The Pursuit of Knowledge

Harry's POV

The rest of the week went by slowly as Harry finished his reading the books on Occlumency and his mum's diary. He now had a completely functional Enterprise with a full mishmash crew. He stored his memories in the databank, knowing that magicals would have no idea how to use it. That and it had a passcode that only he knew. He was still getting used to Data and Spock talking to him about some of his harebrained schemes. His ideas in scaring Ron were far out there, and those two would poke holes in most of them, pointing out how he would be caught or could hurt others. It was a work in progress.

He now knew why his mum and Snape fallen out, and that later in life she saw him for the bastard he was. She found out he was a Death Eater after they graduated, which made Harry a bit more cautious around him. Hermione already explained what that meant when she told him about this last summer and some World Cup celebrations being interrupted by a few. His friends were also leery when he pointed out that the slimy man was one.

It was Neville that informed them that Dumbledore supported him at his trial, saying he was a spy for the Light. His Gran had told him that when she raved about a minion of Voldemort teaching at Hogwarts. She's on the Board of Governors, but no matter how much she complained, the vile man still sat at the Staff Table. This tidbit of information made Harry dislike the old goat even more. He could understand getting an innocent man off, but to keep him in Hogwarts was beyond the pale. 'And why was the same courtesy not given to Sirius? He had been in Dumbledore's group of vigilantes, so why did he go to prison?' those thought turned in his head making him trust Albus even less.

Most of his mum's teenage entries were about his dad's courtship, which was comical in how he kept trying to get her attention. The things his dad did were way over the top, like filling her room with lilies… while she slept… which she happened to be allergic to. She had no clue as to how he did it but was not happy that a male teen found a way around the gender ward. She had woken with a full-body rash and a stuffed head. The symptoms went away fast, thanks to the nurse, but she was not a happy camper. Or the time he tried to give her an emerald necklace… when she was thirteen… after he had picked on her friend 'Sev'. She had informed him that he was a bully, that she couldn't be bought, and threw it back in his face.

Harry, even with the diary, had no idea how they finally came to be a couple. One day they were arguing and the next moment they were snogging. It made no sense. There were only a few entries after they married, but he did know his first word was 'Mum', which had made her ecstatic. He knew she was researching on way to keep him alive, but the diary didn't go into detail. More like entries that said, 'I think I've found a way, but I need to do more research,' or 'Blast it, that won't work. I need another book.' Still it made Harry feel loved that his mum was going through so much trouble just for him.

He also learned that there was a prophecy, and that Dumbledore believed it to be him or Neville. The Supreme Mugwump had been paying very close attention to both families. Not close enough in Harry's books, since both sets of parents were taken out of the picture. He wondered if that was the plan all along. He really hoped not, because as much as he disliked the old goat, he didn't want to think him evil enough for that. He really needed to get moving on all the things he needed to get done and get the bloody hell out of this place. As soon as he found out what had happened that night, he was gone.

He had yet to corner the bloody ghost and was getting frustrated at the apparition's cunning. Every time he even looked the blasted thing, it would float through a wall. He was working on a ward capture it. So far, the one he created needed the spirit to be within sight distance, and the only time he caught a glimpse of him was in the Great Hall. He did have to applaud the ghost being very Slytherin in avoiding him.

The restraining orders did come and the two people they applied to were very upset with him, but that little piece of paper kept them from confronting him, so far. He could see the redheaded teenager was going to get in his face soon, but he really didn't care as long as he stayed away from his stuff, which he still kept around his neck.

He did talk to Mr. Weasley, who was very apologetic and thankful that Harry didn't push further. He explained that his family was very poor and would not be able to afford the fine. The man was kind and Harry could see how the old him would think of him as a father figure, but the new him thought Mr. Weasley needed to take a firmer hand with his son. The adult redhead would go on and on about how it was a huge misunderstanding and that Ron was a good kid. Finally, Harry just smiled and said 'okay' and the whole subject was dropped— between them.

Arthur did tell him about all the times the teen had spent with his family and how our hero saved Ginny's life. There was a debt between them, but Harry needed to study about that before he could use it. The bit about Ron and the twins 'saving' him from a locked and barred room was a disconcerting. He would have to ask the lookalikes more about that.

He read the books on Magical Theory that he had retrieved from the library vault, and now understood why his mum kept them there. Some of them were ancient; one was even written by Gryffindor and another by Merlin. She must have spent a fortune on them, or they were from the Potter Library to begin with.

Thanks to his new usage of magic, he was able to translate them to modern English with just a thought. It didn't change the book and lower the value, just imposed the image of the language he wanted over the original text. The newer ones were discarded as useless, since they all said that magic could not be done without a wand, which Harry knew was complete bullshit. The older ones were taken with a grain of salt, since they cautioned that tampering with new magic was dangerous, even Godric's stated that.

Only Merlin's was read with fervor, since it was more in line with how Harry did magic. The great wizard did write that magic can cause more trouble than help if not used wisely. He made sure to put in many examples of the times he messed up trying to save King Arthur. Some were humorous, others were tragic. That Harry paid attention to.

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