CHAPTER TWELVE: FLASHBACKS.
Harry was battling through a strange fog with all manner of magical creatures and wand wielding madmen appearing before him and the people around him. Sirius looking tired and worn for his age, Susan all fire and Ice as she fired many spells at her opponents, Neville looked like a battering ram as several Creatures and wizards fell to his wand, even Hermione was there reducing all who came before her to ashes and Luna was as sharp as ever felling many before her...but what had his heart in his throat were Daphne and Elphaba...There were not with them...with him. Harry ran through the fog fighting for his life, for his sister and his love...Love he loved Daphne more than ever and now that was being threatened by ripping her from him. Harry almost fell over as the fog parted out from him revealing a rocky shelf over a ravine. Elphaba and Daphne were there fighting as hard as they could Harry knew at once Elphaba was fighting not just for herself but for her children that she still carried. Harry watched in slow motion horror as two men in skull masks fired two emerald green Avada Kedavas at his sister and Wife, Harry yelled as both crumpled before him and an Avada Kedava flew towards him as he lurched forwards...
...Harry sat bolt upright as he jerked awake in a cold sweat, he turned to the young woman in the bed beside him. Daphne was still there, he was still there they were alive. Harry felt his racing heart slow down as he breathed deeply. Knowing he wouldn't sleep at all for at least the next hour or two Harry got out of bed, put on his dressing gown, grabbed his wand and went into the kitchen. Harry blinked as he entered the kitchen area. As he turned on the kettle and put some bread in the toaster, Harry rubbed the sleep from his eyes and stretched the kinks out of his back. Within the three months of Elphaba announcing her pregnancy to the group life had taken a stranger turn.
Within three days of the news the four champions were training for at least three hours a day with Hermione joining Daphne and Luna in spell research and Neville, Marie and William aiding the champions with moving and attacking targets. Sirius joined Amelia and Lady Augusta in working on changing the financial and Political world outside Hogwarts by hiring a group of six aides to assist with paperwork. Using their names Elphaba and Harry secured the right information for six scholarships in the two boarding schools in America with a possible seventh for when Hermione made up her mind. There were also requests made to several smaller schools in England for Hermione, Luna, Neville and Susan including the all Boys school Camelot Castle, Miss Cackles Academy for girls and Pentangles school for young witches. Elphaba was firm set on a school in America, Daphne would go where Harry would go. Harry thought over what would happen tomorrow and felt rather nervous, he wondered how the other champions were fairing and hoped they were feeling more prepared than he was.
Harry looked over the hotel paperwork and notes on the horcruxes that Elphaba had left on the kitchen island. Despite not helping with the training itself or the research, Elphaba had been extremely busy despite her pregnancy. Elphaba launched herself into knowing everything about her family and all their businesses including with Gabys help finalising all the hotel details such as Staff issues, buying all the needed items of food and equipment as well as signing off everything needed. What made Harry worry was her determination to rid all the horcruxes they could So much so that she set the house elves Olive, Clive and Gus to search the Room of Requirement when the champions were not training?
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"Are you sure?" Harry asked as he followed the determined Elphaba up the stairs towards the Room of Requirement. "Absolutely sure"
"Positive" Elphaba replied holding several research notes only the right people could read "The Goblins removed the Horcruxes from the other items without harming the founders items. Plus I am a Hundred percent sure the final Horcrux we can reach is within this castle"
Harry worked over the details she handed to him as they finally reached their destination. The room of requirement opened at Elphabas thoughts and the two best friends entered the room. Harry felt his mouth open in suprise as the item flooded room stretched right out before them
"ELphaba" Harry began after a moment as Elphaba walked forwards to observe the room closer "We don't have the time or willing man-power to comb this room effectively or efficently"
"We ask the house-elves" Elphaba awncered "three of yours specifically Clive, Olive and Gus"
The three named house-elves popped into the room and bowed top their master and favorate student.
"You asked for us Missey ELphie" Olive asked with a toothy smile
"I did Olive thank you for awncering my call" Elphaba awncered settling herself down to Olives leval "I have something to ask of you, now you don't have to do it if you don't wish to and I wouldn't judge you if you don't"
"we decide that Missy Elphie" Clive jumped in with an almost superior air around him
"Please tell us" Gus asked with a slight squeak in his voice.
"We would like you to comb this room as efficiently as you can to find and obtain a Horcrux" Elphaba told them showing the three elves a picture of what it could be "I also have an agreement from the headmistress that anything broken in this room can be fixed, re-used for something else or thrown completely, If they are useful to the school they can be reintergrated if they can be sold, sell them...but the finding of the Horcrux is paramount"
"We will do so Missy Elphie If master Harry agrees" Olive awncered taking the piece of paper with the information writtain on it and studying it
The other two elves turned to harry with a questioning look in their eyes
"Yes I agree" Harry said a bit softly "But please do not tire yourself or neglect anything else you have to do plus We are using the room to train in so If we are here I recommend you take some rest"
The three house elves nodded and threw themselves into the work as Harry helped Elphaba to her feet
"I hope you are right Elphaba" Harry said as they left the room "I do hope you are right"
FLASHBACK END
Harry had to applaudeher instinct as three weeks later when Clive announced finding the final Horcruxes they knew of and could reach in the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw. Harry went with Clive to Gringotts with Sirius and watched the Goblins destroy it without destroying a precious piece of History.
Harry finished making his tea and buttered his toast before looking over the final scraps of paper pertaining to the horcruxes. When Sirius was brought into the 'knowledge' as it were about the dark object in his ancestral house, he immediately sought to search through the vaults of the members of his house, they ended up with the Cup of Helga Hufflepuff (now cleared of the dark soul fragment), a dead and disowned Bellatrix lestrange, buried in the grounds of Azkerban and a beyond pissed off Draco Malfoy due to his mother Narcissa being offered the chance to be a black again. Today was the day Sirius would find out if his cousin would again be a Black, Draco on Harrys insistence was offered the chance to be a Black and a 'Spare' Heir to Elphabas possible son but he refuted it with an anger Harry had never seen in him before and had clung to the Malfoy name surprising both his mother and his later proud father.
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"Ah Lord Malfoy you are on time" Burchoke announced as Lucius Malfoy arrived with both Narcissa and Draco. Harry looked up from his seat in between Elphaba and Daphne, Sirius sat in between Elphaba and Burchoke looking every inch the Lord Black. Harry hadn't seen Malfoy Sr and Mrs Malfoy since the Quiddich world cup and Malfoy since the beginning of the Easter holidays, Harry couldn't be sure but Malfoy Sr was favouring his right arm, Mrs Malfoy looked more tired than normal and Draco looked way too smug to be normal...even for him. Plesentries were exchanged as everyone was seated around the large oval table. It was at this time Lucius noticed the two Aurors standing in the corners of the room.
"May I enquire to why the presence of Auors Shacklebolt and Tonks is required?" Lucius asked with a small tilt of the head.
"A mere precaution Lord Malfoy" Burchoke awncered smoothly shuffling several papers "Lord Black you may have the floor"
"Due to several descrepencies in the Black affairs I had to ask for several copies of your families use of Narcissas Dowery paymentsI called for a mere double check of funds being placed where they should be" Sirius began sending several sheets of parchment and paper over to Lucius "I am afraid the Golbin hired to do so was too efficient for his own good and these are the results. You've been pulling more than you were allotted weren't you Lucy-boy"
A surprised looking Narcissa pulled several sheets out of Lucius' grip and began looking them over a cold looking anger settled over the group.
"You did this?" she asked the ice settling behind a tone not heard for years
"I...I" Lucius began eyeing their son and the Aurors as Draco looked over the papers himself "I did...for us as a family..."
"Mother" Draco began "Father uses the money of your maiden family to fund your happiness and mine how could you find this a bad thing?"
Elphaba, Daphne and Harry shared a look before both Elphaba and Sirius pinched at the bridge of their noses. Burchoke shook his head in suprise
"Are you as Daft as well as stupid Draco Malfoy?" Elphaba asked after finding her voice and with the help of Burchoke she launched into an explaination of how they expected the repayments to happen. Lucius nervousness turned to sneering as Elphaba finished her appointed speel.
"This is none of your concern Miss Hardbroom" Lucius began belittling Elphbabas title of Baroness with one single word. Sirius noticed Narcissa shifting uncomfortably torn between defending her head of houses wife and agreeing with her husband.
"Mr Malfoy you are speaking to my wife and mother of the future heir of Black" Sirius began icy cold "You are in no position to speak to her that way. As such we have two options for you to repay the money...Option one you pay off every gallon you've drawn out over the Dowry limit or Option two we take Draco as a Black and a spare heir to my future son and your marriage is annulled due to the Dark mark on your right arm"
Lucius and the aurors reacted quickly and soon Lucius was high above them with Narcissa standing at the wall with her son beside her and the Aurors standing either side of Sirius with Harry Daphne and Elphaba behind them.
"Put down my father" Draco ordered angrily as everyone turned to him "He is far superior and better than you all, I will never be a spare heir to the half bloods runt. I am the Malfoy heir the best pure-blood ever"
Elphaba leaned around Shacklebolt and winked her right eye sending Draco up to the ceiling beside his father causing several people to chuckle
"The decision to annul the marriage to not up to your father or you...little dragon" Elphaba began sounding eerily like her grandfather in that moment "The decision belongs with your mother"
Narcissa froze in suprise as the group turned to the blonde haired woman for her awncer.
FLASHBACK END
Harry concluded that despite his penchant for wealth and status Lucius did somewhat remotely love Narcissa and was prepared to fight to keep her. Elphabas threat to crush him through family ties kept the choice to Narcissa alone. It was then that Narcissa had asked for a three months grace to debate on if she wished again to be a Black. Elphaba stated when the Malfoys left she was certain Narcissa would become a Black again when pressed over it
Harry thought over everything that had happened since that disastrous meeting in Gringotts and the painful meeting with the 'cabal' afterwards where Elphaba and Harry told them EVERYTHING about themselves and what they had done and were planning to do with Gabys help the group finally understood the finer details of the plan Harry had thought of so many years ago. Harry and Elphaba had planned to take over the school and drag it kicking and screaming into the twenty first century, but when first year happened they dropped that plan and went with a second one, taking over the world with subtlety but the plan had ultimately failed with Dumbledore and his stupid idea to start the tournement again and the Ministry fucking up his trial by attempting to not have it. The situation had only worked in their favour because Molly's trial went first.
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Harry and his allies/friends sat in the spectator's gallery of the court as Minister Fudge called the room to attention
"Order we shall have order" he called out quieting everyone down, News reporters including Rita Skeeter and her acidic quill present and twitching to record everything "Aurors bring in the defendant"
Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks brought in a fighting Molly Weasle. Harry winced as she shrieked at the Aurors as they put her in the accused chair which strapped her down tightly
"Molly Weasley Nee Prewett" Fudge began "You have been brought here to awncer to the crimes of Money Laundering and Line stealing how do you plead?"
"Not...Guilty" Molly awncered angrily partially focused on the straps around her writs.
Harry and Elphaba shared a look when they saw Fudges' look of glee in his eyes
"We shall see Mrs Weasley" Fudge began "Madame Bones bring forth the evidence"
Amelia brought forth a pensive and several memories including Meave's, Harry's, Hermiones and supprisingly Ginny and Rons. Each set of memories dug the hole around molly deaper and deaper revealing several facts even Harry and Elphaba didn't factor but it was Elphabas memory of the meeting at the train station at the end of third year which had surprised everyone.
Molly was then force fed Veriterserum and asked several questions regarding all the memories and to give her version of what happened, the group was certain it clinched Mollys sentence. With his People-Saving thing re-surging Harry stood up as Fudge was ready to pronounce a sentence.
"Minister Fudge respected members of the Wizgenmort" he announced loudly "I suggest a reduced sentence for Mrs Weasley due to several overtures and fed potions by Headmaster Dumbledore and maybe assisting St Mungos after her prison term has finished"
Fudge raised an eyebrow before turning back to his fellow Wizgenmort members.
"Molly Weasley Nee Prewett you have been found guilty of money laundering and attempted line theft but since the victim in question insists you were controlled you are hereby sentenced to five years in Azkerban east wing and a further five years assisting St Mungos as a test subject" Fudge ordered banging his gravel to end the proceedings "Aurors take her away and bring in Dumbledore"
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Dumbledore visibly shrank when he saw Harry and Elphaba in the spectators area both looking stone faced and void of charitable emotion, his trial happened the same way as Mollys but he did not fight the Veritarserum or the chair. Elphaba stood up this time and suggested the fact of old age and regular miss-use of potions to sustain one-self subjected him to a twist of madness. Harry added that they would take the old man after a prison sentence and put him to work out of sight and never seen again unless requested, The Wizgenmort agreed whole heartedly.
"Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore you have been hereby sentenced as guilty you will serve six months in Azkerban for what you have done stripped of all your titles and when you are released you will be put into the service of Lord and Lady Potter-Black and Baroness Hardbroom-Black where they can deal with you Aurors take him away"
FLASHBACK END
Dumbledore may have gotten off the hook with less prison time than Molly but being removed of all his important titles reduced Dumbledore down to a mere man with next to nothing. Harry at the insistence of Sirius and Augusta had created an advisor Job with severe tabs for the old goat one that kept Dumbledore within their range so that he wouldn't cause damage to the public but far away enough to not cause damage to the group itself. Elphaba hinted at extra money and prestige if he wrote down his life and any knowledge he knew had passed out of public coniousnes in the form of books. Harry re-read the letter from Ginny and thought about the Weasleys he knew their work was done. With Molly in Azkerban for five years Arthur had taken Ginny out of School and placed into Psychiatric care at St Mungos. After a complete flushing of any residue potions and a strict mental evaluation Ginny was on the road to recovery, Fred and George had after much deliberating, reluctantly agreed to re-take several OWLs over the summer holidays in exchange for the start-up money, five starting shares and an occasional say in their Jokes business Weasleys Wizards Weases. George threw in free merchandise as a thank you when Fred wasn't looking and finally with Ron he had been caught threatening Lavender Brown into doing his homework for him. Minerva announced he was to be sent home for the rest of this year with two strict tutors and would be held back a year. Harry promised Arthur that If Ron put the work in the threat of being held back would be null and void.
"Hey brother, nightmares again?" Elphaba asked from the doorway a bit sleepily breaking harry out of his thought stupor.
"Hey Elphie" Harry said shaking his head briefly before getting off his stool "Cup of tea and some toast?"
"Yes please" Elphaba replied knowingly "And don't dodge the question"
"I did yes a repeat of the previous one" Harry awncered truthfully putting the bread in the toaster whilst cleaning his plate of crumbs so it could be reused.
"Fair enough" Elphaba said sitting down as Harry pottered about "Nervous about tomorrow then?"
Harry pulled the toast out of the toaster and placed them back on the plate as he thought about it.
"A little bit" He replied honestly buttering the toast and pouring milk into the tea. "But nerves are natural so I'm not as nervous as I should be"
Elphaba smiled as Harry handed her the tea and toast before settling opposite her with his own cup
"How come you're up early?" Harry asked seeing the time was now six-thirty
"Baby is hungry and has been sitting on my bladder" Elphaba replied munching on her toast "Pure luck you were up wasn't it Harry"
"Yes it certainly was" Harry chuckled before drinking more tea. His nerves over the final task the next day fading with every joke and story he could share with Elphaba and she could share with him. By the time everyone was up and eating Breakfast Harry was completely and utterly relaxed.
AUTHORS NOTE:
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Thanks to a few reviewers who pointed out a few loose ends I'd forgotten about and a few loose pieces I hope this chapter helped in some way.
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