Albus Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk, looking outside. He had not really had an eventful summer as of yet, just getting things ready for the next year. He had periodically talked to the previous headmasters of Hogwarts, and figured it would be another boring year. Well, as boring of a year one could have being the headmaster of a school where wizards and witches learned their new powers, the relationship issues that plenty of teenagers had, and still having to worry about those of his students that may become the next dark lord. Ok, so it was most likely going to be rather eventful, but in his 31 years of being headmaster of Hogwarts, nothing to dramatic had happened. Suddenly, a bell chimed alerting him that someone was getting ready to enter his office, "enter," he said with out even looking up.
"Albus, I think you must look at this," said McGonagall urgently.
"What is it"
"Just look at this," said McGonagall slamming a parchment onto his desk. Looking up, Albus saw the list of the new first year students sitting on his desk. The list consisted of three columns, the student's name, their address, and whether or not the student was muggle born. He pulled it toward him and started to glance down the list, "What am I looking for... Oh my, it's 1991 now is it? Mr. Potter will be joining us this year will he"
"That is correct Albus, but please, look to the address of the letter," said McGonagall with a hint of frustration in her voice.
"Oh my, that just can't be"
"What does it mean"
"I am not completely sure, but this must be looked at. I must go Minerva, watch after the castle for me will you"
"Of course, but please do get back soon, let me know what is going on"
"Who knows of this" Albas asked fearful of her answer.
"Just you and I, no one else," said Minerva turning.
"Good, good, keep it that way," and with that Minerva left his office.
Harry potter had finished all the chores his uncle wanted him to do, and it was getting close to lunch. He went back into the cupboard in order to take another look at his letter. He didn't think Dudley would do anything like this to him, but then again, Dudley may know that Harry really wanted to get away from here. Harry pulled the letter out of his pants, taking it out of the envelope and looking it over. He couldn't find anything wrong with the letter, nor could he find a misspelled word, Harry was officially baffled.
Suddenly, Harry heard the doorbell ringing, "boy, get the door," shouted his aunt.
"Yes aunt," Harry shouted while running to the door, not expecting anyone. Years of Dudley's gang ringing the doorbell and running off caused him to not expect there to be anyone there.
When he opened the door he laid eyes upon the strangest man he had ever seen with a silver beard long enough to tuck into his belt, he was tall, and wore long silver robes. Catching his self, for he was staring Harry said, "Hi, may I help you"
Looking down at Harry, seeing how small he was, and how beat up he looked Albus decided something needed to be done right then, "Yes boy, could you get me your aunt"
"Yes Sir," said Harry, "I'll just be a moment Mr"
"Mr. Albus Dumbledore"
"Ok Mr. Dumbledore," said Harry turning from the door. When Harry walked into the kitchen to find his aunt going over his already perfect work she asked, "Who's at the door"
"Someone to see you aunt, a Mr. Albus Dumbledore"
Harry's aunt dropped the mop she was holding, turned to Harry and said, "Are you sure you heard him right boy.
"Yes mam, he's got long silver hair, he's tall, skinny, and is wearing a robe"
"That's enough boy, send him in," said Harry's aunt.
Albus looked around the inside of the house. Well, what he could see of it. He could clearly see the stairs from where he was standing, and from what it looked like, there were a lot of locks on the door. Anger is what fueled his next move, removing his wand from his robe, he conjured his phoenix Patronus. "Go tell Minerva that I require her assistance at Harry's aunt and uncle's house. Be sure she is to know that she should appear as a cat. Make sure no one is around," and with that, flicked his wand and watched the phoenix vanish.
"Cool," said Harry from behind him, "Was that magic"
"Yes it was Harry, it's a way to contact other witches and wizards like us. Is your aunt able to see me"
"Oh," said Harry blushing, "She's right in here, follow me"
"Thank you Harry," said Albus following Harry into the kitchen. As they entered the kitchen, Albus looked around, his eyes landing on Harry's aunt, "Petunia, it's been a long while since last we talked hasn't it"
"Welcome Albus, I didn't expect to see you this soon, is there something I can do for you"
"As a matter a fact there is," turning to Harry, "Harry, could you go be sure the door is open? I am expecting a guest"
"Yes Mr. Dumbledore," said Harry running to the front door.
"Petunia, I have just been here for five minutes," said dumbledore, "and it appears that I've seen that Harry has been abused physically, and most likely even emotionally. All that I had asked you and your husband to do when I left Harry in that note was, simply, take care of Harry. Be sure that he was loved," by this point, Albus was standing. Not noticed by neither Albus or Petunia, but Harry was standing in the door way, with a cat running around his feet, "Did you show the poor boy love? No, you did not. This is pathetic," and with that, Albus reached into his robe to reterieve his wand. Before he could pull it out, he felt a sharp scratching to his leg, "ouch," he said looking down.
"Ok, ok, I'll hold my temper, let us get the boy," turnning to Harry, "looks like we need to get your stuff ready, come on lets go." Turning back to Petunia, "Harry will be back in exactly five hours, he will be treated much better," and with that, Albus strolled out of the kitchen, headed to the front door gesturing for Harry and the cat to follow him.
a/n:
Hey all,
a few things to cover. First being thanks for all the reviews, i know i'm excited about 10 reviews but hey, for this being the 4th day that's not bad.
Second of all, for the 18 users who have me on author alert list, thanks to you as well. The third thing that i want to address is something 'that has been asked in reviews. How is harry remembering things if he was dead? Well, all i want you to do is go re read chapter 1, Did ginny just say harry was dead? Or did he just appear to be dead? That's something that you all should consider, things will be explained, but not tell later, much much later.
Forth of all, and one of the final things, i want to thank mikeysprincess for doing final editing to this chapter. I have another beta however, i lost his email, grin.
random rant by a flustered author, i hate text edit on the mac sometimes, If there are random underlined words in this chapter, please let me know, text edit was for a while seeming to do some interesting things to my writing, but i think i've fixed it.
Well, please submit your reviews to this chapter below,
thanks mike