Hello, well isn't this a surprise. I just checked and this story was last updated in November 2011! If there's an award for the worst author on fan fiction I'm pretty sure id be nominated for it.

TBH i never actually gave up on fan fiction or this story, I just lost the patience and time for writing. I did always want to come back to this story though. Unfortunately I haven't been able to pay for it with a long chapter because I wanted to get one out to try and motivate a proper comeback for the story I guess…I'm rambling.

I can't believe the attention this story has had! Its unbelievable, I realise 80 reviews isn't that many but I'm staggered by the amounts of favourites, alerts and views this has had, its actually ridiculous. I guess thats part of what inspired me to start writing again.

Anyway because its been so long I decided to read the other chapters to get in touch with the story again and I noticed quite a few errors which I want to clear up now. So Harry's earth animagi form is a Unicorn not a lion and his earth guarding is a lion not a sphinx, just the way I prefer it to be honest. I'm sure there are others but those two were the ones that really stood out as just plain dumb by me.

Anyway I'm sorry again for being such a useless writer but I hope you enjoy it and please review etc although I completely understand if you don't, I hardly deserve it :(

Also, anyone that wants to get involved with the story, betaing, story ideas and the like, I would love you're cooperation and input. Thanks!

The rest of the day went by in a blur for Harry, he attended all of his classes and just as in transfiguration, performed fairly averagely when it came to the taught method but found that he could improvise a method for all the spells he was taught in the other classes. Potions turned out to be a real struggle but he was helped by the fact that they worked in pairs and he was joined by Crystal for the class.

Harry couldn't have been happier to be back, the smile never left his face and it was truly genuine but every time he saw Hermione and Ron holdings hand, a twinge of regret ran through him and he wondered what would have happened if he had never left. He also knew that Crystal had seen a couple of his glances at Ron and Hermione with a bit of jealousy as well. He liked Crystal and he couldn't deny how beautiful she was but he didn't think it would be easy to get over Hermione, he may have been away for two years but he had never stopped loving Ron and Hermione (in different ways it must be said). Then again, he was still a 17 year old boy despite his maturity and he felt he had to get over Hermione, maybe in time he could give relationships with other people a go.

When the seventh years lessons finally ended for the day, Harry told his friends to meet him down by the lake, he just wanted to go get a few more people. First he apparated right outside Hagrid's cabin. He had seen Hagrid in the great hall but they hadn't had a proper chance to catch up and so Harry wanted Hagrid to be there for his story. When he had extracted himself from Hagrid's monstrous hugs and many offers of tea and cakes, Harry apparated back to the castle and ran towards Dumbledore's office. The gargoyle guarding it didn't even wait for a password and lept straight aside to let him in, clearly it had been told to do so.

Once again, Harry explained that he was going to tell his story down by the lake and he wanted Dumbledore to be there when he did. He then took Dumbledore's arm and whisked them both away down to the lake. The others still weren't there yet so Harry turned to Dumbledore and asked him what had been happening with Voldemort over the previous two years.

Dumbledore explained that there really had been very little action from Voldemort and this worried him in itself, he thought that Voldemort must be planning a big offensive against the Wizarding World or something. He also told Harry about the reconstruction of the Order of the Phoenix and its past.

"I know I am still just a student but I have become much more powerful and I would like to be included in Order meetings and hear the news and stuff. I could be very helpful with missions as well" he added. "Finally, what I am about to tell you is quite personal and I want it to remain a secret to most people, you can tell some of the professors who you trust the most but not Snape."

Harry saw that Dumbledore was about to argue, "I know you trust him implicitly but he is too connected to Voldemort to know this, I would be worried about Voldemort finding out regardless."
Dumbledore saw that it would be pointless to argue and let the matter pass, "I promise I will only tell Professors McGonagall, Flitwick and Sprout".

Harry thanked his professor just as the rest of his friends were arriving. For the next three hours Harry told them the tale of his years away. He condensed a lot of it and left out a few details such as the name of his staff but for the most part, told them everything. The crowd of listeners hardly said a word during the tale, so engrossed were they with the exception of Hermione who exclaimed that she had been right when Harry told them of his trip to the quidditch stadium and his first experience of professional quidditch.

By the end of it they were all stunned into silence. For a while they all tried to just comprehend what they had heard, then Neville asked if they could see his guardians and animagus forms. Harry happily agreed, not minding another chance to show off and quickly transformed into the eagle, followed by the unicorn, then into a seal before finally transforming into the wolf and as he did so he blew some fire from his mouth into the air. This resulted in a lot of gasps from the seventh years. The wolf had quickly become Harry's favourite animagus form as he loved playing with fire and he thought that the wolf was very beautiful, rivalling even the unicorn. Then he introduced Blaze the phoenix, Tallis the lion, Lockyer the dolphin and Taipan the dragon bringing them out of his staff each in turn. When he introduced Taipan, a few people even screamed which caused Harry to laugh.

"Don't worry guys, he wouldn't hurt a fly, at least not unless I asked him to" Harry said chuckling. Once Taipan had gone back into the staff, they walked back up to the castle together and the teenagers never stopped bombarding him with questions, which he tried to answer as best he could although he tried to avoid questions about how powerful he was, he still wanted to be like the rest of his friends and didn't want them regarding him different, or more so than he knew they already would.