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The End Or The Beginning?
The one where he tells.
No one moved. The curtains by one of the opened windows fluttered loudly when the cold, evening breeze found its way inside. The tension in the room was clearly visible. They were waiting, everything was still.
Unfortunately that lasted only to the point when the first spell had been shot.
The Auror, who had decided that if someone was armed, someone should be subdued, made similar mistake to the Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries. He had fallen unconscious, in a heap, to the floor when the nightstand, that just a minute ago stood peacefully beside one of the beds, hit him in the head. Five more Aurors who chose to help their friend, joined him on the floor in mere seconds.
"ENOUGH!" Angry voice boomed. "Alastor Moody! Take the Aurors and leave. Now!"
Alastor Moody with the help from his co-workers had levitated the unconscious Aurors to the empty beds that were still standing.
Poppy and Katie immediately rushed to look over new patients.
"Don't wake them yet Poppy." Dumbledore said.
Harry looked up from his position behind one of the fallen beds.
Alastor … Mad-Eye? But he has two…
Harry didn't finish that thought because the voice said, this time more calmly.
"I am very sorry, err… Harry, I apologize for their reaction." Nicholas Flamel said and with a calculating look he added.
"Thank you for not fighting us."
He gestured his hand to stop whatever Sirius and James wanted to say.
"Again, I am sorry for the cuffs."
Harry nodded his acceptance. He stood up and straighten his robes. With the wave of his hand he had sent them back to Dumbledore who caught them easily and hid inside his robes. With another wave Harry silently started to repair the damage around himself. Flamel and Dumbledore did the same in their part of the infirmary.
The others began moving from their hiding spots when the beds and the rest of the furniture had been sent to their respective places.
"I think it would be best that we take our conversation to my office. Would you follow me please." And with that Dumbledore turned and ushered the group out. He was acting like nothing had happened and somehow admitted Harry the status of a guest and not an enemy.
Harry, for the first time noticed that the people that resembled his parents were older then his parents in the photos. Remus and the man, that must had been Sirius, looked different as well.
If this is afterlife, shouldn't they all know me?
What confused him more and scared him a little, was the person they were trying to shield. The girl was definitely related to them, in his opinion their daughter with her dark, red hair.
But how could that be?
No one ever told him that he had a sister and she looked way to young to be only a year younger than he.
On his way out he stepped over to the nurses. Katie flinched when she saw him coming closer and Poppy tightened her grip on the wand she was holding. He sighed inwardly.
"I am sorry I threaten you Miss?"
"Mrs. Weasley." She said, determined not to cover under his intense gaze.
"Right. I am really sorry." He said that sincerely but without any plea for forgiveness in his voice.
Katie nodded hesitantly not sure if she accepted his apology.
He nodded to Poppy once and left after the others.
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Rose Potter was very confused.
She had never saw her parents look like that. Sure, in the times they lived, she often saw her mum worrying over dad or uncles Sirius and Remus, but her dad always managed to lift her spirit up. Today however, he, Moony and mum looked shaken to the bone. They were white like sheets, getting ashen when he said his name was Harry. Her mum had hold her hand so hard that she thought that one more squeeze and it would break.
Rose glanced over her shoulder to see the man walking behind them. He was walking confidently in an elegant, almost catlike way. His battle robes made him look very dangerous. His face was almost blank, only a shadow of emotions crossed it every now and then. She saw that from time to time, he glanced out of the window to the evening sky or crocked an eyebrow at one or another painting. He definitely looked like someone who had been at Hogwarts before, he seemed to know the place, never wavered when some suit of armor created a rocket as they were passing it or didn't give any reaction when the staircases began to move.
She new that everyone in they small procession kept glancing at him as well, maybe with exception of Professors Dumbledore and Flamel.
But he looked like he was used to the stares.
She was astounded when she had seen him in the pensive, he surely was very powerful. She never saw her dad or Padfoot duel like him when they were sometimes training in the backyard. And she had also noticed the look on Professor Dumbledore's face when that bracelets, that Zanobia cuffs was it, fell to the floor. If she didn't know better, that might be the way he could look when he was afraid.
Thankfully Professor Flamel stopped everyone before the situation could get out of hand.
Of course if you think that six unconscious Aurors in few seconds wasn't out of hand.
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"Please take your seats." Dumbledore had conjured nine comfy looking chairs. He was nice enough, or mean enough to arrange them in a semicircle in front of his desk, that meant that Harry's position would be on the equal with the others.
In the end Harry sat between Nicholas Flamel and the husband of the other couple. The man looked vaguely familiar to Harry but he couldn't put name to the face. His wife was even more familiar, her round face stirred some of his memories.
The office was almost identical to the one he remembered, before McGonnagal took the position of the Headmistress. Many instruments were on the desk almost like when he was there the last time with his Headmaster. Harry looked around longingly. This place always made him safe and secure, even though, many of his saddest memories were connected to it. This room was full of warmth. Harry had spotted the cupboard where his Dumbledore had kept his pensive, as well as, the place where he saw Fawekes had his burning day. The portraits, as always, were pretending they were sleeping. Harry noticed that like in his world the majority of the other people didn't know about usefulness of those spies, they never spared them the second glance. Only this Sirius person scowled at the portrait of Phineas. This brought Harry from his mussing.
What the hell is going on?
This people, they looked so much like the people he knew and the people he hoped to meet all his life.
But how could that be possible?
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She was going mad. She couldn't stop glancing at him all the way up to Albus' office. She thought they should went to her office instead, it was much closer. He looked so much like James but his eyes, they were the eyes she saw in the mirror everyday. Rose had also had green eyes but never as crystal emeralds like she … and now this man. He looked older but maybe … just maybe. What if he was… . But they saw him dead, they buried him so many years ago.
She saw James, he was getting angry, his jaw tightened with that hard stare of his usually reserved for work. He was intensely looking at Albus' desk.
Oh, God please, please not let it be some sick joke. Let it be the miracle she had prayed all those years.
"Mum?"
Lily was startled by Rose. Looking down at her daughter's confused and worried face she realized that she had tears on her cheeks. She swept them with her hand and forced a smile on her face.
"I'm fine, honey. I'm just…, I'm fine." She didn't know how she was, at least not yet.
When everyone settled down, Dumbledore smiled at them, his eyes twinkling warmly.
"Anyone would like tea maybe?" When he waved his hand a tea and ten cups appeared on his desk. Lily never saw him do that without the wand before.
He addressed… Harry… she tested the name silently when Albus had used it.
"Harry, I think it would be best if you told us where you came from and what were you doing in the Department of Mysteries and the Chamber of Whispers of all places." His voice was smooth and warm but firm underneath, indicating that he wanted an answer. Lily had heard him speak like that with the Board of Governors many times. Usually, no one dared to disobey that tone.
"Certainly." Harry said. He had a nice, low but somewhat disturbingly familiar voice. "I will gladly answer your questions but please could you introduce the rest?"
She thought that his eyes lingered little longer on Sirius for some reason.
"Of course." She could have swear that Albus frowned in annoyance. That mysterious Harry didn't cover before Albus, she thought with a strange proud feeling.
"As you remember I am Albus Dumbledore, this is Nicholas Flamel." He gestured to the History professor.
"Next to you is Mr. Frank Longbottom and his wife Alice. Further down is Remus Lupin. And next to him is Lily Potter, her daughter Rose and husband James. And the last person is Sirius Black."
Lily saw the shadows of a conflicting emotions crossed Harry's face with each name. He could conceal them quite well, but not well enough to keep his face completely blank.
When his eyes fell on Sirius he had an expectant expression, as if waiting for something.
She noticed out of the corner of her eye that Sirius fidgeted under the man's intensive gaze.
Albus missed it or just ignored it because he continued.
"Mrs. And Mr. Longbottom as well as Mr. Potter and Mr. Black are Aurors. I think that you saw Mr. Black and Mr. Potter at the Ministry. Mrs. Potter is a teacher here at Hogwarts, and Mr. Lupin works for the Ministry."
When he had finished he waited silently, giving the man some time and looking at him expectantly.
After what seemed like an hour the man said with a slight shrug.
"It looks like I fell through the Veil of Death. I have no idea why I am here, all I know, most of you should be dead or even shouldn't exist." He said looking curiously at Rose. "And…" he hesitated for the first time "and my name is Harry Potter."
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AN:
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I know that nothing happened here, maybe it will take more time before next update but things will progress from there.
This I know, There will be no Voldemort in this story, But there will be Tom Riddle. I also know who is the Minister of Magic but you'll have to read to find out. Oh! And Harry will have a girlfriend.
Thanks for answering my questions, I will post some personal responses, probably during the weekend.
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I have some problems waking Harry up. I mean Dumbledore tried, Poppy tried and even Snape agreed to brew some potions, I just don't know what to do. I even let Hagrid have a go and nothing. Meanwhile there are things happening in the Wizarding World and I remember to write about them. So, as soon as Harry wakes you will se the next chapter.