Rose Potter and the Boy-Who-Lived
A crossover between The Adventures of Rose Potter and canon Harry Potter. Spoilers up to and including Goblet of Fire, there might be references to the other books. Obviously, spoilers for the whole of The Adventures of Rose Potter, which you should read first. NO HORCRUXES
by coolhacker1025
Chapter 2: Meeting Albus Dumbledore
"I suppose that I can work with the fact that Dumbledore wants to meet me," said Rose.
'How?'
She told him the story about how she suggested a pet check for the school, in light of his escape from Azkaban, and how they'd captured Wormtail that way.
'I need to control the situation as much as possible, Padfoot,' she finished. 'I won't introduce a conscious Wormtail to the situation—I just need him not dead. Also, I might be able to wrangle some concessions about Harry from him.'
'He won't give up easily,' said Sirius.
'No, he won't,' admitted Rose. 'But if he won't play my way, I may have to use some underhanded methods.'
'Such as?'
'Um...encouraging the Dursleys to relinquish custody of Harry,' said Rose. 'I have a feeling that might not be as hard as one would think. After all, like everybody says, I look with my mum, but with dad's eyes.'
'If your eye colour is changed...'
'I could impersonate Mum, yeah,' said Rose. 'I might do that for the hell of it, anyway.'
'Because of the way they treated you?'
'And Harry,' said Rose, nodding.
The next day, Rose received a letter that turned out to be from the headmaster.
Dear Miss Evans,
Due to your associations with Mr Harry James Potter and the notorious mass-murderer Sirius Black, I would like to request that you come to my office for a meeting at your earliest convenience, so that I may be reassured of Mr Potter's continued safety. Please respond to this owl.
Hoping that you are well,
Albus Dumbledore, Order of Merlin (1st class), Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
PS: I enjoy Cockroach Clusters
'Well, I guess that I'm off to see the Wizard,' said Rose, more to herself than anything.
'That's a reference to that old Muggle movie The Warlock of Mars,' said Sirius. 'Lily made us watch it once on holiday.'
'It's called The Wizard of Oz,' corrected Rose. 'I'll mail the Headmaster and request an appointment tomorrow.'
'If I were you, I'd use a Glamour when you were in the school,' said Sirius. 'No need to frighten anyone about Lily Potter rising from the Dead.'
'Nobody except for my dear Aunt Tuney,' chuckled Rose.
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'Come in,' said the Headmaster's voice, and Rose walked in. It was decorated just as she remembered, and she went over to see Fawkes.
'Hi, Fawkes,' she said. In response, the Phoenix gave a reassuring trill.
'He usually doesn't warm to people that quickly,' said Dumbledore. 'I was happily surprised when you responded to my message, and so quickly, too.'
'It was only polite,' said Rose. 'You did say "at your earliest convenience".'
'Fawkes' approval of you does reassure me somewhat,' admitted Dumbledore. 'I was rather shocked when you entered. For a moment, I thought that I was seeing an old student of mine—a student that I had come to love in the years we worked together.'
'Who was she?'
'Lily and James Potter became like children to me,' he said. 'It was a tragedy when they died. Now, on to business: who are you, really?'
'From a certain point of view, I could be "the power the Dark Lord knows not",' she said, watching as Dumbledore showed his astonishment.
'How do you know the prophesy?' he asked.
'I was told it,' said Rose. 'By a very wise man. "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches, born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. And the Dark Lord will mark the child as his equal, but it will have a power the Dark Lord knows not. And either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live whilst the other survives. The one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord approaches." The person who told me the Prophecy told me that it could refer to one other person.'
'I'm afraid that the person that told you the prophesy was mistaken,' said Dumbledore. 'It clearly specifies that the child will be a male.'
'There is another option, Headmaster,' said Rose. 'That the prophesy was correct for where I came from.'
'You're a Dimensional Traveller?' asked Dumbledore. 'How? Why?'
'I don't know how, or why,' answered Rose. 'All I know is that I can improve things here.'
'What things?'
'I'm almost ready to complete a mission that will capture Peter Pettigrew,' she replied. 'Also, do you know how bad Harry's life is at the Dursleys?'
'I imagine that it isn't great,' said Dumbledore. 'He's never come to me, though.'
'Your counterpart asked Merlin to forgive him for what he'd done,' said Rose. 'If you'll lend me your Pensieve, I'll show you. One is from my point of view. The other you will find both rich in detail and satisfyingly accurate.'
'Whose is it?'
'Yours,' she said, extracting the memory. 'You gave it to me, willingly.'
'Allons-y!' said the headmaster as they entered into the Pensieve.
IN THE PENSIEVE:
'You'll pay for what you did last night, Freak!' shouted Vernon, who took out a rounders bat and started to beat Rose. 'For the rest of the goddamned summer, you get a tin of soup a day!' he said nastily. 'If you survive!'
The memory went dark. 'This is when I blacked out,' explained Rose. 'The memory will continue a couple of days later.'
Rose woke up a couple of days later, feeling better than she had in ages. She almost felt more powerful.
She was in a room that she didn't recognise. Someone she didn't know walked in.
'Wo bin ich? Ich erkenne Sie nicht! Wie heisst du?' Rose said at a rapid pace.
'I am Augusta Longbottom, and you are at my house,' replied the Longbottom Matriarch in German. 'Neville is my grandson.'
'You're Neville's gran?' asked Rose, still in German.
'Genau,' said Augusta. 'You have visitors who are quite worried about you.'
'Who are they?' asked Rose, finally switching to English.
'Your Headmaster and Nurse Pomfrey,' said Augusta. 'And you may call me Gran. Once I've taught you about your family, you'd be calling me that anyway.'
'Miss Potter, you gave us quite a scare,' said Dumbledore, walking into the room. 'I've had, um, words, with your former guardians, and they have relinquished custody. I have also pressed charges against them on your behalf. You will never go there again.'
'Your relatives did this?' asked the Neville in the memory, walking in, behind the Headmaster, who nodded sadly. 'Headmaster, I don't care if I get in trouble for saying this, but she'd better never stay in that house again.'
'I have discussed that matter with your grandmother,' said Dumbledore to Neville, before turning back to Rose.
The memory ended and dissolved into a new memory. Headmaster Dumbledore was sitting at his desk, getting ready for the ICW meeting in a couple of weeks, when a call came in on the Floo.
'Headmaster, the Potter girl is at the Longbottom's house, badly injured,' said the Nurse, wearing her standard uniform. 'Augusta told me not to waste any time.'
'What happened? Death Eaters?'
'I don't think so,' said the nurse. 'From what she said, it was those Muggles that Rose lives with.'
'I'm coming through,' said Dumbledore, pulling on his outer robe (a star-spangled purple). He rushed through the Floo, and soon, they entered the Longbottom house.
'Where is she?' asked Madame Pomfrey.
'In the guest room,' said Augusta Longbottom, hurrying towards a room.
The Rose in the memory was laying on the bed, unconscious. Dumbledore could tell that the girl was badly injured.
'How bad is she?' asked Dumbledore.
'Not good,' said the nurse. 'A day or two more, and we wouldn't have a Girl-Who-Lived any longer.'
'My God, Poppy, what have I done?' asked Dumbledore when he saw the injuries on Rose's body. It was a good thing that there was a table next to where he was standing, as he nearly fell over. As it was, he managed to regain his balance before sitting in a chair properly. 'Poppy, take pictures of this, and submit it, and your findings to the Muggle Authorities. Then, submit your testimony to our Authorities.'
'Yes, headmaster,' she said.
'Augusta, I must thank you for rescuing her,' said Dumbledore. 'Have you learned why she was not getting any post?'
'She was unconscious when I found her, Albus,' said Augusta. 'Give me an Oath that she will never live there again.'
'I, Albus Dumbledore, swear that Rose will never unwillingly be forced back to the Dursley household,' he swore. 'And may Merlin forgive me for what has already happened.'
Despite being numerous in nature, once Pomfrey got her wand on them, the injuries weren't quite serious enough to warrant a trip to St Mungo's.
END PENSIEVE
'You're the Girl-Who-Lived?' asked Dumbledore. 'What happened after that?'
'Yes, where I come from, the Potters had a single child—me,' she replied. 'Rose Lily Potter. Voldemort attacked our house on 31 October 1981, killing Lily and James Potter. I was sent to the Dursleys for 10 years, until Hogwarts, and then, like you saw, Gran Longbottom saved me. After the events in the Pensieve, you had the Dursleys charged with assault, GBH, aggravated assault, attempted murder, child abuse, and others. Vernon spent the rest of his short life in prison, before dying of a heart attack—not unexpected for a man 5'10" and 28 stone. Petunia spent 10 years in jail. Dudley was sent to a Youth Offenders Centre.'
'What do you want me to do?' asked Dumbledore.
'You need to get them locked up—quietly, if you can,' said Rose. 'Get Harry's memories and take Muggle photographs or something.'
'Who should I give custody to?' asked Dumbledore.
'Gran Longbottom will be able to help him,' suggested Rose. 'Longbottom, me, Sirius, or the Weasleys. In that order.'
'The Weasleys can help him,' said Dumbledore.
'Harry is more ignorant of his culture than when I entered Hogwarts, Headmaster,' replied Rose. 'He knows nothing about his place in society, about Lord Potter, the Wizengamot. I hate to say it, but this generation of Weasleys knows nothing about politics the way Lady Longbottom or At least let me and Gran tutor him. I will take the Lady Evans title from Harry shall it become necessary.'
'As I am sure that you will just do it anyway, I'll allow it,' said Dumbledore. Rose nodded that he was correct. 'How are you the "Power The Dark Lord Knows Not"?'
'I am much more experienced than Harry,' said Rose. 'Plus, I have the advantage—Voldemort has never defeated me. I have defeated Voldemort before.'
'How?'
'Lots of spells,' said Rose. 'I can't really remember that day well. Victory came at a great cost—on both sides. Professor Sinistra was killed by Snakeface personally. You managed to get injured, along with Sirius, fighting Him. Many others were killed by Snakeface and his Death Eaters. Nearly everyone was at least injured. I finished Him off with a bit of Russian Battle Magic I learned from a book at Sirius' house.'
'Where's that?'
'I can't tell you,' said Rose. 'I literally can't—it's under the Fidelius charm, and the secret keeper is not here.'
'What do you plan to teach Harry?' asked Dumbledore.
'How to survive,' said Rose. 'In the short term, how to survive dragons, merpeople, and Hagrid's pets. In the long term, we'll defeat Voldie, and he'll eventually become Lord Potter. Maybe more Defence, fighting, and the like and/or Animagus training later.'
'You said that you can capture Wormtail? How are you planning to execute that?' asked Dumbledore. 'Will he still be alive when you're done with him?'
'I need him alive to secure my godfather's freedom,' said Rose. 'At my Hogwarts, we had a pet check in my third year, after Sirius released himself on his own recognisance. All non-regulation pets, that is to say, any animal other than an owl, a cat, or a toad, was confiscated, and sent to the child's parents at their own expense.'
'You're saying that we hold a "pet check"?' asked Dumbledore.
'Yes,' said Rose. 'And under the cover of having found him on a pet check, we can "discover" Pettigrew, and have him arrested—preferably by Madam Bones or Kingsley Shacklebolt. Whatever you do, do not trust Dawlish.'
'There is no chance that Pettigrew will be able to harm the children?' asked Dumbledore. 'And why is your goal not to eliminate Voldemort as well?'
'99.91% chance of him not harming the children of the school,' said Rose. 'There is, as always, a possibility that something may go wrong. Voldemort is in a form that I can't defeat him in—some type of spirit form. I'm not even sure if I could defeat him alone here, due to the prophesy. He'll be gone by summer break, if I play my cards right.'
'I'll make sure to have the Muggle Authorities take care of your relatives' said Dumbledore. 'You're more than welcome to stay at Hogwarts. I believe that there are some VIP rooms that you and your dog can use.'
'Thank you,' said Rose. 'I think that I might take you up on that. But I have a lot of memories from this year, both good and bad'
'How was the tournament in your dimension?'
'I drew with Cedric,' said Rose. 'We touched the cup together, and then the Cup was a Portkey. In fact, it was a Portkey to a place I'll be visiting shortly—the Graveyard outside of Riddle manor.'
'Anything else you wish to tell me?'
At this, Rose shifted into her Animagus form of a panther.
'You make a good-looking panther, Ms White,' said Dumbledore as she shifted back.
'Thank you, sir,' said Rose. 'The first couple of times I tried, I was less than successful at remaining clothed.'
'Everyone goes through that phase,' said Dumbledore, laughing. 'I remember that Abe almost got in trouble once for being around goats while he transformed back. I myself had a couple of problems at first.'
