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Chapter 26

Secret's Revealed

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Harry sat down to breakfast. He had returned the previous night to the common room and had told Hermione and Ron that everything was okay between himself and Cho, and that if they had anymore mad ideas or accusations about his girlfriend cheating on him, they could keep it to themselves or he wouldn't be held responsible. Hermione just nodded her head and Ron who was still suspicious just agreed to keep the peace.

"I don't trust her" he whispered to Hermione when Harry had left the room.

"We'll just have to watch her" Hermione replied before heading to bed.

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The atmosphere was a little strained between the three friends at the breakfast table but at least they were talking. He was just about to start on his scrambled eggs when the post arrived. He wasn't expecting anything so he didn't notice Hedwig hovering above his head.

"Harry" Ron called and nodded towards the bird.

The letter was from Sirius. Harry wanted to read the letter in private so he grabbed a piece of toast, told his friends he would see them in class and headed out the door.

"Harry" the letter started.

"Must be serious," Harry thought as he read on.

"I don't have much time Harry and I'll keep the letter brief. I have heard He's on the move so be prepared for anything. Don't do anything rash, stay at school where you are safe. Remus told me about the other thing, I can't believe Dumbledore kept that from you for so long, but don't worry we are all behind you, you won't need to do anything on your own.

Stay safe

Sirius"

Harry re-read the middle part of the letter. He knew Voldemort was planning something, his scar was burning all the time but what had Dumbledore told Lupin and had conveniently forgotten to tell Harry. The sound of the bell brought him back to reality, if he didn't move he was going to be late.

By the end of his first class Harry was so distracted and annoyed over Dumbledore, he told Ron to tell Professor Sprout he had to see the headmaster it was urgent. Saying goodbye to his friends he reassured them that he was fine and that he would tell them everything later. Walking up to the entrance of Dumbledore's office he tried to think of the password and what he was going to say to the headmaster.

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Dumbledore was behind his desk reading a book. After a gentle knock and a muffled "come in" Harry walked into the office. Dumbledore looked up over his half moon spectacles and a grin appeared on his face.

"Harry" he said, "Come in, come in. Tea, Lemon drop?

Harry declined and took a deep breath.

"Professor" he started, "I received a letter from Sirius."

Dumbledore stood up from his desk and returned the book to its rightful place on the shelf.

"Voldemort is moving, yes, I was aware of that" he said his back facing Harry, "but I sense there is something else Harry. You didn't just come here and miss class just to tell me that."

"No Professor, there is something else. Sirius mentioned something that I wanted to ask you about."

Harry found himself lost for words, how was he going to put this. He was fed up of people keeping things from him but he also knew that there was probably a very good reason why Dumbledore kept it from him in the first place. Taking his seat once more behind his desk, Dumbledore waited for Harry. He could see the boy was struggling to get out what was bothering him.

"Sirius said, that you told Remus and I something but I don't know what he's referring to"

"Do you have the letter there Harry?"

"Yes sir" he took out the letter and Dumbledore skimmed through it.

Harry watched his headmaster's eyes flicker left to right and then nod to himself.

"Harry, have you ever heard of a prophecy?"

He shook his head, he wasn't sure. He remembered prophets being mentioned in Religion class in the Muggle School he went to before Hogwarts but the Dursleys weren't that religious. He then remembered Trelawney and her predictions and said,

"It's when someone predicts something"

Dumbledore grinned but accepted Harry's answer.

"Harry" he said quite sternly. "I didn't want you to know what I'm about to tell you just yet, in case it worried you. Although as Sirius has brought it to your attention I will tell you."

When Dumbledore had finished telling Harry about the prophecy, he handed the boy a cup of tea and with shaking hands Harry took the cup.

"I have to kill Voldemort or he has to kill me….but….but….Professor I can't do that. I'm not ready to kill him and I definitely don't want to die. Are you sure there wasn't some mistake?"

Dumbledore shook his head.

"I'm sorry Harry we have tried to find evidence that the prophecy is fake but unfortunately we haven't found anything. Your Godfather is right I shouldn't have withheld this from you but I did have my reasons"

"Yes sir, I understand"

"Harry please understand also that you will not be on your own throughout any of it. There are a lot of people who are with you and who will do their best to protect you from Voldemort and his followers."

Harry wasn't sure what to say so he just sat back into the seat and nodded.

"Harry" Dumbledore continued, "I would appreciate it if you didn't tell many people about it as we don't need this information getting into the wrong hands and especially not to a bunch of certain Slytherins. We don't think Voldemort knows about it. As always it is up to you to tell Ms Granger and Mr Weasley or even Ms Chang."

"Cho" Harry said suddenly. "No, I couldn't. She lost one boyfriend already over him, I couldn't tell her that there's a chance she might lose me aswell."

"Harry"

"I know Professor, but there's a fifty percent chance I'll survive and a fifty percent chance I won't"

"Do you want to talk to Remus Harry?"

"No, I think I'll hold on for a while, until I get my own head around it."

Dumbledore nodded his head in agreement.

"One more thing Harry before you leave, how are you feeling, magically that is?"

"I think I'm okay sir, my scar is burning but everything is fine." Harry lied

How could he tell his headmaster that he was feeling dizzy and his magic was gone crazy after what he had just told him?

"Fifty percent" he sighed to himself and he left his headmaster's office and headed to the great hall for lunch.

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Valentine's Day arrived and the hall had been decorated with pink hearts and streamers to celebrate the day. The atmosphere around the school was flowery and romantic. Squeals of delight from girls from every house who received gifts and cards and laughter from the boys filled the corridors. Classes were to end at lunch time so the students could relax and have fun for the rest of the day. All the teachers except Snape were in great moods as they taught about different "love" topics.

Professor Sprout discussed romantic plants and Professor Trelawney predicted everyone's love stars during the class.

"Mr Thomas" she said, "You will find love when you least expect it."

Dean turned to Seamus and said, "Great, at the party tonight"

"Mr Finnegan, it will start off cold but eventually love will blossom and it will get warmer"

"Sounds like the weather forecast" Seamus laughed. "I'll fall in love with a weather presenter or someone who is always cold"

"Mr Weasley" Trelawney continued, "Where there is knowledge, there is love"

"Wicked" Ron replied

Harry waited for his turn so far everyone in the class was going to find love.

"Mr Potter" she called. "Seek and you will find the truth"

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"Is that it?" Harry replied when class was over. "I waited until last for that. Why couldn't she have said, Mr Potter you have found love, love will grow or anything else compared to what she said. I think I prefer her when she says I'm going to die at least that makes sense. Seek and you will find the truth, that doesn't mean anything to me"

Ron looked at Hermione across the table and she raised her eyebrows to say,

"It makes perfect sense to me!"

Ron crossed his eyebrows in the middle as if to say, "Okay you understood that, now explain it to me."

"Ron" Hermione said, "Will you walk me to the library?"

"Sure, I'll be back in a few minutes Harry"

When they left the hall Ron turned to Hermione and said, "Come on tell me"

"Oh! Ronald" she replied, "It's so obvious. Seek and you will find the truth, that's telling Harry to look for the truth, but what else does seek refer to?"

Ron shrugged his shoulders still not copping on to Hermione.

"We know Cho is cheating on Harry, don't we?"

"Well!" he paused

"Anyway" she ignored him, "And what position is Cho on the Ravenclaw team?"

"Seeker"

"Correct Ron" she said clapping her hands together, "So Trelawney has told Harry he must find the truth and see what's really going on with Cho"

"Oh!" Ron replied finally getting Hermione's point.

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