AN: Written for The Wand Wood Challenge Prompt: Beech - Alt: write about an invention or creation.
"We reviewed the memory that you sent us." The Unspeakable spoke to Amelia, "We believe that Voldemort has used Horcruxes to ensure his survival, and that Mister Potter is one of them."
"What's a Horcrux? And how can I be one?" Harry asked the man directly, negating the rite of sanctuary in regard to the man by allowing him to converse with him directly.
"How will it affect Harry? How can we remove it?" Cedric asked his own questions so that the man could include them all in the conversation that was to follow.
"A Horcrux is one of the darkest pieces of magic that there is, it is a soul container. It is said that when one commits a murder that the soul rips, this can be healed though through remorse and time, sometime though in an attempt to protect themselves from death people will take their ripped soul and place part of it in an object for safekeeping, one's soul must be complete in one vessel to successfully die, or rather all parts of the soul must die to ensure death. We believe that Voldemort used this method to avoid his death and that the night that he was destroyed he managed to unintentionally create another Horcrux in Mister Potter here. It would explain why he is a parselmouth when none in his line have ever shown the talent before, it would also explain why that scar is as fresh as the night he received it, and why he was in so much pain in Voldemort's presence." The unspeakable stated, his voice completely level despite the subject matter.
"I have part of his soul in me." Harry muttered, and Cedric rushed to comfort him, his boyfriend wasn't going to take this well.
"How can we remove it?" Cedric asked again.
"There are a few ways, none of them pleasant, but we have come up with a ritual that will remove and destroy the soul piece with minimal risk to Mister Potter." The man spoke, "I would ask you to keep it for a while longer though."
When Cedric went to protest the man held his hand up, "Not for much longer, only a few hours. We have a few tests we would like to perform first if Mister Potter agrees. We think we can you the soul piece in Mister Potter as it was the most recent one split from the whole for the purpose of searching for any other pieces that exist."
"As long as I can get him out of my head." Harry agreed.
Cedric wasn't too sure about the whole thing but went with Harry as he was led into a small ritual chamber, it was just them still, the Unspeakable doing all the testing himself. After an hour of different spells being cast at Harry he stopped, looked at Harry and nodded. He then turned and left the room without speaking, leaving them all there. Cedric looked to Madame Bones, but she just shrugged as if this was usual behaviour from the man who had just left. It was almost half hour later that the man returned, carrying a small potion vial.
"If you will all step to the sides of the room, Mister Potter if you can sit in the centre of the room, I will give you this potion then I intend to enter your mind to help you separate your own soul from the soul harbouring itself in your body."
Cedric watched with unease as Harry went limp on the floor, but the Unspeakable seemed to think that this meant the potion was working and sat down opposite him, took his hands, and entered his mind. It was a tense half hour or so where he and Madame Bones just watched them sit in silence on the floor. Cedric couldn't bear to think about what would happen if they couldn't remove the soul piece from Harry, to know that he was sharing his body with the soul of his parents' murderer was something that Cedric was sure could totally destroy Harry. He knew that if it was him he would always be second guessing his actions, wondering if it was him that was doing things, or if they were the result of the soul piece.
When the unspeakable finally moved he had a small smile on his face, he stood up, turned to him and Madame Bones and informed them that he still had a few spells to cast, ones that the Unspeakables had made with the intention of pulling a whole soul together as one, or rather all the loose part of the soul together. He seemed to be casting an unending stream of Latin, and then he suddenly stopped, he looked straight at Harry's immobile figure on the ground and cast the killing curse.
"No!" Cedric felt the scream rip from his throat, his wand coming out of his holster into his hand and was trained on the unspeakable within seconds, Madame Bones' actions copying his, but it was too late, the green light that had almost taken his life the night before had just hit Harry. He had survived it before but Cedric didn't think that he would get to survive it a second time. Something was different with the curse though, normally it killed instantly, the green light then fading, but this time the green of the curse encompassed Harry, surrounding his body in an ethereal aura. Just as quickly as the aura had appeared it disappeared and the unspeakable moved forward giving Harry another potion before either he or Madame Bones could stop him.
To Cedric's shock and happiness Harry appeared to come round, and the Unspeakable began casting a series of diagnostic charms. Cedric ignored the man, leaving him to Madame Bones to deal with, and rushed forward to take Harry in his arms, he could feel the younger boys' confusion at his actions, but he just needed to see and feel that he was okay.
"It worked." The Unspeakable spoke quietly, obviously knowing that Cedric and Madame Bones were not feeling very charitably towards him at the moment. "He's gone from your head, but so are the other loose soul fragment, they are destroyed. The only piece of his soul now living is the piece in him."
He looked at Harry who seemed to still be a bit confused by everything that had happened, "This should count as by your hand, all the ties that were keeping him tethered are now gone by your doing." He then turned to Madame Bones, "I believe that if you were now to send some Aurors to his location you would be able to deal with him, once and for all."
He then turned to Cedric, bowing his head a little, "I apologise for what I just put you through, but it was necessary, and I am trained in the correct usages, there was no risk to Mister Potter, I just couldn't take the risk that you would interfere if I told you what I was going to do."
Cedric shrugged his shoulders at the man, he was still mad at him, but Harry was okay that was the main thing. Madame Bones then began to lead them out of the department, still as silent as she had spent the majority of their visit. Only once they were outside the main department did she spring into action, sending off various memos to different people, no doubt organising an Auror team to take down Voldemort. She then handed them a portkey, and spoke quietly to them, her voice raising as she spoke the words, "So mote it be." Just as the portkey activated taking them away from the Ministry of Magic Cedric felt the rite of sanctuary end.