Chapter seven

'He looks scared, Harry never looks scared,' Ginny said sadly, 'You don't think he can, do you dad, come back?'

'No, but with him anything was possible, he proved that. Let's wait to hear from Kingsley, for now let's get Harry to concentrate on the wedding and keep his mind off what happened. Charlie will keep him calm for now, but concentrating on the plans for the wedding and stag night will help.'

'What if Kingsley finds out that there is something that could bring him back?' Bill asked.

'Then we'll deal with it just like we did last time. But if this happens then we stop him before he gets supporters. Almost all his originals are dead and only a couple are in Azkaban.'

Charlie walked slowly downstairs, 'How is he Charlie?' Hermione asked anxiously.

'Hard to believe but he cried himself to sleep, calling for Sirius and his parents, it was heartbreaking. Dad, we can't let Harry go through all that shit again, he wouldn't survive next time.'

'No, he wouldn't, his an emotion wreck because of it. But what I'm concerned about right now is that this might frighten Harry so much that he doesn't just leave here, but leaves the country for good. We have to show him that he doesn't need to do that and we have to make sure he truly believes in his heart that he will never got through that again. Ron, you spent a lot of time with Harry, you and Hermione did, he said he saw and felt a lot, can you explain?'

Ron looked at Hermione who nodded, 'Even though we didn't know why at the time, Harry would get a severe pain in his scar. He'd grab it, he'd be in so much pain and sometimes he would collapse because of it.'

'Harry said some of these visions were worse than others depending on how angry Voldemort was. But it was more than just feeling it Mr. Weasley, Harry said to me once that to him it felt like he was killing and torturing those people.'

'Hang on,' Bill said, 'I overheard Albus and Sirius talking one day at Grimmauld place. Sirius mentioned that Harry felt like he wanted to attack Albus and was scared he was turning into Voldemort or like Voldemort. That can't happen, could it?'

'What did Albus say?'

'Albus said it's not possible, he was just feeling the anger because of the connection,' Aberforth said as he stepped into the house, 'Sorry, but I knew you'd all be discussing this so I spoke with my brother's portrait. Harry isn't turning into him, but he did say to check that area and he wants Harry checked as well. He doesn't believe that he can come back, but he's not ruling anything out. When all of you left, reporters scattered so expect some type of story about Harry on the front page of every paper tomorrow. Another thing, students all seemed to send a lot of letters right after you left. I think after what happened at Hogwarts that year, all those parents are going to be demanding McGonagall to keep their kids safe. Kingsley and Minerva are expecting a lot of mail over the next few days. Where is Harry, he didn't go home did it?'

'No, he was upset, saying he couldn't do this again, Charlie put him upstairs and he's asleep,' Molly said sadly but her whole family, Hermione and even the Grangers were all looking concerned. Even though the Grangers didn't go through any of this first hand, Hermione had filled them in on Voldemort and what he did. So they knew why everyone looked so worried. But they also got to see another side of Harry Potter, a very scared and frightened young man.

Everyone is eating dinner, still talking about what happened when Harry walks quietly down the stairs and sits next to Charlie. He doesn't say anything or look at anyone, just stares at the table. Charlie puts his arm around Harry's shoulder, pulling him close.

'You need to eat Harry, it was a very emotional day,' Arthur nodded to his wife who fixed Harry a plate of food, placing it in front of him.

'What did your brother say Ab?' Harry asked quietly but never looked up.

Aberforth sighs, 'He doesn't believe anything will happen, but he's not ruling it out. He does want you to let the Unspeakables check you over just to make sure. It will give you and everyone else a guarantee that his soul is completely gone. We know it is Harry, that's why you were able to kill him, if it wasn't he'd still be here. You know that more than most.'

Harry slowly looks up, 'When I saw what was left of him, it was so small and disgusting, Dumbledore and I looked the same, whole, our souls were whole, he had none left or hardly any left. Dumbledore said because he split his soul so many times he had no humanity left in him. I was made as a baby, the sixth one, Nagini the last, what if there is a minute piece of his soul still left out there, enough to keep him connected to this world, like last time?'

'It's all speculation right now Harry. But you were the one that Albus told everything to. So tell us about those meetings?' Arthur asked.

'He called them lessons, he was giving me private lessons. But they were memories, anybody that would give up their memory of Voldemort. Dumbledore studied them and his own memories to work out what the horcruxes were and where he hid them, then he showed me. Every item meant something to him and every place he hid them also meant something to him. So even though he was incapable of love, he felt something for Nagini and she was made because he never did find anything that belonged to Gryffindor, but he was planning on using Dumbledore's pin. It was only because of my mother that saved me, it was only because I had a piece of his soul that saved me that night. If he comes back, nothing can save me this time. I always knew I'd die young.'

'Stop it right now,' Charlie snapped, 'You're not dying and he's not coming back.'

'Look, let's get all the facts. So Harry, the items, what were they? Let's see if there might be something else out there, just to satisfy our own curiosity,' Arthur said.

'His diary that Ginny had was either his first or second. Dumbledore wasn't sure which was made first, the other was a ring that belonged to his wizard grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, both of those were made while he was still a student. Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem was made not long after he left Hogwarts as a student. He made Helga Hufflepuff's cup and Salazar Slytherin's locket at the same time, when he worked for Borgin and Burkes. I was next and you know when that happened, then Nagini after he returned. Dumbledore said he wanted to use my death to make one, he thought it was fitting since I was the boy mentioned in the prophecy.'

'Who destroyed them?' Bill asked.

Harry looked at Hermione to answer, 'Harry destroyed the diary when he saved Ginny's life, Dumbledore destroyed the ring, but it's the reason he was dying. Harry made Ron destroy the locket, Ron made me destroy the cup. Harry was just about to destroy the diadem when Crabbe set fiend fyre. Neville killed Nagini,' Hermione looked at Harry, 'Voldemort destroyed the one in Harry by using the killing curse.'

'Do you mean because Dumbledore destroyed the ring something happened to him?' Percy asked.

'No, he forgot it was dark magic and put the ring on, it cursed his hand. He told me that even he could make mistakes, this one cost him his life,' Harry said but everyone heard how emotionless his voice was.

'Why would my brother put on a ring that was cursed with the worst dark magic there was?'

Harry slowly looks at Aberforth, 'Hallows, the deathly hallows. The stone in the ring was one of the items.'

'You mean he found one?' Aberforth asked looking stunned.

Harry nodded, then reached around and pulled a wand from the back waist band of his pants.

'He had two and knew I had the third. This is one,' Harry puts the elder wand in front of Aberforth, 'Dumbledore asked my father to borrow his invisibility cloak.'

'My brother didn't need a cloak to become invisible, so your cloak was the cloak?'

'Yes, he wanted to study it. When I arrived at Hogwarts, he passed it on to me.'

'Where did he get the wand from?'

'Grindlewald during their fight, but since Grindlewald stole it and never won it they were fighting an even fight, neither had an advantage. Dumbledore won and that's the reason Voldemort broke open your brother's tomb, he worked it out. But he didn't know that by then I owned the wand. I won the allegiance to the wand from Malfoy who disarmed your brother the night he died.'

'How did the Gaunt's get the stone?'

'It was passed down from the middle Peverell brother. Somewhere along their line they mounted it into that ring. Only the two items are around, the wand and my cloak, I got rid of the stone after using it.'

'Using it,' Hermione squeaked.

Harry turned to look at his friend, 'Yeah, that night, in the forbidden forest. I realised what the words on the snitch meant, I opened it and the stone was there. So I called my parents, Sirius and Remus, they helped me that night, got me through the dementors without a patronus,' Harry gave a small chuckle, 'I asked Sirius if it hurt to die. Since I was going to die I wasn't sure what to ask him, but that just popped into my head. My mother said I was brave, she was beautiful. I wanted to touch her, to hold her, but I couldn't. Everyone said I was like my father, we were almost identical, it was just our eyes that were different. Maybe the stone has something to do with this, and it still has a bit of his soul.'

'That piece of soul was destroyed, Dumbledore destroyed it Harry,' Ron said, 'It can't have anything to do with it, but where is it anyway?'

'I left it in the forbidden forest so no one would ever find it. Since I survived I'm glad I haven't got it, I know I would have called them back again. Seeing Sirius that night,' Harry shook his head but never continued and everyone realised that Harry was still grieving over Sirius. Charlie looked at his father who nodded, he realised that's why Harry was a little uncertain to commit to a serious relationship, the loss of Sirius and it was still affecting Harry deeply.