AN: I do not own Harry Potter, that right belongs to the wonderful J.. The information in this story comes from the HP books and HP Lexicon.
Now on with the story.
After Harry wrote his reply to the Headmaster of Hogwarts, he placed a tracking spell on the letter so he would know where the school was in the UK. Harry then looked around his room and then with a sigh, started to pack his clothes into the wardrobe section of his trunk. Harry's trunk was special because it did not have a single compartment which was standard but several and depending on where you touched, opened the trunk to different areas. There was a wardrobe for clothes, a bookcase with four shelves which could fit twenty books on each shelf, a chest of drawers which was then cut into sections to hold Potion ingredients and vials for completed Potions, a compartment for special tools and the last for everyday things. Once all of the clothes were packed away, Harry went to his bookcase and started to sort thought the books he wanted to take with him, Harry mainly chose books on Runes, Charms, Transfiguration and DADA. After that task was finished, Harry grabbed the ingredients and some potions and stored them away. Harry picked up his broom which he made himself and put it in the trunk along with his diamond tipped scriber which was used in rune creation. Trunk packed, Harry shrunk it and put it in his pocket.
When Harry walked into the living room, he saw Nick and Penny talking quietly drinking what looked like tea. "I'm all packed." Harry replied sitting down in a one seater arm chair.
Nick looked up at his grandson and smiled warmly at him. "When you get to Hogwarts, let us know and we will get to the bottom of this. Always remember that Albus Dumbledore may be a powerful Wizard but he can also be quite manipulative especially when it is for what he believes, the greater good. Do you remember the plan?"
"I do." Harry replied.
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When Harry landed at Hogwarts School, he did not bother to land gracefully like he normally does but with a loud, earth shaking bang. Looking around to get his bearings, Harry moved into position so he was looking towards the strong oak doors which was the opening to the school. As he waited, Harry went through the plan in his mind. He was so absorbed to what he was doing that he did not notice the crowd approach until they were almost within attacking range. Harry let out a mighty jet of hot fire into the sky as a warning to stay back and inwardly smirked when some started to walk backwards in fear. Harry started to move his Dragon form forward and thought to himself 'It's showtime.' With that thought, Harry started to shrink his form so that he would be able to change back to his human self. Once he was the size of a Hippogriff, Harry finished the transformation back to human and raised his head to look at the human in front of him.
Green eyes stared into blue for what felt like an eternity until the Wizard known throughout the world as Albus Dumbledore broke the connection. Harry studied the Wizard in front of him for a moment, taking in the colourful blue robes with Suns and Moons moving around each other, the long silver beard tucked into the belt around the waist, the same colour blue hat perched on top of his head and not forgetting the wand which was pointed at the ground but could be leveled at any threat within seconds if needed.
"Harry my boy, it is wonderful to see you at last." Dumbledore responded, hoping to get some answers from the boy in front of him.
Harry arched his eyebrows at this greeting, as if they were old friends meeting for the first time in a couple of months. "That's Mr Potter, Headmaster Dumbledore." Harry said trying not to give to much information away.
"Of course Mr Potter, if you would like to follow me, we can get you sorted." Dumbledore replied, trying to gain control of the situation once more.
"Why do I need to be sorted? I am not a member of this school. I have only come here to compete in the tournament."
"Ungrateful brat!" Spat a greasy haired man with a hooked nose who was standing to the left of the Headmaster. "Coming here, showing off to everyone with that beast beside you. If it was up to me I would not of told you about the tournament and let you suffer the consequences."
Harry was suddenly enraged at the man who just insulted him, but not as enraged as his familiar who he had to hold back before the Griffin attacked the man. Once Harry had gotten his familiar under control and calmed down he turned around and faced the man who just spoke. "Let me give you one piece of advice." Harry said trying to calm his once again rising temper, "If you ever insult my familiar again I wont hold him back, and I can guarantee, you wont like the results. Who is this idiot Headmaster?" Harry asked turning to the Headmaster.
"This is my Potions Professor, Professor Snape. My apologies for his actions Mr Potter, he is not normally like this." Dumbledore replied while giving Professor Snape an annoyed look. "Now Mr Potter, if you would like to come this way, I will show you to your quarters for your stay here."
"That wont be necessary Headmaster. I already have my quarters planned for my stay here." Harry replied and started to walk towards the forbidden forest. When he got to about 30 yards away, Harry stopped, bent down and started to feel the ground. To an outsider, it looked like he was looking for something but what could not be said.
After about five minutes of testing the ground, Harry found the perfect spot. Looking up, he saw that everybody was watching him with puzzled expressions. Shaking his head, Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out a seed for an apple tree, closed his hands and raised them to his mouth and pretended to whisper something while putting some of his magic into the seed. Harry decided that he was not going to reveal all his secrets straight away. Lowering his hands, Harry bent down and put the seed into the ground. Standing up Harry called for Aquilla and waited for his familiar to come. When the Griffin came, Harry climbed onto the animal's back and the creature lifted up slightly and started to hover above the ground.
Harry snapped his wrist out and his wand appeared in a flash of white light. Pointing his wand to the ground, Harry concentrated on what he wanted to happen. After a couple of minutes, the tip of the wand started to glow. A couple of more minutes after that and the ground started to more and what looked like a leaf was coming out of the ground. The leaf came out more and was attached to a stem. This carried on happening until the tree was quite tall and the stem was now turning into bark. Up and up the new tree went until it was about 35 feet high. Harry who was now hovering at about 40 feet looked down at his handy work feeling a little drained, smiled and then told Aquilla to land near the base of the tree.
Once Harry was on the ground, he walked toward the trunk of the tree and started to look for a knot in the tree. Once he had found one he put his wand to it and pushed some magic from the wand into the knot. After a couple of minutes, Harry dropped his wand and some sap like substance started to come out of the tree. This continued for about 5 minutes before it started to slow down and then finally stopped. Harry approached the tree and with wand in hand, placed the tip on the bark and then traced the shape of a rectangle, along the surface. As Harry finished, light started to shine from the edges and where the knot was a door handle grew out of the bark.
Harry reached for the handle and opened the door to reveal a hollowed out space in the trunk of the tree. Reaching into his pocket, he took out a box which he laid on the ground and then with a tap of his wand it expanded. Harry then levitated the box and made it level with the door before putting it into the hole. Once it was firmly in place, Harry closed the bark door and a flash came out of the edges. Opening the door once again Harry stepped inside and called for his familiar who started to approach the tree. As the Griffin got to the door, the creature started to shrink until it was the size of a lion cub and then walked into the doorway. Harry looked out at the crowd and with a smirk, closed the door.
The crowd were shocked and awed by what just took place in front of their eyes. Headmaster Dumbledore walked forward until he was standing by the door handle and opened the tree door, looking inside he was shocked to find that it was empty. He leaned in closer and tapped each wall to see if it was an illusion but all of the sides were hard. He moved aside to let everybody else have a look and soon everybody was talking to each other over the events that had taken place in the last half and hour.
AN: Remember, not everything is as it seems to be. This was a hard chapter to write but I got there in the end. I had the idea for the tree in my mind for years and I finally put it to paper. Thank you to all those who have reviewed. Telling me what they like and of course, spelling mistakes. There is a poll on my profile about pairings, Not sure if I will have one or not. Question. I looked on the HP Lexicon site and read about all the different Dragons listed, I did not like any of them listed for Harry so if anyone can come up with a name that I like, you will be mentioned next chapter. Thanks for reading. W W
