Harry Potter and the Sixth Horcrux
Spoiler: All of them maybe? Definitely HBP
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Chapter 1: The Godfather
Harry awoke early to the sounds of a tapping against his window. He had returned to the Dursleys one last time, as were Dumbledore's wishes. He hadn't been there too long and was expecting mail today from the Weasleys to ask him to come and stay at the Burrow for the wedding between Bill and Fleur.
Harry opened the window hesitantly. As soon as Pig flew in he regretted that decision as the hyperactive owl whizzed around the room like a snidget on a sugar high. Hedwig seemed to shoot Pig a disgusted look as Harry sighed, wiped his eyes, replaced his glasses and grabbed his wand from under his pillow. He had taken to keeping it near him ever since Dumbledore died. That event was proof that trouble always happens when you're unprepared for it.
Harry had written a 'to do' list in effort to be more prepared but couldn't seem to get past the most obvious things that were on his agenda.
To do!
Destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes!
Marvolo's Ring -(done)
Riddle's Diary - (done)
Slytherin's Locket - The real one (R.A.B has it)
Hufflepuff's Goblet
Nagini the snake?
Work out the last one!
Kill Malfoy! (The Little Ferret One)
Kill Snape!
Kill Bellatrix!
Kill Voldemort!
Set up Godric's Hollow as a base
Visit Diagon Alley
Visit Knockturn Alley
Go food Shopping
Go to the Wedding
The list would have looked quite comical if it had been made out of jest, but Harry was serious about each task. Even the 'Go food shopping!' task had its reasoning behind it.
"Stupefy!" Harry muttered and the flying ball of feathers that was Pig dropped into Harry's hands. He grinned then yawned. He had legally been able to do magic for 4 hours which is why he was so tired after only 3 hours of sleep.
He'd spent the time 'warding his room' to the best of his ability. And seeing that they didn't have 'Warding classes' as such at Hogwarts his wards consisted of a silencio on the floor, walls, and doors. This was intended to allow Harry to be able to practice spells without the Dursleys hearing him, although this had the downside of Harry not being able to hear any thing from the outside apart from through the window.
The other 'wards' that Harry had set included an un-breakable charm to the window and boiling charm to the door handle which just had the effect of making it superheated he had also had the give the handle a simple camouflage spell to conceal the fact that it was now glowing a bright red. He practiced putting the spells on and off until it had hammered into his head that the door handle was now considered as a trap rather than a means to enter or leave his room. Boy wouldn't the Dursleys get a surprise. As for entering and leaving himself, Harry was capable of apparition and was starting to get used to the squashed feeling that comes with it.
Harry unfolded Ron's letter and started to read, pausing to enervate Pig who had calmed after the shock of falling unconscious out of the sky. Ron's letter turned out to actually be from the entire Weasley clan and had a message from each of them, including Hermione and Fleur, whom the Weasleys had also managed to drag into their collective family.
Happy Birthday Harry,
I realise this might get to you late as I've decided to make this a special message and get everyone to write something. Bill's going to write something too, with Fleur, he's coming along fine and his face is healing quite nicely, but he'll never be back to his original self. He has been contaminated slightly but thank Merlin he doesn't transform like Remus does. There's no package with this letter as your presents are too large to send and also to give you reason to come to the burrow soon and get away from 'those relatives'. Anyway, I hope your eating well (you know you don't have to rely on them now! You can feed yourself!) What's more we need to get you to a hair dresser too and you need to get some proper fitting clothes and…. Happy Birthday Harry!
Happy Birthday son, I hope you're well. Molly wanted to send you a cake to stop you starving over there but we decided that Pig couldn't manage the weight. Harry I was wondering if you could do me a favour? I know it seems a bit wrong, and I wouldn't normally advocate such a thing, what with it being technically "stealing" and all, but could you "borrow" the Dursleys DVD Player (I think that's what it is.) I wouldn't ask but Professor McGonagall gave Ron some "Discus?" to give to you, apparently from Dumbledore. Ron can tell you more. (We will give it back after we've finished if your worried about Vernon calling the pleasemen.)
Have yourself a special birthday.
Love Molly and Arthur xxx
Harry chuckled and thought to himself how funny it was that Arthur had signed his own and Molly's name at the bottom. There was no way that Molly would have let Arthur's request for Harry to become a petty thief on the bottom of her letter. But the idea that Dumbledore had left him a DVD to watch was intriguing to say the least. He read down to see the other messages.
Hey Harry,
Happy Birthday mate, I wanted to come around and fetch you but I've been told we have to leave the decision of when you come around up to you. Merlin knows why you wouldn't want to see your family on your birthday and you will be family soon enough the way Ginny is going on, she's bleeding mental. You may want to prepare yourself for commitment mate. You know, buy a nice ring. Anyway now that's got you utterly terrified. Me and Hermione have some news for you… ouch…but we'll wait as Hermione wants to tell you in person…but it's big and nearly caused a bust up with Mum…ow again but yeah we'll tell you in person. Oh yeah and I think Dumbledore foresaw his own death cos he's sent you some dicks… owwwwww err discs, you know for the telesight thing, yeah McGonagall said that they were quite important. Anyways you'd best be round tomorrow or I'll do something mean to Hermione… like tickle her to death!
Have a good one!
From
Ron your best mate!
Harry was almost in tears; he'd laughed so hard, but then remembered Ron's warning about Ginny wanting commitment and paled. And what was that big piece of news that both Ron and Hermione had to tell him. Maybe Ron had gotten engaged to Hermione… but no, wouldn't Molly be pleased about that? Or he could have got her 'up the duff', given her a 'bun in the oven'. Harry could see why Molly wouldn't be too thrilled about that, after all Wizards were still expected to marry before engaging in activities of that kind. Things were changing too fast for Harry and he was tempted to permanently postpone his visit to the Burrow. He decided to leave that decision until the end of the letter; he was still mystified about Dumbledore's DVDs.
"How very Dumbledore." Harry mused. To use a muggle method of recording his thoughts so that the enemy wouldn't find out about them. The next one was Ginny's.
Harry, Happy Birthday,
Ignore Ron, I don't want to get married… yet. Although… We could try for a baby… What do you reckon? Ha ha scared you!
Ok maybe I have been acting a bit crazy but its summer and I can't wait to see you. It's been really depressing since Dumbledore died. Fred and George are still feeling guilty for selling the darkness powder to Malfoy. They shouldn't feel so bad; Malfoy would have just gotten hold of the powder from somewhere else, right? Anyway I've been worried about you. You and Dumbledore were quite close, weren't you? Are you feeling alright? I mean we couldn't find you at the station before we left and… Just make sure you come to the Burrow soon. I want you to open the present I got you!
I miss you
Love from Ginny x
Harry didn't know what to think at Ginny's letter. They had not been going out long and, truth be told, he wasn't sure that dating his best friend's sister was a good idea. He wasn't secure enough in himself to know that this is what he wanted and that there wasn't anyone else in the picture. He had only ever dated one other girl and that was a disaster. He didn't want Ginny to be someone who he'd settled for because they were in the right place at the right time. Also it wasn't just his and Ginny's feelings on the line; it was Harry's friendship with the entire Weasley family over if he was ever to hurt her. In fact, now that he was dating Ginny, Harry was feeling more restricted by the relationship than anything else. Harry left that train of thought for now and moved on to Hermione's letter.
Dear Harry,
Happy Birthday, and congratulations on reaching 17 (You who didn't think he'd make it!) Ron and I have a big surprise for you as you already know. I think you'll like it a lot. Remember what Sirius and your Dad were… Ouch… err to each other. Anyway, Ginny's missing you lots and you have a mountain of presents! So you best be here tomorrow… or later today obviously from your point of view! I'll keep this short as everyone is trying to steal the quill off of me. We are rushing a bit to make sure this reaches you for your birthday. I'll see you later TODAY anyway.
Lots of Love
Hermione x.
Harry re-read Hermione's letter again to process the new information. "Remember what Sirius and your Dad were to each other." Well, they were best friends, just like Ron and Hermione were to him. Harry knew though that the "big surprise" wasn't that they had just found out that they were his best friends. He re-read both Ron's and Hermione and his eyes widened when he finally realised the only reasonable answer. James Potter was indeed best friends with Sirius Black. In fact they were such good friends that James had named Sirius, Harry's Godfather. Obviously, in a similar fashion, Hermione had found out she was pregnant and then they had decided to make Harry the Godfather. Harry tried to read on through the letter but he couldn't concentrate enough to do so.
He decided to pack his stuff ready for the trip to the Burrow. He had originally intended to leave Privet Drive later in the year to ensure that he received full protection from both Dumbledore's wards and his Mother's blood protection spell, but the combined Weasley letter had both intrigued and scared him enough to warrant leaving his relative's house early.
Unknown to Harry though, was that while he was packing all the belongings he'd ever owned into his trunk, two sets of black robes, coupled with ghostly white masks stepped through the late Dumbledore's now non-existent wards.
Hi guys, this is my first story ever! So be gentle! Nahh Im kidding rip it to shreds, constructive critisism is always appreciated. I've got VERY big plans for this story and hopefully an ending to rival JKRs. Haha enough bragging and onto the reviews of which I want many! Hopefully It wont take a long time to update, and I have no idea how long future chapters will be. But I am writing chapterswith a one chapter gap(which means ill put up the second when I've done the third) because I need to thouroughly check them and it will inspire me to write more. Thanks Guys. Ash.