Harry Potter and the Girl Who Lived

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"Pick a spoon, pick a fork, time to go explore and sir; how many secret have been kept from my brother? One, two, three; four, five, me!"

He followed the laughing voice down a hall and through a door. An over-sized cradle sat in the center of an otherwise empty room. A girl, maybe a year younger, laid in it. She was as dull and gray as the rest of the house; her eyes looked dead.

He leaned over the edge and pumped on her chest, breathing life into her lungs. As he did, a cut unfurled on her chest. The bright red shocked against the single-toned body. He tore off the bottom of his shirt and wrapped it around her, putting pressure on.

Must stop the blood.

He leaned over once more and breathed into her lungs. Her eyes fluttered open.

Harry James Potter awoke with a jolt to a soft hoot in his ear. He groaned as he sat up, blinking in the sunlight. "Hello, Hedwig. What do you have for me?"

With another soft hoot, Hedwig dropped the letters into Harry's lap and flew back onto his perch.

There were five letters. Harry picked up the Hogwarts letter first and slit it open, pulling out the parchment. The usual letter followed, and a supply list, along with two other pieces of parchment.

OWL results:

Potions: Exceeds Expectations
DADA: Outstanding
Charms: Outstanding

Trans.: Exceeds Expectations

Divination: Dreadful
Astronomy: Poor
CoMC: Outstanding

HoM: Poor
Herbology: Acceptable

Total OWLs: Six

The other parchment read:

CLASSES FOR HARRY JAMES POTTER:

NEWT level:

NEWT Prep DADA (Professor Lupin)

NEWT Prep Charms (Professor Flitwick)

NEWT Prep Trans. (Professor McGonagall)

NEWT Prep CoMC (Professor Hagrid)

NEWT Prep Herbology (Professor Sprout)

Advanced:

Advanced Potions (Professor Snape)

Intermediate:

N/A

Electives Available:

Music and Muggles (Professor Matire)

Music in Magic (Professor Matire)

Mythology and Magic (Professor Matire)

The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts (Professor Moody)

Anamagi (Professor McGonagall, Professor Lupin)

Metamorphi (Professor Tonks)
Apparation (Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall)

YOU MUST CHOOSE AT LEAST FIVE ELECTIVES

Required Courses:

Occlumency (Professor Snape, Professor Lupin)
The DA: Higher Advanced DADA (Professor Lupin, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Miss Weasley, Miss Granger)

Protecting Yourself Against Curses (Professor Moody)

Below was a form to send in the electives he'd take. Quickly, he filled in Magic and Muggles, Mythology and Magic, The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts, Anamagi, Metamorphi, Apparation and sent off the form with Hedwig.

The next letter was from Hermione.

Harry,

How did you do on your OWLs? I got 10 OWLs! That's the highest in Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall told me so!

Can you believe it? We'll be teaching a class! Ron and Ginny will be helping too, and Professor Lupin said that he'd be there in case anything went wrong.

I wish we could be there with you, but you should be able to come here soon!

Lots of love,

Hermione

He smiled and opened the next one.

Harry,

6 OWLs. I've made Mum proud. She's even happier we'll be teaching, though I don't know what happened to Dumbledore when he appointed us as co-teachers. At least Lupin's back, right? You should be coming soon. See you!

Ron

He grinned and opened the next letter, which was from Dumbledore.

Harry

As you've seen, you'll be teaching a class next year. I can't talk much about it in a letter. You'll be coming back to Hogwarts a week early, with Ron, Ginny, and Hermione, though I haven't told them yet. We'll arrive to pick you up on August 24th at 4 in the afternoon. Be ready.

Professor Dumbledore

The next letter was written in semi-familiar handwriting. Harry frowned as he opened it and began to read.

Harry,

How's your summer so far? How did your OWLs go? Are you all right? How are you dealing about... Snuffles?

You should know by now that I'll be returning to teach this year, and I wanted to let you know that if you ever need to talk, I'm here. You can call me Remus, or Moony, outside of classes, just don't slip up in class, because no one is supposed to know that you know me other than as a Professor.

See you August 24th,
Remus J. Lupin

PS: Tonks was going through her Muggle CD collection and she found a few songs she thought you might want to see. She's underlined the parts she means the most.

Frowning curiously, Harry pulled out the paper and found a list of songs with lyrics under them. He started reading the first one.

Goodbye To You- Michelle Branch

Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by

I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend

And I said, Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to