Chapter 3

Harry put his hand on the smooth black wood that was the main entrance to the huge Manor before him. He didn't know whether to knock or just walk in. He turned to look at Effie, she was admiring the many red tulips growing around the center duck pond. The horizon was a beautiful clear blue sky with Scotland's famous hills in the distance. He took a look around more, the Manor itself was white with dark blue panels on each window. It's roof was made up of dark grey tiles, the walk way to the garage and around the property was fine gravel. It looked like a muggle house that was just updated to fit the lifestyle of both his parents. There was no gate surrounding the property but Harry could feel the strong wards. Taking a deep breath, he looked back at the door and took the knob in his hand, turning it and pushing gently forward.

Harry took a hesitant step in, the main hall was open and bright. Floor was dark mahogany finished wood, the walls were a cream color, pictures taking place in each one. In there was stairs leading up to the second floor directly in the middle of the room. There was sitting room, where the fireplace was, off to the left of the entrance hall and to the right there was the dining room. Harry was about to walk to the dining room when he heard a pop behind him. He spun around, wand in hand but when he looked down he saw a tiny house elf. She was wearing a red uniform with the Potter crest over her heart. The elf looked to be crying as big tear drops were falling from her eyes.

"Master Harry? Oh, Master Harry has returned!" The little elf exclaimed before running to Harry and hugging his leg. "Dipsey thought she would never see yous again Master Harry!" At this point Dipsey started bawling. Harry took her little arms off his leg and kneeled down to be at eye level with her, Harry reached out and hugged Dispey. He tried his best to calm her down. He did not remember her but he felt he needed to make sure she was okay.

"Dipsey, it's okay. I'm back now." Harry soothed the little elf. When Dipsey stopped crying, she let go of Harry.

"Master Harry, I is happy your are finally home. How can I help you today?" Dipsey asked, now fully composed. "Dipsey, is it only you or are there other elves?" Harry asked, curiosity laced in his voice. "There are only 10 of us here at Potter Manor. The majority of the Potter Elves went to serve Hogwarts for the time being." Dipsey answered.

Harry nodded, he suspected they needed a job to do or that Dumbledore requested their help. However, the one thing he could not wrap his mind around was why he was never told there was a Will. Why was it not read to him once he was in school? Let alone that he had a home! A true one with space for him to grow and be loved even if it was only Dipsey and the other elves. So many questions and only one person could answer them. "My Lord?" Effie brought him from his thoughts. "Yes, Effie." He looked down at his account goblin. "I am going to take my leave, I have many books I need to update since the reading of the will. Here is the portkey to the manor should you ever need it." She handed him a small house key. "Hope to see you soon my Lord." She winked at him before taking her leave.

Harry stood in his home for a moment, taking in everything that was told to him today. 'I am a lord, a wealthy lord, with my own home.' He thought to himself, a smile slowing forming on his face. Though a little voice in the back of his head was nagging that he could only be happy for so long. Suddenly he felt a small tug at the him of his slacks, looking down he saw Dipsey was looking up at him.

"Master Harry, would you like us to get your things from the Dursley home?"

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Dumbledore was pacing around his office, Harry has been missing from the Dursley's for over 4 hours now. He knew he should not have left Mandungus in charge today. He had a feeling that something was not right. It wasn't til Aurther took over for the afternoon Potter watch that he was alerted that Harry was not in the Dursley home and no Mandungus either. Dumbledore was not a violent man but if and when he saw Mundungus, he was going to hex him to the next century.

He only hoped Harry was okay. He did not mean to isolate the boy but he needed to make sure that the link, if there was any, between the boy and the Dark Lord was managed and that no information about the resistance was making it to him.. He was stopping the Daily Prophet from making it to him, made sure Hermione and Ron were not mailing him any detail about the Order. Anything that could ruin all the hard work the Order has done to keep the Wizarding community safe up to this point.

But deep down, he felt as if he was wrong to keep the boy from his plans. He only had a theory that him and Voldemort shared some sort of connection but when he found the ring Tom had somehow used to anchor his soul to everything from the past 4 years started making sense even if he only had started to put the pieces together. He couldn't, he wouldn't let this mishap make his plans fall. He needed to keep Harry in check and at bay.

Suddenly his office door opened. Tonks and Remus walked in, holding Mundungus hostage, wands at the ready. Remus pushed Mundungus into an empty seat. "Okay, Tell us what you know." Remus ordered with his wand tip glowing, he push his wand against Mundungus's throat. Mundungus was beginning to sweat and whimper like the coward he was.

"OKAY! OKAY!" Mundungus shouted, "I never showed up for the bloody Potter watch shift you asked demanded me to take over Dumbledore. I didn't see the need to be there when the boy just stays in his room all day." He explained, huffing the entire time. "How was I suppose to know he would up and leave the one day I decided to ditch?! I just stayed home and slept, that is til these two blasted me awake. Arsholes you lot are!" He complained but before he could rant any more, Remus stunned the small bald man, shutting him up.

They all sighed grimly, he had been their only shot to find Harry and it was out the window.

"Harry has not used any magic?" Remus asked, Dumbledore shook his head no. "The ministry would have informed Kingsley if he had."

Remus was going to say something else but then an Gringotts owl flew into the office and gave Remus and Dumbledore each a letter before flying off again. They both opened the letters at the same time. Remus's eyes went wide and Dumbledore just slumped in defeat into his seat behind his desk.

Tonks was done with all the man drama and ripped Remus's letter out of his hand then quickly read the contents, her eyes growing just as wide. "The Potter's would like to leave Remus Lupin with 100,000 Galleons as per their Last Will and Testament. Please visit Gringotts's Potter Account Advisor for assistance on receiving your funds." Tonks read out loud. "Oh lord! Oh Merlin! You're loaded!" Tonks clapped Remus's back, "That's awesome!"

Remus ignored Tonks, clearly not caring that he now had enough money to take care of his needs, and walked over to Dumbledore's desk. "I know where Harry is." Remus stated, Dumbledore nodded "So do I Remus. We will not be able to get to him but we can send an owl. We will have to wait for his response. Since his Parent's will was read, it means Harry is now seen as a legal adult in the wizarding world so he can do what he pleases."

Remus shook his head "Sirius can get him, he has access to the Potter Manor." His statement took Dumbledore by surprise, he looked stright at Remus. "Go. Now." Ordered the old wizard.

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Sirius was having an argument with the Weasley Mother over the prank he was helping the Twins with. Rolling his eyes, he let Molly rant and rant. He was about to argue the importance of letting a child grow but was interrupted as he saw Remus run into the dining room. "Harry is at Potter Manor. Dumbledore requested you to get him." Remus stated, walking over to Sirius.

Sirius's eyes widen with surprise but a smile was creeping up at the corner of his lips. "But how? The will was suppose to be read when he was of age, not now." Sirius stated, getting up from his seat. "You know James and Lily, they would have found a way to have it read to him earlier and not tell Dumbledore." Sirius now had a faint smile, remembering how his old friends were. "Either way, you are the only one that can get to Harry."

"I'm going with you "

Remus, Molly and Sirius turned to see Hermione had entered the room, her wand held tightly in her hand, she crossed the room til she was just in front of Sirius.

"I'm going with you, Sirius. We have kept Harry in the dark for too long. Dumbledore has not let us write anything to Harry and you can only imagine what he is feeling right now. He didn't have Ron and I for the majority of last year during the tournament. It was my fault for not trying to help him more and now, well, he must just hate us..." She looked away for a moment. Something clearly on her mind before conintuing. "I need to make things right and I don't care what Dumbledore says, Remus!" She whirled at her previous DADA professor who had tried to interject, her wand glowed a bit. A warning to Lupin, making him raise his hands in submission before looking back at Sirius. Determination was written in her eyes, a fire that he only ever seen light up in Lily'. "I need to be there for my friend so I am going too." She stated firmly, crossing her arms.

"Okay." Sirius smiled. "Let's go pay a visit to Potter Manor."