Chapter ten

The unspeakable was very interested with how Lily Potter made muggle items work around magic, but so was Madam Bones. They believed others would like to be able to use things like phones and if they worked this so the public could use them then they would make sure Harry was paid a percentage for his part, even if it was his mother's idea.

'Let me take some of your blood, then I can begin my tests.'

'Okay, but as I told Sirius, I think I know how I survived and why he's soul survived. In my old room at Godric's Hollow are runes, they are carved everywhere. I didn't study runes until recently, so I don't know much about them. I just realised that if my mother went to so much trouble then it makes sense it's the reason I survived. Now I felt the magic when I touched the main door of the house, Sirius believed Dumbledore worked some type of magic to prevent anyone entering the house. Since it opened to me, he must have connected it to me in some way.'

'I would say it was done with your blood. To have that scar meant your head was cut open that night, so there would have been blood. If you will allow it, I would very much like to study these runes.'

'Yes, sir, that's why I mentioned it. I just might need to open it for you. I'm not sure if it will otherwise.'

'I will organise for us to meet when I can get away. Now as I understand it, you have some type of connection that affects your scar. Can you describe what you feel?'

'Pain is one, when I was near the spirit of Voldemort during my first year at Hogwarts it would burn, then I would end up with one hell of a headache. The other is dreams, but it's not a normal dream. Before I was picked up by the Weasley's to go to the quidditch world cup, the dream I had was of two men speaking with someone they called my lord. Now one of the men was Peter Pettigrew, I didn't know who the other man was. There was a snake there, called Nagini, I heard a voice talking to her, in parseltongue. The house was big, old, muggle and very dirty, and dusty.'

'That is the house we found Voldemort and Peter in, I would say the other man was Barty Crouch junior. The snake was killed when it attacked my people. I gave the report to the unspeakables,' Amelia said, 'Sounds like it wasn't a dream, you somehow saw what was really happening at the time.'

'What were the men talking about?'

'Me, they had plans, one was to get me for my blood. Peter said something about using some other enemy as I would be too protected to get hold of. Voldemort said it had to be me. When I was thinking about that, I mentioned it to Sirius, we think he wanted me not just because I was the one that made him disappear, but I had some protection in my blood, thanks to my mother. You see sir, Voldemort was possessing Quirrell in my first year, when he touched me, it hurt him. When he tried to kill me, I grabbed hold of him and didn't let go. Quirrell screamed, then he just disintegrated, this smoky stuff came out of him, it screamed before I ended up unconscious. Dumbledore told me that Voldemort can't touch me due to my mother's sacrifice, it caused him pain.'

'So you do have some type of protection thanks to your mother, but it is connected to these runes. The story that Albus Dumbledore has told us is wrong. He may believe it but we know that your mother just sacrificing herself for you would not have destroyed Voldemort's body nor keep you alive at the same time. Now you mentioned the runes, it makes more sense,' the unspeakable stared at Harry for a minute before he gestured for Harry and Amelia to sit, 'What I am about to tell you is strictly confidential, and dangerous. So please do not mentioned this to anyone.'

'I promise to stay quiet about this sir,' Harry said.

'You have my word I will not communicate in any way about this information,' Amelia said.

'Yes, Lily Potter is the reason you survived Mr. Potter, and why he did not die that night. It was also Voldemort that cause his survival even if it was just his soul. He used a very dark ritual to almost guarantee he would never die. He split his soul and placed those parts of himself into items. He still cannot truly die until every piece of his soul has been found and destroyed. As of yet, we have not be able to determine how many he made. He is not human so veritaserum does not work on him. We're hoping that our examinations will determine how many he made. It is the reason why I wanted some of your blood, since you did survive and you do have some type of connection. It may be the answers we need.'

'There may be something,' Harry's brow furrowed, 'Did you hear about what happened in my second year at Hogwarts?'

'We were informed that there was some type of monster that petrified some students. We could never get any type of information on what that monster was, only that it was taken care of.'

'It was a basilisk, I killed it in the chamber of secrets. You see sir, Ginny Weasley was possessed by a cursed diary that had once belonged to Voldemort. Lucius Malfoy slipped it to her when we were shopping for our Hogwarts things. Ginny kept writing in it and the more she did the more it was draining the life out of her. By the time I got to the chamber she was almost dead. Tom Riddle, or Voldemort, was there, he was almost solid. He looked to be about seventeen years old and dressed in his Hogwarts uniform, he even had his head boy badge on his robe. As I killed the basilisk,' Harry pulled up his sleeve to show the scar, 'it bit me, but I made it back to Ginny, who was dying. When Voldemort said he was just going to stand there and watch me die, something inside me told me what to do. I still had the fang that pieced my arm, I used it and stabbed the diary. Voldemort screamed like he was in pain, a lot of pain, he turned smoky before he vanished,' Harry turned to Madam Bones, 'I used that diary to help free Dobby. I asked Dumbledore if I could return it to Malfoy, but he seemed to know I was planning something. I raced after Malfoy then thrust the diary into Malfoy's hands, he shoved it at Dobby, I told him to open it. Dobby found my old sock, but since Malfoy handed it to him, it set him free. Dumbledore has the diary again. He told me the diary was enchanted so someone would open the chamber of secrets and release Slytherin's monster so it could finish off what it was supposed to do, kill muggleborns. It was luck that none of them were killed, only petrified.'

'The diary was not just enchanted to possess someone, it was also a vessel for a piece of Voldemort's soul. I will need to retrieve the diary so I can study it. I thank you for that bit of information Mr. Potter. But I am curious, how did you survive basilisk venom?'

'Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix. It flew down the first time to peck out the basilisks eyes. The second time he dropped the sorting hat, I pulled the sword of Gryffindor out of the hat. When I was dying, I could feel it, feel myself dying, Fawkes came back and used his tears.'

'Then why the hell didn't Albus have his phoenix take him into the chamber when the first student was attacked?' Amelia growled.

'Yes, a phoenix can by pass any type of enchantment. But as the chamber wasn't warded, it only needed to be opened by a parselmouth. The phoenix could have easily fire travelled into the chamber, and taken someone with him.'

'Fawkes took me, Ginny, Ron and Lockhart out, I was holding his tail. Ginny was holding me, then Ron and Lockhart was last. He flew us up the pipes to the bathroom on the second floor, then he led us to McGonagall's office. What gets me sir, ma'am, is how Dumbledore didn't know what it was. I mean a giant snake was moving around the castle, the ghosts or the portraits must have seen it.'

'You make a valid point Mr. Potter. I believe Madam Bones should find the answer to that question.'

'I will, but I am going to hit that man with more charges. He put the lives of every student and staff at risk. They should have evacuated the castle then sealed it until it could be searched. If it wasn't for Mr. Potter, we could have lost more students, we could have lost all of them. If that happened it would have devastated our world.'

'Yes, Mr. Potter saved the lives of hundreds. Tell me young man, were you awarded for your efforts and heroism?'

'Dumbledore said Ron and I would have an award for special services to the school. I don't really like that plaque, it's the same one that Voldemort was given when he was a student at Hogwarts.'

The unspeakable and Amelia stared at Harry then at each other, they nodded. It was time this boy was given a proper award for the lives he saved.

The unspeakable took some of Harry's blood, then made a copy of the information on how to have muggle items work around magic. He explained to Harry that he would contact him soon so he could study the runes in the house. Just before Madam Bones was going to take Harry back to the atrium, the unspeakable asked if Harry wouldn't mind going with him to see Voldemort. He wanted to know how Harry felt when they were close. Harry figured it just might help in some way, so even though he didn't want to see Voldemort, he decided to do it.