Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter J.K Rowling does.
A\N: sorry about the delay in updating this story people. I did have it written a few weeks ago but sadly my pc had a virus and I had to reformat it then when I had it rewritten my cellphone (Which I use to upload my stories) broke. So well here it is. I have also gone back and cleaned up the earlier chapters and changed a few things that the reviewers had pointed were wrong.
Also for those of you who feel that Harry is to powerful. Have no fear as his enemy's will be as powerful. And for those wondering about Voldemort dying early, well let's just say I have something planned for him.
A few weeks had passed and still there was no word on Harry Potter. The boy was proving to be quite elusive to Dumbledore's searches and the old man was beginning to get quite pissed off at him. He had called in favor after favor from all of his friends at the ministry but no such luck; no one had the faintest of ideas where the boy who lived was. His own minions from the Order had searched high and low for him but they too had no such luck. He had gone to the Grangers in the hope that they might know where their daughter was but it seemed as if they had gone on vacation as the house was empty. Neville Longbottom, whom Harry had begun to get close to in the past year, had also not heard anything but promised to tell him if he found out any information.
Now though he had he had a plan. It was time for the Hogwarts letters to be sent out and he had carefully laced every square inch of the parchment and envelope, destined for Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, with every known tracking, loyalty, compulsion and magic suppressing charm known to man, it was also had a portkey attached that would transport them straight to a room in Hogwarts. If anyone touched it they would just become mindless zombies totally under the control of Dumbledore. Even though it was quite extreme Dumbledore was not taking any chances with this and wanted his pawn back soon. Unfortunately for him as the letters were sent out using the magic of Hogwarts he was unable to see the address printed on the envelope, all he could see were blurry lines and no amount of spell work could remove it. He had sent a letter to Molly already in preparation for Harry and Hermione to live there until school started. All he had to do know was wait for that moment.
Harry Potter was currently amused. He had just finished reading the letter that Luna had received earlier from Molly regarding Dumbledore's new plan. It amused him knowing that the old man was getting desperate to resort to such measures. Although he loved toying with the old man, he was starting to get a bit annoyed with the old man and hoped to finish him off soon. So far though he had more important things to worry about, for instance he had not realized the cowardice of the Death Eaters that he had hoped would follow him. It seemed that most of them had fled in fear after his meeting with them. Those who had fled had disappeared completely of the radar and had not even turned up for work.
Those that remained behind were a different story as the only one worthy there was Bellatrix and she too was a bit insane. The others who stayed were the lower level Death Eaters so Harry had them go about causing havoc, killing people and always putting up the dark mark to show that Voldemort was still around. Since then he had only brought along Bellatrix to the island and had allowed the others to go back to their homes. At first there was some tension between everyone but it soon smoothed out over time. Surprisingly it was Luna who became close to Bellatrix as it seemed that Bellatrix also believed in the weird creatures that Luna always talked about.
Now though he was watching the others train outside, using a charmed mannequin as a target. It was charmed to fight back and had different levels on it according to how powerful you wanted it to be. Currently it was set on the same level as Voldemort. Normally it would have trashed them but they were training as a group with Sirius, Remus and Tonks all dueling the doll at the same time. The dual carried on for a while when finally the doll got them all with a few silent stunners. Harry smirked as he switched of the doll and enervated the three. They grumbled about being pushed too hard, before heading inside to get a drink. All three were sweating and stinking as they guzzled down a couple gallons of water when suddenly Tonks asked a question "Harry why don't you haven't you taken over the world by now. I mean you have power that surpasses all others. Only in our wildest dreams have we ever had power like that. I mean nothing can stand in your way or is there?"
Harry was silent for a while as he thought back to his past life and began to answer her.
Flashback
The cold wind whipped about him causing the exposed skin of his face and his hands to go a slight pink. He pulled his cloak around him a little tighter and stuffed his hands into his pockets in a hope to warm them. He looked up from where he was standing and stared at the huge mansion in front of him. If the owners wanted privacy and to be away from most civilization then they had accomplished it as one look at the mansion would have caused the bravest man to scurry away in fear. The mansion itself was situated on top of a hill and the only way to get there was by walking. Surrounding the hill was forest till the eye can see and behind the mansion there was a massive drop into god knows were. The mansion itself was dark and gloomy looking with peeling paint and broken windows. Lightning flashed around causing the mansion to light up as the thunder rumbled in the background. Harry shook his head and braced himself against the wind as he walked along the cobbled pathway to the front door. As he neared the door it opened automatically with an almighty creak, of its old hinges, revealing the unwelcoming inky blackness of its insides. He shoved the door aside and entered the place eager to be away from the cold outside but for some reason it felt even colder inside.
He walked along, the floorboards creaking and as he walked along in the darkness a clear cold voice cut through the silence startling him "Harry James Potter, the-boy-who-lived. The last person I have ever expected to wander these halls."
Harry jumped around with wand in hand trying to discover where the voice came from when suddenly every single torch lit up the room. Harry stared around the room in shock as the room was nothing like the outside of the house. It was in fact in immaculate condition, tastefully decorated and absolutely clean. The fireplace roared alive and Harry saw the reason of his visit sitting in a large throne like chair twirling a crystal glass of wine in her right hand. She was a thing of beauty, her pale skin flawless, her robe fitting snug showing of her delightful curves. Her face looked like a goddess with her full lips and her midnight black hair. Her eyes though truly entranced you, they were of a crimson red and when she looked at you it was as if she was looking into your soul.
Harry gulped as he lowered his wand and turned to face her fully. She smiled at him as she took a sip of her wine before asking "Tell me Harry where did you find out about this place."
"I read his old journals. He wrote about you and what you did for him."
The lady laughed and said "Yes Tom was quite the wizard when he was younger."
"I was wondering if you can help me as well."
"Oh really, but you are the wizarding worlds golden boy, what help could you possibly want?"
Harry frowned at the mention of him being the golden boy and spat out "the wizarding world can go and rot in hell. I assure you I have no intention of being there golden boy."
"Very well then Harry Potter I shall help you but there are drawbacks."
"What conditions?"
"Simple, after I help you, you will gain knowledge and power beyond your wildest dreams, you will be able to do whatever you want and there will be no one to stop you. The drawbacks though are as follows, you will live a cursed life, you will always have the urge to commit acts of evil no matter how big or small, the more evil you cause the more the urge increases. Try and fight this urge and you will die a painful death. Second is, that all those who follow in your bloodline will be cursed as well. Third you will live a half-life. Fourth while you will have all this power it will also drain your core much faster. Do you accept these terms?"
Harry thought about it for a minute and started to feel a little reluctant but he quickly squashed that and spoke up "Yes I do."
The lady smiled and said "Excellent."
She got up from her chair and with a flick of her wrist Harry was forced to kneel on the ground. She walked up to him and held his head in her hands. She then looked up towards the sky, her eyes now glowing a dark red, and she then began to chant in a gruff evil voice
"kaeps ot em sretsam fo live,
Reah ym llac rof pleh,
A rewollof serised ot hsaelnu live otnu siht dlorw,
Pleh mih evig mih eht rewop ot yortdes siht mlaer."
As she finished thunder rumbled outside and lightning lit up the windows when suddenly a lightning bolt struck through the roof and hit Harry right on his scar. It felt as if he a thousand people had cast the crutiatus curse on him simultaneously. He felt the power inside of him expanding and growing larger and larger, it felt amazing. Soon though it all stopped and the entire house was plunged into silence. Harry gasped for breath and opened his eyes, he saw the lady standing in front of him smirking before she started undoing her robes and said "Well Harry now it is time for my payment."
End Flashback
By the time Harry finished his tale Luna and Hermione had joined the group and had listened intently to what he had to say. Harry meanwhile had wondered towards the window and was staring outside wondering if that decision he made all those years ago was the right one.
Tonks broke the silence by asking "Who was that woman?"
Harry just carried on staring outside, not turning to face them as he answered "no one really know her name but she is called The Vessel. It is said that she has been on this earth for thousands of years. Through her every dark lord gains there power by selling there soul although only those who are chosen are able to find her. I found out about her when I found Voldemort's hidden library and read his personal journals. At first I had no idea where to find her but then after I killed the Dursley's her locations just popped into my head and I was somehow compelled to find her. "
"So you really accepted even after you found out all of those consequences?"
Harry shrugged and replied "Yeah. I was pissed off with the world and didn't really care what happened to me. Heck to tell you the truth I was suicidal back then."
Silence followed his rant and after a while Harry felt Hermione come up behind him, wrap her hands around his waist and rest her head on his shoulders "Don't worry Harry this time I will never leave you."
The next day while at breakfast two unknown owls could be seen flying across the island making their way to the house. The group watched them as they flew into the house threw an open window and land in front of Harry and Hermione. The owl's raised their legs revealing identical Hogwarts letters for the two of them. Both Harry and Hermione raised there wands and with forced there raw magic through them and towards the letters, eventually over powering the spells that Dumbledore had cast.
Satisfied that Dumbledore's spells were gone the two removed their letters from the owls and opened them. The letter provided them with a book list and the same warnings as before and also quite shockingly both of them received the prefect's badge. Harry lifted his badge and inspected it, amused.
"The old fool must be really desperate to get me under his wing again. Last time he gave it to Ron."
Harry looked towards Hermione and saw that she was looking at hers with a look of disgust, totally the opposite as the last time she received it.
Sirius then asked "So what are you going to do know? Are you going to go back to Hogwarts?"
Harry thought about it before replying "Yeah, I think we are going back to Hogwarts. The old goat still thinks Voldy is alive so I think that it will be quite fun messing about with him. Also I think Dolores Umbridge will be this year's Defense teacher and I would like some revenge."
Harry then turned towards Bellatrix who was having an animated discussion with Luna and said "Bellatrix I need you to send a letter to Draco. While his father was a coward I don't think that he would be the same. Tell him to meet us me at the Devils Drop inn in Knockturn Alley tomorrow at ten. I believe that at Hogwarts he could prove to be a worthy ally."
"Tomorrow we visit Diagon Alley."
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