Recap: "So Potter, you need things explained to you do you, well maybe I can be of some service." Hissed Harry's archenemy,
Voldemort.
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"Voldemort" Harry spoke in nothing above a whisper
"In the flesh, well so to speak. You my little foe have been particularly difficult to get to, you caused me a lot of trouble and I am the type of person who likes thing nice and easy"
"How..." Harry started.
"How did I get through the barrier that protected you, think about it Potter, why are you even in this hell hole as you describe it in the first place?" Voldemort asked clearly amused.
"Dumbledore says that my aunt is my last true blood relative and that as long as she keeps me, I am safe from you." Harry said with anger slowly creeping up his spine.
"Young Harry, how clueless you are. It seems that the Oh-So-Great and Powerful Albus Dumbledore has left poor-young Harry Potter in the dark" Voldemort said, "well Harry allow me to let you in on a little secret. The blood bond that you're stupid Mudblood mother created can in fact be severed. Do you want to know how?" Voldemort asked in a conversational tone.
"Leave the boy alone Tom" Dumbledore finally spoke from behind Harry in an equally conversational tone.
"Albus Dumbledore, my, my, my what a pleasant surprise. I must say you are looking even older and decrepit than you did the last time I saw you. Should you inform Potter about why he is about to die or shall I have the honor?"
"Harry will be told of his true destiny when the time is right" Minerva piped in.
"AHHH and you brought you're little sidekick along with you ay Dumbledore, well I have no problem with eliminating three of my largest threats tonight"
"The only thing that you are going to get rid of tonight is you amazingly large ego" Minerva said with her Scottish temper flaring.
"Well we will see about that now won't we." said Voldemort and he pulled out his wand, followed by Minerva and Dumbledore revealing their wands. "Harry get out of the way, you should not be in this" Dumbledore stated as he readied himself for a battle.
"No sir, I am afraid that I cannot do that."
"Harry move, we do not want you to get hurt" McGonagall stated, and she really meant it. Minerva McGonagall would give her very own life for Harry and she did not know why; she just knew that it was something that she needed to do.
"No Professor, for one I have already lost my mother, father, friend, and Godfather to this creature and I am not about to loose you as well, I have lost too many people that I love and cared for, I could not possibly live with myself if I lost the two of you. Second Voldemort, funny enough seems to be the only one on this freaking planet that thinks that I have a right to know anything. This is my battle to fight, so just back off and for once in your lives let me handle this." Harry said in a tone that was calm, but fierce. It must have worked because everyone lowered their wands (including Voldemort).
Harry turned to Voldemort who once again raised his wand at Harry's heart.
"So Potter you do seem to have brains in that hallow head of yours. So you want to know the truth do you, well hear it is. I had never been able to attack you during the summer holidays because of the protection from you filthy mother and I began to give up and start a new plan when something in my genius brain clicked."
"Oh really, and what 'CLICKED'" Harry asked angrily.
"There was someone that could get to you on a regular basis, someone who if acted a bit strangely would not affect or even easily be noticed, someone who was to a certain level close to you and someone who would not give me any trouble when asked to get me what I needed"
"Aunt Petunia" Harry spoke.
"Yes, your Aunt went to the grocery store one day and incidentally became acquainted with one of my Death Eaters who swiftly placed her under the Imperius curse. She was then transported to my lair where she was given her instructions to watch over the strange happenings of the house and then to finish the other part of the task that was assigned to her."
"What exactly WAS the other part of her assignment?" Harry asked.
"Now, now, don't get ahead of yourself the story has only just begun. Well she did watch over the house for a few days and when I was about to send her the sign to finish her task, the 'HOGWARTS CLAN' came in. The opportunity could not have been any more golden, so I decided to let the muggle observe for a few more days. During that period of time I received the most interesting information about a certain potions professor that I just could not wait to spread. Speaking of traitors, were is the dirty traitor, licking his wounds I suppose. Anyways, I decided that it was time to strike but I wanted it to be done a specific way. You see I needed your Aunt to harm you so that the bond would be broken but I did not want her to weaken you, for that was going to be my job."
"How would my Aunt harming me break the bond?" Harry asked, curious and absorbed in the tale.
"Well you see the bond only connected you and your aunt because it symbolized a want, even a slight want to keep you, and by your aunt causing you harm it proved that she no longer wanted you, and the bond was thus broken."
"That is impossible Tom!" Voldemort cringed at the use of his muggle name "Petunia would have had to do this task of her own free will, not because of some spell that had been placed upon her, and there is no spell to manipulate free will in that particular fashion." Dumbledore stated calmly.
"Yes all true Dumbledore, but there is a spell to take your true will and to spike it to extreme levels. Petunia really did not want anything to do with Potter, but this was hidden beneath all of the guilt about her sister. I simply made the little devil pop out. Now Harry," Voldemort pointed his wand straight at Harry's heart and did something that Harry was not exactly expecting. Voldemort flicked his wand and Harry went flying through the air, hitting the couch in the process and knocking it over.
"Expeliarmus" Voldemort yelled at Minerva and Dumbledore and their wands went flying out of their hands and landed on the other side of the room.
"I have some unfinished business that I have to take care of" Voldemort said as he aimed his wand at Minerva "I'll start with you." He stated and he raised his wand "AVADA KEDAVRA"
"NOOO" Harry screamed and he leaped out from behind the couch, ran in front of his professors and put his hands out.
A scream echoed the streets of Privet Drive,ascreamthat did not belongto Harry, but to Voldemort. A blue shield went up and around Harry, Minerva and Dumbledore, shielding them and protecting them from the killing curse that Voldemort had summoned. The curse and the shield battled each other with shocks of light that filled the room, blinding everyone. Finally there was one more large shock of white light and then the shield, the curse and Voldemort all disappeared. Harry looked down at his hands in disbelief.
"What the bloody hell" Harry stated but behind Harry, Dumbledore and Minerva could do nothing but grin. Harry turned around and was met with two grins, which confused him even more than he already was.
"What are you two grinning at?" He asked. Minerva answered,
"Well Harry, I think that we just found out the importance of the connection between you and the greatest witches and wizards who ever lived!"
TO BE CONTINUED...