Secrets In Blood

Prologue

Secrets In Blood- A Harry Potter Fanfiction

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Disclaimer: As is the standard in fanfictions, I don’t own Harry Potter.

A/N: I started with the script of this part in the movies, then branched off.
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Prologue:

In a neighborhood on a street called Privet Drive, an owl sitting on the street sign flies off to reveal a mysterious appearing old man walking through a forest near the street. He stops at the start of the street and takes out a mechanical device and zaps all the light out of the lampposts. He puts away the device and a cat meows. The man, Albus Dumbledore, looks down at the cat, which is a tabby and is sitting on a brick ledge.

Dumbledore says, “I should have known that you would be here…Professor McGonagall.”

The cat meows and sniffs. The cat shifts back to its human form. There are a few footsteps and Minerva McGonagall is revealed.

McGonagall says, “Good evening, Professor Dumbledore. Are the rumours true, Albus?”

Dumbledore looks at McGonagall. He says mourningly, " I’m afraid so, Professor. The good, and the bad.”

McGonagall looks at Dumbledore. She asks, “And the boy?”

Dumbledore says, “Hagrid is bringing him.”

McGonagall asks Dumbledore, “Do you think it wise to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?”

Albus says solemnly, " Ah, Professor, I would trust Hagrid with my life.”

A motor sound is heard. The two professors look up to see a flying motorcycle coming down from the air. It skids on the street and halts. A large man, Rubeus Hagrid, takes off his goggles.

Hagrid walks towards the professors. He greets them. “Professor Dumbledore, Sir. Professor McGonagall, “is what he says.

Dumbledore looks at Hagrid. He asks, “No problems, I trust, Hagrid?”

Hagrid shakes his head. “No, sir. Little tyke fell asleep jus’ as we were flying over Bristol. Heh. Try not to wake ‘im. There you go.”

Hagrid hands a baby in a blanket over to Dumbledore.

McGonagall says to Dumbledore, looking at him in worry, “Albus, do you really think its safe, leaving him with these people? I’ve been watching them all day. They’re the worst sort of Muggles imaginable. They really are.”

Dumbledore says to McGonagall, " The only family he has.”

They all walk down the sidewalk and stop outside a house.

McGonagall says,”This boy will be famous. There wont be a child in our world who doesn’t know his name.”

Dumbledore says seriously, “Exactly. He’s better off growing up away from all that. Until he is ready.”

Hagrid coughs and sniffles, crying. He then clears his throat.

Dumbledore says in a comforting tone to Hagrid, “There, there, Hagrid. It’s not really good-bye, after all.”

Hagrid nods.

Dumbledore takes a letter and places it on the baby, who is now at the foot of the door. The baby has a lightning-bolt shaped scar on his forehead.

Dumbledore whispers to a sleeping Harry, “Good luck…Harry Potter.”

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Dumbledore and McGonagall start walking away.

Hagrid stays where he is, staring at poor little Harry.

McGonagall notices Hagrid isn’t following after a few steps, and asks, “Are you coming Rubeus?”

Hagrid had remembered that Lily wanted him to give little Harry a teddy bear in case of her death.

A few days ago she gave it to him, somehow knowing she wouldn’t be around much longer.

Hagrid sniffles.

He looks up at McGonagall.

“I need a momen’. I’ll meet ya at Hogwarts professors.”

McGonagall nods her understanding. He just wants one more moment with the child to collect his bearings.

She looks up at Albus, and he nods his ascent.

They walk down to the edge of the forest, McGonagall sparing one last glance at Hagrid before they both apparate away to Hogwarts.

Hagrid watches the little tyke for a moment, then crouches down beside ‘im, pulling out a small bear.

Hagrid remembers Lily giving it to the little tyke the day he was born. At the time, it was just a little bigger than Lily’s own hand.

He sniffles again, then tries to pull himself together.

He tucks the teddy bear under the blanket with little Harry. He doesn’t notice the bear turning invisible when it touches Harry.

He whispers to the sleeping tyke, “Yer mum wanted ya to have this, lil guy. Jus’ know that she loved ya very much.” Hagrid lightly brushes his bangs away from that infected looking scar, then sniffles one more time and stands up.

He looks down at little Harry one last time, then he walks down the street to his motorcycle.

He powers it up and straps his helmet on.

Then he turns on the invisibility charm and flies away, off to Hogwarts.

The three wouldn’t know about the horrors Harry would experience here, until he arrived to Hogwarts in the next ten years.

And by then it would be too late.