A/N: Wow... I'm impressed, I mean... I'm impressed. That was the fastest and most amount of hits in a day in a half, on top of the 8 alerts in a little under kid you not. 2 hours. 2 hours I had 8 alerts, 5 favorites I believe and 5 reviews. Typically I don't get reviews or whatever so thank you. To all that read the first part.

This is going to be slow but I want to actually take my time with this. So you won't get chapters typed up in 2-3 hours then posted like I have with some of my other stories. I had to actually rewrite the entire second(this) chapter because my other version I was felt was too.... stupid. This one, this one I like and hope you do as well. It seems a little rushed I think but I hope that you all review this again.

Now before you all think this is some standard dragon, or whatever I want to give you all a visual of the dragon. Of you that are inclined to look, under Google Images type in Whitby Wyrm. Once you have the image from Gothic Alchemy, it is that rendition of the dragon that is Erik's Animagus form. I think that it's a good form, but yeah anyways!

Enjoy the Chapter.

Ghost

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"I'm sorry what?" Harry looked at Erik and Snape like Erik had grown a mutant horn or something of the like; Snape looked up his saddened face only offering the smallest hint of a smile when he looked at Erik. Erik moved to Harry and clapped a hand on the young boy's shoulder before turning to Severus holding out a hand and pulling the man up to his feet.

"I know my name even my last name doesn't match your mothers before or after, but Lily Evans is my sister; I was born Erik Matthew Destler. It's your grandmother's maiden name before she married Grandpa Evans, my father. I was born out of wedlock so I inherited the Destler name of your grandmother. My sister knew this and she didn't care one bit."

"You... you're my uncle?" Harry asked not quite believing the words he was hearing. There was no possible way that he had any other relatives other than aunt Petunia, she would have mentioned him... wouldn't she?

There was something very wrong with this, but if Erik really was his uncle...

"If you really are my uncle why didn't you take me in? Why did I have to live with Aunt Petunia ? Why did you come for me!?"

"Harry..."

"I don't want any lies! Was it because I was a freak? Was it because I was a burden?!" Came the questions out of the blue.

"Harry!"

"Well what was it!?" Harry yelled interrupting Erik who had at first raised his eyebrows up trying to get in an answer; however someone else beat him to the punch.

"Mr. Potter if you do not quiet that voice of yours I will have to do it myself" Erik looked at Snape as the Potions Master adopted the hard edge that he used for those that talked back to him or disobeyed his command in classes. Harry however turned and glared at Severus, his temper was getting the best of him as he was trying to mull over the information and get answers.

"Severus no..."Erik raised a hand to Snape and looked to Harry who was expectantly waiting for the answer his hands fisted with wand in hand. The anger and rage from whatever was unleashed in the boy was rolling off him in waves. Erik took a step closer only to have Harry raise his wand at him and his eyes shift color.

"Tell us Erik why was it you couldn't get to Harry?"

"Get out of his head..." Erik said deadly, the thing inside Harry sneered and turned looking at the Potions Master.

"Severus... my traitorous snake, I'm impressed with your gall to turn on us, you family. Did I not offer you enough power and control?"

"You took everything away from me that I cared for! You killed Lily after I begged you to spare her. You killed her!" Snape still had yet to pick up his wand where he had dropped it.

"AVADA..."

"HARRY NO!" Erik yelled tackling the boy from behind knocking the wand out of the hand. With Voldemort still in control Erik pinned Harry's body down to the ground and stared into the eyes pushing his magic into the mind giving Harry help to repel the monster from within. "You tried to kill me once and you failed... leave the boy before I force you"

"This isn't over for any of you" The creature withdrew from Harry's mind leaving the boy free from the man's influence. Sitting back on his haunches looking at Harry, Erik saw the eyes change back to the gentle brown eyes from the mix match orange and red.

"Harry... Are you alright?"

"I... thank you Erik"

"You are mighty welcome young one. I'm surprised that he would try and control you for a second time..."

"How did you know about that Destler?" Snape asked surprised that the man knew of the information.

"Did you forget Severus, that like you, I am a Master Legimens, I didn't pry into Harry's mind to get the information. That connection that he has with 'Knuckle' head allowed me to view 'his' mind and see the information there."

"Would you stop talking about me like I'm not here?" Erik and Snape turned and glowered at the boy who suddenly seemed to shrink under the intense gazes of the two men. Standing up Erik sighed and shook his head.

"You sure as hell have my sister's temper. No way that it came from Potter... except for the jumping to conclusions..." Erik said lightly, Snape looked at Harry then turned and glared at the man in the suit.

"Something that your family had in common Destler" Snape said with a half humored sneer as he bent down picking up his wand. Harry looked at the two as if this were a dream. Shaking his head he talked to himself as the two older men watched him.

"There is no way that this is real, this is a dream. I don't have a missing uncle that happens to be a dragon and Dumbledore isn't dead and Snape still hates me, this is all a dream" Breathing heavily he blinked a couple of times trying to 'wake' up but when Erik stepped up to him and put a hand on his shoulder did Harry really freak out.

"Why!?!" was all Harry yelled out not really directing the question to anyone in the room. Looking down at Dumbledore's body Harry went and kneel at the fallen headmaster sobbing as the final reality hit him. This wasn't a dream. The man that he had just gone on a trip with is now dead, dead because the man that Harry was supposed to get had shown up suddenly and killed him, but after killing him there was a Dragon. And as it turned out that dragon had shown up and protected Snape and he turned out to be his uncle.

This whole situation was confusing at best and he didn't know why, but all that he cared about at the moment was Dumbledore, and that he had died defending him from the Death Eaters. Watching him fall off the side of the balcony was like watching a slow motion event or a movie. It was too surreal till Dumbledore was visibly gone from the ledge.

"Harry..." Harry turned his gaze to Erik as the man moved to kneel beside him looking at the two. Putting a hand over Dumbledore's chest Erik looked down to the blackened hand. "Harry, I wasn't able to get to you because I was left badly injured saving you after you had killed Voldemort. Severus had managed to send me a message that there would be an attack at your mother's.

Despite Severus' mistakes in becoming a Death Eater, I stayed true to him as a friend. Because of the strife between him and Lily due to him accidentally calling her a 'mudblood' I managed to get her to forgive him, however she had not talked to him about it yet and I believe that she wanted to mend fences with him. There are some things that... I have no place saying to you.

But as I was saying, Severus managed to get me a message. At the time I was with Sirius having dinner at my place. When I got... got the message both of us had left for your house. Seeing as we had put spells on the wards to notify us of something wrong we both knew shortly after the message that something was wrong.

We both made our way to Lily's home and it was already on fire and the Dark Mark flying high above the house. Forsaking our safety for your well being we dove into the house through a window. Myself going first and Sirius going in through the door in his form as a dog, back then he wasn't a mangy looking mutt but a very well built all black German shepherd... or that was what I had thought at the time. Once inside the Death Eaters there were attacked and dealt with some even fleeing for their lives.

We had found James on the ground face down dead and burning, we followed marks along the walls upstairs to their bedroom but no one was in there. We made it to your room and found that we couldn't get in there was someone blocking the door. Sirius tried to get the door down but he couldn't, I threw everything I had into the door and managed to take it off the hinges and land on top of the body of Voldemort. Lily was on the ground not too far away, she too was dead.

Grabbing one of the blankets I picked and wrapped you up looking around as the fire came for us. Shoving you to Sirius I told him to leave with you, to head out by the window. There wasn't enough time to hold off the flames and get all of us both out as the flames advanced too quickly. I did the only thing I could think of. I pushed Sirius out the open window and shut it before the flames could consume you, I didn't realize at the time that being a Dragon Animagus would protect me, so I turned and pointed my wand at the fire to try and combat it but it over took me causing the roof to collapse in.

I remember hearing screaming 'Erik's still inside, you can't go in there' 'I have to try and save him', but after that I felt a very sharp pain taking over my body before there was nothing. I had... for the entire world died. Waking up to rain and darkness I had pushed myself up and realized that I had turned into my Dragon form, but I was injured. Something had made its way into my leg, chest area. Shifting around I managed to crawl out of the house and was nursed back to health by a very kind man.

It took me a couple of years to be fully healed as my lungs were burned and somewhat cooked. I had wood impaled in various sections of my chest. My eyes were blood shot red for a few months, my leg was torn open. I was very much a mess at that time, and I had a very close call with death a few times. But I pulled through, when I was ready to come and take care of you I had found that Sirius was in prison, Severus was being tried as a Death Eater and Dumbledore; Dumbledore put you with the Dursley's.

My rather insane sister knowing about her problems with the magical world, I confronted Dumbledore a number of times to let me take you. But luck would not be on my side as he repeatedly told me no, I had seen Severus a couple of times and he was a mess, that's beside the point because as I was port keyed out from getting you against Dumbledore's wishes one night to a cave where he chained me to the rock.

Believe me I fought with everything I had to get out, but he told me it was for my own good that I stay away. When I finally had gotten out it was your third year at Hogwarts and Sirius had gotten out of Azkaban. I was in hiding with him at the shrieking but I had to leave because Severus was coming in. But was promised that he wouldn't be hurt and he wasn't but when Remus attacked and finally encountered the Hippogryph and fled well let's just say that the Werewolf met a very large red dragon. I was the one that brought him back to the castle that night.

It is only now that I am able to get to you, I watched you from a distance and I hated the way my sister treated you but there was nothing that I could do without getting caught. Caring as he was to you Harry, there are some very dark things about our beloved Headmaster. But let's just keep him in a good light shall we?" Harry listened to the story, long as it was he gripped onto every word before looked down at the Headmasters face, he was at peace. But even in peace he had a presence that Erik and Severus resented.

"Mr. Potter... we can not stay up here. We must go to the grounds, everyone must know." Severus' voice was soft as he spoke, he had lost his hard edge as he listened to his friend's tale, he was thankful that he still had one family left and he hadn't died, but he would forever mourn the one that he loved and lost. Not trusting his voice Harry nodded and pulled his hand away from the body and stood up wiping the tears away from his eyes. His Uncle was forced to stay away from him, he had been hurt saving him once and chained for wanting to take care of his family.

Erik stood up and looked at the old man before picking him up and heading to the balcony, Erik had shifted into his massive dragon form holding the body of Albus Dumbledore with one claw as he clung to the side of the astronomy tower with the others, his tail curling around side. Severus looked at the Dragon and climbed onto the beast turning to look at Harry.

"Are you coming Po... Harry?"

Harry looked up at the mention of his first name and he nodded as the Potion's master helped the young man onto the back of the mighty dragon. With the dragon staring at them both he gave them a look that said. 'Hold on tight...' Letting go of the side of the tower the Dragon flew a circuit of the castle as the staff and students ran out staring up at the sky seeing the dark mark and the winged beast let out a bellow of despair.

Landing on the ground the dragon gently put down the body of the Headmaster while his companions got off his back. Shaking like a dog he stood there as Minerva McGonagall let out a cry as Harry sat down beside the broken form of the Headmaster tears in his eyes again. With Severus standing in the dragon's shadow he saw how broken everyone looked and it just served him to press against the dragon's leg as McGonagall raised her wand with everyone else shooting a white light at the dark mark in the sky.

The dragon let out a mighty roar as Fawks cried out for his dead master, the phoenix song doing nothing to lift the spirits of the depressed as they all stood mourning for a great man.

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A/N: Ok.... so now that you have read this... what do you think? Read and Review.

Now I am stuck at a loss for anothe chapter, I have a few ideas what I can run with but I want you people to give me imput on it.

1)I forgo using the books and run the 7th book events (loosely) in AU with Snape admitting to Harry the love he had for the mother

2)Same as up above in 1 but Snape turns out to the be the father

3)Follow the book events but with my own twist.

4)I stop now before I hurt myself with thinking that I can make a decent story.

Let me know people.

Ghost