The entire hall was surprised when they heard a noise and found Albus Dumbledore on the floor with a broken and bleeding nose. The head of houses looked at Harry, he's expression told them that there was probably a good reason behind this, probably. Harry mouthed 'later' to them and then to Ginny.
Dumbledore stood up in a rage, one hand still on his bleeding nose, his power waved through the hall, causing each and every person to become nervous and some even afraid. Apart from two, Ginny was used to being in the presence of massive power so it didn't bother her, in fact she barely noticed. Harry had a more accurate idea of how powerful Dumbledore was, admittedly he was a lot stronger than Harry expected, but there was no way Harry was going to be afraid.
"Mr Potter!" Dumbledore bellowed "Detention and one hundred points for attacking the headmaster! You'll see me in my office after lunch is finished" The entire hall was in shock, Potter had somehow attacked the headmaster and in the middle of lunch as well.
"Yes sir, thank you" Harry calmly replied, Dumbledore stormed out, not realizing that Harry had manipulated his choice of words to get Gryffindor a hundred more points, however Ginny was one of the few who noticed.
Later Albus was sat in his office, after wiping the blood away he realized that he made a mistake, he shouldn't have lost control of his emotions and shouted at young Harry. By doing so he made him even more feared amongst the students and simultaneously made it harder for the two to establish a relationship. His chances were getting slimmer with each interaction, if Harry wasn't willing then he may have to force a relationship. Harry may hate it but it'd work out in the end.
Harry entered along with Miss Weasley and the other heads of houses, Dumbledore knew there was no point in asking why they were here, so instead he focused on Harry, just as he and Miss Weasley sat down in front of him.
"Hello sir" Harry spoke formally "I understand that you'd like to talk to me"
"Yes Harry I'd like to discuss.." Dumbledore thought about it for a while, he realized that he couldn't actually punish Harry because that would basically be admitting he entered Ginny's mind, judging by the smirk on Harry's face he also realized this "where you're staying over the holidays"
"Well sir my options are Hogwarts but I'd rather not stay here, I would stay at the burrow with Ginny but I don't think I'd be allowed to spend all my holiday there. So I'd probably just go to my home or stay with Sirus for a while seeing as his my guardian"
"I'm sorry to tell you Harry" Dumbledore spoke in a grandfatherly voice "but that is not possible as Sirius is not your guardian"
"But he is the boys godfather" Minerva interjected
"True" Dumbledore agreed "however the law states that any person who wishes to take responsibility of a child after leaving Azkaban must wait a year then be subjected to physical and mental test designed to test one's sanity and ability to care for a child and those tests can take a few months. Until that happens, Sirius is your godfather but your not your guardian, and as the headmaster I have guardianship over those in my care without guardians" For the first time since that meeting started Harry had stopped smirking.
"That means until further notice I am your guardian, I'm ordering you to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays and at the end of the holidays I'd like you to return to the Dursley's."
"You can't do that!" Ginny screamed
"It's for his safety" Dumbledore simply spoke as if he was talking to a five year old
"SAFTEY?!" Ginny roared "THE ONLY THING SAFE ABOUT THAT HOUSE IS THE FACT THAT IT HASN'T FALLEN OVER YET! DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THEY DID TO HIM?!"
"Come now" Dumbledore chuckled "it surely is not that bad, now if you'll excuse me the minister is waiting for me in Hagrids hut to discuss some important business" With that Dumbledore left, leaving four angry professors and one pissed off Ginny. At least they thought they were angry, they looked to Harry and saw that what they were was laughable compared to him. He put a few silencing charms around them and removed what looked to be recording charms from the room before standing up.
Harry had stood up and lightning was running all over his body, Harry disappeared in a flash of flame. Leaving four stunned teachers.
"Where did he go?" Flitwick asked
"The arctic?" Ginny guessed "or probably a dessert or somewhere where there are no people when he lets lose."
"Let's lose?" Sprout asked
"Yes" Ginny nodded "unless you'd like him to take his frustration out on the castle"
Harry returned about five minutes later, he's clothes were battered and dirty, even a little bit ripped, sweat poured down his forehead. What was really surprising was the tears pouring down his eyes. Although he was a thirteen year old boy, the teachers couldn't ever imagine him crying, his power and personality always made people forget his age.
"I can't go back" He blurted out, desperately trying to overcome his teary eyes "if I do then Dumbledore will make sure to find out if I use magic, I won't be able to fight back, I'll have to let them hurt me again. I can't do that again!"
"Harry" McGonagall spoke softly "believe me that nobody here wants this either and we will do everything in our power to prevent it but is it really that bad?" Harry wiped his eyes
"Can I have a vial Professor Snape?" The Professor obliged and gave Harry a few empty vials; Harry placed a few tears in the vials.
"You can view those in his pensive, try to ignore the fact that his pensive has my family logo on it. I'm warning you now, it's not pretty. I'll stand watch outside, come on Ginny"
"Harry" Ginny spoke softly "I want to watch as well"
"Ginny you know what happens, I've told you, you know you don't want to see that"
"Harry, I don't know why, but I need to see it. Please Harry"
"Fine" Harry reluctantly agreed "but just do us a favor and wipe the memories from the pensive once you're done. I'll be just outside, call me when it's finished." Harry walked out, leaving the Professors and Ginny to view the memories.
They put the memories in and plunged in, the sights before them had truly horrified them. A younger Harry was being forced to cook and clean whilst his relatives lay about the house, it then turned to Harry on his fourth birthday, the Dursley's had brought a cake but it was only for Dudley.
When Harry had asked for a present then the biggest or rather fattest Dursley had struck him in his left arm, effectively breaking it. As Harry laid on the floor, the youngest Dursley began kicking him.
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