Chapter 16 – The End

A voice boomed out from above.

"You dare to ridicule the unity of the Hogwarts Four?"

Voldemort could not believe his ears.

"How dare you try to destroy it. They have always been unified. None of them had problems with each other. The only reason Slytherin left the school was because of one reason."

"Slytherin had a big problem mingling with people. I should not be telling you this, but he hated to mingle with other types of people who were very different from him. Unable to take the shame and embarrassment, Slytherin left."

"But he told me, do not tell this to the world. Fabricate a story for yourself. Explain it at the right time, and now is the right time."

Slowly, a figure came into view.

It was the Sorting Hat.

"Evil forces in the world,

Should always be rid of

For the world is impure

When these impurities are mixed

The time has come for the decision

For annihilation of the forces

Where good should always prevail

And bad should be erased."

At that exact moment, a scream rang out from all the Death Eaters and Voldemort. Their flesh was melting.

"Goodbye, evil forces."

They were gone forever.

Holly and Root found themselves feeling sorry to leave the wizarding community. It was a good time they had.

"WE vow never to mention the wizarding committee to the rest of the world," they promised.

"Ditto," replied a surprised Dumbledore. "It was a pleasure meeting you. We shall coexist together."

There was no necessity for any mindwipes either. There was only one thing to do at the time.

The Retrieval team proved useless, as always. They were fuming to have been called on a false alarm.

It was time to say goodbye.

Foaly was searching Harry's brain for possible spikes. Then he came across something.
"Commander, you had better have a look at this."

"What is it?" Root was glowing even redder than a Gameboy Power light. "What is it about Harry?"

"Look. He likes this man. Sirius Black. But he's dead."
"So what?"

"Look here Commander, we're supposed to be helping Harry for all the help he as given us. I have a good feeling…."
"Don't tell me you're going to fiddle with his memories and make a type of movie or something."
"You hit the nail on the dwarf's head."
"What?"
"Oh, nothing. Just my little joke. I just said that you were bang on target, I am going to take all his memories on Sirius Black, make a copy of them, and give him…er…on a DVD."
"Those stuff are ancient here."
"That's why I'm giving it to him, Commander."

Root thought about it.
"Ok, Foaly, make the disc now."

The whirring of Foaly's machine was prevailant and the job was done.

"Now, Commander Julius Root, let's plant it somewhere, shall we?"

Julius Root was eyeing the golden disc. "Yeah Foaly, let's."

For once, he agreed with Foaly. Good thing,too.

Harry returned to Privet Drive feeling thoroughly depressed. Once again, he had to wait till September 1 till he could get to school. He steeled himself for torture.

Just as he was about to ring the doorbell of the Dursley's miserable house, the postman came up. "I have a package for Harry Potter," he proclaimed.

Harry took it. It was rather light, and circular. He slipped it out to reveal a DVD or a Digital Video Disc. He was taken aback.

He walked into the house, and Uncle Vernon , as usual, snarled at him. But this time, he shouted "Immobulus!" and everything stopped in the house.

He moved to the DVD player the Dursleys had and slotted in the DVD, saying "Finite" in the process. The DVD whirred pneumatically in the machine. Then the video started playing.

"Foaly, you stupid fool." But he felt the tears welling up in his eyes and swore that that was the best moment in his life.

Then a bang sounded downstairs, and seeing as Uncle Vernon was frozen, there was no sound from his fat mouth. The next moment, Artemis came tumbling into the room. Tumbling was a bit of a misnomer. He fell at Harry's feet. Just like the first time when Harry fell at Artemis's feet.

"Wha"Harry began, but Artemis cut him.
"Come with me now. We are going to Fowl Manor. Permanently."
"But-but-what about them?"

Harry pointed to the unmoving Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley.

Artemis was unperturbed. "Let them go to hell, in layman's terms. They completely screwed up your life, eh?" The recent events had brought about a change in Artemis.

No longer was he civil boy, now he was a punk.

The next moment, with Harry's trunk, the Bentley was crunching into Hybarring Avenue. As Harry looked at the DVD and Artemis, he said,"Good bye, and never will I come back to you all again," meaning the Dursleys.He now had a new life.

It was as though Sirius Black was alive again.