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Summary: Secrets that have been held are soon to be unleashed and the damage will be wide. Nothing will be the same. Character deaths, betrayal, lies, and more. Families will be turned upside down and torn apart.

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Harry is laying on his bed looking out his window. He strokes his owl, Hedwig's, feathers. She coos softly and nips his fingers affectionately. Harry turns to see the worry in her eyes.

"What am I going to do Hedwig? Do you think it's true? Can my two best friends be only that because the headmaster pays them too?" he asks in a strangled voice, his eyes portraying the sadness and betrayal he feels. Hedwig just coos and nips his fingers again. He sighs and closes his eyes.

'I can't believe I've only been home for two weeks. I wonder if that is the reason I haven't heard from Ron and Hermione, maybe it is true.'

He falls asleep a few minutes after that thought.

The second week of vacation passes quickly and Harry remembers that the next day Remus is coming to get him. Harry wakes up early that morning to pack his belongings. He couldn't wait for Remus to come and get him. He still remembers the cryptic letter Remus had sent him a week before.

Flashback

Harry is sitting at his desk trying to read the defense book Moony had bought him for Christmas. He was just glad that he didn't have summer work as, he had to wait for his O.W.L. results the teachers couldn't give him any homework. He was just getting ready to put the book down when Hedwig flew in the window. She landed on the desk and held her leg out. Harry was shocked he usually didn't get a response to his "three day letter". He was shocked to find that the letter was from Moony. He opens the letter and gasps aloud as he reads:

I will come and pick you up at ten in the morning, on the day before your birthday. Don't tell anyone, not even the muggles.

Love, Moony

Harry burns the letter as soon as he is finished reading it. He looks to Hedwig and says, "Did Remus give you that letter?"

She hoots and nods her head in an affirmative matter. Harry pets her and makes his way to bed, confused by the letter and worried, that something had happened to one of his friends.

end flashback

Harry comes out of his musing to see that he only has an hour before Remus arrives. He hurriedly finishes his packing and goes to shower and change his clothes. He finishes five minutes to ten. He releases Hedwig from her cage and tells her to find him later since he doesn't know where he and Remus are going. He shrinks her cage and sticks it in his trunks. He waves his hand and shrinks the trunk down to the size of a pack of cigarettes. He sticks the trunk in his pocket and makes his way downstairs. Just as he gets to the last step the doorbell rings.

"Get the door, boy!" His uncle shouts.

Harry opens the door to see Remus looking down at him and smiling. Harry pulls his wand out of his back pocket and points it at Remus.

"Tell me something only Moony would know," Says Harry.

Remus grins before he says, "Call me Moony. Mad-Eye says to not stick your wand in your back pocket because you'll shoot your arse off and you wouldn't let me and Sirius kill Wormtail in your third year because your father would have let him lived."

Harry grins and hugs the older man. "Where are we going, Moony? What's going on?" Harry asks from the older mans chest.

Moony laughs and pulls a bright orange sock out of his pocket. He holds on to one end and motions for Harry to grab the other. Harry feels the tell-tell signs of a portkey by the pull behind his navel. He stumbles when his feet hit the ground but Moony grabs his elbow to help steady him. Harry looks around to find themselves in front of a nice cottage. He turns to Moony and asks, "Where are we Moony?"

Moony laughs and steers Harry towards the cottage as he says, "Welcome home to Godric's Hollow, Harry."

I think I'll leave the story hear till the next chapter. I hope that everyone has liked the chapter. Don't forget to review.