From Behind the Veil
By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and I'm not JK Rowling. Hell, I'm not even British!
AN: Eh. I'll save them until the end.
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Harry let out a deep breath after two Aurors walked right by his hiding place. After checking that they were really gone, Harry stood up again and moved towards the door that lead to the DoM. He tried the handle silently. The door opened. He sighed with relief. He walked in quickly, invisibility cloak still on, and closed the door behind him.
It didn't take long for him to make his way to the circular room with the doors. He carefully walked towards one of them. It seemed to be calling him... The door opened before he'd even reached out to touch the handle. There it was. The Veil. He walked towards it, slightly afraid. It seemed to have taken him an eternity to reach it, but there he was, standing right in front of the wretched thing.
He took out his wand, his eyes determined.
"Give him back!" he pointed the wand at the veil.
"I want him back! You can't have him! I miss him... Give me Sirius back!" The veil was still. Harry could hear voices from within, but they seemed to be unaware of the fact that he was threatening them. Without giving much tought to the fact that he couldn't hurt people who were already dead, he sent a spell at the veil. The spell went right through it.
Harry threw himself on the floor, sobbing softly.
"I only had him for 2 years! I need him back. Please..." he wiped his eyes, and looked at the veil, his anger returning.
"GIVE HIM BACK!" Harry yelled, pointing the wand at the Veil.
"Harry?" Sirius's voice asked softly.
Harry's eyes widened. Had it worked? He looked around, searching for the the source of the voice. It was coming from his bag! Then his eyes widened again as he remembered Sirius was alive and well at Grimmauld place. Red with embarassment, he took the two way mirror out of his bag.
"Yes, Sirius?" he did his best to hide his guilt and embarassment. Sirius's face appeared on the mirror.
" Hey, Har. Where are you? We're supposed to go to Diagon Alley."
Harry searched for a plausible answer.
"I'm out picking flowers." he answered stupidly. Sirius shrugged.
"Will you be home in an hour? We really need to go."
"Yeah, sure. I'll be home soon."
Sirius nodded, and his image disappeared from the mirror. Harry stuck the mirror back in his bag and looked at the Veil reproachingly.
"You know, you could have said something before I spilled all my guts out." Not literally, of course.
The Veil only swayed slightly, looking innocent. He stuck his wand in his back pocket, and prepared to sneak back out from the Ministry building when a thought struck him.
"Accio!" he screamed, pointing his wand at the veil. Dung stumbled out of it.
"Whew... thanks, 'arry. I've been waiting for someone to come get me... Sirius gave me the addresses of those girls, you see. But I knew there was somethin' wrong when-"
Harry pushed Dung aside. "Yeah, okay. Accio!"
Both twins walked out of the Veil.
"That's the last time we trust you, Dung! Never again do we go look for merchandise on the other side!"
George turned to Harry. "Thanks, mate. Didn't know how long we'd be there-"
"Will you people just allow me to raise the dead in peace?" Harry asked, frustrated. Dung and the twins walked out, shrugging.
"Accio..." Harry screamed again. "...Hermione." he added as an afterthought. He had to be very specific, it seemed. Nothing happned for a few seconds. Harry stood there, unsure of what to do. Perhaps Hermione did not want to come out... He was about to try again, when he heard the door open.
"Harry!?" A familiar voice shrieked. Harry turned around, his wand in hand. Standing there, was Hermione.
"Hermione...? Why didn't you come out of the Veil?"
" Ah... that... er... well,.you see..." Hermione blushed. "Well, the Minstry decided I was really very smart, so they pulled me out, and now I work here. I do Fudge's work. He just does the signing stuff... but guess what! I convinced them to pay the house-elves here a galleon a month! Oh, isn't it wondeful, Harry?"
Harry looked at her oddly. " So you've been alive, but you never bothered to contact us or anything? "
"Oh, well, you know... I had orders. I mean, if you knew... righteous anger... all those other things..." Hermione answered pleadingly.
"Well, are you coming back?"
"I don't know... the righteous anger... what about that?"
Harry sighed. "Well, that shouldn't be a problem anymore. I finally realized that him killing my parents is enough for me to want to kill him."
Hermione sighed. "Alright, I'll come back. Just one question."
"What is it?"
"Can I copy your homework?"
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Harry looked at all the new brooms in Diagon Alley, but none we more expensive that the Firebolt. Disappointed, Harry walked away from the window to join Sirius and Hermione. The were sitting at a small table, neither one of them having finished their ice cream yet. Harry sat down, not quite sure if he wanted to join their conversation.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!" Sirius finally yelled, hoping to end the mentally-stimulating discussion.
'Nope,' thought Harry, 'I don't want to enter that argument.'
There was quiet at the table for a few seconds, and then:
"Did not." Hermione muttered under her breath. Sirius glared at her.
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!" Sirius yelled. Hermione smirked. Sirius cursed as he realized he'd been tricked.
"Kreacher did not deserve to die. He may not have been human, but he had feelings just like us." Sirius argued. It seemed instead of admitting defeat, he'd decided to defend his new position.
"Exactly what I've been saying. House-elves have been mistreated for centuries."
"There should be some sort of association to promote Elfish Welfare."
Hermione's eyes widened, and she jumped out of her seat with excitement.
" Sirius, join S.P.E.W., then! I've been planning-"
" I don't care if you think it's a crappy idea, Hermione, I'm going to do it!"
"I'm thinking about having some sort of-"
"I'll name it A.P.E.W.!" Sirius went on, he'd also jumped out of his seat with excitement. "Association for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare!"
Hermione stopped, slightly confused.
"Sirius, you're just-"
"And I'll charge two sickles for members to join." Sirius turned to Harry, ignoring Hermione's indignant splutterings. "Hey, you want to join A.P.E.W.? It's two sickles."
Harry jumped out of his seat also. "That's a brilliant idea, Sirius! Of course I'll join." he handed Sirius two sickles, and Sirius handed him back a S.P.E.W. badge. Harry looked at Sirius, a slight frown on his face.
"Sirius, why does it say spew?"
Sirius looked at the S.P.E.W. badge. "Oh, they must have messed them up. I'll fix it right now." he took out his wand and pointed it at the badge. In a second, the S changed into an A. Sirius took out a whole box of S.P.E.W. badges, and changed them all to read A.P.E.W. He took the ox, and marched away from the table, going up to random people, thrusting the box in the their face. The terrified wizards and witches quickly took out money from the pockets, and handed it to Sirius. After successfully doing this several times, he returned to the table. The box had no more badges, and was filled with sickles. Harry could see people wearing the A.P.E.W badges all over Diagon Alley.
"See, and I managed it all in less than half an hour." Sirius began, "And all thanks to my powers of persuasion."
Hermione glared at him. "So it has nothing to do with the fact that you're an escaped, and extremely dangerous, criminal?"
Sirius shrugged. "It might have been a factor."
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Okay, no headache! Weird, probably the first time that happens. Er... no notes. I'm trying to be better about updating, and this hadn't been updated in so long, so...
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By: Sailoranime
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and I'm not JK Rowling. Hell, I'm not even British!
AN: Eh. I'll save them until the end.
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Harry let out a deep breath after two Aurors walked right by his hiding place. After checking that they were really gone, Harry stood up again and moved towards the door that lead to the DoM. He tried the handle silently. The door opened. He sighed with relief. He walked in quickly, invisibility cloak still on, and closed the door behind him.
It didn't take long for him to make his way to the circular room with the doors. He carefully walked towards one of them. It seemed to be calling him... The door opened before he'd even reached out to touch the handle. There it was. The Veil. He walked towards it, slightly afraid. It seemed to have taken him an eternity to reach it, but there he was, standing right in front of the wretched thing.
He took out his wand, his eyes determined.
"Give him back!" he pointed the wand at the veil.
"I want him back! You can't have him! I miss him... Give me Sirius back!" The veil was still. Harry could hear voices from within, but they seemed to be unaware of the fact that he was threatening them. Without giving much tought to the fact that he couldn't hurt people who were already dead, he sent a spell at the veil. The spell went right through it.
Harry threw himself on the floor, sobbing softly.
"I only had him for 2 years! I need him back. Please..." he wiped his eyes, and looked at the veil, his anger returning.
"GIVE HIM BACK!" Harry yelled, pointing the wand at the Veil.
"Harry?" Sirius's voice asked softly.
Harry's eyes widened. Had it worked? He looked around, searching for the the source of the voice. It was coming from his bag! Then his eyes widened again as he remembered Sirius was alive and well at Grimmauld place. Red with embarassment, he took the two way mirror out of his bag.
"Yes, Sirius?" he did his best to hide his guilt and embarassment. Sirius's face appeared on the mirror.
" Hey, Har. Where are you? We're supposed to go to Diagon Alley."
Harry searched for a plausible answer.
"I'm out picking flowers." he answered stupidly. Sirius shrugged.
"Will you be home in an hour? We really need to go."
"Yeah, sure. I'll be home soon."
Sirius nodded, and his image disappeared from the mirror. Harry stuck the mirror back in his bag and looked at the Veil reproachingly.
"You know, you could have said something before I spilled all my guts out." Not literally, of course.
The Veil only swayed slightly, looking innocent. He stuck his wand in his back pocket, and prepared to sneak back out from the Ministry building when a thought struck him.
"Accio!" he screamed, pointing his wand at the veil. Dung stumbled out of it.
"Whew... thanks, 'arry. I've been waiting for someone to come get me... Sirius gave me the addresses of those girls, you see. But I knew there was somethin' wrong when-"
Harry pushed Dung aside. "Yeah, okay. Accio!"
Both twins walked out of the Veil.
"That's the last time we trust you, Dung! Never again do we go look for merchandise on the other side!"
George turned to Harry. "Thanks, mate. Didn't know how long we'd be there-"
"Will you people just allow me to raise the dead in peace?" Harry asked, frustrated. Dung and the twins walked out, shrugging.
"Accio..." Harry screamed again. "...Hermione." he added as an afterthought. He had to be very specific, it seemed. Nothing happned for a few seconds. Harry stood there, unsure of what to do. Perhaps Hermione did not want to come out... He was about to try again, when he heard the door open.
"Harry!?" A familiar voice shrieked. Harry turned around, his wand in hand. Standing there, was Hermione.
"Hermione...? Why didn't you come out of the Veil?"
" Ah... that... er... well,.you see..." Hermione blushed. "Well, the Minstry decided I was really very smart, so they pulled me out, and now I work here. I do Fudge's work. He just does the signing stuff... but guess what! I convinced them to pay the house-elves here a galleon a month! Oh, isn't it wondeful, Harry?"
Harry looked at her oddly. " So you've been alive, but you never bothered to contact us or anything? "
"Oh, well, you know... I had orders. I mean, if you knew... righteous anger... all those other things..." Hermione answered pleadingly.
"Well, are you coming back?"
"I don't know... the righteous anger... what about that?"
Harry sighed. "Well, that shouldn't be a problem anymore. I finally realized that him killing my parents is enough for me to want to kill him."
Hermione sighed. "Alright, I'll come back. Just one question."
"What is it?"
"Can I copy your homework?"
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Harry looked at all the new brooms in Diagon Alley, but none we more expensive that the Firebolt. Disappointed, Harry walked away from the window to join Sirius and Hermione. The were sitting at a small table, neither one of them having finished their ice cream yet. Harry sat down, not quite sure if he wanted to join their conversation.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!" Sirius finally yelled, hoping to end the mentally-stimulating discussion.
'Nope,' thought Harry, 'I don't want to enter that argument.'
There was quiet at the table for a few seconds, and then:
"Did not." Hermione muttered under her breath. Sirius glared at her.
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!" Sirius yelled. Hermione smirked. Sirius cursed as he realized he'd been tricked.
"Kreacher did not deserve to die. He may not have been human, but he had feelings just like us." Sirius argued. It seemed instead of admitting defeat, he'd decided to defend his new position.
"Exactly what I've been saying. House-elves have been mistreated for centuries."
"There should be some sort of association to promote Elfish Welfare."
Hermione's eyes widened, and she jumped out of her seat with excitement.
" Sirius, join S.P.E.W., then! I've been planning-"
" I don't care if you think it's a crappy idea, Hermione, I'm going to do it!"
"I'm thinking about having some sort of-"
"I'll name it A.P.E.W.!" Sirius went on, he'd also jumped out of his seat with excitement. "Association for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare!"
Hermione stopped, slightly confused.
"Sirius, you're just-"
"And I'll charge two sickles for members to join." Sirius turned to Harry, ignoring Hermione's indignant splutterings. "Hey, you want to join A.P.E.W.? It's two sickles."
Harry jumped out of his seat also. "That's a brilliant idea, Sirius! Of course I'll join." he handed Sirius two sickles, and Sirius handed him back a S.P.E.W. badge. Harry looked at Sirius, a slight frown on his face.
"Sirius, why does it say spew?"
Sirius looked at the S.P.E.W. badge. "Oh, they must have messed them up. I'll fix it right now." he took out his wand and pointed it at the badge. In a second, the S changed into an A. Sirius took out a whole box of S.P.E.W. badges, and changed them all to read A.P.E.W. He took the ox, and marched away from the table, going up to random people, thrusting the box in the their face. The terrified wizards and witches quickly took out money from the pockets, and handed it to Sirius. After successfully doing this several times, he returned to the table. The box had no more badges, and was filled with sickles. Harry could see people wearing the A.P.E.W badges all over Diagon Alley.
"See, and I managed it all in less than half an hour." Sirius began, "And all thanks to my powers of persuasion."
Hermione glared at him. "So it has nothing to do with the fact that you're an escaped, and extremely dangerous, criminal?"
Sirius shrugged. "It might have been a factor."
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Okay, no headache! Weird, probably the first time that happens. Er... no notes. I'm trying to be better about updating, and this hadn't been updated in so long, so...
Well, enough of that! Time for the shameless plug!
Are you a fan of Sirius? Lupin? James? Or maybe even Peter? Well, we have the perfect place for you! Join Marauder Mayhem. http://www.neopets.com/guilds/guild.phtml?oid=sailor_melody
We have weekly discussions, so there's always something Marauder-related to talk about. You can read some of our interesting theories for the next book, and meet other people who share your HP obsession. ^_^ And we have a nice little collection of links to Marauder fanfiction and Fanart. And let's not forget special events to honor the full moons! All of the exisiting council is active, and we need more active council members, so join today. (Or tomorrow, whenever you have time is okay, really.)
Additional info and apologies: We are the only Marauder guild on neopets (that we know of, anyway.) And we do not completely ignore Peter. All the time, anyway. ^_^