A/N: This is a disclaimer as no one decides to sue me for my story. I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters in it, they belong to J.K. Rowling, Scholastic Books or Bloomsbury Publishing or Warner Bros or whoever owns the rights at this time, but I do not nor do I claim any rights.
Now that the disclaimer is done with all I can ask is that read and review my story and let me know what you think of it. Sorry I know the first chapter is a bit short, but the chapters to follow will make up for it I hope.
Harry laid a wake most of the night fighting the images of his godfather, Sirius Black. He was falling through the mysterious veil in the department of mysteries. What bothered him the most was the fact he was not even certain what had really happened to Sirius in that room that night. Everyone told him that Sirius was dead but all Harry knew for sure was that he had disappeared, and that he may never see him again, well except for in his horrifying dreams about that night. The night that his very life was once again destroyed by that villainous creature known as Lord Voldemort.
Harry slammed his fist into the mattress on his bed in total rage. "First he takes my mother and father and now he took Sirius too!" Harry said as tears began to run down his face. He couldn't help but blame himself for Sirius' death. After all it was his fault that Sirius had come to the department of mysterious looking for him! If only he had tried harder to block out his dreams and not have been so gullible to believe what he had seen. Then maybe just maybe Sirius would still be alive today!
Harry turned placing his feet on to the floor and then grabbed his glasses off the stand by the bed. "I have to know" thought Harry as he quickly got dressed. He looked out his window and see it was dark out still and as he looked at the clock he seen why it was dark, it was only two o'clock in the morning. This didn't matter to Harry though cause he had to know. He just had to find out what had happened to Sirius when he fell through that veil.
Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak and his wand from his trunk. He knew he would probably end up needing them both, even though using magic outside of Hogwarts was illegal to underage wizards like Harry.
Harry slowly made his way out of his room and into the hallway. As he quietly pulls his bedroom door shut he listens closely to make sure all the Dursleys are sleeping. After a few second he can hear all three of them snoring loudly and knows the coast is clear.
Harry quickly made his way out of the house and down the street to an empty alley where no one would see him. He then removed his wand from his pocket and extended it out to summon the Knight Bus. A half a second after doing this there was a bright blue flash that seemed to engulf Harry and a section around him. At first he thought that he had been hit by a spell or something but he felt nothing.
Harry was soon brought back to reality as a big purple double-decker bus appeared out of nowhere. Harry made his way on to the bus and was meet by Stan Shunpike the conductor of the knight bus, and he seen Ernie Prang the driver of the Knight Bus.
Harry got on and expected that Stan would probably throw a big fuse about the famous Harry Potter being on the bus but instead Stan just said "good evening sir" and motioned for Harry to take a bed. Ernie spoke up and said "Where to tonight sir?"
Harry was really in shock but figured that they must just being polite or maybe they hadn't noticed who he was totally. Harry said in a low voice "Ministry of Magic Offices."
With that said Harry made his way to a bed for his ride to the ministry building where he would finally look for the answers to what had happened to his godfather Sirius Black. Harry managed to fall asleep easier on the bus than he had been able at his aunt and uncle's house.
It wasn't long before Harry felt Stan shacking him awake. "Sir, it is time to wake up you are at your stop."
Harry sat up and looked at Stan a bit confused at first and then realized where he was. After paying Stan he exited the bus and looked at the big building that housed the Ministry inside.
It was around 5 am and it didn't look like many people were entering or exiting the building. Harry figured this had a lot to do with the fact that adult wizards could just apparate to work and there for had no need to enter the building through the front door.
Harry was so interested in getting here and finding out what had happened to Sirius that he had not really given any thought as to how he actually planned on getting into the building. It wasn't like he could just walk right in the building and go to the department of mysteries unseen or could he?
He quickly remembered that he had brought his invisibility cloak with him. He could use it to sneak into the ministry building undetected by anyone. He was sure he could pull it off as he pulled out his invisibility cloak and made his way towards the door.
As he reached the door he seen that the security area was empty and so he placed the cloak over himself and made his way through the door into the building. It was weird to be back here and yet it seemed different some how.
Harry couldn't figure out what was different about the building but something about it just bugged him. Trying to avoid any areas he could be detected he made his way down some stairs towards the department of mysteries. What he seem when he entered the room however shocked him.
Harry now knew something was incredible wrong. The entire department was gone and replaced by shelves of books and other pamphlets. "No this can't be!" said Harry to himself as he looked around.
Harry figured that he must have made a wrong turn somewhere and began looking around the building trying to find anything that would explain what was happening here, and what had happened to the department of mysteries.
After searching for what seemed like hours Harry came up with nothing and decided that he needed some help and he knew just who to ask for the help. Harry made his way back out of the building and once again summoned the Knight Bus.
This time Harry took the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron. Harry quickly made his way through the Leaky Cauldron and into the dead end alley that leads to Diagon Alley. Harry taps on the bricks and opens the wall and heads off to send an owl to Hermione.
Dear Hermione,
Hermione I think something every strange is happening and I could really use your help. I am going to get a room at the Leaky Cauldron and I hope that you can come and meet me there as soon as possible. Send an express owl back letting me know if you can meet me or not.
Your Friend
Harry Potter
After Harry had finished writing his letter to Hermione he made his way over to Gringotts Bank. He only had a few galleons left and he wanted to make sure he had enough to buy anything supplies he might need.
As Harry walked into Gringotts Bank he was meet by Griphook. He wasn't the nicest goblin one could meet but then again not many goblins are nice. "Can I help you?"
Harry just looked at him for a moment. Griphook has always known Harry since the first year he came in but this time something was different. "Yes I would like to get some money out of my vault."
Griphook looked at him sternly and in a forceful tone said "Not without a guardian present!"
Harry was shocked by this comment. Surely Griphook knew by now that Harry's parents were dead and that he had full access to his vault. Before Harry could protest however two goblins had forcibly grabbed him and escorted him out of the bank.
Harry was thoroughly confused and had no idea why the goblins throw him out but he knew he had to get back to the Leaky Cauldron and await the response from Hermione. He would have to wait till later and sort out the problem at the bank.
Harry made his way back into the Leaky Cauldron and went to talk to Tom. It took a bit of convincing but finally he was able to get a room. Harry made his way up to the room and fell on the bed.
What a day he was having first nightmares of Sirius kept him awake all night, then he finds that the department of mysteries had disappeared, then he can't get money from his own vault and now he had to almost bribe Tom into renting him a room. Nothing about this day was making any sense at all to Harry.
At some point in his thinking Harry must have dozed off cause he was awoken an hour later by an owl rapping on the window. Harry quickly went to the window and seen it was the express owl that he had sent to Hermione. Harry brought the owl in and took the letter from its foot and was in total shock by what he read.
Harry,
HARRY POTTER! You have some nerve writing to me asking for help after what you did last school year! How dare you even think that you are my friend after what happened! NEVER write to me again Harry or I will turn you into the ministry!
Hatefully Yours
Hermione Granger