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The Dursleys

Vernon Dursleys was not a stupid man, a cruel man, but not stupid. So he figured that his freak of a nephew, once he had seen Vernon rip up his letter, would do his best to try to get it before the Dursleys knew about it hence, Vernon slept at the bottom of the stairs right before the front door. Knowing the freak would try to sneak out to talk to the mail carrier did not make the anger he felt at the boy for stepping on him lessen. "Go make your breakfast, and if you try to sneak out again, the next letter will be addressed to the garden shed," Vernon thundered as the boy ran away to the kitchen to follow the order. By the time the brat returned, the mail arrived right into Vernon's lap. Vernon saw that there were three letters this time from Hogwarts all addressed to Harry in the smallest bedroom. Vernon shredded them in his hands before the boy could demand them. But the strange thing was there were two other letters made up of the same sort of material as the Hogwarts letters were. The letters were not addressed to the boy but "The Family of Harry Potter."

Vernon was a little confused, according to the letter he and Petunia got back when the boy had ended up on their doorstep all those years ago the sender, told them to prevent the Hogwarts letters from reaching Harry until someone actually came to collect the boy. The original letter also mentioned that if the Dursleys did as the writer wanted they would be paid a hefty sum of money for "caring for the boy." Vernon had still wanted to send the boy to an orphanage until his wife pointed out that the writer had clarified that by caring for Harry, they wanted the Dursleys to break his spirit. Vernon began to wonder if he had made a mistake in the first directive and the bank that the letter writer used to send his family funds was penalizing him for not responding to the letter from yesterday.

As the two strange letters were addressed to him and Petunia, Vernon ordered the freak to start his chores before taking his wife into his study. Locking the door so Dudley could not come in to see what was going on, Vernon and Petunia looked over the two letters. It turned out the letters were not from the bank but from two other Magical Schools, what was worse were both freak schools were also foreign. "We were told to send the boy to Hogwarts so we could still be paid," Petunia reminded him.

"But look at these places, their school years are longer than Hogwarts so we would not see the brat so much," Vernon pointed out. Granted the two foreign schools were only a week longer than Hogwarts but if one added the time to get to them it would lessen the time they had with the boy. "Plus maybe we can work it out so the schools can pay us to go to the country for a holiday so we could celebrate the brat leaving each year."

"I am not sure," Petuina said.

"Also look at the names of these places or at least how they refer to themselves," Vernon said taping the letterheads. "This Durmstrang Institute sounds like a Magical Military school. While it would give the freak some more disciples and teach him to follow orders without question. This Beauxbatons sounds like some sort of finishing school."

"It can't be, if it was a finishing school why invite a boy to attend it?" Petunia asked.

"How the hell should I know their lot as you always told me are all touched in the head. But if it is a finishing school as we know it, it might make the boy more docile or possibly into a Poof."

"Be that as it may we have no way to contact either place, or did you not notice they did not have a return address on them?" Petuina pointed out.

Vernon admitted she had a point as he began to look through the letters to see if they explained how to respond to them. He found it on the second page of the letter as it told them that if they wanted to enroll Harry at their school, they would need to take the freak to someplace called Gringotts. "Do you know what Gringotts is?" Vernon asked as he found the directions to contact the schools.

"It is their lot's bank," Petunia said with a small sneer, recalling going to it as a teenager but not being allowed to enter by the strange being manning the doors.

'It does not surprise me they have their own bank. Could you take us there so we can send the freak to this Beauxbatons?" Vernon asked.

"I am not taking Dudders there," Petunia said.

"I quite agree, Pet, the less he knows about this the better. He can stay with Peirs or another of his friends as we take the boy. Who knows if we take the boy to the bank we might find out he has an account that we can dip into rather than wait for our monthly payments," Vernon said.

The idea of getting more money from her nephew's possible accounts decided it, for Petunia as she used the phone in the study to call Peirs' mom to ask if she could take Dudley for the day. Getting confirmation that Dudley could go over to his friend's house, Petunia and Vernon left the study and got their precious son and the freak into their car. Dropping off their son at the Polkiss's house, Petunia directed Vernon to drive to London. She then had to dredge up the memories she had tried to block out of the world of the Freaks to get them to Diagon Alley and to Gringotts. As the letter they got when Harry was left with them shared the boy was famous in the Freak's World, and people would recognize him by his scar, Petunia used one of her scarfs to wrap around the boy's head like a turban so no trace of the lightning bolt scar was visible.

Petunia left her husband with the boy as she went to the bartender asking him to help her get into the alley saying they were all Muggles and had received a letter to come to get supplies. She was actually surprised that the toothless freak did not question her as he led her, Vernon, and the boy out the back door to open the portal. Vernon and Petunia hurried through the street dragging the boy after them not giving him enough time to look around. Reaching the bank, Petunia showed the letter they had got to the beast manning the door. One of the nasty things took it and gave it a once over before he allowed them inside and directed them to a side counter.

Unlike the majority of the counters inside the bank, the one the door beast had told them to go to did not have a line. Showing the letter to the beast at the counter, she noticed the thing's eyes bulge a little. "You wish to send your nephew to Durmstrange Institute?" the Goblin asked.

"No, we want to have him go to the other one. Bebatons," Veron said mispricing the name since he was not looking at it.

"I see," the beast said hopping off his stool. "This way please." Though they did not want to follow the beast, Vernon, and Petuina dragged Harry behind them deeper into the bank. The Dursleys were surprised considering the main room of the bank looked like the inside of a cave, that the door the beast led them through entered into a corridor that looked like it belonged in a palace with black and white checkerboard floors, Romanish columns every few yards, with black polished walls and ceiling. The only thing interrupting the polished surface of the walls were doors which looked like they were made of precious metals. Vernon swore he saw one door looking to be made of solid gold and wished he could take the thing home knowing he would never have to worry about his business again with the door in his possession.

Unlike the gold door they passed, the one the beast had them enter looked less important being nearly as black as the walls surrounding it though marked with a lion holding a stick in its mouth. "Heir Potter's Account Manager can help you enroll your nephew at Beauxbatons," the beast said opening the door to reveal an office. Both Dursleys and Harry flinched a little seeing that behind the desk where another beast sat, hung sword with what looked like blood stains alongside a jagged ax. "Mr and Mrs. Dursley welcome to Gringotts, I am Bonecrusher your Nephew's Account Manager. I hear you wish to send him to Beauxbatons for his education rather than having him attend Hogwarts is that correct?"

"Yes, how soon can he leave?" Vernon asked.

"As soon as you sign some paperwork to confirm your choice of schools for him, I can start the necessary work," Bonecrusher said not explaining anything as he cast a look at his client and did not like what he saw. Bonecrusher was surprised to see the large Muggle man actually read through the paperwork before signing it and passing it off to his wife. "Very good," Bonecrusher said taking the paperwork back and stamping it with his approval before sending it on. "Now since I have no record of my client knowing his heritage and place in the Magical World he will be treated as a Muggleraised. Now for Hogwarts, this would require him to get a tutor until he went to school who would visit him two to three times a week," Bonecrusher said taking note of the worried look on the two Muggle's faces. "However, Beauxbatons does things a little differently, Harry will be taken to a special cram school over in France where he will live for a while with other Muggleborn or raised incoming students to help them acclimatize to the Magical World."

"So we can just leave him here then?" Vernon asked. "How do we pick him up after the school year is over?"

"We will contact you," Bonecrusher said giving the pair of Muggles his "best smile" something which caused the humans to flinch. Vernon and Petunia rose from their seats not even saying goodbye as they left Harry with Bonecrusher.

Bonecrusher

As soon as the pair left his office, Bonecrusher let the fake smile slide off his face. "While what I told your Uncle and Aunt was true since you have been out of the Magical World for so long, I am going to have you undergo a test."

"What is going on?" Harry asked flinching a little as he asked the question knowing he usually got punished for doing so but being left with this strange creature he just could not help himself.

"I take it your Aunt and Uncle never told you about your parents?" Bonecrusher asked.

"They told me they died in a car accident due to my dad driving when he was drunk," Harry said.

Bonecrusher ran a hand down his face counting to ten in English and Gobblegook before informing Harry, "They lied to you, your parents, unfortunately, were targeted by a man claiming to be a Dark Lord and were killed. When this man, Tom Marvollo Riddle who chose to go by the name of Voldemort tried to kill you as well, his spell backfired hitting him and leaving you alive, and one of the few beings who have survived a Killing Curse. It seems that your Magical Guardian wanted to make sure the fame you got for this did not go to your head as he placed you with your mother's sister and her family rather than where your parents wanted you to go," Bonecruser explained nearly spitting out Albus's position in his client's life.

"What is a Magical Guardian?" Harry asked.

"It is a person chosen by your parents to look after you along with your Godparents if they were to die. Yet somehow although when your parents died all your Godparents were still alive, your Magical Guardian took control of you and your accounts. I have to ask, have you met anyone by the name of Albus Dumbledore before?"

"I don't think so, but I have had people dressed like those I saw in the bar and street randomly come up and shake my hand. He might have been one of them," Harry said.

"Albus Dumbledore is a rather old man with a beard down to almost his knees and has a habit of wearing robes of random colors and designs that can make one's eyes hurt if they look at it too long. Have you seen anyone that matches this description?" Bonecrusher asked.

"No, I think I would recall the beard if nothing else," Harry admitted.

"I figured as much," Bonecrusher said pulling out the items needed to give Harry a full test.

Seeing how small and thin Harry was for a human his age, Bonecrusher did not expect to get good news from the test, but even he was shocked at how bad it was. Besides his client never had the three percent block on his magic cast by his parents to help him ease into his magic development removed from him the test showed that Albus had placed a further thirty-seven percent block on the human's core. Still, another seventeen percent of Harry's magic was being blocked as it worked to keep the boy healthy from all the damage he had received during his short life. Besides blocking the amount of Magic his client could access of his core, Albus had also placed blocks on various branches of magic with Transfiguration being blocked by forty percent, Charms by thirty-nine percent, and potion making and brewing by over ninety percent. Albus had blocked Harry's Magical Ability from the Peverell line of All-Speech, yet the similar if the smaller ability of Parseltongue had been only blocked by twenty-five percent making it impossible for the boy to learn to use Parselmagic.

Knowing that All-Speech only allowed a person to understand languages of different creatures yet did not help one understand different languages of their own kind, Bonecruhser looked up at his client to ask, "Can you speak or read French?"

"Um no. Do I need to?" Harry asked.

"Well, the school your family wants you to attend is located in France so you will need to know it to get by," Bonecrusher explained.

"Is there a way for me to learn it before I go to class using Magic or something?" Harry asked. He knew the Dursleys would not care if he failed just like they did when he went to normal school believing anytime he outperformed Dudley he had somehow cheated and was punished for it.

"We can give you a potion that will allow you to learn languages more easily," Bonecrusher said. "But before I give it to you, I am going to have you get Cleansed of some of the spells and enchantments that have been placed on you." It annoyed Bonecrusher that his client did not ask to see the results of the test done on him or ask what the Goblins were going to remove from his system. The boy just meekly accepted it as Bonecrusher called a Healer to take the boy to get Cleansed, though this behavior could be attributed to the enchantment to make the boy follow orders without question even if they might harm him.

As his client was escorted out of his office, Bonecrusher pulled up the bank's file on the boy. Since he had gotten verbal confirmation that Harry had never met Albus Dumbledore before plus all the spells the man had placed on Harry dated back to right after James and Lily had died, Bonecrusher removed Albus's access to his clients' vaults and information. Bonecrusher wanted to take up his weapons as his revoking of Albus' access caused multiple keys to Harry's various vaults to appear on his desk. Bonecrusher then looked through all the money transfers Albus had done over the years involving Harry's holdings. Seeing that the bastard had sent some money to the Dursleys with notes saying they were there for the boy's childhood care, added to the injury results of his client's test, Bonecrusher wrote up an arrest order for the Dursleys at once. With any luck they would catch the Muggles before they left Diagon Alley, if not the bank would send some human employees to bring them in.

Since he just placed an arrest order for his client's Muggle family as well as removing Albus as Harry's Magical Guardian, Bonecrusher began to look through his notes to find a suitable place for Harry to stay when he was not at school. He did see that according to the bank records Vernon Dursley did have a cousin, Philip Dursley, who actually lived in France, but the man was still a Muggle so might present some problems. The only other option Bonecrusher found was the husband of Harry's godfather. What was even better was thanks to the British Anti-Creature laws Harry's Godfather and his husband, Remus Lupin, had dual citizenship in France since it was the only way they could get married there. Bonecrusher wrote up a quick letter to summon Remus to the bank to see if he would take Harry in. Just in case Remus' wolf did not see Harry as part of his family, Bonecrusher also got the information on Philip Dursley thinking that they might be able to work it out so that during the full moon when he was not at school, Harry could stay with the Muggle man.

Harry

As he was led down the hallway by another of the strange beings, and he had not been punished when he asked questions to the being in the office, Harry asked, "What are you?"

"I am the assistant to your Account Manager," Harry's guide answered.

"No I mean what are you... some sort of deformed human or something?" Harry asked.

"You were Muggleraised right?" the being asked sounding a little annoyed at Harry's guess of what he was.

"I think I heard Mr. Bonecrusher say something like that," Harry said.

"Alright then I shall not take offense to your question," the man said still sounding a little annoyed.  "I am a Goblin like most who work here at Gringotts."

"But I thought Goblins were not real?" Harry asked.

"You will find that many creatures Muggles or Non-Magical people consider to be Mythological really exist.  And in case you have thought Goblins are like those portrayed by Muggle sources, I can tell you right now, my kind have a high code of honor we all follow.  Most of my kind do work at Gringotts and help maintain the Magical World's and to a lesser extent the Muggle World's economy.  We do our best to remain neutral in human affairs unless we are asked to do so for a client, but this usually only involves us getting back a client's treasures, possessions, or what have you," the Goblin said.

"So what are we doing now?" Harry asked.

"One of the services we provide here is to Cleanse someone of spells, enchantments, or curses that they have been exposed to," the Goblin explained.

"But who is going to pay for that I don't have any money," Harry asked coming to a stop wondering what he would be forced to do if he could not pay for this.

"Don't worry your family lines have vast stores of money and treasures," his guide said.

"But the office my Aunt and Uncle took me to was so far back and the door was made of just black material, not like the gold doors at the start of the corridor?" Harry asked.

The Goblin actually began to chuckle at this before explaining, "The further back in the corridor an Account Manager's office is the more powerful the lines they watch over.  As for the black door, it was made from an extremely rare metal known as Obsidian Dragoniron.  If you took ten solid gold doors you could only afford a single panel from your Manager's door."

"And the markings on the door?" Harry asked.

"That was your family crest.  The Potter clan took signs from two families which it had come from Gryffindor and Peverell to design their crest.  The lion was Godric Gryffindor's symbol which he added to his House at Hogwarts.  As for the Wand in the lion's mouth, it represents the Peverell family which was known for creating powerful magical artifacts, one of which was a wand."

"What is Hogwarts?" Harry asked.

"It is the primary Magical school in Britain," the Goblin said.

"I wonder if Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia knew I was connected to the school so decided to send me somewhere else," Harry muttered, thinking they must have known about the Magical World since they brought him here.

Finally reaching their destination, Harry was ushered into a room where Goblins dressed in pale green robes, rather than suits, greeted him.  Harry's guide handed over a copy of the test he had taken in Bonecrusher's office.  Harry did wonder what was on it, but after growing up with the Dursleys he knew better to ask to see the results.  He had only found the courage to ask questions once his aunt and uncle had left him with Bonecrusher, but like the report cards he got from school, Harry knew he would only be told what he had done wrong after Uncle Vernon had looked it over.  One of the robe-wearing Goblins led Harry to a partitioned area and had him put on a white gown.  "Do I wear anything else with this or can I keep my underwear on?" Harry asked.

"Whatever makes you feel the most comfortable young human," the Goblin answered.  "This robe just helps with the Cleansing if it is the main clothing you are wearing during the ritual."  Since the robe was one of the softest bits of clothing he had ever handled, Harry kept his underwear on not wanting to get it too dirty by not wearing them.

Once Harry had changed into the robe, the robed Goblin led him to the center of the room and had Harry lay in a small depression in the floor which was just a little bit larger than Harry's body.  As he laid down the Goblin had Harry shut his eyes and placed a hand on the human's forehead.  Harry heard strange words coming from the Goblin's mouth as the Healer began the ritual by Magically putting Harry to sleep.

Harry woke up a while later feeling better than he had ever felt before though feeling a little awkward as his feet hung off a too short bed.  Seeing he was awake, a robed Goblin gave him some small test of his reflexes and vision.  Once they were satisfied Harry was escorted back to Bonecrusher's office.  "Welcome back Heir Potter, I have some good news and some bad news for you," Bonecrusher said as Harry took a seat before the Goblin's desk.

"Um, what is the bad news?" Harry asked.

"Well, while I have found you a place to stay when you are not at Beauxbatons, I have not heard back from them yet," Bonecrusher asked.

"That is bad news?  I thought I would be going back to my Aunt and Uncle's place?" Harry asked.

"No, I absolutely forbid this, and while I am only your Account Manager what was listed in your test showing the abuse you suffered while living there, I wrote up an arrest order for them," Bonecruhser said.

"Is that the good news?" Harry asked.

"No, the good news is that you have been accepted at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, and you can head over to House Varis as soon as we are done here," Bonecrusher explained.

"House Varis?" Harry asked.

"It is the place where Muggleborn or Raised incoming students stay that I mentioned before your Cleaning.  As we wait to hear back from a friend of your parents who is also the husband of your Godfather, you will be staying there.  The staff of House Varis will make sure you get your Magical Inoculations as well as help you understand different aspects of the Magical World," Bonecrusher answered.

"So you had me get Clensed why can't I get my shots here?" Harry asked.

"Well, for one thing in the Magical World inoculations are done by taking potions and secondly Goblin Healers are better at removing harmful magic from humans or treating Goblins who have been injured compared to healing Humans," Bonecrusher said a little bit happier to see his young client starting to ask questions.  "But before I have one of our human employees take you to House Varis, there is the matter of your Family Rings."

"My family what?" Harry asked.

"All old Magical families pass down rings to the family Heir as well as Lords/Ladies of the line.  You actually belong to a few old and powerful families yourself so before you leave we need to make sure you are given the rings," Bonecrusher stated.

"I have never worn jewelry before, do I need them?" Harry asked.

"Besides your Family Rings honoring your parents and ancestors, most rings have enchantments on them to prevent several harmful spells from being able to affect you.  The rings will heat up if they detect potions in your food and drink in case someone tries to dose you with something.  And if someone tries to cast a spell that the ring can prevent it will cool down that way you can determine what mode of attack is being done towards you.  If you are not comfortable with wearing rings, they can be altered to other objects that you could wear," Bonecrusher explained.

"Well, I do wear a watch, could these rings be made into one?" Harry asked.

"Not really, however, they can be changed into a wrist cuff that you could hide under your watchband," Bonecrusher said stroking his beard in thought for a moment.

"That could work," Harry said seeing Bonecrusher giving him a real smile unlike what the Goblin had given Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia.

However, before the rings could be changed into their cuff forms, Harry had to use them as rings first to make sure the Magic of the family the ring represented accepted him.  Bonecrusher pulled out a box of four rings which had laid on a red velvet pillow.  As far as Harry could see the rings were just bands of metal with no jewels or markings on them as the Goblin passed over a plain black ring for him to slip onto his finger.  As Harry put on the ring, he felt it pulse a little as well as he felt goose bumps rising all over his body.  The experience lasted maybe fifteen seconds before the black ring was suddenly etched with a strange symbol of a circle inside a triangle with a line down its center.  "Ah, good the Peverell Ring has accepted you.  Next, we have the Gryffindor Ring," Bonecrusher said handing over a bronze ring for Harry to slip on. 

This time as Harry put on the ring he found himself recalling all the abuse he had suffered at the hands of the Dursleys.  The ring seemed to be looking for something giving Harry the impression that it did not like what had been done to him, but approved of the fact that despite everything Harry had not backed down or given into despair.  After the Gryffindor ring had finished its test a design of a lion appeared on the ring's surface and where the lion's mouth was there now lay a ruby.

"Good, good next we have the Potter Family Ring," Bonecrusher said passing over another plain black ring.  This time there was no test and as soon as Harry slipped it on the crest he had seen on Bonecrusher's office door appeared on the ring though with a small diamond at the end of the wand inside the lion's mouth.  "And finally we have the Slytherin Ring," Bonecrusher said pulling out a thicker ring than the previous three.   "Now unlike the three others, this is considered a Lordship ring, for when Tom Riddle tried to kill you and failed he performed what is called a line duel.  Since you were the victor in the duel, despite not really doing anything besides surviving the curse he casts on you, an old practice known as the Rite of Conquest came into effect.  This means that you instantly gained the position he had in his family, which was the Lord of it," Bonecrusher said as he passed over a ring that looked to be made of a solid circle of emerald.

As Harry put on the Slytherin Lordship Ring, he felt as if the thing was moving over his finger as if it was alive.  Stranger still was the ring seemed to be saying something.  "It has been an age since a test has been given.  But can you pass it human?"

"I will try," Harry said unaware the Ring had been speaking to him in Parsletounge.

"Ah you possess the gift, and you are connected to a prejenator line.  I accept your place as Lord of the Slytherin family," the ring said as a design of a snake appeared on the ring, and not just any snake but an Ouroboros which circled the ring to eat its own tail.

"Fantastic, all the rings have accepted you as part of their Houses," Bonecrusher said applauding his young client a little before performing the ritual to first combine all four rings into one, before shifting their form to a thin cuff that could fit beneath the wristband of Harry's watch.  "It is a good thing your watch is not digital for Muggle electronic devices don't tend to work in Magic-rich environments."  The Goblin then taught Harry how to use his Family Rings as a way to pay for things in the Magical World.  Bonecrusher had made sure he had added this enchantment so Harry would not have to travel between banks to get funds from his vaults located in England while he was in France for school, nor would Harry need to carry around a bag full of money.  

As Bonecrusher gave Harry lessons on how to use the rings as well as understanding the signals they could give him, the Account Manager passed over the potion which would allow Harry to quickly learn other human languages.  Boncrusher explained, as Harry drank the potion, that the Babble Potion would instantly translate any human language Harry heard or read into the one he was most familiar with.  While the potion's effect would only last one month, Harry's mind would have gotten used to the language and allow him to speak or read it almost as well as a native speaker.

Once the lessons on how to use the rings had finished to Bonecrusher's satisfaction, the Potter Account Manager summoned a human worker at the bank to take Harry to House Varis.  The worker introduced himself to Harry as Bill Weasley who had just finished his Cursebreaker Internship at the bank and had become a full employee.  Harry was surprised when Bill did not lead them out of the bank but through another door in the main lobby to a strange mirror.  "This is the fastest way to travel between nations without having to use a Portkey," Bill said as he had Harry touch the mirror.

"What is a Portkey?" Harry asked the older male.

"A Portkey allows travel between places almost instantaneously, but as you have just been Cleansed but not inoculated the Goblins would not want to put your body through the stress of Portkey travel.  So we are using a Goblin path between bank branches."  It seemed strange to Harry that all they did was touch the mirror before Bill had them leave the room.  But as they walked back into the lobby, Harry saw that while the place had the same design aesthetic the desk and items in the room had changed places.  Bill led Harry out another set of doors which led out of the bank.  Harry found himself on a different street that Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia had dragged him through earlier.  "This is Place Cachée, the Paris equivalent to Diagon Alley in London.  I expect you will visit it later with a member of House Varis to buy your school supplies," Bill said as he guided Harry through the alley and out into Muggle Paris.

The red-haired young adult did not summon a car or anything to get them to House Varis any faster, as he led Harry through the streets of Paris.  To Harry's surprise, their final destination was the Arc de Triomphe.  Bill led them to a side door and making sure no one was watching used a strangely designed key to open it.  Harry was shocked even more as he saw that on the other side of the now unlocked door there appeared to be a manor house sitting in a plant-filled plain.  Bill quickly ushered Harry inside before shutting the door behind them.  Harry turned back and saw the door on this side was part of a massive redwood tree.  If this was normal in the Magical World, he could not wait to learn more about it as well as casting magic himself.

Harry had been so impressed by the magic he was distracted as Bill knocked on the door and had a quick talk with someone before he left Harry.  "Welcome to House Varis, young man, I am Director Santel Lons," the man said getting Harry's attention.  Harry looked up at the man who appeared to be in his late forties maybe earlier fifties with close-cropped brown hair with some streaks of gray in it.  The man looked like an old tutor in a black robe designed like a bomber jacket with some gray patches on his elbows.  The man wore some gold-framed Pince-nez glasses and while he looked a little stern, Harry could see lines around the man's mouth to show he smiled and laughed quite often.  "Now first thing first, as I give you your inoculation potions there are a few questions I would like to ask you."

"What do you want to know?" Harry asked hoping the questions were not school-related since he had to dumb himself down thanks to the Dursleys disliking it if he outperformed Dudley in classes."

"My first question is do you consider yourself a male, female, or other?" Director Lons asked handing Harry the first inoculation potion to drink.

"What?" Harry asked confused.

"Well, when you go to Beauxbatons after you get sorted into your House, you will be given an item to add to your robes.  If you identify as a male you will be given a cape, if you see yourself as a female you will be given a shawl, however, if you see yourself as both or neither male nor female you will only be given a badge," Director Lons explained.

"Um, Male," Harry said having never really thought about it before.

"Good, good.  Now according to the records that were sent ahead of you it stated you would be undergoing a testing of your Family Rings.  Did they accept you?" Director Lons asked looking down at Harry's bare fingers.

"I was accepted by all four of them.  I don't like rings so we changed them into something else," Harry said feeling it was best not to say what his rings had become.

"I see, you are the Heir to multiple families then?" the Director asked.

"According to Bonecrusher the last ring that I had was a Lordship ring, why?" Harry asked.

"A design on your school robes will denote your status so others know how to refer to you," Director Lons said.

"Refer to me?" Harry asked.

"In the Magical World, it is considered bad manners to call someone by their first name unless you have their permission first, or you are related to them.  So all you will need to do is note the design on your classmates' robes to know if you should call them Heir/Heiress, a Lord/Lady, or just Messer/Missus," the Director explained.

That was Harry's first lesson in Magical World Protocol he had during his short stay at House Varis, but it would not be his last.  After getting inoculated Director Lons gave Harry a tour as well as explained what his daily life would be like during his stay with them.  In the mornings, Harry would join the other incoming Beauxbaton students in their lessons in Magical World history and protocol, and after lunch, he would be free to meet the others or study on his own.  Some of the protocols came naturally to Harry such as when he was at Beauxbatons and the Headmistress or Headmaster entered the Dining Hall or a classroom all students were to stand up only sitting down once they did.  Yet other lessons, Harry had some trouble with such as when shaking hands he was to grab the other's wrist not their hand.

Harry did not spend much time with the other incoming students as he thought back to his old schools and how Dudley and his gang got on anyone's case who got too close to him.  Harry had to remind himself that Dudley would not be at Beauxbatons but he still found it hard to interact with anyone.  Rather, Harry decided to make good use of the Babble Potion by trying to learn more languages.  He decided to learn how to speak and read not only French, but German, Italian, Spanish, and any other language he could think of.  One of the staff members also suggested he look into learning Latin since it was the base language of most spells he would be learning in his classes.

Harry did sort of make friends with his roommate a boy named Jonathan Fitzpatrick whose family had moved to France when he was a baby.  Harry knew his Aunt and Uncle would never like Jonathan, and not just because he was a "freak" like Harry, but due to his roommate had dyed his hair green to match his eyes.  Jonathan was a Muggleborn boy who had been visited by a member of the French Ministry after his first bout of Underage, or as Jonathan put it Wild Magic.  Harry wondered why the British Ministry never came to see him after he had used magic back home but decided it was just a difference between the nations.

The day before House Varis's planned trip to Place Cachée, Harry was surprised to get a visitor.  Harry met the shabby-dressed man in Director Lon's office.  "I don't suppose you remember me do you?" the man asked.

"Should, I?" Harry asked back.

"I guess since you were only one year old at the time it would be too much to hope for, but you could have your mother's excellent memory," the man said.  "I am Remus Lupin, one of your parents' old friends, and as it turns out the husband of your Godfather."

"What do you mean as it turns out?" Director Lons asked as red warning flags shot up in his mind at the visitor.  While he did not make any big deal about it the director of House Varis knew that Harry was considered famous in England, Wales, and Britain.  If this man was lying to try to get Harry for some nefarious reason, Lons would make sure the man was arrested.

"After I finally came to the bank, I informed Harry's Account Manager I had no memory of being married to his Godfather," Remus said making Harry notice that each time the man talked about his Godfather he would spit the word out as if it was a curse.  "Master Bonecrusher did not like the sound of it and had me tested.  We found out there were memory blocks in place to make me forget about my marriage as well as affect my other side." 

Harry was confused by what the man meant by "other side," but was more concerned about the anger he held when he talked about his husband.  "It sounds like you hate my Godfather, why did you marry him?  Or did you get a divorce or something?" Harry asked.

"I wish it was that simple, but your Godfather was the one to betray your parents and send the Dark Lord after them,* Remus said almost in a growl.

"You will not allow this anger at your husband to lead you to harm Heir Potter, will you?" Director Lons asked.

Remus looked affronted at the very idea of harming Harry.  "Of course not, my wolf sees Harry as its cub, and always will."

"Your wolf?" Harry asked.

Remus took a deep breath before sharing, "Yes, my wolf.  You see Harry I am a Werewolf, I was turned back when I was just four years old, but I have learned how to deal with it, usually.  So if you agree to come live with me, I will make sure to find you a safe place when I turn during a full mood."

Remus breathed a sigh of relief and almost let out a laugh when he saw Harry was not afraid, but sort of interested,  "Do you really change into a wolf?  Also is it true about what I read that a bite from when you are transformed while spreading the Lycanthropic Curse can cure most any known illness?"

"You are just like your Dad and Mom, Harry," Remus said wiping a small tear of joy from the corner of his eye.  "Yes the story is true about a werewolf's bite can curse most things apart for itself, but my other form is not a wolf form you would be familiar with as it is more bipedal than a normal wolf."

"Cool," Harry said.

"So would you like to come stay with me when you are not at school?  Also, I know that House Varis helps you get ready to enter the Magical World but I can help you as well.  I have a Masters in both Defense and History," Remus said.

"Is it possible Director Lons?" Harry asked the head of the House.

"Of course, it is Heir Potter.  House Varis is set up to help those incoming students who have no other source of information on the Magical World.  As Messer Lupin is Magical he can help you get ready for class."  The Director then turned to Remus and added, "If you take Heir Potter in, I shall pass on what we hace gone over with him so far.  He has recived his inoculations but he has not gone to get his school supplies yet."

"Thanks," Remus said nodding at the man before looking to Harry.  "So would you like to stay with me, Harry?"

"Can you tell me about my parents besides teaching me about the Magical World?" Harry asked.

"It would be a pleasure to do so," Remus said with a large smile on his face thinking of the tales he could share about meeting James and what the man had done for him all as a means to pay back the debt Remus knew he could never finish.

In a short order, Remus signed some paperwork to be permitted to get Harry to come live with him as well as making sure Harry kept up on his pre-Beauxbaton lessons.  Rather than head to Remus's home, Harry's father's old friend took him back to the Magical Alley to get his school supplies.  While they kept close to the list of supplies for his first year at Beauxbatons in most things, Remus directed Harry to get some more books than were listed to help him better prepare.  Harry also picked up some new language books for Japaness, Chinese, Native Hawaiian, and even Russian which he hoped to get through before the Babble Potion ran its course.  Before they left the alley, Remus took Harry to Baguettes Magiques de Cosme Acajor the local Wand shop.  Under the gaze of Remus and Wandmaker Dupon,  Harry tried out various wands in the shop made of Elm, Ivy, and Vine woods but none of them worked for him.  Dupon got more excited the more trouble Harry had with finding the right wand.

"Here try this one Heir Potter, it is made of Elderberry or Elder.  It is a tricky wood that does not bond with most Magicals, but this variety is the only one I have left for you to try," Dupon said handing Harry a ten-inch Elderberry wand.  As soon as Harry grabbed the wand he felt a small spark of connection from it as he lifted it above his head and let out a fountain of tulip petals.  "How very strange, did you mean to have that happen, Heri Potter?"

"Well, I did feel a spark when I grabbed it and my body sort of acted on its own," Harry explained.

"Marvelous that means this is the wand for you," Dupon said before telling Harry and Remus that the core of the wand was crystalized pixie wing scales.  Remus applauded Harry's bonding to his wand as with the permission of Dupin transfigured the tulip petals Harry had created into a Wand holder for the young boy.  After getting his wand, Remus took him to pick out an owl so they could send letters to each other while Harry was at school  Harry chose a midsized black screech owl thinking he would find a name for it later.

While Remus shrunk Harry's new school supplies, he opened the owl's cage and directed it to head to his Parisian home, Padfoot's Lagoon.  "Why send the bird away if we are just going back to your place anyway?" Harry asked.

"I think we should visit your Uncle's brother first to see if he would be willing to take you in when I change during the full moon.  A werewolf would not normally hurt a member of what it sees as its pack, and I do see you as my Cub, but the enchantments your Account Manager found on me make it hard to say how it would react," Remus explained.  "Have you gone over the lessons on the Statue of Secrecy yet?" Remus asked as he took Harry along to Philip Dursley's house by Side-Along Apparation.

"You mean about not revealing anything about Magic being real to Muggles?" Harry asked.

"Percisly.  Your Aunt and Uncle knew about it due to your mother, but your Uncle's brother would not know about it.  So we can only tell him that during the summer months, I have business trips I need to take which you are not allowed to come on," Remus explained using the story Bonecrusher had suggested they use on the man.

"Gotcha," Harry said as the pair walked to the front of Philp's address Bonecrusher had given them.

"Hello? What can I do for you?" a man who had the same large mustache of Uncle Vernon as well as similar facial features, but was more muscular than fat like Harry's uncle was.

"Are you Philip Dursley?" Remus asked.

"That I am, and you are?" Philp asked.

"I am Remus Lupin.  I sent you a letter about meeting me concerning you Ward Harry," Remus said.

"The boy who was found to be being abused by my asshole of a brother and his wife, sorry about that by the way," Philip said looking down at Harry.  "Your letter said you wanted to discuss something with me?"

"While I agreed to take Harry in, at least once a month for a couple of days I have business trips I need to deal with.  I unfortunately can not take him with me.  So we were wondering if you would be willing to host him during my trips.  Only during the summers as he attends a boarding school," Remus explained.

"I can't make such a decision on my own, despite wanting to, at least to show that I am nothing like my brother or even sister, but I will have to consult with the rest of my family.  Please come inside," Philip said inviting them inside his home.  As soon as his back was turned, Harry and Remus shared a look since Bonecrusher had not mentioned the man had a family.

"You are married or dating someone?" Remus asked trying to sound as casual as he could.

"Married, fifteen years now.  You see I was in the Navy and served for a long while before a posting in France led me to meet my wife and fall in love.  We were married a few years later and had our daughter a couple of years after that.  Vernon and Marge never approved of my profession nor the idea that I married a foreigner, even though since I moved to France and took up a posting full time I was considered the foreigner before we were married.  And here she is my wonderful wife, Marie, our daughter Amelia is most likely in her room and is just thirteen," Philip said as they entered a well maintained if somewhat spartan living room with just chairs, a sofa, table, a few bookcases but no TV set or even a radio.  Marie was a blonde haired woman with a kindly face looking nothing like the harsh gossip monger that was Aunt Petunia.  Marie was neither too skinny nor overly large, she did look like she joined her husband in whatever fitness routine Philip did as Harry saw she had some muscualr forarms.  Both Philp and Marie dressed in causal clothing of slacks and pull over shirts, unlike the Dursley who tried to look like they were a proper "Gentelman and Lady" at all times by trying to dress in button down shirts and stuffy clothing.  Harry was just glad that he had been given some new clothing at House Varis so he was still not going around in Dudley's old clothing.

The four of them sat down to talk to see if there would be any problems with Harry staying with Philip and Marie when Remus transformed into a Werewolf.  The process was hampered due to Remus not trusting Marie since Bonecrusher had only listed Philip Dursley as a possible place for Harry to stay, but had not found any information that the man had been marrie dor had a child.  For some reason he could not explain, Harry had the feling that Philip and his wife were also dragging the discussion out as if not sure to accept Harry into their home or lives.  Harry could not help but think that maybe Philip was just as bad as his siblings and was trying to hide it from Remus, like the Dursleys had done to everyone in Privat Drive.

After about ten minutes of the conversation going nowhere, Harry felt the need to use the bathroom.  "Um can I use your bathroom?" he asked.

"Sure thing," Marie said, "It is down the hall third door on the right.  If you hear any strange noises coming from the second door just ingorne them Amelia has just purchased a new video game and is utterly into it."

"Thanks," Harry said leaving the room to go to the bathroom though a little puzzled why Marie was talking about a video game her daughter just got.

Leaving the bathroom Harry almost ran into Philip's daughter as Amelia came out of her room.  "Who are you?" she asked.

"Um, Harry.  I can with my guardian to see your parents to see if they could take me in during the summer months when he has to travel," Harry said confused a little as whe sounded like an owl came from the girl's room.  While he did not like to pry, Harry was surprised that the girl had not puased her game to leave the room. 

"Um, that is just my pet," Amelia said hastily as she moved to close her door.  As she did so, Harry could not help but look into the room.  While he only got a quick glance what he saw made him smile.  "What?" the slightly older girl asked looking a little worried.

"I think this solves the problem," Harry said as he hasitly made his way back to the living room.

"Wait what problem?" Amelia asked as she hurried after him.

"There is no issue of me coming over here," Harry said as he entered he living room.

"While I am glad you met my dughter and don't have any isue with her," Philip began.

"I noticed that she had the school crest of Beuaxbatons on her wall," Harry said making Remus understand why Bonecrusher had not had any informatuon about Philip's wife and daughter.  The Goblin knowing he would be a Muggle like his siblings had only gotten information on the man through the Muggle banking system and had not chekc to see if he had married into a Magical family.

"How do you know about that school?" Philip asked in shock.

"My paretns were Magical but when they died I wasn sent to live with my mother's only relative.  That was one of the reasons they abuse me they hate magic," Harry explained.

"I see," Philip said not finding it hard to see his older brother doing such a thing.  "So the buiness trip excuse is..."

"I am a werewolf, and while my wolfside does see Harry as my cub due to being friends with his parnets and married to his... anyway.  I had been under some enchantments until recentrlty and don't want to trust that my wolf will not hurt Harry when I transform," Remus explained.

"Alright, that makes some sense.  I think that since he is aware of the Magical World and we don't have to hid it from him when he stays over, we would be happy to take him in when you need it," Philip said looking to his wife for confirmation.

"It would be our plesure," Marie said in agreement.

"Thanks," both Remus and Harry said.

Albus Dumbledore: Flashback to a the time Harry's first went to Gringotts

Albus could not wait until his wepon finally arrived at the caslte, so he could begin to train the boy to stop or at least weaken Voldemort.  Albus was so busy getting everyting in place for the boy's training for that school year that when he recived a notice from the bank saying he was being fined for something or other, he did not even read the full notices.  He often got finned by peopke who thought they could bring him down, he stopped paying attention to them long ago.  He did not even try to fight the fine but just had Gringotts take the neccisary funds out of the Potter family vaults.  

If he had paid attention to the notice he had recived he would have seen that the fine leveled against him was from Gringotts for his musuess of the Potter, Gryffindor, and Peverell family vaults.  Albus had signed the bank permission to just take the fine payment out of the neccisary vaults unaware that due to the size of the fine on him, he emptied out two of his family vaults entirly.  He still had three left but none of them were as full as he was used to. 

Albus had recived a second notice from Gringotts due to his ownership of a Publishing company which sold the Harry Potter Adventure Books.  Bonecrusher had ordered the company to stop selling the books due to the series saying they were the real childhoold of Harry Potter.  If they had said the books were works of fiction, the Potter Account Manager would have lesse of a problem with them, but as they were telling lies about his client he was ending the series all together. 

Albus would only become aware of the book series being cancled when he recived a Howler from Molly Weasley, who was the arthor of them, under a penname, getting on his case.  Molly had started the books as bedtime stories for her two youngest kids before deciding to write them down and get them publish with Albus' help.  This had provided a seconday income for her, as well as a way Albus could pay her and her youngest kids to befriend Harry when his wepond began to attend Hogwarts.

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As Remus, Philip, and Marie hammered out the details for when Harry would stay with the Dursley-Pierre, Amelia got to know her new "cousin." Sure they were not technically related by blood since Harry was Amelia's Aunt's nephew from another family but the dark-haired girl just thought it was easier that way to think of the younger boy. Neither had known about each other before, due to Philip's estrangement from his older siblings even before he married a Witch. As Amelia had overheard some of the stories her Papa had told Mama before Harry's arrival, Amelia wanted to protect the young boy. So as the adults worked out where Harry would sleep and how much time he would spend at their house, Amelia began to tell Harry all about Beuaxbatons.

She did not share any secrets with him like how new students were sorted into Houses, or anything like that. Amelia stuck with knowledge about the classes, such as what teachers preferred to do in pure lecture format and never answered questions during classes or which teachers graded the hardest in tests or homework. Amelia gave Harry a list of students to avoid, like Jeaneat Algisa who, according to Amelia, was a stuck-up bitch and tried to manipulate others to do her work for her. Finding out Harry had never known he was a Magical, Amela also warned him about some of the population at Beauxbatons having Creature Blood. According to a recent International Confederation of Wizards census, Beauxbatons had the highest number of Creatre Blooded students of the three main schools in Europe. Hogwarts, possibly due to England's Anti-Creature beliefs had the fewest Creature Blooded students or made the students hide the fact they had Creature Blood. Beauxbatons allowed any student who had Creature Blood to enroll with no restrictions.

Amelia told him this since some students let out their Creature sides or features at school, warning him not to tease or make fun of them unless he wanted to get detention or possibly expelled. Amelia also warned that while most Creature Blooded students were easy to spot when they had their features out those with Veela Blood in their lines were harder to spot since the Veela students usually just looked extremely beautiful as well as unconsciously letting out any Allure their family possessed. "I know we have some full-blooded Veelas attending school, but they are given special blockers to prevent their Allure from distracting the rest of us," Amelia explained.

"What is an Allure?" Harry asked.

"Think of it as powerful pheromones Veelas can't help but release. Mostly they allow a Veela to attract a possible mate when they are older, if a person is attracted to the gender the Veela is. But underage Veela's Allures, make them seem more friendly or approachable to others. You might see that the most popular students in certain years are part-Veela unless they take blockers to be treated like everyone else," Amelia explained.

"What are the other Creature-Blooded people who go to Beauxbatons?" Harry asked.

"Let's see I know of some Draks, that is humans with Dragon blood, there are some Half-Elven though their Elve sides are from true Elves, not the brownie sprites that some parts of the world call House Elves. One of my best friends is part-Mermish so she has to use a special apparatus to breathe pure oxygen, I will introduce you to her when we get to the castle," Amelia promised. "I think I have seen one student who has some troll blood in their lines, though they could come from a family whose Family Magic influences muscle growth and strength. We have some Werewolves like Mr. Lupin, and I have heard rumors that one of the students in the year above me is part Dementor, but that could just be ideal gossip due to his introverted nature and preference for dark clothing as the Muggles might call him a Goth."

"I can't wait to see them," Harry said sounding excited. "What is a Dementor?"

"A dark and dangerous creature which sucks the joy and happiness out of people. This is why I think the guy being part Dementor has to be a lie for there is no way a human could live through a coupling with them let alone give birth to a child of such a union," Amelia said.

Bonecrusher

After finally straightening out the damage Albus Dumbledore had done to his client's vaults, the Potter Account Manager began to look into the Potter's Wills and why they had never been followed. He had known Heir Potter should not have been sent to live with Lady Potter's sister and not just cause by all accounts of the woman's attitude towards Magic, but due to Lord Potter having planned on passing several family treasures down to his son when he reached certain ages. Unfortunately, since Albus had been listed as Heir Potter's Magical Guardian until Bonecrusher saw the man had failed at his post, the human bastard had been able to circumvent the Wills to send Harry where he wanted for the boy's "protection." This was also why Bonecrusher had only been able to fined Dumbledore rather than arrest him like he had done the Dursleys for what the man had allowed to happen due to his neglect of Magical Guardian duties.

Bonecrusher had felt a little petty at the human, which was why when he fined Dumbledore to pay for his neglect, it equaled the amount of money the man had taken from Bonecrusher's client's vaults. Bonecrusher also used the fact that many of the book series about Harry Potter's youth toted themselves as true stories to get the books removed from the market and their publishers to pay for the misrepresentation of his client.

Now with all that taken care of, Bonecrusher was going through the last Lord and Lady Potter's Wills to make sure his Client received everything his parents left him. Seeing that James Potter mentioned at the time of the Will being made Albus had the Potter family Invisibility Cloak in his possession, Bonecrusher called for his assistant to look into any property that his client had which was now in the possession of the Hogwarts Headmaster. Bonecrusher saw that one item Lord Potter had wanted his son to be given was to be handed out around this time. James Potter wanted his son to be handed a copy of a special map he and his friends had made of Hogwarts. As the Will had not stated that Heir Potter was only to be given the map if he attended Hogwarts, Bonecrusher had another assistant to go down to the Potter family vaults to retrieve the map so he could send it to his client. Bonecrusher saw the next item, Heir Potter was to be received did not happen until the boy reached Magical Majority and was the Sword of Gryffindor, or as the Goblins knew it Silverlight Blitzer which had been created a joint effort between his client's ancestors and Bonecrusher's family when they set up the Gryffindor family account.

Seeing he had nothing to pass on to his client, anytime soon, and having one of his assistants look into any property belonging to his client that was being held by Dumbledore, Bonecrusher began to see if the rest of Lord and Lady Potter's Wills had been followed. He spotted right away an issue that he had only become aware of after looking at Heir Potter's test results, about Sirius Black's illegal incarceration. Like most Goblins, Bonecrusher did not follow what happened to the humans when they did not have banking issues to deal with, but Bonecrusher had heard that his client's Godfather had been sent to Azkaban for being the one to send Tom Riddle after Lord and Lady Potter. But it was not until Bonecrusher had read Lord Potter's Will which stated that Sirus had not been their Secret Keeper but a decoy that the Potter Account Manager found out why the results said Black was illegally being held.

He sent for Downax so the pair of them could free Black from prison. Not only for Heir Potter's sake but also since Black's husband had been enchanted to forget about their marriage what happened to Black could be seen as possible Line Theft if anyone besides a member of the Black Family was dipping into the family vaults or controlling the human's seats within the Wizengamout. "Downax, may your coffers never run dry," Bonecrusher said getting up as the Black Family Account Manager entered his office.

"Prince Bonecrusher, may the blood of your enemies never fully wash off," Downax said returning his greeting. "Your note said you had some vital information about my family you wished to discuss?"

"Indeed, I do. A few days ago my young client finally came into the bank. After I settled some other issues, I was looking through his parents' Wills and found proof that your client has been illegally sent to jail for something he had not done," Bonecrusher said passing over James Potter's Will with the information about Sirius Black being temporarily highlighted to make it easier for the Black Family Account Manager to find. "I also found proof of Messor Black's innocence earlier though I had no idea how it could be when a test I had my client take listed him as being held illegally. I hope this bit of news is welcome and helps you to free your client as well as strengthen the bonds between our client's families." When Downax did not say anything but just glared down at James Potter's Will, Bonecrusher added, "Oh, yes I also met with your Client's husband and found he had been enchanted to forget about their marriage so you will have to deal with that hiccup as well.

Um, Downax are you alright?" Bonecrusher asked when Downax still glared down at the Will.

"I will gut their worthless hides," Downax growled at last.

"What?" Bonecrusher asked slightly confused.

"I had Narcissa Malfoy come to see me a few years ago seeing that since she had married Lucius if she could have her son become the Black Family Heir since Sirius had been sent to Azkaban. it had been a simple request but I had found that for some reason I could not fulfill it. When I looked into the matter, I could find no reason why I could not make Narcissa's son the Heir to the family. Since what you have handed me shows that Sirius was illegally detained which should have come out in his trial, someone lied about him being tried and sent him to prison without removing him from the family," Downax explained.

Bonecrusher saw his fellow Account Manager's issue at once, knowing that if the Goblins ever found out who had sent Lord Black to Azkaban without a proper trial they would be facing Goblin Justice. "If you need any help either with finding out who sent your client to prison without trial, or looking into the Black holdings I would offer some of my assistance if you need them," Bonecrusher said.

"I thank you for your offer, but for now I would like to use these documents to get Lord Black freed before I check out his accounts," Downax said.
Bonecrusher tapped the pair of documents using some Goblin magic to make copies of them while redacting information on the copies for his client's protection. "You may have them, good luck and good hunting my friend."

"Whoever did this will rue the day they messed with my clients," Downax said as he left Bonecrusher's office.

Harry Potter

Harry had spent the last two weeks before classes began at Beauxbatons learning more about the Magical World sometimes with Remus and other times during visits to Uncle Philip's place. As Philip was a Muggle he knew some of the differences Harry would come across as he joined the Magical world, better than the others. Harry had also stayed over at Philip's place one night, not because it had been the full moon, but just to find out how well he could handle it when the time came for it to happen for real. In that time, Harry began to see Amelia less as a cousin, due to how tainted the idea was thanks to Dudley, but as a sort of protective older sister.

When it was time to head to class, Harry and Remus accompanied the Dursley-Pierre family to one of the collection places for students to get a ride to the school. As Remus only knew how Hogwarts students arrived at the castle by train, he was shocked to see that Beauxbatons were ushered into large carriages pulled by a team of flying horses. After the doors to the carriages were shut but before the team of horses flew off the driver would activate a massive Disillusionment charm on the whole thing to prevent Muggles from seeing the carriage as it took the students to school. Remus guessed this made sense, for he had heard that Beauxbatons was located up in the French Alps which might be hard for a train to reach.

Inside the carriage, Harry was amazed at the size and luxury of the place. There were three stories of rooms the students could use as the carriage took them to school some were small enough for a single person who did not want to be alone while others could fit more than thirty people in them. Amelia smiled as she helped Harry take his stuff to the compartment where she was meeting her friends. As they entered the room, Harry saw his first sight of a Creature Blooded person as he saw Selkie Delaney the part-Mermish friend Amelia had told him about. Having heard the girl had needed something special to breathe above the water, Harry had expected the girl to be wearing a sort of diving helmet full of water, like an upside-down fish bowl. But the girl just had what looked like a necklace with large bubbles wrapped around her neck and centered around some gills.

"Hey, everyone I want to introduce you to a relative I just found out I had," Amelia said as she stored her belongings in a compartment by the door.

"You found out you had?" a boy with pink and orange striped hair asked.

"Yeah, turns out my Papa's estranged brother had been taking care of his wife's nephew. I will not get into everything but they enrolled my pseudo-cousin into our school before being arrested. That is all I am going to say," Amelia said as he friends clambered to know more. "If he wants to tell you that is his choice. Harry these are my friends, That is Selkie over there beside her is Antonie Belsaint with the two-toned hair. That is Morton Less beside him with their nose in a book, and finally, that is Ivis Hetcher in the corner. Everyone this is Harry." As their names were given Amelia's friends nodded to Harry before greeting him when they were all introduced.

"Um, hello everyone," Harry said feeling a little awkward not used to people paying so much attention to him. Thankfully the group of older Beauxbaton students did not ask him for the details of the Dursley's arrest as they let him get settled in.

During the trip, Harry got to know the group of soon-to-be third-year Beauxbaton students, who like Amelia warned him about certain teachers and students, while never sharing how he would be sorted into his school house. Harry discovered that the carriage room came fully equipped with a bathroom as well as a small fridge and food cupboards so they did not have to leave it if they did not want to. Harry did leave for a while to see if he could find Jonathan Fitzpatrick, but since he did not want to disturb anyone in the rooms he soon went back to Amelia and her friend's compartment being unable to find his old roommate from House Varis in the halls.

The trip to Beauxbatons took around four hours before they landed at the castle. Climbing out of the large carriage, Harry got his first view of his new school. The place was a large Palacial castle nestled in a large valley up in the mountains. Despite the snow covering peaks all around the valley, the weather was quite temperate which Harry saw as rather good since his school uniform was rather light and airy. The carriage Harry had come in was not the only one letting out students on the expansive grounds around the school as four others were also dropping off students before being moved to a part of the grounds which based on some intentions Harry was able to see even at that distance showed where the carriages were kept.

Beauxbatons looked to be about six stories high, at least above ground, from the angle Harry was able to see the castle looked to be around three maybe three and a half city blocks from side to side but he could not see how far back the building went. The design of the place reminded Harry of pictures he had seen of the Palace of Versailles back in school. Thanks to his lessons at House Varis, Harry was easily able to see who were new students to the castle by the fact they did not have a cape, shawl, or badge attached to their robes. Amelia prodded him forward after he had stood there staring at the place to get him to join the students entering the building.

At the front doors, Harry noticed some signs telling all new students to gather in a side room and wait to be called forward. Entering the room a member of staff took Harry's name and checked it off his list of new students. As they waited to be called forward to their sorting, Harry was finally able to find Jonathan again to say hello. As he had not had a chance to say goodbye to his roommate, Harry explained why he had left House Varis before the term had started. Harry and Jonathan discussed what they thought the sorting would entail with the other new students in the room. Remus had told Harry that at Hogwarts when the first years were sorted, even if the man had not said how it was done, all the students underwent their sorting together. Yet when it sounded like all the upperclassmen arrived the first years were called out of the room alphabetically to be sorted by themselves.

Harry did not learn what the Sorting was until it was his turn as a staff member led him to the main hall. Harry was led into a Warded area of the hall, he was handed a bow and arrow. "Just push your magic into the arrow and aim for the target, Heir Potter," Harry's guide said as he left the bounds of the Wards. As some of the lessons both with Remus and House Varis were teaching the incoming students to shoot sparks from their wands, Harry used that method to try to push his magic into the provided arrow. Harry could not see the point of this test as he took aim and did his best to shoot the bow, which he had never done before. No one laughed or giggled at him as Harry's arms shook while he aimed the bow. While the target he was aiming at was not that far away, maybe five meters at most, Harry was not sure if he would be able to hit it due to his lack of experience with the bow.

Since he did not know if he would be kicked out or not if he failed to hit the target, Harry made sure to aim high. Feeling he had done the best he could in channeling his magic into the arrow, Harry let the bowstring go to let it fly. There were some gasps as the moment the arrow left the bow it was surrounded by a shining white aura as it flew into the air. Harry winced seeing that the arrow did not look like it would hit the target at all as it flew right over the top of it. His mouth fell open in shock as the arrow turned in midair before it hit the boundaries of the Wards and did a small lap of the area before it zoomed in right at the center of the target. As the white aura-covered arrow hit the target the item flashed red, purple, and blue before everything returned to normal. Not sure what he was supposed to do, Harry looked around the hall before the students burst into cheers.

A different member of staff, the deputy Headmistress Belomey St. Clair, led him out of the wards and took the bow from his as she dropped his school cloak over his shoulder. "Congradualations Heir Potter, welcome to Beauxbtaons Academy of Magic. Based on your sorting you belong to House Stelleluna or House of the Moon. Your House placement shows you are gifted in the fields of Transfiguration and Runic Magic," Professor St. Clair explained as she pointed out the group of tables belonging to House Stelleluna. With somewhat wobbly knees, Harry walked over to one of the free spots of his new house. There were some gasps as he sat down before everyone turned as the next student entered the hall for their sorting. Harry could not figure out why they gasped when he sat down, as far as anyone had told him there were no assigned seats in the hall, and there were plenty of places at the table he had sat at.

Over at the table for House Starshine, Amelia winced seeing Harry take the seat at the table usually only occupied by the rumored Dementor Blooded Student. She hoped Harry would be alright since normally the new students to the castle could detect a sort of auro that made them not want to sit by Heir Guillotin the descendent of the inventor of Madam Guilitotin during the Reign of Terror. Yet Harry had either not detected the aura Heir Guillotin gave off or chose to ignore it. For his part, the fourth-year student looked a little shocked that Harry had sat at his table. Harry did not even notice as he watched the other first years undergo their sorting test. Harry was a little confused when other new students joined House Stelleluna but did not come to join him and the older student at the mostly empty table. He decided they must have had older friends or relatives they wanted to sit within the House and let it go.

After the last new student was sorted Madam Maxine got to her feet, leading all the students and staff to stand up as well. The Headmistress gave her welcoming speech before sitting down as the Beuaxbaton House Elves sent the welcoming feast to the tables. "Why did you sit here, of all places?" Heir Guillotin asked when everyone began to eat.

"There were open seats. Why were they reserved?" Harry asked.

"No they were open, most people just tend to avoid me," the older student said.

"Why?" Harry asked digging into his tomato soup and Fench bread appetizer.

"My family history and dangerous auro everyone says I have."

"Kay, I don't sense anything dangerous about you. So who are your family?" Harry asked.

"My name is Rin Ignatiosu Guillotine my ancestor to the seventeenth degree created Madam Guillotine who killed so many Muggle and Magical nobles during the Reing of Terror," Rin explained.

"So?" Harry asked still confused. "That was back then not you?"

Those at the nearby tables let out a shudder as Rin let out a laugh, something they had never heard before. "You are a strange one Heir Potter."

"I am going to take that as a compliment," Harry said.

"Well, it was intended neither as a compliment or insult but just a stated fact," Rin said.

"Kay," Harry said not sure how to respond to that as he focused on his meal.

Albus Dumbledore

A few days later when Hogwarts term started, Albus sat at the head table waiting for his weapon to show up. Unlike the rest of the glasses in the hall, Albus's goblet was already filled with appleberry wine. Albus waited with steepled fingers as Minerva entered the hall followed by the first years. Albus scanned the crowd but he was unable to see Potter anywhere. He began to wonder what had happened, last he heard Hagrid had returned to Hogwarts without meeting the boy, yet Albus had been busy dealing with the protections for Flamel's stone and then Molly getting on his case after the Harry Potter Adventure Book series had been canceled by Gringotts and were fined for falsely representing a Gringotts client. This had also led to the publishing house Albus had owned having to file for bankruptcy to pay the fines.

Albus had no idea what happened to the boy but expected the Dursleys to try to do something to get him to pay them more money. Albus thought that maybe Petunia had set aside her disgust and anger at the Magical World to take her husband and Harry to Gringotts to see if she could take full control of the brat's vaults. As if she could, but the Goblins might have taken off the trace Hogwarts had been using to send its letters to Harry, since after the second day none of the letters Albus had created for the boy had been sent.

Albus still scanned the crowd of new students, and while he was able to find Molly's youngest son, and noticed the boy was also looking around. Albus could only assume Molly had ordered the boy to befriend Harry as soon as he could. That the red-head boy was looking around made Albus wonder if Petuina had kept him from coming to Hogwarts, or possibly had the Goblins do something to alter Harry's appearance. Such a plan was doomed to fail since the boy would have to reveal himself once he was called forward to be sorted. Yet Minerva went from Parkinson, Patil, Pati, before Quinlen with no mention of Potter. As everyone knew this was the year Harry was to start school the older students as well as the Pureblood and Halfblood first years began to gossip about where Harry was.

As the inhabitants of Hogwarts tried to figure out where he was, Harry sat down at his now normal table next to Rin to eat supper after his first weekend at Beauxbaton Castle.

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After the meal had been cleared away, Madam Maxine stood up. Harry recalling his lessons at House Varis almost stood up again, before noticing none of the other students had made a move to do so. The Headmistress pulled out her wand and with a flick created a ribbon to float above her head and form into words. Harry heard some of the students at nearby tables start to groan as the Headmistress led them in singing the school song. As Harry sang along, he wondered how he was doing since he had never sung before, also thanks to the Babble Potion he could read and speak French now did not mean he could sing.

After they had finished singing the school song, Madam Maxine and the staff bid them goodnight as the students stood up from the various tables in the hall, an upperclassman from each of the five Houses that the school had summoned the new students over. Harry noticed that the upperclassman for Stelleluna was a blonde girl with hair down her back, several freckles, and some acne. As the rest of the upper years left the Dining Hall, the girl introduced herself as Heiress Delacour and began leading the first-year group up to the dormitories of their new house. "Each school year starts on a Friday, that way you can use your weekend to just explore the castle before having to go to class. Some students offer tours if you want it but you can just as well make your own way," Heiress Delacour explained.

Harry and the other new members of the house discovered that House Stelleluna's dorms were located on one of the highest floors. Heiress Delacour had all the new students gathered around her when she reached a tapestry depicting the solar system. Harry was not the only one who marveled at seeing the planets, moons, and even stars moving around the sun in the middle of the tapestry. "To enter our House, you will need to tap a random number of moons," she said as she began to press a finger into the picture. "After you have pressed the random number for the day, the Earth's moon will come out." As she pressed one of the moons of Jupiter, Luna came out from behind Earth. "After that you just press it and," she said pressing a finger into Luna as the tapestry parted as if it was an automatic door at a supermarket to reveal a passageway behind. "Presto."

Heiress Delacour had them all enter the room before her, telling them that since she opened the passage it would close after she had gone through. Harry took in the room which had walls of a gentle dark blue at the base while getting lighter the higher up the wall it was. The ceiling of the room was almost purple but that could also be due to some magic as the dark color made the eyes of the new students go to a skylight to the stars and moon above. There were chairs and tables of all sorts mostly occupied by the older students who were catching up with friends they had not seen during the summer holiday. Along one wall there were several doors leading out of the room while across from where Harry and the others came in there was a set of double doors which were being pulled open. "New students, in here if you please," the man who had pulled the doors open directed Harry and the others.

The new students found themselves in what looked like a large meeting or possibly reading room. Besides the double doors, every bit of wall space was blocked by bookshelves. Harry noticed that the majority of the shelves held books on Transfiguration and Runic Magic, which made sense since Professor St. Clair said that was the type of magic that the House was known for. As the last of the new students found a place to sit, the man shut the doors and walked around the table to stand before them. The man wore a dark blue and purple robe and appeared to be of Asian decent with slicked-back black hair with matching eyes. The man's eyes and expression gave off the impression of gentle warmth and humor about him. "Good Evening everyone," the man said and just like the protocol lessons he got at House Varis, Harry joined the others is wishing the man "Good Evening" back. "I am House Stelleluna's monitor. My name is Mister Sea. That is sea l as in a body of water, not the letter," the man said making some of the students laugh. "It is my job to keep order in the House, or if it is past curfew to be outside the dorms to fetch supplies if you need them. That is books from the library not if you forget something in one of your classes. I am sure Heiress Delacour explained why Beaxubatons always starts on a Friday night," he checked and received nods from the gathered students.

"Good, I will inform you that I will give tours of the campus during the next two days. I will give one after breakfast, which by the way is always between seven and eight in the morning. Another tour with me is open right after lunch which takes place depending on your schedules between eleven and twelve-thirty. I will not be giving one, however, after super which always takes place from six to seven at night," Mister Sea explained before he started to walk around the table. "On Monday you will be handed your class schedules for this term. The schedules are broken down into four days of normal work, and the fifth day is what I have heard some students call Muggle class day. From what I have heard this term on Mondays you will be having your study lesson for Magic. This includes Astronomy, your Magical Theory class, a block of Comparative History from both Muggle and Magical Perspectives, and finally your non-practical lessons for Transfiguration, Charms, Potion brewing, and Defense/Attack Magic. You will have the same lessons on Wednesday. Meanwhile, on Tuesday and Thursday, you will be having your practical lessons as well as Herbology. I will note that your non-practical lessons are rather short at half periods since you will just be going over your readings for the class, as well as handing in or being assigned homework.

Now on Fridays, you all will have your so-called Muggle lessons. These include your math, etiquette, reading, and writing classes. These lessons will not take the whole day so you will have part of your Fridays off this term. In all your classes you be graded on the same scale. Everything from a perfect score to Eighty-Five percent will give you an O or Outstanding. An Eighty-four to Seventy will give you a grade of EE or Exceeds Expectations. You will get an A or Acceptable with a grade of Sixty-Nine to Fifty-five. These are all considered passing grades. If you score a Fifty-four to a Forty-Two you will be given a P which stands for Poor which is followed by a Dredfull or a D if you get a Forty-One to Thirty. Anything less than a Thrity is a T for Terrible. I do hope you don't get too many of these.

Besides grades, your instructors as well as other members of staff can give you demerits. If the same staff member gives you three demerits in the same week you will have to serve detention during the weekend. All detentions will take place either Friday night after supper, anytime on Saturday, or before supper on Sunday so as to not interfere with your studies or sleep schedule. You will earn a demerit if you act up in class, get more than two Terrible grades in a row in the same class, and being out past curfew will earn you two demerits. If a member of staff gives you five demerits in the same week you will start to lose privileges such as being removed from your clubs and being stopped from going to any non-school related activities like the school's Quidditch games, or the plays and musicals that some clubs put on.

On the other hand, showing your knowledge of a certain subject, and helping your fellow students or members of staff can earn you a forte. Unlike demerits forte will stay with with you longer than a week. Once you gain ten forte's you can turn them in for special privileges, such as during your second year you can take an early trip to a nearby Magical Village. Other rewards can include a Floo call to your families and stuff like that. And since the staff has been asked before, no you can not combine your fortes with a friend to get a reward faster.

At the end of each term you will have your main test, besides these tests for each school year you will be asked to do a project either by yourself or with a group," Mister Sea said before he let out a sharp whistle. Responding to the whistle he had just let out a small gray orb flew into the room by an open window at the top of the closed double door. "As an example of things you can do for your end-of-year project I present to you all, Faces the Moon. A few years ago we had a member of Stelleluna's Quidditch team take the Snitch they caught during their final match, and knowing that new Snitches had to be used in all matches decided to transfigure the Snitch into Faces the Moon." Several students around the table raised their hands. "Yes?" Mister Sea asked nodding to one of them.

"Why is it called Faces the Moon?" a girl with her orange-dyed hair up in spikes asked.

"It gained its name due to an enchantment one of the student's friends did on it after it was made to look like a moon. Faces please show our new friends what I am talking about." The gray orb bobbed a little as if it was nodding before it flew into the face of the student who had asked about its name. The student let out a gasp as the Moon began to slowly spin around revealing what looked like a face with its tongue sticking out. "Face of the Moon thanks to the spells on it is classified as Semi-Sentient. And while it can't talk it can communicate a little by its movements as well as the faces that it can display," Mister Sea explained. Faces the Moon then began to show off different exprions such as a smiling face, a face with an arched eyebrow, and even a face screwed up with anger before it zoomed out of the room again.

"The only two years that you will not be required to do an end-of-year project, though if you do it will earn you over twenty-fortes, is your sixth and seventh year here. This is mostly due to those years ending with ICW, or the International Confederation of Wizardry standardized test. During your sixth year you will take part in MET, the Massivly Exhasting Test. While your seventh year will end with your ELVES, Extremely Long Vexing ExamS. Now after your seventh year you can move on to other places, but you can also come back for an eighth year if you had classes you wished to take but did not have time to do so before, or if you wish to gain a mastery in a subject and come back to Beaxubatons as an Intern. In either case, during your eighth or even further years you might wish to spend here, you will no longer be tested or have to do any end-of-year projects.

And now that that is all out of the way it is time to talk about your new House. House Stelleluna as Deputy Headmistress St. Clair told you after you were sorted into it primary focus is in Transfiguration and Runi Magic. Hence why this reading room has more of those types of books in it compared to others. Stelleluna is a place where we enjoy quiet contemplation of ideas and concepts, but we don't mind getting our hands dirty. As you will find out during your tours or exploration of the castle the closest classroom to our dorms is the Astronomy rooms. On the other side of that classroom, you will be able to find the entrance to House Starshine dorms. Unlike our House, House Starshine has a focus on Charms and Arthimancy.

Now some of you who might have relatives who go to another Magical school might have been told that only students who belong to a certain House can enter it, at Beauxbatons this is not true. If you can get past the door without any help from a member of the House you can enter it. However, I will point out that when you enter another House, Beauxbaton's magic will place a wrist strap on your non-dominant arm. If the House you are visiting is about to have a scheduled meeting or it is almost time for curfew the strap will first flash and then tighten around your wrist to let you know it is time to leave. Secondly, while you can visit another House, you can only go into their Common Area and Reading room, if you try to enter the House Bedrooms section you will automatically be removed from the House and given three demerits.

There is one exception to this action, and that is if you get permission from me, our Staff Head of House who is Healer Smythe, as well as your friend's House Monitor and Head of House. This can be done if you wish to sleep over in a friend's room and have earned ten fortes. If your friend has roommates you must also gain their permission as well to sleep over. A sleepover can only take place on either a Friday or Saturday night, once more so it does not interfere with you or your friend's studies.

I do not care if you rough house a little inside the dorms, but if you make a mess you will be expected to clean it up. House Stelleluna has three House Elves who are assigned to it, Moonflow, Eclipcs, and Waxing. They are mostly to be used to do deep cleaning after everyone goes to bed, clean the fireplace, and dust. You can not call them to get you a snack or something from the kitchen. And as I said earlier if you need school supplies you should come to me. If you forget your bag say in another House and come back to avoid breaking curfew and forget it, then you can call on one of our Elves to retrieve your bag. Jonathan Fitzpatrick raised his hand with a question. "Yes?"

"What are the other Houses and their focus?" Jonathan asked.

"Well after Starshine there is House Fairy Wind, which is located somewhere on the ground floor, the residents of that House have magic more geared towards Herbology and Animal handling. Next, there is House Aquana Twofor which is located near the back of the castle out by the lakehouse their magic is geared towards the study of History, Astrology, and Ghostology. Lastly, there is House Sevane which is filled with people who have either a talent for brewing and potion making or a very balanced Magical leaning such as being geared towards Charms, and Transfiguration. Yes?" Mister Sea asked as Harry raised his hand.

"You mentioned we had classes in defense and attack magic, if one has a leaning towards that what House would one have been sent to?" Harry asked.

"Ah, good attention to detail. Yes, you will attend classes of defense and attack magic but one does not have a leaning towards it for defense/attack magic can come from all fields of magic such as Charms and Transfiguration. Some spells are only classified as attack/defense but here at Beauxbatons, we don't consider it a leaning of a person's magic. You can still earn a Mastery of it, you just can't be sorted by your skill in it," Mister Sea explained.

"I have mentioned curfew a couple of times now, so during Sunday through Thursday night you are to be back in the dorms by no later than nine-thirty at night. Friday you can stay out until ten and Saturday ten-thirty. Inside the dorms, all students have a curfew based on their year. As a first-year student, you are to be in bed by ten Sunday through Thursday while on Friday and Saturday, you can stay up until eleven if you wish. I would not recommend it for tonight, however.

Apart from your normal lessons and non-classwork activities, every student is required to attend one of two physical education classes each weekday," Mister Sea said.

"Why?" the student sitting right beside Harry asked.

"Studies have shown that besides repeatedly casting a spell to Master it, a person can produce stronger magic if they are in good physical condition. I am not saying you have to be muscular powerhouses but being at least physically healthy stabilizes your Magical Core and increases your spell-casting ability by five percent each year. One class takes place in the morning from seven to seven-thirty, and yes I told you that from seven to eight is breakfast but you should not need the full hour to eat any meal here. The other class is at the end of your school day from four to four-thirty. A member of staff keeps a list of the students who attend the lessons, if you do not go to either lesson you will receive a demerit, unless of course, you are too sick or injured to do so. Only worry about your own attendance to these classes, not your friends or people who you might not get along with.

On weekdays the Post will only arrive during breakfast, while on weekends any messenger bird you might use can show up at any time. Though there are Wards to prevent them delivering mail if you are taking part in or watching a game of Quidditch, as well as attending a show or musical that your classmates are putting on," Mister Sea said as he came to the end of his opening speech to the new members of House Stelleluna. "Yes?" He asked as Harry raised his arm again.

"Is breakfast on weekdays the only time we can send mail as well?" Harry asked.

"You can send letters so long as you are not supposed to be in class," Mister Sea answered with a small chuckle. Harry was glad of this not wanting to only be able to send his new owl, Prongs, to Remus or "Uncle" Philip about what was going on at school. Harry had named the brown screech owl after his dad's nickname from school that Remus had told him about.

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"Now, as I said your curfew is not until eleven, and I am not telling you to go to bed. But it might be a good idea to make sure you set your rooms up as you like them," Mister Sea said motioning Harry and the other new students to their feet. The Stelleluna House Monitor led the group out of the reading room, through the main common area, and over to the walls of doors, Harry had noticed earlier. Now that he was closer to them Harry could see that a symbol marked each door, there was the usual one for male and female but there were two others that looked similar to the gender signs that he had never seen before. The fifth door had an even stranger symbol of what looked like a stick figure inside an egg. "Now these are the doors to the House's sleeping chambers. There are no assigned rooms by year so if you see a room that has an open slot on the nameplate tap it with your wand and your belongings will be moved into it. You can only enter the passage to your specific gender unless you have creature blood which allows you to access your gender's room and any creature-specific sleeping area you might need," Mister Sea said nodding at the door with the figure inside the egg.

"Now this is one of our House's various bulletin boards on it you will any notices about upcoming events. Right now the only thing that will matter to you lot is that at the start of each year, Headmistress Maxine likes to meet with all the new students, you will also have a meeting with our Head of House as well as the school Healers in the coming weeks. Other than that there will be notices for clubs you might consider joining. I will suggest that until you have your flying lessons don't join any of the flying clubs," Mister Sea said indicating the board situated between the male and female doors. At the moment it there was nothing on it, but it was good to know where it was.

After checking out the board, Harry and the other new male members of House Stelleluna headed into the male sleeping area to find some rooms. "Want to room together again like we did at House Varis?" Jonathan asked.

"If there is space to do so," Harry said seeing that the rooms closest to the door had all been claimed. Harry could not tell if the castle was just that large, or if there were some enchantments on the passage and space that House Stelleluna had as the pair walked what felt like a block together before finding some open spaces. Well, technically they had found some spots earlier but Jonathan had not wanted to room with Rin Guillotine after hearing the upper years at his table talk about the Fourth Year boy during the opening feast.

Instead, Harry and Jonathan found some open spots with someone named Jaq Dmaon. Tapping the nameplate beside the door they gave the signal for their stuff to be brought into the room. Opening the door the pair of first years saw what looked like a small three-bedroom set-up but with enough space for a desk and armoire. Harry and Jonathan moved to their school chest and began to place their school books onto the desk, before placing their clothing inside the armoires. Harry based on his experience with his "bed" at his Uncle's house decided to test out the mattress of his four-poster canopy bed. He did notice that House Stelleluna did use a lot of dark blue and purple in its decorating as the canopy was dark blue while the sheets were purple. Harry was not sure if the bed was just so comfortable or due to the conditioning of his body taking any sleep he could get but as soon as he laid down, Harry fell fast asleep.

Jonathan must have let him sleep, as Harry did not get up until the next morning. Even without an alarm clock or a spell that Remus had told him about, Harry woke up on the dot at six-thirty in the morning. Harry figured it was down to him being at school since during the school year he had been forced to get up early unlike during the summer, so he could make breakfast for Dudley and his aunt before catching the bus.

Since it was still half an hour before Mister Sea said that breakfast began, and not sure if he would get in trouble if he left his room before then, Harry decided to write a letter to Remus about his first night at school. Not sure how light a sleeper Jaq was, Harry headed to the main room to write the letter. Since Remus said that it Magical Schools tried to hide their true locations from other schools, Harry just told Remus that Beauxbatons was located in the mountains. But then again he had no idea the exact location the building was place. Harry did tell Remus about how he had been sorted, though not why everyone had gasped at the sight of the aura around his arrow. It would have made sense if they had gasped at his name since according to Remus he was a little famous for surviving the curse that killed his parents. Yet every one had only reacted once he had shot his arrow. When he watched others getting sorted, he noticed that none of the other new students had a white auro so maybe that was significant somehow.

Moving past his sorting, Harry told Remus about becoming a member of House Stelleluna asking his new guardian and his parent's old friend if the man would finally share with him what House his parents had been sent to at Hogwarts. Having joined a school house, Harry now added the question of what one had to do to be a member of whatever house his parents had been in. Sharing that as a House Stelleluna member it meant his magic was geared towards Runes and Transfiguration. Harry also went into the belief that Runes must only be taught to older students since there had been no rune books on his school supply list.

Harry used the fact he was in the common area to describe the room as best he could to Remus. As he told Remus about Faces the Moon, the enchanted item came over almost as if it knew Harry was writing about it. Since Mister Sea made it sound like Faces the Moon was one of a kind, Harry thought he would try to draw it rather than just explain it in his letter. "Do you mind if I draw you?" Harry asked the floating orb. Faces the Moon hovered before him for a moment before a smiling face appeared on its surface and it made a bobbing motion as if it was nodding. "Thanks," Harry said making Faces the Moon give him a slightly embarrassed or blushing face as it hovered before him letting him draw it.

Harry thought it would be easy just to draw a circle, add some moon features such as craters, and then add a face, but he found he wanted to do it right seeing how happy(?) he had made Faces the Moon. At least based on the smug look that was now on its surface. Harry pressed his tongue between his lips as he tried to get the eyes right. Seeing the trouble he was having, Face of the Moon shifted its face to a normal smiling face. Harry still had a little trouble with the eyes but he did the best he could. Before he rolled up the letter to send with Prongs, after finding out where the Owlery was, Harry let his ink dry a little. Laying it flat on the table, Harry looked up at the skylight seeing that the purple color on the ceiling the night before now looked a little lighter.

"That is pretty good," a voice said making him jump a little as he had been focused on looking at the ceiling and skylight.

"Oh, good morning, Heir Guillotine," Harry said looking over at the speaker.

"You can just call me, Rin," Rin said.

"Okay, thanks Rin. And what is good?" Harry asked.

"Your Sketch of Faces the Mood. A little crude but it shows potential," Rin said.

"Um, thanks," Harry said blushing a little.

"You should either join one of the art classes or a club," Rin said taking a nearby seat.

"There are art classes?" Harry said unable to recall Mister Sea saying anything about them.

"Mister Sea gave the whole welcoming speech and told you that on the days you have Muggle lessons it is not a full day. The thing is there are classes you can sign up for to fill up the time if you want. They are not graded or mandatory but are still open. Besides art classes where there are ones dedicated to drawing, painting, and using molding clay, there are also music classes to sing or play instruments. And even some acting classes if you want," Rin explained.

"That does explain Mister Sea talking about student productions last night," Harry said.

"Well, there are actually two types of productions those from the classes and the more involved ones are actually done by the student clubs," Rin explained.

"What are you some sort of spokesman for the art department?" Harry asked.

"No, I am just a member of both the painting class and clay molding club," Rin said. "And as a member, I can say I was not lying when I said you have some potential. But the question is why are you up so early?"

"My relatives," Harry said.

"They were morning people?" Rin asked.

"Not really. Until a little over a month ago, I was living with my mother's sister and her family. They were abusive, treating me like a House Elf. During the summer I normally woke up to my cousin thundering down the stairs, when school was in session I was made to get up early to make breakfast for him and my aunt before going to school," Harry shared. He did not have any problems telling this to Rin since the older student had told him about some of the problems he had due to his family. Just not from his family.

"But you no longer are with them... I mean when you go home for the summer or holidays? Right?" Rin asked.

"I am not, they decided to send me to school outside of England and when they did I was removed from them. Since I had no idea that I was Magical I was sent to House Varis before an old friend of my parents came to take me in. I will be living with him. That is who the letter is for," Harry explained.

"I hope they get their just desserts," Rin said making a face that would have made most students take a step back in fear of him but just made Harry laugh.

"I think they did. My dad's friend Remus said they were facing Goblin justice.," Harry explained.

Hearing Harry laugh at his statement and his face, Rin felt the younger boy would not take it the wrong way as he altered his voice and called out, "Off with their heads."

"Of lettuce and drinks," Harry added in a silly voice which made Rin laugh a little.

"You are one strange kid, Lord Potter," Rin said.

"You can just call me Harry, but if you want to be formal, please stick with Heir Potter," Harry said.

"But your robes have the mark that shows you are a Lord?" Rin said pointing at the Lordship Mark on Harry's blue school robes.

"My Account Manager said I only got it through Rite of Conquest," Harry said.

"I kind of figured due to your age," Rin interjected.

"I heard that it made me famous, and not liking the attention, I decided to go with my rank in my actual family which is just the Heir," Harry explained.

"Well, if that is the case you should go to the school's laundry or one of the sewing clubs to get them to change the mark before too many people see it and start referring to you as Lord Potter. Also if you don't want to attract attention, I would not sit with me. I have heard a rumor that everyone thinks I am part Dementor," Rin said.

"Oh that is you," Harry said with a small laugh.

"You heard about it?' Rin asked.

"Well, not from Remus, but when we looked into members of my uncle's family that I could stay with when he transforms into a Werewolf, I found what I guess you could call her a cousin and she goes here. As Remus and her folks worked everything out, she was telling me about Creature Blooded people. And she did say there was someone that was to be part Dementor. Since I had no idea what a Dementor was she explained it. I guess I did not know it was you since well, you don't suck the happiness out of me or make me sad," Harry said with a shrug.

"I see," Rin said wondering why Harry did seem to be immune to the sort of deadly aura that he heard people say he projected, not that he was complaining. Even though Rin was an introvert, he did like to have someone to talk to every once and a while, it was nice to have someone other than one of the Beuaxbaton Ghosts to chat with.*

"So why are you up so early?" Harry asked feeling a little awkward for sharing the rumor Amelia had told him about Rin to the boy himself and wanting to change topics.

"Every once and a while, I like to get up and paint the sun as it rises over the mountains," Rin said.

"But you don't have anything?" Harry asked.

"Yes, I do," Rin said as he pulled out a canvas, some paints brushes, paints, and even a stand from one of his robe pockets.

"Wow," Harry said completely amazed.

"It is just a standard expansion charm, you will learn about them in your second year here," Rin said as he put everything back in his pocket.

"Can I watch?" Harry asked.

"Um, sure," Rin said getting up as Harry rolled his now-dried letter up and followed him out of the room. Harry assumed that it was okay to be out before breakfast since Rin was doing it, unless the older boy just avoided any members of the staff.

Rin led Harry to the Astronomy classroom between their House and House Starshine, opening the door and taking a winding staircase up to an observation tower where the practical lessons for the class took place. Rin began to set up his easel and set his canvas on it. With a flick of his wand, the fourth-year student filled a cup of water to wash his brushes off with before he began to select his paints. Harry felt as if he was watching Bob Ross, without the commentary and the "Happy Little" lines as Rin got to work talking to Harry as he explained what he was doing. Harry thought Rin was trying to get him to join one of the art classes or clubs as he explained to Harry why he mixed his paints a certain way or the process of layering to give his piece more depth. Harry who had never had time for such leisurely activities to do himself or watch, was amazed as the painting came to life before him under Rin's ability.

Harry could only admire the older male for his talent, making his drawing of Faces the Moon seem more crude in comparison, but Rin had said Harry had potential. Maybe Harry would take one of the art classes or join a club now that he did not have to worry about doing chores, or how to do his homework worse than Dudley while still learning the material.

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When Rin finished his painting, he cast a spell on the canvas to dry the paint. "Can you teach me that?" Harry asked thinking it would make writing letters easier.

"I will not need to," Rin said as he began to clean up his stuff. "During your first class of the year, unless you start with a Muggle class day, the instructor will teach everyone the spell to dry your ink and fix mistakes you might make in your assignments. I will say that most instructors don't mind if you use a pen or pencil to do your notes, it is just homework and tests that need to be done with a quill."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"They say it is because when a Magical person uses a quill they for some reason tap into their magic to leave behind a bit as they write. The instructors use this bit of magic to ensure you are the only one doing the work, or if there is a group project everyone is pulling their weight," Rin explained.

Having finished packing up his art supplies, Rin led Harry back down the stairs and out of the Astronomy classroom into the school's halls. "Morning, Harry," a voice said making the pair of boys look over to see Amelia and Selkie off to the side.

"Hey, Amelia. Were you waiting for me?" Harry asked.

"Sort of, I was wondering if you wanted to eat breakfast with me and my friends," Amelia said trying to keep the worry she had with Harry being around Rin from her voice.

"Can we do that? I thought I had to sit with members of my House?" Harry asked.

"That is only during the opening feast so that new students can find where their House sits," Selkie explained. "Otherwise it does not really matter."

"Why not?" Harry asked.

"Since students are placed in their Houses by what fields of Magic they are best at rather than say their personalities you can find friends just as readily in other Houses as in House Stelleluna," Selkie explained. Harry was unaware that as Amelia and her friends led him down to breakfast, Rin had either been left behind or had gone his own way.

"Is that true for you guys?" Harry asked.

"Sure, I am in Starshine," Amelia said showing her back to Harry which allowed him to see what looked like a shooting star on the back of her shawl. The star was bright yellow while the tail of it was orange.

"I am in House Stelleluna like you are," Selkie said showing that on the back of her shawl, there was a full moon which had one side colored purple and the other a dark blue that Harry had noticed were the two main colors inside the common area his new bedroom. "You must have been really tired last night. Mister Fitzpatrick said you zonked out right after you laid in bed."

"I don't recall. Um, I have a question if it is not too rude to ask," Harry said knowing that some people were touchy when asked about a race let alone asking the older girl a question about being part of a different species altogether."

"My creature side?" she asked.

"Well, Mister Sea said you all got room for your creature side, but apart from your necklace bubble thing, you don't look that much different than me or Amelia," Harry said blushing slightly.

"There is nothing to be embarrassed about, if you showed discrimination it would be a different matter, but you and Amela both said you were raised by Muggles, so your confusion is understandable. Under my necklace, as you call it, I actually have gills. In my room, I have a special bed to help me sleep. I did not see you before you entered the common area or after your meeting in the reading room, due to making sure my bed would fit me," Selkie explained.

"What sort of bed do you have?" Harry asked.

"A water bed," Selkie answered.

"They gave you a special room so you could sleep on a rubber mattress filled with water?" Harry asked not seeing how that would help her sleep unless it made her body feel like she was floating on the ocean or something.

"Nothing like that," Selkie said with a laugh. "My bed is water-confined by a specialty Ward. I can sleep inside of it without having to worry about my "necklace" falling off in the night."

"Oh," Harry said.

After a while, Harry decided to ask another question. "I take it that Stelleluna sign is a moon with the House colors of purple and dark blue, while Starshine is a shooting star of yellow and orange. What are the other House's colors and marks?"

"Well, Fairy Wind has the mark of a tree with a red trunk and green foliage. Surprisingly Aquana Twofor while having the sign of a raindrop has the color scheme of a peach outer layer and a brown inner layer. As for Sevane students, they are represented by a scale which is half white and half black, though for some reason each student has different parts which are each color," Amelia explained.

"And these signs are on the back of their shawl or cape?" Harry asked. For an answer, Amelia took Harry's baby blue school cape off of him and showed him the back so he could see the same moon-like design that had been on Selki's shawl. "What about the students who have badges?" Harry asked.

"Their designs are still on their backs," Selkie said pointing to one such student who walked past them into the dining hall which had the Fairy Wind House mark on their back.

"So I was thinking, I would give you a tour of the place, unless you want to explore by yourself," Amelia said as they sat down at one of the tables to have their breakfast.

"I would like to find my own way, but first I want to send a letter to Remus, visit the laundry, and make a side trip to somewhere else," Harry said not sure if it was allowed for students to go see where the House Elves were or not so did not want to say in inside the dining room.

"I get the letter but the laundry?" Amelia asked.

"I want to see if they can alter my robes so it shows I am just the Heir of my family rather than being a young Lord," Harry said leaning to tell the pair of girls in a whisper so none else might overhear.

"Why not?" Selkie asked.

"I don't want the attention. Remus said I am famous back in England for what I did to become a Lord, but I don't want the attention." Harry explained.

"Too late for that," Selkie said.

"Why? Because I sat next to Rin?" Harry asked suddenly noticing the older male was not there.

"That is part of it," Amelia said. "Do be careful around him, Harry, he is dangerous."

"No, he is not, a little weird but then again who isn't," Harry said not wanting them to talk badly about Rin as he thought about how Dudley and his gang had done the same thing to him back in his Muggle schools to make sure people stayed away from him. Since Harry for some reason could not detect the aura that Rin Gulliotine gave off he could not figure out why someone as kind as Amelia was trying to exclude the older male.

"I was not thinking about Heir Guillotine," Selkie said. "I was talking about your Sorting."

"Why? I hit the target, or is it strange that my arrow flew around before doing so?" he asked.

"Your aura that surrounded the arrow," Selkie said.

"White?" Harry asked thinking that no other new student who he saw get sorted after him had a white light surrounding their arrow."

"Hell yeah," Selkie said a little too loudly and enthusiastically. "Sorry," she said looking to the students who turned their way. "I mean yes the aura that surrounded your arrow as you shot it showed off the level of magic you can or possibly one day harness. Most people as you saw had a green or average level, blue which shows Mastery level of magic, there is gray which is Sage level, and finally, there is white."

"What does white signify?" Harry asked eating some bacon, French toast, and scrabbled eggs.

"White shows that you can achieve or have access to Overlord level of Magic. Um, let's see in England it would be like saying you had the same level of Magic as Merlin, while here we say you are like Sorcerer of Trois-Freres," Amelia explained.

"Who is Sorcerer of Trois-Freres?" Harry asked.

"The earliest documented Magical in the World," Selkie explained.

After finishing their meal, they were joined by Antonie, Morton, and Ivis. "I have to ask," Morton said as they explained where they were taking Harry first during his tour of the school. "Why do you call your guardian by his first name?"

"He told me he does not feel old enough to be called Mister Lupin, as Amelia calls him, and for some reason, he did not want me to call him Uncle Lupin either," Harry said.

"Yeah he muttered something about Padfoot," Amelia cut in.

"So he gave me permission to call him by his first name. Well, he did say I could call him what I used to but I had no desire to do so," Harry finished.

"Why? What did you use to call him?" Ivis asked.

"He only knew me as a baby before my parents died, so according to him, I used to call him Moo and Wemy" Harry said to the laughter of the group of third-year students.

"Did he explain why you called him, Moo?" Selkie asked.

"Well, it seems when my parents and their friends went to Hogwarts they had nicknames for each other and his was Moony, so I guess it was a childish name of it."

"Seems strange you could change Remus into Wemy but could not add the "me" to Moo," Amelia said.

"Hey I was at most one year old, I don't know," Harry said to more laughter.

"Is the name of your owl also one of their nicknames?" Amelia asked.

"Yeah, my dad's. Prongs is a male owl after all, though Remus did not say if my mother had a nickname if Prongs had been a girl," Harry said as they reached the Beauxbaton Owlery, which was located up on the top floor of the school though quite a distance from House Stelleluna's dorms and the Astronmy classroom. Hearing Harry say its name, Prongs came down and held out the letter, that Harry wanted to send. "It is for Remus," Harry said petting the owl's head and making it coo a little at him before it took flight out of one of the Charmed open windows which would allow the Owls to fly in and out but not let any elements like rain or snow enter. After the owlery, Harry was shown to the laundry where after his request Madam Silvy cast a charm on his clothing to change his Lordship mark to a Heir mark as well as let him know her spell would affect his other uniforms once Harry got close to them while wearing his now changed robes.

"So do you want to see where your classes might be held now?" Amelia asked as they walked out of the school's laundry room.

"Might be held?" Harry asked.

"There are three teachers for each class and they each pick their classroom each term to use for the year," Morton explained.

"Just three teachers for each subject?" Harry asked.

"Yep, you most likely will have the same teacher until you graduate from here, barring something happening. But one tends to teach first through third years, a second one teaches fourth and fifth years, and finally, there is a teacher in each subject for the last two years so they can focus on test prep," Amelai explained.

"Interesting," Harry said thinking about the stories Remus had told him about Hogwarts and how there was one teacher for each subject for all seven years. Hearing about how Beuaxbatons did it as well as the amount of students in the school, he wondered if Hogwarts overworked their staff or had smaller class sizes. "But no, I sort of want to see where the House Elves work, when they are not helping out in the common area of our House."

"Why?" Selkie asked.

"I just want to meet them," Harry said. As the group had no idea how much time Harry had been around House Elves, since he had told them until moving in with Remus he had been Muggle Raised the group of friends just shared a shrug as Ivis started to lead the way to the Beauxbaton's House Elves Den, since he was the only one who had actually been there.

"Hello, young Masters and Mistresses, how may I help you?" Belladoma, the leader of the Beauxbatons House Elves asked as they entered the room.

"Um, can I speak to Moonflow, Eclipes, and Waxing please?" Harry asked.

"Certainly, young Master," Belladoma said as she summoned the three Stelleluna House Elves.

"Is there a problem with your room?" Moonflow, the leader of House Stelleluna's Elves asked.

"Not really," Harry said.

"Then what can we help you with?" the three elves asked at the same time.

"I just wanted to say thank you," Harry said getting onto his knees so he was closer to the Elves's eye level.

"Um, why? We have not really done anything yet?" Waxing the youngest of the three Elves asked.

"I know but I may not have time to do it later due to any homework or hobbies I might take up here. So I thought I would do so now," Harry explained.

"Can I ask why you wish to thank us?" Moonflow asked finding this young human to be rather strange, but in a good way.

"Before finding out I was a Magical, my family made me work for them doing what you all do. They never offered me thanks or a kind word. I don't know if you want it, after hearing you are sustained by human or other creatures' Magic, but I thought I would thank you anyway," Harry said.

"That is most kind young Master. You are very welcome," Moonflow said smiling at the young human.

"Keep up the good work, I am sure you are doing a good job," Harry said as he shook each of the three Elves' hands, who looked shocked for a moment before they enthusiastically shook his hand back with large smiles on their faces.

After leaving the House Elves' Den, Amelia turned to Harry. "You really made their day, Harry. Now I want to check something out before you decide if you want to have us show you around or just go exploring on your own."

"Oh, and what is that?" Harry asked.

"I want to see if you can figure out how to get into House Starshine''s dorms," Amelia said as she led Harry and her friends back up to the Astronomy Hallway. Rather than going to the tapestry of the Solar System, Amelia led Harry further down the hallway close to another set of stairs going down. She then directed him to a large star map.

"So, let's see if you can do it. To enter Starshine you have to connect stars to form real constellations," Amelia said stepping back to give him a chance to get into her House's dorms.

Harry looked around the star map to see if he could find any constellations he knew about. As Astronomy had never been a subject he had taken, nor had the Dursleys been into stargazing, Harry did not know if he could recognize enough to get into House Starshine's area. He did spot the Big Dipper so he used his finger to draw a line between them which he saw did stay in place as a small click was heard as if he had just unlocked a tumbler on a lock. He looked around but for a moment he could not find anything until he saw three stars in a line which helped him find the constellation of Orion. Connecting the stars he heard another click as he shifted his gaze around the map to find more. He was almost ready to give up when he saw the star sign of Leo which he only knew due to having seen it in one of Mrs. Figg's old papers and asked the batty old woman about it. As he connected his birth month's star sign, there was a third click and the door to House Starshine opened up to let him in.

"Good job Harry," Amelia said patting his back before having him enter her House's common area. As soon as Harry passed the threshold, he found a purple and dark blue bracelet on his arm below his watch and hidden Family Rings. He figured this was the wrist strap that Mister Sea had explained the first night he looked at Amelia's friends who had entered behind him. Just like him, Selkie's strap was purple and dark blue, while the three boys had red and green showing they were members of House Fairy Wind.

"Congrats young man, you are the first of your class not sorted into Starshine to find your way inside," a woman who looked to be Starshine's House Monitor said coming over. "You did enter on your own correct?" the woman said shooting a look at Amelia.

"I just told him what he needed to do, he formed the constellations," Amelia explained.

"Well, then he deserves a Forte," the woman said as she waved her hand above Harry's head as if making a checkmark on a list only she could see. As she did so, Harry looked around the common area of Starshine. He noticed apart from the color scheme of Orange and Yellow rather than Purple and Dark Blue, that there were more games like chess, checkers, backgammon, and the like on the room's tables. There was also no floating orb-like Faces the Moon around. Starshine also had three skylights rather than one, all situated at the same distance from each other in the form of a right triangle. Below one of the skylights was a large telescope, the second one had some chairs below it, and the last one had a clear floor with some pillow as if letting the students lay below the skylight and look up at the stars when they were out.

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Albus

After Albus sent the students to their dorms, he immediately headed to his office. He did not care that this might make him late for the start of term meeting with his staff, he needed to know why his weapon was not there. Plus unlike Minerva, the other Heads of the Hogwarts Houses gave their students a secondary opening speech inside their dorms to further detail how things were done at Hogwarts. Going up to his study, Albus moved over to one of the small spindle-legged tables where his various magical trackers were set up. Most who entered the office just assumed his trackers were random magical machines and he would not dissuade them of that belief. Even if someone worked out that the machines were trackers, Albus had tied the one to his weapon to the smallest machine.

Reaching for it, Albus tapped it with his wand to see if perchance the boy had actually died rather than having the Dursleys just take the Trace off of him. As the tracking spell he had placed on the brat was tied to the Horcrux Tom had attached to the boy rather than the Trace, Albus knew it would remain in effect even if Petunia took her nephew to Gringotts to block the Trace allowing Hogwarts to send the boy letters. Albus was therefore confused when he got no results from the machine. It did not give any data that the brat had died or had somehow removed the Horcrux, it was just blank.

Albus was not sure what sort of magic could block the Tracker attached to the Horcrux and had to sit down for a moment. He must have missed something important while he had been busy setting up the first test for his weapon involving Flamel's stone. Deciding to get to the bottom of it he called for his personal House Elf, "Dobby."

"Yous call Dobby, Master Albus sirs?" Dobby said as usual speaking in a very strange way at least compared to the other House Elves Albus had dealt with, but he always put it down to just some brain damage the thing had.

"Harry Potter did not show up. I want you to head to #4 Privat Drive in Surry to find out if his family is somehow holding him prisoner," Albus ordered the half-mad Elf.

"Theres no ways, anyone could stop the Great Harry Potter," Dobby said knowing this had to be true after all the stories his Master had told him of the boy and what he had done and would do.

"Normally. I would agree with you, Dobby, but unfortunately, Harry has been out of the Magical World for so long that he might not even realize it exists. Thus the Muggles he is living with could contain him with Muggle means," Albus said shaking his head as if saddened by this thought.

"Theys be bad peoples then," Dobby said smacking his left fist into his right palm before popping off to go to the Dursley's house and rescue the Great Harry Potter.

Albus planned on waiting in his office for the mad Elf's return. That way he could head down to the staff meeting with news that they had to go rescue Harry from his abusive relatives who had prevented the boy from coming to Hogwarts. However, this raised the issue of what to do with the brat during the summers. He obviously could not stay at Hogwarts, thus getting taken care of properly. No, the brat had to be sent somewhere so he could be raised in a semi-abusive home thus seeing Albus and Hogwarts as the only good thing in his life. This would lead the boy to want to protect the school by going after Voldemort's other Horcruxes which Albus knew were made with old Hogwarts treasures. For a moment Albus thought of sending Harry to live with Molly, but he knew that while annoying Molly's well Mollycoddleing of the boy would not be the right level of abuse for the brat to suffer through. That left Severus which raised the problem of how to convince the man to take Harry in.

As Albus thought about placing some spells on Severus so he would have no choice but to let Harry live with him, thus providing a home for the brat during the summer months Dobby returned. "Well, Dobby what did you find, do I need to go rescue our young friend?"

"The Great Harry Potter was not there, Master Albus sir," Dobby reported.

"WHAT?!?" Albus asked utterly stunned. Collecting himself he asked, "Did the Dursleys move away?"

"One could be sayings that Master Albus sir," Dobby said.

"Explain yourself Dobby," Albus ordered getting annoyed at the elf not just saying what was going on and making him feel like he was extracting information from the nasty little beast.

"The house was locked down, Master Albus sir. Dobby checkeded to make sures Dobby had right place. Dobby felt Great Harry Potter's Magic in house but nobodies there. Knowing Master Albus sir would want to know mores, Dobby checkeded with Mad Cat/Kneazle Lady. Mad Cat/Kneazle Lady says she be trying to talk to yous but yous be always cutting her off. The Great Harry Potter's family be jaileded," Dobby reported.

"WHAT?" Albus asked again thankful that he was sitting in his large throne-like desk chair feeling his legs going weak.

"Mad Cat/Kneazle Lady telling Dobby that day after Great Harry Potter got first Hoggywarts letter, Great Harry Potter's ucny and ant leave their sonny behind and take Great Harry Potter somewheres," Dobby said.

"Where did they take him?" Albus asked his voice shaking a little.

"Mad Cat/Kneazle Lady no know, Great Harry Potter's uncy and ant did not talky to her, or even leave sonny there but with friend. Mad Cat/Kneazle Lady only knowing Great Harry Potter's family being jaileded when she learny sonny picked up by Muggle pleasemen," Dobby explained using the common Magical World miss pronouncing of policemen.

"But there was no sign or news of Harry?" Albus asked.

"Mad Cat/Kneazle Lady no knowing any?" Dobby said.

"This is very troubling news, Dobby. But I am glad you told me," Albus said throwing the Elf a fake compliment to keep up his charade of liking the thing which he saw worked as the thing gave him a happy smile. "I will have to look into this later. I have to meet with the staff, in the meantime make sure a bed is set up in the Gryffindor First Year Male dorms so that when we rescue Harry his bed will be waiting for him," Albus ordered the Elf.

"Yes Master Albus sir. Please be forgiving Dobby for asking but what if Great Harry Potter seeys self as female?" Dobby asked.

Albus nearly had to grit his teeth at the very thought of his weapon being so touched in the Head. "If Harry thinks he is a female that will just show that his family abused him and broke his mind a little, we will just use some potions or spells to correct the damage they did.

"Yes Master Albus," Dobby said before popping away to set up Harry's "bed" in the male dorms. If Albus paid more attention or even cared, he might have found it troubling that Dobby had dropped the "sir" after saying his name thus showing the Elf's disapproval of his plan to "correct" Harry if saw themselves as a girl.

While the main meeting with his staff went smoothly, as soon as Albus opened the floor up to any concerns or issues the staff had thought about with the student's arrival Severus snapped, "So where is Potter? Is he already showing himself to be as bad as his father and deciding not to show up with the rest of his classmates? Let me guess he got "sick" and is going to show up tomorrow night so he will be the only one to get sorted in front of everyone."

"Severus," Minerva snapped at the man's hatred of a kid he had never met just due to the Potion Master's past with the boy's father. "For your information, Severus, Harry's name was not even on the Sorting List."

"He d-d-d-d-did not en-en-en-enroll?" Quirrell asked in a random stutter he had picked up after his year-long sabbatical when he decided to go from teaching Muggle Studies to Defense.

"Not according to the Hogwarts Master List," Minerva answered rolling out the names of the list of incoming students who had been sorted. The entire staff crowed around the roll of parchment to look for Harry's name. There was not even an Evans on the list to show that something had happened that had caused Harry to go by his mother's maiden name.

"I have some bit of news about that," Albus said being the only staff member beside Minerva not to scan the parchment. "The reason I was late to our meeting was I wanted to check in on Harry," Albus said not missing several of his staff catching each other's eyes since Albus was always late to any meeting they had, or any meeting that he set up even if it was in his own office. "The House Elf I sent to Harry's home revealed that recently his family had been arrested," Albus said not going into who Harry was living with lest he have to deal with Severus finding out he was staying with Petuina.

It would have been annoying to have the Potion Master on his case until the man let down his guard so Albus could hit him with a memory charm to make him forget about it, again. Just as he had done so after Minerva had revealed Hagrid, she, and Albus had left Harry on the DUrsley's doorstep after James and Lily had died. It had taken Severus a month and a half to let down his guard before Albus could make both Minerva and Severus forget where he had stashed the brat. Albus had a feeling that if he learned that Potter had been with Petunia, Severus would raise an even larger fuss after the woman's arrest.

"My Elf could not tell me if Harry was also taken in by the Muggle authorities, like the child of the family he was staying with. But rest assured, I will head to Gringotts tomorrow and use my position as Harry's Magical Guardian to find out what has become of him. With any luck by supper time tomorrow at the latest, Harry will be with us and ready to attend his classes," Albus said giving them all his best Gradfatherly smile he could. Albus noticed that while most of his staff's concerns had been handled, at least for the moment, Quirrell did not appear to be satisfied. This made Albus wonder if his guess was correct that the stutter the man had was fake and he was acting to get the Philosopher's Stone for either himself or possibly Voldemort. Albus, due to his dislike of not knowing what anyone around him was doing, had tracked where the man had gone during his sabbatical and knew the man had spent some time in a location where Voldemort's spirit might have fled to after his failure at Godrc's Hallow.

While Albus held the post of Headmaster at Hogwarts, he rarely did anything involving the school, if he could help it. He usually left everything to Minerva to handle, but this time it made it look like he had a reason to avoid doing his work as he started to look for his weapon. After breakfast the next morning, Albus headed to Gringotts to meet with Bonecrusher the Potter Family Account Manager to find out where the brat was. Yet almost as soon as he arrived at the bank things started to go wrong for Albus. While he would have liked to push everyone aside to see a teller, he knew the Goblins would not like that and might kick him out of the bank rather than meet with him. So Albus had to deal with a thirty-minute wait, hands in his pockets, bouncing on his heels to show some inpatients while he whistled loudly and off-key. When he finally reached the front of the line the goblin teller was in a bad mood, as were most Goblin employees, who had more sensitive ears than humans so had been forced to listen to his whistling which was like nails on a chalkboard.

Albus told the teller he was to meet with Bonecrusher, the teller gave him a darker-than-normal look. Rather than being told to head to the Potter's Account Manager's office, Albus was directed to a conference room. Reaching the room Albus had to wait another ten minutes, though thankfully without whistling as Bonecrusher and Albus's new Account Manager let the man stew for a bit watching him through a one-way wall. Bonecrusher had used his connections to charge Albus's old Account Manager, Griphook, for the man's interference in his client's vaults. For while some of the money Albus had taken could have been permissible due to Albus having held the post of Heir Potter's Magical Guardian, the sword, and other artifacts the man had taken were not. With the possible exception of the Elder Wand, the man used due to its history.

After letting the human bastard stew for a while, Bonecrusher and Dirkhammer entered the room. The human fool once more showed his disrespect for Goblin Kind as he did not stand up and present his neck. Hell, the man did not even bring his hand up to shake theirs in human fashion which some Goblins allowed in place of exposing their necks. "It is about time, you do know I have very important work to do?" Albus complained as the two Goblins took seats across from him.

"Why have you come here?" Bonecrusher asked roughly treating the man as badly as the man did them.

"I want to find out what has happened to your client," Albus said shocking Bonecrusher a little that the man might actually recognize him, which was out of character to how he acted. Though then again it could be Albus was reacting to Bonecrusher's clothing which showed his higher position compared to Dirkhammer.

"Can I ask why?" Bonecrusher asked smiling to himself as he got ready to deliver the "bad news" to the man.

"Harry did not show up to Hogwarts, and from one of my sources, I have learned his family has been arrested. I am worried about him," Albus said as the two Goblins did their best not to snort at the blatant lie.

"As Heir Potter, "Bonecrusher said emphasizing the title that his client told him he wanted to go by for the moment, "did not arrive at Hogwarts, I can see why you are concerned but I will not divulge any of my client's affairs with you."

"I am his Magical Guardian, I have the right to know where he is," Albus protested sounding like a whining child about to be given a time-out.

"You are no longer his guardian," Bonecrusher stated glaring at the man. "When I met with Heir Potter a few weeks ago, he informed me that he has never met you. While I am only a Goblin Account Manager, I know the laws concerning human Magical Guardians and with having never met you, even if you for some reason showed up while he was sleeping, you have been ousted from your role," Bonecrusher hoped the man would lie and say he had said he went to see Heir Potter when he was asleep due to how busy his jobs were, for it would allow the Goblin Prince to charge the man with child abuse as he had with the Muggles.
However, Albus did not divulge that he had known about what was going on at the Dursley home as the bastard just asked, "So who is his new guardian? I must speak to them, I had special protections in place they must be aware of."

"For my client and their Guardian's protection, I can not share that," Bonecrusher said with a satisfied smirk seeing anger flash in the human's eyes.

"Then can you at least tell me when I can expect Harry to show up for class?" Albus asked fighting to keep his voice calm and level, as well as not curse the pair of Goblins sitting before him since he knew he would never leave the bank alive if he attacked them.

"My client's schooling is already being seen too," Bonecrusher said finding it hard not to laugh.

"He belongs at Hogwarts, after all his ancestor Godric Gryffindor helped start the school," Albus protested thinking that his plans with the stone would be meaningless if the brat was not at Hogwarts.

"And as I said it is no longer your concern," Bonecrusher said making as if to get up but not doing it too quickly for he knew the man would have another issue and he could not help but want to twist the proverbial dagger into the bastard some more.

Albus seeing Bonecrsusher start to get out of his seat, knew he could not leave it like this so decided to try a different tactic. "Can I ask why we had this meeting not in your office and with a strange Goblin? If he was one of your assistants he should have been taking notes or something," Albus said.

Bonecrusher had to smile as this meeting was going almost the way he predicted it would as he sunk back into his seat. "Ah, yes, I guess I never introduced you. Albus Dumbledore, let me introduce you to your new Account Manager, Dirkhammer."

"New Account Manager? What happened to Griphook?" Albus asked.

"Well, for one thing, we found him moonlighting as a cart driver when he took your man, Hagrid to pick something up from Lord Flamel's vaults under your orders, but we also found evidence that he used your former position of Heir Potter's Magical Guardian to take some treasures, books, and other items from my client's vaults. For some reason Griphook placed them in your holdings, we are glad to say everything has been returned to its proper place, but to make sure he could not do it again, he was sent to work in the Mines." Bonecrusher saw the human blanch a little but breathed a sigh of relief that the Goblins had punished Griphook rather than him. Bonecrusher had wanted to send the bastard down to the Mines with Griphook, but his father Bonecrusher the VIII had pointed out something to him. Due to Albus' other positions of authority in the human world, if the man had faced Goblin Justice, Bonecrusher would have to reveal what the man had done to Heir Potter which he did not want to do to the young boy. This did not stop Bonecrusher from passing on what the bastard had done to Heir Potter's new guardian, as well as what Albus had done to the man's own life with the news of Sirius being illegally imprisoned at Azkaban. As soon as Sirius was freed and with his husband, Bonecrusher saw the pair doing their best to bring Albus to justice.

"Greetings, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, I look forward to working with you, and making sure your accounts stay in good condition," Dirkhammer said with a sly smile as the new Dumbledore Family Account Manager had already used Griphooks books, both the normal and hidden ones of the man's accounts to start auditing all of the bastards' holding.

"Um, yes it is good to meet you, Dirkhammer," Albus said a little off balance by what had happened.

After Bonecrusher left Albus with his new Account Manager, Albus was trapped with Dirkhammer for over two hours, as the Goblin checked on any payments that Albus' account had set up to make sure they had not been "started by Griphook" as a means to funnel money and treasures. When Albus finally left the bank, he had a quick meal at one of the restaurants in Diagon Alley before he tried another tactic to locate where Harry was. After a quick trip back to his Hogwarts Study, Albus used the Portkey to connect him to the ICW Headquarters. After that, all he had to do was take a quick jaunt from the Supreme Mugwump's office to the ICW Education Oversight Department. "Greetings, my dear I hope you can help me out a little," Albus said flashing one of the workers his grandfatherly look.

"How may I help you, Bayim Dumbledore?" the Turkish worker asked in heavy-accented English. Albus had barely learned to speak other languages, feeling that he was so important that if anyone wanted to speak to him they should do it in his native language rather than him learning their dirty tongue.

"Well, as you know besides my post here I am Headmaster at Hogwarts. Yesterday the term started yet one of the students who is descended from one of our Founder Lines did not show up. When I asked about it at Gringotts they said he had enrolled somewhere else. I just want to find out where he is going since for some reason he might not have been informed of his connection to Hogwarts. I would hate for him to miss out on that part of his family history," Albus said smiling at the Turkish man.

The worker did not even ask any questions due to how well respected Albus was as he got Harry's name and sought out any information. "It seems Bayim Potter is enrolled at Beuaxbatons Academy of Magic," the worker said passing over the paperwork tied to Harry's enrolment. Albus had to bite his lip to prevent himself from cursing Vernon out seeing the man had signed the brat up to go to the French Magical school. Albus kept his voice as civil as he could as he thanked the worker, not by name since he never looked, before heading back to Hogwarts. It took Albus over an hour and almost two full bags of Lemon Sherberts to calm down enough so he could write a letter to the half-giant Beauxbatons had placed in charge of the school. Albus once more lied as he wrote that Harry's Muggle relatives might not have been aware of the boy's connection to Hogwarts before they had sent him to Beauxabtons. Albus stated he would gladly accept Harry into the castle once the boy had learned of the connection and decided to attend Hogwarts instead.

Harry

Harry had enjoyed his first week at Beuaxbatons, he and Jonathan shared the majority of classes together. Once more showing off the difference between Hogwarts and his school since Remus said that at least until they chose electives in their third year all classes at Hogwarts included all the members of a person's house in their year. Yet just like in the dining room after the first night, the students' classes were mixed with students from the other four Houses. This did show Harry how Selkie, Amelia, and their friends had gotten together despite being in three different Houses. While Harry was not used to being around so many people, thanks to joining Rin during supper he had a chance to unclutter himself from the crowd, since no one appeared to want to sit with the fourth-year student apart from him. Harry had made some other new friends besides, Jonatha, Rin, his psudio-cousin and her friends. Harry had found out that Heiress Delacour's mother had actually been his Father's pen pal. The older girl had come to meet with him after hearing his last name during the sorting. She promised that she would send a letter to her mother and see if she could get copies of his father's letters to her mom.

During his Charms lessons with Master Zoe, he had been partnered up with a girl from Sevane named Eliza Matisse who was unlike any girl Harry had ever met. For one thing, she had a reverse mohawk with the very center of her head shaved completely bare. On one side Elize's hair was possibly her natural color of dark brown but on the other side of the bare patch, her hair was hot pink. During their non-practical Charms lessons, if Eliza tried to work out an issue, Harry would see her stick her wand in her mouth. He really hoped she was not chewing on it like he had seen some old classmates in his Muggle schools do with their pencils not sure what that would do to a person's wand, or even the chewer themselves. During one of the practical lessons as they worked on casting the Lumos Charm, Eliza told Harry she had already signed up to join the archery club having loved how she got sorted, but having never used a bow or shot an arrow before.

When talking to other members of House Stelleluna about what clubs they were in, Harry noticed that many were part of the various art clubs. Selkie even gave him her thoughts on the subject. "I think it is due to our magic."

"How so?" Harry asked.

"Well, House Stelleluna is said to be best for people who lean towards Transfiguration and Runic Magic. If you take away the magic changing something into something else is sort of artistic like taking a lump of clay and making it into a vase. Or if one takes runes as a sort of Symbological magic it can be connected to drawing, painting, or whatever you as they can be used to bring symbols to life," Selkie explained.

"That actually makes some sense," Harry said.

"Thanks," the older part-Mermish girl said ruffling his hair a little.

Besides making some new friends, Harry had to meet Healer Smythe twice due to the Healer being his Head of House and the leader of the Healers working at Beauxbatons. While he had met a Healer at House Varis, Harry still had the picture of a Healer as a professional and very efficient doctor in their white lab coat, though dressed in lime-green robes. Healer Smythe, on the other hand, did not even wear normal robes. Both times Harry met with the almost six-foot-five man, Healer Smythe was in a pair of artfully torn slacks and a muscle shirt. Harry saw the man was a big believer in the idea that a strong body helped a person's Magical Core and spell strength, as the man was ripped and had some weight benches and workout equipment in his office. As Harry had already been Cleansed at Gringotts, and had his inoculations at House Varis during his health meeting with Healer Smythe the man just got a baseline scan on Harry so he could track Harry's health and progress over the year.

When Healer Smythe met Harry as his Head of House, Harry was given a small test. "It is just a placement test for your Muggle Lessons so we can make sure you are in the right grade level for your age," Healer Smythe explained as he handed over the test. Harry was slightly worried due to having been forced to dumb himself down during his previous school years thanks to not outperforming Dudley, that Beauxbatons thought he might be a little slow due to his school records Unknown to Harry, one of the reasons for the test was to check on Harry's comprehension of French and other languages used at Beuaxbatons since the only records the school had on him was that Harry was Muggleraised and from England.

After the small placement test was over, Healer Smythe had a spell grade it for him as he talked to Harry about his experiences so far at school. Harry said he was having fun and saw that his placement in House Stelleluna felt a light correct since he found his practical Transfiguration lesson easier than the other classes. "Have you found any subjects that you are having trouble with?" Healer Smythe asked.

"Well, I had a small hiccup during Instructor Norris' lessons as we practiced preparing potion ingredients," Harry admitted.

"Hm, what happened?" Healer Smyther asked.

"I am so used to cooking that, I tend to be less precise in my cutting and made a few mistakes. Instructor Norris gave me a warning and told me to follow the directions on preparations closer unless I wanted to earn a demerit," Harry explained.

"I see that you must have done so since according to my file all you have is the Forte for being the first student of your class to enter house Starshine's Dorms that was not sorted into them. Good job on that by the way," Healer Smythe said smiling at him.

"I just got lucky that first time. Though now that I have had an astronomy lesson I was able to open the door faster," Harry said making the Healer laugh a little.

After Harry's test was graded, Healer Smythe went over it with him. "You are rather bright for your age. Do you know if your parents did well in school?"

"The only thing I had been told so far was my Mom was good at Charms, and my Dad was great at Pranks and that by his Fifth Year, he had achieved an Animagus form," Harry said.

"Why so late?" Healer Smythe asked.

"Huh?" asked confused.

"Why did it take him until his Fifth Year? I know your parents did not go to Beauxbatons but our students have a chance to learn the Animgus charm during their Third Year," Healer Smythe explained.

"It was not even taught at Hogwarts, Remus... my guardian and an old friend of my parents said my and his other friends had to learn it on their own," Harry said.

"Did Remus tell you how long it took them to achieve it?" Healer Smythe asked.

"I think he said his friends started to learn it in their third year," Harry admitted.

"While that is a long time by our class standards, the fact they were able to do it alone at that age does show your Father has some skill. Anyway, the reason I asked about your parents' educational background is that according to your test, if you were in Muggle school you might have been allowed to skip ahead based on some of your knowledge. You scored really well in Math and science so we will have to make sure we get you material that will neither bore you nor be too hard for you to comprehend. And while it is not a mandatory class, I would suggest you take a look at the Comparative Religion course Beauxbatons offers. Though since you are Mugglerasied I would have suggested you take a look at it anyway so you can learn about Magical Religion and the holidays our school celebrates compared to whatever religious background you have had before," Healer Syther said passing over a course book for Harry to look at. Harry thought that he did not have much of a religious background, since the Dursleys only went to church on Easter and Christmas and never brought him along, but it still might be nice to take a closer look.

When Harry had first looked at the House Bulletin Board, he had seen his meeting with Headmistress Maxine was in his third week due to where his surname was in order. Yet during breakfast on Monday morning of his second week of class, Harry received a notice that his meeting had been moved forward to after classes let out for the day. As Harry worried about what he had done that would make the meeting time change, Harry marveled at another change between Beauxbatons and the stories Remus had told him about Hogwarts. Unlike at Hogwarts, at least under Dumbledore, Headmistress Maxine's office location was known to the students and did not require a passphrase to enter it. As Harry knocked, and let into Madam Maxine's office he saw most of the furniture and items inside had been expanded to fit her large frame, apart from a pair of chairs one right in front of her desk, and the other in a small nook. Harry saw his meeting was taking place in the nook since Madam Maxine was not seated at her desk but on a large lounge chair by a table set up with some snacks. "Good day, Heir Potter, please be seated and help yourself if you like," the Headmistress said as Harry came over to her but stood until permitted to sit.

"Thank you, Headmistress," he said bowing to her slightly as he took a cup for tea and a small scone.

"Now this is just a simple meeting so I can get to know the students who come here to learn. I know you have met with Healer Smythe as your Head of House already. Both he and Mister Sea have not informed me that you have any concerns about lessons so far, which is good. So how are you settling into life at the castle?" she asked him as she poured tea into his cup.

"It is nice, I have made some new friends and love learning about Magic," Harry said giving her a nod of thanks for the tea and snacks.

"That is good to hear. I have noticed you sit with Heir Guillotine during the evening meals, it is nice to see him not always eating alone. I have also not heard about you having any issues with any other classmates," she said smiling down at him. Harry had no desire to tell her that some students were teasing him for his friendship with Rin, for he had handled worse thanks to Dudley and his gang.

"If there has been no issue that you have been aware of Headmistress, why was our meeting rescheduled?" He asked when it did not look like she was waiting on him to tell her about the actions of Heiress Dawn Lacy and Messer Daniel Brian.

"Ah, there is a reason for that. I recently received a letter from the Headmaster of Hogwarts about you," she said pulling out the letter.

"Why would he be writing to you about me?" Harry asked red flags shooting up in his head.

"Well, it seems he found out your Muggle relatives enrolled you here before they were arrested," she said knowing the young boy knew what had become of his relatives already. "Headmaster Dumbledore believes they did so without knowing that your family is connected to one of the Hogwarts Founders. He wanted me to find out if you wished to transfer to Hogwarts due to this connection."

"Oh, I just bet that is what he wants," Harry muttered softly to himself.

"What was that Heir Potter?" she asked.

"After I was separated from my Muggle Family, my Account Manager tested me and had me undergo a Cleansing. At that time I was still suffering from learned behavior my Aunt and Uncle had beat into me about not asking questions. When I moved in with Remus before coming to school, he led me through what the test revealed. Headmaster Dumbledore once held the post of my Magical Guardian, it is due to his neglect that I was abused by my relatives. Or I would say that if the test did not also reveal he had placed some enchantments on me such as blocking a part of access to my Magical Core and my ability to learn certain subjects. One of which was how well I did at Transfigurations," Harry said.

Madam Maxine had to gasp since Harry being a Member of House Stelleluna showed the boy's magic was geared towards that field of Magic."I see," Madam Maxine said in a horrified voice. "After hearing all this, I would not want to send you to Hogwarts if I can help it."

"My new Guardians don't want that to happen either," Harry said.

"Guardians? I only have a Mister Lupin listed as your guardian contact?" Madam Maxine asked confused.

"That was information before I started, it seems that another thing Headmaster Dumbledore had done was get my Godfather illegally sent to Azkaban, after my Account Manager fixed the mess Headmaster Dumbledore had done to my accounts he worked to get the man free. Remus is actually the husband of my Godfather, hence why I moved in with him. Remus had already told me had had been made to forget he had been married and with this bit of news that it was thanks to the Hogwarts Headmaster my Godfather had been sent to prison the pair are working to see the man gets his just desserts," Harry explained.

"I see," Madam Maxine said. "Hearing all this Heir Potter, I believe I should set you up with one of our Mind Healers we have on staff. I was going to suggest it before sharing all this due to your Muggle relatives's abuse of you, but I am going to make it mandatory."

Wanting to shift into a lighter topic she asked, "Do you have any thoughts on your yearly project?"

"I thought that had to be done at the end of the year?" Harry asked confused.

"It has to be turned in by then yes, but it is also not something you want to leave for the last moment," she said.

"But I hardly know any magic yet, how can I decide what to do?" Harry asked.

"I think you have misunderstood the project. I assume you have been introduced to Faces the Moon and came to the conclusion that the project has to be Magical in nature. This is not true, all the project has to do is show some growth over the school year. For example, I have noticed you have become friends with Morten Less, his project from last year was submitting a story he had written including several early drafts to the final project. I have had students choose their final product to be a dance they have come up with, and Heir Guillotine always passes on some painting he has done over the school year. So yes this is a Magcal School but besides teaching magic, it is a place of learning so we want to see our students get better not only in their studies but lives."

"I had not thought of that," Harry admitted.

"Which is another reason I like to meet you and your classmates for like the rest of the staff I want you to expand your mind, Heir Potter," Madam Maxine said gently patting his shoulder to not knock him off his seat.

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Albus

After a full month with no word of Harry transferring to Hogwarts, Albus was pissed off that things were not going his way. The brat needed to be at Hogwarts by Christmas at least so he could find the Mirror of Erised to be ready for his first year of testing to weaken Voldemort. But thanks to Vernon Dursley of all people deciding to have his nephew attend Beauxbatons things were starting to go wrong. Albus saw the only upside in the whole affair was that Vernon and his family had been arrested by the Goblins and facing those nasty beasts' version of justice. If only the action had not led to Albus losing access to his weapon and the brat's vaults, his publishing firm going bankrupt and Moly sending him Howlers almost every other day as she faced fines of her own from the Goblins. Once again there had been one upside where rather than the Goblins punishing him for dipping into Harry's vaults they took it out on his account manager Griphook.

However, Griphook getting replaced by Dirkhammer led to tighter regulations on his vaults and accounts. Not to mention just last week, Albus had discovered that James' old Invisibility Cloak was not where he had been storing it. Albus could only assume it had been returned to the brat's vaults along with a large portion of the money, treasures, and books he had removed from them over the years.

Now just yesterday the Prophet had reported the story that Harry Potter was attending Beauxbaton making the English Ministry annoyed that the famous boy had left the country without their knowledge. One of the Ministry had researched why Harry was going to the French school leading to the reveal that Harry had been living with the Dursleys who had recently been arrested due to child abuse. This article got both Severus and Minerva on his case. His right-hand woman was upset since the article broke through the memory charm he had placed on her making her recall warning him that the Dursleys were horrible people when they left Harry with the family. Severus did not seem to care about the mention of abuse being done to Harry but was getting on Albus's case for living the brat with Lily's older sister.

Albus was not even shocked that the man would not care about what was being done to Harry, but would be more concerned about his and Lily's childhood bully. Albus knew the only reason Severus had "changed sides" in the last war was due to his stalkerish crush on Lily and wanting to protect her. Meeting with him after Lily and James's death, Albus had found the man's Occlumency Shields down and had looked into the man's mind. Since Voldemort's attack on the Potters had all been one of Albus's plans to weaken the Dark Lord, Albus had not really cared about Lily and James dying. Just like he would not have cared if Alice or Frank Longbottom had been targeted as well by the monster. So seeing scenes from Severus' mind where the distraught Potion Master entered the ruins of the house Albus gave Lily and James to stay in, and seeing the man ignore the crying baby in his crib to embrace Lily before French Kissing her had not upset Albus at all. All it did for Albus was provide another way to control Severus.

As Albus thought about it, Severus might actually be the key to everything. With a plan coming to him, Albus pulled some ICW Headed paper over to him and wrote up a plan to "increase relations between the three main European Magical Schools." Albus suggested the best way to do this was to have a teacher exchange between the three schools. Making it look as if he did not want to disrupt the students' learning magic by suddenly changing one of the practical magic-using teachers, Albus suggested that the school's potion Masters should visit and teach at one of the other academies for about a month. Albus thought that would give Severus time to dose, enchant, or somehow bully Harry into coming to Hogwarts. Just to make sure that Severus went where he wanted him to, Albus wrote in his proposal of having Hogwarts have its Potion Master go to Beauxbatons, the Beauxbatons Potion Master sent to Durmstrange leaving Durstrange to send its Potion Master to Hogwarts.

Albus's plan was approved less than a week later thanks to his position of Supreme Mugwump of the ICW and head of the Hogwarts Board of Governors. Though he did face some resistance from the Beauxbatons' Board of Trustees, and Durmstrangs's Ruling Council. Severus also resisted his plan at first, until Albus pointed out it would allow the man to see how much Harry was like his father, so they could be ready for him by the time he returned to Hogwarts.

Gringotts

While Albus was working on his plan to get one of his pawns close to Harry, the Potter Family Account Manager was working on plans of his own. After Griphook had been sent to the Mines and one of his former assistants had taken over as the Dumbledore Family Account Manager, Bonecrusher had been working with Dirkhammer to get all his client's belongings back. After collecting the Potter Family Invisibility Cloak, Bonecrusher went to meet with Lord Sirius Black and his husband, since James Potter had left instructions to have the cloak given to his son before going to school. As the pair would have the best luck in sending the cloak without raising suspicion, Bonecrusher had gone to see them in their new Peresian home. "Can you get in contact with my Account Manager?" Lord Black had asked before Bonecrusher had left the reunited husband.

"Can I ask why you need my help do to so?" Bonecrusher asked.

"Well, while I am a free man now thanks to you and Harry, it was revealed Wormtail had not died. The news of my innocence and release from Azkaban has been kept secret so they can look for the bastard. Hence why I did not raise a fuss about moving to France. But I wanted to see if Downax can inspect my family's properties in England just in case we want to visit them over the summer," Sirius explained.

"I shall have him stop by," Bonecrusher said.

"Thanks," Sirius said as both he and Remus bowed low to expose their necks in traditional Goblin greeting and farewell.

A few days after Bonecrusher's visit Downax stopped by not only to fulfill his client's request but to go over some business with the human. "Which Black properties would you like me to look into for you?" Downax asked pulling out a roll of parchment to take some notes.

"Any property that is not occupied. Maybe Grimmauld Place since I believe I have some old photos and letters from James that my Godson might like to see in my old bedroom. If my parents did not clear the place out," Sirius said.

"They could not. While your mother "banished you from the family" she had no power to actually do so, only kicking you out of the House, since your Grandfather had chosen you to be his Heir your belongings would be protected.

"Cool," Sirius said having not been aware of that, or possibly forgetting it due to his time in Azkaban. "The thing is I also recall my parents kept some family treasures lying around which were pretty dangerous. So during your inspections if you could remove any dark or evil artifacts in the house that would be wonderful. Knowing my parents, I can also see one or even both of them putting up Magical Portraits of themselves somewhere, if you find such items you can remove those as well," Sirius ordered.

"Right," Downax said as he wrote the note down before pulling out the Black Family Account ledgers. As Downax led the two men through the bank books the pair found another reason to hate Albus since the man had used Harry's place as Sirius's Godson to embezzle money from the Black Family vaults. Sirius ordered all the money the bastard stole to be returned with interest while leaving any funds removed by Narcissa Malfoy and Andromeda Tonks alone since they had proper access to the funds.

Bonecrusher would never have guessed what Sirius's request to his Account Manager would do, as Downax showed up at his office after overseeing the inspection of Grimmauld Place. "What's wrong, Downax?" Bonecrusher asked as his fellow account manager rushed into his office holding a Magicl Containment vessel.

"While clearing out my client's childhood home my team discovered a dark artifact and were attacked by a half-crazed Elf," Downax said placing the containment vessel on Bonecursher's desk while using a handkerchief to white some blood off his face. It almost took our entire team to subdue the Elf, after which he was sent to an Elf Clinic and we took a closer look at the artifact."

"What does this have to do with me?" Bonecrusher asked.

"The artifact while somewhat dark and powerful in of itself also contained a Horcrux. When I ran it against any records of other Horcruxes due to the size of the soul fragment it contained, I found a match. This Horcrux is from the same person who left the Horcrux in your client as a baby. But even with the two pieces of Horcrux this gives us it is not a complete soul," Downax said.

"Of course not, the rest of the soul would inhabit the person, in this case, Tom Riddle's body," Bonecrusher said shocked that Downax was not aware of this fact.

"No, I mean the two pieces we have are less than 2/7 of a soul. This shows that there has to be more Horcruxes out there besides the bit of soul left in Riddle," Downax explained.

"By the Stone," Bonecrusher gasped understanding coming to him. "We need to get this to the Artifactor team so they can not only remove the Horcrux from its vessel but hopefully use it to track the others down." Downax gave him a small glare as if to say, "No Shit," but still joined Bonecrusher in rushing to Gringotts Artifactor's office.

Beauxbatons

Despite Madam Maxine and the Board of Trustess's best efforts, Albus's plan to send one of his teachers to her school had been approved. Having heard about what the man had done to young Heir Potter, Madam Maxine did not trust Albus' proposal. Thankfully she had easily been able to find a workaround to make sure the Hogwarts Potions Master did not have too much contact with Heir Potter. As the E.P.M.E.P. called for just a single Potion Master to leave the school, Madam Maxine chose Instructor Scarlet who was currently teaching the students in their fourth and fifth years. Also as a means to make sure the Hogwarts Potions Master got some help to understand how things were done at Beauxbatons, Madam Maxine changed some of the Potion Appretices around. Seeing that one of the apprentices had graduated from Hogwarts, she made sure Heiress Flint would be part of the team to help the visiting Potion Master out. She contemplated letting Heir Potter know about it, but just in case this really was a way to strengthen the bond between the three European schools, she did not want to influence the young student's reaction to the visiting instructor.

As the E.P.M.E.P. came into effect the Potion Masters taking part in the program learned something very interesting about the other Magical Schools they were now working at. Both Diane Scarlet and Severus Snape learned that the schools they had been sent to had more Potion Masters than the ones they left. Severus was slightly annoyed, while also being grateful that he was not teaching Potter's class having no desire to find out the brat was a dunderhead like most of his students. Yet he now had less work with three Potion Masters as well as Apprentices working at Beauxbatons. Diane Scarlet saw that due to the private funding as well as the connection to several professional Quidditch teams, Durmstrange actually had a different Potion Master for each year of students. But then there was Potion Master Demitri Hangoth who found himself the only Potion Master at Hogwarts and having to not only teach all seven years but do most of the brewing for the castle, just as Severus normally did. Demitri figured that by the time he returned to Durmstrang, he would be suffering from overwork and exhaustion.

Severus made no attempt to ingratiate himself with his new students, treating them just as he did to the members of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw back at Hogwarts. Thanks to being an old friend of the Malfoy family, Severus knew French but not the other languages the students who attended Beaxubatons used. Rather than use a Babblign Potion or a Translator enchantment, Severus laid down the law to his new charges that they would only be able to speak in French or English in his classes. Severus also did not conform to Beauxbaton procedures as he informed the class that anyone who spoke one of the non-approved languages would lose points and earn a detention. The class had been confused by the visiting Potion Master talk about points at least until they were brewing and Heiress Flint went to each brewing stand to explain Hogwarts's Point system. Heiress Flint and the other Potion Apprentices took note of how Severus treated the students. Heiress Flint was not that surprised, recalling how she had been taught at Hogwarts and only seeing the man's problem when she started to work at Beauxbatons.

Madam Maxine received daily reports from the Apprentices on Severus' behavior during his classes, and she did not like it. The man had evidently not looked at the curriculum for the classes he was now teaching as he taught the fourth and fifth-year students potions they had learned in their second and third years. She had heard some stories from Apprentices who had graduated from Hogwarts about how the students in the English school learned things years after they were taught at Beaubatons but this was the first time she got proof of it.

But worse than the man teaching the wrong lessons was Severus' treatment of her students. Not a day went by that the man tried to give a student detention without a single demerit. And then there was his constant harassment of Heir Guillotine, she could not help but wonder if she had been correct that Albus had sent the man here to get to Heir Potter. The only reason she could find in Severus' attitude towards Heir Guillotine was that the man had seen him and Harry eating together during evening meals. If the man acted like that to someone who just sat with Heir Potter, Madam Maxine was glad she had not put the man in charge of the young student's class.

While Harry had heard some bad things about the visiting Potion Master, he ignored them since he had no contact with the man. When he was not doing his class work, Harry found himself helping Eliza with her plan for her yearly project. Eliza had decided to create a new sort of game, and learning Harry was in the drawing art class, had asked him to design the character pieces. Having no idea what to do for his own project yet, but thinking that helping her might lead to an idea or possibly let him take some credit for it, Harry had agreed to it. True his drawings were a little rough, and he still had trouble with drawing eyes, but Eliza seemed to be happy with his work. It was not just the two of them either, as she had talked Jonathan into helping her create the game board for the game. His pair of friends had hit it off with not only each other but also Amelia and her group of friends. The only friend that Harry had at school that no one seemed to want to befriend alongside him was Rin for some reason.

Harry had heard that some of Rin's classmates were coming to his defense against the visiting Potion Master. This made Harry hope that others might get closer to the older boy and not be so scared of him for whatever reason they had. If they just got to know him, Harry thought, they would see Rin was a good guy with a great sense of humor as well as a brilliant painter. Rin had also helped Harry out when he had been having trouble with the designs for Eliza's game pieces.

Rin had advised Harry that since he had trouble with drawing eyes he should take some free time he had and try to draw the eyes of their fellow students. This was how Harry ended up meeting Professor Snape. He had been sitting at the top of the stairs leading down to the lake drawing some eyes of students practicing spells on the water, when the man showed up. "PHOOTAH," the man said drawing Harry's attention to him.

"Good day, Professor Snape," Harry said, giving him a small nod before returning to his drawings. In Severus' mind, this showed the boy was as arrogant as his father. For he had noticed that when he entered his new classroom the students got to their feet and waited to sit down until he permitted them to. Yet Potter had not stood up at all but just gave him a nod and went back to wasting his time. If Severus had learned Beauxbaton protocol like he had been meant to, he would have seen Harry was not acting up as students only had to show that level of respect during classes, and at meal times to Madam Maxine.

"Fifteen points are to be taken from your House and you will join me for detention tonight for your lack of respect," Severus said.

"Points? What are you talking about?" Harry asked. "Also I don't have any demerits, plus the fact it is Tuesday," Harry pointed out.

"What does the day of the week have to do with anything, Phootah?" Severus asked confused thinking the brat was trying to distract him. "And for questioning me, I shall take fifty points from your House."

"Why are you talking about points for?" Harry asked. He really did not know for all the stories Remus had told him about Hogwarts, Moody had never brought up points since Harry would not be attending Hogwarts so would not have to deal with them.

"What is going on here?" Instructor Zoe asked as she came out of the castle to do some work outside under the shade of her favorite tree.

"I was just dealing with Phootah's attitude and lack of respect," Severus said turning to the first through third-year Charm's Master.

"I see," Instructor Zoe said finding the man's statement rather odd since she had found Heir Potter to be an overly polite young man in both her Charms classes as well as the art class she taught with Professor Dono from the History department. "Is this true, Heir Potter, were you being disrespectful to Professor Snape?" she asked.

"Not at all Instuctor Zoe, I was out here working on my eyes again when he came up and started getting on my case," Harry said making Snape sneer at him.

"So you need another detention for messing around rather than doing your homework, not to mention lying," Severus growled.

The visiting Professor's attitude looked to be the one that needed to be corrected, Zoe thought to herself as she used a spell to check out Heir Potter's list of demerits and Fortes. She had to arch an eyebrow seeing Heir Potter did have one demerit from Professor Sinclar for a loud argument in the halls with Heirss Lacy and Messer Brian. Heir Potter had two Fortes but nothing had been issued to him by Professor Snape. "I don't know how things are done at Hogwarts, but you can not just give a student detention right off the bat. Heir Potter has not received any demerits from you. Nor should he receive one, as Heir Potter is not just messing around, as you call it but having fun and being a kid. Your eyes are improving Heir Potter," she said smiling down at his work. "You on the other hand, have been showing him no respect for you not using his title as shown on his robes," she said pointing to the Heir Mark on Harry's school robes, "not to mention how you are elongating his name for some reason. If that is how you got his attention, I find it remarkable that he even acknowledged you."

Not liking the man's attitude towards one of her students, or any student for that matter, Instructor Zoe had Heir Potter gather his stuff and follow her. She gave her favorite tree a disappointed look as she led Harry back into the castle and to the Headmistress's office. After Instructor Zoe had filed her report against Severus, and they watched Harry's memories of the short encounter, Madam Maxine thanked the pair of them before sending them away. Gaining further proof that Severus Snape had been brought to her school due to Albus and something to do concerning Heir Potter, she decided enough was enough. Taking the now full roll of parchment with complaints about the man from the students and several members of staff, Madam Maxine got in contact with Lord Victor Hugo Delacour the French representative to the ICW to lodge a former complaint about Severus Snape. As she did so she sent a request to the ICW Educational Oversight Department to look into the man's teaching credentials.

Her request took the department time to reach since they were dealing with the issues brought to their attention by Potion Master Demitri Hangoth regarding all the troubles at Hogwarts. These issues ranged from not enough members of staff for each subject or even support staff at the castle, the blatant signs of bullying and harassment taking place, several key classes missing from the curriculum, and even how behind the lessons that were taught compared to the same classes at Durmstrange. The workers in the ICW Educational Oversight Department were rather confused that of the three schools, the one with the most issues was the one whose Headmaster was the Supreme Mugwump of the entire ICW. Looking into the matter, they found Albus had made sweeping changes using the Hogwarts Board of Governors and since no one could beat his votes, especially after filibustering until he got his way, he had changed the school and not for the better. The worker Albus had talked to recently about finding out where Harry was going to school recalled Albus mentioning Harry being related to the Hogwarts Founders. This meant the boy, or his guardian would be able to use the power of the Founder to temper Albus's power at Hogwarts. Which would hopefully begin to fix things at the once-famous school.

By the time the ICW got in contact with Remus and Sirius to join the Hogwarts Board of Governors, the pair were in the middle of filing a lawsuit against Severus for harassing Harry after Madam Maxine sent them a notice about the pair's single interaction with each other. The main issue Sirius and Remus had with the lawsuit was how to file it without revealing that Sirius was now free from Azkaban and the fact they were Harry's new guardians. The pair knew if this fact was revealed, Dumbledork would not leave them alone as he tried to take control of Harry's life again. It took them a while to come up with the solution of having their lawsuit issued under Bonecrusher's name which would make it look like the Account Manager was using the human justice system to protect his client this time rather than have Severus deal with Goblin Justice as he had done with the Dursleys.

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Hogwarts

Albus had never had one of his plans blow up so badly. He could admit that he sometimes made some mistakes but never before have he lost sight of the larger picture as he had done with his plan for the Potion Master Exchange Program. Now he was under pressure from the ICW Educational Oversight Department to bring Hogwarts back up to the standards of the other Magical Schools. But he had also been informed that Severus would not be able to return to Hogwarts as a professor since Beauxbatons had discovered the Potion Master did not possess a legitimate Teaching degree. What was worse since the information of Severus's lack of credentials had become public knowledge as well as how the discovery had been made, Remus had charged Severus with child abuse. Albus wished the article about Severus' lack of credentials had not mentioned the Beauxbatons Board of Trustees having looked into the matter after Severus had been found harassing Beauxbaton student Harry Potter.

Years earlier when Remus had sought out Harry, Albus had been able to prevent James' old friend from seeing the boy saying it was for Harry's own protection. Remus had given up, as far as Albus knew, but hearing about James' son being harassed by Severus, Albus had not been shocked to find Remus leveling charges against the man for James and Lily's sake. All Albus could hope was that Beauxbatons did not allow the Werewolf to contact Harry for that could make it harder than it was already to get Harry back to Hogwarts where he belonged.

Besides losing Severus, Albus now had to hire at least one new teacher for all core classes, as well as restart the apprenticeship program otherwise the ICW would cut Hogwart's funding. Hearing about new teachers having to be hired, the Hogwarts Governers were also calling for classes that Albus had spent years removing from the curriculum to be brought back. Wanting to make sure he had some of his own people as members of his staff, Albus used his position in the Masters Placement Board to push through a Potion Mastery for Molly Weasley. That way he could hire her to teach potions, which would hopefully get her off his back for the loss of income from the Harry Potter Adventure Books being discontinued. Albus also hired Augusta Longbottom to come in as the second Potions Master, this time not having to give her a fake Mastery in the subject since the woman already had the necessary documents.

Just in case the ICW sent an observer to Hogwarts to make sure there were no instances of child abuse going on, Albus made sure Augusta was not in charge of teaching first-year potions lest she bully Albus's secondary weapon in class. Albus did not worry about Molly bullying her kids, though he would have to speak to her to make sure that she did not make it too obvious that she was punishing the Slytherin students for the evil their parents did during the last war. Not to mention the students most likely going bad themselves for having Dark Cores and everything.

Albus had been surprised that Molly actually took the job offer without much fuss as she agreed to move into the castle right away, under the condition that she could bring her daughter with her. Thinking that it would be easier to agree to Molly's conditions if only to stop the Howlers she would send to the castle about her kids which always lead to countless letters sent to both the Governors and him complaining about said Howlers, Albus let her bring her daughter.

Molly had also read the issue of the Prophet that had mentioned Severus' being sacked and charged, and thus discovered Harry Potter for some reason was at Beauxbatons. She could not figure out why the boy had gone to that foreign school when Hogwarts was obviously better. Especially now that she and her daughter would be coming to the castle. If the boy had been at Hogwarts, it would have allowed Ginny to start hanging out with Harry a year earlier thus letting him discover how perfect the two were together.

Knowing the boy was at Beauxbatons, Molly decided to buy an owl for her precious Ronnikins so he could become the boy's pen pal. Molly was sure that Ron and Ginny could convince Harry to transfer to Hogwarts. After all just like Ginny would be the perfect girlfriend and later wife for Harry, her precious son was the best friend the young famous boy could hope for. Molly had not wanted to get an owl for Ron earlier thinking that with just Scabbers as his pet, it would show Harry when he met Ron on the Hogwarts Express, that her son did not care about things like money which would get him to befriend the famous boy.

Now that Molly was going to get an owl for Ron and Ginny to share as they became Harry's pen pals, she wanted the best one she could find. Entering Eeylops Owl Emporium, Molly's heart sank seeing the selection of owls was pitiful. In the back of her mind, she supposed it made sense since the school year had started over a month ago, the owls the place had when students came to get school supplies would not be there any longer. She was about to leave the shop and look for another owl for her babies when her eyes fell on a beautiful snowy white owl. Molly was actually quite surprised that the shop had one since snowy owls were quite a rare breed in Britain and England. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, however, Molly decided to buy it knowing it would be just perfect for her babies. She waved away the shopkeeper warning her the bird was very temperamental and did not seem to like anyone, hence why no one had bought it. After all her babies would just be perfect owners for it, and there was no way the owl would not like them, even if it did snap at her when she carried it out of the store.

Molly waited to reveal her gift once she had moved into Hogwarts, calling Ron to her new suite of rooms. "Now you two just sit right there and close your eyes, I have a surprise for you," Molly said as she moved to her bedroom and did not come out with the bird until she could see both her babies had their eyes closed. Molly walked back into the room holding the snowy owl in its cage covered with a muffling charm so they could not hear any noise the bird made. Once she was standing before her kids Molly said, "Alright you can open your eyes now."

"Oh, it is so beautiful," Ginny cooed at the bird sticking a finger in between the bars of the cage only for the owl to peck her finger.

"An owl? Wicked," Ron said with a large smile knowing how rare and expensive snowy owls were making the owl his parents got for Percy before school started looking as lame as Percy was himself.

"Well, since you don't need an owl to contact me since I will be teaching here. I got this little beauty so you can become Harry Potter's Pen Pal," Molly told her kids, absentmindedly using her wand to stop Ginny's finger bleeding where the owl had pecked it.

"That's a great idea, Mum," Ron said as he started to plan out his first letter to remind the famous boy it was stupid to go to Beauxbatons since Ron, as his best friend, went to Hogwarts.

Ron already knew that the stories his mom told him growing up of him and Harry being best friends were all true, after all when he woke up after the first night in the castle a new bed had been added to the first-year Gryffindor dorms right next to his bed. This did mean it was also right next to Longbottom's bed, but that boy was such a dork, Harry would never want to be his friend. The best part about Harry being his pen pal was once he conceived the other boy to transfer to Hogwarts, Ron could show Harry around the castle and point out who was cool and who to avoid such as the likes of Malfoy, the bookworm Granger, and Peeves.

Ginny was also planning out the letters she would exchange with Harry using the beautiful owl her Mummy had given her. While she and Harry were still young, Ginny knew she could get him to exchange magical photos with her so she could get a picture of him to add to her shrine back home. She just had to make sure her Mummy did not see the photo she sent for she had a feeling that the magical photo would flash Harry to better entice him to become her boyfriend. She also could see Harry's picture doing the same as it took off its shirt to let her see all the muscles he had as the photo flexed for her. Ginny also knew that if she could not convince Harry to transfer to Hogwarts, she could talk her Mummy into sending her to Beauxbatons when she started school. After all, she was Harry's future wife they should go to school together, so she could make sure he did not cheat on her with some French Hussy.

If Ginny found out he was seeing someone, she would take a page out of her Mummy's book and send a Howler to the Hussy to make sure the bitch left her Harry alone. She would not send one to Harry, after all the only reason he would ever cheat on her was if he was either enchanted or dosed with some Love Potion. So rather than a Howler, Ginny would have her Mummy brew a potion or cast a spell on her letter to Harry to cleanse him of the love potion or any enchantment those French Hussies put on him. Ginny also knew that whatever the foreign bitches tried, Harry would still end up with her. Her Mummy told her that she and Harry had a Marriage Contract in place so that when they were both of age, they would be married.

Molly smiled seeing her babies both loved the gift she had gotten them, just as she knew they would. "Now before I let you go work on your first letters to Harry, I need to clean some stuff up. Ronny, I have been assigned as your Potions Professor, but Albus has warned that after what happened with Snape the ICW might stick their noses into the school some more, so I can't be shown to give you any favoritism. Not that I think you will need it, I am sure that you will be just perfect in class," Molly said making Ron preen a little at her words. "As for you Ginny, since I will be teaching the first through fourth-year students potions, I will be unable to do your pre-Hogwarts lessons. You will be dropped off in the library each day, and Madam Pince will look in on you as you self-study all your subjects. I know you might get distracted being here so soon, so I will warn you that if I am told you are not keeping up with your studies you will lose access to the owl. The same goes for you Ronny if your grades begin to slip. I know we all want Harry to know he has our support and should transfer here, but your grades are important too," Molly said laying down the law as she sent returned the owl to her room and let them start working on their first letter for Harry.

Molly knew Hogwarts had a school Owlrey, but she was going to keep the owl she got for her babies in her suites, that way none of the students would try to take it from her kids. Since Snowy owls were so rare and prized on the island. It would also help her make sure that if Ron or Ginny let their grades slip it would be easier for her to prevent them from using the bird to still write to Harry. Keeping it with her would also prevent the twins from bullying her babies or trying to take the gift from themselves. As if they could ever earn such an owl themselves.

As Molly had not believed the salesperson at Eeylops about the owl being a difficult bird who did not respond to anyone, she was shocked when she let the snowy bird out when Ron finished his letter first. The bird had flown out of its cage pecked Ron's face numerous times, and scratched him with her talons before making a break for it. Being too worried about her precious baby, who was bleeding from the attack, Molly did not stop it as the owl flew out of her room. The owl flew to a carelessly open window and left Hogwarts knowing that she was destined for a specific human, she just had not met them yet. The bird felt a homing instinct like it would use to deliver a letter, if it allowed just any old human to use her as a messenger bird, sending her away from the Magical School and heading East.

Albus was still trying to think of ways to get Harry back to England and attend Hogwarts, and he was neglecting his jobs more than normal. He needed to find a way that was not only untraceable but foolproof. His last plan with Severus had crashed and burned, and Molly even shared a plan she had come up with that had just been cut short. Though she only revealed her plan, when she had come up to his office begging him for some money since she spent her hiring bonus to buy an owl for her kids which had just flown away when Ron tried to send a letter to Harry.

The main problem, Albus saw was that even if Molly had succeded in using a messenger bird to send letters to Harry, he might not open them, and the wards around Beauxbatons might log and report any enchantments they could place on the letters sent to him. Albus already knew that most ICW schools forbid the use of Howlers, apart from Hogwarts so they could not send any to Harry either. Not that Albus would want to for he wanted to bring his weapon to Hogwarts not make him wish to stay away more than he already was.

Albus racked his brains for a few days before he came up with a solution. Beauxbatons might log any spells or enchantments on letters its students got through the post, but the would be unable to check if such an item was sent via a House Elf. No school could prevent a House Elf from popping into the campus just in case some family used Elfs to collect their kids in case of a family emergency. Latching onto the idea, Albus transfigured a simple cufflink into a wrist cuff with the Gryffindor Coat of Arms on it. After he got the coat of arms just right, Albus began to cover the cuff with compulsions and spells that would basically rewrite Harry's personality to make the boy just want Albus wanted him to be. "DOBBY!" Albus called when he was perfectly satisfied with the enchanted cuff.

"Youse called Master Albus," Dobby said popping into the room to answer his Master's summons.

"Ah, Dobby, I have a very special mission for you," Albus said smiling down at the Elf.

"What can Dobby be doing for youse Master Albus?" Dobby asked.

"While looking through some items in my study, I discovered an old Griffindor cuff that I think, we should send to Harry Potter. He is a member of that family after all. I want you to take this cuff to him at Beuaxbatons. But so you don't disturb his classes make sure he is alone while you give it to him," Albus ordered the Elf.

"Yes," Dobby said doing his best not to grimace at the item his "Master" held out to him. Did the man not get that as an Elf, Dobby could read Magic off items and thus could see that the "Gryffindor Cuff" was nothing more than a transfigured cufflink that had been cursed? Dobby had in the past had issues with some of the orders his Master had given him, hence why he tended to talk in a primitive manner, but seeing what the bastard wanted him to give to the Great Harry Potter turned Dobby's stomach. But Dobby still had to obey the bastard, at least until he could find a new family to take him in lest he wanted to die. Granted given the choice Dobby would rather die than hurt the Great Harry Potter.

As Dobby took the cursed object from Albus, the slightly mad House Elf, realized there might be a way to protect the Great Harry Potter and get himself free from his bastard of a Master. Albus had told him to make sure the boy was alone when he gave him the cuff, but Dobby had worked for Albus for so long that he knew the man did not see Elves as anything more than tools. Using this reasoning, Dobby waited until Great Harry Potter was alone apart from other House Elves to deliver the curses cuff. If nothing else his fellow House Elves would read the magic on the cuff and prevent Dobby from carrying out his mission for the bastard thus freeing him and letting Dobby make a heroic sacrifice to save Great Harry Potter from Albus.

Beauxbatons

Harry felt like he had gotten better with drawing eyes, and had moved onto drawing full forms. He had not yet wanted to distract any of his friends or classmates in asking them to let him draw them, so he had turned to Moonflow, Eclipse, and Waxing as his first models. The trio of Stelleluna Elves had been so thrilled to be asked to let him draw them they had agreed right away. The trio had grown rather fond of Harry since he had come to thank them for their work and shook their hands on his first full day at the castle. Their ability to detect magic had also shown there was something rather special about this young human which they just could not help but be drawn to.

As Harry worked on the portraits of the three Elves, there was a small pop beside him. Turning Harry took in another House Elf, but unlike the Elves he had met so far at Beauxbatons this one was wearing a white toga rather than a smart suit or dress depending on the gender of the Elf. Harry just assumed the Elf was someone's personal Elf who had either come to ask directions from the Stelleluna Elves or had come to give him a letter. Harry had heard from Amelia that some people choose to pass on love letters to other students via their personal House Elves so they could keep their identity a secret until they got the person's response.

Rather than hand over a letter before leaving the strange Elf asked, "What Great Harry Potter be doing?"

"I am drawing a portrait of the three Elves of House Stelleluna," Harry said turning his page so the strange Elf could see his work.

"They no look like that in reals lives," Dobby said as he looked at the drawing seeing the Elves Great Harry Potter had drawn looked more like the Muggle version of his kind. Being more aetherial, ageless, and beautiful than what House Elves had become after the Industrial Revolution and Magical Upheaval all those centuries ago.

"This is their true selves, their inner beauty if you will," Harry said shifting his page back to himself. Moonflow, Waxing, and Eclipse had not said anything since they had seen earlier drafts Harry had made of them and had seen that the young human continued to draw them the same way, so just let him do it.

"But portrait is lie, Great Harry Potter, Sir," Dobby said before he realized what he was saying as he dropped the cursed cuff Albus wanted him to give to the Great Harry Potter before he ran over and began to bang his head into the nearest wall.

"Ah, stop it," Harry said dropping his art supplies as he rushed to the strange Elf to make him stop banging his head into the wall.

"No Dobby deserves this for questioning Great Harry Potter Sir as well as coming here," Dobby said trying to fight Harry off.

"No one deserves to let that happen," Harry said as he pulled Dobby from the wall only making the Elf calm down by basically hugging him tightly to his chest.

"But Dobby is Bad Elf, Great Harry Potter, Sir," Dobby said as he started to cry into Harry's chest.

"Why do you think that, Dobby?" Harry asked soothingly looking towards the Stelleluna Elves for help but they had gathered around the thing Dobby had dropped before rising the wall.

"Dobby come to give Great Harry Potter cursed object because bad Master order him to. Dobby no want to," Dobby cried as well as letting out a small hiccup.

"But you did not give me anything, you critiqued my work and then rand to bang your head into the wall," Harry said.

"Dobby also bad Elf for doing so, Dobby has no right to say work bad," Dobby sniffed.

"It is an early draft, I could be bad or it could be my final work. I don't know yet," Harry said still trying to soothe the strange Elf.

"Heir Potter, please let that Elf go and back away from him," Moonflow said.

"Why?" Harry asked turning to the leader of House Stelleluna's Elves.

"The object he dropped would have cursed you. There is no telling if he has other such objects with him," Moonflow said

"Dobby only had one cursed item. Dobby's Bad Master gave it to Dobby so it would force Great Harry Potter to transfer to Hoggwarts," DObby explained.

"Not that we don't believe you, but we don't believe you," Eclipse said.

"Dobby prove it," Dobby said as he performed a ritual to remove himself from any family he served by ripping off his uniform leaving himself in what looked like a pair of elf-sized tight whities. "Dobby no liked what former Baddy Master wanted Dobby to do regarding Great Harry Potter. He first ordered Dobby to sent up bed for Great Harry Potter in men's dorm of Gryffindor House even if Great Harry Potter did not see himself as a male. He says we "fix" Great Harry Potter. Now he ordered Dobby to give Great Harry Potter item that would rewrite Great Harry Potter's very self. Dobby no want to, Dobby would rather die."

"Can we do anything for him?" Harry asked having learned enough about House Elves to realize what Dobby had done by removing his clothing.

"We can try to find him a new family or posting, but I think before we do that he should be sent to an Elf Healer," Moonflow said.

"Please do it," Harry asked them. "Dobby when you get better, and if you are around, I would like to draw a portrait of you as well, so you can see what I see when I look at you."

"Great Harry Potter, most likely see scum," Dobby said as he let the three Stelleluna Elves hurry him away.

"Not at all, Dobby. You will just have to get better and find out," Harry said patting Dobby's back as the four Elf's popped away.

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Despite being at Beuaxbatons for over a month, Harry still had been unable to stop himself from waking up at around six fifteen every morning. While he liked the quiet of the school at that time with most of the inhabitants asleep, he wished he could wake up around the same time Jonathan did which was right before breakfast started. Harry did not even have anything to do after he woke up that early. Sure he could accompany Rin as the older student went out and painted, but he did not want to distract his friend too much. Harry could not even join Rin in his artistic endeavors for the older student liked painting scenery, while Harry preferred to draw people. Harry had drawn a few of the school's House Elves, he was still working up the courage to ask a human inhabitant of the castle to let him draw them. Well, apart from drawing random people's eyes he did as he tried to increase his skills.

Nor did Harry want to wake up Jonathan earlier just to chat with his friend. He had never even interacted with their roommate Jaq Dmaon whom he had only ever seen sleeping in their shared room. The good thing was a few days ago Heiress Delacour, who had permitted Harry to use her first name, Fleur, had received a package from her mother containing some of the old pen pal letters the woman had from Harry's dad. Since Fleur had lent the letters to Harry, before he would go down to his physical activity lesson and breakfast, Harry would read one of the letters.

Dear Apolline,

Thanks for your last letter and the suggestion on the issue I brought up about having trouble changing my face during the Animagus shift. It has been a great help, I no longer look like my face is melting when I return to my human form. Though I think my friends are not going to let it drop anytime soon always asking me why the long face.

Anyway, things here are going smoothly. I once again led my team to victory during our Quidditch Match. Gryffindors Rule!

I also took your suggestion on how to woo my crush. I tried to impress her with some skill, and while she for some reason still can't admit my skill in flying is poetry in motion, I decided to try my hand at something else. I used some of the lessons my 'rents had me do to become a "well-rounded young gentleman" and tried to impress her that way. From the look on her face when she saw it, I think Evans really liked it. Unfortunately, I realized I had forgotten to sign it, and she did not believe me when I told her it was from me. I guess it goes to show that one should always sign their work even if is just a rough draft or a gift. What was worse she did not let me prove the gift was from me by letting me make another one as she watched.

I tried to show her my other draft (which I sent with this letter so you can give me a critique of my work) but she just thought I had used a spell to copy the gift. Since I brought it up that I had sent the gift, she has been on her guard preventing me from making another drawing of her. I will just have to wait for her to relax again before I try to draw her, maybe doing it in a way for her to see me doing it.

Other than my latest attempt to woo Evans, life at Hogwarts is the same as always. I lost some points in potions after I made a mistake and accidentally melted another cauldron. My 'rents still can't believe how much trouble I have in the subject. They keep saying that Potion Making must have skipped over me since most of the Potter family have been great Potioneers. But I have always felt more aligned with Runes Crafting and Defensive Magic. Siri is the same way making us both want to become Aurors after we leave Hogwarts.

Something Siri says we should be good at since we do our best to protect some of the younger students from Snivillus. I got another detention from my Head of House when I saw Snivillus use a spell to tie a first-year student's shoelaces together to make them trip. The Professor thought I just was escalating it when I hit Snivillus with a spell to make his face break out in pimples that painfully burst a few hours later.

But enough about Snivillus, how are things with you? I want to hear more about your date with Victor-Hugo. I am glad you found someone who appears to be immune from your pheromones so you can trust them when they say they like you. As I have heard some Muggle classmates say, "You go Girl." I am also interested to hear about your yearly project again. I wish Hogwarts did something like that.

As usual, it has been a pleasure writing to you,

James Flemont Potter

Harry pulled out the other piece of parchment that had been inside the envelope and saw a colored drawing of a teenage girl. The girl had shoulder-length red hair and a pair of familiar-looking green eyes. The girl also had a dazzling smile and a pair of cute dimples along with a button nose. As he looked at the eyes which were the same shape and color as his own not to mention the same nose he had, Harry realized he was looking at a drawing of his young mother. He felt some tears come to his eyes since he had no memory of having seen either of his parents before. Faces the Moon floated over and gave him a worried look. "I am alright, Faces the Moon, I am just a little sad and happy at the drawing with the letter," Harry assured it as he showed off the colored drawing of his mother.

Harry sniffled a bit as he wrote a letter to send to Lady Delacour to ask her permission to make a copy of his father's drawing of his mother. He also asked if Fleur's mom had any photos of his parents either alone or as a couple and if he could possibly have copies of them as well. Knowing he would not get in trouble for being out at this time, Harry dried the ink on his letter before taking it to the Owlery to send Prongs to Lady Delacour with his request.

Harry arrived downstairs just as the Physical Activities were starting. As usual, he checked in with the staff member in charge, today being Professor Ican from the History department before he began his activity. Harry had noticed that if he did the physical work after classes there were more group games like football, kickball, and four square the morning activities were using single-person activities. After doing some stretches, Harry did some line drills that had been marked off in the area, running a few laps around the gym, and ending with some weight training using magical weights that would adjust to their load while not being too cumbersome to handle.

After he was finished, since he had some time, he took a quick shower, rather than just having a cleaning charm done on him to remove his sweat from the workout. He joined Jonathan, Eliza, as well as another one of his new friends Perry who was from House Aquana Twofor. As it was Friday, the four of them would all have the same classes together for their Muggle Lessons Day. Harry and Jonathan had a slight advantage over Eliza and Perry during their Muggle lessons due to both being raised in the Muggle World since Eliza was a Half-Blood but had been raised in a Magical Home since her parents had met at Beauxbatons. Perry was a Pureblood Magical, though not the Heir to her Family so had only had the knowledge of Muggle World from her pre-Beauxbatons classes while not experiencing it for herself.

Harry loved the classes, not only because he could do them without having to be forced to do worse than he could so Dudley would not get upset, but he also found the staff's enthusiasm about their subjects nice. Harry sometimes had to prevent himself from laughing at some of the interpretations of Muggle sciences that Doctor Cid gave Such as when he was teaching them about aerodynamics and how it would keep planes in their air, yet rather than calling them airplanes he called them Airships.

After his morning lessons with Doctor Cid for Muggle Science, writing with Professor Roberts, and Professor Mckay for his Math class, Harry joined Amelia and her friends for lunch. He no longer had Friday afternoons off as he had signed up for the comparative Religions class with Messor Quincy. Then he had his art class with Instructor Zoe and Professor Dono. During his art class, Harry worked on adding some more details to Moonflow, Eclips, and Waxing portraits before deciding to add some color to them like the picture his dad had done.

When the bell rang to end the class, while his classmates were all discussing either what they would do for their physical activities lesson, or their plans for the weekend, Harry headed out for his appointment with Healer Patrica. As Madam Maxine had ordered him to, every Friday after his classes were over Harry met with one of the Beauxbaton Mind Healers about his time living with the Dursleys. Harry had found that one of the reasons he had trouble in not asking questions was not due to any learned behavior from his time living with his Aunt and Uncle but had been down to some potions and enchantments that he had been under. While he no longer had any issue questioning people, Healer Patrica was helping him deal with the idea that the abuse he had suffered was in no way his fault.

Thinking about his reaction to seeing the drawing of his mother that morning, Harry shared that he had cried when he had seen it. Healer Patricia had patted his arm saying it was perfectly normal for as he had pointed out he had no memories of seeing any images of his parents before. So coming face-to-face with his mother's portrait as drawn by his father to see that they shared some facial features it was perfectly understandable that he had reacted as he did. Nor was his desire to find more images of them to own. Healer Patricia suggested that Harry send a letter to Remus and his Godfather asking them if they could look for and send him more photos of his folks. Harry wondered why he had never thought to do so before now, but figured maybe he had been trying to focus on his school and as he had never had photos taken of himself at the Dursleys he had never really considered it.

After their session had ended, Harry thanked her for her time before he made his way to one of the castle's outdoor courtyards to spend some time drawing. His friends had learned by now to leave him alone as he drew, especially after is Mind Healer appointment for he used it to help himself sometimes calm down after when he had met with Healer Patrica. Granted today the subjects had been rather pleasant, but he still needed to unwind a little after his session. However, Harry found he could not concentrate on his drawing that afternoon. Rather he pulled out his father's letter from his bag to just stare at the drawing of his young mother. As he gazed at the drawing, Harry wondered if he should follow in his dad's footsteps and get a pen pal of his own. He began to wonder if he had to arrange it through the school or how one got a pen pal in the Magical World to begin with.

As he wondered who he should talk to about getting a pen pal, an unfamiliar owl landed before him and held out its leg where a letter was held. Harry did not recognize the bird though he saw that the thing looked rather worn out as if it had flown a great distance in a short amount of time. "You look like you can use a break," Harry said patting the owl gently on its head. "If I have to respond to this, I will send another bird, you go relax and catch your breath." The brown barn owl gave a grateful hoot as it took off to recover from its journey. Pulling out the letter, Harry unrolled it only for a photo to fall out of it. Bending down, Harry picked up the photo which appeared to be taken by a Magical Camera. The photo showed a young girl with red hair, as she saw she was being observed the girl gave a large smile before she took off her top. Harry was confused and a little weirded out by this, for while the girl was young and there was no sign of any breast, he could not think why her photo was flashing him. Thinking the girl's letter might explain what was going on he started to read it.

Harry "The-Boy-Who-Lived" Potter,

Hey Harry how have you been? I am surprised you did not come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, especially as it is the best Magical school there is hands down. However, I guess it does give us the opportunity to become Pen Pals which is slightly romantic. I can't wait to read all the love letters and poems you send to me.

You should transfer to Hogwarts, for I am now at the school because of my Mummy, which would give us plenty of time to hang out together. I can't wait to hear about all the heroic things you did growing up. I can guess that the Harry Potter Adventure Series did not even cover half of what you have done since you bested You-Know-Who. It is a shame that the series had to be canceled for some reason, but don't worry I have every book in the series so I know some of what you have done. Which makes me wonder after all the adventures you had in England, Wales, and Ireland why head out of the country to go to school? Unless you think your fame would be slightly less abroad. I know Fat Chance right?

Well, anyway I just wanted to send this first letter to start our relationship. I am sure it will become one known the world over.

Lovingly yours,

The Future Lady Potter, Ginny.

P.S. I did not feel the need to tell you what I looked like since I sent the photo with the letter. Hugs and Kisses.

Harry was flabbergasted after he read the letter. He had wanted a pen pal but not something like this. He had a feeling this Ginny had read the book series and had heard about his living through the killing curse and had become infatuated with him. He was going to have to talk to either Healer Smythe or Mr. Sea to make sure that if he did get a pen pal he could vet the person. He had heard about Mail Wards being placed on people so maybe he could have some applied to him to prevent letters like this from reaching him again.

He figured he might as well go talk to them now, possibly share the photo he had been sent due to how wrong it felt to him, when a second strange owl landed on his shoulder and began to nuzzle his head. "Um, hello?" Harry said as he gently transferred the owl to his knees and saw it was a snowy white owl. What was rather strange, however, was there appeared to be no letter or package attached to the bird's leg. "Who do you belong to?" he asked as the white owl gave him a friendly hoot. "I am not your owner," he said trying to make the owl fly away. All he managed to do was get it to leave his knee and fly up to his shoulder again. He had never seen or heard an owl acting like this before. Thinking of the letter he had just received as well as the strange actions of this bird, Harry worried that the white owl was actually an Animagus form of someone who was also infatuated with him.

Fearing that the Animagus might try something after it turned back into a human, and since they could change form would know spells Harry did not, Harry decided to act casually and take the owl to Healer Smythe to be tested. Not knowing what the Animagus would do if they discovered Harry was on to them, Harry casually packed away his stuff and did his best to walk to the Hall of Healing where Healer Smythe worked rather than the nearest one. The Animagus either did not guess his plan or was just content to ride Harry's shoulder and every once and a while nuzzle the side of his head, for the owl did nothing during the trip.

"Um, Healer Smythe I think I may had a problem," Harry said as he entered the Healing Ward where His Head of House traditionally worked. He hoped the man had not headed out to an early supper, to help someone, or to check in with another of the castle's Hall of Healings.

"What seems to be the matter, Heir Potter?" Healer Smythe asked walking out of his office and using a towel to wipe some sweat off his drenched forehead. The Healer must have been working out in his office, Harry thought.

"Um, well this strange Owl came to me but it had no letter or anything. I was sort of hoping you could check it out," Harry said before mouthing the word "Animagus" at him to show off his concerns about the owl's identity. Thus showing why he had come to the Healer rather than one of the staff members who looked after the castle's animals.

"I see," Healer Smythe said as he pulled out his wand to scan the snowy owl riding on his student's shoulder.

The scan took a few moments to finish, yet the owl did nothing but nuzzle against Harry's head. Harry wondered if the Animagus knew the gig was up but just wanted to spend as much time with Harry as possible before it made its escape. "Well, I have some good news Heir Potter," Healer Smythe said.

"Yes?" Harry asked.

"This owl is perfectly normal. The reason it is acting like it is towards you is due to its results revealing it to be your familiar," Healer Smythe said passing over the results of the test.

"But how can that be? I thought to bond with a familiar I had to meet them first. I have never seen this bird before?" Harry asked.

"Now what you said is true to most familiars, however, if one has a familiar that is a messenger bird their bond will activated if someone else tries to use them to send a message," Healer Smythe explained.

"Oh," Harry said. "So I have nothing to worry about from it?"

"Well, it will want you to use it more often than not which might be an issue since you have Prongs," Harry's Head of House said.

"I guess I could use Prongs to just write to Remus and my Godfather," Harry said which caused the white owl to fluff itself up a little in anger. "I had wanted to talk to you or Mr. Sea about getting a possible pen pal so when I get one I can use this one?" Harry said patting the snowy owl which helped calm it down.

"I can add your name to the list for pen pals, Heir Potter, It should take us a few days to find you one."

"Is there a way to screen them a little?" Harry asked.

"That is an interesting question. Can I ask why you have it?" Healer Smythe asked.

"Before this owl arrived, I got a letter from someone wanting to become my pen pal. But from the letter the girl sent she seemed to have a crush on me. She even had this in her letter," Harry said passing over the magical photo of the young girl flashing the camera.

"Oh, dear. That is troubling, can I see the letter she sent?" Healer Smythe said. The Healer quickly read the letter a little annoyed that the sender had only given their first name which meant it would be harder to find out who had sent it, even with the magical photo as evidence. From his training to be a Healer, Smythe saw the girl might have some issue she should look into with a fully qualified Mind Healer, but without the girl's family name, all he could do for the moment was to place some inquiries about girls name Ginny who attending Hogwarts.

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Philip and Marie Dursley-Pierre: Philip is the middle child of the Dursleys being older than Vernon and younger than Marge. Unlike his siblings, Philip is rather fit due to his time in the armed forces. He keeps his brown hair in a military buzz cut and stands about six feet tall. He has baby-blue eyes and when he is not in uniform tends to dress rather casually. During his posting in France, he met Marie Pierre and fell in love with her. Marie did not inform Philp she could use magic until he proposed to her. If he had reacted badly she had been ready to call up a team of Olbivators no matter how much it would have broken her heart. But Philip had not cared leading her to introduce him to the magical world. While she is not the Heir to her family, Marie still has them hyphenate their last name to keep the Pierre line going, as she only has sisters rather than brothers.

Marie works at the French Ministry in the Muggle Relations Office with a focus on making sure the Muggle and Magical armed forces work well together, which is how she met Philp. She is a little over five foot four with dirty blonde hair that reaches just past her shoulders. As she works with both Magical and Muggle armed forces, Marie is as fit and muscular as her husband. While she works in the Muggle Relations Office, the only TVs and non-magical entertainment machines in their home are in Amelia's room. This is mostly because both Marie and Philip's jobs keep them out of the home for long periods they did not think it would be necessary to have a TV, game system, or video player in the family room.

Amelia Dursley-Pierre: Amelia is just starting her Third Year at Beauxbatons, meaning she is around the same age as Fred and George. She is a member of House Starshine meaning she is gifted in either Charms or Arithmancy, possibly both. As Amelia is a Halfblood she knows both the Magical and Muggle world. Her bedroom at her home has a TV, and CD player, as well as a VCR where she will play tapes of her favorite shows and Muggle musicians. While I have not gotten into it, she is a big fan of Queen, and Weird All Yanakvich she enjoys Doctor Who, and Medical Dramas like ER.

Amela is around five feet even, but rather than keeping her normal hair color, she dyes it using both Muggle and Magical means so that it is midnight black. While she and Harry are pseudo-cousins, she has taken on the role of a protective older sister as she looks out for him at school, introduces him to her friends, and tries to keep him away from Rin Guillotine due to the rumors about the slightly older boy.

Amelia's friends are Selkie Delaney a third-year girl who was sorted into House Stellaluna just like Harry was. Selkie has just gone through her creature inheritance where she gained her family's Mermish blood. As this altered her body to give her gills, Selkie has to wear a special breathing apparatus around her neck, which Harry mistakes as a necklace. She also has a special water bed, which is a bed of water held within a specialized Ward to keep it in place. Thanks to her Mermish nature, Selkie has natural blue hair and matching eyes. She is also a little short for her age at only four foot eleven.

Next, among Amelia's friends, there is Antonie Belsaint who has pink and orange striped hair and is a member of House Fairy Wind meaning he has skill in herbology or Animal handling. Morton Less is also in House Fairy Wind and Amelia's friends, the only thing I have revealed about him at this moment is that is possibly a bookworm. I picked his name because I just love the idea of characters named Morton Less or Lestor More aka more or less, and less and more. Finally, there is Ivis Hetcher which all I have for them at this moment is their name and being another member of House Fairy Wind.

Rin Guillotine: A fourth-year member of House Stellaluna. Due to his pale complexion and dark hair which tends to cover his black eyes, most students are wary of him. As Rin is an introvert this does not bother him, though he sometimes does get lonely. Before Harry came around and ignored the "dark aura" that he gives off due to his look and resting bitch face, the only inhabitants of Beauxbatons besides the staff he would talk to were the ghost. Like many members of House Stellaluna, Rin also enjoys artistic pursuits, his main focus is painting landscapes. He tends to wake up early most days to paint the sunrise as it appears over the mountains surrounding the valley where the school lays. Since he is already up at this time, Rin tends to take part in the morning physical activities rather than the ones between the end of classes and super. He tends to eat alone during most meals, but now Harry has joined him for supper each night.

Thanks to Snape's time at Beauxbatons, some have started to get to know Rin better, as the Hogwarts Professor targeted Rin during his classes just because he noticed Rin having meals with Harry. Rin also has some "friends" from his painting class/club but does not hang out with them outside of the club/class. His yearly projects according to Madam Maxine consist of several paintings he does throughout the year to show the growth of his skill, or at least the different materials he uses to work with.

Jonathan Fitzpatrick: Jonathan is a Muggleborn boy that Harry meets and rooms with during his short time at House Varis, a center that allows Muggle students to learn about the world they would be joining as well as undergo inoculations. During their time together at Hose Varis, Harry and Jonathan had become friends thus deciding to room together once they are both sorted into House Stellaluna. Jonathan is a little taller than Harry with black hair and steel gray eyes. Jonathan is helping another one of Harry's new friends in creating a game board for her yearly project. Due to his Muggle background, I see this as him playing Dungeons and Dragons before coming to school and possibly being a Dungeon Master.

Eliza Matisse: A first-year girl who got sorted into House Sevane meaning she is good at potions or has a balanced level of skill in the fields of magic. Eliza has a reverse mohawk in other words she has shaved the very middle of her hair leaving one side dark brown, which might be her natural color, and the other side a vivid hot pink. She has a habit of sucking on the end of her wand as she works out a problem, and due to the sorting ceremony, she decided to join the archery club. She has started on her yearly project by making a new game, what it is I don't have a clue yet but she had Harry draw the character pieces while Jonathan created the game board. Eliza is a Halfblood Witch but grew up in a pure Magical Home since her Muggle parent was a Muggleborn.

Harry's other new friend from his year is a girl named Perry. I don't really have much figured out with her yet besides her being a Pureblood Magical who was sorted into House Aquna Twofor, which means she has talents in History, Astrology, and Ghostology.

Mister Sea: Mr. Sea is the House Parent of Stellaluna meaning he watches over the students in Harry's new House. He is of Asian descent with black hair and eyes. Mr. Sea is rather tall at six foot five inches. If Harry has any troubles at Beauxbatons Mr. Sea is one of the two people Harry would turn to first. He gives the opening speech to Harry and the other new first years making a joke that his name means body of water, not the letter c.

Healer Smythe: Smythe is one of the Healers stationed at Beauxbaons and his Head of House for House Stellaluna. He believes that a strong body is needed to have a strong Magical Core. In his office, he has an area to the side filled with workout equipment. I picture Major Armstrong from Full Metal Alchemist when I write about him, though rather than a mostly bald head with a small bit of blonde hair, the man has a bowl cut of red hair. Smythe was responsible for giving Harry his start-of-year medical exams and was the one to get him in contact with Healer Patrica after Madam Maxine tells Harry to start seeing a Mind Healer.

Master Zoe: Harry's Charms teacher as well as one of the two instructors of Harry's drawing classes. When she has time she likes to do her work out in the grounds under her favorite tree, which leads to her finding Snape harassing Harry and the visiting Hogwarts Professor being removed from the school as well as long his job since it revealed Albus fudged the man's teaching credentials. Just as Albus has now down with Molly Weasley's teaching credentials and Mastery in Potions just so she can work at the castle. I picture an old Zoe Carter from the American Sci-fi show Eureka when I wrote about her.

Healer Patricia: Though Healer Patricia is the woman I always use when I have a Mind Healer, she is not in my OC Cavalcade Chapter so she can be added here. Healer Patricia has pink and green dyed hair that she wears in a bun that resembles Marge Simpson's beehive, including its extended height that can only be achieved with magic. She has kind hazel eyes and as a Mind Healer an understanding personality. She has some skill in Occlumency, which she never uses on her patients unless they slip into a comatose state. However. if she sees they have trouble dealing with some past trauma, she will use her Occlumency to enter their mind and place a memory charm on the memory that is giving them trouble thus blocking it completely from her patients. She is currently helping Harry get over the abuse that Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley did to him. She will start to see him thanks to the letter and picture Ginny sent as well.

Professor Belomey St. Clair: St. Clair is the Deputy Headmistress of Beauxbaons. Just like McGonagall, she was in charge of the sorting ceremony for incoming students. After a student gets sorted she gives them their cape/shawl/badge as well as letting them know what types of Magic their new House is best at. Just like Madam Maxine, Professor St. Clair does not teach any main class at the school, though I may have her run one of the clubs/secondary classes.

Fleur Delacour: Yes I know she is a cannon character but as it is a few years before she goes to Hogwarts, I just wanted to give some information about her at this moment. She has yet to come into her inheritance, which will only happen during Harry's fourth year. Fleur is a Fourth Year student of House Stellaluna and shows Harry and the other newcomers to their dorms but also shows how to open the door to them, pressing fingers into a display of the solar system to mark moons until the Earth's moon appears which will open the door to the House Stellaluna's Common Room. As she has not gone through her Veela Inheritance yet, while she is cute, Fleur does have some acne and wears some magical braces for her teeth. She has given Harry permission to use her first name after revealing his dad and her mom were pen pals. Fleur also got in contact with her mom asking her to send Harry some of the letters James had sent Lady Delacour as a kid after she heard about Harry not knowing much about his parents.

Madam Maxine: Just like Fleur, I am expanding this character from what we know about her from the books/movies. Madam Maxine is a pretty hands-headmistress as she meets with each new student during their first month at the castle. She invites them to her office, which is neither hidden nor protected by a password like it is at Hogwarts. She gets a gauge at how the new students are handling their classes as well as telling the students more about the yearly project they have to do as students of Beauxbatons. She is used to clarifying that the project does not have to be magic in nature but just something that shows their growth as a student. Madam Maxine takes her job rather seriously as she finds out the reason Dumbledore wants Harry to transfer to Hogwarts, she does her best to protect the young boy. She and the leaders of the school are also dealing with the British Ministry demanding Harry to be returned to the island, all without Harry even knowing about it.

Prongs: Progs is the owl that Harry gets to send letters to Remus and Sirius while he is at school. Unlike Hedwig from the main story, Prongs is a screech owl.

"Hedwig:" Without Hagrid there to buy her for Harry, "Hedwig" remained at Eylops Owl Emporium until Molly bought her so Ron and Ginny could use her to become Harry's pen pal. However, "Hedwig" was Harry's destined familiar so when they tried to use her, she escaped scratching Ron's face up in the process so she could find Harry. She did find Harry and freaked him out a little since she took her time flying to Harry, making her reach him after Ginny's first letter to him. Thanks to the nature of Ginny's letter, not to mention the creepy picture she sent with it, "Hedwig's" behavior toward him put Harry on his guard. Healer Smyther revealed that "Hedwig" was acting like she did due to her familiar bond with Harry. Being told that "Hedwig" would want to be Harry's primary messenger bird, Harry decided to use her when he finally got a pen pal. Also, I see Harry picking "Hedwig's" name based on another writer's work which states it comes from someone who either created the first Magical Orphanage or is the Patron Saint, if something exists in the Magical World for abused kids, she will not have that name in this story. As I named Harry's first owl after his dad due to it being a male, I will have Harry name "Hedwig" after his mother since she is a girl owl.

Finally, for OC's that I have mentioned multiple times at this moment, there is Jaq Dmaon. Jaq is Harry and Jonathan's roommate in their bedrooms. Jaq is older than them, but he has not really interacted with Harry outside of sleeping in the same room with him.

Beauxbatons itself: The school is six stories high three and a half blocks wide with nearly twice that extending backward. The school has the same design as the Palace of Versailles. Unlike Hogwarts, Beuxabatons has five main Houses. House Stellaluna focuses on Transfiguration and Runic Magic uses dark blue and purple colors and the design of a moon. House Starshine focuses on Charms and Arthimancy and has the design of a comet with a yellow and orange color scheme. House Fairy Wind has students who are good at Herbology and Animal husbandry and has a design of a tree using red for its trunk and green leaves. Next, there is House Aquna Twofor which has students that are suited for History, Astronomy, and Ghostology. Their House's design is of a raindrop but rather than being blue it has a peach outer layer and a brown inner layer. Lastly, there is House Sevane which tends to focus on Potion making/brewing or students who have a balanced nature. Due to the balanced nature of its students, the design for the House is a scale that has parts in black and white of equal measure, though for a reason no one really knows the colors are different on each student's cape/shawl/badge.

While Beauxbatons does see Defense Magic as valid it has been noticed that a student can not have an aptitude in it due to Defense being made up of the other branches of magic meaning no student is sorted into their house by their skill in Defense. Before attending the school a student will reveal what gender they see themselves thus determining what their House Sign is placed on. Anyone who sees themselves as male is given a cape, a female student has a shawl while a Gender Fluid and Gender Neutral student is given a badge to show what they see themselves as. Since the school is aware that a student might later see how they see themselves these can change at any time. Inside the dorms, which are actually accessible to any student at the school so long as they can enter it. There are bedrooms for males, females, and other students as well as special rooms for students like Slekie who have gone through Creature Inheritance and thus need special requirements.

Unlike Hogwarts, Beauxbatons uses Demerits and Fortes. If a student gains a certain amount of Demerits from the same member or staff or has some overall Demerits for certain activities they will have to serve a detention. Detentions a Beauxbatons only happen on Friday Nights, any time on Saturday, or before supper on Sunday so they will not interfere with a student's homework. Demartis are reset at the end of each week. Fortes, on the other hand, remain in place and are given to a student for good choices or as a reward. They are not used if a student is the first to cast a spell in class or answers a question correctly like the points are done at Hogwarts. When a student has ten Fortes they are allowed a certain reward such a being able to Floo call their family or a student in the first couple of years being allowed to visit the nearly Magical village. Harry gained a Forte for being the first new student to gain access to House Starshine's Common Room.

There are a lot more staff at Beuaxbatons than there is at Hogwarts. This is down to the fact that there are three teachers for all main subjects at the school One teacher handles first through third students, another handles years four and five, while the remaining teacher takes care of years six and seven due to those being the two years where Beauxbatons have their big test, METs (Massivly Exhasting Test) and ELVES (Extremely Long Vexing ExamS) Beauxbatons also has a full team of Healers both normal and Mind Healers for the inhabitants to visit. The only time a member of staff pulls double-duty in teaching multiple classes is when they choose to also run one of the extra lessons such as an art class.

The Beaubatons House Elves are led by Belladoma and each House has three Elves to perform special duties for the students. This includes getting items the student might have left in another House and being unable to get it due to curfew. The three Elves for Stellaluna are Moonflow, Eclipes, and Waxing. Harry managed to befriend them on his first day at the castle by going to greet them personally and thanking them for the job they do at the school. At the moment Moonflow, Eclipes, and Waxing are Harry's three models to draw.

Faces the Moon: Faces the Moon, or just Faces for short is a previous student's yearly project where they took a Snitch they had caught during one of the inter-school Quidditch games and enchanted it. The Snitch's wings were removed and it was made to resemble the moon, thus honoring House Stellaluna. Further enchantments were put in place to let Faces communicate by shifting the face it could display along with its actions as it floats around. Faces was Harry's first drawing at the school as he did not feel like he could describe Faces well enough to do the orb justice in his letter to Remus. As Faces was made by a Stellaluna student it stays within the House dorms.

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As soon as Heir Potter left his office, Healer Smythe got in contact with one of Beauxbatons' Mind Healers. He knew it would he would need their advice about the picture sent to his student. Even with his small bit of understanding, Healer Smythe knew it was not right for a girl as young to be sending photos of herself that ended up flashing anyone. The main problem, however, was the girl had only written her first name on the letter to Heir Potter. Granted some owls could deliver a letter on less, but he did not want to have the letter sent to the wrong female name Ginny. But he knew his best chance to send the letter to the right person would be using the one that had arrived to give Heir Potter the letter in the first place.

After talking with both Healer Patricia since she was seeing Heir Potter and one of her colleagues about the letter and photo, Healer Smythe went to the owlery hoping to find the bird who had delivered the earlier letter. He had to wave off his personal owl, a special breed used by his family for at least fifteen generations, as he began to look around the nesting owls. As he saw neither Heir Potter nor the snowy owl, he assumed the pair were somewhere else possibly bonding. Either that or Heir Potter had sent the owl to his guardians to explain what had happened. Healer Smythe was still going to send Lord Lupin and Black a letter about the photo sent to their charge, later after the Mind Healers sent a letter to Ginny.

Seeing an owl that appeared more haggarded than the rest in the room, Healer Smythe approached it. "Hello, my feathery friend, are you perchance from Hogwarts?" The owl gave a weak but affirmative hoot. "If I can ask you, my feathered friend, how fast did you travel to get here?" the Healer asked and working it down found the owl had come in just two days. Healer Smythe winced knowing that the average time for a letter from Hogwarts to Beauxbatons was at least four thanks to the pen pals some of the students had. Not to mention some of the former Hogwart students who now worked as apprentices who sent letters to younger siblings, Healer Smythe could easily see why the owl was so haggard. "My feathered friend, was the person who sent you on this trip a young red-haired girl?" Healer Smythe asked getting another weak and affirmative hoot. "Did she tell you to fly here as fast as you could?" Another affirmative hoot from the owl led to Healer Smythe shaking his head in disappointment. "After you rest up, I would like you to drop off a response to this girl. You only need to give her the letter nothing more. Also as you take the letter you go as fast or as slow as you want my dear," Healer Smythe said gently patting the owl's head. "We will only send the letter once you have a chance to fully rest up." The owl gave a thankful hoot as Healer Smythe gave its head another pat before leaving it to rest up.

The letter for Ginny took a couple of rewrites from the pair of Mind Healers but was still ready to go before the Hogwarts Owl was fully recovered. Before the letter was sent, Healer Smythe sent his personal owl to the ICW Educational Oversight Department with another complaint about how things were happening at Hogwarts. Knowing the ICW was looking into the British School, Healer Smythe advised them to tell the inhabitants of the school that if they sent letters outside the country to be aware of the messenger bird's health and never to order a letter to be delivered as fast as possible. Smythe did add a note to the Mind Healers' letter telling the girl that if she sent another letter to Beauxbatons if he found out the owl she sent was ordered to deliver its letter as fast as possible, he would report her for animal abuse.

Hogwarts two weeks later.

Since Ginny was not a student at Hogwarts she sat by her Mummy during mealtimes so when the owl she had sent to her Harry arrived back with his letter, she waited until she was in the library to read it. She did not want her mother to see the photo her Harry not doubt sent her in response to the picture she had sent. As soon as the vulture-like Madam Pince left her alone after telling her what she was to focus on for the day, Ginny pulled out her Harry's letter.

Miss Ginny,

Upon seeing the letter you sent to Heir Potter, not to mention the rather inappropriate photo for a girl your age should be sending, it is our professional opinion that you need to start seeing a Mind Healer as soon as possible. Your letter and photo made Heir Potter rather uncomfortable. He is just a normal boy and from what we have found out the book series that you mentioned about him was shown to be fiction. We believe that you have fallen in love with the idea of him from those works of fiction but also from the stories of how famous he is in your country.

While we were unable to find out much about you thanks to you only revealing your first name in the letter, if you send another one to Heir Potter we will run a trance on any magical signature on it and place a Mail Ward around Heir Potter to make sure no further disturbing letters are sent his way.

Mind Healers: Patricia Taylor and Makenzie Laymen

P.S. Besides the Mail Ward, my fellow Healers will place on Heir Potter if you send him another inappropriate letter, if I find out that you order the messenger bird to deliver it in such a way that it causes the bird harm, I shall report you for animal abuse.

-Healer Winston Smythe.

Ginny crushed the letter she had been sent in her hands. How dare they send her a letter saying her letter to her Harry was inappropriate or disturbed him? They just did not know that Ginny was Harry's Soul Mate. Or worse her Harry's letter had been intercepted and these so-called Healers who had sent the letter were in fact the French Hussies who were trying to take him from her. Yes, that had to be it. This was the plot of some foreign Scarlet Woman who thought she could take her Harry from her. Ginny knew just how to respond to these Hussies.

Acting like she had forgotten something back in the room she shared with her Mummy, Ginny went to collect some Howler Paper to send to those so-called Healers to let them know their plan would not work. Before she returned to the library, Ginny wrote three Howlers to the "healers" screaming at them that they had no right to interfere with true love or steal other people's mail. Since she could see them trying to use the animal abuse charge on her, even though she knew it would be a lie and only something to discredit her, Ginny told the three owls to take their time in delivering the Howlers but to make sure they arrived during a meal. That way her Harry would learn that someone was trying to prevent them from communicating with each other.

Ginny was so used to her Mummy sending Howlers to Hogwarts that she took it for granted that the other Magical Schools allowed the practice. Yet it was only thanks to Albus that Howlers had not been banned at Hogwarts while the rest of the ICW schools prevented their arrival and made it so that any sent would be diverted to the Educational Oversight Department (EOD) and the sender's name would be put on file. When there were multiple Howlers notices on file, the ICW EOD would press charges usually leading to fines on the sender.

While Ginny was dealing with her Howlers and thoughts that someone was trying to take Harry from her, her older brother was having troubles of his own. Ron had earned several detentions already that year due to him being late for every single first class of the day not to mention being way behind on homework. Thanks to his Mum taking care of most things for him back at the Burror and letting him sleep in, Ron was not used to getting up in time for breakfast. He had missed it the first week at the castle before he finally started to set an alarm on his wand to get him up. However, he only gave himself enough time to arrive and fill up a plate of food. Thanks to the Hogwarts House Elves not wanting students to go hungry while the food would vanish from the serving dishes they would only collect it from the students' plates when they were finished. So Ron who found some subjects harder than he thought would take time to eat his breakfast rather than head to class.

This led him to arrive nearly ten minutes late to each of his first classes of the day. Most of the teachers had taken points away from him but after three weeks of doing so without any change to his behavior, they had no choice but to start giving him detentions instead. This at least prevented his Housemates from getting on his case for all the lost points. Well, apart from the twins who pranked him daily, at least until Mum arrived at the castle. So far his Mum was the only Teacher he had during his first class after breakfast who did not punish him for arriving late. However, that could be because he made sure to arrive on time for Potions after Snape had been fired.

She still punished him by not allowing him to send Harry any letters rather than taking points or giving him detentions. Ginny had teased him for a week since she had been allowed to send Harry a letter and even made him take her photo to send with it. Ron had promised to help her in her studies if she had allowed him to send a photo as well, only to find the picture she had taken of him thrown into the trash can in his Mum's room. When he complained about it to Mum, she got upset with him for disobeying her orders that he could not send anything to Harry unless his grades were at least in the high A range.

Ron was finding that harder to do than he thought for while casting spells was fun, all the papers he had to write were just so long and boring. He did as his teachers had told him to do in making the papers be a certain length of parchment but then they got on his case for writing so big that they told him that he was not answering the question for the assignments properly and should either write smaller or use twice the amount of parchment that everyone else. Well, everyone else besides the violent bookworm Granger who for some reason seemed to hand in assignments that were sometimes even three times longer than requested.

What was worse for Ron was while Granger seemed to be a know-it-all goody-two-shoes due to her hitting their classmates with books and screaming out the answers in class, she had started to get detentions herself. Rather than getting separate detentions, Ron was forced to work with her during all their punishments. Anytime the teacher left them alone, Granger would start to berate him for earning the detention saying it was due to him being dumb and lazy. Ron would remind her that she was serving detention as well which made her hit him. This usually led to them getting even more detentions when retaliated.

Hermione was not finding Hogwarts at all as she expected. When Professor McGonagall came to see her last year to talk to her family about Hermione being able to use Magic and getting accepted to Hogwarts, Hermione had done a lot of research into the Magical School. Seeing reports that it was the best in the world, Hermione thought she would finally be around people just as smart as she was, but everyone in her classes were morons. Even some of the staff did not seem to be that smart either, otherwise they would not call on the idiots rather than have her answer every question. And lately, the staff had become even less intelligent since they used to give her points for getting answers correctly, but now were telling her off and even giving her detentions just cause she gave the answers when her idiot classmates took too long to answer.

She did like learning to cast spells in class, but the staff was even getting on her case about that as well. In almost every class, Hermione would be the first one to cast the spell thus showing she was better than everyone else. Having shown her superiority over her classmates, she would then start on her homework. Yet despite turning in essays about the smell they were learning and its full history, the teachers said she needed to cast the spell more than once. They even had the nerve to say her essays were too long and showed no actual understanding of the subject but she was just copying what the book said about everything.

After the first month of class, she found the teachers were giving her low marks on all her homework, leading her to complain to Professor McGonagall. Yet her Head of House did nothing to help but told her she would look into it. When the Transfiguration teacher got back to her, Hermione learned that her new low marks were thanks to the staff reading only part of her essays, the same amount that her idiotic classmates did. What was worse she found that due to how smaller she wrote to everyone else, they were counting less than a fourth of what she had written. And even more, she was losing points off her assignments for only copying from the book. Hermione could not figure out why the teachers assigned reading if they did not want her and her idiotic classmates to use the information from the books for their assignments.

The only classes that Hermione had trouble with, besides how the teachers were treating her were Herbology and Potions. She came to school to learn magic not to dig around in the dirt with some useless plants. And while she had been able to understand her older sister's high school chemistry books, Hermione just did not like to brew. It had been bad enough with Professor Snape who favored those evil Slytherin Bastards, but then came Professor Weasley. Snape had been a harsh teacher, but Professor Weasley just brewed strangely. The woman did not follow the book at all when brewing, she marked down Hermione the most for as she put it, "lack of originality when it came to her assignments." The only upside of Professor Weasley's teaching method was that she at least showed no favoritism to the evil Slytherins like Malfoy and Parkinson.

Draco had no idea how to feel about Hogwarts, sure he loved being away from his cold and sometimes harsh father, but he had to deal with the likes of Weasley and Granger. At least Weasley's behavior he could understand since there was a long-standing Blood Feud between the Weasleys and the Malfoys, but Draco had no idea what Granger's problem was. Sometimes Draco wished his mother had gotten her way and he had been sent to Beauxbatons rather than Hogwarts. It had been fine with his Godfather teaching Potions, but during the short-lived Potion Master exchange program, Draco learned his Godfather had not been grading his work properly.

His Godfather, for some unknown reason, had given Draco the highest marks in his class and told everyone that at least Draco was not a Dunderhead like everyone else. Yet when Potion Master Dimitri had been teaching the class, he had marked Draco down for the grades he deserved. Rather than be upset with the Potion Master from Durmstrange, Draco got mad at his Godfather. After all, he was here to learn to do things correctly just like everyone else. While he may not like being told he was doing something wrong, such as when Madam Hooch corrected him during the first flying class, he knew it was to help teach him how to do things the right way.

So Draco had accepted his now lower grades under Professor Dimitri until the man was recalled back to his normal post. Draco planned on getting into it with his Godfather, only to hear from his father that Professor Snape had been fired for his harassment of a student while at Beauxbatons which had led the ICW EOD to discover he had no teaching degree. Granted Draco did not think Mrs. Weasley had a teaching degree either, but he had heard that due to her giving all her kids their Pre-Hogwarts lessons, she had an honorary teaching degree from some institution. Granted when Draco looked up the degree he found that just like Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore was on the board at the place. This made Draco think the old fool had given Mrs. Weasley the degree just so she could be allowed to teach at Hogwarts.

Outside of his classes, Draco had received a strange letter from his Mom. Draco had known that a few years ago, his Mom had tried to make him be recognized as the Heir to the Black Family only for something to go wrong. After all this time the bank finally got back to them to let them know they had found the reason for their inability to make Draco the family Heir. Yet rather than give the reason, Downax had just informed his mother that he was performing a massive audit in the Black Family Holdings.

During one of the weekly letters his Mom sent him, Draco was informed that during the audit a strange artifact had been found in his crazy old Aunt Bella's vaults. Rather than being charged with possession of the artifact which according to Downax was a class SSS-Cursed item in the vault, the Goblins had removed the artifact and had performed a powerful cleansing on it. It got even stranger, according to Draco's Mom, as the Goblins took the cleaned artifact and passed it on to some other family since it had not been a possession of either the Black or Lestrange Family Lines. Both Draco and his Mom believed Bellatrix or one of the Lestrange brothers had stolen the artifact from its proper family in the last war and were possibly in the process of selling it somewhere, or since it had been cursed use it against its proper owners.

Albus drank some more Headache Curing Potion as he looked over the latest complaints to cross his desk. The Granger girl, who he had thought would make a good controller for Harry if the brat had come to the castle now had her own complaint box. The girl sent long letters about how the staff was not calling on her in class enough, not grading her homework properly, not to mention all the detentions she was getting. Molly Weasley, on the other hand, had two complaint boxes on his desk. One where Molly complained about how her youngest son was being treated first by members of Gryffindor House for all the points he had lost, but then against the other members of staff for giving Ron so many detentions. The other box geared to Molly was students and staff complaining about her. Let it be her obvious display of discrimination against anyone who was a member of Slytherin House, or that she would yell at them for bullying her baby.

Albus knew even without looking that Fred and George Weasley sent some complaints against Molly for her screaming at them for nearly ten minutes in the halls for pranking Ron. Something that leads to the two third-year students being late to a class and losing some points. Neither twin thought it was their fault that their mother had raised such a fuss in the halls and then did nothing to prevent them from getting punished for being late to class when she had caused it. Albus also knew the twins would complain about their mother's treatment in their Potions class since for some reason Molly absolutely refused to let them brew in the class, and then marked them down for not turning in a potion to be graded. From the numerous complaints they had already leveled against Molly for doing so, they shared the belief that their mother did not want them to succeed for some strange reason in Potion Class.

The fourth complaint box was actually the reports from the ICW EOD on how to "improve" Hogwarts. Albus wished he could chuck all four boxes into his fire and be done with it. But among all the useless complaints he received there were some that he knew he had to deal with. Like the one from the ICW about Severus, where not only had Lupin pressed charges against the man for harassing Harry, but the Potter Family Account Manager had leveled some as well for the same reason.* It was all, Albus could do to prevent the Goblins from being the ones to pass judgment on Severus.

Added to all the issues with the overflowing complaint boxes, Albus had not seen Dobby or heard how the stupid elf had done on the mission to give Harry the enchanted item that would make the boy more manageable. Albus began to wonder about the Elf's mental health or as much as any Elf had, since he had not seen Dobby since the idiot had popped off to Beauxbatons. With Dobby missing, Albus had to rely on another of his family's Elves, yet while the Elf spoke better than Dobby ever did they did not follow him as fanatically and faithfully as Dobby had done.

Unknown to Albus, as soon as Dobby had been given a clean bill of health from the Elf Clinic he had been sent after cutting ties with the Dumbledore Family, Dobby had gone back to his former crew and warned them not to follow Albus too blindly using himself as an example of doing so and the damage it could cause one of their kind. His message was more pointing since Dobby had freed himself rather than follow Albus' order which could have hurt a Magical Child. While they were loyal to the family they served House Elves thanks to being really Brownie Spites did have a special connection to children and would protect them even if they were not members of their family as best as they could. Dobby was glad that he had not given the cursed item to the Great Harry Potter, not only did it get him away from his bad former Master but it helped heal his mind and got him a job at Beauxbatons where he was somewhat close to the Great Harry Potter.

Harry was still having the time of his life at Beauxbatons, not only were the classes fun and interesting, even the homework, but he had made some really great friends. Thanks to the Potions Master from Hogwarts, even if he had been rather rude, other students were finding out Rin was not so bad. Even Amelia and her friends had joined Harry sitting at Rin's table for supper a couple of times now. Harry was also getting better at drawing eyes in his portraits.

He still got some comments on his work from Instructors Zoe and Dono who said his portraits never seemed to look that much like the person he was drawing, but he said he saw no difference between his models and his portraits. For some reason, this led to him getting tested where Healer Smythe discovered he had a rare Magical talent that led him to read a person's Aura and see their true self, whatever that meant. He did not really care about the ability since most people he drew, who for the moment were still House Elves, liked the portrait he did of them.

That strange Elf Dobby, once he had been healed had even broken down into tears when he saw Harry's drawing of him. At first, Harry had thought Dobby was upset with it for it had been the first portrait Harry had made that he added a background to. But he had been unable to help himself for as he looked at Dobby it was as if he could see chains of darkness behind the Elf held by a shadowy figure on one side of Dobby. Right above DObby's head had been the cursed object he had been ordered to give Harry only to cut himself off from his family rather than giving the object to Harry. Behind Dobby's other shoulder, Harry had seen clear skies and a rainbow making him add it to the portrait. Yet Dobby had not cared about the background but had been happy that Harry had drawn him as noble-looking as the portraits Dobby had seen him do for Moonflow, Eclipes, and Waxing.

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After the creepy letter from the girl Ginny, Harry had something new to talk about with Healer Patricia than the Dursleys. She was not even shocked by the news making him believe that Healer Smythe informed her about the letter and the picture after he had talked to his head of House. "To be honest, I am surprised that I have not gotten any more mail like that," Harry told his Mind Healer during their latest session.

"And why is that Heir Potter?" she asked.

"My Account Manager informed me, and later Remus, that I was quite famous in England and Britain, and I have memories of when I was younger of people dressed in robes coming up to shake my hand and thank me. Looking back, I can assume they were all Magical, so I find it strange that they would come and meet me in person rather than send me a letter," Harry told her.

"I see," Healer Patricia said making a note. She would have to report this to Madam Maxine so the Headmistress could handle it. Not the random people coming up to Harry when he was younger but the fact that since he was Muggleraised and from his accounts had not been informed of his status as a Magical until he got his letters the people were in effect breaking the Statute of Secrecy. Just as they would be doing if they came to greet a Muggleborn from a Squibline.

"Have there been any issues with your search for a Pen Pal?" she asked him.

"Not really, Healer Smythe has found me some possible candidates. He has also had me write to them under a pseudonym, just in case," Harry explained.

"Ah, and who have you written to so far?' Healer Patrica asked.

"I wrote to a fourth-year student at Durmstrange named Viktor Krum, a second-year student from Ilvermorny named Castiel Winchester, and surprisingly three students from Hogwarts, or two depending on how you look at it," Harry said.

"What do you mean," she asked though guessing what he was about to tell her.

"It seems that the Curse Breaker that my Account Manager had brought me to House Varis, family has a tradition of being pen pals while at school. So one or two of the students from Hogwarts, I have started writing to at Curse Breaker Weasley's younger twin brothers. They informed me in my first letter with them that they were Magical Twins so I would know that while their two handwritings were on the letter they would not share it with anyone else. The other person from Hogwarts, I am testing out is a fellow first-year by the name of Draco Malfoy," Harry said.*

"And you are using your new familiar to do this, you are not giving her too much are you?" Healer Patricia asked having heard Harry planned on using the snowy owl as his main owl when he got a pen pal.

"I tell her she is to take as much time as she needs to deliver each letter. And since there are two at Hogwarts I am testing out, I have her deliver both letters at the same time, letting the Hogwarts potentials know I am checking their prospect as a pen pal out and vowing I am not sharing any information about the other people I am writing to," Harry explained.

"I assume you are using the same pseudonym for all the letters so the students from Hogwarts don't talk to each other and revealed that you are not giving your real name thus decide to make the decision for you by no longer writing to you?" Healer Patricia asked.

"I came up with a name with the help of Remus and Sirius. I named my original owl after my dad's nickname in school, Prongs. My new familiar I named after my mom's nickname, Lightfoot, so I asked them to give me some help in getting my own nickname so I could use it as my pseudonym," Harry said.

"And what name did they help you come up with?" she asked.

"Sketch," Harry said a little proudly.

"I take it is due to your hobby rather than your Animagus form that you told me your dad's nickname was based on?" she asked.

"Yep. They came up with it when I sent them some of my early drafts of Moonflow, Waxing, and Eclipse," Harry said.

"Are they sending them back to you, since we have talked about your thoughts about using the drawings of the Stellaluna Elves as your yearly project?" Healer Patricia asked.

"I don't think so, they told me they framed them and hung them up in the room I was using," Harry said a touch of pride in his voice having never had that happen with anything he had made or done back with the Dursleys. They had often hung up Dudley's homework on the fridge as if proud of their son, despite Harry's cousin usually getting C's and D's. They even hung up one assignment which Dudley managed to get an F on thought that could have been done due to Dudley seemed to care that he failed it so Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia put it on the fridge and gave him gifts for it. Harry's Aunt and Uncle only did it once though for while they mollycoldiled their son they did not want him to think that failure was good. And Dudley actually did get the hint after Uncle Vernon had sat him down to point out that if Dudley failed he would a) not be able to get into a good school like Smeltings or Sycamore Academy, and b) might be held back and end up in Harry's class.

"So are you still planning to submit some of your drawings as your yearly project?" she asked.

"I still plan to, I was thinking that after Samhain/Halloween I would start to ask my friends to see if they will allow me to draw them. That way I can submit some pictures of the Elves and them to show my progress over the year," Harry shared.

"I, see. Have you approached any of them yet to ask for them to be your first model?" Healer Patricia asked thinking that if he was having a hard time choosing one, just as he was with finding a pen pal it might show that the young man did not want to choose between people thus possibly hurting someone's feelings. Which would be something they might need to work on.

"I have asked Rin. Since he was the one to get me interested in joining an art club and class. Plus Instructor Zoe and Dono found that when I draw someone or thing, I access a magical talent to read the subject's aura making me draw them as their inner self. I want others to see Rin the way I do. I know others have started to get to know him more thanks to the visiting Potions Master from a month ago, but still," Harry said.

"That is a very kind thing to do to your friend, Heir Potter," Healer Patricia said giving him a smile and gently patting his arm.

"Instructor Zoe and Dono also believe that this ability to see a person's aura when I draw them is why I have such trouble with drawing eyes for as the old line goes, the eyes are the windows to the soul," Harry shared. Not knowing if it was true or not, but had come to believe it when he worked on the portraits of Moonflow, Eclipse, Waxing, and Dobby.

On October thirty-first, Harry was not the only one to wake up early, besides Rin, as many students and staff did for the combined holiday of Samhain and Halloween. Harry had learned about the differences between the two holidays in his comparative religions class, but he was more excited since according to Amelia and Selkie some of the Creature Blood students would do a presentation of how the two holidays were celebrated among certain creature blooded magical. This year the presentation was going to cover trolls and Draks. According to his pseudo-cousin/sister last year the presentation had covered Elves and Vampri.

Harry was slightly disappointed the school had not been decorated but then again Samhain, according to his class and friends, was mainly geared to the performance of a ritual to allow a person to communicate with friends and loved ones who had passed on. Harry was looking forward to participating in the ritual thinking he would be able to commune with either or both his parents. Allowing him to learn more about his mother, since besides the photos Lady Delacour, Sirius, and Remus found he knew only what his father had written in his letters to Fleur's mom about her.

He was not disappointed when he followed Amelia to the Beauxbaton's Ritual Rooms to take part in the ritual. He moved into his Warded area. added a few drops of his blood to the incense potion, and let it sit for a moment before he brought it to his face to take a deep breath of it. As soon as he breathed the potion in, Harry found himself sitting in what looked like the Beauxbaton's Art classroom. He was not alone as sitting beside him was his dad who was in the middle of drawing his mom, who was modeling for him. Harry opened his mouth to speak but no sounds came out, and it was not just due to meeting his parents and getting choked up about it. His mum and dad turned to smile at him making him feel the warmth of their love.

Being unable to speak, Harry tried to use the art supplies to write a message but the words would not appear on his canvas. He felt gentle humor from his dad as James Potter gently took his hand and guided Harry to start drawing. During the ritual, not a single word was spoken and the only sound was that of Harry and James as they worked on their portraits of Lily. Yet Harry learned so much about his parents. He found that the communication performed during the ritual was done through emotions and actions. Thus he learned of his parents' love for both each other and him. Lily showed off some of her interest as she modeled for them as she would occasionally change poses and outfits thus letting Harry see her dressed in some sports gear of teams she liked or sports she played. At one point she wore a strange robe that obscured her face and was emblazoned with a strange green eye on it. Yet her change of position and clothing did not mess up either her husband's or son's drawings of her.

From James, Harry learned as his father drew with each stroke he made on the canvas getting accompanied by thoughts and emotions. One large sweeping stroke on the canvas brought to Harry's mind his father playing Quidditch, which Harry technically already knew thanks to the letters he had read that James had sent to Fleur's mom. Some small flicks of his pencil to add some detail to Lily's portrait, made Harry see in his mind memories from his dad along with younger versions of Remus, Sirius, and some other person Harry did not recognize planning and pulling off some pranks at Hogwarts. As James helped Harry in drawing Lily's eyes, Harry felt and experienced memories of his father after graduating from Hogwarts and going to work at the British Ministry. James's training as an Auror with Sirius under someone who looked to be related to Curse Breaker Weasley. And even James becoming the training agent himself to a dark-skinned man with a shaven head.

As Harry finished drawing his mother's eyes, the session seemed to be over as Lily moved over to see the two drawings of her. Both his parents smiled at him as they kissed his cheeks filling him with a sense of pride and love before he found himself back in the Beauxbaton's Ritual Room. Knowing it had only been a ritual, Harry was still a little surprised he was not holding the portrait he had made of his mom. Feeling something wet on his face, Harry lifted his hand to find he had been crying. At first, he tried to hide the fact lest someone make fun of him, but he soon saw that everyone who had taken part in the ritual had tears running down their faces even Profesor Vansoth who was usually so unemotional that Harry had heard some Muggleborn students joke that he was either a robot or Maigcal Golem. Harry now understood while Amelia had told him that there was a full hour with nothing happening between the Samhain ritual and the presentation of the Creature Blooded students and staff on how their creatures celebrated the holiday.

During the hour, Harry not only settled himself down from the ritual but also did some research into stuff he had learned from it. Thus finding out that the strange robe with the green eye his mom had worn showed that, unlike his dad, she had become an Unspeakable in the English Department of Mysteries. With some digging into the public records, which had been greatly expanded at this time, since Harry noticed others doing research after performing the ritual, he found the man his father had trained as an Auror was a man named Kingsley Shaklebolt. He had also seen his guess about his dad's training officer was correct since according to the records the man had been Arthur Septimus Weasley. The article about the man was a few years old and had shown his kids, or at least the ones old enough to go to school letting him see Curse Breaker Weasley as well as the twins Harry was testing out as his pen pal. However, according to the letter, the family had two more kids who had not started at Hogwarts and thus could not be shown nor their names given for the child's privacy.

After the hour was over, Harry joined the rest of the students heading down to the largest auditorium for the presentation on how Drak and troll-blooded Magicals tended to celebrate Halloween and Samhain differently than others. As Harry was sitting down to the presentation at Beauxbatons, Hogwarts was also dealing with something troll-related. During the Halloween feast, Professor Quill rushed into the room shocking everyone at his ragged appearance as well for the first time that year there was no stutter in his voice as he cried out, "TROLLS IN THE DUNGEONS!!! Thought you ought to now." Right before he passed out the students began to panic.

"QUIET," Albus thundered getting the students' attention by setting off the sound of a firework, causing numerous students to clap their hands over their ears due to the loud sound in the enclosed room. "Students to their dorms, staff come with me," Albus ordered as he led many of the staff out of the hall, ignoring Professor Sinistra the new Head of Slytherin, as well as Professor Sprout getting on his case since both their Houses were located in the area of the school where Quirrell had reported the troll had been. Both women were rather shocked to see their students heading to their dorms making them think the students thought that if they all went together they might be able to hold the troll off long enough to reach their dorm rooms.

Sprout and Sinistra shared a look before they went to join their students to escort them to their dorms rather than join the rest of the staff in looking for the troll. As soon as the room was cleared, Quirrell got back to his feet, dusting off his robes, and smiled to himself. While it was true, he had brought a troll it, the thing was nowhere near the dungeons. As if he or his Master would want to harm any students in Slytherin even if they did not support his Master's plans. No, the troll was elsewhere in the castle, and hopefully, nowhere near the "forbidden corridor" thus allowing Quirrell and his Master to see what sort of other protections were guarding the Philosopher's Stone.

Albus was cursing the fact that Harry was not here, he was sure he could have used this troll to train the boy somehow, making him recall his first year when a new Fifth Year student's first trip to Hogsmeade had been interrupted by an attack of a pair of trolls leading to the student to taking one of them down with help from one of his classmates. It had made the pair almost famous during the next few months, though it was nothing to what the fifth year did at the end of the school year when Hogwarts had been attacked. Yet Harry was not here for this, and due to him not attending Hogwarts, Albus did not think the boy would know any type of magic that would take down the troll. Despite what the ICW DOE was complaining about, Albus knew his curriculum would help any of his students take down a troll. Hence why he had not cared that he sent the Puffs or the Slimy Snakes to their dorms for even they would be able to push the creature back.

Out of everyone in the castle, Hermione Granger was one of the few students who had no idea that a troll had made its way into the castle. She had been busy crying in the bathroom after Ronald Weasley had performed a crude imitation of her asking to be called on. It would not have bothered her if he had not also made fun of her overly large front teeth, which she had always hated due to it being what she saw as her one imperfection. So rather than hit him as she did during the detentions they were forced to share with each other, she had been unable to stop herself from crying. Thus she had missed her last class of the day, as well as the Halloween feast as she hid her tears by crying locked in the stall of the second floor girl's room. She had been closer to the first-floor girl's room but she did not want to be in there crying with Moaning Myrtle who might either get mad thinking Hermione was mocking her or try to outcry her as if it was some sort of competition.

The second-floor bathroom was also far enough away from the Great Hall, that she did not think anyone would come around as they celebrated Halloween. She was therefore surprised when she heard the door to the bathroom open and a nasty scent fill the room. Doing her best to wipe the tears from her face, Hermione peeked out the stall only for her mouth to fall open in shock to see a full-sized Mountain Troll had come into the room. She let out a small gasp but quickly brought her hands to her mouth as she saw the thing's ears wiggle as if it had heard her.

Hermione climbed onto the toilet as quietly as she could and curled up hoping it had not heard her. She feared it had as she heard thunderous footfalls coming her way making her quiver in fear as she wracked her brain for any spell she could use to fight off the troll or call for help. She had read about a spell known as a Patronus which could be used to send messages, but besides the fact that she did not know how to cast it or how to use it to send a message, it would most likely give her hiding place away to the troll. She had also read about stunning spells, but she had never tried to cast one before, and the troll if he was like most of his kind would have a slight immunity to the spell. She lacked the time or mastery of the spell to be able to knock him out quickly. All she could do was pray to God that help would come soon as the footsteps came closer. It was hard to say but it felt like they were right outside her stall, especially as one thunderous step caused a small quake making her lose her footing and end up making a splash as her foot slid into the toilet bowl. She gave a cry of utter fear when she heard its roar, which showed the troll had heard the splash there was a crash as the troll swung its club and knocked out the walls to the stalls around Hermione. She managed to get out of the way but was crushed by the ruins of the wall making her cry out in pain.

Down in the dungeons, Albus stopped in place, making Minerva run into him. "Is something the matter, Albus?" she asked.

All he said was, "No, no, no," as Albus turned and ran from the dungeons. Minerva and the others looked after him for a moment before they ran to catch up.

"Albus, what is going on?" Minerva asked panting a little as she ran after him.

"It is bad, Minerva. I just got a signal from the Wards a student has died," he explained making some of the staff nearly trip over each other as they stopped in place for a moment and cried out in horror and shock. "The Wards are telling me the troll is no longer in the dungeons but has somehow made its way up to the second floor. It seemed to have found a student and well they are dead," Albus reported as he used a secret passageway that helped them get out of the dungeons and up to the third floor. Albus was now running so fast he appeared to be nearly flying as he led to the stairs down to the second floor. The group of teachers arrived just as the troll was exiting the girl's bathroom with blood and some guts on its club. Seeing them the troll let out a roar of challenge as it raised its club sending blood and some guts flying. Albus did not even break stride as he cast a spell which caused the troll to disintegrate and the club to drop to the ground with a large crash creating a small crater in the floor.

While some stopped to marvel at his dispatch of the troll, Albus ran into the bathroom and was nearly sick at the sight of the remains of Hermione Granger. The only way her identity could be seen without the use of a spell was that the ripped remains of her school bag and belongings were scattered throughout the room. Minerva seeing the remains and who they had been sunk to her knees crying in dismay for a moment before she lost the contents of her stomach. She was not the only one as most of the staff had similar reactions knowing they had failed at keeping one of their students safe.

Albus was a little sad the girl was dead, but was more angry than anything else. He knew Granger was one of the best in her year, she should have been able to push the troll back to at least get to safety. For the first time, he wondered if the ICW DOE was correct that some of his lessons were not good enough. The only upside was that his weapon had not been the one to have died to the troll. Though he knew the girl's death would cause more issues with the ICW as well as the Ministry.

Padfoot's Lagoon

On November Second, Remus and Sirius received a letter from Bonecrusher. Bonecrusher urged Remus to take up the Stewardship rings for Harry's family so he could join the Hogwarts Board of Governors. For once Remus thought he should do it, especially based on the Parisian Magical Newspaper from the day before which reported a troll somehow getting into Hogwarts leading to a student's death. Bonecrusher was urging Remus to respond before four in the afternoon since there was an emergency meeting of the Governors planned at six to discuss the incident. Bonecrusher wanted Remus to be fully ready for the meeting by the time it happened, which would include giving the Werewolf the Peverell. Gryffindor, Potter, and Slytherin Steward Rings which would prevent anyone from using mind magic on Remus if he attended the meeting, while also permitting him to be there since he would be representing two of the Founder lines, at least in Harry's name.

As Remus went to get the rings, Bonecrusher even explained that technically the Slytherin Ring was a Proxy Ring since Harry was already Lord of the House, so Remus could not be the family Steward but they were not going to share that with anyone if they were asked. The rings easily accepted Remus as the Steward and Proxy since Harry had already written permission for it to happen, they just had not wanted to let Albus or anyone else know about it until it was absolutely necessary. The death of a student at Hogwarts showed it was, so Remus finally had to act to make sure the others in the castle were kept safe.

Bonecrusher, after giving Remus the rings, showed the Werewolf where the Hogwarts Governors meet, an enchanted building inside the Wards of Hogwarts which were close enough for staff members on the board to attend while keeping the students and others away from it. The Account Manager even passed on a list of the current Governors though did say it may be out of date since Molly was listed as a governor as a parent and Severus was listed due to being the Slytherin Head of House. Bonecrusher explained the governors were made up of Albus, as the Headmaster of the school, the Four Heads of House, and six parents of current students with two parents each for the different Magical Cores. As the only staff members who could attend meetings were Heads of House, Molly Weasley should no longer be a Govenor since while she had replaced Severus as the school's Potions Master, Sinistra had become the new Head of Slytherin House.

Remus and Bonecrusher arrived early letting them see as the others arrived. Remus found to his surprise the two parents of the Dark Cored Magicals in the school were represented by Adraina Zabini the current Minister for Magic of Italy, and Legvistus Nott who was the Headmaster of Sycamore Academy. The parents representing the Gray Cored Magicals were Zhao Chan and Sabastain Clearwater. Both Remus and Bonecrusher shared a look when Molly arrived to take a seat at the Light Cored Magical parent's table before she was joined by Oliver Wood Sr. The pair of men were not the only ones surprised by Molly's presence as the four Heads of House shot her a confused look as well. However, they were quickly distracted when they caught sight of Remus.

"Remus, what are you doing here?" Minerva asked coming forward to shake his hand, a small smile on her face to see him. The last time they had met had been just under a year ago and the man had been still dealing with James and Lily's death and had been a little mad and slightly crazy. "You look better than the last time I saw you," she admitted.

"Thanks, Minnie," Remus said shaking her hand before pulling his old Head of House into a hug. "As for what I am doing here, a few months ago, I was contacted by the bank when Vernon Dursley enrolled Harry into Beauxbatons. As Harry's Account Manager," Remus said nodding to Bonecrusher, "found evidence of their abuse, I was called into to become Harry's guardian."

"Why you?" Molly asked in a small screech not even bothering to hide the fact she had been listing in or get out of her seat to move closer to them.

"That is none of your concern, Madam Weasley," Bonecrusher said.

"It should have been Albus who got custody of Harry when his family was arrested," Molly said thinking that since the Headmaster was so busy he would send the boy to live with her so her babies could become his friends that much faster.

"My client revealed that he had never met Albus, nor did any of the Muggles say he had ever stopped by when my client was asleep. Since a Magical Guardian has to visit with their charge at least once a month if they do not live together he was stripped of his position," Bonecrusher explained.

"I still don't get why you are here, Remus is it?" Oliver Wood Sr. asked as one of the few who did not know the man.

"My client comes from the family of Gryffindor and due to the attack on his late parents while he survived it is now connected to the Slytherin Family," Bonecrusher said not bringing up the Rite of Conquest so anyone who did not know what had happened would not get that Harry was now Lord of Slytherin. Bonecrusher did notice that Minerva and Filius's eyes flashed making him guess they at least understood what he had failed to say, but thankfully did not share it with the others. "Now as Mr. Lupin is my client's legal guardian at the moment he has become the Steward of the family lines Heir Potter is the Heir too. A long-standing rule of Hogwarts is that a member of the Founders' families or a proxy for them always has a place on the board. Hence why we are here. We had not wanted to tread on anyone's toes but the news of Miss Granger's untimely death led to our involvement. And now that I have introduced him, I shall take my leave of you all," Bonecrusher said having no desire to be in the place once Albus showed up.

Remus nodded to Bonecrusher as the Goblin left and began to get to know the other governors a little. He found out that the Governors unless there was an issue like what they were dealing with at the moment only meet three times a year, once at the start of the school year, once before the Yule Break, and the final meeting near the end of the school year the board had not had time to find a replacement for Molly yet. As Bonecrusher discovered that the Harry Potter Adventure Series that Albus had helped publish was written by Molly, and the presence of an illegal Marriage Contract between Harry and Molly's daughter had been in the bank, he and Remus assumed Albus was dragging his heals to find a replacement on the Governors for the woman.

When the meeting was meant to begin, Remus took a seat, at the same table as the four Heads of House and waited for it to start. Yet it took another ten minutes before anything happened for that was when Albus finally showed up saying something about dealing with the ICW EOD about Granger's death. The Headmaster had only taken a few steps into the room before he noticed Remus's presence stopping in place as he asked, "What are you doing here?"

Chapter Text

Hogwarts Governers' Retreat.

"We have already covered that Albus, and you would have known if you had bothered to show up on time," Remus said as the old bastard entered the meeting room nearly ten minutes after the meeting was to begin.

"I was busy sending a report to the ICW DOE regarding Miss Granger's tragic death," Albus said. "But that has nothing to do with why you are here."

"I am here, as everyone else learned earlier because after the Dursleys were arrested, I was chosen to become Harry's legal Guardian," Remus explained trying not to roll his eyes, he was used to Albus showing up late for meetings as Albus had done it during each Order meeting during the last war.

"I am Harry's Magical Guardian," Albus protested.

"As Harry's Account Manager already told everyone, you have lost that post since you never even went to go see him when he was growing up, and the Dursleys shared they had never seen you either, and only had the one letter you left with Harry," Remus said. "But that is neither here nor there, as Harry's family is descended from the Founders and has connections to another line after Voldy's attack, I have been told I have a place on the board. I had not come to the first meeting of the year because I had not wanted to step on anyone's toes, but upon hearing about the girl's death, I knew I had to come. But there are a few things I don't understand, besides the obvious of how a troll got into the castle."

"And what is that?" Albus asked through gritted teeth as he moved to sit down.

"Well, first off you say you were busy hence why you are late, but this meeting was planned to start at a very specific time due to Miss Granger's Death. As you were the one to have scheduled it you should have been here on time. I don't know about the other governors but I have a full-time job," Remus lied. "And that is just working in a shop, I would hate to think of the scheduling problems Madam Zabini has being both a Governor and the Italian Minister For Magic. And I know Lord Nott is the Headmaster of his school, yet he is still able to be here at the right time. I recall you having similar issues when I had meetings with you years ago," Remus said not stating it was as a member of the Order. "I think if you have such bad time management you should start using a connected item so everyone can signal when they have the time to meet so no one is waiting around for a single person."

"You know that is not a half bad idea," Pomona said who was also used to Albus arriving late to every meeting, even when it took place in his office. Pomona's agreement led the matter to be voted on and easily passed with only Albus and Molly voting against it.

"Now what was the second issue you had, Remus?" Minerva asked.

"Before I came to the meeting, the Potter Account Manager told me about the makeup of the Governors I would now be working with. They informed me that the only members of staff that could be a Governor were the Four Heads of House, so I am wondering why is Madam Weasley still a governor. Yes, I heard she took over Snape's class but she was not made into the Slytherin Head of House. Since for one thing, she was not a former member of the House. She should no longer be a Governor," Remus explained.

"Now See Here!" Molly started to screech at him.

"He does have a point," Filius said who was used to Molly's behavior since she had been a Governor since William Weasley had been in his second year.

"I am sure it is alright if Molly stays, after all, we can have her husband take her place in the next meeting," Albus said.

"Is that how positions are usually transferred between people, along family lines? The Potter Account Manager told me the post apart from the Founder votes was to be given to parents of current students," Remus said.

"There are still Weasley family members who are students here," Albus said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"That is true," Remus admitted, but maybe Arthur does not want to be one of the governors. He should be given a choice rather than you doing it for him and in the meantime, we can come up with other Light Cored Magical student families that could join the board."

"Later," Ariana Zabin broke in. "You were correct Mr. Lupin, I do have a busy schedule, so to convince I agree with the Headmaster to let Molly remain for this meeting and choose her replacement before we next meet."

As you wish, Madam Zabini," Remus said giving her a small nod. Meanwhile, Albus was grinding his teeth, sure he had gotten his way, but it had been the Dark-Cored woman who had made it happen.

"So that leaves us with the main issue of how the trolls got into the castle," Remus said after having dealt with his other concerns.

"Can it have something to do with the stone?" Sabastian Clearwater asked.

"What stone?" Remus asked.

"Nicolas Flamel has asked Albus to protect the Philosopher's Stone as he works out a way to destroy it," Minerva answered.

"So it is messing with the school's Wards?" Remus asked.

"No, since we don't have the same protections in place as Gringotts several members of staff had placed some enchantments to keep it safe," Pomona said not revealing that she and the other Heads of House were among those who had created trials to protect the stone.

"Why?" Remus asked confused.

"What do you mean, why?" Zhao Chan asked.

"While Hogwarts does not have the same protections as the bank, its Wards are some of the most powerful in the nation. Why not just place it in a room and add another layer of the Hogwarts Wards around the place so no one can reach it? After all, I was told the Wards would harm me when I was a student due to a medical issue if I had an "attack" within the school's Wards," Remus said not revealing he was a Werewolf to those who did not know of his condition.

"It has been a few years since then Remus," Filius said.

"That should not make any difference," Remus pointed out.

"Well, the Wards have not been inspected for years," Filius revealed.

"That is not right," Remus said. "I recall during my thesis to earn my Masters in History I did a project on Hogwarts's history. I recall reading the Hogwarts Charter which was self-updating, except for a main set of ground rules for running the school on the first page of the Charter. Hence why I was not surprised when the Potter Account Manager informed me that I could join the Governors as the Steward of Harry's family lines. Another of the main rules was the castle Wards were to be checked every year to see if they were working properly since so many students were to come and learn how to control their magic for the first time," Remus shared shocking everyone but Albus who grounded his teeth some more wishing the man would just shut up. "We must have someone come to check out the Wards if they have not been seen in who knows how long,"

"I agree, it would help to prevent more trolls coming in and free up the magic those staff members might be using to protect the stone," Filius said not knowing if anyone had performed a long-term spell for their protections.

"Even if we take a while to update the Wards, we should check the protections on the stone, I found some notes that Snape had been in charge of one of the protections on the stone," Sinistra said. Albus did not add to this discussion as he continued to grind his teeth a little not wanting the Wards updated, nor change the protections on the stone thinking he would be able to get Harry back to the castle before the end of the school year and use the stone to train the boy. As everyone was discussing the Wards, Albus pulled his wand from his pocket and under the table aimed it at Remus. Albus began to recast the compulsions he had on the man to make Remus pull Harry out of Beauxbatons and be enrolled into Hogwarts. However, since Remus wore the Steward Family Ring of the Peverells which the Wand Albus was using came from, the spells did not take effect though the rings did heat up to let Remus know someone was casting something on him.

Beauxbatons

Harry and his friends were enjoying the weekend and shared a little about their Samhain experiences. Harry told about meeting his parents in his vision and even let them all see a rough copy of the portrait that he had drawn of his mother within the vision. "So is this going to be part of your Yearly Project?" Perry asked as the drawing was passed around the table.

"Not really, I am going to add it to the copy I got from the letter my dad sent to Heiress Delacour's mother when they were students. I am going to submit some portraits though, the one I made of Dobby, one from the Stellaluna Elves, and some of you guys if you will agree to model for me." Harry shared as the drawing was handed back to him.

"Give me the time and place, Harry," Amelia said with a laugh as she struck up a pose of flexing her arms above her head.

"Thanks, but I want to do one of Rin first," Harry admitted before he realized something. "By the way, I know the project Jonathan, Perry, and Eliza, but I don't think I know what any of you guys are doing for yours," Harry asked the group of third-years.

"Oh, we have always done a group project together," Amelia smiled. "Want to see it?"

"Sure," Harry said.

"What about you guys?" she asked turning to the other first-years in their group.

"How long will it take?" Eliza asked since she still had an Archery Club meeting later that day.

"No more than an hour," Morton said.

"I'm game," Jonathan said wondering what sort of project the group of older students were doing.

"Yeah, sure me too," Perry said.

"If it takes too long, I will leave for my club," Eliza said but agreed to come with them.

Amelia and her friends led Harry and the other first years to one of the music rooms in the school. "Our yearly project has always been a cover band for some Muggle music. That is how we all became friends in the first place, we found we like the same group," Amelia said as she had Harry and the others take a seat as her group of friends got into positions and grabbed some instruments. Morton Less moved to the front and cast a spell on himself to make his voice a little louder as if he was using a microphone. Harry was amazed as the group began to perform with Morton singing a song from Queen. He had to smile having noticed Amelia had a complete collection of Queen's music in her room when he had stayed over during the summer. Harry could not help but sing along a little as Morton, who had quite a good singing voice performed the song "We Will Rock You."

Harry was further surprised when after the song ended, Amelia and her friends changed positions as Antonie Belsaint took over as the group's singer and performed "Another One Bites the Dust." After him, Ivis Hetcher took over as a singer and performed "Radio Ga Ga." Harry was amazed at the group, not only had they learned to play the instruments for the song but each one had learned a different song making it a real group project. When Selkie Delaney sang, Harry was reminded of the old tales of the Sirens finding the older Stellaluna Student's voice rather hauntingly and beautiful as she sang "Bohemian Rhapsody."

After the group had finished their performance of" Bohemian Rhapsody." the group took a small break to get some drinks. Harry moved over where Amelia was. "So what Queen song will you be performing?"

"I won't be, as my friends like to tell me I could not carry a tune with an expansion charm enchanted bank vault," Amelia said before turning to look at her friends and sticking her tongue out at them.

"So you get credit for being in the band?" Harry asked.

"Yes, but this year, I finally talked them into doing something different," she said with a teasing smile.

"So does your band just perform for the staff or is there some sort of Battle of the Bands competition at the end of the year?" Harry asked.

"It is more like a variety show. I know some of the other students who form bands do songs from different artists both Muggle and Magical. The one Heirless Delacour works with performs small skits as they perform songs from Musicals. As they are all projects there can not be any reward. The only reward that can be given out at the end of the year is if a student saves all their Fortes through the year and has made more than a hundred of them, they can turn them into the school to join a group trip to see the Quidditch World Cup. A student who also has enough money to do so can also buy a ticket to join the group if they don't have enough Fortes," Amelia explained.*

As the break ended, all but Amelia took place by one of the instruments and began to play a tune. "Didn't they do this one before?" Perry asked recognizing the song from when Antonie sang it earlier. Harry had a suspicion of what was going on, especially as he watched Amelia walk around the group a little as the others played the melody of the song. He had to smile as he saw he had guessed right as Amelia picked up an accordion and began to play. Knowing what was coming, Harry began to bob his head a little as Amela started to sing. She had not been lying her voice was not as good as her friends but in this case, it worked for her since she started to perform "Another One Rides the Bus," by the American performer Weird Al.

Seeing Harry bobbing along to the song, Amelia came over as she played the accordion getting him to join her in the chorus. Harry only knew the song since she had played it for him during the summer since she said Queen and Weird Al were her favorite musical group and artist respectively. Harry knowing that there were some "farting" sounds during the song used his hands to make them making Amelia almost lose it as she sang.

"What was that?" Eliza asked after the song ended.

"It is a song from an artist known as Weird Al who does parody songs. While everyone in our group loves Queen they don't have the same love for Weird Al. I was only able to get them to agree to let me sing it this year since we had already mastered "Another One Bites the Dust" last year for our project," Amelia explained. "He has made other songs but this lot don't want to even try them. I still say we would be a hit if we learned how to play "Eat It," "Dare to be Stupid," "Yoda," or "Fat" but they don't want to learn how to play them."

"Have they even heard them?" Harry asked.

"Of course, I have had them over during the summer and played them some of my tapes, yet they don't want to do it," Amelia said shaking her head sadly at her friends who all stuck out their tongues at her as she had done to them earlier.

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Fred and George Weasley,

Thanks for agreeing to be my Pen pal. I am looking forward to exchanging letters with you and getting to know all about you and your lives. Just in case yours is the second letter Lightfoot, the name of my owl, delivers I have agreed to try out another student at your school as a pen pal. I am just saying when you get to recognize Lightfoot when it delivers a letter it could stop by to deliver one to my other pal before it comes to you. Or depending on how much we ended up corresponding with each other, they may write to me more, or you could so Lightfoot might not always have a letter from me when she goes to your castle.

Um, let's see, I guess I should tell you a little bit about myself. I am a Second Generation Magical with one of my parents being Muggleborn before they both died when I was younger. My Magical parent had no living family so I was brought up in the Muggle World and actually lived in England. When my Muggle family chose schools, however, they decided to send me to Beauxbatons rather than Hogwarts. After I was enrolled in Beauxbatons, I moved in with some friends of my parents who are Magical thus moving to France to be closer to my school. My parents' friends went to Hogwarts when they were students and told me a little bit about the place, so I would love to hear what House you got sorted into.

The people I am now living with when I am not at school, however, never told me what causes a student to be sent to Houses at Hogwarts. As for myself, I am a member of Beauxbatons' House Stellaluna which is a House where students who are good at Transfiguration and Runic Magic are sent. Besides being a member of Stellaluna, I have become a member of some art classes taught at school focusing on drawing. The only issue I tend to have when I draw is making my eyes correctly. Maybe if this works out I will send you some of my work. I have also been told that I have a strange gift that allows me to see a being's true nature which I tend to draw so my subjects might look a little weird to you. Only bringing this up since at the moment all my drawings of full subjects are House Elves.

The reason I chose to join a Pen Pal program was once I got to Beauxbatons an older classmate of mine informed me that, her mother and my dad had been Pen Pals when they had been in school. I saw this as a way to do something similar to my dad even if we don't go to the same schools.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Remus P.

P.S. Before I moved in with my parent's friends I met a person named Bill Weasley, is this a relative of yours? I am just asking because I have never heard of the Weasley family before, so I am not sure how common the name is.

P.P.S.I hope my writing is alright, before coming to Beauxbatons I took a potion to help me get used to reading and speaking French since I never knew the language before. I hope I don't mess up and write bits of the letter in French and not realize it. If I do please let me know and I will send a translation in case you can not get one yourselves.

Remus P,

Nice to meet you mate.... Well you know what we mean. We are Fred and George or if we ever have a chance to meet in person we also respond to Gred and Forge. We are Magical Mirror Twins which is why we both signed up to have the same Pen Pal. We like that Beauxbatons's Houses are chosen by a student's talent in a certain field of magic. We are both members of Gryffindor, which according to how we are sorted is a House of the Brave and Adventurous. Or maybe just cock, we have never figured it out.

Anyway, we are in our third year and while Hogwarts does not have any art classes like you said you are taking we are members of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team as Beater. We are rather good at it and have overheard some of our House talk about us as if we were like living Bludgers ourselves. While we like Quidditch what we really want to do is open up a prank and joke shop one day. I, this is Fred writing, am good at Potios and Charms. While I, George here, have skills in Transfiguration and Defense. We find our skills help us make up joke items to achieve our dreams.

Oh by the way, since we pointed out our names you will see we have slightly different handwriting styles. We don't want you to worry about us sharing your letters with others we will be the only ones reading them. That being said just like you said about having another Pen Pal at Hogwarts there might be times when one of us responds back more than the other.

As for the postscript in your letter, we do know a Bill Weasley, he might be our older brother. Did he work for the bank, if so that is him. Besides Bill, we have two older brothers and two younger siblings. Our dad works for the British Ministry and unfortunately, our Mum works at Hogwarts. Bill is also the reason we chose to join the interschool Pen Pal program since he had one for a time as a student. Also just to let you know, even though we talked about meeting up in real life, our family is not that wealthy so unless you return to Great Britain during the summers off from school and arrange a meeting with us we would be unable to visit or anything.

Now for a little bit more about ourselves. George here, I am left-handed and my favorite color is blue. I prefer juices to tea and tend to be the one who plans the pranks we pull at school. This is Fred, I am right-handed with a color preference for black. I like to drink tea, especially with some honey in it. And while George plans everything for our Pranks I don't mind getting my hands dirty in setting them off. We also like to alternate our speech with one another when around people we are not close to. Our biggest pet peeve is when people, especially our Mum can not tell us apart.

Yours truly,

Gred and Forge.

P.S.  Your letter was fine if we need help due to it some bits being written in another language we will copy what we don't understand and show it to our older brother who likes to deal with stuff like that.

Draco Malfoy,

Thanks for agreeing to be my Pen pal. I am looking forward to exchanging letters with you and getting to know all about you and your life. Just in case yours is the second letter Lightfoot, the name of my owl, delivers I have agreed to try out another student at your school as a pen pal. I am just saying when you get to recognize Lightfoot when it delivers a letter it could stop by to deliver one to my other pal before it comes to you. Or depending on how much we ended up corresponding with each other, they may write to me more, or you could so Lightfoot might not always have a letter from me when she goes to your castle.

Um, let's see, I guess I should tell you a little bit about myself. I am a Second Generation Magical with one of my parents being Muggleborn before they both died when I was younger. My Magical parent had no living family so I was brought up in the Muggle World and actually lived in England. When my Muggle family chose schools, however, they decided to send me to Beauxbatons rather than Hogwarts. After I was enrolled in Beauxbatons, I moved in with some friends of my parents who are Magical thus moving to France to be closer to my school. My parents' friends went to Hogwarts when they were students and told me a little bit about the place, so I would love to hear what House you got sorted into.

The people I am now living with when I am not at school, however, never told me what causes a student to be sent to Houses at Hogwarts. As for myself, I am a member of Beauxbatons' House Stellaluna which is a House where students who are good at Transfiguration and Runic Magic are sent. Besides being a member of Stellaluna, I have become a member of some art classes taught at school focusing on drawing. The only issue I tend to have when I draw is making my eyes correctly. Maybe if this works out I will send you some of my work. I have also been told that I have a strange gift that allows me to see a being's true nature which I tend to draw so my subjects might look a little weird to you. Only bringing this up since at the moment all my drawings of full subjects are House Elves.

The reason I chose to join a Pen Pal program was once I got to Beauxbatons an older classmate of mine informed me that, her mother and my dad had been Pen Pals when they had been in school. I saw this as a way to do something similar to my dad even if we don't go to the same schools.

Hope to get a letter back soon,"

Remus P.

P.S. I hope my writing is alright, before coming to Beauxbatons I took a potion to help me get used to reading and speaking French since I never knew the language before. I hope I don't mess up and write bits of the letter in French and not realize it. If I do please let me know and I will send a translation in case you can not get one yourselves.

Remus P.

It is nice to hear from you. I want to hear all about your school. My father wanted to send me there since his family came from France, but my mother did not want me to attend classes so far away from Home. Since I have family in France I don't think I will have a problem if you slip up and write a little in it. If we ever meet up face to face and you speak fast it might be another issue but in letters being sent back and forth should be fine.

I like the rest of my family was sorted into Slytherin House. According to popular "belief," people are sent to Slytherin due to being ambitious and knowing how to turn a situation to their advantage. However, due to a man who once went to Hogwarts and what he did years ago there have been some very negative stereotypes about members of my house like that we all turn to using Evil magic, or would backstab even a friend to get ahead. Since you said you have another Pen Pal attending Hogwarts I wanted to warn you in case you see Lightfoot delivering a letter to me as a reason to send you "warnings against me."

I would say my best subject is Potions, but I found that to be incorrect. You recall the short-lived Teacher exchange from a while back. Well, the Potion Master who used to work at Hogwarts was my Godfather. I only found out when the teacher exchange happened that he had been inflating my grades to make me the best in the class. I am glad I found this out, and while he is my Godfather, I am glad he was fired if he was doing stuff like that. I mean what if he was changing other students' grades to be worse than what they were? Sorry, losing focus.

A little bit about myself, I am the youngest of three kids, my older brother is in his last year here and is named Orion, while our older sister graduated last year. You might come across her if you go out to eat when you are home from school since she is traveling the world to learn how to cook various dishes from all over, her name is Delilah. I think my older brother is going to look at getting a job working with Magical Animals like his hero Newt Scamander. As for me, I am a first-year student like yourself but I would love to go into the study of Wandlore or just create magical wands it sounds exciting. My mother is a Healer while my father is a Barrister but I also heard that next year he will be taking over as one of Hogwarts governors if a Dark Cored Member of the Board steps down for whatever reason.

My favorite color is plain white, I know it seems drab but I like it due to seeing it as a fresh page or the start of something. It also matches my hair. If we ever meet up my hair is an easy way to recognize me, but I must warn you that I will not abide by anyone touching it or messing it up. This is due to my grandmother from my father's side of the family. Before I was born she was hurt in a potions accident which addled her mind a little. She had good days and bad but our family found out that what helped calm her down was styling someone's hair. I was the last person whose hair she worked on before she died when I was three, so to honor her memory I try to keep my hair just like she left it. Obviously, this is not always possible such as when I first wake up but I do my best.

Can't wait for a return letter,

Draco Malfoy

Viktor Krum,

Thanks for agreeing to be my pen pal, at least for a bit. I look forward to hearing all about you, your life, and school. Before attending Beauxbatons, I was brought up in Great Britain with Muggle relatives of one of my parents. After I was enrolled here, I moved in with some old friends of my parents. Since my parents and my new guardians all went to Hogwarts I know a little bit about that school but I can't wait to hear what you can share about Durmstange. I think I heard my relatives possibly sending me there before they enrolled me in Beauxbatons.

A little bit about myself, besides both my parents being dead and being raised in the Muggle world, do they call it that where you are from? Anyway, I became a member of House Stellaluna at Beauxbatosn meaning I have a talent in Transfiguration and possibly Runic Magic in the future. Oh, yeah I am just in my first year of class. Besides going to my normal classes I have joined one of my school's art classes that focuses on drawing. I have some issues with forming my eyes, but I have been told I am getting better at it. It has also been brought to my attention that I have a magical ability to let me see the true nature of a person which is shown in my drawings since they might not look like what their physical bodies look like to others. I don't know if this will always happen since at the moment besides working to improve my skills in drawing eyes I have only used House Elves as models.

I have also done some crude drawings for some game pieces that one of my friends has created for their yearly project. Does Durmstrange do anything similar, I know from what my new guardians told me, that Hogwarts does not have projects but I know nothing about your school. It could also take a while to send you letters with my owl, her name is Lightfoot by the way, since I am also writing some letters to some Pen Pals attending Hogwarts. Um, we don't always have to use Lightfoot, but since I found out she was classified as my Familair and I had already had a messenger bird, I am only using her to send all letters to my Pen Pals to make sure she does not feel like I am not giving her enough attention.

Since I am sending this letter to you after getting responses to my new Pen Pals from Hogwarts, I will give you some more information than I gave them but got ideas from their letters to me. My favorite color is Yellow. And yes I have been informed that that color is associated with newborns in the Magical World but I did not just become exposed to it so much that I had no choice but to accept is as a favorite. Since the Muggle World in which I was brought up used Blue for boys and pink for girls. I don't really have a favorite food or anything, nor at the moment know what I want to do after I leave school.

Hope to hear from you.

Harry P.

P.S. Just in case I mess up in a future letter before I joined the Pen Pal Program, I was sent a disturbing letter from Hogwarts so I am using a pseudonym when writing to them. Just in case the person who sent me a letter earlier finds out I have become their Pen Pals instead of responding to them. The name I am using is Remus P. Which comes from the name of my parent's friend who has recently become my guardian along with his husband who is my Godfather. Lightfoot is also named after a nickname my mother had when she was younger. I chose it since my original owl was named Progs after my father's nickname from school.  This is also the reason why I am only giving my first letter of my last name.

P.P.S. I hope my writing is alright, before coming to Beauxbatons I took a potion to help me get used to reading and speaking French since I never knew the language before. I hope I don't mess up and write bits of the letter in French and not realize it. If I do please let me know and I will send a translation in case you can not get one yourselves. I studied some languages that I was informed you might use at Durmstrange but in case I end up using one you don't know hopefully I find one we can both use.

Harry P.

It was nice to get your letter, more so since you don't seem to recognize my name. Due to Durmstrange's connection to some official Quidditch Teams in our area, I have been recruited as a relief Seeker and have already got some fans from the small amount of time I have played. I am a member of the Scarlet Clan at school, which means my magical talents lean towards defensive and Martial Magic.

I am an only child and another reason that people know my name is due to my dad being the Bulgarian representative in the ICW. That is the International Confederation of Wizards if you were not aware. Due to his job, I have a firm grasp of several languages with French being one of them so don't worry if you use it in your letters. I am somewhat weak in reading and speaking English so if you write with that, I may ask for a translation in another letter. I understand your choice to use a pseudonym, I almost chose one myself when I joined the program due to my dad and time with the Quidditch team.

I am in my fourth year, and while I do like Quidditch and am connected to the Bulgarian team due to Durmstrange, I think I want to do something else with my life. Just like you said in your letter, I don't know exactly what so I will still work on my Quidditch Training. At the moment besides my classes and Quidditch training, I like to write poetry. I am still working on it and have not really shared it with anyone yet. I don't feel that confident with it enough to even show my folks. We don't even have a club or special class where I could share it in to get someone to look at it.

Well, we do have a normal lit class but the woman who leads it is not someone I would want to share my work with. She came from a Zero Percent family, our name for people who had no access to Magic. While she can use magic, she still has some Zero Percent's beliefs such as a proper place, jobs, and hobbies that men and women should have. She has always given me bad grades in her class since unlike normal people who are Seekers, I am rather muscular so I don't fit her "ideal" writer or person for her class. I have been told by some of my classmates that she has called me nothing but a "Muscle-bound oaf" and that I am using my strength to force someone else to do my assignments for her class. As far as I know, she has not tried to act on this belief possibly due to my growing Quidditch fame or my father...

Anyway enough about her, my favorite subject is History of Magic despite it not being where I was told my Magical talents lay. I guess I could use my love of the subject in my possible career but while I like learning about it I don't think I would be satisfied by just doing research. I guess I could look into being a Gringots Cursebreaker and become a team Historian if worse comes to worst.

Sincerly,

Viktor Krum

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Beauxbatons

Harry had received the responses from all four of his potential Pen Pals before he finally worked up the courage to ask Rin if the old boy could model for him. Rin had agreed to model for Harry's first human portrait. The fourth-year student wondered what his picture would look like, having seen Harry's drawings of the three Stelleluna House Elves. Rin had also heard that the younger boy had a special magical talent which allowed him to see a person's 'true self', hence why Harry's House Elf drawings depicted the trio of Elves with looks more akin to the Magicless version of Elves rather than the Brownie Sprites they were.

Since Rin mostly painted landscapes himself, he was not sure how long he would be needed to model for the younger boy, so he suggested they start on a weekend. And while he had some more people interacting with him thanks to the disastrous Potion Masters Exchange Program, Rin had not wanted to model in Stelleluna's main rooms. Harry had agreed to this condition, having not wanted to draw in front of anyone else either. During his art classes, Harry mostly worked on sketching parts of someone's body, but had only drawn Moonflow, Eclipcs, Waxing, and Dobby when it had just been him and the Elves.

Harry was glad Rim and he were both early risers, so they were able to leave the dorms without anyone noticing them. Maybe he was being a little paranoid, but Harry had a feeling that his friends would try to watch him work as he drew Rin's portrait and would try to tag along. Rin did not seem to mind as the pair headed down to one of the art rooms, but rather than go to either the drawing classroom or even the room where Rin had his painting classes, Harry had the other boy take them to the sculpting room. This gave them plenty of room to work and was close enough to the art supply room in case Harry's pencils broke or were completely used up.

"Just take whatever pose you think you would be able to be comfortable in," Harry said as he began to pull out his sketchbook and some pencils.

"You don't have a preference?" Rin asked.

"Not really," Harry admitted. "I said the same to Moonflow and the others when they started modeling for me. Since I have no idea how long it will take, I don't feel comfortable telling you to position your body in a way that may cause you any discomfort. I trusted them and you to know your bodies so not to harm yourselves."

"Right," Rin said before asking, "What about an action pose?"

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"What if you draw me as I do some sculpting? Or would that be too hard to do?' Rin asked.

"I guess we can try it," Harry said. "Um, I might ask you to stop moving certain parts of your body when I draw them if this is what you want to do."

"Understood," Rin said, taking some modeling clay and beginning to work it. While the older Stelleluna student preferred to paint, he sometimes sculpted items, so he decided he might try to add a piece for this year's project, along with his normal paintings.

To give Rin a chance to start his sculpture without interference, Harry began by drawing the older boy's lower body. As he began to work, Harry's Magical Ability to see someone as their true selves came into play. Since there was no change to in Rin's lower body, not that Harry would have noticed it anyway, that part of the drawing was easily accomplished. Having never seen Rin or anyone else sculpt before, Harry took a moment to watch the older boy work as he tried to think of how he wanted to handle his friend's hands.

England

After the Hogwarts Governors meeting, where Remus had revealed that he had become Harry's guardian, Albus was furious. Not only had the werewolf called him out on arriving late to every meeting, thus proving he was the most important person attending, but he also got the rest board to start using contact items for meetings to begin at precise moments. Remus and the others had removed Molly from the board, something Albus only put up a token defense for to make sure the group did not look into how the woman became Hogwarts' new Potions Master. The beast had also had the board look into why the school's Wards had not been seen to for so long, something Albus preferred since it allowed him to make changes to them as he saw fit. Something that he was sure to be noticed, so as soon as the meeting let out, he had planned on going to the Ward room to suppress his changes for a bit so whoever came to inspect the Wards would not notice them.

But worst of all, after the meeting had ended, Remus had not approached Albus to let him know he would be bringing Harry to Hogwarts soon. Just as the enchantments Albus had placed on him stealthily during the meeting should have forced the wild beast to do. Albus could not understand how the Werewolf had been able to throw off this set of enchantments, let alone the ones Albus had placed on him when he 'convinced' James and Lily to go into hiding.

As Albus fumed that his enchantments had not worked on the beast, he suddenly grew worried that Remus, no longer under any spells, might recall that he had married Black. This could lead to the man getting a trial and revealing that he had not been the Potter's Secret Keepers. Besides possibly freeing Black, which would further legitimize the Werewolf's post of guardian to Harry, it could cut off Albus's backdoor access to some Black Family vaults. Sure, somehow Potter's Account Manager had found out about Albus's access to his client's vaults when he was Harry's Magical Guardian; the foolish banker could not have known or done anything about his access to the Black Family Vaults. What was the best part was that Albus had access to the Black family vaults, but if anyone looked into the matter, he would hopefully not get the blame for it, since he had Andromeda Tonks set up his approach into the accounts.

Since Adromeda hated her family, she had not seen any reason not to allow Albus to use the money, thinking it would help their group's cause. If the woman suspected Albus was using the funds from the vaults for his own gain, she might think differently. But then again, maybe not, since he had revealed to her that he had a long-term plan that would allow her back into her family's graces while at the same time removing her two older sisters from the line. However, if Black was freed before Albus wanted him to, as another way to test Harry, that plan would go belly up.

To prevent this as well as get Harry back under his control, Albus decided it was time to go see Fudge. The man was a bloody moron, but he did have his uses. The man also owed Albus an apology for getting on his case to allow Vernon Dursley to enroll Harry in Beauxbatons. As if Albus could have foreseen that happening, making him wish he had visited Harry's relatives to make sure they did as he ordered them to. That way, he would not be in this current mess. Albus had been content to allow Fudge and his people to try to force Harry back to the country, while keeping out of it in case it made the brat unhappy. In which case, his weapon would be mad at the current government but not Albus, so that when the boy was ready to face Riddle, after it was over, the brat's Will would help Albus make changes to how Great Brittina was run.

Albus still planned to let Fudge take the credit if his plan worked to get Harry back, knowing the fool would not care and would try to do so anyway. Not wanting to upstage Fudge during the visit to explain his idea, Albus slipped into some simple black robes rather than his normal multi-colored ones to make everyone pay attention to him. Having forgotten to visit the Ward room to suppress his changes to the Wards, Albus headed right to the Ministry. He knew that although it was the weekend, Fudge would be in his office since the man sometimes made some more underhanded deals when there were fewer people around.

Albus was a little surprised to find one of Fudge's eye-candy secretaries in Fudge's waiting room, meaning the Minister had actual legitimate business to take care of rather than one of his backroom deals. Thanks to all the "help" Albus had done for Fudge since his posting as Minister, he had been given free access to the office. Without stopping to get permission from the man's secretary, Albus barged right in, finding the Minister was in a meeting with his newly promoted Senior Undersecretary. Albus had to hide a smirk, thinking this was wonderful luck since he knew the woman was anti-creature. Albus had sometimes secretly used her services to make sure Creature Blooded Magicals did not get full rights in Great Britain like they did elsewhere in the world.

"We are in a meeting here," Umbridge said, bristling a little at Albus's unannounced appearance. Albus once more had to hide a smile as he saw the toad-like woman surreptitiously put some documents into her bag, which, from what little he had seen of them, was another of his anonymously sent Anti-Creature Bills he wanted to pass within the Wizengamot.

"I am sorry, Minister Fudge, Madam Umbrige," Albus said, making his voice take on an overly polite tone.

"What is it, Albus?" Fudge asked, being overly polite himself, to try to distract from what he and Dolores had been doing.

"I have recently attended an emergency Hogwarts Board meeting dealing with the tragic death of Miss Hermione Granger," Albus said.

"No great loss there," Umbridge muttered under her breath, having tried multiple times to get the Ministry's Department of Education to prevent Muggleborns from being allowed to attend Hogwarts.

"What about it?" Fudge asked as neither he nor Albus heard Umbrdige muttering to herself.

"I was quite surprised to find a newcomer attending the meeting, in the form or Remus Lupin," Albus said.

"That name sounds familiar?" Fudge said unable to recall how he knew it.

"He was one of James Potter's old school friends," Albus explained.

"Why was he there?" Umbridge asked.

"It seems he had become Harry's guardian," Albus said.

"That does not explain why he was at the meeting," Umbridge said, not caring about the Potters or their friends, since it led to the death of her heroic cousin Peter Pettigrew. While at the same time defeating the Dark Lord, she secretly supported him even though she had never become one of the man's Death Eaters.

"He was there since, as Harry's Guardian, he was standing in as Steward for Harry's family lines, two of which are connected to the Founders automatically had a place on the board," Albus explained.

"I thought you were Potter's Magical Guardian?" Fudge asked.

"I was but due to how busy my schedule is as Headmaster, Supreme Mugwump, and Chief Warlock, I had no time to visit him, leading to the Goblins removing me from the post when Harry's family enrolled him at Beauxbatons," Albus said making himself blush a little as if he was sorry he had not been able to do his job correctly.

"So it is partially your fault Potter is attending a foreign school?" Umbrdige asked brislting slightly again.

"I am sorry to say, in a way I am," Albus said, pitching his voice to sound apologetic.

"Is there anything I can do as Minister to overturn the Goblins' decision?" Fudge asked, looking between Albus and Umbridge as if hoping someone would tell him what to do.

"I am not aware of any law or order that you could use, off the top of my head, Minister Fudge. That would be the job of possibly one of your legal teams to discover," Albus answered with a shrug. "However, there is another problem besides me losing my post as Harry's guardian. While I hate to reveal this, I am worried about Harry, so I feel I must.

You see, Remus Lupin is a Werewolf."

"A WEREWOLF!?!" Fudge cried out in alarm.

"Those filthy beasts, this must be a plan to get those nasty Creature Blooded Magicals more power. They are holding Potter hostage with such a man," Umbridge said, forgetting to say it in a mutter to herself, making Fudge wince a look anxiously at Albus, knowing the Headmaster was a champion of Creature Blooded people as well as Muggleborns.

Albus chose to pretend he had not heard what Umbridge said. "I know Harry is at school at the moment, and while we don't like that it is not Hogwarts, he is at least safe from Remus at the moment," Albus said. "However, if he spends the holidays with the man he would be in danger, we must do what we can to keep Harry safe."

"Quite right, Albus, of course," Fudge said, taking out a spotted handkerchief and mopping his brow a little.

"What about other friends of his parents who could take him in?" Umbridge asked.

"Unfortunately, besides cases of bad luck, with Harry's Godmother being Alice Longbottom and his Godfather being the one to betray the Potters, James and Lily had some bad taste in friends.

'Clearly," Umbridge said, thinking no one in their right mind would befriend a Werewolf, let alone someone like Black.

"From what I recall, besides the Longbottoms, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and the heroic Pettigrew, the Potters' friends included Narcissa Malfoy back when she was Narcissa Black, and Severus Snape," Albus said, knowing they could not use either option.

"What's wrong with Lady Malfoy?" Fudge asked, knowing Lucius was a great supporter of his.

"Yes, what's wrong with her?' Umbrige asked, knowing the Malfoys were rumored to be part of the Dark Lord's inner circle.

"There is the unfounded rumor of their family being Death Eaters. I can't say many would agree to take Harry away from a Werewolf to place him under the control of Voldemort's supporters. Even if the Malfoys don't support the man, enough believe it that it could turn opinion against your administration," Albus said, knowing that if there was a way to get Fudge to do anything, even more than money, it was to tell the man he would lose power or influence.

"Good point, not that I believe that Lucius and his family were ever supporters of the man, but in the court of public opinion, we can't be seen to make such a mistake," Fudge said, nodding as if he had said something profound.

"Oh, wait, I recall it now, there was James, old trainer among the Aurors," Albus said as if he had suddenly remembered the person as they were talking about families Harry could live with when they got him away from Remus.

"Oh, and who was it?" Fudge asked, not wanting to waste the time to look it up himself.

"I believe James trained Kingsley Shacklebolt and his trainer was... was," the old fool said to raise the tension a little, "ah yes, I recall Arthur Weasley."

"Weasley, you want us to rely on a family of blood traitors to look after Potter?" Umbridge asked incredulously.

"If I recall correctly, before he stepped down to take charge of the Ministry's Misuses of Muggle Artifacts office, Arthur was the head of the Auror Core for a while," Albus said.

"And he has always been loyal to the Ministry," Fudge said with a smile, thinking he could use this. "I agree with you, Albus, the Weasleys are the perfect family to take Harry in. They will at least keep him safe from being turned by a Werewolf, and since their family has connections to Hogwarts, I am sure they would not hesitate to bring him back to England."

"That was my thought as well. It also happens that after Severus had been fired due to not having any teaching credentials, Molly Weasley was hired as his replacement. This means that we could tell everyone that once he is taken in by the Weasley family, he will be looked after all year round," Albus said. While she did not like that the Potter Brat being taken in by a family of Blood Traitors, Umbridge did her best to help Fudge and the old bastard come up with a strategy to get the boy back into their nation.

Beauxbatons

Around lunch time, having worked through breakfast, Harry and Rin left the school's sculpting studio to get something to eat. Harry had managed to sketch a rough form of Rin with the older student's hands working to mold some clay into shape during the picture. Feeling a little awkward, Harry had let Rin see the portrait and received a sound of surprised shock from the older boy. Harry could not see the problem, for as far as he was concerned, he had done his best to capture Rin's essence as best he could. Sure, maybe he had added some color to the other boy's look, and as usual, he had trouble with the eyes, but it was the best he could do.

Rin was taken aback by the portrait Harry had sketched of him. While he had heard the younger boy could see a person's Aura when he worked, Rin thought he would finally be able to see the one that he had heard the other students say made him seem so unapproachable. Yet Harry's drawing of him depicted no dark aura or presence around him; sure, his features were a little softer, and he was pretty sure his eyes were not quite as visible through his long bangs. It sort of reminded Rin of a Manga book that an Aquana Twofon student had brought to an art class of a hero whose eyes were kind but mostly blocked by their hair. Rin could see why Harry had never shown any fear of him if this was how the younger boy truly saw him, making him wonder if that was why Harry had asked him to model for him in the first place, so Harry could show others how he saw Rin.

Harry quickly took back his sketch and put it away before the pair entered the dining room so others would be unable to see it yet. He knew the picture was not done and had no desire to let others criticize his work on drawing his first human. Almost as soon as the pair sat down at Rin's normal table, Amelia, her friends, as well as Harry's other friends came over asking how the modeling session had gone. Both males said it had gone smoothly but had refused to share the results of either Harry's sketch or Rin's half-finished clay sculpture. Not that Rin or Harry made mention of the sculpture lest the group find out where the pair had been working.

Having basically drawn the entire morning, Harry spent the afternoon messing around with his friends, doing some physical activities. Unlike the classes that were required every weekday, the weekend activities could be avoided if a student wanted to. Not that many chose to do so since it was a great way to relax as Amelia and her friends took on Harry's friends in a game that reminded Harry of kickball from his Muggle school.