CHAPTER 1
ONE thing caught Harry's attention in her speech. That he was kind hearted, intelligent and a book lover. He agreed with the first and had to think a lot about the other two. He remembered bringing home his first ever report card and Dudley telling his aunt and uncle that he, Harry, cheated as Harry got top marks and Dudley was at the bottom of the class.
Harry stopped getting good marks as his uncle only took Dudley's word and scolded him and hit him once. He also remembered taking any and all books that Dudley didn't want or like and reading them eagerly.
Yes, he did love books and researching anything he felt interesting. He felt a smile on his face when he could remember one incident.
He was seven and found something interesting in science book in the grade above his. He went to the library and spent all lunch and after school time to search and read everything he could find. He was later scolded and not given food that day because he was late home but he did understand what he read.
That got him thinking more. Why didn't he put more effort into is studies? Why was he doing so horribly in his exams? He realised that he was holding himself back. He was holding back because he didn't want to lose his friendship with Ron and Hermione. Hermione would be Jealous that he could get good marks than her and Ron was always jealous whenever Harry had something Ron didn't.
But if they were his real friends they would accept that he can do better than them, wouldn't they?
Harry decided that he would study hard and do well. He would study and get the marks he should, would, if his mom and dad were alive and make them proud.
Harry would have to start from the scratch. He would have to read the basics that every muggleborn is told or said to read. He now wondered why Hagrid took him to Diagon when it was supposed to be a teacher.
"How do I get out of here?" He asked himself. "Where do I start?" He looked at the room, getting his answer. He started with cleaning his room and trunk.
He would then make a list of what he needed to do. And by Merlin, it was going to be a long list.
Harry got up and was appalled by the look of his room. Damn, he didn't know he was so catatonic that he screwed up his room so much. He carefully placed the box his aunt gave him on the desk.
He started with picking up his dirty clothes and throwing them in the laundry basket. He picked up all of Dudley's old toys, games, broken VCR and everything and placed them at a corner and went down the stairs.
"Aunt Petunia?" He called and walked into the kitchen to find her cooking.
"What is it Harry?"
"Can you lend me a cardboard box or something? I need it to place all of Dudley's old things." He said.
"Go up to the attic, you will find a box or two there." She said stiffly. He nodded and left the room. Yes, nothing has changed. They will tolerate him just like he will tolerate them.
He found the boxes and took them to his room. It took two boxes to remove them. He only had to sort Dudley's old books, stationary, his trunk, his books, school supplies and clothes.
He was allowed to keep his trunk and wand this summer for the threat of his godfather.
Harry decided that he was getting a new wardrobe as soon as he can. His clothes were appalling. He filled another box with all the clothes he removed. He only kept three pairs until he bought new clothes and then he will throw them out as well.
He sorted through his cousin's stuff and found most of them interesting or unused. There were notebooks, pens, pencil, colours, novels, and text books. Harry was doubtful. Would his cousin and aunt mind if he took them? No, he decided. They wouldn't mind as Dudley doesn't even remember ever getting them.
Harry made a pile of all the things he wanted to keep and packed up the rest into another cardboard box.
He looked at his trunk with a dreaded expression. He took the trunk and emptied it on his bed. He made a pile for all his quills, ink pots, parchment and another pile for his potions ingredients.
He placed them on the table and removed all the extra stuff like his telescope and placed them on the floor.
As he was about to sort through his books he heard his aunt call everyone down for dinner. He knew that he was not welcome and his dinner will be later brought up by his aunt but he was amazed that it had been three hours since he started cleaning his room.
He was still not done by the time his aunt came to give him his dinner. She took one look at his room and crinkled her nose.
"Good, you are cleaning everything. Place all the boxes in the attic, I will throw them or give them to charity when schools start. Eat before you back to sorting your... things." Harry nodded his head dutifully.
He ate up his food in seconds and then realised that he was starving. Harry was not ready to go to sleep anytime soon. That was all he did for the past two weeks, along with moping around.
He took another hour to complete sorting through his school books. He was ready to throw all the seven books Lockhart assigned them. He even wanted to set them on fire if he could.
He looked at the divination books with a sad look. It was a waste of time. Divination has been nothing but entertainment and no real studies. Trelawney was always predicting his death. He added the two divination books to the Lockhart pile. He would torch them, he decided.
He had to change electives and he didn't want to sit with third years. It would be embarrassing. He packed all his things and books back into the trunk with neatness and order this time around to be able to find his things easily this time. He even packed Dudley's books and muggle stationary in his trunk for future use.
If he continued to carry around all his books and everything related to magic, then he would need a new trunk with more space.
He took a muggle notebook and pen and opened it. He started making a list of things he needed to do before the summer was over and his fifth year at Hogwarts started. As much as he hated Hermione pushing him, it was their OWLS year and he wanted to do his best.
Buy books which teach basics for all subjects and read them.
Revise all four years books and make notes for OWLS.
Change elective to Arthimacy or Runes or Muggle studies.
Study the subject and write a letter to Professor McGonagall about changing elective.
Visit Diagon Alley for shopping (Another magical street?)
Visit Gringotts and ask for a new key for his trust vault.
Buy books.
Ask about Animagus transformation to Sirius.
His list mostly consisted only of studying and he wasn't very proud to say he would fail this years' History OWLS.
He would be going to his godfather's house in the last week of summer. He had two months and a week exactly to complete seven subjects revision for four years, COMC for two years and another elective before that. He was definitely not ready to tell his friends anything about this. He would write his 'I am well' note like the past two weeks and send it as usual, but would write a separate note to his dogfather.
He placed the book and pen on the desk and slowly took all the packed boxes to the attic without making a sound as his relatives were already asleep.
He went to bed to get some sleep. He has to go to Diagon Alley first thing in the morning and he needed a disguise. If his friends didn't want to write any news then he would read it directly in the Daily Prophet.
Please review! I would like your opinion on my story and it is my first time writing a Harry Potter fan fiction.
I haven't decided the pairing just yet. I was between two people actually.
(a) Luna Lovegood
(b) Draco Malfoy
Tell me your idea about who it should be!
I will update soon.
