Chapter 6- Sorcerers, and Arrival at Hogwarts

"I'm a….a...what?"

"You, said Dumbledore, are a Sorcerer."

"But, what powers do I possess besides the power of healing?"

"That, said Dumbledore, is yet to be discovered."

"When will I know what all my powers are?" said Harry.

"When you go back to Hogwarts, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be helping you discover what your inner powers are."

"But sir, said Harry, who is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher?"

"That, said Dumbledore, is a surprise."

With that Harry used the portkey to go back to St. Mungo's Hospital. There he found the Weasleys, Remus Lupin(also known as Moony), Ron, Hermione, and to his great dislike, none other than…Professor Snape. Harry was glad to see that Mad Eye was awake and he seemed fine.

"How are you doin'?, asked Harry.

"I'm all right. I was right about you…I had a feeling you had a special ability, that's why I tried to get your anger out in my class, so I could see if you could heal me. I guess I was right. But did you have to blast me through so many walls, its going to take awhile to repair."

Harry laughed at this, and said, "sorry about that, didn't mean to hit you so hard, you were just making me mad, so I built up all my anger and took it out on you."

"I'm just glad you have the power of healing, said Mad Eye, otherwise I might have had those doctors fixing me up, and you know I can't stand doctors!"

Harry laughed, "Ya, I guess you're right, you might still be hurt if I hadn't healed you."

About a half an hour later, they left St. Mungo's and headed back to Number 12, Grimmauld Place.

The next day they headed out to Diagon Alley to get their school supplies. Harry couldn't believe it, tomorrow they'd be heading to Hogwarts! He couldn't wait! First they stopped by Flourish and Blotts to pick up their books for this year.

After they were done there, they Harry and Ron stopped by Quality Quidditch Supplies to have a look around, while Hermione and Ginny stopped by to buy some new robes for school. After they were all done looking, they bought the stuff they needed and left.

Dinner that night was extra special because it was the last night there before going back to Hogwarts.

That night Harry partially cleared his mind, but didn't focus on it hard enough, so he had those dreams again. He kept seeing Sirius falling through that veil. He heard him scream…"Sirius, Sirius……SIRIUS!! Come Back!!"

"Harry, wake up c'mon mate your having a bad dream wake up now.", said Ron.

"I…It…I saw Sirius again…he was falling through the veil, I wish I had listened to you and Hermione, he'd still be here."

"Harry, its not your fault, Sirius died fighting to save you, to save us, he loved you Harry, and he's always watching you."

"Thanks Ron, that helps."

"No problem, said Ron, now can we go back to bed?" Harry heard him mumbling something to himself about not being able to sleep with all the noise.

Harry smiled and thought to himself, "Ron could be very sensitive at times, but I don't think he realizes it." And with that, he fell into a dreamless sleep.

The next day they were dragging their suitcases out the door with Mad Eye in front follows by Harry, Ron, Ginny, and then Tonks and Lupin..

As they marched there way out of the house, Harry smiled and thought, "Wow, this looks like and army marching to war or something."

They hopped in the car that Mr. Weasley had gotten from the ministry, and they were off towards the station.

When they got there the clock was 5 till 11. "C'mon, yelled Mad Eye, train leaves in 5 minutes lets go!"

"Slow Down Mad Eye!", yelled Harry.

"No time to slow down, train leaves anytime."

They found platform 9¾, and hurried through it, and got on the train. They waved bye to Mad Eye, and Tonks, but Lupin was nowhere to be seen.

"Wonder where Lupin went.", said Harry.

"Probably went to do something for the order." Said Hermione.

"Probably."

They walked down to the end of the train and found a compartment that was empty. They all walked in and Hermione and Harry cuddled up on one side, and Ron was on the other. They talked for awhile, and then no other than Luna Lovegood walked in. Ron turned a dark shade of red.

"Hey Luna." Said Hermione.

"Hi, said Luna, may I sit there?" she asked Ron.

"Sure." Replied Ron sheepishly.

She sat down and pulled out a copy of the Quibbler, and started reading.

They ride to Hogwarts was very uneventful, but when they got to Hogwarts Harry felt like he had just come back home. Hogwarts was his home he thought.

They got into one of the carriages, and rode up to Hogwarts. When they got into the hall, they saw it was packed with people. Harry and Hermione walked in holding hands and heard a bunch of people muttering things such as: "It's about time.", "Man, I bet next summer!" etc. Harry and Hermione smiled.

They sat down at the table and waited for the sorting ceremony to begin. Finally after what seemed like ours, the first years walked in. Harry thought they seemed very small, he could remember his first year, and how weird it was walking into Hogwarts for the first time, but he didn't remember being that small.

They started calling out names, Christopher Abbot, "HUFFLEPUFF!" yelled the sorting hat. Abbie McCallister, "GRYFFINDOR!" And finally, Greg Yuow, "SLYTHERIN!"

After the first years were all at their tables, Dumbledore stood up and said, "Welcome Wizards and Witches, to yet another wonderful year at Hogwarts, I think the rules and announcements can wait for later, for now….Lets Eat!" As he clapped his hands food appeared on the tables. Ron's eyes widened at the sight of all the food.

"I think this year will be fun, don't you think Ron?" said Semus Finnigan.

"Hmphh mhhmm yumph really yumph good." Said Ron.

As soon as everyone was done eating, Dumbledore stood up again, and said, "Welcome, First years, as you may not know, the Forbidden Forest is off grounds to all students. That goes for you older students too, as he winked at Harry. You must be in your dormitories by 10 o'clock each night, no wondering the corridors after that. No Exceptions! Now your prefects will lead you back to your dormitories."

Hermione and Ron were not prefects this year surprisingly, they had asked not to be, because they would be busy with their studies, and Ron would be busy with Quidditch. Harry wasn't surprised about Ron's choice, but he was very surprised by Hermione's choice. The prefects this year were none other than Neville Longbottom, and Lavender Brown.

When they got upstairs all the guys went into there dormitories, and played games, and ate snacks and enjoyed themselves before the start of classes tomorrow.