40 Rewrite chapter 4

3 Days later

Today was the day that my father came back from "official business" or Phoenixing it up as I called it. Mom was also pretty ecstatic but for a completely different reason that nobody my age should know. Anyways today is the day I meet the traitorous rat who I should kill before it is too late.


I already planned to try and save my parents without revealing my past. If it came down to it, I would do anything short of telling them the truth to save them. Their love for me was so pure and fluffy and completely different from my previous family and I didn't want them to die unless it was their choice. There are Ofcourse, negative aspects to letting them live but I am willing to accept them for now.

Before I could lose myself to another rant/planning session, I heard the door being opened from the library on the second floor and a few footsteps, 3 pairs of them. Only 1 of them were familiar, it was my dad along with most likely peter and dumb as a door. I also heard frenzied footsteps coming from the kitchen but I knew that was just mom rushing to make pleasantries.

I also closed the book on 2nd year spell theory and put it back into its place before fixing up my hoodie and walking down. I saw an old man in blue robes with a great white beard longer than me. I also saw a small and fat man standing just beside my dad.

Dumbledore turned to me the moment I came down the stairs and James followed his sight to see me standing on to the stairs with a neutral expression that looked a bit weird on a child. The moment I saw that the headmaster was here, I cranked up my basic rudimentary shields to the max and schooled my face to not let any emotions through.

"And that is my son. Little Hadrian or Harry as he prefers to be called. Harry meet Dumbeldore, he is the principal of Hogwarts"

The bearded old man, who I was on the fence about, walked towards me and said in a friendly manner.

"Hi little Harry, I am sure you already know about me but tell me about yourself."

I took a deep breath before looking at his beard and avoiding his twinkling eyes. I had already decided to go the chosen one, powerful and talented persona along while ago.

"Hello mister. I know that you are the man who sent me the tales of beetle the bard for my first birthday, I really liked the book. You are also the one who is said to be the most powerful living mage."

I could see Dumbeldore's face morph into shock for a tiny second before his occulmency kicked in harder than a v10 with a twin turbo set up.

"How do you know that Harry?"

"I read it in hogwarts the history and you were also mentioned in the fantastical beasts and where to find them for capturing a Phoenix. Also your eyes are twinkling"

By now even dad was surprised and only mom was used to my unique behavior.

"Well J..James, it looks like your child will be a ravenclaw"

Peter chimes in with a tiny bit of a stutter and it took a full years worth of mental cultivation to stop me from leviosaing his heart out from his body.

Dad had a smile on his face but it soon turned into a stone cold face as he said,

"Son. Go upstairs for now. Me and dumbeldore are going to have a talk. You can read from the library if you want to. Ok?"

"Ok dad!"

I ran upstairs like a child while making sure to not even glance at Dumbeldores eyes just incase he tried any funny business.

I went into the library and took a page from the study and molded it into a cone shaped paper. I went into the corner of the library closest to the dining room and put my cones large side to the floor and started listening in,

"-so what if he isn't? Isn't he still our son?" That was moms voice. I already know what she is talking about from that short snippet

"Yes but he hasn't shown any accidental magic." Dad? Please don't tell me this is some James bashing AU.

"So? Most magical children don't show accidental magic until they are 7. Most pure bloods only disown their heir if they aren't able to perform magic by the 7th year of their life." I agree with mom here

"Yes but no magical child has ever managed to walk and talk within the first year." James. Are you trying to make my first magical activity,a prank?

"Now now. James. Lily. Calm down but I must agree with lily here and say that it is way too early for his magic to be judged but his intellect is great. And if the things lily says are true then he has great drive and motivation. Don't you agree peter?"

"Y..yeah. Headmaster is r.right."

"Fine. Fine. But jets back onto topic. The War efforts have been slow especially with the death eaters hijacking the ministry floo systems." James continued with the war plans and they were quite enlightening as I got a rough plan of how the DE work and their ranks. Their tactics and promising recruits were discussed heavily and my back was starting to hurt from being in this position for too long but that was a small sacrifice.

They finished on a very depressing note regarding how they could do nothing to counter attack. I also realized that it was coming to a close so I put the paper back into the bottom of the pile of papers so it would straighten up and grabbed a year one book and sat down into the chair as I saw dumbeldore enter the room and say something that shocked me to the core