Necromancer

"What?" exclaimed Harry.

"I think I have been clear, my boy," said Slughorn or rather Orion Black. "This man next to you is Merlin, the sneaky Hawk."

"It means sea fortress," said Moriarty. "I was born in one."

"Oh I see." said Orion Black. "Is that for real?"

Moriarty clenched his fist.

"I feel a few approaching the room," continued Orion. "Apparently, they too, want to meet Orion Black."

The door opened and Hermione, Sirius, Remus and Lucinda entered. Their eyes widened.

"You!" cried Sirius.

"Uncle Orion!" said Lucinda. "You're alive!"

"What?" said Hermione in awe. "This can't be!"

They all stared at the man who was smiling confidently.

"Hello, children. I see you have decided to join us." said Orion cheerfully.

"Do not approach him!" ordered Moriarty.

"Why? They are all my family members. My son, my niece, my brother's grandchild and my own grandchild." He pointed at Harry.

"What?" exclaimed Moriarty and Hermione.

"Didn't you know?" laughed Orion. "Well, I'm revealing all the secrets, and this one, heh, is relatively harmless, Hermione. You see, I had a daughter just like you. Guess who she was?"

It dawned on Moriarty. "Lily Potter was yours. That's why you adored her so much."

"How could you be Slughorn?" asked Harry. "You were Lord Black. How could you pose as Horace Slughorn?"

"Quite easily." Orion said as his skin wobbled, stretching to the side. His body stretched in width and like a worm he multiplied by two in front of their mesmerised eyes.

"As you can see…" said the Orion on the left.

"... It's not impossible to do so." continued the Orion on the right.

"No." said Moriarty not believing what he was witnessing.

"This is not happening." he bellowed as he raised his wand but Orion simply smiled.

"Good by, Merlin." said Orions simultaneously as two shadows appeared behind them and two hands emerged from the darkness and grabbed them. They were pulled back, vanishing into the darkness.

Moriarty lowered his wand. They suddenly heard a sound from not far away.

"He had turned the didem into a portkey ...Clever thinking." Moriarty smirked bitterly.

Nobody talked as they walked back to the astronomy tower where Moriarty stood in front of the captured Death Eaters. Looking at them furiously.

"Did you really think this mission was going to be a success?" he asked Bellatrix.

"Yes." she retorted angrily.

"Foolish is what you lot are," said Moriarty. He faced Greyback. "Did you have to do that to poor Bill Weasley, Wolf Greyback?"

Greyback growled but said nothing.

"I'm afraid Hogwarts cannot accommodate you tonight. You shall be spending some time in Azkaban." said Moriarty. Indifferent of their insults and screams he conjured a chain, to hold the Death Eaters tightly.

"My unspeakables will be awaiting your arrival."

A soft light emitted from the chain and suddenly they were all gone. All but Draco Malfoy.

The members of Order all sat around looking at Draco Malfoy who was covering himself on the ground.

"You won't be sent to Azkaban, relax!" said Moriarty calmly.

"Then where?" asked Draco.

"You and Professor Snape will be spending the next summer with Blacks. Your parents will join you in a week, after we have had a word with them."

"I - I don't have to kill him?" said Draco with uncertainty. He looked at Hermione desperately.

"Of course not, you may keep the slate clean… well almost clean it we consider Katie Bell and Ronald Weasley." said Moriarty. "I'm sure you did all this unwillingly."

Draco didn't respond, but relief could be seen in his eyes.

"I'm afraid Miss Riddle's father is not a forgiving man. You have to lay low for a while. Living with your cousin may be your last preference but…"

"I don't mind Hermione." said Malfoy instantly.

"Ah… my mistake then." said Moriarty "I understand that it might be difficult for you, even if you don't mind living with your cousin, her boyfriend and her girlfriend are there too."

Lucinda looked approvingly at Hermione who covered her face.

"I don't mind Potter either, or Weasley. I can assure you. I'll even make an unbreakable vow!" said Draco passionately.

"Good. Then we have no problem." said Moriarty softly. "You should go now. I'm afraid we have to send you to a safe place. Headmaster, could you be a kind man and send him to you-know-where?"

"I would be delighted, Jim." said Dumbledore. "Come, Draco."

Malfoy's reluctant feet accompanied Dumbledore's. Luciana hugged him before he left and whispered something in his ear. Malfoy smiled and thanked her. She nodded at him. Once they were gone Moriarty put his wand back in his sleeve.

"Sirius, Lucinda, Hermione and Harry, would you mind having a word with me in my office?" said Moriarty.

The couple merely nodded while Harry said yes. Moriarty remained silent as they walked through the castle. Once they entered his office he sealed the door off and sat behind his desk tiredly.

"So… what did uncle Orion mean by calling you Merlin?" asked Lucinda.

"In curious to know your own opinion," replied Moriarty, "Do tell."

"There's no way you could be Merlin." said Sirius nervously.

"Yes." Lucinda's body jumped as she agreed with Sirius.

"You are free to believe whatever you want to believe, Lucinda." said Moriarty tiredly.

"Oh Merlin's pants! He really is Merlin himself." Lucinda moaned.

"What's wrong with my pants?" asked Moriarty. "Their plain white and quite ordinary. I could show you."

"I'm going to get married you prick." screamed Lucinda. "Shite, I just called Merlin a prick."

"And he's got a crush on you." added Sirius.

"Okay guys, don't panic." said Harry.

"You knew?" Lucinda screamed at him shrilly.

"No. He told me he was Egbert the Egregious." responded Harry immediately.

"Which is also true," said Moriarty.

"You defeated Emeric the Evil?" asked Sirius excitedly. "Wait does that mean you were other people."

"Defeat is a very strong word for it. I just chopped his head off. We got rid of him for sometime. Then he came back as John Dee and now she's Eve Morningstar. She likes meet never keeps an identity dirt too long."

"Who was she before Emeric?" asked Lucinda keenly.

"A few irrelevant characters," said Moriarty evasively.

"And before that?" she persisted.

Moriarty clenched his fist and pressed his lips together.

"Morgana Le Fay." he said unhappily.

"Merlin's balls… Sorry!" exclaimed Sirius.

"Yes, she's alive," said Moriarty, ignoring Sirius's swearing on his testicles. "Considering the fact that the ancestry of Blacks and Malfoys goes back to Aurelius Black who was the first son of John Dee, you are all direct descendants of Morgana herself."

"Hold on, you said I'm a descendant of Merlin." said Harry.

Sirius and Lucinda stared at him in awe.

"Yes, I'm your great great great great … uh… great, great grandfather. Wow that's weird to say." said Moriarty and laughed. "However, thanks to Dorea Black and Orion Black you have a lot of Morgana in yourself as well."

"Like what?" asked Lucinda.

"Well, for one he's a natural Occlumens."

"That's not true!" said Lucinda. "His Occlumency is nothing out of the ordinary."

"Harry is anything but ordinary. His Occlumency is… Let's say occupied with something else. A fragment of Voldemort's soul is within him. His Occlumency is active 24/7." said Moriarty.

Harry said nothing. He simply started at them.

"Harry knows this, of course. He realised it a few months ago. The fraction within him is small yet it has no effect other than giving Harry access to Voldemort's mind. Haven't you wondered why Voldemort failed to possess him? How come he can resist the Imperius Curse?"

"It … I never thought…" said Lucinda.

"It's alright. There must be ways to expel the unwanted soul from Harry's body which don't require sacrificing your left hand and right leg." said Moriarty. "My department is working on it."

"So Harry is a Horcrux? Couldn't Hermione… you know…" said Sirius.

Hermione went pale by hearing the suggestion.

"Unfortunately, it's much more complicated than that. One cannot expect to use such a crude method without damaging the host. There will be a time when we will do it the right way." said Moriarty.

"This is hard to accept. I cannot digest anything that happened tonight." said Lucinda.

"I agree. My dad is alive? He's in leagues with Morgana? Harry's favorite teacher is Merlin!?" he looked to Harry "Heartbreaking, isn't it? My nephew's favorite teacher is not me."

Sirius suddenly froze. "I … I need some drink." he whispered. He ran out of the room ignoring Harry and Lucinda's calls.

"What was that about?" wondered Moriarty loudly.

"Merlin's beard! I just remembered something." laughed Lucinda. "Poor Sirius."

"What?" asked Harry.

"Well, back then I was a great friend of Sirius and he had this horrible crush on Lily. It was totally secret because he didn't want to offend James. I however thought Sirius would make a far better husband than James who was very immature. So, when we had to play truth and dare…" she smiled at Harry's horrified face with shame "I dared Lils to kiss him. I didn't know that they were… well... siblings."

Moriarty looked up and squinted his eyes, yet he did not say what had crossed his mind.

"It was just that, right?" asked Harry fearfully.

"Sure." said Lucinda uncomfortably. "Thank Merlin."

"You really need to stop using my name as a swear word." warned her Moriarty.

"Morgana's saggy tits then." said Lucinda angrily.

"Bullocks! Morgana has never had saggy tits." said Moriarty confidently.

"Ew… of course, you would know," said Lucinda.

Moriarty smiled as Lucinda dragged Harry out to go after Sirius. They found Sirius at his office, drinking Wild Gin.

He was crying and sobbing as he was drowning himself in gin.

"I never knew," said Sirius as Harry and Lucinda entered. "She was always like my own sister when she married James. It hurt me when she died, more than James even. I felt a part of me die with her. Now I know why…" He put his head on the desk and cried loudly.

Lucinda sat next to him and tried to comfort him by patting his head. Harry sat on a chair silently. For an hour they just listened to Sirius rant about Lily and said nothing.

**OB**

It was extremely dark. The moon was hidden behind the clouds and land was as dim as the sky. A man lit fire, blue and bright. A young girl next to him smiled as heat filled the area.

"Thanks, Gellert. Be careful with fire. What Orion has brought here is very delicate." said Eve Morningstar.

"No worries. I have enough control." said the young Gellert Grindelwald.

"Now, Orion, you have failed to fetch my wand but a Horcrux is good enough." said the teenager.

"I'm sorry, Mother." said Orion.

"Did you tell them that Moriarty is Merlin?" she asked.

"Of course,"

"That should give them some doubts. It's crucial that they begin to suspect him." she said happily.

Eve stretched her hand toward Orion "Let me see it." she said gently.

Orion gave the didem to Eve who put it on her head. It shivered as her mind penetrated it.

"Good! This one is strong enough." she stood up and waved her hand. A circle appeared on the soft dry soil. It's diameter wasn't any longer than four feet. Runes began to appear and a pentagram was formed in the middle of the circle.

Morningstar began chanting unfamiliar words, working her magic into the circle. Her magic caused Grindelwald's fire to fade and they all felt an unnatural coldness in the air. The darkness became heavier and heavier until it was choking them.

"We shall test now." they heard Morningstar.

The didem on her head started to emit light, illuminating her determined face. She took it off and later it on the pentagram.

"Come forth, my child." she commanded.

To everyone's surprise the light of the didem ceased shining and shimmered away. Suddenly the ground shook and something like fire erupted from the circle. It hovered three meters above the ground and started to contract and solidify until it took the form of a human body and it fell on the ground.

"Ouch! that must have hurt!" said Grindelwald. Atmosphere became lighter as the connection between their world and the world of the dead was severed.

Eve Morningstar snapped her fingers and a fire appeared next to the body on the ground. It moved heavily and tried to sit up.

"Das ist eine Frau." said Grindelwald unnecessarily. As they all could see her, trying to cover her naked body.

Orion looked away while Grindelwald just laughed and Eve smiled. Regulus just sat where he was, like a statue.

"Who is she? I hope someone we know." said Grindelwald excitedly.

"I doubt you'd recognise her. Orion on the other hand might." said Eve Morningstar. She waved her wand and put it on the woman's head, who was instantly in a robe.

"Where am I?" she said tiredly.

"I think we're in Nevada." said Grindelwald.

"Among the living." said Orion with a brittle voice.

He kneeled down next to the redhead woman. She looked to the unfamiliar man in front of him. He had her own eyes.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Orion Black." he said softly with a sad expression in his eyes.

"He's my lieutenant." said Eve. She sat next to the woman. "Welcome back Lily Potter."