A/N: Well here is another chapter one I hope you will like just as much as the last one.
Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 2 C20) C50 Is Harry coming back at all.
It was late in the evening when the friends were walking back to their common room; they were closely followed by Professor McGonagall.
Minerva just looked at the friends with pride in her heart. She could see that her little cub had loyal friends who would never let him down.
She however did not know that three of those friends did have some doubts about him at the beginning of the. It had been something Bella and Daphne hadn't told her yet. But what she saw in front of her was pure friendship.
In front of the portrait of the fat lady Minerva said goodbye to the friends and went back to her own private chambers a little further down the corridor.
As she opened the door she could hear voices coming from inside her private chambers. As she opened the door a little further she could see Poppy sitting there together with Pomona sprout and Filius Flitwick.
Poppy immediately told her that she had told the other about a little about Harry.
And Minerva knew that Poppy would only tell them what they had agreed upon. She knew in her hart that she could trust Poppy whit that so she didn't worry about it at all.
Filius handed Minerva a small glass off Fire Whiskey and told her that it was time for a little party. After those words he raised his glass and Shouted in a squeaky voice "To Harry".
Minerva took the glass from Filius and sat down in a chair. Her eyes went around her own office but she wasn't really looking at anything. She was thinking about the things Harry had endured in his short but horrible life so far.
The other Professors knew that Harry had been mistreated but they didn't know how much and how terrible it had been. Only Poppy and herself were the only ones at school who knew everything there was to know about Harry.
And it was only Poppy in the whole school who knew how much Albus had his hands in the life of her cub.
The party they had went on until the early hours in the morning and as Minerva was joining them in the party she wasn't really there. She just couldn't be as happy as she wanted to be or as the others were.
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Just down the corridor in the common room of Gryffindor, Bella and Daphne were the only two who hadn't gone to bed yet. Together they were still sitting on the couch in front of the fire place just talking about Harry.
It would only be a week before Harry would be back.
The only question for Bella and Daphne was what they were going to tell Harry when he got back. Bella and Daphne hadn't Told harry anything about Draco or Ronald for that matter. Nothing about what they said on the train or What Ron said in the common room later that night when they were about to go to bed.
But the biggest thing what they didn't tell Harry was what Snape had said in class. Because if they were honest they were a little scared about what Harry might do if he would ever find out about that?
Harry did know that the large part of the school still thought that he was the heir of Zalazar Slytherin. This because there had been no more attacks on the students ever sins he was lying in the Hospital.
No they knew that they had to keep what Snape, Ronald and Draco had said and done as secret as possible, just as long as they had to or needed to.
*#*
Slowly the days went by, every class the friends had, seemed to go on longer and longer. But the thought that Harry would be back at the end of the week kept them going.
The week however didn't go as smoothly as they wanted it to go. Draco and Ronald had made it a mission for themselves to make there last week as miserable as they could. At every opportunity they had, Draco and Ronald did something to Bella or Daphne they took.
At the second day Bella and Daphne had had enough and retaliate. This again turned out to be the wrong thing to do.
Every time one of them did something back, Professor Snape or Headmaster Albus Dumbledore would be there to save Ronald and Draco and punish them for it just like they always had done to Harry when he wanted to do something back.
On the fourth day it had became so bad that Daphne and Bella didn't walked the corridors alone. It wasn't because they were scared but because it always seemed like Albus or Snape were out to get them.
Minerva had seen it all and even tried to help them. But Albus had found a way to keep her away so he could go on with punishing the friends for no reason what so ever.
*#*
At the end of their school day the friends took a walk up to the Infirmary. There they would ask Poppy if everything was still okay with Harry and if he was really going to come back on Friday.
This was a ritual they would do each and every day. On Thursday they all knew that it would be only one more night before Harry would be back at Hogwarts.
That night both girls could not find the sleep they wanted, so after an hour the decided to go down to the common room. There they just sat down in front of the fire and talked about everything and nothing important.
"Bella?" Daphne asked a little shyly.
Bella who with her thoughts was by Harry didn't hear her the first time, the second time she looked to the left. "Yes Daphne" she said and immediately saw the Daphne had a difficult Question she wanted to ask. It was something she could clearly see in her eyes.
"Bella how did you became such good friends with Harry, you don't have to answer if you don't want to" Daphne added to the question.
Bella had to think hard. It was not that she didn't know. No it was more that she didn't know if she wanted to tell it to her, or if she was allowed to tell it. Most part of that story was about Harry. That was why she had to think hard. She just didn't know if Harry wanted Daphne to know it.
Daphne could see from the look Bella had on her face that she had a hard time to decide what she could say. She did know that Bella would have to talk about the thing's Harry had gone through and that was also why she would understand if Bella didn't answer her question.
Slowly Bella shifted herself to the right, swung her legs on the side of the couch and laid her head in the lap of Daphne.
Daphne who was still waiting on Bella started to absentmindedly brush her hand through the hair of Bella.
What both girls didn't realise was that the blood ritual they had done with Harry was also connecting the two of them together.
The battle that was inside Bella was coming to an end. "Okay Daphne, I will tell you the story but only to you, Harry and my mother are the only others who know it".
Daphne didn't say anything and just continued to brush the hair of Bella with her hand.
Gradually Bella started to tell her story to Daphne.
The first thing I remember was that I woke up on the sidewalk in front of an orphanage.
Bella went on telling a bout that day. Then she told about the family she had lived with for a year. She talked about how she was punished if she didn't do her duties like she was told to.
Bella told her about the slaps she got when she did the wrong thing and about the other punishments she received for those things.
It was on the last day just before I ran away that something happened that I didn't liked. I was alone with that man who took care of me. He was lying on the bed dressed in only his underwear.
I don't know why I knew what he wanted to do with me but I just knew it and ran for it. I even thing that the lady knew what he was going to do to me. They wanted to teach me everything a good house wife was supposed to know. And this was the only time she left me alone with him.
Daphne gave a shiver of fear when she heard what Bella told her. Daphne didn't know why but the first thing she thought about was Gilderoy Lockhart lying next to her trying to take her innocents away.
"That day I ran and ran as far as I could. I didn't know where to go but I just wanted to get away from there. I was eight years old, all alone and had no place to go".
Bella sniffed a little before she went on.
It was after about an hour when I was back in front of the orphanage. As I looked upon that building I knew that I would never go back there. With a determination I didn't know I had, I walked away hoping to find a better place.
How I got there I will never know but the next day I woke up under a slide in the middle of a park. As I got up and stood next to a swing I could see a little boy running away from four other boys, who were as big as Crabbe and Goyle.
I didn't know what I was seeing. They were so big and very very mean to that little boy. But that little boy was so fast but not fast enough. Somehow those boys got a hold on him. The biggest boy sat on top of him and started to punch him where ever he could hit him, while the other boys were just kicking him.
Than all of a sudden he escaped, he was just gone. Now I know that it was accidental magic but at that time I didn't know that.
I saw him running away and how he jumped behind a little wall. It was then that I saw the most beautiful green eyes I have ever seen, eyes that still give me a warm feeling every time they look at me.
Bella looked up at Daphne and gave her a small smile. "You know that feeling don't you Daphne". With a big smile she could see how Daphne was blushing at those words.
"As I closed my eyes he was gone, I swear I only blinked one time" Bella said again with a smile.
"When he was gone I started to wonder around the neighbourhood again. It was late in the afternoon that I found myself a dry place under a bridge where I fell asleep.
It much have been hours when I woke up because it was already dark. I woke up by a strange sound. It was on that night when I was found by Arabella my future mother although I didn't know that at that time.
Arabella took me home that night and for the first time I really felt like I was home. It was there that I found the little red book".
Daphne stopped brushing the hair of Bella and just looked at her. "I never heard of a little red book" She said.
Bella looked at Daphne and her eyes slowly got bigger from the fear she felt.
Daphne immediately knew that she had said something wrong according to the fear Bella had in her eyes.
"HHMM Daphne". "Daphne I" HHMMPPPP. That little red book was a book where Arabella wrote everything down that Happened to Harry ".
"Everything?"
"Yes Daphne everything, the memories we have seen were not even the worse off it. No in that little red book are story's that are much worse than what we have seen".
After a moment of silent's Bella went on with the story."Well I found that book and started reading it. All the stories were about this boy named Harry. You will never know how much I have cried about the story's that were in that little red book.
It was at that moment that I also started to see that man in mine dreams. At that time I didn't know it was Voldemort. But in every dream he asked me to kill this person named Harry Potter. A Harry Potter I didn't know".
The first day I was with Arabella a saw a very big man a crossed the street pushing a little boy out the door and onto the ground. After that he pushed that little boy into the car. That little boy he pushed was the same little boy that I saw in the park the day before.
The next day Arabella told me that the little boy was Harry it the same Harry as in the little red book. The day I decided to become friends with that Harry.
Bella who again looked up at Daphne kept quiet for a moment. She had just told Daphne that she had been beaten just like Harry had. Even though you could not compare the two it still was very similar. Bella had purposely left out some big things but she knew that Daphne got the picture.
She still wasn't sure if she was allowed to tell Daphne about the little red book, but then again Harry didn't know about it either.
The eyes of Bella were now looking deeply into the eyes of Daphne.
Daphne who was still absentmindedly brushing the hair of Bella with her hand was looking right back at her. She could clearly see that Bella had an internal struggle with what she had told her.
Somehow Daphne internally knew that there had to be a lot more than what Bella had told her. And when Bella had told her that she herself had been beaten just like Harry was. That required a lot of self control to not start to cry.
It was now that Daphne understood why and how strong the friendship between the two of them really was. They were sharing the same fate in more than one way.
Bella who had took her time to gather her thoughts went on.
"From the moment I was living with Arabella, I also started to write in the little red book. The only thing left to me was to become friends with the Harry from crossed the street. Easy just walk up to him say I'm Bella and I will be your friend".
Daphne nodded.
"Wrong, becoming friends with Harry was even Harder than to say Snape is a nice guy.
Daphne snorted but covered her mouth when she saw the look in Bella's eyes.
After being with Arabella for awhile and with even less hope of finding my real parents Arabella made it possible for me to go to school. When I saw that fat pig of a cousin of Harry I knew Harry had to be there to and I was hoping to be in the same class as him.
When I entered the class I saw him sitting all alone in the corner. So I immediately went over to him and wanted to take a seat next to him. But Harry right away asked me to sit somewhere ells.
"What do you mean by that Bella, Why would he ask you to sit somewhere ells"?
"You have to understand Daphne. His cousin and that so called uncle and aunt of his, didn't want him to have any friends or to even talk to anyone.
While his Aunt and uncle took care of the neighbourhood by saying his that Harry was some kind of criminal. His cousin took care of the children in the school by bulling them or hurting them fiscally".
Daphne just shook her head. She had seen some of those memories when she was in his mind at the beginning of the year, but it was almost every night that she wished it would all be just a dream. With another shake of her head she again listened to Bella.
"While I was there at school it was no fun at all. Nobody wanted to talk to Harry or play with him. I even asked them about it and I always got the same answer. We want to play with Harry and we even want to talk to him. But if we do that than his cousin will beat us up, so we don't".
"I never understood why they all were so afraid of his cousin of Harry. But I think it's a treatment they got from the first day they went to that school. I myself was not afraid so the next day I sat down next to him.
He again wanted to send me away but I didn't let him. It was that day that Harry thought I could be a friend.
The day after that I gave him my first note. I can still remember that day as if it were yesterday. Harry just looked at the note than to me and again at the note on his desk. He then took the note and read it.
This was what the note said.
Harry
If we would talk to each other in this way.
Your cousin can not hear us.
In that way he will not know what we are saying.
So he can't be mad at us.
Harry. My name is Bellatrix Smith.
Daphne looked at Bella with big eyes. "Did you really have to talk to him through notes" Daphne asked.
Bella looked up at her and nodded. "Yes Daphne we had to do it through notes, it was the only way we could hide it from Dudley. I even think the teacher knew about it but she never said a word".
"Really Daphne it had to be done that way. There was no other way because I knew that if Dudley noticed something wrong on school he would tell it at home and Harry would get another beating just for the hell of it. Yes Daphne just talking to me would get him in trouble with his uncle".
Daphne didn't know that it had been that bad. Sure she had seen the memories and knew that he would get a beating for almost every mistake he made. But a beating just for a beating, that was something she didn't know.
Bella instantly knew what Daphne was thinking and took her hand in her own.
A little dazed Daphne just looked back at her.
"Daphne! Harry would sometimes just get a beating for the fun of it, if his cousin and his friends had beaten up Harry. Harry had to tell that he had fallen down. If he would tell them the truth his uncle would beat him up for lying and making Dudley look bad in front of his friends.
It was now that Daphne understood and she just hated it.
Bella again laid the hand from Daphne on her hair.
Without a word Daphne started to brush her hair again and waited on what Bella was about to say next.
"At school Harry and I would keep on writhing notes to each other. Dudley didn't see anything and he was too stupid to know. After a little time Harry would become happier and that was not good not good at all".
Bella sighed. "Harry becoming happier was one of the things Dudley didn't like. Four times Dudley tried to hit me, and four of those times Harry took the beating that was mend for me. It was then that we would become the best of friends".
Again there was a moment of silents.
"Many of those days's Harry would not come to school. Arabella and I understood that he would be locked up in his cupboard under the stairs for most of those times.
It was now and then that Harry was allowed to go to Arabella Figg's house".
That uncle and aunt if his didn't know that I was living with Arabella, it was one of the things we kept a secret for most of the muggles and the whole of the wizarding world.
It was on those days we could talk freely.
The first time that Harry was allowed to come to us was also the first time he would sleep over. It was also the first time I would see aunt Mini. That day Harry introduced himself as Harry Potter the boy I had to kill in my dreams. I could clearly see that aunt Mini was just as surprised as I was by hearing his name".
Daphne could still remember the memory she had seen in the head of Harry. It was the only memory Bella had asked to see. The other memories she had seen that day would still now and then gave her the shivers.
That night I had the worst dream I had ever had does far. The next morning I woke up with Harry lying next to me. I myself could not remember what had happened but Arabella told me that harry was the one who had calmed me down whit in minutes.
Daphne who had listened to it all opened her mouth to ask something but closed it immediately after opening it. She just didn't know what she could ask after the story she had just heard.
She did understand that Bella had suffered the same thing Harry had. Maybe not in the same amount but it were the same punishments. It made her think of her own youth, a youth that was heaven in comparison to that of Bella and Harry. Then again if she were honest it only got better when she became friends with Bella and Harry.
Daphne hung her head down and looked intensely at Bella. "Bella I swear on my life and magic that I will always stand behind you and Harry. Whatever happens I will stand behind you".
Daphne didn't say so mote it be because Bella didn't gave her the chance to finish. She just looked back at Daphne. With one hand she stretched out and took Daphne by the back of her neck. Slowly she pulled her down towards her, their lips inches apart from each other.
Bella tilted her head and slowly she kissed the waiting lips of Daphne. After a second she deepened the kiss and rubbed her tong over the lips of Daphne.
The eyes from Daphne went big when the lips of Bella touched hers. After a moment she felt the warm from the kiss going through her body. She felt the tong of Bella asking for entrance and she willingly gave it to her.
Slowly and after a minute Bella let go of Daphne. "Daphne I know that you will always stand behind us, but that is not what I want from you. I want you to stand beside me and Harry like it's supposed to be".
With a shy smile Bella went on. "I know that Harry loves you as much as I do, even if he himself doesn't know it jet".
Daphne knew that her feelings were the same for Bella as it was for Harry. After the ritual they had become stronger and she loved it. She however hadn't realised that Bella thought the same way about it as she did. She smiled back at Bella and pulled her into another kiss. Again they could feel the loved from each other and they loved it.
After the second kiss Bella went on with her story.
The time after they weekend only became more difficult for Harry. Every time he was with us I had a dream and each time he was there to help me. And always on the next morning I woke up with the arms of Harry wrapped around me like a warm blanket of hope and protection.
Harry never asked a question or made a comment about it. He just came and helped me like it was the most normal thing in the world. It were those actions that made Harry a special friend, a friend that's more a part of me then anyone could ever be".
I myself have only asked Harry one time why I was allowed to be his friend. His answer was therefore very special and one, I to this day, still do not really believe".
With little tears in her eyes Bella looked up at Daphne. "He told me. Bella you are my own little angel. My only friend one that I never thought I would get.
It was a simple answer but I could see the feelings in his eyes when he told me, a feeling that would kill him if he ever lost it, just like that feeling would do to me if I lost him.
It was after that day that we became the friends that we are today. I own him more then he will even know and I will love him to the day I die, just like you are doing now".
Bella closed her eyes and fell into a deep but peaceful sleep.
Daphne who was still brushing the hair of Bella had to think about what she had just heard. She now had a friend who was going to share Harry with her. A friend she was going to share with Harry. And then there was herself who would be shared by the both of them.
The more she thought about it the bigger her smile became. She just hoped that the sorting had would be right and she would get a place at his side just like Bella had.
With a little smile she said. "On my life and magic I swear that I will always stand beside you and Harry until the day I die, so mote it be".
She kept on brushing her hair until she also fell into a peaceful sleep.
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Finally it was Friday the day Harry was coming back to Hogwarts. Every time Bella and Daphne looked at the clock it seemed as if it was standing still, especially when they had potions. At that time it almost seemed as if the clock was running backwards. When they were in charms they couldn't hold it any longer.
Professor Flitwick finally had enough and sent them to the great hall to wait on Harry. He knew how close they were to Harry so he could understand why they were acting the way they were.
At four a clock after the final lesson for that day they all went to the infirmary. They knew that that would be the first place where Harry would be when he came back to Hogwarts.
As they looked around the infirmary they only saw empty beds. When they looked over to the office they could still see Poppy sitting behind her desk, therefore they knew that Harry was not back yet. They knew this because Poppy was the one who would get him.
A little disappointed the friends all walked back to the great hall. There was nothing left for them to do but to wait at the Gryffindor table.
In the mean while the great hall was filling itself with the other students. So every time the doors opened the all looked up, but every time they looked they didn't see Harry.
The only thing that kept them in their seats was Minerva who was still sitting at the head table. It was the only assurance they got because aunt Mini would never let Harry come to Hogwarts by himself.
When the meal started at seven o clock in the evening there still was no Harry.
It was now that they saw that poppy was not at the head table and even Minerva had left her spot. It could mean that they went to get Harry. But it could also mean that something was wrong.
Many of these thoughts that something was wrong would crawl into their minds.
It was at half past seven when Bella got up and wanted to walk out of the great hall. "I'm going to see poppy, she has to take me to Harry, I'm scared" she almost screamed.
Daphne was barely able to pull her back on the bench. "Just wait a moment Bella. If they are not back at the end of the meal than we will both go to poppy, let's give them until eight a clock okay".
Bella knew that Daphne was right but she just could not help herself. She was scared that something was wrong with Harry.
Bella didn't know how good it was for Daphne to pull her back because it was not more than five minutes later that Harry was brought into the great hall.
They only one who had seen him was Neville. Both Bella and Daphne were looking to the other side of the hall.
"Look there is Harry" Neville screamed.
Both Bella and Daphne turned their head around so fast they both strained their necks.
And yes he was finally there. Harry was walking between Minerva and Poppy. They could not say that he was looking good but he was at Hogwarts, he was finally back.
Bella who already had tears from happiness trickling down her cheeks ran towards him at full speed.
Just a step away from Harry she was stopped by Poppy. "Slowly Bella, Harry is still weak so you have to be careful".
Bella nodded and went to stand in front of Harry. She didn't know what she could do.
It was then that Harry pulled her into a hug himself.
Daphne who was now standing next to them waited patiently. She wanted to jump into the hug but she also wanted to give Belle her space.
Both Harry and Bella were thinking differently then Daphne was. They both stretch out an arm and Pulled Daphne into their hug.
Daphne sighed when Harry laid his head between them and hugged both of them a little closer.
"Bella, Daphne I don't know why. But I want to have you both. We have to find a way to make it work" Harry whispered in their ears.
Poppy then told them that Harry would be joining them in class but he still had to take it easy for a while and had to stay in the infirmary when he was not in class.
It was not long after that that Bella and Daphne pushed him back into his own bed near the window and next to the office of Poppy.
As both of them crawled in bed with him, their friends just sat around them and were having a little celebration for his return.
It was nine o clock When Poppy came out of her office with Minerva to put an end to the party.
Just as the friends were about to leave, Albus Dumbledore walked into the Infirmary.
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Next week Harry will definitely be back from his little absents and join the friend further in the adventures.
See you all in two weeks. Gr Winmau.