Chapter Ten
A/N: I am sorry for not posting this chapter sooner but as I said the chapters following this one will be long and eventful. So that means I have to spend more time on them and have to plan on my plot well. No longer could spelling mistakes or plot errors be frequent. So do not expect daily updates. I will try my best to upload once every two days. I will appreciate some reviews. Kim I would truly appreciate if you keep on pointing out my mistakes and thanx Herm for making sure u send me a "Next Part!!!! Quick" message every time I upload. You'll are the best. USABUNNY, you too are one of my greatest fans.
"As you all know yesterday afternoon a group of twenty four death eaters infiltrated number four Privet Drive, also know as Harry's residence during the holidays".
Dumbledore was speaking.
"I guess you all already know that somehow or the other Harry here managed to repel the killing curse, not one but twenty four of them simultaneously, and deflect them else where. I do not believe that Harry did it using his wand since when he deflect the second round of curses his wand was in ashes. And this reminds me of something" said Dumbledore and reached into his robes with one his hands.
He brought out a long wooden box. The box was around sixteen inches long and was about two inches thick. He slowly kept the box on the table and slid it across the table towards Harry. Harry had no idea what was inside it and didn't know why Dumbledore would pass it to him. He didn't know what to do.
"Sir, should I open this?" he asked looking up at Dumbledore. Dumbledore nodded with a smile across his face.
"I expect you'll have one of your most priced processions in there" he said.
Harry quickly opened the wooden box and his eyes glimmered at its contents.
Inside the box was an exact copy of his wand, which had turned to ashes last evening. It was elegantly placed on the red velvet interior of the box. But how could it be? His wand was extremely unique. It was the only wand that suited him from Mr. Olivander's entire wand collection. Even more it was the brother of Voldemort's wand. This was the reason he was still alive today. His wand and Voldemort's had shared the same core, a father from a Phoenix, which happen to be in the procession of Dumbledore.
Dumbledore reading Harry's mind started to explain.
"When I returned after last evenings events I found that Fawkes had dropped yet another feather. As you all know Harry and Voldemort both shared the same wand core, which was a feather, was from Fawkes. For this reason none of them are able to cast spells on one another. But I regret to inform you that it is no longer that case, Harry. That wand will not repel spells from Voldemort's wand," said Dumbledore.
"What?" asked Harry stunned. The only thing that gave him hope against another attack by Voldemort was the fact that neither of them could attach each other. But now he was vulnerable to attacks by Voldemort, and with him gaining power he's bound to be attacked in no time. He felt as if the whole world was falling around him, his confidence within himself, which he had created through out the summer at the Dursley's suddenly shattered.
It took him a few seconds to get his self back together. Then only did he notice nearly every head looking at him with concern. But suddenly the atmosphere changed when the doors to the conference room opened and in came Lupin with a group of people whom Harry had never seen before.
There was one young woman who had brilliant blue eyes and straight black hair that long enough to touch her shoulders. The woman was around five foot eight inches and was very attractive. She smiled broadly at Harry. He returned the smile.
Next to the woman was a man whom he hadn't seen before either. This man was tall and had blonde hair and brown eyes. He had broad shoulders and had a body frame that resembled Sirius's a lot.
Just then another two people entered the conference hall. But this time they were two familiar faces. It was Viktor Krum and Fleur Delacour. They were the only remaining Tri Wizarding Tournament champions still alive other than him. Fleur looked even more beautiful than earlier. She now looked more than ever like a veela than she ever had. Viktor on the other had shrunk considerably. His well-built handsome look was replaced with a feeble look. His eyes had big black round circles around them and his usually full face had transformed into a sulky one. It was certain that he had exhausted himself by what ever he had been doing for the past few days. Both of them smiled at Harry and again he smiled back. With that Dumbledore got up to greet the new arrivals.
"Arabella, Mudungus, Fleur, Viktor, Welcome back to
Hogwarts. I have awaited your arrival," said Dumbledore walking towards the
group.
"Dumbledore" said the young woman named
Arabella as she shook hands with Professor Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore nice to be here back at Hogwarts"
"Yez Profezzor, it'z a honor to be at your
sevize"
"Yef Professor, it's our honor to be in your
side"
Dumbledore gestured them to sit down and they
did as they were told. Now all the chairs at the table were occupied.
"Now that all of us are here we can get things
started" said Dumbledore and gestured towards Sirius. Sirius rose to his feet
and started to move around the table and towards him. Every eye was on him.
"Voldemort has regain power and is already more
powerful than he ever was" said Sirius.
He had reached Harry's chair and stopped. He
kept both his hands on Harry's shoulders and continued.
"The ministry has recently accepted the fact
that Voldemort has returned but it is too late for them to organize them
selves. This leaves us as the only probable resistance against him and the
barrier between him and world domination"
If someone had the slightest other thought in
their minds, it was bound to have been disposed of after listening to the last
few words said by Sirius.
"With this in mind we have decided to make our
resistance as powerful as we can. This is the reason that you all are here. You
will be the hearts and lungs of the resistance. You all must be ready to play
vital roles in the resistance's success and should be ready to sacrifice even
your selves if it comes down to it. If any of you do not agree about any of
what has been said so far are kindly asked to leave this meeting. You carrying
on sitting will mean that you have agreed to all that I've said"
Harry had no intention of leaving this meeting
for any reason at all but was curious if any one would. Sirius too stayed
silent for a while but no one seemed to disagree. He smiled.
"I didn't think any of you would. Now that we
have got that over with, Dumbledore would you mind taking over?" he asked and
got back to his seat and sat down. After sitting down Sirius turned to Harry
and winked. The sulky look that was on Sirius last year had completely
vanished. He was now looking more like he did in Harry's parent's wedding.
Tall, handsome and most of all full of life.
Dumbledore rose.
"We have got to know that Voldemort's last
target before his fall is his fall is also his first after his resurrection.
Voldemort is going to do everything in his power to get rid of Harry Potter,"
said Dumbledore arousing a previously unseen tension in the room.
It had been no surprise to Harry that he was
but certainly seemed as if it was to the others. They stared at him with very
diverse expression on each of them. Some were looking at him with very
sympathetic and concerned looks while others were looking at him shocked.
Dumbledore soon broke the murderous silence.
"Because of this I, as the Headmaster here at
Hogwarts, has decided to provide Harry with some old magical protection which
Voldemort will have no luck in taking away from him or used against him" said
Dumbledore.
Was he talking about the package? Had
Dumbledore found it?
"I did try to give this to Harry earlier but
something went wrong in the delivery. So I would like to provide Harry with his
new protection" said Dumbledore and bent down. He got up with a brown-papered
package on his hand. This too Dumbledore slide across the table towards Harry.
Harry started to unwrap the package and was surprised to see what was in it. Nearly every one else at the meeting had felt the same way as they gasped at the first sight of it. He pulled it out. It was the Hogwarts Sorting Hat. Why did Dumbledore give him the hat? He looked up and saw that everyone else was doing the same thing.