A/N : Okay, so this is the first chapter of Harry Potter and The Time of Changes and I wish to warn you that there might be some bloody scene, and sometimes Harry might be cocky but he isn't always cocky, it's just the way his mind work -or at least mine since I'm the one who wrote it. Mwahaha- and he is eleven after all. P.S. If you don't like my fanfic, then don't fucking read it! Hohohoho
Disclaimer : The real Harry Potter is not mine, but this story is mine! Harry Potter and The Time of Changes is mine! And every idea inside this story is also mine, so it is one hundred percent made by me.
Summary : The world had once been destroyed, and now it was slowly going to be destroyed for the second time. Many things gone wrong with the world and now the fate of the world is in Harry's hand. Tied with two prophecy, will he be able to save the world? Or will he do the opposite? Follow Harry together with his precious people help saving the world from its evil. Manipulative and evil Dumbledore, and maybe some bashing from some of the Order of Phoenix's members. Good and loyal friends! Secretly Golden and Silver Slythindors trio! Gray bordering dark but still good!Harry. Many OOC Characters!
Chapter One
Thank You Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick
Saturday, 23 June 1991
Privet Drive No. 4
Little Whinging, Surrey
"UP! Get up you freak! How dare you sleep in! Go and make our breakfast!" Harry Potter is woken up by a voice that shouted outside his cupboard's room. Yes, you hear that right his cupboard's room. He started to sit up when the door is banged loudly, "Yes Aunt Petunia, I'm awake"
He sighed, it seems like today is just like any other saturday, a boring day. With the Dursley going to the Zoo, no doubt he would be entrusted to Mrs. Figg, the old neighbour with lots of cats inside her house. It's not that he didn't like her, it's just that she is always looking weirdly at him and he didn't like her look at all.
He stare wistfully to the outside, daydreaming even as he started cooking. He had always wish to quickly grow up and became an adult. If he is already an adult then he could finally leave this hellhole and worked for his own money, and finally he could buy his own clothes instead of being forced to use his baby whale cousin's old clothes that was way too big on him. He already has a good grade and even though the Dursley had tried to make him degrade his grade by beating him for a whole week he still didn't do it, they would still beat him no matter what he do anyway, so why should he made himself stupid? No way, he is no Dudley who is so stupid that he is wondering whether he actually has a real brain inside his head or not.
Oh well. Only another seven years and he would be able to leave, or maybe he should skip a grade? Maybe if he graduate a college earlier than normal then he could leave here faster. He certainly have enough knowledge to be able to pass the exam with a rather higher than average scores. Not the highest score, but high enough that he would be able to enrolled into a university.
He is by no means able to memorize things in an instant like those who have a photographic memory, but what makes him smart is his ability to understand things very easily. And the fact that he is a fast reader makes learning faster than any others. Ever since he first found a library at his primary school when he he was running away from Dudley and his friends, he had found a sanctuary in there as Dudley hates the place due to the many books in there. So he had gone there almost everyday after school had ended. At first, Petunia had almost banned him from going there but the temptation of seeing him less made her ignored the fact that now he only had enough time to cook for dinner every Monday to Friday, and only able to do chores every Saturday and Sunday.
So because he was allowed to go to the library, he was able to learn more things beside the material that he was learning from the school. He was able to expand his knowledge and thanks to his understanding ability he was able to learn quite a lot. And he likes to think that his hard work had made him on par or even better with the senior high school student. Not that he was being an arrogant brat, no he is only stating the fact, and he is only -
"Hurry Up BOY! How long are you going to cook! It's been ages! Both Vernon and Duddykins are already hungry! Don't you dare make us waiting you lazy freak!" and just like that his musing are broken by the screeching of his aunt that till now he is still amazed that a human's voice could be like that and what is even more amazing is the fact that her voice managed to not crack even an inch of a glass.
"Coming Aunt Petunia" he rolled his eyes in annoyance and quickly finished the cooking.
'I'm the one who cooks them and you didn't even give me a little bit of it did you? What a bloody jerks, I should poison you! Really, you made me cook and you expect me to not do things to your food? Stupid whales! Be glad that I'm a good and normal boy or else you would have been on the other side from the many opportunity to harm you!' Harry fumed and sneered inwardly while on the outside nothing changes from his stoic face as he stand on the corner.
Vernon glanced at him and smirked "You may eat last night's bread freak". He looked at Harry as if he is doing Harry a great favor. 'The nerve of him!' Harry snarled inwardly, outside his face still hadn't changed a little bit, and Vernon actually looks as if what he is doing to his nephew-in-law is completely alright and normal. 'Normal? Yeah right and I'm the cherry on top of a vanilla ice cream! That man does not have even a single normal bone in his body! Both his body and mind are so disgusting that he could not even be called a real human' Harry snorted as he thanks Vernon, "Thank you very much Uncle Vernon".
"What! What do you mean you couldn't take him? Huh? Uhuh? Oh!" Harry could practically hear his aunt's voice from inside his cupboard. He leaned forward the door gumming his ear and he could faintly hear Petunia telling Vernon that Mrs. Figg aren't able to babysit him today as her leg is currently broken and the fact that none of her other friends are able to do the babysit inplace of her.
"Then what should we do Pet? Surely we won't be taking him with us! He will destroyed the Zoo!" the whale man sneered. 'Actually no, I won't destroy the Zoo. both you, your baby whale son and your horse wife have done the perfect job of destroying it by showing up your overgrown body!' Harry snickered quietly inside his cupboard so as to not notify them of the fact that he had been listening on their conversation.
"But Vernon! What do we do? Leave him here alone? What would the other neighbour said if they saw us leaving the boy here alone?! They will gossip! We can't leave him here alone! And I shudder to even think of leaving him alone here! Think what he would have done to our perfect home! Oh the image!" Petunia said as if she was talking about a horror movie.
"I guess you are right Pet, well, of course you're right! You're my smart sweet flower after all! Alright then we should take him along, that way we could watch him so he did not do freaky things" Harry could practically hear the disgusting -at least for him it was disgusting- tone and fakes a gag and rolled his eyes.
And so the Dursley and one of Dudley's friends Polkiers took Harry along them to the Zoo. At first there were nothing happened that is worthwhile aside from seeing so many animals than he ever had before. Until they finally come into the reptile house and Harry had accidently freed a brazilian snake from its cage and caused a havoc inside the Zoo.
"BOY! How dare you do freakish thing! And disturb Dudley's birthday!" they were back at home and now Vernon is currently shouting at him as he began beating him. Vernon throw a last punch at his face as he throw him inside his cupboard. "If you do even one more freaky things boy! I will make sure you're not able to ever go outside again!" Vernon threaten Harry and spit on him.
Harry leaned down, the beating takes a lot out of him. He didn't even know how he had done it. He sighed 'Stupid me, should have known something will happen today!' he didn't cry, he never cried ever since he turned five years old and he certainly won't cry tonight. No matter how hurt he is.
Pulling out of the thought, he thought back about what had happen in the reptile house. 'I'm sure I talk to the snake, how did I do that? I doubt anybody else could understand snake nor could they speak to it so how am I able to? Is that -aside from what happened with the glass- what Vernon is talking about? The freakish thing? What was that then? Was that… was that magic?' It's not the first that something weird like this happened and he used to imagine that he actually do has magic and how he would make the Dursley pay for hurting him but the more time passes and the mature he become he also pass the stage of imagining the existence of magic, he is a science person after all, surely there is no magic? But the accident could not be thought as a simple coincidence such as when he turn his teacher's hair blue or when he ended up on the roof even though he was running away from Dudley and his gang. No talking to snake and vanishing a cage's glass is not a coincidence, one is coincidence, two still a coincidence but third time? Definitely not a coincidence.
He shook his head, no point thinking over it now. It's better for him to go to sleep and let his body heal. He is sure they won't give a shit whether he is still hurt over the beating or not and would still woke him up to do chores.
One month and one weeks later
Sunday, 31 July 1991
Privet Drive No. 4
Little Whinging, Surrey
Today is Harry's birthday, the day should have been celebrated with fun, feel different from the normal days, but of course being Harry Potter in the house of Dursley means nothing different. Nothing is celebrated, nothing is different than any other day, he is still doing chores for the Dursley, in fact the fact that it was his birthday might even make his day harder than usual. The fact that he had finally become an eleven years old doesn't make him happy even the least. The only thing that matter is that his age got older and that his freedom will be in another seven years. That's it.
He wonder though if something would happen later, he usually don't have the best of luck. Today being his birthday make him wary if something would happen that would make him hurting the later day.
Well he hoped nothing is going to happen.
Damn it. He just had to say that he hoped nothing is going to happen didn't he? Now something really did happen and his body is really hurting right now. He sighed, at first today is going as usual, doing chores, cooking breakfast for the Dursley. Nothing bad. But it changes after his uncle-in-law order him to fetch the letters
-Flashback-
It was actually not a bad way to begin, the Dursley had not making things harder for once on his birthday, usually they would make problems and blaming him that usually ended up him inside his cupboard bleeding. But maybe today would finally be different, though he didn't dare hope, luckily he would only be slap and hit once or twice, nothing more.
"Boy! Fetch the letters!" Vernon ordered without looking away from the newspaper he is currently reading.
"Get Dudley to take it" Harry was feeling brave today, neither Vernon nor Petunia had been that bad, and he feels he can get away with a few things.
"Dudley take it" Vernon actually ordered Dudley to take it. He must have been in a good mood today.
"Make Harry take it!" Dudley whined at his dad and Vernon looked up and glared at Harry and order "Fetch it now,boy!"
Harry grumbled quietly under his breath as he went outside to take the letters. There's a few letters from Vernon's company, The Grunning's. A few from Petunia's acquaintances, and some are from Dudley's friends. He thought that would be all until he notice a strange yellow coloured letters with the strangest stamp and logo with the letter H and a picture of a lion, a raven, a badger, and a snake surrounding the letter H with a rather colourful colour. He read the words in the letter.
Mr. H. Potter
The Cupboard under the Stairs
4 Privet Drive
Little Whinging
Surrey
'What the heck?! Why the bloody hell does this letter mention my cupboard? And why sent a letter to me? And how do they even know about my cupboard?' Harry thought his mind searching for any recognition of knowing someone enough for them to sent a letter to him and to know about the cupboard.
'Maybe it's just a ruse? Maybe Dudley tried to trick me! Surely this is just a joke, hmph, did he think that I was stupid enough as to believe that someone has finally sent me a letter?' He snarled at the thought that Dudley thought he was so stupid that he would believe a letter would be sent specifically to him. As if someone would sent a letter to him, he had no friend and he was never close to the teachers no matter how much they like him -due to his high grade-. And he doubt he would ever had someone to mail with as long as he was still in the 'care' -he scoff at the very idea of being cared by them- the Dursley.
"Here are the letters Uncle Vernon" he dumped all of the letters except the letter that he got from 'Dudley' to the table beside Vernon's chair.
"Good, is there anything else boy?" Vernon said still reading the newspaper.
"No sir" Harry made to leave, as much as he didn't like Dudley's prank he is still curious as what Dudley would say in the letter. Who knows maybe it would be full of misspelled words and grammar and Harry would have one more something to secretly laugh at about Dudley.
He was just about to go back to his cupboard when Dudley shouted "Freak! What is that in your pocket pants!" Harry is startled. He is confused as to why Dudley would ask him about the letter which clearly Dudley himself had written. Is there any reason to this?
"Why are you asking me? Of course it's a letter. And why are you asking me when you're the one who is sending me this letter" Harry said as Dudley came to him and snatch the letter out of his pocket.
"Hah! Me? Sending you letter? No way Freak! No way in hell would I ever sent you letter! And what is this? Mr. , the Cupboard under the stairs? Pfft it even has your room freak! Hahahaha" Dudley laughed as he push Harry making Harry fall down to the floor.
"What is this ruckus?! What letter are you talking about BOY! HUH? Tell me! WHAT LETTER IS DUDLEY TALKING ABOUT!" Vernon come shouting at Harry, his face is really red that he look like a red version of Hulk.
"Look Daddy! The Freak has a letter!" Dudley swing the letter in front off Vernon's face telling him about the letter even though it's clearly that Vernon had heard about the letter.
Vernon read the letter's words and look at the logo and he quickly paled. "PETUNIA! COME HERE! QUICKLY!" Vernon shouted -more like screaming- so loud that Harry was sure every neighbour had heard it.
Petunia quickly came, her face seems worried and check at both Vernon and Dudley. "What happens Vern! Did the freak do something to both you and Dudders?" she said sneering at Harry's way. But Vernon didn't say anything, only pointing his fingers to the letter at Dudley's hand. Petunia look at the letter and she too paled though she also keep saying 'no,no,no' very quiet -at least to her, which to normal people is not-.
After a few minutes that seems like ages Vernon finally stop paling and instead went back to red like hulk and shouted "I'll have none of those freakish things inside my house, you FREAK! You won't attend that fucking school if I ever have a say on it!". Vernon's face coming closer and closer until he said it right in front of Harry's face. He look so angry and that right there Harry knew that a beating is coming.
And he was right, Vernon swung his hand and punch Harry's head so hard that Harry is thrown and hit the wall beside them. Blood was dripping from the force from the friction between Harry's head and the wall.
Vernon pulled his collar and drag him to his cupboard where he throw Harry to the small bed inside and began punching and kicking Harry's body until there's so much bruises and wounds.
Even though Harry didn't cry, that doesn't mean he wasn't afraid. Oh no, he wasn't afraid of Vernon, rather he was afraid of the beating and its result. Would he finally die after this beating end? Would he die before he finally gain his freedom? NO! He won't die before he has freedom and he gets revenge on every single thing the Dursleys had done to him ever since he was dropped off in this hell. He might be powerless now, but he won't be powerless forever and when the time come when he would be able to do all the things he wished to do then he would make sure the Dursleys feel all the pain he had ever felt
It seems like Vernon had grown tired of using only hands and legs because now he is buckling his belt and he ordered Harry to took off his clothes. He forced Harry to turn until his back is in front off Vernon. It's not the first time -and he doubt it'd be the last- that Vernon belted him but the feeling of being belted still had not grown on him as the punch and kick had been. It had always been when Vernon is very angry or when he was real drunk that Vernon began belting him.
Vernon belted him for about ten slashes before he finally stop. Each slash had felt like he was being stabbed by a hundred knife and the feeling grow ten times every time Vernon coincidentally belt him at the same place as the one before it.
"Be grateful boy. That you are a boy, or else" Vernon growled near his ear and Harry could hear Vernon licked his own lips. And Harry know exactly what Vernon mean, how lucky Harry was that he was born a male and the fact that Vernon is straight. Harry shuddered at what would happen if he was born a girl instead of a boy. He was sure he would not survive.
And with that Vernon finished his 'Harry Beating Time' and went back to outside leaving Harry alone and hurting inside the cupboard.
-End of Flashback-
It really was stupid of him. He should've known that Dudley is not the one who send him that letter. It was too formal and real, there's no way Dudley would sent the letter, he doesn't have the skill to draw and he is way too lazy to even wrote the words. So, no he should've known better.
'It was really curious though, why would Vernon and Petunia be so afraid and angry with that letter? And if I remember right Vernon said something about not allowing me attend that school? What school is he talking about? Did the letter is an acceptance letter?' he thought, his mind furiously searching for any school he know that would send an acceptance today.
'No, all the other school I've send an enrollment form won't reply until another two weeks, so this couldn't be it' he thought.
'Both Vernon and Petunia barely glance at the letter before they paled and got angry, so that must means they know what the letter is! Which mean they have seen it before!' he narrow his eyes in suspicion.
'If so then what got them so angry? Surely a mere letter of acceptance school won't make them so furious, is it because it was me who got them? But that won't explain their paling and they looks like they have seen a horror scene' he thought remembering how Petunia and Vernon had acted, they had looked like the way the always did whenever he did some freaky things.
Harry widened his eyes and realized what that means, it means that the letter had a connection to his power. Only the freak power would cause them freaked out like before.
'Then it must be a school to train my power! It must be! That is why Vernon said that I'm not allowed to attend the school! He looks afraid before he gets angry, maybe he is afraid of the school? If the school really did made them piss their pants then it must not be a bad school' he thought with a grin and snickered at the image of a mini Dursley's running away from the image school.
He wondered what would happen now, would he attend or would not attend the school? 'I have to' he thought, surely he have to attend it, he need to train his power after all, if he could control his power then he would get stronger and he won't be powerless anymore and he would be able to defend himself from bastards like the Dursleys.
He believed that if he what he deduc is right then he have to read the letter, the letter might tell him how to reply. But now the question is how the bloody hell did he get the letter from the Dursleys. That is if they still have the letter. Knowing the Dursleys the letter would already been burned now so that he couldn't read it even if he somehow able to have the energy to get up
Well, if the school really have the same power as he did then he just have to wait for them to send more letters. Surely they know that he hadn't read the letters, maybe if he was lucky they would send someone to check on him!
He sighed, there he goes again hoping that someone would save him. No matter if they have the same power as him, he can't depended on them
Well he would wait and now, what he had to do is rest and heal his body. It bloody hurts!
Friday, 5 August 1991
Privet Drive No. 4
Little Whinging, Surrey
The letters did came every day. Both Vernon and Petunia had tried everything they know to get rid of it, they had burned them, drenched them, block the fireplace and everything else that their narrow mind able to things of. It was pointless though, because somehow the letters still came. And because of it Vernon had decided to beat him every night due to his frustration of failing to rid the letters. Which led him to realized something he never did before. His power is able to heal him. He had never noticed before as Vernon was never beat him a few days in a row, he had always beat him once or twice a week or two weeks, so he hadn't noticed it. But now that he was in constant pain he had seen his wound heal faster than any other people, which just prove further that he is different from the Dursleys.
Even though it made him hurting, the letters appearance made Harry really giddy because he still have the chance to steal it, the fact that it made the Dursleys scared and paranoid is a real points and he is getting more and more like their reactions, it was really funny. he had thought of how bad his feeling towards the Dursleys misery but he argued that the Dursleys had deserved every misery for every pain they had caused him, and it wasn't like he was the one who was doing it to them. And the fact that it was clearly had power makes him really happy to know that what he had deduc is right and there are school especially for people like him. Suddenly he feels really warm and teary at the fact that he is not alone.
And so now he is currently tip toeing back to his cupboard after stealing one of the letter. He had intentionally woke up earlier than usual, so he could take one of the letter before Petunia had a chance to destroyed them.
So now he looked at the letter, and the letter is still the same as before, nothing had changed. He carefully opened the letter with a cutter that he nicked from the living room. Inside the letter there is two pages of yellow coloured papers that look like they're out of time.
With a jolt he realized that the paper is in fact a parchment and looked at the paper in awe. He couldn't believe that he was holding a real parchment! He had always loved history, even now he had wished to be able to see and used things that were made in the past. He almost squealed in happiness like a little girl receive a baby doll.
He wondered whether the people in this school used other things like this, and mused over the thought that they were using a quill. He almost drooled at the thought. How he loved ancient treasures!-It is a treasure for him-
He took the first parchment and read.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. H. Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Second page
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
He gazed dazedly at the letter. 'It was real, it was real, it was real, it was real!' the letter is real, and he now has a name to call his power.
'Magic, I have magic!' Harry thought, he is still in awe over it. He had toyed with the thought of having magic after the snake fiasco but he hadn't had a prove that what he has is magic. But now, now there is a prove that he does have magic and he felt like he could burst any moment. Think of all the things he would be able to do, he felt so giddy. For a moment he thought about how immature he was upon finding out the truth but deflates the thought, he is eleven after all, he is allowed to be childish.
Thought now that he knew he has magic he connected that both Petunia and Vernon had known that he has magic. They had always told both Dudley and Harry repeatedly that magic doesn't exist, that magic is an evil freak thing. He should've realized there that they were lying. 'Fucking Dursleys!' outwardly he growled quietly.
He banished the thought to pranks and pull revenge on the Dursleys with his newfound power out of his mind and focused on the part of the letter where it state that an owl shall be waiting for reply. He is confused as to what owl but realized as this is a Wizards and Witches school so of course they used owls as their way of communication, just like many of the fantasy books said about Wizards and Witches.
He gathered his writing utensils and grab a handful of papers from his bag in order to write a reply stating he accept the school and maybe he should ask for them to send someone to here and describe the school.
He nodded to himself and started writing.
Dear Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall,
Ma'am my name is Harry Potter, I have just received my Hogwarts letter some few days before. It is the first time I've ever heard of such school and magic? Does magic really exist? Pardon my questions as until now I've believed that magic is only a fantasy and is not real. So do excuse me that I don't really believe this letter is valid, after all how would I know that this letter is real and this letter is not a scam.
If it's no trouble then would you mind sending someone to tell me about Hogwarts, I would be assured if there is some prove that magic does exist. And maybe the person you send, if you approve of sending someone to me then they could tell me how to buy the material for the school
My apologies if I have disturbed you time ma'am
Signed,
Harry Potter
There! He had finished his letter, he re-checked the letter for a few times wondering if it was a bad letter. Maybe there is some words better to write but he shrugged, it's not like he had ever write a letter before, so excuse him if his letter is bad.
Now all he has to do is to search for the owl. The last time he was outside his cupboard he was sure there is no owl inside the house, so the owl must be on the outside of the house. He quietly opened his cupboard and silently went outside so as to not informed the Dursleys of his adventure.
He has a real bad eyesight but that was only to words that was too far and because his glasses is not right as Petunia bought it from a secondhand stores, he had never had an eye checked before. But he is good at spotting things, he didn't know how that work with his bad eyesight but it does and now he is using his eye to search for the owl.
It took about a few minutes and he had to walk around the house to search for the owl but he had found it. The owl looks really big and regal with brown flecked with black spots on its wing and it is currently staring at Harry so intently that Harry started to feel nervous.
After what seems like a few minutes Harry finally brave himself and asked "Errm, are you Hogwarts owl?". He felt stupid for asking an owl a question but somehow he had the feeling that the owl would understand him. He was proven right when the owl nodded and hooted in response.
"Err right, I have a letter to be forwarded to Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall, will you take the letter to her please?" he asked the owl staring at it searching for any response. The owl hoot once again and this time it fly towards him forcing Harry to stand back.
Harry raised his arm and the owl perch on his hand. The owl raised its left leg and for a few second he he stared at the leg until he realized that it was offering his leg to take the letter. He thought about searching a rope to tie the letter to the owl but the owl is an owl sent by a witch, surely they don't need ropes.
He was right, he only need to stick the letter and it was magically stuck it the leg. The owl hooted once more and thankfully he was able to say thank you before the owl take off. He stared at the owl's way until it could not be seen by his eyes anymore.
He looked at the sun and realized with a jolt that it was time for him to start cooking breakfast, his aunt will soon awake and if he was seen awake but not doing anything, there will be hell for him.
Minerva McGonagall's Office
Hogwarts Castle
Scotland
If one was asked to describe Minerva McGonagall some would say that she is a very formidable witch, some would say that she is a very stern and respected teacher. She had taught at Hogwarts for more than forty years and taught more than thirty thousands students. And she had been a deputy headmistress for more than twenty years. As such it was her job to make the letters of new students magically by spelling them to instantly finished without her having to write the letters by hands, it was one of her mistake.
It was almost night time around eight p.m. and as usual she was writing reports that Albus had give her. She was doing it as bored as usual, and so with no one else around she let her guard down and let herself to let out an I'm-so-bored-Merlin-help-me-now expression. That a Hogwarts owl came inside her office landing on her table and offered a letter.
She put down her quill and took the letter from the owl, offering an owl treat, the owl took the treat and took off away from her office. She take a look at the letter and realized that it was not a Wizarding letter but a normal muggle's letter. She opened the letter and read it.
As she read it she widened her eyes as she realized that the letter is from Harry Potter, the son of two of her most favourite's students, James and Lily Potter or as the Wizarding World called him, The Boy Who Lived.
She read the rest of the letter and is confused. How come Harry didn't know about the Wizarding World? Didn't his relatives told him about the Wizarding World?
She wished she could see him tomorrow but she had an appointment so she is not able to see him. She thought of anyone who could go in her stead to Harry's home but could only thought of two people who is available tomorrow. Severus Snape and Filius Flitwick.
She was sure only Filius would accept to go take Harry to Diagon Alley and tell him about the Wizarding Word. With that in thought she paused her work and went to Filius's office.
Filius Flitwick's Office
Hogwarts Castle
Scotland
Filius Flitwick night had started really good. After grading some of his Ravenclaw's student's homework as some of them had sent an early essay by owl. He had started reading the newest charm book by Augurt Cropper. He was already through a few chapters when someone knocked his door.
Wondering who would go to him this late he opened the door and saw Severus Snape standing in front of him.
"Ahh, Severus. Do you need something?" Filius asked, smiling.
"Filius, yes I need something, in case you forgot you have promised me a duelling book?" Forgot indeed, more like purposely forgot, he had bet one of his duel book collection with Severus three years ago with the requirement the Slytherins have to win both Hogwarts House Cup and Quidditch Cup for three years in a row.
"Ahh, yes yes, of course I have not forgotten, come in Severus" he gestured Severus to sit at his couch.
"Wait here, I'll go take the book" Severus nodded and asked "May I?" he gestured his hand towards his charm book. Filius nodded.
Filius searched his personal library and took one of his old duelling book, The Duellist by Regan Clock. One of a famous duellist in 1898. He decided to give this book as it would greatly helped people understand more about duelling and be a great duellist, the book had helped him a lot during his twenty's.
He gave the book to Severus and realized that he had yet to entertain Severus a drink.
"What would you like to drink Severus?" he said
Severus looks up and wait for a few moment before giving him back his charm book and said "A cup of dark coffee, please"
Filius nodded and snap his hand, "Mippy, make a dark coffee and a sweet one with two sugars, please"
"Yes Master Filius" a small large eared wearing a towel, Mippy the female House Elf said.
Not long after that while waiting, once more he heard a knock and he mused 'what is it with people coming here tonight?'
He opened the door and saw Miner McGonagall standing there, he smiled and asked her to come in "Minerva! Come in, well, well, what a coincidence that both you and Severus had chosen to visits me tonight"
She looked surprised and asked " Severus is here? Well I have thought to ask either one of you a favor but thought that he would refuse so I opted to come here instead"
Filius is surprised, what favor would Minerva asked? "Really what favor?"
She smiled and said "I will tell both you and Severus together". Filius nodded and gestured her to sit beside Severus.
"Minerva" Severus nodded to Minerva and Minerva did the same to Severus, "Severus"
"Now tell me what favor you wish to ask us" Severus looks at Filius questioningly and Filius shrugged nodding his head at Minerva's way.
"Well as I said I need a favor but thought that Severus would refuse it so I came here instead" she stated calmly
"And what favor would I refuse?" Severus look at Minerva suspiciously
Minerva had the gall to smile and grin cheekily before saying "Why! A favor to accompany Mister Potter to Diagon Alley of course!"
Severus who was going to drink his coffee stop and coughed. "What!"
Minerva giggled -thought she would never admit it- and put her hand on her mouth while Filius outrightly laugh.
A few minutes of Filius and Minerva laughing and Severus trying to stop his coughing, Filius asked "Why would Mr. Potter need us to take him though?"
Minerva sighed and give a letter to him. Filius read it and frowned "It still doesn't tell me why he would need us". He gave the letter to Severus who raised his eyebrows as he read the letter.
Severus hummed and said "It's because he doesn't know about the Wizarding World doesn't it?". Filius look questioningly to Severus
Severus explained "The family that Potter is given to is Lily's sister's family, the Dursleys. Petunia -Lily's sister- know about magic so she should have told Potter about magic and the fact that Potter didn't know about magic when Petunia knows is strange"
Filius aahed and said "So that is why, hmm okay, I shall take Mr. Potter to the Diagon Alley". Severus coughed and said "I shall go too"
Both Filius and Minerva stared incredulously at Severus, had they heard that right? Severus Snape, The Potion Master of Hogwarts, haters of James Potter willingly offer himself to accompany Filius to go take a Potter to Diagon Alley. They checked their head and headed to the window to see the sky. It wasn't red, like they thought it to be.
Severus tsked in annoyance and said "I am able to go too you know, you don't have to act like a dunderheads" he sneered at them, and there he is like the Severus they knew.
"But! This is Harry Potter, you hate him! Why would you offer yourself?" Minerva sputtered
"Hmph! I'm merely going to see how cocky and arrogant the boy is with my own eyes and do you even know where the house is Filius?" Severus look challenging at them
And Filius throw his hand in defeat "No I don't know, very well we shall go to Mr. Potter's house together, however hear this Severus, you may not antagonized Mr. Potter the moment you've seen him and you shall not sneer or glare at him unless he was proven arrogant, understand?"
Severus glared at Filius for a few moment before nodding and said "Very well"
Minerva looked satisfied that both Filius and Severus had agreed to accompany Mr. Potter and shows it with the smile she gave to Filius and Severus.
"Well then I believe I have to go back to my office, I would love to spend more time however I unfortunately still have some works to do so do excuse me gentlemen" Minerva nodded to both Filius and Severus which they respond with their own nod.
Severus and Filius looks at each other and sighed fondly, "The things we do for Minerva"
Saturday, 6 August 1991
Privet Drive No.4
Little Whinging, Surrey
Harry looked around nervously, he had been woken up by Petunia's loud voice and his body still hasn't healed from yet another beating last night. And now he was currently cleaning one of the Dursleys vase waiting for his letter's reply. Well, he hoped Deputy Headmistress McGonagall replied his letter.
He finished cleaning the vase and now going to wash the Dursleys clothes. Passing through the living room Vernon called out "Boy! Funny how there's no more letter coming, isn't it?"
Harry turned to look at Vernon, inwardly he was sweating but outwardly he looks confused.
"The letters Uncle Vernon? There really no other letters coming again?" his face looked surprised and then he smiled, "Isn't it a good thing Uncle Vernon? Now we don't have to deal with more letter!"
Vernon eyed him and said "Yes it was a really good thing that no more freaky letters coming for your freaky ass!"
"Then Uncle Vernon, I should go wash the clothes now Uncle Vernon" Harry made a move to go to the washroom but was confused when Vernon said "Then you have no relation with what the neighbours are saying, don't you?"
"Relation to what Uncle Vernon? What are you talking about?" Harry asked
Vernon glared at him causing Harry to go stiff,"The neighbours are saying that they saw an owl flying away from my home with a letter!"
Harry's eyes widened and he is frozen in panic. He had not thought of the chance that the neighbours would sees the owl. He had thought that today being a Sunday would mean no one would wake up early enough to see the owl. It seems that he had miscalculated.
Vernon sneered "Well boy! What do you say? You're the one who sent a letter didn't ya? Try to asked for help from your freaky kind didn't ya!"
Harry shook his head, "No Uncle! I didn't send anything! I didn't even know there's an owl outside, I swear!". He took a step back as soon as Vernon had sneered at him.
Vernon roared "LIAR! It must be you who did it! Only you is freaky enough to do that!"
He sneered and continued "Just like your freaks parents doing freaky things!"
Harry froze, did he hear that right? His parents doing freaky things? Does this mean that his parents are also magical? If so then why the Dursleys never told him that?
"My parents can do the same thing as what I can do?" Harry asked dazedly.
"You think that you're parents were normal didn't you?!" Vernon sneered.
"Well freak! Too bad for you neither you nor your son of a bitch of a father and your whore mother is normal! Pffft! The only good thing that happened is that they were murdered as they deserve it!" Vernon sneered and then laughed in triumph
This made Harry really mad, as far as he had been alive the Dursleys had made sure that he never know anything about his parents, they only told him that they were drunk and killed themselves in a freak car accident, he didn't even know what their names are.
"You! You dare to badmouthed my parents! And you lied to me! You said, you said that my parents died in a car accident!" For the first time in six years Harry cried, he didn't cried over the beating and yet he cried the moment he finally know something about his parents even if it was only a little piece of information, albeit it was a painful information.
"Ha! You don't think that we are truthful did you?! As if we would say the truth when the lie hurts you more!" Vernon is grinning now, he had been trying to make Harry cry but he never succeed before, but now that he had he felt really good. Who knows that he only have to say something about the freak's freaky parents to make him cry like a baby?
Harry see red. He had endure everything that the Dursleys had done to him. The Dursleys lies was the only thing he had ever known about his parents before, so he had believe the Dursleys. But now that he had heard the truth he couldn't hold back anymore. He roared "ARRGGHHH!" and launch a punch to Vernon.
He didn't know how but it seems like his hands had been filled with magic as the moment his hands connected with Vernon, the man had been thrown back into the wall, his punch is so strong that the wall breaks. He didn't stop there though, he ran over to where Vernon is lying and continued punching him repeatedly, though without the strength from before.
He continued until he was forcibly thrown out by someone who later he found out was Dudley and Dudley began punching his stomach and head. Sometimes along, Vernon rise up and began to join Dudley in beating him.
He didn't know how long but what he know is that he felt like he had been tortured for more than a thousand years, and God only knows what Vernon had used to beat him this time as he felt not only a belt but also another some kind of weapon had hit him.
After what seems like a never ending beating both Vernon and Dudley finally stopped beating him and drag his body back to his cupboard. And now in his cupboard, Harry barely able to stay conscious for a few minutes and heard the doorbell ring before he went unconscious.
Severus Snape's Office, 09.45 a.m.
Hogwarts Castle
Scotland
Severus Snape's day had started like always, checking all of his potions ingredient whether he had all of of them or not. He is going to go to the Diagon Alley anyway, so he had the chance to buy all the ingredients he needed. After seeing that he only needed a few rare ingredients he was satisfied and decide that it was time to meet Filius in Hogwarts Gate.
After a few minutes he finally reach the gate where he could see Filius is already there seemingly bored.
"Severus finally! Why are you so late?" Filius asked
Severus sneered, "Well unlike you I had to checked whether there's something that I need to buy also in the Diagon Alley, the Potter brat isn't the only one that needs to buy things"
Filius sighed, "Just remember Severus, no antagonizing him when we met him, okay?"
Severus nodded stoically, he had been thinking of which parents would the boy looks like, though he had no doubt that the boy would look like his father from what he had seen him when the boy is just a little babe. He still had hope that beside of Lily's eyes in his eye colour, the boy would also have something else in common with Lily. He had loved Lily, still love her actually, but it was not the same, where before he had loved her like one would a life partner now he only felt a brother and sister love towards her whenever he thought about her. A painful love it might be, it's still love. And he still regret what he had done. Now that he had the chance to do better he would do anything to make Lily proud.
With that thought in mind he and Filius walk to the apparation point and apparated away to an alley in Privet Drive.
They arrived in Privet Drive and both Severus and Filius had to transfigure their clothes first before going out of the alley and search for Potter's house. Both of them transfigured their top into a black suit and their pants into a formal pants.
Both Severus's and Filius's eyebrow twitched. They're done transfiguring their clothes and had stepped out of the alley only to see the same house image everywhere, and it really hurts their eye. They look incredulous. How the bloody hell did these muggle stand to see the same things over and over? In here, everything looks so...so normal! They shuddered, they would never be able to stay in a place that looks the same everywhere. And Severus faintly grateful that the place his home in Spinet resided is not like this.
They look at each other and Filius said "Well, we had to search now". They walked and search passing a few house until they finally reach No.4 Privet Drive. Filius rang the doorbell for a few times and wait for a moment until someone opened the door and show one Petunia Dursley nee Evans.
"Welco-" Petunia stop talking the moment she saw the black haired man behind the shortest man she had ever seen, recognizing the black haired man.
"YOU!" Petunia glared at Severus and paled which make Severus smirked in amusement.
Filius raise an eyebrow and look questioningly towards Severus which he paid no mind and instead answered Petunia, still smirking "Yes me, long time no see Tuney"
Petunia glared "Don't you dare call me that names Snape! You had no right to!"
Severus's smirked widened and he said "Whatever Tuney, we came here to take Pot-Harry to buy his school's material". He noted that she paled even paler than she had before and narrow his eyes in suspicion.
"The-The Boy is not here! You're in bad luck, he is not available now. You better go back to your world Snape!" she said disdainfully
"Does he really? You look pale Tuney, are you sure you're not lying?" Severus leaned forward making Petunia step back and sputtered "I-I-I'm not lying! Why don't you just bloody go you freak!"
"Well well well Petunia what a language you used, though now that you've said it you made me really curious. What are you hiding Tuney?" Severus taunted the woman and watch as her skin turn even more paler, if he had known that she is a muggle than he would have thought that she is a metamorphagus from the fact that her skin is able to change so much.
He look towards Filius and saw him nod. Then both he and Filius forcibly went into the Dursley's house passing a staircase with a cupboard and go through to the living room. Both the men froze when they saw a puddle of blood and a broken wall instead of an orderly room.
"What is this Petunia? Where is Harry?" Severus asked his voice so quiet that the other two almost didn't hear it.
"This? This is the Boy's fault! He should've known to not taunt Vernon, so he is currently receiving what he completely deserve!" she sniffed in disdain
"I asked again Tuney, where is Harry" Severus's voice is so cold that Petunia flinch and Severus pointed his wand towards Petunia's way. Satisfied when he sees her eye filled with fear.
"I won't tell you" Petunia said, she looks calm but there's no mistake in her tone that she is afraid
Filius growled and Petunia squeak and jumps slightly. "You better tell us now muggle, we aren't exactly on the patient side now!" Filius's wand is poking Petunia's back making her scream a little.
"I-I no I Please!" Petunia begged and Filius asked again, "Well?"
Slowly she raised her hands and pointed towards the Cupboard under the stairs.
Severus and Filius stare. Their mind racing, thinking of what she means. 'She doesn't mean that he is inside there doesn't she?! Oh Merlin please let it be untrue!' Severus thought furiously as he sprinted towards the Cupboard and unlocked the Cupboard "ALOHOMORA!"
And there he is, Harry James Potter, Lily's son lay down inside the Cupboard so pale and so much blood envelop his body as if he was bathing in blood. His lips slowly turning blue and if it was not for the fact that his chest is slowly going up and down he would've believe that he had failed Lily.
"Merlin!" he heard a whispered right beside him as he get down to take Harry and hold him. He carried Harry in a bridal style and said in the coldest he had ever said and with the coldest glare he managed to send "We will be going for now Petunia, but do not mistake that I'm letting you go, I'll come back and when that time comes Petunia, you and your family are fucking dead!" He snarled at the end and pointed his wand to cast a spell "Vestigo Vos!"
And he selected to go back to Hogwarts rather than stayed here any longer staying in this forsaking hellhole. He barely heard Filius growled and heard him casting a spell he didn't know and didn't care at the moment. He cast a concealment spell and run towards the alley and disapparated back to the castle.
Hospital Wing, 10.30 a.m.
Hogwarts Castle
Scotland
Severus ran to Hogwarts hospital wing as soon as he landed on the ground never minding that his legs hurts due to the force nor did he care the fact that he had left Filius behind, assuring himself that Filius is a grown up and can go back by himself.
It took a full ten minutes to reach the hospital wing and he quickly called Hogwarts Matron, Madam Poppy Pomfrey. "Poppy!" said woman currently in a room that was connected to the wing is startled by Severus's voice and worried that something had happened to her fellow colleague.
"Severus! What happens" she exclaimed as soon as she step out of the room and saw what look like a child in Severus's arms.
She gestured him to put the child to the bed, and Severus did just that. Wasting no time she summoned a few parchment and cast "Malum Ostendo!" a spell to show every injury that the boy had so she could use the right spell to heal him.
She grew more worried when the parchment that she had summoned keep filling out until she was out of parchment and had to summon more and more parchment. Finally the spell ended when the spell had filled about thirty-one parchment. It was one of the longest -though not the only one- injury list that she ever had seen in all her days as a healer in Hogwarts. She grew sad as she realized that yet another child -no doubt a muggleborn- is being treated badly in their own home.
"Who is he Severus?" she asked the black haired man who remain quiet as she healed the boy's wound as quickly as possible.
"Why don't you take a look at the boy's face and see, I'm sure you'd know who he is" answered the man quietly
She was confused why he wants her to do that until among the bruises in the boy's face she saw one red fresh looking scar in the shape of lightning right above the boy's right eyebrow.
She gape for a moment and quickly look at Severus for a confirmation "Th-This is? Is he?"
Severus nodded and keep quiet and she sagged her shoulders in defeat "Merlin, James, Lily"
She was concentrating very hard when Filius came barging into the hospital out of breath making her glared at him for disturbing her concentration. "How is he ?!" Filius almost shouted.
"I'm healing him now, now you be quiet!" Filius cringed at her glowering murmuring a 'yes ma'am' under his breath.
When she finally finished healing Harry three hours later she found that both Filius and Severus is still right beside Harry's bed and across her in the same place as they had been before.
"You didn't leave?" she raise her left eyebrow.
"No" both of them answered at the same time.
"Very well, just don't you dare make a ruckus and awake the boy! I swear if he even twitch" she threaten the both of them and they nodded their heads.
Madam Pomfrey go back to the room she was in before and took a few bandages and other things that would help her heal Harry.
"Where is Minerva? I would have thought that she of all people would be the one here, no offense Severus, Filius, but it's Minerva who usually go to new muggleborn and muggle raised students house" she asked them
Both the men showed that they're not offended as it is Minerva's job not theirs. And Filius answered her question, "Unfortunately Minerva has an appointment today so she couldn't go take to Diagon Alley herself and so she asked both of us to take Mr. Potter in her stead"
He continued, "And so we show up at his relative's house and we found him already like what you saw before in the house's Cupboard!" he spits the word hatefully
Poppy gasped in horror, "A Cupboard?!"
Severus sneered "Yes woman, a cupboard" if looks could kill, no doubt that Severus would have killed the Dursleys by his glare only.
Poppy sighed mournfully and asked "What would you do now? What about Minerva? What will you tell her?"
Filius answered "We can only tell the truth, Harry is here now. There's no way that she won't know. But she isn't the problem. The problem is-"
Poppy cut him off "Albus, yeah I know"
He nodded "If I was right then the portrait had seen Severus ran carrying a bloodied Harry here so it's only a matter of time before he came in looking for Harry"
Severus who had been quiet until now spoke up "Actually, I cast a concealment spell on myself before I run to Privet Drive's alley and disapparated back here"
Filius widened his eyes and "Did you really?! That's good Severus, I guess you only stop the spell the moment you came inside here didn't you?"
Severus nodded looking satisfied with himself.
"Well that's good and well, but now both of you OUT! Mr. Potter needs his rest and you're a nuisance! Now get out!" Poppy kicked both Severus and Filius out of the wing, and both men left the wing grumbling under their breath. Vowing to go back inside when the old Matron is not there to ban them.
Seven hours later
Hospital Wing, 08.30 p.m.
Hogwarts Castle
Scotland
Opening his eyes slowly, Harry Potter wake up to a white colour covering his eyes and for a moment blinded by the lightness. 'Am I finally dead?' he thought as he currently only able to see white. He wait for a few moments until the light left and his eyes finally able to see again. He tried to sit up only to feel great pain and he was forced to go lay back and nearly scream but held back due to experience of not allowed to scream by his relative's.
He waited until the pain leave his body and slowly as to not make him feel hurt again he sit and looks around the room, noticing that there's two people he had never seen before. One of the men had the blackest hair he had ever seen and the other one had a grey hair. The grey one looks real short though. He briefly wondered who they are and where he is now that he didn't notice them waking up until a voice called him out of his thought.
"Hello Mr. Potter"
Harry snapped his head towards the men and saw that the black haired man is looking at him with a straight face while the grey one looks quite excited.
"Umm, Hello Mr?" he answered and asked as he didn't know who they are
"Severus Snape Mr. Potter, you may call me Professor Snape, I am Hogwarts Potions Master and teacher" the black haired one now Professor Snape answered
"And I'm Filius Flitwick, I'm Hogwarts Charm teacher" the grey one continued as he grinned at Harry.
Harry widened his eyes and "H-H-Hogwarts sir? I'm in Hogwarts?" he asked and look at them in awe.
Professor Flitwick's grin broaden and he answered Harry's question "Yes Mr. Potter you are in Hogwarts"
"But-But how sir? I don't remember ever going here, in fact the last thing I remember is-" he stopped himself as he finally remember what had happened before he fell unconscious and widened his eyes towards both Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick.
"Did-did you save me sir?" he asked staring at them hopefully
Professor Flitwick smiled in sympathy and Professor Snape nodded his eyes. And Harry closed his eyes in a moment before asking "What happens now sir?"
"Now you go back to sleep Mr. Potter, no need to exhaust yourself when you should be resting" Professor Snape answered as he go and take something out of the chest beside the leftmost bed from his bed.
"Here drink this, it will help you turn to sleep faster" he thrust a bottle of black-purple water
Harry drink the water but almost throw up due to its horrible taste, though he didn't throw up as he didn't want one of his new saviour to think bad of him. He did cough though and he saw Professor Flitwick looks like he knew what it feels to drink this water, which he probably did.
He wish to say more but he is only able to express his gratitude to both men before he falls back into sleep
"Thank you Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick"
A/N: Hello guyssss, did you like my first chapter? What do you think of it? Is it too much, is it going way too slowly? Did it annoy you? Or what? Okay so, first is that the characters is slightly OOC but! It's what I expected if like from example Snape, if you don't remember Snape didn't like Harry is because Harry looks way too alike with James, not only does Canon Harry looks like James, he also has James's hair, and while Canon Harry is not a pranksters like James he is always attracting troubles so yes he reminded Snape of his bully during school days, the only thing that Harry had common with Lily is his green eyes, other than that he doesn't have anything else in common -well, at least that's what I thought- in fact it was Hermione who acts like what I expected Lily would be, a woman who loves book and should have been in Ravenclaw and yet sorted in Gryffindor. But in my fics, not only does Harry has a mixture of both James and Lily's hair, his personalities also a mixture of James and Lily, he is slightly cocky and vengeful but polite and caring and of course loyal to his precious people. So no, in my fics he didn't remind Snape of James. And Snape now looks at Harry as Harry not as James Potter.
This chapter's spell list :
From Canon :
Alohomora (The Unlocking Charm) : It's a spell to unlocks things that was locked, this spell can be used in every muggle door that used locks though not door's that used a password to open the door, and most of magical door that weren't locked using a higher locking spell.
Original Spell :
Vestigo Vos (The Tracking You Charm) : It's not the strongest tracking charm but is strong enough to be used against muggle, and no matter where they hide said muggle won't be able to hide, most of Wizards and Witches are able to dissolve the spell but only if they had learn how to dissolve it.
Malum Ostendo (The Injury Revealing Healing Spell) : it's a common but really hard healing spell used by healers to reveal every injury a person have, it is not an easy spell and the healer who used it had to have a great control of their magic, because this spell while seems easy and simple is in fact really complicated as instead of instantly record every list it depends on magic control and instead of once a time it's one at a time, for example a healer wish to only examine your head, so said healer even if like Madam Pomfrey in this chapter said the spell said healer would only examine the heads only instead of a full body like what Madam Pomfrey did, it is because said healer controlled his or her magic to examine the heads only. Let me warn you that this spell only revealed injury such as physical wound, not a disease like cancer or anything else, also it doesn't revealed malnourishment.
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