Chapter 4: A Phoenix Rescue

Harry could not believe his ears, that these two phoenix's was his mum and dad, Poppy took him into a her arms and explained that it was true and how they had become Phoenix's and the whole process that he would have to go through to awaken the phoenix that is inside him.

Even after Poppy had told him that it was his parents, Harry could not believe this and bolted out of the room and locked himself in his room so he had time to think. He knew he had a lot of knowledge that seemed have been passed on to him, so he searched his mind to understand exactly what a phoenix could do and the main point he come across was that a phoenix could never lie. He could not believe that his parents was going to be with him to guide him through life and the challenges that remain ahead. Even though he could never get a hug he would be able to hear his parents voices and that meant more to him than anything else in the world.

He then returned to the dining room where his parents and Poppy and asked Poppy to give them some time and he is not to be disturbed. Harry then turned to his Parents and broke down in tears, he did not know what to do or what to say. James and Lilly saw this and they both landed on his shoulders one on each side and circled his head with his wings and whispered words of comfort to him, reassuring him that everything was going to be ok and that they would be with him forever.

His parents explained everything to him and what had happened and that he was the sole air of Merlin and the 4 founders and what they had found out and that under normal circumstances he would not have found out about his heritage until he was of age in the wizarding world. They also explained to him not trust a man called Albus Dumbledore and their reasons why. Harry was shocked that his whole life he had been manipulated and he vowed there and then that he would be no ones puppet and he also wanted to do his parents proud, so from this day forward Harry was gonna put his heart and soul in making the wizarding World as it should be, where all magical beings get on with one another and that magic is reintroduced into the Non magical world and once again magic will co-exist once again with people that do process the gift of magic.

Lilly and James was proud of their son and could wait to see how their son was going to change the world for the better and the best bit they knew they would be with him right through till the very end. They knew it was going to be a long journey, but they knew their son with right people around him will go to be more successful than Merlin himself.

While this was happening Fawkes flashed away from Harry, eager to serve his king. He arrived in Sirius's cell and could see a large dog curled up in the corner of the room, looking as thin as ever. He knew then from seeing him that he was broken man. Fawkes then started to sing in the cell as not to startle the dog.

Sirius who was in his animagus could hear a song, it was the most beautiful song he had ever heard no music just a beautiful sound that was giving him hope and strength. He changed back to his human form and approached where he could hear the song coming from. He was shocked to see Dumbledore's phoenix there.

" Has Dumbledore sent you to get me at long last?" Sirius said to the bird.

Fawkes just shook his head. Sirius was now confused, he knew the this magnificent bird was always with Dumbledore.

"So why are you here, do you want me to come with you?"

Fawkes nodded, moved above Sirius and tried to flame travel with Sirius. When Fawkes arrived back in the realm Sirius was not attached. Fawkes sighed this was supposed to be easy, flash in do not startle and flash him out Fawkes could get through any wards, he did not realise that he could not bring anyone with him.

"This is going to be harder than I thought" Fawkes said to himself.

So he gathered his thoughts and returned to Harry, to inform of what condition Sirius was in. On arrival back in the realm, He could not find Harry anywhere. If his master was in the human realm he could find him very easily, but here in the realm fire travel was strictly forbidden and the only way around was fly. So Fawkes stared to fly around trying to find his master. He found him sitting in the library surrounded by books, he could tell Harry was trying to learn as much as he could. His powers can only take him so far and he needed knowledge.

"Harry, I have returned."

Harry immediately got up from where he was and approached Fawkes, eager to see to his godfather, Harry then looked at the phoenix and was shocked to see a sad expression on the bird.

"I am sorry Harry. I was not able to complete the mission, the wards at Azkaban, will allow me in with anything but will not let me flash out with a prisoner"

Harry was shocked, a single tear was rolling down his cheek he had hoped to get back his only family he had left.

James and Lilly had been directing Harry what to study and they saw Fawkes return and expected to see their long time friend Sirius Black, they was shocked to find out that a phoenix , which was the most powerful magical creature their was, due to them being immortal, Could not flash a prisoner out of Azkaban.

BACK IN AZKABAN

Sirius was looking forward to getting out Fawkes had come, he knew Dumbledore could have sent him, but he did not care he was getting out. So he grabbed on to Fawkes tail and there was a big flash, but to his horror when the flash went away there was no freedom he was still trapped in his cell and the bird had vanished. His hope of being free just went up in flames.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Sirius screamed.

He wanted out, he wanted to get to his godson and tell him all about his parents and teach him to prank, and become the ladies man that he had always been. He had no idea where Hagrid had taken Harry that night he just hoped that he did not go to the Dursleys. They hated magic and he knew Petunia's secret of being a squib so she would resent Harry for being magical. He just hoped that Dumbledore had not put him there.

Sirius resigned himself that bird was not coming back, so he changed back into his animagus form and went back to the back corner of his cell, hoping that whoever had sent the phoenix, would find another way out for him.

PHOENIX REALM

Harry could not believe what Fawkes had just told him, he could not flame travel him out. Harry was now a mission he had to get a plan together to get his godfather out and fast, because from what Fawkes had told him, he was in a bad way. Harry went to find Poppy and he found her in the kitchen preparing lunch.

"Poppy, Fawkes has just returned and he cannot free Sirius, there has to be a way that we can free him, what is the point of being king if i cannot even accomplish a small breakout?"Harry wailed.

Poppy took Harry and gave him the biggest hug ever and explained to him, that no one had ever broken out of Azkaban and sometimes plans fail.

"It takes a great leader Harry to learn from their mistakes, if one plan does not work he makes another and he will keep going, to what is right and not what is easy."

Harry was comforted by the words and he made him even more determined to get his godfather out of that horrible place where he should have never been sent to in the first place. Harry turned around to see Fawkes had followed him.

"Harry do not despair I think I have a way to make it work."

Fawkes then explained to Harry what his plan was and that it would take about six months to accomplish. The first thing he asked him to do was to send Sirius some potions to keep his strength up. Harry thought the overall plan was great and they even had a backup plan. Harry set to work, he had a lot of work to do to accomplish this plan.

Harry then went to library to pick up the book he was studying, it was telling him how to accomplish becoming a phoenix, since he was king he would have to accomplish this first. He then picked up some parchment and a quill and wrote Sirius a letter and accompanied it with potions that were in a bag. He then Instructed Fawkes to take the letter and bag of potions that Poppy had prepared.

Fawkes trilled in happiness as he flashed away back to Azkaban.

Back in Azkaban, Sirius had just got settled back in the corner to stay away from the Dementors, they left him alone when he was in his form and he heard another flash, the bird was back, hope went through Sirius, he was finally going to get out of this place. He transformed back into human form and saw the phoenix had indeed returned and he saw it carrying a bag. Fawkes dropped the bag into Sirius's hand.

Sirius opened the bag and it he saw potions and a note, he immediately grabbed the note to see who was sending this great phoenix to help him.

Dear Sirius,

You do not know me, but this is your godson Harry Potter, I sent Fawkes the first time to try to retrieve you, but due to the protections of the prison, it was unsuccessful. Now I know you are probably thinking that this phoenix belonged to a man called Albus Dumbledore, I have never met him, but I know he is trying to control my life for some reason and he has done some very bad things to the phoenix that you see in front of you.

Now in the bag there is some potions for you take to build your strength back up, please take these as we have come up with plan to get you out of there. You need to take them now and return the empty vials to the bag and handed the bag back to Fawkes.

I will explain more to you when we finally meet, but this plan could take up to six months, please do not be disheartened, I will try to do what I have to sooner. Fawkes will bring you three meals a day and potions to help build you strength back up. Trust me I need you to be fighting fit.

Now to prove this is genuine, I have heard that you were part of a famous group that tormented Hogwarts for seven years, you were scared of my mum Lilly and my dad was Prongs and you were a Padfoot, I know there is a moony as well, but my memories of him are vague. I know you are innocent and I will help.

Your loving godson,

Harry Potter

P.S. DO NOT TRUST DUMBLEDORE, HE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED

Sirius was shocked he knew it was real, only five people knew he was Padfoot and two of them were dead. One was Harry, the other was Remus, and lastly Severus Snape. He knew Snape would not have cooked up this plan, the man hated Sirius. So Sirius took the potions and he felt 100% better already and placed the empty vials back in the bag and Fawkes flamed away. Sirius now had hope, he was going to get food and drink and potions to improve his health, he could only hope that his godson came through for him. For the first time in a long time, Sirius had hope of getting out of here. He also wondered where his godson was and how Fawkes was now working for Harry, and why Harry had said not to trust to Dumbledore. He would take Harry's word for now but he hoped to get some questions answered, when he eventually got out of here.

Phoenix Realm

Fawkes was now working with Harry every day trying to get him to complete his transformation, once he completed the transformation, he would have access to far more powers. He was not an animagus, he was a true phoenix, so it should happen quite quickly. Harry had managed to change both of his arms into wings and they were huge and Fawkes was encouraging him to grasp his power within and phoenix magic would take over and complete the transformation. This went on for two weeks until Harry had finally grasped his phoenix powers and he completed the full transformation. Now stood before Fawkes was majestic white bird that stood three foot tall and a wingspan that was at least six foot wide and his feathers had a gold underlay. Fawkes now knew he was in the presence of the true king. This brought the number of phoenix's to Four in the whole world.

Fawkes was impressed with the sight in front of him, he bowed in front of his king and congratulated his master for completing the transformation.

Harry was excited he still head his human mind, but he felt his power within begin to grow and at a rapid pace, he felt stronger and never felt so much alive. He saw Fawkes looking at him in awe. He had always wanted to fly now he would get the chance. So he stretched his massive wings and took flight, he was amazed at how free he felt. He proceeded to look around the kingdom that was so empty. He needed questions answering now and the best people to ask were Fawkes and Poppy.

So Harry landed next Fawkes and he tried to change back but he could not, Fawkes saw this and tried to explain to harry what must happen.

"Your Majesty, you must complete the cycle of rebirth as a phoenix before you can change back."

"WHATTTTT " SCREAMED HARRY.

"Harry please calm down and I will explain what you need to do and now you will see the part of the plan that I told you where we will need four phoenix's."

"Okay Fawkes I trust you on this but how am I supposed to rescue Sirius now if I am stuck in this form for three years."

"Well Harry to explain your part, you will now flash into Sirius's cell and you will be able to take him with you back to the realm, Now you see why I had you write out the process of what you were doing, so Sirius could understand what has happened in your life so far, I can weaken the wards around Azkaban , but they renew the wards every twelve hours , to keep them at their strongest, so you will have to be quick when you flash in and back out, you will have about thirty seconds where the wards will be weak enough for you to flash through and back out with Sirius in tow, and you take him straight back to the realm where he will remain until he is cleared, which we will do as soon as possible."

"Okay Fawkes, but if I am to be like this for three years then, what am I to do?"

" I will train you Harry in all phoenix's abilities which will take approximately four months of training, we then go to rescue Sirius and get him here safe, we not risk it before because you are untrained and it needs precision. After Sirius has been rescued you will need to find your life mates and give them the ability to become a phoenix. This was done by your mum but as she could not be king, when you was her first born son, it was in your gene's. You can only do this twice and you must choose well because both will become your life mate. When you think you have met the people who you believe will be your life mates, you will spend a year with one and a year with the other you will be able to communicate, but do not tell them who you are under any circumstances, do you understand me Harry?"

" Yes Fawkes I understand loud and clear, and when does my training start?"

"NOW HARRY"

So for the next four months Fawkes was looking after Sirius by delivering his meals and , he did not need the potions after a month, and he was nearly back to full health. Harry meanwhile, was learning everything about phoenix magic and how to do things, he learned that he could carry immensely heavy loads and his tears could heal any wound, the only thing he could do was save someone after they had died, there was no way to bring back the dead. He was also told he was immortal in such time as he decided to move on. He would live a life as a human and would live to about two hundred years old, and then when his time came to depart the human world he loose his human form and become a phoenix permanently. After this he could choose to stay in the human world as a familiar or he could return to his kingdom and when he was ready to pass over to the other side, he would hand over the kingdom to his first born son and pass on at the next burning cycle.

Fawkes explained that this was how a phoenix knew so much, and that a phoenix could never go dark but most of the phoenix had got disheartened on earth because there was no king at the time, because your mums family kept having squibs for children and no male heirs, that was until your mum had you and you was to become the next king. But sadly a lot of the phoenix's decided to move on to the other side, because there was no end in sight. It was then explained that he would be required to have a male heir to take the throne before he could pass on .

While this was going on James and Lilly spent time with Harry telling him about their friends and to prepare him for Hogwarts, they knew he would find the basic curriculum very easy due to his knowledge and magical power. Harry loved hearing stories and very surprised he was displaying controlled magic just hous after he was born.

He also found out that Dumbledore had put a power dampening ward on the Dursleys household and that's why they could not find him before now and bring him to the realm. They also found out that Harry had only 10 percent of his magic available the rest had been bound by Albus Dumbledore and he was told not to worry as when he completed the bonding with Fawkes it broke the block and that's why the day after he arrived in the realm he felt better than he ever had, it was explained to him that it was magic flowing through his veins and he soon get used to it.

As he had achieved the form of the phoenix, he core would keep on growing at a rapid pace and he was also informed he would be more powerful than Merlin himself, The only reason Merlin/Griffindor was killed, was because he allowed it to happen.

James and Lilly explained what he would feel for when he was looking for his life mates and also told him that what they both felt when they first met, but Lilly told Harry there was no way that she was gonna get with his father while he was acting all silly and generally being annoying to anyone that did not agree with him, but he eventually sorted himself out and then I was happy to be his girlfriend and eventully i accepted that he was my life mate and when your dad finally decided to propose , I said yes. Lilly then pulled Harry to one side and told him not to worry as the phoenix that you are , you can right into their souls , so you have no chance of getting it wrong your phoenix magic will not allow it. After hearing that from his mum , Harry was a lot happier and was looking forward to the future.

The day had come for Harry and Fawkes to rescue Sirius, Fawkes went over and over the plan with Harry, until it was drummed in his head what would he would be required to do. So they both flashed to just outside Azkaban and Fawkes went to work on the wards, Fawkes had found the ward stone and started to push his magic into the wards, to weaken them, Fawkes had been doing this now for over an hour and was using an immense amount of magic when he finally saw the wards flicker. He trilled at Harry it was time for him to carry out his part of the plan.

While this was going on James and Lilly was keeping the dementors away from the cell that Sirius was in, dementors knew from seeing 4 phoenix's that peace would soon return to their world and they would be able to go back to where they came from, they was not happy at being used as prison guards and they would plead with the King when they first met him, to send them back to where they came from. They did not phoenix's because they generated to much light and their hearts was so pure that it hurt them to be near the creatures.

Harry had been waiting for this day for just under six months, He searched the prison for his godfather's magic signature, he found it very easily as he was the strongest prisoner, because of Fawkes and Poppy nursing him back to health. Harry then flame travelled into Sirius cell grabbed hold him and flashed out with him back to the realm. Harry knew he just made it out in time, because he had to use a lot of magic to break through the wards even though they were weakened, and he held on to Sirius with all he had. On arrival back in the realm he was tired and collapsed on the floor after letting go of Sirius. His last thought before he passed out was; we made it.

Back at Azkaban, Fawkes had put too much magic into trying to drain the wards and he burst into flames right there by the ward stone, all that was left was a pile of ashes. Fawkes was now stuck here, he just hoped Harry had made it back to the realm. After a couple of minutes Fawkes rose from the ashes as a baby phoenix. He was too young to flame travel and he could not call for help because he was so small, he just hoped someone found him soon, before it was too late.

James and Lilly after seeing the white flash of Harry disappear, they themselves flashed back to the realm to find Harry being Carried in Sirius arms, Sirius did not notice them he just kept calling for someone to help him.

The following day Albus Dumbledore was sitting in his office, he had not let anyone know that "the boy that lived" had disappeared without a trace and he could not find him anywhere. He was concerned no one could have the boy, I placed charms on him so I could find him and a magic suppression block to stop any accidental magic outbursts, they should not happen, truly he had left him with enough for people to know he was magical but not enough so that outburst would show up, because they would not be powerful. He was brought out of his thoughts by an owl landing on his desk with a special edition of the Daily Profit.

SIRIUS BLACK ESCAPES AZKABAN

Mass murderer, Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban, the betrayers of the Potter's and the killings of those thirteen helpless mugles. He also murdered long time friend Peter Pettigrew. This reporter does not know how he has managed to escape, but the minister is saying he will not be out for long. A full scale man hunt has been launched to find Sirius Black. The Minister proceeded to say, if you see Mr. Black please do not approach as he is very dangerous, please report all sightings to the Aurors. Anyone who has any information that leads to the capture of Sirius Black with given a reward of £1,000,000 gallons. This reporter will keep all you faithful readers up to date of current events, so until we meet again stay safe.

For a full history on the Potters and Black please turn to page 6 and 7.

By Rita Skeeter

Albus Dumbledore thought it could not get any worse, he had denied a trial to Sirius Black, because he knew he was the legal guardian to Harry. He would just get in the way of his plans to control the magical world. He knew that Peter Pettigrew was a Death Eater, and he knew he the one who betrayed the Potter's. Albus was slowly loosing control and he could just not bear it. He knew his bond with Fawkes was broken he had not seen the bird in six months and then he got an unexpected floo call from the minister himself.

"Albus Dumbledore, bad news this, but, we are asking you to come in for questioning, in relation to events that happened at Azkaban last night, your Phoenix was found there."

"Cornelius what do you mean my phoenix was fond at the scene, and you must know I had nothing to do with last night, but if you be so kind to brig over Fawkes I would be much appreciated."

"Albus I'm sorry, my friend but I have to ask, its just strange , he was found in baby form so will not be able to travel for a while from what I have read about phoenix's, so you will have to come and get him."

"Cornelius I will be right over old chap and thank you for informing me."

Albus was floored after six months Fawkes had returned and this time he would make sure that the bird could not get away, he would just the most powerful binding spells that he knew, he needed a symbol of the light and Fawkes was just that.

AN: YES I PUT IT AT THE END THIS TIME. WELL HARRY'S POWER IS GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, SIRIUS HAS ESCAPED, BUT FAWKES HAS FALLEN BACK INTO DUMBLEDORE CLUTCHES, WILL HE BE ABLE TO BIND FAWKES TO HIM AGAIN BY FORCE…

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