"You what?" Dumbledore's voice usually so calm at anytime was louder than anyone had ever heard it.
"I erm lost to testimony." Sirius whispered feeling as if he were again thirteen years old and being sent to Dumbledore instead of being thirty five and being sent to Dum bledore.
'How did you manage to do that Mister Black?"
"I am not sure exactly. I had it and then I turned my back and it was gone. I was in the great hall and Snape was trying to annoy me so I put it on a stiar so I could curse him and when I went to pick it up it was gone."
"I don't know how you do it Sirius." Dumbbledore sounded hopeless now.
"What-" Sirius gulped. "What does this mean Professer?"
"It means Sirius that Harry will probably have to testify at the trial."
"But Professor I promised him he wouldn't I swore he'd never have to see him again."
"Well he won't see…. Oh yes he will I forgot what he and Ms. Weasly told me."
"Ah yes the second sight. What will that mean?"
"I am not sure. I do know we can expect wonderful things from Harry."
"We knew that didn't we?"
"Yes I guess we did."
After this Harry Potter ran out from his hiding place behind a statue near the door of Dumbledore's office. He ran down the steps and the goblinn who automatically let people out jumped aside. He ran down stairways and up other stairways until he found a huge statue that he hid behind. Tears were streaming down his face and into his face as he uddled there. He shivered agianst the chill that overtok the castle during winter but he didn't seem to notice.
He crouched there sobbing for hours. He couldn't see him again, couldn't relive it and defianetly couldn't tell his story infront of him. How could they let this happen? Sirius had lied to him when he said that he wouldn't have to testify! Everyone had lied to him! and if they were all lieing to him… Ginny? Was she lieing to him too? Did she really love him or was it all a hoax?
If it was all a lie what could he do? He was alone wasn't he? What should he do about that then? He could run away but he had no place to go. He couldn't go to the Dursley's there was no way he'd ever go there. He couldn't go down to Hogesmeade they'd find him. the same went for the Weaslys and the Leaky Cauldron. Not to mention the fact that it was -10º outside and snowing.
So he stood and started to wander around the castle without a real destination with a brokn record going in his head. They lied. They lied. They lied. As he walked he saw different doors that he hadn't had the time to open before. After awhile he opened one. Inside was what looked like a full house.
There was a kitchen with a fully stocked refridgerator and a bedroom with a kingsized bed. There was a bathroom with a tub to rival the one in the Prefects bathroom and a living room with a fireplace and a wizard wireless. He sat on the couch that was covered in satin and sighed. there he fell asleep spent and dreamed of a perfect life in which Vernon Dursley had never been born.
"Have you seen Harry?" Sirius asked Ginny in the great hall during dinner. She looked at him oddly.
"Uh no he went looking for you about five hours ago or so."
"That's odd I haven't seen him."
"Well I don't know I hope he isn't lost. He was determined to go by himself. He figured you were with Dumbledore."
"Oh crap."
"What?" she wanted to say what'd you do this time? But she stopped herself.
"Did he go straight to Dumbledore?"
"Uh yeah."
"At about oh say two o' clock?"
"Yes…"
"Well then Harry may have heard something he souldn't have and if he did he is gping to be pretty mad at wel me and Dumbledore but mostly…"
"You, so let's go. We have a Potter to find." She jumped up from her seat causing Ron and Hermione to stare at her.
"C'mon guys. Harry's missing." Hermione and Ron shared a look and jumped up also. They all ran out.
"Okay lets go to Dumbledore's office and head in all the directions he could've gone.
"Right." Sirius magicked four walkine-talkies out of the air.
"Here everyone take one." They did so ands eperated.
"This is Red one checking in."
"Ron you are such an idiot."
"Shut up Genius Girl."
"She's right Ron."
"Chatterbox, you shut it too." Ginny sighed.
"Ron this is serious."
"I know." His voice had gone from amazingly cheerful to deadly serious.
"It's just his way of whistleing in the dark Gin." Hermione reassured. Ginny continued down her hall opening and closing doors seeing things she hadn't seen before for instance the life sized statue of an elephant but she didn't have the time pr the intrest to investigate further. She passed a to scale statue of Henry the VIII and relized that this was probably farther than he could probably go. It was nearly a mile from Dumbledore's office.
Sadly she turned back and headed back to Dumbledore's office.
"No sig of him I'm going to bed and we'll find him tomorrow."
"Night Ginny," was the unison reply. It was however a long time before Ginny slept that night as she worried about hier beloved . meanwhile Harry Potter also slept restlessly his subconsious plauged with the shattering of beliefs.
The next morning many more people showed up the help in the search and they devided into groups. On;y Ginny searched alone forlornly scanning rooms and corridors. It was nearly two in the afternoon again beforre she had a sudden flash. A wrinkled piece of parchment that Harry used to find the room they had used for the… well what they did last year.
She picked up her walkie talkie and called.
"Ron. Hermione meet me in the common room."
"Sure Gin."
"We'll be there Ginny." She clicked it off and raced toward Gryffindor. When she reached the Fat Lady she was panting.
"Found Harry yet dear?"
"No. Glistening Snow." The portrait swung open and she saw Hermione and Ron waiting for her looking puzzled. "Maurader's Map" she gasped.
"Of course!"
"I'll go get it!" Ron ran up the stiars his lanky body causeing his nose to be there thirty seconds before his shoulders. He was back within two minutes his robes rumpled. ';Here.' He trust it at Ginny who thrust out her wand.
"I solemly swear that I am up to no good." The map turned on
I Mister Prongs for one know you are lying
I Mister Moony agree with Mister Prongs but know it is for a good, good
I Mister Padfoot concur with both of them and say go on
I Mister Wormtail disagree but what the heck.
The words disintegrated. leaving a compleate map of Hogwarts. Ginny scanned it up and down muttering,
"Harry Potter, Harry Potter…." Ron and Hermione looked over her shoulder and at the same time all three of them shouted,
"there!" she threw the map at Ron and ran flat out through the portrait hole. She ran down halls and ran into several people who were helping with the search. With a sudden thought she grabbed the walkie-talkie out of her pocket.
"I've found him you guys can let it up." A cheer rang out through the castle and people began to go about their business. Ginny kept running passing Sirius.
"Where?" He called, but he was ignared. After a few more minutes she reached a door andd opened it quietly.
Harry was there staring into the fire.
"Y-you f-found me,"
"How'd you know it was me?"
"The s-s-second sight it helps m-me percive m-more than anyone g-guesses." She walked over and sat beside him.
"Why'd you run away?"
'Because, S-s-sirius l-l-lied to me. I h-have tto testify. A-and people are tr-treating me like a c-child and I am not. Th-they act like i-I'm so fragile and h-hide th-things."
"I don't hid things from you." He turned and looked at her and she saw his face was covered in tear stains.
"I-I know. B-b-but everyone else is l-lieing to me. Y-you could be t-too."
"I never would. And Sirius didn't lie to you he didn't know that you'd have to testify himself until yesterday or so I gather."
"I g-guess you're r-r-right."
"Aren't I'm always?" he smiled a bit.
"C'mon Harry let's blow this pop stand." She took his hand and they walked out. That evening Harry had a long talk with Sirius. When he returned to the commom room Ginny asked him how it went.
"Fine h-he says he was g-going t-to tell me. And he said-" Harry broke off and Ginny prodded him to continue.
"What else?"
"He s-said he l-loved me and would n-never lie to me on p-p-purpuse."
