Danny watched the hearing, sympathising with a very nervous Harry who couldn't get his point across without getting interrupted. Thankfully Dumbledore arrived and took over. Commanding the hearing expertly, calling Mrs Figg to give evidence. Danny had to admit, her description of dementors wasn't convincing. He faced dementors before and they were terrifying. But her account was accepted without question and after a debate, Dumbledore convinced the witches and wizards to declare Harry cleared of all charges.

Danny grinned invisibly at Harry before frowning at Dumbledore's behaviour. The elderly wizard rushed out of the room without a word to Harry himself and Danny recalled that the wizard hadn't made eye contact with the teen either. Danny glanced at Harry before rushing after Dumbledore.

"Wow, you should be a lawyer," Danny whispered. Dumbledore chuckled. They left the Ministry of Magic without incident and Danny teleported them both to Dumbledore's office.

"Okay, so… what was that with Harry?" Danny asked, folding his arms defiantly.

"What was what? I helped with his hearing," Dumbledore replied innocently. Danny raised an eyebrow.

"Not buying it. Professor, you hardly looked at Harry and you didn't say a word afterwards. No congratulations or reassurance. If I didn't know better, it was almost like you didn't want to be near Harry," Danny retorted. Dumbledore frowned at the halfa.

"You trust me, right?" Dumbledore remarked. Danny shook his head and sighed.

"This isn't about trust. Harry has been through a lot and you're pushing him away. Shouldn't you be doing the opposite?" Danny pointed out.

"Harry has a connection to Voldemort. And I fear that Harry is going to be in danger because of it. By keeping my distance, hopefully Voldemort won't be tempted to use Harry as a human shield or a weapon against us," Dumbledore admitted with a soft sigh. Danny blinked in surprise.

"Shouldn't we warn Harry?" Danny exclaimed worriedly.

"I fear warning Harry might put the idea into Voldemort's mind. Harry is compromised. Anything Harry learns, the more we potentially tell Voldemort," Dumbledore answered.

"What?! And he's staying at headquarters? Is that wise?" Danny questioned.

"Unfortunately it is unavoidable. Harry is closest to the Weasleys and they volunteered to care for him after the dementor attack. They could return to their home, the Burrow, but asking them to vacate Grimmauld Place would draw suspicion. For now, Voldemort seems unaware, like Harry, of the connection," Dumbledore explained calmly.

"It's like Phantom. Sometimes I have to do things or say things to protect my secret," Danny whispered in realisation. Dumbledore sighed and nodded in agreement.

"The longer both Harry and Voldemort remain ignorant to the connection, the safer we all are. But since I can't get close without possibly making Harry a target, would you keep an eye on him for me? Any odd behaviour, or excessive questions he shouldn't be asking? It would put my mind at ease," Dumbledore requested. Danny blinked in surprise.

"Sure, but I don't know Harry all that well. It would make more sense to warn Ron and Hermione," Danny replied.

"Yes, but they wouldn't understand and would warn Harry himself, even if I told them not to. You mustn't change the way you behave around him," Dumbledore retorted. Danny smirked.

"Professor, did I ever tell you about Valerie?" Danny asked. Dumbledore frowned in confusion.

"I fail to see the point of mentioning the girl," Dumbledore admitted.

"Well Valerie is a ghost hunter. I've known about her "hobby" since the beginning and yet she still doesn't know that Fenton knows. In fact I dated her for a little while. She broke up with me to protect Fenton from the ghosts attacking her, namely Phantom," Danny informed the wizard. Dumbledore blinked in surprise.

"If I can hide that from a girl I really liked and dated, I can keep an eye on Harry without him knowing. Who else knows about this connection?" Danny assured the wizard.

"Only those present in this room. But I have given strict orders to not tell Harry or any of the others about order matters," Dumbledore answered. Danny nodded. He glanced at the clock. He couldn't go back to headquarters until at least lunchtime to avoid suspicion. The hearing was meant to be around eleven, not eight. So he had to wait until the original hearing would be over before going back, especially since he was meant to be visiting home.

"So, got any jobs for Phantom? Or even Fenton? I've got a few hours to kill," Danny inquired. Dumbledore chuckled.

"I don't. Perhaps you could use the time to map out the department of mysteries during the day. See how the workers behave in there," Dumbledore suggested. Danny shrugged and agreed. It was better than nothing. He teleported back to the Ministry.

The department of mysteries was massive, deceptively so. He'd found the prophecy room, time room, death room and a room filled with brains. But he still didn't know how the door chamber worked. He always went through the same door, but it was rarely the same room. He knew that if he could work out that room, he wouldn't need to map out the entire department. In fact, until he worked out the door chamber, he couldn't even be sure when he had mapped the department entirely. But Dumbledore's suggestion paid off. Danny was able to watch a worker using the door chamber. He could have slapped himself. They had to ask. That was the trick. It was so simple, Danny was furious that he hadn't tried it before.

By lunchtime, Danny had tried the room himself a couple of times and confirmed that was how it worked. He returned to headquarters to hear Fred, George and Ginny shouting a war chant in the kitchen.

"He got off! He got off!" they chanted. Danny chuckled softly. Sirius smirked at the halfa, closing the front door behind him.

"I guess you figured out Harry was cleared," Sirius muttered as they walked to the kitchen.

"Is that what the celebration is about?" Danny asked sarcastically. Sirius laughed. They went into the kitchen and Hermione squealed at the sight of Danny and embraced him.

"It's wonderful, Harry was cleared of all charges!" she exclaimed happily.

Danny grinned at Harry.

"Congrats. Even though we all knew you'd be fine, bet it's nice not having that loom over you?" Danny remarked, extracting himself from Hermione's hug, the witch turning pink. Harry smiled broadly.

"Yeah it is!" he agreed.

"I thought you were visiting home?" Ron recalled. Danny nodded.

"Yeah, but I wanted to be here when Harry got back to make sure nothing went wrong. But looks like he beat me here," Danny replied easily.

"My hearing was earlier than we thought. Started at eight," Harry revealed. Danny scowled.

"That's a low move. Changing the time without any notice. You got there in time though?" Danny commented. Harry bit his lip.

"I was a few minutes late. But so was Dumbledore, he helped me out," Harry admitted. Danny sensed that Harry was upset by Dumbledore's behaviour.

"That's good. At least neither of you missed it right?" Danny encouraged, hoping to get Harry's mind away from how he felt when Dumbledore practically ran away from him. Harry nodded with a smile.

"Danny, have you eaten?" Mrs Weasley called over the chanting, obviously giving up on stopping her children.

The rest of the week, Danny teleported to Hogwarts first thing and used Fawkes to go to Amity Park. His loved ones were surprised by his unexpected numerous visits but after Danny explained the reason why, the extra visits were bittersweet. The next week the first shifts inside the department began. Monday to Friday Danny had his lessons with Miss Fisher. But instead of visiting Amity Park on Saturdays, he did night shift in the department of mysteries on Friday and Saturday. Sundays he spent with the teens and sleeping off the all-nighters. This continued even until the day before the Hogwarts term started. He returned home to find out that Hermione and Ron were made prefects.

Fred and George used every opportunity to mock Ron. Ginny was happy for her friend and brother. Mrs and Mr Weasley were overjoyed. There was a party. The only person who wasn't happy was Harry. Danny suddenly realised. Harry had two best friends and they'd had been made prefect, leaving him alone. The teen was probably a little jealous and maybe even questioning Dumbledore even more. Danny tried to talk to the teen, but Harry wasn't interested. Mad-Eye confirmed that there was a boggart in the drawing room desk and before heading to bed Mrs Weasley ran off to deal with it. Harry soon excused himself after talking to Moody.

The next thing Danny knew, Lupin was helping Mrs Weasley into a seat while Sirius made her a cup of tea.

"What happened?" Danny asked worriedly.

"Couldn't even handle a boggart," Mrs Weasley muttered ashamed.

"Those creatures get the best of all of us Molly," Lupin reassured the distressed woman. Moody clomped back into the room and took a swig from his flask. Sirius pressed a steaming cup of strong tea in the witch's hands.

"I know, but-" Mrs Weasley mumbled sadly. Danny, grateful to Lupin, understood what must have happened.

"Molly, we all have bad days. Sometimes something happens to throw us off our game. Just because you messed up this time, doesn't mean you can't handle yourself. No one got hurt alright," Danny assured her confidently. Lupin smiled at the teen as Mrs Weasley stared at him in surprise.

"Couldn't have said it better myself," Mad-Eye agreed. Danny glanced at the retired auror before sitting beside the witch to comfort her while she calmed down and drank her tea. Once she'd finished her drink, she headed to bed. The party ended shortly afterwards. Danny stayed up and cleaned up with Sirius.

"That was a nice thing you said to Molly earlier," Sirius muttered as he gathered the rubbish. Danny smirked as he sorted the leftovers and washed the dishes.

"Just wanted to help. And it's true," Danny modestly replied.

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