Sure enough it was Christmas and everyone was at Grimauld Place.
Harry and Tracey had gotten Sirius his yearly bone and toy earlier. And their parents both books of mystery's. Remus a new jacket together.
Right now they were standing next to the table.
"Ho ho ho marry Christmas!" a flying Santa said while it was in the kitchen.
"Here we go, daddy's back!" Molly said smiling while she pushed Arthur to the table.
Everyone started clapping.
"Sit down everyone now, presents." Molly said.
"And a nice big box for Ron." Arthur said.
"Big box for you. And um, oh come on both of you. I want to see your faces."
"Yes." Ron said while he opened and found a new sweater.
Harry and Tracey fought off the laughter.
'Ahh, the yearly Weasley sweater. Gotta love them.' Tracey said.
It made it even harder not to laugh.
"A toast! To Mr. Harry Potter, without who I would not be here." Arthur said.
Then raised his glass.
"Harry."
"Harry." everyone else said together.
"Harry!" Sirius said.
"Now daddy, pass that to daddy." Moly said.
After dinner Harry and Tracey headed to the Black family tree.
Then Sirius came in.
"I haven't been in here for a while." he said.
"You hate this room, don't you?" Tracey asked.
"Yes." Then he looked at Harry and frowned. "What's wrong?"
He sighed.
"Sirius, when I was... When I saw Mr. Weasley attacked, I wasn't just watching. I was the snake. And afterwards, in Dumbledore's office... there was a moment when I wanted to... This connection between me and Voldemort. What if the reason for it is that I am becoming more like him? I just feel so angry all the time. And what if, after everything that I've been through... something's gone wrong inside. What if I'm becoming bad?"
"Oh come off it. Harry Potter dark?" Tracey said.
"She's right Harry. You're not a bad person. You know that there are two different people. Light and Death Eaters. You're a very good person that troubles with bad things happening. You're never going to go Dark. Under stand?"
He nodded and then gave him a hug.
Then they heard someone knock.
"Harry, Tracey, time to go." Hermione said.
So they headed back to Godric Hollow.
When the kids were in bed Dumbledore came to have a chat with James and Lily about Harry.
"Lily, James I'm afraid at times Harry will still be able to just hear the connection between him and Voldemort." Dumbledore said.
"What do you mean?" Lily asked.
"I mean that if I hadn't trained him when he was younger he would be able to see things. I warned you that he would have a connection when he came back. Remember?"
They nodded.
"I know he uses occlumency full time and as tightly as he can. But there is still a bit of it in him. I wasn't completely sure it would be fully locked. When he told me about the dream he had last year I was correct. I just wanted to wait until he came back and the connection was fully there."
They sat there quietly for a few minutes.
"There's a way that Voldemort will find out. Won't there? Even though he has it locked full time and as strong as he can." James asked while he rubbed Lily's back.
"Yes. I don't know how but there will be a way. With Severus with him but on our side he may need him to do something. You can still trust him, Voldemort doesn't know he's on our side, remember that James."
He nodded.
"There's one thing that Harry's done with Tracey."
"Which is what?"
"He taught her occlumency a few years ago to make her safe. They told me a few days ago."
"Good. It will make her safer." Lily said.
"Well you have to remember Lil, they protect each other. Especially Harry with her being his little sister. Everyone knows that an older sibling is protective of the younger. And Harry is being taught how to be an alpha of Remus' pack in the future." James said.
"True." she said shrugging.
When they got home Harry, Ron, Hermione, Tracey, James, Sirius and Remus were in the basement waiting for the two werewolves to transform.
A few minutes later they were in their animagus.
While they kept them busy Harry was calmer this month because he was back home.
Paddy, Howler, Speedy, Padfoot and Prongs were relieved about that.
When they were done as usual Lily looked at them and they only had scratches this time.
Sure enough they were back in school and Harry was with Cho right now when Hermione called him out.
"Harry!" Hermione said.
"What?" he asked.
"Hagrid's back." she said.
He looked at Cho then back at the other three.
"I'm sorry."
Then they started running to his hut.
"I'm going to ask you one last time. I'm ordering you to tell me where you've been."
"I told you. I've been away for me health."
"Your health?"
"Yeah you know, a little fresh air."
"If I were you, I shouldn't get too used to being back. In fact, I mightn't bother unpacking at all."
Then she left and the other four went inside.
"This is top-secret, right? Dumbledore sent me to parley with the giants." Hagrid said.
"Giants?" Hermione asked.
"Shh." he said.
"You found them?" Tracey said.
"Well, they're not that hard to find, to be perfectly honest. They're so big, see? I tried to convince them to join the cause.
But I wasn't the only one that
was trying to win them over."
"Death Eaters?" Harry asked.
"Yes. Trying to persuade them to join You-Know-Who."
"Did they?" Tracey asked.
"I gave them Dumbledore's message. Suppose some of them remember he was friendly to them. I suppose."
"And they did this to you?" Harry asked.
"Not exactly, no."
Then Fang started barking after seeing Hagrid put steak in his eye.
"Oh, go on, you have it, then, you dozy dog. It's changing out there. Just like last time. There's a storm coming, Harry, Tracey. We'd all best be ready when she does."
The next day during breakfast Neville was ready the paper and read about Bellatrix Lestrange getting out of Azkaban.
"Dumbledore warned Fudge this could happen. He's just going to get us all killed even though he doesface the fact."
Then Seamus appeared and looked at the four of them.
"Harry. I uh, I need to apologize for mum. What I'm really trying to say is that, she believes you. She looked at the memories because Dumbledore said if she doesn't he'll give me a months detention for skipping potions." he said.
A few hours later they were done with Dumbledore's Army for the day when Harry and Tracey saw Neville.
"Neville?" Harry asked.
"Fourteen years ago... a Death Eater called Bellatrix Lestrange used the cruciatus curse on my parents. She tortured them. But they never gave in." Neville said.
Then he looked at them.
"I'm quite proud to be their son."
"Well we can make them proud Neville." Tracey said smiling.
A few days later they were working on a patronus charm.
Tracey could already make one so she was following Harry around to help check in on everything.
"Make it a powerful memory, the happiest you can remember. Allow it to fill you up. Keep trying, Seamus." Harry said.
"George, your turn now." Tracey said.
"Expecto Patronum!"
"A full-bodied Patronus is the most difficult to produce... but shield forms can also be equally useful against a variety of opponents." Harry said.
"Wow, that was really good." someone said when they saw Ginny's.
"Fantastic, Ginny." Harry said.
"Just remember, your Patronus can only protect you for as long as you stay focused. So focus, Luna." Tracey said.
"Think of the happiest thing you can." Harry said.
"Expecto Patronum. I'm trying." Neville said.
"I know. It's good. This is really advanced stuff, guys. You're doing so well." Harry said.
"Expecto Patronum!"
Then they heard something and stopped.
A bit of the door was open and Tracey walked over a bit.
"I'll make short work of this." Umbridge said.
"Bombarda Maxima."
Harry grabbed her and moved them.
Malfoy pulled Cho out and Harry frowned.
"Get them!" Umbridge said.
Harry, Tracey, Ron and Hermione were sent up to Dumbledore's office.
"Been watching them for weeks and see, Dumbledore's Army. Proof of what I've been telling you right from the very beginning, Cornelius. All your fear-mongering about You-know-who. ...never fooled us for a minute. We saw your lies for what they were: A smokescreen for your bid to seize control of the Ministry." Umbridge said.
"Naturally." Dumbledore said.
"No, professor. He had nothing to do with it. It was me." Harry said.
"Most noble of you, Harry, to shield me, but as has been pointed out... the parchment clearly says "Dumbledore's Army," not "Potter's." he said.
"Auror Kingsley. I want you to take Dumbledore to Azkaban." Fudge said.
He didn't want to but did it from being blackmailed by Lucius.
"Ah, I thought we might hit this little stab. You want me to do,what was the frees, come quietly? Well, I have no attendant of going." Dumbledore said.
"Enough of this! Take him!" Umbridge said.
Dumbledore winked and then Fawkes came while he put up his hands and then he was gone.
"Whoa. Uh, you may not like it minister, but you can't deny, Dumbledore's got style." Kingsley said.
