Disclaimer: No I don't own Harry Potter or any of the Characters except for a few later on. The foundation for this story was written by J.K.Rowling.

Dumbledore smiled at Harry through his half-moon glasses, he looked older then he ever had, but there was still a sort of youthful energy in him that Harry couldn't place. But all the same Harry and the others made their way to the kitchen to make ready for supper, it was close at hand after all. Chatter broke out and everywhere Harry looked everyone appeared to be having a good time.
Dumbledore seemed to be in an intense conversation with Mr. Weasley on the subject of Muggles, 'it's simply amazing!' Mr. Weasley exclaimed, 'Look at how they manage to keep in touch with one another and travel places. Felly-Phones and airplanes!'
'I think you might mean telephones Arthur,' Dumbledore corrected him, 'and yes they are quite resourceful.'
Mean while Mrs. Weasley was busy helping Tonks clean up a splattered dish that now lay on the floor, 'I'm really sorry Molly,' Tonks apologized, 'its just that stupid chair was in the way and I wasn't looking, and.'
'It's fine Tonks just leave it to me,' Mrs. Weasley said and with a flick of her wand the dish flipped up right and the was made whole again. It was as if someone had it a rewind button on his or her VCR.
'So Harry have the Muggles been giving you as much trouble this year?' Ron asked him from his side.
Harry turned, ' No, they are mainly afraid that someone from the Order will show up and jinx them, just like your Dad almost did.'
'He WHAT?' Ron said open mouthed with shock.
'Yeah he almost jinx uncle Vernon, he was being sort of a pain telling them not to use magic in the backyard. Yeah, I never seen your Dad that mad.'
'Wow, Mom probably wouldn't have worried them and just gone and jinxed them right on the spot.'
'She would have been in a lot of trouble Ron,' Hermonie spoke from Harry's other side, 'but I really couldn't blame her if she did, they seem horrible.'
'They are,' Harry answered, 'But I just glad I got out of there early this summer. By the way, how come Mrs. Black's painting isn't screaming her head off.'
'Oh yeah, we finally got her portrait off the wall, though she put up quite a fight.' Hermonie said, looking off into space.
'How do you mean?' Harry asked.
'Well,' Ron began, 'she was quite load before, but when we took her off she simply exploded.'
'You mean she got loader then she already was?'
'No,' Ron said darkly, 'she really exploded into a tiny bunch of confetti. Knocked poor Kingsley out for some time.'
Harry looked over to Kingsley and saw that he had a rather large bruise on his head the size of a fist. Before any of them could say anything else the dishes pilled onto the table and it seemed to groan under the weight. As though some sort off silent alarm had gone off in everyone's head they all dug into the delicious food and continued talking amongst themselves.
It wasn't long before everyone was full and feeling quite content, seeing as how all the dishes had nothing on them but crumbs and bones from the chicken. To Harry this reminded him of the welcoming feast after getting of the Hogworts Express at the first of the year. Then suddenly Dumbledore arose from his chair at the end of the table and everyone feel silent, just like the welcoming feast.
'I would like first of all, Mrs. Molloy Weasley for this excellent feast, I am sure that we all in agreement that none of us can cook better.'
Cheers rang along the table and Mrs. Weasley blushed, but Dumbledore went held up his hand and it was silent once more, 'I would also like to wish Harry, (at this everyone's eyes turn to him then back to Dumbledore) a Happy 16th birthday.'
Everyone stood and raised their glasses and shouted 'Happy Birthday Harry!' As they sat back down Harry realized this was perhaps his best birthday yet.

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As everyone made ready to leave to Harry yawned and made ready to go upstairs to sleep, but as he started up the stairs Remus called him for the hall. When Harry came back down He saw Lupin holding something in his hands but he didn't know what it was. 'I know that these mean a lot to you Harry,' Lupin began as he handed over the Harry something in a package. 'It took us some time to fix these back up but I think of these as your birthday present from us.' As Harry unwrapped the package he saw two worn mirrors, and a large knife that gleamed in the light. These were the gifts that Sirius had given him in the pervious years; the knife had been melted when trying to open a door in the department of mysteries and the one of the mirrors had been broken in a fit of anger when Harry had made one last attempt to contact Sirius after he had died. But now they had returned to him whole again just as Sirius had given them. Harry looked up at his old professor, he was at a loss for words but Lupin knew how much they meant to him, he patted Harry on the shoulder then left the house.

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The following days after Harry's 16th birthday were rather quite uneventful, everyone seemed busy with the coming and goings of the Order of the Phoenix members. Harry spent much of his time with Ron and Hermonie working on their homework for the holidays. But Harry was watchful too, he picked up what ever he could about the movements of Voldemort and his followers. But he had learned very little, it seemed that Voldemort was not going to public yet with so few followers left free. The ministry had to send replacements for the wardens of Azkaban; these were mostly ministry wizards but there were also some trolls that were hired for extra security.
Harry saw little outside of Grimmauld Place for a few weeks, he knew now what it must have been like for Sirius to stay cooped up for almost an entire year. It was on the beginning of the third week when Remus had come back form another secret mission, he looked quite tired and in need of rest.
'Ah Harry there you are!' Lupin said as Harry had entered the kitchen to grab some breakfast. Mr. Weasley and Tonks where both sitting at the table with Remus when he had walked in. 'we were just saying how you haven't been out in a while. So we thought you might as well come and stretch your legs a bit, we need to go to Diagon Alley to got some supplies after all.'
Harry shook the last remnants of sleep of and looked from one face to the other. A chance to get out would be quite nice for a change.
'Yeah sure.' Harry said, 'When do we leave?'
'Well I'm ready so whenever everyone else is ready.' Mr. Weasley said.
'Well you go ahead without me,' Tonks said with a yawn, 'I need to get some sleep before I do another night shift'
'Well,' Remus said with a smile, 'Shall we?'
They rose out of their chairs and made for the front door Harry followed suite. Before long they where out and walking in the bright morning sun, Harry felt like he had never seen it shine so bright and warm in August before.
'So are we taking the Muggle underground?' Harry asked.
'Yes we will, need to seem inconspicuous.' Mr. Weasley said, even though Harry had to suppress a laugh as Mr. Weasley was dressed in a bright green shirt that said 'Weird Sisters' on it and some rather worn jeans. Lupin had managed to dress better, although his red sweater and jeans were both really worn and patched up in some places, (as his robes were too) he seemed to blend in better. As Harry looked at him, he saw that he wasn't looking in the best of health.
'You ok professor?' Harry asked.
Lupin laughed, 'Harry I haven't taught at Hogworts in 3 years, you can call me Remus. And have you noticed what day it is?'
Harry thought for a second then it hit him, how could he forget, 'it was full moon 3 days ago.' Lupin smiled and nodded, but a shadow seemed to pass in his eyes, he was still rather touchy about the fact that he had almost bitten Harry and the others in their third year.
They travelled along in silence for the rest of the journey, although they had to pull Mr. Weasley away from the ticket booths as he marvelled at the machines there. It wasn't long before they had beaten the busy London streets and stood at the brick archway.
'Lets see,' Mr. Weasley said studying the bricks, 'ok it's this one, and. this one here, and finally here we go!'
As he touched the last brick the archway suddenly appeared and they stepped into Diagon Ally. The crowds of wizards and witches passed by without even looking at Harry and his companions, so content with their shopping and their conversations. A few odd eyes glanced over at Harry but they didn't bother him anymore, he had gotten used to people staring at his forehead.
'Right I'll go and get the supplies,' Mr. Weasley said, 'why don't you two go look around and get some treat or something?'
With that he departed and left Harry alone with Remus. 'Shall we?' He asked. But before Harry could answer he moved into the street and began looking around. Harry fought his way through the crowd and fought to catch up, but suddenly as he glanced over someone's head he collided with someone straight on. Harry and the other person fell flat on there backs, Harry rubbed his head but quickly got to his feet and offered the other person his hand.
'I'm so sorry,' He began, 'I didn't.'
But Harry didn't finish the sentence, as the person collected their self and looked up at Harry. The person had long, shiny black hair that had wrapped a few strands around her face and was just a little shorter than Harry. It was none other then Cho Chang, a 7th year Ravenclaw who Harry had had a crush on for some time. She seemed surprised to see Harry as he was so see her, but she took his hand and got back up to her feet, Harry marvelled at how pretty she still was.
''Ello Cho.' Harry managed to say, though he blushed as he said it.
'Hi Harry.' She answered, going slightly pink as Harry did. The last time that they had spoken they had had an argument and they had stopped speaking to each other for some time.
'Sorry about that, I was trying to find someone in the crowd.'
'That's ok.' She said. There was a awkward silence as they stood there, not knowing what to say next.
'Look Cho,' Harry began, 'I'm sorry I was a prick last year, it's just that I was under a lot of stress and I as furious that your friend had betrayed us.'
'Well you sure did act like a prick I'll grant you that,' Cho said a little coolly, Harry would have given a thousand Galleons to slip away, but Cho went on, 'but I know that you were going through a lot and I accept your apology.'
Harry breathed a sigh of relief, 'so,' he said awkwardly, 'How are you and Michael?'
'Oh, we broke it off.' Harry's heart did a little flutter, 'He wasn't really the type for me. How about you? How have you been doing?'
'Ah. not bad' he answered, he wasn't sure if she knew about Sirius but he wasn't going to go off and tell her about how he was still haunted by Sirius death at night.
'You sure? You look a little ill if anything.'
Harry laughed a little, 'That's just some potion's homework, happens every time.'
Cho laughed too, but she still smiled at him. 'I know what you mean, I'm just glad we don't have him for Defence against the Dark Arts.'
'At least your not still stuck with me,' a voice spoke with a comical tone, from beside them, they turned to see Remus standing there with a slight grin on his face, 'I know that was just torture to everyone.'
'Hello Professor Lupin' Cho said smiling still.
'That's ex-professor now,' Lupin added with a sigh, 'You and Harry both like to still call me professor even though I don't teach there anymore.'
'Force of habit.' Harry said quickly, 'and trust me you were the best we have had so far. Have you found anything interesting?'
'No, but I'll keep looking, maybe something will turn up.'
'OK, well it was good seeing you again Harry and you too Mr. Lupin.' Cho said. As she turned to leave she glanced back at Harry, 'Maybe I'll see you around sometime.'
'Yeah, I'll see you then.' Harry called after her, then waved and left with Remus.
'So.' Lupin said with that slight grin on his face still, 'sorry. Was I interrupting something?'
'What? No,' Harry said quickly, 'just saying hello after I bumped into her.'
'OK if you say so,' Remus said lightly, 'ah there's Arthur now and it looks like he found everything.'
'What was he looking for anyway?' Harry ventured to ask.
'Oh this and that,' Remus answered, 'mainly potion supplies and odds and ends things we might need.'
If Harry had been truly paying close attention he would have questioned a little farther, but his mind was still on his most recent encounter with Cho, he still could see in his mind the way she smiled at him and it warmed his heart to the very core.

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