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A/N: Well here it is, a little later than I thought it would be. Hopefully it was worth the wait. I hope y'all enjoy it. J
Parseltongue.
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Harry, Draco, and Bellatrix walked around Riddle Manor for another half hour before they ended up at a side door.
The door led out into the yard, and in the corner was a familiar looking grave plot.
Harry was too busy getting lost in his memories of what happened there in 4th year, that he didn't even realize that they weren't alone anymore.
Draco gasped as a ghost floated down from one of the statues to look at him and Harry.
"Harry I think Pansy was right about this place being haunted!" Draco whispered.
"What?" Harry said finally turning around.
"I know you." The ghost said to Harry. "You were the boy that was here the night Tom came back."
"How do you know about that?" Harry asked the ghost.
"Because I was sitting on my statue watching the whole thing." The ghost informed them.
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"My name is Bartholomew Peverell , but I was buried here under the Riddle name many years ago by my descendants."
"Who were the Peverell's?" asked Draco.
So the ghost of Bartholomew sat down and began to tell them the story of the Deathly Hallows.
When Draco commented that it was just a fairy tale, the ghost just smiled and informed Draco that they were real. He told them about the wand, the stone, and the cloak. When he mentioned the cloak Harry's eyes got big.
"That sounds like the cloak that my father left to me." Harry said.
"What is your name?" The ghost asked.
"Harry Potter, and my father's name was James Potter."
"Well that explains why you have it." "The Potters are also descendants of the Peverell line. They are an extension of the Gryffindor line, who was a Peverell descendant . I believe they are actually the only line descending from Godric Gryffindor."
" I am a descendant of who!" Harry asked.
"Yes, that's right. Tom Riddle is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. Who was also a descendant of the Peverell line. And the Potters are descended from the Gryffindor line."
"So you are saying the Voldemort and I are distantly related?" Harry asked to clarify.
"Yes, it would appear so." The ghost said. "Now back to my story."
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While the ghost was finishing his tale Bellatrix began to cackle insanely; Harry and Draco didn't pay her any mind. They thought she was back to being her crazy self again.
What they didn't notice, that she did was the giant snake on the ground coming straight at Draco.
Draco screamed as Nagini began to wind herself around him. By now Bellatrix was on the ground cackling like a maniac, she knew there was no way to stop the snake. Nagini was going in for the kill.
As Nagini was about to sink her teeth in and bite Draco, Harry stood up.
"Stop!" He shouted at her. "Don't bite him please!"
Nagini stopped midair, and she kind of looked at Harry.
"You are a speaker?" she asked. "I thought only my master could speak to me."
"No, I am a speaker too." Harry replied "Please come over here and leave my friend alone. He didn't do anything to you."
So Nagini got off of Draco and slithered over to Harry.
"Who are you?" Harry asked her.
"I am Nagini." "My master Lord Voldemort made me many years ago. I am one of his horcroxes." she told Harry.
"I am a horcrux too." "What are you doing out here?"
"My master is in a meeting. He has been much more pleasant lately than before you came." "He told me about you and why you are here. When I saw you in the hallway I followed you out here."
"Oh! Do you know anything else about the story that the ghost told us?" Harry asked Nagini.
"Yes, My master also told me about those. In fact, he has one of them hidden in a chamber on the grounds."
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While Harry and Nagini were having their conversation, Draco and Bellatrix just kind of stared and watched them dumbstruck.
Draco knew from second year that Potter was able to talk to snakes, but it was a completely different experience hearing it up close.
Bellatrix just stared amazed, because she had only ever heard Voldemort speaking like that.
"Hey guys!" Harry said switching back to English "Come on! Nagini is going to show us a place where there is a real Deathly Hallow!"
So Nagini wound up Harry's body until she was riding on his shoulders. She hissed the directions to the chamber while Draco and Bellatrix followed them.
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They climbed down the stone steps that led to a giant cave underground. There was a pedestal with a stone on it. And something that looked eerily like the Veil that Harry had seen in the Department of Mysteries.
"Bellatrix?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Potter?"
"Why is there something that looks like the Veil here?"
"That is the Veil. Voldemort had us bring it here that night after the battle was over." "While the aurors were busy in the room where you were, we removed it."
Harry didn't really know what to say at this point. He just kept staring at the Veil remembering Sirius falling through it.
"Come on, we should be getting back to the Manor now." Bellatrix said to the boys.
So they went back out of the chamber and headed to the house.
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It was 6 pm and Voldemort, Harry, and Bellatrix were sitting down to supper. All the other Death Eaters had left for the night.
"Harry, I am guessing you noticed Bellatrix was following you around today. Yes?"
"Yes." Harry replied.
"Well, I have decided that since I am going to be quite busy lately with the war and meetings, you will need someone to supervise you when I cannot be with you."
"So Bellatrix is going to be your minder. Alright?" Voldemort asked.
"Yes." Harry relied again.
"Sir?" Harry asked "Why do you have the Veil here on your property?"
"How did you know that it was here?" Voldemort questioned
"Nagini told me how to get to an underground chamber, and she took me and Draco there. We saw it."
"Did she now? You have been talking with my snake?" Voldemort smirked
"Yes sir, and she told me about how you have a Deathly Hallow. We met a ghost in the graveyard that told us the story about them."
"He also told me about how you and I are descendants of the Peverell brothers." Harry finished.
"Well Harry, it seems that you have learned a lot today. But I thought I told Bellatrix to keep an eye on you. And to keep you out of trouble."
"I did, my lord!" Bellatrix said quickly "I kept him out of the areas you told me were off limits. You mentioned nothing about an underground chamber, or the graveyard!"
"That is because I didn't think I would need to worry about Harry finding them for a while!"
"But what's done is done. Why are you asking about the Veil Harry?" Voldemort finished exasperated.
"Because that is where Sirius died." Harry said. "I can hear the voices in the Veil. I was wondering if there was a way I could talk to him."
"Actually, I believe that your beloved godfather isn't really dead."
"What!" Harry said
"Yes, when someone is hit with the Killing Curse by the Veil they only fall into it, and it puts them in the same dimension that ghosts are in. "
"So that person never truly dies then, nor are they a ghost. They are just stuck." Voldemort explained.
"So Sirius isn't really dead?" Harry asked. "Is there a way that he can come back?"
"What do you know about death and magic, Harry?"
"Dumbledore told me that it is impossible for the dead to be brought back to life, even with magic." "But what about that resurrection stone? Would that bring Sirius back?"
"What Dumbledore told you is correct Harry."
At Harry's downcast face Voldemort added.
"However, seeing as your godfather is not truly dead. Yes, there is a way to bring him back. And no, the stone isnt the only way."
"You can bring Sirius back?" Harry asked excitedly.
"No, I cannot."
"But you just said-"
"I cannot" Voldemort interrupted. "But Bellatrix can."
There was silence following this statement.
"I can?" asked Bellatrix
"Yes, there is an ancient dark spell used by druids, and it can pull a person out of that dimension."
"Really? But why can't you do it?" Bellatrix asked again.
"Because the spell will only work if it is performed by the person who cast the original Killing Curse." Voldemort explained.
"And since you are the one who sent Sirius Black behind the Veil. It has to be you."
Harry looked between Bellatrix and Voldemort. He was starting to panic.
"Will you do it? Please Bellatrix!" Harry begged "Please bring Sirius back!"
"What do you say Bellatrix? Do you care to right the wrong that you have put on Harry? Or will you forever be afraid he will cast the Cruciatus Curse at you?" Voldemort asked
Bellatrix hesitated.
"Okay, my lord. I will do it, but I am not happy about it. I never did like my spoiled goody-goody Gryffindor cousin."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Harry got up and hugged Bellatrix excitedly.
"Harry!" Voldemort exclaimed "Calm down, we will have to wait to do it until morning. So head to bed."
Harry got up and went to his room to wait until morning.
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Harry woke up late. He'd had a hard time sleeping the night before because he was excited. It was then that he noticed Nagini was on his bed.
"Good morning, Nagini. What are you doing in my room?" Harry asked
"Master told me to wait until you woke up. He said once you were ready to bring you to the chamber." "He is down there with the insane one working on a spell." Nagini told him
"Okay, just let me get dressed and we can go down there." Harry said.
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It took Harry no time to get dressed, and then he and Nagini were on their way down into the chamber.
When they arrived down there, Voldemort was just finishing working with Bellatrix.
"Oh, Good morning Harry!" Voldemort said. "Now that you are here we can begin."
"Sir? Not to sound ungrateful, but why are you doing this for me?" "Sirius is a part of the Order of the Phoenix."
"Because Harry, I have taken enough from you in this lifetime. I think it's time that I started giving some back to you." Voldemort answered cryptically
"When your godfather does come back, he will have to take a Vow as well. But we will worry about that later."
Voldemort walked away then and told Bellatrix that it was time.
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Bellatrix cast the spell in an ancient druid language Harry had never heard before. At first nothing happened. Then the cave started to tremble like there was an earthquake.
And with what looked like a reversal of the night Sirius fell, a misty cloud came out of the Veil.
When the cloud cleared, Sirius Black's body was laying on the floor.
Harry was about to run to him. "WAIT!" Voldemort said as he grabbed his shoulder.
The stone on the pedestal started to glow. It was then that a bright looking ghost flew past them in a beam of light, and it disappeared into Sirius' body.
The body arched up off of the floor, and it gave a giant gasp as the light exploded. Then it was all over.
When Voldemort let go of Harry's shoulder, Harry crept over to where Sirius was laying to look at him.
Suddenly a set of bright grey eyes that Harry recognized popped open.
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A/N: Well there you have it Chapter 7. I hope you guys enjoyed it. It was the longest chapter I have written yet. It kind of took on a life of its own. Please review and tell me what you think. J
