Chapter 2
A/N: I have re-uploaded the first chapter, since I discovered that when the chapter got to the point of baptism, there were quite a few incorrect words used when the pastor was speaking to the people who were about to be baptised, now it is fixed. Sorry for any inconvenience or confusion caused.
For example, I used 'bearing in the lightness of his death', that's not correct, instead, it should be 'buried in the likeness of his death'.
Also, I used 'professional faith', that's not correct, the correct words should be 'profession of faith'.
A Deserted Visit
Disclaimer: The Harry Potter Universe belongs to J.K. Rowling, I have nothing out of this except for enjoyment.
Severus Snape didn't know what to do, he was caught in a dilemma, on one hand, he hated Harry because he hated James, on the other hand, he didn't want to disobey Dumbledore.
"I'll check Grimmauld Place," he said.
Then he walked out of the office.
Just as Snape walked out, Professor McGonagall entered.
Dumbledore then checked the list of the enrolled students, and he discovered that Harry and Hermione's name is no longer there.
"Harry and Hermione have withdrawn from Hogwarts," he said.
"I know," Professor McGonagall said. "I was going to tell you that."
Then she showed him Hermione's letter.
"I don't care where Hermione goes," Dumbledore said after he had finished reading the letter. "But Harry is essential for me to get rid of Voldemort."
"Yet you have barely spoken to him," Professor McGonagall said.
"I feared that Voldemort could use him as a means to spy on me," Dumbledore said. "The curse that had failed to kill him seemed to have forged some kind of connection with Voldemort, and now it is getting stronger."
"You don't even have to worry about speaking to him now, he's gone from this school and I am okay with it," Professor McGonagall said.
Then she walked out of Dumbledore's office.
/Scene Break/
Harry and Hermione, meanwhile, were reading the Bible.
A moment later, however, Harry started to have nightmares, but suddenly, a green mist oozed out of his scar, and then he woke up.
"What is this?" he asked.
"I don't know," Hermione said.
Then they continued to read the verses, until the end of the chapter.
Then they closed their Bibles, and placed them back into the bookshelf.
"I think I should share this wonderful gospel of salvation to my aunt, uncle and cousin some time later, so that they will at least know Christ," said Harry.
"We could," Hermione agreed.
Harry was now feeling sorry about his aunt and uncle, despite the fact that they were abusive, Christ had died for them.
He began to pray, and felt that he was more relieved, in fact, Christ's love was more abundant than his mother's love, and Christ is alive.
He knew that there would be no way for his parents to enter Heaven, because they had died without Christ, this made him feel sorrowful.
/Scene Break/
Snape, meanwhile, had arrived back to Dumbledore's office.
"No sign of Potter," he said. "Even Sirius Black didn't know about this."
"I shall have to ask someone else to check the Grangers' residence," said Dumbledore.
He summoned Kingsley and Remus to his office.
"What can I do for you, Dumbledore?" Kingsley asked.
"You two need to check the Grangers' residence," Dumbledore said. "Harry had disappeared from Hogwarts a few weeks ago."
Remus and Kingsley nodded.
/Scene Break/
Harry and Hermione, meanwhile, were watching TV, about thirty minutes later, they heard a knock on the door.
"Who do you think it is?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know," Harry said.
"Then don't open it," Hermione replied.
A moment later, two men appeared.
It was Remus and Kingsley.
"How did you two arrive here?" Remus asked.
"Dobby sent us here," Harry said.
"And why did you want to leave Hogwarts?" asked Kingsley.
"I don't think I belong to Hogwarts," Harry said. "By the way, I am now a follower of Christ."
Remus and Kingsley were stunned, they had no idea what Harry was talking about.
"Dumbledore wants you to go back," Kingsley said.
"I am not a follower of Dumbledore," Harry said. "I am a follower of Christ."
"You are not safe here," Kingsley said.
"God is with me right now," Harry said. "By all means, I am safe in his hands, he is in control of my life now."
"What do you mean by follower of Christ?" asked Kingsley.
"Following Jesus Christ and his teachings, after all, he is the hope of the world, and only through him we can have a relationship with God," Harry said. "God forbids any kind of Witchcrafts, after all."
Kingsley gasped, and he didn't know what to say. He wished what Harry had said wasn't true.
"Why do you want to have a relationship with God?" he asked Harry.
"Because he is the creator of the whole universe," said Harry. "What I have gone through is no doubt meaningless."
Kingsley turned to Remus.
Staring at each other, there was a short silence, and then they whispered with each other.
"Let's go," Kingsley said.
/Scene Break/
"Have you two found Harry?" asked Dumbledore.
"As a matter of fact, we have," Remus said. "But Harry said that he is a follower of Christ, not a follower of you."
"I don't quite understand what you are saying," Dumbledore said.
"Follower of Jesus Christ," Remus said.
"What did he think he is playing at?" Dumbledore asked.
"Harry said that Christ is the hope of all world," said Kingsley. "Only through him we can have a relationship with God, and that God is the creator of the whole universe."
"Rubbish!" Dumbledore roared, and this made both Kingsley and Remus jump, they had never seen Dumbledore losing control like this.
"He also said that God forbids any kind of Witchcrafts," said Kingsley.
"Did you tell Harry that he is not safe at the Grangers residence?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, but he said that God is with him, and he is safe in God's hands," Remus said. "He said that God is in control of his life."
"How incredible!" Dumbledore said, and he shook his head, thinking; how would Sybill Trelawney's prophecy be fully fulfilled if Harry is not in his control? He hadn't even told Harry about the prophecy yet.
On the other hand, did Harry really decided to live his life another way?
He knew it was not good, since it would most likely cause him to not be able to direct Harry.
He wondered how Harry had heard about Jesus Christ, to him it was no doubt rubbish.
More unbearably, the fact that God forbids witchcrafts made him angry and scared, he wished that this God hadn't existed. He knew he had proof, because he didn't see this God at all, the only thing that troubled him was that if this God was real.
Perhaps if he told Harry about the prophecy, Harry would come back to Hogwarts, but this could wait until later. He might have to obliviate those people who had told Harry about Christ, and obliviate Harry as well, to get Harry back into his control.
/Scene Break/
Several weeks later, in Number Four, Privet Drive, there was a knock on the door.
Vernon opened the door, and discovered that it was a postman.
"It's for you, sir," the postman said.
"Thanks," Vernon said, and he took a look, and found it was from Dan and Emma Granger.
He was curious about what is inside, and as he opened it, he discovered that it was a book, entitled The Holy Bible.
Why would I want this?
He didn't know if he should get rid of it or not, although he didn't think he needed it, but something in his mind seems to be telling him to not get rid of it.
He spent his spare time of the following week reading it, skipping certain parts of genealogies, since there may not be any need to read them, and proceeded onwards.
One month later, he started to read the New Testament.
He realised that he had sinned too much, right from unfairness to abuse someone else's child, and pampering his own child.
He began to reconsider what has been going on during the previous year.
Then he realised that Dudley had been going for tea during his school holidays, and he decided to ask him, and acknowledge what he was actually doing, or at least, he should ask Dudley what he want to do if he is going to go out and hang on with his friends again.
He knew that he was on the wrong road, and he was in the bondage of sin.
He considered what the Bible had said:
But whereas sin abounded, Grace did much more abound.
This is amazing! He thought.
Then he wept.
A few moments later, he stopped crying, and he wiped his tears with some tissues.
Then Petunia came in.
"What's on your mind, Vernon?" she asked.
"I just had a feeling that we might have to ask our own son what he wanted to do when he goes out any time in the future," Vernon said.
"What made you think of that?" Petunia asked.
"I don't know, but we might have to ask Dudley's friends' parents and see how many times had Dudley been to their house for tea during the evening last year," Vernon said.
"You still didn't answer my question," said Petunia.
"I want to know what my son was really doing in the evenings during his school holidays," Vernon said.
Then he went to the telephone, took the receiver, and dialled the number of Piers Polkisses's parents.
A moment later, a voice rang out.
"Kevin Polkisses speaking."
"Hi Kevin, this is Vernon Dursley speaking, I want to ask you, exactly how many times did Dudley went to your house for tea during his last school holiday?"
"None," said Kevin.
Vernon gasped.
"Are you serious, Kevin?" he asked quietly.
"Yes, I mean Piers was also absent from our house, and I have no idea what he was doing," Kevin said. "Piers told me that he went to another friend's house for tea."
"OK, thanks," Vernon said. "Bye."
"Bye," Kevin said.
Then Vernon put down the receiver, and walked back into the kitchen, and met Petunia.
"What's up, Vernon?" Petunia asked.
"Dudley might have been lying to us, because I asked Piers's father, Kevin, about how many times Dudley had been to his house for tea, Kevin said none," Vernon replied. "If Dudley ever goes out for tea again during the evening, we will have to ask him who's house he is going to go to, and give a call to that house before or after Dudley leaves."
"What if Dudley says 'Don't ask me that much questions'?" Petunia asked.
"We will have to say that we won't allow him to go out on his own again like this until he could answer our question, and besides, if he goes outside without our consent again, and if he comes back and say that he went to Piers's house, we will have to give a call to Piers's parents and see if he is actually telling the truth," Vernon said. "Not to spy on him, but we do need information about where he had actually gone to, and what he did while he was away."
Petunia didn't know what to say, in spite of the fact that she had pampered Dudley so much in the past, she felt that it is really time to take action.
Thinking about the time that Dudley had met the Dementors, and Harry had repelled them, she was grateful that at least Dudley didn't ran into the Dementors alone, otherwise who knows what could have happened.
Vernon, meanwhile, had left the room, reappearing a few minutes later with the Bible.
He sat down at the sofa, and then he flipped the pages to Genesis chapter two.
"Petunia, read this," he said.
After Petunia had finished reading chapter two, she proceeded onto chapter three.
"Now read this," Vernon said, flipping the pages to the book of John.
"How many chapters should I read?" Petunia asked.
"As long as you finish the whole book of John in one week, that will be all," Vernon said.
So within that week, Petunia finished the book of John, and she was shocked, too.
"Who give you this book?" she asked.
"This book was posted here by Dan and Emma Granger," Vernon said.
"I haven't committed any sins," Petunia said.
Vernon flipped the page again, until he reached the book of Romans chapter three verse ten.
"Read from here," he said.
Petunia glanced at the words, and started to read.
As soon as she finished it, her face was white.
"Which of these laws have I disobeyed?" she asked.
"It is not just you, me also," Vernon said, and he flipped the book back to the book of John, chapter thirteen.
"Look at this," he said, pointing at verse thirty four to thirty five.
Petunia looked at it, and then she was confused, but then she fell silent.
She began to think of what she had done over the past fourteen years, and she suddenly gasped.
"What would happen then?" she asked.
"You have been separated from God," Vernon said. "Now turn to Isaiah chapter fifty nine verse one to two."
Petunia searched the contents, and turned to the book of Isaiah, and as she read chapter fifty nine verse one to two, she realised that it was sin that had separated her from God.
"Is there anything I can do?" she asked.
"Turn to John chapter three verse sixteen," Vernon said.
Petunia had started to grow inpatient.
"This is the last one for now," Vernon said.
Petunia nodded, and she turned to that particular verse, and she felt relieved.
"So all I have to do is to believe Jesus?" she asked.
Vernon nodded.
"And then you are born again," he said. "Your sins will be forgiven."