Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everybody
Finally the next chapter is out for World's Apart. I hope you like this chapter. As always let me thank all those who spend their valuable time reviewing. I would like to reply to some of the concerns/questions raised in the reviews.
To Plum:
Luna, being the descendant of Ravenclaw gets the Mage's Sight which allows her to see the very essence of magic. Something similar to Glam Sight, if you have read or seen Rental Magica. As a result of which when she gazed upon Harry she managed to get a good read on him, after all your experiences effects your magic or something like that. Hence she was able to almost accurately tell the truth. She however is not a prophetess/psychic , as that would involve gazing into the future or reading minds which she cannot do. She merely reads the magical aura.
To Bakazuki26
As I've mentioned in my profile(updated today) I am a fan of overpowered characters. Thus Harry will be more powerful than most of the characters who are in the Potterverse at this point of time. Though how he would fare against Dumbles or Voldy right now is up for debate.
To Paladin3030
I would like to sincerely thank you for your comment. I didn't know about the poll feature. Thanks a lot.
To Wolphey
I have noted your concerns, and while I agree with your concern about them being too young, fourth uear would be a good time to start building relationships. After all, strong relationships are not build in just a month or two. Plus there are seven girls to build with. Not an easy task, thus by the time anything serious in their relationship crops up, they would be towards the end of 5th year or start of 6th year.
To the other issue you raised Harry is not dead. He is the last magical being left alive. All his friends and people he loved are dead. When you are offered a chance to make everything better, wouldn't you take it? Moreover, Harry was tricked into being sent into another world by Death. He agreed to simply go back in time. Only after the deal was made did Death reveal to him that he would be going to an alternate universe. Just goes to show you that you should be careful while making deals with creepy deities.
To Kaxipoptos
Metamorphmagus is a genetic trait and the only known Metamorphmagus are Tonks and her son Ted. Thus I would say its quite a rare gift. Although there is a surprise about Tonks which will be revealed later that wont be Canon compliant, both about her skills and her descent.
To Tsukune08
As the poll stands now, there is a very good chance that Fleur will be selected in the Harem. Thus Gabby's age would depend on whether she would be in the harem or not. If she is selected, she would be around Harry's age or maybe 12. If not I'm sticking to her canon age.
To JM
To be a Heir is not the same as being a Lord. But could you please elaborate why Harry being the heir of Pevrell, Slytherin and Gaunt is not good. I would like to know your concerns so that I can effectively incorporate it into my note that I too hate multiple Lordships and Harry wont be getting it. He is just the Heir of the three houses.
To Kitten
I am planning to include some OC females from Beauxbatons and Drumstrang. If you are interested in seeing Harry paired with them please tell. I'm considering your review as a vote for OC characters from the other schools. However, I have found that I personally and many other readers do not like OC characters in the limelight.
To Sarvesh12
I didn't understand whom did you mean by Gonna?
Now for the Harem Votes As per Review 99 and taking into account the votes submitted in the poll the current standings are as follows:
Fleur Delacour - 36+38(1)
Daphne Greengrass- 36+30(0)
Tracey Davis- 10+16(2)
Susan Bones- 16+34(1)
Sue Li- 8+20(1)
Jasmine Potter- 31+33(4)
Luna Lovegood- 14+17(10)
Hermione Granger- 30+3(9)
Nymphadora Tonks- 20+19(2)
Penelope Clearwater-5(1)
Hannah Abott- 3+15(3)
Gabrielle Delacour- 8+15(4)
Lavender Brown- 1+2(2)
Ginny Weasley- 1+0(7)
Astoria Greengrass- 1
Own Character from Beauxbaton-1
Own Character from Durmstrang-1
Pansy Parkinson-3+1(1)
Padma Patil- 2(0)
So as per the current standing the Harem consists of
Fleur, Daphne, Jasmine, Susan, Tonks, Hermione and Luna.
Wow, two girls managed to be replaced from the last list. and I'm truly surprised by the number of people who hate Ginny as a possible love interest.
Now on to the chapter. I hope you like it. Please Read and Review.
Tales of the Pasts
Harry rubbed his eyes once again just to check if he was seeing a dream, but to no avail the sight still remained the same. His room had been magically expanded and on one side of the room there were several stacks of paper taller than him. Almost the entire wall was hidden behind the papers. He turned to Luna for some explanation.
"I heard you asking daddy for the archives of The Quibbler. While you both went to Diagon Alley for shopping I didn't have anything to do, so, I thought why don't I arrange the archives of our newspaper for you while you were gone. All the newspapers here are sorted according to their date of publication. I had Queery, our house-elf bring them here and sort them."
Harry sighed before giving a small smile to Luna.
"Thank you Luna, but you didn't have to do this for me."
"Its alright Harry Slytherin, it was my pleasure to help you."
POP
A house elf appeared in the room. It had wide tennis ball eyes like all elves and wore a rag as a clothing, however it had a radish necklace around his neck.
"Mistress Luna, Master Harry, lunch is served, master request your presence at the table."
"Thank you Queery, we'll be there in a couple of moments." Luna told the elf, who nodded and popped away.
"She is a curious thing; how did you manage to give her a necklace without freeing her?" Harry asked Luna.
"According to Wizarding Laws a necklace is considered an accessory and not a clothing, and an house elf can be freed only if they are given an article of clothing. Hence she was not freed."
Harry thought that was an interesting fact, and thought about Dobby. Tears came to his eyes when he remembered how Dobby had sacrificed himself while trying to help them escape from Malfoy Manor. He then steeled his resolve remembering that none of that happened yet, and if he got his way none of it would ever happen again in this world.
"Let's go, shall we?" Harry asked Luna who just nodded.
They both left the room and headed downstairs where Xenophilius sat on the table waiting for them, the table already set before them. Luna sat down on the right of Xenophilius, while Harry sat opposite him. After a short prayer, they began eating the food.
After a couple of minutes of eating, Xenophilius broke the silence.
"I have noticed that you are quite close with my daughter. I hope that you have no untoward feeling towards her."
Harry choked on his food, while a slight red tint appeared on Luna's cheeks. After managing to regain himself Harry replied in an outrageous voice, "Luna is almost like a sister to me. How can you say that?"
Xenophilius smirked at Harry's reply before replying himself "In the magical world, it is not very uncommon to practice incest in order to maintain blood purity. Many of the old pureblood families are filled with interfamily relationships."
Harry spluttered at not having any comeback to that. He blushed slightly before glaring at Xenophilius who continued to smirk at him. Harry then decided to ignore him and focused his attention on the delicious piece of steak on his plate.
After Lunch, which thankfully, in Harry's opinion passed without any more of such happenings, Harry went back to his room and summoned the first pile of newspaper. Over the pile he saw a slip of paper. It read 1981 in Luna's elegant handwriting.
He began to browse through the newspapers. He didn't find anything interesting in most of the newspapers. Most of the articles in the newspapers dealt with fantastical beasts, which were only rumoured to exist in the magical world. He came close to stop reading any further, especially when not one or two, but three continuous editions of the Quibbler talked just about Crumple Horned Snorkack and nothing else.
However, he knew that getting access to the Daily Prophet was difficult for him, and people might get suspicious if he browsed through the archives in the Daily Prophet, not to mention the risk he would place himself in by being right in the middle of the Ministry of Magic.
He thus continued reading, mostly just skipping through the portions detailing mythical beasts, which for Harry's amusement was almost the entire paper.
After a couple of hours Harry had finished the Quibblers published till the month of July. He was now thanking God for this chance. He knew that if he had tried to go through the Daily Prophet archives, he would still be stuck somewhere in February or March. Skipping over 90 percent of the newspaper, which dealt with nothing but rubbish, in his own humble opinion, caused him to get a better glance at the world events.
Taking a short break, he got up from his chair and stretched himself.
"Queery" he called out.
With a pop the strange house elf appeared in front of him.
"Can I have some Earl Grey tea?" He asked the elf.
The elf nodded and disappeared, after a couple of minutes he reappeared with a cup of steaming tea. Harry thanked the elf, who bowed once before disappariting away.
AS Harry looked into the steaming cup, he remembered how he had come to like this particular flavour of tea.
Flashback Start
Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, Boy-Who-Lied and so many other long hyphenated names stood alone in the wreckage of what was once his home. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry lay in ruins; destroyed by one of its own students. Tom had somehow found another way to cheat death and in the process destroyed Hogwarts completely. It no longer looked like the magnificent Castle it once was, but now it appeared as if it was some old run down castle ravaged by both war and time.
That was not all, all around Harry, lay the bodies of his friends, comrades and teachers. All of them were caught in the magical blast and were dead. All except him. Harry fell down to his knees in anguish.
"Why me," Harry pounded the ground in frustration
"Why me"
"Why ME"
"WHY THE BLOODY HELL ME AGAIN" Harry said, shouting in frustration.
"WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SURVIVED" he shouted out, tears freely flowing through his eyes.
He continued to cry and beat himself in the ruins of all that he had once held dear.
"I don't know about you, but if I was in your place I would do everything in my power to destroy the person who did this to me."
Harry turned around wand raised to face the direction the voice had come from, only to raise his eyebrows in shock as his wand was blown away from his hands. There standing before him was a girl. She had blond hair and sky blue eyes. She was dressed in Green and Silver Hogwarts robes. Harry recognized her after a couple of seconds.
"You're Daphne, Daphne Greengrass, right?" He asked her.
Daphne nodded. His confusion quickly turned into anger upon seeing her.
"You, it is because of your filthy house, that everyone and everything I loved is taken away from me." Daphne raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Harry sprang into motion and before Daphne could react, tackled her, slamming her into the ground.
"Your despicable house of snakes, supported that pureblood supremacy logic. It is because of people like you, that Voldemort rose to power and has caused this destruction. You Slytherins never even thought about defending Hogwarts when the Death Eaters attacked. In fact, I saw many of the Slytherins rallying to the Death Eaters side against Hogwarts. Have you come here to finish the deed of your master by killing me once and for all." Harry spat towards the end.
Daphne grew more and more angry as Harry's speech and towards the end was glaring at him. "You called me a Pureblood Supremacist, a bigot. Do you know how wrong you are, you hypocrite?"
Daphne stretched her hand out to reach her wand which had fallen just out of her reach. She managed to grasp it. Harry noticed it but before he could do anything found himself blasted away from her. Harry shakily got up to his feet removing the Elder Wand from his robes as he got up pointing it at her. But she was no longer even looking at him. Daphne walked over to one of the pile of rubble and gently levitated it away. Harry, cautiously approached her still pointing the wand at her back. As he came closer, he noticed a body was under the rubble. Upon further inspection, he noticed that the robes, or what survived of it at least, were green and silver.
"If you were not so stuck up in your prejudice against the Slytherins, you would realize that not all of us are bad. Similar to how not all of the Gryffindors are good." Pettigrew immediately sprung into Harry's mind. "After you had herded all the Slytherins away, without even giving us even a chance to fight, or choose if we wanted to stay and fight. Professor Slughorn rallied the Slytherins and we joined forces with the rest of the students of Hogwarts. It was your own prejudice and not the Slytherins who are to be blamed for not fighting since the beginning.
So
Don't You Dare
Pin
The Blame
On The Slytherins"
Daphne said. Harry noticed that she was barely holding back tears in her eyes. After regaining her composure Daphne continued "She is… was my best friend Tracey. She fought hard and killed almost as many as any other Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, despite joining the battle halfway. It was her suggestion that we draw runes during the time of ceasefire to bolster the existing wards upon Hogwarts. She and I together devised a Ward to negate the magical resistance given to the werewolves, giants and other creatures. It worked, and the number of casualties on our side decreased considerably. She had decided to fight in the front lines and asked me to go and gather the necessary ingredients to create more runes and wards. When I came here I saw the destruction, the ruins of Hogwarts, I could smell the death in the air. So don't you dare shout at me as if you are the only person in this godamn world who is suffering" she shouted in the end, turning around to glare at Harry.
At that moment Harry realized that she was just like him. Though she managed to cover up her emotions better, she was hurting just as much as him. Harry didn't know what to do to help her as he was in the same situation as her, and if he was honest with himself he needed help more than her. So he did the first thing that came into his mind.
He hugged her. Daphne stiffened for a moment, before she loosened herself and began to sob into his shoulder. Harry too cried in her arms. They both stood there weeping into each others shoulders for God knows how long, letting their emotions out.
Harry felt Daphne pulling away and released her from his arms. Daphne took a few steps away from him and knelt beside Tracey's body.
"I don't know what you're going to do but I'm going to hunt every last one of those bastards down and make them pay for all that they have done." She said angrily.
"I'm going to hunt them too, but I would require help. The only thing I'm good at is duelling, would you team up with me, and help me achieve my goal. Could you teach me Runes and Warding. I could help you improve your Duelling, We both pursue the same goal after all.
Daphne gave a small smile at Harry's words "That was a very Slytherin thing to say Potter, request assistance, at the same time offer something to the other party. We can yet make a Slytherin out of you. I agree, however, you must help me improve my duelling skills."
Harry nodded, they both then spend the remainder of their time clearing the rubble and burying the dead bodies."
Flashback End
Harry smiled as he remembered his partner throughout most of the years he spent hunting Death Eaters
Both of them became a fearsome tag team, after spending nearly 6 months of training together. Daphne taught him non-combat arts like Runes, Arithmancy, proper Pureblood behaviour and some of the spells taught to her by her parents. Harry on the other hand helped her in her duelling, they used to duel with each other until exhaustion, increasing both her magical capacity and her real-time duelling skills.
They stormed the ministry and managed to kill almost all the Death Eaters present there, before Voldemort could even reach the Ministry and when he finally reached the Ministry, most of his followers were dead and they had escaped. The next raid by Voldemort at the French ministry was also thwarted by them, though there were several casualties on their side as well.
They grew very close to each other during the time they spend with each other. Their likes, dislikes and behaviour managed to influence each other. Harry remembered the day he had had Earl Grey for the first time because of her.
Flashback Start
A little more than half an year had passed after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry and Daphne had managed to attack the Ministry of Magic and kill several of the Death Eaters who were controlling the Ministry.
After the battle they portkey-ed into Longbottom Manor, where Augusta received them.
"Congratulations, both of you. Very well done, you managed to kill several of those bastards. Would you like something to eat or drink."
"I would like some tea please," Harry said panting from the battles he had fought today.
"Could you get a couple of cups of Earl Grey for us please?" Daphne said.
"Sure, Wobbly" she shouted, an elf popped into the room "Please get our guests some Earl Grey Tea" the elf popped away and after a few minutes popped back with the tea.
Harry drank the tea and liked it very much. When he asked Daphne after they had left the manor she revealed that Earl Grey was her favourite tea blend. He too started to drink Earl Grey since then and soon it became his favourite drink as well."
Flashback end.
Though they were very close, they never got involved romantically with each other. They were both too focused on getting their revenge. Perhaps after the war they could have been in a relationship as Harry remembered several of their allies used to comment how they both complemented each other. Daphne with her skill in the fine arts of magic and Harry in areas which required a lot of power. But before anything could come out of it she along with many of their allies were killed by the Death Eaters in a surprise raid.
Flashback Start
Harry, Daphne and many of their allies in their fight against Voldemort met with each other on Halloween in the Delacour Maison, which after the death of Monsieur and Madame Delacour fell into the hands of Gabrielle. They had met up there to plan the next raid on the Death Eaters.
"Thank you Gabrielle for calling us when the attack on the ministry began, because of your warning we managed to prevent the French Ministry from falling into Voldemort's control."Harry told her.
"It was nothing, Harry. It is the least I can do since you are out to avenge my sister and all those who fell against Voldemort."
"It was definitely not nothing. You called Mr. Potter and Miss Greengrass to aid us in defending the ministry against The Dark Lord, because of their actions many of us lived to see the next day. We owe our lives to you three" Monsieur Pierre one of the French Aurors said.
"Indeed, if you had not called them, not only would the French Ministry have fallen but also most of us would have lost our lives. We are indeed indebted to the three of you."
"Thank you for your kind words, but I feel that we should move on to how we can stop Voldemort from getting more power." Daphne said after a couple of seconds.
The others nodded at her words and thought for some time.
"I feel that Voldemort has now become too big of a threat to ignore. We should ask the ICW to lend their help and all the nations should band together and send a combined task force of Aurors to destroy his army of Death Eaters."
"I agree"
"Yes"
"We should show the bête his stupidity. No one can hope to fight the might of all the nations at the same time and live."
Many people agreed with the suggestion.
"Okay then, let the French Ministry call an emergency ICW meeting and we shall dis- "Harry was cut off when a loud explosion rocked the room. All the people stood up. An elf popped into the room
"Mistress the Death Eaters are attacking the house."
Harry ran to the front window and saw an army of Death Eaters, Giants, trolls and several other creatures sieging the Manor.
"Everyone Portkey away." Harry ordered them.
''They are not working," one of the men present there said.
"Then we make our stand here." Daphne rallied the men. "Everyone, begin the duel and keep pushing outwards, once we clear the anti-Portkey wards we can use them again. Don't lose hope, It is the only thing we can do."
All of the men fall in a formation and charge the Death Eaters. The battle was long and tiring for them, the Death Eaters shot to kill and by the time they managed to reach the perimeter where Voldemort was standing with a couple of werewolf guards, only Harry, Daphne, Gabrielle and a couple of other Aurors were left. Voldemort duelled Harry while the other two Aurors duelled the Werewolves.
The trolls and the giants came charging into the area after levelling the maison. The girls tried to stop the giants and the trolls. They were however unable to do much damage to them thanks to their magic resistant skin. Harry saw this and used all of his power to throw Voldemort away.
"Lets go" He shouted to the others. All of them nodded and the other two Aurors with a little help from Harry managed to easily subdue the werewolves. They ran to the edge of the boundary.
"HARRY, LOOK OUT" Gabrielle shout out, Harry turned around to see a purple curse coming towards him from Voldemort. Daphne pushed Harry out of the way and took the curse meant for him.
"Give him hell… for... me. She said before coughing out blood and collapsing onto the ground, she smiled at him before her eyes glazed. Yellow puss began leaking from her eyes, nose and other orifices."
"NOOOOOO" Harry shouted rushing towards her but he was cut off by the two Aurors. "Go now Mr. Potter, you are the only hope left for the wizarding world." With that one of them stunned him.
When Harry awoke he found himself lying on one of the beds with Gabrielle sitting on a chair next to him. That was the second time Harry had felt as if he had lost everything."
Flashback End
Harry shook his head to clear away the painful memories. It would not do to get distracted now, he had work to do. With that he drank the last of his tea and resumed reading the newspapers.
Nothing much of interest happened until September 21st. In the Quibbler of September 21st, on the first page written in bold letters was the headline
Severus Snape attacks and Kills Peter Pettigrew.
Curious Harry decides to read further.
This Monday, Severus Snape, an alleged Death Eater was seen by countless witnesses casting the Avada Kedavra on Peter Pettigrew, a member of the vigilante group known as the Order of the Phoenix and having close ties to several of the most promising young Aurors like Potter and Black.
Potter and Black who were with the diseased at the time of assault, wasted no time in trying to apprehend Snape, and within a matter of minutes both of them managed to subdue Severus and capture him.
According to information revealed by the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, the Dark Mark was found on Severus arm, confirming the suspicion of many about his loyalties. The Quibbler can only theorize on his motives, but it looks like Snape was trying to take revenge on the capture and subsequent torture of his fellow Death Eater Avery Sr. by the Aurors.
Sources within the Ministry have confirmed that Severus Snape has not said anything in his defence, nor has he revealed the reason for this bold and suicidal attempt. The Editor can only presume that there were several Wrackspurts messing with his head."
Harry stopped reading after the mention of Wrackspurts.
'What the hell is up with this guy. Can't he write anything without a mention of Wrackspurts, Crumple horned somethings or Nargles.' Harry thought to himself.
He then browsed through several of the other newspapers looking for more information about the attack and regarding Severus Snape's motives. Finally, after browsing through many of the newspapers he gave up and decided to ask Xenophilius directly. The man was the Editor of a daily, he would know the details.
Harry got up from his seat and went out of his room in search of Xenophilius. He found him sitting in his study writing something. Harry knocked on the door thrice. Xenophilius looked up from his work and seeing Harry he smiled.
"Harry, how can I help you?"
"I was wondering if you could tell me what happened to Severus Snape?"
"Ah, sad story that one. No one really knows why he did it to this day. He refused to even speak up during his trial and was sentenced to Azkaban for life. The only guess we can make is Severus was taking revenge for his fellow Death Eater, who was captured and tortured a couple of weeks before. James and Sirius had captured Avery Sr. and were responsible for interrogating him. Now if I'm not mistaken Severus is confined to one of the deepest levels of Azkaban. No doubt at the request of James and Sirius. Poor guys, they were hit the hardest by the murder. It happened right in front of them and they could do nothing to stop it. That's all anyone really knows about the story and unless Severus trusted any of the Death Eaters with his motives, I do not think anyone really knows why he did it."
Harry thought about Xenophilius words for some time. Over the years he had spent alone fighting Voldemort after Daphne's death had given him a great respect towards his former Potions Master. He truly respected the man for managing to keep his cool and continue to work for the bastard who had taken Lily away from him. He also respected Snape for his desire to bring the Dark Lord down, and his contribution up until his death. Even as he was dying he tried to give them a way to defeat the Dark Lord.
Over the years Snape had become something of a role model for Harry, as Harry found himself in the same position Snape had been in as long as he knew him. With everything and everyone he loved taken away from him by Lord Voldemort. Thus Harry felt that if there was anyone who could relate to Severus, it would be him.
He thought that Severus would not kill Pettigrew without a just reason, unless the Severus of this world is different from the Snape he had grown to respect. He decided to think of the mystery of Severus and Pettigrew later.
Harry's eyes widened in realization and he mentally cursed himself for not realizing the role of Pettigrew in the death of his parents and a possible reason as to why Snape had killed him.
'Perhaps that is why they are alive in this world, but then how did she become the Girl-Who-Lived.' He thought to himself.
"Could you tell me how did Voldemort die? I read it somewhere that he was killed by the Girl-Who-Lived." He asked Xenophilius.
Xenophilius smiled at Harry "If I didn't know any better, I would say that you are a Ravenclaw, with your curiosity. To answer your question, that is another fact we are not very sure of. On the Christmas Eve of 1981, when the Potters left Godric's Hollow to visit James' parents Fleamont and Euphemia in the Potter Manor. James and Lily left young Jasmine with her grandparents to finish their Christmas shopping the Death Eaters attacked Diagon Alley. James and Lily already being in the vicinity alerted the Aurors and the other members of the Order of Phoenix and began to battle the Death Eaters. Once the Auror force arrived, the Death Eaters began to flee. However, many were captured in this raid. Many of the Aurors thought this was a very large victory for them, as they had never routed so many Death Eaters while suffering minimal casualties.
What they didn't realize, however, was that, this was just a distraction. While the Death Eaters were attacking Diagon Alley, Voldemort made his way to Potter Manor. He managed to overpower the Wards and enter it. When James and Lily returned to their house, they found their parents dead and young Jasmine had received a scar. There was also no sign of any attacker though one of the walls were appeared to be blasted outwards. Dumbledore, after several complicated rituals and spells managed to find out that Jasmine had somehow managed to bounce a killing curse back to Voldemort, effectively killing him. However, there are some who do not believe that Voldemort is truly dead, and many fear to speak his name even today."
Harry was no longer surprised at the parallels between this world and his own. He, however, let out a dry laugh, thinking that irrespective of the world two Potters had died to save one child, who was then branded with the title of Boy/Girl-Who-Lived.
"Thank you Xenophilius for your time. Sorry for interrupting your work." Harry said while getting up.
"No problem Harry, I was just writing a letter to one of my associates. There is a rumour that an age old tradition will be revived again this year in Hogwarts this year."
Harry knew he was talking about the Tri-Wizard Tournament, but kept a surprised look on his face as he asked "What tradition?"
"Oh, I can't reveal it right now, but you will soon know about it. That reminds me, have you applied for admission to any schools. Usually most schools just accept young witches and Wizards at the age of 11. It is very rare to see someone join a school midway."
Harry mentally cursed himself for forgetting about applying for admission for this year. He had thought to simply enter the school when the new term started. It looked like he still had a lot to learn if he wanted to act like a Slytherin. With a good day to Xenophilius he walked back to his room thinking about how to get admission into Hogwarts this year, as most of the events revolved around Hogwarts. He opened the door of his room and went to the desk without noticing Luna, who was sitting on his bed
Luna seeing his thoughtful expression asked him "What are you thinking about Harry Slytherin?"
Harry jumped from his seat, wand in hand and turned around to see Luna rising from his bed.
"Gosh Luna, please don't scare me like that again. I nearly hexed you."
"You were looking as if there were several Wrackspurts flying in your head."
Harry grimaced at that thought, He really did not need another reminder of Wrackspurts, Nargles or any other creature after spending nearly the entire day browsing through newspapers that dealt more with mythical creatures than actual news. Luna laughed at his expression.
"Just kidding, now what were you thinking about when you entered?"
After a couple of moments Harry replied "I was thinking about how to apply for admission into Hogwarts. The school term is just a week away and I would be applying for the fourth year. I don't think that Dumbledore would give me an admission easily without going through all the legal processes and procedures, especially once he comes to know of my surname. And I'm not the most popular person with the Ministry right now as they would be on the lookout for any unfamiliar individuals after the display I did at the Quidditch World Cup. The other schools are out for the same reason and the fact that most of the action occurs at Hogwarts."
"oh, you don't need to worry about that Harry Slytherin." Luna said
"What do you mean?" He asked confusedly.'
"Hogwarts is a school which select its students with the help of magic. The Headmaster nor the teachers are responsible for sending out the letters, the school itself was designed in such a way as to select the students from all over the world using Magic. The founders did not want any person who could use magic to be unable to reach his or her full potential because of a lack of training. Thus Magic does the task of sending a letter to all the eleven years old all over the world, who have not ben employed anywhere else. The only condition to become enrolled in Hogwarts is that the Sorting Hat should sort you into one of the four houses. Once you are sorted, you are automatically given the right to study there. And with your heritage I don't think that you would be denied sorting, I think we both also have a pretty good idea into which house you'll be sorted into."
"How did you come to know this Luna, I doubt even your father knew of this, as he asked me to send an admission letter to a school."
"This is mentioned in Hogwarts a History; I don't think many people read that book. Most of it is trivial things about the Castle and Professor Binns rarely, if ever, teaches about Hogwarts. He usually deals with the Goblin Wars."
Harry chuckled on hearing about the ghost professor and how most of the students either slept in his class or simply bunked it.
"Thank you very much, Luna. You have eased my worries. Now all I have to do is appear for the sorting?"
"Yes, though most people do not know it, the Sorting Hat is considered to be a part of the Staff responsible for granting admission to the students of Hogwarts."
"Thanks a lot Luna"
"Its my pleasure, we should probably head down for dinner now, before father decides to tease us again. Luna said as she went out of the door, leaving a slightly blushing Harry behind. After composing himself he too left after her for dinner.
Dinner was a quite affair, without any teasing done by Xenophilius to which Harry was very thankful. In his previous life he had never seen Luna as anything but a little sister, but now after Xenophilius' teasing, he noticed that Luna was quite pretty in her own way. But he still felt it was quite wrong to feel like that about her. Moreover, she was just 13 while he was mentally 27, more than twice her age. As he lay down on the bed thinking about what he had learnt, he decided that he had one more mystery to solve before heading back to Hogwarts. The Mystery of Severus Snape's actions.
Harry spent the next few days reading the rest of the newspapers and getting the gist of what happened in this world. The only major thing of note in this world was that Lily Potter was now the Potion Mistress at Hogwarts. He honestly did not know how he felt about that. On one hand he felt elated that he would get to spend some time with his mother at Hogwarts, on the other hand he realized that this was not his mother and to her he would be just another student. Perhaps she would view him slightly worse than the other students as he would not only be entering the school in an unnatural manner, but he also would be most probably sorted into Slytherin House. He did not know how he would feel being under a suspicious gaze from all those whom he had loved and respected in his former life.
Now on August 30th with only two days left for the school term, Harry sat on his bed bored out of his mind. He had finished reading the newspapers up until the latest edition and now had nothing to do except exhaust himself by using several draining spells.
As he lay on the bed, he remembered about Severus Snape again and decided to break into Azkaban to find some answers. He really wanted to know the reason behind his Potion Master's actions. He felt that he understood the man the best as he had suffered the same loss Snape had gone through, and he also knew how it felt to be led throughout his entire life without being told the entire truth.
That night Harry snuck outside the Manor and came to the clearing where he had first found himself in, all those days ago. He tried focusing his magic into his core with an image of a phoenix in his mind. Slowly but surely he could feel the magic building inside his core and then as if a dam had broken he found himself engulfed in flames, this time they were white in colour. When Harry regained his bearings he noticed that he was shorter than before. Hesitatingly he peered into the lake to check if he had managed to transform into one of his Animagus forms.
A snowy white bird peered back at him from the lake. He had done it. He let out a loud trill of amusement as he laughed to himself. Sobering himself he looked once more around the clearing before erupting in flames.
This time the journey was noticeably much more comfortable, when he could see his surroundings again he found himself at the shore of Azkaban. He transformed back into a human and cast the disillusionment charm on himself. He then made his way into the prison. At the gates of the prison he found several Aurors guarding the doors of the prison. Smiling to himself at the thought of the workout he would get, he cast a glamour on himself and removed the disillusionment charm blasting three stunners nearly simultaneously. Three of the Aurors fell before they even felt anything, two more were silenced with another wave of stunners. Now only one Auror was left duelling Harry.
The Auror cast Jelly-Legs Jinxes, Stunners, Body bind curses nearly every other second trying to keep the mysterious invader on his toes. Harry for his part was seriously disappointed. After fighting Voldemort and his Death Eaters for nearly a decade, fighting a single Auror who was nowhere near Voldemort's skill was a real disappointment to him.
'No wonder Voldemort managed to spread fear among the wizards if this is the level of power the Aurors posses. With a silent banishing charm, he blocked the Aurors spells and sent two stunners at the Auror one after the other. The Auror managed to block one of the spells but was hit by the other knocking him unconscious.
'Well that was boring.' Harry thought to himself.
With a sigh he entered the prison, not noticing his glamour fade when he entered Azkaban. He made his way into the guard house of the prison. With a single Bombarda he blasted the door into dust and using the cover of the dust sent several Stunners into the guard room.
When the dust cleared several Aurors were revealed unconscious on the floor.
Homenum Revelio
Harry cast with his wand, the spell didn't reveal anyone other than the people who were stunned, so he looked over the prisoners list searching for Severus Snape. After searching for sometime he found Severus Snape in BL-712. He went outside the guard room, as he made his way lower into the prison he felt the air suddenly chill and a feeling of despair creep over him.
Expecto Patronum
To his surprise, rather than the stag which usually came out, something which vaguely resembled a snake came out and immediately the feeling of despair went away. With the Patronus also serving as a source of light, he made his way into the Lowest level of the prison and finally stood in front of Snape. A pang of pain flared in his chest as he remembered the death of his potion master.
Snape looked very haggard now, though his hair was still as greasy as ever. Harry felt truly sorry for the man who had given his everything to bring down the Dark Lord in his world.
With a wave of his wand Harry dismissed his Patronus and opened the door of Snape's cell. Snape looked up on hearing the door open. Seeing Harry, his eyes widened.
"So Potter, have you come to kill me finally and avenge the death of your friend?" He asked
Harry was taken aback by his words before he realized that he thought that Harry was his father James.
"I'm not Potter, Snape. I'm also not here to kill you. I want to know why you killed Pettigrew. I want to know the reason behind killing him in broad daylight."
Snape sneered at Harry, it seemed that even Azkaban could not get rid of that sneer. Harry nearly smiled in fondness of seeing a little of the Snape he knew back.
"I have nothing to say about it." Snape said "Now stop disturbing me and leave."
"Snape, I know that you are not bad, Pettigrew was a traitor and was going to betray the Potters" Snape's eyes widened on hearing this "But unless you tell me ex- "
"Drop your wand and turn around slowly, you are under arrest for breaking into Azkaban."
Harry spun around absently deflecting the spell aimed at him, but when he looked at his attacker he paused in surprise. That moment of hesitation was enough as his wand was blasted out of his hands.
Harry found himself wandless, against an Auror, in a prison, breaking into a high security cell.
He felt that as the Muggles liked to say Shit was about to hit the fan.
Author's Notes
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