Author's Notes (Who reads this anyway?): I am in need of a Beta Reader, if you like this story and want to help me out please say so in your review and I'll contact you.
I noticed that some readers are not happy with Bella dieing so early. But I would like to remind them that most other inner circle death eaters are still in prison. And I couldn't have killed Draco or Snape or wormtail in the first chapter, could I? Bella never seemed like a very important character to me.
Someone also wrote that it was not the first time Harry killed anyone. He had killed Quirrell, the basilik and Tom Riddle before. Well as for Quirrell, I would like to point out that I am not following the movie plot. In the novel Quirrell's skin just burned at Harry's touch and Harry fainted from the pain in his scar. Harry was saved by Dumbledore coming at that very moment. Voldemort fled from Quirrell's body upon seeing Dumbledore. As for the basilik, it's not the same as killing a person. And Harry just destroyed Tom Riddle's dairy. He didn't kill the actual person.
It's your responsibility to encourage me to continue writing this story. How do you do it? Continue writing nice reviews of course. All your suggestions to improve this story are welcomed. If you want to point out my mistakes, do so in sweet words, because I am sensitive (only for the ladies).
Chapter 3: Welcome Home Dursleys
Harry went downstairs and sat on Uncle Vernon's crouch thinking about the spells and hexs he would use on his relatives. He picked up a muggle newspaper. The headline was 'INCRESING TRRORISM STRIKES FEAR'. It described how the number of murders had drastically increased. The authorities were baffled. The wounds on the victims were not caused by any firearms. In most cases there were no wounds at all. No signs of poisoning, or any other indication of the cause of death. Harry of course knew the cause of death, the Avadu Kedavra curse. Turning to the next page he read about the new epidemic which seemed to affect the victims' higher brain functions. There were ten thousand in Britain people affected so far with no known cause of the disease and no known cure. 'Ten thousand people kissed by Dementors!!! Is the ministry of magic doing nothing to help the muggles?' thought Harry angrily.
In the next page what Harry saw shrank his Heart. The number of 'Animal Attacks' were increasing. In some cases the victims had lost a lot of blood even though the byte was small. In others the victims had started acting violently. The doctors believed it was a new sort of rabies. 'Damn the vampires and the werewolves are increasing in number.' Turning to the next page Harry cursed. Grave robberies were increasing throughout the country. The muggle authorities were baffled. 'The number of Inferi are increasing too. What else could go wrong?' He turned to the next page. The weather experts were baffled too. There were too many unexplained hurricanes in the past one year. And the weather was getting suddenly colder and mists were occurring more frequently. And the cold weather and the mist had started about one year ago just like the hurricanes. Harry thought 'The cold climate and the mist can be explained by the increasing number of Dementors but how did Voldemort create hurricanes?' After thinking for a few minutes Harry realized, 'GIANTS' looking at the picture of uprooted trees and damaged buildings in the newspaper. 'It has to be giants. No other explanation. The ministry must have obliviated the survivers.
Harry put the paper down in disgust. Death Eaters, Vampires, Werewolves, Dementors, Inferis and Giants. Vodemort was rapidly building an army. If something wasn't done soon his army will become invincible. He wondered if the last war was as bad as this. It must have been, since Voldemort's name was feared so much. Harry's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. Harry looked through the wall using his 'X-Ray' vision. Good they were back. He would take out some of his anger on them. He quickly casted silencing charms all around the living room. He didn't want the neighbors to hear all the yelling that was bound to follow. For the first time in his life Harry was looking forward to the Dursleys yelling. This was the last time they were ever going to yell at him.
The Dursleys entered the house and froze upon seeing him. Vernon was the quickest to recover from his shock. With his face turned to a deep shade of pink he started yelling, "HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE HOUSE? NO DOUBTH YOU USED SOME OF YOUR FREAKISH STUFF. HOW DARE YOU SIT ON MY CROUCH YOU UNGRATE—" Uncle Vernon stopped in mid sentence. For the first time his yelling didn't seem to scare the boy. His shouting had just brought a grin to Harry's face, a menacing grin which sent shivers through Vernon's body.
"They say, your sins come back to haunt you. So here I am Uncle Vernon and I have returned to haunt you." Harry said coldly.
Dudley whimpered and tried to hide behind Petunia. He would have been successful if he had been a hundred pounds lighter. Aunt Petunia suddenly found her voice, "YOU UNGREATFUL BRAT, AFTER WE DID SO MUCH FOR YOU, AFTER WE TOOK YOU IN DESPITE YOUR ABNORMALITY, YOU DARE TO—" Harry calmly pointed his wand towards his Aunt and thought 'Silenco'. Suddenly Petunia realized her voice was gone. She held her throat with both hands and tried screaming but no sound came out. Uncle Vernon put his hands around her as if to protect her. "HOW DARE YOU USE YOUR ABNORMALITY ON YOUR AUNT? I WILL KILL Y—" suddenly Vernon's lips had disappeared. Vernon was trying to find his mouth with his hands.
Harry wasn't great in transfiguration, but after six years he could at least do little tricks like this. He saw Dudley slowly edging towards the door. Oh no you don't, thought Harry. He pointed his wand towards his fat cousin and thought 'Levicorpus'. After a flash of light Dudley was hanging upside down in thin air, screaming. Harry didn't bother to silence Dudley. After all those years being tormented by him it was nice to hear him screaming for a change.
But Vernon couldn't bear to see his 'Little Dudders' in trouble. He picked up a vase and threw it at Harry with all his might. Harry sheepishly cast Impedimenta freezing the vase in midair and he cast an Incarcerous to bind his uncle in ropes. He then levitated his uncle and dropped him on the sofa rather roughly. He said to his aunt, "Please make your self at home. We can finish this pleasantly." Petunia hesitated for a moment and then decided she didn't want to be dropped on the sofa like her husband. She sat next to her husband. Harry looked at Dudley who had stopped shouting by now, but was whimpering slightly. He was tempted to cancel the spell but decided otherwise. Dudley was so fat that he could break his neck falling upside down. He levitated and dropped him on the sofa beside Petunia. The sofa creaked from the impact.
"If you agree not to shout and decide to behave yourselves I'll remove the spells." Upon receiving nods from his uncle and aunt he removed the spells silencing them but didn't remove his uncle's binds. "Free—me" said Uncle Vernon clearly fighting to keep his voice under control.
"No" replied Harry, "Lets have a nice family chat eh?"
"We take care of you for so many years and this is how you repay us. GET OUT!!! You are not welcomed here any more. But before you go I would like a compensation for all our troubles. We know you inherited some money and a house from your no-good Godfather." said Uncle Vernon grumpily.
Harry couldn't believe how greedy they could be. They were being threatened by a Wizard and they were so afraid of magic and still they could think of money. "COMPENSATION FOR WHAT? FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU LOCKED ME IN THE CLOSET AND STARVED ME? OR FOR THE LEFTOVERS YOU FED ME? OR FOR GIVING ME DUDLEY'S OLD RAGS WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE THROWN OUT ANYWAY? OR FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU LET DUDLEY AND HIS FRIENDS BEAT ME UP? OR DO YOU WANT COMPENSATION FOR MAKING A TEN YEAR OLD CHILD YOUR SERVANT?" roared Harry. The Dursleys seemed to shudder in fear. It gave Harry some satisfaction seeing them cower in fear like he used to when he was a child. 'They want compensation. I'll give them compensation all right.' thought Harry boiling with rage.
He considered transfiguring Dudley into a pig, but he didn't have the skills necessary. But he was skilled enough to do something else. "Here's your compensation." Harry said coldly and flicked his wand towards Dudley. Vernon struggled against the ropes and Petunia screamed as Dudley started getting fatter. His clothes started ripping as he continued expanding. All the three Dursleys were screaming now. As Dudley became twice his normal the sofa broke with a sharp CRACK. Dudley looked like a balloon reminding Harry of Aunt Marge. It was a funny sight, the inclined sofa and the huge Dudley. Aunt Petunia somehow got out of the broken sofa. Uncle Vernon was still struggling against the ropes and it seemed Dudley was trying to get up. But he was too fat to move.
"There, I have repaid my dues with pounds of flesh." Harry said with a smile.
Aunt Petunia pleaded to Harry, "Please Harry! We don't want any compensation. Please put Dudley back the way he was. I am begging you Harry." She was in tears. Harry felt both pity and anger. Pity at her tears and anger remembering how many times the Dursleys had ignored his cries and tears. But he was better than them. He pointed his wand towards Dudley and shrank him back to normal. With two flicks of his wand he repaired the sofa and Dudley's clothes. "Please sit down Aunt Petunia." said Harry. She sat down still crying.
"You will be expelled from your freakish school for this." Uncle Vernon said with a smug smile. Harry replied with a menacing grin, "That's the least of my problems."
"I don't care. Get out of my house and never come back. Get out now or else—" Vernon paused wondering what he could really do.
"Or else what?" Harry asked clearly amused. "I am going to stay here till my birthday. Its on July 31st in case you have forgotten. Stay out of my way or else—" He pointed his wand to the vase still frozen in midair and it turned into a frog. "—I'll turn you into one of those or maybe I'll give you a choice between a pig, a rodent, a frog or a fly." The Dursleys shuddered. Suddenly the frog started jumping on their heads. Petunia and Dudley were trying to shake it off with their hands. With a wave of Harry's wand both of them were bound in ropes like Vernon. Harry laughed seeing the frog jump from one head to another and the Dursleys violently shaking their heads trying to shake it off.
Harry's stomach started rumbling. He realized he hadn't eaten anything since breakfast in Hogwarts. He turned towards the kitchen and looked right though the wall into the refrigerator. As usual it was full of food. There were some ready-to-eat burgers. Harry wasn't in the mood to make dinner. He pointed his wand towards the kitchen and thought 'Accio Plate' 'Accio Burgers' 'Accio Sausages' 'Accio Bacon'. All the things came flying and the burgers ripped out of their packing, and all the things arranged neatly on the plate. Harry let the packing fall on the carpet and Aunt Petunia whimpered. She liked to keep the house as clean as humanly possible but she didn't dare to say anything to Harry.
Harry waved his wand on the food and soon it was steaming. Harry began eating and it seemed delicious because he was so hungry. It was no match for Hogwarts food, but it was nice to eat muggle preparation for a change. Uncle Vernon who was eyeing him angrily and ignoring the frog jumping on his head finally said, "I hope that wizard who killed your parents kills you too."
"There's a saying Uncle Vernon, be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I am Vodemort's last enemy. At least he thinks so. If he kills me Uncle there's nothing to stop him from destroying Britain, or perhaps the entire world. He will kill or enslave all the muggles. Do you know what muggles are uncle? You call wizards freaks but wizards call non-magical people like you muggles. Voldemort and his followers think you muggles are like animals. They hunt the likes of you for pleasure. It's like hunting deer for them." said Harry.
"What are you talking about? You freaks can't kill people like that." shouted Uncle Vernon.
Harry flicked his wand and the newspaper flew to Uncle Vernon and started floating in front of him so he could read the headlines. "Don't you read the papers Uncle? What do you think is happening to the country? Why can't the police explain these murders? Because they were killed by magic. What do you think is causing the epidemic? It's dementors. Dudley has experienced them even if he couldn't see them. Do you remember the feeling Dudley. Feeling that you could never be happy again." Dudley whimpered in reply. Harry continued, "You felt that because Dementors were close to you. Do you know what dementors do Dudley? They kiss you and suck your soul out through your mouth." Dudley started shaking visibily.
"Those animal bites aren't animal bites at all. They are vampire and werewolf bites. Soon there will be plenty more of them. Do you know why the graves are being robbed? To raise the dead. These zombies are used to kill even more people who are then turned into zombies too."
"Please stop" Aunt Petunia said, she was close to tears again.
Nobody said anything for a while and Harry continued eating. "Is it true? All this is being done by wizards?" Uncle Vernon asked in a soft tone.
"Not all, like I said there are vampires, werewolves, zombies, dementors and Giants."
"Giants, there are no such things as giants." Said Uncle Vernon gruffly. It reminded Harry of all the times he had shouted there is no such thing as magic.
"Want to bet?" Harry asked. It was obvious Uncle Vernon didn't want to lose any money, so he didn't say anything. "There are giants, there are also dragons, sphinxes, chimeras, griffins and many other magical creatures you may or may not have heard about." said Harry. He had almost finished his dinner.
"Free us" ordered Vernon. Harry considered for a moment. Physically Harry was no match for Vernon and Dudley. If they took away his wand Harry would be helpless. But then again, they didn't know he couldn't do magic without his wand. They had seen enough accidental magic from him to believe he could do magic without his wand. Anyway it didn't look as if they had much fight left in them. With a wave of his wand he freed them.
Uncle Vernon got up and started going out of the room without a word. "Uncle Vernon."
"What?" Vernon turned and looked at Harry with a combination of hate and fear.
"Its best if you too leave this house by July 31st. The protection spells on the house work both ways. These spells also protect you. On my birthday this protection would be gone. Voldemort might attack this house."
"Where will we go?"
"Go aboard on a holiday. Stay there for a month. If the situation in Britain worsens do not return. You are my last living relatives. I don't want anything to happen to you."
Uncle Vernon's graze softened. "Before today I would have never agreed with you. But I saw the power of magic today. We are no match for it. Before your explanation I didn't understand what was happening to our country. But now it all fits perfectly. We will be leave before your birthday." Uncle Vernon strode out of the room. Petunia and Dudley were still sitting on the sofa shocked by everything they had seen and heard. They weren't even noticing the frog still jumping on their heads. Harry hoped the Dursleys wouldn't start treating him well from now on. He wanted to practice his transfiguration skills on Dudley with a clear conscience.
Returning to his room Harry wanted nothing more than to lie in his bed and sleep for twelve hours straight. 'What a day' he thought, 'Dumbledore's funeral, return from Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Death Eaters, Phoenix, return to Hogwarts, Dumbledore's portrait, Dursleys.' He was dog tired. But he couldn't sleep yet. He had told Ron he would sent Fawkes to bring them after ten. If was not even nine o'clock yet. He expanded his bottomless bag and took everything out. He put back the Dark Arts book back in the bag before shrinking it. Hermione would give him hell if she saw illegal books with him. He started flipping through the books he had bought today.
He found the book 'How to become a Magical Creature Animagus' quite interesting. It pointed out the difference between a normal animagus and a magical creature animagus. To become an animagus of a normal animal was far simpler than a magical animal. The author stated that a wizard can only become an animagus of the animal which represented his personality best. For example a coward couldn't become a lion animagus, he would become a rat or a fly animagus. A wizard should choose the animal which appeals to him most naturally. The problem with becoming a magical creature animagus was that all the magical creatures had their own magic. Close contact with that creature was necessary during training so that the wizard could bond with this creature and duplicate its magical powers during transformation. The more magical the creature the more powerful the wizard would have to be to become its animagus.
Harry flipped though the book till he reached the famous magical creature aninimagi. It contained a variety of records of griffin animagus, unicorn animagus, Leprichaun animagus etc. Harry saw that in all of known history there were only two dragon animagus. Dragons were extremely difficult to bond with and it required a very powerful wizard to become a dragon animagus. Harry thought what it be like to become a dragon animagus. He would certainly get an edge in the battle. But where would he get a dragon to bond with it? Where will he get any magical creature to bond with? His eyes fell on Fawkes sleeping on his perch and he searched the book for a record of a phoenix animagus. He couldn't find a single record. "Ah! Harry studying already. Excellent."
Harry looked up in shock but relaxed seeing Dumbledore had come into the portrait. "Just flipping through book Prof—Albus." Harry showed Dumbledore the title of his book.
"Hmm, you want to be a magical creature animagus. Did you have any particular creature in mind?" asked Dumbledore. Harry nodded towards Fawkes. "Just as I suspected. Normally I would have said that it was impossible but you do seem to share a most unusual bond with Fawkes. Normally Phoenixes bond with wise old fools like me, I never heard of a Phoenix bonding with someone so young. Fawkes did go to help you in the chamber of secrets. He could feel your distress. You also have Fawkes's tail feather in your wand. Do you feel any such bond with Fawkes?" asked Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling with interest
"Well, every time I have heard Fawkes sing till now I have felt the song was within me not without. The song seemed to echo my own feelings." replied Harry.
"Excellent. You do have a deep bond with Fawkes. I would assist you in your animagus training Harry. But you should know beforehand, it may be very difficult since Phoenixes are extremely magical creatures. You may not be successful. I have never heard of a Phoenix animagus. One reason may be that Phoenixes are extremely rare and they don't bond easily. But none the less, wizards have tried but never succeeded."
"If wizards can become a Dragon animagus I can certainly become a Phoenix animagus." replied Harry.
"Hasn't anyone told you Harry, that size doesn't matter. Dragons are highly magical creatures but Phoenixes are even more magical."
"Really?" asked Harry confused. Dragons were so huge with thick magical amour. Dragon blood, heart, hide etc themselves were quite powerful. Dragons breath could destroy powerful magical shields. A small Phoenix seemed nothing compared to a dragon.
"Harry, you forget that as powerful as dragons may be they are still mortal. Phoenixes can die but they are always reborn from their ashes. Fawkes could be thousands of years old. I have had Fawkes for fifty years but yet Phoenixes still astound me. I yet have to separate all the myths about Phoenixes from the facts. Little is known about their origin. Legends say that Phoenixes brought magic into our world. They stayed as our guardians ever since. There are many legends about Phoenixes Harry and quite a few could be true." said Dumbledore.
Harry looked at the time. It was ten minutes past ten o'clock. "I must send Fawkes to bring Ron and Hermione. I had told them to wait in The Burrow."
"Excellent. It's best if I speak with them now. Fawkes bring them." said Dumbledore. Fawkes disappeared and appeared two seconds later with Ron and Hermione holding his tail. Ron was glaring at Harry.
"You have got a lot of explaining to—" Ron was cut off by Dumbledore. "Nice to see you Ron, Hermione."
Ron and Hermione were shocked. They slowly turned towards Dumbledore's portrait with their mouth hanging open. Before they could say anything they were interrupted by Uncle Vernon's shouting, "HARRY COULD YOU PLEASE GET THIS BLOODY FROG OFF US?"
Harry looked through the wall into his uncle and aunt's bedroom. Both of them were in bed and were trying to shake off the frog jumping to and fro on their head. "SORRY UNCLE!!!" shouted Harry and cancelled the transfiguration spell with a flick of his wand. Unfortunately for Uncle Vernon the frog was still in midair when it changed back to the heavy vase. It hit his head with a loud CRACK. Vernon was swearing loudly.
"Ouch! That must have hurt" said Harry with a smile. "What must have hurt?" asked Hermione. 'Damn, I'm stupid, I shouldn't have said that.' thought Harry. He didn't want to explain his 'X-Ray' vision to Hermione.
"Where are your glasses?" asked Ron, "And explain this." Ron shoved the evening edition of The Prophet into Harry's hand. Harry read the headlines as Ron and Hermione pelted Dumbledore with questions.
SIX DEATH EATERS KILLED WHILE ATTACKING DIAGON ALLEY
Just four days after the attack in Hogwarts which claimed the life of Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, the Death Eaters strike again. Six or seven Death Eaters suddenly appeared in Diagon Alley in front of the famous book shop 'Flourish and Blotts'. We haven't been able to confirm their numbers yet. They suddenly attacked a youth, who put up a very good fight according to the eye witnesses. The death eaters managed to subdue the young man and were torturing him with the Cruciatus curse. This poor young man was saved by an 'Angry Phoenix' attacking the death eaters. Until now, 'The Angry Phoenix' has been considered a myth as no one currently alive had seen one. But we have over a dozen witnesses from whose description it's clear that the bird was an Angry Phoenix. No one knows where this Phoenix came from or why in attacked the Death Eaters. The only possible explanation is that the phoenix belonged to the youth and it was defending its owner.
The Phoenix attacked the Death Eaters quickly killing most of them and the rest were killed by the youth. One of them may have escaped but it's yet to be confirmed. Among the dead was Bellatrix Lestrange, a wanted criminal and a member of You-Know-Who's inner circle. It's a small victory for the Light after so many recent defeats. It is unclear why the ministry had failed to provide security in Diagon Alley in spite of the increasing Death Eater activities. Minister Scrimgeour refused to give any comment.
We have got unconfirmed reports that the youth under attack was Harry Potter. We got this report from a witness Claire Preston. She was trapped in Flourish and Blotts as she can't apparate. She was hiding behind a shelf but could hear the Death Eaters. She believes she heard one of the Death Eaters call the youth 'Harry'. She said that the youth was very brave. She heard the youth take You-Know-Who's real name in the most insulting way, even after enduring a Cruciatus curse. Harry Potter is considered by many to be 'The Chosen One', The one who is destined to defeat the Dark Lord………..
Harry dropped the paper in disgust. At least they said that it could have been him, and not bluntly printed 'Harry Potter killed Death Eaters in Diagon Alley.' Dumbledore had filled in Ron and Hermione on how he was 'hanging' in Harry's room. They turned to him. "How did you turn up in Diagon Alley?"
"It was stupid of me, I agree but I didn't think a short visit to Diagon Alley would be dangerous. I thought the ministry must have posted Aurors there." Harry replied sleepily.
"How could you be so irresponsible—" Hermione was cut off by Dumbledore, "Tell me what happened."
Harry described his visit to Diagon Alley to them. He also listened silently to Ron and Hermione's remarks about him being irresponsible and stupid. Dumbledore had said nothing. He gave Ron and Hermione the cloaks, vests, hats, holsters and pistols. He explained the different candies the twins gave and finally took out the amulets and explained they were emergency portkeys. These portkey's destination had to be set by the user. They could be activated by voice. They also activated automatically if their wearer was injured. All three of them decided to set the destination to Harry's bedroom where Fawkes could heal them if they were injured. He also explained he could do magic undetected now. He left out part about being able to see through walls and clothes. He and Dumbledore also filled them in on R.A.B. Finally they started working out on their training schedule. Ron and Hermione would train together in The Burrow. Dumbledore would give all of them Occlumentary lessons every night.
"Miss Granger, it is dangerous to live with your parents anymore. Death Eaters might try to kidnap you. They would try to get to Harry using you as bait. It's best if you convince your parents to go on a vacation and you move into The Burrow. I have invoked an ancient protection spell on The Burrow. You should be safe there." said Dumbledore.
"You are right sir. I will move into The Burrow tomorrow." replied Hermione.
"The twins have created wonderful tools to aid you. Harry took the liberty of testing their protective clothing against real Death Eaters today. Since they are so effective I would recommend you all at least wear the vest under your clothing at all times. Should you need to go anywhere I suggest using the polyjuice candies and keep wearing the emergency portkeys at all times. I also recommend carrying your pistols. Be safe." said Dumbledore.
After saying goodbyes and goodnight Ron and Hermione apparated away. Harry changed into his pajamas and switched off the lights. He was surprised when the room turned only slightly darker and he could see everything clearly. Then he remembered his eye lenses allowed him to see in the dark. He looked out of the window and was surprised to see a glowing object. It was a person under an invisibility cloak. Harry quickly grabbed his wand and zoomed his view closer. He relaxed when he saw it was Tonks. He asked Dumbledore, "Is it really necessary for the order members to guard my house? You said that I am perfectly safe in the ancient wards. And besides Fawkes is here to protect me."
"You need all the protection you can get these days and those are really nice lenses you got Harry." said Dumbledore.
"How did you know about them?"
"I suspected you were looking through the wall when your uncle was shouting about the frog. Now my suspicions are confirmed. Use your new sight well Harry and don't let it distract you too much. Now rest Harry. I'll start your training tomorrow." said Dumbledore.