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Chapter 3: Disappearance
Hogwarts
It has been exactly 1 week since the Order last checked up on Harry's well being. Today was supposed to be one of the Order's routine visits, which was unknown to Harry. Albus Dumbledore was sitting in front of his desk and looking at the new rules implemented concerning Hogwarts and it's students for the upcoming school.
When suddenly his door burst open and Alastor Moody and a young lady in her early twenties and had waist long blonde hair strode in his office.
"Albus we have a big problem concerning Harry," said Moody.
Dumbledore was suddenly alert, sat up straight and asked, "What is it Alastor?"
"The sneaky little kid gave us the slip!" Said Moody, grumpily.
"Calm down Alastor and both of you please take a seat," said Dumbledore, motioning to the seats in front of his desk.
"Now, tell me everything you know of what has happened," said Dumbledore, calmly although deep inside he himself was worried.
"I think Ms. Feathers should be the one tell you the details as she was the one who went there," said Moody, as his magical eye looked at the young lady sitting beside him.
"Maya if you would please enlighten me as to what has happened," said Dumbledore, as he looked at her intently through his half-moon spectacles.
The young lady looked at Dumbledore uncomfortably before nodding and starts her story. "It was my turn this week to do the Order's weekly routine check on Mr. Potter's well being. Unfortunately when I arrived there in my animagus form (A/N: dove). I was not able to see him in his room. I assumed that he was somewhere else inside the house so I decided to fly around the house a couple of times and peek through the windows to see where he was. Unfortunately my attempts to see where Mr. Potter's location was failed. After flying a few more times around the house, I decided to settle myself on a tree facing directly in front of his room and waited for about an hour. When he still didn't show up, I kind of got suspicious and worried so I decided to take a closer look of his room. It was clean and there was no trace whatsoever that someone slept on his bed. What really caught my attention though was that I couldn't see his trunk or any of his stuff pertaining to magic. I saw that on top of his pillow was a piece of parchment addressed to all of us in the Order as well as his friends. I picked up the parchment and read it. I was completely shocked at what I read and I immediately decided to return to HQ to report and show the letter to Alastor."
Dumbledore sat there for a few minutes absorbing every detail of what Maya said, then leaned forward to his desk and asked, "have you contacted Arabella yet?"
"I did, but unfortunately she did not see anything, she was out buying cat food for her cats, and Mundungus Fletcher wasn't around as well, stupid git was probably out buying and selling illegal stuff again," said Moody.
"Maya, Do you have the letter written by Harry with you?" asked Dumbledore.
"It's with Moody now," said Maya, as she shook her head.
"Alastor, may I please see the letter?" asked Dumbledore.
"Certainly Albus," said Moody, as he pulled out a piece of parchment inside his pocket and handed it to Dumbledore. After reading the letter, Dumbledore leaned back on his chair and sighed deeply.
"I am afraid Mr. Potter has decided to do things on his own now and I think I am partly to blame for this sudden departure of his," said Dumbledore.
"Why is that Albus?" asked Moody.
"I think my last letter containing his new restrictions was just too much for him as well as he still blames himself for Sirius' death," said Dumbledore.
"What do we do now Albus?" asked Moody. "Surely we can't just leave him alone, he'll be captured or worse tortured then killed right away if Death Eaters get a wind of this and find him."
"I am sure that Harry has planned this through and is capable of defending himself," said Dumbledore.
"How can he defend himself if he can't use magic?" asked Maya.
"If I know Harry, I think he already has an answer to that question as well, we just don't know what it is yet," said Dumbledore.
"So what now Albus, what do we do if we can't find Harry?" asked Moody.
"I think that it is wise to notify the Weasleys as well as Ms. Granger of these new turn of events then call all the Order members for an emergency meeting. But make sure not to spread the reason of this meeting just yet, I don't want Voldemort or any of his Death Eaters getting wind of this as long as we can," said Dumbledore.
"I'll do that right away Albus, you can count on me," said Moody.
"What about me sir, what am I supposed to do?" asked Maya.
Dumbledore thought for a few seconds before answering, "I suggest that you patrol Diagon Alley in your animagus form and see if you can spot Mr. Potter there, because if I am not mistaken, he will probably be there to get money as well as supplies for his new life."
"I'll do that right away," said Maya, as she stood up and left the office.
"I should be going as well and do what you ordered Albus," said Moody, as he too stood up and was about to leave when Dumbledore said,"Please inform me immediately of any news concerning this matter Alastor."
"Will do Albus," replied Moody, and left.
Albus Dumbledore stood up from his desk and went to where his pet phoenix Fawkes was perched and petted it softly and said, "I think I should pay the Dursley's a little visit, what do you think Fawkes?" Fawkes' only reply was a soft note and nodded it's head as if to say yes.
A few minutes later, Albus Dumbledore was standing in front of the doorstep of number 4 Privet Drive and rang the doorbell. After a few seconds later the door opened slowly and the face of an irritated Vernon Dursley greeted him.
"What is it, whatever you are selling, we're not interested." said Vernon irritably, as he tried to shut the door again.
"I am sorry to say but I am not here to sell you anything Mr. Dursley, I have come here for a totally different reason," said Dumbledore, calmly.
"Well then spit it out quickly, I don't have all day you know," said Vernon, in a clearly irritated tone.
"Were you aware of Mr. Potter's sudden departure and disappearance?" asked Dumbledore, not the slightest perturbed by Vernon's tone.
Upon hearing this, Vernon's face instantly turned considerably white and stuttered as he spoke as well as take a step back from Dumbledore as the headmaster gave him a piercing look.
"Y...ye...yes I...I d...do w...we he...heard h..him spea...speak a...about lea...leaving th...the oth...other d...day, i...it wa...was ye...yest...yesterday that h...he le...left thr...thru hi...his win...window." replied Vernon, as he started sweating like the pig he is.
"And you didn't even do anything to prevent this from happening?" asked Dumbledore, still with that calm voice and piercing gaze that would have sent shivers down your spine.
"Give me one damn good reason why I should stop a freak like him from leaving my house for good?!!!" yelled Vernon, despite his growing fear.
"What if I told you that, that 'freak' as you call him may be the only person capable of saving us all from the clutches of a very powerful but insane dark wizard, and that by losing him would instantly mean that we have lost as well." said Dumbledore, eyes starting to show signs of anger.
"Wh...what i...is th...this rub...rubbish yo...you ar...are ta...talking ab...about, su...surely th...the po...police an...and th...the ar...army ca...can ha...handle fre...freaks lik...like yo...you." said Vernon, trying to sound brave but failing miserably.
"I am sorry to say this but your muggle weapons will be no match for this wizard and his army's power, pray that we find Mr. Potter before all is too late, I bid you good day and goodbye." said Dumbledore, gravely and with that apparates back to Hogsmeade, leaving a very pale and utterly shocked Vernon standing by the door looking at the spot where Dumbledore disapparated.
A/N: Thanks to all of you who reviewed. Sorry for the slight delay, unfortunately school is about to start and I want really get high grades as this is my future we are talking about after all. I promise to finish this fic although how long it will take I am not sure. I also had some changes as well as additions to this fics thanks to your feedbacks. I am really sorry but while I am still in college I will try to update although not as fast as I wanted to, sorry.
Chapter 3: Disappearance
Hogwarts
It has been exactly 1 week since the Order last checked up on Harry's well being. Today was supposed to be one of the Order's routine visits, which was unknown to Harry. Albus Dumbledore was sitting in front of his desk and looking at the new rules implemented concerning Hogwarts and it's students for the upcoming school.
When suddenly his door burst open and Alastor Moody and a young lady in her early twenties and had waist long blonde hair strode in his office.
"Albus we have a big problem concerning Harry," said Moody.
Dumbledore was suddenly alert, sat up straight and asked, "What is it Alastor?"
"The sneaky little kid gave us the slip!" Said Moody, grumpily.
"Calm down Alastor and both of you please take a seat," said Dumbledore, motioning to the seats in front of his desk.
"Now, tell me everything you know of what has happened," said Dumbledore, calmly although deep inside he himself was worried.
"I think Ms. Feathers should be the one tell you the details as she was the one who went there," said Moody, as his magical eye looked at the young lady sitting beside him.
"Maya if you would please enlighten me as to what has happened," said Dumbledore, as he looked at her intently through his half-moon spectacles.
The young lady looked at Dumbledore uncomfortably before nodding and starts her story. "It was my turn this week to do the Order's weekly routine check on Mr. Potter's well being. Unfortunately when I arrived there in my animagus form (A/N: dove). I was not able to see him in his room. I assumed that he was somewhere else inside the house so I decided to fly around the house a couple of times and peek through the windows to see where he was. Unfortunately my attempts to see where Mr. Potter's location was failed. After flying a few more times around the house, I decided to settle myself on a tree facing directly in front of his room and waited for about an hour. When he still didn't show up, I kind of got suspicious and worried so I decided to take a closer look of his room. It was clean and there was no trace whatsoever that someone slept on his bed. What really caught my attention though was that I couldn't see his trunk or any of his stuff pertaining to magic. I saw that on top of his pillow was a piece of parchment addressed to all of us in the Order as well as his friends. I picked up the parchment and read it. I was completely shocked at what I read and I immediately decided to return to HQ to report and show the letter to Alastor."
Dumbledore sat there for a few minutes absorbing every detail of what Maya said, then leaned forward to his desk and asked, "have you contacted Arabella yet?"
"I did, but unfortunately she did not see anything, she was out buying cat food for her cats, and Mundungus Fletcher wasn't around as well, stupid git was probably out buying and selling illegal stuff again," said Moody.
"Maya, Do you have the letter written by Harry with you?" asked Dumbledore.
"It's with Moody now," said Maya, as she shook her head.
"Alastor, may I please see the letter?" asked Dumbledore.
"Certainly Albus," said Moody, as he pulled out a piece of parchment inside his pocket and handed it to Dumbledore. After reading the letter, Dumbledore leaned back on his chair and sighed deeply.
"I am afraid Mr. Potter has decided to do things on his own now and I think I am partly to blame for this sudden departure of his," said Dumbledore.
"Why is that Albus?" asked Moody.
"I think my last letter containing his new restrictions was just too much for him as well as he still blames himself for Sirius' death," said Dumbledore.
"What do we do now Albus?" asked Moody. "Surely we can't just leave him alone, he'll be captured or worse tortured then killed right away if Death Eaters get a wind of this and find him."
"I am sure that Harry has planned this through and is capable of defending himself," said Dumbledore.
"How can he defend himself if he can't use magic?" asked Maya.
"If I know Harry, I think he already has an answer to that question as well, we just don't know what it is yet," said Dumbledore.
"So what now Albus, what do we do if we can't find Harry?" asked Moody.
"I think that it is wise to notify the Weasleys as well as Ms. Granger of these new turn of events then call all the Order members for an emergency meeting. But make sure not to spread the reason of this meeting just yet, I don't want Voldemort or any of his Death Eaters getting wind of this as long as we can," said Dumbledore.
"I'll do that right away Albus, you can count on me," said Moody.
"What about me sir, what am I supposed to do?" asked Maya.
Dumbledore thought for a few seconds before answering, "I suggest that you patrol Diagon Alley in your animagus form and see if you can spot Mr. Potter there, because if I am not mistaken, he will probably be there to get money as well as supplies for his new life."
"I'll do that right away," said Maya, as she stood up and left the office.
"I should be going as well and do what you ordered Albus," said Moody, as he too stood up and was about to leave when Dumbledore said,"Please inform me immediately of any news concerning this matter Alastor."
"Will do Albus," replied Moody, and left.
Albus Dumbledore stood up from his desk and went to where his pet phoenix Fawkes was perched and petted it softly and said, "I think I should pay the Dursley's a little visit, what do you think Fawkes?" Fawkes' only reply was a soft note and nodded it's head as if to say yes.
A few minutes later, Albus Dumbledore was standing in front of the doorstep of number 4 Privet Drive and rang the doorbell. After a few seconds later the door opened slowly and the face of an irritated Vernon Dursley greeted him.
"What is it, whatever you are selling, we're not interested." said Vernon irritably, as he tried to shut the door again.
"I am sorry to say but I am not here to sell you anything Mr. Dursley, I have come here for a totally different reason," said Dumbledore, calmly.
"Well then spit it out quickly, I don't have all day you know," said Vernon, in a clearly irritated tone.
"Were you aware of Mr. Potter's sudden departure and disappearance?" asked Dumbledore, not the slightest perturbed by Vernon's tone.
Upon hearing this, Vernon's face instantly turned considerably white and stuttered as he spoke as well as take a step back from Dumbledore as the headmaster gave him a piercing look.
"Y...ye...yes I...I d...do w...we he...heard h..him spea...speak a...about lea...leaving th...the oth...other d...day, i...it wa...was ye...yest...yesterday that h...he le...left thr...thru hi...his win...window." replied Vernon, as he started sweating like the pig he is.
"And you didn't even do anything to prevent this from happening?" asked Dumbledore, still with that calm voice and piercing gaze that would have sent shivers down your spine.
"Give me one damn good reason why I should stop a freak like him from leaving my house for good?!!!" yelled Vernon, despite his growing fear.
"What if I told you that, that 'freak' as you call him may be the only person capable of saving us all from the clutches of a very powerful but insane dark wizard, and that by losing him would instantly mean that we have lost as well." said Dumbledore, eyes starting to show signs of anger.
"Wh...what i...is th...this rub...rubbish yo...you ar...are ta...talking ab...about, su...surely th...the po...police an...and th...the ar...army ca...can ha...handle fre...freaks lik...like yo...you." said Vernon, trying to sound brave but failing miserably.
"I am sorry to say this but your muggle weapons will be no match for this wizard and his army's power, pray that we find Mr. Potter before all is too late, I bid you good day and goodbye." said Dumbledore, gravely and with that apparates back to Hogsmeade, leaving a very pale and utterly shocked Vernon standing by the door looking at the spot where Dumbledore disapparated.
A/N: Thanks to all of you who reviewed. Sorry for the slight delay, unfortunately school is about to start and I want really get high grades as this is my future we are talking about after all. I promise to finish this fic although how long it will take I am not sure. I also had some changes as well as additions to this fics thanks to your feedbacks. I am really sorry but while I am still in college I will try to update although not as fast as I wanted to, sorry.