Chapter Six
Remus swore softly as he and Tonks landed in a tangle of arms and legs, and he struggled to get to his feet.
"Where's Harry?" Tonks asked as she finally managed to stand up and glanced around.
"I don't know. Something happened right before we left." Remus said worriedly as he looked around to find himself standing in the foyer of castellum of the dominus phoenix.
Remus stood staring in awe of his surroundings. This was easily the most magnificent place he had ever been. The walls were a soft blue, and the tile on the floor was white with what he knew had to be pure gold engraving.
"It's awesome." Tonks sighed as she looked around.
"It's too bad you will not be able to stay." Albus said as he suddenly appeared before them.
"Where is Harry?" Albus asked as he glared angrily at Tonks and Remus.
"I went to check to on him, and his relatives said he had left with someone, who they described to look much like you Mr. Lupin, and had no idea where he had gone."
Remus and Tonks glanced nervously at one another, neither wanting to make the headmaster any more angry than he already was, yet they both knew that they had to tell him that they had lost Harry somewhere between Grimwald Place had the Castle of the Phoenix.
"Something went wrong, just as the port key we were using activated. Tonks and I were just about to return to find out what happened." Remus reluctantly explained.
"Do you two have any idea what you have done? Harry is not to left alone at anytime." Albus stated.
"But there was no way we could have prevented what happened." Tonks replied, not at all liking the implication that they had purposely left Harry behind.
"Of course there was, one of you should have stayed behind so that if something did happen, at the least, the child would have been protected. I just hope for both your sakes, that we find Harry safe from Voldemort's clutches." Albus replied angrily as he took a piece of parchment from the folds of his robes and turned it into a port key that would return Remus and Tonks to Grimwald Place.
Any bit of guilt, that Albus felt for sending Tonks and Remus on a wild goose chase to find Harry was immediately erased after they had disappeared. He knew exactly where Harry was and there was absolutely no way he was going to allow Remus to find a way to bring Sirius back. Too much time and planning had gone into getting rid of the only person, other than himself, that had any control over his grandson.
It had been dumb luck on Sirius's part that he had found a book in the library of Grimwald Place, that described the charm Albus had used to send Lilly and James on a one-way trip to Godrick's Heaven. Fortunately before Sirius had been able to read too much, Albus had invaded Harry's mind, sending the boy and his friends to the ministry to save his poor godfather from Voldemort.
Smiling to him self, as he apparated to his office, deciding that he would let Remus and Tonks sweat for a while, before telling them where Harry had been taken, Albus settled behind his desk and reached for a lemon drop.
"If I tell them at all." Albus chuckled to himself.
Harry and Godrick arrived at castellum of the dominus phoenix just moments later.
"This place is great." Harry said softly as a soft trilling noise reached his ears.
Godrick watched in silence as Harry tilted his head slightly, listening closely to the soft trilling filling the air.
"You understand them." Godrick stated softly as Harry began to whistle a soothing tune and a pure white phoenix came flying through the air to perch on the boys shoulder.
Harry stared in awe of the beautiful bird perched on his shoulder. It was snow white, with just the slightest tint of gold on its wing tips.
You have finally come home young Lord. The white phoenix trilled happily as she nuzzled Harry's neck.
No, I have come to rescue my godfather from the veil. Harry corrected the phoenix as he gently stroked her soft feathers.
What is your name?
I am Aries, your guardian phoenix. I have been waiting for a very long time for you to come. There is much that you must learn.
I'm sorry, but I must rescue my godfather first. Can you tell me where the veil is located?
Follow me.
"Come on." Harry called out over his shoulder as he ran down the corridor after the Phoenix.
"I am too old for this." Godrick grumbled as he ran after Harry. Making a mental note to remind Harry of that fact as he hurried after them.
Harry ran down the corridor, taking so many twists and turns, that he seriously doubted he would ever have found the location of the veil on his own, and he did not even want to think about finding his way out once he had Sirius back.
The veil you seek is beyond this door. Aries trilled softly as she settled back onto Harry's shoulder.
Harry stood staring at the engravings on the huge golden doors trying to figure out how to get them open, as they appeared to be more like a solid wall than a set of doors.
"Any ideas on how to get through?" Harry asked once Godrick had arrived panting heavily.
"Harry I have never been to this part of the Castle before. I had no idea that this doorway was even here." Godrick said as he attempted to catch his breath while closely examining the door.
Look closely Master of the Phoenix and you shall find your way in, but I caution you to beware. No one has ever returned from the call the angels. Aries trilled softly.
"What did she say?" Godrick asked after the phoenix had trilled softly.
"She said to look closely." Harry said as he stepped closer to the doors, intentionally forgetting to tell Godrick about her warning.
"Here it is!" Harry exclaimed as he placed his hand over a handprint that had been engraved into the door. Pushing slowly, Harry watched as the door began to open, just enough for them both to slip through.
The moment Harry stepped into the dimly lit room, he carefully approached a mirror image of the veil he had seen in the Department of Mysteries located in the Ministry building where he had gone to rescue Sirius several weeks earlier.
"Are you sure about this Harry, because I have a feeling that.." Godrick said as he placed a hand on Harry's shoulder to prevent him from going any closer to the veil than he already was.
"I have to do this. Please don't stop me now." Harry pleaded softly as he glanced away from the veil and up at Godrick.
"I won't stop you, just be careful." Godrick sighed as he dropped his hand to his side.
"Sirius! Sirius! Can you hear me?" Harry called out loudly as he stopped several feet from the veil that had begun to glow slightly as he approached.
Sirius jerked awake and nearly fell over backwards at the sound of someone calling out to him. Quickly scanning his surroundings, he found he had drifted further away from the veil and much closer to the soft calls coming from what appeared to be golden gates.
It was not until the voice called out to him again, that tears of happiness began to blur his vision.
"Harry!" Sirius called out desperately as he struggled to make his way back toward the veil, only to find that it seemed as if his feet weighed a ton and each step was like trying to fight his way through a typhoon.
"Sirius I don't know how to reach you!" Harry called out from the other side of the veil.
"Don't come any closer!" Sirius yelled as the veil began to flutter gently. Redoubling his efforts, Sirius concentrated on forcing each foot to move closer to the veil that separated him from his one and only reason for living.
"Tell me what to do!" Harry called out as he reached hesitantly toward the veil.
"Harry don't!" Godrick called out as he watched in horror as Harry began to touch the thin piece of fabric that separated him from his godfather.
Startled by Godrick's sudden warning, Harry began to flail his arms in an attempt to regain his balance, but could not prevent himself from falling forward through the veil.
Godrick moved faster than he had ever moved in his life as he sprinted across the floor and dove forward, catching Harry by the foot.
"Whatever you do, don't move." Godrick instructed as he struggled to pull Harry back through the veil.
"Give me your hand!" Harry yelled to Sirius as a loud yelling noise began to fill the air and the winds began to pick up around them.
Sirius fell forward and stretched his hand out as far as he could reach yet was barely able to touch his godson's fingertips.
"Hurry!" Harry yelled as he felt Godrick beginning to pull him backwards.
Knowing it would be useless to try and stand, Sirius began crawling forward inch by inch until he felt Harry's hand, grip firmly around his own.
"Help me!" Harry called out to Godrick as Sirius continued using the last of his energy to hold onto Harry's hand, while Godrick pulled them both back through the veil.
"Remind me to yell at you later." Sirius and Godrick said simultaneously as they all lay in heap on the floor. "As long as you're here to yell at me, I can handle it." Harry grinned as he flung his self at Sirius. Hugging him tightly.
"I don't know what I would do without you kid." Sirius whispered as he returned Harry's hug with tears in his eyes.
"Where's a camera when you need one?" Godrick sighed as he blinked back the tears that threatened, wondering what it felt like to be loved so deeply by another person.
"Thank you." Sirius said as he stuck out his hand to Godrick, once they were all back on their feet.
"Just return the favor if it's ever needed." Godrick said as he ignored Sirius's hand and hugged him instead.
"What do you say we get out here and go home?" Sirius suggested as he flung his arm around Harry's shoulders and leaned weakly against him.
"Do I have to go back to the Dursley's?" Harry asked, unsure of where exactly his godfather meant by home.
"Hell NO!" Sirius exclaimed. Appalled that Harry would even think such a thing.
"I don't care what anyone says, you are never going back there ever again." Sirius stated as they stepped through the gold doors and Harry paused just long enough to ensure that they had closed completely.
Am I correct in assuming you will be returning to Grimwald Place? Aries trilled softly from where she was hovering in the air before them all.
Yes, can you take us there? Harry asked.
I shall do as you command young master, hold tightly to one another and grab my tail feather. Aries instructed.
Lets go home. Harry trilled softly as he instructed Godrick and Sirius to hold hands and then gripped Aries tail feathers firmly in his hand.
Before Harry fully comprehended that they were no longer on the ground, he felt his feet touch down once again and smiled as they found themselves standing on the doorstep of Grimwald Place.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor am I making any money. However if JKR wants to give me Harry I will willingly take him. Please read and review and thanks to all those that have already done so.
Remus swore softly as he and Tonks landed in a tangle of arms and legs, and he struggled to get to his feet.
"Where's Harry?" Tonks asked as she finally managed to stand up and glanced around.
"I don't know. Something happened right before we left." Remus said worriedly as he looked around to find himself standing in the foyer of castellum of the dominus phoenix.
Remus stood staring in awe of his surroundings. This was easily the most magnificent place he had ever been. The walls were a soft blue, and the tile on the floor was white with what he knew had to be pure gold engraving.
"It's awesome." Tonks sighed as she looked around.
"It's too bad you will not be able to stay." Albus said as he suddenly appeared before them.
"Where is Harry?" Albus asked as he glared angrily at Tonks and Remus.
"I went to check to on him, and his relatives said he had left with someone, who they described to look much like you Mr. Lupin, and had no idea where he had gone."
Remus and Tonks glanced nervously at one another, neither wanting to make the headmaster any more angry than he already was, yet they both knew that they had to tell him that they had lost Harry somewhere between Grimwald Place had the Castle of the Phoenix.
"Something went wrong, just as the port key we were using activated. Tonks and I were just about to return to find out what happened." Remus reluctantly explained.
"Do you two have any idea what you have done? Harry is not to left alone at anytime." Albus stated.
"But there was no way we could have prevented what happened." Tonks replied, not at all liking the implication that they had purposely left Harry behind.
"Of course there was, one of you should have stayed behind so that if something did happen, at the least, the child would have been protected. I just hope for both your sakes, that we find Harry safe from Voldemort's clutches." Albus replied angrily as he took a piece of parchment from the folds of his robes and turned it into a port key that would return Remus and Tonks to Grimwald Place.
Any bit of guilt, that Albus felt for sending Tonks and Remus on a wild goose chase to find Harry was immediately erased after they had disappeared. He knew exactly where Harry was and there was absolutely no way he was going to allow Remus to find a way to bring Sirius back. Too much time and planning had gone into getting rid of the only person, other than himself, that had any control over his grandson.
It had been dumb luck on Sirius's part that he had found a book in the library of Grimwald Place, that described the charm Albus had used to send Lilly and James on a one-way trip to Godrick's Heaven. Fortunately before Sirius had been able to read too much, Albus had invaded Harry's mind, sending the boy and his friends to the ministry to save his poor godfather from Voldemort.
Smiling to him self, as he apparated to his office, deciding that he would let Remus and Tonks sweat for a while, before telling them where Harry had been taken, Albus settled behind his desk and reached for a lemon drop.
"If I tell them at all." Albus chuckled to himself.
Harry and Godrick arrived at castellum of the dominus phoenix just moments later.
"This place is great." Harry said softly as a soft trilling noise reached his ears.
Godrick watched in silence as Harry tilted his head slightly, listening closely to the soft trilling filling the air.
"You understand them." Godrick stated softly as Harry began to whistle a soothing tune and a pure white phoenix came flying through the air to perch on the boys shoulder.
Harry stared in awe of the beautiful bird perched on his shoulder. It was snow white, with just the slightest tint of gold on its wing tips.
You have finally come home young Lord. The white phoenix trilled happily as she nuzzled Harry's neck.
No, I have come to rescue my godfather from the veil. Harry corrected the phoenix as he gently stroked her soft feathers.
What is your name?
I am Aries, your guardian phoenix. I have been waiting for a very long time for you to come. There is much that you must learn.
I'm sorry, but I must rescue my godfather first. Can you tell me where the veil is located?
Follow me.
"Come on." Harry called out over his shoulder as he ran down the corridor after the Phoenix.
"I am too old for this." Godrick grumbled as he ran after Harry. Making a mental note to remind Harry of that fact as he hurried after them.
Harry ran down the corridor, taking so many twists and turns, that he seriously doubted he would ever have found the location of the veil on his own, and he did not even want to think about finding his way out once he had Sirius back.
The veil you seek is beyond this door. Aries trilled softly as she settled back onto Harry's shoulder.
Harry stood staring at the engravings on the huge golden doors trying to figure out how to get them open, as they appeared to be more like a solid wall than a set of doors.
"Any ideas on how to get through?" Harry asked once Godrick had arrived panting heavily.
"Harry I have never been to this part of the Castle before. I had no idea that this doorway was even here." Godrick said as he attempted to catch his breath while closely examining the door.
Look closely Master of the Phoenix and you shall find your way in, but I caution you to beware. No one has ever returned from the call the angels. Aries trilled softly.
"What did she say?" Godrick asked after the phoenix had trilled softly.
"She said to look closely." Harry said as he stepped closer to the doors, intentionally forgetting to tell Godrick about her warning.
"Here it is!" Harry exclaimed as he placed his hand over a handprint that had been engraved into the door. Pushing slowly, Harry watched as the door began to open, just enough for them both to slip through.
The moment Harry stepped into the dimly lit room, he carefully approached a mirror image of the veil he had seen in the Department of Mysteries located in the Ministry building where he had gone to rescue Sirius several weeks earlier.
"Are you sure about this Harry, because I have a feeling that.." Godrick said as he placed a hand on Harry's shoulder to prevent him from going any closer to the veil than he already was.
"I have to do this. Please don't stop me now." Harry pleaded softly as he glanced away from the veil and up at Godrick.
"I won't stop you, just be careful." Godrick sighed as he dropped his hand to his side.
"Sirius! Sirius! Can you hear me?" Harry called out loudly as he stopped several feet from the veil that had begun to glow slightly as he approached.
Sirius jerked awake and nearly fell over backwards at the sound of someone calling out to him. Quickly scanning his surroundings, he found he had drifted further away from the veil and much closer to the soft calls coming from what appeared to be golden gates.
It was not until the voice called out to him again, that tears of happiness began to blur his vision.
"Harry!" Sirius called out desperately as he struggled to make his way back toward the veil, only to find that it seemed as if his feet weighed a ton and each step was like trying to fight his way through a typhoon.
"Sirius I don't know how to reach you!" Harry called out from the other side of the veil.
"Don't come any closer!" Sirius yelled as the veil began to flutter gently. Redoubling his efforts, Sirius concentrated on forcing each foot to move closer to the veil that separated him from his one and only reason for living.
"Tell me what to do!" Harry called out as he reached hesitantly toward the veil.
"Harry don't!" Godrick called out as he watched in horror as Harry began to touch the thin piece of fabric that separated him from his godfather.
Startled by Godrick's sudden warning, Harry began to flail his arms in an attempt to regain his balance, but could not prevent himself from falling forward through the veil.
Godrick moved faster than he had ever moved in his life as he sprinted across the floor and dove forward, catching Harry by the foot.
"Whatever you do, don't move." Godrick instructed as he struggled to pull Harry back through the veil.
"Give me your hand!" Harry yelled to Sirius as a loud yelling noise began to fill the air and the winds began to pick up around them.
Sirius fell forward and stretched his hand out as far as he could reach yet was barely able to touch his godson's fingertips.
"Hurry!" Harry yelled as he felt Godrick beginning to pull him backwards.
Knowing it would be useless to try and stand, Sirius began crawling forward inch by inch until he felt Harry's hand, grip firmly around his own.
"Help me!" Harry called out to Godrick as Sirius continued using the last of his energy to hold onto Harry's hand, while Godrick pulled them both back through the veil.
"Remind me to yell at you later." Sirius and Godrick said simultaneously as they all lay in heap on the floor. "As long as you're here to yell at me, I can handle it." Harry grinned as he flung his self at Sirius. Hugging him tightly.
"I don't know what I would do without you kid." Sirius whispered as he returned Harry's hug with tears in his eyes.
"Where's a camera when you need one?" Godrick sighed as he blinked back the tears that threatened, wondering what it felt like to be loved so deeply by another person.
"Thank you." Sirius said as he stuck out his hand to Godrick, once they were all back on their feet.
"Just return the favor if it's ever needed." Godrick said as he ignored Sirius's hand and hugged him instead.
"What do you say we get out here and go home?" Sirius suggested as he flung his arm around Harry's shoulders and leaned weakly against him.
"Do I have to go back to the Dursley's?" Harry asked, unsure of where exactly his godfather meant by home.
"Hell NO!" Sirius exclaimed. Appalled that Harry would even think such a thing.
"I don't care what anyone says, you are never going back there ever again." Sirius stated as they stepped through the gold doors and Harry paused just long enough to ensure that they had closed completely.
Am I correct in assuming you will be returning to Grimwald Place? Aries trilled softly from where she was hovering in the air before them all.
Yes, can you take us there? Harry asked.
I shall do as you command young master, hold tightly to one another and grab my tail feather. Aries instructed.
Lets go home. Harry trilled softly as he instructed Godrick and Sirius to hold hands and then gripped Aries tail feathers firmly in his hand.
Before Harry fully comprehended that they were no longer on the ground, he felt his feet touch down once again and smiled as they found themselves standing on the doorstep of Grimwald Place.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor am I making any money. However if JKR wants to give me Harry I will willingly take him. Please read and review and thanks to all those that have already done so.