Godric's Hollow: Cursed Ground

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By Divine writer

Summary: post Half-blood prince- Harry's going back to where it all began and his facing it alone, standing on the Hollow Ground Harry discovers things about his ancestry and with it magic the world had long forgotten. Its a long journey and the inevitable conclusion is death for Snape, Voldermore and whoever else stands in his path,

Disclaimer: I do not own anything it all belongs to JK Rowling, I do this for your mere entertainment

Chapter 1 – The Place of the Lost Ones

Harry knocked anxiously at the door, he was both cold and hungry and all he had was his wand and his firebolt. He had left Hermione and Ron back at the burrow after Bill and Fleur's wedding, it had taken some doing since it appeared that running away had been exactly what they thought he would do and neither had left his side all night. But at midnight when they were all asleep he left a simple note to Mrs Wesley 'Sorry I have to do this- thanks for all you've done but please don't look for me- I won't thank you'. It was harsh but it was also true and on that night he had left the comfort of the burrow taken his wand and his broom and flown until his hands were to numb for him to hang on. He knew he'd be in trouble when- if he returned, he knew it was dangerous to wander of alone when Voldemort's followers were after him, but he had so much to work though and he couldn't do it with them. They were his family and they would never turn back without him and so he had made a decision by himself, he couldn't risk them on this mission this was his destiny one he had to face alone. But truth be told, the actual reality of it was that he knew that someone would have to die and that he would be the one to do the killing and he just couldn't let them watch him kill someone even if there wasn't any choice. He didn't want to be known as a murderer not to them and so he had left, selfish he knew because he was risking his life to save face to save his reputation but without it what else would he have.

The big oaken doors slowly opened and a large man opened the door "look here" he began but then took one sweeping look at Harry and then pulled open the door, firmly closing it behind him "your name boy" asked the man as Harry stood awkwardly in the hallway shivering. Pulling down one of the Weasley twin's borrowed caps he made sure that his scar was well hidden "Tom"

The man's eyes narrowed as he took a closely look "Tom what?"

"Just Tom" the man straightened "well just Tom lets see if we can find you a room" he took out his wand and waved it about "right go up to the third floor, take a right then a left then go up and then down and take a right then a left and it's the first door on the right"

Harry barely turned back to look at the man before making his way up the stairs, he didn't know how he had made it too his room but the next time he opened his eyes it was morning. He bolted up right when he heard a noise in the corner of the room his wand poised for battle, but it was a tiny cat that was leaping around the room. Putting on his glasses he moved closer to the cat but stopped when a knock on the door sounded. The door opened a creak and a girl stuck her head through "you seen a cat"

Harry nodded and pointed to the cat who was now watching them with interest she slowly made her way into the room standing just at the foot of his bed his cap lay forgotten at her feet.

"Mr Yentrink" she yelled as she looked at the cat "leave" she pointed a stern finger towards the door, Mr Yentrink's blinked but refused to move "fine, I shall tell Mr Gotoda and he shall remove you". Harry watched as the cat gave an almost human shiver and leaped of the table he had been perched on and then walked out the room. The girl turned to Harry "Name's Kalina Custodis" she held out a hand which Harry took "Ha-Tom" he said and he cursed himself for hesitating. She stared at him for a moment giving nothing away but he got an odd feeling that she could see through the disguise "Right" she nodded "breakfast should be soon" she turned and walked to the door pulling it open she turned back to Tom "oh and Tom you may want to remember your hat" with that said she closed the door leaving Harry to run a hand over his noticeable scar. He sighed and knew that he would have to make better decisions otherwise his tracks would be easy to find, he had to find Kalina and ask her not to tell his secret or he would have to leave. The latter was the most reasonable option since he wasn't all too aware of where here was.

He found her in the kitchen she was using magic to clean up the dishes "you can have that" she used her head to indicate to a pile of food on the table without facing him. Harry remained mute but did move over to the food and begin to eat he couldn't remember the last time he had take a bite of something the wedding now seemed to have been a lifetime ago.

"You finished" she asked as he took his last bite without waiting for a reply she gave a flick of the wrist and the plate was on its way in the soppy water. "Look about" began Harry as she finished of the rest of the plates.

"It's not any of my business" she started "people come here because they want to get away from the questions I'm not in the business of asking, this is after all a place for those who are lost"

"What do you mean?" asked Harry

"You can only find this place if you're lost, and I don't mean just physically but spiritually this is a place for the lost ones" Harry nodded and remembered back to the time he had run away from home and the magical bus for lost wizards came to pick him up, he guessed this was a lot like that.

"So you came here to-"

She eyed him cautiously "I didn't run away not really, I help out here every summer have done for the last 3 years that why I can use magic. The ministry of magic allows me to use magic to help around here but if I'm caught doing anything outside these walls I'll be expelled"

"Oh" was Harry's weak reply

"Oh, I'm not a martyr or anything its sort of parole had a bit of accident during my first years at school with underage magic so my father suggested I do some work instead of getting kick out of school but since I'm of age now I can do magic"

"Right" Harry said again unsure of what to do, he himself and done a lot of underage magic had even stood on trial but he had never had to do anything like this, perhaps it had been Dumbledore's influence. He paused he hadn't thought about him for almost 2 hours and now it brought its all back Snape and the murder and-

"Look I'm not in the business of asking questions but your sort of fuming and I want to know whether I'll have to douse you with some water or not"

Harry stood up "No I'm fine" he swallowed the lump in his throat "you wouldn't happen to know where Godric Hollow is would you"

"Godric's Hollow?" she echoed "why'd you want to go there for"

Harry snapped "Do you know where it is or not"

She crossed her arms over her chest and for the first time since Harry met her, her eyes darkened slightly showing tale-tell signs of anger and no doubt a reflection of his own. She held his gaze for what felt like to Harry an eternity but she soon sighed and sat down.

"Not many people live there anymore, after the big fight with Volder" she paused as she saw him flinch "forgot people didn't like to hear his name"

Harry sat back down "I don't mind I'm just not really use to people saying his name but me, Dumbledore or Sirus" he paused as the pain returned full force "I'm starting to believe saying his name does bring bad luck seem everyone dies when they do" his tone was clipped and cold making Kalina shy away a little

"It's not cursed its just a name I wouldn't give it anymore credit than its worth all the fear it's just feeding to the mystic, still I guess the last time it was fully inhabited was when your parents" she stopped checking to make sure she had pegged him correctly and he gave her a small nod "your parents" she repeated "were there"

He looked up sharply as if he'd finally registered her words "you know my parents"

She shook here head "there were other people in hiding there, other families that were on Voldermore's list" she paused again and Harry felt foolish for thinking that perhaps she could tell him more about his parents after all she did mention being in school. "Apparently Custodis was next on the list just after Potter's" This time his gaze met hers "Guess you saved my life I don't actually remember it but apparently I was at my house too when all the mess went down my parents dissaperated us out of there before my father went back but it was to late there was nothing left" her eyes began to shine but his remained dry only his hand forming into a fist showed signs of his emotional turmoil.

"I didn't" he started again unsure what to say he had been told that he had probably saved a lot of lives doing what he did but he'd never really met anyone whose life he claimed to save. It was oddly comforting but at the same time he wondered if Voldermore had attacked him first if his parents would be alive or if her name was first whether his parents would have had a chance to escape. As he looked up at her a wave of shame washed over him, he didn't wished his life on anyone "I was just a baby" he finally settled with

"Yeah I know" she looked at him "right so, Godric's Hollow is far from this place especially for those who can't apparate but it can be done" she stood up "I'm guessing you'd be wanting to see your house"

"I never really thought, I guess"

She nodded "I can take you there on Friday I have to go back there soon anyway" she looked around as if she had left something on the floor "I should have a key for you" she patted down her pockets but then reached around her neck for a necklace that contained some keys"

"You have a key to my house"

"Well yeah, I have a key to most of the houses in Godric Hollow, after the big- em explosion there no one wanted to live there. My dad brought all the land that Godric Hollow resides on he, he fixed up your house real good and made some sort of memorial to your parents"

"I didn't know, know one told me"

"Probably didn't want you to try fly over there it's not the safest place people say its cursed ground now"

Angry now Harry stood "I would have liked to see my own parents memorial, don't' you think I deserve that much" he thought back on Dumbledore with anger there was so much he didn't get to know because he was protecting him and now he was dead and Harry knew nothing. His whole life felt like a game that had been controlled by others, others telling him what to do and what not to do, to keep his head down but stay vigilant but what they should have been telling Harry was about the family that he still cried over at night, about things that he should have learnt but never got the chance to. How much of his life thought Harry had been shielded from him and how long would it take for him to uncover it.

"Hey I'm just a messenger I guess people wanted to protect you, it would be hard for you to go there and see your- what happened. My dad fixed it up but its still got battle scars Harry, the grass refuses to grow there I guess the house still hasn't had time to heal how much more you?"

Ignoring her seemingly logical reason he asked "So you can get me to my house"

"It shouldn't be to much trouble but are you sure you want to do this"

With a deadpan face Harry said "You have no idea what's riding on me getting to that house"

With a careless shrug she asked "Should I be worried?" her lips curled into a smile

Unable not to return it the corner of his lips curled "Only if we get caught besides all I need is for you to get me there I don't need anything else"

"Besides the key" she raised a finger to her neck and fingered one of the keys

Tired of games he demanded "Are you going to help me or not" the time it took for her to answer was a lifetime to him and thinking back he realised that maybe it wasn't the smartest thing to snap at the person who literally held the key to your destiny around their neck

After another extended moment she spoke "I'll help you" she said softly "how can I not I owe you" she grabbed one of the keys around her neck and said "destiny complete" a glows formed around her and when it dimmed she held a key to him "I'm no longer the keeper of this key its yours" she passed it to him and he felt a warm glowing feeling in his hand

Harry looked up at her "what"

"It's magic Harry, one of the strongest kinds, the power of belonging you're finally going home" she muttered and left him in the kitchen

Harry looked at the long bronzed key in the palm of his hand he was finally going home but unbeknownst to him the hilt of the key was engraved in an insignia"

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Custos (custodis) means guardian, keeper, watchman, guard; spy in Latin