Moving On
Chapter 14
"Leave the old fool" snapped McGonagall when Severus itched to get up. McGonagall thought Severus wanted to comfort him, how wrong she was. He wanted to see him, wanted to memorize his face as he was brought down another peg or two. Harry really was a Slytherin; he would never expected things like this from Harry Potter of all people. Now all he could think was what was next up Harry Potter's sleeve. One thing for certain he couldn't wait to find out, and hoped he was there when it was all happening.
"CHILDREN!" yelled McGonagall over the protesting, shouting and arguing students.
"SILENCEEE!" yelled Severus, his voice the loudest it would ever get, this caused immediate silence to descend the Great Hall of Hogwarts.
"Now, I want everyone to eat their breakfast in silence!" said McGonagall "Classes are cancelled today, please try and stay out of the teachers' ways"
With that silent children finished eating their breakfast wondering what on earth was happening to Hogwarts and the headmaster.
"Minerva what is the matter? What are you going to do?" asked Flitwick softly, Severus heard everything the teachers said to each other even whispering.
"I've got a mind to quit!" snapped Minerva, "Poor Harry, we don't even have a body"
"Are you going to his memorial?" asked Flitwick.
"I will, its right here in Hogwarts no doubt the students will attend too" said McGonagall "It's tomorrow not today…it was moved" she let out a sniff as if she disapproved.
"I don't know, most of the students haven't forgiven him for leaving, I don't think his best friends will be there" sighed McGonagall sadly.
"They will" snorted Severus "Despite everything they are Gryffindor's to the grave". Wrong word to use but it was true.
McGonagall grudgingly agreed, then said they would just have to wait and see. McGonagall was determined to give Harry the send of that she felt he deserved. She had been angry when Dumbledore had told her about the spells he had on Harry when it was going off.
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"What the hell is that noise Headmaster?!" yelled McGonagall it had been going off for five minutes and beginning to irritate her.
"That means Harry Potter is dying!" yelled Dumbledore looking petrified McGonagall had never seen him like that.
"WHAT?! How would you know" gasped McGonagall looking scared herself. Her favourite golden boy was dying somewhere and they didn't know where.
"I put spells on him" mumbled Dumbledore, McGonagall is still surprised she heard him over all the noise.
"THEY ARE ILLIAGAL!" she shrieked. Only Nurses were allowed to use them, briefly when their patients were in hospital. They were seldom used now of days, just used a monitor now not the spells that actually told you when they die.
"Harry is important and he is a danger to himself and everyone around him" said Dumbledore.
"You horrid man!" she yelled "Stay out of my way Albus Dumbledore" with that nothing had ever been the same with them again.
Dumbledore had left and found his home empty and too much blood pooling around. Harry Potter was dead but his body was gone, someone had taken his body, question was who? And why.
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Since then everything had gone downhill for Dumbledore, now someone was defiantly out to get him. He realised upon seeing the newspapers today, how on earth had Rita Skeeters gotten her hands on Harry Potter's statements? How had she gotten into Gringotts? And gained information like this? He needed to get his hands on her.
"Minerva? Why did you give the children time off to do as they please?!" snapped Dumbledore walking into the staff room. They had decided to talk about everything in a more secure place which they decided was the staff room.
"Because the staff are in no shape to teach children! Not when they are going to be asked questions we are going to get our stories straight" snapped McGonagall. It made her sound like she was agreeing with what Dumbledore did but she didn't she wanted everyone to trust at least these teachers.
"They are children! They don't need every question they ask answered!" snapped Dumbledore, when he realised they were no doubt talking about him.
"Don't argue with them Headmaster" said Severus.
"And you? Taking their side are we?" snapped Dumbledore he had always had Severus' loyalties he didn't like it being elsewhere even McGonagall's.
"I am taking neither side, I swore an unbreakable vow to protect Harry Potter with all I could Headmaster," sneered Severus "I have failed my charge and my vow to Lily, I will see Voldemort dead by any means I can".
This astonished everyone there.
"Why did you treat him so horribly?" asked a confused Flitwick.
"Because I had a reputation to keep" sneered Severus.
"You confuse me" admitted Flitwick, Severus had always been mysterious and surprising since he was a child.
Severus just looked at Flitwick before turning back and facing the front still listening to everyone and keeping up with what was going on.
"You might as well just tell them the truth" said Severus.
Just then Tonk's and Shacklebolt walked into the staff room.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Dumbledore frowning.
"We are to keep an eye on you Headmaster while the Wizengamont decide what is best to be done with you" said Shacklebolt no sign of friendship, happiness or even sadness in his face.
"Well surely you can just…" he didn't even get to finish his sentence.
"We are too keep you in sight at all times. Then report back" said Tonk's.
Everyone apart from McGonagall, Severus, Dumbledore, Tonk's and Shacklebolt had left the room. Without anyone apart from Severus realizing it.
"What about the Order meetings?" gasped Dumbledore he couldn't believe he was being put on house arrest. While the entire Wizengamont spoke about him behind his back and discussed his fate.
"As long as you keep us in sight at all times, no more private meetings no anything you will even have to go to bed with us watching you." sneered Shacklebolt, one sight he had hoped to never see Dumbledore going to bed.
"You will not!" protested Dumbledore flushing red.
"You have no choice, if you fail to comply with us then we will go back and the Azkaban Auror's will take over" said Shacklebolt.
Dumbledore paled, the Azkaban Auror's were ruthless, acted like they didn't have a care in the world and were very angry looking all the time. Dumbledore had always said they didn't have a soul.
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"You should find out more about your accounts" said Hermione.
"I think I will" mused Harry, wondering what else he could learn. He had been really busy gathering everything he could use against Dumbledore.
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A very angry Dumbledore sat between Shacklebolt and Tonk's and began eating his dinner. Tonk's and Shacklebolt hadn't spoken to him, even when they had been in Dumbledore's office alone.
The tension in the room was very high one little noise would have been heard.
"You wrote a letter to me Dumbledore?" said Neville coming in calmly letting the students know. He had been with Harry when he received the Headmaster's offer, Harry told him to go and say no to his face otherwise he would just continuously be annoyed daily by the man.
"Ah, yes Neville please come up to my office" said Dumbledore happily, Neville had responded which must mean he didn't care what he did…unless he hadn't seen the paper yet.
"I think not, what you have to say you can say here" said Neville his body still straight and proud. Most people would have thought it arrogance if they hadn't known him.
"The letter was very vague, something about me being the prophecy child?" said Neville now walking up. "Now that Harry is dead, you want me to take over? Me to be your lackey? Hate to put it to you Dumbledore I am no Harry and as much as I hate to say it I'm not as stupid as Harry was, you stopped him being who he could be. Stopped him learning of who he was, but I know who I am Headmaster, and I'm not going to get rid of Voldemort just because you got Harry killed"
"Killed my boy? Whatever do you mean?" asked Dumbledore pale "Harry ran off on his own free will" he spoke it like he was talking to a five year old. He was watching Neville too much he didn't see Rita Skeeters coming in her quill going absolutely crazy.
"I heard a conversation between you and Shacklebolt" said Neville, Harry had told him to expose the old fool. Another part of his revenge no doubt, just wait until dinner everyone will be completely shocked.
"What conversation is that?" asked Dumbledore smiling indulgingly but the vein on his head was throbbing - he was angry.
Neville smirked, "About how Harry was trained enough, to get him out there on the front lines, Shacklebolt was furious his wife had just died and he wanted Voldemort dead so he was coming to you so he could force the only one that could do it to kill him - Harry Potter"
"I don't remember such an occasion" said Shacklebolt he was an trusted Auror so no one would take Neville Longbottom's side, a grieving boy over a hardened Auror? He thought not.
"No?" said Neville smirk still in place, "Know what this is?"
"No" whispered Dumbledore wide eyed, completely stunned. It was a memory, he had no doubt it was the one Neville was talking about.
"Memoria exsto!" yelled Neville, the vial smashed and the memory projected itself visible for all too see. Since it was Ron's memory and Ron had been at the back there was no chance of her being seen. Ron obviously couldn't see himself so it was quite safe to play it.
=======MEMORY========
"Get that Potter brat out to fight now!" snarled Shacklebolt grief did strange things to people he was taking it out on Dumbledore.
"Calm down, I'm sorry but he isn't ready, we let him go now he will run you know this we have to break him" snapped Dumbledore.
"This is insane!" snarled Shacklebolt "He's ready! Get him out there! I want my wife avenged!"
"She will be, just a few more months then we will get him to kill Voldemort, be extra hard on him…but remember no killing curse if he survives I want it cast then" said Dumbledore his voice cold and hard.
========MEMORY==========
Gasps ran the entire length of the great hall, everyone shocked and appalled at what they had heard. Not only because of what they were discussing, but because of the way Dumbledore had spoken. To the students who looked devastated as if they had just been told Dumbledore was Voldemort in disguise, he might have well been for all the students concerned.
Even the Slytherin students were appalled, they may not have liked Harry Potter mostly because of their parents. It didn't mean they weren't any less appalled at the fact that the light side 'Albus Dumbledore' 'Defeater of Grindelwald' 'Light protector' 'Order of the phoenix leader' could talk about killing anyone never mind Harry Potter the only hope the light had left.
"What happened Dumbledore? Did you loose your cool? Kill Harry before he could defeat Voldemort? Did you keep him imprisoned for two years for your own selfish gain to end up killing him! Its true what the paper said you are not better than Voldemort!" snarled Neville a look of utter disgust on his face.
"Oh how the mighty fall" snarled Neville, upon seeing Dumbledore's defeated posture. Even the two Auror's beside him looking completely shocked. Shacklebolt because his life was over and Tonk's because of the two people she would have least expected to have anything to do with Harry's death had orchestrated it.
"Order meeting now!" snarled the man quickly leaving through the exit, Neville left in a hurry his bit done, plus he wanted everyone to see his memory of what happened. Ron and Harry would have his head if he didn't go back right away. The other teachers and students looked on stunned as the headmaster and a few teachers left.
Eventually they told everyone to go to their dorms, and that they would get dinner brought to them.
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"Was that true?" asked McGonagall once she was through the floo, she would never thought it true. Dumbledore may be many things but he certainly wasn't a bloody killer for goodness sakes.
"None of it was," sighed Dumbledore "The memory must have been faked"
"You cannot fake memories Albus Dumbledore!" snapped Severus Snape he didn't like his intelligence being insulted.
"I'm screwed" said Shacklebolt.
"Why would you be unless it was true?" asked Tonk's looking like she didn't care but on the inside she was a hailstorm of emotions.
It would explain where Shacklebolt had been going at different times all the time.
Suddenly the wards came down, every witch and wizard there felt them coming down and rather violently. They had their wands out in seconds, and firing off at the poor Goblins that had come in.
How do you like this new Neville does it suit him? Will I start a Goblin Rebellion? after all the Order just attacked them? will Gringotts Close down? To the Order At least? Will They Fight For Grimmauld Place? Or will The Goblins Hummiliate Them By Using Magic Of Their Own? R&R please! tell me what you want!