Chapter 7: Parting Words.
"I don't believe this!" exclaimed Ron Weasley. "You mean to say that the dingbat Trelawny actually made that prophecy you-know-who was after and it says Harry must kill you know who or he will kill Harry."
"I am afraid Ron that is true. The prophecy is accurate. It has already been set to motion. It's end I sense is also not far away." said Dumbledore in a very grim tone.
"But sir, Harry is too young. God only knows how he has managed to escape the dark lord so many times but there is a difference between escaping alive and killing the most powerful being in the planet," said Molly Weasley.
"My dear Molly, young Harry has powers unforeseen in this world. I have confidence that when the time comes he will stand up to Lord Voldemort and I think he will have a good chance of ending Riddle's wrath once and for all."
"I don't know about the rest Professor but I find this very strange. How can we leave our future at the hands of a sixteen year old whose experience in our world is even less than that of a normal wizard. It is not fair to him? Why must he carry this burden?" asked Remus Lupin.
"Why fate chose Harry I don't know. But he does not need to stand alone in this battle." Said Dumbledore. "It is us who must now choose to stay by the side of the boy who we know is on a one way collision with the ultimate force of evil. That is why I chose to tell you the prophecy. You, Harry's friends must decide now what you want to do. Stay by the boy, and brace the evil. Or shield yourself away from him so that you can be sure that you are in no imminent danger."
"Professor, the question of us alienating Harry does not occur. We were never safe as long as that creature exists. But we do not choose to stay with Harry because he is the key to our side's victory in this war. We do so because he is family to us." Said Ron.
"Exactly." Said the whole hall in chorus.
Everyone in the hall, made a silent pledge. They knew danger approached. They knew that since the day they heard the return of Voldemort. Now they swore to stand by the side of one Harry Potter, one who might save them. But not with that hope. They did so, because they chose to do so. They knew it was their choices that made who they were. Death Eaters beware. Dumbledore's Army was on the rise.
Harry walked weakly inside Ginny's room and flopped onto a couch.
"You.. You..love..me..but.you ..why?", was all he could manage.
"Because I do. I don't know any other person who makes me feel like you do. You are the sweetest, most amazing person I have met and that makes me want to spend every second I breathe with you," said Ginny in a single breath.
"But Ginny, you can't I mean, you don't know. Voldemort..", Harry began.
"I don't care about that maniac and don't tell me what I can or can not do." Said Ginny almost yelling. Then she dropped her voice and said, "look Harry, I know you don't love me and probably never will. But that does not stop me from loving you does it. I wanted you to know this because I want you to realize that not everyone in your infamous fanclub adores you because you are the boy who lived. There are some who loves you because of who you are, the sixteen year old Harry Potter."
Harry sighed heavily. She looked into Ginny's eyes and saw that she meant every word she said. But he still was not sure how to respond to her feelings. He could feel some invisible hand constricting his lungs but was not aware of its cause.
"Ginny, I really like you. But right now I am not at all sure of what to say or what to do. Please give me some time to think."
"There is nothing to think Harry. Things like these come naturally. Don't feel bad for me. I expected this reaction from you. Its just that after what happened downstairs, I felt I should tell you."
Before Harry could respond there was a knock on the door. Remus asked them to head downstairs as they were invited to attend the order meeting. Harry was surprised to hear this and followed Lupin and Ginny downstairs.
There was a massive collection of witches and wizards of all ages assimilated at the order of phoenix meeting. Dumbledore as always was at the head of the table. Harry noticed Mrs Weasley was sitting with a very grumpy expression. It was clear that she did not approve of her kids attending the meeting.
"Welcome to all, I thank you for your arrival on such short notice. We will start with the meeting by introducing as many as six new members of the Order. They are
Messrs Fred and George Weasley Mr. Ronald Arthur Weasley Ms. Virginia Rowena Weasley Ms. Hermione Granger Mr. Harry James Potter
I know many of you think they are too young to join our elite group. But I assure you that they have already been as involved in this war as most of us have. I further assure they being underage wizards will not be involved in any missions against the dark forces. But I believe we must keep them involved with our work. Two of them have already survived facing Lord Voldemort. Something which none of us have been able to do. Moreover these exemplary students are our hope in keeping intact peace and harmony amongst the younger generation as Voldemort tries to tear them away by treachery deceit and mistrust."
"We now start this meeting with our report from Professor Snape."
Snape got up and looked straight at Harry with utter loathing. "Good Evening ladies and gentlemen." He began ,"I am afraid I have nothing new to report. As you know the dark lord, Bellatrix and Wormtail had gone someplace we were not intimated of. When the dark lord returned he was very, very happy about something, but has not disclosed of his further plans. He has given specific instructions to death eaters not to carry out any attacks. The only thing we know is that he plans to carry out a massive attack very soon for which he is gathering forces and he plans to have a spy implanted in Hogwarts."
Suddenly Harry felt a sharp pain across his scar and then his world dissolved. "He opened his eyes and saw he was in an unknown place. It looked like a graveyard but not the one he was in after the triwizards tournament.
"Well my minions its time to attack," came the serpentine voice of the Dark Lord.
"We have discovered the cell in which they hide my servants they captured at the ministry a month ago. They shall be freed tonight."
There were about thirty death eaters and a dozen dementor. But Harry could feel the presence of something else in the place it was like electric surges.
Suddenly Voldemort hissed, "My friend tells me that Mr. Potter is here well my loyal servants leave now finish your mission I will make sure Mr. Potter does not leave in time."
All of a sudden Harry found himself looking straight into the eyes of Voldemort.
"Well, well Harry we meet again. That scar is a mighty useful thing right. You thought you will spy on me and tell that muggle loving fool of my plans right? You are a fool Potter. I gave you the chance to join me. Now you will die for refusing lord Voldemort."
As Voldemort raised his wand the sound of rumbling chariots began.
Voldemort looked alarmed. "Alas", he hissed, "It seems fate has chosen to save you again Potter but trust me Mr. Enemar will not save you every time. I will have my revenge."
Then Harry blacked out again.
He opened his eyes to find himself lying on the floor with everyone looking at him very concernedly.
"Harry what happened." shrieked Ginny who was almost in tears.
"Voldemort." Most people flinched. "I was there. He plans to attack the place where the ministry is hiding the death eaters. He noticed I was there so he tried to attack me but then stopped I think because of Enemar."
Suddenly the sound of rumbling chariots began in the hall. Dumbledore and Harry looked at each other questioningly. Then Enemar's voice boomed as if through a public announcement system.
"Professor Dumbledore, I am not being able to locate you because of an unbreakable charm. It is a matter of extreme urgency. About thirty death eaters and a dozen creatures you call dementors are attacking a restriction cell of your ministry of magic. Your aurors need help. I am trying to reach there as fast as possible, please assist them. Also,tell Mr Potter he is welcome."
There was a lot of commotion in the auror headquarters to say the least. The fact that they were attacked surprised them and soon they found that they were cornered. As about a dozen dementors approached them, they heard the rumbling sound of an approaching chariot and a man in his early twenties appeared out of nowhere between them and the dementors. Amos Diggory the head auror knew that it was near impossible to apparate inside the building but somehow the man had managed to do that.
He held out his hand in front of the dementors but that did not seem to stop the hellish creatures. He muttered something under his breathe and then pressed his palm against the side of his head. This seemed to affect the dementors in a manner unseen till then. Then seemed to be choking and then all of a sudden all twelve of them exploded in a bright flash of light and nothing was left of them except their vile black clothes. The man then turned towards them and asked, "which way is the holding cell.?"
Just then Albus Dumbledore apparated into the building. He saw the remains of the dementors and nodded at the young man. He then said to him, "The aurors are the order are handling the Death Eaters outside,we must head for the holding cell downstairs."
When Dumbledore reached downstairs he found that the Death Eaters had broken free the twelve captured at the ministry. Seeing him and Enemar the death eaters raised their wands and were about to curse them when to their horror they found their wands disappearing from their hands. Dumbledore looked towards Enemar who now had all the wands of the death eaters wand in his hand. Dumbledore with one single and powerful spell stunned the entire hoard of Death Eaters.
He had just secure his captives back into the cell when Shacklebolt came down. "Professor we managed to stop the death eaters outside. Do you need any help, wait who are you?"
"Hi!", Enemar said in a jolly tone, "Enemar Itra is the name. I am a friend of Dumbledore. Just thought you would need some help tonight."
"Wait a minute I recognize your voice. You warned us about the attack at the Order meeting." said Kingsley. "And Amos tells me you destroyed twelve dementors. How?"
"Lets just say, I am really talented and be glad that I am on your side, shall we?"
He then turned to Dumbledore. "Sir, fighting next to you was an honor but right now I need to discuss some urgent matters with you in private. Would you please meet me at our previous meeting place as soon as you have finished any business you have here."
Dumbledore nodded in agreement. With that Enemar simply disappeared.
The Ministry was in an uproar when Dumbledore arrived upstairs. After all the death eaters who had not escaped was placed in the holding cell Cornelius Fudge the minister of magic arrived at the scen with a smug look on his face. "See Dumbledore our aurors managed to capture so many death eaters. Where is your order now? Out protecting that boy I guess."
"Excuse me Sir." Interrupted Kingsley. "But had it not been for the professor and his friend all the auror in the building would have been killed by the death eaters and dementors. They saved us by arriving just in time as well as prevented the previously captured prisoners from escaping."
"Dementors. Where are the dementors? I don't see any of them."
"Well you see those black rags there minister, they are all that is left of your precious prison guards.", Amos Diggory pointed to the remains of the once vile creatures.
"You did this??", asked Fudge to Dumbledore.
"No. It was a friend of our side. He and the boy- Harry Potter found out and notified us about the impending attack."
"Who is he? We must honor him. I will see to it that he get an Order of Merlin first class. I suppose you too should be rewarded for your actions.", said Fudge trying to look important in front of the aurors.
"That can wait Minister. I have urgent business to attend to. I bid you goodbye." With that, Dumbledore apparated out of the ministry building.
Dumbledore entered Grimmauld place where everyone anxiously awaited any news.He yelled sonorous and in an amplified voice, announced "everyone please stay calm, I am sorry we have to adjourn the meeting for today and reschedule it for tomorrow. I am happy to inform you that the death eater attack has been foiled with no casualties from our side. However I must now return to Hogwarts to attend some important business. Before I leave I must talk to Messrs Fred and George Weasley once."
He led Fred and George to the other room and after five minutes they heard Dumbledore leave as the twins came back into the room with a very glum expression.
"What happened Fred, what did professor Dumbledore say?" asked Harry.
"The old man has got us between a rock and a very hard place. He said he will not allow us into the order and being the head of the wizengamot will cancel our license to the wheeze shop if we don't go back to Hogwarts this year and give our NEWTS."
Mrs Weasley looked like she had just won the lottery. "Finally someone is here to talk some sense to these men."
Hermione seemed to support Mrs Weasleys views.
"So all of you want us to go back to Hogwarts eh? Well guess with Umbridge gone it will not be so bad." Said Fred in a resigned tone.
"Well Brother.."
"It seems.."
"We go.."
"Back to school", they said the last line in unision.
The discussion was stopped by the arrival of a black owl carrying a fat letter which it dropped on Harry's lap.
"That's strange. Owls should not be able to locate this place", said Tonks.
Harry opened the letter. His eyes watered up. The expression in his face was filled with pain and sorrow.
"What is it Harry?" asked Ginny.
"It is the last will of Sirius Black" said Harry.
Dumbledore apparated inside the shrieking shack, and was amazed to see that though the shack retained its ghostly exterior appearance its interiors were now modeled like a warm English home. Mr. Enemar certainly has style. But that was not what was actually running through the old wizards mind right now. Not since the early days of the rise of one Tom Marlvoro Riddle had Dumbledore seen such display of power as he had seen today. But what scared him the most that this was an alien form of magic. A brand of magic confessed by its user to be uncontrollable, yet his proficiency in this field seemed to be almost perfection.
"Welcome, professor. I hope you don't mind the changes I made to make this place fit for our meeting. I do believe you have several questions in your mind so lets get them out of the way before we proceed." Said Enemar as he appeared out of thin air in the centre of the room.
Dumbledore studied the man cautiously. His abilities still continued to amaze me as did his style of apparition. There was no soft pop as he arrived. The only creature known to be able to do such apparition is long extinct.
"Well Sir. That was a very impressive show back at ministries holding cell. I must thank you for coming to our aid at that time. But the abilities that you showed were unbelievable to most people. Rarely, in a life time as long as mine have I see such display of power. That is why I am curious and also slightly alarmed of your abilities. I would be very glad if you could explain some of them to me."
"Well Sir", Enemar began, "I knew after today explanations will be in order. But I trust you to keep whatever I speak to yourself and not to disclose to anybody no matter what the circumstance."
"As you already know I am a psychic. I have the ability to read and in some cases manipulate peoples minds. This is my greatest asset. Apart from that I can access peoples thoughts and also information stored in object through projection of my mind. I also possess considerable amount of telekinetic abilities. I can make objects move according to my desire. I have two more abilities which very few mages of my kind know of. I have the ability to, let me see , how do you out this nicely. Ahh! Possess people. I know you may not be fond of the idea but trust me this power of mine prevented your dark lord from finding the power of the immortals. I can also project my psychic abilities in form of a force which is powerful enough to bring half of Hogwarts down. So there you go, as you had already been fearing I am one tough badass and you should really be glad I am on your side."
"How did you manage to kill the Dementors? And how is your knowledge of our world so extensive?" asked Dumbledore.
"Well as you are aware I can not cast a patronus charm or anything similar to that. Neither can I actually see a dementor. I can only realize what they are because I can read some magical signatures and just like any other person I am affected by a dementor. What killed the dementor was a psychic blast. It is nothing but pure unadulterated power. The dementors actually I observed are pretty weak creatures. They are unable to bear this kind of power and so they implode."
"As for your second question, the answer lies in my earlier explanations. I can access peoples minds and extract information I need. I also have been able to have access to a lot of the databases of your world for the information I require or desire. My mind is a boon and a bane for me, I can not sleep like a normal human being. That is I do not possess a subconscious state. My mind is always awake and so I try to gather as much information as I can to keep it entertained."
"Now, professor I hope my explanations have satisfied you. We must talk business. Lets come to the topic of today's attack. Harry must have told you that the dark lord himself planned to lead this attack. But Mr. Potter coming to know of his plans forced him to change it. That is why the attack became so frivolous in fact the only reason the dark lord still carried out the attack was because of his faith in the abilities of his dementors."
"Mr. Enemar. I am curious of two things. Harry said you were there in his dream about Voldemort. Also my spy in the ranks of Voldemort informs me that he was very happy on his return from Asia when all he met there was failure. Can you explain."
"Ah! Your spy the infamous professor Severus Snape. Don't be so surprised sir. Yours potions master may be strong enough in occulomency to prevent the dark lord to enter his mind but my abilities as I have showed you are different. You see it is important for me too to know which side whose loyalties lie."
"Now onto the answers. Well yes I was present at the meeting. I have been able to possess one of Voldemorts so called Death Eaters and was watching that meeting through his eyes. I could feel when Mr. Potter involuntarily stumbled into the scenario. Normally Voldemort would not have been able to sense him but something went wrong."
Enemars face gravened. "Voldemort gained nothing from his attempt of claiming the Green Flame Torch. But since his return he has been accompanied by a power that is unknown to me. It has no form or shape. It is not alive nor is it dead. I have seen the dark lord speak to it . But this power is not separate from the dark lord. It is symbiotic to the Drak lord. It was this inhumanly force that was able to acknowledge Harry's presence in the meeting today. When it attacked Harry, I tried to rush to his rescue but he sensed me as well. Voldemort does not recognize me. I have never confronted him directly. I haad attacked him last time through Aradha. But this creature recognized me. It even knew my name. Hence it is no longer a secret that I have allied with your side."
"So Tom now has a new power on his side. Another one which we know nothing of." Asked Dumbledore worriedly.
"We know nothing of yet atleast. But we will soon. Voldemort is yet to reveal any of his future plans to his minions. I have tried prying into his own mind but that unholy power prevents me from doing that. But I have a feeling I will soon find a way. Meanwhile I have two things to ask you. Firstly, you must enhance security at the department of mystery. Voldemort will attack there sooner or later. Secondly, I want to teach Harry Potter Occulomency."
"Very well sir, I will let Harry know of his new tuitions. When do you want to start?"
"I will talk to Harry regarding that tomorrow. I must bid farewell now sir, I must go find my new ally a Birthday present."
With that Enemar again vanished from the room.
Dumbledore surprised by his sudden disappearance sighed and decided to walk back to Hogwarts.
" I Sirius Black in full sense and proper health hereby declare my last will.
Dear Harry,
Well it seems I did it. Tell me how did I go please don't let me have died falling of a stair. There are only two things I have wanted in my death. A swift one and one in a battle. You might think that I have abandoned you. Well Harry as sorry as I am about this but it had to happen sometime. At least I hope I get to meet James and Lily now.
Well on with the business. I leave half my estate whose total value comes to about two and a half billion galleons two you. Hope you spend it well [wink,wink].
The other half would be divided into four parts. First will be given to Mr. Ronald Arthur Weasley for helping me during his third year. His father Arthur Weasley will be the legal guardian of this asset till he turns of legal age. Second share will go to Ms Hermione Granger for her help to me and Harry in her third year.
Third share will go to my dear friend Remus J Lupin. Remus old boy looks like you got left behind. Please look after Harry. I know you will never accept charity from me. This money is a caretakers fee for looking after Harry. Trust me if you don't take care of Harry, James and I are going to make your after life so miserable you would wish you were never been dead.
The last of my share goes to Ms Virginia Rowena Weasley. She is an angel who bought light in my life when Dumbledore had me captured here in Grimmauld place. She did not know who I was but yet she was so compassionate towards my sorrows and grief. She hold deepest respect for Harry and probably some other feelings as well. I hope this money is a small favor in return of the great happiness she gave me last year.
Now that's out of the way. I have a few more things to give you. Most of them are in Vault No 1982 in Gringotts.
Also I hereby order Kreacher the house elf to serve the last heir of Black Mr.Harry James Potter till the rest of his natural life.
Lastly I ask you Harry, to try to lead a normal life. I know of the prophecy and you fight. But your life is your life you must live it. James found Lily fell in love, had you. He knew if he cowered and did nothing death would still come for him. Enjoy life Harry, have fun, try to get a girl, try to love and be loved.
My last message is for everyone in the Order of the Phoenix and those who are friends of Harry Potter. This boy will end the Dark Lord. He will rid this world of his evil. But he will not do it alone. You must stand by his side, fight for him, bleed for him and if necessary die for him. This war can be ended if the spirit of friendship of the Marauders lives in you.
I Sirius T Black have just this much to say.
Hope you all remember me.
End Of Chapter 7.
TBC
A\N
Sorry it took too long to post this. I am having pre-sem exams and am still working without beta reader. I will try to get the next chapter posted by 6th December.
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Reactions To Sirius's will. Enemar meets Harry. Harry's Birthday. Trip to Diagon Alley.
"I don't believe this!" exclaimed Ron Weasley. "You mean to say that the dingbat Trelawny actually made that prophecy you-know-who was after and it says Harry must kill you know who or he will kill Harry."
"I am afraid Ron that is true. The prophecy is accurate. It has already been set to motion. It's end I sense is also not far away." said Dumbledore in a very grim tone.
"But sir, Harry is too young. God only knows how he has managed to escape the dark lord so many times but there is a difference between escaping alive and killing the most powerful being in the planet," said Molly Weasley.
"My dear Molly, young Harry has powers unforeseen in this world. I have confidence that when the time comes he will stand up to Lord Voldemort and I think he will have a good chance of ending Riddle's wrath once and for all."
"I don't know about the rest Professor but I find this very strange. How can we leave our future at the hands of a sixteen year old whose experience in our world is even less than that of a normal wizard. It is not fair to him? Why must he carry this burden?" asked Remus Lupin.
"Why fate chose Harry I don't know. But he does not need to stand alone in this battle." Said Dumbledore. "It is us who must now choose to stay by the side of the boy who we know is on a one way collision with the ultimate force of evil. That is why I chose to tell you the prophecy. You, Harry's friends must decide now what you want to do. Stay by the boy, and brace the evil. Or shield yourself away from him so that you can be sure that you are in no imminent danger."
"Professor, the question of us alienating Harry does not occur. We were never safe as long as that creature exists. But we do not choose to stay with Harry because he is the key to our side's victory in this war. We do so because he is family to us." Said Ron.
"Exactly." Said the whole hall in chorus.
Everyone in the hall, made a silent pledge. They knew danger approached. They knew that since the day they heard the return of Voldemort. Now they swore to stand by the side of one Harry Potter, one who might save them. But not with that hope. They did so, because they chose to do so. They knew it was their choices that made who they were. Death Eaters beware. Dumbledore's Army was on the rise.
Harry walked weakly inside Ginny's room and flopped onto a couch.
"You.. You..love..me..but.you ..why?", was all he could manage.
"Because I do. I don't know any other person who makes me feel like you do. You are the sweetest, most amazing person I have met and that makes me want to spend every second I breathe with you," said Ginny in a single breath.
"But Ginny, you can't I mean, you don't know. Voldemort..", Harry began.
"I don't care about that maniac and don't tell me what I can or can not do." Said Ginny almost yelling. Then she dropped her voice and said, "look Harry, I know you don't love me and probably never will. But that does not stop me from loving you does it. I wanted you to know this because I want you to realize that not everyone in your infamous fanclub adores you because you are the boy who lived. There are some who loves you because of who you are, the sixteen year old Harry Potter."
Harry sighed heavily. She looked into Ginny's eyes and saw that she meant every word she said. But he still was not sure how to respond to her feelings. He could feel some invisible hand constricting his lungs but was not aware of its cause.
"Ginny, I really like you. But right now I am not at all sure of what to say or what to do. Please give me some time to think."
"There is nothing to think Harry. Things like these come naturally. Don't feel bad for me. I expected this reaction from you. Its just that after what happened downstairs, I felt I should tell you."
Before Harry could respond there was a knock on the door. Remus asked them to head downstairs as they were invited to attend the order meeting. Harry was surprised to hear this and followed Lupin and Ginny downstairs.
There was a massive collection of witches and wizards of all ages assimilated at the order of phoenix meeting. Dumbledore as always was at the head of the table. Harry noticed Mrs Weasley was sitting with a very grumpy expression. It was clear that she did not approve of her kids attending the meeting.
"Welcome to all, I thank you for your arrival on such short notice. We will start with the meeting by introducing as many as six new members of the Order. They are
Messrs Fred and George Weasley Mr. Ronald Arthur Weasley Ms. Virginia Rowena Weasley Ms. Hermione Granger Mr. Harry James Potter
I know many of you think they are too young to join our elite group. But I assure you that they have already been as involved in this war as most of us have. I further assure they being underage wizards will not be involved in any missions against the dark forces. But I believe we must keep them involved with our work. Two of them have already survived facing Lord Voldemort. Something which none of us have been able to do. Moreover these exemplary students are our hope in keeping intact peace and harmony amongst the younger generation as Voldemort tries to tear them away by treachery deceit and mistrust."
"We now start this meeting with our report from Professor Snape."
Snape got up and looked straight at Harry with utter loathing. "Good Evening ladies and gentlemen." He began ,"I am afraid I have nothing new to report. As you know the dark lord, Bellatrix and Wormtail had gone someplace we were not intimated of. When the dark lord returned he was very, very happy about something, but has not disclosed of his further plans. He has given specific instructions to death eaters not to carry out any attacks. The only thing we know is that he plans to carry out a massive attack very soon for which he is gathering forces and he plans to have a spy implanted in Hogwarts."
Suddenly Harry felt a sharp pain across his scar and then his world dissolved. "He opened his eyes and saw he was in an unknown place. It looked like a graveyard but not the one he was in after the triwizards tournament.
"Well my minions its time to attack," came the serpentine voice of the Dark Lord.
"We have discovered the cell in which they hide my servants they captured at the ministry a month ago. They shall be freed tonight."
There were about thirty death eaters and a dozen dementor. But Harry could feel the presence of something else in the place it was like electric surges.
Suddenly Voldemort hissed, "My friend tells me that Mr. Potter is here well my loyal servants leave now finish your mission I will make sure Mr. Potter does not leave in time."
All of a sudden Harry found himself looking straight into the eyes of Voldemort.
"Well, well Harry we meet again. That scar is a mighty useful thing right. You thought you will spy on me and tell that muggle loving fool of my plans right? You are a fool Potter. I gave you the chance to join me. Now you will die for refusing lord Voldemort."
As Voldemort raised his wand the sound of rumbling chariots began.
Voldemort looked alarmed. "Alas", he hissed, "It seems fate has chosen to save you again Potter but trust me Mr. Enemar will not save you every time. I will have my revenge."
Then Harry blacked out again.
He opened his eyes to find himself lying on the floor with everyone looking at him very concernedly.
"Harry what happened." shrieked Ginny who was almost in tears.
"Voldemort." Most people flinched. "I was there. He plans to attack the place where the ministry is hiding the death eaters. He noticed I was there so he tried to attack me but then stopped I think because of Enemar."
Suddenly the sound of rumbling chariots began in the hall. Dumbledore and Harry looked at each other questioningly. Then Enemar's voice boomed as if through a public announcement system.
"Professor Dumbledore, I am not being able to locate you because of an unbreakable charm. It is a matter of extreme urgency. About thirty death eaters and a dozen creatures you call dementors are attacking a restriction cell of your ministry of magic. Your aurors need help. I am trying to reach there as fast as possible, please assist them. Also,tell Mr Potter he is welcome."
There was a lot of commotion in the auror headquarters to say the least. The fact that they were attacked surprised them and soon they found that they were cornered. As about a dozen dementors approached them, they heard the rumbling sound of an approaching chariot and a man in his early twenties appeared out of nowhere between them and the dementors. Amos Diggory the head auror knew that it was near impossible to apparate inside the building but somehow the man had managed to do that.
He held out his hand in front of the dementors but that did not seem to stop the hellish creatures. He muttered something under his breathe and then pressed his palm against the side of his head. This seemed to affect the dementors in a manner unseen till then. Then seemed to be choking and then all of a sudden all twelve of them exploded in a bright flash of light and nothing was left of them except their vile black clothes. The man then turned towards them and asked, "which way is the holding cell.?"
Just then Albus Dumbledore apparated into the building. He saw the remains of the dementors and nodded at the young man. He then said to him, "The aurors are the order are handling the Death Eaters outside,we must head for the holding cell downstairs."
When Dumbledore reached downstairs he found that the Death Eaters had broken free the twelve captured at the ministry. Seeing him and Enemar the death eaters raised their wands and were about to curse them when to their horror they found their wands disappearing from their hands. Dumbledore looked towards Enemar who now had all the wands of the death eaters wand in his hand. Dumbledore with one single and powerful spell stunned the entire hoard of Death Eaters.
He had just secure his captives back into the cell when Shacklebolt came down. "Professor we managed to stop the death eaters outside. Do you need any help, wait who are you?"
"Hi!", Enemar said in a jolly tone, "Enemar Itra is the name. I am a friend of Dumbledore. Just thought you would need some help tonight."
"Wait a minute I recognize your voice. You warned us about the attack at the Order meeting." said Kingsley. "And Amos tells me you destroyed twelve dementors. How?"
"Lets just say, I am really talented and be glad that I am on your side, shall we?"
He then turned to Dumbledore. "Sir, fighting next to you was an honor but right now I need to discuss some urgent matters with you in private. Would you please meet me at our previous meeting place as soon as you have finished any business you have here."
Dumbledore nodded in agreement. With that Enemar simply disappeared.
The Ministry was in an uproar when Dumbledore arrived upstairs. After all the death eaters who had not escaped was placed in the holding cell Cornelius Fudge the minister of magic arrived at the scen with a smug look on his face. "See Dumbledore our aurors managed to capture so many death eaters. Where is your order now? Out protecting that boy I guess."
"Excuse me Sir." Interrupted Kingsley. "But had it not been for the professor and his friend all the auror in the building would have been killed by the death eaters and dementors. They saved us by arriving just in time as well as prevented the previously captured prisoners from escaping."
"Dementors. Where are the dementors? I don't see any of them."
"Well you see those black rags there minister, they are all that is left of your precious prison guards.", Amos Diggory pointed to the remains of the once vile creatures.
"You did this??", asked Fudge to Dumbledore.
"No. It was a friend of our side. He and the boy- Harry Potter found out and notified us about the impending attack."
"Who is he? We must honor him. I will see to it that he get an Order of Merlin first class. I suppose you too should be rewarded for your actions.", said Fudge trying to look important in front of the aurors.
"That can wait Minister. I have urgent business to attend to. I bid you goodbye." With that, Dumbledore apparated out of the ministry building.
Dumbledore entered Grimmauld place where everyone anxiously awaited any news.He yelled sonorous and in an amplified voice, announced "everyone please stay calm, I am sorry we have to adjourn the meeting for today and reschedule it for tomorrow. I am happy to inform you that the death eater attack has been foiled with no casualties from our side. However I must now return to Hogwarts to attend some important business. Before I leave I must talk to Messrs Fred and George Weasley once."
He led Fred and George to the other room and after five minutes they heard Dumbledore leave as the twins came back into the room with a very glum expression.
"What happened Fred, what did professor Dumbledore say?" asked Harry.
"The old man has got us between a rock and a very hard place. He said he will not allow us into the order and being the head of the wizengamot will cancel our license to the wheeze shop if we don't go back to Hogwarts this year and give our NEWTS."
Mrs Weasley looked like she had just won the lottery. "Finally someone is here to talk some sense to these men."
Hermione seemed to support Mrs Weasleys views.
"So all of you want us to go back to Hogwarts eh? Well guess with Umbridge gone it will not be so bad." Said Fred in a resigned tone.
"Well Brother.."
"It seems.."
"We go.."
"Back to school", they said the last line in unision.
The discussion was stopped by the arrival of a black owl carrying a fat letter which it dropped on Harry's lap.
"That's strange. Owls should not be able to locate this place", said Tonks.
Harry opened the letter. His eyes watered up. The expression in his face was filled with pain and sorrow.
"What is it Harry?" asked Ginny.
"It is the last will of Sirius Black" said Harry.
Dumbledore apparated inside the shrieking shack, and was amazed to see that though the shack retained its ghostly exterior appearance its interiors were now modeled like a warm English home. Mr. Enemar certainly has style. But that was not what was actually running through the old wizards mind right now. Not since the early days of the rise of one Tom Marlvoro Riddle had Dumbledore seen such display of power as he had seen today. But what scared him the most that this was an alien form of magic. A brand of magic confessed by its user to be uncontrollable, yet his proficiency in this field seemed to be almost perfection.
"Welcome, professor. I hope you don't mind the changes I made to make this place fit for our meeting. I do believe you have several questions in your mind so lets get them out of the way before we proceed." Said Enemar as he appeared out of thin air in the centre of the room.
Dumbledore studied the man cautiously. His abilities still continued to amaze me as did his style of apparition. There was no soft pop as he arrived. The only creature known to be able to do such apparition is long extinct.
"Well Sir. That was a very impressive show back at ministries holding cell. I must thank you for coming to our aid at that time. But the abilities that you showed were unbelievable to most people. Rarely, in a life time as long as mine have I see such display of power. That is why I am curious and also slightly alarmed of your abilities. I would be very glad if you could explain some of them to me."
"Well Sir", Enemar began, "I knew after today explanations will be in order. But I trust you to keep whatever I speak to yourself and not to disclose to anybody no matter what the circumstance."
"As you already know I am a psychic. I have the ability to read and in some cases manipulate peoples minds. This is my greatest asset. Apart from that I can access peoples thoughts and also information stored in object through projection of my mind. I also possess considerable amount of telekinetic abilities. I can make objects move according to my desire. I have two more abilities which very few mages of my kind know of. I have the ability to, let me see , how do you out this nicely. Ahh! Possess people. I know you may not be fond of the idea but trust me this power of mine prevented your dark lord from finding the power of the immortals. I can also project my psychic abilities in form of a force which is powerful enough to bring half of Hogwarts down. So there you go, as you had already been fearing I am one tough badass and you should really be glad I am on your side."
"How did you manage to kill the Dementors? And how is your knowledge of our world so extensive?" asked Dumbledore.
"Well as you are aware I can not cast a patronus charm or anything similar to that. Neither can I actually see a dementor. I can only realize what they are because I can read some magical signatures and just like any other person I am affected by a dementor. What killed the dementor was a psychic blast. It is nothing but pure unadulterated power. The dementors actually I observed are pretty weak creatures. They are unable to bear this kind of power and so they implode."
"As for your second question, the answer lies in my earlier explanations. I can access peoples minds and extract information I need. I also have been able to have access to a lot of the databases of your world for the information I require or desire. My mind is a boon and a bane for me, I can not sleep like a normal human being. That is I do not possess a subconscious state. My mind is always awake and so I try to gather as much information as I can to keep it entertained."
"Now, professor I hope my explanations have satisfied you. We must talk business. Lets come to the topic of today's attack. Harry must have told you that the dark lord himself planned to lead this attack. But Mr. Potter coming to know of his plans forced him to change it. That is why the attack became so frivolous in fact the only reason the dark lord still carried out the attack was because of his faith in the abilities of his dementors."
"Mr. Enemar. I am curious of two things. Harry said you were there in his dream about Voldemort. Also my spy in the ranks of Voldemort informs me that he was very happy on his return from Asia when all he met there was failure. Can you explain."
"Ah! Your spy the infamous professor Severus Snape. Don't be so surprised sir. Yours potions master may be strong enough in occulomency to prevent the dark lord to enter his mind but my abilities as I have showed you are different. You see it is important for me too to know which side whose loyalties lie."
"Now onto the answers. Well yes I was present at the meeting. I have been able to possess one of Voldemorts so called Death Eaters and was watching that meeting through his eyes. I could feel when Mr. Potter involuntarily stumbled into the scenario. Normally Voldemort would not have been able to sense him but something went wrong."
Enemars face gravened. "Voldemort gained nothing from his attempt of claiming the Green Flame Torch. But since his return he has been accompanied by a power that is unknown to me. It has no form or shape. It is not alive nor is it dead. I have seen the dark lord speak to it . But this power is not separate from the dark lord. It is symbiotic to the Drak lord. It was this inhumanly force that was able to acknowledge Harry's presence in the meeting today. When it attacked Harry, I tried to rush to his rescue but he sensed me as well. Voldemort does not recognize me. I have never confronted him directly. I haad attacked him last time through Aradha. But this creature recognized me. It even knew my name. Hence it is no longer a secret that I have allied with your side."
"So Tom now has a new power on his side. Another one which we know nothing of." Asked Dumbledore worriedly.
"We know nothing of yet atleast. But we will soon. Voldemort is yet to reveal any of his future plans to his minions. I have tried prying into his own mind but that unholy power prevents me from doing that. But I have a feeling I will soon find a way. Meanwhile I have two things to ask you. Firstly, you must enhance security at the department of mystery. Voldemort will attack there sooner or later. Secondly, I want to teach Harry Potter Occulomency."
"Very well sir, I will let Harry know of his new tuitions. When do you want to start?"
"I will talk to Harry regarding that tomorrow. I must bid farewell now sir, I must go find my new ally a Birthday present."
With that Enemar again vanished from the room.
Dumbledore surprised by his sudden disappearance sighed and decided to walk back to Hogwarts.
" I Sirius Black in full sense and proper health hereby declare my last will.
Dear Harry,
Well it seems I did it. Tell me how did I go please don't let me have died falling of a stair. There are only two things I have wanted in my death. A swift one and one in a battle. You might think that I have abandoned you. Well Harry as sorry as I am about this but it had to happen sometime. At least I hope I get to meet James and Lily now.
Well on with the business. I leave half my estate whose total value comes to about two and a half billion galleons two you. Hope you spend it well [wink,wink].
The other half would be divided into four parts. First will be given to Mr. Ronald Arthur Weasley for helping me during his third year. His father Arthur Weasley will be the legal guardian of this asset till he turns of legal age. Second share will go to Ms Hermione Granger for her help to me and Harry in her third year.
Third share will go to my dear friend Remus J Lupin. Remus old boy looks like you got left behind. Please look after Harry. I know you will never accept charity from me. This money is a caretakers fee for looking after Harry. Trust me if you don't take care of Harry, James and I are going to make your after life so miserable you would wish you were never been dead.
The last of my share goes to Ms Virginia Rowena Weasley. She is an angel who bought light in my life when Dumbledore had me captured here in Grimmauld place. She did not know who I was but yet she was so compassionate towards my sorrows and grief. She hold deepest respect for Harry and probably some other feelings as well. I hope this money is a small favor in return of the great happiness she gave me last year.
Now that's out of the way. I have a few more things to give you. Most of them are in Vault No 1982 in Gringotts.
Also I hereby order Kreacher the house elf to serve the last heir of Black Mr.Harry James Potter till the rest of his natural life.
Lastly I ask you Harry, to try to lead a normal life. I know of the prophecy and you fight. But your life is your life you must live it. James found Lily fell in love, had you. He knew if he cowered and did nothing death would still come for him. Enjoy life Harry, have fun, try to get a girl, try to love and be loved.
My last message is for everyone in the Order of the Phoenix and those who are friends of Harry Potter. This boy will end the Dark Lord. He will rid this world of his evil. But he will not do it alone. You must stand by his side, fight for him, bleed for him and if necessary die for him. This war can be ended if the spirit of friendship of the Marauders lives in you.
I Sirius T Black have just this much to say.
Hope you all remember me.
End Of Chapter 7.
TBC
A\N
Sorry it took too long to post this. I am having pre-sem exams and am still working without beta reader. I will try to get the next chapter posted by 6th December.
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Reactions To Sirius's will. Enemar meets Harry. Harry's Birthday. Trip to Diagon Alley.