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Part 23

Chapter 23: Firebreathing Toddler

Notes:

I don't own Harry Potter.

Chapter Text

It was stormy weather that visited the school the next day. The students, teachers and the guests assembled themselves in the Great Hall to satisfy their hunger with a hearty breakfast. Harry walked through the Hall's doors with Remus, Sirius and Dr. Clark and they helped themselves with plates of fruit and toast.

“Sleep okay?” asked Sirius to Harry.

“Yeah, I slept fine, how about you?”

“No worse than normal, nightmares about you getting hurt...normal.” said Sirius with a smile.

After everyone had finished their tuck-in, Mr. Weasely decided that today, he would like to read. So he picked the book up off the dais and read the title to himself, he smiled to himself.

"I think Charlie should have requested to read this one." he said with a laugh.

"Why's that, dad?" asked Charlie.

"The title is Chapter fourteen."

Charlie paled, as did Hagrid, Ron, Hermione and Harry, who stood up quickly and unceremoniously took Madam Bones and Dumbledore by the hands and pulled them out of the hall. Causing Mr. Weasley and the rest of the people in the Great Hall to stare.

“Is there something wrong?” asked Mr. Weasley.

Harry pulled them almost to the Great Staircase when he finally stopped.

"What is wrong, Mr. Potter?" asked Madam Bones curiously.

Harry looked between the two of them, both of them could either protect Hagrid, or ship him off to Azkaban again, he hoped he could strike a deal if the worst came to pass."I wanted to ask, if something happened four years ago, can one be held accountable?" Harry asked quickly.

"You don't need to worry, Harry, no student will be in trouble." Dumbledore said kindly.

"It's not a student I'm worried about." said Harry, "It's a teacher."

"I can't press charges against someone if I find out about it from these books." said Madam Bones gently.

"That obviously didn' t stop you from arresting the Dursleys." said Harry with a raised eyebrow. “You carted them off, after hearing about...stuff...from the books.”

"Child abuse is another matter entirely, and we had your physical evidence to back it up." said Madam Bones. She didn't press into why the boy didn't say 'everything' she would all she needed from these books.

"There may be physical evidence here to." said Harry carefully.

"I'll think about it, unless someone gets killed, I won't pursue anything." she said kindly. “Or if it was malicious in nature.”

"I promise, it wasn't. Thank you Madam Bones, it's a weight off my mind." said Harry heaving a sigh, he walked back to the Great Hall.

"He shouldn’t' have anything weighing on his mind, in my opinion." said Madam Bones.

"I agree as well." said Dumbledore seriously. "But I fear, that he may have to at some point, this year."

"Can't you leave it for when he's a bit older?" asked Madame Bones sternly.

"I don't think I can. He's deserving of some knowledge, especially that which I have been keeping from him." said Dumbledore sadly.

When they reentered the Great Hall, Dumbledore looked over to Charlie Weasely.