Harry Potter: A Different Tale

If she wanted wizarding Britain under her control then I would make Voldemort look like nothing, if she wanted my finger I would give her my entire hand. If she told you to jump then the only acceptable response that should come from you is 'how high?' or 'jump where?'. That woman deserves nothing less than our undying love and I will give it to her."

"You make it sound like you're her slave"

"Maybe that's how it sounds, but it's true. I owe that woman, we owe that woman and damn anyone who dares to make her unhappy. That's why I'm going to try and get along with you, it's what mum and dad would want. I like to think that after spending years in a coma, it's the least I could do for her"

"Y…you want to get along with me?" Adrian asked with disbelief

"Do you remember when we first met" Harry asked "you walked right up to me and demanded to know why I didn't want your autograph, before that time I was rather looking forward to meeting you but at that moment, I was disappointed. Disappointed that you seemed to think yourself so above the world that we should all just worship the ground you walk on, did you stop Voldemort? Debatable, even if you did it doesn't make you a king or a god. Mostly, you just disappoint and anger me because you are a sack of wasted potential."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Adrian said softly, this felt worse than any of the times that Dumbledore had told him off

"Let's pretend that the boy-who-lived and Voldemort stuff never happened" Harry said "you are still a Potter. The Potters are and always have been one of the most elite families in all of wizarding Britain, yet you act like it's not worth putting in the effort to uphold our name.

You don't try in classes, I guess you assume that Dumbledore will pass you no matter what you do. Have you ever considered what would happen if you were in those classes and Dumbledore wasn't there to help you, you'd be at least a year or two behind. Mum was the smartest witch of her age, Dad got brilliant marks in his exams and became an auror, what's your excuse? Plus, there's the company you hang out with."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that I don't understand why you hang out with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger" Harry answered "you may not know it, but your friends affect your behaviour and how over people see you. So imagine what everyone else thinks when they hear the boy-who-brags hang out with a red headed baboon and a bossy witch who thinks that a good memory makes her a genius"

"Hey, they're not that bad" Adrian defended his friends

"Hermione Granger glares at anyone who does better than her, the whole school knows she's bossy and I can tell the type of person she really is. If it was ever a choice between you and Dumbledore, she'd chose Dumbledore."

"She wouldn't do that!"

"Wouldn't she? Miss 'I am a teacher's pet' Granger? Miss 'follow the rules even if it kills you Granger'? She's the type who believes in the rules and the law, she has no grey area."

"Grey area?"

"In life there are three important categories that you need to remember, there's all the stuff that falls into 'that's good', there's the 'hey, don't push it' and the final one is 'right, you're taking the piss'. But your friend Granger, for her the world is just black and white. There is good and bad and there's no in-between, the same thing Dumbledore would have you believe."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Let's say someone killed mum" Harry replied "I would want to make that person suffer, kill them maybe. Would you?"

"Yeah" Adrian nodded, wondering where Harry was going with this.

"Dumbledore would want them tossed into Azkaban and hope that they can change. Now, let's say we do that once, but then that person leaves Azkaban a few years later and kills dad. Now, what would you like to do to that person?"

"I…I'd want to kill him…or make him suffer"

"Dumbledore wouldn't allow that, he'd just have the guy sent straight back to Azkaban like it would be different a second time. Do you agree with that?"

"N…not really but its Dumbledore, he has to know what he is doing"

"Really?" Harry raised an eyebrow "I didn't know Dumbledore was god."

"He's not god"

"Then don't treat him like one" Harry replied "Dumbledore is a man with above average magical abilities, yes he may have done some great things but that doesn't make him the best at everything. For example, you're apparently the boy-who-lived yet you've received no training what so ever. He just left you in a mansion with servants and presents to keep you happy.

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