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Chapter 8 – Deaths and Disappearances

So where was Kreacher? Since Narcissa and Bellatrix were members of the Black Family, Kreacher should have at least answered their call as he was a Black house elf and the summoning of a family elf was another way to communicate with a family member. Was he dead or at least injured as unless he had been given a direct command by the head of the family, he would be honor bound to answer the call.

The answer was yes and no. At the current moment Kreacher was both injured and could be considered dead and it was all due to a very drunken Sirius Black, the Head of the Family Black. And Molly Weasley, let's not forget she who ruled the Black ancestral home, second only to Albus Dumbledore and thus the Lord of that Ancient and Noble Family was subservient to her will.

It had been Kreacher's mistake to rub Sirius' shame into his already wounded pride. Kreacher did indeed hate Sirius Black for his own very good reasons and Sirius made no attempt to hide his hatred of the elderly elf. But Sirius was still his master and the representative of the Family Black, albeit a disgraceful, pathetic and worthless representative. It was only a matter of time before the final showdown happened.

All through the year Sirius' behavior as well as what little remained of his health had been seriously deteriorating. Guilt over the disappearance of Harry, the revelations of Dumbledore's crimes, his obliviations and virtual imprisonment by Dumbledore in his own house was starting to wreck whatever pride he had left.

The worst of it was Molly Weasley's tyrannical running of the house. She reigned supreme even though she would be considered a glorified housekeeper in any other circumstances. But she had her authority from Dumbledore and in all matters of the running of the household her word was law.

Just because Molly Weasley was a Pureblood did not mean that she automatically possessed the necessary qualifications to run a large household. Granted she ran her own home but that was her job. She was good at cooking and baking and raising chickens. She oversaw the planting (by Arthur) and care of a large vegetable garden (again by Arthur and then the children when they got back from school).

Her main spell repertoire consisted of household charms but she did have some talent brewing certain potions. Mostly they were household potions for various ailments, beauty and hygienic potions and a few slightly illegal potions such as love potions.

Her famous (or rather infamous) knitting endeavors were done by spells. The only sewing she did was repair work as even knowing the proper spells didn't mean you would be a seamstress. That was why people like Madam Malkin were in business.

No Molly was just a house witch and an average one at that. Clothes were washed and dried and the house was, as a Muggle saying goes, "Clean enough to be healthy but dirty enough to be happy" and the Weasleys were usually very happy.

Molly was not trained or capable of running a household bigger than her own but that wasn't a problem in her mind or Dumbledore's. She was not trained or capable of doing a lot of things but she ignored her inadequacies and went full steam ahead. If allowed and given the opportunity, Harry Potter could have run Grimmauld Place more efficiently and so much better than Molly Weasley as he had been trained by Petunia on how to properly run a house.

Although she considered herself the perfect example of motherhood, she did not raise her many children as any proper child should be raised. She prided herself on raising her children according to her ideals and with "love" and all the things a real mother would do to prepare her offspring for the world. But she did it the Molly Weasley way.

There were Purebloods and there were Purebloods. The likes of the Malfoys were rich, cultured and Draco had been raised to reflect their values. But he had also been raised to have manners but he choose when and whether to use them. At Hogwarts he acted much different than he did at public and social gatherings because he could get away with insulting people like Neville Longbottom and definitely Harry Potter at school but not in public.

In the public eye he would not dare insult Neville, at least in hearing distance of other Purebloods because there were certain standards which even a Malfoy had to abide by in PUBLIC and in front of WITNESSES.

Even Lucius had to behave himself in public in front of witnesses to some extent and depending just how public the situation and who the witnesses were. The Weasleys didn't and acted any way they felt like and it was noticed.

The Malfoys were at the opposite end of the scale from the Weasleys, but the Malfoys had other things which the Weasleys had not. They had class the Weasleys, or rather the Prewetts didn't. Arthur had seen to Bill and Charlie receiving the knowledge and manners which a Pureblood needed but eventually Molly had taken complete control over the household and a very henpecked Arthur had just given up and retreated more and more to his Muggle fantasy world.

Bill had tutored Percy and Percy in turn was to pass that knowledge down to his younger siblings especially after Bill and Charlie graduated and left home and country. Percy had tried but the Twins would not be tamed, Ron was too lazy and indifferent and Ginny was lost in her own fantasy world of marrying Harry Potter and being taken away to a better life in a fairy tale castle by her knight in shining basilisk armor.

It could be said that the four youngest Weasleys were raised as "trash" and it wasn't the fact that their poverty kept them from mingling in Pureblood society but their lack of manners, wild ways and indifference to propriety.

There were Purebloods without money, but they had been raised properly and behaved in public and private. Even in the Muggle world having or not having money does not determine true refinement or class, it is your behavior. A beggar can be a true gentleman and a rich man a jackass as it all depends on how he acts.

But the Weasleys were aligned with Dumbledore so in Molly's eyes that made them better than most people. In her mind that they were truly and completely a Light family and ardent Dumbledore supporters was the only and real reason why they were shunned and why Arthur had never risen to a better position at the Ministry.

Although he never admitted it, the real reason Ron thought the world "owed him" was due to the fact that he was a Pureblood. Had the Weasleys possessed any type of material wealth that would have been true as he could have coasted through life based on his blood status.

He would have been given a cushy job at the Ministry despite poor grades and laziness and reap the rewards of the hard work of others while doing as little and as incompetently as possible. If he had his choice, he would work in the Magical Games Department then he could receive "perks" such as free Quidditch tickets as well as being bribed to acquire special tickets for others. That would make him a nice extra bit of money which was non-taxable. Then he would have eventually retired with a nice pension.

He would also be able to marry better than he would now. He was a Pureblood and there were many Half-bloods with money who would be willing to buy their grandchildren a higher status and themselves moving up a notch in society by marrying a daughter into a Pureblood family, even ones like the Weasleys. That money would be Ron's and he wouldn't have to share it with his family and could spend it as he liked.

If Arthur was to come into some "real" money, say even G200,000 or G300,000, the entire attitude and outlook of several Weasleys would have done a complete turnaround. But Arthur hadn't inherited any money but in a way, Molly did.

Molly was now in charge of a very rich Pureblood house and had access to some of the good things in life. Food was the one thing the Weasleys never scrimped on. Cooking and baking were the two things Molly was really good at and there was always plenty of food. Now that she had access to the funds to one of the darkest and most evil houses to exist in Britain, she was going to take advantage. It was for the Order and the fight against evil and dark magic after all so she considered it her duty to spend all of that filthy, evil money for the benefit of the Light.

So Queen Molly presided over Grimmauld Place and ruled as she saw fit. It was only the best of food and drink for the Order as they needed to be well fed and healthy to fight and Dumbledore deserved to have only the best because he was - well he was Dumbledore.

Molly had replaced many things in Grimmauld Place as there was no doubt in her puritanical mind that even the bedding reeked of evil and her precious, innocent Light children would not be subject to that. Who knew what sick, twisted, perverted and disgusting sexual practices had been committed on those sheets. If a few new pieces of fine linens made its way to the Burrow well that was only right and Sirius wouldn't care (or know) as at times Order members might have to stay over.

During the first summer of her reign, the one when Harry had disappeared, she had made her children, Hermione and then Harry in the few weeks he was there start to clean the evil, filthy house by hand and without magic. It would keep them out of mischief and she would supervise to make sure they were safe.

She really didn't supervise all that much and in fact they were placed in danger on several occasions and it had only been Sirius, Remus or another Order member who had rescued them from vicious doxy bites or exposure to a cursed item.

But the one thing she really wanted done was the complete destruction of any and all evil items in that house, which meant in her mind, most of the things in the house. It she had her way she would have just set fire to the famous family library to protect her children from accidentally coming across evil books.

Hermione was the only one who really looked at the books and it had only been due to the direct orders from Dumbledore that Molly herself didn't badger her Bill to cast a destruction spell on the library and even in several rooms in the house.

Still a purge had been done and Kreacher had been forced to rescue many precious heirlooms and books that summer and throughout the year. After the trials and the children returning to school, Molly was still constantly at the house carrying out her duties as well as her crusade against evil and perversion.

She had found one of Kreacher's stash of books and immediately destroyed it. Of course Kreacher retaliated as best he could considering he was a house elf, but he was a house elf who was defending his family's property. Small vicious battles were regularly conducted between witch and house elf whenever Molly was on one of her "righteous" campaigns.

Kreacher had won several rounds as Sirius refused to order him to behave as it amused him to watch Molly being challenged and losing and Kreacher being annoyed. He sincerely hoped the old elf would drop dead from aggravation.

Failing that, he hoped that Molly would get so frustrated that maybe she'd kill Kreacher. If she did that Sirius could use the killing to publically chastise and humiliate her before the Order as even Dumbledore supposedly did not condone killing even of a house elf. If he "let it go" without punishing Molly, Sirius could start his whispering campaign against Dumbles and Molly would have been shown to be a killer and guilty of violating the main tenet of the Order.

So for that year, Sirius, Molly and Kreacher fought, screamed, ranted, threatened and became irrevocable enemies. If it could have been properly harnessed, the heat their hatred generated could have kept a large Muggle house warm for an entire winter.

In desperation Kreacher had started sneaking things out of the house and taking them to the lair for safekeeping. One of the first things he took had been the locket which his beloved Master Regulus had died retrieving and had given Kreacher the task of destroying.

He didn't tell Harry that it had to be destroyed as the boy had too much to worry about and Kreacher was afraid he wouldn't let it in the lair if he knew it was evil. Instead he told him that it was a precious keepsake of his late beloved master, a locket left to him after the death of his betrothed who had died of dragon pox before they could marry.

"Big mouth screaming banshee (one of the nicer names for Molly) thinks everything is evil, evil, evil and tried to throw this out. Then thief Fletcher tried to take it to sell like he tries to steal and sell any valuables he can steal from Sirius Black."

Since Kreacher was an ally Harry gave him permission to bring anything useful and good to the lair, but drew the line at Mrs. Black's portrait. He pacified Kreacher by saying that she was the guardian of the house, it annoyed Sirius and everybody else and she probably wouldn't want to leave. Only if the house caught fire and was about to be destroyed would Kreacher be allowed to bring the portrait.

When school let out for the year all the Weasleys took up residence at Grimmauld Place. Sirius liked to have company but he was starting to draw the line concerning the Weasleys. Kreacher noticed that Molly seem to have a very disturbing gleam in her eye. It was evident that she was intending to have her brood do more "cleaning" so he hurried off to save a few things.

First thing she ordered a huge food and beverage order. She complained to Sirius that food kept disappearing. He agreed with her that yes indeed that seemed to be happening, but where could it be going. "Oh yes, I know," he replied, "It's going to the Burrow to feed 'Order members' in case they stop by."

Molly got the hint so the first fight began. As Harry Potter would say it was a patronus worthy memory.

Kreacher managed to sneak some of the food away and made his delivery after everyone had gone to bed. He brought a few more books and useful things, like some of the family silver. He had caught Fletcher sneaking off with it but had stunned him and stole it back. It was better that the future Lord Black have custody of the silver in case he needed to sell it to survive.

Dumbledore had publically chastised Sirius regarding his behavior towards Molly. Dumbledore was using his Headmaster-dressing-down-an-unruly- naughty-student voice and it infuriated Sirius because not only was he using that tone but it was being said in front of the assembled Order. Molly sat in her chair looking quite smug and enjoying Sirius' embarrassment.

Kreacher who was spying in the shadows almost felt sorry for his hated master. Almost. It wasn't until Dumbledore had finished and told Sirius – ordered actually – that he must now give a heartfelt and sincere apology to Molly that Sirius finally rebelled. He made a very rude gesture to Molly and said some even ruder things to her and Dumbledore before he stormed out of the room.

But Molly knew she had won and that she would be getting sympathy from all of the Order members and Dumbledore would set Sirius straight after the meeting. And she was still in complete charge of the house and the expense account!

Kreacher listened in on the meeting and stayed until everyone had left to listen in on Dumbledore's order to Molly. Dumbledore had plans for Sirius and ordinarily Kreacher would have approved of such plans because harm would be caused to Sirius Black. Unfortunately, it would also cause harm to the House of Black and Harry Potter so Kreacher could not allow it to happen.

He would have to get his future master's instructions.

On the second day back, the PURGE began. Several Order members had been commandeered to assist Molly who had been given control over the operation known as "operation purify" as she called it.

Kreacher had arrived home just in time to watch it begin. They were going to start in the private family rooms which even Sirius had forbidden entry to. They were going to start with Regulus' room as since he had been a known Death Eater and entry was barred to Molly that had to mean it was filled with dark objects and who knows what other horrible things it held which could endanger her precious children.

Sirius had sobered up enough to forbid it. Hestia Jones had stunned him and cast a blasting spell on the door. It didn't work so she tried again but still the door held. That was because it had special Black charms on it and only Sirius (or a faithful house elf) could cancel them. But that didn't stop General Molly from ordering her troops to destroy it as the failure proved the room contained evil things.

Kreacher popped into the room and shrunk down everything in it and popped away and out of the house. He went immediately to the lair, explained the situation and left to return to see what else was happening.

They were still trying to open the door and Molly ordered Ron to floo call Bill to stop what he was doing (he was working at Gringotts) and come immediately as they were all in great danger. Kreacher had managed to pull Sirius away from the scene and then revived him.

"Sirius Black is a traitor to the ancient and noble family of his ancestors but even Kreacher knows that he still loved his brother Master Regulus. Yet unworthy Master Sirius lets this low bred, horrible excuse for a witch not only rule in his house but desecrate the memory of his brother."

Sirius merely glared at him before saying, "Well there is really nothing I can do about it – Dumbledore's orders you know."

"Since when has Dumbledore become a lord, a lord higher than a Lord Black?"

Sirius merely cursed Kreacher and told him to get lost. Kreacher was not going to let this go.

"So not only does Sirius Black not love and respect his brother but he also hates and disrespects his godson, who he wails about loving more than life yet abandoned and betrayed him and caused him to run away."

Kreacher noticed that he had hit a nerve as Sirius' look went from sadness to hatred for being reminded by the elf of the truth. So he pressed on further.

"But the boy is probably dead or will be shortly as Kreacher overheard just last night Dumbledore telling witch bitch that they will be making Sirius Black draw up a new Will. Yes, draw up a new Will disinheriting Harry Potter and naming traitorous Ronald Weasley as the new Black heir because Arthur Weasley is related to the House of Black."

"Son Bill is Weasley heir, son Charlie is Prewett heir, son Percy not faithful to Dumbledore and Twin sons can't be controlled but Ronald the glutton can and will be controlled. Then Sirius Black will die in a 'drinking accident' by drinking too much, vomiting and landing in vomit and suffocating. Then Ronald the glutton is new Lord Black and Dumbledore and Weasleys get the wealth and Wizengamot vote."

Sirius sobered up. "You lying little…."

"If Sirius Black doesn't believe Kreacher, there is that bottle of Veritaserum that bad master stole from Snape. Bad master can stun all these traitors and give Veritaserum to bitch witch and ask her. Kreacher will even help."

Before Sirius could reply, Kreacher stunned the four Order members and Molly. He then popped off to Sirius' room and brought back the Veritaserum. By that time Sirius thought "What the hell" and did as Kreacher asked. He also found out a lot more than he wanted to know as Kreacher took the opportunity to ask Molly a few questions and she had to answer them.

"YOU BITCH, YOU TRAITORIUS, WORTHLESS, FUCKING BITCH," screamed Sirius. As he ranted at Molly he didn't notice Ron and Ginny sneaking up behind him. Somehow Black had found out and he had to be stopped before he ruined everything.

They were in on the scheme and Ron couldn't wait to become Lord Black. His family would be rich and once he turned 17 he would have complete control over the fortune. Actually he wouldn't because Dumbledore had other plans, but not even Molly would find out until it was too late.

But at the moment all Ron could think about was being Lord Black. He would immediately get money which meant not only respect (in his opinion) but new clothes, a new broom – no several new brooms, a new one every year. Hell he could and would buy the Chudley Cannons and mold it into a winning team.

He found out that since Narcissa Malfoy was a Black she would be subject to his commands. Therefore he could (and would) dissolve her marriage making Draco a bastard. Then he would have Draco at his mercy with the threat always hanging over him of being cast out of the family as Draco No Name. He couldn't wait.

So now he had to stop Black before he ruined Ron's rosy future. He started casting a stunning spell but he in turn was stunned. Kreacher had seen him.

Sirius heard the thud made when Ron hit the floor and turned to see the two Weasleys. Panicking Ginny tried to stun Sirius but he was too fast for her and dodged. He then whipped out his wand but not before Ginny revived Ron and then she began dodging for her life while trying to stop Sirius from noticing Ron awaking.

She put up a really good fight until Sirius stunned her. But before she was stunned she had also managed to throw a reviving spell at Hestia Jones. At the same time Ron had thrown a spell or two at Sirius while dodging but Sirius hit Ron with a nasty stinging hex just as Hestia Jones stunned Sirius.

Fortunately, Kreacher had remained unnoticed and hid while Hestia levitated Sirius away from the scene and down to the kitchen. She bound him to a chair before going up to revive the others. Meanwhile a very angry Ron hadn't done what he should have done in the first place, namely revive the others. Instead he had followed Hestia down and then hid until she went back up stairs. Now was his chance to get a bit of revenge on Sirius.

Ron walked boldly into the room and revived the bound wizard. He then cast a few stinging hexes of his own before he began to give Black a piece of his mind. Ron really couldn't spare any pieces of his mind as he was too much of a git, but a little thing like that didn't stop him.

Sirius had not been silenced and shouted back obscenities at Ron. The noise attracted the attention of the others and they started running down the stairs. Kreacher stunned Ron again, then released his hated master from his binds and popped him out of the kitchen just as the others came rushing into the room.

They arrived in Sirius' room where he kept the extra wands and pocketed three of them. He retrieved his "escape bag" which contained another wand, a change of clothes and a stash of both galleons and Muggle money and then ordered Kreacher to pop him up to Buckbeak.

But Hestia Jones was already there as she had apparated to his most likely escape route. But Sirius had his wand in his hand and a fight between the current and former Aurors began. Kreacher had left his master to fight so that he could release the hippogriff who could also join in the fight to protect Sirius. He had only just managed to do that when the other Order members rushed into the room and things got out of hand.

It had been Fred Weasley who had shot the cutting curse which had hit Kreacher, and it had been a bad curse cast with great malice and since he was a much smaller creature, it nearly killed him. He did fall and was then ignored. He had to gather his remaining strength to pop away from the scene as he knew he would definitely be killed if he stayed. The last thing he saw before leaving was his hated master being felled down by a cutting curse. He popped out and knew no more.