The Real Harry Potter

"Sirius!" Harry said quickly when Sirius flooed into Dumbledore's office. "Save me from the bad, old man!" He said dramatically as he pointed to Dumbledore.

"Hey Harry," Sirius couldn't help grin, but a second later he grin was gone and he was glaring at Dumbledore. "Dumbledore, what the fuck is wrong with you?"

"Language please Sirius." Dumbledore reprimanded.

"Screw language and its mother, what the hell are you thinking by making Snape teach Defense Against the Dark Arts?!" Sirius demanded just as he sat down in the seat that Harry had created for him. "You know that Harry has Voldemort and his evil little brat coming after him, so why the hell did you put the most hated and unprofessional teacher in Hogwarts in one of the most important classes for Harry's survival?!"

"Sirius," Dumbledore said in a tired voice. "I..."

"If you say 'I trust Snape' then I will deck you in the face." Sirius warned.

"And I will gladly hit the other side of his face." Harry added.

"Professor Snape is very knowledgeable in the subject," Dumbledore said. "I needed Professor Slughorn back and therefore had to give him the potions class to teach. Severus had nothing to do so I had given him the one subject he wished to teach for years."

"You haven't really thought that through." Harry frowned.

"What do you mean Harry?" Dumbledore asked.

"Well first of all why do you need Professor Slughorn?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow.

"He has information on Voldemort that I am hoping to get out of him." Dumbledore answered. "I can't just read his mind and find the answers, his occlumency is too good, with him here at Hogwarts I can get the necessary information."

"Okay, so my thing, is why didn't you just make Professor Slughorn teach potions then put Professor Snape to work somewhere else, like making potions for the school? You also could have had Sirius or one of the order members take the class." Harry added. "Plus if the supposed 'curse' on the position is in fact real then that person could simply just willingly teach for just a year then leave."

"I can't just have Professor Snape be making potions," Dumbledore sighed. "then I would have to pay for a potions master, a potions maker and a defense teacher."

"Or you could just not pay Snape." Harry suggested.

"Harry." Dumbledore frowned.

"What? It's for the greater good." Harry shrugged his shoulders. "Point is, Snape never bothered with safety or proper teaching when we were doing potions, I'm not about to risk the same method of teaching in a class where we can have spells flying."

"Forget Snape's class," Sirius said. "I'll have a tutor assigned for you, and if I can't find one then I will personally teach you myself."

"Sirius, Harry, is all of this really necessary?" Dumbledore asked in an exasperated voice. "Why can't you both just give Professor Snape a chance?"

"I have given him years of chances," Harry argued. "he won't change because your disciplinary method is about as effective as keeping Voldemort at bay with a wet paper bag. If you think that I am going to risk my survival on a teacher with anger issues who can't seem to control himself around me because I look like a dead man then you're crazier than people think."

"Very well," Dumbledore didn't look too happy about it, nor was he too happy about it, but he realized that he would be better off not arguing on this specific subject. "now that we are done with our discussion of Professor Snape..."

"Snivelus." Harry said under his breath, Sirius heard and snorted, Dumbledore either didn't hear it or decided to ignore it.

"I would like to start our, for lack of a better word, lessons now." Dumbledore said to Harry. Harry suddenly sat up slightly straighter, Dumbledore had mentioned over the summer that he had wanted to teach Harry something.

"You have my full attention." Harry said as he gestured Dumbledore to continue.

"I am glad," Dumbledore said before turning to Sirius. "now Sirius, you may leave now, I know you might wish to stay but this between me and Harry, if he wishes to tell you what happens after then he may do so." Sirius looked at Harry who gave him a small nod.

"Very well," Sirius frowned as he stood up. "but if I hear a single bad thing then you will not be having any further lessons with Harry unless I am here." Sirius said in a firm voice before turning to Harry. "Alright kiddo, you enjoy yourself, I'll be off to go and find a teacher for you." He said before flooing out.

"Now," Dumbledore stood up. "follow me Harry." He said as he walked over to his pensive with Harry following behind him. "Now Harry, this is important, I have decided it is time for you to learn some new information about Voldemort, knowledge I think you need to know since you now know why Voldemort had went after you all those years ago."

"So you've been keeping more secrets and information from me?" Harry said in accusing voice. "First the prophecy, now what? Is Voldemort supposed to be related to me or something stupid like that?"

"He is not related to you as far as I know," Dumbledore hummed. "and no, I was hoping that you and me can learn together." Dumbledore said. "This'll be my first time looking at the memory as well." It was not but Dumbledore could lie with the best of them. He looked at Harry, hoping for an apology for the accusation or at least some show that he felt bad for accusing him but didn't get one as Harry's face went from thoughtful to a look that was somewhere between bored and tired.

"Fine," Harry said eventually. "let's get on with this."

"Well," Harry frowned as he and Katie looked at the group of people waiting to try out for the Gryffindor quidditch team. "this looks horrible."

"You can say that again." Katie snorted.

"Well, this look horrible." Harry repeated without missing a beat.

"Quick question, if I kept saying 'you can say that again', would we just be in an infinite loop?" Katie asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, or at least until you stopped." Harry shrugged.

"What do you mean until I stop?" Katie questioned him.

"Well I'm not going to give up first, am I?" Harry snorted before moving forward. "Okay guys." He called to the quidditch hopefuls but they didn't appear to hear him. "Hey guys." Harry called one more time but they were still too busy talking and playing amongst themselves to hear him, apart from a few, which included Ginny who was also trying out, so was Ron apparently. "Oh fuck this," Harry said under his breath before he pulled his wand out. "cover your ears." He said to Katie, who quickly did as she was told.

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