Harry Potter and the Dark Lord

Chapter 46: The Mysterious Box

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: Harry finds a mysterious box.

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Harry reached the door to the dining room, but didn't open it. He could hear voices beyond the door. He pulled out an Extendable Ear.

"Sirius, I really think you should give it to him. He's already discovered the room, and with his curiosity, who knows how long it will take until he finds the box."

"Remus, I'm not sure it's a good idea to give it to him. I don't know how he'll react to it." "You know his temper. He'll be even more angry at knowing that things have been kept from him again."

"Fine, I'll give it to him"

Harry pulled out the Extendable Ear and retreated back down the hallway. They knew what was in the box and had deliberately kept it from him.

Anger began to rise in him. He calmed down once he realized that they didn't know he knew about the box. He slowly walked back down the hall and to the dining room door. He pulled it open and Sirius and Remus' conversation abruptly ceased.

"Remus, what are you doing here?" asked Harry.

"Just visiting Sirius." replied Remus quickly.

"Umm, Harry, I've got to do something. Stay with Remus." said Sirius and left the room. "Dumbledore's coming tomorrow to perform the Fidelius Charm. Your friends will be able to come here after that." said Remus.

"Uh huh." said Harry, not really paying attention.

He was wondering what was going to happen when Sirius found out he had the box. He would probably get in trouble, but they had no right keeping things from him. He began to eat breakfast, seemingly unconcerned with what Sirius was doing.

Sirius's POV

He ran back into the dining room and dragged Remus to a corner of the room.

"Remus, it's gone!" he whispered loudly.

"What's gone?" asked Harry from the table.

"This is bad, Remus, this is really bad." said Sirius.

"Wait a minute." said Remus, grabbing hold of Sirius's arm and looking at Harry, who was calmly eating his breakfast.

"You don't think he has it?" whispered Sirius.

"I'm pretty sure he does." said Remus. Sirius walked over to Harry.

"Did you go in James' room again?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?" replied Harry.

"Did you find a wooden box in there?" he asked.

"Yep." said Harry cheerfully.

"Did you open it?" he asked.

"No, it wouldn't open." said Harry.

"Where is it?" asked Sirius.

"It's in my room." said Harry calmly and left the room, leaving two very shocked adults behind.

Harry's POV

"Suckers." he whispered and bounced up the stairs to his room. Once inside, he got out the box and began examining it. On the front of the box was a tiny hole.

Damn, he thought to himself. He needed the key. Harry heard a soft pop behind him. He spun around, wand raised. There was no one there.

He started to turn back to the box when something shiny caught his eye. A tiny, golden key lay on the floor.

"Where did that come from?" he wondered aloud.

"The box." he whispered, picking up the key. He sat down on his bed with the box and put the key in the hole. Instantly, the box opened.

He reached into the box and pulled out two wands, his parents' wands. He felt tears come to his eyes as he looked at the wands.

He set them aside and picked something else up. It was a blue baby rattle. Memories he had never known flashed before his eyes.

He was shaking the rattle and laughing when his mum came into the room. She was obviously scared and locked the door behind her. He dropped the rattle and began to cry. He felt tears streaming down his face now.

He put the rattle down and picked up a pile of pictures tied together. He pulled the string off and began flipping through them.

He was laughing and playing with a large black dog.

His parents holding him and smiling. Sirius holding him.

His parents standing in front of a huge house.

Remus holding him and looking peaky. Peter holding him.

When he saw this picture he dropped the rest and began shredding it. He threw the pieces to the floor in disgust.

He picked up a tiny blue box covered in blue velvet and opened it. Inside were several shiny silver rings and a necklace with a heart-shaped locket.

The final object was a large bronze key. He wondered what it went to. He decided to ask Sirius later, if he wasn't too mad at him.

He put everything back in the box and relocked it, hiding the key in his trunk. He put it back in his closet with the other things. He couldn't look at his parents' things anymore. Harry sat down on his bed and let the tears come. Eventually, he sank into an exhausted sleep.


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