A Twinkle In His Eye
::Chapter One::
.:Responsibility:.
Dumbledore yawned. It must have been four in the morning and here he was, sitting at his dining table, (well, more like a table to hold a heap of books) reading the Daily profit.
He sighed, once again they were saying that the dark lord had risen again and would kill us all. He knew this would happen, all because of one girl. A fifteen-year old for heavens sake! The Daughter to the queen of the moon and this was her reincarnated form. Why had he taken upon such a risk? No he hadn't, someone had dropped this responsibility on him
"Your grace, with all do respect, we have enough problems on our hands. We have kept Voldemort away at our own will and you wish to bring more chaos to our world?" Albus Dumbledore stood before Queen Selenity.
"This is the only way Albus, all the other worlds have rejected her and now time has changed its course. Everything is happening too fast. If you do not do this for me Albus, Serenity will have to take the thrown at fifteen! She is not ready for this!"
"I will discuss this with the professors at Hogwarts. I will return as soon as possible."
Albus turned away, but not before he saw a small glint in her eyes. He ignored it.
He would discuss it with them tomorrow. He walked up to the steps of his crooked old hose which looked like it should have been torn down a century ago. The sky flashed grey and rain fell. Heavily it poured, but he did not move, He knew something bad had happened. A small bundle floated down in front of him and to the ground. He picked it up and examined it.
It was wrapped up in a simple piece of red velvet with a message attached to it. It read:
Dear Albus,
If you have already received this message, it means I am no longer with you. I have passed on to the after life where all you can find is peace. I give this to you, and I am sorry for this burden. I am trying to give my daughter one last chance to live, and from here on she shall.
My Sincere apologies,
Selenity
And that was how he had been given this responsibility. It was he who now had to keep this a secret as long as possible, and to prevent harm to coming to anyone. This was his responsibility, and he had taken up this challenge.
Harry stared at his plate on the Dursley's table. The crack in the plate somehow fascinated him. He thought of how he wouldn't be here, this bloody hell of a life he had after and before every school year at Hogwarts. If only life had been different for him. If only his parents hadn't been killed and his godfather had not been forced into hiding. He clenched his fork tightly, bending it slightly.
"You ungrateful twit! Look what you've done to my new silver ware! Get out my dining room, boy! Get out!" Aunt Petunia screamed shrilly.
'Now I've done it Harry said to himself. Once again he was sent out of the room without any dinner. He had been doing this a lot lately; what was wrong with him?
He trotted up the stairs, already knowing what was bound to happen.
"I don't get it!? We've fed him, clothed him, kept a roof over his head-" aunt Petunia rambled.
"He is as ungrateful as any other child who went to that school of witchcraft! We should lock him up and wait until he starves himself to death!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"As thin as he already is, he's bound to die any day now!"
Harry heard someone picking up a plate then someone smacked someone's hand.
"Dudley! I've talked to the nurse at school and she says your not getting any better at watching your weight."
He heard Aunt petunia say, something was dropped down on the table, Harry assumed it was a grapefruit.
He chuckled to himself, Harry remembered about a year ago he had been placed on the same diet as Dudley. Although, It seemed to work for Harry, Dudley had been eating junk food behind his mothers' back.
His bed creaked as he took off his glasses and placed them on the nightstand. He laid back, exhausted from the day's work and closed his eyes. Not even a minute before he fell asleep he heard a light pecking at his window.
Earlier that year, before he had come back from Hogwarts, they had removed the bars from his window, deciding it was not worth spending so much money on him. He opened his new windows and let Hedwig in. She pecked at him lightly, showing signs of affection.
Harry smiled at her. She was one of his true friends in the world. He walked over to a little perch he had bought from the pet store and set her down on it.
Walking back to his bed, he fell asleep fast. His dreams were not nightmares, and full of love and not hate. A small smile settled upon his face, not knowing what tomorrow would hold for him when he started his fifth year at Hogwarts.