Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series
Thanks to my awesome beta, your Bella Dragon
Harry Potter is sprawled across his small and dingy bed in his equally small and dingy bed room at his aunt and uncle's home in Surrey. The floor is scattered with remnants of old and broken toys from his behemoth of a cousin Dudley, the murky gray walls are plastered with Gryffindor banners, and his shabby desk is littered with old issues of the daily prophet and recent letters from his worried friends, that he has yet to answer. In the middle of all the dirt and mess surrounding his bed he can only think of one thing, his recently deceased Godfather Sirius.
Sirius had been killed only three weeks prior and Harry is beyond depressed. He is ignoring everything around him, his increasing body odor, the growing pile of mail and debris on his desk or the smell and angry hooting from his pet owl. Only getting out of bed to use the bathroom and eating a few meals with his hostile family.
As he lay in his bed Harry began to blame himself for Sirius's death for the millionth time since it had happened.'Why didn't I listen to Hermione? Why did I believe Kreacher?' His thoughts began to wonder and they settled on the great wizard, Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore had done so much for Harry over the years and became a grandfather figure to Harry. Dumbledore saved him from Quirll in his first year and helped him understand what happened in his second, he guided himself and Hermione with saving Sirius and captured the fake MadEye Moody in his fourth year. Last year he defended him and fought Voldemort for him.
The more Harry thought about it the more he began to question his hero. Why didn't Dumbledore know that Quirll had Voldemort sticking out the back of his head? Why didn't Dumbledore know that there was a basilisk lose in the castle? Even an twelve year old girl could figure that out. Why didn't he stand up for Sirius when he was accused of killing Wormtail? Dumbledore had to have known that he wouldn't do anything like that. Why would he start a dangerous competition when he knows that where danger goes he follows? How could he let that vile woman in the castle? Most importantly why would Dumbledore let Harry face all of that? Was he trying to get him killed? Dumbledore never did tell Harry anything he didn't think Harry should know. 'Is Dumbledore using me?'
Harry feels he has to do something about this. Find out if his thoughts are true, if he is rightly accusing his hero for manipulating him for years. Harry suddenly sprang off his bed and started to pace through his cluttered room and planned his course of action. He will go to Remus, he will tell Harry the truth. But how to find him, Harry doesn't know where he lives and he would probably get himself into a dangerous situation, and maybe even get himself killed if he went off alone. He should take Hermione. She wont let anything happen to him and she can do anything, even track down a werewolf.
Excited about his knew adventure, he hurriedly began to throw things into an old backpack of Dudley's. Once he let Hedwig out of her cage and grabbed his invisibility cloak he tore out of his room down the stairs, through the front door, and into the cool night.
Several hours later in a small subdivision on the outskirts of London Harry stood on a doorstep, waiting patiently for someone to open the door. Finally after what seemed like forever a very sleepy and pissed off looking Hermione opened the door to see Harry on her doorstep. Hermione lunged herself at Harry, pulling away she asked:
"What is that smell?"