HARRY POTTER AND THE WISH
CHAPTER 2
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the J.K. Rowling's characters.
Spoiler books 1-5.
Summary: The story Starts about a week after Harry goes to Privet Drive # 4 after 5th Year. Harry makes a wish after reading a letter from Ginny.
I would like to thank my beta Strider.
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He then said aloud "I wish I could go back knowing what I know now, and keep Ginny from being possessed."
There was a bright flash through out the room. Then black.
Harry woke up in bed. What happened, he thought. I don't remember getting in bed.
He looked in his room. His clock said it was five in the morning. He looked at Hedwig's cage; it was locked. Did Uncle Vernon lock it last night? Then he looked at the door; there were no locks and no cat flap. "What is going on here?" Harry said. He checked under the loose floorboard; it was empty. Where is my stuff, he thought.
Harry walked to the bathroom to take a shower. After showering he looked in the mirror and almost fainted. "I look like I was 12 years old,".
He returned to his room and sat down. He then started to think about last night. He remembered reading Ginny's letter. He remembered wishing he could change things.
"Was my wish granted?" he said "I wonder what day it is?'
"This could well be the day I make the biggest deal of my career, " said Uncle Vernon.
Harry thought, it must be my birthday, the day Dobby came and warned me about the Chamber of Secrets.
"I think we should run through the schedule one more time," said Uncle Vernon. "We should all be in position at eight o'clock.
Petunia, you will be - ?"
"In the lounge," said Aunt Petunia promptly, "waiting to welcome them graciously to our home."
"Good, good. And Dudley?"
"I'll be waiting to open the door." Dudley put on a foul, simpering smile. "May I take your coats, Mr. and Mrs. Mason?"
"They'll love him!" cried Aunt Petunia rapturously.
"Excellent, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon. Then he rounded on Harry. "And you?"
"I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I'm not there," said Harry tonelessly.
Harry found himself in bedroom later that night. He sat and waited for Dobby.
Dobby popped in.
"Hi, Dobby," Harry said.
Dobby eyes went big as saucers. "H-How do you know my name, Harry Potter?"
Harry stated, "My secret. What are here for?"
"I have come to protect you from a plot. A most terrible plot. I have known about it for months now. Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts."
Harry walked over to his clothes cupboard, and reached for a pair of sock and threw them at Dobby. Just in case it worked. Dobby caught them on reflex. It didn't work.
"Why did Harry Potter throw socks to Dobby?" asked Dobby, puzzled.
"I was trying to see if it would free you, Dobby," Harry told Dobby.
"Harry Potter, only a member of the family could free me," said Dobby with a sigh.
Harry had an idea. "Dobby could you do me a favor, and we will talk about the plot after that"
Dobby beamed "I would be honored."
"Can you get me some Polyjuice Potion and one of Draco's hairs?" he asked
"Right away, Harry Potter, sir," said Dobby proudly
Ten minutes later Harry had the Polyjuice Potion and the hair.
Harry told Dobby to come back in half an hour. Dobby complied
Harry put the hair in the potion and drank it, becoming Draco. Harry/Draco now waited for Dobby to come back holding a pair of socks.
Dobby popped it again and caught the socks again from Draco/Harry. This time it worked.
Draco/Harry asked Dobby to return in an hour.
After an hour, Dobby had returned, wearing the socks.
"Welcome back Dobby," Harry said. "You are a free elf now, correct?"
"Yes, Harry Potter, sir," he winked.
"Dobby, how would you like to be my house-elf?" asked Harry. "I would treat you better than the Malfoys." He wondered how Hermione would take it if she knew that he was getting a house-elf
Dobby jumped up and down happily. He exclaimed, "YES!"
"Ok, Dobby, I want to make yourself a uniform to wear instead of your old pillowcase. It will not be clothes, just a uniform. Alright?" he told Dobby.
Dobby made a black pants and shirt. The shirt had an embroidered yellow HP and a lighting bolt on the left side.
"What do we have to do?" asked Harry.
"We both prick our finger and let the blood mingle on a piece of parchment. I say, I bind myself to Harry Potter. You say, I accept Dobby as my servant," explained Dobby
They both pricked their fingers over a piece of parchment.
"I bind myself to Harry Potter," said Dobby.
"I accept Dobby as my servant," said Harry.
The parchment flashed and was no more.
"Dobby is now your house-elf, Harry Potter, sir," said Dobby.
"Alright, Dobby, your first item to do today is to go get us a meal. I don't want to magic the meal from here. Go somewhere and bring it back. The ministry will think my magic you do, will be done by me. I don't want to be expelled from Hogwarts. We will talk about the plot during the meal. Bring back enough for both of us to eat. I will not allow you not to eat while we talk," Harry told Dobby.
Dobby disappeared to retrieve the meal. Dobby brought back baked chicken, baked potato, pumpkin juice, treacle tart.
"Now, Dobby is this plot to do with Tom Riddle's diary and the Chamber of Secrets?" asked Harry.
"Yes, how do you know already?" asked Dobby, puzzled.
"Dobby before I answer your question, you must keep all my secrets, correct?" said Harry.
"Yes, Master"
"Dobby, I don't want you to call me Master, you are to call me Harry," commanded Harry.
"Yes, Mas .. Harry."
"Now, I will tell you my secrets. Dobby, the reason I know who you were when you arrived, was that I am from the future. I made a wish to undo something, and here I am with all the knowledge I had from the future," Harry explained.
"I have already changed one thing, your freedom from the Malfoys. Actually, I only moved it up. I tricked Lucius Malfoy at the end of June. Although I did not ask you to be my servant, you were my friend. You spent one and half years searching for a family, but you had wanted payment, and not many wizards will pay an elf for services. I will pay you for your services. If you don't want the money I will save it in an account for you to use in the future, if you want," Harry continued.
"You had tried to stop me by going back to Hogwarts, but I will tell you now you are not to try and stop me," said Harry.
"I know who the diary will be given to," he said. "Forgive me but I must ask you to return to the Malfoys until Lucius gives the diary away. After that you are free to return to me. I do not want any thing to change who he gives the diary to. I don't think your leaving will change anything, but I do not want to take any chances. If he gives the diary to someone else, I might not be able stop someone from being hurt."
"Before you go back, I need you to do me some things," said Harry. Can you Apparate me somewhere?"
Dobby said, "Yes, but it might hurt you."
"Alright, Dobby, this is what I want you to do," Harry began. "Take me to the Burrow where the Weasleys live. Then return here after I enter the house and talk to the family. Retrieve all my belongings from this room, which is Hedwig and her cage, and my clothes. Also, get my trunk from the cupboard under the stairs. Please get my wand now."
Dobby popped out and back with the wand in his hand.
Harry thanked Dobby and said take me to the Weasleys.
Dobby took Harry's hand and disappeared. They reappeared in the field where he had played Quidditch with the Weasleys.
"Ok, Dobby, after I go in, wait ten minutes, then go get my things and bring them and place them in Ron's room. The door will say Ron's room. Make sure the room is empty or only I am in there. I don't want them to see you yet. I don't want word to get out that you work for me yet, it might make it back to the Malfoys," explained Harry.
Harry walked up to the Burrow and knocked.