Chapter 39 -

Harry wasn't really enjoying himself at the moment, he challenged anyone to enjoy themselves while listening to a bunch of assassins decide their fate. As of the moment the assassins had brought out a pensive and Harry had to place his memory of the fight at the quidditch world cup in. While they viewed the memory Harry took the opportunity to assess the situation. He was currently in a court room set up, there were at least ten betas for security.

In front of him was the judge's stand, at the top of the stand was three judges. These weren't your standard Libra assassins, they had the same mask but they were different. The three wore black robes, the one on the left had short brown and spiky hair, his mask had a round air symbol on the forehead, the one next to him was female judging by the shape of her body and the long blonde hair, she had a similar symbol but hers was of Earth. Next to her was a man with a mask that had a water symbol and, funnily enough, red hair. These weren't betas, omegas or deltas, they were alphas.

Harry couldn't help but feel intimidated, even though he didn't show it. There were very few alphas in Libra and they were rarely ever seen. It was always made clear that the alphas were to be respected, even the betas had spoken their names with the utmost respect along with fear. He didn't know how strong they were but it was very clear that they were the you-know-who's of Libra. The memory had just finished and the three alphas looked at him.

"Here it shows that you clearly attacked and killed your fellow Libra brother and sisters" The Earth alpha said.

"Why did you do it?" The water alpha asked.

"People I cared about were in danger" Harry answered honestly "if they weren't then I would've left you all alone and stayed out of the way."

"I see" The air alpha replied "when and why did you leave Libra?"

"When I was six, I left Libra because I no longer trusted Libra" Harry replied.

"No longer trust Libra?" The earth alpha repeated.

"You see you all accuse me of being the one to abandon the cause but I think Libra was the one that abandoned it first" Harry responded as he looked straight at them, head facing up and shoulders out "Libra means balance, yes we work as assassins but we no longer kept the balance. The last time I went on a mission the beta that I was with unnecessarily took lives. Then when the 'incident' happened when I was six he tried to kill me. I ran and I was free. You see, Libra tried to control me and I hated that. I hate being controlled, when I escaped I vowed never to be controlled again."

"Hmm" The air alpha took a few seconds to digest what harry had just said "you do know the consequences for the crimes you have committed" It wasn't phrased as a question, nor was it meant as one.

"Death, yes I know" Harry nodded.

"Is there anything you wish to say?" The water alpha asked.

"Please don't" Harry said simply

"Don't?" The earth alpha repeated.

"If you had asked me a while back then I would've let you kill me, I expected death for so long" Harry confessed "I was ready to die. But then...then I started...caring. I found people that I care about...and now I will do anything to protect them and help them. I don't care if I have to defeat Voldemort or the three of you, I will survive for them" Harry finished with no doubt in his voice.

The three alphas were not sure how to react to this, none of the other lower ranks were willing to talk to them like that. They also knew that, despite the boy's power, there was no chance of him beating all three of them, that's why they didn't even bother with handcuffs, yet he spoke with such determination that they thought it possible for a second. They were about to speak again when the sound of wings interrupted, Harry also heard the sound and for a second the briefly wondered if he would need to teach Shadow to learn how to stay when he saw it was not Shadow and in fact a messenger eagle.

The eagle dropped a letter in front of the earth alpha, he took the letter and opened it while the water alpha cast a privacy spell around the three alphas. They read the letter, twice, they then locked eyes with each other. Spending several moments practically talking without words. Eventually they finished and the privacy spell was cancelled out, they all looked at Harry.

"You fought Voldemort before your school year ended" The water alpha half-asked, half-stated.

"Yes" Harry nodded in the affirmative.

"You defeated him?" The earth Alpha asked.

"No" Harry shook his head "he had a body that was stronger than that of an average person, when I tried to break his arm it just wouldn't break. He's also pretty magically powerful, believe me when I say I tried. I was throwing cutting curses, bone breakers, unforgivables, everything."

"There were two of our assassins there too" The air alpha said.

"Yes but I didn't kill them, that would be old Voldy shorts."

"Show us your memory of the event" The earth alpha ordered.

Half a minute later the alphas were watching his fight with Voldemort, they watched with fascination and they were impressed, at least that's what Harry thought he saw when he looked at their eyes. Harry also watched the fight, he took the opportunity to view and critique himself and see where he could improve. Eventually the memory finished, the three Alphas stared at Harry for a couple of minutes, almost as if they were trying to stare into his soul.

"You were very impressive" The air alpha commented, breaking the silence "it is an insult to keep you as a delta, congratulations, you will be promoted to beta."

"Not much good if I die tonight" Harry couldn't help but reply.

"IF you die" The water alpha replied.

"Well...yeah...that is what I just said."

"Wait here" The earth alpha said, casting a silencing spell around the three. They were clearly in a discussion, Harry couldn't hear anything they were saying but he did catch their eyes occasionally glancing between himself and the letter. Five minutes later the silencing spell was removed and the three turned to each other.

"It has been decided that you will be given a chance to live" The air alpha said "you will be given a test today"

"A test?" Harry asked with disbelief.

"Do not interrupt" The water alpha admonished.

"You are under a magical contract to attend Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, one that requires you to spend another year at Hogwarts, correct?" The earth alpha spoke next.

"Unfortunately" Harry nodded, wondering where they were going with this. This was definitely weird, usually any regular member of Libra would be dead by now. He could tell that they obviously had something planned for him, but at the moment he couldn't bring himself to care. He just needed to work on surviving for now and deal with anything else later.

"We are going to give you a very special task" The air alpha told him "but first you must complete two challenges, complete these challenges and we will not kill you"

"If you complete these challenges then we will let you leave today" The water alpha added "and allow you to spend your final year at Hogwarts."

"We will then call on you after the school year ends" The earth alpha finished "then we shall give you a task. If you complete it then you will be absolved of all of your crimes against Libra and re-welcomed as a member of our proud organisation." Harry didn't really want to come back but resisted the urge to tell them that and resisted the even harder urge to ask why. Again, he would focus on it later.

"What happens if I fail the challenges?" Harry asked, even though he had a good idea.

"If you fail?" The air alpha made the smallest of gestures with his hand, a blast of wind flew towards Harry and knocked him backwards. "We kill you" He said simply.

"You could've just said that" Harry glared at them from under his mask as he stood up.

"You have half an hour to prepare yourself for the challenges. Use your time wisely." The air alpha said just as the three alphas stood up.

"Escort him to a room where he can wait" The earth alpha said to the betas in the room.

"Do not harm him and do not allow him to be harmed." The water alpha added just before they walked out.

In Grimmauld place the mood was quite heavy, the house occupants were all in the kitchen. They were all sat, looking down, nobody was willing to talk. Bellatrix and Sirius looked comatose, Delphi was pale, unconsciously twirling her hair around her finger. Fleur was sat at one end, she had Shadow sat on her shoulder, Shadow would occasionally offer support by rubbing his head against her.

"Bella!" A voice called, everyone snapped to the fireplace. "Sirius!" The voice shouted.

"Andi!" Bella stood up and saw Andromeda fire calling her "What's wrong?!"

"Come to Diagon alley! Quickly!" Andromeda replied

"Andi what's going on?!" Sirius demanded.

"They're showing something on the mirror screens in the alley, Harry's on there"

"Harry!" Fleur blurted out seconds before Delphi. No more words needed to be said, the whole group rushed towards the fireplace and took turns heading to Diagon alley.

"Forgive me, but are we sure about this?" Air alpha asked carefully as he and the other alphas knelt down and lowered their heads.

"Very sure" A voice replied, powerful and confident all shown with just two words.

"Do you expect the boy to succeed?" Water alpha couldn't help ask.

"I expect...something surprising. Let's not pretend you do not expect the same."

"The boy did survive fiendfyre" Earth alpha noted.

"That was very surprising" The voice chuckled.

"Forgive me for asking..." Water alpha began.

"No forgiveness necessary" The voice laughed "questions should be encouraged, don't you think? Ask away my friend."

"Why isn't the boy dead?" Water alpha asked "Any other person would have been executed by now, but you wanted him kept alive. Why?"

"There was too much work put into him to simply let him die, beside he has a more important fate than simply being another body in our kill count."

"What are you..."

"Go" The voice said, suddenly losing all warmth. The alphas nodded, they immediately left without saying another word. Once they were gone the voice let out a soft chuckle "do not disappoint me Harry Potter" he said softly. "Do not disappoint me"

"Alright, so what's this?" Harry asked once he was portkeyed to the location of his challenge. It was a small island made up of grey rocks, in the centre of the island was a wooden building that was thin and about seven floors high. It didn't look well kept, that told Harry that this wasn't a building they used very often. Any of the buildings that Libra used were well kept and well warded.

He was once again surrounded by betas, though this time there were deltas in as well. One beta walked towards him, it was clear that this beta would be in charge. Harry also saw several mirrors before they turned invisible, this interested him greatly as it meant that Libra was very serious about no longer caring for secrecy.

"Raven" The beta said, he was roughly Harry's age judging by his body "you have been given two challenges, you will be told your second challenge after completing the first. Your first challenge is right in front of you" He gestured to the tower "there are several traps and spells, there are also many libra men that are more than ready to kill you." The beta said the last part a bit sadistically and excitedly "Your challenge is to kill all the people in that building first."

"Okay...quick questions" Harry said as a plan formulated in his head as he looked at them "are there any rules or restrictions?"

"Yes" The beta nodded "you are only allowed to use magic and you cannot engage in hand to hand combat." The Beta explained.

"Is there anyone in that building who is not out to kill me?" Harry asked "Like no innocent hostages or anything like that?"

"No" The beta frowned, now that he thought of it that was a brilliant idea but it was too late to change the task now. Plus he wasn't the one who came up with it and he was not going to argue with those who did.

"Fine, is that it?" Harry asked, the beta nodded. "Fine, give us a sec." Harry began walking towards the tower.

Everyone watching on the screens began wondering what would happen.

"Is he going to go in and kill them?"

"He's going to die!"

"I don't know what's going to happen!"

"He fought you-know-who! He has a great chance of winning!"

Some of the included people were Bellatrix, Sirius, Delphi and Fleur. All four were watching with hopeful expressions and their thoughts alternated between 'please survive', 'do not get hurt' and 'oh shit'.

The beta in charge grew impatient, Harry Potter had not yet entered the building, in fact all he did so far was walk around the building twice. He was waiting for the traitor to hurry up and die. After all, that was the point of this, there was no way that Libra would give him this task if they didn't think it would kill him or at least weaken him enough for the second task.

Harry meanwhile was spending the time analysing the building, he cast a few detection charms and couldn't detect any wards. This meant that the building wasn't all that valuable to Libra. He supposed that it made sense as they weren't willing to risk their heavily cared for and expensive buildings being damaged.

"Are you going to enter or not?" The beta eventually asked when Harry stopped by the door of the tower.

"I'm sorry, did you say something asswipe?" Harry asked, feigning a hearing problem.

"You were tasked with..."

"I know" Harry interrupted "it's my fucking task. I know what I have to do."

"Then do it already!"

"Let me tell you something dickweed" Harry said as he walked away from the building "do not interrupt when I'm doing something because I am not afraid to kill you. Also I live my life based off of several things, one of them is 'work smarter, not harder'" Harry turned to the building and pulled his wand out "FIENDFYRE!" He roared.

A huge mass of flames shot out of his wand and took the form of a bird, the flaming bird charged towards the building. The flames began attacking the base of the building, the bird began circling up it and then attacking it from the top.

The people watching through the screens were amazed, fiendfyre was an extremely dangerous spell as the flames were the deadliest flames known to wizarding kind and it was extremely hard to control and usually ended up backfiring on it's attacker. It was why the boy-who-lived received so much awe for masterfully controlling the spell. Eventually Harry stopped pouring out fire, the flames were still going though and attacking the building.

The Libra men weren't worried for their own safety as many of them were capable of putting out fiendfyre, but on the other hand they were more than upset at seeing their building get burnt down, no matter how worthless it was, and the fact that they were losing many of their men. Though they were only omegas and the occasional delta so their lives didn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Harry shot several explosive and highly damaging spells at the building while the flames continued to burn the building.

"You can't do that!" The beta in charge complained.

"Actually I can you waste of oxygen" Harry replied as he kept shooting spells "my task was to kill those inside, you never said I had to enter. Now anyone who is in the building will die, and if the escape the building then they are not inside and not my problem. Brains, get one."

Harry continued for a bit more before the building eventually fell down, the fiendfyre was burning the remains. Harry turned to the beta who was currently grinding his teeth together, even though they couldn't see it because of his mask.

"Put out the fire" The beta ordered.

"I could do that" Harry nodded as he walked up to him "I could also tell you to fuck off, in fact I will, fuck off mouth breather. If you want the fire out then put it out yourself." The beta let lose a few curse words under his breath before gesturing to two other betas to go and put the fire out. "So what's my next task?"

"It's rather simple" The beta said while smiling under his mask. "You have to fight two betas in hand to hand combat, weapons are allowed but no magic. I will be one of them, as for the other..." The beta gestured to one beta who walked up besides him. This beta was female, as evidenced by the shape of her body, she had curly blonde hair and she wore gloves that had three spikes coming out of the knuckles. "You may find her familiar."

"You killed my sister!" The female beta hissed "You ripped out her throat"

"Ah...there's really nothing I can say that will make this better, is there?" Harry replied as he took a fighting stance, the other Libra men stepped back and allowed them their space. The two betas he was fighting also took a fighting stance, the three waited to see who was going to make the first move.

The girl went first, she charged at Harry and threw a right hook with the intention of having her spikes rip out Harry's throat, the make beta rushed forward as well. Harry stepped back to avoid the first strike, he then stepped back again to avoid a second from the girl, after that he deflected a kick from the male assassin and ducked under another round house when the male assassin threw a kick aimed at his face, Harry barely managed to block it when the girl tried to slice his throat.

He brought his left arm to cover his throat and that meant that his forearm got scratched instead, he was then kicked in the chest by the make which caused him to fly backwards, he quickly rolled back onto his feet just as the other two reached him. The girl jumped in the air and tried to hit Harry with a spinning kick, Harry quickly ran under her and rushed towards the male and attacked him with a tackle that took him to the harsh ground.

Harry began throwing some very quick punches but they weren't very effective as the male managed to cover up before pushing him off, Harry then rolled to avoid getting his head stomped on by the female assassin. Harry quickly got to his feet where he began deflecting several punches from the girl. The girl tried to hit him in the stomach with her spiked gloves, Harry grabbed her wrist and redirected it with his left hand just as his right arm went around her neck, he took out one of her legs with his own and quickly threw her on to her back.

Harry didn't get to capitalise as the male assassin had chosen that moment to hit him with a jumping kick that sent him flying backwards on to the cold and unforgiving ground, Harry wasn't gifted a second alone with the pain when the male tried to stomp on his head, Harry quickly moved his head out of the way then span and kicked the males legs out so he fell. Both kipped up to their feet and kicked each other at the same time, sending each other back to the ground.

Harry tried to get up when the girl leaped at him with the intent on stabbing him with her spiked gloves, Harry leaned on his left hand and right foot while using his left foot to redirect her arm, he then quickly span onto both hands and his left foot before kicking her away. It was then that a sudden and intense pain erupted in Harry's left hand and he saw that his left hand now had a knife in it. Despite the pain he managed to look at the male assassin who was pulling out another knife, Harry quickly pulled the knife out, ignoring the pain.

The male assassin charged at Harry, ignoring his own surprise at the ease in which Harry powered through the pain, he attempted to stab Harry when Harry rolled out of the way and pulled the knife out of his hand with his right hand and stood up. The male tried to stab Harry with the knife while Harry tried to stab him with his own but both managed to stop each other, this ended with Harry's right arm being held by the assassin's left while Harry held the assassin's right which held the knife using his left hand despite the pain.

The sound of footsteps told Harry that the girl was charging towards him, he quickly turned his lower body and kicked the girl into he stomach, sending her back. The male tried to headbutt him, Harry quickly moved his head to the side and then kicked the males right leg, he then pulled his right hand out of the assassins grip and tossed the knife at the girl and was glad to see it managed to pierce her, she fell to the ground with a small scream as it struck her left shoulder.

The male kicked Harry away, and then tried to slash him repeatedly with his knife, Harry managed to dodge most of his slashes though one ripped a bit of his shirt. Harry ducked and rolled under one attempt to strike him in the neck, he then pulled out his venom coated knife. The male tried to kick him, Harry deflected the kick when the male surprised him by spinning and using the deflections momentum to increase his speed, he struck Harry in the face with an elbow. The mask absorbed most of the impact and force but it still hurt and sent him a few steps back.

The male tried to stab him but Harry dodged to the side and waved his own knife, cutting the man in the side. The man tried to elbow him but Harry ducked then pushed him back with a shoulder block before hitting him with a jumping spinning kick to the chest. the man quickly rolled to his feet and tried to jam his knife in Harry's eye, Harry pushed the man's hand away and then then male tried to punch him with his left hand. Harry caught his wrist with his own left hand and struck him in the side with a knee, he then kicked the man's feet out from under him. Harry knelt down and quickly pushed the male onto his stomach, he then grabbed the males left hand and stabbed him as payback for stabbing his own hand.

The male quickly learnt that Harry could hold a grudge when Harry kept pulling the knife out just to stab him in the hand again in the same spot. Around the third time Harry stopped when he heard footsteps, he turned just in time to lean his head back and avoid getting his throat cut by the female assassins spiked gloves, however he didn't move back in time to avoid getting his chest slashed and ended up with three slash marks across his chest. The girl tackled him and both fell to the ground before rolling to their feet, Harry ducked another attempt to strike him in the throat.

He was beginning to feel that the girl was also capable of holding a grudge.

Harry tried to cut her with his own venom coated knife, but she ducked then kicked it out of his hands. To his horror it went flying and landed by the other Libra assassins that were watching the fight. Harry quickly refocused and ducked under a round house kick, he then pushed the girl away and leaned down to grab a rock. The girl tried to stab him with her spiked gloves again but this time she aimed for his heart with her left hand, Harry quickly brought the rock up and she pierced the rock instead.

Harry then used his free arm to elbow the spikes at the same time that he pushed the rock upwards, the girls spikes broke and her hand now hissed with pain. She took a second but continued, she tried to slash him and stab him several times but Harry managed to block, deflect and avoid her attempts. She threw a kick at his head with her left leg, he blocked it but she quickly pulled it back and tried to slash his lower leg. Harry saw what she was going for and quickly jumped up to avoid the attack and knee her in the face, her mask absorbed most of it but it would still cause some pain.

She threw a quick right but Harry caught her wrist with his right hand and used his elbow to strike her in the throat, he then used both hands and pushed her away. She landed on the ground, the sound of grunting told Harry that either the male assassin was getting up or someone chose the worst place possible to start having sex. Harry looked and saw the male assassin trying to get up, he was slow and looked very tired, so it was clear that the venom was having an affect, the blood loss probably wasn't helping him either.

Harry quickly reached into his right boot and picked up a knife and tossed it at the male, the knife struck the male in the chest, and he fell back to the ground.

Harry didn't get too think more of the male when the girl quickly rushed towards him, Harry stepped back but this time Harry was unable to avoid her attack and ended up getting stabbed in the abdomen. Fortunately she didn't manage to get the spikes all the way in, but it still hurt like a bitch. Harry fell to one knee as the girl let out a small laugh.

"Does that hurt?!" She laughed sadistically.

"Pain's an old friend" Harry said in the most uncaring voice he could currently manage, keeping the girls attention on her. As she turned to glare on him she didn't notice his left hand sneaking into his left boot, it was more difficult with the fact that his left hand was stabbed but he had to chose between pain now or death in a minute, he knew which one he was going for. He felt fortunate that he had his mask on otherwise his face would be showing just how in pain he was.

"You're going to die now!" She hissed as she pulled her hand back, causing the spikes to pull out and Harry to gasp in pain. She reared her hand back, ready to stab Harry again, this time she was going to go for his heart. Her hand went forward but suddenly stopped.

Her body shivered, she looked down and saw a knife in her body, she coughed with some blood coming out of her mouth. Harry used his right hand to grab her shoulder and pulled himself up to his feet and looked her in the eye.

"You know your problem" Harry whispered "You don't wait to talk until after the person is dead." Harry pushed her away, and she fell to the floor.

Harry didn't get a chance to rest as he was tackled to the ground the male assassin, who apparently had some energy remaining, was on top of him and threw as many punches as he could, Harry quickly covered up but he didn't have to worry too much, the males punches started slowing down and becoming weaker. It was clear that he was not in fighting condition thanks to the venom and blood loss, Harry pushed him off, the male landed on his stomach. Harry struck him on the back of the had, pushing his head to the ground.

Harry coughed for several seconds before managing to stand up, he placed his foot above the male's head and stomped on it several times. Once he was done he was sure the male was either dead or knocked out, if it was the second one then he'd be dead soon thanks to the venom. Harry walked over to where the male was before and picked up a knife that the male had pulled out of his body, he walked back up to the girl who was struggling to get up and managed to get to her knees.

She looked at him, saw him walking while holding a knife in his hand, that wasn't the most terrifying part for her. It was the eyes, so bright and full of determination and will. She couldn't help but think it was inevitable that she was going to die, with each step he took the more she believed that.

"Please" She whispered but it was loud enough for him to hear "make it quick" she asked hopefully. For several seconds he stared at her, she felt like he was staring into her soul, like he was checking the honesty of her words.

Eventually he gave a small nod, he gingerly walked around behind her. He placed the knife against her throat, a few seconds later she was on the ground, dead. The Libra men that surrounded them were unsure what to do now. The British public were now divided between being horrified at seeing the murders and being glad that the boy-who-lived was alive.

Harry meanwhile was rather glad the way things went, he could have gone without getting stabbed and hurt plus he could live without making sure that the other two don't. He was glad he chose not to go into that building, he wasn't sure if they would have let him rest before fighting the betas.

'Probably wouldn't have' Harry thought 'dicks'.

It was at this point that an eagle flew and dropped a small piece of paper with a small stick attached to it in front of Harry. The paper simply said 'portkey'. Harry was tempted to just punch the damn bird but controlled himself enough to just take the portkey. He gave the Libra assassins one last look before he portkeyed away.

Sirius, Delphi, Bellatrix and Fleur rushed into Grimmauld place after seeing what happened on the screen, as soon as they got in Sirius asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Where the fuck is he?!" He demanded.

"Greeting's master, mistresses" Kreatcher said as he greeted them, he then looked at Fleur and took a second to decide on what he wanted to say "master's future lady"

"Kreatcher were is Harry?!" Bellatrix demanded.

"Scar master is in bathroom, healing from injuries from bad assassins" Kreatcher explained.

"Oh thank god!" Sirius said and he was about to start running to the bath along with Delphi when Bellatrix grabbed the two and stopped them.

"Wait" She said.

"But why?!" Sirius and Delphi whined.

"Let him heal first, he's hurt" Bellatrix said "we can hug the hell out of him once we're sure we won't break any ribs."

"What about Fleur?" Delphi said, Sirius and Bellatrix looked towards where Fleur was standing and realised that she was no longer there. It didn't take a genius to work out where she had gone, Delphi and Sirius both looked at Bellatrix, awaiting her response.

"He's just dealt with assassins, let him spend some time with his hot, magically bonded veela girlfriend" Bellatrix said eventually.

"But..." Sirius began to protest but Bellatrix cut him off.

"No Sirius" She said with a firm voice and expression, Sirius slumped his shoulders and sighed, he knew when to admit defeat.

Eventually Harry had come out of the bathroom with Fleur practically glued to his side. Once he had saw the rest there was a lot of hugging involved, quite a few tears and just general happiness and relief. That night dinner was far more pleasant than usual, Harry sat at one end of the table with Fleur on his right and Delphi on his left. Sirius sat on the other end with Bellatrix on his right, everyone smiled throughout the whole thing. Shadow had become just as stuck to Harry as Fleur and stuck to his shoulder throughout the whole thing, constantly sending out happy shrills.

Everything was great, they all just talked to each other and appreciated having the company.

Harry knew that things were going to get worse but he had a year to worry about that. He could still feel the pain from his fight, despite healing himself. The pain just reminded him that there was room for improvement, he didn't know what Libra were playing at. The obvious answer was that they want him back and want him to go after Voldemort for killing two of their own, but it had to be more than that. If they wanted to kill Voldemort then they had other options than him, like the army of assassins at their disposal, he also knew that any other person would have been dead now.

There was something more going on, he had no idea what it was but it was clear that it affected him. He had to work out what it was, but for now he had other things to do, for now he was just going to enjoy himself. He was going to enjoy having his best friend perched on his shoulder, his sister talking to him while his girlfriend held his hand and the two closest people he had for a mum and dad smiling at them.

A.N: hi guys, hope you liked the chapter. Nearly 6000 words before I started writing the a.n. I have an important message for you guys but first let's just take a quick look at review street.

Khatix - Would of been nice if Dumbledore didn't get to use Grimmwauld as headquarters i refuse to believe that Dumbledore or one of his cult followers doesn't have an appropriate property, in EVERY fic like this where Harry is on the outs or cant stand Dumbledore/Weasley in book 5 content he still has to suffer them at his home(Grimmwauld) to me that shows more loyalty to Dumbledore than Harry. If Dumbledore is so worried about the Weasley he could put the Burrow under a Fidelious and/or use another place. Harry has been doing all he can to keep Dumbledore away and stay out from his thumb now they invited him into his home and Harry can't even go there just for a place to avoid the Manipulative Old Bastard.

Really hope Harry in front of the whole order when Dumbledore goes on about not killing he straight up says, You don't win a war by dying for your cause, you win it by making your enemy die for theres. Also Harry point out that his no killing DE policy is why they almost lost last time and if they aren't willing to kill DE aka terrorists aka enemy soldiers then they are just enabling Voldermot thru non-aggressive tatics. If you aren't willing to kill then you have no place fighting let alone be in a position of power in the war it self

Response - You make a good point and now that I think about it, I doubt this Harry would like Dumbledore or anyone else staying in Grimmauld place and I don't expect Bellatrix or Sirius to allow it after what Harry just went through. I was tempted to have them there just for some more bashing but I think I'll scrap that now, anyone who is upset about that blame Khatix. Though I am still going to have Dumbledore attempt to gain permission.

magitech - Nice chapter
Harry is showing the Ministry and Dumbles followers the respect they have earned, none.
He is so right that the Voldemort problem should have been fixed long ago, but the Ministry, with the full support of Dumbles let the vilest scum walk free with the weakest excuse possible, which was necer checked.

Dumbles inner monologue shows his arrogance, self importance and self righteousness.
Harry needs guidance but only HE can do that.
Well canon shows Voldie was easily winning he first war and all Dumbles guidance was doing was getting many of the Order killed due to their fighting with only Dumbledore approved school spell while he probably only showed his face as the DE's were leaving.
And hte fact he's removed so many books shows he's NOT a teacher, just a control freak.
Is this why the wizarding world seems so pathetic? Ever since the Ministry's and schools were founded they are mainly about restricting knowledge?

Response - Thanks, I'm glad that the inner monologue showed you exactly what i was going for. And yeah, I think it was more than possible for Dumbledore to remove books, I mean he doesn't want to risk another dark lord. Plus yeah, he is a bit of a control freak, i mean deciding where Harry lives despite the fact canon has never said that Dumbledore is his magical guardian plus having people be look outs on his house and restricting his friends from writing to him.

Harrison Aldrich Emrys - I like your fic, but can you put something that shows a perspective change? Like a line, or "pov change"

Response - I'll try and make it clear for the next chapter.

By the way guys (rant alert) I don't usually do this sort of thing but I have had someone using a guest account constantly writing bad reviews on my stories. That would be fine, usually that wouldn't bother me too much as everyone is entitled to their opinion but this person has bothered me. I don't know if it's the same person but I've had emails on my phone telling me about reviews for my lightning child and brothers black story where I am just constantly told I can't write or that my stories suck.

It's not like just once, he/she will go one chapter and insult both me and the story and claim it's unreadable and horrible before going on to the next chapter and doing the same, then the next and doing the same, and then the next and doing the same, and then the next...and you get it.

What I am trying to say to this person, if he/she is reading or if anyone knows who it is (small chance, I know), is if you don't like my story then say it once and give a good reason without being a dick and then continue reading and give constructive criticism or just f off. I do not claim to be the best writer on fanfiction nor do I claim to be a brilliant one, I'm just a writer and the rest of you can decide if I'm good or not.

I have seen some really shit stories on here, I just offer some advice or move on, I do not spend my time insulting the person no matter how much or little he/she spent on the fic.

I know I'm ranting but I just have better things to do than get emails where I have to listen to unnecessary insults from someone (who uses a guest account so I can't actually respond) on every single chapter of a story that I spent time writing and listen to that person talk about how it's 'unreadable' and how I am bad at writing yet get a review from the same person on nearly every chapter meaning that the person is still reading through the 'unreadable' story.

Now I'm usually a kind and nice guy (or at least I like to think so) but I've got a cold and am tired and agitated so I'm not really in the mood to be nice so on the off chance that this person is reading seeing as s/he is delighting in insulting all of my work, I just want to say the following:

You may not like my work, me or my stories, but here's the difference between you and me is that when I am writing this I have 594 reviews on one unfinished story that currently has 2,217 people have favourited it and is being followed by exactly 3,012 people, in fact on this story i have 813 reviews and it is been favourited by 1,117 people and followed by 1,486 (not bad for someone who can't write) while you are merely an asshole who has nothing better to do than insult other people's work.

Let's just say that there is a chance that you are in fact a popular writer on this site who is using a guest account and has better figures than me, doesn't change the fact that you're a cunt. Yes I make mistakes, yes I could always do better but at least I know how to be a decent person who realises that the better way to have someone improve is to actually give them ways to improve instead of just insulting them. I don't know if you did this to feel better about yourself or just because you needed an excuse to hate on someone, but if you can't behave like an adult then kindly go and get lost.

Using a lot of swear words does not make you cleaver, merely an idiot who's been watching adult programs earlier than he should have been allowed to and picked up on words. I am not posh or insanely rich or anything in real life, in the schools I went to people insulted each other all the time, but they were at least brave enough to do it face to face and not hide behind a keyboard.

You know the worst part is the fact that you act like it matters to me if I have one person insulting me when there are all the other people I have on fanfiction, I have people who have read my work and liked it and that is enough for me to ignore haters like you.

Long story short, if you don't like my stories then don't read them (ya cunt).

Proposition: This guy is a hater

Conclusion: People actually like me.

Sorry about that guys but I really am just tired of people who hate on others for no reason.

I want to thank everyone for reading and I want to thank those of you who are kind enough to at least give my stories a chance (even if you don't like them). You loyal readers are why I can ignore people like him and am glad to just keep writing. In the future when I take over the world and rule all of human kind then I will remember you (don't worry, you'll live), thanks again and feel free to leave a review.