Thanks to all my reviewers again!!!! (I changed some the last chapter, so
please check!!!
Firstly, I like this being a Harry power fic. Harry isn't stupid enough to go straight for Voldemort. He is going to wait for the Final Battle. I know it could save lives – but what about the Death Eater's and Dark Creatures? They could continue with their horror.
Also, the Power Rangers are PLURAL. He is not a power ranger! He may have a morpher, but he doesn't go into the full hard suit, (just the ninja type suit from the movie) he doesn't have a zord and he also doesn't have a robot helping him with a crystal ball to see what's going on. (Don't even MENTION Trewlany.)
Disclaimer – Sorry if I forgot it a few times before, but this is meant to make no infringement on anybody. I do not own Harry Potter or the Power Rangers. (Even though I mentioned them just above, I decided to add them in.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------
"Albus, who is this? Is it a member of the Order? Why is he wearing different robes from us?" Tonks asked.
"Well, why don't we go back to Grimmauld Place and then you'll find out."
The others nodded in agreement and they apparated a few streets away and walked to the house in Grimmauld Place.
The others sat down while Dumbledore quietly spoke to Harry, only saying, "Don't take your hood down until I say."
Harry nodded at sat down near the back of the room. The stares only stopped coming his way after Dumbledore started talking again.
"Well, after that short battle, I'm sure you have a lot of questions."
This was met by nods.
"But first, I would like to discuss the enrolment of Harry Potter into the Order of the Phoenix."
"No Albus, he is far too young. He shouldn't have to be in such danger." Molly Weasley said.
Others nodded their heads to this.
"Well, he is in so much danger already, why shouldn't he be part of this war?" Tonks asked.
"Why shouldn't he? He's defeated You-Know-Who more times than everyone here, even more than Albus." Remus Lupin piped up.
Albus soon calmed them down and said, "Well, while you think about this proposition, how about we see who our young fighter is, shall we?"
Everyone spun around and watched the mysterious man take off his hood.
Tonks' and Severus' jaws dropped, while the rest of the members stared at him.
"What's your name lad?" Moody growled.
"Hello everyone. I'm not here to exchange pleasantries. But I can guarantee that I could defeat 10 of the Order's best. So, why don't we go ahead and duel? After, I shall tell you my name.
The Order agreed and led him down to a room, which had a duelling platform.
So it was at one end stood Harry, still in his robes, his face coved in a half mask that went up to the top of his nose, while Albus, Minerva, Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Mad-Eye Moody, Remus, Severus, Bill and Charlie Weasley and finally Arabella Figg, who looked strangely like the Mrs Figg from Magnolia Crescent, but he soon put that though aside as someone at the side sent up sparks and the fight began.
Harry moved quickly on his feet and with such balance and precision that could make an Auror jealous.
"Attack them now. They think that you'll just defend to try and hold them off." James recommended.
The first to go down was Tonks after Harry had hit his staff against her chest and she fell out of the duelling area.
Bill and Charlie were next, after being his by a splits kick and once again, they were knocked outside the area. (You know the one were they do a splits in the air – OUCH!)
Then followed Kingsley, who was hit after Harry a strong body-cast that not even Albus could get him out of.
Arabella was knocked down by Harry's sweeping kick and within a split second she was lying in strong binding ropes. Harry levitated her out of the area with one hand while he continued fighting with his other.
Severus, Remus and Mad-eye, all in a strange co-incidence, fired stunning spells at Harry, which hit him at the same time and as they congratulated each other, they were hit by their own spells which had rebounded off Harry.
The three remaining people (Albus, Minerva and Harry) looked at each other and summoned their own swords. Harry created his own, this one had a shining gold blade with a Phoenix on it.
The sword fighting continued for a while, when finally, Harry spotted a gap in Minerva's defences and sent her sword out of the area, followed by a quick stunning spell by one hand, while he continued fighting Albus with the other.
It was now down to Albus and Harry.
Harry had to admit, it was very close, but he had received his Great- Grandfather's knowledge of the subject as well as his techniques, which gave him a bit of an advantage.
He finally fell to a tiny mistake, which Harry spotted, and one that he was able to send his sword out of the area while casting a full-body bind on him.
There was a deafening silence while Harry let out all of his opponents from their spells.
Suddenly, the opponents started clapping for him and soon the whole Order were applauding him and congratulating him.
"Well, our young warrior has won, now, why don't you tell them who you are?" Albus suggested.
"Of course, my name is Harry Potter, nice to meet you all." Harry said.
He had to fight back a laugh at the expressions on some of the people's faces, people like Molly Weasley for example.
Harry lifted up his fringe to confirm this, and they saw his scar.
"Just to let you know, my magic is not recognised outside of school. The reason? I wasn't even using my wand, so it doesn't register."
The Order was in silence, which was broken by Albus' chuckle.
"So, is anyone against Mr Potter joining the Order?"
Silence followed.
"By a unanimous vote, Harry James Potter is now an official member of the Order of the Phoenix. Harry, step forward please."
Harry stepped forward and stood in front of Albus.
"Put out your hand, and repeat after me. I, Harry James Potter, hereby pledge my allegiance, to the fight against the Dark and to the Order of the Phoenix. I will stay faithful through my life and death."
"I, Harry James Potter, hereby pledge my allegiance, to the fight against the Dark and to the Order of the Phoenix. I will stay faithful through my life and death." Harry repeated.
Suddenly, a Phoenix burst out from Albus' hand and landed on Harry's own. It was a picture of Fawkes.
"It will be invisible to those apart from members of the Order. But Harry, no one must know of this. Apart from your friends of course."
"Yes sir, now, should we not be getting back to Hogwarts? Dinner is soon and I'm hungry from all that fighting."
The Order chuckled, how like James he was.
"Of course. We'll apparate to Hogwarts now. Farewell everybody."
"Oh, and before we go, here's the Death Eaters. Give them to the Ministry will you? Don't worry, I put a soundproof charm on it, they couldn't hear the meeting, and they don't yet know who I am, I don't think." Harry said and tossed them the jar.
With this, they went out the front door, and went into a dark alley, where Minerva and Albus each put a hand on one of Harry's shoulders and they appeared in the chambers behind the Staff Table.
"Harry, dinner is going to start in a few minutes, so maybe you should take off your battle robes and change into normal clothes and then go and take a seat at Gryffindor Table." Minerva said.
He nodded and touched his morpher saying, "Morphing managed" and he was back in his normal clothes and his staff with gone.
He then proceeded to Gryffindor Table and waited for his friends to come for food.
As if they had been called, they entered, and spying him, they ran up to him, jumping over obstacles such as Colin Creevey for example.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WE HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU." Ginny shouted at him.
Harry looked at her.
"Well, I've been busy."
"With what?"
"I'll tell you in a minute, but please sit down. Everyone's staring at us."
True to his word, as she looked around, everyone was staring at him. She sat down, her face red, while Ron sniggered.
"Will you shut up Ron? It's not funny." Ginny snapped.
This shut Ron up. He knew what his sister's temper was like.
After dinner was started and most of the stares went away off them, Harry explained to the three of them what happened (after casting a privacy charm on them of course).
He didn't mention his powers or his morpher though. He had to keep his powers secret for the time being.
"So you battled a bunch of Death Eaters, and they allowed you into the Order after this? Wow Harry, impressive."
Harry didn't mention the tiny fact that he had beaten the Order's 10 best, including their esteemed Headmaster, in a duel. The fighting the Death Eaters was enough.
During this time, Snape was looking at Harry, but for once, not with the hate filled glares that normally graced his face.
No, the look on his face was once of pride.
Sure, he tried to make Harry's life miserable for the past 6 years, but who wouldn't do something similar if they looked into the face of their arch- nemesis every single day.
Perhaps he had been trying to make him suffer just because of his father.
James Potter had been most things he had wanted to be, but most of all, he had the love of Lily Evans.
He had loved her, he admitted it, but to know that she was his best friend was good enough for him. It was her after all that had saved him from the Dark Side. (sounds like Star Wars I know)
He had paid off James' life debt in Harry's first year, and now he was going to pay off Lily's trust and friendship to treat him as he was supposed to from now on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------
After dinner, Albus asked Harry to come him to his office.
The gargoyle jumped open and they stepped on the revolving staircase.
As they opened the door, Harry saw his Great-Grandmother there, and he also saw that there were some packages on the desk, and two trunks on the floor.
"Those Harry, are some of your mother's and father's possessions Harry. They left them in our care before they went into hiding, and the packages on the desk are some of the things we discovered in the wreckage of their house."
Harry's eyes watered. He had always wanted things of his parents, and now he had some.
"Well Harry, here is the things that you most wanted to see, your birth certificate."
Harry laughed. It was exactly 3 sheets of parchment long.
There were also a few photographs of him and his parents, and even some of him and his grandparents and great-grandparents. There was even a picture that had an aging charm, and it showed Harry, Albus and Minerva as they were now, and also his parents, as they would be now if they had not died.
Next, there were two small boxes, which Harry opened.
Inside, there were his parent's wedding rings. He smiled as he thought of the pictures he had of their wedding day.
He transfigured a spare quill into a fine gold chain, put the rings on it, and put it on round his neck, taking off the purifier for the time being as he was in Hogwarts and didn't need it, and he sent it back to his trunk.
Inside his mother's, it said "For my wonderful Lily Flower, who makes my heart bloom with joy. Love forever, James."
Inside his father's, it said "For my wonderful Stag James, who I love with all my heart. Love forever, Lily."
Inside each, on each side of the inscription, there was a Lily and a stag.
It made Harry smile sadly.
Next there two long thin boxes. He opened them up and gasped.
Their wands.
Harry was shocked. His father's was 13 inches, cedar, with the tail hair of a griffin. Nice and swishy. Pretty good for transfiguration and duelling.
His mother's was 10 inches, oak, with the tail hair of a unicorn. Sturdy. Pretty good for charms.
Well, that was what was said in the little cards inside anyhow.
After this, there were their trunks.
Inside, there were all his dad's things from school.
All the while, Lily had now come into the room and was sitting and talking to Fawkes. (Lily the Phoenix – sorry I haven't mentioned her much)
Harry paused looking through the trunks to listen to their conversation.
"Well, the boy certainly loves them, no doubt about that."
"Yes, he does quite. It's funny, we're related, and they are related. It's a big relationship circle."
Harry snorted, he didn't know that Phoenix's could have a sense of humour.
Albus also chuckled, something that Harry noticed and Albus spun around with a twinkle in his eyes.
Harry noticed this twinkle and let his instincts guide him. He went into his aura sensing and found out that Albus' animagus form was actually a Phoenix.
"He understands them as well." Harry thought. After all, Animagus could understand their animal's language.
"It's not really a relationship circle. It's more a family gathering." Harry told them in Phoenix language.
"I would agree Harry. We should make this a weekly occurrence. Minerva may disagree however as she is now staring at us as though we are crazy, so I don't think that she understands a single word of this." Albus agreed.
"Young master, you speak as well? Lily, did you know about this?" Fawkes asked.
"Yes, did I forget to mention that?" Lily said sweetly.
"Well, you didn't forget, so don't take that tone with me young lady." Fawkes replied.
"This isn't a tone. Anyway, it just slipped my mind."
Albus, sensing an argument interrupted.
"Would be as kind as to keep it down a bit. We understand what you are saying, but we now need to explain to a very shocked looking wife what is going on."
"You mean she doesn't know my powers? Who else would?" Harry asked.
"Well, no, she doesn't. She sleeps like a dragon on tranquillisers. In other words, she doesn't know where I go every night."
"Ok Grandfather. As much as I love you, you are aware that there is very bad mental image in my mind, one that I would like to erase, so give me a second...there. All gone." Harry said.
Fawkes chuckled.
"Well, stop arguing. We understand what you are saying, as you are still speaking our language, but all the animals know who you are, my Lord Gryffindor."
"WHAT? Lord Gryffindor? Oh, I am going to kill Godric! Why didn't he tell me?"
"I thought you knew." Godric appeared to defend himself.
"You thought I knew! You know I didn't! You little..."
"Harry. I suggest you stop now, before you say something you may regret. Well, from my own knowledge, Lord Gryffindor is the Leader of the Light. He is a descendent from Gryffindor, identified from pure gold robes with red on them. Just like yours Harry."
"Godric..." Harry said, turning to him. "Did you adjust my robes whenever I made my morpher?"
"No Harry, because you put your power into it, it recognised you and made the robes like that because you are my Heir, and therefore, Lord Gryffindor."
"Ah well. Better than Lord Merlin."
"Hey!" Merlin shouted, also appearing.
"What?" Harry said sweetly.
"You're sounding like me." Lily said, obviously amused at her master's situation.
"I know. That's why you're with me." Harry said with a wink.
"No Harry, you take after me!" James appeared.
"Can you ALL speak Phoenix?"
"Pretty much. Well, us Potters are special."
"James." Lily and Sirius appeared and glared at him.
"Ok, ok. Also the Evan's and Sirius' are special. Is that better?"
"Yes."
This lively conversation was broken whenever Minerva had realised who had been speaking, and she had fainted.
They all stopped, looked at each other and stared at her limp body.
Albus, getting the idea that some explaining may be in order, woke her.
"Minerva, are you ok?" Albus said, helping her up.
"Yes, but I thought I just saw you and Harry talking to two phoenixes, James, Sirius, Lily and two others who looked oddly familiar."
"Well..."
"Gran! How are you old gal? I'm spiffing!" James said, jumping up and hugging her.
"Could someone in the name of Merlin explain what is going on?" Minerva said with exasperation.
"Why do people keep saying that? Especially Merlin's beard, that one was the first I heard from Godric, the first from Harry and the first from Albus as well." Merlin chuckled.
"Who are you? Did you just say Godric?" Minerva asked, obviously interested.
"Well..." and so they told her everything there was to know.
She looked up at Gryffindor and Merlin in respect and amazement. She looked up at James and Sirius with complete and total exasperation.
"Are you telling me that Harry is Lord Gryffindor, and that he is being advised by the 2 worst Marauders? Merlin help this school."
"HEY!" Harry, James and Sirius shouted out, obviously offended.
"Well, I would, but it's up to Albus I'm afraid." Merlin said with a chuckle.
"Oh Merlin, that joke is NOT funny after the past 1000 years you know."
"Yes, I know, but I still find it funny."
"You are SO annoying sometimes. How did you become one of the most famous wizards ever?"
"More of a mystery to me is how YOU became one of the most famous wizards ever."
"It was because I founded this school."
"Excuse me Godric, but you did not create this school by yourself. I believe we all helped as well, which is why there are FOUR houses in the school." A soft female voice said.
The occupants spun around and most of their jaws dropped, apart from Godric, Merlin, Albus (whose eyes looked like mini flashlights right about now) and Harry (who was used to this sort of thing).
One man and two women stood there before them, all in one of the colours of a Hogwarts house.
"The founders..." was all the others could say.
The room was quite crowded now, with 2 phoenixes, the four founders, Merlin, Sirius, Lily, James, Harry, Albus and Minerva.
"Talk about a mother's meeting." Harry whispered to the two Marauders who burst out laughing.
"Is there something funny?" Lily asked, her eyes filled with a dangerous gleam.
"Well...I thought Slytherin was evil, what is he doing here?" Sirius asked, hoping to distract attention from himself.
Everyone turned around (much to the relief of James, Sirius and Harry) and looked at Slytherin.
"No. It was my idiot son's fault. I knew I should have locked him in the dungeons with that mad Penelope Snape woman. So bloody besotted with me."
"BESOTTED! She was a flipping stalker." Godric shouted.
"SNAPE!" The Marauders shouted. (That'll be Harry, James and Sirius from now on).
"Yes, bloody psycho. But quite a master a potions I must say." Salazar said, obviously hating the fact that he was complimenting the woman.
The Marauders done the only thing they could do.
There were three resounding thumps on the desks.
"I expected that." Lily admitted.
"WELL I DIDN'T!" Sirius shouted.
"No need to bellow." Godric said.
"THIS IS NOT BELLOWING." Sirius bellowed.
"YES IT IS!" Everyone else shouted, much to their amusement.
"NO IT ISN'T!" Sirius shouted back.
"This is so much like a Panto it isn't even funny." Harry said.
"A pronto? What?" Sirius asked, completely confused.
"Oh, never mind." Helga said, saying this with annoyance, but with a kind tone to it.
"Ok people. I hate to wrap this up, but I'm going to go back to my tower now." Harry said dramatically with a wink towards Godric.
"Yes, my Lord." Godric said with an over-exaggerated bow.
It was with a laugh that all the "others" disappeared, leaving just Harry, Albus, Minerva and the two Phoenixes.
"My Lord, is it ok if I stay here with my dad?" Lily asked.
"Please stop calling me my Lord, call me Harry, and of course.
"Thank you Harry." Lily replied.
With this, Harry sent the two trunks and the photographs to his trunk's apartment. He would put up the pictures later.
"Harry, are you going to tell your friends of our relationship?" Albus asked with interest.
"Well, not yet, but soon."
"Ok Harry. Oh, and by the way, since the truth has been declared about Sirius, the Ministry has placed a vote of no confidence on Fudge, which I suspect you'll read about tomorrow morning." Albus said with a smile.
"That means they recognise he is dead?"
"Yes Harry."
"Oh. Well, at least we can give him a proper burial now. We may not have a body, but a memorial service. He deserves that at least."
"Yes Harry, he does." Albus replied quite grave.
Minerva meanwhile observed this.
"They are so much alike, it is quite unusual. They may be related, but it is quite uncanny." She thought.
"Not really Grandmother." Harry said with a grin.
"Stop reading my thoughts. Is this the end of my privacy?"
"Well, put it this way, don't think out answers during the Transfiguration tests. Or any other times which you may not want me to hear." Harry said with a look towards Albus.
"Ok Harry, I understand what you're implying."
Harry shuddered slightly.
"I know."
Albus chuckled and Harry gave each of them a hug, before saying goodnight.
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Harry left the office in high spirits and entered the Common Room.
Ron and Hermione were standing about 10 feet apart from each other, shouting at the top of their voices.
"I AM NOT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH VIKTOR KRUM! HE IS MY PENFRIEND!"
"YEAH, A FRIEND. A BOYFRIEND!"
While this continued, he walked over to Ginny.
"Gin, how long has this been going on?" Harry asked.
"Oh, I'd say about 45 minutes now. I'm surprised they can still keep up this volume after this length of time."
"Well, I've got an idea about how to stop Ron shouting."
"Ho-"
She never got to finish this as Harry pulled her into a passionate kiss.
They melted into it and were like this for about 5 minutes before they heard the shouting subside and Harry felt a tap on the shoulder.
"Harry, what are you doing with my sister?" Ron asked, anger seeping out of every available pore.
"Kissing her." Harry replied simply.
"We can see that." Signalling around the Common Room where most the girls (and some of the guys) glared at Ginny jealously.
"Yes, I know. It's not like you don't do it with Hermione, and she's like my sister. So we are practically in the same position. Now, Viktor is just her friend, and she turned him down, but they are still friends. Happy? Good, now shut up."
With this, Harry kissed Ginny again and they listened as Ron and Hermione made up.
"Always the same." Harry thought.
"Are all Potters attracted to red heads?" Sirius asked. (All of this is in his head, unless I say differently).
"Apparently, and what's wrong with that?" Lily asked in a sweet voice.
"Nothing Lily, nothing." Sirius replied quickly.
"Good. Now shut up you two. I'm a little busy here" and with this, Harry shut them off.
After about 10 minutes, they broke apart, and Harry went upstairs, and fell into bed, his head barely touching the pillow before he was fast asleep.
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Thanks again to all my reviewers!!!
I'm quite pleased that I was able to get this up so quickly!!!
(Remember, cyber cookies for those who review. If you don't like cookies, take your pick).
Firstly, I like this being a Harry power fic. Harry isn't stupid enough to go straight for Voldemort. He is going to wait for the Final Battle. I know it could save lives – but what about the Death Eater's and Dark Creatures? They could continue with their horror.
Also, the Power Rangers are PLURAL. He is not a power ranger! He may have a morpher, but he doesn't go into the full hard suit, (just the ninja type suit from the movie) he doesn't have a zord and he also doesn't have a robot helping him with a crystal ball to see what's going on. (Don't even MENTION Trewlany.)
Disclaimer – Sorry if I forgot it a few times before, but this is meant to make no infringement on anybody. I do not own Harry Potter or the Power Rangers. (Even though I mentioned them just above, I decided to add them in.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------
"Albus, who is this? Is it a member of the Order? Why is he wearing different robes from us?" Tonks asked.
"Well, why don't we go back to Grimmauld Place and then you'll find out."
The others nodded in agreement and they apparated a few streets away and walked to the house in Grimmauld Place.
The others sat down while Dumbledore quietly spoke to Harry, only saying, "Don't take your hood down until I say."
Harry nodded at sat down near the back of the room. The stares only stopped coming his way after Dumbledore started talking again.
"Well, after that short battle, I'm sure you have a lot of questions."
This was met by nods.
"But first, I would like to discuss the enrolment of Harry Potter into the Order of the Phoenix."
"No Albus, he is far too young. He shouldn't have to be in such danger." Molly Weasley said.
Others nodded their heads to this.
"Well, he is in so much danger already, why shouldn't he be part of this war?" Tonks asked.
"Why shouldn't he? He's defeated You-Know-Who more times than everyone here, even more than Albus." Remus Lupin piped up.
Albus soon calmed them down and said, "Well, while you think about this proposition, how about we see who our young fighter is, shall we?"
Everyone spun around and watched the mysterious man take off his hood.
Tonks' and Severus' jaws dropped, while the rest of the members stared at him.
"What's your name lad?" Moody growled.
"Hello everyone. I'm not here to exchange pleasantries. But I can guarantee that I could defeat 10 of the Order's best. So, why don't we go ahead and duel? After, I shall tell you my name.
The Order agreed and led him down to a room, which had a duelling platform.
So it was at one end stood Harry, still in his robes, his face coved in a half mask that went up to the top of his nose, while Albus, Minerva, Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Mad-Eye Moody, Remus, Severus, Bill and Charlie Weasley and finally Arabella Figg, who looked strangely like the Mrs Figg from Magnolia Crescent, but he soon put that though aside as someone at the side sent up sparks and the fight began.
Harry moved quickly on his feet and with such balance and precision that could make an Auror jealous.
"Attack them now. They think that you'll just defend to try and hold them off." James recommended.
The first to go down was Tonks after Harry had hit his staff against her chest and she fell out of the duelling area.
Bill and Charlie were next, after being his by a splits kick and once again, they were knocked outside the area. (You know the one were they do a splits in the air – OUCH!)
Then followed Kingsley, who was hit after Harry a strong body-cast that not even Albus could get him out of.
Arabella was knocked down by Harry's sweeping kick and within a split second she was lying in strong binding ropes. Harry levitated her out of the area with one hand while he continued fighting with his other.
Severus, Remus and Mad-eye, all in a strange co-incidence, fired stunning spells at Harry, which hit him at the same time and as they congratulated each other, they were hit by their own spells which had rebounded off Harry.
The three remaining people (Albus, Minerva and Harry) looked at each other and summoned their own swords. Harry created his own, this one had a shining gold blade with a Phoenix on it.
The sword fighting continued for a while, when finally, Harry spotted a gap in Minerva's defences and sent her sword out of the area, followed by a quick stunning spell by one hand, while he continued fighting Albus with the other.
It was now down to Albus and Harry.
Harry had to admit, it was very close, but he had received his Great- Grandfather's knowledge of the subject as well as his techniques, which gave him a bit of an advantage.
He finally fell to a tiny mistake, which Harry spotted, and one that he was able to send his sword out of the area while casting a full-body bind on him.
There was a deafening silence while Harry let out all of his opponents from their spells.
Suddenly, the opponents started clapping for him and soon the whole Order were applauding him and congratulating him.
"Well, our young warrior has won, now, why don't you tell them who you are?" Albus suggested.
"Of course, my name is Harry Potter, nice to meet you all." Harry said.
He had to fight back a laugh at the expressions on some of the people's faces, people like Molly Weasley for example.
Harry lifted up his fringe to confirm this, and they saw his scar.
"Just to let you know, my magic is not recognised outside of school. The reason? I wasn't even using my wand, so it doesn't register."
The Order was in silence, which was broken by Albus' chuckle.
"So, is anyone against Mr Potter joining the Order?"
Silence followed.
"By a unanimous vote, Harry James Potter is now an official member of the Order of the Phoenix. Harry, step forward please."
Harry stepped forward and stood in front of Albus.
"Put out your hand, and repeat after me. I, Harry James Potter, hereby pledge my allegiance, to the fight against the Dark and to the Order of the Phoenix. I will stay faithful through my life and death."
"I, Harry James Potter, hereby pledge my allegiance, to the fight against the Dark and to the Order of the Phoenix. I will stay faithful through my life and death." Harry repeated.
Suddenly, a Phoenix burst out from Albus' hand and landed on Harry's own. It was a picture of Fawkes.
"It will be invisible to those apart from members of the Order. But Harry, no one must know of this. Apart from your friends of course."
"Yes sir, now, should we not be getting back to Hogwarts? Dinner is soon and I'm hungry from all that fighting."
The Order chuckled, how like James he was.
"Of course. We'll apparate to Hogwarts now. Farewell everybody."
"Oh, and before we go, here's the Death Eaters. Give them to the Ministry will you? Don't worry, I put a soundproof charm on it, they couldn't hear the meeting, and they don't yet know who I am, I don't think." Harry said and tossed them the jar.
With this, they went out the front door, and went into a dark alley, where Minerva and Albus each put a hand on one of Harry's shoulders and they appeared in the chambers behind the Staff Table.
"Harry, dinner is going to start in a few minutes, so maybe you should take off your battle robes and change into normal clothes and then go and take a seat at Gryffindor Table." Minerva said.
He nodded and touched his morpher saying, "Morphing managed" and he was back in his normal clothes and his staff with gone.
He then proceeded to Gryffindor Table and waited for his friends to come for food.
As if they had been called, they entered, and spying him, they ran up to him, jumping over obstacles such as Colin Creevey for example.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WE HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU." Ginny shouted at him.
Harry looked at her.
"Well, I've been busy."
"With what?"
"I'll tell you in a minute, but please sit down. Everyone's staring at us."
True to his word, as she looked around, everyone was staring at him. She sat down, her face red, while Ron sniggered.
"Will you shut up Ron? It's not funny." Ginny snapped.
This shut Ron up. He knew what his sister's temper was like.
After dinner was started and most of the stares went away off them, Harry explained to the three of them what happened (after casting a privacy charm on them of course).
He didn't mention his powers or his morpher though. He had to keep his powers secret for the time being.
"So you battled a bunch of Death Eaters, and they allowed you into the Order after this? Wow Harry, impressive."
Harry didn't mention the tiny fact that he had beaten the Order's 10 best, including their esteemed Headmaster, in a duel. The fighting the Death Eaters was enough.
During this time, Snape was looking at Harry, but for once, not with the hate filled glares that normally graced his face.
No, the look on his face was once of pride.
Sure, he tried to make Harry's life miserable for the past 6 years, but who wouldn't do something similar if they looked into the face of their arch- nemesis every single day.
Perhaps he had been trying to make him suffer just because of his father.
James Potter had been most things he had wanted to be, but most of all, he had the love of Lily Evans.
He had loved her, he admitted it, but to know that she was his best friend was good enough for him. It was her after all that had saved him from the Dark Side. (sounds like Star Wars I know)
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After dinner, Albus asked Harry to come him to his office.
The gargoyle jumped open and they stepped on the revolving staircase.
As they opened the door, Harry saw his Great-Grandmother there, and he also saw that there were some packages on the desk, and two trunks on the floor.
"Those Harry, are some of your mother's and father's possessions Harry. They left them in our care before they went into hiding, and the packages on the desk are some of the things we discovered in the wreckage of their house."
Harry's eyes watered. He had always wanted things of his parents, and now he had some.
"Well Harry, here is the things that you most wanted to see, your birth certificate."
Harry laughed. It was exactly 3 sheets of parchment long.
There were also a few photographs of him and his parents, and even some of him and his grandparents and great-grandparents. There was even a picture that had an aging charm, and it showed Harry, Albus and Minerva as they were now, and also his parents, as they would be now if they had not died.
Next, there were two small boxes, which Harry opened.
Inside, there were his parent's wedding rings. He smiled as he thought of the pictures he had of their wedding day.
He transfigured a spare quill into a fine gold chain, put the rings on it, and put it on round his neck, taking off the purifier for the time being as he was in Hogwarts and didn't need it, and he sent it back to his trunk.
Inside his mother's, it said "For my wonderful Lily Flower, who makes my heart bloom with joy. Love forever, James."
Inside his father's, it said "For my wonderful Stag James, who I love with all my heart. Love forever, Lily."
Inside each, on each side of the inscription, there was a Lily and a stag.
It made Harry smile sadly.
Next there two long thin boxes. He opened them up and gasped.
Their wands.
Harry was shocked. His father's was 13 inches, cedar, with the tail hair of a griffin. Nice and swishy. Pretty good for transfiguration and duelling.
His mother's was 10 inches, oak, with the tail hair of a unicorn. Sturdy. Pretty good for charms.
Well, that was what was said in the little cards inside anyhow.
After this, there were their trunks.
Inside, there were all his dad's things from school.
All the while, Lily had now come into the room and was sitting and talking to Fawkes. (Lily the Phoenix – sorry I haven't mentioned her much)
Harry paused looking through the trunks to listen to their conversation.
"Well, the boy certainly loves them, no doubt about that."
"Yes, he does quite. It's funny, we're related, and they are related. It's a big relationship circle."
Harry snorted, he didn't know that Phoenix's could have a sense of humour.
Albus also chuckled, something that Harry noticed and Albus spun around with a twinkle in his eyes.
Harry noticed this twinkle and let his instincts guide him. He went into his aura sensing and found out that Albus' animagus form was actually a Phoenix.
"He understands them as well." Harry thought. After all, Animagus could understand their animal's language.
"It's not really a relationship circle. It's more a family gathering." Harry told them in Phoenix language.
"I would agree Harry. We should make this a weekly occurrence. Minerva may disagree however as she is now staring at us as though we are crazy, so I don't think that she understands a single word of this." Albus agreed.
"Young master, you speak as well? Lily, did you know about this?" Fawkes asked.
"Yes, did I forget to mention that?" Lily said sweetly.
"Well, you didn't forget, so don't take that tone with me young lady." Fawkes replied.
"This isn't a tone. Anyway, it just slipped my mind."
Albus, sensing an argument interrupted.
"Would be as kind as to keep it down a bit. We understand what you are saying, but we now need to explain to a very shocked looking wife what is going on."
"You mean she doesn't know my powers? Who else would?" Harry asked.
"Well, no, she doesn't. She sleeps like a dragon on tranquillisers. In other words, she doesn't know where I go every night."
"Ok Grandfather. As much as I love you, you are aware that there is very bad mental image in my mind, one that I would like to erase, so give me a second...there. All gone." Harry said.
Fawkes chuckled.
"Well, stop arguing. We understand what you are saying, as you are still speaking our language, but all the animals know who you are, my Lord Gryffindor."
"WHAT? Lord Gryffindor? Oh, I am going to kill Godric! Why didn't he tell me?"
"I thought you knew." Godric appeared to defend himself.
"You thought I knew! You know I didn't! You little..."
"Harry. I suggest you stop now, before you say something you may regret. Well, from my own knowledge, Lord Gryffindor is the Leader of the Light. He is a descendent from Gryffindor, identified from pure gold robes with red on them. Just like yours Harry."
"Godric..." Harry said, turning to him. "Did you adjust my robes whenever I made my morpher?"
"No Harry, because you put your power into it, it recognised you and made the robes like that because you are my Heir, and therefore, Lord Gryffindor."
"Ah well. Better than Lord Merlin."
"Hey!" Merlin shouted, also appearing.
"What?" Harry said sweetly.
"You're sounding like me." Lily said, obviously amused at her master's situation.
"I know. That's why you're with me." Harry said with a wink.
"No Harry, you take after me!" James appeared.
"Can you ALL speak Phoenix?"
"Pretty much. Well, us Potters are special."
"James." Lily and Sirius appeared and glared at him.
"Ok, ok. Also the Evan's and Sirius' are special. Is that better?"
"Yes."
This lively conversation was broken whenever Minerva had realised who had been speaking, and she had fainted.
They all stopped, looked at each other and stared at her limp body.
Albus, getting the idea that some explaining may be in order, woke her.
"Minerva, are you ok?" Albus said, helping her up.
"Yes, but I thought I just saw you and Harry talking to two phoenixes, James, Sirius, Lily and two others who looked oddly familiar."
"Well..."
"Gran! How are you old gal? I'm spiffing!" James said, jumping up and hugging her.
"Could someone in the name of Merlin explain what is going on?" Minerva said with exasperation.
"Why do people keep saying that? Especially Merlin's beard, that one was the first I heard from Godric, the first from Harry and the first from Albus as well." Merlin chuckled.
"Who are you? Did you just say Godric?" Minerva asked, obviously interested.
"Well..." and so they told her everything there was to know.
She looked up at Gryffindor and Merlin in respect and amazement. She looked up at James and Sirius with complete and total exasperation.
"Are you telling me that Harry is Lord Gryffindor, and that he is being advised by the 2 worst Marauders? Merlin help this school."
"HEY!" Harry, James and Sirius shouted out, obviously offended.
"Well, I would, but it's up to Albus I'm afraid." Merlin said with a chuckle.
"Oh Merlin, that joke is NOT funny after the past 1000 years you know."
"Yes, I know, but I still find it funny."
"You are SO annoying sometimes. How did you become one of the most famous wizards ever?"
"More of a mystery to me is how YOU became one of the most famous wizards ever."
"It was because I founded this school."
"Excuse me Godric, but you did not create this school by yourself. I believe we all helped as well, which is why there are FOUR houses in the school." A soft female voice said.
The occupants spun around and most of their jaws dropped, apart from Godric, Merlin, Albus (whose eyes looked like mini flashlights right about now) and Harry (who was used to this sort of thing).
One man and two women stood there before them, all in one of the colours of a Hogwarts house.
"The founders..." was all the others could say.
The room was quite crowded now, with 2 phoenixes, the four founders, Merlin, Sirius, Lily, James, Harry, Albus and Minerva.
"Talk about a mother's meeting." Harry whispered to the two Marauders who burst out laughing.
"Is there something funny?" Lily asked, her eyes filled with a dangerous gleam.
"Well...I thought Slytherin was evil, what is he doing here?" Sirius asked, hoping to distract attention from himself.
Everyone turned around (much to the relief of James, Sirius and Harry) and looked at Slytherin.
"No. It was my idiot son's fault. I knew I should have locked him in the dungeons with that mad Penelope Snape woman. So bloody besotted with me."
"BESOTTED! She was a flipping stalker." Godric shouted.
"SNAPE!" The Marauders shouted. (That'll be Harry, James and Sirius from now on).
"Yes, bloody psycho. But quite a master a potions I must say." Salazar said, obviously hating the fact that he was complimenting the woman.
The Marauders done the only thing they could do.
There were three resounding thumps on the desks.
"I expected that." Lily admitted.
"WELL I DIDN'T!" Sirius shouted.
"No need to bellow." Godric said.
"THIS IS NOT BELLOWING." Sirius bellowed.
"YES IT IS!" Everyone else shouted, much to their amusement.
"NO IT ISN'T!" Sirius shouted back.
"This is so much like a Panto it isn't even funny." Harry said.
"A pronto? What?" Sirius asked, completely confused.
"Oh, never mind." Helga said, saying this with annoyance, but with a kind tone to it.
"Ok people. I hate to wrap this up, but I'm going to go back to my tower now." Harry said dramatically with a wink towards Godric.
"Yes, my Lord." Godric said with an over-exaggerated bow.
It was with a laugh that all the "others" disappeared, leaving just Harry, Albus, Minerva and the two Phoenixes.
"My Lord, is it ok if I stay here with my dad?" Lily asked.
"Please stop calling me my Lord, call me Harry, and of course.
"Thank you Harry." Lily replied.
With this, Harry sent the two trunks and the photographs to his trunk's apartment. He would put up the pictures later.
"Harry, are you going to tell your friends of our relationship?" Albus asked with interest.
"Well, not yet, but soon."
"Ok Harry. Oh, and by the way, since the truth has been declared about Sirius, the Ministry has placed a vote of no confidence on Fudge, which I suspect you'll read about tomorrow morning." Albus said with a smile.
"That means they recognise he is dead?"
"Yes Harry."
"Oh. Well, at least we can give him a proper burial now. We may not have a body, but a memorial service. He deserves that at least."
"Yes Harry, he does." Albus replied quite grave.
Minerva meanwhile observed this.
"They are so much alike, it is quite unusual. They may be related, but it is quite uncanny." She thought.
"Not really Grandmother." Harry said with a grin.
"Stop reading my thoughts. Is this the end of my privacy?"
"Well, put it this way, don't think out answers during the Transfiguration tests. Or any other times which you may not want me to hear." Harry said with a look towards Albus.
"Ok Harry, I understand what you're implying."
Harry shuddered slightly.
"I know."
Albus chuckled and Harry gave each of them a hug, before saying goodnight.
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Harry left the office in high spirits and entered the Common Room.
Ron and Hermione were standing about 10 feet apart from each other, shouting at the top of their voices.
"I AM NOT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH VIKTOR KRUM! HE IS MY PENFRIEND!"
"YEAH, A FRIEND. A BOYFRIEND!"
While this continued, he walked over to Ginny.
"Gin, how long has this been going on?" Harry asked.
"Oh, I'd say about 45 minutes now. I'm surprised they can still keep up this volume after this length of time."
"Well, I've got an idea about how to stop Ron shouting."
"Ho-"
She never got to finish this as Harry pulled her into a passionate kiss.
They melted into it and were like this for about 5 minutes before they heard the shouting subside and Harry felt a tap on the shoulder.
"Harry, what are you doing with my sister?" Ron asked, anger seeping out of every available pore.
"Kissing her." Harry replied simply.
"We can see that." Signalling around the Common Room where most the girls (and some of the guys) glared at Ginny jealously.
"Yes, I know. It's not like you don't do it with Hermione, and she's like my sister. So we are practically in the same position. Now, Viktor is just her friend, and she turned him down, but they are still friends. Happy? Good, now shut up."
With this, Harry kissed Ginny again and they listened as Ron and Hermione made up.
"Always the same." Harry thought.
"Are all Potters attracted to red heads?" Sirius asked. (All of this is in his head, unless I say differently).
"Apparently, and what's wrong with that?" Lily asked in a sweet voice.
"Nothing Lily, nothing." Sirius replied quickly.
"Good. Now shut up you two. I'm a little busy here" and with this, Harry shut them off.
After about 10 minutes, they broke apart, and Harry went upstairs, and fell into bed, his head barely touching the pillow before he was fast asleep.
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