NEW START 🌙

Harry felt his eyes flutter open and a wash of grogginess fogged his brain but that didn’t explain the soft bed under him or the fact the sun was shining and he wasn’t woken or why he was in a room… and not his cupboard.

Suddenly the last nights events crashed into him along with an overwhelming amount of emotions at the suddenness of what’s happening the emotions didn’t catch him yesterday because he was so shocked and honestly… he thought it was all a dream to surreal to be true.

Suddenly he felt his throat constricting an overwhelming amount of hope and fear overwhelming him and he felt a sob build he tried to stop it he really did but he couldn’t hold it back.

Loud broken sobs erupted from Harry’s throat gradually seeming to get louder and more cracked intermingled with hiccups and wet coughing his eyes stung and suddenly wet hot salty tears were pouring down his face as his small body was seemingly wrecked with the weight of his emotions.

Suddenly there was a comforting embrace around him holding him like a vice not the ghost like sensation like in the kitchen when he was cooking but the grip of an actual human looking behind him he finds himself face to face with his grandma.

He can’t respond to any of her reassurances that everything’s fine mixed with the questions asking him what’s wrong he can’t stop the sobs he only clutches to her tightly and his sobs seemingly only grow louder.

Harry hiccups again sobs slowly subsiding.

“Darling do you think you can tell me why you were crying?”

Harry shakes his head sobs growing louder at the thought of upsetting the kind lady holding him.

“Shh shh shh it’s ok darling your fine it’s ok you don’t have to answer yep that’s it your ok just breathe can you do that for me?”

Harry nods slowly sobs having finally subsided he breathes in deeply.

She tightens her grip then loosens it and rubs Harry’s back in circles in response. “There darling all good your safe and sound don’t worry.”

*hiccup* R-eally? Harry asks hesitancy leaking into his voice hoping this isn’t a trick and she means what she’s saying hoping preying this isn’t some elaborate trick that he’s actually really safe.

“Yes darling really.” She says softly and firmly without hesitating and with sincerity that Harry can hear in her voice.

It all makes him want to sob again but he holds it back and swallows it down instead griping onto her tighter almost like a reassurance she’s real that this is real even if he already knows it is it’s hard to convince himself it is even if he logically knows it to be so after so long of being denied safety it’s hard to believe that it’s truly real.

A voice in the back of his head whispers that security is never real it’s always an illusion nothing can truly keep you safe. Harry ignores that voice firmly.

“Come on darling let’s go out of the room for lunch you slept through the mourning mostly.”

Harry nods to her and almost got down off the bed but is surprised when she picks him up and starts carrying him to the dinning room instead.

Harry feels a blush creeps up his face when he realizes he forgot his manners and hasn’t even asked for her name.

“Sorry what’s your name mrs?”

She chuckles and squeals a bit “oh aren’t you just the cutest thing-!”

Harry feels a flush cover his face he bets he looks like a strawberry with how red his face must be.

Suddenly a rocky masculine voice piped up “Stop teasing the poor boy dear! My names Ren kid and her name is Raven but you can call us grandma and grandpa if you’d like.”

With a start Harry looks around to realize that they’re in the kitchen now. “Thank you Mr Ren! Nice to meet you and Raven!”

“See isn’t he the cutest dear!!!” Raven squeals setting Harry down who proceeded to hide his face in his hands at that.

“Yes hunny he is but he also needs to get something in him he looks like a twig which won’t do.” Ren replies voice to knowing for Harry’s comfort and ravens eyes darling before they suddenly light up and he’s being scooped up again. He sends Mr Ren a look for help and is met with a smirk which makes him puff up his cheeks with an indignant angry look which unbeknownst to him makes him look like an angry kitten which makes Ren snicker and Raven awwwe.

Then he’s being whisked away from Ren and to the table where Mrs Raven sets a plate in front of him and proceeds to badger him with questions about what foods he likes and setting what to Harry looks like a mountain of food on his plate and the aunt petunia enters the room.

Harry sends her a pleading look to which Ren and her only snicker at and turn their heads away Harry turns back to his plate realizing he won’t be getting any help from them for awhile.

After breakfast and Harry FINALLY getting help to get out of ravens grasp the family all end up around the couch.

Raven starts off her voice still light but with an underlying sense of foreboding to it. Harry’s gut churned uneasily something in him was saying this was going to be the start of something big a catalyst that will take him through an unforgettable journey. The sense was overwhelm but he did his best to listen to Raven.

“Ok so can you summarize your knowledge real quick of the situation for me dear? Then you can ask questions about whatever your confused about.”

“I’m aloud to ask questions?” Harry asked uncertainly he certainly hadn’t been aloud to before this why was he suddenly being aloud to ask questions? No one liked it when he did before. Wait that was a question. At the realization Harry hunched into himself about to stutter an apology when a hand pressed to his mouth stopping him from speaking he looked up and realized it was ren…

“Kid your aloud to ask questions I don’t care what’s happens before this but it’s ok your not in trouble for asking and for that matter you won’t ever be here at least.”

“R-really?” Harry asked hope tinged his voice this was like a dream he really hoped it wasn’t some sick prank. When he’s older he’ll think back to that thought and think oh I certainly wish it was now… but that’s not here or now.

“Yes.” Ren reassured Harry with a firm lit to his voice he wouldn’t take it back not now and not ever only if it was life threatening would he take away that privilege.

Harry felt his emotions build but crying once was enough he needed to respond to the original question he wanted answers. Older him would say ignorance is bliss but also a curse a hinderance.

“Ok I’ll summarize it you promise I can ask you questions after?” Harry reaffirms.

Raven pipes up now “yes dear of course I’ll tell you as much as I can and fill you in on anything you missed if there is anything.”

“Ok. So basically aunt petunia was controlled by a bad man called dumbledore who manipulated her into hurting me after moms death which before they were repairing their friendship and bond after and argument in which petunia called Lilly no mom a freak and they broke off. The argument was based on the light side being wrong because of it’s ideals and petunia knowing better because she was going to school in another school because the bad man wouldn’t let her attend hogwarts?” Older Harry would’ve laughed at younger hims description because it goes far deeper and that’s only a top of the iceberg that is the man’s scheming bad man seems light compared to what Harry wishes he could call him.

As is Harry’s relatives just nod at him Ren ends up giving an affirming him and saying “yeah kid that’s about right.”

Raven picks up from here looking at Harry with a soft soothing smile but there’s a sad tilt to it as if she’s about to deliver bad news which causes Harry to brace himself.

“Ok dear me and ren love petunia very much and only want what’s best for her but that means her going back and you staying with us. Where we can teach you what you will need. Your family history, magic, military, forging, healing, family honor and responsibilities and just everything and anything we believe you’ll need.”

Harry swallowed a lump forming in his throat he’d only just gotten his aunt this was supposed to be diffent she was supposed to stay take care of him now why was he being left here…? Why was he being abandoned to these people he didn’t know? Why did she need to go why couldn’t she stay? Did he do something wrong? If so how could he fix it? They said he’s free to ask questions maybe that still stands? Yes it must hopefully…. Maybe?

Voice timid Harry dared to ask “why does aunt petunia need to leave did I do something wrong…?”

Petunia buried her face in her hand shoulders shaking and ren went to comfort her whilst raven bent down in front of Harry.

“Dear you did nothing wrong it’s just petunia can’t be out of place she has to be where that man left her or there will be consequences for you and her if not by him directly then indirectly. She’s leaving for your safety ok?”

“Why wont the bad man leave us alone?” Harry asked voice tinged with fear and anger and sadness it was cracking at the edges and was frail it wasn’t loud but it the relative quiet it was heard quit clearly and petunia only started sobbing harder ren righted his hold on her.

Ravens eyes reared up a bit but her voice remained soothing “because he’s a buger who doesn’t know when to quit and doesn’t care for who he harms.”

His eyes clouded over and everything was blurry and before he could stop himself his tears broke out and he was crying he just wanted his aunt why was this person trying to hurt him so bad!? What’d he do? He didn’t even know them… why WHY!? Why were they so determined to see him hurt!

Suddenly strong arms were around him and Harry felt himself clinging to raven. Then there were other arms around him two more pairs.

Ren voice broke the tense silence “shh it’s ok your ok we won’t let him hurt you I promise no I swear on my life to protect you with all I’ve got.”

That ended up being one of the last things Harry heard his body slumping with exhaustion from crying so much and the emotional turmoil he was put through his young body not being able to handle that much without breaking down more and his magic subduing him to keep him as stable as possible.