He tied the post to Hedwig's offered leg and let her fly on her way. He then thought about why Dumbledore needed to talk to him. Surely it wasn't to punish him after exploding at him after term. Could it? I guess it is possible, after what I had said.

I just didn't think he would ever punish a student. He lets everyone vent or get his or her emotions out.

"So what do you think he needs to talk to you about...Harry?" she said, snapping him out of his reverie.

"Huh…what? Oh sorry Hermione. Honestly I don't know. I did yell a lot last term but he didn't seem too mad about it."

"Maybe it is just to congratulate you about the D.A." she said

"No…it is something far more serious than that." a voice came from the corner. They turned to see Albus Dumbledore standing not more than three feet from them. "A simple thank you and congratulations or 'don't you talk to me like that again' would not be anywhere near as important as what I have come to say."

"Sorry profess-"

"Stop with the professor, both of you…" he said, his eye twinkling furiously,

"You two have earned my respect far too much to be calling me that outside of school. There are a few things that I need to talk to you about concerning all sorts of different things. First, I know that you and Miss Granger are now an item. Will this be affecting your future?"

"We really don't know yet, I mean we a re just going to let everything play out and see what happens."

"Well whatever happens I just hope that you are happy. But I sense that it is a beginning of something glorious. Next item up for business is…Sirius. I know that it will be hard to talk so freely but we need to. He left you quite a considerable amount of land and money. I wanted to know what you planned on doing with it?"

"I truly do not need any money…I don't know. I knew that Sirius was wealthy but I didn't realize that I would be his sole heir. I never really thought about it before. How much is actually in there?"

"An amount in excess of 20,000,000 galleons, plus jewels and deeds to the Black properties, Grimmauld Place and a mansion in the foothills of Prussia, as well as two or three school trunks full of…shall we say, inventions."

"Inventions? Are you serious? Stuff that he and my dad invented?" "I figured that would get your attention. Yes, multiple things that they saw as quite successful. I am sure that there are also blue prints for them. The Weasley twins would definitely be out to get them. The Order would most likely get some good use out of some of them.

"I'll give them the blueprints. Of course they already have a lot of my money invested." Harry saw Hermione giving him an evil glare.

"My tri-wizard winnings. I didn't want it and they needed funding. Look at the success they're in the middle of. They just named me as silent partner too." he said recalling a letter he had gotten a week back.

"Well, anyway now that we have that out of the way…we need to talk about your parent's Trust. They indeed left you quite a bit, as you are well aware of. But they do have two homes, one of course is Godric's Hollow and the other is inside a mountain in the Alps. Since you are yet to become 'of age' these properties will be held in trust until such a time. The Black estates will be held in your name but under my authority. Money can be doled out at will."

"Give a sizable amount to the Weasleys" Harry said, "They need it more than I do. I will explain at Grimmauld place when they arrive."

"They are already residing there, well all except Molly, Ginny and Ron. Arthur said that he would rather them not be there without anything to do, all summer."

"Which means he didn't want them to know about something. " Hermione stated quickly.

"Exactly. Well, I will tell you what I know, because you two will be joining us in a few short weeks-"

"We are?"

"Trust me, it isn't without contention by Molly and Minerva but all the others are awaiting the 22nd. Ron cannot join until his parents decide to let him, but neither of you have parents in the Wizarding world so it would be up to me, your Headmaster. Anyhow, none of the Death Eaters heard the prophecy last month, which means that now they are getting desperate to find out about it. They are searching for anyone with any knowledge whatsoever about it. At last count, I had three names on the list. Me, you and Hermione, is that correct?"

" That should be it."

"Well, they certainly aren't going to come after me" Dumbledore said, "so we have to keep an eye out for you at all times."

"I had a dream the other night that I haven't told you about. Voldemort and Goyle's dad were talking to Lucius Malfoy about invading Hogwarts, Goyle said that it would be impossible unless…" He stammered,

" they used dementors."

"Well, Harry we might be in some need to the members of the D.A. You taught them Patroni, correct?"

"They might need some practice but that is what school is for. Not all the Professor's know how to do it either, so will some of them be joining?"

"The real reason you're here Albus?"

"What are you saying Harry?"

"You are holding some information back from us. I can sense it."

"That seems almost like Legillimency how you were able to interpret my body actions. Okay, okay. Here." He said pulling a scroll out of his robe. " I want you to teach Defense this year. You are the best chance we have unless I come out of the headmaster's position and I have become far too accustomed to that office."

"Teach Defense? Me?"

"Why not? You did it last year with the D.A, why wouldn't you be able to do this?"

"Because I don't know everything that I need to. I am not even in sixth year yet. Hell, Hermione would be better at this than me. At least she knows all about the spells we would learn."

"Harry, the D.A. wanted you because of your background with Voldemort. It's the same reason why I want you to teach them. You are magnificently gifted. Hermione might be the one that knows the spells before you learn about them, but you are the only one that I know of that could use one of those spells correctly within the first ten tries."

"Yeah Harry. I might be book-smart but you are just a quicker thinker. You know what you are doing before you are doing it or you at least act on instinct. Sometimes your mind thinks quicker than you need it to."

"I don't know though. I would need to study so much, and it is already the middle of break."

"Harry I can help you, you know. That is why I am here, to help you out. When we go to Grimmauld Place, we can do whatever we need to help each other."

"Oh and I almost forgot, here Harry. You might find this useful, I know that I have." Albus explained, handing over a book to Harry.

"Incantem creatius? What is it?"

" Dumbledore? You mean it actually exists? The spell creation book?"

"Spell creation?"

"Yes, miss Granger, it does exist. How do you think I created the Anti-Disapparition jinx?"

"How did you come across it?"

"It was passed down to me by my Great-Grandfather. Any guesses who it was?"

"I knew you looked familiar the first time I saw you. Merlin?"

"Wow, I sort of had a theory in my head about that, but I wasn't certain."

"And in addition, my Grandfather married into the Gryffindor family. So all in all, there should be no wonder as to why I am so powerful, but I do not like to boast about my lineage. One hundred and seventy-five years on Earth will give you the speed of mind and talent for just about any situation."

"Wow! You are old!"

"Thank you for putting it so bluntly."

"No. I didn't mean it like that. No book that I have read will ever give an age or birth-date, so it comes as quite a shock."

"Anyway, we have gotten sidetracked from the matter at hand. Harry, will you accept the position at Hogwarts?"

"On one condition"

"What's that?"

"I will need a student coordinator," he said, suspiciously eyeing Hermione.

"Done, I see that position has already been taken." he said smirking greatly, " I will take my leave now, but before I do, I need to tell you that some personal items of your parents and Sirius will be put up in your room before you arrive at Grimmauld Place. Some of them you can use some of them you can't and I believe blueprints are included with some of the inventions…inventions that the Order can definitely, if I am correct, use."

"I'll make sure you get whatever can be useful to us. But do you really think that there would be anything in there that might help? My dad was a prankster."

"He was also the best in Transfiguration, Defense and Charms the whole time he was at school as well as Sirius." DD said, "he knew more about Defense and Dark arts than most 7th years. No one could ever best him in a duel, until that night. I loved him like a son, Harry. I was great friends with his father but after your parent's deaths we fell out of touch and he eventually died, stupid potion."

"He died making a potion?"

"Another time Harry. Before I go you and Hermione will be cleared of age restrictions to your magic within the hour. Start studying and practice. Constant Vigilance, eh, Harry? I have to be leaving now." he said and with a swish of his cloak, he was gone.

The next day Harry had comprised a long detailed list of books and things he would need from Diagon Alley. He quickly sent the list off to Dumbledore so he could make sure he got everything.

Hermione started going through the books Lupin and Sirius got him for Christmas last year and noting which spells they would need to go over thoroughly.

That night, a knock was heard outside of Harry's window. They moved toward it slowly, wands drawn.

Once there they saw a scrawny looking wizard of about 40, on a broom with a large wooden crate hanging below.

"Delivery for Harry Potter."

"Thank you so much," Harry said as he levitated the crate into the room. "Can you just take the money out of my bank vault?"

"I would but I was told it was already paid for. Albus Dumbledore took care of it."

"Well thanks again." he said as he closed the window and turned around to look at the massive crate.

After a while they managed to pry the lid off to look at the many books at their disposal. Hermione looked like Christmas had come early.

In addition to Books though, there was Dark detectors such as Foe-Glass, clothing for both him and Hermione and numerous other things.

The room needed to be expanded again to fit all the books on their respective shelves. Harry conjured another two trunks to fit all of his and Hermione's new property so they could go to Grimmauld Place.

This was going to be a long year!