Defense against the Dark Arts
Harry couldn't sleep. He lay awake staring at the ceiling. How could this happen? Nothing was supposed to happen to Colin, he had no part in this and the only reason Harry suspected that voldemort even knew he existed was Harry. It made him feel more then guilty, it was like Cedric all over again, ad the same hopeless depression had begun to set in again.
Realizing he would never get to sleep Harry rolled over to look at the clock. 12:03 am. It was his birthday, and the first one in five years that he was too depressed to think about. He allowed his mind to drift away from the events of the day before and they landed on the Weasleys. They wanted Harry to stay with them as soon as possible and at the moment that was the only place in the world that he wanted to be was safe in the burrow. But he still couldn't go for another two weeks.
He rolled over and looked at the clock again. It was now 12:06 and there was no way that he would get any sleep so he got up and started to compose a long and what he hoped was a light hearted letter to Ron.
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Harry woke up to the sound of a beak knocking against the window, he had gone to bed not realizing that he had closed it the night before rushed over to let Hedwig in. To his surprise hedwig wasn't the only one out there in climbed Sirius of a broom stick.
"Sirius what on earth are you doing here?" harry asked amazed that his godfather would risk so much just to see him, then Harry realized that there had to be a substantial reason for Sirius Black to be out and about in the daytime.
"I came to wish you a happy birthday;" Sirius said with cheerfulness. His large smile didn't feign at all under Harry's piercing stare. "Ok ok I will tell you the news, I see that there is no fooling you from something like this." Harry would have been worried if it was not for the very large grin that Sirius still wore.
"Sirius what is it?"
"Its no big deal really, alright so it is, I was cleared!" Sirius's smile grew even wider as he said this and his eyes sparkled at Harry. "Dumbledore remembered an old way of telling who a secret keeper is after the secret is broken and proved that it wasn't me, so that means my name is clear"
"So that means I can live with you?" Harry exclaimed looking quite happy. At this Sirius's face fell.
"No, you can't it wouldn't be safe, there is far more security here then you know about and it wouldn't be safe to live with me." At this Harry's face fell as well. "but." Sirius continued, "I will be teaching at Hogwarts this year, apparently they need a new defense of the dark arts teacher to replace Moody."
"really" harry asked quite stunned
"really"
***
Harry couldn't sleep. He lay awake staring at the ceiling. How could this happen? Nothing was supposed to happen to Colin, he had no part in this and the only reason Harry suspected that voldemort even knew he existed was Harry. It made him feel more then guilty, it was like Cedric all over again, ad the same hopeless depression had begun to set in again.
Realizing he would never get to sleep Harry rolled over to look at the clock. 12:03 am. It was his birthday, and the first one in five years that he was too depressed to think about. He allowed his mind to drift away from the events of the day before and they landed on the Weasleys. They wanted Harry to stay with them as soon as possible and at the moment that was the only place in the world that he wanted to be was safe in the burrow. But he still couldn't go for another two weeks.
He rolled over and looked at the clock again. It was now 12:06 and there was no way that he would get any sleep so he got up and started to compose a long and what he hoped was a light hearted letter to Ron.
***
Harry woke up to the sound of a beak knocking against the window, he had gone to bed not realizing that he had closed it the night before rushed over to let Hedwig in. To his surprise hedwig wasn't the only one out there in climbed Sirius of a broom stick.
"Sirius what on earth are you doing here?" harry asked amazed that his godfather would risk so much just to see him, then Harry realized that there had to be a substantial reason for Sirius Black to be out and about in the daytime.
"I came to wish you a happy birthday;" Sirius said with cheerfulness. His large smile didn't feign at all under Harry's piercing stare. "Ok ok I will tell you the news, I see that there is no fooling you from something like this." Harry would have been worried if it was not for the very large grin that Sirius still wore.
"Sirius what is it?"
"Its no big deal really, alright so it is, I was cleared!" Sirius's smile grew even wider as he said this and his eyes sparkled at Harry. "Dumbledore remembered an old way of telling who a secret keeper is after the secret is broken and proved that it wasn't me, so that means my name is clear"
"So that means I can live with you?" Harry exclaimed looking quite happy. At this Sirius's face fell.
"No, you can't it wouldn't be safe, there is far more security here then you know about and it wouldn't be safe to live with me." At this Harry's face fell as well. "but." Sirius continued, "I will be teaching at Hogwarts this year, apparently they need a new defense of the dark arts teacher to replace Moody."
"really" harry asked quite stunned
"really"
***