Chapter 1
It was a nice sunny day over at Privet Drive where the Dursleys resided. One look at the Dursleys and you would think they were perfectly normal, (thank you very much) but if you took a look upstairs you would see the evidence of something different. No one knew that the Dursleys had a secret, one that tarnished their normality. Their nephew was none other than Harry Potter, a wizard with the deadliest of enemies. Harry no longer lived with the Dursleys and the Dursleys never talked about their "kind" unless they saw the strange deaths on the telly. Harry had left the Dursleys last summer when his deceased Godfather made him of legal age and he got access to the Potter and Black estates.
Harry was having a great summer so far; in fact he would have to say his best summer of his life. School had gotten out about a month or so ago and he spent several weeks with his best friends before going home. When he arrived home it was quite a shock to find his deceased Godfather Sirius Black alive and well. Harry felt that he would probably remember that day for the rest of his life.
Flashback
"It's about time you got here kid, I've been waiting for weeks."
Harry whirled around with his wand in his hand.
"Who the? No, It can't be? Can it?"
"What? No hug for your Godfather?" The man stepped out of the shadows and Harry gave a gasp, then stuttered out,
"Ssiirus???"
"The one and only, kid. Welcome home."
Harry then proceeded to collapse on the floor out cold. He woke to the sound of laughter.
"Didn't think he would react like that Moony, are you sure he is the savior of the world?"
"Yes Padfoot," he replied in a laughing tone.
"Quite sure in fact, he is a very powerful wizard. However I think anyone would react like that if their deceased Godfather suddenly appeared in their home alive and well."
"Yeah you're probably right, okay Harry lets get you up and into the sitting room."
"How is this possible? I saw you fall through the veil"
"Well to tell you the truth I have no idea. I remember Bella stunning me through the veil and then chanting. When I woke up I was in the department of mysteries. From there I transformed into my dog form and fled from the ministry of magic. I found Remus and after much convincing we decided to come here, love what you have done with the place by the way, and the rest is history. Though we had expected you a bit earlier….."
END FLASHBACK
That was about 3 weeks ago. Harry's birthday was coming up and he was excited to be able to spend his 17th birthday with his friends and family. Harry and Sirius had already talked to Professor Dumbledore about Sirius's resurrection and Dumbledore was most perplexed until Harry mentioned the torches that Voldemort was after. Dumbledore said that he would look into it and let him know what he found out on his birthday if he could find out anything. Harry had taken to training against Moony, Padfoot, and his friends Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Sky. He was getting very good at wandless magic and using his summons.
Harry had gone to a few order meetings and Snape had reported that Voldemort was still searching for the power to summon. He was close but hadn't found the proper methods as of yet. Harry was nervous about this so he trained with his summons who taught him some future magic along with magic from his time that was not well known.
Harry's 17th birthday came around and again he was officially a legal adult. With Sirius's return to life, they had informed the ministry, (since he was no longer a fugitive) and they had been utterly confused on what to do. So they let Harry do magic but had Sirius's name put back on the deeds until Harry's 17th birthday and then everything was changed back. (Who said the ministry of magic made any sense.) Dumbledore had found some material about the legendary Green Flame Torch and he was quite amazed by the way things turned out. After discussing it with Harry they decided to keep it quiet. They were pretty sure Voldemort knew something especially after Harry told him of his nonchalance when lighting the torch the first time. Harry had taken Dumbledore to the room and showed him the still lit torches and decided that there was no real way to extinguish them so they set them up properly.
Harry's fight with Voldemort had given him a strange idea concerning the sword fight. Harry remembered sword training with Tidus but for the life of him he couldn't remember what kind of sword he used. He had a nagging thought that the sword of Gryffindor, while a good sword, was not the right one for him. He was attracted to water but as far as he knew you couldn't use water as a sharp tool such as a sword. He brought the idea up to Professor Dumbledore and the headmaster was just as stumped as Harry, but said that Harry could do some research in the restricted area when school started again.
Harry spent the remaining summer with his friends along with Sirius and Remus. And before long it was time to go back to London to catch the Hogwarts Express one last time. The Weasleys decided it would be more practical and fun to stay with Harry the last week and go to Gate 9 ¾ together from Black-Pot mansion.
As customary with the first day of school everyone was in a panic getting last minute items stuffed in a trunk and out the door on time. It was with a bit of humor that everyone watched from the train as the Weasleys followed by Remus, then Harry and Sirius (which caused everyone to gasp in surprise) come running through the gate and with hurried good-bye's jumped on the train. Just as it was pulling out of the station, they all got a compartment together with Neville and Luna.
"Neville!" Harry said
"How was your summer?"
"It was great thanks Harry. How was yours?" He replied.
"Very good, especially since Sirius is back to life."
"I knew he would return to you Harry," Luna interjected "He is a stubborn but good man."
Everyone looked at Luna while she just sat there reading her newspaper upside down oblivious to everyone's stares. However since everyone was used to Luna, they didn't say anything on the matter.
"OH MERLIN!!!!!" Shouted Hermione
"What is it Mione?" Ron asked
"I've got to go to the prefects meeting, I'm Head girl, Ron you've got to come as well since you're a prefect."
"Nope not anymore Mione, I talked to Professor McGonagall and turned it in to focus on my grades and Quidditch."
"Ron you shouldn't have, being a prefect looks great for a job, who's the prefect now?"
"That would be me," Neville replied.
"Really? Well congratulations Neville, we had better go though, we are already late. See you guys later."
"Hmm, Neville as a prefect, cool, I wonder who the Head boy is?" Ron asked to the rest of the compartment.
"Don't know just glad its not me." Harry replied
"Let's play some chess Ron, who knows when we will get a break this year, what with NEWTS this year."
"Wow Harry your starting to sound like Hermione with the NEWTS before we even have the welcoming feast," Ron replied with a laugh "But sure, your probably right anyway."
Hermione and Neville came in a while later to see Ron beating Harry in chess again. They informed them that a Slytherin they hadn't heard of was Head boy. The group talked and ate until the train pulled into Hogsmeade station. They all shouted a hello to Hagrid, and then got into the carts up to Hogwarts.
"Hello all new and old. Welcome to Hogwarts." Professor Dumbledore said from the front of the great hall after everyone got settled in.
"I would like to welcome you all to another exciting year, I have some announcements but they can wait until after the sorting and the feast. And speaking of the sorting, let's get it started, Professor McGonagall if you would."
Professor McGonagall came forward with the customary sorting hat and it sang a less than cheerful song about unity within the castle amongst the houses. Then it looked right at Harry and said,
"You must finish this quickly, HE grows stronger and it will be soon that he gathers the power he knew not. Follow the signs, it must be crafted before the end of year."
Then the sorting hat looked to McGonagall and said,
"Let the sorting begin."
All were silent, some looking at Harry in shock and awe, others mumbling to their neighbors. Finally McGonagall snapped out of it and started the sorting. The sorting and the feast went off without any problems and in what seemed to be no time at all Professor Dumbledore was standing and everyone was quiet.
"I have but a few announcements then it's off to bed with you. First the Forbidden forest is just that, Forbidden. Though after 7 years of saying the exact sentence, some still don't quite get it," He said with a slight laugh while looking in Harry's direction.
"Mr. Filch would like me to once again remind everyone that there is to be no magic in the halls, and that the list of banned items has grown longer than my beard. Finally due to personal complications, Professor Lupin was unable to return to the DADA position, so allow me to introduce and welcome your new professor,"
It was at this time that a gentleman entered the great hall from the side door, dressed in regal clothing walking with a can that had the head of a snake on top. The gentleman had a knowing smirk on his face, which was shadowed by long blond/white hair.
"Your new professor, Mr. Lucius Malfoy!"
A/N: I shall make this short, first to all those that were expecting this last year, my sincerest apologies. I had some serious mental roadblocks and then lost interest in writing it. However this past month or so I received a few reviews and I got back into it. Took me some time, but I cranked out the first chapter. Hope you all enjoyed it. I have recently moved to another state and I am getting closer to receiving my BA degree so updates will be few and far between. I can't say when I will update because I do not have any idea when I will get the next chapter done. For that I must again apologize and only hope to keep you faithful readers, just that faithful. As always please review, they do give me encouragement. So until the next time,
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