A/N: Harry's about to start sixth year in a few months here.
OBS: Battle at DoM happened June 18th 1996
I've been made aware of some inconsistencies, so I've edited Chapter I heavily and hope I've don't it justice now. x
Harry POV.
Harry once again found himself at Privet Drive, lying awake in the dead of the night contemplating the events that led to his current morose state of mind.
The Battle at The Department of Mysteries had happened a bit over four weeks ago now. Harry has been with the Dursleys for four weeks, the toll of this can clearly be seen as his previous lithe form is now more prominent than it has ever been since he started Hogwarts four years ago. He was woken up by the same dream which had been haunting his dream for months after the TriWizard Tournament last year; Cedric dying and the resurrection of Voldemort. Harry had been absolutely guilt-ridden, playing the events leading up to him and Cedric grasping the cup together. Harry had convinced Cedric that he was as much of a winner as he was, and they could just settle for a tie. If only he had known it had been a portkey, he would never have tried to convince Cedric. The past year had been very hard on Harry, he'd battled with Cedric's death just as much as the next person, Dumbledore had been fired by that toad Umbridge who had gone on to rule the school with an iron fist.
But what had called forward the nightmares again had been the battle at the Department of Mysteries which had happened last month. Just like he'd been a key player in Cedric's death, he'd almost been the cause of Sirius' death. It was his fault that he hadn't been better at occlumency and had gotten a false vision from Voldemort claiming he had Sirius in the Department of Mysteries. Hermione of course, sensed something was off, but Harry wasn't listening to reason and wanted to go as quickly as possible.
The only thing hindering them at getting to Sirius immediately was Dolores Umbridge. Harry, Hermione and Ron had sneaked their way up to Umbidge's office to use the Floo, when they had been discovered by her. Malfoy and his lackeys and brought to Umbridge's office. As Harry refused to answer any questions and the slap across the cheek was nothing in comparison to what he'd been through during his Hogwarts career and treatment by Uncle Vernon, Snape was contacted to bring Veritaserum for her to use on Harry. Snape had told her that he sadly didn't have any left as she had used it all, the rest on Cho Chang a member of Dumbledore's Army, before Snape had left, Harry had desperately yelled at him that He had Padfoot, at the place where it was hidden-* The ensuing battle at the Department of Mysteries after they had escaped Umbridge by various tactics, almost caused the death of Sirius. Bellatrix had used a curse that flung Sirius back into the veil, before Harry knew what he was doing he was running after Bellatrix for retaliation. Harry's inability to often think before he acts, meant he missed how somebody had stunned Sirius before he fell all the way through and had moved him, thus miraculously leaving him alive.
Harry had been fine before the event at the Department of Mysteries, Ron and Hermione especially had helped him create Dumbledore's army now that Umbridge was the DADA professor refused to teach them anything but theoretical stuff. By teaching defence to the members of Dumbledore's Army he could see he was visibly helping people around him and making a difference. This had made fifth year more bearable than he'd thought possible.
While Harry finally felt himself tired enough to actually sleep again the hunger pains of the irregular food schedule he had been under for the past weeks were keeping him wide awake. It wasn't the lack of food which was bothering him, but the irregularity of it, as it prevented him to maintain a proper rhythm and therefore continuously messed with his stomach. Harry rolled over onto his stomach to put pressure on the region and make it feel less empty and press down the pain, this is how Harry in the early hours finally managed to drift off to sleep before being abruptly awakened to make Dudley and Vernon's breakfast and continue the routine of doing chores counting down the days till he could return to Hogwarts.