The day the letters started arriving was the beginning of a journey that was not only terrifying or troublesome, but an adventure that led to self-acceptance and love. However, to get to that point, one had to suffer through abuse and meddlesome trials put on by a barmy old crack-pot.

While good and moral at the center of his being would be exactly what Dumbledore would like to think himself, the reality was actually under-whelming. In fact, one could argue that he was borderline senile with a side-case of narcissism and that only his life achievements afforded him good will by the gullible people of Britain.

These achievements led to him being able to illegally seal the Potter's will and place young Harrison with his "blood" relatives. While this would be normal to most families, placing children with their family after death, Lily had made it clear in their will to not only never place Harry with them, but that there was a vast list of people in line to take him should they pass away. First in line was Sirius Black. Second was Frank and Alice Longbottom. Third was Amelia Bones, a close ally of the Potter family going back decades. There were also five other allies and families listed for young Harry to go to should the need arise.

Only three names were on the list for instructions of where he should NOT go.

Petunia and Vernon Dursley

Albus Dumbledore

And through it all, everyone remained oblivious because Albus abused his authority to take magical guardianship of Harry and place him as he pleased. He boasted that he knew the Potters and he would carry-out their wishes. He made an argument to seal their will so no one would know where he was going-to protect him from left over death eaters.

This had a….different turnout for Harry then Albus would have liked. Harry grew up never knowing his parents and never knowing love. And while Albus' intention was to place him with these people in hopes he grew up malleable to do the lights bidding, it actually had a varying effect on Potter that would eventually change…well, everything.

Harry would hate muggles and everything they stood for. Not to be mistaken for muggle-borns. In fact, Harry would have no attachment to pureblood propaganda, but more so the fact that muggles trample through life setting fire to beautiful things and destroying that which they can not control. It would take Harrison a while to articulate these feelings and come to understand how that would affect his life, but what he did know from the start; he hated the Dursleys. Every scar and bruise would be paid ten-fold back to where they came from.

Now, as the Hogwarts letters kept piling up and more owls started circling the Dursley residence, one young Harry managed to slip a letter without his family seeing. Having read the letter, and with some reasonable deductions, he set about replying his acceptance. In addition he asked for help getting his school supplies; as he knew not where Diagon Alley was, as the letter had indicated he could get his supplies, he decided, if this was real they could help him find his way around. Very presumptuous of him to assume the school would send someone, but he knew he wouldn't get any help from the Dursleys, and figured they might have someone that talked to newcomers of the magical world.

As it stood, his letter was perfectly timed because it appeared on McGonagall's desk just AFTER the headmaster had conveniently checked in on how the acceptance letters were coming in. Verifying that Harry's had not come in, he was actively making plans for Hagrid to escort young Harry to Diagon Alley while also retrieving the highly "secret package" from Gringotts. Because Dumbledore did not intercept the letter, McGonagall, overwhelmed with all the mandatory visits to muggle-borns, handed a small stack to Severus Snape, resident potion master, and reluctant helper to the Gryffindor head of house.

And last in the stack of students, Harry Potter.