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Sudden Changes (Re-write)	By : Darkalli Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 9887 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 6
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

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Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: Slash and AU after year 5. Violence, swearing, alcoholism.
Pairings: HP/SS, DM/BZ, LM/RL, FW/AJ, GW/OW

‘Thoughts’
“Parseltongue”
“Flashbacks”
“Letters”

The walls we build around us to keep out the pain, also keep out the joy.

Chapter Two: Let the Changes Begin

Harry arrived in an alleyway next to the street that The Leaky Cauldron was on, the street was quiet except for the faint sound of a car alarm going off from several streets away. The plus side to arriving this late was that there would be significantly less patrons in the pub then there is during the day, less people to report back to Dumbledore. The longer it took for the crazy old coot to discover he was no longer at his relatives place the better.

He entered the pub and saw Tom behind the bar wiping it down as he talked to a customer. Harry walked up to the bar and waited for Tom to finish talking before asking for a room for the next few days. He handed over the money for the first night and with a promise of payment the next day for the rest of his stay Tom handed him the key to his room.

Walking to the stairs Harry took them two at a time before entering the door at the top, walking down the hall to the left he looked for room seven. It was a similar design to room eleven which he had occupied in his third year when he ran away after the whole Marge incident. Not long after he sat down on the bed he heard a hoot at the window, looking over he saw Hedwig sitting on the ledge.

“Hey girl,” Harry said as he opened the window and let her inside. She flew over to the desk against the wall and settled down on the surface.

After re-sizing her cage and opening the door so she had access to her water Harry place it on the desk next to his owl before pulling his shrunken trunk from his pocket. Once re-sized he rummaged through it for his least threadbare pair second hand pajamas and got dressed. Just as he was about to blow out the bedside candle and get into bed he heard another tap at the window. Outside was yet another owl but it was one he didn’t recognize.

The letter attached to the owl’s leg had the Gringotts seal on it. Wondering what the letter entailed he relieved the owl of the letter before giving it a treat from Hedwig’s cage before it flew away. He walked over to the bed and sat down before opening the envelope and removing the very formal looking letter.

            To Mister Harry James Potter,

We are sending this letter on the day of your seventeenth birthday to request an audience with you to discuss the contents of your parent’s joint Will. The aforementioned document has now been made open to you as you have become of age in the Wizarding world.

Please send a response as soon as possible so a date may be appointed for the viewing.

            Regards Ragnok, Potter Family Account Manager.

Harry’s curiosity got the better of him and he found himself making his way to his trunk to search for parchment and quill to write a reply. He had planned on going to the bank to get more money from his vault later in the day so he may as well do both things at the same time. Once the letter was done he put it into an envelope and gave it to Hedwig before sending her off to the bank, he left the window open for when she returned and then finally got into bed. His head had barely touched the pillow when sleep finally took him.

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The following morning found a response from his families account manager waiting for him on the desk next to Hedwig’s cage, said bird was currently asleep inside her cage. The envelope contained an appointment time for eleven thirty that morning along with an added appointment for one o’clock that afternoon with his godfather’s family account manager involving his deceased godfather’s will.

With that all sorted Harry dressed for the day and headed down into the pub to get some breakfast before starting his day. Breakfast ran for another hour which left him with an hour to spare before his first appointment at Gringotts.

The hour and a half after breakfast was filled with Harry going through the clothes in his trunk, he had grown another three inches leaving him at a height of five-foot ten inches, a lot better than his previous height of five-foot five he was the previous summer. His first stop after Gringotts would be Madam Malkin’s to acquire new robes for school, then he desperately needed to replace his muggle clothing, he was beyond sick of wearing his obese cousins cast offs.

He had already filled out and sent back the elective selection sheet he had received with his Hogwarts letter. He had dropped Divination and picked up Arithmancy, he also needed to re-stock his potions kit as this year required a wider selection of ingredients for the more advanced potions he would be doing. Seventh year was going to be more challenging, academically, then any previous year. His book selection alone was longer than previous as well, even with Lockhart’s ridiculous book list his second year.

He had a lot of shopping to do over the three days he was planning to stay at The Leaky Cauldron, after that he wanted to find somewhere, not occupied by members of the Order, to reside for the rest of the summer. Hopefully he could talk Remus into moving in with him instead of having to live in the home of his deceased friend.

Not long after Harry entered Diagon Alley he had to quickly duck into the nearest shop when he spotted the two elder Weasley’s headed towards the Leaky Cauldron, no doubt they were there to try and find him which meant it was only a matter of time before Dumbledore himself tried to contact him.

He watched through the slightly dusty front window as his former friend’s parents walked past, he noticed the determined look on Molly Weasley’s face and a sinking feeling formed in his stomach. That look didn’t look promising.

Once they entered the back entrance of the pub Harry exited the shop he had hidden in, absently noticing the sign on the window read Junk Shop before heading towards Gringotts. He just hoped that he wouldn’t run into Ron whilst he was there, if he was lucky they would be gone by the time he was finished at the bank.

The bank was filled with young witches and wizards waiting to be taken to their vaults so they could start shopping for the new school year. Harry made his way over to the Head Goblins desk and asked if he could be shown to Ragnok’s for his appointment. The Goblin named Griphook was assigned the job of taking him to the location of his appointment.

Ten minutes later found Harry sitting at the desk of his families Account Manager. Ragnok had a file on his desk with what Harry recognised as the Potter family seal emblazoned on the front. It was a rather thick file, more than Harry thought it would be.

“Mr. Potter, we are just waiting for the other parties mentioned in your parent’s will to turn up before we can start.” Ragnok informed him as he placed a significantly smaller file onto his desk before taking his seat.

“Who else will be turning up?” Harry asked, his curiosity peeked.

“The list of people mentioned in your parents will consists of Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, yourself and Severus Snape. Seeing as Mr. Black has passed anything left to him will automatically go to you as the last living Potter heir.” Ragnok explained to the young wizard.

Harry had paled at the mention of the headmaster’s name, looked like the old coot would be interrupting sooner than Harry wanted. This was going to be a very interesting meeting, though he was rather curious as to why his potions professor would be mentioned in his parents will considering he and Harry’s father never got along.

Twenty minutes passed before a knock sounded on the door before it opened and admitted the three aforementioned wizards. Harry made sure he never made eye contact with either Dumbledore or Snape, knowing that was how they could read minds. Harry was planning on attempting Occlumency again but until then he needed to keep his secrets exactly that, secret.

As the three wizards sat in the seats appointed to them Dumbledore tried to engage Harry but was interrupted by Ragnok who wanted to get the will reading underway. He didn’t trust the head of Hogwarts, especially after the man tried to have the Potters Will sealed so Harry would not know about it. Something just didn’t seem right with the man’s reasoning’s behind the request and it made Ragnok very suspicious.

“Gentlemen, we are here today to read the Last Will and Testament of Mr. James Potter and Mrs. Lilly Potter (nee Evans). As I informed Mr. Potter the items Willed to the late Sirius Black will automatically go to him. If you would permit me I will get started with the reading.” With affirmative nods from the three older Wizards Ragnok started to read out the contents of the Will.

The reading lasted almost an hour and by the end of it the most shocked was the Potions Master. It’s not every day that your former enemy admitted to respecting and trusting you, even if it was posthumously. Dumbledore was less than impressed when the part about the Potters not wanting Harry to be left with Lilly’s sister was mentioned, especially when the Will stated that Dumbledore had been made aware of the request before it had even been written. That bit of information had garnered varying reactions from those in the room, Harry was furious that he had been placed with people that the headmaster knew he shouldn’t have gone to. Remus was upset that Dumbledore had lied to him about his reasoning for Harry being put with his aunt and uncle. And Snape developed a rather curious look that he kept aiming at Harry.

Remus had been left with a significant amount of money from his old friend, he had tried protesting it but once the Will had been read all the requests were already played out. An account had been set up for him and the money had automatically transferred from the Potter vault into it. Perhaps now the man would be able to buy clothing that didn’t look like it was going to fall apart. He would also be able to afford his monthly dose of Wolfsbane potion without having to scrimp and save what little money he did get.

Harry was now able to access the Potter vault, of which key he was handed by Ragnok, he decided that he would continue to use the vault his parents had set up for his school years whilst he still attended Hogwarts. He, however, did plan to go down to the family vault to have a look around. He was rather curious as to the contents, seeing as like the Blacks and Malfoy’s the Potter’s were an old Pure-Blood line.

Along with the vault came several properties, including the home in Godric’s Hollow that his family resided in when Voldemort attacked. One of the other properties was Potter Manor, the home in which his father was raised. The other was a small cottage by the sea that his great grandparents had built as a getaway from the fanciness of the grand manor their family had resided in for generations. Potter Manor had been made unplottable during the first war against Voldemort so Harry decided it would be the best place for him to live during the rest of the summer.

Harry tried to escape the office before Dumbledore could corner him but his luck seemed to have run out, again. Harry had barely made it two steps out the door when the headmaster grabbed his arm, rather roughly at that. He swung Harry around before Harry had managed to wrench his arm free of the strong grip.

“Harry, why have you left the protection of your family’s home?”

“What protection? I’m of age now headmaster, you can no longer force me to live in that house anymore, blood wards be damned.”

“You are protected there from Voldemort, if he found out that you were running about in Diagon Alley he would send his Death Eaters after you.” He was determined to see Harry back under the care of his muggle relatives.

“Considering I have been here for less than a day and I still seem to be relatively safe, I think I’ll continue to stay at the Leaky Cauldron until I have my affairs in order. I will be moving into Potter Manor once I have done what I need to do and seeing as how the property is unplottable neither Voldemort or you will be able to find me. Now if you’ll excuse me headmaster, I have things to do that don’t involve you.” Harry sneered, he then turned to Remus and asked if he would accompany him to his family vault.

As he stormed off he left behind a steaming headmaster and an even more curious potions professor. Things just got more interesting, though most things involving The-Boy-Who-Lived usually were.

“Harry, that was no way to speak to Professor Dumbledore.” Admonished Remus as they followed Griphook to the carts so Harry could go to his family vault.

“Remus I have some things to tell you but if you can wait until we have finished here and head back to the Leaky Cauldron to talk I’ll tell you everything.” Harry told him.

“Alright, but I want to know everything.” The werewolf agreed as they entered the cart.

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After Harry had collected money from his school vault for his shopping trip he and Remus had gone to the Potter vault where Harry had found several books about his family history. Once he had finished in his vault he and Remus headed to the appointment with his godfather’s family account manager, Sirius had left almost everything to him, he did leave quite a bit to his cousin Andromeda and her family though. He had also left a large portion of his money to Remus which was automatically transferred to the account that was opened by James Potter.

Seeing as he was about to have a very long and complicated conversation with his old Defence Professor Harry decided to forgo his shopping trip and head back to the Leaky Cauldron to have lunch with Remus whilst he explained his reasoning for leaving the Dursley’s as well as his suspicions about Dumbledore’s motives towards Harry’s role in the war against Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

“We can order lunch and have it up in my room, too many people down here for us to be able to have a private conversation.” Harry explained as he headed to the counter where Tom was so he could order their meals.

Once done, the pair of them headed upstairs to Harry’s room where Harry discovered several letters on his desk. Most likely from the Weasley’s trying to guilt him into returning to the Muggles. He did however notice a letter from Hermione which he decided to open, he was really hoping that he had at least one of his original friends left.

            Harry,

First I want to say Happy Birthday. Now you are of age I hope you will take this opportunity to study the practical side of your school work. I heard from Ron that everyone is trying to get you to return to the Dursley’s, I’m really hoping you don’t listen to them. Those muggles are horrid people and shouldn’t be able to look after a house plant let alone a child.

I don’t know what Ron’s problem is but he is acting the same way he did in our fourth year, only now he seems to be a lot worse than he did back then. I’ve read up on it and Professor Dumbledore cannot make you return to that house, you are now of age in the wizarding world and no adult has a say in what you do outside of school anymore. I can send you a copy of the book if you’d like. I’m not thick Harry, I’ve seen how much your school work has improved over the last two years. I’m happy that you are finally taking your schooling seriously.

I’m in Bulgaria at the moment on holiday with my parents, we will however be returning in the next week and I’m hoping to meet up with you at Diagon Alley. Happy Birthday again Harry, hope to hear from you soon.

            Love Hermione.

“Well at least I know I still have one friend.” Harry said with a smile as he placed the letter on the desk. Hedwig was still asleep in her cage so Harry decided on waiting to write his reply to Hermione’s Birthday message.

“Alright Harry, we’re here now please explain to me what is going on.” Remus asked as he took a seat.

“You already know what my life has been like at the Dursley’s, now you know that I was never supposed to go to them in the first place. Dumbledore put me there knowing full well that the blood protection wards would only work if I viewed that house as my home. I’ve never felt at home there, I sure as hell wasn’t treated as though it was my home.” Harry started to explain as he took the seat next to Remus.

“About half way through the last school year I overheard a conversation between Dumbledore and Ron about how Ron wasn’t trying hard enough to get me to concentrate less on doing my school work and more on playing around. He told Ron that he wasn’t being paid to let me learn.”

Harry went into further detail about what he had overheard in that conversation, they spent the next two hours discussing what Harry should do when he returned to Hogwarts. Once their plans were firmly in place Harry changed the subject to a different topic, namely Remus moving in with him for the rest of the summer, he needed a more experienced wizard to help him with his studying.

“I’m planning on spending the next two days shopping for what I need for school as well as going into muggle London to get some new clothes as well.” Harry told Remus as he got out a piece of parchment and his ink and quill, he would need to buy more of those too.

“What are your plans for the next few days Remus?”

“I’ve been asked to come back to Hogwarts to teach Defence, I’ll need to get new teaching robes and there are a few books I want to look into for the seventh year students.” Remus informed him.

“You’re coming back to Hogwarts? That is awesome Remus, you’re still the best defence teacher Hogwarts has had. At least this year we will actually learn something unlike my fifth year when we were stuck with the Umbitch.”

“I was hoping you could help me out with the upper year’s lesson plans, the younger years have a set list of spells and subjects to learn but years six and seven are up to the teacher. I have a rough idea as to what I want to do, especially with You-Know-Who back in power and the Death Eaters attacking everywhere.”

“Of course I’ll help; we can go book shopping tomorrow. I think Obscurus Books will be the best bet to find some of the books we’ll need, I can even go through the Black library at Grimmauld Place.” Was the reply from Harry as he bounced in his seat with thinly veiled excitement.

The new school year was looking to be the most interesting of all. Tomorrow would be filled with shopping and Harry just hoped that he didn’t run into Ron or his parents while he was at it.

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A/N: Here's chapter two.
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