Harry Potter & the Return to the Honeychurch Institute of Magic

By Darkmoore

Vesta, however, turned to Tonks, placed her hands on her breasts and said, "They are something aren't they?"

Tonks fell on the floor laughing.

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Chapter Fourteen: The Return to Honeychurch

A few minutes later Harry came back down from Tommy's room where he left the boy sleeping on his bed after he had cried all the way out of the train station.

"I think he'll stay asleep for a while now," Harry said as he entered the sitting room where everyone else had congregated, including Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

"Hello Harry dear," Mrs. Weasley said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Hello, I thought you both left already, I didn't know you were still here," Harry said.

Hermione huffed and said, "Oh they did leave Harry, Ron called them to come back so he could gang up on you about Tommy. Because he knows I won't help him."

Harry sighed and said, "Ron, we've had this discussion. Tommy is not boggling my mind at all. No one is."

"Except for Vesta's breasts," Tonks said out of the blue, which caused almost everyone to chuckle.

"Harry, do you realize that if you do this, you're going to be joined at the hip with the man that murdered your parents? You don't have to do this, you deserve to be free of that damned prophesy!" Ron yelled at his best friend with concern in his eyes.

"Ron, I understand what I am doing, truly I do. I think my parents would approve of this, at least I hope they would."

"But why can't he go to that school in Switzerland? Why do you have to take care of him? Why do you have to take him to school with you? Won't he be fine in the other school?" Ron asked.

Hermione sighed and said, "Because Harry is the only thing that Tommy loves, he wants to be with Harry. If Harry was to send him away then maybe something would happen like last time and turns into Voldemort again."

Nearly everyone flinched at the sound of the dark wizard's name.

"I think Hermione is right," Remus said, "Tommy needs to be with Harry, if nothing else to learn how to love."

"Harry! For the love of Merlin! When does this end? Put him in Azkaban and be done with him, like you should have done to begin with," Ron bellowed once again.

"No Ron, I can't do that. I cannot put any child in Azkaban," Harry retorted. "Remember in our sixth year when Fudge tried to have me put in Azkaban? Remember how scared I was then when I thought he was going to get it done?"

Ron nodded his head not wanting to remember that time of their lives.

"Could you do that to anyone after remembering that time in our lives?" Harry asked, almost pleading with his best friend.

Ron looked away and thought about it but then remembering all the times when Harry woke up screaming when he was forced to see the things in Voldemort's mind and having to tell those horrors over and over again. Then he remembered all the pain Harry went through because of the dark wizard, watching Cedric and Sirius die, enduring the cruciatus curse and much worse.

"Yes, Harry, I could do it."

Vesta stood up and went to Harry's side when he said, "I can't Ron and I more importantly, I will not."

Ron was about to say something and from the look of his red face, it wasn't going to be pleasant. However, he never got the chance to say it.

"RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY! How dare you speak to Harry like that!" shouted an equally red faced Mrs. Weasley. "We've all suffered from that dreaded dark wizard, but he's gone now and thanks to Harry he has a chance to become a decent human being and not what he once was! It's thanks to Harry we all have a chance to live happy lives."

"He should be free because of it mum, not saddled with … him," Ron said as he pointed up the stairs to where Tommy was (hopefully) sleeping.

"Fine!" she bellowed again and grabbed her son's wand. "Here you go, here is your wand. Now go upstairs and kill that little boy." Then she shoved him out of the door towards the stairs.

"Mum, are you crazy?" Ron asked, not believing what he was hearing.

"No, I'm not crazy; I'm just trying to make you understand what it is your asking Harry to do."

Ron stopped and looked up the stairs and then back to his best mate. Perhaps he understood, perhaps he just couldn't stand the thought of being a murderer of a small child, but Ron Weasley didn't say anything. He just walked down the flight of stairs and out of the front door.

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Early the next morning, Harry came down to breakfast with Vesta to find Remus eating with Tonks, Nanny Talmadge and an overly excited Tommy Riddle playing with Dobby all over the kitchen.

"Good morning everyone," Harry said to them with a yawn.

"Morning Harry," Remus replied with a smile. "How are you feeling this morning?"

"He's mentally drained this morning," Vesta replied before Harry could utter a word.

Tonks perked up and asked, "Why's that Vesta?"

"I've boggled his mind with my breasts again," Vesta said as she reached for a croissant causing Harry to blush, Remus and Nanny Talmadge to laugh and Tonks to spit her coffee across the table.

Then everyone heard Tommy ask, "What does that mean? You keep saying it and I don't understand it."

They all looked over at the confused boy and the house elf that had both his hands covering his mouth trying not to laugh with tears leaking from both eyes.

"Ah, well, that is to say," Harry sputtered not knowing how to answer that question, which caused everyone to laugh even harder at him. However, Remus came to Harry's rescue.

"You see Tommy when a man and a woman love each other like Harry and Vesta does, she can sometimes cause him to be distracted with her feminine beauty. In this case Harry likes to look at Vesta's … well he likes to…touch her chest."

"Why?" Tommy asked innocently.

"Yeah Harry why?" Tonks asked with fake puppy dog eyes.

Harry threw her a dirty look and went back to Tommy and said, "Tommy, I won't lie to you." Tommy nodded in response and waited for Harry to continue. "I like it when Vesta sleeps with her head on my chest so she can feel my heart beating as I sleep and I like to put my hand on her chest so that I can feel her heart beating."

Tommy frowned and said, "You two are weird," and went back to play with Dobby, who was rolling on the floor in silent laughter.

Harry then said, "Thanks for the support Dobby."

"You's is very welcome Harry Potter."

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Later in the afternoon, after Vesta had went ahead and apparated to the school and Dobby also went ahead with everyone's luggage, Harry was sitting in the library waiting for Nanny Talmadge and Tommy to find him.

"There you are, we thought you left without us," Tommy said when he found Harry.

"No, I wouldn't go off and leave you behind," Harry said with a smile. "But we are going to be leaving shortly, are you ready?"

"Yes, sir, we are," Nanny Talmadge said.

"Zinnia, I've told you before, you can call me Harry."

She smiled as Tommy asked, "How are we getting there? Not the train again?"

"Trains are all bad, you know? However, this time we are going by portkey."

Nanny's eyebrows rose in surprise and Tommy asked, "What's a portkey?"

"A portkey is a magical traveling devise. It can be anything at all, usually something that Muggles think is just a piece of junk. After it's created it takes as many people as needed to wherever it's been designed to take them, which in this case is Honeychurch Station," explained Harry.

"Can I watch you make one Harry?" Tommy asked excitedly.

Harry smiled and said, "Alright, why don't you find me something to turn into a portkey."

"Okay," Tommy said as he ran out of the room to find something.

"Sir?" Nanny asked him, "Aren't the making of portkeys under strict Ministry control?"

Harry thought about it for a moment and said, "Probably, but they won't mind me doing it this once."

She frowned as Tommy returned with an old dust broom that Winky used to clean the scullery with.

Harry smiled and took the small broom and laid it on the table and took out his wand and cast the spell, "Portus." The broom glowed for a moment and then went back to normal.

"Everyone ready?" asked Harry. Then all three touched it and a few moments later they all felt the pull from behind their navels as they portkey activated and deposited them at the Honeychurch Station, near the cobblestone way.

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As Harry, Tommy and Nanny Talmadge came into the clearing at the end of the cobblestone way, they were able to see the school grounds for the very first time. Harry chuckled to himself as he watched Tommy and Nanny Talmadge. The looks on their faces as they found the ruins of bombed out building surrounded by a crumbling wall that had barely survived World War II and the 50 some odd years of neglect in between was absolutely priceless.

"Harry?" Tommy asked.

"Yes, Tommy is something wrong?" Harry inquired innocently.

Tommy pointed to the crumbling ruins and asked, "Is that where we're going to live?"

"Yes it is Tommy, don't you like it?"

Both Tommy and Nanny Talmadge looked like they wanted to laugh in his face, which made Harry want to laugh all the more.

Harry then bent down and said, "You see that old bell with the rope hanging from it over there by that old rusted out gate?"

Tommy nodded his head.

"Good, now I want you to go over there and ring the bell for me. Can you do that?"

Again Tommy nodded his head and ran over to the rope and pulled it several times. Suddenly a shower of gold and silver sparks flew everywhere covering the ruins, the wall and the group where they stood and with a great blinding light the ruins melted away as wave after wave of magic flew back like a pair curtains on an overly greased rod revealing one of the most wondrous sights Tommy had every seen in his young life. There before them was a pair of the largest golden gates that any of them had ever seen. They seemed to just sparkle invitingly in the sun light.

"Well, Tommy, what do you think of the old school now?" Harry asked with a laugh.

"I'll let you know when I can see again. Right now, all I can see are a bunch of dark spots everywhere I look," said the boy with a slight pout.

Harry laughed again and picked the slightly blinded boy up and hoisted him up onto the back of his neck and proceeded inside with Nanny Talmadge at his side. Once inside the gates, they were in the outer court yard of a small roundish castle with five towers. It was an impressive little castle, and it was the place that was Harry's home away from home.

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Once inside they were greeted by Edwina Klump, the Headmistress of the school.

"Edwina," Harry greeted her happily, "How have you been this summer?"

"Wonderful, Harry simply wonderful," the plump woman said cheerfully. "I see we have a new guess this year. Who might you be young man?"

"My name is Tommy and I'm an award."

"I see. Did Harry win you in a contest?" she asked with amusement.

"Sort of, but I don't think it was a game he wanted to play," Tommy replied in a pleasant manner.

"Don't be silly Tommy; I'm sure Harry was playing to win."

"Edwina, I was wondering if Vesta or Dobby told you about my needing an extra room added to my quarters this year?" asked Harry. "We'll also need one for Nanny Talmadge here as well."

"Yes, yes, it's all been worked out. Tommy's room was added to yours and Nanny Talmadge's private quarters will be next to yours. I have also set aside an unused classroom for Tommy to go to school in while he is with us," the Headmistress explained happily.

"Well, you've thought of everything haven't you?" Nanny asked politely.

"Well, it's the least I can do for the man who saved our school from being closed."

To Be Continued…

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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...

Author's Note: I recently started a yahoo group and I wanted to invite everyone to join. wrote I knew it, I knew you would take him to school with Harry. I just knew it! Proctor is going to have a fit to end all fits!! God I love this story, keep it coming and stopo having dental work done, it slows you down way too much!

Answer - You'd be suprised how they all deal with Tommy when they get there. :)

Fangalla wrote Freezing charm on the boxers? Now that was funny. But I can't imagine Voldemort liking to ride a broom, but I'm glad Tommy does.

Answer - Like Harry said, all children love brooms. :)

krysalys73 wrote Krys fell to the floor laughing. intones like a bored stewardess "In case of emergency landing, breasts may be used as a flotation device." snicker I had a feeling that Harry's big fat honking conscience wouldn't allow him to ship Tommy off to Switzerland, even if it IS the best thing for the lad. Ah, well, looking forward to the fallout from this.

Answer - Is that school the best thing for Tommy? Really? Also Vesta's breasts aren't that large, I just wanted to end on a joke and Tommy was sleeping and Will Beagle was no where to be found.. :)

uten wrote I'm glad there was a change of plans for Tommy. The poor kid is in for a hard life due to the fact that he once was someone he no longer remembers. And even if he begins to remember, he now has positive childhood memories and love. I'm looking forward to seeing how Tommy progresses through the story. Harry and Vesta's last lines were amusing. You certainly have a knack for ending a chapter well.

Answer - Have you been reading my notes? Ooops, forget I said that.

athenakitty wrote Harry actually surprise the Weasleys again? Harry's telling Ron off? Will Percy need another lesson in don't piss off Potter?

Answer - Sweetie, I like your reviews by far, but this one makes no sense. Harry just snapped at his best friend, they'll be fine in a little while, they always are.

kensai2 wrote I hope you do not get offended, but you butchered the name of the school in Switzerland it should be "die zauberei akadamie von er Schweiz". It is not common to capatalize everything in Deutsch. I know I am nit pickking, and I hope you do not get pissy. I like how Harry acted in this chapter. You potrayed his character beautifully. He reaction is spot on.

Answer - No I am not offended, wanna take a crack at my list of schools and make sure they are all spelled correctly?

mysticxesperanza wrote Great job I can't wait until the other Professors see Tommy. Are you allowed to have children there because I've never seen it before

Answer - I'm sure it's allowed to have children in a school. :) Two of the teachers are married and have adult children, they had to come from some where.