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Slowly, reluctantly and cautiously, Harry opened the letter, sitting down at the dining table to read. Everyone around him was silent and Hermione had her hands one his shoulders, calming him.
He unfolded the parchment in his hands and read it to himself slowly.
Harry,
I know that this will be coming at a bad time in your life, for you have a lot on your shoulders. As I would have to be gone for this to be sent, I ask you not to mourn for me too long, I most likely went out the way I wanted to, dueling. I'm no idiot, we are in a war and war has its casualties, just use it as your own firepower against him…Ask Dumbledore…he will elaborate.
The real reason I am writing to you is to tell you about a present that I got for your birthday. The thing is, I put it in my vault.
I will not be all mysterious about this as Dumbledore is (wink), I got you your own Pensieve, for you to help organize your thoughts and get some of that weight off your back.
Keep your nose to the grindstone kid…Make sure you don't do anything I wouldn't do…and most of all stay safe!
Love ya kid,
Sirius
Harry was crying now, not holding back…
"Harry are you ok? We could hold this party another time, you know?" Mrs. Weasley asked
"No Molly. I'm fine, I just miss him, you know"
"Yes I do Harry, I understand completely…I lost family in the first war, my brothers, Gideon and Fabian"
Harry looked up quickly.
"They were in the original Order, weren't they"
"Yes Harry how did you know that"
"Moody has a picture of all of the original members…he told me that it took 5 Death Eaters to beat them, they must have been extraordinary duelists"
"They were extraordinary men…I'll never forget the day they died…"
:Flashback:
Molly and Arthur stepped through platform 9 ¾ after their 7th and final year at Hogwarts, they were excited to be out of school, but even more excited to be getting married next month. Arthur was taking her home to her parents home and they were going to spend the day together, telling of the many things they had gotten into over the year to her parents. When they pulled up, all eyes were on the house and the dread of what laid inside. Hovering over the house, was the Dark Mark, You-know-who's symbol, the mark of death, lingering over the Prewett's house.
"Shit! How could it of happened?" Arthur yelled, his voice quivering. They then saw Albus Dumbledore walk out of the front door. Molly ran out straight at the old man.
"What happened? Is it my whole family? It's all of your fault! You let Gid and Fab join the wretched Order and now our house has been attacked"
"Miss Prewett, kindly hold your tongue for a moment so I can explain. The twins found out about a plot of the Death Eaters massacring your whole family, they were going to hide on your land and when they knew everyone was home they were going to kill ALL of you. Luckily, the twins found out, and rushed to the house. Unfortunately, their were five Death Eaters at your home waiting"
"You brothers, fought the five for a good while but in the end 5 heads are better than two. They succumbed to the onslaught and were killed. Luckily you and your parents were not here. Though I think if your father was here that they might have defeated the Death Eaters." he explained, talking of Molly's father who was an Auror, second in command under old Mad-Eye.
"Yeah, we're lucky all right…"she sobbed uncontrollably
:End Flashback:
"Anyway, there is cake to be served…" she said bustling off to the kitchen to retrieve the gigantic dessert.
A/N: After reading HBP, my creativity is in overdrive and i think that i am gonna take a sabbatical from this fic to start another one that goes through Harry's 7th year...Afterwards i might continue this fic, i might not.