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Legilimens-CHAPTER -3

Harry remembered his mother, father, their home and his uncles who used to shout at the top of their lungs that Harry will be the best future Marauder. Harry wondered what happened to them and why were they not taking care of him. He remembered his mother drawing runes in blood while she used a full body bind on him. It had been very uncomfortable for a - not yet one year old to sit and she had to resort to it. He remembered as he cried at the top of his lungs after the terrible ordeal of painting runes and on him and performing the ritual was done. Oh how he had enjoyed all the attention he got after crying. It felt good, honestly it did.

Now Harry Pondered his life, he did not know all of Tom Riddles memories, just the relevant ones that Tom had gone ahead and released while merging. That involved some basic spells, some diagnostic charms, and the name of his skill that he had used i.e. legilimency. He knew that the counter of Legilimency that was Occulmency. He also knew what Tom and his little circle of "friends" knew of Prophesy.

Now he came to think about it, he was astonished that the child of prophesy was here discarded like a used cloth in midst of muggles. From the little of Toms memories he knew that Dumbledore was the listener of prophesy, then why did Dumbledore leave the child here. It smelt of meddling, and there were not many meddlesome fags he knew in wizarding world. Long term thinking was not something done by most wizards. Wizards who with a wave of a little wooden stick could do things that muggles did not or rather could not do in, well ever. Yet this made wizards naïve, and careless. Just wave the stick and-Yay all mistakes undone. Oh you broke your toy, poor dear, just wave your little stick mutter reparo and here now it is as good as new. Wizards never learn planning and restraint, purebloods did learn politics, finances but did not learn to apply that sense in day to day life, just in the big halls filled by geezers known as warlocks which were collectively called Wizengamot.

Or was old dumbles dead? Maybe he finally croaked, Oh he pitied those already in afterlife whose affairs he would now be meddling in. Poor people, he could now imagine poor angels to whom the old wizard would be showing wide grandfatherly smiles with little twinkling eyes behind the half moons he wore and would try pretend to be their dear old grandpa, demanding things such as - " I must insist that it is imperative that I acquire the Wings that you wear in nice sunlight golden color, after all I am the leader of light It would go long way to help the masses if I acquired those lovely wings and some nice golden woolens socks in the same color, alas all my woolen socks were left behind when I departed the mortal world for the next great adventure!, so when will my set be ready?, I expect them to be ready as soon as possible with a spare set at the earliest convenience." just as he did in the wizarding world where he was the dear old gramps of almost all muggleborns, or at least those who mattered.

No it was a little too early to pin it to Dumbledore. He would have to survey the neighborhood and determine if he was being watched. Maybe his mother was naïve and wrote it in their will for him to be raised in muggle world, probably to protect him from the inbred idiots. She certainly did hold the sway of James Potter, from what he remembered his mother made most decisions and James certainly went along with it.

If this was Dumbledore's doing then he would have him watched. Probably by some squib or some muggle acquaintance that he used in last war to keep track of werewolf activities. Dumbledore was not above breaking the secrecy law and hire some muggles who were sworn to secrecy. He had done it to track werewolves that wizards would not go near for anything. Muggles were expendable in that way, they would do that if given appropriate incentive that is money. A wizard would not go near a werewolf and would prefer no money to being bitten and then having no money. A wizard could conjure clothes and basic necessities and could live comfortably with very little money, but muggles required money and were not as self sufficient individually as wizards were, not that it was their fault. They lacked magic and it was something that was not remedied till yet.

He would need to investigate before he concluded, and with his newfound skill he could scan all these muggles and most wizards.

Speaking of muggles now he came to think about it Did Dudley deserved to hospitalize so that he Harry could enjoy a vacation?

He pondered that Dudley was not essentially some evil spawn. He did what his parents taught him and emulated them; he was essentially a result of his parent's deeds. Yet now he came to think about it his parents encouraged that behavior to bully Harry which later extended to others of his age. Yet still Dudley was fed by his parents, clothed by them, he essentially was the pride of his parents then if he was used by his parents against Harry he will have to suffer, Harry would make sure of it. If you try to cut steel with an iron sword, the steel would not try to save the iron sword because it was the wielder at fault. No the sword will be broken and same happened with Dudley, if was playing the role of ickle duddykins who ridiculed the freak. Now he will get hurt in the process. Harry was not some sort of saint who would try to save Dudley from his parents. He was not responsible for him, his parents were and if Dudley got hurt because he did what he was taught to do and the person to whom he wronged retaliated, he, Harry was not at fault. If Dudley wronged him, Dudley paid. He was not going to warn Dudley or later tell him that he hurt him, oh no, that would not do him good. Dudley will learn or rather be trained like a circus lion that bad things happened when Dudley tried to hurt Harry .

Now onto some magic practice, Tom loved magic, or perhaps it would be better to say Tom only loved magic. Harry too loved magic, magic was his savior, his magic saved him from being beaten and if learnt to wield it his magic he would never have to worry about anything. He would now rely on himself and only himself, people betrayed people, look at him now sent to live with magic hating muggles while he was the savior of their world. Where were the child services , the wizarding child services were born before their muggle counterparts , there were too many cases of abuse mostly of muggleborn children and they were taken care after they arrived to Hogwarts . It was political propaganda as the abused muggleborns were more likely to stay in the wizarding world. But he Harry was not the first wizard born child to be sent to live with muggles, in those cases the wizarding child services paid regular visits to let them know of their heritage. Mostly such people were half bloods with one dead parent.

Too many questions swam in his mind, luckily he had 5 years to prepare at least he thought he did have 5, maybe someone would come for him earlier. Nah, if no one came for 6 years he was probably forgotten, and all if any people did try to adopt him would have given up.

Silently but with focus Harry tried to levitate an object. He dare not try any structured spell; it would certainly raise alarms if there were wards keyed to ministry underage detection.

Raw magic on the other hand was other story, it had intent, it had power but it was not structured like the spells created by spell crafters who tied certain words with wand movements and intent to make spells which were made with an arithmetic equation that defined power and regulated the burst of power that must be provided while uttering the words. The structured spells were immensely smooth compared to doing things without spells because the equations and runes drawn (the wand movements are runes and symbols being drawn in air for a spell) while casting defined the power and intent a lot more than the focus of caster. It did not mean the caster could not manipulate spells with his own will.

But spells had limiters, like a reducto could only do so much! To create better explosions one could use bombarda, which had higher limit. It was done so that less powerful wizards do not add more power to spell by losing control and later suffer due to exhaustion, it was also done so that work that required finesse could not be botched due to loss of control on casters part. Magical reserves were almost infinite it was the body channeling magic that made things difficult. A good caster could cast multiple spells at a single moment while someone with more potential and more available magic to manipulate could simply bruteforce multiple spells without control and finesse.

An advanced caster could learn spells and practice them to muscle memory such that they don't require wand motions anymore. Those who studied subject or those who experimented while practicing would know how a wand movement if not used would remove certain limitations' the spell had been created with. Or, how if the caster does not intend something, and did not move the corresponding wand movement; the particular part of spell would not work.

A classic example was the expelliarmus, which defined that one on whom it was used would lose his wand, its principle was to give a sudden jerk on the persons hand on whom it was cast. Yet if a certain wand motion was not performed AND the caster intended to throw the whole person back instead of jerking the victims hand the persons wand would remain where it was provided the grip was strong , but the person himself would be thrown back violently. Or if the person did not move their wand on the motion that intended to limit the power (which was decided while the spell was crafted for an average human), one could easily overpower the spell and the victim unfortunately would have to part with their hand!

Thus Harry decided that no structured spells should be used, rather raw magic would have to do, even if it was less efficient combined with no wand signature , it won't go raising flags; Just ignored as accidental bursts.

He practiced levitation and was glad that he could easily levitate even his bed; it was quite an achievement for a 6 year old to be the one who was in control while doing it.

Next came banishing which a bit difficult, after about 50 tries he was able to banish things. It was just that he had to get the feel of his magic when he banished something. Once he got the feeling of his magic he had to learn how to replicate it at his beck and call. Then there was the aspect of power. After about an hour he was exhausted. He helped himself to some more food he acquired and went to sleep. It was a question of quality of body and adaptability to magic rather than less magic available. The magical core was near infinite but the amount available to manipulate freely was lesser. The body felt physically weaker after long casting. A curse breaker could cast for about 10 hours non stop and with the help of potions maybe 14, but more than that would make even standing upright difficult.

Harry was woken by a rather loud call for him by his aunt; the repelling charms had worn off. He had to make breakfast. Dudley had returned with casts on arm and leg which would require 5 weeks to recover.

Quickly preparing breakfast Harry filled his own plate to the amount he should be eating and cast the notice-me-not-that-made-Tom-special. It was childish to joke, yet he was a child and it felt good to scorn the memory of Dark Lord.

Speaking of which Harry could not wait to get all the memories, though he did not fancy having to watch tortures, he did require the magical knowledge. Tom's knowledge was not all round as he made people believe, he was rather focused on charms and by extension curses, in short magic that directly showed results. He was also knowledgeable in runes that were used in rituals but was not used to other practical uses they had. He was rather weak (when compared to his skill in charms) in transfiguration which he did not believe was useful in duels as all his study was focused on power and violence.

Harry watched as Dudley was fed by His horse faced mother, honestly he had one hand broken, he was not a cripple!

Sadly he remembered his own mother and wondered if he was to live with them would he turn out like Dudley. From the little he knew about James Potter, he was an arrogant spoiled brat. That knowledge came from Severus Snape when he was quizzed about potential pureblood recruits; or rather pureblood idiots that could be recruited and made to part with some…err... Rather substantial wealth for the common. Err… his personal cause.

Now Harry wondered he had yet to see the night of October 81 from Tom's perspective. Well he wondered if he would grieve, feel guilt or feel weird.

His uncle would have to stay under observation for some days to determine if he would fully recover. Doctors had already advised his aunt for proper exercise routine to be followed when his uncle returned and petunia was obviously telling Dudley about it . Harry understood the meaning; she was trying to tell Dudley that he must exercise because he was already chubby and unhealthy for his age. Where did the excuse of big bones and sturdy body go?

At least his aunt had some sense, THIS was not good, and your enemies if really stupid were dangerous because a rational mind could never predict their next move. If your enemies were stupid and not overly so then it was good. If your enemies were intelligent it was the worst case scenario.

He hoped Petunia did not know much about the wizarding world to connect dots such as not able to recall going near cupboard under stairs in the future, or going near it and suddenly finding a new random task, it would not do if she knew about notice me not, because they were notice me not, they did not provide invisibility.

Well he would have to wait and watch. At least his aunt thought he did not know about magic.

Harry returned to his room to further practice. His magic was erratic as expected of a child and it would only grow, yet if he learnt to control it, it will grow faster.

Every child went through surges when the disturbance in core was at its peak, it was the result of the core maximizing itself and finding its limits, if the disturbances were low the core grew till it was unable to hold the surges. As a result the stronger the more you tried control the more it tried to disrupt by increasing its size till it surged. It was not the core itself that grew it was the reserve that could be used. A person with small core would not be able to cast many spells at the same time simultaneously or cast some very powerful spell or spells that although simple were used on a larger scale but one after the other anyone could cast for hours at a time. But someone with a bigger core such as Voldemort, Tom or Flitwick could cast multiple spells at the same time and they also had access to spell that could use more magical power output.

Wizarding children went through periods when they were more agitated and prone to accidental magic which was the body trying to maximize the core, without harming them.

At eleven the core settled somewhat and the surges stopped and the growth stabilized and grew steadily with some variations depending upon the regular use of magic.

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I hope I tried to explain the unexplained rules of magic

The plot is outlined, with the first year and second year planned.

The third year is to be short, with fourth being long and Harry emerging as a player rather than a pawn.

Harry here is a person who is actually a normal person with ambition and the power to achieve.

A.N.-Harry is not some stupid hero, yes he will be caring but only to those who are innocent, who try to help themselves, who acknowledge their mistakes. IF someone was an unwilling pawn of either of the LORDS (GUESS WHO), Harry will not go out of his way to save them. If people were tossed at him as spies and weapons He will try to discredit them, chase them away, or hurt them. He will not go and try to save them, let those people walk all over him because those poor people were misguided. ""IF YOU ARE MISGUIDED, IT IS YOUR FAULT TO HAVE THE WRONG GUIDE, HIRE A BETTER ONE TO LEAD YOU ELSE YOU WILL FACE YOUR DOOM"". Harry will make use of opportunities, he will use the war to his own end, He will not sacrifice himself for strangers, for friends yes if worse came over. He will save those that mattered to him.

Dumbledore will be bashed, but Harry will respect him, Dumbledore will not be outright vindictive, he is a manipulator who tortures more than a cruciatus does slowly, mentally ,and without pointing his own wand at the victim , if he plans an assassination the person would first go into coma , declared insane and would be fed slow poison . He doesn't make quick work of something till absolutely necessary. Dumbledore is just another politician who plays people as he sees fit. He considers his solutions to a problem as the only solution to a problem and the result he desires as the only result that should be favorable and acceptable to all.

Nymphadora ( forgive me Tonks , but u can't hurt me ) will be a 2 year but her true age will be 2 years older she will be a delayed student.

Don't expect some love story, Tonks will be paired but it will not be some silly crush and don't expect much till end of third year.

I don't know when next update will be, but I will try my best.

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Naginator , I hope your concerns about how vindictive Harry is are satisfied.

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