Can Love Find Me Now

Chapter 45

Harry's Golden Glow

Albus Dumbledore walked into the hospital wing to check on his old student and dear friend. He knew he would have to tell Remus about what had happened to Harry this morning but wanted to make sure he was strong enough to handle what was coming. As he made his way to Poppy's office, he lost his train of thought as he caught site of an owl flying into the window and heading straight for him. The owl landed on the bed right in front of him and held out his leg for him to relieve him from his burden. He wasn't expecting any post but decided to handle it with caution until he noticed the seal of the Order.

Fawkes

The snake has acquired information about the great power of the lord; the location he knows not; he has not located the lord's book, which has the story of how the Snake can and will be beaten by the Fawn. The snake has many followers looking but I understand that it won't be found; as it is already in the possession of the Fawn. The old lion has found important things in his woods and needs advice on how to make a leg for his friend. The lion will meet you at your home tonight an hour before dinner with the piece of the wood for the leg and would like the fawn there with you so that he can give him a bit of Irish luck.

The Falcons want to have a party at you place on the last day of the month; they want to surprise the Fawn for his coming of age. Please let the others and me know what we need to bring for the party by Wednesday. I want you to know that I have my party hat ready, my dancing shoes on and will come with bells hanging from my nose.

The Punk-Rock Queen

He had to smile at how Tonks had coded the message and would send her a reply as soon as he checked on Remus. He notice Poppy coming from the back of the hospital ward; he made his way towards her as she walked towards him.

"Awe Poppy, the person I was looking for; has Remus arrived from the Shrieking Shack?" he asked her as they met in the middle of the ward.

"Yes Albus, I have him in the back bed; he needs his rest. I have taken care of his cuts and the like; he will be back to his normal self in about two hours. He will still be tired but other then that he will be fine." Poppy said as she started to walk towards her office.

"Good, I will only speak with him for a moment; it is important Poppy or I would not ask to see him now," he said this as he started walking to the back of the ward.

"Yes, so it seems that every time you come in, it is vital for you to speak with my patients that are here," said as she clucked her tongue and stepped into her office; closing the door behind her.

Albus Dumbledore had to smile at the remark she had made; she was just too protective of her patients. He had known her for years; she had raised her children the same way. She had been a strict mother but had been fair with her children. When her husband and children had been killed in the last war she had busied herself with work. The students of Hogwarts were now her children and she did try to protect them as best she could. Remus was one of those students she had tried to protect, not only as a child when he attended school but also as an adult.

He reached the end of the ward and found Remus asleep; so he decided to sit in the chair beside his bed and wait for the man to wake on his own. From within his robs he pulled out a piece of parchment (he was glad of his old habit; you never know when you will need to send a note). He then pulled a muggle pencil (such a wonderful invention those muggles made, he thought to himself) and started his reply to Tonks; he wondered what had happened for the Order to need to have a meeting now. Moody wanted Harry to be with him tonight; what was going on and was it good or bad. He scribbled a short note to Tonks and summoned Fawkes to deliver the message; it was the safest and most secret way for him to respond to her quickly.

Punk-Rock Queen

The Fawn knows that the snake has learned about the great power of the lord and that he knows not where to find the great book of his word. Yes, you are right to say that the Fawn has possession of the great book and is keeping it safe for now. Tell the lion that I will await his arrival at my place tonight and the Fawn will be with me. I can only hope I can help him with making the wooden leg for his friend. I am sure the Fawn will be glad to get some Irish luck; he could really use it.

Tell the falcons that a party is a great idea to help the Fawn with coming of age and that I have the perfect room at my place to have it. There is no need on your part or theirs to bring anything but if any of the Falcons or you think they need to bring something then do so. I cannot wait to see your party hat and I am sure that your dancing shoes are lovely but I do believe that you can leave the bells off your nose. I await your arrival and all of the Falcons on the last day of the month; I am sure we can accomplish many things on that night.

Yours in spirit and heart,

Fawkes.

As he tied the note to Fawkes leg Remus started moving around in the bed; he sent his faithful Phoenix on his way and turned his attention to the man lying in the bed. He waited patiently for Remus to open his eyes and notice he was there; it didn't take long before he shot up into the sitting position.

"Awe, my friend I see that you have decided to join this world again; how are you really feeling Remus?"

Remus answered him in a voice just above a whisper, "Albus, I feel like I was thrown off the top of the astronomy tower about ten times but other then that I'm just tired."

Dumbledore saw that he did look as if he could fall asleep again and said, "As soon as you are rested please come to my office and we will go to the room of Requirements together; there has been some new developments during the night and this morning while you were occupied. Harry had a visit in his dreams from his parents, Sirius and Cedric Diggory; I believe that his full power has been fully released but not under control. Harry is fine so please take that worried though and put it out of your mind. He was glowing this morning; Arthur came and requested my presents. It seems that they did not understand why he was glowing and were not able to get close to him. I am sure that by the time you are up to it Harry and the others will have many things to discuss with us about the items and what they want to do with them."

"Are you sure he is ok Albus; I mean he has had so much to deal with over the past few years and with Sirius dieing," he trailed off and looked down at his hands; while he played with the bed sheets.

"I will let you be the judge of that when you see him and just so you know it was Ginny Weasley that was able to wake him when no one else could get near him. I must confess that after watching her interact with Harry that the other power that his mother talked to him about is love; I believe that it will make his magic stronger where he will be able to defeat Voldemort; something worth fighting for you might say. It has been said that love will conquer all; we can only hope that it is true." He said with that twinkle shining brightly in his eyes.

Remus thought for a minute and then said, "Love as in family love, love in friendship or (with a devilish smile on his face) love like his parents had?"

Dumbledore had to take a minute, think about the question he was asked and answer him with as honest of an answer he could, "Remus that I am not sure of; it could a combination of all three or it could be just one kind of love. As close as Harry has gotten to the Weasley's and Miss. Granger I would hope that the combination of family, friends, and the possibility of true love will help him conquer Voldemort where he will not be able to ever return."

"Yes, we can only hope that in the end he will be gone forever; if Harry is ever to be ready for the final battle then we have to make sure he knows how to control his power; train him how to use it and make sure he knows what could happen," he said a little uneasily.

"I believe we will test his power next weekend; that way he has time to recover his strength. Have him do some simple defense spells and see how strong they are; if you would care to help test him. You know what he is capable of since you are teaching him now and did so in his third year. Now my dear boy I will leave you to rest before Poppy has my head for being in here too long. I will see you in my office later this afternoon," Dumbledore said.

Remus sank back into the comforts of his bed; his transformation always took all the energy out of him. He had not hurt himself as much this time but he was still weak and needed to rest. He had classes to teach tomorrow and he wanted to start giving Harry private lessons; he wanted to get more involved with the D.A. and help as many students to be prepared. He knew Harry had to be the one to fight and defeat Voldemort but he would need as many of his friends and classmates to help fight the deatheater's and any other creatures that Voldemort would bring to the battle. Remus fell into a deep sleep not long after Dumbledore left the hospital wing; he awoke at three-thirty and called out to Poppy Pomfrey. The school matron appeared a few minutes after he called out her name and asked her when he could leave. She checked him over and gave him the ok to leave the hospital.

After getting dressed, he made his way to from the hospital wing up to Dumbledore's office; Albus Dumbledore called for him to enter and was sitting behind his desk going over some pieces of parchment when he entered. The headmaster motioned for Remus to take a seat and continued going over the parchments on his desk; with in five minutes he finished with the parchment and turned his attention back to Remus.

"I am glad to see that you are doing better Remus; how are you feeling?" Dumbledore asked him.

Remus had to smile at the old man; he always looked at the brighter side of things and worried about others well being but he had questions so he asked, "I am as well as I can be Albus but how is Harry doing?"

Dumbledore had to smile at the man before him; he was more worried about his godson then he was of his own health. He cocked his head to one side as if contemplating his question then answered the man, "I talked to him at lunch this afternoon; Arthur, Molly, Harry and the others are staying in the room of requirements. They are sleeping there and taking all meals with in the room; plus Dobby and Winky are taking care of them. When I spoke to him this afternoon he was doing well; he was tired and still had a small amount of a glow to him."

"What, he's still glowing; how can that be Albus. I mean…wow…we knew he was going to be powerful but…I mean this must mean that he is going to be as powerful as you," Remus had a look of disbelief on his face as he said this.

"I have to disagree with you Remus; I do believe that it means he will be more powerful then myself or even Merlin if I am not mistaken and most importantly more powerful then Tom Riddle," Remus could see a look of joy pass over the headmasters face as he said this.

"What, no way…oh my god (he frowned)…more powerful then you (he chuckled)…more powerful then Merlin (a look of awe came over his face at that thought) and more powerful…then…Voldemort (a look of pleasure crossed his face at this news); what…no…I mean…wow. I'm speechless; do you…think that…wow; did Lily and James know he was going to be this powerful?" Dumbledore let a chuckle slip out as he watched Remus sputter and hesitate with his response.

"That my friend I cannot say but they knew he would be powerful. Did James or Lily ever tell you that when Harry was, I believe three weeks old or maybe a month old; I dare say it has been so long ago that I am not sure how old little Harry was at the time. It happened mostly at night after they went to bed; his bed would be empty of anything but him and his blanket. In the mornings when Lily would go to get young Harry there would be stuffed toys in with him. It was always the same ones; let me think, they were the ones that you, Sirius, and his father gave him I do believe. A black dog, a stag, and a wolf if I am not mistaken; Lily tired to say that the three of you enchanted them to do this."

"After about a week of this she sent me an owl; asking if myself and professor Flitwick could come and check the toys for any signs of charms, spells or enchantments. Minerva, Fillias and myself flooed over that day; we checked the toys and found nothing. Lily was watching from the doorway; when we were through checking the toys out we placed them back on the shelf. As we turned to talk to her, we noticed that her eyes were getting larger. We turned to see why she looked so shocked and there were the toys floating over to Harry's crib. Minerva and Fillias did some tests and found that he had a very strong magical signature but alas, from the prophecy we knew he had to be powerful. I do believe that Lily had a clue that Harry would be powerful but alas, no one could have predicted that he would become this powerful. I do hope that gives you an adequate answer to your question Remus; awe it is four-thirty and I promised Harry we would arrive at this time."

"One more question; does Harry know how much power he has…I mean to say does he know he will be more powerful then you; Voldemort or Merlin?" Remus asked

"No"

"Oh"

"Yes"

"You're going to tell him right"

"No, we are going to tell him"

"Oh"

"Are you scared Remus?"

"Yes"

"As am I; come we must get going. Dobby and Winky will have dinner served by the time we get there," Remus noticed that Dumbledore did not seem to be scared but he had taken on a glow, all of his own as he said this.

Albus Dumbledore and Remus Lupin walked in silence all the way up to the seventh floor to the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy; to Remus's surprise Dumbledore knocked on the tapestry and stood back waiting. It didn't take long before the tapestry turned into a door and opened. Arthur Weasley stood on the other side of the door and motioned for them to enter. When Remus got inside the room he noticed that, the room no longer looked like the living room from Godric's Hollow but looked like a giant dinning room. Arthur explained that they were indeed just in time for dinner; Dobby and Winky were making food appear as they walked towards the table. Luna noticed them first and poked Neville, who in turn poked Ron. Ron not being the most discreet person alive practically yelled.

"Oy, Harry, Remus and Dumbledore are here; can we eat now," he said as his stomach growled.

Molly Weasley smacked him across the back of his head as she said, "Ronald Weasley where are your manners; you will address him as professor Dumbledore and I know that I have raised you better then that. To just yell across a room like that; well I never." She trailed off as she noticed that Remus and Dumbledore were doing their best not to laugh but in the end started laughing at what had just happened.

Dobby and Winky announced that dinner was ready and for all of them to take their seats so that they could eat. Just like on previous days, Harry made the two house-elves sit with them and eat. To keep the mood light they talked about anything that did not concern the items and what they would be discussing after dinner. Dumbledore decided to bring up the new prankster (or pranksters; he admitted that he did not know how many were involved) and some of the colorful things that had been done to the different houses. To Molly's (and professor McGonagall) charging, he compared them to the Marauders and the Weasley twins; everyone else had smiles on their faces and openly laughed about the antics going on in Hogwarts. The six knew they could not show too much enthusiasm; if they did the Weasley matriarch would know they all had something to do with the pranks. All of them knew that if she found out about their involvement; well let's just say she would give them a taste of her wrath that she held in reserved for George and Fred Weasley.

As dinner ended, Molly made the two house-elves stay in their seats. She excused her self and made her way over to a cabinet at the end of the table, opening the doors and levitating individual desserts to each person sitting at the table. Harry had to smile; she had figured out how to use the room just so she could make the dessert for everyone. He knew she was feeling like she was not needed; to many years of taking care of her family. Harry could tell that Winky was not pleased with this but once she noticed that Harry was smiling she bowed her head and waited for everyone to be served. To everyone's delight, she had made Triple Chocolate Truffle Torte, cut into individual pieces, and topped with a light and creamy whipped topping.

After finishing dessert, Dobby and Winky made sure everything had been cleaned up; as soon as everything disappeared, the room returned to its original form. Professor McGonagall, Remus, and professor Dumbledore took the big chairs, Molly and Arthur took the small love seat. Ron, Hermione, Luna, and Neville took one of the couches and Ginny, Harry and Mark took the other couch.

"Professor's thank you all for meeting us here and giving us time to talk about the items and discuss them in length. Everyone except Remus has given us his opinion on what he thinks should happen to the items. Remus, what are your thoughts on this or do you have any ideas you would like to share," Harry asked of his godfather.

Remus thought for a few minutes and looked at all the people that were gathered around him in the room; he wasn't sure what Harry wanted to hear from him so he just asked questions of his godson and his friends, "Harry I'm not sure what you expect me to say; what do you have in mind?"

"I just want to know what you think; what you think should be done concerning the items," Harry said in an exasperated voice.

Remus gave him a stern look and said, "Harry no matter what I say; I know you have already made up your mind. By you and your friends finding the items before Voldemort (you could see Molly and Arthur shudder) did, well you have already saved many lives; he could have used that book for who knows what. No matter what; you have to think clearly and make sure you chose the right thing to do."

"Professor Lupin, we all have had months to think about this; because of Harry we have vital information that Vol…Voldemort doesn't know we have. He has no idea that the items have been found, are being hidden somewhere here in the castle, and will never be able to find them. We may be young sir but we do use our heads; the most important part is Harry trusts you and so do we. We want to hear what you think as a person sir," everyone was looking at Neville with a new respect as he said this to their professor.

Remus could do nothing but look at the boy with admiration as he said, "Thank you Neville, I'm honored that you have trust in me as well as the rest of you; it would be best to destroy that book because nothing good can come from it. I understand Hermione that you may be the only one who would disagree with me but that is how I feel."

Hermione looked at Remus and said, "It is alright to disagree with me; that makes you human and I respect your opinion. Don't let my reasons and beliefs stop you from tell Harry what you think sir."

"Thank you Hermione. Each one of you here tonight has a good reason for the suggestions that you have made; Mark, Luna, Ginny, Ron, Harry and you too Hermione and the final question is what will work best. I believe that we should listen to Mark and Luna the most; Mark may be young but Luna has given us some unforeseen insight and if that plan works then we all will live the rest of our live in peace. Albus has informed me that the final decision is yours Harry; I know that you will do the right thing and choose wisely. I can say no more either way; just know that I stand behind what ever you decide Harry," Remus said this looking at his godson with so much pride.

Harry had to smile at his godfather; it felt good to hear that he supported him no matter what. He looked at the man before him and said, "Thanks, does anyone else have something to add before the decision is made?" No one said a word, so Harry continued.

Harry had to smile; even Molly Weasley sat there and didn't say a word. He cleared his throat and said, "Good, we will follow the plan that Mark came up with and follow Luna's ideas. Most of the details will be carried out this week and hopefully by the weekend we will have everything ready to start the plan. Right now all we can do is hope for the best and wait; is there anything else that needs to be discussed tonight?"

As Harry looked around the room, he found that Dumbledore and Remus were watching him; he wondered if he had chocolate on his face. Remus and Dumbledore stood together, came, and sat on the coffee table that sat in front of Harry.

Remus gave Harry a weak smile and then cleared his throat and said, "Harry, Albus told me some about the dream or vision that you had; I'm glad that you got to see your mum again, she was a beautiful and caring woman. Hold on, I also know that you were glowing when all of this was going on; I also know that Ginny was the only one able to even get close to you and was able to get you to wake up. After I had rested enough for Poppy; well, I headed to Dumbledore's office and we spoke about the glow and what it might mean," Remus had to stop there he was getting scared because Harry had started to glow again.

"Harry, my dear, boy please calm down; we were not discussing this behind your back, if so we would not be telling you about it now. We were discussing it so that we could try and figure out why you were glowing. We have concluded that it was your body's way of handling the effects of you coming into your full power. As I told Remus in my office, I believe that your power not only exceeds my power but Toms and even Merlin's. If you are agreeable; once you arrive in Hogsmeade; Remus can bring you to the castle and we can work on you getting full control of your powers. It should not take much teaching on our part for you to learn how to control the power; what you will need to learn most is how to control your emotions."

"Emotions are the hardest thing to control; weather you are magical or muggle. As humans; that is our biggest down fall and you must learn how to control that. You will also need to learn how to use your emotions in battle; learn how to direct your magic at your enemy but we can discuss that later on. I know you don't like to hear this Harry but we did this out of concern for you; I want to help you all I can to survive this war," a single tear rolled down his cheek; Albus Dumbledore wanted Harry to survive, to grow old and live a full life of happiness.

"Yes…sir, we can…talk about…it later on. Thank you both…Remus…professor…I don't know what…I can say…but…Thanks. Aunt Molly, Uncle Arthur how long are you going to stay here at Hogwarts?" Harry decided to get away from that subject and ask the Weasley's about their plans.

Molly looked at the boy she considered a son and asked, "I would like to start work on Andromeda manor; Mark will be living there from now on and we need to get it ready for him and others that might need a home. I would love to have Mark come home with us this summer until it is ready; Harry, if they can come and help on the weekends, I could really use Dobby and Winky's help cleaning and moving things. I am sure that house needs a lot of work; there is so many things we have to know so that we can make dorms for the children. There will be boys and girls so we need to section it off for that purpose; start setting wards and protection spells. Oh my, I need to sit down and start making lists; so much to do and so little time to accomplish it," Molly said with an exasperated voice.

"What don't look at me like that; it's true, we only have four months until the term ends to get the wards set up and the protection charms in place," she added in her next breath.

"Molly do not worry, we will all help make sure all that is done before the manor is occupied by Mark and any others that may need a new home. Fillias, Minerva, myself and I am sure many others with in the Order and whom ever Harry will allow to know the location of the house will help. It is late and unfortunately I have school business to take care of; if we are through for the night Harry I must excuse myself at this time," Dumbledore said.

"Yes sir, I think we are through for tonight; all I want to do now is trying to get a decent nights sleep," Harry said as he yawned as an after effect.

"I bid you all a good-night then," and with that Dumbledore and professor McGonagall stood and headed out of the room.

Molly Weasley turned on her mother mode and ushered the others off to bed; Harry telling Winky and Dobby to stay and find out what help she would need to start cleaning the manor in Hogsmeade. In the morning, Harry would arrange with professor Dumbledore so that Molly and Arthur could find the manor. As they reached the door to the boys room; each couple said good night and gave each other little kisses on the cheek. It had been a very long day for Harry and the others; plans were now set and would be set into motion in the coming weeks. As Ginny climbed into bed; she had to wonder if her and Harry would ever get the time to complete their transformation before the school year was over. As her mother pointed out; there was only four months left in this school year and if they didn't complete their transformation soon it would be next year before they could try again. She just hoped that they would change soon and not have to wait. Her last thought was of Harry; he was always her last thought, now more then ever.

Hello to all my readers and here we have chapter 45; I am not sure how many more chapters there will be but know that the final chapter is done and waiting on my brain to finish enough of this so that it can be posted. I was going to add some things in the last chapter and then decided to keep it until this chapter; well that didn't work either and the I found myself writing the last chapter with all the info I had planned on adding to this chapter. I am striving on having this story finished at least before March but if not it will be finished by April. I really want to be finished, rested, and ready for the sixth book in July. Thank god and J.K Rowling for that bit of great news; I know we have all been waiting on it for a long time. I really want to thank my readers for hanging in there and being with me thus far and do hope you will stay until the end. I love all of you for giving me the support that you have and being patient with me over the past few months. OK, I will shut up now and respond to all of my wonderful reviews; until next chapter. Froggyy1.

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Cycla: Thank you so much for the kind words; I found that lullaby last year and wanted to use it in this story as a part of Harry thinking about is mom and how she might have sung him to sleep at night. He is a little cutie isn't he; he has a lot of hair like his mom did when she was born. My daughter had hair from the nape to well; way down her back and she still does. He was born with hair all over his back and arms and just so much hair on his head. Yes she had a lot of heartburn during her pregnancy and I have to pass on congrats to you on the pending birth of your 4th child. The other three are they all boys, all girls or a little of both. Have you found out yet if this one will be a boy or girl. I wish you much luck and a happy and healthy baby . When the child is born; if the hospital has the baby's first web page I hope you will contact me so I can go have a look at your little one. Once again thanks for reading and reviewing; god bless…..Joyce

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