rescued from the Dursleys

by mysteryheart

a 10 year old harry is beaten half to death by his uncle. the weasleys save him under dumbledore's instruction. but how will he react to being around a loving family? and can he adjust before he has to go To hogwarts? WARNING child abuse scenes are included within this fanfic. as well as. a budding romance between harry and ginny. much to rons horror.

3. trials before the party

authors note: allow me to address a few concerns in the comments. 1 I am aware that my grammar is not perfect. truth be told i couldnt care less if every I was capitalized or if every first letter of a name was capitalized. however ill leave it up to you as the reviewers. in this chapter I will try to use correct grammar and punctuations to the best of my ability. tell me in the reviews if its better. worse or you dont care. granted going over my writing means it will take a little longer to publish chapters so thats why im asking you guys. second. someone left a comment asking if I knew Mrs Figg's first name. I did and I do have a reason for changing it. its a silly reason but its because I like when names either rythm or roll off the tongue. like I said its a silly reason but I didn't think it would matter to change a side character's first name. she isn't important to the story and so I did it. also this is FANFICTION if you came for a mainly cannon story your in the wrong place. its very common to change both major and minor details. believe me i've read allot of HP fanfiction. now I have a few plans for this story that I want your honest opinions on. first things first. I want to introduce soul bonding into this story. It is starting in this chapter. however do you think that everything should be revealed in the next chapter? ( you have 24 hours after this is posted to give your opinion before I start writing the next chapter.) I plan for this to be a long fanfiction and yes I will be glossing over allot of the actions first year and changing some things in the cannon story. im not going to be skipping entire years perhaps maybe a month or two. second. Dumbledore as you may have guessed is not evil in this story but he is VERY manipulative. would you rather him interfer more or less with harry's life during this story? and finally the big one. i've always loved the Dursleys go to hogwarts fanfictions and i wanted to add my own spin to it. should Dudley get Accepted into Hogwarts? and if he does what house should he be in? this is completely up to you ill be reading the reviews and going by majority rules. so get your votes in because after the 4th chapter is published thats when ill count the votes. and the final issue im addressing is that I seperate MY story chunks by scene. not by paragraph. if that bothers you well tough luck because thats how I write. anyway. onto the chapter and i'm sorry this authors note was so long. im trying to make my chapters ( the actual content not including the authors notes) longer

The note had caused an uproar in the Burrow. Harry upon reading the note crawled into a corner and hid. He knew they said he wasn't going back but why else would they want him to speak? Adults lied. And they could be lying now. What if the court people didn't believe him? What if they gave him back after he told the truth? Uncle Vernon would kill him! He wasn't allowed to tell people he got hit. Meanwhile Molly was yelling angrily into a howler. "How could you expect him to speak at a trial!?! the poor boy is scared to death Albus! The day after tomorrow no less!! oh wait till I get my wand on those Auror's who suggested it!!" Molly probably would have continued if Percy hadn't closed the howler and sent it off with Errol and pointed towards Harry. not that he noticed. but the twins, Bill, Aurthor and Ginny were currently trying to sooth Harry. He had gone a deathly pale and had been shaking in fear since he sat down. He hadn't responded to any of the plea's for him to calm down everyone feared he was going into shock. finally Ginny who had had enough of not being able to get through the boys nicked Aurthor's wand and rounded on her brothers. "Quiet! the lot of you! now if you nitwit's dont let me through I will hex you into next Monday!" She threatened. Fred who clearly remembered the last time she made good on her threats backed up and let her take his place. She kindly gave her father his wand back and sat down infront of Harry. "Now you listen to me Harry Potter. I wont let them take you back to those awful muggles. I get it. Adults lie allot. but I wont lie to you. not ever." Ginny said softly. Then Opting to shock the poor boy into a response she gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek. That did the trick. Harry blinked. " You kissed me." He said, shock coloring his tone. Everyone in the room let out a breath. Ron, who had been watching from the stair's finally spoke up " Oi! Potter! Thats my sister! You can't have her yet!" He said grumpily. This made everyone laugh. Except of course Harry and Ginny. "Why'd you kiss me?" He asked confused. "Well lots of reasons. For one I thought you were going into shock. So I had to distract you." She explained while the boys argued over if Ginny should be turned over to Harry yet. Ron didn't really care about Ginny's crush on Harry. If Ginny wanted something she would eventually get it. If anything he felt bad for Harry. After all his sister already claimed the poor bloke. He wouldn't be able to date anyone. Well except his sister but in Rons opinion that was more of a punishment than anything.

The day of the trial came and Amelia Bones was to be the Judge at the trial. Due to Harry's fear of his uncle Ginny had been allowed to stay with him on the stand. She opted to stand behind him and drape her arms around his neck. As it turns out Vernon had gotten a muggle lawyer as no squib or wizard would represent him. " Alright this court has been called to order, Vernon and Petunia Dursley charged with the abuse and neglect of a magical child. one Harry James Potter. We will now hear from Harry before viewing the pensive memories that he has provided. let it be known to the muggle Lawyer Mr Jacob Jackson that these pensive memories have not been forged or altered in any way." Ms bones said as she looked at the lawyer for a moment. He nodded and sat down to allow Harry to speak. He had a feeling they would loose if the boy was allowed to have someone to comfort him here. After glancing at Ginny and giving her a soft smile he began. " When I lived with my uncle my life was really bad. he didnt like me and I never understood why. I never knew my name until I was four and had to start kindergarden. they Always called me 'boy' or 'freak' until then. But when the teacher called my name on the first day and I didn't know she was talking to me she was shocked and called my uncle. Thats the first time I remember getting punished for something. Uncle Vernon hit me with a broom handle until I was sore. Then he locked me in my cupboard without dinner. I wasn't allowed to eat for a week after that..." Harry continued to talk until he got to his most recent memories. He skipped over days he couldn't remember or thought he was unconcious for. Then he spoke of the chores he had to do. "What were the punishments given to you?" Amelia asked. Harry drew in a shaking breath as he struggled to speak. Ginny feeling his tension hugged him from behind. he sighed and began speaking. " usually I was locked in my cupboard and they didn't feed me or let me out for days. the longest i've ever been locked in was for two weeks because Dudley had more absences than me. other punishments usually hurt. Sometimes Uncle vernon would break planks of wood across my back..." Harry said. after a collective gasp of shock, he continued to explain how often he was starved After that he spoke about how Dudley treated him. And finally his Aunt. He then said something no one expected him to say. " Aunt Petunia isn't so bad honestly. she's only mean when uncle Vernon is around. But when he leaves for work she gives me water and cleans up my cuts and stuff. One time when Uncle wasn't home she gave me some toy soilders that Dudley didn't want and told me to hide them from Uncle. other times if she found my tests with good grades on them before Uncle Vernon she would change them to bad grades so I wouldn't get in trouble for doing better than Dudley." he said softly. then he looked at the judge. " Please dont blame Aunt Petunia as much as Uncle Vernon. she has to take care of Dudley." Harry pleaded kindly. many of the jury members were taken aback by his kindness. and Petunia burst into tears as her husband glared at the boy. how dare he ask them to be lenient on his wife who allowed him. the freak to be smarter that her own son? surley she was not in her right mind. was she? Vernon refused to admit what he did was wrong. even as Harry and the little redheaded girl stepped down. and memories began playing his face continued to turn a bright purple. he hadn't noticed the look of pure disgust his lawyer was giving him while the memories continued to play. after they were done Vernon looked around. everyone was eying him with a look of pure hatred. except for Harry. Reliving the memories had been a bit to much for him. and so he along with Ginny had been escorted to the next room whilst the rest of the memories played. now that they had been brought back in he was leaning Onto Ginny for support. she didn't seem to mind. in fact it was clear that she seemed very pleased with the arrangment. " Very well does the Acussed have anything to say?" Amelia asked. Vernon looked at his lawyer." YES I WOULD! THAT LITTLE FREAK IS LYING! HE DESERVED EVERYTHING HE GOT! AND SO DID HIS GOOD FOR NOTHING PARENTS! WENT AND GOT THEMSELVES BLOWN UP THEY DID! THEN WE WERE LEFT TO CARE FOR THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARD CHILD! THE LITTLE FREAK! LEFT ON OUR DOORSTEP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER! ILL SHOW YOU WHAT ABUSE IS YOU UNGRATEFUL SON OF A BITCH!." He yelled as he lunged for Harry much to the horror of Mrs Dursley. in an instant every witch and wizard had their wands out. however. percy was the fastest. "STUPEFY!" He yelled. pointing his wand at Vernon. as soon as the spell hit him he dropped to the ground inches away from Where Harry lay on the floor curled up and Trembling as Ginny sat next to him trying to calm him down. however after a moment Amelia sent for a Mediwitch to see if he was going into shock or worse. meanwhile Auror's were chaining Vernon to a chair as Petunia looked on unable to determine what to do. she wanted to know if harry was alright. and yet she feared that her speaking to him would only make his condition worse. besides she didn't think the family of redheads standing near him would let her. though she sighed with relief when a middle aged witch came bustling in with vials of potions. she may not know how things worked in the wizarding world. but Petunia knew a Nurse when she saw one

An hour later Amelia called the court to order. They had to spell Calming Drought into Harry as he wasn't exactly responsive. then Mrs Weasley and the Mediwitch had Fussed over him as Ginny assured him that he was not in danger nor was he ever returning to his Uncle. of course everyone else tried to assure him of this fact as well but it was quickly deduced that Harry severly mistrusted adults and anyone older than him. finally Harry was sitting with the Weasleys in the Witness box as they continued with the trial. every Weasley had to go up and give an Account as to what injuried they saw and how Harry acted. Though the jury was only half listening. much of their energy was spent glaring daggars at Mr Dursley. in light of the events he had a silencing charm placed on him as he tried to yell over testemony's several times. as soon as Ron. the last to speak stepped down. Amelia cleared her throat "very well. jury. we will be punishing them separately per Mr Potter's kind request. in the case of Vernon dursley how do you find?" Amelia asked. there was a resounding "GUILTY" That echoed around the room. Amelia nodded. " and what is his punishment?" Many people were shouting for a VERY long stay in Askaban. a few people even Demanded he be given the dementor's kiss. Which after explained to the muggles. the only one of them that had a problem with the kiss was Vernon himself. in the end it was Decided that he would be given 20 years in Askaban. and in Petunia's case she was given time served. seeing as she had to put up with Vernon for so long. and a fine of 50 galleons Petunia thanked the court and promptly demanded a divorce from Vernon. as it turns out Petunia had been saving 300 of the 500 galleons every month as Vernon refused to touch the wizarding money. and so he only believed they had been getting 200 galleons a month. the result was that Petunia had enough saved up so that she could keep the house and pay all the bills while she looked for a job.

Outside the court rooms Petunia stopped Harry to speak with him. though before she got a word out he was suddenly flanked with all of the Weasley children. Ginny attached herself to Harry's arm. Bill along with Charlie who had come in from Romainia for the trial immediately stood at attention directly behind him. The twins each put a hand on one of his shoulders. Finally Ron and Percy stood infront with Harry half hidden behind them. It was Percy who spoke first. " Is there something you need from Harry Mrs Dursley?" He said pompously. Petunia immediately recognized the children were Acting as Harry's bodyguards. This realization tore at Petunia's heart. These children who had only known Harry for a week at most. Were so willing to protect him. from her. And yet she couldn't bring herself to protect him from her husband other than the bare minimum that she allowed herself to do. And for what? because he was a fr-wizard? She blinked and nodded. " Yes young man. If you wouldn't mind stepping Aside. i'd like to speak with him." She said. Petunia half expected them to refuse to let her anywhere near him. And for good reason. Suddenly Bill spoke up. " lets hear her out. But let me warn you Mrs Dursley. Me and my brothers all have our wands on us. so if this conversation doesn't go kindly..." He said. Allowing the unfinished threat to hang in the air. Petunia nodded as the two boys in front moved back a bit so Harry wasn't as concealed. "Harry. I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am. And I know nothing I can do will ever make up for what we did to you. I just hope that in time. you'll forgive both me and Dudley." She said as her eyes began to water. to Petunia's great surprise the girl latched onto his arm responded first. " Why'd you do it? Why were you so cruel to him? He was just an innocent baby. and you hurt him. Why?" Petunia didn't know what to say. Those were valid questions. " And you are?" She asked slightly taken aback. " Ginny Weasley." The Girl informed her. Petunia sighed. " Well Ginny. This is no excuse for my Actions however I was jealous. I was jealous of my sister because she had Magic and I didn't. then she went off to hogwarts and made friends without me, and well, I just felt left out. like she had everything and I didn't. Then she died before I could ever make up with her. And well. To be honest I took out my fustration on Harry. He was just left on our doorstep with a letter in his basket and I just couldn't handle it like a mature Adult. its a rotten excuse but thats why." She said. Harry felt several emotions run through him at once. Anger. Pity. Sadness and relief. Relief that she hadn't had a better reason, like a terrible burst of accidental magic when he was a year old. He knew nothing excused what they did. But ever since he found out about who he was he's been wondering if he really did something so bad that it had begun the abuse, he then looked at his Aunt. "Your right. That is a rotten excuse. But at least you said you were sorry. And thats a start." he said. Petunia nodded and smiled. Truthfully she wanted to hug her nephew. She wanted to hold him and tell him that she was sorry a thousand times over. But instead. as she looked at Harry and Ginny. She realized that she might be able to do something better. " You know. I did go to your parents wedding. And it was awhile ago but I believe you look allot like your dad. Though you have your mothers eyes. There were allot of magic folk there that night and I dont remember entirley what was said but it had something to do with Potters and redheads ending up together" Petunia said looking pointedly at Ginny. Ginny blushed, however Harry's eyes lit up at the new information about his parents. Then Ron spoke up. " It Must be a curse if Harry is meant to be with my little sister! She's vicious! Poor bloke wont get to make any important decisions around the house!" Petunia tried to bite back her laughter at the thought of a little girl being vicious but then she saw the glint of anger in the young girls eye as she glared at her brother. the boys that were closest to him stepped away. idily she wondered what on earth that girl was hiding under her perfect angel persona. quickly Petunia said goodbye to her nephew and left to head back home

Most of the summer passed uneventfully. However on the morning of Harry's birthday all of the Weasleys minus Bill who had went back to Egypt and Charlie who went back to Romania were running about the house trying to set up before he woke up. Ginny had told them all weeks ago that Harry had admitted that he never had a birthday party. not even presents. ever. while this didn't shock any of them it was agreed that they all get him something. and so out of the 500 galleons delievered by owl she handed 20 galleons to each of her children to find a suitible gift for Harry. Percy was the first to find his gift. he had seen an ad for a 5 volume series of wizarding history in tthe papers and ordered it by owl post at once. Ron who had been scolded for suggesting that he get Harry a bottle of Ginny repelant. settled for buying him chudley cannon posters and a start to his very own card collection. which by the time Ron seperated all the duplicates from his own collection was almost as large as his. The twins put their money together and snuck off to Diagon alley to get him what they deemed to be the best present ever. And soon they were walking out of Eeylops Owl Emporium with a snowy white owl, though as they still had quite a bit of money to spend they went to Flourish Blotts and got the books "In's an out's of owl care" and "Training your feathered friend for long flights" Though the owl seemed less than pleased about the second book. Finally they went to the Magical Menagerie and bought a case of owl treats. which the owl seemed to Approve of. Ginny who knew exactly what she wanted to get Harry, privatley asked her mother for help. which she readily agreed to. Ginny then made her own trip to Diagon Alley with her father. once there she made a B-line for Flourish Blotts where she spent half an hour picking out an enchanted photo album that preserves the photos that are placed in them. She also had a charm placed on the book so Harry would never loose it. then, almost a week before Harry's birthday a dozen owls flew in through the window and one by one dropped stacks of photo's onto the table. luckily Harry had been outside learning how to play quidditch, Ginny had quickly gathered the stacks and ran to her room to put it together. now all the presents minus the owl. were sitting neatly piled infront of the couch. after a few moments the creaking of the stairs let everyone know that Harry was on his way down. as soon as he stepped into the sitting room everyone smiled and shouted "Happy Birthday Harry!" Harry jumped slightly as he looked around wide eyed at everyone. " you guys did this? for me?" he said softly. He was amazed that anyone would care for him enough to throw him a party. Molly smiled sadly. " Yes dear. do you like it?" she asked sweetly. Harry blinked then smiled as if he had just won the lottery " I love it! thank you!" he said as he ran up to Molly and hugged her. Everyone smiled. Happy that they had made his day. " now Harry why dont you open up your presents?" Arthur asked kindly. Harry blinked. " I have presents? Really?" he asked dumbfounded. Molly smiled. "Of course you have presents. Everyone gets presents on their birthday!" Ron said. He only realized the mistake he had made a moment to late. Harry averted his gaze as he shifted uncomfortably. " Well, I never got any for my birthday. I didn't even know when my birthday was until first grade." Harry admitted halfheartedly. Ginny, who refused to let her idiot brother ruin Harry's birthday changed the subject. "Well you'll get loads of presents today and you'll love mine the most because I am certain that none of my brothers are smarter than me!" she announced proudly. Harry smiled as Ginny half dragged him to the pile of presents. He sat down as he unwrapped Percy's first. Harry's eyes lit up at the new books as he turned to Percy. "Thank you!" he said excitedly. Percy smiled. His brothers were never genuinely thankful for useful gifts and he was glad to see that Harry was not like that . Next Harry opened Ron's present and then he Opened Ginny's. "Open it." She urged. Harry who had been marveling at the leather cover opened the book and gasped as he reached out his hand towards the couple Dancing across the floor in the Photo. " Thats. Thats the lady from my dream. are these my parents?" He asked. his voice shaking as he felt the tears building up in his eyes. " what dream?" Percy asked curiously. it was obvious that everyone was wondering the same thing. Harry wiped his eyes an answered, unable to take his eyes off the photo. " The day I was saved. when I was resued I had a dreelam that a woman with red hair and green eyes was talking to me. She told me that people were coming to help me. and that everything was going to be ok. I remember not believing her..." Harry said as he ran his hand across the photo's. Suddenly Harry placed the album to the side and launched himself at Ginny. catching her in a tight hug as tears ran down his face. Percy. Ron and the twins were very proud of there younger sister. and they silently agreed that her gift was the best of them all. After Harry pulled himself away from Ginny he unwrapped the twins present. although at first he was confused. why would he need books on owl care? And why would he need owl treats? He didn't have to wonder for long though as a snow white owl flew into the livingroom and dropped a card into his lap before perching ontop of the books. Harry blinked, exitement bubbling up inside him as he opened the card and read it aloud. " Happy birthday ickle Harrikins. hope you dont mind but we took the liberty of getting you an owl. ps don't let Ginny name her. she'd choose some rubish name anyhow. love Fred and George." Harry smiled brightly as he looked at the twins. "Thanks you two! she's. beautiful!" the twins smiled in satisfaction. then they saw an all to familiar glint in his eyes as he turned to a now pouting Ginny. they did not like the road this was going down. "Ginny. it just so happens that i am fresh out of names, can you help me name her?" he asked smilling at the pouting redhead. Ginny smiled before thinking a moment. "Hedwig." She declared proudly. "Where did you come up with that?" Ron asked curiously. Ginny shrugged. " It was in one of the twins old books." she said simply. Harry smiled as he looked over at the owl. "Alright then. your name is Hedwig. how do you like it?" he asked. the owl stood silent for a minute before it hooted in what strangely sounded like an Approval. the twins were dumbfounded. Harry hadn't even thought about it. the twins were pranksters yes. however they were smarter than most gave them credit for. and they began to think that something completely unheard of in their lifetime was happening between their sister and Harry. they just didn't know what. little did they know that Percy had began to suspect something was up as well. and he was completely determined to figure it out. after all. it did concern his sister.