They arrived in Dumbledore's office later that day, and Harry took a seat right in front of Dumbledore's desk. Lupin was there, as well as Sirius and Moody. Mrs. Weasley was also looking in on the conversation from right near the door.
"Now, Harry, I hear that you think something may happen here at Hogwarts. I need you to tell me everything you know that has led to your idea," Dumbledore instructed him.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore, it all started back when I was on the train on my way to Hogwarts. Draco told me I would be seeing the Dark Lord sooner than I thought. This made me think that maybe Draco had joined the Death Eaters, and maybe he had an idea of Voldemort's plans to murder me. Then, just a few weeks ago, Draco's sister warned me. She told me that I should watch out for Malfoy. She said he was planning something. Perhaps this was what Draco had meant in the beginning of the year, maybe Draco was helping to plan Voldemort's next move. Anyway, just a few days ago, I ran into a man at the park up the street from Grimmauld Place. He was wearing a black hooded cloak, and he warned me that something might happen to me when I went back to Hogwarts. He kind of reminded me of Antonin Dolohav. I don't know if it's all true, but I think I have a reasonable amount of evidence to be worried about something happening," Harry told Dumbledore.
"Aha…Interesting…Very interesting…" Dumbledore reminded Harry a bit of Mr. Ollivander. "Harry, do you feel that it may be necessary to find a way of guarding the entrances to Hogwarts and Hogsmeade in order to protect you?"
"Well, I guess a little extra precaution couldn't hurt," Harry replied. In reality, Harry thought the idea of extra protection was the best thing the Order could do. He really didn't feel safe at all. Even though Dumbledore would be there, he still felt that Voldemort and his followers posed a threat.
"Well then, Harry, the Order will have a meeting tonight at headquarters, and we'll be sure to find a way to guard Hogwarts. We wouldn't want anything happening to our secret weapon, now, would we?" Dumbledore grinned at Harry. "Now, go have some fun with your friends." He winked and pointed towards the door of his office.
"I guess I'll see you later tonight then, Professor!" exclaimed Harry as he got out of his seat. He walked over to the door and opened it, following Lupin, who was leading the way back home.
Moments later, Harry was sitting in his bedroom, flipping through a book about wandless magic. It had become quite a hobby of his to practice magic without the use of a wand. He wanted to improve his skill, so in case he came across Voldemort, he would have a better shot at vanquishing him. He got out of his bed, and stood there with his eyes closed. He began thinking about a quill, and its form.
"Creo Insumo!" he shouted rather loudly as he made a swishing motion with his right hand. When he opened his eyes, there was a quill made from the tail feather of a phoenix sitting there in his hand. He had done it. Now, he could perform one of the most difficult spells he had learned, without the use of a wand.
He closed his eyes once more, and tried the spell again. "Creo Insumo!" In his hand appeared a glass swan. It was very detailed, down to the very last feather. He grinned broadly, and took the swan with him out of the bedroom. He crept slowly and quietly down the hallway. He was going to place it next to Ginny's bed as a present, and he didn't want to be seen. He snuck up to the door and was about to open it when he heard voices from inside. They belonged to Hermione and Ginny, and they were talking about him.
"Well, I think he's adorable!" he heard Ginny squeal in response to Hermione's previous statement, which he could not hear. He was very intrigued by this statement, so he placed his ear against the door in hopes of hearing more of this interesting conversation.
"I can tell from the way he acts around you that he totally wants to go out with you. Have you seen the way Harry's always trying to impress you? You just have to let him know that you're interested as well!" Hermione told her best friend. "I'm going to go get something to drink." Harry backed away from the door and hid in the room next door until the two girls had walked down the stairs. It was safe to put the swan in the room, so he did so before scurrying off to the kitchen to grab a sandwich for lunch.
Was it true that Ginny had a crush on him? "That would be great if she really did like me! Hmmm…maybe I should ask her out on a date to Hogsmeade when we get back to school. Nah…we've done that already. There has to be somewhere I can take her…" he thought as he grabbed a ham and cheese sandwich off of the plate sitting in the middle of the long kitchen table.
Hermione and Ginny were sitting at one end of the table, nibbling away at their sandwiches, but Harry was more interested in the conversation at the other end, where Remus and Sirius were sitting. They were talking about his parents.
"Hey Harry! We were just talking about Lily and James!" Remus said, inviting him to take a seat right next to him. "We were just saying how proud they would be of you if they were still alive." Harry's cheeks turned a hint of red, and he looked away for a few moments. He didn't want Sirius to see him blush.
"Yeah, and we were saying how you've been doing an excellent job of protecting yourself, and getting ready. We saw you up there practicing some wandless magic. That was very impressive, Harry! Most teenagers your age can't even perform that spell with their wands!" Sirius chimed in the conversation.
"And that's a very clever idea, I must say, since your wands will not fight each other!" Remus commended him. He gave Harry a clap on the back before standing up. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we have some business to attend to." And with that, the two gentlemen disappeared with a crack.
Harry was left sitting there with a sandwich half-stuffed in his mouth. Harry wondered what had been the rush, and desperately wanted to know where his two guardians had gone. He supposed they had just gone to do a mission for the Order, and he hoped it wasn't anything too dangerous; he didn't want to lose Sirius, again, or Remus. Hermione and Ginny were giggling madly at the other end of the table, though Harry did not understand what was so funny as they stared in his direction in amusement. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Well, it's just that you have crumbs all in your peach-fuzz mustache!" Ginny answered him in between fits of laughter.
He wiped above his mouth to get rid of the crumbs, and immediately said, whilst pointing his wand at his face, "Afeitar Cara!" In only a matter of moments, his face was completely clean-shaven. He rubbed his face to feel if the spell had worked, and a look of extreme satisfaction appeared on his face when he found that it had worked as planned. The two girls at the other end of the table stopped laughing; their source of amusement had disappeared. "I'm going to go fly around outside for a bit. I'll see you guys later."
He left the kitchen, and went back to his room so he could grab his Lightning Star. He took it from its spot leaning against the wall, and took the stairs two at a time on his way back down. On his way to the door, Mrs. Weasley stopped him.
"Just where do you think you're going?" she asked him, with a serious look on her face. Harry could tell she didn't want him to leave her sight.
"I'm just going out back to fly around. You know Mr. Weasley put up that disillusioning charm last summer," Harry told her, heading once again towards the door.
"Well, alright. But Ronnie's coming with you!" Mrs. Weasley said. She yelled for Ron, and moments later, Ron was running up the steps from the basement.
"What, mom? I was in the middle of something!" Ron shouted. Harry knew he was furious that his mom had interrupted whatever he was doing down in the basement.
"Harry wants to go fly around outside, and I told him he wasn't allowed to go if you didn't go outside with him. So go upstairs and get your Nimbus and fly around with him," Mrs. Weasley answered him, looking at him in a forceful manner. She wasn't going to back down from what she was saying. Ron stormed up the steps and, moments later, he emerged from his room carrying his broomstick.
"Ready Harry?" he asked, and Harry nodded as he swung the back door open.
They ran outside as fast as they could with one of the quaffles Ron had retrieved from Harry's Quidditch set. They mounted their brooms and took off in just a matter of seconds after they had ran out the door. It had been so long since they had flown a broomstick, and they couldn't wait to fly again, especially Ron, who wasn't at Hogwarts for the last game.
They passed the quaffle around for a bit, just warming up, before Ron went and got the snitch for Harry. Harry released when he was ready, and kept an eye open for it as he flew high around the back yard. He dove towards the ground, like he was doing a Wronski Feint, and pulled up at the last moment so he didn't slam into the ground. Ron was pretending to lean off his broom and make a magnificent save.
Hermione came outside only ten minutes later with her broom, as did Ginny. Both girls were taking turns with throwing the quaffle, trying to get it past Ron, neither of them did. Ron kept bragging about how they hadn't made a goal yet, but the girls eventually put a few past him.
Harry was still flying around trying to find the snitch, which he hadn't seen since they had let it go, so he joined in the shooting. He made a few goals, more than what he had expected. He had never been very good at throwing the quaffle; that's why he wasn't playing as Chaser. But as he was retrieving the quaffle, he saw the snitch soaring straight for the neighbor's fence. He quickly darted for it, and grabbed it before it put a magnificent hole in the brand-new tall white fence.
There were only a few days left before he had to go back to Hogwarts, and they went by in a blur. Harry couldn't believe his vacation was ending; it seemed as if it had only just begun, but he had to pack up his stuff because it wasn't long before he would be back at Hogwarts. When the day arrived to go back to school, Harry was actually pretty excited. He hadn't seen some of his other friends in a while, like Neville, and he knew he was perfectly safe at Hogwarts, even with all of the threats and things he had been receiving. He knew nothing bad could happen as long as Dumbledore was there at Hogwarts; after all, Dumbledore was the only man Voldemort ever feared.
"Now, Harry, I hear that you think something may happen here at Hogwarts. I need you to tell me everything you know that has led to your idea," Dumbledore instructed him.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore, it all started back when I was on the train on my way to Hogwarts. Draco told me I would be seeing the Dark Lord sooner than I thought. This made me think that maybe Draco had joined the Death Eaters, and maybe he had an idea of Voldemort's plans to murder me. Then, just a few weeks ago, Draco's sister warned me. She told me that I should watch out for Malfoy. She said he was planning something. Perhaps this was what Draco had meant in the beginning of the year, maybe Draco was helping to plan Voldemort's next move. Anyway, just a few days ago, I ran into a man at the park up the street from Grimmauld Place. He was wearing a black hooded cloak, and he warned me that something might happen to me when I went back to Hogwarts. He kind of reminded me of Antonin Dolohav. I don't know if it's all true, but I think I have a reasonable amount of evidence to be worried about something happening," Harry told Dumbledore.
"Aha…Interesting…Very interesting…" Dumbledore reminded Harry a bit of Mr. Ollivander. "Harry, do you feel that it may be necessary to find a way of guarding the entrances to Hogwarts and Hogsmeade in order to protect you?"
"Well, I guess a little extra precaution couldn't hurt," Harry replied. In reality, Harry thought the idea of extra protection was the best thing the Order could do. He really didn't feel safe at all. Even though Dumbledore would be there, he still felt that Voldemort and his followers posed a threat.
"Well then, Harry, the Order will have a meeting tonight at headquarters, and we'll be sure to find a way to guard Hogwarts. We wouldn't want anything happening to our secret weapon, now, would we?" Dumbledore grinned at Harry. "Now, go have some fun with your friends." He winked and pointed towards the door of his office.
"I guess I'll see you later tonight then, Professor!" exclaimed Harry as he got out of his seat. He walked over to the door and opened it, following Lupin, who was leading the way back home.
Moments later, Harry was sitting in his bedroom, flipping through a book about wandless magic. It had become quite a hobby of his to practice magic without the use of a wand. He wanted to improve his skill, so in case he came across Voldemort, he would have a better shot at vanquishing him. He got out of his bed, and stood there with his eyes closed. He began thinking about a quill, and its form.
"Creo Insumo!" he shouted rather loudly as he made a swishing motion with his right hand. When he opened his eyes, there was a quill made from the tail feather of a phoenix sitting there in his hand. He had done it. Now, he could perform one of the most difficult spells he had learned, without the use of a wand.
He closed his eyes once more, and tried the spell again. "Creo Insumo!" In his hand appeared a glass swan. It was very detailed, down to the very last feather. He grinned broadly, and took the swan with him out of the bedroom. He crept slowly and quietly down the hallway. He was going to place it next to Ginny's bed as a present, and he didn't want to be seen. He snuck up to the door and was about to open it when he heard voices from inside. They belonged to Hermione and Ginny, and they were talking about him.
"Well, I think he's adorable!" he heard Ginny squeal in response to Hermione's previous statement, which he could not hear. He was very intrigued by this statement, so he placed his ear against the door in hopes of hearing more of this interesting conversation.
"I can tell from the way he acts around you that he totally wants to go out with you. Have you seen the way Harry's always trying to impress you? You just have to let him know that you're interested as well!" Hermione told her best friend. "I'm going to go get something to drink." Harry backed away from the door and hid in the room next door until the two girls had walked down the stairs. It was safe to put the swan in the room, so he did so before scurrying off to the kitchen to grab a sandwich for lunch.
Was it true that Ginny had a crush on him? "That would be great if she really did like me! Hmmm…maybe I should ask her out on a date to Hogsmeade when we get back to school. Nah…we've done that already. There has to be somewhere I can take her…" he thought as he grabbed a ham and cheese sandwich off of the plate sitting in the middle of the long kitchen table.
Hermione and Ginny were sitting at one end of the table, nibbling away at their sandwiches, but Harry was more interested in the conversation at the other end, where Remus and Sirius were sitting. They were talking about his parents.
"Hey Harry! We were just talking about Lily and James!" Remus said, inviting him to take a seat right next to him. "We were just saying how proud they would be of you if they were still alive." Harry's cheeks turned a hint of red, and he looked away for a few moments. He didn't want Sirius to see him blush.
"Yeah, and we were saying how you've been doing an excellent job of protecting yourself, and getting ready. We saw you up there practicing some wandless magic. That was very impressive, Harry! Most teenagers your age can't even perform that spell with their wands!" Sirius chimed in the conversation.
"And that's a very clever idea, I must say, since your wands will not fight each other!" Remus commended him. He gave Harry a clap on the back before standing up. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we have some business to attend to." And with that, the two gentlemen disappeared with a crack.
Harry was left sitting there with a sandwich half-stuffed in his mouth. Harry wondered what had been the rush, and desperately wanted to know where his two guardians had gone. He supposed they had just gone to do a mission for the Order, and he hoped it wasn't anything too dangerous; he didn't want to lose Sirius, again, or Remus. Hermione and Ginny were giggling madly at the other end of the table, though Harry did not understand what was so funny as they stared in his direction in amusement. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Well, it's just that you have crumbs all in your peach-fuzz mustache!" Ginny answered him in between fits of laughter.
He wiped above his mouth to get rid of the crumbs, and immediately said, whilst pointing his wand at his face, "Afeitar Cara!" In only a matter of moments, his face was completely clean-shaven. He rubbed his face to feel if the spell had worked, and a look of extreme satisfaction appeared on his face when he found that it had worked as planned. The two girls at the other end of the table stopped laughing; their source of amusement had disappeared. "I'm going to go fly around outside for a bit. I'll see you guys later."
He left the kitchen, and went back to his room so he could grab his Lightning Star. He took it from its spot leaning against the wall, and took the stairs two at a time on his way back down. On his way to the door, Mrs. Weasley stopped him.
"Just where do you think you're going?" she asked him, with a serious look on her face. Harry could tell she didn't want him to leave her sight.
"I'm just going out back to fly around. You know Mr. Weasley put up that disillusioning charm last summer," Harry told her, heading once again towards the door.
"Well, alright. But Ronnie's coming with you!" Mrs. Weasley said. She yelled for Ron, and moments later, Ron was running up the steps from the basement.
"What, mom? I was in the middle of something!" Ron shouted. Harry knew he was furious that his mom had interrupted whatever he was doing down in the basement.
"Harry wants to go fly around outside, and I told him he wasn't allowed to go if you didn't go outside with him. So go upstairs and get your Nimbus and fly around with him," Mrs. Weasley answered him, looking at him in a forceful manner. She wasn't going to back down from what she was saying. Ron stormed up the steps and, moments later, he emerged from his room carrying his broomstick.
"Ready Harry?" he asked, and Harry nodded as he swung the back door open.
They ran outside as fast as they could with one of the quaffles Ron had retrieved from Harry's Quidditch set. They mounted their brooms and took off in just a matter of seconds after they had ran out the door. It had been so long since they had flown a broomstick, and they couldn't wait to fly again, especially Ron, who wasn't at Hogwarts for the last game.
They passed the quaffle around for a bit, just warming up, before Ron went and got the snitch for Harry. Harry released when he was ready, and kept an eye open for it as he flew high around the back yard. He dove towards the ground, like he was doing a Wronski Feint, and pulled up at the last moment so he didn't slam into the ground. Ron was pretending to lean off his broom and make a magnificent save.
Hermione came outside only ten minutes later with her broom, as did Ginny. Both girls were taking turns with throwing the quaffle, trying to get it past Ron, neither of them did. Ron kept bragging about how they hadn't made a goal yet, but the girls eventually put a few past him.
Harry was still flying around trying to find the snitch, which he hadn't seen since they had let it go, so he joined in the shooting. He made a few goals, more than what he had expected. He had never been very good at throwing the quaffle; that's why he wasn't playing as Chaser. But as he was retrieving the quaffle, he saw the snitch soaring straight for the neighbor's fence. He quickly darted for it, and grabbed it before it put a magnificent hole in the brand-new tall white fence.
There were only a few days left before he had to go back to Hogwarts, and they went by in a blur. Harry couldn't believe his vacation was ending; it seemed as if it had only just begun, but he had to pack up his stuff because it wasn't long before he would be back at Hogwarts. When the day arrived to go back to school, Harry was actually pretty excited. He hadn't seen some of his other friends in a while, like Neville, and he knew he was perfectly safe at Hogwarts, even with all of the threats and things he had been receiving. He knew nothing bad could happen as long as Dumbledore was there at Hogwarts; after all, Dumbledore was the only man Voldemort ever feared.