Disclaimer: I do not own or have rights to Harry Potter and Co. JKR owns it I am borrowing till I ahve a new book to read :-)
A/N I am in need of a beta if anyone is interested.
In a normal little town on a normal little street is a normal little house lives a extraordinary boy. But Harry Potter will tell anyone and everyone that he is a plain and normal wizard. Yes a wizard, but he is different, he has survived against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named more times than anyone. This last time he faced Voldemort he lost his godfather. So now he feels guilty for yet another death. This is where our story begins.
Harry Potter of Number Four Privet Drive, smallest bedroom,is sitting on his bed where he has been since he got home from Hogwarts. Right now he rather be left alone with noone bothering him. It has been a week like this, the only time he has left the room was to shower and use the loo. He hasn't answered any of his mail and the only thing he has sent out was to the Order.
I am fine, Muggles being good.
Harry
Aunt Petunia noticed he wasn't eating at all and was concerned though she wouldn't tell Vernon. So everyday now she would give Harry at least a glass of water, couple pieces of bread and a lump of cheese. The only time she spoke was days he was to write to the Order.
"Have you wrote to those freaky friends of yours?"
"Yes Aunt Petunia." is all he would ever say. The third time asked she also had something else to say.
" Boy, you need to snap out of whatever is bothering you, Mrs. Figg wants you to come over and weed her garden, Today. So you better go."
"Yes Aunt Petunia." was all he said. She left the room, he got up and changed his clothes and started on his way over there for he knew there would be problems if he didn't show. Basically because Mrs. Figg is a squib whom talks to Dumbledore. As he slowly trekked over to her house he had two people following him though he wouldn't be able to see them. As he approached Mrs. Figgs' house she came outside to meet him.
"Come on, hurry up and get inside."
"Hello Mrs. Figg, Aunt Petunia said you had some work for me to do."
"No, but I needed to tell her something didn't I." Harry didn't say anything and just followed her into the kitchen. As he entered he saw the one person he really didn't want to talk to right now, Albus Dumbledore. Harry just sat down at the table looking at his lap.
"Thank-you Arabella. Do you have someplace quiet that I may speak to Harry alone?"
"Of course Albus, you may use the office upstairs. Would you like tea and biscuits?"
"That would be nice, Harry and I have a lot to discuss."
"Well why don't the two of you go on up and I will bring the tea up in a moment."
"Thank-you Arabella. Come along Harry." They stood up and went upstairs. Dumbledore led Harry into the office, where harry took the chair closest to the door and Dumbledore sat behind the desk with his finger tips together looking at Harry, while Harry was still avoiding him. After a few minutes, Mrs. Figg brought the tea and biscuits in, sat them on the desk, turned around and walked out of the room and closed the door behind her before either one could say thank-you. Once the door was closed Dumbledore put a silencing charm around the room, so noone could over hear what they are talking about. Harry still sat there with his hands in his lap staring at them. Dumbledore was the first one to speak.
"Harry, why don't you move over here in front of the desk so we can talk better?" Harry still looking down, shook his head no.
"Please Harry, it will make it a lot easier if you are closer. There are a lot of things to be taken care of before your birthday." Harry finally looked up at Dumbledore, and Dumbledore can see the difference in the boys eyes. Harry sat the there for another minute and then spoke.
"One condition."
"And what's that Harry?"
"You let me into the Order, or at least tell me everything that is going on. For I want to be treated like an adult and not some fradgil child, for I have to find some way to end all this before I lose someone else I care for due to my own stupidity."
You are not stupid Harry, but I will do my best to keep you informed for you are not out of school yet. I know you are probably still mad at me, but I would like us to be friends, for I do care for you Harry more than a headmaster to a student."
Harry stood up, walked over to the desk put his hand out in front of him and said "Friends?" Dumbldore smiled, stood up, grasped Harry's hand and said "Friends Harry and I promise to help you defeat Voldemort as friends." Harry nodded and sat down in front of the desk.
"Tea Harry?" offering him a cup.
"Yes please." accepting the offered cup and taking a biscuit.
"Well, Harry there are a number of things we need to cover. First and for most is Sirius' things." Harry's eyes started to cloud over again.
"I don't..." Harry started but Dumbledore put his hand up to stop him.
"Before you start let me tell you that Sirius left a will that is set to be read on August first but if you say you don't want anything before then everything will got to the remaining Blacks',to include the part left to Remus."
"Well I don't want any of them to get his things, but why do we have to handle things before my birthday?"
"Because I want you to learn all you can during the month of August and we need things that are in his family vault and yours. Before you say anything I understand you might be a little confused but the Potters have an family vault as old as any. You are suppose to be seventeen before you can have access to it but I have found a way around that. You would need to be emancipated in the wizarding world. I am willing to give it to you as long as you call Privet Drive your home."
"If I agree, would I be able to do magic and is there a way that it can be on a need to know basis? Basically noone in the order needs to know unless I tell them and they can't tell any one else for I don't want certain people to find out."
"Yes you would be able to do magic and learn to apperate. Once you are emancipated you can have access to Sirius' will before then so you can handle things before then, for I don't even know the full extant of both vaults save a few items. There is a way to keep a secret with in someone that not even leginamacy will detect it."
"Then before the first paper I filed I want that performed. Can I get a detailed list of what is in my vaults? How many vaults do I have?"
"I am sure the goblins can give you a list of everything in them, as for how many you have I do not know for I was never told about any other than your trust fund. The others you would get at seventeen but with you being emancipated you should have access to all."
"So what do we have to do first? Why do we have to do it before my birthday? I understand the sooner the better but what is the rush?"
"I need to get the papers to fill out for you and I to sign and I will need to perform the spell. As far as getting it done before your birthday, the Weasleys are planning a party for and you were suppose to receive a gift on you sixteenth birthday to take away for a month for training, every Potter male I have known has disappeared for a month the day after their sixteenth birthday and let me tell you that is a task in its self when they are school."
"What do you mean were?"
"Normally the father would go and retrieve a port key from the vault and give it to the child on his birthday. James gave permission to Sirius before they went into hiding that if anything happened to him Sirius would be able to retrieve it as your godfather. I do not have permission to get into the vault but if you are emancipated you can get it and still do you training. I am sure there is a letter or two there for you that might explain what is to happen for I don't know everything that it entails."
"So... How long does the spell take to cast?"
"Only about an hour to cast, but once it is casted you will be the only one to divulge the information."
"Well then lets get started with the spell so we can work on other things."
"Very well Harry, close your eyes and relax." So Harry sat there with his eyes closed and tried to be as relaxed as possible while Dumbledore was whispering something. He must of fallen asleep during it for the next thing he knew Dumbledore was gently nudging him awake.
"The spell is done. So everything you sign and we discuss about you directly only you will be able to disclose it."
"Okay now what should we do?"
"Well I need to go and get the emancipation papers plus the papers for you to learn apparition."
"Okay, Professor can I learn to be an animagus?"
"I don't see why not, I will gather the papers for that also. Maybe I'll see if Professor McGonagall can teach you. Well I'll get going see you tomorrow at 9AM, Okay."
"Okay Professor." Dumbledore removed the charms on the room and the two of them walked down stairs together. As they reached the front door, Dumbledore said goodbye and popped out. Harry told Mrs. Figg goodbye and he would see her tomorrow. He walked the path back to his aunt's house. As soon as he got there he went straight to his room and took inventory of everything he had. Then decided to go to sleep.