Duel Enrollment

Existence

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"Of course." He answered as he kneeled next to the bed. He vaguely heard Aster's steps go to the floo as he wondered if he should put a plush with Harry. Brian decided to place the wolf plush next to Harry and smiled as the small arms held the soft toy close even when asleep ...

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The child sleeping in the headmaster's tree house home slowly began to stir. Vivid green eyes fluttered open and the boy immediately curled up in panic expecting someone to hit him. if he wasn't tossed into the dark cupboard then that means his uncle wasn't done yet, but Harry slowly peeked through his fingers after a few seconds of silence ...

No one was hitting him?

That was very strange and wasn't the only thing. He was also not in pain for the first time in his short life or, at least, far less pain. The scars still bothered him, but these soft clothes on him felt very nice.

A trick ...The boy couldn't help but think this was a trick as he cautiously uncurled from his defensive position to look around. A gasp escaped the child's lips as he spotted the fluffy wolf toy next to him. Harry's tiny hands held the soft toy close to him as if he thought it would disappear. With the soft toy comforting him he risked looking around the room.

A gasp escaped his lips and he slipped out of the bed not realizing that he had an IV in his arm only hours ago. Right now he was more interested in the fact that there was no wall! Tiny hands reached out to explore, but there was without a doubt no glass between him and the balcony. He walked out onto the balcony and stared in awe at the sight of the treetops. The weather was perfect and the tree connected to the building gave a bit of shade on half of the porch. As he stood in the shade he tried to touch some vines that were hanging down, but each time his fingers got close a breeze blew it out of reach making the boy pout. He shrugged it off and kept looking around.

It was amazing! Harry smiled as a few colorful birds he never saw before fly passed the roof of the building he was just in. He could just barely see three other blurry buildings up in the trees like this one and through his blurry vision he could see the rope bridges connecting them. It was so lovely and peaceful, but how did he get here?!

The sound of heavy boots coming towards the startled Harry from his thoughts and he saw a man headed walking across one bridge. He squeaked fearfully and darted under the bed with his toy praying the man didn't see. If he was seen with a toy that wasn't his he knew he'd be beaten and wherever his relatives were they will hurt him too.

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Brian sighed as he sat in his office section of his tree house complex, "Harry is only four so he has a year to recover before school starts. That will make things easier for him. Maybe I can ask the twins for something to correct his eyesight as well as the scars. It is not common that an adoption potion fixes eyesight ... I think that should be fine since Gringotts is only doing a few abuse diagnostic spells so healing him won't affect those results. After the scans and adoption potion I can ask the twins about potions to reverse the effects of the malnutrition since he should be at a healthier weight by then. Aster did say Harry isn't strong enough to start those now ... he nearly died that day." Aster showed him the results from the day he found Harry. It was clear ... if Brian wasn't there or even a few minutes later Harry would be dead.

The blonde headmaster looked out sadly at the balcony where little Harry was sleeping. His office had a perfect view so he can watch over the boy as he finished up his work. Technically school doesn't restart for a couple months, but he now has to make some arrangements to make a more flexible schedule so he can take care of Harry until he starts school too.