There is Harry Potter who is trying for a life but knows he needs to get out. Not brave or powerful just someone who is tired of being confined so he can be safe and secure. Unable to get away from his handlers and the directors of his life he is left shaking his head but still charging ahead. There is always the luck of Harry Potter. This is defiantly Mature so be pre-warned.
With 690,000 HP stories out there I have probably stepped on someone's toes, for that I apologize. I am having fun and it's addicting, so on with my attempt at writing so let me get out my crayons and get started. You get it as I write it and it's as fast as I can put the words down on the screen.
If you look past my grammar etc, you may find a story, then maybe not. This will contain lot of character bashing, character death and not book compliant. No Slash.
Note: Don't worry about the time line as it's all out of sync as are the events.
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners i.e. J.K. Rawlings, etc. The original characters and plot are the property of their author i.e. J.K. Rawlings, etc. This work is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended. Not for sale or profit but at least I can give it away.
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Chapter 1 – Confused but not lost
I'm last in the Tri-Wizard Tournament because I couldn't fly anywhere near the dragon to get that stupid egg without getting killed. That will be the last time I take any advice from MadEye Moody, if that's who he is, he smells a lot the junk that Hermione made first year. As if I could forget the smell or the taste of Poly-juice. So here I hide in the Room of Requirements with my books while the students in the school run around with badges belittling me compliments of my arch enemy Draco 'The Ferret Malfoy' and my best friends Ron and Hermione.
My only male friend Ron is calling me a cheat and won't talk to me no less help me. My female friend Hermione is of the same mind but is still trying to run my life. She has been turning me into the nearest authority figure if I so much as fart in my bed. Hermione and Ron are now dating and I am depressed. It's not only them but without the golden egg I have no chance at finding what the next task is no less preparing for it. Seems the rules state I had to get the egg to find out what the next task was. That of course has Moody offering advice about bubble head charms and animal transfiguration. This is great advice for someone like me who hardly learned the 'Accio' spell in time to summon my broom for the first task. Now he is offering more advanced spell for me to louse up. This whole tournament is not happening, I'm stuck and clueless. So I hide here reading my books on charms, spells and transfiguration. Oh here is a charm I can do; I'll bet the 'Contraceptive' charm will help me fight the next creäture this tournament has for me. If it wasn't for being under a binding magical contract I would run. Who am I trying to fool, I can't escape this prison until after I've taken all their mandatory testing.
I am not stupid but when do I get special training if I am so important to the wizard world. I wonder how many students have guards on them during the summer break. While I have been at Hogwarts Ron and Hermione have been my friends but since the tournament…they turned into my monitors and run to Dumbledore over every decision I make. I have laid enough tests for them and they have failed each one, some friends. All I get from everyone is its for my own good and they are protecting me from something but the Great Leader of the light refuses to tell me what that horror is.
Recently I have hidden in the Room of Requirements but I know it won't last. Ron will let everyone know I am not sleeping in the dorm and Dumbledore will get involved. Someone or somehow they will block my getting here just to make my life more miserable. Oh it will be phrased "only to keep you safe" or "we only want to protect you" or phrase it as it's my entire fault. I ask myself whose life am I living? I leave school and am sent to the Dursley's then picked up and sent to the Burrow and then the cycle starts again. I am not allowed to go to my vault nor buy clothes or shop. I have a couple of things going for me, one being my invisibility cloak, which was a big mistake on Dumbledore's part, and the best is Dobby my house elf. Dobby wanted to bond with me after the chamber of secrets affair so I agreed but we keep this information just between us. His ability to get to my gold at Gringotts and to bring me food has taken a lot of the misery from my life. Originally keeping the bonding secret was to keep Hermione out of my face for enslaving Dobby but what my supposed friends don't know won't hurt me.
"Dobby."
POP
"Yes Harry Potter Sir."
"Dobby can you take me to Diagon alley I need some parchment." Dobby took my hand in his and...
POP
After purchasing some parchment and ink I turned to Dobby," Dobby how would you like to have some ice cream?"
"Dobby would like that very much Master Harry Potter Sir." Since the bonding I have been able to get the enthusiastic Dobby to just being enthusiastic and not wrapping himself around my leg in public screaming how great the great Harry Potter was. After we had our ice cream I went into Muggle London to do a walk about. It was great to wander around and just be me but I had to face the music and returned to Hogwarts. I arrived back in time for the dinner meal in the great Hall and took a seat at the empty Gryffindor table. To my chagrin Hermione dragged Ron to the table and sat across from me.
"Harry, where have you been? We've looked all over the Castle for you. What have you been doing today?" Hermione was off on another one of her interrogation rants while Ron just gave me dirty glare and started piling food on his plate.
"I was out by the Lake for part of the day and spent the rest of the day in the room of requirements studying."
"Harry, you really should attend classes, there is so much to learn. You can't get all of your knowledge from just reading books."
I finished eating as quickly as possible while Hermione kept asking questions or telling me how to live my life. I got up to leave and Ron uttered his words of wisdom for the day, "Right, run off and hide, cheats like you shouldn't show your face in public."
There were times when I wish to slug Ron's mouth so hard that I jam all that food in his mouth into his pee brain. However, as usual I kept my mouth shut and headed back to the room of requirements.
/Scene break/
The next morning at breakfast I had barely sat down at the table before I heard, "Mr. Potter, please see me in my office after breakfast." I seems that Dumbledore has another problem that only the great and magnificent Harry Potter could solve.
"Harry my boy, lemon drop, and please take a seat. Harry it is coming to my attention that you are being quite the loner, you can't ignore your friends because you need them in this life." I didn't say anything just nodded." Friends are very important part of our life; we need them in times of troubles as they relieve our stresses like a priest in a confessional. As a champion you are not required to attend classes but it would be in your best interest because there is a lot to learn from attending classes, much more than you can get just from a book."
Dumbledore continued on with his grandfatherly advice while I was thinking... Gee, I wonder where I heard this before... Could it have been last night at dinner? Dumbledore finally concluded and sent me on to attend my next class. I immediately returned to the room of requirements and called...
"Dobby"
P OP
"What can Dobby be doing for the great Harry Potter Sir."
"Dobby I need to find another place to hide in the castle, any ideas?"
"No Sir, Dobby knows of no special place. There are several deserted wings to the castle that may have some special hidey holes."
"Let's take a look. Lead the way my friend."
With my invisibility cloak in place Dobby lead me to the far side of the castle and I entered a long corridor which appeared to have only one entrance and from the dust on the floor it hasn't been used for a very long time. Down on the end were several doors, only one opened at my touch.
The room was good size with a large fireplace and again there were several doors off to one side. The furniture looked ancient and covered in dust and spider webs, as were the walls, the floor and ceiling. Spider webs were strung from everywhere and everything. Opening one of the doors I found what looked like a bathroom from the middle ages. I mean chamber pots, how outmoded. The next door appeared to be a bedroom and the third door appeared to be a workroom and library. There were few books on the shelves and every where there were dead creatures lying on the floor looking old and mummified. It's a great place to hide I thought.
"Dobby can you fix this place up a bit when you have a chance?"
"Dobby fix it for Harry Potter Sir."
/Scene Break/
The Christmas break is just a joy. First off I must be a seer as the Room of Requirements corridor is now completely blocked off. I have taken up residence in that far wing of the castle. Now everyone is gone to have a fantastic Christmas break and I am stuck with the teachers and a couple of students that won't talk to me. Oh the joy! At least I can now sleep in my assigned bed in Gryffindor tower as I am the only occupant of the room. Gryffindor house is closer to the Great Hall and the front door; it also will throw the teachers off, I hope, from where I will be really hiding during the school year.
Dumbledore is a real pain but today I got him and Snape at the Christmas table for lunch which makes my heart fill with trepidation. Each have tried their attacks from verbal questioning to what I know must be illegal attempts. Today is no exception as we all sit around a single table decorated with all the goodies for this happy time of year. You would think they would have given up by now. The last attempt was a potion in my orange juice which I think was a Veritaserum derivative. You see it's all Dobby's fault as he has no life other than watching and protecting me. I've told him to go get a girl friend but he is always there somewhere watching me like a miniature phantom.
"Harry my boy when are you going to tell us were in the castle you are sleeping. You know we only wish you to be safe and not befall harm. We can't do that if we can't find you." This was Dumbledore's attempt to make me think that he cares and have me tell where I have been hiding.
"I am sleeping in my dorm bed in Gryffindor tower, Headmaster." That's not what he wants to know but at this minute it is the truth.
Snape attempted to break into my mind using some mind reading skill which he apparently doesn't mind using on students. I realized this because of the feeling of something strange entering my mind. I put a big grin on my face as that's the extent of my mental defenses.
As normal Dobby was there somehow and Snape was apparently peering into Dobby's mind while he wanted to enter mine or maybe they both were in my skull. It must not have been very pleasant as Snape yells 'AAAGH!' and fall off his chair. Dumbledore apparently tried to seize the moment and jumped in only to squeak 'eeeyouch' and pass out face first into his pudding. A Merry Christmas to you two from the Potter family I thought.
Most of our meetings were in the Headmasters office where they asked these probing type questions but I always kept silent. I figured that they would not do me the favor of expelling me so I kept what I thought was my private life, private. Snape would take points regardless of what I did and Dumbledore would give me the routine of me being safe and it was for my protection in that sickening grandfather persona. Like on TV, good cop, bad cop. With Lord Voldemort being dead for nigh on fifteen years how dangerous could a couple of hiding death-eaters be to my well-being?
/Scene Break/
"Hi mate how are you doing, have a great Christmas?" Ron asked me? Me who he has bad-mouthed for the last couple of months?
"We missed you Harry. It's great to be back here with you. Did you have a nice Christmas?" Hermione was talking to me again? I wonder who slipped her the potion of human essence.
"Hi Harry." Ginny is doing a sex laden come hither type hello...to me? What happened to the shy Ginny Weasley?
This is great, the old codger is up to something; he must have dragged these losers in and fed them full of something Snape cooked up. They probably have been directed to find out what I was doing and were or with whom, all for the old codger's brownie points. I though this was funny because I was up to nothing, doing nothing and just wanted to be left alone. I had at least ten years in the cupboard under the stairs and the spiders were not much on conversations, being alone was fine with me.
/Scene Break/
It was hilarious as now half the people I know are curious as to what poor little Potter is doing. It was a couple of weeks since my old new friends started talking to me and now my every move is their business. Better said is they were asking me all kinds of questions and getting not much in replies. The big game was following Harry and finding out where he was sleeping or more likely what I was learning. When Hermione and Ron couldn't keep the tail past a certain point in the castle, Professor McGonagall was apparently assigned the task in her cat form. She also couldn't get past that same point in the castle; Dumbledore then tried and also lost me at that special point. Another mystery of castle Hogwarts I thought, or…
"Dobby have you put up wards or spells to keep everyone away from this corridor? It seems as if everyone can't seem to pass a certain point in the castle when following me."
"No Harry Potter Sir I has put up nothing to stop Dumbles and snoopys from following you."
"Have you been able to connect the fireplace to the 'floe' yet?"
"It's been done, place here is called 'hidey hole' Harry Potter Sir."
"Fantastic job Dobby, you're the greatest."
/Scene Break/
Now the stupid kid from Privet Drive is now standing by the lake and being told that what I most prized was hidden at the bottom of said lake and I had one-hour to find it or it would be forever lost. They couldn't force me to attend the Yule Ball but they tried. Finally I was informed that it was part of the binding contract and I would attend the ball. I think I made a few of them mad because while I attended the ball I did so under my invisibility cloak.
In this second task they could order me to take part but I was not going to attempt to breathe under water. The rules said I had to participate not do the impossible. Since I had no help I could not do spells like the 'bubble-head' charm and the warming charm was still giving me troubles, so I jumped into the water until I dam near froze (which was about two-seconds). I jumped out and grabbed a towel. I couldn't even do a drying charm yet so Madam Pomfrey did the necessary honors and then wrapped me in a blanket. I broke out laughing when they brought my hostage out of the lake… Ron… are they kidding?