His father was furious, he could tell. When Harry had come home, his father been expecting a prophecy, and Harry had failed him. This was the first time he ever had, and his father looked like he could murder him on the spot. Harry stood frozen in place while his father turned to him and performed Crucio on him. This wasn't the first time; the cruciatis curse was often used as a form of punishment on Harry, though it was often only used if Harry completed a spell slightly incorrectly, not for doing something actually wrong. When his father had calmed down Harry decided to tell him what he had heard. His father's look went from anger to worry.
"Horcruxes? Are you sure?" he whispered, Harry just nodded.
The dark lord quickly dismissed him and as Harry walked through the halls, he found Draco In the library.
"Draco!" Harry ordered, Draco quickly looked up and walked over to Harry, bowing slightly.
"Yes master Harry?" he asked, Harry looked at Draco warningly "You don't have to call me Master, Draco, atleast not for a few years" harry winked.
Everyone knew that Harry would be taking over for Voldemort in a few years and would then be ruler over the whole wizarding kingdom; he knew no one could touch him, and he liked it.
"I need you to look up Horcruxes for me, immediately" harry said, Draco nodded and walked back into the library.
Harry turned to find Aunt Bella sitting at the small coffee table. Harry walked over to her and sat down "Mum? Is father really upset with me?" Harry asked worryingly.
Harry often called her Mum, she was the closest thing to a Mum he had, and she seemed to like it when he said it. Aunt Bella looked up and wrapped her arms around him, she really had come to love him like her own, and she did like it when he called her Mum, she really thought of him as her own son. "No honey, I think he is just disappointed, you know how your father gets" she said soothingly, and Harry felt calm in her embrace.
James arrived through the fireplace quickly, worked up and eager to give his information. Lily looked up from where she was preparing dinner and walked over to James, wrapping her arms around him to welcome him back on this sad day. It wasn't part of their tradition to go out on this day each year, but it had been an important raid at the ministry James couldn't miss, and she supposed it took his mind of what this day meant.
"How was it?" she asked, wanting to know how her husband spent his day.
It was at this that several other order members came into the small Grimwauld place kitchen, all sitting down around the big table to discuss the past events. Alex, Neville and Ron also came through the door, looking eager to know how it went as well. Molly Weasly quickly shooed the teens out and sat down as well to hear the news.
"Well, as most of you know Albus and I were protecting the Prophecies at the ministry today, in case Voldemort came looking for it. As we were there, a death eater arrived, obviously in search of a prophecy, but this one was different." James exclaimed.
Sirius's head snapped up "Different how?" he asked.
James continued on answering his question "This one was only about 17, the same age as Ron or Neville, he had a mask on so we couldn't recognise him but we have reasons to believe that this he is no new addition to the death eaters, and possibly in Voldemorts inner circle".
At this, Severus Snape stoop up from his seat and glared at James "Now this is where you are wrong, I know who that boy is, not where he came from or how Voldemort came to get him but this boy has been known around their parts as 'Voldemorts Son'" he said knowingly. Everyone gasped at this, it had never been released that Voldemort had a son.
"He is extremely trained in the dark arts, more so than most of us, and he is experienced too, he helped at the age of 8 with the attack on the Longbottoms, and has also been involved in many killings around Voldemorts parts. I have never seen what he looks like, he now wears a death eater mask and before that had another mask" Snape continued on.
Everyone started talking at once, trying to make since of this situation when Albus Dumbledore strode in from the fireplace.
The room fell silent as he spoke "As you are now well aware, Voldemort has a son, it has been thought that as he has been brought up in the dark arts, he is unsavable, but I believe that is not the case. On the next raid of Voldemorts it will be your job James to capture the boy and bring him here, though you are not to harm him in anyway ok?" James nodded in understanding when Lily cut in "How can we possibly have the same boy that helped attack Neville's parents in the same house as Neville?" she asked.
"The teenagers are never to know he is here, not until the ministry has decided what will be his fate, now that is all, I must be off" and with that he was gone.
The adults continued talking but up above them in the ceiling, lay Neville, Ron, Alex and the Weasly twins, all listening in on their conversation with extendable ears. Everyone lay there in a since of shock, not knowing at all what to do. It was Ron who spoke first
"Maybe we should tell the girls, they might know what to do?" the others agreed and the 5 silently creeped down the hall to the girls room.
When they had finished Hermione was furious 'How can they possibly let someone that dangerous into the house? It's an outrage!" She exclaimed
"Hermione relax take a chill pill, he isn't even here yet- we don't even know if they will catch them" soothed Ginny, looking for a way to support her friend. It was Neville that need the most support though, he was sitting in the corner of the room in complete shock, a boy the same age as him had attacked and drove his parents insane, and at only 8 years old. It made Neville feel sick, as if he wasn't worried enough already. Everyone was expecting him to end the war yet he still didn't have a clue how to do it, Dumbledore had helped but he still had no idea where to go next.