A/N: Yes Hivedragon it's your fault that I have to write an extra chapter for this story. So it is up to you Whether I Should do it or not. Do you want me to do it, or shall I not do it at all. HAHAHAHA. But Hivedragon thanks for the review. And also thanks to all others for your reviews.
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A/N: Harry Potter is not mine, this is a story of a fan.
C8 Harry's story.
In the middle of Diagon Alley, Harry was looking for who was calling out his name. Out of the corner of his eye he saw something that came running toward him at high speed. He looked in that direction and saw a bunch of black curls coming towards him. With a big bang the figure popped against him and together with the figure he fell to the ground. "Hi, Bella what are you doing here?" Asked Harry to Bella when he realized that it was her who was ontop of him.
That it was her who struck against him just made him smile. "Harry, I'm a witch, Harry, are you also a witch" Bella asked him strained with a big smile on her lips.
Harry laughed and told her. "No Bella, I'm not a witch, I'm sorry." Bella looked at him sadly. "Bella, I'm a Wizard, I'm a boy."
With a playful tap on his shoulder Bella called to him brightly. "You, you jerk" and Bella began to laugh, loudly. Harry looked at her and laughed along with her. Hagrid reached down and pulled them from the ground. Harry greeted Arabella friendly, and Introduced Hagrid to Bella.
Together they walked back to the leaky cauldron. There Harry would eat his dinner together with Hagrid, this because he still had not eaten anything all day. Arabella asked if they could accompany them. if they would like that, that is.
Bella and Harry Had talk the rest of the evening about Hogwarts and the classes that they would have there. Arabella had given them a book about the history of Hogwarts. While they were eating, Bella and Harry sat down and were bent over the book, and were reading it carefully. Hagrid had asked Arabella whether it was true or not, what Minerva had told them about Harry. And everything about some pages they had read of a particular book. With a sad look Arabella nodded in the affirmative. The curse that Hagrid shouted sounded like a foghorn. Everyone looked startled and also immediately to Hagrid. Tom the innkeeper wanted to say something, but Hagrid excused himself right away.
"Mommy, who is this Voldemort. And why is his name and that of Harry in this book. And also why is Harry called the Boy Who Lived" When Bella said that name, she heard gasping for breath from half of the customers in the leaky cauldron. Here and there was a small cry of terror from some of the people. Nobody wanted to hear that name and she did not know what to do.
Tom went to the table and sat down with them. To Bella he told her to be quiet, and that that name was not to be pronounce. He said this in a real friendly but also in a pressing tone. "We all call him, He Who Must Not Be Named". Now Tom threw his eyes on Harry and looked at him with cause for concern. "Harry do you know how your parents have died" Tom asked.
Harry looked uncomprehending at Tom when he asked him this. "It was an automobile accident, that's what my aunt had told me. Therefore I also have this scar, A scar that I got from that accident." Harry told Tom a little carelessly. An uproar of noise came loose from the customers of the leaky cauldron. Everywhere was mumbled, a car accident. And it was scandalous that Lilly and James Potter were death by a car accident.
Tom looked at Harry with a sad look in his eyes. "I'm really truly sorry Harry, but that is not entirely true." Harry's eyes were slightly larger than normal, when he heard that it was not true. His stomach turned and his thoughts were everywhere. Bella felt it too and took his hand in hers. She immediately felt that Harry was becoming calmer.
"Harry, long ago, here in the wizarding world there was a war. Many people found there in death. Many lost family members and loved ones. The man who had done all that was he who must not be named. His name was Lord Voldemort". Again here and there was a gasp for breath, or a small scream of terror. Tom ignored his customers and continued his story as he rolled his eyes. "Those were dark times Harry" he said.
"A small group resisted the rise of he who must not be named; in that group were your parents. They fought with a force like no other. Three times they stood face to face with him who should not be named. And three times they escaped with a small victory on our side. They were strong but not strong enough. After a few years Voldemort wanted them dead, and then called for a reward on their heads. When he who must not be named, wanted someone to be dead, then you could be sure that it happened. You could not escape him, how much effort you did. For these reasons, your parents went into hiding. But he just wanted to just have your parents and did everything for it. He always used a particular curse, which no one had ever survived. You could say that it was his favorite curse to use. And if he used it then you were immediately dead",
It was dead quiet again in the leaky cauldron after those words. Everyone was listening to Tom, and there was no one who coughed once. Bella was sitting a little closer to Harry, and had an arm around his back. Arabella pointed at them both equally and Hagrid smiled at it when he saw it too. "She is a good friend to him hey Arabella" he asked in a whisper. Arabella nodded yes, and looked at it with a smile of her own. And Tom went back to his story.
"It was Halloween night 10 years ago. He who must not be named had gone in search of new victims. At the top of his list, were your parents. That night he stood by your parents in front of their front door. When he was inside the house, he killed them both. Now how and why he has slain them no one knows.
Now the reason why you are in this book is as followed. After he had killed your parents he wanted to murder you. He wanted to kill you as a baby. And after all those he had slain, he failed. Something stopped him that night, something held him back. And that something was you. That scar is a scar from that curse. He could not kill you that night, You were the one who stopped him. Now we do not know when he comes back, and if he will ever come back. But thanks to you the war was won that day. You're the boy who lived. You're the only one who has ever survived that curse".
Bella had taken Harry into a hug and held her head pressed against his shoulder. Again Bella was asking herself whether it would always be this way for Harry. As long as she knew him, he had nothing else but misfortune, and that every day of his life. She loved him so much and had so much grief over him. He was always caring for everyone, and especially for her. And no one did it for him.
A little later Arabella took little Harry back to Privet Drive. Harry had to walk alone into the street. Arabella had told him that he had to look miserable while he did it. If he could do it this way, the Dursleys would find it only funny, because he did not like it. They would punish him less if he was in pain. And that was true. When he arrived at No. 4 they opened the door laughing at him. How Harry was pulling the trunk behind him, with sweat dripping from his head. They did not help him at all, They were just standing there and were laughing loudly. Harry did not get any help from them to get to the train station, he had to figure it out himself while they just thought it was funny. However, the Dursleys didn't know that Arabella and Bella had already agreed that they would help Harry when he had to go to the station. They had already agreed to do just that.
The three weeks that had followed it, Harry was only twice able to be with Bella. Together they had looked through the books and try if they could conjure something. Actually, they were not allowed to do it. But there were spells that were admitted. One of those spells, was the Lumos spell, which was the light spell. Both Bella and Harry had the spell almost at the first try. With two elongated wooden chopsticks they tried if they could do others spells. They were the funniest afternoons. Eventually, the day that they were going to school was almost there. One more night and then they could finally make their way to Hogwarts.
That evening, Minerva McGonagall came by unexpectedly. "Good evening, auntie mini" Bella exclaimed with a smile when she saw Minerva enter the room.
"Hi Bella. Tomorrow you have to call me Professor McGonagall, because I'm your professor at school and not you're Aunt".
"But when I come by to drink tea at your office, then I can call you auntie or not." Bella asked, a little hesitant.
"Yes, dear, if you come to my office to drink tea, then you can call me auntie". Now it was about time for Bella to go to bed. Bella was put to bed by Arabella and was fast asleep within a minute.
"Minerva I'm glad you came over tonight. I went with Bella to Ollivander that day in the alley, and he has told me that she really is Bellatrix Black". Arabella told the whole story of that day to Minerva. Minerva Just looked questionable at her and said nothing. When Arabella was finished Minerva still said nothing and just stood up.
In small circles she walked through the room, over and over again. "So if I understand correctly" She suddenly spoke. "Then Ollivander has now sold the real wand from Bellatrix to Bella. The one that she would have all those years ago, and she is very different from all those years ago when he met her for the first time".
Again Minerva thought for a moment "Arabella I will inform the sorting hat about this. I think, he will overthrow everything, if he hears about this. I will send you the memory of the sorting, then you can view it in that pensive of yours, the one with rune that is made especially for you by the goblins".
The next day
At the corner of their street Arabella and Bella were waiting just around the corner. Harry could come at any time now and would walk around that corner. Bella was very excited when Harry came to them. Quickly she ran to Harry and helped him with his trunk and his owl Hedwig. That owl was a gift that he had gotten from Hagrid. His uncle wanted to throw out the owl, but Hedwig had bitten him, and that was the only reason that Harry could keep the owl in his cupboard. So Harry was allowed to keep her as long as she did not make any sound. While he was with them, he was still panting. a little bit.
Arabella had a newspaper in her hands and told that it was a Port key. After that she had to explain what a Port key was. it was the Port key That Minerva had given her, one that would be triggered at a certain time. They hid behind a wall so no one could see them. They all took a piece of the newspaper and waited, they felt a pull from behind their navel and suddenly they were on a Platform. Bella and Harry had stumbled and landed on their asses. On the sign above their heads, there was written, Hogwarts Express, Platform 9 3/4
Both Bella and Harry thought that the train was looking amazing. From out of the wall on the side of muggle London, there was a family with red hair, who just arrived on the platform. "Those are the Weasley's Arabella told them both. Back on board the train, they found a compartment which was still empty. There they now were in the compartment . Bella stood crying in the open window. She cried that she did not wanted to go away, and that she wanted to stay with her mother. But Arabella had told her that she now had Harry with her. But she also told them, that they would make a lot of friends at school. And that they could always go to Auntie Mini for tea. And that they now had a mountain of a friend. At those words Belle had to laugh a little. Harry looked at her not understanding what they meant. Hagrid is the mountain Harry, Bella Told Him. A little later she would tell him why Hagrid was the mountain. Slowly the train left the station. Bella hung out of the window and waved wildly to Arabella. Arabella was getting smaller and smaller until she was completely out of sight. Sad and a little weeping Bella crawled against Harry.
"I'll stay with you Bella and I will ask the sorting hat whether I can be in your house".
"Will you really do that, Harry?"
"Yes Bella, I'm really going to do that. I also want to stay with you Harry "she whispered.
The door of the compartment slid open and there was a timid boy in the opening of the door. "Everywhere is full can I sit with you" he asked a little shy. Bella motioned to him that he could. The boy placed himself eagerly.
"I'm Bellatrix Smith and this is Harry, Harry Potter" Bella said.
The boy first glowered at Bella, and then with big eyes he was looking at Harry. "My name is Neville, Neville Longbottom," he said. Within a few minutes, all three of them were great friends. Ten minutes later, there were two girls standing in the door opening. They also asked if they could join the group in the compartment. One was blond with long hair and the other was one with red and slightly wavy hair. Bella Introduced herself again and then Introduced Harry to the girls. She saw that Neville already knew who the girls were.
"My name is Daphne, Daphne Greengrass. And this is Susan, Susan bones".
Harry looked briefly at them all one by one. In his mind he thought that Arabella was right about Bella. Bella could indeed make friends very easily. It was even quite cosy in the compartment all together. Harry was sitting there with a little smile around his mouth. Bella was leaning a bit to him and laid her head on his shoulder. "Almost a whole year without the Dursleys, I'm happy for you Harry" Bella whispered in his ear. And Harry just nodded and kissed the side of her head.
From out of nowhere, the door was thrown open and there was a boy with red hair who walked into the compartment, they immediately knew that he was Ronald Weasley. "Have any of you seen Harry Potter, he's my best friend and he is expecting me" the boy said. Everyone looked at the boy with an open mouth. They did not know what to say.
Harry gave Bella a nasty smile and looked at the boy. "Yes, I've seen him. He is about five compartments further down the train".
"Thanks mate" the boy exclaimed and walked away. Without a word, they all started laughing.
Harry saw a girl walk past the carriage, she was weeping a bit. She had a big bunch of brown and Tousled Hair. With his elbow he tapped Bella and pointed to the girl. Bella did not hesitate and pulled the door open. "What happened, why are you crying" she called after the girl. "Come here and sit by us". The girl looked bewildered at Bella. She was somewhat surprised by the questions fire from Bella. She came into the carriage. Harry and Neville immediately put her trunk on the rack above their heads.
Bella sat down next to her and Daphne was sitting on her other side. "Okay, so why are you crying?" was again the question from Bella. She looked shy and then whispered softly.
"I was just in a different compartment and there they were saying really mean things to me. When I told them that my parents are Muggles They began to insult me. They also believed that I was not allowed to sit in that compartment, I was dirty and a mudblood, according to them". Harry felt the anger instantly bubbling inside of him. So even in this school there are types like Dudley Dursley.
"Here you are always welcome at all times, I'm Bellatrix Smith. This is Daphne Greengrass and Susan Bones. Then you have this lovely young boy, that's Neville Longbottom". Neville became a little red at the compliment from Bella. And this is my first and true friend, Harry, Harry Potter".
"Really," cried the girl with a shrill voice.
Harry looked at her with a smile. "Yes I am really her first and true friend" he said softly. All together they shot straight into a laughing fit. The girl was a little embarrassed but smiled when the others were laughing.
"I'm Hermione, Hermione Granger" she said when all was quiet again. It did not take long and she was completely included in the group that was now sitting in the compartment together.
The six of them were having the greatest fun together in the compartment. Hermione had told them how she used to be bullied and never had any real friends. Daphne told them that as a daughter of a lord of a house, she should always behave herself and be properly at all time. simply because it was asked of them. And that was why she had not many friends. Neville said that he lived with his grandmother and it was not ideal to have friends when it was just he and his grandmother. Susan said her aunt was the head of the DMLE. And therefore most were afraid to be her friend. Bella and Harry just told everyone that they were alone, because everyone thought they were different from others. That train ride, they formed a pact or six friends. From now on they would be friends and nothing could come to stand between them.
The new friendship has already been put to the test within a quarter of an hour. The door slid open and a blonde boy was just standing there. Beside him there were two human walking wardrobes. "I'm Draco Malfoy" the boy said. "And so this is where the great Harry Potter is in this train". He told them with a sound of arrogance in his voice. With his nose high in the air, he looked into the compartment. "Well Daphne, I do not think your dad will like it that you're sitting here. You're in a compartment with two mudbloods, or did you not know that".
Harry's gaze went from Bella to Hermione. Hermione stooped down a little, and kept her head down. Daphne became red, not of shame but of anger. Neville had clenched his fists and cursed softly. Susan had an arm placed around Hermione's shoulder.
Bella, however, was just looking angry at Draco. Harry did not understand what Draco had said, but that it was not good, that he knew. His eyes just went through the compartment. On the faces of his new friends, he could see that they were angry. And that Hermione's feelings were hurt badly. Harry stood up and was now standing right in front of Draco."I do not care who or what you are. But if you insult my friends then you insult me too. GOOD DAY DRACO". With a bang Harry threw the door shut in front of his nose.
"I WILL GET YOU FOR THIS POTTER, BUT WAIT UNTIL MY FATHER HEARS OF THIS" Draco screamed from the hallway.
"I do not know if that was a smart thing to do, Harry" said Daphne to Harry. "Draco Malfoy is the son of Lucius Malfoy, the head of the Malfoy family. They are rich and have a lot of influence, according to my father" she said.
"I'm sorry Daphne but I do not know what that means. I only know for three weeks now that I'm a wizard and who my parents really were". Everyone except Bella was shocked when he said that. So Harry could do nothing more than to tell his story. The story about how his parents had died in a car accident. And that it had been a big lie. And also that he had been raised by Muggles, his aunt and uncle. Harry did not tell that he was beaten and humiliated and used as a house elf. Bella was the only one who could know that. He was not surprised that the rest had heard of him. Daphne and Susan told him that he was a hero. And that there are many books written about him, and his adventures. It was also a blow to them that the books were all fabrications of lies.
Hermione told that they were almost near the castle and they had to put on their robes. The two boys were going to a bathroom to change clothes. Afterwards they were standing like two guards in front of the compartment. The girls change clothes quickly in the compartment. They then took the boys back inside the compartment. And they could talk for about half an hour more. There was a whistle and they got off on the platform of Hogsmeade station.
It was already dark when they finally arrived. Harry patted Bella on her shoulder and pointed to the left. "Mountain Hagrid how are you" Bella exclaimed happily.
"Hi Bella, hi Harry had a good trip" Hagrid asked with a smile. Bella and Harry both nodded happy, and walked over to Hagrid. "Everyone over here come over here to the boats, everyone." All first year, had walked towards Hagrid. Most were a bit worried because he was so big. Hagrid had a large black head of hair, and a large black beard. Everything about Hagrid said he would be a big aggressive giant. But his small eyes showed you that he was one of the nicest and lovable creatures you could ever find.
Bella and Harry were the first who arrived at the boats. Together with Neville they took a seat in a boat. Hermione, Susan and Daphne took a seat on another boat. Bella who was a little afraid of water grabbed Harry's arm tightly. Hagrid was sitting in the last boat and looked at all the boats in front of him. He enjoyed seeing that Harry now had some new friends. He had read a couple of copied pages from Minerva, and then immediately walked off to Albus Dumbledore office. It was the day after he had entrusted Harry, into the care of Arabella. That was the night he had gone straight to the headmaster.
Flashback in the story
Minerva, who was also in the office of Albus Dumbledore, at that time. Looked with wide eyes at Hagrid, it was the first time she had seen him so angry, and at Albus Dumbledore of all people. Albus was the one wizard where Hagrid had always looked up to. She was just fast enough to stop him, just before he had said something about Arabella and Bella. Hagrid took the blame on himself because Harry had been through all of this. And Minerva knew that if Hagrid had been so angry about five pages, how would he it be if he had read the whole red book. He was the one who had brought Harry to the Dursleys. It had been an order from Dumbledore himself, but it was him who had done it. He was particularly angry about the fact that Albus Dumbledore had allowed it. Hagrid was yelling that Harry was too small for his age and he looked neglected. Minerva had the greatest difficulty to get Hagrid out of the office. Before he had said something about the red book. Minerva was out of breath when they were standing in the hallway again. Outside the office Minerva told Hagrid, that he could not say anything about Harry. It was with difficulty that Hagrid agreed with that. But was shaking his fists in front of Minerva, and that was quite intimidating for her.
Dumbledore, who was now sitting in his office, stared at the door which Hagrid and Minerva had just walk out. Hagrid had never been so angry with him. He himself did not understand why, why it had happened, and what he had to do. With his hands folded under his chin, he thought hard. Dumbledore was losing his grip on the staff at the school. Only he just did not understand why he was losing it at all.
End flashback from the story
Slowly the boats drifted across the water towards the castle. When they went around the corner the castle came into view of the students. It was gigantic, and in every window there was a light burning, it made the castle into a fairy tale. Harry leaned a little to Bella. "It's beautiful Hey is it not". Bella looked on with a look of enjoyment to the castle and nodded to Harry.
"Breathless" she said. The three of them sat staring at the castle. They were in admiration and astonishment of it.
As they walked into the castle, they were looking around in bewilderment. Paintings were moving and greeting them happy, Harnesses were looking at them. Harry said he felt like he was home and he was glad he was here with Bella. Hand in hand the two walked up the stairs to the top.
Professor McGonagall who stood at the top of the stairs and was looking down on the first years. "Everybody, come here, around me and listen" Minerva said. "As long as you are here in this castle. we expect from you that you behave and treat everyone with respect. You will soon be sorted into one of the four houses. Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw. Helga Hufflepuf and Salazar Slytherin. Your house is your family. by good deeds, you obtain points. By bad things, they are deducted. At the end of the year, the house with the most points wins the house cup. You will wait here and I'll will get you, when it's time to be sorted. With long steps she walked away from the first year students.
There they stood all together. A little insecure and a little anxious. No one really knew what was to come when they stood there. Bella listened and heard something about a test. She heard that they had to conjure something from the hat. And even the story that she had to compete against some magical being. She looked questioningly at Harry. Neville, however, had the answer for her. "Bella do not be afraid, it's all not true what they say. According to Gran gran it is nothing special. She told me that we are judged and then to be put into one of the four houses. And we do not have to do anything for it ". This ensured that Bella was relaxing, a little bit after those words. Now she was a bit nervous but that was just a little bit.