Nicolas Flamel and his wife, Perenelle Flames were sitting in the office of the headmistress of Pacific Academy, Alexandra Summers. Her brother was sitting next to his sister in one of the chairs that he had conjured. In the last chair set on the side of the desk, sat Evelyn with Harry on her lap. They were allowed to listen to the conversation, but not to ask anything while the adults were talking.
"I don't care about your objections, Father. Harry is much safer here that that he is over there with you in France or somewhere close to Dumbledore." Said Alex, as his sister nodded.
"Alex, If I had found anything wrong with Harry's placement, don't you think I wouldn't come and get him home myself. Dumbledore had said that he would contact me as soon as his instruments gave any notice that Harry's home was less than Ideal" Said Nicolas, while looking his son in the eyes.
"That may be father, But you and I both know that the Port-key that brought Harry wouldn't activate if Harry wasn't truly happy at the Dursley's. And as you can see, Harry Potter is here. Both Alexandra and myself have looked inside his mind, and discovered that he was beaten often. It is only because his larger than normal magical core would heal the many broken bones."
"Mother, if you please?" Alexandra said, waving her hand to Harry who sat there watching the adults speak.
Perenelle Flamel looked at the young boy, and nodded. She got up from her chair and walked a few paces before she slowly knelt down and looked straight in Harry's eyes.
Harry only had a second to see those brown eyes, with a small spot of purple, before he felt himself falling asleep.
As the occupants of the office were looking at Madame Flamel, she suddenly started to scream, while she was still on her knees. With surprising speed for his age, Nicolas jumped from his chair and removed his wife from the telepathic bond she had created. While she may have been connected with Harry's mind for ten seconds at most, she started to hold onto her own body, and as Alex, Alexandra, Evelyn and Nicolas looked on, her body started to produce several bruises.
"Mother, are you okay?" Alexandra asked, as Nicolas and Alex helped Perenelle back in her chair.
"I'm Not okay, you stupid girl. That boy has suffered so much. Not even the rebounded killing curse could harm him. Did you know Nicolas, that at the age of three, his uncle broke both his right arm and his left leg. Did you? We trusted Dumbledore to take care of out descendant, and what do we find here? That all that Dumbledore has told us were lies." Perenelle told the occupants of the room, while she held onto her own body, the phantom pain of Harry's memories still lingering.
"Mother, Father. I believe it's best to go to the hospital. We need to find out how much Harry's magic has had to repair." Said Alex. Alexandra nodded. It would do good to do that, and it would also be a good preventive measurement to let Perenelle and Nicolas examined.
So all of the adults, including Evelyn who was carrying a still sleeping Harry set of to the Hospital wing of Pacific Academy. One level down, and turning a right, the group entered the hospital wing.
Here Doctor Alan Richards was called and started to scan Harry with magic, after Evelyn placed him on a bed.
The results of the scans didn't show much good. Harry had in his short life no less that forty-two broken bones, three concussions, and he was on the edge of anemia.
Placing Harry under a strong sleeping spell, the doctor started to instruct Evelyn to get him a few bottles. skele-gro, Blood replenishing potions and some Energy restoration droughts.
As Harry's body slept, his medical history was placed upon the table where the four adults and one student had taken place.
"Alan, Is there anything else you need to report?" Asked Perenelle with fear in her voice. Alan nodded. "Besides the obvious broken bones, the mal-nourishment he is suffering, and the almost depleted magical core, there is something in his scar that smells like dark magic. It refuses to respond to any magical healing charm, potion or lotion. To be honest, I have no idea what it could be."
"Worry about that later, Alan. I want you to see if these two people have some sort of compulsion charm on them without them knowing." Said Alex. Nicolas and Perenelle both looked angry at Alex for even thinking they were under a compulsion charm. "Mother, Father. Please do it for us. Just to humor us." Said Alexandra.
Perenelle nodded and a few second later Nicolas nodded as well. "You listen here to me boy, if we are perfectly fine, and I know I am, you'll have a lot to explain" Said Nicolas to Alex as he and Perenelle were escorted by Alan to a bed. Both laid down on the bed and as Alan started to scan, Alex, Alexandra and Alan could all see a shimmer in the air before Perenelle and Nicolas.
Alan nodded and with a sharp jab, he poked into the shimmer and twirled his wand a few times before he removed the shimmer from both the ancient witch and wizard.
"How long do you need to get a magical signature from that thing?" Asked Alex as he helped his parents from the bed. "A day probably, I'll let you know who's it is" Said Alan as he placed the shimmer into an unbreakable vial. The group nodded and left the hospital wing.
"Oh, and Father. What if I was right?" Asked Alex as the door to the hospital wing closed behind them.
Nicolas Flamel bowed his head. "Then I owe you an apology" He said softly.
"Forget that apology, I need you to be Harry's magical guardians, before Dumbledore tries more of his mad tricks." Alex said as they made their way back to the headmistress office.
In the end it was decided that Nicolas and Perenelle would act as Harry's magical guardians, and to keep them busy, Alexandra assigned them both a job at Pacific Academy. Nicolas would do the Forging class with Professor De Bruin and Perenelle would teach enchantment with Professor Duvoll. Both agreed with the teaching position, and took Harry and Evelyn to go shopping for clothes in the nearby wizarding shopping center. Miami Magical Mall.
"Welcome Back Harry" Said Alex, as Harry, Evelyn and the Flamels came to his office. "How was your day?"
Alex could already see some change in Harry's posture. The new clothes surely made a difference.
"Alex, please. Can we sit down for a moment? Asked Perenelle, taking several small bags from her purse that she carried, and with a flick from her wand, the small bags returned to their normal size.
Soon Alex his desk was filled with shopping bags, and he had to put some of them on the floor. "Just how much did you bought?" Asked Alex, while he looked at his mother who was resting in one of the chairs that he had in his office. "We bought a lot Alex. I never knew that Evelyn was such a dedicated shopper. We got everything Harry will ever need for the coming six years. Of course, his wand had to wait, as it it tradition for all witches and wizards to get their wand at the age of eleven. The second most powerful magical number"
"Yes I know that from my own class in Arithmancy." Said Alex. Then he sighed. "Father, Mother. I have here the results of the compulsion charm that was cast on you. I think it's best if you read this for yourself" He handed over a piece of paper to Perenelle, and as both Flamels looked at the writing, Alex could see a clear blue aura surrounding them both. "So it was Dumbledore who cast the compulsion charm?" Asked Nicolas softly. Alex nodded. "Alan predicts that he would have done it around the year 1982. That was also the year that you decided to place your stone in a vault in Gringotts."
"Nicolas, we need to remove the stone from it's place. If Dumbledore or one of it's maniac friends get a hand on the stone, you know what will happen."Said Perenelle, as she looked at Nicolas.
"I'll leave right now, and be back within an hour." Said Nicolas. He whistled and as a phoenix appeared in flames, Nicolas grabbed the tail feathers from the bird and together they left Alex's office.
Alex looked at his mother. "mother, if I may, may I suggest that we place the stone within the heart chamber of Pacific. There it is safe, and it's power will be used to upgrade the wards around the school."
Hogwarts school. Headmasters chambers.
Albus Dumbledore was not happy. First, the boy-who-failed-to-die was gone from British soil. And with it the chance to gain the millions and millions of galleons that were in the Potter vaults. He had hoped that he could be seen as the hero to the boy. The hero who offered him a shelter from his family. Albus knew much better. The formally Lily Evans didn't have any living family. A spell he developed had shown that Lily's ancestors were the Flamels. one of the few families that gave Dumbledore pause.
The other part was that Dumbledore had just heard from his contact in Gringotts wizarding bank, Griphook, that a 'routine' inspection of the vault where he and Nicolas had placed the Sorcerers stone was empty. At the same time, an instrument that he had created to maintain the compulsion charm on Nicolas and Perenelle, exploded, shattering his belief that they didn't find out.
Furious, He sent for Severus Snape. His spy and at the moment, most trusted advisor..
"Severus, I have a problem and I need do discuss this with you." Severus nodded and listened as Dumbledore spoke about the Potters and the Flamels.
"Headmaster, Why don't you sent that fool Lupin out. He has been searching for a job in the muggle world. If we are lucky, he'll be caught making an investigation. And if this is in another part of the world, let's say... South Africa, he'll be executed for being nothing more than a werewolf."
Severus smiled as his plan. Making sure that Lupin would be out of business for a few years, and hopefully even shot was worth the torment that he and his friends had plagued him with in their youth.
"Severus, I think I like your idea. Let's make it happen."
Both Snape and Dumbledore failed to see the glare that Dumbledore's captured phoenix, Fawkes, was sending them. Oh how he longed to return to his birth-nest.
As the letter was complete, Dumbledore sent Fawkes with the letter to Remus Lupin, who was for the seventh time in a row, rejected for a job interview.
Seeing Fawkes and the letter, Remus jumped at the chance and with a small bonus from Dumbledore, 100 Galleons and 500 muggle pounds, Remus began his quest to return Harry Potter to Albus Dumbledore's arms.