He realised that all three of them had stopped walking and the atmosphere was tense. He recognised the place. It was a place near Aragog, the giant spider's den.
" Professor, are you sure we can trust this spider, he hates humans, doesn't he?" asked Sirius.
"We have to take our chances, any information that would help us to finish Voldemort could be helpful" replied James.
"You are right Mr Potter" said Dumbledore.
Aragog appeared from the dense woods. He started talking without wasting any time.
"I've witnessed strangers lurking in this forest. We assumed them to be from your school. When we confronted them they attacked us killing twenty of my family. They used Dark Magic and were very powerful so I'm sure you understand who they were. We have no business with u Humans so I trust you can put an end to this"
Dumbledore was about to say something when a flash of light suddenly appeared out of nowhere aimed at him. But James had been alert,he couldn't block the spell completely and the spell hit him square in the chest.
"James!" shouted Sirius
"Dad!" shouted Harry at the same time. Ofcourse he couldn't be heard.
Dumbledore cast a spell in that direction but whoever they were, they had gone.
"Are you alright, James?" asked Dumbledore worriedly.
"It was a trap. They knew You'd come here." said James blood spilling out of his mouth.
" That was very brave of you,son. Thankyou" said Dumbledore.
" It's Ok Professor, Voldemort has cause so much suffering to people I want to help you put an end to this in any way I can, I really want to." said James.
"I understand and I'm proud of you but first we go to the Hospital wing" said Dumbledore and all the things swirled like mist and Harry was standing in Dumbledore's office again.
"Professor, Dad! Was he hurt?" exclaimed Harry
"He was, but not badly.Madam Pomfrey is a very good nurse, Harry.I thought you deserved to see how brave your Dad was"
"Thanks Professor."
Ron and Hermione came in later and Dumbledore warned them of the coming dangers and asked them to stay alert. They returned back to the commmon room and Harry told them about what he had seen. He felt very proud of his father . He wanted more than ever to kill Voldemort, to make true what his father had wished for.
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