I own nothing, J K Rowling IS Harry Potter. All my 'ideas' are basically ripped from stuff I enjoy; Harry Potter (duh!), Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dragonball, The Matrix, The Lion King, 24, and anything else that even remotely looks far too creative for me to just make up! Don't say I didn't warn you alright!

How'd you like my take on a classic DBZ moment? I thoroughly enjoyed writing that chapter! I originally called the last chapter 'Explosion Of Anger' until I realised this was actually the name of a Dragonball episode, so I changed it.

And yes, they are both dead. In no way will they be miraculously brought back to life, and nor will any other character I have, or those who JKR has already, killed off.

Chapter 29 – Explanations

Minerva McGonagall was sitting in her office, listening as the three teenagers (Ron, Hermione and Ginny) explained what happened earlier. Ron explained how no one had seen Harry since lunch earlier that day, while Ginny and Hermione told her about the letter Harry had left. How Trent said that both he and Peter had gone after Voldemort, and finally that Trent, Remus and Dumbledore had left to go and find him. After they'd finished describing the events, McGonagall sat in silence for a little while before answering,

"I think it would be best if we all waited in the Headmaster's office. Hopefully they won't be long and will be back to answer some of our questions. I'll go and get some of the other Professors, after all the fact that Professor Fuller was able to breach the wards so easily is of great concern, and we may need their assistance in coming up with more stringent defences. Never mind the fact that Potter himself has a lot of explaining to do."

With that the four of them headed into the halls. Ron Hermione and Ginny left to find Luna and Neville, before heading to Dumbledore's office, while McGonagall went to gather the Professors who were part of the Order.

While the students were waiting outside Dumbledore's office for Professor McGonagall to return, they heard a noise from inside the office. Before they had time to even think about what it could be, Professors McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, Vector and Hagrid had turned the last corner and were standing in front of the gargoyle. After speaking the password, the ten of them made their way into the Headmaster's office. It was Snape who strode through the double doors first then stopped in his tracks.

"Severus, what is it, you looked like you've just seen a ghost" McGonagall said.

"'e might as well 'ave! Dumbledore!" Hagrid exclaimed.

"He's dead. Voldemort made sure of that" Remus sadly said.

"Harry! Professor Lupin! What happened? Where's Professor Fuller?" Hermione asked.

"It's a long story, Hermione" Harry told her.

"We've got time, Potter" McGonagall answered.

"I know. I'm just trying to figure out the easiest way to start this."

"How about at the beginning, Potter. It's usually the best place to start" Snape sneered.

Harry glared "I'm aware of that, Professor. Alright then, you remember what happened last year at the Department of Mysteries right?" Harry asked, his attention on his five friends.

They nodded, so Harry continued "then you'll remember that prophecy that they wanted so badly."

"The one that got smashed? What's that got to do with this?" Neville asked.

"Everything, Neville, let me explain. That prophecy was foretold shortly before I was born, and Voldemort knew it had been made. The thing that got smashed in the Ministry was the record of it, but two people heard it the night it was made" Harry continued.

"Who?" Ron inquired.

"Dumbledore was one, the other was one of Voldemort's spies, but they only heard the first bit of it. That's why Voldemort wanted it so badly. He doesn't know the rest of it. When I came back from the Ministry, Dumbledore decided to tell me what the prophecy said."

No one said anything, so Harry just carried on. He glanced at Flitwick and Vector, before remembering they were both part of the Order.

"This is strictly Order business. This goes no further than these walls, all right?"

"And don't even think about asking Harry's friends to leave. This has just as much to do with them as it does for the rest of us" Remus added.

Everyone nodded, even Snape.

"The first part, the bit Voldemort knows, is this; 'the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies'. Yes Neville, it could've applied to you too at that stage" Harry said after noticing Neville's face starting to lose some of its colour.

"It's the next part that makes it apply to me; 'the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not'."

Harry took a deep breath before continuing,

"Obviously, it's referring to my scar he gave me that night. Anyway, the rest of it goes; 'either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches, born as the seventh month dies'."

Ginny was the first to speak up. "So, that's it then? This is the reason he keeps coming after you? I mean, the first part is easy enough to understand. But both of you are alive right now, so I don't understand the end of it."

"Nor do I Ginny. The closest I can get to an answer, is that neither of us will have complete control over our lives until the other is dead."

"Explain what you mean by that, Mr. Potter" Flitwick squeaked.

"Well, what I mean is that I'm always looking over my shoulder, waiting for him to attack me next. And he's busy trying to come up with new ways to kill me. We're not really leading very productive lives, are we" Harry replied.

Everyone just stood there, lost in their own thoughts until Remus spoke up.

"We might as well tell them about Trent too."

Harry nodded. He proceeded to retell the stories that Trent had told him and Remus during their training, about how Trent is Voldemort's brother. How it was he who rescued Harry that Halloween night in 1981, and about what happened with Harry's parents wands.

Everyone sat in enthralled silence as Harry finally told them about how Trent, Remus and he all felt that Professor Trelawney's prediction at the start of the school year was referring to Trent, and not Harry. Remus then told them how reluctant Trent was to fight Voldemort, despite Harry's pleading.

"Why did you want him to fight Voldemort?" Hermione asked.

"Trent is very powerful, even more so than Voldemort. I thought that he'd be able to basically leave Voldemort for dead, then allow me to finish him off" Harry answered.

"But it's not that simple" Remus countered.

Once again, Harry and Remus saw ten confused faces, even Luna. So they explained how for Harry to beat Voldemort for good, he must also kill Trent. Once Remus and Harry had completed the tale that Trent had told them in the Spirit Room, Remus turned to Harry and addressed the sixteen year old.

"I think you've got some clearing up to do, Harry. Why did you go after him in the first place? How did you know where Peter was being held here? And when did you perfect your ability to sense someone's energy?"

Harry looked up at his surrogate Godfather before replying somewhat sheepishly, "I guess this will take a while too."

Harry then launched into the story of his sixth year thus far. How he'd transformed for the first time the day he came to Grimmauld Place in July. That Remus and Trent had trained him to control his power and to become stronger. About the extra lessons Trent had been giving him in Dark Arts and Apparition.

When he came to how he saw Peter on the Marauder's map, Harry hesitated. He didn't want to risk it being confiscated. He racked his brain before explaining that he'd used the Room of Requirement to find out where Pettigrew was being held, after he'd heard Remus say he was being held somewhere in Hogwarts (Remus looked thunderstruck, but said nothing).

Once he knew this, he then told them how he snuck in, under his invisibility cloak, and gave Peter one of Sirius' mirrors hiding it in his cell. He then apologised to Remus for lying about using the other mirror, thus allowing Harry to contact Peter whenever he felt like it.

Harry next explained how Peter convinced Harry to help him escape in exchange for showing Harry all of Voldemort's hiding places. Ginny then interrupted saying that this didn't explain how Harry had managed to know which one Voldemort was actually at, but Harry told her that he was getting to that.

Harry informed them of finding all of the Dark Arts books in his vault he had inherited from Sirius. How the process of sensing one's energy signal was described in a few of them. Harry explained how he'd briefly practiced how to sense energy with Trent and Remus in the Room of Spirit and Time, before getting more involved in it once he'd found this in the books.

He told them how it took him until early March before he was able to correctly sense which energy signal belonged to which person. Harry said that he would have been able to accomplish this much quicker, but Trent had refused to help him. This was because Trent had feared that Harry would seek out Voldemort, before he was ready to face him. Everyone in the room had to agree that Trent had a valid point.

After explaining how he'd managed to distinguish Voldemort's magical energy, he then told how he basically spied on him, biding his time until Voldemort was alone before going after him. Harry told them about the letter he'd left, the plan he and Peter had come up with before Harry had broken Peter out. Finally Harry told them how he'd apparated both Peter and himself to the Riddle Manor to face Voldemort, with Harry posing as Peter's prisoner.

The sun had just started to rise, when Remus then spoke up. He told them that he, Dumbledore and Trent had also apparated to where Harry was once the letter was found. Remus proceeded to tell everyone his version of what had happened inside the Riddle Manor. About Voldemort taking over Trent's body before killing both Peter and Dumbledore. How Trent's and Voldemort's wands fused together. Everyone was absolutely flabbergasted when Remus told them about Harry's transformation. He then let Harry explain the parts of the story that Remus was unaware of.

Harry told them how Voldemort had taunted him and offered Harry a place beside him. His friends looked at Harry in awe as his eyes narrowed when he told them that he'd never join the person who killed his parents. He explained how he'd incapacitated Voldemort, before returning to Hogwarts with Remus and the bodies of Pettigrew and Dumbledore.

Harry sat back after finishing his story, and allowed it to sink in for everyone before McGonagall spoke up.

"Well, Potter, it seems you've had a rather busy year. I'm afraid I must take 150 points off for all the rules you've broken, but I am astounded that you were able to do what you did. I will award you fifty points for single-handedly stopping You-Know-Who…again, and bringing those three back with you."

Snape looked livid before screaming "you can't be serious, Minerva! Of all the ludicrous things that brat has done, this is by far the stupidest! He deserves to be expelled!"

"Then it's a good thing I'm his Head of House and not you then, isn't it Severus?" McGonagall calmly said before speaking again.

"I guess we'll have to do all the preparations. As Deputy, I will assume the temporary role of Headmistress until everything has been arranged for a proper election. Filius, you are the next most senior Professor, so I ask you to act as my Deputy until further arrangements have been made."

Flitwick nodded. McGonagall then sighed before turning to Remus.

"I know this is a bad time Remus, but would you please take all of Trent's classes until the end of the year?"

Remus agreed, and McGonagall faced the students.

"You six need to get back to your dorms. Further announcements will be made at breakfast. I suggest you all get some sleep before then."

They nodded before Minerva escorted them outside into the hall. No one said anything as they walked slowly back towards Gryffindor tower. Indeed, no one even noticed when Luna branched off heading towards Ravenclaw's tower.

They filed into Gryffindor common room, each lost in their own thoughts, before Hermione spoke up.

"Harry, what was that spell you used on Voldemort? I don't think I've heard of something like that before."

"Unless you've read books on wandless magic Hermione, you wouldn't have. It's called the Immobilisation charm. It's a cross between being stunned and petrified. You're aware of what's going on around you, but can't move. There's no known counter spell for it, but it wears off after ten minutes or so. Anyway, I think I'll stay down here. There's no point in me trying to get some sleep, I know I won't."

Neville looked at Harry before saying "I agree, my brain is still trying to come to terms with everything that you told us. I hardly think I'm in any position to get sleep either."

The others agreed, and instead they sat in front of the fire, in silence until the first students started coming down the stairs from their dorms ready to go to breakfast.