JohnnyKR51: First off thanks for the review. This will be an independent Harry fanfic. He will become a lot more powerful and have some gifts but he will learn to master them.

I Do not own Harry Potter. I wish i did but unfortunately it belongs to J.K. Rowling

Ch. 3

NOOOO!!! I awake with a start and look around wildly. I finally start to calm down once I realize I'm by myself in my bed. I look at the clock by my bed and see that it's 4 a.m. Well at least I got 5 hours of sleep. That's about 2 more than normal. I sigh before remembering my dream.

Sirius. I finally let the tears spring out of my eyes. Once I start crying I can't stop. Who's going to be next? Is it going to be Hermione or maybe Ron or any of the other Weasley's for that matter? I can't protect them and it's because of me that they will get killed. Hell Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna all almost got killed a week ago. And it was all my fault. I shouldn't have let them come. As a matter of fact I shouldn't have gone at all then maybe Sirius would still be here.

I look at the clock and see that a half an hour has gone by. I jump out of bed and put on some shorts. I decide to exercise and get my mind off of things. I don't want to think I just want to go. I do the same routine as before and found that I could do it a lot easier and faster. I go to the bar at the park and start to lift myself up. My arms start to burn but not as bad as before. I get to thirty and have to stop. Well if I improve like that it will all be worth it. Once I hit the ground I again start some sit-ups. I get to 65 before I have to start. I smile to myself seeing that I'm improving and I guess determined enough to push myself farther. I get up and can feel the soreness in my muscles. I start to walk back to the house and when I get there I see that my Aunt is just saying goodbye to my Uncle.

When they finally see me coming up they glare at me. "Boy where the hell were you this morning and why didn't you cook me breakfast?" I can see the vein in my Uncle's forehead start to throb. I panic knowing that if I don't answer correctly I won't be able to move tomorrow.

"I'm sorry Uncle it won't happen again I promise." He seems to think for a second before deciding that my answer was to his satisfaction.

"See that it doesn't boy. See that it doesn't. I'm off to work but you have to go do some gardening for the Joneses down the street. You also have to take care of their pool for however long you are here this summer. Once you're done there I want you to come back here and get started on our lawn. Then you are going to have to build me a new tool shed. I want it done in a month and I want it nice. I'll give you enough money for the supplies and you are to walk to the store and get them. Also get some supplies for a new fence. I want the fence done in a week and no exceptions. Now go get washed up. You stink and I don't want the neighbors to talk."

"Yes Uncle Vernon." He nods again before getting into his car and driving off to work. I turn to see my Aunt glaring at me. When I make eye contact she sticks her nose up in the air, sniffs and walks into the house. I sigh before trudging inside and upstairs to the bathroom. I pass a clock on the wall that says that it's about 5:30. Knowing that if I take more than a ten minute shower when they're home I'll get a beating I rush through it. When I get out I throw on some clothes before going downstairs.

I see my Aunt reading a magazine in the kitchen. "The Joneses live in number 9. You will go there every morning at 6 a.m. after making us breakfast and you will do whatever they ask of you. Starting tomorrow you will tend to the Smith's garden. They live in number 11. You will do this right after the Joneses's house is done. After them you will come back here and tend to our garden. Tomorrow I will send you out to get the supplies for the fence and shed. After you are done with all of this you will come in here and you will start to make us dinner at 5 o'clock. Dinner better be ready by six. Once Dinner is served you will go up into your room and not make a sound or Vernon will do something about it mark my words."

I nod before starting out towards Number 9. Once I get there I knock. An average woman opens the door and snubs me just like my Aunt did this morning. "The pool is around back you will start there and once you're finished there are some gardening tools. I want you to plant roses and tulips in my garden out front. You will tend to this all summer. Once you're done with that there is a lawnmower and I want you to mow the grass every day."

I nod before stepping off the porch and I head around back. Once I get there I see that there is a huge pool. I sigh before getting started.

It took about 45 minutes to do the pool. Once that's done I go out to the garden out front and see that there are gardening tools as well as some seeds. I sighed again and got down on my knees and got to work. I finished gardening in about 25 minutes. I look around the back and see a lawnmower. I grimace when I finally get up from my knees. I pop my back and walk over to the lawnmower. I get started and that takes me about an hour to do nicely. Man do they have a huge lawn.

I walk back up to the door and knock again. This time a girl of about my age walks out. "I'm finished up. Will you please tell your mom that I'll be back same time tomorrow?" She nods and gets this gleam in her eye that I can't quite tell what it is. Shrugging my shoulders I walk away. When I get back to the house I start pulling weeds out of my Aunt's garden. Once that's done I start in on the grass. I don't get why I have to cut the grass every day. I mean how much could it actually grow in a day?

I go inside once that's done and see that it's about 3:30. I go upstairs and walk into my room only to run into Tonks as she gets done apparating. We both land on our bums and I hear someone start to bust up laughing.

I look around and see that there is a girl about Tonks's age. She is a little shorter than Tonks and has the same sense of style. She has normal black hair and full pink lips. "Can one of you put a silencing charm on the room so that I don't get my ass beat literally?"

Tonks just smirks at me and I know that something's up. "Well loverboy we already did that. Harry meet Hestia Jones. She's an Order member and an auror. Hestia meet Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived in all his glory." I blush when she said loverboy but I glared at her when she says my name with the title added to the end of it.

I shake Hestia's hand before turning back to Tonks. "So Tonks what brings you back to my humble abode?" I know why she's here but I had hoped she had forgotten. Apparently she hadn't because she started to say the sentence that I was dreading.

"Well Harry I told you that I wanted to know what was up with all the hostilities with Dumbledore and I want you to answer all of my questions. Trust me Harry I will know when you're lying." Resignedly I nod and she begins her interrogation.

"Was that the first time you have been beaten Harry?" I sigh. Why did she have to pick one of the harder questions first?

"No that's not the first time I've been beaten. It started when I was about 5 and it started getting less frequent when I turned 11 and got my Hogwarts letter." I knew I was being vague but it technically wasn't a lie. The beating had gotten less and less as I turned 11. I think it had to do with less accidental magic and the fact that I had friends to write to about what was going on. Thankfully Tonks seemed to accept my answer because she moved on.

"Did you tell anyone what was going on?" I freeze knowing that now the questions involving Dumbledore were going to come up.

"I tried to tell Dumbledore that I didn't want to stay here but he kept telling me that it couldn't be as bad as I described it as. I mean what kind of a person puts a child into a home and doesn't even check up on him?" I was starting to get mad and I knew it. Tonks exchanged a glance with Hestia and I could see that both women were trying to control their emotions.

"Alright Harry what did Dumbledore do that was enough to make you hate him?" I sigh knowing that this is going to be a long answer.

"Dumbledore really isn't as great as everyone says he is. He is just a manipulative old bastard and I'm sick and tired of him trying to control my life. He sends me here supposedly for my protection but it didn't help when I had to fight off the Dementors. Or how about the fact that he has continually kept information from me that has gotten people killed and me and my friends have continually gotten hurt because he thought it was for the Greater Good if we didn't know. We have had to clean up his messes from the beginning. No offence but honestly what does the Order do but sit around and discuss how they are going to fight Voldemort? I mean seriously you guys sit around and have meetings but what actually gets done? Voldemort is still winning and more and more innocent people are dying all the time. Sure you guys occasionally react to an attack but by the time you guys get there it's too late. You guys have become as useless as the aurors. Again no offence." When I'm done with my rant I look up and see that both of the girls' faces are stunned. "I'm pissed at Dumbledore lately because of all that bullshit but also because of the fact that he had to go and tell me the fucking prophecy right after I had to watch Sirius die. Not an hour later I was sitting in his office getting told the world was literally on my fucking shoulders."

I can feel myself start to get angrier and angrier and finally someone starts to calmly whisper in my ear. I take some deep breaths and finally can think again. I look around to see my room in disarray and get really confused. I look over at Tonks and see her and Hestia breathe a sigh of relief when I finally calm down.

"Wow Harry I have never seen someone release that much raw magic. You must be a pretty powerful wizard to be able to make things float around just on pure anger alone." I look at Hestia after she is done speaking with me and I finally understand why my room looks messier than it should.

"Now what prophecy are you talking about? I thought it was destroyed in the Department of Mysteries." Both of their heads turn to me.

I look at my feet before starting to speak. "Insert Prophecy"

Both girls are stunned speechless. I look over at the clock and see that it's almost time to start dinner for my so called family.

"If you guys give me a half an hour I will be back. I have to go cook for the zoo downstairs." I see them scowl but nod and I finally got out of my room and downstairs. I go into the kitchen and think about what I'm going to make. Hopefully I can sneak some up. I look in the fridge and decide steak and potatoes. I start to cook and get done in about 45 minutes. Luckily my Aunt wasn't paying attention and Dudley wasn't home so I had made some extra for myself.

I load up my plate and sneak back upstairs. I quickly slip into my room and close the door. I breathe a sigh of relief that I had made it safely and turn to my two guests who are currently playing a game of exploding snaps on my bed.

They look up when I enter the room and sigh when they realize it's me. "Sorry I would have brought you guys up something but it was hard enough for me to get myself something substantial." I see them look confused for a second before I see realization dawn in their eyes and their confused expression turns into one of anger.

"Harry how much do they actually feed you?" I can tell Hestia is trying to keep her emotions in check because her voice sounds controlled. I scratch the back of my head realizing that I had let slip something I didn't want know.

"Umm… table scrap mostly. My dinner usually includes two pieces of bread with a slice of cheese in the middle and a glass of milk all of which has gone bad by then." They both look disgusted before looking at each other. It seemed to me like they were having a silent conversation because the next minute they are both looking at me with a gleam in their eye.

"Alright Harry this is what we are going to do. First off we are going to turn this room into something livable. We will have to expand it seeing as Hestia and I will be living here for your protection as well as your studies. Secondly me and Hestia here have decided to start to train you. If you're the wizarding worlds only hope you're going to need all the help you can get seeing as you're in your sixth year at Hogwarts. To do this we are going to need to go to Gringotts and get an abilities test and also a heritage test while we are at it. This training will include everything up to auror level as well as training in any of your abilities. Since you have already started the physical workout we don't have to worry about that you can just continue what you've been doing. But we will be teaching you some hand-to-hand combat skills."

I look at their proud faces and am stunned. Nobody has ever been willing to help me like them but I see one glitch in their plan. "Wow. That would be great guys you have no idea how much that would mean to me but I see one flaw in your plan. I'm underage and can't use magic."

Their grins slip off their faces and they look at each other again. After about 2 minutes of silent communication they finally start to grin again. "Bert from the Department of Underage Wizardry owes me a few favors so he will let me have a pass to use magic for you. This will work till Sirius's will is enacted as I have a feeling that he will have you declared emancipated."

"I didn't know Sirius had a will." I look back and forth from both of their faces and suddenly they get confused.

"You mean you didn't get the summons?" Again I look at them confused before Tonks sighed again.

"I guess we have to add that to the list of things we need to do at Gringotts. Alrighty tonight we are going to teach you some of the basics of hand-to-hand. Since Hestia is better than me she will teach you while I expand this room into a three bedroom apartment and make it livable." With that she walked off and pulled out her wand. She started muttering spells and I turned back to Hestia.

"Alright Harry I want you to act like your punching me okay?" I nod before getting in a stance. I punch the air right by her and I see her looking at how my hand is.

"That was good Harry but I want you to make a fist." I do and she comes over and readjusts it a little. "There if you make your fist that way you will get the most power out of it. Now I want you to block my next punch or kick. I'll go slowly until you can get the movements down.

For the next half an hour Hestia proceeded to show me how to block different types of attacks. Eventually she started speeding up until she was almost at half speed.