Chapter 8

More Truths, less lies.

Grip-Hook sat looking at the small flask of memories on his desk in front of him and he was battling his conscience but with these memories, the wizarding world would face changes that could be good for all creatures, wizards and witches. He was interrupted in his thoughts as his assistant manager came in to his office and told him that the werewolf was here for his appointment. "Send him in, Bar-choke, don't keep our client waiting." Bar-Choke bowed and opened the door further but was almost pushed over as Remus barged in and stomped to a chair in front of the Goblin. "Mr Lupin, please explain why you were not in attendance at your pseudo-brother James Charles Potter and Lily Marie Potter's last will and inheritance meeting? Now if you please!" Grip-Hook hissed "You were named as a third option to take over from Lord Sirius Black and Severus Snape as Godfather to the scion of House Potter!"

"That little Jerk-off caused my comrade and my virtual brother in all but blood to die, if he hadn't gone to the fucking ministry of magic with his pals and realised that Voldemort had sent him a fake vision, Sirius would be here alive today!" Remus raged. Grip-Hook waved his hand and Remus fell into unconsciousness. "Bar-Choke, we have serious problem, lock this furry little problem in a room with the best wards! I have to go to the ministry of magic!"

"Yes, Grip-Hook when will you return?" Bar-Choke asked seriously

"When I can, my dear brother, look after our temporary guest, I imagine he will be quite upset when he wakes up!"

Grip-Hook apparated directly from the bank to the Leaky cauldron and floo-ed to the ministry of magic entrance atrium, as he made his way to the DMLE Department, he was stopped by a security wizard. "State your business" the guard said as he looked down through his nose at the Head goblin. "I am here to see Amelia Bones, the head of the department for magical law enforcement. I have a serious matter for her to investigate and it would not do justice for the person involved if I am delayed." Grip-Hook walked quickly to the lift and asked for floor 3. He got out and ran to Amelia's office. Just after he knocked on the door, she opened it and stared in shock at the out of breath head teller of Gringotts. "Grip-Hook, come in, come in, what can I help you with" Grip-Hook put the small flask of Dumbledore's memories on the desk in front of Amelia. "What are these, may I ask?"

"These are the memories of Albus Dumbledore, they are most shocking starting as far back as his sister, Ariana Dumbledore." Amelia sat up from her relaxed position to immediately alert. "If I get my pensive, and enter these memories, what will I see?"

"Have you eaten today? Madam bones" Grip-Hook asked politely "Yes, a sandwich earlier" Grip-Hook sighed in frustration.

"That sounds ominous, but I will enter these memories regardless."

Amelia flicked her wand and her pensive cabinet opened, with another flick, it floated easily onto the desk and Grip-Hook poured in the memories. Amelia took a breath and entered the smoky waters. She saw a young girl, probably Ariana, Albus and Aberforth's sister and followed her into Albus' room. Ariana was a pale sickly-looking girl and in came another recognisable face. Gellert Grindlewald, "Ariana, you shouldn't be in here, if your brother catches you, you know he will get mad." Ariana sighed "My brother is hiding something. He has gone too far into the dark arts and I am going to find proof." She said with a stubborn look. "You have a heart condition, what if the shock kills you, please, Ariana, please reconsider"

Albus came in with a furious look upon his young face. "What are you doing in my room" he sneered. Ariana gulped in fear. Grindlewald stood in front of her as the wind suddenly picked up around them, he begged Albus "Please, Al, control your temper, your sister is curious, that's all." Albus looked like he was calming down and suddenly he grabbed Ariana by the wrist and threw her down on the bed. He raged as he stood over his terrified sister and drew out his wand. Gellert tried to stop him but he was thrown back as Albus proceeded to cast the torture curse on his own sister who screamed for a good twenty minutes. Amelia watched, sickened then she watched further as Albus beat his sister to death, then when she begged for death with a rasping plea, he granted her that mercy and intoned 'Avada Kedavra!' Grindlewald screamed for Ariana then he looked up at Albus "What have you done?" he screamed at Albus who just smirked. Gellert tried CPR (Muggle first aid) but before he could get her heart pumping with no success. Aberforth Dumbledore came in and found Ariana lying on the bed with her eyes open looking up. He cried out as tears poured down his cheeks and looked immediately at Gellert. "You did this!" he shouted. Gellert shook his head and tried to say it wasn't him "Get out of my house, you bastard!" he grabbed Gellert by the collar and dragged him to the cottage door where he wrenched it open and threw Gellert out on his arse. Amelia could no longer watch the horror unfold and she looked away.

As she left the pensive, she truly wished she hadn't eaten that tuna sandwich, she collapsed onto her chair, feeling sick and looking pale. "He killed his own sister!" she asked Grip-Hook who nodded solemnly

"I think I need a calming draught and a fire-whiskey to follow, before I even look at the next one!" Amelia was already choked up. "Can you not just tell me what else is in those memories of our illustrious wand-happy headmaster?"

"You didn't watch the last part?" Amelia shook her head "Albus Dumbledore committed murder, the murder of his own sister and he didn't even flinch. What happened next sickened me to the core!" Grip-Hook let out a calming breath. "He smiled then he split off part of his soul in a dark magic ritual and put it into a container in his bedroom. He created his first Horcrux the day he murdered his own sister in cold blood."

"Immediately Aberforth thought that Grindlewald was the guilty party and that his brother was the innocent in all this."

"I can tell you something, then you can watch the rest. Who is truly the dark lord, Dumbledore or Voldemort? After all, no-one really knows what happened in Godric's Hollow that fateful night in 1981." Amelia almost had a coronary as she realised what Grip-Hook was telling her. "No!" she cried out "James and Lily Potter were murdered by Dumbledore then he split his soul again!" Amelia threw up into her bin. Grip-Hook calmly waited "Does Harry Potter know?"

Grip-Hook shook his head. "I was hoping you would head to Harry's relatives first and then get an arrest warrant, go up to the school with your best auror's and an unspeakable and get that manipulative murdering old git!"

Amelia nodded sharply. "It's done"

A/N Please be kind when you review, many thanks