Chapter 2 : Familiarity

[Harry POV]

Hello, My name is Freak. Today is my 4th birthday but what did I get for a present? My cousin's old clothes, too oversized for me. I have a small body frame or shall we say it scrawny? I have wild unkempt and unruly black hair and green eyes. Though my skin is fair, I have a distinguishing lightning shaped scar on my forehead.

I have been living with Vernon Dursley and Petunia Dursley, my uncle and aunt (from my mother's side). I have a cousin baptized as Dudley Dursley. What about my parents, you ask? Well, my guardians have said that they were alcohol addicts and they died in a car accident. Such horrible parents but something inside forces me to not believe in my uncle and aunt. I just have this intuition that my parents were great people.

For as long as I remember, I have been working (yes, working/slaving not living) for the Dursleys. Cooking, housekeeping, cleaning, sweeping and weeding the garden, I do all the work in this house from 6 months ago. Slapping and kicking is my weekly reward. My aunt though only awards with shouts and curses. It is usually my uncle to beats me. If he is in a very 'good' mood, he even uses his belt to strip the skin off my flesh. My cousin seems to be learning from his father. Transforming to a spoilt rotten brat.

They say that I should be grateful to them for the food and shelter they provide me. Trust me, I am.

But that doesn't give them the liberty to punish me and make me for them. Bad uncle and aunt. Hmph.

Coming back to clothes, as soon as I wore them, I felt nauseating and something revolting. Why should I wear the oversize clothes? My emotions were in turmoil. I don't know how and why? But my clothes shrank to my size. You see, these weird and random things always happen to me. Sometimes random things fly towards me, sometimes things change their shape and size. Sometimes random things disappear and sometimes they catch fire. I think this is what my uncle and aunt are afraid of.

But I am not afraid of this. I think this is a blessing. A blessing from the Gods.

Anyway, My aunt sees my shrinking clothes and starts cursing and shouting at me. Like any good boy, I just wish to stuff my old sock in her mouth to cease her loud voice. I mean.. I put my head down and quietly listened to her ramblings.

After she was done, I went to my room (if you can even call it a room). It is a makeshift room made specially for me. My current room was actually a storeroom to keep the brooms and mops. It is beneath the stairs with grilled windows and moldy smell. Whenever someone walks heavily on the stairs, I get some free wood dust powder. There is an extra room in the house but they wanted to keep it as guestroom, especially for Aunt Margery.

I had already cleaned the dishes and switched off the lights. I went to sleep but who knew that this is the night where I will start my journey. A journey to greatness. A journey to reach my peak. A journey to break out of my cocoon and turn into a butterfly. I lied on my bed and darkness surrounds me.

[3rd POV]

"Hello there Harry! Nice to meet you"

"Who are you? Where am I? What have you done and what do you want?" The black haired kid asked frantically. He was probably scared of the situation.

"Calm down Harry. My name is Leonardo. I have been sent by God to help you. As for where you are? Hahaha… You are in your dream realm." The guy with golden hair hair and eyes replied.

"Sent by God? Dream Realm?" The spectacle boy asked confusingly.

"Okay, first take a deep breath kid and lets change the scenery. Where do you like more – Mountain or Sea?"

"Mountain"

The surroundings changed from a white room to a valley, surrounded by mountains from all side. At the center of the valley there was an open cabin where both God and mortal were standing. There was a table and two chairs at the center.

"Take a seat and have a drink." Harry silently complied to the request.

The Immortal started speaking again.

"Let me reintroduce myself once again. My name is Leonardo. I have been sent by God to help you. You see Harry, you are sent in this world for a special task. And it is my duty to prepare you for it. Lets leave this heavy talk for when you age is little more. For now, I want you to complete several small quests for me. Don't worry, You will be properly rewarded for it. As for where we are now, We in a special place where only you and I can enter. 4 hours in this world is equal to 1 hour in the outside world. So, say Harry, do you want to change your life?"

The green eyed was gobsmacked and still confused with all the talk that was going on. Leonardo had a elder brotherly smile on him. He was patient and waited for Harry to come out of his stupor.

"Ummm… I don't know what to do? I..I.." He was at loss of words. He was stupefied.

"Lets do this Harry, I will give you a little gift today and we can again talk tomorrow." The divine being waved his hand and small crystal bottle came in front of Harry.

"Drink this Harry and then go to sleep. We will talk again tomorrow." Harry first looked warily at him but after remembering the mesmerizing scene change, he took the bottle and slowly drank the potion available for him. After drinking the sweet strawberry flavored High Heal potion, Harry's consciousness started seeping out. Slowly the little kid fell asleep and disappeared from there.

Leonardo sighed and started planning for the future while sipping on the divine nectar.