I do not in anyway shape or form own anything related to Harry Potter, this disclaimer stands for this chapter of 'A New Path' and all subsequent chapters in this fanfiction.

Harry Potter sat on the edge of his bed, elbow's on his knee's with his head in his hands. There was an air of hopelessness around him, the broken objects and mess that was spread around the room simply made it worse. It was the piece of crumpelled parchment that lay on the ground between his feet. The words that were written on that piece of parchment were burnt into his mind. How could they do this to him? He had given up virtually everything for them, and this is how they repay him? He slowly reached down with a slightly shaking hand to pick up the letter, he uncrumpelled it and read it again, the hollow feeling in his gut getting worse with each sylabel.

Potter

We are writing to inform you that we have decided that we want othing more to do with you. You have consitantly put everyone who called you 'friend' in danger since we started attending Hogwarts, with everyone who came on your 'rescue mission' to the Ministry ending up in hospital, excluding you of course. We have written to the others that came on your 'mission' and our classmates to stay away from you for there own safety.

Hermione Granger

Ron Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Harry sat reading the letter again and again, the sun was well bellow the horizon well there came a rattle from his window. Sighing he threw the letter of betrayal onto his bed and walked over to the window to let the Owl in that sat waiting.

The owl gave him what seemed to be a sympathetic nip on the fingers as he untied the letter from the bird. Watching as it flew out the window with a powerful downstroke of it wings. He looked at the letter in his hands, he ripped it open, expecting it to contain another letter like the one that now lay on his bed. It was far from that.

Harry

I had an intresting encounter, not ten minutes before writing this. I had Ron and Ginny Weasley along with Hermione Granger knock on my door and try to turn me against you. Now, as you can see by the fact that I am writing to you, that they didn't succeed, in fact, i'm sure that Granger will need to go get her jaw looked at as well as the male Weasley needing to go to St. Mungo's Spell Damage Ward, sadly, he tried to physically assault me after I told Granger what I thought bout back-stabbers and betrayers. My father did not take to kindly to seeing his only daughter getting threatened and cursed him out of the door. I want you to know, Harry, that I am still with you, you saw past the facade that I put up and saw me, and for that you have earned at least my friendship.

With Love

Luna Lovegood

Harry stared at shock at the letter, he hadn't expected that, though the image of Granger getting her jaw broken by Luna was quite amusing. Harry did some quick thinking, then pulled out a fresh piece of parchment and wrote a reply, thanking Luna for her support and asking if it would be OK if he spent te remainder of the summer with her, after informing her of the conditions that he was currently living in.

He woke Hedwig up with a poke and gave the bird a shrug at the indignant glare that the bird gave him, she hissed at him as she stuck out her leg and Harry tied the letter to it. He ducked as she flew passed him and out the window, Harry watched until she wasn't in sight anymore and turned back to his bed. Seeing the letter from his other 'friends' he picked it up again, crunching it up and throwing it in the bin. It didn't matter if they were with him or not, he had someone that would stand by his side through thick and thin, that is all that matters to him.

Harry spent the next half an hour packing up his trunk and getting his stuff together, he knew that even if he wasn't going to be able to go to Luna's, that he was leaving tonight anyway. He was just putting the last pair of socks into his trunk when Hedwig came soaring back through the window. He quickly scrabbled for the letter and sighed with relief as he read it.

Harry

I'm glad that you responded so quickly and that you consider me such a good friend, and of course you can stay, Daddy said that he would be delighted to have my best friend round for the rest of the summer. If you are going to trael by Knight Bus or Floo, then the address is 'The Loving Place', hope to see you soon.

Love

Luna

Grinning at the letter he sat down and thought for a minute, he couldn't summon the Knight Bus, because of Dumbledore's pet that would surely be hanging around, he couldn't use the Floo either, as the closest connection was Mrs. Figgs, and the oly way he could get to that would be by his invisibility cloak, but if Mad Eye was on duty, then he would be stuffed. He thought hard for a while before an idea hit him as he wished he could appirate.

"Dobby!" He called out, almost instantly the hyper house elf was bouncing at his feet, hugging his legs.

"Harry Potter called Dobby! Harry Potter called Dobby!" Harry laughed slightly then calmed the house elf down.

"Dobby, can I ask you something?" he waited for the elf's excited, ear flapping nod, "would you be able to take me and my things to Luna Lovegoods house?"

The house elf looked sad, then said, "Dobby is being sorry Harry Potter, but Dobby is only being able to transport his Master."

Harry thought for a moment, "So if I was your Master you would be able to take me?"

The house elf's eyes got wide and he nearly knocked harry down as he charged at him, "Harry Potter would be willing to make Dobby a Potter elf?"

Harry nodded and then said, "I, Harry James Potter, formly ask that you, Dobby, serve the Potter family, do you accept?"

"I is accepting Master Harry." A blue glow surrounded the pair and then dissappeared. What surprised Harry was the fact that when the glow disappeared, it left behind a changed Dobby. He now stood taller, he looked a lot healthier and his ears weren't as floppy. Harry stared in wonder.

"It is being the Potter family's magics, Master Harry." Dobby said, after noticing Harry's look of amazement, "We house elfs change to suit our Masters family's magic, so that we is being better able to serve the Masters."

Harry nodded in understanding then got his trunk and things together, with a quick nod to Dobby, Harry Potter disappeared from Privet Drive, never to set foot on it again.

A/N:- this is my new fic, my muse has gone and walked out in regards to my other fics, so I thought i'd try something a bit different, hope you enjoy it.

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