Ninja Wizard IV: Goblet of Fire 06
By David
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. JK Rowling has that honor.
Author's Notes: the marks [] indicate Japanese spoken. This one * indicates thought speak. The forward slash / indicates animal speak.
Ninja Wizard IV: Goblet of Fire 06
'Harry Potter vs. Dumbledore II'
The Wizengamot chamber gasped as Gring accused Dumbledore of stealing from Harry. Dumbledore now knew there was no hope of escaping this.
"Can you prove that?" Dumbledore asked.
Gring and Ragnock both smiled. "We can. We have all the documents that prove you have taken funds from Lord Potter and sold off all of the Potter properties and investments. We have prepared reports for the Wizengamot to read and will back up those reports with all of the actual documentation."
Both goblins waved their hands at a box in front of them and the folders containing the reports went out to each member of the Wizengamot to read. Sirius turned to Dumbledore and glared at him.
"You have the ancestral home of the Dumbledores. Why steal from Harry?" Sirius asked. "I have it on good authority that you marched right into the Black Ancestral home and took it over so you could have your bird club in there. My house, Dumbledore. That makes me wonder if that was another reason you had me tossed into Azkaban. You even let that dirty thief Mundungus Fletcher steal anything and everything he could get his hands on that belonged to Black. I was able to get a majority of the stolen items back. He's now in the hands of the DMLE, telling them everything he knows about you. You want the house so badly, Albie, you can have it. All of it. That includes the nutty house elf Kreatcher. You will need furniture and other things for the house as I had it cleaned out of everything belonging to the House of Black. All you have left is the bare walls, Albie. Do enjoy your new property. Don't worry, I do have other property where I can hang my hat at."
Harry smiled as Dumbledore trembled in anger.
"Hem hem," Umbridge sounded from her seat.
Diggory acknowledged her. "Madame Umbridge?"
She rose and smiled sweetly at Dumbledore. "I believe I speak for the Wizengamot when I say that I have seen enough. I am truly shocked by what has been revealed here today. A man, one that I respected, has been discovered to be less than honorable. I therefore propose that we withdraw to consider a just punishment to be given to Mr. Dumbledore."
"I second the motion," Lucius Malfoy said.
Another member rose and supported the motion and a vote was carried. The Chamber was then cleared so the Wizengamot could then consider a just punishment. Harry followed Ragnock, Gring, and Sirius out of the chamber as Dumbledore called to Harry. Harry turned to see what Dumbledore wanted.
"Harry, you must end all of this. If you do I can and will give you all the training you need to defeat Voldemort if he comes back. I will grant you your emancipation. I can and will get you out of the tournament," Dumbledore said.
"I am getting the training I need. I am emancipated and have been since I was eleven. I can't back out of the tournament because it would mean either my death or loss of my magic. Sod off, old man!" Harry snarled.
He turned and continued on following Sirius.
They were called back within the hour. People once more took their seats and leaned forward eagerly to see the drama continue. Dumbledore rose before anyone could say anything.
"I challenge Mr. Potter to prove to me his accusations are true. I accuse Mr. Potter of lying to the Wizengamot, using forged documents," Dumbledore said.
Gring nodded. "Very well. We shall start with the discovery of the goblin who was working for Dumbledore. That particular goblin was appointed by Dumbledore to over see the Potter accounts right after Harry's parents died, replacing the goblin who had been the accounts manager for the Potters for years. Once that goblin was in place, that goblin, under Dumbledore's direction, using a series of forged documents, began to move Potter funds from the Potter vaults to various vaults that Dumbledore owned under assumed names."
A box came sliding out of the darkness to land on the floor in front of the Wizengamot.
"Those are just some of the documents we were able to retrieve," Gring said. "There were other forged documents filed that gave Dumbledore 'permission' to sell off Potter properties. Now I ask you all, how is it a three year old is able to give consent and clearly and neatly sign his name to these documents? My three year old niece is unable to sign her name to anything or give consent to anything. Unless Lord Harry Potter was an extremely intelligent three year old, he wasn't able to sign those documents as I am told that three year old humans aren't really capable of anything at all and have to look to their parents for all of their needs," Gring said as Dumbledore growled in anger.
There was lots of agreement to that and Dumbledore knew Gring had just scored points.
"Were you able to retrieve the funds missing?" Augusta Longbottom asked.
"No. We were able to get some of them back. All of the Potter properties are gone. The house in Godric's Hollow was handed over to the ministry as a memorial to the Potters by Dumbledore. Lord Harry Potter is not the only person he stole money from. There are a number of vaults within Gringotts that belong to long dead families. The required waiting period to see if any heirs of these particular families pop up is twenty years. If one was about to go public Dumbledore was able to snatch them up and strip the vault bare. Where the money goes to is unknown and only Dumbledore knows where they are. There are a number of vaults that are about to expire and the question is what to do with them and what could be done to keep Dumbledore from taking the funds?" Gring said.
Harry stood up and Diggory recognized him. "Lord Harry Potter."
"Is it possible that these funds could be used to help the orphaned witches and wizards?" Harry asked.
"A very good idea," Malfoy spoke up once more. "There is at the moment only one orphanage in Wizarding Britain, and it is overcrowded and understaffed. I propose that these funds be used to build another one, a larger one, and make it the kind of place a magical child regardless of blood status can be comfortable in. Improve and expand the current one. Hire more people to work in them. Teachers, counselors, and so on."
"The judgment against Dumbledore is as follows. Albus Dumbledore is no longer the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. Any and all funds that he illegally acquired are to be found and returned to Gringotts Bank. They in turn will compensate Lord Harry Potter first and then after having done so will then put any remaining funds back into the vaults that they were taken from. Any funds that were taken from the Black accounts will be returned. As to the Black Ancestral House, Dumbledore is allowed to keep it due to the generosity of Lord Sirius Black. We ask that Gringotts Bank continues their search for any and all funds that were taken by Albus Dumbledore. The results of today's suit shall be forwarded to the ICW for disciplinary action, and to the Hogwarts board of governors. As to the original complaint of Dumbledore placing Lord Harry Potter in danger, not once, but at least three times, once in first year, once in second year, and now this year, directly or indirectly, we find for the plaintiff, Lord Harry Potter, on the grounds that Dumbledore did not do enough to protect the students of Hogwarts," Fudge announced the decision reached.
Dumbledore stood up and turned to look at Harry. "Lord Harry Potter is hereby expelled from Hogwarts effective immediately."
People immediately turned to look at Harry as he stood there calmly.
"The Wizengamot has by majority vote recognized Lord Harry Potter as being emancipated and recognized as an adult in the Wizarding World. The Wizengamot has examined the TriWizard's Tournament rule book extremely carefully, aided by an independent investigation carried out by a student of Hogwarts, and was unable to find any kind of clause or loophole that would allow Lord Harry Potter to escape the TriWizard's Tournament. Therefore Lord Harry Potter has to compete or suffer the penalties of refusing to participate," Fudge announced.
Harry sighed and nodded.
"The Auror's Office is directed to investigate this situation to find out who and why Lord Harry Potter's name was entered," Fudge said.
"If that is all, then this session of the Wizengamot is at an end," Diggory said and he banged the gavel against the podium in front of him.
But Harry was not yet done with Dumbledore.
Harry was allowed to return to Hogwarts and collect his trunk. Miyamoto nodded to Harry as he left his secret hiding place.
[I'll maintain this place for you Harry,] Miyamoto said. [Never know if you ever need a safe room.]
Harry smiled. [Thank you.]
Both of them bowed to each other and Harry left. Harry walked through the halls of Hogwarts and out of the castle doors. Crouch caught up to Harry as he headed down to the main gates.
"I have made arrangements for you through Gringotts to receive notifications from us as to when you are needed. I will tell you now the first task will be in mid November. I will let you know what day the first task will be," he said.
"Thank you sir," Harry said as they reached the main gates.
Dumbledore stood there waiting for Harry. Harry turned to face him.
"Your wand, Mr. Potter," Dumbledore said.
Harry handed over the Ollivander wand as he called it. The Potter wand, a combination of his parent's wands lay safely stored inside the safe that Harry had in the library of his trunk. Dumbledore held it for a few minutes as he waited for Crouch to leave.
"It is not too late, Harry. All you have to do is stop fighting me. Inform the Wizengamot that you used forgeries against me. There is so much information about Voldemort I can share with you. You need this information in order to defeat Voldemort. Recant your testimony against me and I will not send Sirius back to Azkaban," Dumbledore said.
Harry stood there silent and after a moment Dumbledore snapped the wand into small pieces and scattered them all over the ground. The old man turned and entered the gates and they closed behind him. Harry turned and walked away. As he did Harry checked him self carefully with his wandless magic to ensure Dumbledore didn't slip anything on him. Harry found a tracking spell on his backpack and he smiled. That one had been a bit too obvious. Harry shook him self down once more very carefully and found two more. They were on his tabi boots and on his watch. Harry destroyed them and shook him self down once more, searching very carefully. This time he didn't find any more on him so he portkeyed home to Potter House. The security panel in the reception room declared him to be clean of any kind of spell. Harry settled in and went down to his study and got right to work writing letters to the Hogwarts Board of Governors. Harry was not done with Dumbledore just yet. He had anticipated that move and now he planned on going to the ICW and the Hogwarts Board of Governors. Getting Dumbledore kicked off the Wizengamot was the first goal, the second goal was to get him kicked out of the ICW, and the third goal was to get him kicked out of Hogwarts. Then he headed down to his training room for a workout.
It didn't take long for Harry to receive the official notification from the ICW to appear. Harry was to travel to the ICW chambers via a special portkey they sent to him. Ragnock, Gring, and six of the goblin warriors met him in the reception hall. Harry left his Potter wand at homes as he knew he would be searched for wands and weapons. Once the security officers declared him to be clean of anything they escorted Harry and his group to the actual chambers. Harry sat down in his assigned seat and waited to be called. Dumbledore arrived and glared at Harry. Harry pretended not to notice and continued to confer with Gring as Dumbledore went to his post only to be stopped by the security wizards there. A witch stood up from where Dumbledore normally sat when he led the ICW.
"Mr. Dumbledore, in light of the suit that Mr. Potter has filed against you with the ICW, it was decided to temporarily suspend you until this matter is resolved," she said.
Dumbledore turned to glare at Harry, but Harry once more ignored Dumbledore and continued to talk with the goblins. Dumbledore took a seat at a table on the other side of the chamber and a pair of security wizards then took up a position in between Harry and Dumbledore to prevent any possible confrontations. She then took up the gavel once all of the members were there.
"I am calling this session of the ICW to order," she said as she tapped the gavel on the table. "We will now hear the suit against Albus Dumbledore."
The scribe then read the suit to the ICW council and Gring stood up to make his opening arguments. Then Dumbledore had his turn. Gring was then called upon to present the case. As he had in the Wizengamot chambers, Gring presented the evidence one piece at a time, Dumbledore loudly contesting each piece of evidence. As before, the wills were presented and examined, including the ones brought forth from the English Magical Ministry, and both were found to be genuine. They were read out to the council, and from there it went. Gring skillfully knocked down each one of Dumbledore's arguments and went on to the next item. Once more Sirius presented his memories and placed under the influence of Veritaserum and asked questions. Remus Lupin was brought forth and he presented his testimony and his memories as to witnessing the wills. It went on, Gring presenting the documents pertaining to the theft of funds and property from the Potter Estate, Dumbledore claiming he was acting in Harry's best interests. The thefts from the vaults of the long dead families. The taking over of the Black Ancestral House to which Sirius informed the council that he signed over the property to Dumbledore after removing anything of value from the house including the Black Library and the Black Family Grimore. The last piece of evidence Harry showed was his memory at the confrontation at the main gates of Hogwarts where Dumbledore had snapped Harry's Ollivander wand. Dumbledore groaned as he covered his face with his hands. The council didn't waste any time finding Dumbledore guilty and ordered him to repay the victims and he was to give up the post of Supreme Mugwump. The only thing that prevented him from being sent to Azkaban was the fact that he had served the ICW council. Harry didn't care about that just as long as Dumbledore was made to repay him. Harry was whisked out of there and back to the reception hall where he portkeyed out back to England. The next confrontation was to be in front of the Hogwarts Governors.
Harry was called to appear in front of them a week later. Once more Harry, Ragnock, and Gring presented evidence regarding Harry's time in Hogwarts as they were not so concerned about the theft charges. They were more interested in how Dumbledore treated him there in Hogwarts. Harry's memories of the confrontation at the main gates were challenged by Dumbledore as being made up. A memory expert was called in to examine the memory and found to be genuine. Then Dumbledore attempted to contest Harry's testimony to all three years Harry had been at Hogwarts. Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and other students were called forth to give testimony. Then McGonagall was asked to testify to the events in Harry's three years there and her testimony really sank Dumbledore's boat. Flitwick was next and followed by of all people, Severus Snape, who did his best to knock down Harry. Dumbledore made the attempt to expel the students and fire the teachers who had testified against him for being disloyal. The room was cleared once all the evidence was given so that the governors could confer with each other.
"In the matter of Potter vs. Dumbledore, we are satisfied that the evidence presented here today was enough to rule in favor of Lord Potter. It is decided that Albus Dumbledore is to step down from the post of headmaster. Minerva McGonagall as the second in command will become the headmistress of Hogwarts effective immediately. Albus Dumbledore is to be given a teaching post at Hogwarts and monitored. Severus Snape is to be monitored as there are enough complaints against him for questionable teaching practices in the classroom. As Severus Snape is considered one of England's top potions master he is needed at Hogwarts to train up potential brewers that are needed in the medical field, the Aurors, and in other places. Lord Harry Potter is ordered reinstated as a student to Hogwarts. We commend Lord Potter in his restraint and maturity during this time of personal crisis he has found him self to be in. He could have asked for your blood, Albus, as his right to but he has not. This concludes this matter," the head of the board announced.
Harry stood up and bowed. "Thank you for your assistance in this matter."
"We wish you well Lord Potter," the man said, and with that, the meeting ended.
Harry returned to Potter House for the weekend and to unwind from the stress of having gone through three separate trials.
Harry returned to Hogwarts the third Monday of November. The first task was to take place on the Saturday coming up. Flitwick met Harry in the grand foyer.
"Lord Potter," he addressed Harry.
Harry smiled at his head of House. "Please sir, just Harry."
"Very well then. I suggest going back to your private flat as you will be getting a very cold reception from the Ravenclaws. I have done my best to intercede for you but it seems I have failed you there. I am sorry, Harry," Flitwick said.
Harry sighed. "I understand sir. So mote it be."
Harry headed up to his private flat to find Miyamoto in the painting guarding the entrance and he smiled when he saw Harry coming.
[Good to see you again Harry,] he said. [I have heard about your battles and your victories. Well done.]
Harry sighed as he sat down in a recliner after settling in. [I wish it wasn't necessary. If he had been honest with me in the first place and had not allowed the darkness inside of him to influence him, then none of this would have never happened.]
[Very true, Harry. He chose to do what he wanted to do and it found him out,] Miyamoto said. [He paid a price for his sins.]
Harry nodded and got ready for his first class of the day, Transfigurations with McGonagall. Harry was surprised that she was going to continue to teach her classes. He wondered just how she would run Hogwarts and teach at the same time. Well, he was sure he would find out. He left his flat to get to the class on time.
Harry got his answer from Hermione, Neville, Luna Ginny, and the twins when they met in the library in their customary spot in their free period after double potions with Snape. The man ignored Harry the entire time and that was fine with Harry.
"So, what's going on round here?" Harry asked, starting the conversation.
The twins grinned. "Quite a bit, Harry. Once McGonagall got back from the governor's meeting on Thursday, she announced the changes and you should have seen the reaction. Flitwick is her second. McGonagall hired an assistant to handle all of the day to day stuff so that frees her up to teach."
"Something Dumbledore should have done," Hermione said. "Doing three jobs at once is hard on a person. No one person should ever have so much power at one time."
"That was one of my arguments," Harry said. "All that power went to his head and influenced him into thinking he was invincible and that he could do anything he wanted to and get away with it. With great power comes great responsibility."
"He definitely lost sight of that," Neville said. "But that's not what I have to tell you. Your first task involves dragons."
"You're kidding!" Ginny exclaimed. "What are they, nuts?"
Hermione stood up and went to the card catalog. She wrote down something and then disappeared in the rows of bookcases. She returned a few minutes later with a book. Harry shook his head. "There she goes again."
The others laughed at Harry's comment as Hermione gave him a dirty look.
"Oh ha ha," she said sarcastically. "Do you know what breeds they brought here Neville? I can look them up in here."
"Don't know, sorry. All I know about them is that they are impervious to magic," Neville said. "I found out by accident when I overheard Hagrid telling Maxime."
"You were in the right place at the right time, Neville. Thanks," Harry said. "Did you tell Cedric?"
"No I didn't, Harry. I just only found out this morning," Neville said.
Harry nodded. "Okay. I'll handle that."
"Harry is allowed a wand," Ginny said. "He can't take a broom into the arena."
Fred beamed. "Easy. Harry uses his wand to call for his broom."
"Brilliant, brother mine!" George said, slapping Fred on the shoulder.
"That would definitely work," Hermione nodded. "Wear sweats and use a warming spell on them to keep you warm during the event."
"I'll do that," Harry said.
They brainstormed a bit more and then headed down to dinner. On the way down Harry noticed people wearing round badges on the front of their robes. As they crossed a small courtyard, Draco Malfoy popped up from behind a tree, stopping Harry in his tracks.
"Got something to show you, Potter!" Draco exclaimed. "Check out the badge!"
He thrust it forward and Harry read it.
"Support Cedric Diggory, the REAL Hogwarts Champion!" it said and then the message changed to show Harry's face on a green background with black letters now proclaiming, "Potter Stinks!"
Harry smiled. "Oh how cute! How did you ever come up with something so clever as you don't possess enough brain cells to even think of something like that? Did you borrow the brain cells you needed from Pug face?"
Harry laughed as he walked away only to hear a shout from behind him.
"Oh no you don't, you slimy backstabbing death eater wanna be!" Moody's voice shouted out and Harry turned just in time to see Draco's wand out and pointed at him.
Harry didn't get the chance to act as Moody had his wand out and cast something. Seconds later Draco got changed into a ferret and he was bouncing all over the place, off the trees, off the rocks, off the grass, and dragged through the mud. Pansy immediately started screaming at Moody as a crowd gathered around to watch the spectacle. Moody was clearly enjoying himself as he flung Draco around. Crabbe and Goyle made an attempt to grab Draco and run for it as Pansy tried to block Moody. Then suddenly McGonagall was there.
"What are you doing!" she cried.
"Teaching," Moody replied, dragging Draco through the mud once more.
"It's Draco!" Pansy cried. "Please stop him! He's killing Draco!"
McGonagall pulled her wand and changed Draco back. He went sprawling in the mud, face down. He managed to get to his feet and turned on Moody.
"When my father hears of this…" he snarled.
"Ah, shutup your face, boy!" Moody snarled.
Harry decided this would be a good time to slip away and he did, Hermione following him. Harry looked back to see Draco run off and McGonagall dressing down Moody. Not a bad day after all.
The word got around Hogwarts about what Moody did to Draco and people were laughing and joking about it. Harry spotted Cedric in the hall before dinner and went up to him. Cedric turned to Harry.
"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Harry asked.
Cedric nodded. "Sure. What's up?"
Harry waited until Cedric's friends walked away.
"The first task involves dragons," Harry said. "I just found out from Neville as Hagrid not only told him but showed them to him."
Cedric nodded, a serious look on his face. "Thank you Harry. If Hagrid told Neville, chances are Hagrid showed them off to Maxime, and I'm sure Krum knows too. That makes us all even."
"It does, and I'm sure that it's going to be dangerous so be careful, okay?" Harry said. "I'll see you then."
"Same to you Harry," Cedric said and then went off to join his friends. Harry headed off to join his friends for dinner.
They sat in the usual spot down at the end of the Ravenclaw house table. They ignored the nasty looks they got from people. Harry glanced up at the head table and McGonagall was now sitting in the former headmaster's chair as was her right to. Dumbledore was sitting to Snape's left and he did not look happy. Snape didn't look happy either. Harry turned back to his dinner.
"The first event is the wand weigh in," Hermione informed Harry. "That's where they examine wands to see if they are working well like they should be."
"Harry doesn't have a wand," Neville said.
Hermione looked up. "What are you going to do without a wand, Harry?"
"Later. Too many ears," Harry said as he ate.
He didn't want to reveal the Potter wand just yet. He was hoping that McGonagall would send him to Ollivander's for a new wand so he wouldn't have to expose the Potter wand.
"When will they do that?" Ginny asked.
"Usually a day before," Hermione said.
"Harry shouldn't worry about anything as things have a way of working themselves out," Luna smiled.
"Thank you Luna, I needed to hear that," Harry said as he waved a bit of potato on his fork around.
"Luna's right," Neville set his goblet down. "Things do have a way of working out and they will for Harry."
"I hear a lot of people will be coming here the night before to witness the first task," Ginny commented.
"That should be fun," Harry grinned.
He was starting to relax now that he decided Luna had been right in what she had said. Everything would work out so why should he worry?
Harry led everybody upstairs to his private flat after telling them where it was. The others looked around and commented on the décor as Harry had gone back to the Japanese style of living as he was used to it. Hermione had witnessed it first hand the summer she had gone to Japan with Harry.
"I like this, Harry. Simple and it feels right," Fred commented.
"Thanks Fred. I grew up in a house like this one in Japan. I feel very comfortable in a place like this. So grab a seat and relax. Anyone want something to drink?" Harry asked as Bustah appeared.
Hermione looked up at Harry once Bustah had delivered the requested drinks. "So how are you going to solve your wandless problem?"
Harry smiled. "I do have the ability to do wandless magic, Hermione. I practice it every day up in my training rooms in the room of requirement, and I do have a wand, actually two of them."
Harry pulled the Potter wand and held it up to show them. Hermione was the first to react when she saw the wand.
"Two wands wrapped around each other," Hermione gasped, 'how did that happen? Where did you get those wands?"
Harry handed it to Hermione. "It happened when the goblins showed me them for the first time. They were my Mum and Dad's wands. I picked them up and both of them connected with my magic and somehow they fused together. The goblins believe that Old Magic is responsible for that happening."
Hermione handed off the wand to George and she pulled a little notepad and began writing on it.
"There she goes again," Neville chuckled. "New research project."
The others laughed as Hermione smiled. She just loved researching things.
They talked late into the night and left just before curfew. They discussed the new order in the castle, McGonagall now in charge of the school and how quickly she changed things, Dumbledore would be teaching history of magic as McGonagall discovered the reason Binns had been unable to move on was due to a spell that kept him from moving on. McGonagall broke the spell and Binns happily moved on. That had been the first change. Other changes would occur in the next few months. The one thing that couldn't be changed was Dumbledore's role in the tournament. He was too deeply involved and couldn't be removed. Harry knew he would have to be careful around the man for the duration of the tournament. Harry was informed of that in a meeting with McGonagall the next morning after breakfast.
"Good morning Lord Potter," McGonagall said as Harry arrived in her new office.
Harry looked around the office and noted how very little had changed. McGonagall had added her own touch to the office and the McGonagall Coat of Arms was proudly displayed along with the McGonagall Tartar.
"I like what you have done with your new office," Harry complemented as Fawkes appeared and landed on Harry's shoulder. "Oh hello Fawkes."
Harry petted Fawkes on the head and the bird trilled happily.
McGonagall looked surprised at Fawkes' appearance. "I thought he left after breaking his bond with Dumbledore."
"Fawkes did?" Harry asked. "Wow, didn't know that."
Harry turned his head to look at Fawkes and the bird stared at him deep into his eyes.
*Harry, can I be your familiar?* Fawkes said in his mind. *I trust you and you have a noble heart and a good soul.*
Harry nodded. *I would be honored to have you as my familiar*
A golden glow suddenly surrounded them and then faded away. McGonagall looked at them in amazement. "Fawkes just bonded with you, didn't he?"
Harry smiled. "He did, and what's more we are able to talk to each other through mind speak. I wonder if we can talk to each other through bird speak if I turn into my falcon form. Be fun to find out."
"You have an animal form," McGonagall said and Harry mentally cursed himself for having revealed that fact. Harry sighed. Might as well as show her his cat form too. Fawkes moved to the chair and Harry morphed into his falcon form with ease. McGonagall studied him closely and then stepped back after Harry landed on the other chair. She shook her head.
"Harry, you are constantly surprising me," she complemented him. "Your bird form is perfect. Twenty points."
Harry turned to Fawkes and the Phoenix laughed. /Humans are so fun to tease./
/Yes they are, Fawkes. My second form is a Siamese cat,/ Harry informed him and then dropped down to the seat of the chair and morphed into the Siamese cat and looked up at McGonagall as she had a very shocked look on her face.
"Oh Merlin," she said, clutching her chest, 'you have two forms!"
Fawkes was laughing now and Harry the cat was enjoying the moment. This, in his mind, had to be the absolute best prank he'd ever pulled. Harry then turned back into him self and sat down in the chair. McGonagall took the chair behind the desk. Harry noted that the chair that Dumbledore had used was gone and in its place was a plain sort of chair that looked much more comfortable.
"Harry, I need to address a very important issue, and that is your wand. You need one to be in this tournament. Therefore I am sending you out to Ollivander's immediately as the wand weigh in takes place Friday morning, and this is now Tuesday morning. You need to get the new wand and then work with it so you are comfortable with it," she said.
Harry nodded. "Truth is I'm glad Dumbledore broke that one up. It was the brother wand to Voldemort's."
McGonagall blinked. "You're serious."
Harry nodded. "Very serious. There is no way I could defeat Voldemort with it if we were to meet."
"You're not buying the argument from Dumbledore that Voldemort will return, are you?" McGonagall asked.
Harry sighed. "Have you forgotten my first year? Voldemort was attached to the back of Professor Quirrell's head when he possessed the man. If he can do that, what would keep him from trying to gain a new body? The man is well versed in dark magic, he's bound to know some kind of ritual that will give him a new body."
McGonagall had to admit Harry was right. "I can't argue with that kind of logic, Harry. You need to start training."
"Sirius spent a few weeks with me and he has been teaching me stuff," Harry revealed to her.
McGonagall sighed in relief. "Good. There is a special room in the school that the house elves call the come and go room. If you can find it you can set it up as a training room. I could get Sirius to tutor you in defensive tactics."
"Sirius found his old Auror training books and he's using those to teach me things," Harry said.
"Good. That makes me feel better. Sirius was a prankster back in his school days but even he knew when it was time to get serious about things. If he is getting serious about training you then good for him. Harry, pay close attention to what he has to teach you. He was an Auror just like Moody and he knows how those bloody bastards work. Listen to him as what he is teaching you could save your life. Now, let's get you off to Ollivander's. He is expecting you," McGonagall said.
Harry flooed out from her fireplace and into Ollivander's shop. Harry stood up after having slid out of the fireplace on his back and started trying to shake off the soot off his Hogwarts robe. He was glad he had worn it as the soot would have messed up his clothes. Harry looked up as he heard the old man Ollivander cluck and saw him pull his wand and waved it over Harry. The soot disappeared instantly.
"Thank you sir," Harry said as Ollivander smiled.
"You are welcome, Lord Potter. Welcome once more to my humble shop. I understand that you are in need of a wand due to Dumbledore snapping your previous wand. Truth be told, I am glad he did. I must confess that Dumbledore wanted me to sell you that particular wand and I had done so as I was afraid of what Dumbledore might do to me if I hadn't. But that is the past and done with. Now I am able to give you the wand you should have had in the first place. But none of these wands will fit you properly, so we must make you a custom wand, keyed directly to your magic. You will build it and I shall guide you in doing it. Are you ready, Lord Potter?" Ollivander asked, his eyes glowing with excitement.
Harry grinned. "Yes! Let's do it!"
It became an experience that Harry would never forget.
Harry emerged from the shop at the end of the day with a brand new wand. It was black oak with a dual core, dragon's heartstring and the smallest Basilisk tooth for the cores, and they had been covered in Harry's blood to ensure that he and he alone could use that wand. If anyone tried to take the wand it would reappear in Harry's wand holster that he had strapped to the inside of his left forearm. Harry showed Ollivander the improvements he made to it by adding a spring to it to make the wand pop out and into his had by using a password. Ollivander liked that idea and convinced Harry to patent the idea and Ollivander would make that particular holster available to DMLE personnel only. Harry knew what he was giving Sirius for Christmas. Harry got back to the school in plenty of time for dinner. He landed in her office and McGonagall was delighted to see his new wand.
"Miss Granger knows where you went and why. Miss Lovegood volunteered to take notes in the classes you missed today so make sure you see her for them. You did not miss much as I understand that Professor Sprout did review some things. Professor Moody discussed the use of shields and other tactics. Professor Snape was annoyed that you were not there as he was teaching the pain relieving potion. He wanted to give you detention so you would learn that particular potion after dinner tonight as he believes it might become a very important potion for you to know this year and given the fact that you are part of the tournament I agreed. So I am ordering you to report to Professor Snape's office this evening to learn that particular potion. Every chance you get between now and Friday morning you are to work with that wand until you can use it effortlessly," McGonagall stated.
Harry nodded. "I will. I'm offering you a written report on how I built my own wand as a make up for missing your class today."
McGonagall smiled. "I shall be looking forward to it Lord Potter. I believe your friends are waiting for you. A good evening to you."
Harry left the headmistress' office and headed down to the great hall for dinner and to find his friends. He had a lot to tell them.
To Be Continued