Interlude II: Harry's Truth and Admittance

The rest of the day went by much faster for Harry than he seemed to think it had. But that may have been due to his mind being overtly preoccupied on classes and other things the rest of the day.

Hermione and Ron had noticed their friend's contemplative mindset, but they stayed silent in hopes he would say something to them about it and that it was nothing to be worried over.

Harry had been wondering if maybe he should share the secrets of his past with Ron and Hermione and the new scenario between him and Draco, as it were. Harry smirked to himself at this though.

Ron and Hermione probably could guess in time that they were soul-mates if not already, but he also surmised that they believed he had no idea of the consequences having a soul-mate could have if not careful. He betted they would at some point try to ambush him into an embarrassing conversation that needn't be made.

Harry sighed though; the truth of the matter was that he had kept secrets from them over the years and now if they were to come out…what would change between them all?

He didn't know and honestly, he didn't want to find out either.

Hermione and Ron were inside the Common Room as Harry came inside and sat with them near the fire. He seemed worried and very silent, which put them at an uneasy stance.

"I have some things I need to tell the two of you, but I don't wish to say them here." Harry said

Ron nodded, "Alright mate, then do you want to go to our dorm then?" He asked low

Harry nodded, "If it is convenient for you both; I don't want Hermione to yell at me for not letting her finish her homework." Harry smirked as he joked

Ron laughed as Hermione grinned and stuck out her tongue at Harry before they followed him upstairs.

After they entered, Harry placed a silencing charm and locking charm on it.

Harry seemed anxious, "You know that I trust you two more than I do anyone else as my best friends here. Draco may be a different story. I trust him as a friend from another house, but this trust is new so there is still much I don't say to him."

His two friends both nodded in understanding.

"Then you should know that if I kept secrets from you; it was either to keep you both safe, I didn't feel it was important for you know at a time, or it was just too personal to me to want to share, right?" He asked

They remained silent and nodded as they wondered where this was headed

Harry sighed, "Then there are some things you need to know now. You know my relatives hate me and that there is some level of abuse towards me there. You never truly wondered why I wanted to be elsewhere because you understood on a general level. Now, it is time to let you know the full reason. I admit this may change your perspective on our resident Headmaster, but you are free to not allow this to change anything between us just as long as Dumbledore stays clear of this information."

His friends appeared apprehensive, but nodded nonetheless.

"The abuse in my relatives home started far earlier than most could believe. Albus left me there the same night my parents died after Hagrid borrowed a flying motorcycle from Sirius. Albus left me on their front porch, with only my blanket from my crib and a warming charm. He also wrote a letter to my relatives explaining what had happened and why I was there to begin with."

"I have told Draco some of this already, but only because he had asked. The first real abuse I remember was when I was perhaps three. I was scared of the dark at that time because I remembered going to sleep and hearing cold laughter and seeing flashing green lights. I would wake and cry looking for comfort, but I never received any at all. My aunt would wake, come down the stairs, and bang on the cupboard door for me to be quiet or there would be trouble before she went back to bed."

"She never held me to calm me down, comfort my distress, or dry my tears. In fact, she never tried to ever be a secondary mother for me at all. The whole family pretty much made me out to be an alien from another planet."

"You know I was always too thin, but not why. My relatives always gave me a list of chores to do that, in the beginning, was much too long for a five year old to think he could complete in time. Depending on what I had completed, that was what determined how much food I was to be given. However, if I failed to finish one of the 'required' chores; I was beaten and went to bed hungry."

"You know that I hid the elder wand from the headmaster though you disagreed with the action. Let's see if you stay of this opinion."

"After I was left there, and had been taken in; punishing me with a beating was normal, but so was allowing Dudley and his friends to beat me to a bloody pulp if they could catch me first. Vernon also delighted in beating me if he was displeased with me and Aunt Petunia had always turned a blind eye to it regardless of what she feared a witch or wizard would do to them if they found out."

"I know why now. The letter the headmaster left with me nearly sixteen years ago. He told them that he needed them to raise me since both my parents had died in a war. He stated they would be handsomely compensated if they did this, but however they chose to do it was not his concern. As long as I remained magically powerful, they had his protection."

"This meant Albus Dumbledore literally gave his consent to abusing me in knowing that it would make me stronger, but that if anyone found out; that he would handle it and they would be let go." Harry said darkly

Hermione sat there shocked on the end of Ron's bed with tears running down her cheeks as Ron seemed too shocked to say anything.

"Last year after I heard the prophecy from Albus first-hand, I was angry beyond belief. He sent to live with those abusive bastards so in turn I would have enough power to kill Riddle and for what? To have Albus turn me over to the ministry as a danger to our community for being so powerful at a young age?"

"I learned this just prior to leaving last year by accident. He intends to have me imprisoned after I dispose of Riddle because I am more magically powerful than he is and because he fears the power behind the Peverell lineage my family originated from."

"Now do you see why I have done some of things I have. I did not do them to be obstinate or to be stubborn. I did them out of self-preservation." Harry said softly

Hermione got up and flung herself at Harry in a hug, "Oh Harry? I wish you had told us sooner. Things would have been so much easier to understand then about why you did things certain ways."

"I know Hermione, and I am sorry; it's just I was a touch paranoid I suppose and I didn't want more people to know than was currently necessary."

"However, there is one more vital thing I have to say."

Hermione nodded as she then sat back down with Ron.

"You know that most wizards and witches go through their inheritances at seventeen, correct." He asked

The nodded, but now Hermione was suspicious of where this was head.

Harry sighed, "Last summer after I was sent to my relatives; they were worse than normal. Vernon had lost his job due to an outburst at the workplace and resulted in his firing. Naturally, they blamed me for it even though I was not there. He started drinking a lot and he is not a nice drunk."

"One night he beat me so bad that I likely would have bled to death if Petunia had not stopped him and semi-healed me the muggle way. However, the wounds were bad and technically I should have lost my magic."

They paled at that.

"I did not though because my body recognized the danger to my magic and I remember thinking I was likely going to die before I defeated Tom and how much the world would be suffering."

"Then I remember I started glowing white and watching my wounds heal themselves as I felt internal changes occurring. That white light had purposely instigated my inheritance that night."

"You must have noticed the changes to a degree. I am about three heads taller than normal and I don't look so underweight now. Plus, my eyesight was corrected." He asked them

"We had wondered about that, Harry." Ron said, "But, we didn't feel as if it polite to just outright ask you about it all."

"I see. Well besides the physical changes there were other parts to this that may not have been noticed by either of you. One them though is due to glamours I wear all day every day." He said

"Anyway, the first non-noticed change would be my intellectual standards. Sure I could do my homework before you two for the week and keep my grades average, but if I truly desired to; I would give Hermione a run for top of class now with what I truly know from my inheritance." He smirked

Hermione scowled, "How do figure that?" She asked whilst Ron's eyes widened and then he shook his head and stayed silent.

Harry smirked and lowered the glamour over his appearance, "This is how, Hermione."

Hermione's eyes widened too now.

"I am a one of the last of my kind and the last of my immediate blood. I am the last lineage in the wizarding community within Britain's pureblood circles to have my creature blood in it. I am the last heir with the blood connection directly to the direct line of the elven kingdom here who are the children of Karilith, or the seat of power to the dark elves there. My knowledge since my inheritance has three times grown as has my power. I would be willing to bet that id I demanded a graduation test and it was given to me; I would pass undeniably." Harry smirked

Hermione scowled, "I think that I believe you now, but why did you hide this from us? Or for that matter, why did you hide it at all?"

"I did not wish the headmaster to be suspicious that so much had changed in three months of time and try to do something to try and control me by force. I did not want to cause him to need to feel he was threatened more than he already does considering I have less than two years left here now."

"I see."

"Now, there is one last thing you two need to hear and hopefully you both won't go a-wall on me." Harry said as he replaced the glamour over his appearance and then turned to them.

"First, Draco has no idea of my elven inheritance and I ask both you not to tell him. I need to do that when I feel the timing is right and now would not be a good idea."

They nodded in slight understanding

"Secondly, I am aware you two have taken to calling our planning sessions to 'story dates,'" He smirked whilst they turned red, "Which is fine as long as no one else knows whom you are speaking of currently."

"Lastly, today I was rather sentimental as I went to our normal session. It was Halloween today and as such; you know this is a typically hard day on me. Draco had wanted to know of the times before I came to Hogwarts, which I granted to him in some ways."

"However, I expected him to walk-out on me after I had revealed that I was not as strong as most believe I was. Surprisingly, he did not and actually he comforted me about it. Which them led to the part I hope you won't go crazy at me for."

Harry sighed and stood again as he walked to the window, "I discovered that Draco and I are soul-mates today. I believe we never recognized it before due to the animosity between us, but now that it not there; there was no stopping it from forming. I am sure Draco understands the meaning due to his upbringing and I do understand now due to my early inheritance."

Ron was about to interrupt here when Harry gazed at him and silenced him.

"Which means that if you two had perhaps maybe already come to this conclusion and were about to give a conversation about the consequences of what could happen if Draco and I decided rashly to 'jump into bed together' than spare yourselves the embarrassment because I don't need it." Harry said

Harry smirked at them both as they were rather red in the face before Hermione quietly left for bed and Ron went to change in pajamas as he did as well.

"Harry, just so you know…I think maybe this was meant to happen and I approve of the situation so long as Draco remains true to this as much as you are. I want to thank you for revealing your inheritance to us though, as Hermione was going to try and have me talk you about things I'd rather not." Ron said in mumbling rush

Harry smirked, "I know she did to some level, but I didn't know it was tonight; I just happened to take a lucky guess."

Harry and Ron went to bed then, as Harry forgot that he had silenced and locked their dorm that evening. Which this had left the other three boys in their dorm to sleep outside in the Gryffindor common area that night and enough time for a new rumor in Hogwarts gossip mill to be started…