Harry Potter and the Summer to Rememer

The end of term was around the corner. The end to the final term of the Third Year of Hogwarts. They had time for one more Quidditch Match and Cedric Diggory, Sixth Year Hufflepuff, Quidditch Captain got his wish.

A rematch. Dumbledore had consented and had decreed that any matches that the students believed were unfair due to harassment and or sabotage would be allowed to be repeated.

Harry was elated. Not only had he got a rematch in Quidditch but during his encounter with Sirius Black, Professor's Snape and Vector, the latter had been a trainee Hit Wizard and had graduated six years before Harry had started Hogwarts she had managed to stun Peter Pettigrew.

The man was kissed but not before the rat animagus had sung like a canary before the Dementors got him. Dumbledore had pulled Harry, Sirius and Remus to one side and said for the sake of the blood protections Harry would have to stay at the Dursley's at least until the middle of July.

Sirius had begun to fume but Harry had given him a smirk that promised that he had trick up his sleeve. So, after they had left the Headmasters Office, Sirius took the pair of them to a hideout the Marauders had made. "What's the plan?"

Harry grinned "McGonagall and Hermione were so helpful. Hermione asked McGonagall for some adoption forms that would be applicable in the Muggle World and Magical World for 'comparison purposes'. Anyway, Hermione's given them to me. So, all you, Sirius, need to do is sign them and Professor Lupin and Hagrid can sign them. Then go to the Dursley's with me, they'll need no influence in signing them. Sign it, tell them I have to come back and then you spirit me away."

Remus and Sirius stared at Harry "That's ingenious…But won't…"

"Dumbledore won't be able to do a thing. Especially if the files are documented correctly by someone of above reproach or in charge of Law Enforcement." Harry replied using a hidden intellect, contrary to popular belief, Harry was scarily smart and didn't want to lose Hermione's friendship.

Sirius nodded "We'll do this on three conditions: One why are you masking your intelligence. Two what haven't you told me about your first two years at Hogwarts. Three no matter the outcome of our talk we, Moony and I are going to improve your skills."

Harry nodded "So, how do we do this? I talk or Dursley's first?"

"You."

Harry nodded and with that he began to explain. It was hard at first but soon enough everything came rushing out. Harry explained that he was little more than a slave at the Dursley's and beaten for burnt bacon, burnt sausages, paper not ironed, shirts not done correctly, outperformed Dudley." Harry took a breath and then moved on. He explained the Troll, the expectations, Hermione and Ron's first interactions, him making the Quidditch Team, the Troll, Midnight Duel, Fluffy and the subsequent Philosopher's stone and the entirety of second year.

Sirius and Remus were for a lack of a better hyperbole flabbergasted. Sirius's eyes were glittering with madness and desire to bring Dumbledore down. "Sirius, go to Gringotts get some money out; the more the better…Also get some papers to sign guardianship over. Then inform them that a friend of yours is going to come and abduct me."

Sirius nodded "How we going to make that believable?"

"Trash my room. It's a mess but make it more of one. Spell fire sparks, overturned desk etc."

Remus stared at Harry "That is remarkably well thought out."

Harry snorted "I want out of Dumbledore's thumb. I went to them on his orders. I probably only got sent to the Weasley's because Dumbledore allowed it…I'm not stupid but I'm no genius…I suspect I'm more involved in Dumbledore's plans than I want to be and that includes academically."

Remus nodded "Then this summer, the three of us will have to do something. It'll be educational as well as fun."

Harry nodded at his surrogate Uncle "As long as I pick the country."

"Where do you want to go?"

"America, heard that Fay Dunbar that it was a good place to learn all sorts of magic. Apparently, her grandmother lives over there."

Sirius smirked "Have a crush on the Heiress of the Ancient House of Dunbar? I jest Harry, the Dunbar's are good people, a couple of years older than myself and your father but reliable. The most Hufflepuff of Gryffindor's in our experience."

Harry nodded "What do you mean by Ancient House?"

Sirius gulped "What do you know about your house?"

"My father was James Potter and, my mother was Lily Evans and I look like my father and have mother's eyes." Harry said his heart sinking.

"I am going to kill Dumbledore. What he has done is unforgivable. Okay Harry the very dumbed down basics. Five classes of Houses: Reverent, Ancient and Noble; Ancient and Noble; Ancient; Noble and House. The Potters are an Ancient and Noble House along with Blacks. Hell I'll give you a few from the education I remember. Basically the ones you need to remember are the Reverent, Ancient and Noble Houses and the Ancient And Noble. Reverent, Ancient and Noble Houses are the Founders, Peverelle, Le Fay, Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, Pendragon, Galahad and Tristan. Ancient and Noble are Potters, Black, Longbottom, Bones, Yaxley, Greengrass, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle and Rockwood." Explained Sirius.

"What's the difference?"

"Reverent Houses did something remarkable for Magical Britain; the Founders for Hogwarts, Peverelle not sure because they were a secretive bunch and the others are the Legend of King Arthur, Morgana le Fey and the Knights of the Round Table. Ancient and Noble Houses basically have had magic from 900 AD basically when Hogwarts finally admitted its first generation. Ancient houses are just old Houses with magic users for fifteen generations; Hagrid for one. Noble Houses have in essence bought places in the government and Houses; once you have produced a determined number of witches and wizards you become a magical house…It's confusing and contradictory as hell. It boils down to votes in the Wizengamot or the Government. RAN Houses-Four votes, AN Houses- Three Votes, A and N Houses- Two votes, Houses- one vote. Minister, Chief Warlock and Head of Justice- two votes a piece. General population- one vote."

Harry sighed "That's balls, Malfoy keeps claiming his family has close to eighteen votes on the Wizengamot."

Sirius chuckled "Malfoy only has two. But they peddle enough gold to effectively purchase the other sixteen votes. The reason no-one stands up to them is because his opponents are either; all dead, too young or ignorant of their potential."

Harry's eyes glowed with determination "Well thankyou Merlin that Hogwarts lets out in two days." Sirius and Remus both nodded at that and they left the Hospital Wing.

The next two days passed uneventfully and soon enough Harry was on the Hogwarts Express heading home. Hedwig was flying high above the train, on her leg were two notes. One from Dumbledore and the other was from Sirius.

With a bark, she swooped into the compartment. Ron went for his wand only for Hedwig to glare at the temperamental redhead with undisguised loathing. The terror to her bacon must know his place.

Harry held his hand out and Hedwig landed on it "Hermione, in my cloak…Left inside pocket…The OTHER left…You'll find a bag." Harry instructed, for all her book knowledge and smarts, Hermione sucked at her left and rights. Eventually Hedwig had settled above Harry snacking on her delicious bacon.

Harry,
Please do not leave your relatives home until the Weasley's come to collect you. It is for your own safety.
Albus Dumbledore.

Harry,
Dumbledore's letter says for you to stay put. Well Moony's paid a visit to the Dursley's be ready.
Snuffles.

Before Ron and Hermione could enquire what they were about Harry burnt them. "Well?"

"Well what? Hermione?"

"The notes."

"Not telling."

"Harry you've…"

"I would like some secrets Hermione! I don't ask you about the correspondence you get from your parents. The same goes for you Ron. If you must know, I'm no longer anyone's puppet or dancing to another's tune happy." Harry snarled.

Hermione and Ron knew Harry had a temper and that it could burn awfully hot, they quietly decided to let it drop. Ron was immediately thinking of a letter to send to the Headmaster.

The train arrived at Kings Cross, after saying his goodbyes to Hermione and the Weasley's, Harry headed through barrier to his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, who was still wearing his Smelting's Uniform "Not a fucking word Uncle, can't have my escape being prevented if you can't keep your mouth shut." Harry said quietly enough for his Uncle to hear.

The Dursley's nodded and the four of them got into the car "What's going on boy…I don't like being threatened especially by your kind."

"Appearances have to be maintained. This is one such thing. All I know is I'm out of your shithole of a home either by tonight or by tomorrow morning at the latest. I have no idea what is going on but all you need to know is that I am gone."

"All we have to do is put up with you for the rest of today and possibly tomorrow and you're gone…like forever?" Asked Dudley stupidly.

Harry nodded.

"Where are you going to be staying."

"With my mass murdering Godfather…Bound by Ancient Laws to not cause me any harm either intentionally or unintentionally or even participate." Harry replied a smirk on his face, his relatives shut up rather quickly after that.

They eventually arrived at Number Four when it happened. Dudley had rushed out of the car and tore inside the house, Harry had never seen a lump of lard move like that. Dudley was quickly followed by Aunt Petunia with Uncle Vernon following; Harry smirked and pulled his trunk out of the car boot "Stupefy!" Harry keeled over and he knew no more.

Ted Tonks grinned. A muggleborn he maybe, he was also a Lawyer and Solicitor and exceptionally gifted at stunning spells and apparition. The moment Sirius had been cleared the Lord of the Black family had arrived at their doorstep welcoming them back into the family for one favour; Ted was to kidnap Harry Potter. Ted shook his head "Too slow Lord Potter…This isn't adding up." The Tonks patriarch shrunk Harry's trunk, released Hedwig who glared evilly at him without blinking. "You're really not normal are you little Snowy Owl." Hedwig barked.

Ted disapparated and Hedwig followed.

(Tonks House)

Ted arrived with a bang, Andy and Sirius looked up as Ted walked in carrying Harry over his shoulder "He didn't put up a fight."

Sirius grinned "He only wanted to be told that I'd be getting him out. Not who, when, why, what and how." Ted flicked his wand and Harry woke up, he was dazed and disorientated but that was normal as Dumbledore had reassured him.

"Ow…You must be the rescue party. Thanks for that."

Sirius grinned and introduced him to the remaining members of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Black. After the introductions Andy asked Harry one question "What do you know about magic?"

Harry considered his words "Not much. Aside from using a wand and seeing Sirius shapeshift into a dog, I thought that was it."

Andy's eyes flickered from steel grey to volcanic red and back "That insufferable batty old man of a Headmaster…No matter." Andy cleared her throat and began to explain.

"We don't know what magic is but what we do know is that there are multiple ways that witches and wizards can utilise magic. In magical families, it is not unknown for families to develop affinities for certain branches of magic again from different categories of magic. An example: The Black family has always been part of the wanded category of magic with an affinity to the darker branches it."

Harry nodded "Wanded magic is a category and dark magic as I know it is a branch of it. So Transfiguration and Charms the wanded kind are branches of the wanded magic category. What about Defence Against the Dark Arts?"

Sirius chuckled "Defence is an ambiguous umbrella term. There are multiple categories that could constitute 'defence' and 'offence' that is left predominantly to the country of birth."

Harry blanched "Considering I've seen British Politics, I'm pretty sure I don't want to know our constitution of 'defence' and 'offence'. Shouldn't we comply with the ICW?"

"We do and as should the majority of the ICW countries but the funny thing is, people don't."

Harry began to shake "Explain?"

"The ICW was written by purebloods who heavily favour total isolationist ideals. Most countries use it as a guideline and thus we're considered a joke."

Harry sighed "And yet Dumbledore and the Ministry are fine with this? Anyway, I can get out of here?"

"With great difficulty. You need to be emancipated by either: the Wizengamot or a magically sentient artefact all of which are closely monitored when in use…You could elect to leave after your OWLS but that is your school though but not the world."

Harry smirked "Okay. My intention is go to America and learn different categories and branches of magic this summer and they're going to be everything and anything."

Andy and Sirius nodded "We have everything prepared for you. The only reason we're involved is because Sirius can't organise a piss up in a brewery. First of all, you need some decent mundane clothes and then your portkey out is tomorrow evening."

Harry nodded "First of all I want to plan all my essays for Hogwarts…That way I can get them done tomorrow so I have all my holidays to learn new stuff."

Sirius stared at him "Done. From here on out you apply yourself. You do not need people who smother you."

The rest of the evening Harry spent it talking with Sirius, Andromeda, Ted, Remus who had come back from Grimmauld Place after tidying up a couple of rooms and a rather bubbly trainee auror by the name of Nymphadora Tonks.

His essays that Summer were for Potions: Collect potion ingredients for a Wiggenweld Potion and eight inches on the individual ingredients and how they could be helpful or detrimental to health.
Transfiguration: Two rolls of parchment on comparing two Animagi transformation methods.
Charms: Three feet on the usage of the summoning, levitating and the lumos charms in a duel.
Defence: Ten feet on Vampires and Werewolves.
Care Of Magical Creatures: Either eighteen inches on a magical of their own choosing or a journal of magical creatures encountered on holiday comprising of strengths, weaknesses, habits etc.
Astronomy: An essay on Jupiter's moons and label a Jupiter chart
Divination: four feet on reading tea leaves and the possible difficulties in doing so.
Herbology: three feet on the use of Mandrakes
History: Four feet on the Wizengamot

It was close to ten at night when Harry finished constructing his plan for his History of Magic Essay. He was going to work on his least favourite first starting with History, Divination and Potions. Then he would work on Astronomy, Transfiguration and Herbology and lastly Charms, Care and Defence.

As Harry fell asleep in the spare room at the Tonks residence "This summer is going to be immense."