The phoenix flies high
Disclaimer I own nothing of this story. The characters belong to J K Rowling
Harry woke up to the sound of cackling running through his ears. He had defeated voldemort the year before but he could still hear him in his ears. His scar the last reminder of his life as the boy who lives started to hurt.
"He can't be back." Harry said to the darkness. "I killed him I know I did" he looked at his clock beside his bed. It told him that it was 11:45. In 15 minutes he would be 17. A full wizard and able to move out of this place as fast as he could. He looked around the room and saw what he had seen when he went to bed. Hedwig's empty birdcage his trunk packed with all his possessions and his firebolt sitting by the window. He got up and went to the window. He saw the usual things. His guard was sitting at the end of the street in a blue muggle car. He waved to it and he saw the figure in the car wave back at him. He saw the many houses all built the same and looking as neat as ever. There was only one thing different. There one his front lawn was a cat. It was too dark to make it out but he knew who it was. He walked to the door and opened it carefully. He checked to see that he had his wand in his pocket and left his room. He headed to the stairs and cautiously began his descent. He was careful to avoid the noisy steps and made it down without making a sound. He walked to the front door and opened it. Hee looked back to see if anyone was behind him. When he didn't see anyone he left. He headed strait to the cat.
"Hello professor" he said to the cat. To anyone who looked out their window at the moment they would see a kid talking to a cat. "not in the mood to talk I see" Harry said to the cat that hadn't moved since he got there. Feeling rather brave he decided to pet the cat.
"May I ask what you are doing" Harry turned to see professor Dumbledore standing there in a yellow tux. Harry tried hard not to laugh as the headmaster popped a lemon drop into his mouth.
"I decided to come out here and have a little chat with the professor here" he said motioning the woman who had appeared where the cat was sitting.
"Well thank you Harry but I am afraid that it is to dangerous for you out here" she said as leaned over "and thank you it was getting a little itchy on the head" she whispered into his ear. Harry smiled and nodded.
"I am a big boy and can take care of myself. He said not caring that they were treating him like a child. "Also you were out here so I felt safe enough" he said this in a calm manner that startled even the headmaster.
"Yes but what if I were a death eater" she asked sternly
"I have never seen a cat sit as stiff as that"
"He does have you there professor" Dumbledore chipped in amused with Harry's statement. This however did not amuse the professor who glared at Dumbledore. He then turned and redirected his attention to Harry. "As we all may know today is your birthday and it will bring you to the legal wizarding age. This comes with new responsibilities. Now I am here to discus these with you. I know that I should have done this earlier but with everything that has happened so far I have decided to let you rest for a while. I however can no longer put this off and hence I am here." He smiled and popped another lemon drop into his mouth. "Now to continue. As you know you are now allowed to use magic. You are not however allowed to use magic that could in anyway harm a muggle as they are defenseless against magic. Also you are asked to be careful when using magic in the vicinity of a muggle. Also as you already you are not allowed to use any of the unforgivables. Now there are more rules but they can wait for another day." And with this he gave Harry a hug. "Happy birthday Harry". Harry looked down at his watch to see that he had been 17 for more than 6 minutes. He raced to the door and then turned to see that the headmaster and professor McGonagall were gone. Smiling he walked into the house to be greeted by his Aunt Petunia.
"Ummm…" she paused and looked at her hands. Harry could see that she was holding something but couldn't make out what it was because of the lack of light. "your mother left this to me before she went off to Hogwarts" this was one of the few times he heard her talking about his mother and saw how it made her feel sad that she was gone. "I just thought that I should give it to you before you leave" she gave it to him. He looked down and there in his hand was a white gold necklace. "It belonged to our mother and she gave it to her when she was born. She wore it everyday and when she left she gave it to me." She had begun to cry. "I never even said goodbye" Harry took a step forward and put his hand on his Aunts shoulder.
"Just because you never said it doesn't mean she never heard it" and with this she pulled Harry into a hug.
"Goodbye Harry I'll miss you" and with this she let go and walked into the kitchen. Harry heard the sound of a bottle opening and thought it best to let her cry in peace. He slowly walked up stairs and grabbed his stuff he loaded it onto his broom with a lightening spell. He then threw his invisibility cloak over them and took off. He was soon joined by mad eye moody but he didn't notice. He was still looking at the pendant. It was a beautiful phoenix.
"Harry are you in there" moody poked him bringing him to his senses. "I thought that you were dead there for a few moments. I know that you like your quite but it was beginning to scare me a little." He looked ahead to see grimauld street come into view. "Well there is our stop" he said as he began to bring his broom down. Harry did the same and before he knew it he was standing in front of his new temporary home. He walked up to the door and opened it to see a empty halway.