1. Harry Potter Promise NR.13


    Date: 4/15/2016, Categories: Fiction Fan fiction, Author: zimbi

    ... start. Harry had to give her that, but he couldn't help but feel that the afternoon hadn't been a complete waste. There was something wrong in the castle. Harry just knew that meant there was a horcrux here. He didn't know which one, or where it was, but it was here. Now they just had to find it. XXX Harry was incredibly glad that they were due to leave for the Christmas holidays the next day. He needed a break, and he needed to get out of the castle. It was a large place, but they hadn't had the opportunity to leave the grounds since the last Hogsmeade visit; normally, there were at least two trips to the village scheduled in the first term, but because of the last attack, all future trips had been canceled. He also wanted to take a break from the mountains of homework. Everyone was feeling the strain, and the reality of the NEWTs was starting to sink in. The time before the tests was shrinking faster than any of them were prepared for. Yes, Harry could tell that he wasn't the only one looking forward to the break. He also wanted to spend some time away from the headmaster. He had kept his temper in check all semester, knowing that accusing Dumbledore of anything โ€“ especially without concrete proof โ€“ would not be productive. He wanted to hex the old man to within an inch of his sanity, but thankfully, his rational side prevailed, and he was able to keep himself and Ginny from outright attacking the headmaster. And if Dumbledore had found himself on the receiving end of a ...
    ... multitude of pranks over the last few months? Well, Harry was certain he had no idea who was behind all that bad luck. The truth was, everything Harry suspected Dumbledore of โ€“ from being aware of the soul piece that had linked him and Voldemort together, to placing Harry with his relatives to make him more willing to give his life for the cause โ€“ there was no real evidence. It made sense that the headmaster had known, when Harry thought about it, but there was no proof. So Harry had to be content with watching Dumbledore suffer from someone's targeted prank war โ€“ whoever it was sure must have something against the headmaster โ€“ focusing on the light at the end of the term, when he would be able to leave the castle for a few weeks, and hopefully get some rest and relaxation in, before another semester of dealing with the headmaster's schemes and plans. Harry sometimes wondered if Dumbledore was actually doing anything productive in this war. It wasn't like he was actively trying to find a way to kill Voldemort. All he appeared to be doing was leading Order meetings where nothing got done, and sitting in his office making plans for Harry to sacrifice his own life. And perhaps that might have worked, six or seven years ago. But these days, Harry found he was a lot more selfish. He had a family, a future, a life he didn't want to give up, just because an old man said that he had to die, to stop a megalomaniac. XXX Everyone was in a talkative and joyous mood the evening before the ...