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The betrayal:

The next morning, they got up at five, so they could catch the knight bus before it stopped it's services. After paying Tom and putting on their cloaks they stepped out of the bar to the dark muggle London. Harry put out his hand and prayed it would work just like in Diagon alley. It did, some seconds later the purple bus appeared with a bang and Griffin paid the ride to Hogsmeade. Stan, who had known Harry three years ago, didn't recognise him much to Dragon's relieve. They arrived at Hogsmeade at seven thirty, just when the Three Broomsticks opened for the day. Not having anything better to do they went inside and had breakfast in one of the corners keeping a look at the door to make sure no one they knew would walk in and surprise them there. After breakfast the three went their separate ways to buy presents. Not much had changed at Hogsmeade and Dragon was glad for it, it made him feel like he had never left. He felt a little out of place, not wearing robes, but they had decided it was better go along with their muggle clothes, at least for then. They met each other again by lunch time, all of them were loaded with shopping bags and wore happy smiles on their faces. They had a long lunch in a little café, and at three they headed to honneyduckes to use the secret passageway to enter Hogwarts, none of them wanted to use the front entrance and had agreed that this was the best way.

"Well guys, now there's no going back." Dragon looked at the other two behind them as they made their way through the tunnel.

"Yeah, lets hope for the best." Phoenix only nodded her head.

Once they got out the tunnel, they saw the familiar hall from the castle, Phoenix couldn't suppress a shudder while she looked around. They were back at the castle that had brought them so much pain. With a sigh she followed Dragon and Griffin to the headmasters office, all the while dodging people that roamed the hallways. After a near run in with the twins, they managed to apear before the gargoyle who hid the headmaster's office. Dragon, not in the mood for guessing passwords, put his hand on the gargoyle and it instantly jumped aside. They made their way upstairs and knocked at the door. No receiving response, Griffin opened the door, only to find an empty office.

"It's empty."

"Lets go in, he's probably still at the great hall and I sure as hell don't want to go there before having had a talk with the professor." Dragon made his way into the room and settled himself in one of the chairs before the large desk. Hermione headed to the large library at the other side of the room while Griffin went to look out of the window.

Professor Dumbledore made his way to his office, he was very worried. The mood this morning at the castle had been nervous, but even so cheerful. But it was deteriorating by the moment, most people feared the kids had changed their minds. He sighed, Sirius was taking it the worst, he was afraid the younger man was going to have a nervous breakdown if Harry didn't appear soon. Slowly he made the way up the stairs to his office, the instant he arrived at the door, he knew he wasn't alone. He sensed three people behind the door, three very powerful people. One of them was without a doubt much stronger than him, and the other two came very close to his own power. But even so he didn't feel a menace from those three, so he entered the room without much doubt. When he entered the three people inside turned to him. It took Dumbledore some time to recognise them, they had changed much more than he thought was possibly in only a year, they all wore blank masks and no feeling went out to him, no happiness nor hatred just blank indifference. He shuddered a little but made his way to the desk. The girl, Hermione, made her way back at the same time than Ron, they sat at chairs at either side of Harry, who was now looking at him intently from his emerald green eyes. They were obviously waiting for him to speak first.

"Harry, Ron, Hermione, welcome back to Hogwarts." They nodded their heads but didn't say anything, this wasn't going well, it was much more difficult than he had expected. "First of all I wanted to tell you how sorry I am about what happened, I know it doesn't really make a difference but it needs to be said." No response. "The reason we sent you the invitation is that we found out who really had committed all those murders. It was Lucius..."

"We know." Phoenix stated in a soft, monotone voice. Dumbledore was startled, he didn't expect them to know, sure they probably knew that their other selves had been caught for it had been all over the muggle world, but know the details that only the wizarding world knew was another thing.

"How much do you know?"

"Considering I attended the trial, we should know as much as needed." Dumbledore felt uneasy, he hadn't sensed her in the least, but maybe it was the fact that he had been focused on the trial. Hermione, seeing the headmaster didn't know what to think proceeded.

"Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy and Wormtail were impersonating us with pollyjuice potion, murdering people at our names for the dark lord. They were given the dementors kiss. We were absolved as was Sirius. And it's very clear Fudge didn't want to lose his face before the reporters, for a million galeons and a house aren't given everyday." Dumbledore nodded, she certainly knew what had happened. He looked at the two boys who hadn't spoken yet.

"Everyone is waiting for you. They are anxious to see you again. But maybe you would prefer to settle in first." The three of them nodded. "You can stay at the Griffindor tower, no other six years have remained here for holidays so you can sleep in your rooms. The password to the common room is Muggle." They stood up with another nod and went to the door. Before going out Harry turned, Dumbledore sat with his head in his hands, he didn't seem to feel well so Dragon decided not to ask anything and went out following his friends.

To be continued...

Author's note: They are finally back!!! Hope you're happy. Thanks for all reviews.