Arthur Weasley wasn't happy about his youngest having overheard that conversation but he also wasn't going to get mad about it. "And who would that be, Ronnie?"
"Harry Potter."
Arthur was surprised like many in the magical world he had written off the Boy-Who-Lived when the boy was sorted into Slytherin. Thinking it far more likely the boy was dark than the boy was someone good. "Why would you think that?"
"Well, you know how I like to play chess?"
"Yes."
"Well, Harry plays chess as well. He's very good actually. So we play chess in the Great Hall about once every two weeks. Anyway after they took Ginny to St. Mungo's, I wasn't well accepted in the tower and I found myself talking to him while we played. He's the only person I talked to other than the twins and Percy. When I heard about the letter I had to see it .When I saw what it said, I thought it must have been him,but to be sure I thought about who else might have mentioned Ginny. The only person I could come up with is Luna Lovegood, so I went and talked to her . She told him about the diary. He put together what I said about Ginny being possessed by unknown means together with what Luna said and-"
"Came up with how Ginny was being possessed." Arthur Weasley sat back in his chair. "Thank you for telling me, Ronnie."
"But dad, what should I do? I mean we owe him, but I guess I just feel really weird about it with him being in Slytherin and all…"
"He sent the note anonymously, Ron. So for now I think we should just act as we have. You continue to play chess with him next year and let matters rest."Arthur was pleased when Ron's face which had been somewhat screwed up with anxiety relaxed and the boy nodded.
"I can do that."
Ron left the shed. Arthur sat in his favorite thinking chair and thought about what he had just learned. Arthur was thought by many at the ministry to be a muggle-obsessed family man with very little ambition. Which he inwardly allowed was mostly true but one thing that most did not know about him was that his code of honor was absolute. He and his family owed Harry Potter a debt. As a Slytherin, the boy undoubtably knew that. Arthur wondered when he would call it due and what he would ask for.
Arthur didn't wish to remain ignorant of Lord Potter. So over the next two weeks he made an effort to find out everything he could. He had read the transcripts of the trials determining Harry's custody. It had painted the Headmaster, the Leader of the Light, in a very unfavorable fashion. He heard stories from Percy about how the boy had violently attacked some students his first year and was almost defiant to Minerva McGonagall. On seeing the transcripts Arthur could understand why, the boy had to liking or trust for her. Fred and George were strangely close-mouthed about the boy, and now Ron's confusion about how he should treat the boy. Yes the Boy-Who-Lived was a puzzle and yet, despite his sorting, he didn't ally himself with families known for being dark. Arthur resolved to talk to Tiberius Ogden and Lady Longbottom sometime soon, since surely they knew more about the boy.
Maybe, despite all appearances to the contrary, the Boy-Who-Lived was indeed the Savior the wizarding world had proclaimed him after that long ago Halloween, but not the one they had assumed he'd be. Since You-Know-Who had made plans to return, it might be a good thing to keep an eye on young Harry Potter.
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