A/N: I know this chapter is little shorter than my normal ones, but I just couldn't stop the writer's block, so I did the best I could. Enjoy!


Chapter Six – You Puzzle Me

As it turns out, Harry did not tell a soul because he had no wish of wanting to cross his heart and most of all if he mentioned anything, he would sure as hell be caught. Fate, coincidence, would have it, wherever Harry went, there was either a follower of Lord Voldemort or someone equally dangerous spying or otherwise following him at all times. Except for when he was in his common room or sleeping, that would be overdoing it. Harry thought about that for a moment; these people had to sleep sometime too.

Therefore, he constructed a plan that no one would ever consider trying to listen in on. It was around midnight when Harry put his plan into action. He, Hermione, Ron and Luna all sat in front of the hearth that was blazing with warm flames. They were quietly discussing everything they knew on the subject of James Potter.

Hermione told Harry that she had figured out what was wrong with everyone lately, it had something to do with legends coming back to life. Ron told him everything he had found out, he told him with excitement that the headmaster was indeed the enemy and that they had to be careful with him.

Luna suddenly joined in and said, "I saw something today."

"Did you?" asked Harry cuddling her, while the others sighed and rolled their eyes at his behaviour.

"Yeah, it was odd, I saw this man; he was cloaked. He seemed all right, he had this giant horse, a nice light greyish colour and he smiled at me. He said to me, to tell no one that I saw him, except one person. I asked "who?" and he said "Harry, your boyfriend", I was gob-smacked," Luna babbled. "How could a complete stranger know you were my Boyfriend?" During the outburst the other three in the room exchanged glances and smiled, they knew who this man was and what it meant.

"So where did you exactly see this mysteriously black-clad warrior?" questioned Harry softly.

"I saw him near our favourite tree, you know the one that overlooks the lake," replied Luna excitedly.

"Oh yes, I know the one". Stated Ron.

"The one near the Forbidden Forest?" asked Hermione.

"Yeah, that one!" exclaimed Luna.

"That's it!" exclaimed Harry, suddenly struck with an idea.

"What's it?" asked Hermione confused.

"The forest!" stated Harry urgently.

"Oh, I think I know what you mean," said Ron with a thoughtful expression.

"That's where he has been hiding, in, near or beyond the Forbidden Forest." Said Harry explaining where his father, if he was right, was hiding.


A few months had passed and winter quietly blew in, covering the ground with a thick blanket of snow. With the bitter cold, cool breeze and light rain, came more tales of deeds of daring.

It seemed as though the students progressed through the year, that strange and weirder things began to happen. Objects would be moved, belongings would be hidden and so much more homework than anybody could possibly stand, not even those who love school and work.

Many of the students seemed to have calmed down; now the wariness in the air had worn off. Typical school life is what everyone called it, though some could have a lengthy discussion about that very topic and would argue that it was not a normal school life when including recent events.

Fate it seemed had designed a plan, that nobody knew for certain what the consequences would be. Fate as people now dubbed it was a cruel, fair and touch-me-not thing. A thing in which that controlled the course of someone's life or the events that take place in them, sometimes fulfilling dreams and other times breaking them. The reason why certain things happen to certain people will never be known by anyone other than Fate of Destiny itself, not even the most organised, talented person on the planet could possibly decide on a person's future.

A wizard could create things like weather disturbances and a whole range of other things; they could also control people, make them forget, but one thing was for sure. The power of deciding their own fate was a bit beyond their reach and would always remain so.

It was about four hundred years ago; a witch had decided to kill herself by jumping off the Astronomy Tower at Hogwarts School; but Fate or Destiny would not have it, so after falling, she hit the ground below, bounced to a stop, and was still alive with only two broken bones. There are of course legends out there where wizards and witches through the ages have tried to outwit their Destiny, to find the key that would unlock all their desires and make it possible.

Nevertheless, Fate is a funny thing and of course, none of these witches or wizards ever came close to finding what they were looking for, for destiny had decided against it. Fate's plan for us all is a bit like a story, written down and planned out in a book. In a book that will never be read by mere humans, in a book that lay forgotten by someone who saw fit to discard it, or rather cast it aside. Therefore, it would only be a couple of weeks until our story continues…

"Harry, Harry!" Luna called excitedly, rushing up to her boyfriend.

"What is it, Luna?" asked Harry curiously, before giving her a quick kiss.

"It will be my birthday in two days!" replied Luna looking at Harry and smiling.

"It is? And how old will you be?" asked Harry.

"I will be sixteen." Luna stated proudly. Harry smiled back and thought about what he would give Luna for her birthday he had a fair idea what it was going to be though. Harry had decided the next day that he was going to teach Luna how to cast a patronus charm and give her something special as well; he knew Luna would love the idea of knowing how to perform the patronus charm flawlessly like the older teenagers. Therefore, Luna's birthday came.

"Look what I got you," said Hermione, handing a little glowing sphere to Luna, the insides of the sphere were changing into different colours.

"Oh, it's wonderful! I've always wanted a Mood Ball." Luna replied, moving the sphere from one hand to another.

"What's it do?" Harry asked, gazing at the magic sphere.

"The colours inside the sphere change, depending on how your feeling." Luna explained.

"It's my turn now!" exclaimed Ron, giving Luna a little leather bracelet that had a silver four-leafed clover dangling from it. Then informed her that it was enchanted to give the wearer good luck when they most needed it.

"Thank you, Hermione and Ron. My presents are awesome," cried Luna happily, and then she turned to Harry for his present, Harry held up a tiny gift-wrapped box and handed it to her. Luna's eyes seemed to get very wide, the box looked small enough to hold only a ring, but she knew they were too young for that so it had to be something else. Opening the box, Luna found a teardrop pearl hanging from a golden chain, the necklace was stunning but simple and it made her smile.

At seeing this, Harry smiled and hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek and said, "That's not all I want to give you, the reason you don't see me with anymore presents, is because what I want to give you next I can't give it to you, I have to teach it to you. What would you say to being taught how to do the patronus charm?"

Luna's eyes widened and she smiled even more brightly, "I love you!" After all this she was jumping up and down, yelling how awesome Harry was.

A couple of weeks later, Harry had successfully taught Luna the patronus charm as well as some other spells at her insistence. After that, Luna never seemed to fail any of her school tests or exams, the teachers were amazed, the headmaster looked around suspiciously. However, no one ever caught Harry, Hermione or Ron teaching Luna magic.

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Luna were to be found sitting under their favourite tree, they were eating their lunch when they heard a loud clap of thunder. The sound made them look around and what they saw standing near the forbidden Forest was unmistakably a dark cloaked figure astride a light grey horse. They watched as it turned in a flash of white light and vanished into the forest.

"Did I…just see what I thought I saw?" asked Hermione standing up, and staring wildly from the forest to her friends.

"I believe so, it's uncanny. It has to be him; he was exactly how you described him Luna. And from what you have told me Harry, it definitely has to be him, if you know what I mean" Commented Ron.

"How can I…believe it? I know, I saw it with my own two eyes, but still." Harry whispered softly, standing next to Hermione now.

"You see! I told you he was real!" Luna said, stating the obvious.