New Beginnings- Reloaded
by Cedric Dursley
Chapter One
Goyle's Family
A/N If this story seems familiar, it is. This is my second attempt to share this story. I was not satisfied with my earlier version and decided to rewrite the whole thing. I also changed the storyline and moved everyone from Toronto to New York City. I also gave Gregory Goyle a different love interest so there will be no Mary-Sues. This will be a prequel to a yet unnamed story about the next generation. I decided to do this because I am currently taking a writing on my collage website.
My name is not J. K. Rowlings and do not own any of the rights in this story. I am still a poor collage student after all.
Gregory Goyle felt like hell. He had just recovered from the body-bind sustained while in the Room of Requirement and was unsure if anyone was still alive. As he walked the castle corridors, he noticed that a major battle had just been fought. He wondered who won and in his heart, he hoped it wasn't the Dark Lord.
He arrived at the great hall and found Professor Slughorn sitting alone.
"Professor, What happened here? I was hexed by Harry Potter and was out for several hours. Did the Dark Lord lose finally? Where is Headmaster Snape?"
Professor Slughorn explained to Goyle that Harry had finally defeated Voldemort by using a simple expelliamus spell that deflected Voldemort's Avada Kadabra. Then he explained that nearly all of the death eaters were either killed or arrested and any who had escaped were on the run will be caught. The exception was the Malfoy family were not in jail but were under house arrest until their trial.
Goyle had a smile for the first time since before he started Hogwarts and Professor Slughorn noticed.
"Why so happy son? I thought that you were on the other side. Anyway, I can escort you to the gates and you can find a way home from there. The school is closed until repairs can be made and there are a lot of repairs to be made. Unfortunately the Hogwarts's Express is destroyed and will need to be replaced. Do you have a way to return home?"
Goyle said that he can apparate home since he had his license and thanked the rotund professor. He then left Hogwarts for the last time.
When he arrived home, he was in for a surprise. His father was hiding from the aurors who were rounding up the last of the former death eaters. Goyle Senior was not pleased when Goyle arrived.
"What are you doing here my failure of a son? The aurors have already arrested your Mother and I a next. When they catch up with me, they will throw me in Azcaban for the rest of my life. You are nothing but a stupid failure of a son! Now leave and never come back! You are no longer my son!"
Goyle realized that he had nowhere to go, so he apparated to the Leaky Cauldron and booked a room. While he was resting in his room, he decided to leave England for a few years to allow the ministry to settle down and reorganize. He had ten thousand Galleons he inherited from his grandmother left him in her will. He finally decided to move to America until the wizarding government stabilized. He had heard that the wizarding community in New York City was the best outside of England so he decided he would move there. But first, he had to make sure that he was not wanted by the ministry so he planned to go there the next day and find out about his status and to find out how to legally move to the US. He also wanted to visit Diagon Alley to buy a new wand since his was destroyed in the Room of Requirement. He was told,by Tom, the barkeeper, that Gringotts was up and running so he had to make a trip there as well.
The next morning, he asked Tom to let him into Diagon Alley to visit Gringotts and do his shopping. Tom snorted but let him in. Goyle arrived at Gringotts first, so he could transfer his money to the New York branch. The goblins were unsure whether to assist him or not since his family's account was frozen but his was not, so withdrew 200 Galleons from his account and had the rest transferred to the New York branch. While he was there, he found out that he was not wanted by the ministry for anything. He still needed to go to the ministry to contact the American Council of Magic for his move.
Goyle then went to Ollivander's to buy a new wand and hoped that Mr. Ollivander did not hold a grudge for being the son of a death eater. When he entered, he was stunned. At the counter was Ernie Macmillan who was a Hufflepuff in his own year.
"What do you want?" He snarled at Goyle. "You death eaters nearly ruined everyone and we are still trying to pick up the pieces. Just state your business and leave!"
Goyle stammered out, "I-I-I just wanted to buy a new wand. My old one was destroyed during the fighting at Hogwarts. I plan to leave England as soon as possible. I don't want to cause any more problems. Please just allow me to buy a wand."
Ernie paused. He was unsure if Goyle was the same person who helped cause all the problems at school. He decided to go ahead and sell a new wand to Goyle simply because it was a sale. Anyway, this son of a death eater was planing to move out of England so he sold Goyle a nine inch yew with a dragon heartsring core.
Goyle then apparated to the ministry so he could get the information about moving to New York. He was still nervous about entering the ministry, but plucked up the courage and entered. He was directed to the American Magical Ambassador's office. The latest Ambassador met with him and approved his move to New York. The only thing left for Goyle to do was to buy a plane ticket and he would be in New York.
Goyle smiled as he purchased his ticket to New York because he was finally beginning a new life away from his past. Things were looking up.