Chapter #3
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to Rowling. No copyright infringement is intended. I do own all new characters.
Spoilers: HP SS, HP COS, HP POA, HP GOF, HP OOTP
Categories: Angst, Action/Adventure, Romance
Author: Aggiefan23
Chapter Number: #3
Chapter Name: Panic
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Language)
{Grimuwald Place}
The days were long and lonely in the house for the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix. The continued war effort against evil didn't make the dreary halls of number twelve any more exciting. In fact, it had become duller than ever before, because everyone that was in the Order was out making something happen not sitting in headquarters waiting for something to happen.
Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had done nothing the past couple of days because quite frankly there was nothing to do. However, today was the day that they decided to start on their summer homework that had been assigned to them.
Ron was doing his transfiguration homework on the table. Hermione was doing her herbology homework next to Ron, while, Ginny was sitting on the floor next to the fire doing her Astronomy homework. While she was pouring over her charts a thought came to her.
"Has it been three days since we heard from Harry?"
"No, Ginny we received a letter two days ago." Hermione answered looking up from her work.
"How come I didn't get to see it?"
"Ginny you didn't see it because it said the exact same things as all the other ones have." Ron declared now also looking at Ginny.
"I still would have liked to have seen it." She mumbled to herself.
"Kids come in here for a minute you got your Hogwarts letters." Called Mrs. Weasley from the main entrance area. The three jumped up from their seats and ran to get their Hogwarts letters.
When they did get their letters they found nothing out of the usual in them, they were still expected on the platform at eleven o'clock on September first.
They went back into the kitchen and started to continue to do their homework.
"I wonder what the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teach will be like?" Pondered Ron and they started to discuss how bad all their other teachers were except for Lupin, when the front door suddenly burst open.
"Dumbledore!" Tonks was shouting from the top of her lungs. "Dumbledore!"
She burst into the kitchen, and Ron, Hermione, and Ginny knew something was horribly wrong the look on her face was stricken and fearful.
When she caught sight of the kids she rushed to them. "Where is Dumbledore? Is he here?"
"No, what wrong, what happening?"
"Must get him, must get him now!" she exclaimed.
She rushed over to the fire took out some floo power and threw it into the fire "Albus Dumbledore" she screamed at the top of he lungs.
"Why, hello Tonks what can…"
"He's gone Dumbledore, Harry's gone." The words seemed to echo through the house. Ron's face had paled and he was forced to sit down. Both Ginny and Hermione started to cry and sat with Ron, the cheery look that Dumbledore had on his face had vanished in an instant.
"You're sure Tonks?"
"YES, YES he's not there or anywhere." Tonks answered hastily.
"Step back I'm coming." He replied and his face disappeared and a second later he came out of the fire.
"Tell me what happened."
"I got there, you know to do my watch, and I noticed that he wasn't in his room, and thought that maybe Mrs. Figg forgot to tell me he went for a walk or something. When I went to ask her she said that he hadn't left the house. So I went back and asked his aunt and she said that she hadn't seen Harry since last night. I checked his room personally, and went to the park where he sometimes goes, but no he wasn't there. I don't know where he is Dumbledore he's gone." She finished
"Right, ok Tonks fetch Serverus Snape, and Moody now." And quicker than a flash she was off.
In the fifteen minutes that followed not a word was said between Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. Then the door burst open.
"What is it headmaster?" Snape said.
"Serverus, Harry is missing; you know what you must do."
"I am off." When he got to the door Dumbledore stopped him.
"Serverus, be careful."
"Always."
"Professor where is Snape going that will help find Harry?" Hermione asked.
"I am sorry, but I can't answer your question Hermione." He said, with out the normal twinkle in his eye.
Tonks came back into the room out of breath. "Moody will be here in an hour. When I told him he said he had to fetch something he left at his home."
Over the next hour very few words were said between the kids, but Dumbledore was busy working. There was now to be an Order meeting later that night after Snape got back from where ever he went.
Forty – five minutes later Snape arrived back. He and Dumbledore strode out of the room to converse.
"Well…" Dumbledore said impatiently.
"Headmaster, Voldemort does not have Harry."
"Well that's a relief. I wonder where he is he might…"
"Headmaster" Snape said cutting Dumbledore off. "He knows Harry is gone, he already has sent people looking for him."
"How, how would he know already we only found out an hour ago?"
"Sir, they said that a very suspicious man entered the Leaky Cauldron today. He had his hood up so they couldn't see his face. The death eaters followed him all the way to Gringotts. After the man left they went up to the Goblin that was serving him and asked who he was. Apparently, there are crooked goblins now working in Gringotts, because it only cost a few gallons to ascertain that the man, though the goblin didn't see his face, was using Harry Potter's key, after the death eaters found this out they chased after him, but by the time they got back to The Leaky Cauldron he was gone. Sir, from the descriptions I was given height, body build, etc it sounded like it was Harry."
"Most disturbing news indeed," He paused for a minute then continued. "Tell no one until I hear from Moody, if what he says coincides with what you just told me, then the Order must know, but until then not a word."
"Of course headmaster." Snape replied as he left the room.
At seven o'clock that night the Order meeting was called to start, the children were not allowed to attend.
"I called this emergency meeting to let you know that Harry Potter has disappeared. So far I have heard one account as to what might have happened, does anyone have any clues to where Harry might be?" Dumbledore stated in a somber mood.
Molly was the first to pipe up. "Was he taken Dumbledore?"
"I do not know Molly, but…"
Dumbledore was abruptly cut off when Moody burst into the room. "No, Molly he wasn't taken."
"How do you now this Alastor?" Dumbledore asked.
Moody help up the letter that Harry had sent him, "The reason that I was late is this letter. Harry sent me a letter all but a few days ago."
"Why are you just now telling us!" Molly shouted obviously mad that she wasn't able to read the letter.
"Why, because Potter asked me not to let you see it." Molly seemed taken aback and sat back down. "When he sent the letter and I read it he made three request of me. All three seemed perfectly normal… until now."
"And they were?" Press Dumbledore peeved that Moody was beating around the bush.
"One was to not tell any one of this letter." And again Molly pouted. "The others, however, odd didn't strike me as out of the ordinary because of what happened at the Ministry last year. He asked to know a spell that hides magic from being traced and discovered by the Ministry, he said he wanted to hone his skills and be ready for anything."
Dumbledore now looked most distressed. "Please, Alastor, please tell me you didn't give him the spell."
"Of course I did, what's wrong with him practicing incase evil finds it way to him, and it usually does." He paused and then continued. "The other request was to know when my next watch was, so he could ask me a personal question. I told him it was tomorrow, I thought he was going to ask for my help in training."
"I believe it is obvious what Harry has done." Dumbledore said sadly.
"I can't believe I was out smarted by a sixteen year old boy." Moody said in an almost admiring tone. "It was a brilliant plan really. He asked for the spell so he could do magic so that we wouldn't find him when he ran, and asked when my watch was so he could use his invisibility cloak. It was brilliant."
"BRILLIANT, I WILL GIVE YOU BRILLIANT MAD – EYE!" Molly screeched at the top of her lungs. "IF YOU WOULD HAVE SHOWN US THE LETTER WE COULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT. THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT."
"Molly this is not Alastors fault, it is mine." And once again Dumbledore seemed to look like he aged ten years before he said in a whisper. "This meeting is augured."
When he walked out he came face to face with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.
"Is it true?" Hermione asked. "Did he run away?"
"How..." Dumbledore started but Ron cut him off.
"Moody didn't shut the door all the way when he came in, now is it true?" he asked.
In barely above a whisper Dumbledore answered. "Yes."
That was it Ginny couldn't hold it in any more. "You said that it was your fault. Why? We know that you talked about more than just Sirius after what happen last year. What did you tell him to make him do this?"
By now all the Order members had made their way out of the room and were all watching Dumbledore waiting for an answer and finally Dumbledore did answer.
"I told him something he was begging to know, something that deep down he knew to be true, I thought that he could handle it, I was obviously wrong, but I had to tell him, he had a right to know the unwanted truth." And with those words he left through the front door.
{Room 121, Westridge Hotel}
It had been a couple of hours since the boy who lived became the boy who fled. The first thing that Harry had done since he checked into the hotel was sleep; for some reason as soon as he got in the room he felt a sudden wave of tired ness. Harry knew what it was; all the stress about running away had been lifted off of him since he finally went through with his plans.
Now that he was up from his afternoon nap he decided to get settled in and unpack his things. He put his robes in to his closet and all of his other stuff in the drawers that his TV stood on. The last thing that he pulled out of his bag was the package from his father. He decided that now was as good as time as any to open it so he plopped down on to his bed and set the box in front of him.
He tore it open and out came a letter and a large leather bound book. He decided to open the letter first as it probably explained the book.
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this you now know of the foretold prophesy and we, your parents are dead. This book is the key to you overcoming the prophesy it will help you defeat the evil that has haunted the Potter's for years. I ask that you to read it, and keep it safe. I know you can defeat your enemy and fore fill the prophesy in your favor. Know that no matter what happens that your mother and I will always be proud of you.
Love Your Father,
Prongs
So his father knew of the prophesy, Dumbledore must have told them. Harry re-read it again and realized something. This was the first time that he had been told by his father to do something, he laughed at the irony.
"Well, father knows best."
So Harry set to work. He opened the book and flipped through the pages. He felt some thing come over him, and he knew that something in side of him was awakening as he started to skim through the pages. Closing the book again surprised by what happen he opened it again to the first page and began to read. Even as Harry read the first few lines he could feel the change with in him, the power, energy, and the feeling he was seeking the most…hope.
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to Rowling. No copyright infringement is intended. I do own all new characters.
Spoilers: HP SS, HP COS, HP POA, HP GOF, HP OOTP
Categories: Angst, Action/Adventure, Romance
Author: Aggiefan23
Chapter Number: #3
Chapter Name: Panic
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Language)
{Grimuwald Place}
The days were long and lonely in the house for the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix. The continued war effort against evil didn't make the dreary halls of number twelve any more exciting. In fact, it had become duller than ever before, because everyone that was in the Order was out making something happen not sitting in headquarters waiting for something to happen.
Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had done nothing the past couple of days because quite frankly there was nothing to do. However, today was the day that they decided to start on their summer homework that had been assigned to them.
Ron was doing his transfiguration homework on the table. Hermione was doing her herbology homework next to Ron, while, Ginny was sitting on the floor next to the fire doing her Astronomy homework. While she was pouring over her charts a thought came to her.
"Has it been three days since we heard from Harry?"
"No, Ginny we received a letter two days ago." Hermione answered looking up from her work.
"How come I didn't get to see it?"
"Ginny you didn't see it because it said the exact same things as all the other ones have." Ron declared now also looking at Ginny.
"I still would have liked to have seen it." She mumbled to herself.
"Kids come in here for a minute you got your Hogwarts letters." Called Mrs. Weasley from the main entrance area. The three jumped up from their seats and ran to get their Hogwarts letters.
When they did get their letters they found nothing out of the usual in them, they were still expected on the platform at eleven o'clock on September first.
They went back into the kitchen and started to continue to do their homework.
"I wonder what the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teach will be like?" Pondered Ron and they started to discuss how bad all their other teachers were except for Lupin, when the front door suddenly burst open.
"Dumbledore!" Tonks was shouting from the top of her lungs. "Dumbledore!"
She burst into the kitchen, and Ron, Hermione, and Ginny knew something was horribly wrong the look on her face was stricken and fearful.
When she caught sight of the kids she rushed to them. "Where is Dumbledore? Is he here?"
"No, what wrong, what happening?"
"Must get him, must get him now!" she exclaimed.
She rushed over to the fire took out some floo power and threw it into the fire "Albus Dumbledore" she screamed at the top of he lungs.
"Why, hello Tonks what can…"
"He's gone Dumbledore, Harry's gone." The words seemed to echo through the house. Ron's face had paled and he was forced to sit down. Both Ginny and Hermione started to cry and sat with Ron, the cheery look that Dumbledore had on his face had vanished in an instant.
"You're sure Tonks?"
"YES, YES he's not there or anywhere." Tonks answered hastily.
"Step back I'm coming." He replied and his face disappeared and a second later he came out of the fire.
"Tell me what happened."
"I got there, you know to do my watch, and I noticed that he wasn't in his room, and thought that maybe Mrs. Figg forgot to tell me he went for a walk or something. When I went to ask her she said that he hadn't left the house. So I went back and asked his aunt and she said that she hadn't seen Harry since last night. I checked his room personally, and went to the park where he sometimes goes, but no he wasn't there. I don't know where he is Dumbledore he's gone." She finished
"Right, ok Tonks fetch Serverus Snape, and Moody now." And quicker than a flash she was off.
In the fifteen minutes that followed not a word was said between Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. Then the door burst open.
"What is it headmaster?" Snape said.
"Serverus, Harry is missing; you know what you must do."
"I am off." When he got to the door Dumbledore stopped him.
"Serverus, be careful."
"Always."
"Professor where is Snape going that will help find Harry?" Hermione asked.
"I am sorry, but I can't answer your question Hermione." He said, with out the normal twinkle in his eye.
Tonks came back into the room out of breath. "Moody will be here in an hour. When I told him he said he had to fetch something he left at his home."
Over the next hour very few words were said between the kids, but Dumbledore was busy working. There was now to be an Order meeting later that night after Snape got back from where ever he went.
Forty – five minutes later Snape arrived back. He and Dumbledore strode out of the room to converse.
"Well…" Dumbledore said impatiently.
"Headmaster, Voldemort does not have Harry."
"Well that's a relief. I wonder where he is he might…"
"Headmaster" Snape said cutting Dumbledore off. "He knows Harry is gone, he already has sent people looking for him."
"How, how would he know already we only found out an hour ago?"
"Sir, they said that a very suspicious man entered the Leaky Cauldron today. He had his hood up so they couldn't see his face. The death eaters followed him all the way to Gringotts. After the man left they went up to the Goblin that was serving him and asked who he was. Apparently, there are crooked goblins now working in Gringotts, because it only cost a few gallons to ascertain that the man, though the goblin didn't see his face, was using Harry Potter's key, after the death eaters found this out they chased after him, but by the time they got back to The Leaky Cauldron he was gone. Sir, from the descriptions I was given height, body build, etc it sounded like it was Harry."
"Most disturbing news indeed," He paused for a minute then continued. "Tell no one until I hear from Moody, if what he says coincides with what you just told me, then the Order must know, but until then not a word."
"Of course headmaster." Snape replied as he left the room.
At seven o'clock that night the Order meeting was called to start, the children were not allowed to attend.
"I called this emergency meeting to let you know that Harry Potter has disappeared. So far I have heard one account as to what might have happened, does anyone have any clues to where Harry might be?" Dumbledore stated in a somber mood.
Molly was the first to pipe up. "Was he taken Dumbledore?"
"I do not know Molly, but…"
Dumbledore was abruptly cut off when Moody burst into the room. "No, Molly he wasn't taken."
"How do you now this Alastor?" Dumbledore asked.
Moody help up the letter that Harry had sent him, "The reason that I was late is this letter. Harry sent me a letter all but a few days ago."
"Why are you just now telling us!" Molly shouted obviously mad that she wasn't able to read the letter.
"Why, because Potter asked me not to let you see it." Molly seemed taken aback and sat back down. "When he sent the letter and I read it he made three request of me. All three seemed perfectly normal… until now."
"And they were?" Press Dumbledore peeved that Moody was beating around the bush.
"One was to not tell any one of this letter." And again Molly pouted. "The others, however, odd didn't strike me as out of the ordinary because of what happened at the Ministry last year. He asked to know a spell that hides magic from being traced and discovered by the Ministry, he said he wanted to hone his skills and be ready for anything."
Dumbledore now looked most distressed. "Please, Alastor, please tell me you didn't give him the spell."
"Of course I did, what's wrong with him practicing incase evil finds it way to him, and it usually does." He paused and then continued. "The other request was to know when my next watch was, so he could ask me a personal question. I told him it was tomorrow, I thought he was going to ask for my help in training."
"I believe it is obvious what Harry has done." Dumbledore said sadly.
"I can't believe I was out smarted by a sixteen year old boy." Moody said in an almost admiring tone. "It was a brilliant plan really. He asked for the spell so he could do magic so that we wouldn't find him when he ran, and asked when my watch was so he could use his invisibility cloak. It was brilliant."
"BRILLIANT, I WILL GIVE YOU BRILLIANT MAD – EYE!" Molly screeched at the top of her lungs. "IF YOU WOULD HAVE SHOWN US THE LETTER WE COULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT. THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT."
"Molly this is not Alastors fault, it is mine." And once again Dumbledore seemed to look like he aged ten years before he said in a whisper. "This meeting is augured."
When he walked out he came face to face with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.
"Is it true?" Hermione asked. "Did he run away?"
"How..." Dumbledore started but Ron cut him off.
"Moody didn't shut the door all the way when he came in, now is it true?" he asked.
In barely above a whisper Dumbledore answered. "Yes."
That was it Ginny couldn't hold it in any more. "You said that it was your fault. Why? We know that you talked about more than just Sirius after what happen last year. What did you tell him to make him do this?"
By now all the Order members had made their way out of the room and were all watching Dumbledore waiting for an answer and finally Dumbledore did answer.
"I told him something he was begging to know, something that deep down he knew to be true, I thought that he could handle it, I was obviously wrong, but I had to tell him, he had a right to know the unwanted truth." And with those words he left through the front door.
{Room 121, Westridge Hotel}
It had been a couple of hours since the boy who lived became the boy who fled. The first thing that Harry had done since he checked into the hotel was sleep; for some reason as soon as he got in the room he felt a sudden wave of tired ness. Harry knew what it was; all the stress about running away had been lifted off of him since he finally went through with his plans.
Now that he was up from his afternoon nap he decided to get settled in and unpack his things. He put his robes in to his closet and all of his other stuff in the drawers that his TV stood on. The last thing that he pulled out of his bag was the package from his father. He decided that now was as good as time as any to open it so he plopped down on to his bed and set the box in front of him.
He tore it open and out came a letter and a large leather bound book. He decided to open the letter first as it probably explained the book.
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this you now know of the foretold prophesy and we, your parents are dead. This book is the key to you overcoming the prophesy it will help you defeat the evil that has haunted the Potter's for years. I ask that you to read it, and keep it safe. I know you can defeat your enemy and fore fill the prophesy in your favor. Know that no matter what happens that your mother and I will always be proud of you.
Love Your Father,
Prongs
So his father knew of the prophesy, Dumbledore must have told them. Harry re-read it again and realized something. This was the first time that he had been told by his father to do something, he laughed at the irony.
"Well, father knows best."
So Harry set to work. He opened the book and flipped through the pages. He felt some thing come over him, and he knew that something in side of him was awakening as he started to skim through the pages. Closing the book again surprised by what happen he opened it again to the first page and began to read. Even as Harry read the first few lines he could feel the change with in him, the power, energy, and the feeling he was seeking the most…hope.