Harry Potter and the Return of Two

Chapter One

Dear Harry,

Hey! How's is going! Happy Birthday by the way, you're going to love my present. Won't say much about it here though.

"Hopefully," thought Harry, grinning "It isn't something that Fred and George came up with."

Anyway, Mum asked Dumbledore if you could stay at my house for the rest of the summer, and guess what? You can! For security reasons, however, we won't be able to pick you up. Dumbledore is going to bring you over. Well, I have to go. Talk to you when you get here!

-Ron

He would be able to stay the rest of the summer at Ron's house! And Dumbledore was going to pick him up! This day couldn't get any better thought Harry. Wrong, Just then, three owls came through his open window. Two he didn't recognize, the third was his own Hedwig.

Harry noticed that one of the owls he didn't recognize had a letter on it from his school, Hogwarts. The other had a scruffy looking box attached to it. Hedwig also had a box on her, but it looked more elegant. He relieved all three owls of their burdens and the two unrecognizable owls took off into the night while Hedwig nipped Harry affectionately on the hand before flying off to her cage.

Setting the parcels down, he opened the present he had gotten from Ron. "Oh my god!" thought Harry when he saw what Ron had gotten him. It was a 100 Galleon gift certificate to Quality Qudditch Supplies in Diagon Alley!

Next, he opened the scruffy looking box that had To Harry from Hagrid written on it. When he opened it, two things fell out: another box, and a note.

Dear Harry, the note read.

Happy Birthday! Hope them muggles are treating you right. Yer going ter love my present, but I recomend that you open up yer Hogwarts letter before the one that I sent ya. Have to go! Hope the rest of yer summer is great!

-Hagrid

P.S. I was told yer going to be spending the rest of the summer at yer friends Ron's house. Dumbledore said to tell you he would pick you up at 11o'clock on the day after yer birthday.

Taking Hagrid's advise, he set the box which held the present from Hagrid on his dresser so he could first open his Hogwarts letter. But first he opened the parcel that had been brought to him with Hedwig, which turned out to be from his other best friend Hermione. This also had a letter attached to it.

Dear Harry,

Happy Birthday! I am on vacation in Egypt right now. Hedwig showed up again so I didn't have to worry about explaining your gift to the customs agents.

Harry laughed at this, remembering the same situation had happened two years ago while Hermione was on vacation in France.

I am learning so much here! Included with your present are some things that I found out here that will go perfect with our History of Magic essay. Hope to see you in Diagon Alley later this month, if not, I'll see you on the train!

Love,

Hermione

P.S. I think that Hedwig will like the gift also.

Hermione's gift turned out to be a make your own rat kit. Harry laughed, Hedwig would not only like the gift, she would love it!

Now that he had opened all his gifts with the exception of Hagrid's, he proceeded to open his Hogwarts letter, which he just noticed was in a box. He opened the box and took out the letter that was inside it.

Dear Mr. Potter,

I am pleased to inform you that, along with Mr. Ron Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger, are the newest Gryffindor Prefects. You'll find your Prefects badge in the box that came with this letter. This badge should be worn at ALL TIMES on your school robes.

Also, please note that the new school year starts on September the First. The Hogwarts Express will leave from Platform 9 3/4, Kings Cross Station at noon on the first. All Prefects are required to ride in the Prefects car, so it is expected that you sit there. If you don't you'll lose you position as a Prefect. Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

-Professor M. McGonagall

He was a Prefect! The day had indeed gotten better. Finally, he opened up Hagrid's gift to him. He laughed when he saw what it was. It was Prefect's Badge Polishing Cream. Putting all of his presents on his dresser, he went to sleep with thoughts of spending the rest of the summer holidays at Ron's house. Even through the threat of Voldemort was hanging over him; he had the feeling that he was going to have a normal year for once.

* * * * *

After Harry had slept for a few hours, he decided to get up and go downstairs and see what the Dursley's had planned for him that day. Even though it was his birthday, the Dursley's wouldn't care. It would be just another day for them.

The first thing that Harry noticed when he went downstairs was that the Dursleys weren't there. He walked over to the table and noticed there was a note on it.

We are going to London for the day to get new school clothes for Dudley. If ANYTHING happens to the house while we are gone, you will be sorry!

'That's wonderful,' thought Harry. While at least he didn't have to contend with the Dursley's today, he did face a different problem for the first time in his life. Boredom. To contend with it, he decided to send Hedwig to get him a copy of the Daily Prophet. He had happened upon the address for pickup while reading the Prophet one time. He went up to his room, attached 5 Knuts (the price of a copy) to his owl, Hedwig, and told her where to go and what to do to get the paper.

While waiting for Hedwig to return, he decided to work on his summer work, which he had started the day after he came home from Hogwarts. He had just finished his essay for History of Magic (Describe in detail the difference between the two major goblin rebellions of the 15th century), when Hedwig returned with the Wizarding World's newspaper. Opening it he found the most interesting headline:

Evans and Black return to England to Combat the Dark Arts

When he read this, Harry was most interested in what it meant. He knew that his mother's maiden name was Evans, and that his godfather Sirius' last name was Black. Intrigued, Harry read on.

Steven Evans and Owen Black, two of the worlds top level international Aurors at only the ages of 26, have returned to their native England in order to help combat the return of the Dark Lord He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (Who Minister Cornelious Fudge acknowledged had indeed returned only last week). Evans is the brother of Lily Potter, who was tragically killed during the last reign of the Dark Lord, and Black is the brother of famed escaped convict Sirius Black (blamed for bringing about the death of the Potters except young Harry of course)...

When Harry read that last part, he almost went into cardiac arrest. "Evans is the brother of Lily Potter" Harry read again from the paper "That must mean he is related to me. Why have I never found out about this before?"

At this moment, the Dursley's doorbell rang and Harry set down the paper to look out of his window to see who was at the door. He was shocked when he saw what was outside; two wizards that looked exactly like Steven Evans and Owen Black! Wonder filling him, he went downstairs to answer the door. When he opened it his thoughts were confirmed, they had to be Evans and Black!

"Why hello Harry," said one of the men, who could have been either Evans or Black as Harry didn't know who was who "Know who I am?"

Harry surveyed the two men. One was wearing dark black robes and the other was wearing dark blue robes.

"My name is Steven Evans," said the man wearing the black robes who also had black hair that was bleached blonde at the tips "And this is my best friend Owen Black. And I Harry, am your uncle."

At this, Harry did faint.

* * * * *

Some time later, Harry started to wake up to the noise of some voices.

"Mr. Evans will you please tell me exactly what happened?"

"Well me and Owen here went to Harry's house and when I introduced ourselves and said I was his uncle, he fainted."

Harry started to come to more clearly and noticed he still had his glasses on. He looked out and saw Professor Dumbledore, Steven Evans, and Owen Black standing before him. He also noticed that he was at Hogwarts in the infirmary.

"What's going on?" Harry asked, startling everyone present.

"I'll explain everything to you if Mr.'s Black and Evans will leave us alone momentarily," responded Dumbledore, looking from Harry to Steven and Owen. Nodding, they left the room.

"Now, as Mr. Black told me when he gathered your things from your room you had a copy of the Daily Prophet. You know which one I'm talking about?" Harry nodded "Well then you must've read at least some of the cover story before answering the door where you met the subject of the cover story?"

Harry nodded again. Dumbledore went on.

"Well as you have noticed, it said Mr. Evans was the bother of your mother," Harry nodded yes, but then interrupted before Dumbledore could go on.

"Sir, how could he be related to me? I thought all of my relatives except the Dursleys were dead," Harry asked.

"I was just going to explain that to you," Dumbledore answered with an understanding voice "Now, it is rather simple and complicated at the same time. I will ask you to not interrupt me while I explain how it is possible. Can you agree not to?"

Harry nodded yes.

"OK, it all starts with the last year your parents were here at Hogwarts," Dumbledore started "Steven Evans was starting his first year here as was his best friend, Owen Black. Now halfway through the year, Lord Voldemort decided to all the Evans, save your mother and Steven. But Voldemort only succeeded in killing their parents, but not their older sister Petunia. Both your mother and Steven were devastated. After the funeral of their parents I called them up to my office to discuss living arrangements now that their parents were dead. Your mother, Lily, told me that she and her friends James (your father), Remus, Sirius, and Peter were going to be sharing a house immediately after they graduated. Lily said that she would love to have her younger brother live with her so he didn't have to live with their muggle sister. Now as soon as we were about to conclude the meeting, another terrible thing happened."

"As Lily and Steven were getting up to leave, young Sirius Black and his younger brother Owen rushed into my office tears streaming down their face and with Sirius holding a note in his hand. Judging by how hard they were crying, and the fact they had a note in their hands I could only have guessed what had happened. When I read the note my guesses were confirmed, their parents were killed. Now to cut a long story short, they decided to have the same living arrangements that your mother and your young uncle decided to make."

"Now, they finished the year, and low and behold, James Potter proposes to your mother on the train ride back from Hogwarts. Three weeks after the term ended they were married and decided to move into their own house. Of course Steven went with them. Nine months later, your mother and father had you. Now, in the middle of Steven and Owen's third year, your parents were killed. You know everything that happened because of that, Peter disappears, Sirius is sent to Azkaban, etc. Now Steven and Owen were left in an odd position. Death Eaters would surely be after them, and neither of them had a place to go once the term ended. Well, Owen didn't because his family was either dead or incarcerated, but Steven only had his sister. They both decided that the safest way to go was to go to America were Death Eaters couldn't get them. I had offered them a home here at Hogwarts during the holidays, but they didn't want to stay. I agreed to make all the arrangements that had to be made for them to go to school in America."

"There they excelled at the Salem Witches and Wizards Institute. As you may have read they are both top level International Aurors at only the ages of 26. Now, I have asked them to come over here to teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts class because we had an opening. I also decided to hire them because we will be in need of a few laughs because of the threat of Voldemort, and those two are experts in the laugh field as well. Now Harry you know the story of Mr.'s Black and Evans."