HARRY POTTER AND THE WISH
CHAPTER 3
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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Dobby took Harry's hand and disappeared. They reappeared in the field that he had played Quidditch with the Weasley's.
Harry walked up to the Burrow, and knocked.
Inside the Burrow, the Weasley family was sitting around the dinner table, all except Mr. Weasley.
Ron asked Ginny for the butter. Ginny passed the butter to Ron.
Suddenly they heard a knocking at the door.
"I'll get the door, Mum," said Ginny running to open it.
As she opened the door, she saw who it was. Turning bright red, her mouth dropped open.
Harry said, "Hello Ginny. Nice to see you again."
Ginny finally got to her senses and ran from the door, up to her bedroom running past the kitchen, leaving Harry standing at the opened door.
Molly saw this, and went to the door, with her wand in her hand and the rest of the family in tow. Molly saw Harry at the door, and looking at the boy, could hardly believe that he would be here instead of Privet Drive.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley, nice to see you again."
Ron ran to his friend and grabbed him in a friendly embrace, "What are you doing here?"
"I escaped. I'll tell you later," he whispered in Ron's ear.
Molly came up to Harry and gave him a motherly hug, "Hello, Harry! Come have something to eat." She led Harry to the kitchen and had him sit at the table while she whipped up some stew.
"Harry, it's not that I am not happy to see you, or have you here. But what brings you here, and why did Ginny run from you?" asked Molly concerned.
"I got tired of the way my Uncle and Aunt treat me. I decided to take a walk. I made it to the park near my house. The park was empty, but I heard a noise and took out my wand. I tripped and raised my wand over my head, which called the Knight Bus. I decided to come and visit," explained Harry.
"As for Ginny, all I said was 'Hello, Ginny, nice to see you again.' Her face turned bright red, and then she ran from the door."
Molly thought, oh, dear…
"Mrs. Weasley?"
"Yes, Harry," replied Molly.
"May I speak to you alone?" asked Harry.
Molly shooed the rest of family out of the kitchen.
"Please, will you put a Silencing Charm, and Imperturbable Charm on the kitchen?" asked Harry.
Molly grabbed her wand and placed the charms on the kitchen. "Now Harry, what this about?" inquired Molly.
"Mrs. Weasley, what I am going to tell you, I ask you not to tell Ron or the others. You may tell your husband," replied Harry.
He started to tell her about his life at number four Privet Drive. He told her about the beatings, the meals, if you could call them meals. How until he got his letter, he did not know he was a wizard. That his bedroom was a cupboard under the stairs, until he was eleven years old. How they called him freak, abnormal and worthless. That they told him his parents died in car crash. He told her everything about his treatment from the Dursleys.
After he was done, Molly had tears in her eyes.
"Mrs. Weasley, there is more I have to tell you, but I need to have Mr. Weasley here also," Harry said. "I have two requests also. First may I stay here for the rest of the summer?"
She wiped her eyes, and replied "Yes, of course."
"Second," he continued, "since I know you wouldn't let me pay for the room and board, would you kindly let me pay for Ginny's school robes. Mrs. Weasley, Ron is like a brother to me, and that makes his family like my family, if you would allow it."
She grudgingly agreed to this condition.
"Finite," she spoke waving her wand and the charms were canceled.
Molly called to Ron.
He entered the kitchen.
"Show Harry to you room," Molly told Ron, "He will be staying with us till school starts."
"Harry, I'll call you down, when Arthur comes home," Molly told Harry.
"Come on, Harry," said Ron, leading the way. "It's not much, but it's home."
"But is completely filled with love, Ron," said Harry.
"That it is, Harry, that it is," Ron said lovingly.
"Here is the Room, Harry," Ron explained opening the door. Ron's eyes were like saucers, when he saw Harry's Trunk and Hedwig already in the room. Ron exclaimed "Harry, how did you stuff get here already, I thought mom or dad would have to go get them."
"It's a secret for now, Ron," he winked.
"HARRY!" yelled Ron.
"Ron, I will explain later, people's lives depend on me keeping secrets right now," said Harry exasperatedly. "If the wrong persons find out now, it could harm many people, including your family. Ron, you are like the brother that I never had. Please, I need to stay quiet for now."
"Harry, please come down to the family room," Harry heard Molly yell from down stairs.
Harry told Ron, "I'll be back."
Harry went down and entered the family room, where Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were waiting for him.
"Hello, Harry. Nice to meet you. Ron has told me a lot about you and your adventures."
Harry blushed, "Nice to meet you as well, Mr. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley, will you put up the charms again?"
Molly complied with Harry's wishes.
"Now, Harry, I have told Arthur, what you told me earlier," said Molly. "Also I would like you to call us Molly and Arthur."
"All right Molly," said Harry, "as long as you let me do as I asked earlier."
"What was that, Harry?" asked Arthur.
"That you allow me to purchase Ginny's new robes for school."
"I can't allow that, Harry," said Arthur.
"Arthur, I know of your family's situation, and my staying here to will put a strain on your finances. As I told Molly, I consider Ron like my brother, so that makes your whole family like my family. I would like to help and pitch in. If you will not let me do this for her, I still would do it, but it would be behind your back. Please don't make me do it this way," Harry, pleaded with Arthur and Molly. "And in no way do I consider this charity."
Arthur and Molly beamed at Harry for considering them as family.
"Now, Arthur, Molly, what I am going to tell you might make me sound a bit touched in the head, or a lot touched, but hear me out, please," Harry said insistently.
"Last night I made a wish. Somehow, I don't know how, it came true. No, the wish gave ability to make it come true," Harry started to explain. "For me it was July 7th 1996. I have all the knowledge of what will happen from now to then.
"I plan on changing a few things. All for the better for the wizarding world. Most of the changes revolve around You-know-Who one way or another. If you don't allow me to do these things, it will involve tragedy and hardships for your family. I won't tell you who, but two of your family almost dies. One of these persons will be haunted for years because of it," he told them.
Harry also told them, "I have gotten to know Ginny in this future, and consider her a good friend, and have thinking there might more there . I know she has had a crush on me. I was hoping you would allow me to take Ginny to the Village and see a Muggle movie and have lunch to get to know her better."
"Now, this is really, really important," Harry continued. "The Chamber of Secrets is supposed to be reopened this year. It will be opened by a witch who will be possessed by a memory of Tom Riddle in a diary. I know who is to receive this diary. I will not tell you yet, because I do not want this to change and someone else to get it. I will be able to intercept the diary. I will tell you who would be possessed after I have the diary.
"In the meantime, I need you arrange a meeting with Professor Dumbledore, and some others" Harry said.
"First off, I need you to make an unbreakable and escape-proof cage to put Scabbers in. I will explain about this in the meeting. Please, Arthur, do this and come back and I will explain some more."
Arthur left and returned five minutes later with Scabbers and Ron. "I brought Ron, since he belongs to Ron, and you need to explain to him as well."
Harry said, "I will explain to you all, but about the meeting, I will require the Minister of Magic, Madam Bones, Mad-Eye Moody, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Remus Lupin, Professor McGonagall, Andromeda, Ted, and Nymphadora Tonks, and my godfather, Sirius Black."
Molly and Arthur gasped "Sirius Black! How do you know Sirius Black, and how do you know he is your godfather?" asked Arthur.
"He is innocent, he never betrayed my parents!"cried Harry. "I forgot one last person that needs to be there. Peter Pettigrew."
"Harry, Peter is dead, Sirius killed him," said Ron, "I remember Dad, telling me all they found is a finger."
"Ron, look at Scabbers' front paws, and tell me what you see," said Harry.
All this time Scabbers was running around in the cage, trying to escape.
Ron noticed that he was missing a toe on his right paw. "He is missing a toe," said Ron.
"Arthur, Molly, Ron, I would like to introduce you three to Peter Pettigrew, AKA Wormtail, AKA Scabbers," said Harry pointing to Scabbers.