A/N: OK sorry for the confusion about the chapters don't know what I was thinking back there! But never fear I'm all caffeinated up and ready! Here's chapter 3.
Update: OK thanks to a helpful from mithrilandt I added another sentence to cover a plot hole (Darn them).
Chapter 3- Knowing.
All of my life I've had a longing for knowledge,
and all which lets my thoughts be free.
Duties for which I'm destined seem to haunt me,
confusing all I really want to be
Sarah McLachlan - What Lies Beyond.
Harry sat alone in Sirius's old room. Ron and Hermione had left a few hours ago after trying to talk to him through the door. After numerous attempts they had given up and told him they would be at the Burrow. He heard the door shut quietly. He sat clutching an old photo of Sirius with his father probablpt taken at his fathers house when they were in Hogwarts. His hands shook as tears cascaded down his cheeks. They're dead...they're all dead He thought. It echoed around his mind almost laughing in his face. He stopped dead when he heard a clatter of pots down stairs. HE grabbed his wand not excatly sure what he could do if there was an attacker waiting for him he could stupefy them but that wa about it There is always the unfo... No harry thought cutting short the voice in his head. He slowly walked down stairs bareky making a sound. That was always an advantage of his size, Stealth like this came naturally. He paused outside the kitchen door slowing his breath down to a point it was unheard. He pushed the heavy oak door praying it wouldn't creak as it did. It didn't but that didn't stop a familiar ancient voice drifting through the crack it had made. "Harry...would you like a cup of tea"
Dumbledore busied himself cleaning up after he had boiled the water. He set a tray in front of Harry and poured two cups of tea. He watched with his piercing blue eyes as Harry's emerald avoided his. "Harry..." Dumbledore began before Harry cut him off.
"I'm sorry I left the Dursleys it's just I couldn't go back there without visiting here first I meant to go back but I was distracted by well...it doesn't matter now"
"Harry I understand perfectly well why you chose to return to grimauld place. As you can see the other order members have left it the ways it was. Harry concerning the letter you discovered"
"Oh..that well it doesn't matter anymore Lupin told me who the mystery man was"
"Actually Harry he did not. Under my orders he told you what I believed you needed to know"
"Wait so...He lied about.."
"Harry please don't interrupt"
"Sorry professor"
"Anyway after Lupin came to visit me and told me what you'd been told he told me he believed you have the right to know so..."
"You mean you're gonna actually tell me who..."
"Harry"
"Sorry"
"The man mentioned in your mothers letter is your uncle"
"You mean"
"Yes your fathers brother"
The sun was setting over the hills of the Burrow causing the sky to be dyed a pleasant orange color. Inside Molly was busy cooking dinner, her husband in the living room with three of he children. The two twins and her only daughter. In the rooms above sat her Youngest son and his two friends. She like when the house was full to the brim with people. It reminded her of her family when you couldn't go to a room without falling over every Tom, Dick and Harry that decided to stay for dinner. she smiled as she slowly stirred the cooking pot. She called out behind her "Dinner will be ready soon".
"OK" Every body called back in unison. Ron stepped away from the top banister in the attic and walked back into his room to his friends. As he saw down Harry continued. "So after Dumbledore poured cups of tea he told me my dad had a brother"
"So the man in the letter was really"
"Yeah his name is John Winchester"
"Like the rifle" Ron interjected drawing upon knowledge learned form his father and a contact from the muggle world. "Yeah but he lives in America and Dumbledore said I could go and try to find them"
"But term starts in a week and with You know who now publicly returned what if you get attacked"
"According to Dumbledore because of the events in the ministry I can take as much time as I need"
"But what if the death eaters try to"
"I've been given special permission the Trace has been removed due to the current climate of things" He said mimicking the ministers tone "You've already made up your mind haven't you"
"yeah I have Hermione he's the only family I've got left I have to try"
"I know Harry...But promise me something"
"Anything Hermione"
"Come back...Just one day come back safe"
