LC ch 3
Harry had just recovered from being knocked down, Merlin had taught him a spell that would let him know if anyone with 'ill intent' was trying to attack him. So clearly he was in no danger, although the fact that he was tackled did give him reason to be cautious. He opened his eyes and found a small red headed girl had landed on him. She slowly got off and they both stood up, the red headed girl looked to be on the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry" It was obvious she was doing her best not to cry
"Don't worry I'm not hurt and it was an accident, are you alright though? You look upset, anything I can do to help?" The next thing Harry knew the red head had engulfed him in a bone breaking hug, but she quickly let go when she saw Harry looked uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry" she apologised immediately "I shouldn't…"
"Don't worry about it" Harry cut her off "in fact, I'm sorry, it's just I've never been hugged before so it felt weird."
"You've never been hugged before?" The girl looked interested, it looked like she had stopped crying so Harry decided to continue
"Yeah my relatives aren't wizards or witches, in fact they hate magic. So whenever I did magic, and it was always accidental because I never figured out I was a wizard until recently, then they'd hit me or throw me under my cupboard for a while."
everyone Looked at harry and ginny on surprise they were not expecting that
harry blushed a little
Ron narrowed his eyes
They make you live in a cupboard and they hit you?" The girl looked absolutely appalled by what he had described "and they've never been nice to you?" Harry shook his head; the girl wrapped him in a hug once more. She felt so sad looking at his clothes that were too big for him and his taped glasses. This time however, Harry didn't feel weird. Maybe it was the fact that this girl wasn't much of a threat or the fact that she seemed to actually care about him, either away he slowly returned the hug. It actually appeared to be quite nice, and he was disappointed when it ended.
"See it wasn't that bad" Ginny chuckled
"You right it wasn't?" Harry tried in vain to hide the smile that was forming on his face, he slowly wiped the tears from her face "so are you going to tell me what's wrong?"
"Don't worry about it, it's stupid" She insisted
"Hey, you can tell me, I promise I won't laugh or whatever"
"Fine" She looked as if she was building her courage so Harry stayed quiet until she was ready to talk "you know the story about Harry Potter and how he defeated you-know-who?" Harry nodded and was wondering where this was going "well my brothers know I really like that story, my mum and dad keep telling it to me. I told mum that he was probably lonely and needed a friend, my brother Ron then said he'd never be friends with me because I'm an annoying, ugly cry-baby. He said he only hangs around me because I'm his sister, he said Harry Potter would probably tell me to get lost. So I got upset and I ran off, I think he was right. I am just an ugly, annoying cry-baby."
"That's not true!" Harry felt quite upset, this 'Ron' sounded a lot like Dudley "listen my relatives insult me all the time. They call me stupid and a freak, I only looked stupid because if I acted smarter than them I'd get punished and I found out I'm not a freak, I'm actually a wizard. You're not annoying and you're definitely not ugly, you might cry a bit but you'll won't as much once you get older."
the Weasley glare at ron
It's not me said Ron a little scared
Ginny blushed
But I don't even have any friends, there's one girl who hangs out I know but we're not friends. If I can't even make friends with her than how can I expect Harry Potter to be my friend"
"I can't believe I'm doing this" Harry muttered before grabbing the girls hand and leading her to a quiet spot where no one could see them, he really didn't know why he was doing what he was going to do but he felt like he had to do it. Something about this girl was weird, Harry didn't know what it was but it made him want to protect her. Once he was sure nobody could see them he turned to her, she looked worried. Upon thinking about it, he couldn't really blame her, he did just drag her away.
"Look" He spoke softly and quietly "I've got a secret that should make you but I'll only tell you it if you promise not to tell anyone, not even your family. Okay?" She seemed unsure but she nodded anyway. "Okay, I'm wearing a disguise and I'm going to remove it now" Harry sighed, he suddenly felt tired. He removed his glamour's with a wave of his hand, the first thing she was surprised by was the change from his blonde hair to black, she rather liked his messy black hair but then she noticed a particularly interesting scar on his forehead.
Before she could say anything, Harry had placed a hand over her mouth, which she had to admit was a good thing as she nearly screamed. Surprisingly it wasn't the scar, that attracted her attention, after the initial shock she found herself infatuated with his green eyes. She found herself lost in those emerald eyes, once she got past the fact that she had never saw someone with green eyes she then found herself analysing those very eyes. They told her so much about him, she couldn't explain it but he seemed powerful and in pain but he also seemed kind and nice. They also reminded her of fresh pickled toads.
"You going to scream again?" Harry slowly removed his hand, and noticed she was blushing as hard as possible
"You…You're H….Harry Potter?" She managed to get out
"Well that's what I'm told" He joked before putting his glamour's back on, he noticed a slight look of disappointment when he did "so, do you still want to be my friend?"
"You…want to be…friends with….me?" Ginny expected to wake up some time soon
"Yeah it'd be nice to have a friend, I've never had one before and you seem interesting, where's your family anyway?"
"I don't know, I lost them" She answered, feeling a little bit embarrassed
"Well you can walk around with me for a bit if you want? Maybe you'll find them if we walk around for a bit"
"O…okay" she nodded, next thing she knew Harry had grabbed her head and the two walked all over Diagon Alley. Ginny was surprised by how nicely her hand fit into Harry's, Harry was nothing like what she expected him to be. He was skinny and seemed to have been through a lot more than she has but he still seemed so nice and kind. She was glad to have gotten the chance to know the real Harry, whilst Harry was just glad to have gotten to know someone who was willing to spend time with him.
harry and ginny both blushed
Molly and Weasley family were happy harry helped her
James and Lily smile harry was very kind.
Normally he'd never dream of talking to or even touching anyone else, but something about Ginny had made him no longer have those concerns. Maybe it was her innocence or kindness, but she seemed like someone he could trust. Harry and Ginny spent the time looking around, Harry had brought himself some potions that Merlin advised getting so he could repair his body. Merlin taught him about magic and combat and helped him learn a lot of things, however the only thing that changed about his actual body was his magical strength and the special cloak he had brought back with him. That actually reminded Harry to remove his magical blocks and the piece of Voldermort in his scar when he gets home, Merlin had taught him a few ritual to accomplish those tasks.
He and Ginny decided to walk into one of the pet shops to look around, when a black scaled, green eyed snake caught his eye. If the ritual went right then Harry should still be able to keep his parsle-tongue ability, after buying the snake and assuring Ginny that neither of them were evil they walked out. Harry instructed the snake, who he had named Emerald, to hide in his trunk until he gets home.
Once Harry closed his trunk he was suddenly very glad to have not been holding Ginny's hand at that particular moment, because it'd be awkward explaining that to the group of red-heads approaching. From what Ginny had told them about their family during their conversations, Harry worked out who was who. The rock-star looking one with the pony tail must be her favourite brother Bill, the slightly smaller one was probably Charlie, Harry assumed that the one with the glasses was Percy, the twins were obviously the twins, Ginny said the slightly taller one was Fred while the other was George. The smallest and scruffiest looking was probably Ron, though he was taller than Harry and the short, plump angry looking woman was probably her mother. They all looked relieved apart from Percy and Ron who looked embarrassed and annoyed whilst the mother looked furious.
"There you are" Bill wrapped her in a hug "for the love of merlin please don't run off again" Harry was surprised by how he didn't seem remotely angry, it seems Ginny's descriptions of her family were accurate.
"Ginerva Molly Weasley! What do you think you were doing running off like that?!" Her mother roared
"Ron had upset me and I ran, I didn't know I'd run so far away." The brothers (except Percy) all glared at Ron, who didn't seem to notice as he was too busy glaring at Harry who was pretending not to notice.
"You still shouldn't have done that" Her mother responded "no stories for a month" Before her brothers could say anything Ginny responded
"Okay mummy" Ginny bowed her head, the brothers seemed utterly shocked, Ginny loved those stories yet didn't argue or cry when they were taken away. Molly however looked disappointed at the lack of reaction, this annoyed Harry but he chose not to make a scene. At least, not yet, maybe later.
"Who are you?" Ron asked rudely, Harry composed himself and resisted the urge to throw Ron against a wall. He put on a fake smile, nothing too happy but good enough to show he had no dislike against him or anyone here.
"I'm Harold Smith" It was a common muggle name but it'd do
"I'm so sorry my daughter has troubled you" Molly spoke before Ron could respond
"Trouble me?" Harry nearly laughed at the very idea "no she hasn't troubled me, I walked into her when I wasn't looking and she told me she was looking for her family. I told her she could keep me company while I walk and hopefully we'd find her family, we've just been talking while I was shopping and I rather enjoyed her company." Harry didn't have to look to know Ginny was blushing, Bill seemed to have noticed it but chose not to say anything
the Weasley family smile
i don't like that name but you got do that sometime to not attract attention said harry
raven nodded in understanding and agreed with his counterpart
Ron was a bit pissed he was lied to.
"Thanks for that mate" Charlie spoke up as Molly and Ron didn't know what to say
"It was really no problem and like I said I enjoyed it, now if you'll excuse me I have to go. See ya Ginny"
"Bye Har..Harold" Ginny spoke quietly before Harry walked off, Harry walked off leaving Ginny and her family alone. For some reason he didn't feel happy about doing this, he'd check on her later just in case. His next stop was Knockturn alley, where he brought himself a house elf named Stink. He seemed inhumanely excited, even more so when Harry told him who he really was. Harry, after explaining he was not freeing him, ordered him to buy himself something nice to were then wait for him to call him. Harry decided to buy himself some muggle clothes in London before he returned to Privet Drive. He opened the door and walked in when his uncle called him in to the kitchen. His relatives looked at him, shocked by what they saw. He had a trunk nice clothes and his glasses were gone.
"Where did you go?!" Vernon shouted "no one's cooked out bloody dinner yet! Where are your glasses? If You've lost them than don't expect me to buy a new pair, and what's all this? You're stealing now, you ungrateful freak! You're lucky I don't call the police!" What the Dursley's didn't expect next was for Harry to start laughing, he wiped away a tear of joy before he looked at them.
"First of all Aunt Petunia could have cooked, she was the one who taught me to cook but then again that's probably why you think I'm rubbish at it" The Dursley's jaws collectively dropped at the same time, never before had the freak dared insult them or even back chat
"Second of all" Harry continued "I didn't steal any of this, in fact I brought it with money"
"Money?!" Vernon roared
"Yes money" Harry continued, unaffected by his uncles outburst "you see money is this thing that you give shopkeepers if you want their stuff, I'd have thought that after all these years you'd have grasped the concept of money but clearly not. Maybe that's why they haven't promoted you yet"
"Don't you dare disrespect us like that you ungrateful freak!" Petunia took over as her husband was still in shock "you don't have money!"
many laugh at the insults
Lily and the marauders were laughing
Slytherin smirked
the ravenclaw students smiled
Good one Harry said Adrian from Slytherin shocking everyone
Thanks said harry
"Not muggle money" Petunia froze as Dudley asked what muggle meant, Harry continued "you see I went to the wizards bank and it turns out that mum and dad left quite a lot of money. Wizard money but to give you a clue as to how much, I could convert it to pounds and be able to buy every house on the street and still have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life without working"
"You're lying!" Dudley roared
"Am i?" Harry seemed more amused than other "I got these clothes after converting some of my money and then I went to a muggle shop and brought the clothes you see before you. I brought a potion that fixed my eyesight so I don't need glasses anymore, this trunk in fact is basically a house. In it is a bathroom, swimming pool, library and bedroom" Vernon who had cringed at the mention of potions and wizards sprung to life
"Quiet! Stop mentioning your freak nonsense and give me that trunk" Vernon stood up whilst Harry slowly backed away
"Go ahead, but I should warn you that I'm the only one who can open it, You can touch it but try and open it and the defences activate" Harry crossed his arms and waited for the fireworks to begin. Vernon, naturally ignored Harry's warning and tried to open the trunk. That's when he had landed on the kitchen table and it had collapsed under he's weight, Petunia shrieked while Dudley was too terrified to say a word.
"That was priceless" Harry chuckled
everyone burst out laughing it was too funny
well done harry said Weasley twins
Harry smirked
Snape smirked at petunia as well as lily
"What did you do?" Petunia screamed as she helped Vernon to his feet
"Told you, the defences activated" Harry replied as soon as he had gotten his enjoyment under control "that was the first defence, the least harmful of them, let's just say if he trips any more than a visit to the hospital might be in order." A knocking sound was heard behind Harry, it turns out an owl was trying to get in. Harry clicked his fingers and the glass disappeared, letting the owl come in and frightening the Dursley's even more. Harry took the letter than handed the owl a sickle, after telling the surprised owl to keep the change it flew away and Harry read the letter before walking to the living room and collapsing on the sofa with laughter.
"What is it?" Dudley asked as he hid behind his mother, Harry laughing had really frightened him for reasons that he couldn't even understand
"I just got a letter from the wizard's bank" Harry explained "they've looked over my funds and have told me that most of my properties are still sellable and those that aren't are undergoing repairs.
"Properties?!" Petunia and Vernon roared
"This would be quicker if you don't interrupt" Harry sighed "now listen up because I'm only going to say this once. I've inherited everything my parents have left for me, that includes all the properties, shares and companies they own. First thing tomorrow I'm going to move into one of them and you'll never see me again. I also think you'll be interested to know that one of the companies' I own happens to be this drilling company, I think it's called Grunnings or something. Wait a sec, wait a sec, you work there don't you Uncle Vernon?" Harry smile turned from one to joy to one that looked absolutely feral.
"So all this time when you were complaining about spending money on me, you were spending my money? Interesting isn't it? Oh and I should let you know that the £500 you get every month is also from my account, well from my smallest account and I've made it so you no longer are taking money from that account. You'll also get sent a letter telling you to repay that money, if you don't want to then I should let you know that goblins run the wizards bank and cross them at your own peril. They can be vicious when they want and they're not as forgiving as me, if you don't pay them back then they'll probably take the house. So cross them and me at your own cost"
harry smile he got some revenge that didn't involved killing
some just hope harry doesn't turn dark
The Dursley's being the Dursley's didn't listen, which is why they found themselves silenced by a silencing charm and stuck to the ceiling whilst Harry watched TV, lying on the Dursley's favourite couch. Harry called for stink, partly because he had things for him to do but mostly to scare the Dursley's. He instructed him to place three bucket's under the Dursley's in case they needed to pee then gave him order's to clean the rest of the house. Harry was amused by the fact that 'Stink' appeared to enjoy the work and was perfectly content with his own name and simply buying a cleaner pair pillow case and some shoes. The next day Harry had had his fun, the Dursley's were still attached to the ceiling, and Harry was ready to go. Not before one last thing however.
impressive said Grindelwald
Voldemort was jealous he never didn't anything like that at his age
harry and his friends are laughing
Even dumdeldore somehow amused as it wasn't anything lethal
The Dursley's stared with fright and confusion at what was below them, Harry had brought a miniature pool and placed it directly below them, unfortunately it wasn't filled with water. It appears that the elf had had been instructed to put every bit of dust and dirt he could find in the house in it, what frightened them more was when the elf took the opportunity to relieve himself in the pool. Harry with a smile looked towards the Dursley's before parting.
"Dudley" He spoke as politely as he could "it was horrible knowing you and sorry but you'll probably have to start cleaning and working a bit now. Don't worry it's not hard, I've been doing it my whole life. Aunt Petunia, I would hope that one day you'd get over whatever reason you have to hate my mother but I'm not going to bother.
Magic is one thing but miracles are another, and as for you Uncle Vernon. I hope you realise that if you were nicer to me than I would have let you keep the money, and probably help get you promoted. But all those beatings you gave actually made my magic stronger and is what led me to discover the world of wizards and witches in the first place. Now remember you have to have to pay back all the money you took from me and don't expect to come to work, I told the companies highest employees that I'm firing you and they agreed to do it, now before I leave I just need to say seven things.
Dudley you're adopted, Uncle Vernon cheated on you Aunt Petunia, Aunt Petunia cheated on you Uncle Vernon, nobody in this neighbourhood likes any of you, the sticking charm will wear off by midnight tonight and the goblins will collect the money the next day. The final thing is I'm richer and more well of than all of you could ever be. Now goodbye, Stink, take me to Gringotts, I think it's time I get a new home" Stink did as he was told and Harry appeared just outside of Gringotts, he and Harry felt on top of the world.
Albus Dumbledore however did not, it has come to his attention that the words on Private Drive had fallen.
i got some non lethal revenge said harry
Causing Gryffindors student to laugh
Umbridge finally has waken up but decide not to say anything.