Harry Potter and the Search for the Soul Rod

Chapter Three: Problem? What Problem?

Dumbledore looked around his circular office at Hogwarts. His meeting with the new head girl and boy was dragging on forever. The new Head girl, Charlie, really had a big mouth, and she liked to use it. The Head boy was different, but still annoying. Instead of talking, all he did was stare at her. Just because she was the most popular student in the school right now doesn't mean he should openly gawk at her. She apparently didn't notice, or didn't care.

After another half an hour of explaining the duties to them, the meeting was finally over. Leaning back into his chair, he sighed and took a lemon drop from the bowl on his desk. They always seemed to have a calming effect on him, most candy did. Some said that Dumbledore was a candy addict….he was.

The door to his office opened without anyone knocking, which was never a good sign. It always meant that someone needed to talk to him now.

Tom is dead, what could be the problem? Dumbledore thought to himself.

“Sir, sir!” An out of breath voice called to him. It was the voice of Remus Lupin.

“Remus, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Albus?” Dumbledore said calmly.

“Something terrible happened!” Remus said, ignoring the professor's last comment.

“And that would be?” Dumbledore asked, still keeping calm.

“The Guardian was killed this morning.”

“What do you mean you know how to get Sirius back? Harry, this better not be some joke….” Ron said, his voice non-believing, and stern at the same time.

“No joke Ron, through my research,” Before Harry could finish his sentence, Hermione interrupted him.

“You actually researched something???” She asked, surprised.

Harry shot her a deathly glare. “Yes I did, when I found more mention of the black veil, I dug deeper into it. The Veil was originally created to be death penalty for Azkaban prisoners. At the time, they didn't know exactly what happened to the body after it went through the veil. Most just assumed that they died, but finally someone tested it. David Pyrite, was the master Occlumens of his time, and he devised a plan to find out what happened on the other side. By entering a prisoners mind before he was pushed through the veil, and he was able to determine what happened to the mind on the other side.” Harry said.

“What happened? What is on the other side?” Luna asked, her dreamy façade dropped.

“His documents were destroyed. After they realized what happened, on the other side, they banned the Veil. That's why it's in the Department of Mysteries.” Harry said.

Luna nodded, as if she had guessed that was the case.

“But how does that bring Sirius back?” Merc asked, her eyes narrowing.

“That's where the Soul Rod comes in.” Harry said.