Chapter 12
Opening the door they stepped in and Voldemort saw a younger version of himself sitting reading on a battered black leather couch.
"Who are you?" he asked looking up.
"I am you at an older age. This is not possible. There are two of us"
You're telling me. You try dealing with two Harry's. One who is coming into power and the other who has grown used to having them, it is better having Harry onside rather than against you" replied Tom glancing momentarily at Harry.
"How did he come about getting these new abilities?" asked Voldemort.
"Don't know but from what he tells me there was a mysterious book of shadows and he read something from it and he ended up with these amazing new abilities"
"Hmm…" sighed Voldemort lost in thought. "What are these new abilities from what I have seen earlier these include a force field?"
"Not telling you. You will find out in due course. Now if you don't mind I would like to get back to my reading" said Tom picking up his book.
Realizing he was being dismissed Voldemort turned around and started to head out of the room saying "we will meet again"
"Whatever?" came the curt reply.
Wandering out of the room Harry stayed close to Dumbledore and when they were out in the corridor Voldemort turned to face them
"The truce is over when I leave the castle he snapped. And while we're on the subject why don't you come and join me Harry I would be delighted if you would join me and we could discover your new abilities together along with my army?"
"Never I would rather die than join you2 he replied moving his hands into balls at his sides.
"Then die you shall" said Voldemort before storming off down the corridor out of sight.
Sighing with relief Harry was about to say something when a sharp pain shot through his stomach like a knife stabbing him. "Oh" he gasped unsure where the pain was coming from.
"What's the matter?" Dumbledore asked.
"Nothing" said Harry as the pain disappeared quickly as it came.
"Well its back to the hospital wing" he said walking ahead.
Quickly following suit Harry wondered what to say but decided not to say anything as Dumbledore seemed to be lost in thought and probably going over the meeting again so he just walked in silence.
Back in the hospital wing Dumbledore waited until Harry was tucked under the tight covers before heading back to his quarters to mule things over in his head.
Through the night as Harry tried to sleep the sharp pains in his belly had returned on and off through the night causing him discomfort and a bad sleep.
But by early next morning the pain had stopped that is until he tried to eat breakfast. As the food went down the pain came back and he ended up complaining to Poppy who gave him a potion to calm it down and it worked.
After he was washed and dressed for the day, Harry wondered what he should do when Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Sirius and Remus walked in. "Is Harry aloud out?" asked Sirius.
"Yes he is but only for a while he needs his rest and try and not overdo it" replied Poppy clearing away the breakfast dishes.
"I could do with some fresh air" said Harry momentarily forgetting about the pain he had through the night.
Heading back out of the hospital wing Sirius lead the way out of the castle and heading down by the lake as it was such a nice morning he decided to take Harry there while Harry was deciding whether or not to tell them about Voldemort's visit last night.
Once outside Harry could feel the warm sun on his face and made him feel good and a bit nervous of being with Sirius as he was not used to having any family around him except Ron' family and Hermione.
So he decided he would tell them about being in the same room as Voldemort when they were seated at the lake.
"I saw Voldemort last night" he said as Sirius sat down on the grass next to him.
"What?" Ron cried in alarm, in your dream of course"
"No he was at the castle last night meeting Tom. I sensed he was nearby and found him in Dumbledore's office demanding to meet the younger version of himself"
"He could have killed you" said Sirius with concern.
"No he and Dumbledore had made some sort of truce so he did not harm me in fact he wanted me to join him and his army to discover my new powers together" replied Harry wondering what it would be like at the other side of the lake when his vision clouded over and a few seconds later when it cleared he found himself standing at the other side of the lake.
"HARRY!" yelled Sirius as Harry disappeared in a swirl of blue light.
Smiling to himself Harry noticed that the sick feeling was not as bad as it had been before as he waved to the others.
"GET BACK HERE?" Sirius demanded. "AT ONCE?"
Doing what he was told Harry concentrated on being back to where he had been and his vision once again went blank and a few seconds later he found himself standing next to Sirius.
"I am getting the hang of this orbing, it's so cool" he said wanting to do it again. But better not as they would get upset if he left.
"I wish I could do that it's better than apparating" said Ron relieved his friend had not been harmed by Voldemort.
"I wouldn't wish this up on anyone" replied Harry sitting down. "Actually I could do with a walk?" he said feeling restless.
Ok said Sirius standing up while the others followed suit.
"Where to?" asked Ginny brushing the grass off her jeans.
"Just round the castle grounds I suppose" said Sirius starting walking with Remus who had kept quiet the entire time just observing thought Harry noticing how quiet he had been.
Throughout the walk around the castle grounds Harry began to feel tired out and needed to rest and he began feeling nauseous again and he thought that it had nothing to do with orbing that he had probably had just caught a viral infection of some sort and wanted to go and lie down for a while so he said "I am rather tired now and want to go back to bed?"
"Ok it's up to you" replied Sirius heading back to the hospital wing.
'I hope I am not going to be sick?' thought Harry as the headed back.
Once they reached the wing Harry was slightly relieved, but the queasiness was still there and when Sirius and the others left to let him get some rest Harry asked for some more potion and explained that he orbed again and she gave it to him without hesitating hoping it would settle him.
And settle him it did and he was able to get some sleep after the restless night he had.
Someone was shaking him and he groggily awoke to find Poppy standing beside his bed holding a tray of food and he realized that he was hungry as he had nothing since lunch time.
It was difficult to swallow the food after the first bite as the pain had returned but he had managed to eat it with difficulty.
Sick of feeling the pain all of the time, Harry examined his midriff feeling all round he found a small lump and felt a cold chill run through him and realized it had not been there a few days ago but was deeply concerned when he felt it was a hard lump but a small one.
Slipping out of his bed, Harry went to get Poppy in her office and as he knocked she looked up in surprise.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"I found a lump" Harry replied.
