Chapter 9: The Battle of Mysterys
Harry had read numbers of books for months now, looking for information on the horcruxes. Nothing... After that time he had found nothing. Harry finally decided nothing in the Potter Library would hold this kind of stuff, but he didn't know about the Black one.
A week later, Harry was looking through whatever was left of a library in the Black's house when he came across a book entitled, Dark Items and Spells. Harry took this book out and apparated back to his house. He read through the book, learning a great deal about the Unforgivables and how to use them, and then he came across a page with the title: Horcruxes.
Horcruxes
A horcrux is produced by dangerous magic and can wreck the maker's life forever, yet allow him to live forever. The essence of death makes a Horcrux, and it splits a piece of the maker's soul to make it. The splitting of the soul tends to give the maker evil thoughts, and change their appearance if they have to many. Not many will make them, and when they do they wish to die and end up destroying the horcrux so they can die normally instead of living forever.
To create a horcrux, you must be responsible for a the death of a person using a wand, and then you must concentrate on the item you wish to become a horcrux. If you don't concentrate completely, the horcrux may be relocated on something else.
Destroying the horcrux can be deadly. The creator can destroy them when he reunites all the Horcruxes with himself, and casting a simple reducto spell on it. The souls will simpally leave. But if you are destroying horcruxes that are not your own creation, you shall suffer death. The only way to stop it is to allow someone else hold onto the item when you destroy it or if the horcrux is in a creature.
Harry read this and remembered what it was worth and stored the item in a safe place, knowing it could kill him or anyone that tried to destroy it. Harry realised it was two days from Christmas and went to stay with the Weasleys.
On Christmas morning, Hermione ran into the room and awoke Harry and Ron, telling them to get downstairs to open presents and then have Christmas breakfast. From Fred and George, they all recieved shield clothing and from Mrs. Weasley, everyone got a jumper.
'Those shield cloaks you all recieved are going out fast, and we had to keep those ones in the back away from the ministry so they couldn't take them because we wanted to get you guys those for Christmas, right Fred?' George said to everybody.
'Of course. And right now we are developing a potion to help increase your spell power for a certain amount of time, and it will only be avalible through order to the Aurors. We still cannot get it right though.' said Fred seriously.
Everybody opened their gifts and Lupin handed Harry a letter, and it explained to him that he wants to go to the Riddle House and kill Nagini and wants Harry to come with him.
As everybody had Breakfast, an owl swooped in carrying the Christmas edition of the Prophet. It was different though. Instead of wishing a merry Christmas to all the suscribers, it carried bad news.
Minister Of Magic... Dead
Rufus Scrimgeour was found dead last night in his chair in the Ministry of Magic. He was hit by the Avadra Kedavra, most likely by one of You-Know-Who's followers. There was a note left behind, explaining that he was killed as a message to the wizarding world that their lord would be the most powerful wizard ever and ruler of the world. It seems that they wanted to get into the Department of Mysterys for some odd reason, and the ministry has been searched, no sign of Death Eaters. In the will of our former Minister of Magic's, it said who would be appointed the new Minister of Magic and that name will be kept hidden because the Death Eaters would not be to pleased.
'He's dead? Why is this happening?' Ron said loudly as he continued to eat his breakfast.
'Its a message, showing that he will not stop at anything to get full power. I wonder who the new Minister is though, and if he will pester Harry to be a mascot for the Ministry.' Mr. Weasley said, saddened at the loss of the Minister of Magic, 'I cannot help but wonder how Kingsley is doing, protecting the Muggle Minister.'
'He's protecting the Prime Minister of England?' Harry asked quickly.
'Yes, that was an order for him to do as an Auror.' Lupin replied, 'Harry, if you are done, will you come with me?'
'Sure. I was done eating five minutes ago.' he said, looking at Lupin.
The two of them moved into a different room, looking at the time and quickly Harry took Lupin's arm and Lupin apparated them to the Riddle House. Harry and Lupin entered it, looking around. Harry remembered back to his fourth year and lead Lupin to the room where Wormtail and Voldemort once sat, along with Nagini.
'Master... Is that you?'
'Who else do you know who speaks Parceltongue, Nagini.'
'Harry Potter...'
'Nagini, come to me... We have a visitor...' Harry said, as he heard the snake coming. He pulled his wand out and looked at the snake.
'Reducto!' Shouted Lupin, the spell simpally bouncing off Nagini.
The snake lunged at Lupin who jumped out of the way. It began following Harry as he aimed his wand, remembering back to what he read.
'Avada Kedavra!' Harry yelled, a green light shot out, hitting the snake. Nagini fell dead and then began to burn, the horcrux taking the toll on the body.
'Good job Harry. That is four horcruxes destroyed, two to go. The cup and something I don't know.' Lupin said to Harry.
'Ravenclaw's ring. But Dumbledore said there were seven.'
'Harry, if there are seven, he created it on the night he tried to kill you. It must be from the death of James or Lily. We will have to search Godric's Hollow in due time. But now, how about we grab the horcruxes we have that we need to destroy and relocate them.' Lupin said as they left the building. The two apparated to the Potter Manor and grabbed the Horcrux and Lupin stopped.
'The ring... Where is it?' Lupin asked.
'Bellatrix Lestrange has it. How about we go to The Burrow to have lunch with the Weasleys?' Harry asked.
'That sounds like an excellent idea Harry.' Lupin said.
The two of them travelled by floo powder to the Weasley's but no one was found. On the table the Prophet was laying on the ground, and a note was laying on the table.
We have them all. The Weasleys and their friends shall die in the Department of Mysterys unless you come to us and surrender yourself to the Dark Lord, Potter.
The Malfoys, Lestranges, and Severus Snape
'We have to help them Remus!' Harry shouted, but Lupin's face was full of anger and he apparated without a word.
Harry apparated to the Ministry of Magic and he saw Lupin running down the hall. Harry followed and the two entered the lift, getting to the Department of Mysterys. Two unspeakables were stunned and the door was opened. Harry and Lupin ran through and entered another door, until they reached the room where Sirius had met his fate. The Weasleys, Hermione, and Tonks were tied up to metal poles raising out of the ground and Harry saw Moody fighting Rabistan, and then from behind him, Neville entered the room, stunned, being carried by Lucius Malfoy.
'I'm going to have fun torturing that Longbottom like I did to his parents.' Bellatrix said as she helped Neville to his feet and handed him his wand.
Rabistan shot a killing curse towards Moody, but Harry tackled Moody to the ground. The curse missed and hit Rabistan's brother in the back, killing him. Rabistan ran towards his brother to see if he was all right, and then turned around.
'I'm returning the favor to you, Lestrange. Avada Kedavra!' Moody shouted, and that Lestrange fell to the ground dead. Lupin untied the Weasley's, Tonks and Hermione, using magic while dodging Lucius's spells. The field seemed to be evened now. Just then, bursting through the door came Aurors such as Dawlish and Shacklebolt. Everybody tried to take a Death Eater, and then Lupin was stunned by accident. Harry ran at Lucius who was preparing to do the Killing curse and threw the cup at Lucius.
'Reducto!' Harry shouted as the cup began to burn Malfoy. His arm turned black and then his whole body eventually became black and burst into flames. Harry grabbed and pocketed the cup and helped Lupin up.
'Crucio!' shouted Bellatrix, causing Neville to fall to the ground. Seeing what Harry did, Tonks shot a reducto at Bellatrix, but it didn't make her burn like when Harry did.
'Silly girl, Reducto will not affect me as it did to poor weak Lucius.' She said laughing. Lupin knew exactly what to do though, and shot it at the ring, causing Bellatrix to burn. He grabbed the ring and it seemed that the fight was over. The Death Eaters seemed to be defeated. Lucius and the Lestranges were dead and the rest were stunned.
'We did it. We destroyed them Harry!' Lupin said, running to Harry.
'No... It isn't over yet. Snape hasn't shown up yet.'
'Now I have Potter... And you shall pay to the full extent just like your father deserved from me.' Snape said, entering the room.
'Sectum -' Harry began.
Suddenly a red light hit Harry, coming from his wand as Bellatrix once did to Sirius. Harry was hit in the chest and flew backwards, falling backwards into the veil.
'No. Not again! You are going to pay Snivillus! You will pay!' Lupin yelled, as he lost another person to that veil, 'Crucio!'
Snape fell to his knees in pain, yelling and dropping his wand, 'Avada Kedavra!' Snape dropped dead. But it wasn't by Remus Lupin. There was no wand next to Snape, and instead it was in the hand of a short man's silver hand.
'That will teach him to make me his servant for a year. He killed Harry before I paid my Wizard's Debt which means bad luck will come to me.' Pettigrew said as he began to laugh.
'Peter, you are aware now that Voldemort will be after you for killing Snape?' Remus said.
'I was going to die anyways, because I was going to have to pay Harry back for letting me live four years ago.' Pettigrew said.
Before Lupin could reply, Pettigrew turned into a rat and ran off, out of sight.
'Boys, Remus, Alastor, and Neville, help me get these people out of here and down to the court rooms. We will seal them in there.' Mr. Weasley said, 'Molly, Ginny, Hermione, Tonks, check on the Aurors.'
An hour later, the aurors were all up and they headed to an empty court room. Inside sat all of the Weasleys and the Order, as well as the Aurors.
'I recieved a letter today, saying I am to be the new Minister of Magic. This is not to be told to the outside world and nobody in the ministry will know who I am. I will act as if I am still in charge of my old job and that will keep the Death Eaters away from us. Moody, Tonks, can you help inform the aurors to go to Azkaban and get rid of the dementors? Then station some highly trained wizards who do not wish to help explore for the war to stay in Azkaban where we will place the Death Eaters there, as well as putting up anti magic wards and apparation wards. It will be as safe as Hogwarts, if not safer.' Arthur ordered.
'Sure thing Arthur. We will do this in a few minutes but we would like to ask you about security at the ministry? This place can be entered by anyone who knows the code on the reciever, or the spot to apparate.' Moody said.
'I have thought about this, and only senior members will be allowed to actually travel around the ministry. We will make codes for each floor when you come in, and there will be no apparation into the buildings. Only people with the code I decide will be able to enter every floor.' Arthur said again.
A week later, a funeral was held for Harry, which the Order, The Weasleys, and Harry's friends from school went to. It was a short funeral and Harry's tombstone rest by his parent's graves in Godric's Hallow. The school was scheduled to open for the student's NEWTs in June, in which people would study for at home.
'I am going to look through the house and see if that Horcrux was made.' Lupin muttered to himself as he entered the house. He searched it from top to bottom, finding nothing and then realised that all the horcruxes seemed to have a lightning bolt shape on them. Voldemort's Horcrux must of missed and hit Harry instead. But would that mean anybody could kill Voldemort, or was the world doomed until Voldemort passed on?