Chapter one

After escaping the Dursley's when he had blown up marge, Harry Potter couldn't believe he was allowed to remain in Diagon alley for the rest of the holidays. Apart from checking out some of the shops he had never been too, he finally got a chance to speak with the goblins about his vault. He had been shocked that the vault he used was only a trust vault, that he held quite a number of vaults. The Potter's personal use that he could not touch until he was seventeen, to vaults for the various companies that the Potters either owned outright or held major shares in.

Harry realised he had a lot of reading to do, so the goblins handed him copies of everything, then he went to his trust vault to pile up a pouch with gold that the goblins supplied him. It had a feather light charm so he would have no trouble carrying his load. Once it was full it would remain full no matter how much Harry spent.

He found a small box the size of a woman's jewellery box, it was beautifully carved, but that wasn't what drew Harry to it. Something felt familiar, he had no idea why but he wanted to find out. He picked up the box, stuck it in his pocket then went back to the leaky cauldron, straight to his room. As soon as Harry touched the lock at the front of the box, it shimmered then opened. Harry found a book inside, a small dark blue book.

Harry was confused but curious so he opened the cover, 'Lily Potter,' Harry stared down at his mother's name then realised this was a diary or journal, 'I will get to know a bit about my mother,' Harry grinned then made himself comfortable and began to read.

"My darling Harry, this is my journal that will aide you through your life. There are many charms that I invented that will only work for you, as I charmed my spells to my blood, your father's blood and your blood. We will get to those later. The first thing you should know is that we were told a prophecy, one where the dark lord, Voldemort would try to kill you, yet you will vanquish him and you will be marked as his equal. We could never work out what the mark meant.

"Hearing that there is a chance Voldemort will come after you, your father and I spent all our time working on charms to protect you, and us, but we mainly concentrated on you. Using our blood that we mixed with yours and another little charm I came up with, we knew you would survive. What we did was allowed our magical cores to join with yours if a dark aura was detected. We were willing to die to make sure you lived, but we did hope we could to stay with you. If you are reading this then it means we are no longer with you.

"Now if you did vanquish him that night and received some type of mark then the prophecy would be fulfilled, you would need to go to the department of mysteries, to the hall of prophecy to see if that is true. But I studied a lot after hearing it and believe if he was destroyed that night then there should be no more prophecy, but check to make sure.

"Now to the box this book came in, it is not just an ordinary box, if you drop a small amount of your blood on the centre of the carving it will changed to its full size, just larger than average height of a man or woman. You step inside and say "there is no place like home" you and the trunk will appear in Potter manor where a staff of house elves will make sure you have everything you need. If you wish to keep the trunk with you at Hogwarts so you can visit the manor, then all you need to do is touch it for it to revert to a normal size trunk. The blood is so the charms will recognise you as Harry Potter, it also means no one else can access your trunk.

"Since you are of age to begin at Hogwarts then you will not get to spend more then you're holidays at the house. I decided it might be wise to give you more time. Once you reached your room, the master suit, there is a small pocket watch sitting beside the bed, it's a time device. There is a potion beside it that will keep you from aging, and having any health problems from repeating time over and over. You will need the potion every time you redo time, but there is plenty in the potions lab ready for you. You will need to sleep a lot, so taking an hour or so through the day for a nap will be a good idea apart from sleeping of a night.

"Now to why I did this, well, I'm sorry to say that if we die then the best protection you could have from Voldemort would be if you lived with blood, your father had no blood family left. We spoke with Sirius and Albus about this and realised to give you the best protection from Voldemort's death eaters, if Voldemort died, would be if you were to live with my sister. She is not a very nice person, neither is her husband who I only met once. I wish there could be another way as I have many wonderful friends who would raise you like their son, Petunia probably would not, but I cannot say for certain, only that her and her husband do not like our kind, meaning witches and wizards.

"Now you have a way to get to Potter manor you would never need to return to Petunia, it was best for you until you turned eleven and learnt how to use your magic. No one apart from your father, Sirius and I knew that we planned this, so even though we worked with others to make sure you were safe while still very young, from eleven on we knew it would be the time for you to care for yourself. The others would not agree with this but we did not want you remaining with Petunia longer than necessary.

"You can now remain at the house where you will be looked after by the wonderful family of house elves; that we actually thought of as family. The house is warded with so many enchantments that no one can find it, no one can follow you there unless you allow it. There are two charms in my book, one that will show you how to bring visitors in, the other will work only once, it's just a precaution in case you invite someone then change your mind about allowing them entry. At this time there are only two people alive apart from our family allowed to enter Potter manor so no matter what is going on you will be safe.

"You're father and I also organised magical portraits, so apart from speaking with your ancestors on the Potter side, you will be able to speak with us as well. We kept the charm updated so we will have our full memories up until we died. As no one can access the house until Lord Potter returns, which is you, then we have no idea what has been going on since our deaths so you will need to fill us in.

"Now in case Sirius hasn't told you what is going on or you have not spoken with the goblins I will fill you in on something your father and I decided to do, sort of a way to give you some satisfaction, if you wish to use it. Because we knew how Petunia and her fat husband would probably treat you we decided to buy a lot of companies in the muggle world, not just because it was good business, but to give you some protection. The company that Vernon Dursley works for, Grunnings, is owned by a few individuals, you are one of them and own the majority of shares. We also bought a lot of muggle properties, like houses, we own their house as well.

"You may be asking why you weren't told all this before, well, your father and I did leave a few letters that should have been read to you when you turned five. Sirius, who is your godfather and someone we both trust with your life, he held those letters. He wanted to be able to raise you if we died but again because of the blood protection he agreed you would be safer but he would make sure to see you as often as he could. Now if for some reason you didn't receive those letters and are now only finding out about Grunnings, their home, Sirius and so many other things, well, all I can say is something went wrong. That is the main reason I am putting so much in this book, it's so you will know what is going on in case something changed our plans.

"Now because of the prophecy we were told the safest thing to do was use the fidelius charm, Albus Dumbledore offered to be our secret keeper, we turned him down. At first we planned to use Sirius, but he came up with a great idea, as everyone knew James and Sirius were best friends, as close as two friends could be. He thought we should let everyone know he was the secret keeper when he wasn't; he did this so if Voldemort or his death eaters caught him then he could not reveal the secret to where we were. He was willing if it kept you safe. We decided on another friend, Peter Pettigrew, we did this as we figured no one would think we would trust your safety and our families safety to him as he was very weak with his magic, but still a dear friend.

"Another thing you should know, Peter became an animagus with your father and Sirius. Peter became a rat, an ordinary brown rat, so if he did get caught then a quick transformation and he could escape. We tried to think of everything to make sure you were safe, but us as well, you were the most important, so most of our plans circled around you.

"Over the next few pages of the book you will read more about what was going on during that time, but this book mainly covers charms that will help you through your life. Once you reach Potter manor than you can speak with us as often as you like. I will be able to aide you in learning the charms along with potions and healing. Your father can teach you more transfiguration and fighting skills. In case you don't know, James and Sirius were aurors and very good at their jobs, powerful as well, so your father can aide you in learning how to fight, even if you never need to use it, learning how is always good to know. Sirius will be able to train with you so you will know what it's like to go up against someone, especially someone as good with a wand as Sirius is.

"Last thing before you head to your home, when you were six months old your magic broke free. Normally a child will use magic and have accidents with their magic from around two or three. We used a potion to partially bind your magic, just enough to keep you safe. You seemed to summon things to you, not always your drinks or food either, sometimes it was heavy objects or sharp objects. Now again in the letter we left with Sirius, the anti-dote to the potion was in it and Sirius is very good at potions, there is also a full potions lab at the manor. I will talk to you soon, sweetheart, for now, say the magic words and return to where you belong, I love you, your mother."

Harry could hardly comprehend half of what he had just read, but he knew one thing, he never had to return to the Dursley's and he had time on his hand to learn, something he had a lot of trouble with over the years. He was not going to tell anyone, not even Ron or Hermione, this was going to stay for just him, his family and his home.