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From Chapter 2:

Harry changed into his pajamas and fell asleep early for the first time since he was a baby clearly hoping that his exhausted muscles could repair themselves in time for the next day, next year, and next conflict with Voldemort.

As Harry woke up the next day, he continued with a much similar routine to the day before as he did his chores while focusing on the fountain in the morning and enjoying the relaxation that came with playing football in the afternoon. Thus in a few days, Harry finished of his chores as well as the fountain in the front yard, which now resembled the famous fountain in Louis the fourteenth's palace of Versailles. Furthermore, Harry stayed to his plan of improving his physical health by eating more, sleeping more, and fully concentrating on bettering himself at football. It paid of well as Harry, although he had no drastic changes, he lost the little or any baby fat he had left as a kid, he found that he could now exercise without tiring or running out of breath, and he started to tone most of the muscles in his body. Thus as today was the judging of the garden competition, Harry was soon forced to stay inside his room after preparing and eating breakfast by his aunt and uncle. It seemed to be perfect timing as Harry soon found a very anxious pig, a mysterious small, tawny, owl, a regal eagle owl, and Fawkes all carrying various packages. Harry began to read

Hey Mate,

So Harry, how's summer treating you so far? The Burrow's been kind of busy lately as Bill and Charlie have returned home to help the Order. Guess What?! The most brilliant thing happened to me in the past few weeks and I owe it all to you. I know that the subject of the Department of Mysteries is a touchy subject with you, but hopefully the news that I can tell you will cheer you up a bit. Well remember when I was attacked by those brains, well if you can't remember, I was. Anyways, it turns out the brains in the department were a bunch of dead people's brains which were shrunk down to keep the information inside their heads. Talk about DISGUSTING! I have scars from when they attacked and don't feel guilty because I'm coming to the awesome part. The brains that I was attacked by were actually MUGGLE brains! Can you believe it? A bunch of wizards had been placing spells on dead muggles because they thought they were so much smarter and more athletic. Talk about irony between the Death Eaters and the Ministry! Well the good news is that this one dude Albert Einstein had one brain that affected me the most! I know a bunch of stuff about muggles now! I can spell Electricity! Oh and there's a better reason why you should feel happy for me, but I can only tell you that in person wink. Anyways, I know it's hard for you so if you need someone to talk to, I'll always be there.

Your Best Mate!

Ron

Dear Harry,

I hope you received my letter quickly because my family bought this owl for me because of my hard work on my OWL's. My parents actually believed that it was necessary to buy this owl as the tests had this acronym, oh well. She's named Athena after the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill, whose Roman name is Minerva after our own Head of House! Isn't that fascinating?! Oh, and I hope you heard from Ron about his new condition as well! He's been rambling on and on about all this fascinating "muggle" stuff hoping for me to admit that he now knows more than me. Ron says it's only time for me to experience how the two of you have felt for the last 5 years with me. Honestly, I'm not that bad am I? I hope you understand that last year Ron and I were hoping to give you some space to work out your problems as on more than one occasion you yelled at us. Remember that we will always be there for you so DON'T leave us out, or else we'll ask the whole Weasley family to launch a prank war on you. Mind you, the twins, Ron, and Ginny practically live in the new shop by helping out and have unlimited resources due to their "unknown" benefactor. So, I hope you have a better summer and I have included two books to help ease your summer a bit.

Love,

Hermione

To Mr. Potter,

In regards to the sighting of Voldemort at the Ministry this past month, we, at the Ministry, hope to make an inquiry to ascertain the truth and the facts that conspired all of last year. In this envelope you will find a packet that asks you to detail any disturbances seen around the Ministry, Hogwarts, and Hogsmeade that might be relevant to the disturbance at the Department of Mysteries. Furthermore, we are grateful to have apprehended certain Death Eaters that have long escaped us. The Ministry regards you as a very important individual in your own right and wish to impart some clandestine information. The Ministry is undergoing what you might call a "weeding" of the garden of its employees. As the Department of Mysteries is separate from the Ministry in the respects that it has its own security and laws, it has requested this act in hopes to bring down anyone involved with Death Eaters including that of our current minister. The public owes you an apology Mr. Potter as you were slandered and ignored for the rebirth of You-Know-Who. With our condolences, we have noticed that you had hoped to be an Auror for the ministry as your future career and would like to help in anyway. As the Department of Mysteries monitors the Auror Academy as well as the training undergone, we hope that we might be able to help you cover the material more quickly. We know the importance of having a character that is so reminiscent of your parents. They were truly wonderful people just as you are a truly wonderful person. Enclosed are three books that outline the courses that are covered in basic and advanced Auror training. Good luck Mr. Potter in your life.

The Department of Mysteries Staff

Oscar Mcknight

Head of the Department of Mysteries

Dear Harry,

As it is my wish to improve our relationship of late, I am going to give you an overview of what has been happening privy the informants of the Order. The underage decree of underage sorcery has been altered to allow those 16 years of age to be able to use magic. Thus in a few weeks on your birthday you will be able to use spells outside of Hogwarts. As you might have found out from an earlier owl, the Ministry is undergoing some much needed changes. Hopefully Voldemort will be adequately dealt with as certain precautions such as a cooperative minister, submitting employees to Veritaserum, and checking for the Dark Mark are among the list of changes for the Ministry. However, other than that, there is no more good news. Voldemort is certainly angry at the turn of events at the ministry such as being sighted not allowing him to work in secret, as well as losing the prophecy. I hope that you will recover from the events at the ministry to realize that the war has truly begun. Voldemort is striking hard and fast in hopes to deter the Ministry's efforts as a certain number of muggles have died since the end of the school year. Although Voldemort is trying to recuperate after the loss of his followers, I believe that almost nothing will stop him. Therefore, each one of the special few of us at the Order has included several texts about subjects that might be useful for you to learn. I realize that not being able to use magic will hinder much of what you might learn, but reading is a good way to get a head start. The entire Order is behind you hoping that you will take care of yourself better. I hope that our relationship will be patched soon.

Albus Dumbledore

The Order of the Phoenix

Harry didn't seem fazed by the amount of textbooks he was given as he knew that certain things changed over the past few days. Harry found that he was quite ready to dive straight into the books except that he doubted his motivation. He had never been particularly studious in the past and what was supposed to cause this sudden abrupt change of lifestyle. The prophecy, yes that was important but all prophecies were vague in some instances such as the one he heard in third year. Realizing that the books were still unopened, Harry promptly withdrew the books he had silently thanking Ron for not having sent another book. Hermione had given him Mental Shields: The Basics of Occlumency and The Art of Animagi with a note attached reading: Harry, these books were specially ordered by my parents as they are for older people. I trust that you will use these books wisely as they can be done without wands. I strongly believe that you should hide the second book from everybody as well as its progress even from me as it would serve to be a vital advantage. Good luck. Merlin! Harry soon looked dazed between both books as he desperately realized the need for learning Occlumency as well as how to become an Animagus. Thinking about how Harry should buy all of Honeydukes or Flourish and Blotts as a thank you, Harry drew batch of books to his lap.

Opening the official ministry seal on the package, Harry found the ministry papers as well as the three books that the Department head had sent. The books were An Auror's Compendium of Standard Spells, Auror NEWTS: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Charms, and Transfiguration, and How to live longer for the advancing Aurors. Harry smiled at the last title because he knew how dangerous it was to be an Auror, with the likelihood to be killed in a clash against Death Eaters. Each of the three books was well over a thousand pages, which meant that the Department of Mysteries was serious in helping Harry to become an Auror. Harry soon began to think of devising a schedule where he could devote his summer learning Occlumency and memorizing the information needed to be an Auror. Harry soon remembered that he had received some packages from the Order, he wondered if he would get any repeat of books. Harry was sure that the Order might not trust Harry with any progress that he might accomplish on his own and thus opened the box with apprehension.

In the box there were several books, each attached with a message designating its giver and reason for the book. Harry withdrew each book and looked over the messages and titles. Harry first found Tonks's book at Stealth and Disguises for Aurors and the message: I used these books as well! amusing because he remembered how Tonks failed the Stealth while she aced the Disguise part of the Auror Training Exam. The next book was also just as humorous as Mad-Eye-Moody gave him a book entitled CONSTANT VIGILANCE with a message bearing the same title. Moony had sent The Marauder's Guide to Mischief with the message: Use it well, which delighted Harry to no end as most likely Harry would find out more about his father. The fourth book intrigued him as Dumbledore sent him Wizarding Inheritance: Heirs, Heirlooms, and Rights of Heirs with a cryptic message: You will find out soon. Harry almost fell off his seat as he noticed the giver of the last book as it read: Potter, with this even someone like you can become adept at potions, Prof. Snape, Potions: Basic to Byzantine. Overwhelmed by the enormous amount of material that he would have to go through, Harry quickly got a piece of parchment to devise some sort of schedule.

Harry drew his schedule out to something of this sort:

7:00 –Breakfast/Chores

10:00/after Chores – Study Occlumency

Animagi Training

12:00 – Prepare for Lunch/Eat lunch

1:00/after Lunch – Study Auror Training

3:00 – Head over to exercise

Play football

6:00 – Dinner

7:00/after Dinner – Shower/Letters

Study for NEWTS

Auror Training

11:00 – Sleep

Harry believed that even though his schedule was sort of strict in its exact time and dates that he would at least get some studying and exercising done as opposed to just moping around and brooding like his previous years. Armed with new books and a new outlook on life, Harry found it wise to start heading downstairs to prepare for lunch.

He suddenly also remembered that today was their weekly football match, thus Harry would have to eat well and hurry to the practice/match. Thus Harry went downstairs and prepared a hearty meal for his aunt and cousin while beginning to stretch his limbs for the upcoming match. Harry was determined to prove himself more than ever and also in more ways than once.

As Harry finished preparing lunch for his aunt and cousin, he carefully filled himself to his limit so that he would surely be energized for his match. Harry was suddenly accosted by his abnormally large cousin on his way out to his game.

"Alright FREAK, take off whatever spell you have over my parents or else I'll pummel you right here, right now!" demanded Dudley.

"What are you talking about Duddykins, I haven't used magic all this summer. You know that." said Harry irritatingly.

"What I'm TALKING about is how my mum and dad are all of a sudden nice to you. You're nothing but a freak and a worthless brat! Why would my parents suddenly buy you NEW clothes if they've hated you for so long?" snapped Dudley as he inched closer to Harry.

"Don't come any closer! Maybe your parents have finally figured out that I'm not some slave in your house! I'm a human being just like you except I'm not filled with stupidity and jelly donuts. What your parents do is up to them, and them ONLY. Now let me leave before I call your mum in here." said Harry trying to control his temper.

"FINE, freak! But if you do anything, and I mean anything weird then you become my favorite punching bag again." yelled Dudley as he went into the kitchen to polish off the food that Harry cooked.

Harry was extremely angry as he stepped outside the house into the fresh summer air. Hoping that this would not affect his game, Harry jogged towards the field relieving some bouts of tension. As soon as Harry reached the field, he was greeted with a dog-pile by Alec, Keith, Ian, Terrence, and Ben while Harry was surprised with a hug from Olivia and Karen. After this joyful greeting, Alec decided that there should be a long pep talk after the daily jog. Soon afterwards, as the team and others sat down in a circle to stretch Alec started talking.

"Alright, this our first match of the season and we've certainly trained enough for what should be one of our best seasons yet! From what I've seen from the local schedule, there's to be three games for each of the 4 teams and a final championship game for the top two teams. Now as all of you, except Harry, know we're playing our arch-rivals today and there are certain things that we have to watch out for. They are extremely good but they also play extremely dirty so watch out for the cheap fouls. We don't play with referees but usually the girls handle any roughhousing." said Alec finally winking at both Olivia and Karen.

"How do the girls handle any roughhousing?" asked Harry oblivious to the secretive smiles that the team gave each other.

"Well, let's just say that the other team is in dire need of female attention and most likely will go to any lengths to impress girls even if they are rooting for the other team" said Ian smirking at both the implied definitions of what he just said, which earned a glare from both Karen and Olivia.

"Well, we should get back to business, now today's game should be well played and I'm hoping that we can get off to a good start by putting on the pressure hopefully putting the ball in the net early," said Alec, while the team wholeheartedly agreed.

"The positions for today's game will be the same as when we trained so let's go out there have some fun and win! Now on three, one, two, three…" said Alec.

"BRILLIANT!" screamed the team as the team pushed Harry onto the field to judge its opponents who just arrived.

As Surrey United approached the pitch, they could be found faced off against a team that most likely was built for rugby rather than football. The tallest person was easily as tall as Alec or taller; however, the rest of team Surrey was at least 5 cm shorter than their respective opponents thus allowing an enormous size advantage for the game. Still the team from Surrey stood undaunted as they walked closer so that the match could begin with the toss of a coin. As Olivia and Karen would be referring, noting the weaknesses of the other team, and also rooting for their team, they took out a pound and flipped it into the air. With a gruff voice calling queen, the coin was found to have the profile of the queen facing up. Thus, Surrey United would defend for the first half and kick off for the second. With a last second voice of encouragement the teams took the field.

"Alright Karen, your turn or my turn to commentate?" questioned Olivia.

"I'm not sure if I should, you always make it sound more entertaining" said Karen, grinning while Olivia smirked.

"Alright I'll commentate while you blow the whistles, call fouls, whatever, just keep the peace," said Olivia.

"And they're off! The pretty boys versus the neighborhood bullies, in the annual football season of those located in Surrey! And a midfield shot by the oafish looking dude in gray is saved superbly by Terrence who throws it to the new kid on the block, Harry," whispered Olivia to Karen who was laughing at the antics of her friend, while trying to referee the match.

"Harry passes to Keith, who does a give and go with Ian, which finally is passed to our esteemed leader and Captain Alec! The idiots playing defense on the other side rush towards Alec leaving Ben wide open for the quick shot, and Sir U SCORES! And the crowd goes wild!" yelled Olivia as she joined Karen screaming for joy as they scored.

The game grew a lot less funnier as the opponents who were formed of all the bullies around the area took use of their size advantage. By pushing, fouling, and roughing up the players of Sir U, the midfielders were starting to get tired especially Harry because he wasn't quite used to such a physical sport. All of a sudden, there was an obnoxious foul committed against the striker Ben, which prompted a stoppage of play. Even the captain of the other team agreed with Alec that there needed to be a free kick from where the penalty occurred. However, being somewhat dazed after the hard foul, Ben missed the net by inches and ended up wide of the goal. As this was a lot less professional, the game was fast paced and various goals were scored. At a certain instance, Surrey United was leading 3 – 0; however, after a series of fouls against the goalie Terrence, the opponents came back with two successive goals. As the half ended, Surrey United came to the bench to discuss what should improve with the second half.

"Alright guys, you've done pretty well the first half. We were up by three, they came back, but we held on. Terrence, you all right? Good. Now we knew they were going to play dirty, maybe not that rough, but not everything goes our way. I have a feeling that they're going to use their height and weight advantage by juggling the ball more, thus preventing us from using passes on the ground. Thus, I think it would be wise for me to switch places with Harry so our midfield will gain the advantage. The forwards and midfield are good, but I would do better if our positions were switched," coached Alec from between sips of water.

Harry who was resting his body was thinking wildly with his mind as he had never played a forward position, much less football before this week. However, Harry could understand that because Alec was such a talented player, it was a necessary for Alec to do this from keeping the game from getting out of hand. The players on the team were getting tired while the other team, having better built players would last longer and could easily come back and defeat us. Thus with a consensus on the new positions, the team tried to relax before going on to the field again.

"So what do you think of your first game so far?" questioned Keith who used a towel to wipe the sweat off his face.

"Well, I was nervous in the beginning because I've never done this before, but it got better. The other team reminds me of our opponents back at my boarding school. They play extremely dirty too, but I guess here, it's a little more physical so I'm frequently winded. I think I'll be able to fix in the next couple of weeks through conditioning and training," answered Harry.

"That will only help if we make it to the championship to meet these guys again," said Ian grimly as he could see how weary the team was getting.

"Ian, you're saying it wrong, WHEN we go to the championship not if," quipped Harry hoping to liven up the spirit of the match.

"That's the spirit, Harry! I'm glad you joined the team, now let's go out there and play our best, and hopefully we'll come out with a win. On three! One, two, three…" interjected Alec who smiled proudly at Harry.

"BRILLIANT!" screamed the team reenergized by the pep talk and respective energy boosters.

The game quickly resumed with fervor as Surrey United scored another goal due to a misread in the defense allowing Ian to slip through the midfield and shoot a well placed shot between the goalie's legs. However, the better physically trained bullies came back and successively tied the score up to make it an even four goals per team.

"THREE MINUTES" screamed Karen as the clock was winding down allowing the next goal to decide the winner of the game.

The opposing team had control of the ball and was advancing it up the field carefully, not allowing Sir U to get a chance to score. Most likely if there was an overtime period, team Surrey United would most likely be too tired and would lose horribly. Thus, it was good fortune when Alec craftily stole the ball and moved it up the field. As the final minute approached, the opponents were desperately trying to steal the ball or block a successful pass from Alec. However, as Alec was most likely the best, he evaded the defense hoping to find an open player. Alec noticed that there was impressive coverage over both Harry, Ben, and even the other midfielders, but at the last minute he saw Harry break for the goal. In sheer desperation, Alec crossed the ball over the defender's leg hoping to find Harry on the other side of the field. Time slowed down as everyone watched the path of the ball as Harry and the defender were in a dead even sprint. At the last moment you could see Harry dive toward the ball, successfully heading the ball towards the goal. If possible, time slowed down yet again to follow the ball and the diving goalie. Like pure luck in Harry's very first Quidditch game, the ball slipped past the keeper and went into the goal.

Shouts of triumph could be heard all around as Harry stood stunned at his very first goal and a game winning goal at that. After being dog-piled by the team and the girls, they got up and went to congratulate the other team.

All of a sudden, a yelp was heard from Harry as the keeper from the opponent team threw himself at the winded victor. Alec quickly came to the rescue as well as the whole team and thus kept a fight from occurring. The cheap shot that had been inflicted onto Harry was a bloody lower lip, yet it was not out of place as the intensity of the game had produced numerous scratches and bruises that fitted the whole team.

"Keep your players in check, bullying gits," yelled Alec towards the team captain of the other team.

"Think yourself so talented and arrogant, Alec? It was pure luck that your team won. Don't worry about your puny victory or your friend here, we'll be back for more, and next time you won't win," snapped the burly captain who walked away with the rest of the team slapping the keeper on the back for a job well done.

"Argh, I hate that kid," screamed Alec in frustration, while the Keith and Ian tried to calm him down.

"It's alright we won, right? Let's go CELEBRATE!" yelled the rest of the team.

"Harry, you're the star man, you coming or do you have to get home?" asked Alec.

"I guess I can come for a little bit," responded Harry who flushed at his embarrassment of shooting the winning goal. In his mind, Harry merely thought of it as a lucky shot like the opposing team captain had said.

"Look at him blush, he has to come! Alec never blushes when he scores the winning goal. It will be a nice change," gushed Olivia who was making fun of both Alec and Harry. Alec smiled nonplussed however Harry tried not to have his face match the Weasley red that was so common to that family.

"Harry deserves some reward for fighting that ugly brute," chimed in Karen who looked at Harry in admiration as the keeper was more than a head taller and wider than Harry. "And that bloody lip! Look at that! Does it hurt? I think I can make it feel better!"

Suddenly Karen gave Harry a kiss on the lips, as she clearly got rid of any pain that Harry was feeling at that instant from his lips. Embarrassed at having his first real kiss that wasn't wet with tears, Harry forewent his hope to not turn Weasley red.

"KAREN!" yelled Keith exasperatedly, trying to be the overprotective older brother. "Why do you have to embarrass Harry and me? You've done that to basically everybody on this team!"

"Well since I've done that to everybody, I guess it's tradition then," said Karen as she smirked while the rest of the team laughed at their childhood fight.

As the team walked to the nearest Ice-Cream Parlor, they respectively went to the washrooms and washed up before eating. They enjoyed ice cream, which was on Alec as he was captain and thus would buy after their first victory. This was great enjoyment on Harry's part as he never had this much fun in his life. Harry began to think of the respective weeks of his summer as he hoped that each day would be as eventful as today's. He remembered that he had a schedule to follow as he had numerous books and goals to take care of. Especially since Harry had been told the prophecy, Harry came to the conclusion that destroying Voldemort was most important at this point. Remembering how he had enjoyed the kiss that Karen gave him, he realized that although it was extremely pleasing, he would have to forego any type of close romantic relationship. Harry doubted that he would find true love anyways like his parents, but he decided that simple kisses and snogging wouldn't be too harmful to his health.

Thus bidding goodbye, Harry left the team to finish its celebration and jogged home. Finding that it was already quite late in the evening, Harry found that the living room lights were still on. Harry checked his watch and noticed that it was 8:30, not that late in comparison to times when Dudley would come home at midnight. However, only having ice cream and victory to satisfy his stomach, Harry found himself hungry. As Harry opened the front door, he noticed that his uncle had left him a note. It was short and to the point although a little surprising:

Won best garden. Eating out. There's leftovers. We will talk to you when we get back.

Wondering at what his aunt and uncle had to say, Harry took his time with his dinner hoping to thoroughly fill himself after his football performance. Harry soon went to take a shower as he was completely stinky, bruised, and scratched up. As Harry finished his shower, changed, cleaned up his room, he noticed that the time was nearing 9:30. At this point he heard a door open and slam, thus designating the arrival of his relatives. Harry went downstairs, remembering the short note that he was to go have a talk with them,

"Alright boy, this won't take very long as you probably have some freakish thing to do," exclaimed Uncle Vernon.

"Because you did an exquisite job on our fountain and garden, we are willing to grant one request of yours until you leave for wherever you go, that freak school of yours," said Harry's aunt and uncle.

"One request?" asked Harry with some apprehension.

"Be it an amount of money, more clothes, or something up you come up with, the prestige that has fallen on us for our exquisite garden and other things makes up for anything that you can ask," replied Aunt Petunia with some air of acquired importance.

"Okay, can I get back to you later?" asked Harry as he was sure he could use this to his advantage.

"Now go on to bed now or whatever freakish things you need to work on," said Uncle Vernon with distaste.

Harry went upstairs not without noticing the heavy glare that Dudley had been giving him throughout the whole talk as he was surely put off by his parents' generosity. Harry thought that he really did deserve something as the fountain was truly exquisite. Harry found that he had a couple minutes to spare before hoping to find comfort in his bed after a long and hard working day. Harry soon found a page for the DisillusionmentCharm. It read:

The Disillusionment Charm:

Incantation – Inlusio Caecum (InLuSeeOh – KiKum) or ('inlüsEO 'kIk&m)

Wand Movement – Point at yourself or desired being. Only point towards living things.

Purpose – This charm which is used on living things makes the desired being nearly invisible as you take on the appearance of your surroundings. The irony is that something is truly there while being hidden or invisible.

As Harry began to memorize this spell, he realized he could at least memorize a spell a day for the summer vacation and be off to a good start. Thus being extremely exhausted mentally and physically, Harry laid down to sleep. Hoping to find yet another day for dreamless sleep, Harry thought of nothing.