldn't wake up the other inhabitants of the house.
Since his return to Privet Drive, the Dursleys had completely stopped talking to Harry, afraid of the threats Mad-Eye had given to them. Harry was quite glad of the change. He didn't have to do anything anymore. No more chores, no more cooking and he was able to eat more although he was still underfed and locked up every day in his room. That didn't bother Harry since he was quite occupied with the books he had taken from the school's library before summer and the homework he had to finish.
Suddenly, he remembered that today was his birthday and the owls were probably sent by his friends along with presents. He had been so caught up in his grief about the loss of Sirius that he had totally forgotten about his birthday. Harry's face suddenly broke into a grin as he started to open his letter and unwrap his gifts.
Ron had sent him a new wizard chess board that could be played alone. He received a homework planer from Hermione. When he wrote all the homework he had to do, the planer automatically told him what he should do first and how long he should study a subject. Fred and George sent him a sample of every tricks and pranks they had been able to invent with Harry's money. Dumbledore sent him a golden feather coming from Fawkes that Harry could use as a quill. The special thing about it was that no ink was needed to write with it. McGonagall gave Harry a wizard robe that could carry unlimited amount of objects in its pockets. Harry received a book from Mad- Eye that contained hundreds of spells. When the book was opened at the desired page, an image of a wizard would appear showing the hand gestures required to perform the spell. The spells in the book were highly advanced and used during duels. Ron's parents had offered to him a magnificent figurine of a flaming Phoenix. Harry thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Remus had got for Harry an album filled with incredible amount of pictures he had taken when the marauders had done a prank. Finally, Tonks had sent a wand holster like the one the aurors received when they completed their training.
Harry was overwhelmed with gratitude. He didn't know how he could repay all of them. He decided to try his new quill by writing thank you letters to everyone when he noticed the tenth owl. Taking the piece of parchment from the bird, it immediately flew out without waiting for an answer. Curious, Harry looked at the parchment and saw the Hogwarts seal on it. Harry realized suddenly what was the parchment. It was his O.W.L.S results and probably his supply list. He opened the parchment excitedly, but stopped suddenly realizing the importance of those grades. He had to get excellent marks if he wanted to become an auror one day. Taking a breath of air, he looked at the letter. Dear Mr. Potter,
Enclosed in this letter are your official O.W.L.S. grades. We want to congratulate you in reaching this stage of your studies seeing as your O.W.L.S grades mattered greatly in your future career. Along with your grades are your book list for the coming year. We remind you that start of term is on the first of September and that the Hogwarts Express leaves King Cross station on the 31st of august at 11 o'clock.
Truly yours, Professor McGonagall
O.W.L.S
Astronomy : Poor
Care of the magical creatures : Exceed expectations
Charms : Exceed expectations
Defense against the dark arts : Outstanding
Divination : Acceptable
History of magic : Acceptable
Herbology : Exceed Expectations
Potions: Outstanding
Transfiguration : Exceed expectations
Harry blinked several times to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. When he was sure what he was seeing was real, it took him a minute or two to realize what it meant. Then suddenly, he jumped in the air, having a hard time keeping himself from screaming like a mad. He was thrilled. He had manage to get all the necessary grades to enter the N.E.W.T classes required to become an auror. He still couldn't believe he had managed to get an Outstanding in potions. It proved to Harry that as much as he tried, Snape couldn't prevent him from reaching his goals. No one could.
To make things even better, now he could drop classes he didn't want to have anymore. He was definitely going to drop Astronomy, Divination and History of magic. To become an auror, he needed to take Transfiguration, DADA, Potions and Charms, but that wasn't a problem, he liked all of those classes except of course Potions, but he would manage. Normally, he could stop there, but Harry wanted to continue care of the magical creatures. He wanted to see Hagrid as often as possible and who knows, maybe what he will learn there would be useful in the future. There was several other facultative classes he could take, but he wanted to keep his schedule as light as possible. He would need to study hard if he wanted to pass his potions class and the more spare time he had, the better.
Outside the house, Remus and Tonks were watching with a smile as Harry opened his letters and found his O.W.L.S scores.
"Well, I think we can affirm he caught good grades." Said Remus.
"Absolutely and by the looks of him, he caught high enough scores to continue and try to become an auror." Replied Tonks.
"He's following his parents footsteps. I'm sure they're proud."
Suddenly, a frown appeared on Tonks face. Seeing this, Remus asked her what was wrong.
"The light in the Dursleys' room has just been turned on. I hope Harry didn't wake them up."
"I wouldn't worry. Mad-Eye had a strong impression on them. They wouldn't dare to hurt him." Assured Remus, although he was frowning too.
Suddenly, Harry's door was ripped open and the massive form of Vernon emerged. As the two members of the order of the Phoenix watched in transfixed horror, Vernon started hitting Harry with all his strength. The boy was thrown around the room. Reacting first, Remus started running toward the house, his wand drawn. Tonks followed closely after him. The moment they stepped on the freshly-cut lawn, the summer air changed drastically, becoming cold as winter weather.
The two adults stopped dead and turned around. Dementors had just appeared in the street and were making their way toward them.
"Oh no, Tonks, fast, call the other members. We need help." Ordered Lupin.
Without arguing, Tonks disapparated with a loud 'CRACK'. Seconds before the Dementors had reached the lone werewolf, Tonks reappeared. She was closely followed other members and together they charged into battle. They made short work of the attacking creatures and gathered around.
"That took care of them." Assured Filch.
"I wonder why Voldemort sent so little number of them. He should have known we would be protecting Harry." Wondered Dumbledore out loud.
"Oh no, Harry, I completely forgot about him." Panicked Lupin.
He had been so caught up in the fight with the Dementors, forcing himself to think about happy memories, that he had completely failed to remember the boy being hit by his uncle. He ran in the house followed by the other members, but when they reached Harry's room, they found the place trashed, Vernon's unconscious body lying on the ground and no sign of the boy who lived.