So I had the next chapter in my head and I just had to get it out. Idk why this keeps coming out it just does, and I need to write it before I forget.
Now this chapter starts off with a slight time skip so a little more insight on how Harry is doing with his new school and friends. More on his thoughts of how his old life went from bad to worse and now his new life is improving greatly. Before anyone asks Harry will pretty much reveal some of his secrets here but not too much, though in time he will at least to Viktor.
Also towards the end a spot for Snape and how he's taking all this, and someone did ask if there would be MPREG in this and there will be but not for a while.
I forgot to mention that this won't follow with the book in GOF, things will change in the case of Voldemort's 'return'.
Written by myself and my sister author AnnaBoleyna1536, and we don't own Harry Potter.
A month later:
"Hey Harry, come on let's head to the pitch the team's practicing!" Harry was about to walk into his room to put his books away when Devon and Max came calling for him.
"Just a sec guys." he unlocked his room door and set his books and things down on his desk.
"You gonna play today or watch practice?"
"Just watch, kinda tired I stayed up late last night looking over that potions assignment." Quincy was a tough teacher like Montclair, but unlike Montclair he actually helped his students with their work it was his projects and assignments that were hard. Harry had finished all his assignments though, so he was free for the upcoming weekend. "Let's go."
"C'mon then." Harry had started Durmstrang just a month ago and he already felt at home after the first week. It felt much better than being at Hogwarts; the students here were mostly friendly though a few others were a bit more bullish but nothing out of hand. Harry got along fine with most of the students, except for Jean because despite Harry saving him from a broken neck he had still been quite cold about Harry's friendship with Viktor.
He wasn't half as bad as before, at least he didn't get to Harry's nerves personally like Malfoy had.
"Viktor playing?"
"Yeah, seeker for the red team as usual. I thought he'd take a break though because he's been at the books a lot lately, then he works out and it almost looks like he doesn't sleep."
"He is an international player y'know, so he has to practice for the team." it was true, Krum practiced with the professional team each Sunday from seven to ten at night. He only travelled with them during the summers though, seeing as he was still in school.
"Have you heard from your mum yet?" Charlotte paid a visit to the school three weeks ago after getting Harry's first letter. She was glad that he was adjusting well to his new school and life, and she promised him it would stay that way if he just kept being himself.
"Yeah, she's up and ready for the holidays to come because this year she has a surprise for me."
"That's a month away mate."
"I know, but she's eager about it all." Harry had actually grown accustomed to calling Charlotte his mother seeing as she was now his guardian and treated him like her own she earned the title. She had her own money, and let him have access to his own. She was good to him.
"I guess she's happy she has a kid to give love to, but she's still pretty young to adopt a kid your age."
"I know, but she's the best thing that's happened to me." it was true.
"Hey Harry!" Gerald came up to the group. "Thanks for your help on that potions essay, I owe you one."
"No problem, as long as you promise to help me in the future."
"Still I owe you." the boys went straight to the pitch and spotted the teams already practicing. Krum was in the air looking for the snitch, but when he saw Harry he waved. Harry waved back, and ended up with a small glare from Jean who was playing chaser.
Harry had grown close to all of his new friends, not too close but close enough for them all to trust each other. Krum on the other hand had caught Harry's eye multiple times, not just as a friend either. Harry had watched Krum for a while, and he and Krum spent a good deal of time alone when it came to Quidditch or classes. They seemed to be fine with each other's company, but as far as personal business Harry hadn't spilled any of his own secrets and neither had Viktor.
Either way Harry had a sense of goodness overcome him when he was with Viktor, more than the other boys. It was strange, but alright.
"Damn, Krum may be a pro but he's good even at practice."
"He plays as good as he does in an actual game, he's serious when it comes down to his career." Harry wondered if Viktor planned to continue Quidditch after he graduated, and if he did then it was his choice. Harry was still unclear of what he wanted to do with his own life, he had initially wanted to be an Auror but now that didn't seem right. He had time though.
"You think he'll continue after he graduates?" Max shrugged.
"Dunno, if he does then he'll make it a winning streak. Y'know mate, I think you should go pro."
"Nah, I like Quidditch and all but just for fun not career."
"You're really good though, almost as good as Krum when he first started."
"Thanks, but again it's not for me." Harry wasn't interested in a sports career, he felt better off being close to his home where he could start his own family.
'And be a better parent.'
"Whoa look at that!" Harry looked up in time to see Krum loop de loop in the air chasing the snitch. He flew up maybe twenty more feet and then took a nose dive straight to the ground, caught the snitch in his hand, and landed swift and smooth onto the ground. His teammates landed behind him with several cheers, and he tossed his broom aside.
"That was amazing Viktor!" Jean patted him on the back.
"That was nothing, compared to professional Quidditch that was mere child's play." Viktor walked over to Harry. "Harry how's about you walk with me a minute?"
"Um…yeah sure." Harry looked to the others and they just gestured for him to go. He followed Viktor down the trail, and while Viktor removed his gloves and goggles he had a smile on his face. "So what's this about?"
"Nothing truly, I just thought it'd be a nice day to take a walk and talk with a friend."
"Oh really? And what would you talk with me about?"
"Well for one thing I'd like to know you more, just because you fascinate me for some reason."
"I fascinate you?" that was a shock, well not much.
"Yes, there's just something mysterious about you it's intriguing."
"Mystery how?" Harry had a strange feeling in his stomach when he said that.
"Just that it always feels like you're holding back, like you don't want to get too close to anyone yet you don't want to stay away. It's almost unnerving." Harry frowned.
"There's a reason for that." they continued to walk until they stopped at a bench. Viktor offered Harry a seat, and Harry's frown didn't go away.
"Are you up to sharing?"
"I shouldn't bore you with my own problems."
"I won't be, besides the thing about problems is if you don't share or talk about them then you'll never know how to solve them."
"Really though, why would you want to hear my problems?"
"Well…here I'll tell you what; I'll share some of my problems if you share with me yours. How's that sound?" Harry figured he could at least share some, take some pressure off his shoulders.
"Alright, but only if you start and promise not to tell anyone anything I tell you."
"Deal." they shook on it. "Now, for starters I come from a high end family, and my parents…well they expect a lot of me."
"How so?"
"Y'know, good grades, professional player, good money in a great career the usual of me upholding the family name as the only heir…typical times in a pureblood family."
"Who's worse your mum or dad?"
"Well my mother would just want me to be happy, as long as I choose a good path for myself. My father…well he's strict and I believe that if he found out my secret he'd be furious."
"Your secret?"
"I'll tell you if you tell me something first."
'Figured he'd say that.'
"Alright, well for starters my parents are dead." Viktor frowned.
"I'm sorry, how?"
"They were killed by a dark wizard when I was one, and after that I was sent to live with my mum's sister who hates me to no end. Her husband and son were worse, they always belittled me and beat me up and she let them. Those two ate everything in the house, both as big as whales or large potbelly pigs, and she barely fed me." Harry cringed at the memory of the beatings, and the verbal abuse.
"Why in the…?"
"Muggles, my mum was muggleborn and her sister hated that she had magic in her blood. She took it out on me a lot, and often blamed me for her death."
"Why would they send you there?"
"I had no other family, or at least I thought I didn't." Harry wasn't sure that he should say it. "Alright tell me your secret."
"Okay then, I'm gay." Harry stared a little, not entirely surprised but not calm either. "My parents don't know as I said, they expect me to meet a nice girl and continue the family line even though wizards can conceive and give birth."
"Really?" that was one fact he didn't know.
"Yeah, it's because of our magic we can grow wombs and have children but some parts of our world are still very close-minded."
"I agree." Harry sighed. "Does anyone else know?"
"Well yeah most of them, but I can't say everyone. So…"
"Right…well truthfully my…father is alive."
"Alive? But you said…"
"The man who died with my mum was actually my stepfather, but it turns out he knew and still named me his heir. He wrote a letter to me telling me why, and I felt upset."
"What about your real father though?"
"My real father is a bastard, the lowest of the scum of the earth. I found out one day in class he was when we were working on familial blood potions, and when he found out he pretty much told me he hated me. Said he would never want me as a son, and I pretty much left it alone." Viktor stared at him.
"That's horrible, why would he do that to you?"
"He and my stepfather hated each other in school, but I suppose my stepdad was the real man because he was planning to tell my real dad about me."
"Never got the chance."
"No, and after I found out about it my supposed friends all left me. My real dad was actually a monster to all, including me. They thought I would be dark like him, so they abandoned me when I needed someone." Harry shut his face away.
"I'm sorry that happened to you Harry, you didn't deserve that." Harry reached to his left arm and pulled up his sleeve, showing his scar. "You…"
"I tried to die, but my mum saved me in time. I didn't want her to at first, but now I'm glad she did. My real dad, and all my ex-friends can all go to hell because I don't need them anymore."
"Now it looks like my problems are nothing compared to yours." Harry pulled his sleeve down.
"I don't know about that, but my problems won't end like that. Truthfully though, I don't miss Hogwarts or London now. My dad was actually the potions master, but like I said he was a bastard. I'm glad I left, and I don't plan on going back."
"Why would you?" Viktor patted his back. "Okay I'll keep this secret for you, and you'll do the same for me?"
"You got it." they shook hands. "You were right though, I do feel better."
"Yeah well, if you ever want to talk more just tell me."
"Thanks again Viktor, that was a big help." Viktor smiled.
"It's not a problem Harry, and you know what? It's your bastard dad's loss, anyone would be lucky to have a son like you." that actually warmed Harry's heart a bit. Viktor he felt like he could trust, more than he trusted Ron or Hermione, almost as if Viktor was as loyal as they came.
"I agree, now let's head back I'm getting hungry." Viktor laughed and the two boys made it back to the school.
Meanwhile, back at Hogwarts:
"Severus I'm sorry, there's nothing to go on right now." Severus Snape went to see Dumbledore every week to see if there were any leads on finding Harry, but for the last few weeks everything was at a dead end.
"There has to be something! He's been gone for a month he couldn't have just vanished into thin air!"
"Severus I've told you this many times already, Harry has a new guardian and whoever it is knows how to stay hidden. We likely won't find Harry unless he comes back, which I doubt he will." no one had stopped looking for Harry, but so far things had calmed down. Even Fudge couldn't find much with his connections.
"I can't give up."
"You don't have to, but Severus did you honestly think finding the boy would be so easy?"
"No, I just thought…" he didn't know what to think, he had wronged his son so horribly and now he was gone.
"We can only hope that wherever he is that he's safe and hopefully happy."
"What about Black? If he's out there and he has him…?"
"Severus we already checked that, so far there's been no sign of Sirius Black anywhere and if he did have Harry we'd know."
"Lupin could be hiding him!"
"Remus already told me he hasn't seen Black, he wouldn't lie about that. You know he was gone when Harry vanished."
"Yes but…"
"Severus enough, now do you really think Harry would want to be found after what happened? His friends turned on him, and his own father, you, you might as well have cut him yourself when you said those horrible things to him. You broke him."
"I know! I know what I did and I want him back, I need to find him!" Severus felt so guilty after Harry disappeared, he didn't mean those things he said he was just upset and angry.
"Well right now all I can tell you is that we won't give up, someday we'll find Harry but for now we have to go on. Go back to your rooms Severus, and get on with your lessons for the day. I will tell you if we find anything new."
"See that you do." Severus left the office without another word, but when he reached a corner in a dark corridor he broke down and sobbed. Thankfully it was dark and after hours so no student or teacher would hear him; he'd been crying a lot lately, but his students said nothing and knew nothing.
Severus realized he had hurt Harry badly, when he found out that Harry was his son and not James Potter's he went about it wrong. His anger came out at the boy and he regretted his words immediately after. He had tried to find Harry after that but he vanished and then when he heard Harry's blood was on the bathroom floor he felt as if he could die right there. So much blood, Harry was lucky to be alive at all wherever he was.
How could he do that to him? He had been angry at Lily and James but not Harry, and he made Harry try to kill himself. Now he found out Harry had another guardian and he had no chance of having his son back as long as he was Merlin knows where. He just hoped Harry was alright, he wanted to know if he was safe.
'I'll get him back, I'll fight for him if I have to.' he would do it, he knew that though his son would hate him he would prove to him he would be a good father. If he found him before he turned seventeen he could have a chance, but what if Harry's new guardian was better than him? How could he prove it then?
Severus wasn't the only one miserable though; the entire house of Gryffindor was suffering as well. They had no more Quidditch games; the other houses ostracized them, and even some of the teachers gave ones like Granger and Weasley the cold shoulder. Severus even made them do extra homework as punishment, but none of them knew why. Draco had even told Severus to his face he was a stupid fool for what he did, he may not have liked Potter much but he wouldn't condone any of that.
Molly Weasley sent him a howler at lunch calling him a failure as a wizard and a father, how he should've been lucky that Harry was his because he was a good kid, and how stupid and horrible he was for making the boy attempt suicide. She told him if he ever saw Harry and hurt him again she would skin him alive and he knew she would. The woman had been a mother figure to Harry; at least that's what he thought. She had every right to be angry with Severus; he just wished the entire school hadn't heard that blasted howler.
'I hope you're alright Harry, I swear I will make this up to you somehow. Lily…please forgive me, I didn't mean anything I said I was just so mad. I'm so sorry Harry, I'm sorry.' He regained his composure quickly after drying his eyes, and after he made it to his own office he sat down to look over the essays from his first years.
He knew he would have Harry back soon, and when he did he would do everything he could to make it up to him.
Well I certainly hope this was good for you, because I've got a little surprise planned for the next chapter. Did you like how Harry opened up a bit to Viktor but kept quiet on some things? Hope so.
Charlotte and Remus get a lucky break on catching Pettigrew, but of course Charlotte will stay out of the action until necessary. Will have a time skip in it for Harry, but not too much along; I will say like before this won't go completely with the book, I have a plan ready for Voldemort and I'll decide if he will truly return or if Charlotte will use her power to that advantage preventing it. Obvious though right?
Now if you want something to happen later on in the fic please tell me because I'm all ears. You can put in a request and I'll try my best to put it in, maybe an idea for Harry's return, confrontations with the Weasleys and Severus, romance for Viktor and Harry, or perhaps I can throw in something for the Krum family which I probably will anyway.
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Later!
