***Important Author Note: ***
T_T I'm sooooo sorry for not updating in FOREVER, especially when I said I was going to. Unfortunately my life got insanely busy. (And I mean, INSANELY!) Personally I blame college life, because that pretty much is what happened. VERY IMPORTANT COLLEGE STUFF…yay me…Anyway, I tried to make it a little longer for you.
As for the questionnaire, per say, I've come to a conclusion. So here's what's going to happen. Harry is going to adopt a little kid, most likely a girl, before he gets in a relationship with Voldie. Voldie is going to be a cross between a father figure and a weird uncle depending on his moods. If I decide to make a sequel, then those who want the mpreg, that will be for you…though I still don't know if I could write it. But if I decide on a sequel I'll give an attempt at it.
Chapter Five
Dear Mister Harry Potter,
We were both surprised and pleased by your correspondence. While we were a bit concerned about your eligibility, our concerns were put to rest by Gringotts and we would be delighted to give yo the exams that you requested.
Please tell us if you have any need to be able to arrive at our Ministry; we would graciously extend our services.
Sincerely,
Department of Education
Russian Ministry of Magic
Interesting. I figured I'd have to argue or politically maneuver with them. I guess the possibility of the fame and bringing the 'Gryffindor Golden Boy' to the Dark is good enough for them. I wonder what will happen when Voldemort gets a hold of this information. Between Dumbledore and him, I think I'll thoroughly enjoy the aftermath of this trip.
After getting ready for the day, Harry had a nice full breakfast in satisfaction of the previous day's events. Oh, how he had loved the game he played with Dumbles. I think I'll go to the Russian Ministry today. Better get all my exams done with; the quicker the better, before Dumbles reorganizes himself. Seeing Hedwig fly in with the Prophet, Harry finished up his breakfast and took a look at the paper.
Ministry Overturned!
I tell you this, my readers; no one really knows what happened at the Ministry yesterday. But from what this writer was able to discern, it had to do with none other than our very own Boy-Who-Lived and Albus Dumbledore! That's right, my readers, Harry Potter and Hogwart's Headmaster seemed to have been playing a game of tag through almost the entire Ministry of Magic!
It seemed like our esteemed Headmaster and a Ministry official practically chased Mr. Potter around parts of the Ministry while our Chosen One took a tour inbetween his scheduled exams. According to one source the Savior of the Wizarding World has been secretly studying and training intensely during the summers, and now has quite a few Masteries under his belt.
Mr. Potter, no doubt spent his time at Hogwarts pretending to have average grades so the Light's opposition would be fooled into thinking their enemy was just an average teenager with a lucky streak. But let me tell you this, my readers, there's going to be some serious battles coming up, and the Boy-Who-Lived will no doubt become the Boy-Who-Lived-To-Defeat-The-Dark!
The only thing that is not only puzzles this writer, but also this writer's sources, is that Albus Dumbledore, himself, seemed quite angry and confused about the whole affair! When questioned, many fellow witches and wizards stated that they saw our esteemed Headmaster running through the Ministry's halls and even yelling! Apparently he had in mind, to overturn the Ministry in search for Mr. Potter.
While questions of Mr. Potter's sanity have been made, sources say that not only did Mr. Potter seem sane, but he was pleasant, gracious and charming! One source even said he was like a miniature, light-friendly Lucius Malfoy! She was thoroughly charmed and giggled like a school girl when questioned.
Now my readers, I don't believe that our savior is insane or disturbed. Evidence shows that if anyone yesterday was acting insane, it would be our esteemed Albus Dumbledore! This writer doesn't know what to make of all this, but one thing is for sure, my readers, things are in motion and change is going to happen!
To read the list of Mr. Potter's Masteries, turn to page three.
To read interviews from Mr. Potter's examiners, turn to page four.
To read interviews from Ministry employees, turn to page eight.
"I need to give Skeeter a gift."
"Lucius, dear, you're gaping. It's unbecoming." Narcissa Malfoy stated snidely at her husband who stared in disbelief at the paper in front of him.
"Narcissa…the Prophet…"
"What about it dear? Some absurd dribble gotten you in a tiff again?"
"Harry Potter just got compared to me…" Lucius uttered in shock, clearly not comprehending the words written in front of him.
"What?" Narcissa looked up in shock from her breakfast.
"Narcissa, the Prophet." Lucius replied more composed. "It's about Potter and Dumbledore."
"Oh? It compared Potter to you?" Narcissa inquired intrigued as she took a hold of the paper and started to read.
After a while, Draco finally fully woke and stopped moving his food around in a daze. "Wait. The Prophet compared you to Potter?" He asked in shock and disgust.*
"No. It compared Potter to me." Lucius stated annoyed, and then realizing the cause for his son not eating. "Draco, a Malfoy doesn't play with their food."
"Sorry father."
"Be sure not to do it again."
"So what does it say father? Potter being an annoying celebrity again? Can't get enough, can he?" Draco sneered out.
"Draco." Lucius stated exasperated.
"What?" The Malfoy heir asked in complete confusion.
"Oh, my." Narcissa exclaimed as she finished reading the paper. "Lucius what does this mean?"
"It means…that Severus was right. Something's is going on with Potter, and things are going to change."
"Don't tell me the Light's getting more support?" Draco whined.
"No, but this might be the start of some type of inner war in the Light's factions."
"Huh?" Draco blurted out in confusion.
"Draco! A Malfoy does not express confusion!"
"Sorry father."
"This war, it would be between those loyal to Dumbledore and those loyal to Potter?" Narcissa theorized.
"That is, if Potter's still Light." Lucius replied back to his wife somewhat hesitantly.
"Potter's the very essence of Light!" Draco all but yelled. "No way he's Dark at all!"
"Draco."
"Father?"
"Suppress all your preconceived notions of Potter; when you see him again, think of him as a completely different person, and watch him."
"Lucius?" Narcissa asked in confusion.
"Potter's different. I just don't know how he's different."
"Arthur, dear? Did you read this?" Molly asked her husband in surprise.
"No Molly, what is it?"
"Here." Molly said as she handed her husband the paper. "Look at what the Prophet's written."
After taking some time to read the paper, in which most of the Weasley children had sat down at the table and tucked in, Arthur finally voiced his opinion. "Huh."
"That's all you can say? Harry and Albus were at the Ministry yesterday!"
"Yes, I can see that Molly. I must have just missed him. I'm sure that everything's fine."
"Arthur!" Molly Weasley cried out in annoyance and frustration.
"Harry was at the Ministry?" Ronald Weasley asked with a mouthful.
"Is he alright?" Ginny inquired hesitantly.
"Oh yes, he appears to be fine, just stopped in to take some exams." Arthur commented as he grabbed some toast.
"Exams? Why would Harry want to take exams?" Ro asked incredulously as he wrinkled his nose in distaste at the concept of tests.
"Ronald!" Molly shrieked, "Education is important! You should take it more seriously!"
"Now Molly, Ron's going into his sixth year, I'm sure he'll up his studying. Won't you Ron?"
"Er…yes?"
"Good. See Molly, our kids and Harry are all fine."
"But Arthur! The Prophet!"
"Why don't we just wait and see what happens. I'm sure Harry is fine and is just taking a holiday; Albus was probably just trying to get him somewhere safe. You know how Harry is; he has a lot of pressure on him Molly."
"I know, but why couldn't he have come here?"
"Let the child have some space."
"But-"
"Mum, I'm sure Harry's fine." Ron stated as he finished reading the paper and cut off his mother. "The Prophet said he seemed fine at the Ministry. Harry can take care of himself. But boy is Hermione going to be mad when she comes back from her trip. She said she knew that she was going to miss something."
"Yeah Mum, you know the Prophet. They're always blowing things out of proportion. You shouldn't take what Skeeter says seriously; she's always making stuff up about Harry." Ginny added in. "You could always send her a copy of the Prophet Ron."
"I don't think Errol would make it." Molly interrupted.
"See Molly, you shouldn't worry." Arthur comforted as he laid a hand on his wife's shoulder.
"I guess…"
A choking sound was heard from the Great Hall at Hogwarts. Normally choking in the Great Hall was rare and involved food. This time, however, it was different. This choking sound was less choking on food and more choking on saliva attributed to sheer shock and disbelief.
"Severus, are you alright?" Minerva asked in worry as her colleague had gone into a coughing fit.
"Fine." Snape wheezed out. "Take a look at the insanity the Prophet has written about."
"Hm?" McGonagall inquired as she took the paper and read through it. "It seems Mr. Anders statements have been somewhat validated."
"I wouldn't take the information from a low level Ministry employee and the ramblings of Skeeter as validation."
"Albus still is in a fury."
"That would be the only validation I would consider."
"Still Severus, this is serious."
"Something is happening Minerva, something to do with Potter. On that, I'll admit."
"You think so too, then?"
"We best be prepared for anything."
"Oh that, Severus, I'll have to agree with you. Nothing to do with Harry Potter is normal."
"The universe bends backwards to accommodate him and his very existence."
"Couldn't have said it any better, Severus."
/You're moping./
/Shut up Nagini. Dark Lords don't mope./
/Dark Lords don't turn themselves into 17 year olds either./ Nagini snarked back in reply. /You're not making a very good Dark Lord lately, with the tantrum tampers, moping, the lack of torture and of course being a teenager again./
/…/
/What no glare? No death or maiming threats? Not even a 'Shut up Nagini'?/
/…/
/What's wrong Tom?/ Nagini asked slightly disturbed at her snakeling's silence.
/Nothing./
/I'm sure./ Nagini hissed sarcastically. /Why don't you read the Prophet. You always say that Skeeter woman is constantly writing nonsense. Maybe something will amuse you./
/…/
/Or maybe you should quit being a Dark Lord and settle down with a mate and make hatchlings./
/…wait. What?/
/Nothing./ Nagini answered innocently. /At least I now know that you can speak again. I was debating biting you./
/…/
/Meany./
/Nagini…/ Voldemort warned.
/What?/ The snake familiar asked, continuing on with the innocent façade.
/…I'm going back to sleep./ Tom said suddenly and left the study.
Maybe something really is wrong with my snakeling…
'Pop'
The sound of a successful Apparate didn't gain any attention from the magical community, as Harry appeared in one of the magical alleyways of the Russian Wizarding World. Normally, even Wizarding folk would be captivated by the young wizard that appeared out of thin air; after all he was Harry Potter. Fortunately his change in appearance gave him the advantage of not being noticed. Well my appearance hand the fact that no one would believe that Harry Potter was away from England. After walking into a pub and using the floo network to get to the Russian Ministry of Magic. Harry made his way to the Department of Education.
"Excuse me." Harry said to draw the secretary's attention. "Do you speak English?"
"Yez. Yez. Un, Harry Potter, zir?"
"That's right." Harry replied as he pulled some of his bangs off to the side in order to show his scar.
"Right 'zis way, pleaze."
"Thank you."
After weaving through various corridors and passing quite a few offices, the secretary left him in front of a rather posh looking office suit.
"'Zis iz it." The secretary states as she knocked on the door.
"Ah! Mr. Harry Potter!" A large muscular man greeted Harry as he met the other two at the door. "Pleaze come in, come in. I can zay I wazn't expecting you zo zoon."
"Forgive me. I wished to get this all situated quickly."
"Ah! Not a problem. We are happy to help. After all, you were correct on the publicity it will give our Ministry."
"I'm glad to be of service." Harry replied back with a smirk. The Ministry official looked surprised for a moment and then responded with a knowing smile.
"I'm zure." The examiner stated in amusement as he led the Boy-Who-Lived into his offices.
"Now I'm sure that most everyone here has seen the Prophet." Albus Dumbledore announced as he started the Order of the Phoenix meeting. "I urge you to ignore most of it."
There were a few knowing nods and smiles of relief at the declaration. However, not everyone was convinced of the Prophet's front page article was fiction. A raised eyebrow from a certain Potions Master caused the resident wolf to narrow his eyes.
"While it was true that both Mr. Potter and I were at the Ministry, Ms. Skeeter has once again made a fictitious story out of the actual occurrences of that day…" Dumbledore stated confidently as he continued on.
Eventually the meeting turned to the war efforts and the matter of the Ministry was forgotten. The wolf of course noticed that everyone assumed that Harry Potter was safely back at his relatives and everything was well again.
Remus Lupin noticed at the moment that he wasn't the only one to have picked up on the holes within their leader's statement. The mischievous twins had narrowed their eyes as well with contemplation. While the Potions and Transfiguration professors exchanged glances. Tonks had caught the exchange between professors, confused and worried she then glanced around the room before settling on her werewolf boyfriend.
After a while the meeting had adjourned and most of the members left. Few remained, scattered about the house and gradually departing, leaving the handful of suspicious members to congregate in the living room.
"Did anyone else notice that Albus never mentioned where Harry is?" Tonks said as she stated the question on everyone's mind, even the snarky Potions Master standing in the shadows.
"Yes, that has me worried." Remus responded mutely.
"I noticed that everyone assumed that Harry was alright…" Tonks declared and then looked at Professor McGonagall. "Minerva, do you know of Harry being back into safety?"
"No. Albus still doesn't know where he is. From what I've gathered in the past day, Albus never met up with Mr. Potter at the Ministry."
"Yet he insinuated he had?" Severus spoke up with a sneer.
"That's what."
"We gathered." The twins broke into the conversation as they stepped into the room.
"You've been spying again." Lupin said knowingly.
"Boys!" Professor McGonagall scolded, as Severus muttered 'Griffindors' under his breath.
"So we have evidence that Harry seemingly made Albus run around the Ministry, chasing after him." Remus began only to be interrupted by the twins applauding and yelling 'Go Harry!' which lead to Snape taking points from Gryffindor and McGonagall stating that they weren't in school anymore.
"Maybe Harry's upset with Albus?" Tonks pitched in, hoping to break up the scowling match between the two professors.
"That doesn't give the brat the right to run away." Snape sneered in distaste at the very thought of Potter.
"Mr. Potter has a sound head on his shoulders most of the time; I don't believe he would just take off because he's upset with Albus." Minerva cut in before her colleague could start his rant on the Boy-Who-Lived.
"I have to agree. I think there's something else going on with Harry." Remus agreed in speculation.
"What about."
"Those exams."
"That Harry."
"Took?" The twins asked as they once again piped up.
"Albus said it was just a hoax." Minerva stated hesitantly.
"Do you believe that?" Remus asked.
"I, I don't know."
"…"
~Russia, Several Hours Later~
"Well that'z it, Mr. Potter. We're all done."
"Thank you for your time, Mr. Buregon." Harry graciously thanked his examiner after stretching some.
"It'z not a problem Mr. Potter." Mr. Buregon replied with charm. "You now have Mazteriez in Dark Artz, Potionz of the Dark Artz, Blood Magic, Necromanzy and the Forbbiden Artz. Zough I have to zay I'm mozt zurprized at the lazt two."
"Oh?"
"Yez, Necromanzy iz usually a talent that you are eizer born wiz or gain control over due to a magical inheritanze. It'z not zomething that I would even consider the famous Boy-Who-Lived to have."
"I'd like to think I'm mysterious."
"Yez, I can zee that. Who would of zought the Golden Boy of Hogwartz would be zo spectacular with Dark magicz."
"It's one of my many secrets."
"Juzt az knowing and mastering the Forbidden Artz iz?"
"Yes, that's something that I kept secret for a very long time."
"How did you even find out about them? The Ministriez like to keep the Forbidden Artz a zecret due to the power one could control wiz them."
"Just my luck to have found out that your Ministry never took them off their Mastery level list."
"You rezerched didn't you?"
"Yep."
"I'm even more imprezed Mr. Potter. It'z been an honor."
"The same for me, but I must be going now; the difference in time zones and all."
"Yez. Yez. Have a good night."
"You as well." Harry said and then left, leaving the Ministry and Apparating home.
The lack of warmth from the dying fire drew Nagini from her sleep. She had taken to the study the day before to leave her snakeling in peace. Nagini concluded, despite her teasing, that Tom needed space to think things over. And brood. She thought with a snake smirk.
The Dark Lord had locked himself in his rooms and threatened painful death to whomever disturbed him. Even me; though if Tom wants to be an angsty teenager, I say let him. All the more blackmail material for me.
I should tell him, when he comes out again, that mating would solve a lot of his problems. I just need to get him to mate with Potter…Nagini thought in contemplation.
Tom certainly wouldn't mate if I asked or told him to. He needs to trust the person who he's going to mate with, or he'll never mate; Tom's too paranoid…
Slithering out of the study to find a new spot to warm herself, Nagini attempted to come up with situations that would get her snakeling and Potter to mate. Maybe I should go and spy on Potter…that way I might find similarities other than Parseltongue. I seem to remember my Tom saying when he was younger that similarities were important for human matings.
I guess they are with what happened last time I tried to set him up with a mate. But that was years ago. I have a much better understanding of humans now. Nagini nodded to herself as she slithered down the hall.*
~The Next Day~
Stretching with a groan, Harry untangled himself from his bed sheets and go out of bed. After a good long shower, he made his way towards his kitchen to make some breakfast. Harry determined when he first moved in that he had always enjoyed cooking, despite the Dursley's attempts to make him hate his life.
Let's see. I've trained up my body and magic. I've gotten my Masteries from both the British and Russian Ministries of Magic. I've gotten a solid reply from the goblins but I'm still playing political tag with the Veela. The letter I received last night proved that. Harry took a brief break in his internal list to think over the Veela's response he got when he had come back from the foreign Ministry of Magic. He had to once again respond with neutrality and trust; though he was hardly surprised with that, it was even expected.
What's left? Ah, yes. I still have to decide and then convince a magical creature to guard my vault. I also have to send a letter to the Board of Governors…Thinking about it some more, Harry decided that he should at least get one over and done with, so he summoned some parchment and a pre-inked quill and set to work.
Dear Board of Governors
It may be a surprise to your gracious persons, but it has come to my attention that some of the students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry may have been missorted. I do not know if this is due to leniency or tempering, magical or otherwise.
I do not wish to harm the integrity of Hogwarts, but I cannot stand idly by while I see people from different Houses acting as if they should be in another House and not their own. I do not come to you in grievance or in my personal irritation, but in hope that you may look into the oddities coming from Hogwarts.
I urge you to listen to my examples of students that seem like they should have been sorted elsewhere. I start by asking you to look at the well-known Weasley twins. They are quite famous in pranking and ingenuity. They were sorted into Gryffindor, yet I have only seen them act brave by pranking Professors that…well, shouldn't be pranked by any sane person. They are both sneaky and cunning when it comes to their pranks and they only get caught by either flaunting their latest prank or by their signature items. It is in my belief that the Weasley twins are more Slytherin than Gryffindor.
I give you another example, the Weasley twins' younger sister. Miss Weasley was supposedly possessed in her first year at Hogwarts, but apparently no one knew that until the end of that school year. She was able to hid and fool everyone until she was completely taken over. Some people may have accounted that to the possession, but it is my belief that she was able to fool everyone by having a personality similar to her elder brothers as well as being very confused and scared. Perhaps you could say she faced the possession with brave Gryffindor courage, but I'd like to think of it as a Slytherin's cunning and knowledge that if she told anyone that she could endanger herself; after all there were rumors that it was You-Know-Who, himself, that possessed her.
Next I would like to give you an example of a student that I believe is in the wrong house but that I don't believe should be in Slytherin either. I do not want to seem as I believe all the students should be in Slytherin. I also do not wish to make it sound like I support one House over another. I just wish to give evidence that something seems not so right at Hogwarts. That is why I believe that Hermione Granger, again another Gryffindor, should, in fact, be in Ravenclaw. Miss Granger is possibly one of the smartest witches of her time and is often described by her peers as a walking textbook. Are these two things exactly what describes a Ravenclaw and not a Gryffindor? So why, I ask, is Miss Granger in Gryffindor, when it's clear her personality and mind are more suited for the Ravenclaw House?
There is another example that I would like to present to you, Neville Longbottom; who is also another Gryffindor. Mr. Longbottom is described by both peers and professors to be a timid and nervous individual. To me, that doesn't sound very Gryffindor. It is my understanding that the only time Mr. Longbottom acts on bravery or courage is when it either has to do with his friends or housemates. That seems to me that he is acting bravely out of loyalty; loyalty which is a signature trait of the Hufflepuff House.
So I ask you this, why do some students seem to be in the wrong House? Why are all these students in the Gryffindor House as well? Finally if yo want more evidence, I ask you to look at the Harry Potter, our very own savior. Tell me, aside from saving the day, and protecting people, how does Mr. Potter act like a Gryffindor? He seemingly hates attention and spotlight, something I would think a Gryffindor would love. He's a Parselmouth and also extremely loyal to his friends. On top of that, the Prophet wrote an article about his level of intelligence in getting his Masteries and it is also rumored he was able to free house elf from the Malfoy service by cunning and trickery. Personally that doesn't sound fully Gryffindor to me. So what House should Harry Potter REALLY be in?
So I ask you Governors. Do you really think all is well in Hogwarts? If it were me, I'd demand a resort just to see how many students get placed in different Houses.
Sincerely,
Your Very Concerned Citizen
"Let's see how this plays out."
AN: Just to make some things clear and give tidbits of information…
- Not a morning person.
- Poor, poor Tom.
AN 2: Right, once again, sorry this took so long to update. On a side note, I'm thinking of typing up the start of a new story I've been thinking about. Hopefully it should be up within 24 hours.
****AN #3: (I feel everyone will benefit from this response.) ConCrit - "As far back as mid-2005 FFN made a policy specifically against answering
reviews in chapters." Thanks for the review explanation, I'm off and on so I don't really follow any of the news. As for the mistakes, which is a bit embarrassing, I should have fixed the main ones. But I startd typing this up at 11 pm and didn't get it finished until very early in the morning, so kinda understandable even though I went through it a couple of times. As for everyone's age and inheritance. I could of sworn I explained this somewhere in an author note, but as I looked back it seems I didn't. So I'll explain it here. This story is set, right now, in the summer after fifth year. Harry was the only one to go into his inheritance because he's special. :P For this story he goes into his inheritance early because of his power and as a side effect of the killing curse. I will put this in later chapters to fully explain it. As for his test for Apparating. He got it before his inheritance, which compared to everyone else is super early. Hopefully this clears a bunch up.
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