After Albus and Minerva had been portkeyed away, everyone looked to Harry for leadership. If this had been even a week ago, this fact would have scared the shit out of Harry. However since his soul bonding, a number of things finally made themselves very apparent to Harry, first and foremost, he was a born leader. Besides being the Heir of Gryffindor, he commanded respect because it was in his nature.
The only order members remaining at the scene were Bill, Arthur, Remus, and Kingsley. They had just sent off the last few injured Order members back to Grimmauld Place and were when trying to figure out what to do about the Dursleys when Vernon exited the house with his shotgun in hand. "YOU FUCKING FREAKS!!! I KNEW WE SHOULD HAVE DUMPED THE FREAK IN THE RIVER WHEN HE WAS ON OUR DOOR—"
Vernon Dursley never finished that sentence as five different spells hit the overweight man in the chest. Bill had used an old Egyptian Stunning Spell that hurt like hell when the man awoke, Arthur used a blasting hex, Remus used unknown curse that made Vernon's hair become ingrown, and Kingsley used a summoning charm and then another blasting hex. But Ginny's curse took the cake; she hit him with one off her infamous Super Charged Bat Bogey Hexes.
The shotgun flew out of Vernon's hand as he was blasted away. Harry caught the gun and suddenly appeared next to Vernon Dursley with the shotgun pointed in his face. Using his magic, Harry healed Vernon so that he could remember this scene for a very long time.
"Hello Vernon. Now I have taken away your ability to speak, or scream, or squeal like the fat pig you are. You see, today I have come of age, that means I can use magic outside of school. Now I have thought many times about what I wanted to do to you when this happened; what spells to use, potions to administer, what transfigurations I can make.
"But I realized that I cannot do that Vernon, because I am a good person, unlike you and your wife and son. So instead of using magic, yes Vernon I said the M word, MAGIC, I am going to do the same thing you did to me."
Harry's magic flared and an impregnable dome shield was erected around the entire property of Privet Drive, incasing not only the house, Harry and Vernon, but also Remus, Ginny, Arthur, Bill, and Kingsley. Harry then ripped his aunt and cousin from the house using magic. Petunia was dressed in her normal attire while Dudley was wearing only a pair of boxer shorts. It was obvious that Dudley had been doing something naughty with himself.
Once the four of them were all together on the front lawn, Harry conjured a pair large boxing gloves and a huge rolling pin. "Hello everyone, now that we are here, I want to explain some things to you. First, you cannot make any noise, thanks to MAGIC. Second, the items above you, except for you Vernon, are charmed to always follow you and…do things to you. The same things you have done to me over the years."
Petunia's eyes became even larger as she knew what she had used a rolling pin for on Harry. She could not withhold the whimper escape from her.
"Now, as long as you behave yourselves, they'll never both you. You however Vernon, you do not have that choice. That is why I am holding your shotgun, pointing at you. No Vernon, you see I am going to use every bit of my influence in my world you yours and make you go to jail for a very long time.
"Sexual abuse of a minor is a serious crime, and doing it as many times as you did…well you'll be there for along time. But don't worry, they treat sexual predators like you treated me, I give you about a 15% chance of living long enough to see the outside world again."
The fear in Vernon's eyes almost made Harry feel sorry him, however his ass still bothered him and the mental and emotional abuse reminded him that Vernon deserved this. "But you know the best news Vernon? How about you Petunia? I would ask you Big D, but you can't even read and write so there is no real reason to talk to you; the blood ward, which is the protection that was sealed when you took me in, has failed. Well they actually shattered into a billion pieces when I came of age. That meant that you three were no longer protected by the same magic that protected me.
"However, there were other wards and protections that were placed around the house too. Well they shattered about 2 hours ago when I dueled with the biggest threat to Muggle and Wizard kind since Hitler and Grindelwald. Now, I was planning on asking some of my friends to recast wards, but you are not even worth it."
It was at this point the Remus spoke up, "Harry, you do know that you own the house right? When your Grandparents died, they left the house to Lily. She let Petunia live here, rent free, since she first started dating the walrus—I mean Vernon."
Harry's eyes lit up, "Well thank you Remus, in that case, Vernon, you not to ever step foot in my house again. I'll make sure the wards I place make it CRYSTAL clear to you if you ever try. I would suggest you call Marge; she'll help for a few weeks until she finds out about the money you stole from her. Petunia, you and Dudley may live in my house as long as you conduct yourselves in a proper manner. Don't worry; I'll know if you don't. My friend Bill here is going to cast the wards while I deal with a few other items. Vernon you have…" Harry looked over to Bill who mouthed '45 minutes' to Harry. "…40 minutes to get your shit and be gone from Privet drive forever. Petunia, if you need to contact me…you can contact Mrs. Figg. She is one of us too."
Without another word, Harry dropped the dome spell and walked away from the Dursleys towards the triage tent that St. Mungo's had setup. The Minister of Magic tried to stop Harry, but Harry ignored him. Rufus had tired to get into the dome for sometime. When Scrimgeour realized hat Potter was ignoring him, he tried to grab Harry but was repelled by Harry's magic, causing the Minister to step back. After leaving the triage tent, Harry checked in on the Oblivators and magical reversal squads, making sure that Privet Drive and Magnolia Crescent would be well taken care and of course to find out what the cover story would be.
Finally Harry and Ginny headed for Mrs. Figg's house for tea and lunch. Harry told Kingsley to tell the others to come over when they were done. Scrimgeour, finally beyond upset, attempted to pull his wand on Harry and Ginny.
The trouble is Harry and Ginny can do the following:
Do wandless magic better then anyone alive, except for maybe, MAYBE, Dumbledore, who was not there at the moment anyway. And would more than likely side with Harry and Ginny in fight with the Ministry anyway.
Have their wands trained on the Minister, who was a very good Auror before going gray, before he could blink.
Could launch an attack on the Minister and his guard so quick that they would be dealt with before any of them knew what was happening
Harry had just beaten the hell out of Voldemort and ripped him from his regenerated body. (Though the Ministry did not fully understand this fact yet.)
Finally, Harry and Ginny had checked in with every department that was currently there at Privet Drive and had impressed the ministry workers so much that they would Harry and Ginny to the ends of the earth if asked.
Harry just laughed at the old lion and his guard as their wands flew out of their wands and into the air. They then turned into a flock of pigeons and headed for the Ministry. Harry then faced the Minister directly, "Minister Scrimgeour, as the Head of the Potter Family, one of original twelve families of Great Britain, I summon you and you government before the Wizengamot in three days time. Until then, leave me alone."
Without another word, Harry spun on his heel and walked into Arabella's Figg's house where Ginny was already waiting. The moment he crossed onto the property, Ginny's wards activated, blocking Scrimgeour or any of his men from pursuing. The Minister was infuriated even more when Remus, Arthur, Kingsley and Bill walked right past them thru the wards. Without their wands, they walked away from Mrs. Figg's to find someone who would create a portkey for them. Harry and the others laughed loudly at them as the enjoyed afternoon tea.
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It was early evening by the time Harry and Ginny made it back to Grimmauld Place. After tea, they cast disillusionment charms on themselves and flamed back to #4 where they watched Vernon pack a few changes of clothes and leave the house. None of the Dursleys had been given the power of speech back yet, so it was rather funny watching Vernon turn puce.
Kingsley had told Harry that he would make a few calls and make sure Vernon was charged in both worlds with child abuse. Harry was glad and laughed loudly when a few constables escorted him to a police car, charged with child abuse, rape, torture, and attempted murder.
The best part was that the constables were either squibs or fathers of muggleborns and knew Harry's story. As Vernon was being led to the car, he kept trying to scream and punch the constables, not a good thing to do. Once he left the protected area, the silencing spells failed, and the Dursleys could speak. With that image in their minds, Harry and Ginny left.
They arrived back at Grimmauld Place to see a house in chaos. Molly Weasley was screaming at everyone for letting children go into battle, even though these children were the only ones to come out without a scratch. She immediately turned on Harry and Ginny when Harry let his magic flare with amazing results.
Molly stood petrified as she saw Harry's magic flowing off of him. His green eyes were like bright emeralds and his long hair beginning to flow around his head like in a breeze. For the first time in her life, Molly was scared of Harry James Potter.
"MOLLY! THAT IS ENOUGH! Thank you. Now, as you can see, these children are the only ones to come out of this fight without a scratch, also how long do you think that you could keep any of out of this fight? The last war was your fight, this one is ours, also remember this, the only children left here are Neville and Luna. Hermione, and Ron are seventeen, and Ginny and I are married. So please save your breath and tell me where Albus and Moody are."
Molly, as well as everyone else in the kitchen, was frozen in shock. No one had ever talked to Molly Weasley in this way. Well no one except for her twin brothers, Fabian and Gideon Prewett. It took a moment before Arthur Weasley spoke up, "Kreacher opened up the infirmary on the first floor Harry. The door is the first on the right."
With a nod of his head, Harry walked out of kitchen. Ginny looked around the room before she spoke, "Dad. Harry and I need you call a general meeting of the Order of the Phoenix for tomorrow midday. Hermione, contact the DA too. We'll meet here, Bill can you handle the security issues please." Everyone nodded and Ginny took off the follow her husband.
Charlie was sitting at the table, eating a light supper when he spoke up, "They realize that they are not in the order, right? Even though after what I saw today, I don't think that will be a problem for much longer."
The room was met with silence. Molly was still glued to the spot she had been standing on.
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The infirmary was quite large, thanks to magic. There were 10 beds and a fully equipped potion making station and well as anything else a mediwitch or healer would need. Moody was lying on a bed with his eyes closed sleeping. He still had his wand in his hand even when sleeping. Two beds over was where Albus was lying. Fawkes was on his headboard and Minerva was sitting in a chair next to the bed. She was holding his hand tightly with her own.
Albus was awake and staring at the young man who entered the ward. After a very quiet conversation with Madam Pomfrey, Harry made his way over to Albus' bedside. "You look like hell Professor."
Albus laughed a deep belly laugh that caused him to cough. After he got himself under control, he responded, "I have had better days Harry. Harry, I want to say—"
"It's in the past sir. I understand why you did what you did. When you appeared at the Burrow, I was upset because Ginny had been taken, and I said things that I am not proud of."
"No Harry, it is I who am sorry. You were right and I was wrong. So I took off to try to regain your trust. I went to Longbottom Manor and placed some extra wards around it, then proceeded to the Lovegood's house and did the same thing. I was thinking about what to do next when Alastor showed up and…explained a few things to me.
"I lost my temper Harry, and I am not very proud of that fact; I apparated to Privet Drive with the soul intent of causing harm to your relatives." This shocked Harry more than anything else he had heard. Albus Dumbledore, champion of the light, defender of muggles and muggleborns, wanted to harm the Dursleys.
"Yes Harry, I wanted to hurt them, badly. When I learned what they did to you, well no child should ever endure. When I arrived, I must have set off some sort of alarm system. Moments later, the Death Eaters arrived and began to cause chaos. Alastor arrived a moment later, and we began to fight.
"Bellatrix had me under the Cruciatus Curse when you arrived. Harry I don't how you did it, but I thank you for everything you did. Can you tell me what happened?"
While Albus had been talking, Ginny entered with a pensieve in her hands, "I think it might be easier if we showed you headmaster. Oh and by the way, thank you." Ginny moved over to kiss the Old Mage's cheek. For the first time in along time, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore blushed like a school girl.
After watching the images, Albus took a deep breath and spoke, "Harry what have done is remarkable. Never in all my years have I seen the power you displayed, but we have now to try to make the most of our time with Tom out of commission for a while. That is why I am handing the leadership of the Order of the Phoenix to you when I assemble a full meeting."
Harry and Ginny were both shocked by this news. Albus chuckled, "I had made the request in my will, but since I am alive, well, I believe it is time."
"Well, I asked my dad to gather a full meeting of the order for tomorrow midday. There is a lot we need to talk about before Harry and I meet with the Wizengamot and remove Scrimgeour from office."
Just as Harry and Ginny were saying good night, Bill and Fleur ran into the infirmary. "Hey professor, professor. Harry, I just got done with a floo call from Gringotts, Griphook needs to see you and Ginny like now. He said there have been some developments and must see you before the sun rises.
Harry looked back to Albus for his council. This made Albus' heart soar once again, Harry trusted him. "I think you should both go, but perhaps you should take a small elite guard. I would accompany you; but my dear Minerva and her friend Poppy would skin me alive. Perhaps Bill, Fleur, and maybe one other could go instead?"
"Thank you Albus, Minerva, if he moves from the bed, put him in a full body bind and ask Ron for some of my louder music, which should make him remember to do what he is told." With another round of laughter, Albus and Minerva were left alone in the infirmary. Minerva slid off her shoes and crawled into bed with Albus, who wrapped his arms around her, they were both asleep within moments. Fawkes remained on the bedpost, a silent sentinel.