A/N: Well now I'm a little discouraged. I didn't get near as many reviews on my second chapter as I did my first. But if you are reading this please feed my ego and review even if it's to tell me my story stinks or needs improvements. Constructive criticism is welcome at any time. So now that my author's note is so long I think it's time I got to the story.
~Oh and I know that my vocabulary and grammar and punctuation is horrible. I don't have a beta reader so I'm sort of on my own. The only errors I pick up are what my spell check catches. If anyone is interested in being a Beta Reader for me please e-mail me or leave your e-mail address in a review and I'll e-mail you. ~
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It was early evening and Harry was sitting on his bed still reliving different aspects of his dream. He didn't know why he kept reliving the final battle in his dreams he wished it would just be gone. Harry knew that he was regarded as the "Savior of the Wizarding World" because of Voldemort's defeat but he knew deep down that if it hadn't been for Professor Snape Harry would have died and Voldemort would have achieved immortality. The final battle had come a lot sooner than anyone had expected, Death Eaters had attacked Diagon Alley the summer before Harry's sixth year. Luckily the Order of the Phoenix has been alerted to this so the only people waiting for the Death Eaters to arrive were Aurors and Order Members.
Harry wasn't even supposed to be there but he had slipped in unnoticed with his invisibility cloak. He couldn't let anymore of his friends die while he was tucked away safe. To everyone's surprise Voldemort himself arrived on the battlefield as the light started fighting the dark. That was when Harry reviled himself to Voldemort and the duel happened. If Professor Snape hadn't attacked Voldemort from behind Harry would have perished from the Crutacious curse that he was held under. Snape had saved Harry's life like he had done so many times before. As Snape has owed Harry's father a life debt he had surely repaid it in saving Harry's life in his early years at Hogwarts. Harry knew that he know owed a life debt to Snape many times over in fact and surprisingly the thought didn't bother him.
While there had been a few casualties for the side of the light it was no one that Harry knew personally. While that did little to relieve the guilt Harry felt for their deaths he was glad that his friends were safe and even more glad that his friends from Hogwarts never got involved in the fight in the first place. The losses on the light side weren't for naught however as the majority of the Death Eaters had been killed or captured, including most if not all of Voldemort's inner circle. Now that Voldemort was gone forever, and he would not be coming back this time, the wizarding world seemed to resume life in peace. People seemed to be happier and tension had left the air. Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts has been the most uneventful in his schooling history and he was thankful for that.
Realizing that he was lost in thought Harry shook his head as if to clear away the memories and made his way over to the desk. He had forgotten to write to Ron and Hermione to let them know where he was. He quickly scribbled out two notes letting them know that he was now staying at The Leaky Cauldron since his 'relatives' kicked him out of the house when he reached his majority and that he was happy to be free finally. He let them know that he was safe and had managed to do a little shopping and got his books and supplies for the upcoming year already. He let Hermione know that 'yes he's started on his summer homework and was in fact almost finished' knowing that was something she probably would have written back. He let them know that he couldn't wait to see them again and that he couldn't wait for school to start.
After finishing those letters he wrote a quick note to Professor Dumbledore letting him know what had happened with this relatives and where he was staying just because he knew the Headmaster would want to know that Harry was safe. Harry was glad that the Headmaster still cared about his safety even now that his 'Savior job' was over. In fact Harry was happy that his friends and most people seemed to treat him somewhat normally now. Harry tied up all the letters and gave them to Hedwig.
"Take this to Dumbledore first girl then take these to Ron and then Hermione. You'll have to wait for a reply with Hermione." Harry told the owl as he tied the letters to her leg and stroked her feathers briefly before she took flight.
Realizing that it was close to dinnertime and that he was famished, Harry placed his dinner order with a house elf and was quickly eating his meal. As soon as he was finished his food the plate vanished and again Harry had nothing to do. It was quite dark outside now and Hedwig hadn't returned yet, Harry figured that she was waiting for Hermione's reply. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to sleep for some time Harry picked up one of the books on Life Debts and curled up on the bed to read.
The book was very interesting, Harry hadn't known that there were so many different ways to repay life debts. Of course there was the standard I save your life you save mine way of repayment, which Harry didn't think was very probable. There was also the barbaric way of the debtor taking the debtee's first born child as payment for the life saved. Reading through the book gave Harry a good idea of what exactly a life debt was. It seemed that there was much more to the wizarding world then he first thought. He quickly finished the first book, which was rather thin, and was about to start on the second when he noticed the time. It was almost four hours later than he thought it was. Time must have gone by without him noticing.
Harry sat his books aside and went over to his purchases from the day. He decided that he'd better organize everything in his new trunk so his room wasn't so disorganized. He opened his new trunk and quickly placed both his new and old potions ingredients in a special separate compartment along the side of the trunk, it was made to keep the ingredients separate, dry, and safe from breaking. His cauldrons, scale, phials and other potion making supplies were shrunk and placed in the compartment below the ingredients. The lid of the trunk had a special compartment for his broom along with small compartments beside it for his broom care kit and Quidditch gear. The other side of the trunk opposite the potion supplies was a large library type compartment where Harry placed his books, separating them by type and genre. The middle of the trunk was divided into layers and compartments. On the bottom layer he placed his shoes on one side and his cloaks on the other side. On the next layer went his school robes and school uniform, along with his Gryffindor ties and scarves. His everyday robes along with his dress robes went on the next level, leaving the following level for his protective gear including his dragon hide gloves. His dressy muggle clothing went on one side of the next level leaving his regular clothing on the other side, his boxers and other under things and pajamas went in the middle of that level. The second level from the top was where Harry put his inks, quills, and parchment. He also used a separate side compartment to store his homework assignments.
The very top level is where Harry stored his other various belongings including the now repaired mirror from Sirius, the dragon model and the golden egg from the Tri-Wizard tournament and other various presents he'd received and items he'd collected the past couple years. He left one of the compartments in the trunk empty leaving it so Hedwig's cage would fit in it during transit. Harry tucked the owl treats and Hedwig's belongings in this compartment in drawers along the side of it. One item that was left out of the trunk was the Sword of Gryffindor that Dumbledore had given him during the end of sixth year stating that it was rightfully his as he was the heir of Gryffindor. Harry was shocked to learn this but was proud to have this special item. He put a shrinking charm on it and attached it to a chain, which he had placed an unbreakable charm on, and placed it over his head wearing it as a necklace. When he was about to close his trunk and go to bed Harry noticed that there was one last compartment that must have had a notice-me-not charm on it. He opened it and saw that it was a place to store his valuable items. He placed his invisibility cloak along with the Marauders Map in this compartment and then placed his money bag in there too. When he closed the lid he noticed that it seemed to disappear leaving only a faint shadow of the compartment that only Harry would be able to see.
After closing his new trunk and disposing of his old one Harry quickly engraved his new trunk with his initials, HJP, and activated the ownership charm so he'd be the only one who could get into it. He changed into his nightclothes and crawled into bed. He quietly whispered "Nox" and placed his wand on the bedside table within easy reach. He reached to take his glasses off before remembering that he no longer wore glasses, his vision had been fixed the muggle way with laser surgery earlier in the year. Sighing to himself, Harry snuggled into the warm bed and swiftly fell into a deep sleep.
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Review Responses:
Iced Flame: No, Harry isn't going to be getting any piercings or get his hair dyed at least not any time soon.
AlastrionaSnape: Yes, Snape will eventually see the tattoo. I hope lol