What if the summer leading into 4th year was a little different? What would this change going forward? Would having someone that cares make him a better student? Would Sirius turn him into a prankster or a fighter? And what about his friends would they not like these changes? This is a way I could have seen things changing if a few things had been different after 3rd year.

Warning Ron bashing, Manipulative Dumbledore, overbearing/bashing Molly, and mentions of abuse. Possible minor Hermione bash at points but she will get better.

This will be a Daphne as a pairing here. Also Wolfstar pairing.

Putting this here for any new readers to me. I write the way people speak which is not grammatically correct all the time. I am going to do my best with spelling and catching mistakes (I reread multiple times before I post) but I am not going to get everything. If a word is similar enough (ex: quite and quiet) I may not see it at all. Pretty sure I have slight dyslexia (there are many different levels to dyslexia some are not as obvious) and my school did nothing to help the issue (a teacher even saw me fixing one mistake when I switched I and R in bird asked if it happened often said yes and nothing came of it). I do not use Beta's though because trust issues. I have had people steal my stuff. Will though try to use British terms and slang properly and were needed but also might not catch.

Have fun reading and tell me what you think.

Chapter 1

I had all the hopes in the world when Sirius had asked me to move in with him. I would finally get that happy home that I did not get here. I had pictured a cabin in the woods were we could see the stars just like he had said. Even Professor Lupin could stay with us. All that was crushed though when he had to run again.

Now three days home I sat in the smallest bedroom in 4 Privet Drive listening to the snoring of my cousin and uncle. My school work was locked away so I could not do my homework. They had even taken my want this year and locked it in the cupboard.

I was broken from thought by a typing on my window. I wondered why and owl would come this late but noticed it was no owl. Instead it was a large bat of some kind with a letter. I opened my window and it flew in. Hedwig payed the bat little mind as it set the letter on my bed before hanging from upside down from her perch.

Dear Pup,

I hope you are well but I find myself hard in believing you are. I am doing well getting my strength up once again. Now I told you I was leaving for some where sunny but I only said that as I feared Dumbledore watching. That meddling fool does not need to know. Which is why I have a new friend, her name is Nyx.

You might not be aware but owls are not the only creatures that bound wizards for mail purpose. I know you have Hedwig but she is obvious where this little charmer is more discrete and no one thinks to put mail redirect charms on them. That is another reason I got her for us to use. There is some draw back though using a bat. Unlike owls she can not fly during the day and cant take anything other then letters. She is also slower in flight so if she has to travelmore then 50 miles they will stop and rest for the day.

Back to the mail redirection charms. I fear Dumbledore is intercepting your mail. Moony said he wrote to you as a child but never got response and was surprised you knew nothing of him when he arrived last year. Thinking of it have you ever gotten mail outside of Hogwarts and your friend group? I mean you are famous even some fan mail would slip through common wards.

I know it may seem strange my distrust for Dumbledore but he had a chance to make sure I got a trail but didn't. If I was a spy you would think he as the leader of the group I fought for would want to know what I had told. Instead I find he helped sign the order.

I think it has something to do with you. I am not sure what you know of your family but I noticed you are not wearing your ring. Talking with Moony he seems to be under the impression that you don't know your history and that is an injustice in its self. The thing is I don't know all the answers either as I am not a Potter by blood. The Potter Grimoire should have your history withing it.

What I can help with is getting you out of that house you are stuck in. Moony also mentioned something about a house-elf from your second year. He said you freed it the thing is that house-elves need wizards to survive it is why they are bound to us. If they don't they become weak over time. I am sure you meant no harm and this elf likely was being abused but it is possible he bonded with you. Once done reading call this elf and if he comes he is bonded if not call for Tinker. I would say just call Tinker but this other elf could likely use a real home.

Anyway once you have an elf gather all your things. If it is this other elf tell him to take you to the Potter elf named Tinker. I have a safe home set up where not even Dumbledore can get in. I offered you a home and though I am not free I will be damned if I don't give it to you. We will talk more after you arrive.

With Love,

Padfoot

Could Dumbledore really do that? Think back it was possible he has done something. He placed me with the Dursley's to start with and seemed to make sure I was not aware of magic. If Professor Lupin said he tried to write me I am sure it was true. The only thing he ever really lied about was his condition and that was understandable.

"Dobby," I said and only a moment later he arrived.

"Master Harry finally call Dobby," he said excited. "Dobby do whatever master needs,"

"I would have called you sooner but I did not know you bounded with me," I said

"It is only partial bound sir," he said "Dobby should have asked. Dobby must…,"

"Don't you dare punish yourself," I said before he moved "Dobby I know now that you need that bound to live. I don't fully understand it once things get figured out we will finish the bond ok."

"Yes Master Harry," Dobby said with a smile. "What do you need Master Harry?"

"Well first can you get all my school things?" I asked "They are locked in a cupboard under the stairs and I cant get out of my room,"

"Of course," he said and with a pop he was gone and only a moment later he was back. "I careful with wand. Normally house-elf wont touch wand but I knew I could not leave it."

"Thank you," I said opening my trunk I put the few belongs around the room I wanted. Most important was the photo on my nightstand of my parents and the album. Then it was over to Hedwig. "You think you can find me where ever I go girl?"

With a happy hoot for her I took it as a yes. I opened the window and let her fly out. For Nyx well she looked tired so I picked her up and she crawled on my back with her head resting on my shoulder. She seemed to cling on very well which would be good. Dobby then strapped the stand and cage to my trunk.

"Where to?"

"A Potter house-elf by the name of Tinker," I said and Dobby nodded grabbing my hand and trunk. In a blink we were on a road in the middle of no where. It was a long dirt road with a forest on either side. In front of us was a large gate with a crest with two winged skeletal like horses on it. In the distance I could see open fields and a house which looked large from this distance.

"I could not enter home," Dobby said "The wards make it difficult,"

"Thats ok," I said. I moved closer to the gate and it opened on its own. As we walked threw it closed once again closed and sealed itself with magic. Nyx then flew off toward the home and we started that way as well. When we got closer a large black dog came bounding out tackling me to the ground before licking my face.

"Sirius stop!" I said trying to push him off. He did get off though and changed into himself. He looked a little better then he had before. His face less gaunt and his color less pale. His hair was still dull but looked healthier as well. He was wearing regular clothes as well instead of the old prison suit.

"I am just excited you are here," he said offering me a hand he pulled me off the ground.

"Where is here exactly?" I asked.

"Potter Manor," he said as if I should know. "You really don't know anything about your family do you?"

"Not really," I said "I got some photo's and the little others have said."

"Well for now lets get you into bed," he said "Everything is going to take quiet a bit to explain. Better to be fresh when I tell you. Follow me Prongslet,"

And that I did. We entered a larger foyer with grand double staircase. Sirius had me leave my things here that way we could go threw them. I then followed him up the stairs and down a long hallway before coming to a large set of doors. Through the doors we went to a nice but not as grand area of the Manor.

"Your family kinda separated the Manor," he explained "The front were you enter is grand and all the rooms in the hall we came threw are for guests. There is a formal dinning area to the left of the foyer and a ball room to the right. The large kitchen is next to the dinning area and an office entrance under the stairs are the lower separation of the entertaining and living area. The back half was more for family and close gatherings."

"Wow," I said "anything else I should know?"

"They owlery is up on the fourth level," he said as we went up another set stairs "We are headed to the third floor which is family bedrooms. The second is the library, training room, and study areas along with a couple guest rooms. The ground floor has more of the basic living spaces like the smaller kitchen, living room, and informal dinning area. The basement has wine and food storage along with a secure room your father had built for Moony. Outside there is a quidditch pitch, dueling area, enchanted gardens, and the barns. We have plenty of time to explore it all. For now we are at your room,"

I had not even realized we had stopped. There in front of us was a door that read Prongslet on the plaque. I slowly opened the door on Sirius prompt to see a large room. It was about the size of my whole dorm room. In the far wall was a king size four post bed with matching side tables, dresser, and a desk. The general theme of the room seemed to be red and sliver as the curtains and bed spread meet those colors. There was three other doors as well.

One lead to a huge walk in closet that only had a few clothes in it. The second was to a bathroom which had a separated tub and shower. The last was a double glass door leading out to a balcony that over looked the quidditch pitch.

"This is amazing!"

"Had to get it ready for you of course as it was still set for the nursery," Sirius said "Eventually you can have the master but for now I think this will do."

"This is not the master!"

"Nope," he said with a laugh. "The master is its on suit with a sitting room/study. Again I think this is fine for now. There is some sleepwear in the dresser so head to bed and we will talk in the morning,"

"Night Sirius," I said going to the dresser.

"Night Pup,"

*Next Morning*

I was plenty confused when I woke up. It took me only a moment to remember that I had left Private Drive and was now at Potter Manor. I then got up and went to the balcony to see the views.

Now in the morning light I got some great views. The pitch was about the size of Hogwarts pitch which was a standard pitch. I could see the barn that Sirius had mentioned along with a few winged horses though I was not able to tell what they were. The garden looked great as well though a little sparse on the plant verity.

"Enjoying the view," I turned to see Sirius at the door.

"It is amazing," I said.

"We can check it all out later," he said "Tinker and Dobby are making breakfast so lets go eat and I can explain things huh,"

"Alright," I said coming in following him down stairs. There I found Dobby and another elf placing food on the table. Dobby had changed out of the ratty pillow case he was wearing and into a toga like red cloth with a gold belt and a pin on the shoulder that looked like the one from the gate.

"It is good to see you Master Harrison," said the other elf. "My name Tinker and I am head elf of your elves,"

"Elves? How many do I have?"

"With Dobby sir you have a total of sixteen that work and three elflings," Tinker said. "There is typically two at each home but the Manor has five without Dobby and they youngest elfiling at 12 years."

"I would like to meet them all later if I can," I said sitting down.

"Of course Master Harrison," he said with a bow and left.

"Why did he call me Harrison?" I asked well get some eggs on my plate.

"Its your name,"

"Pretty sure it is Harry,"

"Seriously no one ever told you your full name," Sirius said surprised.

"I was always told Harry James,"

"Your full name is Harrison James Sirius Potter," Sirius's said "You were named after your mothers father, your father, and me. Your parent planed on putting all their kinds names to include at least one of their godparents names. No one ever told you?"

"No Aunt Petunia just called me Harry and Uncle Vernon either boy or freak," I said "Only reason I knew my middle name is cause a project in primary school I needed to make a family tree."

"Seems we have a lot of things to correct," he said "Now starting off this is your family home built on the lands on the Peverell family which yours married into. Your family is one of the seven Most Noble and Ancient families. This makes you heir to one of the highest families in our society. I am another though I can not claim my lordship as of this moment. Where you not taught this in you first semester when you took Accumulation to Wizard Life class?"

"What class?"

"It is a class designed for muggle-born or muggle raised witches and wizards to help them adjust to our world." He said biting his toast. "I know you are considered a half-blood but still being raised muggle you should have taken the class."

"No I didn't," I said "I never even heard of the class even from Hermione."

"What about the pamphlets and extra books for reading before school?"

"No," I said "I guess that is why Hermione had read Hogwarts A History. I only got the books required by the list,"

"Who took you to Diagon Alley?"

"Hagrid," and then Sirius put his hands to his faced and dragged them down. "I am guessing not a good thing?"

"Don't get me wrong Hagrid is a great bloke," he said "but one to introduce a muggle-born or muggle raised child to our world. It should have been a Head of House or someone close to your family. In your case a good choice would have been Remus as he was friends with your parents."

"I didn't even know about him until last year," I said "Even then we did not talk much. I think he felt it not his place after so long,"

"You would be correct to a point," he said "Moony has always had issues connecting with people due to his condition. Seeing you now grown and with your own life he did not want to interfere to much where he thought he was not wanted. He was also under the impression you knew about your parents and your family. He does regret it greatly that he did not talk with you more. I expect we will see him within the week."

"You gonna explain more of your letter?"

"Yes I will," he said "Now knowing that it was Hagrid that took you I see why you don't know anything. Eleven as you might know is important age for magical people. Your core is finally stabilized enough to do focused magic and for those of noble families is when an heir can fully claim their right. For you this would have been done but my guess is the goblins were told not to at this point by Dumbledore,"

"Why does Dumbledore have a say?"

"When I was sent to Azkaban he was made magical guardian by the ministry," he explained. "Though the goblins don't recognize his over mine thankfully or he woud have gotten into the Potter Vault."

"Potter Vault? You mean my vault,"

"Yes and no," he said "When you go to Gringotts you go to vault 687 I presume. That is your trust vault set by your parents to get your threw until you come of age. Every year a total amount worth 3200 galleons is placed there. If not all used in a year, which I find unlikely, it is topped off. This vault was yours to spend however you like after you got school supplies. Your parents wanted to make sure you knew to responsible with it at least and know importance over just wanting something."

"Wait so I did not have to pinch every knut to save it for seven years? I could have gotten a new trunk instead of a used one."

"Correct you are quite well off," he said with a laugh. "The family has three other vaults. 688 which was your father and mothers vault. This was money set aside to raise you with if they died so your tuition comes from there plus any major needs. Vault 137 is the family heirlooms vault. This has jewelry, art, books, and anything of history to the family in it. The last vault is vault 7 which is on the lowest level of Gringotts as the oldest account. This vault is the family vault. All money from investments goes straight to this vault if the investment is made for the good of the family. The family Grimore is kept here at times when the Manor is not occupied. The family rings are also kept in this vault along with a few other rare items."

"Grimore?"

"Book of the history of the Potter family," he said "It will also contain spells, potions, and just about anything that is personal to your family. Some spells are unique to families because of the family magic that resides in the noble families. Family member add to the book and I think even your mother, who before she married in started a book of her own, added to it the charms and potions she made. Each heir and head also typically make their own journal for the next generations to read though they are keep in the main study here. We will use these to teach you about your history and Wizengamot, which I am guess you have no clue about,"

"None at all," I said "What about Dumbledore? You said you think he placed some charm on me,"

"Yes," he said "Your famous but never received fan mail. Which is not a bad thing but a simple mail charm can determine fan mail from other mail. It should not have stopped Remus letters from ever getting to you. Have you ever gotten statements from Gringotts?"

"No," I said "I get letters from Ron, the rest of the Weasley's, Hermione, Hagrid on occasion, and Hogwarts. That is a little odd though now that I think about it. I thought I had made more friends first year and Neville did say he would write but I thought he forgot. Same with my team mates for quidditch. Actually it was odd that I got the broom last year from you as the only other gift I got unmarked was from Dumbledore and that was really him returning something."

"Hold on what did he give you?"

"My invisibility cloak," I said "I got it at Christmas my first year,"

"Why in all bloody hell did he have it," Sirius said "That should have gone to vault 688 or 137. It a family heirloom brought in by the Peverell's."

"Said dad left it in his care,"

"Will be questioning that old man later," he mumbled. "As for how you got the broom I dropped it off myself. I had tried to write you and Moony at this point to explain myself and every note was returned"

"So you think Dumbledore was intentionally trying isolate me?"

"Honestly yes but I don't know why," he said "We are going to have to check with Gringotts to see if he did anything else either to you or your accounts."

"How though I am sure he will realize or when he finds out I am not at Private drive have someone looking for me,"

"I will send Nyx tonight to the Potter Manager and get a portkey direct to his office. That way no other customers see us. Now tell me about school and you? I missed almost thirteen years I want to get to know you,"

I knew living with Sirius there was going to be things he needed to know so I started from the beginning. He was not happy the Dursley's treatment of me and less about the abuse. He did say he suspected it though as how quick I accepted his offer to live with him. This made me seeing a goblin healer top on his list.

I got to my first year of Hogwarts and he was clearly not happy with Dumbledore hiding the stone. He was also surprised that Madam Pomfrey had not noticed how underweight and malnourished I was. He was also disappointed in McGonagall for not listening to us that someone was after the stone.

When it came to second year he was horrified. Not only was the DADA teacher a complete fraud but Dumbledore left the school open. Not only that Dumbledore and the other teachers seemingly did nothing when it came to my treatment after it was reveled I was a parselmouth. He was disappoint in me for going to Lockheart instead of a true professor. I did explain Ron gave me little choice.

Then it was on to my friends. He was happy that Hermione was looking out for me even though it was unneeded when it came to the broom. Ron though he was not to happy with. He pointed out a few things that I seemed to have ignored the last three years. Ron seemed to use me to get things like sweets. He also seemed to think he had a right to what was mine when I told him about how Ron wanted to ride the firebolt and almost took it before I got to ride it. He also pointed out how it looked like, at least form his outside view, that Ron was keeping others away making him my only friend to fall on. This even seemed to be the case with his own siblings. Sirius said he would never say who I should be friends with but maybe I should try to get some more.

Then he asked about favorite subject and my grades. He was confused when I said I had no clue but figured that if the Dursley even got a report it was burned. Most of my work was A to E with my Potions grade falling in the low A's and P range. When I told him I had difficultly with things he was shocked saying I was a natural as a baby so much that my parents had to place a baby bind on my core. It was suppose to ware off but it was possible that some remained causing some of my issues.

"Answer me honestly," Sirius said as we walked. Half way threw our talk it was deiced that we walk the grounds after we dressed. "Have you tried your best in your studies? I think I know the answer but I want to see,"

"I guess not really," I said kicking some rocks. "I wanted to when I first went. I always had to make sure I did worse then Dudley. I did not want to displace Hermione though or leave Ron behind so I stayed in the middle."

"That seems to be in line what I have heard," he said. "Remus noticed it and I am sure the others have as well. What I am going to tell you stays between us. Hermione is a smart witch but she is not strong. Her core is likely small and as she does not ever truly master spells she won't enlarge it by much by the time it becomes completely stable. I said earlier that eleven is when it stabilizes enough to focus magic but it still is growing as it matures with puberty. The largest span of growth is between thirteen and seventeen with the core stabilizing fully around eighteen. With Ron he potential has a decent core but he has no motivation. Remus noted that is seems as his homework was rushed and seemed to match a lot of what yours and Hermione said almost word for word. Tell me does he wait last minute and you both "help" him with his work?"

"Pretty much,"

"Now did you take Divination because Ron did?" he asked and I nodded. "That is not a good reason to take it and my guess you don't like it,"

"No but Ron said it was an easy pass,"

"I think you should write to McGonagall and drop it," he said "I can get you caught up on Runes if you would like,"

"I would," I said think on how it had seemed interesting when were read what it was about second year.

"Would you like to know what Remus noticed with you?" he asked and I nodded "Well then he noticed that for the first month you tried to not do well but started showing your true intelligence. You also hid your power when not with him alone. When he asked the others teachers he got the same thing. They noticed that you seem to hold yourself back. Even Snape noticed it though he does not expect you to do much better. This summer Remus and I will review everything with you. So this coming year we I will expect you to do your best. You think you can do that?"

"Yea I think so,"

"Alright then pup," he said with a smile. "Why don't we head to the barn and you can check thins out,"