𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦

Chapter 7 - A Happy Birthday

Chapter 7
3rd POV
A Happy Birthday

Harry sat on his bed in his room, he had been there since returning from Godric's Hollow an hour before. His mind was filled with thoughts as he tried to process them.

"Godric, what did you fight for? What drove you to do everything you did?" Harry asked, silence met him for a few moments.

'It's a long story, young one. I will begin it tonight. But for now, just accept that I was trying to make a better world. A better place for my children, even before I had a family of my own, that is what I wanted to do. I had the power to change the world for the better, so I did.' Godric's voice hung in his mind for a moment and Harry nodded, alone in the room.

Harry rana shaking hand through his hair and let out a sigh. The world had become so much more complicated now that Voldemort had returned, he had to consider everything in context to each other.

'Calm yourself, young one. Put your doubts out of your head. There are bigger things happening in the world than you dark lord. It is our responsibility to find out and stop whatever is happening.' Godric chided and Harry let out the breath he hadn't known he'd been holding.

"Why? Why is it down to us?" Harry asked.

'Because we have the power to do so, young one. Would you honestly have it any other way? Would you rather someone else did it and watch from a distance, allow someone else take the durdan of this war?' Godric questioned and Harry jerked up, his back straight.

He considered the question, using the skills of occlumency he'd learnt, he examined the question from every direction he could think of.

Then he let out a sigh and lay back on his bed.

"No, I would try to stop this war, even if I didn't have the power. I couldn't just ignore it." Harry paused, a thoughtful expression in his face.

"Hermione calls it my saving people thing." He added, earning a mental chuckle from Godric.

After an extra moment of thought, Harry looked up to see his clock saying it was about time to leave. He checked his wand holster and glanced at himself in the mirror. Harry gave his reflection a single shake of the head as he walked past, he still couldn't associate his new appearance with himself.

He left this room when a thought occurred to him.

"Godric, was Godric's Hollow named after you? Or did you have something to do with naming it?" He asked as he started making his way down the stairs to see the others.

'It was once my home, with my wife and children. Originally, it was the middle of nowhere. But over time, others came to live nearby, for safety I suppose. It seems that after I died it became a rather sizable village.' Godric replied, a hint of pride in his voice.

Harry nodded and found himself in the kitchen a few moments later to see Sirius leaning against the wall wearing a luxurious black robe, he raised an eyebrow and Sirius chuckled.

"It's a birthday, you need to dress up for these things," SIrius grinned and Harry shook his head with a smile.

Remus joined them a few minutes later and Harry raised his eyebrows at the werewolf who looked like he finally owned proper clothes. Remus blushed at the look and gave a scowl to Sirius who released a bark-like laugh.