Harry Potter and the Dark Lord

Chapter 27: Out the Window

Summary: Set in Harry's sixth year. He encounters far more than he ever could have expected, but he does not have to go through it alone. An old friend returns to help him. Harry's defeat of Voldemort rests on him getting The Scepter of Light and Dark, something that would allow Voldemort to destroy the world if he can get the whole thing. Voldemort's powers are getting stronger and Harry has more than one encounter with him.

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This Chapter: Out the window, does that mean literally? Read on to find out.

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It had been a few days since Sirius being acquitted and Harry was getting irritated. His classes were great, with the exception of Snape, but Sirius was following him everywhere, probably on Dumbledore's orders. It was Friday, and Harry was dreading the end of classes because Dumbledore had decided to restart his Occlumency lessons.

His day was uneventful, and at five o'clock, Harry headed up to Dumbledore's office. He said the password and slowly climbed the stairs.

Sirius wasn't coming to his lesson since he would be with Dumbledore.

Harry knocked on the door and hear Dumbledore say, "Come in." He entered the room. Dumbledore was seated at his desk, but stood up when he saw Harry.

"Are you ready?" asked Dumbledore. Harry nodded.

"One…two….three…Leglimens!" said Dumbledore.

Memories started floating in front of his eyes. He was smashing the things in Dumbledore's office, he was looking around at the Muggle yard sale, he was about to kiss Ginny in the Common Room. No, thought Harry. He's not allowed to see that. As soon as he thought that, the images stopped.

"That was very good Harry. Lets try again. Leglimens." said Dumbledore.

Once again, he saw himself and Ginny leaning closer on the couch. No, he thought, and stopped the memories.

"That was excellent, Harry. You can go back to your Common Room. Come back next week, same time." said Dumbledore.

Harry got up and left. When he reached the bottom of the staircase, he noticed that Sirius wasn't waiting for him. He didn't bother to wait, he would get a few minutes alone at last. He was walking along the fifth floor when he suddenly started walking towards a large open window.

"Harry, what are you doing?" he heard someone ask. He ignored the person and continued walking towards the window.

He stepped onto the windowsill and looked down. He tried to step backwards, but his legs wouldn't move. He didn't want to, but something forced him to step forward, out the window. He was falling through the air, then all he could see was black.

When his vision cleared again, he saw that he was falling through the air and started screaming. All of a sudden, he stopped falling and floated gently to the ground. He landed on his feet, but immediately sank to the ground, trying not to think about what could have happened.

In fact, what exactly had happened? He remembered leaving Dumbledore's office, getting to the fifth floor, then nothing.

It was like a huge blank space in his mind. Harry suddenly remembered last Christmas at Grimmauld Place, when he had thought he was being possessed. Ginny had brought him back to his senses when she had asked, "Are there big blank periods when you don't know what you've been up to?"

That time, there wasn't. Now, however, he couldn't remember what had happened after his Occlumency lesson. In fact, there had been three times when he couldn't remember anything.

The first, when he was leaving the hospital wing, second, when he was waiting for Sirius, and now. Oh, Merlin, I'm being possessed. With this thought, he passed out.


Next Chapter: Dreamless Sleep

Whoa, lovely cliffhanger there. Who all guessed about the window?