Chapter fourteen

'When will you deal with the old man?'

'Soon, I want him to believe he has a chance, I want all of them to believe they have a chance.'

'While he is with them they will believe he will save them. Do you think we'll have trouble with the two oldest Weasley boys?'

'Not Bill, he will know what type of wards we use here, and he knows of my fondness for speaking to snakes. If any of them have studied me then they will realise I use spells spoken in parsletongue, so he will never get through as he is not a parselmouth. If the twins told him what would happen then he will know his family will die, starting with his sister and mother. Charlie on the other hand has always had a quick temper.'

'So we make plans in case he turns up. I need to get the two muggles here, it will stop her interfering if she believes we will kill her parent's.'

'Yes, she will try to help Albus work on some plans to help them escape. Now though my love, I need to show you something.'

Harry was curious but he knew there was no use asking, Voldemort would tell him when he was ready.

They walked hand in hand into their private sitting room, Voldemort went to the desk that sat under the window.

'When I made this into one of my horcruxes I did not realise what it actually was.'

Harry saw Voldemort hold up a ring with a black stone, 'So it's more than just a big ugly ring?'

Voldemort chuckled, 'Yes, this Harry has been passed down through the years from one family member to another, until it came to my grandfather, then my uncle.'

'The ones you killed.'

'Yes, but I was always curious as to what the markings were on the stone. I found a small reference in a very unusual place, the Quibbler. I sent an owl to Xenophilius, but signed your name. He was able to relay the information about what the markings mean,' Voldemort held out the ring for Harry to take.

Harry studied the stone in the ring, it was a triangle with a line through the centre and a circle inside the triangle.

'Unusual, I've never seen it before, so this has something to do with your ancestors?'

'Yes, but I also believe it connects to your ancestor as well. First though, the stone is called the resurrection stone, it can call back the dead. We cannot use this to make an army of undead fighters, they can't stay in this world. The ring connects with two other items,' Voldemort held up a wand.

'Dumbledore's wand.'

'The elder wand or as some call it, the wand of destiny or the unbeatable wand. There is one more item which makes these three items known as the deathly hallows. The cloak of invisibility, not an invisibility cloak.'

'So that's why my cloak is basically damage proof.'

'Yes, I have not worked out what it means to have all three items, but that is not what I wanted to show you. I want you to close your eyes until I tell you to open them.'

'Are you going to get kinky?'

Voldemort chuckled, 'Maybe another time, now close your eyes.'

'Okay,' Harry closed his eyes, a few seconds later he felt a breeze brush softly over him, 'Did you open a window?'

'No, he brought us here to speak with our son.'

Harry's eyes flew opened, 'Dad, mum, Sirius.' he squeaked.

'Harry, sweetheart, how I wish I could hold you, then I want to curse a certain old man.'

'Mum.'

'We can't stay long Harry, but Lord Voldemort realised that you were torn. You made your choice but you were conflicted because of us and how we would feel.'

'You don't need to be Harry, we do support your decision. The three of us would never have allowed Albus to get away with what he was doing in regards to you,' James said.

'He used some potion on me Harry, kept me loyal to him so I would agree to whatever he said. But Albus planned for Snivellius to open your mind so Voldemort could plant some type of vision. He made sure I was told where you went before he informed the order. I'm sure he also planned to have me killed if I had lived that night. So you see, we support your decisions because it was right.'

'If the so called light side could do that to you and Sirius, not to mention how they manipulated others then the world would suffer if they won. Right now you and Lord Voldemort will rule, so even if some will die and some will suffer, in the end the decisions you make will help the world, make a strong magical world.'

'Apart from telling you all that, we mainly wanted to speak with you so you would know that we support you and your decisions. If we were alive I would have killed my sister and her family, never doubt that sweetheart. Yes, we were considered light witches and wizards, but we would protect the ones we love and we would kill if we had to, just like you did. I would like to ask you to do one thing for me, if you can?'

'I'll try,' Harry's voice was barely a whisper.

'Don't kill the muggleborns, remove them from muggle society, remove their family's memories and make sure they have a good life in the magical world so they will not want to be part of the muggle world. They will produce powerful children if they marry halfbloods or a pureblood.'

'That is already one of our plans Mrs. Potter. Your son gave a good argument why they should not be driven from our world.'

'Then I know you two will work well together, but also have a loving relationship that will last for eternity. We know what type of life both of you had, so you can both relate to the other which is one reason why you two will make it. One piece of advice, never got to bed angry with the other, do whatever you have to so you make peace.'

'That is a very good piece of advice Mrs. Potter, just know that your son will be loved.'

'We know you will look after our boy, you are already, when others that should have, didn't.'

'Now to something very important. We know the reason why he is so determined that only you can kill Voldemort Harry, it's also the reason why my sacrifice saved you. I'm sure you realise that many parents would sacrifice themselves for their children, but they still died, yet you lived,' Lily smiled at her son.

'I have always been curious as to why he was willing to sacrifice a young man who wasn't trained to go up against me.'

'We did not know this until we passed, but you are soul mates. Albus did not realise what that meant, but he could not have the-boy-who-lived be the partner of Lord Voldemort. Soul mates cannot kill each other, it is not the wands, he used the brother wands to make you believe his lie.'

'We have seen you two together, we know you now complete the other and together will make this world a better place. That is something Albus wanted to stop, at all costs,' Sirius said.

'We must go Harry, we can feel it,' James said, 'We are proud of you and what you are doing, helping make a stronger magical world. Remember, we will always love you, no matter what you do.'

'I love you pup, my death was not your fault. Make sure those others suffer just like old Bella suffered.'

'We will always be in your heart sweetheart, we love you.'

'I love you too, all of you,' Harry reached out to his mother but his hand felt nothing, he gave her a sad look before he nodded, 'I will always love you.'

James, Sirius and Lily slowly vanished but as they did their eyes remained on Harry just like his eyes remained on them.

'Thanks,' Harry whispered then turned to face the man he loved, 'You didn't tell me you knew how I was feeling.'

'I was trying to work on a way to help you resolve this, which is why I decided to use the stone. But you know now Harry, they still love you and they support your decisions. You don't have to feel guilty anymore.'

'I don't, not anymore. But hearing we're soul mates seems to make sense now.'

'Yes, it does, you also told me what that girl Luna told you, I would say she has the gift, she can see or sense soul mates.'

'Luna has a lot of gifts, most people just think she's crazy, they don't really look at her or believe anything she talks about. But now, love, will you allow me to torture that greasy bastard?'

Voldemort chuckled, 'Yes, you can, he is still chained in the other cell. Why don't you go have fun for a while, only until lunch?'

'You are wonderful,' Harry kissed Voldemort than ran from the room. What Harry didn't know was Voldemort had rigged up a large mirror on the wall of the cells to match the one in his office. It was so the prisoners could see and hear just what James and Lily Potter thought of their son's decision. He cancelled the charm on the mirror in his office and connected it to the other holding cell.

Voldemort hoped now they would fear Harry, and they should, he planned to make sure they suffered even if they lived. They would get to see just what Harry is going to do to Severus, that alone will make them believe Harry will use anything, dark or light magic, to get even with those that wronged him. Every person in the cells had wronged Harry Potter in one way or another.

Voldemort grew to respect Harry, but more so when he heard what his life had been like since his parent's death. He might be responsible for the deaths of Lily and James Potter, but he was also the only one who was willing to give Harry the life he deserved. But he finally knew the reason why Harry survived, why they seemed drawn to each other, they were soul mates, soul mates that would live, forever.