Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the characters and alas, not even the universe. Immense praise goes to JKR who does own this and who created it. I'm merely sharing what I think should/may happen inside her universe while we wait to see what really does.
It was too much. People were starting to keep things from him, he knew they wanted to break it gently and give him time for acceptance, it was going to be ok. He wasn't angry, but there was something welling up inside him, it was threatening to engulf him completely. He had to prevent it from doing that, though. He didn't understand what was going on. He was just going to give Remus the cold shoulder for a day or two then congratulate him and Tonks. He began to feel as if he was on the verge of consciousness. There were people talking to him, almost shouting, but he couldn't hear them. He couldn't make out what he was looking at, everything was fading, then, everything went completely black.
All he could see was darkness, from every corner around him, nothing but black, engulfing him whole. He'd been there for hours. He didn't know what was happening, he'd been there, existing in the darkness for hours, then a voice called out to him.
"Harry I need you to trust me and to listen very carefully. I cannot talk to you for very long right now. Listen extremely carefully to what Remus and Dumbledore tell you about your arising powers. It's vital that you do. When you go to sleep tonight think about what it felt like when Remus agreed to be your father and what it felt like when you found out Tonks was to be your mother. I will explain what Remus and Dumbledore cannot, just as my father did for me. It's the same way with all Potters . . ." Then the voice was gone.
Harry didn't understand it, why did it have to go. What was it trying to tell him? Who was it? He became very aware of multiple voices calling his and Ginny's names. He felt someone gently slapping his face between their hands. "Cut it out!" he sputtered groggily squinting at the amount of light in the room. "Turn it off," he said shielding his eyes from the bright lights in the room with his hands. The lights were immediately dimmed. "Where's Ginny and Dad?" he asked attempting to sit up.
"Harry, lie back down. What happened son? Are you ok? Ginny's still out? you both just lost consciousness at the same time," Remus said rushing towards Harry looking extremely concerned.
"Dad, I need to see Ginny. Please help me get up," Harry said weakly.
"Oh no you don't Harry!" Tonks said rushing forward. "You are going to lie back down. You can talk all you want, but you will not be getting out of that bed. No magic right now either!"
Harry was about to argue with her, but then decided to just summon Ginny anyway. He knew it would take some strength, but he needed her right now. He had to wake her up, the dream had been meant for him, and only him, he didn't need to bring Ginny into this mess too. He also needed to make sure she didn't tell anyone. He didn't want people to know until he'd talked to Remus and Tonks about it, this wasn't anyone's concern but his family's and Ginny's.
He quietly settled back down on the bed, where he assumed he was, and concentrated on Ginny. A moment later he heard a shriek from across the hall and felt Ginny next to him.
"Harry James Potter! Did I not just tell you no magic!" Tonks yelled furiously.
"Sorry mum, but this is really important," Harry said not looking at her but at Ginny lying next to him. He took her hand and gave it a tight squeeze, he felt her squeeze his hand back, just before everything went dark again.
"Harry, Harry, please," he heard a voice pleading. It was Ginny he realized with a start. He very slowly opened his eyes and found Ginny, Remus, and Tonks looking worriedly at him.
"Harry, Nymph told you no magic for a reason, it sent you over the edge," Remus told him softly, but firmly.
Harry looked sheepishly at his hands. He knew he should have listened to her, but he wouldn't have changed what had happened for anything. If he could do it again, he would still summon and he had a feeling everyone knew that.
"Harry, why is it so important for Ginny to be here?" Tonks asked quietly, her eyes piercing into his.
"Because," he said quietly. He really didn't want to tell them. He had to find a way to stay awake for the next few days without sleeping at all. But he knew that it was going to be very difficult.
"What happened?" he asked looking around. He saw he was in Remus' bedroom again. It appeared the only people in here were Remus, Tonks, Ginny, and himself.
"When you realized what Albus had said, you just, I don't know. You looked kind of sickly and Ginny did too. Your eyes looked like they were loosing focus and then . . . you just blacked out. Ginny did at the same time. Everyone panicked, no one knew what to do. We waited a few moments and when you didn't come 'round, we brought you up here and Ginny was taken up to her room. It's been a couple hours since. When you two blacked out, the meeting was adjourned until you woke up, I think everyone is still downstairs though," Tonks said quietly and gently, stepping towards Remus and taking his hand in hers.
"Harry, you need to tell us what happened," Remus insisted quietly.
"No, I don't," Harry said firmly.
"Harry, you're pale, you look like shit. You're exhausted. Please tell us what happened so you can sleep. Molly knows Ginny's in here and she's pacing outside until we find out what's going on," Tonks said sharply.
"I'm not telling anyone what happened and I'm not going to sleep. Please just leave me alone with Ginny!" Harry said his eyes starting to blaze over.
"Harry, I don't think that's a good idea -" Tonks began but was interrupted by Remus.
"Why won't you tell us what happened?" Remus asked his eyes probing Harry's.
"B-Be-Because," Harry effortlessly.
Ginny stirred next to Harry. She moved so she looked directly Harry, turning his face to look at her. "Tell them Harry," she said softly taking his hand in hers.
"No! I won't tell them because it doesn't concern them. I don't know who it was and I'm not even going to do what it asked. I will not go back to sleep so it doesn't even matter!" Harry exclaimed trying to make her see.
"Harry, you don't know who who is? What did it ask you to do?" Tonks asked jumping into auror mode. Harry just ignored her.
"You can't not sleep forever. How are you not going to find out - " Ginny began.
" – I will not allow him to trick me again! I won't allow it. How do I know it isn't Tom trying to get me to do something again?" Harry said exploded, the atmosphere of the room appearing to shake at the same moment.
"Harry, did that feel like Tom? Did that feel like a Dark Lord? That felt like love and happiness and pure intentions to me," Ginny said honestly, her eyes boring right into Harry's.
"Then who the hell what it!" he said completely defeated.
"Your father or grandfather," Ginny replied softly. "Don't you remember what he said at the end? 'Just as my father did for me. It's the same way with all Potters.'"
"What the hell are you two talking about!" Remus asked beginning to become angered.
Harry looked up surprised to see Remus and Tonks glaring at them. He'd forgotten they were in the room. He signed in defeat and nodded at Ginny. She told them exactly what had happened.
"My God. James said that if a Potter was left . . . but I never thought . . . why now . . . it's a year too early . . . he said if that . . . no it can't be . . . but the prophecy clearly stated," Remus rambled incoherently.
"Remus, love, you're not making any sense at all," Tonks said gently smiling to herself, as if remembering something from before.
"What? Oh, sorry. Harry, from what Ginny has told me, I can tell you this much. First of all, it is not Voldemort, I swear. Rather, it's your father. Before you get on my case, let me explain tonight's what tonight's meeting was going to be about," Remus started, sitting in an armchair in the center of the room, Tonks on his lap.
"Tonight's meeting," Remus continued, "was to discuss your arising powers. I realize, that doesn't seem like a valid reason for calling an Order meeting, but this isn't just powers an ordinary wizard gets as he grows older, these are powers passed from father to son in a very strong, powerful family. There is only family I know of like this: the Potters. You are a descendant of Gordric Gryffindor himself. Every year, a bit of Gordric's power is passed through the family line. There is an old prophecy that states the powers of Gordric himself will continuously be passed on until they reach a certain person. In a time of peril they are suppose to match with this person's magical ability and stop a great and lead the magical world."
"I hate to break it to you Dad, but I already knew that I was the heir of Gryffindor because of the sword I pulled from the hat in my second year and some reading I've done here at the house. Any-who, so you're telling me it's OK to go to sleep and that it's not Tom who's trying to enter my mind, but my dad?" Harry asked skeptically.
"That's exactly what he's telling you, Harry," Tonks said softly eyeing Remus questioningly. The two adults shared a look that did not go unnoticed by Harry and Ginny.
"What aren't you telling me mum?" Harry asked slightly annoyed.
Everyone looked at him. "What did I do this time!" he exclaimed. "What! You who are married, so if Remus is my Dad, then Tonks is Mum, right?"
"I . . . well . . .," Tonks began, but gave up and instead engulfed Harry into a joyous hug.
"Look Harry, before we tell you anything further, we need to get you two into that Order meeting because it's vital to everyone. We cannot continue to pretend things, it's time everything is out in the open," Remus said seriously and firmly.
Harry and Ginny began to rise. "Remus, Molly is going to have my hide if they get out of bed and walk around right now. Isn't there another way to get them downstairs?" Tonks asked pleadingly.
"The only other way I can think of safely get them down there would be for them to apparate, but since they cannot do that and cannot do that together, then-" but he was cut off my the sound of a CRACK.
"Oh my . . ." Tonks began but was immediately pulled out of the room and into the kitchen by Remus.
Harry and Ginny were seated in the chairs farthest from the door and in a corner so most people wouldn't see them. The entire Order appeared to still be in the room, plus Ron and Hermione, all of who were completely unaware of the two teenagers who had just arrived to join them.
"Harry! Would you stop doing that please!" Tonks asked the moment Remus had dragged her into the kitchen. "You could have been splinched or ended up between the floor and the ceiling or-"
"-or I could have ended up right here with Ginny just like I planned mum," Harry said honestly. Harry had once again shocked everyone. This time he had called Tonks mum and had somehow entered the room without using the door and without anyone seeing him.
"Harry, mate," Ron asked shocked, "how the bloody hell did you get in here?"
"I apparated," Harry said as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
"Harry, that's impossible. You cannot apparate until you take the test and you haven't taken the test yet and you haven't studied up on it, and-" Hermione began rambling but Harry tuned her out and eventually interrupted her.
"Look, Hermione I don't know how I did it, but Ginny and I are here, unharmed. I have someone who wants to meet with me tonight as soon as this meeting is over, so if you don't mind can we get a move on?" Harry asked slightly impatient.
"You apparated both of you!" Hermione exclaimed. "But that's impossible!"
"Who do you have to meet with Harry?" Dumbledore asked quietly from the corner of the room.
"Prongs."
Dumbledore closed his eyes and then opened them with a twinkle so bright in them that Harry was sure they would burst. "That, my dear boy, is the absolute best news I have ever heard since the return of Voldemort."
"How is that possible?" Mad-Eye asked. "And what the blazes are we all doing here? And who's this Prongs character?"
"Prong is my father, my biological father," Harry said looking Moody in the eye.
"Wait, your father is 'Prongs'? The 'Prongs' as in the Prongs from the Marauders' Map?" George exclaimed.
Harry nodded. "You couldn't spare two minutes of your day to tell us this piece of information? Who is Moony, Padfoot, and Wormtail then?" Fred asked enraged.
"Moony is Remus. Padfoot was Sirius. Wormtail is Pettigrew," Harry said quietly, his eyes saddening then blazing.
"You mean we've had a Marauder teaching us and we didn't even know it!" George yelled, his eyes alight with mischief.
"I knew there was a way you two were able to get around the school so often without being seen!" Snape exclaimed. "You were the ones who stole the map!"
"That's right, it was us. Then we bestowed it to young Harry here in his third year," Fred said proudly.
"You lot have completely lost the rest of us, and I'm not sure the Professors even want to follow your little story, so let's get back on track. What the hell are we all doing here?" Professor McGonagall asked.
Her students were shocked. They'd never their Head of House so impatient and disheveled, let alone here her swear.
"We are here because of Gordric Gryffindor," Dumbledore began. "You all know the prophecy behind his magic and his heirs. Well, what you don't know is that Harry is his last remaining descendent." There was a collective intake of breath. "It also appears that he is the one to fulfill the prophecy, he is the potter to receive his powers, as he has clearly demonstrated to us, a year before they usually manifest. I have no doubt that by the end of his Hogwarts education he will surpass me in power, strength, and ability."
Harry's eyes grew wide with shock. Remus and Tonks had told him of the prophecy, another one, but not that he was the recipient of one, again. "So your telling me . . . . But what does this have to with Ginny?" he asked logically. "From what I've heard of the prophecy it has nothing to do with, well, with Ginny."
"Albus, we don't want them to . . ." Remus began very firmly.
"I think they need to know. Love, we should tell them. It's clear they'd discover it any-who, and they should know ahead of time. Harry hates surprises," Tonks said calmly.
"No, I can't. I made a promise to James. He knew, he knew it was Harry, I don't know how, but he knew. I can't break that promise to him, especially if he's talking with James tonight. James said he would tell his son that part, and since Ginny hears the dreams too, they will find out, together," Remus said firmly.
"Just let Prongs tell me, ok? I'm going to go to bed now because it been a while and I'm still trying to return to my sleeping cycle. So, Ginny and I are going ot bed. Good night," Harry said rising from the table with Ginny next to him.
"Wait, you two are-" Charlie began having vaguely followed what was said during the meet and who would have Remus and Bill explain it to him later.
"Calm down, we're sleeping in separate bedrooms!" Harry exclaimed chuckling and leaving the room intent on going to bed. The moment his head hit the pillow he was asleep, once again entering the engulfing black expanse.
A/N: I'm sorry times a million, I got sick and had way to much work to catch up on. If you blame anyone blame my teachers, they assign way tooo much homework (that and I just avoid doing it!). Thanks for everyone who reviewed, I appreciated it and I am keeping up on the updates I missed and they will get made up I promise.