A/N Thank you all for the reviews. Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 4 C32) C119 The last kiss for a long time
Poppy, was rushing everybody into the tent while she was waving her wand all over the place. Harry wanted to protest but he was put into a bed next to Fleur and was told to stay in bed or she would knock him out. Harry had nodded but was looking for a way out because he knew his aunt Poppy would never do it. The only thing that kept him in bed were the wands from Daphne and Bella who were standing on either side of the bed. He swallowed a little because he knew they would.
Jean was sitting next to his wife and looked around himself. He was looking for Zanita but he didn't see her anywhere. She had promised him an explanation about the things that had happened outside of the tent, but she wasn't there. He could ask his Apolline but she had to go to the bathroom real bad and she had been in there for almost half an hour already. The sounds that were coming from inside weren't all that good.
Zanita appeared the moment Apolline stepped out of the bathroom and she had to smile. "Get around you all, What I'm about to tell you, is something that can never leave this tent". It was then that Zanita placed a silencing ward around the tend and punched the side of it. Her fist connected with something hard and all they could hear was a muffled Au. She waited another moment before she went on. She did hear Daphne telling Bella that it was Dumbledore they heard screaming Au and she just smiled at it. "I'm sorry that you had to wait for so long, but I had to place Felix back in his own little spot. The little guy has to grow up again. He, however, told me what he did but before I can tell you I have to tell you the legend first.
This is the story of how the Veela race was born. A long time ago, way before the time of Merlin, there was a Witch. She had a husband but couldn't get any kids. they had tried and tried again but she never got pregnant. One day she found a bird with a broken wing. she took it home and nursed it back to health. This bird was so grateful that he staid with her and even bonded with her as her familiar. This bird was better known as a phoenix. Years went by and the Phoenix became the child they never had. But then tragedy struck and the witch got terribly ill. She could not be saved by any potion master or wizard alive. Not even the phoenix tears of her own familiar work. So the Phoenix did the one thing he could and that was to place his own magic into the witch. he had a long life and it was time for him to say his final goodbye. Like every Phoenix he could be reborn but only if he wanted to. This time he didn't and placed his own magic into the witch that had saved his life. The witch got better but missed her familiar terribly. She and her husband went looking for another Phoenix but there wasn't any who wanted to bond with her.
As time went on the witch and her husband became closer but kept on missing their Phoenix. The witch had changed because of the magic she received from her familiar. It was something the both of them knew, but they never knew how much. They only found out one morning when the witch got ill. It was over a couple of hours later. But it came back the next morning and the morning thereafter. The magic of the Phoenix not only heald her from the sickness she had. it also restored her ability to have a child of their own. When they got a little girl they were over the moon. They loved her deeply but found out that something was wrong. Their little girl didn't age the way other girls did. It was like she had stopped growing when she was nine years old, but they didn't care. Sure she was fifteen and still looked likes a little girl of nine. But they didn't care and just loved her because she was their daughter. Then came the day that she almost turned sixteen. In one night their girl of nine became a woman of almost twenty-one. The power of the Phoenix was released and the first Veela was born. She was the most beautiful woman you had ever seen and men turned on the spot just to look at her. Girls wanted to be her and when it all became too much she found out she could turn into a bird and throw fireballs at all of them. It was from that time on that every Veela that came from that first Veela would be a Veela".
Everyone was listening to the story but still didn't know what it all meant with the way Gabrielle had disappeared into a wall of flames.
Zanita took a small breath before she went on "Now, Felix told me, that because the Veela had the magic of a Phoenix they could have a Burning day and be reborn. The only downside to all of this is, that to be reborn they had to be back in the womb of their mother. The other part was that they needed an enormous amount of magic. Today it was the one time it all came together. Apolline was there to take her back into her womb while Harry was there to provide the magic. So when Gabrielle died Felix came to her side to help her trigger a burning day for herself". Zanita turned to Apolline and took her hand into her own. "You Apolline are again pregnant with your daughter Gabrielle. When she is born she will grow up very fast until she reached the age she was before. Now Felix didn't know what kind of effect the Magic of Harry has on her but you will get her back as Felix told me. She will be a part of you and Jean, and maybe a little part of Harry".
Apolline smiled as she placed a hand on her belly and held a hand out to Harry. She had known of the legend from the first Veela. But that was all it was a legend, now, however, that a Phoenix has told it to them, she knew that it was really true. One of the things they all had wondered was if a Veela could have a burning day, she now knew that they could, but it took a whole lot of magic. A magic they themselves didn't have and the mother had to be there to provide the opportunity for a rebirth. So the thing that happened with Gabrielle was something that could only happen once in a lifetime and it would probably never be done again.
Harry stepped from the bed and walked over to Apolline. He didn't know what she would say but he had the feeling he had done something very wrong. He had kissed her and was still waiting for Daphne and Bella to dump him on the spot. Now he was stepping over to Apolline and he was sure she would slap him for kissing her. The moment he was in her reach she grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. "Thank you, Harry, I know Felix did the magic, But without your raw power, this could have never been done".
Harry didn't know what happened but as he gazed over her shoulder he could see Bella and Daphne smiling at him. When Apolline let go of him he was grabbed by Bella and Daphne. Bella pulled him along as Daphne told him in a clear voice. You can kiss any woman if you do something like this. If you ever kiss another woman in another way We will...".
"Yes, we will..." Bella repeated.
it was on that moment Harry spoke the two words every husband has to do sometime and he said "Yes dear".
It was an hour later that the Family said goodbye to Apolline and Jean. Poppy had told Apolline that she was almost a week pregnant. So it was decided that they would say that she had just found out that she was pregnant and that the baby would get the name Gabrielle in Memory of her lost daughter. The thing Felix had done was something no one would ever hear. The only one that would hear about it were the elders of the Vella colony because they had the right to know. It was also a place she had to go to the moment Gabrielle was born for a second time.
As they all left the tent they were immediately standing in front of Albus Dumbledore and the rest of the tournament comity. Harry just pushed by him and walked on as they heard little pops behind them that told them that Poppy had taken Apolline back to her infirmary, together with Jean and Fleur but also with Nolwenn who had stood to the side the entire time.
Albus and the others just stood there as they called for Harry to explain himself but Harry just kept on walking as he was followed by the others who did exactly the same thing.
It was over an hour later that there was a knock on the door of the infirmary. All the girls of the Family and the house of Hogwarts were back and sitting with a smiling Apolline. The house of Hogwarts were laughing with her and crying for the lost of Gabrielle. Apolline cried along only her tears were from happiness. She and the friends knew that Gabrielle would come back but the others didn't and they took her tears as tears of grief.
There was another knock on the door and it opened slowly. The head of Madam Maxime appeared in the doorway and the smile of Apolline disappeared in a flash. "Apolline" Maxime asked from the doorway. "Apolline, I'm sorry".
Every girl in the infirmary looked from Madam Maxime to Apolline and gasped at the hated look they saw coming from her.
Apolline looked intently at the headmistress and gave a sigh before she started to say something. "Madam, It is Misses Delacour for you and do you really think that I'm waiting for any kind of an apology from you. I can't even imagine how you got the idea you can even make one to me" Apolline snaped.
Nolwen who had been sitting at her side placed her hand on the shoulder of Apolline and tried to get her to calm down. She had seen her mad once before and that was when she stood up for her. At that time she had thrown fireballs as big as dragon eggs and almost killed one of her attackers. It was that look she saw now and it would be very bad if her bird form took over and attacked the headmistress.
Madam Maxime who was still looking past the door let her head slump down and mumbled something.
No one heard her except for Apolline who had heard every word she had mumbled. It didn't help her to calm down it just aggravated her even more. Nolwenn placed her other hand on her other shoulder but Apolline just shook them away from her. She stepped away from her bed and walked over to the headmistress as the girls all stood up behind her.
Madam Maxime swallowed and didn't dare to look her in the eyes.
"Did you just say that it use to be Apolline" Apolline snapped again as she pointed her finger at Maxime. "Yes, you are right, I also use to call you by your name but that will no longer be happening. When I called you by your name it was a time that I trusted you completely. It was a time when I trusted you with the safety of my girls. Every year I left them at your school and in your care. I can also remember the thing I told you just before you left for Hogwarts. I told you the thing Lord Potter and his grandmother had done for me and my family. I told you to respect them because they were our friends. My friend Nolwenn was there and you could have asked her for information if you wanted to, but no you didn't. Can you imagine my surprise when I heard what you did only two days after I told you?"
Madam Maxime gazed accusingly at Fleur who had been like a daughter to her but saw the same hateful look she got from her mother.
"She ain't going to help you any more" Apolline snapped when she saw Maxime looking at Fleur. "As I said before, it was only two days later that I got a letter from my daughter that told me that you not only ignored my advice to you, you were of a clear mind that Lord Potter needed to be punished for his so-called disrespectful behaviour towards Dumbledore and you. You not only disrespected him and his family for not getting the real story first, But You also disrespected him in his own house because he is the owner of Hogwarts. The worst thing of it all is that you also disrespected me by not listening to me".
Fleur had walked over with tears in her eyes. She had still been crying for the loss of her sister. Yes, she knew her sister would come back but she still blamed herself for not being able to save her. Apolline saw it and held out her arms as Fleur rushed into them. Apolline pulled the head of Fleur into her shoulder and looked over her shoulder to Maxime. "Now, today you did something I will never forgive you. You placed both of my daughters into a life-threatening situation. I was prepared to understand why you let my eldest daughter jump into a lake while you knew that she would not be able to use her magic. But now that I know it was you who pointed out my youngest daughter as the best hostage for Fleur you just ruined all you had with us".
"But Albus told me" Madam Maxime started as Bella and the other girls started to shake their heads.
"I don't give a damn what that old fossil told you or didn't tell you. I just lost my youngest daughter because you told that fossil that she was the best choice. The worst of it all was that you made that choice without asking me if it was alright. You didn't ask me or my husband and just suggested that my youngest daughter was the best choice. On top of that when the harm was done that old fossil didn't do anything. It had to be a boy of fourteen that had to risk his life to get them back. It had to be a boy of fourteen that went on trying to save her when he got them back. All this while that old fossil stood there and did nothing. Now I do not know where your thoughts are but they aren't acting like the headmistress you are. You are the headmistress of Beauxbatons, but it seems to me that Albus is the headmaster while you are here. So forgive me but our friendship is over and next year there will be a lot of changes in the school so be prepared".
Madam Maxime lowered her head and nodded as she walked away from all the hateful looks she got. She closed the door behind her never ever really entering the infirmary at all.
It was not long after Maxime had left that all the girls said their goodbye's to Apolline and Fleur. Apolline had asked Daphne and Bella to say thank you over and over again to Harry because she knew that without the raw power of Harry, they would not have the chance to get Gabrielle back.
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While the girls were in the infirmary with Apolline and Fleur. Harry was sitting whit David, Dan, Jean and the Bulgarian minister in an empty classroom somewhere in Hogwarts. Jean had asked Harry to tell the Bulgarian Minister about the return of Voldemort. Harry knew what he could say but also what he couldn't say. After the story, he waited for the Bulgarian minister to nod. "So, you say he comes back. You know this how".
Harry knew why the Bulgarian minister asked the question but the answer wasn't so easy to tell. "Well, that is something I can't really tell you yet. Let's just say we have something that told us the future. I know that it is not the answer you want but that is all I can tell you for now".
Jean who had been sitting to the side knew that it wasn't enough. He did believe Harry but it just wasn't enough to tell his ministry when he is back. "Harry you do know I believe you. But if we want to help you when he is back then we need more then just your word. We can't go to our ministry with only your word that he is back".
Harry didn't know what to say and looked over at Dan and David. David shook his head but Dan held up a finger. "What if I take them to the house, then they can hear and see it for them self, that way it wouldn't be your words but theirs".
Both Jean and the Bulgarian minister looked at Dan. "Are you saying he already back?" the Bulgarian minister asked Dan".
"Well, yes he is but not in the way you know, And we can not kill him because if we do it then he will come back again only then we will not know when. Something has to happen and we will tell you when we can. But until that time you have to have faith in Harry and his friends".
Jean looked over at the Bulgarian minister and nodded. You know they are right. the friends did it at the world cup and at the first task. they did it again yesterday. Sure I helped at the first task but it was them that gave me the order of what to do. So we have to listen to them. Still, I would like to see this proof, that is something that will go a long way in convincing my own ministry".
Harry nodded and gave Dan the all clear to start and make preparations to take the two-man along somewhere next week. "When he is back I want your word not to do anything yet. There are things I have to tell you and things we have to do before we can take any kind of action. Now I can't tell you anything yet but I will tell you in the summer break".
"Does this has anything to do with Bellatrix Black?" Jean asked Harry when he heard the things Harry was telling them.
"Yes, but not now and not here. I know it is safe here but I still do not want to take any chances" Harry told him.
Jean looked at the Bulgarian minister and took his arm. "Come I will tell you a little bit more about what this boy has done for my wife and what she has to do for the Veela community".
The Bulgarian minister raised his eyebrow, "The Veela community are into this too".
Jean nodded.
The Bulgarian minister looked at Harry. "I will have my wife contact the wife of Jean. She is also a Veela and when one of them is on a mission for the community then they all are on that mission".
Harry didn't really know what of the Bulgarian minister meant but he would nod to everything at this point because he just didn't know what was happening now or what he could do. He missed his friends and realised how much he needed them with him, especially on moments like this.
The next day Harry was walking with Zanita at his arm and both Bella and Daphne behind him, in a straight line to the black lake. At the edge of the lake, he could see Bane and Firenze standing there. They were all there just waiting for him to do his duty. As they came closer he could see other magical beings coming their way. Among them were a Unicorn and a Hippogriff. At the edge, they stopped as Bane placed his hand on the shoulder of Harry. He whispered something into the ear of Harry who just nodded his head with every word he heard. It was right after that that Harry placed his Hogwarts ring into the lake and waited.
After ten minutes a Mermen came up and looked up at Harry.
Harry dropped to his knees and looked straight into the eyes of the Mermen. He slowly raised his hand with the Hogwarts ring and held it in front of his eyes.
The eyes of the Merman became big but didn't say a word as he only looked at Harry.
Harry saw the look and did what Bane had told him. "Listen up and listen well," Harry said in a slow but clear voice. "I'm the king of Hogwarts. I got this title from the magic of Merlin. No, I do not know everything yet but from the lessons, I have received from Merlin I did learn a lot. The one thing I did learn was why you and your people were allowed to make your home here in the black lake. You were allowed to stay here as long as you cooperated with the way we do things here at Hogwarts. This meaning that whenever you have any kind of trouble you contact me or the centaurs and communicate about the things that are wrong. You do not take the matter into your own hands and do as you see fit". Harry took a deep breath as he closed his eyes and reopened before he went on in a somewhat more threatening tone. "The two Veelas that you attacked were just children who did you no wrong. I was also down there and you attacked me to get to them. So I will make it as clear and simple as I can. All the representatives of all the beings of the forbidden forest and Hogwarts are behind me".
Both Bella and Daphne looked behind them and saw all kind of creatures standing there. House elves. fairies, unicorns and even spiders. A cold chill ran down their spines and they turned back to Harry.
"We are all here to give you your one and final warning. you do as your told and as you were instructed. As long as you do that you are allowed to remain at the bottom of the lake and live your lives. If you do not then you can get out of here". It was after those words that Harry stood and turned around without waiting for any kind of reaction from the Merman.
It was about fifty meters that both Bella and Daphne got to him and stopped him by holding on to his arms. It was there that Harry stooped and looked at the others. He then walked over to Bane and Firenze as he said his goodbye.
It was now that he walked on again as Zanita took his side. It was just in front of the castle that Bella stopped him again and asked why he was so direct and why he didn't listen to anything that the Mermen wanted to say.
Harry wanted to answer her but Zanita took his hand and shook her head. Harry knew that she wanted to give the answer and also that she knew more about the Merpeople then he did so he let her.
Zanita let go of the arm of Harry and took the arms of Bella and Daphne as she walked on while Harry followed them. "I know that it wasn't the way we normally do things but with the Merpeople, we have to. You see the lessons Harry was talking about were a lie. Yes, Bane, Firenze and I are training him in being a king, but we only just started. To rule the land of Hogwarts you have to understand all the beings living on the land. Not only by name but also by character. You need to know what they eat, how they live and also why they are and were. The merpeople are a race of vicious beings that rule their territory with murder and death. They once had a lake that was in the middle of the Veelaterritoryy. So when they defended that lake the Veelas attacked them because the water from that lake was there water for drinking and feeding the plants. That war went on an on. No,w these Merpeople could not take it any longer and flee the lake. They came here and asked if they could live in the black lake. It was then that Merlin told them they could but only if they would tread every being of the grounds of Hogwarts as family. Now when Merlin died the Merpeople took it as a sign that the lake was theirs and theirs alone. They would not listen to reason or compromise. So Harry had to do it the same way as they do business. that is just saying what he wants and to listen to reason or any other form of compromise".
Bella looked at Harry and now knew why he did what he did. It was not easy to be a king and especially whit everything that is happening at once.
Zanita smiled and pulled them both a little closer. "Now, Harry will learn it all and he will always have the help of the centaurs and all the others. They will help him with all that is happening in the woods of the forbidden forest and the black lake. Merpeople will take the whole pie if you let them and Harry didn't. So now you know why he did what he had to do".
Both Daphne and Bella smiled at Harry as they started to pull Zanita away from him.
"Hee, What are you doing" he called after them.
"Girl time" the three of them shouted back when they were almost out of the gate.
Harry smiled and knew that they had already planned it early in the morning. he didn't mind because they should be able to have some time for themselves. Most of the time it meant that they would go shopping in the muggle world. Zanita just loved to go searching for comics while Daphne and Bella would look at clothes. They had free range of the money from the potters but they never out did them selfs. Most of the time they just took one outfit so they could always go back for another one a couple of weeks later.
It was a couple of hours after the three of them had left that Harry started to get bored. He was thinking about what to do when he knew it. It was time to see if they had found anything new about Peter and Voldemort.
Sirius was sitting near the window and looked through a couple of binoculars. he was mumbling about a filthy rat and strangling the two-timing pest. There were only a couple of months left and Peter was visiting the cemetery more and more. it was then that Sirius heard the floo behind him. "Hi, honey, you are early today. Come here and give me a kiss" while he kept his eyes on Peter.
Harry heard hid godfather and placed his finger on his lips as he looked at Andromeda and Tonks. He stepped closer to Sirius and slowly placed his hands under his sweater. He started to slide them up softly as he brought his lips to the ear of Sirius. As his hands came higher he kissed his ear and whispered. "I thought you would never ask".
"WWHHAATTTT" Sirius screamed as he tried to get away from Harry he kept on kissing his ear telling him not to go and stay because he had waited for so long.
Finally, Sirius got the hands from Harry away from him and turned around, only to find Harry rolling on the ground from laughter. Tonks was lying next to harry on the ground and looked up at her mother. "Mum," she asked in a fake whisper.
"HHHMMM," Andromeda thought.
"Mum, do you think Sirius want to share Harry with Amelia".
"What does Sirius have to share with me" Sounded the voice of Amelia as she stepped out of the fireplace.
Sirius snapped his eyes at Tonks and shook his head very fast from left to right.
Tonks looked at Harry who was still sitting next to her on the ground and started to laugh right away, only because he was giving air kisses to Sirius while he was fluttering his eyelashes to him.
Amelia didn't understand anything of it and looked from Harry to Tonks and to Sirius. Sirius did nothing and was only lying with his head in his arms shaking from left to right.
Andromeda saw it and stepped to Amelia as she whispered what had happened into the ear of Amelia.
Amelia looked up at Harry and gave him a quick wink as she stepped up to Sirius. "Aahh my pore baby. Is the bad godson doing a prank to his godfather? Sirius just looked up at her with a sad look and nodded. "Ahhh my baby, it will be alright, Amelia will take care of you" and Amelia pulled Sirius to her chest. "But tell me, Sirius, Is Harry really such a good kisser. You know I don't know but you have experience so you can tell me".
Sirius looked up at Amelia, "No, not you too".
Amelia didn't say a thing at first and just nodded with a big grin. "And we are going to watch that memory over and over again at Christmas".
"I will bring the Popcorn and juice" Tonks shouted from the other side of the room. While Sirius folded his arms and looked out of the window. As they all laughed a little longer Amelia brought it all to the reason why she came over. "So tell me what is new with Peter and his sidekick".
"We do not really know what he is doing but he is hanging around the cemetery almost every night. There is a very big Coldren with a notice me not charm that is only keeping the muggles away. But besides that, he is saying lines over and over again. We do not know what he is saying yet but we will somehow. Dan told me something about a miklophonees and nightcamblers".
Amelia didn't say a ting but had to smile when Sirius was talking about night cameras and Microphones. But she didn't want to rub it in too much after the prank Harry had pulled on him. "Where are Dan and Emma". Harry asked suddenly out of the blue. "They would be here, at least they said they would".
"Oh, they are placing some of those thingies around the graveyard. We did have them at the house, but now that we have seen Peter hanging around the graveyard all the time we are placing some of them down there. They do carry a bouquet of flowers with them to place them at a grave when someone else is in the area. After they are done Andromeda or Tonks will go down there and place a notice me not charm on the area so no one will see them" Sirius told them.
It was thirty minutes late that both Emma and Dan came walking into the house. they had twelve beers and a bottle of wine with them but also a lot of Chinese. They knew that Harry would come around because he had told them a day before in a letter. They also knew that Amelia would be there because she was there almost every night and today they wanted them to stay a little longer. They wanted to hear more about Hermione and Hogwarts but also about Hermione and the wizarding world. But mostly they wanted to hear more about Hermione and Neville.
It was a nice meal and Harry enjoyed himself a lot. He didn't really liked the questioning about Hermione but knew why they were asking him all of that. It was later on that Dan told them that they had placed the microphones and could listen to Peter when he was there. the cameras would be placed when Peter would be going to the store. Then they would place them one at a time. They weren't sure if it could record anything with the magic around. But they would be trying anyway. It wasn't a real magical town so most of there appliances worked well. And Sirius really started to like the television and the microwave.
Amelia had even built herself a little shed where she placed her own computer. she had done it so she could look at all the things Dan and Emma had found out about Voldemort so she could build her case against him for when they brought him down. She would have loved to go into the house right away but she knew she had to wait for Bellatrix to be sent back.
The only thing none of them liked was the fact that Harry had to fight Voldemort all by himself. Sure they would be there to see to his safety but it still wasn't a guarantee that he would be. With all the things they had done they didn't know if they had changed the timeline. For all they knew Harry could appear in front of Voldemort and be killed right there at the moment he showed up.
"Hee, you all stop talking for a minute" Emma shouted as she turned up the speaker. The thing they all heard was the voice of Peter as he repeated a spell over and over again.
'Bone of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son!
Flesh – of the servant, willingly given, you will revive your master.
Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe.'
Emma had written it down and read it again. As she looked up she could see Sirius and Andromeda starting to turn white. She instantly knew that they knew what it was, and also that it wasn't a good thing. So she didn't hesitate and immediately asked Andromeda what it was all about and what it all meant.
Andromeda nodded and looked a little bit guilty at Harry, She knew that it wasn't her fault or that she could do anything about it. But still knowing a little bit made her feel guilty none the less. "I have never seen the ritual being done or heard of it ever being done, but I do know of what it is or what it is for. I know that the ritual has to be done with a full moon. Knowing this I know it has to be done on the end of the fourth task. It also has three of the most important ingredients. Firstly the bone of a father or someone of a family member that has died. Then the flesh of a servant the bigger the flesh the better. The last part will be the blood and it is clear to think that it will be your blood they are going to use. Your blood will be the reason why they will get you down here, and the flesh of a servant won't be that hard to do because we all know he is willing to do everything. he already cut off his finger just to get away".
Every one was silents by those words and were only looking at each other not knowing what to say.
"If one of those ingredients was to be replaced would the spell fail or would the outcome be any different" Tonks asked from her spot in the corner.
No one said a thing and were only thinking about what it would be.
It was not long after it that Amelia spoke up. "I do not know what will happen if we do anything like that. But I do know of someone who could find it all out".
"You let him have a look at it. If he doesn't find anything I'm sure the four persons I'm going to ask will" Harry told her as he gave Amelia a knowing look.
"Who," Sirius asked.
Harry smiled "Well, that is easy, Hermione, Daphne, Susan and Bella. If they can't find it no one will".
It was the one answer that placed a smile on the face of Emma.
As the weeks went by the house of Hogwarts were training like they had never done before. Harry was training even harder then any of them knew he really did. He had a fight no one of the house knew about. but he still made sure that all the others of his house were also learning a lot so they would be prepared for the exams later that year.
As the whole house was helping him, they could see that all of the professors were still refusing to help him. It was the one thing Albus had told them and they were still following the old goat. Flitwick, Poppy and Pomona did it because Harry had asked them to. Still, that wasn't a big trouble because they still had the help of the grownups.
It was still five weeks away before the final task when the friends were asked to come to Potter castle. None of the friends had any idea why that was, but they knew that it wasn't good if they had to come in such a short time.
It was on that Friday night, only two hours later that the friends were sitting around the dinner table at Potter castle just next to the painting of Lily and James. It had been placed there so they could hear about everything that would be said.
Harry was sitting between Daphne and Bella. just next to Minerva and Arabella. Zanita had also arrived after she had told the house elves to look after the castle and to inform her the moment Albus would be stepping out of line.
As Susan took a seat between Andromeda and Tonks, It was Astoria who crawled onto the lap of Isabella. Neville and Hermione had found a little spot at the side where they were holding hands. Ginny had taken a place on the lap of Tonks who had become a real big sister to her. it was now that they were all waiting for whatever was about to happen.
Amelia took a stand and coughed a little to get the attention of all of them.
Everyone stopped talking and just looked at her as she took the stand.
"I'm sorry to bring you all here on such a short notice. But like I have told Harry, I did do some investigation and also some listening. Now I did hear something but first my investigation".
There was a small plop as Mini and Maxi appeared in the room with a tray full of sandwiches and another tray full of drinks. fire whiskey for the adults and butter beers for the kids.
When the house elves apparated away Amelia went on. "There are a couple of things I have to tell you first. Most of them you already know, some we already know and what I informing you about. So let's start whit what we know. Firstly we all know that Voldemort is coming back at the end of the year".
Tonks wanted to fake a big surprise but was stopped by Daphne who elbowed her into the side. "Behave" Daphne hissed.
Tonks huffed dramatically as Amelia smiled and went on. "We know of this because Bella has told us. We also know that Bella was sent back to kill Harry, just like Bellatrix will be sent back like Bella was. That is something that will happen a little over a year from now. We know this because the House-elves of Potter castle told us". Amelia gave a shy smile " too bad for Voldemort that Bella will be at our side and not his".
Most of them nodded in appreciation as they all smiled at Bella. Bella, however, just took it like it was but still didn't think she had done something Special. Harry was kind to her and Voldemort was not, so in her mind the choice was easy.
Amelia waited a moment before she went on again. "Well, it is all thanks to Bella that we already know what we know. It is also thanks to her memories from her older self that we know that she will be sent back a little over a year from now. So we have a year to prepare ourselves. So, at the moment, Bellatrix is sent back in time we will strike and we will strike hard. I do not know if it be the end of the war if we do, but I'm sure that it will be a definite blow to him when we do".
There was a lot of talking after that and it took a couple of minutes for Amelia to get them all back to her. "The other thing we all know is that next year Severus Snape will be torturing Harry. We do not know how or why or even when We only know he will. It is something that has to happen and like a lot of things, we will not take action against. I know that when Bellatrix is back we will get them all one by one on everything we can pin on them. Severus Snape will be the first I will personally hand over to the Dementors" Amelia told them all with a lot of hatred in her voice. So it wasn't really surprising that she needed a couple of minutes to get back to her calm self. "Now as you can all see, we are missing Sirius and Dan, they are at the house, keeping an eye on Peter. I have to apologise because I too thought Muggles were below us in a lot of ways. But Emma and Dan have shown us that when it comes down to a fight between us and the muggles, we are below them in every way. Their toys have given them eyes and ears that no charm can do".
Emma had to smile at that statement and knew that it was all thanks to her Dan.
"Now back to the two things I wanted to talk about. I have asked Alan Croaker the uncle of Neville, who is working in the department of mysteries., to have a look at the Ritual Peter will be performing. It took over a week for him to give me an answer, and it is a very disappointing one. he told me the same thing Andromeda had told us but nothing more". She gave a sad smile and looked around the table. Harry had a satisfying smile on his face just like all of the friends had. With a deep sigh, she went on "No, Harry gave me four other names and telling from the smiles on their faces they had more success, they not only found the ritual but also why it was made and for what purpose. so I give the floor to Hermione to tell you all about it".
Hermione stood just before she looked at the ground. When in class she wasn't this shy but here she was. but she was also afraid that she would let them down in any way. somethings her friends told her would never happen but it was the one fear she would have for a long time. "When Harry came back he gave us a note with the words of a ritual. He didn't tell us much only that Peter was going to use those words to bring back his ugliness. So with only a piece of paper, we went to the library in search of any kind of information on this ritual".
As the eyes of Hermione found the eyes of Harry she went on while she kept on looking into his eyes. "The first part was something we already knew. Harry has to be there to see him return. Now we also know that he will be used in a ritual to bring him back. We also know that Harry will be brought there. We don't know how but we do know when. That is at the night of the third task. We know this because the ritual has to be taking place during the full moon, and that is right on that night. Thanks to our observation we also know where the ritual will be taking place and that is on the cemetery". Hermione took a deep breath and a sip of water as she went on, still looking into the eyes of Harry.
"Now we did find out a lot about the ritual and that is also why we know what might happen. The biggest thing is that Harry has to be close by, why we will tell later but I would like to ask the people that are on the lookout to see where Harry can be kept". It was now that Hermione looked at every adult in the room. They were doing there part at Hogwarts while the Adults had to do their part outside of it. "Now before I Will explain what we know, I give you Daphne to tell you the origin of the ritual" Hermione stopped and immediately sat down next to Harry as she gave another deep sigh.
Daphne nodded to Hermione and stood. With a wave of her wand, she conjured a blackboard and a crayon to write with. She started to write and draw a couple of things before she started to talk. "The ritual was created by a druid. Druids of the old days did have some magic but were not the wizards like Merlin Helga of Slytherin. N, the druid of the time were masters of Rituals and potions. The Druid who created the ritual did if because he was about to lose the love of his life. His wife was ill and didn't have very long to live. none of his potions worked and there was nothing to make her better or to heal her. So he went on a quest among his fellow druids and found something about Horcruxes. In that text, he found out that the soul needed a body or an object to survive. it told him that a Horcrux could be put from one body into another.
In his search, he found out that the soul was nothing more than one big Horcrux. This told him that he needed to make a potion that could take the soul of his wife and place it into another body. He created this Ritual and placed the soul of his wife into the body of another woman that had died two days before.
After the ritual, the druid took his wife in her new body for a stroll into the village. The other people that lived in that village were so afraid of the Druid that they accused him and his wife of evil doings and that he was possessed by the devil. They were so afraid of them that the attacked and killed the Druid and his wife. This is how and why the ritual was created" Daphne said as she stopped her story.
Hermione stood and went on where she had left off. "The ritual Peter will be performing was and is the same ritual as the druid created. Now we do know that Voldemort has a body and that they will create a new body for him. It will look like the one we did for Zanita, but this will be a lot faster. The druid took the body of a deceased woman. Now because she had been dead for two days it didn't have to restore a lot. because that is what the ritual does. it restores a dead body to a new one". Hermione stopped and looked at Harry as she told the following. To create a new body with the ritual of the Druid you need three things after you have started the ritual".
It was now that Hermione took a piece of paper and started to read it out loud. The first thing Peter has to do is get something big enough to house the new body of Voldemort. After he places Voldemort it that thing he has to start the ritual. And the first part will be.
'Bone of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son!
This is very clear. He will take the bone of the father of Voldemort or Tom Riddle. Now I know we can replace the bone or take them away but we can't. Voldemort has to be resurrected so he can send Bellatrix back in time. If we don't let it happen then everything can go downhill and go downhill really fast. We know that Harry will escape. At least we hope he does because we do not know if we have already changed too much or if we have changed anything at all. The only thing we have if the memories of Bella and they are still telling us that we are on the right path.
Now the second part is also clear.
Flesh – of the servant, willingly given, you will revive your master.
Peter has to give something of himself possibly a finger or another small part of his body. This will represent the flesh of Voldemort. Then we have the final part and that is also clear.
Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe.'
This can be the blood of anyone but he wants the blood of Harry. I think he is hoping for the magic that is in the blood of Harry to aid him. The protection that is in his blood will also be in his blood and that might cancel out that protection.
As we told you this ritual was made by a druid and he made it out of love. Everything Voldemort is doing now is making it out of hate. We do not know what the outcome of it is but we can't change anything of it. I would love to but we can't".
Hermione stopped and sat down again. she let her head hang down and was a little sad of what Harry had to do. When she felt the arms of Bella going around her she sighed deeply.
"Hermione. We knew that Harry had to be abducted by Lord what you call it. But thanks to you we can do more than we could have done any other time".
"She is right you know," Isabella said from her side of the table. "We now know what the ritual will be. We know where it is going to happen. So on that day a lot of us will be there to help Harry if he needs it. We do not know how yet but we will. We the adults will create a plan and tell you when we know it. You do the stuff inside of Hogwarts and we the stuff on the outside" she finished with the same words Susan had told them when they made their plans for the first and second task.
Amelia took the floor again as she stood up. "The second thing I wanted to tell you is about something I have heard at the ministry. On one of my strolls through the ministry, I heard Miss Umbitch telling Fudge that she was planning to be at Hogwarts next year. I do not know what she is planning to do, but it can't be good. She is a very despicable woman who does not care about half-bloods. And she sure as hell doesn't care for you, Harry. you have humiliated her on multiple occasions, Yes you were right but she will get back to you if she can. Now I do not know what she will be doing at the castle but I do know that Albus is very friendly with Fudge, so there might be another anime next year at the castle".
There was another period of silents as they all looked at each other. From the left, there was a low chuckle. Everyone looked at Harry and saw that he wasn't only chuckling but he really started to laugh. After about five minutes he told them all that he wasn't really worried about Umbitch. We will deal with that little troll all by our selves. as most of the friends were nodding along.
As the night came to an end Bella, Daphne and Harry stayed behind for a little longer as the other friends were brought back to Hogwarts by one of the house elves.
As Tonks walked back into the room Harry took the opportunity to guide her to Bella and Daphne. Tonks looked a little worried when those three were looking at her in the way they did. "What have you done and I don't want any part of it," she said as she saw them smile.
"It isn't anything bad Tonks, I just wanted to ask you if you would come with me to Bellatrix," Harry asked her.
Tonks looked at him and nodded slowly. "When".
*#*
The next day.
It was a compleat surprise for Tonks that Harry already asked her a day later. She had thought that it would be happening in a couple of weeks. So she could not help herself and had to ask. "Harry why now, why today only a day after you ask me".
"Well we told it to Grandmother today and she told us to go right away. According to her most people are distracted by the tournament so they would not notice if we do it on now".
Tonks nodded and stood from her place in the common room of Hogwarts. "Alright let go then, no need to wait any longer".
In the dark corner of her cell sat Bellatrix on the ground. She was slowly rubbing her inner arm whar the Darkmark had reappeared not long ago. Every day it became clearer and every day the pain increased in the mark. Most of the time it was the pain that told them to come to the side of the Dark Lord. He would place his wand on one of the Dark marks of his followers and make it hurt. The magic that he placed in one of them told them to apparate to the place the pain was coming from. She never knew how he did it but they always ended up next to him.
While she was rubbing her mark she had to think about her little Harry. she had no definition of time in this place, but she knew that the time that he had to face him was getting close. The only thing she was hoping for was to see him one more time before Voldemort had come back.
"Bitch, get up" the guard shouted at her. "You have a visitor, Now I do not know what you are doing to him but I'm sure you do something good because he is coming back a lot. To me, you are a nothing but a crazy psycho bitch but you must be doing something good to him. Probably one of those death eater buddies of yours".
The first thing Bella did when she heard the voice of the guard was to tighten the grip she had on her wand. It wouldn't be the first time one of them would touch her in places she didn't want to be touched, especially by creeps like them. As she followed the guard to the room the person that came to see her she had to think about Harry. He was the boy who lived. Sure Lily did it for him but he did it when he was eleven and again when he was twelve. If everything goes the way it should he will do it again at the end of this year. And he will do it again just before she would be sent back but the how was something she or they didn't know.
He thoughts went back to Voldemort. She never followed him but he did show her how to do dark Magic without getting dark herself. It was a mindset you had to have and he showed her. Most of the followers did become addicted to the dark arts just like Lucius and her son of a bitch husband did. They not only did it in fights but also to unexpected people just to have some fun. She herself didn't use the dark arts for fun but more as protection. if she wasn't fighting she would not use it. Sure she was known as the crazy bitch but that was an act she always played. It kept the death eaters of her back and in the good graces of Lord Voldemort. But now she had Harry the one with whom she could be what she really was. and her little me was the girl she always wanted to be.
"Don't slow down you BITCH. I don't have all day".
As the guard screamed at her again she wanted to Crucio his ass all down the hallway. She couldn't because she wasn't allowed a wand but when she would be freed he would be the first she would curse into oblivion. as she neared the door she hung her head. she didn't know who would be waiting for her. just like the guards didn't know. Most of the visitors who came to the prison would keep their robes on and their hoods up until they were in the room.
While she stepped through to the little hallway that was between the big hallway and the room her visitor or visitors were waiting she had another moment to think. Three years ago she would have jumped for joy if Voldemort would have got her out of here. But then there was a boy of eleven who showed her he cared for her. he had thrown her whole world upside down and now she couldn't wait to be sent back so she could be whit him from the start. Never before had she been in love. never before had there been someone that loved her as Harry and Daphne did. Never before had there been someone that took care of her as Harry did. He got her food and clothes but also a bath and that all while she was here at Azkaban. The only thing she didn't have was her freedom.
As she got to the door of the room she stopped.
The guard was at the end of the little hallway and wasn't allowed to look inside. The only thing he knew was that there was a Lord in the visiting area. This Lord had asked for Bellatrix. So the first thing he did was to think about one of the Death Eaters who got away with the Imperius excuse. He didn't dare to have a look inside because if he was seen he could lose his job and he knew that his director would take it away in a heartbeat. No, he would not want Miss Bones coming down on him.
Bellatrix walked into the door and gaze up as she held her head down. When she saw who it was, it only took her a second to be on top of Harry and covering him with kisses.
Tonks who had been sitting in the corner could bearly hold on to her chair because she was laughing so hard. "OOoo Our Christmas is going to be so much fun," she said as Harry was lying on the floor with Bellatrix on top of him kissing him all over.
"Bellatrix" Harry started softly as he pulled her a little closer to himself. "I do not know if I can come back after this. Your mark is getting stronger and I know that other death eaters are starting to get restless. When Voldemort is back, I can't come at all. I do know that Narcissa will be visiting you now and again to check on you. I will keep on sending you dinner and everything. you can even ask Mini and Maxi to help you here but I can't come visiting you it will just be too dangerous".
Bellatrix looked up and into the eyes of Harry. The thing he just told her was something she knew would happen. Still, hearing it was more painful to her that she would have thought. This had to be a secret and that was also why she found it so hard because she really loved him.
There was however the hope that she could hold him some more but that was something that would be for later. The one thing she really knew was that when she was out of Azkaban she could go to him. She could change into her animal form and go to him. It was the one thing he still didn't know of her. Only Minerva and Sirius knew of it and they had told her it was her secret to tell.
So with a final cuddle and a very long passionate kiss goodbye that made Tonk murmuring for finding a boyfriend or just someone to snog, they said their final goodbye and hoped to see each other very soon.
A/N: this was it again for this week, thank you all for the reviews and see you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau.