Chapter fifteen

Harry knocked on Flitwick's door, 'Come in Mr Potter, how are you feeling?'

'Fine now sir,' Harry shut the door, 'Um Professor, I have some important and it could be dangerous information. The thing is I don't trust the headmaster, not after everything's that's happened to me and he never helped. I got a letter saying I should explain to someone inside Hogwarts, someone I trust. Well, I trust and respect you Professor.'

'If it's dangerous Potter than I would need to inform the headmaster.'

'Yeah, I get that but I was hoping you might keep it to yourself until you could investigate.'

'Very well, explain what this information is,' Filius gestured for Harry to have a seat.

'Okay, I get these dreams, Dumbledore knows and he also knows they aren't dreams, they're like visions. I'm sort of holding out on him but I have a good reason for doing so. Anyway, my dream was about Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew, who is alive and was the one that betrayed my parent's. There's a snake and another man, in the dream they were talking about me, taking me and using my blood. Now Dumbledore said I have blood protection because of my mother. You heard what happen with Quirrell, well now though Voldemort has a partial body back and Peter is feeding him snake milk. He wants me and my blood then I heard my name came out of the goblet of fire, it could be connected which means there is someone inside Hogwarts that's connected to Voldemort. I could be in danger but so could others if he's discovered.'

'Do you know why you have these visions?'

'No, but my scar hurts when I do, sometimes it bleeds, Dumbledore wouldn't explain.'

'Would you allow an expert to examine your scar?'

'As long as this person was trustworthy.'

'My uncle, he knows almost everything there is on curses, and cursed scars. Yes he is a goblin and they do not really share information with wizards.'

'There are rumours you were a goblin sir, or part goblin. None of us care, you're a great teacher who treats all students the same. You also help when a student needs it. I liked talking to the goblins at Gringotts, I do every time I have to go there. So how would your uncle examine me?'

'I will get him here, without anyone knowing naturally. All the staff have ways in and out of the castle. Now normally we cannot bring another witch or wizard in, but being goblins do have it's advantage.'

'That's great, I figured the wards would stop people coming in. Dumbledore probably never thought of anyone other than humans. Professor, can you watch a memory of a dream?'

'Yes, it's just like watching any memory.'

'We would need a pensieve though, Dumbledore is the only person who has one.'

'The goblins have them Harry, they use them quite often at the bank. I will ask my uncle to bring one with him.'

'That's great, I feel better already. There is something going on, I feel it and if he is planning on coming back then all of us could be in danger.'

'Yes, we could. Now will you explain just as much as you're comfortable with, why you do not trust the headmaster or you're head of house?'

'I told the headmaster how my muggle relatives treat me, he didn't do anything. What happened to me over the years could be called child abuse yet he didn't seem to care. But I lost respect for him and Professor McGonagall when I found out they left me, a baby, on the doorstep in the middle of the night. I mean really Professor, how could anyone do that to a baby. I was told I was walking by that stage, I could have wondered off and been hurt or even killed. Now my aunt, my mother's sister is a muggle who was jealous of my mother's ability and beauty. She ended up so bad she hated my mother and this world. I never knew my name until I went to muggle school, they only called me freak, you or boy, I figured those were my names, I did for years. I didn't have a bedroom, I was kept in the cupboard under the stairs, locked in there when I wasn't made to work. Whenever anyone came to the house I had to stay quiet and pretend I didn't exist. I had some help before returning here, the Dursley's were arrested a week after we started here. There is a lot of proof at the house about the abuse I went through. I basically had to blackmail Dumbledore so he would allow me to leave.'

'We were all informed that you were well cared for by Lily's sister. I always knew you seemed on the small size compared to your parents, now I know why. But I am surprised that Professor McGonagall would leave you out in the cold that night, she was close to your parents after they left Hogwarts.'

'She listens to Dumbledore sir, we've all gone to her with complaints she never does anything because Dumbledore won't.'

'No, it seems the headmaster refuses to pull Professor Snape in about his treatment of students, especially Gryffindor's. I will notify you when I have spoken with my uncle. But I have to know, just for myself, what happened to the potions classroom.'

Harry could tell Flitwick was amused, 'A muggle glue, very strong and almost impossible to remove. I had the twins do it for me, just a small thing to get back at Snape for the way he treats everyone.'

'That will stay between us, but the Weasley boys always surprises me with some of the things they come up with, it seems you are a lot like them. They remind me so much of some other boys that got into trouble as students.'

'The marauders,' Harry grinned.

'Ah, so you know about your father?'

'About all of them and how Sirius is innocent, that is one thing I'm holding over the headmaster, he gets Sirius's name cleared or he doesn't know about my dreams of Voldemort. We have a connection through my scar he's known it since I arrived here. I figured I would use it to help get my godfather's name cleared. Do you know he never had a trial, they just threw him in Azkaban, he wasn't even questioned.'

'Even though I never believed he would betray you or your parents, tell me why you are positive he is innocent.'

'We saw proof, Peter Pettigrew used to be Ron's rat Scabbers. My dad, Sirius and Peter were unregistered animagus, they did that to help Remus on the wolf nights. Well, Sirius, Remus, me, Hermione and Ron got Peter to admit everything in the shrieking shack at the end of last year. Between Remus turning into a werewolf and Snape's hatred of my father and Sirius, Peter changed into a rat and disappeared, he joined Voldemort that night.'

'When I heard how Sirius had killed Peter I knew he could do it but I also knew he wouldn't do it. Then I heard about the evidence, if he was blasted apart as the reports say then there would have been more blood and body parts, not just a finger.'

'He cut that off himself before escaping as Wormtail, that's his rat's name.'

'If these dreams are real and the headmaster knows then I'm sure he will get your godfather's name cleared so he can find out what is going on. One thing I do know about Albus Dumbledore, he likes to be informed about everything, he also likes to be in control.'

'I know,' Harry sighed, 'But he's way of doing things can get people killed or hurt. But look at my situation Professor, I was left to be abused as a child. There were times I dreamt of killing them. I find out I'm a wizard on my eleventh birthday and see all these books with curses in them and think about how to curse my relatives. I used to get so angry with them and the world in general, I could have turned my magical gift around and gone dark. I found out that Voldemort was raised in a muggle orphanage, they were harsh back then. The both of us were made to return to the muggles every holidays. He turned dark, I'm lucky I didn't, that's only because I know he killed my parents because he's dark, I decided to go the other way.'

'It's happened before Harry, witches and wizards have been hurt by muggles who saw them doing magic. This castle used to keep orphaned children, the founders wanted to a safe place for all witches and wizards. During those days there were many that were killed, including children, if they got away then they would come straight here. I am not sure when the rules changed to stop children being able to remain at the castle after the school term finished, but after hearing your story I believe it should be changed back. We are few Harry, wars cost us enough, we can't afford to lose more people just because the muggles fear us.'

'They do fear us, I saw that myself,' Harry sighed again. But listening to his little charms teacher made him realise that they did need to change the way things are done, before it's too late.