I am not the happiest with this chapter, but I am not sure how I could write it differently and still tell the story that I wanted.
Somehow, even though Harry had cast a Notice-Me-Not charm on himself, on the train ride to Hogwarts, the red-headed fool had still found him. And par for the course, Ronald Weasley wanted to become friends with his best mate. Harry wondered to himself on how he could be so blind to Dumbledore playing with his marionettes, so that he could be manipulated.
With the annoying boy constantly announcing who Harry was, the blonde ponce, along with his entourage came to meet Harry. As much to Harry's chagrin, who wished to curtail the animosity between himself and Draco, by shaking his hand, Ron, and his bigotry, prevented that. Ron was too dumb to make everything an act. No, he was a complete and utter bigot.
To make matters worse, Hermione Granger came along. Though, Harry did not know if she was a plant, at least as of yet. Between Hermione and Ron, the two of them shouted to the heavens on how great Albus Dumbledore was, the quintessential Gryffindor. Therefore, since Dumbledore was a Gryffindor, along with Harry's parents, he must become a Gryffindor. Why oh why did he not enspell them to sleep? They would not even notice him casting the spell.
Two long months, yes, he could deal with those two fools. After that, he would be free from Hogwarts, along with the old fool and Voldemort. He would be emancipated, thanks to the help from the goblins, and be free to finally live the life that he should have had.
Everything else during that day happened nearly the same as it did in his previous life. The same foolish children getting sorted into the house, which they assumed made them believe that they were only that, and not a combination of other traits. It was a wonder if the founders kept the houses secluded when they set up the school, or if it was something that changed as more and more students joined the institution. Though he wished to blame it on the old fool, Harry new that the separation was there longer than even Headmaster Black.
With all his advanced knowledge he could dissuade some of the worst of the interactions with the Weasel. Confounding his minder, so that he did not have a constant tail, who only cared about food, quidditch, chess, and food. Harry did feel a tiny bit guilty when he charmed Ron to be unable to control his temper, only a tiny bit. That one spell let Harry have two weeks free of him, due to him having to serve detention, with Snape.
During his free time away from Ron, Harry had been going through the Room of Lost Things, and pilfering, no liberating, valuable things. It did not matter if they were cursed or not, as between his own limited, though well beyond a journeyman curse breaker, and Fleur's much more advanced skills, there were few things that in the room that they would not be able to remove the curses from.
And all the books in there. With around one thousands years of existence, with students along with some staff continuously losing books and scrolls, though the majority of them were worthless, there was tons of lost knowledge in the room.
Ignoring the knowledge and the treasures, there was more than a million galleons. Add on to that all the muggle currency, some of it now considered collector items. Thankfully, in the Room of Lost Things, there were plenty of trunks, though they had already lost their enchantments, that Harry was able to re-enchant so that he could transport his haul away from the school.
With all the things in the room, Harry had barely removed a fraction of what the room contained. Too much of the stuff was either worthless or broken beyond what was reasonable to try to repair.
There was one other thing that Harry wished to accomplish prior to tearing down Dumbledore. Underneath the school was an ancient and deadly creature that, once killed, was extremely valuable. This was the most dangerous thing that Harry wished to accomplish. While, yes, he had killed the basilisk the first time, he only survived through luck, and the prophecy.
Basilisks, though thought to be vulnerable to the crowing of a rooster, were in fact not. How that incorrect factoid came about, no one knew. But, he had worked out a plan that he should be able to accomplish by himself, with a couple of contingencies in case something went wrong.
Though he was only somewhat shocked, but his initial plan worked.
Instead of being a fool, and standing on the ground when he summoned the basilisk, Harry was smart enough to create himself an elevated platform. As the snake was leaving the statue, which housed it's nest, he placed a trap that dropped a sheet of dragon hide over it's head. With a sense of urgency, Harry manipulated the hide so that the basilisk's head was securely enveloped. This part was the most critical part of has plan, which he was able to complete it without too much more difficulty than he had assumed.
The next, and final part of the plan, was the most exhausting part of it. Basilisks were more magically resistant than even dragons. But, they were still reptiles. Reptiles are cold-blooded. Harry he set up a ward scheme in the chamber that dropped the temperature to significantly bellow the freezing temperature. With how large the chamber was, even with having already charged the runes, Harry would next to channel his magic into the ward.
It was a tiring six hours in which Harry intermittently channeled into the wards. The initial point of cooling down the chamber was the hardest part, as the basilisk was constantly active, trying to free itself from its muzzle. As the temperature ever so slowly lowered, the basilisk started to become more and more lethargic.
Three hours, it was three hour until the basilisk had become inactive. Thankfully, now that the basilisk was already in a state of torpor, Harry had time to let his magic replenish, so that he could let the snake eventually succumb to the cold. By the end of it all, he was weary and nearly frostbitten. With the chamber being well bellow the freezing temperature, he had finally allowed himself to return to the dorms and get a couple hours of rest, until the loud-mouth woke him up.
Harry had already contacted Gringotts to help him render down, and sell the basilisk. It was decided that he would retain half the skin, and a few vials of the basilisk venom for himself. All the desiccated shed skins, in the chamber, though being less valuable, would be freely given to the goblins. It was not if a basilisk of that size was ever seen, so skins of that size were unknown what someone could do with it. Grimclaw, though not sure if the shed skins could utilize the skins for anything useful, was going to give it to some goblin artisans to play with.
It was the night before Harry enacted his revenge. He was meeting up with Madame Bones and Unspeakable Croaker in the Shrieking Shack, so that they were all on the same page. This was also the time in which he would finally reveal who he was truly was. He needed their trust. So, he would trust them with his identity. Though he would keep some things to himself.
A lightly tanned skinned man approached Madame Bones and Unspeakable Croaker. With a rough glance, he appeared to be in his early twenties. His head was topped with light brown hair. The eyes of the man were hazel. The man had no real descriptive features. He would be a random face in the crowd.
"Thank you for coming," said the man. "Madame Bones, has Unspeakable Croaker explained what a horcrux is?"
The monocle wearing woman responded, bluntly. "Yes."
"Good. Now Unspeakable Croaker, did you find a spell that lets you identify a horcrux?"
The person, was not able to be identified as either man or woman. Nor could anyone guess his age. With a modified voice, the Unspeakable responded. "Yes. I assume you have one you wish to identify."
"That is partially correct. And this is where I reveal who I truly am." With those words said, the unknown man morphed his body to be Harry Potter. "Yes, I am a metamorphagus. And, yes I am Harry Potter."
There was a gasp from the other two people in the Shrieking Shack. Neither of them had seen this coming. Harry Potter, an eleven year old was the one that had been reaching out towards them.
"The box contains one. And if you'll cast the detection spell on my scar… Well, you'll find a second one." Although Harry wished to allow them to process the information, he needed their help. "I am not sure if I could do the ritual myself while the soul piece is ejected from my scar."
The Unspeakable gave a visible nod. "I understand. And, I agree with your assessment. I assume that there is more."
"Tomorrow, I am going to destroy the lie that is Albus Dumbledore. I have found an enchantment called the Binary Truth. I've enchanted this here necklace, along with another one, with that enchantment. Please don't ask me how I found out about the enchantment."
Madame Bones spoke up at this point. "I want to test this out. Swear on your magic that it is not harmful."
Pulling out his wand, Harry pronounced, "I, Harry James Potter, swear that the enchantment is not harmful, to the best of my knowledge. So mote it be. Lumos. Nox."
"Amelia, since I know you more than I know this kid, let me test it on you?" Though it was stated as a question, the Unspeakable meant it as a command. "I want you to lie to me when I ask a question."
"Understood," she said. "Just don't make it anything personal." After saying that, she put on the necklace.
"Unspeakable, just to let you know, silence after a question means that they are not sure of the answer, or they don't know the answer." Harry added that, after having tested the enchantment with the help of Fleur.
"Is your name Amelia Susan Bones?"
"Yes."
"Are you an Unspeakable?"
"No."
"Do you trust Harry Potter?"
"No."
Harry, though hearing her answer, gave a natural grin. "I'm actually happy that you aren't that trusting Madame Bones. As someone has always said, Constant Vigilance."
"Hmm, let me try something else. Do I like butter beer?"
Silence.
"Do you know if I like butter beer?"
"No."
"Have you tried to lie to me?"
"Yes."
"Have you been able to lie to my questions?"
"No."
"Are you content with the test?"
"Yes."
After taking off the necklace, Madame Bones turned to speak to Harry. "Now. Explain everything about what you are planning."
Until midnight, the trio went through the plan that Harry had developed. He laid out everything that he was hoping to accomplish tomorrow. It was not just Dumbledore and Voldemort that were going to be taken care of. He was planning a bit more.
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All the staff and students had been dosed with an immoblus potion and a silencing potion that would last a good chunk of the day. Magic suppressing cuffs adorned the wrists of Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Quirinus Quirell, and two other people that were disguised from recognition. Along with that, inside a cage, the had nearly no gaps, was a rat that was missing a toe.
With a flourish from his wand, Harry Potter rearranged the whole of the Great Hall so that all the students and staff could see those cuffed by the cuffs. As he was doing that, entering into the Great Hall was a few people other than just Croaker and Bones. It was also the people from Wizarding Wireless Network, Rita Skeeter, and her photographer Bozo.
When all the people were ready, Harry began his prepared speak, short though it may be. "Albus Dumbledore has for a long time been seen as a bastion of the Light. But the truth of that is far from fact. We have been fooled by his facade that he has fabricated. Today is the time for the truth to set everyone free. While I have been hurt my whole life by Dumbledore, I am not the one who is going to be running the show. I would now like to hand over the reigns to Madame Bones and Unspeakable Croaker."
"Thank you Mr. Potter," Amelia gave in response. "When Mr. Potter told me what he wished to happen today, I could not believe it. And to be honest, I still don't. But, if he is right…"
Harry freely let himself be cuffed by the magic suppression cuffs. He also voluntarily let himself be immobilized. From there Unspeakable Croaker then went on to explain what the necklace's enchantment contained, and what it meant.
Albus Dumbledore was brought front and center. The whole of the room, though unable to move watched as the necklace was draped over him. Finally, he was given an antidote towards the silencing potion. And so Madame Bones began his questioning, with a list of questions that Harry had provided the previous night.
"Is your name Albus Percival Wulfic Brian Dumbledore?"
"Yes."
"Are your siblings' names Aberforth and Ariana?"
"Yes."
"Are they both alive?"
"No."
"Is Aberforth complicit in anything you have done?"
"No."
"Were you friends with Gellert Grindlewald?"
"Yes."
"Were you lovers with Gellert Grindlewald?"
"Yes."
"Was it either your spell, or Grindlewald's spell that killed your sister?"
"Yes."
"Do you know whose spell it was that killed her?"
"Yes."
"Did one your spells kill your sister?"
"Yes."
"Did you and Grindlewald develop a plan to control both the muggle and the magical world?"
"Yes."
"Did you follow through with the plan that the two of you developed?"
"No."
"Did Grindlewald follow through with the plan?"
"Yes."
"Could you have stopped Grindlewald earlier, after his war started?"
"Yes."
"Did you defeat Grindlewald at the end of the war?"
"No."
"Did you kill the person that defeated Grindlewald so that you could claim credit?"
"Yes."
All the people that were listening to the Wizarding Wireless Network were in shock. If what they were hearing was the truth, then everything they believed had been a lie.
"Do you still speak to Grindlewald?"
"Yes."
"Did you teach Tom Riddle?"
"Yes."
"Is he now know as Lord Voldemort?"
"Yes."
"Did you manipulate him to turning to the Dark Arts?"
"Yes."
"Did you manipulate him into becoming a dark lord?"
"Yes."
"Did you wish him to become a dark lord so that you could be known for defeating a second dark lord?"
"Yes."
"Could you have defeated him whenever you wished?"
"Yes."
"Is Lord Voldemort dead?"
"No."
"Could you have killed Lord Voldemort at some time after 31 October, 1981?"
"Yes."
"Were you waiting to kill him after you defeated him in a public battle?"
"Yes."
"Do you know how Voldemort is still alive?"
"Yes."
"Are you aware of a prophecy dealing with Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter?"
"Yes."
"In that prophecy, is it that only one or the other will kill the other?"
"Yes."
"Is Voldemort the Hogwarts right now?"
"Yes."
"Unspeakable Croaker, can you turn Professor Quirrel around and remove his turban?" asked Madame Bones.
Croaker followed through with her request. If the audience were able to move, more than a few would have thrown up at seeing the disturbing second face on the head of Quirrel. For those that fought in the war against Voldemort, they instantly recognized that it was Voldemort's face staring at them.
"Albus Dumbledore, is that Voldemort visibly possessing Quirinus Quirrel?"
"Yes."
"Is Hogwarts housing an object that could let Voldemort regain his body?"
"Yes."
"Are there any adequate defensive for that object?"
"No."
"Do you want Harry Potter to eventually be baited into going after the object?"
"Yes."
"Do you want him to confront Voldemort?"
"Yes."
"Do you want Harry Potter to die?"
"Yes."
"Did you purposely place Harry Potter where he grew up?"
"Yes."
"Was Harry Potter placed with muggles?"
"Yes."
"Were those muggles physically abusive to Harry Potter?"
"Yes."
"Did you do anything to stop that?"
"No."
"Did you try to prevent Harry Potter from getting the help of the muggle authorities?"
"Yes."
"Were you hoping that the muggles would kill Harry Potter?"
"Yes."
Though Madame Bones had glanced over the questions, she had not been prepared for what the next set of questions were. "Are Lily and James Potter still alive?"
"Yes."
Unspeakable Croaker walked up to the two people that had been disguised. With a simple Finite, the pair were revealed as Harry Potter's wayward parents. The pair had nothing to be seen wrong with them.
"Are Lily and James Potter in good health physically and mentally?"
"Yes."
"Did you convince Lily and James to send Harry Potter away from his parents?"
"Yes."
"Did you let Harry Potter that his parents were alive?"
"No."
"Did Lily and James Potter know that you wanted their son dead?"
"Yes."
"Did they in any way try to stop you from sending Harry to the muggles?"
"No."
"Did they know that Harry was being physically abused?"
"Yes."
"Did they ever try to intercede in his life since you sent him to the muggles?"
"No."
"Merlin help me. I hope this isn't true. Did you bribe Barty Crouch Sr. and Minister Bagnold to send Sirius Black to Azkaban without a trial?"
"Yes."
"Did you cast the Fidelius Charm on the Potter's house?"
"Yes."
"Was Sirius Black the Potter's secret keeper?"
"No."
"Was Peter Pettigrew the secret keeper?"
"Yes."
"Is Peter Pettigrew still alive?"
"Yes."
"Oh Merlin, this can't be true. Is Peter Pettigrew in Hogwarts?"
"Yes."
"Is Peter a rat animagus?"
"Yes."
Like when Unspeakable Croaker unveiled the Potters, he cast a spell to make the rat, who everyone had been ignoring. The traits of a rat had carried over into the person that had been transformed.
"Is Sirius Black is innocent of killing the twelve muggles that he was accused of killing?"
"Yes."
"Did Peter Pettigrew kill those twelve muggles?"
"Yes."
"I'll admit that I was questioning if what Harry Potter wanted was warranted. But now, now you are going to be properly investigated. And wait, there's more. Albus Dumbledore, did you purposefully intensify the rivalries between the houses at Hogwarts?"
"Yes."
"Have you preventing your staff from curbing harassment?"
"Yes."
"Do you want the Slytherins to be seen as evil?"
"Yes."
"Is Severus Snape a reformed Death Eater?"
"No."
"Did you hire Snape knowing his hatred of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff houses?"
"Yes."
"Are you allowing Snape to increase the intolerance between houses?"
"Yes."
"Are you doing anything to stop it?"
"No."
"Has Snape shown that he is able to teach potions?"
"No."
"Do you care if we have less people that pass the N.E.W.T.S. in potions?"
"No."
"Have you made Hogwarts a worse school since you have been headmaster?"
"Yes."
"Did you do that on purpose?"
"Yes."
"Okay, this is my own question. Do you truly care for anybody other than yourself?"
"No."
Though Madame Bones had tried her best to keep her face calm the whole time that she was questioning Dumbledore, it had finally broken. Though she had never worshiped Dumbledore like so many people do, she had at least respected him. But now, she was full of utter contempt with that man. For more than fifty years, Dumbledore had been deleteriously manipulating British Wizarding society. What was worse, was that he helped to create two dark lords. And he did not care.
Dumbledore's questioning went on for another half hour. The audience found out that Dumbledore let his followers die during the war, including Madame Bones brother and his wife, the parents of Susan Bones. He was so good at manipulating people that they did not question his motives. The Weasley family were so far into the pocket of Dumbledore, they did anything and everything that Dumbledore asked of them, that was including their children.
After the questioning, and subsequent silencing of Dumbledore, Snape was questioned. The crimes that he committed, and shown not a single ounce of repentance were revealed. Snape had raped, tortured, killed, mutilated, and had done a number of other unspeakable things. Luckily, as he was not being questioned with Veritaserum details were not discussed. He was questioned on if he was purposefully tanking Hogwarts potions class, which he was.
From Snape the questioning went to Pettigrew. While he had not been as bad as Severus Snape, he had still was a vile piece of trash. Through the questions, he revealed that Sirius Black had been a patsy. Sirius was completely innocent of the crimes that he was charged with, though never convicted. Molly Weasley knew for a fact that Pettigrew was a rat animagus, and was allowing him to be around her children. All of it, just because Albus Dumbledore said it was perfectly alright.
Next up, the Potters. The pair of them actually wanted their son, and heir, to die. Once Harry was dead, they would come in and garner sympathy for all of Harry's well wishers. They wanted to fame surrounding their son, but they did not want the risks.
It was at this point that Harry for the first time spoke up during the questionings. "Madame Bones, if I may speak for a moment, I have some information I would like to share with you. You see, as the Ministry has declared Lily and James Potter, the goblins at Gringotts have also declared them as dead. I am now the only person with access to the Potter vaults and properties. Add to the fact that I am the last living Potter, according to them, I have since been emancipated."
Normally, Madame Bones was a stone-faced woman, rarely showing her emotions. In this case, she smirked. He had played the quintessential Slytherin. "Of course, Mr. Potter. I am happy for you. I hope that the House of Bones can continue our alliance with the House of Potter."
Though Harry had been immolized earlier, he still had the ability to move his head. Harry gave her a slow nod. "I would be glad to discuss that in that future. But I will say, I am looking forward to working with you."
"Thank you, Mr. Potter. Or should I say, Lord Potter." Turning away from Harry, she then went over to the last remaining member to be questioned, Lord Voldemort.
"Is your birth name Tom Marvolo Riddle?"
"Yes."
"Are you also known as Lord Voldemort?"
"Yes."
"Was your mother's name Merope Gaunt?"
"Yes."
"Was she a squib?"
"Yes."
"Was your father a muggle?"
"Yes."
"Do you regret becoming a dark lord?"
"No."
"Did you mark your followers?"
"Yes."
"Were any of them under the Imperious Curse when they were marked?"
"No."
"Did they have to be willing to take the mark?"
"Yes."
"Does the mark use soul magic?"
"Yes."
"Do you care about pure-blood supremacy?"
"No."
"Have you believed yourself to be immortal?"
"Yes."
"Did you perform several rituals to ensure your immortality?"
"Yes."
"Did the rituals entail using a murder to fuel the ritual?"
"Yes."
"The item that Unspeakable Croaker is holding, is that one of the items that you used in one of those rituals?" It was a diadem, a recognizable one if one knew anything able the founder of the Ravenclaw house.
"Yes."
"Would you continue doing what you did during the war if you were freed?"
"Yes."
More questions were asked by Madame Bones, though Croaker threw in a couple during the remaining questioning. At one point, to have the information remain confidential, Croaker had thrown up a privacy barrier. This part of the questioning took over an hour. Of which the inquisition had already taken half the day, up until then.
Though Unspeakable Croaker had been paying attention during the questioning, the whole time he had been productive in completing the preparations for the ritual. Between Bones and Croaker, they had made sure performing the ritual, and its results were completely legal, both in Britain and with the ICW. It was not just legal, it was mandatory when dealing with something like a horcrux.
"Madame Bones, I have everything ready. Is there anything you need to ask from Voldemort?" asked Croaker.
Madame Bones had taken notes while she was questioning the people. Before she answered, she made sure that anything that was asked was answered as thoroughly as possible. "No, I don't think so. Let's just get on with this. I'm guessing that I'm going to have a couple of long days coming up."
At that moment, for only the second time, Harry interjected himself into the conversation. "Madame Bones, before we finish with all this, can I say one thing to Voldemort in private?"
"I shouldn't. But all of this was your doing, I will grant you one minute to speak with him." She was not worried about the boy, she was only exhausted, only wanting for the day to end.
Harry, having been released from his binds walked up to Voldemort and cast his own privacy barrier. Some things were not meant to be shared. "I thought about gloating on how easy it was to cause your downfall. Honestly, I'm just glad to be done with all of this rigmarole. At least there are fewer innocents this time around that won't have to suffer through your rule. I'm done with you."
The Egyptian based ritual, though complicated to set-up, was short when performing it. As Unspeakable Croaker uttered the last word of the ritual, darkness was pooled towards an untainted crystal, three parts that were in the Great Hall, and four others spread throughout the rest of Great Britain.
As the ceremony was in the process of being completed, Voldemort in his want to not be destroyed started to draw magic from all his followers. No matter where they were in the world, they were slowly being drained of what made them wizards and witches. The students of Hogwarts saw the effect on what was happening to Voldemort's Death Eaters because of the presence of both Severus Snape and Peter Pettigrew. In a matter of minutes, all the magic of all of Voldemort's followers had been completely drained of their magic, something that ended up terminating their lives. Over three hundred people had died.