Chapter 5 Birthday Surprises
When he woke up a few hours later, Harry was feeling great, better then new. He was wondering what was exactly different, then he noticed that the pain was gone, the pain the scar caused. He lived in constant pain, but he grew used to it, to the point where he never noticed it. He felt free; he could feel his magic much more now. It seemed that the scar was also hampered his power, not much but still it was noticeable.
After Harry got out of the shower, he looked in the mirror to check himself out to see if anything changed about his scar. He didn't look like a 20 year old any more with the weight of the world on his shoulders; he actually looked 14 soon to be 15. The lighting bolt shaped scar was no longer a light pink that stood out on his forehead; it now looked like a normal scar. It was not as obvious now, but still visible. His eyes were just as green as before, the pain and the guilt could be seen in them; nothing changed there.
Since it was early Monday morning, he had to go to work in a few hours, not that he minded it by any means. In fact he quite enjoyed his job, it was easy. He would read all day, stamp a few books that got checked out and when nobody was looking he would banish the books back to their location in the library.
Harry packed up the books that he would be returning, getting some breakfast and started running to work. Getting there 5 minutes before it opened at seven, his normal time, he waited outside for Cathy to let him in. Going in he returned his books and grabbed a few to read throughout the day. Since the link was broken he could resume the 7th year books for Hogwarts.
Nothing was different about this day, same thing he did every day. Very few people come in on Mondays to check out books, so it was even slower. When he was leaving he looked at the calenderer and noticed that his birthday was Wednesday. 'Wow, so soon. I can't believe I forgot my own birthday. I thought it was at least a week away.' He thought to himself.
The next day was exactly the same; he returned the books he took the day before and getting some new ones. This day was a little busier but not much more. Taking some books with him home on various subjects, he went up to his room and opened his window for the owl's to come in which should arrive some time after midnight.
He was reading when he clock chimed that it was midnight, putting down the book. Awaiting the owls he checked his watch it was 12:01 and the first sign of an owl could be seen. Suddenly out of nowhere he was gripped with pain. He could feel his body changing; bones, muscles, and skin stretching. He passed out and woke up an hour later.
Harry felt drained like he ran for hours, and he could barely move. He didn't notice anything different, by the time he woke up there were 6 owls and a Phoenix. He went for the small, hyperactive owl known as pig, which was Ron's.
Harry-
Happy birthday, I haven't heard from you much this summer, I guess those muggles have been keeping you busy. Hermione is over here for the rest of the summer, she arrived last week. She's staying in Ginny's room, they've been whispering to each other constantly. I thought one girl in the house was bad, but two is so much worse. It's too bad you can't come over this summer.
Your friend,
Ron-
Ron got him some chocolate frogs and every flavor beans. Next he went over to another owl that must have been Hermione's since it was an Owl Post and she didn't own an owl.
Harry-
Happy 15th, I was spending time in Bulgaria with Viktor, but we deicide that it would be best if we would just friends. Now I'm spending time at The Burrow with Ron and Ginny. I can't get Ron to study at all; I mean we have the O.W.L.'s this year. Those are very important, so you best be studying for them.
Love,
Hermione-
She sent him a book, of course, on defense against the dark arts. It was a good book, he knew, since he already read it yesterday. 'She thinks, I should be studying, if she only new how much I have been.' He thought to himself and let out a chuckle.
The next owl was from the twin's. They gave him partial ownership in their company; since he gave them the 1000 galleon's from the tri-wizard tournament. The next owl was Sirius's.
Hey Kid-
Stay out of trouble, especially with you-know-who back. With that said, I can safely give you this, this is a book that The Marauders wrote while in and after Hogwarts. Always remember don't get caught, if you do put on your most innocent looking face and say 'It wasn't me'. Don't expect that to work that often, but you might get lucky.
Padfoot-
Sirius got him a book called "The Marauders guide to Marauding". It contained all their adventures and pranks that have and could be pulled. The next owl was from Remus.
Harry-
Happy birthday, I assume that Padfoot told you to stay out of trouble; therefore both of our gifts have to help you get into trouble. I got this idea when me and Padfoot went to a meeting in Professor Dumbledore's office and seen a familiar looking parchment. Needless to say I was disappointed, a son of Marauder without a map. So, me and Padfoot wrote you another one, with some added features. Now you can say someone's name and it will show you where they are, and we added some of the secret passages that we found since we originally wrote the map. I think you know how to work it already.
Mooney-
He got a Marauders map, this one better then the last one he had. He turned it on and it was exactly the same, with the one difference, Wormtail's name was not on it. "He didn't deserve the title of a Marauder" Harry said out loud.
The next owl was from the Weasley's, it was a lot of food, enough to last him the rest of the summer. He sent the owl's out with thank you notes attached and short letters.
Then the Phoenix, It was Fawkes so Harry knew it was from Dumbledore.
^Hello Fawkes^ he tried to say, but it came out as a thrill. Then Harry remembered his encounter with Fawkes when he was a Phoenix. Fawkes told him that he could speak Phoenixnea, the language of the Phoenix.
^Hello young one, I see you remember that you could speak my language^ Fawkes said, assumed at the shocked look on Harry's face when he spoke.
^Yes, I just remembered what you said before, so what does Professor Dumbledore send with you?^
^Why don't you look at see^ with that Fawkes flew over and landed on Harry's shoulder and dropped a small package on him.
Harry-
These are something that's been in you family for a long time, they've been passed down from generation to generation on your father's side. They were used by your parents as well, I'm sure they'll come in use to you someday.
Albus Dumbledore-
Harry opened the small package and out came two rings, wedding rings. They were gold with a red tint to them. 'So these were my parent's wedding rings' he thought to himself. He was sad, thinking about how his parent's used these on their wedding day.
^Fawkes, tell Professor Dumbledore, thank you for me. They're wonderful.^
^Alright, I'll see you later.^
Fawkes left Harry in his own thoughts about his parents. He hoped that he wasn't to much of a disappointment to them, even though his action caused another student to lose his life.
When he looked in the mirror before heading off to work, he noticed that he was taller. Harry was about 6 feet tall; he grew at least 7 inches last night. He was still just as skinny, but his muscles were well defined, but not bulky. His brilliant green eyes were sparkling in the light, even more then before. He didn't look the same as he did at the end of last year, he doubt anyone would recognize him now. Since his scar wasn't as noticeable as before.
After entering the black door, he banished the books he was returning. He was walking around for a few minutes thinking about what he should start now, since he finished the 7th year books after the owl's left. After a few minutes he seen a red book and a green book, they stood out for some reason. Harry never noticed them before, something about them was different. Taking them out and returning to his desk.
Harry opened up the red one first, he noticed that it defiantly wasn't written in English, yet he could read it. So he did.
"Welcome to my book, I'm Godric Gryffindor. If you're reading this it means that you have my blood within you, and more then likely my heir since it's written in Phoenixnea. I'm sure that you know my name, since I'm one of the 5 founders of Hogwarts. My grandfather, Merlin, built the school, for the reason that he wanted to educate the magical community so they would learn to control their powers and not lose them. Then he invited 4 of his grandchildren, my cousins and I all help him put the finishing touches on the school. We decide that there would be 5 houses, and that each of us would be a head of a house. Salazar came up with the idea of putting all memories in an object and Helga donated a hat to the cause, since it could be put on one's head and read their mind to see which house they would do the best in.
The 5 houses were called; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Aurorain. During the first sorting, there were well over 2000 students that showed up, since Hogwarts was the first Magical School in the world. Children came from all over, there was no where else for them to go and we accepted them. Out of all 2000 students not one of them had the qualities of Aurorain house, Merlin's house, so the table was removed that night and the students memory of it erased. There is no record of the fact that his house ever existed except in our books, which only our blood can read. He never told us what qualities he was looking for, but said that one day someone will qualify for it, and it will come back. It became a dead house, and soon it was only the 4 founders, even though our grandfather built the school. We just added some finishing touches to it. Merlin never got any credit for his work."
'Wow, this book was written by Gryffindor himself, and I'm his ancestor!' Harry thought, 'and there were 5 houses, I'm also a descended of Merlin himself!'. His mind was whirling; He spent the next few hours reading and lost in his thoughts about all that he was learning.
Finally he remember the green book from the room and opened it; learning that it was written by Salazar Slytherin and that he was also his ancestor, since only his blood can read it and it was written in Parseltongue. 'Wait how can I be related to him if Voldemort is his heir, does that mean I'm related to Voldemort?'
He continued read Salazar's book, it contained the same information that Godric's did about the original 5 houses and about their Grandfather building the school. Both book talked about their life, Salazar had a half sister, who was older then him. He was half elf, since his mother was an elf, he got her green eyes.
Godric was an only child, his parents died when he was still young; he grew up in the care of his family since they were all close. Everyone loved him except his one cousin, Cecily, Salazar's half sister. He wasn't sure why she hated him, but it didn't' matter much; she didn't really get along with any of them.
A/N: I'm starting the next chapter soon, but not sure how I want to go about it. Harry will get back to Hogwarts within 2 chapters I think. It'll start to go downhill from there, at least with his friends. I want to clear some things up; Harry is the Heir to both Gryffindor (dad's side) and Slytherin (mom's side). That's why the sorting hat wanted to put him in Slytherin.
When he woke up a few hours later, Harry was feeling great, better then new. He was wondering what was exactly different, then he noticed that the pain was gone, the pain the scar caused. He lived in constant pain, but he grew used to it, to the point where he never noticed it. He felt free; he could feel his magic much more now. It seemed that the scar was also hampered his power, not much but still it was noticeable.
After Harry got out of the shower, he looked in the mirror to check himself out to see if anything changed about his scar. He didn't look like a 20 year old any more with the weight of the world on his shoulders; he actually looked 14 soon to be 15. The lighting bolt shaped scar was no longer a light pink that stood out on his forehead; it now looked like a normal scar. It was not as obvious now, but still visible. His eyes were just as green as before, the pain and the guilt could be seen in them; nothing changed there.
Since it was early Monday morning, he had to go to work in a few hours, not that he minded it by any means. In fact he quite enjoyed his job, it was easy. He would read all day, stamp a few books that got checked out and when nobody was looking he would banish the books back to their location in the library.
Harry packed up the books that he would be returning, getting some breakfast and started running to work. Getting there 5 minutes before it opened at seven, his normal time, he waited outside for Cathy to let him in. Going in he returned his books and grabbed a few to read throughout the day. Since the link was broken he could resume the 7th year books for Hogwarts.
Nothing was different about this day, same thing he did every day. Very few people come in on Mondays to check out books, so it was even slower. When he was leaving he looked at the calenderer and noticed that his birthday was Wednesday. 'Wow, so soon. I can't believe I forgot my own birthday. I thought it was at least a week away.' He thought to himself.
The next day was exactly the same; he returned the books he took the day before and getting some new ones. This day was a little busier but not much more. Taking some books with him home on various subjects, he went up to his room and opened his window for the owl's to come in which should arrive some time after midnight.
He was reading when he clock chimed that it was midnight, putting down the book. Awaiting the owls he checked his watch it was 12:01 and the first sign of an owl could be seen. Suddenly out of nowhere he was gripped with pain. He could feel his body changing; bones, muscles, and skin stretching. He passed out and woke up an hour later.
Harry felt drained like he ran for hours, and he could barely move. He didn't notice anything different, by the time he woke up there were 6 owls and a Phoenix. He went for the small, hyperactive owl known as pig, which was Ron's.
Harry-
Happy birthday, I haven't heard from you much this summer, I guess those muggles have been keeping you busy. Hermione is over here for the rest of the summer, she arrived last week. She's staying in Ginny's room, they've been whispering to each other constantly. I thought one girl in the house was bad, but two is so much worse. It's too bad you can't come over this summer.
Your friend,
Ron-
Ron got him some chocolate frogs and every flavor beans. Next he went over to another owl that must have been Hermione's since it was an Owl Post and she didn't own an owl.
Harry-
Happy 15th, I was spending time in Bulgaria with Viktor, but we deicide that it would be best if we would just friends. Now I'm spending time at The Burrow with Ron and Ginny. I can't get Ron to study at all; I mean we have the O.W.L.'s this year. Those are very important, so you best be studying for them.
Love,
Hermione-
She sent him a book, of course, on defense against the dark arts. It was a good book, he knew, since he already read it yesterday. 'She thinks, I should be studying, if she only new how much I have been.' He thought to himself and let out a chuckle.
The next owl was from the twin's. They gave him partial ownership in their company; since he gave them the 1000 galleon's from the tri-wizard tournament. The next owl was Sirius's.
Hey Kid-
Stay out of trouble, especially with you-know-who back. With that said, I can safely give you this, this is a book that The Marauders wrote while in and after Hogwarts. Always remember don't get caught, if you do put on your most innocent looking face and say 'It wasn't me'. Don't expect that to work that often, but you might get lucky.
Padfoot-
Sirius got him a book called "The Marauders guide to Marauding". It contained all their adventures and pranks that have and could be pulled. The next owl was from Remus.
Harry-
Happy birthday, I assume that Padfoot told you to stay out of trouble; therefore both of our gifts have to help you get into trouble. I got this idea when me and Padfoot went to a meeting in Professor Dumbledore's office and seen a familiar looking parchment. Needless to say I was disappointed, a son of Marauder without a map. So, me and Padfoot wrote you another one, with some added features. Now you can say someone's name and it will show you where they are, and we added some of the secret passages that we found since we originally wrote the map. I think you know how to work it already.
Mooney-
He got a Marauders map, this one better then the last one he had. He turned it on and it was exactly the same, with the one difference, Wormtail's name was not on it. "He didn't deserve the title of a Marauder" Harry said out loud.
The next owl was from the Weasley's, it was a lot of food, enough to last him the rest of the summer. He sent the owl's out with thank you notes attached and short letters.
Then the Phoenix, It was Fawkes so Harry knew it was from Dumbledore.
^Hello Fawkes^ he tried to say, but it came out as a thrill. Then Harry remembered his encounter with Fawkes when he was a Phoenix. Fawkes told him that he could speak Phoenixnea, the language of the Phoenix.
^Hello young one, I see you remember that you could speak my language^ Fawkes said, assumed at the shocked look on Harry's face when he spoke.
^Yes, I just remembered what you said before, so what does Professor Dumbledore send with you?^
^Why don't you look at see^ with that Fawkes flew over and landed on Harry's shoulder and dropped a small package on him.
Harry-
These are something that's been in you family for a long time, they've been passed down from generation to generation on your father's side. They were used by your parents as well, I'm sure they'll come in use to you someday.
Albus Dumbledore-
Harry opened the small package and out came two rings, wedding rings. They were gold with a red tint to them. 'So these were my parent's wedding rings' he thought to himself. He was sad, thinking about how his parent's used these on their wedding day.
^Fawkes, tell Professor Dumbledore, thank you for me. They're wonderful.^
^Alright, I'll see you later.^
Fawkes left Harry in his own thoughts about his parents. He hoped that he wasn't to much of a disappointment to them, even though his action caused another student to lose his life.
When he looked in the mirror before heading off to work, he noticed that he was taller. Harry was about 6 feet tall; he grew at least 7 inches last night. He was still just as skinny, but his muscles were well defined, but not bulky. His brilliant green eyes were sparkling in the light, even more then before. He didn't look the same as he did at the end of last year, he doubt anyone would recognize him now. Since his scar wasn't as noticeable as before.
After entering the black door, he banished the books he was returning. He was walking around for a few minutes thinking about what he should start now, since he finished the 7th year books after the owl's left. After a few minutes he seen a red book and a green book, they stood out for some reason. Harry never noticed them before, something about them was different. Taking them out and returning to his desk.
Harry opened up the red one first, he noticed that it defiantly wasn't written in English, yet he could read it. So he did.
"Welcome to my book, I'm Godric Gryffindor. If you're reading this it means that you have my blood within you, and more then likely my heir since it's written in Phoenixnea. I'm sure that you know my name, since I'm one of the 5 founders of Hogwarts. My grandfather, Merlin, built the school, for the reason that he wanted to educate the magical community so they would learn to control their powers and not lose them. Then he invited 4 of his grandchildren, my cousins and I all help him put the finishing touches on the school. We decide that there would be 5 houses, and that each of us would be a head of a house. Salazar came up with the idea of putting all memories in an object and Helga donated a hat to the cause, since it could be put on one's head and read their mind to see which house they would do the best in.
The 5 houses were called; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Aurorain. During the first sorting, there were well over 2000 students that showed up, since Hogwarts was the first Magical School in the world. Children came from all over, there was no where else for them to go and we accepted them. Out of all 2000 students not one of them had the qualities of Aurorain house, Merlin's house, so the table was removed that night and the students memory of it erased. There is no record of the fact that his house ever existed except in our books, which only our blood can read. He never told us what qualities he was looking for, but said that one day someone will qualify for it, and it will come back. It became a dead house, and soon it was only the 4 founders, even though our grandfather built the school. We just added some finishing touches to it. Merlin never got any credit for his work."
'Wow, this book was written by Gryffindor himself, and I'm his ancestor!' Harry thought, 'and there were 5 houses, I'm also a descended of Merlin himself!'. His mind was whirling; He spent the next few hours reading and lost in his thoughts about all that he was learning.
Finally he remember the green book from the room and opened it; learning that it was written by Salazar Slytherin and that he was also his ancestor, since only his blood can read it and it was written in Parseltongue. 'Wait how can I be related to him if Voldemort is his heir, does that mean I'm related to Voldemort?'
He continued read Salazar's book, it contained the same information that Godric's did about the original 5 houses and about their Grandfather building the school. Both book talked about their life, Salazar had a half sister, who was older then him. He was half elf, since his mother was an elf, he got her green eyes.
Godric was an only child, his parents died when he was still young; he grew up in the care of his family since they were all close. Everyone loved him except his one cousin, Cecily, Salazar's half sister. He wasn't sure why she hated him, but it didn't' matter much; she didn't really get along with any of them.
A/N: I'm starting the next chapter soon, but not sure how I want to go about it. Harry will get back to Hogwarts within 2 chapters I think. It'll start to go downhill from there, at least with his friends. I want to clear some things up; Harry is the Heir to both Gryffindor (dad's side) and Slytherin (mom's side). That's why the sorting hat wanted to put him in Slytherin.
