Chapter one

Harry Potter normally would not take any notice of anything the divination teacher said. But when she explained how she entered the room of requirement, then before she knew what was going on, she was thrown out by a person who seemed to be celebrating. Harry knew something serious was going on. He still believed it had something to do with Draco Malfoy, a student who had taken the dark mark and had some big job to do. If Trelawney was right and it was Malfoy in the room of requirement, then it meant the blond either finished the job or his plans were finished. Harry decided to forget about how he was supposed to see Dumbledore. He was now determined to get into the room.

He planned to send Trelawney to the headmaster so she would tell him what happened. Then he heard her talk about the interview she had with Dumbledore to get the job as divination teacher. Harry was standing completely still as waves of shock washed over him. He couldn't think of anything else apart from what he had just heard, and what had been kept from him.

From his first year he lost his respect for the headmaster because he allowed Snape to treat the students cruelly. It disgusted Harry that Snape was allowed to act like that. He also lost his respect for the rest of the staff as they just seemed to go along with it.

But now, Harry finally found out just who was responsible for relaying the prophecy to Voldemort, which sent the dark wizard after his family. His parent's had been murdered, all because Snape had told Voldemort the first half of a prophecy. What made Harry more furious was the fact that Albus Dumbledore knew it was Snape and still hired him and allowed him to belittle Harry. Not just Harry, he knew there were other kids inside Hogwarts that were victims of Voldemort. He knew Susan bones had lost most of her family, yet Snape had been a death eater at the time, and was allowed to treat her terribly. For all Harry knew Snape had been one of the death eaters that had murdered her family. Then you have Neville Longbottom. Harry knew who the two death eaters were that cursed Neville's parents, but Sirius had told him there were other death eaters there, one could have been Snape. His victims' families were inside Hogwarts and he was allowed to be cruel to them.

It was right then that Harry knew he hated Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape just as much as he hated Voldemort. He wanted the three of them dead, along with Peter Pettigrew, and a few others. But he hoped he was the one that killed the four that had been responsible for his rotten life.

Harry felt like running all the way to the headmaster's office and cursing the old man. But then he remembered what else Trelawney said. Someone, probably Malfoy, was inside the room of requirement. He needed to find out just what made Malfoy happy, then he would speak with the old man. He told Trelawney to go see the headmaster that he had something important to do before his meeting with Dumbledore. The divination teacher could tell Harry was angry, but also serious, so she left him alone and headed for the headmaster's office.

Harry pulled his cloak out, slipped it over himself then stood just past where the door normally appeared. He knew he could be waiting for a while, and decided to work on some plans. First was to contact his girlfriend and hoped she was alone or she could get away.

'Ginny Weasley,' Harry whispered into his mirror. When she didn't answer straight away, he figured she was in the common room so he decided to give her a few minutes and hope she felt her mirror vibrate.

'Harry, what's going on?'

Harry grinned as he saw Ginny's face appear in the mirror, 'A lot is going on, but for now can you activate the other mirror. I'll explain later, but I need to know what he does when I don't turn up.'

'Okay,' Ginny quickly activate the other mirror, 'Why aren't you up there though?'

'I'll explain soon, but I have more reason to hate that man than before. Right now though I'm hiding under my cloak near the room of requirement. Trelawney was trying to hide her sherry bottles when she heard someone in there, laughing. The person threw her out.'

'Malfoy.'

'It has to be. So I'm waiting until he leaves then I'll find out what he's up to. Trelawney mentioned how the room looked, it's like when I hid the book.'

'So if you concentrate on the same thing you did before, then you'll be able to find out what the ferret is up to.'

'Exactly. It might take a while though so don't expect me back for some time. Keep listening to the old man.'

'He's talking to himself now, but it sounds like his rambling, apart from wondering where you are.'

'Okay, keep listening, I'll either see you in the common room or I'll call you on the mirror.'

'Do that if it takes too long, I might need to join you so there are two of us searching.'

'Alright, if it takes too long then I'll call you back. Let me know what Dumbledore has to say though. If I don't answer straight away you'll know I can't.'

'I know, just be careful.'

'I will, I'm keeping my cloak over myself. Oh, and Malfoy used the instant darkness powder when Trelawney was in there. I think we need to talk to the twins.'

'I'll send them an owl tomorrow.'

Harry and Ginny cut the connection on the mirror. Harry hoped Ginny heard Dumbledore say something important. He seemed to ramble a lot when he was alone, but he also speaks when he's trying to work things out.

Even though Dumbledore had been showing him memories of Voldemort, and told Harry he could tell Ron and Hermione, Harry never told them because he couldn't trust them. He had told his girlfriend though. She was of the same opinion, she didn't trust Dumbledore, nor Hermione, or her brother. She had heard some of the things Ron had said about Harry when his name came out of the goblet of fire. Naturally she told Harry. Even though she was telling on her brother, she knew Harry deserved to know. But she also hoped Harry would realise he could trust her and one day see her a girl and not just Ron's little sister. Harry had told her he realised she was a very pretty girl when she went to the yule ball with Neville, but at the time Harry had too much on his mind. The same happened the following year, so again Harry never thought about anything personal, not when Voldemort had returned and the minister along with the Daily Prophet were making him out to be insane.

But Harry had begun to talk to Ginny more during the triwizard tournament. She helped him look up spells and thanks to her sneakiness, she had been able to find out what the tasks were. It had been Ginny's idea for Harry to use his broom to try and get past the dragon. But if it didn't work, Ginny had been able to get enough information from Charlie on how to subdue a dragon. The broom worked though, but what people didn't realise was Harry didn't use his Firebolt. Harry and Ginny said it was not worth risking such an expensive broom for something Harry didn't even want to be part of. Between the two of them, they got one of the Slytherin's Nimbus 2001 brooms, then did some transfiguration on it so it would resemble Harry's Firebolt. They knew eventually the spells would stop working, but Harry only needed it until he either got past the dragon to get the egg, or gave up and use some of the spells that Ginny had learned from Charlie.

Right after Harry had got past the dragon, Ron and Hermione tried to apologise, Ginny hexed both of them. But Harry told them right there in front of everyone that he would never forgive them, not like he had before. It was from then on that he never spent any time with them and only spoke to them when he had no choice. He was never friendly when he had been forced to speak to them, and they soon realised Harry really wouldn't forgive them. It didn't stop them trying.

It was right after Dumbledore had told Harry that he could tell Hermione and Ron what their meetings were about that Harry became suspicious, not just of Dumbledore, but of his two former best friends. The headmaster must have known that Harry wasn't spending any time with them, yet he wanted Harry to confide in them. When he went to the Burrow, he would spend his time with Ginny, sometimes the twins as well, but he completely ignore Ron and Hermione if she was there.

Harry had been forced to put up with Ron and Hermione at Grimmauld place before his fifth year but again he never spoke to them or spend time with them, he spent most of his time with Sirius or with Ginny. He had refused to sleep in the room with Ron and took his trunk into Sirius' room, and his godfather had shown Harry his brother's room. After a few household spells, the room was clean and Harry would have some privacy.

It was due to luck Harry wasn't at Privet drive when two dementors turned up during the holidays before his fifth year. Harry decided he wasn't going to put up with the Dursley's, especially when he knew he wasn't safe. Harry and Ginny spoke while he was in the hospital. Even though Dumbledore said Harry would be safer at Privet drive, Harry and Ginny didn't believe it. They had worked on some plans which allowed Harry to sneak away the first night. He was able to stay at the Leaky Cauldron but he had been disguised so no one recognised him. Ginny had come up with the idea of Harry dying his hair but changed it to rinses that way he could keep changing the colour until he was due to return to Hogwarts. Since he couldn't use magic out of Hogwarts which meant he couldn't use the hair colour changing charm, using the colour rinses worked perfectly. She also suggested he use make up to cover his scar. It was the first day at the Leaky Cauldron that he had the idea of getting rid of his glasses. He would keep his old ones but he was going to ask the optometrist if he could have plain glass put in them. Harry figured people should see him as they are used to, then he could hide while using contact lenses and having different coloured hair. It worked well. No one recognised Harry the entire time he stayed at the Leaky Cauldron and walked around Diagon alley.

He got an owl from Arthur Weasley about the dementors and asked if he was okay. In the letter though Arthur said the order would be picking him up. But Harry decided not to wait. He didn't want anyone but Ginny to know he hadn't been staying at Privet drive. Ginny had been able to sneak the note that Dumbledore had given the twins, the secret of where headquarters were. So Harry packed his stuff then used his broom to fly to Grimmauld place. He stood outside, under his cloak, since he knew there could be death eaters around it was safer to stay under the cloak. When he saw the door open, he took the cloak off and approached the people coming from the house.

Harry almost laughed at the shocked looks he got from the order members who were assigned to picking him up. They all asked how he found the place that was under the fidelius charm. All Harry said was his godfather had mentioned his home to him the year before. For some reason Harry still remembered even with the fidelius charm. But as Harry said when people questioned him how he was able to remember without being told by the secret keeper, Harry said it must be one of those miracles, like when he survived the killing curse.

Harry got to spend a few weeks with Sirius and he snuck away to talk to Ginny. They finally admitted they liked each other, but didn't want a hassle if anyone tried to interfere. Ginny knew her mum would and Harry knew the old man would. So they decided to let everyone believe they were just friends, at least for now. It was towards the end of the year when they finally allowed everyone to know they were dating. Ginny had hexed Ron a dozen times before he finally stopped interfering with her relationship with Harry.

When Dumbledore had sent Snape to tell Harry he would be taking private lessons, Harry hexed Snape and said he would never listen to a cowardly death eater like Snape. If the old man wanted Harry to learn occlumency, he would take those lessons from Sirius and no one else. Harry left Snape with painful boils as he joined Ginny in the room he was using. He knew he would hear from Dumbledore, but he could not get in trouble for hexing Snape, or a teacher. It was the holidays and if they made a big deal of it, Harry would leave. Harry knew Dumbledore would never allow him to leave, so nothing was said about his attack on Snape, which made Harry, Ginny and Sirius laugh.

As Harry sat under his cloak outside the room of requirement, he thought about that time at headquarters and what he and Ginny had found out. His cousin, Dudley, and his bullying friends ended up kissed, but it made people question why dementors were in a muggle area. The ministry tried to cover it up, then tried to say Harry had something to do with it. Dumbledore and two auror friends of his explained to the minister that Harry was staying with friends in London at the time and there was plenty of proof, including two aurors who had seen him. Word leaked about the dementors and many were now started to question the minister especially since the dementors were normally under the ministries control. Harry and Ginny would never tell any of them that he hadn't even been at Little Whinging. They had a lot of secrets, and with the way things were going, they would have many more.