Better Chance

Note: This takes place in Harry's seventh year. It is also after Yusuke comes back from the Makai. So there will be SPOILERS. Also, in my fic, Dumbledore is not dead. He is very well alive. Well, not entirely. You'll see.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I know it hasn't come up yet, but I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho either.

Chapter 1: Huh?

Harry lay on his bed staring at the ceiling. He'd been doing that for 2 hours already, he didn't know how much longer he could just keep staring at the ceiling. Just then, he heard a tapping on his window.

His mind repeated, Thank god, over and over again. He opened his window to allow a large, tawny, Hogwarts owl into his room. The owl quickly dropped a letter on his desk and flew back out the window.

Harry ran over to his desk and picked up the letter. He tore it open and roughly pulled the letter out of its envelope. It said:

Dear Harry,

I have been evaluating the situation with Voldemort and will be picking you up at midnight on July 31. Consider some of this as a birthday present. Please have your things packed and ready to go.

Dumbledore

Harry stared at the letter. It was Dumbledore's handwriting. It had his signature. The only problem was that this couldn't be him. He was dead. Harry had seen it with his own eyes just a few months ago.

He decided that he would send a letter to Ron and Hermione. But before he could, two owls swooped into his room. One sat on his bed, while the other flew in circles around the room, chirping madly.

"Pig! Get down here! And be quiet before someone hears you!" Harry whispered fiercely. Needless to say, Pig shut up and landed on the bed. Harry listened for the sounds of his uncle, aunt, or Dudley coming upstairs before grabbing the letters and ripping them open. The tawny owl was from Hermione. Her letter said:

Harry,

I just received a letter from Dumbledore! I thought he was dead. Ron says that he got a letter too. It said something about him picking us up at midnight on July 31. I've been reading The Daily Prophet and apparently the Ministry is in an uproar. The Prophet says that Dumbledore came back with help from some people who brought him back to life. I'm not sure if this can be trusted though. It could be someone disguised as Dumbledore. In that case, they could be working for Voldemort. I think that we should test this so-called 'Dumbledore' to see if it really is him. But we must be on guard at all times.

Hermione

The next letter was from Ron. This one said:

Harry,

By now you should have gotten Hermione's letter. I have to agree with her. It could be a disguise. We need to think up a question to ask him. But its gotta be something that no one else knows. Well, mum thinks that we should all meet up at my house. That way, mum and dad can question him too and so that we can make sure we're safe. Mum thinks that him picking us up individually could be dangerous. Like he sent me and Hermione letters to slip you into a false sense of security and he picks you up first. If he is an imposter, then he could trick you and kidnap you. Or at least, that's what mum says. I dunno. Anyways, send me an owl telling me what you think.

Ron

Now that Harry thought about it, it was a bit suspicious. He thought that this was a good idea. He wrote back to Ron and Hermione saying that they should meet at the Burrow. He also said to keep whatever question they would ask to themselves, you never know who could be spying on you.

He found comfort in the fact that he would be going to the burrow, but the thought of Dumbledore possibly being alive just confused him. He fell in to an uncomfortable and worrying sleep that night.

MidnightAbyss: Now Review! I demand reviews. I must get one review before I put up the next chapter. So there. Reviews make me feel better. I know it's short, but the next chapter will be longer. I promise. Now review!