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Several Years Later:

Since the day that Voldemort won the war, Hogwarts had been shut down permanently and left to crumble away. Though he wanted to burn the building to the ground, he could not because the magic the castle contained was strong and ever-lasting. It is truly an enchanted castle in every sense.

So it was the last place anyone could expect and was covered with wards, magical traps, and other illusion spells that it would remain completely protected. Yet there were a…few occupants living in the castle. One was a small boy names Harry Potter.

Harry had been in the castle since he was a baby and was now about ten years old. He was a happy child with an intelligence that would surpass any adult. He was also resourceful and learned how to care for himself. But he wasn't alone, he was cared for by the magical creatures that still lived or moved to live in the castle. His main guardian was a chimera with the heads of a powerful lion, a mighty dragon and a ram with unsurpassed wisdom. Its body was mainly that of a lion and had claws like one too. With the exception of its eagle-like wings on its sides. The tail was a large venomous snake with large fangs and red eyes. To many this beast was terrifying, but to Harry the creature was a parental figure.

He did have a second parental figure who would visit whenever he could, his name was Severus Snape.

Flashback:

Severus ran with the small baby in his arms out of the small hamlet that his parents were living in. It was no longer safe there and his parents begged them to protect the child. He swore an unbreakable oath to never let any harm to come to the Potter's only son. Though he was a servant to the dark lord he didn't want Harry to become a pawn in his wicked plans.

He traveled for several days on foot, if he used magic, the deatheaters would find him more quickly. They didn't know that he had taken Harry yet they would question why he was so far from the main city and the palace. No, he would have to travel swiftly and quietly if the child was to be saved.

Then he had an idea, Hogwarts might be safe enough for them. So they traveled to the forgotten castle under a magic cloak to hide his face and shied the baby.

However on the road leading to the main gate, they were discovered. A small band of rouges that worked for the dark lord, with pay of course saw the pair and charged at them with their wands and daggers. Severus ran to the gate and entered the castle as fast as he could. The long main hall was covered in cobwebs and dust. Suddenly he reached the end of the hall and was trapped because the rest of the doors were magically sealed with powerful magic. He took out his wand but he was clearly outnumbered and with a baby in his arms, the odds were stacked against them.

Suddenly out of the darkness a large creature came and killed the men in a heartbeat. The creature stared at Severus with red eyes for a moment until it heard the crying of a small baby. Slowly the beast approached the man and looked down the small bundle in his arms. With a claw, he gently peeled away the cloth from the baby's face and small body.

The baby was sobbing loudly and squirmed like a little earthworm in the blankets. As the creature lowered its heads to get a better look, Severus then realized it was a chimera. But one hasn't been seen in over three hundred years and even then they were rare.

The lion nuzzled the baby and when the baby opened his eyes to see the creature he giggled and reached his hands up to touch the lion.

Since then the chimera wanted to care for the child like their own since because of their small population, having children was rare. They raised the baby and so did Severus in the safety of the castle.

End Flashback

Harry was playing in the garden behind the school, which was were the herbology classes used to be. The garden had grown since then and had many magical plants. Harry loved plants and loved to tend to the garden when the weather was good.

Other times he would read and explore the castle. He was never bored when it came to living in Hogwarts. There were so many rooms and so many secrets that made his life an adventure.

However, every day the chimera would teach Harry various subjects that it knew and Snape would leave tons of books on both magical and non-magical subjects for Harry to read. He learned how to do wandless magic by the age of six and made potions on his own by the age of eight. He was powerful and his magic was ever growing. Severus did know about Harry's strange aura and it was true that his magic was extremely different from theirs. It grew more quickly and wasn't at all dark. It was simply pure and untainted magic…as magic should be.

Yet one day, Severus returned early to visit them. He found Harry and the chimera in the great hall. Harry was drawing on the walls.

The Chimera had many names for its four heads, but the decided on one uniform name for itself. They called them, Lorien which means strength and bravery.

Harry was using simply paint they found in one of the storage rooms in the castle. He was painting an owl with snow white feathers.

"It's wonderful Harry" said Snape. Harry turned and smiled brightly, "Uncle Sev!"

He ran to him and hugged him tightly, "I missed you!"

Lorien smiled brightly, "How was your return to the city?"

Severus sighed, "Like any other, but the deatheaters are growing in numbers as of now. The Lord plans to raid some of our neighboring countries in Europe that refuse to follow him. But I have my doubts that it will be enough."

"You are not marked like the others are you?"

Snape showed him his untattooed arm, "I'm a servant not a death eater, and I merely make potions for him nothing more."

"Is he still looking for Harry" Lorien said quietly as Harry continued to paint.

Snape nodded, "He won't give up till he is found. He will mend him into a weapon and all hope for the rest of the world will be lost."

Lorien gave low growl, "Such a foolish wizard he is."

Snape looked over to see that the ram was talking, "Dark magic like his will destroy him first before the world. Trust my words he will break down, black magic has a mind of its own and feeds on the human soul. He is no god, merely a wizard who gave his heart and soul to a dark power."

They all nodded by Snape looked a bit stunned, was dark magic that dangerous…?

Suddenly Harry gasped loudly, "My painting!"

They looked to see that the picture of the owl was glowing and suddenly it burst from the wall and flew into the air.

The owl came to life!

Stunned and in shock the owl landed on Harry's shoulder. "What happened Uncle Sev?"

Snape inspected the paint and the wall; there was no magic on either. Besides, paintings coming alive was impossible and no spell or ritual to do that exists. Then he turned to Harry, did his magic do this?

"Harry try using this chalk" he said as he picked it up from the small bucket of art tools that they found in the storage room.

Harry drew a simple picture of a butterfly…and it came to life with color and all. Snape was stunned…was this the power that Harry truly held, the power of life?

The owl fluffed its feathers and cooed happily as it nuzzled Harry's cheek.

"I think I will call her…Hedwig."

"A fine name Harry" said Lorien.

Since that day, Harry continued to experiment with his newfound power and practice his wandless magic.

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