This is just a not to let everyone know that yes, this story was posted originally a while ago and took it down for a reason that I'm still not quite sure about. They said something about active dialogue being the reason for it. If anyone knows what that is I would really appreciate it if you told me.

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Torifire 126: I'm just giving the story a minor face lift, changing some scenes so that the story flows better, adding new scenes to better explain the plot, etc.

Rachel Sedai: The first part is a little rushed, but mainly because it's more of a prologue than a real chapter.

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The Chronicles of Merlin: The Return

Chapter One

June 20th, Potter Mansion, Harry's room…

As Harry looked around his room he noticed that everything had been removed except for his bed, a lamp, and a table. 'Glory must have been busy while I was gone.' Harry thought as he unpacked his trunk.

Harry looked out of his window and realized why it took so long for his father to pick him up. He had interrupted one of Glory's family picnics. Glory had thought of it when she realized that taking away Harry's things didn't hurt him anymore. If she couldn't take away his things, she would take away his family.

'I might as well go for a walk' Harry thought to himself. 'Maybe I can find something in the forest for dinner.'

When Harry left his room he was careful not to be seen by his family. They were sure to make fun of his quiditch injuries, or at the very least berate him for bringing shame to the Potter name.

As Harry entered the forest he felt safe. His family never ventured too far in. Glory didn't like all the bugs that lived there, his mother was afraid of the larger animals that lived there, and his father couldn't be bothered to trudge around the forest, he felt that it was beneath a man of his stature.

What the rest of the Potter's didn't know about the forest was all of the ancient magic that existed within it. Many of the creatures that lived there were hundreds of years old, and accepted Harry as one of their own. In their eyes he was just as much a magical creature as they were.

Harry walked deeper into the forest. He was feeling adventurous today, and before he new it he had walked deeper into the forest than he had ever been before. He finally entered a clearing with a small pond in the center.

Even though Harry had never been there before the place seemed familiar, as if he had been there a long time ago.

Harry walked closer to the pond and looked down. He saw a bright green stone at the bottom, and reached in to grab it. As his fingers closed around the stone and brought it out of the water a jolt ran up and down Harry's arm.

Harry tried to drop the stone, but for some reason he could not get his fingers to move. Harry began to panic when the jolt became more painful, and then let out a scream as the pain intensified.

Just when Harry thought the pain could not get any worse, images began to flash in front of his eyes. With all the pain that Harry was feeling he could not make sense of what he was seeing. One moment ancient wizards were doing battle, the next a boy was pulling a powerful sword out of a stone, and after that a kingdom was being destroyed.

The flashes finally ended as Harry passed out from the pain.

Four hours later…

Harry groaned softly as he sat up. He was still feeling whatever it was that happened to him. He opened his eyes and looked for the stone but he couldn't find it. Thinking it may have fallen back into the pond Harry looked down and gasped.

What he saw in the reflection was not what he remembered. Where he used to have messy short black hair he saw long silver streaked hair that reached his shoulders. The most noticeable change however was his eyes. Instead of the light green he remembered, there was a sparkling grey that was slowly swirling around his pupils.

'How in the world am I going to explain this?' Harry thought to himself as he looked at his reflection. 'I better think of something soon' Harry thought as he looked at the setting sun.

'Maybe if I can sneak inside the house they won't notice me' Harry thought as he started the long walk back to the mansion. On the way he noticed that the animals were looking at him differently. It was almost as if they could understand what he was thinking, but Harry just brushed it off.

Potter Mansion…

"Where is that boy?" Lily asked angrily. "First he interrupts our picnic because he wants a ride back from King's Cross, then he disappears as soon as he gets back."

"What does it matter honey?" James asked as he tried to soothe his wife. "He isn't here to bother any of us. In fact it feels more like home without him here."

"Yeah mommy, I like it better when stupid Harry isn't around," Glory agreed.

"The boy needs to be kept in line," Lily explained. "Who knows what kind of ideas those friends of his put in his head? Honestly friends with Slytherins, and Ravenclaw's."

"We'll put him to work for the summer," James said agreeing. "It's about time that lazy boy started earning his keep."

"Can you make him clean my room?" Glory asked hopefully. "He's always talking about how he's better than me just because he's a year older," she lied.

"Well we'll see about that," James said as he started thinking of other chores he could make the boy do.

"We can think of his chores while we have dinner." Lilly said as the family walked into the kitchen, coming face to face with their topic of discussion.

"What happened to you?" James asked as he looked at the changes in Harry.

"I'm not really sure," Harry said as he took a step away from his father.

"What happened to your eyes?" Lily asked with a look of shock on her face.

"I fell asleep in the forest, and woke up like this." Harry said, not wanting to reveal too much to his family.

"Is he sick mommy?" Glory asked. "If he is, I don't want him around me." Glory said huffily.

"I don't know what I am," Harry said as brushed his hair out of his eyes.

"It was those friends of yours wasn't it?" Lily asked accusingly. "They probably gave you something to change your hair and your eyes." Lily said as she pulled out her wand. "Finite Incantem," she said swishing her wand, but nothing happened.

"We can't risk him infecting Glory," James said as he moved in front of Glory. "Isn't there some place we can send him?"

"What about my sister?" Lily suggested. "We don't have to tell her that Harry is sick."

"Perfect," James said smiling. "Boy is your trunk still packed?"

"Yes sir," Harry answered.

"Good," James said pulling out his wand. "Accio Harry's trunk," he said flicking his wand.

"You're going to be staying at your aunt's house for the summer boy. Her address is number four privet drive, in Little Whining."

"Do you want me to leave now?" Harry asked as he picked up his trunk.

"Yes, I'm sure you can figure out how to get there by yourself," Lily said as she ushered Harry out of the kitchen.

"It's almost 200 kilometers away," Harry protested. "I won't be able to make it there on my own."

"Well you should have thought about that before you decided to get sick," James said as he pulled Harry out of the house and slammed the door.

Harry sighed as the door was slammed in his face. 'At least they didn't keep me in the cellar for the summer,' Harry thought. 'How am I going to get there carrying this heavy trunk? I wish I could shrink it like father does' Harry thought to himself.

In answer to Harry's request he felt his magic grow outwards, in almost the same way it did when he used his healing magic. It was different this time though, instead of healing him the magic settled on Harry's trunk. Harry watched amazed as the trunk shrunk until it was small enough to fit into his pocket.

'Well that takes care of the trunk, but I still have to get to Little Whining' Harry thought as he started walking.

After a few hours of walking Harry found himself in a small wizarding town. As he walked passed a few of the shops he noticed the strange looks he was getting from the town. Some were wondering about his strange looks, the others wondering why an eleven year old was walking around at this time of night.

"What are you doing outside at this time of night?" one of the townspeople asked. "Shouldn't you be heading home to your family?" he asked kindly.

"I'm going to Little Whining." Harry said deciding to take a break. "Do you know how far away it is from here?"

"Little Whining?" the man asked. "Well it's about 170 kilometers east of here, but you'll never be able to make it there by yourself. Running away from your family isn't going to solve anything."

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked confused.

"Well why else would you be walking down the road at this time of night?" he asked.

"My family didn't want me to stay with them for the summer. They thought I should spend some time with my aunt. Thank you for your help." Harry said as he started walking again.

If Harry turned around he would have seen the look of shock on the man's face, followed by sadness.

Potter mansion, the fire place...

"It was the strangest thing Albus," James said with a frown. "The boy's hair was streaked silver, and his eyes changed to silver as well."

"Did you say his eyes turned Silver?" Albus said sitting up abruptly.

"Yes, is that important?" Lily asked.

"This is very important, were his eyes swirling silver?" Albus asked.

"Yes, but what does it have to-" James started to say.

"Did you notice what color his magic is?" Albus interrupted.

"It was white," Lily answered. "What is going on Albus? What is this all about?"

"Before Merlin died he prophesied his own return. Just before the coming of the darkness the power of Merlin would return, his strength and power reborn, stronger than ever before."

"So what you're saying is that the Potter family is related to Merlin? Just think how happy Glory will be when she hears this. We are all the heirs of Merlin," Lily said happily.

"You misunderstand me." Albus said bringing the Potter's back down to earth. "Merlin has no living descendants, he has no heirs."

"Then how has his power been reborn?" James asked confused. "The only way for his magic to return is through the line of his descendants."

"A wizard as powerful as Merlin would not allow his power to be degraded through the generations. Is also dangerous for that much power to spread, a dark heart would be corrupted by the power easily."

"I still don't understand Albus. How can Harry have this power? It makes no sense. He is just barley above a squib." Lily said.

"Is that what you truly believe?" Albus asked.

"Of course, the boy showed no magical potential what so ever," James said.

"How do you explain the advanced healing magic he possesses?"

"What are you talking about?" both Potter's asked at the same time.

"He has healed a great number of people with his magic at Hogwarts. He does it all without the aid of a wand. Even I with my wand can not even come close to measuring up to what he is capable of."

"You must be joking Albus. The boy is nothing special." James said stubbornly.

"Harry is not simply the heir of Merlin. He is the reincarnation of Merlin. Inside of him resides the ancient soul of the greatest wizard that has ever lived."

"Trelaway said that Glory was the special one." Lily said as her face began to pale as she remembered the way that they had treated Harry. "Glory defeated he-who-must-not-be-named, she has to be the one."

"Do you know how many predictions that Cybil Trelaway has made?" Albus asked.

The Potter's both shook their heads.

"She had made over 8000 predictions, and so far the only one that has come true is the one of your daughter. Cybil only sees a small part of what is to come, then lets her imagination create the rest."

"What have we done?" James said, his face becoming pale as well.

"Where is Harry?" Albus asked. "I believe that it is high time we had a talk. He must be very curious as to what is happening to him. I also have a few questions of my own to ask him."

"Well about that Albus, we thought that he would like to spend some time with his aunt. He is staying in Little Whining for the summer," James said careful not to mention the real reason Harry was not staying at Potter mansion.

"Well that won't be a problem," Albus said smiling. "Have him floo me when he gets settled in." he said as he closed the floo link.

"How are we going to track the boy down?" James asked desperately. "He could be anywhere by now."

"We just have to wait a couple of days." Lily said calmly. "When he reaches my sisters house we'll apparate there and explain everything to him."

To Be Continued…