Harry Potter and the Unicorn King

note: ohohoho hey there! thank you for your undying support (blows nose
and wipes tears) for those who reviewed thank you so much I cannot say
thank you enough... really that phrase gets repeated often... anyway... for
those who are asking, I can\'t tell you who the Unicorn King is! really that\'s
the reason why I\'m writing this crazy fic right? for you to find out... (please
don\'t kill me!!!) The new Headmaster? Well... nah.... you\'ll find out soon.
Beta reader huh? Hmm... I\'ll try to find one but I will say sorry in advance,
really I stink as a writer LOL. Thankeeeeeeeeesssss!

Disclaimer: (An owl drops a letter to Rowling\'s lap she opens it and reads:
I OWN HARRY POTTER LOL FAG! Rowling merely crumples it and throws it away.
Meanwhile, garraffen walks behind her, face covered in yellow colored boils a
letter still on his hand, Rowling smirks...)

NEEDS AND WANTS

Harry was able to get out of the house unnoticed. The effects of the bliss were
starting to wear off... either it was wearing off naturally or because of what they
just discussed he could care less. He was deep in thought when someone bumped
into him.

\"Sorry... Oh, hello Harry!\"

Harry looked up and saw Remus Lupin carrying some large pillows and blankets,
he looked very worn out.

\"Hey! Need help?\" Harry offered.

\"Sure,\" Lupin said as he gave the blankets to Harry. \"We just set up camp,
Nymphadora went ahead. She\'s been giving commands for the past hour\" Lupin
said with a smile.

Lupin led Harry towards a purple colored tent and showed him inside. The tent was
pretty much like the ones Harry and the other used at the Qudditch World Cup
except that this one only had two rooms, it was also complete with a bathroom and
a kitchen. Harry followed Lupin as he moved to the bigger room where he urged
Harry to drop the blankets on one of the beds.

\"Everything done?\" Tonks said as she peered inside the room. Her hair was colored
orange today. \"Hey Harry! Nice too see you!\" She said as she went in gave Harry a
slap on the arm.

\"Nice to see you too...\" Harry said. \"Nice tent.\"

\"It\'s my Mom\'s, we used to go camping during the summer.\" She replied. \"You want
something? I know I\'m not as good as Molly but I could knock something up.\"

\"Yeah thanks.\" He said. Tonks then gave Lupin a quick hug and sped out the room.

\"So, how are you?\" Lupin asked as he offered a chair to Harry.

Harry was really getting annoyed with that question. They were playing stupid not to
know how he was... He restrainedf himself and said instead.

\"I\'m doing better. How about you and Tonks?\"

\"We\'re good, she\'s really excited about the wedding.\" Lupin answered.

Something was up, Lupin thought as he looked at Harry. He didn\'t know him that
well but he knew when something was bothering Harry and seeing as Harry wasn\'t
going to tell him anytime soon he decided to risk it.

\"What\'s wrong? You seem distracted.\"

\"Uhh... Nothing I was just thinking of something.\" Harry said.

\"I see... and what exactly are you thinking about?\" Lupin asked.

Harry supposed he could tell him. He felt that he needed someone else\'s opinion
and Lupin , in his opinion, seemed to be the best person to ask. He just wanted to
know if he was doing the right thing.

\"Well, Hogwarts is re-opening next schoolyear...\" Harry said.

\"Oh... yes, I have been informed.\" Lupin said as he sat down the bed.

\"We were given the choice if we wanted to go back or not.\" Harry said as he avoided
Lupin\'s eyes.

\"So what seems to be the problem?\" Lupin asked even though he knew.

\"I don\'t want to go back.\" Harry answered. \"I have...\" he paused. \"never mind.\"

\"If that is what you want, then I see no reason for you to think about it further.\"
Lupin said.

Harry was surprised. he expected Lupin to strongly suggest he go back and to lecture
him about the importance of his education more than anything else. Lupin looked
like he was done talking.

\"Er...\"

\"Harry I am not your father, nor am I your guardian.\" Lupin started. \"And I think
you are old enough to decide whether you want to finish Hogwarts or not.\"

\"It\'s just that I\'ve never thought about this thoroughly before.\" Harry explained. \"I
thought that Hogwarts won\'t be opening again so I decided not to go back but now
that we\'ve been told I\'m having second thoughts.\" He said.

\"Harry, what do you want to do?\" Lupin asked putting emphasis on you and want.

Harry thought for a moment. Did he want to go back? Of course he did. But what
about Voldemort and his Horcruxes? you won\'t be able to do anything about them
unless you start now... besides, Hogwarts will be safer without me... Voldemort will
hunt me down and hopefully he\'ll forget about the school, now that Dumbledore\'s
gone he doesn\'t have any reason to target the school. Then a thought struck him,
completely out of nowhere. Your parents wouldn\'t have wanted you to leave. Where
did that idea come from? He thought, feeling stupid.

What did he want anyway?

\"I don\'t know.\" Harry said suddenly rounding off to meet Lupin\'s eyes.

\"I would have been surprised if you did.\" Lupin said. Tonks entered the room
bringing in a tray with a pitcher of pumpkin juice, three glasses and a plate of
assorted cookies.

\"You should take your time Harry, It\'s still early, you have two full months to think
about this.\" Lupin said as he took the glass Tonks offered him.

\"I guess...\" Harry said, he too took the glass of pumpkin juice and absent-mindedly
drank half of it.

\"Why don\'t you want to go back anyway?\" Lupin asked.

\"I... I wan\'t to go to Godric\'s Hollow.\" Harry answered not removing his eyes from
Lupin.

There was a pause. Tonks stood up and surveyed them both trying to figure out if
this was good or bad.

\"Understandable,\" Lupin said finally, he took a cookie and ate it. \"I won\'t ask you
why, but I will ask you when...\" He said.

\"After I go back to the Dursleys,\" Harry answered. \"Dumbledore wanted me to stay
there until my seventeenth birthday. After the wedding tomorrow I\'m going back to
Privet Drive.\"

\"That\'s good, that\'ll be enough time for you to decide.\" Lupin said.

\"Remus, do you know where Godric\'s Hollow is?\" Harry asked.

Lupin knew this was coming.

\"Yes, I am afraid I do...\" He said. \"It is easy enough to go there by magic because
it is a muggle community.\"

\"It\'s a muggle community?\" Harry asked.

\"Yes, Godric Gryffindor wasn\'t only famous in the wizarding world but also in the
muggle world\" Lupin said. \"He was the one who founded the area.\"

Harry crammed a cookie inside his mouth and emptied his glass.

\"I will give you instructions how to go there, but not now.\" Lupin said. \"I\'ll do so
after you return from the Dursleys, alright?\" He asked.

\"Yeah thanks.\" Harry said as he stood up. \"I\'d better go, thanks for the snack
Tonks.\" He said.

\"Anytime.\" Tonks said giving Harry a smile.

Before Harry got out the door he remembered something. He turned around.

\"Do you know who the new Headmaster of Hogwarts is?\" Harry asked.

Lupin and Tonks looked at each other an then...

\"You\'ll just have to see for yourself Harry,\" Lupin said. \"I believe you know him...
But maybe only in passing, Hogwarts is in good hands.\" he said.

With a last questioning look Harry left.

\"In good hands?\" Tonks said to Lupin her right eyebrow arched.

\"Well, it is! He is very appropriate for the position, I\'m glad he did not decline.\"
He said.

\"Whatever, he\'s kinda weird if you ask me...\" Tonks was shaking her head as
she left.

Things are going to be very odd indeed... Lupin said to himself.

* * * * * * * *

Harry didn\'t need to be roused from sleep the next day, the noise both from inside
and outside the house was more than enough to wake him as early as six. Mrs.
Weasley didn\'t seem to stop moving about the house, chewing off anyone\'s head in
the slightest annoyance. Twice, her voice echoed throughout the kitchen, the first
because of a fake wand the twins apparently \'forgot\' before they left the evening before
and the second bacause of venue for the ceremony.

\"What do you mean there\'s a problem?!\" Mrs. Weasley bellowed even before her
husband could explain.

Harry and the others looked at each other they finished their breakfast hastily and
made a mad dash towards ron\'s room room before they could even hear anything
further. Her voice was as loud as Mrs. Black\'s portrait in Grimmauld place.

The three of them spent the rest of the morning in Ron\'s Room playing wizard\'s chess
after Ron and Harry\'s third game Hermione sat beside the bed and started to read.
Ginny was the one who brought them lunch (Orange juice and Chicken sandwich) an
hour later, followed shortly by a ruffled looking Mrs. Weasley.

\"Girls,\" Mrs. Weasley started. \"After you\'re done go to our room and wait for
instructions. Boys, you take your showers after you\'re done and go to the twins\' room,
you\'ll be filled up there.\" She quickly left.

\"I never thought weddings could be so chaotic.\" Ron said.

A few minutes later, Harry and Ron took turns in taking their shower while the girls
headed for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley\'s room. As soon as Harry and Ron entered the twins\'
room sets of clothes were shoved to their chests.

\"It\'s freaking hot outside!\" Ron complained. \"And you want us to wear (he took out the
thick material) these?\"

\"Go complain to mum then.\" Bill said.

Ron looked like he was going to but thought better of it. The robes they were asked to
wear were made of velvet, black of color and with white cuffs and collars. Under that
they were also given black slack and a white long sleeved shirt.

\"But the ceremony isn\'t until four,\" Ron continued. \"It\'s still one...\"

\"You have to be there an hour before everything starts,\" Bill explained as he went to
the closet and took out his own set of clothes. \"Mum wants everything to be ready
before three.\"

Mr. Weasley entered the room.

\"Good, you\'re getting ready. The two of you should go as well, just wait in your room
until you\'re called.\" He said as he pushed Harry and Ron out of the room.

After changing to their \"suits\" Harry and Ron spent the past hour cooped up inside
the room, it was half an hour past two when Mrs. Weasley called from outside the
door.

\"Come now we\'re going, hurry.\"

Mrs. Weasley was already gone when Ron opened the door.

\"Come on, I\'m hoping there\'s a slight breeze I feel like i\'m being steamed in this
thing\" Ron complained.

A carriage pulled by two horses was waiting for them on the front door.

\"Blimey what\'s that for?!\" Ron asked.

\"We can\'t walk our way to the paddock Ron, not while were wearing these.\"

They turned and saw Hermione wearing similar robes but of plain white. Ron\'s jaw
dropped. Hermione\'s hair had been starightened and kept in a tight bun behind her
head held by an ornament composed of false jewels and jasmine. She was wearing
make-up, not too much just enough to emphasize her looks.

And Ron was ogling. Hermione looked even better than when she was at the Yule
ball.

\"What are you waiting for? get in here now!\" Mrs. Weasley ordered.

The three of them jumped and went inside the carriage. Also inside the carriage were,
of course, Mrs. Weasley, Mr. weasley, Ginny, Charlie and Bill.

The carriage started to move, it set its way past the tents and slowly upwards the
hill. A path had been made amongst the trees that surrounded the paddock wherein
small crystal baubles were floating about randomly and although it wasn\'t dark yet,
Harry could see that the baubles were alight.

The carriage stopped when they were at the end of the clearing.

\"Right, follow me and don\'t ruin your outfits\" Mrs. Weasley said casting a warning look
at Ron.

In the center of the clearing was a small dais, it\'s edges adorned with white and blue
roses, surrounding it were comfortable looking wooden chairs, From the end of the
clearing to the dais was a white carpet, along its sides wer tall, slender vases still full of
blue and white roses. Harry also saw differet sized bauble floating above them, there
were also blue and white fireflies (Harry thought magical ones) fluttering about.

\"All right,\" Mrs. Weasley said as she stopped at the very front of the chairs. \"You\"
indicating Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny, \"Wait her and don\'t go anywhere, the guests
are already filing in.\"

Sure enough Harry could see more carriages pulling over, about eight to ten people
coming out of them.

\"We\'ll be expecting quite a lot so it\'s best we settle the guests early.\" Mrs. Weasley said.

She then left with her husband, Bill was taking off his mask and giving it to Charlie.

\"I guess this is really happening then huh?\" Ron said. \"I just hope we don\'t get mobbed
here by enemies.\"

\"We won\'t, Dad and some of his mates performed a charm on this area so only invited
people could get in.\" Ginny assured.

\"Well, I hope this ends quickly, can\'t wait for the reception! The food\'s supposed to be
great!\" Ron said enthusiastically.

Harry grinned, Hermione just rolled her eyes and started talking to Ginny.

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LOL whew..... sorry for the long boring chapter-ness the next one will be interesting
I promise.... (holds up right hand) Oh, BTW, I won\'t be showing the details of the
wedding, really I just suck when it comes to those things...... Im sorry!

REVIEW IT NOW!!!!! LOL (garraffen falls and is attacked by angry flamers)