Harry arrived at Gringotts and headed towards Barefang's office. The goblin was waiting for him as Harry presumed the teller might've informed him about Harry's arrival.
"To what do I owe to your visit today, Harry?" asked the goblin.
"I wanted to ask you about something," Harry said. "I think only you will be able to answer my questions because you are…a goblin." Harry hoped he hadn't offended him.
Barefang looked curious as he sat straighter on his chair with his hands on the desk, fingers entwined together. "What do you wish to ask from me, Harry?" he asked.
"What can you tell me about the divine beasts?" he asked coming straight to the point. Barefang looked surprised hearing that.
"Where did you come to know about them?" he asked.
"I was at Bibliotheca Mundi with Remus a few days ago where I found out about them," Harry said.
"You do not just walk up to something like that, Lord Potter," Barefang said formally as Harry realized the goblin wanted to know the exact truth. He sighed, taking in a long breath before looking at Barefang.
"There is a book about basilisks back at Potter manor's library where I found out about it," Harry said. "It says that the basilisk is a divine beast. When I went to the world's library with Remus I found a book on them but some of the pages were missing."
"Missing?" that caught Barefang's attention.
"As a goblin you would know that nothing can be stolen out of that place," Harry said. "The pages contained a list of the divine beasts. All I could learn from the remaining pages was what the divine beasts actually were."
"So what is the reason for you to come here then?" asked Barefang.
"What can you tell me about Yayu?" Harry said. From the reaction on Barefang's face he knew the goblin knew about it. "I take it you know about it."
"Where did you learn that name?" asked Barefang.
"From what I've gathered this…Yayu is also a divine beast," Harry said.
"Where did you learn that name, Lord Potter?" Barefang asked again. His voice was a lot serious now and Harry felt it would piss off the goblin if he tried to lie to him. Besides, he, too, needed answers and from what he'd gathered Barefang possibly knew about it.
"My house elf said that I have it inside of me," Harry said.
"That is simply impossible," Barefang said.
"I don't know, which is why I came to you so that you could help me," Harry said. He then leaned in closer. "Something happened to me in this forest at Wester Ross a few days ago. From that day my magic has been acting up weirdly. Ever since I came back my house elf seems scared of me and today morning when I ask her why she tells me that it is because of the Yayu which I have inside of me. I don't know what a Yayu is apart from guessing that it is a divine beast. From what Remus told me about the World's Library goblins have recorded everything that has taken place in this world which is what comprised of that place. So I guess you know what this Yayu is and hopefully can help me get rid of it."
"But what you are saying can't be true," Barefang said shaking his head. "While I understand the part about divine beasts but the one about the Yayu being inside you simply can't be possible. However, it is in nature of house elves that they cannot lie and they are as old a magical creature race as us goblins so they know just about as much as us goblins. But I can't seem to get my head around the fact that it is inside you."
"Why do you keep saying that?" Harry asked.
"Because the Yayu is a curse on this world," Barefang said. "The records and information about the divine beasts have been kept secret from the humans because of their greedy nature of acquiring power. If they come to know that such beasts exist in our world then the humans will look for ways to control them. Some exceptions include such as you and your family which has helped us goblins in the past. They knew about the divine beasts but didn't show any interest in acquiring their powers for themselves. They just wanted to help them as they knew how important these beasts' existence was for us."
"My family knew about them?" Harry asked.
"Your great grandfather and the Potter line before that," Barefang said. "He knew that the world was changing and letting the coming generations know about them would be risky so he destroyed all records and evidences which your family had on these beasts for generations."
"Were us Potters the only family who knew about these beasts?" Harry asked.
"There were some others as well, those who had gained the trust of us goblins," Barefang said. "Unfortunately none of them are alive today."
Harry nodded sadly. "What about this Yayu? Why is it a curse?" he asked.
"The Yayu is not a pure divine beast," Barefang said. "It is a long story…"
"I've got time," Harry said. "Tell me."
Barefang looked at him before he sighed tiredly. "The divine beasts came to this world from what we goblins termed as the spirit realm," he said. "Not much is known about that world apart from the fact that it is the world of higher beings, beings which are considered gods in many mythologies in our world. That terminology for them is somewhat true seeing how they shaped this world into sustaining life using their powers. Without them this world would've been barren and devoid of any life.
"In doing so – in using their powers to bring life to this world – the divine beasts didn't take into account that some creatures will end up absorbing that power. That power is what you, we and everyone else call magic. However, it didn't turn out to be as dangerous as they thought until the humans were born. Together with their carnal desire to be at the top they used this power they'd been given by the beasts and started destroying the world around them to shape it according to their needs. They started waging wars on each other.
"The divine beasts didn't want to get involved with the lives on this world so they returned back to the spirit realm but when they saw how the humans were changing this world for their selfish needs that they'd created they ultimately came back to save it. Unfortunately they never knew how powerful the humans had gotten who could use the beasts' powers – the magicals. One particular wizard among them all – Merlin was the strongest in terms of using their powers as he had figured out a way to absorb more of these beasts' power for himself and combined with his skills he was proved to be a tough enemy for them."
"Merlin was a dark wizard?" Harry asked with surprise. Barefang nodded.
"He wasn't just a dark wizard," Barefang said, "he is the worst dark wizard that this world will ever see. He had figured out how the magic actually worked and had used it to create a divine beast of his own. Can you guess what beast he created?"
"The Yayu," Harry said realizing.
Barefang nodded. "Having battled every one of the divine beasts Merlin had the knowledge of each of their weaknesses," he said, "which he kept in mind while creating Yayu. When Yayu was brought to life the divine beasts stood no chance and were beaten mercilessly by him. Forced and with no choice left the divine beasts imprisoned him in the spirit realm. Enraged, Merlin used the beasts' power to curse them with a stranded life here in this world. He sealed the curse by his own sacrifice and the gateway for the spirit realm was closed forever."
"So they are here in our world?" Harry asked.
"All of them but the Yayu," Barefang said. "He is still imprisoned in the spirit realm, coming out of which is impossible but I am still confused as to why your house elf said that she saw the Yayu within you."
"Do you have a way to find it out?" Harry asked.
"I do but this is an issue which requires the attention of our goblin king, King Klameg," Barefang said. "If you follow me I will take you to his chamber and we can confirm for ourselves if what you say is true."
The goblin stood up and walked towards a closed door in his office. Harry saw it was a caved passage leading down underground into the goblin nation. Barefang turned to look at him before entering the passage. Harry followed behind him.
Barefang took him through the tunnels underneath Gringotts taking many turns and by the next minute Harry had already forgotten which way they'd come from. Although the cave was around them he could still hear the carriers going about around them on the outside taking customers to their vaults.
Ten minutes later they arrived at a huge opening. Harry realized it was even bigger than the height of Hogwarts and wondered how it was possible to make something this huge underground. Such magical enlargement would require a tremendous amount of magical power.
Harry saw Barefang walked up to the guards who were positioned guarding a huge door. It was lined with many forms of runes and Harry could already feel the presence of heavy wards around the place. He saw as one of the guards took a look at him before walking towards the door. He opened it and walked inside. A few minutes later he came outside and looked at Harry. "King Klameg will see you," he said.
Barefang nodded looking at Harry who then followed the goblin inside the gate. Once he was inside he could not even begin to describe the beauty and enormousness of the place. There were guards everywhere and right in front of him was a huge throne which looked like it was made up of many weapons forged together. He didn't miss two enormous dragons on either side of the throne which looked at him. His eyes then fell in the goblin sitting on the throne.
Barefang stopped and bowed down, kneeling to the king. Harry followed suit not knowing what else he should do. The goblin king tapped his cane on the ground once and Barefang stood up, his head still bowed down in respect. Harry followed close and kept his head bowed, too.
"Your highness," Barefang said. "There is a matter which requires your attention. I have here with myself my client and lord of house Potter, Lord Harry James Potter. He claims he has the Yayu inside of him and seeks our help to see if that is true."
Klameg looked at Harry more closely as he stood up and walked down. "A descendant of house Potter," he said in a very old voice. Harry was surprised as the goblin king didn't look a day older than Barefang himself. "Arise, Lord Potter," he said. Harry looked up or rather down at the goblin king who, just like any other goblin, came up to the height of Harry's waist. "Your family has shared a friendly alliance with the goblin nation. When I became the goblin king your great-great-great grandfather Tiberius Klaus Potter was the family head. He and I were great friends and we knew each other ever since your father was only fourteen. He was a wild man if I am being blunt and didn't care about the society's thoughts or his family's image as he would often come to meet me. Every goblin in the goblin nations knows who he was as he was the favorite of all Potters."
Harry smiled. He didn't know that.
"Barefang tells me that you treat him with the same amount of respect your father did before," Klameg said. "I am sorry that you lost him. I wish we could've helped but the goblin nation has been fighting a constant battle to sustain their own survival in this world. Anyways, seeing that you are a friend of the goblin nation you don't have to be bound by the formalities. You can call me Klameg."
Harry looked from him to Barefang wide-eyed who was smiling and nodded looking at Harry. "That is so kind of you, your highness," Harry said, "but you are a king so I hope you will forgive me if I still address you as your highness."
"Then you will have to forgive me for being formal with you, too, Lord Potter," Klameg said smiling at him. When he smiled Harry noticed Klameg looked old. Unlike other goblins that looked scary and creepy when they smiled or laughed Klameg looked warm and harmless. Harry wondered how old he was considering he knew his great-great-great grandfather. He knew that goblins could live for hundreds of years but exactly how long Harry didn't know.
"So what is it that I hear about the Yayu, Lord Potter," Klameg said.
"As Barefang has already told you, your highness, I think this Yayu is inside me," Harry said. He figured it wouldn't help hiding things from the goblin king himself. "About a week ago I was in Gairloch. There's a forest close to it in Wester Ross. I was there one night when I think I encountered it. At first I only saw a huge shadow which looked to be that of a monstrous lion or rhino. I heard it growl and then saw a pair of large red eyes looking straight at me. The next moment I felt as if I had died before I lost consciousness. When I woke up the next day I realized my magic was acting up. When I returned I noticed that my house elf seemed to be scared of me. Along with my magic acting up strangely I also started having this nightmare where I am being chased by a demonic version of myself who, in the end, kills me. Every morning I wake up to the same nightmare, the same…thing killing me over and over again.
"While I was in Gairloch," Harry continued, "Remus Lupin, my proxy and a very close friend took me to Bibliotheca Mundi. There I found out about the divine beasts."
"You simply cannot just know about the divine beasts, Lord Potter," Klameg said. "There has to be a reason why you were looking for it in the world's library."
Harry looked at Barefang. "Your highness," the goblin said, "Lord Potter and his accomplices and allies have found out about the horcruxes that Lord Voldemort made." Klameg looked at Barefang with interest. "They have one of his horcruxes and were looking for a means to destroy it."
"We found out that basilisk's venom could be used to destroy a horcrux," Harry said. "There was a book in my manor's library that Remus found which talked about basilisks. It was in that book that I found out that the basilisk was actually a divine beast. When I went to the world's library with Remus I was curious to find more about them."
"There is a whole book about the divine beasts in Bibliotheca Mundi," Klameg said.
"Which I found," Harry said. "Unfortunately some of its pages had been ripped."
Klameg looked at him with wide eyes. "That's impossible!" he said more like in a whisper.
"Which I thought, too, as Remus told me nothing could be taken out of that place," Harry said. "But I am telling you what I saw."
"Do you know which pages were gone," Klameg asked.
"From what I could gather they were the pages which probably contained the list of those divine beasts," Harry said.
"Send in a team and investigate," Klameg ordered Barefang who nodded and immediately left the room/hall. Klameg looked at Harry. "If what you say is true, Lord Potter, then I am afraid there's more to it than what meets the eye." He then clapped once and two doors on either sides of the throne opened. Harry looked and wondered where the doors appeared out of as he had noticed they were not there before when he had come to this place.
Four goblins clothed in white cloaks came out from each of the doors and bowed to the king. "Prepare for an inveniet ritual for our guest Lord Potter," Klameg said. The eight goblins stood up and positioned around Harry in a circle. Harry looked at Klameg. "Worry not, Lord Potter," Klameg said. "They are the holders of Bibliotheca Mundi. I called them the moment Barefang told me about your situation. If what you say is true then they are the only ones who can find it out. Do not be afraid or alarmed. Just cooperate with them."
Harry nodded as one of the goblins conjured a small bed and signaled Harry to lay on it. Harry did, albeit a bit nervously as the other goblins stood around him. One conjured a bowl of water and sprinkled some on Harry's body. It was extremely cold as Harry realized when the water droplets touched his face and hands.
The goblins then started enchanting something in gobbledohk, their language which Harry only knew enough to understand that it was gobbledohk. He knew how it sounded but didn't know or understand it at all. A goblin put his hand on Harry's eyes so that Harry could close it and the moment his eyes shut he found himself back in that dark corridor which he saw every night in his dream. He then heard those footsteps as his heart began to race.
"Do not panic, Lord Potter!" he heard Klameg's voice all around him. "The holders are re-enacting your dream. It would be really helpful if you could think of that night when you encountered it, though."
Harry understood and thought about when he had seen it in the forest. Immediately his surroundings changed and he found himself back in the forest. Everything was exactly like it was that night. He could feel the feeling of dread creep back into him as he heard the loud, slow thumps on the round which shook the land a little each time he heard them. He heard the low growl and turned around, looking straight into those huge red eyes only this time it was clearer as Harry could see its black pupils and feel its breath on his body.
The growl increased as Harry saw it bare its sharp teeth looking at him. Its tongue flicked out as Harry noticed it was at least a meter long if not more and like a snake's it was parted into two ends at the tip. "What are you?" he asked, forgetting that it was just a memory, only part of it which he didn't remember had happened.
Harry opened his eyes and saw the goblins were looking at him with a bit of fear. He had never seen a scared looking goblin so it was something. One of them turned to Klameg and nodded once as Harry sat up. Klameg nodded back looking serious as the eight goblins left the place.
"It seems your speculation was correct, Lord Potter," he said. "You indeed have, inside of you, the Yayu."
"Well, can it be taken out?" he asked.
"I am afraid not," Klameg said. Harry looked at him. "It seems the Yayu is unstable as the holders tell me."
"They tell you?" Harry asked remembering when they'd talked to Klameg.
"We goblins can converse through what you call telepathy," Klameg said. "From what they know the Yayu has definitely broken out of its captivity that the divine beasts had imprisoned him in. How that happened the holders couldn't find out. They speculate that he was looking for a vessel when he found you. It seems being in captivity all these years in the spirit realm made his powers unstable. It would be dangerous for him if he had stayed on his own in this world so he took the first person he could see as his vessel – you. As for your uncontrolled magic it can now be said that it is happening because the Yayu's power itself is unstable."
"Is that why it can't be taken out?" Harry asked.
"It seems that the Yayu doesn't want to come out because he fears his instability will destroy him," Klameg said. "We can still force him to come out but then we will have two things on our hands which none of us wants."
"Two things?" Harry said.
"It is impossible for any of us to contain the Yayu because of how powerful he is," Klameg said. "The second thing is forcing it out of you…will kill you, Lord Potter."
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Harry arrived back at the manor as the sun came down. Exiting out of the fireplace he saw Susan and Amelia in the living hall along with Remus and Sirius who stood up when he saw him and walked up to him.
"I am sorry, Harry," he said. "I didn't know of any other place to bring them."
"What happened?" Harry asked looking at Sirius' expression. He then looked at Amelia and Susan who both looked rather disturbed. Sirius hugged him as if his life dependent on Harry. Harry hugged him back confused as he thought what had happened. "Sirius? What happened?" he asked again.
"Voldemort came to Amelia's house," Sirius managed to say as he hugged him tighter. Harry could feel him shaking as he was shocked to hear what Sirius had just said. He looked at Susan who was still crying hugging her aunt. As he looked at Amelia he couldn't believe he would ever see a strong woman like her scared like that. Remus was sitting there in his own shocked world as Harry noticed an opened letter in his hand and wondered what was in it.
All of this had happened while he was away at Gringotts. Sirius broke the hug as Harry joined them at the couch. He sat beside Susan and put a consoling hand on her shoulder. She looked at him for a moment before hugging her aunt once more. Amelia looked at Harry, nodding in appreciation that he tried to console Susan when he saw Remus was looking at him with teary eyes. He wondered what had happened there as Remus sat straight. "We have to talk," he said clearing his throat.
"Not now, Remus," Sirius said.
"I'm afraid it can't wait, Sirius," the werewolf said looking at him. He then looked at Amelia who understood what he meant.
"Suzy, I have to talk something important with them," she said looking at Susan. "Will you please give us some privacy?"
Susan nodded as she got off the couch and headed towards the room that Remus had prepared for Amelia and her just in case they decided to stay for the night which was looking to happen after what they'd encountered back at home.
"She understands unlike many kids of her age," Remus said looking at Susan.
"She knows to give me privacy whenever I ask her to as she knows what kind of job I have, "Amelia said wiping her tears. "So, what is it?"
"Are you sure, Amelia?" Sirius asked. "You just had a traumatic experience."
"And if Voldemort thinks he can scare me like that then he's mistaken," she said before looking at Harry who seemed to understand what she wanted to ask him.
"Susan and you can stay here as long as you want, Madam Bones," Harry said. She nodded before looking at Remus.
"About the letter?" she said.
"It's from the Malfoys," Remus said. "Narcissa has succeeded in getting her hands one more horcrux. She's asking us to keep it because she can't risk keeping it with her. Harry?"
Harry looked at him and wondered what he wanted to say to him when Remus broke down in tears. Sirius put a hand on his shoulder consoling the man.
"What's going on?" Harry asked.
"You can tell him," Amelia said looking at Sirius.
"We now know how many horcruxes he made to guarantee his survival," Sirius said slowly.
"How many?" Harry asked.
"Seven," he said. "One of them…one of them is you, Harry."
Harry felt as if someone had punched him in the gut. "How…How is that possible?" he asked.
"It probably happened on the night he came to kill you and your parents," Sirius said, "but we don't know exactly." Sirius' mind was thinking about the 'mark his equal' line again and again as he thought about Harry being Voldemort's horcrux.
Harry stood up and walked away from them as he took out the communication mirror that Klameg had given him. "Lord Potter?" he said as Harry connected a call. "I didn't realize that you would use the mirror so soon."
"Apologies for disturbing you, your highness," Harry said.
"Friends don't apologize, Lord Potter," Klameg said. "How can I help you?"
"When the holders were looking for Yayu inside me," Harry said, "did they find anyone else?"
"Their search was thorough and deep, Lord Potter," Klameg said. "If they'd found anything else out of the ordinary we'd know."
"Are you sure?" Harry asked.
"Those are the best holders in our goblin nation here in Magical Britain, Lord Potter," Klameg sad. "I trust them completely. Why do you ask, though?"
"You already know about the horcruxes we've been looking for?" Harry asked.
Klameg nodded. "Barefang informed me that one of them was found here in Gringotts. He said that it belonged to Lord Voldemort."
"It does," Harry said. "We also just found out that he made seven of those horcruxes and one of them is…me."
Klameg looked a little surprised at that. "For a horcrux to be at its maximum potential the magic requires that one puts it in a living being," he said. "But if you had a piece of soul within you the holders would've found it. Since they didn't then I can only assume that it is no longer inside you, if it was before, that is."
"Can a horcrux just vanish like that from its vessel?" Harry asked when he remembered something. "Is it possible that the Yayu destroyed it?"
"That can be possible," Klameg said. "Seeing as how unstable he was inside you. Also the fact that he is a divine beast makes him more than enough powerful to destroy a horcrux."
"You mean to say that the Yayu can destroy a horcrux?" Harry asked.
"It would only make sense," Klameg said. "A basilisk is also a divine beast and its venom can corrode anything and kill anyone."
"Thank you, your highness," Harry said bowing. Klameg smiled as Harry cut the call.
"Where were you for the rest of the day today, though?" Remus asked as he saw Harry join them on the couch.
"I was at Gringotts," Harry said. "Also, you can count out the horcrux inside of me." That had everyone's attention. "From what I just figured out and after confirmation with a new friend I can say that I no longer have a piece of Voldemort's soul inside of me."
"Are you sure?" Amelia asked.
"You see this scar?" he said looking at Amelia. "It was given to me the night Voldemort killed my parents. Safe to say I got this scar not because he tried to kill me but because he made me his horcrux. Now I understand why it hurt me whenever I was in danger because it feared for the safety of its host – me. It was scared that it would be destroyed if I were to be killed in some sort of an accident."
"And now it's almost faded," Remus said when he realized it and looked at Harry with wide eyes. Harry, who understood Remus' realization, nodded once looking at him.
"I told you to trust it," Harry said looking at Remus.
"Trust what?" Amelia asked.
Harry ignored her question. "Also, I have found out another possible way to destroy those horcruxes," he said. "I heard you said Narcissa found another one of those horcruxes?"
"And what the others are," Sirius said. "Voldemort sure knew what he was doing when he made those items his horcruxes because these items themselves are very powerful as they have an immense amount of residual magic from their owners."
"What are they?" Harry asked.
"Personal items belonging to the Founders of Hogwarts," Remus said. "Hufflepuff's golden cup, which Narcissa found in Bellatrix's vault, Ravenclaw's diadem, which was believed to be lost and Slytherin's locket. Apart from these three there's the ring of Voldemort's mother and his pet snake which we didn't know he had the last time we fought him."
"Now that you've realized that it is not all bad, do you trust it now?" Harry sad referring to what had happened in the morning as he looked at Remus.
"I can't say for sure but I would like to apologize for my early behavior," Remus said.
"I can work with that," Harry said with a smile.
"What are you two talking about?" Sirius asked.
"We'll tell you," Remus said.
"So what are we going to do about this horcrux situation?" Amelia asked moving past Harry and Remus' mysterious talking. "We now know what they are. We just have to find them."
"Does the ministry have any records on where the Founders' artifacts are?" Remus asked looking at her.
"They might but it's not updated in decades," she said. "Besides, these items were stolen a very long time ago as the ministry lost its trace on them. All I can say is Voldemort could've tracked them down and then made them his horcruxes and then hid them again somewhere."
"We know where one of them is," Sirius said. "The locket. It's back at Grimmauld Place and I can go, get it."
"Are you sure it's safe to keep them all under one roof?" Remus asked.
"You're right," Harry said. "We need to find some place where we can keep them separately so that he won't find them once he gets his body back."
"If he gets his body back," Sirius said. "We now know what the horcruxes are. All we have to do is find them."
"And how long do you think that's going to take?" Harry asked. "We got lucky with the first four horcruxes. Of them four we were basically handed down two. What remains are the diadem, the snake and the ring which I am sure he would be under heavy security, especially after Voldemort's lost four of his horcruxes."
All three adults knew Harry had a point there. "We need to look at it in a different way," Amelia said. "We know that the diary was his first horcrux. The next horcrux which he made has to be the ring. All the other artifacts belonging to the founders would require a lot of skill and experience which he would've gotten after a long time in between making his first two horcruxes."
"So, how does that help?" Remus asked.
"I know a place where I can probably find out about the locket," she said smiling. "It will help us to know about him. Something tells me we can then find a sentimental place where I bet he's hidden one of the horcruxes."
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Amelia and Sirius had left only an hour ago leaving Susan at the manor. Harry was down in the basement trying to practice occlumency by meditating and organizing his memories when he saw Remus walk in. "You wanted to talk?" he asked. Harry nodded.
"You have questions," Harry said. "You and Sirius both but since he's not here right now I'll tell you. What are they?"
Remus looked at him for a moment before glancing at his scar. "How can it destroy the horcrux inside you?" he asked. "How are you sure that it did?"
"Earlier today I found out something after our disagreement in the morning," Harry said. "So I went to Gringotts to find answers. Sirius was right about something inside me. That thing is the reason why my magic is acting up. It is the Yayu."
"Yayu?" Remus asked. "What is that?"
"You remember reading in the book how it told me to look for the divine beasts?" Harry asked. Remus nodded. "Well, it turns out Yayu is one of them, only he's a bit different from the other divine beasts."
"Harry, what are you talking about?" Remus asked confused.
Harry sighed. "After we had our disagreement today morning and I went out to cool down Temmie came to me," he said. "Ever since our return from Gairloch she'd been scared around me so I asked her why and she told me it was because I have the Yayu inside of me. So I then went to Gringotts to find out more about it as I thought the goblins might know something considering I had a guess that this Yayu could be a divine beast or else why would the book tell me to find information on them. Please, listen to me first," he said as he saw Remus about to say something when Harry talked about the book.
"About the world library," he said, "when I found the book I had been told to look for in order to find information on the divine beasts I saw it had pages missing from it. I told all of this to Barefang who then took me to King Klameg."
"You went to meet the goblin king?" Remus asked, shocked. Harry nodded.
"Turns out he and I are good friends now," Harry said taking out the mirror and showing it to him. "His personal mirror communicator." Remus couldn't believe it. "At his court he asked his holders, the goblins who maintain the Bibliotheca Mundi, to confirm if I what told them was true and they indeed found the Yayu inside me. So when I came back and you guys told me that I had Voldemort's horcrux inside of me I contacted Klameg and asked him if the holders had found something like that inside me. Turns out, they didn't. The only reason king Klameg and I could think of was that the Yayu destroyed it. even my scar started to fade away after the incident that happened with me at Wester Ross."
"Wha…What is this Yayu?" Remus asked after a minute's pause.
Harry told him about the divine beasts, Merlin and how he created the Yayu to capture and steal all of the divine beasts' powers. "This was all recorded in that book at Gairloch but with its missing pages I couldn't read it completely. Klameg also looked worried over those missing pages as, like you showed me, no one can take anything out from that place but someone did. Seeing how strong these beasts are and how Yayu destroyed the horcrux inside of me I suggest that we use this power of mine…or rather Yayu's to destroy other horcruxes. Divine beasts are more than strong enough to destroy a horcrux. They created this very world. The basilisk's venom can destroy a horcrux because it is also a divine beast. You would remember reading it in the book you found in the manor's library. You saw for yourself that there was a line which described the basilisk as a divine beast."
Remus thought about it for a minute before sighing. "I don't know, Harry," he said. "It's still a book that we're talking about."
"A book that saved me many times," Harry said. "Look, I understand that it can be hard for you and Sirius and anyone else to see things my way because you haven't experienced he things the way I have. So all I can ask from you, once more, is to trust me if you can't trust the book. Please."
Remus sighed in defeat. "Alright," he said. "Did that book tell you anything on how we can find those horcruxes?"
"No, but I think it might soon," Harry said. "For now we have to figure out how we can utilize the Yayu's powers."
"The holders said that trying to take it out from you will kill you," Remus said. "How do you control the power of something that is unstable in itself to begin with?"
"We'll have to find it on our own," Harry said. "I need you to help me practice occlumency. Even if the Yayu tries to push you out your defenses are much stronger than Sirius so it shouldn't hurt you."
"Are you sure occlumency is our only choice?" Remus asked.
"I can't do proper magic unless I can get some control on this Yayu," Harry said. "Perhaps this way I can even talk to him."
"It was created to do bad things, Harry," Remus said. "What makes you think it will listen to reasoning?"
"Well, I guess we'll just have to try and see then, considering there's not much we can do about it otherwise," Harry said.
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Daphne continued to arrive every day in the morning with her sister as Remus would help her practice spells. Harry, because of his issues with magical control, practiced inside a heavily warded area. He would often use the time-warp ward to get more practice for his occlumency which, as per his guess, was working now that Remus was helping him learn it using legilimency. Because of his werewolf nature Remus hadn't been thrown out of Harry's memories although he did feel a tremendous amount of push from inside Harrys' head. He also saw the black patch of memory with the dark aura around it like Sirius had. While it worried him he finally had decided to trust Harry on that one.
They had once more consulted with Klameg on the issue and he, with his holders assured Harry that the Yayu was apparently too weak to do any harm.
As time flew by the summer break came close to its end. Narcissa arrived and handed them the golden cup while Sirius found the locket back in Grimmauld Place. Going back to that place was a traumatic experience as he said it in his own words.
Amelia had found a lead after one of her informants gave her information on a guy who used to work at Borgin and Burgs many years ago. Amelia tracked down the man and questioned him. He finally told her that a young man had come to work in the store not long after he'd started and a few months later the owner of the shop was dead. Nothing was reported missing but the man knew that this young guy had taken the locket with him.
Amelia was done playing soft on these people after Voldemort had personally threatened the life of her niece. They'd finally moved back to the Bones manor and while it had bad memories they knew they had no other place as safe as this to live. Thanks to Harry's friendship with the goblin king she could get some goblins to fortify the wards around their manor to further strengthen its safety.
Knowing Fudge would never believe that she and her niece had been attacked by Voldemort Amelia never told anyone at the ministry about this. She had realized that not everything could be solved by believing and following the rules.
She had taken it on herself to find those remaining horcruxes and she was making an incredible progress, leaving behind obliviated people after she had squeezed out information from them regarding Voldemort. As it turned out she was getting to know more and more about how Voldemort had lived his life after Hogwarts. It had all started with him working at Borgin and Burks where he stole the locket from after killed the owner.
Hermione came to visit Harry at his manor and almost totally lost it when he showed her the manor's library. He couldn't hide his grin as she looked around with her mouth open and eyes wide. He told her about his betrothal with Daphne and she understood his reasons behind it although for her muggle mind it was a little difficult to understand that Harry and Daphne were lawfully husband and wife. But she promised him that she will keep this a secret and also promised herself that she will try to understand the way of the magical society as best as she could.
For the last week that she spent at Harry's manor she spent most of her time in the library which was no surprise for anyone. Remus and she became very good friends seeing how they shared their love for books and knowledge. She also became friends with Daphne although the Slytherin girl tried to keep her distance with her. She was a bit mad at Harry for telling Hermione about their betrothal but then eventually moved on from it seeing how they both were best friends.
Finally the day came for all of them to leave for Hogwarts. Hermione's parents came to the station to see their daughter leave for another year. Both Remus and Sirius came to drop Harry and could not believe how many familiar faces they met at platform 9 ¾.
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Molly was early at the station with her daughter. She couldn't let things go sideways this time. She had trained her daughter to the best of her abilities and she was certain that Ginny would not let her down like Ron had.
She saw from the corner of her eyes as Harry boarded the express with his mudblood friend in tow. Her blood boiled as she looked at Hermione. If things were to let happen as they were going right now then that mudblood would have the brat in her clutches and before Molly knew it Harry and Hermione will be married.
Things would turn out to be better for her starting this year though, she thought to herself as she helped her daughter settle her things on the express. As the train gave its final whistle before leaving, her sons arrived and hurriedly boarded the express. "Make your mother proud, Ginerva," she said looking at her daughter who grinned at her while waving goodbye.
Ginny heard a knock on her cabin and opened the door to let Luna walk in. The blond girl put her things under her seat and sat on the opposite berth to hers before looking out the window as the train started to leave the station.
"You came alone?" Ginny asked.
She nodded. "Cilia helped me," she said in a dreamy voice.
Ginny ignored her weird answer but then noticed she looked a little restless. "Anything wrong?" Ginny asked. She knew of her friend's weird behavior and often ignored most of what she said. Hopefully starting her first year at Hogwarts she could break her friendship with her as she didn't want to be seen with a weirdo. She was supposed to be Harry's bride so she needed to focus on that.
"She tells me there's someone like her on this train," Luna said standing up. "I have to go find that person. Buy me some chocolate frogs?" Ginny nodded as Luna gave her some money half of which she kept for herself as Luna left the cabin.
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Harry pulled the flush cord and walked out of the bathroom coming face to face with a blond haired girl looking at him weirdly. She looked like she was sleep-walking as she eyed him from top to bottom. Harry felt a bit insecure being stared by this girl who he was sure was a first year and was probably looking at him that way because of who he was.
"Can I help you?" Harry asked.
"Are you sure?" she said. Harry looked at her confused for a moment before he felt something stir inside him. Suddenly his mind was filled with rage as he saw nothing other than the girl in front of him. He grabbed her by the neck and slammed her on the wall. She began to gasp for air as she looked at him.
'What is happening?' Harry wondered as he saw his body getting out of control. He didn't know when or how it happened but the next moment he was choking this girl as if he wanted to kill her. 'No, stop!' he shouted but realized she couldn't hear him. 'What is happening? No, she will die!'
Then Harry heard that growl and the hair behind his neck stood up as he felt a chill run down his spine. Suddenly he found himself in a black space looking right into those red eyes. He couldn't move out of fear as he looked right into them.
Luna saw Harry's eyes had turned red and there was a grin on his face which looked like a grin of a murderer or an evil person. "How is…that po…(cough) possible?" she barely managed to say before she grabbed her wand and opened the bathroom door. A flick of her wand and the tap in the bathroom burst open firing a strong jet of water at Harry who wasn't expecting it as he let her go.
He looked at the bathroom and growled in anger before he turned and looked at Luna who had the water from the tap floating around her. "I am sorry, Harry Potter," she said sounding sad before blasting him with a powerful current of water. He hit the wall and lost consciousness, falling to the floor completely wet.
"How did you get out?" Luna asked but in a different tone. Her pupils were dilated and her eyes looked hazy. She was looking right at him. Harry didn't answer.
"Looks like you were a bit rough," Luna said again but this time her voice was normal. She stood there for a minute before nodding. "I understand," she said before she left the spot leaving Harry lying on the floor unconscious.
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