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Chapter Three

"I will go and send Severus in now," Narcissa said and started walking to the door. Harry stopped her. "Please tell Draco that I would like him to be there too. And I would like you to hear everything too. You are my godmother now, so I guess that qualifies you to worry about me now." He sent her a lopsided grin that made him look very handsome, Narcissa thought. She smiled back at him and nodded.

A few moments later, Narcissa returned with Severus and Draco to Harry's bedroom. Severus and Draco hesitated a little bit with entering, but Harry sat on his bed and beckoned them in with a smile.

"Please come in. I would like to talk with both of you. Narcissa will also stay. She needs to hear everything we need to talk about."

Severus, Draco and Narcissa came in. Narcissa closed the door, went over to the seats beside the window and gracefully sat down. Severus had already conjured out of thin air two comfortable chairs for Draco and himself and both of them had sat down opposite of Harry. There was a moment of silence.

Then Harry cleared his throat. "I guess that you know what Narcissa just told me. I mean, the things that were in my parents' will." Draco and Severus nodded. "Well, then you know that I need to come to terms with all this business of being Lord of a powerful and wealthy Wizarding Family. I never learned how to deal with that. I don't know how to handle all the finances and all the legal stuff that comes with it. This is one thing that we need to talk about. I need help with that. The next thing that is important for us to figure out is how to defeat Voldemort. I know now that you two," and with that Harry pointed to Draco and Severus, "are on my side. But to be victorious against Voldemort, we need to stand united. We need to trust each other completely. Severus," he indicated towards the Potions Master, "can you explain to me why you hated me so much in school? I know some reasons from Dumbledore's memories but not everything. I would like to hear it in your own words." Somehow Harry spoke with authority in his voice. Narcissa was startled and she saw that Draco and Severus also had a puzzled look on their faces. It was almost like they were compelled to do what Harry told them to do. He probably wasn't aware of the fact, but he behaved unconsciously every inch how a Lord from a powerful family should behave.

Severus nodded. "I will try. I see that you automatically started calling me Severus. I like that, because it shows that you trust me. Now, you probably know that mother and I grew up in the same neighborhood." Harry nodded. "Well, I liked her from the very first moment I put my eyes on her. I followed her around, because I was too shy to contact her. That's when I saw her do magic, which then made me bold and we started being friends. As you know, when we came to Hogwarts, she was sorted into Gryffindor and I into Slytherin. First we tried to maintain our friendship but it was severely strained through the many pranks your father and his cronies played on me, because they were convinced that I was dark wizard, just because of Slytherin. Your mom stood up to them, but then this fatal incident happened, which you saw in the Pensieve and I snapped. I tried to get her forgiveness, but it was too late and happiness ended for me right then and there. That's when I contacted Lucius and offered my services to the Dark Lord. I didn't think he would go after your mother, though, because she was Muggleborn. But then you were born and the prophecy was made and the Dark Lord took store in the prophecy and marked you as your equal. You also know that it was I who brought the content of the prophecy to the Dark Lord. I regret that. I never regretted anything more in my life than this single thing that I had done. I still loved your mother, even though I understood that she could not forgive me for what I had done. I never wanted her killed. So when the death happened I went to Dumbledore. He performed Legilimency on me and I let him. I wanted him to know that I totally and completely renounced the Death Eater ways. Since then I benefited from his protection. He kept me out of Azkaban. He gave me a job in my favorite subject. But I had to agree being a double spy the moment the Dark Lord would return. I agreed to all his terms. And he had been good to me. I wanted to like you, when you came to Hogwarts, but Dumbledore reminded me of all my ties to the former Death Eaters. It would not be good for me, if they would see that I liked you. It would have blown my cover. That's why I've been so mean to you. And I have to admit, you looking like James Potter, made the job a lot easier, because I just imagined you being a small version of James. I apologize now. I know I was mean to you and to all the Gryffindors. But I hope you understand that I had to. I couldn't even let you know that it was all an act. I had to be convincing, so you suffered but so did I. Several times I almost went to Dumbledore to tell him that I couldn't go on with this, but each time I saw Lily in front of me and that reminded me that we each have a part to play in the plan to defeat the Dark Lord. Now, in the beginning of last year, Narcissa came to me to plead for help for Draco. I again had to be convincing, because Bellatrix was there. She made us do the Unbreakable Vow. You know that it's deadly, if you break it, so this was very risky. But I knew something, that neither Narcissa nor Bellatrix knew. I already knew that Dumbledore was doomed to die because of the curse on the ring. So that's when the plan started forming in our heads. I would try to help Draco reaching his goal and Dumbledore would do his best to tell you everything he knew about Voldemort and the Horcruxes. In the end, Dumbledore wanted me to kill him. He said that it would not maim my soul, because I would help an old man end his sufferings. So I did. You couldn't know this, because you didn't trust me then. But now you know. And we need to figure out, where the rest of the Horcruxes are and how to get rid of them." Severus finally was finished. This had been one long tale and Harry had patiently listened to it. He had never heard Severus talk for such a long time. And he probably never would again. This was a very personal and private moment, a moment, where every on of them opened up his soul for the others and didn't hold back with their feelings. Harry knew that this was necessary. "Thank you, Severus, for being so honest with me," he said. "Now Draco, what about you?"

Draco was clearly gathering his thoughts. Then he started. "I don't have that much to tell. You know that I didn't like you from the start. My father had implanted in me a desire to be better than anybody else and that Purebloods are superior to Halfbloods and Muggleborns. I never knew anything else, since my mom never was allowed to instruct me or to be alone with me. I guess my dad somehow was suspicious of her and her motives. But ever since he has been in Azkaban after the fiasco at the Ministry, she had tried to slowly lead me back into light and first now, after the death of Dumbledore, she told me the whole truth. So now I fully understand what is going on and I will support you wholeheartedly. You have my word and wizard oath on this." He stopped speaking and looked expectantly at Harry.

Harry looked around at each one of the three. Then he said, "We should each give an oath of not betraying each other's trust. I think, this is the most important thing for us in this little group. I would like to get Ron and Hermione into this too, because they already know about the Horcruxes and Hermione is not the smartest witch of our age for nothing. She would be extremely worth having in the fight against Voldemort. Ron is very impulsive, but he is my best friend and he stood with me in all my hard times, so I want him to be included." The three of them nodded, even though Draco scowled a little at the mentioning of Ron. Harry continued. "I want to help the Weasleys. They had been family for me when I had none, so I owe them. I know, they will first resist the help, but I hope that I can convince them. Now, onto other things. Draco, I would like you to help me getting to grips with the finances and managing of big estates. I guess that your father taught you in all this?" Draco nodded. Harry seemed satisfied. "Well, than we will speak, when this meeting is over. Severus, how much do you know about the Horcruxes of Voldemort?" Severus was thoughtful. "Well, the diary was one and the ring. That's two down. Dumbledore said something about five others." He wanted to continue, but Harry lifted his arm. "Wait, five others? He told me of four Horcruxes." "Ah," said Severus, "Dumbledore didn't tell you then. Well, he wasn't planning to." Harry was perplexed. "What didn't Dumbledore tell me, Severus?" Severus was silent for a long time. Finally he said, "I don't know if you want to hear this. It is not pretty." When Harry stayed silent and just looked at him, he continued, "But you need to know so that you can make your decision. You are the fifth Horcrux, Harry. Voldemort did not intend to turn you into one, rest assured, but invariably it happened on the night he killed your parents. The Horcrux is in you and that is why you are so closely connected and cannot get him out of your head. Now that I know of this I understand, why you couldn't occlude so well. The Horcrux prevented you from doing this. He is still preventing you from reaching your full potential, that is why I always thought you were mediocre at best in school. We need to find a way to get the Horcrux out of your body without destroying you in the process. But first we will get rid of all the other Horcruxes. I know of Hufflepuff's cup and of Ravenclaw's diadem. We can't do anything now about Nagini and I don't know anything about Slytherin's locket. But maybe you know more?"

Harry had almost panicked when he heard Severus' revelations regarding the Horcruxes. He was himself a Horcrux. That's why he felt so evil and bad at times. No wonder, he had a piece of Voldemort's soul in him. Well, he thought, if I have to die than I at least will take Voldemort down with me. He looked up to Severus, who had stood up from his chair and stood right beside his bed. He smiled at him. "That is good to know. We definitely have to find a way, because I don't feel like giving up life in the moment. It feels so good right now. And it gives us an advantage over Voldemort. He doesn't know about this Horcrux, so we can play with him." Harry grinned evilly to Narcissa, Draco and Severus. "But Harry," Narcissa cut in, "aren't you scared?" "Of course I am scared, Narcissa," Harry answered. "But it won't do to put the head in the sand, right? We need to fight and so we will take Voldemort down, one Horcrux at the time and then, in the end, I know that we will find means to destroy the Horcrux in me without killing me in the process. There has to be a way. Since I am Master of Death, I can't die, right? That reminds me, Severus. Do you know anything about the Resurrection Stone and the Elder Wand?" To his delight, Severus nodded. "The Resurrection Stone in in the headmaster's office in Hogwarts. It was concealed in the ring, which was a Horcurx. That is the reason why Dumbledore was so foolish to put the ring on. He knew that it was the stone and since he lost his beloved sister when she was very young. He felt responsible for her death and wanted to see her again to tell her, how sorry he was, and so he disregarded the traps that were on the ring and put it on. Foolish on the one hand, but good on the other hand, because that enabled us to get Draco out of the impossible task and me out of the Unbreakable Vow. I wonder, if Dumbledore deliberately planned this…" his voice trailed off, but then he caught himself again. "Dumbledore was the owner of the Elder Wand. He took it from Grindelwald, when he fought him back in 1945. He planned on dying undefeated and so break the vicious and cruel streak in the Wand, but that didn't happen. Draco here disarmed him, so the wand belongs to Draco right now. But you are the rightful heir, and so we need to get our hands on the wand and you need to disarm Draco so that you get the loyalty of the Wand. That is very important, since you need every source of strength you can get against the Dark Lord. Even without his Horcruxes he will be a formidable opponents, since he is very well versed in the Dark Arts and knows things, other wizards would never dream of doing or even knowing. But how to get into possession of the two items?" They were thinking on this, when there suddenly was a loud crack. All four of them jumped. A house elf appeared, looking very agitated.

"Mistress, there has been a break-out of Azkaban and Master is on its way. Master mustn't find Harry Potter here. Master is dangerous for Harry Potter." Narcissa looked shocked. "Severus," she said urgently. But Harry had already taken control over the situation. "Severus, Draco, you need to convince Lucius and Voldemort that you are still loyal to the Dark Lord. Narcissa, play your game with Lucius. It is of vital importance that they don't know that you are in contact with me. Can you all occlude?" They nodded. "Good. That is very important. I will go to Peverell Manor together with Fawkes. It is impenetrable, so Voldemort will have no chance of getting me there. Fawkes will have means to contact you without Voldemort knowing. Take care, my friends, and we will talk soon." With that Harry took hold of Fawkes, and with a flash they were gone.

Now the action starts and it gets more exciting. Next up will be the meeting with Voldemort and Lucius and Harry will explore Peverell Manor.

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