Harry awoke to the sound of something tapping on his window. Harry groggily sat up and put on his glasses. When he looked up at the window, he saw an owl. But this owl was not like the friendly-looking owls that Harry usually saw, this one looked…evil.

This owl had dark, worn feathers and a pointy beak. Its claws (a/n: I know that's not what their called, but its my story so if I want them called claws than that's what they're gonna be!) were long and lanky, with dagger-like nails. But the scariest thing about this owl was its eyes. Its eyes were blood red and were filled with hate, evil, and death. Harry tried to look away, but found himself unable to.

Suddenly the door flew open. Harry was finally to break the stare- down between him and the owl.

"Harry! Glad to see you're up! What were ya' looking at, kid?" asked Remus, giving Harry a puzzled look.

"Oh, nothing. What's for breakfast? I'm starved!" said Harry, changing the subject. 'I know that I said that I wouldn't keep any secrets, but it was nothing to talk about. Just a strange looking owl,' thought Harry. Harry took one more look at the window. On the windowseal there was a piece of parchment where the owl once stood.

"Remus, you go on and get breakfast ready. I'll be down in a minute," said Harry, faking a smile at Remus.

"Ok…I'll be downstairs if you need me," and with that, Remus left.

Harry walked over to the window. He opened the window, grabbed the letter, and again closed the window. On the parchment was a seal that looked shockingly like…the Dark Mark. Harry felt chills run up his spine as his hands began to tremble. He was dreading what was written inside on the parchment.

Just then, Sirius walked into the room.

"Hey Harry! Do you want you eggs scrambled or-" Sirius stopped, mid- sentence. He stared at Harry, but Harry didn't return his gaze. Harry just stood there, trembling, not taking his eyes off of the letter.

"Harry…what's that you got there kiddo?" Sirius' voice was half curiosity, half worry. Harry finally looked at Sirius.

"It's…it's a letter," was Harry's simple answer. If there was worry in Harry's voice, it was hard to detect. It was hard to detect ANY emotion in Harry's voice. Then, Sirius noticed the Dark Mark seal.

"Harry…" Sirius' voice was barley above a whisper, "What does it say?"

Harry shrugged.

"I haven't opened it yet," Harry said looking back down to the letter.

"Well go ahead and open it. No harm ever came from opening a letter [a/n: no harm ever came from opening a book…remember how that one went? –The Mummy]. Besides, nothing can happen to you if Remus and I are here."

Harry nodded and began to open the letter. Inside in small, slated handwriting was the message:

1 Look on the bright side; death is only the next adventure…

And I know how much you love adventures.

-Lord Damian-

Harry felt the parchment slip out of his still trembling hands and drop to the floor, also feeling his stomach drop with it. All of the color drained from his face. Sirius, noticing the change, reached down and picked up the letter. Before reading it, Sirius looked up at Harry. If Harry didn't want Sirius to read it, he wouldn't read it. However, Harry nodded in permission. After reading the letter, Sirius too had the expression that was plastered on his godson.

Sirius' mouth opened as if he was going to say something, but no sounds came out.

"Lets get you downstairs. We can show this to Remus and owl Dumbledor about it, ok?" Sirius rested his hand comfortingly on Harry's shoulder. Harry looked up at Sirius and nodded. The two walked downstairs, Sirius keeping his hand on Harry's shoulder.

"Hey, Remus," Sirius began, trying to figure out the proper way to start the conversation.

"What's wrong?" asked Remus. Sirius only used "Remus" instead of "Moony" when something was bothering him or when he was serious.

Sirius, Remus, and Harry took a seat at the table. Sirius handed the letter to Remus as Harry explained that an owl had left it.

"Harry, why don't you go and owl Dumbledor and tell him about this, then go upstairs and gather your stuff for Hogwarts," Remus said, trying to get Harry out of the room so he and Sirius could talk.

Harry nodded and left.

"So…what do we do?" asked Sirius.

"I don't really know. Maybe we should have people set up to keep an eye on Harry…" suggested Remus.

"Yeah, but Harry would hate that. He feels like because of his power he can't live his life the way that he wants to. And in a way, he is right. He has restrictions on nearly everything he does as it is."

"True," Remus sighed.

~*Meanwhile, upstairs*~

'This really stinks,' thought Harry to himself as he set Remus' owl, Hagar, out the window with the letter for Dumbledor. For some reason, he didn't feel scared at all…if anything, he felt annoyed. 'Now Sirius, Remus, and Dumbledor will have people keeping an eye on me at every corner. I HATE this! This power that I supposedly have…it is my gift…it is my curse…' Harry sighed deeply. 'Well, I am NOT going to let this get to me, even if this Damien guy is, I am still going to have fun. After all, this is the last day that I will get to see Remus and Sirius until next summer…if even that,' Harry placed a smile on his face and walked downstairs with his Hogwarts supplies.

"So," Harry said looking at Sirius and Remus, "I guess it's time to go."

Harry, Sirius, and Remus walked out the door and left for Kings Cross Station.

Just before they reached Kings Cross Station, Sirius transformed into his anamigi form. Harry looked down at his watch.

"What?!! I only have 4 minutes until the train leaves!" Harry shouted wide-eyed.

"Well, lets hurry then!" shouted Remus as he, Harry, and Sirius [in dog form] ran for platform 9 ¾. They got to the platform with about 2 minutes to spare.

"Well, I'm sorry, but I don't have too much time for a proper good- bye," Harry said as the train conductor said that anyone left needed to board the train now.

"Love you both! See you later! I'll owl you a lot!" shouted Harry as he got onto the train.

"Love you too Harry! Have a nice year!" hollered Remus as Sirius wagged his tail.

Harry sat in his seat and thought, 'Now to find Ron and Hermione.'

As if on cue, Ron and Hermione came storming into Harry's compartment, yelling.

"I can't believe it! Harry, YOU'RE the new Quidditch captain?!!! Way to go!" shouted Ron as he sat down next to Harry.

"Congratulations, Harry," said Hermione, straitening her Hogwarts robes, which she had already changed into. Something on Hermione's robe caught Harry's eye.

"Hermione! You're a prefect?!" shouted Harry, eyeing the prefect badge on Hermoine's robe. Hermione blushed.

"Well, yeah," Hermione said modestly.

"Congrats to you too!" Harry then noticed Ron's uncomfortable look. He began to feel a bit bad for Ron. He was the only one who didn't have a badge for anything. Harry decided to lighten the mood. Knowing that Ron loved quidditch, Harry said:

"Hey, Ron. There's something that I've been wanting to ask you. You know that last year was Oliver Woods last year at Hogwarts, right?"

"Yes," said Ron, trying to figure out where Harry was going with this.

"Well, as you know, he was on the quidditch team, the keeper, well," Harry took a deep breath, "I was wondering if you would try out for his position."

"I'll think about it," was all Ron said, but inside Ron was saying 'ARE YOU KIDDING?! OF COURSE I'LL TRY OUT!!'

Harry nodded. The rest of the way to Hogwarts was spent talking about each other's summer. Harry left out the part of the note and visions, but decided that he would tell them at a more appropriate time.

"We will be arriving at Hogwarts in about 5 minutes, so I think I'll leave you two to get changed into your robes. See you two in a bit," and with that, Hermione left.

After changing into their robes, the train came to a stop. Harry, Ron, and Hermione got off of the Hogwarts Express. Harry and Ron walked to join the other 5th years, but Hermione, as a prefect, was left to help the first years. After everyone was gathered, the 5th year students made their way to Hogwarts.