A/N: This chapter is dedicated to Voldemorts grl for giving me my fortieth review making this my most reviewed story…neway, not many more chapters left now.
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Harry's POV
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I wandered around the Manor as the others continued to question Dumbledore. My every thought was focused on whose body to use if I were in fact to bring back my mother. She had to be older, not a Hogwarts student, but not Professor McGonagall or Professor Sprout's age. I was pulled out of my musings as I ran into someone.
"Sorry." I muttered, looking up to see who I had bumped into. Bellatrix Lestrange looked down at me with a crazy smile on her face. I almost brought out my wand to hex her but remembered that Father trusted her and that she was in on everything.
"Griffith!" She said happily. "It's so good to finally meet you in person." Her arms wrapped around me and held me tight. I stiffened a bit before returning the hug. "So where is good ol' Tommy?" She asked, looking around. "I just got back from a six month mission and no one's here to ask me how it went."
"He's downstairs questioning Dumbledore." I said absentmindedly, my thoughts returning to the possible resurrection.
"So he finally managed to capture the old coot. Which plan finally succeeded?"
I looked up at her blankly. "I went and got him, with Hermione and Draco."
"Ah!" She laughed. "My nephew is here too! It's been ages since I've seen him. Where is he?"
"With Father." I said, stepping around her and starting to wander again. When I finally put a stop to my travelling thoughts I found myself in a room I had never been in before. The room was empty of material items but there was a presence to it that sent shivers down my spine.
I exited the room and found Oriana slithering around the kitchen looking for mice. "What do you think of me resurrecting my mother?" I asked her as she slithered up my leg.
"I don't know, I never knew her."
"You're right. I should go ask Nagini." I set off towards my father's office where Nagini enjoyed curling up in front of the fireplace. "Nagini?" I hissed, poking my head around the door. There was an answering hiss from somewhere inside the dimly lit room. "I was wondering what you thought of me resurrecting my mother."
"I think you should do what you think is right, and if you do end up doing it read up on it as much as you can first." I thanked the large green snake and closed the door
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Father was just finishing the questioning as I re-entered the room. "Where were you?" Draco whispered. "You missed a ton of information."
"You'll just have to fill me in later." I murmured.
"But where were you?" Hermione whispered into my other ear.
"Thinking." I said and turned all of my attention to the last of Dumbledore's answers.
"That doesn't explain much." She hissed but I ignored her. Eventually she turned away with a huff, her arms crossed over her chest.
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"I don't see why we have to keep him alive." Mr. Malfoy whined at dinner. "The 'Light' side is almost useless without him. If we kill him then we've pretty much guaranteed that we win the war."
No one answered him and he started grumbling nonsense into his plate of food as the rest of us sat in silence. I stared at the table in front of me as my mind travelled off to the problem that had been constantly nagging at me all day.
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"Dad?" I asked that night as he passed by my room on the way to his study. He nodded for me to continue as he leaned against the doorframe. "I don't think I'm gonna be able to bring her back." Even as the words left my mouth I felt horrid for saying them.
Hurt crossed Father's face but he quickly masked it. "That's okay Son." I couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt as the title passed his lips. He hadn't called me that in a while and I knew that I had disappointed him. He smiled at me but there was no emotion behind it and left the room.
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"I can't believe I did that to him." I said as I collapsed onto Draco's bed. "He looked so hurt and disappointed."
Draco gave no verbal response but instead wrapped me in a hug and we fell asleep like that.
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A/n: Sorry for two reasons. One) a lot of people wanted me to bring his mother back but I couldn't figure out a good way to do it Two) this chapter is painfully short.