A/N Hey peeps! Hows life? Sup? K then. This chapter is about/more than 3,900 words. And the others have been like, 2,700 words. But I've realised that I forgot to add the disclaimers to the chapters, so I was so lazy, that I added it to the summary. But still, yea. Hopefully, you enjoy this one. I had to increase the level of clichéness so that you won't have to witness anymore in the future chapters. So yeah. Enjoy!

GAHH! I can't believe I still almost forgot to add the disclaimer... oh well, here it is!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER, ITS CHARACTERS, FANDOM, OR UNIVERSE IN ANYWAY. SO MOTE IT BE.

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After a moment, the phoenix transformed into a woman's body and all details seemed to be blurred. She raised her hand and casted a variety, a zoo of patroni. "With my magic." Turning her body towards the dazed Harry, she placed her hands on both sides of his cheeks, and pulsed with power.

But afterwards, a bright explosion and the feeling of raw magic in the air were all that Severus and Asdref knew.

Harry's POV

"Hello? Is anyone there?" I asked into the wisps of nothingness, only random streams of white smoke appearing and disappearing at random intervals. I narrowed my eyes "Where am I? Show yourself!" Just like in those TV shows I heard from the telly when I was stuck in my cupboard on friday nights.

A voice radiated from everywhere. "Do not fear, child. You are safe. In fact, you're inside of your mind right now. So I could not hurt you even if I've wanted to."

Whipping my head around as I searched for the source of the voice, I was shocked to hear it appear beside me. "I do not have a physical appearance, though I do appear and go about in my phoenix form, as they are the purest sort of creatures of magic."

Slowly turning my head, almost afraid of the sight that I was about to see. I've heard of phoenixes from those fantasy books. Those books were what convinced me that I was different, that I wasn't a freak like my relatives called me. They're awesome! Beside me stood—or well, hovered— a bright phoenix with swirling and pulsing colorful streams of water, no, wait…Magic!

She laughed at my shocked look. "Yes, though I would like to speak with you some more, I have a limited amount of time before Severus and Asdref, as you call him, start to worry about you. I am here to tell you about your destiny, and though this is very cliché, I will warn you about the dangers of the crossroads of your future.

One choice will break you, another will free your other side. Should you choose one house over another, the other will become your enemy, though you won't expect it."

"What's happening outside?" I asked, but the phoenix seemed to grimace, and replied, " Sadly, though I am a powerful being, when I want to speak to someone, I'll have to close off all consciousness and speak inside the mind, as it'll require most of their magical energy to be able to host me, even if a little. I would speak to many others if there wasn't such a requirement.

"Anyways, I can't interfere with your lives very much, but here's some advice. Trust Severus—" I looked at her blankly. "— or as you call him, Bat-man. Trust him, not Albus Dumbledore. Though he originally was a good man, he is too manipulative and has stuck his nose into where it doesn't belong one too many times.

"There will come a time of which betrayals will reveal your true form, and it won't be easy. It never will." Gazing at me sadly, as if the betrayals would kill me. But knowing Magic, it probably will…

"So, what now?" I asked abruptly, hoping to stop her from looking at me like that. Thankfully, it did.

"Oh yes!" She snapped her fingers in recognition. "I wanted to give you the ability to talk to all animals, since you'll be acquainted with animals of all kinds for a while. Also, I give you the ability to have five animagi forms."

At my once again blank look, she sighed. "Right, you're still not acquainted with the Wizarding World yet. You see, animagi are wizards or witches being able to morph themselves into an animal. And animagi forms are the animals that represent that wizard or witch's inner animal. But since you'll be granted 5 animals, they'll be the most dominant personalities of your soul."

"I'll be giving you the abilities, so it should tingle a bit." And with that, the phoenix's eyes pierced into me, seemingly transferring magic between the eyes! Slowly, pressure built up in my head (imaginary head, but I could still feel it even though I was technically unconscious) and when it seemed like it was going to explode from pressure, it just popped slightly, and sent vibes throughout my body.

For some reason, I'm ticklish all over, so I started laughing for the duration of the time of the vibes lasted.

Suddenly, the phoenix seemed to frown slightly. "Oh dear." She muttered under her breath.

"What is it?"I asked frantically, wanting to know what is it that had troubled Magic, even though I just gained the abilities to talk to animals (brilliant!). and to have 5 different patroni/animagi forms.

"Harry. There's a shard of of one's soul that had attached itself to your magical core. This isn't common amongst the youth, mind you.

But, this sort of magic requires killing another, using that as a sacrifice in order to place a part of one's soul into an object. This is very rare, but none has ever placed it into a living host." She answered grimly, clearly upset by these news.

"Can you take it out?" I questioned, already understanding the concept of which that this was dark magic, since it required someone to kill another. And obviously, a magical core is a wizard or witch's, well, basically, a heart for their magic. Magic turned to me and nodded.

"Yes. I can, but you might be a little disorientated and tired afterwards, as the horcrux was somehow also taking about a third of your magic, since it was attached for at least 9 years. Though do not worry, for I will inform Severus and Asdref about this."

Staring at me, "Are you ready? Do not worry, just relax, and it'll hurt less." Biting my lower lip, I nodded, ready for the piece of dark magic and a pedophile's soul out of me.

At first, I didn't feel anything except for a small twinge in my chest. But immediately after, it seemed like a scorching hot acidic bomb was set inside of my chest, increased by the inten-GAHHH! OH MY GOSH. IT HURTSSOMUCH! STOP! PLEASEGETITTOSTOPOHMYGOSHEVENDUDLEYCANTHURTMEWORSETHANTHISEVENUNVLECAN'THURTMEWORSETHANTHIS!GETITTOSTOP!BLOODY HELL!

During all that, I had already begun to screech in pain as it seemed to reach my head. It's like, like-a thousand knives on fire stabbing your body in one place at once,twisting and turning, while forcing your body to swim in a lake of acid. It was that bad.

After what seemed like hours, it all stopped. Turns out, that was only 15 seconds….nice…

When I looked up, I saw Magic focusing on me,but just when I was about to ask what she was doing, all the leftover pain and headaches went away. Grinning, I thanked her.

"Though I would love to, I cannot prevent the disorientation and the fatigue, as your body needs to adjust to your new magic level, and without something dragging you down. " Glaring at me sternly, she continued. "You will not be doing any strenuous tasks for the rest of the week. I trust Severus to take care of you." Pausing for me to agree, I nodded (I'm nodding so much today, what is wrong with me today?!) again.

"We will not be practicing with your new powers for obvious reasons, and that when you expend too much magical energy, you'll require a magical environment to generate that energy, or to extract the required energy from that source. So, we won't be practicing. But I can train you once you've started your school year." Magic clapped her hands, smiling at the plan.

"No. We will not be practicing no matter how much you pout." She scolded when I started jutting my lower lip out. But being the mature one, I stuck my tongue out instead.

"That'll be all for now. But you need to rest. It is currently 12:31 right now, and you'll be able to catch a nap if you want to." And once we both nodded at the same time, I was sooooo tempted to yelled out 'JINX!'

So, I exited my mind (with a mild headache), saw Bat-man (I guess he's the one the Magic calls Severus?) and Asdref peering at me in concern (Actually, Asdref was mostly just tasting the air while sitting on my chest).

Just about when I was about greet them, I fell asleep… My last thought being If I wanted to take a nap? Pfft. More like forcing me to. Though the ground is so soft…

3rd People POV

When Harry opened his eyes, Severus and Asdref were shocked to say the least. The eyes of Harry James Potter were a sparkling silver instead of the trademark emerald green. Yet before they could say anything, he closed his eyes with a peaceful sigh.

Panicked, Asdref attempted flicking Harry's face with his tail gently, aware that if he hit too hard, he'll break the skin. But Severus knew that Harry was only asleep, somehow depleting a majority of his energy.

As Severus and Asdref stared at Harry in shock, they (well, more like Severus) moved Harry back into the house (kitchen) where they'll be less visible to the neighbours.

When they stepped into the house, Severus suddenly remembered the Dursleys. "Asdref, stay here while I check up on the farm." And stalked back into the living room without a reply.

In the living room, the walrus-pig-mutant was unconscious, the horse still frozen as ever, still staring at him in horror and the baby-whale's eyes sweating. Nodding at their progress, he turned around and headed back to the kitchen, pausing, before closing the curtains.

Children. He thought. Lily should be here with him instead of me. But she told me that should she ever die, I would be in charge of taking care of Harry no matter what. How about now, Lily? Do you see me now?

I'm a useless Death Eater, who fell right into the traps of the Dark Lord. Would you want this man here, to take care of your innocent child?

A child who have yet to see the world in full colour.

If only I had arrived there sooner. If only I didn't call you a mudblood. If only I made sure that Harry was in good hands. Then all this wouldn't have happened. Severus mourned silently, glancing back at where Harry lied. All this would only be a nightmare...

After about 10 minutes of this inner turmoil happened, Magic came back.

"Severus." She suddenly spoke. "Do not blame yourself for the wrongs of others. Even though it was the wrongs of Tom Riddle, you will discover the reason that he suddenly turned to the dark. If one thinks enough, they'll figure it out. Though it requires patience, information, and the perseverance to."

She stopped talking for enough time to help Asdref slither up onto the table, and being able to contribute to our conversation.

"Time is valuable. But we should stop talking about the negative parts of life, even if it is a necessity. As I have said earlier, you, Severus, will play a big part in Harry's life, so I give you the ability of multi-animagi."

She paused at this, probably taking in my gobsmacked expression. Narrowing her phoenix eyes, "I assume that you know what that means. But do not abuse this ability, for I can take it back anytime I please."

She turned her head over to Asdref, "And I grant you the ability to be able to change into any species of snakes, and to be able to speak the human-tongue."

Leaning back to look at us both properly, "Here are my gifts, do not abuse them." She repeated.

"You will know what to do with them when the time comes, but right now, just play around with them, just do not mention that I have visited you three. For they will probably do acts just to appease and gain my attention.

I have given Harry the abilities of 5 animagi, and to be able to talk to all animals, no matter what types. Help him, but do not coddle him. I will be training him and Asdref in whichever school they choose to attend.

As for you, Severus, you have already mastered your 3 animagi forms, there's not much difference, but it's much more easier to change. I'm sorry, but I have to go now. Tell Harry my regards."

And with a pop, the phoenix disappeared and all was quiet. Severus turned towards the entrance, where the Dursleys were visible on the floor. Silently, he stalked over to them, although Petunia and Dudley were watching him warily, Vernon still knocked out.

"Obliviate." Severus hissed at the Dursleys, wand at the ready. After the deed was done, their eyes were dazed, and that was the chance for Severus to replace the memories with ones that allowed Harry to come and go as he liked.

Once Severus had obliviated them, you could hear Asdref muttering under his breath, fussing over Harry. "Gah. Children. Harry needs more protection around everyone. But severus will be able to protect him magically, I won't be around for all time…"

That was all Severus was able to hear before the words turned incomprehensive. Shaking his head at Asdref's (depressing) antics, he looked around the house, examining how the Dursleys lived.

There's a television in front of a couch. A fat, greasy, couch with the Dursleys all passed out from the memory replacement. Weak muggle minds. He sneered at the Dursleys even though they çouldn't see him.

There was a rug in front of the couch, as if there was a fireplace instead of a television. Beside each side of the couches were one table each. Behind the couch though, there was a window with vases of flowers, side by side, living under the radiation of the sun.

However, the kitchen had many cupboards (both on the ground and in the air), a sink, a stove, a coffee machine, and a table in the middle. And guess what. Only 3 sets of cutlery and plates, already set.

Severus's eyes scanned over the rooms, carefully taking in all the details for later. Stalking to the stairs, he paused at the cupboard under the stairs, but didn't move to open it. Just stared at it.

Glaring at it furiously, if looks could kill, that cupboard would've been demolished from the intensity of the glare (A/N or Miley Cyrus's wrecking ball, just between you and me).

Practically stomping up the stairs, he made his way to the hallway, where Harry had yet to clean. Eyes bulging in disgust, he took in the scene of chips littering the floors, gum stuck to the walls, the walls, you can see it was repainted… over and over again.

Still stalking, he opened the first door to his right, wand out ready to disarm any traps or feral animals let out in the room…

Yeah, he was that paranoid. Yet all he saw was a giant king sized bed, a side table on the side, bookshelves of trophies of Employee of the Month. Onto the side was a gigantic set a drawers with several locks and padlocks on it. The room itself was surprisingly clean.

Curious, the onyx eyed man made his way over, muttering Alohomora under his breath as he did. Opening the first one, he was disgusted to see condoms, underwear, and several bras along with it.

Closing it, and opening the second one, he was shocked to see a pile of shirts… and 2 pistols with packs of ammunition, ready to be fired. Opening the third one cautiously, the man saw only a pile of pants. Grateful that there wasn't anything else, he groaned when his scan discovered stacks and stacks of cash behind those suit pants.

Severus was definitely grateful that there were no drawers left. Stalking to the door, he exited and entered the next room he saw. Not surprised to witness a dump, for there were clothes thrown all over the room, candy wrappers covering the ground, a TV screen surrounded by game consoles and shelves and shelves of game DVDs.

Not able to see a bed, he just left. Knowing that if there was a mess that big in that room, the bed would be twice as bad.

There were 2 rooms left. One at the end of the hallway, and another in front of him.

Inside the one in front of him was just a clean queen sized bed, a window looking out into the street, and a set a drawers.

Though inside the one at the end of the hallway, it was a room of broken toys. That's it. Only toys. Sighing through his nose, he spied a bathroom to the side, but ignored it.

As he stalked down the stairs, he could hear Harry complaining about his headache, so Severus took the set of emergency potions out of his pockets, enlarged them, and handed one wordlessly to Harry.

"Mr. Potter. I have yet to tell you of Hogwarts." Harry looked at Bat-man in curiosity. Wasn't he sent 2 letters, from 2 different schools? Why tell him about just one?

"Sir, but what about the Durmstrang letter?" He questioned aloud, emerald eyes open, seemingly hungry for knowledge.

Inwardly, Severus winced. Lily had the same expression before Voldemort rose into power. But outwardly, he sneered slightly. "Mr. Potter. I'm afraid that I was only instructed to tell you of one school, Hogwarts." Harry's face fell at that, but the man continued on. "But I do noy follow rules. And so I will tell you about Durmstrang to the best of my abilities. When we go to Diagon Alley."

Looking back at Harry, Bat-man studied his face. Dark-red-that-it-was-almost-black hair, thin cheekbones, a lightning bolt scar on the left of his forehead, though mostly concealed by the messy hair. A visible jaw line, thin black glasses that stood crookedly on his nose, and elf-like ears.

"Although I would be taking you out, the Dursleys would still harm you. " He stated aloud. "So therefore, I will be charming them to go about their day, not minding you. So you will be able to come and go as you like, eat however you want, and sleep in an actual room. But the Dursleys can't and won't see you no matter what."

"Follow me." And began stalking towards the stairs. Stopping and turning his head back to Harry where he was guiding Asdref up his arm, giggling as his cold scales tickled his arms. Running and stumbling after Severus, he ran to the bottom of the stairs where Severus was eyeing him with amusement and annoyance.

Once on the second floor, they went inside of the bigger empty room. But Harry shook his head.

"No, sir. I don't want this room. Can I just have Dudley's other room? The one with the broken toys. I prefer smaller areas since my cupboard was one of the only sanctuaries that I've ever had."

But Severus disagreed. "No, Mr. Potter. You will be living in this room, for you will need to grow, sleep in a real bed, not the floor, and you will need a table."

At this, he flicked his wand, focusing on the side table, transfiguring it into a writing table with drawers. "There." He drawled out. But transfigured 2 pieces of paper inside his pocket into comfortable chairs, and gestured for Harry to sit.

Harry did sit, although a bit hesitantly. But Bat-man ignored that. "Would you like anything to eat? Obviously you need something to eat." He asked when he heard Harry's stomach rumble. Blushing, Harry nodded.

"What would you like? I can summon a variety of breakfast foods." Severus inquired.

"Bacon and eggs please, sir." But before Severus could do anything, a tray on top of a table popped into existence. The tray contained 2 plates of bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, apple juice, cutlery, and a note from Magic.

Enjoy!

-Magic

Nodding at Harry to eat, Severus started to eat a bit, but as much as he ate, the plate just never seemed to run out. As Harry was eating, Severus started talking.

"Mr. Potter. We should take this time to talk about Hogwarts. If you want to survive at Hogwarts, you will listen." Watching Harry freeze at his words, but started eating again when Asdref began munching on his bacon, watching Severus too.

"Alright then, sir. I will try. But can you promise that you'll tell me about Durmstrang?" At this, Severus nodded. "I'm a Slytherin, and Slytherins never go back on their word unless in the state of an emergency. But seeing Harry's blank look at the reference, he sighed.

"Alright then. Hogwarts is a castle that was built back in the…"

Time Skip- After Severus explains everything-3pm

Severus's POV

Finally, I said my goodbyes to Harry, placed the charms on the farm animals, and apparated back to my rooms in Hogwarts. Looking at the time, he noticed that it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, so he should be able to brew a dozen Dreamless Sleep potions for the abused children of Hogwarts.

Looking forward to the brewing, though not the source of the need to brew them, he started the task at hand.

Time Skip (again) - 10pm

Drying my hands and hair with a towel, I changed into my nightclothes.

After checking on my occlumency shields, I fell into a satisfied sleep, oblivious to the road that I had opened for Harry by helping him today.

A/N Hullo again! Hopefully, that wasn't too short... I felt like it was too short... But perhaps it was just me, since it's like, 2:36 am in the morning right now, and I have have school at 8. :P So yeah. Please, review, remember, I'm very desperate for those reviews. But like, yeah. BYE! SEE YA! PEEPS! PEACE OUT!

-DeadlyDraconis37