Chapter 2

Much of Harry's remaining part of the vacation withered away in front of his eyes and he was totally helpless to stop it. On the other hand he had no desire whatsoever to prevent it from being so.

As he went to bed that night for the first time that summer he felt elated since Sirius' letter. As he slept that night he dreamt of his real home as he saw it, dreamt of the peaceful lake, the serenity of the trees in the forbidden forest that were swaying as if entranced by the gentle breeze that was blowing. Amid all this he pictured himself sitting beside the great lake his feet in the water producing gentle ripples. As he slept he was blissfully unaware of the horrors that awaited him just around the corner.

The next morning he was woken up not by the chimes of his alarm clock but by the rays of sunlight that penetrated the glass windows and attacked his eyes mercilessly. When he opened his eyes he was surprised that he had been allowed to sleep late tonight and he was just about to get dressed for making breakfast that he remembered that the date was 1st September. Today was the day he would be returning to school.

"Finally" He said as he thumped his hand in the air as if he was trying to grab on air.

If I am so happy he thought that why am u getting that tingling feeling that usually means something is not right, thought Harry, probably pre-school jitters or something thought Harry and did not give it a second thought. After all he had work to do and as he checked his Alarm clock he gave a huge gasp.

Damn I overslept he thought as he looked at his watch that was currently showing 10 o clock on it's dial. Coming out of his stupor he immediately set about the task of packing his school things to make sure nothing was left behind and then went in to the bathroom to get ready to go to king cross' station.

After he had got everything ready and was just heading downstairs dreading that he would have to ask his uncle to drop his to the train station that he hear a crash behind.

In no time at all Harry pulled out his wand and turned around.

I must be getting paranoid thought Harry when he saw that it was only an owl trying to get in.

He put his wand back inside his pocket and proceeded to open the window to let the scared owl in. When he opened the window the owl approached him warily as if scared that he would take out his wand and blast it into the next century.

He took the letter from the owl and opened it to find that it was from Professor Dumbledore.

Dear Harry,

This letter is also a portkey and will take you directly to Hogwarts' Express. To activate it say 'Transportio'. Try avoiding as many wizards and witches as possible. I will explain everything later.

Albus Dumbledore.

Well that was a bit too dramatic even for him thought Harry trying to make light of the situation. Nevertheless he could not understand why in the world was he being asked to avoid everyone.

Everything has been so weird this summer thought Harry. First there was the fact that there were no letters from Ron and Hermione. Then this.

"Argh. Why does everything have to be so complicated" His frustration causing him to speak out loud.

When he checked the clock it shoed very little time left for the Hogwarts express. He quickly took stock of his belongings to make sure that he was not forgetting anything before he clenched the letter firmly in his wrist and muttered the words "Transportio"

Instantly he felt a familiar jerk at his navel as the world went black. He appeared again in what was a secluded part of the train station.

After he had gotten his bearings he took hold of his trunk and started walking towards the Hogwarts Express. The first thing he noticed, as he was moving was that people were being unusually rude pointing at him. At the same time it looked as if they were fearful of him. Why they were acting like this he could not possibly imagine. The real shock however came when his year mate also started avoiding him and moved away from him without as much as a hello.

"Something is definitely wrong" muttered Harry under his breath so that no one would be able to hear him."

His face immediately broke into a smile when he saw Ron and Hermione talking a few feet in front of him.

"Hey Ron. Hey Hermione"

Both of them instantly turned around and looked at him as if he dared to speak to them. Suddenly Ron shouted at him

"GET AWAY FROM US POTTER" there was more malice in Ron's voice than when he spoke to Malfoy.

"Ron Hermione what going on?"

"What's going on hmm". With that she threw an old copy of the Daily prophet at his face before marching of with Ron.

When he picked up the paper he saw that it was dated mid summer and the Headlines made him feel sick and as he started reading his nostalgia increased with every line.

HARRY POTTER: FRIEND OR FOE.

Is Harry Potter really what he seems to be? The photo below shows that MR. Potter may no really be what he seems to.

When asked one of his best friend Hermione Granger stated. 'I never believed Harry could be capable of doing this. Then again there is nothing to prove that he really was on the side of the light. Nobody bore witness to the actual events in the room with the philosophers stone, there was no one second his meeting with riddle in the chamber of secrets and again in the fourth year there was no one respectable enough in the graveyard whose words can be believed. In his fifth year there was no one there with his dreams. Just because potter was famous everything that he ever said was believed."

It does not also help potter's case that he has survived Lord Voldemort five times when no man has.

This case needs serious contemplation. On whose side really is Harry Potter?

When all the text ended there below it was a huge picture of Harry kneeling before Voldemort whilst receiving the DARK MARK.

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