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Legilimens-Chapter 6

Harry made his way to St. Mungo's and requested an appointment with a junior healer who was appointed in permanent spell damage ward. Fresh out of Hogwarts healers do not have grasp of occulmency, she was perfect person he needed. Disguised again Harry made way to the private meeting chambers that were warded for confidentiality as many clients did not like to be heard. Harry made up a story of his grandmother having odd quirks and was there any way for him to hire the healer to leave her current job and take care of her. Harry already knew he would be refused as the girl would not leave her training that consisted of 3 years to be recognized as a healer. All the while Harry rummaged through the girls memories of Frank and Alice. Harry specifically was looking for behavior patterns of Frank and Alice. The girl after much persuasion on harry' part still refused it so Harry paid her a 100 galleons and made his leave.

Harry made his way to permanent spell damage ward and visited another patient who never had too many visitors under a fake name. Quickly summoning a few hair of both Alice and Frank, harry made his way out towards knock turn alley. Harry entered a small unimpressive shop and dropped a sack of 10,000 galleons. The shop owner raised an eyebrow and stared, Harry stared back. After a minute the owner sighed and opened a hidden door of his shop. This particular person was an expert at forging identities both magical and muggle. He also did questionable jobs; spell work etc if a person himself was unable to do so. Harry made the person sign a binding contract and asked to make two doppelgangers, one of Alice and Frank each. He gave the memory patterns copied from the healer. The doppelgangers were severely limited but they could impersonate 2 insane people easily. Taking the two body doubles Harry made his way to real estate agent and using the forged identity (ministry paperwork was self updating and if paid the right price would bypass scrutiny) he bought a house in a muggle neighborhood. Harry made his way to Gringotts and asked the teller to direct him to warding services. The teller stared at Harry then with a grunt pressed a bell on his desk. Another goblin appeared and showing no amount of disdain asked Harry to follow. Harry followed him to a room on which warding services was return. Harry specified him to add standard lethal and non lethal wards and a fidelius charm tied to Harry himself.

Next Harry went to a ministry and bought a house elf that was trained to take care of sick people. Next harry went to St. Mungo's during lunch time and hit the receptionist with a confundus charm. Harry made way to permanent spell damage ward and opened his trunk to replace Alice with the doppelganger. Harry then used his stone to go unnoticed as the more experienced healers were having lunch. The security was really lax after the war. Harry apparated to his opened his trunk and went inside to see Alice panicking. Harry silently stunned her and laid her to a bed. Harry came out of trunk and apparated along with it to his new house which was yet to be warded. Next he went to the nurse he had hired to give her the address. He only told her where to meet him and not the actual house as when fidelius would be added the address will erase itself for her.

He then returned to his relative's house to resume his schedule and was punished for lateness.

The next day the warders came and put up the wards, the goblins taught humans and humans put up the wards, the only job goblins did was the rune work on wardstones. After the fidelius Harry thanked the warders and added the Tibby the elf and alice to access list. Harry brought Alice out along with the bed as the house was not furnished. Tibby's job was to make food and take care of Alice.

From then on Harry put his studies and practice aside for some time and spent 6 hours a day in Alice's mind slowly treating the damage done. Alice's mind had locked itself to escape the pain all the while shielding Neville as Harry had seen. Harry had to extremely cautious and gentle to coax her mind to interact. Harry sent her pictures of flowers, warm colors to see response and she did respond positively much like a child seeing a new object. Then Harry sent pictures of babies he had seen on calendars and Alice's response was tremendous. No doubt she remembered Neville. It was very exhausting for Harry as the control required concentration

It took Harry three months and many doses of draught of peace that Alice started coming to herself of short period of time. She would panic after a while and lock herself. Tibby was very helpful and Harry made a note in his mental to-do list to do something for welfare of house elves. Alice now recognized Harry and he brought her up to date on events. Alice was enraged to hear what Dumbledore had done to her and her husband. When she was normal she would tell Harry about his mother as they were friends at school.

About a month later Alice started working out to bring her body to shape. That was when subject of Neville and Frank came up again, Harry had requested her to first recover and then to bring her the subject. Harry said that he had decided to bring Frank if he was able to Help Alice. He was scolded because if her doppelganger was caught they would keep an eye on Frank. Harry was ashamed to hear it but still he was not experienced enough and Alice forgave him as she sometimes forgot that Harry was still a child whereas she was an Auror.

For Neville Harry thought a lot and asked whether they knew of prophecy. Alice told that Dumbledore only told them about a prophecy and not its contents. Harry told her about his half but did not tell her about anything more. He suspected that she wanted to ask him but she was grateful to harry and did not ask him as to how Harry was a child with an adult mind. Harry did not wish to disclose that secret. Alice had to restart practicing occulmency that was taught to Auror's and harry helped her with it. Soon they brought Frank with them and Harry started working on Him.

It did not take that much time to heal frank as Harry had advanced much in mind arts and with Alice's help (who was very good with potions) they were able to cure him at least mentally. Being on a bed with not much physical work their bodies were not in best shape.

After much plotting and planning it was decided to wait till Neville's tenth birthday which was about a month away when Neville visited his parents to bring Neville on the fold. Frank and Alice were desperate but understood the need to be discrete. Soon enough Frank, Alice and Harry waited for Neville and His grandmother to arrive. Harry under disguise persuaded the eldest Longbottom to follow him out of Diagon alley under the pretext that he knew someone who could cure her son. She was skeptical but still followed Harry outside leaky cauldron and to an alley. Frank and Alice soon followed. Harry handed everyone the goblin made portkey that came with wards and told them the secret.

The following reunion of family was heartwarming. As Neville was almost in shock for about a minute after which tears flowed on his cheek like rivers. Harry was sad and wished that his parents too could be brought back, but he ruthlessly suppressed such thoughts. He had long ago made peace with the fact that he was an orphan.

After that Harry recounted his story and how he was natural Legilimens. He told them about Dumbledore and the events surrounding that night. How conveniently the child of prophecy was isolated.

Augusta Longbottom although did not like Dumbledore, could not believe it at first.

"Madam Longbottom why were Frank and Alice hiding in a small home when you have your heavily warded ancestral home , because Dumbledore said that fidelius could be cast on a small house and it would go unnoticed but your manor was well known, right?"

At her nod Harry continued-"So even if the death eaters knew of the place they could not have found it, and during war you did not have many visitors if you wanted to hide. Still,why a house in a wizarding village, surely a muggle neighborhood would have been better?"

Harry laughed bitterly and explained- "Dumbledore wanted to find the child of prophecy and control him."

At which he was interrupted by Frank "Then why Didn't Dumbledore wait for a few more years. Surely he had much influence over us and he could have gained significant control over either."

Harry nodded and replied – "Dumbledore probably thinks that only the child of prophecy could kill Voldemort, so he needed a confrontation between the two, if both Neville and I die then Dumbledore thought that Voldemort would become mortal again and prophecy was a fake, Else the child would survive as we only know half of prophecy maybe the rest contained something of value. He also wanted himself to be the sole controller of the child of prophecy and made sure to keep me ignorant of wizarding world; with my magic hating relatives I would have seen him as my rescuer and would have been easily manipulated. "

Neville spoke – "But I cannot be the child of prophecy, I am just above a squib."

At which Harry shook his head. "Neville, the prophecy spoke of a child who had the power to vanquish the dark lord. We both were a year and half old till he came, so till then he had not chosen us, he could have been after you first leaving me. He was just killing both to make sure the job was well done. Prophecies are tricky business and in some other world maybe you are the boy who lived (Harry reads a lot of fiction)." At Neville's confused look he continued- "Neville till that night Voldemort had not chosen, It was his choice to kill me first and you second, The prophecy was made without taking Voldemort's choice in account, prophecies are tricky business , manipulative and self fulfilling. They are equivocating as they spoke of a child who had the power to vanquish the dark lord, not of a child who WILL vanquish the dark lord. If Voldemort had ignored the prophecy maybe it would have not come to fulfill. Think, if you ignore a prophecy like suppose you were obliviated after hearing it and no one knows about it then would the prophecy have any effect? No it won't have any effect. SO in a way prophecies just manipulate people to do as expected. But Voldemort did come after me and did lose so I do have the potential, but that does not mean he could not come after you! You too have the potential. We need to check you for blocks on magic"

At this point Alice jumped and started casting diagnostic charms on Neville while explaining- "Neville, you were showing accidental magic so we had to bind it. I am sorry Neville but it is a block many parents perform and it removes itself at 11."

Soon as she received results she started frowning and turned towards Augusta – "did you put further blocks on Neville?" at her refusal Harry piped up – "Dumbledore?"

"Was Neville alone with Dumbledore for more than an hour?"

At this Augusta replied – "Yes after the attack since Neville was not harmed he was taken to Hogwarts by Dumbledore so that I could stay with Alice and Frank at St. Mungo's. The order came to rescue to find the door blown and Dumbledore subdued Bellatrix and her husband personally. He took Neville to Hogwarts and arranged healers at St. Mungo's. I later retrieved him from Hogwarts."

They shared a glance and Frank started cursing. Neville was still not over the shock that his parents were alive and he was not a near squib.

Harry spoke out – "It seems that he blocked Neville to make sure that only one fit the criteria of child of prophecy and Neville was controllable. He also did not permanently incapacitate you so that if in case I die he would have found a miracle cure to undo the damage and Neville would have fallen further in his manipulations. He would have said – "it seems my boy that the burden of prophecy has fallen upon you and to ease your burden I researched with some old friends and finally found a cure, with your parents with you , you will find it easier to fight Voldemort and bring those who did your family wrong to justice" , he would have tried to make you fight for revenge."

They arranged to remove the block the next day and Harry offered the ritual chamber in the Trunk for the next day. Neville stayed all night with his parents while Harry returned to the Dursley's.

The next day a plan was finalized made after much plotting; the return of Longbottoms from insanity was kept a secret. The blocks were removed from Neville and he started learning a year early. The Longbottoms stayed in the fidelius house which was now better furnished courtesy of Augusta. It was decided so that the secret was not out before planned. Frank and Alice being purebloods learnt about Muggle world.

Neville Longbottom was a shy and insecure child who was always told that he did not measure up to his parents, specially his father. He always felt guilty that they lost their sanity while protecting him. Maybe if he was not present they would have fought their way out instead of trying to protect him. Now he knew that they would have been back if Dumbledore had not meddled. He did not blame Harry and he had seen harry blaming himself as Dumbledore would not have done anything if Alice was not his godmother. But Neville knew that if he was chosen he would have lost his parents, At least this way he got them back. He had seen Harry looking longingly at Alice and knew Harry felt a bit jealous. He would talk to his mother tomorrow. Harry had gained his eternal support and he would stand behind Harry no matter what.

Augusta Longbottom was happy, happier than she had been for better part of the decade. She had her children back. Now Neville will have his parents for the rest of his childhood or what is left of it. She was suspicious of Harry Potter. His resources did not fit well. How did he know so much .how did he create fake doppelgangers. How did he achieve all this! Harry was keeping secrets and she could respect that. She would watch for now and maybe act more cautious.

Alice Longbottom felt betrayed by Dumbledore and even by Augusta. She did not raise Neville as she should have. Neville was insecure and shy. She had a lot of work ahead. She could not understand how to treat Harry. He was not even eleven but was more mature than 15 year olds. Sure he did make mistake of rescuing only one, but he was a child and she was grateful to him for curing her. It should have been the other way round. She should be the one to look after him, but till now he was the one looking after her. Harry had slowly and gently interacted with her mind and he had worked six hours a day to help her in those sessions. He would patiently tell her facts, show her pictures and talk to her. He was a little charmer, but was patient when her memory lapsed and would repeat all he had told her. He brought her the draught of peace without which she would have panicked. He had healed her mind without being a healer but she suspected that Harry had probed many people's mind as he was very proficient with it. His skill in mind arts surpassed the best of the Auror Academy instructors and obliviators. Back in her training days she remembered that they were taught occulmency and their shields were tested. Harry put their attacks to shame. His attacks were gentle yet somehow he managed to bypass her defenses. But harry did no invade her memories, He only tested her defenses and left at that.

Frank Longbottom was feeling many emotions. He was happy to see his family together and intact, back in the days of war they were targeted and they were losing. They did not have much hope of winning the war, and even less of seeing their family alive and whole after the war. He had joined the aurors only to fight the war, his family had businesses and like most old families he would have spent the rest of his life watching his businesses and growing his family fortune. Now 10 years later they were together again. He had his family back. His son was alive for whom they worried about most as he was Voldemorts personal target. He owed too much to harry, who had come and helped them. Harry kept his secrets and how he was so knowledgeable when Dumbledore had done his most to ensure he was kept in dark. But Frank knew better than ask, he was not going to pester Harry and if harry wished to tell them he would be glad to know. Harry had not harmed them and they were the ones to look after him, rather he had looked after them, he had a mastery of mind arts that most people could only dream about. Harry was cunning as he had successfully kidnapped two people from a hospital without anyone being wiser. He would work hard and make sure his family in which he included Harry was not manipulated anymore. He had learnt it the hard way to never trust a person absolutely. He had trusted Dumbledore only to pay the price. Harry had a plan which after input from him and Alice looked to be a good one. That would ensure that Dumbledore was off their backs for a few years to come.

Next - diagon alley.

Also, In first book , Dumbledore added Devil's snare as a trap , it was targeted for neville, Dumbledore expected neville to tag along Harry and co. So that he could mould neville too. When Nevile did not appear , He let him slide away from further control as till then he had confirmed the identity of chosen one as undisputed.