Harry woke up from yet another replay of that day. Though he would have slept on, something woke him. "Wha-what?"

Harry quickly woke up and noticed Mrs. Weasley standing in the dark. He sat up, "Oh sorry Mrs. Weasley, I didn't smell you."

"Smell me?"

"Oh, I didn't say that, I said see you." With that coverup, Harry leapt up and threw on some clothes, all modesty out the window. "Alright, I'll be downstairs."

"Harry?"

"Yes Mrs. Weasley?"

"Is something wrong?"

Harry turned to her, "My best friend is missing, how would you answer that?" He brushed past her and loped down the stairs.

After Mrs. Weasley had woken up Ron and his siblings Fred, George, and Ginny as well as Hermione, Mrs. Weasly found Harry sitting on the garden fence.

Harry sighed. "You never did ask me the one question I know you want to ask."

"What do you mean?"

"Mrs. Weasley, many things are wrong. Two of my friends are dead and two are missing. I've fought and won against things you don't ever want to know about. But… I…"

"What is really bothering you?"

"So you really haven't noticed it. I-I"

"You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself Harry. There was no way you could have stopped them from taking Takuya just as I couldn't stop helping in the capture."

Without turning around, Harry replied, "Ron, you need to clean your bed, it reeks."

"Yes well, mum's been busy."

Mrs. Weasley piped up, "Ron's bed is fine."

"You would have to be human to not sense it."

"You know that humanity has nothing to do with skin, blood, or bone." Ron reminded the boy.

"And will you feel that way in a few years' time when you are part bird? At least you have skin and blood and bone. At least you don't ever have to hide yourself. Or at least, not yet. Even then, you won't have to repress your power."

Mrs. Weasley looked confused while Ron responded. "Yes, and like you I accepted the price. Like you, I know the risks."

"I didn't know the risks of meeting Agunimon. I-"

"Accepted your own DEATH! What more can you accept?"

"Maybe a cursed rebirth that makes it impossible to show my true face?"

"Boys? What are you talking about?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

Without hesitation, Harry turned around. Quickly, the illusion dropped and Mrs. Weasley saw the boy for what he was. She jerked back at the intense flame and the lupine eyes. "What in the name of Merlin?"

"I'm part wolf, part flame." Harry explained.

"And part human?"

"No. The only thing remotely human about me is my original body back before the wolf transformation. Ron is part raptor and part human. But enough about that, isn't it time to set off?"

"Yes."

Without another word, Harry sank back into his illusionary form and waited with Ron for the others. First Hermione, then the twins, and finally Ginny appeared, all four exhausted. However, they did not fail to notice that Harry and Ron looked like they had woken up from a full night of sleep. "So how is it that you two look well rested? You get more sleep?" Hermione asked.

"No, I got a couple of hours. I just didn't feel tired at all." Harry said as the group (led by Arthur Weasley) set off. They met up around an old boot with Amos Diggory and his son, Hufflepuff Seeker, Cedric Diggory.

"Heh, I can't believe that a Slytherin would do that!" Amos exclaimed.

"I can't believe that someone who should know better would actually try to continue the stereotype of Slytherin." Harry growled, "I have good friends in that house."

"Hah! Friends? They don't know the meaning of the word."

Quick as a flash, Harry had Amos flat on the ground, "You! You don't know ANYTHING! I have watched Slytherins risk their own lives, not for themselves or for their house but for everyone. You."

"HARRY! It's time." During this fight, everyone else had stood back. Some did it because of fear, but others because they wanted to leap in. Now, Arthur yelled at Harry.

"Until you have seen the things I have, you don't deserve to talk about that." Harry said then dragged Amos to his feet. Everyone touched the old boot and found themselves in a different place.

A.N. So now the mask that Harry wears is crumpling. His knowledge of what Draco has been through has cracked his armor. I know Harry doesn't go through this stuff until book 5 but he has been through more. If this is the first book in my series you have read or you need a recap, Harry has faced six enemies. Quirrel, Riddle, and the Dementors are the obvious ones but Harry has faced the kidnapper, Randalf, the possessor Bruce and the blighter Kaskana.