Chapter 16

While I was in the dark Dumbledore was not. It wasn't long before he had figured out why Death was wandering around. Especially while visible. And of course he was wrong. But since he did not say a word to anyone, no one could tell him he was wrong...

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"Daphne, one of these days I'm going to throttle that jerk with his own beard."

"What did he want this time?"

"The Horcrux in my head. He will not believe I don't have one. Now he wants me to go on a hunt for them as in multiple Horicux."

"Harry, do you suppose that…?

"What?"

"Do you remember what that cloud guy said about Fate being mad and I wonder…"

"Yes but…Oh!"

"Harry, could it be possible that while Fate can't herself have Voldemort recalled, could Death be collecting the Horcrux?"

"No I don't think he can either, but…maybe that is why he has been seen. They want to scare Voldemort to gather his pieces and keep them safe in one location."

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Scared was what Tom Riddle was but not Death getting his anchors to life. Voldemort had lost one because of Lucius Malfoy's stupidity over the diary. Now he found that someone had switched Slytherin's locket for a phony locket. The cave was the best protected of all his anchors. He was scared because there was no safe place for his anchors even if he and Nagini sat on the precious things. Concentrating on where the locket was Voldemort was again confused; he could tell were the locket sat but nothing around it. Voldemort immediately headed to the locket.

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Voldemort found it funny that the locket was under a Fidelius Charm. Even more funny was the elf that wore the locket and tried to defend it. Well on to the last of my worries thought Voldemort.

Voldemort used a secret passage into Hogwarts to get the last one, the tiara. While he is smiling to himself that no one will know he came. He went to the room only he knew of. It was difficult with Nagini wrapped around him but soon he would have all his anchors on his person.

Meanwhile Hogwarts was telling Harry that Voldemort was in the castle on the seventh floor. "The room is located on the seventh floor in the left corridor of the Hogwarts castle and has a hidden entrance opposite the tapestry depicting the attempt of Barnabas the Barmy to teach trolls the ballet."

"Thank you Lady Hogwarts, please notify everybody and send what help that's willing. Tell them I am on my way to confront Voldemort."

Harry puts on his full body shield and charged into the seventh floor corridor.

There was no small talk this time. As soon as I came upon Voldemort he started throwing curses – Voldemort uses his Avada Kadavra within seconds or so it seemed. I erected my strongest outer shield. As it hit my outer shield, it of course didn't even slow the curse down, but the curse did something strange. It was like my shield and my full body shield affected the curse. It was almost like they had control of the curse.

Suddenly the corridor seemed to fill with fine lines which seemed to be deciding which one will stay. A stupid thought flashed across my mind, line as in different roads of fate? Meanwhile I was putting all I could into my outer shield as his curses were still flying at me.

The killing curse stayed between the two shields and circled around me but didn't touch me. Now the curse was not a snail in its pace and I feared it touching me. Then I knew it was going to hit me on its next round. In my shock I dropped my front shield. I had no conscious thoughts except "I'm dead".

The how and why would only be addressed much later with no real answers. The circling curse, now that I lost my outer shield, the curse shot outward. It attached to one of the lines and then right into Voldemort, his snake, and his bag of goodies.

As I stood there in shock a Grim appeared and went to Voldemort for a few sniffs. Death appeared and appeared to pick some invisible things from around Voldemort before disappearing.

A number of things started to penetrate my senses. I sensed an alarm, running feet, and then being knocked to the ground. Daphne was laughing, crying and trying to kiss me to death. Holding onto Daphne we helped ourselves to our feet.

The crowd of professors was soon joined by Perfects and a number of redheads. Soon Gryffindors' were crowding the corridor. There common room was also on the seventh floor as the room of requirement.

I tugged on Daphne's arm and we tried to muscle our way through the crowd. I wanted to find some quite space to talk or just collapse. What had happened was not an every day happening and I needed to take a potion or something to unwind. The crowd suddenly opened a corridor through the masses however our attempt to exit through it was aborted. Dumbledore had arrived and stood blocking that corridor. I know I groaned at the thought of yet another meeting in his office.

"Now what has caused all this commotion and kafuffle?" Dumbledore was trying the grandfather approach. However, as he approached Daphne and me his eyes fell on the body on the floor and Dumbledore keeled over dead.

That was enough, and I transported the two of us to the Manor.

"Well?" Daphne asked.

"Honestly my love I have no idea what really happened all I can say is what I think I saw." And I proceeded to explain just what I knew.

"Do you think the cloud guy will show up or maybe Sirius knows something?"

"No Daphne I have nothing of that you just mentioned." Sirius had arrived. "I do know the ministry is having a fit. They want you there yesterday. I will not mention the hysteria the news papers are having."

"What do you think caused Dumbledore to keel over like that?" Daphne asked not expecting an answer.

"Well my two knuts would be in shock. Again guessing the shock was his plans had just gone up in smoke. You do know he was Riddles professor when Riddle attended Hogwarts. As smart as Dumbledore was I find it hard to believe he didn't pick up on Riddle's attitude, thoughts and beliefs back then. Then there was aways his "Greater Good". Sirius replied.

"Well hiding here for a few days sound like what we need or a trip back to Florida." I almost drooled at the thought of Florida.

Well none of that was allowed. That night after we finally fell asleep the cloud guy appeared in our dreams.

"Well chosen Harry Potter. You have chosen the right road and we feel you well continue to do so; you will not be bothered by me again. Just don't fight being Minister or Headmaster, you are on both those roads. Have a great life, until we meet again." He left leaving us with a number of questions still being formulated.

The next morning at breakfast, "At our age do you think they will let you do either?"

"Daphne I'm sure the road is not short and these things will materialize in the future. They have no idea how politically powerful I am. I am the Lord of Potter, Peverell, Slytherin, Gryffindor and many more of stupid titles I have never heard of. The Wizengamot is bound to try and make a law that I can not abide by and I will announce my lordships. They will try and make me minister because the minister can't vote. While minister they will pass a law that a person can have only one vote. Then a new minister will be elected and I will be the new headmaster, guiding the young on the path of the light."

And so the road determined by Fate had been navigated but there was always the next road.

The end