DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER! but I do wish I did!

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Harry Potter and several other characters are way out of character in this story. Believe me, I don't think Harry would act like he is acting in some of these chapters!
Okay! SORRY for the long wait, it wasn't as bad as the one about a month ago but close enough! I've been having a terrible way on how to end this chapter and finally set my tush down and figured a way!

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Previously on Chapter 9

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"Harry that is Godric's Hollow." Remus choked.

Harry blanched, "Are you sure?"

"I'd never forget Godric's Hollow. When Voldemort was at the town last time, your parents were killed and the town obliterated. I never thought he'd want to come back here."

"I think it is another test of his." Harry sighed. "Let's go!" He shouted at the Death Eaters and they charged.

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Chapter 10 "The Test"

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Harry watched as the groups of Death Eaters unlocked the doors of the Godric Hollows houses and green light could be seen through the window. Children could be heard screaming for their parents and parents begging to be let go to see their kids. Harry felt his heart go out to them, but held firm and shut himself off to their pain. Remus stood next to him, watching as well, but he was not so accustomed to the destruction and the raids.

"Harry you can't let them do this."

"What do you think I should do Remus? I'm afraid what would happen if I all of a sudden go and try to stop the Death Eaters right in front of Voldemort."

"Don't tell me you don't care, Harry. I can see the pained look in your eyes just as well as you can see mine." Remus whispered angrily.

"I'm sorry. I can't risk to give myself away."

"Oh so you're just going to hide behind your mask? Almost everyone knows who you are now."

"I am not hiding!"

"I'm sure you're not, but really Harry, you can't let those people suffer like that!"

"What do you want me to do, huh? Do you want me to march in there and try to stop them? Do you have any idea what Voldemort would do? Do you have any idea how much suffering I'm facing if I go in there? For me, it's either death or a life of torture. For these people it ends quickly."

Remus sighed and nodded. As much as he was pained to see the people of Godric's Hollow killed and tortured, he did not want to see Harry in the same position. Remus had a feeling that Voldemort would not do anything. He had deliberately put the test out to see what Harry's reaction was going to be. If Harry holds out everything would be okay. Remus hoped that if Harry was not going to stop the attacks, he would at least try to keep his temper in check.

Apparently Harry was not the type to stay away and pretend that he couldn't see the people tortured.

Remus didn't know however that Harry's mind was far from the battle. He was staring at the empty large space in between two large houses. Harry knew that that was where Potter Manor had stood. Nothing had remained except that large empty space, the same large space Harry found missing deeply. Harry walked towards the place, Remus behind him.

Both men were silent as they approached it. The silence that was only broken by the screams and flashes of green light, but neither noticed.

Harry stood in the center of what used to be the manor and turned to Remus. His questioning eyes were tear filled and managed to flow down his cheeks as Remus nodded mutely.

"So this is the place? I never expected to find this, I thought they would at least rebuild some parts of it, at least in memory."

"I'm sorry Harry. I haven't been back here since October 1981. I didn't know what happened after I left and I never did have any desire to come back. This place brings back too many memories."

''You have no idea, Remus." Harry said softly, suddenly turning around and marching across the street to one of the houses. Remus quickly followed, wondering what was going to happen.

"Harry, what are you doing?" He said as he caught up with him.

"I've got to stop this. You're right, I'd never be able to accept this massacre." Harry said. The door of the large red-bricked house crashed open as he neared it.

The Death Eaters in the house snapped their heads up as the two approached them. They moved away, revealing a mother and two young children with her. She was glaring at the men, but turned her head as Harry neared and gazed curiously at him. Her expression turned from curiosity to surprise to hate. Harry didn't say anything, but moved towards her. The children whimpered and Harry broke.

"All of you, get out of here!" He hissed at the parted Death Eaters. They backed out of the house respectively, but Harry noticed Malfoy stood back.

"When I say all, I mean ALL, Malfoy." Malfoy smirked at him, but stood his ground.

"What are you going to do, kill them or let them go? You have not changed, Lord Serpent, you are still the same pathetic little boy."

Harry growled slightly and pointed his hand at the man, "Leave now or you die. I don't care who the hell you are just remember that I am not someone you should mess around with. You should understand that now, Malfoy, if you do not than I will make you understand."

"Oh yes, you are strong, you want me to call Krett here to see how strong you really are?"

Harry ignored the challenge and turned back to the family crouched in a corner. He could hear Malfoy's soft laugh behind him. Harry paid him no attention.

"Are you alright?" He asked the woman. She stared at him with shock. One of the children buried their faces into her robes and began crying.

She grabbed both of them and pushed them behind her, "Please, please spare them. Do what you want with me, but please let my children go. They did not do anything, they are innocent!"

Harry stared at her, "I'm not going to do anything, but I can't promise you something that I am not even sure about. I will try to get you away from here, but I do not know what that blubbering idiot will tell the man that is in charge."

"The blubbering idiot has already told, Potter." Malfoy's voice said behind him. Harry swirled around and Malfoy smirked. Behind him Voldemort stood.

(should I end it there?)

(Nah!)

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"You have failed, Serpent." Voldemort's voice was soft, Harry was hoping he would yell. Actually he preferred the Dark Lord yelled instead of speaking so calmly it unnerved him. Harry remained silent and watched him step closer into the room. A quick blur of robes went by him and Remus was next to the woman and the kids.

Malfoy smirked behind his lord and Harry could not help but scowl darkly at him. How he wished to put his hands around Malfoy's pale neck and strangle him, slowly.

"Protecting mudbloods?" Harry turned to Voldemort who spoke. He gulped and slowly shook his head fast.

Harry knew he lied and he saw in Voldemort's eyes that he knew it too, but for some reason he let it slip past. Harry could see the hate radiating from Malfoy.

Voldemort stared into Harry's eyes as if trying to figure out if he was lying, but it was no use as Harry's mark would've told him anyway. Harry surprised himself as he kept his pain for the muggles deep down inside him and secret. No one noticed, except Harry, the small 'pop' before they were interrupted.

"My Lord, the Death Eaters are becoming anxious. They are done with the muggles in this town, sadly the wizards had all escaped." Laudia said coming into the door.

Voldemort nodded swiftly and followed her out.

"Serpent," He called. "Come with me, I want to see where your loyalties rest." Harry gulped and followed him.

No one had noticed or thought about the 'pop' and if they did no one said anything about it. Harry knew Remus had taken the family to either Grimmauld place or somewhere else. The mother was a muggle, but her two children both had magical blood in them and Harry had felt the magic radiating from them.

"Bring them here!" Harry faintly heard Voldemort say as he stood next to him.

The muggle family were dragged to a stop in front of them and forced to their knees. Mother, Father and a little girl of at least seven years old.

Voldemort pointed his wand at the father and Harry closed his eyes as the pain curse connected with his body. The man screamed as if someone was pricking him with thousands of needles at once. The mother huddled close to her daughter and held in her sobs as her husband was slowly losing his mind at the pressure on his mind and body.

He screamed once more and fell down, his glassy eyes open and staring into nothingness. The little seven year old wrenched away from her mother and before they could stop her she grabbed her father's robes.

"Daddy, please wake up! Please daddy!" Her tiny voice echoed as Voldemort and the Death Eaters looked on in amusement.

"Daddy, I promise I'll be a good girl, please wake up! I'll-I'll never fight with Emmy again daddy, you'll never have to yell at me again."

"Mommy what's wrong with him? Why won't he wake up?" Harry cringed at the frightened tone of voice coming from a little kid. So much like his own when he had asked the Dursley's what had he done wrong when they punished him.

Harry's head snapped up as a cry broke out from the girl, one of the Death Eaters had grabbed her by her hair and dragged her in front of Voldemort.

"Serpent, your turn." Voldemort sneered, his red eyes were glued onto the girl's struggling form.

Harry stepped forward.

He couldn't do it, he couldn't be like the monster that stood behind him. He couldn't become like the man that he was trying to change. He could not hurt another child, he could not hurt another family. He could not.

And yet he had raised his hand and pointed at the child.

Her screams echoed in his mind as the crucio passed through her body. He did not even blink as the green light shone and the screams subsided.

"Kill the woman." Voldemort urged him.

Harry's hand automatically turned to the woman and for the second time the green light shone before the silent body of the woman fell.

Her last words echoed in his head. "I'll be with my family, I had no reason to live anymore."

"Oh god what have I done?" He whispered to himself. Green eyes stared at the woman who looked like she was sleeping peacefully if she did not have her chocolate brown eyes open and her mouth slightly parted into a smile.

Harry did not know that the woman's face and the child's scream would forever haunt his dreams.

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Thanks to the Reviewers!

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Kris: Of course I am!

AthenaKitty: Harry did get Ron's attention, which is good I mean, Ron can be an Ahole sometime but he is a good person and Harry can trust him with his life. Harry only wrote to Ginny, Ron and Hermione. As for Voldemort's change, that'll be me giving it away now wouldn't it? Harry kill Voldemort? If nothing goes right....

SheWolfe7: It might work it might not...think about it. Voldemort's a tough person to change.

EriEka127: Well here's the long awaited chapter. I know its short but hope you liked it!

HoshiHikari4ever: Thanks. We're all hoping for the same thing, Laudia was the woman Harry met when he went to 'visit' Knockturn Alley. She was the one that told him the obvious 'Harry chasing' hehe.

GoddessMoonLady: Why thank you! takes bow. I try my best, sometimes it can be my worst, but oh well!

WildUnicorn: Should I try? Or do you think Voldemort would kill her? Oops...hehe

VampireStoryHunter: Wow thanks! I may not write Vampire stories, probably because they're just plain creepy, but I'm glad you like it! Hope you keep reading!

Maria: Sorry, I'm too busy at the moment. School's over soon and the teachers are giving us a
hard time! I had so much homework that I didn't know what to do with last few weeks. Plus finals are coming and I'm trying to study in Chemistry since its one of my blow points! Grr I hate that class!

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