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Chapter 2 Birthday Boy

Harry woke up, by seven in the morning just to discover the stack of presents by the end of his bed. It was much larger then usual and he was eager to open them all, but just as he was about to touch them...

"Harry, the guests have arrived. Get dressed and come down and meet them."

Harry sighed and looked longing at his presents. He got dressed in blue jeans and a white t-shirt and headed down wondering who in the world it could be that had arrived in this early hour.

"Hello" his aunt said when he reached down to the hall. "Had a good sleep?"

"Very good, unless you count in the part when Kreatcher sneaked in and almost pulled me out of bed looking for missing photographs.

His aunt laughed softly, she had changed so much lately it had been a shock seeing her at the King's Cross Station.

-Flashback-

He went through the barrier to the Muggle World station. Many of the Order members greeted him warmly when he arrived. Tonks was there, with violet spiked hair. Moody stood by her side, his magical eye looking through the back of his head at an old lady who sneezed. Lupin shook his hand before taking his trunk. But what surprised him the most was his aunt who gave him a motherly hug, and said she was so happy to see him again.

She took his hand and steered him outside, to a, what looked like, an old factory which had gone out of business. She steered him inside, where Arthur Weasley, Bill and Percy waited guarding what looked like an old cardboard box. On a command from Percy, all of them touched it, and moments after he felt that jerk by his navel, telling him he was travelling by Port Key. They arrived a minute later at the Headquarters, where the portrait of Mrs Black screamed her usual insults, It all ended with a stunning charm from Percy, telling that old hag to shut up. Arthur Weasley looked really proud over his third son, especially since he did manage to shut up the portrait.

The following days, Harry had to get used to very much admiring and motherly hugs from Petunia. It was her way of telling him that she was so sorry for what she had done. She also had stopped being so fussy over her usual cleanings and let the house be as it where. But still, the old ways could come back, and she had become a very good friend with Kreatcher. When after series of weeks, Kreatcher had, against his own will, started to get pretty close to her.

-End Flashback-

Nowadays the house was cleaned again, fit for living, as Mrs Weasley would have said it. Not that it was spotless, like the old house at Private Drive, but it was welcoming, here and there you could see some faults, but no one seemed to bother those. Harry actually liked it as it was, Privet Drive had been too clean.

'Enough about that' he thought getting himself back to reality.

The door opened, and to his surprise...

"Ron... Neville... Cassandra... What are you guys doing here=?"

"Surprised to see us" Cassandra said smiling. "I guess you won the bet, Neville. He didn't faint."

"Cassandra, when will you ever learn, there's no way you can bet with Hufflepuff, he already know the outcome of it." Ron said.

"But, what are you three doing here?"

"Well, there are some things that happened..." Cassandra began.

"She means Death Eaters. I was in Rumania as you know, had just sent your present with pig, when those things attacked us."

"And when we say attacked, you should just have seen those armies he sent. I have never seen anything like it. They could have blown half of Gothenburg away in one blast."

"It all happened during the night, and only by the look of it, we understood that we couldn't stop them, so we went straight here." Neville explained.

"Yeah, and Happy Birthday mate. How have you been?"

Harry was so shocked upon seeing the three heirs by his door that he didn't know what to answer.

"Fine, just fine." He managed to say.

"Just..." Ron said but he was abruptly cut of by Cassandra.

"Let him breath, it's hard enough to see us again. So much has happened and he barely knows half of it."

"Well, maybe we should discuss this later. Come on in." he said inviting them inside.

(Later, in Harry's bedroom)

Harry sat on his bed. Ron sat in an armchair. Neville lay on the floor and Cassandra had jumped up on the desk he usually wrote his letters on. She had before settling down, carefully taken of the crumbled parchments. She was highly afraid on getting ink on her blue satin skirt she wore. They had just finished telling each other what had happened since they left each other for the summer.

"Well, at least they don't know where you've stayed. Dumbledore must have done a really good job protecting this house." Cassandra said.

"Of course he has, he's Dumbledore Cass." Ron said.

"Anyone heard anything from Hermione or Draco lately?" Harry asked.

"I sent Hermione a letter a few days ago, and that letter is the main reason for me being here. Tonks owled me saying she had heard rumours of Voldemort finding a way for immortality."

"What!" Ron said almost falling out from the chair.

"Now we're really in trouble. If that's so how in the world are we going to defeat him, when we can't kill him?" Neville said shaking his head.

"Wonder how Hermione has it, from what I know she's somewhere hiding in some mountains" Ron said changing the subject.

"And Draco. I have barely heard a thing from him. I stumbled across him in Stockholm, when I had to visit some of my friends for money. The family vault key disappeared with the house, luckily we entrusted a spare one to an old friend."

"Our days are indeed growing darker. You do wonder what will happen next. I know what can happen, but future changes every second and so far, if this continues we have to start fighting back." Neville mumbled.

"But how, he's too strong for anyone of us to manage." Harry said.

"Let's talk about this later when Draco and Hermione have arrived. I want to know what you've gotten for birthday, you haven't opened your gifts yet." Ron said cheeringly.

"Oh... I completely forgot about those." Harry said grabbing the nearest presents and unwrapping it. It was from Hagrid, and it was a beautiful carved figure of a phoenix. On its head there was a lightning shaped scar. Harry felt an urge of guilt. So much had happened he hadn't been visiting Hagrid like he usually did.

The next one came from Tonks, who had given him a book called White and Dark magic- the differences between. Lupins had sent him a Werewolf protection kit, since the werewolves he had met had threatened him on hunting them down and bite every single one. Moody had sent him a mini Foe glass.

Then came some more from Hogwarts. There had been many students staying, or going back earlier since their families had been killed or gone. For example Luna, who sent him the latest edition of the Quibbler. Therese, the girl he had gone to the ball with, had sent him a thank you card, Colin and she was still a couple, and a Green rose, one of the few in the world. Colin had sent him a photo, which he had changed by magic so it reassembled him as a powerful sorcerer with a long white beard. Harry tried to hide it, but Ron snatched it from him and had a good laugh.

And then it was the Weasleys. Mrs Weasley had sent him a green one with a flower on, Ron had obviously told her everything. The twins had given him a box of their latest pranks. They also asked him to find someone to test them on, for example Filch.

At last he arrived to the last presents, the ones from his friends. He took the nearest one, which was wrapped in a yellow and black striped paper. He saw Neville blush, it was very obvious whom it came from.

Inside he found a, what looked like a document. He broke the seal and read aloud.

"For many years and centuries there have been many recent discoveries, but none as strange as for the discovery made in old time. In the time of war, when one of England's greatest kings ruled, together with a very loyal friend, by the name of Merlin. Merlin himself was a mystery, a wizard with unimaginable powers. Merlin is said to have many fingers in the old legend. But what few know is the story after. When Arthur finally died, Merlin slowly disappears from knowledge, yet from an old lyric, to old for anyone to remember it tells of Merlin's own heroic days until suddenly he had disappeared out of all knowledge.

What happened afterwards we've finally been able to find out. Merlin had, before his death, a daughter he called Anemone, after his favourite flower. About this mysterious anemone we so far know about her love for nature and life. In a recent found diary of the young girl, we've found very much about her. the bearer of this document must know, the one who can prove himself to be heir of Merlin, has the rightful reclaim of the diary."

Harry wiped a tear from his eyes. "Thanks", was all he could say.

"You're welcome. I stumbled across this document in one of my visions and I knew you'd like it."

Harry laughed, hugged the heir and continued with the presents. The next one was wrapped in... blue fabrics, how she had been able to do that was beyond his imagining since there was no trace of magic in the work. In it lay a bow, with a lot of brown feathers to keep something safe. He wondered what.

Inside, deep inside, he found a small silver ring. On it was a eagle.

"It's my dads, he gave that to me when I was six. It's a sign of friendship, and I believe you are a better bearer then me."

Harry tried the ring. It looked so small, but when he had put it on it looked perfect, it had widened.

"It goes after its bearer." She explained.

"It's really good, thanks he said"

Cassandra blushed and hid her face in her hands. You could see the small tears that went down.

The next was from Ron, wrapped in red paper with gold rings on.

"Wow, Ron, where did you get that?" Cassandra asked finally looking up. Ron blushed deeply mumbling something, which sounded very much like...

"He's made it himself. You know, with that you'd become a very good craftsman"

It was a golden lion, standing on its hind legs roaring.

"You know, it looks very much like the town symbol of Gothenburg." Cassandra said.

"It's not real gold, sorry for it. It's really a piece of wood I transfigured."

"You what...! How in the world did you manage that? Transfiguring is one thing, but elemental transfiguring is really something else."

Harry placed the lion on a shelf, where it looked very majestic. He turned back to the last remaining two presents. He opened one, a sparkling white one from Hermione.

Dear Harry, said a note inside.

I really hope you've had a good summer without much fuss. For my own part I'm currently in hiding in the lone mountains away for all kinds of eyes. Me and Crookshanks has so far had a good time since I hope this is a place no one can find us.

Happy birthday, hope you'll like the gift I've found for you. I found it in a nearby cave, it surprised me a lot since there aren't supposed to be any left, but it's powerful and it will probably help you in what's coming.

Crookshanks also says Hi, we miss you all, but it's best to stay hidden until we'll be back.

Love Hermione and Crookshanks.

He was very eager when he picked up Hermione's present. It was a small silvery bone, which use he didn't know, but that... Cassandra knew.

"Galloping gargoyles!" she said jumping down on her feet. "Where in the world did Hermione get that?"

"In a cave, from what she wrote here." Harry answered showing the heir of Ravenclaw the letter.

"What is it?" Neville asked.

"Neville, you live in a pure blood family, you should know. Don't you remember...?"

"YOU MEAN THAT?!" he said falling from his chair.

"What is it?" Harry asked again.

"Harry?" Ron began, but Cassandra quieted him.

"He's not raised by purebloods so he don't know. That bone is a star, yes a star. Once in a while stars fall down, that's very common. Muggle says stars are other suns, well that's part true. Some stars are small silvery objects, it's those we see fall down at nights. The objects are all magical, I know my grandmother had one until it disappeared. The stars are strong magic with an own will. They decide themselves when to show up and when to disappear. They give strength to the good, draw strength from the bad yet it feeds on good wills. I suppose it will stay with you for a long time..." Cassandra said giggling.

Harry placed the star in his pocket and fetched the last present. It was wrapped in what looked like green snake skin. It too had a note.

Do not shake, drop, throw or anything like it above. You have been warned.

Draco

Harry carefully unwrapped the present. Inside was first it seemed to be nothing, but then...

A small green head popped up. It was a small snake, of which type he didn't know.

The snake picked up another note from the bottom and gave it to him with its tail. It was very intelligent he could tell.

Harry, this is an Emerald Cobra, one of the last ones in the world. I found this during a walk in France. It had been badly injured, since Muggles can't see them. It was together with a sister, I have her with me, but since two snakes can't be placed together I would like you too keep it. See it as a gift from me. It rarely feeds, but when it's hungry it often chases on its own.

See you

Draco

Harry carefully took the green cobra, which was very small, just two feet long. He saw the others back away. He looked at the note again and saw a Ps.

Ps: It is very poisonous, probably the most poisonous serpent in the world. Be careful.

'That explains all of it.' He thought putting the snake back into the box. It curled up and began purring. He had never heard a snake purr before.

"That must really be a Slytherin joke." Ron said getting to his feet.

To reviewers: My fingers hurt from typing and I've been sitting in the chair all day to finish this. Hope you all liked it.

Nightwing 509: Good you liked it. Sorry if I might write long dragging chapters, but there's so much information that needs to be settled that the real action may not take place in a pretty long time.

CrystalSparks: Hermione and Draco will arrive in next chapter, so much I can tell. What will happen then... you'll see.

Alanpatty07: Thanks for reviewing, sure enough the five of them hasn't had it easy, but this fic is planned to be a bit darker then the last. Hope you'll enjoy!

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blaze potter: There's so much I want to happen in this fic I don't know if I'll manage all. And soon enough you'll arrive, but so far I have to concentrate on what's happened in the last. And if you want me to, I can drag you into this.

Silvar: Thanks for such a kind review, and I'm sure reviews will come, just keep updating and more will notice you. In my beginning there was a time I had written five chapters and no reviews, but they soon come, so I hope you may update your own soon.

Allacaya: Glad you liked last chapter, though it was hard to try to write so detailed of Gothenburg when you can't bring your computer in town... Now you can guess where I live, anyway... Thanks for reviewing, hope you liked this chapter, and I can answer one thing. Cassandra will remove the curse, there are more important matters to that book that will be revealed after.

To reviewers for other chapters:

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End notes:

Tári: Sorry for me dropping in, this should have been Shitza's line, if she hadn't fainted after answering you guys.

Seeeza: Dear us, she has a lot to do.

Tári: Better wake her up soon, I am really glad all that sugar's gone.

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