So, the thing about the timeline. Hari is two years older and that is the only change. Hogwarts still starts at age 11 and all the canon events happen at the same time. The only difference is that Hari's birthday is two years early. Aka, he is 16 when TT starts. The reason that I did this was that I needed him to spend time with Naruto before this story starts, to gain that familial connection.
I also made it so that Hari had more abilities than the average toddler, and I will also admit that it is frankly impossible for them it be as intelligent as Hari or have the physical abilities that he does, but this is also a fanfic with ties to Naruto. Kids in either one never make sense. That's my defense.
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Hari was frozen. This was not a situation that he wanted to be in. This felt like Dumbledore was trying to trap him. He thought that Dumbledore wouldn't do something like this to him. This was not comfortable. He wanted out. Now. But he was trapped. Hari hoped that Dumbledore had some kind of reasoning behind this because otherwise, he did not know if he could forgive Dumbledore for this. And even so, there would be much that Dumbledore had to answer to no matter his reasoning.
The healer stood to the right of the seated Mr. and Mrs. Potter, both seated in front of Dumbledore's desk. And with Dumbledore's introduction, Healer Heilari went to Hari, smiling, hand raised in an attempt at a handshake. Hari, who was not terribly happy in this situation, lower his head enough in the direction of the hand before looking back up in a clear refusal. The healer's smile cracked a little at the dismissal of his hand shake before slowing and awkwardly lowering his hand.
"Ah, well as Dumbledore said, I'm Healer Heilari. The reason that we are meeting you is that I have been meeting your parent's since your unexpected arrive and we have discovered some things that pertain to you and your childhood."
Hari kept silent, but his thoughts were running, now grasping on to the situation that he was in and not the circumstances that forced him here. A mind healer could do plenty of things and therefore there are a good amount of potential reasons why he is here. They were in charge of you for mental illness, spelling affecting the mind, and general magical damage that the mind would get. This meant that the man could be here for a multitude of reasons from a situation involving the Potter's problems to therapy.
"It seems that around sixteen years ago a type of Memory Charm was placed on your parents. The spell itself seemed to wear off after about three years from when it was cast. We can not be sure, but we believe that it would be safe to assume that it made your parent's forgetful about your presence. That's why your parents treated you as they did."
The healer looked at Hari, and then glancing back at his parents, before continuing. "Sadly, we could only tell you recently as the spell is old and many of the more common tests were unable to grasp something that old. We had to use a potion that was able to list a full spell history, but had the consequence of taking much longer to brew."
Hari had to close his eyes and steady himself. There was too much, way too much. First Dumbledore and now this information about his parents? This was bad. Very bad. It was too much. But. Why did Eric not know him? Surely, at least that would not be explained by the spell.
"Why did Eric not know me then?"
The healer looked sorry for him. Hari hated it. "Well, sadly with spells like this, the worst part is the habits that can form. The spell forces the brain to develop habits that cause focus to shift from the target to other things. Usually, once a spell is broken, the brain is able to break those habits, but that is when the subject regularly interacts with the target after the spell is broken. This is not the cause. You, the target, could not interact with the subject after the spell was broken. So, instead, the habit continued and whenever they came across things that could have triggered memories of you, the habits the spell caused continued. If they saw you regularly, this might be a different story, but sadly it is not."
"And, who cast it?" Hari's voice was flat, unmoving.
"The potion pointed to Peter Pettigrew. We are uncertain why it was cast with you as the target, but he was the cause of the spell."
Hari did not know what to do. It was like he was frozen but also needed to jump and scream and shout and run and smash things. While all those feelings rushed in his head, his body stayed stiff and unmoving.
Dumbledore looked over at the healer. "Is there any more relevant information that Hari should know?"
The healer now looked uncomfortable by Hari seemingly trying to become a statue. "I believe that is all." The healer proceeded to go to the fireplace and floo out of there.
Minutes passed, with everyone in the room starting at Hari. The Potters waited for Hari to speak, believing that they understood his feelings.
Originally the Potters went to the mind healer with the hope that they were not that worst parents in the world. That it was something else. It had to be otherwise they abandoned a child, their child. And it couldn't, especially as the more they saw Harry (they do still see him as Harry and not Hari), the more that they remembered the love they felt when they first saw him, how his first word was Mama, and that he loved sucking on apples when he was so little, and how his cheeks seemed to puff up when he first saw his baby brother. "I'm going to be the bestest big brother ever!"
Those memories were so hazy for so long but as they saw this older Harry, the more memories came back to them.
When they first got the news, they froze, but slowly tears started to leak from their eyes. They wanted to know so bad why this happened and now they did. But would this be enough? Could they get their son back?
This did change things for Hari, although it also left several holes. He did move past his parents, but there was much in his past actions that were based on his hatred for what happened to him in his childhood and some of his current actions. His lust for power stemmed from those with power can control others. While a genius, as a child he did still have a childish thought process. He believed that if he had power, his parent's neglect would not have happened to him. Because of their power over him, they could choose to ignore and abandon him. Later, the Dursleys only furthered that belief when their power over him let them control his actions, his food, and his sleep, and later lead to him being beaten.
Power was control and the more powerful an individual, the more control one had. If he was more powerful than he would have control.
Now he knew that his thoughts from childhood were not law and while they could be true, there was so much more to everything, circumstances and people alike. Although, the spell's consequences did not stop his beliefs in his childhood. They also expanded into today. The main reason that he chose to forget his parents rather than try and go after them was that if chose to be neutral to them, then he was better than them. That was his reasoning and what allowed him to move on from his parent's but if everything was from a stupid spell, then what was his life?
Hari started to feel tears come to his eyes, and with that feeling, Hari started to slowly come back to the present and forcibly calm himself down. He might feel like everything is breaking, but they were not and he couldn't afford to break here and now.
Hari starting to concentrate his breaking. In, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Hold, 1, 2, Out, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
When Hari felt calmer and more comfortable enough, he started to become aware of the stares on him and knew that he would not break down.
"What are you expecting me to do with this information?"
The Potters looked at each other in slight confusion. This was not the reacting that they were looking for. They thought this would be enough, for the trust and everything back. Shouldn't this be enough? It explains everything.
Dumbledore, however, had a slightly better understanding of Hari's thought process so before the Potter's could do any damage to this situation with the callous words, he decided to speak so that the unfelt tension would not cause any problems. "Hari, this does pertain to you, so both the Potters and I agreed to tell you." The Potters looked like they wanted to interrupt with their own thoughts and opinions, but Dumbledore pushed on. "I feel that now since you have the information, it would be best for everyone if we end this here to think on."
"But Dumbledore-" He gave the Potters a look. Sadly, they could not see the tension in the young man's frame. And he needed the time to think, something that the Potter's have already had, but didn't seem to remember that others would need. "You have had time to settle your thoughts and Hari needs the same. Please, let there be time."
The Potters looked mildly chastised by Dumbledore.
Mrs. Potter looked back at Hari and imparted, "Our office and room are open to you at any time. The entrance of our room has the portrait of a stag and a doe on the first floor near the history of magic classroom. We would love to talk to you. And Eric will know soon also." before they proceeded to leave.
The room, once again, the plunged into silence.
"Why did you do that?" Hari almost said it too quietly to be heard, like a whisper to himself, but the words were directed at Dumbledore. "You trapped me there. That's not right. That's cruel."
Dumbledore seemed to wilt into his chair. "Hari, I wished that I didn't have to do that. There was frankly no good way to do it. And it had to be done. This information involves you and you needed to know this."
Hari wanted to shake his head in a clear statement of no, that Dumbledore should not have trapped him in here with the Potters (his family?), forcing him into this situation. But how else would he have listened? He did not know if he could give a truthful answer right now, maybe later, when his mind was not jumbled in everything that he now knows and feels.
"I don't know if I can trust you."
Dumbledore looked off to the side, listening to the anger, sadness, disappointment, loss, in Hari's voice. He knew that this might happen, but he truly wished it wouldn't. But it was for the greater good, the terrible greater good. Eric's parents couldn't afford to keep all of their attention on Hari. As much as it pained him, Dumbledore knew that Voldemort was still active and that Eric needed to be prepared, the deplorable prophecy said so. That meant that the Potters needed to put back their attention to the son that they still had and not the one that they lost.
Although, all that said, Dumbledore was also worried about Hari and partially did this for him. He saw how he ignored the Potters and while Dumbledore could not deny that there is no reason for his feelings, the extent that he was going worried Dumbledore that Hari did not truly get past his parents, not with how he utterly ignored them, not even trying to talk to them so that they could both forgive each other and move on.
"I understand. It is within your right, but I hope you know that I did not want to hurt you and if there is anything that I can do it make up your trust, I will do my best to help."
Hari paused, thinking. He needed a wand. It would benefit him to ask Dumbledore, but his actions railed against him like sandpaper. Although, everything would be easier with Dumbledore's help. And there were not too many other people that he could ask something like that too. Maybe Snape, but there was a good chance that Snape would be a bit angry at Hari not visiting him yet (He has been busy! Dragons, figuring out if he was permanently in this world, and training did that to a person. Thinking about that, Hari decided to put that on his to-do list, and visit Poppy, that too).
A secret part of Hari also still remembered Dumbledore as the grandfather that healed him and gave him sweets when he was at the Dursleys. It might be true that Dumbledore's actions greatly hurt Hari, they would heal within time and for that Hari was more willing to once again put his trust in Dumbledore.
Hari mumbled, "I need a wand."
Dumbledore perked up. "A wand?"
"Yes. I have been testing myself and I discovered that I possibly have enough magic to cast charms with, although I won't know until I can experiment with a wand."
Dumbledore inwardly smiled. This was something he could help with.
"Well, I can't currently promise a day or time, but I can check in with Snape. I believe that he wouldn't mind helping you with this project."
Harry nodded his head. "Thank you. If I can take my leave?"
"Of course."
Hari gave a slight bow before walking out of the office. Dumbledore reached over his desk and took a lemon candy. He needed it after this stressful meeting.
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