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A Menagerie
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Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
5
Views:
13,277
Reviews:
66
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
2
Disclaimer:
HP franchise is owned by J.K. Rowling and no profit is being made
Chapter 2
A Menagerie
Disclaimer:
HP franchise is owned by J.K. Rowling and associated companies. Written purely for nonprofit.
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Almost 10 years had passed since Harry Potter was sent to live with his relatives, the Dursley's, and his move to an unknown, presumably magical place.
The little green ball had taken up residence around Mrs. Dursley's long, scrawny neck. She felt a strange attachment to it; a feeling of warmth and happiness came over her whenever she wore the thing; it made her feel a litter less burdened, and gave her a slight spring in her step.
6 years after the initial ‘visit’, The second time the small wrinkled creature, what was it called- a nobly elf?- came to fix the magic ball, Vernon was at work, Dudley at school, and the incident was handled without them ever knowing.
Life was good.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Petunia went to greet the visitor knocking at the door, wondering whom on earth it could be knocking on her front door in the middle of the day when most people were at work. A salesman perhaps?
She opened the door to the sight of a gigantic man, who simply looked too big to be allowed.
"Can I help you?" She said in her coldest voice.
"Yes, I'm Rubeus Hagrid, grounds keeper at Hogwarts, I’ve come ta give Harry 'is letter and take 'im to get his supplies for next year." the man rumbled.
"I'm afraid you are too late, a little wrinkly creature took the ...” (she grimaced in distaste), “… child away when he first came here, had my ...” (here she looked like she had sucked on a sour lemon), ”sisters will with it and everything. If you want the boy you have to talk to them." she said, trying to remain calm and not cause a scene on her porch in front of all the neighbors.
"But don' un'erstand, the 'eadmaster tol' me that the tracking charms 'e 'ad on Harry pin pointed 'im to be here." Hagrid said.
"It probably has something to do with this" she sniffed, and handed him her good luck charm with reluctance. "The creature said it would protect us from those Death Eater people." She abruptly slammed the door in his face.
"Uh, thanks, I think." Hagrid.
And with a sharp crack, the impossibly large man was gone.
-0-
Albus Dumbledore was not happy. Not happy at all. After hearing from Hagrid that his soon-to-be protégé was not where he had been left, the manipulative old man sent out his best Legilimens, Severus Snape to look into the situation.
He too, reported that Harry was not at Number 4 Privet Drive, and according to Petunia Dursley's memories, hadn't been there since the morning after he, Albus left him there.
After closely examining the small glass ball, he discovered its purpose was to simulate Harry's magical signature and tie it together with Petunia's limited squib magical signature to replicate the two signatures side by side; thus keeping the blood wards at full strength, while also masking the location of the real Harry Potter, making it seem as though he was living with his relatives the whole time.
Hagrid and Severus had said a house elf had given Petunia the charm, even if the house elf in question was acting rather odd at the time. Perhaps one of the house elves could help him locate the missing boy.
“Tofty,” he said to his empty office.
A soft crack later and a tiny creature similar to Fynn, dressed in a dark blue tea towel stamped with the Hogwarts crest, stood before him and gave a deep bow.
“Master called?”
“Yes, I have just been given a rather curious charm that I was wondering if you could help me with. You see, several years ago, I placed a child in the care of his relatives when his parents died. It turns out, this boy was taken by his family’s house elves not long after, and left this in his place. I need to find out where they took him. ” Dumbledore said and held out the charm.
“That is very powerful house elf magic Master Dumblydore sir! It would take at least 300 house elves to make that. “ Tofty squeaked.
“Do you think you can find out where it came from?” Dumbledore asked solemnly.
“It is very easy to find out, Master Dumblydore sir, but the ball has to bees broken for its to work.”
“Can it be done now? The school year is coming up fast , and I would like to find the child as soon as possible.”
‘’Yous must break the little ball in half, and spill out all the dust. That will break the charm, and Master Dumblydore sir will see where the missing boy bees taken.”
“Wonderful. Thank you for your help Tofty.”
“Tofty is always willing to help Master Dumblydore sir.” Said the little elf before he cracked away.
-0-
Severus Snape was doing well, all things considering. He was in the middle of experimenting with one of his beloved potions to calm his thoughts after finishing the unpleasant task of sifting through Petunia Dursley’s memories, in order to help locate the infernal Potter boy. He was glad it was over, the strange squib had an unsettling mind.
The fire flared an eerie green as the floo opened.
“Severus, may I speak to you for a moment?” came the voice of the headmaster.
He put the potion he was currently working on in temporary stasis and stepped through the fire.
-0-
He walked into complete disarray.
Several former whirring silver gadgets lay in piles of shredded metal. Hundreds of ripped and torn parchment paper, some blown from their neat stacks occupying Dumbledore’ desk earlier in the day, and some torn from the books strewn haphazardly on the shelf, and now laid scattered around the office. Fawkes’ perch was melted into an unrecognizable blob and the phoenix himself was no ware to be seen. Strangely, the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor in its glass case were both untouched.
Dumbledore himself, however, was not so lucky. The entire contents of Dumbledore’s sweet stash, which was a lot of candy, plastered him from head to toe.
Last but not least, the entire room was covered in a thick layer of a strange, glittering, emerald green powder.
Severus said the only thing that came to his astonished mind.
“What in the name of Circe happened here?”
“Well you see Severus, I needed to locate Harry. This charm,” he pointed to the ball Severus had seen in Petunia Dursley’s memories, now broken open, “was masking his location. When I broke the charm, I was able to discover the location of Harry Potter’s hiding place. As you can see, the makers of the charm have a bit of a vindictive streak.”
He cleared his throat, “Now, as for Harry, I would go myself, but it will be several days before my office is back to the way it was. The new school year is coming up fast, and acceptance letters will be going out soon. For that to happen on time my office needs to be at least somewhat organized. That is why I need you to go seek Harry out and take him to get his supplies for his first year.”
Severus sputtered, “what about Hagrid, I thought it was his job to fetch the blasted child.”
“Unfortunately, Hagrid doesn’t have enough…skills for this particular job. It was fine when we were only dealing with the Dursley family, but not when coming up against the unknown. I tried to find somebody else, but at such short notice, I’m afraid you are the only one with enough time and talent to take on this challenge.”
“I see. You are quite sure there is nobody else?” Severus asked in a resigned voice.
“I am very sure.”
Severus sighed.“Very well. I shall leave tomorrow morning. Send down a map or coordinates at your earliest convenience.”
With that, he returned to his potions lab through the floo, determined to finish his potion before the next morning.
-0-
A/N:
(When I say ‘charm’ in this chapter I mean like a charm on a charm bracelet, and the magic kind of charm at the same time. All other times, when I say charm I am referring to the magic kind of charm.)
Bye for now
;:fairytopian:;
Disclaimer:
HP franchise is owned by J.K. Rowling and associated companies. Written purely for nonprofit.
-0-
Almost 10 years had passed since Harry Potter was sent to live with his relatives, the Dursley's, and his move to an unknown, presumably magical place.
The little green ball had taken up residence around Mrs. Dursley's long, scrawny neck. She felt a strange attachment to it; a feeling of warmth and happiness came over her whenever she wore the thing; it made her feel a litter less burdened, and gave her a slight spring in her step.
6 years after the initial ‘visit’, The second time the small wrinkled creature, what was it called- a nobly elf?- came to fix the magic ball, Vernon was at work, Dudley at school, and the incident was handled without them ever knowing.
Life was good.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Petunia went to greet the visitor knocking at the door, wondering whom on earth it could be knocking on her front door in the middle of the day when most people were at work. A salesman perhaps?
She opened the door to the sight of a gigantic man, who simply looked too big to be allowed.
"Can I help you?" She said in her coldest voice.
"Yes, I'm Rubeus Hagrid, grounds keeper at Hogwarts, I’ve come ta give Harry 'is letter and take 'im to get his supplies for next year." the man rumbled.
"I'm afraid you are too late, a little wrinkly creature took the ...” (she grimaced in distaste), “… child away when he first came here, had my ...” (here she looked like she had sucked on a sour lemon), ”sisters will with it and everything. If you want the boy you have to talk to them." she said, trying to remain calm and not cause a scene on her porch in front of all the neighbors.
"But don' un'erstand, the 'eadmaster tol' me that the tracking charms 'e 'ad on Harry pin pointed 'im to be here." Hagrid said.
"It probably has something to do with this" she sniffed, and handed him her good luck charm with reluctance. "The creature said it would protect us from those Death Eater people." She abruptly slammed the door in his face.
"Uh, thanks, I think." Hagrid.
And with a sharp crack, the impossibly large man was gone.
-0-
Albus Dumbledore was not happy. Not happy at all. After hearing from Hagrid that his soon-to-be protégé was not where he had been left, the manipulative old man sent out his best Legilimens, Severus Snape to look into the situation.
He too, reported that Harry was not at Number 4 Privet Drive, and according to Petunia Dursley's memories, hadn't been there since the morning after he, Albus left him there.
After closely examining the small glass ball, he discovered its purpose was to simulate Harry's magical signature and tie it together with Petunia's limited squib magical signature to replicate the two signatures side by side; thus keeping the blood wards at full strength, while also masking the location of the real Harry Potter, making it seem as though he was living with his relatives the whole time.
Hagrid and Severus had said a house elf had given Petunia the charm, even if the house elf in question was acting rather odd at the time. Perhaps one of the house elves could help him locate the missing boy.
“Tofty,” he said to his empty office.
A soft crack later and a tiny creature similar to Fynn, dressed in a dark blue tea towel stamped with the Hogwarts crest, stood before him and gave a deep bow.
“Master called?”
“Yes, I have just been given a rather curious charm that I was wondering if you could help me with. You see, several years ago, I placed a child in the care of his relatives when his parents died. It turns out, this boy was taken by his family’s house elves not long after, and left this in his place. I need to find out where they took him. ” Dumbledore said and held out the charm.
“That is very powerful house elf magic Master Dumblydore sir! It would take at least 300 house elves to make that. “ Tofty squeaked.
“Do you think you can find out where it came from?” Dumbledore asked solemnly.
“It is very easy to find out, Master Dumblydore sir, but the ball has to bees broken for its to work.”
“Can it be done now? The school year is coming up fast , and I would like to find the child as soon as possible.”
‘’Yous must break the little ball in half, and spill out all the dust. That will break the charm, and Master Dumblydore sir will see where the missing boy bees taken.”
“Wonderful. Thank you for your help Tofty.”
“Tofty is always willing to help Master Dumblydore sir.” Said the little elf before he cracked away.
-0-
Severus Snape was doing well, all things considering. He was in the middle of experimenting with one of his beloved potions to calm his thoughts after finishing the unpleasant task of sifting through Petunia Dursley’s memories, in order to help locate the infernal Potter boy. He was glad it was over, the strange squib had an unsettling mind.
The fire flared an eerie green as the floo opened.
“Severus, may I speak to you for a moment?” came the voice of the headmaster.
He put the potion he was currently working on in temporary stasis and stepped through the fire.
-0-
He walked into complete disarray.
Several former whirring silver gadgets lay in piles of shredded metal. Hundreds of ripped and torn parchment paper, some blown from their neat stacks occupying Dumbledore’ desk earlier in the day, and some torn from the books strewn haphazardly on the shelf, and now laid scattered around the office. Fawkes’ perch was melted into an unrecognizable blob and the phoenix himself was no ware to be seen. Strangely, the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor in its glass case were both untouched.
Dumbledore himself, however, was not so lucky. The entire contents of Dumbledore’s sweet stash, which was a lot of candy, plastered him from head to toe.
Last but not least, the entire room was covered in a thick layer of a strange, glittering, emerald green powder.
Severus said the only thing that came to his astonished mind.
“What in the name of Circe happened here?”
“Well you see Severus, I needed to locate Harry. This charm,” he pointed to the ball Severus had seen in Petunia Dursley’s memories, now broken open, “was masking his location. When I broke the charm, I was able to discover the location of Harry Potter’s hiding place. As you can see, the makers of the charm have a bit of a vindictive streak.”
He cleared his throat, “Now, as for Harry, I would go myself, but it will be several days before my office is back to the way it was. The new school year is coming up fast, and acceptance letters will be going out soon. For that to happen on time my office needs to be at least somewhat organized. That is why I need you to go seek Harry out and take him to get his supplies for his first year.”
Severus sputtered, “what about Hagrid, I thought it was his job to fetch the blasted child.”
“Unfortunately, Hagrid doesn’t have enough…skills for this particular job. It was fine when we were only dealing with the Dursley family, but not when coming up against the unknown. I tried to find somebody else, but at such short notice, I’m afraid you are the only one with enough time and talent to take on this challenge.”
“I see. You are quite sure there is nobody else?” Severus asked in a resigned voice.
“I am very sure.”
Severus sighed.“Very well. I shall leave tomorrow morning. Send down a map or coordinates at your earliest convenience.”
With that, he returned to his potions lab through the floo, determined to finish his potion before the next morning.
-0-
A/N:
(When I say ‘charm’ in this chapter I mean like a charm on a charm bracelet, and the magic kind of charm at the same time. All other times, when I say charm I am referring to the magic kind of charm.)
Bye for now
;:fairytopian:;