In Hogwarts castle, Albus Dumbledore was sitting at his desk writing on a piece of parchment. It was a shift in the atmosphere that disrupted his concentration. He curiously looked around, but couldn't find anything amiss. It was then that he remembered the wards he placed around Harry Potter's house, they had somehow been broken. He filed away his paper and disapparated to Number Four, Privet Drive. He walked up to the door and knocked. Petunia opened it and glared at the man. "What do you want?"

"I've come to see Harry." Dumbledore replied kindly.

"He's not here. We gave him away and with any luck, we won't be seeing him again." Petunia replied tersely and slammed the door in the professor's face.

Dumbledore stood on the doorstep for a moment, trying to process the information he was just given. He apparated back to Hogwarts and summoned Professors Snape and McGonagall. "It would seem that Mr. Potter has been taken from his home with his relatives."

McGonagall gasped, "What do you mean taken?"

"Mrs. Dursley said they gave him away. She did not say to who though." Dumbledore replied.

"So you lost him." Snape glared.

"It would appear so."

"Albus how could you!" McGonagall shrieked. "Your first mistake was leaving him with those horrid muggles and now he could be Merlin knows where. You better hope that whoever has him is kind."

"Kind or not Minerva, Harry must return to his relatives. He is safe with them, the blood wards protect him from Voldemort." Dumbledore said.

"Is he really safe with those muggles Albus? Because I see a family who abuses him and doesn't care in the least. If he doesn't show up when the school year starts then I will worry, but if he does and he is in a happy home, then I will not take him from it."

"How do you know he is in a happy home now?" Snape asked.

"Call it a woman's intuition." McGonagall sniffed and turned to leave.

"Minerva, you must see that he is safest with the Dursleys." Dumbledore said.

"No I do not see. I made the mistake of leaving him there the first time, I won't allow you to put him back there if he doesn't need to go." With that, she left the office.

Dumbledore sighed, "What do you think Severus?"

"I have no opinion on the matter. Potter is of no consequence to me." Snape left the room.

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Ron was staring at the letter in shock. He couldn't believe Harry's luck, he was finally rid of those nasty muggles and adopted by a man that actually liked him plus a whole new family. What could be better? "Bloody hell, this is wicked." Ron smiled. "I have to go tell mum" Ron rushed to the door, but stopped short. He couldn't tell his mum, she was way to overprotective of Harry and would go straight to Dumbledore who would then put Harry right back with his stupid relatives. "No, this has to stay secret." Ron said to himself. He went back to his desk and reread the letter. "America, blimey that's far away. How is Harry going to get back for school? I wonder if his new family will be connected to the floo, maybe not." Ron was deep in thought. A moment later he jumped out of his chair and ran to find his dad.

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Later that night, Hedwig returned with letters from Ron and Hermione. After giving her some treats and water he sat down and read them.

Harry,

It's wonderful that someone has taken you away from your relatives. Tony Stark even, I can't believe you got to meet him and now you get to live with him. You will have to tell me all about it when I see you for school. Oh, I'm so excited for you! Here is my number if you ever wish to call me.

Love,
Hermione

Below that was her number. Harry made a mental note to ask Tony, Dad, if he could borrow his phone. Next was Ron's letter.

Harry,

It's about time you had some good luck in your life, mate. You deserve it. I can't wait to hear more about your new family when I see you at school. I haven't told anyone about it, I know mum would flip if she knew you weren't at your relatives anymore. I did ask Dad if he knew how to register your fireplace for floo, that's what the second piece of parchment is. I didn't know if the American lines were connected to the ones here, but all of the instructions are there if you need them. I can't wait for school to start so you can tell me about your new life.

Ron

Harry picked up the instructions for the floo and put it in a safe place. He hoped his Dad wouldn't mind getting a fireplace or connecting it to the floo, it would make traveling a lot easier. He looked back at the letter, he didn't even think of what Mrs. Weasley and Dumbledore would think. Ron was right, they would probably want him to return to the Dursleys. Well, that wouldn't happen, not if Harry could help it.

I don't know if floo can travel that far, but let's just say that it can ^-^

Oh and I do like Dumbledore…I don't mean to bash, but he manipulated Harry throughout the books so I thought it would fit :) plus it helps later in the story.

Review please!