CHAPTER 10

A week later Malfoy returned to school. Hermione and Harry saw him come into the hall for dinner with his father and professor Snape. Both men were looking at them with sneers. Harry couldn't help himself so he sneered back at both men and then got a look of extreme satisfaction on his face.

Harry was about to take a bite of food when Malfoy senior's cane smacked the table in front of him. Harry looked up at him but not in fear which concerned Mr. Malfoy a little bit. "If I were you boy I would not look so smug. You and your little whore are about to be expelled."

Without thought Harry took his fork and stabbed Mr. Malfoy's hand that was holding his cane. Mr. Malfoy looked down at the fork stuck in his hand and screamed. "Harry jumped on the table and looked at Malfoy Senior in the eye "I will remind you as I have already told your brat of a son. I will not tolerate people talking badly about Hermione."

Malfoy looked at him and tried to remove the fork and he couldn't do it. "You little brat I will see that you pay for that."

Snape marched back down and began to yell at Harry "That's it Potter I will see that you are expelled for this!" Snape was about ready to reach for Harry when he suddenly found himself floating upside down.

Hermione got up from her seat "I don't think so Professor Snape. You were already warned about handling students and you will not touch Harry."

Harry turned as he felt a spell coming towards them from behind "He shielded with his hand and the spell hit his shield and bounced harmlessly away. He found Malfoy Junior standing with his wand pointed at Hermione's back.

Harry's voice got a very cold edge to it "Malfoy you were warned about bothering us again. Harry took his hand and thrust it towards Malfoy and Malfoy was lifted up and hit the wall with his head. He fell unconscious. Harry accio'ed his wand and then snapped it.

Hermione had accio'ed Snape's wand and she snapped it. Harry turned to Mr. Malfoy. "I suggest that you don't take your wand out because you will not like the consequences."

Malfoy Senior responded "That is not possible. You can't have learned that much magic in less than a year."

Hermione looked at him and smirked "Evidence to the contrary. Your son and this idiot of a professor have forced us to learn things to defend ourselves."

Snape screamed "Granger you will let me down this instant. You are in serious trouble for attacking me and other students."

Harry looked surprised "Who did we attack?"

Mr. Malfoy responded "You attacked my son for one."

Harry smiled "Well you should teach your son not to attack from behind and I believe we have over a hundred witnesses that saw his spell bounce off my shield that it will be held as self defense."

Mr. Malfoy smirked "That is not what I am talking about. You attacked my son and his friends for no reason and then threw them off the train."

Hermione turned to the Slytherin table "Crabbe and Goyle come here now!" she yelled. The two boys looking very scared walk over to her "Is this your story today?"

Both looked at her and then to Malfoy and then back to Hermione as Goyle spoke up "No ma'am. We rushed you and Harry and we attacked you first. Draco threatened to rape you in the future and he planned on beating Potter pretty badly that day."

Harry smirked at Malfoy Senior "What happened to your plan Mr. Goyle?"

Crabbe continued "When Malfoy threatened Hermione you went crazy and did something to us. The next thing we knew we woke up outside and the train was nowhere in sight."

Goyle swallowed "Potter if its' one thing we have learned from you it is never threaten or harm Hermione in any way shape or form." Goyle looked at Hermione "To do so is taking your own life in your hands and we have decided to give you two a wide berth. You will have no more problems from us."

Hermione smiled "Thank you Greg and Angus you can go and sit down." The two sat back down.

Harry turned back to Malfoy Senior "Since you have verbally attacked my girlfriend and questioned her honor you owe her an apology."

Malfoy looked surprised for many seconds and then sneered "I shall not sully myself or lower myself to apologize to a mud blood." He said in a haughty manner.

Harry walked down to the floor and stood about a head shorter than Mr. Malfoy "I am glad you said this because I can now challenge you to a wizards duel to the death."

Malfoy and Snape actually started to laugh. Harry just crossed his arms and then when Malfoy leaned back to let another laugh out Harry back handed him across the face. Malfoy straightened up quickly and with fire in his eyes "Ok, Potter it's your funeral after all."

Harry looked at him "Since this besmirched my bonded soul mate then I think it is appropriate that the winner has right of conquest to the loser's possessions."

Malfoy stopped and looked at him and then smiled "Are you serious boy? You have absolutely no chance of beating me. Why would you throw your family's wealth away?"

Harry looked at him "You assume that you are going to win Mr. Malfoy and I assume you will not."

Malfoy finished taking off his cloak and removed the fork from his hand with the help of Severus. He stood with his wand held down waiting for Harry to reach his position twenty-five feet away. "Goodbye Potter!"

Hermione cut in before he could begin "Mr. Malfoy, if you didn't know it is illegal for an adult wizard to accept a duel from an underage wizard. You will be sentenced to life in prison and if you kill Harry well not only do I get his entire families wealth as compensation but also all of your gold as well. It's the wizard and Goblin law. So no matter what happens you will lose everything today."

Malfoy turned to look at her and instantly realized his mistake. He looked at Hermione "I will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that I killed this little shit."

Hermione chuckled "Mr. Malfoy you assume wrongly that you can beat him. You can't!"

Harry was standing with his hands behind his back as the duel was called by Professor Snape. Malfoy looked unsure but when Harry didn't move, he sneered and fired a very powerful cutting curse. The spell was red in color and it quickly made its' way toward Harry. At the last moment the spell was deflected upwards and the entire hall and Malfoy were surprised at the sudden appearance of a shield.

Without any warning and looking like a blur Harry moved. The blur that looked to be Harry moved to Mr. Malfoy and then returned to where he was standing with his hands behind his back.

The whole hall was silent before Mr. Malfoy tried to grab his throat but something kept getting in his way. He began to gurgle and blood came from his mouth and around his neck. He dropped to his knees with his eyes wide in shock and fear. "Father!" Draco yelled out as he ran towards him.

Malfoy Senior was still in shock and his face was turning blue from the lack of oxygen. He looked at Draco's shaken and ash colored face. He then looked at Harry behind Draco's shoulder.

Harry looked at him and with very little emotion he began to talk "You are known to me Death eater. You are the first of many death eaters that will pay for killing my parents. You have no idea of who I am or what I can do but in the end, it is your family line that is no more."

Harry looked at Snape before he continued "You are a death eater too. You directly betrayed my mother and father which caused their death. It was you that told the dark Lord, your master, about the prophesy, well half of it anyway. I will never forgive you for what was taken from me. Run and hide until I decide your death is due. Your days are numbered."

Snape and Malfoy looked with wide eyes at this announcement before Malfoy fell over dead.

No one spoke a word as they stared in complete astonishment. Harry walked up to the dais and turned to everyone in the hall "I hereby proclaim by right of conquest all property, vaults and money that belong to Lucius Malfoy. Further I banish Narcissa and Draco from the Malfoy name and family. So mote it be."

Malfoy's family ring appeared on Harry's finger. Many within the hall gasped in shock. Draco could be seen with tears in his eyes and then he looked at Harry "I swear Potter that I will make you pay. This is entirely your fault."

Harry moved towards him "This Draco was your entire fault. Your attack on me and Hermione led to this. Your lie to your father brought him here. All I have ever done is defend myself from people who believe they are better than me because they have a little more gold than the rest of us. Everything that happened tonight I did not orchestrate. If you had not attacked me your father and your wealth would still be yours. I am afraid Draco that the truth and the blame for all of this lie at your feet and not mine."

Hermione looked at Goyle and Crabbe "Draco ask yourself why is it that Greg and Angus are not suffering like you. They committed almost the same acts as you." Hermione paused and then added "The moment you sought vengeance upon the innocent you doomed yourself to this. These two learned from it and in the end they will be much better people."

Draco looked at them and then at Hermione before looking at Harry. He looked at the Snape "I hereby withdraw from Hogwarts."

Snape yelled out "No, Draco you must not do this."

Draco looked at him and wiped his eyes "Yes, I can and will because she is right. This is my fault and this was caused by my pride and arrogance." Draco turned and left.

Dumbledore finally rose from his chair "Harry potter I hereby expel you from Hogwarts!"

Lady Hogwarts appeared "I think not Albus. You who were to protect him from others in this school did nothing until it was done and over with. You could have stopped that duel if you had wanted. But you didn't want that did you."

Harry spoke up "Further Headmaster, You were in on the conspiracy by Malfoy and Snape to have me expelled or killed. You cared nothing for how I ended up."

Albus stood full upright "I beg your pardon."

Hermione stood besides Harry "Beg all you want old man but you met with Malfoy senior and Snape in your office last night and helped set all of this up. It was you that allowed Mr. Malfoy to enter these grounds through the wards and it was your own words that will expose you."

Albus stood up "You have no evidence of that."

Lady Hogwarts walked forward "But I do Albus I recorded every word spoken by the three of you. I negate your expulsion and have called for a convening of the board of governors for tomorrow morning. You and Professor Snape will not be allowed to work here anymore."

Albus spoke up with a smile "I have many friends on the Board and you will not succeed." He stated boldly.

Lady Hogwarts laughed merrily "Albus you are a very stupid man as you think that the Board can save you. It is merely a formality for me as regardless of their findings you will not set foot in this castle again."

Albus looked surprised "You do not have the power to do what you say to a sitting headmaster."

Lady Hogwarts was not phased "That would have been true yesterday but that was before you and Professor Snape tried to have a student killed. Once that happened and you executed your plan under the Hogwarts charter, you were removed as the headmaster. You Albus violated the oath you swore as the headmaster a very magical oath and your magic has left you."

Albus looked shocked before he raised his wand "Lumos" he attempted to cast but nothing happened at all. He tried to cast it twice more before he realized that it would do him no good.

Harry stood with his wand held high "As the last Potter I call forth all items, gold and money that the Head master has taken from my vault." Harry looked around and within seconds the wand that the Headmaster held flew to Harry's hand. Then another minute later a very elaborate bowl flew into the room that Harry didn't recognize. The sword of Grodric Gyffindor, an invisibility cloak all landed near Harry's feet.

The gold, armor and other items began to arrive and when it finished Harry was almost buried below the items. Hermione stood on the table and looked down at him "Are you all right?"

Harry smiled "I have a lot of things." Harry looked around "Actually he seems to have stolen a lot of things from me."

Lady Hogwarts stated "Harry, the headmaster is dead. Once his magic left him it was just a matter of time." She stated.

Harry raised his wand "I Lord Potter and the last Potter claim right over all this property and request that it is placed back into my vaults, so mote it be."

The items began to fly from the floor and leave Hogwarts. The only items that stayed were the sword, the funny looking bowl and pedestal, and the cloak made of shiny material.