Soulful Encounters

Chapter -3

I was surprised I was able to apparate straight into the ministry. 

' You are far more powerful than your previous life, Master. ' I heard Death's voice in my head.

" Is it? That's convenient. " I say mostly to myself and head over to the receptionist.

" Hello, I am here to take guardianship for a child. "  I say with a charming smile. I then proceeded to inform her that the child I was talking about had been Harry potter. The receptionist informed me that taking Harry's guardianship was a little difficult since it needed me to prove that the current guardian wasn't fit for him. We then headed over to Gringotts where we met with Arlong again to get some documents related to Harry's guardianship.

" You need to prove that Harry's current Guardians are unfit to support him. Do you have any proof of that? " she asked. 

" I do, can we head over to the said guardian to see how he's doing? " I ask. 

" Sure, an auror will be here with you shortly. " She said before leaving. 

' I have something for you Master. ' Death said, intruding my mind again. 

" What would that be? " I asked. 

' Firstly, I have the strongest shields guarding your mind, to avoid legilimens like Dumbledore from entering your mind. Next, I made sure to prepare a bunch of information and knowledge for you to process, we will do that later tonight.  And lastly I may or may not have given you another animagi animal you can change into. ' Death said, chuckling at the face I was making when I heard him say that. 

In my last life, my animagi was a Chimera. I couldn't do anything with it let alone change into it even once.

" Hello, Mr. Peverell. " I heard a feminine voice behind me. I turned to see a woman, maybe in her twenties. She had a strong and compelling presence.

" I am Sabrina Langram, you are here for Harry's guardianship, so I assume you know where he is. Since Dumbledore made sure no one besides him knew where Harry was being kept. " She said. 

" Yes, I do. I will apparate us to the location. Shall we? " I held out my hand for her to hold. She gladly accepted and we apparated to Number 4, Privet Drive. Sabrina Casted a notice-me-not charm on us and we just stood near the garden. A few moments later it started to rain. Just when we were about to apparate back, we heard a crash in the house and a little shouting, before we saw Petunia drag Harry out to the garden and make him stand in the rain while scolding him.

" Stand here until you reflect on what you did! That was a very expensive china set you just broke! " She said while smacking him on the head and going back inside. Harry stood there weeping. He looked  like was about 5, but then again due to malnutrition he always had been smaller than others his age. The clothes he was wearing were also two sizes too big for him. I do remember something like this happening a few times. I look over to Sabrina to see her infuriated. Just then we see Dudley come out in the garden holding an umbrella. I already knew what was gonna happen. 

" Hey freak! I heard you broke my mum's china set. How dare you, you little brat! " He said before kicking Harry in the stomach. Harry fell down and Dudley Kicked him a few more times before going back inside. My heart sank to my stomach seeing poor little Harry sobbing alone in the rain on the ground. 

" Enough of observing lets go get the boy out of here! " Sabrina said, I had just been waiting for her to say that. We headed over to the  main door and cast a drying spell on ourselves before knocking on the door. Petunia opened the door. She looked at us skeptically.

" Hello Ma'am, I am Hadrian Peverell, this is Sabrina Langram. We are from the Ministry of Magic, and we were hoping you would answer some of our questions. " I said, trying my best not to go feral on her. 

" My husband is not home right now." She said.

" That's alright ma'am, I am sure you are perfectly capable of answering our questions. " Sabrina stated. Petunia reluctantly agreed and let us in. 

" We will be needing Harry Potter with us I am afraid. Where is he? " I asked. She gulped nervously and sat us down on the couch. A few moments later Harry walked in a different set of clothes, again, too big for him. She sat down on of the arm chairs while Harry stood. I frowned and motioned Harry to come sit next to me. His eyes widened and he looked at Petunia fearfully. She nodded at him with a tight smile. He complied and sat next to me. His hair were still wet from the rain. I cast a drying spell at his hair while Sabrina spoke to Petunia.

" Has Harry been exposed to Wizarding culture? " She asked. Harry looked up at me with his big green eyes and touching his hair. His face laced with shock. I just smiled at him and ruffled his hair. That caused him to smile a little too. 

"What? Of course not! He is enough of a freak already. " She says without a care in the world. I was surprised at her audacity. 

" Has he been visited by anyone? " Sabrina asked through clenched teeth. 

"Not once! An old man came, just once, dumped this mess here and didn't look back twice." She said making a face. 

" Lord Peverell, could you take Harry out with you? I have a few more things I would like to ask Mrs. Dursley here. " Sabrina said. Her eyes filled with rage. I nodded leading Harry away to the garden. It had long stopped raining. I conjured up  two chairs and a table. Harry looked like he was in awe, but also a little scared.

" Sir, Are you a magician? Earlier too, you did something and my hair was suddenly not wet anymore. " He asked meekly. I chuckled.

" I am a wizard Harry. So are you. " I say.

"You mean, I can also do that? " He said pointing at the chairs and table. I smiled. I led him to one of the chairs helping him up and taking the other chair. 

" You can. Not just yet. But with a little training. You can. Harry. I want to ask you something. I am here to take you away from this place. I can teach you everything you want to know. But only if you want to. Do you want to come with me? " I ask carefully. He looked like he was thinking if he could trust me. Obviously, he doesn't really have a good impression of adults due to the 'adults' in his life. I gave him time to think. 

" Um, If I come with you, will I never have to see Aunt, Uncle, and Dudley? " He asked shyly, looking up through his lashes.

" You don't have to if you don't want to " I say. He smiled at me.

" Okay, I will come with you sir. " He said grinning. I sighed in relief. 

" Its Hadrian, not sir. " I say smiling a little.

" Okay Hadrian! " He replies. Just then, Sabrina walked through with Petunia. Petunia looked scared out of her wits. Sabrina must have done something. I smirked internally.  

She looked at me, I nodded.

" We are taking Harry with us. " She declared. Harry and I exchanged happy looks. Finally.

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