A/N: This chapter has not been checked for any mistakes/grammatical errors so if you see them, I apologize in advance…

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Harry apparated to the place and looked around. He saw Barefang and a couple other goblins from Gringotts finishing up their work when Barefang noticed him.

"I cannot appreciate what you've done, Barefang," Harry said.

"Please, Harry, you can ask for assistance any time," Barefang said.

"Are you all done?" Harry asked.

"Almost," Barefang said. "Here is the paperwork."

Harry took the small stack of paperwork he had for this property and looked through them. "Is this all of them?" he asked. "No left-out copies, right?"

"No," Barefang said.

Harry nodded before they all caught fire while in his hand as the goblin watched with fascination how Harry had burnt those papers without using a wand. The papers turned to ashes, falling on the ground before the wind took them everywhere as the other goblins finished their work and walked over to the two. "It is done," one of them told Barefang.

"Would you like a tour?" Barefang asked looking at Harry who nodded. They headed towards the invisible barrier which housed the invisible mansion as the other goblins left.

As soon as the two entered the wards Harry could feel they were very strong. It felt much stronger than the wards of both Hogwarts and Gringotts combined and the main reason for that was the comparatively smaller size of the mansion's limits which, while still being huge, was a lot smaller compared to the size of Hogwarts or Gringotts. This allowed the wards to not spread around the too much, making them a lot denser and harder to be breached. This was why he had chosen this property amongst the many that house Potter owned. This was the smallest property that House Potter owned.

The mansion was formerly owned by a muggle family of royal descent which Harry's great grandfather had received as a gift for helping the family back in the day. Since it was a royal gift it didn't have much paperwork to be taken care of and the only ones that it had was what Harry destroyed a few minutes ago leaving no proof that this property existed either in the muggle or the magical world, especially since the family line of the royal family who previously owned it ended over twenty years ago, not that they could reclaim it or something if someone from that family was still alive.

As soon as Harry entered through the wards the mansion appeared in front of him and while being the smallest property/building in the ownership of house Potter, it was still huge. It was a two story building with fifteen rooms including guest and master bedrooms, four kitchens, two large living halls and a forty acre spread of land which had been covered with trees and vegetation in the absence of proper care – a perfect safehouse for Harry for what Draco and Selandra had warned him.

"I took the liberty to prepare one room for you on the first floor while the others have been cleaned," Barefang said.

"You didn't have to do that," Harry said, now feeling bad that Barefang had helped him so much. "I could've taken care of it."

Barefang waved off Harry's words as they began the tour of the place. They first went to the stairs to the first floor where Harry would be staying. The room was big and yet cozy. Being left unattended and owned by a muggle family it had the remnants of so from the era this mansion was but because of Barefang's efforts to make this room livable all the things in there looked brand new.

It had an attached bathroom, large windows on two sides allowing lots of natural sunlight into the room, expensive, old furniture and a huge bed. Harry walked around, taking a feel of the place which he hopefully wouldn't need to use as that would mean bad news but he was not stupid to not listen to Draco and Selandra.

The rest of the tour took a few more hours after which Barefang showed Harry where the wards' power generating runes were when Harry stopped him. He didn't want to know that as that would mean the Yayu knowing about it as well and if he gets taken control of than the Yayu could easily bring down the wards using the runs to get out of this place.

Barefang understood Harry's concern and left the runes' hall from being discovered by Harry. Once the tour had ended he gave Harry the portkey for the place. It was a small locket with a trinket in it which contained elf hair allowing the portkey to work even when an anti-apparition ward was in place. Since elves could apparate in and out of anti-apparition wards the portkey was perfect for Harry's get-out card.

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Grindelwald looked around in confusion. "Why are we here?" he asked.

"You will see," said the person with Grindelwald as they stood at the top of a tall building looking at the city of Harbin, capital of China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang. "Close your eyes." Grindelwald did. "Do you feel it?"

"No," he said. "Master, I don't understand…"

"Don't be hasty," Merlin said. "So you cannot sense it?"

"No," Grindelwald said. "What are we looking for?"

"Something buried underneath it all," Merlin said looking towards the city of 4.5 million people. "These people…they have no idea of what lies beneath them…beneath their city. I can sense it…even though you can and if you can't sense it then that means other beasts can't sense it either. They don't know that it's buried here. They don't because they weren't here when I killed it."

Grindelwald's eyes opened wide when he heard those last words. Was his master talking about what he thought he was talking about? If that was true then that would mean…he looked towards the city, tapping into the powers of all three divine beasts he had inside of him and after applying the final efforts into his senses he sensed the faint feeling of it. That in itself was too much for him as Grindelwald gasped, holding his chest as he breathed hard.

"It's too much, isn't it?" Merlin said looking at him. "Or should I say…" he raised his hand towards the city and snapped his fingers as the entire city began to get enveloped by a huge fireball starting in the middle, "…too hot."

Merlin watched in utter horror and respect towards his master as the entire city of Harbin got engulfed by the fire in an instant. The 4.5 million people dint even get a chance to scream as they all got burnt in the hellish fire of his master's powers. "Tell me, Gellart, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you see it?" he said.

"Hell," Grindelwald said in one gasp.

"A perfect place for him, don't you think?" Merlin said as the ground beneath the city began to shake. "Titled as its guardian in muggle folklore, this will be the perfect place for his appearance."

"Will it attract any attention?" Grindelwald asked.

"Not before we are gone," Merlin said as the city and its ground split in two, creating a deep chasm. Grindelwald could see and feel the red molten lave inside it from where he stood as the chasm spread wider and wider until it doubled in size of the entire city. "Behold this moment, my servant for you are about to witness something you will never see again."

And just like that, amidst the fire a huge explosion from the chasm erupted its molten lava all over the city and from it emerged the completely intact yet a lifeless corpse of Gak, the hellhound Merlin had killed.

If Merlin thought he had guessed the extent of his master's powers than he was dead wrong for what he was feeling now in the air…from his master…it was indescribable. And His master hadn't completely been revived yet.

The cries and screams of the people of Harbin had long since died down as he could see burnt corpses everywhere. He then looked at the floating body of Gak. It seemed as if he'd only died yesterday. His entire body was intact all these years and Grindelwald could only imagine how much magic it would've required to keep the dead beast like that.

"Will it require a different ritual?" Grindelwald asked.

"Nothing you should be worried about," Merlin said as he spread his arms, absorbing the entire beast within him before he breathed out and looked at the burnt city. "Let's clean up the bodies," he said. "They are nothing but added bonus. Talk about a good day."

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It didn't take long for the entire world to know what had happened in the Harbin city of China. The country's government, at first, said that an enemy country had used some sort of underground nuclear bomb to create such destruction but no radiation was picked up from the vicinity of the city. when the rescue teams entered Harbin they couldn't help but be shocked at the level of destruction the city had suffered.

The seismic units showed no sign of an earthquake and yet the city had been separated in two parts. One could still see the lava flowing deep inside the chasm but above everything else…above this bizarre and hellish disaster something more shocking had happened in the city of Harbin.

There was no sign of a single person.

At first the rescue teams thought that maybe most of the city's population would've hidden themselves in the basements or something but that didn't apply to the entire population of the city. There were burning vehicles in the middle of the roads, shops all open whilst damaged heavily and yet not a single person in sight.

I was still dangerous to go further deep into the city but upon the government's orders the rescue teams found no other choice and for the full week they searched through every street and all possible buildings they could go to but found not a single person – trapped or dead.

Many international media coined it as some sort of alien attack which all the space organizations denied but there was no other explanation as to where the bodies had disappeared to,

The magical nations around the world received this news either on the same day or the day after. Magical Britain received it a day after and everyone was shocked. A team from the IAO or International Auror Organization, the magical version of INTERPOL was sent to investigate the place and they found heavy residual magic but it was so dense and old that they couldn't quite put a finger on it as to who was responsible for the destruction on such a huge scale.

No matter how powerful a witch or wizard was they couldn't hold power enough to low an entire city, especially a city as big as Harbin.

But this was a magical attack and once the IAO team had confirmed it the ICW called in an emergency meeting of all the magical nations' heads. Since Magical Britain was governed by its Wizengamot body they were asked to send in a representative and so after much deliberation and hours of debates and a small voting session Augusta Longbottom was elected to be the representative from Magical Britain. Sirius accompanied her along with a team of senior aurors.

Harry watched them go as he stood there in his seat at the Wizengamot hall, his mind a storm of thoughts. He knew Merlin was responsible for it all. Draco and Selandra had been to the place and they both had confirmed it since Selandra recognized Merlin's magical signature and the news that Harry received from them both wasn't good.

It seemed that Merlin was more powerful than the last time and still not fully revived. But to make things worse there was something else that Selandra had sensed when she and Draco were in Harbin and it was the very faint sensation of an energy which wasn't from this world but the Spirit Realm.

It didn't make any sense but if Merlin had somehow figured out how to harness the Spirit Realm's powers than this was very bad news. He could very well take over the entire world right now and no one would be able to stop him.

Once Augusta and Sirius had returned from the ICW meeting he told Harry that as expected no obvious conclusion to this new threat was reached. The magical world leaders kept on debating and giving their own theories, not wanting to listen to the others.

The fact that 4.5 million people's bodies were missing was troubling. Harry knew this as Merlin and Grindelwald's doing and with that many people's corpses Merlin could absorb a lot of power. With each day he grew more and more concerned about how all of this would turn out for him, or more specifically, the people he cared about because of him and so he asked Daphne and Sirius to meet him at the manor one day.

The day arrived as the two wondered what it was that Harry had been wanting to talk to them although they took a guess that it could either be related to the Yayu or Grindelwald as those two were the current problems Harry and others were worried about…apart from the Harbin destruction.

"What is this?" Daphne asked looking at the small metal rings that Harry handed to her and Sirius.

"It's a portkey," Harry said. "Wear them and never take it off. They have elf's hair inside them so they will work even in the presence of an anti-apparition ward."

"Where are we going?" Sirius asked.

"There's something I need to show you two…and tell you," Harry said.

The two looked at him before looking at the rings in their hand as they slid it in their fingers. As soon as they did they were sucked into the space before arriving at an open, sort-of hilly area. They both looked around but saw nothing when Harry apparated behind them. "What is this place?" Sirius asked.

"I was told not to tell anyone about it but you two are closest to me and I thought that maybe if something ever happened to me I would want you two to be there," Harry said.

"Harry?" Daphne said taking a step forward. "What s happening?"

"Follow me, please," Harry said before walking past her and Sirius until he disappeared in front of their eyes a few yards away. They both kept looking at the place here Harry had disappeared before he emerged once more. "Come on," he said.

Sirius and Daphne exchanged glances before following him as they walked through the wards and immediately felt how powerful and dense it was. It felt as if they'd jumped into an ocean. It felt sort-of suffocating but after a while they got accustomed to it. They also didn't miss the mansion inside the wards as they looked at Harry questioningly.

"This is a safe house," Harry said, "for me. I guess this place would come in handy if things took a bad turn. I think you guys can tell by feeling the wards that this place isn't something I am going to use for someone like Grindelwald but more."

"Harry, what is going on?" Sirius asked.

"Do you know the pain I felt that day which sent me to the infirmary?" Harry asked looking at Daphne. "Professor Snape figured out what it was and Draco and Selandra confirmed it. It is also related to what happened in Harbin a few weeks ago. And this place is to hopefully stop me from becoming dangerous to everyone around me."

"What are you talking about?" Daphne asked.

"Merlin," Harry said. "You both know what happened with the divine beasts. You've been told. He's being revived. Grindelwald wasn't working on something of his own. He's been working for Merlin all these years. He manipulated Voldemort into getting him out of the prison so that he could continue his master's revival."

"I don't understand," Sirius said.

"The incident in Harbin…that was him," Harry said. Draco has been investigating Grindelwald since Voldemort's fall and he's found many graves missing their bodies. Grindelwald used those bodies as a source of power in order to revive Merlin. The pain that I felt that day…it was caused by Merlin who wanted to form a connection with the Yayu."

Both Sirius and Daphne looked at him with wide eyes before Sirius's legs felt week and he fell on his knees while tears rolled down Daphne's eyes.

"I have been told that now that Merlin's been revived I pose danger to anyone around me," Harry said. "Especially since the Yayu was his creation and that he could control it. I found this place in the records of my family's fortune. This place barely had any official records so I thought it would be an appropriate place for me to stay away from all of you. I asked Barefang for the wards and while it is stronger than those at Hogwarts and Gringotts I hope it will be enough to stop me when and if I get taken over by the Yayu. I wanted you two to be the only one to know about this place just in case…just in case something happened to me and you two are in danger."

Daphne walked over and hugged him as he let go of himself. She felt him shivering so she hugged him tighter while Sirius barely managed to stand up and kept looking at his godson. "He cannot be stopped," Harry said. "Even with all the power and help we can muster…he's just too powerful."

"We'll find a way," Daphne said.

"There's no other way but to wait or our end," he said. "There's one more thing I want to do after which will you grant my one wish?"

Daphne looked at him already knowing he would be asking her of something she couldn't possibly bring herself to do. "What?" he said nevertheless.

"I want you to make me forget all of you," Harry said. "In case Merlin takes control of the Yayu there is a high chance that he will get access to my memories and I don't want him coming after all of you."

Daphne said nothing but hugged him again. "You didn't say anything," Harry said through tears. "Tell me whether you'll do it or not."

"I will," she said as she let go.

"Thank you," Harry said as he broke the hug and wiped her tears. "There's something I need to show you both."

He took Sirius and Daphne inside the mansion to his room and took out the prophecy sphere from the charmed locker. "Is…Is that a real prophecy sphere?" Sirius said.

"Luna told me about it," Harry said as he then told them everything about Ask, his prophecy and how Harry had saw the sphere the first time he, Sirius and emus had gone to the department of mysteries. Sirius and Daphne just kept listening to him until he was done. Once he'd said everything the room got filled with silence. "I am going to see what this prophecy is about," he said picking up the sphere in his hands, "and I want you two to stay here in case something bad happens because…because I am scared."

Neither of them had seen Harry that weak before but they knew why he was acting like that. It was all because of the Yayu. That damn thing that had begun living inside him was the source of all these problems. And now that Merlin had been revived, partially or entirely, it had turned out that he could control the Yayu because he'd made it and that meant he could use it to cause more destruction…kill more people and since the Yayu was inside Harry his friends were in more danger than anyone else and knowing that made Harry feel weak and defeated.

Daphne walked over and sat beside him on the bed, putting her hand on top of his as he held the sphere in both his hands. He looked at her as she looked at him. "Share your memories with me, Harry," she said.

"No…No, I won't," he said, moving away from her. "I don't know if this will be safe so I can't bring you into this."

"Either you do this with me or I will leave you," Daphne said. She then looked at him for a moment, her expression softened. "You love me, don't you?" she said.

"Yes," Harry replied softly. "Do…Do you love me?"

"I do," Daphne said. "I love you, too."

Sirius watched as Harry sat closer to Daphne before holding the prophecy sphere tightly in his hands. He didn't know what to do here. The fact that a pre-historic wizard had been revived was coming to destroy the very world was troubling but what was more troubling was that Harry shared a direct link with him. And then there was Harry and Daphne. These two were the most matured kids Sirius had ever seen in his life and seeing them right now, told him one thing – these two could face anything that came after them. So he cleared his throat making them both look at him.

"You two have taught me," Sirius said, "that age doesn't have to be the only thing on which someone's maturity and growth can be judged. Especially you, Harry, you grew up so fast…I couldn't even realize when it happened. I guess I should've if I wasn't locked away for the first ten years of your life but even if you hadn't freed me…even if I hadn't got my freedom I think I could spend my remaining life in Azkaban easily knowing you had grown up so quickly.

"And now looking at you…I don't know why you…your family…James and Lily…why all of you have to suffer so much. I cannot let you do this on your own, Harry."

"Sirius…"

"No, I won't," Sirius said cutting him off before coming over to his other side as he looked at the sphere. "So this is a prophecy made by the first mortal? And you say it can't be changed – the future – despite knowing about it?"

"No," Harry said.

"So why even look at it?" Sirius asked.

"I need to know what…what this is," Harry said. "I cannot run away from my fate so the least I can do is face it knowing what kind of fate it will be for me. At least I can be a little bit ready if not prepared; knowing what is coming for me…for us."

Sirius looked at him for a moment. "If that is what you have decided to do," he said, "then I will join you as well."

"Don't say nonsense," Harry said in an irritated tone. "If something happens to you then who will look after Susan?" Sirius said nothing to that. "I know…I know you don't want me to do this but I have come to know…I've realized that I cannot run away from this. The least I can do is not drag my friends and family with me. Please, Sirius."

Sirius looked at him with a conflicted face but said nothing. He simply stepped back as Harry smiled slightly before nodding at his godfather. He then looked at Daphne. "Can I…"

"Don't even think about it, Potter," she said. "You and I both know that I taught you occlumency and so sharing your memories with me is the best chance you have."

"What did I ever do to deserve someone like you?" he said before planting a kiss on her lips. "Are you ready?" he asked. Daphne nodded and so Harry looked at the sphere, knowing what he needed to do.

It was lucky for him that he'd taken divination this year. While that might've been a mistake as he'd realized it after its first class he'd learnt enough on how to listen to a prophecy from a sphere if one wasn't a seer. A seer could hear the prophecy simply by looking at the sphere but for others the method was a little difficult. With everything that it was a prophecy, above all else, was a memory and in order to view it one needed to take it out of the sphere.

And so it was that Harry gently twisted the sphere, separating it from its stand like a cap from a bottle. As soon as he did that, the mist/smoke inside the sphere turned into drops of liquid which looked like water. He then turned over the sphere and opened the small stopped that was underneath the sphere which also doubled as a threaded insert into the stand.

Opening it Harry looked at the liquid. There were only a few drops of it. He looked at Daphne who nodded before using legilimency on him and connecting herself with his thoughts. Now two people with one mind Harry or rather Harry and Daphne poured those few drops of the prophecy into his eyes.

Sirius watched his godson do it while his wife just sat there in a trance state when suddenly the sphere from Harry's hand slipped and fell on the floor while Harry fell on the bed on his back. Sirius almost ran over to his godson when he looked into his eyes. They were like when someone viewed a memory using a pensive. He then looked at Daphne and her eyes were also the same as Harry's.

Just to make sure though, he cast a spell that told him that their mind and bodies were fine and that they were currently seeing through the memories or rather in this case, the prophecy.

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