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Disclaimer: I wish I could be as good as JK Rowling but I'm not. This is her stuff and not to mention the influence that this story took from various fanfics.

Chapter 23
The Truth Revealed

The next day started off as another happy occasion with laughter around the breakfast table except for one person which was Alexia. She knew that she would have to tell Harry who she is and how the house elves knew her. After what happened in the training area, Ginny refused to let Harry out of her sight and forced Harry to move from the privacy of the third floor to a bedroom down in the boys' suite. When breakfast was done, Harry and Ginny went out to the barn to visit with a few of the animals and play with Blaze.

They were interrupted from what they were doing when Alexia showed up in the barn with Kayla. Alexia asked, "Harry, can we talk to you for a minute?"

Ginny knew that what ever had to be said wasn't going to be good from her instincts. She held on tight to Harry's hand as he said, "If you don't mind, I would like Ginny to be here and she'll probably find out about it later anyway unless it is matters of a secretive nature."

Alexia said, "She can stay if you wish but I just hope that you like what you hear but I know for sure that there are parts that you will not."

Harry conjured some benches by the water fountain in the barn for everybody sit down. The bench was made of a white stone with the table separating the two benches, also made of stone. Harry asked, "Would anybody like some tea?"

The ladies nodded, and Rain popped in immediately with a tray with some tea for everybody. They sat there drinking their tea in silence preparing either to tell the story or hear the story. Alexia said, "Let me tell you a story that happened a few years ago. There was a baby boy that was born late July in 1981. When he was born, the excitement around him was uncontrollable. His parents were so happy and all the family friends were celebrating in their happiness. About a month later, a set of godparents were chosen. The godfather was a close friend of the boy's father, and the godmother was a close friend of the boy's mom. In reality, it was like the boy had an endless army of parents that took care of him and watched him grow for about a little over a year. On Halloween of the next year, the boy's parents were betrayed and killed, leaving the boy an orphan. The orphan's godparents didn't make it to the child in time because somebody had already come to get him. The godfather was sent to Azkaban shortly after that and the godmother was ordered to stay away from the child."

Harry was getting a little angry and some of it could be heard in his voice along with sarcasm when he said, "Let me take a wild guess here that I am the orphan, Sirius was the godfather, and the big surprise is you are my godmother."

Alexia nodded but didn't have it in her to look Harry in his eyes. Kayla also looked ashamed of herself while Ginny placed her hand on Harry's lap and gave it a squeeze to try to calm him down. Harry asked, "Were you a part of all of this Kayla?"

Kayla nodded while saying, "I found out about it a few years ago after the Tri-wizard tournament. I spent the two years afterwards trying to convince my mom to come to visit you, but she said that she couldn't face you. It wasn't until I came to Hogwarts that she had to finally come to face what she was hiding from for so long. Please don't be mad Harry."

Harry's anger was rising again and stopped Kayla from continuing with a wave of his hand. He turned back to Alexia and asked, "Why now? You were free from me so why come back? You apparently didn't want to be associated with me if it took Kayla two years to get you to come here."

Alexia said, "It is a little more complicated then me just leaving but I never wanted to leave you Harry. Ever since the day I left England and went to America, I was ashamed of myself because I abandoned you and don't deserve to be your godmother. I came back because Kayla convinced me to finally come and although I don't deserve to be, I would like to be part of your life again."

Harry knew that his anger was going to blow if the wrong answer was given which was the answer that he expected when he asked, "Does Dumbledore know about this?"

Alexia said, "Dumbledore knew about the events after your parents died. He only saw Kayla as a baby and with some little glamour charms we were able to get our foot in the door. After Kayla was accepted, I think that Dumbledore wanted to send Kayla back when he found out that she was my daughter. He wasn't happy when he came to the States to talk to me."

Harry asked, "Are you telling me this was all planned out by Dumbledore?"

Alexia nodded. She was in thought for a second, then she said, "Maybe I should tell you the story of the night your parents died so you can understand this better."

Harry nodded and she began to tell the story.

Flashback

It was a joyous occasion in the Great Hall. It was during the Halloween feast and the students were eating and talking happily with one another. All of a sudden, the doors to the Great Hall slammed open and an Auror came rushing in and heading for the Head Table. All of the excitement in the Great Hall froze and watched the Auror as he was yelling, "You-Know-Who has been defeated!"

There was silence for a few seconds as everybody let that piece of information settle in then the Great Hall erupted with cheers and clapping. While the students and most of the faculty were jumping up and down celebrating, the Auror went straight for Alexia who at the time was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Once he reached her the Auror told her, "You have to get to the Potters as quickly as possible. James and Lily Potter are dead and Harry Potter was the one that defeated You-Know-Who. The baby is still alive."

Alexia froze, as did McGonagall, Flitwick, Sprout, and Dumbledore but he was the first to recover. Hagrid came rushing into the Great Hall after hearing about the news from a few wizards and witches in Diagon Alley because he was patrolling the area at the time. Dumbledore called for Hagrid and said, "Go to the Potters and get Harry. Try to get to him as fast as possible and meet me at Privet Drive in Surrey."

Hagrid loved baby Harry and rushed out without saying a thing. Alexia walked over to Dumbledore and asked, "What are you going to do with Harry? He should be with Sirius and me. We are his godparents."

Dumbledore said, "Follow me to my office."

The faculty of Hogwarts accompanied the Headmaster to his office. When everybody took their seats, Dumbledore said, "We need to confirm if what has been said is true both with Voldemort being eliminated and the death of the Potters. Until then, we have to get Harry to a safe place."

Alexia said, "Bring him to Hogwarts to stay with me and he'll be safe here with us."

Dumbledore replied, "I can not do that at this time. If I understand everything correctly, Sirius Black has betrayed the Potters and given away their location because he was their secret keeper."

Alexia responded heatedly, "I know that Sirius is not the secret keeper. James and Lily agreed to change it to Peter earlier today. It was based on Sirius' recommendation because he knew that he was going to be a bigger target than Peter."

"I don't believe that Voldemort has been defeated. Something does not seem right to me. I also know that Lily placed a protection charm on Harry that in the case that she should die defending Harry than he will be protected by blood magic. You must calm down Alexia. I can not allow Harry to stay with you."

Alexia was yelling, "You can not leave Harry with the Dursleys. I repeat, can not. James and Lily specifically stated that under no circumstance are they to get custody of Harry. Those people are horrible. Mark my words Albus, if you leave him there than you will be robbing Harry of his life." She got up and made to leave the castle.

Dumbledore asked, "Where are you going Alexia?"

Alexia said, "I'm going to go get Harry. I will not allow you to do this to Harry."

Professor McGonagall said, "Alexia, you must trust the Headmaster. He knows what he is doing." There were nods from the rest of the faculty.

Dumbledore stood up and said, "I can not allow you to take Harry. He is more important than you realize."

Alexia turned around and said, "If I didn't know any better, Harry is nothing more than a tool in your master plan and not a child."

Dumbledore nodded while saying, "To sacrifice one life for the greater good out weighs what we want. We all know that if we had to make that choice than we would die to protect those we love and more importantly the wizarding world."

Alexia pointed her hand at Dumbledore and yelled, "Yes! Each one of us chose that but Harry did not. He is a person and as a person has a right to live his life how he sees fit!"

Alexia left the office and made her way to Godric's Hollow but it was too late. Hagrid had already retrieved Harry and was making his way to Privet Drive to meet Dumbledore and she made her way to Privet Drive. When she got to Privet Drive, there were Aurors waiting for her when she arrived. The Aurors approached her and said, "Alexandria Rapp, you are to come with us for questioning concerning Sirius Black."

Alexia was at her wits end and said, "What now? Why should I follow you, I haven't done anything wrong and how did you know I was here?"

One of the Aurors said, "Dumbledore informed us of your location and we need to talk to you about Sirius Black being the Potter's secret keeper plus the murder of Peter Pettigrew."

"I'll come with you momentarily, but there is something that I must do first."

"We're sorry but you have to come with us now." They pointed their wands at her and Alexia decided that she would come back afterwards for Harry. She accompanied the Aurors to the Ministry of Magic. When she entered the interrogation room she saw that Hestia Jones and Emmeline Vance who were members of the Order were waiting in the room.

The Auror turned to Hestia and asked, "Is she the lady that you were talking about?"

Hestia and Emmeline nodded. He said, "Thank you for your time. We'll take it from here."

The Auror turned to Alexia while the ladies were leaving the interrogation room without looking at her and said, "Ms. Rapp, we believe that you are in the conspiracy to betray the Potters, which resulted in the death of Lily and James Potter tonight."

Alexia asked incredulously, "How can you think that? There's no proof that would point to that."

The Auror looked on with disgust spat out, "We recently received a message from Dumbledore about the conspiracy between you and Mr. Black. We are within our rights to take you to Azkaban right away on the words of Albus Dumbledore. But because of Dumbledore, he felt that it would be better for the greater good if you left Great Britain and never return or you will face consequences and your child will face consequences. Dumbledore said to tell you that he said, 'This is for the greater good and it would be best if you not see Harry. You are also to keep quiet about Sirius.'"

End Flashback

Alexia said, "That was the story that happened last night. The Aurors escorted me home that night and made sure that I was not allowed to leave. The next day, I was escorted to the Ministry with Kayla and sent away to the States where Kayla and I started our life over."

To say that Harry was angry would be an understatement. He was managed to keep from yelling at everybody in the room but the anger in his voice could be heard when he said, "I'm tired of Dumbledore playing God with my life. In one night, he managed to get Sirius sent away to suffer in Azkaban, get rid of my Godmother, and sentence me to a childhood of torture." He was breathing really hard.

Ginny asked the question that Harry was thinking but was too angry to say. She asked, "Why now? How is it that you are back now?" Harry looked at Ginny and she could see the thanks in his eyes for asking the question while squeezing each other's hands.

Kayla said, "That took quite a bit of planning really. Mom told me the story a while back and after years of planning with the help of my own Headmaster from the States, we were able to convince Dumbledore with the exchange program which included a threat that we would come find you anyway to tell you the story."

Alexia said, "I think that after what happened at the end of last year Dumbledore did this to try not to bring more heat on himself because he knew that you were already upset with him. I know that he didn't expect for us to be here at Christmas because the original deal was for Kayla to come see you and not me but we figured that if he was going to set us up and betray us then we had a right to set things straight."

Ginny looked at Harry with worry-filled eyes and asked, "Harry, what are you thinking?"

Harry was silent for a while then said, "I'm not sure what to think. I know that I am now pretty much at war with Dumbledore but I don't know what to make of you two." He took a few deep breaths then said, "It's just I know that I would have had a better life if I was with you two just because anything would have been better than being with the Dursleys. I know why you left and I can't really blame you for wanting to protect Kayla because in all honesty, I would do anything to protect her also." Kayla gave him a warm smile while he continued on saying, "I just hate being lied to and deceived and that was exactly what the two of you did to me just like Dumbledore has been doing to me all these years."

Alexia and Kayla were hurt at the last comment about being compared to Dumbledore. They didn't refute it though because they knew it was true. Harry asked, "Are you holding anything else from me?"

Kayla said, "Mom has been training me to help you over the last few years. We knew that when we heard you say that Voldemort returned then we needed to help you. Well, mom can only stay here temporarily and due to the holiday with all the travel that takes place she managed to get her paperwork shuffled and "lost" with all the rest. She'll have to go back before the New Year. Nobody knew about it which was why Professor Lupin was so surprised when she came here. I know that Dumbledore was surprised also but didn't say anything when he actually saw my mom even though you said that she was coming. It's ironic that a man that spent a year being ridiculed by the wizards of Britain that he wouldn't believe the only other man that was shouting the same message. Well, I'm getting off the point. I have also been watching the people around you and monitoring their actions closely. You would be surprised at what I learned."

Harry asked, "I'm not sure anything you can say would surprise me at this point."

Kayla asked, "Harry did you know that I was approached by Dumbledore to spy on you?"

Harry said, "Why is it that I am not surprised? So I guess you're the personal spy on me. I wouldn't be surprised that there was a spy on you and others to keep an eye on me also."

Kayla nodded and said, "I know that there are other spies but I don't think that you realize to the extent that you were being spied upon. I agreed to being his spy after giving a long acting run of convincing the old man that he can trust me but I know that he still doesn't but at least I can sit in some of the low priority meetings. What he didn't know was that I used the opportunity to leave some listening charms in strategic places so I can listen to the more important meetings." She paused for a moment then said, "I don't think that you're going to like this but you've been spied on by the older members of the Order and a few young recruits. Almost everybody part of the Order has been spying on you except for Remus and Tonks who are adamantly against it but were not allowed telling you about it but they didn't really worry about it because they figured that you knew already."

Harry replied, "I see that I've been betrayed to a larger extent than I thought."

Kayla said, "It gets worse than that. A few of the people that you trust have betrayed you. I mean some of the closest people to you. Ron, Hermione, and the Weasley twins were inducted into the Order last year before your rescue from the Dursleys. Apparently, they are under orders to act like they were not allowed in but were actually members under the agreement that they were not to go on any missions and they would tell the rest of the Order on everything that you did. That was why Ron and Hermione were made prefects. Hermione was not a surprise but Ron was given it so he would have an excuse to come to meetings in Dumbledore's office or report to McGonagall. The twins would just pull some kind of prank and get detention where they would report your actions."

Harry's eyes were closed due to all of the anger that was coursing through him which was being felt by Kayla, Alexia, and Ginny. He asked in a soft yet angry voice, "Who else has betrayed me?"

Kayla said, "Luna and Neville were approached. I believe that it was their job to spy on me, Hermione, and Ron to make sure that we did not turn and tell you. I honestly don't know if they took the job or not. Ginny was also approached."

At the mention of her name, Ginny jumped up and said, "I was never approached. I will never betray Harry like that!"

Kayla calmly said, "Ginny, calm down. You wouldn't know that they approached you."

Ginny angrily said, "Are you saying that I'm too stupid to realize when somebody is trying to get me to betray Harry?"

Kayla shook her head and said, "Ginny, they did approach you at the beginning of the school year but they obliviated you because you were so much against it and threatened to tell Harry all about it. Dumbledore didn't believe that you were bluffing so he obliviated you."

That calmed Ginny down a great deal. She retook her seat next to Harry and said, "Harry, I promise that I will not betray you. Though, I'm not sure what to do about my family."

Harry said to Ginny, "I don't want to get between you and your family. I think that it would be good if you sided with your family instead of me."

Ginny shook her head and said, "Harry, I am going to do what I believe is right. That is one thing that I learned from my family. They believe what they are doing is right and I believe that I am doing is right. Just as long nobody sides with Voldemort than at least I don't have to worry about killing or being killed by my family."

Harry replied, "Are you sure about this Ginny? I know that you love your family very much."

Ginny nodded and gave him an affectionate kiss on the lips. After they broke apart she said, "I promise to stand by you as long as you are doing what I believe is right."

Harry nodded and said, "That is all I can ask of you is to stand by me as long as you believe that what you are doing is right."

Harry turned to Kayla and asked, "Why Ginny? It seemed risky to get so many people involved and there are so many holes in this plan."

Alexia said, "It is a risky plan but Hermione and Ron had to be taken together. They were extremely loyal to you before but Hermione is too idealistic and trustworthy of Dumbledore and Ron's affections for her combined with his jealousy of you made them perfect because they were your best friends. Kayla would be the surprise element and if something was said about her than you would more than likely trust your two best friends over anything that she said. Kayla is also very well trained in spying and stealth movements. Neville and Luna would be good to keep an eye on everybody because nobody would suspect the supposedly airy crazy girl and the supposedly scared spineless boy. Ginny would have been the best of all of them because from what I was told, everybody could see the developing relationship between the two of you and the only question was when the two of you would become a couple. Once she became your girlfriend, you would more than likely tell her things that you keep hidden from Ron and Hermione. The twins are geniuses although many will not acknowledge that and at the rate that they invent things like their extendable ears they would be of great use to the Order in other matters outside of you."

Kayla said, "There's more Harry. Do you remember the poisoning that you went through prior to the first challenge?"

Harry nodded and Kayla continued on saying, "Well, you were poisoned by both Ron and Hermione. Only one of them was supposed to administer the poison but both of them did it due to lack of communication. That is why the poison had such a big affect on you."

Harry asked, "Who ordered it?"

Kayla said, "Dumbledore ordered it because he was getting frustrated that he couldn't keep tabs on you all summer long and to make it worse you come back and don't give him the details on what you've been doing. Also the display of Occlumency and Legilimency you did on Snape over the summer didn't help his situation very much. Apparently, Dumbledore has been enjoying the subtle detours into your mind. That is how he knows so much about you and what you have done in the past."

Harry said, "So Dumbledore is doing everything he can to keep me under his thumb. I knew something was wrong at the end of the last school year when I forced his hand and he had to tell me about the prophecy. He continues to play this game but how could I have missed everything though. All of this was happening so close to me."

Kayla said, "Everything was very subtle. You have to keep in mind that most of the time they had little to nothing to report and most of the time it was just to say what was happening in the DA. I wouldn't have suspected that my best friends were betraying me either if I was in your shoes. I didn't know about the poisoning until they talked to Dumbledore the next day while Ginny was talking to you out by the lake after the competition."

Harry asked, "How do I know that you're not lying to me right now?"

Alexia said, "That would be something that Mad Eye would say and you do have a right to know if this is the truth or not." She turned to Kayla and said, "Let him do it."

Kayla nodded and said, "Harry, we know that you can perform Legilimency so I want you to do it to my memory. I ask that you please don't abuse my trust and break into areas of privacy but I will try to push the images of what I was talking about to the front so you can access them easier."

Harry nodded and without a word and without a wand he looked into Kayla's eyes and thought Legilimens. At first Harry was a little disoriented until he stumbled upon a memory of Kayla following Ron and Hermione from a far. She followed them all the way to the Headmaster's office and hopped on the stairs after she heard the door to his office open. She was standing outside of the office eavesdropping. She heard Dumbledore ask, "Are there any news on Mr. Potter?"

A girl's voice that was undoubtedly Hermione's said, "We just left from another DA meeting. There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary and Harry was just teaching us some of the more advanced protection spells."

A guy's voice that was Ron's said, "Yeah, everything is normal if you don't count the fact that he let those slimy Slytherins into the DA. I don't trust them one bit and I can't believe that Harry trusts them that much."

Hermione said, "The Slytherins deserve just as much of a right as everybody else to be able to defend themselves. Not all Slytherins are evil Ron. I don't trust them either but I'll humor Harry for now."

Dumbledore asked, "Did the Slytherins exhibit any suspicious behavior? Why did Mr. Potter allow them to join?"

Hermione said, "There wasn't anything weird that I know of other than they stayed after the meeting to talk to Harry about something but I suspect it was only to thank him for letting them join. Harry wanted to let the Slytherins in because he felt that he can use all the allies he can."

Dumbledore asked, "Do you know when the next meeting will take place?"

Ron said, "Harry didn't mention when we will be meeting next but the watch that we gave you should let you know when. Professor, have you been able to adjust the watches to track Harry?"

Dumbledore said, "I haven't been able to reverse the charms on the watch." There was a pause then he said, "You two go off to the dorms now and keep me posted on what Mr. Potter does."

At hearing that, Kayla ran off towards the Gryffindor Common Room hoping that she would not run into anybody and that nobody noticed that she was missing. All of a sudden the images disappeared and another image popped up again in the Headmaster's office but Kayla was part of the meeting with Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Ginny, Remus, and Tonks present.

Ginny was yelling, "How can you do this to Harry? He stands by and defends each and every one of you with his life and you all turn around and betray him. How can you?"

Hermione said, "We have to do what is best for everybody and if that means having to do this to Harry than so be it."

Ron said, "Hermione's right. At the rate that Harry is going at he's going to get himself killed anyway so we might as well kill two birds with one stone."

Ginny yelled, "He is your best friend. He would die for you two and you turn on him like this. The two of you make me sick and you can count on me letting him know what lousy friends he has here." She turned around and left but was hit by a spell which erased her memory of what happened just now.

Harry saw enough and pulled out of Kayla's memory. He turned to Ginny and said, "It's true Gin. I just saw the memory with them obliviating you." He paused for a moment then said, "I wonder what else he is hiding from me that nobody else knows about. There's no telling what he's not saying if you all know that much."

Alexia said, "There is one more major thing Harry. Only I know about it because Lily entrusted me with it. She gave me a copy of James and Lily's last wishes concerning you Harry just in case something were to happen to Dumbledore and his copy was lost. She gave it to me a few days before you and your family went into hiding. I don't know if Sirius got a copy of the letter." She reached into her pocket and handed Harry a letter that said:

Albus,

James and I wanted to make sure you had a copy of this letter to make sure that Harry is taken care of in the event that both of us should die. We truly hope that in the event that it should happen that Harry will be moved to stay with either Sirius or Alexia. Under no circumstances should they go to my only living relatives which are the Dursleys for they would only abuse Harry. Make sure that Harry knows that we loved him very much and keep him from harm. Please make sure that this one wish is fulfilled above all else.

James and Lily Potter

Ginny was reading the letter as Harry was reading it. The two of them became really angry when they finished and only calmed down slightly at the request of Kayla and Alexia. Harry handed the letter back to Alexia but she declined and said, "Harry that letter is rightfully yours because it was your parents' wishes."

Harry carefully folded the letter up and placed it into his pocket. Ginny asked Harry, "What are you going to do now?"

Harry sighed then said, "I think that its time for me to finally let them know exactly who they are messing around with. I don't think that you all are going to like it though."

Kayla asked, "What is it that we are not going to like?"

Harry said, "I think that first I'm going to expel everybody from Potter Mansion and lock this place down and make sure that this place is secure because there is no telling what else they might have snuck in that I don't know about." He paused then said, "I'm sorry but that includes you all also but you all can stay at Grimmauld Place. It should be safe enough for everybody there and if I felt like unleashing some anger on the Order and those traitors then I won't be damaging something priceless that belonged to my family."

Ginny hugged him and said, "I understand Harry. I think that you should know that there will be a chance that my parents will pull me back to the Burrow to get away from you while you unload on the Order, but I will do everything I can to be by you. I love you and will do anything for you."

Harry replied, "Thank you Ginny. I hope that they don't take you away either but don't forget the Gryffindor pin that I gave you for Christmas. It will take you to me whenever you want and will take you back to the exact spot that you left from."

Ginny nodded and gave him another kiss on the lips. When they were done Harry turned to Kayla and Alexia and said, "Sorry about that just now. I know you don't want to watch the two of us kissing. Are you two fine with what I'm about to do?"

Alexia said, "Harry, we're by your side so you can count on us. I'll do whatever I can to help you but don't know of how much help I will be considering I will have to leave soon."

Harry nodded and said, "Thank you. We will have more time to get to know each other better later on and if you ever want to than feel free to come here or Grimmauld Place. Just send an owl whenever you would like to come. Can I owl you though so we can get to know each other?"

Alexia got up and went around the table to give Harry a hug. She said, "Of course and if you need anything just let me know." Kayla also agreed with her mom and gave Harry a hug also.

Harry didn't want to face the traitors yet and wanted to spend time with his Godmother and what he now considered sister. The four of them talked awhile longer on lighter subjects to calm each other down but knew that once they headed back to the house then all hell will break loose.