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Dangers in the past:
After Sirius left Harry's room, he went to his own room to change his robes, he needed to go see how things were going with the death eaters, and most importantly, how much the teachers had been able to figure out from Harry's stunt. Seeing the hall had been cleaned up and no one was left there he made his way to the teachers common room. When he entered he saw nearly everyone was there, they seemed to be waiting Dumbledore's return while talking softly to each other. Everyone looked up when he came in, some of them smiling at him, Ethan called him from the corner where he was sitting on his own and Sirius headed to him ignoring the eyes everyone held on him. With a tired sigh he let himself sank into the chair next to Charlie's and rubbed his eyes.
"How's Harry doing?"
"You were right, he's completely exhausted. While I was washing him up it felt like I was washing a doll, he was just sitting in the tub limply, not reacting to anything. I wish we could break the link he has to Voldemort and his death eaters, then he wouldn't know when there are attacks, he seemed to be in so much pain this evening when the attack began."
"Harry wouldn't want that, you know how he reacted when the headmaster suggested to him to drink sleeping potions so he wouldn't dream about You know who's attacks. Harry went ballistic, I've never seen him that angry."
"Yes, I know, but this wasn't good for his health then and it isn't now either." Charlie nodded.
"Maybe you should let Madame Pomfrey check him over, just to be on the safe side."
"Yeah, I think I'll ask her." He sighed. "Harry wont be happy about it." Before Charlie could answer their hushed conversation was interupted by Dumbledore storming into the room. The old wizard stood at the door looking sharply around, checking if everyone was alright. Finally, a few minutes later he seemed satisfied and he talked in a soft voice, as if trying to calm terrified children.
"I need you to tell me what has happened, but first I want everyone that is in the castle at the moment to come down here. Please Minerva go get Poppy, Danielle, go warn Sybil and Ryan go fetch Harry." The three professors stood up and left the room. Sirius was quite irritated with the headmaster, he didn't want to have to wake Harry up now he was sleeping, the child needed his rest. When he entered his godson's room and saw him sleeping peacefully he decided not to wake him up. Sirius put some robes over his godsons pj's and wrapped him in a light blanket. Carefully he lifted him up into his arms and left the room followed by Harry's pets. Hedwig had joined the group with a letter tied around her leg, he would have to remind to tell Harry about it later. When he entered the teachers common room he saw Danielle hadn't returned yet. He took his place next to Ethan and settled Harry into his lap so his head was leaning against his chest. No one seemed to have said anything
while he had been away. Dumbledore was nervously pacing the room, now and then petting either Fawkes or Godric, who had joined the headmasters phoenix on his perch. Hedwig on the other hand had preferred to stay on Sirius's shoulder with Echo. Derek was looking around from Harry's arm. Sirius's head snapped up when Danielle returned with a much younger divination professor. Finally, after everyone had sat down Dumbledore sunk into his larger chair and looked at the staff.
"Ok, what happened?" Adrian Thunder, the teacher of Care of Magical Creatures was the one who started to talk.
"Ethan and I were walking through the wall on our way outside when a section of the hall opened and death eaters started to come in. We were taken by surprise and didn't have the time to warn anyone. We were very lucky nearly all teachers were near, close enough to hear the shouts when the attack started. We started to fight them and the other professors joined us. Finally, when Ryan came we seemed to have the upper hand, but then a basilisk came out. We didn't stand a chance, we were overwhelmed since no one seemed able to get near the snake to kill it. We were losing badly when..." He stopped suddenly and looked apologetically at Dumbledore. "I think it's better if someone else continues, I know what happened but I didn't see it myself." Dumbledore nodded in agreement and everyone in the room turned to Flitwick.
"I had been fighting a death eater but was drawn away from the other teachers. When I finally stunned the death eater I was cornered by the basilisk. I knew it was going to kill me but then I hear another hissing sound. I turned to look and saw Harry standing there and I realised he had been the one hissing, I deduced he was a parselmouth. The boy was just standing there smirking with a sword in his hand. i thought he was trying to get the snake to kill me." The small professor looked apologetically to Sirius who was holding Harry closer to him. "But then, to my surprise, the basilisk lunged at Harry and then I understood that had been his plan all the time, because behind him was his phoenix who engaged the basilisk in a fight." After that Flitwick explained how Harry had got him out of the way and how he had been looking at the fight instead of going to help his fellow professors and then how Harry had finally killed the basilisk. When he finished Dumbledore was looking in
wonder at the sleeping boy.
"Let me get this straight. This 15 year old boy killed a 10 foot basilisk with only a sword and a phoenix?" Sirius rolled his eyes and Charlie snorted softly, but the other teachers nodded. Minerva then cut in.
"That was not all he did, he also saved my life from a death eater." She then explained to Dumbledore how Harry had crushed the death eater who had nearly killed her. By the time she had finished her tale everyone was looking at the boy in awe. Nearly no one had noticed the death eater and what had happened so it was new for them too. Dumbledore looked at Harry carefully as if trying to see through him but not being able to. Then the headmaster looked up and noticed Ryan and Ethan wore annoyed expressions and Ryan was drawing Harry even closer to him, but neither were surprised.
"Ryan, are this kind of things normal with Harry?"
"What do you mean?" Sirius heard Charlie shift nervously next to him but he didn't shift his gaze from Dumbledore's.
"I mean if it's normal for Harry to do things as kill a basilisk or fight death eaters. Not many teenagers could pull that of and keep their cool like he seemingly did, specially in front of a basilisk."
"Harry has killed basilisks before, he did it the same way as today so I guess he wasn't very intimidated by it. Besides he's a parselmouth, he has never been afraid of snakes."
"What about the death eaters?" It wasn't Ryan's voice who answered the headmaster, it was Harry's soft and tired voice.
"When you have duelled against Voldemort himself and lived to tell it, death eaters are just a piece of cake."
To be continued...
Author's notes: Thanks for all reviews.
Dangers in the past:
After Sirius left Harry's room, he went to his own room to change his robes, he needed to go see how things were going with the death eaters, and most importantly, how much the teachers had been able to figure out from Harry's stunt. Seeing the hall had been cleaned up and no one was left there he made his way to the teachers common room. When he entered he saw nearly everyone was there, they seemed to be waiting Dumbledore's return while talking softly to each other. Everyone looked up when he came in, some of them smiling at him, Ethan called him from the corner where he was sitting on his own and Sirius headed to him ignoring the eyes everyone held on him. With a tired sigh he let himself sank into the chair next to Charlie's and rubbed his eyes.
"How's Harry doing?"
"You were right, he's completely exhausted. While I was washing him up it felt like I was washing a doll, he was just sitting in the tub limply, not reacting to anything. I wish we could break the link he has to Voldemort and his death eaters, then he wouldn't know when there are attacks, he seemed to be in so much pain this evening when the attack began."
"Harry wouldn't want that, you know how he reacted when the headmaster suggested to him to drink sleeping potions so he wouldn't dream about You know who's attacks. Harry went ballistic, I've never seen him that angry."
"Yes, I know, but this wasn't good for his health then and it isn't now either." Charlie nodded.
"Maybe you should let Madame Pomfrey check him over, just to be on the safe side."
"Yeah, I think I'll ask her." He sighed. "Harry wont be happy about it." Before Charlie could answer their hushed conversation was interupted by Dumbledore storming into the room. The old wizard stood at the door looking sharply around, checking if everyone was alright. Finally, a few minutes later he seemed satisfied and he talked in a soft voice, as if trying to calm terrified children.
"I need you to tell me what has happened, but first I want everyone that is in the castle at the moment to come down here. Please Minerva go get Poppy, Danielle, go warn Sybil and Ryan go fetch Harry." The three professors stood up and left the room. Sirius was quite irritated with the headmaster, he didn't want to have to wake Harry up now he was sleeping, the child needed his rest. When he entered his godson's room and saw him sleeping peacefully he decided not to wake him up. Sirius put some robes over his godsons pj's and wrapped him in a light blanket. Carefully he lifted him up into his arms and left the room followed by Harry's pets. Hedwig had joined the group with a letter tied around her leg, he would have to remind to tell Harry about it later. When he entered the teachers common room he saw Danielle hadn't returned yet. He took his place next to Ethan and settled Harry into his lap so his head was leaning against his chest. No one seemed to have said anything
while he had been away. Dumbledore was nervously pacing the room, now and then petting either Fawkes or Godric, who had joined the headmasters phoenix on his perch. Hedwig on the other hand had preferred to stay on Sirius's shoulder with Echo. Derek was looking around from Harry's arm. Sirius's head snapped up when Danielle returned with a much younger divination professor. Finally, after everyone had sat down Dumbledore sunk into his larger chair and looked at the staff.
"Ok, what happened?" Adrian Thunder, the teacher of Care of Magical Creatures was the one who started to talk.
"Ethan and I were walking through the wall on our way outside when a section of the hall opened and death eaters started to come in. We were taken by surprise and didn't have the time to warn anyone. We were very lucky nearly all teachers were near, close enough to hear the shouts when the attack started. We started to fight them and the other professors joined us. Finally, when Ryan came we seemed to have the upper hand, but then a basilisk came out. We didn't stand a chance, we were overwhelmed since no one seemed able to get near the snake to kill it. We were losing badly when..." He stopped suddenly and looked apologetically at Dumbledore. "I think it's better if someone else continues, I know what happened but I didn't see it myself." Dumbledore nodded in agreement and everyone in the room turned to Flitwick.
"I had been fighting a death eater but was drawn away from the other teachers. When I finally stunned the death eater I was cornered by the basilisk. I knew it was going to kill me but then I hear another hissing sound. I turned to look and saw Harry standing there and I realised he had been the one hissing, I deduced he was a parselmouth. The boy was just standing there smirking with a sword in his hand. i thought he was trying to get the snake to kill me." The small professor looked apologetically to Sirius who was holding Harry closer to him. "But then, to my surprise, the basilisk lunged at Harry and then I understood that had been his plan all the time, because behind him was his phoenix who engaged the basilisk in a fight." After that Flitwick explained how Harry had got him out of the way and how he had been looking at the fight instead of going to help his fellow professors and then how Harry had finally killed the basilisk. When he finished Dumbledore was looking in
wonder at the sleeping boy.
"Let me get this straight. This 15 year old boy killed a 10 foot basilisk with only a sword and a phoenix?" Sirius rolled his eyes and Charlie snorted softly, but the other teachers nodded. Minerva then cut in.
"That was not all he did, he also saved my life from a death eater." She then explained to Dumbledore how Harry had crushed the death eater who had nearly killed her. By the time she had finished her tale everyone was looking at the boy in awe. Nearly no one had noticed the death eater and what had happened so it was new for them too. Dumbledore looked at Harry carefully as if trying to see through him but not being able to. Then the headmaster looked up and noticed Ryan and Ethan wore annoyed expressions and Ryan was drawing Harry even closer to him, but neither were surprised.
"Ryan, are this kind of things normal with Harry?"
"What do you mean?" Sirius heard Charlie shift nervously next to him but he didn't shift his gaze from Dumbledore's.
"I mean if it's normal for Harry to do things as kill a basilisk or fight death eaters. Not many teenagers could pull that of and keep their cool like he seemingly did, specially in front of a basilisk."
"Harry has killed basilisks before, he did it the same way as today so I guess he wasn't very intimidated by it. Besides he's a parselmouth, he has never been afraid of snakes."
"What about the death eaters?" It wasn't Ryan's voice who answered the headmaster, it was Harry's soft and tired voice.
"When you have duelled against Voldemort himself and lived to tell it, death eaters are just a piece of cake."
To be continued...
Author's notes: Thanks for all reviews.