A/N: Hey there i wouldn't mind a beta reader for this story. I am struggling to make the chapters longer, i would really like to try but it takes me all morning or evening to write over a thousand words. Then I leave it for a day or so and go back to it. Took ages to write that last chapter. I am struggling with mental health problems so it takes me longer to update my stories. Sorry for the long wait i have had a heavy head cold the last week or so, not covid, just had my booster jag the other day and it seems to have cleared it up.

Chapter 10

'Wanting to ask more about these muggles called the Dursley's, he decided against it as he didn't want to get caught, he was still Harry but slightly different and he hoped these people wouldn't spot it. He would have to be careful round Hermione as she was smart and might work things out. He would deal with it if the time came if she'd ever found out' he thought as the sat to an early breakfast with these people he didn't really know well but they seemed to care for him. He knew who Sirius was and was shocked his parents were dead here and was even more worried that Voldemort was trying to kill him and he wasn't friends with Draco Malfoy and he couldn't believe he was placed in Gryffindor' he thought as he ate, 'he was slowly warming to Molly Weasley as she seemed to genuinely care about him and he wondered if he should confide in her but decided best not she will tell the others, Plus there was Ginny she was meant to be dead, she had died down in the chamber of secrets and he was rather shocked when he first noticed she was alive and well' trying not to stare at her, hating this place by the minute wishing he was back home.

"Ah" Molly suddenly said. "Here's Arthur and Dumbledore coming" as she looked looked out the window. "Looks like they have your belongings Harry" she said glancing back at him with a smile.

"Oh good i was wondering where all my things were, i hope he has my wand" he replied standing up slowly swallowing the last of his toast.

"Harry you'r meant to be in bed" scolded Arthur as he came in carrying a rucksack and a owl in a cadge, and Dumbledore dragged a trunk among some other stuff.

"Do you have my wand sir?" he asked 'wondering if the owl would know he was different keeping a slight distance, 'wondering what her name was'

"Yes" he said with a smile putting his trunk down out of breath, "am getting too old"

Harrys response wouldn't go down too well so he kept it to himself and smiled at him instead and not showing his true feelings.

"Let's go out side for a minute to test you'r wand" said Dumbledore, bringing out his wand with a smile and handing it to him and a nervous Harry took hold of it, as they headed back outside with the others watching.

"Right this will do" said Dumbledore standing in front of him just a bit away from the house. "Try something"

"Are you sure?" he asked a bit worried it will do that again. "Stupefy" he said aiming for Dumbledore when the white light appeared at the tip of it but started going up the wand feeling the light hit his arm and causing him to drop it to the ground "Ouch" he said as he felt the shock of the spell go up his arm.

"Why is it doing that?" asked Dumbledore clearly confused. "Try something else?" he suggested.

Bending down, Harry picked it up again slightly worried Hermione might figure things out as she, Ron and Ginny were standing watching from the door way, glancing back at them he could see her staring with a confused look on her face.

"Aguamenti" he said aiming for Dumbledore when the water came out it turned back words and soaked his arm "ugh" he said dropping it brushing the water off.

"We need to get the wand checked out" Dumbledore said walking forward and picking it up. "Leave it with me" he said Apparition away.

"Don't know why it's doing that" said Harry going over to Hermione, Ron and Ginny.

"Has someone else used it, maybe it's changed it's mind" she said as they headed back into the house.

"I don't think Dumbledore has used it or would let anyone else use it" said Harry, as he lifted his trunk with Ron's and Hermione's help up the stairs.

"Well in that case it must be something else I don't know what, are you sure you are you?" she asked.

"Of course it's me, the source would have killed you all by now" he said lying to them, hoping she wouldn't notice it, as he rather 'missed his old room back at the Malfoy house along with the others' he thought putting the trunk down beside his bed In Ron's room with a thump, wanting to see what he had inside, opening it.

"I've missed this" he said pulling out his invisibility cloak with a smile and putting it over his arm causing it to vanish., putting it aside reluctantly, he pulled out the map "i wonder who's at the school?" turning the pages, seeing no one in sight as he looked just a couple of students here and there.

Folding it closed, he spent a while going through his things, slightly dismayed to see Gryffindor uniform and bits and pieces in there, 'he really didn't like the colours' he thought, putting things back in and changing his jumper as it was still wet on his sleeve and caught Ginny staring who blushed and left the room and he smiled slightly with Hermione and Ron noticing. "Ginny still likes you" said Ron rolling his eyes as he read the map. "Hold on" he suddenly said seeing something. "It says Bellatrix LesStrange going into the castle" showing them.