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Chapter 2 ~ I know why the caged bird sings.
Dear Harry,
Sorry about my last hurried letter. I thought you might be interested to know who Tamarisk O'Dell was. Well I found out that she is actually in Azkaban, maximum security. She confessed to following Voldemort, and killed her own father. But I don't know her connection to Sirius.
So how are you Harry? What did you get in your owls? I got an O in potions, defence against the dark arts, transfiguration, herbology and charms. I got an E in Astrology and care of magical creatures, an A in history of magic, athrimacy and Ancient Runes. I got 10/10, I cant believe it. My average score was outstanding. I asked Ron but he refused to tell me.
See you soon.
Love Hermione.
Harry grinned as he read Hermione's OWL results; they were what he expected her to get. He put the letter down and opened Ron's.
Harry,
Did Hermione tell you her OWL results? I can't believe it! An O in potions! What did you get? I got an E in transfiguration, charms and defence against the dark arts (thanks to you!) an A in herbology, potions, care of magical creatures and Astrology, then a D in Divination and History of magic. My average was A. Mum was pleased, well I got a lot better then Fred and George. I have been to their joke shop in Diagon Ally, they're making a bomb! They want to give you a cut, since you gave them the capitol.
I'd ask you to come and stay, but mum says it's not safe. Dad's been named as a member of the order and is apparently the perfect target for death eaters. Sorry. See you at the station on the first.
Ron.
Harry was annoyed, why were people trying to keep him safe, when it was him in the end who would have to rid the world of Voldemort?
And so the summer passed, with various disappearances and deaths, the main one was of course Everest Delvarney, the sixteen year old. Harry's dreams continued and he didn't even try to clear his mind. One night he woke up with his scar burning, Voldemort was angry, someone was being punished. Harry began to take a lively interest, he almost managed to push Sirius to the back of his mind, it made him feel better to be doing something. So he wrote to Remus and told him.
Dear Harry,
Albus thinks it would be a good idea if you came to stay with us at 12 Grimmauld Place for the rest of the summer. You will be picked up tomorrow night, be ready to fly at midnight. See you soon.
Moony.
At first Harry was excited at the idea of spending two weeks at the Order's headquarters, then he remembered the last time he had been there. He wasn't sure how he would feel stepping into that narrow dark hallway greeted by angry shouts from Mrs Black.
The next day passed quickly and Harry was ready to go when Tonks and Mad Eye arrived.
"Not as big a guard as last year, eh Harry?" Tonks said, smiling. Her appearance had changed from last time, she had long wavy brown hair drawn up on her head with two strands dangling loose, her face was longer and her eyes shone a violet blue.
Harry shook his head.
"Well, in truth, only myself, Mad Eye and Remus know about it."
Harry looked at her shocked.
She laughed. "We thought that the less people who knew the less things that could go wrong. Oh Albus knows as well, obviously." She replied. She waved her hands around as she talked, her small finger contacting a china plate and knocking it off the side cabinet. She jumped. Mad Eye glared at her.
"Reparo." He muttered.
Harry grabbed his firebolt and Mad Eye led them outside. They set off into the sky. Harry's heart pounded in his chest, the last time he had made this journey, Sirius had been alive. The journey was a blur in his mind, and as they landed he was barely aware that he had been flying. The door of number 12 materialised in front of them.
"Don't ring the bell." Harry said absently to himself, as he remembered Sirius's annoyance when his mother was woken.
Tonks smiled at him, pityingly. He scowled back, he didn't want pity.
Mad Eye knocked, and two seconds later Remus Lupin opened the door. He had the air of a man putting on a smile, while really he was screaming inside. Harry almost warmed to him.
"Come in." he said standing back so the three could enter.
They walked down the corridor in silence past the portrait of Mrs Black and entered the kitchen. Molly Weasley jumped up at the sight of Harry.
"Oh Harry dear how are you? was it a good flight?" she asked concerned.
Harry nodded and turned away, staring hopelessly around the kitchen. His eyes rested on the table, and he almost pictured his godfather sitting there.
"Well, dear," Mrs Weasley said shaking. "Maybe you should go and unpack."
Tonks put a hand on Harry's shoulder. "No, Harry should hear what is said. Albus and the others will be here soon, he has more right to listen then any of us."
Harry nodded. "Of course I want to hear." He said at once.
Molly scowled at Tonks. "I am not sure."
"Let him stay, Molly." Remus said with a touch of finality in his tone.
Fifteen minutes later, Albus Dumbledore had arrived. He smiled at Harry and settled down in to a chair.
After a few minutes of silent, which Harry found almost suffocating, Tonks spoke.
"Well?" she said.
Dumbledore smiled again. "Impatience will get you nowhere, Nympahdora."
The rest of the Order watched as Tonks blushed red.
"Where's Snape?" Remus barked suddenly.
"Ah, here comes the real problem. I have no idea where Severus Snape has disappeared to."
"What about Calico?" Tonks stuttered.
"What about her?"
"Well wasn't he with her?"
"Then you can only deduce that she too is missing." Dumbledore replied.
"So what are you going to do?" asked another member of the Order.
"They will return."
Tonks scoffed and Dumbledore faced her questioningly.
"You know who Snape is, he was accused of dark activity in the past. And they do say that a leopard never changes its spots. And Calico, well she's hardly trustworthy."
"I trust them both completely." Dumblodore said with the same finality in his voice that was present in Lupin's.
Mad Eye cleared his throat loudly. "There are other matters to be discussed."
"Indeed."
"Where is Voldemort now?" Harry said, suddenly.
Dumbledore smiled. "Thanks to the escapade at the ministry, he can no longer hide. He has come out into the open, no one can deny his return. But where he is, I do not know."
There was something very unsettling to hear Dumbledore not knowing the answer.
"And so our plan of action." Mad Eye began.
"We wait for the enemy to strike, in the meantime we prepare. Snape's last report told of a planned attack at Hogwarts, we must be ready for that."
"He's coming after me."
"Arrogant!" Tonks said, smiling. no one laughed.
Dumbledore nodded. "We are both wanted men, Harry."
"What are we going to do about Snape then?" Tonks said.
"He will return."
Tonks rolled her eyes, but didn't comment.
The meeting continued going into things Harry didn't understand. he switched off, thinking again of his godfather. it did not seem right staying in the house when he wasn't there.
That night his dreams took a different direction, it was Christmas at the Black house, there was no Order, no Voldemort. Harry was disappointed to wake up.
The next day everyone from the Order had left apart from Remus Lupin and Tonks.
He heard their voices floating from the kitchen, and perched himself outside the door to listen rather then interrupting.
"What is Dumbledore playing at? Doesn't he realise that Snape knows everything. Where the headquarters are, who is in the Order, everything. How can he just cast it aside like that?" she demanded banging her fist on the table.
"You don't trust Snape?"
She laughed. "Is it that obvious?"
"I think I know why. It wouldn't have anything to do with Sirius would it?"
"What if.if he had stayed here that day.instead of charging of to the ministry?" she said, tears welling in her violet eyes.
Remus clucked. "He left on his own accord."
"He wouldn't have if Snape hadn't goaded him!"
"You really think so?" Remus asked surprised. "Sirius wasn't stupid you know. He wouldn't go charging in to something because of Snape. You must remember their history, they weren't exactly friends. You couldn't keep Sirius locked up, never." He said with a smile of reminiscence.
She shook her head in disbelief. "But why? why did he go?"
"He always thought of Harry as a cross between a little brother and a son. Harry was in danger, Padfoot would have done anything for him. He had been in hiding for over a year."
"I know it was hard, but he needn't have come."
"And how do you think he would have felt watching other people save his godson?"
"I don't understand him." she said unhappily.
He put his arm around her. "I know why the caged bird sings."
A/N next chappy is gonna be at Hogwarts, anyway tell me what yer think.
Chapter 2 ~ I know why the caged bird sings.
Dear Harry,
Sorry about my last hurried letter. I thought you might be interested to know who Tamarisk O'Dell was. Well I found out that she is actually in Azkaban, maximum security. She confessed to following Voldemort, and killed her own father. But I don't know her connection to Sirius.
So how are you Harry? What did you get in your owls? I got an O in potions, defence against the dark arts, transfiguration, herbology and charms. I got an E in Astrology and care of magical creatures, an A in history of magic, athrimacy and Ancient Runes. I got 10/10, I cant believe it. My average score was outstanding. I asked Ron but he refused to tell me.
See you soon.
Love Hermione.
Harry grinned as he read Hermione's OWL results; they were what he expected her to get. He put the letter down and opened Ron's.
Harry,
Did Hermione tell you her OWL results? I can't believe it! An O in potions! What did you get? I got an E in transfiguration, charms and defence against the dark arts (thanks to you!) an A in herbology, potions, care of magical creatures and Astrology, then a D in Divination and History of magic. My average was A. Mum was pleased, well I got a lot better then Fred and George. I have been to their joke shop in Diagon Ally, they're making a bomb! They want to give you a cut, since you gave them the capitol.
I'd ask you to come and stay, but mum says it's not safe. Dad's been named as a member of the order and is apparently the perfect target for death eaters. Sorry. See you at the station on the first.
Ron.
Harry was annoyed, why were people trying to keep him safe, when it was him in the end who would have to rid the world of Voldemort?
And so the summer passed, with various disappearances and deaths, the main one was of course Everest Delvarney, the sixteen year old. Harry's dreams continued and he didn't even try to clear his mind. One night he woke up with his scar burning, Voldemort was angry, someone was being punished. Harry began to take a lively interest, he almost managed to push Sirius to the back of his mind, it made him feel better to be doing something. So he wrote to Remus and told him.
Dear Harry,
Albus thinks it would be a good idea if you came to stay with us at 12 Grimmauld Place for the rest of the summer. You will be picked up tomorrow night, be ready to fly at midnight. See you soon.
Moony.
At first Harry was excited at the idea of spending two weeks at the Order's headquarters, then he remembered the last time he had been there. He wasn't sure how he would feel stepping into that narrow dark hallway greeted by angry shouts from Mrs Black.
The next day passed quickly and Harry was ready to go when Tonks and Mad Eye arrived.
"Not as big a guard as last year, eh Harry?" Tonks said, smiling. Her appearance had changed from last time, she had long wavy brown hair drawn up on her head with two strands dangling loose, her face was longer and her eyes shone a violet blue.
Harry shook his head.
"Well, in truth, only myself, Mad Eye and Remus know about it."
Harry looked at her shocked.
She laughed. "We thought that the less people who knew the less things that could go wrong. Oh Albus knows as well, obviously." She replied. She waved her hands around as she talked, her small finger contacting a china plate and knocking it off the side cabinet. She jumped. Mad Eye glared at her.
"Reparo." He muttered.
Harry grabbed his firebolt and Mad Eye led them outside. They set off into the sky. Harry's heart pounded in his chest, the last time he had made this journey, Sirius had been alive. The journey was a blur in his mind, and as they landed he was barely aware that he had been flying. The door of number 12 materialised in front of them.
"Don't ring the bell." Harry said absently to himself, as he remembered Sirius's annoyance when his mother was woken.
Tonks smiled at him, pityingly. He scowled back, he didn't want pity.
Mad Eye knocked, and two seconds later Remus Lupin opened the door. He had the air of a man putting on a smile, while really he was screaming inside. Harry almost warmed to him.
"Come in." he said standing back so the three could enter.
They walked down the corridor in silence past the portrait of Mrs Black and entered the kitchen. Molly Weasley jumped up at the sight of Harry.
"Oh Harry dear how are you? was it a good flight?" she asked concerned.
Harry nodded and turned away, staring hopelessly around the kitchen. His eyes rested on the table, and he almost pictured his godfather sitting there.
"Well, dear," Mrs Weasley said shaking. "Maybe you should go and unpack."
Tonks put a hand on Harry's shoulder. "No, Harry should hear what is said. Albus and the others will be here soon, he has more right to listen then any of us."
Harry nodded. "Of course I want to hear." He said at once.
Molly scowled at Tonks. "I am not sure."
"Let him stay, Molly." Remus said with a touch of finality in his tone.
Fifteen minutes later, Albus Dumbledore had arrived. He smiled at Harry and settled down in to a chair.
After a few minutes of silent, which Harry found almost suffocating, Tonks spoke.
"Well?" she said.
Dumbledore smiled again. "Impatience will get you nowhere, Nympahdora."
The rest of the Order watched as Tonks blushed red.
"Where's Snape?" Remus barked suddenly.
"Ah, here comes the real problem. I have no idea where Severus Snape has disappeared to."
"What about Calico?" Tonks stuttered.
"What about her?"
"Well wasn't he with her?"
"Then you can only deduce that she too is missing." Dumbledore replied.
"So what are you going to do?" asked another member of the Order.
"They will return."
Tonks scoffed and Dumbledore faced her questioningly.
"You know who Snape is, he was accused of dark activity in the past. And they do say that a leopard never changes its spots. And Calico, well she's hardly trustworthy."
"I trust them both completely." Dumblodore said with the same finality in his voice that was present in Lupin's.
Mad Eye cleared his throat loudly. "There are other matters to be discussed."
"Indeed."
"Where is Voldemort now?" Harry said, suddenly.
Dumbledore smiled. "Thanks to the escapade at the ministry, he can no longer hide. He has come out into the open, no one can deny his return. But where he is, I do not know."
There was something very unsettling to hear Dumbledore not knowing the answer.
"And so our plan of action." Mad Eye began.
"We wait for the enemy to strike, in the meantime we prepare. Snape's last report told of a planned attack at Hogwarts, we must be ready for that."
"He's coming after me."
"Arrogant!" Tonks said, smiling. no one laughed.
Dumbledore nodded. "We are both wanted men, Harry."
"What are we going to do about Snape then?" Tonks said.
"He will return."
Tonks rolled her eyes, but didn't comment.
The meeting continued going into things Harry didn't understand. he switched off, thinking again of his godfather. it did not seem right staying in the house when he wasn't there.
That night his dreams took a different direction, it was Christmas at the Black house, there was no Order, no Voldemort. Harry was disappointed to wake up.
The next day everyone from the Order had left apart from Remus Lupin and Tonks.
He heard their voices floating from the kitchen, and perched himself outside the door to listen rather then interrupting.
"What is Dumbledore playing at? Doesn't he realise that Snape knows everything. Where the headquarters are, who is in the Order, everything. How can he just cast it aside like that?" she demanded banging her fist on the table.
"You don't trust Snape?"
She laughed. "Is it that obvious?"
"I think I know why. It wouldn't have anything to do with Sirius would it?"
"What if.if he had stayed here that day.instead of charging of to the ministry?" she said, tears welling in her violet eyes.
Remus clucked. "He left on his own accord."
"He wouldn't have if Snape hadn't goaded him!"
"You really think so?" Remus asked surprised. "Sirius wasn't stupid you know. He wouldn't go charging in to something because of Snape. You must remember their history, they weren't exactly friends. You couldn't keep Sirius locked up, never." He said with a smile of reminiscence.
She shook her head in disbelief. "But why? why did he go?"
"He always thought of Harry as a cross between a little brother and a son. Harry was in danger, Padfoot would have done anything for him. He had been in hiding for over a year."
"I know it was hard, but he needn't have come."
"And how do you think he would have felt watching other people save his godson?"
"I don't understand him." she said unhappily.
He put his arm around her. "I know why the caged bird sings."
A/N next chappy is gonna be at Hogwarts, anyway tell me what yer think.