What happens when a wizard has a split personality:

Harry Potter always thought he had an imaginary friend who would take care of things for him. Even when he was ten years old, he still believed in his imaginary friend. He had never told anyone as most would think he was crazy.

It wasn't until he got his Hogwarts letter that he began to believe it was magic. Somehow, he was able to make another him. Harry eventually knew that his other self was evil but he was only evil towards bad people and never hurt good people. In a way, he wasn't evil. At least that's what Harry believed. At first, he had first used his twin on the Dursley's. He didn't kill them, no, the twin controlled them through pain and fear. But after a while, neither real Harry or twin Harry wanted the Dursley's to live. Real Harry knew that those people were evil and could hurt some other innocent kid. That's why Harry didn't believe his twin was evil, he only killed bad people.

Now Harry was at Hogwarts and he knew his twin would need to take care of some people, many people. Some were adults but most were students, bad students that good Harry could tell that they were evil and hurt innocent children.

Twin Harry was waiting in a dark alcove not far from the Slytherin rooms. The two Harry's had talked during and after the first year at Hogwarts, they talked about Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape. They decided to give them more time, if they didn't change their ways, then twin Harry would take care of them. They also didn't want any suspicion aimed at Harry so they decided waiting would make it seem like Harry had just accepted that this is how things were in the wizarding world.

Now real Harry was sitting with his friends in the great hall so the teachers could see him so they wouldn't be suspicious of Harry.

After dealing with Lucius Malfoy and the basilisk, Harry decided that not only was Albus Dumbledore ignoring the danger, or he just didn't care if the students were in danger. Harry knew he would need to be dealt with eventually. First it was the young Malfoy since he had tried often to curse Harry in the back, just like the coward he is. Snape would be dealt with the moment he was alone. Twin Harry knew there were others that needed to die, real Harry liked to see if they would change. They argued often about this, usually they would give and take. Twin Harry agreed to wait on Dumbledore if real Harry agreed to allow him to deal with Snape and Malfoy. So that's what he was waiting to do, waiting for the blond to walk passed.

When twin Harry heard the whiny voice of Malfoy, he cast a simple confundus charm on his two body guards so they would continue walking. Then he sent the imperius curse at Malfoy so he would walk right into the trap.

As Malfoy came out from under the curse he realised he was naked with a very sharp knife at his throat and another at his member.

'You could have saved yourself, not from me, but from the one who likes to give second chances. He realised you would never change and you would kill or hurt anyone if it got you what you want. You always believed you could do anything without getting into trouble. The one that likes to give second chances finally listened to me, he knew you would get worse as you grow up. So it's time to end the Malfoy line, just like I ended your father.'

Before Draco could utter a word, the knife slid across his throat and the other cut off his penis.

'The pain you feel will only get worse as I coated my knives with a very special potion so you'll suffer for a while before you die. If you were found before you died, they couldn't save you or ease your suffering. I made sure you will suffer which is what you deserve. Now, I'll make sure you are found Draco,' Twin Harry stepped in front of Draco so he could see just who had killed him. Twin Harry never took his eyes on Draco's dying eyes for the next fifteen minutes, until those eyes were lifeless. He wanted to see the boy suffer and hoped no one turned up so he could watch the blond boy die. After the boy was dead, with a flick of his finger, Malfoy was sprawled across the corridor that would lead to the Slytherin rooms.

Real Harry was sitting with Ron, Hermione and Neville, they were having fun listening to the twins who had been pranking some of the more annoying students. Harry sat a little straighter but he kept the smile on his face. He knew the deed was done, at least the first one was done. He wanted to work it so he would remain in the great hall with his friends until the body was discovered. He might be good and he didn't like to kill but he knew that some people deserved to die, so he would listen to twin Harry.

Just as Hermione mentioned homework which meant heading to Gryffindor tower, a loud terrifying screamed filled the air. Everyone in the great hall fell silent but the screams continued. Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall and a few other teachers ran out, the rest of the staff remained to make sure the students were safe, in case there was danger.

'What happened?' Hermione asked nervously.

'No idea, but it was a girls' scream, or at least it sounded like a girl,' Harry said, then looked around, 'Most of the students are still in here.'

'I saw Parkinson and Bulstrode leave a few minutes ago, maybe it was one of them that screamed,' Ron said.

'I think all the Gryffindor's are here,' Neville said, his voice still shaking but he looked up and down the table to make sure all the Gryffindor's were there.

'As far as we can tell…' Fred said.

'Only five Slytherin's are missing,' George said.

'Malfoy, Goyle, Crabbe, Parkinson and Bulstrode,' lee said.

'I doubt they will let us go to the tower,' Harry said, 'So we might have to put our homework off until we know what is going on.'

'I doubt we will be told what happened,' Ron said.

'True, but if there's danger of some kind, Dumbledore will have to give us the basic information,' Harry said.

'That's all we will get, just the basic information,' Neville said.

'Since we have to wait until we either hear something or we're allowed to leave. I wanted to ask if Ginny seems better to you Hermione?' Ron asked.

'She is more herself than the way she was during the first few weeks. Maybe she…well, she is the right age and some girls will have a bad time when they begin and it made her the way she was.' Hermione said.

'Begin, what are you talking about?' Ron asked.

'You know Ron, girl things,' Harry said nudging his friend but he noticed Ron had no idea, 'Menstruation,' Ron still looked confused, 'Periods, blood, a girl turning into a woman, that type of thing. If you want all the factual knowledge, then ask Hermione or Madam Pomfrey.'

'Oh,' Ron blushed beet red to much laughter from Fred, George and Lee, 'Do you really think that's all it was?'

'I don't know, but girls can get moody, or quiet, some get angry, so it's possible.' Hermione said.

'Maybe so we know she's fine, health wise, you could ask her for us?' Fred asked.

'Yeah, it's not like we can talk to her about this Hermione,' George said.

'If any boy asked her, it would embarrass her and them,' Lee said.

'Alright, I can speak to her and give her a few books that might help, if that's the problem. Just remember though you boys, this could happen every month and depending on how long it last, it would be best to not make her angry, or upset. A witches magic is more unstable during those days.'

'How many days?' Harry asked.

'It's different for all girls,' Hermione blushed, 'I'm four days, I'm likely to become quiet and a bit snappy for one to four of those days, but it's usually only two days.'

'Good to know, but thanks Hermione,' Fred said.

'Yeah, let us know,' George said.

'Can we change the subject now?' Ron asked making Harry chuckle.

The teachers were in shock, Severus was furious. The moment he tried to say that Harry Potter was involved he had been reminded, forcefully, from both Albus and Minerva that Harry had been in the great hall over the last hour. Crabbe and Goyle said they all walked to the Slytherin rooms together and they said they didn't see anyone. They left the great hall while Harry was still sitting with his friends. None of the teachers apart from Snape believed it was Harry nor did they believe it had been any other student that committed this crime. Albus ended up threatening Severus. He would allow aurors to arrest him if he tried to cause trouble for Harry because of what happened to Draco.

Albus had gone to the nearest fireplace to firecall the aurors to report that Draco Malfoy was murdered. Poppy had taken Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode to the hospital to give them a calming draught. She would have liked to give them a dreamless sleep potion but she knew the aurors would need to question the two girls.

It was only ten minutes later that six aurors stepped out of the fireplace followed by the director of the department of magical law, Amelia Bones.

None of them spoke, they went about their job. They collected evidence and took photo's. Only then did Amelia speak.

'Has anyone touched the body?'

'No Madam Bones. Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall remained here guarding the body while I contacted you. Now I cannot say if Miss Parkinson or Miss Bulstrode touched the body when they found him. Madam Pomfrey had to take them to the hospital and give them a calming draught. They were both suffering from shock. But I can say I did not see any blood on either of them,' Albus said.

Amelia gestured for Albus to move away from the others, 'This has not gone public, but Lucius Malfoy has not been seen since he was on the platform seeing off his son. Fudge wants it kept quiet, at least for now. Draco wasn't even told that his father was missing.'

'Do you believe the two incidents are connected?'

'I do now. I know many people were furious that Lucius got away with his crimes. You and I know that he wasn't under the imperius curse but since Fudge refused the use of veritaserum, we had to let him go. I have never had any contact with Draco. What was he like?'

'He mirrored his father's ideas and even though I wished differently, he was on his way to becoming another dark wizard.'

'If someone took care of the father, they may have known the son would be just as bad so took care of him as well. Has the wards been breached?'

'No. After the troll incident from last year I checked all the wards to make sure the staff would be alerted to any dark object or dark creature entering the castle.'

'What about the dark mark?'

'I had to cancel that so Severus could teach. You know he was a death eater then turned spy. When Horace retired he recommended Severus. I know he is not the nicest man but he is brilliant at potions.'

'I believe you should activate that ward then just turn it off whenever Snape needs to go and come back. For all we know it's a death eater doing this and is angry that Lucius used his money to get out of going to Azkaban.'

'I've been working on a charm that could block Severus's dark mark, so far I have not had any success. I believe I would need a parselmouth to charm his arm. Do you wish to speak with the two girls first? I'm sure Poppy would like to give them a dreamless sleep potion.'

'Yes, I'll do that now. Keep all the students in the great hall for now. But the Slytherin's will need to be housed somewhere else for the next few days. Also, get the staff together and find out what students were missing just before dinner began. Also, make sure the staff do a count, I don't want to find out another is missing, or killed.

'I will see to it Madam,' Albus said then turned to his two staff members. He gestured them to follow then explained what Amelia had asked. Albus spoke with the portraits, the ghosts and the house elves to find out if they saw anything and if there are any student who was not in the great hall. Once he had done that he entered the great hall then called for silence.

'I bring grave news. Naturally I cannot go into details, but what I can tell you is Draco Malfoy was murdered.'

Albus had to let off a loud bang as screams and shouting began. It took him a good ten minutes to get the students to calm down. He finally explained that they would remain in the great hall for the time being, until the aurors said they could return to their house rooms. He also told the Slytherin's that temporary rooms will be opened for them soon and the house elves will retrieve their belongings but not until the aurors tell them it's clear to do so.

'Someone murdered Malfoy,' Ron said. He didn't sound upset, nor happy, just indifferent.

'I know he was a right prat but surely someone didn't hate him that much,' Harry said.

'I bet old man Malfoy will arrive soon,' lee said.

'Do you think it was a student?' Hermione asked nervously.

'It could be anyone Hermione,' Fred said.

'Anyone that hated the prat,' G0eorge said.

'Yeah, none of us liked him,' Neville said.

'That would mean we're all suspects since none of us could stand the pounce,' Harry said.

'True, but we were all here,' Fred said.

'And we arrived before the Slytherin's did,' George said.

'And we saw Malfoy come in,' Lee said.

'So that rules out all of us, at least,' Ron said.

'Snape's glaring over at us,' Neville whispered.

'Knowing Snape, he will try to blame it on a Gryffindor,' Harry said.

'And probably you, Harry,' Fred said.

'Since he blames Harry for everything,' George said.

'Harry has been with us all day. The only time he wasn't within our sight was when he went to the bathroom but that was right after transfiguration,' Hermione said.

'You know when Harry goes to the toilet?' Lee asked sounding amused making Hermione blush and Harry shrug.

'After what happened last year I like to make sure Harry's okay and not in danger.'

'I asked her the same thing, why are you always watching me? She was worried so I let it go,' Harry shrugged again.

'Then you have proof it wasn't you,' Fred said.

'Not that Snape will believe it,' George said.

'Gut it's not up to Snape, it's up to the aurors so you'll be fine,' Lee said.

'I know I am, I can also take the truth potion if they aren't sure.'

'I doubt it will come to that.' Hermione said, 'Once we tell them you were with Ron and me all day, along with Neville at times, then all of us here in the great hall over the last hour and a half they'll have to believe you.'

Harry gave Hermione a nod and a smile. He knew he would not get in trouble. Twin Harry was completely separate from him when he does his deeds so even if someone tried to use mind magic on him, they would see Harry in the great hall and no where near Draco Malfoy when he was killed. Harry senses what Twin Harry did but he doesn't see it in any way.

Harry mainly listened to the others talking but he felt Twin Harry getting ready to deal with the other one, Snape. He would have to wait until Snape was alone, which meant after he went to his private chambers. That probably wouldn't happen for a few hours, so Harry just decided to enjoy his time with his friends.

Amelia Bones had her aurors spread out, some where to examine the crime scene, some were to begin searching the house rooms, starting with the Slytherin rooms. But she told her aurors to cast every detection spell they knew. For all anyone knows, there could be someone hiding at Hogwarts, using a disguise like polyjuice potion.

Some of the Slytherin's kept glaring at the other students who seemed to be having fun while one of theirs was murdered. They knew Malfoy was not liked by anyone that wasn't in Slytherin, but most could not believe how heartless the other students were. There were a couple of Slytherin's that had to act the part of being upset, when really, they were glad that Draco Malfoy was gone. He caused trouble not only for other students, but also for a few Slytherin's, who's parent's never joined the dark lord. Some of the Slytherin's also noticed that not all the staff seemed upset, they were talking to each other as if one of their students wasn't murdered.

Even though Albus felt he needed to do more, he knew Amelia bones would not allow him to any type of investigation. So he decided to return to the great hall and watch the students to see if any of them seemed suspicious. What Albus didn't know was at the exact time he sat at the staff table, Twin Harry was taking care of Severus Snape who had gone to use the toilet.

Two aurors and Amelia Bones was speaking in hushed tones, but they were also wondering just how to go about getting the information they needed from the one they found. They decided to use veritaserum on the man since the man was supposed to be dead but hiding in his animagus form.

It was only a couple of hours later that Snape's battered and mutilated body was found. This time they knew all the students were in the great hall, along with the staff, which included Hagrid and Filch. The aurors knew it was not a student or staff that committed the crime, so they allowed the students to return to their house rooms, but were told they had to remain there until the following day. A house elf was assigned to each house so the students could have some food brought to them but also, if a student got sick, the house elf could take the student to the hospital. The staff were also allowed to return to their rooms, whether their private chambers or their classrooms. Albus was furious, first a student had been murdered in his school, now he lost a member of staff. He did not know that the aurors had discovered a man hiding in his animagus form, they did not feel Albus needed to know. If the wards had been activated then the headmaster would have been informed about an animagus. From what information they had gathered so far, the animal had been in the family for many years and it belonged to another member of the family before it became the youngest boys pet. They had a lot of investigating to do, but they did not believe the family knew that their son's pet was really an animagus. They would have to speak with the family, quietly, so the family wasn't victimised by this discovery.

The following morning Harry wondered down to the common room. During the night, twin Harry had found out about some other dangerous death eaters that never went to Azkaban. He took care of them, just as he took care of the two Malfoy's and Snape.

'You're up early Harry. Couldn't you sleep?' Hermione asked.

'I slept fine, I think it's just that we went to bed a lot earlier than normal, since we were stuck in the tower earlier than we normally are. I finished my homework but it was still early by the time I went to bed.'

'Yes, that is why I'm up early. Do you think they found out who did this?'

'No idea, but from what I heard the aurors are really good at their job, so I'm sure they will.'

Harry stared into the blazing fire, 'Who did you think did it, a student or did someone sneak in here?'

'Even though I would like to believe the students are innocent, we both know that not all are. I don't believe anyone could have snuck in. After the troll incident last year, Professor Dumbledore did say he was going to reset some of the old wards.'

'They should have already been working. This is a place full of children and many are young like us who can't protect themselves since we haven't learnt a lot yet. We were just lucky Hermione.'

'I was lucky you and Ron came after me. But I'm sure it was an oversight. I doubt the headmaster or the staff deliberately left some of the wards out.'

'I'm not so sure. Look at what happened last year Hermione. Quirrell, Voldemort's spirit, hiding something dangerous like the philosophers stone inside a school. We all heard that Hogwarts is supposed to be the safest place in the world, yet we know it's not. But why would he hide something like that here when it could attract dark wizards, like Voldemort?'

Hermione sighed, 'I don't know and I've thought the same thing. It would and did attract attention. But I also wondered why those enchantments weren't more difficult.'

'They were difficult for the average first or second year, but you are far above average in the smart's department. The thing is, most fifth, sixth and seventh year students could have gotten through them. Okay, maybe they might not have figured out the potions riddle or the mirror, but the others were too easy. The twins, the girls from the quidditch team or Oliver could have easily gotten the key and past the devil's snare. Percy is another good chess player, I'm sure there are many others who are good at chess. Neville could have made it passed the devil's snare. Okay, the troll would have been hard, but not impossible for older students. I'm sure others could have figured out the mirror if they had time. I don't know, maybe you are right, they weren't that hard, it just needed a combination of skills. It took the three of us to get through. You and I would not have won the chess game. Ron and I would never have worked out the potion's riddle.'

'True and I doubt Ron and I could have worked out the mirror, not in the limited time we would have had. After last year and now this, I hope that's the end of the danger.'

'I'm sure it is. I'm sure if danger kept happening, they would shut the school. Anyway, did you speak with Ginny?'

'Yes, it's not her period's even if she has started. No, she said she felt strange whenever she wrote in her diary, then one day the diary disappeared and she's been fine ever since.'

'Well, we know there are some dangerous books Hermione and not just what the book contains but the book is actually dangerous. Did you ask her where she got the diary from?'

'Yes, she said her parent's got it for her since it was with her other books. I would like to know for sure, so I told Ginny she should write to her parent's and find out for sure they gave her the diary. Maybe it was one of Fred and George's jokes, but they didn't realise how bad it would affect her.'

'I don't think it was the twins, or her parent's. They were struggling just to pay for all the Lockhart books. That is so wrong. We know he's a fraud and he's made all of us spend all that money on every one of his books. Normally the teacher will assign one or two books for each year, but not seven.'

'At least he is gone now and everyone knows he lied.'

'I heard he was sent to Azkaban for ten years.'

'Good. Even though I don't believe subjecting the prisoners to such dark creatures like dementors, he did deserve to go to jail. How about we go down now, I'm sure the aurors has finished investigating.'

'Yeah and the house elves know when the students begin to arrive for breakfast.'

Harry and Hermione left Gryffindor tower and made their way down to the great hall. They passed several aurors on the way and like always, many stared at Harry, or at the scar on his forehead. Harry had gotten so used to the stares that he just ignored them and continued talking to Hermione. They got to the great hall, more aurors were there and most of the staff. There were a few Ravenclaw's, a couple of Hufflepuff's and two girls from Slytherin. Harry and Hermione went straight to the Gryffindor table.

'I would say Dumbledore and Snape are still talking to the aurors about Malfoy,' Harry said gesturing towards the staff table.

'Snape would be with his Slytherin's and Dumbledore would be trying to figure out who did it.'

What no one apart from Madam Bones, two senior aurors and the minister knew, they were questioning two people using veritaserum. The minister also signed a form to get hold of some official documents. One lot relating to one of the men, the other relating to Harry Potter, or more specifically, relating to his parent's and what they wanted for their son.

Over the next hour the rest of the students arrived in the great hall, but still Dumbledore and Snape were not there. It wasn't until the end of breakfast that McGonagall made the announcement that Snape had also been killed. She also explained that there would be no classes for the rest of the week since the aurors had to continue to investigate. McGonagall said to use this time to catch up on any homework and maybe read ahead so they would not fall too far behind.

'Even with aurors here, somehow someone killed Snape,' Ron said in between shovelling food into his mouth.

'It might have been a ghost,' Hermione said nervously.

'Only Peeves is bad and his not really bad, just annoying,' Harry said. 'The Bloody Baron looks mean but so far he doesn't do anything except glare at everyone. I doubt it was a ghost.'

'What about a house elf?' Ron asked.

'They are suppressed, I doubt one of them would be brave enough to try to hurt someone,' Hermione huffed.

'I don't know Hermione. You can get to a point where you say enough and lash out. Maybe one of the Hogwarts house elves used to be badly treated by Snape and Malfoy, or even it might have belonged to the Malfoy's. I doubt it was a house elf, but you can't rule it out. I would be more inclined to believe it was a person, but all the students and staff were in here.'

'So, it would mean someone snuck into Hogwarts and got out again without the staff or aurors seeing them,' Ron said.

'But the wards, Professor Dumbledore said he activated a lot of old wards.'

The twins and Lee sat down next to Ron, Hermione and Harry, 'We had some info,' Fred said.

'We figured we should tell the aurors,' George said.

'There are secret passageways in and out of the castle and one leads to Honeydukes,' Lee said.

'We showed Madam Bones,' Fred said.

'Who is now having her aurors cast detection spells to find out if anyone came through,' George said.

'Dumbledore is going to block them, but also charm them in case anyone tries to unblock them,' Lee said.

'So someone could have snuck in without the wards picking them up?' Hermione asked.

'Yeah. But they were all surprised that Dumbledore didn't know about the tunnels since he knows everything about Hogwarts,' Lee said.

'How did you find them?' Ron asked.

'That's our secret,' Fred said.

'One we are not sharing,' George said.

'But it could help the aurors,' Hermione said.

'It won't. They know of the tunnels, so it's not like our secret can help any further,' lee said.

Fred, George and Lee moved further up the table so they wouldn't be annoyed by Hermione. Their secret was going to remain their secret.

It was a week later that Harry got a message that Professor McGonagall wanted to see him.

'They can't be blaming Harry,' Neville said.

'Everyone saw him with us in the great hall,' Hermione said.

'It might not be about that,' Ron said.

'Yeah, maybe they just want to know why I hated them or something. I mean everyone has seen the way Malfoy and I had a go at each other and anyone not in Slytherin knew Snape hated all the other students,' Harry said.

'Especially Gryffindor,' Neville said.

'I'll let you know when I get back,' Harry said then left Gryffindor tower and headed to McGonagall's office.

He got a surprise when it wasn't McGonagall waiting for him, it was Madam Bones.

'It's fine Mr Potter, you are not in trouble. Come in and take a seat.' Amelia and her two aurors noticed how nervous the young man was but they also noticed how thin he was, 'While we were here investigating the death of Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape, we came across someone who was hiding, using his animagus. After some questions and some information, I had these two aurors find out more. They discovered that the Dursley's had been murdered when you were nearly seven years old. The aurors were able to question the police about what happened and it was put down to a burglary, who killed them before searching the house for money and valuables. They also discovered where you were kept. We erased that from their minds and files. We need to know where you have been living for the last five years.'

Harry sagged, 'Um, abandoned buildings. I basically lived on the streets but would sleep in those buildings. There's a lot of street kids, we usually help each other by sticking together so we don't get beat up or raped. Um, I admit, we did steal, mainly food and sometimes shoes or clothes, the occasional blanket. Sometimes we broke into homes when the people weren't there to take food but that's all. We never stole things like jewellery from normal people, it was just food. We only stole from shops and that was just to survive.'

'You are not in trouble Mr Potter. We do interact with the muggle world a lot so we do know about children or even adults that live on the streets. Many orphans will run away from the homes they were placed in due to being mistreated.'

'Yeah, I knew a lot of those kids.'

'Why did you not tell one of the teachers about your living conditions?'

'I don't trust them and didn't want them to put me with people worse than the Dursley's. I found out that it was Dumbledore who gave me to them after my parents were murdered. He allows Snape to be cruel to most students. He has many in tears. He had Hermione and Susan in hysteric's only a few days before he was killed. When nothing was done about him, I realised none of the staff wanted to help the kids. Now you know, what happens to me now?'

'Actually, we have some good news for you. The man who was hiding in his animagus form was a death eater. He was also the man that betrayed your family to Voldemort. We all believed he had been murdered a few days after your parents died. Since he made everyone believe he was dead, I was able to use veritaserum to question him. Do you know what that is?'

'Um, yeah, a truth potion, Snape threatened to use it on me.'

'Well, we found out the truth about this man. The problem Mr Potter is another man was sent to Azkaban for betraying your family, when he was actually innocent. He has been released and is now in St Mungo's being healed. This man is your godfather Mr Potter and going on your parents wills, he was to be your guardian if anything happened to them. I've already worked out for you to visit him after we've finished here. Auror Tonks will be escorting you as she happens to be related to Mr Black,' Amelia nodded to Tonks.

'He's my second cousin. My mother has offered Sirius and you to live with us until Sirius can buy a home.'

'Did he have longest hair and a goatee beard?'

'Yes, that is Sirius. How did you know?'

'Hagrid gave me some pictures of my parents since I had no idea what they looked like. I saw their wedding picture and that man was beside my father.'

'He was their best man. He was your father's best friend from the time they were eleven. He got to know your mother when she began dating your father.'

'Um, how come no one knew he was innocent? Wouldn't they have found out during his trial?'

'There were a lot of mistakes made back then Mr Potter. There was also a lot of corruption. Your godfather was not given a trial, just sent straight to Azkaban. What I would like to know Mr Potter is who took you shopping for your Hogwarts equipment and why they did not know you lived on the streets?'

'Um, Hagrid took me. But I knew he couldn't know where I stayed, so I waiting for the person in front of one of the houses not far from the where the Dursley's lived. I made him think they didn't want to see any other freaks. That's what they always called me, a freak. Hagrid took me shopping then took me to the station to get a train home. He had to hurry back to Hogwarts and I went back to one of the abandoned buildings I stayed in.'

'Did any of the other children you stayed with read the letter?'

'No, they were all amazed to see the owl but I said the letter was a joke and made them believe I threw it away. I put it in my pocket. We might have helped each other but none of us really trusted anyone. I wasn't sure the letter was real but since I saw strange things happen, I figured it must have been magic.'

'So you used some accidental magic when you were upset or angry?'

'Um, yeah, I didn't know it was me at the time. I just knew strange things happened and they always blamed me, the Dursley's I mean.'

'It happens to all children. Tell me some of these strange things?'

'Um, well, Dudley would trip over a lot when he and his gang were Harry hunting. I turned my teachers hair blue when she yelled at me for ignoring her. I wasn't ignoring her, I didn't know my name was Harry. Dudley told her I was lying and she believe him. Some glasses would break for no reason and I somehow ended up on a roof when I was trying to get away from Dudley and his gang. I thought the wind caught me. I'm still not sure how I ended up there.'

'A child will sometimes apparate when they are scared. It doesn't happen very often.'

'What's apparate?'

'It's how we travel. We turn on the spot while we think of the destination we want and magic will transport us there instantly. There are many areas all around the country that have muggle repelling charms so they do see us appear out of nowhere.'

'Um, I didn't turn or anything, I just wanted to get away.'

'Yes, accidental magic will work differently when a child is scared. Even adults will do unusual magic if they fear for their lives, or safety. One last question before you leave to meet your godfather. Did you happen to see who broke into the Dursley's home and killed them?'

'No, I was locked in the cupboard. I heard shouting and my aunt screamed Dudley's name a lot. I heard what sounded like grunts and groans, like someone was hurt.'

'If you were locked in the cupboard, how come the police did not find you?'

'Um, after it was quiet, really quiet, I kicked the door. I was scared in case someone was still there but I needed to get out to use the bathroom. When no one came to the door, I just keep kicking it until it opened. I busted the lock. I saw all the blood, then I saw them. I just ran outside and didn't stop running for a long time. Um, I did go back late that night. I was cold and wanted my blanket. I was able to get in using the key they used to hide for Dudley. I got one of the good blankets from Dudley's bed, then I took a jumper of his. I found some money in his room, so I took that before filling a bag with some food and a bottle of soft drink. Will I get in trouble for stealing?'

'No, you were trying to survive. Whoever killed them must not have known you were there. Now I believe it's time for you to go with Auror Tonks to meet your godfather.'

'Come on Harry, Professor McGonagall has opened her floo for us.'

'Um, I used the floo with the Weasley's, ended up in Knockturn alley. Hagrid rescued me.'

'This time we will be going together. You just need to hold my arm and not let go.'

'Um, okay,' Harry stood but looked at the woman, 'Thanks for not sending me to jail,' he shrugged.

'You're welcome Mr Potter.'

Amelia watched the boy leave with her auror, 'I want you to go back over any of the files on the Dursley's, make sure there is nothing written about Harry Potter.'

'I'll go do that now ma'am,' Tim said then left through the floo.

Amelia stood and went to find Minerva and Albus so they would know what she found out about Mr Potter.

Albus sag and Minerva glared at Albus, 'I told you those people were the worst kind of muggles,' Minerva growled.

'Yes, I should have listened. It's no wonder Harry was on the thin side when he arrived. It did not occur to me that he would have been forced to live on the streets. I will need to work on where Harry can stay during the holidays.'

'No, you won't Albus. Harry's real and legal guardian is finally able to take him,' Amelia went on to explain about Peter and Sirius. Harry was at that very moment visiting his godfather who had legal custody of Harry.

Harry's friends were beginning to worry when two hours past and he hadn't returned. Fred and George went over to the corner and opened the map.

'He's not here,' Fred said.

'He's not anywhere in the castle or on the grounds,' George said.

'Should we tell them?' Fred asked.

'Let's go speak with McGonagall first,' George said.

It only took half an hour before the twins returned to Gryffindor tower.

'Stop worrying, Harry's fine,' Fred said.

'We spoke with McGonagall. It seems Harry has a godfather,' George said.

'Who was sent to Azkaban for a crime he didn't commit,' Fred said.

'Madam Bones released him and he is now in St Mungo's,' George said.

'An auror escorted Harry to the hospital to see his godfather,' Fred said.

'He's going to be living with him from now on,' George said.

'The auror who took Harry is a cousin of his godfather,' Fred said.

'Harry showed me a picture of his parents wedding. There was man next to James Potter. Do you think that's him?' Hermione asked.

'Probably,' George said.

'Do you know this man's name?' Ron asked.

'No, McGonagall never mentioned it,' Fred said.

'I'm sure Harry will fill us in when he gets back,' Neville said.

'How come no one knew this bloke was innocent?' Ron asked.

'All McGonagall said was,' Fred began.

'He wasn't given a trial,' George said.

'She said there were a lot of mistakes back then. This was only a few days after Harry got his scar,' Lee said.

'Did they use veritaserum to make sure he was really innocent?' Hermione asked.

'We didn't…' Fred began.

'Ask,' George finished.

It was another two hours before Harry stepped into Gryffindor's common room and one thing everyone noticed, Harry was smiling.

'The twins asked McGonagall where you were,' Ron said.

'You went to see your godfather,' Neville said.

'That he wasn't given a trial. Was he questioned with the truth potion?' Hermione asked.

'Yes, Madam Bones questioned him in Azkaban then escorted him to St Mungo's.'

'So what's his name?' Ron asked.

'Sirius Black but he likes to be called Padfoot.'

'Padfoot,' the twins yelled then hurried over to Harry.

'Did you say,' Fred began.

'Padfoot?' George finished.

'Yeah, why are you two so excited?'

'Um, can we talk,' Fred began.

'In private? There's something we need to show you,' George said.

'Sure, where?'

'Our room,' the twins said.

'Be right back,' Harry said to his friends then followed the twins and lee up to their dorm room, 'Now what's going on?'

'We have something,' Fred said.

'One name on it is Padfoot,' George said.

'There are other names, Prongs, Moony and Wormtail,' Lee said.

'My dad's nickname was Prongs. Moony is another friend and Wormtail is the man that really betrayed my family. Sirius wouldn't talk about him.'

'Then what we have,' Fred said.

'Belongs to you,' George said.

'We would just like to borrow it, occasionally,' Lee said.

'Are you talking about the map? Sirius mentioned it while we were talking.'

Fred pulled the parchment from his pocket and George activated it before handing it to Harry.

'That's how we knew,' Fred began.

'About the tunnels,' George said.

'These two have admired the Marauders since they found the map. They've been trying to figure out who they were,' Lee said.

'Don't tell,' Fred began.

'Our brother,' George said.

'He might borrow it and get it confiscated and we know Hermione will want it given to the teachers,' Lee said.

'It'll stay our secret. I might be able to get Sirius to make another copy, then I can keep this since it did belong to my dad and you can have the copy. I'll ask him during the holidays.'

'Did they like to,' Fred began.

'Play pranks on people?' George finished.

'Yeah. Wormtail was the look out, Moony did all the research. He was one that liked to study, a lot. Padfoot and Prongs were the two who usually pulled the pranks. They said the best thing they found was the time delay charm. They would be sitting in the great hall when the prank was pulled and no one could blame them. McGonagall and Dumbledore always knew it was them but could never catch them, because of this,' Harry pointed to the map, then pointed his wand at it, 'Mischief Managed,' he tapped it and the map went blank, 'If you need it, let me know. But thanks. The invisibility cloak is the only thing I own of my parents.'

'That's why we,' Fred began.

'Ask to borrow it,' George said.

'The map was enough for us to sneak around.'

Harry put it in his pocket before heading back down to the common room.

'What did they want?' Ron asked.

'They heard about a group of boys that called themselves the Marauders. They knew their nicknames were Padfoot, Prongs, Moony and Wormtail. My dad was Prongs. They were like the twins and played pranks on everyone.'

'It's probably how they found out about the secret tunnels.' Hermione said.

'Probably but I didn't ask.'

For the rest of the school year, twin Harry didn't have to deal with anyone like he had done over the last few months. He did scare some who he thought might begin to cause serious trouble for the innocent people inside the castle. But as he promised real Harry, he would give them a chance to change, if they didn't, then he would deal with them permanently. So far, scaring them had been enough to make them change but he would keep an eye on them.

The train ride from Hogwarts to Kings Cross station was enjoyable. It was the first time that Harry and his friends didn't get a visit from people like Malfoy, who mouthed off and basically annoyed them.

When the friends left the train, they said goodbye before going over to their families. Harry couldn't stop grinning as his godfather hurried to him and hugged him.

'Let's get you to your new home and settled in.'

'I can't wait,' Harry grinned. He allowed Sirius to take him by side-along apparition, not seeing he had so many watching and smiling at him. None of them knew that Harry had been living on the streets for years but they believed he had been living with muggles who didn't really like Harry.

Harry Potter now had a family who cared about him and was about to have a real home for the first time since that fateful Halloween night.

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