Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any Characters/Events mentioned through out the series up to HBP.
A/N: Harry's back! Now what's in store for the wizard who has time and again saved the wizarding world from destruction?
Chapter 6: Hero of the Phoenix
Everyone was excited to see Harry had done it once and for all, and had come back to them alive. As they walked inside he put is arm around Ginny, and she hugged him tightly her arms around his waist. Percy was taken to St. Mungo's for treatment, apparently his condition had stabilized, and he would be out of the hospital within a week, although he would never be the same again. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had went with him to make sure he was alright and would be back in the morning, leaving Bill with Fleur, Tonks, and Moody.
"'Arry, eet'z good to zee your alright!" Fleur said to him, when they went to check on her and Tonks, "We were all zo worried!" She hugged him and then kissed him on the cheek; Harry stole a quick glance at Ginny who glared at Fleur.
"Wotcher Harry!" greeted Tonks, who also gave him a hug, "You gave us quite a scare going off like that alone!"
"I'm sorry," said Harry, not exactly wanting to tell them he had actually died in his last encounter with Voldemort and spoil their happiness at seeing him and Ginny back safe and sound.
"It's good to see you and Ginny got back in one piece!" said Tonks, winking at Ginny, who now had a hold of Harry's arm. "So what curse caused that?" asked Tonks pointing to the scar on his abdomen, which showed through as hole in Harry's shirt.
"That almost looks like the scar on you 'ead, 'Arry!" observed Fleur. Harry looked down to see a lightening bolt scar on his abdomen as well.
"That's where You-Know-Who hit him with the Avada Kedavra," said Ron before he could answer. Both women gasped at Harry in surprise. He only nodded.
"Wow Harry, that's twice now, you can't be killed can you?" Tonks was obviously impressed. Harry was a bit embarrassed.
"Actually… I had died when they found me and Ginny," Harry said, and the others nodded, including Lupin. Lupin then explained to Tonks how Fawkes had resurrected Harry.
"Simply amazing it was! Bloody brilliant if you ask me!" said Ron, "But, what I can't figure out is why Fawkes didn't do that for Dumbledore instead of Harry… You don't think…"
"He's gone Ron, trust me on that," Harry told him, there was a certainty in his voice no one wanted to challenge, or ask about, "I think he might have told Fawkes to watch over me just in case, to give me a second chance if I failed."
"Or so you could still be with us afterwards," Hermione added, "It always seemed like Dumbledore always knew everything,"
"He didn't know half of what we thought he did, but he knew more than what we gave him credit for," said Harry, who apparently knew more than the rest of them about Dumbledore or anything else at this point.
"So Harry, tell us how you beat You-Know-Who, Snape, and Wormtail!" said Ron, "I've been waiting to here about it since we saw them all lying there."
"Wormtail, like THE WORMTAIL?" asked Fred.
"The one from the Marauder's Map?" asked George.
Lupin looked at them strangely, "Err… Well…" Harry began, obviously had been keeping secrets from everybody.
"We were the Marauders," Lupin spoke up, "Three un-registered animagi, and one werewolf. James was Prongs, Sirius was Padfoot, I was Moony and Peter was Wormtail."
"Wow!" said Fred and George, "How long have you known? We gave you the map and we didn't know!"
"A short while after you gave it to me…" Harry told them, "Ron and Hermione knew too!"
Fred and George looked over at Hermione and Ron. Ron wore a nervous look on his face, but Hermione had a look of annoyance. "Honestly, this isn't the time! Harry, please continue with how you defeated Voldemort." Everyone but Harry, Ginny and Lupin winced at the dark wizard's name.
"We will…" said Fred.
"Deal with you…" said George.
"Later!" they both said in unison, to Ron.
"It was amazing," Ginny spoke up, "Sorry, Harry, but we don't need you being modest while telling this story!" Ginny giggled and Harry smiled and let her continue, "Harry apparated after we arrived. The other Death Eaters left to go on another mission while Snape held me hostage. When Harry appeared, he immediately challenged Voldemort demanding to know where I was. Then Snape revealed himself to Harry. Harry didn't back down. Then that Peter-guy showed up and Snape and Voldemort…" everyone winced again, she ignored them, "got really angry. Harry then did this Mind Link thing between us; it was weird and amazing all at the same time! Well anyways, Snape began to get more impatient and Volde-" she took notice of everyone's reaction and was deeply annoyed, "You-Know-Who- was taunting Harry. I noticed Harry wasn't even focusing on them. The spell Harry did earlier, made a bond between us and I could almost tell what he was doing. He was concentrating on the other guy Peter. He said something no one could make out, and then as Harry dropped his wand on purpose, Peter killed Snape with the Avada Kedavra. Voldemort- get used to it people- killed Peter. Harry then used a bunch of curses and charms without even using his wand or voice!"
"Wordless, Wandless magic is impossible," said Mad-Eye Moody, "In fact there are very, very few wandless spells and no one, not even Dumbledore managed to use them without chanting!"
"Bugger off, Moody!" said Tonks, "They wouldn't lie about this!"
"How about a demonstration then?" suggested Moody.
"Yeah, Harry, how about it!" Ron was eager to see Harry in action. Harry was once again the center of attention and blushed with embarrassment.
"Alright, but what shall you have me do?" asked Harry.
"First turn over any and all, enchanted items and of course any wands in you possession," said Moody.
"Err… alright," Harry proceeded to hand over his invisibility cloak and went to hand over his wand when he realized he didn't have it. "Gin, where's my wand?"
"Oh-my-god Harry!" she shouted, "We were just so glad to have you back, that we totally forgot about it!"
Harry looked like he was considering something for a moment, and then spoke to them, "I'd open a door or window if I were you…" His right hand shot out as glass shattered in the next room and caught two wands in his hand.
"Wow Harry!" shouted Hermione, "That could've been anywhere! That is truly amazing, especially with how far away from here that you fought Voldemort!" again everybody winced at the name, but less noticeably so they wouldn't make Ginny angry.
"Harry… Why do you have two wands?" asked Ron nervously.
"One is Voldemort's," he replied, everyone else was surprised, "I guess that needs a bit of an explanation." He took a deep breathe considering how to explain to them why he had summoned both wands to him. "Well, it's like this… The day I went to get my wand I tried out three wands. The first Mr. Ollivander chose, was similar to my father's. The second was just like my mother's. I almost destroyed half the shop with both wands… So he tried something different, and handed me a wand he had buried in the back, covered in dust. The wand was perfect, yet a puzzled look came across his face."
"He hadn't expected it, but the particular phoenix that gave its feather for my wand, only gave one other feather, a yew wand of a powerful, dark sorcerer." He paused to let everything sink in. "He told me that he should expect great things from me, because the sorcerer who owned the other wand also did great things, terrible, but great." He paused for a bit longer this time, rubbing the scar on his forehead, everyone was in awe of the news they had just heard. The Daily Prophet would have had a field day with that piece of information.
"Mr. Ollivander told only one other person about my wand, right after I left the shop," said Harry, "and that was Dumbledore, because it was Fawkes' feathers that had been used in mine and Voldemort's wands. That's why I summoned both of them here. Fawkes gave a piece of himself to make both wands, and he gave the rest to bring me back. I feel like both wands, for better or worse are a part of me. That's also why I didn't use my wand against Voldemort. Brother Wands have a certain reaction when forced to duel each other, and they don't work like they're supposed to, in fact one wand will undo the curses of the other, which is what happened when I faced Voldemort during the 3rd Trial at the Tri-Wizard Tournament." Ginny's eyes grew wide with understanding, having been the only one besides Harry to have seen that particular memory. She looked up and he nodded his head.
"So what about your parents and Cedric?" asked Ginny, "and the old Muggle?"
"Only the imprint of the people the curse was used against," he told her, though no one else knew what they were talking about, and he was not about to explain it. Before anyone else could ask any questions, Harry made a suggestion. "Hey, why don't we go see Percy and check up on Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?"
"Alright, but don't think you're off the hook by changing the subject Harry!" Tonks warned Harry.
"There are a lot of things that only Dumbledore and I have discussed with each other that I haven't even told Ron, Hermione, or Ginny. Almost all of it was about either me or Voldemort," Harry explained to them, "Everything I've told you, I either figured out, or Dumbledore explained it to me, either way I ended up talking with him about it. The Mirror of Erised and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Trelawny's prediction the night Peter escaped from us, Barty Crouch Jr. and the dome of light, the prophecy, the Horcruxes, Voldemort's childhood, his parents, his time at Hogwarts, and how to beat him."
"Dumbledore couldn't do wandless magic like that, so how could he have possibly have taught you," asked Mad-Eye Moody.
"He didn't, he never taught me any spells, curses, charms or hexes. I never learned anything from him except the one thing," Harry explained to them, "When Voldemort killed my parents and attacked me he transferred all of his powers to me. I had an ability he never had. A power he hated and could not stand against. It was my ability to love and be loved. It was my mother's love for me that saved me the night he attacked me, it was the love of my friends that helped me survive and get through all the bad times, and it was true love that helped me over come all obstacles to defeat Voldemort." After a brief pause, he took a deep breath, fatigue was beginning to affect him, "Now let's go see Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and see if Percy is alright."
"Harry, maybe you should get some rest…" suggested Hermione.
"No," interrupted Harry, "Mr. and Mrs. Weasley are the closest thing I've ever had to parents, it's because of me the death eaters came and Percy got hurt. Besides they'll want to know if Gin and I are alright."
"Very well Potter, but let's try a Side-A-Long Apparition, you're too exhausted to do it on your own," said Moody.
"I'll go ahead and take Ginny since she doesn't have her license yet. Ron, Hermione, do you think you two can manage on your own?" asked Lupin. Both nodded. "Well, it's decided then, we'll go to St. Mungo's immediately."
"I'll stay with Fleur and Tonks," said Bill, "after they've rested a bit, we'll go in the morning."
"We'll see you then," said Lupin, "Rest well," he said to Tonks kissing her on the cheek.
"Good Bye 'Arry!" said Fleur as Moody and Harry, Ginny and Lupin, Hermione and Ron all apparated to St. Mungo's hospital.