A/N-this chapter took a little longer to write because i had so many good ideas for it. it was difficult to decide which to keep and which not to. and its even harder becaause acording to the outline ive done i still havent finished writeing ch1. ch2 wasnt supposed to start untill they got back to school, but i think its better this way, more detail and a bit of humor. to oprah fans:dont wory thats the end of the celebs

"uhhhhggg" Harry said as he tried to see where he was. The last thing he rememberd was grey shapes and a strange voice.

"Ron? Hermione, Ginny? Is any body there?" he called before he slowly began to step out of bed. Suddenly there was a pounding, like feet on stairs and a small flesh colored thing came streaking into Harry and clasp him tightly.

"Oh masters is better now, I feared he would sleep all day again" the figured cried into Harry's robes. looking around Harry was in a large bedroom, with a queen size sleigh bed in the center and a few sparse furnishings around the room. What caught Harry's attention most was a large, 6ft tall mirror on one wall and it was surrounded by three sofas, arranged as if to be talking to eachother and the mirror.

Returning his attention to the small being clinging to him, he realised it was a house elf, roughly 20 years old he guessed, and to his surprise wearing clothes. They were simply navy blue shorts and a jacket with the Potter crest, but it looked good on the elf. Bending down and placeing a hand on its shoulder he said "Where am I? and who are you?"

The elf's eyes widend in surprise as he stared at the boy "You do not know masters? you are home, the old masters left to fight a war and they took you with them." the elf said with wide, tearful eyes "but masters did not return, Tolly was a good elf sir, Tolly and Tunny keep masters house and grounds nice and well kept. years passed but masters didnt come home, so Tolly did a bad thing masters, Tolly left his house without permission and went to find masters, maby masters was hurt and needed help. so Tolly left, Tunny stayed to look after house and animals and many months pass, finially Tolly finds a wise wizzard, this wise wizzard called himself Dumbledoor, and Tolly knew he could trust Dumbledoor because he herd old masters talking fondly of Dumbledoor. So Tolly ask Dumbledoor where masters are and when are they comeing home, and Dumbledoor says...Dumbledoor says masters are dead!" the elf was sobbing now "Tolly's a good elf and he rememberd young master, and he asked Dumbledoor about young master, and Dumbledoor says hes hidden safely away from evil men who will hurt him. Dumbledoor tells Tolly all about how Dumbledoor was protecting you and how you needed to be hidden untill you became powerful enough to come home" and Tolly beamed up at Harry with big teary eyes and said "And now Master Potter has come home and Tolly can take good care of him and cook him food and..." Harry put up a hand "No Tolly, I cant stay for good yet" thinking quickly he said "Im visiting Tolly, to see all the good work you've been doing"

"oh masters sir! Tolly has done his verry verry best for young master. Tolly was to be youre personal elf, Tunny was old masters personal elf and when Tolly brought home news of old masters death Tunny died too! he said he'd fulfilled his purpose and it was my job to be here to serve the new master. If you like I can do otherthings too, sence old master sent away all the other house elf's. He only kept the personal elf's. he said the rest can be brought back if possible, but he left them instructions to find new familys to take care of if he didnt return soon, so they left after the first few years" Tolly said as he stared up at Harry

"Tolly, is this the Potter mansion?" Harry asked in a low voice

"Indeed masters, this is where your family belongs, this has been the Potter family home for over 500 years. Tolly's great great grand elf was one of the first elves to serve the honorable Potter family sir, and Tolly is honored to be youre elf."

Oh Boy thought Harry Hermione's gonna kill me when she finds out I have house elves

"Tolly? do want to stay my personal elf?" Harry asked him while looking down at him "Oh yes sir! more than anything sir, please dont get rid of Tolly. I promise never to leave again! please..." harry cut him off with a curt nod

"Tolly, if youre going to be in my service you will have to accept the following things. one, I will give you 4 galleons a month for youre services as my personal elf.." "Oh no Sir! Tolly is a good elf, he does not want Pay!" the elf broke in pleadingly

"Tolly if you do not accept ALL of what I have to say then you cannot stay, now you will also be given one day off every week to do whatever you want, that day is monday. Every monday you will stop youre normal duties and do whatever makes Tolly happy. and third you are to always be attaired in clothing similar or better than what youre in now. is that clear?" Harry asked in a stern voice

Tolly looked down at Harrys feet "Yes masters whatever you wishes. Tolly will take money and get time off and wear nice cloths. and if he doesnt then master Potter will fire him." Tolly said in a meek voice

Kneeling again Harry said in a much softer voice "now Tolly, I want to be more than elf and master. I want to be Tollys friend. if Tolly isnt feeling well or thinks something is wrong I want Tolly to come to me to talk, ok Tolly?"

Tollys eyes got so round its amazeing they didnt float off his face. suddenly he wraped his arms around Harrys neck and said "oh master I knew the Potters to be an honorable family, but you Mr. Harry Potter are the most Honorable Master in the world!" he nearley strangled Harry before he let go. "does young master have a lady master? or perhaps a lady friend hes looking to make a lady master?" Tolly asked while blushing from his toes to his oversized ears. Harry thought for a second and then chuckeling ruefully he said "Yes Tolly I have a girlfriend, her names Ginny Weasley."

At the name Weasley Tolly's face lit up "you have a weasey too? come, come, I show you other Weasey" and Tolly dragged Harry into the hallway and down some stairs and into another narrow hall and then stoped before a door "this is masters study, only master or Tolly can open it." and Tolly pushed the door open and continued to the far wall. where, similar to Grimauld place there was a family tree on the wall. this one however had no burn holes "see, see masters? Weasey"

and indeed right where Tolly was pointing there was a female name connected to the tree by a marriage line and the name said "Mildred Weasley" Harry examined the connections and noticed this Weasley was several generations his great and this paring of this Weasley and Potter didnt produce any children. well I plan on giving Ginny all the little Potters she wants Harry thought to himself.

then it hit him, he was thinking about kids and marriage! I cant be thinking about marrying Ginny now, not untill after I defeate Voldermort...but what if I dont defeat Voldermort, what if he defeates me? would it be right to marry her now and enjoy what time is guarenteed? no it wouldnt...shes still in school, im still in school...were just kids. maby after school...

out loud Harry said "Tolly, you said this was the study right?" when the elf nodded Harry continued "How big is this place?"

"oh sirs the most noble house of Potter is big!" he jumped up and down while clapping his hands

"it has 34 bedrooms sir, plus the master suite. therse also 2 studys, a sitting room on every floor, a libiary, a training room, garrdens, dungeons, a grand ball room, as well as the kitchens and the dining hall" and looking around and lowering his voice "therse also the family krypt and the Potter family vault" surprised Harry asked "vault? I thought our vault was at gringots" the elf laughed "oh master the family vault doesnt contain gold! oh no sir it doesnt. it contains all youre familys greatest treasurs and weapons" again this elf managed to surprise Harry

"what do you mean weapons?" Harry asked the elf "oh masters, for many, many generations the Potter family was great makers of magical weapons and armors. they even made a few wands. indeed sir untill the Potter family learned how, and created the first crystal wand no one thought it was possible, but when youre grandfather died so suddenly the secret was lost sir" suddenly the elf's eyes got huge and he started to prance around "oh masters that reminds Tolly, there is something for you in the vaults, youre grandfather made something when you were born and put in the vaults for safe keeping, because only a potter may enter the vaults, not even Tolly can sirs. come, come! " and the elf grabed Harrys hand and started pulling him again "something strong masters, oh youre grandfather was the best sir, he always made the best" they left the study by a small door that was behind the huge desk. This stairwell was noticeably different from the rest of the house. It was stone and spiraling downward, but unlike Dumbledorrs stairwell this one didnt move. They went down for several minutes untill they came to a large chamber. There were no torches in this chamber but when Harry enterd fire seemed to come alive in the two troughs along each wall. And at the far wall was a door, a huge brass door easily twice Harrys size and with the exception of a etching of a hand there was no other mark on the wall.

"This is as far as Tolly can go master, but when you enter go stright and its on a pedastool with a scroll explaining how to use it"

Tolly took a step back before Harry asked "Tolly, how do I open it". "only a Potter can open it sirs, place youre hand on the hand and say who you are, Tolly will be in the study master" and Tolly raced up the stairs and was gone. Harry gatherd his nerve and walked to the door, placeing his hand on the etching he said "Harry Potter..." nothing happend. Harry tried again "Harry James Potter..."

still nothing, Harry was getting frustrated but he had one idea left to try "Harry James Potter, Son of James, Son of Lilly" suddenly there was a rumbeling sound and a small crack appeared in the center of the door, it wasnt one door, it was two!

there was a rushing of stale air which caused the firelight to flicker momentairily, and then Harry stood before a large dark opening. takeing a deep breath Harry steped over the threshold. Torches flared to life as Harry enterd and he was surprised to see the amount of stuff in here. There were a number of suits of armor along the wall, as well as shields on the walls, there was also a door on each the left and right wall, but these were normal wooden doors. At the verry end wall there was a shield hanging on the wall with the Potter family crest emblazed on it. underneath it was a stone pedastool with a red velvet cushion, on that cushion was something clear, with a sheet of parchment next to it. when Harry reached out to it he noticed it was a wand, but not a normal wand...this wand looked like crystal but it had a streak of red and blue twirled togther in the handle. Picking it up Harry could feel how it felt in his hand, it balanced perfectly, and was verry light. Placeing the wand in the holster Harry picked up from the pedastool and straping it to him, Harry started to read the parchment.

"Harry,

I created this wand especially for you, it is called The Fire and Ice Wand. I dont know if youve seen any wand other than wood, Im the last Potter alive who can make them, and I havent yet taught youre father. if you have seen them, then chances are we survived the war and I taught James like I planned. If you have not then either I died before passing on the skill or both me and James are gone.

This wand is made of Diamond, and those red and blue swirls are actually a ruby and a saphire I twisted togther before bonding them all togther. you're probobly wondering why you need a new wand because yours has served you so well. Harry this wand is powerful, much to powerful for everyday use, thats why I had it placed here untill you came of age. a Potter wand has some verry special properties that a wodden wand does not. Obviously its verry much harder to snap, but also you can summon it from anywhere just by thinking it. This makes it especially useful in a dueling situation where it negates the disarming spell. use this well Harry

love,

Grandpa Potter"

Harry pulled the wand back out and placed it on the cushion, then walked across to the door and concentrated on calling the wand to him, before he knew it the wand was in his hand. A grin spred across his face as he put it back in its holster. Harry looked at the shield above the pedastool and read a small plaq next to it.

The Potter Shield

This shield was created by Franklin Potter in the year 1408.

It is capeable of absorbing most major curses as well as reflecting

all minor ones. While its natural size is rather large, the shield has

the ability to resize itself to fit almost any arm. The only drawback

is that it has to be worn by a Potter. It will not work for any other

person. The shield is magicly light and will move itself to protect

the user. For a compleate list of curses the shield does not reflect

see the Potter Family Histories Volume XIV

Harry made a mental note to remember to take this off the wall and bring it to Hogwarts.

Checking the room on the left Harry discoverd it filled with glass cases and cabinets full of jewelry.

Harry found an especially pretty necklace on display, it was either white gold or platinum with a single large

rectangular saphire at the top followd by two more hanging down and they got progressivly smaller.

there was also a plaq next to this piece.

The Neclace of Tears

This neclace was given to Marie Anne Potter in the year 1356 by her husband

Sir Andrew Potter. it got its name because she was said to have cried tears of joy

for 3 days after he gave it to her

Harry closed the door and checked out the door on the right. This room contained a weapons rack on one wall and the other wall

had a large bookshelf. Harry looked at the books on this shelf and realized they were all the volumes of the Potter Family History!

There were 37 large leatherbound editions as well as one on a desk, examing the one open Harry discoverd that it was writeing itself!

This must be the current edition, and its takeing the record Harry mused. looking at the page being written Harry noticed it was about last summer! This book was writeing down what had happend in the department of mysteries!

leaving, Harry closed the door and went back to the shield. He carefully took it off the wall and tried to put it on, instantly it was just the right size and weight for Harry to use. As Harry walked tword the entrance of the vault he noticed the torches were going out behind him and the doors were starting to close. Just as Harry steped out he herd the CLANK as the door thudded back in place. Climbing the stairs, Tolly anxiously jumped up when he saw Harry "Oh masters that Shield is not what youre grandfather made you!" he exclaimed but then Harry pulled out the wand and Tolly started jumping with glee "it is masters! he got his special gift now he can end the war, and stop that evil man!".

"Tolly, I need you to take me to my room, and then I need to find a way to get back" Harry said while looking at the elf. "oh masters is funny, he forgets how he got here, there is other way. master can get Midnight to take him, or Hawkeye sir. infact sir Im surprised Midnight hasnt come to you yet. But master wants his room...but master has no room. when master stay here last he stay in his parents room, and room master has been in is the sick room. But youre master of house now so you should get masters rooms!" and with that Tolly grabbed Harry's arm and started pulling him again. Tolly pulled him down the hall to a set of double door that led to a huge entry hall, Tolly stoped for a minute "if master wishes he can unseal mansion from here, he just has to use his Potter wand and say unseal" Harry considerd for a moment then asked "Tolly, if I leave the house sealed can I bring Ginny here? or Dumbledoor?" Tolly shook his head no and said "no sirs, only master can enter house while its sealed. and even when its not sealed one must have permission from master to enter. The house of Potter is verry old sir and has much protection wards and spells. only one with masters blessing may enter. Only one with masters blessing may even see house!" Harry sighed then waved his new wand and said "unseal" immeadietly there was a flash of light and a small breeze then all was normal again. Tolly again took his arm and dragged his up a grand staircase in the center of the room then turned left "masters chambers are top floor" he said as he kept pulling

Once around the room they went up another flight of stairs and down another hall and so it went till they got to the 5th floor.

At the top of this staircase was a small landing and a set of double doors made of gold. On each door was the Potter crest as well as a handle. Tolly paused here and said "5th floor is masters chambers, master can apparate here if he doesnt wish to walk" and then they were through the doors into a sitting room with three more doors leading out. the center door led to a chamber as large as the Gryffindor common room but in the center was a large four post bed, and some dressers along the wall as well as a large vanity with a morror and another three doors leading out. one door led to a large walk-in closet, one to a glittering bathroom. The bathroom had a large tub with many different faucets. One labled hot, one cold, one bubbles, another one labled lilac, sunflower, mint, rasberry,orange,lavender, lilly and many more. Harry tried the one labled lilly and it was lilly scented oil. "Ginny's gonna love this" he said to himself. He left the bathroom and enterd the last door and it led to another sitting room, again three sofas arranged around a tall fancy mirror.

"Tolly, I noticed a setup just like this in the sick room, whats so special about these mirrors?" he asked while turning to face the elf

"master does not know? Those are Potter family mirrors, they allow you to talk to eachother, or to see anything that isnt spelled against them." Harry rememberd the mirrors that Sirius had given him "does that mean i can see professor dumbledoor?" he asked again

"Only if Dumbledoor isnt in Hogwarts sirs, Hogwarts is spelled against intrusion by the mirrors. however, Tolly heard your father created a morror that that allowed one to talk to the one here sirs"

"ok Tolly, so I can view anything that isnt spelled against me, but they need a mirror to see or hear me back?" Tolly nodded an afirmative "so Tolly how do I use it?" the elf looked excited "oh master it is most simple, all one must do is say the name of who you wish to see, or the name of the room you wish to talk to" he finished

Harry thought for a moment then walked over to the mirror and said "Ginny Weasley" suddenly there was Ginny, leaning over the kitchen table in Grimauld place crying, Hermione was crying too and Ms.Weasley was trying to comfort them but she was obviously ready to cry herself. Then it hit him and he staggerd back "Tolly, how long have I been here?" and the look in his eye made the elf shrink back. "masters was verry hurt. masters has been here a week" "a week?" and harry slumped down onto the sofa

"I gotta tell them where I am" he said, jumping to his feet, he took the shield off his arm and placed it on the other sofa then used his portkey to take him downstairs to the study. Quickly grabbing a quill he started to scribble a note then he called Tolly and asked if there was a family owl he could use "oh no sir, youre a Potter! you have a much better bird!" and Tolly led Harry out the back through the kitchen and into a large barn. There were many different animals such as horses and cows but Tolly led him to the other side and open'd the door and whistled. Harry saw a large shadow pass over him and he took a step back into the barn. There was some wind and dust stirred up as it landed, but Harry still couldnt see what it was. squinting he saw a large shadow then suddenly the dust cleared and he was stareing stright into the eyes of the largest griffen he'd ever seen. It had sleek feathers and a wickedly sharp beak. when it saw the wand in Harry's hand it gave a mighty SQUAK! and suddenly Tolly was infront of him saying something "masters no, Hawkeye wont hurt you, Hawkeye is youre sworn protector!" Harry slowly put his wand away and slowly walked around the creature. its feathers were sleek and shiny and blended well into a sleek pelt of a lion. its claws were clean and looked like they could gouge out stone. Harry tenatively reached out a hand to touch the head when suddenly the Griffen leaned his head down and forced Harrys hand to scratch it.

"Why hes beautiful Tolly, its nice to meet you Hawkeye" he said as he stop'd scratching and bowed. Hawkeye gave a squak to indicate there was no need to bow. "but Tolly, Hawkeye cant carry a message to Ginny"

"oh no masters Hawkeye can carry you, but Midnight will be here any minute now, and midnight can carry messages much faster" the elf said and indeed there was another shadow then harry heard something that made his heart swell, pheonix song! "Tolly, what kind of bird is Midnight?" he asked hardly hopeing

"Midnight is a pheonix sir, he has been a guardian of the Potter family for many years, he was hatched 21 years ago so hes still pretty young for a pheonix. but he isnt a normal pheonix sir, Midnight is the best pheonix!" suddenly there was a flash of flames and a large pheonix landed on Hawkeyes back. Indeed Tolly was right, Harry'd always assumed all pheonix's were colored like fawks but this one was blue, indeed it was a deep Midnight blue and its tail feathers were sliver

"Midnight was hatched under the stars sirs, so he is special. never before has a pheonix been hatched under the stars."

that seemed to be as good a reason as any to explain the pheonix's odd colors, he reached a hand out and petted the bird and suddenly it flutterd over and landed on Harrys shoulder. Harry felt his heart would burst, a pheonix of his own! and his was special, the only one that was blue...and it liked him! "would you mind takeing a message for me Midnight?" Harry asked sheepishly

the bird simply held out its talon and Harry handed it the scroll "Take that to Ginny Weasley" and immeadietly the bird flew away.

Harry used his pin to take him back to his mirror room then checkd Ginnys room in Grimauld place, it was empty. Using his portkey he arrived in Grimauld place then took out the griffen pin he'd recieved at Gringots and placed a note next to it that only Ginny would be able to read. smileing he portkey'd back to his mansion and stood in from of the mirrow then said "Ginny Weasley".

Again he saw her crying in the kitchen, only now Dumbledoor was there and so was Fawks. Fawks was trying to comfort the girl but not succeeding verry well. Lupin was there too, as well as Ron and Hermione. He saw Ms.Weasley standing over the stove.

It had been a week sence Harry had disapeared and no one knew where he was. Ginny had been crying for most of that week and so had Hermione. Ms.weasley had cried for a couple days then tried to cheer everyone up but it wasnt working, so she called Dumbledoor.

Dumbledoor brought Fawks with him to see if his song could bring some people around but so far it only seemed to remind Ginny of Harry "His faveroite bird was a Pheonix!" she sobbed into Hermione's shoulder. Just as she was about to get up to go to her room there was a flash of fire above the table and Ginny looked up and gasped! There was a blue pheonix! the pheonix seemed to be looking at her when she realized it was holding a message out to her. Quickly she grabed the scroll and open'd it so fast it was almost damaged.

"Ginny,

Dont cry I'm not dead. I'm safe but I cant tell you where I am yet, but I am safe. I left you another note on youre nightstand, and that one is specially for you, no one else will be able to read it. This is Midnight my pheonix, can you belive it I got a pheonix!

now give this note to Dumbledoor, I can see he's next to you"

Ginny reached up and scratched Midnights head "Thank you Midnight" she said then threw the note to Dumbledoor and raced up the stairs.

Dumbledoor stared at the pheonix, he'd never seen one that was born at night. Of course the legend says that the pheonix's coloring will be determined if its hatched at night or during the day but he had never actually heard of it being proven. Suddenly Ginny reached up and scratched its head and called it Midnight, fitting name thought Dumbledoor when suddenly Ginny threw the parchment at him and flew out of the room and upstairs, taking the partchment he read

"Ginny,

Dont cry I'm not dead. I'm safe but I cant tell you where I am yet, but I am safe. I left you another note on youre nightstand, and that one is specially for you, no one else will be able to read it. This is Midnight my pheonix, can you belive I got a pheonix!

now give this note to Dumbledoor, I can see hes next to you.

Dumbledoor, sory I havent written sooner but today was the first day ive been awake sence the duel. I'll be back shortly but for now I want to stay where I am, if you recognise Midnight please dont say anything to anyone, and also ask Remus to do the same. I'll be back in about a week. please trust me

Harry"

Dumbledoor thought about what this meant for a minute untill Molly asked him why Ginny took off,

"I'd imagine to find the letter Harry had Midnight here" and he gestured to the pheonix "drop off just for Ginny"

he said. Then turning he said "Remus I'd like you to read this and then talk to you about it"

he handed Lupin the note then turned to Molly and the others "Its a letter from Harry, it says hes fine and will be home in a week, it does not however say where he is, just that he's safe and he's sory for worrying us." finished, Dumbledoor turned to Remus and asked to speak with him upstairs.

Ginny flung open the door, and found the letter sitting on her night stand exactly where he said it would be

"Ginny,

I love you so much and you have no idea how much it hurt me to see you crying like that. There is a pin sitting on youre nightstand that is the Gryfendor crest. Put it on your robes and tap it with youre wand. when you do you have to think of me, its a portkey and will bring you straight to wherever its sister pin is. I happen to be wearing that pin, so hurry up and get here. Dont tell anyone, because they wont even know youre gone. Just be sure to lock youre door

Love,

Harry"

Ginny quickly found the pin he'd mentioned and put it on her robe, Then she went over and locked her door.

am I really gonna do this? she thought to herself am I really gonna disobey Dumbledoor and mum and go see Harry?

she pulled out her wand and taped the pin and thought as hard as she could "Harry" and was gone.

A/N-id like to thank you all for youre reviews, once again i edited this chapeter myself. im currently working on ch7. 5 and 6 are done but i need to go over them and get them edited and my beta reader is really busy with school so if anyone has any extra free time and wouldnt mind fizing some mistakes in a couple of chapters that will greatly speed things up. currently i seem to be writeing one chapter ever 2 nights so hopefully it wont take too long to finish. right now it looks like this story is gonna be around 40 chapters total because by the end of ch6 they still arnt back in school so shrugs

also if anyone has any free time then please IM me on yahoo at Riven085

i have some ideas i would like to discuss with a fellow fan, and chances are those ideas are gonna greatly affect the whole story so i want em to be good

oh yea and to all the reviewers who keep telling me to stop because its horrible, either shut up or stop reading. you post once that you dont like it fine, i know you dont like it. but when you post every chapter it starts to get really old really fast

Riven