A/N: Hey everyone! im back with the third installment of Harry Potter and Fates Mercy. im happy to say that i got some really good support with chapters one and two. honestly it was more than i expected. and for that i thank all of you people who read then review and encourage others to do so. i didnt know where to go with this chapter with the majority of my writers block coming in at hogwarts but i pulled through. now enough of my rambling enjoy the show!I do not own harry potter nor associated characters i am only playin in the sand left behind.

Chapter three

Dumbledore was mad. No, he was livid. There really was no word to describe his fury as he walked briskly towards Amelia bones's office in the ministry of magic.

He kept thinking to himself with remorse 'how could I fail Harry in such a manner?' His mind trying to find a reason he hadn't checked on his young ward, and coming up empty. As he walked he looked around and took in the sights of the ministry to clear his head and attempt to calm down. The floors of the atrium were rich dark brown oak wood, polished to shine and the walls were a smoky gray granite. There were fireplaces lining each wall, flaring up with emerald green flames every couple of seconds and emitting streams of people. He stopped at an elevator, stepped in and pushed the number four. As the lift shuddered downward his train of thought about harry continued 'I am getting Harry out of that house ASAP'.He cut himself short when he heard a voice chime "level four, magical law enforcement and social service department. Dumbledore walked down a hall with doors that had labels above them on either side.

Ignoring the labels Dumbledore walked up to a small desk with a woman sitting at it. She had light blonde hair and bright storm grey eyes that looked up at him as he approached.

"Professor Dumbledore" she exclaimed "it's wonderful to see you, what do you need?" she took in his haggard look and instantly was on guard.

He smiled with a twinkle in his eye and a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, though she could see underlying fury. "Ah my dear Mallory, I must request an audience with Amelia immediately to sort out a rather large problem I have been made aware of." He said shortly before asking as an after thought "is she in?"

"Yes sir she is" Mallory replied with a small smile. She then twirled her wand and shot out a silvery non-corporeal cat that ran through the door behind her. A moment later the doors behind her swung open and the head of the DMLE, Amelia bones stood there. She invited him in and sat behind her desk before casting privacy wards and leaning back. The room he walked into had wood paneled walls that were an ash grey and a dark red carpet. The chairs in front of the desk were black leather and rather comfy looking. Off to the right was a fireplace with a black granite mantle and a couch in front of it.

He strode across the room and sat in an armchair in front of her desk, made himself comfortable and looked the head of department in the eyes.

"Amelia I am here because I have a very important matter that needs to stay quiet" She looked at him and said "what sort of problem?"

Dumbledore sighed and deflated slightly "child abuse" he replied quietly. "Then why should we keep it quiet Albus?"

He looked back at her and said "because the abused child Is harry potter and if we are going to gain his trust we need to show that we can keep his secrets" Dumbledore drew in a shaky breath and continued "Molly weasley arrived in my office by floo and told me that harry Potter was currently being searched for at kings cross station by her children. She said that he seemed to be frightened of everything and ran off after apologizing profusely and pleading to not be hit because he thought he offended their youngest child, Ginevra weasley. She sat down and gave me a verbal lashing" Amelia chuckled at that. "we then discussed who would take the child and she offered her home whilst saying, and I quote 'Albus if you send him back I don't care if your the most powerful wizard of the century or a muggle, I will bend you over my knee and then go and get harry'

After discussing the arrangement she then left and came back with her children and harry, who looked like he was going to the chopping block."

Once he finished he started shaking very gently and Amelia realized that he was crying softly. "I ignored his parents will because I thought he would be protected by those bastards. I want his custody transferred to the weasley family as quickly and quietly as possible. I will floo you in order to set up a time where you can come and document the injuries on him. I have things I must attend to, thank you for your time Amelia."

He then swept out of the room wiping his eyes leaving her sitting in shock before she snapped back to reality with a shocked but determined expression. "I've got work to do" she mumbled before hastily getting up and leaving the room as well.

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Harry stood next to ginny with the rest of the first years in what he thought was a classroom waiting to be sorted. He glanced side ways at ginny to see her practically bouncing up and down with anticipation and excitement, her face a mask of glee.

Harry furrowed his brow as another feeling of worry flashed through him yet, he knew he wasn't worried. He also kept hearing the same voice in his head from the train saying random things like 'so many people' or 'this place is huge'. Every time he heard the voice he recognized it but couldn't place it.

He sighed 'I wish Ginny and I could be in the same house. at least I would have one friend then' Ginny suddenly stopped figiting and looked at him, confused. Harry blushed and averted his gaze "ginny are you okay?" He asked hesitantly.

She just opened her mouth before closing it and nodding. 'Oh great' harry thought and dropped her hand. 'she finally realized that I'm a freak' a heavy feeling set in his chest before ginny grabbed his hand again somewhat forcefully and he heard the voice loudly in head.

'Harry...' He had heard Ginny's voice clear as day even though he could tell no one else did.

'I would never think he was a freak how could he think that' Harry gasped and jumped before thinking carefully 'ginny?' Suddenly she jerked away slightly before her head snapped towards him.

'Harry?' Her voice came back astonished. 'Is that you?' He grinned slightly though Ginny could tell he was nervous.

'Yeah' came his simple reply. Just then a stern looking older woman walked into the room.

"Hello children" the woman began, scanning the room. "I am professor Mcgonagall. I would like to say Welcome to Hogwarts and hope to have you in my house" a hand in the back shot up and she turned towards a small boy with chocolate colored skin, blue eyes and black hair.

She nodded for him to speak.

"Erm... my names Dean Thomas and I was wondering what the houses were" Mcgonagall smiled at him and answered "there are four houses Mr.Thomas. Ravenclaw is where those of high intelligence reside, Griffindor takes those with courage at heart, Slytherin is your home if your a cunning fellow, and finally there's Hufflepuff where you'll find the most loyal friends. I am the head of house for griffindor." she said while walking over to the corner of the room to pick up a stool that none of them had seen. " now" she continued "you will all follow me In a single file line into the great hall. When I call your name you will step forward, sit on the stool, and put on the hat. When you are told your house go to the table with your house banner."

With that she pushed the door behind her open, told them to follow and walked through. As he passed the door Harry stepped out of the line and held it open for the rest of the children, before following at the back. He was standing there when the first student was called. "Malfoy, Draco" he swaggered forward and took the hat before sitting on the stool. After a moment a rip near the brim opened up and shouted "SLYTHERIN" Malfoy hopped of the stool with a grin and walked over to his house, their banner being black and green with a silver snake. It continued like this for quite awhile and harry zoned out only coming back in time to see Ginny sneak back to him. "G-ginny what are you doing?" Harry asked quietly with surprise. "I wanna be sorted right before you so I can save you a seat at the griffindor table" she said in a hushed tone.

Harry almost stepped back in surprise. He half expected the hat to say there was a mistake when he put it on and here ginny was ready to believe that he'd be in the same house as her. Suddenly harry was broken from his thoughts by Mcgonagall saying loudly "Ginny Weasley" she walked forward quickly, shot Harry a wink and dropped onto the stool. He all of a sudden heard a voice in his head 'hmm very interesting miss weasley. Well I can't read you without your other half so he might as well speak up.' He jumped slightly as his thoughts from earlier were confirmed. 'What do you mean other half?' Ginny's voice sounded in his mind. 'I erm... think he means me' harry practically whispered in his head. 'Ah yes young mister potter. That's better now I can read you two.' Ginny glanced at Harry blushed and looked at the floor. 'Here we are. Miss weasley seems to belong in..' "GRIFFINDOR" The hat shouted to the rest of the hall while an eruption of cheers went up from the table to the far left none coming louder than from the group of redheads. She hopped of the stool with barely contained glee, handed the hat back to Mcgonagall and all but ran to the table.

Then she called his name.

Instantly the talking quieted as he walked towards the stool with a feeling of dread. His fears were washed away however when as soon as the hat touched his head it shouted "GRIFFINDOR" and the table absolutely exploded with sound and the red-headed twins, 'Fred and George' he thought to himself, were screaming "we got Potter!" Over and over. As he hurried over to the table to sit next to ginny who had saved him a seat he kept his eyes on his feet but when he sat down so wrapped him in a loose hug while grinning and whispered in his ear "you got your wish".

He blushed and hugged her back before everyone went quiet and turned to Dumbledore whom had stood up with sparkling eyes.

"Before we dig in to a fabulous feast I would like to say a few things. To our new students welcome and to our old students welcome back. now before we start I am proud to say for the first time in Hogwarts history that ten points are being awarded to a student before he was sorted for cooperation between houses. I therefore award ten points to griffindor because young Harry Potter stepped out of his place in the front of the line to hold the door for the rest. While this may seem small sometimes it's the smallest deeds that carry the most weight. Now it's time to eat tuck in!"

There were cheers from the griffindor table that were replaced by the sounds of silverware on plates and bowls. The tables conversed loudly for several minutes and when they were done the food disappeared (Ron complaining about still being hungry) and Dumbledore stood once more.

"Another day come and gone. Before we all go to bed I have a few announcements to make. First the corridor on the third floor is off limits, secondly the forest at the edge of the grounds is, as it's name implies, forbidden" he said this with a pointed look at Fred and George who just grinned sheepishly. "And lastly Mr.filch has updated the list of items banned to 316. For the full list see Mr.filches office door. Now tis late, off you trot."

Ginny grabbed Harry's hand, found the nearest prefect and asked for the password (evergreen) and dashed for the tower dragging him behind her. Once they got there they gave the fat lady the password and sat in the common room talking and getting to know each other before they both went to their dorms to lay down.

As he lay in his four poster bed he decided to give the mind talk thing (they hadn't tried again) another shot. 'Ginny?' He asked tentatively.

He felt a surge of amazement, curiosity, happiness, and oddly enough massive amounts of embarrassment.

'Uh h-harry c-can you erm come back in a bit' harry furrowed his brows in confusion 'I-I'm in the L-loo'

He blushed a dark red and mentally slammed the door between them. A couple of minutes later he heard a "knock" at the door in his mind and slowly opened it. 'S-sorry ginny I didn't know' harry said cautiously 'It's okay' came a quiet, tired reply 'can we talk tomorrow please I'm absolutely nackered'

'Yeah, g'night Ginny'

'Night harry'

A/N: hey everyone! short note here. i am still looking for a beta so if anyone is willing to help on that ill be very happy. on another note im having a hard time trying to write when they are at hogwarts i might just skip the majority of the year untill something important happens. let me know if you think thats a good idea or not. as always RR, stay safe, and avoid drama. till next time.

Ilrune signing off...