Chapter Twenty-Three

They arrived at Geneva the day before testing began. As they relaxed that evening they were ready for the exams to begin the next morning at 8 AM. They had two days of NEWT testing with one day for written exams and another for their practical exams. The third and fourth days were strictly for them to take their selected masteries. Unlike Britain by waiting for another hour after the exams, they would have their official results.

Each written exam was one and a half hours for each subject. Transfiguration was first followed by Charms, Potions, Runes, Arithamancy, DADA, and an alternate warding/enchanting test.

. The last was not offered in Britain because most schools did not offer any classes for it."

They had 10.5 hours of solid testing because they were taking the full battery of exams. They had only thirty minutes to eat lunch because of the schedule but Sirius had catered a lunch for them for all four days. The other examinees were amazed to watch these five have a full lunch ready to go when they entered the student break room.

At eight PM the chief examiner only found five students awaiting their first day results. It happened that it was the five top performers for this year's exams. The woman looked at them and scowled "You five did the best in this year's exams. I find it odd that you are all homeschooled together."

Hermione looked very disgruntled "I would find it odd if we didn't score almost the same for these tests as we all studied the same material for each exam." The woman frowned but gave them their exam slips.

Harry smiled when he saw his results "Seven for seven NEWTS."

Daphne rolled her eyes "Was there ever a doubt about this. We were ready and well prepared."

Gabby yawned "Ok let's get to the hotel I am tired and we have a very heavy day tomorrow." They left the building and made it the four blocks to the hotel had a quick bite and were in bed asleep in no time.

The next morning they were still weary but Gabby made them stop and get a coffee which gave them a quick pick me up. When they entered the building Daphne stopped them all and handed each of them a vial. "Gabby the coffee was wonderful and it did help but we have a very long day and I believe the pepper up potions will be better. We can take another at lunch."

They each took one and within ten minutes were no longer dragging but mentally and physically alert. They had three examination teams for DADA which was their first practical. The first two students came in and out in fifteen minutes. Harry was called in and just before he stepped through the doorway he hesitated. He sensed something was off without knowing the exact reason.

He looked forward and saw three examiners who were smiling at him and one was sitting with an odd look. He eventually saw beads of sweat rolling from him and then finally saw the vacant and clouded eyes "Imperious" he whispered.

Harry senses automatically went on full alert mode and he combat apparated into the room right behind the examiners. What was more astounding is he did it silently and was able to disillusion himself before he landed.

He used legimancy on the instructor who was sweating to find that he was fighting the imperious curse from three men under invisibility cloaks. His rage began in earnest as he found out this was a plot by the death eaters to kill him and his wives.

He placed a very localized shield around the man's head and whispered "Continue to act like you are under the imperious." A slight nod by the man indicated he understood.

Harry then cast a charm to affect the cloaks by painting them pink. Within seconds three people became visible. Harry didn't hesitate and cast two stunners as they were focused on the doors and not him. Just before the stunners hit the first two, the third called out. "We are visible!"

It did not help the first two as they fell immediately. The third looked around frantically.

Harry smirked and then cast a charm to throw his voice in various locations around the room. He then cast an anti apparition ward before he whispered "Good morning death nibbler."

The man scared turned quickly and fired a hex that cut the wall "Who are you!"

Harry laughed "I am your worst nightmare – I am Harry Potter." Harry cast a silent slicing hex which hit his wand and cut it in half. The death eater turned and cast a dull red spell that made the back wall catch on fire.

Harry stayed behind the main examiner "You missed me again." The death eater pulled another wand from his breast pocket. Harry didn't even let him get it up in the ready position before another hex cut it in half. The death eater then pulled a medallion from his pocket and a dagger from his boot.

The death eater yelled "Activate!" when nothing happened, he looked down in horror and yelled "activate" again. He never saw the cutting curse that hit his wrist nor the stunner that hit him next.

Harry pressed his wand against the main examiners neck "Are you the real examiners?"

The man tensed "Yes I am as are the other two with me. I think they were placed in stasis."

Harry did not release his pressure on the wand "The one thing I was taught in my training is never turn your back on an unknown combatant. I don't know you and you either give me your magical oath you are the examiner or I stun first before calling the aurors."

Harry saw the man grin "A very wise precaution. He raised his wand slowly and Harry moved to his other side from where he had already talked from. "I Gilbert Rollins am the DADA examiner and I have no intent in harming Harry Potter."

Harry added "Or any of my wives!"

The examiner grinned "You moved, very, very precautious and wise. He repeated his oath and added he would not harm Harry's wives."

Harry grinned "Now do Lumos!"

Gilbert chuckled "Potter I don't stand a chance against you in the least and I spent ten years on the dueling circuit. Lumos!" The man's wand lit up. Harry finally released the wand on his neck and Gilbert stood up and then leaned forward and marked his paper.

Gilbert turned "You have an O ++ with distinction and honors. Two days from now you were to have a mastery exam with me and Paul. That was against two aurors and will not happen now as this proves you passed that as well."

Harry walked to the death eaters and stunned them all again before placing them in chairs after he banished their clothes.

Gilbert looked at him "You are a very cautious man Mr. Potter. Why remove their clothes?"

Harry stopped and turned "They carry extra emergency port keys and weapons on them. A naked man can only hide a weapon in one place and if tied to a chair can't pull it out. Complacency gets people killed." Gilbert had to laugh at that.

"Can you waken the other two examiners?" Harry asked him.

While he did so Harry left his wand on them and they awakened to find themselves looking at a very intimidating Harry Potter with glowing eyes. Gilbert informed them of what happened and they both gave their oath quickly.

The examiner named Paul began writing on his notes and then smiled "We thought you were a spoiled and arrogant kid when you audaciously went for your NEWTs and Mastery in the same week." Paul grinned "I apologize because I can see you are the real deal Mr. Potter. 99% of the masters out there would have been caught by that trap. What gave it away?"

Harry shrugged "It was a combination of things. I sensed danger before I stepped in the door which made me pause. Then when I began to critically look at things I noticed Gilbert was sweating and then recognized the symptoms of Imperious. I combat apparated behind you and then sent a legimancy probe at Gilbert and found out what happened."

Paul stood up "Amazing simple amazing. Harry you have very few equals out in the real world I should think."

Harry bowed "Thanks." Harry turned "I don't know how you feel about torture but this man here is going to give me answers or he will leave in pieces."

Harry enervated him and he looked around wildly and then saw Harry "How?"

Harry snorted "You sad sacks couldn't sneak up on somebody if they were dead."

Harry moved in front of him "What is your name?"

The death eater smirked "F-off!" Harry just laughed as he conjured a hammer and then swung it down towards his smallest toe. The death eater screamed in pain.

Harry was still kneeling down "I only ask one time and then I start causing pain am I clear?" The man with a grimace nodded his head "What is your name?"

"Aston Devonshire." He wept out.

Harry smirked at him "By the way if your answers don't match your buddies over there when I question him next, then I come back and swing twice. You have ten fingers, ten toes, two kneecaps, two elbows and after that I start cutting things off."

The man looked up "How can you do this? You are from the light. Light wizards don't do these things."

Harry frowned and swung the hammer "Welcome to the new world order brother because I am as grey as they come. He swung again and the man screamed out as three toes were smashed. "What is your real name?"

"Anton Grisham." He cried out.

"What was your mission here?"

Anton looked surprised "You have to ask."

Harry swung the hammer "Wrong answer scum bag."

Harry continued for another thirty minutes and got all of his answers.

When he finished he levitated the Port key to Anton Harry swung the hammer and broke his knees, arms, shoulders and then leaned over him "Now Anton I am sending you back to your master as a warning to your other death eater friends, I am taking the kid gloves off. If I see a death eater they die."

Harry looked into his eyes and saw the fear in them "You will quit when you get back and if you don't Anton I will come for you because I know everything about you." Harry paused "Aunt megs house won't work in Bristol because I know about it. Using any of the Seton properties won't work because I know about them."

Anton began to cry "He will kill me!"

Harry shrugged "You will find no empathy from me. Activate!" Anton disappeared.

Paul looked ill "Was all that necessary?"

Harry turned on him "To get the dark mark one has to rob a muggle, kill a muggle, and rape a muggle then use the blood from the girl to receive the mark. People that can't defend themselves against a magical, justice called out for it and I will not coddle criminals!"

Harry walked out of the room and smiled as he showed Hermione as Daphne walked in to the exam room. Hermione's eyes bulged "O++? What the hell was that?"

Harry chuckled "Well that was because I surpassed the test they were going to give me for my mastery on Thursday. So I passed both at the same time." Harry grinned "Baby I am that good!"

Hermione rolled her eyes and then smiled before kissing him and remarking "Modest as well." She snarked at him.

Daphne came out about ten minutes later with a smile until she saw Harry scores "What the hell is that?" She slapped him "How do you keep doing that?"

Gabby smirked "Baby he is that good."

Harry was laughing "You are giving me a big head." Daphne crossed her arms and then looked mad at him. He settled down "They gave me a pass for my mastery on the same test."

Daphne's eyes became dark as she scooted closer to him "You know that power gets to me, so care for a bathroom break?" Daphne didn't wait for an answer she grabbed his belt and tugged him where she wanted to go."

When they came back Gabby was just coming out while holding her paper and smiling. Hermione stood up and winked "We have charms next two doors down." The rest of the day was much calmer as they completed the rest of the exams.

Greengrass Manor – Lord Voldemort's HQ

Voldemort stood over the naked man lying on the floor and listened closely. "My lord we set up everything as planned, the examiners were in stasis and the one was imperiused. Somehow Potter knew we were there and he ambushed us. He stunned Huntington and Largo before we knew that our cloaks had been compromised.

Voldemort asked tersely "What do you mean compromised?"

Anton looked up "They turned pink and revealed our positions." He continued "He cut my wands twice and then disarmed me and I never saw where he was. I tried the port key and it would not work. I woke up sitting bound naked in a chair. Potter asked me questions and when I didn't know the answers or lied he smashed my toes with hammers."

Anton sighed "He knew if I lied and his response was to use that hammer on me. I couldn't stand the pain."

Voldemort looked down at him "Why did he let you survive?"

Anton gasped "He broke every major joint and bone in my body and sent me back to warn you and the others that work for you that he will cause you great pain if you do not leave him alone. He said he would make it worse for the next to come after him."

Lord Greengrass spoke "My Lord perhaps it is best if we leave the Potter boy alone for now. Your ranks are thin and we need time to rebuild."

Voldemort became enraged "With what? I have no money or political capital to build with. No way to coerce people to my side. I need Potter to get that political capitol to reach my plans. As long as he breathes then I will not be able to gather followers, with him defeated as a symbol of my power, they will flock to me." Lord Greengrass knew it would do no further good to argue.