They hung out for a while, talking about the Quidditch team, and how they couldn't wait for the first game. Harry told them how there was an Order meeting that night, so he had to go to that. When they got hungry, they went down to the Great Hall for lunch. They ate their lunch, which consisted of some sandwiches, and plenty of them. Harry was very hungry, and by the looks of it, so were his friends. They had all eaten a lot of sandwiches. They are the sandwiches in front of them before heading back to the common room. They sat there practicing some of the spells and charms they had learned over the week, and worked on some of their essays for Potions. They worked hard on their homework, wanting to get done before dinner.
They ate a huge dinner as always, which included a main course of pork chops, with sides of biscuits, potatoes, and some weird looking green gooey things, which Harry did not dare try, but it seemed as though Hermione had had them before, as she was eating it. Harry did not know what it was, and he was not going anywhere near it.
"What is that?" Harry asked.
"Oh, it's got this weird name. It's French. My mother makes it all the time. But I can never say the name right," Hermione answered, laughing at the fact that she didn't know how to pronounce it.
"Well, French things are always weird and hard to pronounce," Harry replied, shrugging.
After dinner was over, Harry rushed off to Dumbledore's office, while Ron and Hermione went to the common room. Harry walked to the gargoyles and when he got there, said the password, which was "Skiving Snackboxes". The gargoyles slid apart, revealing the staircase, which Harry climbed eagerly, wanting to know what was going on with Voldemort. He entered the office, without knocking, and sat down in a chair next to Lupin.
"Hey Harry, how have things been goin'?" he asked.
"Oh, pretty well, tryouts went good. Hermione, Ginny, and Randal Graves are the new Chasers. Stefanie Riddle and Seamus are the new Beaters," Harry told Lupin.
"Really? Stefanie Riddle? You don't really want to hang around with her," Lupin said.
"But she's not blood related to Voldemort," Harry told him.
"I know, but still, isn't it kind of freaky?" Lupin asked him.
"Well, sort of, I guess," Harry told him.
"If you would all take a seat, this meeting shall begin," Dumbledore said. Everyone in the room took a seat. He saw Tonks sit down, rather angry, since she always liked to be moving. She didn't like sitting down. Dumbledore continued to speak, "As many of you are aware, there has been a break-in at Gringotts. Vault 713, the Order of the Phoenix vault, was broken into. As you may be aware, we did take-out the last remaining item in there at the beginning of this school year, so there was nothing for the robbers to take. Kingsley and Alastor, I trust you will be able to go there and look for anything that will help us to find out who exactly broke in. We are suspecting Death Eaters, and if so, it would be good if we knew who."
"Sir, I have a question," Harry said.
"Yes, Harry?" Dumbledore replied.
"What was in the vault that you took out in the beginning of the year?" he asked.
"Well Harry, it's an ancient item used for the restoration of the soul. In other words, it can bring someone back from the dead. But only if used in a certain ritual, that we know Voldemort knows how to perform. That is why we must not let him take the Novo Animus," Dumbledore told him.
"Severus, do you have any information?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, Dumbledore. Voldemort is very angry that they could not get a hold of the Novo Animus. They are planning on finding something else, which I don't know the name of, that will help them bring back old members. They tried using the veil, but found they did not have enough power. Voldemort himself cannot go use the veil, since it is in the Ministry of Magic building, so he has sent various members, such as Rodolphus Lestrange to try to bring back the dead, but these members did not have enough magical power to bring them back," Snape told the group.
"Okay Severus, if you could possibly find out what they're after, that would be a big help to us," Dumbledore told him.
"Yes sir," Severus replied.
"Onto Peter Pettigrew. We have found out vital information relating to Harry Potter. Harry is of course Voldemort's first target, so we do need to continue our strong watching of him, making sure nothing could happen to Harry. We have found that the Death Eaters have yet again begun to try to get aide from the giants. That is why Hagrid will not be here at Hogwarts teaching for the next two months at least. So, Professor Grubbly-Plank has volunteered to come back and teach Care of Magical Creatures at the N.E.W.T. level, and below, too. I hope this time Hagrid will possibly be able to persuade the giants. Hagrid told me he has a great plan, and I do, as I have before, believe in him," Dumbledore told the group. Harry did not like the fact that Hagrid would not be teaching them for a while, but it was for a good cause, the best cause in Harry's mind. He would just have to live with it.
"Do any of you have any questions?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, professor, I have one. Does Voldemort have a daughter?" Harry asked.
"Not that I know of, why?" Dumbledore replied, with a moonstruck look on his face.
"Well, you see, I had this dream out on the Quidditch pitch today. I could see Voldemort again. There were no other people in the room. Voldemort was talking to his snake, Nagini. 'So, Harry Potter has met my daughter,' Voldemort was saying, with his cold, evil laugh. The dream ended right there. There was something very odd going on with Stefanie Riddle. The dream happened as soon as she touched my forehead," he told Dumbledore.
"Hmmm...That's very strange. We'll have to look into that. I never knew that he had a daughter. Or maybe he's just trying to make you think that, to trick you," Dumbledore replied. "If that is all, you may leave," the Headmaster told them. Nobody asked anything else, so they were free to leave.
Harry walked back to his common room, but walked right into Draco Malfoy on the way there. "Well, well, if it isn't Potter. Where are your friends, Potter?" Draco sneered.
"Well, well, if it isn't the ungrateful Malfoy. Where is your father, Malfoy?" Harry mocked.
"I'm going to, to..." Draco trailed off.
"To what?" a voice said from behind him. Harry turned around to see Tonks walking up to him. "Go to your common rooms, boys," Tonks said to Draco and his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. Harry and Tonks continued walking towards the Gryffindor dormitory. They talked about the new players on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She wished him luck as they reached the portrait hole, and headed to her office. Harry however, went inside the common room to see Ron and Hermione sitting on the couch in the common room by the fire, waiting for him.
"Hey guys," Harry said.
"Hey Harry, how was the meeting?" Hermione asked.
"You'll never believe what is going on!" exclaimed Harry.
"What is it?" Hermione asked.
"Well, Dumbledore said he does not know of any daughter of Voldemort, but he said that he will look into it, and try to find out if he does have a daughter," Harry told them.
"What else?" Ron asked, very excited.
"Well, I found out what was in the vault," Harry told them.
"What was in it?" Hermione asked, with a big grin on her face.
"The Novo Animus. It's an ancient magical item that is used to restore the soul of a dead person. Voldemort tried to take it, but found that the vault was empty when he sent death eaters to break in. So, they are after something else to help them bring back some of Voldemort's old followers from the dead," Harry replied.
"Anything else?" Ron continued to ask Harry.
"Well, the Death Eaters are trying to get the help of the giants again, and so is Hagrid. Professor Grubbly-Plank will be teaching us for at least the next two months," Harry told them, still saddened by this news.
"Oh no! Hagrid won't be teaching us for a while? This stinks," Ron replied, he too was saddened by the news. Hermione was also looking kind of sad, but not as sad as Ron.
"Well, I better be getting to bed," Harry told them. They all headed off to their dormitories, Ron and Harry heading to the boys, Hermione heading to the girl's dormitories. Harry lay down on his bed, falling directly to sleep.
His dream that night was not normal at all. He dreamt he was at the veil again. He could hear Sirius' voice. "Harry, help me!" it was saying. Harry did not like hearing his dead godfather's voice calling to him for help. Harry knew there was nothing he could do. "Get me out of here!" he heard Sirius saying again. He knew Sirius was in trouble, and that Sirius was still alive. Sirius was trapped in a different world, where he would eventually die. He needed to find a way to get Sirius back, and he had to do it fast.
He woke up the next morning, and went down to the Great Hall with Hermione and Ron. They sat down at the table and began eating, when Hermione got a letter. The owl dropped the letter in Hermione's lap, and flew off towards the window.
"Who is it from?" Harry asked her.
"I don't know," Hermione replied. She read the letter and gasped as she reached the end. Harry took the letter from her, and read it to himself.
To Mrs. Hermione Granger,
We are sorry for any information that has led you to believe that Rita Skeeter is an illegal animagus. We have looked in our records to find that Mrs. Rita Skeeter has been recorded as a legal animagus, after passing her animagus test this past August. We would like to say that next time you feel the need to report something, please check your facts.
Harry passed the paper to Ron, who after reading it had a face contorted with anger.
"How dare she!" Ron exclaimed.
"I hate that woman!" Harry replied.
"That stupid Skeeter woman," Ron agreed.
"Trust me, we'll get her back for this," Harry told the other two friends.
"Of course we will," Ron agreed. They hurriedly ate their breakfast, not wanting to be late for potions, although they really didn't like that class. Once they were done, Harry and Hermione headed off for Potions, Ron heading off to the common room.
They entered the dungeon classroom, and sat in their normal seats, and when Neville walked in a few minutes later, he took a seat next to Harry.
"Hey Harry, how've you been?" Neville asked.
"Pretty good," Harry replied.
"So, are you starting up the DA again?" Neville asked.
"Yup," Harry told him.
"You are?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, I finally decided for good. I am starting it up again, with the help of Professor Lupin," Harry told them.
"Wow! That's great Harry!" Neville exclaimed. Harry got out all of his potions materials as Professor Snape walked into the room. As he walked by Harry's desk, a piece of parchment fell out of his robes, and Harry picked it up. Just as he was about to raise his hand to give it back to Snape, he decided maybe he should take it back to the common room and read it. He might be able to get some answers.
He turned his attention back to Snape, who had begun talking about the lesson.
"If you would please pass in your essay on Veritaserum, we will get started," Professor Snape said. The students all passed in their essays, and Snape piled all of them on his desk.
"Today class, we will be discussing Veritaserum more in depth. We will learn about what is in the potion, and why it works so well," Snape told them. They took out their books, and turned to the section on Veritaserum, one of the first chapters in the book. Snape began discussing all of the ingredients they would need for the potion, and which ones he would be providing for them. Harry listened as he described the function of each individual ingredient in the potion, and he scribbled down his notes as Snape continued to talk. Then Snape began to describe how the ingredients react to each other, causing the potion to work properly. Harry wrote down the important information, as it was necessary for him to understand this type of potion, especially if he wanted to become an auror. When the bell ran, Harry and Hermione got up from their seats, and went off towards the Great Hall for lunch, where Ron was waiting for them.
They sat down next to Ron, and ate a few sandwiches, and chatted with Ron, telling him about their class, while Ron told them about what he did while they were away. Harry told Ron about the piece of parchment Snape had dropped, and they agreed to look at it together back in the common room. After lunch, Hermione headed off towards the History of Magic classroom, while Harry and Ron went off towards the common room, ready to read the note that Snape had dropped.
Severus-
Voldemort knows you are spying! You must get out of the circle for good! You must run away! I know I probably sound crazy by warning you, but I have grown to like you and I cannot bear to see you be tortured and killed by my leader. Get out now while you still can!
The note was not signed. Harry and Ron sat there, mouths open in terror. If Voldemort knew Snape was a traitor, then the Order would have nobody to spy on Voldemort's actions and find out what he is up to. They would have no way of finding out what Voldemort's plans were to kill off all non-purebloods, and more importantly, the only boy who could stop him. Harry Potter.
Harry and Ron stared at the note, with faces of disbelief and true horror, before Harry finally took the note and shoved it in his pocket.
"Make sure we tell Hermione! She'll really want to know this kind of thing," Harry told Ron.
"You bet she would," Ron agreed. Harry went off towards the dormitory, wanting to get some rest before dinner. They showed Hermione the note after dinner was over, and then they went up to their dormitories to get some sleep, very tired after a very long day.
They ate a huge dinner as always, which included a main course of pork chops, with sides of biscuits, potatoes, and some weird looking green gooey things, which Harry did not dare try, but it seemed as though Hermione had had them before, as she was eating it. Harry did not know what it was, and he was not going anywhere near it.
"What is that?" Harry asked.
"Oh, it's got this weird name. It's French. My mother makes it all the time. But I can never say the name right," Hermione answered, laughing at the fact that she didn't know how to pronounce it.
"Well, French things are always weird and hard to pronounce," Harry replied, shrugging.
After dinner was over, Harry rushed off to Dumbledore's office, while Ron and Hermione went to the common room. Harry walked to the gargoyles and when he got there, said the password, which was "Skiving Snackboxes". The gargoyles slid apart, revealing the staircase, which Harry climbed eagerly, wanting to know what was going on with Voldemort. He entered the office, without knocking, and sat down in a chair next to Lupin.
"Hey Harry, how have things been goin'?" he asked.
"Oh, pretty well, tryouts went good. Hermione, Ginny, and Randal Graves are the new Chasers. Stefanie Riddle and Seamus are the new Beaters," Harry told Lupin.
"Really? Stefanie Riddle? You don't really want to hang around with her," Lupin said.
"But she's not blood related to Voldemort," Harry told him.
"I know, but still, isn't it kind of freaky?" Lupin asked him.
"Well, sort of, I guess," Harry told him.
"If you would all take a seat, this meeting shall begin," Dumbledore said. Everyone in the room took a seat. He saw Tonks sit down, rather angry, since she always liked to be moving. She didn't like sitting down. Dumbledore continued to speak, "As many of you are aware, there has been a break-in at Gringotts. Vault 713, the Order of the Phoenix vault, was broken into. As you may be aware, we did take-out the last remaining item in there at the beginning of this school year, so there was nothing for the robbers to take. Kingsley and Alastor, I trust you will be able to go there and look for anything that will help us to find out who exactly broke in. We are suspecting Death Eaters, and if so, it would be good if we knew who."
"Sir, I have a question," Harry said.
"Yes, Harry?" Dumbledore replied.
"What was in the vault that you took out in the beginning of the year?" he asked.
"Well Harry, it's an ancient item used for the restoration of the soul. In other words, it can bring someone back from the dead. But only if used in a certain ritual, that we know Voldemort knows how to perform. That is why we must not let him take the Novo Animus," Dumbledore told him.
"Severus, do you have any information?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, Dumbledore. Voldemort is very angry that they could not get a hold of the Novo Animus. They are planning on finding something else, which I don't know the name of, that will help them bring back old members. They tried using the veil, but found they did not have enough power. Voldemort himself cannot go use the veil, since it is in the Ministry of Magic building, so he has sent various members, such as Rodolphus Lestrange to try to bring back the dead, but these members did not have enough magical power to bring them back," Snape told the group.
"Okay Severus, if you could possibly find out what they're after, that would be a big help to us," Dumbledore told him.
"Yes sir," Severus replied.
"Onto Peter Pettigrew. We have found out vital information relating to Harry Potter. Harry is of course Voldemort's first target, so we do need to continue our strong watching of him, making sure nothing could happen to Harry. We have found that the Death Eaters have yet again begun to try to get aide from the giants. That is why Hagrid will not be here at Hogwarts teaching for the next two months at least. So, Professor Grubbly-Plank has volunteered to come back and teach Care of Magical Creatures at the N.E.W.T. level, and below, too. I hope this time Hagrid will possibly be able to persuade the giants. Hagrid told me he has a great plan, and I do, as I have before, believe in him," Dumbledore told the group. Harry did not like the fact that Hagrid would not be teaching them for a while, but it was for a good cause, the best cause in Harry's mind. He would just have to live with it.
"Do any of you have any questions?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, professor, I have one. Does Voldemort have a daughter?" Harry asked.
"Not that I know of, why?" Dumbledore replied, with a moonstruck look on his face.
"Well, you see, I had this dream out on the Quidditch pitch today. I could see Voldemort again. There were no other people in the room. Voldemort was talking to his snake, Nagini. 'So, Harry Potter has met my daughter,' Voldemort was saying, with his cold, evil laugh. The dream ended right there. There was something very odd going on with Stefanie Riddle. The dream happened as soon as she touched my forehead," he told Dumbledore.
"Hmmm...That's very strange. We'll have to look into that. I never knew that he had a daughter. Or maybe he's just trying to make you think that, to trick you," Dumbledore replied. "If that is all, you may leave," the Headmaster told them. Nobody asked anything else, so they were free to leave.
Harry walked back to his common room, but walked right into Draco Malfoy on the way there. "Well, well, if it isn't Potter. Where are your friends, Potter?" Draco sneered.
"Well, well, if it isn't the ungrateful Malfoy. Where is your father, Malfoy?" Harry mocked.
"I'm going to, to..." Draco trailed off.
"To what?" a voice said from behind him. Harry turned around to see Tonks walking up to him. "Go to your common rooms, boys," Tonks said to Draco and his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. Harry and Tonks continued walking towards the Gryffindor dormitory. They talked about the new players on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She wished him luck as they reached the portrait hole, and headed to her office. Harry however, went inside the common room to see Ron and Hermione sitting on the couch in the common room by the fire, waiting for him.
"Hey guys," Harry said.
"Hey Harry, how was the meeting?" Hermione asked.
"You'll never believe what is going on!" exclaimed Harry.
"What is it?" Hermione asked.
"Well, Dumbledore said he does not know of any daughter of Voldemort, but he said that he will look into it, and try to find out if he does have a daughter," Harry told them.
"What else?" Ron asked, very excited.
"Well, I found out what was in the vault," Harry told them.
"What was in it?" Hermione asked, with a big grin on her face.
"The Novo Animus. It's an ancient magical item that is used to restore the soul of a dead person. Voldemort tried to take it, but found that the vault was empty when he sent death eaters to break in. So, they are after something else to help them bring back some of Voldemort's old followers from the dead," Harry replied.
"Anything else?" Ron continued to ask Harry.
"Well, the Death Eaters are trying to get the help of the giants again, and so is Hagrid. Professor Grubbly-Plank will be teaching us for at least the next two months," Harry told them, still saddened by this news.
"Oh no! Hagrid won't be teaching us for a while? This stinks," Ron replied, he too was saddened by the news. Hermione was also looking kind of sad, but not as sad as Ron.
"Well, I better be getting to bed," Harry told them. They all headed off to their dormitories, Ron and Harry heading to the boys, Hermione heading to the girl's dormitories. Harry lay down on his bed, falling directly to sleep.
His dream that night was not normal at all. He dreamt he was at the veil again. He could hear Sirius' voice. "Harry, help me!" it was saying. Harry did not like hearing his dead godfather's voice calling to him for help. Harry knew there was nothing he could do. "Get me out of here!" he heard Sirius saying again. He knew Sirius was in trouble, and that Sirius was still alive. Sirius was trapped in a different world, where he would eventually die. He needed to find a way to get Sirius back, and he had to do it fast.
He woke up the next morning, and went down to the Great Hall with Hermione and Ron. They sat down at the table and began eating, when Hermione got a letter. The owl dropped the letter in Hermione's lap, and flew off towards the window.
"Who is it from?" Harry asked her.
"I don't know," Hermione replied. She read the letter and gasped as she reached the end. Harry took the letter from her, and read it to himself.
To Mrs. Hermione Granger,
We are sorry for any information that has led you to believe that Rita Skeeter is an illegal animagus. We have looked in our records to find that Mrs. Rita Skeeter has been recorded as a legal animagus, after passing her animagus test this past August. We would like to say that next time you feel the need to report something, please check your facts.
Harry passed the paper to Ron, who after reading it had a face contorted with anger.
"How dare she!" Ron exclaimed.
"I hate that woman!" Harry replied.
"That stupid Skeeter woman," Ron agreed.
"Trust me, we'll get her back for this," Harry told the other two friends.
"Of course we will," Ron agreed. They hurriedly ate their breakfast, not wanting to be late for potions, although they really didn't like that class. Once they were done, Harry and Hermione headed off for Potions, Ron heading off to the common room.
They entered the dungeon classroom, and sat in their normal seats, and when Neville walked in a few minutes later, he took a seat next to Harry.
"Hey Harry, how've you been?" Neville asked.
"Pretty good," Harry replied.
"So, are you starting up the DA again?" Neville asked.
"Yup," Harry told him.
"You are?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, I finally decided for good. I am starting it up again, with the help of Professor Lupin," Harry told them.
"Wow! That's great Harry!" Neville exclaimed. Harry got out all of his potions materials as Professor Snape walked into the room. As he walked by Harry's desk, a piece of parchment fell out of his robes, and Harry picked it up. Just as he was about to raise his hand to give it back to Snape, he decided maybe he should take it back to the common room and read it. He might be able to get some answers.
He turned his attention back to Snape, who had begun talking about the lesson.
"If you would please pass in your essay on Veritaserum, we will get started," Professor Snape said. The students all passed in their essays, and Snape piled all of them on his desk.
"Today class, we will be discussing Veritaserum more in depth. We will learn about what is in the potion, and why it works so well," Snape told them. They took out their books, and turned to the section on Veritaserum, one of the first chapters in the book. Snape began discussing all of the ingredients they would need for the potion, and which ones he would be providing for them. Harry listened as he described the function of each individual ingredient in the potion, and he scribbled down his notes as Snape continued to talk. Then Snape began to describe how the ingredients react to each other, causing the potion to work properly. Harry wrote down the important information, as it was necessary for him to understand this type of potion, especially if he wanted to become an auror. When the bell ran, Harry and Hermione got up from their seats, and went off towards the Great Hall for lunch, where Ron was waiting for them.
They sat down next to Ron, and ate a few sandwiches, and chatted with Ron, telling him about their class, while Ron told them about what he did while they were away. Harry told Ron about the piece of parchment Snape had dropped, and they agreed to look at it together back in the common room. After lunch, Hermione headed off towards the History of Magic classroom, while Harry and Ron went off towards the common room, ready to read the note that Snape had dropped.
Severus-
Voldemort knows you are spying! You must get out of the circle for good! You must run away! I know I probably sound crazy by warning you, but I have grown to like you and I cannot bear to see you be tortured and killed by my leader. Get out now while you still can!
The note was not signed. Harry and Ron sat there, mouths open in terror. If Voldemort knew Snape was a traitor, then the Order would have nobody to spy on Voldemort's actions and find out what he is up to. They would have no way of finding out what Voldemort's plans were to kill off all non-purebloods, and more importantly, the only boy who could stop him. Harry Potter.
Harry and Ron stared at the note, with faces of disbelief and true horror, before Harry finally took the note and shoved it in his pocket.
"Make sure we tell Hermione! She'll really want to know this kind of thing," Harry told Ron.
"You bet she would," Ron agreed. Harry went off towards the dormitory, wanting to get some rest before dinner. They showed Hermione the note after dinner was over, and then they went up to their dormitories to get some sleep, very tired after a very long day.