Harry Potter: Shadows of Tomorrow

Shortly after breakfast Harry had received a note telling him to meet Dumbledore in his office. Shortly before going, he asked Ginny and the twins to stick together, just in case. The gargoyle to his office opened immediately upon entering he found Dumbledore sitting at his desk and a Phoenix standing on a perch. After petting the Phoenix a little he sat down.

"Hello Harry, lemon drop?" Dumbledore spoke in a grandfatherly voice

"No thank you sir, maybe next time"

"Very well Harry" Dumbledore put the sweets away before continuing "I'd just like to ask you a few questions, how are you finding Hogwarts?"

"It's not bad" Harry spoke in a disinterested voice, Dumbledore found that particularly odd. Even if he wasn't living with the Dursley's he should still be in awe of Hogwarts

"Out of curiosity, where do you live these days? When the letter was sent to you, there was no address"

"I live where I feel at home" Harry avoided the question and Dumbledore avoided his irritation showing on his face

"Very well" Dumbledore continued "how are your friends? I understand that you've made friends with Mr Weasley and Miss Granger"

"Ha" Harry suppressed a laugh "no sir they're not my friends, they wish they were but they're not"

"Now Harry my boy, you should give those two a chance"

"I did sir, but the two keep irritating me and frankly if I stay with them for too long you'd probably end up with two less students. Now unless there is anything else sir, I'll be off, by the way what is your Phoenix's name?"

"Fawkes" Dumbledore answered, hiding his disappointment of Harry remarkably well, not well enough for Harry to not have noticed however. Harry stood up and walked to the bird and extended his right hand

"Hello Fawkes" He spoke calmly and respectfully "would you like to bond with me?" Fawkes without hesitation sung a cheerful song and jumped on to Harry's arm, a golden light surrounded the two before shortly fading away

"Harry that's my Phoenix!" Dumbledore stood up

"No it's not" Harry calmly replied "you can't legally 'own' one and you never properly bonded with Fawkes from the looks of it, I think he was just putting up with you until he found someone he liked. He is mine now and I'm keeping him, to prove it, Fawkes will take me to my room. Goodbye sir" With that Harry and Fawkes flamed away, Harry found himself in the boys dormitories when he saw Hermione and Ron looking at him. He was also very interested to see that they were holding hands

"Hello lovebirds" Harry joked before winking at Fawkes, who surprisingly winked back

"Isn't that Dumbledore's Phoenix?" Hermione asked

"Was Dumbledore's" Harry corrected her before calling for Stink, Stink appeared and Harry continued "Stink, could you please take this phoenix back home I'd do it myself but I'm not allowed to leave school grounds"

"Yes sir" Stink nodded before taking Fawkes away

"Was that a house elf?!" Hermione looked absolutely appalled

"Either that or a very weird looking person" Harry joked "now I don't care what you do but just stick to Ron's bed please" Harry went down to the common room leaving two blushing faces

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The screen had paused and the Marauders and Lilly were looking at each other, before bursting into tears from laughing. Once they managed to compose their selves they began conversing again

"James" Sirius was still clutching his side "thank you for making me that boy's godfather; I've never been more proud of anyone in my life. He took Dumbledore's Phoenix and got away with it!"

"I know!" James exclaimed "I wouldn't even do that! Best part is he's still a first year! And Lilly I know you love your sis and all but that was brilliant"

"She's no sister of mine" Lilly responded "not after the way she treated my boy but she got what she deserved and I am unbelievably proud. My son cooks brilliantly, treats all living creatures with kindness and respect and is top of his class, even after all my sister and Dumbledore have done to ruin him."

"Your son also has the dancing skills of a god" Remus chuckled "and an inherited attraction to redheads, I must say he seems very protective of her."

"We Potter men do anything for our women!" James exclaimed loudly with pride in his voice

"I'm sorry to ruin the mood" Remus spoke "but isn't anyone going to comment on the fact that he was trained by the founders and Merlin himself, who appears to know we're watching? Or the fact that Black's been imprisoned because of Pettigrew"

"Personally" Lilly spoke "I don 't know much about the training, I think he knows about us watching just because…well, he's Merlin. As for Black and Wormtail, we should just keep watching, no point jumping to conclusions about things we're not even sure of yet"

"She's right" James agreed, ignoring Sirius muttering 'as always' under his breath "let's keep watching"

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