HARRY POTTER SINGER 2

I have decided on a more grey dumbledore for this story. Yes his plans fell apart when Harry disappeared that does not mean his plans where evil or good simply that he had them. I have decided on what I hope will be a fun way to have defense teachers. I will be jumping ahead to around the time he gets his Hogwarts letter in this chapter. You will of course get to see all manor of flashbacks in this and later chapters, however if your anything like me you would rather get in to the meat of the story quickly rather than have unending chapters of world building that we don't need. Also in this story everyone gets their letter at the same time rather than on their birthday.

June 1991

It was Harry's turn to go get the mail today and so he went out to their magical mailbox. As expected there where stacks of letters all of them harmless Gringotts made sure of that before they found there way here. Among the stack however was a letter he had been half expecting, it seems that Hogwarts wants him to attend. He takes the mail inside and after depositing the fan mail on the table he opens up his Hogwarts letter. It tells him he is accepted and that a teacher will be by on the 20th to go over everything he would need should he decide to attend. This is different than most of the other schools he has gotten letters from over the years and is rather refreshing.

When Bobby comes in from the other room after hanging up from some hunter somewhere needing advice or a background verified or whatever they sit at the kitchen table and begin to open the fan mail as has been their habit over the last few years. Starting shortly after Harry had survived the night his parents were killed, Harry received letters from all over wishing him the best or sending thanks, some even had gifts attached. It had made Bobby very happy he had set up that mailbox with Gringotts since it filtered out all the harmful items. Bobby had instructed Gringotts to take the gifts and give them away unless they where books, photos or a few other very specific things.

At first when Bobby had started reading them he was surprised by the people but he decided the best option was to have a form letter he could send out to everyone thanking them and letting them know Harry was safe. When Harry had turned 9 he had started to answer a few personally but most still got a form letter though now there are few different versions depending on the age of the writer.

After going through the letters and separating them into piles Harry mentions his Hogwarts letter and that a teacher would be coming by on the 20th. Bobby makes a note to talk to the goblins about their redirection ward on the 20th.

Flashback

When the unspeakable comes over at Damians behest he begins laying down massive wards. He wards against everything the coolest ward he lays however is a magic suppression ward. Only those whose name is in the ward book under resident can use magic on the property all others will be subjected to something akin to the cruciatus. He even sets up a redirect ward for all incoming travel to a specified area this later became a room at Gringotts South Dakota. Once these wards where set up and the ward book given to Bobby who had everything explained to him the unspeakable leaves.

Bobby's house June 20th 1991

Professor Babbling was having a most interesting day it started normal enough she had been asked this year to help with the Muggle born and raised introductions as Minerva was simply overworked handling it all. She had her first one today and it was in America of all places. When her portkey deposited her in country she attempted to aparate to the address given her only to find herself inside of Gringotts in front of a very irate goblin. After explaining what she was trying to do and paying a usage fee she was given a way to access the property and warned not to use magic on the property. This was a most ominous warning and not one she expecting.

When she finally arrived at the address she was surprised to see so many cars. When she walked through the gate that had a sign that read Singer Salvage above it she felt the oppressive ward stop her and judge her before letting her inside. After walking for a bit she finally finds the house and it looks rather interesting. She knocks on the door and is greeted by grouchy old man who proceeds to hand her a flask and demand she drink from it. At first she was going to decline but then she saw the handgun he was carrying and decided that even if it is booze its safer then refusing and risking getting shot. After she drinks some and finds much to her delight it was simply water she is allowed in.

Once inside she is escorted to the living room and is stunned by the number of books in the room and the various languages they seem to be in. She begins her explanation and upon getting to the part about her being a witch and Harry being a wizard Harry stops her. After explaining he is not a wizard nor is she a witch but rather they are both druids and that there is a difference she is now very confused but decided to not argue. She is asked about the curriculum and what she teaches and after explaining she is the ancient runes teacher she is interrupted again only this time by the older gentleman.

"You only teach runes? Like norse runes? Do they offer any other magical languages like sanskrit, swahili, warlipi, uto, Japanese?" Bobby asks

She is stunned by this question having never had anyone ask these questions. "We do go over Elder Futhark and other such Germanic runes as well. But yes mostly norse. No other language is offered and we don't really teach runes as a language so much as its uses in magic."

Harry and Bobby nod along. "Frankly I don't think this school has anything to teach you Harry. I don't see why we don't simply continue the way we have been."

This interests the Professor "Would you mind showing me some of what you have been learning on your own so I can feel good about leaving you to your own devices?"

HArry shrugs "Sure come on outside and I'll show you."

Once they where outside her day went from mildly interesting to completely chaotic in a manner of minutes. Once they where all outside Harry began to silently and without a wand cast some truly terrifying magic. She watched him slice a row of cars in half set them on fire and turn them into a molten metal golem that then split in half and began attacking him only for him to shield with no issue and out duel two massive golems of fire and metal. After a half hour of watching him cast a variety of spells he stops and she is speechless.

Once she calms herself down she asks him if he ever learned the basics of magic. When he responded with a noncommittal answer she asked to see where he started learning magic. He brought out a well worn book in what appears to be old english she thumbs through the pages and realizes it starts where most people currently have their mastery and calls this basic magic. She explains that Hogwarts while likely won't be able to teach any spells he wouldn;t learn on his own would allow him to learn more about why magic does what it does as well as meet his peers and perhaps make friends with other children his age. She gets him to commit to sending an owl to Hogwarts about some self study classes he would be wanting to do if he went.

Hogwarts June 22nd 1991

Professor Babbling had just returned from her visit and was on her way to go see Minerva about the meeting when she sees dumbledore and asks him to come sit in on this conversation as well. When they get to Minerva's office they take a seat and she begins her explanation. "I have never seen anyone wield magic like this child did frankly I don't know that the entire staff at Hogwarts combined could stop him if he wanted to do something. He clearly has been self studying and its down right scary. His knowledge has huge holes in it. I mean he can't cast a Lumos spell but he can animate two golems the size of trolls at the same time. He is also behind the most sophisticated wards I have ever felt. He is willing to give it a try for a year but he wants to self study a few things including languages."

Dumbledore and Minerva are stunned by this and visibly shaken "That was supposed to be the easy one thats why I gave it to you first. I am glad Harry Potter will be coming to Hogwarts though." Minerva finally says

"Thats another thing he goes by Harry Singer. He moved Potter to his middle name when he was adopted."

Albus shakes his head "At least he grew up somewhat normal I was worried when I found out someone was responding to the fan mail he was getting."

"He knows he is famous and has been responding to his own fan mail for a few years before that it was his guardian. Though they say most everyone gets a stock letter" She explained

Albus responds "I don't see why we can't agree with his requests other families have asked for stranger things before. This will make our defense teachers happy as well."