Chapter 12: The Gifts
Harry started to wake up. He could hear voices. One sounded like a very angry woman. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?!" she screamed.
"Mary," said a man, "She is upstairs looking after Harry."
Harry heard somebody start to get up next to him. He groaned and then said, "What's going on?"
"You're awake. They will be glad to hear that," said a girl that Harry recognized as Katelyn, "Mom just got home and she doesn't realize that Sirius is innocent. I better go and save him from her."
"Sirius is here?" Harry said.
Katelyn smiled at him and said, "You need to rest." Then she left the room. Harry heard her say, "Will you please keep it down. Harry is trying to rest."
"Katelyn, are you alright?" said her mother.
"I'm fine," said Katelyn, "by the way, Harry just woke up."
"Thank you, Katelyn. I will need to talk to him before the rest of you go up to see him." Harry recognized this voice. It was Dumbledore. He heard footsteps on the stairs.
"I don't understand what's going on," said Katelyn's mother.
"Father is innocent," said Katelyn.
Then Dumbledore entered Harry's room. He could hear Katelyn explaining everything to her mother. "How are you feeling?" asked Dumbledore.
"Fine," said Harry. He still felt a little weak, but did not want to admit it. "What is going on downstairs?" asked Harry.
"Before I answer your questions, I would like to ask some of my own," said Dumbledore, "Is that ok?"
"I guess," said Harry.
"Have you had any weird dreams?" he asked.
"You mean about Voldemort?" Harry asked.
"No," said Dumbledore, "Something different."
"Well there was one. It was just before school started," said Harry.
"Could you tell me about it?" asked Dumbledore.
"I was in a room. The mirror of Erised was in one corner. Then a lady came in and said that I had been chosen to receive a gift."
Dumbledore smiled, "Thank you," he said, "That is all I needed to know. As for what is going on downstairs, why don't you come and see." Dumbledore helped Harry up and then helped him walk downstairs. Then they went into the living room. Sitting in a chair was a lady with dark red hair and bright green eyes. It a chair next to her was a man with messy hair. Katelyn and her mother were sitting on the couch. Between them was a man with long hair.
"Mom! Dad! Sirius!" said Harry, "but how?"
The lady got up and gave her son a big hug. "We were so afraid you were going to die. You don't know how much you frightened us tonight."
"Harry, This is Mary," said Sirius signaling to Katelyn's mother, "She is my wife and the giver of Erised."
Then it dawned on Harry why she had looked so familiar to Harry. She had been the lady in the dream.
"I'm sorry Harry that I didn't recognize you," she said to Harry, "but the night I met you I forgot to put my contacts in. I can not see much with out them."
Lily pulled Harry over to a chair next to where she was sitting so he could sit down.
"You see Harry," said Dumbledore, "the mirror of Erised does not tell you the future, but everything it shows can become the future. If you work hard enough to get it you can achieve what you wish. However in your case you could not do it by yourself. An ordinary wizard can not bring someone back to life, but Mary has special powers. You worked so hard to get rid of Voldemort. You even risked your own life. Mary and her helpers decided to give you the gift because of your fight."
"Yes, but we never know the names of the people we look at," said Mary, "We are very picky. The givers of Erised have not given out a gift in the past five hundred years. Most people want money or fame. They can get that on their own. The few that do want a loved one back with them are not brave enough to go and fight to save others."
"We didn't think there would be any more gifts given," said Dumbledore, "You see, we thought Mary and Katelyn were dead. They are the last givers of Erised."
"Do you understand this all?" asked Sirius.
"Yes," said Harry.
"If we wouldn't have been there those Death Eaters would have killed you as soon as you killed Voldemort," said James.
"I killed Voldemort?" asked Harry.
"Yes," said Sirius, "When you reached the end of his spells, you forced his killing spell back to him."
"I did that?" asked Harry.
"You most certainly did," said James.
"Ok, I have to get back to Hogwarts. Now that Voldemort is gone, school will start on January 5th. I will go and get your things from the Dursley's house and tell them that Mary has offered you her guest room. I think it is best if all of you stay out of sight until we can explain this to the Ministry," said Dumbledore looking at Lily, James, and Sirius, "especially you Sirius. Harry, you need to rest. The healer said that you would be fine as long as you do not wear yourself out or get in anymore fights for a while."
Dumbledore left. Then James helped Harry back to his room. "Dad, it is good to have you back," said Harry.
"It is nice to be back," said James giving Harry a hug. "Now you need to get some sleep."

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