JK Rowling owns all the rights to the books and the amazing characters she created. I write only to satisfy my imagination and use my creativity and make no money from my writings.

Thank you for all your kind reviews. I started this story in 2012 and have 11 chapters done, so it is almost finished. I will try to post at least one chapter a day. You will find out about Harry's trust and I tried to make this different from other stories where Harry clears his trust vault out, etc. Remember, Dumbledore has him in a death grip concerning his inheritances, mail receipt and his friends, so he is basically on his own except for Dobby and Winky. I'm writing to make Harry's plight realistic and he will do some things some of you might not approve of especially when it concerns the Dursleys. Please keep reading.

Chapter 2 – Where'd He Go?

Harry was safely at "the lair" having dinner when Dobby popped in with a copy of the Evening Prophet. The results of the trial would be in this edition and no doubt a comment or two given by Lucius Malfoy. Surprisingly, there was no mention of the trial or any comments from Lucius. Perhaps he was not able to speak let alone comment as Harry did kick him very hard.

"Did Kreacher have anything to report?"

During the time Harry had spent at Grimmauld Place he had made the acquaintance of the Black family elf. Like most wizards, he knew very little about house elves except what Dobby had told him. He had tried to tell Hermione about his findings but as usual, she hadn't listened because what did Harry really know about anything and besides, having house elves was nothing but slavery and Hermione Granger WAS DETERMINED TO STOP THAT ABOMINATION.

Harry started talking to the old, miserable creature the day after his arrival. He had fled the room he shared with because he couldn't sleep due to Ron's snoring, so he finally snuck out of the bedroom to go downstairs to sleep on the couch in the sitting room or library.

Kreacher had been lurking about and Harry, being much more diplomatic when he wasn't surrounded by Ron and/or Hermione (when he usually didn't get to say anything without being interrupted or told he was wrong or mental), talked nicely to the elf and showed him some respect. Despite the elf's hostility, they had called a truce of sorts.

By truce it meant that even though Harry was a miserable, unworthy, despicable half-blood, he had a Black relative or two on his pureblood, but blood traitor, father's side and he actually listened to the old elf and had politely asked him to please explain things about the various types of "blood" which everybody always fought about as well as to answer other questions which Harry had about the Magical World. It was through these instructive talks that they became allies of a sort.

Kreacher was now Harry's spy at Grimmauld Place. Harry had confided to Kreacher about his disappointment in Sirius. This only strengthened the old elf's resolve to help the boy in whatever way he could. He had sworn Kreacher to secrecy, which the elf had gladly agreed to do if only because it would truly annoy his much hated master.

After the disaster at the Ministry and Harry's actions concerning Malfoy and what he had done when he had gone back to Grimmauld Place, there was no turning back now. After Dobby had taken Harry to the lair, he went back to collect the invisibility cloak, the Firebolt and his album and to inform Kreacher that Plan A had been put into operation.

That being done, Dobby went back to the lair, dropped off the items and snuck up to the Headmaster's office. Dobby disillusioned himself just before he entered the office so that his first target, Fawkes, wouldn't sense him until it was too late. Fawkes was sleeping on his perch when he was hit with the elf version of stupefy. The bird fell off his perch while Dobby went to open the window and waited for Harry to arrive on his broom at the window ledge. The still disillusioned Dobby cast a smoke screen in front of the paintings on the wall so that the paintings could not witness what was to hopefully happen.

What was happening was that Harry Potter, wearing his invisibility cloak and flying his broom, flew up to the open window with an open bag. Into the bag Dobby levitated all of the Headmaster's various twinkling gadgets – which gadgets served as the various monitoring and tracking devices spelled onto Harry Potter and Dobby the house elf. Once the items were in the bag, the window was shut, the smoke screen allowed to dissipate but Fawkes was left on the floor stupefied and still asleep. Dobby popped out of the office to meet Harry at the predestined site until Harry accomplished his part of the plan.

Harry flew over the lake, still wearing his cloak. It wouldn't do for someone to see him hovering over the lake committing the "crime" he was about to commit. He flew over a part of the lake where he knew from his recent experience in the tournament there were no merpeople settlements and any fish or other creatures would be too deep to be affected by what he was about to do.

Harry had tied the bag with a piece of rope so things wouldn't fall out and now he loosened the rope so that a certain object could be dropped down into the bag and when he let the bag drop into the lake, none of the objects would fall out. This being done, Harry pulled the ring off the object just as he dropped it into the bag and then quickly dropped the bag. He then flew for his life because he didn't know how long it took a grenade to explode once you pulled the pin. It wasn't very long actually but Harry had had enough time to get away and miss the large surge of water which blew up into the air when the grenade exploded.

For some reason, there had been several Muggle grenades in a box just lying around in the lair. Since Dobby couldn't magically stop the trackers and charms placed on them both, they had to be completely destroyed and there was nothing like good old Muggle explosives to permanently stop magic even if that magic had been cast by the powerful Albus Dumbledore. After all, magic had no defense against certain Muggle items.

All of these actions were very necessary due to the interesting facts which Harry had recently learned concerning his life. It seemed that Dumbledore had several monitors on Harry Potter as well as many charms and spells placed on the boy and objects which were very dear to him. Some were tied to Privet Drive due to certain blood wards placed there, while others were placed on important objects.

Harry's glasses were one of these things. Harry would never and could never go anywhere without his glasses because he was as blind as a bat. Also if he were running away, he would never leave his cloak, his broom or his photo album. There was the Ministry trace on his wand as well as one also placed and monitored by Dumbledore as Harry couldn't go anywhere without his wand.

But that was now a moot point as Harry's wand had been snapped by some ugly, crazy toad-like woman dressed in pink who apparently worked directly for Fudge. Last he noticed she was still gleefully holding the pieces of his wand when Dumbledore stormed in and he snuck out with Mrs. Figg.

Surprisingly there was a tracker placed on Dobby. This was what had alerted Harry to all the other trackers.

Dobby had bonded with Harry before his third year for many reasons. One of them was Harry needing Dobby to do some errands for him when he was at the Dursleys – such as bringing him food, beverages and healing potions and acquiring books and getting money out of his trust vault to pay for the things Harry would need. To have access to Harry's vault Dobby had to be bonded to him as Dobby happily informed Harry. Dobby would not miss his freedom as the only freedom he had really wanted was freedom from the Malfoys. They had to keep this secret from Hermione for obvious reasons.

It was when Dobby first went to get money that Harry found out about his financial situation. It seemed all of the bank statements which Gringotts had been sending to Harry over the years had never been received by Harry, even after he started Hogwarts and should have been informed of all of his vaults and of his responsibilities. Instead they had all gone to Albus Dumbledore, his self-appointed magical guardian.

Not only that, but Dumbledore had gone out of his way to limit the amount of money Harry could take out at any given time. Harry's entire tuition had been paid to Hogwarts shortly after his birth. His trust vault had been started with an initial deposit of G100,000 by his grandfather, with an extra G12,000 a year to be added should Harry be orphaned. This came from the main Potter vault which could not be accessed by anyone other than Harry Potter and only Harry Potter once he became of age. The G12,000 would be more than enough to cover the cost of Harry being brought up and cared for by anyone other than his parents.

Every year on July 31st, the G12,000 would be automatically added and every year on August 1st, they would be deducted by Albus Dumbledore for "Harry's care." This deduction had remained the same until July 31, 1991 when Harry did his initial shopping for Hogwarts. On that date Harry had taken out roughly G300 which was more than enough to do his shopping.

The initial shopping was always the most expensive as one time purchases such as the telescope, school trunk, cauldron, the buying of an owl, etc. would be bought. Many students, especially Muggleborns, bought several books besides the ones they needed but Harry had been rushed to purchase only the books on the list and nothing more.

The only extra things Harry bought was some underwear, as he told Hagrid he really needed some, his good school shoes, a nice warm cloak for winter wear, a set of pajamas, a bedroom robe and slippers. These they had purchased just before Harry left Diagon Alley as he wanted to make sure he had enough money left to use for things that weren't on the list. He still had a lot of galleons left over hence he had been able to purchase all of the sweets and goodies from the trolley lady on the Hogwarts Express.

However, according to the statements Dobby had snuck back to Harry, Dumbledore had placed a limit on the amount which Harry personally could take out of his trust vault. That limit was G100 and it was placed after he had left for school for his third year. That was the year when, due to blowing up Aunt Marge, Harry had fled to Diagon Alley, been found by Fudge and had spent the rest of the summer living at the Leaky Cauldron.

It had been Fudge who insisted Harry be allowed to stay at the Cauldron, to be watched over by Aurors who could protect him from Sirius Black. Naturally nobody told him that but he wasn't going to look at gift horse in the mouth by asking why, he was just happy to be away from the Dursleys and be free to roam through the Alley, eat three meals a day, get his summer homework done for once, do no chores and have a restful, good night's sleep in a comfortable bed and the use of a private bathroom all to himself.

However, for some reason Harry could swear that Fudge told him the Ministry was picking up the tab for his accommodations, but apparently they hadn't. It had been the same with his books. Fudge said he had gotten them for Harry and he did have someone buy them, but according to the statement, the Ministry was reimbursed for the purchase of the books.

For some naïve reason Harry had always thought McGonagall had bought him his first broom. She had, she had just charged it to his trust vault so he had paid for it.

Second and fourth years Mrs. Weasley had Harry's key and had gotten his money out of his vault ahead of time to save him the trouble. Approximately G300 had been taken out for second year and G400 for his fourth year. She had bought him his dress robes but he didn't think they had cost G100 as while they were nice, they were not of the best material as even Seamus and Dean had slightly better robes than he did.

He was given about G50 for spending money at Hogwarts. This mostly went to buying some sweets and the Christmas and birthday presents he bought everybody.

But now Harry didn't have to worry about his trust vault because the Ministry had just confiscated it.

Originally Dobby had found out about the trackers because one day during the tournament he had been out doing some errands for Harry when Ernest, the Head Elf, had been looking for him. When Dobby came back he was severely chastised by the Head Elf. "But Master Ernest," Dobby had said, "Dobby being running an errand for the Great Harry Potter himself. He send Dobby out to look for books to help him in the tournament."

"Well Dobby is NOT ALLOWED TO EVER DO IT AGAIN," Ernest had shouted. "Dobby needs to be reminded that he works and IS PAID by Headmaster himself to do Hogwarts work only. Headmaster has ways of seeing if Dobby is being a good elf and earning his shameful wages. Headmaster can find you anywhere and anytime he wants to, especially if Dobby leaves Hogwarts grounds. Dobby is forbidden by Headmaster to help Harry Potter."

That was when Dobby started doing a little snooping around Hogwarts, asking the odd, innocent question here and there until one day a very old elf told Dobby about the special magics placed on Harry Potter and of the wonderful objects in the Headmaster's office that could find Harry Potter anywhere. "Greatest Headmaster even has charms and spells placed on the boy himself to keep him from misbehaving and getting into trouble."

That was when Dobby checked Harry for charms and spells and found several. Dobby was able to identify and even remove some of the minor ones, such as the loyalty charms directed to the Weasleys (which explained taking Ron back when he hadn't wanted to), lack of concentration and forgetfulness charms, anger charms directed to Slytherins, especially Snape and shyness charms.

Dobby was not sure but he thought there might be potions in his systems which he could not remove. "Dobby knows there be potions which can be bought in Knockturn Alley that clears youse system out of any potions so maybe Harry Potter can buy those and it will help him."

"Great idea Dobby but right now all I have is G32, 11 sickles and 5 knuts, but I guess that will have to do. It would be nice to know if and what potions I have been dosed with because then I will know for sure if I've been dosed and with what."

They had decided to hold off on the potion problem until (and if) Harry survived the tournament. Now that Harry had "fled" and the devices Dumbledore had placed on Harry had been destroyed, they decided to get the potions.

Dobby had found out that if Harry Potter gave a sample of his blood a potions master could diagnosis if and what potions the elf's master had been given. "Harry Potter should know that he should NEVER GIVE HIS BLOOD TO ANYONE as blood of wizard is powerful and very precious. If Harry Potter gives blood it must only be exact amount and Dobby will watch it all being used up and will destroy any that is not used."

"Yes Dobby I found that out during the third task. I know now, from what Hermione told me, to never give my blood for any reason, even a medical test, unless I see it destroyed after the test is done. Not that I had a choice in the 'donation' I was forced to give to Voldie."

The only report Kreacher had made was that everybody had been shocked then very, very angry at Harry after he came back to Grimmauld Place and had "for no reason whatsoever, insulted and even attacked the Molly, Ron, Hermione and Sirius."

Molly Weasley had threatened Harry with dire punishments just as soon as they found him. After Sirius had been wounded, Molly ordered a search to be done immediately. No one had bothered to ask Mrs. Figg what had happened and she even had to make herself a cup of tea to steady her nerves.

"Kreacher said that big mouth, ill-bred, crazy excuse for a Pureblood witch was screaming at everybody and nobody had any rest until Sirius Black finally cast a silence spell on her and refused to take it off. He used powerful Black Family magic so nobody else could end spell but him and then he hid the rest of the day with the hippogriff."

Harry laughed at that.

"Missy Granger talked and talked and talked like she doeses but really said nothing anybody would want to hear. Ron big mouth went around yelling what he was going to do to Master Harry once he got his hands on him. Then Kreacher saw him sneak up to the room you shared with him and he went through your trunk looking for things. Must be your cloak and broom or money because he couldn't find any and he cursed a lot until Missy Granger comes in and yells 'language' and he said back to her some very bad language which she did not like and left huffing."

"Headmaster comes later demanding to see you and when he was told you gone he get very angry. Sirius Black called down and he starts yelling at Headmaster who yells back and Headmaster tells everyone he has ways of finding you and will. Then he leaves and still Sirius Black won't take silence spell off Mrs. Bigmouth."

Harry told Dobby that since they both had had very busy days, they should just go to sleep and see if the Prophet reported the trial tomorrow. They both went to sleep until awoken later by a very upset Winky.

When Dobby was told he was under Dumbledore's power, he had suggested to Harry that he bond with Winky. Harry said he would but only if Winky stopped drinking the butter beer which was slowing killing her. However, to throw everybody off the track, she was to pretend she had stopped most of her drinking but still snuck some on occasion. She also was supposed to wearing her dirty tea towel and always to look sad. She was also not to tell anybody she was Harry's elf so that no one suspected her and put trackers on her like they did on Dobby.

"You will still be my elf but also my special agent," Harry had told her. "I am depending upon you for a lot and have every trust in you. This could mean saving my life someday." Harry felt bad about pushing the buttons he did but he needed the complete cooperation of the tiny elf and no one could suspect her for any reason that she was involved with Harry Potter.

"Master Harry, Master Harry, Headmaster is going crazy," Winky said actually shaking Harry roughly awake. It was clear to see the elf was panicking and it took both he and Dobby to calm her down.

"Okay Winky, calm down, take a deep breath and tell us what happened."

Dumbledore had flooed back to his office to check his monitors with the intention of sending Fawkes off to find Harry Potter and bringing him back. The impudent boy would have to be put into his place. However, after coming through the floo to his office the first thing he noticed was his Phoenix Fawkes lying on the floor. He grabbed the bird and tried to revive it but nothing was happening. The bird was frozen with some spell unknown to him.

From what his personal house elf had said, Dumbledore summoned him, ordered refreshments and was waiting for people to show up. "Deezy had never in 50 years see Headmaster so angry," Winky told them, "all his twinkly trinkets that Deezy polishes everyday are gone and Headmaster doesn't know where they being gone to."

"Since Deezy was so worried about Headmaster, he be hiding outside the door to Headmaster's bedroom and see and listen to everything that happen. Professors McGonagall, Snape and Flitwick come in and Auror with the fake leg and funny eye. Headmaster starts screaming that all his plans go wrong and now 'damnable brat is gone" and so is all his special thingies to find Harry Potter.

"Snapie starts talking like he always does saying Harry Potter is really James Potter and Missy Minerva yells back at him and little Flitwick calls for his elf to bring him fire whiskey."

"Old funny eye is yelling back at Headmaster saying it is his own fault. Theys all be yelling and fighting as Headmaster tells them what happened at the trial, at Dogfather's house and twinkly things being gone. Deezy says terrible cuss words said and Missy Minerva gets up and leaves and so does little Professor even though Headmaster says they can't, but they doeses. Then old funny eye leaves to go look for Harry Potter."

"But bad Snapie stays and Headmaster tells him to brew special potions to cast spells to find Harry Potter. Snapie cusses out Harry Potter and his father some more and then leaves. Headmaster goes to bed cussing badly."

"Did Deezy say what they were talking about?"

"No Deezy can't tell the things said in Headmaster's office cuz he his elf, but he always tells us elves some things so we know what kind of bad or good mood the Headmaster is in so we can be prepared."

"Good job Winky."

Harry thought quickly. "Dobby what kind of spell did you use on Fawkes which prevents Dumbles from reviving him?"

"It be elf spell but tomorrow when Dumbles has more time and is not as mad he will be able to break it or give to little Flitwick to break."

"Is the spell hurting Fawkes?"

"No magical birdie is just frozen and no harm will come to him until spell be removed."

"Well then disillusion yourself, pop back to the office, do a check to see if there are any spells on Fawkes like trackers and if not, bring him back here. As long as Fawkes is out cold and won't be harmed by it, I don't want to risk Dumbles using him to find me."

With that said both Dobby and Winky zapped out leaving Harry to think. Fawkes finding him had been his biggest worry but if Fawkes was out of Dumbles' control and safely sleeping it would be one less thing to worry about.

Harry had a lot of errands for Dobby to run tomorrow and as more thoughts came to mind he made out a list in order of importance. He didn't have much money and he didn't know how much time he had to secure his whereabouts, so he would have to be very careful.

The next morning a small house elf-size figure wearing a hooded cloak entered Slug & Jiggers Apothecary as soon as the shop opened for business. The small figure got the attention of Jacob Jiggers the apothecary and half owner of the shop and began to ask his questions.

"Master wizard," said the figure, "This elf serves my mistress who has questions for great apothecary. She be a young witch who has very good dowry but small amount of pocket money for spending. She think she is being given bad potions to make her like filthy Muggleborn wizard who she does not like or want to. Mistress hears there is a potion to test to see if witch has been given potions against her will and if so, how much is potion and will it also tell the name of potion that is given? Also Mistress knows there is a potion to flush out other bad potions and needs to know the cost of that also."

"Yes there is such a potion. I don't have it on hand but could make it in about an hour. Of course I would have to add three drops of your mistress' blood to the potion then place it on an enchanted piece of parchment. It will list any and all potions in her system but won't be able to tell who made the potion. I can brew it today so if you come back with the three drops of blood freshly taken from her I can add it to the potion, pour it on the parchment and within seconds it will list any potions in her system. The cost of brewing the potion will be G1 and the cost of the special parchment is 5 sickles."

"And the cost of the potion to clean mistress' from the bad potion?"

"Well first we have to see how many potions are in her system, what they are, the strength of the potion and then determine the strength needed for the flushing. If it is just a simple 'notice me' potion, one dose of potion flush #1 will be needed and that costs 1 sickle and I keep a ready-made supply in stock."

"However, if it is something stronger or even the Amortenstia potion, the ready-made stuff won't do and I will have to brew a special one. The cost depends on the potion to be flushed out. Also if there are other potions in her system, they would also be flushed out so if your mistress had taken a potion for a recent illness or is taking a contraception potion, they would also be flushed."

"Thank you master apothecary for your help. When should this elf be bringing in the three drops of blood today?"

"Well it takes about an hour to brew and I do have to serve customers, so to be safe, come back at 10 o'clock and it should be ready."

Dobby left to check out the other apothecaries in the Alley. Since Harry needed money he had to sell something to get it. There was only one thing he could sell so Dobby needed to do some comparative shopping to find out how much it was worth. At 10 o'clock Dobby popped back into the shop.

Jacob Jiggers took the elf to his lab where he did his personal brewing. The G1 and 5 sickles were paid and a vial holding the three drops of blood was handed over and poured into the mixture. The mixture was poured onto the parchment and after a few seconds words began forming.

"Damn Merlin's saggy balls," shouted Jiggers as he read the list forming on the parchment. Dobby was also looking at the words when the bell over the shop door began to ring and a familiar voice called out. "Jiggers, I need service here immediately," said the booming voice of Severus Snape.

"Don't leave yet elf, I have a lot to tell you and there are more potions still being listed." With that said he hurried to the front.

"Well Severus here with your back-to-school lists," he asked pleasantly.

He received back an unpleasant replied, "Aren't I always. Here is the school list, here is my personal list and here is a list of things for a separate private brewing which I need immediately."

Jiggers read the immediate list which had been thrust roughly into his hands. He gave out a slow whistle as he read the ingredients listed.

"Severus at least twice a year you come in here asking for certain items which are either impossible to get or extremely expensive. This time you have out done yourself."

"Cost is of no consequence as the individual who needs those ingredients will pay whatever it takes - long as he is not overcharged," he added threateningly.

Basilisk venom was at the top of the list. "The venom is really impossible to get and I can only do what I usually do for this ingredient – send out letters to suppliers on the Continent and see if they have some. It will take time and probably won't do any good because as you well know…."

He was grabbed roughly by the robes by Snape who then demanded in a low, cold voice, "Then give me the names of these suppliers and I will pay them a personal visit. My client is most insistent this particular potion be brewed and time is of the essence."

Jiggers pulled the wizard's hands off his robes and without looking him in the eye merely said, "I'll give you the list of names and you can pay your visit but don't expect a lot of success. I seriously doubt there is any venom to be had by anyone in Europe at the moment. You really might have to pay a personal visit to Asia or certain parts of Africa to acquire it and you would be wise to bring a lot of galleons with you."

"I can supply you with everything else on the list except the griffin hairs and the blood of a young virgin. Go to Valdez in Knockturn for that or find your own virgin. You know I don't deal in things like that."

Snape gave out his usual snarl while Jiggers returned a snarl of his own. He quickly filled the private list with the ingredients he did have and told Snape the amount. "Put it on the Hogwarts account," he was told. "Do the same for the other two lists and send a letter to the Headmaster when the lists are ready and he will send an elf with payment and for pickup." With that Snape left the shop, slamming the door behind him.

Jiggers placed the 'closed, back in an hour' sign on the door and then went back to his lab. He cast a silence charm on the room before turning to the elf and saying "I trust you overheard that conversation. How ironic then that the wizard who is probably responsible for brewing some if not all of the potions on this list should come looking for 'special ingredients' at this time."

Jiggers picked up the now finished list, looked it over and then addressed the elf. "No doubt you will want me to swear an oath concerning these findings, but I would prefer that after we have finished all of our business you obliviated me – after paying me of course."

"Few people know it but Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore are master Legilimens so warn your 'mistress' to never look either of them in the eye. Next to Veritaserum, that is what both wizards use to acquire information they want and shouldn't really have. Now back to this list."

"Your mistress has been dosed with a multitude of potions. I gather your mistress is a student at Hogwarts as these potions are best effective if delivered in small doses in food and a house elf would probably be able to do that without anyone suspecting. The inside of a person's goblet is rubbed with the potion and delivered directly to the victim. At the end of a week or so the victim has been dosed with one potion and then the next week another potion is started. From the looks of things this has been going on for the past four years – ever since your mistress started school?"

Dobby nodded. He had noticed the emphasis on the word mistress so therefore the wizard must suspect something.

"I will write down next to each potion exactly what it does. Most are fairly simple such as this one here which makes one feel guilty about things – nothing in particular, just 'things' but it is the last thing an adolescent needs administered in his/her life. Usually it is given to convicts sentenced to a short term in Azkaban. They haven't done anything really bad, usually petty thievery, so they don't get exposure to Dementors but this potion is used regularly on them while they are incarcerated."

"This one is a potion to limit the development of growth both bodily and psychologically. Usually it is given to young witches who develop too quickly for their parents liking so it slows things down a bit so the girls are not tempted to get into mischief. It delays the onset of puberty. It deadens the interest in the opposite sex among other things."

"It was invented for witches and should never, ever be given to A BOY because it is liable to stunt not only his growth but his, shall we say, more masculine development and it could lead to permanent problems if the victim was given it on a long term basis. It looks as if it started this past school year. Strange, isn't it?"

"This potion here is a very nasty and highly illegal one. It gives the person feelings of melancholia. If given over a long term period it can lead to suicidal thoughts. It has been administered for at least three years."

"The rest of the potions which I haven't marked or explained to you are mere trifles but have no business being in your mistress' system except for the headache potion. A quick glance in a school potions book will refresh your mistress' memory I am sure.

"The last potion I am going to explain to you is one that is a criminal offense to brew let alone administer. It dulls the memory process and with long term exposure can make a person not only forgetful but will permanently damage their mental capacities and ability to learn and think."

"To put it bluntly, a student will start out as an "O" student and if he/she is administered it regularly, by the time they are out of school, they will be lucky if they are capable of doing "A" level work. If continued after school, by the time they are in their early to mid-twenties they will be what the Muggle refer to as mentally deficient and to such an extent that they will require constant care in a place such as the Janus Thickey Ward at St Mungo's. In other words, they will need to use nappies and have someone feed them."

"It is an abominable potion and the wizard who created it was a dark lord from the 16th century. I only know of its existence because I had to do a paper on forbidden potions to obtain my potions mastery. Potion masters must know about the truly vile and illegal potions so as to be able to identify them and alert the authorities if we run across one."

By this time Dobby was visibly shaking. He was also angrier than he had ever been in his life as house elves were not allowed to be angry or at least to show it. This last potion had been too much for him and he lost control and blurted out, "Does this mean that Headmaster and bad Snapie have been giving these bad, bad, wicked things to.…"

"Harry Potter. Yes," said Jiggers. "Oh don't worry, I knew it had to be Harry Potter. I believe him when he said You-Know-Who was back as it was only a matter of time and since Fudge has been so adamant that You-Know-Who couldn't possibly be back, a sane and reasonable person knows by his actions – such as the slander campaign – that HE IS DEFINITELY BACK."

"Besides, who else would have traces of basilisk venom and phoenix tears in his system. I have a cousin who has a son in Ravenclaw and he keeps me informed of all the school gossip. He and his friends listen to it, deduct what is true and what is an exaggeration, then make a logical assessment and tell their relatives the real facts which even the Ministry doesn't know nor the Daily Prophet hasn't managed to find out."

"Just so you know and can tell Harry Potter, Dumbledore hides many things that actually go on in the school and he never really reports anything to the proper authorities unless he is cornered and hasn't had the time to 'make it go away' or at least to 'smooth it over' and that is why the Ravenclaw Five, as my little cousin refers to his group, have been writing notes to themselves, hiding them in the bottom of their trunks, retrieving them during holidays and then meeting to piece the truth together. That's a Ravenclaw for you!" he said proudly.

"They do this because it has been suspected for some time, especially in the last four years, that the memories of the student body have been tampered with. The owlery has been shut down too many times and things which ordinarily would be reported in the Prophet are not. I guess I should tell you that my cousin is married to an assistant editor of the Prophet which is another reason for me asking for the obliviation. My cousin and I have a good relationship, but I wouldn't put anything past her husband if a juicy story was involved."

He then started telling Dobby about what had to be done to help Harry Potter, when he was interrupted by a customer banging on the door. Apparently the hour was up, so he did have to take time to start waiting on customers before he lost business. Dobby had to patiently wait for 45 minutes while Jiggers served the customers who had come to shop.

After the rush was over, Jiggers suggested that Harry consider doing the following:

He had to have the really lethal potions flushed out of his body. Once they were completely flushed out and if he was never administered any of them again, he should be able to eventually recover from the effects they already had on him.

A special potion would have to be brewed to clear all of them out of his system. Of course it was expensive as the ingredients required were costly and it took at least three hours to brew a batch. A batch consisted of 7 days' worth of dosage. Jiggers estimated Harry would need a minimum of a month's worth of dosages and possibly more considering what his state of health was. If Harry was in poor health, then another month's dosage would be necessary.

Because Harry was Harry Potter, Jiggers would sell the ingredients at cost but he had to charge for in his time for brewing the potions. He did have a partner and he would have to give Slugs a reasonable explanation. He gave Dobby an estimate of the costs of a month's worth of the potion. It was rather large.

Jiggers strongly suggested that two more lists of the potions found in Harry's system be done and the reason for it.

"The original list was for Harry to keep. Another list should be given if not now, but at some future date, to the authorities. Jiggers was legally obligated to report any use of the last potion and he could lose his license if it was ever found out that he hadn't reported it."

"Also the authorities SHOULD KNOW what had been administered to an underage, orphaned minor and who was probably responsible. Common decency demanded that this be reported because even if Harry chose to let it slide for personal reasons, if it had been done to him it could also be done, or had already been done, to other children attending Hogwarts."

"Since I can truthfully swear that all transactions were handled by a house elf who didn't given me his name and was heavily cloaked and who did not reveal the name of his master/mistress, the authorities won't find out who has been dosed with these potions. Your mistress' name will be hidden and I will have done my duty."

"A third list should be made in the event Harry decided to inform someone else of what had been done to him, such as a relative or future guardian, or to be used as evidence if Harry decided to sue in court or to seek asylum in another country."

Jiggers would sign in blood all three lists and affix his official seal as a potions master. He could also state that he performed the test, certified them and then was voluntarily obliviated at the request of the client, via the house elf, for protection purposes.

Jiggers had performed his legal obligations and had no wish to know or have any further involvement in the matter. This would protect Jiggers legally and from being questioned by any "unwanted persons without the right to know."

"The last thing you really should do is to get Harry Potter checked out by a reputable healer. Considering who he is and the smear campaign Fudge is starting against him, he should go out of the country."

"From what my cousin says, Potter always comes back to school looking like a refugee from a famine camp and is always getting hurt playing Quidditch and hexed by Slytherins. He also suspects by his posture and the way he walks that Potter was injured while growing up and the injuries were not treated properly. I suspect from this that Potter is seriously malnourished and probably needs to have his bones re-broken and fixed and possibly re-grown."

"None of this can be done while Potter is being flushed out but I can't stress enough that it should be done. My cousin wants to be a healer so he watches and makes notes on Potter. He can't figure out why Madam Pomfrey hasn't notice or done anything to correct the problems Potter has, but it is also his "future professional opinion" that something is seriously wrong with the boy."

"Naturally of all this will be expensive so I hope the kid can raid his trust vault."

They were once again interrupted by the bell ringing and the slamming of the front door and a voice announcing, "I'm here."

Jiggers sighed, "That's my partner Slugs' niece by marriage. She's a 7th year at Hogwarts and 'works' here part time. She is late as usual and I have to instruct her." He left to talk to the girl.

Dobby did some fast thinking. He knew Harry was in poor health – always had been thanks to the Dursleys – so he would need at least two months' worth of potions. He and Winky would see to it that their Harry Potter would eat properly, rest and get plenty of good sleep. There were already plans to provide him with books to read so he could keep up with his magical studies and his Muggle ones as well. He had abandoned his magical books and his trunk because there were trackers on them as well. Dumbledore had been more than thorough.

Fortunately once Harry had found out about the tracker on his glasses Winky had managed to sneak him into Diagon Alley and have a new set of glasses made up. It was then they had found that Harry had really needed new glasses a long time ago and that his eyesight was deteriorating at a rapid rate.

The new glasses would help but he was told he should seriously consider getting contacts and/or Muggle laser surgery to stop the deterioration. There was a potion which could correct his vision but he could not take it until he had not only finished growing but had reached his magical maturity. A decision would have to be made soon before things just got worse.

By the time Jiggers returned and placed silence charms on his lab, Dobby had made his decision. He pulled out the basilisk scale and showed it to Jiggers. The man's eyes lit up. "Where did you get that and do you have anymore?" he asked.

"This elf cannot reveal at this time but how much potions for my mistress would this buy?"

Calculating quickly Jiggers replied "A month's worth and the two extra list of potions."

"Would two scales like this one pay for another month's worth, your silence and some potion ingredients?"

"Depends on the ingredients. If you are planning on brewing potions of your own I must remind you again that your mistress can't take any potions until the flushing regimen is completed."

Dobby thought again before asking, "This elf cannot tell you why but mistress needs three potions for future use. She needs Veritaserum, Polyjuice potion and potion that finds out if she has an animagus form. As all these potions take time to brew and she needs to practice brewing other things besides."

"Since she is only a fourth year, and from what my cousin says, she is pants at potions, but that could be due to Snape being the teacher. However, it is illegal to brew or sell Veritaserum. Only Ministry personnel and certain potion masters with a special license are allowed to brew it."

"Polyjuice is very difficult to brew, it is under strict Ministry supervision by the DMLE as only Aurors may use it in the line of duty, and is also illegal to sell it in Britain. The Animagus potion shouldn't be attempted or taken unless under strict supervision as it can be dangerous."

"I cannot provide her with these potions and ethically I shouldn't sell her the ingredients since I know what she wants them for. However, for some reason she wants and/or needs them and based on her list, I could suggest she seek them elsewhere. There are a few apothecaries in Knockturn Alley and one in Witchy Way in the City of Bristol who are not rigid in their adherence to Ministry policy – but you didn't hear it from me."

Dobby would have to speak to Harry to see what he wanted to do, but at this point Dobby gave Jiggers the scale and told him to brew the month worth of potions. He would be back tomorrow with further instructions.