Chapter Seven: Trials and Tribulations
Saturday September 7, 7:30 a.m.
Harry was sitting at the Gryffindor table, eating eggs, bacon, and toast. He knew that he was going to the Ministry with Sirius, Remus, Snape and Dumbledore in a half hour and he was very nervous.
The half hour flew by quickly and sooner than he could imagine, Remus was tapping him on the shoulder and leading him to Dumbledore's office where they were taking the floo to the Ministry.
Once they arrived in the extravagant room at the Ministry, Dumbledore lead them to the area where the trials were to be held. Harry held his breath for a minute before opening the door to reveal a stadium with people crowded in it. There had to be at least two thousand people. Harry looked to the left and saw some people holding newspapers. On the cover read the headline: Trail of the Century- Pettigrew vs. Black.
Harry suddenly felt overwhelmed and was thankful when Dumbledore placed a hand on his shoulder, squeezed it, then lead Harry to the table were the witnesses were seated.
The trial began ten minutes later with the sound of a bell. Everyone became silent as two Aurors led in Peter Pettigrew. He was successfully enervated in the week when Harry had to come by personally to do it. They were all thoroughly impressed with is spell work.
Peter looked sickly. He had gray, lifeless, balding hair which formed a ring around his wrinkled head. He had haunting, evil, black-rimmed eyes. Even his smile showed of malicious intent. The clothes he wore were in shambled and the t-shirt he wore showed his death eater tattoo to everyone.
After Peter was lead in, Sirius was lead in. He had transformed and allowed the Aurors to take hold of his hands and guide him to the second chair. The two chairs were on opposite sides of the room and were facing each other while to the side of the judge. There was a chair in the middle which was facing the judge and to the side were Pettigrew and Sirius. This was the witness chair.
The train began when the judge, Judge Wilmar Clevus Sharehold stood up. "Ladies and Gentlemen. We are called her to answer the questions: who is the guilty? Who was really the murderer? Who was really the death eater? Fourteen years ago, on the fatefully Halloween night, one of these two gave the information to V-Voldemort which lead to the Potter's death. Today the charges are as followed: the aid in the murder of James and Lily Potter, being a death eater, helping in the resurrection of Voldemort last year and being an illegal Animagus. We would first like to call Peter Pettigrew to the stands. If Professor Snape could administer the truth serum?"
Snape walked forward once Peter was secure in the witness chair and dropped three drops of Veritaserum on his tongue.
Dumbledore, whom was representing Sirius, stepped forward to start questioning.
"What is your name?"
"Peter Blilius Pettigrew." Pettigrew said in a detached tone.
"Are you a death eater?"
"Yes." A cry of outrage rang through the room and it took three minutes for the judge to quiet the people down.
"Were you the Potter's secret keeper?"
"Yes." Another cry rang though the room but it was subdued in a minute.
"Did you betray James and Lily Potter to Voldemort?"
"Yes. I betrayed Harry as well. He was who master wanted."
"Indeed. Did you help in the resurrection of Voldemort last year?"
"Yes. I was the blood of the servant. There was a potion which would enable him to receive his body again and return gloriously to his body. I would be deeply rewarded."
"Are you an Animagus?"
"Yes. I am a rat." A few laughs came from this.
"I have no further questions." Dumbledore said.
"Let us call forth the next witness: Sirius Black."
Sirius was led to the chair once it was vacated. He was strapped to the arms of the chair. Snape stepped forward to give three drops of truth serum.
Dumbledore began the questioning again.
"What is your name?"
"Sirius Orion Black." Sirius stated in a lifeless tone.
"Were you the Potter's secret keeper?"
"I was at first. But, I thought that I would be the obvious chose. I convinced James and Lily to change it to Peter since nobody would suspect him since he was so weak."
"Describe the events that occurred that night."
"I felt like something was wrong because I had not seen Peter in a couple of days so I got on my flying motorcycle to go to Godric's Hallow. When I got there, I saw the place was ruined. I approached Hagid who had Harry in his arms. I wanted to take Harry but Hagrid insisted that Dumbledore wanted him to move to his relative's house. I finally gave in and realized that Peter must have betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort. I went and found him in a muggle street outside his house and I wanted to kill him. But, instead, he yelled at me and told everyone that I was the traitor. He then killed the thirteen muggles. He then cut off his finger and transformed into a rat before running off. I didn't know what to do. I had just lost three of the people I loved: there were two dead and the other might as well have been since he betrayed us all."
"Are you a death eater?"
"No."
"Are you an illegal Animagus?"
"Yes. My form is a dog."
"Were you in any way involved in the resurrection of Voldemort?"
"No. I would never do such a thing."
"There will be no further questioning." Dumbledore said.
Aurors led Sirius back to his chair before Dumbledore stood up to call the next witness.
"I would like to call Harry James Potter."
Everyone in the courtroom was trying to get a good look at the boy-who-lived. Harry finally approached the chair and was given three drops of truth serum from Snape.
Dumbledore then approached Harry and began questioning.
"What is your name?"
"Harry James Potter."
"Do you believe Sirius Black is innocent?"
"At first, I did not believe that he was innocent. But, after I talked to him in my third year and saw Peter when he admitted to what he did the same day, I knew that he was innocent. He had to save him that day from the Minister who wanted to give him the Dementor's Kiss."
"Do you mind placing a memory in this bowl? It is a pensieve. Afterward, we can project it into the air and allow the entire courtroom to view it?"
"I can." Harry replied. He then put his left hand to his temple and after a moment pulled out a string of blue memories. He placed it in the bowl.
The scene was projected into the air. The first was of Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack. The memories played.
Sirius asked Peter, "You betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort, didn't you?"
Peter responded, "I didn't mean to. You have no idea the weapons he possesses. What would you have done? What would you have done?"
Sirius advancing on him, "I would have died, I would have died rather than betray my friends."
The scene changed to the moment just before the cup.
Harry was looking at the cup with Cedric.
Cedric said, "Take it. You saved me twice. Take it."
"How about we take it together? 1…2…3" They were both taken away and into the graveyard.
"I've been here before in a dream." Harry said then paused and said "Cedric move!"
The killing curse came towards him. He fell to the ground in a lifeless mass. Peter grabbed Harry and tied him to a gravestone. They then preformed the ritual and Voldemort was brought back to life. Voldemort put the imperious curse on Harry and he fought it off. Voldemort and Harry battled and finally Harry got away.
The courtroom was dead silent when the scene stopped playing. The silence was broken when Dumbledore said "There will be no further questioning."
Dumbledore made his way to the side where he sat down. Next, Lucius Malfoy stepped forward as the defense for Peter. He called Sirius to the stands whom was still under the influence of the potion.
"Did you, or did you not harm attack the ancient and priceless portrait in the Hogwarts castle?"
"I did attack the portrait when it would not allow me to enter. I needed to protect my godson."
Lucius sneered at this but continued, "Did you in any way intent to murder Peter before the incident in the street?"
"Yes. He had betrayed my best friends."
"That does not seem like the attitude of someone innocent. Hmm. And what about your godson? What did you think would happen to him if you murdered Peter and you were sent to Azkaban?"
"I love my godson. If I went to Azkaban, which I did, I hoped that he would stay with Remus Lupin. It was written in my will."
"Wait a minute!" someone from the audience cried. "He is a death eater! He was there during the resurrection of Voldemort!"
Lucius Malfoy took one look around the courtroom before dashing out and apparating away.
Dumbledore steeped forward and addressed the people of the court. "Now, I believe that we should call the verdict now that the Malfoy has decided to rid us of his presence."
The judge called an order to the court and addressed them.
"All those who believe Peter Pettigrew should be found guilty of the murder of James and Lily Potter raise your hand." Almost the entire courtroom raised their hands.
"All those who believe Peter Pettigrew should be found guilty of being a death eater and involved in the resurrection of Lord V-Vodemort raise your hand." Almost the entire courtroom raised their hands.
"All those who believe Peter Pettigrew be found guilty of being an unregistered Animagus raise your hand." Everyone raised their hands.
"The courtroom now proclaims Sirius Black innocent of all charges except being an Animagus. But, if registered today the fine will be lifted seeing as you served twelve years in Azkaban." Applause rang out and Sirius enveloped Harry in a hug which photographers did not miss.
"The courtroom now proclaims Peter Pettigrew guilty of all charges and is hereby sentenced to the Dementor's Kiss a week from today."
The group slipped out of the courtroom after Peter's sentence and made their way to Magical Law Enforcement section. Harry approached Madam Bones warmly and gave her a kiss on her hand.
"Hello Madam Bones. It is a pleasure as always." Harry greeted her.
"Oh Harry, always the charmer. What can I help you with today?" Madam Bones replied.
"I have come to register my Animagus forms as well as my godfather, Sirius Black, whom has just been cleared of all charges." Harry replied and could not keep the smile from his face.
"Yes. Of course, if you would follow me I can lead you to the registration section." Madam Bones said while making them make two lefts and a right before entering a medium sized room with a young man who looked to be twenty-five located sitting at a chair.
"This is Charles Hadson. He will help get you registered and will get you a license." Madam Bones said as Charles stood up. She then left the room.
"Hello. Like Madam Bones said, I am Charles Hadson. What can I help you with today, Mr. Potter and Mr. Black, I heard about the trial, welcome back." He said.
"Thank you." Sirius said. "I would like to get my Animagus form registered as well as Harry's." He said while placing a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"Right this way." He led them to the book where he opened it to a page titled Amimagi. He wrote down the names Harry James Potter and Sirius Orion Black in the name section.
"Okay. I want you answer my questions so I can fill out the information in the chart before we start on the license." Charles said. They nodded so he continued talking.
"Age?" He asked.
"Fifteen." Responded Harry. "Thirty-Seven." Responded Sirius.
Charles made the notes in his book before asking the next question. "Form?"
"Black Dog." Sirius said. "Griffin, owl, panther, unicorn and cobra." Harry responded.
Charles looked at him in disbelief but wrote it down anyway. He would have to prove that he had the forms for his license.
"Markings?"
"None." responded Sirius. "In my griffin and cobra forms I have a lightning bolt patch of fur or scales on him head." Responded Harry.
"Okay. The questions are done. Now I have to take a picture of your forms next to a human model to show the relative size. Here is the human model." He pulled out a mannequin.
Sirius went first and transformed into a dog and stood next the mannequin to take a picture.
Harry then approached the mannequin and asked Charles if he would have room to transform. Charles responded that it would magically expand to accommodate. Harry agreed and then warned them to stand back.
He transformed into his griffin form and stood next to the mannequin. Charles had to back up a little before snapping the picture. Once the first picture was taken, Harry transformed into an owl and the room appeared back to normal. The owl landed on the mannequin's shoulder and Charles took a picture. Harry then flew off the shoulder and transformed into a panther before landing gracefully on the ground. He sat regally next to the mannequin with his tail curled around his body and chin up. Remus and Sirius laughed at this while Charles took a picture. Harry then changed into a unicorn and stood up and Charles took a picture of him. Lastly, Harry changed into a cobra and slid up to waste high on the human before sticking out his blood-red hood and showing off his sharpened teeth. Charles took the picture and Harry transformed back into his human form and walked over to stand beside Sirius who clapped him on the back.
Charles looked amazed at the boy and took out his wand and waved it in the air a couple times while saying a spell that none of them knew. Then, two cards were lying on the desk next to them. Charles picked them up and gave them to Sirius and Harry respectively. They had the information that they needed on it and a picture of what their forms looked like. On Harry's card it was a combination of all the animals. The griffin stood in the background next to the smaller looking unicorn. The owl was perched on the shoulder of the mannequin while the snake was by his side. The panther sat down next the unicorn. It was an extremely cool picture.
They thanked Charles and exited the room. They made it to the exited where they then apparated (Harry side-along apparated) to the gates of Hogwarts.
They then pushed open the gates and walked up to the entrance of Hogwarts. Before they got to the door Harry stopped them.
"Do you mind if I go down in the Chamber of Secrets today. I promised Ollivander that I could get him some basilisk parts to use in his wands." Harry asked the group.
"You can go down today. Remus and Sirius may accompany you. I will ask Professor Snape to do the same since he can correctly harvest the parts. Some are even useful in rare potions and clothing."
Dumbledore left and Remus and Sirius made their way to Remus and Sirius's room. When they got there, Remus spoke the password which was "maurders" before entering the room.
"Okay Aeroterra. It is time to inform you of your mission before you can be titled a Maurder." Sirius began while pacing in front of the couch that Harry had flopped down on. He looked like a military officer causing Harry to hide his face in a pillow to hide his smirk.
"The mission is a prank. It has to involve at least thirty people. The first prank you have to get caught so that you can earn your title and people can recognize you as a prankster. The rest of the times, detention is frowned upon." Sirius continued while pacing in front of the room before he abruptly stopped and turned to look Harry in the eye.
"You have until Friday to complete this task." Sirius said and Harry nodded, already having a prank in mind for a breakfast.
Just then, a knock came from the door. Remus sat up from his sit at the table and answered it. Snape and Dumbledore entered the room and looked at the scene in front of them. Harry was draped across the sofa with one foot prompted up on the armrest which the other dangled from the floor. His arms were clutching a throw pillow which was he was hugging to his chest. Sirius was stand in front of the couch and coffee table with his hands on either side of him.
When the guest entered the room, Harry sprang to his feet and ran to the door excitedly. Sirius was close behind him.
"It would appear someone is excited." Snape said sarcastically to hide his amusement at the boy. It was quite funny to see his personality change from one moment to the next. One moment he would be acting as old as Dumbledore giving advice to those younger than him. The next he would he acting like a trained auror while battling dozens of death eaters. And next thing you know, he is a teenager and is joking around and laying spread out across a sofa.
Harry grinned, oblivious to the professor's train of thought, and glanced up at Dumbledore for confirmation. Dumbledore nodded and said "Lead the way. I am actually quite curious; this castle never seizes to reveal new information. I am definitely curious as to where you found the chamber."
Harry smiled to himself before making his way to the second floor. He walked past all the curious portraits and walked to stand directly in front of the girl's bathroom.
"The girl's bathroom? Really, Potter?" Snape asked with a disgusted look on his face to hide his amusement.
"Well Sor-ry Professor. I didn't exactly chose the location." Harry said before pushing open the door. The bathroom looked the same as he left it. There was a blood stain on the floor by the sink from his second year, a rusted cauldron between two bathroom stalls and a cup which he must have left from when he drank from the Polyjuice potion.
The other followed in and looked at the scene before them. Apparently they all had something to comment about.
"Why is there a cauldron in here?" Snape asked bemusedly.
"Well you see….we were making a potion." Harry replied vaguely while fidgeting from one foot to the other.
"Really?" Snape replied sarcastically. "I would have never have guessed. And what, pray tell, were you brewing?"
"Um… Polyjuice Potion." Harry replied still looking at the ground.
The group looked at him funny. "In your second year?" Remus asked.
"Yeah. It was mainly Hermione though who brewed it. Ron and I simply got the ingredients. But, you can't punish us, can you? I mean we were twelve?" Harry asked.
"No. We cannot." Said Dumbledore with a twinkle in his eye.
"Why did you need Polyjuice Potion?" Sirius asked.
"Well… I was tired of being called the Heir of Slytherin. So we decided that we were going to discover who the real heir was. Naturally, we thought the heir of Slytherin would be in Slytherin so we made the potion and snuck into the Slytherin common room to investigate."
Snape glared at him. Sirius and Remus looked at each other before bursting out laughing. "Why didn't we think of that?" Sirius asked but before he could get an answer, Moaning Myrtle appeared in front of them.
"Harry? Is that you?" Myrtle asked and with Harry's nod she continued. "My, you have grown. You never visit me anymore ever since that time last year in the prefect's bathroom."
"The prefect's bathroom, Harry?" Sirius asked with a smirk "Have you been everywhere in this castle?" he asked with a laugh.
"I don't really like to be limited to a certain area." Harry replied cheekily then he turned to Myrtle. "I am sorry I have not visited you but I have been very busy."
"Okay." Myrtle sobbed. "But remember, my offer still applies if something goes wrong down there." She left with a giggle.
When she left, Snape turned to him and asked "What offer is she talking about?"
Harry mumbled "If I die down there then I can share her toilet."
Remus and Sirius started laughing and Snape's mouth twitched to Harry's disbelief. Dumbledore smiled.
After that, Dumbledore asked Harry to tell them where the entrance was. Harry led them over to the sink where he stood next to his bloodied footprint. No one asked about it but they knew it was Harry's.
Harry then turned to the sink and said in a hiss "Open."
The sinks separated and left a whole just like it did when he was twelve. They connected together to leave an entrance. He turned around to see everyone staring at the new hole in the ground and then he came up with an idea. "Stairs." He hissed and stairs popped up around the newly formed hole.
"I wish I thought of adding stairs before. It was quite a long drop." Harry said to the others. Then he walked down the stairs. He reached the bottom and stepped on the bones at the bottom. He looked behind him and saw that the rest were looking at him. He began to tell what happened as he walked along the winding tunnel, leading the group through the maze of pipes. He stopped at the basilisk skin and told them of Lockhart. He then looked at the rocks piled up and pulled out his wand to move them to the side and created a path. He walked though, giving the password whenever needed.
He made it to the main room where he walked straight to the spot where Ginny laid unconscious. He kneeled down on the ground and put his hand down on the icy floor. He then stood up and made his way to the basilisk. He approached it and heard the group behind him stop in their track upon seeing the beast. He raised his hand and touched he snakes head and closed its eyes before turned back to the group.
"How do we get all the ingredients?" Harry asked Snape.
"There is a spell to peel the skin from body then we can accio the important ingredients for the wands and potions before lighting the rest on fire." Snape said.
Snape said the spell to peel the skin from the body. It then collected in a box when it was magically shrunk. He then conjured another box which he called to put all the shrunken teeth into. He then conjured a third box for the basilisk blood which he had put into vital for potions. The forth box was filled with the heart. They then burnt the rest of the snake up.
Harry stared at the empty room before approaching Remus and Sirius and walked up to the stairs and up to the empty bathroom.
Harry later wrote a letter to Ollivander and put some of the ingredients in a box before sending it off with Hedwig. The rest of the ingredients were either given to Snape or Harry kept in order to make potions or clothing.
Sunday September 8, 5:20 a.m.
Harry was down by the Quidditch pitch, Firebolt in hand, waiting to see the turn-out for the trials held for the open positions on the team. Today he was dressed in leather pants and white v-neck t-shirt. His combat boots were laced up all the way to his ankle.
Slowly but surely, twenty people made their way down to the pitch with brooms in hand. When they made their way down to the pitch, to Harry's confusion, some of the girls blushed. He shook it off; he would never understand women.
They all stood in front of him with Fred and George Weasley, Angelia Johnson, Katie and Bell behind him as the rest of the team. The positions that were open were Chaser and Keeper.
"Alright everyone can I have your attention?" Harry called out to everyone and they fell silent.
"Thank you." He said before continuing. "Today we will be holding tryouts for the keeper and chaser positions. I want you to move into two groups. Group one will be the chaser, group two will be the keepers. After each group we will deliberate and after the end of tryouts we will call out the team members."
The group split into two and Harry called the first group forward. "Now I want the see five laps around the field." The group of eleven jumped on their brooms and shot into the air. They made their way around the pitch five times while Fred, George, Angelina, Katie, and Harry talked about who was the most at ease on their broom and who they thought needed more work. When the five laps ended, Harry had the group split into pairs and had Angela and Katie practice some of the chaser moves with them across the pitch. They practiced the Hawkshead Attacking Formation, reverse pass, as well as a couple others. After all the groups had gone, they practiced scoring. Harry was the fill-in for the keeper.
They all lined up the air about ten feet from the goal post and attempted to score.
The first person was up and he did not manage to get any goals in. The second person was up and he managed to get in two of the ten. The third person managed to get one. The fourth person got in none. The fifth person managed to get in three. The sixth person managed to get in two.
The seventh person approached. Harry turned and saw that it was Seamus Finnigan who was the best out of all of them and managed to get in five shots out of ten.
The eight through eleventh managed to get in one shot each.
Harry then flew down to the ground in a steep dive and mounted off his broom. He called the chaser over and asked them to wait in the stands for the results.
"Harry! You were an amazing keeper!" Katie Bell called.
"Thanks." Harry said with a slight blush. "Let's see how the rest fair out. Let's you, Angela and I try to score against them."
Harry told the people trying out the plan before flying in the sky and attempting the score against the keepers. Five people went and they managed to score against each of them three times. Next, Ron approached the goalpost. Katie, Angela, and Harry attempted to score against him but nothing went through him. The rest faired okay, but it was clear that Ron was going to be the keeper.
Harry met with the rest of the team and they decided that Ron was the keeper while Seamus was going to be the third chaser.
Harry called down all the people that came out. They faced him in a large mass of worried faces.
"Thank you everyone for coming out today! You all have amazing talent and just because you didn't make it this time does not mean that you cannot make it next year. For this year the new chaser is Seamus Finnigan." Harry stopped speaking to allow for cheers. "And the new keeper is Ron Weasley." There were more cheers. Ron looked like it was one of the happiest days of his life.
Once the news was announced, the people who tried out slowly made their way from the pitch leaving the new team to begin discussing strategy and for Harry to tell them the times that they were meeting.
Harry spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and doing homework. He played a couple of games of chess with Ron as well as practiced Ancient Runes with Hermione.
"Hey Harry! Wanna go out outside and play some soccer?" Seamus, a muggle-born wizard, asked Harry. "I brought some muggle games from at home to Hogwarts this year thinking we needed some new games to play."
"Yeah sure thing. Ron! Come on, let's go play some soccer!" Harry replied.
In five minutes, Harry, Ron, Seamus, Neville, Ginny, Hermione, Collin, Lee, Dean, Fred and George made their way down to a flat field on the Hogwart's grounds to play a game of soccer. They split into two teams. Hermione decided that she was going to read and situated herself under a tree and read a book on House elves. On one team there was Harry, Ron, Seamus, Neville, and Collin. On the other team there was Ginny, Lee, Dean, Fred and George.
They played for an hour with the score tied five to five. They walked slowly up the stairs to the common room and plopped down of the nearest couches near the fireplace of the common room. Harry looked at his watch and realized that it was thirty minutes before he had to go back to his second Order meeting.
He ran up the stairs and took a shower. He wrapped a towel around himself before walking into the dorm rooms. He then pulled out an emerald green t-shirt and a dragon hide vest as well as a lightly faded pair of skinny jeans. He opened his top draw and pulled out a pair of boxers and quickly changed into his clothes. He got dressed quickly and managed to slide his combat boots on while exiting the room. He ran a hand through his almost-dry hair and it proceeded to fall into his usual disheveled, wind-blown shape. He ran down the stairs, through the common room and out the portrait.
He changed into his owl form after looking around and down the halls. He then flew down the stairs, dodging students left and right until he came up to Dumbledore's office where he saw Sirius, Snape, Remus, and Professor McGonagall about to enter the office. He flew and landed on Remus's shoulder slightly out of breath and leaned his head up against Remus's hair to collect his breath. Remus let out a laugh and greeted Harry.
The group stepped onto the staircase and they made their way up the stairs. After knocking on the door, they entered the office. Harry flew off Remus's shoulder and changed into his human form smiling at the old Professor.
"Hello everyone." Dumbledore greeted the group. "Everyone is already here and so if you would follow me." Dumbledore turned and placed his hand on a portrait to the right of his desk. The portrait opened to reveal a large room with a circle table filled with Order members. Dumbledore sat down with Remus to his left and Severus Snape to his right. Sirius sat down next to Remus and Harry sat down with Sirius on his left and Professor McGonagall on his right.
"Welcome everyone to the first Order of the Pheonix meeting of the school year. I would like to start the meeting with a few notices. First, I would like to congratulate Harry for his capture of the deatheaters who attempted to kidnap him from his home." An applause rang out and Harry ducked him head and blushed bright red to everyone's amusement. "Second, I would like everyone to be aware of the freedom of Sirius from the trial that was just held." Another applause rang out and Sirius smiled brightly while Harry patted him on the arm. "Now, unfortunately that is all the good news that I have for today. Severus, if you would kindly report the death eater activity."
Severus stood up while Dumbledore sat down. "The Dark Lord was most displeased with his new recruits whom he trusted to capture Potter." Snape said with a sneer. "He crucioed some death eaters to vent his feelings. Fortunately, I was not there at the present moment." He took a breath and continued. "Right now, the Dark Lord is finding a way to increase his power. He is attempted to suck the power from his victims and is even attempting to recreate powers to make himself stronger." Everyone paled at this news. "Fortunately, he has yet to find a way to artificially create power, as I believe it to be impossible. But, he is coming close to finding a way to suck the power of people he tortures."
Everyone did not look pleased at the new revelation especially Harry, whom after hearing the prophecy found it hard enough to believe he could defeat Voldemort, even without added powers.
Dumbledore stood up and addressed them all. "Voldemort is becoming more active. He has attacked a muggle village and killed twelve muggles before the aurors showed up. Then only good news from this is that the wizarding world acknowledges that Voldemort had returned." Dumbledore cleared his throat before looking at Harry. "I believe that a certain prophecy needs to be heard."
Harry looked up at Dumbledore and saw that there was no arguing against him. Harry stood up and cleared his throat before staring at the wall in front of him. His eyes shone with power, anger, and sadness. He continued to look at the wall while reciting the lines that replayed in his head constantly.
"The One with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him… born as the seventh month dies… and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not…and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives… the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies."
Once he finished talking he blinked a few times to stop the traitorous tears from flowing over his eyelashes. No matter what anyone believed, he was still fifteen and did not want to purely live his life as a weapon or a tool. He was glad that he was in school and taking classes and for the main part, acting like a regular kid.
After a moment he looked at the shocked faces in front of him. The turned to look at Sirius who looked angry. Oh my God! I course I shouldn't have told them the prophesy! They know that I am not strong enough. They know that it was my fault for the death of my parents and Cedric. They don't want me anymore. These were the last thought that slipped Harry's mind before he jumped out of the nearest window and transformed into a griffin a foot before the ground approached.
The room was left to wonder what came over the boy as said boy glided over the glistening water occasionally flapping his wings or trailing his feet in the water. If you looked close enough to the magical animal, you could see that tears were pouring down his face and landing in the already rippling water.