"Aaaahhh!!", Harry shouted. He was sitting on his bed in the Leaky
Cauldron and sitting there looking very worried, at the end of his bed was
Sirius.
"Sirius!!! How glad I am to see you!", Harry said smiling. His godfather got up and gave him a bone crushing hug, which Harry very much appreciated if Sirius wasn't trying to squeeze the life out of him.
"Are you ok Harry?", we were just so worried about you when you woke up screaming. Sirius looked to the door and there stood a very concerned Dumbledore. Harry started to blush as he remembered how he woke up.
"Did you get my letter, Professor?", Harry asked.
"No, the Ministry of Magic heard of some magic happening in Privet Drive and informed me straight away. We were worried something had happened to you Harry."
"Harry why did you leave your house?", Sirius asked, he had a very grave face. "You know very well that your house is protected".
"I woke up from this strange dream and saw Voldemort outside my house casting the Dark Mark. I guess I just panicked and left".
"It took us quite some time to find you, it wasn't until a member of the Ministry of Magic took the Knight Bus home, that we heard something of you. Voldemort may have found you earlier than we would. You would be dead by now", Dumbledore said it so matter of factly that Harry once again felt queasy. Only then did he really see how stupid he had been. It was all part of Voldemort's plan. Harry started hitting his head because he felt so stupid. "Sirius pulled his hand away and said to him sternly, "Don't you ever do something like that again. Do you understand me?"
"Yes Sirius", Harry said meekly.
"Well Harry, we'll have to put you somewhere safer than this.." Dumbledore started.
"Oh, but Professor, cant I stay here?"
"Do you not want to stay with the Weasley's?, Dumbledore said amused. He took Harry's broadening face as a yes and called, "Tom could you come here?"
"What can I do Professor", Tom replied.
"Could you take Mr. Potter's luggage downstairs and prepare a fire?"
Harry was confused when he heard Dumbledore mention a fire but Sirius quickly reminded him, "Floo Powder".
As Dumbledore walked down the stairs, followed by Harry and Sirius, Sirius said, "Happy Birthday Harry and took out a package. "I wanted to send this to you but since you're here I don't need to"
Harry quickly opened the package. What he found was a an amulet covered in tissue paper. The amulet was made of gold and in the centre was a dragon, with his wings wrapped around him. The dragon wore a chain around his neck and on it was one small ruby. Harry looked awestruck from the amulet to Sirius. He was smiling and Harry asked, "Where did you get this?".
"It was your father's. He used to wear it all the time. I never quite understood what it did, and apparently neither did James. But he always said that he felt braver and stronger when he wore it and when we were in dangerous circumstances. We never found out exactly what it did."
"Oh thank you Sirius!", Harry replied still struck by this strange amulet.
"Come now, we have to get a move on Harry", Sirius said and with that they joined Dumbledore and Tom already waiting in a large room with a crackling fire.
"Goodbye Harry, I shall see you at Hogwarts", Dumbledore said.
"What you're not coming too?", Harry blurted out and at that remark, Harry could see a twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes.
"No I shall not, I must return to Hogwarts. Goodbye Sirius and take care." With that Sirius took a bag of powder from Tom the Inn keeper, gave some to Harry and took some himself. He threw it in the fire, shouted," the Burrow", and jumped in.
Harry turned around to say goodbye to Dumbledore but before he said anything, Dumbledore saw the look of worry on Harry's face and said, "Don't worry about our relatives, we will let them know what happened." It seemed to have done the trick, as Harry felt a little easier.
"Goodbye Professor", Harry said, turned around and threw some powder in the fire, and shouted," the Burrow". He jumped in and felt the familiar felling of being pulled by the nasal, forwards. Fires flew past and with an almighty thud, he landed on the kitchen floor of the Weasley's, with the Weasley family, Sirius and Hermione smiling at him.
"Sirius!!! How glad I am to see you!", Harry said smiling. His godfather got up and gave him a bone crushing hug, which Harry very much appreciated if Sirius wasn't trying to squeeze the life out of him.
"Are you ok Harry?", we were just so worried about you when you woke up screaming. Sirius looked to the door and there stood a very concerned Dumbledore. Harry started to blush as he remembered how he woke up.
"Did you get my letter, Professor?", Harry asked.
"No, the Ministry of Magic heard of some magic happening in Privet Drive and informed me straight away. We were worried something had happened to you Harry."
"Harry why did you leave your house?", Sirius asked, he had a very grave face. "You know very well that your house is protected".
"I woke up from this strange dream and saw Voldemort outside my house casting the Dark Mark. I guess I just panicked and left".
"It took us quite some time to find you, it wasn't until a member of the Ministry of Magic took the Knight Bus home, that we heard something of you. Voldemort may have found you earlier than we would. You would be dead by now", Dumbledore said it so matter of factly that Harry once again felt queasy. Only then did he really see how stupid he had been. It was all part of Voldemort's plan. Harry started hitting his head because he felt so stupid. "Sirius pulled his hand away and said to him sternly, "Don't you ever do something like that again. Do you understand me?"
"Yes Sirius", Harry said meekly.
"Well Harry, we'll have to put you somewhere safer than this.." Dumbledore started.
"Oh, but Professor, cant I stay here?"
"Do you not want to stay with the Weasley's?, Dumbledore said amused. He took Harry's broadening face as a yes and called, "Tom could you come here?"
"What can I do Professor", Tom replied.
"Could you take Mr. Potter's luggage downstairs and prepare a fire?"
Harry was confused when he heard Dumbledore mention a fire but Sirius quickly reminded him, "Floo Powder".
As Dumbledore walked down the stairs, followed by Harry and Sirius, Sirius said, "Happy Birthday Harry and took out a package. "I wanted to send this to you but since you're here I don't need to"
Harry quickly opened the package. What he found was a an amulet covered in tissue paper. The amulet was made of gold and in the centre was a dragon, with his wings wrapped around him. The dragon wore a chain around his neck and on it was one small ruby. Harry looked awestruck from the amulet to Sirius. He was smiling and Harry asked, "Where did you get this?".
"It was your father's. He used to wear it all the time. I never quite understood what it did, and apparently neither did James. But he always said that he felt braver and stronger when he wore it and when we were in dangerous circumstances. We never found out exactly what it did."
"Oh thank you Sirius!", Harry replied still struck by this strange amulet.
"Come now, we have to get a move on Harry", Sirius said and with that they joined Dumbledore and Tom already waiting in a large room with a crackling fire.
"Goodbye Harry, I shall see you at Hogwarts", Dumbledore said.
"What you're not coming too?", Harry blurted out and at that remark, Harry could see a twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes.
"No I shall not, I must return to Hogwarts. Goodbye Sirius and take care." With that Sirius took a bag of powder from Tom the Inn keeper, gave some to Harry and took some himself. He threw it in the fire, shouted," the Burrow", and jumped in.
Harry turned around to say goodbye to Dumbledore but before he said anything, Dumbledore saw the look of worry on Harry's face and said, "Don't worry about our relatives, we will let them know what happened." It seemed to have done the trick, as Harry felt a little easier.
"Goodbye Professor", Harry said, turned around and threw some powder in the fire, and shouted," the Burrow". He jumped in and felt the familiar felling of being pulled by the nasal, forwards. Fires flew past and with an almighty thud, he landed on the kitchen floor of the Weasley's, with the Weasley family, Sirius and Hermione smiling at him.