Chapter 1 It Opens.
Sitting in a compartment in a train back to London is a raven-haired green-eyed kid. He has a thunderbolt scar just above his left eye and is currently wearing a contented smile. His name is Harry Potter. Snuggled into him is a bushy-haired girl who is currently sleeping. Harry looks down at this girl, no, 'his girl' more likely. She is Hermione Granger and he just asked her to be his girlfriend 2 weeks earlier, right after the whole Chamber of Secrets incident. That was a whole can of worms that he wants to forget if only it didn't land him with a girlfriend.

He discovered a lot of things during that whole affair. The biggest is that Hogwarts is filled with sheep. Just a single rumor about him being the 'Heir of Slytherin' created waves that made him into a villain in everyone's eyes. Even his first friend and best mate, Ron Weasly, was afraid of him a bit in the early part of the scandal. 'Really? Something out of my control is my fault?'. All throughout that time, he had someone that he could lean on. His best friend, Hermione Granger. She didn't feel afraid around him, she was always encouraging him, motivating him, she even broke multiple school rules to help him. Brewing polyjuice potion, stealing from a teacher and even when an accident happens because of it, she didn't blame him.

Then she was attacked. Harry's world fell at that, but what he felt the most was rage. Nobody noticed it but when Harry learned that Hermione was attacked, his eyes glowed a dangerous and sickly green. If you look even closer, an outline of a rune can be seen. 'Something attacked Hermione, MY HERMIONE.' Harry didn't even notice that he called Hermione as 'My Hermione'. Harry didn't know what to do, he only did what he could, he just sat on her bedside and talked to her. He was there talking about anything he could to keep her company. In the 3 weeks that Hermione was petrified, he was able to talk about all of his life even his situation with the Dursley's.

Then when he discovered the paper in her hands, the dangerous glow in his eyes returned. Nobody but Harry, knew that his priority in going down the chamber wasn't saving Ginny, that was just his secondary priority, his first priority is revenge. Ron got Harry to get Lockhart down to the Chambers with them. That is when Lockhart reveals his own secret of being a fraud. The fraud with Ron's broken wand fell on his own sword and obliviated himself. Harry left Ron with the fraud and went ahead because of a cave-in.

He found Tom Riddle and Ginny. Besides her is the diary that he found and lost earlier this year. 'I guess Ginny had it since then.' Harry thought. Tom Riddle told Harry a lot of things like Riddle being Voldemort when he was younger, the true 'Heir of Slytherin' being Riddle and how Riddle was controlling the basilisk through Ginny that he was possessing through the Diary. That is when shit hits the fan, Riddle called the basilisk to kill Harry.

When Harry faced the Basilisk, he got cornered. That's when Harry's magic went haywire, one of the binds on his core got unsealed. Tendrils of lightning flew out Harry's body that managed to hold the basilisk back. During which, help came in the form of Fawkes clutching the sorting hat. Harry's instinct kicked in and his newly unsealed power provided him sight even with his eyes closed. He used his magic like sonar and was able to 'see' his surroundings with it. He grabbed the hat and reached inside wishing that it has something that can help him. It did. Harry was able to draw Gryffindor's sword from it.

The battle with the Basilisk was still difficult even after Fawkes managed to gouge the snake's eyes out. Harry was able to slay it by stabbing the roof of its mouth but in turn, a fang was embedded in his arm. Luckily Fawkes was there to save him. He 'saw' the diary and Tom Riddle share a connection with his 'sight'. There was also a red bond that was connected to Ginny and the diary. Harry figured that the red bond is parasitic and is using Ginny's life to power up Riddle. He then used the same fang to stab the diary to stop Tom Riddle from coming back. After that debacle, a lot of good things had happened. He saved Ginny, he stopped the return of Riddle, he showed the fraud that Lockhart was, and the best good of them all, he avenged Hermione by killing the basilisk. He even managed to free Dobby, a house-elf, from his abusive masters. All of that in one day, will this be the norm for him now? A man who is so focused on a child that the same child had to face him 3 times in just over a decade?

All of those problems, headaches, and fatigue melted when Hermione woke up. Harry was there sitting beside Hermione's bed inside the Hospital Wing. Madame Pomfrey just smiled at Harry and asked him to help to give Hermione the Mandrake Restorative Draught. He helped by pouring it into Hermione's mouth and then massaging her throat to make her swallow the draught. Then he saw that slowly but surely the color was slowly returning to her features. Madame Pomfrey saw that and went to the other victims to administer the draught. Harry just kept rubbing Hermione's hand as the warmth in her hand is returning as well. When her eyesight was starting to focus and her stony feature is starting to fade, the first thing she did was to look for Harry. "H-Har...Harry..." She hoarsely said while turning her head to look at him. Harry reached out his hand and cupped her face "I'm here Hermione. I'm sorry this happened," the sadness in his voice can be heard. "Wait here a bit," Harry stood up and the disappointment in Hermione's eyes was evident when Harry removed his hand from her cheek. Harry got some water from Madame Pomfrey and made Hermione drink it.

"Harry, thank you, I heard everything..." whispered Hermione. Harry realize what she said and was about to panic about it. Hermione saw the panic in his face and this time, she reached out to Harry and hold her hand in his face. Then she pulled his face down towards her. Hermione kissed Harry's cheek, "You don't have to worry, I will be here with you, always." She looked at Harry's eyes and saw them glow. Harry then leaned forward and put his lips on hers. Hermione was surprised but accepted the kiss and pushed her lips to his. When Harry pulled back, he gathered his Gryffindor courage, "Hermione Jane Granger, will you be my girlfriend?" "Yes, Harry, I would love to be your girlfriend. Madame Pomfrey just smiled when she heard them. 'I won, I'm gonna look for those twins,' she thought to herself.

There was a bit of talk about Harry and Hermione for the next 2 weeks but the two of them didn't pay them any mind. The most vocal one was Ron but even then, he was admonished by his siblings for being a pig-headed git. Malfoy attempted to do something but Harry's glowing eyes made him shut up even before opening his mouth.

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Harry was brought out of his thoughts when Hermione began stirring. She was still smiling when she woke up. She glanced at Harry and even though she is just 13, she knows that she wants to be with him for a long time, preferably forever. "Morning Harry," She sighed in happiness. "I would say Good morning too if it isn't currently 2 in the afternoon. A couple of hours before we reached King's Cross." Harry says then he leans close to kiss her forehead. Hermione's smile grew wider as this boy is now hers, her Harry.

She kissed Harry on the lips and hugs him tighter. "How will we meet again during the summer? I imagined your relatives won't let you out, the freaking monsters that they are," Hermione hissed. "Let me handle that. I can't promise anything though." Harry is combing her hair with his fingers. "But-" Hermione was about to object when Harry stopped her by putting a finger on her lips. "Let's just enjoy the last few hours to enjoy ourselves." Hermione just nods and closes her eyes. It was about to be perfect but as normal, the interruption will come as is a tradition in the Hogwarts Express. The door of the compartment opens and a red-head is standing outside with a scowl.

"So is that it then? The two of you together and leave me out?" Ron has been difficult for the past 2 weeks. He was brooding and muttering while looking darkly at Hermione and Harry. Jealousy was the only thing that can explain the youngest Weasley's mood. Hermione was worried that Harry might've stopped their relationship to save his relationship with Ron. Harry saw this and doubled down on kissing, hugging and flirting with his girl."Ron, if you don't have anything good to say, you better close that door before I force you to," Harry said this while looking at the scenery. "What he said," says Hermione with still closed eyes. "Listen here, Potter-" wordlessly Harry raises his wand and closed the compartment door, "Colloportus, Silencio".

"Was that really necessary?" Hermione pulled away and looked at Harry. Ron was banging on the door but no sound was coming from it. "No, it is actually quite childish. At the same time, I want to enjoy our time before we get separated," Harry leans in to kiss Hermione. Hermione smiled even bigger. She liked Harry regardless but this side of Harry is the one she liked the most.

Hermione has seen Harry with different faces. The small shy boy in their first meeting, the depressed boy that will easily crumble when it comes to his situation, the clever boy that solved the mysteries about the philosopher's stone last year but this face is the one she likes the most. The brave and confident boy that will jump on the back of a mountain troll to save her. She smiles again and snuggles closer to her boyfriend. "I'm so lucky that I get to snuggle to you Harry, the others can get the boy-who-lived, as long as I can get you". The young couple just sighs in happiness and sat for the rest of the ride.

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Harry briefly meet Hermione's parents. Harry chuckled to himself. "You're my opposite huh? I look like my dad but I have my mum's eyes, you look like your mum but you have your dad's eyes," he whispered to Hermione. She noticed it and laughed. Her parents, Dan and Emma Granger ask what was funny. They chuckled as well when Hermione answered them. Of course, there was annoyance is Dan's face when Hermione told them that Harry was her boyfriend. Emma though was smiling and was happy for her daughter, she might need to talk to her about the birds and the bees.

Harry said goodbye to them and kissed Hermione briefly and told her he will write to them. Emma smiled even wider because Harry wasn't afraid to show his affection. Dan though raised to fingers, pointed them to his eyes and then to Harry. Hary stiffened and just saluted to Dan. Hermione just puts her hands on her hips and made her father go back to the car. It was a fun banter between them and made Harry think about how to escape the Dursley's. When they separated, Harry still waited for another hour before his Uncle finally came to pick him up.

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He was sent to bed without dinner. Vernon took all of his school things and locked all of it inside 'his' cupboard. Harry was just barely to smuggle his wand into his room. His room still has all the locks on them. When he entered his room Vernon immediately locked all of the locks and was chuckling to himself, loud enough for Harry to hear.

Harry is sleeping semi-peacefully. Inside of Harry's body, his magical core is currently bursting with magical power. The remaining binds on his body were slowly being burned after the first one was released. His body is getting warmer and warmer as the binds are being burned away. When the clock struck 0:00, all of those binds were burned away and Harry's magic, instead of going wildly, became calm. It all looked peaceful but if you looked closely His eyes were glowing green.

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Harry is in a white room, alone. He looks around and he started contemplating if he has gone crazy or that he was actually crazy and Hogwarts was actually just all in his head. "Now now, don't overthink it. We are in your head but Hogwarts is a real place." Harry spun around to find a man with raven-black hair and stormy gray eyes. He was wearing a black old coat and have bandages wrapped around his hands. "Who are you? and where are we?", asks Harry, curiosity can be heard from his voice. "Who I am and where we are is not of importance right now. All you need to know is that you have to go to Gringotts. Another set of instructions will be sent to you. But if it helps, the reason why this is happening right now is that you have opened your inheritance. It will prove to be dangerous if you don't go to a safe place to bunker down. Gringotts will be the perfect place as they also have the necessary information on how to handle you and your inheritance."

Harry was a bit miffed, this stranger just waltzes up to him and orders him around. He was about to rebuke him but as before his mouth opens, "You will explode with so much magical power that you could probably kill off everyone within a mile. You have about 10 hours before this happens." Harry stopped and cocked his head to the side, "What do I have to do then?"

"Go outside on the street, raise your wand and a bus will appear to collect you. Go to the Leaky Cauldron and go to sleep there to get your next instructions." The grey-eyed man just smiles and burns up. The man literally went up in flames and vanished. Harry then wakes up from his dream and looked at the clock. It was just half-past midnight and he immediately went to the window. He released Hedwig from her cage, "Hey girl, I'm going out and look for me at the Leaky Cauldron." With that, Hedwig flew away with a hoot. Harry looked under his floorboard to get the few coins he hid in it. He again went to the window and climbed down in the backyard.

Harry ran to the park behind his uncle's house. He wanted to go somewhere he wouldn't be seen by his relatives. He didn't want them to have an idea of where he went. He raised his wand and within 10 seconds, there was a big bang and a purple triple-decker bus appeared in front of him. "Kight Bus", he read. A lanky man is standing up on the entrance looking at a book. He looks at Harry and introduces himself, "Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this evening."

The conductor, named Stan, finally looked at Harry. He noticed something on his forehead, "Woss that on your head?". Stan wanted to convince himself that he knew this small, boy but he just couldn't put a finger on it, so he went and looked a bit closer. "Nothing, just...er...make up?" Harry couldn't make a good excuse as Stan is uncomfortably close trying to look at his scar. Harry reached up to cover his scar but something felt wrong. His glasses were gone but he can still so clearly. 'Huh? How can I see so clearly without them? What happened?' He looks back at Stan, 'Will he recognize me without my glasses?'

"Hmmm, Woss your name then?" "Charlus Malfoy" Harry just blurted out a name. "Malfoy? Black-haired Malfoy, never thought of that, where do you want to go, Charlus Malfoy?" Harry just smiled "Leaky Cauldron," He chatted with Stan a bit while they were traveling. He confirmed one thing, the glasses will not completely hide his identity. The Clark Kent disguise actually working is a surprise for Harry. His chat with Stan though is a bit disorienting, literally. With the bus running at full speed to full stop and doing 90-degree turns, Harry turns and smashes on and off his seat. Stan somehow isn't affected so Stan was just continuously telling stories to Harry. Their chat turned creepy as Stan tries to scare Harry about the Azkaban escapee named Sirius Black. After hearing the story of Sirius Black, he immediately hated the man.

They reached the Leaky Cauldron and Harry gets off the Knight Bus. "See you later Charlus Malfoy!" Stan shouted after Harry. Harry heard that as he opens the door of the inn. A couple of patrons heard what Stan said and looked at Harry. Seeing black hair instead of the Malfoy blonde set them off to muttering between themselves. Harry saw that and just smiles at them, this action made them even more animated with their mutterings. Harry went up to Tom the Bartender. Unlike the patrons, Tom recognizes Harry as he looks closely at the boy. "Need a room, ?" asks Tom to Harry with a wink. Harry just nods and pays Tom with a galleon, "A room with breakfast, how many days will that give me?" "7 days with breakfast and lunch" "I'll take it." Harry gets the key and goes to the rented room. He was already used to going to bed without eating so he just plops down on the bed and prepares to sleep. His last thought before he sleeps was 'How much shit did I put on the Malfoy's for that one?'

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A/N Changed the end of the chapter to make it flow better. Or I at least attempted to make the flow better. Thanks for reading!