Chapter 1: Warm up
"My lord now that we have all returned to you what is your plan?"
"Have patient Lucius." Lord Voldemort laughed coldly "Harry Potter's end has come, the days of darkness ruling the word is starting. May the Prophecies come true and show the world the true ruler." Voldemort's evil laughter echoed. The circle of Death Eaters around him laughed.
Harry Potter bolted up in his bed in Number 4 Privet Drive. Draped in cold sweat and sheer pain shooting out of his lightning shape scar.
***
It was only weeks before the start of a new year at Hogwarts School. The 15-year-old Harry Potter stepped off the Underground station platform in London. A specific platform that leads Harry right into Diagon Alley where he would buy his school supplies for the year. The past years he came with his best friend Ron Weasleys, but this year the Weasleys went on a vacation to Spain for the summer and they are coming straight from Spain. Harry slowly wondered around the streets crowed with witches and wizards, trolls and even... giants.
"How d' yeh do Harry?" Hagrid shouted over the noise waving his hand vigorously. "What' yeh doin' here by yer self? Where' da Weasleys?"
"Hi Hagrid!" Harry wad through the crowed to get to his friend. "Ron and his family is on a vacation in Spain, they're meeting me here."
"Goo' luck ta yeh, I must go, must return ta da school." With that he left. Harry was standing alone again, but no for long.
"Harry! Over here!" Hermione called from the entrance of Leaky Cauldron.
"I thought I was never going to find you!" Harry exclaimed with a broad smile on his face.
"You grew taller Harry!" Hermione said as Harry got next to her, " your taller than me now!"
"I was hopping I'd grow taller. Have you got your things?" Harry took out his list, "I just got here a while ago and I've only been to Gringotts."
"I just got here too. Where is Ron?" Hermione looked around.
"His dad changed position at the end of the school year and they went on a vacation to Spain."
"Spain?! I have always wanted to go to Spain! My parent work in the summer too so we can't leave the country for very long." Hermione looked pass Harry and gasped. "Ron! What happen to you?" Harry turn to see a tall red hair boy approaching. It was Ron, only his pale skin is now a much darker color.
"I take it that you had a good summer." Harry said greeting his friend. "you've grown taller too."
"yes, and I'm still taller than you." Ron laughed. He and Hermione seemed to have remembered something at the same time. Hermione took out a copy of the Daily Prophet and hand it to Harry while Ron busily searched his pockets.
"Read the front page Harry." Hermione said excitedly.
"Sirius has been proven innocent!" Ron said pulling crumpled paper out of his pocket.
"What?" Harry couldn't believe what he is hearing his eyes scanned quickly through the story.
"Peter has been caught!" said Hermione.
"why didn't he tell me?"
"this only happened two days ago! I think..." Hermione's words were interrupted by the sound of fluttering wings. Hedwig came flying with a message tied around his leg. Harry took the letter and read out loud.
"Dear Harry! I am free now they caught Peter and I am proved innocent I will see you Hogwarts. After school ends you can come and live with me if you want. Sirius Black." Harry was so over whelmed with joy he was speech less.
"Hello? Harry?" said Ron waving his hand in front of Harry's face. "Lets go get our school stuff and afterwards mom you can come and stay at my house Hermione is staying too. We will go and pick up your things. And you can tell the Dursleys that you won't be going back to them again."
"Yeah. They will be so happy and start celebrating until the next Christmas!" Harry was extremely glad he's not going back to the Dursleys. Another day of Dudley's diet would kill him. The three friends almost skipped towards Flourish and Blotts.
"Hermione what are you doing with all that?" Ron exclaimed looking at Hermione's pile of books. "Have you lost your ability to count? We only need five."
"Harry would you give me a hand?" Hermione said from behind her huge pile of books. Harry quickly put his books that he purchased in his book bag and took half of Hermione's books. "And the answer to your question Ron. Is no, I have not lost my ability to count. Some of us happen to like to read and is taking more courses the others." Hermione said almost angrily. She was use to it, every year Ron would have say something like that when they are getting out of Flourish and Blotts.
"Hermione lets go, didn't you say you have to leave early today?" Harry asked as Hermione pull another book off the shelf.
"That?" Hermione said barely looking up form her book. "I said it just to get you and Ron out of the Quidditch supply shop. I thought you'd be smart enough to remember that I'm leaving with you guys to stay at Ron's." A familiar laugh came from behind them. Draco Malfoy.
"What do you want?" Said Harry looking at Malfoy, beside him Ron and Hermione were also watching.
"Since when is this Potter and friends only shop?" Malfoy looked at Hermione's pile of books and added, "What is a Mudblood like you buying so many books on magic? Or are you buying it for Weasley here who can't afford a new quill?"
"Shut up Malfoy." Said Harry trying to hold Ron back.
"Is that the best comeback you have Potter?" Malfoy sneered.
"Let's get out of here," Hermione picked up her stuff and stepped passed Malfoy, Harry followed dragging Ron behind him.
"How could we just walk away like that?" Ron protested as the trio walked away from Flourish and Blotts.
"We are far too mature to play his game with him." Hermione said as a matter of fact, "don't you see? If you don't get mad at him he lost. The purpose of teasing us is for him to get a good laugh at the emotions on our faces." Ron still turned away and sulked unhappily.
"Oh Ron! Remember what we are going to celebrate?" Harry quickly change the subject, "Sirius is proved innocent! We are not going to let Malfoy's stupid comments ruin our day are we? Come on lets go get some ice cream!" At the sound of ice cream Ron's face light up and he seemed to have forgotten all about what happen.
"You said the magic words!" Hermione sounded quite impressed with Harry it almost made him blush. Quickly Harry turned away and started jogging.
"Race you to the ice cream stand!" He shouted at Hermione.
"Hey! Not fair! You don't have so many books to carry!" Hermione ran to catch up with Harry, who is now joining Ron at the ice cream stand. All three of them had completely forgotten their encounter with Malfoy only five minuets earlier.
***
"Hello Harry dear!" Molly Weasley greeted the children at fireplace. " How is your trip? "
"Fine Mrs. Weasley." Harry replied politely. And it was the truth. Harry had always had trouble with traveling by Floo Power, but this time everything went fine. He ended up in The Burrow (the Weasley's house) in one piece, not feeling at all dizzy. His friends appeared soon after wards, followed by Ron's twine brothers Fred and Gorge. Finally Mr. Weasley stepped out of the emerald green flame and the flickering green faded back into the familiar reddish-yellow glow. Percy, the Weasley's third oldest son, suddenly appeared staring at his family in front of the fireplace in the family living room.
"Still showing off the fact that you can Apparat, huh Percy." Fred the older of two twines taunt his older brother.
"You are only saying that because you can't." Percy snapped back immediately.
"You two should stoop bickering and grow up." Ginny, the youngest member of the Weasleys family appeared in the room. "Oh hi Harry, nice to see you."
"What's with her?" Harry asked Ron quietly. Ginny was no longer the giddy little girl Harry had known.
"I don't know since the end of last year she's been acting all mature and everything." Ron whispered to Harry, "it's almost as if she's another person."
"Or she could just have grown up." Hermione injected trying to be helpful. She too had noticed Ginny's sudden change. Before any of them can continue this discussion Mrs. Weasley hustled them off to wash up for dinner.
***
Dinner was wonderful, a huge feast compare to what Harry had been fed all summer long. The delicious smell of each fantastic dish made Harry's mouth water. Although Harry should be starving he didn't seem to have an appetite. He was remembering his dream from the night before. All through out the summer Harry had been having the similar dreams, only the one last night was far clearer and decipherable than the other ones. What were the Prophecies the Dark Lord mention of? Why dose it have any thing to do with me?
"Hello?" Ron waved a hand in front of Harry's face. His friend was staring off into space, "Harry? Are you still alive in there?"
"Are you alright?" Hermione asked sounding very concerned. When Harry's eyes focus on the reality he's living in again he notice every one at the dinner table, all the Weasleys and Hermione were staring at him with a concerned look on their faces.
"Is everything alright honey?" Mrs. Weasley asked, "You haven't touch a bit of your food."
"Everything is fine," Harry lied producing a smile. "I was just a bit tiered, you know from the trip and all." Harry didn't know if they bought it, he was most certain his friends didn't, but they stayed off the topic for the rest of the diner.
After the great feast Harry, Hermione and Ron sat in the Weasleys lawn looking at the summer sunset. The sky and the clouds are all painted purple pink and orange. The night crept slowly in and soon filled the dark sky with twinkling stars. The three watch all this in silence not one of them stirred or have spoken a word. They all seemed to have very deep thoughts. Ron however had seemed to have fallen a sleep. Ginny Weasley watched them through her bedroom window. Her heart filled with bitter jealousy. Although none of them seemed to be still in the world and no lost deep in their thoughts, Hermione and Harry's hands are tightly clasped together. Harry at some point must have fallen asleep too, because he's leaning his head on Hermione's shoulders. Ginny had tried hard all summer to become more like Hermione, to become more mature so Harry, who is a year older than her, would like her. Ginny looked at the tiny shiny glass vale in her hand and looked out the window again. Ginny silently slipped it into Hermione's trunk and muttered bitterly.
"You are going to die Hermione." Her eyes blank with no emotions and she collapsed into her bed.
"My lord now that we have all returned to you what is your plan?"
"Have patient Lucius." Lord Voldemort laughed coldly "Harry Potter's end has come, the days of darkness ruling the word is starting. May the Prophecies come true and show the world the true ruler." Voldemort's evil laughter echoed. The circle of Death Eaters around him laughed.
Harry Potter bolted up in his bed in Number 4 Privet Drive. Draped in cold sweat and sheer pain shooting out of his lightning shape scar.
***
It was only weeks before the start of a new year at Hogwarts School. The 15-year-old Harry Potter stepped off the Underground station platform in London. A specific platform that leads Harry right into Diagon Alley where he would buy his school supplies for the year. The past years he came with his best friend Ron Weasleys, but this year the Weasleys went on a vacation to Spain for the summer and they are coming straight from Spain. Harry slowly wondered around the streets crowed with witches and wizards, trolls and even... giants.
"How d' yeh do Harry?" Hagrid shouted over the noise waving his hand vigorously. "What' yeh doin' here by yer self? Where' da Weasleys?"
"Hi Hagrid!" Harry wad through the crowed to get to his friend. "Ron and his family is on a vacation in Spain, they're meeting me here."
"Goo' luck ta yeh, I must go, must return ta da school." With that he left. Harry was standing alone again, but no for long.
"Harry! Over here!" Hermione called from the entrance of Leaky Cauldron.
"I thought I was never going to find you!" Harry exclaimed with a broad smile on his face.
"You grew taller Harry!" Hermione said as Harry got next to her, " your taller than me now!"
"I was hopping I'd grow taller. Have you got your things?" Harry took out his list, "I just got here a while ago and I've only been to Gringotts."
"I just got here too. Where is Ron?" Hermione looked around.
"His dad changed position at the end of the school year and they went on a vacation to Spain."
"Spain?! I have always wanted to go to Spain! My parent work in the summer too so we can't leave the country for very long." Hermione looked pass Harry and gasped. "Ron! What happen to you?" Harry turn to see a tall red hair boy approaching. It was Ron, only his pale skin is now a much darker color.
"I take it that you had a good summer." Harry said greeting his friend. "you've grown taller too."
"yes, and I'm still taller than you." Ron laughed. He and Hermione seemed to have remembered something at the same time. Hermione took out a copy of the Daily Prophet and hand it to Harry while Ron busily searched his pockets.
"Read the front page Harry." Hermione said excitedly.
"Sirius has been proven innocent!" Ron said pulling crumpled paper out of his pocket.
"What?" Harry couldn't believe what he is hearing his eyes scanned quickly through the story.
"Peter has been caught!" said Hermione.
"why didn't he tell me?"
"this only happened two days ago! I think..." Hermione's words were interrupted by the sound of fluttering wings. Hedwig came flying with a message tied around his leg. Harry took the letter and read out loud.
"Dear Harry! I am free now they caught Peter and I am proved innocent I will see you Hogwarts. After school ends you can come and live with me if you want. Sirius Black." Harry was so over whelmed with joy he was speech less.
"Hello? Harry?" said Ron waving his hand in front of Harry's face. "Lets go get our school stuff and afterwards mom you can come and stay at my house Hermione is staying too. We will go and pick up your things. And you can tell the Dursleys that you won't be going back to them again."
"Yeah. They will be so happy and start celebrating until the next Christmas!" Harry was extremely glad he's not going back to the Dursleys. Another day of Dudley's diet would kill him. The three friends almost skipped towards Flourish and Blotts.
"Hermione what are you doing with all that?" Ron exclaimed looking at Hermione's pile of books. "Have you lost your ability to count? We only need five."
"Harry would you give me a hand?" Hermione said from behind her huge pile of books. Harry quickly put his books that he purchased in his book bag and took half of Hermione's books. "And the answer to your question Ron. Is no, I have not lost my ability to count. Some of us happen to like to read and is taking more courses the others." Hermione said almost angrily. She was use to it, every year Ron would have say something like that when they are getting out of Flourish and Blotts.
"Hermione lets go, didn't you say you have to leave early today?" Harry asked as Hermione pull another book off the shelf.
"That?" Hermione said barely looking up form her book. "I said it just to get you and Ron out of the Quidditch supply shop. I thought you'd be smart enough to remember that I'm leaving with you guys to stay at Ron's." A familiar laugh came from behind them. Draco Malfoy.
"What do you want?" Said Harry looking at Malfoy, beside him Ron and Hermione were also watching.
"Since when is this Potter and friends only shop?" Malfoy looked at Hermione's pile of books and added, "What is a Mudblood like you buying so many books on magic? Or are you buying it for Weasley here who can't afford a new quill?"
"Shut up Malfoy." Said Harry trying to hold Ron back.
"Is that the best comeback you have Potter?" Malfoy sneered.
"Let's get out of here," Hermione picked up her stuff and stepped passed Malfoy, Harry followed dragging Ron behind him.
"How could we just walk away like that?" Ron protested as the trio walked away from Flourish and Blotts.
"We are far too mature to play his game with him." Hermione said as a matter of fact, "don't you see? If you don't get mad at him he lost. The purpose of teasing us is for him to get a good laugh at the emotions on our faces." Ron still turned away and sulked unhappily.
"Oh Ron! Remember what we are going to celebrate?" Harry quickly change the subject, "Sirius is proved innocent! We are not going to let Malfoy's stupid comments ruin our day are we? Come on lets go get some ice cream!" At the sound of ice cream Ron's face light up and he seemed to have forgotten all about what happen.
"You said the magic words!" Hermione sounded quite impressed with Harry it almost made him blush. Quickly Harry turned away and started jogging.
"Race you to the ice cream stand!" He shouted at Hermione.
"Hey! Not fair! You don't have so many books to carry!" Hermione ran to catch up with Harry, who is now joining Ron at the ice cream stand. All three of them had completely forgotten their encounter with Malfoy only five minuets earlier.
***
"Hello Harry dear!" Molly Weasley greeted the children at fireplace. " How is your trip? "
"Fine Mrs. Weasley." Harry replied politely. And it was the truth. Harry had always had trouble with traveling by Floo Power, but this time everything went fine. He ended up in The Burrow (the Weasley's house) in one piece, not feeling at all dizzy. His friends appeared soon after wards, followed by Ron's twine brothers Fred and Gorge. Finally Mr. Weasley stepped out of the emerald green flame and the flickering green faded back into the familiar reddish-yellow glow. Percy, the Weasley's third oldest son, suddenly appeared staring at his family in front of the fireplace in the family living room.
"Still showing off the fact that you can Apparat, huh Percy." Fred the older of two twines taunt his older brother.
"You are only saying that because you can't." Percy snapped back immediately.
"You two should stoop bickering and grow up." Ginny, the youngest member of the Weasleys family appeared in the room. "Oh hi Harry, nice to see you."
"What's with her?" Harry asked Ron quietly. Ginny was no longer the giddy little girl Harry had known.
"I don't know since the end of last year she's been acting all mature and everything." Ron whispered to Harry, "it's almost as if she's another person."
"Or she could just have grown up." Hermione injected trying to be helpful. She too had noticed Ginny's sudden change. Before any of them can continue this discussion Mrs. Weasley hustled them off to wash up for dinner.
***
Dinner was wonderful, a huge feast compare to what Harry had been fed all summer long. The delicious smell of each fantastic dish made Harry's mouth water. Although Harry should be starving he didn't seem to have an appetite. He was remembering his dream from the night before. All through out the summer Harry had been having the similar dreams, only the one last night was far clearer and decipherable than the other ones. What were the Prophecies the Dark Lord mention of? Why dose it have any thing to do with me?
"Hello?" Ron waved a hand in front of Harry's face. His friend was staring off into space, "Harry? Are you still alive in there?"
"Are you alright?" Hermione asked sounding very concerned. When Harry's eyes focus on the reality he's living in again he notice every one at the dinner table, all the Weasleys and Hermione were staring at him with a concerned look on their faces.
"Is everything alright honey?" Mrs. Weasley asked, "You haven't touch a bit of your food."
"Everything is fine," Harry lied producing a smile. "I was just a bit tiered, you know from the trip and all." Harry didn't know if they bought it, he was most certain his friends didn't, but they stayed off the topic for the rest of the diner.
After the great feast Harry, Hermione and Ron sat in the Weasleys lawn looking at the summer sunset. The sky and the clouds are all painted purple pink and orange. The night crept slowly in and soon filled the dark sky with twinkling stars. The three watch all this in silence not one of them stirred or have spoken a word. They all seemed to have very deep thoughts. Ron however had seemed to have fallen a sleep. Ginny Weasley watched them through her bedroom window. Her heart filled with bitter jealousy. Although none of them seemed to be still in the world and no lost deep in their thoughts, Hermione and Harry's hands are tightly clasped together. Harry at some point must have fallen asleep too, because he's leaning his head on Hermione's shoulders. Ginny had tried hard all summer to become more like Hermione, to become more mature so Harry, who is a year older than her, would like her. Ginny looked at the tiny shiny glass vale in her hand and looked out the window again. Ginny silently slipped it into Hermione's trunk and muttered bitterly.
"You are going to die Hermione." Her eyes blank with no emotions and she collapsed into her bed.
