Harry Potter and the Witch of the Seven Schools

Chapter 2: Horcruxes

Tonight when she walked, it seemed that the muggles were actually paying attention, since they could see her. But no matter, she had to get to the island.

Since people were actually looking, she could not apparate, since there were too many witnesses, and she could have gone into a room, but she did not know if she could make it so that when she reappeared, it was either with no one looking, or with no one around.

It was nearly four in the morning, so not many people were out, but she did not know when she would be returning, and since she had just finished training with Harry, she had several hours till she had to meet him. But she had to find something before then.

After she had left the room that she was in, and apparated, she found herself in a boat, traveling across the ocean, and when she saw her target in sight, she planned to leave as she had come.

It was another hour before she saw that it was time to get off, but when she did, she rose from her seat, and made sure no one was looking, and jumped. She did not jump into water, but into apparation.

When she landed on the island, she went to the top of a tall hill, and looked around for the very place that she needed. She had acquired a map, so she knew the general vicinity, but she did not know what she was looking for.

When she found a very small knoll, right by a stream, with a huge tree coming from it, she knew that was the place. She walked down to it, and started digging, for what, she would soon find out.

After about twenty-five minutes, she hit something, though it wasn't very big, so she shoveled it out, and cleaned it, and realized that this was it.

Something so important in the wizarding world, yet so very small.

After she put the dirt back, for she buried a fake one of what she had just found, she apparated back to the cabin where she was staying. Once she got there, she just had to talk to her master.

"I have found it, it was as you said, and it will be very useful to us." She said, kneeling before him.

"Very nice. Now, what about young Harry. You should rest so you can have some sleep before meeting him again." He said, taking from her the trinket that she held.

"Yes, I suppose I should." She said, then walked to her own room, and quickly fell asleep.

What she dreamed about surprised even her. She dreamed about her family, and her previous life, though she though that she had not missed it more than she would if she had been gone for a couple weeks on a vacation.

When she woke, it was ten thirty. She had slept for three hours. Quite well for her. She got up, and dressed, cleaned up, and ate some food, then left to go meet Harry.

It was near noon before Harry had all his things ready to go, so when he did, with Hannah sitting on his bed reading again, he told her, knowing that he could not get all his things to the Burrow before he had to train more.

"I'm ready." Harry said, closing his trunk. "How did you put that spell on my trunk? I've never had it so that I could put everything in it."

"We'll get to that in time." Hannah said, waving her wand, and sending Harrys stuff to the Burrow.

"How is it that sometimes, for even the bigger spells, you don't have to use your wand? I've only known one other person who could do magic without one, and still did most of it with." Harry said, struggling to keep his composure.

"I know, I learned from him. You probably don't remember me, but I was in every one of your classes, I was always in the library, I was constantly doing schoolwork, and then I still had time to do a bit extra. I know how Hermione felt in her third year, because I did seven years of school, in seven months. I had gotten to know my teachers' quite well, and even Hagrid. Since I was constantly studying, then I got the best grades I could possibly get, on all of my classes. Which was near every class."

"Did you have a time turner? Or did you just hope that everything worked out alright." Harry said, remembering how rough it was for Hermione to take a few extra classes, at least she hadn't tried to take all seven years at once.

"Yes, because I went to so many schools, and did the same thing as at Hogwarts, then Dumbledore gave me my own time turner. Which I have used quite frequently." Hannah said, pulling it out from beneath her shirt.

"And I thought that Hermione was crazy trying a few extra subjects." Harry said, smiling wryly.

"Yes, well…no matter. Today, we are going to try your hand at apparation when you cannot see where you are going. Since you did well enough last night, then I though that you could apparate to the Burrow, without my help. Just make sure that instead of trying to get to close to the house, get about twenty feet away, so we know you won't end up in a wall. It has happened to quite a few people." Hannah said, "And I will meet you there." She apparated.

She apparated to a spot where she could see, without being seen unless you were looking. In about five minutes, Harry joined her, with a few more things from his room, apparently things he had forgotten.

"Very good Harry, lets not worry about those things right now." Hannah said, waving her hand, and sending them up with his other stuff.

"Now that we are here, what do we do next?" Harry asked, looking towards the Burrow, and noticing everyone inside.

"Now, I need to meet everyone, especially Ron and Hermione. Since they are determined to go with you, I need to get to know them, and teach Ron some things, and Hermione the harder things, that even Dumbledore still had a bit of trouble with." Hannah said, looking up to the top of the house.

Hannah was still robed, but they walked up to the house anyway, and Harry knocked on the door, which was soon opened by Ginny.

"Harry, you're early." Ginny said, looking at him, and then noticed Hannah, and asked, "Who's this?"

"Can we come in please? I will explain everything, though I hate to explain things, so I would like to do it as little as possible." Hannah said, looking down, with her hood up, so they could not see her face.

When they got inside, and everyone had gathered around, with Harry sitting on one side of her, and Fleur sitting on the other side, she took of her hood, and was about to start.

"Hannah! How good it is to see you." Fleur said, suddenly hugging her, and smiling.

"Yes. And you too. I am here for very important reasons. We will have to move the wedding up, or Harry will not be able to attend. Voldemort is looking for him, and is on the move quickly. He intends to kill anyone in his way, and he intends to show up on the day of the wedding. On that day, I will not be able to be there, as I have previous engagements, but if you hold it, say, three days early, contact everyone who you wanted to be there, and tell them to come same time and place, only different day. Fleur, you know I would not ask this unless it was of the utmost importance." Hannah said, turning to her.

"Well, there is only one thing to do. Move the wedding." Fleur said, looking her strait in the eyes.

"But Fleur, that will upset most of the plans that we had." Bill said, looking at her, still not trusting Hannah.

"I know, but if Hannah said that we need to change plans, and she said it is this important, then if we don't, we might not have any plans again." Fleur said, looking saddened that her life was turning out this way.

"Harry will have to leave directly after the wedding, and whoever else is going with him." Hannah said, looking at Ron and Hermione.

"What do you mean, whoever else is going with him. He will obviously need some adults, but I will not allow my children to go, if He-who-must-not-be-named is looking to kill him. Now Harry dear, you know I care about you very much, but I still must look after my children." Mrs. Weasley said, already not liking this new girl.

"Yes Mrs. Weasley, but you do understand that you can't tell Ron no anymore, he has come of age. And Hermione too." Hannah said, looking at her sorrowfully. "I know that you still think to help Ron, and I'm sure that he loves you for that, but if he chooses to go, you cannot stop him."

Mrs. Weasley, looking down, said, "Yes, I suppose. Besides, I still have Ginny."

"Now, I need to get Harry settled, and then I must go and see Fred and George. Then I will be back to talk with Harry, Ron and Hermione." Hannah said, standing up, and apparating.

"Hello Fred, hello George. Now, I need some of your best products. And I need not only enough for me, but for Ron Harry and Hermione too now. And they will also need anything that might protect them." Hannah said, appearing right in front of the counter.

"Well, that won't be much trouble. But why the threesome too? If mum knew about this before it happened, she would never let Ron do anything, and she would do her best to stop Hermione and Harry from it as well." George said, walking around the counter.

"Well, that's true, but Ron and Hermione are both of age now, so she can't really stop them, now can she?" Fred said, joining them.

"Well, that's true, but she'll still do her best to stop them." George said, grabbing random items from the shelves.

Once she had everything that she needed, she sent it all back to the Burrow, told Fred and George that the wedding would be three days early, though same place and time, and apparated to the cabin.

"Everything is going as planned. The wedding will be three days early, and we will need you there the night before, and I will warn everyone that they must keep silent. But I must return, to continue with the plans, and I will see you tomorrow night." Hannah said, turning from him.

"Yes, I will finally be able to get out and about a bit more. Don't forget to take him to the Ministry today, so he can get his license for Apparation." He said, pointing at her.

"I won't."

She appeared in the kitchen, and saw Mrs. Weasley there preparing letters to let everyone know that the date for the wedding has changed. She walked upstairs, and into the room that Harry would be staying in, and found that Hermione and Ron were there too.

"Harry, we must go, we're going to the Ministry, and when we get back, you will find out everything I started to tell you about last night. Hermione, you have you license don't you? Ron, would you like to come and get yours. You will need it day after tomorrow." Hannah said, rounding on all of them.

"Alright. Come on Ron." Hermione said, pulling his arm.

"Will Ron and Hermione get to hear what you have to say after too?" Harry asked, getting ready to apparate.

"If they wish. Though with what I say, there will be warnings as well." Hannah said, turning on all of them.

Once they had gotten into the Ministry, they all signed in and got badges, they got into the elevator for the floor that they needed, and paid the amount to get two licenses, then waited for about half an hour. Harry went in first, and after several moments, came out, then it was Ron's turn.

They both came out, having passed, so they went and got back into the elevator, to go home, and were stopped by the minister.

"Well, Harry, come to change your mind? I thought you would. You seemed like the kind of man a person could trust." Scrimgeour said, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"Come along Harry. Just ignore the scumbag here. We really should get going." Hannah said, starting to walk again.

At this, Scrimgeours face went very red, and he started stuttering. "I beg your pardon miss. I should send you to trial just for that."

As she was tired of his fussing, she loved this trick, she made like the 'throw a key in the mouth, and seal it', and Scrimgeour would not be able to talk to several hours now. Harry, Ron and Hermione started laughing, and Hannah just stood back and smiled at her work. All the witches and wizards that were walking by stopped to see what all the fuss was about, since Scrimgeour could still make noise. Some of them just shook their heads and went on their way, and some had to stop themselves from laughing.

"Come on you guys, I might just teach you that one. It's really quite useful. I taught it to George and Fred, and they made it so that they could sell it, and it actually works quite well, so I got some of those today for you." Hannah said, walking again towards the exit.

When they got outside, they checked to see that it was clear, and then went ahead and apparated back to the Burrow. When they got there, Mr. Weasley was waiting for them.

"Alright, which one of you magicked the Minister?" He asked, trying his best to look stern.

Harry, Hermione and Ron all pointed to Hannah. "I did. Would you like to learn? It doesn't have to be on the Minister. Maybe just Lucious Malfoy. I done it to him several times, and it really helps with the complaint population." Hannah said, smiling and nearly laughing at the memory. Harry, Ron and Hermione weren't able to stop from laughing at the thought of Malfoy in that same predicament.

"When will you be teaching it? I think it might be a good thing to learn. Sounds quite fun too." Mr. Weasley said, starting to laugh himself.

After a lesson on this, Hermione was of course, the first one to get it, after her was Mr. Weasley, Harry and Ron, then Harry, Hermione, Ron and Hannah all went upstairs, so that they could hear all of what Hannah was going to tell them.

"Now, what should I start with? A somewhat short rerun of my life, or the surprise?" Hannah asked, looking at all of them in turn.

"What's the surprise?" Harry and Ron asked at the same time.

"Well, first of all, Harry, I cannot promise anything, but it is possible that I bring back Sirius and your parents." Hannah said, looking seriously at him, "Also, it is possible that Dumbledore is still alive. In fact, he is, and he and possibly Sirius will be visiting tomorrow night."

At all this, everyone in the room just gaped at her, and kept complete silence.

"You must promise that you will tell no one. You do, and I'm afraid drastic measures will have to be taken. Also, Harry, tomorrow night when Dumbledore comes, I will have to see your memory of the graveyard, the night that Cedric died. I do not think that he was supposed to be there, and he should not have died. So I'm going to see if he would like to come back. And the reason that I said its possible that your parents and Sirius come back, they have to choose to come back, if they don't want to, then they stay there."

"Now, when I was about six, I had a cat. A car killed the cat, and I was very upset about it, so I was going to give it a funeral, but right before I buried it, it came back to life, and I know for a fact that it was dead. I didn't think that I was a witch, but I knew that I had a special gift, so I remembered what I had felt when I was there with my cat, and I started to raise things from the dead just to raise my strength. When I told my parents about it, they just laughed and said there was no possible way that I could have, the cat was just not dead, so I went on in life, never again telling them, until I was almost twelve, when my grandmother died, so I by then had raised enough strength to raise a person from the dead, so I did. My family thought that I was a monster, and they threw me out. So then I came here. I got a hold of Dumbledore, and told him what I could do, and he let me go to school at Hogwarts, and since I was behind, gave me a time turner. I was very eager to learn all that I could, and I guess you could say I was like Hermione." At this everyone smiled.

"I was done with a year of school in a month, and so I asked if I could just continue at this rate, so that I could go to many different schools. By the middle of March I had finished school at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore gave me the time turner to use for the rest of my schooling. After Hogwarts, I went to Durmstrang, and once I finished there, I was sent off to be in class with Fleur Delacor. Everyone at first hated me, except for Fleur. Yet again it was only seven months to finish school at both places, and as I was working through holidays, and the teachers were being nice enough to work with me through the summer, I quickly finished these schools. After I finished there, I went to schools in France, Russia, India, and in the United States. It took me about four and a half years to complete all my schooling, so then I came back, and found Dumbledore, thinking to give back the time turner, since I had used it, and wasn't sure if he would like the school to have it again.

"He told me to keep it, as I might need it again. So I have wandered about, looking for something to help with, and then I found out about the Horcruxes. By the time that I found out about them, you and Dumbledore had been looking for the one in the cave, the night that Dumbledore supposedly died. I used a very unique spell, and very difficult, and searched for him, and actually found him, in the same place as Sirius had once been hiding. I had a place that I was staying, muggles didn't know about it, and it was hidden from anyone that we wouldn't want there, so he could hide perfectly. It was a little cabin very close to a muggle community, so we had to be careful going and coming, but Dumbledore almost never left, not wanting to throw the blanket of secrecy off just yet.

"So we have worked together, and I have found, with help from Dumbledore, the Horcrux that he and you were looking for that night. It was actually on a remote island. I found it just this morning, after I left you last night to sleep." Hannah said, ending her story.

"So, we go and fight Voldemort, and Dumbledore is still alive. You might be able to bring Cedric and my parents and Sirius back, and you found a Horcrux?" Harry asked, not sure that he had heard all that correctly.

"Yes. And now, I must leave you, as I have a mission tonight. Swear to me that you will tell no one of all this, it must stay unknown." She said, and when they nodded, she continued. "Good. And one other thing, Harry, I cannot bring them all back at the same time. There is also a curse with my having all these extra things that I am able to do. If I use up to much energy, I will die, and it takes much energy to raise someone from the dead, so it will take some time to bring back everyone."

"I understand. If you are able to though, I thank you. I always thought that it was impossible to raise someone from the dead, and now you've given me hope that I will see my parents before I die, and not just because of mine and Voldemort's wands connecting."

Hannah smiled, nodded, and left them to their thoughts.

First I must go and see Kim, before I try this tonight. I will be needing her help soon.

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Please review, let me know what you think. This one is still pretty knew to me.