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AN: I have been going back through my stories and with fresh eyes I have noticed a few mistakes that I have fixed. Many of the previous chapters to this story have been edited.
[Thoughts]
[Flashbacks]
{Memories}
Parselmouth
-Dreams-
{Letters}
Volturi Arrives and Story Time
(With Harry)
Harry was still at the house. He was planning to be the last to arrive. Well, almost the last to arrive. He had a surprise coming for the Volturi. They should really learn to investigate before they react. They also used Alice's visions against her so that they could try to surprise them. Too bad for them Harry was already prepared because he had foresaw them trying to fight dirty.
The only one that wouldn't be there was Teddy. He had sent him to their parents house. He wasn't going to risk him getting harmed. He knew about Caius' prejudice against werewolves. He knew the blonde prick would try to kill Teddy off while he was still young. It disgusted the wizard so he made sure his brother was out of harm's way.
The raven haired wizard changed into his battle robes. The last time he wore them was when he took down Voldemort. Bill had given them to him so that he could fight without his clothes getting in the way. As soon as he finished he was sent a text by Alice. The Volturi had arrived. He smirked and apparated to the field that they had agreed to confront the vampire kings in.
(The Field)
The kings arrived with their guards. They were shocked to see the Cullens there with others. The wolves being there made some scared but the others disgusted that the Cullens would associate with those lowly beasts. Bella was also there with her father. That made the kings believe that they had more to punish for and therefore they smirked. Those smirks went away when Harry Potter appeared before them. His glare made a few flinch.
"Aro, what a surprise." Harry sarcastically said.
"What are you doing here?" Aro asked, too shocked to be polite.
"I am here to keep Bella safe." He answered.
"This doesn't concern you. They broke the agreement. They broke the rules." He answered.
"But it does. That agreement wouldn't have occurred if you did a proper investigation." He smirked.
"What?" He scowled at the wizard.
"One, Edward never told Bella he was a vampire. That was done by one of the shifters before he actually shifted." Harry explained.
"He didn't deny it." Aro retorted.
"I wasn't finished." He said, "As I was about to say, her father, Charlie Swan, is a wizard and Bella herself is a squib." He revealed.
"What?!" Many were shocked.
"Bella is a squib. Her knowledge about vampires isn't against any laws." He repeated.
"We still had an agreement." Aro sneered.
"Did you have a signed contract?" He asked.
"No. It was verbal." He pouted, realizing where Harry was going with this.
"So therefore nothing legally binding." He smirked.
"But-"
"What is going on here?" An American auror asked.
"I am so happy you asked." Harry smirked before explaining.
"I see." He scowled at the Volturi. "Are you trying to break our treaty?" He asked.
"No." Aro charmingly smiled. "We weren't aware that young Bella was a squib."
"But you are aware that you need to inform us whenever you have such a large group of vampires come to America, correct?" He asked.
"You never received our message?" He acted shocked, knowing Potter was to blame.
"No we did not. If we did we would have been able to clear all of this up." He said.
"Yes we would have." He refrained from scowling.
"Is there another reason you are here?" The auror asked.
"No. I do apologize. I was under the impression that Edward Cullen revealed the existence of vampires to a human and after making an agreement with us they changed their minds." He said.
"Since there was no contract, unfortunately there is no way to enforce that agreement." He said.
"You are correct. Since there is nothing left to do I suggest we all leave." He said, shooting Potter a glare.
"Good. I'm glad this could be cleared up." The auror said.
"Indeed. Let's go, everyone." Aro said before the Volturi left.
"Like he sent word that he was coming here." Harry said, rolling his eyes.
"I know. They hate wizards and will do what they can to get around the treaty." The auror rolled his eyes.
"That they will." He agreed.
"Well, I must take my leave. I have other cases to be investigated." He said before leaving.
"That went better than I thought it was going to." Harry commented.
"Oh? How did you think that was going to go?" Charlie asked him.
"With Aro throwing a tantrum. He did when we rejected his offer." He answered.
"So does that mean we are good?" Bella asked.
"Yes. This means that you won't have to become a vampire unless you want to." He told her.
"That's good." She said.
"Yes it is." Charlie looked at his daughter.
"I am in big trouble, aren't I?" She asked.
"Yes you are." He said, now knowing what really happened that made the Cullens return.
"Yeah, I thought so." She winced.
"Let's go home to discuss your punishment." He said.
"Yes dad." She wanted to pout but knew she deserved to be punished.
The two left. Harry turned and looked at the group that remained. He knew what they wanted and quickly transfigured a chair so that he could tell them all what they wanted to know.
"Alright. Story time." He said. "I will start with the treaty between MACUSA and the Volturi." He said.
"Thank you." Carlisle said as he sat down.
"You're welcome. I was planning on doing this today anyway." He said. "Okay so MACUSA was formed in 1693. In 1696 there was a vampire outbreak. A vampire was going around creating newborns. Now the Volturi didn't do shit about it until they learned that MACUSA was involved. For two years there was a war between MACUSA and the vampires. When both sides realized the damage as well as the very high risk of exposure they decided to have a treaty. The vampires in America couldn't create armies and if they did the Volturi needed to react quicker or else MACUSA would respond. MACUSA couldn't hunt vampires without good reason. MACUSA needed to inform Volturi if they were going to Italy and the Volturi needed to alert MACUSA if they were coming to America. It was agreed upon that Squibs could know the existence of vampires without consequences as long as they kept vampires a secret. There's more but I can't remember it all." Harry told them.
"I had no idea there was a treaty." Carlisle said, "And I lived with them for two decades."
"They like to keep that knowledge secret since they don't like the fact that they aren't better than witches and wizards." He admitted.
"I see." It made sense to him.
"Now they do have treaties with different countries, including magical Italy. That treaty I am not sure of the full contents since I never went there nor studied them." He admitted.
"I never met a wizard during my time in the Mexican coven." Jasper told him.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked in confusion.
"There was a vampire war down there. My sire, Maria, had me create and train a vampire army." He admitted.
"Well, Mexico isn't a part of MACUSA. I don't really know if they have a treaty with Volturi." Harry said.
"I see." That made sense, since Mexico wasn't a part of America but he had been wondering if they had a treaty or not.
"Now I dealt with them a few years ago." Harry admitted. "Back in magical Britain we were dealing with a dark lord. I think I should start with the first time he rose to power." He said.
Harry still felt that there was a chance that Voldemort wouldn't have become what he did if it wasn't for Dumbledore. That man ignored an abused child just because he was a parseltongue and a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. Unfortunately by the time Harry was born it was too late for Tom Riddle.
"Here is something you should know. Magical Britain was obsessed with being pure. Non-magical people are called muggles. If you are a witch or wizard born to muggles you are muggleborn. That made many consider them mudbloods, which is a derogatory name many purebloods called muggleborns. Those born to a pureblood and a muggle are half bloods. Half bloods are also those born to a pureblood and a muggleborn, such as myself. To keep their lines pure, many purebloods married their relatives." He revealed.
"Inbreeding." Carlisle said, familiar with it since back in his time it was common practice among the rich.
"Exactly. As you can imagine, that has had severe consequences." Harry said.
"Seth said that is messed up." Edward told him.
"Very. Now besides physical and mental deformities, there were magical consequences. A squib is a person born to at least one magical parent but they aren't able to use magic. This is one of the causes of being a squib. Bella is different. She is a squib due to an illness her mother contracted while pregnant. There is a 25% chance of a muggle pregnant by a magical person to contract the magical flu. Since they don't have magic to fight it nor are the potions able to work on them, the flu passes to the baby and takes out their magic. It is possible to magic the potion to the fetus but by the time Renee and Charlie learned the flu was magical it was too late." He revealed.
"It didn't take it all." Edward commented.
"No it didn't. She has the ability to shield her mind and I'm sure with practice she could do more. It is a recent discovery that squibs have a special magical ability. Not many ever learn their ability." He said.
"Interesting." Carlisle commented.
"I'll send you the recent journal on it." Harry told him.
"Thank you." He said.
"You're welcome. Anyway Voldemort's mom was a witch but she was very weak due to the inbreeding. Had she had a baby with a wizard or witch it most likely would have been a squib, especially if that person was as closely related to her as a third cousin. Instead she became obsessed with a rich muggle. His name was Tom Riddle. Merope grew up in an abusive home. Both her father and brother abused her mentally and physically. She, like many in her family, had the ability to speak to snakes. They were her only friends. Her father and brother ended up in a magical prison and that gave Merope the chance to be with Riddle. He rejected her because she was not exactly the bell of the ball. She resorted to using love potions. She was skilled in potions. Another family skill. She used a potion book written in parseltongue, the language of snakes. With the love potion she was able to marry Riddle and get pregnant. Once she was pregnant she stopped giving him love potions and he fled." He told them.
"I know she dosed him but that poor girl must have been so scared being pregnant and alone." Esme said, feeling for the girl.
"Between abuse and mental instability she was all alone. She was also scared because she knew what would happen if her father or brother learned she was pregnant by a muggle. She ended up in London. She sold her locket to be able to survive. One very cold night she ended up at Wool's orphanage. It was New Year's Eve. She ended up giving birth. She made the matron of the orphanage name the baby after his father before she died. The matron did." He told them.
Poor Merope never stood a chance. Neither did her son. Harry felt bad for them. It was hard for Harry not to wonder what would have happened if Riddle Sir had stayed or had taken his child in. What would have happened if Merope hadn't died that night? They were questions Harry always asked himself despite knowing he would never get the answer.
"Now thanks to the introduction of new blood Tom Riddle had an advantage his mother didn't. He was handsome, like his father. He also was very powerful. More powerful than the last eight generations of his mother's family. The mental instability was something he inherited though he was able to keep it hidden. He was very smart and a parselmouth. Unfortunately the kids at the orphanage saw Tom as being different then him. It didn't help that his father and his family denied they were related. Between the matron and the other kids Tom grew up mentally and physically abused. His magic helped him alot. It reacted whenever he was hurt and he soon learned to control it. He also learned to like hurting the other kids. Now at the age of eleven magical children, well witches and wizards, get a letter from a magical school. Since Tom lived in the muggle world a teacher was sent to give him his letter and explain to him what was going on. Albus Dumbledore was chosen. At the time he was the transfigurations professor and head of Gryffindor." He said.
"You hate the man." Jasper commented.
"Yes and you will soon learn why." Harry said.
"I have a feeling I am going to hate him." Rose said.
"Most likely. Now Dumbledore talked to him and explained that he was a wizard and he was invited to go to Hogwarts. Tom admitted to the abuse and Dumbledore promised to get him removed. He had every intention to do so, until Tom informed him that he could speak to snakes and that he used his magic to defend himself. It was then that he realized Tom was a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. Until recently it was believed that Salazar was an evil wizard that wanted to rid the world of muggleborns. We now know that he wanted to open up a separate school/home for them to get them caught up and keep them safe. He had been one of four witches and wizards to create Hogwarts and the other three didn't believe that muggles could harm magical children. He was chased off after he murdered the parents of a muggleborn. The reason was that they had tried to kill their daughter. Salazar tried to explain but the other three didn't believe him. No one is sure where it changed to Salazar being a muggleborn hater and him leaving when on his own. Dumbledore knowing Tom was heir to the Slytherin line decided right then and there Tom was going to be evil. He left Tom in the orphanage. The most he did was make Tom return the items he stole from the other children after he used magic to get back at them." The wizard sighed.
"He left a child in an abusive place. Didn't he report it?" Esme asked, horrified.
"No. This was set during World War 2 and the magical war. Grindelwald was a dark lord that wanted to rid the world of muggles. That was the excuse Dumbledore used when asked why he never removed Tom. He said there was nowhere else for him to go. During his time teaching Dumbledore treated Tom like he was evil and kept an eye on him despite the fact Tom had been a model student. Dumbledore ended up taking down Grindelwald. Of course he left out that he and Grindelwald had been friends and planned to rid the world of muggles together. You see he had a younger sister that had been attacked by muggles after they saw her using magic. After that she was traumatized and unable to properly use her magic. Their father took revenge on the muggle boys and ended up imprisoned. Dumbledore hated muggles after that. Their plans changed after his mother died. His sister had a fit and accidently killed her. Dumbledore was expected to come home to take care of her. His brother wasn't an adult at the time. A battle broke out between Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Dumbledore's brother. Grindelwald wanted to get rid of their sister and she ended up dying in the crossfire. That was when Dumbledore realized that they couldn't just kill muggles." He revealed.
"So he planned to kill all muggles but then decided not to but also believed an eleven year old to be evil just because he believed his ancestor was?" Rose asked.
"Correct. He then became famous for imprisoning his lover despite the world not knowing the two were involved." Harry said.
"I was right, I hate him." She said.
"So do a lot of people now. At some point during Tom's time at school he found his ancestor's secret chamber. He also found what was supposed to be a guardian of the school. This guardian was believed to be a monster used by Salazar to kill muggleborns. Tom believed this and tried to do the same. You see the guardian, unknown to almost everyone, was a basilisk. Her eyes could kill you if you looked directly at them. If you looked at the eyes but indirectly, like through a mirror, you would be petrified instead. Many were lucky since they had just been petrified. Only one died during Tom's school year and that was an accident." He informed them.
"Oh my!" Esme gasped.
"Now the reason the death of the girl was accidental was because the entrance was in the girls bathroom. After that the school was meant to close down but Tom came up with a plan. He framed another student. That student was then expelled." He told them.
"That is horrible. Wasn't it investigated?" She asked.
"No. Um, let's just say only recently have aurors gotten better at their job." He winced.
"Oh."
"Yeah. Well during his time at school he learned about horcruxes." He quickly explained what they were. "He made seven."
"He split his soul seven times!?" Many yelled.
"Yes. His first was when he was sixteen. He created this one by killing his father and grandparents." He revealed.
"Oh my." One gasped.
"Yeah. The more he split his soul the more he lost his sanity. At one point there was a prophecy created that announced that there was someone born with the power to defeat him. Two babies fit the bill but he went after the half-blood baby, me." He revealed.
"You?! He attacked a child!?" The women were enraged and disgusted.
"Yeah. My parents had a group of friends and picked one to be the secret keeper. They picked the wrong one since that rat revealed where my parents were hiding. On Halloween night in 1981 he attacked my family. My father tried to fight him off so that my mom could take me and flee but died. My mom stood in front of me and pleaded for my life. He killed her next before trying to kill me. No one knows what happened by somehow the killing curse backfired and a piece of his soul entered me. I became his seventh horcrux as well as the boy-who-lived that night. The curse hit him but he didn't die. Instead he turned into a wisp of a soul and fled." Harry said.
"You poor thing." Esme hugged him.
"Thank you." He softly said.
"You're welcome sweetie." She said before going back to her mate.
"Now as I said Voldemort didn't die. He was a wisp of a soul and hiding. He possessed small animals until he came across Quirinus Quirrell. He wasn't a follower but he was a supporter and was seduced by the power promised to him. I'm sure many of you know who Nicolas Flamel was, right?" He asked.
Everyone indicated that they knew who he was. He was famous even in the muggle world. He was a fictional character to them though. The group seemed a little surprised he was real but they weren't shocked by it. Harry then continued on.
"Well, not only was he an actual person but he did indeed create the sorcerer's stone. Now Dumbledore knew that Voldemort wasn't dead and with me coming back to the wizarding world he wanted to test me. He tried to convince Flamel to hand over the stone but the man refused. Dumbledore then used a spell that compelled him to listen to Dumbledore. He handed over the stone and it was stored in the wizarding bank until the day I was taken to Diagon Alley to get school supplies. He sent Hagrid, a groundskeeper with loose lips, to take me instead of a teacher. I actually met Quirrell that day. He was there to steal the stone but Hagrid picked it up after we withdrew money for my school supplies. The man didn't know that and still tried to break in only to find the vault empty. That was when Voldemort couldn't trust him and possessed Quirrell so that he could keep an eye on the man. Now the minute the man entered the wards of Hogwarts Dumbledore knew Voldemort was there and he did nothing. Instead he hid the stone within the school and had the teachers set up defenses to protect the stone. He then used magic to make the teachers not report anything to him or the ministry when it came to the stone. That was when Quirrell let a mountain troll into the school to distract everyone so he could go after the stone no one reported it to the ministry. He even made sure none of the students could report it to their parents. Quirrell also tried to jinx my broom so that I would fall off and die but thankfully another teacher was casting a counter spell and an ex friend managed to break Quirrell's eye contact. Now my ex friends and I figured out that the stone was in the school and that someone was going after it. We suspected Severus Snape since he was a bully and hated me or at least acted like that. He also knew Voldemort was alive and he was his spy. In order to keep me safe he acted like he hated me. We reported our suspicions to Mcgonagall but she brushed us off. Being the geniuses that we were, we went after the stone. That was how I learned it was Quirrell. He fooled almost everyone, including me. He revealed Voldemort to me and tried to kill me. The minute I touched him he began to burn and turn to ash. I used that to kill him so that he couldn't kill me. I passed out. I woke up in the hospital wing and Dumbledore was there. That was when I found out that Quirrell couldn't get the stone. Dumbledore cast a spell that only allowed someone to get the stone if they didn't want to use it. Since Quirrell did, he wouldn't have gotten it. He told me that the stone was destroyed but he didn't know that Flamel had gotten it back. The man used it until he finally found an apprentice to pass his knowledge onto. He died and gave the stone to his apprentice five years ago. Hogwarts is split into four houses with points to reward or punish them. Slytherin would have won the house cup but instead Dumbledore rewarded us for breaking the rules." He told them.
"You are lucky to be alive." Alice said, pissed off.
"Oh I know. My survival during my school year was due to sheer dumb luck." He admitted.
"This Dumbledore man is dead, right?" Edward asked.
"Yes. He died during my sixth year." He answered.
"Good." He said even though he, like everyone there, wanted to kill the man.
"Now during my second year it was a horcrux of Voldemort that was causing problems. Voldemort had given his first horcrux to one of his loyal followers and that follower's son eventually got his hands on it. The ministry was doing raids to find dark artifacts so Lucius Malfoy was getting rid of them. The only thing he kept was the horcrux although he wasn't aware it was a horcrux. He planned to get the Weasley family in trouble since there was a blood feud between them. He slipped the diary into the youngest Weasley's books. She began writing in it and the horcrux began using her and absorbing her magic and life essence. That was the year the Chamber of Secrets was opened once more. Luckily no one died and they were only petrified. At one point I had gotten a hold of the diary but G-ginny," It was still hard for him to talk about her. "Managed to steal it back. At the end of the year he had taken her to the chamber to finish draining her. Her brother and I figured out where the chamber was and went to tell the professor who said he was going to rescue her. That useless idiot was actually packing up so he could leave. Ron and I forced him to come with us. Once we were in a tunnel he managed to grab Ron's wand and tried to cast a memory charm on us. Here is the thing about wands, we don't choose them. They choose us and it is harder to cast spells on a wand that isn't ours. Ron's wand was actually a hand-me-down that Ron himself had trouble using and he had broken it at the beginning of the school year and patched it with tape. It didn't work that well. The spell backfired. It caused Lockheart to lose his memory and the tunnel to cave in. I was on one side and they were on the other. I went on and Ron stayed back to try and clear the rubble. I was soon faced with 16 year old Tom Riddle. He tried to have the basilisk kill me but the headmaster's phoenix used his talons to blind it. Said phoenix also brought me a sword I used to kill the poor snake. Her fang ended up in my arm. As I was dying from her venom I used the fang to stab the diary multiple times. It destroyed the soul. Ginny regained consciousness and the phoenix healed me and then took us all to the surface. It wasn't until I was seventeen that I learned the Tom I faced when I was twelve was a horcrux and not a memory." He said before drinking some water.
"I am wondering how you are alive." Emmett blinked.
"Sheer dumb luck. I am pretty sure that when I die my parents are going to wait for me so that they can yell at me for all the dumb things I did." He admitted.
"Who was your guardian? If the child I was taking care of was put into these situations I would have pulled you from that school." Esme said, knowing Molly and Arthur weren't his legal parents.
"My aunt and her family are muggles and they hate me. My magical guardian was Dumbledore." He revealed.
"I see." She said through clenched teeth.
"My third year I didn't deal with Voldemort. Instead the godfather I didn't know I had broke out of prison. Everyone believed he was the secret keeper and that he betrayed my parents. He, like many others accused of being a death eater, were sentenced without a trial. The person who actually betrayed my parents faked his death and lived in his animagus form. You see, many witches and wizards have the ability to become animagus. That means they can turn into an animal. My dad found out one of his friends was a werewolf so he and the other two worked hard to become one. My dad was a stag. My godfather was a dog. The traitor was a rat. That should have been a red flag right there. He spent years hiding with the Weasley family as a rat. At the end of that year we learned the truth but that traitor escaped. He went to go find his master in fear that Remus and Sirius would kill him." He said.
"Are you an animagus?" Jasper asked.
"I am. I am a fox. I became one to help Teddy through the full moons." He answered.
"How come Teddy doesn't smell like a werewolf?" Emmett asked.
"Spells. I wiped his scent just in case." He answered.
"Oh."
"It was the end of my fourth year when Voldemort came back. He managed to get a tournament back despite the fact it had been canceled after too many deaths." He said before giving them the run down on the Triwizard Tournament. "That summer there was a quidditch world match that I went to with my ex friends and the Weasleys. Well, except for Molly." He gave a brief description of the sport. "His death eaters attacked since there were muggles and muggleborns there. It was planned so that one follower could escape his father and come back to his master. That did happen. At school we learned about the tournament and I was excited. Not to participate but to watch. I figured I was safe since I was fourteen and only seventeen year olds could participate. Well I was wrong. I was chosen after the other three were chosen. Almost everyone turned on me and didn't believe me when I told them I didn't enter. The follower that escaped his father was hiding as one of my professors. He helped me along so that I would make it to the final event. It worked and I plus another touched the cup. We figured we both would win but the cup didn't take us back to the beginning of the maze but to a graveyard." Harry looked away.
"Harry?" Esme knew something was wrong as Jasper clenched his chest at the emotions he was getting from Hary.
"Sorry Jasper." He quickly reigned in his emotions.
"It's okay." He said.
"That traitor came out carrying the deformed baby-like body of Voldemort. He ordered him to kill the spare and a second later Cedric was dead. That rat performed a ritual that brought Voldemort back. Since my blood was used Voldemort could touch me. This man was huge on big whispered speeches. He brought his followers that weren't imprisoned to the graveyard. The one at school remained so that his cover wasn't blown. Severus, who they were unsure of his loyalty, also remained at school. Oh and the headmaster of one of the other schools fled. He wasn't in prison since he turned into a snitch and knew what would happen the minute Voldemort got a hold of him. After a battle between us our wands connected and the last five people he killed came. Cedric asked me to try and get his body back to his family before their spirits formed a shield. I ran to Cedric's body and summoned the cup. I was taken back to everyone. They were celebrating until they spotted the body. I revealed that Cedric was murdered by the traitor and that Voldemort was back. The hidden follower took me back to his office and that was when I learned the truth. Just before the man could kill me the headmaster, Severus, and Mcgonagall came in and saved me." He said.
"You can't catch a break, can you?" Rose asked, feeling for him.
"No, I really couldn't." He said, happy that had changed.
"Did Dumbledore know the professor in your school was a death eater?" Alice asked.
"I believe so. He kept the real professor Moody locked up in his office. He was necessary to keep alive so that Crouch could pretend to be him." He said.
"I wish I could kill him." She stated.
"You are not the only one." He admitted. "There is a whole list of people that want to."
"I am not surprised." She scowled, a look that was mirrored on almost everyone's face.
"Now this next part is going to make you hate and I do mean hate the ministry." He said, still pissed about it.
"It's that bad?" Carlisle asked.
"Oh yeah. So I was sent back to my relatives. I never saw a healer or a therapist after watching Cedric die. My supposed two best friends didn't write to me because the headmaster told them not to. I would have understood since Voldemort could have tracked me but Hermione had grown up in the muggle world. She knew how a phone worked and how to send mail the muggle way. Well my cousin was making fun of me. He was a bully and he hated me. He heard me screaming Cedric's name out in my sleep. He assumed that meant I was calling out for my lover. He was calling me all sorts of slurs." He rolled his eyes.
"That is terrible." Esme said.
"My relatives were big on being normal." He said. "Anyway guarding Azkaban are these creatures called Dementors." He gave a brief description. "That day two showed up. I dealt with them in my third year so I know what it feels like when they are close. My cousin thought it was me but I knew better and told him to run. We did but my cousin is on the larger side and not active so he got tired easily. He began slowing down when we were in a tunnel and then tripped. A dementor began to suck out his soul. I saw the second one coming up and I quickly cast the spell that would drive them away. After that I saw my neighbor Mrs Figg. She informed me that she was a spy for Dumbledore and a squib. She was to keep an eye on me. Despite being pissed I knew my cousin was feeling the effects of a dementor and I struggled as I carried him home. She left to inform Dumbledore and I explained what happened. I received a howler that informed me I was expelled for not only using magic outside of school but also for using it in front of a muggle. No one actually investigated. I was cut off from the wizarding world so I had no idea that the ministry was making sure the world believed I was an attention seeking liar because they didn't want to believe Voldemort was back. No one even investigated to see if I was lying or not. They used this as a chance to expel me. I then received a second howler informing I wasn't expelled but I was going to have a hearing. My relatives took my cousin to the hospital even though I told them to give him some chocolate to help." He said before drinking some more water.
"I want to point out that you were acting in self-defense but I assume the ministry didn't care." Edward commented.
"They didn't. In fact they decided I was lying that I was attacked in the first place." He rolled his eyes.
"What happened next?" He asked.
"Later that night I was picked up by three aurors that also happened to be a part of Dumbledore's vigilante group. One was Moody, the actual Moody. One was my godfather's cousin. The last one ended up training me in private but I never met Tonks or Kingsley before that. They took me to my godfather's home, which was also the group's base of operations. There I learned the Weasleys had been staying there the whole summer. I also learned that the twins at least tried to contact me, I was mad but I tried to understand. I also learned that the ministry and the paper were bad mouthing me. I was also informed about my hearing and then told to leave it to Dumbledore. No one talked to me on what to do or how to behave. There were no books on it. I could only hope it was like a muggle hearing. I had been to my cousins so I was familiar with that. The day came and the minute I arrived at the ministry I was informed the time and location changed. I wasn't informed because they wanted me to either be late or not show up so that it would prove what they were saying to me. I somehow managed to make it there on time. I was told to sit in a chair that had shackles attached. I wasn't allowed to finish what I was saying. Heck I tried to point out my cousin already knew magic and therefore I didn't expose the wizarding world but I was ignored. Eventually Dumbledore made his grand entrance. He even brought Figg along and I was soon cleared of charges despite the fact that Dumbledore was also being dragged through the mud. I was returned to the headquarters and everyone was relieved I was allowed to go to school." He rolled his eyes.
"It wasn't a hearing but a persecution." Jasper said.
"Exactly. I was happy because I was still able to go to school. Unfortunately we soon learned that Umbridge, a foul woman that hated magical creatures and was far up the minister's ass, was the new defense against the dark arts professor. The minister placed her there despite her not even having a mastery in the subject nor a teaching license. In the magical world you must be a master of the subject as well as have a license to teach to be able to teach the subject. She also didn't allow anyone to use magic. She didn't believe we needed to learn the spells since she believed Voldemort wasn't back. He had done a good job hiding. She gave me detention for not saying I was lying as well as pointing out that Voldemort wasn't the only danger out there. At the time there was a rapist on the loose. He targeted children since they didn't know how to properly defend themselves with magic. Her detention involved writing lines. I was to write I must not tell lies until it sunk in. She used a blood quill." He gave them a description on what that was and showed them all his scar.
"That is child abuse!" Esme said, not the only one outraged.
"I know. Sad thing is I tried to inform another professor and I was told to not piss Umbridge off. I wasn't even able to tell her what was being done to me. Just keep my head down and my mouth shut." He scowled as he recalled that moment.
"Oh my!" Many gasped.
"Same professor then was enraged when she heard Umbridge had hit a kid with a ruler. Unfortunately there wasn't anything the professor could do since Umbridge was being protected by the minister." He shook his head.
"That is disgusting." Many said.
"Yes it is." He agreed. "I learned about my connection with Voldemort that year. I didn't know I was a horcrux, just that I was connected to him. He also learned that he was connected to me. He sent me a false vision of Sirius being tortured to get the prophecy. I tried to confirm if this was true by floo calling Sirius but it was answered by his house elf. He lied to me and then we were caught by Umbridge. She tried getting Severus to use the truth potion on me but he was all out thanks to her using it alot. I tried to get him a message but I wasn't sure if he knew what I was talking about. He left and Umbridge decided to use the torturing curse on me but Hermione tricked her into believing Dumbledore had a weapon in the forest. She was taken by the centaurs and we then went to the ministry. We were ambushed by death eaters. It was a trap. During the fight the vigilante group, including my godfather, arrived and helped us to fight. Unfortunately my godfather was killed that day. On the plus side the ministry saw Voldemort and realized that I was indeed telling the truth. They never apologized to me though." He shook his head.
"I when people do that." Rose said.
"So do I. The minister was fired and Umbridge returned to her ministry job. I was once more returned to my relatives without getting help. I was plagued with nightmares of my godfather's death." He looked to the floor. "I was told that it shouldn't affect me much since I didn't get to really know him." Disgust was evident in his voice.
"You weren't a person to them, were you?" Esme asked.
"No I wasn't." He gave a sad smile. "The next year Dumbledore picked me up so that I could convince an old potions professor to return to teaching. It wasn't until later in the year it was because he taught Voldemort and had been close to him. He wanted to know if he was the one to tell him about horcruxes and tasked me with finding out." He said.
Harry noticed that many scowled at that. He didn't blame them. Dumbledore used him a lot and it wasn't until later that he found this out. He hated how the elderly man manipulated him so much. He still hated Granger and the younger Weasleys more.
"I had been under the impression that to do sixth year potions one had to have an outstanding in the subject but that was just Severus's requirements. Slughorn required and Exceed Expectations. I had that. I was given a second hand book. This potion book was owned by Severus but I didn't know that at the time. I used the book to do well in the class. No one seemed to realize it was because Slughorn talked about my mum. Everyone talked about my dad but never my mum. What I knew about her was from my aunt and she lied since she was jealous of her. Eventually I did get the information out of Slughorn and told Dumbledore. At the end of the year I was even taken by Dumbledore to get a horcrux. That was a bad idea since it left Dumbledore weak and the horcrux was a fake. He was already weak because he had found a horcrux that summer and fell to its lore. He put the ring on and was cursed. Severus managed to stop the curse but Dumbledore's hand was damaged beyond healing." He revealed.
"That was karma." Rose said.
"I believe so. Anyway that year Voldemort was recruiting the death eater's children. One being Draco Malfoy. He was given two tasks. Kill Dumbledore and get the death eaters into Hogwarts. When Dumbledore and I returned they were waiting for him. He managed to get me hidden and stunned before they saw me. Malfoy disarmed Dumbledore but couldn't kill him. Severus, who knew Dumbledore was dying and needed to keep pretending he was loyal to Voldemort, was the one to kill him. I didn't know that and chased after him. It worked in his favor since that made everyone believe he was on Voldemort's side. I of course returned to my relatives after that." He took another sip of water.
"Seth says that you are very lucky to be alive." Edward said.
"I know." He was well aware of that.
"How are you so lucky?" Emmett asked.
"I do not know. I didn't feel lucky back then." He shrugged.
"I don't think anyone would." Edward said.
"Probably not. So unknown to many, Kinsgley came over and would take me to a secret location to train me. He realized that no one had any plans and he knew that one could only be lucky for so long before it ran out. He also was very helpful with helping me learn more about horcruxes. When my seventeenth birthday had come the vigilante group showed up once more. They knew the wards around the house would come down and Voldemort would be able to come get me. They took my relatives to safety and then turned into me. We soon tried to leave but we were ambushed. George lost his ear, Moody lost his life, and I lost my first friend in the world. Hedwig may have been an owl but she had been there for me since I was eleven. I was taken to the Weasley house." He told them.
"No offense but why there?" Jasper asked.
"It was under a hiding spell and they were worried their headquarters were compromised thanks to Severus." He answered.
"I see."
"Now it comes time to when I dealt with the Volturi. Kingsley found out that Voldemort recruited both magical vampires and muggle vampires. He took me to Italy to talk to them. We wanted their help since muggle vampires were involved. They said they would help, if I agreed to become a vampire and work for them." He revealed.
"That doesn't surprise me." Edward said.
"They weren't pleased when I told them no. They even tried to have the one bind me to them but that failed. It pissed me off. They were shocked. I showed them my power and we left. They haven't messed with me again." He revealed.
"They never tried to bind us to them but I wouldn't have been surprised if that was their plan." Edward admitted.
"Me neither." He shook his head.
"Seth wants to know what happened with Voldemort." The telepath told him.
"After that we returned back to the Weasley house for my birthday. Later that night the death eaters attacked. Ronald, Hermione, and I escape. It was our plan to leave anyway. We knew that Voldemort had taken control of the school and the ministry was next. We planned to hunt down his horcruxes. It was tough and dangerous but eventually we did get almost all of them destroyed. The only ones left were his snake and of course myself. Neville managed to kill the snake and I finally learned that I was a horcrux. I knew what I had to do. I went to Voldemort and I let him kill me." He stopped and waited.
"WHAT?!" Many yelled.
"In order to get rid of the horcrux I needed to die. I let him kill me." He answered.
"If you died, how are you still here?" Emmet asked.
"I am not too certain. All I know is that the soul shard was destroyed but I lived. After that I waited for the element of surprise and I killed him. The death eaters tried to fight but they soon became overwhelmed. Mostly due to the fact all the magical creatures fled. I learned that Teddy's parents died and I took custody of him." He said.
"Wow." Esme said.
"Well that's the end of the story. If you will excuse me I need to go get Teddy." He left after that.
Everyone was frozen for a second before they too left. They all thought about Harry and the tale he told them. Many wondered what he had left out.
