Chapter fourteen

As Amelia was questioning Albus Dumbledore about his plans for Harry and Voldemort, the unspeakable appeared beside her.

'You never did learn to listen to others, others that are wiser that you are. What you don't know Albus is that thanks to Harry Potter, every single soul vessel that Voldemort had was destroyed a few days ago, including the piece of soul inside Mr Potter. He is perfectly fine by the way.'

'Yet you would have allowed that boy to die just because you believed you knew best.' Amelia said.

'But he had to die, or Voldemort will return.'

'Voldemort is dead and so is every piece of his soul. I did ask to examine Mr Potter when he first survived that night Albus, you turned me down. I was still able to work out what Voldemort did. When I heard that Harry left, I made sure Amelia and Sirius knew that I wish to see him. He came in one day, I took some of his blood and did some specialised charms on him while he was close to Voldemort. It did not take me long to figure out how to save the boy and destroy the horcruxes at the same time. Oh, incidentally Albus, you were also wrong about how he survived that night. Yes, Lily was the reason, but not what you believe. She worked on a way to use runes so the killing curse would deflect back on the attacker. That is how Harry survived that night.'

'If what you say is true, then Lily and James would have survived.'

'Think old man, it took her months to work out how to do it. She only had enough time to work on protecting her son, something most parents would do.'

'How did she do it?'

'That is something you will not be told. Only five people know how, that is going to stay between the five of us. But I plan to make sure Lily's sacrifice doesn't get forgotten. I am working on her plans so every magical person will be safe from the killing curse. It's time you stop believing you have all the answers.'

Albus sighed, 'Fine, but how did you get the soul out of Harry?'

'The room of love Albus. The love Harry has for Sirius forced the piece of soul from his body, but it also used the connection to destroy the other pieces of soul. The moment the souls were destroyed Voldemort's constructed body disintegrated and the last piece of soul from inside him was also destroyed. A few nights before this happened, Voldemort was screaming in pain. Do you know why?'

'No.'

'Because Harry was extremely happy. He was with his godfather, they were having a fun night and Harry said he could not stop laughing. His laughter caused Voldemort to suffer immense pain. If only Harry had his godfather growing up, this could have all been over years ago. Think about that Albus and the mistakes you made and keep making just because you believe you know what is best,' the unspeakable stared down at the defeated Albus Dumbledore before he simply vanished.

'After that, I believe you should just tell me everything Albus. Once word gets out that again thanks to Harry Potter that Voldemort is gone for good, no one will ever turn their backs on him, nor listen to you when you had nothing to do with this.'

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Harry was sitting on his veranda drinking hot chocolate as he stared out over the ocean. He had placed warming charms on himself to keep the chill away. So even though it was cold, Harry loved the sight before him. It gave him a sense of peace.

'You seem very relaxed Pup, I don't blame you,' Sirius sat beside Harry then stared out over the ocean.

'I am, for the first time in my life I'm at peace. I finally know I can be normal and have a life.'

'Yep, you can, which means dating. But you have to get out so you can meet people. I know you're still wary, but you do already have some good friends, you just need to expand on that.'

'I know, but for now I'm happy to just stay friends with Neville and the twins. I also have you Sirius, I have…well, a father,' Harry shrugged.

'Which is what your parent's wanted, so never feel like you're doing something wrong if you think of me as a father. I know I've come to think of you as a son. In fact I have officially made you my heir.'

'So you wouldn't mind me calling you dad?'

'I would love it, but only if you feel comfortable with it.'

'I do because that's how I feel…dad,' Harry grinned then Sirius hugged him.

'Alright…son, enough of this, we don't want to get all mushy and emotional. It's time to think about this future and what you want to do.'

'I know, but right now I just want to enjoy the fact that Voldemort is gone, and Dumbledore is out of my life, not to mention Snape,' Harry stared at his godfather, 'I want to show you something then explain.'

'Explain what?'

'You'll see.'

Harry took his godfather…or father's hand and pulled him into the house and into his room. He levitated his bed to the side of the room to show the trap door.

'So you have a trap door in the floor of your bedroom.'

'I built it, for a reason. When I realised I had to leave Hogwarts and get right away from that place, and everyone in it, I knew I would need a way to survive, and I would need money. I wasn't sure what I could do, until I could get some type of job. Anyway, the twins told me about this room at Hogwarts. They said it turned into whatever you needed it to.'

'I heard about the come and go room, we never did find it.'

'Seventh floor, opposite the portrait of Barnabas the barmy trying to teach trolls to dance. You have to walk past the wall three times while thinking of what you need in a room. Well, I kept thinking a lot of things, but mainly how to survive and how to get money so I could leave, until I was old enough to get a job. When I opened the door, it was this huge room, filled with hundreds of years of lost things. I figured while I was trying to figure out how to get money I would explore a bit. The books I have Sirius, came from that room. It was like the room helped me by supplying me with the books on spells that I would need. I was able to block my magic so the ministry couldn't find out. This was before I was told the trace had been lifted. Its how I learned to apparate and where I found the bad luck jinx.'

'The Marauders could have used that room, it's a shame we never found it.'

'It would have helped with your pranks,' Harry knelt down and removed the locking charms on the trap door, 'As I was walking around the room, I kept seeing things, and I wondered why some of the stuff wasn't used,' Harry opened the trap door and pulled out the bag, 'I don't know if you noticed but I have twenty wands hidden around the house and the property.'

'I noticed a few, not twenty.'

'I decided to take some of the wands from the room, but there were hundreds of them. I figured that if I was attacked and I lost my wand then a wand was always within reach,' Harry opened the bag then silently called for one of the rubies he had found along with some galleons. They flew into his hand then he held it out so Sirius could see.

'There was so much in there, not just jewels, but things like tiara's and swords with gems in them. Money, I kept finding loads of money, any money lost by someone when they were at Hogwarts found its way into that room. I found a sword and dagger, matching set, then the room supplied a book that gave me the information on the sword. It wasn't historical or anything, it just belonged to an old headmaster. When he died the sword and dagger found its way into the room, since he had no family. It got me enough to buy this place and everything in it. I still have a lot of that money left, but I still have all this. I was so angry when I first found the room. I kept thinking about how I saved everyone when I killed the basilisk and all I got was a shiny plaque, money would have been better. I figured I deserved this stuff. I never planned to tell anyone that I stole all this, but I really want us to be as close as we can, which means being honest with each other. If you think I should return it, I will, and I will slowly pay back the money I already spent.'

'No, you won't because you should have been given a reward for killing that beast, which basically saved the lives of everyone in that castle. Also, you weren't told that you could have sold the basilisk which would have made you thousands of galleons. Basilisk venom alone would get you about twenty thousand, as it's so rare. I'm sure the blood and the hide would be worth a lot as well. No Pup, keep it, and like the room was used for, lost or unwanted things, you found it and you need it. Plus, you deserve it. At least we can use some of this to expand the cottage so we both have more space.'

Harry chuckled, Sirius was right. This was how Harry was going to pay to add more to the house. He would need to find a magical builder, he wanted to make sure the extensions on the cottage could be expanded if it was needed. The main house itself could not be magical expanded since it was built by muggles, but an new addition could. Maybe it was time Harry and Sirius got the home they deserved.