Chapter 3: THE one and only
"Potter! Potter! HARRY!" The green-eyed boy slowly opened his eyes and moaned, "C'mon, Harry. We have to get out of here."
Harry noticed the hectic waver in Draco's voice, "W.what?" muttered Harry. Draco was pulling Harry up onto his feet.
"My father told me to grab you and go to The Leaky Cauldron. We're to wait there for him." Harry stood up and nearly fell again, "All right?"
He nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?"
Draco only shook his head, "Dunno.Father went to 'investigate', but I have a feeling that it was a lot more than seeing what was wrong. C'mon, Harry.We'll go back to the Inn and wait."
Rumors were roaming before they even got to the Inn, "Aye 'eard it was a dark wizard.after some'in, Aye did." And "Hey, Abby. Wasn't that the Reductor Curse that blew away that wall? That was really powerful. I heard that there were two boys in there too. Do you think they're alright?"
The two boys scurried off before they were, perhaps, noticed. They ran up the stares to the second floor and into Harry's bedroom.
Now what? The two stood there without an idea in the world of what to do but stand there, each coming up with there own ridiculous thoughts.
"Expelliarmus!" Came the familiar voice from outside. Draco was the first to the window, Harry right behind him.
Mr. Malfoy had his wand in his hand at the 'ready' stance. At the other end of the street was another man.
"Stop," Mr. Malfoy called out, "Or I will be left with no other choice but to put you in your place."
"And where would that be?" The man sneered.
Mr. Malfoy smiled back, "A place.worse then death."
Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster, and Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, were deciding against letting Harry stay with the Malfoy's. Neither Ministry nor Dumbledore could keep their eye on Harry as closely as they could when he was closer to the Ministry. And it was getting frustrating.
"Why?" Harry angrily stared at the Minister.
"Because the Ministry cannot watch you." Answered Fudge.
"But I am part of the Ministry, Cornelius." Mr. Malfoy looked from Harry to the Minister, " I will take full responsibility into caring for him. Young Potter and my son are already friends." He now turned to Professor Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge, "There's something you aren't telling me, isn't there. You're hiding something from Harry, aren't you? Cornelius, I would have never though that you, of all people, would hide something from the one person it concern."
Harry's eyes widened. What was so important that it concerned him? Mr. Malfoy pulled him between the three gentlemen, "Tell him, Cornelius! Tell him, or I will! He deserves to know. This is HARRY POTTER we're talking about."
"I know who we're talking about, Lucius. Dear God, anyone could distinguish the boy by just looking at him. The scar on his forehead is enough to tell you who he is."
"Cornelius!" Professor Dumbledore spoke up, "I don't think it wise for us to carry on this conversation here. We could go to Hogwarts to continue this conversation in my office."
They nodded, "Where's Black? He should have been here by now."
"He has informed me that he be arriving later due to some difficulties with Remus."
"Yes, last night was the full moon, wasn't it?" asked Lucius.
Professor Dumbledore nodded, "Come along, now. We'll apparate back." Once again they nodded. The professor turned to the confused raven-haired boy, "Harry, I'll ask you to hold my hand."
The boy nodded as he slowly and hesitantly took the aged man's outstretched hand. It only took several seconds before the room before them molded into a completely different room.
"This here, Harry, is my office. Welcome to Hogwarts, my dear boy." Professor Dumbledore smiled down at him. The room was a large circular room filled with books and planetary objects. There were staircases on either side of the room curving upwards to a single door.
"All right." Mr. Malfoy called out from behind, "so are we going to wait for Black, or are we going to carry on with this and at least tell the boy what he deserves to know?"
"Yes, I agree with Lucius, Cornelius. I think we should tell Harry everything that is going on before Sirius gets here."
The Minister let out a long sigh, "Fine.fine. Let's all take a seat."
They all took seats that popped out of nowhere, "Ahem," Dumbledore coughed, "I think we should start from the beginning. Before Harry was born.
"Of the time your great grandparents, something was left under Godric's Hollow.deep under the basement. It was know as a transfiguration device. Something that could turn grief into glory.rags into riches. Your Great Grandmother Elenorum invented it. She was a very adventurous woman, if I do say so myself. She also was one who helped in the discovery and invention of Floo Powder.
"But, back on subject. There was only one device, and by the time word got out, your grandparents had it. They tried to destroy it, but failed. So they hid it under the basement of Godric's Hollow. Your parents never knew about it, and there are those that are willing to risk anything to get to it."
Cornelius immediately stood, "If this is true.then it must be destroyed! With something as powerful as you make it sound, the world, for all we know, could come to an end."
"Calm yourself. Elenorum wasn't dimwitted, I assure you. It's not that powerful, but I won't say that it's not dangerous."
Harry was about to say something more, but suddenly there was burst from behind, "Professor Dumbledore! I'm terribly sorry I'm late." They all turned around to find a tall pale man with shoulder-length thin black hair and dark eyes, "You sorta caught me at a bad time. Remus was." He stopped once he noticed that there was more than just Dumbledore and Malfoy.
"Ah, Professor Black, I'm glad that you could join us on such short notice, but something, or should I say, someone came up."
The smile on Black's face immediately fell, "What's wrong, Albus? Who is it?"
Professor Dumbledore smiled and lifted a hand towards the raven-haired boy, "Mr. Harry Potter, of course."
Professor Black's eyes widened to an unbelievable size as he turned to the troubled boy in the maroon chair. There were tears already forming as he stepped to take a closer look at the eleven-year-old, "This is Harry?"
Harry didn't have time to answer before there was a hand already on his forehead, holding back his hair as Professor Black was inspecting the lightning shaped scar. Black slowly stepped back and softly whispered, inaudible words escaped his lips.
"Mr. Potter," announced Professor Dumbledore, "I'd like you to meet Professor Sirius Black, the new Charms professor." Harry offered a handshake to the teary man just as Sirius bent down to hug him, "And your Godfather."
"I'm so sorry, Harry. I'm so sorry that I had to leave you to those wretched muggles. I'm sorry! Please, forgive me. Please! Please! Forgive me! I know that they must have caused you some sort of trouble! I'm sorry I had to leave you to them!" Harry hesitantly hugged him back, trying to register all that Dumbledore had said.
"Godfather?" Harry pulled back and looked into the man's eyes, "I have a Godfather?"
Sirius wiped at his eyes as he nodded, "Yeah, James and Lily announced me godfather just before you were born. I was thrilled to death, to say the least. But, they wouldn't let me have you when they died. We were having problems at the time. legally. They found out that Remus and I are illegal animagi. But, we're finally off the hook, so you can come live with us now."
"Are you serious?" Harry smiled slightly.
"Yes," he held out a hand, "I'm Sirius. Sirius Black." Harry slapped it away.
Lucius rolled his eyes, "Ha ha, Black. You know what the boy meant."
He ignored the Malfoy, "But, yes, I'm very serious. Harry, I want you to come live with us. We live here at the castle since we both teach here."
Harry's smile only grew wider, "Yeah! Yes, I want to come live with you." He threw himself on his godfather and wrapped his arms around his neck, "I'm so happy!" He nearly squealed like a little schoolgirl, but refused to act stupid.
"Ahem!" They all turned towards Professor Dumbledore, "Let us get on with the meeting just roughly scheduled, alright?
"Let's see, now. Where did I leave off?"
"You left off saying something about the transfiguration.thing.not being too powerful, but still dangerous, right?" said Malfoy, and Fudge nodded.
Sirius took another seat that appeared and smiled over to Harry and he smiled back, the two sitting between Malfoy, all the while, Harry hearing something about weakness and controlling feelings coming from the long- haired blonde.
End of Chapter 3
"Potter! Potter! HARRY!" The green-eyed boy slowly opened his eyes and moaned, "C'mon, Harry. We have to get out of here."
Harry noticed the hectic waver in Draco's voice, "W.what?" muttered Harry. Draco was pulling Harry up onto his feet.
"My father told me to grab you and go to The Leaky Cauldron. We're to wait there for him." Harry stood up and nearly fell again, "All right?"
He nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?"
Draco only shook his head, "Dunno.Father went to 'investigate', but I have a feeling that it was a lot more than seeing what was wrong. C'mon, Harry.We'll go back to the Inn and wait."
Rumors were roaming before they even got to the Inn, "Aye 'eard it was a dark wizard.after some'in, Aye did." And "Hey, Abby. Wasn't that the Reductor Curse that blew away that wall? That was really powerful. I heard that there were two boys in there too. Do you think they're alright?"
The two boys scurried off before they were, perhaps, noticed. They ran up the stares to the second floor and into Harry's bedroom.
Now what? The two stood there without an idea in the world of what to do but stand there, each coming up with there own ridiculous thoughts.
"Expelliarmus!" Came the familiar voice from outside. Draco was the first to the window, Harry right behind him.
Mr. Malfoy had his wand in his hand at the 'ready' stance. At the other end of the street was another man.
"Stop," Mr. Malfoy called out, "Or I will be left with no other choice but to put you in your place."
"And where would that be?" The man sneered.
Mr. Malfoy smiled back, "A place.worse then death."
Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster, and Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, were deciding against letting Harry stay with the Malfoy's. Neither Ministry nor Dumbledore could keep their eye on Harry as closely as they could when he was closer to the Ministry. And it was getting frustrating.
"Why?" Harry angrily stared at the Minister.
"Because the Ministry cannot watch you." Answered Fudge.
"But I am part of the Ministry, Cornelius." Mr. Malfoy looked from Harry to the Minister, " I will take full responsibility into caring for him. Young Potter and my son are already friends." He now turned to Professor Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge, "There's something you aren't telling me, isn't there. You're hiding something from Harry, aren't you? Cornelius, I would have never though that you, of all people, would hide something from the one person it concern."
Harry's eyes widened. What was so important that it concerned him? Mr. Malfoy pulled him between the three gentlemen, "Tell him, Cornelius! Tell him, or I will! He deserves to know. This is HARRY POTTER we're talking about."
"I know who we're talking about, Lucius. Dear God, anyone could distinguish the boy by just looking at him. The scar on his forehead is enough to tell you who he is."
"Cornelius!" Professor Dumbledore spoke up, "I don't think it wise for us to carry on this conversation here. We could go to Hogwarts to continue this conversation in my office."
They nodded, "Where's Black? He should have been here by now."
"He has informed me that he be arriving later due to some difficulties with Remus."
"Yes, last night was the full moon, wasn't it?" asked Lucius.
Professor Dumbledore nodded, "Come along, now. We'll apparate back." Once again they nodded. The professor turned to the confused raven-haired boy, "Harry, I'll ask you to hold my hand."
The boy nodded as he slowly and hesitantly took the aged man's outstretched hand. It only took several seconds before the room before them molded into a completely different room.
"This here, Harry, is my office. Welcome to Hogwarts, my dear boy." Professor Dumbledore smiled down at him. The room was a large circular room filled with books and planetary objects. There were staircases on either side of the room curving upwards to a single door.
"All right." Mr. Malfoy called out from behind, "so are we going to wait for Black, or are we going to carry on with this and at least tell the boy what he deserves to know?"
"Yes, I agree with Lucius, Cornelius. I think we should tell Harry everything that is going on before Sirius gets here."
The Minister let out a long sigh, "Fine.fine. Let's all take a seat."
They all took seats that popped out of nowhere, "Ahem," Dumbledore coughed, "I think we should start from the beginning. Before Harry was born.
"Of the time your great grandparents, something was left under Godric's Hollow.deep under the basement. It was know as a transfiguration device. Something that could turn grief into glory.rags into riches. Your Great Grandmother Elenorum invented it. She was a very adventurous woman, if I do say so myself. She also was one who helped in the discovery and invention of Floo Powder.
"But, back on subject. There was only one device, and by the time word got out, your grandparents had it. They tried to destroy it, but failed. So they hid it under the basement of Godric's Hollow. Your parents never knew about it, and there are those that are willing to risk anything to get to it."
Cornelius immediately stood, "If this is true.then it must be destroyed! With something as powerful as you make it sound, the world, for all we know, could come to an end."
"Calm yourself. Elenorum wasn't dimwitted, I assure you. It's not that powerful, but I won't say that it's not dangerous."
Harry was about to say something more, but suddenly there was burst from behind, "Professor Dumbledore! I'm terribly sorry I'm late." They all turned around to find a tall pale man with shoulder-length thin black hair and dark eyes, "You sorta caught me at a bad time. Remus was." He stopped once he noticed that there was more than just Dumbledore and Malfoy.
"Ah, Professor Black, I'm glad that you could join us on such short notice, but something, or should I say, someone came up."
The smile on Black's face immediately fell, "What's wrong, Albus? Who is it?"
Professor Dumbledore smiled and lifted a hand towards the raven-haired boy, "Mr. Harry Potter, of course."
Professor Black's eyes widened to an unbelievable size as he turned to the troubled boy in the maroon chair. There were tears already forming as he stepped to take a closer look at the eleven-year-old, "This is Harry?"
Harry didn't have time to answer before there was a hand already on his forehead, holding back his hair as Professor Black was inspecting the lightning shaped scar. Black slowly stepped back and softly whispered, inaudible words escaped his lips.
"Mr. Potter," announced Professor Dumbledore, "I'd like you to meet Professor Sirius Black, the new Charms professor." Harry offered a handshake to the teary man just as Sirius bent down to hug him, "And your Godfather."
"I'm so sorry, Harry. I'm so sorry that I had to leave you to those wretched muggles. I'm sorry! Please, forgive me. Please! Please! Forgive me! I know that they must have caused you some sort of trouble! I'm sorry I had to leave you to them!" Harry hesitantly hugged him back, trying to register all that Dumbledore had said.
"Godfather?" Harry pulled back and looked into the man's eyes, "I have a Godfather?"
Sirius wiped at his eyes as he nodded, "Yeah, James and Lily announced me godfather just before you were born. I was thrilled to death, to say the least. But, they wouldn't let me have you when they died. We were having problems at the time. legally. They found out that Remus and I are illegal animagi. But, we're finally off the hook, so you can come live with us now."
"Are you serious?" Harry smiled slightly.
"Yes," he held out a hand, "I'm Sirius. Sirius Black." Harry slapped it away.
Lucius rolled his eyes, "Ha ha, Black. You know what the boy meant."
He ignored the Malfoy, "But, yes, I'm very serious. Harry, I want you to come live with us. We live here at the castle since we both teach here."
Harry's smile only grew wider, "Yeah! Yes, I want to come live with you." He threw himself on his godfather and wrapped his arms around his neck, "I'm so happy!" He nearly squealed like a little schoolgirl, but refused to act stupid.
"Ahem!" They all turned towards Professor Dumbledore, "Let us get on with the meeting just roughly scheduled, alright?
"Let's see, now. Where did I leave off?"
"You left off saying something about the transfiguration.thing.not being too powerful, but still dangerous, right?" said Malfoy, and Fudge nodded.
Sirius took another seat that appeared and smiled over to Harry and he smiled back, the two sitting between Malfoy, all the while, Harry hearing something about weakness and controlling feelings coming from the long- haired blonde.
End of Chapter 3