Chapter 2 - The Return and Apprenticeship

When Harry woke back up, he felt better then he has in years even if his ache in his stomach demanded food. Looking around the mostly empty room he nearly bursted into tears at the sight of his beloved Hedwig. Her amber eyes staring back at him and her snow white feathers radiating in the moonlight.

"Hello Hedwig." He whispered as he let her out of her cage. "I am going to need you to deliver a very important letter. You can't allow anyone but the recipient to have it as it is a matter of life or death situation."

Nodding her head a bit as she could tell he was very serious about it. Harry with great difficulty waved his empty hand casting Alohomora to unlock his door. While it seems his mind and memories were sent back, his magic wasn't so he has to retrain it in wandless magic.

Sneaking down to the cupboard, Harry quietly pulled out parchment with ink and quill. Entering his room, he quickly drafted the letter in a neat and ordering writing. He could only smile as both Fleur and Daphne came down on him as they were tired of his chicken scratch he used since he was eleven. So at nearly forty years of age he was taught how to properly write.

Harry pulled at his magic again and cast a small charm so Dobby was unable to touch it. While he loved his friend, he admitted Dobby was slightly insane on how he tries to protect him. So he mentally added to his list of things to do to free Dobby from Malfoy. It would be nice to have a house elf helping him out.

"Alright girl, I need you to take this to the Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. If he agrees, feel free to stay with him until he comes get me. If not come back so I can figure out how to leave." Harry instructed as he attached the letter to her.

Nipping his finger as she accepted, Harry for the third time and tirely pulled on his magic again and made the bars on his window vanish. "Hurry, as I am quite tired and I need to resummon them soon."

Once Hedwig cleared his window, Harry allowed the bars to reappear and drop on his bed. Closing his eyes, he wondered how his lovers were doing and what Dumbledore's reaction was going to be.

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In the Delacour manor, Fleur a beautiful fourteen year old veela with long silver-blonde hair and large shiny blue eyes. She had just fallen asleep after the talk with her mother about coming into her veela heritage mere hours before. However sweat began pouring off her when she suddenly screamed waking her and her parents.

"What wrong dear?" Her mother Apolline asked.

"Mother," Fleur gripped her mother who looked decades younger and cried. After wiping her tears and seeing her father leave.

"What's wrong dear? Did something happen?" Her mother asked again.

Nodding her head, "A lot has happened and I am going to need an unbreakable vow to tell you. So much and you can't ever tell anyone not even papa."

Thinking it was probably a nightmare or a wet dream, Apolline just nodded as it was probably embarrassing for Fleur. Quickly making the oath by adding an exit clause allowing her daughter to release it in the future. She quickly learned that she was way off on the assumption.

By the time Apolline left her daughter's room as Fleur cried herself to sleep and a smile on her face. She was ready to make a trip to Denver England and burn down a certain red hair family house. However, another part wanted to meet a certain emerald eyed hero who won her daughter's heart. Now time will tell when she could meet the young wizard or in this case old wizard.

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Inside the Greengrass manor a similar scene was taking place alongside another unbreakable vow. It was safe to say another mother was along the same thought of meeting an emerald eyed hero.

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The next morning when Albus Dumbledore opened his eyes, he was greeted with a snow white owl staring at him. With a letter attached to her leg she was batting her wings at a house elf trying to steal the letter. However much to the owl and his amusement the elf got a small shock and forcefully transported somewhere else.

"I believe your young Harry owl." He greeted the intelligent owl who nodded. "Odd, I don't why he sent me a letter."

Taking the letter, he watched as the beautiful white owl waited apparently for an answer. Chuckling at the owl, he opened the letter and blinked before reading it again.

'To Albus Dumbledore,

This is Harry Potter if you haven't guessed by Hedwig visit. Anyways I have a lot to tell you and no it can't wait until school starts. It's more of a life or death thing believe it or not and I won't explain why until you pick me up. What I have to tell you is for your ears and your ears only.

Hopefully see you soon (Like today if possible)

Harry James Potter'

P.s. If you agree I will most likely end up staying with you for the rest of summer.

"It appears to be very important if I get a letter and its life or death." Albus stroked his beard as he looked around his small cottage. "Well, I best get ready and be off. Don't want to keep young Harry waiting."

Nearly a half hour later, Albus Dumbledore was knocking on the door to 4 Privet Drive. When it opened he was greeted by Harry's aunt who looked to have a horse face and twice the neck length. Once she saw who it was she wanted to slam the door but was unable to once Albus stopped it with his hand.

"Hello Petunia, I have received a most distressing letter from young Harry. May I talk to him and if what he says is true, he will be leaving for the rest of summer if not forever." Albus said politely.

"Just take the freak and leave and good riddance." Petunia said, waving her hands as she led him to a door with locks and only a cat flap. Frowning in disapproving, maybe Harry claims weren't that far from the truth.

Stepping into Harry's room he frowned again at the sight of the emptiness. On the bed he saw Harry sitting there shakingly levitating a small pencil in his hand. He wanted to praise the boy on his display of wandless magic, but he doubted it was why he was called.

"Hello Harry, I have received your letter. Now can you tell me why you summoned me in such a hurry."

"It is going to be hard to believe and there is a lot but I need two things. I will need an unbreakable vow that you will not tell anyone and to become your apprentice." Harry said, looking straight into Albus eyes. "Believe me you are going to want to know."

A frown appeared on Dumbledore lips as an unbreakable vow is a very serious business. The apprenticeship also surprised him. However the pure determination took him by surprise and made him accept.

"Alright Harry, shall we go as I doubt your aunt can handle us being here any longer."

"Let me grab my stuff and we can be on our way. Thank you professor." Harry said as they headed downstairs. Grabbing his trunk from the cupboard Dumbledore notices the faded words saying Harry's Room on the door.

After they were out of sight and away, Dumbledore Apparition them to his house in Godric's Hollow. Inside his living room with many books and trinkets he either made or gathered over his long life. Dumbledore was surprised to see Harry not throwing up but clearly shaking a bit not used to Apparition.

"So, shall we get onto why you called me."

Nodding as he took a seat on the couch as Dumbledore took a chair. "Well I guess first I need to say is I am from the future or at least my mind is. I wasn't sent back because we lost against Tom Riddle or anything like that. The truth is I came back to live with my two soul mates after I died at fifty."

Albus Dumbledore was clearly shocked but didn't show it as he now understood the reason why Harry asked for what he did. "How did you die? Magical are usually long lived compared to muggles."

"The first time was when Tom killed me by ridding me of the Horcrux, which we are doing differently this time. I have been working on a ritual to locate and terminate the blasted things as often I run across them. The second is mainly to the Weasleys." Harry said with venom when mentioning the Weasleys.

"The Weasleys?"

"Yes, the Weasleys. The afterlife wasn't really happy with them for what they did or going to do. Time travel and all."

Nodding as he could except that as it is not everyday one returns so far in the past in their younger body.

"Due to the Weasleys meddling mostly on Molly, Ron, and their youngest Ginevra part. Bill isn't innocent either as well as Arthur, Percy, and the Twins. About the only innocent one is Charlie and that only because he is more interested in Dragons than his family." Harry explained. "While Arthur, Percy and the Twins aren't directly involved they knew about it but didn't really make any moves to help, but Fred was dead. So he's a bit off the hook but not totally."

"Harry your ranting." Dumbledore spoke.

"Sorry thinking about them gets my blood boiling sometimes. Either they have started or will soon, they will start dosing me with loyalty potions keyed towards Ron. Then in the future love potions towards Ginevra as well as taking my gold." Harry said shocking the old man to the core. "They also caused me to have a shattered bond with my two soul mates due to them dosing me and one of them for years and Ron keeping the other one away."

"Those are serious accusations, Harry." Dumbledore said.

"I will show you the memories with the proof later. Now while I did hook up with my two mates, I was slowly dying really only living on magic and will only for a decade really. The potions really did a number on me and killed off half of me."

"Killed off?"

Harry just nodded as he began explaining everything he learned from John. Soon Dumbledore gained an understanding and after a few strands of memories. Harry was soon officially the apprentice of Albus Dumbledore and got the vow.

"The Full Moon is in a few days and since I don't know how strong or big you are. I will drop you off at the Forbidden Forest. Now I believe you have a few letters to send off and I will go file the paperwork for the apprenticeship since your underage...again."

Thanking Dumbledore, Harry quickly wrote a letter to Daphne and Fleur casting the same spell keeping Dobby away. He also wrote something out for Hermione who drifted away later after Hogwarts and grudgely, the Weasleys. Sighing as he is going to need to keep up appearances with the red heads for the time being.