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Harry Potter
When Harry woke up the next morning his photo's were left in a neat pile by his head. 'How did they get up there? I don't remember putting them down.' He thought to himself as he tried to remember putting the photo's away but the last thing he could remember was flicking through them. After getting up and making sure that no one is in the room he place the photo's in the bottom of his trunk hidden underneath some books.
Harry learned how they got moved later on during lunch. "Harry." Draco nudged him in the ribs and continued talking after Harry hummed in reply. "Were those photo's what Professor Snape gave to you?" He asked whispering, while looking around to make sure no one heard what he was saying.
"How did you-" Harry paused for a moment before continuing. "You're who moved my photo's." It wasn't a question but Draco nodded anyway. "Yes they were and I have to go talk him again after lunch is over. Have you got any plans for the day?" Harry asked while picking up a cheese sandwich and placing it on his plate before grabbing a drink of pumpkin juice.
"After you left the Library Ron got a bad idea and somehow convinced Hermione to go along with it. So I'm going try to stop him and if I can't I'm going to go with them to make it as difficult as possible." Draco replied before taking a bite out of his tuna sandwich.
"What is this bad idea of his?" Harry asked before taking a bite of his own sandwich.
"He remembered that you said Hagrid emptied the vault and he wants to ask him what it was. He told me not to tell you because he's worried that you'll convince Hermione that he's wrong again." Draco replied after taking a sip of his pumpkin juice.
"How did he even convice her in the first place?" Harry wanted to know. He had thought that she was smarter than that but obviously not.
"He had some help from the twins." But that didn't make much sense to Harry.
"Do the twins know what he wants to find out about?"
"Now that you mention it I don't think that they do. Ron just told them that Hermione was being boring and not breaking the rules." Harry just shook his head and finished his sandwich.
"I've got to go see Professor Snape now. I'll see you later." Harry said and in reply he got a wave.
When he left the Great Hall he saw a flash of red out of the corner of his eye and there were the Weasley twins. He walked up to them and cleared his throat to get their attention. Their blue eyes turned towards Harry and mischievious smiles crossed their faces.
"What have we-" One twin started and if Harry was right it was Fred.
"Done to deserve-" George continued on.
"The-Boy-Who-Live-"
"The Harry Potter-"
"Blessing us with his presence." They both finished.
"Did Ron tell you what he was encouraging Hermione to do today?" Harry asked smiling up at them. They both shook their head in reply.
"Did you hear about the vault that nearly got robbed at Gringotts? Nasty business that is." Harry continued and identical looks of confusion overcame their faces.
"Yeah the person must of been really powerful to get in." George said.
"Probably used Dark magick as well but what has that got to do with Ron and 'Mione?" Fred asked.
"Oh it's just that I told them Hargid was the person who emptied the vault earlier that day. I only learned after that Ron wanted to find out what was inside the vault. And Hagrid is great but he isn't great with secrets, you know, and what do you think will happen when the person who was trying to steal the item finds out somebody else is interested in it and they are closer to it since it's safe to assume that it's inside Hogwarts now." Harry explained and watched as the twins faces got paler. Fred stormed off towards the Great Hall as soon as Harry was finished talking.
"Do you mind not telling Ron I told you?" Harry replied, looking hopefully up at George.
"Well excuse us Harry. We are going to have a chat with our idiot of a brother. And don't worry I won't metion your name" George smiled at Harry before following his twin into the Great Hall.
'Well I've done my good deed of the day by stopping my friends from being idiots.' Harry smiled to himself as he made his way down to the Dungeons to finish his talk with Professor Snape.
When he arrived outside of the Potions classroom he pushed open the door and made his way to the office situated at the back of the classroom. He paused for a moment before raising his fist and knocking on the door.
"Come in." Came the Professor's voice through the door.
Harry pushed the door open and looked towards the desk where it looked like Professor Snape was marking homework. The Professor raised his gaze from the parchment and after seeing it was Harry he put the quill in his hand down on his desk.
"Take a seat Mr Potter." Professor Snape waved his hand to the chair in front of his desk and put his marking to the side.
Harry sat down in the chair fiddling with his fingers as he spoke. "Thank you again for the photo's, sir." Harry said shuffling around in his seat.
Professor Snape once again waved away the thanks before he began to speak. "We really need to talk about the Dursley's treatment of you Mr Potter. I have let you put it off for long enough." He said leaning back in his seat. After Harry nodded in reply he nodded back. "Now you said that they had always mistreated you. Can you tell me your earliest memory of them causing you any harm, whether it be physical or mental?" Professor Snape asked and Harry thought to himself for a moment before speaking again.
"The earliest I remember... I was about four or five and I had been locked in my cupboard for days and they hadn't let me eat anything... they wouldn't even give me water but I drank from the tap in the bathroom when they let me out to use the toilet. I had learned that it felt better to drink a lot of water when I was so hungry my belly started to hurt. One night they had left my cupboard door unlocked and after they went to bed I sneaked out into the kitchen to take a slice of bread. I learned then that it was a trick, Aunt Petunia was downstairs and she shouted of Uncle Vernon saying that I was stealing food. He came storming down the stairs and started to shake me, yelling at me that I didn't deserve food because I was a freak. He then punched me in the ribs and dragged me into my cupboard and didn't let me out for the next two days, not even to use the toilet." As Harry talked he watched as the Professor's face became a blank slate.
"Why didn't you tell anybody of their treatment of you?" Professor Snape asked leaning forward in his seat and clasping his hands in front of his stomach.
Harry paused for a moment before answering. "I told a teacher in Primary school. She let me stay in her classroom during break which meant I was hidden away from my cousin Dudley. I used to do my homework or read and she asked me questions like 'why were my clothes too big for me?' and 'why didn't I do my homework at home?' I told her the truth and she arranged a meeting with the Dursley's." Harry stopped talking for a moment and took a deep breath before talking again with his eyes directed at his legs. "They convinced her that I was an attention seeker and that I was lying. They had her believing that I bullied my cousin Dudley and that I didn't do my homework at home because I was too lazy. After that she wouldn't let me stay inside during break which meant that Dudley had even more time to bully me. When we left the meeting Uncle Vernon was furious and by the time he was finished beating me I couldn't walk, so I couldn't go to school. That was the time when I was locked in my cupboard for a week."
"Okay I think it might be for the best if we have these discussions every weekend. If that is okay with you Mr Potter?" Professor Snape proposed and Harry nodded in agreement.
"Okay then I think that will be enough for this week." Harry took that as a dismissal and stood up from his chair before making his way to the door.
"Goodbye Professor." Harry said and got a nod in reply before he shut the door.
Harry made his way towards the Slytherin Common Room and headed towards his Dorm Room. When there he picked up his bag before leaving the Common Room and heading up to the Library to finish his homework. When he got up there he saw Draco, Ron, Hermione and the twins sitting at a table, so he decided to join them at the table. When he got there he could see Fred glaring at Ron, who was looking grumpy, Hermione looking embarrassed sitting in between the twins and Draco who was smirking.
"What are you doing here, I thought you were busy today?" Harry asked smiling at the group while sitting down in the chair next to Draco.
"The twins decided ruin my fun." Ron grumbled to himself. 'He looks like a toddler who's been told off.' Harry thought to himself, amused by the comparison.
"I told you, you could go and get yourself into troubled but you don't have to drag 'Mione with you." Fred replied leaning back in his seat a placing his feet on the desk, however he removed them after Hermione hit him in the ribs with her elbow.
"I just don't understand how you found out." Ron muttered to himself, crossing his arms over his chest and slumping down in his seat.
"I wonder who told them." Draco looked towards Harry smirking as he spoke and Harry smirked back.
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