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Ch. 12

Unexpected Assistance

Once Harry finished writing the letter to Amelia, he gave it to Tilly and instructed her to apparate over to Amelia's office at the Ministry of Magic and give her the letter, and Tilly assured that it would be done and disappeared with a pop.

Back at Privet Drive, Dudley and his gang were stomping around the neighborhood, looking for the 'freak' as they were walking to the bus stop. Vernon was also driving around from street to street, as if he was on a rampaging warpath, looking for the 'freak' as well, while Petunia 'notified' her friends and explained the 'situation.' After a while, Albus apparated to an alley nearby, changed into muggle clothes and walked back to the Dursleys' house. As he was talking with Vernon and Petunia, a strange man was in an unmarked police car, investigating the incident.

'Now, that's pretty suspicious behaviour,' thought the man as he kept on watching. 'I wonder what Albus could be discussing with those muggles!'

The mysterious man checked his pocket watch and realized that he was late for his undercover job, so he drove away back to 'headquarters,' to make sure that Albus and the Dursleys wouldn't get suspicious that they were being watched. He also needed to get the necessary information to the chief, and then report to Grunnings for work.

(Meanwhile, at the Ministry of Magic)

Amelia was still going over some paperwork when she heard a popping sound, making her jump and she saw a house-elf with a letter in it's hand.

"Master Harry Potter asked me to give you this!" said Tilly, handing the letter to Amelia.

She took it from Tilly's hand and opened it, which read:

Amelia,

Earlier this morning, I managed to escape from the Dursleys. They rudely banished me into the hallway after cooking them breakfast. Last night, while acting I was still out-cold, I eavesdropped in on them, as they were being quiet enough. The Dursleys bragged about how Dumbledore placed blood wards around their house, and how Albus also placed Fidelius wards around the house as well, to make sure no help would ever come for me. The Dursleys even bragged about how they were going to continue using me as a slave, and as a human punching bag. My cousin Dudley has other friends, not just Piers. Their other friends, also part of Dudley's gang, are named Dennis, Malcolm and Gordon, whose last names I don't know. Dudley and his gang even bragged at how they were going to keep me alone and friendless. When and if you ever get around to arrest the Dursleys, make sure you have backup.

Yours Sincerely,

Harry Potter

Amelia finished reading the letter, then she wrote a reply, gave it to Tilly, and instructed her to give it to Harry. Tilly assured Amelia that it would be done, and vanished with a pop to return to Potter Manor.

(Meanwhile, at Hogwarts)

Professor McGonagall was getting ready to head to the Great Hall for breakfast, but didn't see Dumbledore anywhere. This made her wonder what was going on, and where Albus could be. So she walked back to her office to contact a client of hers. She finally had enough of Albus' antics, and thus, something needed to be done before the situation gets worse. Once she made it back to her office, she cast a silence charm on her door, followed by a locking charm, then she got out some parchment and started writing to 'a former student.'

Meanwhile, Albus made it back to the headmaster's office. Then, he started walking to the Great Hall for breakfast. He spotted all teachers at the staff table, except Minerva.

'Where is Minerva?' thought Albus. 'I would've thought she... wait, I hope she's not... I'd better go find her!'

Albus knew exactly what Minerva could be doing, so he began walking to her office. When he made it, Albus tried opening the door without knocking, only to find it locked, and he also couldn't hear anything from the other side of the door. Albus even started knocking on the door, but Professor McGonagall's silence wards prevented her from hearing the knocks. She finished writing her letter and gave it to one of the school owls that was waiting by the windowsill. Then the owl flew off. Then Minerva unlocked the door and opened it, only to see Albus waiting for her.

"Oh, Albus... I-I'm surprised t-to see you... here." said Minerva.

"What on earth were you DOING?" Albus demanded.

"I-I was... j-just, um..." Minerva stammered.

"You were trying to help get Harry removed from the Dursleys custody, weren't you?" said Albus.

"Well, uh, n-not r-really," said Minerva nervously. "I-I was just..."

"You're suspended!" Albus declared. "I told you not to interfere with the Greater Good, but you didn't listen."

Minerva paled at being suspended, but Albus didn't know what she exactly did to help Harry out. Being suspended unjustly wasn't going to sit well with the school governors, but Minerva had faith that she will eventually be reinstated once Dumbledore's plans have been ruined.

(Meanwhile, in Muggle London)

Harry was making his way to the Leaky Cauldron, so he can explain to Ragnok about his missing family ring (unaware that Ragnok already found out). He tapped his wand on the bricks three up and two across. The archway opened up, allowing Harry into Diagon Alley. When he made it to the entrance to Gringotts, Griphook stopped Harry.

"Sorry, Harry," said Griphook. "We're investigating suspicious activity!"

"I just needed to tell Ragnok that my family ring is gone!" stated Harry.

"That's what we're investigating," informed Griphook. "Albus Dumbledore used a very dark and illegal spell to remove that ring from your finger. The security wards around your family vault alerted us."

"Oh okay," said Harry, as he bowed. "I will let you and the others continue! May the gold keep flowing!"

"Thank you, Harry," said Griphook, bowing back. "May your enemies fall before you!"

So Harry walked away from the Gringotts entrance and began wandering around. He stopped outside the entrance to Flourish Blotts and saw a familiar, brown-haired girl, looking through the bookshelves, he knew it was Karley. So Harry walked in and approached Karley.

"Hi Karley!" Harry greeted.

"Oh Harry," said Karley as she ran up and gave him a great, big hug. "I'm glad you're alright! We were all worried when we saw those muggle relatives of yours drive away."

"I managed to escape from them yesterday," said Harry. "After they dumped me in their hallway, despite fixing them breakfast."

"That's great, they never saw that coming," said Karley, then she looked at Harry's hand that should've had his family ring. "What happened to your ring?"

"Dumbledork," said Harry. "He must've used some very dark and illegal spell to remove it and remove the heirloom magic within it. I went to tell Ragnok about it, but Griphook mentioned that the other Gringotts goblins are investigating it."

"Geez, he's lost it," said Karley. "When mum and dad informed Katie about you having been kidnapped, we were later told by mail that she gasped in shock and collapsed."

"She and all of our friends will be relieved that I'm okay." said Harry.

Neville and several others saw Harry come in, so they went to greet him.

"Hi Harry," said April. "We're all so happy you made it out of that rotten place!"

"Harry, you're okay." said Neville. "We're surprised you escaped!"

"Yeah, which made it easier when the Dursleys banished me into their hallway." said Harry. "I knew they would be too distracted, so I used that to my advantage and escaped from Durzkaban!"

"Yeah, that would've been incredible, to see the looks on their faces!" said Neville while smirking.

"There you are, Harry!" said Kenny and Kallie as they approached Harry, Karley and Neville. "We were witnesses and we saw those so-called relatives of yours drive out of that alley in a desperate manner."

"Yeah, but once they were distracted, I sneaked out and called for Philly, one of my house-elves, to take me back to Potter Manor, once I was in a safe spot to have Philly apparate me back to Potter Manor," said Harry. "Then I wrote a letter to Amelia to inform her of what else had been going on, and then I asked Tilly, my other house-elf, to take the letter to Amelia!"

"Those people need to be put behind bars ASAP!" said Kenny.

"Dumbledore somehow managed to remove my family ring," said Harry, showing them the finger where his ring had been. "Who knows what he could've done to it by now. I went to Gringotts a few minutes ago, to inform Ragnok, only for Griphook to tell me that it was being investigated."

"I have no idea how Dumbledore will weasel his way out of that one," said Kallie. "Removing a family ring from someone, and destroying the powers it provides, that's a very serious crime, almost as bad as murder. Given what else Dumbledore has been doing, he's probably going to spend the rest of his natural life in Azkaban once he's caught and convicted!"

(Meanwhile, in a castle somewhere in Muggle London)

Queen Elizabeth II was reading a newspaper, and a particular article caught her attention. The article read:

The Daily Independent

Missing: Harry James Potter

This source has received notifications that a young boy named Harry James Potter had gone missing shortly after 11 AM on September 1st. He was last seen walking into an alley and then a minute later, a silver 1999 vauxhall drove out of said alley, fairly fast as if desperate to get away. Any information, or any suspicious vehicle having been spotted, notify the police immediately. Thank you all for your cooperation!

From,

The London Police Department

This article didn't impress the queen. She was seething with anger. How could anybody kidnap a child, and for what? Deciding that help was needed, the queen walked down to her basement, so she could make a phone call to a magical ancestor, who enjoyed using some muggle technology whenever needed. Queen Elizabeth II once met Amelia Bones, and they've met occasionally, and the queen knew that Amelia worked for the DMLE at the Ministry of Magic. The queen also decided to call a friend, who she heard had been working on the case for almost the last decade.

(Back at Diagon Alley)

It was nearing lunchtime, so Harry, Neville, Karley and April were looking for a restaurant for some grub, which Harry offered to pay for, so Karley and April asked their respective parents, while Neville asked his gran. They were fine with them having lunch with Harry. They found a good one called Hamletts Hamburger House. Unlike Parkours Pizza Parlour, Hamletts Hamburger House required customers to wait to be seated. A similarity is that the food was charmed to stay warm and fresh, another one being the beverages being charmed to stay chilled. Upon being seated, a waiter told them that once they were ready for ordering, the menus would appear right in front of them. The tables even had salt and pepper shakers, also charmed to never run out. There were also red and yellow bottles, the red containing ketchup and the yellow one containing mustard, also charmed to never run out. Harry was surprised that there were also separate menus for drinks, since those would be served first. The four were unaware that Molly, Ron and Ginny were having their lunches at a booth close to the entrance. When Ginny saw Karley, she was beginning to seethe in anger.

'How many times must I tell that stupid Karley not to talk, or be anywhere with my Harry?' thought Ginny with extreme bitterness.

"Ginny," warned Molly as she spotted her daughter seething. "Don't even think about it!"

Ginny reluctantly obeyed, but secretly decided to find a way to 'confront' Karley first chance she gets. Ron was wisely ignoring Harry, Neville, Karley and April, not wanting to risk getting his punishment extended (he only had a few more days), but Ginny's was extended by another two weeks, due to the encounter with Karley at King's Cross. Ginny blamed Karley for the 'reason' that her punishment was extended, instead of admitting that it was her fault 100%.

Three girls, who were sitting over at a table not too far from Harry's, saw Neville, April and Karley having lunch with a boy with untidy black hair (they didn't know, yet, that it was Harry Potter). Two girls had blonde hair and the third one had brown hair. The adults they were accompanying were the parents of the blonde haired girls. After receiving permission, the girls got up and walked over to the table where Harry, Neville, Karley and April were sitting.

"Hello, Neville, Karley, April," greeted the girl who's blonde hair stopped a few inches past the shoulders. "It's good to see you all!"

"Good to see you, too, Daphne!" said Neville, Karley and April in unison.

Then, she turned to Harry and held her hand out.

"I'm Daphne Greengrass!" she introduced herself.

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter!" said Harry as he shook Daphne's hand.

Daphne's eyes widened in surprise, as did her sister, and the other girl who Harry guessed was Daphne's best friend.

"I'm Astoria Greengrass, Harry," said the other blonde hair girl, whose hair stopped just half an inch above her shoulders, as she held her hand out at Harry. "But I often go by Tori!"

"Nice to meet you, Tori!" said Harry as he shook her hand.

"I'm Tracey Davis," said the brown haired girl, holding her hand out at Harry. "Daphne's best friend!"

"Nice to meet you, Tracey!" said Harry as he shook her hand as well.

Tori and Tracey also greeted Neville, Karley and April, and vice versa.

"So Harry, how come you haven't told anybody that you're here around in Diagon Alley?" asked Tori. "We saw those missing posters with you on them?"

"Just in case Dumbledork is out and about," said Harry. "If word were to get out, he could very well try and take me back to my no-good, dirty-rotten relatives."

"Oh okay," said Tori. "Sorry I asked."

"No need to apologize, Tori," assured Harry. "I understand you were curious."

Unknown to any of them, Ginny started walking toward them. She went to use the restroom, and then she decided to 'confront' Karley again once she walked out. Ginny had to wait until the waiter served the drinks to Harry, Neville, Karley and April, and then, went to 'make her move.' Ginny was oblivious that Daphne and Tori's parents were keeping a close watch, which intensified when they spotted Ginny stomping over to Karley.

"Well, how nice of you to stop by!" said Karley sarcastically. "Now leave us alone!"

"Why should I?" sneered Ginny. "Haven't I warned you to stay away from my Harry?"

"I don't see your name on Harry anywhere, Ginevra!" said Tori.

"Shut up!" snapped Ginny. "You know I hate that name!"

"So what," said Karley. "Tori does have a point. Your name isn't on Harry, anywhere."

"Yeah," said Harry irritably, at Ginny. "What makes you think I'd ever be yours?"

"You know you want me, Harry," said Ginny, ignoring Harry's irritable look. "I know it, too. You just don't realize it yet, Harry!"

Harry shook his head in disgust. He knew Ginny was being a fangirl, and a fanatic one, too. Karley glared at the jealous red head, who didn't seem frightened in the slighest.

"Perhaps you need a brain transplant, Ginevra," said April, ignoring Ginny's increasing anger at being called by her actual name. "If you want, I can suggest to your parents about getting one scheduled for you!"

Harry burst into laughter, along with Neville and Karley. Daphne, Tracey and Tori also started laughing, though they were confused at the same time, wondering what a transplant was. Ginny's face turned red in embarrassment.

"Yeah, yeah, very funny, Spinnet," said Ginny sarcastically, then she turned toward Karley. "Now, this is your final warning. Stay away from my Harry, or I'll make sure you suffer the consequences!"

"Like that'll even work," said Karley coldly, then resumed in a normal tone. "I can hang out with Harry anytime I want because he enjoys my company!"

Ginny had enough of Karley's 'antics,' so she picked up a mustard bottle and started squirting Karley in the face, which was also enough for some of the mustard to drip onto Karley's shirt. Anytime Karley tried to shield her face with her hands, Ginny just came closer, to ensure Karley still got a faceful of mustard. This was enough for Daphne and Tori's parents to walk over and put a stop to the situation.

"Alright, Miss Weasley," said Madam Greengrass. "That'll be enough. You're to come with me, so you can explain to your mother what you were just doing!"

Ginny had no choice but to follow Madam Greengrass, but did so while ranting that it was all unfair. Lord Greengrass waved his wand to make the mustard disappear, as if Karley had never been squirted with it. Karley thanked him for that, to which he assured that it was no trouble, then Lord Greengrass to turned to Harry and held his hand out.

"I'm Bradley Greengrass, Harry," he introduced himself. "I often go by Brad!"

"Nice to meet you, Brad!" said Harry as he shook hands with him.

Then, Madam Greengrass came back after escorting Ginny back to her mother.

"Hi Harry, I'm Diane Greengrass!" she introduce herself, holding a hand out at Harry.

"Nice to meet you too, Diane!" said Harry as he shook her hand.

"Harry, what exactly is a brain transplant?" asked Tori.

"Well, that's likely impossible," Harry started explaining. "But, an organ transplant is a type of medical procedure that muggles use to take a persons' bad organ, or organs out, and replace them with a new organ, or organs that came from a deceased organ donor."

"That's interesting... information." said Tori.

"My cousin, Dudley's most recent checkup, before his tenth birthday, revealed that he was a likely candidate for a heart transplant," Harry went on. "My aunt and uncle complained about it, claiming I was somehow behind it. My cousin happens to be very fat, as he eats huge amounts of junk food and drinks eccessive amounts of soda pop. He also rarely eats any fruits or vegetables and hardly drinks any water. He also hates exercise unless it involves punching somebody."

"He must be spoiled rotten!" Daphne deduced.

"I found out additional information on organ transplants in library books at the public library near my relatives house," Harry continued. "It also mentioned that once the transplant is done, then your body's immune system treats the donor organ as an invader, and will try to reject it, and those people have to take anti-rejection medication for the remainder of their lives."

"So these organ transplants may not be worth it?" asked Tori.

"It would depend on the patient," said Harry. "Some will refuse it, others won't."

"I see," said Tori. "It's intriguing to learn what all muggles can do!"

Soon, the Greengrass's and Tracey had to leave, so they all said goodbye and left. Harry, Neville, Karley and April ordered their beverages and eventually, got their lunches ordered and they began eating.

(Meanwhile, at Hogwarts)

Albus was starting to panic. How did Harry escape from the Dursleys? He was sure that Harry couldn't escape, did he miss something? All this made Albus realize that Harry was a slippery one. He needed to think of another plan if he wanted his Greater Good plan to succeed, so Albus sat down at his desk in the headmaster's office, to come up with better plans.

(Later, that early evening)

It was dinnertime and all of the students filed into the Great Hall. Five minutes into dinnertime, Katie noticed her family owl, with a letter in his beak. The owl dropped the letter in front of Katie, then she opened it, which read:

Dear Katie,

Just to let you know, Harry has managed to escape from the clutches of his relatives. Karley, April and Neville were the first to spot him. We were at Flourish and Blotts at the time. But, try not to tell the wrong person, because if Albus finds out, he'll more than likely make Harry return to those muggles. Hope to hear from you, soon.

From,

Mum and Dad

Katie blew a sigh of relief, happy that Harry was okay. She told Alicia, Angelina, Oliver, Fred, George, Percy and Oliver, and they, too, were happy that Harry was alright. Unknown to them as they were talking, Albus was eavesdropping in on the conversation, with the help of a charm that allowed one to listen to a specific discussion secretly. Albus had cast the charm nonverbally, so nobody would get suspicious.

'Harry must return to the Dursleys at once,' thought Albus desperately. 'If he would just understand that it's all for the Greater Good.'

Albus was, however unaware that there were more people out there, doing anything possible to make sure Harry never returned to the Dursleys, and to make sure they would be put behind bars.

To be continued!

Author's note: I apologize for the lack of updates for this story. 'Supernova2015' has been giving me alot of really good ideas, and it's unwittingly been giving me a bit of writers block.

Some of 'Supernova2015's' ideas used in this chapter include Professor McGonagall taking matters into her own hands and contacting a top secret client. Another idea Supernova2015 came up with is that the Queen of England having some magical ancestor's, who decided to lead the muggle lifestyle, as well as the Queen being secretly aware of the wizarding world. Another one of Supernova2015's ideas used in this chapter also include the undercover agent checking his pocket watch, realizing he is late for his undercover job, and goes back to headquarters.