Chapter thirteen

'Before you go off Harry, let me finish,' Arthur said trying to calm Harry down, 'Kingsley was able to explain to Ron that the new minister was behind all this. He had instructed all departments that if anyone with the name Weasley wanted anything, they were to be refused, same for Aberforth, they had to come up with an idea to hurt him, that's when they must have come up with the idea of safety measures for his pub. Minerva, well as the new minister is also a governor of Hogwarts that was easy for him to achieve. Kingsley explained that my department were told to make my life impossible so I would quit.'

'Did he hear anything about who attacked Charlie?'

'Yes, the new minister secretly released two death eaters to do the job for him. They were supposed to kill him then the new minister was going to offer you the support of the whole ministry to find out who had killed Charlie. He hoped that you would finally show your support for him because he has been losing support ever since the memorial at Hogwarts.'

'Why didn't Kingsley get into contact with the order of the phoenix, he could have done that away from the ministry.'

'They took his wife Harry, he doesn't know where she is or even if she's alive. They said she will stay alive as long as he keeps his mouth shut, so he's hoping she is. He wanted to warn us but he couldn't take the chance until he could find out where they had her, which he still hasn't found out.'

'Damn,' Harry stared at Charlie, 'Is there any way to get proof of what he's done?'

'From what Kingsley was able to tell Ron in the time he had, there are no written proof of anything anywhere, the new minister even removed his memories of these plans in case someone got some evidence which meant the aurors could look into his mind.'

'So there's no way to prove any of this?'

'No, but Ron did give us an idea. He said if you took the power of the wand and used it you might be able to find those memories, using the cloak as well.'

'He knows I hid that wand, I never wanted it or the power, it's dangerous.'

'You have to explain what he meant, Ron wouldn't tell us, he said he promised you he wouldn't say anything,' Arthur said.

'Yeah, what's this wand Harry?' Charlie asked.

'I didn't want anyone to know, it would have put you all in danger, but I'll explain in a minute,' Harry looked over at Minerva, 'It would mean breaking in to get it.'

'Yes, which I can do while I'm still allowed to be at Hogwarts. I believe that is another reason why they want me out of there, to find that wand. They or he must have heard it mentioned that night.'

'With the enchantments we put around it, they will never get their hands on it, plus it is mine, they would not get the power even if they could find it,' Harry sighed, 'Okay, the wand is the elder wand, I own it but I hid it. Now I won the wand, but Voldemort used it that night, he never knew I owned it, that's why his spell backfired onto him. That wand recognised me as its owner. He broke open Dumbledore's tomb to get it because he had been trying to find it for about a year. He found out Dumbledore owned it, which he did, until the night he died.'

'Albus was disarmed that night by Draco Malfoy, Harry disarmed Draco at his home when they were taken prisoner. So Harry became the owner of the elder wand. Now by itself it is a very powerful wand for its owner, but for Harry, there's more to it which makes Harry more powerful. Do you want to explain Harry?' Minerva asked.

'Okay, the deathly hallows. It's three items, the elder wand, the resurrection stone and the cloak of invisibility. I own all three, which makes me master of death. Now at first I thought it meant I could beat death, but it's not really about that and I still don't know exactly what it does mean. But the one thing I do know is what they gave me once I held all three items, not together, just had them all at one time. The cloak I've owned since Dumbledore gave me my father's cloak my first Christmas at Hogwarts. The wand you know how I got that. The stone was inside the snitch Dumbledore left me in his will.'

'Did he want you to own these three items?' Charlie asked.

'No, he didn't, at first anyway. He meant for Snape to own the wand.'

'Then why did he leave you the stone?'

Harry got up and knelt in front of the fireplace, 'He knew I needed it, he knew I had to die, he knew that would be hard for me, so he knew I would need help,' Harry stood up and faced everyone. 'Just before I faced Voldemort, I used the stone. I brought back Remus, Sirius and my parents, they helped me, stayed with me and gave me the courage I needed that night because I was scared, bloody scared. But when I saw them, spoke to them, I realised if I died I would be with them. When I worked that out, I was able to walk right up to him and he never saw how scared I was, but not of dying anymore, of hoping all of you would survive and I was hoping he would kill me quickly, he liked to use pain on people that displeased him, he'd used it on me before. But those items, when united gives the owner more power than they already had. I never knew any of that until I first bought this place. Any spell I used I found easy to do, any enchantments, even ones that I'd never heard of before, I could do. Potions became easy, non-verbal spells became easy, wandless magic became easy. So you see, if I had the wand which gives me even more power than probably all of you put together and I use my cloak, I should be able to get into his office and hopefully find the proof we need. I could also go into his home if it's not in his office. I might find out where Kingsley's wife is. I will need a diversion to get him out of the office. Using the imperius curse on his guards will be easy even if they are taught to fight it, they couldn't fight me, not with that wand or the power.'

'You said you need to break in to get it, break into what?' Arthur asked.

Harry looked at Aberforth, 'Your brother's tomb, I put it back with its last owner.'