3. The Phoenix
When Harry woke up, he saw Sirius looking down at him. Harry gasped and jumped out of bed. He took his wand from the nightstand and shouted: "Petrificus Totalus". Sirius fell on the ground petrified. Then Harry pointed his wand between Sirius's eyes and whispered: "Evidencio", a charm that would expose a person even if they drank polyjuice potion or if they transfigured themselves into others. Seeing that the believed Sirius hadn't changed his shape, Harry stopped the hex and apologized to Sirius.
"Sorry Sirius, you cannot be too careful these days while Voldemort is free."
"No offence taken, Harry, I understand you completely, I have to take extra precautions too, you know I'm still running from the Ministry. There are still some Aurors after me, but now with the Dark Lord loose, they gave him a greater priority. And sorry for not sending your birthday present sooner, but I thought that muggles would get suspicious seeing 10 owls carrying a big cage like this."
Sirius stepped back, and revealed a beautiful golden cage with a superb red bird.
"Fawkes!" Harry said
"This is not Fawkes, Harry, it is a Phoenix indeed and it's all yours. It's a gift from Moony and me."
Harry couldn't believe his eyes. He now owned a Phoenix.
"What's his/her name?" Harry asked
"I never thought of that. Name him Harry!" Sirius replied surprised.
"Well . , I think I'll name him Flame, it suits him well.
I think you'll have great need of him this year." Sirius said, his voice turning serious.
"What do you mean?" Harry said flabbergasted. "You'll see."
Sirius didn't finish his sentence when he said: "Harry, what's that in the window?"
Harry turned and saw a black raven sitting in the window with a note in his beak. Harry sat up and took the note from the raven. Harry read: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, POTTER, BEWARE! THE LORD IS AFTER YOU!!!
The note popped and the raven gave a croak and flew out the window. Harry's scar began to hurt more and more until he collapsed on the floor. The next thing he remembered was a calm voice calling him. Harry opened his eyes and above him there was Dumbledore. He look really worried and spoke to Harry:
"Harry, I am very worried about what happened here. First, I must ask you not to touch anything that is brought to you by ravens. The Dark Lord might have cursed them and you could die, and secondly, please carry Flame, your Phoenix, with you anywhere you go. I put a Fidelius Charm over this house and I am your Secret Keeper. Please don't exit this house because Death Eaters could be lurking everywhere, ready to kill you or take you to Voldemort. I must leave you know. More important matters are at hand. Oh. I almost forgot, Hagrid sent you this, along with apologies for not being able to come here in person. I must really leave now, goodbye, Harry, take care!" Then Dumbledore dissapparated.
Harry opened Hagrid's package, and found inside the usual chocholate cake with green letters saying : "Happy Birthday Harry!". When Harry looked around to see Sirius he was nowhere in sight. "I really wanted to ask him about the Phoenix!" Harry said in dissapointment.
The next day Harry started to do his homework. He was happy now that he could do his homework in daytime. He started with Potions. Professor Snape, the Potions Master, had given lots of essays for the summer vacation. "Hmm" Harry said, "I think I'm going to start with The History of Flubberworm Mucus Extraction. After Harry finished it, he was very bored, and thought that polishing his Lightning would cheer him up. He took out his Broomstick Care kit and started to clean his broom. When Harry finished, the broom looked like it was brand new. "I think I did a good job." Harry said in low voice.
Harry didn't know anything about Phoenixes and how to take care of them. Luckily, Sirius had left him some food for Flame and some instructions:
Dear Harry,
I hope you like your present. The Phoenix that you got is the brother of Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's Phoenix. Your Phoenix is only 250 years old so it is very young for a Phoenix. I left you some food for it and you should feed it twice a day. He should reborn in about fifteen days, so don't panic when it bursts into flames.
Love, your godfather, Snuffles.
Harry fed Flame, and then went to sleep. "This has been a very busy day.", Harry thought before slipping into the dream world.
When Harry woke up, he saw Sirius looking down at him. Harry gasped and jumped out of bed. He took his wand from the nightstand and shouted: "Petrificus Totalus". Sirius fell on the ground petrified. Then Harry pointed his wand between Sirius's eyes and whispered: "Evidencio", a charm that would expose a person even if they drank polyjuice potion or if they transfigured themselves into others. Seeing that the believed Sirius hadn't changed his shape, Harry stopped the hex and apologized to Sirius.
"Sorry Sirius, you cannot be too careful these days while Voldemort is free."
"No offence taken, Harry, I understand you completely, I have to take extra precautions too, you know I'm still running from the Ministry. There are still some Aurors after me, but now with the Dark Lord loose, they gave him a greater priority. And sorry for not sending your birthday present sooner, but I thought that muggles would get suspicious seeing 10 owls carrying a big cage like this."
Sirius stepped back, and revealed a beautiful golden cage with a superb red bird.
"Fawkes!" Harry said
"This is not Fawkes, Harry, it is a Phoenix indeed and it's all yours. It's a gift from Moony and me."
Harry couldn't believe his eyes. He now owned a Phoenix.
"What's his/her name?" Harry asked
"I never thought of that. Name him Harry!" Sirius replied surprised.
"Well . , I think I'll name him Flame, it suits him well.
I think you'll have great need of him this year." Sirius said, his voice turning serious.
"What do you mean?" Harry said flabbergasted. "You'll see."
Sirius didn't finish his sentence when he said: "Harry, what's that in the window?"
Harry turned and saw a black raven sitting in the window with a note in his beak. Harry sat up and took the note from the raven. Harry read: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, POTTER, BEWARE! THE LORD IS AFTER YOU!!!
The note popped and the raven gave a croak and flew out the window. Harry's scar began to hurt more and more until he collapsed on the floor. The next thing he remembered was a calm voice calling him. Harry opened his eyes and above him there was Dumbledore. He look really worried and spoke to Harry:
"Harry, I am very worried about what happened here. First, I must ask you not to touch anything that is brought to you by ravens. The Dark Lord might have cursed them and you could die, and secondly, please carry Flame, your Phoenix, with you anywhere you go. I put a Fidelius Charm over this house and I am your Secret Keeper. Please don't exit this house because Death Eaters could be lurking everywhere, ready to kill you or take you to Voldemort. I must leave you know. More important matters are at hand. Oh. I almost forgot, Hagrid sent you this, along with apologies for not being able to come here in person. I must really leave now, goodbye, Harry, take care!" Then Dumbledore dissapparated.
Harry opened Hagrid's package, and found inside the usual chocholate cake with green letters saying : "Happy Birthday Harry!". When Harry looked around to see Sirius he was nowhere in sight. "I really wanted to ask him about the Phoenix!" Harry said in dissapointment.
The next day Harry started to do his homework. He was happy now that he could do his homework in daytime. He started with Potions. Professor Snape, the Potions Master, had given lots of essays for the summer vacation. "Hmm" Harry said, "I think I'm going to start with The History of Flubberworm Mucus Extraction. After Harry finished it, he was very bored, and thought that polishing his Lightning would cheer him up. He took out his Broomstick Care kit and started to clean his broom. When Harry finished, the broom looked like it was brand new. "I think I did a good job." Harry said in low voice.
Harry didn't know anything about Phoenixes and how to take care of them. Luckily, Sirius had left him some food for Flame and some instructions:
Dear Harry,
I hope you like your present. The Phoenix that you got is the brother of Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's Phoenix. Your Phoenix is only 250 years old so it is very young for a Phoenix. I left you some food for it and you should feed it twice a day. He should reborn in about fifteen days, so don't panic when it bursts into flames.
Love, your godfather, Snuffles.
Harry fed Flame, and then went to sleep. "This has been a very busy day.", Harry thought before slipping into the dream world.