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The Corruption of Lily Potter	By : jamspectrum1274 Category: Harry Potter > General > General Views: 93627 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 6
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The Corruption of Lily Potter
Chapter 5
The Stone of Flamel: Part 1
(A Darker Beginning)
July 31, 1991-#4 Privet Drive

          Harry have had enough with the Dursleys. He was also fed up with the Ministry and with Dumbledore, a man who he still hasn’t met and somehow gets the right to tell him where to live and more recently, what to do. The last four years ever since he caused the earthquake had been worse for him, with Vernon, Marge, and Dudley beating him almost non-stop when he was there. Even though he now had much better control over his powers, and using his father’s cloak to hide from them whenever he had the chance, there were still several times that they took the opportunity to beat and belittle him every chance they got. The only one who never laid a hand on him was Petunia, as she just stood watching almost every beating with a weird smile on her face. She only ever bossed her nephew around making him do chores all around the house, as well as helping Dudley with his school-work, which was next to impossible to do, as Dudley was denser than a thick fog. Even the small amount of time he had away from them couldn’t undo all the damage they had caused upon him, both physical and mental. During this last year, however, something inside of Harry had changed. Instead of showing fear, he was showing complete and utter hatred at the entire Dursley family.
          Lily had serious concerns with how her son had changed. Over the last few years, she had continued witnessing the Dursleys torturous abuse of Harry while she did everything in her power to distract them or make them stop. However, anything that she tried just angered Vernon and Marge more and they took it on Harry without mercy. She had hoped that Mr. Flamel and Mrs. Figg would have more over the last few years to protect her son from the Dursleys’ constant abuse, but they could only inform the Ministry of what they were doing and the Ministry did nothing but send Aurors every once-in-a-while to investigate. The last year alone was even worse because the Ministry stopped investigating, even though there was more than adequate proof that they were abusing Harry. After that, Mr. Flamel began making frequent visits over to the Dursleys, which made Harry feel safer, but after he was forced to leave, Vernon would use his belt on Harry and sent him to the cupboard without any dinner. However, Harry had finally done something that Lily would never imagine him doing: he began fighting back.
          It started with small things at first: with Harry sneaking out late at night and raiding the fridge for something decent to eat. Fortunately, Petunia never found out as she just assumed Vernon came down for a late-night snack. Lily herself thought that this was okay as Harry needed to eat a decent meal and time with the Longbottoms wasn’t helping much. A few weeks later, Harry began getting into fist-fights at school with Dudley and his gang of thugs. Even though he was essentially out-matched and out-gunned, Harry somehow managed to hold his own for a little while before being taken down by Dudley and his friends. Day after day Harry fought them, and each time he lasted a little longer than the last, until finally after several months of them going at it, Harry had beaten every single one of them, Dudley included. Of course, Dudley immediately went crying to his parents and Vernon instantly grabbed his belt and targeted Harry. Harry, however, was different than the boy who was terrified of his uncle. He still took his beating, but the look on Harry’s face was one of pure hate. This was definitely something Vernon wasn’t expecting.
          After the school year was over, Harry was spending every moment he could with Mr. Flamel learning to control his powers. This last year alone Harry was finally able to move small mounds of earth around him, and as he did, he felt the energy of the earth itself seem to flow into him and make him feel stronger than usual. More than that though, he told Mr. Flamel that he actually felt the earth’s heartbeat, which Lily simply couldn’t believe. However, Mr. Flamel explained how close certain witches and wizards are to their primary element, and to them, they can feel that element’s heartbeat. Mr. Flamel told Harry and Lily that his primary element was fire, and it took him decades to fully control the power the element gave him. However, he told them that he felt his element’s heartbeat as well as for these witches and wizards believed that the elements themselves are alive. There was more to what Mr. Flamel was telling them, but he felt that Harry wasn’t quite ready yet.
          July finally came around and Harry couldn’t wait to get to the Longbottoms fast enough. Harry was completely different from the way he was with the Dursleys. With the Longbottoms, Harry felt more like a child than how he felt with the Dursleys. Alice was kind and passionate with him, showing him the magical world whenever she could. She was essentially the mother Harry should have had after Lily. Lady Longbottom was very stern with both Harry and Neville, making sure they did their chores before going out to play. Unlike his aunt, Harry found Lady Longbottom to be extremely fair with him, never using her hand or a belt to punish him if he did anything wrong, which he never did. Neville was the brother Harry never had, much more kinder and friendlier than his cousin Dudley. Harry also had met Neville’s friend Dean Thomas, who just discovered a year ago that he was a wizard himself. All three of them hung out together whenever they had a chance, playing wizard chess that Neville had to teach both Harry and Dean to play. Unfortunately, the month went by fast for Harry as they reached the last week of July and Harry and Neville received their Hogwarts letters.
          While Neville was extremely happy that he was going to Hogwarts, Harry didn’t know what to feel. This was due to the fact that he received an additional message besides his acceptance letter into Hogwarts. It was a small note from his magical guardian and headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore.

Dear Mr. Harry James Potter,

          Allow me to welcome you to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As you have undoubtedly heard from your godmother, Alice Longbottom, I was named your magical guardian by your parents. Because of that, I chose to place you in the care of your aunt and uncle after the death of your parents. I know that you have wondered why I had made the decision to leave you in their care instead of your godmother, and I know that your uncle and aunt have not treated you well these past years. The reason I did this though was to protect you until it was time for your wizard training. I’m sure that both your godmother and Lady Augusta Longbottom have informed you that your parents were murdered by a dark wizard known to all as Voldemort. After he killed your parents, he tried to kill you, but somehow his magic turned on him and he was destroyed. However, he had many followers within our world and they would resort to anything to kill the one who killed their lord. That was why I placed you in the care of your muggle family, as it would be the last place they would look, and if they did, I placed a magical barrier on the house to protect you as well as the Dursleys from unfriendly eyes.
          Unfortunately, you revealed yourself several years ago with that devastating earthquake you caused, and when you did, every witch and wizard were alerted to your location. Normally, a young wizard such as yourself would not discover his magical abilities until before he begins his magical education. However, there have been rare occasions where a young witch or wizard have tapped into their magical powers at a younger age. This unfortunately has led to many of these witches and wizards have not survived from doing so, as using power beyond their age causes too much stress on the body. You are one of the extremely few who have survived such an ordeal. This has us, the Ministry of Magic and I, make a decision about your further development. We knew that you needed to be educated about the magical world prior to you coming to Hogwarts, so we placed you with your godmother Alice Longbottom for a short time up until you have to join us at Hogwarts. I know that you might prefer to stay with the Longbottoms, but you still need to be in the custody of your aunt and uncle for your protection.
          Now, as you have now been accepted into Hogwarts, I’m sending our groundskeeper, Rubeus Hagrid, to pick you up to gather your school supplies. Now, while I know that you might prefer that you travel with the Longbottoms, but for your and Neville’s protection, I must insist that you travel with Hagrid, as he is someone who I would trust with my life. Unfortunately, I must inform you that you must return to your main residence as soon as you receive this letter. The reason you need to do this is because with the knowledge of you reaching the age of your wizarding education has reached unfriendly ears, and they will do whatever it takes to kill you now. The Longbottoms have enough to worry about with protecting Neville at this time, and with the both of you together before Hogwarts at this time, I’m afraid the risk is too great. I allowed you two to be together before solely based on the fact that you needed education about our world and your role in it. Hogwarts has special magical wards and protection spells to protect the both of you, but until that time, I cannot allow you two to be together anymore outside of Hogwarts.
          Hagrid will be at #4 Privet Drive on 31^st of July 1991 at 9:00 in the morning. Please inform your aunt and uncle about this so they can be prepared to receive him. He’s someone that muggles are not used to seeing, and he can be a little rough when it comes to his appearance, but I have come to trust him with the most dangerous situations. If you have any questions, Hagrid will be happy to answer them. I thank you for your time and hope to see you in good health and spirits when you join us on the 1^st of September.

Yours Sincerely,
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

          Harry stared at the letter from Dumbledore for several moments before the realization finally set in that Dumbledore wanted him back with the Dursleys. He stood there motionless for quite a long time before both Lily and Alice noticed that Harry wasn’t moving. Lily looked over Harry’s shoulder and read what Dumbledore wrote while Alice calmly kneeled beside him and placed her hand on his other shoulder.
          “Harry, what is it? What’s wrong?” Alice asked him while trying to comfort him. However, Harry snapped at that point and crumpled up the paper and threw it into the fireplace. As he did, the entire house began shaking uncontrollably as Harry glared at the crumpled letter and ignited it with his mind. Everybody looked at what just happened and gasped loudly, shocked that somehow Harry managed to tap into another element without using a wand. The flame destroyed the letter completely and began to quickly grow out of control, until Lily herself managed to snap her son out of his rage.
          “Harry! Control yourself!” Lily shouted at him. Harry finally realized what he was doing and took a very deep breath to calm himself down. As he did, the house stopped shaking and the fire in the fireplace stopped growing. After Harry relaxed, Augusta extinguished the fire with her wand and looked directly at him. Lily placed her ghostly hand on her son and solemnly smiled at him. “Harry, what’s wrong?”
          “Dumbledore wants me to go back to the Dursleys right away.” Harry told everybody, but directed his gaze to his mother. “He said that I’m risking both Neville and myself by staying here, so I need to go back to them and stay there until I go to Hogwarts.”
          “What? That’s crazy!” Alice practically shouted as she stood and looked at her mother-in-law. “Mother, I thought we took care of this! You told the Minister himself that Harry should stay with us permanently after he starts Hogwarts.”
          “That I did, Alice.” Augusta responded, crossing her arms. “Professor Dumbledore must have convinced Fudge that it’s safer for Harry to be in the muggle world other than stay with us. Which is complete nonsense! Those muggle hypocrites have no business having custody of Harry. I swear, Fudge has not heard the last from me on this matter!”
          As soon as she said that, a knock on the door surprised everyone. After Alice opened the door, two Aurors entered and informed everyone that they had orders to escort Harry back to Privet Drive immediately. Harry knew that he had no choice but to gather his things and to go with them, but before he left, he embraced each Longbottom before leaving with them. He did hear Alice say one last thing before exiting Longbottom Manor.
          “We’ll fight this, Harry, I promise. Even if I take it up with Dumbledore himself!”
          All of that happened last week, before Vernon and Marge decided to convince Harry to help them with their cause, in their own demented way. The day Harry returned home, both of them were waiting in the living room, with twisted smiles on both of their faces. Vernon holding his leather belt, Marge carrying a branding iron. Strangely enough, Petunia and Dudley weren’t home, so it was just the three of them, well four counting Lily. The Aurors just left Harry out in front not bothering to check inside, which Lily found to be incredibly suspicious. Seeing Vernon and Marge creeping closer to her son, Lily started to become terrified about what could happen.
          “Welcome home, Mudblood!” Marge said to Harry, her smile taunting him to do something. “Want to start another earthquake, Mudblood?”
          “My name is Harry Potter!” Harry shouted at her. “Call me Mudblood again, and I’ll make you regret it, you Supremacist bitch!”
          Lily gasped in shock at hearing her own son curse for the first time, as she didn’t even suspect he even heard such profanity before, even from the Dursleys. It was clear to her that while Harry was allowed to be child with the Longbottoms, he was literally treated like an abused slave with the Dursleys, and Harry had finally decided enough was enough. However, Lily wanted Harry to control himself, as there was something about Vernon and Marge that told her that they weren’t afraid of what Harry was capable of.
          “Watch your language, Mudblood!” Vernon snapped at him, but kept his sick, twisted smile. “You have no right to say that to my sister, boy! I suggest that you apologize right now to her, Mudblood!”
          “That’s not necessary, Vernon.” Marge said to her brother still staring intently at Harry. “After all, this worthless boy will finally have a purpose for us. You, Mudblood, will help us rid the world of your kind, once and for all!”
          “What are you talking about?” Harry asked, his curiosity slightly pique at what she just said. “Why do you think that I am going to help you destroy the wizarding world?”
          “Do you see that branding iron in my sister’s hands, boy?” Vernon nearly laughed as he grabbed Harry by his arm. “Do you remember that compass and that tambourine that we used on your dead mother? Well, this item is specifically made for you and others like you, Mudblood. This is an enchanted item that we use to track your kind. Of course, we haven’t been able to use it before, so you will be the first.”
          Harry stared intently at the branding iron as Vernon lifted Harry’s shirt up to his chest as Marge positioned the branding iron, which had the symbol of the Human Supremacists on it, against Harry’s waist. However, Marge soon felt a strong pull on the branding iron as Lily angrily grabbed the iron and pulled it away from her son. Vernon realized that Marge was fighting to get the branding iron back, but he couldn’t see where Lily was, nor was he prepared to do anything to help. Releasing Harry, Vernon went to his sister and helped her with the branding iron.
          “Run Harry!” Lily screamed as she fought both Vernon and Marge. “I won’t be far behind you! Go to Mr. Flamel or Mrs. Figg! They’ll help you!”
          Nodding, Harry bolted out of the Dursley home and went straight for Thaddeus’ home. As promised, Lily had followed, giving Harry enough time to hide in Thaddeus’ living room. Thaddeus protected Harry from them, daring them to actually try something out in the open. Afterwards, Thaddeus gave Harry permission to stay there until his birthday, when this Hagrid was supposed to pick him up.
          On the day of Harry’s birthday, Thaddeus escorted him back across the street to the Dursley home. During the time Harry was with Thaddeus, Harry didn’t speak much. Lily asked Thaddeus what she could do, but Thaddeus didn’t have an answer for Harry’s attitude. Harry was completely angry at the Dursleys, as well as the people who put him in their care, Dumbledore being the main focus of his hate for the past year. Lily tried assuring her son that Dumbledore had reasons for doing what he was doing, but she was seriously doubting that herself. After all, she did remember telling Dumbledore that should the worst ever happen, Harry was not to be given to her sister and her husband. When Harry entered that very morning, Vernon was sitting down in the kitchen next to Marge and Dudley while Petunia was serving them breakfast. One look at Harry told Vernon that Harry wasn’t staying long, as Harry sat down on the couch quietly while Thaddeus stood in the living room waiting as well.
          “I demand that you leave my house at once, sir!” Vernon almost yelled as he stood and faced Thaddeus. “If you don’t, I’ll have you arrested for trespassing.”
          Thaddeus was about to answer, but the clock chime and a very loud knock at the front door stopped him. Harry stood and looked at the door as the house slightly shook from the knocking. After the third knock, the entire front door became unhinged as it fell down with a loud thud. Harry stared wide-eyed, as did everyone except Lily, as a near fourteen foot, hairy black haired large man entered through the open front entrance. His eyes somberly scanned the entire living room and dining room before giving a week smile.
          “Sorry ‘bout that.” He said to all and lifted the front door and placed it against the opening. He then turned to Harry and walked closer to him and Thaddeus. “Blimey, I ‘aven’t seen you since you ‘ere a baby Harry, but you’re a bit ‘ore along than I ‘ould ‘ave ‘pected. The Longbottoms influence I believe.”
          “Harry, this is Hagrid.” Lily chuckled at seeing a familiar face. “He’s the groundskeeper and gamekeeper at Hogwarts. He’s a very good friend who works for Dumbledore, and he’s someone that would gladly give his own life to protect others. I trust him, Harry, you should too.”
          Harry nodded and smiled as he offered his hand to the large man. “Hello, you must be Hagrid.” He said to him as Hagrid shook Harry’s hand. “I was told to expect you as you’re supposed to take me to get my school supplies. Is that right?”
          “Right you are, Harry.” Hagrid replied with a smile, releasing his hand. “Well, we ‘est be off. We ‘ave a long trip, and lots to buy.”
          Hagrid chuckled as he turned to leave. Thaddeus smiled and wished Harry luck as Harry followed Hagrid out as Hagrid threw the front door back down on the ground and walked over it. Harry and Lily followed him outside, leaving the door where it was with a loud laugh from Harry as Thaddeus watched them leave. Harry stopped laughing though as he saw how Hagrid was travelling: a beat-up motorcycle with a large side-car hooked on to the side. Uncertain, Harry cautiously entered the side-car as Hagrid started the motorcycle up. A moment later, Hagrid and Harry sped away as the motorcycle made loud noises moving across the streets of Surrey.
          After they left his field of vision, Thaddeus turned to Vernon and pulled out his wand. “Now, you should know that I am forbidden from harming you in any way, shape, or form.” Thaddeus told him, pointing his wand at the broken door. Waving his wand, he fixed the door quickly before turning it upon Vernon. “However, if you harm Harry any further, or try to tag him with that branding iron again, then I don’t care what they do to me, because what I will do to you and your sister, well let’s just say that’ll be worth it.”
          Thaddeus left the Dursley home after that with every single member left speechless.

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