Harry Potter is not mine. This is a story from a fan.
When you're done, You're DONE.
Ch 23 In the middle of the night one.
Slowly time went on as Amelia was looking through her notes. Hestia had left the office and the evening became night and turned into the morning. There were a lot of things she had heard from Tonks about Harry. Also a lot of other things she had heard, from her niece and her friend Hannah. The more she heard the more she knew this was bigger than any of them would know. Albus was not only keeping the boy in the dark but he did the same with them. Things had been happening at Hogwarts, that had been stopped by Harry. Things that could have turned out to be very dramatic if he had not done it. The thought alone of a basilisk roaming the hallways of Hogwarts was in one word frightening. All of those students could have been killed. She still found it hard to believe that it was more than sixty feet, but then again it could be less. Harry had told Tonks he had something else to do at that time, than measuring it. It had been a long night and she had to smile at the joke. Now she realized why Tonks had found it so amusing to hear it.
KNOCK, KNOCK. Amelia looked up and gave a lopsided smile, "Misses Delacour, what is bringing the wife of the French minister to visit little old me".
"Amelia, can't an old friend drop in to see how her friend is doing".
A deep breath was followed as Amelia looked at her old friend. "You are an old friend, yes. You coming to see me is lovely, yes. But dropping in on this time while I have something bigger than just Auror work. No, you are not here to just drop in and to see how I'm doing".
Apolline huffed loudly, "You have to stop analyzing me like that. It is hard to surprise you". Amelia just raised an eyebrow and pointed at the chair in front of her desk. "Alright, alright. You are no fun when you figure me out like that". While Apolline closed the door behind her she looked over her shoulder. It was enough for Amelia to throw up a silencing ward. "I'm not sure what I can tell you at this point in time, but there is more to Mister Potter than we all know".
"You mean the magic of Morgana".
"Is there anything you don't know?" Apolline asked her. She already knew she would not get an answer but the smirk told her enough. Amelia never knew the whole answer but always a large part of it, because nothing escaped her. "Yes, it has to do with the magic of Morgana. So you have talked to Andromeda" the nod from Amelia told Apolline enough. "So you know pretty much all there is to know. Now I'm here to see to it that mister Potter gets an honest and fair trial. If your stupid minister of magic thinks for one moment about throwing Mister Potter into Azkaban. I will throw hell on him, and take him to France where I will personally see to it that he can come back here and wipe the floor with all of them".
The laughter that came from Amelia was something that wasn't heard very often. "So you are here for that, may I ask what the magic of Morgana has to do with all of this?". The eyes of Apolline were slowly going all over the office. It was a clear sign for Amilia to know that Apolline was not allowed to tell her. At least not at this time. "The trial is tomorrow morning at eleven, I know you will be there and when you can you have to tell me all you know. For now, let us do our work and if I need you I will call upon your help and that of your husband, Say hi to Jean for me". While Apolline nodded and left the room Amelia looked at the Aurors. There in the back was the one person she wanted to see now. In a moment of Deja Vu she took a deep breath and screamed, "Mad-Eye, get your wrinkled old ass into my office NOW".
"Lass, you called".
"Stop the bullshit Mad-Eye, why are you preventing Tonks from doing her job. I told you to leave her alone and to let her do her thing".
With both of his hands in the air, he stepped back against the wall. He knew he had not done what she asked. "Lass, she was going after Albus". The moment he said it he could see Amelia getting angry after the first word had been spoken.
"Shut the FUCK UP, you old fool. I don't give a FUCK if it is Albus or if it were the queen. There is a young boy in the middle of it all who may or may not have seen the most feared terrorist coming back to life. He has been the one who has been there the day he was banished from this world and he was there when he may or may not have come back. And your Albus Fucking Dumbledore is keeping that boy locked up while the ministry is throwing everything they can on the boy to blame the kid for everything they can. That boy may be our only hope in defeating that monster if he is back. While you are standing there doing nothing. During that time you are letting that boy become mentally insane. So now tell me about the meeting last night".
#*
Tonks and Harry had been sleeping most of the day. After the last couple of weeks, he needed the rest and now in the arms of Tonks, he was getting it. Tonks had been planning to just lay there and do nothing, but she too had drifted off. Her features had changed again without her knowing it and the moment they woke up it all changed back. This time it had been Harry who had woken up first. Like the first time he found himself in the arms of Tonks who was just dressed in her bra and panties. His right hand was cupping her breast and the moment he realized where his hand was he pulled it back. "Don't move that was wonderful" Tonks mumbled sleepily making Harry blush even more. He got up and rushed to the toilet to release himself.
"Are you alright" sounded the voice from Tonks behind the door.
"Yes, I just needed to go really bad".
"Good now get out because I need to go too" Tonks screamed, laughing as she saw a red-faced Harry rushing past her. When she was done she stood before the mirror, For a moment she thought she had seen her mother and her crazy aunt looking back at her. But that must have been in her mind. She did look down at the way she was dressed. "If I keep on sleeping with him like this, he might get a heart attack". She smiled to herself in the mirror and looked at herself again. "Well, I do look good so there are worse ways to die". With her wand in her hand, she took some tight-fitting clothes to wear a little later on and walked out to a still red-faced Harry. "How have you been sleeping" she asked him.
"Good, really good, I didn't have any strange visions for the last twenty-four hours".
"That is good to hear," Tonks told him not realizing that that had also been the start she had been close to him. "Well, it is about time to go down. The meeting will start in an hour or so, and we do not want to be late do we". Harry smirked as he got the Dubble meeting in her words and got to his feet. Slowly they made their way down. Just before they went into the kitchen Tonks slipped her hand into his. "Well, if they think we are sleeping together, we might as well keep up the story".
The hold from Harry became a little tighter and he pulled her along. For Tonks, it meant she got another step closer to being fully trusted. While they walked in he pulled to the two chairs the furthest away from the door. At first, she wanted to pull him back but then she remembered that they had full sight of all of them, if they sat there. It also told her that he would not be holding back when the shit hit the kettle so to say. As Tonks sat down next to him she had a good look around and almost burst out into laughter. Mad-Eye had once told her that a true veteran of war could read a room in a second. For a moment she thought Harry could do just that. He was looking at Molly who she had not seen when she walked in.
"So you two finally made it out of the room" Sounded the voice of the harpy. "I guess that you expect dinner right now".
The silence that followed was only interrupted by Dobby who popped up between the two and placed a couple of plates before them. "No, misses Weasley, My house elf has already taken care of it. But thank you for the offer." Harry said with a sweet smile. The smile was as fake as he could make it and Tonks saw how Molly was about to blow up.
"I see that everybody has made it tonight, Tonks may I ask you to leave this room because you are no longer a member of the order" Albus told all of them as he entered the room followed by Severus and Minerva.
Severus made his way to the back of the kitchen but stopped when he saw Harry sitting there looking at him. "I see the pampered prince has left his room, I wonder what he will say to us now that he graces us with his willingness to be here".
"Well, it will not be much for you. I don't think your ego can handle the truth" Harry responded.
"That is still a Professor Harry" Molly screamed. "For once in your life show some respect".
"Says the Harpy that is shouting at kids while she thinks she can run a house that is not hers to run" Harry shouted back.
"ENOUGH" Albus screamed making all of them stop. "I want Miss Tonks to leave this meeting together with Harry and the other kids".
Hermione got to her feet and looked at Harry to follow her. Ronald had already left the room and the twins were standing in the doorway with Ginny between them. None of them wanted to leave and they were all looking at Harry. Harry saw it but he didn't show it.
The first thing Tonks wanted to do, was to get up and leave. She might not trust Albus, but somehow he was still this defeater of a Dark Lord in his day. When she wanted to get up she was pulled back by Harry.
"I'm not leaving Headmaster. I want to know what is happening so I can prepare myself. It is clear that you are not protecting me so I have to do it myself".
Tonks looked on and saw how Albus getting frustrated by the way Harry spoke to him. At first, she thought there would be a real meeting and that Harry would hear all they needed to hear. After the moment Albus asked them all to leave she knew he would not. It was the same thing Harry had realized and he went with it like he always did.
"Harry you are".
"If you say I'm too young for this I will be leaving right now. You have kept me a prisoner for long enough".
"Harry my boy" Albus started again. Tonks thought Harry would jump in but this time he kept his lips together. "I don't think you understand what we are up against. There are things you do not know".
"Yet you don't seem to share what you know" Tonks jumped in making Harry smirk at her. "If I'm right, Harry has been the one who had done the work for all of us at least four times. After his first birthday, After his first year, his second year, and a couple of months ago. He has done all of that without understanding what he was up against. I think he has done a good job so far. It makes you wonder what he could do if he knew the things he doesn't know or understand the thing he doesn't understand".
"The Pampered prince" the voice of Severus sounded as he sneered at Harry. "Thinks he knows more than the grownups". All of them were looking on in disbelief as they heard what Severus said. They all looked at Harry who didn't react, but his look told them a whole lot. Suddenly there was a silver object that flew from the counter to just next to the head of Severus. Severus turned his head to the side but his nose was stopped by a kitchen cleaver that was embedded an inch in the wall next to him. The only thing he could see now was his own reflection looking back at him.
"I have to work on my aim," Harry told Tonks. "I was aiming between his eyes, maybe Snivilus is right, and I can't hit a barn with a tickling charm if I stood before it".
Severus pulled his wand and aimed it at Harry. Before he could utter a spell he was looking at all the tips of all the knives that were pointed at him. "My house, My blood, My magic, and I will kill you for endangering it". All of the members around the table looked in shock at Harry when he spoke. His voice sounded different than it normally sounded, a little more feminine. The other thing they also saw, was that Fleur and Tonks had pulled their wands and were standing around Harry, ready to protect him. "Now I would lower that wand and I would run back to your master. That thing on your right arm will be a one-way ticket to hell if you cross me again," Harry told him as his eyes shifted to Albus.
"Now Headmaster I have already done some training on my own and I know that you will not tell me anything. To you, I'm nothing more than a boy. Now I do not know what is happening to me, but I somehow gained more power than I had before. I have finally found a friend" and Harry grabbed the hand of Tonks. Tonks felt a feeling of warmth going through her. "Tomorrow will be my last day to prepare myself for my slaughter, but I will be fighting back with everything I got".
This was the moment Albus jumped in, "That is what I wanted to tell you. You will be going with Arthur, he will bring you the muggle way"
"No, I will take him" Tonks spoke up.
"No, Miss Tonks, An Order member will be taking him and you will be nowhere near him while he is with Arthur" Albus told her. "But I see that Harry will not be leaving the kitchen so I will reschedule the meeting for tomorrow night" This time he looked at Harry like Harry had done to him a moment ago. "The way you are interrupting these meetings will only delay our progress. I can't tell you the damage you have done to the British people by keeping us from fighting Lord Voldemort" Every Member jumped at the name, and Harry just looked back at him.
"As I said before, Harry has done that four times already while you have done nothing but hinder it" Tonks spoke up as Harry placed his hands on the side of his head. Albus didn't respond and just turned around to leave the kitchen.
Minerva stepped to the side as Severus rushed passed her. She could see the fear on his face and was startled when all the knives dropped to the floor. "Mr Potter I hope that you know what you are doing. You might not see him as a friend, but he is a powerful man to have on your side" Minerva told him the moment Albus had left the house.
Harry dropped his head a little, "You might be right Professor, but if he is keeping me out of his knowing, then how can I trust him, if he is at my side".
"That I can't tell you, and I know what you mean. I too would have a hard time trusting someone who wants to know everything from me, without giving anything away". After a very deep sigh, Minerva nodded and placed her hand on his shoulder. "I said it before, and I will say it again. I will be standing next to you just like Flitwick will. But don't let it go to your head". Minerva Almost burst out into laughter when she saw the fake innocent look he gave her.
As the kitchen became less crowded Tonks had a better look at who was left. "Are you happy now" Molly screamed, making Tonks turn to her. Molly was not looking at her but at Harry. "You are just full of yourself, aren't you. Look at what you have done now. I will not be surprised if you have just ruined all the chances we got to win this war".
"Molly" Arthur screamed.
"No, Arthur. He has done it all. He is only here to ruin everything Albus is doing to win this war".
"I never asked to be brought here" Harry spoke up. extremely calm if you would ask Tonks.
"NO, but you have been whining in all the letters to be helped. But if you can take care of yourself like you always brag about. Why the hell didn't you do that. instead of bothering us".
"Molly Arthur tried again but was stopped by Bill this time.
"No, Dad Mum is right. He has been nothing but trouble from the moment he got here. Just look at how he is stealing Fleur from me. Isn't it enough that he is using Tonks like A Whore".
The wand of Harry, was already in his hands to defend Tonks's honor, but Tonks had beaten him to the punch, so to say. To his surprise, she wasn't alone. Right next to her wand was the wand from FLeur. Fleur mumbled something about Priestress but he might have heard it wrong. "Don't you finish the things you were about to say, or you will not be the heir of Weasley for much longer" The anger was obvious in the voice of Tonks when she said it. "I have it about up to here. If your Albus is as good as he says he is, then tell me misses Weasley. Why the hell is Sirius still on the run? Why is Harry Potter being treated like a prisoner? Why is the minister still able to blame Harry for everything and are we still not sure if Voldemort is back? No I know he is back but others do not. That is only because Harry has not had the chance to prove himself".
"Albus is doing everything he can but the minister is stopping him" Molly screamed back at Tonks.
"Stop the bullshit" Tonks screamed over her. He is the chief warlock. On his word alone, there could have been a hearing for Harry. On his word alone we could have another trial for Sirius who only had to take Veritaserum to prove himself. Harry could have told us all that he knew if Albus would let him. He is the Warlock so he could have demanded it. Place a couple of Aurors next to it and you could have made it a save show. My boss would have helped him with it, But the all-knowing gray-haired bearded ass thought he could do it all by himself".
Molly wanted to speak up again but Arthur stopped her this time. "She is right Molly. His place as chief warlock gives him the ability to speak up. At the start of last year, he could have brought Sirius to the ministry. and he could have demanded a fair trial for him. It would have been up to Sirius to tell the truth and he would have been a free man. I know the old laws and I could have asked for it as Lord Weasley. Albus only had to ask but he didn't".
Tonks saw that Molly was silent so she turned to the next she had a bone to pick with. This time she pointed her wand at Kingsley but kept her eye on Mad-Eye who so her and slipped his wand back in his pocket. "First of all that one-eyed freak has taught me well. I know he has also taught you but somehow you have forgotten everything he told you. He for that matter has forgotten everything he told us himself. For one you never throw a spell at someone who hasn't thrown a spell first. Bill was kept up by magic but not by a spell. As you heard Harry was Defending his house. Sirius is his Godfather so by magic alone he is his son and he was protecting the house of Black. You attacked an heir of two noble houses, and you can thank Merlin he isn't going for your job. I would have but then again he is better than me. The next time you attack him I will kill you by the right of defending my own house, The house of BLACK".
It was now that she turned to Sirius for only a second. "I do not care how you do it but you get your ass to Gringots. They can only arrest you in front of the bank not when you are inside, because that is Goblin ground. When you get there you reinstate me and my mother. It is only then we can do something for you Because it is clear that Albus doesn't care at all". For a second time, she had opened the eyes of Sirius. With a Port key, he could get to the Goblins and for that to happen he only had to contact them. She only hoped he got the hint and he would do just that.
From the time she started till the point, she was now. She had looked at others but not longer than a second or two. For the rest of the time she had been looking at Mad-Eye. You in all your wisdom thought you could arrest Harry Potter. Are you losing your marbles or were they already gone? First of all you Freak. You are no longer an Auror. You are a trainer who has the right to Arrest someone when he is on the job. You are never on the job when you are here. Not only that you can only Arrest someone when you are training them. So you have no right to Arrest Mr, Potter. Don't ever let me get you trying it again. If you do you better hope I'm not the one you see first or the one who is doing your assignments. And I tell you now, Madam Bones will know about the two of you". With that said she grabbed the arm from Harry and dragged him out of the kitchen. Just before she closed the door behind her she had another look at Mad-Eye. "I'm sorry, but I have lost all the respect I had for you".
It had become quite late as Tonks closed the door to Harry's room again. She had waited until Molly came up and wanted to make sure that she saw her in there again. Molly had been looking at the way she had been doing things and she knew she was telling it all to Albus. From the moment Molly had told her she didn't want her there she was waiting for the bomb to drop. Albus would be coming after her at some point in time. Suddenly Harry started to scream in pain. She rushed to him and held him. For the second time, she heard a scream coming from his scar. Black sticky stuff was dripping from the scar and she could only hold him. The pain looked like it was becoming less before it became stronger again. As Tonks looked on she could see little tears starting to flow from the corner of his eyes. It were the tears of pain she had seen herself when she had looked in the mirror when she was in pain. "Dobby, get us to St Mungus Auror ward, now" Tonks screamed as she held on even tighter than she had done before.
#*
Andromeda had been sitting at the kitchen table in their muggle home. It was the one place that was saved from all the Purebloods out there. They wouldn't last an hour in the muggle world. It wasn't that hard to do. But it would be a real shock for most of them. In front of her were all the papers and notes from and for Amelia. She was placing them in the order that she had to do them when the time was right. The more she read the more she was wondering what else would be dropped on them. As time went on she looked at the clock and knew they had one more day to go. Tomorrow was the last day to prepare and to put the dots on the I so to speak. Tomorrow was the last day that Tonks would have the opportunity to get Harry away from there and to them. They only needed him an hour to get him on their way of thinking.
"Sweetheart, how about we stop for tonight, take a nice glass of wine, and start early tomorrow? Ted asked his wife who only nodded at him. He knew they had the whole day tomorrow and without Harry, they could only hope he would follow them or they could work with him. After the third glass, they were ready for bed when the head of Tonks appeared in the fire. "MUM, DAD come quick. I'm at St, Mungos with Harry. There is something really wrong with him and I need you now".
Ted looked at his wife and just had to ask. "Is that Nym".
Andromeda smiled at him as she walked to the Floo, "Yes, and she is back to her old self".
#*
"Now lass, that was the meeting last night, and I can see that Tonks went right to you," Mad-Eye told her as he had told her about last night.
"I haven't heard from Tonks before or after the meeting. The only thing I know is that she is with Harry and that she is the only one looking out for him. You on the other hand have dropped the Cauldron. Now I know that you and Albus go way back, but why is that faith in him so great? I know he has left you locked up for almost a whole year. He must have known that the man who took your place wasn't you".
"He must have had his reasons" Mad-Eye started. He frowned and the next thing he knew was looking up at a white ceiling.
Mad-Eye wanted to get up but was pushed back on the bed by a hand. He looked to the side and saw Kingsley lying next to him. "So you are finally awake". The voice of Amelia made him look at the arm and at her. "You have been drugged by loyalty potion. I do not know how, but my guess is that the potion was spelled into your flask. Now it was a very powerful one, even more powerful than we use on the giants and trolls when they get too close to the muggles". Mad-Eye knew that Amelia would not joke about those kinds of things and he looked at Kingsley. "Kinsley had no potions at all so he was following Albus freely. It will put him in more trouble than he will ever know. I do not like people that go against me and he has done more than just join the Order" Amelia told him.
The magical eye of Mad-Eye was resting on Kinsley and he was hurt. He had taught him everything he knew. He had done the same with Tonks. Now that the potion was out of his system he knew Tonks had been right and that Albus had been the one who potioned him. If not it had been on his orders. "So, they finally found a way to get to me. Lass, do you still hate me" He already knew the answer but he had to ask.
Amelia shook her head, "I never hated you, I was mad at you but I never hated you. But I will need your help tomorrow. For now, I have to go to Harry he is in a room a couple of doors down. Kinsley is under arrest and he will be heard tomorrow After we are done with getting Harry out of there". Amelia wanted to walk away but was stopped by his hand. As she turned around he asked her what Kinsley had done to be arrested. He didn't think it could be that bad. After a little sigh, she looked at his good eye. "He has taken an original file from the ministry and taken it outside. It was a red file that can only be taken out on the order of the chief warlock, the Minister, or ME," The last bit she said with a little more forse.
#*
Amelia left the room of Mad-Eye and thought about how she got to this point. It had been a sick and fun feeling when she stunned Mad-Eye. For the first time, she had been faster than him in a draw. But the reason wasn't that fun to begin with. No that was a sick feeling. Amelia had to stun Mad-Eye because he had told her one of the triggers they had talked about. If he ever said someone must have had their reasons for leading him on. It was a code to get him to a healer. It was just what she did and they found out that he had been drugged by a very strong loyalty potion. He was flushed now but he was also potioned by the amount they had poured into him.
It was about an hour after she had brought him in, that she was asked by a nurse to help, with a person. It was a person who was walking the hallway waiting for Andromeda to help a patient. Amelia didn't know what was happening and she followed the nurse. On her way to the corridor they had to be, she was told something she could not believe. According to the nurse, Belatrix Lestrange was walking the hallway mumbling about Harry Potter.
This is it again for this time see you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau.