Disclaimer: I own the unfamiliar, the rest belongs to JK Rowling.

A/N: Something off the top of my head. Hope you all like it.

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Changing Past Wrongs

Chapter Six: Meeting Dumbledore

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Unfortunately Harry never made it to any of his classes. As Professors Snape was handing out schedules amid the throngs of Slytherins, he pulled Harry aside slightly and said, "After Breakfast you are to go to the Headmasters office. I suggest you merely wait for the Headmaster to finish his meal, and leave when he does so that you do not get lost, or need to guess what the password is."

Harry nodded and followed Draco to breakfast. Harry and Draco both ate quickly, before Draco, Vince and Greg made their way to their first class. Harry watched as the Great Hall filled out quickly. Harry walked over to the Gryffindor table, where he ignored the shocked looks as he walked right up to Fred and George Weasley. He smiled and said, "Good morning Fred, George."

Both Weasleys smiled and replied, "Morning Harry."

Harry grinned and asked, "Do you have him?"

In response, they held up a caged rat. Fred explained, "We felt it only fitting that we hex him a bit first."

George nodded and continued, "So don't be surprised if he's a bit - "

" - roughed up," Fred finished.

Harry shook his head, grinning and said, "Thank you, both of you. I'll make sure that my godfather knows you helped free him. He may be willing to help you with your pranks. . ."

Both boys' grins turned somewhat evil before they nodded, the three said goodbye and Harry turned and walked up to Headmaster Dumbledore, holding a caged rat and grinning as if Christmas had just come early. Albus Dumbledore raised an eyebrow as Harry approached, but smiled at the young boy and showed him out the side door and they walked towards Albus's office.

Albus started by saying, "I can not tell you how relieved I am that you are here, and that you appear to be unharmed. Professor Snape mentioned that your, er, 'Father' would be coming today?"

Harry nodded and said, "I know it's rather shocking for you, but I didn't know myself until my birthday."

Albus nodded and asked, "Do you know who this man actually is by chance?"

Harry bit his lip, but replied, "Yes, he goes by Daniel Watson, but he's actually Charlie Weasley."

Albus frowned and then nodded and said, "I'll ask him more questions about that later. I need to ask though, did you have a happy childhood at least?"

Harry nodded and said, "Oh yes. My Dad and Mum, they got married when I was four. I have a little sister, Lana, and a little brother, Alexander. Oh, and a dog named 'Padfoot' oddly enough."

The rat in the cage started to shriek slightly and try to paw it's way out of the cage. Harry smiled and said to the rat, "Yes that's right Wormtail, surely you remember Sirius Black, don't you? Won't Sirius be happy to see you, Peter?"

Albus blinked and asked, "Child, what are you talking about?"

Harry smiled and said, "Well you see, Sir, this rat here is Peter Pettigrew. He was Lily and James Potter's Secret Keeper. And then he faked his own death by cutting off his finger, and framed Sirius Black for it all."

Albus shook his head slightly and said, "What you just suggested is impossible - "

A voice cut in through their conversation, "No, actually, it's not, Headmaster."

Harry and Albus looked at where the voice came from, and Harry smiled as he recognized his parents before saying, "Hi Dad, hi Mum."

Daniel and Melanie smiled back and Daniel said sternly, "I thought I told you to leave Pettigrew alone until Albus and I could come with and make sure you were safe young man."

Harry bit his lip slightly before saying, "But Fred and George offered to cage him up like this. He can't get loose and he didn't know anything until I was already walking with Headmaster Dumbledore."

Daniel rolled his eyes and said, "Hello Headmaster Dumbledore. I'm Daniel Watson; this is my wife, Melanie, Harry's parents. I have a letter for you, from yourself, and I think we have a very long day ahead of ourselves. However, you should start by calling a few Aurors, the Minister, Remus Lupin and someone should get Sirius Black out of Azkaban - immediately."

Albus smiled and said, "Yes, well let's go to my office, and we'll start by fire-calling Remus, and then having a little chat. I'd like my staff to know before talking to the Minister, if this is indeed Pettigrew. I fear he may try to hush this up."

Albus gave the password and the four made their way upstairs, for a very, very long chat. Daniel explained everything to Albus once Remus arrived, so that Daniel wouldn't have to explain twice. Melanie added in to the story here and there as they told it. Then Albus started to ask questions.

Albus smiled at the young couple and asked, "Okay, may I see the letter from myself then?"

They all watched as Albus read the letter, shadows passing over his eyes. Remus turned to Harry and asked, "How have you like Hogwarts, Harry?"

Harry shrugged before saying. "I've made friends with Draco Malfoy. I don't like that Ron Weasley, but his brothers Fred and George are alright. Hey, I promised them that Sirius would help them with their pranks, would you mind if I introduced you, Moony?"

Remus chuckled and nodded in agreement. Albus had by this time finished reading and asked, "Remus, can you confirm that Sirius Black, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew are animaguses?"

Once Remus had confirmed the part about the Animaguses, Albus contacted several Ministry workers loyal to him, and the Minister, who came over immediately with, as requested, six Aurors and Shackles with anti-animagus charms on them.

Albus had at that point however, covered Harry, Melanie and Daniel in cloaks so that their identities would remain safe. Once everyone was seated, Albus started their meeting by saying, "It would appear that we have unknowingly aided a Death Eater, by the name of Peter Pettigrew."

Several of the Aurors, who had been friends with Sirius Black and James Potter angrily started to mutter under their breath at Albus. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister, immediately demanded, "What are you talking about Dumbledore? The man was a hero! He caught Sirius Black! He received the Order of Merlin - First Class at that! And now you expect me to believe he's a Death Eater?"

Albus looked completely unmoved, while the Watsons and Remus were shifting in their seats, ready to hex the Minister. Albus simply smiled, pulled out the cage with the rat in it, and said, "Actually, Peter Pettigrew is inside this cage. He faked his death, and turned into his animagus form to escape. I'm sure you can see what a problem this causes for us concerning Sirius Black. Considering you sent an innocent man to Azkaban without a trial, or an offer of truth serum."

Cornelius Fudge paled, and said, "Now Albus, you can't be serious - "

Albus cut him off by saying, "I suggest you be quiet unless you open your mouth to tell one of your Aurors to go to Azkaban, immediately, and bring Sirius Black here."

Cornelius bristled slightly and said, "I shall do no such thing, you have no proof - "

Albus let the rat out of the cage, and performed the spell forcing Peter Pettigrew to appear where the rat had been only moments before. One of the Aurors took one look at the man before walking to the fireplace, throwing floo powder in and calling out, 'Azkaban Headquarters' and jumping in. The remaining Wizards watched in growing horror, as they realized what was going on.

One of the Aurors, newly assigned to being a full time Auror, put his head in his hands and whispered softly, though everyone heard it anyway, "Merlin - what have we done?"

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Responses to Reviews:

Kaat ShadowLover: 'Harry Watson' appeared on the list because of several charms that Daniel & Melanie placed on him. I didn't really go into details with that, as I wasn't quite sure myself how to explain it. I'd like to just use a little pun here and say 'it just worked that way - like magic'. **Sheepish grin** Ollivander, in the books anyway, didn't need to know who Harry was, and could recite both of his parents wands. It seems to me that he's the kind of Wizard that could see through any disguise. So I'm assuming that he would have known it was Harry Potter, not Harry 'Watson'. Ollivander would have owled Dumbledore no matter who purchased that wand - it's the brother wand to Voldemort's wand. Dumbledore than informed the Heads of House, so they could ask the students when they arrived. That way Dumbledore would know whether or not Harry Potter was training at Hogwarts, and possibly intervene before Harry was straying from the Light Side of things. I hope that clears up your questions, let me know if you have more though. : )

Rachel A. Prongs: I know you reviewed ages ago, but I thought I'd calm that fear of yours. Harry was brought up not to distinguish between houses, that means he will be open and friendly to anyone who isn't hostile towards him. However he didn't tolerate Ron's behavior for the simple fact that Ron jumped to a conclusion and demanded it to be the truth over something that could have put three innocent eleven year olds in Azkaban for the rest of their life. I won't write a Harry that acts like the Draco in the books, but I won't write a Harry that tolerates a Draco like in the books either. I think you'll find that Harry manages to control Draco's behavior at times, and makes him less hate-able.

Everyone else: So sorry I'm not taking the time to reply to your reviews, but thank you for them. I'm glad you all enjoy the way I've written this story, and I apologize for taking so long to update. I've updated chapters three, four and five as well - mostly spelling and wording updates. I'll be updating other stories as well, soon, and this one has another chapter well under way. Hopefully your wait won't be nearly half as long this time. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter - though it is shorter than my others for this story - and keep reading, and review!

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