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This was a powerful, fun chapter and I cannot wait to really get into this story!


It was oddly easy to dismantle the Basilisk, Luna was an expert in all things animal and they had both practiced for this day. They had many, many plans for the remains, including arming themselves with potion ingredients and venom to destroy the horcruxes. It took no effort really and was a great deal of positive exercise for their smaller, weaker bodies. It took only about an hour, a real perk given that they woke up four hours before everyone else just for this wonderful purpose of theirs. They also set about, for about half an hour or so, creating a better space to work in. The Chamber of Secrets would become a far more perfect hide away should they need to escape, which Harry would need once summer came so really it was a good idea.

Once they were finished, they quickly left the Chamber via a secret tunnel they had found in the future and apparated to Diagon Alley. Under disguise they were able to do quite a bit, mostly selling the remains of the Basilsk, set up several special accounts and scholarships, buy a variety of new things and generally set themselves up for an easier time. It was almost boring, but these preparations were vital to the success of their plans.

They made it back to Hogwarts in time for a shower a piece. Both of them happily kissed before they separated, pleased with their stealthy work... it would make life so much easier... and no one would know the power they held until it was too late.

Just the way they liked it.

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"Are you sure, Harry?" Hermione asked him as he ignored the celebrations of the Gryffindors, idiots the lot of them.

He turned to her, having missed her beautiful face since she died during the early days of the Last War. "Hermione, people will mistreat me regardless. I am used to it. They did it in the second year. I am used to being judged poorly for things beyond my control." He didn't bother acting like his old self, he saw no point in it.

Hermione blinked, stunned. "That is a very mature way of thinking..."

"I try... to be honest, Hermione I lost my respect for Magical people a long time ago. Most are bigots, most are duller then a butter knife and they are all easily swayed."

She blinked again, suspicion washing across her face. "Why, you've never thought of that before?"

"Hermione, I hide a lot of myself, even from you lot. I love you, I do, but you don't know me that well. I rarely give all of myself to people, I never have to anyone bar my girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?"

"Luna Lovegood, we started dating at the end of last year. We kept in contact over the summer, she taught me all sorts of things, helped me grow into a better, more reasonable person." He offered her a warm smile. "I imagine she will be sitting with me today, we see no more point in hiding it. We started out hiding since people treat me like crap and didn't want her to get that treatment too."

"Oh... I wish you told me... but I get it." She looked sad, so Harry kissed her forehead, making her squeak.

"Your my sister in all but blood, Hermione, I would have told you but she wasn't ready for it. That's all."

That seemed to uplift Hermione a lot. By the time they reached the Great Hall, Harry noticed his beloved friend seemed almost radiant with happiness and nervousness. It was so cute seeing her this happy, she deserved it.

"OW!" Harry smirked, the sound of Ron's misery making him very happy as they walked into the Great Hall. Looking over, he saw Ron had cut himself on a knife, a shallow cut but still. " Bloody hell, what else can go wrong?"

Harry laughed, coldly, making many people turn towards him in shock. "Karma's quite generous to traitors, no?" His little spell, the one he had cast on Ronald just a few hours past, had been a cold magic. It had been a bad luck curse tied to Ronald's pointless jealousy. Every time he felt or said or did something around his jealousy, he would be punished for it. It was something Harry had created personally for the boy. "Pity, couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke."

Ron went red, opening his mouth to say something when he knocked over his pumpkin juice all over his robes. "BLOODY HELL!""

Harry just laughed, relishing in Ronald's misery. He felt everyone's shock, literally as he had learned to read the magical auras of others. Turned out that Divination was far more than seeing the future, as Luna had taught him. With proper training, one could read auras, see into the past and so many other things. Luna was a master at it, but Harry wasn't far behind.

He had to drag Hermione, stunned, over to the table where Harry began to pile food onto his plate... only for Hermione to pipe up. "That wasn't very nice Harry..."

"Ron abandoned me, declaring that I put my name into this stupid tournament. I do not deal with traitors well. He reminds me of Peter really." He felt Ronald's aura spike, shame and anger filling him. "Now, time for food."

"No meat?" Hermione asked, confused.

"High bloodpressure and high cholesterol is rampant in my family. I'd rather be healthy, besides most organizations declare the plant focused diets are healthier. This is my start at this." Harry might have said more but Luna, he felt her aura approaching, yank him back and smack him with a warm kiss. "Morning Luv, how are you?"

Luna giggled. "Positivley ducky, I feel like a new woman." Then she cackled at her joke. "Anyway, how are you handsome?"

"Not bad, just a bit bored of weak minded magical idiots thinking I put my name into a death tournament despite knowing well enough I have no interest." He felt more then saw several people cringe. Neville, who had still adored, smiled at him softly. "Neville is a good friend, he knows I never did it and Hermione here is too brilliant to have fallen for such rot. Did she tell you about SPEW? It's a wonderful organization dedicated to freeing and saved House Elves?"

Luna, knowing her cue, turned to Hermione. " No, I never did, please tell me?

Hermione looked nervous for a moment, then went into her normal spew about spew. Before she knew it, Luna was handing her two sickles. "I would love to join. My father owns the Quibbler, I would be happy to put in an article about your Organization. People delare that just because they like taking care of people that they deserve abuse and slavery. People forget why we bonded with House elves to start with."

Hermione looked confused. "Why?"

"Well, magical creatures need to feed on magic to live. Wizards have magic, Elves are magic. They feed on satisfaction and happiness, so they chose to bond with us, which was warped into horrible abusive, parasitic relationships. It is miserable really... but that is the truth."

"Wow, I never heard of that."

"I'll get you some books on the subject. maybe if Wizards were educated on the subject they would be better off." Luna then leaned over and kissed Hermione's check. " Harry says you are a loyal, loving, kind witch. I would be honred to be your friend."

Hermione went bright red. "Same... Luna, right?"

"Yes, Ma'am." She then offered Hermione a set of earrings. "They protect against nargles, which yes are real, I will show you some research on them."

While the two beautiful girls chattered away, Harry turned his thoughts onto the various students of Hogwarts. So much had changed... and yet so little. Harry's perspective on Hogwarts had changed so drastically over the last near century of life. He had looked at the world objectively and felt so many new things, courtesy of Therapy.

For example, as far as he was concerned Hogwarts was hell. He had been abused, hated, cursed and tortured here. The students were bigoted sheeple and the teachers were not much better. Abuses were ignored or justified, the teaching was subpar... it was not a great place to be. Harry had come to realize he only liked it out of a lack of Dursleys and access too food... really that was it.

As he passed his eyes over various people, he reflected on just how much he had changed... and how his thoughts had shifted.

Ron was disloyal and abrasive but deeply kind and warm. Ron had a shit ton of talent but not an ounce of self esteem, partially from his emotionally neglectful mother and absent but loving father. Ron had been bullied badly by the Twins, who while good people were also unable to stop when they found themselves enjoying themselves. Ron had also suffered from incredibly severe depression as Harry later learned. Ron was not a happy person, he rarely felt pure pleasure in part from his situation at home but also from the traumas of their adventures and the abuse from a lot of people including Snape and Malfoy. Ron pretend to just get angry but it in fact held far greater sway then he ever realized until Ron took his own life and they all saw the reports from his muggle born therapist. They had used magical means to help Ron express himself and boy what they found out was haunting... Harry vowed to help Ron, once he was done with his punishment.

Actually if he was being honest... Harry had many changed thoughts on the entire Weasley family... from Molly to Percy to Ginny... he wasn't sure they could handle the changes he would make.

Hermione on the other hand was rude, controlling and blind to anything outside of her narrow perspective. She was also right, Harry saw her issues with the Elves as a perfect example. People liked to justify abuse but as Harry and the world learned, Hermione was right. Over Five hundred elves jumped at the chance to be freed. Oddly enough Winky, after therapy, lead the charge. Over two hundred people in five countries were punished for Elf violence... Dobby's Law was something Harry regretted not supporting sooner, same with what would later be called Lupin's Law which allowed Werewolves the positive treatment and rights they deserved.

Then there was Snape, who Harry had hated, the respected then utterly loathed. The man was abusive, weak willed, cruel and petty. He had few redeemable qualities and never was punished for his varied crimes. Becoming a parent and later grandparent had shifted Harry's perspective mostly, but therapy had set it into solidity. The man's abuse never was justified, no matter his life experiences. Snape would be punished, Harry would ensure that. Spy or not, and he wasn't even a good spy at that... as Harry had learned from interrogating Albus' portrait.

Dumbledore was next in line and Harry... Harry hated him. Dumbledore was a weak man, who hoarded power but rarely used it for anything. He had three powerful offices that he never used to really do good. He never passed better laws, which he could easily do, a petition to stop abuses in school especially those relating the blood purity. He had been in a position to make tremendous changes but never even tried. He could have helped so many... not to mention he allowed many students to be abused by each other, staff and their families and never intervened. Harry had not been unique, many students came forward having revealed their horribly abusive homes to Staff and it was never addressed. Harry, hateful as he had become, vowed to help them. No one deserved that, even if they were cruel to him.

McGonagall was next on his list and boy had he changed how he thought on her. She used to be something of a grandmother figure but therapy and a century of life made many things clear. She was a follower to Dumbles to an insane degree for one. She was too into tradition and rarely thought for herself for another. She never tried to help her charges, held too much power to actually use it and... well he could go on but frankly he had lost a lot of respect for her. She was also deeply stubborn and bordered on being abusive to many students.

Then there was most of the staff, whom he could lump together really, as they were mindless sheep who rarely stopped any abuse and had actively turned against him this year. He was not fond of a damn one of them and would use his most recent and dastardly plan, with Luna being the inspiration for it, to put them all where they belonged. That was beneath him, begging to be forgiven...

Draco Malfoy was the last person on his list and boy had Harry's thoughts on him changed. For one he started out as a bully, a baby deatheater and so many other terrible things... but Harry actually realized he wasn't to blame at least not entirely. He had a loving, warm family that gave him the world. Unlike Sirius who changed and rejected his family's traditions out of spite and then later genuine belief, Draco had no reason to doubt them until the war itself. They had become friends after Muggles found out about magic and Harry learned a lot from him. Mostly that Draco genuinely regretted his childhood and strived to make amends, which he did through revealing many neo deathers, supporting new law reforms and eventually dying to protect a set of Muggleborns who had been attacked by a set of Neodeatheaters... Harry vowed to help him grow... or stop him if he couldn't.

So much was going to change this time around, Harry had lost mercy and love so many times... here was his time to be cruel, to be ruthless, to be selfish for once in his damn life. Luna and he had so many pounds of flesh to get... he could not wait for every one of them.


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This chapter was awesome. We will see what they did in Diagon Alley in the next chapter or two, there is a reason I didn't include it.

Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.