Chapter 7: What's wrong?

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"Welcome to Grimmauld Place"

Harry looked around the room. Everyone was silent before someone spoke;

"Harry, how are you?". Harry said nothing; instead he carried on looking around the room. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the man staring at him.

"Harry?" came the mans voice again

"What?" Harry said fiercely

"Harry what's wrong?" asked Hermione

"Nothing" Harry replied

"So why are you acting like this?"

"Acting like what?" Harry asked curiously

"All cold, you were all right a few minutes ago"

"Yeah well a few minutes ago I wasn't here" he said coldly. Ron and Hermione stared at him.

"Why don't you two go to bed, it's been a long day" came a woman's voice from Harry's right.

"Ok then, night everyone" Ron said slowly, making his way to the door.

"Goodnight" said Hermione, who was also walking towards the door. Some people said goodnight back to them and the rest stayed silent. Harry was still standing up and his legs were starting to ache. Nobody had said anything for a while and he was starting to get bored. He waited a few more seconds before speaking;

"So can I sit down or not?"

"Yes. Yes here you go" came the man's voice again. Harry turned around to face him and saw that he too had a long stick like Ron and Hermione. He said something that Harry didn't catch and the next second there was a new chair next to him. Harry rolled his eyes then walked around the table and sat next to him. He put his bag on the floor then put his hands on the table and rested his head on them. He could feel numerous pairs of eyes on him but he did nothing. A few more moments passed in an awkward silence before;

"Harry, I'm Sirius, I'm your godfather" Sirius said hesitantly

"I know, Ron and Hermione told me" Harry said lazily

"Oh" was all Sirius said

"Are you hungry?" Sirius asked

"No" came Harry's reply

"Anything to drink?"

"No"

"Do you want to talk about anything?". Harry was silent. Yes he did want to talk but not to Sirius.

"Yes, but not to you" replied Harry. Sirius's face fell. He wanted to talk to Harry.

"Oh, well who do you want to talk to?"

"Dumbledore or whatever his name" said Harry, his head still on the table.

"Yeah, his name's Dumbledore and you could talk to him tomorrow" Sirius said

"Ok" Harry said

"Why don't you get some sleep" Sirius suggested. Harry nodded and stood up.

"I'll show you to your room" said Sirius, standing up and motioning for Harry to follow. As they walked out of the kitchen most of the people wished Harry goodnight. Harry followed Sirius silently up the stairs and past a large set of curtains. Harry could tell that Sirius had been about to speak a few times as he had seen him open his mouth then close it immediately. They went up another flight of stairs and down a hallway, They stopped at a door which Harry assumed was his bedroom. He went to go in when he felt Sirius's hand on his arm.

"Harry, if you ever want to talk about anything or have any questions, I'm here ok" he said, looking at Harry.

"Ok" was all Harry said. He walked into his room and was about to close the door when;

"Goodnight Harry". Harry was silent for a second before;

"Godnight" he said quickly, closing the door.

Harry walked over to the bed and sat down. He opened his bag and pulled out the shirt that he wore for bed (he had grown out of pyjamas a long time ago) and changed into it. As he climbed into the bed he enjoyed the warmth of the covers. He led his head on the pillow and sunk into it. In his mind he was hoping for no more dreams. He stayed up the rest of the night thinking about him being a wizard, then his attention turned to Shane, Jennie and all his other friends. If he did stay here then he would probably never see them again.

He had been friends with them since he had started at Stonewall High and he didn't want to leave them. He went on to think about his parents and why he hadn't gone to Hogwarts. He also wondered whether the Dursley's knew about him being a wizard.

At 9 in the morning Harry decided that he should have something to eat. He got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen where Ron and Hermione took him last night. He opened the door and when he stepped inside the whole room went silent.

"What?" asked Harry

"Nothing, we just didn't think that you would be up this early" Ron answered quickly. Harry walked over to an empty seat next to Hermione and sat down.

"Do you want anything to eat dear?" a woman asked him "Cereal, toast, muffins, kippers?"

"Cereal" replied Harry

"Did you sleep well?" Sirius asked hesitantly.

"Fine" Harry lied

"Oh, I spoke to Dumbledore this morning and he said that he'll be around later to talk with you" Sirius added. The woman set a bowl of cereal down in front of him; he picked up his spoon and took a mouthful. Everybody resumed their talking and Harry was starting to feel left out. Ron was talking to a man whose hair was going grey, Hermione was talking to a woman opposite them who had pink hair and Sirius was reading what looked like a newspaper.

He started to pick at his cereal and soon decided that he wasn't hungry. He pushed the bowl away and put his head in his hands.

"Harry, are you ok?" whispered Hermione

"Yeah I'm fine" Harry whispered back

"Aren't you going to eat your cereal?" she asked

"No. I don't feel very hungry" replied Harry

"Why don't I tell you who everyone is" she suggested

"Yeah, sure" Harry said, lifting his head up

"OK, well you know me, Ron, and Sirius" she started

"That's Tonks" she said, pointing to the woman with pink hair "That's Remus next to Ron"

"Yeah" Harry said, following her hand.

"That's Ron's mum and dad down there" she said pointing to the end of the table where the woman who had given Harry his cereal sat with a man whose red hair was going thin.

"Ok, who are they talking to?" Harry asked

"Kingsley Shacklebolt" Hermione replied "And that's it" she finished

"I'm going to my room, ok" Harry said, standing up

"Ok, I'll see you later" Hermione said

"Bye" said Harry as he walked out of the kitchen. He walked back into his room and led down on his bed. Against his will, sleep finally caught up with him and he fell asleep.

A few minutes later Sirius knocked on his door. He waited for a few seconds and when he heard no reply, he cautiously opened the door and slipped inside. He saw Harry on his bed and knew that he was asleep. He walked over to him and pulled the covers over his body. He made to leave but before that he bent down and placed a gentle kiss on Harry's forehead. Harry mumbled something in his sleep. Sirius quietly walked out of the room and closed the door.

Harry awoke at half-past 12. He heard a soft knock on the door and Sirius walked in.

"Ah your awake, Dumbledore's downstairs" he said

"Oh, ok" Harry said slowly. Sirius nodded and walked out of the room. Harry sat up and got out of bed. He went over to the mirror and tried, once again, to do something about his hair, but he failed. Sighing he walked out of his room and closed the door.

He walked down the stairs and heard Sirius talking to someone in the room in front of him. He walked up to the door and slowly opened it. When he stepped in he saw Sirius talking to a man with a snowy white beard that almost touched the floor. Harry could have sworn that he had seen that man before. The said man faced him and smiled. Then it him, he had seen him in one of his dreams.

"Hello Harry" the man said

"Harry this is Professor Dumbledore" Sirius said gently. Harry said nothing instead he gave them a small smile.

"I'll leave you to it then" Sirius said, walking out of the room. Once the door had closed Dumbledore walked over to Harry, placed a hand on his shoulder and said;

"Why don't we sit down?". Harry nodded and sat down in one of the chairs by the fireplace.

"Now then Harry" Dumbledore said as he sat down opposite him, "What did you want to talk about?"

"Well I wanted to know why I was never told I was a wizard and why I never went to Hogwarts" Harry said, staring Dumbledore in the eye

"Let me start from the beginning Harry, when you were one year old....." Dumbledore was cut off by Harry.

"I already know all about Voldemort"

"You do, who told you"? Dumbledore asked inquisitively

"Ron and Hermione"

"Oh well that's good then" Dumbledore said smiling.

"Yeah but you still haven't told me why I didn't know about Hogwarts and wizards" Harry said.

"Yes well I had better tell you then, you see Harry after you defeated Voldemort I knew that he would return, I also knew that once he returned he would want to kill you straight away"

"So you sent me to the Dursleys" Harry said quietly

"Yes I did"

"Why?" asked Harry

"When Voldemort killed your mother he shed her blood, now you and your aunt share her blood, when you go to the Dursleys there are wards made from the blood that you share to protect you" Dumbledore explained

"So what do the wards do?"

"The wards stop any dark wizard or forces coming near you" Dumbledore finished

"Ok but you still haven't told me why I wasn't told that I was a wizard"

"Well Harry when I sent you to the Dursleys I left them a letter explaining about you being a wizard and Voldemort, I asked them to tell you all of this when you were older"

"But they never told me" Harry said slowly

"I believe they didn't tell you because they are so scared of magic that they didn't want a wizard living under their roof" Dumbledore said "Is there anything else that you would like to know?" he asked

"No" was Harry's reply

"I must be going then Harry, I have a meeting that I can't be late for" Dumbledore said standing up

"It was nice to meet you" Harry said awkwardly

"It was nice to meet you to Harry" Dumbledore said, stretching out his hand. Harry put his hand in Dumbledore's and shook it. Dumbledore walked to the door, opened it, then he turned around and said;

"Goodbye Harry"

"Goodbye, sir" Harry added, not knowing what to call him. Dumbledore smiled and walked out of the room closing the door behind him. Harry stood there for a few more minutes, wondering what to do when Sirius came in and told him that dinner was ready. He followed Sirius out of the room and into the kitchen. He sat at the end of the table next to Sirius and Ron. He didn't stay for very long, after 15 minutes he said that he was full up.

He walked around the house for the rest of the day and looked in the rooms. Most of them were bedrooms but there were other rooms. Harry found a library and decided to do some reading about magic seeing as he would be doing it soon.

Soon it was 10 at night and Harry had fallen asleep on one of the books that he had been reading. The door creaked open and Sirius stepped in. He had been looking for Harry all afternoon but he never thought to look in the library as he didn't think that Harry would be into reading. He walked over to him. Laughing, he pulled out his wand and levitated him back to his room. He put him in the bed, and just like he had done a few hours ago he placed a gentle kiss on Harry's forehead then quietly left the room.

A/N

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