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Harry Van Helsing

The cover story and fake adoption was completed without much fanfare, which disappointed the brothers. They had spoken again with McGonagall, about speaking with Dumbledore. She recommended that they do it soon as the old man was feeling very guilty at the moment, and would be more inclined to accept the help. So they arranged for the Van Helsing brothers to meet with the headmaster.

Harry and Akihiro where standing with Minerva at the gargoyle that guarded the headmasters office. She had advised them that some others that had known the Potters would be in the room as well. One being Remus Lupin and the other was Amelia Bones Head of the DMLA. They had not heard that Nicholas was also to be there, much to their surprise.

"Harahel, Akihiro, my boys how are you?" Nicholas gushed at them. Harry and Akihiro smiled at Nicholas as they took turns engulfing the man in hugs.

"Uncle Nicholas, how have you been?"

"Fine, fine. Perenelle has been wondering when you two will be coming for dinner?"

"Soon I hope. You know we can't resist her Treacle Tart. But what are you doing here?" Harry said looking at Nicholas from under his hat. Nicholas gave them a Cheshire cat smile and nodded to the headmaster.

"Well boys I have left my stone here for safe keeping. But the security that was promised, does not seem to have appeared." Nicholas said in a distressed tone.

All of the assembled wizards and both hunters looked expectantly at the headmaster. Dumbledore sat at his desk with a smile and twinkle in his eye, that was when Harry felt him pressing against his mental shields trying to find out about himself. Harry gave no sign that he even knew what was happening. He did notice that when the headmaster looked at Akihiro, he frowned slightly.

"Well now that the Van Helsing's are here why don't we get down to why they are here and how we are going to find Harry Potter?" Nicholas asked.

"Yes, what has brought the famous monster hunters to our small part of the world?" Remus asked. Akihiro and Harry sniffed subtly in his direction to gauge his mood, only to find that he was a werewolf.

"Well, our benefactors have found out about your problem here due to Harry Potter himself. So we are here to help hunt down what is left of Lord Voldemort. He can not be allowed to return."

"Do you know where Mr. Potter is?" Amelia asked. Harry smiled at her.

"We will need to discuss that later Madam Bones. At this time I and my brother will not be telling where he is, as he is now very happy and health with his new family. You see the relatives he was placed with abused the boy badly, luckily God was watching over him and they decided to leave him at an orphanage. We will not be responsible for destroying his happiness."

"So you two decided to champion Harry Potter?" Albus asked with an evil glint in his eyes. Akihiro and Harry plastered the same charming smile on.

"Why yes we did. We feel that it is inappropriate for a small boy to be saddled with the responsibility that should be shouldered by an adult." Harry growled out while he was starting to crouch into an attack position. Akihiro noticed and placed a calming hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry quickly calmed and gave a slight nod of thanks in Akihiro's direction.

"I see you do not agree that Harry is a true hero." Albus said quietly.

"No, one day he will be a hero. But he is a child, that needs to be loved and protected. Who placed him with his relatives ?" Harry asked. Remus, Minerva and Amelia all looked uncomfortable, and shot glances at Albus.

"Lily Potter sacrificed herself to make sure that Harry had blood wards that would protect him. So I placed him with his relatives." Albus said sadly. Harry and Akihiro both sniffed and traded looks out of the corner of their eyes, Albus was not a bit remorseful, or sad, but rather angry.

"Now Albus we all know that you looked at Harry as a grandson. But, did you check on him at all?" Nicholas asked. Albus looked startled by the question.

"Nicholas I have tracking charm monitors set up behind you. None gave any sign that he was in danger." Albus said quickly trying to cover his surprise at being questioned.

"And any wizard who knows anything, knows that tracking charms will not tell you the exact health of the person being tracked. Also looks like most of your devices are not working." Harry snorted.

Akihiro noticed that Harry barely looked up from under his hat and he smirked slightly as he realized how well Harry's disguise was working, no one could tell that he was the boy who lived.

Albus was not stable, that much was obvious to everyone, but only a few chose to acknowledge the fact. Akihiro than turned his observation to both Remus and Amelia from the corner of his eyes. He saw the guilty flush and anger from Remus, as well as the horrified realization from Amelia, neither has known about Harry's living conditions. While Minerva seemed most distraught that Harry was placed somewhere he could be abused.

"Well I guess we will never know what Mr. Potter's life with his relatives was really like, but as the Van Helsing's stated he is healthy and happy with his new family." Nicholas said his voice laden with regret. "Not much consolation true but, you do have to give him that at least. That being said how are we going to get rid of Riddle?"

"I had hoped to redeem him, I know it's not a popular view-point, but we have to little left of the wizarding families." Albus said sadly. Harry and Nicholas rolled their eyes at one another.

"Albus how many times do I have to tell you, he is not savable. You missed that chance a long time ago. Please let these men do their jobs." Nicholas pleaded with Albus. Everyone could tell that the Headmaster was going to be stubborn about the two hunters.

"Albus, you owe it to Harry to let these men stop the dark lord. Enough has been taken from him. Let them make sure that he will be safe. That we all, will be safe." Remus said in an angry tone.

"Albus, I have known you for a very long time. I can see you getting stubborn about this, but we are all going to need help if we are to survive." Minerva said quietly with her most unnerving glare she reserved to her most troublesome students. Albus remained calm on the outside, but his scent told a different story. He was angry and they knew that he was going to work against them every step of the way.

"Look we know it seems like we are butting in to a situation that is none of our business, but I am a wizard so this concerns me. I am more than happy to step up and face this 'Dark Lord'." Harry said still not letting anyone really see his eyes.

Albus seemed to think about this for several moments before he, sighed and sat back. He wasn't fooling either Hunter, his scent was still angry, but resigned. They knew he would give in, and let them help, even though he really did not want to do it. If he didn't everyone he knew would lose faith in him.

"Alright, but I can assure you that you need not worry we have everything well under control." Albus said with a heavy sigh. Anyone that looked at the Headmaster could see that he was plotting how to get rid of the hunters.

"Well, Madam Bones, we will need to look at all incidents involving Voldemort. Also any witnesses that might be still alive would be good as well." Harry said. "Also Headmaster any theories that you may have about how to stop his return would be most welcome."

"DMLA will be happy to let you review the files we have. I would also like to know about Harry's living conditions if you know them?" Emilia asked with a polite smile. Harry flashed a smile at her, while Akihiro watched for Albus' reaction. The Headmaster did not disappoint, his face set in a polite mask but, his scent gave him away. He was enraged and it wouldn't take much to make the man do something rash.

"I look forward to speaking with Madam Bones. Now Headmaster any theories, anything even the most slight detail that you would find not worth noticing?" Harry said turning to Albus, he still did not raise his head enough for the headmaster to see his eyes.

It took everything Akihiro had not to laugh outright at the old wizard, so he turned his attention to the scruffy man who smelled of wolf. He was not surprised to see that he was also looking back at him, from what he could tell Remus was studying Harry and himself very closely.

Akihiro wonder what the beast in the wizard was telling him about them. It took all the self-control he had not to smirk when Remus realized that he had been caught staring at them. He decided that the wolf wizard needed to be watched carefully.

"Well I can see that we are all going to need time to gather intel and regroup. So Madam Bones I would like to stop by the DMLA as early as tomorrow?" Harry said with the classic Van Helsing smile. Amelia tried very hard not to blush, only managing to get out that she could have the records by 9 the next morning. They said their goodbyes and departed back to Potter manor.

"Well, what do you want to do about the werewolf?" Akihiro said as they looked over the information about horcruxes and possible ways to destroy them.

"Lupin? He is harmless, I will tell him who I am once this is over." Harry said not looking up from the book he had in front of him. "Any luck on how to destroy these damn things?" He asked rubbing both hands over his unshaven face. Akihiro made a face and shook his head no, before closing his book with a loud thump.

"Well, what do we know about them, than?" Harry asked as he conjured a couple of white boards and markers. Akihiro got up grabbed a marker and wrote HORCRUX.

"Well, we know you ended up as one by accident. So living things can be used." he said writing Harry on the board and in parentheses accident. Harry nodded in agreement.

"Yes, but Riddle is the type, he would not use anything that he could not control. We need to find out more about the man himself." Harry said scratching at the stubble on his jaw.

Akihiro nodded and on the other white board he wrote in big letters in the middle, TOM RIDDLE AKA VOLDEMORT.

"Alright so what do we know about him then?" Akihiro asked. Harry sighed as he rubbed his chin in thought.

"Well, I know he was a orphan. We should check the orphanage where he was raised for clues about his birth parents." He said looking at the board with narrowed eyes.

"Do you know what orphanage he was raised in?" Akihiro asked looking hopefully at Harry.

"No. We will have to look up is birth certificate for where he was born." Harry said. Akihiro nodded and wrote on the board Birth certificate - where was he born.

"So lets start with that and see where it leads us." Akihiro said with a frustrated sigh.

Sorry about the very long up date but RL has not been very kind to me and mine. hope you enjoy. :)