Chapter 10: The Outing
The next few days went quickly and the marking on the Charms
corridor room was getting very large indeed. Harry was surprised
that no-one had noticed it yet, as usually Bulgy eyed Caretaker
Filch and his scrawny cat, Mrs. Norris would notice anything. But
Harry hadn't seen Filch and Mrs. Norris at all this term, and he
wondered where they'd gone. But now his mind was on the Animagus
meeting that was on tomorrow, Ron and Hermoine couldn't stop
thinking about it either, But Harry And Ron could tell Hermoine
was a bit worried, as she got five books out of the library to do
with Werewolves.
"Werewolves can't hurt other animals, Hermoine" Said
Harry
"I know, I'm just getting some background information"
Said Hermoine, quickly, but Harry wasn't convinced.
"Hey, Hermoine have you got a free period now?"
"Well, yes but I've got to revise!" Ron scowled at her.
"Its ages away, Hermoine!"
"Yes but it is VERY important!"
However strange this seemed to Harry; it seemed that the teachers
thought the exact thoughts as Hermoine. They were putting on too
much homework, for anyone to cope with; Neville was having a real
trouble, and needed help every night.
Just then Fred and George stepped through the portrait hole and
came up to the group sitting in the far left-hand side of the
common room.
"Harry, Quidditch meetings on" Harry frowned
"Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"I dunno, maybe they forgot" Said Fred "Anyway
just come ON" Said George. Harry obeyed them and followed
them out of the common room.
An hour later Harry was still discussing quidditch tactics with
the other members of the team.
"Harry, how come you know all this stuff?" Asked
Angelica Spinnet.
"I think I've read too many Quidditch books" Replied
Harry "But anyway if we're going to win this season we have
to sharpen up our skills"
"Here, here" Everyone shouted, and shuffled out into
the corridor outside.
It seemed that most of the children had finally gotten over the
death of Dumbledore. And Lessons were back on for everybody. This
made the castle it's normal, bustling self. Professor McGonagall
was made headmistress, and she held a feast to thank all the
things that Dumbledore had done for Hogwarts.
Harry was quickly snapped out of his daydream from the squeaky,
high pitched voice of Professor Flitwick.
"Then slowly ease your wand down, and say 'AbnormSiza'"
He was trying to teach the Gryffindors how to super size
something. "Now you try. Get into fours and try to size a
pillow" Harry, Ron and Hermoine joined Neville and began on
the work. It was fairly easy, and by the end of the lesson,
everyone except Neville had got to grips with the spell. Harry
and the group trudged up to the common room and sat in the fairly
hard chairs at the back of the room. Tomorrow they would go out
with Sirius for the 'practice' run. Harry had a VERY quiet
conversation with the others on the night they would go out.
"The weather should be clear" He whispered
"That'll help, I think" Ron scowled
"To be honest, I don't care, I could probably battle a snow
storm" He trailed off as Fred and George came up to the
group.
"Harry" They both said together "Good news!"
Harry stared at them.
"Wait, tell me now, is this a prank?" He was very
suspicious.
"No! Look you've been appointed quidditch captain!"
Harry felt a wave of excitement roll over him but then it
disappeared as he thought
"Yeah it definitely is a prank" He laughed "Come
on you guys, that was a bit too obvious"
"No! Honestly its no joke!" They grinned at Harry, as
though saying, congratulations, but of course it could be just a
grin at their prank
"Prove it" Fred and George beamed at him
"Ok!" They marched him up to Madam Hooch's office,
Harry knew she was the head of Quidditch, and she would know
"Erm Madam Hooch?" Harry Asked as she opened her office
doors "Is it true that I'm the knew Gryffindor House team
captain?"
"Yes of course, Potter, the Gryffindor players thought you
were the best man for the job" The surge of excitement
rolled back into Harry.
"Told you So" Fred and George said, together.
Ron and Hermoine couldn't believe the news either.
"You, a Quidditch captain?" Ron Exclaimed
"Wow" Said Hermoine, but Harry couldn't think of
Quidditch playing now.
After a restless night, Harry, Ron and Hermoine got up on a
fairly bright morning that it was. Only a few clouds were in the
sky, as it was a Saturday, and the group were trying to pass the
time, they decided to go and see Hagrid. As they banged the door,
there weren't the usual Barks from fang, when they finally got it
Hagrid's Hut they saw that he was Ill.
"E' asn't been the same since I broug' those Changelings
in" Hagrid Said looking at Fang seriously, "Mcgonagall
Says it ain't got nothin' to do with em' though" After
another hour with Hagrid, another hour declining offers of Rock
Hard Rock cakes, they emerged for Hagrid's hut.
"Only an Hour?" Ron Cried "It was like about
5!"
"Now Ron" Hermoine Said Sternly "Don't be too hard
on him"
"Oh, I didn't mean it like THAT" Ron replied back.
"Well, I've got to go on Prefect duty" Hermoine Said
after a while, Harry thought she was bored of the Quidditch
conversations.
"She's got a bit of a bee in her bonnet" Ron said,
although it sounded as though it was a question.
"I know" Harry Replied "I think this Outing thing
has got her really nervous" he looked on at Hermoine as she
marched toward the castle.
"Hmm" Came the reply from Ron and then they were lost
in Quidditch conversation again
At round about lunchtime Ron and Harry started their way up to
the castle. They had been messing around in the grounds, even
though for safety reasons they really weren't allowed out at all.
They sneaked in through the doors, as the trolls were playing
some stupid fighting game, and made their way to the great hall.
Ron snorted "They couldn't even guard themselves against a
Cornish Pixie" they went and sat by Fred and George, it
seemed that they had got a howler from their mother about
'Vandalizing' Myrtle's Toilet. The howler, however seemed to
bounce off them though, because they said instantly after
"You want to see our Joke shop next Hogsmeade trip,
Harry?" Harry knew they started this shop with the money he
gave them last year at Hogwarts.
"Sure, you've started it then?" Harry asked
"Yup, it's up and running we're making a packet out of
it!"
"That's good" Harry Said, he knew that the Weasleys had
always been short on money.
After the lunch was eaten, The group, and Fred and George made
their way up to the Gryffindor common room for a game of
Exploding snap. Hermoine skipped this offer, as she went off to
the Library and revised. The game of exploding snap ended and
Fred and George made they're way up to the dormitory to create
some new joke stuff.
Ron looked at his watch only 3 hours! I'm starving though"
He looked at Harry "Do you want to go down to the house
elves?"
"Ok" Replied Harry "See how Dobby's getting on-
and Winky" They walked for what seemed miles, but finally
got to the portrait of fruit. After tickling the portrait in the
right place, Harry and Ron jumped into the kitchens. House Elves
swarmed around them.
"Harry Potter, Sir!" The shrill voice came over all the
others; it was Dobby's voice. "And Ron Wheezy!" Ron
beamed down at Dobby.
"Mind making us any food?" Asked Ron to the other elves
the quickly started dashing around the kitchen making chocolate
cookies, and other confectioneries.
"So how are you, Dobby?" Asked Harry "Getting
enough pay?" Dobby beamed, and his green, tennis ball eyes
seemed to grow.
"Oh yes, sir, Master Dumbledore is raising my pay he is sir,
now Dobby is being paid 20 Galleons a month, sir!" Harry and
Ron glanced at each other
"Good for you Dobby!" Said Harry.
"Here is your food" The other house elves were back.
Harry and Ron took it graciously and waves goodbye, the house
elves waved back.
"Goodbye!"
"Goodbye, Harry Potter, And Ron Weezy!"
"He's going to want a company car soon," Harry said
grinning. Ron looked puzzled.
"What?" Harry quickly remembered that Ron didn't know
about the Muggle world.
"Oh sorry" Harry said quickly "Don't worry about
it"
"Ok" Ron said, He didn't look really interested. They
made their way back up to the common room, eating all the
eclairs, and treacle tarts that the elves had given them.
"2 hours left" Ron commented, he seemed very excited.
"Yeah, do you think we should get Hermoine?" Asked
Harry, but they didn't have to, no sooner had he said this
Hermoine herself came through the common room door. With her came
4 books about 'transfiguration at it's best' and 'The Best guide
to transfiguration'
"Oh Hermoine!" Ron said, annoyed "Why are you so
scared?" Hermoine glared at him.
"I'm not scared" She piped, shrilly.
"Yeah right" Ron muttered.
"Game of cards, Anyone?" Asked Harry "We can't
play exploding snap, so how about another card game?" Ron
glanced at him.
"Nah, I don't want to"
"Fair enough" Harry said, flopping back on his chair.
He wanted to do something to take his mind off his nerves. So he
pulled out some Quidditch plans out of his pocket. Ron helped him
with tactics that they could use, but he wasn't much help really.
Hermoine had her face buried in another transfiguration book.
"You are so anti-social Hermoine!" Ron exclaimed after
an hour. Hermoine hadn't lifted her face from the book since she
came in from the library.
It seemed like hours, but finally the time reached 11:45. The
group made their way around the castle carefully missing
teachers, who were patrolling around the corridors, with wands
out ready for a duel at anytime. Finally they made it to the
trolls. These seemed a lot more awake now and ready for anything.
"How are we going to get through?" Harry whispered.
"Leave it to me" Hermoine whispered back, through
clenched teeth. She whipped out her wand and pointed it towards
the great hall, as she did this, a muffled bang came from the
hall. All 5 of the trolls ran to the great hall to see what was
happening. The group shuffled out of the doors. Once they were
safely out of earshot they started talking again.
"If you could do that Hermoine, then Voldemort could
too" Harry said at last. Ron shivered.
"Yeah, McGonagall should hire better ones" The finally
reached the edge of the forbidden forest, and found a black dog
waiting for them. Instantly the black dog became a man.
"Hi, Sirius" Harry said
"Hi Harry, Ron, Hermoine" Sirius said "Well as you
know, it's not a full moon, so this is just a practice. If there
are any problems tonight I'll help you, so you can be ready for
tomorrow." Harry, Ron and Hermoine all nodded.
"Can we just transfigure now?" Asked Harry "Or do
we need the potion again?"
"Nope you don't need the potion. All you have to do is think
of you, then the animal." Harry nodded in acknowledgement.
"Ok then" Sirius said brightly "After you
Harry!"
Chapter 11: Animal Magic
It was a nice feeling, flying round the grounds with Sirius, Ron
and Hermoine. Ron fell in the lake twice and Harry had to
retrieve him. What Harry never knew about the amanigus was they
could talk to each other. Although you couldn't hear it when you
were outside the animal form, voices could be heard. Harry's
voice shrieked out.
"What time are we getting back?" He landed on twig that
was hanging of a bare tree.
"About now" Sirius' voice boomed out, very dog like.
Harry flew down to the ground, and thought of his human form.
Instantly he felt himself grow upwards. As he had grown to his
usual high he turned to Ron, who popped out of his dog form, and
grinned.
"That was great!" He said energetically. They made
their way back up to the castle.
"Allow me" Sirius said, as they were thinking how they
would get passed the trolls. He lifted his wand and muttered
'Aperus Gryffindor Common room' One heartbeat later; they were
all in the Gryffindor common room. The group thanked Sirius, and
made their way up to the dormitories.
After chattering excitedly with Ron for a few minutes, Harry grew
very tired. After saying 'night' to Ron, he rolled over, and the
world around him seemed to dissolve.
There, beaming at Harry, was Albus Dumbledore.
"Professor!" Harry gasped.
"I am not alive, Harry, I came here to visit your
dreams" Albus said.
"Wha- what is it?" Asked Harry, Taken aback
"First, I must say how proud I am on what you did
tonight" Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, as they always had
done.
"You knew?" Asked Harry
"Oh yes, I get to see a whole lot more now" Dumbledore
said, his smile not faltering a bit.
"Anyway, What do you want to tell me?" Asked Harry
curiously
"Oh yes" Dumbledore said "In my office, you will
find a few rolls of parchments on my desk. The one with your name
on is the list of things that you can take"
Harry gasped "But professor"
"No buts Harry" He lowered his half moon spectacles
"They were meant for you all along. Now Voldemort's
retaining power you need will some of that stuff as well. You are
special Harry, and I wish you luck for the future" With that
he disappeared.
When Harry woke up the next morning he remembered every detail of
the dream. He didn't particularly want to barge into Dumbledore's
office and take what he thought was his.
"Dumbledore visited you?" Asked Ron "Cool! Is he a
proper ghost?" He looked excited
"I don't know" Harry replied, helping himself to some
toast. All of a sudden A fluttering in the air informed them that
the post owls had arrived. "All I know is that I need to get
into Dumbledore's office, tonight." Suddenly, Harry jumped
as Professor McGonagall's voice filled the hall.
"Potter! Could you see me now please?" Curious heads
followed Harry all the way out of the hall "Potter, I had
the same dream you had last night" Seeing Harry's
astonishment she added "He told me that he'd visited you as
well." Harry nodded.
"So its true, we do have to go into the office and get all
that stuff?" McGonagall nodded, glumly. "I will meet
you outside Dumbledore's office tonight after dinner, I believe
Professor Lupin and Black have to visit as well." Harry
nodded and left, back up to Ron and Hermoine. He didn't have time
to get to them, though. A huge bang echoed around the school.
Everyone screamed and clapped their hands over their ears. Harry,
Ron and Hermoine, ran immediately to Sirius and Remus. They knew
where the bang had came from.
Sirius nodded and followed Harry out of the hall.
The journey to the charms corridor was made difficult by Peeves,
cackling madly, and following them around, blocking their way.
They eventually shook off Peeves and arrived at the charms
corridor. And gasped.
"Whoa!" Cried Ron
"I never knew it was a secret passage!" Cried Sirius
"Cool! Another thing to add to the map!"
The wall where the strange signs had been had collapsed. There
was now only a stone chamber with a faint green aura emitting
around it.
"Lets go find McGonagall" Hermoine said.
"Nah" Said Sirius "Anyone up for exploring?"
Remus chuckled
"Still got that boyish spirit haven't you, Sirius"
Sirius Grinned.
"Lets go"
They entered the chamber. Suddenly all around them was a creaking
noise, followed by the sound of crumbling rock. Then came a bang.
"We're trapped!" Hermoine cried
"Oh state the obvious" Ron said, irritably
"Well it obviously isn't safe up ahead," Sirius said.
"So I suggest we change into our animal form" Remus
grinned
"Didn't tell you I could transform either did I?"
Everyone gaped at him.
"What!" Cried Sirius "And you didn't even tell
me?!?" Remus chuckled, with a little pop he turned into a
medium sized wolf. Remus looked so much like he did in werewolf
form it made everyone flinch.
Ron focused, and a second later he was an orange dog again.
Hermoine slowly became a cat, and Harry concentrated hard and
found himself flying into the air. A popping noise below him
informed Harry that Sirius had also transformed.
The dim green light got annoying after the first hour of flying,
Harry thought as he flapped his wings some more to pick up speed,
all the time the hall they were walking down seemed to be exactly
the same as it was minutes ago.
"Lets rest" Came Remus' snarling voice. With another
slight pop, he was Human again. Everyone did the same.
"How long have we been going?" Asked Harry panting
slightly.
"About 2 hours" Sirius replied, his voice sounded
almost alien, as Harry was used to his booming voice now.
"Hmm how are we going to get back?" Asked Ron, he was
looking in the direction they came from.
"I have no idea, Ron" Sirius said "I'm not a very
good guardian am I Harry?"
"Its ok" Said Harry quickly, he didn't want Sirius to
get too upset because he led them into the hall.
"Ok," Remus said at last "Lets go" They
transformed again. And set off yet again through the everlasting
hallways.
"Hope we get back to meet McGonagall" Sirius said.
"Yeah" Ron said suddenly "You never told us what
that was about Harry"
So Harry, with Sirius and Remus told Ron and Hermoine of the
dream and the will that Dumbledore had left them.
"Whoa" Came Ron's voice at last "He must've left
you some cool stuff!"
"I dunno" Sirius said "Some of that stuff could be
dangerous as well"
"Exactly" Ron chuckled. His Chuckle came out in a more
heavy voice. Then came a small diversion. On the floor lay a
scroll.
"Look!" Harry cried and snatched up scroll, unraveling
it he read out loud.
'Phrases are powerful things, Karmer, The goddess of luck,
Karmay, God of Power, Ka The goddess of fortune'
"What does that mean?" asked Sirius. He transformed
into his Human state, as did Harry and all the others.
"hmm" Remus started, it was clear he was thinking very
fast.
"Karmer, Karmay, Ka," Harry muttered under his breath
"karmer, karmay-" His eyes grew wide with shock.
"I've got it!"
Harry stood back, pulled out his wand and shouted
"KARMERKARMAYKA!" It was amazing. A huge jet of
yellow-white lightning struck Harry's wand. It didn't hurt,
although Harry was getting a rather itchy feeling on the tips of
his fingers. It was over in a flash. Suddenly, the lightning grew
rigid, a huge bolt shot into the hall wall. With a deafening
Crash, the wall vanished, as did the lightning.
"Ick" Was all Hermoine could say
"Oh my god Harry!" Cried Ron "How the hell did you
do that?!?" Harry leant against the opposite wall, his legs
shaking.
"I-I don't know When I looked at that scroll, the
information just flooded into me, telling me what to do and where
the spell originated from"
"And where did it originate from?" Asked Sirius, who
was very pale.
"Ancient magic" Said Harry "It blesses the caster
with a holy might for a few hours, and helps them on their
quest"
"That was amazing" Remus said at last
"Holy might?" Ron asked curiously
"Gives them much better power" Harry answered, still
slightly shaking "I also think it revives the caster, I feel
much more refreshed now"
Hermoine was looking where the wall had been.
"Well it did help you on your quest" She pointed. Where
the wall was, was now a passage, wide enough for two trolls to
fit side by side. They walked for a while. Harry couldn't help
feeling odd. There was a strange eerie feeling about the place.
It also had a faint white glow about it. Although this was a
change from the green glow, It made everyone uneasy.
"Lets walk in Human form for some time" Ron said
"I'm getting tired of this dog" so they transformed,
and walked on and on, chatting to each other, although never
joking, the atmosphere was too tense. After another hour of
walking the white glow began to fade, as they walked on and on it
faded more and more until it vanished completely.
"This place is getting really creepy now" Hermoine
said, with an odd quiver in her voice.
"Look over there!" Cried Remus. They had reached a fork
on the hall. And to the left was a huge catacomb. It was bigger
than the great hall at Hogwarts, and had many branches going off
of it.
The group took the left path. After about ten minutes they
reached the catacomb, it was a lot larger than it looked from
further away. As they stepped into the giant catacomb a voice
behind Harry made him jump, as he swirled round to see who was
there, he recognized the face at once, in many albums.
"Welcome" the man said "To the halls of the
dead."
Chapter 12: Reunion
"Dad!" Cried Harry
"Prongs!" Cried Sirius
"James?" Remus whispered, they all flung themselves at
the body and crashed together with a sickening crunch, James
seemed very amused with this, he chuckled.
"So what brings you here? Or was it another
mis-adventure?" His eyes twinkled, like Dumbledore's did.
"Well erm" Ron started.
So they explained about the markings, and the wall, and the holy
might spell, and all the rest, James seemed very interested.
"You're the only mortal that ever visited this place"
He pointed around the catacombs "This place is too gloomy
for me, but your welcome here" He looked at Harry "I
expect your mother will be dying to see you" He grinned
"Pardon the pun" They all chuckled. Soon they were
zig-zagging around the place, passed houses and little
settlements. It reminded Harry of the dungeon he saw in his
dream, although it was a lot more white.
Eventually they stopped at a oval shaped building.
"Here it is" James said.
They entered the odd shaped structure. It was nothing like Harry
had ever seen before. The whole room was odd and burst with the
unexpected, and the most weird part of the house, was that at the
table sat his mother.
"Harry!" She burst out as he entered "And Sirius,
Remus!" She looked at Ron and Hermoine "And your
Harry's friends!" They nodded. Harry was speechless, he had
been reunited with his mother and father, even though they were
dead. It was like a dream come true, and Harry knew it was
probably better than that.
Sitting there with his mother and father was a experience that
Harry would never forget, apparently, dead people could do
exactly the same things as the living people, although they
weren't allowed to go out into the real world, only ghosts were
allowed to do this.
Suddenly their conversation was interrupted. Several loud bangs
and screams issued from outside, and Harry suddenly had a pain in
his head that almost knocked him out. They scrambled outside to
see what the commotion was.
And what a commotion it was.
Harry stood, rooted to the spot, in front of them, none other
than Lord Voldemort himself stood. Surrounded by a dozen death
eaters.
"Go!" Shouted James "Go! We'll hold them
off!"
"No!" Shouted Harry, he didn't want to leave his
parents yet again.
"Yes, Go Harry" Lily said "Quickly! There's a
portal on the edge of the catacombs!"
"I don't want to leave you again!" Harry cried
"GO!" Lily and James bellowed shoving him towards the
edge on the catacombs. Ron, Harry, Hermoine, Sirius and Remus all
ran for the portal, sending various Body Binding and Stunning
spells off behind them. They soon found a glittering blue mist.
"Get in!" Sirius shouted he wasn't actually looking at
them, he had just sent a blue missile at Voldemort, Harry saw the
Dark Lord just raising his hand, and it faded away.
They all stepped into the portal at once. The feeling was much
like a portkey. Harry felt a odd tugging at his navel, and before
he knew it he was traveling through a blue, wet tunnel of mist.
Harry was starting to wonder where the portal would take him when
he landed on all fours on a patch of grass.
I looked around. He was just outside the Hogwarts. A soft
thudding indicated that the others had arrived.
"I failed them again" Sirius said miserably
"It wasn't your fault again!" Harry said reasuringly
"Anyway, that was their dead form! They couldn't of been
killed twice!"
However, Harry felt the same. He had a twisting feeling of
Ecstasy floating around in his stomach, he wished he had spent
more time with his parents.
"That was amazing though" Remus said "The halls of
the dead" He trailed off as he saw the pale look on Sirius'
face "What?"
"The school!" Sirius exclaimed "The School"
"Calm Down" Ron said "What about the school"
Sirius gasped
"To get into the Halls of the Dead Voldemort must have been
through the school!" Ron went pale too. He turned to Harry,
but he wasn't there, he was already sprinting up to the castle.
Sirius shouted "Harry wait! Its not safe for you!" But
it was too late. Harry was out of ear shot, they had no choice,
they followed at a sprint.
A/N: OMG!!!! This chapter is so short! n/m R&R plz
