(A/N) Hey everyone. Bair with me through all the mushy stuff. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews guys. I'm going to be pretty busy with my school project until next Thursday when it's due. Spring Break starts next week. Thursday is my last day of school. Then I get a whole ten days off! WHOO! Enjoy the chapter. Read and Review! ^_^
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The Letter
Harry held the letter with shaky hands as he read the letter. This is what it said:
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this letter it means that our clever boy found the picture of my and your father's wedding day with your father's best friend Sirius Black as the best man. It also means that we are no longer with you. We wrote this letter to tell you that we love you with all our hearts and that we will always be with you no matter what. We knew that Voldemort was after us and agreed to go under the Fidelious Charm. Naturally, Sirius was our secret keeper. But not the whole time. At the last minute he convinced us to change to Peter instead because he thought Voldemort would be after him too. Rather reluctantly Peter agreed. Peter's been acting rather strange lately. He was our secret keeper for the Fidelious Charm for the rest of the time we were alive.
Sirius of course is your God Father and therefore has full custody of you. He already knows this and has agreed to take you in no matter what happens. Please forgive us for not being able to be there in person for you, but know this. We have always been there for you if not in person then in your heart. Never forget us Harry. We love you more than anything in the world. Also, all of our possessions belong to you. We will be with you always.
Love always and forever,
Mom and Dad
Harry was now full of anger and rage both at himself for not finding the letter sooner and clearing Sirius' name and at Peter Pettigrew for betraying his parents.
"How could I have been so stupid!" Harry yelled. He was so angry that in his rage he picked up a vase and threw it flowers and all at the wall. Harry didn't notice that Ron had come down from the boys' dormitory and was standing there confused at Harry who was now pacing in front of the now almost gone flames.
"What's wrong, mate," asked Ron now looking slightly concerned.
"What's wrong?" Harry yelled angrily at Ron, but felt guilty right after the words left his mouth. "What's wrong is that I just found a letter from my parents that clearly says Pettigrew was their secret keeper right before they died, which proves Sirius was innocent, which could have gotten Sirius' name cleared and I could have had a much better life lived with my god father instead of my moronic relatives that hate me in the first place," Harry said in a calmer voice. "All these years it was right under my nose and I didn't see it.(Literally) I could have had a family, Ron," Harry practically whispered. Ron stared at Harry shocked to the core.
"Harry, I-I-I'm sorry," Ron managed to get out.
"Don't be sorry Ron. I should be sorry. I never should have yelled at you. I was just so……so angry at myself," Harry said, "I'm sorry I yelled before."
"It's alright, mate. Don't worry about it," said Ron. "Look. Maybe…… we should……um… take this letter to Dumbledore?" Ron suggested.
"Yeah, ok," said Harry. "You reckon we should wake up Hermione?" he asked Ron.
"Yeah, we probably should," Ron replied.
The two boys then headed for the girls staircase. They were about halfway up to the girls' dorms when all of a sudden the stairs turned into a giant stone slide.
"Oh crap!" yelled Harry and Ron together. They slid all the way back down and landed hard on the ground.
"We should have seen that coming," joked Ron. Then they both exploded with laughter.
"I figured it was you two making all the racket," said the voice of their best friend Hermione Granger. "Really you two. After it happened to you last year you still keep trying?" said Hermione
"We forgot. And besides, I don't think it's fair that you can come into our dormitory whenever you want and we can't go in yours at all," said Ron. Harry had to agree with him. After all, what could possibly happen?
"Look Hermione, we have something we want to show you," said Harry while handing her the letter so she could read it. As Hermione read farther into the letter her hands started to tremble. When she finally looked up she was on the verge of tears. She walked up to Harry and gave him a huge hug.
"Harry, I'm so sorry," she said and beckoned Ron over to join the hug. He did and soon the three were just standing in a big group hug. When they finally pulled away from each other Ron suggested that they take the letter to Dumbledore right away. Soon the three were making their way down the halls of Hogwarts covered in Harry's invisibility cloak.
Soon they stopped in front of the stone gargoyle. It was just then that they realized that they didn't know the password. They started naming off different kinds of sweets. As if it wasn't odd enough that the gargoyle jumped out of the way when Harry guessed mentos being really frustrated when the entrance to the stairs opened there stood none other than Albus Dumbledore himself……
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(A/N) I know, I know, evil cliffy. I'm so, so, so, so, so, sorry that it took me so long to update. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Also, I would be grateful for any constructive criticism or ideas. Read and Review! ~Rinaula~
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The Letter
Harry held the letter with shaky hands as he read the letter. This is what it said:
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this letter it means that our clever boy found the picture of my and your father's wedding day with your father's best friend Sirius Black as the best man. It also means that we are no longer with you. We wrote this letter to tell you that we love you with all our hearts and that we will always be with you no matter what. We knew that Voldemort was after us and agreed to go under the Fidelious Charm. Naturally, Sirius was our secret keeper. But not the whole time. At the last minute he convinced us to change to Peter instead because he thought Voldemort would be after him too. Rather reluctantly Peter agreed. Peter's been acting rather strange lately. He was our secret keeper for the Fidelious Charm for the rest of the time we were alive.
Sirius of course is your God Father and therefore has full custody of you. He already knows this and has agreed to take you in no matter what happens. Please forgive us for not being able to be there in person for you, but know this. We have always been there for you if not in person then in your heart. Never forget us Harry. We love you more than anything in the world. Also, all of our possessions belong to you. We will be with you always.
Love always and forever,
Mom and Dad
Harry was now full of anger and rage both at himself for not finding the letter sooner and clearing Sirius' name and at Peter Pettigrew for betraying his parents.
"How could I have been so stupid!" Harry yelled. He was so angry that in his rage he picked up a vase and threw it flowers and all at the wall. Harry didn't notice that Ron had come down from the boys' dormitory and was standing there confused at Harry who was now pacing in front of the now almost gone flames.
"What's wrong, mate," asked Ron now looking slightly concerned.
"What's wrong?" Harry yelled angrily at Ron, but felt guilty right after the words left his mouth. "What's wrong is that I just found a letter from my parents that clearly says Pettigrew was their secret keeper right before they died, which proves Sirius was innocent, which could have gotten Sirius' name cleared and I could have had a much better life lived with my god father instead of my moronic relatives that hate me in the first place," Harry said in a calmer voice. "All these years it was right under my nose and I didn't see it.(Literally) I could have had a family, Ron," Harry practically whispered. Ron stared at Harry shocked to the core.
"Harry, I-I-I'm sorry," Ron managed to get out.
"Don't be sorry Ron. I should be sorry. I never should have yelled at you. I was just so……so angry at myself," Harry said, "I'm sorry I yelled before."
"It's alright, mate. Don't worry about it," said Ron. "Look. Maybe…… we should……um… take this letter to Dumbledore?" Ron suggested.
"Yeah, ok," said Harry. "You reckon we should wake up Hermione?" he asked Ron.
"Yeah, we probably should," Ron replied.
The two boys then headed for the girls staircase. They were about halfway up to the girls' dorms when all of a sudden the stairs turned into a giant stone slide.
"Oh crap!" yelled Harry and Ron together. They slid all the way back down and landed hard on the ground.
"We should have seen that coming," joked Ron. Then they both exploded with laughter.
"I figured it was you two making all the racket," said the voice of their best friend Hermione Granger. "Really you two. After it happened to you last year you still keep trying?" said Hermione
"We forgot. And besides, I don't think it's fair that you can come into our dormitory whenever you want and we can't go in yours at all," said Ron. Harry had to agree with him. After all, what could possibly happen?
"Look Hermione, we have something we want to show you," said Harry while handing her the letter so she could read it. As Hermione read farther into the letter her hands started to tremble. When she finally looked up she was on the verge of tears. She walked up to Harry and gave him a huge hug.
"Harry, I'm so sorry," she said and beckoned Ron over to join the hug. He did and soon the three were just standing in a big group hug. When they finally pulled away from each other Ron suggested that they take the letter to Dumbledore right away. Soon the three were making their way down the halls of Hogwarts covered in Harry's invisibility cloak.
Soon they stopped in front of the stone gargoyle. It was just then that they realized that they didn't know the password. They started naming off different kinds of sweets. As if it wasn't odd enough that the gargoyle jumped out of the way when Harry guessed mentos being really frustrated when the entrance to the stairs opened there stood none other than Albus Dumbledore himself……
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(A/N) I know, I know, evil cliffy. I'm so, so, so, so, so, sorry that it took me so long to update. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Also, I would be grateful for any constructive criticism or ideas. Read and Review! ~Rinaula~