Running Away From Reality

A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers and to all the people who have read my story. Also I'm sorry about the wait, I had been hoping to get this undated by about the 20th of September but unfortunately things didn't go as planned, my computer decided that it wanted to have a hissy fit and that it didn't want to work anymore. THANKS TO ALL MY REVIEWERS!

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Disclaimer: I have already done one of these and it's really upsetting for me to state that I don't own them because I really, really want to own them. Anyway if you want to see the disclaimer you can go to the first chapter because I won't be writing it anymore. See the first chapter.

Note: The rating is still G and will remain that way for some time.
OO means new scene

Running Away From Reality
By vampyreice

Harry woke up to find himself in a strange room that looked remarkably like a hospital. Having no knowledge of how he got where he was Harry decided to wait until someone came so he could ask him or her. He vaguely remembered a man coming to get him from Arabella's house but at the time he had passed it off as a dream, now he wasn't so sure. After waiting patiently for about ten minutes for someone to come to see him, he got rather bored. He passed time by counting the tiles on the roof over and over again. This was how he was found hours later by a kind yet firm looking women.

"I see your awake Mr Opacus, I just have to check you over before I let the Headmaster talk to you. I don't think you should be walking around just yet but Albus insists on seeing you. You have been though a terrible ordeal but of course he won't listen to me."

"Excuse me, ma'am, but might I ask your name."

"I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Madam Pomfrey, I'm the school nurse here at Hogwarts."

"What is Hogwarts exactly?"

"It's a school for witchcraft and wizardry."

"You mean like as in magic?"

"Yes."

"Who's Albus?"

"I am."

Harry turned towards where the voice had come from and saw an old man with a long white beard and twinkling blue eyes standing in the doorway.

"I've heard quite a bit about you Mr Opacus, I was wondering if perhaps you wouldn't mind answering a few questions."

"Of course not, that is if it's okay with you Madam Pomfrey?"

"You are fine although a bit too skinny for my liking."

"Well then if you would follow me Mr Opacus."

"Sir, where are we going?"

"We are going to my office so that we can have a little chat."

The rest of the walk was in silence until they reached a stone gargoyle, where they stop. Dumbledore says 'Sugar Quill' and just when Harry is starting to think that the other man is insane the gargoyle jumps aside revealing a staircase leading up. At the top of the stairs is a large wooden door, which opens to expose a large room with a desk in the center and shelves of books and weird looking objects around. There is also a great deal of paintings of various people, which are all moving. In front of the desk there is a chair which Dumbledore invites Harry to sit down in but not before offering him a lemon drop.

"Now Mr Opacus, I was wondering if you could tell me where your parents are or who they are for that matter."

"I don't know." Harry didn't even know the guy and he was asking personal questions not to mention that there was a hint of ridicule towards his parents in the sentence. It was like Dumbledore was judging his parents before he even got to meet them, like he was blaming them for disserting their child - their son. It's not their fault that his parents died in a car crash.

Dumbledore looks a bit suspicious at this. "You don't know where your own parents are?" He asks skeptically.

"That's right nor do I have any idea who I am, where I was born, in fact I have no memory of anything that has happened to me during my life up until two days ago when I woke up in a empty construction site. I've been told that I have amnesia." Harry was definitely not telling this man the truth about him, no way was he finding out that Harry was from the future. It's as the saying goes 'Ignorance is bliss.'

"You poor child." Dumbledore's eyes had become more inviting when Harry had told him that he had amnesia. What would you say if I could offer you a place to live."

"Do I have to?"

Dumbledore chuckled, "You are a funny boy."

"I wasn't joking."

"You're quite the comedian."

Harry gave up trying to convince the fool that he wasn't joking and that he honestly didn't want to stay here.

"As you may or may not know I am the Headmaster of this school, this school being Hogwarts, which is a school for Witchcraft and Wizardry. All children who possess any magic attend a school to learn about magic. Students learn magic for seven years so all students here are aged between ten and seventeen. Now I'm going to test you to see if you have any magic because I believe you might be a wizard."

Dumbledore then proceeds to do a various amount of tests on Harry to determine whether he is a wizard or not. After about an hour Dumbledore has the results and is a bit surprised to find that Harry is in fact a wizard and quite a strong one at that.

"Mr Opacus, the results are ready. I am pleased to inform you that you are a wizard and quite powerful for your age and as Headmaster of this school I would like to offer you a position here at Hogwarts."

"Thank you for your offer but no."

"Why not?"

"Well firstly I don't have any money to pay for the books and such and secondly I want to try and find my parents."

"Well if money is the problem you can use the school's money. Now don't think that I'm making an exception for you, there was another case similar to yours about thirty years ago. A boy came from an orphanage as his mother had died giving birth to him and his father had left him; he had powers very similar to yours. The Headmaster at the time allowed him to come to school using the special case rule, which was basically put in place to help out the poor and people who had troubles at home. You can attend by using this rule. As to finding your parents there are ways you can search for them using magic."

"In that case I accept your offer."

"Very good, now you must return to the Hospital Wing and when you are released a house elf will be sent to show you to your temporary room, this will be your room until you are Sorted at the beginning of term."

OO

It had been a few days since Harry's meeting with Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey had finally released him from the Hospital Wing with strict instructions that he is not to over work himself for the next for days. Harry didn't see why Madam Pomfrey was making such a fuss there was nothing wrong with him well besides the fact the he was malnourished but apart from that he was fine. Sandy the house elf was the one to show him to his new rooms. Harry was a bit overwhelmed as it was his first real room, well his first real room that he would spend more than less a day in. Harry had the room until the beginning of term where he would be sorted and move into his dormitory. After making sure that Harry didn't need anything Sandy disappeared back to the kitchens to help prepare dinner.

Stepping into his room Harry found that the colour scheme was quite impressive; upon entering the room you stepped into the lounge room which was decorated with a dark blue and silver. The chairs looked to be made of leather and looked quite comfortable. There were three doors leading from the lounge; on the left was the study that was decorated in a deep red and silver. The middle door led to the bedroom that was decorated in an emerald green and silver and the door on the right led to the bathroom, which was decorated in yellow and silver. (A/N: Please tell me if you pick up on the reference.) Out of the four rooms the bedroom was the most magnificent; the bed was in the centre of the room it had these long following hangings emerald green in colour. The covers where an emerald green as well but the pillows where a silver colour. Speaking of pillows it looked like the designer had a thing for pillows as there looked to be about two plush pillows arranged on the bed. All in all the bed looked very inviting (A/N: Not in that sense) and comfy.

A/N: Sorry this chapter was a bit boring I hope you all think that the next chapter is better. In the next chapter Harry will be sorted and he finally meets the Marauder's.