Chapter 4

It only had been my third day at Sirius's place and I was still driving myself crazy, trying to make the place look nice. I said in a demanding way when I remembered Kreacher, "Kreacher! Get here right this minute!"

When Kreacher appeared, he snapped at me, "Kreacher do nothing for pathetic Harry Potter!"

I sneered at him, "Well, Kreacher has to do what Harry Potter says because Harry Potter is Kreacher's master! Sirius Black's mother ain't gonna be a happy person when Harry Potter yells and wakes her up! If Mrs. Black wakes up, Kreacher has to shut her up and get to work of cleaning this place up!"

Kreacher started to get to work and I heard him mutter as he walked off, "Kreacher thinks Harry Potter stupid!"

I called to him, "Thank you very much for that compliment, Kreacher! You're stupid too!"

Ron and Hermione Apparated right behind me when I had called that to Kreacher. Hermione, who was still trying to find a way to free house elves and who was still trying to recruite spew (or as she called it S-P-E-W), asked me in outraged tone, "What was that all about? Calling Kreacher stupid?"

I told her, "You don't wanna know." I asked them with interest, "Why are you two doing here, any way?"

Ron told me in ironic tone, "Uhh, Bill's wedding? HELLO?!?! Today's Tuesday! Everyone is waiting for you! Get in your best clothes!"

I smiled as I told him, "I will get in my dress robe if you get in yours from fourth year!" Ron's face grew red and I laughed as I told him, "Just kidding! I'll lend you one of my best clothes. I have two, anyway." I ran upstairs and quickly got changed and brought one of my other best clothes down and handed it over to Ron. I told him, "Get changed when we get to the Burrow."

Ron nodded and told me, "Thanks, Harry, although I didn't really expect you to actually lend me one of your best clothes. Mum will be furious, though."

Before Hermione, Ron and I had Apparated to the Burrow, I called to Kreacher, "This place better look good by the time I come back, Kreacher! If anyone asks where I am, tell them that I'm at the Dursleys, beating Dudley up! If it's one of the Order Of Phoenix people, tell them that I'm at Bill's wedding! Got it?"

Kreacher called back, "Yes, master." Hermione and Ron looked freaked out when Kreacher called me "master" as we had Apparated to Ron's room.

Hermione told me, "I'm not even going to ask what you did to that poor house elf, but I'm going down to Ginny's room, since my best clothing is there. People are starting to show up at the back yard. As for Bill and Charlie, they're fooling around like they did in our fourth year during summer with magic and tables. As for Fred and George, they're passing out tarts with canary cream to everyone. Supposedly, they think they're showing people how to have fun."

When she was gone, I told Ron, "And, obviously, she doesn't even know how to have fun the way Fred and George does." At this, Ron just laughed as he and I headed downstairs to meet up with others.

Once outside, I heard a farmiliar voice cry out, "Harry! It seems so long ago since we last encountered!"

I turned around and saw Lupin coming towards me with a wide smile. I smiled back as I called, "Hey, Professor Lupin!"

When Lupin reached me, he grabbed my shoulder and took a good look at me. He said proudly, "Harry James Potter! Seventeen years old already! Sirius and James will be proud that someone like you who is so close to their heart is getting out of school soon!"

I turned to Ron and told him, "Be right back, Ron. I want to talk to Professor Lupin alone. Noone's in your living room, right?"

Ron shook his head and told me, "Not that I know of. Becareful, though. Fred and George might go in there. So might Ginny, but I'll try to keep her away."

I nodded and told him, "Thanks." Lupin and I walked towards the house.

Once inside, Lupin asked me in worried tone, "Anything wrong, Harry?"

I nervously told Lupin, "Well, Professor Lupin, I won't be going back to Hogwarts this year. Hermione and Ron won't be either. I tried to make them go back, but they're refusing if I don't go."

Lupin snapped at me, "How could you leave Hogwarts one year earlier, Harry? James and Sirius won't be proud of you if you do this!"

I told him, "They will be if they knew the purpose of me doing this and that purpose is to destroy all the objects that contains Voldemort's souls. The Horcruxes."

Lupin looked and sounded surprised as he said, "That's a completely different story! But do you know what the objects are?"

I nodded and told him, "I suspect so. Seven objects in total. Diary and the ring are destroyed, so five left. Regalus Black's necklace, something of Ravenclaw's or Gryffindor's, Hufflepuff's cup, Voldemort's snake Nagini, and something else, but I'm pretty sure I'll remember what it was later."

Lupin nodded in an approving way as he said, "Very well, then, Harry. You do what you gotta do to save this world, but I'll be assisting you, Hermione and Ron. So will several of your body guards. You need as much protection as you could get, Harry. Understood?"

I hated it when my body guards were around, but I nodded. Lupin was way older than me and there was no objection aloud to be made. He knew better than me and he knew it himself. I said, "Yes, Professor Lupin. But just do something about hair colors. I suspect Scrimgeor will lie to the Muggle news reporters that he works in some sort of department at Muggle ministry and give them our descriptions, just like Fudge had lied that he works for Muggle ministry just so he could hunt down Sirius."