"Don't Anger Harry Potter"

By Loki Palmer

Author's Note: Harry Potter and all related characters belong to J.K. Rowling. My congratulations to MariusDarkwolf for his accurate guess – Al Pacino would be the person I would have in mind as the Devil, especially considering his famous movie in which he played that role – "Devil's Advocate" alongside Keanu Reeves (another great actor). On with our story!

"Boku-wa … seigi da!" (I … am justice!) – Light Yagami/Kira in "Death Note"

Chapter 29

"Troll Brain is back?" said Tommy. "That does not sound like my evil self – to call back the most powerful wizard and the dumbest from the Underworld in one fell swoop. What can he be thinking?"

"He wants allies, Thomas. As soon as he gets a new body, he will want his allies again by his side."

Tommy's eyes widened. "My Death Eaters, fighting against me? This is bad news ..."

Harry decided to clear his throat. "Tommy, did you forget the new phoenix mark that I put on Lucius's arm? Those Death Eaters who are loyal to ME now have it on their arms."

"What about those who did not accept you, Harry?"

"Dead. There is no redemption for the unrepentant."

Amelia Bones nodded. "That would explain all those deaths in the Ministry some years ago, Lord Potter. The one thing they all had in common was that they had the Dark Mark on their arms."

"Harry ..." said Tommy. "Can you sense which of the former Death Eaters are still alive?"

"Yes … Lucius Malfoy … Narcissa's still alive, since she didn't take the Dark Mark … Augustus Rookwood … and … oh, boy, is this going to shock you … Bellatrix Black, formerly Lestrange."

This got Neville's attention. "WHAT? THAT PSYCHO BITCH IS STILL ALIVE?"

"That's my cousin you're calling a psycho bitch, Neville!" said Sirius.

"STAY OUT OF THIS, SIRIUS! THIS IS BETWEEN THE HOUSE OF LONGBOTTOM AND HER!"

Tommy held up his hands in a gesture of peaceful surrender. "Neville, I'm sorry for what happened to your parents. Bellatrix must have told them she was coming to kill you and they laughed themselves into insanity."

This statement brought a round of uneasy laughs that grew into roars when they saw Neville join in, recognizing Tommy's attempt to lighten the mood. "All the same, Tommy, I do owe you this," he said, punching Tommy in the face and eliciting another roar of laughter.

"I guess I deserved that, Neville ..." Tommy's face blanched. "Harry … the clock is ticking on our lives … Voldemort's back. We have to collect and destroy those Horcruxes with all possible speed."

"Where are they?"

"Let me think for a moment, meathead! The diary I left with Lucius, Hufflepuff's Cup I left with Bellatrix, Ravenclaw's Diadem is in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts, and Slytherin's Locket … somebody moved it ...to the Black home … "

Harry pulled out his communication mirror. "Lord Potter calling Ragnok!"

"Ragnok here, Lord Potter. How may Gringotts be of service to you today?"

"Ragnok, there may be a Horcrux in the vault of one Bellatrix Black."

"I see. Our policy is to destroy any Horcrux we find, Milord. What is the object in question?"

"It's Hufflepuff's Cup, Ragnok."

The goblin nodded. "Yes … we shall destroy it at once, Milord. Even the Dark Lord knows better than to mess with the Goblin Nation, so have no fear about any repurcussions from him."

"To be honest, that is one worry I have."

"Well, stop it, Milord. It is no difficulty for us Goblins to take care of ourselves. You just focus on sending the bastard to Hell, and we will have a celebratory meal when this is all over."

"Dominus vobiscum." (The Lord be with you.)

"Et cum spiritu tuo." (And with your spirit.) The mirror went off.

"Kreacher!" called Sirius.

POP! An old house elf appeared. "How may Kreacher be of service to Lord Black?"

"Kreacher, is there a locket in the Black home?"

"Yes, Milord."

"Bring it here for us."

Kreacher bowed, disappeared, and returned with the locket. "Here it is, Milord."

The Devil reached down and took it. "I'll take it from here, Kreacher. Your former Master, Regulus, wanted it destroyed, and that's what I'm going to do."

"The Evil One is welcome to it anyway," said Kreacher with a small bow as he disappeared.

"Two down, two to go," said Harry.

~DAHP~

As for Voldemort, Tommy's statement was accurate – he managed to come back, using a bone of his father, flesh of a servant – Ron's hand – and blood of an enemy. He would have preferred the blood of Harry Potter, his nemesis, but the blood of Albus Dumbledore sufficed for his purposes. When they had killed off Harry Potter and his allies, then he would kill off Albus Dumbledore. Albus Dumbledore, for his part, was thinking that he would kill off Voldemort and get all the glory for doing so, just as he received the glory for stopping Grindelwald.

Ron did not have two brain cells to rub together in the action known as "thinking," but the main thoughts – if a Troll Brain even had thoughts – included getting sweet, sweet vengeance on Harry Potter and getting his hands on that smart Mudblood. She would pay … oh, boy, she would pay ...