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(BSC 6 C19) C210 Three days later part 3
Everyone had a second glass as Daphne eyed another one. Somehow she wanted one because everything inside of her wanted her to get one. Her father had told her it would make her numb and she wanted to be numb. She wanted to feel happy for a while because at this time she wasn't. They all were smiling and laughing but none of them were happy. Everything they had done the last three days had been an assault on all of their feelings and body. None of them wanted to stop. none of them wanted to lose the friendship they had. But it had all come so close to losing it all in the last three days. Just when she was about to eye another glass of fire whiskey she was pulled in a hug by her friends. "We all feel the same way. When it is over we will go to sleep for a week and let the Adults run it" Susan told her. Daphne smiled at her and gave a small nod. When they all sat down again Daphne stepped closer to the pensive and dropped the next memory into it.
Memory ten start
David was looking at the trolls through the camera of Dan Granger. He was glad he could look from a distance because he knew they would smell bad if they were up close, worse than they were already doing from all the way up here. Bella had left for a second time and he didn't know what they were doing. When she got back the first time, she looked worried. He wanted to ask her about it but something stopped him from doing it. Most of the time when he saw this kind of look in their eyes he knew something bad had happened. Still, he didn't ask because he just didn't want to know. When she left for the second time he became worried. Something happened, he could feel it but he did not know what.
It was an hour later that not Bella but Daphne popped up next to him. She didn't say much only looked worried as she grabbed the camera to look at the Trolls. Now she didn't need to see them because she already could smell them from where her father had been sitting.
David was looking on and after ten minutes he opened his mouth. He closed it again because he did not know what he could say. He opened it again but he still didn't have the words he could use to ask the thing he wanted to know. It was when Hermione popped up behind him that he dropped his head. "Where is Bella," he asked as he looked at how his daughter looked at Hermione.
"She was hurt but she is fine. But we have to be there for her tonight because she and Harry have to deal with the people they killed" Hermione told Daphne as she heard David give a deep sigh. Slowly she turned around and looked at him. "I'm sorry David" she started. "We had more plans when we went on these missions. We had plans to start the war with the ace in our own hand so to say. Stack the deck if you will".
David shook his head. "Don't tell me. I'm just here to look around. I could say I'm here to protect you but I don't think I will do better than you would do in protecting me. Now, after you had told us. We all had the thought that you had alternative things you all wanted to do. None of us has ever thought about any of you fighting or getting hurt. What I do want to know is. Did you do all of this on your own or were there people who knew about it"?
"The grandmas know," Hermione told him.
"Good. So what were you all planning to do with these Trolls".
This time both Hermione and Daphne smiled widely. "Well, this one was the easiest. The Trolls are simple creatures. They live, eat and drink. If you have alcohol they will do anything for you. You have been looking at them almost all night and most of the day. We have been here for a little bit of it and we have seen the crates of fire whiskey standing there. All of the bottles that were given to them by the dark ones are empty and it was clear they didn't have enough. It is also clear they will not be refilled any time soon or it would have been done during the night. Now what we wanted to know was if they had enough or not. they do not so we brought our own".
"You don't drink and you can't get any," David told Hermione.
Hermione smiled again and it unnerved David a little. "We didn't get any, we had it made".
"What".
"Easy, there are some muggles who made something they called moonshine. It was a hit with the Goblins so we had them make more. Somehow it is really strong stuff and it will work better than normal Firewiskey. Harry has even ordered to make his own after the war. We are going to call it Merlin's brew. It will be done by squibs and Muggles together so we can sell it in bottles and in both worlds each under a different name".
"But how are you," David stopped asking as Neville and Harry popped up next to Daphne and Hermione.
None of them said anything and only turned to the Trolls that were lying all around and all over the place. Harry pointed at one and levitated him over to them. It was the smallest one but also the one with the most blood. As he dropped it down it woke up. He let out have of a growl before it was silenced by Daphne. Harry lifted his sword to his throat as Daphne whispered in his ear. "You go home and we give you this" as she held out a jar of Moonshine under its nose.
Another growl escaped and Harry slit a little bit taking blood while he did it.
The troll sniffed at the jar as his eyes became big. He grabbed the jar and poured it all down. After a very big burp his eyes glazed over and the double talk started. "We thaaake whheee Gooo".
Daphne held out a box full of the stuff and told him to go. She then held out another thing and told him to think about where he wanted to go. "With a pop, he was gone and Daphne called for Snot Mini and Maxi. "You go see where he is at. Bring all of them to that place and all of the Moonshine we have left to the same place". All three of the house elves nodded and popped all of the trolls away.
David had only looked on and didn't know what had happened. He wanted to ask about it but he just didn't. Daphne saw it and decided to help him out. "Trolls, as we know this sort of Trolls like their Alcohol. They love it a little too much. So Voldemort made a simple deal. They fight us and get all of it. We gave them more for staying away. As you have seen this little one was the smartest and so he was the leader. Now he was pretty out of it after one jar, so when they get there there will be a lot of those jars and they will be drunk for at least twelve weeks straight".
David looked back and saw that Harry had left. "What now".
"Now, we all go back to Longbottom Manor and wait for Harry to call us or until he shows up himself.
Memory ten stopped.
Daphne removed the memory and looked at all the people around the Pensive. She looked at Andromeda and wondered what was in her little tube. She lifted it up and saw her nod. Before she could drop it into the pensive Neville called out to eat something first. Andromeda wondered why he wanted to eat first but it was then she saw Poppy pointing to the door while Harry shook his head. It was at that moment she knew Harry had to go along for some treatment but he didn't want to. So as the house elves dropped in with the food. Andromeda said she would wait, it was a good one so they would like it. She, however, went to the hallway to look at Harry where he was almost frogmarched to the infirmary.
As Poppy walked out of the door Harry was ahead of her. He walked like nothing was wrong. but when the door fell in the lock after the two Veelas that followed them. Harry dropped to his knees with a face of pain. Andromeda was sure the others were holding everybody back so Harry could be brought to the place he needed to be. As Andromeda looked on she could see he had been holding himself up for the whole meeting.
"Harry I told you before, you are pushing it by just sitting there. Your body needs to rest, all of you need it but none of you will listen to any of us" Poppy told him.
"But Poppy, Iám the Lord, I can't show weakness" Harry whined.
"And why not" Sounded the voice of Andromeda. Harry wanted to speak but she would not let him. "Yes, you are our Lord and yes you are the leader if you want to or not. I do not see it as a weakness, none of us is looking at it like that. Like everyone I also know you are strong but you are also human. You can't go on being invincible because you are not. You hurt like all of us and your pain only shows us how far you will go for all of us. We see it with Susan, Bella the others so why not with you".
Harry looked down and got a sad look as Andromeda went on. "You have to realise you are a better Lord if you also show weakness. After my memory, we will all look at yours. and we all know you have been hurt we can see the bandages. So stop being this tough guy. We all know you are not".
"But.. But".
"She is right Harry".
All of them turned around as they saw Bella and Daphne standing in the doorway with Nolwenn between them. Nolwenn gave his eyes a good look and saw the problem. She looked next to her and at Bella. "He is still in that place isn't he". Both Bella and Daphne nodded as they looked back at Harry. Nolwenn stepped up to him and took him in a hug as she placed her lips next to his ear. "We are not them and you are no longer with them. We love you healthy or in pain. You do not have to keep your head up for us. We are here to also take care of you, you just have to let us".
Harry looked up at her "It is hard to let go".
Nolwenn placed her hand against his head and pushed it against her shoulder as she whispered again. "I know, I still have those moments but you have to let go. You can be tough but you do not have to be tough all the time. We love you in every way".
Harry nodded on her shoulder and walked along with Poppy. Andromeda followed as the others went back. As they walked through the Infirmary door, Andromeda stopped and locked them behind them. As she turned around she could see that Harry had stripped down and for the first time, she could see all the scars on his body. She walked closer to him and looked on as Poppy removed the bandages from his arm. What she saw were a lot of teeth marks. She knew he was the one who went to the werewolves and just had to ask if he was. Harry shook his head. "No, not yet. Arabella has given me a new potion and it has worked so far. The only thing I have to do now is to wait. For another two days, it could go the other way, but if it does not, we might have an antidote for not becoming a werewolf".
"Do we want to know why you are this way?" Andromeda asked while Poppy and the Veela healers were looking on. They all wanted to ask him but none wanted to hear why or how if they were honest.
Harry shook his head. "I don't think so. It was the only way I thought I could do it. But you will see it all in the memory. Poppy spelt the bandages back on his arm and Harry got dressed.
When he walked out Andromeda turned to Poppy. "Why in Merlin's name is he always doing this to himself".
Poppy just shook his head. "That boy will be turning me grey before I turn sixty. I hate it but he is doing it for all of us. He is taking risks none of us would ever dream about. You know the worse of it".
Andromeda shook her head as she looked at Poppy and the other Veelas. By their looks, she could see they didn't understand it any better than she did. "He is not the only one. Those six with him are even worse. Even Fleur is taking risks none of us would". As the Veelas nodded Andromeda looked at the door. "Does any of you know why they did all of this"?
All of them shook their heads. Poppy just smiled as she patted Andromeda on her arm. "Knowing them, they had it planned out all along. None of them would do anything if they had not talked about it before they did it. Arabella making that potion and giving it to him before he went is proof of it. Minerva even took a bit of it so they must have had a suspicion that something like this could happen". They all just shook their heads as they walked back to the room they were all waiting in to see the next memory.
After some talking and eating Daphne placed the memory from Andromeda into the pensive and sat down. Andromeda had asked her to not say a thing and to only watch it. It wasn't much but it did show something more they had achieved with all of this.
Memory eleven.
Andromeda was looking on as Poppy walked with the Veela to the greenhouses. She turned and saw Narcissa walking to the mess hall with Nolwenn at her arm. She walked on and went to another open spot they had found. This had a big tent like the one they used at the World Cup when they got all of the people out of there. Slowly she walked in and looked around. The tent had been expanded a couple of times and there was something like a market inside of it. As she made her way from stand to stand. They saw everything that looked like a muggle Market. There was everything from food to trinkets. A little stand with stuff from Arabella's potions. They weren't healing potions so they had decided that if the people wanted them they needed to pay for them. It wasn't much but it would take some cost away from Harry. People from Diagon alley who were too afraid to go back had opened a stand for themselves. Just so they could go back to their own stores when the war is over. They paid a special price for the stands just so they could give back to Potter. The same could be said for Hogsmeade. A lot of stores from there had a stand in the market at the Peverell ground.
End of Memory eleven.
When Daphne removed the memory, Andromeda stepped next to the pensive. She looked at Harry while she addressed him and the others. "What we have seen here are many people who will not be fighting with us. They have been working with us to prepare for everything that is coming our way. They also realized the people needed more than Lord Potter was giving them". Harry wanted to speak but Andromeda stopped him. "No Harry you are giving them everything they need. But some wanted more. Some wanted a drink and you made it happen by providing the muggles with the ingredients to make moonshine. They also wanted creams sweets and other little things. Now we all go to the movies on Wednesday but that is not enough. So they looked for ways to get it them selves. Now you gave them money for themselves to use and they do it in this way. The people who have a stand pay you half of what they get and you do nothing about that. It is their contribution on top of all you have already given them. They are also preparing for when the war is over and they can open new stores. Now not all of them are selling sweets, foods or drinks. Some are also selling muggle things like telescopes and other things we magicals can use in our day to day. You can think about pens, paper and things like that".
Emma hung a little bit to Narcissa. Are you still okay with muggle things taking over in the way they are doing here at the Peverell estate"?
"It is hard but I understand why. I have seen how the Muggles are keeping a lot of the old ways alive and embracing the new ones. If we had been closer to the Muggles as we should have been. We might have been here already".
Emma nodded as Daphne stood with the next and last Memory in her hand. She was hesitating a little as she held it above the Pensive. The others stepped next to her as Harry stayed in his seat. "What is it Daphne", Hermione asked.
"This is the one of Harry. We all know how it ends but what would they all do when they see it" Daphne indicated to the others with her head. "We all know it is fine and we only have to wait for another couple of days, to be sure. But will they see it the same way".
The others knew what Daphne was talking about. they also knew none of the ones that didn't know anything would start to scream when they do. Minerva stepped up next to them and placed her hand on the shoulder of Daphne. "Just throw it in and I will make sure Harry is near the door when they do start to go off".
Daphne nodded and dropped the memory into the pensive.
Memory twelve.
Harry was looking on and was a little surprised it wasn't his memory that was shown. As he took another look he saw it was the one from his grandmother. Harry had taken his grandmother to the entrance of Potter castle. They were looking at Narcissa and Nolwenn walking away. Minerva looked on and followed the two with her eyes. "Well, we three know what you are all planning to do. But tell me, I do not see Susan, Bella or the others go up against them all alone".
Harry chuckled as he kept on looking ahead. "What we are going to do is just look at the things we going to look at. At some time we will make our move in trying to get what we want. We want to see if we can persuade them to do the same as the Veelas".
"Really, and how do you think you can do all that by just looking on".
"Wellllll," and Harry was pushed to the side for being a little pureblood in the way he said well. Harry laughed and went on. "Well, we were going to give some a drink, food and maybe pick a fight here and there".
Minerva sniffed as she saw Narcissa walk into the mess hall with Nolwenn at her side. "I'm not sure if I like the ideas you are going to try out tonight but I can see what you want to achieve in the end. But tell me you are not going to do it alone".
This time Harry shook his head. "No, we will be joining each other when we are going to do it. We might not be all there but when we can we will do all we can to be safe. We will also be there to help if we have to".
Minerva nodded and turned around as she walked back in. "So tell me, why is Narcissa going to see her son".
Harry walked next to her and brought her to the other side of the castle. "Narcissa has to see how Draco has changed over the time he has been here. We had a Muggle help him out in the beginning. First by bringing him food and later by helping him to get money by working. While he did that he had to look at everyone around him and also how different they were from him. It turned out he could not see it so he started to look at them as people. He even found a new girl and here is the kicker. She is a werewolf and he knows. Daddy dearest might not like it but I know Narcissa will. Draco isn't there yet but he is getting there. So when Narcissa tells him it is good to have a werewolf as a girlfriend she will get him back a little. Over time she will get him back more and more".
Minerva gave him a one-arm hug and told him they did well. It was right after it Harry took her to the place they would stay for a long time. Like all the others Harry set up a tent and started to place ward-stones around it. It was anti-smell, sound and a repelling ward in one. It even had the built-in Fedelius but only the friends knew about it. Before they went they had told the secret to all those that would go with them. But just like the other Fedelius wards, they didn't even know they heard the secret.
Harry pulled out the camera and pointed it at the grounds. Minerva looked through it and saw about a hundred Werewolves sitting around being aggressive to each other. "I can see you took the easy one for yourself again". Minerva looked back at him and smiled her little knowing smile. "But I thought you would bring a werewolf of your own".
"Yes I was and I am. I will bring her later tomorrow. She is the sweetest werewolf we know, so she will be the one we need to make it all real".
Minerva gazed at him and after it at the werewolves. as she turned back to him she gave a deep sigh. You are all playing a dangerous game".
"Harry gave a deep sigh. "We know but if we want to win this we have to. We don't think we can win the battle the way it is right now. We could just hold our own against those germans. We only won because we were mad about the kids they killed on the boat. But we are not sure if we can find that same anger when we fight in battle. Do we get it when they kill a student? If we do are we on time or will it be too late".
Minerva waved her wand and a campfire appeared before her. From her pocket, she pulled out two sausages and placed them on two sticks as she held them in the fire. "Hagrid told me he did the same for you the first night he came to pick you up".
Harry took one and enjoyed the night he had with his grandmother. When the morning came he saw the first Patronus. It said nothing but Minerva asked what was to be done first. "The first is Susan with the Goblins that are left. Bogrod and Harriat took the females from the forest but there were still warrior Goblins left. Today we will do what we can to get what we want. After it, we will have Fleur and Daphne with the Giants. After that David and Bella with the Trolls. The next will be Neville and Frank. That will be a hard one. The last will be here and we can only hope we will all be here when it goes down".
Minerva watch him get ready and placed the Goblin Armour into his bottomless bag. "Take care of them and yourself." Harry just nodded as he apparated away.
Minerva kept sitting there and after a minute she turned around. "Alister Get over here, I know my grandson has placed you here to look over me but I can still hear your breath".
"I could never, hide from you," Alister said as he sat down next to her. "Now I know they are all up to something but do you know what he is planning to do here". Minerva nodded as she looked through the camera for a couple of seconds. "And you are not going to tell me, are you". This time Minerva shook her head as she threw another Sausage into the fire. Mad-eye just huffed as he looked at the werewolves. "Can you at least tell me what you are looking for"?
"Greyback".
This time both eyes of Mad-Eye focused on Minerva. He wanted to say something but did not know how to say it. He only looked at her. His magical eye drifted back to the werewolves and he started to shake his head to get it clear. "Is he getting mad. What does he think, he can do to that scumbag, what we have not tried already".
Minerva got an evil smirk on her face. "How about, beating him". Mad-Eye just shook his head over and over again. It was at that time Harry Apparated back.
Minerva got up and looked him over as she saw blood on his clothing and armour. "Not mine, it is Susans but she is doing well. Hermione has patched her up and Poppy will do the rest" Harry told her. Minerva nodded and pointed at the field. There is nothing much to tell you yet. I have not seen greyback but I'm sure he will be here tonight.
"What the hell, it is going to be a full moon" Mad-Eye screamed as he looked up. "Are you all crazy? That monster is already hard to kill when he is normal. And you are planning on doing it while he is transformed". Slowly he got up and pulled his wand from his pocket. when he wanted to live it up it was sailing from his hand.
Harry held it up. "Yes, we are but you already knew that. Now what could we do now, we can't do when he is not transformed". Mad-Eye didn't know and shook his head. "Well, just wait and you will see it all tonight when we make it clear".
Minerva took a nap for a couple of hours as Harry was called away again. Mad-Eye didn't wake her so he just kept looking at the grounds, thinking about whatever the friends had planned. They knew something he just could not think off and it was driving him crazy. When Harry got back he walked to a big rock behind the tent and sat down. Again he was covered in blood and just started to cry. Mad-Eye wanted to help him but he just didn't know how to do it so he just woke up Minerva. Minerva rushed out of the tent and took one good look at her grandson. She walked over and told him in his mind she was going to hold him. She took him into her arms and just let him cry it out. After about fifteen minutes Harry stopped crying and told her bout Bella and the three he killed. When he told about Macnair Mad-Eye just told him it could not have happened to a better guy. "But I killed him in cold blood" Harry screamed.
Normally Mad-Eye would scream back but with Harry, he didn't. He just walked next to them and sat down. "No, you did not. You were right in killing him because if you did not, he would have killed you and Bella. Now killing is almost always without feeling when you are in a war. It is what it is and you have to. Now if you did do it in cold blood you would not be crying like you are doing now. Crying means you do have feelings and you hate taking a life. Now you will have to do it again and again but when you did you gave them a chance. It tells me you are doing it right. They just didn't take it and you had to do what you had to do. If you hadn't then Bella would not be here any longer so you did right".
"I understand, but it does not make me feel any better," Harry told him.
"Good, because I still have trouble with a lot of people I killed in the first war. With Death Eaters, I knew they killed, raped and just tortured people for fun. They can't do it anymore and it tells me it is alright. Some were young and were roped into the war. Some of them I killed because they were killing people on our side. But I still have bad feelings about them because I will always wonder if I could have saved any of them".
Harry looked up at this hard man in front of him. They always thought Mad-Eye was this beast and just killed because he could. Now he learned that they weren't as different. Sure Mad-Eye was dealing with it better than he was but he was older and had been doing it longer. For him to tell him he started out with the same feelings made him feel a little better. Not about the killing he did or the killing he maybe had to do later on. But that his feelings weren't as cold as he thought they had been.
Again they sat around for an hour or so when the Patronus of Neville came asking for help. Minerva had seen him go and turned a worried look at Mad-Eye. "I know what he is planning to do and I'm starting to get worried. If they go on like they are doing now we might only have Harry here tonight. If that boy is half dead he will still be here to finish it all".
"Is it worth it, what he is planning to do?" Mad-Eye asked her softly.
This time Minerva heard the worry in his voice. She thought about the plan and thought about the outcome they are hoping for. "If it goes the way they want. Yes, then it will be worth it. It might even change the outcome of the war before it even started. If it all goes to plan that is, it might be a boring outcome but the best we can hope for".
"You know I hate it when I don't have any idea what they are up to. They always seem to get us hopping from one foot to another and they will always keep us guessing what they will do next" Mad-Eye said as Harry popped back in.
"How did it go this time," Minerva asked as she saw her grandson without fresh blood on his clothing.
"It went fine, we did have some trouble but it wasn't hard. The worst had been all the people they had been torturing in the dungeons on the grounds of the Death Eaters. They all had built themselves shelters they used as torture chambers" Harry told him. "We got all of them out by house elves. I'm not sure how many were still alive but we got them out by house elves and sealed up the houses. After this is all done we will go and check on them and see how they are doing"
"Harry" Minerva started. "Where are Susan and Bella being treated".
Harry gave a little sigh and smiled up at her. "They are at Longbottom manner. Tomorrow we will see if we go to Hogwarts but we thought it would be wiser to start there. Amelia is there with Susan and Arabella is there with Bella. I heard Emma was there too and she had a hard time letting Hermione return but she did anyway. She knows why we are doing this. So we all know it is hard to do but we all take all the risks we have to take to get it done".
It took a little time for them to watch the werewolves before Harry send off his Patronus. In half an hour people started to show up. Daphne and Hermione were the first to come. After it, it was Neville and Tracy. Right after them, Luna, Ginny and Astoria. They were all dressed in Goblin Armor and ready to fight. Between Luna, Ginny and Astoria was the sweetest werewolf they knew. Miss Honeydukes was looking on and got a little afraid when she saw Harry pointing at all the werewolves that were in the open spot.
Minerva looked on and saw Grayback had appeared and mingled with the rest. If you look closer you could see he wasn't really mingling but more throwing his weight around. He was punching, kicking and literally screaming at every werewolf that came near him.
Miss Honeyducks stepped behind Harry and looked over his shoulder with fear. Grayback had been the one who had been running around biting little kids. It was fun for him to turn them into little werewolves making his own little army. Some escaped like Remus and little miss Honeyducks. So for her to see the one who turned her just hurt her a lot. "What do you want from me," she asked in a fearful voice while she tried to hide even more behind the back of Harry.
Harry turned around and held her closely. "We want you to kill him. We want you to challenge him to a fight".
Miss Honeydukes stepped back and looked at them all. "But I can't I'm not a fighter, I can't even smack a child on his bottom when he stole from my store".
"You can have your own fighter to bring him down. The only thing you need to do is to place the killing blow. If you do that, then you will take over his spot at the head and turn the werewolves around".
Daphne and Hermione took miss Honeydukes from the arms of Harry as she asked who she should ask to fight for her. Mad-Eye wanted to step up but was held back by Neville. "Sorry, but you are not going to be the fighter". Mad-Eye wanted to react but saw Neville pointing at Harry. "He is going to be her fighter. He is going to do this because he is the only one who can. You are great but nowhere near any of us. Nowhere near Bella and Daphne, let alone, Harry. With all three of them not even the whole pack can do something to them. Now the only downside we have is that we do not have Bella here to help him".
Mad-Eye looked over at the werewolves. They were right in fighting Greyback. He could take a lot of the Werewolves by themselves. But the leader was another thing. He was older and not as fast as he use to be. Harry was their best chance so he had to do it. When the moon appeared they all looked up. It was full and werewolves started to change. "You are going to take on a fully transformed werewolf. Have you lost your mind" Mad-Eye screamed.
Harry just pulled his sword and placed his hand on the shoulder of Miss Honeydukes. "They are all under the potion. our house elves have placed them into their drinks. So our miss Honeydukes will give him the challenge and announce me as her fighter. He can select someone else or do it himself. If he picks another I win easily. If it is going to be himself it will get a little harder. When I have him down she will kill him and she will be the next leader of the werewolves". Harry looked at Miss Honeydukes and saw that she had changed. "Are you ready to pick a fight". The were-wolvin gave a small nod and a deep sigh. "I will be right there with you and fight before he can do anything to you. When we fight you go and stand with the others". It was at that point Harry pulled a flask from his pocket and downed it in one go. It was then the others did the same and watched them go.
Miss Honydukes growled and walked behind him towards Grayback. When they got there she growled and hissed at Grayback. Grayback growled back and lifted his claw high up in the air. With his nails extended he sliced down hitting the metal of Harry's sword. "Bad, dog, when was the last time you brushed," Harry said as he looked into the mouth of Grayback.
This was it again for this time. see you all in the next chapter.
Gr Winmau