A/N: Again this isn't a very interesting chapter but please read, review etc. on with the story…
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The Start
Hermione put the strongest locking charm she knew on her bedroom door and tried the handle before she turned to face the others. Ron and Ginny waited for her to sit down. Ginny spoke first.
"Are we ready now? Did you two do your parts?"
Ron and Hermione nodded. The last couple of weeks had been spent packing, making up cover stories and planning where they were going to go.
"Yes Ginny, we have done everything. Every single little minute thing. We were ready days ago!"
Ron loved his sister dearly but her obsessive meetings and planning was beginning to get on his nerves.
Harry had been away for two years. For a long time no one had had any idea where he was but Ron, Hermione and Ginny had been determined to find him. Whatever he was doing, they wanted to help. Until about a month ago they had no luck finding out where he was, until they heard Mrs Weasley and Lupin talking in the kitchen.
They were talking about a new defensive group which had been formed that was supposed to meet near Hogsmeade. Remus had been approached by them a week before and had agreed to help them by doing some background work. Hermione had quickly deduced that Harry was probably behind it. Their previous searches had located him somewhere near Hogsmeade and since the Order had fallen apart it made sense that he would want to start a new group. They had soon made plans to leave and find him. If he had started a new defence group he would want all the help he could get.
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Harry sat in a small room looking out of the window. He hardly moved except to breath, he looked as if he was asleep, but he was as wide awake and alert as always. He shifted slightly to look at the man sleeping on a bed in the far corner of the room. He should be awake soon. If it had worked he should be awake soon. Harry shook his head. Why was he doubting it now? It should work; there was no real reason for it not too. Why was he suddenly doubting himself?
He stood up and walked over to the bed. He could remember a time not so long ago when he had thought he would never see this man again and now he was so close. He reached out to touch his face but pulled himself back. Now was no time to get all sentimental. He had brought him back for a reason. He walked back to the window and sat down.
Two years ago, just after he had left the Burrow, Harry had found a box of letters. He had taken the box with him in the hopes that he would find something to help him. There wasn't much. He assumed his parents must have just been putting their letter in the box when they got them to keep them out of the way. There was one letter though. It was to James from Sirius. It was mostly pointless chat about motorbikes, quidditch and how Lily and baby Harry were but near the end Sirius had said:
"… My brother visited the other day. You know Regulus? Of course you do. The short, boring one. It's a bit unfair that I got the fun genes AND the stunningly handsome genes but that's life isn't it? Anyway, he knocks on my door, panting like he's just run a marathon, and hands me this necklace. Big thing. Almost as ugly as him. I tried to say "thanks but no thanks" but he was gone. He always was an odd guy…"
As he had read this he remember the locket horcrux and R.A.B. Something in his mind told him that it had to be the right one.
That was the beginning of his real search. It was harder than he though it would be because he had no idea what Sirius had done with it. He had searched for 2 months solid before he realised it was no good. That was when he began his research on the Veil. He knew he needed Sirius to tell him where it was or he would search forever. To start off with it seemed like it would be harder than just searching the whole of England but then he met Estrella.
He had been aware for a while that someone was following him. He had never seen this mysterious person exactly but since that night at Godric's Hollow he had kept hearing footsteps behind him and catching a glimpse of a dark figure, just out of sight. He had set a trap involving several stunning spells and taken her back to the small flat he was staying in. A few hours investigation had told him that her name was Estrella Martinez. She had heard that he had disappeared and wanted to follow him. It was her own odd way of trying to find out what was going on in the war. After a bit more talking it turned out that her father worked in the library section of the Department of Mysteries. Harry decided to tell her about his plan to bring Sirius back. He still didn't know why he had chosen to trust her with it. He had only known her a day and she had been practically stalking him for months but somehow it seemed like a sensible thing to do.
Suddenly the plan starting moving more quickly. She managed to get him into the Department of Mysteries and he found out as much as he could about the veil. He developed a theory about how to bring someone back to life. It was complicated and hinged on the assumption that the veil would have kept Sirius in the same state he was when he fell through. He tried to explain it to Estrella but she didn't know much magic and she just looked blank. She was helpful though, and soon they were good friends which was good because Harry didn't really have anyone else.
And now, after all that time, Harry was finally waiting for Sirius to wake up and he was beginning to get nervous. No one had ever been brought back from the dead before and he couldn't help thinking that maybe there was a reason… Who knew what state Sirius would be in if he woke up?
Harry was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed the sun start to rise and he almost jumped out of his skin when a voice behind him said:
"Where am I?"
He spun around to look at Sirius. He had opened his eyes and was staring around blearily.
"Harry?"
"Hello Sirius. It's been a while."
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