AN- I'm so sorry that I haven't updated for so long, but my computer crashed couple of days after I posted the other chapter when I was writing this on, anyway everything was whipped out of the hard drive and the computer wouldn't turn on so a friend of my dad's who works with computers was going too fix it. Finally he was able too turn the computer on and retrieve everything back, but the computer is still a huge mess. Even the word and the keyboard aren't working properly... But anyway, this dude is going to try and come here and fix it the next few days, so then I'll be able too write without this much trouble. Sorry again and I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review!
Disclaimer - I do not own HP or anything you may recognize form the HP world
Chapter 14: Gifts and embarrassment
"Harry, you are going to be late to meet Angel" Ron told Harry who was stuck with his nose in some book "What are you reading anyway? You've been stuck in that thing since morning"
"It's a book about Snake magic. Angel started to teach it to me two days ago" Harry said with out looking from the book, "So are you guys coming or are you going to stay here and do... er nothing?" Harry asked with a small smile
"So you think that there is only something to do with you around here? But yeah we are all going to come, Angel said that she wanted to talk to us about something" Draco said
"Okay, lets go then. I need to give Poppy the book back first though. I have it right here so I can just do it now"
"What book?" Ginny asked curios
"The shield book"
"Oh Ok"
The five teens didn't say anything else; all remembering the night after Harry was released from the Hospital wing and his first meeting back with Angel. It hadn't been a pleasure.
FLASHBACK!!!!!!!!
"H-Harry? Why are you going so fast, you never hurry so much" Mione panted trying to keep up with Harry
"I need to talk to Angel, hurry up will you" Harry snapped
The other five teens looked at each other confused, but they didn't have to wait long to find out what the deal was because as soon as they had entered secret room Harry yelled as high as he could,
"ANGEL"
First there was no answer so Harry yelled again
"ANGEL. COME OUT HERE NOW!"
" Gee Harry, what is your problem, I was on my wa... Angel started but she stopped talking as soon as she saw the four other teens hiding WAY behind Harry
"What's wrong Harry?" Angel had asked hesitantly
"Why the hell didn't you bloody tell me?" Harry yelled furious. None of the people there had ever seen him so angry
"Emm, Harry I have no idea about what you are talking about? Are you ok?"
"OK? NO I AM NOT BLOODY OK WOMAN!"
"Harry will you cool down, Angel hasn't done anything," Mione stammered
Harry wheeled around and glared at his friend before saying in a dangerous hiss
"I had to find out from Poppy. ANGEL should have bloody told me. But no, instead she decides not to tell Harry. I don't know why. Maybe because she feels sorry for me, didn't think that I could handle the pressure or the opposite or something. I have no idea and frankly I don't give a shit. Either way she should have told me. But instead she lets people continue lying to me. And you know what?" He asked
"N-no w-what?" Mione said using all the guts she had
"I AM SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE BLOODY LIES. IT'S NOTHING BUT LIES. ENDLESS OF LIES" Harry yelled startling everyone
"Harry if you are talking about the headmaster being your, er, family, she probably wanted him to tell you" Ron said carefully
"No this is not about my grandfather, this is about my mother and my scar. Although I am extremely mad at you for the other thing too" Harry hissed glaring at the poor Angel
"Look, Harry I don't know what you are so angry about and unless you tell me there is nothing I can do about it" Angel finally said softly
"Fine" Harry spat "I'm talking about the fact that I had to find out from my healer that I have yet again been lied to. Though I suppose that I should get used to it by now"
Angel took a deep breath and said as calmly as she could "And that lie would be?"
Harry didn't answer at first but after few minutes he said in a low icy voice
"You know what matters the most to me is family right?"
She nodded slowly
"And you also know that I would do anything to see my parents again? And you know that I have nothing to remember my mother by, except some pictures. You know that the only thing I have from my mother is the memory of when she saved my life, the fact that I would be dead right now if it weren't for her! You know that every time life seems to get desperate I think about how my mother sacrificed herself and that she saved me from Voldemort"
Angel nodded and then she gasped and seemed to catch on but she didn't stop him, she only sat her self slowly in the couch
"You know that that thought means more to me then anything in the world could ever mean to me."
Angel nodded again slowly but the other four teens looked extremely confused and Mione said
"Er Harry, what has that got to do with any lies?"
Harry turned around so he was facing them all and slowly said
"So imaging, feeling this way, and then one day you are lying in the Hospital wing with this healer and you are telling her about your life and then this healer asks you a question and then she tells you that the answer is incorrect. Imagine finding out from your bloody healer that the best thought you have had for five years is a lie; imagine that you are not standing here today yelling at you because of this mother sacrifice. Imagine that the thought that made you bear all the attention and all the watching and all the rumors turns out to be a lie"
Harry took a deep breath and glared at Angel.
"I'm sorry Harry but I still don't understand" Mione said confused
"Then I'll just say this blunt won't I? My mother didn't save me all those years ago"
"What to you mean. Of course she did, she made that shield. Dumbeldore said so" Ron said confused
"Well, she might have made that shield. I don't know, but even if she did it wasn't that that saved my life. The love-sacrificing shield is the strongest shield that has ever been made, but it still does not work for the killing curse, which means that my mother didn't save my life. It means that Dumbeldore lied to me AGAIN," Harry yelled
"Oh my god Harry, I'm so sorry. How do you know though?"
"Poppy asked how I survived and I told her the same I had been told but then she told me that it couldn't be that. She even loaned me a book about it." Harry said and then he glared again at Angel who gulped
END FLASHBACK
The five teens walked nervously towards the front table and stopped in front of the headmasters' chair since Poppy usually never came to dinner.
"And what can I do for you this evening?" Dumbeldore asked
"Well, I need to return this book to Poppy, and don't have the time tonight so I was wondering if you could do it for me?"
"Sure, just give me the book and I'll give it to her later Harry"
Harry smiled at the man fondly. They had become so close, it was a shame that he would have to ruin all chances of the same happening to the future one" Thanks"
The five of them left the Hall together feeling the stares behind them
As soon as they were in Harry's rooms Ron sat on one of the chairs with a thump
"I'm so sick of all the staring, why can't they go and mind their own business."
"Welcome to my world mate" Harry sighed
"Boys stop moping around will you? It's almost Christmas for crying out loud," Angel said smiling
"It isn't even December Angel" Harry said in shock
"Yes well, tomorrow will be December and then...
"Can we just please carry on with our lessons please" Harry interrupted Angels ranting
"Mhpf" Angel said and then she sat down "I actually needed to talk to you all first"
"Sure what? Ron asked
"Ehh well, I was wondering. I mean just wondering of course, you can ask for more time and I am not pressuring anything ok?"
"Ok" The teens said
"Well I was just wondering if you had made up your mind about if you were going to join Harry and become his body guards? There are of course a few things you must know about and such. You might even think that you are going to be Harry's slaves or something alike but it really doesn't work like that. It is a huge privilege to have the honor to guard the savior. You will not be slaves but knights. The first knights since the time of the founders...
"Angel, you really don't have to say all those things right now because we have already made up our mind. Well all of us except Draco that is. We decided the same night when Harry tried, well you know, but anyway when we got to the Hospital Wing and heard what he had done we all except Draco decided to become his guardians and I think that I speak for us all when I say that we haven't changed our mind" Mione said
"Ohh, well... That's good, but you have to understand the risks and the rules and...
"We are aware of that, and you can inform us better later" Ginny said
"Ok, well this is excellent" Angel said beaming but then she looked at Draco and said, "So Draco, how long do you think you need until you will know. Because I was thinking that Christmas would be perfect to perform the ceremony...?"
"Actually Angel, I have also made up my mind and I have decided to also join Harry and become a knight" Draco said after few minutes of silence
"That's, that's fantastic" Angel beamed at them
"Fantastic? That's madness!" Harry yelled
"Harry...
"No, have you completely gone off your rockers. Do you have any idea on of how this will put you in danger? I won't allow this. I don't want any of you to become my knight. I don't want to become the boss of you. You are supposed to be my friends not my bloody underdogs" Harry yelled
"I am not going to be your underdog Harry. We are going to serve you the way you serve the world," Ginny said
"No, I don't want you to. You'll get killed. I can't stand more people getting killed" Harry said desperately
"Harry, seriously there is nothing you can do to make us change our minds. We know of the danger Harry, but don't you understand that it doesn't matter that much. We would be in danger anyway. I mean we are all your friends; Mione is a muggle born both Gin and me are light purebloods that have family working in the order, and Draco is a traitor to his family name. We would be in danger anyway. Maybe not as much but we want to do this Harry. I would gladly give up my life to help you in this war. And besides like you said, right now we are equals so it is my decision not yours" Ron said
Harry looked at Ron, Ginny and then Mione. They all had that glint in their eyes and Harry knew that there was nothing he could do to change their minds but he was going to try and save Draco at least.
"Draco are you sure about this? Do you even know the danger you are getting yourself into? You could be killed"
"Look Harry the way I see it, it goes like this. Either I join you-know-who and become exactly what my father wants which I have no desire what so ever to do, and be tortured and probably killed by the you-know-who and become a killer, or I refuse and will get killed by either father or the Dark Lord or I seek Dumbeldore for help and become an Order member and most likely a spy for him and get a nasty treatment from You-know-who or even if I wouldn't become a spy I would still have to go around his orders, or I join you, my friend, and become a knight fighting for good with out having to take orders from Dumbeldore"
"But you'll have to take orders from me"
"Harry I may not have known you for a long time but I still know you better then most. You would treat me better then the headmaster. I'm not saying that he would treat me bad, but you would treat me better. And besides, serve the headmaster, which you hardly know or become a knight for a friend you look at as a brother. The answer is easy for me" Draco said simply
Harry was very touched by Draco's words and simply nodded
"Look, I don't like this ok? I I'll never like this and I'll be mad at you for a long time, but I see that you all have a point and that it is really your choice to make but not mine and besides there is very little I could do to make you change your minds, but I ask you to think about this better ok?"
"Sure Harry, we'll think about it"
"Well since this mushy time is over, I should tell you that we will perform the ceremony in the Christmas break and now you can go do what ever and I'm going to torture Harry a bit" Angel said gleefully and Harry groaned
"What are we going to do?" Harry asked almost scared
Angel stood up and walked behind Harry and started to push him and said
"Well I was thinking, your professor will most likely make you continue Occlumeny when we go back, and you have come so far anyway, and there is so many other things that you need to learn. We are starting on Elvish today my friend"
"And why would that be a torture? It sounds interesting" Harry said confused
"Ohh, you will see Harry my boy" Angel said her eyes twinkling
"Ok wow, you are really starting to sound Dumbeldore here" Draco said before the two people disappeared through the doors.
Angel turned out to be right. To learn elvish was a pain in the arse. It was way harder than it sounded and after one night Harry was literary begging Angel to stop teaching him it. But Angel just laughed and said that she had nothing else to teach him. Harry was now on seventh year level in all of his classes including the ones he didn't even take. And he was at Hermione's stage runes. At first it was interesting but then it had become much more advanced for his taste and he didn't like it. And Mione didn't exactly help either. She was dying of envy. Harry was learning so much more than her. But anyway since Harry was now so advanced Angel had decided to teach him more things. Now he was learning, Snake magic, Elven magic, Elven language, reading stars and Angel was even teaching him some muggle things. But she allowed the group to come when she was teaching those. And one day a week went to do homework.
When Harry went to collect his friends from the came room after his class Angel came swooping in the room and stopped them before he could leave,
"Harry dear, I have a gift for you before you leave"
"Er, you didn't have to give me anything it's not my birthday" Harry said blushing
"Oh I know but I wanted too. I've been working at it for the past few months, ever since the others came running in here telling me that you had jumped off the Astronomy Tower"
"Oh, er... ok" Harry said lamely
"There is no need to be so embarrassed about it Harry" Angel said amused
"I know. I just not used to it" Harry said softly shrugging
There was a moment of silence before Angel said happily
"Well stop moping there and come and open it will you"
Harry carefully unwrapped the gift only to find a beautiful wooden box. There were graven texts on it and an emerald green diamond where you opened it.
"It's beautiful" Harry breathed," You actually made it?" He asked Angel
"Yeah, it was peace of cake, the real challenge was the thing inside of the box...
"You mean that there is more?" Harry asked surprised
"Oh duh. What do you think I am, spent months in making a box to give you? Like that's gonna help" The angel said sarcastically "And stop staring at it like that, it's creepy and open it already"
"Er ok" Harry said before opening it carefully and then he gasped loudly "its beautiful Angel" he said softly
"What is it?" Mione asked curios curiously
"Er, I'm not sure really. It looks a lot like Dumbledore's pensive but yet not" Harry said sheepishly taking the gift out of the box
Four mouths fell wide open and Angel couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm glad that you like it and yes it's a pensieve. But not like the one Dumbeldore has, its almost the same though" Angel said smiling
The four teens nodded slowly still looking at the pensieve. It really was beautiful. It was light gold, almost yellow with beautiful markings around and four jewels too. One blue diamond, one green emerald, one red ruby and one yellow something.
"How so different?" Mione said finally being able to tear her eyes of the pensive
"Well you see the markings? They are Elvin markings and protect the pensive from evil wizards. No one can enter it except Harry and who ever Harry chooses to enter it with him. I'll be teaching you how to use it tomorrow"
Harry just nodded dumbly, not knowing what to say.
"I don't know if I should be offended or not Harry. No thanks or nothing man" Angel said knowingly
And then Harry did something that surprised all of his friends. He hugged Angel. Or well he hugged her as well a person in a wheelchair could hug a person.
"Thanks Angel. You have no idea on how that means to me"
"You're welcome Harry, I just ask for one thing instead. No suicide attempts. But I think that you should be get going. Hey Harry you have to remind me teach you about how to become invisible after Christmas "
"Harry" A voice said
"Mmm"
"Wake up. It's breakfast," Someone that sounded like Draco said
"Mmmm" Harry's sleepy voice said before he turned on the other side
"Harry I'm warning you" Ron said
"Mmmhhhmmm"
"Fine you asked for it," the voice said
And the next thing Harry knew, he was drenched in freezing water
Harry yelped and shot right up "RON" He yelled but it was too late for Ron had already left. "Son of a bitch... he muttered as he got dressed and slowly walked to the Great Hall.
The door burst open with a loud bang and in came a very pissed of Harry.
"Looks like someone is up" Draco snickered and Ron paled.
"I need coffee a lot of coffee," Harry said as he came up to his friends
"Oh hello to you too Harry, I'm doing great thank you for asking" Alice said sarcastically
"Ha ha ha. Now give me coffee" Harry said glaring at the girl
"Someone got up at the wrong side of bed this morning" Lily laughed
"Well you try to wake up drenched in ice cold water and then let me know how you feel," Harry said sending a death glare at Ron who gulped and said
"Well you try waking your self up then. I'll tell you if you are tired then it is nearly impossible"
Harry didn't respond, only glared to the amusement of his friends and the professors.
Harry looked out of the window. It was the first of December and it was snowing a typical Christmas snow and a lot of students were out in a snowball fight. At the moment he was in a free period and Ron and Ginny were in COMC. The rest of his friends were out in the snow, but he wasn't in the mood. Frankly he hadn't been in the mood to have fun ever since he came here. He had been here for three months now and he still wasn't happy. He wasn't very depressed either but still. He wasn't over Sirius death and it killed him everyday when Sirius glared at him. He wasn't over his treatment at the Dursleys either. He had nightmares almost every night, but he didn't tell anyone. He didn't want them to worry. Harry sighed and he sat on his bed and took out all of his belongings that he had left. It wasn't much. It was the invisibility cloak, his map, the photo album, his broom and wand. And now his pensieve. He remembered the surprise look on the headmasters face when he had come and told him that he didn't have any of the books that were asked for or a trunk. So he had had to borrow it all. He didn't mind that much though; so long as he had those things that were in the bed with him he didn't care.
He opened his album and looked through the pictures. It was a lot bigger then it was when Hagrid gave it to him. Harry had added pictures of Sirius, Remus, Hagrid, his mates and more in there. And in the back there were even old newspaper clips. He carefully but the album back, and looked at his new pensive. It truly was magnificent. He was so deep in thought that he didn't even hear the door open until a person stood in front of him.
"Er Jameson?"
Harry looked up startled to see James nervous face looking right back. Harry let out a yelp of shock and quickly hid his things, but James had already seen most of them.
"Was that a pensieve? Those are really rare, they aren't even sold in stores anymore, they only exist in the old families now"
Even if Harry was interested to know more he glared at James and said coldly
"It is none of your business James. What do you want?"
"I wanted to talk" James said slowly
"Then talk" Harry spat
James looked at Harry and sat slowly on the bed opposite with Harry,
"Look, Jameson, Harry...
"So it's back to Harry?"
"No, I mean yes, I mean...
"Just say what you came to say will you, I don't have time for this I have an importing meeting with the Dark Lord in half an hour" Harry said coolly
"Er yeah, anyway what I wanted to say was me and the guys talked and we came to an conclusion. We may have over reacted about you. I don't know if you know this but we all know that you tried to kill yourself and...
"I knew that" Harry said hoping that his father was finally apologizing
"Ok, but we know more. Do you remember when you were in the Hospital Wing and Moony and Padfoot had detention?"
"Yes"
"Well on the way back, I met up with them and they told me that Poppy had been crying" James stopped for a moment
"And?" Harry asked
"And well we snuck back there under my cloak and well there is no way to say this easy so I'll just be blunt. I know that your mom is dead and that your dad hits you"
Harry's eyes went wide "What?" He said shocked
"Look I'm sorry that we know but we just heard and we shouldn't have eavesdropped" James said hurriedly
Harry looked at James. He wasn't sure if he should be angry or not. Of course this information was not exactly true but he still had listened to a very personal conversation,
"But you still haven't explained what you want? You have now known this for two months and have done nothing but hate me, so what has changed?"
James looked really relived that Harry wasn't cursing him and continued,
"Well it took the boys a while to convince me that it wasn't really your fault"
"That what wasn't my fault?" Harry asked feeling confused
"That you turned dark. I mean you probably didn't have any choice. I mean your mom dead, your dad hating you and nothing seemed to be going right and then you-know-who comes and offers you a solution out of the mess. You probably didn't know any better then, and when you did you couldn't get out. And Harry I want to apologize to you for not seeing it clearer. But I see it know, and I am here to offer you help. I hope you understand that you are not alone in this. The guys and I are here for you, but only if you turn. Dumbeldore can protect you from you-know-who. You just have to cut all ties with everything that involves you to the Dark side" James said to Harry kindly
Harry couldn't say anything he was in so much shock. But finally he seemed to snap out of it.
"So you still think that I am on Voldemort's side?"
"Well yeah"
"For the love of humanity James. And people say that you are smart. Well to me you are very stupid. Do you really think Mione is dark? She is a muggle born for crying out loud. And I am not dark. Maybe if you had listened better when I was talking to Poppy, but Voldemort killed my mother and I wouldn't join him no matter what. And if you can't see that then it is your business not mine"
"Look, Harry there is no use denying it. I am giving you this chance to turn over a new leaf. This is the only chance you are getting." James said getting rather angry with Harry for saying no
"Well I will just have to live with that then. If you think that I am an evil maniac then you can bloody think so for all I care, but you can keep those bloody thoughts to yourself. Because if I ever hear you accusing me of that again there will be hell to pay. I am just about getting enough of this bullshit in you and everyone else. I have done nothing to deserve this treatment James Harold Potter and now leave me alone or you will be sorry," Harry hissed in anger. He quickly packed his things and left the room and hurried down the stairs at the same moment the others came through the portrait.
"Hey Harry you should... What's the matter?" Mione asked
"Ohh it's that idiot again. You know that he had the nerve to come and offer his sympathy after he listens to my private conversation with Poppy. Ohh I could curse him to the seventh hell right now" Harry said angry
"What happened Harry?" Lily asked concerned
"That bloody idiot James, came to the dorm before when I was sitting in my room and told me that he knew... Harry hesitated. Lily and Alice didn't know that his mom was dead and he wasn't sure if he should tell them but on the other hand James knew...
"What?" Lily asked
"That he knew that my mother was dead and that my father beat the crap out of me," Harry finally said softly
No one said anything so Harry continued...
"He met Sirius and Remus one night after detention and they told James that Poppy was crying and they went back in to spy on us and heard me and Poppy talking. But anyway he said that he knew and then he said that he was sorry for not seeing it sooner that it wasn't my fault" Harry said softly
"But Harry isn't that a good thing? That he said he was sorry?" Mione asked carefully
"Well it would have been if he was saying sorry for the right thing. He was saying sorry for not seeing sooner that it wasn't my fault I turned Dark. That my life at the time had probably been hell and then Voldemort came and offered a better life and I couldn't resist. He said that he wanted to help me turn a new leaf again. The nerve of him" Harry said his anger rising again
"Well what did you say?" Ron asked
"I said that I wasn't Dark so I didn't need his help. He didn't take it well. Went on about how this was my only chance to serve to my community and some crap, and I told him that if he thought I was evil then he could think so on my account so long as he kept those thoughts to himself or I would get rather angry"
"He's probably pissing his pants now" Draco said smug but Alice and Lily finally seemed to recover after hearing that Harry's mom was dead said,
"Why didn't you tell us that you didn't have a mom?" Lily asked
Harry just shrugged and looked down
"Harry?" Alice asked nicely
"What?" Harry asked not looking up
"Is your dad the reason you're in a wheelchair? And why does he hate you anyway?"
Harry looked up, and straight in Alice's eyes debating on what to say. Alice gasped slightly on the pain she saw in his eyes and said, "you don't have to answer that, I'm sorry I asked"
"No, it's ok I want to tell you. You guys deserve it. You are the only ones that have stood by us all this time. You see James didn't get it right, he misunderstood. I never said my father did this to me to Poppy, he just assumed it was him by the way I spoke but really it wasn't. My father couldn't abuse me even if he wanted to, because my father is also dead. I was raised by my uncle and aunt and my uncle did this to me," A single tear escaped Harry's eyes and made it's way down his cheek.
Alice and Lily didn't say anything, they just sat there in what seemed forever but in fact was only a minute and then they both stood up and walked to Harry and hugged him.
"Oh Harry I'm so sorry" Lily whispered
"It's ok. You couldn't have known" Harry said smiling slightly "But now I must go and see Poppy or she will not be happy. Do you want to come?"
"Sure"
The seven teens entered the Hospital wing chatting happily and laughing.
"Well someone is in the Christmas mood" Poppy said smiling at the teens
The teens just smiled at her and let her take Harry aside where she could examine him. About a half an hour later Poppy walked back to Harry's mates with Harry right behind.
"Well I have good news. Harry can now move his legs, but it tends to strain him after awhile and I still don't think that he is ready to walk but I am willing to try after the Christmas holidays"
"That's great. You'll be up and about in no time Harry" Lily exclaimed happily
"Oh and there is one more thing before you go Harry" Poppy said
"Mmmm?"
"I have told the house elves to take you off the diet. I think that you can manage fine with out it. Just remember that you can't have too much"
Harry just smiled happily. It was the first time in months that his friends had seen him really smile.
"Well talking about food, I'm hungry so let's get going, dinner is almost started" Ron said
"Is food all you think about Ron?" Mione said rolling her eyes
"That and qh..." Ron never got to finish that sentence because Mione smacked the back of his head before he could say anything else
"Harry what a pleasant surprise it is to see you here" Angel greeted Harry, but Harry just rolled his eyes. It had taken him a while to get Angel's humor. It was rather weird. Especially for an Angel and Harry was positive that if she had gone to Hogwarts she would be in Slytherin.
"So where are the others?" Angel asked when she saw that Harry was alone
"They decided not to come today. They are with Lily and Alice. They found out some stuff about me today and they just wanted to help the girls get over it" Harry said shrugging
"Ok, we can chit chat about that later. You have the pensieve?"
"Yes ma'am" Harry said
"Brilliant. Now this isn't going to take long. I'm just going to teach you to put a memory in the pensieve and observe it and how to get out of a memory. And then I'll give you a book over all the other things you can do and you will have five days to read it and then we will go over this again. Ok?"
"Ok then" Harry said nervously
"Ok, put your wand on your temple and concentrate on a memory. It's easier to begin on a new memory"
Harry nodded and did as he told
"Good, now concentrate on pulling the memory out"
Harry hesitated
"Don't worry nothing will happen just do it. Good, now imagine that you are removing the memory with your wand. Take your time, it's takes a lot of energy and you have to be very self controlled to do this"
Harry nodded concentrating hard, sweat pounding on his forehead. It took him about good ten minutes but he finally managed to drag the memory out.
"Brilliant Harry, now carefully put the memory on the pensive. Good, you did it on your first try. That is very good. Ok now we are going to learn how to exit a memory which means that we will have to go in the memory"
Harry just nodded and he along with Angel entered the pensive.
Harry and Angel landed on the grassy area behind the Burrow. Harry turned around, and there right before him he saw Mione sitting on the grass with Percy. They were talking happily and laughing at the rest of the teens who happened to be in a match.
To the normal person this didn't seem to be a very special memory. Just an every day memory. But to Harry it was much more. It reminded him of the old days, when his life had been way easier. It reminded him that there was also a good side of life and that there was a reason he put himself through this hell.
"Ok, now just hold on to me and concentrate to get out. But you have to hold on to me because no one can get out unless they are touching you. Ok now try" Angel told Harry.
Harry nodded and closed his eyes and took Angels hand and after few minutes he was standing in his rooms again panting.
"You are doing fantastic Harry. We just have one more thing and then we are done tonight. Now to observe a specific item or to see from other point of view or just if you are showing many people you can make the memory come out of sort. I really am not good explaining, it's like...
"Like when Dumbeldore showed me the prophecy right?" Harry asked
"Yeah right, I didn't think of that. Well anyway, to do that you just tap your wand on the thought and think of the thought you want and it should come on top. Then you just poke it a little, and it should rise. Now since you only have one thought you are only going to poke it"
"Ok" Harry said and then he carefully took his wand and gently poked his thought. Nothing happened. Harry looked at Angel in confusion.
"You can't make the whole thing rise Harry. It is to many details. This is for if you want to look at one detail better you know. Try and concentrate on Mione"
Again Harry nodded and thought on Mione and then again he poked his wand in his thought and out rose Mione. It was really weird. She was exactly like when he had entered the memory but yet somehow different.
"Why is she like that?" Harry asked
"Like what?"
"I don't know, she is just different then she was before"
"It is because before you didn't notice all the things about her because you were watching the whole scene but now when you are just watching her you see her in more details"
It was true too. Harry noticed a lot of things that he hadn't noticed before but before he could ponder too much about it Angel spoke up again.
"To make it go away you either wait until it is finished or you poke it again with your wand"
Harry nodded again and poked Mione in the head and puff she was no more.
Harry and Angel talked for an about an half an hour but then he decided to go and find his friends and said good bye to his new found mentor.
Three days later Harry was walking to a meeting with the headmaster. He had been a bit surprised when the deputy headmistress had told Harry that the headmaster was expecting him. As Harry made his way towards the neat office he couldn't help himself and think about what had happened the day before. He had found out some interesting things about Snape. He still had trouble believing them. He had always believed that Snape had been forced to take the Dark Mark by his father, because he knew that his father was in Voldemorts inner circle. And that had also been what Draco had told them, but now he had found out other things. And he wasn't happy about it, but he knew that he couldn't yell at the boy or things would go from bad to worse. But when he got back, Snape and Dumbledore were the two top men on his list to yell at. Before Harry knew it he was standing in front of the gargoyles that guarded the office.
"Mars bars" Harry said and entered the office.
Harry was very surprised to see that Snape was also in the office along with the headmaster.
"Good day sir. You wanted to see me?" Harry said feeling confused
"Yes, you see Mr. Snape came to see me before, and told me everything"
Harry's eyes went wide
"He has asked to join the light side and help us in the war, he wants to become a spy for us. Figure out who works for Voldemort inside the school and such like until he graduates."
"I suppose that this is good news sir, but what has this have to do with me?" Harry asked still confused
"You see I asked Mr. Snape here why he hadn't come to me sooner since he never really wanted to join the Dark side and he said that he had always been to scared to stand up to his father until you talked to him. I just wanted to thank you for convincing him to do the right thing" Dumbeldore said smiling
Harry looked at Snape and Dumbeldore confused and then it hit him. Snape had lied to the headmaster but Harry decided to play along for the time being.
"You are welcome sir. I really didn't do anything big, I just pointed out some things for him" Harry said smiling a fake smile
"Well wonderful, but I think that you should be heading back now, so people won't be getting worried. Harry could you stay for a minute" Dumbeldroe said smiling
Snape left with out a word, leaving Harry alone to face the headmaster.
"So Harry how are you? Spoken to James recently?" He began to say cheerily
"Er, I'm ok I guess and no not really" Harry said confused. Wasn't he here because the headmaster knew that he had been covering up for Snape?
"Well I hope that you will patch up your differences soon. But I have a request for you Harry"
"Yes?"
"I am inviting Harold, and his wife Mary and James to stay at my house for Christmas and I was wondering if you didn't want to come too? Get to know your grandparents a little?"
Harry was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered
"But sir, aren't you supposed to stay at school over the holidays?"
A grave look entered the old man's face. "Because of recent attacks, the school will be closed over the holidays"
"Oh" Harry just said. He knew that these attacks were bad, but to close down Hogwarts? There had been over 34 attacks, 16 of those very big, since Harry had arrived three months ago. About 7000 muggles had died, and 2635 wizards had also been killed or had their soul removed. Harry now understood what people meant when they talked about the first war. You had no idea about who to trust and who not too. Harry just hoped that this wouldn't be so bad in the second war. "But sir, wouldn't it be better to have the school open, I mean it is the safest place to be in?" Harry asked
"Normally it would be, but Voldemort is getting more nerve every day, and ever since he attacked and destroyed Hogsmeade the ministry insist that the children are sent home, because the school defences are always much weaker in the holidays, when most of the students leave. And I must say that I think that it is a good idea that the children spend some time with their families because Merlins knows that it might be the last time"
"I understand sir, but what about my friends?" Harry said fully understanding. Maybe it was for the best this way. At least the parents got too see their children. Well most of the parents anyway. Seven students had died in the death eater raid on Hogsmeade. Or six anyway. The seventh student hadn't died in that attack, everyone just assumed that she did. Mary Olsen hadn't been there but Harry wasn't about to tell the headmaster that. Not yet anyway.
"Yes, I hadn't thought of that. I suppose that they can just come and stay with us as well. That is if you accept?"
"Yes sir, I would love to go. But do you think that James will agree" Harry said
"James has no choice in the matter" Dumbeldore said
"Alright sir, I'll just go and inform the guys" Harry said smiling and then he left the room happier than he had been in two months.
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So what did ya think? Good, bad? Personally I think that this was one of the worst chapters. I've planned out what I'm going to write in the next three, four chapter too.
I have more bad news for you. Like I said at the top, my computer is a mess, but with some luck it should be as good as new in next week, but that is not the only problem. You see I just started school again last Monday. Usually this would not be a very big problem but this year is different. This year I am in tenth grade, which is the last grade in the school, and so all of the tenth grades take these test right before Easters, and these are really important test because if you fail no proper high school is going too want too take me. So that means that I'll have to study really well this year if I want to get some proper marks, so I wont be able to write as much as I'm used too. Don't worry though, I'm not stopping with the story, it will just be longer between updates. I'll try too updates as much as I can but I think the teachers have gone mad. It was my second full day at school today but I still have a pile of homework to do. Anyway I'm going to stop bore you like this now and here are the review responses.
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