Chapter 2
As the group slowly made its way to the castle, Harry realized that his head felt differently. "My head feels funny." He told Severus quietly.
Severus immediately stopped and turned to Harry still not letting go of him. "What do you mean? Funny how?"
"It feels lighter somehow. It's hard to explain." Replied Harry.
Sev just carried on looking at Harry. Slowly one of his eyebrows quirked up and Harry knew that look, so he searched his tired mind for a way to explain.
"It feels like a pressure I didn't know I had has been removed."
Severus thought for a bit then pulled the sleeve of his robe slowly back. There on his arm where the dark mark was supposed to be was unblemished. He realized then that his arm had hurt pretty badly when they were in the grey swirly mist, but seeing as he was trying to escape the mist that he hadn't had time to register the fact.
Sirius and Remus caught up with pair. "What's going on" Asked Remus?
"Harry's head felt funny, and as he explained the feeling to me, I realized that while we were in the mist that my arm had hurt." Replied Severus. "My dark mark has disappeared and Harry said his head felt lighter so I am assuming that He either managed to kill Voldermort or we are in a place where Voldermort doesn't exist."
Sirius immediately turned to Harry concerned "How you feeling Kiddo?" His eyes raking over his tired godsons features.
"I'll be fine after a couple of week's sleep, and a small trip to see Poppy. She's going to kill me." Harry moaned to the other men. "End of last year she warned me that she didn't want to see me in her infirmary for at least a month, She isn't going to like it that I am a couple of weeks early."
At the end of Harry's sixth year he had once again been in the infirmary. And he still maintained that it wasn't his fault. He had just caught the snitch in the final of the Quidditch Cup Match. Gryffindor had won of course but Draco Malfoy in a fit of temper had snatched a bat off one of his team's beaters and hit a bludger towards Harry. The bludger had hit Harry on his back and he'd fallen fifty feet off his broomstick,
Luckily Severus had been able to slow Harry's fall down a bit but hadn't managed to stop it. Harry had received a bang on his head and had been unconscious in the infirmary overnight and once he had woke up Madame Pomfrey had kept him a further Twenty four hours just to be safe. As he was about to leave she had told him to call her poppy and had given him his warning
Harry continued to walk towards the castle pulling Severus with him. The other men quickly followed and caught up with them.
They reached the door and Severus turned to the other three men "I know we all need to go to the infirmary but I think we should go and see The Headmaster first. I am a bit concerned that Hagrid's hut is there and there is no sign of the battle, so I think that we should go and find him and see what's happened."
The other three men agreed and stepped through the great oak door.
They slowly made their way through the school, hearing children practicing their magic as the passed the classrooms. They slowly walked to the stone gargoyle that was the entranceway to Albus Dumbledor's office and began to reel off the names of sweets.
"Flying Whizbeez's."
"Chocolate Frogs."
"Bertie Botts every flavour beans."
Remus decided to go for the Headmaster's favourite sweet. "Lemon Drop."
The stone gargoyle sprung to the side and the four men slowly made their way up the moving spiral staircase. They reached the top and Sirius who had reached the door to the office first knocked and waited to be admitted entrance.
They soon heard the Headmasters voice call for them to come in and they all walked into the office wondering what they would find.
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Albus Dumbledor looked at the four men that walked into his office. The twinkle in his bright blue eyes dimming slightly. He observed the tired and battered appearance of all of them. He quickly conjured four chairs and motioned for them to sit down. As they made their way to the chairs the youngest one stopped.
The youngest one in Hogwarts robes with a Gryffindor Patch and what looked like a Head Boys Prefect badge and a Quidditch Captains badge, changed directions and made his way to the phoenix that was sitting on his perch, watching the young man.
"Hey Fawkes." He said quietly. His hand reached out and slowly caressed the phoenix's head. Fawkes trilled in reply.
Albus's eyebrows shot up into his hairline as this strange young man that he had never seen before knew his phoenix's name and that the phoenix had allowed a stranger to touch him,
Harry then turned and walked over to the last chair noticing that Remus had managed to keep Sirius and Severus to the end chairs, making sure that Harry and Remus was in between the two older men. He smirked slightly at Remus and sat tiredly in the last chair slumping down in his exhaustion.
All four older men looked at Harry, three of the gazes were worried and the fourth was a mixture of inquisitiveness and worry, with a small dose of suspicion thrown in as well.
Fawkes trilled again and took to the air he flew once around the room then landed on Harry's shoulder and sang a few notes of the 'Phoenix Song'. The four tired men brightened up immediately. Harry reached up and stroked the phoenix again. "Thanks Fawkes, I needed that." Harry told Fawkes. The phoenix trilled again and returned to his perch.
While the group had been watching the phoenix and Harry, Albus had been watching the strangers. He cleared his throat, four pairs of eyes swung towards him. "Now, how can I help your for gentlemen?" He Asked.
He looked as four men, as they all blinked a couple of times at him, before Severus asked "Headmaster do you recognize us?"
Albus looked carefully at the four men trying to look under the dirt and grime and brief recognition lit in his eyes. "You are all vaguely familiar but I cannot say for sure. Why don't you tell me your names?"
The four strangers looked at each other and then the man on the other end replied.
"Headmaster. I am Sirius Orion Black." Albus's eyebrows went up a notch and the twinkle dimmed a bit more. He turned to the man next to Sirius.
"Remus Jacob Lupin." Replied Remus. The eyebrows went a bit higher and twinkle dimmed a bit more.
"Severus Alexis Snape." Stated Severus.
Albus's eyes swung to youngest of the strange group waiting for him to reply.
The youngest one looked him straight in the eye. Emerald green eyes locked with blue.
"And I am Harry James Potter." The twinkle disappeared completely and raised eyebrows returned to their normal position as Albus looked at the four men.
"Now would you like to try that again?" He said "you couldn't be any of those people as they are all dead."
As the group slowly made its way to the castle, Harry realized that his head felt differently. "My head feels funny." He told Severus quietly.
Severus immediately stopped and turned to Harry still not letting go of him. "What do you mean? Funny how?"
"It feels lighter somehow. It's hard to explain." Replied Harry.
Sev just carried on looking at Harry. Slowly one of his eyebrows quirked up and Harry knew that look, so he searched his tired mind for a way to explain.
"It feels like a pressure I didn't know I had has been removed."
Severus thought for a bit then pulled the sleeve of his robe slowly back. There on his arm where the dark mark was supposed to be was unblemished. He realized then that his arm had hurt pretty badly when they were in the grey swirly mist, but seeing as he was trying to escape the mist that he hadn't had time to register the fact.
Sirius and Remus caught up with pair. "What's going on" Asked Remus?
"Harry's head felt funny, and as he explained the feeling to me, I realized that while we were in the mist that my arm had hurt." Replied Severus. "My dark mark has disappeared and Harry said his head felt lighter so I am assuming that He either managed to kill Voldermort or we are in a place where Voldermort doesn't exist."
Sirius immediately turned to Harry concerned "How you feeling Kiddo?" His eyes raking over his tired godsons features.
"I'll be fine after a couple of week's sleep, and a small trip to see Poppy. She's going to kill me." Harry moaned to the other men. "End of last year she warned me that she didn't want to see me in her infirmary for at least a month, She isn't going to like it that I am a couple of weeks early."
At the end of Harry's sixth year he had once again been in the infirmary. And he still maintained that it wasn't his fault. He had just caught the snitch in the final of the Quidditch Cup Match. Gryffindor had won of course but Draco Malfoy in a fit of temper had snatched a bat off one of his team's beaters and hit a bludger towards Harry. The bludger had hit Harry on his back and he'd fallen fifty feet off his broomstick,
Luckily Severus had been able to slow Harry's fall down a bit but hadn't managed to stop it. Harry had received a bang on his head and had been unconscious in the infirmary overnight and once he had woke up Madame Pomfrey had kept him a further Twenty four hours just to be safe. As he was about to leave she had told him to call her poppy and had given him his warning
Harry continued to walk towards the castle pulling Severus with him. The other men quickly followed and caught up with them.
They reached the door and Severus turned to the other three men "I know we all need to go to the infirmary but I think we should go and see The Headmaster first. I am a bit concerned that Hagrid's hut is there and there is no sign of the battle, so I think that we should go and find him and see what's happened."
The other three men agreed and stepped through the great oak door.
They slowly made their way through the school, hearing children practicing their magic as the passed the classrooms. They slowly walked to the stone gargoyle that was the entranceway to Albus Dumbledor's office and began to reel off the names of sweets.
"Flying Whizbeez's."
"Chocolate Frogs."
"Bertie Botts every flavour beans."
Remus decided to go for the Headmaster's favourite sweet. "Lemon Drop."
The stone gargoyle sprung to the side and the four men slowly made their way up the moving spiral staircase. They reached the top and Sirius who had reached the door to the office first knocked and waited to be admitted entrance.
They soon heard the Headmasters voice call for them to come in and they all walked into the office wondering what they would find.
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Albus Dumbledor looked at the four men that walked into his office. The twinkle in his bright blue eyes dimming slightly. He observed the tired and battered appearance of all of them. He quickly conjured four chairs and motioned for them to sit down. As they made their way to the chairs the youngest one stopped.
The youngest one in Hogwarts robes with a Gryffindor Patch and what looked like a Head Boys Prefect badge and a Quidditch Captains badge, changed directions and made his way to the phoenix that was sitting on his perch, watching the young man.
"Hey Fawkes." He said quietly. His hand reached out and slowly caressed the phoenix's head. Fawkes trilled in reply.
Albus's eyebrows shot up into his hairline as this strange young man that he had never seen before knew his phoenix's name and that the phoenix had allowed a stranger to touch him,
Harry then turned and walked over to the last chair noticing that Remus had managed to keep Sirius and Severus to the end chairs, making sure that Harry and Remus was in between the two older men. He smirked slightly at Remus and sat tiredly in the last chair slumping down in his exhaustion.
All four older men looked at Harry, three of the gazes were worried and the fourth was a mixture of inquisitiveness and worry, with a small dose of suspicion thrown in as well.
Fawkes trilled again and took to the air he flew once around the room then landed on Harry's shoulder and sang a few notes of the 'Phoenix Song'. The four tired men brightened up immediately. Harry reached up and stroked the phoenix again. "Thanks Fawkes, I needed that." Harry told Fawkes. The phoenix trilled again and returned to his perch.
While the group had been watching the phoenix and Harry, Albus had been watching the strangers. He cleared his throat, four pairs of eyes swung towards him. "Now, how can I help your for gentlemen?" He Asked.
He looked as four men, as they all blinked a couple of times at him, before Severus asked "Headmaster do you recognize us?"
Albus looked carefully at the four men trying to look under the dirt and grime and brief recognition lit in his eyes. "You are all vaguely familiar but I cannot say for sure. Why don't you tell me your names?"
The four strangers looked at each other and then the man on the other end replied.
"Headmaster. I am Sirius Orion Black." Albus's eyebrows went up a notch and the twinkle dimmed a bit more. He turned to the man next to Sirius.
"Remus Jacob Lupin." Replied Remus. The eyebrows went a bit higher and twinkle dimmed a bit more.
"Severus Alexis Snape." Stated Severus.
Albus's eyes swung to youngest of the strange group waiting for him to reply.
The youngest one looked him straight in the eye. Emerald green eyes locked with blue.
"And I am Harry James Potter." The twinkle disappeared completely and raised eyebrows returned to their normal position as Albus looked at the four men.
"Now would you like to try that again?" He said "you couldn't be any of those people as they are all dead."
