Chapter 49 -

Aberforth stood at his bar, cleaning a mug, today was a slow day as he hadn't really had much customers yet. The pub was currently empty in fact.

"Hello brother." A voice said, Aberforth resisted the urge to sigh as he turned around to see Albus Dumbledore standing on the other side of the bar.

"Albus," Aberforth nodded. "you've aged."

"I dare say I am not the only one." Albus said with a small smile as he took a seat at the bar.

"So brother, would you like something to drink?" Aberforth asked.

"Perhaps another time," Dumbledore replied. "I am actually here for a reason."

"I can guess, matter of fact I will, would it happen to be about young Mr Potter?"

"Yes, yes it is." Dumbledore nodded. "I understand that the boy had come here recently."

"The auror reports not enough for you?" Aberforth asked.

"I wanted to hear thing from your point of view." Dumbledore said. "What happened?"

"More than a hundred years old and still playing detective." Aberforth said with a sad shake of his head.

"I am not a detective, I am..."

"A teacher," Aberforth cut him off. "that doesn't give you the right to go and question whoever you want. Neither do any of your other fancy titles."

"But I can ask as your brother."

"Albus you've never cared enough to be a brother, don't think you can start pulling the big brother crap when we're both a few years from the 'next big adventure' as you like to call it!" Aberforth snapped.

"You're wrong Abe, I have always cared for you."

"Oh, when?" Aberforth raised an eyebrow. "When we were kids and you were too 'smart and busy' too play with me and young Ariana? When you were off playing with your boytoy Grindelwald?"

"Aberforth." Dumbledore said in a warning tone.

"Or perhaps any of the other years when we've never talked."

"I was not the one who said and I quote 'never talk to me again'."

"Preciously, you were fine with that until Potter comes to my pub."

"Aberforth please," Dumbledore said in a tired voice. "just tell me what happened with Mr Potter?"

"Fine, if nothing it'll get you out of here. Some death eaters came, ordered some food and drinks. They sat around talking, I go into the back for a while then I come back when I hear some noise, I come back and find Harry Potter there. He had killed three of them and was talking to the only one left, Macnir was the death eaters name. Potter told him that if he wanted to live then he would have to make a magical vow to never work for Voldemort and give up to the ministry and confess his crimes.

Macnir, the idiot, thought that Potter was bluffing. Potter killed him and that's the end of that. I'm glad someone's finally getting something done."

"Aberforth surely you can't mean that."

"Surely I can." Aberforth shrugged. "The death eaters have been doing whatever they bloody want since before the last war. The ministry either chose not to do anything at first and now they simply aren't capable of getting things done."

"Yes but we cannot just kill each and every problem that gets in our way." Dumbledore argued.

"Albus if that was what Potter was doing then he would've killed you by now. From what I've heard Potter offered Voldemort a chance to leave him out of this war and then Voldemort responded by kidnapping his family. Potter's after revenge so the only people he's going for are those he wants. Just don't give the boy reason to go after you and I think you'll be fine. Matter of fact Potter had a message for you."

"Oh, and what would that be?" Dumbledore asked.

"It was along the lines of stay out of his way, oh and I remember him saying 'I can only leave him alive and ignore him for so long'. I'd listen to him brother and stay out of the way."

"I can't do that Aberforth." Dumbledore shook his head.

"For Merlin's sake!" Aberforth exclaimed, slamming his hand down on the bar. "Who made you watchdog of the universe?! Can't you, for just once in your life, know when to meddle and when to stay away?"

"Aberforth I can't just sit back and let Harry Potter go around and kill whenever and whoever he wants."

"You can't do that for Potter yet you were fine with doing that when it came to Grindelwald." Aberforth argued. "You let him go around for years before you finally got off your arse and dealt with him. As for this Tom Riddle lad, you should have dealt with him before he became a problem."

"I've made mistakes Aberforth, I am not perfect but now is my chance to make up for them."

"And you chose to do it now when we finally have someone capable of getting something done?" Aberforth asked "Someone who can finally make a difference, finally capable of change."

"The sort of change that Mr Potter offers is not the sort of one the wizarding world needs."

"And who are you to decide that?!" Aberforth demanded. "Why are you the one who has to decide what's best for everyone else? You didn't stop Grindelwald until he had already caused so much damage and cost so many lives, and you didn't stop Voldemort. You still haven't! Let Potter do what he wants then for Merlin's sakes, leave the boy alone!"

"I cannot." Dumbledore said with a sad shake of his head as he stood up. "I am not perfect brother nor am I a perfect brother. I let Grindelwald stay in power for so long because I was afraid, I feared for my own life and I didn't want to harm someone who used to be my friend. As for Tom, I held hope. I hoped he'd be better than what he had become. But now I will stop Harry Potter before I allow a third dark lord to rise. Goodbye Aberforth." Dumbledore said as he walked out of the bar.

"You stupid, stubborn fool!" Aberforth shouted at him as he left.


Months later the order held a meeting, they all sat at a table with Dumbledore sat at one end with the order members at around the table or standing near it.

"Hello my friends." Dumbledore said in a tired voice. "I have called today's meeting to discuss Mr Potter."

"What about Harry?" Tonks asked.

"Well my dear Nymphadora..."

"Don't call me that!"

"The problem is with his actions," Dumbledore continued, pretending he hadn't heard her. "Harry has killed so many people."

"Yeah but not all of them." Tonks argued.

"Tonks, what are you doing?" Remus whispered.

"What? It's true, he hasn't killed all the death eaters." Tonks argued. "He's left a few alive and sent them all to the ministry."

"Either way, I cannot approve of his actions." Dumbledore said. "We will work out a plan to stop him."

"What?!" Tonks burst out of her seat.

"Nymphadora! Calm down young lady!" Molly Weasley hissed.

"No I will not calm down and the next person who calls me Nymphadora will get hexed!" Tonks warned before turning to Dumbledore. "Harry has dealt with more than half the death eaters, and that's made it easier for the ministry to capture more, especially when a lot of them now give themselves up so they don't have to deal with him. We can't stop him, we should help him if anything." She said. At first she had been really happy about joining the order, she thought it was a chance to make a real difference. But so far she had been disappointed, they never went after death eaters, just responded to situations where death eaters attacked.

"I will NOT go and kill death eaters." Dumbledore glared at her, usually most people would quieten down under that glare but Tonks had the Black family stubbornness running in her.

"I'm not saying kill them, let's just help him out. And if we're so against them dying, don't ask me why, then we should probably work on capturing them before Harry can and sending them to prison instead of waiting for them to do something and responding."

"Tonks, sit down." Dumbledore ordered.

"You know what, no." Tonks shook her head as she made her way to the door.

"Tonks, what are you doing?" Remus called after her. She stopped in the doorway and turned back to them.

"I think what Harry's doing is a good thing." She said to the order. "Besides he is on the right side of the law, can this illegal vigilante group claim the same?" She asked as she looked around and let her gaze stay on Dumbledore for several seconds before turning to Remus. "Plus my aunt adopted him, he's family, though I suppose that doesn't mean much to you." She said before speaking to the group in general. "Harry's actually been making a difference. I'm not about to stop him." She said before walking out, intent on going home and writing a letter to Harry and her aunt.


Lucius Malfoy sat in a cottage, drinking a bottle of whiskey, the cottage was more removed from civilisation than he was used to. Though it would have to do for now as it was the only property he could get that already had wards in. Admittedly they were just simple anti-apparition and portkey wards but still. He couldn't stay at Malfoy manner or any of his other homes and the dark lord refused to allow him to stay in his home, not that he really wanted to seeing as the dark lord was more than willing to hand out unforgivable curses the same way Dumbledore would hand out those stupid muggle sweets he liked so much.

He thought back to the graveyard battle between the dark lord and Potter, Potter shouldn't have lasted more than five minutes but he did. In fact the boy was actually holding his own against the dark lord, not something many could claim they were capable of doing. Dumbledore was the only other he could think of but unlike Dumbledore, Potter was a true threat. Unlike Dumbledore and his methods, Potter was able to actually get results.

Death eater numbers were dropping, the number of new recruits had practically halted. Some death eaters had chosen to take their chance at the ministry rather than go against Potter. He actually understood why, between Potter and the dark lord they were very likely to die. He remembered taking some death eaters and being part of a group of thirty death eaters that were tasked with getting the prophecy from Potter. Lucius knew that Potter was strong but he had believed that thirty people was probably more than he could handle.

He was wrong. So very, very wrong.

It felt like Potter was toying with them, as if it was all just a game to him. What did those Libra people teach him? He was wondering if he should give himself up to the ministry. He considered it but then he realised he couldn't. If the dark lord won then he'd likely be pulled out of Azkaban only to be killed, if Potter won then he's still probably come after him seeing as he was part of the group that had kidnapped Potter's godfather and adopted mother.

This was why he was currently sat in a wooden chair, a rough and unshaved beard growing on his face seeing as he lacked the effort to cut it and a bottle of fire whiskey in his hand. He was about to take another sip when he heard something.

He lowered his bottle and jumped out of his seat in shock when he saw a raven staring at him, alarm bells rang in his head. This was Potter's raven! He took another sip before throwing the bottle and rushing out of the door. He had to make it to past the wards so he could get out of here but he didn't get too far as a cutting curse hit him in the back of his right leg. He fell face first into the green grass, crashing into the dirt of the Earth. He turned on to his back to find Potter walking towards him, wearing his white skull mask. He reached for his wand only for Potter to destroy his wand with an accurate explosive hex that sent the splinters all along his face, including one that got him in the eye.

Harry walked towards Malfoy, his wand ready to fire a killing curse to get it over with when he felt Shadow over the bond warning him of something. He stopped walking and turned to his left and dodged the stunner that came his way, ducked under a body bind and burnt the set of rope that tried to wrap around him. He looked forwards and saw Dumbledore, Moody, Kingsley and Remus Lupin pointing their wands at him.

"Hello boys." Harry said calmly. "If you want to kill a death eater too then you're going to have to get in line."

"Harry, you have to stop what you're doing" Remus said.

"Breathing?" Harry asked in an innocent voice.

"We can't let you keep killing whoever you want." Kinglsey said in his deep voice.

"Oh you can actually, it's really easy, all you have to do is do nothing." Harry said before sending a cutting curse at Malfoy's other leg when he tried to crawl away. "You stay still, I'll get to you in a minute."

"Mr Potter this cannot be allowed to continue," Dumbledore said with a stern expression. "you cannot be allowed to kill whoever you wish."

"Have we done this before? I feel like we've done this before." Harry frowned under his mask.

"This is your last chance Harry." Dumbledore said.

"This is getting old Dumbledore," Harry sighed. "just give me a sec. I'll finish up with Malfoy and then I can get back to ignoring you." Harry aimed his wand at Malfoy and was about to fire off a spell, fortunately he was smart enough to keep an eye on Dumbledore and the gang.

Harry dodged a blue spell from Mad eye, blocked a spell from Kingsley and fired a torture curse at the group which Dumbledore blocked by conjuring marble. Lupin fired a body bind at Harry who blocked it and was about to fire off another spell when Dumbledore and Mad-eye both fired a sound wave at Harry.

Harry couldn't dodge because of the size of both combined waves, and because Kingsley and Lupin also fired spells at the same time. He barely managed to fend off both their spells when he was hit by the full force of both waves, he was sent flying backwards and landed on the ground. His hands went to his ears in an attempt to reduce the sound.

"Kinsley, Remus, me and Alastor will keep him up the spells. You two go around the sides and stun him." Dumbledore ordered, Kingsley and Lupin nodded and began making their way to each side of Harry.

Harry waved his wand over his ears to cast a spell to protect his ears but the force of the waves were still keeping him down, he powered through to get to onto his knees. He saw Lupin and Kingsley walking forwards. He growled and slammed his fist down into the ground, a wall made of Earth formed. Blocking the waves, he saw Kingsley appear in the left side of his eye view and Remus in the other side. Harry aimed his wand near Kingsley's feet, and sent an explosive blast.

Kingsley fell off his feet thanks to the explosion, his wand falling out of his hand. Harry turned back to his right to see Lupin aiming and Malfoy crawling away from behind him, Harry's feet charged with fire before letting out a blast that thrust him up into the air. Harry shot up, he span midair and sent two cutting curses at Dumbledore and Moody, causing both of them to stop their own spells so they can block the curses. As Harry fell back to the ground he shot a killing curse in the direction of Remus.

Remus saw the curse coming and dodged, luckily for him the curse went wide. Though he supposed that was more because of the fact that Harry was in the air and only had a short amount of time to aim.

"You tried to kill me?!" Remus demanded once Harry was back on the ground.

"Kill you?" Harry laughed. "Look behind you." Remus glanced at Kingsley who was just getting back up to his feet, he then glanced at Dumbledore and Moody and saw they were looking in his direction, more specifically they were looking behind him. He slowly glanced back, ready to turn back to Harry at once, his eyes widened when he saw a dead Lucius Malfoy.

"How...how could you do such a thing?!" Remus demanded when he turned back to Harry.

"Assassin." Harry shrugged. "I 'assassin' people. Now if you'll excuse me." Harry raised his wand in the air and a bright flash attacked their eyes, while the others protected their eyes Shadow flew in and grabbed Harry before pulling him into the shadows.


"Goddamn it." Harry cursed when he got back home.

"What is it Harry?" Bellatrix asked.

"Dumbledore and his group tried to stop me, they tried to catch me. It was him, Kingsley, Moody and Lupin."

"What?!" Sirius and Bellatrix blurted out at the same time. Sirius because he had just heard that his friend had tried to take out his godson, Bellatrix because despite the letter that Tonks had sent a few weeks ago she didn't actually think the order was stupid enough to actually do it. Harry took in a deep breath before explaining how he was about to kill Malfoy when the others arrived and told them everything that happened.

"Needless to say, I am not letting him get away with it." Harry growled as he removed his mask.

"What are you going to do?" Sirius asked.

"Well I'm allowed to fight and kill whoever I want, Dumbledore on the other hand isn't." Harry replied. "I want the two of you to go to the ministry and file a complaint against Dumbledore, Kingsley and Moody."

"What about Lupin?" Bellatrix asked.

"I'll leave that up to you two." He said, knowing the two each had their own history with Lupin.

"What about you?" Sirius asked as he considered what to do about Moony

"I'm going to make Dumbledore's life more difficult." Harry said. "I've kept my distance from Hogwarts but I know about at least five boys and one girl who have joined the death eaters."


Dumbledore sat down in his office, thinking about what had happened between himself, the order and Harry Potter. He tried to stop Harry but this time he was unsuccessful, and Lucius Malfoy died. True he wasn't the biggest fan of Malfoy, but he didn't really want the man dead. His thought process was interrupted when a howler was delivered to his office by a rather familiar raven, he recognised it as Harry's. The bird dropped the howler on his desk then flew out before he could do anything.

"Hey Dumbledore," Harry's voice spoke from the howler. "how's your brother doing?" The voice asked and Dumbledore could practically see the grin coming from him.

The howler ripped itself into pieces just as a panic came over Dumbledore, was Harry going after Aberforth?! True Aberforth was an excellent duellist but so was Harry, he quickly got up and rushed to the fireplace. He floo travelled to Hogsmeade and quickly made his way to his brother's oub. He stormed through the door, wand ready to fire when he his brother cleaning some tables.

"Albus? What's wrong with you?" Aberforth asked.

"Is Mr Potter here?" Dumbledore asked.

"No but he came here earlier. Just walked in, left a message for you then walked out." Aberforth said

"What was the message?"

"He told me to ask you how Hogwarts's was doing?" Aberforth answered.

"Hogwarts?!" Dumbledore paled then ran off back to Hogwarts.


The students and teachers sat in the great hall at dinner time, eating their food when the doors of the hall slammed open and Dumbledore came rushing in.

"Albus!" McGonagall stood up. "Is something wrong?"

"As a matter of fact there is." Dumbledore said before removing his wand.

"What is it?"

"I'll show you." Dumbledore grinned before he aimed his wand at the Slytherin table and shot seven killing curses at a lightning speed and killed seven student. The whole hall burst into screams and panic, Dumbledore shot a spell in the air that caused the students to cover their ear to protect from the noise. He ran out, sending a spell to close the hall doors. He ran along several hallways, when he got stopped at a staircase by non other than Dumbledore.

"What?!" The other Dumbledore gasped as he pulled his wand out. "Harry?!"

"Right in one old man." Harry-Dumbledore grinned.

The real Dumbledore tried to fire off a spell but Harry-Dumbledore got in close, he pushed Dumbledore's wand arm away and elbowed him in the nose. Harry aimed his wand at Dumbledore and shot a bone breaker at Dumbledore's hip. Dumbledore screamed in pain before Harry shoved him and he went tumbling down the stairs. Harry-Dumbledore walked down after him, after stomping on Dumbledore's hands he ran past and towards the astronomy tower. Once he got to the tower, he made sure that nobody was looking.

Shadow arrived and pulled Harry into the shadows and back to Grimmauld place.

"I hate Polyjuice." Harry-Dumbledore said as he entered his room, he now had a choice. He could either just rest and wait for the potion to wear off so he could go back to his usual self, or he could take embarrassing photos while disguised as Dumbledore and send them off. "Hmm, decisions, decisions." He said as he shook his head.