Chapter 9: Why didn't I know?
Disclaimer: I own no-one from Harry Potter
The rest of the week passed without another incident. Harry and Sirus had grown closer in that short space of time. Sirius had told Harry all about his dad and about Hogwarts when they all went there. Harry had also found out that Remus had been best friends with his dad so he started to talk to him aswell.
That next Saturday Harry went down to the kitchen for breakfast as normal to see another man there. He had greasy hair and beetle black eyes. He and Sirius were arguing about something.
"Black you don't even do anything for the Order, you just sit back and relax all day while everybody else goes out and risks their life's everyday" the man said angrily
"Hey!" exclaimed Harry, who was stood in the doorway
"Stay out of this Harry" Sirius said calmly
"Mr Potter, you look just like your father" the man said, eyeing him
"I do" Harry said happily. Many people had told him this but he never got tired of hearing it.
"Yes, I bet your just as arrogant as him too"
"What did you say?" Harry said, his smile vanishing.
"Shut up Snape" Sirius said worriedly
"My dad was not arrogant" Harry stated
"Oh yes he was, he used to walk around Hogwarts like he owned the place, hexing and cursing everybody he didn't like just because he thought he could" The man called Snape snarled
"Well he obviously hated you then" Harry said firmly. Snape was silent as Sirius spoke.
"Snape I think you should go"
"No stay I want to hear about my dad some more"
"Harry I really don't think that's a good idea"
"So you want to hear about your father do you, well then I'll tell you about him, he was arrogant, insufferable, bossy, bigheaded, pompous, stupid, bratty, greedy" Snape was cut off by Harry;
"SHUTUP!" Harry shouted. Snape started at him.
"Aw, has Potter got a soft spot for his father". Harry said nothing.
"You didn't even know him, he isn't worth thinking about" Snape spat. That did it for Harry. He launched himself at Snape and they both fell to the ground. Harry started hitting whatever part of Snape he could find. His chest, head, arms. He wouldn't have stopped if Sirius hadn't pulled him off.
"Harry, stop!" Sirius cried, trying to restrain him while Snape got up of the floor.
"Well if this is the one to save the wizarding world from darkness then I hope that he manages to control his temper" Snape said, holding his lip where it had started to bleed.
"What did you say?" Harry said, calming down a bit
"I said that if you're the person who is going to defeat the dark lord then I hope that you manage to control your temper" repeated Snape, walking out of the room and slamming the door.
"I'm the what?" Harry whispered
"Harry I'm sorry" Sirius said, loosening his grip on him
"I'm the what" Harry repeated
"We were going to tell you, very soon you know but we didn't want to upset you" Sirius said, exasperated
"Upset? You thought that I would be upset?" Harry whispered
"Harry please?"
"I'm not upset I'm angry" Harry almost shouted.
"Why didn't you tell me Sirius, did you think that I wouldn't be able to handle it or that I would just laugh and say whatever" Harry said calmly
"Harry you know that's not true" Sirius explained
"So why didn't you tell me then and more importantly why am I the person to defeat the dark lord or whatever his name is?" Harry asked
"I'm not the right person to tell you that Harry" Sirius said quietly
"So who is then?" Harry asked
"Dumbledore" Sirius answered
"Ok, then I want to talk to him" Harry said firmly
"Ok, ok, I'll go see if he's in his office" Sirius said, walking past Harry and out of the room. Harry was alone for a few minutes before Sirius came back in and said;
"Come with me". Harry followed Sirius out of the kitchen and into the living room. They stood by the fireplace and Sirius pulled out his wand.
"Incendio" he said, pointing his wand at the fireplace. The fire burst into life. He then pulled down a pot from the mantelpiece, took a bit of powder out of it, and threw it into the flames. They turned and emerald green colour.
"Just step in and say Dumbledore's office" Sirius said simply. Harry nodded and cautiously stepped into the flames, which to his surprise were quite cool.
"Dumbledore's office" Harry said clearly and in a whirl of colours he was gone. A few moment s later he landed on a rug covered floor.
"Hello Harry" Dumbledore said solemnly. Harry was silent as he looked around the room. The walls were covered in portraits of people, some were sleeping and others were looking at him curiously.
"Please sit down Harry" Dumbledore said, pointing to the chair opposite him. Harry sat down and started to speak;
"Why wasn't I told?" he asked. Dumbledore sighed.
"I will tell you the truth Harry" He said as he took a deep breath.
"A few months before you were born a prophecy was made and it contained valuable information about you and the dark lord" Dumbledore said staring at his desk.
"What did it say?" Harry asked innocently. Dumbledore stood up and walked over to one of his cupboards. He pulled out a strange looking stone and placed it on his desk.
When Harry got a better look at it he saw that round the edges there were lots of strange markings.
Dumbledore sighed again and pulled out his wand. He placed it on his temple then took it away again this time it had a silvery substance coming from it. He placed it in the stone and a woman started to rise from it;
"The one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies........the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal but he will have power that the Dark Lord knows not........and either must die at the hands of the other for neither can live while the other survives......the one with the power to vanquish the Drak Lord will be born as the seventh month dies"
The revolving woman sank back down into the stone. Harry stared at it in disbelief.
"Harry?" Dumbledore said softly.
"Sir, please tell me that that didn't mean what I think it means" Harry said.
"What did you think it meant Harry?" Dumbledore asked him.
"It meant that I have to kill the Dark Lord or he'll kill me, didn't it?"
"Yes it did Harry" Dumbledore answered him sadly. Harry mumbled something that Dumbledore didn't hear.
"What was that Harry?" he asked as he walked around his desk and kneeled in front of him.
"I don't want to die" Harry repeated. For once Dumbledore was speechless. He did the only thing he could do. He wrapped his arms around Harry's shaking form and he pulled him to him, one hand resting on his back the other on his raven black hair. Harry rested his head on Dumbledore's shoulder and started to cry into his robes.
That was the picture that Remus Lupin saw when he walked into Dumbledore's office.
A/N Sorry again for the short chappie but I promise an extra long one next time. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. (
Disclaimer: I own no-one from Harry Potter
The rest of the week passed without another incident. Harry and Sirus had grown closer in that short space of time. Sirius had told Harry all about his dad and about Hogwarts when they all went there. Harry had also found out that Remus had been best friends with his dad so he started to talk to him aswell.
That next Saturday Harry went down to the kitchen for breakfast as normal to see another man there. He had greasy hair and beetle black eyes. He and Sirius were arguing about something.
"Black you don't even do anything for the Order, you just sit back and relax all day while everybody else goes out and risks their life's everyday" the man said angrily
"Hey!" exclaimed Harry, who was stood in the doorway
"Stay out of this Harry" Sirius said calmly
"Mr Potter, you look just like your father" the man said, eyeing him
"I do" Harry said happily. Many people had told him this but he never got tired of hearing it.
"Yes, I bet your just as arrogant as him too"
"What did you say?" Harry said, his smile vanishing.
"Shut up Snape" Sirius said worriedly
"My dad was not arrogant" Harry stated
"Oh yes he was, he used to walk around Hogwarts like he owned the place, hexing and cursing everybody he didn't like just because he thought he could" The man called Snape snarled
"Well he obviously hated you then" Harry said firmly. Snape was silent as Sirius spoke.
"Snape I think you should go"
"No stay I want to hear about my dad some more"
"Harry I really don't think that's a good idea"
"So you want to hear about your father do you, well then I'll tell you about him, he was arrogant, insufferable, bossy, bigheaded, pompous, stupid, bratty, greedy" Snape was cut off by Harry;
"SHUTUP!" Harry shouted. Snape started at him.
"Aw, has Potter got a soft spot for his father". Harry said nothing.
"You didn't even know him, he isn't worth thinking about" Snape spat. That did it for Harry. He launched himself at Snape and they both fell to the ground. Harry started hitting whatever part of Snape he could find. His chest, head, arms. He wouldn't have stopped if Sirius hadn't pulled him off.
"Harry, stop!" Sirius cried, trying to restrain him while Snape got up of the floor.
"Well if this is the one to save the wizarding world from darkness then I hope that he manages to control his temper" Snape said, holding his lip where it had started to bleed.
"What did you say?" Harry said, calming down a bit
"I said that if you're the person who is going to defeat the dark lord then I hope that you manage to control your temper" repeated Snape, walking out of the room and slamming the door.
"I'm the what?" Harry whispered
"Harry I'm sorry" Sirius said, loosening his grip on him
"I'm the what" Harry repeated
"We were going to tell you, very soon you know but we didn't want to upset you" Sirius said, exasperated
"Upset? You thought that I would be upset?" Harry whispered
"Harry please?"
"I'm not upset I'm angry" Harry almost shouted.
"Why didn't you tell me Sirius, did you think that I wouldn't be able to handle it or that I would just laugh and say whatever" Harry said calmly
"Harry you know that's not true" Sirius explained
"So why didn't you tell me then and more importantly why am I the person to defeat the dark lord or whatever his name is?" Harry asked
"I'm not the right person to tell you that Harry" Sirius said quietly
"So who is then?" Harry asked
"Dumbledore" Sirius answered
"Ok, then I want to talk to him" Harry said firmly
"Ok, ok, I'll go see if he's in his office" Sirius said, walking past Harry and out of the room. Harry was alone for a few minutes before Sirius came back in and said;
"Come with me". Harry followed Sirius out of the kitchen and into the living room. They stood by the fireplace and Sirius pulled out his wand.
"Incendio" he said, pointing his wand at the fireplace. The fire burst into life. He then pulled down a pot from the mantelpiece, took a bit of powder out of it, and threw it into the flames. They turned and emerald green colour.
"Just step in and say Dumbledore's office" Sirius said simply. Harry nodded and cautiously stepped into the flames, which to his surprise were quite cool.
"Dumbledore's office" Harry said clearly and in a whirl of colours he was gone. A few moment s later he landed on a rug covered floor.
"Hello Harry" Dumbledore said solemnly. Harry was silent as he looked around the room. The walls were covered in portraits of people, some were sleeping and others were looking at him curiously.
"Please sit down Harry" Dumbledore said, pointing to the chair opposite him. Harry sat down and started to speak;
"Why wasn't I told?" he asked. Dumbledore sighed.
"I will tell you the truth Harry" He said as he took a deep breath.
"A few months before you were born a prophecy was made and it contained valuable information about you and the dark lord" Dumbledore said staring at his desk.
"What did it say?" Harry asked innocently. Dumbledore stood up and walked over to one of his cupboards. He pulled out a strange looking stone and placed it on his desk.
When Harry got a better look at it he saw that round the edges there were lots of strange markings.
Dumbledore sighed again and pulled out his wand. He placed it on his temple then took it away again this time it had a silvery substance coming from it. He placed it in the stone and a woman started to rise from it;
"The one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies........the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal but he will have power that the Dark Lord knows not........and either must die at the hands of the other for neither can live while the other survives......the one with the power to vanquish the Drak Lord will be born as the seventh month dies"
The revolving woman sank back down into the stone. Harry stared at it in disbelief.
"Harry?" Dumbledore said softly.
"Sir, please tell me that that didn't mean what I think it means" Harry said.
"What did you think it meant Harry?" Dumbledore asked him.
"It meant that I have to kill the Dark Lord or he'll kill me, didn't it?"
"Yes it did Harry" Dumbledore answered him sadly. Harry mumbled something that Dumbledore didn't hear.
"What was that Harry?" he asked as he walked around his desk and kneeled in front of him.
"I don't want to die" Harry repeated. For once Dumbledore was speechless. He did the only thing he could do. He wrapped his arms around Harry's shaking form and he pulled him to him, one hand resting on his back the other on his raven black hair. Harry rested his head on Dumbledore's shoulder and started to cry into his robes.
That was the picture that Remus Lupin saw when he walked into Dumbledore's office.
A/N Sorry again for the short chappie but I promise an extra long one next time. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. (
