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Harry Potter and the Grim Mishap

Chapter 12

August 10, 1991, Tonks Residence

Trixie was watching young Harry read a few books on potions and their ingredients, as well as how to properly prepare them, given that she knew how Snape would treat young Harry because of his rivalry with James Potter. She told Andromeda that Harry would probably be put into a spotlight and many would automatically believe him to know everything about the Magical World and due to this, it would be beneficial to teach him as much as they could without overwhelming the young boy.

When he first was moved into the Tonks family home, he was nervous and unsure what to do, but Andromeda immediately began to help him with his insecurity and helping him deal with the past eleven years of living with the Dursleys. Andromeda had started off with having Harry eat as much as he could and slowly working on him being able to eat more portions. She had also been secretly giving him some Nutrient Potions at every meal. Both Andromeda and Trixie had been trying to get him to focus and do the best he could on his work and not have to worry about looking better than others when it came to classwork. Narcissa had also been coming over and helping Harry by teaching him the customs most Pureblood children knew and the history of the Black Family. She also used what little knowledge she had and told him what she knew about the history of the Potter Family.

Narcissa had also brought Draco a few times and the first meeting between the boys had not been the best. Thankfully Narcissa was able to explain that she and Lucius had not been nice people as they believed that their daughter's disappearance was caused by Muggles. She had also explained that because of this, they raised Draco to hold the same beliefs and now that they found out they were tricked and now that their daughter was back, they were trying to break Draco of the bigoted views against Muggles. Lucius and Trixie had sat down with Harry and explained why he was famous in the Wizarding world and how they once followed the man who killed his parents. They apologized for their role in the war and told him that they would help him in any way they could as they feared the monster they once followed was not dead. Harry nodded and said that he would give them a chance but he would not fully trust them right away.

Trixie sighed at the thoughts and looked back to the papers from Gringotts that had been delivered. She thought back to the meeting that she had with the rest of the group back on the second of August.

Flashback Start

August 2, 1991, Bones Manor

Trixie was currently looking around the room and saw that Mad-eye Moody, Amelia, Lucius, Narcissa, and Andromeda were in the room and chatting before things got started up. Soon Amelia cleared her throat and said, "Thank you for meeting up tonight. First I would like to know how the meeting with Mister Potter went."

Andromeda sighed and said, "It was alright but I do have a lot of concerns about Mister Potter. First off, he is small for his age and he appears to be wearing hand me downs much too large for him. I have reason to believe that he has been abused by his Muggle relatives."

Amelia looked at Andromeda and asked, "Do you have any proof of this accusation or possibly any memories of this issue? Have you interviewed others to see if they have noticed anything so we could take these filthy monsters down?"

Andromeda sighed and said "Yesterday Bellatrix and I went over to his Muggle relatives' home in Little Whinging, Surrey and we slipped into the house during the night and searched the entire house and what we found sickened us. First we did not find a single picture of the Muggle family with Mister Potter, instead, there are only pictures of the Muggle family. We scoured the entire house and we found that Mister Potter's uncle is obese and extremely unhealthy. We also found out that his Muggle cousin is the exact same way. We have reason to believe that the Muggle cousin has two bedrooms and the guest room is used for guests but nothing indicating that young Mister Potter was living there."

Mad-eye looked at Andromeda and asked, "If you found no indication of the boy living there, then what makes you believe that he was abused by these Muggles?"

Trixie looked at Mad-eye and said, "After looking around, I noticed a small door to a cupboard under the stairs with a chain lock on it and I had a sickening feeling about opening it. When I got Andi's attention, we opened the door and found a small stained mattress inside the cupboard and writing on the wall that said "Harry's Room" drawn in crayon. We also found a couple of small toy soldiers but nothing else. We also saw many dangerous cleaning supplies in there as well."

Lucius was looking green when he asked, "Who in the bloody hell would leave a young boy, who is hailed as a hero to thousands of witches and wizards, in such vile conditions?"
Trixie thought about it for a moment and said, "I have a horrible idea but I believe that Dumbledore left the boy in that place after the Dark Lord fell in eighty-one."

Amelia looked sick to her stomach and she said, "Then we need to have a chat with the old man as soon as possible. I will send him a summons to talk to us here and we can question him to the fullest extent that we can legally do without holding a criminal investigation."

Narcissa looked at Andromeda and asked, "Where is Mister Potter now?"

Andromeda looked at her sister and said, "Ted came home yesterday and Nymphadora came home on the thirty-first of July. Right now Harry is with them, eating dinner and watching some old movies while we are here."

Mad-eye looked at Andromeda and asked, "How did Ted react to Bellatrix being around?"

Andromeda sighed and said, "At first, Ted freaked out and tried to attack Bella. As good as Ted is, he didn't stand a chance against her and ended up bound and stunned. I found them and I was able to help her from slipping back into the Madame Lestrange persona before I woke Ted up. I then proceeded to explain everything to him and he seemed to take it as well as anyone in his position could. He is still cautious around Bella but he seems to be fine with her at the moment."

Moody snorted and said, "I would be cautious around her as well, even if she was never a member of the Death Eaters. She was raised a Black and that alone makes her extremely dangerous.

Narcissa nodded at that while Lucius looked at Andromeda and asked, "When we meet up with Dumbledore, what should we do about the children and should we invite the Longbottoms as well?"

Everyone thought about it and Andromeda spoke up, saying, "We should invite the Longbottoms to this meeting we have with Dumbledore and as for the children, I think we should let Ted take them to the Muggle cinemas and Nymphadora can go with him to help out."

Everyone nodded and agreed to everything that had been decided and they all hoped that the meeting with Dumbledore would shine some light on everything they have been going over and they could only hope that he was becoming old and making mistakes and not purposely causing all of these issues.

Flashback End

August 10, 1991, Tonks Residence

Trixie looked over just as the floo came to life and Lucius, Narcissa, Lucretia, and Draco walked out. They quickly got out of the way of the fireplace and greeted both Ted, Andromeda, and Trixie when the floo flared up again. Soon Alice Longbottom exited the floo with young Neville Longbottom and slowly made their way to greet Ted and Andromeda while giving Trixie a polite nod but keeping her distance. Soon a shriek was heard followed by laughter and young Harry Potter running down the stairs. Nymphadora was hot on his trail and it was obvious why when everyone saw that her face was painted like a clown. Everyone broke down laughing at the sight before quietly chatting about how much young Harry had opened up and seemed more childlike now that he was away from the sick Muggles he shared blood relation with.

Not much later, Amelia came by with her niece Susan and Susan immediately made her way over to Harry and Draco. She began to ask many questions about Harry to get to know him and the adults could see that they would be very good friends throughout Hogwarts. Neville stayed close to his mother for a bit as he looked nervous to join the other children. Soon Andromeda saw Alice gently push Neville towards the other children with an encouraging nod.

After a little while, Neville started to make his way over to Harry, Susan, and Draco who openly invited him to join their chat. Andromeda had wondered over to help Nymphadora clean off her face from the clown make-up after she had calmed down a bit. She was followed by Lucretia who was talking with both her and Nymphadora about some of the things she was hoping to do. Ted was currently talking with Lucius, Narcissa, and Alice about how he was first going to take the children to a pizza shop and then to a muggle cinema while they to their meeting. Soon Andromeda joined the other adults while Lucretia stayed to chat with Nymphadora. After a bit of chatting, the adults began to tell their children goodbye and they took the floo to Bones Manor while leaving Ted and Nymphadora to help take care of the children.

August 10, 1991, Bones Manor

Amelia returned to Bones Manor, followed by Andromeda, Trixie, Lucius, Narcissa, and Alice. About ten minutes later, Dumbledore arrived who was followed by Mad-eye. Dumbledore noticed the people gathered around and frowned for a moment before schooling his features and looking at everyone, saying, "I was curious to why I was summoned this evening. I am also curious about the others that are here this evening as well."

Amelia sighed and said, "I summoned you this evening because there are a lot of discrepancies when it comes to the wellbeing of others and you are the only common factor we have with them. You will need to answer some questions that have arisen in the past two months."

Dumbledore looked at Lucius, Narcissa, and Trixie and said, "Can the members present be trusted, Amelia? I would hate for information to get out and be used by the wrong hands."

Amelia looked at the three Dumbledore was looking at and said, "They can be trusted, Albus. They would not be here if I did not trust them."

Albus stared at the group with an emotionless expression and said, "Very well, but understand that I may not be able to answer questions that I do not know the answer to. Also, understand that my answers may not be what you want to hear but I will answer you honestly."

Amelia nodded and said, "First, I would like to know what happened on Halloween ten years ago."

Dumbledore looked at Amelia and said, "I can only speculate but I believe that either Lily Potter did something that could protect her son or young Mister Potter had a bout of very powerful accidental magic or could have been a botched ritual or potion that Tom had done. It could have even been a combination of two of those theories or even all three. But in the end, I do not know what happened that night."

Lucius looked at Dumbledore and asked, "Who is Tom? I can assure you that the barman at the Leaky Cauldron was not a Death Eater."

Dumbledore shook his head and said, "It is the real name of Voldemort. His full name is Tom Marvolo Riddle. Voldemort is an anagram for his real name. Tom is the orphaned child of a Muggle by the name of Tom Riddle and a squib by the name of Merope Gaunt."

Everyone was shocked and slowly nodded at this knowledge and soon Andromeda asked, "That is shocking news but back to the reason we are here. I have recently taken Mister Potter into my home and I was wondering if you knew of his home situation or how he was being treated?"

Albus sighed and said, "That is one of the many regrets I will have to carry with me. I knew his life with his Muggle relatives would not be the best but sadly it was the safest place for him. With Alice in Saint Mungo's along with Frank, and Sirius locked in Azkaban, I was afraid that any claim to raise Mister Potter would be fought in the Wizengamot or bribes would be given so that he ended up in the care of a known Death Eater or Supporter of Tom."

Amelia soon asked, "Speaking of the Longbottoms and Sirius Black, did you have a hand in what happened to them?"

Dumbledore looked at Amelia and said, "I did not. I am not a healer and I will not begin to think I know more than one when it comes to medical knowledge. I may be able to tell the signs of a curse or spell due to my age but that is all I will claim. And Sirius has always been a difficult subject. He was placed in Azkaban and it has bugged me when I heard he would betray James and Lily. I remember how he was when he went to Hogwarts and he was very loyal and a brother in all but blood to James. I have a few theories but without any evidence, I cannot do anything. I have tried many times to get him a trial as well but I have been stonewalled at every turn."

Amelia nodded and soon Mad-eye asked, "What do you want to do know about the rest of the followers? Ever since Bellatrix's trial, do you believe there are more in a situation like her?"

Dumbledore nodded and said, "I have no doubt that Tom forced others to join him. But I do not know if they had the same issue happen to them that happened to Miss Black."

Mad-eye nodded at this and began to make a list of things needed to not only get Sirius Black a trial but to make sure that all those who were forced to join would be known to the group to see if they could become spies.

The rest of the meeting held discussions of asking Dumbledore questions and him answering to the best of his ability. He openly admitted his faults and the reasoning behind his decisions which unfortunately proved that he was in a tight corner due to the positions he held that kept him unnaturally busy and forced him to make decisions that he regretted. He had explained that the Order of the Phoenix was told to only use stunners because of the Death Eaters who would label them as terrorist if they went after them with lethal force. He also explained how he would do everything he could to make up for those poor decisions for the rest of his life. At the end of the meeting, everyone held a new respect for the ancient Wizard who is trying to do his best with the many restrictions placed upon him by the Wizarding World. Trixie decided to wait until she and Andromeda got word back from the goblins before showing Dumbledore and the others what they had found out at Gringotts.

Here is Chapter 12. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I wanted to do something a little different that I do not see very often. Instead of a Dumbledore bashing story, I wanted to make him more of a man who is doing the best he can with everything against him. And while he does manipulate things, it's never in a negative way. Let me know what you think.