Disclaimer: Still don't own it.
24 August 2005
She was dead. Killed by her husband of 5 years and the bastards in the Wizengamot had ruled it a justifiable euthanization whatever that means. All that mattered was she was dead.
The messy raven-haired man had been out of the country working a case for the International Confederation of Wizards or ICW as he was an internationally recognized Master Auror. Upon his return he received word from one of their best friends Luna Scamander ne Lovegood that she had been killed. After an hour of pure disbelief, he asked how it had happened. Apparently, she was being promoted to a senior barrister within the department of magical law enforcement and would now be a superior of her husband in the department. He told her that she would never be over him and if she so much as gave him and order he would kill her just like he did when he euthanized her muggle parents. Then after the shock of what he said wore off she began to hex him and calling the divorce spell but before she could complete it, he cast a over powered cutting curse at her and caught her unawares and decapitated her. He then burned her body to ash and vanished the remains leaving no trace or anything to bury. The Wizengamot was called to session and ruled as she was hexing a pure-blood and attempting to divorce him she was out of control and had to be put down as mud-bloods need to be taught their place. To say that the bespectacled man was furious was an understatement.
He arrived home and found his wife of 4 years going about her business as if one of her best friends had not just been murdered 48 hours earlier. He asked her, "Have you heard about what happened?".
"Oh yes isn't awful?" she answered and he was relieved for only a moment as she continued, "I'm so glad that he had the wherewithal to put her down she was clearly out of control hexing a pure-blood like that. You would think after 13 years in the Magical world she would know better by now." She concluded nonchalantly. He stood there frozen at her words shocked for all of 5 minutes, then a cold deep seeded dark cloud surrounded his features, not that she noticed as she had her back to him at the time. The hatred that encompassed him at her cavalier dismissal of the life of his one true best friend blacked his resolve far greater than any dark wizard in all of recorded history. Despite knowing that she would not want him to become so in that moment the greatest Dark wizard in all of history had been born.
In the lowest level of the Ministry of Magic a grey cloaked woman was working alongside six others similarly dressed people though if they were male or female was unknown to any by themselves. She tensed up and began to speak in a hoarse and ethereal voice, "The Savior of the people has died short though his rein be, born as the moon fades the destroyer cometh, bloody this campaign none shall rise to subjugate the terror for all shall fall. The life cut short for pettiness and envy the catalyst to the fall of magic though time grows short time will smite thus upon the grounds for where it began and where it ended for the world shall know that he ride the pale horse and all shall know his name is death and the fires of the underworld follow in his wake. The Savior of the people has died." She coughed and then looked at the still figures standing near her and asked what?
One of the figures ran out of the room and came back ten minutes later, "it was real, an orb as appeared!" he exclaimed.
The woman's eyes widened and she stated, "I gave a prophesy?"
The others coursed "yes"
The man drew the wand from his hidden holster and cast a silent spell to petrify his wife. Her limbs all snapped together and she fell forward and stopped propped up on the counter she was in front of. He turned her around her eyes darting all over then they locked on his visage and fear gripped her like she never felt before. She did not recognize him anymore and did not know what to do as he had just taken her wand from her pocket and calm as could be snapped it in to three pieces then threw them over his shoulder.
"Well dear wife as you seem to think that you and your ilk are above common laws, I think first we shall see what you think of this…"
"I Harrison James Potter head of the house of Potter do hereby call forth magic to grant me the annulment of my bond to Ginevra Molly Potter ne Weasley for ideals repugnant to my values and sensibilities so I claim so shall it be." As he had petrified her, she was unable to stop the declaration and the glow surrounded them both and suddenly she felt the bond break and judge her wanting. In that moment she was no longer married to the wizarding worlds savior she was single as if their marriage had never occurred and as he was able to annul the marriage, she would get nothing by what he came into the marriage with. Even the clothes she bought over the last four years any possessions bought everything was his as she did not work at all and earned no money for herself. "now I bet you just want to do to me what your soon to be dead brother did to my best friend don't you Bitch? But you won't get a chance to as I snapped your wand. Plus, you won't be able to get a warning to him that I am coming as you won't be leaving this room… well not breathing anyway." She was really scared now he was going to kill her… "oh no dear Ginevra I am going to do far worse than just kill you… I Harrison James Potter head of the house of Potter do hereby call forth the life debt owed to me by Ginevra Molly Weasley in payment for said debt I claim both her magic and life to myself so I say so mote it be." In just moments both her life force and magic were ripped from her body and claimed by him. The pain and agony was intense but short. It was as if she was a piece of fruit being drained of its juices when it was done a dried-up husk was all that was left of the petite redheaded witch and he left the body it where it fell to the floor.
In a ramshackle house on the outskirts of Ottery Saint Catchpole an overweight slightly grey red headed woman was busying herself preparing dinner when the clock on the wall let out a loud gong and one of the many hands on the clock went from home to mortal peril then about ten minutes later the hand fell off the clock all together causing the woman to shriek Ginny the faint the Man who caused the start of these events came running down the stairs and into the kitchen to see what the commotion was all about only to find his mother on the floor he rushed to her side and cast a waking charm on her. When she was awake again, she grabbed to him and began to wail uncontrollably. He could not understand what was going on then suddenly the wards that surrounded the house were obliterated by someone Appariting into the middle of the kitchen with enough force to throw the pair into the wall stunning and knocking both unconscious.
Molly is the first to come back to awareness and she sees him, "Harry! Thank Merlin you're here something has happened to Ginny. We have to hurry and find her before it's too late." She hurries out.
"Oh, something happened to her all right, it's too bad there is nothing that anyone can do for her ever again." He replies in a voice so cold that the room's temperature seems to drop to below freezing.
"What do you mean Harry what happened to Ginny?" she asks with a shiver at his cold voice.
"The same thing that is going to happen to the rest of this God forsaken world she died." He said.
Shaking her head in disbelief she refuses to accept that her baby girl is dead, "What? How? Who could have done such a thing?" she babbled.
"Why Molly can't you figure it out… I did I divorced her just like Hermione was trying to do to your soon to be dead son lying there before he made the last mistake, he will ever make by killing my best friend. Then just to put a capper on the effect I called her life debt to me due and claimed both her magic and life force into myself. I would do the same to Ronald there but I have a much better and far more violent end planned for him. You on the other hand I have no qualms about doing that too." Harry answered with a sadistic smile on his face.
Indignation flared in the portly red heads eyes and then howler Molly made and appearance. "How dare you, you half-blood bastard everything we gave you and this is how you treat us…" she was cut off by a wave if Harry's hand and she was silenced.
"Ah Molly so refreshing that you think you gave me anything out of the goodness of your heart what you really did is orchestrate with the help of the demented old bastard to ensnare both Hermione and myself to correct the inbreeding inherent in the Weasley line. Did you not think I would not pilfer the truth from the harlet you called a daughter before I acted?" he explained.
The horror that Harry knew the truth and that there was nothing she could do as she was still stuck to the floor and could not say a word. Then she looked into his eyes and froze that was the moment that he struck and ripped and tore the knowledge of the plans that had been made from her mind. The process did not destroy her mind but would have left her with the mother of all headaches but while he was there he triggered the worst memories that she had and forced them to replay in her mind on a loop. After a while she was a blubbering gibbering wreck then and only then did he call forth her debt and also claimed her magic and life force. He then turned to the still unconscious bastard on the floor and applied a modified stunning charm that he knew that could not be countered unless one knew the password. Then stuffed him into the space expanded trunk from his gear. Harry walked out of the Burrow and looked back with disgust and cast a fire charm that Hermione had modified from Fein fire and within minutes the Home of the Weasley family was no more.
From the information that he learned from Molly's mind he discovered that the plot to ensnare both himself and Hermione ran far deeper than he could have ever believed. The entire staff of Hogwarts many at the Ministry and even some of the people he called family were involved. Most of those involved were rewarded in some way.
First was the Weasleys each and every one of the family was involved Molly, Arthur, Bill, Charlie, Percy, the twins, Ron and especially Ginny. Each was rewarded however there were some snags one Fred was never meant to die but as they say best laid plan and all that. The others gained their rewards Bill was given Flure for helping from inside Gringotts, that would be corrected later today. Charlie was fast traced to Head of the Dragon Reserve and all of his past transgressions made to disappear. Who knew he was a rapist while at Hogwarts. Percy was promised a fast track to the Ministers position. The twins their shop and part of Harry's Fortune. Ron was guaranteed Hermione and his coveted spot in the Chudley Cannons plus a share of Harry's fortune; and dear old Ginny was handed the ultimate prize the Boy-Who-Lived as a husband. Of course, molly and Arthur got part of the fortune to rebuild the noble house of Weasley from utter ruin.
Well, he would just see about all of that wouldn't he.
Harry Apparated to Diagon alley and made his way to the white marble building at the end of the alley and entered. Seeing a teller free he approached and waited. "Yes, how can I help you today Mr. Potter?" the teller asked.
"Good Day I wish to speak with a member of management on an urgent matter if it is not too much trouble?" he replied.
"Of course, one moment please." The teller asked and slid down from this high stool and moved to a set of doors on the far side of the bank from the entrance and passed though he was gone for a few minutes and Harry reflected on why they were so polite to him now despite the issues he had during the hunt.
It had been 3 months since the fall of Voldemort and he had gotten a summons to the bank to answer for the break in. not knowing any better he went and was taken at pike point before the Goblin Council to answer for the crime. He was able to prove with certified memories that he only caused the damage after the bastard Griphook had double crossed them. When it was discovered that Griphook had broken his oath to help them get the nag ostrum or as he knew them as Horcrux the council ruled that he was faultless and stated that he was a friend to the nation. Griphook was stripped of his acquired wealth and it was awarded less 10% per policy to Harry. Griphook was beheaded and fed to a dragon.
The teller returned followed by a manager and Harry was asked to follow him to his office. "What can Gringotts do for you today Mr. Potter?"
"Yes, sir I have acquired information on an oath breaker and sneak thief from within your ranks of human workers." He replied.
"I. See." Said the manager slowly, "And whom shall be losing their head today? and Pray how did you come by this information?" he finished.
"I have been greatly angered by the murder of Hermione Granger and have begun a campaign to eliminate the one responsible however in doing so I discovered that it was a plot by many against my person and Miss Granger was in the way so to speak. In the process of this campaign, I used an ancient mind reading technique to gain the information from my former wife and that intern led me to ripping the information from her mother's head." Harry answered.
"very prudent of you and what does that have to do with the nation?" the manager asked.
"Mr. William Weasley has been taking from some of his curse breaking jobs small items to supplement his salary without registering them and taking money from vaults of what his family classed as Slytherin scum as they don't deserve it. Additionally, prior to his death Albus Dumbledore was getting confidential client information from Mr. William Weasley on client activities. His mother was also getting that information as recently as yesterday." Harry said.
The shock and anger was clear on the face of the manager and with a forced calm asked for the memories to verify for the council to review. Which Harry gladly handed over.
Flure Weasley ne DeLaculre was called into the office of her direct supervisor. Inside there were four security goblins with grim expressions on their faces. "you wanted to see me sir?" she asked.
"Yes Mrs. Weasley I need you to take this potion immediately if you do not well let's not mention that at this time, hmm." The supervisor stated.
She was shocked and a little afraid she was aware of what this potion was it was the Goblin version of truth serum and it was far more potent than the wizarding version. To give this to one of their employees there must have been a very serious breach of the banks security and someone was probably going to lose their lives. She just hoped that that life was not her own. So, to prove she was not the one to do the breach she downed the potion in one go and waited to be asked the questions the supervisor wanted to know.
"First Thank you Mrs. Weasley for proving my faith in you despite your fear you took the potion without hesitation. So on to the questions then.
1) Are you aware of anyone breaching the confidentiality of any banking policies?
"No sir I am not aware of anyone breaking any policies.
2) Are you aware of anyone stealing from any of the vaults whether they be human or goblin?
"Not personally aware not sir but I have heard others discuss this topic but as I did not personally witness the event and as the individual was at a higher rank then myself I did not and could not confirm it was a truth or just flag waiving for the benefit of another."
3) Who was the individual that you heard stating this?
"It was Rocknasher my team leader sir."
The supervisor looked to one of the guards in the room and he exited, it would be later discovered that Rocknasher was indeed involved in theft and his clan had been for centuries the entire clan would be executed for the offense and Harry Potter as the one to begin the investigation that brought this theft to light would be awarded 50% of the dead clan's wealth; as it was impossible to determine all the vaults that had been raided by them over the centuries.
4) Are you now or have you ever been given a potion, charm or curse that can alter your mind in any way?
This was a question that with the goblin truth serum allowed the person to answer even if they had previously not been aware of it the mind always knew but due to the nature of those potions the conscious mind was not.
"Yes, sir I am under the influence currently."
This got the attention of all in the room as she had veela blood this was a serious offense to their community.
5) What potions, charms or curses are you under the influence of?
"I am being fed love, loyalty, indifference, dissemination and disgust potions. I have been regularly had loyalty, compulsion and calming charms applied. And the final is the imperious curse.
6) Who was the person or persons who participated in this influence of you?
"My Husband was the first to use the imperious curse on me when we met during the Tri-Wizard Tournament, he and his mother both have been either dosing me or casting the charms on me constantly for the last 9 years to ensure that I remined a part of a dying pure-blood family despite my Veela Heritage as Molly wanted to add the Veela abilities into the Weasley main blood line. It was also to gain the very substational DeLaculre finances into the impoverished Weasley line."
The goblins were appalled at the lengths that this family were going to try to improve their station.
7) Are you aware of any other crimes that the Weasley family are involved in?
"I became aware that the same processes that has been used on me was being done on Penelope Weasley ne Clearwater as that was what caused the incident in the ministry that she was blamed for but as Molly had already put in so much work with her and Percy, she moved her focus to Charlie as her and Percy getting married would be suspicious. Audrey Weasley ne Brown due to her being the eldest daughter of the Brown family and as she was not as promiscuous as her younger sister Lavender was chosen as the wife for Percy. Alicia Spinet was prior to Fred Weasley's death. Angelina Weasley ne Johnson is also being influenced. Hermione Weasley ne Granger prior to her death this was done as Molly did not like that, she and Harry Potter were close and began to influenced her with Albus Dumbledore's help shortly after her third year at Hogwarts. And finally, Harry Potter is being influenced to be faithful to both the Weasley family and forced to marry Ginny Potter ne Weasley to again gain the extensive Potter wealth."
8) How did you come to discover all of this?
"William talks in his sleep and would recount the family's plans over and over again. While I was unable to do anything about it my sub-conscious mind did hear what he was saying."
9) Did he discuss any other plans in his sleep?
"Not that my mind was aware of as the influence was relevant to myself that is why I remember it."
"Mrs. Weasley please take the potion on the desk please." As the supervisor placed the antidote potion on the desk. Flure took the potion. She slowly became aware again and due to the nature of the other potions in her system did not remember any of the questions or her answers about the crimes against herself and the others.
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley you have been very helpful, and now I would like you to accompany one of the guards here to the medical facility for a follow up please we wish to ensure that there are no lingering effects from the truth potion." The supervisor said.
"Of course, sir I hope you uncover the truth." She said and was escorted out, she would remain in the medical facility for almost 2 weeks and another 3 months with mind healers to help her overcome the damage that the Bastard Weasley's did to her.
William Weasley was going over parchment work when six guards entered the curse breaking department, suddenly and without warning he was knocked unconscious and dragged out of the office. He would wake up chained to a chair and already dosed with the truth potion.
1) Have you facilitated the theft from any vaults or clients at Gringotts?
"Yes, I have." And with that one answer William Weasley's life was now forfeit.
2) Which clients or vaults have you stolen from?
"Many of the former Death Eaters, some of the 'grey' families that were suspected of providing aide to the Death Eaters in the last war and Harry Potter."
3) Were you receiving any assistance in this theft?
"Yes, my wife was unwittingly involved, Griphook prior to his disappearance, and Gornack currently."
At a nod from the supervisor two of the guards left the room and would get eight more of their brethren to take Gornack into custody and he would be dead but the time the sun set.
4) Have you given confidential information to any outside of Gringotts?
"Yes, I gave information to Albus Dumbledore prior to his death and Alastor Moody after until his death and until the war completed to my mother thereafter.
5) What kind of information did you supply to these individuals?
"I gave transaction information for Death Eater vaults, Harry Potter and may of the 'grey' Families vaults. I also informed them of the locations of Gringotts warded properties for those same people."
6) Is there any other confidential or policy information you supplied to any non-Gringotts employee?
"No that is all that I supplied."
"Take this piece of future Dragon Dung and pump him for everything he knows then make sure he is coherent before you dismember and behead him. Get him out of my sight."
After Harry left the bank, he threw his old invisibility cloak over himself and ventured into the shop of George Weasley and ghosted after a customer that entered the shop. George was not on the sales part of the store. So, Harry creeped toward the back where the workshop was and as the door to the back rooms were open for the sales clerk Verity was brining stock out when she was interrupted by the customer. So, Harry found the lone living twin in his lab brewing a potion from a listed recipe. Harry saw that this was one of the more volatile products that the store made and was at a critical point. Despite his poor showing in the subject at Hogwarts Harry had been tortured by a master in potions to get caught up due to Severus Snape's poor teaching, so he was aware that one should never add any other ingredients to this particular potion until the rest time had passed least the potion would explode and as George was not paying attention to the potion as it was in said rest period he was turned away from the cauldron and the door. Silently Harry took a piece of Mandrake root that was lying nearby and slid it into the potion and on silenced feet ran for the door. About forty-five seconds later there was a loud explosion from the lab and a muffled scream as George was shredded by the shrapnel of the exploding cauldron. It would be far too late to save his life once it was safe to enter the room.
Once that was done Harry turned into a side alley and removed his cloak. He then apparated out of the alley and headed to a phone box to make a call. He arranged to meet with a contact he had in the underworld of non-magical London.
"What do you want Potter I don't have any information for you."
"Relax Smith I'm not trying to shake you down for Christ's sake I need information."
"Oh, and what kind of information do you need copper?" Smith snarked.
"The illegal kind and no I am not going to run you in for knowing the information for that you have my promise."
"Oh, now I am intrigued what are you looking for?" Smith asked with curiosity.
"Are there any IRA cells in the area that you know of?"
"Seriously?! Are you trying to get yourself killed looking for the IRA are you mental?"
"No, I am looking for something they might have."
"What in God's name could they have that you want?"
"Never you mind what just tell me if there are any or any groups like them?" Harry said with a snap to his voice.
"Okay chill I was just checking, let me think… No, the IRA has been uber quiet lately but I did hear about some new group linked to some Middle-Eastern something or other. They took over one of the old blocks of flats near fleet street that the gov hasn't gotten around to ripping don't to build condo's out of yet. Just be careful approaching them they are naffing coo coo."
"Thanks, Smith here." tossing him an envelope. Smith wasted no time in checking inside.
"Woah Potter this is way more then you usually pay me for information. What gives?"
"Call it a severance package won't be seeing you Smith." Harry said as he disappeared around a corner. Smith would hear sometime later that the block of flats he mentioned was the scene of a gruesome murder of ten Iraqi nationals. He would wonder if Potter had anything to do with it.
Later Harry quietly entered the Ministry of Magic he seemed to be acting strange at first but most of the people thought that he was talking to some of his people under cloaks stationed around the atrium. He would be spotted throughout the building doing this most of the morning. At noon the Wizengamot was meeting for the weekly session, so security was increased as a few new laws were to be discussed and the DMLE was expecting a full house in the gallery.
Harry entered the Chambers of the Wizengamot for the second time that day, and stood near the door waiting for the session to be called and the doors sealed as was procedure. Unbeknownst to anyone else in the room he had been in the chambers earlier placing shrunken Warding stones that would not allow anyone but those keyed into them to leave the chamber by any means, whether by port key or apparition. He would have paid for them but the information about Bill Weasley and what his plans for them were the Goblins just gave them to him. One other function of the stones was they had a built-in petrification spell.
The session was called and the doors sealed this was the signal for Harry that it was show time. All the players were present in fact he was shocked that every single person left on his list was currently present in the chamber even from the press. How fortuitous for him. He quietly activated the wards the room was instantly silent and none could move. He slowly and methodically took the stairs to the floor of the chamber now all eyes were focused as they could move their heads but were unable to move or talk beyond that.
"Good Day to all of you I have a little side bar that must be addressed prior to you continuing your oh so important session of corruption and deceit. Now you all in your infinite wisdom declared that my best friend was nothing but trained animal and that it was legal to simply put her down for misbehaving. Well, I am here to tell you that it is my judgement that you all are quite guilty of accessory after the fact in her murder and as you have now helped to cover-up said murder all of you are sentenced to death. But before we get to your execution, we have the person who actually carried out that murder to see be dealt with…" he turned and looked to both Arthur and Percy. "Oh, and Arthur and Percy you should know that you both are going to be the last to die of your family I already dealt with poor George he joined Fred, as did Molly and Ginny. Harry then pulled out the trunk and summoned Ron out of it. Ron landed on the floor with a grunt having just recently woken up from hitting the wall at the Burrow. He was dazed and started to look around in confusion, then his eyes landed on Harry and he knew he was in trouble.
"Hello Ronald awake now I see?" Harry asked with false sweetness.
"H-H-Harry m-m-mate I-I-it's good to see you." Ron said totally terrified.
"Oh, Ron are you ok you seem scared of something?" Harry asked still in his false voice.
"Harry she was…" Ron was cut off by Harry raising his hand.
"That you were going to make an excuse for anything right now shows me you meant it Ronald." Harry's ice-cold voice sent shivers down all the spines in the room even the perpetuously stupid Ron. "Today Ronald you will be paying for your crimes." Ron reached for his wand only to find it missing. "Looking for this Ronald?" Harry said holding up Ron's wand. "You won't be needing this anymore..." Harry said and snapped the wand in two. Ron looked on horrified as his precious wand was rendered useless. "Now shall we begin." Harry said as he waved his hand and Ron was frozen, lifted and strapped onto a man shaped table that just appeared. "Now in times past those who were considered traitors were hanged drawn and quartered for those of you amongst the mentally retarded which is probably all of you. That means first they would hang a person by the neck for a short period of time then cut them down then cut open their bellies, castrate then and remove the intestines, then cut off each limb and finally behead the traitor. I am however going to use a slightly different method. Submerso capitis." Harry cast with his wand and a bubble of water appeared around Ron's head.
Ron tried to hold his breath but the burning became too much and he expelled the lung full of air as bubbles and tried to take a breath of the water surrounding his head. He began to struggle trying to breathe but there was nothing but water to do so with. After about a minute Harry released the spell allowing the water to vanish and Ron gasped and coughed what water was in his lungs out. Ron still beathing heavily and coughing every so often tried to beg but was again silenced.
"Now the next step is normally to gut this piece of filth but we will save that for now instead…EXPLSO CASTRADO." Harry finished by yelling. Ron's Testicles exploded with a loud gunshot like sound. This allowed Ron to temporarily break the silencing charm and he began to shriek in agony. "Now that Ladies and Gentlemen is how a magical begins the process of dealing with traitors. Next let's go with 'expulsiones aruspices'" and with that Ron's entrails began to burst out of his belly. This caused many in the chamber to attempt to retch but with the petrification they just dribbled vomit down the front of their chins. "Too Much? No? Oh well moving on… thinking, thinking oh I know…" Harry said and then pointed his wand at Ron's right arm and casually incanted "Sectumsempra." Slashes began to appear on Ron's arm and then when they reached his shoulder the arm fell away. This also elicited a scream that re-broke the silencing charm. "Ooooow… no, no, no you don't get to die that easily mate. 'Cauterizo'" This cauterized the now open wound that was where Ron's right arm had been. "Let's try another one, shall we? How you doing Ronald? You good?" Harry seemed to be waiting for a response that he knew would never come, "No? Anyway… let's try for a leg I remember you were really fond of those back at school always double fisting drum sticks and wolfing them down as fast as possible. Let's see, 'Diffindo, Diffindo'", and Harry cut both of Ron's legs off. "Oh, would you look at that a pair of Ginger drum sticks." Harry said with a chuckle. "Don't fret people almost done, Now let's get creative, shall we?" Pointing his wand at the junction of the left shoulder and left arm he cast, "szukzavak" The Hungarian spell and word for tourniquet. "Now as that spell is just to stop what I am about to cast on you from reaching beyond your shoulder so…Your Welcome. 'Exarescet'." Ron's fingers began to appear to blacken, dry, shrivel and flake off as the withering curse took effect. The curse took almost ten minutes to reach the tourniquet and then stopped. The now what appeared to be charred bone of Ron's right arm just fell away from the table. "Now Ronald you have been relieved of your tackle, entrails and limbs normally your head would be next but… Goddammit 'Rennervate, Adorenarin Maxima'." Ron had passed out so, Harry cast the reviving spell and a Japanese spell to cause the adrenaline to flow thought the body. this was used by the magical Samurai in battle. It has the down side however, if the person it was cast on was injured in any way the normal pain was increased almost a hundred-fold. Harry really wanted Ron to feel it so he maximized the spell thus increasing it by a factor of ten. Ron was almost incoherent with the pain now flowing thought his body but the spell enhanced all the senses as well so he could still hear Harry. "Better now where was I… Oh I remember, first 'circulari'." Harry cast the circulation spell, this was invented by a no-Maj born in the United States who became a Heart surgeon in the Harvard Magical Medical School, The Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA), granted him the patent in 1969. "As I was saying your head would be next but I think I'll take something you stole from both Hermione and Myself…" and then Harry jammed his hand into the cavity that was created by the removal of his guts and reached up and none to gently ripped Ron's heart out of his chest. Ron not only felt this but was Horrified as were everyone else in the chamber that the action did not instantly kill him. Ron watched as his still beating heart was in Harry's hand and then Harry crushed the organ into a paste, then dropped it and shook out his bloody arm and hand. "I bet you are all wondering why Ronald here is not dead well the spell I cast prior to doing that is a spell that keeps the blood flowing through the body for up to six hours without the need for the heart. Moving on and now I think I will go old school…" Harry then conjured a medieval executioner's axe, "Oh looket me I'm Walden McNair." Harry chirped then looked disgusted with himself, "No forget I said that." He shook his head then got the manic grin back on his face. "Good bye Ronnie Ol' boy." And with those parting words Harry flipped the axe in a full arch from behind his back to hit precisely beheading Ron in one swing. Ron's head dropped from the table and rolled across the floor.
"Well, that was fun and soooo satisfying. Now…" Harry then turned in a slow circle seaming to make eye contact with everyone in both the chamber and gallery, "You all have betrayed the new bloods or as some of you call them Muggleborns or even other Mudbloods, for the last time as of today the Ministry of Magic ceases to exist. Now I know what you all are thinking, the ministry has stood for almost a thousand years and none of the dark tossers over the years have been able to bring down the might of the British Ministry of Magic, but you all ignore a rather large group of this planet… anyone? Anyone? No? The Muggles as you call them or Normals as I call them and there are billions of them and a few million of us so, anyway normal people have over the eons gotten more and more creative in the art of war and destruction. Such that they can turn a few keys and press a button and BOOM! The world ends in a hail of fire hotter than Fein fire. I however am going to utilize something a little less destructive." Harry said Pulling out what appeared to be off white potters clay. He held it up. "This nifty little block is what is known as Plastic Explosive 4 or PE-4. This nifty little material is classed as a high explosive and is like a blasting curse in clay form. Now most of you are thinking who cares about some Muggle explosives eckeltricity doesn't work around magic. Well let me clue you in on something people if that were true both Diagon alley and the ministry building would both have been discovered long ago as both sit in the heart of London the most populated city in England. No what causes the issue is… you know what you wouldn't understand but let's just say that this," he pulled out what appeared to be an over large push pin with a red light on top, "is what is known as a blasting detonator. This is shielded from magic and this," He pulled out a cylinder with a red flip switch on top, "is the control device to activate the detonator. Now you think well he only has one block of this PE-4 and there you would be wrong; you see I have been in the building for hours placing blocks of this stuff all throughout the building and under a special notice not charm. Some of you may have smelled tar in different parts of the building well… that was this stuff. Just so you all know there is enough in this room to bring down most of the ministry building but I wanted the whole thing destroyed so I as they say wired the whole building to blow. Oh, just a side note I made sure every single person who works here on and off duty Aurors included were in the building today. I also may have dropped a hand grenade into the Floo office on my way down so the only way out is the public phone box entrance. Oops!" Harry laughed. "In conclusion," he started and placed the detonator into the block of PE-4 and placed it on the floor in the middle of the chamber, "you all are going to die as is every last person in your corrupt Ministry. Oh, on a side note the runes I used will last till after the explosion. Toodles." Harry said and with the flash of a port-key he was gone.
The port-key landed Harry on a building ten blocks from the MOM and he smiled a grim smile flipped the cover switch on the remote and pressed the button. Seconds later there was a tremendous explosion as all eleven levels of the Ministry of Magic were vaporized by the PE-4. Needless to say, there were no survivors.
Throughout Harry's life one lesson was drilled into his head over and over again, Might Makes Right. So, Harry during his travels for the international he would have time during his missions and would study many different subjects. Despite what everyone save one person knew Harry was just an average student, Hermione was the only one to know different. During their fifth year before she talked him into starting the Study group, he refused to call it that bastards army ever again, she was looking for some obscure book in the library when she found a hidden table so far in the back of the stacks no one would normally find it. It was who was at this table surrounded by stacks and stacks of books surprised her. He did not notice her as he was engrossed in studying Runes and writing arrays, he did not hear her. She did not reveal her presence to him instead she confronted him later when they were alone about it. Sheepishly he admitted that he tossed his grades to not loose Ron or Her as friends and that he had been doing it since he was a first form due to the Dursleys punishment if he did better than Dudley. Harry begged her to help keep his charade up now that the war was starting back up. For him she agreed if reluctantly. She hated that he could not truly be himself even around her for fear of word reaching back to Voldemort.
Now, however he did not have to hide who he was. Before his spectacular destruction of the MOM, he had raided the Main Ministry, banned Ministry, and secrete Ministry, Unspeakables Main, and Unspeakables Library's as well as the total records offices. Why waste the information with in those places when he destroyed the joint. In addition, what no one knew not even Hermione was during the battle of the DOM he had stumbled upon the secrete library and a careless Unspeakable had left a book out that had a spell to copy books in a permanent fashion. Harry had then used the Room of Requirement to copy every book that had ever passed through the grounds of Hogwarts as at the time he was unaware that his request of "every book that Hogwarts ever held", included books that all the books that ever were within the wards ever were included. I Hermione had ever known he had that she would pester him non-stop just to get at that information. It had been his intention for her upcoming birthday in September to give her a copy of the total accumulated library he had collected over the years. This would include the books he obtained in his travels for work.
During his travels Harry had dealings with many different cultures throughout the world, be they the native cultures of the Americas, the hidden communities of the Druids, Ancient Indian monasteries, the secrete tribes of the African Continent to the Inuit peoples of Asia. These in addition to the normal European and Eastern countries. The most beneficial to his plans was a hidden temple that he discovered in Tibet that was so old its name had long since been forgotten. It was also abandoned long ago. Inside the temple scattered throughout the complex were many research notes on various subjects. Portals, hidden dimensions, pathways to alternative Universes, and the most important manipulation of the temporal plains with time travel. Harry discovered what he was calling the Tibetan Unspeakables research department. With the research conducted here in to the methods of traversing the time stream he was going to correct the mistakes that he made and undo the crimes done against both himself and Hermione. His only hope to have a happy life was if she could accompany him on this journey cause a young Hermione while he was in his twenties was just creepy.
Harry set up the process of the temporal shift and with the Resurrection stone he called her back to him. Harry turned the stone three times over in his hand and called, "Hermione can you please come to me." The Ghostly figure of the true love of his life appeared and he almost wept.
"Hello Harry, I miss you oh so much, but why have you called me back you know what this will do to me?" Hermione said.
"Hermione I am so sorry I wasn't here for you when you needed me. He killed you and…" Harry said and started to cry in earnest.
"Oh, Harry it wasn't your fault I was careless I underestimated that bastard. I love you so much but now it is time to let me go and move on." She replied.
"NO! No, I have a question is this really you or just an echo?" he asked with desperation.
"Yes, Harry unfortunately, it is really me that is why this is so painful for those who are called back with the stone." She answered honestly.
"Oh, that is great." He said absently.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER! How dare you think that my pain is great!" she said angerly.
"What? Oh no not that you are in pain that just means that you are here and you can come back with me." He quickly replied.
"Harry what are you talking about? What have you done this time?" she asked.
"You mean you don't know? Mom, Dad, Sirius and Remus all knew when I called them when I went to face the snake faced bastard." He asked in confusion.
"Language Harry James, and no I have no clue what has been happening in the living world." She answered.
With some heat in his voice, "Dumbledore I am going to kill you and revive you a thousand times when I get back."
"Okay Harry calm down and explain please." She tried to sooth him.
"When I went to take the AK to the face from Ol' Tom I called my Parents and Sirius and Remus but now that I think about it Tonks wasn't there and I was thinking about her as well but she wasn't so I am thinking somehow Dumbledore cast some sort of spell on the stone with the elder wand and I saw what he wanted me to see. That however is neither here or there I have a plan to travel back in time and the notes say if a spirit or ghost is within the circle with the traveler that their essence will traverse the time stream as well so long as when you arrive that person was alive at the time." He answered.
"Harry, you know bad things happen to wizards who mess with time. Why would you risk this?" she asked with concern.
"No not with this the only thing that we have to worry about is our knowledge of the future we are coming from will be altered to much and we won't have foresight of the events that will play out from the moment we begin to change the events. Other than that, this is basically rewriting the past instead of like a time-turner there are two of you this sends your essence, knowledge and memories to an earlier version of yourself." He explained.
"Harry, I have never heard of such a thing." She said.
"I know I located this in an abandoned temple in Tibet and trust me it works I tested it I only went back one day but it worked." He continued.
Hermione who was the real Hermione was flabbergasted if Harry was right then they could correct so many wrongs in the past. "Okay Harry but how would you take me with you I am dead?"
"Well, I have to cast a few spells to ensure that only the two of us are in the circle then I cast a spell that will…" he paused knowing that she would talk him out of it if he continued.
Growling she said, "That will do what Harry?"
"Basically, detonate my magical core then we travel back along the shockwave created by the blast." He cringed.
Hermione was quiet for a long moment then with an edge to her voice, "And you said that you have done this once before?"
"Um- Yes I wanted to see if it worked and see…" he said spinning in place, "I'm here all in one piece."
"OF ALL THE IRRRESPOSIBLE IDOTTIC STUPID THINGS YOU HAVE EVER DONE THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE…" She was yelling when he shouted.
"Hermione! It worked so let's move on. Do you want to come or not?" he asked.
"I would… I really… um I… you know what yes Harry I want to come." She finally decided.
"Okay great now here is the best part are you ready?" he asked a little mischievously.
"best part?" she asked skeptically.
"Yes, one of the other spells that the people came up with there was a pocket demotion that is outside of time so I can take everything I can place into this space with me and get it when I get back." He stated.
"That is good you can take so with you does it really work?" she asked.
"Yes. I have been using it since I found the spell I don't even have to pack when I travel, I just stick everything in there and I can access it where ever I am I even tested it with something I obtained after the time I traveled to and checked when I got back and it was there already this storage is outside of time completely. Oh, and here is the best part when I tested it, I emptied all my vaults and added it to that space so I doubled my net worth." He said cheekily.
"Harry what if you left a world behind?" she asked.
"Hermione because the people who created this found a way to overwrite the time line not create an alternative time line. Besides it's not like that movie we watched Time Cop where the same matter can't occupy the same space. Somehow it is almost like the perfect duplication spell. Are you with me on this I can release you while I get things ready?" He concluded.
She thought about it for a while despite the grimace she gave every so often she then looked into his eyes, "You know what Harry? Yes, I am with you how long will it take you to get ready?"
He let out a sigh of relief, "give me a week as our little talk brought up some things I want to get before we take the leap."
She chuckled, "That was a terrible pun Harry and a horrible reference to Quantum Leap."
"Hey give me a break Love I needed to work off my mad and I was worried you wouldn't want to join me I couldn't do this without you." He replied sheepishly.
The working off my mad gave her pause, "Harry what did you do?" she asked fearing the answer.
Looking like the proverbial deer in headlights then even more sheepish, "Um… well you see when I ah… well when I found out what happened to you I kinda… well to put it bluntly I lost my shit."
Carefully she asked, "Harry how bad please be honest?"
"The Weasleys were all involved since our first year so I divorced Ginny then claimed her life debt, her payment was her life force and magic. I did the same thing to Molly, George I sabotaged one of the more volatile potions he didn't survive the explosion. Bill was cheating the goblins so I ratted him out. Charlie oh I need to deal with that fucking Rapist yet. Ronald however I kind of when Medieval on his ass." He said.
"How did you go as you say medieval on him?" she asked.
"I did the magical equivalent of drawing and quartering…" he then told her the entire process. She did not even show any sigh of sympathy at all.
"Good. Bastard deserved it." Was her only response.
"Arthur and Percy as well as the rest of the corrupt and bigoted Ministry died when I demolished the ministry with plastic explosives." He said.
"Harry where did you get plastic explosives?" she asked.
"A Middle eastern Terrorist cell in London they did not need it anymore." Unrepentant. "Now let me release you and I will get the last of the stuff gathered then we will go."
"Okay Harry, I Love you." She said.
"I love you too Hermione." He said as he released her back to the afterlife.
Over the next two weeks Harry would complete many tasks first he wanted his revenge on the Weasleys to be complete and found Charlie back at the Romanian Dragon Preserve, Charlie was checking on some of the nesting mother dragons one of which was the dragon that Hagrid hatched Norberta. She seemed to not like Charlie as she began to hiss and spit at him. Harry who was ghosting Charlie heard her state $Untrustworthy red one get away from my clutch$. Harry who never checked if he was still a Parsletounge was shocked he understood the Norwegian Ridgeback mother. After Charlie moved on chuckling and shaking his head at the dragon's reaction to him Harry approached. $Norberta why do you call him untrustworthy? $
$who is there I cannot see you$ She asked.
$It's me Harry do you remember me? $ he replied.
$Oh, you are a speaker I remember you I liked you and the bushy one and the hatch Mother. I did not like the one who smelled like the untrustworthy red they are alike. I call him that as he is to be a protector for us but he will take eggs from our clutch we never see them again. $ She replied.
$I see well I was hoping for you and some of your friends to deal with him for me his clutch has wronged me and it seems you as well. $ Harry asked.
$I am sorry but the wards that surround the birthing pens prevent us from harming them. $ She said in frustration.
$Let me see what I can do. When will he come by again? $ Harry asked.
$He will be back in about one quarter turn of the sun. $ She replied.
Harry thought so about four hours he could work with that. $I will see what I can do. $ Harry then found the Ward stone and the boundary he found that there was an alert ward attached to the Ward schema and he could easily move that to a stone nearby then he placed a temporary ward disruptor that would fade after the disruption allowing the wards to reassert themselves afterwards. It was all wrapped and complete then he let the Mothers know and to be prepared.
Charlie was once again making his rounds and came upon the pens the mother dragons were ready. As Luck would have it the Dragon who's pen that he got closest to for no other reason but to mock her was Norberta.
"Oh, look Norberta are you still mad about me taking some of your eggs? Well, I guess I'll just have to see if that bloke in Russia is in need of some more, eh?" Charlie taunted. It would be the last thing he would ever do. Quick as lightning Norberta snapped out and snatched Charlie with her massive jaws. She then tossed him up then slammed him down then the other four mother dragons and her combined their flames and turned him to ash.
The ward to alert of a human in the pens went off and in the confusion the wards had already snapped back into place and Harry put the alert ward back. He cast a spell to show that someone disabled the wards and, in an effort, to hide their signature did a poor job. He then made it appear as Charlie's magic. They would then discover his crimes against the Dragons.
Harry then went to Gringotts and Claimed the vaults of not only those killed in the ministry but the ministry, DOM, DMLE and all other department vaults as well. He then proceeded to empty all the vaults he was now in control of and cast an illusion over them to make it appear that they were all still full. He placed all the gold and items into his pocket space then thanked the cart Goblin and left the bank, he cast the illusion to fool the Goblins so not to alienate them before he did the ritual. That was trouble that he could do without and did not need the Goblin Bounty Hunters after him. After that he raided all the Death Eater, Dark, neutral and wealthy light family manors for any secrete family or proprietary information they had and hidden cashes of goodies they may have. He concluded his heists with hitting as many locations on the continent he knew about. He spent an additional week gathering all the technology and books from different universities then declared he was ready.
Harry had chosen a very special location to perform the transition to the past. It was not widely known that the founders of Hogwarts did not choose to build Hogwarts where they did at random nor was it because it sat near the junction of a ley line nexus, but because the "Black Lake" was once the known by a different name and the very large island in the middle of it also once had a name. The Lake was once known as Nimue Lake and the Island was the Location of Camelot. Non-Magical Legends would have people believe that London or Cornwall were the locations of Arthurian legends reality was quite different. London was where Arthur first retrieved the sward in the stone but that sword was not Excalibur but an Elvin sword known as Aegisess or bringer of protection in the High Elven tongue. Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake hence why when he founded Camelot, he named the lake surrounding it after the lady. The location long since turned to just a few stones circling what was in ancient times a stone ring similar to Stonehenge. Unlike Stonehenge where the magic of the stones has been weakened by years of magical neglect and being known to the non-magical the standing stone ring in the remains of Camelot were intact and still held their magic. Harry discovered the island during his fourth year when everyone bar Hermione was calling him a liar and a cheat.
*Flashback*
Harry was out on the Hogwarts grounds with his Firebolt in his hand he decided that since the area around the Quidditch pitch was being used for the upcoming first task that he would fly over the Black Lake. Harry mounted his broom and shot off into the air he was flying over the black lake for about ten minutes when he spotted something on one of islands that dotted the massive Loch. One of the islands was much larger than the others. He noticed that there seemed to be the remanence of a wall of some sort. Being the curious person, he was he flew down to take a look. He saw a varying height ruin of a very thick wall that was spread in some places right along the shore of the island and in others into the water of the loch. He explored the island and as he approached the center of the island, he felt magic but unlike any magic he had ever felt before. This magic felt powerful and ancient. There in the center was a grouping of standing stones. He had seen images of Stonehenge and even an animation on what it may have looked like before some of the stones were removed. These stones were intact and practically humming with magic. He was confused how had no one found this place before? Harry walked around the perimeter of the stones it seemed larger than the one at Stonehenge and he could see runes carved all over the stones. He wondered if this is what Stonehenge may have really looked like in the past. He looked at each of the runes carved into the large blocks and decided to look up their meaning when he got back to the school.
Harry had done exactly that his discovery was that this was an amplifying array used in the days prior to the Roman invasion in lieu of wands. It was the Romans that introduced the wand to the British Isles. In the early days of magic in Brittany the stones, staves and crystals were the focus' used by the celts and other early peoples. Rituals and long chants were the ways that the simple people of this area relied on. Until the Romans came and with them their mages with wands and incantations that were in many cases single word things. Many of the Roman spells were used for war where the rituals and chants were used for ensuring a good harvest or for protection of the clans almost none were used in fighting.
In his travels Harry discovered many lost magics of the early peoples across the world. One he found fascinating it was his pocket space. This storage area was for the most part outside the normal flow of time. There was a catch it was tied to the creator's soul if one should die and cross over to the afterlife the space was broken from the creator's life force and potentially be discovered by another that was able to open these storage areas. The other down side was no living material could be stored in them as it would render them inert or kill any living things, food and potions ingredients that had already been harvested could as they are no longer part of a living organism. So, you could not store fresh living plants, animals or people within the area without killing them. Harry being one of the first to discover this process discovered many long dead storages of others including Merlin. It was Merlin's Journal that he found the reason people said that he was known to traverse the time stream. Merlin was a contemporary of the person who was known as Janus. The Romans would come to worship him as a god of chaos because he would travel the time stream and prank people. He was a brilliant scientist and Wizard. Merlin or as he was known to his friend as Moros was just as brilliant in science and magic but in the battle and tactics side both collaborated on numerous projects and Time travel was one of those things. While the knowledge of who created the first, Time turner was lost the journal stated that it had been the pair that discovered the process to create them and even more complex ways of traversing the time stream. They realized that if you use the time turner and changed something you knew occurred you would not die as many believe today but continue on in an alternative reality that the event that you changed never occurred. To that end they worked for almost two centuries to find a way to negate the creation of a divergent reality and finally completed that process shortly before they decided to leave this plane of existence. Once they achieved the process, they felt that they had accomplished all they could and left the world to move on without them. Little did they know that the world they helped to shape would begin a steady trend of stagnation and ignorance. Since their time very few new discoveries had been achieved and the world of magic would grow lazy. Harry aimed to correct the stagnation and remove those who would perpetuate the laziness in the name of tradition.
*end flashback*
It was two weeks later that all the preparations were complete and Harry had set up the temporal reset ritual that Merlin and Janus created. He was ready to call the second passenger to travel with him. He took out the Stone and spun it three times and called for Hermione. She appeared with a smile on her face.
"Is it ready Harry?" she asked.
"It is Hermione, are you ready?" He replied and asked.
"More then ready. So, what do I have to do?" she asked.
"Unfortunately, you just need to stay there and not move from the center with me. You are just kind of tagging along with me." He said.
"What do you mean tagging along?" She asked with some heat in her voice.
"Well Hermione you are dead and don't have a physical Magical core right now so you can't power the ritual like I can. I can take your spirit with me but you are just a passenger on this trip." He answered.
"OH! Right, I can understand that I'll keep quite then." She said in realization.
Harry then began a chant in a long dead language that lasted for over ten minutes. The special runes lit up one at a time every thirty seconds until the nineteenth rune lit, the last thirty seconds of the chant was the activation phrase. Harry then yelled the last word and a bright cylinder of light erupted from the outline of the center circle where he and the spirit of Hermione stood. Then the cylinder seemed to shoot out in moments the light encompassed the entire verse then receded back into the circle and two balls of white light shout out of the standing stones and off to the south.