Harry Potter and the Revival Ceremony

by Robert Black

For full summary see inside. A HG fan fic with other romantic possibilities. OC's welcomed and introduced. If read, please leave review. First fan fic attempt. A Sixth year AU with Halo and others.

3. The Trip to Diagon Alley

Chapter 2 The Trip to Diagon Alley

Harry had spent the last several days with his friends. He enjoyed the fact that now he didn't have to constantly worry about seeing their names in the paper as one of the dead or missing. They spent most of their days outside playing Quidditch. Ron rode his Cleansweep he had received for making prefect. While the others used the older brooms that the Weasley's had. Harry, Ginny , Luna, and Hermione played as chaser's while Ron and Neville played keeper. The teams were Harry, Hermione and Neville against Ron, Ginny, and Luna. Harry wasn't a very good chaser but since he had the best broom he was able to score most of his shots. Hermione wasn't too bad for someone who when they had started could hardly fly a few feet off the ground. Neville on the other hand had to be the worst keeper Harry had ever seen. Several times they had to stop the game because Neville's broom had shot out from under him and he feel 10 feet to the ground. He only twisted his ankle once but Mrs. Weasley was able to fix him up right away.

"When you have had as many children as I have and that have done the things mine have done you pick up a good amount of talent for fixing bruises and twists and all sorts of other things" Mrs. Weasley had told Harry when she saw the surprise on his face at how easily she had mended Neville's ankle. After one afternoons session of Quidditch (which much to his surprise they had won in the hour time limit they had set since they didn't have enough people to play with Snitches and Bludgers) Hermione brought up the subject of their OWLs. Ron and Harry both rolled their eyes.

"Hey Hermione, why do you have to ruin a good afternoons fun by mentioning school?" Ron said his voice full of depression.

"Well I don't think it is going to ruin our day Ron." Hermione replied back matter-of-factly "And I bring it up because they are very important to what classes we can take this year and what jobs we will be qualified for!" Hermione added now sounding as if she were declaring that the world was ending.

"Yeah well what about our OWLs?" Ron asked giving up the fight.

"Well since school starts in three weeks don't you think that we should be getting them soon?" Hermione asked them.

"Actually, Hermione, your right they should arrive soon." Harry said realizing how close school now was.

"I don't think I did so well…" Neville said sadly. "If I don't get at least three owls gram going to go ballistic."

"Don't worry Neville I'm sure you did fine" Ron said trying to lift Neville's spirits though Harry knew Neville would be hard pressed to get three. Sure Herbology for Neville would be one since that was his best subject and he most likely passed Defense Against the Dark Arts because of their D.A. meetings but Harry hadn't a clue what his third one could possibly be.

"Yeah Neville I'm sure you got at least three owls if not more." Harry lied. Neville needed encouragement right now not the truth.

"Well anyway when do you think we are going to go get our books Ron?" Hermione asked to the benefit of changing the subject before Neville asked the question of which classes.

"Why do you ask me?" Ron said taken a little aback.

"Well your parents will be taking us." Hermione answered

"Oh right. Well to get our books we will need to wait until our OWLs arrive but Mum said we may get to go see Fred and Georges shop this week." Ron said to Hermione. Almost as if this was some type of cue for Mrs. Weasley to interrupt them Mrs. Weasley had leaned out the kitchen window and yelled out to them.

"LUNCH IS READY COME IN HERE AND HAVE YOURSELVES SOMETHING TO EAT!" With that everyone got off the ground and walked inside and sat at the table. Mrs. Weasley had just made sandwiches today for lunch. There was Turkey, Chicken, Beef, and what looked like a Bacon sandwich. The six of them all dug into the pile of sandwiches and started eating as they washed it down with butterbeer and milk that Mrs. Weasley had set out for them. After letting them eat for a little while she starting talking to them again. "Well as I am sure you all know Fred and George have a joke shop of their own now and I've been putting off us going to see them until we received all of your OWLs so that we could see their shop and get your books all at once. Seeing as how they haven't arrived yet though I talked to Arthur and we will go tomorrow around one to go see Fred and George's store." Mrs. Weasley paused here as all the kids turned and smiled at each other. They were going to finally be able to get away from the burrow for an afternoon, granted it had been fun but at the same time they were running out of things to do. Mrs. Weasley was smiling at them but now interrupted their chattering to finish what she was saying. "Now since you are all targets for You-Know-Who I want all of you to stay together and to not go wondering to far from our escorts…"

"ESCORTS?" Ginny cried. "Mum we wont have any fun with escorts."

"Oh so you don't want us to have escorts then well I guess we can all just stay here tomorrow…."

"NO!" Everyone cried together interrupting Mrs. Weasley.

"The escorts will be fine Mum" Ron said quickly.

"I didn't think so…" Mrs. Weasley said smiling.

"Um…Mrs. Weasley?" Hermione said unsurely.

"Yes dear?" Mrs. Weasley replied in her usual motherly ton when talking to any of the guests.

"Well…I was wondering… since we have to have escorts would it be alright if when we went into a shop or something that they keep guard outside. That way they are protecting us but not crowding shops and all" Hermione suggested.

"Well dear, that is a reasonable thought. I guess I could check on that." Mrs. Weasley replied smiling. Harry had never loved Hermione as much as he did now. Maybe they wouldn't be hounded by guards all day tomorrow. "But, before I even think about asking about that you all must promise that you wont stay up to late tonight. I want you all well rested tomorrow just in case….something… does happen" Mrs. Weasley's voice cracked really bad at something. Harry could see now for the first time what Dumbledore was talking about the night that he had arrived at the burrow. She no longer appeared calm and motherly but very scared and tired.

"I promise" Harry said first actually surprised by his own boldness but the others quickly followed his lead and promised too.

"Actually getting plenty of sleep would be good." Luna said "In places as busy as Diagon Alley the tired could be easily possessed by a Laklac." Luna said very seriously. Harry had known Luna long enough now to know better than to ask what a creature was that Luna had claimed existed. Mrs. Weasley though did not have this incite.

"I'm sorry dear, a what?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Oh no here we go" Harry thought to himself.

"A Laklac Mrs. Weasley. They are tiny invisible creatures that get inside people and make them do things. Usually say mean things and act violent and stuff like that. Usually those people with plenty of rest aren't affected by them but the tired are often overpowered by them. A good nights sleep kills them though." Luna said all this in her monotone voice as if it were a well known fact.

"OH…right the Laklac's…" Mrs. Weasley said agreeing with her seeing Hermione gesturing behind Luna to just go with it. Luna turned around looking at Hermione who instantly made as if she were trying to do something with her hair.

"Well lets go upstairs and play some chess" Harry said quickly changing the subject.

"Yeah lets go!" Ginny said hopping up and heading for the stair's also trying to avoid any more comments that might be coming from Luna. Harry and the others spent the rest of the day upstairs talking, playing chess, and playing exploding snap. It was around eleven o'clock before Mrs. Weasley knocked on the door and told them all that it was time for bed. So with a few goodnights the boys left the girls in their room and went across the hall to Fred and George's old room. They were staying in this room because it was larger than Ron's and could actually fit the three of them. They all lay down quietly each imagining what they would be doing the next day and were all asleep within ten minutes. Harry found himself in a place he didn't recognize. Harry looked around. He was in the middle of a large hallway. The floors seemed to be made out of marble. The walls were spotlessly white. He looked to his left down the hallway. The hallway had to have been at least 100 feet long and ten feet wide. At the end of the hall was a door with several other doors along the walls at intervals. First one on the left side of the hall, then the right, then left again. The doors were spaced about twelve feet apart from the next door across the hall. There was around 25 feet between each door on the same wall. Harry then looked to his right. There was about 37 feet between where he now stood and the wall. Though about 12 feet down the hall the right wall (or wall behind Harry) stopped and opened up into what Harry could only make out as an empty space from his current angle. Finally Harry looked straight in front of him. There was a door, it was just within reach. Something told Harry that he really should look inside this room. Harry reached for door when he heard his name.

"Harry…" it called. Harry ignored it and again reached for the door. Halfway to the handle he heard the voice again. "Haaaarry…" Harry reached still closer to the door handle he was a mere inch from it when the voice yelled his name this time. "HARRY!" Harry sat straight upright.

"What? Hu?" Harry said sleepily to the room. Everything was blurry as he reached around for his glasses.

"Harry dear it's time to wake up." Even though Harry didn't have his glasses on yet he knew it was Mrs. Weasley from her motherly voice. "Everyone else is ready to go Harry wake up." Mrs. Weasley insisted as Harry finally found his glasses and slipped them on.

"Wh-What time is it?" Harry said as he yawned.

"It's almost noon Harry…we have been trying to wake you all morning." Mrs. Weasley said a little concerned. "Is something wrong Harry? Do you know why you have slept so late?" Mrs. Weasley said staring straight into Harry's eyes.

"Oh I was just having an interesting dream…It wasn't bad interesting just interesting." Harry quickly added seeing the worried look that had gone over Mrs. Weasley's face when he said an interesting dream.

"Well do dress quickly the guards have been here for an hour now." Mrs. Weasley said smiling as she left the room. Harry quickly climbed out of bed and threw on a pair of jeans and a shirt. He then headed downstairs to the rest of the house and their escorts. Harry froze at the bottom of the stairs. He knew they would have escorts but didn't think that they would be escorts from the Order. There in front of Harry was the smiling face's of Tonks, Lupin, Shacklebolt (who Harry hadn't seen since last year), and Moody.

"Well the sleepy head has finally woke up." Lupin said smiling at Harry.

"Yeah I guess I have." Harry said blushing.

"Well if you are all ready I think it is time for us to be going so that we don't get back to late." Moody grunted in his usual rough voice.

"Well, right then, Kids do you have everything you will be needing?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Well I will need to go to Gringotts to change my money." Hermione said. Harry suddenly realized he too needed to retrieve some of his money.

"Me too." Harry said.

"Right well we will do that first then." Mrs. Weasley said. "Well let's go then."

With that everyone walked over to the fire place where they got ready to travel by flu powder.

"Right well Shacklebolt and I will go first to make sure the coast is clear if it is then I'll send Shacklebolt back to let you know and we will let you all continue through the flu network." Everyone nodded an understanding at Moody's words. Then after a brief second both Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt was gone. Everyone waited patiently for Shacklebolt to return. Then with another loud pop Shacklebolt returned.

"Right well the coast is clear. We will all be meeting in the Leaky Cauldron so say there and when you go. Moody and I agree that it would be best for everyone to go in this order. First Ron, then Neville, then Ginny, the Harry next followed by Luna, and finally Hermione. Molly, you, Tonks, and Lupin can all apperate there once everyone has gone through if that's all right." Shacklebolt finally finished.

"That will be fine Kingsley" Mrs. Weasley said.

"Right, Well just give me a second to get back and get into position with Moody." With that Shacklebolt disapperated with a pop. After a couple short minutes Mrs. Weasley broke the silence.

"Well they should be ready by now. Okay Ron you first." She said gesturing Ron forward. Ron took a pinch of flu powder, stepped into the fireplace and then tossed it down shouting.

"THE LEAKY CAULDRON!" With that Ron was engulfed in green flames and was gone.

"Right, Well you next Neville." Mrs. Weasley said turning to Neville. He walked towards the fire and took some floo powder and copied Ron. Next was Ginny. As soon as she was gone, it was Harry's turn. "Okay Harry, now you." Mrs. Weasley said laying a hand on his shoulder and walking him over to the fire. Harry took a pinch of floo powder and stepped into the fire and took one last look at everyone in the room then tossed the Flu powder down onto the fire shouting.

"THE LEAKY CAULDRON" Harry felt himself spinning past hundreds of fire's and Harry closed his eyes as he started getting dizzy finally he noticed he seemed to slow so he threw a foot forward as he stopped in the fire of Leaky Cauldron. swayed but stayed standing up. This was just one more time that Harry hadn't fell after a flu trip. He had only managed to not fall three times before. "I think I'm getting the hand of this." Harry thought to himself. He then felt himself being pulled out of the fire very forcefully.

"Watch out!" Shacklebolt shouted as he pulled Harry out of the flames as Luna appeared a split second later where Harry had been standing like an idiot. "Why didn't you come out right away Harry? Is something wrong?" Shacklebolt asked.

"No, I was just surprised that I hadn't fell again…" Harry said quickly and blushing.

"Oh…" Shacklebolt said grinning. "Yeah, it took me around 50 trips through flu before I learned to not fall. But then I got my apperation license, and don't use flu unless I have to anymore."

"Kingsley, why don't you pay attention to your guard duties instead of chatting with Potter." Moody said slightly aggravated.

"oh right…sorry Moody" Shacklebolt said. He then stepped next to the fire with his back to it again and watched the room as Hermione appeared. Suddenly Harry thought of something.

"Umm…Shacklebolt…" Harry said getting cut off by Shacklebolt.

" Call me Kingsley." Shacklebolt said grinning but kept watching everyone in the Leaky Cauldron.

"Uh, sure." Harry said a little confused "Well what would have happened if you hadn't taken me out of the fire in time?" Harry asked.

"Well the flu would have delivered the next person and it would have thrown you into the next available fire. Which isn't always near your intended target. Sometimes the next one is in another country. Trust me you don't want to end up in a fire with the whole family eating dinner…" Kingsley said grinning. "It can create a bit of a…commotion." Kingsley finished laughed slightly.

"Well thanks then and I'll remember that." Harry said thanking Kingsley silently thinking what it would be like to show up in Draco's house. He shuddered at the thought then went to join his friends at a table as Lupin, Tonks, and Mrs. Weasley apperated into the Leaky Cauldron.

"Well no problems so far Moody?" Lupin asked.

"Not yet…" Moody grunted. Harry thought he might have heard a bit of regret in Moody's voice but was glad there hadn't been anything.

"Well shall we head to Gringotts? Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Sure." Hermione said and everyone went to the back wall where they would enter into Diagon Alley. Moody and Kingsley were in the front with Lupin and Tonks bringing up the rear. Moody tapped the wall three times on the brick Harry had watched Hagrid tap with his wand the summer he found out he was a wizard. The brick wall pulled away revealing a large archway that lead to Diagon Alley. Everyone followed Kingsley and Moody in silence as they walked down the street. Diagon Alley seemed less packed than usual Harry noticed but there were still a lot of people and many of them watched as the parade of eleven people as they walked down the middle of the street in a single column pushing a path towards Gringotts. When they reached the doors of Gringotts Kingsley and Moody walked straight in. This came to a surprise to Harry since he expected them to wait outside like they had talked about the day before. Since Mrs. Weasley was right in front of Harry he sped up so that he was beside her and whispered.

"I thought they would wait outside any shops we went to." Harry said to her.

"Well Harry Gringotts is very large and many people are in here so they will stay with us just to makes sure nothing happens. Though the goblins are very good at keeping this place very secure we don't want to take any unneeded risks." She said as they walked straight up to an empty window.

"We need to remove some money from these children's accounts." Kingsley said to the Goblin at the desk.

"Do they have their keys?" The Goblin said eyeing them all. Harry held out his key along with Neville and Mrs. Weasley. "Right, Mr. Potter you will need to see president of Gringotts before you can continue to your vault." The Goblin said to Harry then turned to Mrs. Weasley and Neville, "Grindclaw will take you two to your vaults now." The Goblin said gesturing another Goblin over. This Goblin was shorter and not as tough looking as the one at the window.

"Uh…" Mrs. Weasley said looking at Moody.

"It's fine Molly go ahead but we will have Lupin accompany Potter." Moody said in a voice as if there would be no arguing to the Goblin who shrugged and then said.

"Right well, Potter you and Mr. Lupin are to take that elevator to the top floor." The goblin said pointing at an elevator on the wall to Harry's right which had two large and intimidating Goblins standing one on each side of the door. "Just tell them that your presence is requested by the president." The Goblin finished. So with one quick goodbye Mrs. Weasley Neville and Moody headed off with Grindclaw towards the vaults while Harry and Lupin went for the Elevator and Luna, Hermione, Ginny, and Ron all went over to another window with Tonks and Kingsley to change Hormone's money.

"Our presence is requested by the president" Lupin said to the two goblins as they approached the elevator. The Goblin on the left then turned and pushed a button and the elevator door opened. Lupin led Harry into the elevator and pushed the button for the top floor. The doors closed as the elevator started to rise. After a few seconds the elevator stopped and the door's opened to reveal a dimly lit room. It was quite large and had several pictures on the walls of Gringotts banks that were across the world and in the middle of the room at the far end was a desk with a large chair. At first Harry didn't think anyone was in here then he saw the eye's in the shadow of the chair.

"Please have a seat" The goblin said. Harry and Lupin both sat down. Harry could now see the Goblin very clearly. He was Short but very buff. He was also the ugliest Goblin Harry had seen so far. His nose was extra large with moles all the way down it. He had extra large ears and almost no hair…well on his head at least. This goblin was wearing short sleeves and his arms had so much hair that Harry had the impression that the hair that would have been on a humans head was probably as thick as the hair on this goblins arms. "Well Mr. Potter with the Death of a Mr. Sirius Black his will was recovered and informed us that you are to receive all the assets that he owned. This is to include a house, A hippogriff, and a very large amount of money. We were told that you wished the Hippogriff to live on the property of Hogwarts. Is this true?"

"umm, yes, yes that will be fine" Harry stuttered a little confused. He didn't want to start thinking about Sirius again.

"Right well onto your inheritance of the money." The Goblin said getting right back to business. "The gold you received is quite large. It was larger than even yours so with the two together we know that you are quite wealthy now. We would like to suggest that you buy a larger vault with better security. The one I suggest isn't one of our best but it requires no key. It's in a section of the undergrounds that few get to ever see and is guarded by a dragon. This vault has a one time fee of 13263 galleons. Now I understand this is a large amount of gold but your new fortune and old were both well over 10 times this amount. The new amount of gold is for around 17 times this amount and I doubt you will miss the gold. It is your choice though. So would you like to upgrade to the new vault?" Harry could see that the goblins eye's were filled with greed at the idea of possibly receiving over 13000 galleons. Harry looked at Lupin who shrugged and nodded.

"Okay that will be fine I guess. You will be responsible for taking care of and feeding the dragon of course. If I am expected to pay for it's feeding I'll just keep my gold where it's at." Harry said. He saw that Lupin was smiling at him proud of the fact he thought of such a detail. The Goblin on the other hand seemed to have been hoping Harry wouldn't have been so smart and looked rather depressed but said.

"Of course we will feed and take care of it. We wouldn't expect a customer to take on such an expense." The Goblin gave a forced smile and then said. "Now the property is number 12 Grimwald place. Is there anything special you want done with this property Mr. Potter?" The Goblin once again had his business tone back.

"No." Harry said rather quickly then thought for a second then added, "Well actually yes. If you could get a group together to go in and clear all Dark Objects from the house. There is a family tree that has been enchanted to never move from its place and a picture of a women that we can't get down either. I would like all that removed. Of course you can remove the appropriate amount of gold from my vault for the services." Harry said grinning. Sirius would have liked the fact that Harry was putting such a greedy being through it's paces and also that his mothers picture would be forever out of the house.

"No problem Mr. Potter. Well if that's all then I'll have a Goblin take you to your new vault I believe all your funds have been sent there." The Goblin said this in a final tone and with that Lupin and Harry got up and walked to the elevator. When they had stepped out of the elevator a goblin that was similar to the two elevator guards approached Harry and Lupin and preceded to say that he would be taking them to Harry's new vault. After about a five minute cart ride they arrived in front of a vault with Horntailed Ridgeback Dragon in front of it. The Dragon didn't attack Harry as the last one he faced did but it did keep a very close eye on all of them.

"Just touch the door Mr. Potter and it will open for you." The Goblin explained. Harry touched the door, it felt quite warm for something so deep under ground. Suddenly there were several hollow thuds from within the door as if gigantic locks were being unlocked. Then the door fell silent for a second and slowly opened. Harry had quickly stuffed his money bag after recovering from the shock of so much gold in his vault. He had not seen anything like it in his life. There was enough gold in the vault that it had several piles that were taller than a two story house. Harry had stuffed his money bag and then returned to the cart. After another five minute ride back to the main Gringotts chamber Harry and Lupin were reunited with rest of their friends.

"What did the president want Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, well he just wanted to know if I wanted a different Vault since I am getting older." Harry lied. He didn't want the Weasley's, especially Ron, to know that he had received even more gold.

"These Goblins. They're always trying to get more money." Ron said coldly. "What did you say Harry?" Ron then asked.

"Well I thought that a little more security at this time wouldn't be bad, so I made a slight upgrade is all." Harry lied again.

"Oh okay…well as long as he didn't charge you too much…anyway lets go see Fred and Georges store." Ron said excitedly. So with that they all left Gringotts and entered the Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. As agreed the escorts stayed outside as everyone else entered. Harry led the way into the shop. It was packed with customers; Harry could not get near the shelves. He stared around, looking up at the boxes piled to the ceiling: Here were the Skiving Snackboxes that the twins had perfected during their last, unfinished year at Hogwarts: Harry notice that the Nosebleed Nougat was most popular, with only one battered box left on the shelf. There were bins full of trick wands, the cheapest merely turning into rubber chickens or pairs of briefs when waved, the most expensive beating the unwary user around the head and neck, and boxes of quills, which came in Self-Inking, Spell-Checking, and Smart-Answer varieties. A space cleared in the crowd, and Harry pushed his way toward the counter, where a gaggle of delighted ten-year-olds was watching a tiny little wooden man slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: REUSABLE HANGMAN----- SPELL IT OR HE'LL SWING.

"Patented Daydream Charms…" Hermione said reading the title of another prank box nearby. She was reading the information on the back of a box bearing a highly colored picture of a handsome youth and a swooning girl who were standing on the deck of a pirate ship. "One simple incantation and you will enter a top-quality, Highly realistic, thirty-minute daydream, easy to fit into the average school lesson and virtually undetectable (side effects include vacant expression and minor drooling). Not for sale to under-sixteen's." Said Hermione as she finished reading the box.

"Kewl…" Ron said staring at the box.

"Yes Ron. Very kewl." Fred said appearing behind them.

"Hey Fred." Said Harry.

"Hey Harry. So what do you think?" Fred said waving a hand around the very crowded store.

"It's kewl." Harry said simply.

"Hey Harry could I have a word with you, alone?" Fred said glancing at Ron and Hermione.

"Why can't you say it in front of us?" Ron said.

"Because, not everything we talk about to people has to do with you." George said as he walked up behind them. Harry jumped slightly and turned around quickly.

"Gees George you scared me." Harry said.

"Sorry man. Like Fred said could we please have a word alone with you?" George asked.

"Hey look you two no matter what you have to say to Harry even if it is alone he'll still tell us. Won't you Harry." Ron said in a very confident tone. Harry simply stayed quite. "Harry you will tell us right?" Ron's voice was now much less certain.

"Yeah Ron, I'll tell you guys." Harry said.

"See guys. You might as well ask him with us here too." Ron said smirking.

"Look Ronnie poo, even though Harry may tell you whatever it is we say we still don't want you there." Fred said rudely.

"Look Ron, I'll make you a deal. If you guys give us the time we need to talk about what we want to talk about, then I'll give you both a five galleon credit." George offered.

"Each?" Ron asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Hey George look, Ron isn't as an idiot when it comes to money." Fred said grinning.

"Yes, Ron. We will give you EACH a five galleon credit." George said smiling at Fred's comment. Ron looked questioning to Harry and then at the twins.

"Okay." With that Ron turned and walked off into the crowded store. Hermione just shook her head and turned following Ron deeper into the store.

"Well shall we?" Fred said as he turned and led the way up a spiral staircase to a loft that overlooked the store. Harry followed Fred as George brought up the rear. When they reached the loft Fred headed straight for a small round table that had four chairs around it, while George leaned against the railing and kept an eye on the store. The loft was fairly large. It had two beds with trunks at the foots of them. Both trunks had the triple W on the lids that stood for "Weasley Wizarding Wheezes". The trunks were almost identical except for that one had a G on the lock and the other had an F. The loft had a railing that could be used for support as a person watched the store.

"Harry why don't you have a seat." Fred said bringing Harry back to his senses and away from looking around the loft.

"Okay." Harry said as he walked over and took a seat across from Fred. "So what did you want to tell me?" Harry asked after taking his seat.

"Well it's more of a request than a statement. See Harry we are making a good load of money from our store and since you helped us with the start up funds we wanted to share the profits with you." Fred explained.

"Look you guys don't have to I have plenty of money and I…" Harry was saying before George interrupted him.

"We thought you would try and say something like that. That's why we decided to not just simply pay you back." George said not turning around but instead keeping an eye on the store.

"See Harry we would like you to become a partial owner in our business. Now as an owner you wouldn't just receive a share of the profits but would have a say in how we run the business and if something were to happen and we would end up having more costs than profits you would share in the costs. We don't really want to have you pay anything seeing as how much you have already helped us but we thought you wouldn't agree to just take a profit cut. So were willing to negotiate. To a point of course. Basically your going to receive a share of the profits whether you want it or not. If you agree to become a partial owner though you would get to earn a cut in a sense." Fred said smiling.

"I really don't have much of a choice in this do I?" Harry asked smiling at how much work the twins had put into trying to convince Harry to become a partial owner.

"No, you really don't. See Harry even if you say no. We will still send you the gold. If we have to we will even leave it on your door step." George said still watching the store.

"How much money are we talking about?" Harry asked.

"Well Harry the overall amount will get larger every month. We want to split our profit's evenly with you each of us getting a third." Fred said.

"No way man, I appreciate your generosity but that's too much." Harry said.

"We thought you would say that so we are willing to go as low as giving you half of that. You will receive one sixth of all our profits and split a sixth of the total costs. Deal?" Fred said.

"Okay deal." Harry said smiling at them. At this Fred pushed a contract a quill and some ink. Harry took the quill dipped it in the ink and just as he was about to sign he thought of something and sat the quill down smiling up at Fred.

"What? Is there something wrong?" Fred asked.

"No, nothings wrong. I would just like to add a condition of my own." Harry said smiling even wider. At this George turned around and looked at Harry with wonder in his eyes.

"What do you want to add?" George asked.

"Well I still think that even a sixth will be a large amount. So I would like half of my sixth to go to your brother, Ron." Harry said staring right into George's eyes.

"I don't know Harry…" Fred said trailing off thinking then looking at his brother, George.

"Well I guess we can give him half your cut if that's the only way you will agree. But, I for one would like to add the condition you tell him why we are paying you so much money." George said.

"Great idea George. So now what do you think Harry?" Fred said now smiling.

"I…well…its just that.." Harry stuttered. He took a large breath and then restarted. "I really don't want your mum being mad at me for giving you guys the money. Though I do guess that she is impressed at how well you are doing so…okay deal." Harry finally finished. Fred smiled and waved his wand adding the new conditions. Then after reading the whole contract Harry signed his name and set down the quill.

"So was that all?" Harry asked after setting down the quill.

"Not quite. We still got to give you your share of the profits for so far." Fred said as George turned back to the store. "We still need to give you your first share of the profits."

"ALREADY?" Harry said quite surprised. "I thought it would be at least a month."

"Sorry Harry. We have been saving your part of the profits for months. We knew we wanted to return the favor and wouldn't take no. So…" Fred pulled out a money pouch, "your cut was going to be 18,000 galleons. Since you added your condition you get 9,000 Galleons and Ron will get the other nine." Fred finished Handing the money pouch to Harry who paused before taking it.

"18…18,000 galleons?" Harry said shocked. "You guys made that much money in profits?"

"More…remember? That is only one sixth of our total profits." George said once again looking at Harry and grinning.

"All that in three months?" Harry said still amazed.

"More or less." Fred said grinning as well.

"Well, guys, what do you suggest I do with nine thousand galleons? I can't actually carry it around in my pockets can I?" Harry said more to himself than to anyone else.

"Well I can suggest something." George piped in.

"Uh, sure." Harry said slowly.

"Well see, down at Quality Quidditch Supplies they have a new broom. The Aquarocket." George said rather excitedly.

"Harry, it has an uncharted top speed. It's highest speed all depends on the riders skills, also it corners with the slightest touch. We thought about buying one's ourselves, but since we are in the joke business and don't really plan on going on to the professionals there's really no reason for us to blow our money on a broom." Fred said in a rather business like tone. "Harry you have the abilities and skills to go onto bigger and better things. This broom was made for you. I'm not telling you to get rid of your Firebolt but you could use this new broom in the future matches that really matter."

"Like against the Slytherins." Harry said in a whisper thinking to himself.

"Yes Harry, like the Slytherins. We would really like for the Quidditch cup to stay in the Gryffindor house." George said smiling.

"Yeah well I guess it wouldn't hurt to check it out." Harry said grinning as well.

"Harry, we know you wanted Ron to get the other nine thousand." Fred said on a more serious note, "But, I think it would be best if you gave it to him."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Well, I don't know I just think it would mean more to him coming from you. Plus we don't want to have to explain everything all over again." George answered.

"Also if you want you don't have to tell him you made us give him a cut. You can say whatever you want. Make up any story. If he asks us we'll go along with it." Fred said looking quite serious.

"Okay I'll do it." Harry said.

"Thanks Harry. Here you go." With that Fred handed the second money pouch to Harry who took it and then followed George as he began to head downstairs with Fred once again bringing up the rear. Not long after they reached the floor had Ron appeared with boxes in his hands smiling.

"Okay Fred I checked and double checked this adds up to just under five galleons." Ron said very happy. Fred quickly glanced at the boxes then smiled too.

"Your right Ron. That all does add up to just under five galleons, but there is one problem…you can't have this." Fred removed what appeared to be a Firebolt but it's description said that once the would be rider went to sit on it the broom would turn into a large piece of rope that would instantly tie the would be rider up and hold them that way for ten minutes (Depending on weather conditions and size of the target). "See Ron right here on the back in letters big enough that even YOU can read it…For wizards 17 and older. Ron, your not 17. Nice try though." Fred finished as his lips spread into a wide grin.

"I'm your brother Fred!" Ron said trying to convince Fred to sell it to him.

"Yeah, well Ron do you think we would want to cut off wizards with the money for this stuff? Of course not, but the ministry says that certain items can't be sold to minors. So whether or not you're our brother makes no difference Ron." George explained.

"Okay fine…well I'll just take these than." Ron said handing the rest of the boxes to George who handed them to Fred who rung them up and gave them back to Ron. "So what did you guys need to tell Harry that was so important?" Ron asked staring at them.

"Well we had to tell him to push you off the train back to Hogwarts first chance he got." Fred said as he and George broke into a fit of laughter.

"Come on guys what did you really talk about?" Ron pleaded.

"Look Ron…" Whatever George was about to say was never finished, because at that precious moment a large bang echoed through the shop. A crowd of people walked away from a boy that had just been blown away from the door. Harry, Hermione, and Ron all had their wands out and were pointing them at the door. Harry soon saw that this wasn't need seeing as how Fred and George were calmly walking towards the door where there was a very beat up looking box of skiving Snackboxes was floating in the air just in front of the door. The boy that had been blown away from the door was very chubby and had what appeared to be bleach blond hair. The box then slowly floated back to the shelf and set itself back down on the shelf. Fred and George had now reached the boy and picked him up. As he stood up Harry could now see the flashing word THIEF in random colors over his head.

"Alright THIEF! Maybe you will think twice before you try stealing again." Fred said looking quite angry.

"get out…GET OUT!" George bellowed pointing at the door. With that the boy left the store looking at his feet and from what Harry could tell seemed to be very red in the face. Suddenly George turned around and faced the store's occupants who were all still staring at him and Fred, and said "You all just witnessed what happens to those who try and steal from us. No store in Diagon Alley will allow you to enter as long as that is above your head." George finished. The store had an eerie silence to it.

"Now with that said, please continue your shopping." Fred said smiling at the crowd and they slowly started their shopping again.

"Weird hu?" Ron asked looking at Harry.

"Yeah just a little." Harry answered. Then he remembered his plan to go to Quality Quidditch Supplies. "Hey Ron I heard there is a new broom out. Want to go check it out?

"uh…sure…just let me have Fred check me out and then we will tell my mum and head out." With that Ron walked over to the register and Fred bagged his tricks. After a few short minutes that it took Harry and Ron to find Mrs. Weasley and finally got her to agree to let them go (under the condition that they took Mad Eye and Lupin with them), Harry and Ron were on their way to Quality Quidditch Supplies. Once again they entered a store leaving their escorts behind them. At this point Harry pulled Ron to the side.

"What's up Harry?" Ron asked, quite surprise by Harry's actions.

"Ron I need to tell you something." Harry said. He then continued without even waiting for a response from Ron. "Ron look I gave Fred and George the money to start their business. I gave them the money that I won from the Triwizard Tournament. That's how they have gotten so big so fast." Harry finished.

"Oh okay well that explains a lot. Why tell me now though?" Ron asked.

"Well it's because when we talked away from you they wanted to split their profits with me. Well here." Harry handed Ron the nine thousand galleons.

"Wh-wh-what's this?" Ron stuttered looking inside the bag at the money.

"Well I told them I didn't want the money, but then I realized you never had much money so I told them that since they started out from my kindness that maybe they should share the other half with you." Harry said hoping Ron would take the money.

"Harry. I appreciate your kindness but I can't." Ron said slightly sad and tossing the gold back to Harry.

"Look Ron, from where I am standing you have two choices, One you can take the gold and spend it how you want, or two I can take the money and buy you tons of stuff with it that you probably don't really want but you will get the money that way. Your choice." Harry said with a half sly, half wicked grin on his face.

"Harry I can't take the money. I'm really sorry I just can't." Ron said now looking at floor seemingly ashamed.

"Ron your pride is completely stupid. Look you're like my best friend. I understand that you don't have much money. That your family all of them until recently haven't had much money at all, but if you want to change that then you will need to get rid of your pride and accept help when it is offered." Harry said getting a little annoyed.

"Harry I have no problem accepting help but I'm not going to lower myself by tacking out handouts!" Ron said back getting annoyed as well.

"Then fine I will buy you stuff equal to the amount." Harry said turning and marching to the counter with a slightly confused Ron following him. As Harry approached the counter the clerk smiled at him widely. The clerk was about to give his usual welcome speech when Harry interrupted him. "I hear that you have the new broom in your stock. How much is it?" Harry said being very straight forward and slightly taken back by his own rudeness but was too mad at Ron's stupidity to lose track of what he was about to buy Ron.

"Harry? You wouldn't!" Ron said figuring out what Harry was about to do.

"Oh I would. Now sir do you have that broom in stock?" Harry asked again.

"Um. Well yes, yes we do." The clerk said slightly confused.

"Well I am interested in buying one or two. How much are they?" Harry said very firmly. The clerk though looked quite taken aback.

"Well for that you would have to talk to my manager." The clerk said finally recovering. He then walk around the counter and opened a door beside the counter, then said something into the room and a bald man around his mid 40's came out smiling looking around the room.

"Where is the customer?" The manager asked the clerk.

"Right there sir," The clerk said pointing at Harry. The manager's smile faded as the clerk pointed out Harry. But he placed a new smile on his face that seemed more out of show than actual happiness.

"I hear that you're interested in the new broom?" The manager said as if suggesting that Harry only wanted to know the interesting facts about the new broom.

"No, I'm not interested in the new broom. I'm interested in buying TWO of the new brooms." Harry said emphasizing how many he wanted. The Manager's smile faded almost instantly. He seemed split between wanting to tell Harry to get out for trying to (in the manager's view) make fun of him, and brake out in laughter at the thought of a sixteen year old boy wanting to buy not just one but two of the Aquarocket's. The manager smiled and gave a slight chuckle.

"Sonny do you have any idea how much those brooms cost? I appreciate your interest but seriously I doubt a boy of your age would have that much gold." The manager chuckled again.

"Well, SIR, since you don't seem to understand English to well maybe you will understand gold." Harry said still annoyed at Ron for being such a prat and now the manager not being helpful at all. If there had been anywhere else Harry could get the aquarocket Harry would have but this was the only place in all of nearby England. Harry now pulled out the two money bags each holding nine thousand galleons each and tossed them onto the counter where they gave a heavy thud. The manager's expression went from one of anger at Harry for being so rude to one of complete surprise at money bags so large and so full. "Now that you can clearly see that I have the gold maybe you would like to tell me how much they cost now?" Harry said smiling at himself for putting the store owner in his place.

"I, uh, well they cost roughly around eight thousand galleons each." The manager said still staring at the money pouches.

"So are you telling me that they're eight thousand galleons each or less than that?" Harry said now in a demanding tone.

"Well they cost eight thousand twenty-five galleons each." The Manager said now looking at Harry and becoming quite pleasant.

"Well I would like two that should be sixteen thousand fifty galleons yes?" Harry said opening the money bags.

"Yes that's correct." The manager said. "But we only have one in the back room." The manager said slightly depressed at possibly losing such a grand amount of gold.

"Well you have one in the window for display don't you. Why don't you use that one and the one in the back that would make two." Harry said

"Well I would but you see display brooms or supposed to be for display only. We aren't technically allowed to sell them." The manager said. He seemed to be really regretting the fact that there was such a detail.

"The broom in the window is an aquarocket though. Fully functional?" Harry said now a little worried that it was just a dud.

"Oh yes. It is a real aquarocket but like I said…" The manager started.

"Well then I will pay you and extra one hundred and fifty galleons for the two of them. I'm sure a hundred and fifty galleons will cover any trouble that may arise from removing such a display." Harry said quite sure that a hundred and fifty galleons would in fact be more than enough to convince the manager to forgo the display detail.

"Allow me to package your brooms sir." The manager said in a very accommodating tone. With that the manager took away the aquarocket from the window (which was followed by a loud groan from outside) and then went into the back to get the other broom and package them. While the manager was doing this Harry summoned eight thousand twenty-five galleons from what was supposed to be Ron's money pouch and Eight thousand one hundred and seventy-five from his own. Before long Harry had gave the gold to the manager and was soon tossing an aquarocket to a very shocked Ron and resting his own on his shoulder as he headed out of the store with two much lighter money bags. As soon as Harry stepped outside where Lupin quickly stopped him.

"Harry, the whole crowd moaned a minute ago do you know why?" Lupin asked sounding quite convinced that he knew Harry knew why.

"Yes I do. They took the aquarocket out of the display in the window." Harry answered. Lupin raised and eyebrow.

"Why would they do that, Harry?" Lupin asked smiling.

"Well I bought two. One for me and one for Ron." Almost as if on cue Ron walked out of the store holding his wrapped broom in a state of pure shock. Harry continued on though, "I paid them an extra one hundred and fifty galleons to forget the rule about the display only broom." Harry finished.

"Harry…." Ron muttered looking down at the broom as he held in both hands.

"Don't even start Ron. I'm not taking it back it's yours bought with YOUR money. If you don't want it burn it, sell it, throw it down in the street for all I care, but I'm NOT taking it back." Harry said then turned back to Lupin. "So are we going back to Fred and Georges shop?" Harry asked.

"Yeah I guess we can." Lupin said looking over at Mad Eye who simply nodded. "But if you don't mind…can I see the broom Ron?" Lupin asked looking at Ron as his eyes were suddenly filled with a childlike excitement. Ron who hadn't taken his eyes off the broom finally seemed to snap back to reality and nodded as he unwrapped the broom. Harry suddenly realized he too had never actually looked at them he was so mad at Ron when he bought them he hadn't been paying attention. Harry though seeing the broom for the first time was sent into his own state of shock. The handle was shinning a smooth glossy like brown as the tail twigs were all aerodynamically perfect down to the last quarter of a centimeter. At the very front it had the words Aquarocket smoothly imprinted onto it. The words were imprinted just above the grips. Harry who knew by riding his Firebolt what it felt like when you held a broom of this quality. The connection that a rider would have with the broom the surge of energy it seemed to give off. Ron who had never felt this feeling was quite surprised from what Harry could tell from his eyes. The look of sorrow of being given such an expensive item was now gone and filled with a look of excitement, a rush of adrenaline. At this moment Harry (and the rest of them by Harry's guess judging on how they all jumped too, all except mad eye) was brought back to reality by the excited voice of a girl behind him.

"IS THAT THE NEW AQUAROCKET?" She said very excitedly. This girl was very pretty. She had brown shoulder length hair that slightly curled at the end. She had blue eyes that were staring right at Ron, who no longer seemed to hold any hint of regret but one of supreme cockiness. Ron pulled himself up as straight as he could and squared his shoulders slightly.

"Yes, yes it is." He answered in a tone so much like somebody important that Harry was lead to believe even Malfoy would have wanted to cuddle up next to Ron to widen his connections in the "right" crowed.

"Wow. I heard there extremely expensive. I was told that they're so expensive that even the Professional teams could only afford to buy them for just there seekers." The girl said now looking more at Ron than the broom. Ron too seemed to notice this as he suddenly seemed to get slightly taller.

"Well that isn't completely true. England managed to get their Keeper one as well." Ron said. At this the girl seemed slightly surprised. Harry wasn't sure if it was due to the shock that England had two Aquarocket's or that Ron knew that they had two Aquarocket's.

"How do you know that. I mean I heard rumors but it is supposed to be one of their biggest secrets. Not to mention that England's keeper is playing on his Firebolt." The girl said intensely interested how Ron knew this. Now that the girl mentioned it Harry would like to know where Ron got this information as well.

"I have my ways." Ron said coyly with a smug grin on his face that would have given even Malfoy a run for his money.

"Oh, the secretive type hu?" The girl said in a teasing manor. "Well I can keep secrets too. Come on tell me. I swear I wont tell anyone. Pleeeeease." The girl said while making a very good puppy dog face.

"Sorry can't do that." Ron said smiling widely.

"Excuse me but if your done shopping maybe we should be moving on. We're sort of exposed out here" Mad Eye grunted. The girl now taking notice of their guards had mixed look of confusion and intimidation.

"Oh yeah these are some guards that Dumbledore assigned to me and a few of my friends." Ron said explaining to the girl.

"Why would Dumbledore personally assign guards to you?" The girl asked still looking slightly intimidated.

"Well you see they aren't going to be permanently guarding us it's just for this trip since we won't be at our house. See me and my friends were targeted by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and his Deatheaters. Dumbledore believes that it is safer for all of us to stay in one house that is protected by enchantments of his own." Ron explained.

"But why would HE specifically target you?" The girl asked.

"Well Harry here…" Ron was suddenly cut off by the girl who was looking at Harry's forehead with a look of pure shock on her face.

"Harry? As in Harry Potter? THE Harry Potter?" She said almost shrieking.

"It would be best if you kept your voice down we don't want to attract any unwanted attention." Moody said as his magical eye darted about his head looking around the crowd.

"Hu? Oh sorry." The girl apologized.

"Why don't we take our conversation to somewhere….more comfortable." Ron said obviously not wanting to give up the conversation with the girl.

"No, I really can't I need to be getting on with my shopping." The girl said. "I'm kind of new so I have all kinds of things I need to buy before I can start school here."

"Hold on your new? So like your transferring to Hogwarts?" Ron asked slightly surprised.

"Yes I am. My parents decided I would probably be safer going to a school where Dumbledore himself was headmaster instead of Madam Maxime." The girl said.

"That's cool. Yeah our game keeper really likes your headmistress." Ron said as if it were news to the world.

"Yes I believe he does. She seemed to like him a lot as well. Though she doesn't speak of her personal life." The girl said.

"Oh really? Well I guess that's understandable." Ron said. He was obviously reaching for as much in the way of conversation as he could. "You sure you don't want to go down to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor? I here he has the best sundaes." Ron added though Harry had never heard of anyone saying that his were the best…they were good but the best?

"Yeah their pretty good. I spent a summer here at Diagon Alley and spent a lot of time there." Harry said mildly surprised at his own boldness.

"Well, I guess I can spare a few minutes." The girl said slightly smiling at Ron. So with that the three headed towards the Ice Cream Parlor. Lupin was in the lead with Mad eye Moody bringing up the rear looking rather annoyed that they weren't regrouping into a more defendable place. They quickly made it to the Ice Cream parlor and all had a seat…well everyone except Moody.
"Lupin maybe you should run back and let Molly know where we are. So that she doesn't worry." Moody said. Though Harry thought he was sending Lupin more for the fact that Lupin was sitting and trying to enjoy himself more than actually looking for trouble…something it seemed Moody was always doing.

"Right you are Moody. I would hate to worry Molly be back soon kids." And with that Lupin stood and was gone. After a couple seconds Florean Fortescue himself walked up to their table to take their orders, but without first giving a warm welcome back to Harry who had spent much of the summer of his third year here at Diagon Alley. Ron and the girl ordered sundaes as Harry ordered a single scoop of strawberry ice cream in a cup rather than a cone. It was right about now Harry realized that he had no idea what this girls name was.

"Um, I don't mean to be rude or anything but I just realized that we've been talking all this time and I haven't got your name yet." Harry said to the girl. "So um, well what is your name?"

"Tori…Tori Smith" The girl answered.

"Tori hu? Well that's an unusual name. If I may say so." Ron said.

"Well as the story goes my mother wasn't actually supposed to be able to have kids. It was like supposed to be near impossible for her to get pregnant. Well her and my dad was married for about 20 years when she suddenly got pregnant with me. As the story goes they say I am their special little girl and they wanted me to have a name that not a lot of people would have." Tori recited the story as if she had told it a hundred times.

"Judging by the way you answered I would assume that you get that comment a lot." Ron said smiling.

"Why do you say that?" Tori asked.

"Well because the way you answered made it sound like you've told that story many times." Ron said now slightly nervous that he might have offended her.

"OH." Tori replied. "Well yeah I have had to explain the name many times but I don't mind. It just makes my name just as unique as I am." She added smiling.

"Well that is a good way of looking at it." Ron said smiling.

"Yeah I guess so." Tori said smiling in return. By this time they had all finally finished their ice cream and Lupin could be seen trying to make his way back to them. "Well it's getting late so I should be getting back to my shopping." Tori said standing up.

"Yeah we should probably get back to your mum." Harry said looking at Ron.

"Yeah your probably right." Ron said with a look of deep regret on his face.

"Will I be seeing you two at Hogwarts?" Tori asked them.

"Of course!" Ron said a little more enthusiastically than he meant. Tori giggled slightly.

"Well then, until we meet again." Tori said. With that she turned and walked off into the crowed. Ron watched her as she went.

"Well am I going to have to watch you stair at her all day or are we going to go back to your mom?" Harry said bringing Ron back from whatever world he was in.

"Hu, oh yeah. Lets go." Ron said with a sigh. He lifted his broom over his shoulder and headed off towards Fred and Georges store, with Lupin in the lead and Moody in the rear.

"So are you still regretting the fact I bought you the broom with YOUR money?" Harry said to Ron on their way back.

"Well I figure that it would be bad for me to burn the broom and waste all that money. So I figure I'll just find a way to use the broom to repay you." Ron said simply as he wrapped his broom back up. Harry smiled to himself. So even though Ron wouldn't admit it basically he was accepting the money. This might make it easier to give him the other portions later on. They finally made it back to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes without anything too interesting happing. Once again Harry and Ron entered the store leaving Alabaster Moony and Remus Lupin outside with the other two Order members. Fred was standing next to the ledge of the loft watching the store. He waved Harry and Ron up to the loft as they entered. Harry and Ron found Mrs. Weasley and the others upstairs with having a bite to eat George (since Fred was watching the store from the railing).

"Well it certainly took you long…" Mrs. Weasley was cut off by Ginny's squeals of excitement.

"RON! Is that a broom. A NEW BROOM!" Ginny roared jumping up. Mrs. Weasley had obviously not noticed the boys were both holding wrapped brooms in their hands. Ron shifted his to behind his back trying to hide it but instead making it more obvious that he had something though granted the handle of the broom was hidden behind his leg, but it was to late.

"Come on Ron dear lets see it." Mrs. Weasley said smiling. Ron slowly removed the broom from behind his back, and then proceeded to unwrap it. Ron finally finished unwrapping the broom and there was sudden gasp not just from Ginny this time but from Mrs. Weasley too. Fred and George though seemed to have been expecting this particular broom, seeing as how they did not hold any look of surprise but instead both supported wide smile's.

"Ron, where, where did you get that?" Ginny said in pure shock.

"From Quality Quidditch supplies of course." Said Ron in an air of smugness.

"Okay then Ron, let me rephrase that. Where did you get the money for that?" Ginny said placing her hands on her hips looking very much like Mrs. Weasley.

"That," Mrs. Weasley said with a hint of danger in her voice, "is exactly what I would like to know."

"Well I um." Ron said apparently not sure whether or not he wanted to tell his mother.

"He got it from Sirius." Harry said quickly feeling a pang of regret thinking once again of his godfather. He had to say something though. "That is what the Goblin of Gringotts wanted to talk to me about. See Sirius left me a large amount of money when he passed away. Well they moved the gold along with all my other gold to a new vault. Then I found a note inside the vault from Sirius saying that the money was for me to do as I wish. He added though that since Ron was my best mate and had helped him and me so much through all these years that he wouldn't mind and would actually be very happy if I were to give some of it to Ron. Ron didn't know about any of this and that's why I wanted to go to Quality Quidditch Supplies. I wanted to give Ron his portion and didn't want to tell him in front of everyone. While we were there though we decided that since he bought me a broom once that that is what we would do with some of the money. It would also help Gryffindor in our matches against Slytherin." Harry finally finished with his lie. He felt bad about lying to Mrs. Weasley but it was easier to lie to her right now than try to explain why Harry was getting money from Fred and George and was also giving some of it to Ron. Mrs. Weasley at first looked as if she didn't believe him then almost without warning she threw her arms around Harry.

"Oh Harry I'm so sorry about Sirius he truly was a great man to have left some of his possessions for Ron when he wasn't even responsible for Ron in any way." Mrs. Weasley said sill hugging Harry who gently patted her on the shoulder. The thought of Sirius was very painful.

"Yeah, yeah he was great. He always stood by to help me." Harry said with his voice shaking slightly.

As if able to hear the pain in Harry's voice Mrs. Weasley let go of Harry and wiped a tear away from her eye "But of course you must miss him more than anyone. I'm sure that once the ministry finds her they will deal most severely with her." Mrs. Weasley said obviously trying to be of some comfort. Harry's expression only seemed to harden though.

"Mrs. Weasley I don't mean to be rude or anything but honestly Voldermort risked his invisibility to go back to the ministry where plenty of people could see him just to rescue her. I'm sure he is keeping her very close to him and the chance that the ministry is going to find them is well very unlikely." Harry said quite truthfully.

"Harry I…" Mrs. Weasley began but stopped at not knowing what to say.

"Don't worry Mrs. Weasley. I'm not upset about it at all. As a matter of fact I can't wait till I see her again, for when I do I'm going to kill her. Don't look at me like that." Harry said as Mrs. Weasley's face became the face of someone who was going to scorn him for speaking such nonsense. "I'm going to kill her because as we've all seen a prison can be broke out of. Also the people in the prison are still alive to kill again. No, I'm not going to just capture her she will pay for killing him, just as Wormtail will pay for betraying my parents, and like Voldermort will pay for killing my family and all those other people that he either killed personally or had killed by someone else. No they will all answer for what the have done." Harry finished with a sort of dazed look on his face. Though he quickly recovered and smiled at them all. "But until that time comes we can always use Fred and Georges items to burn away the time."

"Hey I'm all for letting Malfoy try the prank Firebolt." Ron said smiling gleefully. Everyone except for Mrs. Weasley (who actually tried to give Ron a good rap on top of the head for even mentioning it) burst into laughter. It wasn't too long before everyone was sitting down at the table eating and talking gleefully. Finally at about five that afternoon Mad Eye Moody made his way up to the loft and mentioned that they should all be heading back to the Weasley's house. Regrettably Mrs. Weasley agreed and everyone started grabbing their things and getting ready to leave.

"Is everyone ready?" Mad Eye grunted after everyone had finally finished grabbing all of their new possessions. Everyone double checked themselves then replied that they were ready. One more awkward trip down Diagon Alley and a quick floo trip from the leaky cauldron and they were back at the Weasley's. A couple seconds later Shacklebolt and Mad Eye appeared in the dining room with a loud POP. "Everything okay on the trip back?" Moody asked.

"Yes Alabaster. Everything went just fine." Mrs. Weasley answered. "Thank you gentlemen for the escorts today."

" It was a pleasure Molly." Lupin said with a smile. Mad eye Moody just grunted. He looked like he was actually disappointed that there were no attacks but after a short set of goodbye's their escorts were gone.

"Well now wasn't that a lovely trip.? Why don't all of you go put your things upstairs, and then come back down for Dinner. I'll start on the sandwiches." Mrs. Weasley said. With that they all headed up to their rooms. As Harry turned into "their" room which was actually Fred and George's old room the strange thought hit him. If they were in Fred and George's. And the girls were pilled into Ginny's then what was going on with Ron's room. Harry quickly shook the thought away as a minor annoyance. He and Ron both placed their broom's softly in a corner of the room. Ron also placed the merchandise he received from Fred and George under his bed. Neville placed his possessions in his school trunk and before two long they were back downstairs having sandwiches for lunch again. The rest of the day went by in a blur. They played a round of Quidditch since Harry and Ron had new brooms of course everyone wanted to see what they could do. The game was one of the most depressing in Harry's whole life. Sure Hermione was using the Firebolt but Ginny had the clean sweep meaning she could score twice as fast as usual. Harry and Ron had the same broom so there wasn't as large an advantage as before. Harry's team lost by almost two hundred points. Neville had fallen off his broom all but two time's that Ginny had scored. Those two times Harry had tried to switch Neville to chaser to perhaps improve the team just slightly. Neville was, if possible, an even worse chaser than he was a keeper. In the end the score was Harry-50 Ron-230. After the game though Ron's spirits were so high, and since nobody was able to actually watching the brooms to well since they were playing a game, that challenged Harry to a race. First one to circle the house four times won. Harry of course agreed. They mounted their brooms and got ready for Hermione to give the signal.

"On your mark, Get set. GO!" Harry and Ron both kicked off the ground the instant she said go. It was weird though. Compared to when Harry had been playing on the broom it now felt a lot lighter. He leaned in towards the broom and started forward. He could feel the wind blowing through his long hair. The hissing of the wind as it zipped past his ears. He saw Ron out of the corner of his eye. He leaned even closer to his broom. He was practically laying on it. He could feel himself picking up speed. He was starting to go to fast to make the turns with him this close. So he moved further out. On his third lap now. He passed Ron this time and urged his broom forward more. It answered by going even faster. It was amazing everything was a blur but at the same time it was all so clear. He finished his fourth lap and turned so he was sideways on his broom and stop. The speed in which he stopped push him harder onto his broom and he quickly rotated so he was back on top of his broom and came to a soft landing. He was laughing at how much fun he had had when he turned and saw everyone's faces. All their jaws were hanging wide open.

"What, come on everyone. What's wrong?" Harry asked them puzzled. Ginny spoke first.

"Amazing Harry. You were moving so fast I could hardly track you. Winning the Quidditch cup will be easy with you on one of those." Ginny said in complete awe.

"Hey don't get so excited just yet. We may have a couple brand new players this year and that's going to make it pretty difficult if they can't hold their own." Harry said now knowing from experience that one good broom didn't give you a win. They spent the rest of the afternoon trying to think of who the new Quidditch Captain would be. Sure Harry was the seeker but he had missed loads of games. He had caused a great deal of trouble. Just like last year when Ron made prefect and he hadn't. He had come to find out it was because Dumbledore was afraid that He was beginning to play favorites and that he was liking Harry too much. He said that Voldermort would have found out and could have somehow hurt Harry through Dumbledore. They finally decided that they were happy to not have to decide for most of the team was really good and just about even. They finally ran out of things to talk about so they played another game of Quidditch. This time they had beat Harry again but by only thirty points. Ninety points to one hundred and twenty points. It was certainly a good game. Just as they were finishing their game Mrs. Weasley called them all inside for it was getting dark. They went inside and shut the door. Mrs. Weasley told them to go upstairs and get some sleep so they all headed upstairs. Ron, Harry, and Neville stayed up for a little while talking but soon fell asleep.

Harry found himself back in the dream of the hallway. He looked around and saw himself back in front of the door he had almost opened the first time. He reached for the door. Just as he did he heard foot steps from the stairs. He turned just in time to see a lean male figure round the corner. A book with strange writing that Harry didn't recognize was in front of the guy's face. He kept walking towards Harry and didn't seem to notice Harry at all. He walked past Harry and turned entering the next door on the same wall that Harry was standing in front of. Harry turned back to the door he was going to enter in his last dream. He grabbed the handle and turned it. Just as the door slowly swung open The light from the room blinded him and He woke up with the house lights on and Hermione over him.

"Harry, get up! Come on Harry get up hurry!" Her voice was stressed and Harry was confused until he heard the explosion and the green flash and rolled off the bed. "We need to hide!" She yelled.

" Right, lets head to the attic." Harry said grabbing his wand. He ran into the hall where Luna was leaning against a wall. The quibbler was hanging out of her pocket. Neville was next to her holding his wand with both hands right in front of him. Ron was next to the door of the room that he had just left. He was looking up at Harry. His body looked calm but his eye's were shaking in fear. Ginny was next to him looking down the stairs where Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley's voices could be heard shouting spells. Two against who knows how many. Harry turned to Hermione. "Get them to the attic I'm going to go help Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Don't look at me like that just do it. If something happens you keep them safe okay?" Harry said as he charged downstairs. Mr. Weasley was on one side of the room firing jinx's out the window while Mrs. Weasley was on the other doing the same. Harry jumped next to Mr. Weasley who was less likely to freak out because he was down here. Mr. Weasley jumped as Harry came up next to him.

" Harry? My wife is going to freak out if she sees you down here." Mr. Weasley said as he launched a leg locking charm out the window.

" Yeah, but you have your hands full and you need me. EXPELLIARMUS!" Harry shouted hitting a Death Eater square in the chest that was almost to the window. "Where is our backup? The order, the Aurors?" Harry asked.

"The charms Dumbledore placed to protect us stops them from apperating near here. The Death Eaters must have come early and then got in position, LOOK OUT!" Mr. Weasley pushed Harry away from the window as the killing curse came flying into the window and blew up the table. Mr. Weasley shot a curse back at the Death Eater that stunned him and knocked him to the ground making him pass out. Just then there were flashes all along the tree line as what Harry guessed were the Order Members and Aurors flanking the Death Eaters. "Go Harry. Quick upstairs Me and my wife will head out and clean the rest of this up." Harry didn't argue and he turned and ran upstairs to the others and opened the door. He had to throw himself out of the doorway to avoid the spells that came out of it.

"At least your all on your toe's" Harry said smiling at them.

"Gees, Harry! We could have really hurt you!" Ginny said standing up.

" The noise has died down. Is it over?" Hermione asked.

"Almost, the order and some Aurors are cleaning the rest of them up now." Harry replied. About half an hour later everyone was downstairs rummaging through the disaster and trying to clean everything up. There was a light knock on the door to which Mrs. Weasley jumped but moved to the door and asked through it.

"Who's there?"

"Dumbledore." Professor Dumbledore's voice answered.

"If you're Albus Dumbledore then what is his favorite candy?" Mrs. Weasley asked

"Well it would have to butterscotch a muggle sweet." Dumbledore replied. Mrs. Weasley quickly opened the door and let the Professor enter. She turned to Harry and the others.

"Upstairs, all of you." The way she said it really made Harry nervous and he turned and headed up the stairs with the others. When they reached the first landing which was the girls room, Ron darted up to their room and brought back some extendable ears.

"No reason to stay in the dark, not to mention Fred and George left these behind and it would be a shame to let them go to waste" Ron said trying to convince them to use the ears.

"Ron, you don't need to convince us just hand 'em over." Harry said holding out his hand. Ron smiled and started handing them out. They placed them up to their own ears and the extendable ears slithered downstairs and they heard Mrs. Weasley's voice first.

"I'm not saying I don't want them here Albus but what kind of Mother am I if I can't even keep my own son safe, not to mention other parents children. My goodness they are all going to hate me!" they heard her starting to sob.

"Now, now Molly, don't be ridiculous. Nobody was hurt. You made sure they all stayed safe and fought to protect them. Not just your son but all of their children. They will hold no ill will against you." Dumbledore said kindly.

"No I'm sorry Albus I just can't do it anymore. I love these kids to death and I would never forgive myself if I let anything bad happen to them." Mrs. Weasley said again.

"Alright Molly, If you can keep them for a few more days I can make arrangements for them all to come to Hogwarts early. They may have to stay as long as a week. They're scores and classes will arrive in a couple of days. They will need to get their school books. By then I should have something worked out so they can stay at the school. They will have to come back a couple days before school starts though just to keep up appearances." Dumbledore said.

"Okay and, thank you." Mrs. Weasley said.

"Well I doubt your children won't know for long but I suggest nobody mention anything about it until we choose a certain time to have them moved." Dumbledore said. He must have realized they were using the ears. Harry pulled his back and gestured for them all to as quietly as possible head to the boy's room. They all nodded and Harry led the way up the stairs and opened the door. They were all soon in the room with the door securely shut.

"So, Hogwarts during the summer. Think it will be any fun?" Ron asked.

"Not sure really. I mean with no classes and the whole school empty we might get plenty of time to explore." Harry said.

"What are you guys talking about. It will be great! WE will have the whole library to ourselves think of all the cool things we could find out!" Hermione said. Her gleeful attitude suddenly dropped when she realized they all looked depressed at the mere mention of learning. "Or we could explore." She said giving in.

"Where will we stay you think? I mean Luna isn't in Gryffindor so she won't be able to use our common room will she? Do you think we will even be in the common rooms?" Neville asked. He had brought up a good point. Harry didn't have a clue where they were going to stay. The other houses couldn't move into theirs. It was like…sacrilegious or something.

"We will just have to wait and see that's all." Harry said. He was right. That was all. There was nothing else they could do without admitting to ease dropping. So they changed the subject to what they would love to do while at Hogwarts. They talked for the longest time until Mrs. Weasley came upstairs and opened the door. Her eyes were still slightly red but they all acted like they didn't notice. She wore a huge grin on her face.

"Okay kids. I know we had just a little bit too much excitement tonight but you really need to try and get some sleep. Why don't you all just stay in here tonight since you all seem to fit so well?" She said with a smile. Harry figured she just wanted them all in one room just in case something happened she would be able to get to all of them quickly. Everyone nodded but nobody said a word. "Right, well then, you will need something to sleep on." She waved her wand and blankets and pillows filled the floor as the beds the boys had been using disappeared to give more room. The whole floor was on giant fluffy blanket. He absolutely loved it. "Right there you go. Well try and get some sleep." Mrs. Weasley said closing the door behind her. They stayed up talking for a couple of hours but as the sky started to lighten they all went to sleep. The next several days were filled boredom. They had played Quidditch so much that Harry was actually debating whether or not he should become a chaser. He decided to stick with the position of seeker. Harry himself started longing for their OWLs to show up. After yet another afternoon of Quidditch, exploding snap, and just plain lounging around they were called in for dinner. They all sat down and started to eat. About half way through dinner there was a knock on the door. Mrs. Weasley looked over to the door and slowly stood up pulling out her wand. She motioned them all to get down and they followed her gesture crawling to underneath the table. Harry removed his wand and moved so that he had a descent aim at the door, just in case. Mrs. Weasley then checked a peep hole to see who was outside. Harry saw her hand relax ever so slightly. "Who is it?" She asked.

Dumbledore's voice came through the door. "The great prune Albus Dumbledore." The professor said. Mrs. Weasley opened the door all the same though.

"I really wish you would choose a different phrase Dumbledore. You're a great man and I just hate the idea of you calling yourself an old prune." Mrs. Weasley said closing the door behind him.

"Well I never actually said the old prune I said great prune. I will change it in do time though." He said smiling at her. He then turned and smiled at Harry and the others as they rose from under the table. Harry was feeling like quite a fool. "Ah, I see you had them all take cover first. Great thinking Molly."

"Not that I dislike hearing praises from you Albus, or that I dislike your company, but, to what do we owe this surprise visit of yours?" Mrs. Weasley asked very confused.

"Well I have made the arrangements for what we spoke of the last time I was here and thought I would tell you about the plans of how it was going to happen in person. Since I was going to come here anyway I just figured I would bring their O.W.L. results personally." He said smiling pulling the letters out of his cloak. Hermione squealed at the site of their Hogwarts letters and O.W.L.'s. That girl was the only person that knew that acted like it was Christmas every time they got their letters. Harry loved Hogwarts but he couldn't see himself ever getting that excited about the letters. Well actually he didn't like the actual school THAT much just being with his friends and away from the Dursley's was what made him happier than anything. Neville, Hermione, Ron, and Harry all looked at each other nervously before Hermione led the way in opening their O.W.L.'s. As Harry opened his he took a deep breath before unfolding it and looking at his grades.

Astronomy--------------------------A

Care of magical Creatures---------E

Charms-------------------------------A

Defense Against the Dark Arts---O

Divination----------------------------P

Herbology----------------------------E

History of Magic--------------------D

Potions-------------------------------E

Transfiguration----------------------E

Harry was about to re-read it when he heard Neville breathing very hard and staring at his O.W.L. report.

"Is it that bad Neville?" Harry asked softly staring at Neville. Neville didn't reply though he just stood there staring at his letter as if he had been frozen. Harry had seen him act like this a few times. One of which when he had gotten a howler from his Grandmother for forgetting something or other. Hermione slowly walked over to Neville and put a comforting arm around him and then slowly looked at his letter.

"I don't believe it…." She gasped when she saw his O.W.L. letter. "I don't believe it!" She kept repeating. Harry and Ron glanced at each other and then Ron walked over to Neville and took the Report out of his finger's. Neville acted as if he didn't even realize the paper had been taken. Ron looked at it and his eyes blew up as large as oranges.

"This can't be right can it?" Ron stammered.

"Would you three tell me what's so bad about it?" Harry asked confused.

"Not bad Harry. Not bad at ALL." Ron said handing Harry the report. Harry quickly glanced over it. Reading Neville's results.

Astronomy--------------------------E

Care of Magical Creatures---------A

Charms-------------------------------A

Defense Against the Dark Arts---E

Herbology----------------------------O

History of Magic--------------------P

Potions-------------------------------A

Transfiguration----------------------P

Harry had to re-read the letter five times and turn it over several times to make sure he wasn't dreaming or misunderstanding it. Neville finally broke the silence first.

"I thought you were all trying to cheer me up when you said I would get at least three O.W.L.'s. I didn't think you all were serious." He stammered.

"I was just trying to cheer you up…" Ron said still in shock. Harry couldn't understand it. How had Neville, NEVILLE one of the worst students in Gryffindor house , Heck maybe even Hogwarts as a whole get seven O.W.L.'s. It was just, just, surreal.

"Congratulations Neville your Grandmother will be very pleased with your results." Hermione said beaming.

"OH NO!" Neville said suddenly.

"What? You didn't cheat did you?" Ron asked.

"RON!" Both Hermione and Mrs. Weasley said at the same time. Dumbledore chuckled as the two looked at each other and Hermione blushed profusely.

"No, not that. I took them fair. Just it's that, well once Gran sees' this she will expect me to be able to keep those type of scores." Neville said very worried.

Now it was time for Harry to speak. "Neville, you have always had the ability to make these type's of grades. Sure you're a little absent minded but when you focus on something your very good. I mean look at Herbology. Look at what you did at the ministry." Harry was surprised by his own reasoning but he was right, wasn't he?

"Yeah, Maybe your right." Neville said smiling.

"Of course he is Neville. He just stated how capable you are when you focus on your objective and when it really counts. I believe you thrive very well under the pressure is why you did well in the O.W.L.'s and always had a hard time in class." Dumbledore said plainly. Neville nodded and they went back to their dinner in much higher spirits. No they all hadn't got grades high enough to all be together. Harry hadn't made the potions score either. So that meant he did not have any hope of becoming an Auror. It was strange that it was actually a Death Eater in disguise that had first told him that he would make a good Auror and the idea had just kind of stuck with him. Harry was quickly brought out of his thoughts by Hermione's next comment.

"Professor do you happen to have our booklist's too?" Hermione asked trying to keep the sound of pity from not getting the lists yet out of her voice.

"Well no, not yet. There haven't been any sent out yet but I have a good idea of what classes you will all be wanting to attend and what books will be required so you can get those." Dumbledore said pleasantly.

It was now Harry's turn to ask a question. "Professor, I was hoping to try and become an Auror but I didn't make the potions grade and I don't even know what else I could focus on so how do you know what books to get?" Harry said not meaning it to sound rude but still being upset about not getting the grade he couldn't help but ask.

"Well I have made some staffing changes. As I'm sure you will be happy to know you, Hermione, and Ron will all be able to take the classes to become Auror's if that is what you all still wish for." Dumbledore stated with a smile. "Neville, I know you originally did not inquire into the Auror field but as you can see by your grade's they are very decent and if you wish you may also take the courses for that field. I think you would be suited well for it since you did help Harry and the others here last spring when you went to the ministry. So would you like me to add you to the list?" Dumbledore added the question turning to Neville.

"I never really thought about it sir. I mean up until now I've always been at the lower end of, well everything. I think I would like that though." Neville said still in shock about his grades.

"That will be no problem. Well you should all get some rest because tomorrow you will all be heading to Diagon Alley to get your school books for this upcoming year. Once you all get your books we will then be taking you to spend the rest of your break at Hogwarts. I'm sure you all have much you would like to say but I must really speak with Mrs. Weasley in private so it would be best if you all went to pack and got some sleep." Dumbledore said in his voice that clearly stated there would be no arguments. Everyone quickly said goodnight to Mrs. Weasley and headed upstairs to their shared room. They didn't talk much for they all knew what was going to happen tomorrow. Instead for the first time, and perhaps last, they were mature and all laid down and falling asleep. It didn't take Harry long for his eyes to flutter shut. Once again the Hall filled his dream. Harry looked at the door that he had tried to open twice now and was interrupted both times. He slowly stepped towards the door and grabbed the door handle. He suddenly realized how strange the door felt. It was almost as if it were real. Harry pushed the door open and was once again momentarily blinded by light. Slowly his eyes adjusted to the light and a very large pool indoor pool met his eyes. He stepped into the room in awe and walked towards it. The pool was amazing. It looked so completely clean and smooth it almost begged to be dived into. There wasn't just a pool though. At the closest right hand corner a hot tub sat bubbling merrily. The hot tub was slightly elevated and the warm water from the hot tub bubbled into the pool. Harry smiled at the scene. It was breath taking. He then gazed around the room to take it all in. The far wall was very interesting. It had three stone animals carved into the wall. A timber wolf, A crow, and a….snake? Harry became suddenly nervous. A snake, Voldermort could speak with snake's. Was this his house. Surely not it was too….cheery. Then again the snake was actually between the other two animals and its' fangs were barred. Harry did not like this at all. How could Voldermort live in a place like this? It was huge, it had to be easily seen so wouldn't the ministry check here? Also why would the most evil wizard in history have a house so…calming. It didn't fit but yet the snake was very uncommon for people to have in their homes. Harry shook the thought from his mind. He was now in the room and didn't know how much time he had. He looked around at the other walls for more strange things. The right wall had two doors to what Harry guessed to be bathrooms or locker rooms or something of the sort. The left wall had two doors on it too. Again a strange thought hit him. He could see the signs next to all four doors but he couldn't read what they said. He saw the marks of the words but they were all fuzzy as if he didn't have his glasses on. He checked his nose and sure enough he had them on. Deciding to explore the other areas Harry turned. The wall his back had been to had a small panel next to the door that looked as if it controlled pool temperature, Hot Tub temperature, The bubble out put of the hot tub, and some other controls. Harry decided he would ponder those functions when he woke too and left the room. He started down the hall. He opened the door on the opposite side of the hall and to his right. Unlike the blinding light that had been in the first room this one was of average lighting. He stepped in and saw the walls covered in objects that he knew, from living in the muggle world, were guns. He recognized some as modern from several countries. There were others though that looked very high tech. Almost as if they couldn't have been made yet. One was almost "U" shaped, another looked as if it had pink spikes coming out it's top. There were several that look like this but he also noticed one's that looked similar to modern weapons. They were metal and a grayish black color. One had a scope, another had no scope but held more rounds per magazine and could be fired automatically while the first was burst only. Hold on, How did he, Harry, know this. Suddenly there was a noise from behind him and Harry spun on the spot to see a person throw him almost into a hug. They had one arm across his stomach and their head on his chest. He tried to step back but it was as if he were pinned to an invisible wall. He tried to shake the person off but couldn't then suddenly he woke up. Looking down her realized that Ginny had rolled over and was laying on him. He blushed profusely and quietly took her arm and rolled her back onto her back next to him. His heart racing he looked as she slept on placidly (meaning in a quiet and tranquil manner. He smiled at himself thinking at how pretty she looked but shook his head. She was Ron's sister. A little voice popped into his head. Your just saying she looks pretty and it's true, it's not like your actually romantically interested in her. He nodded in agreement with the voice and closed his eyes to go back to sleep. As he was falling asleep he couldn't shake a strange feeling growing in his chest over Ginny.