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Chapter 2 - Sly's Tale
"My name is Harry James Potter, although since I met Gryff, my travelling companion and my brother in all but birth, I've been known as Sly, a token from my house at Hogwarts while I was a student there. My story began in Halloween, 1981. Keep in mind that what I know of that night I recall by occlumency and some of it is flawed. We, me, my father and my mother were in the living room and my mother was reading me a story while my father was animating the toys to act as my mother was speaking. Suddenly, my father felt someone passing the wards and went to check, not expecting anyone. His exact words were "Shit, Lily, it's him, take Harry and run". They had a small argument about running and my mum ran upstairs with me in her arms. I have no idea what happened next until my mother placed me in the crib while crying. The door was turned from the hinges and Voldemort came in. My mum begged him not to kill me and kill her instead. Voldemort even ordered her to step away from me but she didn't and he used the killing curse on her. I saw the green flash hit her and I remember the son of a bitch come to me and laughing. He cast the killing curse on me but thanks to what was suspected a ritual made by my mother, fuelled by her sacrifice, the killing curse rebounded on me, making me only unconscious and destroying the dark lord's body. Yes, he still survived, as I did. After that, everything is fuzzy but I was sent to live with my aunt Petunia Dursley and her family, by none other than Dumbledore."
"WHAT?" screamed Lily, not believing what she had heard. Before she could continue, James held her and she sobbed, fearing what she would hear. Sly sighed. He truly didn't want to hurt Lily any more but had to tell his story.
"Where was I?" asked Sirius "Or Remus?"
"You were in Azkaban because everyone believed you to be the Potter's secret keeper. You were never given a trial and Remus is a werewolf. Does that answer your question?"
"Because for them I was a freak, in other words, I had magic, I was systematically beaten in an attempt to get rid of my magic and normalize me. I had to perform house work and cook for them. Until my first day in primary school, I didn't know my name was Harry, I was always Freak or boy. The beatings they gave me usually broke me something and I healed thanks to my magic. They would never take me to the hospital, they locked me in my room, which was the cupboard under the stairs." Sly ignored the gasps and continued "Well, you get the idea. It all changed in my eleventh birthday. I got a letter they didn't want me to read and they even got to the point to move away from the house... Well, let's say that Hagrid was the one that gave me my introduction to the magical world." many gasped. Hagrid was barely qualified as a teacher least of all to give the introduction to muggleborns "So, keeping the story short or we won't leave this room today, Hagrid took me to Diagon alley and we bought everything. Something I never thanked him properly was that he gave me my first gift ever, my snowy owl Hedwig. I met a couple of people, including Draco Malfoy. That kid was an idiot." Sirius chuckled at Sly's comment "I met a couple of weasels at the express and the story truly starts at my sorting. You may realize I hated my life till that point and I wanted to be the very best wizard I could be and prove myself. That's the reason the hat shouted loud and clear Slytherin. Unlike some people, I didn't allow myself to be manipulated to deny Slytherin at the sorting."
"I regret nothing." replied Gryff with a grin.
"I'm sure you don't." replied Sly, continuing with the story "I became public enemy number one at Hogwarts, just because I was a Slytherin. Can you imagine, the one who defeated the dark lord, the wizarding world saviour, a Slytherin? According with everyone, I should have been in Gryffindor, just like my parents. It wasn't easy, but I allowed myself to understand what being a Slytherin really means and I made allies, which later became friends. My closest friends were Daphne Grengrass, Tracy Davies and Theodore Nott." Amy gasped. Daphne was a Slytherin in Sly's universe?
"In Halloween, a troll infiltrated the school and murdered a muggleborn student from Gryffindor that was crying in the toilet. She was a girl and was quite bright but had no real friends and was bullied by Ron Weasley" Amy widened her eyes, as did the staff. The bullying was familiar, the troll in the toilet and the aftermath wasn't. Amy noticed how Gryff was angered and clenched his fists in fury, whispering something.
"Her name was Hermione Granger." Amy was shocked but listened the full story.
"Weasley was expelled because his actions caused the death of a student and the student body mourned her." Was Hermione important to Gryff? Amy thought so, that explained why he was so angry.
" My friends and I eventually heard rumours about the philosophers stone being in Hogwarts and we suspected professor Snape was trying to steal it. In our defence, we were wrong" said Sly, noticing the outrage in Snape's face "He was trying to protect the stone from the real thief. I won't bore you with what was happening along the year but at the end of the year, we knew where it was and suspected someone would steal it. We did something very un-slytherin like and charged ahead like a Gryffindor... Daphne berated me for months after that and honestly, could I blame her?" Amy narrowed her eyes and Gryff grinned. The staff was confused "Thanks to Tracy, we passed the devil's snare trap, Daphne taught us the Immobolus Totalis charm on site that we used to catch the key from professor Flitwick trap and Theo coordinated us through the giant chess... " By then the staff was appalled that first years had surpassed their traps "Theo had to sacrifice himself to win the game and he got knocked out. Tracy stayed with him and Daphne and me went on. We decoded the potion's challenge but there was only potion enough to one and none of us knew the freeze flame charm nor were we powerful enough. Professor's Snape challenge was the most challenging one of all." Snape was torn between blush, smirk of sneer at the boy and Sirius and James were appalled that Harry had just complimented Snape.
"Daphne stayed behind and made me promise to return. I went through the flames and reached the mirror chamber. I knew what the mirror was, I had found it months before and discovered that my greatest desire was my parents." Sly ignored the tears in James and Lily's eyes "When I got there, I discovered that the thief was Quirrel and he wanted me to help him. My reflection put the stone in my pocket and I lied. Only another voice was heard in the chamber, saying I was lying. Voldemort as living as a parasite on Quirrel's head and after a small fight and thanks to my mother's ritual of protection that was still active, I managed to kill Quirrel, reducing him to ash. Unfortunately, Voldemort escaped as a shade and knocked me out. I woke up in the infirmary some days later and Daphne was quite angry with me. She was even expelled from the infirmary because she threatened to curse me right there. Of course, Theo and Tracy only laughed. That year ended with Slytherin winning by far the house cup. "
"What about your exams?" asked Lily Potter.
"I got Os at everything but astronomy and history." with a pleased smile, Lily nodded and James widened his eyes, as did Sirius and most of the staff "The year ended and I went to hell or like I used to call it, Durzkaban. I noticed I wasn't getting mail, although I was sending it with Hedwig. It turned out that my friends weren't pleased that I wasn't replying to them and Daphne was quite furious with me."
Daphne again? thought Amy.
"If you can, imagine a twelve years old pureblood witch, quick of wand, quite angry and with no trace on her wand... I should have seen the signs, now that I think about it... " Amy widened her eyes. No way, she thought.
"I had no trace either, by the way. What followed was a small battle between us inside the house. The Dursleys were caught in the cross fire and we... well, we were properly punished by Lord and Lady Greengrass. Eventually, I was able to explain that I wasn't receiving mail either and one of the Greengrass' house elves found another house elf hiding my mail. Malfoy's house elf. The house elf told me I shouldn't return to Hogwarts because something evil would happen. I didn't care and ordered the elf to leave me alone and after seeing how I was living at the Dursley's, the Greengrasses took me with them. That time with the Greengrasses was by far the best holidays I have ever had, especially when I went to Gringotts. It turned out that I could claim the Potter lordship, since I was the last of my line and that thanks to the Potters, I was heir of Gryffindor and thanks to the Evans, I was heir of Slytherin... and a parselmouth..." Everyone gaped and Sly continued "I discovered that my mother never knew her origins, always believing she was a muggleborn when she was descendant of Salazar's first born. That day I got three rings and a bunch of lore to study. Luckily for me, I had help. I learned everything I could from my families and got emancipated for being a lord. That's when the problems started. My world's Dumbledore discovered from the Dursleys who had taken me and appeared at Greengrass Manor adamant that I should return to the Dursleys for my own protection and that I shouldn't claim my birthrights. He didn't know about the Slytherin line and I didn't tell him. He then went to explain how he suspected that my mother had performed a blood ritual that had given me the protection to survive Voldemort and to renew that protection, I needed to spend some time at the Dursleys. I had already spend almost a month there and since Lord Greengrass had experience in curse breaking, he knew that had been enough to recharge the protection for an year. The question was what to do the following years. I refused to go back there but Lord and Lady Greengrass explained to me that it was necessary for my protection. I even told him how they treated me and showed them my scars... In the end, even after promising she would kill the Dursleys for what they had done to me, it was Daphne that convinced me to accept to return to Durzkaban for at least three weeks every year during summer. We could tell Dumbledore wasn't happy, but it was better than nothing.
That year, I had problems crossing the barrier at the train station but with the help of Lord Greengrass, it was solved quickly. At Hogwarts, nothing major happened before Halloween besides an useless DADA teacher called Gilderoy Lockhart "Sly noticed some people flinch" and a rogue bludger attacking me on the stands during a quidditch match. A quick reducto solved that problem. At Halloween, Mrs. Norris was found petrified near a toilet at second floor and there was a message saying "The Chamber of Secrets has been open. Enemies of the heir, beware." Every Slytherin knew that the Chamber of Secrets was Slytherin's sanctuary and I, Daphne, Tracy and Theo knew I was the heir of Slytherin and I hadn't opened the chamber. I didn't even know where it was. I kept it low and started to investigate. I didn't like the idea that someone was using my name to their bidding and eventually discovered that fifty years before, a girl had been killed because of the opening of the chamber and that Hagrid had been found culprit. A saturday morning, I went to have a quick talk with Hagrid and I discovered that the murdered girl was none other than Moaning Myrtle and I went to her. She told me how she died and I realised there had to be an entrance to the chamber of secrets in the toilet. I was proven right when I spoke paseltongue into a basin and a it opened, revealing a cave. Now, I should have turned back and go for help but something was calling me into the chambers, so I went and discovered the fabled chamber of secrets. I don't know why but I felt compelled to state my name. I went to the middle of the chamber and claimed to be Lord Harry James Potter Gryffindor Slytherin and that I claimed my ancestor chamber under the rights of Lord Slytherin. Imagine my surprise when Slytherin's statue mouth opened and a giant sixty foot basilisk came out of it. It bowed to me and for my surprise, begged me forgiveness for serving another, who he believed to be the heir. I talked to the basilisk. It's name was Uraeus and he told me he had been enchanted by Lord Slytherin to help and protect the school but some time before, an heir had come and had ordered it to kill muggleborns from the school. After he murdered one, he was ordered back to hibernation until days before, when that same heir returned with the same orders. I didn't like it at all. Uraeus showed me the secret library and I decided to browse for monitoring charms, to know when someone accessed the chamber. Uraeus helped me in that and with its help, I set a trap for the pretender and left the chamber, promising to return and ordering Uraeus not to harm anyone. I went to dinner and as soon as I got to the great hall... well... You can imagine a certain someone wasn't very happy with me, for being away almost all the day."
"Daphne almost killed you for being away for the whole day without a word, didn't she?" asked Amy, predicting the answer. Sly nodded and everyone had a grin or a smirk.
"She grabbed me as soon as I entered the great hall and took me to a broom closet and rose silence wards. Then, she slapped me, really hard, over and over, shouting at me and asking me where had I been, why hadn't I tell her anything and such. She was angry with me but I realized she had been scared as well, so I did the only thing I thought I could. I hugged her and she cried in my chest. When she calmed down, I told her everything and she really glared at me for going alone to the chamber but after telling her about what I did, she smirked and was in awe, making me promise to take her there. We had some calm weeks until one evening, we were studying at the library when I felt the wards I had placed in the chamber. Daphne, Tracy and Theo went with me. It would be the first time they would see the chamber. When we got there, we found out Ginny Weasley trying to order around Uraeus, who was mocking her. I shot a stunner at her and Uraeus informed me he was sensing powerful dark magic tendrils coming from a book the weaselette was carrying into her, which was most likely possessing her. Uraeus poison destroyed the book and we all saw it oozing and ejecting a green shade, screaming in pain. Back then, none of us knew what it was but we were glad it was over. We stunned weaselette again and I gave my friends the tour of the chamber while Uraeus kept an eye on the bitch. That day we made a very interesting discover. There was a diary in the library, from someone named Tom Marvollo Riddle. Through several pages there were anagrams with his name and the last was "I am Lord Voldemort". We were shocked, of course and Uraeus confirmed that the one who claimed to be an heir had introduced himself as Lord Voldemort, heir of Slytherin. We decided to use the chamber as our sanctuary to study and practice and left for the day, taking Weasley. After a small discussion, we decided to obliviate her from what had happened in the chamber, just in case and left her in the floor of the toilet. The attacks never happened again and we continued to go to the chamber to learn and practice. Uraeus helped me with parselmagic and parseltongue and the four of us became much more powerful. Somehow, we even took a great deal of power in Slytherin, much to the disgust of Draco Malfoy. Time went by and thinking about it, it was inevitable what happened. Daphne and I started dating and we were happy together. After us, Tracy and Theo also started to date. We left second year with the house cup again and I went to Durzkaban with an invitation to spend the rest of the summer with Daphne and the Greengrasses. That was also the year Sirius Black, the dark lord's right hand man, the betrayer of the Potters, escaped Azkaban." Sly looked at Sirius and saw him narrowing his eyes.
"It was on the news and everyone knew he wanted to catch me. That was the reason why the ministry decided to unleash dementors on Hogwarts Express and Hogwarts grounds, to find and neutralize Sirius Black."
"What?" they all shouted and Sly gave them a moment to recover.
"Indeed. I myself had a very close encounter with a dementor at the express. That was the first time I recalled that night. Fortunately, I was beginning to study occlumency and I was able to block some of the dementors influence on me. The dementor was almost on me when a wolf patronus appeared and banished the creature. It turned out that our saviour was none other than Remus John Lupin, our new DADA teacher and may I say, one of the best we had. " To that, Sirius, James and Lily grinned after a small shock. As usual, time passed. Besides the dementors, the fact that I was forbidden to go to Hogsmeade for safety reasons, even though I had a permission slip, discovering Sirius Black, the traitor was my godfather, that professor Lupin was a close friend of my parents and a werewolf, learning to cast the patronus charm with his help, becoming Slytherin's quidditch team seeker and almost dying during a game because of dementors..."
"Wow, wow, wow!" interrupted James Potter and Lily at the same time
"Seeker?" asked James.
"Patronus Charm?" asked Lily.
"What do you mean dying because of dementors during a game?" asked Amy, shocked.
Gryff snorted and Sly shook his head.
"I did wanted to speed up the story, but all right... I used to fly during the summers and one day, while we were outside, watching the team training, Malfoy, who was the team's seeker, thanks to a bribe of Nimbus 2001 brooms the previous year wasn't able to get to practice and they needed to test a new play. So Theo offered my help and they accepted, even against my will. They used my house loyalty against me, especially my friends, who knew my secret and I joined the train. I gave them some input over what I thought and I even caught the snitch a couple of times, just for fun. I never noticed the team was watching me closely. At the first game, the team had a problem and Malfoy was unable to play so, they called me. That was a shock but I went and caught the snitch quick and we won. Later I found out the team had stun Malfoy and hid him away so that no one would find him before the game ended just to have me as seeker. And I got the job just like that." James was grinning, as was Sirius "I decided to learn the Patronus charm because I didn't like the idea of being affected by the dementors. I approached professor Lupin and set up the classes. I managed to produce a shield with him but never a fully corporeal patronus until the day I was attacked during a match. First some things, I always carried my wand with me, even to the games. This specific game was against Hufflepuff and for some reason, the dementors decided to show up and attack me. I tried to evade them but wasn't able to so I went full speed to the ground. All I could thought was that I needed a happy thought but I wasn't able to get one. Then I looked to the stands and somehow I was able to see Daphne, concerned and scared. I just drew the wand and said the incantation. I saw something forming but I paid no attention, I just landed and turned back casting another patronus... I saw two basilisks destroying a horde of dementors before a phoenix and a wolf joined my basilisks. After that I collapsed because of the strain. " Everyone was in awe by then but Sly didn't care and continued his story "It was around February when it was all over the Prophet. Sirius Black was innocent. The traitor had always been Peter Pettygrew, who wasn't dead and hidden as an illegal rat animagus... at the Weasley home. Sirius Black escaped after seeing a news article about the Weasleys, in which one of them had Peter at his shoulder. He escaped and went to find him, discovering that Peter was owned by Ron Weasley, who had been expelled from Hogwarts and was being homeschooled. He captured Peter and sent it do the DMLE, proving his innocence. It was all detailed in an interview he gave, expressing his interest in meeting his godson. He got his wish and I met the last marauders as well. After that year, my life changed. I still had to go to Durzkaban and I moved in with Sirius and Remus and Daphne, Theo and Tracy were usual visits, as I was with them. It was a great summer. Somehow, Peter was found dead in his cell and his possessions were stolen, especially Voldemort's wand, which he had, proving he was there at the time of his defeat. At the end of the year, it was discovered that Moony was a werewolf and he was sacked.
We went together to the World Cup and at the end, there was a Death Eater attack. Sirius and Remus ordered us to run and we did but we were intercepted by a death eater that pointed his wand to Tracy. Theo hit him with a reducto and we run again to safety. We saw the dark mark in the sky and the death eaters vanished. Eventually, the body of the one that Theo killed was found and... well, Theo killed his own father to save his girlfriend. Later he told me that he would do it anyway if Tracy would be in danger and he didn't regret it. There was a small funeral and after that, it was time to return to Hogwarts. That year, our DADA teacher was Mad-Eye Moody and the TriWizard Tournament has brought back, hosted in Hogwarts. We received Beauxbattons and Durmstrang in our halls and during Halloween, the champions were selected" Sly hesitated with a scowl "For Durmstrang, Viktor Krum was selected. For Beauxbattons was Fleur Delacour and for Hogwarts, Cedric Diggory. And then a fourth name came out... mine." Everyone widened their eyes " That created a big commotion in the great hall. Then, Draco Malfoy opened his mouth and called me an attention seeking halfblood cheater and I had enough. I drew my wand and rose him in the air in front of me. I didn't want to shout but I was angry and my voice was increased by itself. I claimed my names in public for the first time, Lord Harry James Potter Gryffindor Slytherin and I swore a magical oath that I had never placed my name in the cup nor I had asked it from another, coerced another to do it for me nor had I used any magical or muggle means to do it. Silence was complete after. No one dared to say a word and I sat again after throwing Malfoy against the far wall. I was angry and it didn't help when Dumbledore stated that I had to do it, none the less. Curiously, the entire Slytherin house stood with me. Indignation was complete but in the end, Dumbledore explained about the magical contract. That infuriated us even more but I had to do it. That day I realized something. I was beginning to be given a nick name, the Basilisk. I liked it and found it amusing so I let it go. That night, I realized I had been chosen to be the leader of Slytherin and I swore I would lead my house to greatness. I practiced and discovered that the first task would involve dragons. I said no one about that. I was forced to compete but if I had a chance to win, I'd take it. The day of the first task, I got in the arena with a nesting Hungarian Horntail and I had to get a golden egg from its nest. Piece of cake..." Sly spat "I used my paseltongue and I politely asked the dragon if I could have the false egg that was threatening its nest. She gave it to me and the only noise in the arena was Slytherin cheering for me. After that, we had a yule ball, I asked my girlfriend to go with me, of course and when the second task came, I had to rescue Daphne from the bottom of the Black Lake in less than an hour. I had Gillyweed for that and used a point at me spell to find her. I was the first to return with my hostage. The last task was a maze with several creatures inside. I had most points so I was the first. I managed to overcome the obstacles and reached the cup in the center of the maze. I grabbed it but it was a portkey that sent me to a graveyard. There I was stunned and witnessed a ritual performed by deatheaters that gave Voldemort a new physical body. After that, we fought, he intended to kill me and I intended in surviving. Our wands locked in Priori Incantatem and echoes of previous spells came out of our wands... I saw echoes from my parents that attacked Voldemort and reactivated the portkey at the cup, allowing me to escape. I went back to Hogwarts and told them what I had seen. The ministry called me a lunatic and an attention seeking brat. I could have cursed him but Sirius, Remus and my friends stopped me. They ignored me and gave me the prize for winning. They didn't believe me so I never spoke about it again. We did, however, discover that Mad-Eye Moody was in reality Barty Crouch Jr in disguise with polyjuice and that it had been him to put my name in the cup. He was given the kiss for escaping Azkaban but he wasn't heard about the return of Voldemort.
Summer came and I made my time in Durzkaban. After I left there, I was at Sirius when I discovered there had been a dementor attack near the Dursley's. Later I found out that my cousin had his soul sucked and was in vegetative state at the hospital with a couple of friends in the same state. I started to have strange dreams but I was able to block them with occlumency. Then, Dumbledore decided that I needed to learn occlumency. Well, he was several years later. After his shock, it was my turn. Apparently, there was a prophecy concerning me and the dark lord. "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…" by then, I knew what to do. There were only two questions: Could I do it and how do we counter whatever Voldemort had done to becoming immortal? We researched at Black Library and one possible explanation were horcruxes" some people gasped, clearly knowing about Horcruxes "We also had a breakthrough. At number 12, Grimmauld place, the ancestral Black House, Regulus Black house elf Kreacher lived still and he heard us talking about the possibility of the Voldemort's horcruxes. He then brought us Slytherin's locket and told us how is master Regulus discovered that the Dark lord created Horcruxes to be immortal. He stole it and was murdered for it but ordered Kreacher to destroy it. I was angry that that filth had desecrated one of my family relics like that but had to do it. We called Dumbledore and retold him the story and he went pale. Daphne devised a plan. Just in case Voldemort had more than one horcrux, we should create a connection between all horcruxes and destroy them all at the same time. Daphne was always brilliant... and we started to work in that. Dumbledore wanted to keep the Horcrux but I kept it in the chamber of secrets in a safe, surrounded by protections. We spent our fifth year creating the spell, maintaining Slytherin in the top and out of Voldemort's claws. We had to deal with another useless DADA teacher, appointed by the ministry, one Dolores Umbridge..." People gaped and madam Bones snorted. That was the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard "We kept low and had a spell developed at the end of the year before the OWLS. We left the thoughts of Voldemort away for those weeks and focused on the exams" before Lily could ask, and he could see she wanted to, Sly replied "I got full Os and an O++ at DADA for being able to produce a patronus." Lily nodded approvingly with a smile "Summer came and we decided to use the spell. Dumbledore summoned the order of the phoenix to be there too and a certain Molly Weasley began wailing about we children being there and that Harry Potter shouldn't associate himself with dark families and so on. Sirius silenced her before Daphne or I could do anything and ordered her to leave the house. She did and the spell was performed. I'm not sure what happened but I screamed in pain and collapsed for nearly two weeks. When I woke up, I found Daphne had barely spelt for that time and that she spent almost all time at my side. She told me that my scar had opened and bled ooze and that a green shade had came out of it, much like from the locket. I had been a Horcrux too." people were disgusted and in fear but wanted to know more "They also told me that Voldemort was weakened but not killed. I rested the rest of the summer and even became more powerful. A theory was that the horcrux was draining my magic and without it, I had more magic available. Sixth year began and Voldemort revealed himself, openly attacking at will. I became a hero again and everyone forgot they had slandered me the year before. That year, before Christmas, I lost Sirius, who had oined the Auror corps again, murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange in battle and Remus was taken down by Fenrir Greyback. Not only that, the Greengrasses and the Davies were attacked but managed to escape. I lost it completely wanted to challenge Voldemort publicly, to a duel to the death."
"ARE YOU INSANE?" shouted James, Lily, Amy and almost everyone at the table. Gryff smirked and Sly ignored them.
"Sirius had named me his heir and therefore, I became Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Slytherin. We performed several rituals on my body, to make sure I was ready. I even bonded with Uraeus and strengthened with Basilisk poison. I was growing ready and one day Dumbledore came to me and told me the story of the Deathly Hallows " By then Dumbledore widened suspecting what would happen "He told me about the deathstick, the ressurection stone and the invisible cloak. Then he told me he knew the location of the deathstick, also called the elder wand, the most powerful wand in existence, that could help me in my battle. Everything I needed to do was defeating or disarming the actual owner. I needed to go alone and I said goodbye to my girlfriend, friends and house, promising to return ready to bring Voldemort down. Dumbledore aparated me away and I found myself at a clearing. Dumbledore himself was the owner of the elder wand and I had to defeat him. If I could, I was more than ready to take on Voldemort." Sly eyes locked with Dumbledore's in respect, while everyone was looking at both men "It wasn't easy but I defeated him" Everyone gasped in shock and awe. Dumbledore defeated by a 16 year old young man? "Even after he used you-know-what, fucking IDIOT!" snapped Sly, raising from his chair and looking threatening to Dumbledore "I needed him and that idiot used blood magic just to test me. He sacrificed himself just to make sure I was ready instead of standing by my side in battle."
"Easy, Sly." asked Gryff, putting a hand in his brother's shoulder. Everyone was afraid of him.
"Are you an idiot too, Dumbledore? What would you do at his place?" asked Sly and Dumbledore gaped, unable to reply. Sly sat again and sighed "The idiot had the nerve to say he was proud of me after sacrificing most of his life force. I apparated him back to Hogwarts, the both of us broken and bloodied and everyone was shocked. We had to recover for days and he never did. By then, I was ready so I challenged Voldemort. He didn't say a word but attacked Hogwarts with his army weeks later. We didn't had notice at all. Dumbledore was still out so we did what we must. I unleashed Uraeus on the deatheaters and the werewolves and she killed many before she herself died. The sixth and seventh years fought at the halls and I helped where I could. Daphne killed Bellatrix Lestrange and Tracy and Theo killed the brothers Lestrange. I met with Voldemort and we duelled for some time. Battles stopped and everyone was looking at us, even after the reinforcements from the ministry arrived. We fought, spell by spell and at the end, I managed to kill him. He never knew we had destroyed his horcruxes... After that, death eaters surrendered and I was hailed as a hero... I grabbed Daphne and begged her to marry me and she said yes. Dumbledore managed to get up and married us right there, at Hogwarts in the aftermath of the battle. No fancy parties, the guests were the students and the staff and that was it. Sixth year ended and most of the classes were practical, helping to rebuilt Hogwarts. Everything was done in one month and everything went back to normal. Seventh year came and we discovered Daphne was pregnant by graduation day. I was offered the position of DADA teacher, after being offered a mastery for defeating a dark lord and Daphne applied for a mastery in potions after passing her mastery in DADA with Tracy and Theo, my first students ever." Sly chuckled sadly "She was not even four months pregnant when she was at Diagon Alley during summer, buying supplies." Sly hesitated and a tear fell from his face "She was talking with a muggleborn that had been accepted at Hogwarts and her family when she..." He had to stop and clean the tears. He sobbed and Amy felt her sadness for this alternate brother of her, as did everyone. They understood what he couldn't bring himself to say. After calming down, with a pat from Gryff, Sly continued.
"We went to a muggle hospital for an ultrasound. We knew we were having a girl and wanted to name her Fiona Lily... But Daphne was cursed with a reducto right in the belly. Her belly blew up in front of the muggleborn, who was in shock for life and before she died... Daphne was able to held Fiona... who was already dead." No one was able to say a word and all cried.
"Who would do such a thing?" whispered Amy, crying.
"Ginevra Molly Weasley" spat Sly in anger, barely holding himself. She was stunned by everyone around her and sent to prison. When I was told, I... I couldn't believe it and when I saw it... She looked so peaceful, with Fiona in her arms... I couldn't break that so I encased them both in a crystal casket and they stayed like that forever. I wanted to kill Ginevra. I almost managed to do it, too. I assaulted the DMLE and brought down Auror after Auror. Many just stayed back but it had to be Tracy and Theo to stop me before I did it. I surrendered myself but no charges were made as long as I agreed to train the aurors. It was ridiculous but I got it that madam Bones was sympathetic with my situation. I said yes and was taken away. I didn't enter the ministry until the trial.
Ginevra had the audacity to say she loved me and that I loved her. That I had been given a love potion by Daphne and that she was my soul mate. Ronald Weasley testified saying that all slytherins were evil and that they had currupted Harry Potter... a load of tripe. She was sentenced to Azkaban for killing a Lady of a noble house and of two Ancient and Noble houses. I was having none of that and demanded her immediate execution by my hand." No one said a word, waiting the developments " The court refused me execution but allowed me a duel to the death with her. I took it and I simply blew her up in small pieces with a reducto. She never had a chance. Ronald attacked me by the back and I killed him too. That day, if Arthur Weasley hadn't thrown himself at my feet, I would have started a blood feud with the Weasleys..." Sly sighed and more tears fell. Lily realized just how much Sly truly had lost "I spent fifteen years teaching at Hogwarts and training Aurors. I was respected, admired and an example but life was hollow. I drowned myself in alcohol and muggle literature and had the idea of timetravel, to try and correct everything. I researched and at forty, I had something I could test. I explained everything to Tracy and Theo, they didn't want to but accepted my reasons, said goodbye to my godchildren and left forever, taking everything in the vaults of Potter, Black Gryffindor and Slytherin. I performed the ritual and crossed over, intending to save my wife and give her a chance at life... I found myself in Hogwarts but there was something different. I had a younger body and was more powerful. I didn't understand what was happening and cast the tempus spell. It was September first, 1997. I had time to save Daphne. I ran to the great hall, our seventh year would be starting. I barged in through the doors and entered the great hall and went to Slytherin table, shouting that I demanded to speak with Harry Potter and Daphne Greengrass. Everything stopped and I saw neither myself or Daphne at Slytherin table. That's when a voice behind me spoke."
"I'm Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Slytherin. Who are you?" said Gryff, recalling the moment he met his brother in all but birth.
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