"Man what happened to you this afternoon?" Blaise asked as Harry entered the boys' dorm room, the dark skinned boy looked worried as well as Vincent and Gregory.
"Well… I fought Weasley and then a troll" Harry said with a smirk.
"Please elaborate on that" Blaise said with a surprise in his eyes.
"First please let me ask you, how did a Troll entered the school?" Harry asked.
"We don't know that" Vincent said
"Yeah, Professor Quirrell entered the Great Hall during the Halloween feast, he was so afraid and his stuttering even worsened we didn't understood half of what he was saying, but we understood Troll and dungeons" Gregory explained
"And then?" Harry asked
"We were ordered by Professor Dumbledore to return to our dorm rooms" Vincent said
"But then thanks to Blaise's quick thinking" Gregory added
"I said that our dorm rooms and the ones in Hufflepuff were in the dungeons, so it would be in the direct path of the Troll" Blaise added.
"And we were sent to remain in the Great Hall were professors Lupin, Sprout, Babblin and Trelawney remained guarding the entrance" Vincent added
"Why wasn't professor Snape with you?" Harry asked
"We don't know, he ran immediately, probably to hunt the Troll, he and other professors left the Great Hall as well" Blaise added.
"Sounds like you had an interesting evening" Harry said
"No more than yours" Blaise said
"Yeah, tell us why did you fought Weasley and how did you managed to defeat the Troll" Gregory said.
"Well it all started when I was walking with Hermione towards her next class" Harry began retelling the story of today's events, as he was telling them how it happened the boys' expressions were from shock to surprise to horror as they got into the part of the Troll in the lavatory.
"And how did you managed to defeat him, that's what I'm still trying to figuring out" Blaise said.
"Well, just promise me that what I'm going to tell you remains a secret between the four of us" Harry said
"Of course, I'm not a snitch" Gregory said
"Neither am I" Vincent said
"Nor I" Blaise added.
"Great" Then Harry made a small ice ball that then transformed into a fire ball and finally it became a series of lightnings in the palm of his hands to the amazement of the boys.
"You seriously did all of that to defeat the Troll?" Blaise asked
"Yes"
"Wandless magic?" Gregory asked
"Yes"
"Impressive" Vincent said
"Man you're probably one of the strongest magic users in Slytherin if not in the entire school" Blaise said
"Why?" Harry asked
"Because wandless magic is a proof of a strong magical core if you can do magic without the need of a wand then the world is yours" Blaise explained
"Well I don't want the world I just want to learn new things" Harry said
"Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable in Ravenclaw?" Vincent joked making the boys laugh
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On the other side of the hall in the girls' dorm room Pansy was telling them how Harry had heroically saved Hermione and her from the monstrous beast, the other three Slytherin girls were fascinated by the retelling of the events.
"Just a question, why did you stayed with Hermione as she was crying?" Daphne inquired, it wasn't a secret that the Parkinson family was a pureblood family with a complete disregard of the half-blood families or muggleborn ones.
"Well… well… I don't know, she looked miserable that I pitied her, I simply asked what was wrong and she, I don't know I guess she needed someone to talk to, I don't know why she was alone but at that moment I knew she needed someone" Pansy explained
"You did well Pansy" Daphne said giving the girl a small smile
"Yes Pansy, Hermione is a great girl but a sensible one" Millie added
"Perhaps tomorrow you can join her for breakfast" Tracey said
"Why would I do that?" Pansy asked almost offended
"Because without a doubt Hermione will see you as a friend, tell you what, we all four will join her for breakfast" Daphne said to which Millie and Tracey nodded in agreement.
"Fine" Pansy said but deep down she knew she wanted to see if the bushy brunette was fine.
--
Hermione was still shocked from today's events once she reached her common room, if it weren't for Cho's tea, Su's hug and Rachel's support she would have never fallen asleep and even then her dreams were plagued by nightmares with the Troll who, in her dreams, ate Pansy and her while killing Harry, she remained in a fetal position the rest of the night hugging her pillow and letting a small sob and small tears that fall onto her pillow.
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Next morning Hermione stood from her bed with heavy bags under her eyes. She was tired and sleepless, she sat on the Ravenclaw table but then she felt a small tap on her shoulder, as she turned around she saw Pansy, Daphne, Millie and Tracey standing in front of her.
"Good morning Hermione" Pansy said "We were wondering if you wanted to eat with us at the Slytherin table" Pansy offered
"Why?" Hermione asked
"Well given what we went through yesterday I believe that you need a friend" Pansy asked
"But I thought that you didn't liked me" Hermione said
"That isn't that far from the truth but still I want to make amends, so would you like to come?" Pansy asked
"Sure, can my friends come as well?" Hermione asked
"Sure" Millie was the one who responded.
As the now big group of Ravenclaw and Slytherin girls approached the Slytherin table Pansy changed her tone and yelled at Gregory, Vincent and Blaise who just happened to take a seat.
"Guys we'll need some space, this needs to be a girls' only section" She ordered the boys
"Where will we be eating?" Blaise asked almost offended.
"Don't know, I think Harry is eating with his cousin in Hufflepuff go bother him" Pansy said and the boys rolled their eyes and moved to the Hufflepuff side.
"That was kind of rude" Rachel said
"No it wasn't, I known them since we were children, they know that when I tell them that I need space it's because I really need space" Pansy said taking a seat and prompting Hermione to sit by her side.
"Now why don't you tell us why you didn't slept last night?" It was Daphne the one who asked
"Why do you think I didn't slept?" Hermione asked in the defensive
"You have bags under your eyes" Pansy said
"Was this about the Troll?" Millie asked
"Did you had a nightmare?" Rachel asked her to which Hermione nodded as a small sob was heard, Hermione felt a hand on her shoulder
"It's ok Hermione, I had a nightmare as well" Pansy said smiling at Hermione.
"You did? And how did you managed to sleep? Mine was too terrifying" Hermione said
"I remembered what happened in real life and then the Troll simply puffed out of my dream" Pansy said
"Really?" Hermione said
"Yes Hermione, bad dreams are always defeated by good events" Pansy said.
"Thank you" Hermione said smiling at the other girl.
On the other side of the Great Hall Harry was eating his breakfast with Draco, Cedric and Justin in the Hufflepuff table just as Blaise, Gregory and Vincent arrived explaining that Pansy had kicked them out for a safe space for the girls, no student really knew what happened to the Troll with many of them speculating that the professors had found him and simply vanished it out of the castle with other saying that Hagrid fought the Troll given their similar sizes with Hagrid being the victor.
Then as every morning the owls began flying and Harry saw how Hedwig stop in front of him with three letters attached to her leg. He saw his name and the names of his cousins on the other letters. Then another owl, this one having an earth brown color stop in front of him and gave him a red envelope, he hadn't noticed that this said owl had made a stop in the Gryffindor table before going to where Harry was.
"What's this?" Harry asked as he gave the brown owl a piece of bacon
"It's a howler, it's usually use to express anger in your own voice towards someone" Draco said
"Why would someone send me a howler?" –As Harry asked the angry voiced of a woman was heard through the Great Hall
"RONALD BILLIUS WEASLEY!!!" Everyone in the Great Hall turned to see the youngest of the Weasleys looked scared as the letter turned into an origami version of a moving mouth. "HOW DARE YOU FIGHT IN SCHOOL?!?!?!?! AND BEFORE YOU SAY OTHERWISE PERCY TOLD ME THE REASON OF THE FIGHT AND THAT YOU MADE A GIRL CRY AND THAT BECAUSE OF YOU SHE WAS IN DANGER OF A TROLL, I EXPECT A BETTER BEHAVIOR FROM NOW ON OR I'LL WITHDRAW YOU FROM SCHOOL AND YOU'LL HELP ME WITH THE CHORES IN THE BURROW! APOLOGIZE TO THE GIRL, NOW!" The mouth then destroyed itself in a fit of anger leaving the red-haired boy looking like he wanted to piss his pants.
On the Hufflepuff table Harry gulped as if the son of that woman had been scolded that bad what could be possibly await him, but charging ahead he picked the letter and just as he broke the seal the same origami mouth appeared but this one didn't had sharp teeth like the one Ron got but it were regular teeth and a more rounded lips.
"Harry Wayne!" The same voice of Ron's howler resounded on the Great Hall but in a calmer tone. "I'm sorry that your friends were hurt by my son's laziness and his nasty remarks, I must tell you that we try to impart good values in our household so don't blame the Weasley Family for Ron's actions, Fred and George's letters claim that Hermione and you are fine students and great friends even if you're in different Houses, I hope this doesn't repeat in the future, I'll make sure of that, with love and respect Molly Weasley" The howler ended and it folded once again to its regular form instead of destroying itself.
"Well that wasn't that bad" Harry said to his friends and cousins, just then the youngest Weasley snapped out of his shock and walked to the Slytherin table…
"H-Hermione" Ron said to the bushy haired girl
"Yes Ron?" She asked
"I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what I said, and for making you cry, I'm really sorry, you were trying to help me with my spelling and I snapped at you, it was unfair, I'm sorry" He said
"It's ok Ron, honestly I'm glad about that happening because thanks to my new friend Pansy I realized that I have a lot of friends and that what happened in the past with the bullies in my school stays in the past" Hermione said, she then extended her hand and Ron shook it.
"Alright" Ron said before leaving.
"Well I'm glad his mother smacked some sense into him" Daphne said
"She sounded so mad" Rachel said
"Well that's because my parents call Mrs. Weasley, "Howler" Weasley because she has a strong temperament and a loud mouth" Pansy replied.
"Still it was frightening hearing her berate her son" Su said
"I believe that if the Howlers allowed it she would sent a hand to smack Ron in the head" Daphne said with a dry joke that made the girls laugh.
Maybe the night had been horrible but the morning was better for Hermione, she had many friends that liked her for who she was and a boy she was interested in.
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Gotham City...
Bruce Wayne had been working late last night, or well what he called his "job" as he was dressed as the Caped Crusader and moved from rooftop to rooftop under the night sky of Gotham City, he was following a lead about a weapons deal that Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin and Roman Sionis/Black Mask were doing tonight.
He had arrived at Gotham City's Harbor when he felt the swooping of a bird perch next to him, he turned around and saw a dark brown barn owl sitting next to him, the owl looked at him in confusion as if she wasn't sure he was the letter's addressee.
"I suppose you have a letter for me" Batman said to the owl, the owl still looked at him in confusion and he lift his mask only a little so that the owl could get a glimpse of his identity, the owl hooted in confirmation and gave a Hogwart's letter to the man in the grey and black suit, he took a piece of a protein bar from his utility belt that the owl munched down and then it flew away.
"Let's see what the school has to say about Harry" He said opening the letter.
"From the personal files of Minerva McGonagall, deputy headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:
Mr. Wayne, it is my duty to inform you that tonight, October 31st, your son Harry Wayne was found fighting with another student on Hogwarts grounds, he was punished and will be serving a week's worth of detention with me.
On another unrelated note your son after his scolding on my part saved two fellow year mates from the attack of a Mountain Troll in the lavatories, given that these events transpired almost at the same time Headmaster Dumbledore asked me to invite you tomorrow morning Sunday November 2nd to Hogwarts castle for a meeting regarding your son's behavior and accomplishments.
P.s. Bruce I want you to know that Harry is fine, the reason he fought was because he needed to protect a friend of his from someone who made nasty remarks, Harry is a fine boy just a little temperamental.
Professor Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
"Then I shall travel to Hogwarts, after I deal with this psychos" He said to no one in particular.
--
"So we're going to see Harry again?" Helena said excited as she was jumping on her seat, she, her mom, her aunt Talia, her brother Damian and her dad were on board of the Wayne Enterprises private Jet with the Heathrow Airport as their final destination.
"Yes little kiddo, you'll see your brother while I talk with his professors alright?" He said to his daughter as he kept working on his laptop.
"Yes daddy" The nine year old replied, she liked the castle in which her brother studied, it was a shame that the first time they visited she wasn't able to see it better. Damian on the other hand was reading one of his many murder-mystery books while Selina and Talia talked about their work.
The rest of the trip was fine and quiet just as the trip towards the 12 Grimmauld Place Black House. Bruce knocked on the door and Kreacher answered.
"Mr. Wayne, friends of Master Sirius, Kreacher welcomes you to the Black House" Kreacher said with a raspy voice.
"My favorite Americans have arrived" Sirius said as he walked downstairs.
"Uncle Sirius!" Helena said hugging the man "Where's everybody?" She immediately asked
"They must be in the living room, but weren't you going to go with your father to visit Harry at school?" Sirius asked
"How did you know that?" Helena said astonished
"I'm a psychic, and your father told me over the phone" He replied with a smirk.
"Yes, I'll be going but I want to greet my cousins as well" She said taking off running with Damian.
"Thanks for lending us your floo chimney" Bruce said
"It's no bother, though it's not entirely free" Sirius said as he turned to look at Selina "My now redhead wife told me that she wants to talk with, and I quote, "The greatest cat burglar in the world to check on security measures" end quote" Sirius said
"Well I wanted to visit Harry as well but I'm sure I could take my skills to good use" Selina said
"Great, she's in her office in the fifth floor" Sirius said to the blonde woman
"Tell Harry that I love him and that he shouldn't fight in school" She said to Bruce who smirked
"And Talia, Narcissa wants for a mother to check on her new school subjects proposals for next year's school year" Sirius said to the tan skinned woman
"I'm flattered, but I'm not a member of the board, nor a witch" She replied
"Which makes you perfect, you're not biased to anything, and you being a muggle will help her to provide the pov she wants" Sirius said.
"Alright, I'll help her, thanks Sirius" She replied. "Tell Harry that I love him as well and that I hope he had knocked the teeth out of the boy who insulted his friend" She said to Bruce
"I will, don't worry about it" He said to her.
"Why didn't you bring your newest gal?" Sirius asked
"Why did you wanted to get rid of them so that I could see my son alone?" Bruce asked
"I asked first" Sirius said with a smirk
"She has work in the Louvre, there's a new exposition gala in a couple of weeks and she wants everything to be perfect" Bruce replied
"That sounds nice, now, I want you to remember our plan, I need you to meet Dumbledore alone because I want to see how much he trusts people, especially since I told him that you were my cousin and that you wanted to help us during the Voldemort war" Sirius explained.
"I took precautions on what I'm going to show him, don't worry about it" Bruce said with a smirk.
Then the chimney fired up and both men heard a psst sound
"Bruce, Sirius, are you there?" Minerva's voice
"Yes we're here Minerva" Bruce said
"Good, are you ready for the meeting?" She asked
"Yes, let me bring Damian and Helena, they want to see their brother" Bruce said as he left for a second and then he returned with his children to see that Minerva was standing in the living room with Sirius.
"Bruce, Damian and Helena, please put this on your wrists" She said giving them the bracelets they had worn during Harry's first Quidditch game. "Now, I'll pass first, remember to say clearly "HOGWARTS CASTLE, PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL OFFICE" That way you won't appear on a different location" She instructed and then she stepped through the floo chimney and disappeared in a flash of green flames.
"Let's go kids" Bruce said as he was the one to follow next.
--
Inside Narcissa's office in 12 Grimmauld Place…
"Please take a seat Talia" The black and blonde haired woman as she was writing with a ball point pen on a white sheet of paper, Talia could see that she was somewhat uncomfortable writing with that muggle device.
"Is something wrong?" Talia asked
"No, I'm just trying to get used to writing with this, we want to change the use of quills and parchment to pens and paper, at least in the muggle classes so that the kids will have options and expend their abilities." Narcissa said with a smirk clearly proud of the progress she had been making in the school system.
"That's nice, so what did you wanted to talk about?" She asked her.
"Yes, actually I wanted to offer you a position in the Board of Governors" Narcissa said surprising Talia
"What? Why? I mean I'm honored but I'm no magical like you" Talia replied
"I know, but you fulfill a very basic requirement" Narcissa said
"And what is said requirement?" Talia asked
"You're mother of one the students, and before you said that Selina is also mother of Harry I want to point out that you accepted Bruce's son even though you had no role in his life you accepted him and nurtured him like a true mother does." Narcissa said
"Well, I think I can't argue against said argument" Talia said joking, thinking about it she did became Harry's mother when she stepped through the Wayne Manor doors, she loved that kid just as much as she loved Damian or even Helena who called her "Auntie Talia", she smiled remembering those kids that loved her as well. "I'll do it, I'll be in the Board of Governors" Talia replied with a smile.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
"Mr. Wayne, nice to see you again" Dumbledore said to the parent of the boy from Slytherin, Bruce had stepped into the headmaster's office after being lead to by Minerva and he saw Hermione's parents, they as well wearing a bracelet as he did, and a man and a woman wearing robes, obviously they were magical as they lacked the bracelet and their superiority looks made the rich boy from Gotham to know that these people were "bigoted purebloods" just like Sirius had told him.
"Nice to see you as well principal Dumbledore, I mean Headmaster Dumbledore, Dr. and Dr. Granger, and I'm sorry we haven't been formally introduced, I'm Bruce Wayne, Harry's father" Bruce greeted everyone in the office and held his hand to shake for the magical couple only for them to look at him with disdain, except for the woman who looked at him with interest, it was clear to him that this woman found him attractive, and she wasn't bad looking either, if he was honest with himself, though he wouldn't do anything due to his commitment with Diana.
"Mr. Wayne, these are Astrous and Perma Parkinson, the parents of a fellow housemate of your son" Dumbledore informed as he saw that the Parkinsons rudely ignored the man's introduction
"Why are we here Albus?" Astrous asked obviously impatient
"Well if you read the letters Profess McGonagall, Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick sent you'll know that there was a troll attack in the school and your children were in grave danger" Dumbledore began explaining
"Is this like a PTA meeting?" Emma Granger asked
"I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the term Mrs. Granger" Albus replied
"A PTA meeting is a Parent-Teacher is basically what we are doing right now, a professor informing the parents about their children's activities" Emma said in a know-it-all tone.
"Ohh I see, well yes this small meeting is just like that, because I wanted to ensure yourselves that such a dangerous event won't be repeating and that your children's safety is a priority, as well as to clear whatever doubt you have in the school program and in your children's school performance" Dumbledore said in a grandfatherly tone
"Just be honest with us, how much in danger were our children's were?" Dan Granger asked
"Honestly, a Mountain Troll is very dangerous and deadly, according to our expert in magical beasts Professor Kettleburn, he said that this Troll was an adult, standing at 15,6 feet and weighing 1283 pounds." Dumbledore answered making the parents shocked.
"And how can you expect us to think that our children will be safe in a place where a Troll just casually strolled in" Perma asked with an incredulity
"We just fortified the wards protecting the castle, only creatures belonging to a class or pets can enter the castle" Dumbledore calmly said
"Still I hope you have stronger countermeasures" Bruce said
"Maybe it's because you're a muggle but a ward is impenetrable, nothing can pass through if you don't want it to pass" Astrous said with a disdain in his voice.
"Well I might be a no-maj but I still know of security and I want to ensure my son's and his friends complete security" He said almost ignoring the man's disdain.
"Please remain civil, professor Dumbledore, how is my Hermione doing?" Emma Granger asked interrupting the parents
"Oh your daughter is going magnificent, professor Flitwick is fascinated with your daughter's yearning for knowledge, if she continues that path she'll be prefect by her fourth year and best girl by sixth" Dumbledore said to the parents of the girl whom beamed happily as they heard that.
"And Pansy?" Perma asked
"Your daughter has a true gift in latin and history, according to Professor Lupin she remembers many details of the magical and muggle history, I wouldn't be surprise if she turns out to be a historian or a professor in her adult years" Dumbledore said only for Astrous to sneer at the headmaster.
"And about Harry I would like to speak about that in private, so if you don't have anything else to ask I would like to speak with Mr. Wayne in private" Dumbledore said dismissing the other parents
"Not at all, have a nice day Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Wayne" The Grangers said their goodbyes while the Parkinson simply stood up and left apparently they didn't want to be in that office for much longer.
Dumbledore grabbed one of his chocolate candies and unwrapped it and placed the chocolate delicacy on his lips to gently and softly eat it. "Sorry, where are my manners? Do you want one?" Dumbledore offered.
"Sure, this taste very good" Bruce said as he unwrapped one and ate it as well. He saw how Dumbledore reclined on his chair and looked at him not entirely serious but neither relaxed.
"First I wanted to ask you, I've seen sometimes that your son has been carrying a snake with him" Dumbledore began saying
"Copper, yes, she's a Cotton-mouth snake, what about her?" Bruce interrupted
"Well I was wondering if your son is a speaker" Dumbledore said
"A what? I mean yes he can speak many languages but I don't understand your question" Bruce said
"A speaker is how we refer to the parseltongue speakers, people who can speak with snakes" Dumbledore said
"Ah yes, Harry can speak with snakes, I've been told that many of you in Magical Britain think of it as the mark of an evil wizard but I've been said otherwise by Harry's professors, especially Mrs. Yadav, his parsel teacher from India who told us the wonders of the language and the spells he could learn" Bruce said proudly
"So Harry has been thought by different professors before coming to Hogwarts" Dumbledore acknowledge
"Yes professor Dumbledore, since I'm not magical I wanted to ensure that my son could reach his full potential in his abilities" Bruce responded
"So that explains the wandless magic he did almost at the beginning of the school year and how he defeated the Troll" Dumbledore said
"Yes, actually I wanted to ask about that, how did my son ended up facing against a Troll, and don't tell me that the wards will prevent a future incident, I want to know how it entered" Bruce inquired.
"Well… I believe that someone let him in, who I don't know, if it were a prank my money would be in the Weasley Twins but they're too smart to know that you should never mess with a Troll and that said creature would be dangerous for them or for the other students, so I discarded them just as easily" Dumbledore said
"Then a professor perhaps" Bruce said
"Why would one of my professors endanger the lives of the students?" Dumbledore said
"I don't know, perhaps you should ask them" Bruce said "Now getting back to the topic of my son, how is he doing?" Bruce asked
"He is doing fine, excellent I would say, at first he was struggling with potions but now he has been improving, his homework and classwork is outstanding, and I have found him in several occasions playing the violin which I have to be honest he is very talented at that" Dumbledore said
"Yes everyone in the family play an instrument, it's a great way to deal with stress and to relax, Harry chose violin due to Sherlock Holmes" Bruce said
"Ahhh I've read those novels very good character" Dumbledore said, he almost never had the chance to read muggle literature but in some occasions a book would fall into his hands and he would devour it learning new things of the muggle world.
"You said family, and I've seen Harry referring to Susan Bones and Draco Black as cousins, I'm curious, how are you related to them? You said yourself that you're a muggle" Dumbledore inquired.
"Well I do am a muggle, but one of my ancestors was a squib descendent from the Black Family, he was cast out and lived in America as a muggle, I grew up ignoring all of that until I met Sirius Black who explained everything to me, and as an orphan to learn that you have a family member alive is everything" Bruce said
"Are you an orphan Mr. Wayne?" Dumbledore asked
"Yes, I saw my parents get killed in front of me" Bruce said which made Dumbledore's expression to be of shock.
"I'm sorry to hear that Mr. Wayne, but given the outstanding boy you have raised I see that you have done a magnificent job" Dumbledore complimented
"I wasn't alone, my other children, the mothers of two of my other children, my butler and the family here in Britain have helped raise Harry and that he never feels like he is alone and unloved" Bruce explained.
"Does Harry's mom lives?" Dumbledore asked "This man is intriguing" He thought to himself "And why do I have the feeling that he is hiding something?" Dumbledore thought.
"No, she passed away on Harry's birth" Bruce said
At that Dumbledore, given that Mr. Wayne had told something sad and stressful, the headmaster tried to probe on the man's mind but he only saw a brick wall and the song Frère Jacques playing on the background
"How can you be? I distinctly saw…" Dumbledore began speaking confused
"Sorry but my mind is off limits, whoever tries to prove without my permission a mental image of a brick wall will be conjured up to block my real thoughts, a trick I picked up from some Tibetan monks" Bruce smirked "It's something I always have in my mind as a defense mechanism, you wouldn't believe how many times I've been exposed to mind readers, mind control, psychics, hypnotism, nano control and sound control." Bruce explained
"I didn't imagined that muggle business was that competitive" Dumbledore said
"Oh yes, it's very competitive, some of my main competitors even hired assasins or mercenaries to try to take me down, but be honest with me Headmaster, what were you trying to find as you tried to prove in my head?" Bruce asked.
"It's just that I have a theory that your son might be Harry Potter, a long lust boy who defeated an evil dark lord" Dumbledore said
"You mean Voldemort? Well if you're so sure, you could be just have asked" Bruce said he exhaled and closed his eyes "Go ahead, I just took down my barrier" Bruce said
Bruce once again felt a pang in his head, this time he relaxed and let the Headmaster to delve into his memories, obviously the headmaster wanted to find out his son's real identity just like he had said but he wouldn't find any of that.
--
Dumbledore found himself in a completely dark alley, street lamps barely illuminating the darkness of said alley, trash cans were dented, rusty and old with many garbage bags scattered on the street floor. Dumbledore then saw a couple of thirty something neatly dressed man and woman walking through the ally with a boy no older than nine, they were eating popcorns and were smiling, Dumbledore recognized the blue eyes of the boy and the similarity with Harry that this was Mr. Wayne as he was a child, Dumbledore kept looking at the couple that he failed to see that another figure walked in front of the couple, the voices were muffled but it was obvious by the man's action and him pointing a weapon to the couple that they were getting mugged, the father of Mr. Wayne began struggling with the man until a loud bang and a flash of light resounded on the alley's walls, then the father fell on the ground unmoving, the criminal pointed his gun to the mother and began shouting then another bang and a flash of light resounded once again and the woman fell as well, the boy stood there completely shocked and alone, Dumbledore was shocked as well, he had suffered in his life having fought Gellert and losing his sister but this was too much for a child to endure, as Dumbledore looked down at the boy he failed to notice that a bat flew above the alley.
"I'm sorry Mr. Wayne, I didn't meant to prove on that memory" Dumbledore apologized to the man
"It's alright Headmaster, you can try again to find what you're looking for" Mr. Wayne said closing his eyes once again
Dumbledore decided to prove once more, he didn't wanted to cause a strain in himself nor in the man so he quickly searched for Harry's birth.
He saw a hospital bed, too much white and pale green painting in the walls for his taste but he saw Mr. Wayne holding hands with a blonde woman with a green and blue eye who was in labor, the doctor between her legs catching the boy as he was born, Mr. Wayne kissed the woman's forehead and went to cut the umbilical cord, he showed the woman the baby boy in his hands but then the woman began closing her eyes and the doctors took baby Harry away and made Mr. Wayne step to the aisle, Dumbledore saw how Mr. Wayne sat on a bench and moved his feet rapidly in nervousness, then a doctor stepped out and began saying something to him, Mr. Wayne then let out a scream of pain and began sobbing and crying. Dumbledore pulled out of the man's mind.
"I'm sorry for your loss and for make you relive those moments" Dumbledore said
"It's alright professor, I hope you had gotten what you looked for" Bruce said
"Yes, I'm sorry I doubted you, was she magical?" Dumbledore asked
"Who my wife?" Bruce asked and Dumbledore nodded "No, she wasn't magical either, her name was Silver, she died of an aneurysm" Bruce said looking said
"I'm sorry Mr. Wayne, you can go" Dumbledore said dismissing the man.
"Thank you professor Dumbledore, if you want to know more just ask, I won't lie" Bruce said with a smirk as he left the office.
As the door closed Dumbledore hit his desk "Damn it, who has Harry Potter?" He thought to himself
--
"Mr. Wayne, can we talk?" Emma Granger said after the man stepped out of the headmaster's office.
"Sure, what happened?" Bruce asked Hermione's mother, she looked concerned but not entirely in distress.
"Well, Hermione wrote after the incident and she told me that she and the Parkinson girl had kissed Harry as a reward for saving them from the Troll, I just wanted to tell you that my daughter is very important to us and that I won't tolerate if your son starts to exhibit the playboy behavior his father is known for" Emma said to a nodding Bruce
"I understand, I'll talk with Harry about this, don't worry, I'm sure Harry wouldn't take advantage of your daughter and discard her, he is better than me, I made sure of that" Bruce said
"Thank you for understanding Mr. Wayne" Emma Granger said
"No problem, actually I wanted to look for Harry, he might be with your daughter, should we find them?" Bruce said
"Yes, my husband already got a head start looking for her so let's find them" Emma said while linking her arm with Bruce's elbow, she might have just scolded the man for his history but she still was stars truck with meeting one of the richest and most handsome men in the world.
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Bruce looked for Harry, he was talking with Emma so he was completely unaware of the love looks the elder schoolgirls were sending him and the sneering he could receive from the boys who were with those girls and he had been having a great conversation with Emma but he still needed to send a message
"Sirius, I think Dumbledore got more than what he bargained for, I'll have to thank J'onn and Ace for modifying some of my memories" He texted Sirius
Emma asked a red haired teen with a prefect badge about Harry and Hermione and the teen told them that he had seen them in the main grounds
The pair continued their trek and saw Harry, Hermione, Emma's husband, Harry's siblings and a big group of their friends talking and laughing together. The multicolored combination proved that Harry was great at making friends, Bruce did notice that three girls were sitting closer to the boy than the rest, then as they walked to the group Bruce saw how Astrous arrived and he was furious, he grabbed his daughter, one of the three that were leaning on Harry, and began yelling at her.
"How dare you mix with mudbloods and blood traitors?!" Astrous yelled at his daughter.
"What's wrong with being friends with them?! Harry is a great kid, Hermione as well, so don't tell me with who can I or can't being friends with" Pansy yelled back
"You dumb kid, you'll taint your purity by just being close to them!" Astrous said, his wife Perma had finally reached them but she hasn't said anything.
"You want purity?! That's been long lost, I already kissed him" Pansy smirked at her parents, her mother looked shocked while her father looked like he had been spat straight in the face.
"You what?" Astrous said with pure rage in his voice
"I kissed him, and he kissed me back, and you know what? I LIKED IT!" Pansy said to her father who turned completely red, the man raised his hand to slap her but that was enough for Bruce who stopped the man's hand
"Don't even think about it" Bruce said with a voice that sent chills to every criminal in Gotham and with the strongest of his bat-glare, he pushed the man with enough force to make him step back several steps.
"You filthy mudblood, you DARE to place your hand in a pureblood like me?!" Astrous said as he put his hand inside his robe, it didn't need a genius to figure out what the man wanted to reach and do.
Bruce saw how the other man began to take his wand out to point at him, and how the Grangers shielded the kids, and how Astrous tried to curse him only for Bruce to be faster and picking up one of the pens he had in the inside of his jacket and threw it to the other man's wand hand, Astrous yelped in pain as the pen stabbed his right hand making him drop his wand.
"You bastard!" Astrous screamed as he saw how the silver and gold pen had pierced his flesh and how blood poured out of the wound.
"I believe this is yours" Bruce said as he picked the man's wand
"Bastard, you filthy mudblood!" Astrous said, Bruce simply exhaled and with his thumb he simply snapped the wand in half to the shock of everyone "Why?!" The man yelled
"Because you don't deserve power" Bruce said, finally two professors arrived, apparently many students had watched the confrontation.
"Mr. Wayne, why did you snapped Mr. Parkinson's wand?" Professor Babbling asked
"The man yelled at his daughter, he tried to slap her and I stopped him, then he tried to curse me and I launch my pen into his hand, then I snapped the wand with my thumb" Bruce explained
"Mr. Parkinson! I don't care how old and ancient your House is, but Hogwarts is a school and we don't take kindly to a parent to try to hit their children in school property, you're a visitor for Merlin's beard! I'm afraid I'll have to inform this to the headmaster and the aurors" Professor Babbling said with exasperation.
"You'll pay for this Wayne" Astrous said with a murderous stare.
"I've heard that before, get in line" Bruce said as the professors took the man out.
"Dad that was awesome" Harry said
"Yes daddy, you were like a ninja!" Helena said
"I'm glad you found it amusing, but Harry I believe there's someone who needs a hug" Bruce said pointing at Pansy who was on the verge of tears, Harry quickly run to her and hugged her, the girl collapsed as she began to cry, Hermione saw her friend's distress and run as well and hugged her exactly like she had done not too long ago.