Chapter Ten: Sirius

"Professor Dumbledore!" Albus Dumbledore looked up as Dark burst into his office, panting. "We totally forgot about Sirius!" Albus put down his quill and smiled at the teen.

"I already sent him a letter." The old man said calmly. "He will be up to visit soon, so no worry." Dark sighed.

"Good, I don't want him to flip out or anything. Harry's been telling me about him and I don't want to be caught on the wrong end of his pranks." Albus chuckled.

"Have a seat child. I want to talk with you about a few things." Dark nodded and sat in one of the soft chairs. "Now, before we get into a discussion about Voldemort, I want to talk to you about your classes."

"Sure."

"First off, you will be taking advanced classes, as I'm sure you've pilfered Harry's memories of all his other classes." Dark nodded somewhat guiltily. "Then you will be twice as smart as the rest of the students in your year."

"How so?"

"With your memories of magic, and Harry's, you know quite a lot. Combine your strengths and well, you'll be quite powerful once you've been trained." Dark grinned.

"Yeah, I guess we will be."

"So, you will be in sixth years classes instead of fifth." Albus said. "If that is too easy for you then we will bump you up a year."

"Won't that make others notice?" Dark asked.

"We've had smart students before. Mrs. Granger is close to being bumped up as well because of her learning spiels." Dark chuckled. "Now, here is your schedule. Don't lose it!" Dark folded the small piece of paper and put it in his pocket.

"You said you also wanted to talk about Voldemort?" Albus nodded and sat back.

"The Ministry refuses to believe he is back." Albus said gravely. "Despite the large scale attack in a mostly muggle area."

"Why didn't I know of it?" Dark asked. "Err…I mean, why didn't Harry?"

"May I speak with him Dark? The room is secure, no one will walk in." Dark nodded and soon Harry was sitting in the chair, looking just a bit shaken. "Harry, are you okay?"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You had enough to worry about Harry. There was nothing you could do." Albus replied as Harry glared at him. "I believe that Dark's presence caused the link between you and Voldemort to sever. That means you're free from those dreams."

"But I can't be of any use to you."

"Yes, you are Harry. You will be ready to fight him when the time comes! Severus can get us the information we need."

"Are you sure? I can always see if I can…."

"No dear boy, it's all right. Let Dark have some fun in between training. You should enjoy yourself as well."

"Okay sir. When can Siri come visit?" Albus smiled.

"He'll be around sometime next week. He can help you learn to become an animagus if you want." Harry grinned.

"How will that work?"

"Well, I believe that you two will have your own forms. If you are you, then you transform into your form. If Dark's in control it becomes his." Harry cocked his head.

"Makes sense." Harry finally said. "How long will Siri be staying?"

"For as long as it's safe." Albus replied. "Now, what's this I'm hearing about finding Dark a body of his own?" Harry grinned.

"We think that after Voldemort's gone, it would be nice to get Dark a body of his own so we didn't have to share. Sure I'll miss everything but he thinks I'll retain his abilities after he's gone."

"Interesting. Well, I believe I'll help you search for possibilities…but until then I believe it's time for you to return to your rooms." Harry nodded and became Dark. "Do you need me to escort you?"

"No thanks Headmaster, I can manage." Dark said with a yawn. Good bye sir."

"Good bye Dark, I'll see you at breakfast."

TBC