A/N Well a great chapter this week (hopefully). Enjoy
Dudley sat in a chair opposite the head mistresses desk while Harry brought Ginny, Ron and Neville up to speed on the case. The sun had begun to set over the mountains the clouds turning pink in the dusk after the unusually warm spring day, he chuckled to himself at the reaction of the students, as Harry told it both he and his wife were famous, Ginny for being an international Quidditch star and because both were part of the original DA. Most of what Harry said was nonsense to him but he would go to the library to night and find out who his cousin and cousins wife really were.
"We will have to spend the night at Hogwarts, the ministry will have begun to miss us by morning and Kingsley will not do anything to stop them finding us." Harry sighed long and hard before leaving to find headmistress McGonagall.
That night Dudley lay in bed thinking about the last few days, he was amazed by the speed at which things happened it had only been two days since the last murder so they still had 5 days left, Harry and his team of aurors had already made in roads into the case, and now that some of the best wizards and witches of a generation were on the case, he could already feel the end was in sight. It was strange to Dudley how quickly he had adopted things like wizards robes, which he had been wearing since the mornings interviews. He had said something that morning in jest but the idea had somehow stuck, that they were thinking of this the wrong way round, maybe they should not be looking for things that the victims had done to incur the wrath of the serial killer, but maybe they should be looking for things that they had not done. This was confusing even in his own head, maybe it was just tiredness because he had spent the last few hours finding out Harry's story in the library, and what a story it was, but even so Dudley had that gut instinct that told him that he was right.
A knock on the door woke Dudley, who had only slept sparingly that night, groggily he opened the door to admit whoever it was into his room.
"Harry its a bit early isn't it?"
"We need to get moving this morning I want to show you something before every one else gets up. I'll wait outside." Harry left Dudley to change, and then led him out in to the grounds. They approached what to Dudley looked like a white marble dome, Exquisitely caved and maintained, Dudley noticed that Harry had not made eye contact at all that morning, as they walked down to the grounds, making Dudley think that he must be desperately wrong about this marble dome, it most certainly wasn't just a nice sculpture.
"This is the tomb of Albus Dumbledore." Harry announced abruptly "I know that you were reading about me last night. You should have asked." Dudley remained silent not sure what to say.
"The tomb was made in to a war memorial, its been carved with the names of everyone that fought." Harry was talking more to himself than to Dudley, He ran his hands ovr some of the names. Dudley walked around the marble structure reading the names, he came to an abrupt stop as he reached a section that read Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Ginny Weasley. Wondering even more about the people he was now travelling with Dudley continued to read.
"Harry, did everyone fight at the battle?"
"No, all the muggleborn's or any undesirable that fled abroad were unable to get back. Everyone else who was capable did come or help in some way, they all get a mention on this."
"I can't find anyone from the families that we interviewed." Dudley was looking more and more thoughtful now, an idea was beginning to form, Harry looked at Dudley puzzled seeing his expression.
"Remember I said that maybe it was something that they had not done, well maybe it is someone punishing them for not fighting in the battle." Harry looked at Dudley sceptically.
"Its unlikely Dudley."
"Well maybe your so intent on it being another dark wizard that you cant see that it may be someone else." Harry looked at Dudley for a moment thoughtfully.
"You may actually have something with this Dudley." They hurried back across the lawns towards the castle to tell the others of the potential breakthrough. They met the others in the castle entrance hall before any of the students were up and breakfasting and Harry hurriedly announced that Dudley may have worked out who had been doing the murders, which surprised Dudley himself. Hermione also had an announcement.
"Being back at the Great Hall gave me an idea." She said brightly "I was thinking back to when we learned to apparate and disapparate and I think I may know how they are doing it!"
A/N Well i just want to warn you that the next few chapters some may consider to be off cannon but since JK has said nothing on these matters then i am forced to make it up.