Chapter 2: The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted

I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT MY OWN IDEAS

Unknown to the Potters or Dumbledore, when it came time for Harrison to go to Hogwarts he wouldn't be where they left him.

It had been two months since Harrison was left at the Dursleys and he absolutely hated it. Instead of a bedroom he got shoved into the cupboard under the stairs and locked in. That was to be his room for the foreseeable future. He also had to start doing all the household chores or he wouldn't get fed that day and come next summer he would have to start caring for the lawn and garden. When anything went wrong he was blamed, beat, and locked in his 'room'. His cousin took great enjoyment in watching his freak of a cousin get punished and even had his friends start a new game called "Harry Hunting".

When school started and Harrison out-shown Dudley by a mile he was beaten so bad that Vernon thought he killed the boy. Harrison woke up in a trash bag in Vernon's trunk. When Vernon saw he was awake he quickly closed the trunk, drove home, and locked the boy in his room for a week. On his next report card, it showed that he was failing. What the Dursleys didn't know was that the report card he gave them was a fake. As if he would stunt his education to make some muggles happy.

The school soon became Harrison's escape from his now horrid life. The teachers all saw how Dudley treated him and allowed him to spend his recess and breaks in the Library where they knew Dudley would never enter. It was here that he continued his beloved reading and was soon reading at a year 4 level which included the course books. While he might be stuck in year 1 because the Dursleys couldn't know how smart he was, he didn't want to stop learning. The Librarian called him her own little Matilda which confused him until he read the book.

During his recess one day he was on the computer looking up witches. He wanted to try and see what the muggles still thought of his kind. After about half an hour of intense searching, he came across a website for a school. The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. Since his search wasn't turning up anything he decided to check out the site. At first glance, it looked like any other school for rich kids until he reached the bottom and saw three phrases, magic is real, howl at the moon with me, blood bags instead of humans. When he clicked on the phrase magic is real a page popped up and explained that only someone with magic could see that button to click on it and when Harrison clicked next he was sent to the real school website. A school for witches, werewolves, and vampires.

Apparently part of the website protection was the cloaked buttons at the bottom. There were actually 3 one for magic users, one for werewolves, and one for vampires. The school looked really awesome and the classes were both magical and muggle. The school would even allow kids to stay year-round if they had nowhere else to go or in the case of abuse the school would use their unique resources and take custody of the child. This was what he needed, all he had to do was make the call. What he didn't know was that the buttons only appeared for the species it was meant for so normal people would only see one button, not all three.

It took him a whole week to get the courage to make the call and even then he hung up once the phone was answered. He took a deep breath to calm himself before he made the call again. He was hidden in a corner of the school library with the cordless phone he took without Mrs. Johnson the school librarian knowing.

Ring Ring Ring

"Hello, Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted how may I help you?" A man answered.

Harrison froze. Was he really about to do this? He would not only be leaving his horrid family behind but his entire life. His country. His everything. He would be going to a new country with strangers. What if the site was lying? What if this was a trap? His mind kept coming up question after question. He unknowingly started breathing really fast and tears were running down his face. When he finally got a hold of himself he heard the man on the phone calmly speaking to him trying to calm him down. He knew he had to do this. The next time Vernon could kill him and he didn't want to die yet, so with all the Gryffindor courage he could muster up, Harrison answered the man.

"My name is Harrison."

"That's a nice name, Harrison. My name is Alaric Salztman."

"You're the headmaster of the school along with Mrs. Salvatore." Harrison suddenly lost all his fear and was filled with excitement, he was going to escape.

"That's correct. It looks like someone has been doing some reading."

"Ya. I was looking on the internet for stuff about magic and I found your school. I didn't know there was a school in America for magic and you have muggle classes as well which is really cool. Hogwarts doesn't even do that. How did you get the electricity to work around magic? Is it true you have werewolves and vampires too? My godfather is a werewolf but he went to Hogwarts with James and Lilly, I mean with my parents."

"Wow wow wow, slow down there champ, and take a breath. I know you will have a lot of questions but I think that is a conversation that needs to be held face to face."

"Ya, I think your right Mr. Saltzman because I have a lot of questions."

"Well, I bet you will be a terrific student. Why don't you hand the phone to your mom and dad so we can talk."

At this Harrison got real quiet but finally said. "My parents aren't here. I'm calling from my school library."

"Why didn't you call from home son."

"I think you know why, sir."

"Where are you and how old are you?"

"Surrey, England, and I just turned five last month. Is that too far or am I too young?"

"No son it's not. It will take us a day or two to get there but we will come. I promise."

"Don't make promises you can't keep sir."

"I don't and I promise you I WILL COME. Now, what is your address, and what are your parent's names."

"My address is number 4 Little Winging Surrey, but I don't live with my parents anymore I live with my aunt and uncle. Petunia and Vernon Dursley."

"Why don't you live with your parents anymore?"

"They hate me because I am a natural-born Heretic sir."

The line went silent. Harrison started to silently cry again thinking he was being rejected once again.

"Do you hate me now too Mr. Saltzman?"

"No child I don't hate you. Well, figure this out I promise."

Just then school bell rang signaling the end of recess.

"I have to go Mr. Saltzman the bell just rang."

"Okay son we will be there tomorrow and we will sort everything out there."

"Thank you! Bye, Mr. Saltzman."

"Bye Harrison."

Harrison had a smile on his face for the rest of the day, not even Dudleys Harry Hunting or Vernon's beating could wipe it off. He was going to be free. Just one more day.

Salvatore School 4 hours behind London (8:00 am)

Alaric's POV

WHAT THE HELL IS A NATURAL-BORN HERETIC? That is just not possible, is it? Alaric called Emma Tig (Witch, Teacher, and Counselor) and Caroline Salvatore (Vampire and Co-Headmistress) into the office and explained the situation.

"So I just got a call from a five-year-old natural-born heretic from England."

Dead Silence….More Silence…...More Silence….

"Anyone want to tell me how this is possible?" Alaric said

"It's not," Caroline replied

"Actually it is," Emma said

"Excuse me but it's not possible. To be a Heretic you have to be a vampire and since vampires can't have kids, you can't have natural-born Heretics." Caroline said.

"Emma will you please explain, please. Because right now we have an abused six-year-old boy who is needing our help and I would like to know what we could be walking into." Alaric said.

"You said he is from England right." Alaric nods."What do you know about Wand users."

"Not much. Just that their magic is adapted to use wands and they mainly stay in the United Kingdom or close to it." Alaric replies.

"Yes well, part of the adaptation of their magic is the ability for witches to procreate with male vampires. The child would then be a natural-born heretic. He wouldn't start to crave blood until he hits puberty and it is so gradual that the child can adjust with no problem. At age 25 the child would stop aging and become a full Heretic but with the ability to turn other magic users into Heretics. His blood also gains the healing aspect at around 15. Luckily the wand users see vampires as dark creatures so the creation of a natural-born heretic is extremely rare." Emma said

"Well it looks like we have a plane to catch to England," replied Caroline walking towards the door but stopped when Emma continued talking.

"However we might have a bigger problem than that. The website is designed to allow only Wiccan magic uses to gain access, not wand users. If he got through the website security then he possesses Wiccan magic as well."

"So not only is he a natural-born wand using heretic he is a natural-born Wiccan and wand using heretic," Caroline says

"So he is technically a Tribrid like Hope Mikaelson but instead of werewolf he has two different types of magic plus vampire," Alaric said

"Yes" Emma replied

"Okay well, I still say we head to England and rescue him," Caroline says.

"Agreed, but I'm coming with you. Since he is a Wand user we might need to visit their bank to have everything done and it would be better to have an adult magic-user with you.

With that Alaric, Caroline and Emma were on their way to London to rescue their first natural-born Wiccan and Wand using Heretic.