When Topsy returned from Smart Sorcery Supplies, she brought back not two wand care kits, but seven. "Topsy bought back enough wand care kits for everyone in the house to also have a backup."
"That was very smart, Topsy, " said Heather approvingly, "Now we're set for a while. Place the five backups in our storage area and give Harry and Amy one each."
Topsy handed Harry and Amy their wand care kits and went to put the backups away.
Next nanosecond, Amelia Bones had apparated in.
"Hi, Auntie," said Susan Warmly.
"Hello, Susan, " said Amelia.
Quickly turning to Heather, Amelia said, "Heather we have some major developments."
"Such as?" inquired Heather.
"The Ministry has intelligence that Dumbledore has left the UK. Our intelligence is that Dumbledore is heading for Albania."
"Why would Dumbledore go to Albania? a confused Heather asked Amelia.
"Our intelligence is that whatever form of Voldemort survived ten years has taken up shop in an Albanian forest, " explained Amelia, "We believe that Dumbledore is trying to find Voldemort and return him to power."
"As bad Dumbledore is, why would he want Voldemort to return to power?" asked Harry, "Aren't Dumbledore and Voldemort enemies?"
"It may seem so on the surface, " said Amelia with a shudder, "But the truth is that, just as Dumbledore has no friends, he has no enemies either. Dumbledore is on Dumbledore's side and Dumbledore's side only. He will support or oppose anyone if it benefits him. That's part of what makes Dumbledore so dangerous."
"What if Voldemort does come back?" asked Harry fearfully.
"We actually have an upper hand on him now, " said Amelia firmly, "The unspeakables in the Department of Mysteries have discovered why Voldemort didn't actually die ten years ago. This knowledge will allow us to defeat him if he should ever return."
"What's up then?" asked Harry.
"When Voldemort was a student at Hogwarts, he learned how to make Horcruxes. These are objects you can store a part of your soul in so that you don't die if you are attacked. You lose your body but keep a feeble form of life. It's very dark magic though. Murder is required to make a Horcrux," explained Amelia.
"So, Voldemort could be truly be killed if his Horcruxes were destroyed?" asked Amy.
"Yes, " confirmed Amelia, "The unspeakables are currently discussing ways to find and destroy the Horcruxes so that if Voldemort does rise again, he can be truly destroyed."
"Why would anyone want such a feeble life?' wondered Harry aloud, "Voldemort must have assumed that he could get his body back down the road if it were attacked."
"Exactly, " said Amelia simply, "But we don't know yet how he could regain a body. I do have a few unspeakables investigating that. But we've made finding and destroying the Horcruxes our top priority."
"I think that's wise, " said Heather finally, "Keep an eye on things and see what happens. Thank you for keeping me informed."
"I know this will be an unpopular opinion, "said Harry uncomfortably, "But I wouldn't want immortality. I might like to live a little longer than what the expected human lifespan is, but I wouldn't want to live 665 years."
"Why not?" asked Amy curiously.
"This is actually easily answered, " said Harry calmly, "As you get older, your sight, hearing, walking, breathing, motion, etc. get weaker and weaker. Think about it, would you really want to live hundreds of years if it means being frail all that time."
Amy, Susan, and Hannah seemed to fall into deep thought at hearing this explanation from Harry.
"You know, I've always wished I could live forever, " said Susan matter of factly, "But I have to admit Harry has a point here. The more I think about it, the more I think Harry is right. Living hundreds of years would not be desirable because of the inevitable fragility you would have to deal with."
"I've come around to Harry's side too, after giving it a little thought, " said Hannah thoughtfully, "I too have fantasied about living forever. But, really, all due respect to Nicolas Flamel, I think it's better to live a normal lifespan and pass on. Length of fragility would only be length of misery."
"Well, I suspect Flamel's stone gives him health as well as life, " guessed Harry.
"Would you want a super long life if you could have it without the fragility?" asked Amy.
"That's not really worth discussing because it's simply not reality, " said Harry, "It just part of the nature of humans that we grow frail as we grow old. It just reaches a point where a life fragility isn't worth living anymore. I think nature has it right. I could see wanting a slightly longer lifespan but given the reality of old age and fragility I don't think immortality is desirable."