Harry Potter & the Return to Honeychurch Institute of Magic
By Darkmoore
"Really?" Harry asked, "Then how do you explain the fact that he can see me in his dreams?"
Albus looked shocked, "I can't."
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Chapter Three: It's Harry's Responsibility Now
"That's not helpful Albus." Harry said sarcastically.
"He has never once mentioned having dreams about you Harry, I promise you that. If I had known I would have investigated it further."
"That's probably because he only met Harry this morning at the meeting." Amelia speculated.
"Possibly." said Albus in deep thought.
"What do we do with him?" Ginny asked, "He can't stay here, I won't allow it, not after all the things he's done."
"He is Harry's responsibility now." Albus stated matter of fact.
"Yes, back to that topic, how is it that I am his guardian?" Harry asked with annoyance.
"Because he was admitted to the facility on your authorization." Albus said to him.
"It's true Harry," Ginny added in, "all the children in the facility are your responsibility legally."
"That's only an intermediate guardianship, not a parental one." Harry countered to Ginny, but turned to Albus and asked, "Is that what you meant? He is like the other children here legally?"
"Not quite Harry."
Harry blew air through his teeth and ran his hand through his messy hair and said, "How did I know you were going to say that?"
Albus twinkled merrily at his former pupil.
"You want me to raise this boy don't you?" Harry asked beginning to realize what it was Dumbledore was after. "You want me to take in the person who murdered my parents and give him the love of my heart? That's asking a bit much, don't you think?"
Amelia and Ginny were watching with fascination as this conversation unfolded between the two.
"Harry, Tom needs someone to love him, someone to teach him how not to hate. You're the perfect person for the task." Albus explained.
"The hell I am!" Harry bellowed.
Albus began to speak again, but Harry cut him off, "I have a life now, one that I have actually grown to love dearly. I have a woman in my life who loves me dearly and who I can love back without being afraid. I have a job that I am good at and love doing. For the first time in my life, I am doing the right thing at the right time for it to count for the greater good. I am not a child anymore, to be manipulated into doing things I don't want to do. I will not allow myself to be forced into this. You decided to not include me in this matter six years ago and you can continue to leave me out of it."
Albus was taken by surprise; this was not the reaction he had expected from Harry. He knew it would be an uphill fight to convince him, but this was an outright refusal to even think about it.
"What shall we do with him Harry? Give him to Amelia to be taken right off to Azkaban?" Albus asked.
Harry walked over to the fireplace and placed his elbow on the mantle and held his head and quietly replied, "Maybe that's what he deserves for all the pain and misery he caused."
Then Albus turned to Amelia and asked, "What do you think Minister, shall we pack the boy off to prison?"
"I've been slowly painted into a corner into doing just that. Though not too many people know about the boy's true identity as yet, they will soon enough. The board of governors has made it clear, they want nothing to do with the boy and if Harry insists he stay then they will go to the press with this." Amelia said defeated.
"I agree, he must go." Ginny said with loathing causing Harry to turn to her.
"I've never heard you be so cruel before Gin, even when Voldemort was alive and terrorizing the world."
"I know," Ginny rubbed her eyes and sighed, "It's just that I don't have in myself to love a child that had been that monster and may well be again someday."
"Is there somewhere else he can go?" Amelia asked the Headmaster.
"No, there's not, the only option we could possibly come up with is to send him to a boarding school for young magical children."
"He's not old enough for any of those." Harry said.
"You are correct Harry; he needs to be six years old to get into the one that take children so young. Also there are no magical institutes that take children that young in Britain." Albus replied.
"Where's the closest?" Ginny asked
"There is one on the continent, De Zauberei Akademie of Switzerland, of course there are others, but that would be the closest to us."
"I've heard of it Albus, but so you think they would take the boy?" Amelia asked.
"I would say not, but we would have to ask to be certain."
Harry sighed, "What would be the best thing to do? I hope someone can tell me because I have no idea."
"Perhaps, we should feel the need to decide this right now. I think a small break might do us some good." Albus said sagely as the others nodded in agreement.
"I think I'll go down and visit the children, see how many are actually coming to Hogwarts or follow the pied piper here to Honeychurch." Albus said with a twinkle in his eye.
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Before they went down to the common room to visit the children, Amelia made her excuses and had to return to the Ministry, but promised Harry that she would do nothing about the boy until she heard from him officially.
Moments later Harry, Ginny and Albus entered the common room and were greeted by the children as they were happy to see …
"HARRY." they all screamed and mobbed him.
Ginny and Albus laughed as the children pulled him down to the floor and began to hug him, all the children except for one, a little boy who sat in the corner with very wet eyes.
"You're killing me." Harry called out to them, but they paid him no mind and continued what they were doing, but he laughed all the same.
Truth be told, Harry would have taken every single one of the children home with him and raised them as his own, but he knew he wasn't up to the task of being a parent and Father Chirstmas is such a better role for him to play in their lives.
"Children." bellowed Nanny Goodfine, "You mustn't do that to Mr. Potter. He hasn't come all this way to be buried under a pile of children."
But this didn't stop little Davey Watkins from countering, "He doesn't care Nanny, he's even laughing."
Sensing an argument was about to erupt between the two, Harry stood up and said, "Alright, everyone I want to introduce you to my former Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore." the children stopped what they were doing and stared at the elderly wizard.
Little Davey Watkins stepped up to him and said, "I know you; I have a chocolate frog card with your picture on it."
Albus chuckled and said, "I have one too." This caused the other children to laugh.
"Now everyone, why don't we settle in a circle and let me tell you a story, a special story about a special little boy, a story about the boy who lived."
The children became excited and did as their guest instructed them to do while Harry groaned at the thought of a story being told about him. However, his attention was snatched out of his thoughts by Albus, who looked over at Tommy Riddle, who was still in the corner all by himself.
Harry walked over to the boy and sat in one of the chairs, near where he was and said, "Tommy."
Instantly the boy ran over to Harry and crawled into his lap and buried his head in Harry's chest and sniffled repeatedly.
Harry was shocked to say the least, but he composed himself and asked, "Tommy is there something wrong? You can tell me about it."
"No one likes me here." he sniffled yet again.
"What makes you say that?" Harry wanted to know, not sure why.
"Those old people want me to go away and put me in jail. I didn't do anything wrong, I promise." Tommy said and sniffed again.
"What about the children? They seemed to be playful and nice."
"They don't like me either."
"Did they say that?" Harry asked, concerned that children were being cruel to each other.
"No one wants to play with me, because I don't know how to play any games."
"What did you do with your Aunt Tinsia before she passed on?"
"Sometimes we would play in the garden, I had a swing under a tree, sometimes we would listen to the wireless, sometimes she or one of the house elves would read to me. Sometimes I read to myself, I like to read."
Harry thought about what he had just said and asked, "Have you started school yet?"
"No, Aunt Tincy was teaching me herself. She said she could do a better job than any teacher at school. Uncle Albie over there thought it was a good idea."
"I'm sure he did." Harry said looking at Albus talking to the group of captivated students.
* * * * *
Later that night, when Harry returned to Grimmauld Place he stumbled into the sitting room and flopped on to the couch and called, "Dobby."
The house elf popped in and asked, "Yes Harry Potter is you needing something?"
"A friend." He said with a smile to the elf which made Dobby beam with delight. "Besides the two of us is there anyone else at home?"
"Winky is down in the kitchen making dinner and Master Remus and Master Tonks are in the library with your Missy Vesta."
"Vesta is here? When did she arrive?" Harry asked, suddenly glad that she was much closer than he originally thought.
"She is arriving about an hour ago Harry Potter."
"Good. Wait a sec, did you just call Tonks 'Master Tonks'?"
"Yes, Harry Potter."
"Why?"
"Because she is yelling at me for calling her Missy Nymphadora." Dobby explained.
Harry fell off of the couch laughing.
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A short time later, the others found Harry still in the sitting room.
"What's wrong Harry, you look terrible." Remus said to the younger man.
"I've had a very troubling day."
Vesta walked over to him to kiss the weary man, but he instead pulled her down onto his lap and kissed her instead.
"What's wrong?" she asked gently. "Is this about the boy you received that letter about last week?"
"Yes, it is. Maybe everyone should sit down."
Remus and Tonks took seats in the room and Vesta attempted to move onto the couch, but Harry held her tight in place and whispered, "Please, stay so I can feel your warmth."
She complied but gave him a worried look.
"Alright Harry what's gotten you so upset and tired?" Remus asked again.
"The board of governors want to put the boy in Azkaban. At first I fought them on it, not knowing why and they wouldn't tell me anything as usual." Harry recapped.
"Why don't you get new board members?" Tonks asked sarcastically.
"After today's meeting, I'm not so sure they aren't correct."
"Why is that Harry?" asked Remus.
"The boy is Tom Riddle."
Tonks and Remus were stunned into silence but Vesta was confused.
"Harry, who's Tom Riddle and why is that a bad thing?"
Harry gave her a weak smile and said "Tom Riddle is the birth name that was given to Voldemort."
"Just because someone was cruel and gave him that name is no reason to treat a child like this." Vesta began before Harry cut her off and filled in a small piece of the puzzle that she seems to have missed.
"The boy is Voldemort."
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...
snuffles007 wrote What's with Dumbledore trying to throw a wrench into Harry's personal life? Not that I would object to H/G..."Big wet sloppy kisses" in the letter from Ginny in the last chapter of the prequel? Hm...
Answer - Dumbledore didn't know about Vesta being Harry's girlfriend. Plus he was trying to get out of the hot water he knew his arse was abotu to get into. :) Harry and Ginny think of each other as siblings and good friends, she was just being silly in the letter.
TuxedoMac wrote Well I got to say i love the fact your doing both of them. now that was a big twist on who the boy was. but then if you think about it Riddle only really became that way becuase of how he was raised. I loved the work you did on that spell. that was a wonderful idea. now is Harry then going to relise that it was how riddle grew up that made him what he was and then adopt him or so?
Answer - I don't believe that an adoption is in the cards.
GWS1 wrote I do like all three of you on going story's. I would point out; That I do not think that Draco is a coward. I do think that he will fight when he thinks he can "carry the day." Someone once wrote about "snakes" that they wait and schem; then when the time is right they strike. Draco will wait. Also will Ginney fight for Harry in your other "Honeychurch stories?" I would like to see how Harry does it if Harry is one guardian and Ginny is the other, what happens back at school when tom goes back with Harry?
Answer - What makes you think Harry is going to keep Tommy? What makes you think Ginny wants anything to do with the child? As for Draco, well...
Wren Truesong wrote Oh -my-. A fresh start indeed... Tommy seems like a very sweet kid at first glance, aside from his mildly unnerving habit of clairvoyance when it comes to Harry ... it's the connection again, isn't it. But - he's a five-year-old. What harm can he do, especially if he's brought up right? Something like that - for a spell so rare to actually work - that's a second chance, that is, and it would be terribly wrong to see that wasted. And if anyone tries to throw a five-year-old child into a lockup I shall claw my way through the veil between worlds and carry him off myself. ...After slaying his captors messily. Hee. ^^ Thanks for the new chapter, and for doing the prequel and sequel both at once!
Answer - You Must remember that this 5-year-old is Voldemort, a mass murderer. Yes, I will be doing both at the same time, but I may not be posting chapters together, writing one on a daily basis was tough, two may end up killing my poor brain. :)
Kenny7 wrote Hey... love this story and I can't wait to read the sequal! Just one itsy bitsy thing, I think maybe the rating should be a little higher, I'm not going to report you to fanfiction net but someone else might and I would hate to see this wonderful story taken down!
Answer - I've changed everything to PG13, I have no idea how to rate my work, so I just guessed. It started out as a G rating and I bumped it up to PG at one point and never thought about it again. No one said anything until you did.
anthony wrote this is a great story, how far do you think your going to go with it.
Answer - LIke last time this story will end at the of the school year/graduate time. Which would be around the time of June 2005 (Storywise). Unless of course I die or the story gets banned from Fanfiction.net
By Darkmoore
"Really?" Harry asked, "Then how do you explain the fact that he can see me in his dreams?"
Albus looked shocked, "I can't."
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Chapter Three: It's Harry's Responsibility Now
"That's not helpful Albus." Harry said sarcastically.
"He has never once mentioned having dreams about you Harry, I promise you that. If I had known I would have investigated it further."
"That's probably because he only met Harry this morning at the meeting." Amelia speculated.
"Possibly." said Albus in deep thought.
"What do we do with him?" Ginny asked, "He can't stay here, I won't allow it, not after all the things he's done."
"He is Harry's responsibility now." Albus stated matter of fact.
"Yes, back to that topic, how is it that I am his guardian?" Harry asked with annoyance.
"Because he was admitted to the facility on your authorization." Albus said to him.
"It's true Harry," Ginny added in, "all the children in the facility are your responsibility legally."
"That's only an intermediate guardianship, not a parental one." Harry countered to Ginny, but turned to Albus and asked, "Is that what you meant? He is like the other children here legally?"
"Not quite Harry."
Harry blew air through his teeth and ran his hand through his messy hair and said, "How did I know you were going to say that?"
Albus twinkled merrily at his former pupil.
"You want me to raise this boy don't you?" Harry asked beginning to realize what it was Dumbledore was after. "You want me to take in the person who murdered my parents and give him the love of my heart? That's asking a bit much, don't you think?"
Amelia and Ginny were watching with fascination as this conversation unfolded between the two.
"Harry, Tom needs someone to love him, someone to teach him how not to hate. You're the perfect person for the task." Albus explained.
"The hell I am!" Harry bellowed.
Albus began to speak again, but Harry cut him off, "I have a life now, one that I have actually grown to love dearly. I have a woman in my life who loves me dearly and who I can love back without being afraid. I have a job that I am good at and love doing. For the first time in my life, I am doing the right thing at the right time for it to count for the greater good. I am not a child anymore, to be manipulated into doing things I don't want to do. I will not allow myself to be forced into this. You decided to not include me in this matter six years ago and you can continue to leave me out of it."
Albus was taken by surprise; this was not the reaction he had expected from Harry. He knew it would be an uphill fight to convince him, but this was an outright refusal to even think about it.
"What shall we do with him Harry? Give him to Amelia to be taken right off to Azkaban?" Albus asked.
Harry walked over to the fireplace and placed his elbow on the mantle and held his head and quietly replied, "Maybe that's what he deserves for all the pain and misery he caused."
Then Albus turned to Amelia and asked, "What do you think Minister, shall we pack the boy off to prison?"
"I've been slowly painted into a corner into doing just that. Though not too many people know about the boy's true identity as yet, they will soon enough. The board of governors has made it clear, they want nothing to do with the boy and if Harry insists he stay then they will go to the press with this." Amelia said defeated.
"I agree, he must go." Ginny said with loathing causing Harry to turn to her.
"I've never heard you be so cruel before Gin, even when Voldemort was alive and terrorizing the world."
"I know," Ginny rubbed her eyes and sighed, "It's just that I don't have in myself to love a child that had been that monster and may well be again someday."
"Is there somewhere else he can go?" Amelia asked the Headmaster.
"No, there's not, the only option we could possibly come up with is to send him to a boarding school for young magical children."
"He's not old enough for any of those." Harry said.
"You are correct Harry; he needs to be six years old to get into the one that take children so young. Also there are no magical institutes that take children that young in Britain." Albus replied.
"Where's the closest?" Ginny asked
"There is one on the continent, De Zauberei Akademie of Switzerland, of course there are others, but that would be the closest to us."
"I've heard of it Albus, but so you think they would take the boy?" Amelia asked.
"I would say not, but we would have to ask to be certain."
Harry sighed, "What would be the best thing to do? I hope someone can tell me because I have no idea."
"Perhaps, we should feel the need to decide this right now. I think a small break might do us some good." Albus said sagely as the others nodded in agreement.
"I think I'll go down and visit the children, see how many are actually coming to Hogwarts or follow the pied piper here to Honeychurch." Albus said with a twinkle in his eye.
* * * * *
Before they went down to the common room to visit the children, Amelia made her excuses and had to return to the Ministry, but promised Harry that she would do nothing about the boy until she heard from him officially.
Moments later Harry, Ginny and Albus entered the common room and were greeted by the children as they were happy to see …
"HARRY." they all screamed and mobbed him.
Ginny and Albus laughed as the children pulled him down to the floor and began to hug him, all the children except for one, a little boy who sat in the corner with very wet eyes.
"You're killing me." Harry called out to them, but they paid him no mind and continued what they were doing, but he laughed all the same.
Truth be told, Harry would have taken every single one of the children home with him and raised them as his own, but he knew he wasn't up to the task of being a parent and Father Chirstmas is such a better role for him to play in their lives.
"Children." bellowed Nanny Goodfine, "You mustn't do that to Mr. Potter. He hasn't come all this way to be buried under a pile of children."
But this didn't stop little Davey Watkins from countering, "He doesn't care Nanny, he's even laughing."
Sensing an argument was about to erupt between the two, Harry stood up and said, "Alright, everyone I want to introduce you to my former Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore." the children stopped what they were doing and stared at the elderly wizard.
Little Davey Watkins stepped up to him and said, "I know you; I have a chocolate frog card with your picture on it."
Albus chuckled and said, "I have one too." This caused the other children to laugh.
"Now everyone, why don't we settle in a circle and let me tell you a story, a special story about a special little boy, a story about the boy who lived."
The children became excited and did as their guest instructed them to do while Harry groaned at the thought of a story being told about him. However, his attention was snatched out of his thoughts by Albus, who looked over at Tommy Riddle, who was still in the corner all by himself.
Harry walked over to the boy and sat in one of the chairs, near where he was and said, "Tommy."
Instantly the boy ran over to Harry and crawled into his lap and buried his head in Harry's chest and sniffled repeatedly.
Harry was shocked to say the least, but he composed himself and asked, "Tommy is there something wrong? You can tell me about it."
"No one likes me here." he sniffled yet again.
"What makes you say that?" Harry wanted to know, not sure why.
"Those old people want me to go away and put me in jail. I didn't do anything wrong, I promise." Tommy said and sniffed again.
"What about the children? They seemed to be playful and nice."
"They don't like me either."
"Did they say that?" Harry asked, concerned that children were being cruel to each other.
"No one wants to play with me, because I don't know how to play any games."
"What did you do with your Aunt Tinsia before she passed on?"
"Sometimes we would play in the garden, I had a swing under a tree, sometimes we would listen to the wireless, sometimes she or one of the house elves would read to me. Sometimes I read to myself, I like to read."
Harry thought about what he had just said and asked, "Have you started school yet?"
"No, Aunt Tincy was teaching me herself. She said she could do a better job than any teacher at school. Uncle Albie over there thought it was a good idea."
"I'm sure he did." Harry said looking at Albus talking to the group of captivated students.
* * * * *
Later that night, when Harry returned to Grimmauld Place he stumbled into the sitting room and flopped on to the couch and called, "Dobby."
The house elf popped in and asked, "Yes Harry Potter is you needing something?"
"A friend." He said with a smile to the elf which made Dobby beam with delight. "Besides the two of us is there anyone else at home?"
"Winky is down in the kitchen making dinner and Master Remus and Master Tonks are in the library with your Missy Vesta."
"Vesta is here? When did she arrive?" Harry asked, suddenly glad that she was much closer than he originally thought.
"She is arriving about an hour ago Harry Potter."
"Good. Wait a sec, did you just call Tonks 'Master Tonks'?"
"Yes, Harry Potter."
"Why?"
"Because she is yelling at me for calling her Missy Nymphadora." Dobby explained.
Harry fell off of the couch laughing.
* * * * *
A short time later, the others found Harry still in the sitting room.
"What's wrong Harry, you look terrible." Remus said to the younger man.
"I've had a very troubling day."
Vesta walked over to him to kiss the weary man, but he instead pulled her down onto his lap and kissed her instead.
"What's wrong?" she asked gently. "Is this about the boy you received that letter about last week?"
"Yes, it is. Maybe everyone should sit down."
Remus and Tonks took seats in the room and Vesta attempted to move onto the couch, but Harry held her tight in place and whispered, "Please, stay so I can feel your warmth."
She complied but gave him a worried look.
"Alright Harry what's gotten you so upset and tired?" Remus asked again.
"The board of governors want to put the boy in Azkaban. At first I fought them on it, not knowing why and they wouldn't tell me anything as usual." Harry recapped.
"Why don't you get new board members?" Tonks asked sarcastically.
"After today's meeting, I'm not so sure they aren't correct."
"Why is that Harry?" asked Remus.
"The boy is Tom Riddle."
Tonks and Remus were stunned into silence but Vesta was confused.
"Harry, who's Tom Riddle and why is that a bad thing?"
Harry gave her a weak smile and said "Tom Riddle is the birth name that was given to Voldemort."
"Just because someone was cruel and gave him that name is no reason to treat a child like this." Vesta began before Harry cut her off and filled in a small piece of the puzzle that she seems to have missed.
"The boy is Voldemort."
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...
snuffles007 wrote What's with Dumbledore trying to throw a wrench into Harry's personal life? Not that I would object to H/G..."Big wet sloppy kisses" in the letter from Ginny in the last chapter of the prequel? Hm...
Answer - Dumbledore didn't know about Vesta being Harry's girlfriend. Plus he was trying to get out of the hot water he knew his arse was abotu to get into. :) Harry and Ginny think of each other as siblings and good friends, she was just being silly in the letter.
TuxedoMac wrote Well I got to say i love the fact your doing both of them. now that was a big twist on who the boy was. but then if you think about it Riddle only really became that way becuase of how he was raised. I loved the work you did on that spell. that was a wonderful idea. now is Harry then going to relise that it was how riddle grew up that made him what he was and then adopt him or so?
Answer - I don't believe that an adoption is in the cards.
GWS1 wrote I do like all three of you on going story's. I would point out; That I do not think that Draco is a coward. I do think that he will fight when he thinks he can "carry the day." Someone once wrote about "snakes" that they wait and schem; then when the time is right they strike. Draco will wait. Also will Ginney fight for Harry in your other "Honeychurch stories?" I would like to see how Harry does it if Harry is one guardian and Ginny is the other, what happens back at school when tom goes back with Harry?
Answer - What makes you think Harry is going to keep Tommy? What makes you think Ginny wants anything to do with the child? As for Draco, well...
Wren Truesong wrote Oh -my-. A fresh start indeed... Tommy seems like a very sweet kid at first glance, aside from his mildly unnerving habit of clairvoyance when it comes to Harry ... it's the connection again, isn't it. But - he's a five-year-old. What harm can he do, especially if he's brought up right? Something like that - for a spell so rare to actually work - that's a second chance, that is, and it would be terribly wrong to see that wasted. And if anyone tries to throw a five-year-old child into a lockup I shall claw my way through the veil between worlds and carry him off myself. ...After slaying his captors messily. Hee. ^^ Thanks for the new chapter, and for doing the prequel and sequel both at once!
Answer - You Must remember that this 5-year-old is Voldemort, a mass murderer. Yes, I will be doing both at the same time, but I may not be posting chapters together, writing one on a daily basis was tough, two may end up killing my poor brain. :)
Kenny7 wrote Hey... love this story and I can't wait to read the sequal! Just one itsy bitsy thing, I think maybe the rating should be a little higher, I'm not going to report you to fanfiction net but someone else might and I would hate to see this wonderful story taken down!
Answer - I've changed everything to PG13, I have no idea how to rate my work, so I just guessed. It started out as a G rating and I bumped it up to PG at one point and never thought about it again. No one said anything until you did.
anthony wrote this is a great story, how far do you think your going to go with it.
Answer - LIke last time this story will end at the of the school year/graduate time. Which would be around the time of June 2005 (Storywise). Unless of course I die or the story gets banned from Fanfiction.net