Chapter 3: The Truth
Harry Potter surveyed himself in the mirror. His scar was much less visible, and he seemed quite fit, although he had been circling around in a glass sphere learning. It had been three weeks since he had stretched last. He stood up and bent over. It felt so good. He got up and walk to the desereted common room. Just as he was about to walk through the portrait hole, Dumbledor came in.
"Ah," he said airily, "Are you read to go to your birthday party?"
Harry nodded and followed him to Dumbledor's office. There, they traveled by floo powder to 12 Grimmauld Place. Harry heard a shriek.
"Harry!" someone called just before they ran into him with a big hug. "Where were you?" It was Hermione.
"Well, um.." Where had he been? Harry didn't quite know. He glanced over at Dumbledor for help.
"Miss Granger, he has been through a great ordeal and is quite hungary. So, I am sure that he would like to get on with the party."
Hermione leant in for another hug when she yelped and retreated backward. "What has happened to Harry? He is more powerful than even you professor. The power just seems to be leaking out through him!"
Dumbledor was just about to answer when Ron, Percy the twins, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, Lupin, Tonks, and Moody came in. It certainly was a queer sight when they all saw Harry. Ron started yelling, Percy was agahst, the twins started to stare along with Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, Lupin, and Moody. Tonks, however didn't see anything out of the ordinary and ran up to Harry, but she couldn't reach him. She was just running in one place. What was going on?
"Dumbledor," cried Moody, "Are my eyes decieving me. Has Harry actually gone through the Pheonix Transformation?"
"Yes, Alastor, it would appear that way, wouldn't it. But, no one must know this. Only members of the order, and just those very close to Harry should be told. I don't think that we should mention this to Severus either. He is getting very close to capture.
"Um, professor?" Harry said. "What exactly is the Pheonix Transformation?"
"Harry, you now are the most powerful wizard in the world. You are almost ready. The powers which you possess are very old and were sought after even before Gryfindor's time. You have the powers of the pheonix. If you look at your wand, it appears normal, doesn't it?"
"Yes." Harry said.
"After dinner tonight Harry, come to see me. We need to discuss something of very great importance."
Dinner was a very uneventful time, unless you include the many jokes and pranks concealed inside the food, thanks to Fred and George. Nobody dared look at Harry, because he was still glowing a faint green.
Harry was later called aside by Dumbledor and they stepped into the library alone. Dumbledor pulled out an emerald green cloak with a phoniex on the back. The cloth seemed to be made of a very soft but durable material.
"This, Harry, is the most important thing that you will ever see. It is the sign of the Balance." He said this with great care as to not be heard by any people overhearing. "Put it on."
Harry put the cloak around him and for a moment, nothing happened, until suddenly, great warmth came into him. A great power rushed through is veins, making him feel more powerful than ever before. He look down at his wand. There were ancient inscriptures on it in a language he understood. It read: All people shall worship and fear, while they are saved by the Balance of Time. None shall know, except that who gave the cloak, all shall be saved from the Wrath of the Night.
"What does it mean?" Harry asked.
"I do not know because I cannot read it Harry. Do not repeat it to anyone."
Harry Potter surveyed himself in the mirror. His scar was much less visible, and he seemed quite fit, although he had been circling around in a glass sphere learning. It had been three weeks since he had stretched last. He stood up and bent over. It felt so good. He got up and walk to the desereted common room. Just as he was about to walk through the portrait hole, Dumbledor came in.
"Ah," he said airily, "Are you read to go to your birthday party?"
Harry nodded and followed him to Dumbledor's office. There, they traveled by floo powder to 12 Grimmauld Place. Harry heard a shriek.
"Harry!" someone called just before they ran into him with a big hug. "Where were you?" It was Hermione.
"Well, um.." Where had he been? Harry didn't quite know. He glanced over at Dumbledor for help.
"Miss Granger, he has been through a great ordeal and is quite hungary. So, I am sure that he would like to get on with the party."
Hermione leant in for another hug when she yelped and retreated backward. "What has happened to Harry? He is more powerful than even you professor. The power just seems to be leaking out through him!"
Dumbledor was just about to answer when Ron, Percy the twins, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, Lupin, Tonks, and Moody came in. It certainly was a queer sight when they all saw Harry. Ron started yelling, Percy was agahst, the twins started to stare along with Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, Lupin, and Moody. Tonks, however didn't see anything out of the ordinary and ran up to Harry, but she couldn't reach him. She was just running in one place. What was going on?
"Dumbledor," cried Moody, "Are my eyes decieving me. Has Harry actually gone through the Pheonix Transformation?"
"Yes, Alastor, it would appear that way, wouldn't it. But, no one must know this. Only members of the order, and just those very close to Harry should be told. I don't think that we should mention this to Severus either. He is getting very close to capture.
"Um, professor?" Harry said. "What exactly is the Pheonix Transformation?"
"Harry, you now are the most powerful wizard in the world. You are almost ready. The powers which you possess are very old and were sought after even before Gryfindor's time. You have the powers of the pheonix. If you look at your wand, it appears normal, doesn't it?"
"Yes." Harry said.
"After dinner tonight Harry, come to see me. We need to discuss something of very great importance."
Dinner was a very uneventful time, unless you include the many jokes and pranks concealed inside the food, thanks to Fred and George. Nobody dared look at Harry, because he was still glowing a faint green.
Harry was later called aside by Dumbledor and they stepped into the library alone. Dumbledor pulled out an emerald green cloak with a phoniex on the back. The cloth seemed to be made of a very soft but durable material.
"This, Harry, is the most important thing that you will ever see. It is the sign of the Balance." He said this with great care as to not be heard by any people overhearing. "Put it on."
Harry put the cloak around him and for a moment, nothing happened, until suddenly, great warmth came into him. A great power rushed through is veins, making him feel more powerful than ever before. He look down at his wand. There were ancient inscriptures on it in a language he understood. It read: All people shall worship and fear, while they are saved by the Balance of Time. None shall know, except that who gave the cloak, all shall be saved from the Wrath of the Night.
"What does it mean?" Harry asked.
"I do not know because I cannot read it Harry. Do not repeat it to anyone."