Harry's summer was quite eventful, he had did many things that summer. The first was comforting his mother who had wanted to spend more time with Adrian, and it did cheer Lily up. The woman couldn't help but cheer up at the unwavering love and loyalty that Harry was showing her.
Remus had begun living with them, he had apparently lost his job because someone let lose he was a werewolf. Harry couldn't help but laugh at the fact that they thought that Remus was a danger to the kids, the only people he was ever a danger to were evil people or people who ate his chocolate or evil people who ate his chocolate.
They also went to Gringotts so James and Sirius could take back the lordships from Harry but the two agreed to keep Lady Longbottom and Andromeda as their proxies. Harry didn't seem to mind too much as he still had the Flight lordship and was still heir to those families.
One thing that did surprise him was when his father told the goblins to take the marriage contract decision out of his own hands and place it in Harry's permanently. This stunned Harry as it meant that only he could decide if he wanted to marry Daphne and he made it clear how he felt about that by pulling James into a massive hug.
They also went to another Japanese war duel tournament, Lily was clearly uncomfortable about it so Harry had decided to get things over with as quickly as possible. He stormed through the competitors, earning the amazement of the audience and his family.
Once again he noticed that Dumbledore was in the audience, if it wasn't for the protective shields then Harry would have probably 'accidently' fired a stray spell at him. Oh, he would have his revenge on Dumbledore, he'd just wait until the time was right.
He went into the final match with the same thought he had in his previous ones, finish it all as quick as possible. He entered the arena, and looked at his competitors. The first was a Japanese boy with spiky hair, the other one was the same girl he had beat last time.
"Hey look" Sirius whispered to James, Rose, Remus and Lily "that was the girl who had tried to kill him with a sword last time"
"That's not helping Sirius!" James hissed at Sirius while Lily looked at the girl with narrowed eyes, as if she was about to jump out the stands and attack her for trying to harm her son. However, unlike an entirely different red headed mother she had a small amount of control.
The three bowed and the match began.
Harry brought his wand out with lightning speed and disarmed the girl, then shot a stunner at the boy. The boy just managed to get a shield up in time, the girl ran towards him and pulled out a sword like she had last time and tried to remove Harry's neck.
Harry ducked and the girl ran past him, she turned and tried to cut him again at the same time the Japanese boy fired a bone breaker at them. Harry rolled away but the girl was unfortunate as the bone breaker hit her arm.
Harry wasn't too sad for her, she knew what to expect plus he was just glad that he wasn't the one who got hit. Also, he kind of felt that she deserved that for trying to kill him…again.
Harry quickly capitalised by grabbing the girls broken arm, he pulled it out as she screamed in pain so the arm was straight, he grabbed the girls shoulder then kicked her legs out from under her. Once she landed Harry followed up with a quick punch to knock her out.
"Equality is a bitch" Sirius commented
"Go on Harry!" Lily cheered "One left! Beat him!" Harry didn't have time to respond to his mother's praise as he just dodged a killing curse from his final remaining opponent.
"Hey!" Harry shouted "I want to go to next year's tournament and you're not helping, mum is definitely not letting me go to another one if you're just firing unforgivables!"
"Nice to know that he's more worried about you than the unforgivables" Sirius commented to Lily
"Padfoot, I swear to Merlin I will hex you" James threatened
Harry ran towards the boy and picked up a stone mid-run while dodging unforgivables, Harry jumped off a rock and tossed it at the boy. The boy nearly missed it but managed to blast it at the last moment, unfortunately the dust from the stone went into his eyes and mouth.
He coughed and rubbed his eyes as he tried to get rid of it, he quickly aimed his wand at his face and used magic to get rid of the dust. He looked around but couldn't find Harry.
"Have you found him yet?" A voice asked from behind him
"Not yet" The boy said with a heavy accent, his eyes then turned wide and he turned around to find Harry. Harry quickly grabbed him and threw him to the ground before hitting him with a stunner.
"Shame" Harry said as the crowds began cheering.
Harry couldn't help the smile on his face as he saw his parents, Sirius, Rose and Remus cheering for him. And they were all cheering in their own unique way, Remus and Rose were clapping. While Sirius was jumping up and down yelling 'That's my godson! Suck it bitches!'. James had chosen to do something similar by saying 'That's my son! Suck it bitches!' while Lily's reaction really surprised him.
"Yeah! My son's better than all of yours! Suck on that bitches! Well done Harry!" She shouted proudly
"Well that's a patronus memory for sure" Harry whispered to himself as he had the widest smile possible
Soon the Potters and friends found themselves outside and Harry was immediately pulled into a hug from Lily.
"Harry, I'm so proud of you!" She said while James and Sirius clapped him on the back
"Yeah…I sort of gathered that when you were calling the entire audience bitches" Harry dryly replied but the effect was ruined by the beaming on his face from the praise.
"Well, we sort of got caught in the moment" James defended "you were brilliant! I bet even old mad-eye would be impressed with you"
"Definetly" Sirius agreed "you were amazing pup!"
"He's right cub, you were brilliant" Remus added with a smile
"Thanks" Harry smiled as Rose pulled him into a hug, Harry gently placed a kiss on Rose's forehead. Lily couldn't help but smile at the sight, when she saw Rose and Harry she imagined what would've happened if they weren't in that coma. Maybe Harry would've had a sister.
"Ah, hello" A familiar voice ruined the mood, with a heavy sigh they all turned to see Dumbledore
"Are you stalking me again?" Harry asked "I'm flattered but unfortunately it's overshadowed by all the heavy disgust and discomfort I'm feeling"
"How nice to see you too Harry" Dumbledore smiled, ignoring both Harry's comment and Harry telling him to call him Mr Potter or Hadrian "it's a pleasure to see you all again"
"Pleasure?" Lily raised an eyebrow "What do you want Dumbledore? Come to tell us what to do or something? Let me guess, now you want to take Sirius and Remus away from us for their health or maybe you want to take Harry away for his 'safety'?"
"Bitch can try, I'm emancipated" Harry replied
"Now Lily" Dumbledore spoke, ignoring the causal way he was referred to as a 'bitch' "I'm not here for anything like that. I did want to let you know that Adrian's custody shall be returned to you within two weeks as that is the day of the next Wizengamot meeting is"
"What a coincidence" Harry commented "that's about a day or so before we have to go back to Hogwarts, isn't that funny mum?"
"Yeah, it is" Lily glared at Dumbledore
"Now, now Lily, I assure you I had nothing to do with this" Dumbledore relied, and he didn't, or at least not directly. He did bribe some people who got other people to change the date, but that doesn't count.
In truth he wanted Adrian to spend time with the Weasleys so he could make sure that Adrian stayed under his control, between Molly's hero-worshipping and spending time with his friends Adrian should still be firmly under Dumbledore's thumb. Dumbledore was considering having loyalty potions fed to Adrian but the problem was that Severus would probably refuse to make them and would recognise the effects of them and would report that to Lily.
"Sure you didn't" She said sarcastically "now if there is nothing else, we have to go back and celebrate Harry's victory"
"Ah yes, Harry" Dumbledore turned to Harry
"I swear if you call me by my first name again, I will break my foot off your arse" Harry threatened
"Now, now, there is no need for threats of violence"
"I find it rather useful when deaf and forgetful people don't listen to the polite way"
"Firstly I'd like to congratulate you on your victory" Dumbledore ignored Harry's last comment
"Can we skip the rest? I want to go eat"
"Secondly" Dumbledore continued "I was wondering if you would perhaps reconsider training your brother"
"No" Harry immediately replied
"But I was lead to believe that your relationship has improved?"
"It has but I had told you the first time that I am not starting those lessons up again and I am a man of my word. Maybe in the future I might change my mind, however I will not restart the lessons simply because you want me to. If Adrian comes up to me of his own free will, and by that I mean without being told to do so by you, then I will consider it."
"My boy, I think that…"
"Dumbledore" Harry interrupted "my foot is coming dangerously close to breaking something, and it will do so if you call me 'your boy' one more time. We're not remotely related and every time you say that I feel like you're going to try and kidnap me"
"Enough of this" Lily said "We're going now, goodbye Dumbledore"
"Lily, I know that you are upset with me" Dumbledore replied "but everything I did was for the greater good and I…" Dumbledore was cut off by a blast that connected in-between his legs, he fell to the floor squeaking in pain.
Everyone looked at Lily Potter who was slowly putting her wand back in its holster, whilst glaring at Dumbledore. Sirius and Remus had taken a step back along with Rose, while Harry and James stared at her. James in a unique mix of fear and attraction, with attraction winning whilst Harry looked at her with awe and pride. He had never felt so much pride in another human being.
"Oops" Lily said calmly whilst giving Dumbledore a fake smile "my finger moved a little and touched my wand"
"Wands don't work like that!" Dumbledore said in a high pitched voice
"Don't they?" Lily asked with false surprise "You learn something new every day, come on guys"
None of them needed to be told twice and followed that woman, all of them couldn't help but glance back at the pained face of Dumbledore.
"Mum" Harry spoke slowly "I just want you to know that my love for you has increased about a million"
"Thank you baby" She patted him on the shoulder "now come on, let's go home."
At midnight that night Lily sat in the kitchen, her face in her hands as tears dripped down her face. She was sad for many reasons, the first being she could not spend time with her other son because Dumbledork thought that it was a good idea to keep them separate.
And then there was Harry, sweet and lovely Harry! The boy loved her so much and Lily couldn't help but feel undeserving of the love and affection from the boy. Oh, how much she loved that boy.
He was smart, kind, caring and so incredibly talented. She was so worried about letting him go in that tournament, a variety of thoughts went through her mind. At first she couldn't believe she was letting him compete, then she began thinking she was a bad mother for doing so, a fear of him getting injured and then absolute pride.
It depressed her that she didn't know what had happened in her baby's life, either of them. All she knew is one was spoilt while the other suffered. Though she took some pleasure in the fact that Harry may have been able to help Adrian.
"Mum" Harry's voice brought her out of her thoughts, she looked up to see Harry kneeling before her "are you alright?"
"I'm fine baby" She replied, sniffing as she did so
"Really?" Harry raised an eyebrow and wiped her tears "I didn't know people were fine when they cry or is this just some woman thing that I don't know about where you have to release fluids from your eyes once a week or something"
"Harry" Lily shook her head in amusement "really, I'm fine"
"We both know that if the positions were reversed you wouldn't believe me, so what's really going on mum?"
"Just…a lot of things" Lily sighed
"Okay…I can assume it's nothing to do with Padfoot or dad thanks to the fact that they're both alive" Harry joked "Moony is too smart to piss you off, Rose is too shy"
"Oh, I love that girl" Lily commented "She's so sweet, it's a shame she get's so nervous around people. I can't help but…"
"Want to protect her" Harry finished for her "I know the feeling. Now, was it something I did? Was it the war duel?"
"No baby" Lily shook her head and placed her hands on Harry's "it's nothing that you've done, it's me"
"You're not sick are you?" Harry's eyes widened
"No, nothing like that" Lily replied "It's just….just…."
"Just what?" Harry prompted
"I'm a bad mother" Lily said
"No!" Harry said immediately "No! You are not a bad mother! You are many things but you are not a bad mother!"
"Harry, I've missed so much of your life"
"Only because the dark wanker chose a horrible moment to come and say hello!"
"You had to suffer because I was too weak to stop him" Lily argued
"Mum, if he was so easy to stop then someone would have done it by now, even with Dumbledore being a lazy prick."
"I let Dumbledore take Adrian away from us!"
"No, you knew it was temporary and you didn't want to fight in front of Adrian. We both know that if Dumbledore permanently tried to keep you away from him you would hex him, like you did today. Good job on that by the way"
"Thanks Harry" She smiled, but still sniffed after "and then there's you, I…I let you compete in a tournament where I thought you could die! Does that make me a bad mother?!"
"No! It means that you believed that I could win! If it makes you that upset then I will never compete in that tournament again."
"I don't understand Harry" Lily said as tears dripped down her eyes
"Me either, I'm positive I'm saying the right things but you keep getting upset"
"Why do you love me so much?" Lily asked "I was missing through most of your life, you've suffered because of my sister and I've not done anything good since I woke up!"
"You just smiling at me is all I ever need" Harry took her hands in his own "and as for why, it's because you nearly killed yourself for me" Lily blinked "when dad told you to go upstairs, he fought Voldemort for the both of us. When Voldemort told you to step aside, you didn't do it, you offered your own life instead, you in my eyes are nothing less than a hero. My hero, and you will never be anything less in my eyes."
"Harry!" Lily cried "I don't deserve a son like you!"
"You deserve better" Harry said and Lily looked at him like he was crazy "I'm not perfect mum, believe it or not. I've done some bad things in my life, things I'm not proud of"
"What things?" Lily asked, curiosity creeping into her voice
"Nothing I want to admit" Harry's eyes went teary "I'm…I'm afraid mum. I'm scared…I'm terrified, I dread to think what would happen if you found out. I'm worried…I'm worried you'll find out and not love me anymore"
"No, baby" Lily took her hands out of his and grabbed his shoulders "I will always love you, always! No matter what!"
"I know that, bloody hell you nearly died to save me" Harry lowered his head "you deserve better than me"
"No baby" Lily raised Harry's chin with one hand "you are my son. My perfect, sweet, kind, caring and loving son and I am proud of you and I wouldn't swap you with anyone. I love you, you are my life and I would gladly jump in front of Voldemort again if it meant that you were safe"
"I…I believe you mum" Harry replied, holding back the tears that threatened to escape from his eyes "I love you too, and I know you won't like me saying this…but I would gladly give my life if it meant keeping you happy."
"Sweetheart, you never have to do that"
"Mum, I'm not like other kids. I know the true values of a mother, a father, a family. I will do whatever it takes to keep you all safe and happy"
"Oh, Harry!" Lily pulled him into a hug, Harry hugged her back. Neither willing to let the other go, they didn't know how long they stayed like that, seconds, minutes or maybe even an hour. But it was enough for Lily to start feeling sleepy.
Harry gently removed one hand from her back and placed that hand under her legs and picked her up. He carried her out of the kitchen.
"Harry" Lily whispered
"Shush" Harry whispered back as he carried her up the stairs "go to sleep mum, we'll talk tomorrow. Promise" Harry carried her into her room, his dad was already asleep in his bed. He gently placed her on the bed and then put the covers over her.
"Harry" Lily grabbed his hand "I love you, I love you"
"I know mum" Harry kissed her on the forehead "I love you too" He slowly removed his hand from hers "I love you too" He whispered as he left the room.
He stood in the hallway, he looked to his right and saw a window at the end. He removed his wand and fired a spell to open the window, he put his wand back in his holster and ran. He ran and jumped out the window, he jumped far enough to reach the tall grey lamppost in front of the house. He grabbed it and slid down to the floor, he walked away, into the night.
The next morning, Lily woke up and went downstairs. She was feeling so much better after her talk with Harry, Merlin she loved that boy. If he was this great without her then she wondered what he could've been like with her. She really wanted to talk to him about his life before she woke up, but decided against that, she'd wait for Harry to get more comfortable and talk to him when he's ready.
She went downstairs when she found Remus's head in the fireplace, talking to someone on the floo network. Harry was currently engaged in a game of chess with Sirius while James was next to them, cheering them on while Rose was sitting behind Harry.
"Come on Padfoot!" James said encouragingly "You got this!"
"Damn right Prongs!" Padfoot nodded as he moved his knight "Ha! Take that Prongslet! You may have won all of our other games but this time you have met your match! Me! Kneel before the glory of Padfoot! If you give up now you will not be harmed! This I swear! Kneel and surrender to the genius that is Sirius 'Padfoot' Black!"
"Checkmate" Harry said in a bored tone after he moved his queen, a second later Sirius had flipped the board and began stalking away.
"You're son's as smart as you!" Sirius said to Lily "And I hate you both for that fact!" He dramatically walked away
"I love you too Sirius" Lily called out
"Sirius! Get your arse back in here! I ain't picking that shit up" Harry gestured to the chess pieces on the floor
"Why not?!" Sirius's voice called from the hallway
"Because you tossed it you colossal prat!" Harry called back, Sirius walked back in.
"Brat" He said
"Fat" Harry replied
"Little git"
"Bigger git"
"Scamp"
"Twat"
"Jerk"
"Infantile pillock"
"Mummy's boy"
"Prong's bitch"
"Ooh, he got you there" Lily laughed
"What? Is this national 'pick on Padfoot day'?" Sirius demanded
"No, that's tomorrow" James replied "now pick up the pieces bitch"
"You Potters are going to be the death of me" Sirius sighed as he began picking the pieces up
"Oh please" Harry scoffed "you'll outlive us all just out of spite"
"True" Sirius said as he put all the pieces back on
"Alright, who wants to face me next?" Harry asked "Rose?"
"Uh…okay Harry" She whispered and took the seat opposite him and the game began, once they started Remus walked through the fireplace to somewhere while Lily had the elves start making breakfast.
A few minutes later everyone watched as Rose had just barley beaten Harry.
"She won?!" Sirius blurted out in shock
"Yes she has!" James clapped "She beat him!"
"Ignore those prats" Lily said to Rose "well done dear, that was a good match"
"T…thank you" Rose whispered back
"You're welcome sweetie" Lily slowly came closer to Rose and gently placed a kiss on the girls forehead, Rose blushed and looked down.
"Hey Rose" Harry said, causing the girl to look slightly up "you're as brilliant as always"
"Thank you Harry" Rose mumbled
"Remus" Lily said when Remus came back in "where did you go?"
"I had a little talk with Dumbledore" Remus answered
"What did the asshole want?" Harry asked
"Harry" Lily said
"Fine, what did the stupid fucking idiotic old asshole want?" Harry amended
"He takes after his mother" James told Rose proudly
"Apparently the Weasley family home was damaged last night" Remus answered Harry "and they requested permission to come here"
"Does this mean that they're bringing Adrian?" Lily asked hopefully
"Yes" Remus nodded, he smiled as Lily's face brightened "Adrian is coming here"
"Yay!" Sirius and James cheered
"Harry, can I talk to you for a moment?" Lily said to Harry
"Sure thing mum" Harry got up and followed her out into the hallway where Lily put up some privacy charms
"Did you have anything to do with this?" Lily asked
"I don't know what you mean" Harry said with an emotionless face
"Harry, yesterday I'm missing Adrian then he ends up coming over the next day" Lily looked at him and a small smile made its way on his face
"Well, it's not like anyone could prove anything" Harry shrugged
"You did that for me?" Lily asked with disbelief
"Yes" Harry nodded "it made you happy and I'd gladly do it again if that's what you wanted"
"Oh, Harry" She pulled him into a hug which he returned, after a minute or so she let go of him and looked him in the eye "am I happy that you've performed vandalism? The answer is no, but you got me my son back and you did it with good intentions, so I'm going to let it go this one time. One time! Understood?"
"Crystal" Harry nodded
Later that day, Adrian arrived with the Weasley family, they all made their way into the kitchen where they found Harry sitting at the end of the table with James and Lily sitting on his right side while Sirius and Rose sat on his left.
"Hi guys" Adrian greeted them, they all looked up and Harry raised an eyebrow. Adrian looked different, he wasn't chubby anymore but he wasn't as thin as Harry either but it was still clear that he lost some weight.
"You look different" Harry noted
"I've been training" Adrian said proudly "been waking up early and doing laps"
"Well, brother you just earned some of my respect, don't lose it"
"Hi Harry" Fred greeted
"You alright?" George added
"Brilliant boys" Harry replied as he stood up
"Harry" Ginny rushed towards him and pulled him into a hug, she then let go and looked at him "well, you look as brilliant as ever"
"Thanks" Harry smiled "how are you doing?"
"I'm fine, do you know how Astoria and Daphne are?"
"I've been sending letters with them and the other day I flooed over to their house" Harry replied "they're doing great, oh and you're in your third year now aren't you? Have you chosen your subjects? I know that Astoria has chosen arithmancy, ancient runes and magical creatures like me and Daphne did"
"I've chosen the same" Ginny replied
"I have last year's books if you want them" Harry offered
"That'll be brilliant!" Ginny smiled
"Since when did you two know each other?!" Ron demanded
"Since the end of my first year" Ginny replied "Harry talked to me after the chamber incident and made me feel better"
"What? How did he do that?"
"I used an ancient technique which originates from around the stone age" Harry answered and everyone looked at him "words, I find them to be very helpful. And Ginny, I thought your brother knew about your friendship with me and the other snakes?"
"No, he doesn't care about me unless I start talking to boys" Ginny shook her head in annoyance
"Hey, that's not true!" Ron said
"Ron, you ignored me in my first year and you did the same in my second. If it's not true then tell me who my friends are?"
"How am I supposed to know?"
"Luna Lovegood from Ravenclaw and Astoria Greengrass from Slytherin, those are at least the ones I know about" Harry said
"Yes, those two are my best friends"
"But Greengrass is a Slytherin!" Ron blurted out
"Very smart Ron" Ginny said sarcastically
"Quiet, the both of you" Molly Weasley interrupted, she then looked at the adults "we'd like to thank you for having us"
"That's no problem" Lily said as she got up and went over to give Adrian a hug
"As the actual owner of the house, I'd like to say don't worry about it" Sirius said to Molly
"Oh, look at you" Lily looked Adrian up and down "you look so much more better now, running has done wonders for you"
"Yeah, I've been running and I've been eating less" Adrian smiled "I think maybe after a few months I might even have abs"
"Oh, you have abs" Harry reassured him "we just need to burn through all that fat to see them, but in full honesty well done."
"What about you Harry? Do you have abs?" Ginny teased, Harry responded by lifting up his shirt to reveal some brilliantly chiselled abs that easily made the other men in the room jealous.
"Damn" Ginny's jaw dropped. Harry just laughed and let his shirt drop back down "Harry, promise me you'll tell me first if you break up with Daphne Greengrass" Ginny added as a joke
"Sorry but you're number eleven in the amount of people who have already said that" Harry replied, and he was not joking.
"Wow, wonder if I could ever get abs like that?" Adrian looked at himself and started feeling a bit self-conscious
"Sure you can baby, if you put in enough effort" Lily smiled
"I don't think you should be aiming for that dear" Molly said to Adrian "you're already eating less, as for your brother he needs to eat more."
"I'm fine the way I am" Harry replied "all muscle with barley any fat" Molly looked disapproving, as if she wanted to feed Harry "Kreatcher, Dobby" Harry called and the elves popped in "prepare some rooms for our guests"
"Now, now Harry, that really isn't necessary" Molly interrupted "we are very capable of preparing rooms for ourselves"
"But mum" Fred whined
"They have house elves" George said
"Yeah, they like to work" Ginny added
"We are perfectly capable of cleaning up ourselves" Molly replied
"Dobby, Kreatcher" Harry said to the elves "change of plan, prepare one room for the twins and another for Ginny. I trust that you've removed all dark objects in all the rooms"
"Yes master" Dobby nodded "we've put all bad object in basement"
"Good elves" Harry replied "prepare the rooms"
"Yes master" The elves nodded and popped away
"Thank you Harry" The twins and Ginny said at the same time
"You're welcome" Harry replied "and Adrian, your room from last time is ready."
"What about me?" Ron asked
"You can share with Adrian" Molly interrupted "and Harry, it really isn't necessary for those elves to prepare rooms for the twins and Ginny"
"Not everything has to be necessary" Harry shrugged before picking up his plate and cup and taking them to the sink.
"H…Harry" Adrian said nervously
"Yeah?" Harry put his stuff in the sink
"C…could you start training me again?" Adrian blurted out with a last burst of Gryffindor courage
"What?!" Ron blurted out in surprise "Are you crazy?! The last time was torture!"
"I…I want to do it" Adrian said both to Ron and Harry "please Harry" Harry sighed and looked towards his brother
"Did Dumbledore tell you to ask?" Harry asked
"What? No" Adrian shook his head "I really want to train again" A silence fell through the group
"Tomorrow" Harry said eventually "I'm going to wake you up at five to start, last chance to back out now"
"I'll do it" Adrian said with determination in his voice
"Just you, not your friends" Harry added
"Like I'd want to be trained by you" Ron scoffed
"Like I'd want to be near you" Harry shot back "come on guys, me and Adrian will show you to your rooms"
Later that night, Harry knocked on Adrian's door, Ron Weasley opened the door. Harry looked in and he could see Adrian sitting on the bed with a duelling book in his hand, Adrian looked back at him.
"What do you want?!" Ron demanded
"I need to talk to my brother, get out" Harry replied
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"Get out or get knocked out" Harry threatened with his eyes narrowing
"Ron" Adrian said "it's alright, just go"
"Are you serious?!" Ron turned to him
"No, he's in another room" Adrian replied "but seriously, let him in"
"Fine" Ron glared at Adrian then Harry before storming out, he tried to shove Harry with his shoulder but the effect was ruined when Harry didn't move. He just scowled and stormed off
"Git" Harry shook his head and entered the room, he closed the door and put some locking and privacy charms around the room. He sat down opposite Adrian.
"Hi Harry" Adrian said softly
"Hi Adrian" Harry replied "I see your reading"
"Uh…yeah, Remus gave it to me after I apologised over the whole boggart thing" Adrian placed the book aside "it's really interesting, and that's weird."
"Weird how?" Harry asked
"I've never been interested in books before" Adrian replied "c…can I ask you some questions?"
"Answer mine first" Harry responded "first of all, how was your stay at the Weasleys?"
"It was…alright" Adrian answered "I…I got there and I apologised to Ginny for all the times I've treated her badly, she thought I was playing some prank or something and I can't really blame her. Mrs Weasley was a bit upset I wasn't eating as much as I usually did, I think she blames you for that. Not like you care"
"You're right, I don't care, go on"
"Ron…well, me and him aren't exactly the same. When I wanted to start studying or training, he wanted to play chess or quidditch and he got a bit upset when I started playing less with him. I think he blames you, he might try something"
"You worried for him or me?"
"Definitely him" Adrian replied "you would chew him up and spit him out"
"Nah, the only ginger thing allowed in my mouth is ginger biscuits" Harry replied "I must say brother, you seem different"
"I know" Adrian nodded "can I ask my questions now?"
"Go on" Harry nodded
"What did you do to me?" Adrian asked, looking Harry right in the eye
"What makes you think I did anything?"
"Ever since I stayed with you, I've been different." Adrian said slowly "I…I can remember things better, I'm not getting angry as quick and I can actually study easily. I finished my potions homework on my own, usually I'd have got Hermione to help me do it."
"Do these changes upset you?" Harry asked calmly
"Honestly, no, no they don't" Adrian replied "at first I thought it was a bit weird. But, my better memory let me remember most of all the things I've done…and…I realised that you were right. I was being a prat. Mum and dad would be disappointed in me and…and I want to thank you…for whatever it is that you did."
"Are you being honest with me?"
"Yes…I promise. I really am thankful" Adrian said genuinely.
Harry sighed and looked Adrian right in the eye, Adrian felt something weird in his head. He didn't like it and quickly forced it out of his mind. Adrian looked up and saw Harry, looking at him with amazement and happiness.
"Oh Merlin" Harry breathed
"Harry, are you alright?" Adrian asked with a bit of concern in his voice
"Damn!" Harry laughed, he got to his feet then pulled Adrian to a standing position before giving his brother a big hug
"Harry?!" A surprised Adrian blurted out
"That's brilliant!" Harry let him go and let Adrian drop back to his seat, Harry retook his own seat opposite him "You're a natural occlumency master! You have natural barriers and defences"
"Occlumency?"
"Yes! It's the art of defending your mind from intrusion, it means that nobody can read your mind thanks to your natural barriers!"
"But…but I never studied…"
"Natural barriers! You were born with them!"
"But…but why have I only got them now?"
"Well" Harry stopped looking like he was going to laugh but was still smiling "that's because I unlocked them for you"
"Unlocked them?"
"Let me explain" Harry said "last time you stayed over I discovered that you had some blocks on you, magically and mentally"
"Blocks?" Adrian repeated
"Yes, one of them lowered your magical power while the other blocked your minds natural defensive capabilities"
"But…but who would do that?! Why would anyone do that?!" Adrian demanded
"You won't like the answer" Harry stopped smiling
"Harry tell me!"
"Adrian, you won't…"
"Harry please!"
"Fine" Harry sighed "but don't blow up on me or anything, it's just a theory as of the moment"
"Go on" Adrian prompted
"Dumbledore" Harry answered
"Dumbledore?!" Adrian blurted out in surprise
"Just…just hear me out" Harry said as he leaned forward "Dumbledore needs you as you're the boy-who-lived, but he can't have you getting too powerful and out of his control. That's why he kept you busy with presents and the Weasleys instead of letting you practise, and he put that block on you as well. As for your mental blocks, they were to stop you from noticing when Dumbledore reads your mind"
"Dumbledore reads my mind?" Adrian gulped
"I think he does, that's probably why he blocked off your natural defensives. Even if he doesn't he still has Granger and Weasley"
"What...what do you mean?" Adrian wasn't sure if he wanted to know the answer
"Granger's mind is basically an open book" Harry replied "it's well organised but that just makes it easier to read. As for Ron, his thoughts are so simple, also easy to read"
"Wait, you've been reading our minds?!"
"Only did it once" Harry put his hands up "I had just learnt how to read minds and was experimenting with different people, it was in first year, I haven't done it since. Mostly because I didn't ever want to go back into your friends mind"
"What why?"
"Let's just say that your best mate is a bit of a pervert" Harry replied "anyway, even if he doesn't read their minds there is always the possibility that they spy for him"
"No" Adrian shook his head "they wouldn't do that"
"Wouldn't they?" Harry asked "There is a great way to make sure, I can read their minds and find out if you want"
"No, no you can't do that" Adrian refused
"If that's what you want" Harry sighed "but long story short, last time you stayed over I snuck into your room and started removing the blocks. I finally had them removed the day before we had that conversation, that was part of the reason why I had that conversation with you. Your mind was clearer, better than before. Before you would've just shouted and stormed off, but you actually listened to me"
"How…how did you know I had blocks on me?" Adrian asked curiously
"I can't say, it's not that I don't want to, it's just I can't say."
"Why not?"
"It's a secret that can only be talked about with those who know the secret"
"That….is stupid"
"Hey" Harry laughed "I didn't invent the rules. Are you mad at me?"
"For what?"
"Taking those blocks off you without your permission? I would've asked, I just figured you wouldn't have believed me"
"That is true, and while I don't exactly like the fact that you didn't ask me, I do understand"
"Oh look, a full sentence, you are smarter" Harry joked
"Yeah and you're still a prat" Adrian replied
"I'm starting to like you brother" Harry admitted as he stood up
"You too" Adrian stood up as well, the two made their way out of the room "where's Ron?"
"Probably stealing some food from a dog or something" Harry shrugged, the two boys walked down and did not like the sight in front of them.
Their mother had bent down to get something off the floor while Ron was staring at her, he was so immersed that he didn't notice the two Potter brothers sneaking up behind him.
"Hello Ron" Harry clamped a hand on his shoulder
"Hi Ron" Adrian clamped a hand on Ron's other shoulder
"We need to have a talk with you, don't we dear brother?"
"Yes big brother, I believe we do"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" A confused Ron asked
"Let's go upstairs and we'll explain" Harry smiled evilly
"Yes, lets" Adrian returned the smile. The two then dragged Ron upstairs.
"Found it" Lily stood up and handed the twins one of their fake wands
"Thanks Mrs Potter" The twins thanked her
"Don't worry about it, although next time I might just summon it, saves my clothes from getting dirty."
"Why didn't you?" Ginny asked
"Muggleborn, we're just used to doing stuff like that" Lily brushed some dirt off of her clothes "hmm, where's your brother?"
"Ron?" Ginny asked
"Yeah" Lily nodded
"Well, your sons" Fred started
"Are taking him upstairs" George continued
"Maybe to beat him up"
"Maybe to torture him"
"Maybe even to kill him"
"Though the last one is wishful thinking"
"Can I ask why?" Lily asked
"Let's just say that it is very well deserved" Ginny replied
"Yes" Fred nodded "very…"
"Well deserved" George finished
The weeks passed by until everyone had to go back to school, and it had its moments of awkwardness. Mrs Weasley seemed disappointed with pretty much everything, it seemed to Harry that she thought she could run everything just like how she did in their home. What she slowly realised was that in this house the people in charge were Harry and Lily.
Ron also seemed to be getting increasingly pissed whenever he saw Adrian spending anytime with Harry, it didn't matter if it was simply coming back together from a run, studying or even eating. Ron kept trying to separate the two.
The Weasley family were going for the world cup and offered the Potters to join them, Harry refused saying he wanted to spend time with Rose and his mum at home because he knew Rose wouldn't like the crowd and his mum didn't like quidditch. Then Sirius, James, Remus and Adrian also said they wanted to stay home with their family. Much to Ron's annoyance, the Weasley family went to the world cup while the Potters stayed at home and enjoyed a nice evening in each other's company.
Soon it was time to return to school, both families arrived at the train station. Just outside of the train Harry was stopped when a blonde missile tackled him and pulled him into a big kiss. Harry and Daphne broke apart when they heard a gagging sound from Ron, wolf whistles from James and Sirius, the sound of Ron's head being slapped by Ginny, the sound of Sirius and James being slapped by Lily and Remus while Adrian laughed.
On the train Harry sat in a compartment with Daphne sitting on his lap and resting her head on his shoulder while they both read the book in Harry's hand left hand as his right hand was holding Daphne's waist. Rose sat opposite them reading the same book, suddenly they heard voices.
"All of the other compartments are full" They heard a familiar bossy voice.
"This one ain't" They heard Adrian's voice open the compartments "oh, hi Harry"
"Alright brother?" Harry asked
"We're fine, do you mind if we sit here?" Adrian asked with a politeness that surprised both Daphne and Hermione. Both because they didn't quite believe Harry and Ron telling them about how Adrian had changed.
"I don't mind" Harry turned to his girlfriend "what about you Daph?"
"Fine with me" Daph shrugged, Harry looked to Rose who nodded.
"Come in" Harry invited them in
"Thanks Harry" Adrian came in and sat down besides Rose, Hermione cautiously came in and sat opposite Adrian and next to Harry and Daphne. Ron begrudgingly came in and sat next to Adrian. Soon the train started moving off.
"What are you three reading?" Hermione asked
"Muggle fiction" Daphne responded "it's called 'The lightning curse'"
"What really?" Hermione looked at them with disbelief
"Yes" Daphne nodded "it is called the lightning curse"
"Not that, I mean you two are actually reading muggle fiction"
"Not all purebloods hate muggles you know" Harry replied as he turned a page with his fingers.
"But you're a Slytherin" Ron pointed out
"And you're a ginger, that doesn't mean I should assume that you would have nothing for a demntor to eat"
"What?" A confused Ron turns to his friends
"He made a 'gingers don't have souls' joke, not cool by the way" Adrian turned to Harry, who just smiled and shrugged. "By the way Harry, I think I may have accidentally left my ancient runes book in your trunk"
"Hmm, fine, I'll give it to you tomorrow morning since I can't really bothered to get it out of my trunk" Harry said as Daphne turned the page for him "thanks love"
"You're welcome" Daphne kissed him on the cheek and the two began reading. Hermione looked at the two disapprovingly, her face revealing her thoughts about their public displays of affection. Ron looked like he was worried that Harry and Daphne might start breading, Adrian couldn't help but think they were overreacting.
"Is the book any good?" Adrian asked
"Hmm, it's not bad" Daphne said
"Yeah" Harry agreed "there's the odd spelling mistake but apart from that it's really brilliant"
"Wait a sec" Hermione interrupted "ancient runes? You don't take ancient runes Adrian"
"I do now" Adrian replied "I dropped divination and began taking it, I would've taken Arithmancy as well but I don't think it's for me"
"Wait what?" Ron clearly didn't know this "You dropped divination? Why on earth would you drop that? It's an easy pass!"
"Why did you start taking ancient runes?" Hermione asked with a hint of 'tell me now' in her voice
"Harry recommended I drop divination, said it was useless and said I should pick something better" Adrian answered "he told me about the classes and showed me some of his old books, I decided I rather liked ancient runes and sent an owl to McGonagall to change it"
"But…but why would you tell him that?" Hermione looked at Harry
"Because I'm his big brother, it's my job to make sure he doesn't fuck up"
"Language!" Hermione scolded
"You're only bigger by a few minutes" Adrian reminded him
"Still bigger" Harry smirked as he closed the book "alright with reading the rest tonight Daph?"
"Sure" Daphne nodded
"But why do you care what Adrian does?" Hermione asked
"Because he's my brother and it's my job to look after him"
"But you've never did that before" Hermione pointed out
"I never liked him before" Harry replied "now that I know he is not a complete idiot, I find him to be tolerable"
"Hmm, a compliment" Daphne said dryly "maybe you really are starting to like him"
"Adrian, you alright with training tomorrow or would you like a day off?" Harry asked his brother
"I'll train" Adrian said "if that's alright with you"
"What? He's training you again?!" Hermione looked at Adrian like he was crazy
"Yeah" Adrian nodded
"I still don't get why you're doing that" Ron commented
"Well, for one, look at me. I'm skinnier than I've ever been" Adrian gestured to himself, everyone had to admit that he had lost some fat. He was no longer chubby but he was not skinny, he was a good place in-between. "Plus I'm healthier and faster, and by this point I'm sort of used to training"
"That was the idea" Harry said "keep training you until it's fixed into your mind that you need to train everyday"
"Yeah, plus Harry has taught me a few things. I know how to disarm people without my own wand, I can punch and kick with 'proper technique' and he event taught me one throw. Oh and Harry said he's going to start teaching me some more magic when we get to Hogwarts"
"How much are you paying for these lessons?" Hermione asked
"Nothing" Adrian answered
"Nothing?" She looked at Harry
"Mum would kill me if I charged him" Harry shrugged
"So does that mean you're going to be teaching me and Ron as well?"
"No" Harry shook his head
"Why not?"
"Rather simply, I don't want to"
"But that's not fair!" Hermione complained "Why are you teaching Adrian and not us?!"
"Adrian is my brother and he's matured throughout the summer" Harry responded "he's putting in the effort and I find him tolerable. As for you, I am not related to you and I have no reason to help you. I'll teach Adrian, if he wants to teach you after then that's up to him."
"What exactly are you planning to teach him?" Hermione crossed her arms
"Some martial arts combined with magic"
"What sort of magic?"
"I'll help him with anything he may struggle with in class and I'll also teach him some offensive and defensive magic like stunners, shields and so forth. I'll teach him about duelling, maybe if he advances quickly I may show him some spells I've learnt from other countries"
"But it's not fair that Adrian gets to learn and not us!" Hermione whined like a child
"Give it a break Granger!" Daphne snapped "My boyfriend is not a paid teacher, anything he teaches he does it out of his own free time. He has other things to do besides teaching everyone in his year."
"You tell her babe" Harry pecked Daphne on the lips
"Oh, get a room" Ron groaned
"Leave them alone Ron" Adrian said, he was going to say more when he felt someone tug on his sleeve. He looked to Rose who was looking as nervous as she always did.
"Do…do you want to read it?" She held out the book to him "I'm finished" She mumbled
"Thank you" Adrian smiled and gently took the book from her
"You're welcome" Rose whispered
"Really? You actually want to read that?" Ron looked at the book
"Yeah, what's it about?" Adrian asked Harry
"It's about a hero who deals with a manipulative old man, a villain and a pair of twats"
"That's descriptive" Adrian commented as he began reading.
Soon they all arrived at Hogwarts, and were taken to the hall. The golden trio going to the Gryffindor table while the Silver trio sat at the Slytherin's, soon Dumbledore began making his yearly speech.
"Welcome, welcome" Dumbledore said loudly with from his position at the front "welcome to another year at Hogwarts. I have some important announcements, as you know there is no magic in the corridors. Also I regret to inform you that this year, Quidditch is cancelled" The hall burst into outrage and shouting. Boo's from the twins and one person telling Dumbledore to F off and die, that person was probably Harry. "This is because of a new event that is coming to Hogwarts"
Suddenly the doors to the hall opened and a person walked in, not just any person, it was Mad-eye Moody. Recognisable thanks to his peg leg, cane and magical eye. Harry looked at Mad-eye and an amused smile came across his face.
"I am pleased to introduce our new defence against the dark arts teacher, Alastor Moody." Dumbledore said "As I was saying, it gives me pleasure to announce that this year the school will be hosting the tri-wizard tournament"
"You're joking!" Fred shouted amongst the gasps
"Certainly not Mr Weasley, although I did hear a rather splendid joke about a dwarf, a honey comb and a jacka…" McGonagall coughed "Perhaps another time" Dumbledore went on to explain about the tournament before letting the students leave and go to the common room.
In the Slytherin common room, Harry walked up to the centre and stood up on a chair so he as above everyone.
"Hey!" Harry called "Oi, everyone look here" Harry called out and the entire common room looked towards him "for those of you who don't know me, I am Harry Fucking Potter. And I have an announcement to make, we all have enemies in this school, but now I am taking one of them off the market. From now on, nobody will lay a hand or fire a spell at Adrian Potter"
"Are you crazy Potter?!" Malfoy demanded
"Yes" Harry responded "from now on, anyone who has any problems with Adrian Potter will deal with them through me. If my brother has wronged you in some way then come to me and we will discuss it like civilised wizards and witches, however if any of you take matters into your own hands then I will gladly show you what an uncivilised and angry wizard looks like"
"Who do you think you are? Telling us what to do!" Malfoy shouted "You're not special Potter, you're just a…" Malfoy was cut off by Harry blasting him across the room, causing him to crash against a wall and land on the floor in an unconscious heap.
"Any questions?" Harry asked the common room, nobody answered "didn't think so, goodnight