Return Of The Marauders
Disclaimers: Harry Potter doesn't belong to me, the story belongs to me, everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling and Warner brothers
Chapter 39: Board Meetings And The Truth Comes Out
"The greater good has demanded there be a few changes and we accepted the need for those changes now. So I may be connected to the Order Of The Phoenix on a smaller scale now at the moment. But in time you will have to learn to step up and speak for yourselves as I won't always be here to lead you." I said and he nodded firmly to that.
"Harry and I made may be leaders and we may be well known, but you all in our world must understand, we are not perfect, we make mistakes, we are only human. I made a mistake to trust the wrong person and it destroys two lives at the time. I never took the time to learn what really happened until Harry told me that Peter was still alive."
"As the truth comes out 10 years too late now, your choices are your own, now I may tell you as the junior Order of the phoenix. That it's not a good idea to contact Harry over the summer after Tom comes back, so now you must choose. Choose between what is right and what is easy." he said and Mione looked down in shame as I knew what she thought.
"My choices have been questionable to say the least, Harry just made that clear to me, but as a result, just because I look like I have all the answers. It doesn't mean I do, so with that look at the facts now, what took me 50 years figure out. In where the Chamber Of Secrets was hidden took you, as my admirers, only 9 months to find as you crack it."
"What took me fifty years to try and clear Hagrid's name took you, again, only 9 months revealing the real name and alias of the planets most dangerous wizard. And when he was just a child and before I became headmaster, I am not perfect. And just because it's for the best of intentions, can it, those decisions, do more harm then good now."
"Just because I tell you to do something, am I always right, is that the best idea when it damages a friendship between you?" he asked and and the twins, Ron, Ginny and Mione nodded as their eyes firmed up and I knew they got the point. 'No, and screw orders, Harry matters more to me, I'm being the friend he needs me to be now, starting now.'
'If this ended up in a repeat, and Cedric was killed at the time, he would be lashing out for days in stage two. As he hated being treated like this, he needs us, we're there for him, starting now, screw doing what's easy, I'm doing the right thing. And telling him what we know, now that he revealed the prophecy to us.' I saw them thinking gently.
"Severus made a mistake he is trying to fix, and he told me directly now, that he was trying to protect me and my family. Peter Pettigrew destroyed his life, mine, Sirius and Remus's life that night and two months later. Barty Crouch Junior got arrested for the very same thing, so these two are going back to jail for it when the time comes now."
"But I had it at the moment, as long as the these death eaters have the good people scared we will never have peace, for the Greater Good. It's time for the trials of so many death eaters that paid their way out of Azkaban to prove they changed. They get caught by us and they are back where they belong, jail." I said sternly and she swallowed hard.
"That greater good has decided on changing the curriculum and giving voice to changes not only in the castle. But in the ministry and the first of said changes are having all death eaters that got out of Azkaban scanned. Though given a chance, they are on a three strike notion, strike three is Azkaban as of today." he added and she quickly said it.
"Are you absolutely sure that he's still alive, however?" Rita asked and I crossed my arms. "I am, the reason I know is these books document two of my encounters with him as he is now, and the death eaters enact a ritual to return him to his body. Now I am saying this to explain it, but when he tried to kill me that night he killed my parents."
"The charm my mother left on me was what saved me as his curse hit it, bounced off of it and hit him instead. His powers destroyed, he became a mere parasite living off another, but there is one of three ways he can come back. Said are the elixir of life, this ritual I just mentioned and the third are his anchors." I said and she nodded to me in shock.
"So what do you intend to do?" she asked and I explained that. "Keep delaying his return until the death eaters show themselves to us right now. The ones that, despite they claimed doing his biding on the acts of the imperius curse. I am blowing that claim right open once I see every single one the night he comes back now finally, as with that."
"I know two that got out of jail by turning the others in, but Wormtail here is the spy in the Order ranks, he is a death eater who kidnapped me. But my blood was the key to returning 'him' to his body and the tournament was a trap by the death eaters. So I am just saying this, the Hogwarts champion of the tournament is Cedric Diggory."
"I am a junior auror taking part in the tournament to catch us the first of his escaped death eaters now. Hufflepuff first years, my class, I am not stealing your chance to shine, I get mine in year three, you get yours in year four, I promise. But when Riddle tried to kill me and blew it, he left his ability to speak Parseltongue on me, so with that in mind."
"Listen to me, your champion is my brother, I'm not trying to steal your thunder, to protect him, I'm risking my own life to save your's, as these books are everything. Everything that would have been if I never changed these next four years, but all the lies from the Death Eater Spawn to Rita Skeeter are just that, lies, you have the truth."
"Parents of all Halfbloods, or Purebloods, I am telling you the truth, I am giving you the truth by these books about me. And the very first starts the beginning when I met your children, the Death Eaters are trying to turn this around. So you don't believe me or the Headmaster until it's too late now, because they know you, as Muggleborns now."
"You already have the truth, as soon as the muggle parents and Muggleborns read the stories you know I'm not lying, think about that now. The only chance we have of survival after thr Triwizard tournament is sicking together, our friends we made in year four. My class are your children, muggleborns, halfbloods and purebloods, but know the truth."
"If you are muggleborns or halfbloods, that truth is my life story starting in 10 days, June 23rd." I said and Petunia realized what I meant as she read that chapter and nodded. "Instead of two months from now, I returned today, instead of all the assumptions I am saying this, I am not the real Heir of Slytherin, I am the heir of Gryffindor, by blood."
"I am also the heir of Ignotus Peverell." I said, holding up the sword and she nodded. "So how did you gain the ability to speak parseltongue?" she asked and I explained that to her. "When Riddle tried to kill me, the spell backfired and a bit of his powers, the ability to speak parseltongue ended up in me, but this was gift in disguise, as to why now."
"It's because with that ability I can trace the monster of Slytherin as it's leaving the attack that just happened, the monster is a Basilisk. But with this power any snake that is dangerous, it will listen to me if someone ticks it off. So if it gets ready to attack you at the dueling club we are planning, I can prevent that by telling it to stand down here."
"You may not understand what it is I am saying, but I was trying to protect you by preventing the snake from attacking your muggleborn classmates. All purebloods who say that parseltongue is the sign of a dark wizard, I am saying this. It was my destiny to destroy his anchors, but I am Salazar's heir by conquest, Tom, his heir by blood."
"Tom's maternal family are the Gaunts, who are the heirs of Slytherin." I said and she nodded in shock to the news then. "So his attempt to kill you left his ability to speak parseltongue on you?" she asked and I nodded to her. "Yes it did, but that's his downfall now as I am using that to hunt down his anchors and destroy them all now finally."
"But though certain people may be tempted to say I am dangerous and disturbed, here is the added truth now. Not only did he leave his powers of parseltongue on me. He enabled me to sense when he is angry and close to coming back. But everyone, though all say I am destined for greatness, all I ask is that you never pay too much attention to that."
"There are memories I have that got described in the book, but the rest is I saw Professor Snape with my mother, as he was my mother's best friend. I saw him for the first time when Tom attacked and killed my mother, he was in front of me holding her. Prior to this, was I saw a wand being pointed directly at me as a result, so again."
"But if it was you, do you want to be famous for the fact you survived a curse that killed others, you survived, but they didn't?" I asked and she nodded. "I see your point and no, I would never want to be famous for the fact I survived the curse. Said that killed my loved ones and they were gone, but I am here." she said and I nodded to her gently.
"Under this remark is that while the rest of you were celebrating I am an orphan now, but honestly I would give every galleon I have to have my parents back. My only family left is my aunt and her family, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Severus Snape. And finally my sister Hermione Granger and her family, though my in-laws are the Weasleys now finally."
"Closest friends are Ron Weasley, Mione, Nevile Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy, but I am not isolating myself, I want to be friends with the rest of my class. You in my class and year, all I ask is you don't see this as getting in with the in-crowd. And secondly I never want to be treated like I am singled out, because I am Harry Potter and I mean this."
"I may be the junior version to Professor Dumbledore, but I don't want my title, my powers or connection to him thrown at me every time, I turn around. I come into Diagon Alley the month before school starts, everyone go back to what you were doing. I do not want to draw attention to myself, understand." I said and she nodded to the request.
"Gilderoy Lockhart loves the limelight, but you hate being famous, is that it?" she asked and I nodded. "Yes that's right, I prefer humility, but then that is why my family is descended from Ignotus Peverell. The third brother, the one who ended up with the invisibility cloak." I said and she nodded and I knew each bombshell on this now.
It was painting an entirely different picture than anyone in our world was expecting at the time now as Dumbledore crossed his arms in pride at my ability to be this humble. "Everyone the books also document how a muggle caretaker, who was in employment by Tom's paternal family was framed at the time, back before he turned into this."
"Tom killed his father and grandparents and framed not only Morfin Gaunt for the crime, he also framed the caretaker, his name is Frank Bryce. But this was my first indication he was getting stronger as later that summer in the book. I saw everything, through Tom, and seeing that, that was the first sign to what was coming now here everyone."
"Following this indication is that there is riot at the quidditch world cup and then comes my name coming out of the Goblet of Fire. All of this paints a picture that says that the three year delay is over and they're about to start up again. All halfbloods and muggleborn parents, you have the truth, these books telling you everything you need."
"I was never lying to you at all, this truth is already in your hands, my storyline to you, I want you to read the series starting from the beginning when I start school now. But the book opens in 10 days in the series now, as my cousin's birthday is in 10 days." I said and they nodded to me at the news as Dumbledore ended it at that remark gently.
"Indeed, these books from chapter 2 and forward, are painting a new homelife for him and a new future with the fact Sirius Black has been exonorated from the charges now. So the books are up on the market after I cast a very quick spell on these ones with us, as they are repainting his home life and forward from now to your fourth year now."
"But the manuscripts we have of these books are on a protean charm changing the opening chapters of his home life, before he returns to school. Now again everyone, I want it plain that Harry wishes to be seen like the rest of you, no special treatment. He's already told this to the classes ahead of yourselves now, but starting next week."
"The Dursleys have got a connection to our world and with them, the Grangers, so with that, expect to see them on the platform the day school starts. As I said there will be a few changes to the school extended curriculum, next year also begins a new tradition. But there will be an end of the school year dance and a christmas dance now."
"So dress robes will be added to the list of clothes starting now, we are also building an indoor swiming pool for you, so add a swimmng suit to the list as well. But the new regime will be handed to you along with the book list and equipment you will need. But muggleborn first years, I am sending a member of the staff to you for a meeting."
"So you know how to get settled in, I look forward to having you as my new students arriving, have a good summer and I will see you at the opening feast on your arrival." he said and she nodded. "Alright that should do it." she said and we nodded. "You are printing that exactly as we said it, young lady, try to lie and you are geing called forth."
"And we mean that." Aggie said sternly and she nodded, shaking. "So the book opens on my birthday and we start things over again?" Dudley said anf I nodded to him. "Our conversation last night comes into it, but my powers, I still have a penchant here. And for accidental magic, so Marge..." I said and Vernon nodded in agreement sternly then.
"We get it and I am making it clear here, she insults your mother, she's insulting us in the process, we let it go over things, but a new life and things change for better. We had a hard time, because we blamed the wrong person for you being orphaned. And leaving you in our care ever since, a second chance at us being a true family now finally."
"The unexpected happenings I can handle right now, but just keep it under control as there is only a month left of primary school. Before you start middle school next, but you have summers, and the Easter and Christmas Holidays with us now. Marge arrives a couple days before Christmas and leaves on the 27th, we can do our family get together."
"Then, and as a result, as things switch course now." he said and I nodded. "So what happened exactly if you and dad were against each other right now?" I asked and he sighed. "I thought he was making fun of me when we met at the restaurant, but I didn't realize your grandfather was medical doctor, or that was where his fortune came from."
"Let alone your father was a magical policeman at the time and this war they were involved in was with a group of magical terrorists." he told me and I nodded as she rested her hand on my shoulder then. "I guess it was after she turned 17 that she started showing her powers to you?" I asked and Petunia nodded to me as she said it then.
"The rift in your mother's case was due to Severus finding the letter I was getting ready to send to the headmaster at the time. But their powers and your's, was the wall between us at the time, so we can get a second chance now. But we can give it a shot as we switch things over and you show us your way of life at the moment here, honey."
"But never mind jumping from town to town, we're better off just staying here for the summer or even better heading to Majorca for a week this coming summer. Before you start school here, but just push your grades higher, but no need to show off." she said and I nodded as he finished as he looked at my jersey then gently at that."
"If this game is life football in our world and we can learn about things in your life, but if that power gets exposed, we got problems at the moment." he said and I nodded to him. "Piers sees that and we're screwed at the moment, but we have to stay out of the reptile house or two: just see the lizards, Alligators and Crocodiles here at the moment."
"It only works with snakes or I think it does." I said and they nodded to me. "How do we warn anyone in Little Hangleton that the trouble started?" Ron asked and I answered that. "We may have to bring Frank and tell him the truth that we know right now. That he was innocent of their murder and Tom did it at the time, though if we do, then..."
"That's it, Toppy." I said as I called out and he appeared in front of me. "Toppy get the caretaker of the Riddle Mansion, Frank Bryce and bring him here please. Little Hangleton, he lives close to their house." I said and he nodded and disappeared at that. "We tell him now and we got it, before Bertha and he are killed." Crouch said as he got it then gently.
Before he arrived a minute later. "Frank it's fine, the reason we called you here, is we know the truth, you never killed the Riddles." I said and his eyes softened. "You know who I am and you know some teenager killed my boss?" he asked and I nodded. "We do, but now you're my one chance to tighten security, Riddle's son is a dangerous man."
"One so dangerous one of his powers is connected to that, look up." I said and he lifted his gaze to the banners and nodded. "That made up language, you heard Morfin and Marvolo speaking is a snake language, called parseltongue. As he grew up he turned his name into an Anagram, and one that had every wizard too scared to say it since."
"But he met his downfall in me, read chapter one and this is why I called you here." I said, passing the book to him and he read the first chapter his eyes narrowed in fury. And nodded as he looked between us at that. "You're his total equal and he tried to kill a child, if this was the starwars movies, he's Darth Vader and your mentor is Kenobi."
"So that makes you Vader's son and only you can stop him?" he asked and I nodded to him. "He lost his humanity 40 years ago, but the reason I'm a hell of a lot more powerful then he is, is because of everything that turned him into a Sith. I'm a Jedi and it's my training that saves me in the end, you and Bertha came to me after he killed a friend."
"As I saw you, my friend and then my parents as you blinded him long enough for me to get out and report to the council, so to speak. Said report was that I just found him and he's on the warpath, that council is the resistance. But our war, as wizards, is like the Sith/Jedi wars, and it started up again." I told him and he nodded to me at that news.
"If you could keep coming back to see me, I would like to learn more in why Thomas was so disgusted with the Gaunts." he said and Crouch took that one. "We can do that Frank, thanks to you, you just saved our young warrior. And by trying to report to us, before you got exposed at the time, this tournament was the trap you overheard from them."
"The young man next to him, is my son, he is highly crazy and I had him locked up after he helped an equally crazy Sith attack a friend of our's and his wife. We're tripling security for our version of football, which is the world cup. But that explains the entire conversation, but we reactivated something that ended up a trap for Harold at the time."
"Preparing our prodigy for the upcoming war resulted in what this tournament ended up being at the time now. Your author that wrote these books, she was seeing an alternate reality version to what would have been if we never caught this man." he said and Frank looked at the man described in the book and nodded in disgust at the news then.
"Just why is he after Harold exactly?" he asked slowly and I ran my hand through my hair as I said it. "I was destined to be his complete equal, but he created something that made him slightly immortal. I was destined to be the most powerful sorceror in the world taking the place of my mentor after I killed Tom, the faculty can't prepare for it."
"The tournament, but the loophole is I can learn from the ministry as they train me in spells, since the spell's being used are ones that they didn't teach me yet. So improv comes in handy right now, in these at the moment as the year reaches the finale. In which I have a run in with him standing there in the flesh." I said and he nodded to me.
"Good point, but though us faculty can't help you prepare for the tournament, the auror department can as we train you in every spell in the arsenal here. Four years and Tom doesn't realize he's looking at a Harry who never had much in training. But a Harry who has spent every summer in auror training, learning to blend into the background now."
"You're a D.A.D.A. prodigy that is going to match him and surpass him in skills in later years, but I never been so proud of you." she said to me and I smiled. "Love you too, Professor, starting over I have all of you back and I can really come into my own now. Without the title hanging over my head." I said and she gave me a hug at that remark.
"Yes and we're just ending that blasted title now, but you don't need your title, skills or this connection to him thrown at you every time you turn around. We know you're gifted that's very apparent to us, but you deserve to have a life, like your peers do." Aggie said for her and she nodded in agreement to her thoughts and Dumbledore nodded to that.
"Whoever wants to add a half life, just read the book as you see what had to be changed and where, but two mistakes for several years resulted in the Professor. Having to chase you around the country until she went to the more direct approach. And sent Hagrid after me to get the letter of acceptance to me." I said and the Dursleys nodded bemused then.
"Not happening twice, with the fact the trio came to report into us, we got the catch now, Harry, but why not give us a tour of the school. So I know what's getting changed in year three unless you are changing several of your third year classes?" Petunia asked and I nodded. "Aside from the first 2, I'm adding athrimacy." I said and the duo smiled at me.
"Magical creatures with both of us, Divination with Ron, and Arithmacy with me, split the time evenly from years 3 to 6, Harry?" Mione asked and I nodded to her. "Yeah and you're not lonely anymore as we get back on a regular schedule. But you better not do everything, or you're likely to lose your temper at us at the moment here, Mione."
"Besides, Ancient runes, Arithmacy, and care of Magical creatures is more then enough in your case, until year six. For me, Divination, Arithmacy and Care of magical creatures until year six and then we prepare for the war. Then our mission in finding the horcuxes, but we got a lot of work to do at the moment, but nobody is leaving half cocked here."
"And secondly and I mean this, but in case we need to make a clean getaway if they crash the wedding right now. We got to pack up plenty of food, water and supplies and create a bag for all of us. We look at what was in book 7 and then we change things around, okay guys." I said and they both nodded in agrement to the remark gently.
"We can't make contact with anyone in the order without the death eaters arresting us, but there is one chance as can go to the our single best most Minister, as my new boss. He's leading the aurors from year 6 to 7 and we make contact after catch all three. Before the last two get destroyed here." I said and Fudge and Scrimgeour nodded firmly.
"Set the trap and let them walk right into it, son?" Scrimgeour asked and I nodded. "Yes Sir, but you are my contact, if they kill Aunt Amy, as we can't make contact. And with the rest of the order, especially if they work at the ministry, or we could get arrested. They want me, but we're doing everything we can to get rid of every single one, Sir."
"Don't come to me, keep moving and we'll come to you after that." I said and he nodded as he ran a hand through the hair at the back of my head. "Four years peace and then 2.5 years of war after that, we got a long way to go from here. But we're doing whatever it takes to get you guys to safety if they crash my reception little brother, as a result."
"But get undercover, and before they catch you off guard, we got only hours, before they start rounding us up, so find a hiding place and stay there. And until one of us in the adult order make contact with you, okay." Bill said and I nodded to the orders. "Well for now, we got 6.5 years, so we better end this." Dan said and I nodded as they nodded.
