Author's Note

I'm pretty sad to inform you that this fic has been abandoned!!

Okay, gotcha right?? Never mind...

This fic will not be abandoned ever, let me make that point clear since I've got a few PMS regarding this....

I know it's been a long time since I've updated and I can only fall on my feet before you and beg for forgiveness but that's never gonna happen so I'll just give a simple apology for not updating to my loyal fans...

I can only give you the same bullshit that I'm in 12th Grade and it's quite hard with these fuckin' exams and all that..........

Anyway, before I start to ramble on my life story, let me answer the reviews and go on with the story....

BTW, thanks for the reviews!!! ;)

AUTHOR'S REPLIES

David Fishwick - Thanks for updating and please write more as I am enjoying the story. Will Harry become like Tom Riddle?

Answer : Thanks for reviewing in return and Harry will evolve along the lines of Tom or he may not ;) , you'll find out in time.

ElfGuard48 - *in a sing song voice* Dumbles gonna get it. He's in for a surprise. Like your story so far. Good start. Thank you for writing and sharing it. To bad Harry is a bully, but still it may serve him well. Glad Petunia put her foot down and took Harry in and raised him as her own. Vernon was always self centered prat

Author's Reply : Yup, Dumbles is in deep shit...... I'm trying to make this fic with a bad ass Harry who doesn't back down from anyone... Thanks for reviewing.... :)

Elia950 - good chapter ** it took a lot of time to update but it was a good update :)

Author's Reply : I'm glad you think so cause' it really takes a lot of convincing to let my parents allow me on the PC and that's very little time, I tell you so almost 60% on my time on PC goes on updating this story, but past March 2010, you can expect updates every week or every fortnight at least, if you are still hooked onto my story then. Thanks for reviewing :)

Monkey D Dragon - good story update soon

Author's Reply : Thanks for reviewing :)

chrisguy9017 - Hahahaha i like it i didn't read it at first because of the lack of updates past chapter 1 but it seems like you had a change of heart. I'm really curios as to how you portray a young tom through Harry but I know for a fact that tom would not forgive Voldy if he was harry use him maybe.

Author's Reply : I'm sorry for the lack of updates but as I said, you can expect quicker updates after 3 months or so.... I'm glad you like the story.... And I couldn't exactly understand what you meant about Tom forgiving Voldy... Anyway, thanks for reviewing... :)

monkeysrockdude - liked the first chapter more, the second chapter seemed less believable because of the dislike that petunia and Vernon showed in the first chapter

Author's Reply : Well, you must understand that Petunia and Vernon had to act that way since Dumbledore was visiting at that time..... If you read it thoroughly, Dumbledore had the notion that Harry wouldn't be treated well and Snape would've told that to Petunia, forcing them to act that way.... OOOOOPS!! I shouldn't have mentioned Snape!!! :D

Sakura Lisel - Dang. If this wasn't Harry, I'd say Dumbledore was facing a young and 'innocent' Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort right now, the way Harry seemed to do and say exactly the same things that young Tom Riddle told Dumbledore all those years ago in their first meeting. *lol*

Author's Reply : Thanks for the review, I aim to please :)

1Aszrael1 - Well that was pretty close to the interview with Tom/Albus, and reading the "smirking H.P" at the end of the chap, I have 2 options: Or he did it knowing what Tom said(I don't know how he know it) just to make Albus in shock or hes smirking because he now have a world of possibilities for him.
Its a nice fic, I love that he will be paired with Astoria, I like both sisters. I hope to see bore, but from the Published date and the Updates, I can see that takes a lot of time to the chap be released, I hope you can post them faster.

Author's Reply : Well, he was smirking because he would've learned through the family friend I mentioned that Parseltongue was rare art and that snakes appealed to him would probably shock Albus.... Thanks for reviewing and for my slow updates, please refer my note at the top....

1Aszrael1 - Omg a couple of months ? Why when I find a fic that I like the pps take so long to update? SHEAT! I hope you can update sooner.
Harry being part of the school gang, haha, never heard of this before! It would be funny Harry being high in some classes, ohh imagine him flying after he smoked some m.j. haha
I also hope that he read some dark arts books and bully everyone in school, that would be awesome :)

Author's Reply : Thanks for the review and the good ideas, I'll keep it in mind and encorporate it into the story.... Thanks again... :)

daemon - First chapter awesome. A Riddle-like Harry is always welcome. Second chapter took all the promise showed in the first and made this a complete and utter FAIL. Stories where Harry is Snape family and is some common criminalcan counted in millions, and guess what? They FAILED too. Resuming, you took and great start and in just one chapter you made a complete failure and a story that nobody with half a brain or even a fangril would read. FAIL

Author's Reply : Well, well, I expected this kinda shit anyway.... Look, if you don't like the story, you can just sod off, for all I care!! I don't mean to be rude, but you could be constructive in your criticism... Or you could atleast submit a signed review.... It looks like you don't have the balls not to submit a friggin' anonymous review... Sorry, but please don't give this kinda reviews....

mcgurrin - I like it.

Author's Reply : I'm pleased to hear that, thanks for reviewing!!!

bandgsecurtiyaw – interesting

Author's Reply : I'm pleased to hear that, thanks for reviewing!!!

fifespice - ooh i like this sneaky petunia so who was the freind who helped prof snape? i so like this he he

Author's Reply : Ding ding ding... you've just won.... well,.... ermmmm, well... damn, leave it.... Thanks for the review.... :D :D :D

On to the story.....

RECAP

On his eleventh birthday, he was excited. He enthusiastically bounced down. He had been informed from a very young age about the Dark Lord Voldemort and his status as the Boy-Who-Lived. Petunia had also cautioned him about the Light Lord, Albus Dumbledore and how he would try to manipulate him.

Petunia told Harry that Dumbledore must have placed Harry in their care, in the hope that they might not care for him and wouldn't nourish him properly and when Dumbledore rescued Harry, he would see the Headmaster of Hogwarts as his savior.

So, she had requested Harry not to reply to his letter until someone personally came to fetch him. Harry had followed her instructions and promised the same. She had also requested her close unnamed friend to temporarily Obliviate them of how Harry was treated good and those memories would be replaced by memories of how Harry wasn't cared for when anyone attacked their minds, like a trigger.

They had done this as a precaution if Dumbledore himself came to fetch him and peeked into their minds. Harry would not have such a problem in school as he would never be alone with the Headmaster and knew his rights as a person from an outstanding pureblood family, the Potters.

True to their expectations, Dumbledore had come personally and had attacked their minds and had spurred the pre-mentioned incidents. Of course, he had left in shock, not of Harry being treated badly, but of his similarity to the Dark Lord.

After Dumbledore's departure, Petunia's friend had removed their memory block and had returned them to normal. One might think that Harry was so…. Abnormal in his encounter with Dumbledore, but no, his dark tendencies still existed individually, too.

Harry walked down the stairs to see a nervous Petunia along with a disinterested Vernon. Petunia was looking pale and sweat was trickling down her face. Along with her, stood Dudley.

"This is madness, I tell you", said Vernon Dursley. "Stupid old men barging into the house..... Nasty freak-- Ouch!!! What did you do that fo...... Damn!! I'm sorry! Now, leave me alone or better, I'll go to the office!!"

Petunia had thwacked Vernon on the head on account of him referring to them as freaks. It was a word that Vernon loved and Petunia hated. So, Vernon took utmost care in avoiding that particular word, however it had slipped out of his mouth many a time, leading to a small quarrel, often ending with Vernon left on the couch for a week during the nights, grumbling about stupid freaks, taking care that Petunia wouldn't hear it.

He took savage pleasure in his "freak-grumblings" especially when the boy – no, Harry was nearby. Of course, Harry never gave a damn what Vernon did and often flipped him the middle finger, leaving Vernon furious, but out of power to do anything. Of course, how was Petunia gonna believe that Harry and Dudley were showing obscene hand gestures to him when they were her "dear, sweet and innocent pearls."

Yes, Dudley too! Once when Vernon had tried to pit Dudley against Harry talking about freakishness, even Dudley had shown him the middle finger and told on him to Petunia and it had let to a week on the couch.

"Aunt Petunia! The old man just went away, reeling with shock! I think I broke him," told a snickering Harry, with a triumphant gleam in his eyes.

"Oh! When did he leave? I never saw him leaving through the front door", said Petunia worriedly."For all we know, he could be hiding invisibly in this very room".

Petunia cared very much for her son – no, her nephew whom she regarded now as her son. However, Harry was adamant in calling her Aunt. She often feared that one day, Dumbledore might catch on to the things that they were doing and their plan would go down the drain. However, she was often convinced otherwise by Harry, Dudley and even sometimes by Severus Snape, on the occasions he would visit, unknown to Vernon.

Yes, Severus Snape was the family friend. He had loved Lily but once she married James, he had somehow forced his mind to accept the fact and let go of his love. He was a loyal friend to James and Lily, although forced to act as foes, on account of the fact that there was a spy in the Order Of The Phoenix at that time.

Only James and Lily Potter ever knew what side Severus was really on. Albus thought that Severus' love for Lily would place him completely on the Light side – his side, as he pompously thought. Lord Voldemort had the belief that Severus was on his side, after he revealed the prophecy to him. Of course, this was before LV's downfall.

Snape had been a loyal friend and a good companion to Petunia, both the same age. Snape had helped in numerous ways, for which both Harry and Dudley were thankful for. Yes, even Dudley was thankful for helping him solve some kind of thyroid problem – a Muggle disease – due to which Dudley's body had swollen everywhere, incorrectly portraying him as a fat boy.

Snape and Petunia had become very close friends. Whether there was anything beyond that, neither Harry nor Dudley didn't know, neither did they care in their age as they knew their mother or surrogate mother in Harry's case, was capable of taking care of herself. Thus, she had come to know a lot about magic from Severus.

"You see, Harry! Dumbledore informed us that there were blood wards around this place", started Petunia. "And while he may be a manipulative man, he would take care to protect his weapon, no offense to you, but the fact is that there are blood wards around this place, or at least we hoped so, me and Severus."

Petunia and Severus had decided to believe Albus on this count alone because frankly, there was no other way than to go along with it. They couldn't bring in a warder because for all one knew, he might be in cahoots with Voldemort or the Ministry, which was another pain in the arse, or worst of all, Dumbledore.

And since there were blood wards, it should make apparition, portkey or anything strictly not possible. This prompted the doubt in both their minds. Maybe Albus had made the biggest mistake of his life. No, scratch that! The second biggest, the first one leaving Harry in Privet Drive.

"Well, then how the hell did he leave?", questioned a furious Harry."Do you mean to say that I have been living here, just for the sake of it, instead of getting better training? What the fuck does Dumbledore think---"

"Mind the language", shouted Petunia.

"--- he is doing? I know he thinks of me just as a pawn. But, this is really insane, especially when there is no blood wards over here."

"Well, calm down Harry. I'll talk with Severus and let you know what can be done now", said Petunia which was the final statement.

AFTER A FEW HOURS

It was a dreary evening. Especially for Harry, who was thinking rationally now, on what course of action he must take. He could possibly relocate to another place using one of the family mansions. Yes, his inheritance! Petunia had told him about it, he knew everything that he ought to know. He realized that he was heir to the Potter and Black fortunes. Along with it, came 2 Wizengamot seats and all those shit in politics, which he was taught at a very young age. He could possibly relocate but if or rather, when Dumbledore found out, their plan would be busted.

That was when Petunia beckoned him. She had talked to Severus for a pretty long time, and deliberated on the delicate solution they were in. Ultimately, it seemed like they had come to an agreement on the result of action they must undertake.

Severus had suggested that they stay where they were but improve the wards just outside the existing or rather, non-existing blood wards that Dumbledore had raised so that he would not be alerted and it also provided the added advantage that they would get the ultimate protection.

However, such layering of wards came at a huge price, but one they could easily afford. If it was the Fidelius, even Snape could have done it but Dumbledore would've detected it. Hence, they had to settle for just warding. And whenever you hear the word "warding", only one thought would come to a wizard's mind – Goblins!!

Whew!! That's it in this chapter, mostly on warding and expanding the plot. This chapter might have been a little boring but this is one of the most important chapters of this story, I assure you!! Also, I promise that the next chapter is gonna be action-packed and the base of that lies on this,

After all, "Rome cannot be built in a day".

Took me 3 hours to write and proof-read, so I sincerely hope I'll get some good and constructive reviews with some constructive criticism This is h3ll signing off, hopefully seeing you in another couple of months. :)