Another Beginning

Chapter 20

Little-Bast = Oh you bad bad bad reviewer! you have just guessed the ending to one of my stories...*Glares* wont be telling you witch one! now i'm either going to have to use it or come up with an alternative ending :( lol thanks for the ideas though they would have been pretty awesome but unusable in this story as i've already planned another story with such an ending to it. I like all my stories to be unique sorta...lol different endings etc... just the way i am lol...thanks for the review though :) take care x

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Action and Consequences

Dumbledore had been escorted to the Ministry holding cells. As the Wizengamont weren't sure if Azkaban was right for him. They were thinking about putting him where he had condemned Grindelwald - Nurmenguard prison with his own Dementor. Azkaban had been broken into too many times, for them to ever feel safe about having someone as dangerous as Dumbledore in. Gellert Grindelwald was freed - he was an old man now and all they could do was apologize. He was largely compensated, the Wizengamont had tried to reach a decision on what to tell the public. However, it was announced they would tell everyone the truth.

Minister Bones had said that people weren't stupid, they would figure it out sooner or later. After all his name had disappeared from everything - chocolate cards, portraits and all of the history books which contained his name and his so called battle with Grindelwald. Unfortunately it wasn't as easy to erase Dumbledore's actions from people's minds.

This generation and perhaps the next would remember Dumbledore. Oh they knew the outcry for blood would be paramount. Which was why they hadn't wanted to tell the public what their leader of light had done. In the end they needn't have worried, Rita Skeeter published every word in a ten page article what was said and done in the courtroom.

Needless to say everyone was furious with the witch, including the American wizards. All courtroom transcripts were supposed to be private, sure they had some open trials where they were told what was allowed said. However, not like what Rita Skeeter done - she was promptly fired and sentenced to five months in Azkaban for being an unregistered animagus.

Two days later. They had decided to have him put in Nurmenguard prison with his own dementor.

Furious Wizards and Witches were crowding the Ministry wanting a bit of Dumbledore. The Auror's tried and failed to protect Dumbledore from all the curses and hex's coming his way. One spell was particularly nasty, it snapped every bone in his body. It was a very dark spell, and they couldn't tell who cast it. Everyone was cheering and yelling vicious things at Dumbledore.

"I'll be back and every one of you will pay with your lives!" snarled Dumbledore angrily.

"Yeah right!" cheered one of the many witches, who went on to spit at Dumbledore.

The Auror's were trying and failing to save the old fool, not that there was much they could do as they didn't know the counter curse. The spell the person had cast wasn't known, they ether created it for that exact purpose or it was an obscure curse that hardly anyone knew. Harry was inclined to think it was actually created for this purpose.

Harry walked up to Dumbledore, the Auror's parted to let him though. Still trying to cast any spells that would help, with no success whatsoever. His family and friends were behind him every step he took. Severus and him were side by side, looking down at Dumbledore who was pale and looked down right in agony. Harry just smirked coolly at him, it was nothing more than he deserved in Harry's book.

"You wont be coming back" grinned Harry wickedly.

"You will be the first one I kill" grinned Dumbledore wickedly, the fact that he would be young again just enthralled him all the more. That was until he caught sight of the necklace dangling in front of him. Harry was smirking again the necklace was broken and the Horcrux was gone. If Harry thought Dumbledore had been pale before, he went even more white now.

"No" snarled Dumbledore, looking petrified now. He weakly tried to get up, to do what they would never know. As the blood lose was too much, the blue eyes began to fade, the twinkle began to fade. Dumbledore was dying in the middle of the Ministry of magic hated, knowing he wasn't going to be able to come back.

Everyone just stood there, around Dumbledore looking undisturbed about the fact they had just watched him die. The Auror's were looking unsure of what to do, the Wizard's and Witches who had been there were apparating away. They had finally gotten their revenge on Dumbledore for all his wrong doings.

"Get him out of here" murmured Harry disgusted.

"Burn him he doesn't deserve a burial" said Severus.

"Indeed you are correct, after all the evil he has done he doesn't deserve a final resting place" said Minister Bones.

The vampires all moved away, when Minister Bones directed them to do so. Before she could cast the spell, Severus said it his voice cold and hard - harder than steel "Fiendfyre" and Dumbledore's corpse was on fire, his bones turned to dust in seconds. The spell was particularly dangerous, especially for a vampire as it was one of the few things a vampire was weak against.

"Aguamenti" shouted the voice of three or four people. Ensuring the fire was properly put out, the ashes of Albus Dumbledore were banished as if it were mere dust or something disgusting. They weren't sure how Dumbledore thought he would die, but they were pretty sure it wasn't how he imagined it.

"He didn't suffer nearly bad enough" said Hermione a bitter frown twisting her face.

"No he didn't" said Harry agreeing with her.

"Let's get out of here" sneered Severus.

"Back to mine?" asked Harry.

Severus nodded, before they knew it someone was clutching someone tightly so they could apparate.

"The Weasley's know what happened now do you think the Auror's will catch them?" asked Ron sitting down looking exhausted.

"They will don't worry it's just a matter of time" said Hermione clutching Ron comfortingly.

"Am I the only one that wishes they didn't know?" asked Ginny sounding impossibly young at that point.

"No Gin you aren't, but they did know Dumbledore confirmed it" sighed Fred, hugging his little sister close. Closing their eyes they felt grief settle in. they had the confirmation they had waited on, their family had known and it was not such a blow as it should have been.

"We will be fine, we still have everyone here as family" said George joining his twin and sister on the couch. Hugging their little sister close, wishing they had been able to protect her better. Harry watched the scene in front of him feeling guilty, it was his fault they were in this mess. If he hadn't befriended them perhaps everything would have been alright in the Weasley family. He smiled though when he remembered what his friends had said, how Ginny and Hermione would have died in their first years if it hadn't been for him, how Luna had declared that she would have killed herself. Even though the thought left him cold as if a Dementor had just swooped in on the house. It made the guilt go away, marginally he still felt so sorry for his friends - he didn't understand how Molly could have done it.

Regulus, Draco and Severus sat down as well, feeling completely exhausted. Severus watched everything happening through hooded eyes. He felt very sorry for those children, they had done nothing much like Draco. They didn't deserve what fate had thrown at them, at what Dumbledore had thrown at them. However, he was a cold hearted Slytherin and believed the saying what's done was done there was nothing you could do about it. He wanted to tell these children to stop pussyfooting around, they were free and everything would be alright because they had each other. He refrained from doing so, letting them deal with each betrayal their own way. He was surprised when George had listed everyone here as family, it was something he never had. Not that he could think of them as family, they were or had been his students. He had treated them horribly, but he guessed it was nothing compared to what their family and friends had done.

"I'm going to make some potions" said Severus suddenly out of the blue.

Harry watched Severus go a small understanding smile on his face. He knew Severus felt better brewing, it was where he could think, the only normal thing left in his life. It was like him with Quidditch, its where he was free, where he could think. It had been a long time since he had been on a broomstick.

Draco and Regulus followed him, silently as always they hadn't said anything during the trial. They weren't as upset as the majority of the others. They hadn't really been betrayed, by family or someone they used to look up to.

The Cullen's went up to their room giving the friends much needed privacy. Expanding the couch, Ron, Luna, Hermione and Harry joined the three Weasley's on the couch. Each and every one of them drawing comfort from the other.

"They will pay for what they did don't worry" soothed Harry patting Hermione on the back softly.

"It better be worse than Azkaban" ground Ron through clenched teeth looking furious.

"I'm sure Minister Bones will take that into consideration" said Harry softly. Patting Ron on the back now, feeling slightly useless he wasn't good at giving comfort. He wasn't used to receiving it either, although he had more hugs from his new vampire family than ever before. Minister Bones had told them she would get in touch the moment the Weasley's were found. No doubt their trial would be almost immediately, and Harry was slightly wary of Ron's reactions. Perhaps he should take his brothers wand…he didn't want the boy to end up in Azkaban again.

There we go! what did you think of what happened to Dumbledore? will they ever find out who cursed him? willl they even care? will he get an Order or Merlin or sentenced to Azkaban? will it have been dobby who cursed Dumbledore? with elfin magic? which wizards cannot undo? how long will everyone stay in the UK? who will go back with the Cullens? or will harry remain and track them down a hundred years later? how will i have harry and edward get closer if he does go back? becuase it seems like they havent been able to spend any time together at all lately...R&R plz