Pretty Boy

Chapter 37

What will become of Dumbledore

"I know Dumbledore is a little manipulative but he's running a war - he has to be." sighed Bill, he wasn't oblivious to Dumbledore's ways, even if his family seemed to be. To them he was light and goodness itself; it did exasperate him some times. His family, Bill's heart clenched tightly. What happened had divided them all, Charlie, Fred and George had disowned themselves. After Molly had gone crazy and disowned Bill, terrified of the consequences for all her children, having a brother for a werewolf. Fred and George had changed the name on their shop; it was just Wizarding wheezes now. Charlie was engaged and would be marrying his partner soon. It's just his mum, dad, Ron and little sister Ginny who hadn't been to see him since he'd woken up. All in all Molly and Arthur had just lost four of their children; Percy hadn't been home in years and hardly had anything to do with them. So essentially they had actually lost five children. Bill spitefully and bitterly hoped that they regretted it till the day they died.

"Manipulative? Tell me have you signed the contract with the Order?" asked Harry prowling forward looking like a panther ready to pounce. Bill flinched back, the green eyes were boring into his own promising death and his walk promised pain.

"Yes" replied Bill his forehead wrinkled in confusion and his brown eyes watching Harry warily. The teen was scarier than Snape, only thing that stopped him from actually shaking was the fact he was taller than him.

"You really are stupid aren't you," sneered Harry looking at Bill in disgust.

Bill flinched at the cold harsh diatribe.

"And they say you can see magic…I don't buy it for a second," said Harry scoffing at the thought.

"You do have a point…how come he didn't notice the contact was tampered with?" asked Sirius catching on.

"Dumbledore knew he could see magic he must have done something to the fool," said Severus smoothly wrapping his arms around Harry. Harry did raise a very interesting point, Weasley should have seen it.

"Is there a spell known to stop his talent?" asked Harry his voice changing completely when he was talking to Severus.

"Nothing could stop that kind of talent" said Severus shaking his head, nothing he had ever come across anyway. He had read a lot over the years mostly Dark arts.

"Then he mustn't have taken Bill's magic." said Remus he had let go of Bill and shoved him roughly into a chair. He still wasn't happy with the bloody man after hurting his cub.

"Yet Dumbledore has the ability to see magic? Has he always had it?" asked Harry.

"I have no idea," admitted Sirius.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" snapped Bill standing up, confused, a strangled moan leaving his lips. Clutching himself in agony, gently lowering himself back down onto the couch. None of the others even moved to try and help him. Harry was already healed and it looked as if he'd never been hurt!

"Ostendo veneficus aura!" said Harry, copying the movements he had seen Severus using on Remus and Sirius.

The magic appeared, "Are you telling me you can't see that magical leech?"

Bill looked down, frowning, evidently not able to see anything.

"Weird," said Sirius. "You can't see it?"

"No," said Bill a sinking feeling in his stomach why couldn't he see it?

"Finite Incantatem," said Harry, the leech faded and Bill slumped on the couch. His magical aura flared three different colours before it settled. Dumbledore had been taking a lot more magic from Bill than anyone else.

"Here," said Severus handing over a pepper up potion, leaving him with the injuries, he deserved them for hurting Harry.

Bill swallowed it; his mind trying to get around the fact Dumbledore had been leaching his magic. Just as the spell had been released, he saw Dumbledore's leech, his own powers had been feeding Dumbledore's.

"He will know," said Severus grimly. "He will no longer have access to magical auras, it's no wonder he was eager to have Harry in the order." Harry's magic would have been brighter than anyone he'd ever seen.

Harry was still glaring at Bill; he must still be smarting from being attacked. Then again he knew how Harry felt; if he'd seen it coming he'd have frozen. The fact he hadn't had given him the edge and he'd fought back. Severus had realized soon after their relationship began Harry was uncommonly proud and refused to accept charity and could hold a grudge just as long as he himself could. Bill might have his work cut out before Harry would trust him.

"Is he doing that to everyone's magic?" asked Bill alarmed.

"I would imagine so, Harry removed it from me and Remus as well." said Sirius his voice a little colder than usual. "Now perhaps Dumbledore won't be able to see magic...makes all kinds of sense now he had Bill's gift I thought he just enchanted his glasses or something."

"He did something much worse to Harry." said Remus his amber eyes flashing dangerously. He growled lowly letting everyone know just how close to the surface his wolf actually was.

"What did he do?" asked Bill warily.

"He bound Harry's magic four times. The only reason Dumbledore is so desperate, is because he knows what will happen should Harry turn twenty. Without removing the blocks." sneered Severus.

Bills jaw met the floor, unable to believe Dumbledore could have done something as stupid as that. With what was supposed to be the last hope for the wizarding world. Something was nagging at Bill as he finally put all the pieces of a Puzzle back together.

"You killed Lucius Malfoy didn't you…it wasn't the Death Eaters or Voldemort at all." shouted Bill. He could remember how the newspapers had reported Malfoy's Death, and how the old allegations had been dredged. Lucius had claimed his innocence by claiming to everyone he was under the imperious curse. Now of course he'd been found guilty of it once and for all. Half the Malfoy fortune was pending approval to be put in the Potter vaults as compensation. It was a good thing they couldn't be sure of his other crimes, or Draco Malfoy wouldn't have any fortune left. It would serve him right the smug overbearing rich brat that he was; it would teach him a lesson.

Harry's grin would have had Bill running if he hadn't been too stunned.

"And I plan on doing a lot more." said Harry a sneer on his face.

"I want in…I'll swear your Vow." said Bill adamantly.

"What?" asked Harry taken aback by Bill's abrupt changing demeanour.

"It's us or them…I understand that now. The Order isn't going to do fuck all…I want in." said Bill abruptly "I have a skill you could use." Bill wasn't sure what had come over him, but since he'd been bitten, he had felt dead and depressed. For the first time since then, he felt hope. He wanted to survive this war, wanted to ensure the only family he had left survived too. Fred, George and Charlie. If Snape…Severus and the others could get to Lucius Malfoy and kill him…they must have a lot of resourcefulness. Suddenly he understood the war in unending clarity unlike ever before. Like when he had joined the Order he thought he would help, make a difference but he never truly did. This time he knew he had the right group; these men were going to ensure the war put a stop. And he would be damned if he didn't join in. Harry had taken care of Greyback but he was going to get his revenge on the other Death Eaters.

Five minutes later the vow was spoken, and Bill Weasley was officially an added member of their little group. "How are you planning on bringing Dumbledore down?" asked Bill growling low in his throat.

"I was thinking about that actually…I want us to all write everything we know about Dumbledore. Find out anything useful. Old acquaintances that we can drowse with Veritaserum and obviate them so they have no idea what they did. The more we know the better." smirked Harry nastily.

"Why? What are you planning?" asked Remus sitting forward eagerly. This was the first time Harry had made any references to his plans for Dumbledore.

"I want to make it obvious that it's me doing it…Harry Potter not Hadrian Williams. Then we stop it suddenly the night before I turn twenty…hopefully we can actually get that much information on Dumbledore. I'm putting it in about him blocking my magic…then stealing my inheritance and taking money that wasn't rightfully his. Then I'm going to tell them about how Dumbledore put me with my abusive aunt and uncle to top it off the conversation I overheard with Dumbledore and Moody then hopefully everything you can find. I want it to get better and better as we split it up into groups. I want him to get more furious as the weeks go by, and then stop it all together. He will think I'm dead and he will fear the worst I'd I'm going to sit back and watch him sweat." grinned Harry coldly. His eyes were twinkling with menace. Which promised that Dumbledore would be in a world of pain afterwards. Severus smirked in supreme satisfaction that was the perfect, Slytherin revenge. Hopefully the old fool wouldn't have a heart attack before they were finished with him.

"You aren't going to tell m what you have planned for the finale, are you?" whispered Severus nibbling Harry's earlobe.

Harry shook his head 'no' he didn't plan on telling him.

"We will see about that…I'll get it out of you somehow." whispered Severus seductively.

Harry just managed to stop the moan slipping out at Severus' honey chocolaty words slipped out. Severus hadn't used that kind of seductive tone with him before. He was almost panting with need; the baritone voice his lover had was arousing him. In front of the others as well.

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