Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.

Portions of this chapter are copied directly from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

'Thoughts"

October 31st, 1991

Harry was just helping himself to a baked potato when Professor Quirrell
came sprinting into the hall, his turban askew and terror on his face. Everyone stared as he reached Professor Dumbledore's chair, slumped against the table, and gasped, "Troll - in the dungeons - thought you
ought to know."

He then sank to the floor in a dead faint.

There was an uproar. It took several purple firecrackers exploding from the end of Professor Dumbledore's wand to bring silence.

"Prefects," he rumbled, "lead your Houses back to the dormitories
Immediately!"

"Aren't our dormitories in the dungeon?" Daphne Greengrass questioned.

"Yup," Nott replied with a smirk.

"Idiot," She muttered.

Harry only thinking of Hermione, rushed downstairs to the bathrooms, failing to notice her, leaving to Ravenclaw Tower.

Harry was rounding the corner towards the bathroom, when a troll came lumbering towards him.

The troll raised it's club intending to smash him.

"Expelliarmus," Harry shouted.

"Reducto,"he yelled. A hole about a meter in size, appeared in the troll's chest and the troll dropped to the floor dead.

Suddenly Mcgonagall, Snape and Dumbledore came sprinting towards him.

"Is that blood?" Mcgonagall asked in horror. Looking at Harry's bloodstained uniform.

"The troll's ma'am, I'm fine."

""What on earth are you doing here?" said Professor Snape, with unbridled rage in his voice.. "You're lucky you weren't killed. Why aren't you in your dormitory?"

"Just as arrogant as your father." Snape sneered

"I was just returning to my dormitories sir, they're in the dungeons." Harry lied.

"Be that as is may, 10 points from Slytherin for not using common sense." Mcgonagall said stiffly.

"Yes and another 20 as well as detention for a week for fighting a troll." Dumbledore remarked angrily.

"Yes sir," Harry replied meekly.

"Now get yourself to the Hospital Wing," Mcgonagall said firmly.

"I'm fine."

"Go," Snape roared.

"Yes sir."

As Harry returned to his dormitories, he was immediately accosted by his house mates.

"What were you thinking Potter?'

"Clearly he wasn't."

"30 points, now we're in last place."

"He's worse then a mudblood," Draco snarked.

Suddenly Harry's wand was out and pointed against Draco's throat.

"Don't use that word," Harry snarled.

"I'll use whatever language I want, no mudblood lover will change that."

Harry moved his wand's tip to Draco's leg.

"Ossis Effergo," Harry murmured.

Draco fell in tears to the ground, holding his broken leg. Harry bent down next to him.

"Never again," Harry whispered in his ear.

With that he grabbed his bag and stormed off to his dorm.

DUMBLEDORE POV

"Ah-Severus, tell me what are your opinions of Mr. Potter."

"He is remarkably knowledgeable probably one of them most knowledge students I've ever had." "He is as arrogant as his father was if not more so, and he fails to act like someone who is new to the magical world."

Dumbledore watched Snape with a twinkle in his eye.

"Yes- that's what I've heard from all the teachers," Dumbledore said.

"What about his social life, what's that like?"

Snape scoffed.

"As far as I can tell, he is a loner he has no friends in Slytherin house and the other houses seem to think he's a dark lord."

"Do the Slytherins?" asked Dumbledore.

"No, his views on blood purity leave lots to be desired."

"Tell me- have you heard of Horucruxes?' asked Dumbledore.

"Yes?" Snape replied confusedly.

"Harry reminds me of Voldemort when he was a student here." "I worry that when Voldemort attempted to kill Harry, he made him a Horocrux."

"You mean?" Snape asked fearfully.

"Yes- I fear that Harry is at least partially possessed by Voldemort. That is how he knows so much, that is how he was able to defeat a fully grown mountain troll with such ease." "This would also explain Fawkes's initial dislike of him.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I need you to keep a close eye on him, watch him closely. If necessary keep everyone hating him, so he can't build up followers easily."

"I also plan on removing the Stone from the third floor corridor. It is risky with the possibility of Voldemort in the school. I plan on leaving the obstacles intact, I would like you to replace,all the potions with the draught of living death." "That way if he does go after it, we will know."

"I see, and if he does?" Snape questioned.

"Expelling him is not an option, if we do he would go to Durmstrang or another darker school. Or he would not re-enroll but instead work full time to restore Voldemort, to bodily form."

"So instead we would deduct a large tally of points, further ostracizing him from his house. You could even encourage everyone to ignore him, or face similar treatment."

"Yes sir." Snape replied.

A/N: Hopefully this clears things up on Dumbledore's attitude. Please note long term time travel is considered so impossible, it would never be considered. A polyjuice double is a more likely. Harry and Ginny will still to be together, if it wasn't already obvious by the soulbond. Hermione's behavior last chapter is justified by her believing anything she reads. Ron's low self esteem as well as natural dislike of Slytherin's, lead to his rejection. In canon Harry not knowing about the wizarding world caused them to bond, whereas in my story Harry knew more about magic then Ron, he also asked Ron more about his family particularly Ginny then about Ron himself. The chess loss was just the last straw. Next chapter, we will skip to June and the attempt to steal the stone. Sorry for all the time skips, but this story won't really pick up until third year.

A/N: Veritaserum does not exist in this AU, it makes things too easy.

Ossis Effergo is bone breaking curse.