Chapter three

'Potter, Potter, are you okay?' Minerva watched as Harry fought the pain. He was biting his lip to stop from crying out. She wanted to help, but Albus had informed here there was nothing they could do, just let Harry ride out the pain. It would stop eventually but she hated seeing the boy in pain, especially this type of pain where there was nothing anyone could do to prevent it.

Minerva watched and waited. When it looked like the pain was leaving that was when she took his hand.

'Are you okay?'

'Yes, I had a vision but I think it's fake, I'm not sure though. If it's real then we have to do something.'

'I will notify Albus,' Minerva took out a coin. Harry knew it was like the DA coins, he just didn't know if the teachers knew the DA used them or if it was just a coincidence. What he didn't tell McGonagall was he wasn't going to tell Dumbledore anything about the vision until he answered some questions.

Twenty minutes later Albus, Mad-eye, Remus and a large black dog walked into the room. Harry was so relieved when he saw Padfoot. He knew right then that the vision was a fake.

Albus instantly stared at the young man sitting beside Minerva's bed.

'I had a vision.'

'Who are you?'

'Evan Black,' Harry tapped his forehead where his scar was hidden by muggle makeup.

'Tell me about the vision, what you saw?'

'No, I'm not telling you what I saw until you tell me why he went after me when I was a baby and now why he's trying to get me out of Hogwarts?' Harry glared up at the old man. He had been sick of being left uninformed. It was time he used a bit of blackmail to get the information he needed. He knew eventually the old man would give in, he liked to get information, he just hated giving it out. This time, he would have no choice.

Albus was about to argue with Harry but he could tell by the young man face and tone that he was serious. The three men with him had also been arguing with him so he would tell Harry what he knew.

Harry would not be revealing anything until Albus told him why Voldemort went after him as a baby.

Albus sighed but he finally explained about the prophecy and said he would tell Harry what it said when they were somewhere safer. Harry said he wanted a magical oath that he would be told the moment they got to headquarters, since Harry would be remaining there from now on. Again, Albus realised Harry wasn't just going to do what he said, so he made the oath.

Harry finished telling Dumbledore about the vision, which made the large black dog put his head in Harry's lap. All Harry could do was kept patting Padfoot's head. He had been so relieved when Padfoot had walked into the room with Dumbledore. It was right then that he knew the vision he had was a fake and that Voldemort was trying to lure him out of Hogwarts and to the place with the door. The same door he had been dreaming about for months. Now he knew that behind that door was a prophecy that had been made about him and Voldemort. When he first thought the vision was a fake, he figured the vision of the door was somewhere Voldemort was. Now he found out that the door was actually in the department of mysteries.

Now Harry was watching the old man pacing McGonagall's hospital room, but the others were also watching Dumbledore pace.

'I have an idea that could just help. Since we know the vision is a fake, to lure you to the ministry to get the prophecy, I believe we should use this to set a trap.'

'How?' Remus asked.

'He wants Harry to go there, so maybe he should.'

'Harry can't go there Albus, it's too dangerous,' Sirius said as he instantly turned into a man. Mad-eye cast a few spells at the door to stop anyone coming in.

Albus stared down at Harry, 'How would you feel if I was to become you for a few hours Harry?'

Harry grinned, 'That's brilliant. He would not be expecting that. '

'It is brilliant,' Sirius said smiling at his godson.

'But um, sir, you know he will try to kill me, or you as me.'

'Yes, but so far tom has never been able to best me. This will also make him worried when he see's you holding your own against him. He will believe you have been trained and probably by me. We will need some of the order there to deal with his death eaters, yet they could not look like themselves. I think Tom would believe some of your friends would accompany you. Some of the order could take their place.'

'So, Ron, Hermione, who else? The twins, maybe Neville,' Harry said.

'Yes, we could also go with the girls from the quidditch team. They are quite fond of you. Also, Mr Jordan as well. If the twins are with you then he would be as well.'

'So that's nine. We should have a few more since we do not know how many he will send,' Mad-eye said.

'Well, I became friends with Luna, Susan and Hannah. I also know that Hannah fancies Neville.'

'That's twelve, not counting you as Harry. But if we use Susan then her aunt will need to be told so she doesn't worry,' Remus said.

'We'll work on that, I'm sure Amelia would like to be involved as well. We need some hair from all of them, then we'll need to gather everyone quickly. He will expect Harry to turn up in the next few hours. You go speak with Amelia now, Alastor, I will contact Severus so he can get some hair from those that are still at Hogwarts. I will do that from headquarters. Nymphadora can visit the Weasley twins. She will not need any polyjuice, she can change to become one of them easily enough. Harry, you should go to headquarters.'

'Why doesn't Harry take Sirius to get those muggle lenses to change his eye colour and dye his hair. It may keep Sirius safe for now,' Minerva said. 'I did not recognise Harry at all when he walked in here, so Sirius should be safe.'

'Alright, Harry, I'll take you to London, then you are to go straight to headquarters.'

Mad-eye left straight away to speak with Amelia bones. When Harry was ready to leave with the others, he quickly gave his teacher a hug and said he was glad she was okay. Sirius and Remus were surprised Harry showed such strong feelings for Minerva as they had never seen him do that with any adult apart from Sirius, but he thought of Sirius as family. Albus just smiled before he said goodbye to the woman. They left via Fawkes.

'I'll contact the order, Harry, try not to be long but also be very careful. Even though you do not look like you at the moment, it's still best to be cautious.'

'I will and I won't be long. Since the contact's I'm getting aren't prescription I can get them straight away, like the hair dye. Sirius, it's time for the beard to go, so do that while I'm gone.'

'Be careful pup.'

'I will,' Harry hugged his godfather.

It only took Harry an hour to do what he had to and return to Grimmauld place. The house was now filled with order members. The group that was going to the ministry were each holding a small flask. Harry knew that would be polyjuice potion which would turn them into his friends. Harry stood beside his godfather while Albus explained the plan. During the talk, Harry had dropped to his knees as another vision hit.

'Harry,' Sirius yelled as he wrapped his arms around his godson.

'He's making it seem like he's destroying your mind.' Harry grunted.

'He's getting desperate, so we need to go. Remember, every fifty-five minutes take some more potion. He cannot know the truth about who we really are. Sirius, look after Harry.'

'I will, all of you be careful. If he sends his death eaters, he will send my crazy cousin and she's as dangerous as him.'

Sirius kept sitting beside Harry as the order left. 'Are you okay now pup?'

'It's easing. But he was really pushing the vision of you. I know it wasn't real but it was hard to watch you being tortured.'

'I know. Now come on, let's get a beer while we're waiting.'

'What did you do with Kreacher?'

'After Albus found out he had snuck out to see Narcissa, we knew he had to go. I had Mad-eye deal with him.'

Harry knew that meant Mad-eye had killed the dark house elf. Harry didn't care, Kreacher was supposed to lie to Harry and tell him Sirius went to the department of mysteries. It was lucky that Harry been sitting beside McGonagall when he had the vision, she was able to contact Albus straight away, who had been at headquarters with Mad-eye talking to Sirius and Remus at the time.

'Tell me the truth pup, what would you have done if you had been at Hogwarts when you had that vision?'

Harry sighed, 'I don't know. I don't trust Snape. My headaches and the dreams got worse after the occlumency lessons. There was no one left to tell, not from the order. I know I would have gone to find you. I might have come here first, I'm not sure though. The vision I had about Mr Weasley was real Sirius, so I would believe this was a real one as well.'

'Why didn't you use the mirror?'

'Mirror, what mirror?'

'The package I gave you. It was a mirror which allows you to speak to me using its mate. Me and your dad used them all the time when we were at Hogwarts. I helped Remus create some for the order. It allows instant communication to whoever your mirror is linked to. Minerva's was in her office, it was just lucky she had her old coin on her.'

Harry sagged, 'I figured it was a way for us to communicate. I didn't open it because I was worried you would do something reckless if I told you what was going on at Hogwarts. I didn't want to lose you too.'

Sirius wrapped his arms around his godson, 'Knowing what I do now, I probably would have gone there and cursed the bitch, not to mention Snivellius. I knew he couldn't resist using these lessons to hurt you in some way. It's time Albus found out exactly whose side he is on. But even if he is really on our side, I don't want him to have anything to do with you anymore.'

'I wasn't planning on returning to Hogwarts Sirius. I need to learn more than what I can at Hogwarts, plus I won't put up with Snape anymore. Also, while I was there, I got some looks from people like Malfoy. Ron mentioned a portkey. I mean I was taking by portkey before, it would be easy for them to slip me another as we passed each other in the corridor. But also Snape, I mean the way he acts even when we're alone. He treats me and people like Ron or Hermione like those death eaters treat muggleborns. I get if he was really a spy then he would act that way in front of others so they would believe it. But when we're alone, he didn't need to, yet he did. Either way, I will never trust him but as I said, I'm not returning, I'll be staying here but I'll just make myself scarce when he's here with the order.'

'Aren't you worried about the ministry picking up magic again?'

Harry smirked at his godfather. He knew the truth, he hadn't bothered to tell anyone what he found out, not even his friends. He had no idea why it was kept from him, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and the twins. They stayed at the house and were made to clean it, by hand. If they had been allowed to use magic, the house would have been cleaned in a day, instead of taking more than a week.