(BSC 1) C28 Dreams to remember.
That evening, the friends were all sitting together in the living room of their own common room. The fire crackled and the flames were warm. From out of nowhere, there was a house elf that had just pops in front of them.
Daphne, who recognized the elf immediately, was the first who was at his side. It turned out to be a Greengrass house elf that was up keeping the garden for them.
"I have a letter for Lord Potter and his friends," The house elf said to Daphne.
Harry took the letter and gave it to Daphne. "It is your house elf so you get to read it in front of us" Harry said with a smile.
"But Harry it's your letter" she said.
"No Daphne, it is for me and my friends. That is what you all are to me, my friends" He told her firmly.
Dear Harry.
Fortunately, I now no longer have to be so formal therefore dearHarry.
This evening I have given Dumbledore his papers.
The sample of the lordship that you've shown was fantastic. I cannot say anything else. You have impressed all of us.
Later that evening we again looked at the memories of Augusta and Amelia.
All you have to do to improve is to look a little less at your friends and more to the person you are speaking to.
Look straight at the people to whom you are talking, it will show power.
Then you also show that you mean it, and will not back down from them.
For the rest, we laughed a lot.
It was beautiful how you took your grandmother in your protection.
I raise my hat to you by magical and pointy had.
To Daphne, Susan en Neville.
I have to praise you from everyone.
The way you three have transformed Harry into the Lord that he is now is magnificent.
I could not have done it better myself.
Minerva does not pick it up as fast as Harry does.
Maybe you can even teach her.
I will stop talking about Minerva now because she is giving me dirty looks.
But you guys did great.
Bella and Hermione.
I myself have spent many hours in the library together with my wife.
But have rarely seen two hunters that are so good in finding knowledge then you two.
I did not even know there were books about the board of governors of the school.
You have demonstrated a fine piece of detective work.
Thanks to that we were able to put Albus Dumbledore into a corner today.
Sincerely, David Greengrass
It was a beautiful letter they had received from David. Everyone seemed satisfied and were looking happily at the other. There was still talking deep into the night about it, about how they got here, and how well everything went.
The next morning they decided to go practicing spells and curses every night. They had to learn as much as possible in the shortest time possible. So soon thereafter it was discovered that they were sent out of almost every classroom they were using.
At that point Professor McGonagall took them to her own classroom. There she helped them to learn everything and were soon at the end of their second year books.
On a Saturday evening at the beginning of supper Harry got another letter. He took it off of the barn owl leg end gave the owl an owl treat, and began to read the letter to his friends. Inwardly he already knew what it was but it was nice to know for sure.
Dear Harry and friends.
Read this letter out loud at the table it is for everyone.
You all have done great.
We assumed that Albus would be hard to handle.
But he almost immediately admitted his mistakes.
We can do nothing about Draco Malfoy and Ronald Weasley.
For Draco it was obvious.
It was the money from Lucius and the pressure from Severus Snape who is his godfather.
the both wanted him in Slytherin.
With Ronald Weasley it was different.
There was no real reason but it was clear that Albus wanted him in Gryffindor.
Only the reason for that we do not know.
But because they were already transferred, we could do nothing about it.
So they will remain in Slytherin and Gryffindor.
But for Daphne everything turned out great.
Daphne will stay with you in Gryffindor and the headmaster can do nothing about it.
It's all due to your cooperation and loyalty.
Albus Dumbledore also knows who it was that put him with his back against the wall.
At the present time, we have more than half of the votes.
This will make him think twice before he does anything again.
You all did great.
Good Luck in Gryffindor.
Yours Sincerely, David Greengrass.
*#*
Weeks went by until that one night they all had astrology.
On top of the highest tower they were all looking at the heaven and to the stars.
On the ground next to the castle, there was a lot of noise.
Harry and Neville looked over the edge of the castle wall down into the darkness.
Downstairs they heard Hagrid screaming. "No, Norbed is just a baby. And maybe he will not even like it in Romania".
Neville and Harry did not know what Hagrid was saying. Until the moment they saw a boy with red hair coming out of the cottage.
"That's a Weasley" Neville said.
(Later they heard that it was Charlie Weasley). Charlie had a long rope in his hands. And with four other boys he pulled a, well nobody knew what it was what he was pulling, nobody knew at that moment.
Neville, however, thought he knew. According to him, it had to be a dragon.
That was the point that Harry became pale. "We need to get to grandma" Harry suddenly exclaimed loudly.
It was Bella who was at his side first. She was barely able to catch him just before he collapsed on the floor.
Daphne rushed toward the other side of Harry. Dazed as he was, they took him to Professor McGonagall. There he was put on a chair and had to come to himself first before he could do something else.
Minerva looked anxiously at her cub. "Harry, are you okay, what happened to you."
It took awhile before Harry was okay. "Firenze warned me about something. He said there was something hidden in the castle, and that Hagrid would tell someone about it when he would lose his animal".
Minerva turned white at what she was hearing from Harry. "how did you know of the philosopher's stone" she asked.
"The stone of what?" Asked Susan.
Professor McGonagall knew she had said too much, and so she wanted to dismiss them from her classroom right away.
However, it was Bella who did not want to leave. "Aunt Mini, you know that we're going to look for whatever that stone is, so you can tell it to us and save us the trouble" she said with a dazzling smile.
Professor McGonagall thought deeply about it. She knew that they were going to be searching and really wanted to know the answer. But she would not tell it to them. "Okay I'll tell you about the stone in five weeks from now. In five weeks it will be the last day at school. Only then I will tell you about the stone".
It was not the answer they wanted to hear, but they also knew that nothing they were going to do would let Minerva tell them about the stone.
"Come on, we still have an hour before the library closes" Hermione cried immediately.
An hour later, they all left the library with many books stacked in their arms. They had not found anything yet but would go further with their research. Was it not in the library then it would be in their common room.
*#*
House Greengrass.
David walked into his office in the Greengrass manor after a meeting of the Wizengamot. Just before he closed the door he heard something in the corridor, it was a sound of a soft sob. He did not know what was going on but slowly he looked around the house. He found his wife Isabella in a small room. "What's the matter dear, why all of this sadness" he asked softly.
With tearful eyes Isabella looked up at her husband. In her hands she held the little red book of Arabella. She gave him the book and let him have a look at it.
David's eyes were slowly becoming big with disbelieve. David was reading page after page and had to swallow hard. For a man of his size he had a small heart. "Isabella, are you telling me that all of this is true".
Slowly she nodded. She stood up and gave her husband a hug. "David, do you remember the last time we were here" she asked.
David looked at his wife and nodded slowly.
Isabella grabbed two glasses and poured the fire whiskey into it. She sat across of her husband and watched him carefully. For a moment she sighed and took a long drink. Still wiping away a tear from her cheek she began to tell him.
"Well that night, Minerva took me aside from all of you. She had given me a letter that she had received from Lily. In it, Lily told her that Minerva was her mother. And also that she was the grandmother of Harry. Sirius Black, you know your fellow auror at the time was also his godfather. That was also the place where he was supposed to go after their deaths.
Now as you know Sirius Black is in Azkaban because he betrayed Lily and James. So that's why Harry had to go to Alice Longbottom whom was his godmother. You know what happened to her and her husband Frank". Isabella said this while she watched her husband with a blank expression.
He knew she was getting to the point that she wanted to make. So he held his tongue.
"Now the aim was that Minerva would always be involved in the life of Harry. If Harry is not with Alice Longbottom then he had to go to her. She had to consult with us that we would take care of Harry when she was at school. Or that he would be with Amelia. I got the letter and it literally said that Harry had to be with Daphne while he was growing up. The worst however was that Lily knew exactly how her sister would be. He should never have gone there; this was something that he should not have gone true".
David looked at his wife. He was not sure what he was hearing. "So Lily knew exactly how Harry would be treated when he was with her sister, and that Harry had to be here to prevent that sort of thing from happening?" He asked Isabella with desperation in his voice.
"It's even worse David." Isabella again burst into tears and it took her a while before she could regroup herself again.
David let her go and waited quietly on what more she had to say.
It took a while until she started talking again. "Minerva has given me the red book, in that book is everything that happened to Harry. It's everything Arabella and Bella have seen and heard. It's even worse than the memories we've seen. And now comes the real troubling part David." Isabella stopped and looked at her husband.
David stared at his wife. There is more, he thought, more than this.
"Albus Dumbledore took Lily away from Minerva without her knowing it. He then also held Harry away from her and brought him to those muggles. She was there when he did it but she never knew. Arabella has told Albus everything she saw and heard, and he just left him there. Albus knew everything and he just let it happen. Albus is just as punishable as those muggles are. And he has done so much more".
David was literally flapping with his ears. He was mad, frustrated and disbelieving; he did not know where to look. And he heard her words. Isabella told him that there was still more. What more could Albus have done, what more did Albus do to this boy. It took a while before David was calm again.
That was also where Isabella had been waiting for. "Albus had also hidden Harry from us. He was his magical guardian. Even that simple task left for Hagrid to do. There are still followers of he who should not be named, and jet he let Harry wonder around with Hagrid in Diagon alley.
And Albus sent Hagrid to help him when he was stuck on that cliff. He himself has done nothing for Harry, nothing at all. The letters we sent to Harry, just like all the other witches and wizards have done were never delivered. Harry was hidden away from all of us. He even had the last will and testament of James and Lily sealed for everybody even the goblins. This he has done all under the name of the greater good".
David was just looking around. He thought that at any time someone could jump out and tell him that they were taking the Mickey out of him. But there was no one there and nobody popped out.
Isabella was looking at him and knew what he was going through. Those doubts he had, she also had for most of the last week. And then there was that little red book that she almost had read to the end, all that misery that was written in that book. All those beatings Harry had to endure.
There had not been one good memory throughout the book. Not one where you could think that there had been some feeling for Harry. It was only hatred, pure hatred she read page after page. Now it was the turn for David to read it. She said that Augusta and Amelia had already read it. He was the only one left to do it.
It was a lot of information that David received at ones. He walked to his office with the red book under his arm and sat quietly in his chair. Isabella had told him that she had been crying for almost a week from all that she had read. This was something that made him look suspicious at the book that was now lying on his desk. Still, he took the step to read it, and the rest of the night he read and read, page after page.
In the morning Isabella came into his office to wake him up. There she saw David lying on his desk, He had even cried a little and that for a fearless auror as he was, and there was an empty bottle of fire whiskey lying on the floor. He immediately swore on his magic that he would protect Harry from whatever he could. This earned him a hug and a kiss from Isabella.
*#*
It was on a Monday afternoon that Neville walked into the great hall. "I know it, I know it," he exclaimed loudly.
The friends looked at each other and then questioningly at Neville.
He plopped down on their bends at the table and looked at his friends. "I know what the philosopher's stone is" he said proudly.
Everyone immediately looked hopeful and were waiting for him to tell them everything.
Neville motioned them to come along. He did not want to tell it to them in the great hall. What he did not notice was that one professor with greasy black hair had also heard him, and was now following them. In a room away from everyone Neville spoke up.
"I've found it here in this book." Neville pulled a very big and a very thick book from his book bag and put it in the middle of the table. "The philosopher's stone is from Nicholas Flamel. He has developed that stone after many years of studies. It is mainly due to his knowledge of alchemist that he was capable of doing it.
He also together with Albus Dumbledore discovered the twelve uses of dragon blood. Furthermore, Albus Dumbledore was his apprentice for several years. The philosopher's stone gives the elixir of life, and that means that he will never die. The stone can also change lead into gold".
This was the breakthrough that they wanted to have. Now everybody rushed to the library to find anything and everything the good about the stone and Nicolas Flamel.
Bella briefly kept Harry from following their friends. "Harry what exactly did you hear from Firenze. I think there's more than what you have told Aunt Mini".
Harry thought about it for a moment and knew Bella was right. But he himself could not remember what it was. He had to have a talk about it with his grandmother and Bella. She would help her cub if he asked her to. But that was for later and not now.
Without them knowing it, Snape had already gone to Dumbledore with the story of the friends of Harry. But Dumbledore dismissed it as a pure coincidence and nothing ells.
Harry and his group left the library. In the common room they stayed up until late in the morning. One by one they went to bed. Bella was the first to fall asleep, she immediately started to dream.
"There you are Bella, I have missed you. Have you already killed Harry or do I still have to wait longer for you to do it" came the voice of Voldemort in her head.
This time, however, she was not in the room with the filthy mattress, but somewhere in the woods.
"Kill him, Bella, I want you to kill Harry Potter NOW".
She again heard that voice. "No, I'm not going to do it, he's my friend."
Voldemort immediately became angry and started yelling at Bella. "Kill Harry Potter and do it now, do it right now."
"No, I'm not doing it. Harry, help me, Harry, he's back."
Dora appeared right next to Harry.
Harry looked a little surprised when he woke up, but then saw that it was Dora who was standing next to him.
She took the hand of Harry with her little hand and disappeared immediately. They appeared next to Bella and Harry took her face in his hands.
Susan, Hermione and Daphne were already beside Bella. They watched how Harry immediately sped to her side, and how he took her face in his hands.
"No, Harry, help me, I do not know where I am but he is here again. He escaped from his chest".
Harry took her face in his hands and looked straight at her. "I'm here Bella, Get me inside your head, I am here."
"Are you here, Harry, he's back, and he holds me and hurts me".
It took a while before Bella took Harry into her mind.
Harry could see that he was hurting her again.
Her eyes snapped open and looked straight into the emerald green eyes of Harry. Harry's eyes became dull and he slumped down beside her.
Harry looked around and saw that he was in a forest. The forest was familiar but he did not know where from. Voldemort was standing before him, but he saw that he was not alone. There was someone standing in the shadows. Harry walked slowly to Bellatrix and kneeled next to her and listened to Voldemort.
"Kill Harry Potter or I do it myself. I am also in the castle you know. I can kill him just as easily as you can. I've already tried it but he was lucky, you saved him that day by catching him. If you kill him now it will be painless for him. I myself will hurt him I promise you that, I will make him scream for his mother, you know his dead mother" Voldemort sneered at Bellatrix. Slowly he walked toward Bellatrix looked at her with hate in his eyes.
Harry was now standing behind Voldemort, his wand in his hand ready to attack. "Stupefy." Harry screamed loudly.
"Protego" there was a voice from that came from behind Harry.
Harry looked around and saw a figure that was all dressed in a black cloak.
"Stupefy" Harry screamed out.
"Protego" the other voice sounded again.
It was the voice of Voldemort he heard this time.
"Harry conjure the chest again" Bellatrix asked Harry.
Bellatrix had to place Voldemort back in the chest, but this time Bellatrix had more difficulty in doing so.
The figure was fighting against Harry and took several spells, but he was still trying to get to Bellatrix. Harry had learned a lot in the last couple of months. Unfortunately the lessons from defence against the dark arts class were not been good enough. The spells he was using were the spells they learned themselves. Now Harry had to dig deep to remember everything.
"Expelliarmus". Harry screamed but it did not help at all.
Bellatrix did everything she could remember to Voldemort just to get him back into the chest.
"Stupefy" sounded the spell that came right down on Harry.
"Protego" Harry shouted immediately.
He had difficulty with the figure, but he held him at bay.
Bellatrix had finally succeeded. Voldemort was back in his chest and Bellatrix immediately placed a lock on it. "Let's hope that this time he stays away for a longer period of time" she whispered to Harry.
Harry still found himself in the dream of Bella. The forest was very dense and the figure kept coming at them.
Bellatrix came up behind him.
Harry only now saw that she was still Bellatrix and not Bella, and it was the first time that Harry saw that the older Bellatrix was not afraid of what was happening in her mind.
She grabbed Harry's wand.
Harry who did not hear her say anything but saw everything happening at once. There were flames coming out of the tip of his wand. The flames went straight down on the figure.
With some difficulty the figure could ward off the flames.
Bellatrix turned around and fired a bone breaking curse at him. This was immediately followed by a cutting spell. The figure had trouble defending the first curse, and was hit in the shoulder by the second spell.
There suddenly an open wound appeared on his shoulder and his cap fell off his head.
Harry stood behind Bellatrix who turned slowly back into Bella. Both looked into the face of Professor Quirrell who was standing in front of them. But that could not be true. Bella and Harry woke up startled and immediately sat up straight. Bella looked in terror at Harry.
Harry had the same frightened look in his eyes as Bella had.
Hermione, Susan and Daphne were still standing around her bed. But they also saw Katie, Angelina and Minerva who were standing there.
"It is Quirrell he is the one who is working with Voldemort" Bella exclaimed.
Minerva looked up at Bella. "That cannot Bella he is one of the professors who protected the stone" said Minerva.
"I'm sorry Aunt Mini but it is real and we have to stop him".
