"Please is a funny word, I remember saying please when I was younger. 'Please Uncle Vernon, don't hit me', 'please Aunt Petunia, I can't work anymore', 'please Dudley, please Piers, stop hitting me' and one of my personal favorites was 'please Sarah, please help me'. I remember saying that last one when you had thrown me to the wolves, not actual wolves of course, but I bet you'd do that if you had access."
"Harry, please! We were just kids then!"
"I was just a kid" Harry pointed out "you all took away my childhood, my innocence, my trust in people. I won't kill you, as tempting as it would be I do not want to waste my time with you all. And it is about time you lot came here"
"Hello Mr Potter" Kingsley walked out of the shadows, followed by two aurors. They looked very nervous so Harry assumed that they were newbies, the others saw Kingsley in a suit and saw the aurors in a suit as well. They're wands were made to look like guns. "I see that you've been busy"
"Very" Harry nodded
"Who are you guys?" Sarah asked in a quiet voice, she was very upset at the moment. As were Piers and Dudley, they had no idea that their actions could result in someone becoming a murderer or trying to kill himself.
"We work with the government" Kingsley said before showing them some fake badges
"Alright, I'm off. Have fun with them" Harry turned to walk away when the two aurors stood in front of him, obviously planning to stop him. Harry narrowed his eyes and looked at the two with a penetrating gaze, one which caused the two to become even more nervous.
"Let Mr Potter pass" Kingsley ordered "it's not like either of you can stop him anyway, let him go before he breaks your arms." The aurors glanced at each other before taking a look at the intimidating sight that was Harry Potter, they quickly moved out of the way and Harry walked past.
"You're letting him go?" Piers looked at them with disbelief "he killed like three guys"
"Mr Potter is a special case" Kingsley smiled "he has full permission from the government to take lives if he deems it necessary. Now, let's see what you know" Kingsley aimed his wand at them and read their minds "hmm, I'll erase your memories but I don't want you to forget the lesson Mr Potter has taught you"
Kingsley aimed his wand at them once more and fired an advanced version of the memory charm, Kingsley felt quite proud of himself. The memory charm would remove the memories from their minds but still allow them to retain specific feelings and that they got from the encounter or preciously, the feeling of regret and the wish to change.
Once he reached Hogwarts, Harry had told Ginny all about what had happened by letting her view it directly from his mind. She felt a bit bad for him because he had to see his childhood tormentors again but felt proud of him for not giving into his temptation to hurt them, in all honesty she was impressed because she did not possess the same level of self-constraint.
The pair talked for a while before entering the common room, everyone smiled as they entered. Almost everyone at least, as soon as they entered Hermione ran towards them. Her hair was messed up, her clothes were messy and she had sleeping bags under her tired eyes. She had lost a lot of sleep trying to figure out how Harry apparated out of Hogwarts, naturally she couldn't find anything and blamed Harry for this.
"Harry James Potter!" She roared
"Oh, full name, you are in trouble" Ginny commented
"Shut it!" Hermione snapped "Harry, how do you do it?!"
"Simple really" Harry replied, Hermione looked at him expectantly "first we start kissing, then we slowly begin to remove layers of clothing until…"
"What are you talking about?!"
"You asked how I 'do it' and that is usually how I do it."
"Not that!" Hermione shouted How did you apparate here?! You can't apparate in Hogwarts, I know that for a fact because it says so in 'Hogwarts: A History'!"
"Yes, lord forbid a book from being wrong"
"Just tell me!"
"Why would I do that?"
"Because I want to know and I need to know! You will tell me!"
"Let me think, okay I've thought about it, and I refuse. It's funnier to watch you get frustrated, you can work it out yourself because I will not tell you"
Hermione growled, she was tired and angry and not thinking straight, she reached for her wand.
"Careful Granger" Ginny spoke "you don't want to give Harry a reason to hurt you, personally I hope you do, I've always wondered what you would look like getting thrown down the staircase."
Hermione stopped and realized Ginny was right, there was no way she could remotely pose a threat to Harry. Especially when she was in a common room full of people who supported him, she slowly dropped her hand and left her wand in her pocket.
"By the way Hermione" Ginny spoke up "that will be ten points for disturbing the common room, another ten for threatening prefects and a detention with Professor McGonagall."
"You can't do that!" Hermione screamed
"Yes we can" Ginny looked smug "until we leave, we're still prefects".
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