Chapter 14 – A bloody broken nose and a bloody broken boy

Dumbledore sat in his office, thinking about Harry and Ginerva. He had exhausted his mind wondering how Harry was so different from what he expected. Not only was Harry an incredibly powerful and dangerous young man, he was also confident and cocky and nearly everyone liked him. Dumbledore saw many similarities between him and Tom Riddle, both were smart, handsome, gifted boys who hated attention yet could bring people to look at them in awe, fear and wonder.

He also refused to listen to anyone when he didn't feel like it. Even with Lockhart, the man may have been a complete idiot, but he was still a teacher yet the rumors say that Harry refused to take part in his class. It seemed that the only person who could really tell Potter what to do was Ginny Weasley.

On two different occasions she was the one to stop him from conflicting serious harm on Malfoy, he never left her sight unless he had to. Even all the students knew that upsetting her could be hazardous to their health if Harry found out. Dumbledore was then struck with a thought, 'Why her? Why did Harry choose Ginny Weasley?'

According to her mother, Ginny had never met Harry until his first train ride. Something didn't make sense; Harry would never become this close with the first girl he had met on a train and for that matter of fact, why was she in school a year early? The recent development with Corner had raised a concern for Albus, Harry was effectively held back by the girl but what if she had decided not to hold him back, what if Harry rubbed off on her? It was highly unlikely that a member of the Weasley family would go dark but it would be better not to take chances. If he couldn't control her then he should probably break up their relationship, yes, he could then approach and comfort Harry in his time of sadness and install a new relationship between the two. This would be a good plan if Weasley doesn't work out, but it would be preferable to have them both working together for him. Perhaps tomorrow he could see how much he needed to work on by viewing her mind, it could also allow him to learn more about Harry.

In the common room, Harry and Ginny were conversing whilst Ginny sat on the floor and leaned on Harry's legs and read a book, Harry just ran his fingers through her hair and that was good enough for him. Ginny was amused by the thought of what others perceived their relationship to be. The two loved each other, and that part was true, but she thought the fact that people thought Harry was 'whipped' by her was laughable. The only reason people thought that was because Ginny was the only one who asked him to do things, to others he obeyed but she knew he didn't mind or did it because he thought he should. Like with Malfoy, he knew he shouldn't kill him, she just had to remind him.

Personally she thought they were on equal footing, if she asked him to do something then he'd do it and vice versa. They'd both refuse if they absolutely didn't want to do something, but that situation never came up. Besides, she expected Harry just liked caring for someone, it made sense. Especially after his time with his muggle relatives, she was the only one he ever told about what really happened there, frankly she couldn't blame him. It didn't happen to her and she wouldn't ever want to repeat those stories if she didn't have to, they still gave her nightmares, the thoughts of a young Harry doing all of those things. That's probably why he was so happy around her, he had found someone who cared and he'd be dammed if he couldn't be happy now.

Soon Hermione came in the room with Ron and a few other Gryffindor's, Hermione was trying to get them to buy badges and join her in this new organization she had made called 'The Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare', or S.P.E.W for short. Though she got angry when you called it that, unfortunately for her Ron had been the only one who had brought one.

Hermione wasn't very popular with the lions, especially after the rumors had been flying around, that combined with the fact that most people didn't care or disagreed with her cause meant no one wanted to join. People found her idea of leaving clothes around ridiculous, it didn't even remotely occur to her that the elves didn't want that and could be offended, she just glared and argued with the twins when they told her that.

"Harry, Ginny" She approached the pair "do you two think you can join?"

"No thanks" Ginny refused flat out, a bit rudely actually, Harry was glad that he was having a positive effect on her.

"Harry, please join!" Hermione begged

"Why me?" Harry raised an eyebrow "hoping to use my name to attract more people?" Hermione flushed in embarrassment "thought so, come on Gin, Dobby and the elves invited us to the kitchens for dinner." Hermione was about to say something when she realized Ginny was also surprised.

"He what?" Ron asked, he had always wanted to go to the kitchens, he had heard from Fred and George that the food was even more delicious than what was served in the great hall.

"Dobby talked with the other elves" Harry addressed Ginny's surprised face "he got them to agree to get us a table for two tonight, and the other house elves have agreed to provide us with a romantic dinner."

"Really?" Ginny jumped to her feet

"Of course" Harry stood up "I figured after those two idiots tried to come between us, we're both tired and we deserved something to take our minds off it." Ginny wrapped Harry in a hug which he gladly returned, the two were about to make their way down when Hermione stopped them before they go out the portrait.

"You can't do that" Hermione all but yelled "they're living creatures, you can't force them to make you dinner"

"Didn't you hear the part where the elves 'agreed' to make us a dinner?" Ginny's eyes blared. No way was she going to let Hermione get in the way of her romantic evening "me and Harry would never force them to do something they don't want to do, unlike you, trying to force your way of life on they despite the fact that they don't want it"

"Excuse me?!" Hermione looked affronted by Ginny's words, Ron had managed to have enough sense to back away while Harry just marveled at the glorious sight that was angry Ginny. He was just glad he wasn't the one on the receiving end, and frankly he got proud of her when she was angry, Harry loved that no one could handle the little petite red girl when she was angry. Well, except him, but he just knew what to say to calm her down.

"You heard me" Ginny growled "you keep going on about helping elves but you've never thought about what they want. You've never even talked to house elves before and you shouted at the only one you did"

"Fine then" Hermione placed her hands on her hips "since I don't know where the kitchens are you can take me with you and I'll talk to them"

"I'm not taking you on our date so you can ruin it by shouting at them for not wanting to listen to you" Ginny roared "besides I couldn't do that to those house elves anyway, me and Harry already have to put up with you" Before Hermione could say anything Harry gently placed his hands around Ginny's shoulders and slowly lead her away

"Come on, you'd kill her" Harry whispered just as they left the portrait and walked towards the kitchens.

"I would" Ginny mumbled in agreement.

Eventually the two reached the kitchen where they were greeted by a swarm of excited house elves, Harry and Ginny greeted them all and even said hello to his own elves while he was here, something which made the other elves a bit jealous. They had heard stories of the great Harry Potter who had vanquished the dark lord and of his treatment to house elves, many longed to work for him but were sadly bound to the headmaster of the school. Fortunately they loved working at Hogwarts but it would still be nice to work for him.

Soon Dobby led the two to their dinner table which was covered in a very clean white cloth and had candles and flowers on it. The elves brought them a massive dinner, Ginny was in heaven, the elves food was way better than her mothers. Her mother's tasted better but she knew that was because she magically enhanced the taste, Harry had spent the last few years of his life eating elf made food, apart from on the odd occasion where he would make himself dinner yet he was surprised by the fact that it always tasted good.

After a lovely and romantic dinner the couple thanked the elves for their hard work and even caused a few of them to blush from embarrassment, they then told the elves about S.P.E.W and how Hermione was planning to leave clothes in the common room. Unsurprisingly the elves were furious, but Harry had managed to convince them to still clean the common room by having them send Dobby in first so he could take all of the clothes, Dobby loved clothes so he naturally agreed. The other elves for the first time were glad they had an elf who liked clothes, it meant they could do their work and not be insulted.

Harry and Ginny soon returned back to the common room, Ron questioned them about the food and listened in envy as the two described both the food and the treatment the house elves gave them in great detail. Hermione soon questioned them about their evening, Harry told them they had a brilliant time and told her how he had mentioned S.P.E.W and her idea to leave clothes for the House elves.

She looked on in anticipation before Harry told her about their less than happy response to hearing about her organization and her idea to leave clothes, they even handed her a letter that was given to them by the elves for her. They had to convince Hermione that they didn't write it but eventually she read it, soon after she tossed the letter at Harry and ran up the stairs in a clearly emotional state. Harry and Ginny read the letter to see what all the fuss was about, their eye's widened as they saw that the letter was four whole pages of insults and curse words thrown at Hermione. Ginny and Harry couldn't stop laughing and even Ron giggled when he read the letter, he went upstairs while the two were still laughing. Harry had never felt so much pride in another being that wasn't Ginny, he also wondered how they wrote this letter so quickly.

The next day Harry and Ginny after a brilliant defense class went off to lunch, next lesson was a free period so they were still debating whether to go to Hagrids care of magical creatures lesson or not. Harry voted yes but Ginny was still undecided, in that moment Harry noticed a familiar twinkle in her eyes, unfortunately it didn't belong to her. Using his peripheral vision he saw that Dumbledore was making eye contact with Ginny from the teachers table, Harry decided that although he would like to go up there and slam Dumbledore's face against the table, his priority would be getting him out of Ginny's mind.

Dumbledore had seen the two enter the hall, he was glad that Miss Weasley was sat in a way that allowed him to see in her eyes he'd learn what he can and if needs be then he'd check Harry's later. Dumbledore was unsure why he never probed Harry with legilimency but whenever he was going to he ended up thinking it was a bad idea.

Dumbledore entered Ginny's mind and was surprised to see a castle, was formed. It appears that she had some mind barriers in place. If she had some then Harry would likely have better, he felt rather fortunate that he didn't attempt to check Harry's. Fortunately Dumbledore should be able to get past without getting noticed, however before he could do anything he saw a person running at him with incredible speed. The person was a young boy wearing Hogwarts uniform, he jumped in the air when he got close and Dumbledore was painted surprised when he saw that it was Harry. Harry had punched him in the nose and Dumbledore was thrown out.

The entire hall was surprised when they heard a noise and found Albus Dumbledore on the floor with a broken and bleeding nose. The head of houses looked at Harry, he's expression told them that there was probably a good reason behind this, probably. Harry mouthed 'later' to them and then to Ginny.

Dumbledore stood up in a rage, one hand still on his bleeding nose, his power waved through the hall, causing each and every person to become nervous and some even afraid. Apart from two, Ginny was used to being in the presence of massive power so it didn't bother her, in fact she barely noticed. Harry had a more accurate idea of how powerful Dumbledore was, admittedly he was a lot stronger than Harry expected, but there was no way Harry was going to be afraid.

"Mr Potter!" Dumbledore bellowed "Detention and one hundred points for attacking the headmaster! You'll see me in my office after lunch is finished" The entire hall was in shock, Potter had somehow attacked the headmaster and in the middle of lunch as well.

"Yes sir, thank you" Harry calmly replied, Dumbledore stormed out, not realizing that Harry had manipulated his choice of words to get Gryffindor a hundred more points, however Ginny was one of the few who noticed.

Later Albus was sat in his office, after wiping the blood away he realized that he made a mistake, he shouldn't have lost control of his emotions and shouted at young Harry. By doing so he made him even more feared amongst the students and simultaneously made it harder for the two to establish a relationship. His chances were getting slimmer with each interaction, if Harry wasn't willing then he may have to force a relationship. Harry may hate it but it'd work out in the end.

Harry entered along with Miss Weasley and the other heads of houses, Dumbledore knew there was no point in asking why they were here, so instead he focused on Harry, just as he and Miss Weasley sat down in front of him.

"Hello sir" Harry spoke formally "I understand that you'd like to talk to me"

"Yes Harry I'd like to discuss.." Dumbledore thought about it for a while, he realized that he couldn't actually punish Harry because that would basically be admitting he entered Ginny's mind, judging by the smirk on Harry's face he also realized this "where you're staying over the holidays"

"Well sir my options are Hogwarts but I'd rather not stay here, I would stay at the burrow with Ginny but I don't think I'd be allowed to spend all my holiday there. So I'd probably just go to my home or stay with Sirus for a while seeing as his my guardian"

"I'm sorry to tell you Harry" Dumbledore spoke in a grandfatherly voice "but that is not possible as Sirius is not your guardian"

"But he is the boys godfather" Minerva interjected

"True" Dumbledore agreed "however the law states that any person who wishes to take responsibility of a child after leaving Azkaban must wait a year then be subjected to physical and mental test designed to test one's sanity and ability to care for a child and those tests can take a few months. Until that happens, Sirius is your godfather but your not your guardian, and as the headmaster I have guardianship over those in my care without guardians" For the first time since that meeting started Harry had stopped smirking.

"That means until further notice I am your guardian, I'm ordering you to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays and at the end of the holidays I'd like you to return to the Dursley's."

"You can't do that!" Ginny screamed

"It's for his safety" Dumbledore simply spoke as if he was talking to a five year old

"SAFTEY?!" Ginny roared "THE ONLY THING SAFE ABOUT THAT HOUSE IS THE FACT THAT IT HASN'T FALLEN OVER YET! DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THEY DID TO HIM?!"

"Come now" Dumbledore chuckled "it surely is not that bad, now if you'll excuse me the minister is waiting for me in Hagrids hut to discuss some important business" With that Dumbledore left, leaving four angry professors and one pissed off Ginny. At least they thought they were angry, they looked to Harry and saw that what they were was laughable compared to him. He put a few silencing charms around them and removed what looked to be recording charms from the room before standing up.

Harry had stood up and lightning was running all over his body, Harry disappeared in a flash of flame. Leaving four stunned teachers.

"Where did he go?" Flitwick asked

"The arctic?" Ginny guessed "or probably a dessert or somewhere where there are no people when he lets lose."

"Let's lose?" Sprout asked

"Yes" Ginny nodded "unless you'd like him to take his frustration out on the castle"

Harry returned about five minutes later, he's clothes were battered and dirty, even a little bit ripped, sweat poured down his forehead. What was really surprising was the tears pouring down his eyes. Although he was a thirteen year old boy, the teachers couldn't ever imagine him crying, his power and personality always made people forget his age.

"I can't go back" He blurted out, desperately trying to overcome his teary eyes "if I do then Dumbledore will make sure to find out if I use magic, I won't be able to fight back, I'll have to let them hurt me again. I can't do that again!"

"Harry" McGonagall spoke softly "believe me that nobody here wants this either and we will do everything in our power to prevent it but is it really that bad?" Harry wiped his eyes

"Can I have a vial Professor Snape?" The Professor obliged and gave Harry a few empty vials; Harry placed a few tears in the vials.

"You can view those in his pensive, try to ignore the fact that his pensive has my family logo on it. I'm warning you now, it's not pretty. I'll stand watch outside, come on Ginny"

"Harry" Ginny spoke softly "I want to watch as well"

"Ginny you know what happens, I've told you, you know you don't want to see that"

"Harry, I don't know why, but I need to see it. Please Harry"

"Fine" Harry reluctantly agreed "but just do us a favor and wipe the memories from the pensive once you're done. I'll be just outside, call me when it's finished." Harry walked out, leaving the Professors and Ginny to view the memories.

They put the memories in and plunged in, the sights before them had truly horrified them. A younger Harry was being forced to cook and clean whilst his relatives lay about the house, it then turned to Harry on his fourth birthday, the Dursley's had brought a cake but it was only for Dudley. When Harry had asked for a present then the biggest or rather fattest Dursley had struck him in his left arm, effectively breaking it. As Harry laid on the floor, the youngest Dursley began kicking him.

What made the matter worse was when Vernon encouraged and praised him for doing so whilst Petunia ignored as if it was just another daily occurrence. Soon Harry crawled away once they got bored of him, he crawled towards his cupboard and with what little strength he had left. He managed to get in the cupboard, thanks to the pensive they were able to see the inside of it, because frankly even Ginny wouldn't have fit in it at her current size.

Harry had no bed, just a blanket and pillow on the floor, the cupboard was dirty and dark, the only thing that they could make out was the bucket in one corner. Unfortunately the pensive allowed them to experience the smell, Ginny nearly collapsed vomiting because of it. What made things worse for them was the fact that Harry wasn't crying, he looked resigned to the pain, darkness and smell. Soon five spiders descended on webs from the ceiling.

They landed on Harry's broken arm, a few hours later the spiders had formed a make shift bandage using their webs. Harry had such an appreciative look on his face, the others didn't know how they were still watching but they just couldn't bring themselves to leave. Soon another memory appeared, they had to guess it was Harry's six birthday judging by the cake they had not allowed him to eat.

"Cou…Could I have…one bite…please?" A very skinny Harry asked

"Boy if you want to have something then go and drink some bleach" Vernon replied as he idly turned over the page of an newspaper "at least that way you'd be out of my hair" The Professors and Ginny were furious, but not enough to miss the hope that appeared on Harrys face "I don't think they allow freaks like you into heaven so when you die and go to hell you can do it somewhere where you won't make a mess" Soon everyone found a young Harry alone in a park at night with a bag, he pulled something out of the bag

"NO!" Snape suddenly exclaimed

"What is it?" Flitwick asked, he was not sure he wanted to know the answer

"That's bleach!" Snape exclaimed "muggles use it clean but if he drank it then it could kill him from the inside!" The other teachers gasped whilst Ginny ignored them, she knew what happened because Harry had told her about it but seeing it was an entirely different thing. A small part of her mind always wanted to believe Harry was exaggerating or better yet lying. He seemed too happy and content for someone who had gone through those things.

They watched as Harry gulped down the bottle, he stopped about halfway and began coughing violently, but with a determination that few possessed he kept drinking until the bottle was empty, he looked halfway between pain and anticipation of something good. Suddenly Harry began vomiting heavily, it seemed as if he's insides jumped out of his mouth. Tears began pouring down Harrys eyes.

"Why?" He whispered "why didn't it work?"

Before anyone could say anything it jumped to Harry's seventh birthday, he stood in the same park at night, it was raining and lightning was shooting from the sky. Harry pulled a knife out of his pockets, everyone so wanted to look away but couldn't. Harry aimed the knife at his stomach, the tip touched his shirt, he took a breath and pushed it forwards. Everyone stood in horror as the only visible part of the blade was the handle. Soon Harry pulled it out, he collapsed into a fetal position, disappointment and pain etched into his face once he realised he was still alive

"WHY?!" He roared from the top of his injured lungs, he wasn't even sure who he was talking to and who was listening "WHY WON'T YOU LET ME DIE?! WHAT DID I EVER DO?!" The lightning blazed through the sky "GO ON THEN, HIT WITH YOUR LIGHNING! HIT ME! COME ON! IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH THEN WHY WON'T YOU LET ME DIE?! I HAVE NO REASON TO LIVE! NO ONE WANTS ME! LET ME DIE! Please" Harry whispered the last part, simultaneously breaking five hearts as he did.

One final scene began playing, Harry was about eight or nine from the looks of it, he was sitting in a tall tree, looking at a far away house. One that Ginny recognized, it was the burrow, more specifically he was looking at the little girl outside of the house. Ginny was sitting outside the burrow and talking to Bill who was sat next to her, Harry looked on contently.

"You wouldn't give me death" He talked out loud "so you gave me a reason to live, how nice of you" Harry added the last part sarcastically "I'm very thankful, but you should know that from now on, no more 'Mr nice guy'. I'm doing things my way, I'll hurt people if I have need to. From now on it's no holds barred, I'll do whatever I have to do to protect her. If I have to destroy every threat to do so then so be it"

Harry noticed that Ron was sneaking up behind Ginny and Bill with a bucket of water, Harry aimed his wand and silently cast a spell, then next thing that happened was Ron's bucket exploding and drenching him in water, much to the pleasure of an amused Ginny and Bill. Harry had a wide grin on his face before he slid down the tree and began walking away. The five exited the pensive, all looking grim and teary, even Snape made no attempt to hide his tears. Eventually Ginny spoke up

"I think you should know, from what I understand, that was only a few of his worst memories. He told me a few more that he didn't show us here." The teachers all collapsed into chairs, besides Snape but he still had to lean against a nearby wall.

"I can't believe it" McGonagall spoke with a pale face, she had never wanted a cup of tea more than now but couldn't bring herself to conjure one "I had told Albus not to leave him there, I can't believe he convinced me that Harry was safe there"

"I can't believe he convinced me that the boy was spoilt" Snape looked ashamed "either Albus didn't know or he lied, neither are forgivable in my book!"

"I wish someone would tell me this was fake" Sprout covered her face with her hands

"It's not!" Flitwick growled, this was the first time any of them had seen him angry but they were too depressed to care "to make things worse Potter was right! That's the Potter family Pensive! Albus must have took it from James!" Snape pushed himself off the wall, he held his head as high as he could

"I've come to a decision" He announced "all this time I helped Potter for Lilly, but I've realized now, this boy deserves better. I will dedicate my life to helping him if I have to, not because of his parents, but because it's what he truly deserves."

"You're not the only one" Sprout nodded "if I have to sell every plant and bone in my body I will help this boy. He is the kindest soul I have ever met and that's even more surprising considering what's happened to him."

I agree" Flitwick nodded "I can't think of a single race magical or not that would approve of his treatment, it's a wonder the boy hasn't already aligned himself with the death eaters to get rid of these muggles. Even with his parents I can bet he'd be tempted to do so, what amazes me is Harry is smart enough to not judge all muggles based on his experience "

"I think it's a miracle the boy hasn't killed them himself" McGonagall raised her head "I don't think even I could complain if he choose to do so. I've always supported Albus, always, even when I disagreed. But now, now I can't. I have lost all faith in him, Ginny, can you please call Mr Potter back?" Ginny nodded and went to retrieve Harry. Soon the two came back with Ginny holding on to Harrys arm tightly, almost afraid he'll disappear if she lets go. Harry seemed to be the only one in the room without tears running down his eyes.

"Judging by your expressions I can assume you didn't enjoy the trip down memory lane"

"How?" Sprout asked "after all that life's done to you, after all Albus had made you go through, how can you stand to even be in the same room as him? How are you even happy?"

"Simple" Harry answered "I rather keep Albus close where I can keep an eye on him"

"You what?" Snape asked

"As long as Albus thinks that I'm firmly in the light he won't do anything, he's an idiot but he's powerful and not just in a fight. He could keep me away from Ginny or use her to blackmail me, if he even doubts my loyalty to the light then he could use all of his connections and resources to turn me into a criminal in the eyes of the ministry then I'd spend the rest of my life running or in Azkaban. That's why I haven't killed the Dursley's yet, I'm just putting up with him until I have the opportune moment to get away, once I do then I can probably work out a way to get rid of him."

"Is there a particular reason you're not in Slytherin?" Snape wondered

"Right here" Harry gestured with his head to Ginny "I only went with the lions because that's where Ginny was"

"I'll have to thank you for that" McGonagall said to Ginny but she still couldn't bring herself to smile "what I don't understand is how you're still happy? From what I've seen I'm amazed that you're still smiling?"

"Same reason" Harry smiled "I finally have someone who cares for me and someone I care for, not even death is going to take that from me. Dumbledore thinks that snake face is going to come back and I'm inclined to agree with him, I want to make it known that I'm planning to get rid of both of them. I'm not on the light side but I'm not dark either, I'm slap bang in the middle. The grey side, my side, I'm going to deal with both of them. I showed you those memories because I want you on my side, I want the four of you to join me and…" McGonagall placed her hand up to stop Harry from continuing

"Don't even bother" She smiled for what felt like the first time "I'm with you, not because you're James and Lilly's son and not because you're my favorite student. I'm with you because you have the biggest heart I've ever seen"

"You have my complete support" Flitwick added "you and Ginny are not just great students; you are the kindest and most honest souls I've ever met."

"Just you try to stop me from helping" Sprout spoke with new found determination

"If you say the word then I'll hand in my resignation and leave here immediately" Snape waited on Harrys response

"Thank you" He said, thought it was obvious he was trying not to cry again "sadly we can't leave yet, I need you four to still pretend to be in Dumbledore's pockets. You're more useful here, the first thing I need, the first thing I need all to do is help me with this guardianship issue. I have a plan that I'm pretty sure I can make Remus agree to once I explain everything to him"

"What plan?" Flitwick asked curiously

"I'm going to make him my guardian" Harry explained "I would choose one of you but then Dumbledore may just end up firing you, if he fires Remus then I could afford to keep paying him. While the ministry is very strict on letting werewolves around children I believe that if you four send in anonymous letters along with those memories, other than that one with Ginny of course, then it could work. Tell them what Dumbledore is planning to do, and how Remus is my father's friend, Sirus recommend if I ever needed help that I should contact Amelia Bones."

"I agree" McGonagall nodded "I know her, she is a very honest and hardworking woman"

"Brilliant" Harry continued "in your letters also recommend Remus, me and Ginny will also write a letter saying I want to be with Remus and how it's only temporary until Sirus is back on his feet. I'll also have to tell Sirus to write a letter of recommendation as well, I'm not suicidal anymore but I could put in that I'm 'considering drastic action' if I don't get my way and being the-boy-who-lived has it's perks. Unfortunately the news will likely become public knowledge, but what do I care, it's just more attention added on to what I've already got. If someone starts hunting the Dursley's then that's just a bonus"

"It's a shame you're not in my house" Snape, Flitwick and Sprout sighed, causing Ginny to giggle into Harrys arm.

"Tough luck" McGonagall looked at the others with a smug expression "I'm not sharing"

"Anyway" Harry chuckled "once your letters are all done then give them to me, I can have them brought to Miss Bones by flame or elf travel along with the other letters and the memories. I can also send in my bank details with them"

"Your bank details?" McGonagall raised an eye brow

"Yes it appears that for a certain number of years Dumbledore was paying the Dursley's with money from my account" Fury returned to the Professors face

"I can't tell if I hate him more than Voldermort or not" Snape growled

"Trust me when I say that you're not the only one who's angry" Harry matched his growl "but we have to put up with him for now, write in a journal or go for runs or whatever you need to do to get rid of your anger but for god sakes act normal in front of the old goat.

I had years ago managed to close the account and remove Dumbledore as my guardian from a Gringotts stand point. I'll probably have to ask for a statement from Griphook, the Goblin in charge of my vaults. I can also charge Dumbledore with purposefully sealing my parents will and taking the Potter family pensive, add all that together then Dumbledore will be overwhelmed. I've also been trying to arrange for the Dursley's to be taken to court for the longest time but I know that Dumbledore's been trying to stop that.

With all of this even he can't stop me, he'll lose a lot of respect and maybe even his chair as Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot"

"But I thought you said you wanted to keep him at Hogwarts" Sprout pointed out "won't this get him kicked out"

"I'm sure Harry has thought of that" Ginny interrupted

"Yes I have" Harry replied "even with all of this it would take the ministry a while to do anything about Dumbledore running the school, he has too many favors and connections and unless we have enough students complain we won't advance on that front. It will however make things more difficult for him and even a brilliant mind doesn't work well if it's stressed"

"Potter if you keep this up then I may just have to request you be transferred into my house" Snape smiled

"Like I said" McGonagall replied "I'm not sharing"

"Dumbledore would be put on thin ice and lose a lot of his supporters" Harry continued, ignoring the two "there may even be more investigations into what he's done and I might get more time to think about what I'd do after. This is the hard part, you five will attend the trial but you'll be on Dumbledore's side."

"What?" The group collectively shouted

"Hear me out" Harry spoke calmly "we need to convince him your still firmly on his side or he'll fire you or do something worse, as for you Ginny he'll probably get your mum to go overboard on you. We could handle that but I'd prefer it if we do that at another date. When you go in there you'll be unsure, you'll claim that I'm an honest boy but you'll also think that I'm just confused and angry at Dumbledore. Say just enough for him to believe your loyalty and not expect you of having sent those letters.

Ginny your letter needs to be anonymous as well, in court you'll be supportive of me as it'll be out of character for you not to be. Naturally I'd publicly 'forgive' you later but in court you'll have doubts and be unsure, just enough to please your mother and Dumbledore so they don't try to split us up"

"Split you up?" Flitwick growled once more

"Yeah" Ginny answered him "if I don't keep Harry in 'the light' then Dumbledore and mum will try to keep away out of fear of me pushing him to the other side or him doing the same to me. Listen I know it'll be hard to act like you still like Dumbledore but if Harry can do it then so can the rest of us" A silence filled the room

"Very well" McGonagall spoke for the group "we shall do those letters and get back to you, perhaps later we can continue to discuss how we should act in court"

"Thank you" Harry wiped away a tear, the Professors stood and they all walked out of the Headmasters office

"Where is Albus anyway?" Snape asked

"While you were looking at my past I spent some time delaying Albus" Harry spoke, everyone looked intrigued so he continued "I may have hid during his meeting and cast a few minor hexes at the minister" Their eyes expanded in shock but Harry wasn't done

"Eventually he got furious and thought Dumbledore was playing some sort of joke on him, he left, presumably to get some new clothes and a new hat then go to St Mungo's to fix his nose" Everyone raised an eyebrow "nothing harmful or permanent I assure you, but then when Dumbledore was walking up here, a well-placed tripping spell and he fell down the stairs and broke his hip."

"You broke the headmaster's hip?" Ginny didn't know if she should laugh or not, the others appeared to be having the same internal debate

"I did not" Harry answered "the stairs did, I just assisted them. Besides Madam Pomfrey is so good that I estimate he could be out of there by the end of the day if she didn't insist that he stay. I also took the opportunity to relieve some anger and give the headmaster some additional work"

"Additional work?" Snape asked, this would be good. The others also had given Harry their complete attention.

"First I went to the quidditch pitch, I wanted to cause some damage but not enough to cause the games to be cancelled so I destroyed a hoop, I then destroyed one on the opposite side to keep it fair. Lets see, then I went to the divination classroom and I wrecked it"

"I can't believe I'm hearing this and not punishing you" McGonagall wanted to appear angry but was too amused "do tell me why you chose the divination class room?"

"Well we all know she's a fake" Harry shrugged "besides it'll keep Dumbledore busy and it's payback because I'm tired of hearing about how she keeps predicting my death to the other students, perhaps her student would wonder why she didn't predict her class room getting destroyed. I also went into the history classroom and to say I destroyed it would be an understatement, I don't think Bins noticed though.

Oh and fair warning I placed a ward on the teachers room that will randomly stop a random teacher from entering, I keyed you all into it though so you won't have to worry about it and I blew up a random class room and before you say anything it wasn't one of yours and it was an unused class room. I also made sure nobody saw me."

"Just to sum up" Snape spoke "you've basically damaged the school in a way that will take months to prepare and your planning to pile that on Albus along with the court thing"

"Yep" Harry nodded "maybe he'll be so overworked that he forgets to fire Lupin, even if he does it's just more work finding a new defense professor. He may just end up giving it to you for the rest of the year Professor Snape"

"So you're hoping he put on enough stress to lead him to death?" Ginny joked, Harry was about to laugh but then he actually thought about it

"No but if it works then brilliant" He smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder