Chapter two

'So what do you plan to do the moment you get to the Burrow?' Sirius asked.

'At first I thought of calling an order meeting, but most will ignore me. So I figured I would wait until I'm seventeen then call it or tell them I'm leaving with you.'

'And I will back you up, so expect some yelling from Molly.'

Harry shrugged, 'She's not my mother, she has no say in my life or what I do. Once I'm a legal adult no one has the right to interfere with my life. So did you get any info from Kreacher?'

'No, that part of his memory was erased, I never knew house elves could have their memories erased, only modified.'

'So we have no idea who told Kreacher that he was supposed tell me you went to the department of mysteries. It was lucky Dobby reminded me of the mirror or I might have fallen for that,' Harry sighed, 'It was either Bellatrix or Narcissa since they are technically Blacks, but it also could have been Dumbledore. We know he tried to keep you away from me even though you are my legal guardian. He just didn't figure out that we were always together.'

'Even though we knew he had some secret plans, I still think it was my cousins. We know Voldemort wanted the prophecy, he couldn't take it which meant it had to be you. So they figured they would lure you to the ministry using me and the fake vision. It was lucky you called me on the mirror, but it was also lucky that he had been at the ministry and was finally seen. It was easy to get in to the hall of prophecy and get the orb, destroy it so Voldemort could never get hold of it. Dumbledore should have done that years ago.'

'It's not like it was needed when he had the memory in his pensieve. But you are right about being lucky, Voldy was seen. What do you think the old man's plans are? Because he risked a lot by keeping all that a secret. He could have died before he told me about the horcruxes.'

'I have a feeling he told Snape, he just didn't pick up on the fact Snape would betray him.'

'I know he trusted Snape but would he really tell him about this if he had any doubt? Snape could have run straight to his master. But also, Dumbledore didn't trust the order or even McGonagall, not even Moody, they have been friends forever.'

'That's why I keep thinking that Albus and Snape planned this or planned something. We knew Albus was dying, so think about it, if Snape kills him then Voldemort would believe he was loyal, really believe it.'

'Sounds reasonable and it does make sense, Snape wasn't trusted by a lot of death eaters, now he would be. You know Sirius, I think you're right about it being set up, and everything was. I mean Dumbledore had been leaving the castle to search for the horcruxes, yet that night I just happened to be with him to witness Snape killing him. It's too big a coincidence that it wasn't planned, I was set up to witness it. We found out about that those dangerous events were Dumbledore's plans or tests. We also know about Molly, Ron, Ginny and Hermione. They were to make sure to tell him anything I did or said. His perfectly placed spies. With Snape, I just don't know.'

'Okay, so it was a good plan if Snape was really on our side, which I'm still not sure he is and it has nothing to do with my dislike for him.'

'Those memories he showed me, there were many more in that cabinet that he didn't show me. What if there is something there about Snape, maybe it would show us if there is a reason Dumbledore trusted him.'

'Well, the castle is closed right now, most of the staff would have gone away for a while. They usually do. Only Hagrid and Filch remains at the castle, we could get past them easily enough.'

'Then let's plan to sneak in tonight, find those memories and bring them here. If he truly believed that I had to finish this then he left a lot of information out but he also didn't bother training me. I don't care what he said about love, and I told you why. I don't get how he could really believe I was full of love when I only recently felt love for the first time, for you, like a father. No, there has to be more, there has to be something else.'

'There is, but we may never figure it out pup. Think of this as well, he didn't even tell you how to destroy one if you found one. I only know since I grew up learning about this stuff. All we can do is work on our plans and even though one might not be used we have many more. It's war, you do whatever you have to so you can survive. Now though, if we find out that Snape and Dumbledore had this planned, what do we do about Snape?'

'We still take him out, after the way he treated you then he tried to make me do something reckless by goading me. He wants us dead, we know that and we know he wouldn't hesitate, so we deal with him.'

'Good, I was hoping you would say that, he deserves to die.'

'Okay, even though I've mentioned this before, how could Dumbledore only trust me with all this when he knows how I feel about most of the people in the magical world, at least the magicals in this country? I wouldn't use an ounce of sweat to help those people. We've discuss this before, even if I helped and by some miracle I won, it wouldn't change, they are just stuck in their own beliefs and stuck on their old traditions. I might be English and it's my home but no one has really ever done anything for me, not until you escaped. Then there is your situation, no trial, still thought to be a criminal and even your old friends believed you betrayed them. How could anyone, including the order believe I would bother helping anyone when none of them helped you?'

'They believe you would follow Albus in whatever plans he had, what I don't get is why he wanted you to only tell Hermione and Ron and not me. I can hide easily enough, I would make a great spy as Padfoot. People don't think of a stray dog if they are talking about sensitive information.'

'That's true, McGonagall could use her cat form as well. I overheard a lot, but nothing about why he wouldn't use your animagus form especially when only a few knew you were an animagus. Okay, say I did want to save everyone like I used to when I was eleven and twelve, with everything that has been said about me or done to me, how could they believe that wouldn't change me? Which it did, they just don't see it.'

'They don't want to save their own arses. Even though I hate thinking this pup, they might use me to make you find the rest.'

'Then when I inform the order you make sure you had some investigating to do, something, anything that they might believe could delay you being there.'

'It's only a couple of weeks, let's port key to the island so we can get everything set up.'

'I thought we were going to wait to see what they say?'

'I know but I have a feeling it won't change anything, they will expect you to follow through with Dumbledore's plans. They know you can apparate now, but there are anti-apparition wards around Grimmauld place and the Burrow but port key's aren't warded against. I had a thought though, why don't you write to them now, tell them that the Dursley's realised how dangerous it was and would be worse once the protection from you mother is finally gone that they decided to sell up and leave. You can say that since they left you wanted some time to yourself, to think, then you will arrive at the Burrow on your birthday.'

'They'll say the death eaters will be watching.'

'True, but you have your cloak, you can sneak away from Privet drive then when you're far enough away you can apparate. We don't even have to say any of that, just that the Dursley's left and you left so you could get some time alone, at least for a while.'

'Okay, let's sneak into Hogwarts now then I will send them a letter. I really want to wait for the last minute to send the letter off otherwise they will constantly sending me owls.'

Harry and Sirius found it too easy to sneak into Hogwarts and up to Dumbledore's office. The door might be warded but the window wasn't. Harry and Sirius flew up to the window and let themselves in. The first thing Sirius did was cast many spells to make sure the portraits were blind and deaf, then to make sure there were no humans or animagus in the office or the private rooms at the back. They had Kreacher and Dobby take all the memories back to the house along with the pensieve. They did not want anyone to get hold of them just in case they try to say Harry has to face Voldemort and face him alone, it could be dangerous to Harry. Sirius did a few spells around the office while he was there, he found three silver instruments that connected to Harry, Sirius made sure they were shattered into a million pieces then he banished the pieces. They had their plans ready, they just had to wait until Harry called a meeting of the order of the phoenix but they knew now that no one could track Harry.

Harry and Sirius went through a few vials that Dumbledore hadn't shown Harry. The first one surprised them, Snape making a promise to protect Harry for Lily but it would not make him like the boy. He would only protect him until he could face Voldemort, after that, the boy was fair game. When Snape said that, Dumbledore didn't even protest or say he shouldn't, nothing. The old man didn't care if Snape killed Harry, as long as Harry dealt with Voldemort first.

The second surprise was seeing proof that Dumbledore and Snape had worked on the plans so Snape would kill Dumbledore, but at the right time. The third surprise had been when Snape first approached Dumbledore. He only asked the old man to save and protect Lily, not Harry or James. There were a few more shocks for Harry and Sirius, some they never thought of, but now they knew the truth.

'That seals it for me, we still make sure Snape dies for the way he treated you, but because he was going to allow you and James to die as long as Lily was safe, bastard.'

'We'll think of some plans to take him out but I'm not really worried since everyone believes he murdered Dumbledore. We know he actually opened my mind more and caused those migraines, he deserves to suffer. But remember Sirius, it was Snape that told Voldy about the damn prophecy in the first place. He goes on about remorse but we saw he was only willing to save my mother, he didn't give a shit about me or my father. He only changed his mind because of what Dumbledore said.'

'Then he will die, let's just play it by ear at the moment. For all we know he might end up cursed by daddy death eater or by the light side since they believe he murdered Albus Dumbledore.'

'Okay, but I also want to deal with those others as well. I always knew something wasn't right, now we've seen proof.'

'Then we will, but we have time. So let's have dinner, we can go to the island first thing in the morning, make sure everything is ready.'

Harry and Sirius headed into the kitchen, they did wonder what the order would say when Harry explained a few things to them. Sirius couldn't take the chance of being there but he would love to see their faces when Harry did tell them what he planned.