A/N This will be a Harry and Katie Bell fanfic for a pair that I love but I never really see, anyways enjoy!
It was another late night of Harry trying to get school work done without waking his Uncle Vernon. He remembered the last time that he had been caught, his back was bruised for a month before it went away. Luckily for him Vernon didn't harm him nearly as much as he did before Harry went to Hogwarts. Hedwig was fast asleep in her cage. Harry may still have been on the smaller side but he had filled in due to his past two years of playing quidditch for the Gryffindor house team. He reached to grab his spare ink bottle when he accidentally knocked his large book off his desk causing Hedwig to wake and start screeching.
"Shut up Hedwig, you'll get me caught!" Harry said in a harsh whisper as he tried to hide his books and quills.
The door to Harry's room slammed open and his Uncle burst in wearing his pajamas.
"What the hell are you doing!" Vernon yelled growing more purple by the second as he looked at Harry's desk.
"I...I." Harry stuttered.
"YOU FREAK, YOU'RE READING THAT FUCKING FILTH IN MY HOME!" His Uncle roared.
Harry tried to think of something to say but his uncle came rushing at him, Harry managed to avoid the larger man as he tried to grab him.
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU BOY!" Vernon was getting more and more full of rage by the second.
He managed to grab onto Harry and throw him to the floor. The last thing Harry saw was his Uncles meaty fist slamming into his skull with a crack. The world went black.
Harry woke up laying on the floor with a splitting headache and he could feel dried blood covering his body. He stood up slowly and sat on his bed. Damn Vernon was pissed, my entire body feels like it's on fire. He got up and went to the bathroom to see the damage done to his body. After cleaning the blood of himself he saw he was covered with bruises and a few large cuts, but he would live. He quickly realized how much danger he was in if he stayed here. Harry rushed to his room and packed his things and ran down the stairs to escape.
"And where do you think you're going boy?" Vernon was standing in the hallway in front of the door.
"I'm leaving, and you can't stop me." Harry said coolly.
" Do you want another beating boy?" Vernon spat.
"No but you're going to move before I blast you to bits." Harry said while pulling out his wand.
Harry's uncle moved out of the way as he ran off into the night not knowing where to go just knowing he needed to get away from that man. Harry ended up in a park as he sat down on the swing set he heard a growling noise from the bushes. Harry looked and saw a large black dog staring at him. He drew his wand ready for it to attack. When all of a sudden Harry heard a noise like a whip cracking and a three story purple bus appeared.
"Hello, my name is Stan Shunpike. I will be your conductor this evening." A tall man said as he got off the bus. The man looked down at him.
" You did flag us down right?" He said as he looked at Harry.
"Yes of course, can you take me to the Leaky Cauldron?" Harry asked the man not knowing what else to say.
"That we can, now might I ask your name?" Stan said as he loaded Harry's trunk onto the bus.
"My name is Harry, Harry Potter." He said as he got onto the bus.
"Blimey the Harry Potter! Ernie we're bringing Harry Potter to the Leaky Cauldron! Stan said to the man driving the bus.
Less than ten minutes later they arrived and Harry said goodbye to Stan. He entered the bar and asked the Barkeep Tom for a room for him. After Harry settled in he decided to write a letter to his best friend Ron Weasley.
Dear, Ron
I just wanted to let you know that I'm staying at the Leaky Cauldron until the end of the summer. I know that this letter won't reach you until you get back from Egypt. So if you want to visit once you get here we could get out things for school. I hope that you are having a good time.
Your best friend, Harry
Harry sent the letter to the Burrow for Ron when he got back from his trip. He decided to go to sleep after that.
Harry was playing quidditch when he saw a girl with long brown hair tied up in a ponytail, it was Katie Bell, a fourth year student at Hogwarts and a fellow quidditch player. She looked at him with her deep brown eyes and smiled. Harry never realized how pretty Katie was. But in a flash his dream changed. He was running through the chamber of secrets being chased by the basilisk; he noticed it being smaller than he remembered. He looked at the end of the chamber and saw a short cloaked man holding a knife and a girl laying on the ground, it wasn't Ginny this time but a girl with brown hair. Like Katie's.
Harry woke up in a cold sweat. He had no idea why he had that dream but he shrugged it off and went down to the bar for breakfast. He sat at the bar next to a man with shabby looking robes and a worn and tired face. The man looked at Harry and smiled.
"Hello Harry, I'm Remus Lupin. I'll be your defense against the dark arts professor this year. And Tom can you get Harry and me some breakfast please?" He said in a cheerful tone."
"Right away Remus." Tom replied as he went back to the kitchen.
"Thank you professor but you didn't have to get me breakfast." Harry began but Lupin cut him off.
"Now now don't worry about it Harry, I can't let Lily and James's son go hungry." Lupin said, still smiling at Harry.
"You knew my parents?" Harry asked excitedly.
"I was best friends with James when we were in school, you look exactly like him you know except for the eyes you have Lily's eyes. Remus responded looking slightly sad but still cheerful.
Harry was extremely happy to finally have met someone who was close friends with his parents. Tom arrived soon after with their food. Harry talked with Remus while eating about his parents and about the defense class.
"Have you picked up your things for school yet?" Lupin asked Harry. Harry shook his head no in response while eating a bite of his food.
"I have some things to pick up in the alley today and I would quite enjoy the company if you want to come with." Remus said to Harry.
"Of course Professor, and thank you again for breakfast." Harry said to the older man.
"There's nothing to thank me for my boy." Remus told him.
The two then set off to the alley for the day, Harry gathered his school items while Remus picked up a few things for his class. They ended up at madam malkin's shop to get Harry's school robes when Remus said he had to go and pick something up from another shop, so he left to do that while Harry got his new school robes. He decided to get Remus a few new pairs of robes to thank him for all his kindness. Remus returned shortly after.
"Ready to go Harry?" Remus asked.
"Yes of course Professor, but first take these robes I noticed yours looked like they needed to be replaced so I bought you a few pairs." Harry told the man while handing him a brown bag.
"Thank you so much Harry but you don't need to get these for me." Lupin began to reply.
" No, but I wanted to." Harry said.
"You have your mother's heart, thank you Harry." Said Lupin.
They then left the store and started making their way back to the cauldron talking and making jokes.
" Ah James you're the same as always still making jokes….I'm so sorry Harry for a second I forgot that you weren't James." The older wizard said with a tear in his eye.
"It's alright professor, I can't remember anything about them and I get terribly sad sometimes , but you were friends with them, you knew them, so it must be much harder. Harry said looking at the sad wizard.
"Thank you Harry for the kind words, but I must now say farewell for the night I am extremely tired. Thank you for spending the day with me. Remus said.
They said their good nights and Harry went off to his room to get to some sleep. He layed in his bed and quickly drifted off into sleep, then he began to dream again.
A/N Well that's the first Chapter, I fell off of writing fan fiction for a while and I am sadly not going to be continuing my Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley story for the time being but I hope this story will make up for it. Please R&R