Here is the next chapter. I hope you like it. Please read and review love Hermione xxx
"You may think you know me and what I've been through but I have seen evils you can scarcely dream of. Dobby I need you to come here without being seen. I want to know is there a way to see someone's fears without it harming them?" he asked as the Dursley's gasped. There was a pop sound but they didn't see anyone there.
"Yes Master Harry Potter sir. It is a boggart. You look at it and it shows your worst fears for everyone to see! Will I bring one here to you now?" asked Dobby as Harry said he should. He appeared moments later with a rattling briefcase and set it down on the coffee table.
"Now then how does this work and how does one go about conquering their fear?" he asked as Dobby explained it to him. The Dursley's were terrified of the voice they could not see but could indeed hear.
"When you or I opens the briefcase you will be presented with your fear. You should then swish and flick your wand like so while saying the words ridikulus. When you do this the scary object becomes funny. Do you need anything else master Harry Potter sir?" asked Dobby as Harry smirked at the scared faces of the Dursley's before him.
"You see I am never alone, never. I am always being watched by my dear friend Dobby so in the words of you Vernon, any funny business, any at all and there will be trouble. All my life of living here I've been scared well not any more. Today is the day I conquer my fear and you watch me do it. After that we'll see what happens!" he said acidly as they all now looked confused. They had thought he might harm them but now it seemed that might not be so. Oh how naïve they were. Harming someone didn't always mean something physical.
He had Dobby open the briefcase, something which looked for all intents and purposes like smoke coming out of it and settling before him. It suddenly shifted and swirled around at lightening speeds until it revealed a cloaked figure killing both James and Lily Potter before turning around and removing his cloak to reveal Dumbledore underneath. Harry Voldemort is just something I made up to cover my own skin. He didn't do this I did. I killed them all and told everyone I was Voldemort. He was most displeased until I killed him too and now I will kill you AVADA- ridikulus! Harry called out as he was suddenly sporting a pink tutu and doing ballet. It was truly his fear that Dumbledore would somehow say he was behind it all even though he knew he couldn't logically say that. As he had conquered his irrational fear he somehow felt better and then smiled a sadistic smile.
"Now as you can see that was my fear. Let's see yours shall we? I lived in fear all of my childhood now let's see what makes you quake huh. I think we'll start with you Dudley shall we?" as Dudley shook his head no but Harry scarcely pretended to notice him. Levitating the boy so he stood up but still in his binds he swiveled the briefcase around until it was facing him. The mass swirled changing until it settled on a wizard in funny looking robes telling him that his parents had died and he'd need to care for Harry all by himself and that the wizard didn't care if he had no money or not that he'd simply need to do it. Then the wizard who Harry noticed slightly resembled Dumbledore told him that if he did not care for the boy he'd die! Harry merely placed Dudley back into his seat and levitated Vernon in front of it where it once more changed.
Vernon's fear appeared as Harry's eyebrows rose up in surprise. There he saw himself using his hands to point at and kill random people claiming he was special and that this is why the people needed to die. He then produced a black wand with white tips that a magician in the muggle world would use and proceeded to turn Vernon into a rabbit before stuffing him into a large oversized hat and making the hat turn in on itself slowly taking the air from his lungs. He watched as Vernon looked petrified beyond all belief and actually pissed his pants in fear.
Harry was rather disgusted with this. I mean really? He had no intention of ever killing anyone and would not ever kill them either. They did deserve it but he had other plans for them and he would enjoy it immensely from the sidelines. He intended to send a letter to the death eaters exclaiming that Harry Potter was living in number four Privet Drive. What happened after that was not his problem. However he realised all death eaters were now dead but that didn't have to mean he didn't tell anyone else about it either. They had treated him heinously all his life and at one point as a child he nearly died because the internal bleeding was so bad. After Vernon had informed the authorities he 'fell' down the stairs they merely advised him to be more careful and took to treating him. It had been a close call for his life and none of them had cared at all whether he'd lived or died and that hurt him the most. He'd been five years old and he'd called out for his parents to be told they hated him and died just to get away from him.
The briefcase was moved once more to face Petunia. When it did so he was shocked to see Severus Snape wondering around torturing her family to insanity and blaming them for Lily's death and killing the one girl he'd ever loved. He had said because Petunia was a selfish bitch she'd caused Lily's death and lost him his only love. Harry paled at that as he'd not considered that Severus Snape could love his mother. Was it true he wondered. Seeing as how she too had wet her pants from fear he put the boggart back into the briefcase and asked Dobby to take it away as they all looked slightly relieved. However as he'd not allowed them to face their fears like he'd done it would haunt them for many years to come and it was the least they deserved.
"Now then what was that spell that useless idiot who tried to teach me defence against the dark arts used on my body? Oh yes I remember it now. Let's go upstairs shall we?" he asked levitating them to their rooms one by one. He went into Vernon's room and strapped him to the bed but not before calling out brackium immendo vanishing the bones in his legs and one of his arms. He went into Petunia's room and also vanished the bones in both of her arms and legs and did the same to Dudley. They would remain under a silencing spell for the two weeks and at the end of it he would have Dobby feed them some skele-grow potion. Two weeks without food should be enough as he'd often gone a month without food before at their hands. Two weeks would be nothing. He then smelled a burning smell and went down to the kitchen where the oven was currently on fire and used a quick agaumenti spell to out the flames and another spell to dispel any smoke. He chucked the incinerated chicken into the bin after he'd doused the flames coming from it. Then he went and made himself a snack and sat in Dudley's room facing him and eating it.
Then he got an idea and laughed heartily. "Dobby can you make any space appear larger then it is say enough to accommodate three people?" he said as Dobby listened to him.
"Indeed I can sir. What would you like me to do?" he asked as Harry smiled finally Dudley wetting his pants as Harry had looked scary when he smiled. Right now each member of the family had pissed their pants for some reason or another and it was the least they deserved. This was payback Harry Potter style and they would never again abuse him nor would anyone else either.
"There is a cupboard under the stairs and they should all go in there. It is to be padlocked and they are to get three cups of water a day with no food whatsoever. You saw no harm in doing this to me and I see no harm in doing it to you so don't look at me like that. I had a lifetime whereas you will have a mere two weeks so shut up and put up. Dumbledore saw no harm in abandoning me here and it doesn't matter now anyway. Do it now!" he said as much to his surprise in ten minutes it was done. The cupboard was silenced and he headed upstairs to bed after transfiguring himself a new bed. In the morning he took Vernon's keys once again and left getting the tube to Victoria station where he then changed to the Victoria line heading for Brixton his house keys in his hands. He smiled as he would see his home for the first time. Dobby walked invisibly beside him making sure he wasn't seen as they walked down the road towards his home.
He noticed to his surprise his home was a terraced house with two bay windows on the front of it both upstairs and downstairs. It was opposite Brockwell Park so he'd be able to walk there and swim in the lido there if he chose to. Hermione had informed when she met him that her family lived in Peckham close by and often came in the summer to swim in the Lido at Brockwell Park. He'd have to look into seeing her there if he could. He approached the house number 8 and saw it was glowing. He knew that it was probably only glowing so he would know it was his. When he approached the door and stuck his key in the door turning it in the lock his hand was struck by a needle which appeared from nowhere and he heard a few clicks before he entered the home a goblin inside waiting for him. Clearly the pin prick of the needle had alerted him to the fact that someone was there.
"Mr Potter the needle which pricked you keyed you into the wards and this home is now under the fidelious with you as the secret keeper. I have just come by to tell you this and that the needle won't be pricking anyone else unless you state that you want it to such as a wife should you have one when you grow up. Is there anything you wish to ask me before I return to work?" asked the Goblin figuring he might as well ask as he was here.
"Yes actually there is. I would like to tell my friend Hermione Jean Granger about this although she never did me wrong in any way she has way too much respect for authorities and that's not always good. I want her to know about this without being able to tell anyone about it no matter who it is which might ask her about it. I just feel that if Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall or something asked her she would tell them about it straight away without hesitating and she wouldn't mean anything wrong by it either. It's just the way she is. She can't say no to authority ever" he said as the goblin looked shocked to the core.
"Is there any way you could contact her right now and ask her to come with you to the bank. We are in need of her for an inheritance test at once. We have an old vault there she might be able to inherit from. Once at the bank we can discuss getting her to keep the secret. It might involve using a goblin method of truth telling just to see if she would really tell anyone in authority once asked" he said as Harry looked shocked too.
"Dobby please get Hermione and bring herself and myself to the bank at once. Afterwards we will return here to my home ok?" he asked as Dobby did so. Hermione was in her garden when he came for her making her jump.
"Miss Granger Harry Potter sir has asked me to take you and him to the bank. Please come with me" he instructed as she looked shocked.
"Please give me a moment while I tell my parents I am heading out. I hope he is ok" she said running inside to tell her parents who said that as long as she was safe and back in a few hours she could go to the bank with Harry. They trusted their daughter as she was very mature indeed. Dobby took her to the bank where Harry was waiting for her there.
"Harry are you ok? Is it the dark lord?" she asked sounding worried indeed.
"No it's not him but I did have business to attend to in the bank when they mentioned how important it would be for you to have an inheritance test done right away. Then once you're done we have things to talk about. Ok?" he asked as she went with the goblin who was to conduct her test with her. She was presented with the same bowl and quill and cut her palm crying out as the blood dropped into the bowl but soon stopped crying as the goblin had healed her hand. After ten minutes the results were in with her wondering what was going on as he looked shocked.
"Miss Granger you are to inherit from the Dagworth – Granger vault which was in jeopardy of being closed as there hasn't been a lord or lady of that family for almost two hundred years. The vault contains your family ring, grimoire, possessions and 15 million galleons. You also own a potions store in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley but you may not do anything with them until you are seventeen. Here is your family ring. You must put this on and once you do so you will be legally emancipated in our world meaning that you may do anything you like without needing to consult a magical guardian from now on. Your family was also gifted with natural potions and occlumency abilities so when you put this ring on you will get them" he said calmly as she exclaimed oh my word and fainted out cold. She was revived and blushed.
"I'm so very sorry about fainting in your bank how embarrassing. I've never done this before. I don't know how to speak to you or respond but manners would be a good place to start I guess. Thank you so very much for this test and I will put on my ring now" she said putting on the ring as an explosion was heard knocking her out. He called at once for a healer confused by this and rather worried for her health. Healer Thompson came in and examined Hermione gasping.
"She will be fine and wake on her own in ten minutes as her body adjusts. She had a spell on her person which was removed and we won't know what it did until she wakes up. Also her core was made whole or full once again as the powers associated with her new found family believed her powers to be too low for the vault to accept her as she was. It would seem Lord Dagworth- Granger only wanted those with an actual full core to be the head of his house when he died and put this stipulation on the ring. Also she now has the potion and occlumency abilities and will need her magic stabilised when she awakes. You know what to do" she said handing him a pepper up potion to give to her once she woke up. Ten minutes later Hermione woke up and looked around in awe.
"Here Miss Granger please take this potion it is a pepper up. Healer Thompson now informs me you have a full core as well as natural potions and occlumency abilities. How do you feel?" he said as she smiled at him.
"I feel truly fantastic. Thank you fine goblin. You have done well indeed and will be rewarded later on. It feels almost like a blanket or something I couldn't see has been removed from my person however I feel fine now and don't even know what it did so we're not even going to go there. Let's go out to Harry as he said he needed to talk with me about something" she said as he stopped her.
"Please Miss Granger cast a lumos spell and hold it until you feel your power leveling out and once it is does we can leave" he said as she did so blinding them all and shocking her greatly. It took five minutes before it was bearable. Just how powerful was she? They left and went into another room where Harry and Griphook were waiting.
"Hermione please have a seat. I need to tell you something about me that I've done but I have done it for a sensitive reason and although I trust you implicitly would you allow Griphook to ask you a question using goblin truth methods? It's just if what I told you got out it would be harmful to me. I would rather be safe then sorry!" he said determined as she reeled back almost hurt but given who he is huffed and then agreed.
She was given a special orb to hold which would mean she could tell only the truth.
"Miss Granger if Mr Potter here tells you something about his life and asks you not to tell anyone about it would you do so even if someone in authority asked you for that information?" he asked as she frowned.
"It's not good to lie to adults and I don't like that one bit but as long I could tell my parents whatever it was it would be fine. If it is his business then it is not mine to tell people about it although it will seriously piss me off if I have to lie about it!" she said looking annoyed.
"What would you say if we were able to have you tell anyone who asked that you cannot tell anyone about it because you gave him a vow you would not tell anyone? This way you're not lying but telling the truth because if you take the vow you cannot tell anyone without his express permission first" he replied as she seemed thoughtful.
"That will be acceptable" she said as he took the orb from her.
"Hermione please hold out your wand give me a vow that you will not divulge anything I tell you about myself in the next few moments unless I tell you that you can" he said as she did so her wand tip glowing a blue shade to show it had been effective. He explained everything to her slowly.
"...which is why I had to buy a home to live in that is under the fidelious curse right now in the muggle and magical world. I have a home for each of the worlds. I had to do this to escape the abuse and manipulations. I hope you understand. If you want we can tell your parents about it however as it is under the fidelious they can't tell anyone about it. I trust you with my life and thank you for returning the money. Harry Potter lives at number eight Railton Road, Brixton, London" he said finishing as she burst into tears.
"Oh my god Harry I have no words! I am so sorry you were ever put through any of this and you had no need to worry about authorities as my mum and dad spoke to me about blindly trusting adults as I did so in my first year which was not good. I actually went to get help about Ron but was promptly told he's an idiot and I need to stop being so damn sensitive all the time and toughen up if I want to succeed in that world. Hagrid told me this but that doesn't make it any less hurtful. I told McGonagall he said so and she said that although he's right he should not have said it that way. She told me if I elect to get upset every time he does something wrong I will not enjoy my time here and it will be wasted. I didn't know the money was yours but either way I wasn't about to spend money which wasn't mine. I am so sorry about the abuse. I can't believe Dumbledore put you there but clearly he doesn't care at all. I promise to be by your side in this no matter what. You're my best friend and I'll always love you!" she said clamping her hand over her mouth in shock blushing up to her roots.
"Hermione it's ok there's no need to blush. I do love you too you know it's just that because of how I was treated over that asswipes actions I don't know how to love. I have never experienced love in my life and so I don't know how to give it. I'm not ready to date anyone yet because quite frankly I'm too fucked up and damaged right now but I would love to take you on a date at some point in the future when I am ready to date. Would you like that?" he asked as she nodded and smiled hugging him and inhaling his scent feeling relaxed.
"You're bloody brilliant you are and I'll be ready whenever you are no need to rush anything as we have our whole lives to figure things out" she said sounding like Ron in that moment over his shock whenever anything amazing happened around him. Leaning outwards Harry looked at her and leaned in gently brushing his lips against hers feeling an electric shock as Griphook shrieked drawing both of their attentions to him.
"Griphook what is it?" Harry asked looking concerned indeed.
"I have just witnessed you two have a soul bond. That means you are now considered married in our world and would need to marry in the muggle world at a later date if it would suit your parents that is. Otherwise you can simply inform them you are now married. I will need to ask you if you still wish to be known as Hermione Granger? Soul bonds only happen to the most special and powerful people in our world and they are rare enough although whenever one happens usually two others happen at the same time roughly. Congratulations. It is about time something good actually happened to Mr Potter" he said as Hermione once more looked like she might faint but did not.
"Griphook thank you I wish to remain as Hermione Granger in school at least. I will need to tell my parents about this and they will not be happy. Can someone please explain it to them as they may not understand and get mad at Harry which really is the last thing he needs!" she said as Dobby was asked to get her parents and bring them to the bank where they were now waiting worriedly for their daughter. What had happened to her? Was she alright? They were imagining the worst as most parents do. Boy were they in for shock. Harry wasn't at all prepared for this let alone his next conversation.