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"Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow," with each step Harry took towards the showers his muscles would protest. "Exactly why did I decide to try out all my machines yesterday?" He asked his self out loud.

" The foolishness of youth, you think you can do everything in one day!" a painting of an old wizard with bright purple robes answered.

Harry rolled his eyes at the painting and continued his way to the relief of a hot shower. After his shower his muscles were feeling much better and he decided to start out his daily routine. He quickly got dressed and proceeded outside for a morning jog. The crisp air hit Harry's face as he exited the immense front doors. He closed his eyes and took in a great breath of cool air. This was where he belonged, he was home, and at this thought Harry smiled to himself and began his run.

After completing his run, he decided to work the remainder of his soreness out on his new equipment. He realized he needed a lot of work. Most of the time he had the machines set on the lowest settings and he found that just a little discouraging. After a finishing his morning workout he quickly headed down for breakfast, excited to have someone coming to train him.

As he sat there having breakfast his mind began to wonder. He scrunched up his face as he remembered the interview from the day before. "Well, maybe it won't be that bad, yeah right" Harry had lost the remainder of his appetite and began to just move the rest of his food around on the plate. That is when he notices Remus Lupin walk into the great hall and start towards his table. He looked at the close friend of his fathers and noticed that he hadn't changed much since the last time he saw him.

Harry got up to great the ex-professor, "Professor Lupin are you here to help train me?"

"Hello Harry it's good to see you to" Lupin said with a chuckle

Harry sat down at the table as the other man did the same, "I'm sorry sir, hello it's good to see you to. I guess I was just excited for you to be here"

"Its okay and, Harry, please call me Remus or Moony if you prefer." Lupin addressed the youth that looked so much like his best friend, " And to answer your question, yes I will be staying here as long as you do" Mooney smiled.

Just then Dumbledore And McGonagall walked into the room, "Ah Harry, Remus, I hate to interrupt this, but perhaps you would like to read the article Ms. Skeeter has written" Dumbledore sat the paper down in front of Harry.

"Good morning Sir, Professor McGonagall," He nodded at the professors, "I don't know if I want to" Harry glared at the paper as if it might bite him at any moment.

Dumbledore gave a twinkling smile at Harry, "Actually Harry, she surprisingly did a wonderful job of getting your message across and she wrote a completely separate article detailing Sirius's history" Dumbledore seemed to be quite satisfied and made his way to the Head table with McGonagall.

Harry took of sip of his pumpkin juice, gathered his courage and nervously started to read at the paper.

The boy who lived speaks out about He who must not be named and Minister Fudge.

In an exclusive interview with yours truly, Harry Potter speaks his mind about Lord V…(Harry used his name freely in the entire interview but this is the best this paper could do) killing his relatives and attacking his friends. "I feel bad they were killed for being my family but I can't help it. All I can do is keep living and keep doing everything in my power to help defeat V… and his followers"

Skeeter: What happened in the Department of Mysteries that night in June?

Harry: I was given information that V… had captured and was holding my innocent Godfather Sirius Black there and torturing him. I tried to find someone to help but by this time Professor Dumbledore had been removed from the school by that incompetent Fudge and Professor McGonagall was at St. Mungo's after being attacked by that idiot Umbridge and three or four Aurors. Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom accompanied me to the Ministry of Magic. There we found twelve Death Eaters waiting for us. The eleven that were captured and Bellatrix Lestrange who escaped that night with V…. It was in a battle with Bellatrix, his own cousin that Sirius was hit with a spell and fell thru the veil.

Skeeter: What is your opinion of Former Minister Fudge?

Harry: If he would have believed Dumbledore or me over a year ago who knows how things would be now. Instead Umbridge sent dementors to attack me, used a blood quill on me and other students, attempted to give me Veritaserum and threatened me with an unforgivable curse. Fudge let her do all these things plus all the educational decrees that she passed. He also tried to tarnish the name of the most powerful wizard of this time just to keep his office. All of these deaths are on his hands.

Skeeter: Who do you think should be the next Minister of Magic?

Harry: I think it should be Madam Amelia Bones the Head of Magical Law Enforcement. At my trial last year she was one of the few that were fair and listened to me. Plus in a time of war I think we need leaders who are from a law enforcement background.

Skeeter: So Harry are you still dating Ms. Granger? I see she went with you on your little escapade.

Harry: Hermione and I have never dated. We are just friends have been since our first year.

Skeeter: Is there someone special in your heart?

Harry: No I am not dating anyone right now and I'm not really interested in it either at this time.

Skeeter: Thank you Harry we will have to do this again soon

Harry: You're welcome

There you go readers the truth according to Harry Potter. He seems to be a strong young man to be the way he is after all he has been thru.

The story of Harry Potter page5

The Story of Sirius Black page 7

Fudge and Umbridge Death Eaters or just stupid? Page 8

Harry Potter Photos and How too catch the Unattached Hero page 10

Harry ran his hands through his hair in frustration, "Oh no, this is worse than I thought it would be" He buried his face in his hands and started shaking his head.

With a little chuckle Remus decided to try and help "Clam down Harry, its really not that bad. Look on the bright side, you won't have to worry about getting a date for a while" He couldn't help teasing the youngster before him, he is a Marauder after all.

Harry looked wide-eyed up a Lupin, "Remus there are two pages of pictures and advice on how to catch me like I'm a bloody prize to be had" He had held the paper open to demonstrate his point.

Seizing the opportunity Mooney said in a dead serious tone " Hey that shot there is a good one, Hey if you're finished with that can I have it so I can cut it out?"

Harry realizing he was being teased rolled the paper up and hit Remus playfully over the head with it.

"Well, what did you expect, you are one of the most famous wizards alive that is single and less than one hundred years old" Moony replied with a mischievous grin.

Harry just placed his face firmly back in his hands and said, "Ugh I knew this would end up biting me in the backside!"

Remus sensing that Harry need a distraction, added "Well enough about this, what do you say we go do a little dueling and see how good you are" Harry beamed up at Remus thankful for the diversion from the paper.

They made their way to an empty classroom, where Remus showed Harry how to banish all the desks up against the walls. Harry watched the wand movements closely and then attempted it on a stray desk in the corner. He did manage to get it against the wall but apparently he had been a little overzealous and it smashed into several pieces.

"Well, that was a good first try" Lupin said as he repaired the damaged desk. "maybe we should just get down to the practicing."

They then proceeded to duel. Harry tried several disarming spells on Lupin. But every time the older man would block them or jump out of its way. Harry was surprised at just how quick his former professor was. He always seemed a bit tired. But he was defiantly not showing any of that now. The battle went on for a good ten minutes before Lupin finally hit Harry with a stunner. Harry had just ducked one of Lupin's other hexes and was caught off guard by one coming at him that quickly after.

"Ennervate" Lupin said reviving Harry. "That was good Harry, your spells seem to be getting more powerful."

"I think it has to do with my Occlumency, when I was watching Professor Dumbledore and Voldemort duel I noticed neither one said a spell or if they did it was only a whisper. I figured it must be how much you concentrated that determined how powerful a spell really is," Harry said thoughtfully.

Lupin grabbed a chair and start in on the conversation again. "That is correct although each witch or wizard only has so much power they can tap into. For example, you have more raw power than I do, I could feel it in your spells. I just have more experience on how to control it" Lupin leaned back in his chair stretching out.

"I hope so, I'm going to need it" Harry mumbled from his seat on the floor.

"Well what else have you been doing while you were here?" Lupin asked.

"A lot of physical exercise and reading, to learn new spells" Harry replied.

Lupin studied Harry before asking the next question. "How are you doing Harry?"

"I'm fine Professor" Harry tried lying, but alas, he was never very good at it.

Lupin picked up on Harry's try at fooling him, "It's Remus or Moony and I don't believe you"

"Well Moony, I am fine I promise. I promise if I feel the need to talk I will let you know. Right now I a am fine with using my workout to release some of my emotions." Harry was now on the defensive. He did not want to talk about everything that had been happening. He really didn't want to be thinking about it at all.

Remus could see that Harry was getting defensive but decided to push a little further, "Harry you can't keep bottling everything up it will end up eating away at your soul"

Harry glared down Remus as if he was Voldemort himself, he spat out at his friend in an evil tone that scared even him," I don't want to talk about this anymore, we can either duel or I will go work out. Your choice—either way this conversation is over"

Remus could feel the magical energy from Harry and decided that he needed to release a little pent up energy himself.

"Fine let's duel" And it began.

The rigorous dueling session went on for hours. Occasionally Remus would stop to go over a new spell with Harry but it was mainly just raw dueling. After both sides were thoroughly worn out they made their way to lunch. Harry had a large lunch while Remus just grabbed a quick sandwich and went to unpack his belongings and settle in.

After lunch Harry headed to his room for a quick workout and shower. Then he went to the Headmaster's office for his daily Occlumency lesson. Harry had been getting better and Dumbledore felt that in a couple of weeks he would even be able to start learning Legilimency.

Dumbledore informed Harry that the Order had found out that Voldemort was laying low after the previous attacks, no doubt searching for information on where Harry was. Harry was glad that the Headmaster was keeping him updated. He felt as if their relationship was healing, even if it was just a little.

Harry's head was swimming with thoughts. His brain was on overload and he needed a release. Grabbing his broom he headed out to do a little flying and to just enjoy the beautiful day that was starting to come to an end. The sky was a mesmerizing shade of Oranges and reds. The air was still warm but not uncomfortable. Pushing his broom hard towards the Quidditch pitch, Harry's head began to clear and he just enjoyed the feeling of the breeze on his face. When he reached the pitch he decided to have a little more fun. He quickly dove and made intricate loops and weaves in and out of the loops, coming close to decapitating himself once or twice. Making a few more loops and dives over the Quidditch pitch he then decided to head inside. Harry headed inside feeling happy a feeling he didn't quite often have.

As he made his way into his room he remembered the letters that Mooney had brought to him. Feeling a little bit guilty, Harry sat down and looked over them. Dumbledore had made it so the only owl that could find Harry was Hedwig. All other owls went to Grimmauld Place to be inspected before Harry got them. Looking down he saw letters from Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Dean, Seamus, Lavender, and Parvati and Padma Patil.

The letters from everyone not at the ministry that night basically said they were sorry for the loss of his relatives and if they needed anything to just ask. They were also hoping he would continue the DA. Harry was glad to know that he had people who thought enough of him to write. They weren't his closest friends but it still felt good to here from them.

He started to think about the DA and how far everyone had come since the beginning of it. Harry felt proud at all they had accomplished last year under Umbridge's nose. He knew he had to continue teaching the other students no matter who taught DADA this year. No one would be as bad as Umbridge or Lockhart, except possibly having to put up with Snape in his favorite class.

Harry then wrote each of them a short note thanking them for their condolences for the loss of his family, hoped they were having a good summer and they would start the DA up after school started on September 1st. He glanced down at the remaining letters. He was already exhausted and knew he was not emotionally up to reading the rest of his letters. He put the on his side table to read in the morning.

Climbing into bed and clearing his mind of all thoughts and his body of emotions he drifted to sleep.

He was looking down at a man on bended knee. "Where is he?" Harry hissed at the unknown person bowed in fear in front of him "Where is that old fool hiding him?"

"I do not know my Lord. He hasn't told anyone that I know of" he answered then quickly added "perhaps my Lord you should send Peter to the castle as a rat to spy on Dumbledore and to see if maybe the Potter boy is there"

"Do not presume to tell me how to do things. I thought it was your job to spy on Dumbledore or are you really a spy as you claimed so long ago to stay out of prison. I wonder just where do your true loyalties lay? With me the most powerful wizard in the world or with a muggle loving old fool and the boy of the man who made your life hell and married the mudblood you secretly loved" Harry paused "Severus?"

"Yes my Lord"

"Crucio"

Harry woke up in a cold sweat wanting to throw up at the thought of Snape loving his mom. So much for two decent nights sleep in row he mused before drifting back into a fitful sleep.