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A/N: Pardon the abrupt ending, but I've no intention of rehashing all 5 books. Thanks ever so much for your reviews!

Thanks: A million thanks go out to my two brand name most wonderful beta readers jess-darkwater and Raina. You guys were awesome and quick!

Secrets

Sir Nicholas chuckled to himself as he saw the realization dawning on Harry's face. He finally realised what had been bothering him about Harry's behaviour, or lack thereof. Clearly the boy had thought it had been a dream. Sir Nicholas thought to himself for a moment, despite the methods used by Gryffindor in the past even the other descendents had had their doubts.

Harry frowned at the door that had appeared. Clearly it hadn't been a dream, but the whole expanse of what had happened eluded him. Just how he could he be heir to such a great wizard was beyond him. He had always had to work hard to perform some of the spells he had to do in classes. He didn't think he was powerful enough to be able to be heir to a founder of Hogwarts. He shook his head to clear it before running his fingers along the trim of the door. Now that he got a good look at it the door was obviously leading to the Gryffindor founder. The trim was made to look like twisted, polished, red cord, which ran around a slightly tarnished golden door.

Harry frowned for a moment. The trim looked like it had recently been cleaned and polished while everything else in the hallway seemed dusty and neglected. Harry glanced back at Sir Nicholas before thoughtfully running his finger along the door, to see how much dust it cleared off. To Harry's surprise, as he ran his finger along the door a wave ran across it, stopping at the edges, leaving behind a cleaned and polished door.

"Whoa"

"Indeed, Mr. Potter," replied Sir Nicholas, chuckling at his charge. Harry shook his head as he grasped the doorknob to enter the room. He took a quick glance around the room, reminding himself where everything was before spotting his, well he guessed, ancestor standing by the fireplace grinning at him.

"Ah! Harry! I'm so glad you came back. I was a bit concerned when Sir Nicholas told me you hadn't asked about me." Harry smiled up at the energetic man as he came striding up to the door to greet him.

"Lord Gryffindor, did you send Sir Nicholas after me?" asked Harry.

"That I did, my dear Harry. There are some very important things we forgot to discuss. I must admit I was a bit overeager to accomplish the knowledge transfer. I neglected to take into account the fact that we wouldn't be able to discuss much afterwards. And then there was your reaction," Gryffindor sighed and shook his head. "You did have a much stronger reaction than I expected. I shall have to send a message to Salazar about that. Nicholas, if you would…" Harry looked back to the door where Sir Nicholas waited on the other side of the doorframe.

"Of course, my Lord. I shall speak with the Baron right away to relay your message," answered Sir Nicholas. He bowed to Gryffindor and Harry before making his way out of sight.

"Such a noble servant. He has always been completely loyal to my house and to me. I envied him at the time before our incarceration here. He was always so free." Lord Gryffindor sighed again, thinking back to the old days again. Harry was clearly less patient this time than he was yesterday.

"Um… Lord Gryffindor? If I may," asked Harry nervously. Gryffindor jerked his head up to acknowledge Harry.

"Please Harry, there's no need for this formality. You're my heir, Harry. Please call me Godric. You may ask anything." Godric smiled at Harry before gesturing to the chairs by the fire. Harry nodded as he followed the other wizard to the chairs by the fire. I'm supposed to call one of the greatest wizards by his first name? Strange.

"You said we had some things to talk about still? What was that? I thought you did the knowledge transfer to make this easier," asked Harry. Godric grinned at Harry.

"The knowledge was just that, just straight knowledge. Things won't seem any different, but when you start going over spells in classes and in your own private studies you'll find yourself knowing them on instinct. You'll see when the time comes. What I meant was that there are certain things you need to know about your position."

"My position?" asked Harry, confused.

"Yes, your position. All my heirs and descendents when brought to visit me are told about myself and in their position have to understand certain things." Godric sighed, contemplating the easiest way to obtain what he wanted from his headstrong heir. "Tell me, Harry. Did you ever think of me as anything other than dead?" Harry blinked.

"Um… no… everyone believes you to be dead."

"Exactly Harry! Don't you think after all this time someone would have noticed?" Harry paused a moment before nodding. "Of course they would! Even if your father had been brought to visit me you would have been ignorant until now."

Harry blinked. "So essentially you're telling me that I can't tell anyone, right?" asked Harry.

Godric grinned happily. "Exactly Harry! You can't tell a soul. Not even the other ghosts. The only one that you can talk to is Nicholas and myself. And not even Nicholas when outside of this hallway." Harry nodded numbly, hardly believing what was going on. "Now that that is taken care of we can get down to business. I was hoping you'd come back to visit me tomorrow. In fact I want you to bring your school books so we can look them over."

"Err… I haven't gotten my books for next year yet. But if you want me to I can find some books in the library. I'm sure there's something in there."

"That would be good. Bring your own books too. I would like to see what they are teaching you young children these days."

Harry nodded. "I think I can do that Sir. Is there anything else you needed?"

"Actually, you can tell me about your schooling so far. I'd like to know more about you."

"Well, in my first year…"

Reviews:

First off: You guys are all awesome. I never would have finished this chapter so soon if it wasn't for your reviews. I so totally enjoyed them.

duj: About the thank you, Harry doesn't yet know what all he needs to thank Snape for. All he thinks he knows is that Snape led him down to the kitchens from his rooms. At that point he believes the entire thing, including Sir Nick's explanation to be a dream. A proper thank you will be coming in the future. Not sure when though.

kuyaga: Dobby was good merely because I bribed a friend of mine to translate what I wanted said. The whole strawberries bit was a bit of a… well, quirk in the picture painted of Slytherin. He always comes across as this evil, brooding man. I wanted to give him a softer side. That and I've got this picture in my head of Harry bribing Slytherin for some reason with a plate of chocolate covered strawberries. Maybe sometime I'll be able to fit it in. I'd already planned on the continuation of the "talk" but I think I can bring in… Ron. I can't bring Hermione in until the beginning of the term. Well, I could, but it'd take a bit of doing. Chapter four was the day after his first awakening. He didn't sleep overly long.

emikae: Some authors use scene separations inside the same chapters, I make separate chapters. It all works out. I figure I can always fluff it up a bit when I'm done and post a second time if I want to. Thanks ever so much for the compliment. Stuff like that keeps me going.

monica85: I most definitely won't be quitting. I'm enjoying it too much. I had decided to not reveal what happened in Harry's missing weeks, but I may change my mind should the opportunity present itself. We'll just have to see. About teaching Ron and Hermione… I can't say how is teaching who or even IF they'll be taught. That would be telling one of my secrets.

Nightwing509: Thanks ever so much. I figure that if this would work in the universe that JKR created then it would be a tightly kept secret.

FanofSlytherins7711: Gee, I'm blushing. I hope I keep everyone guessing 'til the last minute but I expect I can be a bit transparent at times. I hope you keep enjoying it!