Harry Potter: A Different Tale

The next few says went by a bit too fast for Harry's liking, he spent as much time with his mother and father as possible. He and Adrian has settled into something of a mutual agreement not to piss each other off, they weren't exactly friends but they at the very least didn't hate each other like before.

A few people visited while they were staying, Hagrid, Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, Slughorn, Mad-eye Moody and a few others. Dumbledore hadn't visited, Harry suspected that his jaw was till recovering from his mothers slap

Soon they had to return to Hogwarts, Harry, Rose and Adrian arrived into Dumbledore's office through the floo network.

"Ah, Adrian" Dumbledore greeted them "ah, and Harry and Rose"

"That's Mr Potter or Hadrian to you" Harry coldly replied, he was very much not happy with ending his time with his parents and immediately greeting the old man afterwards "how's your face? I remember mum slapping it pretty hard" Dumbledore's smile shrunk a little, Adrian looked surprised, that was new news to him.

"It is perfectly fine Mr Potter"

"Shame" Harry replied "I had hoped the pain would last a bit longer, you might have actually learnt something that way. Come on Rose, let's go" Rose grabbed on to his sleeve and the two walked out

"It appears that your brother still does not like me" Dumbledore said to Adrian

"Uh…sorry about that"

"It's perfectly fine, my boy" Dumbledore replied, it was most certainly not fine but he had to play his grandfatherly role "how was your brother these past few days?"

"He…" Adrian struggled to think up the words "was different"

"How so?" Dumbledore asked curiously

"Well…he practically worships mum" Adrian answered, trying to hide the awkwardness he felt now "he does whatever she tells him to without question"

"Hmm, interesting" Dumbledore whispered to himself, not noticing that Adrian had heard him "is that all?" He asked Adrian

"Well….Harry…said that he's going to try and get along with me for mum and dad's sake"

"Well, isn't that marvellous?" Dumbledore smiled as he was thinking about what he could do with this information "if I were you Adrian, I'd go to the common room and rest. You do have classes tomorrow"

"Uh…yes sir, goodbye" Adrian said as he turned and left the headmaster's office.

When Adrian arrived in Gryffindor tower he was greeted by Hermione and Ron.

"Alright guys?" Adrian asked

"We're fine Adrian but what about you?" Hermione asked

"What about me?" A confused Adrian asked

"Come on mate" Ron said "you had to spend the whole of Christmas with Sirius Black"

"Hey Sirius was alright" Adrian objected

"And that snake brother of yours" Ron continued as if Adrian hadn't said anything "how was that? I bet it must have been torture being around the slimy git"

"I can't imagine it was too pleasant for you" Hermione added "your brother is really cunning and…smart" Hermione growled out that last word and Adrian realised that Harry was right about Hermione not liking people being smarter than her

"It was…honestly not that bad" Adrian replied "me and Harry sort of had a truce where we wouldn't say or do anything together for mum and dad's sake"

"Well, that was very mature of you Adrian" Hermione complimented him

"It was Harry's idea actually" Adrian replied

"I bet that slimy snake had some sort of plan" Ron said "probably waited for you to go then told your parents lots of nasty stuff about you"

"Nah, Harry doesn't lie to mum and dad, even when he does he tells the truth like within the hour or the next day."

"What? Really?"

"Yeah, Harry's basically a puppy around mum and dad. He does whatever it takes to make them happy" In all honesty, Adrian couldn't understand Harry's dedication to his parents, it made him wonder what they did that Harry thought was worth him acting like that

"So…you're really alright?" Hermione asked sceptically

"Well" Adrian shrugged "he didn't kill me"

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Meanwhile in the Slytherin common room, Harry and Rose had just entered the room.

"Oh look" Malfoy drawled as he stood up "it's Potter, how are you and you're…" Malfoy was cut off by a stunner that hit him in the back

"I am in no mood for you Malfoy" Daphne put her wand back in her holster and ran up to Harry and pulled him into a hug "missed you Harry"

"You too Daph" Harry replied once they let go of each other "you're looking as beautiful as ever"

"Shush you, so how was your holidays? You had to spend them with your brother, how did that go?"

"The holidays were great, got to spend a lot of time with my mum and dad. As for my brother…well…"

"Well what?" Daphne asked

"Well…I didn't kill him"

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