"THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD APPROACHES....BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM, BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES....AND THE DARK LORD WILL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL, BUT HE WILL HAVE POWER THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT.... AND EITHER MUST DIE AT THE HAND OF THE OTHER FOR NEITHER CAN LIVE WHILE THE OTHER SURVIVES....THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD WILL BE BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES....
                              
      Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, finally revealed the prophecy to him, after he stupidly fell for Voldemort's trap and got Sirius killed. The prophecy was the reason for his parents' needless deaths. Needless, he thought. People keep dying for him, because he might be able to kill Voldemort. He does not have any power that could match Voldemort's power. He does not even have the protection of his mother's sacrifice anymore, because Voldemort used his blood two years ago to restore himself to his body.  
                              
      The prophecy had said, "The Dark Lord will mark him as his equal", and he was marked. His scar forged a unique connection with Voldemort. It would burn with excruciating pain whenever Voldemort would come near him or his mood would change. However, it was not anything that could make him equal to Voldemort. Besides, lately, it had even stopped hurting.
                              
      In his second year at Hogwarts, Dumbledore told him that Voldemort transferred some of his powers to him unintentionally. It was why he could speak parseltongue, or snake language, but it was not very useful. And his scar? He could sometimes see images of what Voldemort was doing or feel his moods, but they are not always true. At the end of the last year at Hogwarts, he saw Voldemort torturing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic. He rushed off to save him, but it was a fake vision. Voldemort did not have Sirius. Voldemort wanted to hear the prophecy, in full, so he tricked Harry into coming to the Hall of Prophecy. Sirius had come to his rescue, but Bellatrix Lestrange killed him. All because he, Harry, wanted to be the hero.  
                              
      What could he do to Voldemort? Voldemort himself came to the Ministry after he found out the record of the prophecy was destroyed. He did not even fight back or move when Voldemort tried to kill him. Dumbledore had to save him, the one who supposedly can defeat him.
                              
      He was tired of going over it in his head. Voldemort killed his parents and his godfather, because of that stupid prophecy. He did not have any powers or even a future. Was his whole life just a Killing Curse put on hold? How many more of his friends would die because of him? He almost got them all killed by going to the Department of Mysteries. Hermione, Ron, Ron's sister Ginny, and their friends, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, came with him to the Ministry. They had received many injuries dueling and trying to escape Voldemort's Death Eaters. It was a miracle that none of them was killed for his stupidity.
                              
      Harry lay back on his bed and let out a groan. He was tired of thinking about it over and over again. He wanted it to be over. He wanted a normal life. He sat back up. The sun had risen properly and filled the room with light. It made him feel worse. He wanted to be in the dark. He looked over at his pinned up calendar. He was at least a week behind in ticking the days off until school started. He was not even sure what day it was. They all tend to blend together when thinking of nothing but misery.  
                              
      Barely anything could break his mood. Ron sent an article from the Daily Prophet not long after they got back. He pinned on his wall and looked at it occasionally, as his one source of happiness. It was about his arch-nemesis from school, Draco Malfoy, and his parents. Draco's father, Lucius, was one of Voldemort's closest supporters, and was captured in the attack at the Department of Mysteries and sent to Azkaban, the wizard prison.
                              
DEEP INVESTGATION INTO THE EXPLOITS OF
                              
LUCIUS MALFOY
                              
Lucius Malfoy, 42, was revealed as being a Death Eater to the wizard community a few weeks ago. Now, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and Auror Headquarters are doing a thorough investigation into the dealings of Mr. Malfoy. "This investigation is going to be long and tedious. Lucius Malfoy has many dirty dealings to go through. Tracking his movements will be difficult. We must investigate everyone who has gotten money from Mr. Malfoy and why," said Amelia Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, yesterday. Ministry officials raided Mr. Malfoy's Wiltshire manor last week, and found many violations of magical law. Arthur Weasley, of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office, discovered a secret chamber under the drawing floor, and is leading an investigation into various violations of the Muggle Protection Act. "We found several Muggle artifacts were enchanted that are not on the Registry of Proscribed Charmable Objects," said Mr. Weasley at his home near Ottery, St. Catchpole, Wednesday. "We are also investigating several suspicious objects that are full Dark magic," said Gilbert Wimple of the Committee of Experimental Charms. The Department of Mysteries was also called in to investigate several objects. Ministry officials have confiscated all of Mr. Malfoy's monetary and paper assets. "With all the evidence we gathered so far, we could give Mr. Malfoy another life sentence," said Madam Bones. Wizengamot convicted Lucius Malfoy two weeks ago for an assortment of crimes, mostly from his actions in the Ministry of Magic when He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was sighted. Ministry officials also questioned and released Mr. Malfoy's wife and son. They gave no comment, except that they would be staying with a friend, as the Wiltshire manor and all other holdings of the Malfoy family have been permanently confiscated by the Ministry.