"Running away are we?" A voice said as Harry woke up from his nap. He looked around and saw Phineas Nigellus on the canvas of his portrait, leaning against the frame. Looking at Harry with an amused expression on his face.
"Not running away no... running home." Harry said the second part in a voice below a whisper.
"I thought Gryffindors were supposed to be brave? It looks to me you would have been better off in my own house. We Slytherins are brave, yes but not stupid. For instance, given the choice we will always save our own necks."
"It's not my neck I'm saving."
"Oh I see. This is no cowardly flight - you are being noble." As Harry reached for the door Phineas said, "I have a message from Albus Dumbledore."
"Well what is it?" Harry asked.
"Stay where you are."
"I haven't moved."
"That is the message, stay where you are."
"Why? What else did he say?" Harry asked.
"Nothing whatsoever."
"So that's it!" Harry said his temper rising from within him. "Stay there!? That's all anyone could tell me after I got attacked by those dementors too! Just stay put while the grown-ups sort it out Harry! We won't bother telling you anything, though, because your tiny little brain might not be able to cope with it!
"You know." Said Phineas said even more loudly then Harry. "This is precisely why I loathed being a teacher. Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything. Has it not occurred to you, my poor puffed-up popinjay, that there might be an excellent reason that Dumbledore is doing this?"
"Has it ever occurred to you that maybe we don't want to be locked in a little box not allowed to make one movement or form an opinion because we aren't allowed to do anything. WE have restrictions on this, restrictions on that. Has it ever occurred to you that grown-ups might not always be right. Has it ever occurred to you that we might know something or two!" Harry said steam practically coming out of his ears, just then Phineas disappeared. Harry grunted.
The next day Harry hid from everyone in Buckbeak's room, feeding him dead rats. It was a surprise when Harry heard Hermione's voice at the other side of the door.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked Hermione, as he put a piece of her hair behind her ear, her cheeks seemed to become even redder.
"Well to tell you the truth, skiing isn't really my thing, don't tell Ron that though, he just kept laughing and laughing so I told him it was great." Harry nodded.
"Come on lets go eat, Mrs. Weasley lit a fire and set up sandwiches." Harry nodded and followed her to the bedroom he shared with Ron. He was surprised to see Ron and Ginny sitting on Ron's bed. Ginny and Harry had a bit of an argument, until Ginny brought up she was the one who was possessed by Voldemort in her first year.
Kellie woke up and put her head into Remus' chest. "Too bright." She mumbled. Remus stroked her hair.
"G' Morning" Remus said.
"Morning." Kellie said, as she adjusted herself in the bed, she looked up at Remus.
"Happy Christmas." Remus said. Kellie smiled and put herself on top of him. She kissed him.
"A very happy one indeed." She said with a smirk. Remus rolled over so that he was on top of her. He kissed her neck.
"I love you." Remus said.
"I love you too."
Emily sat in her house. Her mum was nowhere to be found, she decided to owl Remus. She handed her owl the note.
A owl swooped down on the nightstand at Grimmauld place next to Remus and Kellie. Remus opened it and it read;
Dear Remus,
Mum isn't at home, do you know where she is? Tell Dad Merry Christmas! Emily
"Well it looks like no one told Emily where we all are." Kellie's eyes widened.
"Ally never told her?"
"I suppose not." Remus put on his trousers and a shirt and headed downstairs.
"Sirius! Ally!" He yelled. Sirius walked out of the kitchen.
"What is it?"
"Where's your girlfriend?"
"Asleep."
"Well it seems she didn't tell her daughter she was here." Sirius' eyes widened.
"Is she alright?" Remus nodded.
"She's perfectly fine." Remus told Sirius "I'm going to go get her, I'll be back in a bit."
Emily sat eating some cereal for her breakfast. She was used to this kind of a meal every year, for her mother never had did anything special anyhow. She heard the door open and saw Remus.
"Come along, we're going to your Dad's place." Emily smiled. "Go get your stuff." Remus told her. Emily ran upstairs putting all of her things away. She ran back downstairs with her stuff and they went to Grimmauld Place. They walked in and were greeted by Sirius and Ally.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you Emily, I just totally forgot." Ally explained.
"It's not the first time." Emily mumbled. Ally looked at her daughter so sad and slightly annoyed at how she had been one of the worst mother's ever. Remus avoided Sirius' gaze.
"Wh-what?" Sirius asked.
"Mum's forgotten to tell me loads of things, whether she was drunk or not." Emily said.
After they all came back from St. Mungos they (more so Ron) noticed Emily was sitting on a couch. "Emily!" Ron said. She turned around and smiled at them.
"Hi Ron." Emily said.
Sirius and Ally were in the room they shared. "What did she mean?" Sirius asked Ally a bit vaguely but Ally knew exactly what he was talking about. Ally averted her eyes from Sirius'.
"You know I've done things I'm not proud of." Ally said.
"What I didn't know was how you could be so cruel to your- our daughter!" Ally looked at Sirius, her eyes were brimmed with tears.
"I forgot, what can I say!" Ally told Sirius. Emily walked in just as Sirius was about to say something.
"Stop! Just stop! Don't fight over me!" Emily yelled.
"Emily..."
"No! just... don't get angry about me!" Emily said. Her mother stepped forward and touched her arm. "Get off of me." Emily said and ran out.
Harry had noticed ever since Christmas ended and Sirius and Ally had had a fight. Sirius had become bitter.
"Harry dear, Professor Snape would like to see you in the kitchen."
"What? Why?" Harry asked Mrs. Weasley.
"He didn't say." Harry went down stairs and into the kitchen where he saw Sirius and Snape glaring at each other.
"Er..." he said Sirius and Snape turned to look at him.
"Sit down, Potter."
"You know, Snape. I'd prefer it if you didn't give orders around here seeing as it is my house." Snape turned red in fury.
"I was supposed to see you alone Potter." Snape said glaring at Sirius who glared right back at Snape. "I'm his godfather, I have a right to be here." Sirius said.
"I am here by Dumbledore's orders. But by all means stay Black I know you like to feel... involved." Snape said.
"And what's that supposed to mean!" Sirius growled at Snape.
"I mean, I know you feel useless for the order." It was now Sirius' turn to flush red in fury. Snape's lips curled up in victory.
"The headmaster has sent me to tell you Potter, that it is his wish for you to study Occlumency this term."
"Study Occlu-what?"
"Occlumency, Potter. The magical defense in the mind against external penetration. An obscure branch of magic, but a highly useful one."
"Why do I have to study Occlu - thing?" Harry asked.
"Occlumency" Snape corrected him, "Because the headmaster thinks it is a good idea, must you keep asking the same question?" Snape asked. "You will receive private lessons once a week, but you mustn't tell anyone, especially Dolores Umbridge. Understood?"
"Yes, who is going to be teaching me?"
"I am." Snape told him. Harry looked uneasily at Sirius.
"Why can't Dumbledore teach Harry? Why you?" Sirius asked.
"Because it is a headmasters privilege to delegate less enjoyable tasks. I assure you I did not beg for the job." He got to his feet. "I expect you at 6 o'clock Monday evening, Potter. My office. If anybody asks, you are taking Remedial Potions. Nobody who has seen you in my classes could deny you need them." Snape then turned to leave.
"Wait a moment." Sirius said, sitting up straighter in his chair.
"I am rather in a hurry, Black... unlike you, I do not have unlimited leisure time..."
"I'll get to the point then." Sirius said. "If I hear you're using these lessons to give Harry a hard time, you'll have me to answer to."
"How touching." Snape sneered. "But surely you have noticed that Potter is very like his father?"
"Yes, I have." Sirius said proudly.
"Well then, you'll know he's so arrogant that criticism simply bounces off of him." Snape said sleekly. Sirius roughly pushed his chair to the side and they both pulled out their wands.
"Sirius!" Harry yelled. Kellie at once came into the room. "Sirius! Snape! Stop that right now!" Kellie yelled at them. But they kept glaring at each other daring the other to make a move. "Oh for Merlin's sake." Kellie said.
"Expelliarmus!" Kellie said, making both Snape and Sirius stumble back. Harry look relieved. At once the Weasley's came in with Arthur.
"Cured!" Arthur announced. "Merlin's beard what is going on in here?" Arthur asked. Snape sneered at Sirius. He walked over to Kellie and took his wand out of her hand and disapparated.
"But what's happened?" Arthur asked Sirius again.
"Nothing Arthur." Sirius said , taking his wand back from Kellie. "Just a friendly exchange between two old school friends." With what looked like enormous effort, he smiled. "So...you're cured? That's great news, really great..."
The next day after giving everyone good-byes and Harry getting a gift from Sirius they were escorted by Kellie, Tonks and Remus. Harry still really didn't know Kellie that well. Sirius had mentioned to him once that Kellie and Remus were romantically involved again.
Kellie sat with Harry and Ron. "I've always wanted to go on this thing." Ron said as they sat down.
"You won't for long." Harry said. They heard Kellie chuckle.
"He's right you know." Kellie said. Ron looked confused but not for long as the night bus started and Ron had fallen back, allowing pig to fly out of his cage and land on Hermione's shoulder.
"I've changed my mind." Ron said after falling for the sixth time. "I never want to ride on here again."
Finally they got to Hogwarts and the three adults helped them get all of their luggage off the bus.
"Look after yourselves." Remus said. "And Harry, I know you don't like Snape, but he is a superb Occlumens and we all - Sirius included - want you to learn to protect yourself, so work hard, all right?"
"Yeah, all right." Harry said.
After a talk with Zacharias Smith Ron offered to jinx him but Harry declined the offer. "Hi Harry." A voice said behind him. He turned around and saw Cho standing there."Oh, Hi." Harry said, smiling at Cho who smiled back. Hermione resisted the urge to roll her eyes at them.
"We'll be in the library Harry." Said Hermione, who yanked Ron's arm, and Emily followed them.
"Why can't we stay!" Harry could hear Ron say to Hermione. He couldn't tell what Hermione had said but her tone didn't sound very pleasant.
"Had a good christmas?" Cho asked. "Mine was pretty quiet." Cho said, for some reason, she was looking rather embarrassed. "Erm there's another Hogsmeade trip next month, did you see the notice?"
"What? Oh, no, I haven't checked the notice board since I got back..." Harry said, now wishing his friends were here... it was getting rather awkward.
"Yes, it's on Valentine's Day..."
"Right." Wondering why she was telling him all of this. "Well I suppose you want to-?"
"Only if you do." She said eagerly. Harry was about to say. 'I suppose you want to know when the next D.A. meeting is' But that didn't seem to be the right response. "Oh, it's okay if you don't." Cho said.
"No wait, erm. D'you want to come to Hogmeade with me on Valentine's Day?" Cho nodded her head eagerly.
The Occlumency lesson had gone pretty badly. He hadn't been able to stop Snape from entering his mind. He had gone to the library and saw Hermione, Ron and Emily.
"Merlin's beard." Emily said as she saw Harry. Hermione looked up,
"Dear Lord, Harry, are you alright?"
"Yea, I'm fine." Harry said. "I just realized something." Harry said.
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"Voldemort is hiding something in the department of mysteries... I saw it in my mind. I've been dreaming about it for the last month." Harry explained.
"The only people that work in there are the 'Unspeakables' " Ron informed them. Emily looked at them.
"It doesn't have just one door."
"What? How do you know?" Harry asked Emily.
"I overheard the Order talking. They said the prophecy was in there. And Kellie told them it was almost impossible to get it, there were too many doors. And other things."
"Other things?" Ron question. Emily just shrugged.
"I don't know..."
"How does Kellie know this?" Hermione asked in a suspicious tone.
"She used to be an Auror before she was captured." Emily told them.
"So there is a weapon that Voldemort wants and a prophecy that the Order wants..." Hermione said.
"Well that's certainly un-safe... what if the order has a run-in with Voldemort?" Ron asked.
"The Order didn't seem to be worried about it." Emily said.
"What kind of weapon, could be hidden in the Ministry?" Hermione wondered.
"I don't know, but if Voldemort wants it, it has to be big." Harry said.
A/N: Hope you liked that chapter, a bit longer then the rest! Review please!
Anna: Glad you liked this!(but I think you read chapter 4 by mistake when I posted chapter 4 instead of 6 by accident)
In-Love-With-James-Potter: Your wrote :"She killed them." Fred said, as the others looked at Harry with fear in their eyes. Harry gulped. she? who is she?. My response: She is referring toKellie, who stepped on them so they couldn't hear the conversation. Draco and Luna's relationship is strictly platonic, they are friends right now.
Melanie: Yes Ron wasn't exactly the bestest person in the world in that chapter. You probably won't like him very much in the tenth chapter either. Yes Draco liked Ginny very much... I like the Luna/Draco friendship a lot too, you'll see a lot more of the in the sixth story. It kind of Like Emily and Harry's relationship, given they aren't very close quiet yet and you don't them being very sibling-ly yet. But believe me the relationship are really going to change when I can stop trying to use the fifth book as a guidline. blushes You think my writing is better then the movie! I feel so cool now!
Luthien: I hope it's alright I am just going to call you Luthien cause your name is soooooooo long. Yes having Ally change so much was really sad. And next year she is going to have to cope with two things. One most of you probably can figure out what I'm talking about and the other I'm not saying.
Poll: I have written much farther then I have posted so I am currently on the chapter where GRAWP comes in. So I was debating on putting him in here or not. So Grawp or No Grawp? (I'll post the results next chapter!)