Disclaimer: This is mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah, actually some is J.K.R. and one idea is from P.A. from the Xanth series.
*Still at Grimwald Place*
Harry woke to Ron shaking him excitedly. "Moody's here!"
"What is so great about that?" Harry queried. "He was just here yesterday for my birthday."
"He's got a special pass to take us to the Department of Mysteries." Harry sat up very quickly. "Fudge and the rest of the Ministry owe the order some pretty big favors, so they cashed in a few. Hermione and I get to come too. Oh, and Hermione hinted that she was going to make sure you were wearing her necklace today, so put it on."
Harry put his glasses on and got dressed in less than a minute. It was a record speed. Then he flew down the stairs dragging Ron behind him.
Everyone was eating breakfast when they came in.
"Do you really think it is wise to go back to the Department? Someone might do something rash."
"Molly, stop babying Harry so much," said Lupin. Mrs. Weasley looked offended. "I know you are just looking out for him, but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing."
Harry ate his breakfast quietly, listening to conversations around him. Hermione, Fred and George were debating the morality of having a joke shop.
"Honestly, people could get hurt."
"As a very wise person said once," George winked at Harry. "In dark times people need a laugh, and it's nothing life threatening, especially with Mungos so good at jinx reversal." He and Fred chuckled.
Ginny and Ron were discussing quidditch.
A few long hours later, or so it seemed to Harry, as it was really only a half hour later, Moody said, "Well, we better get going then. Harry, you ready?"
"Yes," Harry spoke clearly and loudly, so their would be no chance of anyone *Mrs. Weasly* mistaking his intentions if they wanted to.
"Well then, I'll go first. You follow next, Hermione, then Ron and Harry."
Harry had a slightly glazed look in his eyes. He felt his wand in his sleeve, where he put it for easy access, should any opening to save Sirius come up. Wild half thought possibilities were running through his mind.
It was his turn. He took the pinch of Floo Powder that Mrs. Weasly held out, threw it into the fire, stepped in, and yelled Ministry of Magic. When he got there he saw the fountain had been reconstructed, and Hermione was looking at it disbelievingly.
"What is wrong with it?" asked Ron obliviously. Hermione looked like she was bursting to yell, but barely kept it in.
They all had their wands tested and got badges that said their names and Memory Run. Those phrases where always annoying.
"Hello, I'm Janice. Fudge asked me to show you to the Veil. Come with me."
They took the elevator all the way down, walked through the Departments of Mysteries door and to the veil.
"Well, here it is. I don't really know what you wanted coming here. Would you like to leave now?" Moody said, almost hopefully.
"Not quite yet, I think I see a sculpture of something on it." Harry went closer, peering between the curtains folds at the top. "Oh, this is ridiculous. Reducto."
The curtain flew off. Everyone in the room jumped. "Was that really necessary Harry?" Ron asked.
"What do you think you are doing? That curtain could have been an important part of the veil…" Hermione started.
"Well it wasn't, so lay off." Harry interrupted her before she got worked up.
"Please don't do that again. The Unspeakable might have my head."
"Not your fault, so it's not your head I would want," replied Janice.
"Well, it was important. Look at this." It was a model of a snake that none of them could place.
~Where is Sirius~ He hissed out.
~Who disturbs the rest and storage pool of the Snake/Brain Coral~ Hissed back the snake figurine
"AAAARRRRGGGG Evil Wizard on The Loose!"
"Calm down Janice, being a Parseltongue is not something you can help and you know that."
"Sorry, slight fear of snakes."
"Harry, what is going on? You are speaking Parseltongue." Asked Ron.
"Later" ~What do you mean storage pool? Who are you?~
~I store anything that falls into my depths for a latter time. I was built 150 million years ago to keep a few alive and preserved until a time where and when they were needed, and then I make a trade~
~What are the whisperings that I here when I get close to the veil?~
~A sound system that reminds people not to break me because there are people in here~
~You have accidentally stored someone whom is wanted in this time when he fell through your veil. His name is Sirius Black. Will you return him~
~Let me check, yep, One Sirius Black here. Been here less than a month. But I won't release him without a trade. Don't worry, he will be perfectly preserved.~
~Do you mean that another human has to go get preserved if we want Sirius back.~
~Yes~
~Will a threat to break you work instead?~
~No~
~Will anything do instead?~
~Yes~
~What~ Harry was growing very impatient with this Brain/Snake Coral.
~I always wanted to see what it was like to be human, with emotions and feelings and stuff. I have the ability to hitch a ride, but I haven't got to use it yet as the host hast to be willing~
~For how long~ Harry was hopeful, yet guarded.
~Just a day, that's all I can leave for~
~Spit him out first, and then I'll give you a ride~
Sirius came tumbling out of the veil. He looked like he had just fallen down and got back up. His wand was in his hand and he asked, "Where did the death eaters and the Order go? Why do only Harry and I have our wands out?" He noticed it was light out. Did I pass out last night during the battle?" Then he noticed everyone's looks. "Hey I'm okay. You can talk to me."
"You really don't know how long it's been."
Sirius started to get worried. "How long?"
"A little over six weeks."
"What the heck happened? I remember Belatrix stunning me, but then…"
"Then you fell into the veil, that no one seemed to know about and no one asked it what it was," Harry said.
"I am insulted. It is not like we didn't see the figurine, and we can't speak Parseltongue, but we did try other languages."
"By the way, don't freak out for a minute Okay. I'm going to try something." ~So how does it work?~
~Point your wand at me so the little wizards don't get really scared, and I'll do the rest as long as you are willing~
Harry pointed his wand at the Snake/Brain Coral, ignoring the others queries ~I'm ready~
~Here it goes, first I will put a spell so things don't change in my absence~ A green cloud with silver sparks flowed from the figure and encircled the Veil, receded and then encircled Harry.
Harry spun around and all five of them looked shocked. Hermione gave him a mirror. His eyes were now in slits, like Voldemort's, except green. His nose was smaller and more snake like, too.