Suddenly there was a scream of "Avara Kedavra". Upon hearing these words Harry imediatly dove to get Hermione out of the way of the killing curse and lucky for them it landed right where Hermione had been seconds before.
As Harry spun round to see the source of the unforgivable curse he saw the rat that had sold his parents out to Tom and set his godfather up to take the fall for it "Wormtail" growled through gritted teeth "Sectumsempra" and Harry sent the curse that he had learned from Snape's book straight at him but being the coward Wormtail was he transform into rat form and scurried away.
When Harry turned around Hermione threw her arms around Harry and held him tight. After a moment or two Hermione whispered "Oh Harry I thought I had lost you" "shh, its ok Mee I'm not going anywhere I'll always be here for you Mee, ok" as Harry said this he to was holding Hermione tightly and placed a light kiss on her forehead.
"Potter was that... was that... Peter Petegrew" Minerva McGonagall asked in disbelieve rushing towards her top students followed closely by the Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgour and his auror guard "Potter what happened here" the Misister asked Harry in a serious tone "Peter Petegrew death eater, the man who sold my parent out Tom Riddle, Voldemort then set my godfather Sirius Black up to take the fall for it, attempted to kill Hermoine using Avada Kedavra then changed into his rat animagus form and ran away" replied Harry starting to get worked up.
"Well um ah" Scrimgour replied "Harry seeing as your 17th birthday is at the end of July I have decided to allow you to practice magic as if you were 17 but you will still have to get your apparition license which you can sit at anytime now. But the reason I'm allowing this is so you can defend yourself and any other magic will just be passed over. Potter we will get a statement from you then you can head off to catch the train".
"Professor?" Harry inquired turning to McGonagall "yes Potter both yourself and Miss Granger may stay here until just before the Hogworts Express arrives at Kings Cross" McGonagall replied already knowing what he was going to ask "Minerva, these two don't have their apparition licenses yet and you nor any of the staff have the authority to create a portkey for them, so how do you intent for them to get back" Scrimgour interrupted.
"Fawks!"Harry cried out reminded of how Dumbledore did in his fifth year "a..a..phoenix" Scrimgour stated in shock "no Minister, not just a phoenix but Fawks Professor Dumbledore's phoenix" Harry said calmly and Fawks let out a cry of agreement. "Fine, fine then I must be going" Scrimgour babbled trying desperately to regain his composure then walked away with his auror guard leaving only one behind.
"Tonks how are you" Harry asked sadly "well its easier with Remus not being so stubborn, but I'm doing ok I guess, but Remus is taking it really hard though" Tonks replied in a disheartened tone."Um Tonks with Professor Dumbledore now... well... you know, where does that leave the Order" Hermione asked letting her curiosity get the better of her "Nowhere Hermione, officially, but that does not mean Harry won't have his guard. Remus, Moody and a few other will keep guard duty but nothing major, official or organized, sorry Harry" Tonks replied.
After Tonks had finished her interview and had walked away only tripping once Harry turned to Hermione and as though she could read his mind she said "can we use Fawks?" Harry stepped closer to Hermione and placed a arm around her waist and held her to him and lightly grabbed the beautiful phoenix's tail feather and in a flash of fire they appeared in front of the Room of Requirement and Harry the phoenix go but not Hermione."Wow" was all Hermione could say "well its more comfortable than apparition and far cleaner that flu" Harry retorted and Hermione could only nod in agreement.
Harry and Hermione stood there comfortable in the embrace when Fawks let out a soft trill as a way of reminding them why they were there.Harry turned to Fawks still holding Hermione and asked "can you get us into the room the Death Eaters used" Dumbledore's faithful old friend nodded and Harry once more grabbed Fawks's tail feathers and the three of them were standing in a blank white room with everything it seemed that Malfoy used,created or repaired.
What caught Harry's attention though was a small piece of torn off parchment with the incantation 'Entro Protronum' written on it with the definition "the Dementor killing curse. similar to the Expecto Protronum charm but the happy memory is replaced with a loving thought, and visually appears as a white beam hitting the Dementor. results are instant.' written underneath. Harry put the piece of parchment in his pocket and turned to Hermione who was pouring over a book, so Harry conjured a small book bag and picked up the pile it appeared to have come from placed them in the bag and did the same to the one in Hermione's hands.
"Harry" Hermione said shocked then noticed the book bag with the books in it and blushed and slightly ashamed muttered "sorry" "it ok Mee. Let me guess you thought they may have information on Horcruxes" Harry replied, Hermione still slightly red nodded. Harry went around putting all the items in the bag but one, the one Harry and Hermione had come to destroy.
"Reducto!" Harry bellowed and the cabinet turned into a cloud of floating sawdust. "Ah" Harry said sheepishly "Mee, what happened to my Reducto its not usually that powerful is it" "No Harry, no its not. I think it might have something to do with the counter spell I cast earlier, I'll have to ask Professor Lupin about it next time we see him" Hermione replied.
Just then the door to the room opened and there was multiple cries of "Stupify", and Harry without thinking put up an extremely strong green 'Protegro' type shield and pushed the attackers out the door with an invisible force, both non-verbal and wandlessly. "Potter what are you doing" came the growl of the Minister of Magic. "Sorry Minister I didn't realize it was you over the multiply stunning spells you sent at me and Hermione" Harry replied sarcastically.
"What are doing here boy, were here do destroy the cabinet the Death Eaters used to get into the with" Scrimgour growled slightly annoyed that Harry had fended off and repel some of his top auror's but to top he had done it all without his wand or a spell said and had the cheek to blame him.
"Done" Harry replied calmly moving the bag over his shoulder "how" barked Scrimgour getting more annoyed at the boy's cheek "Reducto" Harry replied as he said this he was thinking 'i need something big and heavy to destroyed' three times and a replica of the cabinet appeared and Harry bellowed "Reducto!" And there was another cloud of sawdust, "see"."Potter, Miss Granger the train should be arriving soon" Minerva McGonagall interrupted before Harry upset the Minister any more or vice-versa."Good-bye Professor" Harry and Hermione replied simultaneously and with a flash of fire from Fawks they were gone.
When Harry and Hermione arrived they a little bit early so were alone. Hermione turned to Harry who was still holding her "Harry can we have dinner with my parents and then go to the Dursley afterwards" Hermione asked sweetly "Do we have to Mee" Harry whined, "Harry they're me parents..." Hermione started and Harry interrupted "I meant the Dursley's, Mee" "oh, well unfortunately yes" Hermione said sounding very displeased.
With two flashes of fire Fawks was there with the two teens luggage and quite familiars "thanks Fawks" Harry said."Well those two prefer phoenix travel" Hermione mentioned referring to the two animals sitting quitely in their cages. Harry and Hermione gathered their belongings and headed toward the barrier to the muggle train station.