Note: Sorry it has taken so long but hey here it is the next chapter of the story! I know I said I was going to call this chapter 'only the dead' but that was before I re-wrote it and gave it a new name. So everyone enjoy and I hope you like it…
Harry knew there was only one man who could help him to defeat Voldemort and that man was Dumbledore; even if Voldemort had defeated him Harry still knew Dumbledore might be able to help him in some way.
Harry began to search the headquarters for Dumbledore but Dumbledore was not who he found first. After ten minutes of searching for Dumbledore Harry was close to giving up but then he spotted some stairs leading upstairs. Harry paused for a moment and then headed towards them. As he was making his way up some stairs someone knocked into the side of him and Harry had to quickly grab the banister to stop himself falling backwards down the stairs. Once Harry had recomposed himself he looked to see who had walked into him and was not entirely surprised to see that it had been Snape. "Watch where you're going Potter" Sneered Snape, Harry looked at him furiously and said "It was you who nearly sent me flying down the stairs" Snape gave Harry his usual look of pure hatred then his lips curled into a devious smile "You haven't changed a bit Potter" said Snape "Still as arrogant and pig headed as you always were" Harry was about to tell Snape exactly what he thought better of it 'Some things never change' thought Harry 'but I can always argue with Snape when I get back home. I'm just wasting time here' so Harry just shot Snape a very dirty look and continued walking up the stairs.
Once he reached the top of the stairs he saw a corridor in front of him that had several doors along it; Harry reached out to open the door that was closest to him when he heard voices coming from the other side of it. Harry froze as he recognized the two voices in the room as belonging to Dumbledore and Lupin; he paused for a moment unsure what to do next, then he bent down and looked through the key hole so he could see what was going on.
Through the key hole Harry saw Dumbledore and Lupin standing facing each other.
"This is all one big mess Albus" Said Lupin "As if we weren't troubled enough trying to defeat Voldemort; now we've got a younger Harry here as well" Harry felt a little annoyed; he didn't need looking after. "You know as well as I do Remus that we have been trying to defeat Voldemort for many years without any success" said Dumbledore "Now Harry is here maybe he can assist us" Lupin looked at Dumbledore as if he were crazy "He is only fifteen years old for goodness sake Albus" said Lupin "Harry couldn't stop him at the age of 23! Do you really think he will be able to do it at the age of fifteen?" Dumbledore said nothing at first; he simply gazed at Lupin for a moment and then for some reason his gaze drifted towards the door. Dumbledore gazed at the door for quite a while and Harry was sure that Dumbledore knew that he was listening in on the conversation. However Harry felt relieved as Dumbledore suddenly stopped looking at the door and turned his gaze back towards Lupin.
"You forget Remus" said Dumbledore "That youth is not a sign of weakness. Voldemort once believed that himself until he met his downfall at the hands of a one year old wizard by the name of Harry Potter" Lupin looked thoughtful "This is different Voldemort is a lot more powerful now" said Lupin "and he is intent on killing Harry" Harry was surprised to see Dumbledore seemed amused at this comment "In case you haven't notice Remus" said Dumbledore "Voldemort has always been intent on killing Harry. It's rather like an obsession with him isn't it?" Lupin was about to say something when he changed his mind and just stared at Dumbledore "You see! Even though Voldemort killed Harry twenty years ago he has still brought a younger Harry into the future to kill him again" said Dumbledore "Although I suspect he may have another reason for killing Harry at a younger age" Lupin looked annoyed "The fact remains though do you really think a fifteen year old wizard will be able to defeat Voldemort?" asked Lupin. Dumbledore shook his head and Harry felt his heart sink. "No" Said Dumbledore "Not just any fifteen year old wizard. Just a fifteen year old wizard by the name of Harry Potter"
Lupin looked angry and next thing Harry knew Lupin had opened the door and almost walked straight in to him. Lupin looked at Harry for a moment then without saying a word turned around and walked off. Dumbledore looked at Harry and then gestured for him to come in to the room.
"Might I assume you overheard our heated discussion Harry?" asked Dumbledore, Harry knew it would be foolish to lie any merely nodded. "Sorry Dumbledore I couldn't help it" Said Harry, Dumbledore nodded and Harry found it difficult to decide if he was angry with him or not. After a few minutes of akward silence Harry couldn't bare it any longer. "Do you really think I might be able to stop Voldemort?" asked Harry, Dumbledore nodded and Harry felt his heart leap with happiness. It didn't matter if the odd were against him or that Voldemort had killed him twenty years ago; Harry felt glad that Dumbledore had faith in him. This was the same Dumbledore Harry had always known and admired, he wasn't mad and even though Dumbledore had been defeated by Voldemort he was still the same man as he had always been. Harry looked at Dumbledore and Dumbledore looked at Harry; they both understood what had to be done. "What can I do to stop him?" asked Harry; Dumbledore smiled.
END OF CHAPTER NINE
Title of next chapter: Filling in the gaps!
N/A: I am going to put the next chapter up very soon but please review this one and tell me what you think! Once again sorry about the big gap between this chapter and the previous one!