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CHAPTER 9 – CONVERSATIONS

After dinner, Harry told his wives that he was going to have a private chat with the 'esteemed' headmaster, and escorted them to the married quarter. He approached Dumbledore and asked to speak with him in private. As they went to his office, the headmaster offered Harry a lemon drop, but he declined. The man said, "Ok Harry, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Let me introduce you to my familiar, Tessie. She is a King Cobra, and we speak to each other in Parseltongue. She does not harm anyone on my command, but I will bring her out for you."

Dumbledore was stunned when he saw the snake, and Tessie hissed to Harry, "Isss thisss the old coot my youngling?"

Harry laughed and hissed back, "Yesss thisss isss him, but he will tell me sssomething important, but I need you to ssstay with me." Dumbledore was shocked, and Harry said, "Yes headmaster, I am a natural Parselmouth. I have a number of books on Parseltongue as well. She will not hurt you. First of all headmaster, I think that Lockhart's classes are a total waste of time. He creates phoney spells, and I think the man is a fraud. He didn't do any of these things that he wrote in his books."

Dumbledore sighed and said, "He was the only applicant that I had. Can you suggest anyone else?"

"What about my godfather Sirius Black? I will put Lockhart on probation until he proves himself worth of his position. If he makes one more step out of line, I will fire him, and have Sirius Black take his place. It is not the fact that he is my godfather, but if he feels up to it, he can arrange to take leave from the Ministry and teach the rest of the year if needed. You know Sirius was an Auror before he was sent to Azkaban without a trial? He knows his stuff regarding defence against the dark arts."

The old man said, "Ok, we will try Lockhart one more time. If he fails, then you can bring in Sirius Black, if he and the Ministry agree."

Harry said, "I don't see any reason why I should stay and listen to this fraud. I have my own ancestors who will train me regarding DADA." Dumbledore nodded in approval. Harry went on, "The second thing I want you to tell me is something that you will have to take an oath on your magic. It relates to Voldemort and how he can be killed. If you prove to me that you still care for me, you will take the oath, tell me absolutely everything, including what happened the night that bastard killed my parents. If you tell me everything, you will no longer be on probation, and I will forgive you for fucking up my life. Do we have a deal?

Dumbledore signed and said, "Ok Harry, I swear on my life and magic that I will tell you everything that you ask of me, and will not hide anything from you." A bright flash appeared and Harry nodded in agreement.

Harry said, "I want Professor McGonagall here, as she is the head of my house, and the deputy." He called for McGonagall, and she stepped right into Dumbledore's office.

"To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, Albus? Mr. Potter?" She gasped as she saw Tessie, to which Harry introduced as his familiar. He assured her that she will not attack. The snake hissed that she likes the woman, and Harry laughed and translated to McGonagall, who also found it amusing.

Harry replied, "Good evening professor. Our headmaster has decided to tell me everything relating to Voldemort, and how it is that he is not dead, and how we can get rid of him and the dark mark for good. Now, the first question is what really happened on the night that this madman killed my parents?"

The headmaster sighed, knowing that this question will pop up. He said, "A few days before that night, Voldemort was the most powerful dark lord in the magical world. He heard of a prophecy which is as follows, '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.' Now, this prophecy could have been made for a friend of yours, Neville Longbottom, who was born a few days before you, but Voldemort chose you, and marked you, therefore, you are known as The-Boy-Who-Lived." Harry was stunned at this, but motioned for the headmaster to continue. "When Voldemort heard the prophecy, he went mad, and killed everyone who got in his way. When he came to Godrics Hollow, your parents' home, he sent for you, but your father got in his way, and he killed him. Your mother loved you so much that she sacrificed her life to save you. That is why professor Quirrell could not touch you last year, and was burned when you touched his face. When Voldemort tried to kill you, the curse bounced back on
him and he vanished. However, he left a piece of his soul inside you, unintentionally."

Harry almost fainted at this, but composed himself. "Is there any way that this vile piece inside me can be destroyed? Does he have to do it, or can it be destroyed by another means?" McGonagall was also stunned by this revelation.

Dumbledore said, "It can be destroyed either way Harry. If you know a curse breaker, they can do it for you, but it will be very painful. I think that you will prefer Voldemort does not do it himself?" Harry nodded in the affirmative.

Harry said, "Professor, I have another question. Where did Voldemort come from? What was his origin? I am ready for a short history lesson, so please tell me everything."

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled and McGonagall was shocked by the question. He said, "Voldemort was a student here at Hogwarts about 50 years ago, but had the name Tom Marvolo Riddle. He was in Slytherin, an orphan, and became Head Boy in 44-45 year. He kept mainly to himself, and spent his time studying the dark arts. The potions master at that time, Horace Slughorn, told me that Tom asked him about horcruxes, and the professor was shocked and dismissed Tom. Now a horcrux is simply an item that links the soul, after killing a person or object in cold blood, and using very advanced dark magic. I think Tom made a number of horcruxes, but I don't know what or where they are. We know that our previous DADA professor Quirrell was a horcrux, as Tom's soul was inside him, so that is destroyed, thanks to you saving the philosopher's stone. If I am not mistaken, the night that Voldemort gave you the scar, a piece of his soul went inside you, and you are the horcrux he never meant to make. I think Voldemort used some items from the Founders of this school to make horcruxes. Maybe you can have a word with your ancestors and see if they know anything further. I'm sorry I can't help you more, but I think that Tom made a total of seven horcruxes."

Harry and McGonagall were stunned beyond belief. Harry composed himself and said, "Professor, why do I feel that what you said is not bullshit?"

McGonagall scolded him, "Mr. Potter, please mind your language with the headmaster."

Dumbledore waved it off and said, "It's ok Minerva. Harry can express himself in whatever way he likes."

Harry said, "Professors, I had a visit from some house elf called Dobby. He tried to tell me that terrible things are about to happen at Hogwarts and wanted to prevent me from coming this year. Do you know anything about this? That elf also probably sealed the gateway to the Hogwarts Expresss when I went with Mr. Greengrass. We met Madam Bones at the barrier and she had the matter fixed in a few minutes."

Dumbledore said, "Sorry Harry, I don't know about anything unusual that will happen, but I suggest that you take extreme care of yourself and your wives."

"One other thing professor, why did you hide my heritage from me?"

McGonagall was stunned at the question and the old man sighed. "It was for the greater good Harry, you need to understand."

"Bullshit professor! Who's greater good? Yours or mine? What did you try to accomplish?"

"Harry you need to understand some things. The Weasley family are not a well-off family and do not have lots of money for Hogwarts-"

"So you decided to act as my magical guardian and take money from my family vault and give it to the Weasleys? THEY COULD HAVE ASKED ME AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO HELP!" he yelled out.

"Harry my boy, Arthur and Molly would have been too afraid to ask you."

"Then they are not brave or courageous, so what are they doing in Gryffindor? And why did you forge a marriage contract between Ginny and myself?" he said with force.

"The Weasleys are a pure-blood family Harry, and marrying into a family of light would have been an advantage."

"For who? Me? You? Molly? What I know Albus is that the Greengrass and Davis families, while not strictly light, are not dark either. They have NOT taken advantage of me in any way or betrayed me. You and the Weasley family, at least Molly and Ron, have betrayed me and it is very difficult to regain my trust."

"Harry my boy, you cannot fight this war against Voldemort on your own," said Dumbledore.

"Who said I will fight on my own headmaster? You have no say in running my life and if you try, I will have you facing the Wizengamot, whether you are the Chief Warlock or not, that doesn't matter. Good night headmaster. Good night professor McGonagall."

Back in the headmaster's office, McGonagall looked sternly at the old man and said, "This is your warning Albus, stay away from the boy, no scratch that, stay away from Lord Hogwarts or you will be in trouble, and I will not save you." With that, she left the headmaster's office and Albus sighed. Harry was not going to marry Ginevra and he is not under his control anymore. He thought about how to bring Harry back into the light.

After Harry made his way to the married quarter, two missiles ran into him, knocking him down. He hugged his wives and told them everything that happened with Dumbledore. They started to cry but he comforted them and said, "This is what I have to live with, but with my two beautiful wives by my side, we can make it together and beat that dark arsehole."

He decided to ask Godric and Salazar if they knew about the horcruxes. He said, "Godric, Sal, I need to ask you some questions."

Salazar said, "Go ahead Harry my boy, ask anything."

"Do any of you know about Tom Riddle aka Voldemort making some things called horcruxes? He would have used some objects from the Founders to attach his soul."

Godric replied, "We know that he made some, but we don't really know where or what they are. As you rightly said, they may be items that relate to us. Maybe Rowena knows something."

Rowena heard the conversation and said, "I know my daughter Helena gave a diadem to one Tom Riddle, who she says spoke a funny language. He lied to her, saying that he wanted to destroy it because it had dark magic, but the bastard boy himself filled it with dark magic. We don't know where it might me, but there is a chance that it could be in the Come-and-Go room, aka The Room of Requirement. That is all we have."

Harry said, "Ok, well I better get to bed. Good night ancestors." They smiled at him and bid him goodnight. After a hot bath with his wives, they went to bed and slept, cuddling each other. Daphne and Tracey kissed and fondled each other, and held tight onto their husband and had a peaceful night.

A/N: This is the first step to Dumbles redeeming himself. As I mentioned before, the old man wants to make amends for his past mistakes, so I made out the fact that he apologises to Harry and wants a fresh start. He will no longer be evil or have an agenda for his own 'greater good.' He will still push Harry and will pay some sort for what he has done. He will face the Wizengamot and be prosecuted. It's a bit hard to continue writing about Dumbledore bashing and even Weasley bashing, but I'm trying my best to make out that Ron and Molly still have their own agenda and there will be hell to pay, but this will be in later chapters and most likely in fourth or fifth year.