Harry Potter is not mine. This is a story from a fan.
When you're done, You're DONE.
Ch 18 Tonks is blowing her top 2.
Tonks let go of a curse the moment she stepped out of the church door, The coven sisters had sent her away without telling her anything. The only thing she had found out was that she had a part in the life of Harry as if she didn't know it herself. She had been doing nothing else than looking after him for the last two weeks. The only thing she had heard was that Harry was touched by the magic of Morgana. She also knew that Rita was a part of it, a thing that blew her mind. Still, the bitch had done a lot of hurt to them and she would kick her ass if she double-crossed them again.
She also knew that her mother's aunt had been with the coven. Lily should have been a part of it but it never happened. She also knew that Harry had been touched by the magic because the high priest had told her so. For a moment she thought about going back, but knew she would not get any further than she was now. Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks. "Wait, they said his magic would guide him, and it is already doing it. They also said it could be dangerous but, it wasn't dangerous for her. So it only made her wonder, for who it would be dangerous.
Now that she knew a little about the magic of Morgana, but not what she wanted to know. The question now was who to ask. There was only one thing to do and that was to go back to the office. Amelia would know who to ask and where to find them.
#*
It was about three in the afternoon when the people in the headquarters of the order of the Phoenix were jumping up in fright. From the second floor, there was a scream of pain that filled the house. As one they rushed up the stairs and stopped on the second floor. They were all looking at the door where Harry was lying behind. None of them wanted to rush in when they heard him scream in pain. Hermione was standing there with tears in her eyes but didn't go in. It was heartbreaking to hear it but they could do nothing about it. As it stopped they all started to make their way back to the kitchen.
It was about fifteen minutes later that Harry walked back in. He was looking even worse than he did that morning. The first thing he did was to walk to the counter and the fridge cabinet. He took out some food and started to cook. Molly was screaming at him but it was like he didn't hear her. If he was honest he was just ignoring her. When he was done cooking he filled up two plates with a mountain of food. He placed them before Sirius and Remus, When he did it he told them it was without any added stuff. He took a small plate for himself and made his way back to his room.
"Why didn't he make enough for us too" Ron asked.
"Because we let him down Ron" Hermione told him.
"What, what did we do".
"He needed us Ron, and we let him down. After the first task, we both said we would not let him down again. But we did when we ignored the letters he sent us" Hermione told him.
"But Albus told us not to respond to any of his letters, so why is he mad at us" Ron asked her.
The moment Ron said it Hermione understood why Harry was mad. "Because we placed someone else above our friendship and it is something he would not do to us. We would be first on his list and we clearly, told him he was not. So he is mad at us because we are bad friends and he was right about it because we were, all of us were. Ron was still grumbling while the others were looking down in shame.
Harry had just closed his door when there was a soft knock. Slowly, he opened his door and saw Arthur standing there. "Mr, Weasley" he asked a little surprised. After Arthure had asked him if he could come in, he let him in and sat down on his chair. Arthur wasn't saying anything and was only looking down. It started to worry Harry but he knew that Arthur was a good man on the inside.
"Harry" he started, "I know we have done you wrong and I know that Hermione and Ron have hurt you. But they are your friends and they only did what we told them to do. I know I should have done more but we believed in Albus. For us, he can do no wrong".
Harry listened and looked up at someone who he looked upon as a father. Some part of him wanted to listen and just say that it was okay, but it wasn't. Another part of him wanted to rip him apart and scream his head off. "Mr, Weasley," Harry started pushing the anger he was feeling at that moment as far away as he could. He knew he had to ask this question to find out how far it went, "did you know about the letters I have written to Ron and Hermione". Arthur nodded slowly and it was enough for Harry to know he was not going to be as forgiven as he wanted to be. " Did you also know what was in it". He didn't know why he asked that one question but he hoped he would say no. Something deep inside of him was looking for a spark of light that Arthur knew nothing of the things he had asked his friends. The moment Arthur nodded the hope came crashing down. "Mr, Weasley, if one of your kids would have sent you such a letter from Hogwarts, what would you have done".
Arthur stood and placed his hand on the shoulder of Harry. "I'm sorry we have let you down. I understand what you are saying and you are right. If one of my kids would have sent me such a letter. I would not know what I would have done, but I would have gone to Hogwarts to find out. It is the one thing we should have done with you. If it was only to see if we had to do something".
When Arthur had closed the door Harry said, "That is all I wanted".
#*
Tonks was standing before a house in Godric's Hollow. The first thing she had done was to go to Amelia. She knew she could not say a thing about what she was doing but she needed some advice. Amelia had pointed her to this house and as she thought about it, she could have smacked herself on the head. In this house was the one person who wrote the History of Magic and Hogwarts, A History. She only hoped that Professor Bathilda Bagshot was home.
When the door opened she saw a little old lady with a sweet smile. "Professor Bagshot, my name is Auror Tonks. I was wondering if I could ask you some questions about a long time ago,". The smile on the old face became almost as wide as her face.
After having about half a pot of tea and listening to a lot of old stories she could finally ask her questions. "I can't tell you too much and I'm not sure what I can believe. But I'm working on a case and I need to know something about Morgana La Fay's Magic".
"You have been to the coven yet," Bathilda asked.
"You know that it is still around," Tonks asked, a little stunned that she immediately knew what she was talking about.
"Yes my dear" and Bathilda stood and walked to a cabinet full of books. Tonks looked at one book and that was her own bookcase. When she looked at this one she could only see books, books, and more books.
"Are those all the books you have".
"NO dear," she said as she pulled two books from the bookcase. These are only the once I need when I have to look something up. All my other books are down in the basement. But don't go down there because you will get lost. There are so many expansion charms on it that you have four times the Hogwarts library down there. Now you wanted to know something about Morgana's magic. I do not know what it does but I know the story. It is said that Morgana was the ruler of Avalon. She was seen as a witch, sorcerer, and enchanter. She was also known as a godess but that was in the eye of the beholder. Most of all she was the sister of King Arthur.
Now you asked about her magic and that is where it becomes a little bit foggy. There are a lot of stories but most of them return to one point. Morgana had gone to Avalon when Merlin took over in the king's court. While she was there people started to kill witches all over England and the world. Somehow they were afraid and were killing them out of that fear. She heard about it and came back.
Now King Arthur might have been the ruler of old England. But when Morgana was there he was a puppy that sat up and barked when she told him to. She not only had him wrapped around her finger. No, she had trained him, and she had trained him well. Now there was nothing she could do to help the witches. If she did she would have started a war. So she did the next best thing and started a coven. It wasn't long after that she had to make it a secret. More and more villagers were starting to label every girl, who did something weird, a witch. A little later they started to mark everyone who they didn't like for being a witch or wizard.
The worst thing they were doing was finding ways to kill witches. They did it by drowning, burning, and hanging them. The coven started to keep an eye on each other and warned each other to look out when people started to come close. Torches and pitchforks were at the ready almost every time. So as the coven started to grow, it started to split up in little covens around the country. As you know a coven is thirteen witches at the most. They can be less but thirtheen is the max.
Now they can be joined by young witches to learn the trade but in the end, they will always split up, and almost always in a magical number three, five, seven, and so on. Morgana had seen the trouble and came up with the solution. It worked for a couple of years but the fear kept on growing. It started to take over and villagers were starting to target children. When a child showed something freakish they were labeled as a Witch, wizard, demon, you name it and they did it. Morgana could not stand for it and had to find a way to save most of them. So she looked around and found out they hated them but they loved God. It wasn't long after it that she came up with a nunnery.
The nunnery became a part of the church and started to look for children who had the gift of magic. They protected them and saved as many as they could. After some time Morgana La Fay had done what she could and went back to Avalon. The place where she is still ruling the land. According to legend, she will live there forever".
Bathilda stopped and went to grab the teapot to refill their cups. Tonks was nearing the point of screaming at her to tell her about the magic from Morgana. She knew she could not and had to sit through the lesson if she wanted to know all she could find out.
After the cup of tea, Bathilda went on. "Now, just before Morgana went back she needed to make sure the children would be safe. So she placed a spell on her magic, Her magic would always run through the bloodline until it would survive in the one that is pure of heart. Not only would he or she have her magic but would get the full potential of it. Up until that time, many would come around and be touched by the magic. They would have the power to feel with her magic and know when someone is bad or good".
Tonks heard it and made a mental note that Harry was doing it already. She listened on and hoped that she would hear more about the magic.
"People who are more in tune could also make the temperature drop with their voice. Be intimidating with their words and become a force to watch out for. Now the last we know who had the magic of Morgana had been Dorea Potter/ Black. When she became the wife of Charlus Potter the magical world shifted. She together with Augusta Longbottom were ruling the magical world from the sideline. We are still waiting for the next that has been touched".
If Bathilda didn't know then Tonks had to tell her. "They say that Harry Potter her grandson is touched by her magic. He is able to feel with his magic and he could be quite intimidating".
Bathilda took one of her books and shifted through the pages. "Well according to this. If Harry Potter has been touched we should have known it by his third birthday. The magic should have come to life together with his soulmate because the magic from Morgana can only work when there is a witch to guide it. His witch has to be chosen by magic and will be pulled towards him. If he is the person with the magic of Morgana his witch would have already been with him" she told her.
At that moment Tonks knew that Harry was not the one. This was a dead end because Harry did not have a witch hanging around him. Somehow she had hoped Harry had really been touched by the magic because it could have been his saving graze. But you had to do with what you got so they just had to find another way. Or they had to go with the original plan. "Thank you for the lesson. It was nice to hear" and Tonks stood.
"Always dear, you are always welcome for any information".
Tonks had left and apparated away a second later. A sister appeared as she dropped her disillusionment charm and looked at the spot Tonks left empty. The sister of the coven looked at Bathilda. "Good day sister, did the mistress realize she has the power".
Bathilda looked at her side and shook her head. "No she does not sister, She doesn't even realize she is more powerful than any of us".
#*
Amelia was sitting around the table looking at the food on her plate. She knew that tonight would be the night Harry would be facing the complete Order. It was the one thing Tonks had told her before she asked for someone who knew something about the history of magic. "Aunty, do you think everything will be alright with Harry".
Amelia had been picking at her food before Susan interrupted her. "I'm not sure sweety. We will do everything we can but the ministry has their sight set on him. They want him out because he is very powerful. He is the last Potter and if he takes his seat he will have ten of the seventy-five seats. The Longbottom and we the Bones will be joining him. After that, we only have to hope we will get more support".
"You will, I said it before Harry will help you because he can do the unthinkable".
"I wish I was as confident as you are," Amelia told her softly. "Harry will be facing a lot of people he does not like at this time. So we can only hope he will keep his head on his shoulder".
"No he won't" and Susan giggled. "Harry will lose it and he will blow his top. Will Tonksy be there".
"I hope she is on time because she had another arent to run. For now, it seems like Harry is only trusting her".
Susan had a thoughtful look as she listened to the words of her aunty. "If Tonksy is there he might be as relaxed as he had been in Hogwarts. I do not know what is between them but there was something. They always pulled towards each other, even if they didn't realize it themselves". Susan giggled again and looked directly at her aunt. "When Harry has his day in court, can Neville and I be there, we might take some of his friends with us, even if he thinks he doesn't have anybody".
"You mean some of your peers from Hogwarts" Amelia asked.
"Yes, you might need our help when you are down there. You know, maybe when Fudge wants to throw Harry out, we might yell a little" Susan giggled again.
"We have about a hundred seats in the visiting area, do you think you can fill them up" Amelia smiled at her.
"Not all of them, we do need some seats for the prophet, the Quibller, and some of the others. I might even call them to tell them when they have to come". Amelia looked at her niece as Susan just gave her a wicked smile while Amelia placed her fingers in her ears pretending not to hear her. "Aunty is it okay if I go to my room now, I have some homework to do".
Amelia just smiled as she waved her off.
#*
Tonks apparated back to the headquarters. This was the night that Albus would tell them all what he needed them for, now when they didn't need to watch over Harry. She also wondered what Harry would do because she had seen him standing up for himself. She might calm him down, but she had to be sneaky about it because no one could see she had his back. So she walked in and looked into the kitchen. She didn't see Harry so she decided to go up and see him in his room. When she turned to the stairs she stopped. Slowly she looked back at the troll legg Umbrella stand and wondered why she hadn't tripped this time. She was just lucky she guessed.
Harry was sitting at his desk looking at the wall when someone knocked on his door. "Harry it's me" he heard Tonks saying from the other side. She was at this point the only one he could trust in this house. He might trust Arthur but as long as Molly was pulling his strings he could not. The same goes for the others. Remus and Sirius could be trusted but that would tell Albus, they were not on his side. It was the place he needed them.
Tonks stepped in and smiled at him as she took a closer look. "When was the last time you had a good night's sleep" she asked him.
"What year is it".
"Tonks smiled but took another look. "I'm serious Harry, you do not look that good. You really need to sleep longer because this is not good for you. If you need to talk you can come to me". The moment she said it she could see him close off. She knew he trusted her but not enough. There was a little step she needed to take before he would. "Another thing Harry, what are you planning to do tonight".
"Pick a fight," he told her with a lopsided smile. "I'm done Tonks, I know that when I'm at my trial I only want to have the people I trust to be behind me. For now, I do not trust them because I do not know who they are. But I do know that Albus will do everything to come out smelling like roses".
Tonks gave a deep sigh, "He has really hurt you didn't he" She had to ask but she knew the answer. Harry had lost his trust in the old headmaster and she was about to find out how far it went.
"We will need him," Harry told her. "I know that, but he has his own agenda. I know he is fighting Voldemort but he is putting me in front of him first. He could have done a lot more in our Hogwarts years. The same was true with Sirius. I do not know what but if he has the highest position at the Wizangemot, you can not tell me he could not get Sirius a trial. He might have looked out for me but I'm nothing more than a pawn just like the others and just like you are a pawn to him".
Tonks nodded and told him she would see him downstairs for dinner. Right after that, she apparated away to her own room. That way she would not been seen leaving his room. It took Harry almost twenty minutes before he left his room. Tonks had been listening so she could go after him. She waited for another five minutes and she went. Step by step she descended the stairs listening for any sound. There was no screaming or sounds of fighting. It gave her a good feeling to know Harry was keeping himself quiet. When she got to the door it was still the same and she opened it. Her eyes were going around but there was no Harry. She did see Sirius and Remus, but not Harry. "Is he in there".
Tonks jumped a foot in the air when Harry asked if he was in there. "Don't do that you little shit" she screamed out loud.
"MUDBLOODS, TRAITERS, SCUM, FILTH" Harry turned around and looked at the mother of Sirius. Tonks wanted to say something but Harry held up his hand. As the kitchen door opened he went to the painting. Sirius came rushing out but stopped when he saw Harry standing there looking at his mother. Sirius didn't know what he was doing or how he did it but his mother stopped screaming. As he took the curtains in both of his hands he slowly closed them.
"You have a charming mother, Sirius," Harry said as he walked past him and into the kitchen.
Molly was standing at the counter and filled up a plate for Harry and Tonks. As Harry looked around Tonks looked at the hands of Molly. It was while she was filling up the plate she could see the little bottles being poured onto the plates. Harry got a thripple pour. It was enough to drug an Elephant and Tonks wondered how Harry could get around it. To her astonishment, he just started to eat like it was nothing. "Eat Tonks" she heard him say. Just as she was about to push away the plate she felt his magic coming over her. With a little hesitation, she started to eat but didn't feel a thing. The only question she had now was how.
"It was like always Miss Weasley, very nice with a little aftertaste," Harry told her with a lopsided smile Tonks started like to see.
There was a little smirk on the face of Tonks as she saw a little color drain away from the face of Molly. Again there was the question of how, but she would find it out later.
Everyone around the room was in stunned silence. None knew what Harry meant by his words except for some. But all were looking on in awe, that Harry took a stand against Molly. "Molly started to place the plates before everyone else while she went on giving dirty looks at Harry. Just when she was about to blow up again they were all saved, kind of.
"Please everybody sit down," Albus said as he walked into the room followed by Snape and Minerva. If the kids could leave the room we could start the meeting". Almost all the children left the room but Tonks saw that Hermione hesitated. She looked over her shoulder and she followed her eyes. Harry was still sitting next to her and she only thought no shit, here we go. "Harry will you please leave the room with your friends".
Harry was looking at Sirius and saw him asking what he was doing with his eyes. "I think I will be staying" and he took another bite from his plate.
"WHY DO YOU DISTRESPE".
"MOLLY STOP IT" MR Weasley screamed making Molly stop.
"HARRY, HARRY, HARRY" Albus started. "I'm very disappointed in you".
"Sure you are", Harry broke through his words. "The only problem is, I do not care anymore. Just like you do not care about us". Albus wanted to say something but Harry stopped it. "I know you think you do but you don't. So before you try to spin it around again, let me explain. Last summer I found out that I was alone and that I had to do it all by myself".
Tonks was slowly sitting back as she kept a close eye on Snape and the door that was still open. You could see a little bit into the hallway but not much. It clearly told her the kids were behind it listening in.
"In our first year, we told you what was happening and we told you who to trust. You ignored us and it took three first years to save the philosopher stone. At the end of that year, it took me to keep Voldemort from returning". Some gasped but Harry clearly rolled with his eyes. "If you all can't say Voldemort then call him".
"Harry Don't" Albus screamed.
Tonks frowned when she heard Albus interfere. "Why not Headmaster? Voldemort is nothing more than a fake name. His real name is Tom Marvello Riddle" The moment Tonks said it she knew she had screwed up. It was clear that she and Harry had talked more. She gazed over at Harry and had to think of a way out of this mess. Suddenly she knew it. "Harry told me the day we had to take him from his house. He didn't want to go and I went up to talk him out of it. I told him Voldemort was looking for him and he told me". She did everything to not look at Harry just to not see the disappointment in his eyes. If she had done it, she might have seen the respect she had gained by just having his back. "So tell me headmaster why can't we know his real name and that he is nothing more than a Halfblood".
"He is not" Snape spoke up.
"Lookey here, Snivelus is defending his Lord, and here we were hoping he was part of the light". Harry said while taking another bite, still not showing any effect from the potions Molly had poured into his food.
Just as Severus was about to react to Harry he was looking at the wand from Tonks. "I do not know if he is right, but it sounds to me you were defending the bastard. Tell me, were you".
"Tonks" Albus sounded above them all. "Severus has my full trust". Tonks snorted but stopped when Harry placed his hand on her leg.
"Now where was I before I was so rudely interrupted" Harry said not looking at Albus, but at the other side of the table. "In our second year, we did it again and we have learned that You knew about the first attack, not only from the other headmaster but also because you were there. You could have stopped Tom Riddle right there and then".
Harry had stopped talking and Tonks took her wand out again. She knew he had dropped another bomb none knew about. Hell, she hadn't known about it but knowing it now she looked at Albus in another light. "You know what, Harry said as he stood up from the table. "I think I will go to my room and lock myself up. It seemed that that is the one thing you expect from me. But Tomorrow I will go and get my stuff for next year".
"Harry you can't I will not allow it," Albus told him. "You can let Molly do your shopping I know she still has your key". The one thing Albus didn't know was that Molly had given the key to Sirius the day before.
"O NO, you didn't say that" Tonks jumped up while she slapped the hand of Sirius down who wanted to hold up the key. "You give that key right back to Harry. It is illegal to have a Gringgots key from another person without the say-so of the Lord of the House. I also know that you can have it from the magical guardian when the Lord is underage. However, I do not think Sirius gave you the go-ahead on that part" This time Tonks turned to Harry. "Tell me you did not tell the Goblins that Molly Weasley could use your key".
Harry looked at her but he could only shake his head. He knew a lot about the magical world. All thanks to Neville Longbottom who helped him from the moment Ronald and Hermione turned their backs on him. But they still had to go over the handling of the goblins. He did okay by them because he was always respectful. And that was already going a long way for those little guys. "I gave the key when we went to the Quidditch World Cup".
"Did she give it back or did you go to the Goblins telling them she could have access to your fault from that moment?" Tonks had to be clear on this point or it could go very wrong.
Harry shook his head slowly, "No I never got it back, I did ask for it but she told me".
"Harry, now is not the time" Albus broke in.
"It is the time Albus," Minerva told him. "Mr. Potter has to have his, own key if he'd given Molly permission to use it, the Goblins would have made a spare key for her. If she used his key more than once, then it could be seen as robbery and Harry could have her beheaded for it. "Now the only one who could use a Lord's key is his house-elf".
"I don't have a house-elf" Harry spoke up still standing at the door.
"Yes, you do, Mr. Potter". From the end of your second year, you had a house-elf and his name is Dobby". Minerva told him before he could say another thing. "House-elves can not live without the magic from a master. All the house elves at Hogwarts are bound to Hogwarts. Dobby does work with us but he has bound himself to you".
"But the headmaster told me Dobby is a free elf and he is paying him a sickle each month".
Minerva gave a deep sigh and looked over at Albus, Her gaze went on to Harry and Tonks. Harry didn't understand why she looked that way, Tonks did and was given the go-ahead from Minerva. "Albus can not pay a house-elf that is not bound to Hogwarts or the house of Dumbledore. If he is paying him he is paying him with your money". Tonks had stepped next to Harry just in time. He was about to pull his wand but she could stop him. She did wonder why she was fast enough to do it because she hadn't been fast enough until now. "You go to your bed while we go on with the meeting. I will tell you everything tomorrow morning," Tonks told him.
"I will not allow it, and I will also remove you from the order" Albus jumped in. "So I thank you but you can go home, now".
"You senile old bastard" Tonks screamed. "Harry has the right to know and you are keeping it from him. As we have already heard, he has been the one who had faced him four times. And Four times he has beaten him or escaped. How many of us can say we have done that, let alone see him in the flesh". Albus was stunned just like the others around the kitchen table. "Now as I can see I'm no longer allowed to be in the order, it gives me a free pass to talk to Harry. I no longer have to obey your rules about keeping quiet to Harry".
"I want you to leave the headquarters," Albus said slowly.
"She is going nowhere Albus," Sirius told him speaking up for the first time all evening. I will not allow you to throw out the people I invited. I do not throw out the people you invited so you will not throw out mine".
"Then I will be taking Harry with me to Hogwarts".
"NO, you will not" Minerva screamed. "I told you before and I will make good on my promise. I will be standing behind Mr, Potter all the way. It is clear to me that you are keeping something from us, but especially from him. I do not know what but I will not have it any longer. I told Mr, Potter that you were not bad. But you are making it very hard for me to not go back on those words. So you go back to Hogwarts and you will think very hard about what you will do next. Tomorrow night we will have another meeting with Mr, Potter sitting with us. I will make sure he will keep his mouth shut but you will be telling everything or I will be stepping out of the order and join Mr Potter in his fight".
Tonks stood at the door and got the nod from Minerva to go after Harry. She had not heard the last part but knew the meeting would be over. Sirius would tell her later but now she had to go to Harry. When she got to his room his door was open and she felt a wall of magic. At first, she was stopped by it but as she pushed it softly with her hand she was slowly going through the wall of magic. "I have screwed up Tonks, I could not keep my anger away".
Tonks smiled at him. You didn't Harry. Sure if you did not do it you might have heard more, but you and me know he would not let you stay. So you did nothing wrong and when I stood up for you I was thrown out of the order. He also tried to throw me out of the house, but Sirius and Minerva stood up for me and for you". The last part she said very fast because she saw Harry getting angry again. "Now because of this, I have to have a talk with my boss. She might not like me calling her so late but I have to. We both know Albus will keep you here until you have to be at your trial. So let's play his game and get him there when he can't pull you out".
Harry saw the smirk and smiled back at her.
This is it again for this time see you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau