Chapter 27 - REVELATIONS

Harry POV

When I entered Dumbledore's office, I instantly took my wand out and nonverbally conjured a chair in front of his desk and collapsed down into it. Dumbledore sat down at his desk as well and we both sat there in silence.

"Do you think sir you can tell me everything? From the beginning of how you knew about the prophecy and why Voldemort came to kill me as a baby? I need to understand and make sense of it all…"

Dumbledore sighed, and then he started to talk.

"It started in early 1980, I was recruiting professors for divination at the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade, when one of the professors, Sybill Trelawney, recited the prophecy you just heard about you and the Dark Lord. If I had not witnessed it with my own eyes, I would have not believed it. I myself never considered divination to be a very useful and practical subject for magic... However, I didn't realize a death eater had overheard some parts of the prophecy and escaped to go tell Voldemort. I then, knowing that your mother, Lily, was going to give birth to you in July, quickly told them to go into hiding. I did this with both you and the Longbottoms-"

I then cut in quickly.

"What? Neville? Was he a potential candidate?"

Dumbledore nodded his head.

"Indeed he was, Neville was born on July 30th, whilst you were born on the 31st. Both of your birthdays are at the end of the seventh month. Not to mention, both of your parents were Aurors that had actively defied Voldemort three or more times. This made you both prime candidates as threats to Voldemort. I had to act quickly to hide both of you".

I grimaced at this.

"I then placed both you and Neville in safe houses that were not known by anyone aside from their respective secret keepers. The secret keepers cast a powerful charm known as the fidelius charm. It is a powerful spell that hides that location from view and prevents anyone who does not know the address from entering".

Dumbledore then seemed to hesitate before saying the next part.

"The secret keeper for the Longbottoms was Marlene Stinefield, she, later on, was tortured and killed by Bellatrix Lestrange…The secret keepers for your parents was… your Godfather Sirius Black".

My mind then blanked, all thoughts of the prophecy and face Moldy Shorts disappearing as my thoughts turned into rage.

He was my Godfather?!

I grabbed the armrest of my chair and gripped them tightly. I gritted my teeth and let Dumbledore continue before exploding my thoughts out.

"It was believed that Black sold out your parents… this then led to Voldemort finding you later on during that night on Hallow's End and causing the death of your parents".

In a fit of rage accidentally did wandless magic and blasted the books, piled on Dumbledore's desk, off onto the floor.

Godric then reigned me in, "CONTROL! HARRY CONTROL YOURSELF! I know you angry, and so am I, but let Dumbledore finish! We may miss something important otherwise!"

I then calmed down to let Dumbledore continue.

"One of your father's close Hogwarts friends at Hogwarts, Peter Pettigrew was later killed shortly after by Black, along with twelve other muggles. This lead to Black being sentenced to life within Azkaban without a trial by the Ministry".

I grimly looked at Dumbledore when something clicked in my mind.

I mean it is not that I like the man or anything, in fact I don't even know him! But being sentenced to life in Azkaban without a trial by the Ministry just sounds fishy. I mean look at what the Ministry did with the dementors situation at Hogsmeade. They were hardly trustworthy and held accountable to their own stupid actions.

I was in the middle of my thoughts when Dumbledore spoke up again.

"However, because your only known legal magical guardian, Sirius Black, was placed in Hogwarts, I took up the role as your magical guardian. I did this to prevent others from getting their hands on you, as you may have been given to a Death Eater's family and killed shortly after".

Dumbledore seemed to have tears in his eyes before he spoke the next part.

"I then had you placed at the Dursleys due to the blood protection left behind by your mother willingly sacrificing herself for you. It carried on in her blood, so I had thought it would be best if you lived their, as your mother's protection could protect you whilst there. Also, the last place that Death Eaters would go looking for you is in a muggle area, they hated muggle-borns and everything muggle".

I thought Dumbledore had finished before he dropped a bomb on my head.

"And lastly Harry, I really hope you can forgive me for my actions in placing you with the Dursleys, but also that I honestly was under the belief that for the prophecy to be fulfilled, you were to die at the hand of the dark lord".

Wait what? Dumbledore… thought I couldn't do it? He… thought I would lose?

"It is not that I didn't think you were capable Harry, it is because of what happened in Godric's Hollow when Voldemort's killing curse rebounded of your mother's protection and destroyed his body. The killing curse split his soul and he unknowingly made you a Horcrux. I couldn't confirm this theory until your previous year when you spoke parseltongue despite coming from a line the leads back to Gryffindor and the Peverells..."

I was still shocked, my body stood rigidly still.

"...I thought and for that entire summer that in order to defeat Voldemort, you had to die, as I found no way to remove the Horcrux without completely destroying the container, in other words, you yourself Harry. It wasn't until I was able to enter your mind, and Godric provided us with the solution to potentially save your life and remove the Horcrux, that I realized you didn't have to die…"

The room then became a deadly silence. I then spoke up in a quiet voice.

"It is okay sir, in fact, if I were in your position I would have thought the same… I think I also would have willingly sacrificed myself as well in order to destroy Voldemort once and for all…"

Dumbledore let loose a couple of tears. He looked at me sadly.

I finally understand why Dumbledore didn't tell me sooner… no wonder I feel like shit now…

I then got up and looked at Dumbledore.

"I guess that is enough for today sir, I don't think I can handle another revelation".

I joked slightly to try to lighten up the mood. Fawks seemed to catch on as in that moment, she awoke from her slumber and trilled out a melodious note. Dumbledore instantly cleared his tears and sat up with a small smile on his lips.

"Indeed… you should get back to your dormitory for the night and rest Harry. It is getting late..."

I turned around to leave, right before I was going to open the door, Dumbledore called out at me.

"I have begun looking for them Harry, the Horcruxes… so rest assured, I will find them and destroy them if I can... If you ever need any help or want to just simply talk to me Harry, my door is always open".

"Thank you, sir".

I opened the door and started to head back to my empty dormitory. I highly doubt I'd get any rest after what I heard today…