Chapter three

That evening Harry and Sirius had just finished eating Dobby's cooking when Remus, Kingsley, Mad-eye, Tonks and Minerva stepped into the kitchen. Sirius and Harry could tell something was wrong, but only Harry knew what they were going to tell them.

'We found out more were kissed,' Remus said as he sat down.

'Who?' Sirius asked.

'Albus and Severus,' Minerva said then narrowed her eyes as Harry laughed, 'And why would you find that amusing Potter?'

'Snape got kissed, that's fucking hilarious. After he sent Voldemort after my parent's he deserved to suffer,' Harry chuckled again, 'Dobby, that was great. Now I'm going to have a shower.'

'Dobby will bring you a hot chocolate after your shower master Harry.'

'You're the best Dobby,' Harry gave Sirius a hug before leaving the room and leaving the others shocked at his attitude.

'He's not returning to Hogwarts either. Now though, without Dumbledore it would be even more dangerous for Harry. But how come Dumbledore didn't use his patronus?'

'He did, somehow the dementors were immune.' Minerva said.

'Fucking hell, how?'

'We don't know Sirius, all we know is the same two dementors that got the Malfoy's, the minister, the undersecretary and the Dursley's also got Albus and Severus. Someone ordered those people to be kissed, we just don't know who. But one thing that I noticed was everyone that was kissed was against Harry, in some way, or didn't like him. Whoever sent those dementors must be trying to help Harry. I just don't know who it is or if they will strike again,' Kingsley said.

Tonks tapped Kingsley on the shoulder, he nodded, 'There's some good news Sirius.'

'After all this, I could do with some.'

'Someone dropped off an unconscious Peter Pettigrew right in Director Bones' office. Once she got over the shock, she had the head auror, Scrimgeour and senior auror Proudfoot question him. They were able to use veritaserum since technically, Pettigrew is dead so he has no rights.'

Sirius fell back into his chair, 'Are you saying what I hope you're saying?'

'It'll be on the front page of tomorrow's Daily Prophet padfoot. You're cleared of all charges and will be compensated, eventually. She will need you to go in and speak with her, she needs some answers to some questions. For now though they have to concentrate on these rogue dementors,' Tonks said.

'I have to tell Harry and let him know we'll have a home,' Sirius got up and ran out of the room.

'I cannot believe the way Potter acted.'

'With how Severus treated Harry along with others, it doesn't surprise me Minerva. Harry's life had not been good then he goes to Hogwarts to be tormented by Severus. Albus should have reined him in. But as his head of house I'm sure you could have done more.'

Minerva sighed, 'No, I couldn't, Albus ordered the staff to stay out of it. I'm sure Harry would be safe to return to Hogwarts.'

'Think about it Minerva, he was kidnapped by the use of a portkey. Voldemort could easily give one of the children of his death eaters another so they could slip it to Harry,' Mad-eye said.

'Especially since it's Harry he wants dead,' Remus sighed.

'Why would you believe he wants Harry dead?' Tonks asked.

'The prophecy, one of them has to kill the other. I don't know what it says, but Harry found out. He also found out that Snape overheard the prophecy and went and told Voldemort. Snape is partially to blame for James and Lily's deaths. Both Sirius and Harry could easily kill him if he hadn't been kissed. I know Sirius wouldn't care if he got caught because of it. He was already wanted, so he would see this as getting revenge on at least one of the people who caused James and Lily to die. But Harry said if he went to Hogwarts, he would kill Snape and I don't think that was an idle threat. What I don't get is why Albus hired him to teach and why he allowed that man to treat Harry the way he did. I saw and heard enough to know that Snape was cruel and often brought up the fact that James and Lily were dead.' Remus said.

'Forget all that now. We've lost Albus and the spy, even if I never trusted him. Once you-know-who finds out it will be all out war,' Mad-eye growled.

They all sat down to talk about what they could do, especially without Albus Dumbledore.

Harry couldn't stop laughing as he watched Sirius dancing around the bathroom while he lay in his bath.

Once Sirius explained everything, Harry knew it was time to speak to the rest of the dementors. All of them would be needed to kill the death eaters and Voldemort. He originally planned to wait until he returned to Hogwarts to have the dementors deal with people like Fudge, Malfoy and Voldemort. Harry figured it would be good to be seen and have an alibi. But when the dementors turned up in Little Whinging, he just used that opportunity to take care of some people.

That night Harry was waiting to sneak out so he could call the dementors to him. He was in the drawing room under his cloak waiting until it got late enough. As he was listening, to make sure everyone was asleep, he felt something. He turned to see a glass cabinet that had some old jewellery. Something drew Harry to the locket. He could feel the darkness, but he also got a sharp pain in his scar.

'This locket and my scar are linked, like Voldemort and me are linked,' Harry kept hold of the locket then figured the dementors might be able to tell him what it meant.

Harry got to a dark park before he called the dementors, 'I am about to send you lot out to get a lot of soul, but remember, no innocents. That should tie you over for about a year. You won't have to wait that long just until I work out who else needs to lose their souls. First, I found this and I feel something and it's connected to my scar. Do you know why this locket feels like Voldemort?'

"Master, there is a soul inside the locket, the same soul is behind your scar.'

'So that's how he survived,' Harry growled, 'This is deadly serious. Can you remove these souls without harming the vessels, meaning me?'

"We can take the unwanted soul from you master, we can take the soul from the locket. But master, we feel there is more.'

Harry sighed, 'Alright, I need four of you to find the others and remove the souls before bringing me the items. I need one of you to remove the soul from the locket and me. The rest of you I want you to find every person that has a dark mark and take their souls. When all of you are done with those jobs, I want you to attack Voldemort. Make sure none of his soul survives,' Harry raised his hand and moved it in a circular motion, 'You are immune to the patronus charm for the next five days. If you need more time then tell me, but remember, no innocents. I'm not just talking about children, I mean all innocent people, like shop keepers, teachers. If they don't have the dark mark then leave those types of people alone. Do you understand?'

"We understand and obey master."

'Then one stay, the rest go do what I told you.' Harry waited until all but one dementor left, 'Take the soul from the locket first then me.'

"Yes master."

The dementor glided towards Harry's outstretched hand and closed his mouth over the locket, and sucked. When he finished his head turned towards Harry's head, who had lifted his hair away from his scar.

Harry felt like his brains were being sucked up. The pressure made his knees buckled. When he thought he might end up soulless, it stopped and the dementor stood.

'Blimey,' Harry stood, 'that felt strange,' Harry looked up at the dementor, 'Go join your fellows and eat some souls.'

"Yes master."

Harry waited until the dementor was gone before he headed back to Grimmauld place. He was able to sneak back in and up to his room without Sirius or Remus finding out he'd been out.

As Harry lay in bed, he couldn't help smiling. The war which could have been brutal and could have cost a lot of lives, will never start now. It was over and no one will find out that Harry had anything to do with it. He will be able to keep his gift a secret and finally get what he always wanted. To be normal and have a family. Something surprised Harry though, from the moment the soul was gone from his scar, his eyesight began to get better. Now he could see perfectly without his glasses. He would work on a story to tell Sirius, maybe something about hitting his head when he had been in the graveyard. He would work on what to say, for now he was just happy, the war was over.

Harry knew once the death eaters and Voldemort was dead the ministry would be able to get into their homes since the wards would break, unless the wards were done by another family member who wasn't marked. Harry didn't think that would happen, usually the oldest male of the family would have the wards connected to them. He would have to wait and see. But Harry did wonder if he should send the dementors after some of the kids of death eaters. He did with Malfoy as he knew just what that blond pounce would do to people like Hermione if he could get away with it. He had seen a few other Slytherin's that could easily be dark. He also knew not all of them followed Voldemort. There could also be people who are dark but not marked inside the ministry. He would have to think on that and speak with the dementors. He would need to know if they could sense a dark soul. He was sure they could. Harry did not want good people harmed.

Harry wondered if Sirius might know more about dark family's, that way Harry could send the dementors after the dark family's and not the others. He would work on speaking with Sirius when he got time and he had to make sure he didn't get his godfather suspicious. He would make it seem like he was just curious of who was dark and who wasn't.

Over the next couple of days, Harry got to go out with Sirius and Remus, so Sirius could get his affairs in order. First was the ministry, where he was officially cleared and had his wand returned. Sirius then made sure he was still Harry's legal guardian, which made Harry grin. After the ministry it was Gringotts. That took a long time as Sirius needed to find out what company's his family owned then to dissolve them if they were in any way dark or supported dark wizards. They headed home after that but planned to shop the following day, Sirius needed clothes. Since Sirius had been busy, Harry decided to leave asking his godfather about dark families, at least until things settled down.

The following day they went out again. They shopped first in muggle London, Sirius also bought Harry a lot of stuff. Then they shopped in Diagon alley. Sirius needed to get some dress robes, ones to wear when he took the Black seat on the Wizengamot. Since Harry was his heir, he planned to take Harry so he would know how it works. If Sirius died or decided to pass on the head of the family to Harry, he would need to know everything that was involved in the Wizengamot. So naturally Sirius had robes made for Harry as well. These robes didn't just have the Black coat of arms on them, they also had the Potter coat of arms as well, exactly like Sirius' robes. It would show everyone that the Blacks were now aligned with a light family like the Potters.

No one would know that the last Potter decided he would not be light, he would not be fully dark but he would use the dart arts if it meant surviving and keeping innocents safe. Harry thought of himself as grey.