Harry awoke the next morning to the feeling on hands running through his hair. He opened his eyes to see the most beautiful sight. Hermione. She was sitting on the edge of the bed running her hand through his hair smiling.
Harry smiled " I could get use to seeing you first thing in the morning."
" I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." Hermione said blushing.
" Its okay."
Hermione bent down and gave him a quick kiss. " Happy Birthday Harry."
Harry smiled and looked into Hermione chocolate eyes. Hermione returned the stare into his emerald eyes. While keeping eye contact she continued running her hand though his hair. She moved her thumb over his forehead and across his lighting bolt scar. Harry jumped.
Hermione pulled her hand away from him. " Sorry."
" Don't be. It just shocked me, I've never had anyone touch my scar before." Harry said and grabbed her hand and put it back on his forehead.
Hermione took her index finger and began tracing the lighten bolt back and forth. Harry closed his eyes and enjoyed the sensation flowing through his body. Hermione smiled down at him and bent over and gently kissed the scar. " I love you" she mumbled into his scar.
Miles away in the mountains ( This is happening the same time Harry wakes up)
" So Potter and that pesky Mudblood are together" a high pitch voice ask.
" Yes my lord. I saw them yesterday at the park in Diagon Alley." the black cloaked man replied.
" Foolish boy. You would think he would learn from his Father's mistakes."
" My lord, do you want me to continue to follow him?"
" Yes."
" My lord I don't not understand why you don't attack him now, we know where he is staying."
" You fool! Do you want to attack a place full of auroras? We must wait, its not our time yet, but it will be. "
" No sir, but why wait so long?"
" I do not have to explain my motives to you! Now get out of here and come back when you have more information for me!"
" Yes my lord, I shall not disappoint you." The man bowed down at the dark lords feet and quickly left the room.
Voldemourt let out a small cackle " That boy will get what is coming to him and that filthy mudbloods of his........AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Voldemourt yelled in pain and clutched his hands over his heart. " He will Pay!"
Back at Headquarters
Hermione jumped. Harry opened his eyes and looked up at her. " You felt that too?" he asked her.
Hermione nodded as Ron busted in the room. " Are you guys all right? What was that?" he said running over to the bed where Hermione and Harry were now sitting up in.
" I don't know. We were just laying here and then, well it happen." Hermione said.
" Its okay Mione." Harry said and wrapped his arms around her. " It was just my scar. Its happen before."
" Its happen to you before, but not us!" Ron said sitting on the edge of the bed.
" Sorry guys, I guess you will have to get use to that, I am sure it will happen more often."
Hermione leaned over and kissed the scar again and again she jumped. " I don't know if I can get use to that."
Ron was rubbing his forehead. " Me either."
Harry smiled at his two best friends. " Lets just hope it doesn't get any worse." Harry decide to change the subject this was not how he liked to start his morning. " So what are we going to do today?" he asked Ron.
" Well I have things to do for ummm.. tonight. I think Hermione is planning on keeping you occupied in here today." Ron said with a huge smile.
Harry turned his head to look at Hermione. He could tell she was in deep concentration, she was biting her lower lip and her eyebrows were scrunched together.
"Don't think to hard, you might hurt something." Ron said
Hermione still didn't say anything. " Mione you okay." Harry asked and gave her a slight shake.
Hermione looked up at Harry and leaned over and gave him another kiss on his scar. " OUCH!" all three yelled.
" I should of known!" Hermione said and jumped up on the bed.
Harry and Ron looked up at her with confused looks.
" Why didn't I think of it before! It explains everything! I need to owl Dumbeldore! I have to tell Lupin! Oh Merlin!" she said and landed back down on her butt on the bed next to Harry.
" Hermione do you mind telling us what you are talking about?" Ron asked.
Hermione rolled her eyes at him and leaned over and kissed Harry again on the scar. " OUCH!" they all yelled again.
Hermione looked at Harry with a huge smile on her face. " Don't you get it?"
Harry looked at her for a few minutes then a small smile formed on his face. " I can't believe it!"
" What!" Ron said getting a little upset at his two friends.
Hermione let out a sigh. " Ron remember the first time Harry's scar hurt this morning?"
" Yes I do. I was getting dressed then I felt this horrible pain flow through me, then I could feel you guys were feeling the same so I ran over here."
" Well Harry and I weren't just lying in bed. I was running my finger over her scar, then I leaned over and kissed it. Thats when the pain begin."
Ron looked at Hermione and Harry with a blank expression. " I really didn't need to know what you guys were doing before I can here."
" Ron you aren't listening!" Harry said. " You remember when it hurt the second time?"
" Yes we were all right here."
" And What did Hermione do before it hurt?"
Ron looked at them. " She kiss.... ooooooo! So you saying every time you kiss it will hurt me?"
" No Ron, only when I kiss him where his scar is." Hermione said looking hopeless at Ron. " If it would of hurt every time we kissed we would have figured that out days ago!"
Harry turned bright red and Ron laughed while saying. " Thank Merlin it doesn't hurt whenever you guys kiss!"
" Ron!" Hermione said and grabbed a pillow from behind her and threw it at Ron. Ron ducked out of the way and the pillow went flying towards the door and hit Luna right in the face.
" Good morning to you too Hermione." she said.
" Oh Luna! I am so sorry! I was aiming Ron!"
Luna laughed. " I can understand that. I get that same urge every now and then." she said and giggled.
Ron stood up from the bed and walked over to Luna. " Hey! Thats not very nice." he sand and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the top of the head.
" It may not be very nice, but its the truth." she said. " Oh! Happy 16th Harry!"
" Thanks Luna" Harry said giving her a smile.
" I knew I forgot to say something! Sorry mate! Happy Birthday!"
" Thanks."
" I didn't mean to disturb you all I just wanted to let you know that breakfast is ready."
" You didn't disturb us Luna." Hermione said.
" Really? Its just I feel like a fourth wheel sometimes, you all have been friends for so long and well I like I am intruding."
" Never." Ron said and kissed her check and looked at Harry and Hermione.
" You are welcome to hang out with us whenever you feel like it, even if Ron isn't around." Harry said.
" Thank you!"
Ron smiled at his two best friends and mouthed 'thank you' to them. " Lets eat! I'm starving!" Ron said.
Harry, Hermione, and Luna all laughed and made there way down to the kitchen for dinner.
" Mione I don't see why I have to stay in here all day!" Harry said and dropped his body on the couch in front of the fire.
" I told you not to worry and stop asking me questions. You just have to be patient."
Harry let out a sigh. " So what are we going to do all day?" he said with a smile.
Hermione rolled her eyes. " I thought that maybe we could clean up the room some. That is if you are going to be staying here."
Harry looked around the room, and relised how dirty it was. " I guess we could. Maybe I could get Dobby to help pack up Sirrius clothes, and we could go through the rest."
" You know I don't like using house elf's Harry."
" I know, but he is being paid, and it would a lot faster that way. I really don't see any need to go through his clothes. They are to big for me and well I don't think anyone should wear them."
Hermione grabbed Harry's hand. " Okay, maybe we should see if Lupin wants anything before we go through it all. I think he deserves to have some."
" Good idea. I'll go get him." Harry said with a smile.
" Oh no you don't Harry Potter! You stay here, I will be right back." Hermione said getting off the couch and going to the door. " I will bring Dobby up as well." she said and closed the door behind her.
Hermione returned a few minutes later with Dobby. " Lupin said he already took what he wanted from here."
Harry nodded " Dobby would you mind packing up Sirrius's clothes and putting them in the attic?"
" Yes Harry Potter Sir!" Dobby said and began running around the room throwing clothes from the floor, out of the dresser and closet and putting them in a big pile. Dobby mumbled a few words and the clothes began to fold themselves. After they were all folded Dobby mumbled a few more works the clothes disappeared. " Is there anything eles Dobby can do for you today sir?"
Harry looked at Dobby with amazement. " That was brilliant Dobby!"
" It was nothing sir. Its what a house elf is to do."
Harry looked around the room and noticed a sock sticking out from under the bed. " Dobby there is one more things I would like you to do."
" Anything sir!"
" There seams to be a sock under the bed still. I want you to have it. Take it back to your room and tonight I would like you and Winky to be a guest at whatever is going on tonight."
Dobby looked up a Harry with tears in his eyes. " Dobby has never been to a party as a guest! Winky will be happy as well! Thank you sir!" Dobby said and walked over the sock and hugged it. " Mr. Black was a good man, I am honored to have one of his socks. I will keep it next to yours. Thank you sir!" Dobby said and with a loud pop he was gone.
" Harry that was wonderful." Hermione said and kissed him on the check
" I thought you would like that. Now were should we start?"
" How about we finish cleaning out the dresser." Hermione said and walked over to the wall with the dresser. Harry took a deep breath and moved over next to her.
" We don't have to do this Harry. It was just an idea."
" No Mione, its time."
Hermione wrapped her arms around Harry. " It will be okay Harry." she said and released him from the hug.
" I think Dobby took most of the stuff out of here, but it won't hurt to look." Hermione said
Harry nodded and opened the dresser and began looking through it. Soon the dresser was empty except a few things Harry wanted to keep. A few bundles of old letters, Sirrius's old Hogwarts cloak, and a few photo albums.
" That wasn't so bad." Harry said. " It was kind of nice to be able to go through his things."
Hermione smiled. " What should we do with all the other things we found?"
" I think we should store them in the attic as well. I will have Dobby put them up there later. Shall we move to the closet? I think it has a lot of stuff in it still, I didn't see Dobby go in there that much." Harry said and picked himself off the floor and offered Hermione a hand up.
" Thank you. Harry are you really okay? We can stop if you would like."
" No, this is rather therapudic. I wish I could of done this to my parents things."
Hermione looked at him with a sad look, she didn't know what to say, she never did when he talked about his parents.
" You don't have to say anything Mione. I know you don't know what to say. You don't have to say anything." Harry said and moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her.
Hermione let out a sigh. " I forgot about the pendant, I guess they really can tell what the others are feeling." Hermione smiled " Ron must be with Luna."
Harry laughed out loud. " Imagine what he feels when we are together!"
Hermione blushed and gave Harry a quick kiss. " Lets get the closet cleaned out, I have to leave in a few hours."
" For what?" Harry asked and opened the doors to the closet.
" I told you to stop asking questions! You will find out soon." Hermione said and walked into the closet.
" This is bigger than my room at the Dursley's!" Harry said.
" I've never seen a closet this big before. Good things its pretty much empty or we would be in here forever."
Harry smiled " That wouldn't be so bad." He said and grabbed Hermione is a very passionate kiss, but were soon interrupted by someone clearing there throat. The two broke apart to see Lupin standing in the doorway of the closet.
" I was hoping I would get up here before you got to the closet." Lupin said and walked in the closet and over to two large trunks sitting on the floor in the corner. He mumbled a spell and the trunks began to rise and make there way back to the room and landed on the bed.
Harry and Hermione looked at each other and followed Lupin out of the closet. " What are those?" Harry asked.
" These are your parents trunks. Sirrius, Dumbldore, Hagrid, and I have been collecting item of theres for the last 15 years. Your parents started to put things in here the day you were born, they wanted you to have it on your 16th birthday."
Harry was speechless. His mouth went dry and his mind went blank. He couldn't move. After several minutes he was snapped out of his trance by Hermione kissing his check and whispering. " Its okay Harry." then she put her arms around him and pulled him into a tight hug.
Harry was finally able to move he put his arms around her waist and returned her hug. He rested the head on the top of head. They never saw Lupin leave the room. They held each other for along time until they heard another knock at the door. Hermione slowly let go of him and went over to the door.
" MUM! DADDY!!" Hermione yelled and jumped into her parents arms. Harry stood by the bed and looked at the trunks.
" Herms!" he dad said. " We've missed you so much! How have you been? We heard what happen on the way over here."
" I'm daddy, Harry was with me the whole time. How are you guys?"
" We are fine dear. Bill and Charlie never let us leave there sight. They really are sweet boys." her mum said. " How are you Harry?"
Harry was still standing by the bed looking at the trunks. Hermione walked over to him. " Harry, my mum asked how you are."
Harry jumped. " I'm sorry. Got lost in my thoughts. I am good Mrs. Granger." he said with a half smile.
" Oh! Harry this is my dad, dad this is Harry!" Hermione said.
Her parents moved over closer to the bed " Its nice to finally met you Harry, I feel like I already know you, Hermione talks about you all the time." He said and stuck out his hand to Harry. Harry shock his hand and gave him a smile.
" Its nice to meet you too." He said and turned his gaze back to the trunks.
" Are you sure you are okay Harry? You look a little pale."
" Sorry, I guess I am little out of it. I just received a birthday present from my parents. These were there trunks when they went to Hogwarts. My parents friends have been filling them with item that were thiers."
Mrs. Granger walked over to Harry and gave him a hug. " Its will be okay Harry. I know this won't be easy for you, but it will make you feel better. I was very young when my parents died, not as young as you were, but still young. After they died I didn't want to go through there things, but I did. It made me feel closer to them and gave me closure." she said and released him from the hug and gave him a reassuring smile.
" We've been going through my godfather's things all morning, and it did make me feel better." Harry said and walked over to his father's trunk and ran his hands over it. His fingers played with the latch for a few seconds before he opened it and pushed the lid back.
Hermione came up behind Harry and wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder. Harry looked at her and smiled, she always knew what he needed before he knew it. He loved that about her.
" Do you want us to leave Harry? I know this must be hard for you and to have strangers here with you isn't going to make it easier." Mr. Granger asked
" Your not strangers. Your Hermione's parents. I would like it if you stayed. We can all get to know my parents together." Harry said looking at Hermione's parents and smiled. " Mr. Granger will you help me move my dad's trunk over to the coffee table?"
Mr. Granger nodded and grabbed one side of the trunk, while Harry grabbed the other and made there way across the room to the table. After is was set down Hermione and Harry sat on one couch in front of the trunk, while her parents sat on the couch to the right of them. Harry reached into the trunk and pulled out the first item. It was a small red box, he opened it and saw a snitch. Harry smiled, then he saw a note taped to the top of the box.
"This was the snitch your father caught to win the House Cup in his seventh year." Harry read out loud.
" Whats a snitch?" Mrs. Granger asked.
Harry smiled and began telling the Granger's about Quidditch.
" Amazing" Mr. Granger said. " I would love to see a game!"
" I have some books you can look at, you can see how the player move and everything."
Mr. Granger smiled " That would be wonderful. But I would actually really love to see you play."
" OH Daddy!" Hermione said. "I am sure we could get out down to a game this year that is if the ban they put on Harry is lifted."
" I forgot about that, but you would really like to see my play? I've never had anyone want to before. Thanks."
" Your welcome." Mr. Granger smiled at Harry.
Hermione could feel the happiness flow through Harry. She smiled and silently thanked her parents, as Harry began pulling more item out of the trunk. They would stop and explain what things were to the Granger's who were more and more amazed by the item in the trunk. It was mostly full of old photographs from Hogwarts and the summer breaks, there were several Hogwarts robes, his perfect badge, and some of his old text books. Harry was looking through the text books to see what classes he took when one book made him stop. ' Catalog of Amimals Suitable for Animigi.'
Harry smiled and flipped through the book, he noticed a few pieces of paper sticking out. He opened to the first one to see a rat that was circled. " Wormtail" he said with hate in his vocie, he opened to the next page and saw a big black dog circled " Padfoot". Harry's hands began to trembled slightly as he turned to the next page. " Dad" he said.
Hermione automatically wrapped her arms around Harry and ran her hands through his hair. " This must be the book they used. I never though there would be so many animals to choose from."
" Either did I." Harry said and turned the pages and see the other animals.
" Sorry to asked so many questions but what are you talking about? What is ani.. animgus?" Mrs. Granger asked.
Hermione gave a small chuckle and began explaining what Animigi was and what Harry's dad and friends did.
Harry set the book down carefully set the book down and looked in the trunk to pull out the last item. A small white stuffed owl. Harry smiled.
" What is it Harry?" Hermione asked.
" This was mine when I was little. I forgot all about it until now." Harry said and pulled the owl out of the trunk.
" It looks like Hedwig!" Hermione said.
" I guess I was ment to have her huh?"
" Hermione dear do you remember the item you brought back when you visited your great-aunt in Alaska?" Mr. Granger asked
" No."
" It was an owl. White like this one, but had more fur around its neck. You loved that thing, carried it with you everywhere."
" Until the night I left it outside and the neighbor's dog chewed it up." Hermione said finishing her fathers story.
Mrs. Granger smiled " You cried for a week. We even had a funeral service for it." both her parents laughed.
" I remember that, I brought out all my other stuff animals and sat them around the tree in the back yard. I even made a head stone; Here lies Hoots, the greatest owl to live." Hermione smiled and laughed at her self. Soon the whole room was laughing. After several minutes the laughter died down.
" I wish I would of knows you when you were younger." Harry said with a smile.
" We have loads more embarrassing Hermione stories we can tell you!" Mr. Granger said.
" And we have pictures too" Mrs. Granger added.
Hermione turned bright red. " Oh please don't!"
" They can't be that bad Mione."
Mr. Granger laughed " You have no idea what this girl was like when she was five."
" Daddy!" Hermione said and jumped up from the couch and landed on his lap. " If you say one more word about what I was like I will never speak to you again!" she said.
Her father began to tickle her. " Never talk again? Is that a promise?" He said laughing. " Harry we could never get this girl to be quite for more that a minute, or get her to sit still." He said and Hermione made he way out of the tickles and on the floor.
Harry laughed at the sight of Hermione and her father. It was so natural for them. For a spilt second he was jealous of there relationship. He saw Hermione look at him with saddened eyes, she could feel it too. She got up from the floor and sat on Harry's lap. " I'm sorry."
" Don't be, I didn't mean to feel that way."
" Its natural to. You never got to experience what I did, I wish I could let you."
" Its okay Mione. I'm happy you had a good life with them, and will have a good future with them too."
" I will have a good future, but just with them but with you as well." she said and bent down and was about to kiss him when he pulled away.
" Parents in room" he whispered.
Hermione jumped off Harry's lap and looked at her parents, who were smiling. Hermione blushed and looked at her watch
" ACK! I have to get ready! I am suppose to have you down stairs in an hour! I will be back at six!" Hermione said and made he way out of the room.
" Mione! What should I wear?"
" I laid it out in your bathroom."
" I have a bathroom?"
" Honestly Harry! the door in the back of the closet leads into it. I have to go! see you in a hour! Mum will you come with me? I think I will need some help."
" Of course. See you soon Harry." Mrs. Granger said with a smile and follower her daughter out of the room.
Mr. Granger let out a laugh. " I don't know where all that energy comes from. I will see you down stairs in a while Harry." he said and walked over to the door. " Thank you for sharing your father with us, I hope we can do the same with your mother's trunk."
Harry smiled " Absolutely. How about tomorrow afternoon?"
" Sounds good."
" Mr. Granger do you know what is going on tonight?
He smiled " See you soon Harry." and closed the door.
Harry smiled and looked around his room. He slowly made his way over to his father's trunk and carefully began to replace the items, except the small while owl and animigi book. He moved the his father's trunk over to the wall with Hermione's and his trunks. He moved over to his bed and grabbed his mother's trunk and placed it along with the others. He then looked at his watch and decided he should get ready for when Hermione showed up.
After Harry was showered and dressed he made his way back to his room and sat down on the edge of his bed and grabbed the small white owl and smiled " How have you been Hermie?" he said and laughed. " Oh Merlin I'm talking to an owl! I'm going nutters!" he said and laughed again.
" Harry what are you laughing at?" Hermione said standing by the door. Harry looked up and his jaw dropped. Hermione was wearing a simple dark blue dress that was just above her knees. Her hair was straight falling just to the middle of her back. " Harry?"
Harry stood up from the bed and made his way over to her. He grabbed her around the neck and gently brought his lips to her. " You look amazing Mione." He said and brought his lips back to hers. Hermione wrapped her hands around Harry's back and began running her hands up and down his spine. Hermione let out a soft moan when Harry pulled back from the kiss and smiled. " Your absolutely beautiful Mione. I love you"
Hermione took a second to catch her breath. " I love you too Harry. Now we should get going or we will be late." Hermione said and grabber a red ribbon she had put on the dresser. " Turn around please." Harry raise one his eyebrows at her and turned around. Hermione tied the ribbon around his eyes.
" Mione I can't see!"
Hermione laughed " Thats the point. Now give me your hand."
Harry put out his hand and bumped into something soft.
" Harry!" Hermione said. " That was not my hand!"
" Sorry Mione I can't see! What was it?"
Hermione was glad Harry couldn't see, he would see Hermione turned 100 different shades of red in one second. " It was something just a little higher that my hands."
It took Harry a few seconds before he understood what she ment. " I am really sorry Hermione, I didn't know......I mean I can't see..... I am sorry......I would never......"
Hermione giggled. " Your cute when you babble. Its okay Harry, I know you didn't mean to." Hermione said and grabbed his hand. " Now come on" she said and began leading him up the stairs.
" I've never been upstairs before. What is up here?"
Hermione smiled " You should really look around your house sometime."
" Well I would of today, but I couldn't."
" We can tomorrow." Hermione said and opened a large door.
" SURPRISE!" Harry heard before the ribbon was pulled off from his eyes.
He looked around the room in amazement. It was a large room, about the size of the great hall. There were banners and gold and red hung everywhere, to one side of the room was a large round table with several chairs around it. In one corner was a table with a pile of gifts on it. In the other was a large stereo playing music. Harry couldn't believe all the people there were there. All the Weasley's, Lupin, MgGonagall, Luna and her parents, Victor, Hermione and her parents, Dumbeldore, Snape, Moody, Tonks, Dooby, Winky, Nevellie and his grandmother, Hagrid and Oliver Wood.
" Happy Birthday Harry." Hermione said and kissed him on the check.
" Mione did you do this?"
"Ron and I did a lot of it. We wanted you to have a good birthday."
" Good? This is the best. I've never had a birthday party, well I did when I was one, but I don't really remember it. Thank you. This is the best thing ever. I love it, and I love you so much." Harry said and bent down and kissed her.
" Get a room!" they heard Fred call from across the room, followed by some kissing noises from George. Hermione and Harry laughed.
" Harry!" Ron called " Happy Birthday mate!"
" Ron this is wonderful! Thank you!"
" It was nothing mate. You deserve this." Ron said and grabbed his arm and pulled him into the crowd of people. Harry was overwhelmed by the amount of people saying Happy Birthday to him. Ron pulled him over to the large table where Dumbeldore, Lupin, and, MaGonagall, Mr. and Mrs. Granger, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were sitting.
" Happy birthday Harry." Dumbeldore said. " I would like to talk to all of you for a few minutes, shall we go where it quitter?" he said and stood up and walked over to a small door in the corner. The group followed his into the door and walked into Dumbeldore's office. He motioned for everyone to sit down in the chairs what popped up.
" Now I will make this fast so we can get back to the party. First I would like to congratulate you Harry for being the new Gryffindor perfect."
" Perfect? I thought Ron and Hermione are." He said and looked at a smiling Hermione and Ron.
" They still are, but thought that we would make an exception and add another." McGonagall said.
" Now sixth year perfects get there own rooms and share a common room and wash room with each other. Since there are three of you Ron and Harry you will have to share a room, while Hermione gets her own." Dumbeldore said looking and Mr. and Mrs. Granger. " That is if the Granger's have no rejection to the new living situation there daughter will be in."
" No it will be fine, we trust our daughter and Harry. Besides they won't be alone, Ron will be there to keep an eye on them." Mr. Granger said looking at Ron.
" Excellent. Now for the rest of the news. Harry, Hermione, and Ron Lupin, Minerva and myself have had several meeting over the summer and we have decided that if you want to, and if your parents and guardians will agree we would like you to begin aurora and animigi."
Harry and Ron looked at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley with smiled. " Can we?" They both asked.
" I think it would be best if you guys did." Mrs. Weasley said. Harry and Ron smiled.
Hermione looked at her parents. " Can I?"
" Well I think that if Ron and Harry goes through this training you can as well."
Hermione smiled. " Thank you!"
" Excellent. Now the training will be hard, but useful. You will meet with Professor MaGonagall and Lupin on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month for animgi training. The time will be set up when school starts. Each Thursday and Sunday you will met with Lupin, Tonks, and Moody for aurora training. Also Harry I would like you to meet with me once a month to see how you are doing on your occlumency."
Harry, Hermione, and Ron nodded. " What about Quidditch?" Harry asked
" The band had been lifted, but I don't know if you will have time to play with all of these extra things. It will be up to you to decide if you think you can handle it all." Dumbeldore said.
Harry smiled. " At least the ban is off!"
Dumbeldore smiled " I know you have all just got a lot of new information and understand if you have question, but for now lets just enjoy the night and tomorrow we can discuss these changes. Now if everyone will excuse us I would like to talk to Ron, Hermione, and Harry for a few minutes."
Everyone got up from there chairs and returned back to the party.
" Is everything okay Professor?" Hermione asked.
" It is fine Miss. Granger. I just wanted to ask how these pendants are doing? Do you think they are working?"
" They are." Harry said. " Right now I can tell how excited Ron is about the new training, and Hermione is a little worried about how she is going to handle next year."
" Harry's glad that he will be able to play Quidditch" Ron said
" And nervous about the new training." Hermione said.
Dumbeldore looked at the three. " I see they are working, but not to there full potential yet. It is important that you spend as much time together as possible. That is one of the reason we made you a perfect Harry. The more you three spend together the more powerful the pendant will come."
Harry looked over at Hermione and smiled, then looked over at Ron. " Ron it will be okay. Luna can hang out with us too we told you that this morning."
" Thanks, but its not just that. I hare hiding all this from her. Is there a way I can tell her about the new training?"
Dumbeldore looked at Ron for a few seconds and nodded his head. " This you may tell her, but she must understand that no one else can know. Also Miss. Granger told me about your new discovery this morning. I am going to have to do some more research to see how this may be used to our advantage, but for now I will have to ask you to stop making contact with the scar. Until we know what it all means, and we do not want Voldemourt to know this yet." Dumbeldore said looking at the very red Hermione. " Don't be embarrassed Hermione, this is a excellent discovery you made this morning, if nothing else you should feel proud of it. Now lets return to the party. I am sure everyone is wondering where the guest of honor is." Dumbeldore said and walked out of the room leaving Ron, Hermione, and Harry alone.
" Its going to be a hard year." Hermione said.
Harry walked over to her and placed his hands on the sides of her face. " It will be, but its worth it. The training we will be getting will help us have a future. All of us." he said and turned his head to Ron. " Thank you all again. I am sorry you have to go through this with me, but at the same time I am glad there are no two people I would want to do this with." He said and removed his hands from Hermione's face and grabbed her hand. " Now I believe there is a party waiting for us!" he said and walked out the door.
As the trio made there way back to the room Harry noticed a tall man standing in the corner looking at him. He couldn't tell who it was because the hood of the black cloak was covering his face, Harry gave him a small smile and walked over to the table to join Hermione and Ron.
The man smiled. " Master will be pleased with what I have to tell him. Soon Potter will get what he deserves."
The End........ for now
Harry smiled " I could get use to seeing you first thing in the morning."
" I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." Hermione said blushing.
" Its okay."
Hermione bent down and gave him a quick kiss. " Happy Birthday Harry."
Harry smiled and looked into Hermione chocolate eyes. Hermione returned the stare into his emerald eyes. While keeping eye contact she continued running her hand though his hair. She moved her thumb over his forehead and across his lighting bolt scar. Harry jumped.
Hermione pulled her hand away from him. " Sorry."
" Don't be. It just shocked me, I've never had anyone touch my scar before." Harry said and grabbed her hand and put it back on his forehead.
Hermione took her index finger and began tracing the lighten bolt back and forth. Harry closed his eyes and enjoyed the sensation flowing through his body. Hermione smiled down at him and bent over and gently kissed the scar. " I love you" she mumbled into his scar.
Miles away in the mountains ( This is happening the same time Harry wakes up)
" So Potter and that pesky Mudblood are together" a high pitch voice ask.
" Yes my lord. I saw them yesterday at the park in Diagon Alley." the black cloaked man replied.
" Foolish boy. You would think he would learn from his Father's mistakes."
" My lord, do you want me to continue to follow him?"
" Yes."
" My lord I don't not understand why you don't attack him now, we know where he is staying."
" You fool! Do you want to attack a place full of auroras? We must wait, its not our time yet, but it will be. "
" No sir, but why wait so long?"
" I do not have to explain my motives to you! Now get out of here and come back when you have more information for me!"
" Yes my lord, I shall not disappoint you." The man bowed down at the dark lords feet and quickly left the room.
Voldemourt let out a small cackle " That boy will get what is coming to him and that filthy mudbloods of his........AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Voldemourt yelled in pain and clutched his hands over his heart. " He will Pay!"
Back at Headquarters
Hermione jumped. Harry opened his eyes and looked up at her. " You felt that too?" he asked her.
Hermione nodded as Ron busted in the room. " Are you guys all right? What was that?" he said running over to the bed where Hermione and Harry were now sitting up in.
" I don't know. We were just laying here and then, well it happen." Hermione said.
" Its okay Mione." Harry said and wrapped his arms around her. " It was just my scar. Its happen before."
" Its happen to you before, but not us!" Ron said sitting on the edge of the bed.
" Sorry guys, I guess you will have to get use to that, I am sure it will happen more often."
Hermione leaned over and kissed the scar again and again she jumped. " I don't know if I can get use to that."
Ron was rubbing his forehead. " Me either."
Harry smiled at his two best friends. " Lets just hope it doesn't get any worse." Harry decide to change the subject this was not how he liked to start his morning. " So what are we going to do today?" he asked Ron.
" Well I have things to do for ummm.. tonight. I think Hermione is planning on keeping you occupied in here today." Ron said with a huge smile.
Harry turned his head to look at Hermione. He could tell she was in deep concentration, she was biting her lower lip and her eyebrows were scrunched together.
"Don't think to hard, you might hurt something." Ron said
Hermione still didn't say anything. " Mione you okay." Harry asked and gave her a slight shake.
Hermione looked up at Harry and leaned over and gave him another kiss on his scar. " OUCH!" all three yelled.
" I should of known!" Hermione said and jumped up on the bed.
Harry and Ron looked up at her with confused looks.
" Why didn't I think of it before! It explains everything! I need to owl Dumbeldore! I have to tell Lupin! Oh Merlin!" she said and landed back down on her butt on the bed next to Harry.
" Hermione do you mind telling us what you are talking about?" Ron asked.
Hermione rolled her eyes at him and leaned over and kissed Harry again on the scar. " OUCH!" they all yelled again.
Hermione looked at Harry with a huge smile on her face. " Don't you get it?"
Harry looked at her for a few minutes then a small smile formed on his face. " I can't believe it!"
" What!" Ron said getting a little upset at his two friends.
Hermione let out a sigh. " Ron remember the first time Harry's scar hurt this morning?"
" Yes I do. I was getting dressed then I felt this horrible pain flow through me, then I could feel you guys were feeling the same so I ran over here."
" Well Harry and I weren't just lying in bed. I was running my finger over her scar, then I leaned over and kissed it. Thats when the pain begin."
Ron looked at Hermione and Harry with a blank expression. " I really didn't need to know what you guys were doing before I can here."
" Ron you aren't listening!" Harry said. " You remember when it hurt the second time?"
" Yes we were all right here."
" And What did Hermione do before it hurt?"
Ron looked at them. " She kiss.... ooooooo! So you saying every time you kiss it will hurt me?"
" No Ron, only when I kiss him where his scar is." Hermione said looking hopeless at Ron. " If it would of hurt every time we kissed we would have figured that out days ago!"
Harry turned bright red and Ron laughed while saying. " Thank Merlin it doesn't hurt whenever you guys kiss!"
" Ron!" Hermione said and grabbed a pillow from behind her and threw it at Ron. Ron ducked out of the way and the pillow went flying towards the door and hit Luna right in the face.
" Good morning to you too Hermione." she said.
" Oh Luna! I am so sorry! I was aiming Ron!"
Luna laughed. " I can understand that. I get that same urge every now and then." she said and giggled.
Ron stood up from the bed and walked over to Luna. " Hey! Thats not very nice." he sand and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the top of the head.
" It may not be very nice, but its the truth." she said. " Oh! Happy 16th Harry!"
" Thanks Luna" Harry said giving her a smile.
" I knew I forgot to say something! Sorry mate! Happy Birthday!"
" Thanks."
" I didn't mean to disturb you all I just wanted to let you know that breakfast is ready."
" You didn't disturb us Luna." Hermione said.
" Really? Its just I feel like a fourth wheel sometimes, you all have been friends for so long and well I like I am intruding."
" Never." Ron said and kissed her check and looked at Harry and Hermione.
" You are welcome to hang out with us whenever you feel like it, even if Ron isn't around." Harry said.
" Thank you!"
Ron smiled at his two best friends and mouthed 'thank you' to them. " Lets eat! I'm starving!" Ron said.
Harry, Hermione, and Luna all laughed and made there way down to the kitchen for dinner.
" Mione I don't see why I have to stay in here all day!" Harry said and dropped his body on the couch in front of the fire.
" I told you not to worry and stop asking me questions. You just have to be patient."
Harry let out a sigh. " So what are we going to do all day?" he said with a smile.
Hermione rolled her eyes. " I thought that maybe we could clean up the room some. That is if you are going to be staying here."
Harry looked around the room, and relised how dirty it was. " I guess we could. Maybe I could get Dobby to help pack up Sirrius clothes, and we could go through the rest."
" You know I don't like using house elf's Harry."
" I know, but he is being paid, and it would a lot faster that way. I really don't see any need to go through his clothes. They are to big for me and well I don't think anyone should wear them."
Hermione grabbed Harry's hand. " Okay, maybe we should see if Lupin wants anything before we go through it all. I think he deserves to have some."
" Good idea. I'll go get him." Harry said with a smile.
" Oh no you don't Harry Potter! You stay here, I will be right back." Hermione said getting off the couch and going to the door. " I will bring Dobby up as well." she said and closed the door behind her.
Hermione returned a few minutes later with Dobby. " Lupin said he already took what he wanted from here."
Harry nodded " Dobby would you mind packing up Sirrius's clothes and putting them in the attic?"
" Yes Harry Potter Sir!" Dobby said and began running around the room throwing clothes from the floor, out of the dresser and closet and putting them in a big pile. Dobby mumbled a few words and the clothes began to fold themselves. After they were all folded Dobby mumbled a few more works the clothes disappeared. " Is there anything eles Dobby can do for you today sir?"
Harry looked at Dobby with amazement. " That was brilliant Dobby!"
" It was nothing sir. Its what a house elf is to do."
Harry looked around the room and noticed a sock sticking out from under the bed. " Dobby there is one more things I would like you to do."
" Anything sir!"
" There seams to be a sock under the bed still. I want you to have it. Take it back to your room and tonight I would like you and Winky to be a guest at whatever is going on tonight."
Dobby looked up a Harry with tears in his eyes. " Dobby has never been to a party as a guest! Winky will be happy as well! Thank you sir!" Dobby said and walked over the sock and hugged it. " Mr. Black was a good man, I am honored to have one of his socks. I will keep it next to yours. Thank you sir!" Dobby said and with a loud pop he was gone.
" Harry that was wonderful." Hermione said and kissed him on the check
" I thought you would like that. Now were should we start?"
" How about we finish cleaning out the dresser." Hermione said and walked over to the wall with the dresser. Harry took a deep breath and moved over next to her.
" We don't have to do this Harry. It was just an idea."
" No Mione, its time."
Hermione wrapped her arms around Harry. " It will be okay Harry." she said and released him from the hug.
" I think Dobby took most of the stuff out of here, but it won't hurt to look." Hermione said
Harry nodded and opened the dresser and began looking through it. Soon the dresser was empty except a few things Harry wanted to keep. A few bundles of old letters, Sirrius's old Hogwarts cloak, and a few photo albums.
" That wasn't so bad." Harry said. " It was kind of nice to be able to go through his things."
Hermione smiled. " What should we do with all the other things we found?"
" I think we should store them in the attic as well. I will have Dobby put them up there later. Shall we move to the closet? I think it has a lot of stuff in it still, I didn't see Dobby go in there that much." Harry said and picked himself off the floor and offered Hermione a hand up.
" Thank you. Harry are you really okay? We can stop if you would like."
" No, this is rather therapudic. I wish I could of done this to my parents things."
Hermione looked at him with a sad look, she didn't know what to say, she never did when he talked about his parents.
" You don't have to say anything Mione. I know you don't know what to say. You don't have to say anything." Harry said and moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her.
Hermione let out a sigh. " I forgot about the pendant, I guess they really can tell what the others are feeling." Hermione smiled " Ron must be with Luna."
Harry laughed out loud. " Imagine what he feels when we are together!"
Hermione blushed and gave Harry a quick kiss. " Lets get the closet cleaned out, I have to leave in a few hours."
" For what?" Harry asked and opened the doors to the closet.
" I told you to stop asking questions! You will find out soon." Hermione said and walked into the closet.
" This is bigger than my room at the Dursley's!" Harry said.
" I've never seen a closet this big before. Good things its pretty much empty or we would be in here forever."
Harry smiled " That wouldn't be so bad." He said and grabbed Hermione is a very passionate kiss, but were soon interrupted by someone clearing there throat. The two broke apart to see Lupin standing in the doorway of the closet.
" I was hoping I would get up here before you got to the closet." Lupin said and walked in the closet and over to two large trunks sitting on the floor in the corner. He mumbled a spell and the trunks began to rise and make there way back to the room and landed on the bed.
Harry and Hermione looked at each other and followed Lupin out of the closet. " What are those?" Harry asked.
" These are your parents trunks. Sirrius, Dumbldore, Hagrid, and I have been collecting item of theres for the last 15 years. Your parents started to put things in here the day you were born, they wanted you to have it on your 16th birthday."
Harry was speechless. His mouth went dry and his mind went blank. He couldn't move. After several minutes he was snapped out of his trance by Hermione kissing his check and whispering. " Its okay Harry." then she put her arms around him and pulled him into a tight hug.
Harry was finally able to move he put his arms around her waist and returned her hug. He rested the head on the top of head. They never saw Lupin leave the room. They held each other for along time until they heard another knock at the door. Hermione slowly let go of him and went over to the door.
" MUM! DADDY!!" Hermione yelled and jumped into her parents arms. Harry stood by the bed and looked at the trunks.
" Herms!" he dad said. " We've missed you so much! How have you been? We heard what happen on the way over here."
" I'm daddy, Harry was with me the whole time. How are you guys?"
" We are fine dear. Bill and Charlie never let us leave there sight. They really are sweet boys." her mum said. " How are you Harry?"
Harry was still standing by the bed looking at the trunks. Hermione walked over to him. " Harry, my mum asked how you are."
Harry jumped. " I'm sorry. Got lost in my thoughts. I am good Mrs. Granger." he said with a half smile.
" Oh! Harry this is my dad, dad this is Harry!" Hermione said.
Her parents moved over closer to the bed " Its nice to finally met you Harry, I feel like I already know you, Hermione talks about you all the time." He said and stuck out his hand to Harry. Harry shock his hand and gave him a smile.
" Its nice to meet you too." He said and turned his gaze back to the trunks.
" Are you sure you are okay Harry? You look a little pale."
" Sorry, I guess I am little out of it. I just received a birthday present from my parents. These were there trunks when they went to Hogwarts. My parents friends have been filling them with item that were thiers."
Mrs. Granger walked over to Harry and gave him a hug. " Its will be okay Harry. I know this won't be easy for you, but it will make you feel better. I was very young when my parents died, not as young as you were, but still young. After they died I didn't want to go through there things, but I did. It made me feel closer to them and gave me closure." she said and released him from the hug and gave him a reassuring smile.
" We've been going through my godfather's things all morning, and it did make me feel better." Harry said and walked over to his father's trunk and ran his hands over it. His fingers played with the latch for a few seconds before he opened it and pushed the lid back.
Hermione came up behind Harry and wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder. Harry looked at her and smiled, she always knew what he needed before he knew it. He loved that about her.
" Do you want us to leave Harry? I know this must be hard for you and to have strangers here with you isn't going to make it easier." Mr. Granger asked
" Your not strangers. Your Hermione's parents. I would like it if you stayed. We can all get to know my parents together." Harry said looking at Hermione's parents and smiled. " Mr. Granger will you help me move my dad's trunk over to the coffee table?"
Mr. Granger nodded and grabbed one side of the trunk, while Harry grabbed the other and made there way across the room to the table. After is was set down Hermione and Harry sat on one couch in front of the trunk, while her parents sat on the couch to the right of them. Harry reached into the trunk and pulled out the first item. It was a small red box, he opened it and saw a snitch. Harry smiled, then he saw a note taped to the top of the box.
"This was the snitch your father caught to win the House Cup in his seventh year." Harry read out loud.
" Whats a snitch?" Mrs. Granger asked.
Harry smiled and began telling the Granger's about Quidditch.
" Amazing" Mr. Granger said. " I would love to see a game!"
" I have some books you can look at, you can see how the player move and everything."
Mr. Granger smiled " That would be wonderful. But I would actually really love to see you play."
" OH Daddy!" Hermione said. "I am sure we could get out down to a game this year that is if the ban they put on Harry is lifted."
" I forgot about that, but you would really like to see my play? I've never had anyone want to before. Thanks."
" Your welcome." Mr. Granger smiled at Harry.
Hermione could feel the happiness flow through Harry. She smiled and silently thanked her parents, as Harry began pulling more item out of the trunk. They would stop and explain what things were to the Granger's who were more and more amazed by the item in the trunk. It was mostly full of old photographs from Hogwarts and the summer breaks, there were several Hogwarts robes, his perfect badge, and some of his old text books. Harry was looking through the text books to see what classes he took when one book made him stop. ' Catalog of Amimals Suitable for Animigi.'
Harry smiled and flipped through the book, he noticed a few pieces of paper sticking out. He opened to the first one to see a rat that was circled. " Wormtail" he said with hate in his vocie, he opened to the next page and saw a big black dog circled " Padfoot". Harry's hands began to trembled slightly as he turned to the next page. " Dad" he said.
Hermione automatically wrapped her arms around Harry and ran her hands through his hair. " This must be the book they used. I never though there would be so many animals to choose from."
" Either did I." Harry said and turned the pages and see the other animals.
" Sorry to asked so many questions but what are you talking about? What is ani.. animgus?" Mrs. Granger asked.
Hermione gave a small chuckle and began explaining what Animigi was and what Harry's dad and friends did.
Harry set the book down carefully set the book down and looked in the trunk to pull out the last item. A small white stuffed owl. Harry smiled.
" What is it Harry?" Hermione asked.
" This was mine when I was little. I forgot all about it until now." Harry said and pulled the owl out of the trunk.
" It looks like Hedwig!" Hermione said.
" I guess I was ment to have her huh?"
" Hermione dear do you remember the item you brought back when you visited your great-aunt in Alaska?" Mr. Granger asked
" No."
" It was an owl. White like this one, but had more fur around its neck. You loved that thing, carried it with you everywhere."
" Until the night I left it outside and the neighbor's dog chewed it up." Hermione said finishing her fathers story.
Mrs. Granger smiled " You cried for a week. We even had a funeral service for it." both her parents laughed.
" I remember that, I brought out all my other stuff animals and sat them around the tree in the back yard. I even made a head stone; Here lies Hoots, the greatest owl to live." Hermione smiled and laughed at her self. Soon the whole room was laughing. After several minutes the laughter died down.
" I wish I would of knows you when you were younger." Harry said with a smile.
" We have loads more embarrassing Hermione stories we can tell you!" Mr. Granger said.
" And we have pictures too" Mrs. Granger added.
Hermione turned bright red. " Oh please don't!"
" They can't be that bad Mione."
Mr. Granger laughed " You have no idea what this girl was like when she was five."
" Daddy!" Hermione said and jumped up from the couch and landed on his lap. " If you say one more word about what I was like I will never speak to you again!" she said.
Her father began to tickle her. " Never talk again? Is that a promise?" He said laughing. " Harry we could never get this girl to be quite for more that a minute, or get her to sit still." He said and Hermione made he way out of the tickles and on the floor.
Harry laughed at the sight of Hermione and her father. It was so natural for them. For a spilt second he was jealous of there relationship. He saw Hermione look at him with saddened eyes, she could feel it too. She got up from the floor and sat on Harry's lap. " I'm sorry."
" Don't be, I didn't mean to feel that way."
" Its natural to. You never got to experience what I did, I wish I could let you."
" Its okay Mione. I'm happy you had a good life with them, and will have a good future with them too."
" I will have a good future, but just with them but with you as well." she said and bent down and was about to kiss him when he pulled away.
" Parents in room" he whispered.
Hermione jumped off Harry's lap and looked at her parents, who were smiling. Hermione blushed and looked at her watch
" ACK! I have to get ready! I am suppose to have you down stairs in an hour! I will be back at six!" Hermione said and made he way out of the room.
" Mione! What should I wear?"
" I laid it out in your bathroom."
" I have a bathroom?"
" Honestly Harry! the door in the back of the closet leads into it. I have to go! see you in a hour! Mum will you come with me? I think I will need some help."
" Of course. See you soon Harry." Mrs. Granger said with a smile and follower her daughter out of the room.
Mr. Granger let out a laugh. " I don't know where all that energy comes from. I will see you down stairs in a while Harry." he said and walked over to the door. " Thank you for sharing your father with us, I hope we can do the same with your mother's trunk."
Harry smiled " Absolutely. How about tomorrow afternoon?"
" Sounds good."
" Mr. Granger do you know what is going on tonight?
He smiled " See you soon Harry." and closed the door.
Harry smiled and looked around his room. He slowly made his way over to his father's trunk and carefully began to replace the items, except the small while owl and animigi book. He moved the his father's trunk over to the wall with Hermione's and his trunks. He moved over to his bed and grabbed his mother's trunk and placed it along with the others. He then looked at his watch and decided he should get ready for when Hermione showed up.
After Harry was showered and dressed he made his way back to his room and sat down on the edge of his bed and grabbed the small white owl and smiled " How have you been Hermie?" he said and laughed. " Oh Merlin I'm talking to an owl! I'm going nutters!" he said and laughed again.
" Harry what are you laughing at?" Hermione said standing by the door. Harry looked up and his jaw dropped. Hermione was wearing a simple dark blue dress that was just above her knees. Her hair was straight falling just to the middle of her back. " Harry?"
Harry stood up from the bed and made his way over to her. He grabbed her around the neck and gently brought his lips to her. " You look amazing Mione." He said and brought his lips back to hers. Hermione wrapped her hands around Harry's back and began running her hands up and down his spine. Hermione let out a soft moan when Harry pulled back from the kiss and smiled. " Your absolutely beautiful Mione. I love you"
Hermione took a second to catch her breath. " I love you too Harry. Now we should get going or we will be late." Hermione said and grabber a red ribbon she had put on the dresser. " Turn around please." Harry raise one his eyebrows at her and turned around. Hermione tied the ribbon around his eyes.
" Mione I can't see!"
Hermione laughed " Thats the point. Now give me your hand."
Harry put out his hand and bumped into something soft.
" Harry!" Hermione said. " That was not my hand!"
" Sorry Mione I can't see! What was it?"
Hermione was glad Harry couldn't see, he would see Hermione turned 100 different shades of red in one second. " It was something just a little higher that my hands."
It took Harry a few seconds before he understood what she ment. " I am really sorry Hermione, I didn't know......I mean I can't see..... I am sorry......I would never......"
Hermione giggled. " Your cute when you babble. Its okay Harry, I know you didn't mean to." Hermione said and grabbed his hand. " Now come on" she said and began leading him up the stairs.
" I've never been upstairs before. What is up here?"
Hermione smiled " You should really look around your house sometime."
" Well I would of today, but I couldn't."
" We can tomorrow." Hermione said and opened a large door.
" SURPRISE!" Harry heard before the ribbon was pulled off from his eyes.
He looked around the room in amazement. It was a large room, about the size of the great hall. There were banners and gold and red hung everywhere, to one side of the room was a large round table with several chairs around it. In one corner was a table with a pile of gifts on it. In the other was a large stereo playing music. Harry couldn't believe all the people there were there. All the Weasley's, Lupin, MgGonagall, Luna and her parents, Victor, Hermione and her parents, Dumbeldore, Snape, Moody, Tonks, Dooby, Winky, Nevellie and his grandmother, Hagrid and Oliver Wood.
" Happy Birthday Harry." Hermione said and kissed him on the check.
" Mione did you do this?"
"Ron and I did a lot of it. We wanted you to have a good birthday."
" Good? This is the best. I've never had a birthday party, well I did when I was one, but I don't really remember it. Thank you. This is the best thing ever. I love it, and I love you so much." Harry said and bent down and kissed her.
" Get a room!" they heard Fred call from across the room, followed by some kissing noises from George. Hermione and Harry laughed.
" Harry!" Ron called " Happy Birthday mate!"
" Ron this is wonderful! Thank you!"
" It was nothing mate. You deserve this." Ron said and grabbed his arm and pulled him into the crowd of people. Harry was overwhelmed by the amount of people saying Happy Birthday to him. Ron pulled him over to the large table where Dumbeldore, Lupin, and, MaGonagall, Mr. and Mrs. Granger, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were sitting.
" Happy birthday Harry." Dumbeldore said. " I would like to talk to all of you for a few minutes, shall we go where it quitter?" he said and stood up and walked over to a small door in the corner. The group followed his into the door and walked into Dumbeldore's office. He motioned for everyone to sit down in the chairs what popped up.
" Now I will make this fast so we can get back to the party. First I would like to congratulate you Harry for being the new Gryffindor perfect."
" Perfect? I thought Ron and Hermione are." He said and looked at a smiling Hermione and Ron.
" They still are, but thought that we would make an exception and add another." McGonagall said.
" Now sixth year perfects get there own rooms and share a common room and wash room with each other. Since there are three of you Ron and Harry you will have to share a room, while Hermione gets her own." Dumbeldore said looking and Mr. and Mrs. Granger. " That is if the Granger's have no rejection to the new living situation there daughter will be in."
" No it will be fine, we trust our daughter and Harry. Besides they won't be alone, Ron will be there to keep an eye on them." Mr. Granger said looking at Ron.
" Excellent. Now for the rest of the news. Harry, Hermione, and Ron Lupin, Minerva and myself have had several meeting over the summer and we have decided that if you want to, and if your parents and guardians will agree we would like you to begin aurora and animigi."
Harry and Ron looked at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley with smiled. " Can we?" They both asked.
" I think it would be best if you guys did." Mrs. Weasley said. Harry and Ron smiled.
Hermione looked at her parents. " Can I?"
" Well I think that if Ron and Harry goes through this training you can as well."
Hermione smiled. " Thank you!"
" Excellent. Now the training will be hard, but useful. You will meet with Professor MaGonagall and Lupin on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month for animgi training. The time will be set up when school starts. Each Thursday and Sunday you will met with Lupin, Tonks, and Moody for aurora training. Also Harry I would like you to meet with me once a month to see how you are doing on your occlumency."
Harry, Hermione, and Ron nodded. " What about Quidditch?" Harry asked
" The band had been lifted, but I don't know if you will have time to play with all of these extra things. It will be up to you to decide if you think you can handle it all." Dumbeldore said.
Harry smiled. " At least the ban is off!"
Dumbeldore smiled " I know you have all just got a lot of new information and understand if you have question, but for now lets just enjoy the night and tomorrow we can discuss these changes. Now if everyone will excuse us I would like to talk to Ron, Hermione, and Harry for a few minutes."
Everyone got up from there chairs and returned back to the party.
" Is everything okay Professor?" Hermione asked.
" It is fine Miss. Granger. I just wanted to ask how these pendants are doing? Do you think they are working?"
" They are." Harry said. " Right now I can tell how excited Ron is about the new training, and Hermione is a little worried about how she is going to handle next year."
" Harry's glad that he will be able to play Quidditch" Ron said
" And nervous about the new training." Hermione said.
Dumbeldore looked at the three. " I see they are working, but not to there full potential yet. It is important that you spend as much time together as possible. That is one of the reason we made you a perfect Harry. The more you three spend together the more powerful the pendant will come."
Harry looked over at Hermione and smiled, then looked over at Ron. " Ron it will be okay. Luna can hang out with us too we told you that this morning."
" Thanks, but its not just that. I hare hiding all this from her. Is there a way I can tell her about the new training?"
Dumbeldore looked at Ron for a few seconds and nodded his head. " This you may tell her, but she must understand that no one else can know. Also Miss. Granger told me about your new discovery this morning. I am going to have to do some more research to see how this may be used to our advantage, but for now I will have to ask you to stop making contact with the scar. Until we know what it all means, and we do not want Voldemourt to know this yet." Dumbeldore said looking at the very red Hermione. " Don't be embarrassed Hermione, this is a excellent discovery you made this morning, if nothing else you should feel proud of it. Now lets return to the party. I am sure everyone is wondering where the guest of honor is." Dumbeldore said and walked out of the room leaving Ron, Hermione, and Harry alone.
" Its going to be a hard year." Hermione said.
Harry walked over to her and placed his hands on the sides of her face. " It will be, but its worth it. The training we will be getting will help us have a future. All of us." he said and turned his head to Ron. " Thank you all again. I am sorry you have to go through this with me, but at the same time I am glad there are no two people I would want to do this with." He said and removed his hands from Hermione's face and grabbed her hand. " Now I believe there is a party waiting for us!" he said and walked out the door.
As the trio made there way back to the room Harry noticed a tall man standing in the corner looking at him. He couldn't tell who it was because the hood of the black cloak was covering his face, Harry gave him a small smile and walked over to the table to join Hermione and Ron.
The man smiled. " Master will be pleased with what I have to tell him. Soon Potter will get what he deserves."
The End........ for now