Chapter 6
Harry woke up with a killer headache to see himself tangled up with Neville, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron, and not to forget, Luna. Then he remembered telling his friends. He had not wanted to tell them, but knew he had to.
Harry shouted, "Get up, everyone!"
Groaning, they did as he told them to. He looked at them all, determination radiating from his form and the rest understood immediately. Hermione straightened herself up.
"What are we going to do? Should we get Snape?" asked Harry.
"You won't get him," said Ron. "He is on a mission for Dumbledore," Ron spit the word Dumbledore as if it were a curse.
"What about Remus?" asked Neville.
"No, he is off on a mission, too, for Dumbledore. They might be away together," said Ron thoughtfully.
"How do you know that?" asked Harry.
"Well," said Ron, "we heard Dumbledore come, so we went to the attic where we would hear them. Mom thinks the ghost will make noise, but we asked him nicely and he didn't and we heard everything my dad and Dumbledore were talking about," said Ron, hesitating on the word dad and Dumbledore.
They all nodded in understanding. Then Harry had an idea, "Looks like we are on our own. Dumbledore will know we came here. If we don't move soon we will know all about it. We need to buy some stuff from here before we go. We need to get the potions removed and memory charms. I want my life back, even if I am a Snape!" yelled Alexander/Harry.
"Yeah!" yelled Ginny/Serena. "I am a Prewiett and I am going to prove it!" she yelled, standing beside Harry.
"I'm a Black and will be damn proud. Let's get those books. I want to see what I really look like," said Neville/Damien.
"I'm a Rockwood. I will avenge their deaths. Let's take Dumbledore down," Hermione/Rachel said surprising herself, her true self showing through for the first time.
"I'm an Evans, last of the Ravenclaw line. I will avenge my parents as well as my aunt Lily!" said Iris/Luna, her usual dreamy mask gone.
"Hey you guys wait for me, I'm in," said Daniel/Ron as if they were all going right then. They all broke into a laughing fit until Harry got control of himself.
"Right, Hermione, you get the books. I will get the potion ingredients. Neville, you get any plants that will help. Ron, you go with Hermione, keep her safe. Ginny, go with Neville and, Luna, come with me. We need to go to Gringotts so you can bring the money back to the others. Get everything and we will meet back here in one hour, be careful!" he said running out of the room, the others following.
It was not long before Harry had a good chunk of his gold out of the bank. Giving a good bit to Neville, Ron, and Hermione, as well as the others, they all ran in the direction they were supposed to.
They all met back in the room within an hour with everything they needed. Hermione, having gone wild seeing the books, had bought some of them that they did not even need. She of course, came in last and then Harry explained everything that was going to happen and where they were going.
"Right, I have Potter property every where. We are going to one. There is protection on it not even Dumbledore can break. We need to be able to harness our powers before school starts. It's when the real fun will begin," said Harry a gleam in his eye, very similar to that of the potions master.
Everyone grinned at each other, looking forward to the new year already. They. packed everything up, not that there was much out in the first place, and took down the silencing spells and locking spells off the door. Making sure he had the diary, Harry walked out of the room, his five friends following him. He knew his friends would go to hell with him if he asked them to.
He left more money than he should have for the stay and he yelled for Tom, "Tom, thanks for letting us stay. Money's on the counter, good day!"
Tom came back and realised he had given him too much money, he ran out only to see a purple Double Decker bus drive down the street. Going back in he put the money in his pocket, silently thanking the man. He needed the money. Working in a pub was not the best job in the world, especially for pay.
Harry and the others were right now looking at a beautiful, big, colourful manor. Walking along the path he entered the place, holding the door open for his friends. Before he got a chance to say anything, 'pop' an elf appeared out of nowhere.
"How can I help you young master, and welcome to the Potter homes," said the elf, speaking properly. Unlike some of the house elf's they knew, this one had clothes on. For that Harry was thankful.
Before Harry could answer Ron said, "You would not mind making us some dinner, would you? I'm bloody starving." Ron got five slaps on the head for asking that.
The others only replied altogether, "You are always hungry!"
"I am not," whined Ron. "Tell them, Harry," he whined again, making them laugh.
They all sat down at the huge dining table that was only across the room. The elf was already away getting the dinner ready, but no one could say they were not hungry because their stomachs told them otherwise, growling at the though of dinner.
Within twenty minutes, 'pop', there sat on the table stacks and stacks of food. Ron dug in. Following Ron's lead they all dug in at a more reasonable manner, but hey who said Ron was reasonable, I certainly didn't, and neither did they, (he-he I'm sure you would all agree!).
They sat eating for half an hour before eating dessert, Harry not being able to eat at the Dursleys nearly made himself sick. They all headed for bedrooms, tired out of their wits
Harry told them, "Just get into one. Organise everything properly tomorrow. Get a good nights sleep everyone, 'coz if you don't, you will regret it," said Harry in a sing-song voice.
The others grumbled, but were too tired to fight with him, knowing he would win anyway. They all fell asleep as soon as their heads touched the pillows. Especially Harry, not even yawning as he fell asleep.
One by one, they all woke up to find Hermione and Harry getting started already with brewing the anti-dote for the de-aging. Neville quickly started chopping some of the herbs he knew the potion would need. Hermione stirred the potion, adding the herbs they needed. Before they knew it, it was ready, two hours gone from the morning.
They all looked at each other, wondering who would dare swallow the potion first. Who had the guts to take it. Harry nodded, taking the potion and swallowing it in one big gulp, making a face at the awful taste. Nothing happened.
Before Harry even new it he was on the floor in pain, screaming himself hoarse. The others all crowded around him, making sure he was alright. The men grabbed a limb each to stop him from hurting himself and watched in fascination as Harry grew before their eyes into a very small, younger version of their potion's master, as well as more powerful than any person they had ever seen.
"Harry, you look just like your dad with lots more of your mother in you. Blood red highlights. You have her nose!" squealed Hermione, squashing him in a bone crushing hug. Alex/Harry hugged her back.
"My turn!" said Neville, gulping the potion before they could even protest.
He too fell to the floor screaming. Holding his limbs, they watched in fascination as Neville/Damien, turned into a smaller version of Regulas Black. They gave him a small mirror.
"Wow, I must admit I look lots better this way," said Neville/Damien, whom had light blue eyes. He nearly squeaked when his voice came out confident and louder than ever before.
Ron/Daniel went next, gulping the potion in one go. He too screamed as he changed and got taller, his hair changing into brown with red highlights and he was taller than he was before, no freckles, and blue eyes.
Luna/Iris went next. She did not scream as badly, having not physically changed that much. She now had the same startling green eyes as Harry, being that of the Ravenclaw line. She now had black hair going in waves down her back and she no longer had a dreamy air around her.
Ginny with some trepidation, drank the potion. She screamed, more than Luna. She had been given more of the de-aging potion than the others. Her limbs got longer and her hair went blood red instead of ginger. She had a few freckles on her nose and blue eyes.
Hermione/Rachel went last. She did not scream much, having only grown a small bit. Her brown hair turned golden colour, her brown eyes went hazel colour, and she did not have any freckles. Her teeth were straighter than ever before.
It had taken a lot out of them and they hadn't noticed the passing of time. A 'pop' surrounded the room and they looked over to see lunch was on the table. Walking over slowly, testing their new, still sore, limbs, they ate lunch. Alexander/Harry ate more than he should have been able to with just leaving the Dursleys'. They all ate comfortably in silence, glad to have each others support and that gratitude showed in their eyes.
Alexander/Harry spoke up, his voice attracting everyones attention. His voice was more silky than his Dad's and sounded a lot more dangerous. "I want the memory charm removed today. We need to have it done. I want to remember the first real three years with my mum and dad. Even if he wants nothing to do with me, I will still have those three years in my heart."
They all looked at him in sadness. They knew their situation was nothing like Harry's. They had lost their parents, yes, but they had lived happy lives. Harry had not. They knew that, thanks to Dumbledore, he lost his parents and it was Dumbledore that told the Dursleys to abuse him and they did in fear of their own child being killed.
"How did you know this, Alex?" asked Hermione/Rachel. She had been pondering how he had found out about it in the first place. She questioned it aloud and the others turned to stare at him, so he told them.
"I took Mums diaries. All that's in there is her relationship with Severus Snape, of all people. Then the diaries stopped when I was three. Then I read her journal. It told me about her wanting to know if there were any wizards in her family. What came up she didn't know. She was adopted by the Evans' and she went to the ministry, asked who brought her in. They told her Dumbledore, thinking she would be grateful, but she knew her parents didn't sign to give her away. She went to his office and Fawkes dropped the diary off. She put a copying charm on it that still works to this day," said Harry/Alex, proud of his mother's ability, but of course she would be good at charms, that was Rowena's specialty.
"She met her brother in secret, her parents were already dead. She never got a chance to read it. She slipped the copy in with her diaries, she may have known what was going to happen and wanted me to know, knowing I would bring him down. Rowena Ravenclaw was a seer. Every girl in the line is one, too!" said Alex/Harry.
They all began nodding, everything falling into place.
"Anyway, she had no idea of his betrayal. That journal and all her diaries had a copy. I think she did it to everything important before putting them in the vault. Even as a seer she followed her instincts and she did it. Any others I think were burnt in Godric's hollow or Dumbledore destroyed them. This evidence would bust Dumbledore. First, we need to get rid of Fudge so he will have no one to back him up," said Harry/Alexander.
They, of course, all agreed with him. He was their unofficial leader amongst them. They all finished their meal. Hermione/Rachel was the first to finish and she sat with her book, reading over the instructions. Alex/Harry did the same after her.
Harry/Alex turned to her and asked, "Ready?" At her nod, he began chanting in Latin, "Summovere obliviate."
A purple jet of light hit her in the head; she did not scream, but fell unconscious. Ron/Dan was next with Hermione/Rachel still unconscious. Ron/Dan followed her after the purple light, then Neville/Damien, Ginny/Serena, and Luna/Iris were next. All fell unconscious and Harry laid them out properly to stop them being uncomfortable. Soon Hermione came round, Ron/Dan, Ginny/Serena, Neville/Damien, and Luna/Iris following. They all had tears rolling down their faces as they remembered what they had forgotten for so long, what it was like to have their real family.
Then Hermione/Rachel did it too Alex/Harry, all of them worried about his reaction. All agreed on one thing and that was to get him to a bed.
Ron/Daniel spoke, "After he sees that he will cry himself to sleep."
Hermione/Rachel agreed and they levitated him to his room. It was not two hours later that Harry opened his eyes and………….