Harry awoke the next morning wondering if had all been a dream, that is until he sat up and hit his head on the stair above is cupboard. Harry was now a 4-year-old boy with the memories of his older self. The older Harry didn’t take over the body, it was more of a merging of two versions of the same soul. Harry’s magical core was stronger and now more developed (but not fully developed) than the average 4 year old and he had more control over his magic, there wouldn’t be accidental magic as often as there was before. Another change Harry realized was that he was giddy with hope like a 4 year old should be, he could act his age without faking it, but he knew he would have to keep his future knowledge hidden.

“Potter house elf to me” Harry said quietly wondering if it would work. Blue appeared instantly in front of young Harry, “Master has finally called for us, I am Blue, what can we do for you!!” Harry was quite happy to see that it worked. “Blue would it be possible for you to take me to wherever it is you live? I don’t like living under the stairs here.” Blue was angry to hear that this little place was where his great master was forced to live. “Blue can take you to the Potter Manor but it hasn’t been used since before your parent’s death. Blue will check you for magics before we leave.” Harry was shocked that Blue was going to check him for a tracker, was that what his family always did? He wish he had known more about his family, even in his old life. Blue then snapped his fingers “Blue has detected Master Harry has two tracking charms and the trace for using magics on him, would you like Blue to remove them?” Harry nodded “Blue can you please take me to Potter Manor, I believe there is much I have to learn.”

Harry appeared in the entrance to the Potter Manor, and found the house to be in perfect shape, just like he would find it 20 years from now in the old timeline. “Blue is there any relative I can talk to about the Potters? I don’t know anything about my family.” Blue started nodding his head vigorously stating that Harry could speak with the painting of his grandfather Charlus.

“Uh, Hello grandpa? Can you talk?” Charlus laughed at that “So you are my grandson Harry, I haven’t seen you since you were a baby, where have you been these last few years? The elves told us your parents died but we haven’t heard anything since!”. Harry frowned at that “Uh thanks grandpa? I have been living with my aunt Petunia and her family, they don’t like magic so they made my live under the stairs and would hit me if magic accidently happened”.

Charlus was angry at that, “You mean you’ve been stuck with muggles this whole time??? Why weren’t you brought to your godparents? Why weren’t you brought here to be raised in your ancestral home? We will need to start training you immediately if you are to be the last heir of an ancient house.”

Harry forced himself to look upset “I have no clue what you’re talking about, what’s a muggle? Who are my godparents? All I know is that I was left on my aunts’ doorstep with a note left by some guy name dummy dore? Can you really teach me stuff, like what magic is? I really want to learn it, one time I talked to a snake in my aunts back yard, he called me a speaker and was really nice to me!”

Charlus frowned at that last statement “It appears that you are a parselmouth, a gift usually tied to the bloodline of Salazar Slytherin, this is an ability that you should keep quiet. Many have thought that it is a sign of an evil wizard if they can speak to snakes. You aren’t allowed to own a wand until you are 11 years old but I’m sure you can find a couple around the house from your relatives, if one works well enough, we can start training you in a couple days. One thing I would suggest is that you let the elves look you over and make sure everything is ok. Blue can you find an old copy of the first-year coursework books somewhere in the manor for you Harry to start looking over? Also can you show him where the library is and also bring the old family wands for him to look at. Thank you Blue.”

Charlus then proceeded to talk with Harry about anything else he should know about his life with muggles and introduced him to the paintings of other family members. After the short conversation Blue reappeared with the wands and asked Harry to try holding each one once. Harry ended up finding he was most comfortable with Peverell’s wand which shocked Charlus. Charlus told Harry to not use the wand until he and Harry started studying together with the other paintings in the house. Harry agreed and asked if he could wonder around the house to start to learn it. Charlus agreed and told Harry to return to him when he wanted to start learning.

“Blue will you walk around with me in case I have any questions?”

“Yes Master Harry I can do that”

“Blue this isn’t the house I remember when I was a baby, what happened to that house?”

“That house was where Potters lived because of the dark man, he came in and killed them and broke the house”

“Blue was all the stuff recovered from the house? I want things to remember my parents by?”

“No Master Harry but we cans go find the stuff that wasn’t returned”

“Thank you blue can you please go do that for me?”

Blue started nodding happily and sent another Elf off to look for the missing items.

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“Blue can you please have the missing items all put together in a pile so I can see what it is, and also where it was found would be nice. I want to find out if people are stealing my stuff”

Blue nodded happily at the idea and said it would be done.

“Thank you Blue, I think I will walk around the house on my own for a while, I will call for you if I need you.”

Blue disappeared to go start cleaning the master bedroom for young Harry to move into. This was his house now afterall.

Harry decided to wonder down to the basement and check on the room with the Peverell ring, Harry was surprised that he could open the room without any of the Hallows. Inside was Gabriel with a smile waiting for Harry.

“Hello Harry, how do you find being back in the past?”

“It’s quite interesting to be honest, I hope that you don’t mind that I changed the timeline already, I thought it was best to start repairing my body now while I was young instead of waiting.”

“Not a problem Harry, we are actually happy to see you doing so. You can also go ahead and make yourself heir of the Peverell Family, as you are the master of Death even if you don’t currently have the Hallows. Note that once you claim the ring you will become Harry Peverell since Potter was just a cover family for the Peverell line. Once you come of age and go to the Ministry you will still be listed as Harry Potter as far as anyone else knows. Death does not want the name Peverell to be reintroduced to the world at this time, it shall stay a children’s story. One other thing I should mention is that the Peverell fortune is stored here within the Manor, and you can access it which will be useful to you since you can’t access the Potter accounts for the time being. I would suggest you still use the trust account your parents left you to now raise suspicions. One other thing we need to tell you is that Death has decided to remove the horcrux from your head since you have already died before.” Gabriel smirked during that last comment.

“Gabriel will I be allowed to start going after the Horcrux early rather than waiting for the Diary? I know my core is still weak compared to my old self but I don’t want to wait until my 5th or 6th year to go after them.”

“We believe you should wait until after you destroy the diary so you have a reason to be looking into it, also maybe try talking to Gringotts this time instead of breaking in, you may find they are more agreeable this time around”.

Harry frowned at that comment but decided not to fight against it, he was already grateful for another chance at life, why should he screw it up by upsetting Death?

“Gabriel I have a couple more questions if you don’t mind?” Gabriel nodded.

“How old do I need to be before I go get what will be my future second wand?”

“We will provide you with your future second wand when you turn 11, this wand no one will be able to use but you and it will eventually merge with the elder wand once you get it from Dumbledore.”

“No problem, I can work with this wand until then, the wand I get from Ollivander will no longer be the brother wand of Riddles will it?”

“No, it will be something that we think you will like.”

“Thank you for your answers Gabriel, and thank Death for removing the Horcrux for me, I do appreciate not having to die again. Will you be in the room in the future or will you visit me if you need me?”

“I will visit you, and no one but you will see or hear me at that time, I will try to do it when you are alone though. We will meet again before you leave for platform 9 ¾, we have a few things to discuss at that time.”

“No problem Gabriel, thank you for all your help”

After Harry finished his little exploration of the Manor to make sure he didn’t raise suspicions he decided to down to where the Peverell vault was supposed to be. Inside the vault Harry found enough gold to live off of for a lifetime, a moleskin pouch and some books from his ancestors. Harry took the books into the pouch, a small amount of galleons, and went off to focus on strengthening the occlumency shields of this body so he wouldn’t have issues in the future.

Harry informed Charlus and Blue that he should return home so he doesn’t get yelled at. Charlus told him to stay but Harry knew it was for the best to return to Privet Drive for the time being, even if he didn’t consider it his home anymore.

A week later Dumbledore showed up on Privet drive wondering why his tracker on Harry had disappeared. Dumbledore was shocked to discover that the blood wards around the house had disappeared but there was no sign they were brought down by magic. What was going on here? He knew he should have kept a closer eye on young Harry but there was only so much time Albus could spare for all his different roles in the wizarding world, and Albus wasn’t willing to give up his power.

Albus went to the door and knocked, Petunia answered “We were curious when a freak like you would show up looking for the boy. We don’t want him, will you take him off our hands now?”

Albus was angry when he heard that, angry that the boy didn’t know love. How would the boy be able to defeat Riddle if he wasn’t loved at home? “Petunia I remember when you sent me a letter begging to let you into Hogwarts, and now you act like you hate magic? Are you really so jealous of your sister that you must take it out on her son?”

Petunia scowled at that and closed the door in Albus face. She didn’t want to have to deal with freaks more than what was necessary, and if he wasn’t here to take the boy away then she didn’t want to deal with him at all.

Albus was once again shocked by Petunia’s actions but decided it was best to leave it at that for today. According to his scan of her memories the boy was somewhat healthy and no one had shown up looking for him, nor was there any evidence of her memory being messed with. Albus would come back soon to put up some different wards since he wouldn’t be able to get blood from the boy as easily as he did when Harry was a baby. Albus was annoyed that this was taking him away from more important tasks like leading Britain towards the light and trying to redeem some of the past Death Eaters that had served under Riddle. Maybe he should ask someone from the Order to periodically check in on the boy? No that could lead to them interacting and the boy learning who he was. That would not do at all.