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Chapter 13: Reap the Whirlwind
Belarion Manor
Samuel was back in the old Belarion Manor with Kami and Shecky trying to pull everything together before he went to retrieve Katie from Madame Bones.
But Kami got fed up and popped into his bedroom while he was folding his clothes and putting them away.
"Master Sammy, you is stalling! You needs to get Missy Katherine and bring her home!" the little house elf said belligerently.
"Nonsense. I just want my things put away before I have to deal with that hard-headed Bones woman." he said as he folded another cloak and hung it up.
Kami snapped her fingers and everything was instantly and properly stored in its place.
"Now you has no excuses. Go bring the little one homes to be cared for. She needs you." Kami ordered.
With a stern nod Samuel put on his work coat and prepared himself to venture into the Ministry.
#12 Grimmauld Place kitchen
Harry Potter turned his eyes on Molly Weasley and she shrank back from the danger in them as the objects his magic had picked up orbited around him, propelled by his magic at higher and higher speeds.
"How dare you! What gives you the right to think you can force such things on me against my will!" Harry spit out venomously.
"It's for your own good, Harry dear. Ginny would make a good, proper wife for you and she is from a pure-blood lie." Molly stammered as she tried to influence him to her way of thinking.
Sirius and Remus were sitting in one corner of the kitchen away from the maelstrom, watching as Harry prepared to really go to town. Remus had even conjured popcorn and summoned two butterbeers from the cold box as they waited.
"Ooooh. She really put her foot in it this time." Sirius whispered in an aside to Moony as they watched.
"That she did, Paddy. And I see the explosion in three...two...one." Remus replied, counting down the way they used to do when Lily would catch James at something.
"YOU DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING, YOU WORN OUT HAG! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TRY AND RUIN MY LIFE THAT WAY! YOU WILL EITHER RECANT AND CANCEL THAT SO-CALLED CONTRACT OR I WILL CALL THE LIFE-DEBT DUE HERE AND NOW PAYABLE WITH THE LIFE THAT IS OWED! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!" Harry exploded on schedule.
"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Molly thundered back.
"Oh really? I Harry James Potter call forth the life-debt owed to me by Ginevra Molly Weasley to be paid under the terms I set forth." Harry started, but was cut off as Arthur stepped forward.
"NO! Please Harry, as her father, I'm begging that you don't take her life." he pleaded knowing that the life-debt was already being enforced an hoping that he could persuade Harry to attach other terms to it.
"You have one option then. You know what you have to do to save her life." Harry warned.
"I, Arthur Septimus Weasley, do here-by cancel the Marriage contract between Ginevra Molly Weasley and Harry James Potter. So Mote it Be!" Arthur said, using the family magic.
Once he felt the magic that severed the contract take effect, Harry turned and looked at Ginny in contempt and disgust. Then he turned and looked at her father.
Both men knew that once Harry called the life-debt into play he had to complete the terms or Ginny would be killed by magic as it was left incomplete.
But with all of that, the whirlwind that his magic had created was still going full force because he was so angry.
Katie and Hermione had withdrawn into a corner opposite Sirius and Remus to avoid becoming a target. The two young women were whispering together, worried about how much Harry could be setting back his own recovery.
"We need to calm him down or he could burn himself out." Hermione commented.
"Good luck with that!" Katie snorted as she watched the teapot go by, "You're his friend, can't you do something?"
"He doesn't think of me as a friend anymore. If I tried, he'd probably fry me like a steak. But you have a chance to get through to him. You did it once before didn't you?" Hermione suggested.
"What, you think he wouldn't fry me as fast?" Katie snorted in disbelief.
"Hey. He's still a teen-age boy. Get his attention and snog him senseless. With you, the shock factor will work for you." Hermione said with a grin.
Sirius and Remus were watching this little conversation from another corner and noticing the looks on the two girls faces.
"Oh, this is going to be good." Sirius snickered.
"I don't know about good, but when two witches plot together, the outcome is guaranteed to be worth the price of admission." Remus added with a smirk as they turned their attention back to Harry.
"In payment for the life-debt, I demand the life that was saved be placed in my hands to follow my orders until such time as I deem the debt fulfilled!" Harry demanded vengefully.
"NO! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO MY SISTER!" Ron yelled as he started to try and attack Harry, only to be propelled against the wall and held there by Harry's magic.
"NO! Arthur, don't let him do this?" Molly tried to argue in tears.
"It is your choice. This or her life is forfeit!" Harry said, his tone arctic.
Arthur didn't want this for his only daughter but there was no other way thanks to what Molly, Ron, Ginny and Dumbledore had tried to do.
"I relinquish the life of Ginevra Molly Weasley into the hands of Harry James Potter until such time as he deems the debt paid. So Mote It Be!" Arthur said sadly as this was the only way he saw fit to save her life.
"Accepted!" Harry said as he turned to the girl, "For your actions you will become servant and repay your debt."
While Ron was held in place and Molly was being held back by Arthur, Remus and Sirius watched as the magic began to weaken.
"You have to do it now or he's going to burn himself up!" Hermione whispered fearfully to the older girl.
With a quick nod, Katie moved herself around where he could see her and called his name.
"Harry...Harry." she called loudly to get his attention.
He turned to her and before he could react she grabbed his face in both hands and her lips met his forcefully at first, then softened as she felt him start to relax into the kiss and then the magic started to fade.
Harry was still intent on the Weasleys when he heard his name called and he turned towards it. The next thing he knew, he felt himself grabbed and being kissed.
As the kiss softened he was amazed and all of the anger and pain he was feeling from the betrayal started to drain away. Suddenly he started to weaken and everything started to whirl, then his eyes closed and he started to collapse from the drain on him both physically and magically.
"SIRIUS!" Hermione called when she saw him start to crumple in on himself.
"Locomotor Mortis!" Sirius cast to catch his godson before he hit the ground, then turned to the others before taking Harry upstairs. "Well, looks like the shows over for now. I'd suggest you leave him alone until he wants to see you."
Katie walked back over to Hermione and hugged her before she made to follow them up to Harry's room.
"Granger, think about what you saw down here tonight. You made a step in the right direction. Now just keep going. Don't let yourself get tarred with the same brush." Katie warned, then turned and left the kitchen.
Hermione looked around thinking about everything that she had heard and seen, then left the kitchen with all of those things running through her mind. But one thought was in the front-running.
"What was I thinking when I picked Ronald to be my boyfriend?"
Ministry of Magic
8:00 A.M. The next morning
Amelia Bones was sitting in her office finishing her morning cup of coffee when her secretary knocked on the door. She wasn't really trying to avoid anybody, but her morning schedule usually allowed her to try and center herself before getting started on her day.
"Come in." Amelia called and the door opened.
"Madame Bones, there is a Lord Belarion here to see you." Karen said.
"Show him in, Karen. I've been expecting him to show up here after the attack on the Bell family. And send word to Auror Tonks to let Miss Bell know that he is here as well." Amelia said as she settled back into her chair to await her visitor.
A few seconds later the door opened and Samuel Jackson Belarion walked in behind Karen, calm and collected.
"Welcome, Lord Belarion. Can I offer you some refreshments?" she asked as he settled into a chair across from her.
"Yes. Tea, with milk and two lumps, please." he said as he waited patiently.
"Coming right up." Karen said as she left, closing the door behind herself.
Once she was gone Amelia looked her guest over and tried to see the boy that she had gone to school with or even the man that had saved her life. But instead she saw a man who was tired and raging at life after he had left the country. While she studied him, Karen had returned with their tea and left again.
Amelia took a sip and put her cup down with a sigh as he slowly sipped his own tea.
"What happened, Amelia. I thought Potter had destroyed the sorry bastard. So why are his people killing again?" he demanded.
"I don't know. But there has been a resurgence in Death Eater activity. Fudge is stone-walling while Albus and Harry Potter are saying that He has come back." she said in disgust.
"What the hell are you talking about, Harry Potter? Hell, the last anybody heard, Dumbledore had hidden the boy." he said.
"No He's been attending Hogwarts for the last four years. Anyway Cornelius has made it a point to try and humiliate both Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter ever since the Tri-Wizard Tournament." Amelia said.
"Why? What happened at the Tournament" Samuel asked.
"Mr. Potter returned from the final task with the dead body of another student. Cornelius questioned him and then refused to allow anyone else to do so, saying the boy was over-wrought and disturbed." Amelia explained.
"So Fudge has his head firmly planted in the sand again." Samuel said as he tool another sip of his tea.
Amelia just nodded and they turned to other conversations.
Author's Note: To all my readers, I want to thank you for your good wishes. My recovery is coming along slowly but surely. I will try to keep adding to my stories for you. Thank you.