Disclaimer: Obviously the series doesn't belong to me.

Harry woke up drenched in sweat, his scar was throbbing painfully. Voldemort was angry, no livid; He could feel the feeling course through body. He looked around; Hedwig was sleeping with her head under a wing. He cursed Voldemort as he got up; he knew he will not be able to sleep anytime soon. He sat on the window sill and gazed out. He savored the serenity of the night. He knew would miss this peace in coming days. He knew Voldemort didn't carry out any major attacks so far. He couldn't phantom why he wasn't attacking. His knowledge about the first war was sketchy but he knew people were still terrified about it. His thoughts strayed to professor Trelawney's second prophecy "THE DARK LORD LIES ALONE AND FRIENDLESS, ABANDONED BY HIS FOLLOWERS. HIS SERVANT HAS BEEN CHAINED THESE TWELVE YEARS. TONIGHT, BEFORE MIDNIGHT... THE SERVANT WILL BREAK FREE AND SET OUT TO REJOIN HIS MASTER. THE DARK LORD WILL RISE AGAIN WITH HIS SERVANTS AID, GREATER AND MORE TERRIBLE THAN EVER HE WAS. TONIGHT... BEFORE MIDNIGHT... THE SERVANT... WILL SET OU... TO REJOIN... HIS MASTER...". He was particularly disturbed by the line "MORE TERRIBLE THAN EVER". How horrifying would this reign be was all Harry could think.

His mind came up with frightening scenarios. He shook silently as each of the scenario unfolded in his mind. He cleared his mind of these thoughts and looked towards the horizon. He stayed looking like that for some time and as his eyelids grew heavy he retreated to his bed and slept.

Aunt petunia woke him up for his breakfast. He got ready quickly and went down to the kitchen. He was surprised to see all three dursley's looking tense.

"What is it again" muttered Harry to himself.

As the doorbell rang, Dudley waded his way to the door and picked up the mail. Harry saw an envelope labeled results. Then it hit him.

"So, they were waiting for Dudley's exam results. I wonder what new lows he achieved." Harry mused. By seeing the rapidly purpling face of Uncle Vernon he could judge that Dudley was a disaster. He moved in to finish his breakfast before any unsavory event takes place. Aunt Petunia also sensed danger and called everyone for breakfast to ward it off for the time being. Harry was tempted to ask Dudley his results but restrained himself. He got up to leave when he remembered about his departure from privet drive. He knew he would only aggravate his uncle by mentioning it in front of him, so he deferred it until his uncle went to his office. When Uncle Vernon's car left the driveway, Harry made his way to Aunt Petunia.

"Aunt Petunia, my friends are coming to pick me up today"

Aunt Petunia merely shrugged and didn't even turned back to face him. Harry stepped out and pondered over what to do, he decided that he better pack his things and get ready. He went to his bedroom and started to arrange his possessions into the trunk, as he cleared debris inside, his fingers brushed on something sharp. He picked up all the glass pieces gingerly and placed them in a pouch and placed in a corner of the trunk.

"I will ask Mrs.Weasley to fix it, may be it will work" Harry mused. Packing didn't take much time as he was back only for a few days and most of his possessions were still in his trunk. He decided to go to Mrs.Figg's house to know when Dumbledore will arrive. He crossed the lawn in front of her house and knocked on door. Mrs.Figg ushered him into her house without a word.

"So, Harry what brings you here." she finally said as she closed the door behind her.

"Professor Dumbledore is supposed to pick me up today for taking me to the new headquarters. I wanted to know when he will come."

"I will find out. Please make yourself at home Harry" with that Mrs.Figg went to room and he heard her fire call someone. She came back and said "Harry, he will be here in a few minutes, so you can stay here." Harry just sat there on the sofa thinking of his earlier visits to Mrs.Figg's house, they were not fun exactly but this house was not half as bad as the dursley's. He felt movement near his ankles he bent to see one of Mrs.Figg's many cats brushing against his foot. He wondered what squibs found fascinating about cats. His thoughts were interrupted by Mrs.Figg as she offered him what looked like a pumpkin pasties. He reluctantly took one and ate a part of it and dumped the rest as she left him alone. He waited for about an hour when he heard a soft pop. He turned around to find Dumbledore standing out Mrs.Figg's house.

"I am sorry, Harry, I was caught up in the ministry. I hope you are packed, we will leave as soon as you ready"

Harry nodded and accompanied Dumbledore to No4. They walked in silence until they reached his bedroom. Dumbledore shrunk Harry's trunk and handed Harry one end of a stick and activated the port key. Harry stumbled as they landed near what appeared to be a manor. As Harry watched the manor in awe as it was huge, almost as big as Hogwarts.

"Harry, shall we move inside?"

Harry turned towards Dumbledore and said "I am sorry for damaging your office professor."

"I can understand your behavior Harry; you lost someone you loved deeply. But you need to control emotions to find peace within yourself. I am also sorry for keeping information from you. I want to repair our relation Harry. I am going to train you for your destiny. Let us go inside where we can talk in detail"

"Professor, Can you tell me about the first war?"

"It was terrible. There was chaos everywhere; important people disappeared with no trace. He had spies everywhere; he could hit people even in the safest place. He wanted to weaken the system from within and then capture it. Very few institutions were stable, like Hogwarts, Gringotts. But I fear that this war will be more brutal."

"Professor, do you think I can beat him?"

"Right now I don't think you will last even a few seconds in a direct duel with him. After all, his knowledge of magic is vast and he has more experience than you. But with training you might be able to beat him."

They entered a magnificent hall. Harry was mesmerized by the beauty of the hall. Patterns of phoenixes were engraved in what appeared to be ruby; a huge chandelier flooded the hall with light. The whole place seemed alive, even though Harry didn't see any form of life within the manor.

"Professor, what is this place?"

"Harry, this was my home when I was of your age. I left it to leave some bad memories behind. Though, now that we have very few options left, I shifted the headquarters here. I know you won't be happy in grimauld place. I know how it will be to live in a place where your loved ones lived." Dumbledore seemed to remember someone as he said the last sentence. Harry didn't pursue the subject.

Dumbledore led Harry to a wing and showed him a room. The room has very simple; it had a few racks, a table, a large bed and a few chairs. Dumbledore took out the trunk and enlarged it. He turned towards Harry and said.

"This is your room Harry. You will stay here for this summer. If you can come to my office, we will discuss your training"

Harry nodded and followed the headmaster to a room which looked remarkably like the headmaster's office in Hogwarts; even Fawkes was present on the perch. The moment Fawkes saw him he flew towards Harry and landed on his shoulder. Harry observed that eyes of the phoenix were tearing but he couldn't understand why. Dumbledore watched the phoenix and thought "My friend his wounds are not physical for you to heal them. They are emotional which we must heal." Dumbledore sat and motioned Harry to do the same.

"Harry I will teach you about magic that is more useful to you like nature magic and arcane magic. These techniques are very powerful and require high power levels. I will teach auror level spells and other normal spells. I will also revise your transfiguration and charms. But you must understand that sometimes I may be unavailable due to unavoidable circumstances then you have to train with others. I also…." Dumbledore was interrupted by fire call. A very distraught looking fudge appeared in the fire.

"Dumbledore, please come to the ministry quickly. It is very important"

Dumbledore turned to Harry and said

"Harry you wait in the manor, the rest of the order will arrive soon. We will talk later." With that Dumbledore grabbed some floo powder and disappeared in to the flames. Harry just shrugged and got up to explore the manor.

Harry was bored; there were no interesting rooms in the manor, all were either reading rooms or bedrooms. But as he entered the next room he could feel that this room was different. It was long with two platforms; he looked at the paintings and concluded that this was a dueling room. He found a door at the end of the room. He opened it to find the most magnificent library; it looked as great as Hogwart's library. He knew Hermione will never leave this place except maybe for lunch and dinner. He explored the dungeons to find a potions lab and it had it own library. He went outside the manor and observed its grounds; he concluded that they can play quidditch here without a problem. As he was observing the ground, he saw that a black object was coming towards him from the sky. He turned towards it and tensed but relaxed as he saw it was Buckbeak and Professor Lupin. They made a rather smooth landing. Harry set out towards them.

"How are you doing professor?"

"I will live Harry. I have lost friends before but still every loss is hard for me. I will get over it soon. How are you doing?"

"I don't have time to mourn professor. I need to do other things which are far more important than that."

"Harry don't keep everything bottled inside. It is not good for your health and mind. Talk about it to someone if not me. Lot of people care about you Harry. You will never be alone."

Harry shrugged and accompanied the professor inside. The professor's room was on another wing. As Harry was leaving Lupin's room, Lupin stopped him and asked him to wait. He took out a miniature firebolt and enlarged it and gave it to Harry

"You ban has been revoked Harry. You can play quidditch again. I suggest you go practice outside."

Harry raced outside and mounted on his broom. He flew like he flew never before; he savored every moment of his flight. He was free from every burden and he let his heart take control of his flight. He looked down to see few people were approaching the manor. He dived to meet them. As he neared them he could make out that they were the Weasley's. He landed in front of them and rushed towards them. He was engulfed in a group hug and he was nearly choked. He was bombarded with questions as Mrs.Weasley checked on him and was telling him off for not eating well. He just smiled and he knew he didn't lose a family, he just lost a member of it.

A/N: how is the second chapter? plz review. The next update will be in a few days