Harry Potter and the Book of Merlin

Chapter 7: The Book of Merlin Summary: Harry's summer is cut short when something goes bad. He has to return to Hogwarts and him, Ron, and Hermoine have to prepare for the future. Dumbledore finds the book of Merlin and it just might be the key to everything. 5th year. Special thanks: to Jess S, alamarang, Chibi Chingo, and Arinya for reviewing chapter 6. You guys have been reviewing since the beginning and it means a lot. Alamarang: Thanks, I dunno if I'm gonna keep it a H/G R/H fic. I might change it up or just put some twists in there, I still haven't decided yet though. Harry's reaction (to using the killing curse) will be evident through the whole story, so you'll see little pieces of it here and there, but it'll be really thick these first few chapters. Author's Note: Sorry for taking forever in updating, but I'm gonna try to be better at updating more often (New Year's resolution). And thanks to everyone who's reviewed in the past, it really does help me write when I read the positive reactions. Anyway, this is the chapter where a lot of your questions and concerns will be answered. So PLEASE review and tell me what you think, cuz this is really important! Thanks in advance!

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Special Notice: Ms. Weasley did NOT die. Mr. Weasley did NOT die. Ron did NOT die. In that scene, the mother and the boy were not Weasleys or important characters. I just wanted to show the effects of Voldemort's killings on the victims themselves. And when the Death Eater said "He is the last" or "No more" he was not talking about a Weasley death, he was talking about murdering people in general. Hope this clears things up.

Chapter 7 The Book of Merlin

Death.chaos.silence. These three words described the aftermath from the battle in Diagon Alley. The fight left a mark on the wizarding market place. After only ten minute's time, the Death Eaters disappeared just as quickly as they entered the streets. Harry stood still looking at the spot where the dead Death Eater's body once laid. Visions of Cedric being murdered with the killing curse raced through his mind, only this time, it was Harry at the other end of the wand doing the killing. Reality came racing back to Harry as he realized where he was. He looked over and saw Ginny Weasley sitting on the ground still. Harry walked over to the girl. He sat down and looked at her, she was speechless with a blank expression on her face. Three feet away lay the lifeless body of Collin Creevey, a boy the same age as Ginny. Harry looked at his friend in concern, "Ginny.Ginny, can you hear me?" He pleaded with her to look at him.

With a blank expression on her face she turned and looked at him. Harry dreaded what she would say. "That could have been me. That could be me right there.laying.dead." Harry stared at the girl. She sat there motionless and without any trace of an emotion. He could understand if she was scared, angry, sad, or even confused of what to think or feel, he might have even preferred it. This made Harry uncomfortable because he did not know how to react. If she were sad, angry, or scared, he could tell her it'd be ok, or say that justice will be brought to whoever it was, but that wasn't the case. He just sat there and stared at the girl. Ginny sat there still with the same blank expression staring at Collin's body. Then suddenly as if something exploded inside of her, Ginny Weasley started crying. Harry instinctively brought both of them to their feet and embraced like he did Hermione only minutes before. The two stood there in each other's arms until they were the only two people left in the small lot.

After what seemed like hors to Harry, he heard two familiar voices calling out to him. The two friends pulled away from each other and stared at Hermione and Ron running over to the two. Harry suddenly became nervous at the thought of what Ron might do after seeing Harry hug his little sister. But when the two finally stood in front of Harry and Ginny, Harry noticed that there was no scowl on Ron's face, rather there was a look of relief present. "Thank God you two are alright. We were scared that Death Eater's might have gotten to you" Ron said looking at his friend and sister. Harry was confused and made a mental note to talk to Ron about the situation later.

"Actually," Harry began, "a Death Eater did go after Ginny. But I." there was a long pause in which sadness over Ginny and Harry, as well as guilt "but I stopped him" Harry said flatly. Ron looked over at his friend with a smile spread across his face.

"There you go Harry. Show that Death Eater who's boss, saving my sister like that." Harry looked up with a look of pain on his face. Apparently Ron took the expression the wrong way. "Oh don't worry about before Harry, Hermione showed me how much of a git I was, no hard feelings right?" Harry barely nodded.

"Let's go" Harry said as he started walking out of the now empty lot. Hermione and Ron both wore looks of confusion, but after seeing Ginny follow Harry, they two started walking out. The group of four was met by the sight of burning buildings, and injured people walking around. Smoke filled the air, but did not hide the giant dark mark that was floating in the air. It rained as the four friends stood there watching the chaos around them.the death around them.

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Harry lay back in his bed at Hogwarts thinking about the events of the day. Guilt over took him once again as the vision of him performing the killing curse. But then another thought entered his mind, "How did I get my wand back?" Harry thought back to the afternoon. The shield around Ginny and Collin had appeared out of nowhere. Had he been the one to put the protective shield up? "No, it's impossible!" Harry thought to himself. "There's no way to block Avada Kadavra, let alone two of them." He sat there thinking about all that had happened.

After the Death had disappeared from the market place, the group had spotted Hagrid, as he was well over two feet taller than everyone else. After they found Hagrid, they were brought to the Weasleys. Mrs. Weasley was at the point of fainting when they found her. They were almost killed when she hugged them all.

Harry went to the Gryffindor common room and started reading a book when Professor McGonnagal came. "Mr. Potter, the Headmaster would like to speak to you."

Harry looked up as the portrait door swung shut. He had been wondering when he would speak to the Headmaster. As he got up and went through the doorway, a feeling of fear ran through his body. He didn't know what he was doing as he followed his Head of House down the halls of Hogwarts and stood in front of the statue as McGonnagal said the password for it to move aside.

Slowly, Harry climbed the stairs as he saw the professor turn around and walk away from the closing entrance to the stair way. With a shaky hand, Harry turned the knob on the door. When he saw the people inside Dumbledore's office, he was extremely confused. What was most interesting was the ancient looking leather bound book that was sitting on top of Dumbledore's desk.

"Wait a minute," Harry thought to himself as he saw three pairs of eyes staring at him, "is that the book of Merlin?"

A smile slowly spread across the old face of Albus Dumbledore. "It is time."
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