Chapter four

The first letter he read was from Dumbledore, even though Harry wanted nothing to do with the old man, he was curious about what he wrote.

"Dear Harry,

If it is convenient to you, I shall call at number four, Privet drive this coming Friday at eleven p.m. To escort you to the Burrow, where you have been invited to spend the remainder of your school holidays.

If you are agreeable, I should also be glad of your assistance in a matter to which I hope to attend on the way to the Burrow. I shall explain this more fully when I see you.

Kindly send your answer by return of this owl. Hoping to see you this Friday,

I am yours most sincerely,

Albus Dumbledore "

Harry glared, he grabbed some parchment, wrote his reply then handed it to Hedwig before he turned to the other letters.

Harry read letters from a lot of his friends, Ron, Ginny and Molly had written. He planned to ignore them but figured if he answered then they might leave him alone for the summer, especially once Dumbledore told them what Harry had wrote in his letter.

Later that afternoon Ron looked up when Hedwig flew inside, she dropped three letters before flying off again. Ron handed one to his mother, one to Ginny and picked up his one.

"Hi Ron, I figured if I did the interview then it would be the truth, I'm sick of the lies and sick of people acting like friends when they aren't. So now everyone will realise exactly how I feel. I never received a letter from Hermione, I figured she must be overseas on holidays again. If you hear from her let her know but if she plans to have a go at me then that friendship might just be over. I'm really getting sick and tired of her attitude so she either backs off or finds another friend, Harry."

'He doesn't sound very happy, not that I blame him,' Arthur said.

"Dear Mrs. Weasley, I have to say this and I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings, but you are not my mother, you are not even a relation so you have no say in what I do. So I'm asking you nicely to please butt out of my life, it would cause a fight if you keep going, but I will never allow anyone to tell me what to do, not anymore, Harry."

'He actually sounds very angry,' Ron said.

'He lost Sirius Ron, of course his angry,' Ginny said then read her letter, "Ginny, I've known for a while how you feel, I've been told by many, well, it's never going to happen. I am as of now in a serious relationship, one that I hope will lead to marriage. So I figured if I told you then you can finally turn your attention to some of the other boys who like you, Harry."

Ron, Molly and Arthur all stared at Ginny as tears fell down her face. Ginny wasn't the type of girl who cried, yet now she was. They all knew she liked Harry, it seems he would never return her feelings. Ron did wonder who Harry's girlfriend was, he'd never seen Harry pay much attention to any of the girls in Gryffindor and he didn't spend time with the other houses.

Harry and Luna had fun while they learned, they would spar against each other without going too far. Sometimes they did get stunned or hex with a tickling hex but they made sure to never use anything that could harm. Xeno would also give Harry and Luna some lessons on magic that wasn't used much anymore. One thing Harry wanted to learn that Xeno was able to help him with was wards. Harry wanted to study wards, but also how to detect them. So between books and Xeno, Harry was learning how to cast wards and how to see them, but also how the magic joins to form the wards around a property.

Albus turned up at Privet drive even though he never received a response from Harry, or he didn't believe he did. He had so much correspondence on his desk that it was hard to find anything. Albus figured if Harry wrote or not the boy would know he would be there, he just hoped Harry was packed ready to go.

Petunia opened the door, 'What do you want?'

'I have come to collect Harry.'

'He isn't here, he doesn't live here anymore.'

'When did he leave Petunia?'

'Straight away, he came in the afternoon after he left that school then he was gone.'

'Did you see him speak with anyone?'

'No, he said he was going to meet his godfather, so why don't you ask him,' Petunia slammed the door then opened it again, 'He's not welcome here anymore, just in case you get any ideas about bringing him back,' she slammed the door again then hoped that would be the end of the freaks.

Albus turned and headed towards the street to be met by Tonks and Dedilus, 'Harry hasn't been here the entire time.'

'We saw him on the last day of school, we figured he was just inside.' Tonks said.

'You didn't detect any magic, like his cloak?'

'No, you told us to check that whenever the door opened, there was nothing. Where would he go?'

'He told petunia he was meeting Sirius,' Albus sighed, 'I will organise everyone to try and find him before Voldemort does. Stay here for another couple of hours, in case this is a set up to get you away from here. If nothing happens by eight meet me at headquarters.'

Eight o'clock that night the Order of the Phoenix headed to Grimmauld place, they realised they could not get in which told them that Sirius had left the house to someone and that someone was probably Harry. They all headed to Hogwarts, the moment they stepped into the headmaster's office, everyone noticed a letter addressed to Albus sitting on the table, so they all took their seats to wait for their leader who was talking to some of the staff before they leave for the holidays.

'Right then, we have a bit of a situation.'

'Albus,' Arthur pointed at the letter.

Albus took the letter and read, "No, it is not convenient for you to call and no I will not assist you in anything just like you never assisted me when I needed. I will never forgive you, I will never talk to you, I will never fight for you or anyone I feel betrayed me, which is almost everyone inside that blasted castle,' Albus sighed then read the rest of the letter, "Sirius left me everything which means you will not get to use his house again, I asked the goblins reinstate the old Black wards straight away."

'I thought Sirius would leave the house to Remus.' Tonks said.

'No, the goblins told me I got a few thousand galleons, but everything else went to Harry. I don't blame Sirius, I did turn my back on him, but I also know he was angry that I never visited Harry while he was young.'

'So apart from Potter being angry which we knew he would be and now we've lost headquarters what else is wrong?' Minerva asked.

'Harry left the Dursley's the first day there, Tonks and Kingsley never saw him or detected any magical items like his cloak. I will speak with Xenophilius and ask where he met Harry but I doubt the man will be very forth coming.'

'We know Harry is not happy with you and I, Albus, it seems he is upset with all of us,' Minerva said.

'He is, he basically told Molly to…butt out of his life, told Ginny he wasn't interested and he sounded very angry and cold in his letter to Ron. He did write that he had a girlfriend and they were serious, but he never mentioned who she was,' Arthur said.

'We will need to find him before Voldemort does, he is not safe.'

'You will not find him, he will make sure of that. He does not trust you Albus, it sounds like he doesn't trust anyone. I heard what he said when we went to sort out Miss Lovegood's stolen belongings. I would say none of us will see him until term begins, by then he will be sixteen and legally allowed to live alone,' Filius said, 'Maybe you should leave him be headmaster or he may just leave for good and I mean leave the country. It's not like he has anyone holding him here, he has no family and he seems upset with his friends.'

'He has family,' Severus sneered.

'Family that hate him Severus, we overheard Harry talking to Miss Lovegood. They do not like him and would have killed him as a child if they weren't afraid one of us would turn up. He also said he was hit often, starved and locked up. I would say Filius is right, if we push then he might leave for good since he has no ties here.'

'What about this girlfriend?' Kingsley asked.

'Until we know who it is for all we know she may leave with him,' Arthur said. 'I think they are right Albus, leave Harry alone, give him some space. He's angry right now and you know as well as I do that when teenagers are pushed they rebel and Harry has been pushed to his limit by the sound of it.'

'It's dangerous, I agree he is angry and needs some space, but he should not be out there alone. He cannot use magic and if he did Cornelius would get Rufus to jump on him after that interview. He cannot do anything because everything Harry said was the truth. How did he sneak away, someone must have helped him, someone that was old enough that the ministry did not pick up any magic.'

'Isn't Potter friendly with that elf?' Severus asked.

'Yes Dobby saved Harry's life in second year and Harry buys him presents,' Albus thought for a minute, 'Dobby,' everyone looked around but the elf didn't appear, 'He was working here, he asked me for a job. If he's not answering then he has found a new owner and I would say that owner is Harry. Dobby liked being free, but he loves Harry for saving him from the Malfoy's abuse.'

'He liked the elf and helped him as he knew what it felt like to be hurt. I would say your right Albus, this elf is the one that snuck Harry away from Privet drive. I doubt we will find out where he went though so we might as well work on how to prevent you-know-who from entering this castle and getting a foothold in the ministry,' Minerva said.

Albus realised everyone was right, it would be futile to spend time looking for Harry when it was obvious that he planned to disappear. So the Order of the Phoenix got stuck into some plans, how to strengthen the wards of the castle and how to make sure Voldemort did not get supporters inside the ministry.