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Discussions and Gringotts again
"Before we carry on with the reading", said Harry. "We need to start a formulation of attack to Dumbledore. Us, and I mean me, Neville, the twins and Draco this morning we started to have some ideas to start off with". Everyone nodded.
"What have you got in mind?" asked Tom.
"We are going to start off slow, before hitting Dumbledore were it hurts – this means that the Goblins – will have the final say in Dumbledore's court".
"Are you sure to involve the Goblins with this?" asked Sirius. Tonks smirked.
"Sirius, one thing with the Goblins is that they don't like thieves. In this case, manipulative bastards like Dumbledore" said Tonks.
"Definitely, but before the Goblins get their hands on Dumbledore, we will be getting some our fun on him", said Harry. "It means that the twins will use some of their "untested" products on him". The twins suddenly had evil grins which made Tom go back in his chair. "We will be telling the goblins what products we used on him, and they can report back to us the results of them".
"Where would you get the money from?" asked Neville.
"We have got an anonymous donor", stated the twins, "until the donor wishes to come clean, we cannot say who it is".
"We can also make investigations into how he got the titles he got from the various seats and, and how he beat Grindlewald back in 1945", said Harry. Tom's eyes went wide.
"You're going to give him hell", Tom simply said.
"It's karma. He made sure that my life was hell, now it's his turn", replied Harry. "I have been thinking that he might have bribed some certain officials to make sure that Dumbledore is all good".
"So in short, we are going to make sure that Dumbledore's life is going to be hell before he faces the Goblins", asked Lucius.
"That's correct", replied Harry.
"You're mad. The lot of you. Mad", muttered Lucius.
"With my family", said the twins, "well, both of us are thinking that we should get tests done on all the family members to see if they have any potions, spells and blocks been placed on them by Dumbledore".
"Can they also check that if Hermoine has any of those stuff placed on her?" asked Harry.
"Why would you want any of that?" asked Remus.
"At this very moment in time, Dumbledore is trying to control everything. He made sure that Sirius stated in Azkaban, made sure that you, Remus stayed well away from. He could have paid the rest of the Weasley family to look after me and paid both Ron and Hermoine to become my friends", stated Harry. "Ron and Hermoine are…were…are…my first friends. Dudley made sure that I didn't have any at primary school. I just want to make sure that they did it on their own or some bloody potions made them do it". Remus made a move to open his mouth. "I will keep drilling this into you, until you fully understood", stated Harry, giving Remus the patented stare that his mother used to give, which made him shrink slightly away from Harry.
Harry then turned to Sirius, "I'm going to ask the goblins would it be alright that the next time we go into Gringotts, that we bring you along", asked Harry, Sirius nodded, "we just want to make sure that you won't get arrested for being on the run".
Whilst Harry has been talking to Remus, Snape brought out a piece of parchment, and he started writing things down.
Weasley twins – pranks on Dumbledore – untested products – Goblins, if they willing, to report back to the twins on the results
Grindlewald – confirm if he did indeed defeat him
Titles – check on how he got them – bribes, etc
Check if any Weasley family member has had spells, potions, blocks placed on them, including Hermoine Granger
Sirius – report – if we need to get Sirius to talk to Amelia Bones at Gringotts safely
Neville? – talk to Neville himself or to Harry to see what's going on, speak to the Goblins
Teachers? - check if they have potions/spells, etc on them
Somehow whilst Snape was writing, a plate of biscuits appeared next to him, he automatically grabbed one of the biscuits and started nibbling at it. Everyone looked at Snape, but when he realised eyes were on him, "What?" asked rather grumpily. Rest of the room, just smirked and chuckled. They finally felt that are enjoying a different side to the snarky potions professor.
Suddenly a note appears along with a portkey.
Hello everybody,
I've noticed that you are having a conversation on how to get back at Dumbledore. So far, I love it. I know that some of you will be disappointed but I want some people to go to Gringotts, and I will name them. For some, it will be matter of safety.
Would Severus, Harry and Neville grab hold of the portkey.
Neville, while you are at Gringotts, please talk to both Harry and Severus regarding your background. Trust me, it will help.
Thanks again
T.R.L. & G.W.
Neville looked absolutely petrified at what the letter was asking, Harry went over to Neville and whispered in his ear, "It will be alright, he was there when I was Gringotts yesterday, and he was the one who made sure that I got rid of all those spells, potions and blocks on me". Neville nodded, looking slightly better. "If you tell him this, then at some point, you can be able to tell the others".
"I'm scared, Harry", said Neville, "I'm scared of what they will think about me".
"Neville, sometimes I'm scared, sometimes, it's best if you face it head on, and they won't care what they think about you, it's what you think and how you feel inside, it makes you stronger", replied Harry. Neville took a deep breath and started to think that Harry's right, if they care about him, then they will understand at what happened to his parents, thanks to Bella.
Neville decided that he would tell them what had happened to his parents all those years ago. He then looked at Harry, "I'm going to tell them about my parents but the bare minimum – i.e. Bella, torture, now live with my Gran".
"That would be it, Neville, and you should tell them that if you want to talk about it any further, then you would", stated Harry, Neville thought about it, then nodded. "Neville, I only found about your parents because of Dumbledore's pensive. It showed death eater trials. One of which was mentioned Bella and your parents, but not the actual trial".
When both Neville and Harry came out of the room, everyone looked at them, Neville took a deep breath, "Professor, before we go to Gringotts, I would like to say something. Days after Harry's parents were murdered", Neville looked at Tom, "at least two death eaters, one of which included Bellatrix Lestrange, tortured by parents into insanity. They are still in St Mungo's to this day. Please don't ask further information regarding this, okay".
Everyone looked absolutely stunned at what Neville just said. One by one, they slowly nodded as they took in the information they just received.
Tom then started muttering, "I knew she was nuts, but that's just…" unable to carry on. Tom then looks at Neville, "Neville, it appears that Dumbledore has destroyed even more families because of that prophecy, one directly in my case" looking at briefly at Harry, "and one indirectly after my destruction, I apologise for destroying your family as well". Neville looked slightly taken back at Tom's words, he then nods.
Neville started to get uncomfortable with all the looks, that's when Harry stepped in, "Why don't we go to Gringotts?"
"Definitely", stated Snape.
All three grabbed onto the mobile phone portkey with Snape muttering "Lily", with Harry's eyebrows going up, muttering "original" looking at the mobile phone. They landed in the same office as before with Ragnok and Griphook, as well as Amelia Bones.
Amelia's eyebrows went up into her hairline when the saw the three people arrive. She had heard from her niece, Susan, on how Snape hated both Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom, both of which looking comfortable in the presence of Snape.
"Madam Bones", the three new guests chorused together, which made her eyebrows go even higher.
"Ragnok asked if I could come here, due to a fugitive on the run – Sirius Black?" asked Madam Bones.
"Yes, it turns out that he wasn't given a trial to when he killed those muggles and Peter Pettigrew twelve years ago", said Harry.
Amelia nodded, "Do you know where Sirius Black is?"
"I do", said Harry, "under one condition, that if the Goblins would allow it, that he can be brought here and be questioned, mainly due to people would want to harm him in someway".
"I have spoken to the King of the Goblin Nation, and he agrees that Mr Black can be brought here and be questioned", stated Ragnok, "I also mentioned other items in which both Professor Snape and Lord Potter wishes to discuss as well".
Amelia nodded, "I will bring veritiserum as well as a pensieve stone to record the questioning".
"If anything, both parties can be beneficial to what we can discuss, Ragnok", said Snape, "we can all be able to pool are resources and get certain people back for all the hurt he has caused".
Amelia's stomach suddenly dropped, she's got a feeling that it involves something more than just an escaped prisoner. "Who are you talking about, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Dumbledore", stated Severus, Amelia looked absolutely shocked.
"When I was here yesterday, I had to have quite a few spells, potions and blocks taken off me, even more so, later on in the day by Professor Snape", stated Harry, "majority of which were put on my by Dumbledore. Couple of which were done by my parents when I was a baby, mainly because of my accidental magic at the time". Amelia looked shocked. "He made sure that my parents wills weren't read and in those wills, that I should not have been placed at my muggle family – my mum's sister's family…"
"Could you also place charges against the Dursleys for all their misdeeds against Harry?" asked Severus.
"What misdeeds?" asked Amelia.
Snape looked at Harry as if he was saying 'I'm sorry', "Locking Harry in a cupboard for first ten years, his chores would have made a grown person collapse at the end of every day".
Amelia then looked at Harry, "please tell me what was the normal day for you?"
"I would cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for my family, if Dudley and I were at school, then lunch wouldn't have mattered, clean all the rooms except for my aunt and uncle's bedroom, mow the lawn, weed the borders, paint the fence and garage door", said Harry detached, "and more often then not, I would only get two slices of bread and a lump of cheese for all the work I done, while Dudley gets to pig out and become the size of a baby whale". For once in her entire life, Amelia was as shocked to the core as she was ever been. "Dumbledore actually placed me with them, so he knew what type of people they were".
"Madam Bones", said Severus, trying to get her attention away from Harry, "this is one piece of the puzzle of a much larger one, all created by Dumbledore for the greater good. I've got a document showing all of Harry's injuries caused either at his family's hands or at Hogwarts, also there is a list of all the spells, potions and blocks placed on Harry. We be needed both yours and the Goblins help to bring down Dumbledore".
"What have you mind?" asked Amelia.
"The Weasley twins have some "untested" prank products that could be used on Dumbledore in the short term, and when he is brought in, could you report to the twins what the results where!" said Severus.
Harry was sniggered, "usually the twins test the products on themselves before giving them to anyone else" when he saw Amelia's shocked face.
"I've heard from Susan that they are the best pranksters at Hogwarts", said Amelia.
"They will cause humiliation, but they won't set out to cause pain of any sort", said Severus.
Meanwhile Ragnok and Griphook were talking about the twins and that if Dumbledore comes in himself, maybe they could do some minor pranks on him.
"Madam Bones, until we have completely resolved the issues regarding Dumbledore, we will allow the twins to use their untested pranks on Dumbledore, along with some of our own as well", stated Ragnok.
Severus passed a piece of parchment to Ragnok, "this is a list of what the twins will be using on Dumbledore themselves". Ragnok eyes widened in shock.
"I still don't know how the twins will finance the pranks", asked Amelia.
Harry ducked his head sheepishly, "I kinda gave the twins the tri-wizard winnings on the train home. I tried to give the money to the Diggory's and they refused to take the money. I felt that I didn't want to use myself, so I it went to somewhere were we could all use a laugh", said Harry. All eyes were suddenly on Harry, they couldn't believe that he had given money to the Weasley twins to start making even more pranks.
"Amelia your work will be, rather crudely, a pain in the ass. As well as doing the work for Sirius Black, you will be looking for any inconsistencies regarding Dumbledore, like how he got all his titles, how he really defeated Grindlewald back in 1945. You will also be liaising with Ragnok and Griphook here", said Severus. "They themselves will be looking into any financial situations that Dumbledore has been dealing with. It would be a great coupe for both the wizarding world and for the Goblin nation to work together on such a common goal". Both Ragnok and Griphook's eyes widened along with Amelia's.
Amelia looked at Harry, "as well as all that Lord Potter, after all that has been done with Dumbledore, we can start making arrangements for your family for child abuse. Here in the wizarding world, it's a crime to harm such a child, since we are only so many, but for a muggle to harm a wizarding world, then it's borderline criminal for the person's who committed the crimes".
"Madame Bones, my cousin Dudley only follows what his father wants him to do", said Harry, Amelia nods "could it be possible to get Dudley under the Potter protection, because it would do him some good. He's got a learning disability if, and only if, we can get him from Vernon's hands, he could help on his dyslexia".
Neville looked absolutely shocked, "Harry, Dudley has hurt you in the past, why would you do this?"
"Neville, to be honest, if he gets away from Vernon and help with dyslexia, he's already been sentenced, as such. He needs help to cope with the real world, there are courses in the muggle world where they can help you to cope with having dyslexia, help you go to work", said Harry.
Amelia looked really intrigued. "I will help you personally to get Dudley the help he needs, whilst you're at Hogwarts, Harry", said Amelia. "I'm intrigued by this learning disability you mentioned. Before we go in all guns blazing, I'm going to look it up myself".
"Ragnok, I'm going to perform the same spell that I did on Harry, on Neville", said Severus, "could I have permission to do so". Ragnok nodded. This somewhat surprised Amelia a touch, Goblins allowing magic to be performed inside Gringotts.
Potions
896 Repulsion Potions (Severus Snape, Slytherin)
All of the Repulsion Potions were unwittingly taken whilst growing up at Longbottom Manor and at Hogwarts of Witchraft and Wizardry
Spell's
Repulsion Spell's (Severus Snape, Slytherin) – One spell each for the aforementioned items done a year
Obliviate (one) – Barty Crouch Junior (Moody)
Wand
Not his own – father's made to use it by his grandmother – repulsion spells put on it by Dumbledore (aged 15 months)
"Mr Longbottom, it states that you don't have your own wand", asked Snape.
Neville whimpered slightly, "Yes, my grandmother thinks I should act more like my father", said Neville.
Snape, still doesn't believe that he is telling the whole truth, but leaves it as it is.
"Better still, when will Neville get his own wand?" asked Harry. "If the wand chooses the wizard, isn't that the best course of action".
"It is" stated Amelia. "It seems there could be a case against your family, Mr Longbottom". Neville looked absolutely shocked. "But your grandmother would only either get a verbal warning or a fine, or possibly both. If it comes to the crunch that it is worse than it is, we will let you know what other course of action is to be taken". Neville nods his head slowly, as he comprehends what Madam Bones told him. "I knew your father when he was an auror, and he would want you to be the best person who you are, not some clone of him".
"If need any information from our ends, or that we have thought of anything else, we will let each other know", said Harry.
"Ragnok, Griphook," asked Severus, "before we leave, apart from Fred and George Weasley, can you check that any other member of the Weasley family and Hermoine Granger when the come in, that a Healer from your staff be able to perform spells on them in case that they have any potions, spells and blocks on them". Ragnok looks at Snape questioningly, "it would give the twins peace of mind that any of their family did what they did on their own accord".
"Family is important", stated Griphook, "that what we teach our younglings at an early age, and we teach them the meaning of finance when they get older".
"Amelia, can you give us a couple of days to tell Sirius and bring him", asked Severus. Amelia nodded.
"We know where he is, but at times he can be a bit boneheaded. He just needs time to get things right in his head", said Harry, "Remus, even more so", muttering Harry. "Sirus will need a mind healer after all the years he has spent in Azkaban", Harry stated plainly.
"We also need to check all the teachers at Hogwarts for spells, potions, blocks etc. While we were reading a book, Harry remembered that Minervra used to visit him in her cat form when Harry was growing up", stated Severus.
Severus grabbed hold of the mobile phone, this time Harry just started laughing at the sight, "What's so funny, Mr Potter?"
"You just seem so at ease holding a mobile phone, sir!" replied Harry, with mirth in his eyes. "Pity you can't use it with all the magic about". Amelia and Neville looked intrigued at the small black shiny item in Snape's hand. Snape looked slightly horrified that he was holding a muggle item. When Harry saw this, "Madam Bones, it seems that wizards need to learn more about muggles and how their technology works. The phone which Professor Snape holds, is one of many different models of mobile phones". All the occupants in the room looked absolutely gobsmacked that their different types of those shiny things in the muggle worlds.
"I don't understand why Professor Dumbledore didn't make muggle studies compulsory for all purebloods and half bloods who life in the wizarding world. Even though I was muggle raised, I would have liked to learn all about wizarding culture. Even that could be compulsory for muggleborns and those who have been mainly raised in the muggle world with some aspects of wizarding world, but not all", asked Harry.
Amelia looked absolutely stunned that none of these courses are being offered at Hogwarts, "I would look into it", stated Amelia. "That way there could be less prejudice against muggleborns and half bloods".
"What about Neville's wand?" asked Harry. "When we bring Sirius, at least someone will have to go with Neville to Ollivander's to purchase his wand!"
"Neville, we will talk about your wand when we get back to see what the best course of action to take with you. I think we should take our leave", said Severus, "I think that certain people in the room will explode from excess of information", merely looking at Amelia when he said this.
"If you want to know where Minister Fudge is, the people who kidnapped us, have kidnapped him, and he is more than willing to work with us to bring the wizarding world forward, so if you let the goblins know if you need his approval for anything, they will let us know", said Snape. Madam Bones nodded her head meekly.
Severus, Harry and Neville all touched the mobile phone, and Severus hissed "Lily" to take them back to the room.
When they arrived back in the room, the occupants of the room looked depressed, when the trio suddenly appeared, they all jumped startled. All three of them started laughing at their reactions, "it's a pity that we can't do this every time we come back", said Harry. "It would be too funny".
Tom was the one found his voice, "any good news".
"We've started the ball rolling regarding Dumbledore", said Severus. "Black, you will be coming with, Harry and I in a couple of days time to Gringotts and they will have discussions their instead of the ministry. It would be in front of Amelia Bones and she will be using Veritisium and a recording stone to record the interview", Sirius started grinning like an idiot. "Both Madam Bones and the Goblins will be working together on Dumbledore, Amelia on politics side, Goblins on financial side".
"At some stage I would have to go to Ollivander's to get a wand", said Neville, "I've been using my father's wand, due to my grandmother's insistence".
"When you do go again to Gringotts, I'll come with you, and while Harry and Severus are dealing with Sirius, I could come with you Neville to purchase your wand", stated Andromeda.
"Or I could" interjected Tonks. "It would be easier and less conspicuous for either my mum or me to do this, instead of the rest of the occupants in the room". Everyone else looked thoughtful at that news.
A dining table and 13 chairs appeared, but what surprised the occupants in the room, is what was laid on the table – couple of chickens, roast beef, roast potatoes, mash, peas, carrots, and couple of other vegetables. The twins stomach's grumbled.
"Let's go and eat", said Harry shaking his head.
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