Chapter seventeen

Amelia had been shocked after she heard what Albus Dumbledore had been hiding and what his plans were for Harry Potter. Naturally she had used veritaserum to get that information out of him since she knew he would never reveal any of his secrets voluntarily. Now it was time to find where Voldemort was before he could be returned to a body.

Amelia spoke with one of the unspeakables who had worked beside Charlus Potter. She wanted him to examine Harry Potter, to find out if what Albus told her was true. The unspeakable had confirmed that the diary once held a piece of Voldemort's soul, the basilisk venom destroyed it.

Harry was eating dinner with Susan and Hannah when Cedric held out a folded piece of parchment.

'Professor Longbottom asked me to give this too you.'

'Thanks Cedric,' Harry read the note, 'Amelia needs to speak with me, she said you can come with me if you want?'

'I do, let's hope they got information from that fake Mad-eye,' Susan said.

'Tell me when you find out, unless you have to keep it a secret,' Hannah said.

'We will,' Harry took another drink then taking Susan's hand left the great hall.

The gargoyles were gone so any one, staff or student, could just step onto the moving spiral staircase which would end at the door. Harry knocked, the door opened straight away, by Amelia.

'Come in you two,' Amelia said, 'There are a few things we need to speak about,' she gestured towards the seats.

'Is it about that man that was posing as Mad-eye Moody?' Harry asked.

'Partially, he was a death eater who was supposed to have died in Azkaban. We found out that his mother was dying so she took polyjuice potion and took his place, the father smuggled him out. The father Harry, was Bartemius Crouch, the man who sent Sirius to Azkaban.'

'Does Sirius know?'

'Yes, I informed him,' Amelia took her seat beside Augusta, 'We heard you had nightmares, about Voldemort. Do you still get them?'

'No, I haven't had any type of dream about him since the end of my second year. Well, I had one the other night but it wasn't like the old dreams.'

'Sirius told me you were bitten by the basilisk, and that Fawkes used his tears on you, is that right?'

'Yeah, I felt the poison spreading through me as I got back to Ginny. I ended up really dizzy, I knew I was going to pass out. Fawkes flew down and dropped some tears on my arm.'

'You stabbed the diary with the fang, the poison from the basilisk destroyed the dark magic in that diary. What I'm talking about here is not how to open the chamber of secrets, I'm talking about the reason why Voldemort never died back when he killed your parent's.'

'I asked Dumbledore, he said he was not sure why he could return even if he was only a spirit.'

'He knew and it's the reason behind his plans for you, and the plans to have you marry Ginny Weasley. Before I explain I believe everything is alright where you're concerned, but I am having an unspeakable examine your scar just to make sure. What I have to tell you Harry will be a shock, and that is why I wanted Susan with you.'

Susan instantly put her arm around Harry, 'Harry's not dying is he?'

'No, but Albus expected you to die and the marriage was so that Ginny Weasley would end up with the Potter fortune and control of the Potter seat,' Amelia nodded to her niece, 'We found memories here, all about Voldemort, even from the time he was a child in the orphanage. Since I had arrested Albus again for failing to notify the ministry about the basilisk, I decided to question him using veritaserum. He was putting our world in danger all to keep his secrets so nothing would ruin his plans.'

'What plans?'

'His plans for when Voldemort would kill you then he could kill Voldemort and become the hero of the world again. But all this put our world in more danger than any of us knew.'

'What's going on?'

'The night Voldemort gave you that scar he lost part of his soul. We are unsure if he meant to or not, as he had split pieces of his soul before. The diary contained a small piece and it's the reason why it screamed when you destroyed it. Harry, when he tried to kill you a piece of soul went into you, into your scar.'

'Oh no, you mean he is dying?'

'No Susan, the basilisk was poisoning Harry, which destroyed that piece of soul. He would have died if it wasn't for Fawkes who healed Harry.'

'That's why I felt him, why I got pain in my scar when I was near Quirrell?'

'Yes, so even though we believe it's gone, I still want it checked. Harry, Albus was going to make you believe you had to die or Voldemort would forever terrorise our world. From everything I've heard about you and by getting to know you I know you would have sacrificed yourself if it meant he was gone, for good. Which would save hundreds, if not thousands of lives. Albus never bothered to find out if the soul pieces can be removed or destroyed without destroying the vessel. The unspeakables have a way of removing the soul, so even though we believe it's gone, you would be perfectly safe.'

'That's why he left me with the muggles, he thought if I didn't have a good life then I wouldn't want to live. It's why he made sure Sirius was locked up.'

'Yes, once you were married to Ginny, she and her mother would make you feel worthless. They planned to slip you a potion which would stop you…well, performing which would give them the excuse of telling you that you were hopeless when you couldn't even bed your wife.'

'They can't be punished, can they?'

'Technically, no, but I questioned Arthur, he was forced to make an unbreakable vow so he could not speak of those plans. The unspeakables were able to remove the vow which is when he explained everything. He is in the process of divorcing Molly and disowning Ronald and Ginevra. I found out that William, Charlie or the twins knew anything about this. Percy is also guilt free even though he admits he does not like you.'

'We said we didn't think the twins were involved, they really like Harry,' Susan said.

'They do, they are genuine friends. Now even though it's late, I would like to take you to the ministry so your scar can be examined. They will be able to tell if there was a piece of soul there, which we believe there was. It was just luck that you survived the basilisk venom.'

'It was Fawkes. But why would Dumbledore's phoenix save me when it was his familiar?'

'Fawkes went through a burning day right after I arrested Albus. He left as soon as he was able. We believe it had something to do with his job as headmaster as to why Fawkes stayed bound to him. Fawkes will turn up one day, when he decides who his new owner will be. So are you two ready?'

Harry and Susan nodded as they stood, 'He has more, doesn't he?'

'Yes, we are trying to work out how many and what they might be. If we can find out where he is hiding then we could find the answers.'

'Before I stopped having the dreams, I had one that showed a house, a big old house, it was run down, it was also not far from a cemetery. If that bloke planned to get me to Voldemort then they must have been planning to use me in some way. But how would he have taken me to him?'

'He planned to make sure you won the tournament then he would have enchanted the triwizard cup with a portus charm. It would take you before you even knew what was happening. Right now, Barty Crouch is in a guarded room at St Mungo's, he seemed to have an allergic reaction to the veritaserum. Once he is stable we plan to get a healer who is a master of mind magic to search his mind to get the answer. Now we will take care of these items, but naturally if you hear anything or are suspicious of anything let Professor Longbottom know.'

'We will,' Harry and Susan said together.

The three of them flooed to the ministry where two aurors escorted Amelia, Harry and Susan to the department of mysteries. They were met by a person in a blue robe. They could not see the person's face so they had no idea if it was a woman or man.

'If you would sit in the chair Mr Potter, the examination will only take a few minutes.'

'It won't hurt him, will it?' Susan asked.

'No, he will feel a little discomfort but it will not be painful, Miss Bones.'

'I'll be fine love, I have to know,' Harry gave Susan a small kiss then sat down.

Amelia, Susan and the two aurors watched as the unspeakable began casting spells over Harry's lightning shaped scar. Most people never got to see an unspeakable work, no one even knew who they were or what they looked like. Harry did find out his grandfather was an unspeakable and it had begun to make him think about a career. Could he follow his grandfather, he knew they were good people, but he had no idea what they did, no one seemed to know, the unspeakables did not answer to anyone. He wondered how one became an unspeakable if you did not know what they did so you could take the necessary classes. Maybe he would talk to Amelia about it over the next year or so. For now he just hoped if there had been a piece of Voldemort's soul, that is was now gone. Which would mean they were one step closer to being rid of Voldemort, for good.