Chapter ten

Harry and Remus decided that Ted and Andromeda could be let in on their plans to use muggle weapons. It was under the fidelius charm so they had permission to only discuss it with the ones that already knew about it. They figured Ted and Andromeda might end up with some ideas that could help.

Over the next week Tonks and Remus continued to teach Harry and Neville spells that would help in fighting and keeping them alive, but Remus also kept teaching them how to shoot. Both of them had the boys moving quickly and all over the place while they fired spells and fired the gun. They were both getting very good at dodging. It was hard for Neville at first as he grew up in a magical home, so he wasn't used to a lot of excersize. Ted Tonks had joined her daughter to help teach them spells that he knew, some were boarding on dark spells, but they weren't illegal. He also was able to help with the guns. Being raised by muggles, Ted's father taught him to shoot when he was young.

Harry, Neville, Remus, Tonks, Ted and Andy were eating dinner while they discussed their plans. A cow patronus appeared in front of them.

'We were attacked Neville, we're hiding in one of the maintenance rooms at Kings Cross station, on the muggle side. We need someone safe to go, Susan and Madam Bones is with me. Please help,' Hannah's voice said but everyone could hear how scared she sounded.

'We'll go, you boys have to stay here since you can't legally use magic for another week.'

'I'll be waiting to spell them in. Just hurry,' Harry said but following the adults out the front door, Neville behind them. Andromeda remained in the house and got her potions ready in case anyone was injured.

'Did you tell Hannah to contact you in case she was in trouble?'

'Yes, she knew gran was a strong fighter and the house is warded by the goblins. But she also knew that you and I were close. I told her if there was danger then I'm sure you could find somewhere for them to go.'

'They can stay here, there's plenty of room. The order and all the Weasley's are at Grimmauld place. Can you go tell Mipsy and Hegly that we're going to have three more guests staying.'

'I'll go now,' Neville turned and hurried back into the house while Harry stayed on the steps, waiting to hear the first sound of apparition.

It was only fifteen minutes later that Remus appeared with Susan, who looked injured but not seriously. Ted appeared with Hannah, who also had a lot of cuts and bruises. Tonks and Amelia arrived next. Harry hurried outside the wards, he gave them all a small smile then spelled the three of them into the house.

'I've got the house elves working on rooms for you. But we have a lot of potions and healing creams here for injuries.' Harry led the way into the living room where he had everyone take a seat, 'Andromeda is a healer, she'll take care of you.'

'Are you related to Bellatrix Lestrange?' Amelia asked, but everyone could tell she sounded curious, not upset or angry.

'She's my sister. I was cast out of the family when I married Ted, a muggleborn. I'll start with Susan. Do you have any injuries worse than what I can see?'

'No, just cuts and bruises, they were cause by the roof collapsing.'

'Harry, the green ointment and the yellow potion.'

'I got it,' Harry hurried to the side of the room where a large shelf was filled with everything a healer could need.

It didn't take long for Andy to heal the injuries on Susan, Hannah and Amelia. Mipsy then showed them to their rooms where they could shower and change. Like with many others who knew they might have to run in a hurry, they had bags on them, small but with space expansion charms.

Harry went to speak with Hegly about stocking up on a lot more food, but also things like Firewhiskey, brandy, butterbeer, gilly water and elf made wine. Sometimes in tense situations, people needed a drink. He had gone out the day before to get some muggle beer. Harry preferred that to Firewhiskey.

Harry was standing near the fireplace talking to Neville when Susan and Hannah entered the room.

'Are you okay?' Harry asked.

'We're fine,' Susan said as she sat down, 'It was scary. I didn't know what to do.'

'No one does Susan, and you would know more than most what those types of people will do. The first time I saw Voldemort, I froze, then I just got angry. When he mentioned my parent's, all I wanted right then was to kill him. I'm sure you know the feeling.'

Susan nodded, 'We might have trained in the da but it's not like facing danger for real. I get what you were trying to tell us that day. It is different.'

'It is and no one knows how they will react until they are faced with danger. This place is safe, no one knows where it was. I had to get the Potter ring so I could find it.'

'Where's Hermione and Ron?' Hannah asked.

'There at another safe house with the rest of the Weasley's and the order of the phoenix,' Neville said.

'I figured they'd be with you, Harry.'

'I still have some trust issues with those two, so we parted company to work on separate plans.'

'I would like to hear these plans so I can be involved,' Amelia said as she stepped into the room.

'The main part is we're going to take out Voldemort and hopefully his death eaters all in one go,' Harry turned to Remus and raised his eyebrows, Remus nodded which told Harry he could trust Amelia Bones.

'We have something serious and dangerous to discuss, and no one can know about this,' Remus said, 'We placed this information under the fidelius charm, it's so Harry and I would be safe from prosecution.'

'We'll keep this a secret, whatever it is,' Amelia said but Susan and Hannah both nodded.

'Everyone find a seat then.'

Just as everyone sat down, Dobby popped in asking what everyone wanted to drink while Hegly brought in a tray of sandwiches. Once everyone had a drink Remus nodded to Harry who gave permission for Amelia, Susan and Hannah to know the secret.

'Right now, Voldemort can't die, his body could be destroyed but his soul would remain.'

'Oh, please tell me he didn't make one of those disgusting items,' Amelia said.

'He made seven ma'am,' Harry said then waited until the woman realised how big a problem they had, 'Lucky for us, Dumbledore worked it out then told me, but only me. When he died, I wasn't going to be like him where he liked to keep secrets. I knew there is a good chance I could die since Voldemort wants to kill me. I figured others should know. Remus, McGonagall, Tonks and others were trustworthy, so I decided to explain that Voldemort made horcruxes.'

'Harry destroyed one when he was twelve. He had no idea what it was at the time, but he told Albus who finally put it all together. What Albus didn't know was that the goblins can remove the soul piece, but it was too late to save two items that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. The goblet that belonged to Helga Hufflepuff was saved and is in the hands of the goblins. They will try to find out if there is any descendants then they will pass over the goblet. If there isn't then it will be returned to Hogwarts.'

'So, some are destroyed, how many is there left?'

'One, Nagini, Voldemort's pet snake. Right now, the snake is at Godric's Hollow, waiting for me to turn up. She will relay that information to Voldemort who will arrive with his death eaters. We all plan to be there, and we have a few plans to make sure most if not all the death eaters will be seriously injured or killed. Neville and I plan to only deal with Voldemort.'

'Why Neville?' Hannah asked.

'There's a prophecy about a baby boy born at the end of July who can vanquish the dark lord. The baby boy is born to parent's who thrice defied him. Now Dumbledore and everyone that knows the prophecy which includes Voldemort believe it means me. But we don't want to take the chance it could mean Neville even if his birthday is the second last day of July. In the prophecy it said marked as his equal. Dumbledore believed it meant my scar, which it could. Neville was marked just not in a physical way, but in an emotional way. We don't want to take the chance that Dumbledore might have been wrong about my scar. Even if I do believe that prophecy's can be changed or interpreted another way, Voldemort does believe it and he thinks it's about me so either way he will keep trying to kill me. Now Voldemort and I do have some similarities which makes us believe it is me.'

'What similarities?' Susan asked.

'We were raised by muggles who hated us and were scared of us. We're both similar in looks and body type, before he became part human part snake. We're both parseltongues, even if I only got that little gift when he failed to kill me.'

'Are you sure he was raised by muggles?' Amelia asked.

Harry nodded, 'His father was a muggle named Tom Riddle. His mother was Merope Gaunt, a descendant of Slytherin's. She fell for him, then used a love potion. They got married, she got pregnant then foolishly believed he loved her, so she stopped the potions. He left her. She was alone and broke. She made her way to a muggle orphanage where she gave birth to him, named him then died.'

Harry flicked his wand, the name Tom Marvolo Riddle appeared in the air. He flicked his wand again, the letters rearranged to spell I am Lord Voldemort.

'He killed his muggle father and grandparent's when he was still a student at Hogwarts. We believe he used one of those kills to make his first or second horcrux, a ring that belonged to his magical family. The diary was made when he was head boy, or not long before that. A few death eaters know the truth about his heritage, but not all of them. I'm not sure it would make any difference if they did know he was a halfblood and not a pureblood.'

'My sister would not like it,' Andy said, 'She refused to have anything to do with anyone not a pureblood.'

'She's obsessed with him Andy, I believe she loves him,' Ted said.

'I believe she does, but if she knew the truth, I'm not sure she wouldn't try to kill him. She is one of those fanatics that want only purebloods in our world plus she's absolutely insane.'

'We plan to release that information the day before we plan to kill the snake and hopefully confront Voldemort,' Remus said.

'Originally it was just going to be Harry, Neville, me, Remus, Minerva, Mad-eye and Kingsley. Now Arthur, Bill and Charlie Weasley are going to be there,' Tonks said.

'The twins are going to be there and use some of their products to distract them but also to hold some of the death eaters,' Harry said.

'Why would he believe you would go to Godric's Hollow now when you've been there before?' Amelia asked.

'Harry knew nothing of this world until he was eleven. His muggle relatives told him his parent's were drunks, no hopers and took drugs, and they died in a car crash. When he found out the truth, from Hagrid, he realised he had been hating his parent's for the lies his relatives told. But because of Dumbledore and how he liked to keep Harry on a tight leash, Harry could never visit their graves.'

'I want to and even though this is going to help us, hopefully, I need to say goodbye to my parent's then apologise for believing what those people told me.'

'Oh Harry,' Susan jumped up and wrapped her arms around him. Harry had been surprised by Susan's actions. But he put his arms tentatively around her until she got herself under control.

One thing Harry knew, but he would never admit, he liked the feel of holding Susan Bones. He especially liked the way she was pressed against him. Maybe his feelings for Hermione weren't as strong as he thought. Maybe it was just that she was the only girl he ever spent time with. Maybe it was time to explore his feelings but also get to know Susan and Hannah. It may let him understand exactly what his feelings for Hermione truly were. He had a lot of thinking to do, but they had time. They were all staying safe inside the house, until it was time to deal with Voldemort and his death eaters.