Harry Potter and The Last Horcrux

A Day In Heaven

Harry awoke in a white and gray landscape. He sat up and noticed that he was on the Hogwarts Express. He watched a few hills fly by and then looked around the train.

"Where am I?" Harry asked himself as he stepped outside of his cabin.

He walked around and peered into other cabins. None of them were full. Harry raced to the front of the train to see who was in control of the table. There was no one there. He traveled to the end of the train and finally found one person. Cho Chang.

"Cho!" He exclaimed as she saw him and opened the door.

He entered her cabin and sat on the opposite seat in front of her. She remained silent.

"Cho, where are we?" Harry asked.
"Don't you know?" she questioned.
"No," Harry answered.
"We're in heaven, Harry...we died in the mortal world," Cho said.
"What?" Harry said in shock. "No! We can't be!"
"Neither can I Harry," Cho muttered in sadness and grief.

The train began to de-accelerate as they came to a stop in King's Cross Station. Harry peered outside and remembered the station and how clean it was.

"Come on," Cho said as they exited the train. "I have to go Harry. It was nice riding with you."
"Bye Cho...," Harry waved goodbye to her.

Then she vanished through the doors. Harry had no idea where he was going. He walked outside of the large station and thought for a moment. Then a car pulled up, and the window was rolled down. The window revealed a familiar face to Harry.

"Sirius?" Harry asked.
"Hop in," he ordered.

Sirius drove back to 12 Grimmauld Place. He sat down and they began to talk.

"Sirius...Cho told me I was in heaven. I'm not sure if that's true," Harry said.
"Harry, I'm afraid it's true," Sirius admitted. "Come with me."

Harry followed Sirius up some staircases and they entered a room. In it was one thing. A mirror. Sirius had Harry stand in front of it and look at it.

"What do you see?" Sirius asked Harry.
"I see...Hermoine...Ron...and Ginny," Harry said. "They're...standing around me! They're crying."
"That is what is happening in the mortal world right now," Sirius explained. "We've been watching."
"Wait...who is 'we'?" Harry asked.
"Lupin, Tonks, your parents, and me," Sirius answered.
"Can I meet them?" Harry inquired. "My parents?"
"I was hoping you would say that," Sirius smiled. "We're going to visit Lupin and Tonks first though."

Harry nodded and they apparated into this small cottage. Lupin and Tonks were there talking. The looked at Sirius and then they stared at Harry. Tonks slowly set her cup down as Lupin stood up and examined Harry.

"Harry...," Lupin said astonished. "Blimey, what happened?"

Everyone thought that Harry would be the last person to join them in heaven. To see him now was very surprising. Harry once again sat down and they began to talk.

"Well...what happen was...okay, there's this 'thing' called a Drifter. If you destroy it, then the two wizards would no longer be connected. Um, so, it was destroyed right before Voldemort and I used the Killing Curse on each other," Harry explained. "So...I guess that's what happened."
"Wait, if the two curses went straight past each other, why didn't they explode into a fiery green inferno?" Tonks asked.
"I don't know," Harry answered.
"Well maybe you're not dead," Lupin said.
"But Lupin I was watching," Sirius argued.
"Well, Harry's invulnerable to the Killing Curse," Lupin mentioned.
"Actually, the Drifter was destroyed before I was hit with the curse, so I'm...I'm probably dead," Harry said.
"Wow...," Sirius muttered.
"But the prophecy Death gave me - ," Harry said.
"Wait," Lupin said. "Death came to you?"
"Yea, and he gave me this little prophecy of my fate and said that love can only save me," Harry answered.
"So you still have a chance of living!" Lupin smiled.
"He's going to live!" Sirius exclaimed joyfully.
"How do you know?" Harry asked.
"Harry...you've been given so much love since you were born," Sirius said. "There's no way you don't have enough love. Your friends...down there...are still giving you love up here. You're going to live."
"How do I get back down there?" Harry asked.
"You'll eventually disappear one moment in here. It's like you will vanish into thin air," Lupin replied.
"Oh," Harry said.

Everyone took a long sip of their drinks.

"Harry wants to meet his parents," Sirius said in the midst of the silence.
"Alright, but you all better get going!" Lupin smiled.

Harry smiled and they apparated to Godric's Hollow. It was snowing there and many people were outside singing carols happily. Sirius showed Harry around. Harry continued to conceal his feelings to meet his parents. After being toured around the entire Godric's Hollow, Harry was finally brought to a brick house with a nicely kept garden. Sirius walked Harry up to the door and rang the door bell.

"Are you excited?" Sirius asked.
"Yea," Harry smiled as he waited.

Then a strong wind blew and Harry began to disappear. Sirius knew what as happening. He ran up and tried to grab Harry's hand, but it was too late. A large wind blew snow everywhere and it died down quickly. Sirius stood with his right hand out and Harry's parents stood at the door. Sirius withdrew his hand and looked at James and Lily.

"What happened out here?" James asked Sirius.
"You wouldn't believe me even if you were sworn into an unbreakable vow," Sirius said. "Harry was here."