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Harry Potter

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Blind Fury

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Chapter Four

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NOTES:

This chapter is 6450. Enjoy.

"Hello." = English

"Hello." = Parsal or other languages

"Hello." = Japanese

"Hello." = Spell

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Hagrid looked at the two in front of him with drawn swords. He wondered what they were going to do to him.

"Mr. Hagrid, I will never go back to those animals. They abused me from the time I was dropped off there until they dumped me here in Japan, critically injured by the beating my so called family gave me. If it wasn't for my adopted father here," Harry said as he gestured to the other man, "and my adopted grandfather. I'd be dead."

Hagrid heard a sound behind him and he turned around and his eyes went wide at the man standing there. He was wearing medieval armor, with a strange helmet on. Clutched in his hands was a large thin sword, but what got him most was his eyes were covered by a cloth.

"What abuse?" Hagrid asked as he turned towards Harry again, "All Dumbledore… great man there, said was to deliver you home to your loving family," Hagrid asked confused.

"'Good man', my arse. He knew I was being abused," Harry shouted out and felt his father's arm drape across his shoulders.

"Mr. Hagrid, go back to Hogwarts and tell your headmaster, my grandson will not attend Hogwarts unless he wishes it to be so," Zatoichi said as he stepped to the side and gestured with his sword to the gate.

Hagrid was in a bind and he knew it. He was supposed to take Harry but if they were right and the Dursleys did abuse him, someone was going to be in trouble. With a nod, Hagrid turned and left the temple and headed back down the path. He never noticed the man in armor following him.

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Harry turned and buried his head into Nick's shoulder as he wept, "I can't believe they wanted me to go back to those animals."

Nick patted Harry's back and replied, "You'll go back to them over my dead body and I believe Zatoichi would say the same."

"Thanks Dad," Harry replied as he let his father hold him.

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Zatoichi stood and followed the huge man down the path, drifting from tree to tree. Using the animals on his robes, he following him along the trail and then he vanished as he reached the clearing. His robe sight showed him the magic of the portkey and he knew the man was gone. Turning around, he headed back up to the temple where he found Nick and Harry talking.

"Nick, take Harry and go fishing for the rest of the day and tomorrow. I am sure it will take the next person at least forty-eight hours before they come back," Zatoichi ordered as he came into the room.

"We will. How did the meeting go with the Empress this morning?" Nick asked.

"Good, we have the funding for another year," he replied with a smile.

"I wish you'd let me help fund the temple," Harry said as he looked over at his grandfather.

"No, that money is your legacy. Yes I know you're well off, but you will need it when you come of age. Let it continue to build up and then maybe in seven years I'll let you but for now. The answer is no. Now go have fun and catch me a snakehead," Zatoichi replied as he started pulling on his armor as the house elf Bo popped in for him for his training with his old friend.

"Alright grandfather," Harry replied.

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Hagrid landed in the portkey facility and handed the old one in. Getting a drink of water from the cooler against the wall, he stepped into the ring and said, "Activate," as he pulled out an old quill. Two hours later, Hagrid landed with a thud on his massive feet deep inside the Ministry of Magic.

Hagrid shook his head trying to clear the spinning and then he hurled up everything in his stomach on to the floor which was quickly banished away by the house elf on duty.

"Thank you," Hagrid said as he wiped his mouth and then said, "I hate portkeys!"

Hagrid headed for the door and then nearby elevators as he started through the door, he tossed the old quill into the bin and was soon down in the lobby where he took the nearest floo to the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmead.

Walking up to the counter, he said, "Give me an ale."

Madam Rosmerta quickly filled Hagrid's stein and slid it over as Hagrid dropped four sickles on the counter. Hagrid blew the foam off his drink and chugged it down. When finished he set the cup down.

"Another Hagrid?" Madam Rosmerta asked.

"Nah, I have a bone to pick with someone up in the castle," Hagrid replied as he headed for the door and the long walk up to the castle.

As Hagrid walked, he thought of what little Harry and the two men had said. 'Was there abuse? Why would they lie if there wasn't? If there was? Did Dumbledore know about it? They seemed sure that he did know.' Those were the questions that needed answers. As he reached the main door, he was determined to get them.

Pulling the door open, he walked to the doors of the Great Hall and shoved them open. Both doors swung all the way and boomed into the wall. He saw that the remaining staff that had arrived early or stayed during the summer was sitting at the head table eating when the doors slammed against the wall.

Dumbledore looked up at him and then stood up as he approached, "Hagrid shouldn't you be in Diagon Alley with young Harry getting his school supplies?"

"He's not coming," Hagrid said as he reached the head table.

"What do you mean he's not coming," Dumbledore asked.

"Like I said, he has no desire to attend the school run by you, and his family says no way in hell that Harry would go back to the Dursleys," Hagrid said as he walked up the small steps to the head table, "He blames you for five years of abuse."

"Abuse? No, more like a spoiled brat. Thinks Hogwarts is to good for him," Professor Severus Snape sneered out.

"Albus what do mean you sent Hagrid to Mr. Potter? As I am in charge of admissions, I should have been the one to meet with him. But you said you were going to do it so I didn't bother. I bet Hagrid doesn't even have the muggleborn or muggle raised pamphlets for Harry," Minerva asked as she stood up and looked at her boss as Severus continued to make comments, "Snape, shut it or else."

Severus snapped his mouth closed as went back to eating.

"Min, Hagrid asked if he could take Harry to Diagon Alley and I said yes…"

"You are lying," Hagrid said as he slapped his hands down on the table making everything on it jump.

"No, we were talking, and I said I had to get some time together so I could introduce Harry to the magical world," Dumbledore said as his eyes twinkled.

"Hippogriff shit. You just casually mentioned it, hoping I would do it plus get the stone from Gringotts," Hagrid said as he leaned forward until his nose was an inch from his boss, "What did you do to Harry?"

"Hagrid, I did nothing to the boy. I swear on it," Dumbledore said making sure his hand was not touching his wand.

Before Hagrid could say anything, Minerva did, "Then it's up to me to try and get him to come to Hogwarts or certain people will be out of a job when it gets out that Harry Potter is not attending Hogwarts."

"No, I better do it," Dumbledore said as he stepped away from the table.

"No I will, unless…"

Dumbledore looked at his second in command and asked, "Unless what my dear?"

"Unless you want to take back all the duties you have forced on me from the school. Then you'll have to decide which job you want more. Headmaster, Head of the ICW or the Wizengamot, because you can't do all three if you have to balance the budget, order the supplies, deal with the house elves, and the many other duties that were your responsibility," Minerva snapped out.

Defeated, Dumbledore replied, "Then I guess you must do the introduction," as he walked towards the door for the great hall.

Snape stood up and followed his boss out the door. The two walked silently up to the Headmaster's office where Dumbledore went and sat behind his desk. He popped a sherbet lemon into his mouth before speaking.

"Severus, you're going to have to be brutal to Harry Potter once he comes here. I need him to look up to me," Albus said as he leaned back in his chair thinking, "an obliterate will get him back with the Dursleys and he will forget the time spent in Japan and he'll be thanking me for the rescue."

Severus sneer turned to a feral grin, "Of course, and I'll make sure I have lots of nasty detentions for him."

"Just don't kill him, as you know only Voldemort can do that to kill his Horcrux that is in his scar," Albus said as he popped another sherbet lemon.

"I won't, now if nothing else. I have potions under stasis," Severus replied as he left the room.

Albus turned his head and looked at the Hat sitting on the shelf, "Hat, remember I need Harry in Gryffindor."

"I'll place him in the best house," the hat replied.

"I need him there. It's for the greater good," Albus said as he pulled a folder to him that was for the next meeting in the ICW, 'My good that is, so I can become the next Merlin having defeated two dark lords…'

'I know, but who's good?' the hat thought as he started snoring.

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Minerva went to her quarters to pack a bag for the trip. She was furious that Albus had sent Hagrid to get Harry Potter when it was her job. Opening the small purse like bag, she started placing clean clothes inside. She had three robes, shirts, and long skirts along with underwear because she didn't know how long it would take to convince Mr. Potter and his guardians that he should attend the school. She kept her best pair of walking shoes to the side due to the portkey she'd have to take and heels and portkeys were paramount to a broken ankle.

She grabbed her newest issue of Transfiguration Today and placed it in the bag along with a five by eight picture of Lily and James to show the boy. The picture was of the two of them as headboy and girl here at the school. The last item she added was a small bag of coins and the muggleborn pamphlets. Checking the time, she floo'd to the Leaky Caldron and walked to Gringotts. Walking in to the bank, she went to the first empty teller.

"How can I help you?" the goblin asked.

"I would like to know the conversion of Galleons to Yen please," Minerva asked.

"Conversion is one galleon to six pounds and a pound is one hundred and seventy-four Yen," the goblin said after checking a sheet of parchment.

"Give me twenty five galleons worth," Minerva asked.

The goblin opened a drawer down below and started pulling stacks of currency out, "That will be twenty-six thousand two hundred and thirty-two yen," the goblin replied as he started stacking the bills in to five hundred and thousand yen notes along with some coins.

"Is there anything else Professor McGonagall?" the goblin asked as he took the coins.

Minerva placed five more coins on the desk and picked up the notes, "No, that's all I need," she said and left the window to head over to the Ministry to get a portkey to Tokyo.

An hour later, she was back in her office going over paperwork and wouldn't leave England until six the next morning and would arrive in Tokyo at three pm their time. With an eight hour difference and a two hour portkey trip it was going to be a tiring day for her. She couldn't even book a room at the local magical inn until she arrived there because there was no floo connection between the two island kingdoms.

She was opening the acceptance letters for the purebloods and was ticking them off the list when several owls flew in and dropped letters on her desk.

Stacking the letters, she opened the new one and saw it was accepted and she added the names to the sorting list and ticked them off on her letter list. She noticed she had several students from the Far East, a pair of twins from India and one from China. When finished she had thirty-nine accepted and one unknown. This year would be one of the smallest since the bombing of London in 1941 when a muggle thousand pound bomb landed in Diagon alley when the students were there killing over half of the new input. With a sigh, she also realized she had six more children of former Death Eaters in this year alone including Malfoy who she was sure he was just like his father. That would be eighteen in the school and she was sure they'd all be Slytherins.

Finishing up her paperwork, she headed for the Great Hall for dinner and found Hagrid talking with Filius, "Good afternoon Hagrid, Filius," Minerva said as she sat down.

"Afternoon Minerva," both replied as they started eating.

"I thought you left?" Filius asked as he looked at his colleague.

"I take a six am portkey in the morning. I'll arrive at three pm their time and try and meet with them tomorrow night or the next morning. The good news is I have finished all the muggleborns and all have accepted. There is one that I see in your house. Her name is Hermione Granger and if she's as intelligent as I think she is she will do well there," Minerva said as the doors opened and Severus walked in and sat in his usual position.

Minerva talked quietly with Filius while Hagrid just filled his plate with more food and Severus sneered at everything. Hagrid explained about the temple and the trailhead where he arrived in to give Harry his letter. He told her about them pulling sword on him when he said he was to return Harry to the Dursleys and how Harry had mentioned he had been badly abused. He did say he looked good and that he had his mothers hair and eyes but his father's nose. Which confused her because she knew when they left him with the Dursleys he had black hair but now that she remembered right when he was born he had black with reddish highlights. Going back to her food she went over what she had been told. She noticed Albus never showed while they ate, and the rest of the staff was on vacation. When finished she bid everyone good night and that she'd see them all in a few days when she returned.

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At five am Minerva's alarm went off and she climbed out of bed with a yawn. Twenty minutes later after a shower and doing her morning business she was sitting at her small table eating breakfast when one of the house elves popped in with a letter.

"Letter for Mrs. Kitty," the elf said as she held out the letter.

"Thank you Katie," Minerva replied as she opened the letter. Inside was a small gold key and instructions from Albus on what to say to Mr. Potter and what not to say and that he would explain things about the House of Potter to him.

"Really Albus, like he would know about his lordship," Minerva said as she slipped the gold key in her pocket.

Finishing her breakfast, she stood up and picked up her purse and bag. With a quick check around to make sure she had everything she tossed some floo powder into her fireplace and stepped into the green flames. She came out into the Ministry atrium and headed for the front desk.

"Good morning Professor McGonagall," Jack Strip said from behind the desk, "How can I help you this morning?"

"I'm heading for the International Portkey office," Minerva replied to her once former student from Hufflepuff as she handed him her wand.

Jack took the wand and weighed it and handed it back, "Here you go Professor. Have a nice day."

"Thank you Mr. Strip, and say hello to Janet for me," the stern professor replied as she headed for the lifts and the portkey office.

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Harry was having a ball, he had just placed a small minnow down the back of his adopted father's shirt and the man was squirming trying to get it out as it flipped around on him. He was giggling a he retreated back to his chair and picked up his bamboo pole, "What's the matter old man? Fish got your tongue," he said as he cast out.

Nick struggled to get the fish out and finely pulled the kimono off and pulled his t-shirt out and the tiny fish dropped into the ground behind him. With his kimono in his hand, he found the tiny fish and picked it up and he tossed it into the water.

"Ha ha," he said as he pulled his kimono back on picked up his fly pole and started fly fishing again, "Your very funny, not."

"I thought I was," Harry replied as his cork plunged down and Harry yanked the pole setting the hook.

"What do you have?" Nick asked as he heard the splash off to his right.

"Not sure," Harry grunted back as his pole started to bend.

Harry started reeling the line in as the fish jumped again and soon had it landed, "It's a snakehead… about fifteen inches long and about eight pounds," Harry said as he placed the fish in his box that would put the fish in stasis keeping it fresh.

"Cool, Zatoichi will like that," Nick replied and then asked, "Is that fourteen or fifteen fish now?"

"Sixteen," Harry replied as he prepared his pole.

"Then let's call it a day and sit by the fire and relax," Nick said as he reeled his pole in.

"Ok," Harry said as he hooked the hook into the end of his pole and tightened the line.

The two headed back to their camp and Harry placed the cooler of fish inside the magical tent along with their fishing gear. Grabbing two bottles of green tea and his book, he turned the small radio on and walked out to where Nick was sitting back in his chair.

"Here's a tea for you," Harry said as he sat down in his and took a long drink of the tea.

"Thanks," Nick replied as he opened his bottle, "you having a good time?"

Harry sat there for a second and then replied, "Yes I am. Thanks, Dad."

"Welcome," Nick said and then asked, "What book?"

"Sheepfarmer's Daughter," Harry said as he opened the book and started reading from where his book mark was.

"Good book, good author," Nick replied as he kicked back in his chair and started meditating.

"I know," Harry said with a smirk and turned the page.

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Minerva arrived in Tokyo international portkey terminal and looked around the lit room that had ten stations in a circle around the arrival points. Seeing one free she walked over and handed her passport to the man.

"Reason for the visit and how long will you be staying with us McGonagall-San," the man asked.

"I am here to speak with one of our students and it may be a few days," Minerva replied.

"I see, well have a nice day. Do you need a portkey somewhere else in the country?"

"Yes, I need one to Temple of the Blind Samurai, on Mount Fuji and to return here. I also need directions to a good hostel," Minerva replied.

"No problem," the man replied and quickly pulled out a bandana and enchanted it as a two way portkey, he then handed it to the professor and along with a pamphlet with local hostels in the area she was going to, "How is Gryffindor doing? Are we going to win the cup this year?"

Startled by the question she asked, "You were one of my lions?"

"Twelve years ago I was a second year lion. My parents moved back home due to the war when Voldemort attacked Diagon Alley and killed thirty-seven people."

"Joshua Yamaguchi?" Minerva asked.

"Yup," the young man replied.

"So this is what happened to you? All I know is you never showed up for your third year and when the ministry went to your house it was empty," McGonagall said in shock and then hugged the man.

"Well my parents and I were just about to start shopping for supplies when the Death Eaters attacked and we hunkered down until it was over and three days later I was enrolled here in Japan," Joshua replied as he released his former head of house.

"Well it does this old heart to know your ok. How was schooling here in Japan? Did you get a masters? If I remember right you excelled in charms and transfiguration," she asked.

"I received fourteen of what you call OWLS and seventeen NEWTS. I have masteries in Transfiguration, Charms, Runes and Defensive Magic as well as a minor in Curse Breaking," he replied.

"Fourteen? Seventeen? How is this possible there are only twelve subjects taught," Minerva stated.

"In the United Kingdom there are only twelve. Here in the Empire there are twenty-nine courses. Twenty magical and nine mundane subjects," Joshua replied.

Minerva was shocked at what she was hearing, "How do you do twenty-nine classes?"

"We have very good teachers and students who wish to learn. Plus once we have determined what field we're good in we are allowed to concentrate on those fields alone. Myself being defense I was encouraged to go for Transfiguration, Charms and Defensive Magic where I received my masteries. I was also interested in Arithmancy and Runes and was able to get a minor mastery in it. I plan on getting my major in two years after," he said with a grin, "I still have my text books, would you like me to send them to you along with copies of my tests?"

Minerva was stunned at what she was hearing, "Yes… yes please. I better get going."

"Have a good day, Professor," Joshua said as he watched his former head of house vanish as she activated the portkey.

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The first thing Minerva noticed was the smell of nature as she arrived at the trailhead to the temple. With her bags shrunken and in her pockets she started up the long trail to where she was told the temple lay. She passed over several stone bridges that had roaring lion mounted on them. In the water that the bridges passed over she saw many brightly colored fish and wondered what they were. She could hear in the distance what sounded like a string instruments being played as she walked. Another thing she noticed in the smells was cherry and she assumed it was from the cherry trees that Japan was famous for.

She walked for ten minutes and then the trees broke. Before her was a short wall about twelve feet high with a set of towers protecting a pair of massive wooden gates. The walls were natural stone and for some reason very smooth. The gates themselves had a pair of dragons on them and two warriors with cloths across their eyes. She assumed this was to show it was the temple of the blind samurai and she really needed to find out what a samurai was. As she walked towards the gates she could swear the dragons were watching her. When she neared the gates, they opened up before she could knock. Stopping for a second she gathered her courage and stepped into the lions… dragons den as she looked at the image again and jumped when they blinked.

Stepping into the courtyard she looked around at the beauty of the inner sanctuary. Small cherry trees grew in planters placed around shrubs that had been cut to form animals. A small stream wound around the edge of the courtyard that had four bridges across it. In the stream were more of the multicolored fish. Paper lanterns hung from holders along the path and at the center of the courtyard was a gazebo where a man in his late seventies knelt. A sword lay in his hands and he seemed to be cleaning it with a white strip of cloth. He was wearing a robe that had several dragons and other creatures on it that chased each other. Walking towards the man, she noticed the pair of shoes on the step and came to a stop.

"Who are you and why have you come to the Temple of the Blind Samurai?" the man asked as he slipped his sword into its scabbard that was at his waist.

"My name is Professor Minerva McGonagall, and I am the Deputy Headmistress and Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I have come to speak with Harry Potter and to try and persuade him to attend our school," Minerva replied.

"Ahh, come sit, and my name is Zatoichi and I am the grandmaster here at the temple," Zatoichi said with a gesture.

Minerva removed her shoes and knelt like the man was and waited.

"Tea?" he asked.

"Please," Minerva replied.

"Bo," Zatoichi called out and a house elf appeared wearing robes.

"You called Master?" Bo asked.

"Yes, tea please and biscuits as well," Zatoichi ordered and the elf popped away to reappear less than twenty seconds later.

"Your tea, Master," the elf replied as he set the tray down.

"Thank you Bo, that's all for now," Zatoichi said as he looked at the woman across from him and said, "I'll play mother," and started making the tea.

Minerva was confused about the comment but waited as the man worked. She watched as the man picked up the tea pot and poured the water into the prepared cups. Using a tea whisk he stirred the tea and bowed to her as he handed it to her. Taking the cup she waited for the man to finish the second cup and then he bowed to her again so she bowed back as they each took a sip of the tea.

"Its green tea, better for your health," Zatoichi said as he saw the look on her face, "I know you English prefer your black tea, but this is the Empire and we drink green tea mostly."

Setting the cup down he asked, "Why should my grandson travel all the way to England and attend your school when there is one here less than a hundred kilometers away?"

Minerva looked around before replying, "Well it's what his parents wanted when they paid his full tuition there when he was born. He is English even growing up here the last five years and he is a future Lord of England when he comes of age."

"What does this have to do where he attends? You can refund the money to his vaults and as you said he must be of age to sit his seat in your government. As to his parents, I think they would have him in a safe environment then being taught by the man who put Voldemort on to them," Zatoichi said as he took a sip of his tea.

"Yes, we could refund the… what? What do you mean the man who put Voldemort on to them?" Minerva asked.

"Severus Snape overheard part of a prophecy. He went running to Voldemort and told him what he had heard. That is why Voldemort went after families with children," Zatoichi said as he felt the fury building up into the woman.

Minerva closed her eyes and tried to settle the furious cat in her, once it was under control, she asked, "Do you know what it says? How do you know about this prophecy?"

"I will explain, please hold your comments until I finish. Now Lily Potter wrote it in her journals and her husband verified that prophecy orb was in your Department of Mysteries two weeks after Dumbledore told them about it and advised they go into hiding. The wording is as follows.

"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 him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…

"Two children were born as the seventh month dies by your calendar. One was Harry Potter and the other was Neville Longbottom. I find it suspicious that both were attacked within days of each other after they were both suggested to change their secret keepers. One family was all but dead, while the other lies in your hospital in basically a vegetative state. Both children would have been attending your school and under the control of the man who heard the prophecy. Both are scions of Ancient and Noble Houses, but only one has had the training while the other was dumped in an abusive non magical family that would have had Harry doing anything for the man who came to rescue him. That man is Albus Dumbledore, your boss.

"In Lily's journals, she writes that she was becoming very leery of Dumbledore and his interest in her child and her best friend Alice's. It's also suspicious that the Longbottoms were attacked after they were told they could come out by Dumbledore and when they demanded Harry because Alice was Harry's Oath bound Godmother like Sirius Black is his Godfather. Which there is another inconsistency, Sirius Black, who is now Lord Sirius Black, of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black and has been rotting in Azkaban since 1981 with no trial, and he was thrown in there by Bartemius Crouch and Albus Dumbledore," Zatoichi explained as he took another sip of his tea.

Minerva sat there shocked; she had many questions but no answers. Taking a deep breath she started on her questions, "How do you know Severus Snape told Voldemort about this prophecy?"

Zatoichi reached inside his kimono and pulled out a thin book and handed it to the woman, "Open it to the green marker. Third paragraph, left page."

Minerva took the thin book and noticed it said, 'Lily Potter, 1981' on it. There were a dozen markers in the thin book and all were color coded. Opening the book to the green marker, her eyes found the paragraph she wanted.

Dearest Diary

Jan 27th 1980

My oldest friend betrayed my family and I to my death a few months ago. Dumbledore came to our home where we were hiding in the muggle world and told us his spy; Severus Snape had made a mistake and told Voldemort about a prophecy he had overheard being given to Dumbledore.

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 him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…

Voldemort only knows the first part, but since then he has been hunting down and killing any pregnant witch or child born in the seventh month. Three families have died already and six have fled the country to the Americas where he has no connection. Now he has found out that I and my best friend Alice are targets.

Dumbledore says were safe right now because no one knows where we're living but he is looking for a way to hide us. He has hinted on a spell that can hide our location. We shall see.

Minerva wiped her eyes and said, "I'll be having words with Severus over this. Now what about Black being Harry's godfather? If that was so, then he…"

"Couldn't betray them to Voldemort because the magic would have killed him," Zatoichi said and then gestured to the book, "The red marker."

Minerva opened the book again and stared at the writing.

Dearest Diary

August 1st 1980

My little boy is here and he is radiating magic. We decided to have Harry at a muggle hospital because we didn't want Voldemort to know. Harry was born at 12:12 AM yesterday morning. Just down the hall, Alice gave birth to Neville at 11:58 PM on July 30th 1981. This makes both of them targets for Voldemort thanks to Snape. I have become Neville's Godmother and James is his Godfather. We went through the ritual this morning. Alice is Harry's Godmother and Sirius is Harry's Godfather. We're all ecstatic about it except for Frank, but then Frank is an Auror and he didn't want to leave Harry without a Godfather if something happened to him.

Minerva noticed the rest of the entry was on Harry's weight and length and core size for his magic. She noticed that he was twenty points higher for normal and smiled when she remembered holding the wee lad just after he was born. Then it hit her.

"He couldn't betray them to Voldemort," Minerva gasped out in shock as she snapped the book shut.

"No he couldn't now open this to the yellow marker," Zatoichi said as he pulled a second book out and handed her it.

Opening the diary to the yellow marker she read.

Dearest Diary

October 27th 1981

Well Dumbledore just left after casting the Fidelius Charm on the cottage. Peter is our secret keeper and Sirius has agreed to act as a decoy leading them away. I have finished inscribing the runes on Harry's crib and so long as he is in the bed, no spell can harm him. The runes I have scribed in the bottom of the crib come from the old family book 'Sumerian Runes Used In Defense,' it says that it will reflect any spell back at the caster. I pray it works, because if we're found, it's the only thing that will protect Harry from attack. The crib also has a portkey rune to transport the bed to Alice if we're attacked. We have packed everything we don't need and sent it to the family vault along with our wills to Alice, Sirius, and Dumbledore at James suggestion along with a copy to the Goblin in charge of the Potter accounts. All I can pray for is Harry never winds up at the Dursleys and we have made it so in our will. That's all for now, Harry is hungry.

"That bastard knew," Minerva snapped out as she finished reading the copy of the will that was in the diary.

"Knew what?" Zatoichi asked.

"Dumbledore knew that Harry wasn't supposed to go to the Dursleys… What happened to Harry?" Minerva asked.

"Harry's earliest memories are being forced to scrub the house floors, cook meals, weed gardens, paint fences, fix things around the house, paint the house, and clean out the gutters on a daily or monthly chore. He was beaten if his magic showed in any way. He was beaten if he did better than his cousin in school, forcing himself to do worse. He is now in the top of his classes. He has an eidetic memory, and has several thousand books to his name that he has read. He is at the lower secondary grade level in mundane courses or ninth year in you mundane school system. He is also on par for second year in magical. So I ask once again, what can you offer him?"

Tears started running down the stern woman's face as she mumbled out, "I didn't know. Lily and James would kill me that I allowed him to leave Harry there," Minerva cried out and buried her face in her hands.

Minerva felt arms wrap around her and then another voice spoke.

"It's ok, Mrs. McGonagall, I don't blame you. You followed what you knew. What I do blame is your boss, Albus Dumbledore."

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Harry listened as his adopted grandfather tore into the woman. They had arrived back just as she had introduced herself and he listened as they talked about his mother's diary and the prophecy. He could hear in her voice her anger because her accent changed. When she started crying, his heart broke for the woman who had been manipulated by Albus Dumbledore. Walking up behind her, he knelt and wrapped his arms around his father's godmother and said, "its ok, Mrs. McGonagall, I don't blame you. You followed what you knew. Who I do blame is your boss, Albus Dumbledore."

Minerva turned her upper body and through her tears she saw a young man that looked like his mother. Turning fully, she wrapped her arms around the boy and lost all control.

"I'm so sorry. So sorry," Minerva cried out.

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First Edited By ChrisW, Futurist, Deenara

Final Edit By TeNdErLoin

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Harry Potter™ is a registered trademark and copyright (©) of J.K. Rollings and all that crap. The only thing mine is the idea and several characters. Everything else is hers including all the money... Blind Fury is owned by Interscope Communications and Zatoichi is owned by Chikashi Makiura… Damn wish they'd share.