Chapter One: A new life in the sun
Harry leaned back in his chair. He had just finished his letter to Professor Dumbledore and had coordinated his efforts with Amelia Bones in Magical Law Enforcement so that he could not run, yet still allowed him to be yelled at through a letter.
But now, he needed to decide what to do with himself. He didn't know whether he wanted to return to Hogwarts, or even if he would be welcomed by everyone there once they found out about Harry's involvement in Dumbledore's arrest – something which would hit the newspapers pretty quickly.
However, it was not like Harry did not want to see Dumbledore punished for his actions. It wasn't like the Professor had committed a small offence – stealing a fortune of thirty million galleons is something pretty big, and that was before they were linked to the different charges of abuses of power that had also been placed against the headmaster. This was mainly because of Dumbledore's defiance of the will of Harry's parents which had stated that Harry must never be placed with the Dursley's, regardless of the benefits in regards to blood magic, and must be placed in a suitable Wizarding household where he would be loved and looked after. The will had also made a list of twenty families that were willing to look after Harry if he were to become an orphan.
Harry had wept when he had read the will of his parents, thinking of the different life that he could have had and the life that he had been forced to live through, courtesy of the headmaster of the school that he attended.
Once Harry had read through the will and saw all of the discrepancies that existed within his vaults, Harry decided to get back at the headmaster and show him that even though he was well respected, he could not be above the law.
Harry slowly made up his mind and decided that he needed some time to himself and have a fresh start. He knew that he had more than enough money in his vaults to last a few dozen lifetimes so could easily start a new life somewhere fresh. But with all of the options, Harry was having a difficult time deciding what to do and where to go.
It wasn't like he was going to abandon everyone, but he did not know who to trust any more. Were the Weasley's receiving money from Dumbledore to befriend Harry? Was Hermione promised his family library? Were his friends truly his friends or were they just pawns and spies for a demented old man who wanted to throw him to the wolves and make himself look like the biggest thing since Merlin.
Harry needed to get away, somewhere, somehow, but didn't know what to do.
Luckily for Harry, the Goblin had also enacted Sirius' will which made Harry a Baron, head of the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black, which also emancipated Harry as a legal adult. This would allow Harry to move and to do anything he like, well within the confines of the law of course. This emancipation also activated Harry's parents full wishes which gave Harry full access to his inheritance.
Even though Harry would gladly give everything up to have his parents and Sirius back, he knew that there was no way for that to happen so Harry grudgingly signed the paperwork which would complete everything and accepted the new vault keys from the disguised goblin before discussing law suits with him.
And now, Harry sat here alone deciding what to do for the future.
Slowly, Harry thought and thought, not being able to decide what to do with his future. He knew that there was plenty of hate mail on its way for what he had just done to the headmaster but it could not be helped.
Harry stared at his desk, thinking hard about his future when an charcoal owl flew in through the window and landed in front of Harry on his desk.
The owl stuck out its leg and Harry noticed a letter attached there.
Harry untied the letter and unrolled it before reading it.
The owl quickly took off as Harry unrolled the letter, and it flew out of the window effortlessly, not looking back..
Dear Mr Potter,
My name is Eric Swift and I represent the Pacific Rim Ministry of Magic and I am aware of the impending legal action against Professor Dumbledore. I am also aware of the popularity of him in Britain and I can theorise exactly how the public is going to react when they find out what has happened.
This is why I am writing this letter to you. I am aware (through your own ministry of magic's careers department) that you have aspirations of becoming an Auror in the future and I would like to make you a unique offer.
I would like you to come and work with the Pacific Rim Ministry and complete your education here, while combining it with Auror training. All this education and training will be mainly practical in nature with all the reading and research being done during off and office hours and the rest of your time being spent as an active Auror trainee.
With all of this active experience, training can be expected to be completed within the year and would also comprise of your NEWT examinations (which would be joined with your Auror exams) and jointly marked and assessed, which means that you take less exams and finish a year earlier than everyone else within Hogwarts and also become a qualified Auror (if you pass).
This is rarely offered to anyone outside the Pacific Rim Ministry schools as we rarely have any interaction with other schools outside of the area, however one of our ambassadors was reviewing the career information for your year group at Hogwarts along with grades and histories and found your record to be quite exemplary and quite the person we wish to have as a member of the team.
You will be exempt from all under age magic and you will be taught many age restricted (and other restricted things that are not open to the public) such as Apparition and portkey creation.
This offer is this:
Full training within the ministry for your NEWT examinations in the courses you would have to choose to become an Auror
Full practical training to become an Auror
Examinations to take place next July for all NEWT courses and Auror courses.
We have a high pass rate for this type of training as it is popular within the Pacific Rim as we accept several students per year on this program and it is rare that a student fails.
This offer is open for seven days. If you accept, then place your wand to this parchment and say your full name followed by the word accepts and we will send a representative to collect you forty eight hours after you accepts.
Yours Sincerely
Eric Swift
Harry re-read through the letter many times over the course of an hour before finally making his decision.
Harry slowly picked up his wand from his bedside table, placed it to the parchment and said aloud "Harry Potter Accepts." before putting his wand down on the desk and beginning to pack up all of his belongings...