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Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
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Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability
Chapter Thirty-four
Grimauld Place - the Order of the Phoenix and other annoying idiots
"Are you SURE you don't want at least some of us as backup?" Negi asked for the tenth time in the last half hour.
"Yes, we're sure." Harry rolled his eyes.
"They'll be fine, boya. With the training we've put them through; they should be able to handle a bunch of old geezers and house-wives." Eva added.
"Yep, and mom will have a looong discussion with us before she gets the chance to berate Harry." Ginny finished.
"The only one I'm relatively worried about is Mad-Eye." Harry said. "I wouldn't want him to notice our rings. I still don't know how that eye of his can see through my Invisibility Cloak…"
"Most likely, it was charmed by Dumbledore with the Elder Wand." Chao explained. "But, now that you are the master of the Wand, it should lose that ability if you will it."
"Well, I wouldn't want him to completely lose the power of that eye…" Harry said thoughtfully.
"We'll deal with it when we'll have to. For now, let's move1" Fred and George said in one voice.
Eva, Negi, Chachamaru, Asuna, Chao, Harry, Hermione, Ginny and the twins had been standing invisibly in front of Grimauld Place for quite a while, planning how to approach Sirius and the others they decided to trust. In the end, they agreed that if it comes to it, Harry was good at memory charms to deal with any possible leaks. His newfound Legilimency skills would help as well.
"Fine, let's go!" Harry said and cancelled his invisibility followed by Ginny, Hermione, Fred and George.
They quickly moved to the front door where Harry waved his wand vertically downwards, unlocking all the locks from the sound of it.
Once the door was open, they entered quickly and silently locked it again. As they moved across the corridor, Ginny was unlucky enough to step on a loose floor-board that made a very loud and unpleasant screech. Well, in the complete silence of the house, even a whisper could have been considered loud, but it was enough to cause a certain portrait to awake and start screeching.
"Mudbloods, blood-traitors, monsters! How dare you infest my noble house! Get out you…" the portrait of Sirius' mother began its usual repertoire.
The noise was obviously enough to alert all the current residents of the house, as loud tromps were heard from both the stairs that took to the upper levels and the ones that took to the kitchen.
"How many times do I have to tell them to be quiet?" Molly Weasley asked in exasperation.
"Do you actually think someone bothered to count?" Sirius asked incredulously.
"Well, at least it wasn't me this time." Tonks said happily.
"Yeah, this time." Moody muttered.
"Harry!" Sirius said shocked as he saw who it was.
"Boys!" Molly' eyes widened.
"Surprise?" Harry tried with a wry grin.
"…pieces of trash that should be drowned…" the portrait continued.
"Oh, shut the fuck up!" Harry roared as he turned towards the portrait angrily and conjured a handful of black flames in his right palm and threw it at the portrait.
It screamed in pain and horror as the flames consumed it. The old woman tried to escape to one of its neighbors, but that attempt was stopped by another dose of flames that was thrown in her path. Trapped, she was ashes in seconds.
A long silence followed as everyone stared at Harry.
"Damn, why didn't I think of that?" Sirius said surprised.
"Sirius, that was your mother' portrait!" Molly said scandalized.
"Exactly." Sirius confirmed. "I should have burned it the second we got here."
"We'll talk about this later." Molly muttered as the turned to the newcomers. "What are you all doing here? Do you know…?" she began her lecture.
"I'm visiting my godfather and if possible you and Mr. Weasley as well." Harry cut her off. "What's wrong to visiting people I care about in my free time?"
"Harry dear, that's very sweat of you." Molly smiled happily. "But Dumbledore said…"
"Dumbledore should mind his own life." Harry interrupted sharply.
"That may be so, Potter, but my responsibility is…" Moody said as he inched for his wand.
"To help in getting rid of Voldemort, not blindly following the orders of a senile old manipulative bastard." Hermione said as she narrowed her eyes.
"Tell me, May-Eye, what exactly inspires you to obey the orders of the person that let you rot for nine months in that trunk?" Fred smirked.
"What do you mean?" Moody asked sharply.
"The Great Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. You don't actually expect him to NOT know who is within the wards he has complete control over, do you?" George laughed.
"You mean the bastard knew?" Tonks shouted in outrage.
"If he didn't, it only means that he's gone senile and can't handle being Headmaster any longer." Harry replied.
"Which is a very good possibility, considering all the crap he allowed to happen at Hogwarts in the past few years." Ginny finished.
"Now listen here, young lady, professor Dumble…" Molly began angrily.
"No, you listen HERE, Molly Weasley nee PREWET, you have some explaining to do." Frred cut her off with an edge in his voice as he flashed his Head of House ring before her.
"Who else is in the house at the moment?" Harry asked, ignoring the pale face of the Weasley matriarch.
"Just us, Moony and Arthur, but he's sleeping." Sirius replied, glancing at the miraculously silent Molly.
"What about Kreacher?" Hermione asked.
"Him? I don't know? I haven't seen him today." Sirius frowned.
"Kreacher!" Harry called out and soon enough the old elf popped before him.
"Master calls Kreacher?" the elf looked around curiously before his eyes landed on Harry. "You is new master?" he croaked in surprise and anger.
"Yes, and I have some orders for you." Harry narrowed his eyes at the elf. "Orders that you will obey, or your head will be incinerated. Is that clear?"
"Yes!" Kreacher bowed lowly, afraid to lose the honor of having his head next to his ancestors.
"Good." Harry smiled pleased. "I want you to clean yourself, and replace that rag for something decent to wear. You wouldn't want to shame the House of Black, would you?" he inquired.
"NO!" Kreacher cried out in horror.
"Good. Now go, I will call you later to talk you about restoring some of the honor of the House of Black. Just stay in this house." Harry smiled and the elf popped away.
"Harry, it seems you got my message." Sirius said with a smile.
"Nope, I just took the inheritance test at Gringotts today. Dumbles must have intercepted my mail as usual." Harry shrugged.
"Figures." Sirius mumbled. "I take it you did a few things as Lord Black?" he asked hopefully.
"Yep." Harry smiled before looking at Tonks. "Welcome back in the family, Miss Black."
"Thank you!" Tonks squealed as she hugged the green-eyed boy.
"Tonks, I know you're happy, but you're suffocation my fiancée." Hermione warned.
"WHAT?" the adults yelled in shock and Tonks let go of Harry.
"Granger, what do you mean by that?" Moody asked curious.
"YOUNG LADY, WHAT HAVE YOU TWO BEEN DOING…?" Molly snapped from her shock.
"FIRST OF ALL, OUR PARENTS ARANGED THIS!" Hermione yelled, making the others step back a little. "Secondly, my birth name isn't Granger. It's Drake."
"Drake?" Moody snapped his head towards her. "As in the daughter of Edward and Jasmine Drake?"
"Yes." Hermione nodded. "I found out through the inheritance test today as well."
"Among other things." Fred reminded his mother.
"Let's take this discussion to the kitchen, alright? We haven't had lunch." Harry suggested and everyone headed downstairs.
"Harry! Are you alright?" Lupin jumped from his seat at the table when Harry entered.
"Oh, I'm fine Moony, it's good to see you." Harry smiled.
"So, what have you been doing lately, pup?" Sirius asked as they all sat down around the table.
"Just a second, please." Hermione requested as she began scanning listening charms or other surprises from Dumbledore. After a bit of wand waving and muttered incantations, she turned towards Moody.
"What?" the old Auror snapped at her after almost a minute of staring.
"Did you know that whoever enchanted your eye made it so whatever it sees, it's transmited somewhere else as well?" Hermione dropped the bomb.
For a long minute Moody stared gaping at the bushy haired witch.
"A-are you sure?" he finally found his voice.
"Yep. Unfortunately, there's no doubt about it." Hermione nodded.
"That stupid old goat!" Moody roared.
"Who?" Tonks asked.
"Who else? Dumbledore of course!" Moody said as he took out his eye.
"Give it to me, for now. I have the wand Dumbledore used to charm it. With a little effort, I'm pretty sure I can sever the connection." Harry suggested.
"Yes, I heard from Tonks here that you really did a number on his and his pet." Moody smirked.
"Unfortunately, I can't claim to be the one who destroyed Snape' wand." Harry chuckled.
"Who did it, though? I want to shake that person' hand." Sirius smirked.
"Oh, you'll meet her, I'm sure." Ginny smiled.
"And before you start planning ways to seduce her, she's taken." Harry added, causing his godfather to pout.
"We first went to Olivander' to get Neville a proper wand, since he's been using his father' until now". Hermione said.
"Then we met up with some of professor Springfield' friends and former students that will be coming at Hogwarts as reinforcements." Harry continued. "After we dealt with Dumbledore, we went inside and asked for the Potter account manager. He was dead, so we were led to Ragnok."
"Ragnok?" Lupin asked as his eyes widened. "As in Director Ragnok, leader of the European part of the Goblin Nation?"
"Yep, that's him." Harry nodded. "Well, we all decided to take the inheritance test and got quite a few surprises, both from the people from Britain as well as the foreigners."
"Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce you to Lord Harry James Potter Black Gryffindor Ravenclaw Slytherin Hufflepuff Hogwarts Peverel McDowell!" Fred and George declared together as they motioned towards Harry.
"You…You're the heir of all of the founders?" Sirius asked, close to a heart attack.
"No, just Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Slytherin." Harry shook his head. "Neville Longbottom is the blood heir of Helga Hufflepuff. But he refuse the title to get rid of some unwanted complications and passed it to me."
"What kind of complications?" Moody asked.
"Nothing to be worried about at the moment." Harry said dismissively. "Anyway, suffice to say, I now have a lot of political power in the Wizengot. After that, we went to check what bonds we have." Here, Harry paused to glare at the two Marauders "Did you know dad got me engaged with Daphne Greengrass, Luna Lovegood, Susan Bones and Hermione Drake?"
"HE WHAT?" Molly roared.
"Sit down, Mrs. Weasley, he's already dead. I thought the same thing when I found out, though." Harry sighed.
"Harry dear, you're too young…" Molly began.
"Doesn't matter." Harry shook his head. "The contracts can't be undone. By my seventeenth birthday, I will be married with six women. At least." He added as an afterthought.
"Um, six?" Tonks blinked.
"Yes. Are you acquainted with Fleur Delacour?" Harry asked.
"Isn't she dating Bill?" Tonks blinked.
"No, she's bonded with me." Harry said.
"THAT HUSSY…" Molly Weasley roared.
"ALMOST DIED BECAUSE DUMBLEDORE WAS MANIPULATING HER AND BILL!" Harry yelled at her, shutting her up immediately.
"What do you mean, Potter?" Moody asked.
"Fleur is part Veela. Last year, during the second task of the Tournament her sister was taken hostage at the bottom of the Black Lake. Fleur was caught by Grindilows and was forced to forfeit the Task. I saved her sister instead." Harry explained.
"But Harry dear, it was just a time limit for the task. There wasn't any danger." Molly said.
"Gabrielle is part Veela as well. Veela are beings of fire. They don't mix well with water." Harry said grimly.
"Harry, how old was she at the time?" Lupin asked carefully.
"She was eight." Hermione replied.
"Merlin's beard!" Lupin exclaimed horrified. "Even an adult Veela would die in less then an hour and a half."
"I know. If I had left her…" Harry trailed off. "Anyway, since Gabrielle was too young, Fleur was bonded to me as part of a Veela Life Debt."
"And Dumbledore forced her to keep quiet about it, didn't he?" Moody mumbled annoyed.
"Yes, right after she thanked me Dumbledore put her some powerful compulsions on her." Harry sighed. "She kept doing so until the third task when Bill arrived and changed the compulsions to make them feel attracted to one another."
"But how did she almost die?" Sirius asked confused.
"To completely establish the bond, Harry had to officially accept the bond and kiss Fleur. If he didn't do so in one year, Fleur would have died, and Harry wouldn't have lived passed his seventeenth birthday either." Ginny said grimly.
After a few minutes of silence, Tonks remembered something.
"What about the sixth?" the pink-haired Auror asked.
"Um, that happened today." Harry said uncomfortably. "It was partially my fault."
"What do you mean?" Sirius inquired.
"Well, after the inheritance test, we headed to take the bonds test. But when we passed through the Atrium of Gringotts, we met up with someone." Hermione chuckled.
"We met your cousin, Narcissa." Harry said.
"Cissy? What was she doing there?" Sirius asked surprised.
"She was looking for me for a favor." Harry said. "I met decided to talk to her along with Hermione and Evangeline."
"Evangeline?" Remus asked, getting a bad feeling.
"Yes, I'm sure you've heard of her." Harry smirked. "Her full name is Evangeline A.K. McDowell. Also known as the Dark Evangel."
"YOU WERE…" Molly and Moody started in one voice.
"With my many times great aunt." Harry silenced them with a glare and a dose of killing intent. "From my mother' side of the family."
"No wonder Lily was so scary." Sirius said in realization as Remus nodded slowly.
"Anyway, Narcissa wanted me to help her." Harry continued.
"Huh?" Tokns blinked.
"Yes. She wanted me to convince Sirius to void her marriage with Lucius Malfoy." Harry told them. At their surprised looks, he added "Don't look at me like that; would you want to be married to that ponce and be near Voldemort several hours per day?"
"I see where you're coming from." Tonks said, her face pale as a ghost.
"She practically begged me on her hands and knees and offered herself to me." Harry continued.
"AND YOU ACCEPTED…?" Molly began to yell again and Harry finally lost his patience.
He drew his wand and silenced her before glaring at the others, daring them to challenge him.
"As I was saying." Harry said annoyed. "I agreed to help her and immediately voided her marriage, but I didn't say I accepted her offer." He glared at Molly who was looking at him apologetically.
"Then who is the sixth fiancée?" Tonks asked.
"Narcissa is." Harry replied, rubbing his forehead. "I didn't expressly accept her offer, but by fulfilling my part of the deal, my magic claimed her as my bonded to fulfill her part."
"So…how did she take it?" Sirius asked cautiously.
"Her exact words were 'He's cute and I'm single' before she kissed him." Hermione smirked.
"Oh boy, James would have been so proud!" Sirius fell off his chair laughing.
"Oh, that's not all!" Fred began.
"He needs to have one wife per lordship, which means eight." George said.
"And that's not including the marriage contract that could come with the other titles other then Lord Potter." Ginny chuckled.
"We need to go to Gringotts tomorrow to redo the test for bonds. Ragnok said that it takes about a day for the bonds to become detectable after I accepted the titles." Harry finished.
"What else did you do there today?" Tonks asked.
"We visited our vaults" Hermione smiled. "I found a pensive in mine and Narcissa promised me to share some memories of my mother."
"Oh, yeah, they were pretty close." Sirius smiled.
"How about you, Potter? How are your finances? Your parents were pretty well off." Moody asked.
"Well, after I visited all the vaults I inherited, I was certain I was one of the richest men in Britain." Harry said, acting sadly.
"And?" Sirius asked, surprised by his change of mood.
"Oh Sirius!" Harry cried as he covered his face with his hands.
"Pup? What happened?" Sirius asked quickly as he and the other adults got up and gathered around him.
"There was this other vault that I didn't inherit but I had access to…." Harry began.
"Yes?" Lupin asked.
"It could only be opened by a parcelmouth…" Harry continued.
"What happened, pup?" Sirius asked, now really worried.
"I opened it and inside… OH GOD!" Harry said loudly
"What? What was inside?" Sirius asked frantically.
"Inside… there were…" Harry said more and more quietly.
"Yes?" Sirius asked as the adults leaned closer to listen.
"THERE WERE KEY TO THE VAULT OF EVERY MEMBER OF VOLDEMORT'S INNER CIRCLE AND I ROBBED THEM BLIND!" Harry said loudly as he uncovered his face and began to laugh maniacally, with the others that knew joining him immediately.
"Oh god… the look on your faces… priceless!" Hermione choked out as she was holding he stomach.
"I knew he had it in him!" Fred laughed.
"Son of a Marauder, obviously!" George added.
"WHY YOU LITTLE BRATS!" Moody roared.
"He really got us, Padfoot." Remus chuckled.
"Yeah, he did." Sirius smiled.
"You overdid it with the story though. I mean, who would believe there was such a vault." Tonks scoffed.
"Well, actually…" Harry pulled out a keychain that had all twenty keys on it.
A loooong silence followed, during which the five adult tried and failed to say anything coherent. Well, molly had and excuse….
"You're not screwing around, are you Potter?" Moody managed to say.
"Nope. Lestrange, Nott, Avery, Parkinson, Crouch, Rosier, Malfoy, Crabe, Goyle, Karkaroff, Carrow, Rowle, Yaxley, Gibbon, Rookwood, Dolohov, Jugson, Mulciber, Travers, Macnair and Snape. All of them gave a key to their vault to Voldemort. And today I ordered all of the vaults emptied and everything transferred to a new vault under my name. Oh, I also asked Ragnok to have his curse breakers remove any cursed that are on any items in the vaults before moving them." Harry added.
The five adults collapsed in their respective chairs, trying to comprehend what they had been told. A fifteen year old school boy had just dealt the most massive blow possible to the Death Eaters.
"How did you know?" Remus asked after a while.
"About the vault?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
Before another word could be said, Dumbledore was flamed in the middle of the kitchen by Fawkes. As he looked around, the old man' eyes widened in surprise when he saw Harry and co. He quickly put on his grandfatherly smile and headed for the group.
"Harry, my boy, I…" Dumbles began.
"Albus Dumb-as-a-door Dumbledore." Harry interrupted coldly. "I an not your boy and you are not welcomed in this house. Begone!"
Dumbledore only had time to look in horror at the dark haired teenager before he found himself on the grass before number 12.
"Harry, what did you do?" Remus asked.
"I kicked him out of the house. He may have cast the Fidelius Charm, but right now I control the wards of this house." Harry shrugged.
"Why they hell didn't I think of that? I could have gotten rid of Snape a long time ago." Sirius mumbled.
"Mrs. Weasley, do you have anything to say about this?" Harry asked after he canceled the spell on her.
"He lost all trust I ever had for him." Molly said coldly. "That stunt with the Veela bond could have killed both you and Fleur."
"Moody?" Hermione asked.
"He left me to suffer for nine months. He's no longer the man I fought with against Grindelwald or in the last war." Moody said gruffly.
"The Dumbledore you though you knew probably never existed." Harry said coldly. "He was friends with Grindelwald in his youth. As for Voldemort, he only gained his current power because Dumbledore allowed him to."
"What do you mean?" Moody asked, his only eye wide.
"I will need an Oath of secrecy from you all if you want me to keep talking." Harry told them.
"I don't know if we can." Remus said hesitantly.
"We took loyalty Oaths to Dumbledore when joining the Order." Tonks added.
Harry said nothing as he quickly scanned them with his ring and sure enough found what he was looking for.
"Show me your right forearms." Harry requested as he drew the Elder Wand.
The adults exchanged confused glances before complying. Without a word, Harry slashed once at each of their exposed forearms unleashing a green powder over their skin. It soon revealed a green chain tattoo on each of them.
"What are these?" Molly asked surprised.
"Your loyalty oaths. If you want to be free of them, wash them off now." Harry said as he sat back down.
Without hesitation, they all wiped their skin until it was red. They then took the secrecy oaths.
"Alright, I'll give you a brief summary about Voldemort's life. Father was a muggle, mother a witch from Slytherin' line. His mother seduced the muggle with a love potion and, after she was pregnant, she allowed him to think for himself. He abandoned her in London. She died in a orphanage in London after giving birth to a Thomas Marvolo Riddle. The child grew up in that orphanage until 11. His magic had grown unusually powerful for a child. By nine he could use a weaker form of the Cruciatus and more. His Hogwarts letter was brought by Dumbledore who explained to him how 'special' he was. In the same meeting, he told Dumbledore that he could understand snakes and speak to them. At Hogwarts he was the best student that ha ever passed through those halls. In his fourth year he discovered his muggle heritage and murdered his father and his parents, framing Morfin Gaunt, his mother's brother. In his fifth year he finally found the Chamber of Secrets and had the Basilisk attack muggleborns until it killed the current Moaning Myrtle. The framed Hagrid for it. Dumbledore knew who was really behind the attacks, but he had nothing to gain from the truth. This way, he gained Hagrid' loyalty. After Hogwrts he learned more and more dark magic, gathered followers and became known as Lord Voldemort." Harry said without 'interruption.
"Over fifteen years ago a prophecy was made." Harry said and the others stiffened. "Yes, the one MR. Weasley almost died for last night. I only know the first part and so does Voldemort. "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ..." Dumbledore knows it all since it was made to him. And Voldemort knows that fragment because Snape was easedroping and told him. Dumbledore knew that Snape had heard, but he let him go. So basically, my parents died because of Dumbledore continuous lack of response." Harry finished calmly.
"That bastard Snape!" Sirius roared as he got up. "He's…"
"Mine." Harry said as he released a massive wave of killer intent.
"Sure pup, it only seems fair." Sirius agreed with a sigh.
"Still Potter, if you did empty all those vaults today and Voldemort finds out…." Moody began.
"He'll what? Try to kill me?" Harry snorted.
"No but the goblins…" Remus tried.
"Will side with me." Harry cut him off before sighing. "Look, are you satisfied with what the Order o the Phoenix is doing?"
"What do you mean, Harry dear?" Molly frowned.
"Let me rephrase that." Harry said. "Are you satisfied with the Order doing nothing?"
"Nothing? Molly said surprised. "Harry, dear, you don't know…"
"I know exactly what you're doing." Harry cut her off. "On one side you're hopelessly trying to stop him from gaining allies while on the other you're spying on recognized Death Eaters instead of taking them out. Oh, and you're wasting time and resources keeping me in the dark and guarding the Department of Mysteries. Did I miss anything?"
"Unfortunately, no." Moody sighed.
"But what can we do? We can't just kill the Death Eaters? If we do, we'll be no better…" Molly began with a frown.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Harry spat. "Do you have any idea what are the requirements of getting the Dark Mark?"
"No. Dumbledore knows, but he says it's not important." Remus shook his head.
"Of course he does. If anyone found out that any marked Death Eater had to torture, rape and kill dozens of women and children, his little pet Death Eater would get the Dementor' Kiss by the end o the day." Hermione said sharply.
By now all the adults were pale.
"He let's someone like that teach children…" Molly whispered.
"Teach? If you call following the instructions on the blackboard teaching, then yes." Fred snorted.
"But why would Dumbledore…?" Tonks began.
"Because he's a demented old man that had been knowingly making my life hell since before I was born." Harry said annoyed. "He let Snape take part of the prophecy to Voldemort, he manipulated my parents into leaving the safety of their warded home and move to Godric's Hallow, he allowed Sirius to be sent to Azkaban without trial, he put me with my magic-hating relatives and suggested to no spoil me, he manipulated me into fighting Voldemort again in both my first and second year, he allowed Dementors on school grounds in my third, he allowed me, a minor, to be entered in a magically binding contract with the Goblet of Fire, he allowed Voldemort to return… do I need to continue?"
"But why?" Remus exclaimed.
"Because he's a power –hungry bastard. Haven't you noticed that until last year he held every position of power in thus country besides Minister of Magic?" Hermione asked.
"He knows that I have to kill Voldemort. But if I die, he thinks that the position of savior of the Wizarding World will be free for the taking." Harry rubbed his eyes.
"But what can we do?" Sirius asked after a long silence. "Join Voldemort?"
"You're talking as if there's only Voldemort and Dumbledore in this county." Ginny snorted.
"Then who?" Moody asked suspiciously.
"If you were given the chance to join a third party in the war, would you?" Hermione asked carefully.
"It depends." Moody said evasively.
"On what? Resources? Political power? Magical power? Numbers?" Harry asked, trying to hide a grin.
"All of them, actually." Remus said.
"Well, the only thing the Organization we're talking about lacks right now is numbers." Harry smirked.
"Give me some names to make an impression and I'll consider it." Moody leaned towards the kids.
"Evangeline A.K. McDowell, Negi Springfield and us, among others." Hermione said.
"You have the Dark Evangel fighting in your side?" Remus asked in disbelief.
"Hey, it's her country too. Now that she doesn't have a bounty on her head, she's free to stay." Harry argued.
"I see what you mean." Moody mussed. "And if there was any truth in what Dumbledore said about this Springfield character, he's nearly on her level."
"What about you? You're just…" Molly began to rant.
"We're just going to die if we don't train and fight back. This is war. Not a game where we throw stunners and leg-lockers. All of us lost what innocence we had when we were endangered year after year by Dumbledore' manipulations. We've been training for months under some of the most powerful people on Earth. We're more then ready to fight fire with fire." Harry said coldly.
"The Dark Evangel… did she teach you any dark magic?" Remus asked with narrowed eyes.
"No, she didn't." Harry shook his head and the adults sighed in relief. "But she will teach me soon."
"Why?" Molly said angrily.
"Because of what happened when Voldemort tried to kill me when I was one, I absorbed most of his power." Harry began hesitantly. "That's a lot of dark magic that I don't have control over. If I don't want to end up ripped to pieces by it, I will need to learn how to control it."
"But from what I saw your power level is average." Lupin said confused.
"No, it's not. It just seemed that way because Dumbledore bound my power when he left me with my relatives. I recently got rid of that block." Harry countered.
"I see." Moody mussed as he looked at Harry curiously. "What IS your current level of power then?"
"The small percent that I've been using until recently is called average. Add Voldemort' power at his best to my full reserves." Harry grinned.
"Merlin's beard!" Moody widened his eye.
"Yep." Hermione grinned. "We had blocks as well, though we had access to more of our magic."
"We're in." Moody said after a moment of thought.
"Swear an oath to never betray the Order of the Twilight." Harry requested.
With a certain amount of reluctance, the five adults did so, with Hermione discretely scanning them to see if it took hold. After a few seconds, Harry took out a blank ring and made five copies of it before handing them over and explaining how to bond with them.
"These things are amazing." Sirius said in awe as he looked at what the ring was projecting.
"How on earth did you get your hands on them?" Tonks added.
"We made them with the help of one of the few hidden chambers in Hogwarts that the Marauders never discovered." Harry chuckled.
"There are places we don't know about? You're kidding, right?" Sirius said in disbelief.
"Ever heard of Ravenclaw' Chamber of Needs?" Hermione asked.
"No." Remus shook his head.
"Well, it turns out that each of the founders had his/her own hidden chamber." Ginny began the story. When she was done, the five had a far-away look in their eyes.
"The possibilities are nearly endless." Sirius said thoughtfully.
"But won't Dumbledore interfere?" Moody asked doubtfully.
"He only knows about the Chamber of Secrets and can't even get inside." Harry shook his head. "And if he does find out, I own the whole castle. What CAN he do?"
"Good point." Tonks smirked.
Harry then began giving details to the others about their plans and, while they were beyond disturbed by the Horcruxes, the amount of knowledge on them was quite reassuring. Sirius was also quite happy with the possibility of getting pardoned.
When they were finally done, Hermione remembered something.
"Harry, you should call Kreacher now." she suggested.
"Yeah, I think he's clean by now." Harry agreed. "Kreacher!"
In a pop the elf was before him. But unlike before, he was clean, his white hair was slightly combed and he was wearing a toga with the Black Family crest on it.
"Master called?" Kreacher asked.
"Yes, I did." Harry smiled. "You cleaned up rather nicely. Now sit down and don't even consider punishing yourself while we're talking." he ordered. As the elf hopped on a chair, Harry gathered his thoughts. "Kreacher, how did Regullus Black die?"
"Kreacher can not say." Kreacher trembled as his eyes watered. "Master Regullus ordered Kreacher not to tell family."
"Kreacher, he was trying to protect the family from Voldemort, right?" Hermione asked gently and the elf nodded.
"The family is already targeted by Voldemort. But, in any case, I release you from Regullus' order." Harry said and Kreacher burst in tears. It took a few minutes for him to be able to speak coherently, but he managed to tell them the story. How Voldemort used his to test the defenses of his Horcrux, how he got back to Regullus, how Regullus nursed him to health, how they went and took the Horcrux, and how Regullus was dragged to the bottom of the lake by inferi.
"Kreacher, where is the Horcrux now?" Hermione asked gently.
"Kreacher still has it." the elf cried louder. "Kreacher failed to break it!"
"Kreacher, bring it here and place it on the table." Harry requested. In a few seconds the elf popped away and back with the medallion.
"Is that?" Moody gasped.
"Yep, it is." Harry nodded after a quick scan.
"What?" Sirius said.
"Slytherin' Medallion and Voldemort' Horcrux." Hermione said.
"Can Master destroy it?" Kreacher asked hopefully.
"Yes, easily. But it would be a waste to do so." Harry shook his head.
"What do you mean, Harry?" Molly frowned.
"Why harm the Medallion when we could just extract the soul fragment and get rid of it?" Harry smirked.
"But Master Regullus order Kreacher to destroy it!" Kreacher cried.
"Yes, destroy the Horcrux. If we extract the soul fragment, the Horcrux would be no more." Hermione explained.
"Kreacher understand." the old elf nodded.
"Good." Harry smiled and Portkeyed the Medallion to the other Horcruxes. "I'll deal with it later. Now Kreacher, I want you to start cleaning this house. Start with the library. Also, gather any dark or cursed objects in the study so we can take care of them. When you get tired, take a break, eat, sleep, whatever you need. There's no need to hurry, you have plenty of time." He instructed before remembering something and narrowing his eyes. "Also, there's a portrait in the room I slept in the summer. Make sure the occupant of that portrait can't leave it. It has another portrait in Dumbledore' office and I don't want to be spied on by the old geezer."
"Yes Master, right away!" Kreacher said happily and left with a pop.
The adults stared in disbelief at what happened. The elf had been a pain since they move in and this kid managed to change him with a mere discussion.
"I'm just that good." Harry said smugly.
"Can't argue with that." Sirius chuckled.
"Are you sure you'll be alright tomorrow at the Ministry?" Moody inquired.
"Yeah, we'll be fine. Evangeline will be coming with us, so nobody will even consider getting in our way." Hermione smiled.
"Besides, I can't wait to see the look on Fudge' face when he finds out how much political power I have." Harry chuckled.
"You mean we have. We have a good chunk of the Wizengot votes, you know." Hermione said.
"Yep." Harry nodded happily. "Now lets eat, I'm starving!"
After they ate, they talked with Arthur Weasley as well an had him join their Order. With few hugs and goodbyes, the kids left the house and met up with the others to give them the good news. And plan their moves for the next day.
A.N.: And done! Another chapter is out, and the fun at the Ministry will be in the next. If you liked it, Review!