Harry and Dumbledore sat in silence for a few seconds, Harry
was gazing pleadingly up at the headmaster who was cleaning his glasses on his
robes. Harry suspected that Dumbledore
was nervous about what he was about to say.
"Please Professor, I need to know." Pleaded Harry
Dumbledore smiled slightly at him,
"Alright Harry, I guess you are ready to hear this. On the day that you were born there was a
prediction. Voldemort was at the height
of his powers, most wizards and witches were scared out of their wits."
Harry nodded glumly, he could imagine the type of fear Dumbledore
was describing.
"The prediction was made by Professor Trelawny, you remember
me once saying that the prediction you saw her make in your third year was her
second true prediction, well this one was the first one."
Dumbledore was gazing down at Harry trying to gauge his
reaction.
"What was the prediction?" Asked Harry tentatively.
"You are the Heir of Gryffindor, I have always known this,
it was known from the moment you were born, and the prophecy clearly stated
that the only wizard who would be able to defeat the heir of the dark lord
Slytherin would be the heir of the brave Gryffindor."
Harry sat there stunned, he was trying to make the
revelation fit into the strange pattern of his life.
He thought about things that he'd never really noticed before,
"My parents lived in 'Godric's Hollow', the Gryffindor sword I pulled
out of the sorting hat in my second year, it all fits."
"Don't forget the first time you held your wand." Dumbledore prompted smiling.
"It made red and gold sparks." Said Harry a small smile playing on his face.
"You mean you made red and gold sparks."
Harry sat thinking about everything it was a big revelation.
"But Harry, you do understand that there are other
ramifications."
Harry looked at Dumbledore whose face was unreadable but
whose eyes seemed to twinkle in excitement and what appeared to be mirth.
"You have been discovering some of them already I believe."
Harry thought for a while and then realised what Dumbledore
meant.
"Malfoy? You mean
the stuff by the lake?"
Dumbledore's face broke into a grin, which he was trying to
hide.
"Yes, I would hope that you would use your new powers in a
more… um responsible way."
Harry blushed,
Dumbledore went on.
"But not just that, you remember your little trip into your
photo album?"
Harry's eyes widened
"You mean, um, I did that?"
"Harry, you remember that your very first magic used to
happen when you wanted something really badly, well the same principal applies
here with your wand less magic. You
fell into your photo album because you wanted to meet your parents, you… 'attacked' Mr Malfoy
because he made you extremely angry."
Harry nodded, it all seemed to be making sense, but
something was making his heart feel uneasy, he really did have a 'destiny'. It was the last thing he wanted, he just
wanted to be normal, but he now knew that even as a baby he'd had the prophecy
hanging over him, setting him apart from everyone else.
Dumbledore was giving the piercing look but he was smiling
kindly,
"I know this is all a lot for you Harry, and I hope you
understand why I've kept it from you. You already had so much to deal with. I don't know who you'll want to tell about this, I understand that you'd
probably like to talk to Sirius about this, so I've arranged for him to come
here to talk to you. Besides the fact
that I hope to persuade him to stay here in the protection of the Hogwarts
grounds."
"That's good, I was going to ask about Sirius actually, you
see I had another dream, and I think that Voldemort's long silence wont be
lasting much longer."
Dumbledore nodded but said nothing.
Harry smiled gratefully at Dumbledore and thanked him before
leaving to find Ron Hermione and Neville to go to dinner.
Harry found them in the common room, Ron was chatting with Fred
and George who were whooping with laughter and cheered when they saw Harry,
"Harry! We didn't
know you had it in you!" Yelled Fred
"Throwing Malfoy in the lake… Nice one!" Chuckled George,
Harry grinned warily. Hermione leant over and whispered,
"I told Ron and Neville not to mention that it was wand less
magic, figured you wouldn't want all the extra attention."
Harry grinned at Hermione gratefully and sank tiredly into a
chair, he still felt wiped out, a feeling that was getting far too familiar, he
thought, but the idea of seeing Sirius, in the flesh, was reassuring and he
allowed himself to relax a little. He
could feel Hermione and Neville's eyes on him, they still wanted to know how
he'd done the magic without his wand, he sighed and decided to tell them,
"Hermione, Neville, I'm going to tell you what Dumbledore
just told me. I want to know whether or
not you think I should tell Ron. It's
pretty heavy stuff."
Hermione and Neville nodded and leaned in closer,
"He told me about a prophecy that links me and Voldemort,
apparently I am the heir of Gryffindor, and… I'm the only one who can defeat
him." Harry smiled uncertainly, he was
glad to have told them.
Hermione was speechless and Harry could see the mixture of
admiration and fear in her eyes.
Neville sat quietly mulling it over in his mind,
Hermione broke the silence
"Well, that certainly explains a lot, I suppose that wand
less magic is all part of the deal. God
Harry, everything happens to you doesn't it?"
Harry nodded in agreement,
"I hate it, but in a way I guess it's an honour, but it's
the reason my parents died, it's the reason that I'll never be a normal
person."
Hermione put a sympathetic hand on his shoulder and Neville
smiled slightly and said,
"Harry, if it's any consolation I want you to know that
no-one here thinks of you as 'The Boy Who Lived' or 'The Heir of
Gryffindor'. To us, these are just the
branches of the tree we know as 'Harry'."
Neville blushed, he had never been good at saying comforting
things and his similes always ended up involving plants.
"I'm sorry! I always
sound so corny!"
But Harry grinned at him,
"Thanks Neville."
Hermione squeezed Harry's shoulder and said,
"I'll tell Ron if you want, but I really think he needs to know,
and he'd probably prefer to hear it from you."
Neville nodded and Harry sighed,
"I'll tell him later, but after dinner Dumbledore has
arranged for me to see Sirius so I'll probably have to wait until tonight to
tell him."
"Snuffles is at Hogwarts?" Asked Hermione excitedly, Harry nodded
"That's a relief. Will he be staying here?"
Harry nodded again.
"Yeah, Dumbledore wants to keep him nearby. Voldemort wont be kept waiting for long."
They were then joined by Ron and the twins and they hurried
off to dinner.
*Firstly - I'm really sorry about the
cliff hanger – well actually it's kinda fun but I know it's annoying for
everyone else so I'll try and stop doing it, but to be fair you didn't have
long to wait did you?* I want to thank
my loyal reviewers – you are all too cool and give me way too much praise – not
that you should stop or anything! Um,
*blushes* I'm just soooo embarrassed but at the same time pleased, *sighs
contentedly*
Well aren't I just so damned productive
at the moment?!?
It's amazing how a little piece of
inspiration can get rid of the worst writers block! After chapter ten I seriously considered giving up!
It was Malfoy in the lake that spurred me
on… And of course the brilliant reviews!
I hope no-one minds the fact that I'm too
lazy to go into much detail, I'm sure the 'real' Dumbledore would have
explained the whole 'Heir thing' and 'Prophecy thing' much better than I could!
Anyways
I will be getting around to the main
climax soon… I hope! So stick around,
hopefully it will be worth it.
Love 2 u all
Jona
xxx