Thank you all for the reviews. Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 5 C26) C154 It is always nice not to give a heads up.
Tonks had just rushed after Harry and the girls when Andromeda shook her head. "One of these days she will rush head-on into danger and she will get badly hurt".
"Not as long as Harry is there. I do not know why but if something is wrong he will feel it way before any of us" Neville told them while Daphne and Bella just looked at each other with a knowing look.
Daphne didn't want to talk about why that was and immediately took the chance to take the talk where they had left off before they were interrupted. "Now let's get back to the ritual Lily has used to Help Harry". Daphne looked up at Lily and had a little frown on her face.
Lily saw the look and knew something was not right. At least that was what the look in the eyes of Daphne told her. "If something is one your mind just say it. You do it with your friends but we are also here to help you. Now I know we are not your friends but you might be surprised that we do know something about some things" It was something that made the friends that had stayed behind laugh out loud.
Daphne had only smiled a little. "I don't understand. If you did this and it is a lot like the one about the Lords. How can it be that it worked on Harry".
Again Lily smiled, "We will get to that a little later on but I think we have to do it in another way to understand it better".
Daphne nodded slowly "You did it with an intention but I just don't understand who we can be helping like grandma Mini is while Voldemort can't".
Lily looked up and thought about what Daphne had said. "I see where you getting at but that has everything to do with the intent that is used. So let's start with the one ritual I wanted you to look up".
Daphne gave another nod. The curse we had talked about was the Lord Curse. We did not call out the name but it was based on a drink with drops of Blood. The mix was made by alcohol and blood and was activated with a couple of words it was served in a ritual cup of runes. It was to mix the blood and connect the two Lords. The curse made it so that when they worked together they would always know what to do and how to make the best of it. The moment one of them stopped and go against the other Lord the curse would taint the blood and kill the one that went against the ritual. Now the up or downside of the curse was that it could be done by one lord as long as you have the blood from another. So if you have the blood from an enemy you can work it so that the curse can kill them without the one even knowing he was cursed".
"What kind of good can be in a curse like that" Sirius screamed.
Lily got a sad look. "Not much I'm afraid, but like a lot of curses, you can use it for good. We all know what Voldemort has become after he was introduced as Tom Marvello Riddle. As a Muggle Born, because that was what he was according to most wizards just like Harry was. He became the Dark Lord we all feard because of the way he was treated by us. Well, a long time ago there were many people who were like him. It was the norm to be expected. Later the rules would change like they always will. People used to use people as slaves If I'm not mistaking it is still happening only in another way. We have to learn to understand and to change it. What happened we can change but we can prevent from happening again. Just like the house-elves. It was the norm to mistreat them because they were nothing more than slaves. Now we know they are more than animals and if we treat them right and respectfully they will do even more for us. Now to get back to the point. The Lords were bastards and most of them would sell you their daughters to make the family richer. So if you had a bad Lord with a good son. You could kill the Lord with the curse. The son would become the new Lord making the house better then it was. It is a bad way but it could be used for something good".
"That is just sick," Sirius said as he took a seat closer to Amelia.
"It is, I never said it wasn't," Lily said. "But it is better then it would have been. Just look at your own Lord Arcturus Black. What would you have done if it had been your mother who had full control, compared with the influence she had over the house" Lily told him with a pointed look from her painted face.
"Damn, My mum would have sold a baby if it would bring her a profit. That is why she manipulated her way into the marriage contracts of Narcissa and Bellatrix" Sirius said as he thought about it.
"So, even if the Ritual is dark in nature and in any way you look at it. There will always be a thing that will make it right even if it is wrong in every way. There will always be a reason to use it, even if it is for a bad thing to make it good". What followed were gaping faces that just didn't realize that you could use a ritual in a different way than where it was designed for. Lily saw it and laughed a little. "You all seemed surprised but it isn't that hard to believe. The friends did it when they took care of Sirius. They used the Blood to connect the houses for a time. The ritual was made to last forever and to take over the other house. They placed a date on it and ritual became a good one not a bad one in the way it was intended. In the same way, they did it with Ginny, in the old days, it would make a slave of her for life. If you place a date on it or a stipulation you change what is meant to be bad".
"That is what you did," Daphne said from her side. "You saw how it could be manipulated in a way you needed it".
"Yes, and no, It was away but it was not compleated and that is why I needed the Potion"She again looked at Daphne and told her to go and look at the ritual she had used.
#*
"But this is the curse of Mercy Lily used," Daphne said as she looked up.
"Ooo and here is the connecting of the souls," Bella told them while she gave Daphne a knowing look but kept her mouth shut when Arabella looked at her. It was then that Bella knew she had to explain herself later that night. She swallowed and went on. "There is even a curse that makes a blood bond with another house".
Hermione stood and took the book from Daphne. "Still, the curse is nothing like the curse you used for Harry," She said while she looked over the writing in the book.
Lily gave a small nod. "Yes, you are right but it is still the same curse. The only difference is the wording you use when you do it. You, do not connect your soul to the other Lord. But in your words, you connect your soul to the house and it's Lord by the name".
"Wait" Minerva broke in. "You connected yourself to Lord Potter to James".
Lilly shook her head. "No, I connected myself to Lord Harry James Potter. It was a way that on the moment James was killed Harry would be the Lord making my connection possible".
"But that hasn't helped Harry in any way," Neville told them while he was thinking hard.
"Ooo, but Neville it did. But the one thing you have to remember is the intend you use. If you perform a spell or ritual in an angry and hateful way it will become hateful. If you do it with love and positive emotions it will be good".
"But if that is the key then every spell can be good or" It was at that moment Neville stopped. "Leviosa could be good or bad" As Neville took on his thinking face again. "But what about a tickling charm".
Lily gave him a genuine smile. "When do you use it".
"When we are having fun and a good time".
"And what if you use it when you aren't having fun. let's say when you feel anger and you are standing on the edge of a cliff''.
Neville nodded ''so everything can be good or evil''.
Minerva had listened to it all. But the one thing she did not understand was why Lily connected herself to Harry and not to James. ''But Lily, why did you connect yourself to Harry and''.
''And not to James''. Lily finished as she looked at her mother. ''It was a gamble we took. We knew that if our hiding would not work. Voldemort would find us and kill us. So to make this work James had to die first. You all say that I was the one who sacrificed my self. But for this to work, James had to do it first. So on the moment, James died, Harry became Lord potter''.
Most of the Adults were about to say something when Minerva spoke up. "Lily please go on. We now know it is based on the Lord's curse. We also know that the curse you used was the mercy curse to save Harry, however, you also told us that you used a potion that was for another curse and that was. ONE BLOOD FOR ANOTHER TO PAY WHEN BLOOD RUNS OUT. Now it is a strange title but it is also clear. You used your blood to save the blood from Harry but why and how".
Others wanted to react but Minerva held up her hand. "We are not here to react to how and why. We all know it is what has brought us together. We all know Lily has done it to save us all, yes, all of us" she said as they were all ready to contradict her again. "Now I do not know what would have happened if Bellatrix wasn't sent back. But we knew that it had to happen. The one thing we know is that the assignment Bellatrix had was to kill Harry. It wasn't something that has been made up because we have all seen the lengths of which Bella and Harry took to prevent it. So the blood thing did have a reason but it is up to us to take it to a good end. Still, to get there we have to know it all and with Voldemort having our Blood it is something we need to know all about. Fighting between all of us will not help so Let Lily tel us all, and then we will see what we can do next".
"That is exactly what we are going to do". Every Adult turned around on the spot and saw all the friends standing there. Even Harry and Susan had come back, unnoticed by anyone of them. The only time the took notice was when Susan had spoken. "We all know what happened in the first war. We all know what Bellatrix has done according to history. Can anyone of you, tell any of us that you really think Bellatrix was capable of the things she did if she wasn't controlled? If you think she could then why the hell didn't she kill Neville as a baby when she had the chance. Why didn't she kill Harry at the hospital? Why didn't she kill Minerva when she was alone with her".
"Susan" Amelia screamed.
"No", Susan screamed back. "We all know that there is a war coming. If Lily had not done what she had done. Then one thing would be for sure and that is that none of us would be here right now. If lily had not done what she had done then Harry would not have been able to hold him off for fifteen years. And for all that freedom, for all that peace, you are ready to bite of Lily's head by only the mention of a curse. A curse we only know the name of and not what it does. So let her first tell it before you all go Adult on her before we just do what needs to be done". Those were the words Susan almost screamed before she turned around, grabbed a butterbeer from the table and sat down in front of the painting of Lily and James.
She was joined by the friends as the adults just looked at her with an open mouth. None knew what to say while they only looked at the friends as they watched them sit down. Slowly the silence was broken by a little chuckle. A chuckle that slowly turned into a laugh. Everyone turned around and saw the smile on the face of Minerva, but she wasn't the one that was laughing. As they all looked on they saw that it was Augusta who had the giggles. She and Minerva had been the only ones that didn't react on the words of Lily so they weren't offended by what Susan had said. After a couple of minutes, Augusta stopped and stood. She went to the table where she took a Butterbeer and made her way to the friends where she sat down next to them. Slowly she lifted her bottle and clinked the bottle of Susan as she started to laugh again.
It took a while before the others joined them and looked up at Lily to go on. "Well as we told before I did the one Blood for another curse to help myself and Harry. The curse itself isn't that special it only gives me the loyalty I need to help my son. Like giving my life for him. I knew I would stand up for harry, but you might never know if you do it when the time has come. So to make sure of that I had to give my self that little edge. So I took the one potion I needed and that was the Blood drink. Daphne could you read page eighty-four". Daphne took the book and flipped through the pages. "When you get there read it and tell us what it does".
Daphne gave a nod and flipped on. "I got it, this is the toxic one isn't it". Lily gave a small nod and Daphne went on. It is a hard one to make but you are a potion mistress".
Lily shook her head. I was studying for it but I hadn't done the exam yet. Because of the war I could not and I wanted to do it after everything had stopped but you all know how it ended".
While Lily said it Harry got to his feet and walked over to Daphne and looked over her shoulder. Before Daphne could say anything he said it. "You cancelled out the blood of dad and made to blood of us the only blood we have?".
Lily could see the shock in his eyes and had to be fast before he would miss understand her. "No, not at all. You are still the son of the both of us and you still have the blood of James running through you. The thing I did was to our blood and our blood alone. If by any chance James would survive I could not have been killed by him. He had to take care of you so that had to be cancelled out. By cursing our blood I made it rule the house".
Harry wondered what his mother was saying and looked at his dad.
"Don't worry son, I knew all about it and I agreed. Just like you and your friends we talked about everything. It was only when we went into hiding that I saw the things your mother had seen from the start".
Harry had a doubtful look when James said it. "Harry, Your mother had fought her battle with Dumbledore from the moment she came to Hogwarts and heard her head of House tell her her name. Like many of us, I was blinded by the fame of Albus and did not want to see and hear anything bad about him. Lily had been with Muggles so she did not grow up with the one named Albus the leader of the light and the slayer of Dark Lords. When we were in hiding I started to see the other side of him. It was then that your mother told me what she wanted to do and how. After a night sleep, I agreed and here we are".
Harry looked back at Lily and she knew she could go on. "The potion enhanced the qualities of the blood from the drinker. Meaning Lily has cancelled out the blood of the others. So every person who has the blood will be under the spell".
Lily took over. Now the Potion itself was nothing special it only stopped the blood from your father to have to much influence. The potion, however, had an ingredient that would kill you slowly as you keep on taking it. Something I did, now there is an antidote but that will be of little use right now".
Harry gave her a weak smile, a smile she returned. "After I took it for two weeks I did the one curse we talked about. It basically comes down to this. If I get killed my blood qualities would get stronger. When I connected my self with Harry After it I gave him some of our blood making his the same as mine. So when I would get killed he would become stronger".
So that is why Harry and grandma Mini are connected" Bella asked.
Again Lily shook her head. "NO, I connected my mother with the mercy spell. That brought something I never thought of but it worked perfectly. You see the Mercy spell is very simple. You curse your own blood by willingly giving your life for another. I gave my life for Harry the day Voldemort killed me. This is something I would have always done but like I said before. It is easier said than done when you have to. On the moment you have to do it it could go the other way. Fortunately, I stood my ground and took the Avada curse while I was asking to save Harry standing in front of him. Now when I took the curse my earlier curse the one that connected me to my Lord, which was Harry at that point started to react. My mercy curse connected Harry to his only living relative, my mother. The Lord curse created a bubble around my blood making the connection even stronger and that was why it rebounded the Avada curse because I made the curse out of love and not out of hate. This made a dark intended curse into a light one and even stronger. The mercy cures was also stronger and that enhanced the connection Grandson and Grandmother have".
"But what about Bella, Daphne and Neville," Isabella asked as she looked at the friends.
Lily also looked at them and had a smirk on her face as she said it. "Neville is his blood brother. Alice and I connected them two weeks after they were born. Now they do share blood but are not connected in the way Bela and Daphne are. Bella and Daphne connected themselves after I had done my part. They again did it with love which activated the Mercy curse I had placed on my blood. By sharing the blood they also shared the curse and because of love it took the form it has now". Lily didn't have to read minds to know what they were all thinking now. "Voldemort is another thing. He did not share the love so the curse will not work as it does now. What it does is something we do not know but I will assure you that it will help Harry. The only thing we can do is wait and just take it as it comes. But be sure he can touch Harry but he does not share the protection. I'm also sure that the curse will block him from his mind at least Voldemort from the mind of Harry".
"So him cursing Lucius who has a bloody nose might not have been a wishful dream," Harry said from the side.
"Wait you dreamed about that," Narcissa asked as she stepped closer to Harry.
"It wasn't a dream but I felt happy when I dreamed it," Harry told her. It was then that Narcissa told them all what Bellatrix had done to Lucius. Also about how she found her washing her mouth out. But especially how Voldemort had enjoyed his discomfort and cursed him for it".
Lily laughed a little. "So Harry will get some visions and it might help us. It is kind of a movie that is telling him what is happening". It was now she became very strict and serious. "If you have it then make sure it is real. If I'm right and you can see and feel his emotions then he might realise it too and use it to trap you. So make sure you cover everything before you react on them".
"Yes mum," the friends said as one.
#*
After the family gathering, the friends had gone back to Potter castle where they had another talk about it like they always did. But most of that talk had gone about the thing Umbridge was planning to do. It would be something they knew would happen at breakfast and were almost giddy about it. The night before they had told it to the family and as the owners of Hogwarts they were going to handle it all by themselves. The family wanted to object but the friends had pointed to the ministry and to Albus. So Hogwarts would be the battleground or they would lose whatever they wanted to do.
Now it was early in the morning and the house of Hogwarts were preparing themselves to walk to the great hall as one. They had done it on more than one occasion. This time they did it because they knew Umbridge had set her sight on all of them and they were ready to take the fight. As Tracy and Luna opened the door the rest of the house were marching in.
Umbridge had been sitting at the head table and looked on with a satisfied smile. That smile dropped the moment she saw the house of Hogwarts walk into the great hall. The way they were walking told her that she hadn't been harsh enough. The degrees she had in her handbag were something she had told them but would not use right away. Now that she saw the look on their faces she knew she had to act. First, she waited for all of them to sit down and take some food. She did it to make sure they would not run away. As they sat down she got to her feet and asked for attention and started to explain the degrees she decided to use. "HEM, HEM" She cleared her throat. "As the representative of the ministry I Delores Umbridge have gotten the power to put up special Degrees to make sure Hogwarts will be the best school in the world. Every degree will be in power the day after I put them on the wall. The first degree is the one that gives me the ministerial right to make these degrees. The second one is the one that said that every student is only allowed to study for the lessons they have and not for anything else".
It was at this point that Molly stood and said that she did not want to give the house of Hogwarts any time at all.
Umbridge had a smile and took out another degree she didn't know how to use it. But after the words of Molly, she had a reason. "This is Degree number three and it said that every student that is not being taught by a professor is not allowed to study on there own or use any of the Hogwarts books".
Tracy gave a sharp look at Harry who only smiled as he nodded. Susan was sitting across from him and clearly told her to do it now. Tracy stood and raised her finger.
Umbridge saw her and her smile grew a little bit more. The one thing she knew was that nobody could do anything about it. So these kids would be trouble at all if she heard them out. "Yes miss Davis, What do you want and no, there are no exceptions on the rule".
Tracy narrowed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Miss Umbridge you said that we are not allowed to use any of the books that are at Hogwarts to study on our own, Or to study on our own at all. It especially applies to us because of Miss Weasly".
"Professor Weasly" Umbridge snapped.
"Misses Weasley has never taught us and had just told you she was not going to do it this year. So she might be a Professor in your book but not in ours" Tracy snapped back.
Umbridge wanted to snap again but she thought twice about it. "That is exactly what I said. When you are not studying a subject that is taught by one of our professors you are not allowed to study on your own. Not with the books we have here at Hogwarts or with the books you brought from home. Basically you are not allowed to study that subject here at Hogwarts at all".
Tracy didn't say a thing and only looked at Susan with a smirk. This had been a degree they knew she would play out. Everything had told them it was a play between her and Molly. A play that targeted them and especially them. They also knew that it was a matter of time before someone would get favours for helping her and Malfoy would be on the top of that list. Susan stood and stepped next to Tracy. She gave Umbridge a smile as she took out a piece of Parchment of her own.
Umbridge saw Susan stepping next to Tracy and knew she had forgotten something again. She had talked about all of this with Albus, Lucius and Fudge. Together they had looked at all the angles and knew that nothing that the friends would do, could stop them. Still seeing her stand there looking at her smiling like she was, was something that didn't sit well with her. Her eyes went over to Dumbledore but that would not be of any help. She did see that he was also wondering what they had forgotten.
Susan held out the parchment in front of her like she was going to read a royal message out to the Inhabitants of the kingdom of Hogwarts. "In the name of King Hogwarts and his Following. We will answer any Degree with a house rule of our own. Albus has given this house in loan to the ministry to use as a school run by them. Now we know that we can't do anything to the way the Ministry handles the education of the students. We do however own this house and we handle the way the house is run. If the minister hinders in the education of one student we will level it to all. We would not want the Ministry to look like they are singling out anyone now would we".
Susan stopped and gazed right into the eyes of Umbridge. She saw her gasping for air while she was searching for an answer. "Now I know that you could go to the ministry and ask the minister to help you again. Because these Degrees were not handled by the Witangemot, so it was a Ministerial decision. Therefore the Degrees are only admittable for Hogwarts education. The house rules are only for us. Therefore our first rule will be that every book on Muggle studies that is not bought by the ministry will be removed for all the students of the Hogwarts education system. If you want them back then hand the school back to us, and we will make it all right again.
Our second rule will be that from Tomorrow on, a big part of the Castle will be closed for all students and Professors of Hogwarts. We have other plans for that part and because the ministry does not pay rent we are still the ones that make these decisions". After it, Susan handed the parchment to the head elf and asked him to hang it on the wall in the hallway next to the Ministerial decree.
"You can't do that, the ministry will here of it and I will take you to the Witangemot" Umbridge screamed.
"Please do, we would love to wipe the floor with you again" Susan shouted back making most of the students laugh.
"You missy will have detention with me this week for going against a Professor" Umbridge shouted.
Harry stood and immediately stepped beside Susan. "I will be taken that Detention because they have been doing this on my order".
Umbridge didn't say a thing and only smiled at the opportunity she was given with Harry offering himself. She gazed at the friends and at Minerva but none of them showed anything that looked like frustration or fear. They were all looking at her and it only made her smile more. Tonight she would have him in her chambers and tonight she could start with making him see the error of his way. At least that is what she would call it.
Susan didn't show her frustration but hissed at him between her teeth. "What the hell are you doing Potter. She is mine all mine".
Harry just shook his head with the tiniest of shake and Susan knew he would explain it later. She still didn't like it but knew he must have a reason or he would not have done it. If he just did it so she would not have the punishment she would let him have it.
Harry had kept his eyes on Umbridge and knew he would be hurting tonight. Bella had told him he would be tortured by her but not when. Now that he knew Bellatrix would be freed by Voldemort in the coming weeks. That was the reason why he could not wait any longer. So if he had to take the detention from Susan, just so it could start sooner he would do it.
So the moment they got back into the common room he told her why he had done it. Susan had forgotten that Bella had told them that Harry would be tortured by Umbridge and Snape. So it didn't take Susan long to understand the reason why Harry had done it. It did not stop her to walk up to him and to poke her finger into his chest over and over again with every word as she said. I understand why but if you ever do it again I will hex you. If I get a punishment I will take it myself I don't need you to take it for me, you understand".
Harry held up his hands and smiled at her.
#*
David walked from their side of the Potter castle to the dining room. The Goblins had build houses for all of them but they had decided to use them for the people who wanted shelter. After the second war, they would go and live in it because one thing was for sure. None of their old homes would be standing. Potter castle was the saves place to be after that it was Hogwarts. When he walked into the dining room he was surprised to see Narcissa and Bogrod in a heated discussion.
"What do you mean you will let the kids fight Goblinwarriors" Narcissa screamed.
"They need the training and those are the best worriers we have" Bogrod screamed back.
"You are crazy and it will kill one of them".
Bogrod was taken back by the words. He never thought the Adults would see it that way. "Narcissa please, The friends will be trained in the way we train the Goblinwariers. Sure they will fight each other, but that is at the end of the training not at the beginning. You have to know that the only thing they have left to learn is spells. They can beat every wizard around and now they need to learn to fight warrior stile. In the last war, Voldemort used Troles and other magical beings. When they got close to the wizards the wizards would lose the fight because they were never taught hand to hand combat. Now they have learned some by Dan Granger but we will take it a step further".
"But they are kids" Narcissa whispered.
Nolwenn step closer to her Narcissa and placed her arm. "Narcissa they will not be alone in the lessons. Sirius, Dan and I will be joining them. David doesn't know but I think he is just afraid to lose again if he battles one of them".
By the last words, they could hear David splutter but Narcissa only heard Nolwenn telling her that she would be joining them. Before she knew it she said she would join but Bogrod stopped her. "It would be an honour to train you. But you cant do it".
"What why not".
"If you start to learn to fight you will use it when you have to. What would happen if you wipe the floor with one of the Death Eaters? The best thing is to stick to the things Emma is teaching you and the Veela's for now. You will not be at the front so that is enough to protect you. It is even enough to free yourself of a Goblin warrior. One of my warriors didn't believe it when Emma said she could take him down and when he charged her she did. After it, she blew a whistle so that everyone looked at them. It is clear that he had to hear it all week long. Mostly because he had been taken down by a Humen. A human female and even one without magic".
Bogrod told Narcissa who only sat down and looked at the floor. She knew that they were all right but it hurt her to see kids fighting people like her husband. "But they can't fight them. they are ruthless and will kill them if they get the chance".
Nolwenn sat down next to her. Yes, you are right. They will see things none of us will see. The war will be bad but after it might get worse. I have seen it with my dad and it gave me the look Harry has".
"You think they might turn out to be like your dad".
"I was thinking that at the beginning, but these friends will be there for each other. They will do everything they have to, just so they could get out of this alive. The one thing they have and my dad didn't, is that special someone to talk to after it. They have and that will be the one thing that will save them".
It was now that Nolwenn looked at the others. "I know what is making them do this but why do they have to". She asked the others while she looked around.
Narcissa patted her hand and waited until she turned around. When she did she took her hands in hers and looked at her. "I like it as much as you, and it hurts me to tell it. But they are the only ones that are taking the fight to him. Most of the adults are to afraid of him and of his death eaters. If the friends hadn't shown us how stupid it was. We ourselves would still be just like the most of them still are. They have put the fear back with the Death eaters when they retaliated after the attack. Harry even put the fear in Voldemort when he threw that boulder at him".
"Really," Nolwenn asked.
"That day he was afraid as a little kitten. He was mumbling about the fact he would stay alive but it really put the fear in him that it could be over in a second. What I don't understand is that Harry does not have that fear".
Most of the Adults became silent when they heard Narcissa asking that one thing, Nolwen whose hand were still held by Narcissa looked at her intently. "I hope I'm wrong but I think he just isn't afraid. I think there was a time he was even whishing for it. Now he just goes head-on because he knows how bad it could be and he will do everything to keep that from happening. If that means death, he will do it.
This was it again for this week. Hope to see you as soon as possible.
Gr Winmau