HP: In The Magical World As a An Extra [ Chapter 132 ]

"Ted, what are the chances of this plan of his actually succeeding," Magnus asked as he hoped that things weren't as bad as he thought.

"Sadly they are rather good," Ted informed him, "I was allowed a brief meeting with Sirius yesterday when he was taken out of there, and he isn't in the best of shape, he's in a holding cell now and his health is being seen to but Azkaban has taken its toll on him.”

“It could take weeks for him to even to properly begin a physical recovery, and that's not even taking into consideration any of the mental problems that he may now have."

"And there's no way for us to down play it?" Walburga suggested from her portrait.

Ted shook his head, "No, this may be a desperate play on the headmasters part but it's one that the Ministry will take seriously, there would be riots in the streets if there was even a hint of something wrong with someone who would be charged with the care of the boy-who-lived."

Magnus clenched his fists, he wanted to comment that there already was, he wanted to bring up the Dursleys disgusting treatment of Harry over his entire childhood but immediately scrapped that idea as he had no ground to stand on with it.

As he had no way to actually justify his claims as to how he would know about his treatment.

But still following the same lines Magnus asked, "Would it be possible to press the issue of his current custody? As I recall his current situation is in a muggle home, could we push to have him stay with his own kind rather than them?" He asked.

The mirror turned and changed again as Ted's face came back onto the reflective surface and he didn't look pleased, "I assume that you have a good reason for bringing up his current care situation, other than his family's status as muggles," he asked in a clipped tone.

Magnus internally winced, having momentarily forgotten that Ted was Muggle born himself, thinking for a moment he realized while he couldn't outright say he knew he could use his observations to some extent to justify things.

"I have concerns about Harry's home situation, though they are currently unfounded and would have to be looked into, but it is my belief that Harry isn't getting the best treatment at his home."

That seemed to make Ted pause as he instead gave Magnus a worrying look, "what do you mean?"

Magnus took a breath as he took a second to think, "his appearance and mannerisms for a start, Harry is the smallest of our entire year group, he is shy and doesn't openly approach others and doesn't raise his hand in class to volunteer information.”

“While it would have to be checked, both point to not being given enough food at home and having overbearing perhaps even abusive guardians." He pointed out.

"Then there are his clothes, other than his Hogwarts robes, what clothing he has are all extremely worn out, along with being several sizes too big for him, like they are all hand-me-downs.”

“Nothing he has seems to have been bought new for him and all have been given to him after being used by someone else, his cousin more than likely."

Ted was silent as he listened to Magnus and tried to put the pieces together as Magnus laid them out for him, and he wasn't liking the picture he was seeing.

"All signs point to an abusive home life at worst, an unpleasant one at best," Ted said after a moment of thinking, "have you spoken to your Aunt about this?" He asked

Magnus shook his head, "Not yet, I wanted to be sure before doing so, the evidence just keeps piling up, hell he didn't even know he was Heir Potter or any of his future responsibilities until Neville, me, Daphne and Tracey began to talk to him about it, he's only just starting to pick things up now."

"What!" Walburga yelled in shock making Ted jump from her outburst, "the rightful heir to a Most Noble and Most Ancient House didn't even know of his heritage and responsibilities, just what in the seven hells is that headmaster playing at, if he's his magical guardian it's his responsibility to ensure that his charge learns these things."

Ted rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed hearing the portraits ranting, but he knew she was right, that was half the reason why the magical guardian role was made.

Firstly to ensure traditions and history was passed down. That was why normally the lord of any house was made the de facto magical guardian of any child in his house.

The second reason was due to muggle borns, if they got sick or needed to be represented in court due to any reason.

Their muggle parents wouldn't have the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions best for their children, and so the role was needed.

And yet Dumbledore had clearly not done so, if Harry didn't know what he needed to and was in the state he was, Dumbledore was failing severely in his duties, the question was why.

And the answers he was coming up with were not pleasant in the slightest.

"Alright, I'll bring this up with your Aunt after the trial, needless to say she'll have some choice words and will want to talk with Harry about this and want to give him a complete medical check over to see just what damages have been done if there are any," Ted voiced.

"But as for your idea about bringing up Harry's guardianship in that way, I would think that it would be unwise, not only would it cause riots if it was even suggested that he was being abused.”

“But to do so in that way would open the metaphorical floodgates for everyone with even the smallest claim to his guardianship to try their hand to get him, and there are some with claims that would be less than genuine behind their reasonings."