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Small note: I did not think I would get the chapter done so quickly, i don't know if that's a bad thing but I have read through this 10 times making minor tweaks I hope this is a good chapter thanks
Harry Potter and the Beauxbatons
Fanfic by rooster24
Chapter 2: The start of somthing new
The next morning everyone was waking up harry, slowly got up holding his shoulder from the pain all though he could feel that he was holding it at all but him being able to see he was holding it gave Harry a little bit of relief, while trying to get the top he was wearing to stop clinging to his back from his scabs being reopened by the kicking Dudley gave him last night.
"YOU, BOY! Are not allowed to wander off alone again if you so much as consider it boy there will be hell to pay" Vernon basically shouted at Harry. He leaned forward as far as his stomach allowed him to stare Harry in the eyes "comprendre? As they say in French"
Harry nods while holding a partially dislocated right shoulder due to Harry's rapid healing. It was able to partially heal but not fully, deciding they should go downstairs to eat Dudley, Petunia and Vernon left the room with Harry slowly walking behind them.
"Quicker boy or we will leave you behind" Vernon snapped out of spite and annoyance it did not matter to him the pain Harry was in all that mattered was getting breakfast to start the day.
Eating breakfast was a painfully hard task for Harry with his right shoulder being dislocated which he could not move, and a hand scorched to the point it has no nerve endings anymore and was unable to feel textures but at least he could still use it. After what felt like a long hour they went to their car and started driving, they arrived at the Eiffel tower, once out of the car Vernon grabs Harry by the ruck of his t-shirt neckline to keep him close by, while they were at the Eiffel tower looking around Harry tried every trick to be alone even to the point he wasn't allowed to go to the toilet all day, luckily Harry was used to this because of how he has been treated all his life, 'what is a few more hours right, he thought to himself.
Finally, while Vernon and the others were not looking Harry was able to sneak away from them making his way to the toilet to relieve himself, after came out he looked over to where they were and could not see them, he proceeded to walk down the stairs of the Eiffel tower to find the car except it was not there. This meant that Harry was now two hours away from the hotel if he could remember what way it was.
Holding his right arm Harry started to walk in an attempt to find them or the hotel what seemed like hours of walking Harry gave up trying and sat on a bench he was close to not paying attention to his surroundings he fell asleep from the pain he was in, legs aching from the bruises the day before, shoulder dislocated, top clinging to his back from dried blood and still no feeling in his arm.
"Harry?" a girl's voice called to him.
"Harry, wake up" the voice called again.
Reluctantly he woke up to find Gabrielle and Fleur standing in front of him looking at him still dazed and puzzled he cocks his head a little and then remembers the events of today and went wide-eyed and stood straight up reopening some scabs from the sudden movement.
"Ga-Gabrielle, Fleur, wh-what you doing here?" he said looking round to see he fell asleep on a bench outside a theatre and it was now night instead of the afternoon.
"Harry, you can call me Gabby you know, we are friends, right?" Gabby said in a sweet and innocent voice to him.
"We were at the theatre with mama and papa when we noticed you, they are waiting near the car for us" Fleur explained to him " Arry why are you alone on a bench?" Fleur asked him.
Looking down sheepishly "I-I got l-lost and separated" harry muttered trying his best to hold his composure together.
Gabby looked at Fleur then her parents on the other side of the road "Harry we can take you back to the hotel we are also staying there for the summer" Gabby suggested to him.
Harry went to speak and went wide-eyed as he started thinking of what was in store for him and started to physically tremble on the spot before he turned to run from them crying, his right arm dragging behind him painfully. While running his blood started to drip from his back, as he reopened even more of his scabs more blood started to drip.
The Delacour's stood there in shock, Fleur put her arm around Gabby as they watched as their parents looked at each other and called the girls back to the car, it wasn't long till harry was out of sight from them and they were helpless to do anything.
Three days passed harry now being 9 years old managed to find his way back to the hotel after wandering the streets and out of not wanting to face them knew he had to, when he got there Harry found out they had signed out of the hotel and left the same day he 'went missing' Harry's face was pure fear but at the same time delight because he did not have to be punished but he had nowhere to go now.
When Harry had finished talking to the desk clerk, he got directions for the zoo he went to on the first day he arrived and started walking towards the zoo, after an hour or so Harry managed to find his way there, walking through the zoo looking around he feels as if the world is having a dig at him because wherever he looked people were in families and having a fun time while he was alone walking aimlessly.
After some walking, Harry found his way into the snake enclosures and sat on the floor in front of the same python from the first day and they sat looking at each other through the see-through plastic at ground height when the python slithered closer and coiled up in front of him.
Harry placed his hand on the plastic and the python lightly pressed its head on the plastic where his hand is and Harry smiled at it.
"I-I won't hurt you Mr. snake I want to be your friend," Harry said to the snake and the snake nodded its head.
After an hour of sitting with the python Harry realised, he was hearing a voice when no one else was around him "itsss fun to have sssomeone to talk to even if you cannot underssstand me" Harry looked around confused and then looked at the python.
"did, you just speak to me?" Harry asked when the snakes head perked up higher than before "YESSS! I did, you can hear me, you mussst be a parssseltongue" the snake said when suddenly Harry's eyes went wider than saucers.
"do you have a name now that we can speak?" Harry asked the python politely the snake shook its head "what about if I call you Monty then rather than snake?" the snake put its head against the plastic and harry placed his forehead where the snakes head is "yessss I like that name" the snake agreed.
For the next few hours, they spent talking to anyone walking past it just sounded like a bunch of hissing but to Harry and Monty they were deep in conversation, then the announcement speaker said something in French but harry did not understand and continued to talk till the guards tried to rush him out of the zoo after promising to come back to Monty each day.
After five days of not eating or drinking anything harry was having intense stomach pains and was looking very pale and even skinnier but still kept coming to see Monty. They were deep in conversation when harry creased over in pain sleeping on benches might have given his back a chance to heal slightly to only be remaining scars but his shoulder had been dislocated for over a week and harry could not feel it.
"Harry? Whatss wrong?" Monty asked and Harry looked at him "no-nothing trust me" he said and smiled even though he was sweating from pain when someone walked up behind him.
"Harry? Is that you?" the voice asked and Monty went into a defensive stance knowing something was wrong with him, looking around Harry saw the Delacour family and smiled.
"it's fine Monty they are friends, trust … them," he said and Monty coiled back around and placed his head next to Harry's as he passed out from hunger and dehydration.
A couple of hours later Harry woke up to see he was laying on the bench, he saw Monty looking at him then when he looked up, he saw Gabby was above him then he realised he was using her lap as a pillow and jumped up.
"I-I'm sorry" Harry apologised and bowed when his stomach viciously growled this caused Harry to go red and apologise again.
Mon Delacour got up and knelt in front of Harry "are you hungry?" he asked him.
"n-no, sir I'm not" Harry replied when suddenly his stomach failed him and growled again.
"where is your family Arry?" Fleur asked as Harry looked down "somewhere" he muttered.
"somewhere nearby?" Apolline asked, looking at his face knowing what the next answer will be.
"probably not" he responded "but that's ok I have Monty my python friend" Harry went over to Monty.
"Monty these are my friends the Delacour family," Harry said in parseltongue surprising the Delacour's "Gabby, Fleur, Monsieur Delacour, madam Delacour, this is Monty" he introduced them and the snake bowed its head and they to bowed.
"Come with us Harry, we can get some food cause your stomach says it's hungry" Gabby suggested after getting over the shock of Harry being a parseltongue.
"go Harry be with them, you have ssspent daysss here be with friendsss" Monty encouraged him which Harry reluctantly agreed to.
"thank you, Monty, for being my friend" Harry said to him "no itss I who thanksss you for being with me" Monty replied and placed his head on the plastic and harry places his forehead on the same spot.
When they left Harry and the Delacour family went to a café nearby to eat and talk.
"order anything you want Harry, our treat" Apolline said to him, Harry not wanting to seem rude only ordered a croissant with butter and water.
While everyone was eating Gabby noticed Harry struggling to cut the croissant.
"why not use your other hand as well harry?" she asked when Harry finally cut the croissant.
"Because I can't," he said quietly and sheepishly, but just loud enough for Gabby and Mon to hear.
Seeing that Harry was about to tear up Gabby placed a hand in his scorched hand and took the knife and did the rest for him.
"I-I-I'm sorry, for being a burden" Harry almost cried.
Fleur leaned across the table and placed a hand on his cheek.
"Arry, you are not a burden" Fleur tried to reassure him.
Apolline looked at Mon and nodded at him.
"let's go home and Harry can stay with us and then we can take him to the ministry here and see what they say?" Apolline suggested and everyone agreed and Harry silently nodded.
Once they finished their meals everyone went to the car(no idea what type of car to use) Apolline in the front Gabby in the back right seat, Harry in the middle and Fleur on his left.
During the drive to the Delacour home, Gabby held Harry's right arm causing Harry unending pain-causing everyone in the car to jump and Gabby to let go out of fear of hurting him more.
"I-I'm sorry Harry, I didn't mean to hurt you," she said with a sad face and Harry smiled at her "I-It's ok, I'm not hurt honest just… surprised" he claimed.
When they got to the Delacour home Gabby was holding Harry's left hand but he could not feel hers, all he could feel was her pulling his arm. When they entered the house Harry was amazed by the size of it.
Three floors, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living room bigger than his uncles, a dining room and kitchen in one and a massive library which seems unending.
"Harry come sit in the living room for a second" Mon points the way and everyone sits.
Mom pulls out his wand as a light green glow appears at the end of it and Harry gives a nervous but curious look.
"It's ok, I am going to check your body for injuries because something is wrong" Mon expressed his concern.
Harry gave a nod then Mon started to slowly move his wand down his right arm and back up, then down his left arm and back up then across his chest, back and legs once satisfied or in this case dissatisfied with the results, he put his wand away.
"nothing is broken Harry, but your shoulder is dislocated, severe bruising to the chest and legs and scars and scabs to the back and major burn damage to the hand resulting in…" Mon paused for a second and Gabby looked at him on the verge of crying.
"major nerve damage causing no feeling in the left hand" he finished and went to search for something, Gabby cling to his left arm crying into it feeling sorry for Harry.
"magic is real?" Harry asked surprised but also looked happy at the same time.
Fleur looked at him "yes Arry and you are the most famous" and spent the next hour explaining how he defeated Voldemort as a baby and how his parents died to protect him.
Harry looked shocked because for the last 9 years he was led to believe his parents only cared about drinking and partying which caused them to die in a car crash drunk, then Mon appeared giving harry a vial of red liquid.
"This is a Wiggenweld potion Harry, it will help some of your injuries but I'm not sure about your hand if it will fix it, the shoulder will hurt as it tries to put it back in place" Mon explained and without a second thought Harry took the potion and drank it, not caring if its poison or not just anything to stop the pain he was in.
Slowly across Harry's body it started to heal, the bruises on the legs went almost instantly, the scabs turned to painless scars, then it hit him intense pain as his shoulder started to move and try to go back in the socket, hunching over in pain he grabs his arm and falls on to Gabby's lap tears rolling down his face from the pain.
After what felt like an eternity of pain it subsided Harry looked up and slowly sat up. Sitting up he noticed there was no pain in his back or shoulder and was once again able to move it and feel.
He got up and ran to shake Mon's hand.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," he said extremely fast and then ran to Gabby and held her hand and relaxed when he felt how smooth it felt in his.
Harry looked at his left hand and saw it was still burnt and scorched and tried to feel Gabby's other hand, he was able to hold it but was disappointed when he still could not feel anything with it.
Then suddenly a burst of green flame came from the fireplace making Harry jump and worried.
"Fleur, why don't you take Gabby and Harry to the library and show them some magic that you learned at school this year so I can speak with the minister of magic," Mon says as he greets the French minister of magic.
While Mon and Apolline are talking to the minister about Harry, Fleur talks to them about wingardium leviosa as well as giving a demonstration on the spell as well as the Reparo spell with a stunned and impressed Harry asking questions quicker than Fleur could answer them than Mon and Apolline came into the library.
"so, Harry, the Minister and us have come to a decision on what to do" Mon started by saying.
"He has agreed to let you stay here with us and has agreed to allow you to attend Beauxbatons academy of magic instead of Hogwarts that is if Madam Maxine agrees to it of course but that can be sorted soon" Apolline finished.
Shocked Harry did not know what to do for once in his 9 years he was happy he ran and gave Apolline and Mon a hug and then went and continued his happiness with Gabby and Fleur.
That night Apolline showed Harry to his room on the second floor, when she opened the door Harrys face lit up brighter than a glitter ball as he looked around there was a comfy new double bed, a desk, draws, cupboards and a fantastic view over a mountain range. Apolline moved from the doorway to the bed and patted it for Harry to sit down to talk.
"we will go into town tomorrow to get you some new clothes so you can get rid of these old, oversized ones and we will teach you the basics of French which will be needed to attend Beauxbatons if you're ok with that?" she asked hoping it was not too much for him to start with but Harry agreed without a second thought.
That night a major thunderstorm struck, causing harry to have nightmares of the abuse he received and creating new ones for him as if they were real, crying and screaming from the unending nightmare he could not wake up and the house started to shake and the windows started to sound like they would smash and break any second when all of a sudden, he felt a calming presence with him and was finally forced awake.
When he awoke startled and shocked, he launched himself into the corner of the room without looking around to observe his surroundings, once he realised what was happening and calmed down, he saw Mon, Apolline and Fleur in the doorway and Gabby was on the bed putting two and two together he realised she was what helped him to calm down in the nightmare.
"Harry, it's ok you're here now, no one will hurt you" Gabby reassured him as Harry slowly climbed back onto the bed and held Gabby's hand and was able to fall asleep without worry.
Gabby turned to look at her parents in the doorway.
"Just for tonight, but at a distance no getting to close" Mon warned with a smile.
Authors notes: I hope that everyone has enjoyed this chapter it was entertaining and painful to write like dam that shoulder part made me cringe every time.
I am genuinely surprised about how many favourites and follows this has received so far and I want to thank everyone for the reviews the fact that people have enjoyed this so far makes me happy, hopefully, this chapter will also be to peoples liking if it is not then fair enough let me know in a review where I went wrong and what I can do to make it a lot better please thank you, also if you have any suggestions for a chapter fill free to suggest it in a review or pm.