"What the hell was that that you pulled back there!!!" Shouted Uncle Vernon as Harry entered the house late that night, after hiding his cloak in the flower garden.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Harry lied.
"I think you know exactly what im talking about!!! Dudley came screaming home with his underwear pulled over his head complaining he didn't know who did it, and obviously it was something that had to deal with you!! Come BOY TELL ME!!"
"Uncle Vernon I fell asleep in the park, I was no where near Dudley and his friends when this happened."
"I'll get you boy!! No meals for a week!! Now get to your room!"
Frustrated and wanting to now go the Burrow Harry stormed up the stairs to his room. Harry slammed the door and threw himself onto his bed. Harry was so exhausted that he fell right asleep……
"Harry help us!" choked a kid wondering a street that Harry no longer recognized. Houses all along the street were being burned and screams were on a constant sound. People were running and flooding everywhere. Sweat was trickling down Harry's forehead and he was running around looking for some sign of hope.
What was this place? Harry wondered. Then it hit him; this was a world where Voldemort was conquering. Harry was too late. He was letting all of these families and kids down. I don't know what to do!! Harry yelled. Someone help me!! But no one could. This was his prophecy his task. IT was fate for Harry to have to conquer Voldemort and no one could help or save him, except for himself. I can't do this alone!!! Harry yelled but a sign of hope shined as he heard the phoenix song and saw that his shadow became a grown man's with shaggy hair.
Sirius…. Harry thought… Sirius is hear with me, im not alone. It was fate for him to die to fight Voldemort by my side.
"Sirius!" Harry screamed, "Sirius, I don't think I can do this, I don't want to fail all these people! I can't do it; I don't know enough magic and he's so much stronger than I am! I have escaped him before but that was from luck and help of others. Sirius im going to die!! Im gonna fail!" Then Harry's shadow smiled back at him and Harry felt something wrap around him.
A high cold pitch cold laugh sounded the air and Harry's scar started to sear with pain.
Harry woke up clenching his forehead. He tried to piece together everything that he had just seen in his dream. Screaming, Burning, Sirius as his shadow, Voldemort's laugh….
"AHH!" Harry's scar made his head feel like it was going to burst. He felt as though his heart was beating in his head. He got up from his bed seeing that he forgot to take off his glasses and looked in the mirror. His scar started oozing out a devilish black liquid.
"What the —" This had never happened before. Whenever his scar hurt in the past it still looked normal but hurt like hell. Why is it now oozing out this black liquid?
"Oh shit, what do I do?" In situations like this he would usually write to Sirius, but Harry didn't have him anymore. Harry couldn't write to Hermonie with her usual response of looking it up in a book and Ron would just ask his dad about it. Harry had to write to Dumbledore, but no, Harry's been mad at Dumbledore since the end of last year. If Dumbledore had taught him Occumlecy lessons then he wouldn't have had that vision of Sirius being tortured by Voldemort and Sirius would still be here…. But what other choice did Harry have? Who else could Harry tell? There was always Lupin, yes Lupin! No… I never write to him this would be awkward if I did. What the hell who should I write to? Moody, no he would think everyone was trying to kill him, and Dumbledore, no I already said I was mad at him. I can't tell Hargrid, he will get all upset. I don't really have a choice do I, but to tell Dumbledore? I have to write to Dumbledore and tell him, I have to put everything that happened between us behind. I can do this, common now Harry this isn't too hard…
Harry got out a piece of paper and some ink and a feather. Harry started to write:
Dumbledore,
Tonight I had a dream about houses burning and families screaming, and my shadow becoming Sirius's and him giving me hope along with the phoenix song, and then I heard Voldemort's laugh and woke up with my scar burning again. This wasn't my usual scar pain; this time it was oozing out this black liquidy sort of stuff and it was burning 10x as much. What does this mean?
Harry
Harry re-read this over and then laid it on his desk and waited for Hedwig to come back from her nighttime hunting. Harry looked over at the clock and it said 3:37 am. Common Hedwig hurry up… Harry kept thinking. Harry tried to go back to sleep but he couldn't relax with what he had just seen.
Had Harry just seen the future, or was he just in visioning something? Hopefully Dumbledore would be able to sort this all out. Common Hedwig! Harry kept thinking. Harry must have dozed off because the next thing he noticed was that it was light out and Hedwig was sleeping in its cage with mouse intestines underneath it.
Harry jumped up, grabbed his letter to Dumbledore and started tying it to Hedwig's leg.
"Whenever I need you, you are never around! What took you so long to get a measly mouse? Now take this straight to Dumbledore and don't come back until he has written to you back or told you further plans! Got it?" Hedwig hooted in acceptance and then gave Harry a friendly peck before heading out.
Now all Harry had to do was wait for some sign that Dumbledore had gotten Harry's letter and was going to do something about it. There was no use in Harry waiting for Aunt Petunia to come bang on his door and get her in a bad mood in the beginning of the day so Harry started heading for his door. He had to go get his invisible cloak that he had left in the flower garden before someone else found it first and found out what it was. Harry got down the stairs and was about to head out the door when he heard a scream from the kitchen,
"SHOO! SHOO U DAM BIRD!!" A bird… Aunt Petunia must mean an owl!! It couldn't have been from Dumbledore already seeing as Hedwig just literally left, but maybe its from Ron or Hermione. Since the Dursley's were distracted, Harry quickly ran and got his cloak, and stored it in his room before going to see who the owl was from. Just as he was turning the knob on his door he heard his uncle shouting, "POTTER!!!" from the kitchen. Harry raced down the stairs to find an owl attacking Dudley and Uncle Vernon trying to swap it away while Aunt Petunia cornered herself and was screaming, "DUDLY-KINS!!"
Harry tried to hold back a smile because this situation was just so funny! To top off all of this commotion Harry saw that Dudley had a red imprint around his forehead from where the underwear had been grabbing at him yesterday. Dudley had gotten a lot thinner; he looks like he lost at least 150 pounds since he first started. Dudley was definitely not as skinny as Harry was, Dudley was at least 60 pounds more than him still, but Dudley definitely looked in much better shape. Uncle Vernon on the other hand must pig out at work because he still looks exactly the same! Just as this was all running through Harry's head, seeing as he was too emotional before to notice anything, Uncle Vernon finally got hold of the bird and Harry noticed the little energetic thing to be none other than Pig, Ron's owl.
"I'm gonna kill this dam thing!" Uncle Vernon screamed as he was trying to crush it beneath his hands. Staring at Pig Harry just realized that Sirius had given that owl to Ron just after Hermione and Harry had helped Sirius escape on Buckbeak. Out of nowhere Harry started to yell and grab for Pig and when he retrieved him, Uncle Vernon started on a rampage.
"WHAT IS THAT BLOODY OWL DOING IN MY HOUSE ATTACKING MY SON!!"
"He's just very energetic all the time that's all!"
"Next time he comes here I will seriously kill that dam thing! Now get it out of my sight boy!"
Harry turned around and started to run toward his room. Harry hadn't received a letter all summer, well except for his birthday, but Harry figured that they probably just wanted Harry to have time to himself, and Harry was grateful, but now Harry had been getting sick of himself and his grief.
Harry thrust open his door and slammed down on the bed as elated as can be. Harry untied the letter and let Pig rest in Hedwig's unoccupied cage. Harry saw not only one letter but like 5, one, which had the handwriting of Fred and George. Wondering what that one could be Harry opened that letter first.
Harry,
Mum was really mad at us when she found out that we left Hogwarts after making a swamp and letting fireworks off in the school. Well I don't care Fred
Neither I George shutup, anyways, we got our joke shop going and wanted you to be the first to know after Ron, and Percy
And mum and dad and Bill and Charlie and Ginny and Hermione and wait… ya that's it! But after them you are definitely the first to know
Ya! Mum wasn't too happy about our joke shop either, but she said now that we left school we had to make a living so she actually gave in, OUR MUM!!! Your secret although is still safe, mom doesn't know it was you who gave us all the money. Hope to see you soon and hope you summer is going great!
Yes great summer with all the happiness
Shutup George!!
Fred AND GEORGE even though George isn't important! :)
Harry could just picture the look on Mrs. Weasly's face when she heard that Fred and George had not only been expelled, but had also continued to work on their joke shop after she banned them from it!! This made Harry smile. Now Ron's three letters and one from Hermione. Wow they must all be together, Harry thought. Harry tore out one of Ron's first.
Harry,
Fred and George got the shop started, I still don't know how they got all the money… maybe they stole it somewhere. Anyways Percy and Mum and Dad made up. Percy actually apologized and is now living with us again although it doesn't feel like it seeing as he locks himself in his room or he's at work. Hope the Dursley's are treating you right. Tell me when you want to come to the Burrow. No rush. Try to have fun.
RonHarry thought that Ron must have written this a little while ago and wouldn't let Fred and George send their letter until Ron sent his. Oh well three more letters to go!
Harry,
Hermione is now staying with us, but still no rush take your time! Did you get your OWLs yet? I haven't but im so exited!!! Hope to talk to you soon. Have fun
Ron
Harry,
I wonder who the new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher is going to be. We have gone back to the order, but this time there is like no cleaning left!! Thank god! I don't know if you want to come here again I mean since, well, Harry im so sorry. Hope you're taking it easy and hope you enjoyed your birthday present!! I got the products from Fred and George's shop. They are making tons of business!! Tell me when you want to come and stay, if you do. NO RUSH!! Hope the Dursley's are treating you right. Still no OWLs results. Hermione either. Have fun
Ron
Have fun? HAVE FUN? How the hell can Harry be having fun!! How the hell can he be enjoying life right now!? There is nothing to enjoy or be happy about. But how can Harry not have known that they were going to go back to the Order? I can't go there, I wont be able to bear it. But god Harry you need to face your obsessions! Harry kept talking to himself like this. He really wanted to get out of here now, especially since he already ate all of his birthday cakes and was now going to be starved for a week. Harry needed to see friends and get his mind off things. But how can he get his mind off of things when he will be in the house that Sirius freaking grew up in!! Harry had only seen Sirius there not too long ago. Harry couldn't help but start to cry like a baby again. Guys can cry, and I don't care I cant keep it in!!
After almost a half hour of this Harry noticed that he still had one more letter to go, this one was from Hermione.
Harry,How have you been feeling? Me or Ron haven't heard from you all summer and I hope you are okay. Did you like that updated Qudditch book and polishing set I got you? Harry I miss you and I hope to see you soon. Not getting my OWLs results are killing me!! I've read like thirty extra books trying to get my mind off of it! You probably already read all about Fred and George, and the update on Percy, and how we are back at the Order. I want to tell you some specific things that I have heard, but I cant say much incase these letters get intercepted although Pig is so energetic I don't think anyone will be able to catch him! Everyone keeps refusing to join me to help the house elf's but I refuse to give up! Hope you are taking care of yourself.
Love, Hermione
Wow Hermione really needs to stop reading, Harry thought. Harry missed Ron and Hermione too. Harry got out a piece of paper and started to write back to Ron and Hermione and Fred and George all in one.
Ron, Hermione, Fred and George
I got all of you letters. Thanx for the gifts, and I'm so glad about your joke shop and about how Percy is all good with you guys now. I'm ready to come. The Dursley's are going to starve me this week anyway so come and get me as fast as you can! I got my OWLs results and im on my way to becoming an Auror! I'll bring it with me. Hope to see you soon and no I am not having fun or taking good care of myself, im actually miserable so hurry up and get me!!
Harry
Harry didn't even reread his letter, instead he grabbed Pig and tied the letter to its ankle and let it off. Harry walked away from his window and got out his suitcase to start packing to go be with the people he needs most.