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Chapter 4: Close But So Far Away
Wednesday, August 2nd, 1989
Harry woke up the next morning to his mother's emerald eyes looking at him.
"Mum, why are you in my bed?" asked Harry.
"Do you remember the nightmares last night?" asked Lily.
Harry nodded.
"I knew the potion should work, but I slept in here in case you needed me." said Lily. "We're going to be teaching you a way to keep the bad dreams away today, but first get dressed and come downstairs for breakfast.
Harry got up and summoned his clothes to him.
"Harry?" asked Lily.
"Yes, Mum?" asked Harry.
"How did you do that?" asked Lily.
"I don't know. I just knew I could." said Harry.
"Ok, I'll see you downstairs." said Lily.
Harry left the room and Lily went downstairs. Breakfast was already on the table and James was trying to get Ivy to eat.
"How's Harry?" asked James.
"He didn't have any more nightmares, but there's something else now." said Lily.
"What?" asked James.
"He summoned his clothes to him wandlessly." said Lily.
"Are you sure it wasn't accidental magic?" asked James.
"I'm positive." said Lily.
Harry came down and started putting food on his plate.
"How are you feeling, son?" asked James.
"Good. What are you and mummy going to teach me today?" asked Harry.
"What we're going to teach you is called Occlumency. It's a way to organize your memories and you'll be able to keep the bad memories locked up so you can sleep without having nightmares. It also helps shield your mind so someone can't read your thoughts." said James.
"I understand." said Harry.
Everyone finished up eating there breakfast and after having Topsy take the girls James and Lily went up to Harry's room with him.
"Harry, can you show me what you did this morning? Your mum says you summoned your clothes to you." said James.
Harry looked around the room and summoned the training broom Sirius had bought him.
"Amazing, do you realize what this means, Lily?" asked James.
"It means Dumbledore was wrong when he said that Harry wouldn't know how to do spells without learning them himself." said Lily.
"Yes, but to be able to do magic without a wand at the age of nine. Do you realize the power that Harry has to have for this to even be possible?" asked James.
"I do. We'll have to talk to Dumbledore later to see what his thoughts are about this. For now let's make sure those memories won't give him anymore problems." said Lily.
The three of them sat down cross legged on the floor and Lily started explaining what to do to Harry.
"What you need to do to start is to clear your mind of all thoughts. The best way to do this is to meditate. Close your eyes and breathe slowly in through your mouth and out through your nose. This will calm you and help with clearing your mind." said Lily.
Harry closed his eyes and started breathing as she said.
"Now I want you to feel the magic that flows through your body. Find where that flow starts and follow it to your mind." said Lily.
Harry started to feel the magic and follow it, but then a memory of having already learned this came to him and he knew what to do and started building his shields and other defenses. He took the bad memories of killing and torture and locked them up while keeping the knowledge that Voldemort had learned.
"Have you followed your magic, Harry?" asked Lily.
"I have and I've already built my defenses and locked away the bad memories." said Harry.
"Are you sure, son? We've only been doing this for a few minutes." said James.
"Go ahead and test me, Dad." said Harry.
James performed Legilimency and couldn't get in at all.
"This is amazing, Lily. I can't get in at all. Harry, can you recall where the Horcruxes are that Voldemort made without bringing up the memories of how he created them?" asked James.
Harry thought about them and got a piece of parchment and a quill and wrote down what he'd asked and handed it to his dad.
Diary - Given to Lucius Malfoy
Ravenclaw's Diadem - At Hogwarts in the Room of Requirement. The room of hidden things.
Hufflepuff's Cup - Placed in Bellatrix Lestrange's Vault
Voldemort's Snake - Unknown
Slytherin's Ring - At the Gaunt's Shack in Little Hangleton
Slytherin's Locket
"Why is there no location for the locket?" asked James.
"There's something keeping me from telling you the location, but I know I can take you there." said Harry.
"I don't like that idea, but I'll take this to Dumbledore and see what he says. He'll want to come and see what you can do anyways." said James.
Over the next few weeks the Horcruxes were taken care of as best as they could. Harry was needed not only for the locket, but to show them where the Room of Requirement was. The only two that couldn't be taken care of were Voldemort's familiar Nagini as they had no idea where it was located and the diary. They went to Malfoy Manor and questioned Narcissa about it, but she said she knew nothing about it.
Professor Dumbledore also came over several times to test Harry and his wandless abilities. Dumbledore was amazed by what Harry could do, but he was also scared. According to everything he knew what Harry could do shouldn't be possible and he was worried that there was more of Voldemort left in him than just his memories and knowledge.
Wednesday, July 31st, 1991
Dumbledore took more time to visit the Potter's and talk about the memories that Harry now had and see what was going through the young man's mind. On Harry's 11th birthday Harry asked him a question.
"Professor, I've been looking at some of Voldemort's memories and I don't understand something." said Harry.
"We're not at Hogwarts yet, my boy. So I insist that you call me Grandpa. What is it you don't understand?" asked Dumbledore.
"In all these battles with Voldemort and his Death Eater's the Aurors and the few Witches and Wizards who fought back, why did no one use lethal spells? Voldemort and the Death Eater's were throwing Killing Curses and Crucio's and all any of our side did was stun, disarm or try to incapacitate without permanently harming them." said Harry.
"Harry you have to understand that these were elite families we were facing. The Ministry didn't want to risk ending so many Pureblood lines. As for my personal belief it's hard to bring someone back to the light when they're dead." said Dumbledore.
"Excuse my language, Grandpa, but that is a bunch of bullshit. Granted I am looking at these events after the fact, but if someone tries to kill me I'm going to try to take them out first and I won't be using a stunning or disarming spell to do it. And if somehow Voldemort does come back and comes after my family. He'll wish he'd stayed dead." said Harry.
Dumbledore could see the fierce determination in Harry's eyes. Harry would protect the ones he loved no matter the consequences and while it was not how he would do it himself he could see that Harry would never be a Dark Lord, but he would match whatever was thrown at him with equal intent.
Sunday, September 1st, 1991
Harry woke up excited. Today he would finally be going to Hogwarts. The last few years had been good overall. They still had no idea how to find Nagini and when Lucius Malfoy was let out he was questioned about the diary, but he told them that when he was arrested several of his dark artifacts had went missing so they were at a standstill on getting rid of the Horcruxes.
His letter from Hogwarts came the week before his 11th birthday and after getting his supplies he found that he had no problems using magic with the wand although the spells were a little more powerful with the wand than when he did them wandlessly.
During one of Professor Dumbledore's visits the worry came up that he would be bored at Hogwarts because there was nothing new he'd learn there, but Harry disagreed that he would be bored because he would finally be around other kids his age and be able to make friends other than Neville, Hannah and Susan although Hannah was more Susan's and Neville's friend.
Harry went down to breakfast with his trunk floating behind him. After leaving the trunk in the sitting room he went to the dining room and saw that Sirius, Amelia and their kids were there also.
"We decided to have a big family breakfast before heading to King's Cross." said James.
"Do you have everything packed?" asked Lily.
"Yes, Mum." said Harry taking the only seat available to him. The one by Jamie.
After being hexed various times by Lily for suggesting a Marriage Contract, Sirius started fabricating excuses for Harry and Jamie to be around each other. There was obviously nothing romantic going on between them, but despite the two years between them, Jamie became his best friend and he actually liked hanging out with her, especially when they pulled pranks on the Marauders.
With breakfast over the group flooed to King's Cross Station and went through the barrier onto Platform 9 ¾. Lily, Iris and Ivy were crying and giving Harry hugs and kisses and making him promise to send them letters every day. Once he got free of them James and Sirius each hugged him.
"Remember to not get caught when you prank the school." said Sirius handing Harry a package whispering for him to open it when he got to his dorm.
"I won't get caught, Padfoot." said Harry.
"I'm going to miss you, Harry. I mean who's going to help me turn everyone's clothes pink now?" asked Jamie pulling him into a hug.
"I'm going to miss you too, but you'll see me for the holidays and before you know it you'll be here at Hogwarts with me. Also I'm pretty sure you can convince Carlisle and Iris to help you. Just remember what happened when you took Amelia's wand. She is scary when she's mad." said Harry.
With a last goodbye to everyone, Harry got onto the train. Harry and Neville got a compartment together while Hannah and Susan went to find one for themselves.
"I can't believe you brought that toad." said Harry.
"It was a present from my Gran." said Neville.
"I'm just remembering all the times you've lost it. If it gets loose in here you're on your own looking for it." said Harry.
They both looked up when there was a knock on their compartment. Three red headed boys entered.
"Hello I'm Fred Weasley,"
"and I'm George Weasley."
"This is our dear brother,"
"Ronald. And while we,"
"love him so very much,"
"we feel that we have spent"
"enough time with him and"
"that it was time for him to"
"annoy others. Have fun." said the two of them together before leaving the compartment.
"Well sit down Ronald. I'm Harry Potter and this here is Neville Longbottom.
"Wow. Do you have the scar?" asked Ron.
"No. That was healed completely two years ago. So do you prefer Ronald or can we call you Ron?" asked Harry.
"I prefer Ron." said Ron.
"Ok, Ron. I have some Exploding Snap cards. Would you like to play with me and Neville?" asked Harry.
Ron agreed and they spent the train ride playing cards being interrupted only once when Draco Malfoy came by looking for Harry and insulted Ron and Neville when Harry refused to join him and his friends.
The train finally arrived at Hogsmeade Station and the first years took the boats up to the castle with Hagrid where they met Professor McGonagall, who took them into the Great Hall.
Hannah and Susan were both sorted into Hufflepuff while Neville, Harry and Ron were sorted into Gryffindor.
After the feast was over they were led to their common room and shown their dorm Harry got to talk to Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan. They seemed like good people and he hoped they along with Ron would be good friends for him.
Unknown Location
"Master, did you feel the power coming off the boy?"
"Yes, you fool. Perhaps I'll have use for him after all. But before we approach him I must have the stone."
"Of course, Master. I'll start figuring out the other traps immediately."
"See that you do, Quirrell, do not fail me."
Author's Note: I added a scene with a small conversation with Dumbledore and in Chapters 2 and 3 made some small changes. Sirius' daughter Jamie is now only 2 years younger than Harry and the ritual was performed when he was 9 instead of 6. As always thank you for reading and to those who have reviewed, favorited and followed. Please review, favorite and follow.