Chapter seven

'Snakyface fell down and died,' Dobby squeaked happily as he bounced up and down on his seat.

'Dobby said he was bleeding from different places, which does happen. So, his eyes, ears, nose and mouth would have been bleeding, but also from any opening, like his arse. It doesn't last long, the person dies within a minute.' Harry explained.

'Dobby checked Snakyface using elf magic, Snakyface is dead,' Dobby said again bouncing up and down.

'He's really dead?' Tonks asked in a whisper.

'Yes, I made Dobby check but I also made sure Dobby was safe from the poison and from being found. He's dead Tonks and most of his dangerous death eaters are locked up. It's up to the aurors now to find the rest. He was going to mark some on the first day of the holidays, Malfoy would be one along with those in Malfoy's year. They all wanted to join him. They was always going on about joining the dark lord and putting us in our place.'

'I think you should head to the ministry Tonks. Let Madam Bones know what is going on,' Remus said.

'I'll go now. Um, Harry, would that stuff kill others if they touched his wand and robes?'

'Yes, that's why I had Dobby vanish them so the poison wouldn't affect anyone else. It's not airborne so Narcissa and Draco and anyone else at the house would be fine. Dobby did a good job but he also made sure no one else died. The little elf made me proud.' Harry said grinning at Dobby.

'Master Harry is proud of Dobby,' Dobby squeaked then burst into tears.

Harry hugged the elf but he couldn't help smiling at the three people sitting opposite who still looked shocked. Tonks ended up getting over her shock before she left the house, to head to the ministry. Harry went back to his breakfast but made sure Dobby also went back to his breakfast.

'Even though I wished you explained this to me before you did it, I can't help feeling relieved that it's over,' Sirius said, 'How did you come up with this?'

'I kept thinking about what could kill him, since the prophecy means I have to, I had to figure out some way to do it. Even though I could still learn from both of you and McGonagall, it wouldn't help. Anything you could teach me, he already knows. I was trying to come up with something he wouldn't know, so it couldn't be anything from the wizarding world. That meant it had to be something from the muggle world. The power he knows not. At first, I thought of a gun, then bombs, I thought of blowing up Malfoy manor with him in it but I couldn't guarantee that others wouldn't be in the house. Even though we know the others are evil, I didn't want to be responsible for taking other peoples lives. I don't want to kill anyone but the prophecy said I have to kill him. Anyway, I decided to find out about poisons that could kill someone just by touching it. At first I thought of having Dobby add it to a drink or something but there was a chance it could be seen or he could smell. He might also get others to check his food and drink. I wasn't going to risk killing someone else, but also, they don't care about house elves and probably use them to check their food. I finally found one that only needed to be touched and death would occur with a minute.'

'Well, the power he knows not is muggle stuff yet it's not what anyone suspected. When Albus said that, I've been trying to think of what you could know that he wouldn't. At first, nothing came to me. Every time I thought of something, I realised it wouldn't work.' Sirius said.

'He does know somethings about muggles since he was raised in a muggle orphanage. He knew about guns and bombs since he was in the orphanage in London during world war two. He was fourteen or fifteen when London was getting heavily bombed by the German's so he knew what those types of things can do. He just believes magic can overcome anything the muggles have. He doesn't know how advanced the muggles are now compared to the time he had anything to do with the muggle world. Biological weapons weren't wildly known back then. They were used but it wasn't advertised so most everyone wouldn't have heard about it. But Voldy would never believe the muggles could be dangerous to us, yet there's stuff in the muggle world that could kill all of us. He's too arrogant.'

'Yes, he is and no, he would never believe muggles could hurt him. But before, you mentioned a poison that could be added to a drink. Do the muggles have poisons like that?' Sirius asked.

'Yeah, biological weapons they were called. If it ended up in the water supply, it would kill everyone who drank from that supply. They also have airborne weapons. It just needs to be released into the air and it would kill anyone that breathed it in. I didn't learn a lot, I mainly skipped the information on those. I only wanted to find something that would kill him but not affect anyone else. There were a few types of poisons that would work. I didn't need all of them, just one, that would kill almost straight away. Dobby said as soon as he woke, he grabbed his wand and went to walk to the bathroom and fell down, bleeding, he died seconds later. There are a lot of these types of poisons in the muggle world and it's not something he would know because he doesn't believe the muggles could hurt us.'

'It's great pup but I really wished you mentioned them to me.'

'I've never really trusted anyone Sirius and the ones I did trust usually turned on me in some way. It's going to take me a while to get used to having people around me that do care, that I can trust.'

Sirius and Remus both looked guilty. They were both to blame for not being around after James and Lily died. Harry had a terrible childhood with terrible people. They knew Harry didn't like Dumbledore and knew one of the reasons was because he decided to place Harry with the Dursley's. Sirius might have a legitimate reason why he couldn't have been with Harry, but even when he finally escaped, he allowed Dumbledore to dictate where Harry had to live. Remus did not really have a good reason. He left right after Sirius was taken to Azkaban. Albus did say he placed Harry with family and had powerful wards to keep Harry safe. He never even asked Albus if Harry was happy. Albus always said Harry was safer staying with the Dursley's. Sirius and Remus both believed Albus should have forced the Dursley's to care for Harry, properly. It was too late now but the two men were determined to make it up to Harry. For now, Sirius decided to change the subject.

'Since this is basically over, will you want to return to Hogwarts or stay away?' Sirius asked.

'I've been thinking about that. I will return if Snape is gone. Also, the old man has to get tougher on those that cause trouble. It's not like he couldn't find out who was in the wrong. I mean the whole castle if filled with portraits that can tell the headmaster what they saw. There are also ghosts and house elves that could be used to watch the students. Malfoy always caused trouble and always started it, yet he lied. Snape would support Malfoy and we'd get into trouble. Dumbledore wouldn't even bother trying to find out the truth. He has a pensieve in his office. All he had to do was watch our memories to know who was telling the truth. When I became friends with Luna, I found out that from the moment she arrived, she'd been bullied by everyone in Ravenclaw. They steal her shoes and has to walk around on the cold floor with nothing on her feet. They ruin her homework or hide it until it's too late for her to hand it in. They would take things, like pictures of her mother, she died when Luna was nine and she saw it happen. Those people that took her things were cruel. The prefects are some of the ones that bully her yet the portraits inside Ravenclaw tower would have seen everything.'

'Alright, we'll talk to Albus and see if things can change. Even though we will teach you here, if you want, being able to spend time with friends would be better,' Sirius said.

'Leave it to us, we'll make sure things changed, or you just stay here and learn,' Remus said.

Tonks finished explaining to Amelia what Harry did to finish off Voldemort. 'I will take a squad to Malfoy manor. Tell Harry I will need his statement. Make sure he knows that due to the prophecy, he won't be in trouble in any way.'

When Tonks left to return to Grimmauld place, Amelia put together some aurors to go to Malfoy manor with her. She would like to see Voldemort's body for herself so she hoped Narcissa hadn't removed it. At least she can use veritaserum on the woman to find out if there was no sign of Voldemort.

Remus went to Hogwarts to explain to Albus what Harry had done. Just like he, Sirius and Tonks had been when they heard, Albus fell back into his seat, shocked. He always thought the power meant it was love, yet Harry used a muggle poison and it worked. He would need to go to the ministry to speak with Amelia. He was also going to explain to Amelia more about Severus and some of the things he had done. He would show her his memory of when he questioned Severus. Hopefully, she would work on a trial and Severus would spend the rest of his life in Azkaban. He always hoped to help Severus see just how wrong he had been and thought he had been successful, until he used his potion to question the man. Now he knew just how dark Severus Snape really was.

It was later that afternoon that Albus called a meeting of the order of the phoenix but he also wanted Harry there.

The order was sitting around the table when Albus walked in with Minerva. Everyone got a surprised when Albus pulled Harry to his feet and hugged him.

'You are a lot more intelligent than you let on Harry. You were right and I was wrong, about so many things. I hope one day you can forgive me for what I put you through.'

Harry sighed but he did hug the man, 'It might take a while...Albus. I don't like hating people and it hurt to know that you were responsible for my life as a child. I loved you, then I hated you. Right now, I just want to feel normal and not hate anymore.'

'I will prove to you that you can count on me, for anything. I am proud of you Harry and I know your parents would be proud of you as well.'

'I hope they are,' Harry finally moved then went over to Minerva and hugged her, 'I'm glad your okay.'

'I am fine,' Minerva instantly noticed a raised eyebrow, 'I am getting there. How is that?'

'Better,' Harry grinned his cheeky lopsided smile making Sirius and Remus chuckle. They had seen that same smile on James who could charm anyone. It seems Harry was the same, this time, Harry charmed the strict Minerva McGonagall, something James never did. Everyone was seeing a side of Harry Potter they never saw before. Sirius and Remus believe they would see this other side of Harry move often now that Voldemort was dead.