Chapter 9: Harry's Secret and Explanations
Previously…
The week went by and once Harry could move about again he felt his body wanting to transform back to human but he waited until he gathered everyone back in lounge and transformed in front of them all the one Harry James Potter…..
Sirius was sitting at the back of the room as he knew it was his godson, he could see the expressions of Ginny and Hermione and they was in shock at what they saw. Harry was trying to keep a straight face, but eventually gave in to temptation and burst out in laughter, Sirius soon followed and in between his laughter
"well done Prongs Junior you just achieved what the marauders could never have done and that's make two women totally and utterly speechless, well done pup "
Hermione was the first to gain control, she could not believe that phoenix that bonded to her, was in fact Harry James Potter
"Harry are you actually a phoenix animagus, are you the same phoenix that spent a year with me and my parents, how could you achieve the transformation at 5 Years of age, why did you not tell me who you was, why did you remain in phoenix form for the whole year was you stuck, will I be able to change into an animal.."
Ginny was listening to Hermione rattling off question after question and if she was honest she had the same questions, but she also thinking that her dream had come true as Harry Potter had bonded to her and Hermione and he would always protect her with his life, it made her feel really special. Harry was trying to keep up with Hermione and let her finish before he decided to say anything. Sirius had also approached Harry and gave him the biggest hug ever and promised him there and then that he would never slack in his Godfather duties ever again.
After he had his hug of his Godfather he turned around to look at the girls again, Hermione was still trying to talk at a 1000 words per minute and Ginny was still sitting at the table, but she was now wearing the biggest smile you would ever see from a 7 year old.
"STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP" screamed Harry
Hermione realized then that she had not stopped asking question after question and took the time to take a breather; Harry was relieved she had stopped asking question after question and it gave him time to think.
"Hermione and Ginny and Sirius welcome to my humble home in the phoenix world. Now I know you have questions and I will try and these after I have given you all an In depth explanation. If you have any questions after this I will gladly tell you. One thing I will say, which is your both smart enough to work out, I will stand by both of you for the rest of my life and that is a promise to you both"
Hermione and Ginny was stunned by this revelation, but they also had worked that out for themselves, But to hear Harry say them words made them both feel at peace. They made there way back over the sofas, Poppy had gone off to get refreshments for them all and begun to tell his story from his time at Privet Drive right up to where he was today.
By the time he had finished it was approaching evening time and time for dinner, everyone there was speechless as Harry finished including Sirius. They could not believe that for someone so young had been through what Harry had been through and what he still had to face. It seemed like to them that everyone in the magical world wanted a piece of "the boy who lived". Ginny and Hermione vowed to themselves they would never let Harry down and would start to show him what it means to be part of a family and show him love.
After dinner, harry explained that he was tired and was heading to bed and would see everyone in the morning. When Harry had left conversation picked up between Hermione, Sirius and Ginny discussing everything that Harry had told them Sirius showed them what Harry had wrote before he become a phoenix. As they read Sirius headed up to bed and checked on his godson before retiring to his own quarters for a good nights sleep while he wondered on the days events. Ginny and Hermione finally got to bed at around 2am, they had received so many shocks today and both of them knew they would not be getting much sleep tonight.
The next morning Harry woke up bright and early and headed into the kitchen where poppy was still in the process of cooking breakfast, she noticed him sit down
"you ok there Harry and how does it feel to be back as a human again "
Harry chuckled
"yeah it feels great to be human again, be glad to eat some meat that is not a rodent, and can finally give my godfather a hug and also I can talk to my two lovely ladies and get to know them better so I am feeling on top of the world"
Poppy was proud of her young master and the way he is coping, she did not know how he did it but she knew he was no where near as powerful as he would be by the time he went to Hogwarts. Poppy served the young master breakfast and decided to have some fun by playing a prank on all three of them when they got down to breakfast. He spoke to poppy about it and she agreed to help him with the potions he would need, even though he had the knowledge, he did not have the practical skill yet as that would take time and practice.
At around 10am the girls came down to breakfast and Sirius shortly followed and they sat down just talking amongst themselves when they all heard a loud bang and all three of them were covered in a white mist and after about a minute or so the mist cleared and there in front of Harry was 3 Teenage Ninga Mutant Turtles. Harry was laughing so hard and got Poppy to get a mirror so they could see the results. Sirius could not believe that his godson had pranked him and even had to admit it was very funny, the girls just shot a glare at Harry and from the looks of their eyes they was going to get payback. After 10 minutes they all returned to their normal selfs and Sirius congratulated him on a prank well done, while the girls was trying to find a way to get back at him Harry had declared War.
After breakfast Harry took them all on a tour of the realm in full and as he was walking around he was taking in the breath taking scenery and explaining to Hermione and Ginny what each part of the realm was used for and where they could train. He then told them that after today their training was going to start in earnest and he also informed them, that they are now true phoenix's and they would start working towards their own transformation. Ginny and Hermione was overjoyed at this and was really looking forward to getting some training in, and they all knew that would have to practice magic everyday so they was ready for when they all entered Hogwarts to start their official education.
Harry got to spend time with his godfather while the girls was writing notes to their parents and Sirius was explaining all about the day he got caught. He also told Harry that he prob hiding in his animagus form which was a RAT which would be missing 1 toe. Harry filled this information away, one of the natural talents of a phoenix was their minds was totally protected from any form of attack, but you had to achive the form and go through a rebirthing cycle. The girls came down an hour later and handed Harry their notes for their Parents, Harry then changed into his Phoenix form and noticed that he now had a lot more gold coloring. This confused him as he did not know that phoenix's could change color. Both girls was astounded Harry now had a white body and head and he also had two magnificent Golden wings. Harry asked Poppy what this could be and she said because you are still young in years, you have not yet got a golden color all over, and informed that the time he started his 5th year in Hogwarts he would golden all over. The girls could not wait to see what color they was going to be. Harry then flashed away to grangers house and dropped the letter on the kitchen table and then flashed to the burrow where Ginny lived and dropped that letter off there and then flashed back to the realm and flew into the main room where they was all waiting for him.
Sirius was going to teach them the core subjects that they would be learning at Hogwarts from first year to 7th year, little did they know that when they got to Hogwarts, they would be getting personalized training from the founders themselves. They all settled down into learning as much as they could from Sirius and really plowed into their studies. They had 5 full days of training one day on each subject Potions (Monday) Transfiguration (Tuesday) Charms (Wednesday) history of magic (Thursday) and defense against the dark arts (Friday). The weekends was the time that Hermione and Ginny was working towards achieving their own transformations.
They had been in training now for just over a year and both Hermione and Ginny felt they was ready for their first full transformation. So under the watchful eyes of Harry and Fawkes and Sirius , they made their first full transformation. Harry watched as the two girls he had chosen changed into their forms for the first time. Hermione completed her transformation first and there in front of Harry was a Beautiful blue and white phoenix that had a gold band around each of her wings, he then turned to Ginny and she had also completed the transformation and she was a beautiful red and white phoenix again with the gold bands around her wings. The gold bands was to signify that these two ladies was bound to the king of the realm and was he chosen mates.
Sirius was in shock and he just seen history in the making in front of now was the future of the magical world, even if they did not know it and he was going to do his very best in watching out for these 3 young people as their head through their lifes.
Ginny and Hermione was looking at each other and then before they knew it they landed on Harry's shoulder and bonded with him. They both knew that they had just pledged the life's to harry just as he done with each of them, they was all equals in their eyes. Sirius was shocked to see a golden dome appear around the 3 and he gasped in shocked, he could not believe that his godson had a 3 way soul bond. Ginny and Hermione could feel their power growing inside of them, they expected this because Harry had told them this would happen. Fawkes and Harry then took the two girls with them and started to train them in phoenix magic which was the purest form of magic that their was in all the lands.
Sirius was glad he could still understand them all in phoenix form and followed them out to the training grounds where Fawkes and Harry was putting the Ladies through their paces. The girls knew they would have to spend 2 years as a phoenix, as the rebirthing cycle for females was 2 years and not 3 like it was for males.
Harry would change back from time to time to he could spend time with his godfather and trying to find out where Pettigrew could be hidden he had not shared these details with the girls yet as he knew they would off their training to help Harry he was intending to tell them once they completed training and then they would go out hunting the rat, that was the traitor to the potters.
During the year Harry waited for the first feather to drop from Hermione and Ginny and he collected these up and headed inside to the dining room and picked out the holly wood as that felt the nicest and had a lovely warm feeling in his hand, he was also shocked that Fawkes had put his tears on each of the feathers and told Harry that when his wand was done, if it ever got damaged in phoenix tears would repair the wand, it was truly an unbreakable wand. Once Harry had that information he flashed away back to Oliveanders and dropped the pile on the desk, and flashed back out. Oliveander found this on his private desk and looked at the note and smiled who ever gets this wand will be powerful. Then he saw the note that this one had already been sold again he sighed, at least he knows it would be going to a good home.
A week later Harry flashed back t oliveanders with the money to pay for the wand he dropped 50 gallons on the counter trilled to oliveander as to say thank you and flashed back to the realm with his wand. Once he got to the training area Fawkes was still teaching Hermione and Ginny all about Phoenix magic and what they could while they was in the form of a phoenix. While the ladies was grumbling about having to train, no noticed Harry come into the training ground and then picked his wand up for the first time and he was amazed at the beauty of it and he tried a couple of spells to get used to the wand, he could feel the magic heading into the wand like it was meant to go there and the spell just released out the end of the wand with some spectacular results, Hermione and Ginny saw the firework display and realized that Harry finally has his own wand and would not have to keep borrowing theirs to practice the spells. They flew down to him and gave a nip on the ear each and smirked as much as bird could do and headed back up to Fawkes before he punished them for not paying attention to what they was doing.
They had finally completed a year of intensive training, it was now time for the Phoenix king to make an appearance in the magical world and the first wrong he was going to right and that was to get Sirius free and find the RAT!
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I know I enjoyed writing it, the next chapter will bring James and Lilly back in and help the youngsters and Fawkes to try and find the rat and hopefully get Sirius free before he had to get the train to Hogwarts.
Thanks to you all that have left reviews, I really do appreciate it. Some of you have asked questions and if I was to answer them it would give away the plot, so you just have to wait and see until the next time….
