[HP] Dancing with the death #9 (Patreon)

Chapter #9: Dangerous attachment.

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“This is your room, Harry,” Rose Potter told the dimension traveler.

He was surprised to find himself in a small room that surely reminded him of the cupboard under the stairs of the Dursley home, he suddenly felt like traveling back to the past to the days in which his uncle and aunt would just shove him into the small room to get rid of him and forget he existed for a while.

He also couldn’t help but chuckle as he remembered his first steps into magic and how the small locked room was the source that caused him to develop his wandless magic skills, his uncle and aunt used to purposefully forget to feed him and he purposefully wished for the door to get unlocked so he could steal food from the fridge and surprisingly, at some point, after wishing for so long for that to happen, that wish became a reality.

A lot of muggle-born or muggle-raised kids don’t grasp the reality of their powers as much as he did, after the first burst of accidental magic, most of them end up scared or pretending that their powers don’t exist and Harry envied them so much because that meant that they could forget about their magic and still have an amazing life.

For Harry discovering his magical skills was a life-changing moment, his uncle and aunt couldn't lock him in the cupboard under the stairs anymore, and soon, he learned to control his powers to make them behave in the way he wanted, one day he just wished for his uncle, aunt, and cousin to treat him with respect and leave him alone, and at some point his magic made it happen, it took him years to realize that he put his relatives under the imperius curse and many compulsion charms with his wandless magic to get what he wanted.

“Are you okay Harry?” Asked Harry’s sister from another universe.

“Yes…It’s just that, this room, it’s so small it brings memories from my childhood at the Dursleys,” Harry couldn’t help but chuckle before they were joined by Lily Potter.

She was carrying some blankets, a towel, and some clothes, she was looking at him with a heart-warming smile that made Harry wish to have been born in this universe, that was the look a mother usually gives to her children and yet, Harry knew the truth, he didn’t want to pretend that the woman cared about him in the way a mother would do because even if she technically was his mother, she actually wasn’t.

He didn’t want to get attached, he didn’t want to get used to the warm look she was currently giving him, he didn't want to get used to the love and care of a family, he didn’t want to get used to Remus, Sirius, Tonks and all the people he loved in his original universe being alive because the moment he gets to come back to his universe, he knows it would hurt him even more than anything else he has suffered throughout his life.

“I brought you this, Harry…I’m sorry that I can’t give you clothes as fine as the ones you’re wearing but you and Henry seem to share clothing sizes,” the redhead tried to apologize and Harry quickly stopped her.

“No Mrs. Potter, it’s fine, these robes I'm wearing are the first proper robes I’ve bought in my life, I ordered them, particularly for the day when I had to kill Voldy,” Harry said with a sheepish smile. “Actually, these clothes are even better than the ones I usually wear,” Harry couldn’t help but chuckle as he grabbed the robes from the older redhead.

The older woman shot him an apologetic smile, seeing the young man so excited about some worn-out clothes made her feel a lump in her throat but she quickly clarified her voice to get back to her usual self, in her opinion Harry doesn’t look like the type of person who appreciates being pitied by other people, especially the ones that were supposed to love him even though they were from different dimensions, she still felt bad for not being with him, maybe it was just her motherly instinct, but she decided to not offend him by pitying him.

“You should take a bath, the dinner’s going to be ready soon,” Lily smiled warmly at him and he nodded as fast as he could trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall from his eyes.

“Come on Rosie, let’s go see your father and Sirius, it seems like they are in charge of making dinner, we need to stop them from burning my drapes!” Lily gave Harry a small smile before disappearing coming out of the room, Rose did the same thing before she followed her mother.

Once Harry was alone, he couldn’t help but fall onto the bed and stare at the ceiling of the small room, thankfully it was a magically enhanced room and there was a bathroom for him which made the dark-haired wizard happy, he truly needed a shower, still, before that he couldn’t help but contemplate his thoughts and make a quick resume of the day, however, no matter how many things he did during the day there was only one thought in his mind.

“They’re alive…My parents…Everyone, they’re alive,” he couldn’t help but say happily before burying his face in one pillow.

A few moments later in the kitchen...

“Ah, that smells great dear,” Lily said happily as she joined the kitchen alongside her daughter.

“Yeah, I’ve figured out that Harry hasn’t had a good meal in a long time, and even though I’m still shocked about him, I can’t help but try to provide for him, you know? A boy his age should be focusing on getting a job, chasing girls, or trying to join a quidditch team not plotting the murder of dark wizards and the worst thing is that he has to do the same thing again,” James couldn’t help but sigh as he said this.

“I know dear, I can’t imagine how much stress he’s going through right now, and yet, I can't help but admire how calm he is about this situation, hell, just fighting Voldy once is driving me insane, I can’t imagine how Harry must’ve been feeling after knowing he had to do it again,” Lily couldn’t help but sadly sigh.

“Are those birria tacos, dad?” Asked Rose as she sat on the table but not before grabbing a sweet bread covered with chocolate.

“Yes, there’s consome too…Padfoot found a great place to eat this…He told me that it reminded him of the crazy days we had in Mexico during that summer before our seventh year with the girls and—” James couldn’t help but stare at his wife with fear.

Lily clearly wasn’t amused by those words.

“Come on Lils, it was before you even gave him the time of the day and he was depressed by his parents’ sudden death, I had to do what any best friend would do,” Sirius suddenly joined the room.

“I don’t usually approve of your behavior guys but I admit that I had lots of fun too, can’t believe the Mexican werewolf community is so relaxed, I guess the weather helps,” Remus couldn’t help but chuckle as he joined them on the table.

Tonks was coming behind him and everyone was expecting her to try to make the werewolf pay attention to her as it was obvious that she had a crush on the older man, but surprisingly, that didn’t happen.

“Come on mom…It’s not so bad, I’m so jealous I wish I had experiences like that with my friends,” Henry couldn’t help but feel down.

“I wonder if Harry had a girlfriend in his universe…” Tonks couldn’t help but wonder before sighing and her words surprised everyone but in Lily's case, hearing those words made Lily feel a little uncomfortable.

And soon, the conversation was interrupted the moment Harry finally came downstairs, he was wearing slippers, black shorts, and a tight white shirt that clearly hugged his muscles and his wild hair looked even better wet, Tonks couldn’t help but bite her lower lip as she stared at the emerald-eyed wizard.

“That smells great, I don't think I've tasted something like that,” Harry said with a happy contagious tone.

“Then grab a chair and let’s eat!” Sirius encouraged him and he didn’t have to tell Harry twice about it.

Soon, all of them were eating and chatting, it was so strange for Harry to not think about the war, to relax and behave like a normal eighteen-year-old but being with people he trusted made things easy for him, he knew he shouldn’t but he decided to get attached to this new life just for a little while.