Ok I know I'm skipping big time periods and I'm sorry but it would just get boring both to write and read. Also I know the Battle of the Department of Mysteries has been simplified to the movie version with everyone appearing but it was necessary and made my life a lot easier meaning I write faster. Finally updates for this story may start being a little slow as I am currently alternating between this and my other story Baby.
Chapter 6 - Dumbledore
Amelia didn't travel back to Hogwarts on the Hogwarts Express like the others but instead apparated just outside the gates where Professor Snape was waiting for her. As they began the walk up to the castle Severus began to explain the situation to her.
"You will be staying in a room connected directly to the Headmasters office, he needs to know that someone is up there keeping up communications with the order and protecting Hogwarts." Amelia nodded but said nothing, to her what Severus was saying sounded an awful lot like Dumbledore wanted her were he could keep and eye on her. The rest of the journey was made in silence, although Amelia could see Severus giving her worried looks, he knew something was wrong.
"This years password is Fizzing Whizbee" Amelia nodded as she made her way up the spiral staircase, before knocking on the door, entering when Dumbledore called her in and sitting when he signalled for Amelia to take the seat opposite him.
"You are no doubt wondering why your back here, well there are two very simple reasons for that the first is that events at Hogwarts may mean that I need your assistance in the near future, in order for the protection of those who are important to our mission and you were getting far too comfy at Grimmauld Place, with Sirius, your not in the order to relax your here to help us win the war, to be a weapon to use against Voldermort." Amelia knew it was best to keep quiet even though she knew the underlying meaning of Dumbledore's words, he did not want her to be happy, he wantd her at his disposal whenever and wherever he wanted. Dumbledore had to prepare for the students coming so dismissed her onto her room, but not before informing her that she was forbidden from letting anyone, who did not already know she was there, to communicate with anyone within Hogwarts or being seen in Hogwarts, all of which Amelia accepted with a sigh, after all the years she had been with him she was used to his manipulating ways.
Amelia went through the secret doorway in the wall and up a flight of stairs to her room, it was simple with a desk, bookcase, bed, wardrobe and her trunk. Amelia unpacked some of her clothes into the wardrobe before picking up a book and reading it at her desk. At dinner time Dobby brought her some dinner with a wide smile, but Amelia knew it was a fake as for some reason Dobby had always hated her, although she didn't know why, she had always tried to be nice to him. Amelia ate her dinner and decided to write Sirius a letter about nothing in particular just to give herself something to do. Amelia decided to get an early night and went to bed at ten and fell into a quiet dreamless sleep.
The next morning Amelia awoke at six due to the fact that she had, had an early night, but she had only just got dressed when fawks came flying into the room, a began to not so gently peck at her shoulder, obviously Dumbledore wanted to se her and as always he was not prepared to wait. Amelia made her way down the stone staircase into Dumbledore's office, where he sat at his desk waiting for her.
"Ah good you were already up." the words in themselves sounded kind enough but there was a glint in Dumbledore's eyes and the way he was holding his wand that had Amelia worried about what he had planned.
"You see Amelia, there are answers you need to give." Dumbledore's voice was now and full of ill-intent.
"What kind of questions sir?" Amelia tried to stop her voice from trembling but there was still a faint hint of fear in her voice.
"How you found out about Jane Meadowhearst, where you were those two months and any other secrets you hold to do with Lord Voldermort and don't lie to me." Amelia looked at Dumbledore with fear, she had faced the most powerful and ruthless death eaters and the Dark Lord himself but she had never felt evil oozing out of someone as it was Dumbledore, it frightened her, she had come face to face to the Dark Lord in his powerful moments before he killed her mother and she had never felt such evil. Dumbledore's facade was gone she was now face to face with the real Dumbledore, a madman, attached solely to his own ideals, of defeating his enemies, a man who would let nothing come between him and those ideals, no mattter what the cost to others. Amelia sat there refusing to answer and after a few minutes Dumbledore gave a long bored sigh before sending the chair Amelia sat on flying across the room from underneath her, causing her to be sprawled on the floor, Amelia began to reach for her wand when Dumbledore said "Accio wand. Now would you care to comment Miss Potter." Amelia remained silent as she looked up at Dumbledore, she knew she was in a very vulnerable position as she had left Tom's necklace up in her room and knew she couldn't wear it just in case Dumbledore recognised it.
"Crucio" pain racked through Amelia's body, she had felt the unforgivable before but this was it different it seemed more powerful and was definitely more painful then any she had felt before, but she did not scream she would not give him the satisfaction. After Dumbledore got tired he sent her flying into the room throwing her carelessly on the floor.
The month continued like this and the only way Amelia even knew the date was thanks to a small calendar she had brought with her, the timings of "activities", like eating or being caused pain, would differ daily and depended on how busy Dumbledore was or what visitors he had, but one thing was constant pain. Amelia was not even allowed to send letters Dumbledore wrote them for her and all Amelia could think about was what had happened to Dumbledore. Amelia had known him most her life and in her life as Jane Meadowhearst, in those days he was anti-Slytherin but still never cruel and Amelia knew that it had been the last few years that there had been subtle changes in him, he had become more manipulative, having others do the work but still being seen as the one who knew everything. Dumbledore had also been dabbling in the darkest of the Dark Arts probably in a hope to defeat Voldermort but he didn't take heed to the ancient legends which spoke of the risks after all, those Dark Arts had claimed many people's insanity because they weren't strong enough to handle them.
It was Saturday 30th June and Amelia knew that Dumbledore wouldn't try to get back whilst the quidditch mathc was on anf Amelia decided to take the risk o going into her box of secrets and getting out the necklace Tom had given her and putting it round her head began to think the words I need help, the problem with the necklace was that she didn't know how it worked. Amelia kept trying with the necklace for the next few days to no avail she had taken to keeping it on because she wasn't sure how much more of Dumbledore she could survive and realistically things couldn't get any worse for her even death would be a relief, not to mention the fact that he had been removed from his post so couldn't get into Hogwarts that often.
It was Thursday evening and Amelia couldn't sleep, something felt wrong and Amelia senses had never let her down before, but Amelia couldn't investigate it because she was locked in that stupid room, feeling her sanity drift away day by day. Amelia was watching the stars go by as she suddenly began to feel light headed, warning her that a vision was coming as Amelia laid down on her bed so she wouldn't fall and hit her head.
Amelia was stood in the middle of Hogwarts grounds a confused looking young Tom Riddle in front of he and Amelia recognised this as the moment she had returned to the future. Belinda was stood next to Tom and asked,
"You were closer did you see what happened? She can't have just disappeared into thin air, could she?"
"No even she wasn't that powerful, I get the feeling the headmaster or Professor Dumbledore may know something about this, after all there was something very odd about her when she arrived, like the way she spoke, almost as though she didn't belong." Tom had near enough figured it out and Amelia was amazed at how quickly he could pick things up and how good he looked, but she shouldn't be thinking about that, he was after all Lord Voldermort. The next few images were of the missing posters when she went missing and what struck her most was how desperate Tom seemed to find her.
After that the time changed completely she was in Dumbledore "secret" back office and a man she didn't recognise was talking to Dumbledore.
"So you see sir Wormtail is the traitor, would you like me to fetch him?""No, No there will be no need, avada kendra." The man fell to the floor stone dead, Dumbledore side stepping the body went to a secret cabinet and pulled out a journal "The plan" was the heading of the page as Amelia read what he was writing, "Use Pettigrew to kill Potters and gain control of the powerful little Amelia." Amelia then saw him replacing the journal.
Amelia couldn't believe it Dumbledore had purposely had Dumbledore kill her parents, Amelia wondered what else was in that journal, she had to get her hands on it and find out when Dumbledore had truly gone insane. Just then Dumbledore came barging into her room.
"There is a battle at the Department of Mysteries, we may soon have company wait for me in the back office and if you dare to try and get a message out to anybody I'll make you wish you'd never been born." Dumbledore just to be certain dragged her into the back office and magically bound her to a chair. Once Dumbledore had been gone for a few minutes
Amelia began to draw on the power she had told no one she possed, deep magic tied deep to her very soul and used it to release the bonds, holding her with ease going. She made her way carefully to the place where she had seen Dumbledore's journal. It was still there. Amelia was shocked when she found that there was no protection around such a thing although she supposed Dumbledore thought that no one would ever would question him, look for such a thing or get this far. It didn't take long for Amelia to realise that the journal would only show specific sections based on key words and apparently for Dumbledore the word manipulation was too broad. Through a string of words her image of Dumbledore became worse and worse. She used the journal to identify where her wand was and how to get it, before pocketing the journal and heading to the department of mysteries.
Amelia flooed straight into the ministry and saw Dumbledore and Voldemort engaged in battle and Amelia made her decision right then, she wouldn't be Dumbledore's tool any longer, she would let him succeed.
"Dumbledore care to explain your journal?" Dumbledore and Voldemort stopped fighting, Harry was on the sidelines looking confused, Dumbledore looked furious and Voldermort looked very pleased.
"Forgetting old man let me remind you then. You wanted Mum and dad dead so you could control me so you faked the prophecy and made Wormtail secret keeper knowing he was a spy. You left Harry with the Dursleys although their is no love link because mum cast a spell of separation when we went into hiding. You let Wormtail be knowing that if you had acted you could have gotten Sirius out of Azkaban. You tortured me for the 5 months. And last night YOU killed the Grangers."
By this time everyone had come up from the Department of mysteries, Herminie was pale as a ghost and Amelia wasn't sure if she had already known that her parents were dead, but she did now, but the thing that struck Amelia most was the fact that Sirius was missing."Where's Sirius?" No one met her eyes and she knew what it meant, Sirius was dead, but their would be time to mourn him later.
"That is the last person you'll take from me Dumbledore. Now I'll show you why you should never have pissed off AMELIA JANE POTTER!" Light began to radiate off Amelia as spells began to shoot out her wand, causing Dumbledore immense pain, before she felt an arm grab her and apparate her away.