Here is an idea for a new story which entered my head yet again begging to be written. Enjoy it. Read and Review please love Hannah x
Harry lay in his bed in number four Privet Drive. He was sound asleep and for once was not having any nightmares. Suddenly he heard a slight crashing noise which could only be caused by magic and looked around in fear. He put on his glasses and held out his wand waiting for whoever it was to attack when suddenly he was blinded by a bright light which faded away and left a much older man standing there. The man placed his finger over his lips and withdrew his wand.
"I Harry James Potter do hereby swear on my life and magic that I am you from the future and that because of an accident I am now back here in your time permanently I am afraid. Lumos!" he said calling out as the spell was sent off to show he'd not been lying.
"Wow I guess I hadn't expected this. Well then I guess it's good to see you. Now I don't know about you but I can't do magic here and you would not want to be seen by Dursleys as they wouldn't like it!" he said seriously.
"For now I am going by the name of Alex Peverell. I inherited that families line and name so I will be using it here from now on. Correction Harry you cannot do magic however I am not your age and I can indeed do magic. If you'll excuse me a moment I need to pay those bastards a visit!" he said stalking out of the room but not before blasting his door off it's hinges and into Smithereens as Vernon rushed out ready to pound Harry stopping short when he saw the older version of the boy before him.
"YOU ABSOLUTE FREAK YOU'LL GET NO MEALS FROM NOW ON I SWEAR TO GOD YOU'LL REGRET EVER CROSSING ME YOU FREAK!" he snapped as Alex suddenly became taller.
"Vernon Dursley you are the worst scumbag to ever grace this earth. You do not deserve to live. I am sick to death of everyone and anyone taking that boy over there for a ride. He deserves so much better and I swear to Merlin I'll die before he ever continues as he has been doing. The buck stops here. This was the last damn straw. Crucio!" he called out as Vernon screamed his head off before he put up some silencing wards.
"What was it you always said to me Vernon huh? Scream all you want no one will ever hear you or care about you freak. Funny how the tables have turned isn't it? You will tell me why I should let you live!" he snapped releasing the spell as Harry gasped at himself thinking that Vernon truly did deserve it.
"My s…s…son!" he managed to croak out weakly.
"Well you see Vernon you're not an Evans. The point is you never were and you don't matter to me. Petunia sat back all those years as you tortured and bullied me without stopping you. How many times did I nearly die huh? I lost count at three. Petunia never stopped you and even beat herself from time to time. I never experienced one ounce of love in this hell hole you like to call a family home! If anyone is the freak here it is you, you mentally twisted bastard!" he snapped.
"You did not deserve any love. Freaks don't get love. You are a worthless sack of shit and you don't deserve any love. No one will ever love you ever. You are damaged goods boy. Who'd have you now?" he somehow managed to sneer as Alex rounded on him once more.
"You are an absolute waste of life. You had your chance to prove to me you could somehow change and YOU BLEW IT! Diffindo!" he called out slicing Vernons throat open as the man bled to death from his jugular. Harry watched his older self kill Vernon and was shocked he had used a Herbology charm to do it too. When Vernon had finally died he used a spell to clean up all of the blood and close the laceration again. He waved his wand at Petunia who was shouting at him beyond the silent barrier he'd placed up making her go back to sleep and forget it all. He then levitated Vernon into bed and tucked him in. She'd find him in the morning and it would serve her right. Harry watched as Alex entered his room and tutted. It was a holy mess.
"Right so we are not leaving right now until we sort everything here out. I don't doubt that you know Vernon deserved an AK tonight. I was lenient there when I didn't have to be. This is because I am and always will be the better man. Quite frankly any spell can be used in a dark way if one truly thinks logically about it. I am sure no one think a spell to prune plants can also be used to slice the jugular cleanly and kill the idiots! Now let's have a look at your trunk shall we?" he said opening it as Harry eyed his older self in awe. He looked wonderful and highly accomplished in the dark arts.
"Ok so you are missing ten galleons from your trunk but Ron stole those. Also you are missing one or two books which Hermione stole. She would tell you she borrowed it but as you didn't know about it, it would be classified as stealing. Your clothes have tracking charms on them keyed to the headmaster and so they will be going in the fire right now where will burn them. Actually one moment I want to keep one of the items!" he said shrinking a pair of socks and summoning a bird to deliver them to the Minister for Magic. He would deal with him later on.
"Are you ok? I mean you killed Vernon! He did deserve it and I'm not sorry but I mean you didn't even flinch!" he said regarding Alex seriously.
"I have seen and been through many things Harry including a war so things like that tend to become second nature to you. Now I must ask you some questions and it is very important you answer them honestly. If Professor Dumbledore came here tomorrow morning and told you to jump off a bridge because it was for the greater good and would save the lives of all of your friends and family would you do it?"
"Of course I would. No one wants to loose their friends and or family or in my case I guess what's left of them!" he responded seriously.
"What would you do if Professor Snape said the same thing to you?" he asked curiously.
"I would of course say no and tell him to go and stuff it!" he said shocked as Alex rounded on him looking furious.
"The right answer Harry was to say neither. Thank fuck that asshole is dead. I mean Merlin do you think so little of your own life and value that you would truly willingly die for everyone even if you didn't have to!? You deserve to live a damn long life and grow to be very old with only those whom you trust most around you" he snapped as Harry shrunk back a bit.
"Don't do that. Don't do that whole fear thing. I simply couldn't take it. One way or another which I don't see the need to get into I am now your guardian magical or otherwise. I was setting things up before I came here you see. Now you must answer another question for me. If Professor Dumbledore told you not to contact Hermione and Ron all summer long for safety reasons would you do it?" he asked as Harry looked unsure.
"I would not do it no. I would think he probably knows more then me but I would never do that to my friends! If it truly wasn't safe to contact them I would do so over the phone which magic cannot detect" he said sincerely.
"Yes well they would and did in fact. Dumbledore prevented them writing to you for your so called safety. Now we're going to have to hear some home truths about your friends whether you like it or not. Ron is jealous and sucks at hiding it. He may as well wear a beacon on his head which says look at me I'm jealous. He is far too quick to rush to anger so much so that people end up eventually walking on eggshells around him just so he won't suddenly explode in rage for one reason or another he sees fit. I realise Dursley was hell but in all fairness how much shit are you going to continue to take from Ron? He never apologises sincerely and you all but forgive him every time. It's not good enough!" he said shocked by his own response.
"I know that. I've been coming to terms with the fact that it's not ok to forgive him all the time. I used to think he was my first friend and I didn't wish lose him but last year was hell and he never once defended me. It broke my heart more then anything else to be honest. I didn't expect to hear from him this summer actually but I did think Hermione would at least write to me!" he said sounding depressed.
"Hermione is another example of a jealous individual however her jealousy is not as blatant as Ron's. She gets jealous when people have something she wants but can find no logical reason as to why they may have it over her. She is so blatant in her refusal to ever see that some authority figures are just plain bad that it leads her to do some very stupid things in the future. Let's just say Dumbledore dies and it's his own fault but that after it happens Hermione becomes a shell of the girl she once was and in that vain makes bad choices. She simply can't face that he wasn't whiter then white and because of the extreme anxiety it causes her she does stupid things" he said pausing as Harry regarded him seriously. He was deep in thought about what he had said actually and was looking at him momentarily with an unusual expression on your face.
"Voldemort or should I say Tom Riddle is not following the rules. He never has. It might be wise to tell her this. She will have to stop always idolising adults. You may be surprised to know this but her parents have already talked to her about how unsafe it is to do so but she wouldn't hear them. Hermione thinks she is always right and will not hear otherwise" he said regarding Harry seriously who was still thinking and processing everything which was being said to him.
"I'll tell you something else from the future shall I? In your sixth year you find a potions book to use in your lessons and the instructions written in the margins by it's previous owner mean that you make better potions then she does by simply reading them. She gets exceptionally jealous of you and refuses to speak to you for most of the year. Eventually she does come to depend on you later that year but it doesn't stop the fact that she falls out with you deeply over a book!" he snapped as Harry regarded him seriously and exhaled loudly in barely concealed rage.
"What the fuck? A book? I mean really I thought Hermione was honestly above falling out with me because Ron does it all the time. I'm so hurt she would ever fall out with me like that. I would have hoped if she'd do it, it might be over something more then a fucking book! Is there anything else you need to tell me about the future Alex?" he asked his older self seriously.
"Yes. I will need to show you some memories later on in my pensive. But for now Augusta Longbottom has been forcing Neville to use his fathers wand. It's why he's so shit at magic practically including potions. We will need to get him his own wand but we will need help for it. We will be making his new wand look identical to his old one. In the future I tried to ask her to get him his own wand but she was furious and refused to help him out. This time I will be doing it without her!" he said as Harry smiled slightly. It was good to know Neville was bad for a reason which was legitimate. It would be interesting to see what he did afterwards.
"By the way Dobby has been lying to you. He did like being free but when you freed him from the Malfoys he automatically bonded to you. He told you he liked being free because you were so happy for him and he feared you might be mad at him for it. Call him here please and we'll have a chat with him!" he ordered as Harry did so.
"Dobby please come here!" he called out.
"Master Harry Potter sir has called Dobby. How can I help you?"
"Are you bonded to me Dobby?"
"Yes…I am. Please don't hate me or give me clothes I'll do anything you say!" he said crying as he slapped himself in the face.
"Dobby stop it right now. You are not to punish yourself ever again. I am disappointed to lied to me so please don't ever do that again. I do not hate you and I am sad you could ever think that of me. Tell me could you take me to Hermione and Ron if I asked you to?" he asked as Dobby looked worried.
"No because of the Fidelius charm. I could go but you could not join me there. I am a house elf so the spell doesn't affect me."
"Dobby this is Alex. He is part of my family now. He is my new guardian magical and otherwise and I can tell he will be changing his appearance soon because he looks too like me right now. You will do everything he asks of you!" he said as Dobby nodded.
"Dobby go and get Winky she will bonding to me personally and helping out this family as a whole" said Alex as he popped back in with a wailing Winky who was silenced when she saw who wanted her. She quickly bonded to him and felt happy and whole again. Winky would service Alex personally while Dobby serviced Harry personally and then together they would service both boys as a family unit.
"Dobby go to Grimmauld Place to Kreacher and knock him out any way you can. He has a locket on his person. You are to take this copy of the locket and leave it with him. You are to bring me the true locket. Knock him out in such a way that he will not stay unconscious for too long. Make him think he bumped his head or something!" he said as Dobby did so. He popped over to Grimmauld Place making sure he wasn't seen. He searched for a while eventually finding and subduing Kreacher who was too shocked to put up a fight as he couldn't see his attacker. He was soon slumped in his cupboard with the fake locket now in his arms. Dobby took the real locket and left at once. He reappeared with Alex and handed him the locket.
"Do you know what this is Dobby just nod yes or no?" he asked as Dobby nodded yes but looked as though he might be sick.
"There is one in the account of Bellatrix Lestrange which looks like the cup of Helga Hufflepuff and you are to get it for me anyway you can!" he said as Dobby looked conflicted but eventually left. He returned one hour later looking bruised and a little burned smiling when Winky healed him. He handed over the cup which was placed in a special bag Alex was carrying.
"Next please go to Malfoy Manor. While there you will find a snake with lord Voldemort. Wait until she is not with him and outside hunting before putting her to sleep and bring her to me!" he ordered once more as Dobby squeaked but did so. He returned very fast clearly she'd been out hunting when he'd called by.
"Ok now I need you to go to the come and go room Winky. You will find Ravenclaws diadem there. You are to bring it to me at once. While you are there you are to pick up a random piece of jewellery too preferably a necklace. While Winky is doing this Dobby you are to go the shack in Little Hangleton. Under the floor board there you will find a ring box. Do not touch it but bring it here to me!" he instructed as they both left. Harry watched Alex in awe. He was amazing and commanded attention whenever he spoke. He knew exactly what to say and how to say it. Winky was the first back. She handed him the diadem which he put in the bag and then a necklace.
"Winky Harry has the same problem as the diadem in his scar. Put it in the necklace instead. I know you cannot destroy them but you can transfer them instead!" he said as he remembered Kreacher crying about how he had tried everything to destroy it and could not. Harry winced in pain as he scar was literally ripped open with something black and evil looking being directed at a necklace into which it disappeared. Harry was fed a pepper up potion while she healed his scar. Dobby returned with the ring crying and shaking.
"It is so strong Master Alex sir. It tried to make me put it on. I did not but I am so close please take it from me!" he cried out as Alex took it quickly dumping it in the bag. Harry's trunk was shrunk as they aparated away to the bank with Dobby and Winky being told to wait until called again. While they waited they cleaned and mended the Dursley household because they were bored.
Alex entered the bank smiling as he approached a teller. He bowed deeply.
"May your enemies blood flow in a river at your feet kind sir. I have need of your assistance today. You see my ward Harry James Potter was given a sack of very cursed items by Lord Voldemort when he resurrected himself and has only just now told me about it because he was scared he'd be judged harshly for it. He doesn't know what they are and neither do I but they must be destroyed at once!" he said handing over the sack of items which made the goblin scream as he looked into the bag.
He snapped his fingers a huge fire appearing from out of nowhere which looked like a phoenix as the sack was thrown into it exploding and destroying much of the foyer of the bank as the goblins there were blasted back behind their counters but not harmed.
"Mr Peverell I understand you did not know what these were but I will have to charge you twenty thousand galleons for the damage done here today which will take weeks to repair! Can we help you in any other way?" he asked as Alex smiled.
"Yes you can. I am sorry about that by the way. I didn't know it would explode like that. I need to change my appearance permanently. I am to have long dark brown hair, blue eyes and skin which is now olive toned. For the right price I know I can get it done here much faster and without all of that Ministry red tape!" he said as the goblin smiled at him.
"Yes you can. It will be twenty five thousand galleons for it sir. What about you Mr Potter do you need anything with us?" he addressed Harry who had been observing everything from the side.
"Yes I need to see an account statement for my accounts here all of them. I also need a new key because I don't have mine. Dumbledore took it from me because he was scared someone might abuse me and then steal it from me!" he said as the Goblin laughed.
"Yes well Dumbledore is a fool and to that end we will not be issuing you a new key. I will instead be changing how you access your accounts. You will give me small blood sample to add to our system and you will only be able to access your vault now by touching the door with your hand. You will have your bank statements in a moment when they are ready!" he said as he wrote some things on a piece of parchment.
"Mr Peverell please sign here with this blood quill!" he instructed as Alex signed both places he'd been asked to sign and changed immediately in appearance the way he'd requested to. It would be permanent. He'd had all the paperwork drawn up about his education saying he'd studied in Beauxbatons Academy as well as the legal magical rights to Harry's guardianship signed by the minister for magic who had been too busy to notice the things he was signing. He had decided to just sign everything in one go to get it all off his desk and Alex was happy with that as it gave him everything he wanted.
A few days earlier:
Dolores had sent the dementors to Harry Potter but as he wasn't there at the time they sucked out a neighbours soul and left feeling like they had gotten all they had come for after the aurors who arrived on the scene chased them away before filing an official report. She was furious when the detection for underage magic office had not detected usage of magic by him and even seemed surprised that she thought they should have which they then told Minister Fudge.
Minister Fudge had told them she was merely inquiring on his behalf over all the lies he'd been spreading recently and left his mind addled with worry over Dolores so much so that he called her into his office.
"Welcome Dolores and take a seat. I am concerned you have been overworking yourself to the point of becoming ill and I am requesting you to take three months of paid sick leave. I would strongly suggest you go on vacation!" he said as she looked at him stunned.
"Cornelius what has brought on this on?" she asked smiling sweetly at him.
"I am not Dolores in the habit of lying for you. Why were you truly asking if Harry Potter had done underage magic? I was nearby and heard you talking about it. When I asked them they informed me of what you had been saying but more then that, that you expected him to have done something wrong too. Harry Potter is a liar and you know as well as me we don't need to do anything because all liars eventually give themselves away. I have been asking for a reliable teacher from the Auror core to teach this year at Hogwarts and examine all the teachers there and I have just the person for the job!" he said enthusiastically making her smile as she assumed he was talking about her despite what he'd actually said.
"I am so delighted for you Minister!" she gushed.
"Honestly I am too. I mean to look at her you wouldn't think much and that is why I selected her. Auror Tonks will make a fine teacher there this year. You are dismissed and I expect you to be gone by this evening!" he called out shooting her in the back with a spell as she left. She felt nothing or even noticed the spell as she wasn't meant to. He would send a copy of it to the Auror core and keep a copy of it himself. They would track her movements for the next three months and dictate not only where she went but at what times and on which dates. Nymphadora Tonks was shocked when the minister requested an audience with her personally.
"Welcome Miss Tonks. Now Nymphadora I must speak with you about a job offer I have for you. Would you like a drink?" he asked as she tripped over his umbrella stand but caught herself before she actually fell and sat in the seat in front of him.
"I would like some tea please Minister. Cream and two sugars thank you!" she said politely as he smiled and had it brought in for her. A quick scan showed nothing was off with the tea and she drank it. He had not noticed her do the charm as she was lightening quick at doing it by now.
"Now I have two jobs for you really. Number one I believe Harry James Potter to be a liar but I do believe he will slip up somewhere as all liars do and we will wait for that day. Your first job is to use this globe to track the movements of Dolores Umbridge for whom I have given three months of forced paid sick leave. She tried to harm Mr Potter in some way I am not sure of and appeared very angry that it was not successful!" he said looking highly disturbed.
"Sir I went to school with Mr Potter and so I know where he lives in the muggle world. It might surprise you to know that we recently got a call out there for some rogue dementor activity. In fact the rogue dementor had sucked the soul of a muggle neighbour of his. I called to check on him and he was out shopping as his aunt told me. Had he been there sir he would have been forced to use his wand to defend himself and could have gotten himself thrown in jail. Was this what she was hoping for?" she asked as he became furious or more so then she'd ever seen him.
"Go and get Dolores Umbridge right now and stun her. She is to be brought to me at once. With some truth serum in her vile mouth she may tell me the truth!" he said as Dolores who was on her way out was stunned and brought to the Ministers office whereupon some truth serum was fed to her and she was revived.
"Cornelius what on earth is going on? I was on my way out of here and now suddenly I am here!" she asked genuinely confused.
"Why did you send dementors after Mr Harry James Potter?"
"So he would use his underage magic to defend himself and get thrown in jail. If he did not they were instructed to kill him and stop off all his lies!" she snapped honestly as he reeled back in shock.
"Harry Potter is a liar yes but I have no wish to kill the boy you absolute fool!" he snapped stunning her and transfiguring a bag to put her body into. He took the bag and Tonks with him to the department of Mysteries where it was tossed into the veil and he looked at Tonks who gasped in shock at what he had done.
"I am sorry Auror Tonks but it had to be done. He may be liar but I will be damned if anyone from here is allowed to kill the idiot!" he snapped.
"I will keep it to myself if you can explain why when I was searching through old records of trials I did not find one for Lord Sirius Orion Black? Was Bagnold that corrupt that she would throw a man into jail without a trial sir? I mean I know you'd never do it I just can't understand why she would have done so. I know where he is sir and he is saying he was put in jail without a trial. I can have him given a trial if you would like to correct her mistake so people don't look badly upon you. It wasn't your fault and I would hate people to wrongly accuse of doing something you did not!" she said seriously as he paled considerably.
"Show me this right now! I am as you say concerned with my reputation and would not wish to be accused of doing something I did not do either. It would seem you are one of the only honest employees we have here. No one else would care about my reputation. Thank you Auror Tonks!" he said gasping at the files which were done in such an orderly way that was never any mistakes.
"See to it that he comes to a location of his own choosing where Amelia and I will bring Veritas Serum and ask the questions. You are expected to attend yourself too. Now for that second job this year you will be going to Hogwarts to teach DADA there and you will also check and tell me how each teacher is doing at teaching their jobs!" he said as she thanked him for the job. She went immediately and told Sirius and the order the good news. Dumbledore was not a happy man. She even told Dumbledore about her new job promotion and he was delighted to have her there working with him. It would be nice to see her in a teaching role. She had always been an exemplary student. He was even more miffed when she said he was not allowed to attend under direct orders from the minister of magic himself. Sirius Selected the hogs head in Hogsmeade for his interview.
He went there the next day where they were both waiting for him Tonks in tow.
"Minister I am happy to meet you and happy at last to get the trial I deserve. I should tell you first I am an unregistered animagus and so is Peter Pettigrew. He is a rat and I am a dog. I have spent twelve years in prison for a crime I did not commit. I see no reason to lie about that now!" he said as the truth serum was administered by Amelia who questioned him.
"Are you Sirius Orion Black born on October the sixth nineteen sixty?"
"I am."
"Did you betray the whereabouts of Lily and James Potter to the dark lord ultimately leading to their demise?"
"I did not!"
"Are you a death eater?"
"I am not. My mother kicked me out for that too"
"Who was the secret keeper for the Potters?"
"I was there first one but then we asked Dumbledore to help us change it to Peter Pettigrew as only he knew how to do the spell and he did so".
"Was Peter Pettigrew killed when you went after him?"
"No he was not!"
"What happened when you went after him?"
"He transformed into his animagus form of a rat and escaped into the sewers but not before blasting a nearby gasket which did kill all those muggles. When the Aurors found me I did say I was responsible because I felt responsible as I had been the one to suggest him as the new secret keeper!" he said mono tone as he started to cry.
"Who were the aurors who took you and what happened next?"
"Bartimus crouch and Laurel Ayres were the two aurors who came to get me. I was placed in a call for one day where I heard nothing. Then my door opened and I was handed a glass of water. When I went to take a drink I was transported to jail. It was a portkey!" he said as she gasped. Dumbledore would have known he was innocent but yet he let an innocent man rot in jail none the less. She gave him the antidote and asked for his memories of the event.
"Sirius Orion Black we hereby declare you as innocent and a free man. An article will be printed in the papers tomorrow. And Minster Fudge here will make a direct speech to his people over the wireless Wizarding network. You are now free to go!" he said shaking his hand.
When he released the speech their world as they knew it went up in arms. Pettigrew was captured and sent through the veil and his testimony was made popular.
Current timeline:
They got the account statements and returned to the Dursley house where they would be staying until the Order came to get them that night as he knew they would. It was indeed night when they came for him. He snuck downstairs and flicked on the outside light as they all screamed in shock and Alex chuckled at Harry's shocked expression.
"Excuse me but have you lost complete leave of your senses doing that in the muggle world you fools! You could be seen by anyone not to mention how reckless it is. Put your wands away and come in quickly. I am Mr Peverell and I am Harry's magical and legal guardian. I am assuming you have come to get him to safety and of course as this is my main concern I shall join him. Where are we going?" he asked as Moody looked angry.
"I heard nothing about you before. Albus never mentioned it!" he snapped as Alex laughed.
"Why would Albus Dumbledore know about who is the guardian for Harry James Potter? He's a headmaster and a good one at that but he is not the boys guardian or any such nonsense like that!" he said as the sheet of paper detailing where they were going was produced and he grabbed Harry apparating away and shocking them all as they all stood there in the kitchen in awe. The next morning Petunia discovered her Vernon had died of natural causes and was devastated.
"Now Harry listen to me I am going to lie when we go inside. I am going to agree with Molly Weasley that you are too young to hear of anything they speak about in their meetings however I will tell you all about them later on. You must promise to act outraged for effect ok?" he whispered as they approached the door and Harry looked at him before exhaling loudly.
"I will do it Alex!" he said as they entered. They were immediately ambushed by a shrieking Molly.
"What in heavens is going on and who is heavens are you?" she called out raising her wand to Alex who pushed Harry behind him suddenly.
"I think the more important question is who are you madam and why do you have your wand out trying to harm Harry James Potter my ward. I am Mr Peverell his Guardian magical or otherwise and I have brought him here as he was safest. Those fools you sent for him flew there of all things and screamed when they arrived waking many of the neighbours. They didn't even check and make sure they couldn't be seen. You must always be constantly vigilant otherwise you will always be caught!" he said furiously as she lowered her wand at once.
"I apologise Mr Peverell. I was not about to curse Harry here I was merely trying to protect him from you. I had thought you meant him harm. Now then why don't you come to the kitchen for a chat. Harry dinner will have to wait a while. Why don't you wait upstairs in the second bedroom on the left!" she said as he started to protest.
"Harry you will do as this lady says right now and I will be up to see you later on. Remember what we discussed and think about how you wish to proceed. I will support you no matter what you decide but I will tell you to choose wisely for gods sake. We will just discuss adult things which will be of no interest to you anyway I assure you. Now off you go!" he snapped as Harry huffed in pretend annoyance and went upstairs as she looked shocked that he'd been able to command him to do anything.
Harry entered the room and was soon wrapped up in a smothering hug from Hermione. "Oh Harry we were so worried about you. Thank goodness you were alright!" she said as he pushed her away.
"So then tell me who told you not to contact me? I know you and you don't ever disobey an adult even if it is for the right reason. I had expected not to hear from Ron because he's unstable at the best of times and was an arsehole last year. Yes I haven't forgotten about that so who was it?" he snapped as she reeled back in shock.
"Fine it was Professor Dumbledore if you must know. He isn't just anyone you know and I wasn't about to disobey him. He's our headmaster Harry!" she protested as though he was mad.
"If he had asked me to do that I would have called you on the phone in ways they couldn't detect to let you know I was fine and that I wouldn't have been contacting you for a while as he asked me not to. Have you any idea how worried I was about you? Do you solely think only you are the one whose ever worried?" he snapped once again as she started to cry.
"Well I'm sorry you feel like that. I was just trying to keep you safe. He said doing this would keep you safe and I wanted that more then anything else!" he said as Harry rounded on her rage all over his face.
"Why would you believe that when he is the one who left me an abusive home as an infant and never once checked up on me huh? How is that safe? I'll tell you a quick home truth shall I? I would take a death eater over a lifetime of the Dursleys any day of the week. They were so vial sometimes it's not even funny and to top off the fact that I almost died three times at their hands. So you will no doubt forgive me when I say the headmaster has done nothing at all to prove to me he is worth trusting. Tell me does he ever call you my girl or address you by your name? Does he have random meetings about you all the time with you which are not about your studies? Does he constantly use legillimency on you because he does it with me all the fucking time. I look at his ears now so he won't notice!" he snapped as she cried. Ron entered then and seeing her crying looked at Harry in awe.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HER?" he snapped wrapping his arms around her.
"So the arsehole returns. I can see it took you all of five point five seconds to get angry this time. It must be a personal record for you. I have not forgotten last year and I don't intend to either. Now leave me alone. I have things to read!" he said going and sitting in the corner where he took out his personal statements and began to read them. He eventually looked up in rage such like Hermione had never seen in her life.
Waving his wand he duplicated the documents and had Dobby come and take them away for him.
"If you so much as open your mouth about house elves without researching it and talking to them about it again I will cut it off. They will die without our magic sustaining them to do our chores for us. If you really want to know you almost killed many Hogwarts elves last year and Dobby ended up having to clean our whole house by himself because they were afraid of you. Where is Ron?" he asked as though he hadn't made that statement before.
"He ugh went down to have dinner. I was going to call you but you looked busy. What's on those papers?" she asked casually or as casually as she could without sounding overly interested.
"Well let's get dinner and then we can discuss them" he said as they went downstairs. Upon seeing Ron standing up he socked him such a punch in the face he went flying towards and out the back door.
"If you ever Ronald Billius Weasley and I mean ever steal from my accounts again I'll have you killed and not by a death eater either. Dumbledore the main money supplier I can see you're still here. Oh there's no need to look so shocked. I have been to the bank. I know all about your money dealings including giving Ron money from my own account and asking him not to tell me about it probably because it would be too taxing on me or some such rubbish!" he snapped as Hermione looked ready to protest.
"Harry you must understand why I did it. Ron was always and ever mopping and moaning about all that he didn't have and I could see well hell anyone could that it was grating on your nerves a lot. I gave him the money so he could have whatever he wanted and stop annoying you about it all the time!" he said shocked as Hermione burst into tears and fled from the room. Eventually she came back down and went to the head of the table.
"I can no longer remain here knowing what you did. I looked up to you headmaster but I am afraid Harry is right and you have lost my trust. What the hell happened to you? You used to be cool? Do you always have secret meetings with all your students or is it just Harry? Why does he get things I don't? Did it ever occur to you that other students might like the honour? Professor Binns is dead as well as dead boring and Professor Snape hates Harry so much he can barely stand to teach us properly. His class would be excellent if he weren't teaching it. It is unfair but you sir are deplorable and I can no longer look you in the eye not the least for which you may read my thoughts. You're a dangerous man and I will be returning home now!" she said as she showed everyone her bag and flooed home at once while everyone stared at him with open mouths in shock.
"Albus please tell me you lied. Tell me Ron didn't take Harry's money from you. Please! Oh Merlin no! What in blue blazes did he even buy?" Molly thundered as she went and got her son dragging him inside by the ear and not healing him.
"RONALD WEASLEY I WANT ANSWERS NOW. WHAT DID YOU BUY? WHERE IS IT?" she snapped as those in the same room winced a bit at her tone.
"I didn't spend it. I put it in an account at Gringotts under my own name. I wasn't sure if it was ok to have it and so I put most of it there although I did spend ten galleons on a meal, some new socks and underwear and a few sweets!" he responded honestly. Molly deflated slightly at that.
"Yes well at least it wasn't the whole lot. You will return that money to Harry at once. How much was it?" she asked as he said ten thousand galleons and she very nearly fainted.
"Harry please take the money back. Ron should have known never to take the money from anyone who wasn't you when it was your money. Also I did hear about what happened last year with you and Harry because Fred and George can't keep their mouths shut but either way it doesn't matter. The fact is he was meant to be your best friend and you couldn't even trust him could you? I am so disgusted with you. If you put another toe out of line I will send you to Auntie Muriel's to live from now on. I don't even want to hear it. You will decide right now. You're either friends with Harry by his side always or you're not and you should leave him be always!" she said giving her son an ultimatum and shocking Harry and Alex who had not expected this. Dumbledore tried to sneak off as everyone's attention was now on Ron but Alex stunned him.
"And where do you think you're going? I don't fucking think so prick. Ron may have taken the money but he would not have gotten it if not from you. You will explain yourself at once!" Alex thundered as Molly turned from Ron for a moment to glare at Albus.
"Albus I have no idea what has gotten into you but until I find that out you are hereby forbidden to spend any time alone with any of my children. Am I clear?" she said forcefully shocking him.
"Yes Molly you are clear!" he answered doing his best to look most disappointed in her.
"As Harry's Magical guardian the same applies to him. You are not allowed to have a private meeting with my ward without my presence. I don't trust you as far as I can throw you" he said as Albus spluttered.
"You don't understand Mr Peverell. There are things about Harry that he doesn't yet know and I need to be able to tell him alone so I can gauge his response to them!" he said desperately.
"Thank you for concern Mr Dumbledore however Harry's health is optimum. We went to the bank for a health check up as he was feeling rather terrible and they managed to extract a rather dark piece of magic from is scar which destroyed the entirety of the bank foyer for which he is now paying for repairs. We don't know what it was but we are most happy it is gone. To be honest I never in my life seen something so vile!" he said as Dumbledore shocked everyone by calling out a long line of mangled expletives as he fell forward having a seizure. He was foaming at the mouth. Alex whipped out a potion and rammed it down the headmasters throat who stopped convulsing immediately returning to normal.
"I always carry emergency potions on me as you can never tell when someone will be in danger. Are you alright sir? I may hate you for the abuse you've put Harry through but I would never wish death on anyone even someone who did deserve it. Now while I have you what are you doing about finding a new potions and history teacher? Harry informs me his potions teacher is evil and vindictive towards him and that his history teacher was dead. I didn't believe him however when I saw his memories he was indeed right. Please tell me what he did to his Potions teacher so he can be punished adequately by me. No one hates someone that much unless they've been wronged greatly!" he said as Dumbledore paled.
"Well Professor Binns has never noticed he died fifty years ago and I thought it mean to tell him about it when he seemed so happy to teach. Professor Snape has my utmost confidence in all he does but if he does target Harry as you say then he will have to be employed in the school in another capacity. I will hire him to brew potions solely for the hospital wing and I will get a new potions teacher and History teacher this summer" he said seriously obviously trying to make up in some way for his earlier transgressions.
"Give me the potions job please. I have a mastery in Potions, Herbology, Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms. I wish to continue teaching Potions as I did in France. What do you say?" he asked as everyone looked at Albus seriously.
"Very well then consider yourself employed. Ah Severus good of you to answer my call. This here is Mr Peverell and he will be teaching potions at school from now on. You will be expected to brew potions solely for the hospital wing from now on. I feel this way you can use your free time more as you like!" he said as Snape looked up with a slightly hopeful gleam in his eyes.
"I…I would be honoured sir. Yes I will do it. What about Binns?" he asked as Albus rolled his eyes to heaven. Would people ever shut up about Binns!
"Yes…Yes I will get to Binns. I wish to address some complaints which have reached my desk recently and now that I have had the chance to read them I can't ignore them. Minerva I am sorry but I have clearly asked too much of you with your three jobs. I will have to ask you to either step down as deputy headmistress or head of Gryffindor house. I can no longer see you stretched too thin" he said pausing to take a drink of water and continuing.
"Some of your house pupils came to see me telling me they didn't know where your office was and that when they asked for your help you informed them to keep their heads down and out of trouble. They were looking for advice and had done nothing wrong so came to me again confused by your response. I am sorry I have asked too much of you!" he said as she paled.
"Yes well either way you did. At least now you see it. I will stay on as Deputy head and teacher of Transfigurations Albus. You must find another head of Gryffindor. Even I must admit I can longer do it all properly!" she said sagging a bit in relief. Clearly it had been stressing her out no end.
"Ok well then Mr Peverell would you consider being the head of Gryffindor house?" he asked as everyone gasped at that having not seen it coming.
"Yes I will do it sir. Thank you!" he said as the meeting wound down and Harry's money was returned to him. Albus was released and told to watch it. They all retired to bed that night and actually slept well. Albus was happy no one had remembered him convulsing in the commotion afterwards and so had asked no questions.
It was on the Wizarding Wireless Network when he got home that Malfoy manor was in bits and that a dead body had been found there.
It had all happened when they tried to force Draco Malfoy to become a member. He had panicked and called out diffindo in his confusion slicing the head clean off Tom Riddle and ending the dark Lord much to the horror and awe of those there. His father and everyone else started screaming as they started to die the dark mark leeching all their magic from their bodies. With one more spell Draco had severed his fathers arms and cauterised the wound to stop it bleeding. He was sent to saint Mungos while everyone else there aparated away before dying shortly afterwards. Narcissa looked at her son in a new light. He had saved his father although he didn't need to. He had been very brave in the circumstances even if he had acted out in fear. He had ended the dark lord and all was well.
Lucius arrived and was told a spell he was using to prune his roses had backfired when he wasn't paying attention where he was pointing his wand. They could repair his arm but it would take one week of potions to do. It would not be cheap but he agreed to do it. Things would certainly be interesting when they all returned to school in a few days.