Chapter 18: Relief
Erised lead him to the Three Broomsticks, hoping that he would find Dumbledore there. Hogsmeade was as quiet as usual, with no people walking on the street. And they didn't need to find Dumbledore, because he found them. He came out of his old house, with an expression of joy on his face.
"Harry, welcome back!" he said immediately.
"Good morning," Harry replied.
"Morning?" asked Dumbledore, cheery. "It is almost evening!"
Dumbledore was really glad of something. Why could he be like that? Oh, harry thought, he forgot that they had just used the orb of the Phoenix on Voldemort. It was a time of great relief, really. Voldemort had no more mage powers... and without them, he couldn't face the magi and mago-wizards.
"I think you have lots of questions for now," he continued. Erised left without saying a word. Dumbledore gestured with his hand and told Harry to start walking. "because Erised told me that you were unconscious for a big part of time. You have lots of things to know. Just... ask!"
Harry really had lots of questions, but as ever, he didn't know how to start. Should he ask about Erised's red skin? About how they got out of the cave? What happened in the Temple? What spell did Erised try on Harry when he woke up in the forest? The first thing to ask was about the Temple and what happened inside. Erised must have told Dumbledore about that. And, as usual, Dumbledore answered his question even before asking.
"I know that you are curious of what happened back in the Temple... Erised told me everything about it. Everything started when Erised started accumulating the Orb's powers. Tuz, the mage viper, noticed what Erised was doing. He started taking the energy himself, and, being used to its powers, was naturally faster than Erised. He took enough energy from the Orb and shot a beam of energy towards you, hoping that Erised will give up. But he didn't - you fell unconscious and Erised finished taking the orb's energies. He touched the orb, tried some spells and stole all the orb's energy, transporting it in himself. That was why Erised had a red skin. The orb of the phoenix's energies were making him red; he and the orb were as one. Something like what heppened between you and the necklace of the dragonteeth. With all of the energy, he hit Tuz with a strong spell that blanked him out. Then, he teleported you all out of the caves, with a spell that randomly chose its destination. You were brought to the Dark Forest, and neither of you knew where you were. Still, it was better than being in the viper cave, where you were all in a terrible danger. I think you should know what happened next, Harry..."
Harry thought for a moment... everything was normal... everything was explained. He now knew what happened in the temple. But he had one more question...
"Professor," he started, "How long were we gone?"
"Oh, Harry... I think it was about a week. I think time passes faster in the Viper Caves than here. Maybe they were bored of the time passing so slow and casted a charm on the cave... It is not good to play with time but they afforded... because they never got out. It was their home and they didn't want, for everything in the world, to leave their caves."
Then, they were stopped by a familiar sound... and he thought for a moment. He realized what it was, and that made him really confused. It was the familiar noise done by the Hogwarts Express... But why on the world would it come?
Well, he thought, it could bring some wizards to celebrate everything... but they wouldn't come with the Hogwarts express. But before asking about that, he had one more question that kept bothering him...
"Professor, there is only one more thing."
"And that is?" he asked.
"The vipers told me that I am the Heir of Gryffindor..."
"Oh, no one knows better than they do. I am sure they are right about that. I do not have any idea about it, but if they said it... then it is true." He had noticed his attention for the sound. "And, that is right, the Hogwarts Express is here. In the week when you were gone, we have started to repair the castle. School starts tomorrow. I think you would like to see your friends, wouldn't you?"
"Yes, professor." said Harry and he ran to the train station. But he stopped. "Where are Ron and Hermione?"
"They are already at the station, waiting for other students."
Harry started running again, eager to see the Hogwarts castle repaired. And he was eager to see the other students... his mind immediately flew to Cho. She really was the only girl he ever liked. With that thought in his head, he continued running hoping to see her.
he reached the station really fast. Lots of students were coming out of the Hogwarts Express. It was really weird to see the stunents coming to school in the early december. Soon they will have the christmas holiday...
And they were there. He walked to the crowd, hoping to meet somebody who he knew... Everyone was looking at him. He had, again, done things that made him even more famous than he was before. It seemed like he had defeated Voldemort... though he didn't. He had again the terrible feeling he had in his first year when everyone was pointing fingers at him and trying to find his scar. He saw Hermione and Ron, who were looking around trying to find him.
"Harry!" said Fred, who came out of the crowd.
"Hello Fred." He looked around a bit, "Where's George?"
"Oh. He had a terrible accident... But he will be here soon."
"What... accident?" asked Harry. He didn't want to think what happened to George...
"He got blown up by one of our new - er... inventions," said Fred.
"Oh." said Harry.
"Bye now, I got to go..." said Fred while running away. He seemed to forget something.
Harry saw that the people around him stopped gazing at him. Ron and Hermione saw him and started moving to him. But he was looking to see someone who he didn't see yet and he really wanted to see - Cho.
"Harry!" said Hermione.
"Are you alright?" asked Ron.
"What happened?"
"Stop, stop!" said Harry to stop them. Then he had to explain everything they didn't know. He told them about Tuz, Voldemort healing him, then about what Dumbledore said.
"So, after all," said Ron, "it was good for You-Know-Who if he killed you from the beginning! He had lost your blood anyway. Lucky that he was stupid."
"It was an unexpected thing, Ron!" said Hermione. "How could he know what would happen? You-Know-Who -"
"I am sick of this!" said Harry. "Can't you ever learn to speak his name properly?" He shut both Ron and Hermione up with that. "Try it! Repeat after me! Vol," but they didn't say anything. "Oh I should give up!" he said a little annoyed.
Then everyone went to the carriages that passed the lake and they entered the castle. Harry noticed that some parts were different from how they were before being destroyed. It still looked as usual, even with some paitings gone. They all went to the Great Hall. Dumbledore was already there. How could he get there so fast? He was in Hogsmeade before... But it didn't matter. He had to enjoy that he was at Hogwarts again...
When everyone was in the Great Hall, Dumbledore started a speech. Everyone was quiet and listening to him.
"Welcome," he started, "back to Hogwarts!"
"After the latest events, I am pleased to tell you that what we all feared is almost gone. Lord Voldemort, who was using Harry Potter's energies and powers in order ot cast various strong spells, is now a simple wizard. He had Harry Potter's blood inside nim. But now it is gone. The blood he stole was eliminated after a long series of adventures that three of our students had."
"Being the middle of a school term, I have to award some points. Firstly, I will give fifty points to Hermione Granger, for being a good friend and helping at need."
"Second, Mr. Ronald Weasley, I award another fifty points for all his adventures with Harry Potter."
"And third, I award... one hundred points to Harry Potter, for pure courage and bravery, while exploring dangerous places to fight the Dark Side."
"This had to be done. Now, we should consider this a beginning of a new year. Let the Feast begin!"
The silence in the Great Hall was broken by the students' voices. Everyone started talking about the recent events. The Gryffindors were as cheery as possible, after winning 200 house points that assured their win of the house cup, even if there was another half of an year left...
Harry, while enjoying the feast, caught a sight of Cho, at the Ravenclaw table. She was celebrating, as everyone except the slythering. But he didn't have time to look at her, every gryffindor wanted to tell Harry something.
After a long time, everyone went to their common room. Harry wanted only one thing - to get a sleep. He didn't sleep for quite a long time. Only when he had been unconscious... And he was sure that Ron and Hermione needed to sleep, too. He didn't stay in the Gryffindor Common Room at all. He went directly to the bedroom. Ron came in after two minutes.
"hello, Ron." said Harry.
"Hey."
"Want to sleep?"
"Yea. Havent slept for a week."
"Me too. I think this is just what we need. Now I just hope Voldemort will be gone... forever."
"He isn't."
"I know, Ron, but... with all the magi and mago-wizards around... he is nothing. Good night."
"Good night..." said Ron, before falling asleep.
Harry was waiting to see what would happen in the future. He had thought again about Cho. He didn't know how could he forget about her while Hogwarts was closed. Now he couldn't take his mind off her...
THE END!!!!!
[A/N: I firstly decided to do a sequel to this story, something with Cho, but I decided to not continue this and write another fic It will be avalabile later, the first chapter will be out soon(max. 2 weeks, let's say). It has to be a much better fic than this is, but sometimes I feel I have to continue this. But there is no action I have in mind considering what I did... Voldemort should be still strong, but weaker. I have to admit that I don't like how I modified the magic in the normal books by adding magi... And that doesn't sound too good. The magi don't fit in the HP universe. That's mainly why I won't do a sequel to this.
And I will make a sequel if I will have some reviews that will request it!!! Reviews give me self-confidence :) Of course, not all stupid reviews... If you saw what kind of Reviews I give, you will understand. I usually say everything - I start with the bad things or wrong ones, then I usually go to the good parts.
If I will make a sequel, I will update this fic and put in the 1st chapter its name and link. But don't expect it too much, low chance...]
Erised lead him to the Three Broomsticks, hoping that he would find Dumbledore there. Hogsmeade was as quiet as usual, with no people walking on the street. And they didn't need to find Dumbledore, because he found them. He came out of his old house, with an expression of joy on his face.
"Harry, welcome back!" he said immediately.
"Good morning," Harry replied.
"Morning?" asked Dumbledore, cheery. "It is almost evening!"
Dumbledore was really glad of something. Why could he be like that? Oh, harry thought, he forgot that they had just used the orb of the Phoenix on Voldemort. It was a time of great relief, really. Voldemort had no more mage powers... and without them, he couldn't face the magi and mago-wizards.
"I think you have lots of questions for now," he continued. Erised left without saying a word. Dumbledore gestured with his hand and told Harry to start walking. "because Erised told me that you were unconscious for a big part of time. You have lots of things to know. Just... ask!"
Harry really had lots of questions, but as ever, he didn't know how to start. Should he ask about Erised's red skin? About how they got out of the cave? What happened in the Temple? What spell did Erised try on Harry when he woke up in the forest? The first thing to ask was about the Temple and what happened inside. Erised must have told Dumbledore about that. And, as usual, Dumbledore answered his question even before asking.
"I know that you are curious of what happened back in the Temple... Erised told me everything about it. Everything started when Erised started accumulating the Orb's powers. Tuz, the mage viper, noticed what Erised was doing. He started taking the energy himself, and, being used to its powers, was naturally faster than Erised. He took enough energy from the Orb and shot a beam of energy towards you, hoping that Erised will give up. But he didn't - you fell unconscious and Erised finished taking the orb's energies. He touched the orb, tried some spells and stole all the orb's energy, transporting it in himself. That was why Erised had a red skin. The orb of the phoenix's energies were making him red; he and the orb were as one. Something like what heppened between you and the necklace of the dragonteeth. With all of the energy, he hit Tuz with a strong spell that blanked him out. Then, he teleported you all out of the caves, with a spell that randomly chose its destination. You were brought to the Dark Forest, and neither of you knew where you were. Still, it was better than being in the viper cave, where you were all in a terrible danger. I think you should know what happened next, Harry..."
Harry thought for a moment... everything was normal... everything was explained. He now knew what happened in the temple. But he had one more question...
"Professor," he started, "How long were we gone?"
"Oh, Harry... I think it was about a week. I think time passes faster in the Viper Caves than here. Maybe they were bored of the time passing so slow and casted a charm on the cave... It is not good to play with time but they afforded... because they never got out. It was their home and they didn't want, for everything in the world, to leave their caves."
Then, they were stopped by a familiar sound... and he thought for a moment. He realized what it was, and that made him really confused. It was the familiar noise done by the Hogwarts Express... But why on the world would it come?
Well, he thought, it could bring some wizards to celebrate everything... but they wouldn't come with the Hogwarts express. But before asking about that, he had one more question that kept bothering him...
"Professor, there is only one more thing."
"And that is?" he asked.
"The vipers told me that I am the Heir of Gryffindor..."
"Oh, no one knows better than they do. I am sure they are right about that. I do not have any idea about it, but if they said it... then it is true." He had noticed his attention for the sound. "And, that is right, the Hogwarts Express is here. In the week when you were gone, we have started to repair the castle. School starts tomorrow. I think you would like to see your friends, wouldn't you?"
"Yes, professor." said Harry and he ran to the train station. But he stopped. "Where are Ron and Hermione?"
"They are already at the station, waiting for other students."
Harry started running again, eager to see the Hogwarts castle repaired. And he was eager to see the other students... his mind immediately flew to Cho. She really was the only girl he ever liked. With that thought in his head, he continued running hoping to see her.
he reached the station really fast. Lots of students were coming out of the Hogwarts Express. It was really weird to see the stunents coming to school in the early december. Soon they will have the christmas holiday...
And they were there. He walked to the crowd, hoping to meet somebody who he knew... Everyone was looking at him. He had, again, done things that made him even more famous than he was before. It seemed like he had defeated Voldemort... though he didn't. He had again the terrible feeling he had in his first year when everyone was pointing fingers at him and trying to find his scar. He saw Hermione and Ron, who were looking around trying to find him.
"Harry!" said Fred, who came out of the crowd.
"Hello Fred." He looked around a bit, "Where's George?"
"Oh. He had a terrible accident... But he will be here soon."
"What... accident?" asked Harry. He didn't want to think what happened to George...
"He got blown up by one of our new - er... inventions," said Fred.
"Oh." said Harry.
"Bye now, I got to go..." said Fred while running away. He seemed to forget something.
Harry saw that the people around him stopped gazing at him. Ron and Hermione saw him and started moving to him. But he was looking to see someone who he didn't see yet and he really wanted to see - Cho.
"Harry!" said Hermione.
"Are you alright?" asked Ron.
"What happened?"
"Stop, stop!" said Harry to stop them. Then he had to explain everything they didn't know. He told them about Tuz, Voldemort healing him, then about what Dumbledore said.
"So, after all," said Ron, "it was good for You-Know-Who if he killed you from the beginning! He had lost your blood anyway. Lucky that he was stupid."
"It was an unexpected thing, Ron!" said Hermione. "How could he know what would happen? You-Know-Who -"
"I am sick of this!" said Harry. "Can't you ever learn to speak his name properly?" He shut both Ron and Hermione up with that. "Try it! Repeat after me! Vol," but they didn't say anything. "Oh I should give up!" he said a little annoyed.
Then everyone went to the carriages that passed the lake and they entered the castle. Harry noticed that some parts were different from how they were before being destroyed. It still looked as usual, even with some paitings gone. They all went to the Great Hall. Dumbledore was already there. How could he get there so fast? He was in Hogsmeade before... But it didn't matter. He had to enjoy that he was at Hogwarts again...
When everyone was in the Great Hall, Dumbledore started a speech. Everyone was quiet and listening to him.
"Welcome," he started, "back to Hogwarts!"
"After the latest events, I am pleased to tell you that what we all feared is almost gone. Lord Voldemort, who was using Harry Potter's energies and powers in order ot cast various strong spells, is now a simple wizard. He had Harry Potter's blood inside nim. But now it is gone. The blood he stole was eliminated after a long series of adventures that three of our students had."
"Being the middle of a school term, I have to award some points. Firstly, I will give fifty points to Hermione Granger, for being a good friend and helping at need."
"Second, Mr. Ronald Weasley, I award another fifty points for all his adventures with Harry Potter."
"And third, I award... one hundred points to Harry Potter, for pure courage and bravery, while exploring dangerous places to fight the Dark Side."
"This had to be done. Now, we should consider this a beginning of a new year. Let the Feast begin!"
The silence in the Great Hall was broken by the students' voices. Everyone started talking about the recent events. The Gryffindors were as cheery as possible, after winning 200 house points that assured their win of the house cup, even if there was another half of an year left...
Harry, while enjoying the feast, caught a sight of Cho, at the Ravenclaw table. She was celebrating, as everyone except the slythering. But he didn't have time to look at her, every gryffindor wanted to tell Harry something.
After a long time, everyone went to their common room. Harry wanted only one thing - to get a sleep. He didn't sleep for quite a long time. Only when he had been unconscious... And he was sure that Ron and Hermione needed to sleep, too. He didn't stay in the Gryffindor Common Room at all. He went directly to the bedroom. Ron came in after two minutes.
"hello, Ron." said Harry.
"Hey."
"Want to sleep?"
"Yea. Havent slept for a week."
"Me too. I think this is just what we need. Now I just hope Voldemort will be gone... forever."
"He isn't."
"I know, Ron, but... with all the magi and mago-wizards around... he is nothing. Good night."
"Good night..." said Ron, before falling asleep.
Harry was waiting to see what would happen in the future. He had thought again about Cho. He didn't know how could he forget about her while Hogwarts was closed. Now he couldn't take his mind off her...
THE END!!!!!
[A/N: I firstly decided to do a sequel to this story, something with Cho, but I decided to not continue this and write another fic It will be avalabile later, the first chapter will be out soon(max. 2 weeks, let's say). It has to be a much better fic than this is, but sometimes I feel I have to continue this. But there is no action I have in mind considering what I did... Voldemort should be still strong, but weaker. I have to admit that I don't like how I modified the magic in the normal books by adding magi... And that doesn't sound too good. The magi don't fit in the HP universe. That's mainly why I won't do a sequel to this.
And I will make a sequel if I will have some reviews that will request it!!! Reviews give me self-confidence :) Of course, not all stupid reviews... If you saw what kind of Reviews I give, you will understand. I usually say everything - I start with the bad things or wrong ones, then I usually go to the good parts.
If I will make a sequel, I will update this fic and put in the 1st chapter its name and link. But don't expect it too much, low chance...]