Chapter three

Harry waited until the last possible day to send a letter to the Burrow explaining that the Dursley's sold their home and moved, since they knew they would not be protected anymore they knew they wouldn't be safe. Harry also wrote that he was fine, he was staying somewhere safe, that he needed some time alone. He wrote in his letter that he would arrive at the Burrow on the evening of his birthday and not before.

Naturally he got owls the following day, from Hermione, Molly, Mad-eye and Arthur, all saying that he should come to the Burrow straight away. Harry didn't answer, since they had no idea where he was, they could not come to him. But Harry liked the ward Sirius had around their home on the island and Grimmauld place. No howler would make it through the wards. Harry knew Molly would send a howler, but he would never receive it.

'Okay, the cottage is ready, I've hired some locals to build another cottage at the other end of the island. When we get there we'll work on some tunnels to each cottage and to other parts of the island. There only for when the storms hit, but at least we'll have them if we need them.'

'And I have my port key on me ready to escape if they try to keep me there. I know they will keep arguing, to try and get me to see it their way. They should realise how I would feel after everything that's happened. I just want them to realise just how much I know.'

'They will, then you will disappear. I did want to ask you something though, but I'll tell you why after.'

'Okay, so ask.'

'That night in the cave, was there a time when the old man was out of your sight?'

'Yeah, when the inferi pulled me under. I kept up the act that I was clueless and to see if the old man was as weak as he made out.'

'I had this dream that he's alive, I know he probably isn't, we saw his cursed hand and we saw the memory when he planned his death with Snape. I just can't shake the feeling that he had other plans.'

'So he could have put someone under the imperius curse and polyjuice potion to become him. Okay, say he never died that night, he would have known that potion covering the locket wasn't going to kill him. But again, his hand was cursed, we saw him tell Snape to kill him at the right time. Okay, I'm not sure of anything, not anymore. He had too many secrets, him and Snape had a lot of plans, for all we know that cursed hand was a set up. We know he had Ron and Hermione reporting to him about what I was doing, so we can't trust any of them.'

'We don't trust anything or anyone, not anymore, and we have our plans ready. I am worried though, Kingsley, Mad-eye and even Minerva, they are powerful, then add people like Bill Weasley. What if they find a way to block port key's, I'm sure it's not impossible we just might never heard of it.'

Harry stared at his godfather, 'That reminded me of one of my vision dreams I had. I saw the house, Malfoy manor, then I saw death eaters appearing, but outside the gates. If those dark marks call them to him then why not appear inside in case the aurors stake out hundreds of places in the hope of catching some?'

'Damn, then there is a way to block a port key, as that's what the dark mark consists of. They feel it burn then place their wands on it which transports them, even if they have no idea where they are going. It's like the night in the graveyard pup, none of them would have known yet they turned up.'

'So I can't go there, it would be too risky, they would try to keep me there until I followed through with Dumbledore's plans. Okay, then I write everything in a letter, but who will I address it to?'

'For all we know Albus did tell others, if he did it would only be Mad-eye and maybe Minerva, but I don't think she knew. Definitely Mad-eye, but who else? Do you think he told Hermione and Ron everything or just the parts he wanted them to play?'

'He wanted me to tell them, but if he did notice I wasn't as close to them as I used to be then yeah, he might have. What if we get Dobby to be there but invisible, he can see how everyone acts. We can watch his memory of it later. I would suggest us under the cloak but again Mad-eye can see through it. And if the old man is alive, then he could as well since he charmed his glasses.'

'We get Dobby and Winky to spy, they can watch more people with two of them. Okay, Minerva or should it be someone like Bill and Charlie?'

'No, I know the perfect people to send the letter to, the twins. We know they didn't agree with half the things the old man wanted. We know they told Ginny that I would never like her in a romantic way yet she kept trying. She never stopped until I told her I was gay and I only told her that so she would back off. We also know they aren't involved in any of the old man's plans. They send me their products all the time and they gave me a share of the shop.'

'They are true marauders, so yes, send it to them then have them read it out in front of the whole order. We make sure they know that some might try to curse them to shut them up. So while one reads the other watches, but Dobby and Winky can keep them safe.'

'Then let's get to the island, I'm really becoming paranoid, they might find some way to track us down even if you destroyed those things in his office.'

It only took Harry and Sirius an hour to pack the last of their things, the things they wanted to take with them. They told the three house elves they were heading to the island, they also told Hedwig who flew off straight away. Harry knew she would prefer to fly than be taking by port key or apparition, owls did not like magical travel.

Sirius and his godson settle into the cottage, they would talk to the local builders the following day about the other cabin. The elves began dinner while Harry decided to work on the letter.

'Hey Sirius, do you think we should let someone like Bones know? She is the head of the DMLE, she also doesn't like death eaters. She and Susan were lucky to escape when their home was attacked, and her lot are the ones that are putting their lives on the line, without knowing the truth. If people outside the order knew then they might be able to do something, the order won't, they will use their time to find me.'

'Then I'll write to her, she might listen, especially if I write about all the memories that Albus had, all on Voldemort.'

'Write down the truth about you and how I saw the proof you were innocent, but Fudge refused. Blimey, I'm glad that man is dead, he was putting everyone in danger.'

Harry and Sirius sat together and wrote their letters, they wouldn't have to worry about using an owl, Dobby and Winky could drop the letters off while Kreacher remained with them. They had Dobby and Winky do more since they were young, Kreacher was very old. Harry wrote another letter to the twins, the one they had to read themselves and alone, before they read the other. He wanted to make sure they would be safe. He also wrote he hoped they would contact Neville, fill them in on just how dangerous it was.

They decided since they left that they would have the house elves deliver them straight away. Once it was done then Harry and Sirius could settle into a life away from all the danger. Their island was far away from England, so it would be almost impossible for anyone to find them. They also had dozens of wards around the island, magic from them and magic from the house elves. People forget that house elves have powerful magic, Harry never did forget, not after Dobby saved him from Lucius Malfoy. The wards around the island made it impenetrable to any magical person, even a squib could not get on the island.

Amelia Bones drew her wand at the noise, but the house elf that dropped the letter had disappeared before she could react. She cast a lot of detection spells on the letter before touching it. As she read her eyes widen, her face paled, she finally realised just how futile fighting would be. But fight she would, just not out in the open as before. It was time to go into hiding with her niece and work in secret. She knew this was her only chance to work on clearing Sirius Black's name, so she pulled all the paperwork, filled it out, signed it, then sent it off. The magic around these forms would make it binding, it would just take a while before it would be known and for the order to kiss on sight to be lifted. She did send a statement to the Daily Prophet, and that was so the people would know he was innocent. It was the least she could do since he explained how Voldemort didn't die and couldn't die, at least not yet.

Amelia wasn't going to keep this information to herself, so she gathered the aurors she knew were not death eaters, she gathered the hit wizards, then the obliviators then a few unspeakables that trusted her. She filled them in on what she found out, she never told them that Sirius Black had informed her, but she did trust the information. She knew she would have to wait until those forms were magically binding before anyone would believe that Sirius Black was innocent. She knew she would need to inform Sirius that she had cleared him of all charges, it just might take a while before he could be seen.

Like her, the people she spoke to were going to work but in secret. After Amelia read the letter she realised it all made sense, Voldemort had no body after trying to kill Harry Potter, he simply vanished. She heard Harry Potter's story about what took place in the graveyard, she knew Voldemort had been a spirit of sort during Harry's first year at Hogwarts. Now she knew he had been a soul, looking for something to possess, until he was reborn.