"My apologies Filius, may I take Ms Chang from this class, she has urgent business to tend to," Professor McGonagall said from outside of the Charms Classroom.
"Sure thing Minerva, Ms Chang, you are excused," Professor Flitwick said towards her.
Without hesitation, Cho dumped everything into her bag and placed Lupa who was in the classroom with her back onto the floor and dashed out of the classroom.
"What happened to Harry?" Cho asked worriedly.
"Best to let Dumbledore and Poppy explain," McGonagall said, face filled with worry. Both professor, student and wolf dashed up to the Hospital Wing. When Cho entered, McGonagall directed her to the private ward where to her horror, Harry was on the bed unconscious.
"HARRY!" Cho shouted, rushing to his side, to her relief, his chest was moving, he was still alive.
"What happened," Cho asked, looking at both Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey.
"Mr Potter had collapsed due to an overexertion of magic," Madam Pomfrey replied, "he would have died if Albus had not performed the transfer of magical essence which kept him alive long enough for me to tend to him."
"He would recover won't he?" Cho asked worriedly.
"He would, but he won't regain consciousness for the next 3 to 5 days, and it would take at least a week for him to completely regain full functionality," Madam Pomfrey reassured, making Cho breathe a sigh of relief.
"Would you care to explain what happened," Cho glared at Dumbledore.
"We were faced by many Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries, around 20 to 30 to be exact, Emmiliance is dead," Dumbledore said, looking at McGonagall whose eyes became misty, "most of the Order is out with injuries, Tonks and Dedalus are the worse injured, they will be hospitalised for a while but they should make full recoveries."
"What happened to Harry," Cho asked again, this time calmer than before, the news of a death had rocked her emotionally as well.
"He was hit by another Killing Curse from Voldemort," Dumbledore replied.
"WHAT!" Cho yelled, she was not the only one who was surprised, Madam Pomfrey, McGonagall, Ron and Hermione (both of which Cho did not realise were there as well) were all equally surprised.
"How?" McGonagall asked confusedly.
"The answer would be given when Harry is fully awake, he would want an explanation as well," Dumbledore said, "but the point is, Voldemort hit Harry with the Killing Curse, the evidence being his chest."
Without hesitation, Cho ripped open his shirt, revealing a large lightning scar on his chest.
"How can that even be possible?" McGonagall asked, "he survived the last time because of Lily's sacrifice."
"I do believe that Harry was protected by her sacrifice again," Dumbledore explained, "only in a different way, I had suspected that this was possible last year but I wasn't sure of it myself."
"So you are telling me that Harry could have died?" Cho asked, glaring at Dumbledore, "You are telling me that you failed to protect Harry and that he is lucky to have survived!"
"Ms Chang! Lower your voice!" McGonagall warned her as she was getting more and more furious at Dumbledore.
"My apologies Professor but I do not give a fuck! How many times have you failed Harry Headmaster, HOW MANY TIMES!" Cho yelled, "You placed him into an abusive home who hated him and never checked on how he was doing, HE WAS LIVING UNDER THE STAIRCASE HEADMASTER! Under a fucking staircase, became their fucking servant and forced to do manual labour for them, called a freak for god knows how many times, HE WAS ABUSED! And every fucking year you send him back to that house to get abused even more, you are lucky that he is a strong-willed and stubborn Headmaster, do you know how many wizards would completely lose themselves in that environment, how many would be broken by that environment, YOU ARE LUCKY THAT HE ISN'T, then every single year he comes back to school, he faces another stupid threat, he had to fight Quirell and Voldemort in his first-year, A FIRST-YEAR FIGHTING A PROFESSOR AND VOLDEMORT! In his second a fucking Basilisk, he should have died in the chamber when he got bitten, in his third he had to face dementors and a suspected mass-murder, do you know what he hears when he is near a dementor? He hears his parents' final moments, HE HEAR THEM GET MURDERED HEADMASTER! Do you know what that sounds like? Then last year he entered into a death tournament against his will, HE SHOULD HAVE DIED HEADMASTER! SHOULD HAVE! And now this, you have failed him so many times Headmaster, too many fucking times."
"You are right Ms Chang," Dumbledore responded, his eyes misty, "I have failed him too many times because of my negligence, sometimes I myself wonder how he still trusts me, I truly do, but I'm doing everything I can to right those wrongs, I am doing my best to help him defeat Voldemort, I promise you, I am doing everything I can to help him defeat Voldemort and let him live his life normally for once."
Cho glared at Dumbledore for a few more seconds, before continuing.
"So how did he overexert himself magically?" Cho asked.
"He used a powerful curse to subdue Voldemort after he woke up again, he was already weak when he did it which led to him overexerting himself."
"So you are telling me that he nearly died again as he woke up?" Cho glared at Dumbledore.
"He did, but I transferred some of my magical powers to him to stabilise him until Madam Pomfrey can tend to him," Dumbledore replied.
Without responding to Dumbledore, Cho turned to Madam Pomfrey.
"I am staying beside him until he regains consciousness."
"Ms Chang, you have lessons to attend-"
"I don't care about those lessons, I can check up fast enough by myself," Cho interrupted her, glaring at Dumbledore, daring him to stop her.
"I would excuse you for lessons till Harry reawakes, Poppy, can you position another bed here from Ms Chang to rest on?"
"I would," Madam Pomfrey responded, summoning a bed and placing it beside Harry's
"I would leave you all for now, I have pressing issues to attend to for the fallout of this event," Dumbledore said before walking out of the Hospital Wing.
There was only one word to describe how Harry was feeling when he woke up, pain. Opening his eyes, he looked around his surroundings and found himself in the Hospital Wing. His entire body felt like it had gone through hell, his muscles aching, feeling like it was on fire while he could barely move his legs. Attempting to sit up, Harry's hands buckled under his weight, falling back down onto his pillow, waking Cho up.
"Zhu!" Cho exclaimed in relief as she gave him a crushing hug.
"Ow- Ow, Cho, you're hurting me," Harry groaned.
"Serve you right you bitch, you nearly died 2 times, 2 times!" Cho shouted at him.
"Well, I'm still alive aren't-" Harry said before stopping himself as Cho glared at him, "Fine fine, I'm sorry, what happened?"
"You passed out due to overexertion Mr Potter," Madam Pomfrey said as she entered the private ward, "you could have died from it but Albus performed a complex transfer of magic to keep you alive."
"Is that why my entire body feels like it is on fire?"
"It is Mr Potter, you have been in a coma for the past 3 days, you would not fully recover till at least 3 to 4 days later."
"I did not expect that spell to take so much out of me," Harry groaned, managing to sit up with the assistance of Cho.
"What do you expect Mr Potter," Madam Pomfrey chided him, "you were just hit by a Killing Curse, what spell did you even use anyways?"
"It's Ancient Magic, Pondus Mundi In Atlas, The Curse of Atlas," Harry replied as both looked at him confused at the ancient spell neither heard of before, "did the Killing Curse do any permanent damage to my body?"
"Just another scar," Cho replied, helping Harry pull open his shirt to reveal a gnarly lightning scar on his chest.
"Damn," Harry said in shock, tracing the scar, "is having a lightning scar a common trait among Killing Curse victims?"
"No," Madam Pomfrey replied, "people who lose their lives to the Killing Curse often have no scars or injuries on them, but I suspect that it would leave a scar on the people who survive them."
"Just that you only have 2 cases of that ever happening," Harry replied, amazed that he had survived the Killing Curse again.
"Indeed, rest for now Mr Potter, Albus would want an audience with you after you are discharged so heal up quick, it seems rather important."
"Understood Madam Pomfrey," Harry replied as she left the private ward.
"I can't believe that you are still here," Cho said emotionally as tears welled up in her eyes with her finger tracing Harry's new scar.
"Neither do I," Harry sighed, "when it hit me, I thought I was done for sure."
"Do not get yourself into those situations again Harry James Potter," Cho said, glaring at him.
"I won't Cho, I promise, I won't."
As the days flew past, Harry's condition improved, he now felt as if he was back in his prime again, able to walk around with the pain completely disappearing. Madam Pomfrey finally discharged him at the end of his 6th day in the Hospital Wing.
Walking to Dumbledore's office together with Cho, Hermione and Ron, all of whom were summoned to Dumbledore's office, Harry opened the door to see an audience in the room. There was McGonagall, Mrs Weasley, Snape, Mr Chang, Mad-eye, Madam Bones and Sirius.
"It is good to see you Harry," Dumbledore said with a relieved smile on his face, "take a seat all of you, we have much to discuss today."
After all of them took a seat, Dumbledore continued.
"Firstly, I would assume that you would want to know what was the aftermath of the battle (Harry nodded), firstly, in the Order, Emmeliance was killed during the battle itself, being hit by the Killing Curse," Dumbledore said with great pain in his voice, "along with Emmeliance, there were 4 Aurors killed as well."
"Aurors?" Harry asked.
"Indeed, thankfully, Madam Bones had initiated the entire Auror Corp when she received news of the battle, which greatly turned the tide of the battle for us which would otherwise have led to many more fatalities from the Order, there were however, many injuries, Tonks and Dedalus are recovering well in St Mungo's after both got very badly injured during the battle, Remus, Hestia, Kingsley and William are recovering in Hospital Wing as well with all having bad injuries but none too severe."
"That's good to hear," Harry replied, thankful that especially Lupin and Bill were doing well.
"On the Death Eater side however, we have scored a huge win, Macnair, Jugson, Rabastan and Mulciber were all killed during the battle, notably, your Bullet Curse killed Macnair and your Blasting Curse indirectly led to Jugson's death as his was unconscious on the floor after you hit him and a shelf of prophecies then fell on his unconscious body, killing him," Dumbledore said.
Harry was fazed by the fact, that this was the first time that his spell ever killed someone, his Bullet Curse which he remembered firing and hitting Macnair directly, he knew then that Macnair himself would be terribly injured, but he did not expect him to be killed. His spell killed Macnair, his spell.
"Harry, you do not need to feel that terrible about their deaths," Dumbledore comforted Harry, "you did not kill them intentionally, you did not murder them Harry, you did not."
"It was my spell that killed them," Harry replied, "I am a killer."
"Harry," Dumbledore said, looking at him softly, "you are feeling remorse for killing someone who tried to kill you and your friends, that itself tells me that you are not a killer, you are just someone acting in defence, you yourself took down many Death Eaters and never once did you try to kill them, you are not a killer Harry."
"But-"
"There are no buts Harry, a few of us in this room have had to take away a life before, that does not mean that we are killers, murders, no, if it was up to us, we would wish that day never happened, that is how you tell whether someone is evil, whether someone is a murder," Dumbledore reassured Harry, who felt marginally better.
"Let us continue then, the bigger win is in the Death Eaters captured, among the captured are Lucius Malfoy, Nott Senior, Crabbe Senior, Goyle Senior, Avery Junior and Selwyn, meaning that 10 Death Eaters are down."
"Doesn't mean much does it?" Harry commented, "They are just going to be sent to Azkaban where the dementors are and break out again."
"Not anymore," Dumbledore smiled, "Cornelius left office 1 day after the battle when the news of Voldemort's presence in the battle broke out, the public was outraged by the fact that he lied to them for 1 whole year and that the Death Eaters managed to infiltrate the Ministry and the Department of Mysteries of all places, along with Dolores's arrest placing him on thin ice, he quickly resigned after the battle knowing that he would have been ousted regardless."
"Who is the new Minister then?"
"Me," Madam Bones replied with a proud smile.
"Amelia was appointed as Minister almost immediately because of her impressive showing throughout the year and because the Ministry is heading for war," Dumbledore explained.
"That's amazing, congratulations Amelia."
"Thank you Harry," Madam Bones smiled brightly at him.
"As we were saying however, Amelia heeded my advice and removed the dementors from Azkaban and replaced it with Aurors meaning that breaking the Death Eaters out would be harder than usual."
"It means a lot then," Harry agreed, "this is a major setback for the Death Eaters, will they go back into hiding now that Voldemort is gone again?"
"I do not think so," Dumbledore replied, "the core of the Death Eaters are still standing, those that are the most loyal to Voldemort, they also know now that he isn't dead, I reckon that they will increase their activities in order to distract the public while they try to bring him back again."
"That is an easy task though, the ritual does not need much."
"Yes but Voldemort is too weak to come back for now, he has to regain strength first and I estimate that it would take a least a year for that to happen," Dumbledore said.
"So we have a timeframe then, with the Ministry going to war together with the Order, we can actually win the war."
"Agreed Harry," Dumbledore smiled, "in addition, the Ministry had gotten Lucius to rat out his fellow Death Eaters."
"Lucius spoke?"
"He did and in turn, I have gone and hidden his family under the Fidelius Charm, Lucius has given us a list of active Death Eaters, among them include, Alecto and Amycus Carrow, Corban Yaxley, Antonin Dolohov, Gibbon, Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Augustus Rookwood, Thorfinn Rowle, Travers and Peter Pettigrew, we assume that the Lestranges, Rookwood and Yaxley will take up the leadership role, with all 4 being highly loyal and close to Voldemort, Bellatrix, being the closest to Voldemort and his second-in-command, would likely be the highest-ranking one, while their core numbers are small, Lucius had given us intel that they are recruiting mercenaries and sympathisers to strengthen their numbers, these are not full on Death Eaters but will instead act like foot soldiers for them, a famous example would be Fenir Greyback."
"So this is really an all-out war isn't it?"
"Very much so Harry, something that the Ministry and the Order are going to battle against, we, however, have more pressing things to talk about now," Dumbledore said, "whatever that is said here cannot be said outside, understood?"
Everyone in the room nodded, looking intently at Dumbledore.
"We would have to start from the start, Harry, do you know why you survived the Killing Curse again this time?" Dumbledore asked.
"I do, my parents explained to me," Harry said, noticing everyone looking at him confusedly, expecting him to continue the story.
"When the Curse hit me, I was transported to something called the Limbo, the place between life and death and it shows the person the place where their life changes the most, for me, it showed the Yule Ball," Harry said, looking at Cho who got the message and blushed a little, "I think that it also shows you someone in your life who had passed on, someone who can explain to you what the place was, for me, it was my parents."
"You met James and Lily?" Sirius asked, eyes turning watery.
"I did, in the Limbo, there was something on the floor as well, it was an infant-like body, something that my parents called a Horcrux."
Half of the room erupted in gasps, among which are Madam Bones, Sirius, Snape, Moody and Mr Chang, Dumbledore however, nodded and raised his hand, stopping the questions from the crowd, signalling Harry to continue.
"Yeah… my parents explained to me that when Voldemort took my blood during his ritual, what he essentially did was ground me to life, they said that as long as Voldemort was alive, my mother's protection would continue to live on, essentially meaning that Voldemort technically cannot kill me as the protection that lives on in his body would protect me from death, it gave me a choice in the Limbo where I can either pass on or return to life, obviously, I chose the latter."
"Very well explained," Dumbledore nodded in approval, "everything that you said was correct, you were indeed protected from Voldemort specifically and he could not kill you as long as your mother's protection flowed through his veins, that is why you survived the second Killing Curse."
"And the Horcrux?" Harry asked.
"Horcruxes are one of the foulest pieces of magic in this world, what it does is that it stores a piece of your soul in an object, making you immortal as long as that piece of soul in the object isn't destroyed, it however, requires one to tear apart their soul, through murder," Dumbledore said softly, almost in disgust.
"So that's why Voldemort survived both times, because he has a Horcrux keeping him alive."
"Not one only Harry, he has many," Dumbledore revealed, making those who knew about the magic in the room yelp in shock.
"You think that he has multiple?" Madam Bones asked in horror, "Splitting your soul once is foul enough, but multiple times?"
"Yes Amelia, I do believe that he split his soul multiple times, I have a theory about the number but I cannot be sure, not yet, but I do know that he had done it at least thrice, the evidence, this," Dumbledore said, taking out Tom Riddle's diary and pushing it towards the others.
"When Harry gave this to me in his second year, the magic that he described was powerful and very dark, having the ability to possess someone, I immediately suspected then that this might be a Horcrux, thankfully however, it was destroyed as Harry stabbed it with a Basilisk Fang, Basilisk venom is one of the only things known to be capable of destroying Horcruxes, the second evidence, is the infant-like body Harry saw in the Limbo."
"You mean-" Sirius said in horror, staring at Dumbledore blankly.
"Yes Sirius, Harry was a Horcrux," Dumbledore sighed, "I had suspected this for a while, the fact that he could speak Parselmouth, his scar containing powerful dark magic and the fact that he could look into Voldemort's mind, these are abnormal abilities that are likely due to Voldemort unintentionally placing his soul into Harry, you see, the night where he came to kill you, I believe that he planned to use your death to make another Horcrux, I believe that he had completed all the rituals and the last thing he had to do was to kill you, when the Killing Curse bounced back and hit him however, that part of his soul latched itself onto the only magical object in the room, which was you, Harry."
"Isn't it impossible to make a living creature into a Horcrux?" Madam Bones asked.
"It isn't impossible, just unadvisable, I believe that Voldemort's snake is a Horcrux itself hence his ability to control it that well, but yes, making a living creature, especially a human into a Horcrux is inadvisable, that is because the 2 souls would be fighting each other for control of the body, making it very impractical, however, I believe that Harry was not a proper Horcrux and that Voldemort's soul was too weak to compete with his, if Harry was a proper Horcrux with Voldemort's soul inside him, Harry would essentially be possessed by Voldemort, that however, isn't the case, all this Horcrux does it weaken Harry's magical ability."
"But Harry is very powerful, I saw him in the battle, he was levels above many Death Eaters," Sirius retorted.
"He is," Dumbledore said, "Harry however, is assisted by many factors, firstly, his lack of exposure to magic till he was 11 greatly helped Harry, it allowed Harry's soul to strengthen, giving him a sense of self while Voldemort's soul laid dormant due to the lack of exposure to magic, when Harry finally was exposed to magic, his soul was able to fight back Voldemort's, another factor would be that Voldemort's soul was already very weak, something that is likely due to him splitting his soul one too many times, last but not least, Harry's affinity to Ancient Magic."
"Affinity to Ancient Magic?" Madam Bones asked, "You don't mean pure affinity do you?"
"No, he definitely does not have a pure affinity, he however, has a stronger affinity to Ancient Magic than many, this magic in him helped him to win the battle of the souls, and that is why Harry got so much stronger in his 5th-year, which is usually where people with an affinity start finding out their abilities, Harry, if you would care to demonstrate your ability."
Harry immediately transformed himself into a ball of light and flew around the room at rapid speed before returning to his seat, impressing everyone in the room.
"Bloody hell, that was impressive Harry," Sirius said in amazement.
"Indeed, I believe that Harry is a lot stronger than what we have seen and now without that Horcrux holding him back, he potentially can become stronger than everyone in this room, even me," Dumbledore said which shocked Harry himself. He knew that he could become powerful, but more than Dumbledore?
"You would need tons of training Harry, which is why I would continue our training sessions, but at a lower intensity as I have a war to fight," Dumbledore said before turning to look at everyone, "ah yes, it should be time that I made an announcement, I am stepping down as the Headmaster of Hogwarts to focus on fighting this war."
"What?" Harry asked in shock.
"Yes Harry, I am stepping down, I won't be fully gone however, I will be advising Minerva who will replace me and I will continue contributing to the school, as I said before, help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it," Dumbledore said with a smile.
"We can continue this chat later but we have more important things to talk about, as I was saying just now, you were a Horcrux before Harry," Dumbledore said, "but that part of you has been removed, you are now free of Voldemort's soul, I however, have a request for you."
"What is it Professor?" Harry asked.
"You see Harry, in our attempt to defeat Voldemort, we would have to find all the other Horcruxes, I have found a way to search for the Horcrux as long as I have something or someone with a connection to it, I would have to request for your aid Harry."
"But that part of Voldemort's soul is destroyed isn't it?"
"It is, however, the 15 years it lived inside of you means that it left an imprint on your soul, while it would never be able to impact you again, an imprint is all I need to search for the remaining Horcruxes, all I would have to do is to look into your mind and search for it, this would be a really painful and head-splitting experience but it would not harm you, just temporarily hurt you a lot, would you allow me to do it Harry?"
"I would Professor, let's do it now," Harry replied firmly, lowering his Occlumency shield.
"Thank you Harry," Dumbledore said, before tapping into his mind.
Harry could feel Dumbledore's presence in the beginning, wandering through his memories and thoughts harmlessly. Suddenly however, Harry felt a terrible pain in his scar, grasping it, Harry yelled in agony, feeling his vision going black again. Almost immediately however, the pain in his scar stopped.
"Did you get it?" Harry asked Dumbledore, still panting.
"I did, I saw 5 more Horcruxes," Dumbledore said, deep in thought, "where exactly they are however, we have to find, but at least I know what they are, they are Slytherin's locket, a Ring, Hufflepuff Cup, Ravenclaw's Diadem and Voldemort's snake."
"Ravenclaw's Diadem?" Cho asked, still holding Harry's hand tightly, comforting him after the painful experience, "Isn't it lost to time?"
"Apparently not Ms Chang," Dumbledore said, "I would have to ponder about this on a later date, we still have matters to attend to, Harry, despite Voldemort's fall, I would still need you to return to your relatives for this summer."
"Why? Isn't Sirius an innocent man?" Harry asked.
"Sirius is, the problem is not who can take you in, it's about the Bond of Blood Charm Harry," Dumbledore replied, "while Voldemort is gone, we have to keep this protection alive for as long as possible until you reach 17, it is not only for your safety Harry, it is also for your relatives, you being there protects them from the Death Eaters."
"You have to be kidding Albus!" Mrs Weasley shouted, "Do you know how badly they treat him every year, why does he have to care for them!"
"Because they are still humans," Harry replied, sighing in disappointment, "no matter how despicable they are, they are still humans and if they die because the Death Eaters attack, they will die because of me."
"But they abuse you Harry! They are horrible people!" Mrs Weasley protested again.
"Well, perhaps Petunia and Vernon are terrible, but Dudley, he hasn't been that bad in the past few years, he was raised and taught that bullying me was fine, but I believe that he is maturing and realising that it was wrong, if he dies, it would be my fault."
"Why are you so noble!" Ron shouted at him, "They have never treated you with any respect and you are still caring for them!"
"They never accepted me as family yes, they abused me yes, but they still kept me sheltered for 15 years, feeding me and while it was the bare minimum, they still did, they allowed me to stay with them and protected me for 15 years, I can't just leave them to fend for themselves against wizards who are willing to kill, it's just wrong," Harry protested before turning to Dumbledore, "I would go back to them for the summer."
"Thank you Harry, you would only have to stay with them for a month and afterwards, you can shift in with Sirius at Grimmauld Place," Dumbledore said, looking at him gratefully, "you can also visit your friends during the stay as long as you are followed by someone in the Order, thank you so much Harry."
"Professor," Cho suddenly said, "may I stay with Harry at their house during that time as well."
Harry stared at his girlfriend stunned, not knowing what to say.
"Ms Chang?" Dumbledore asked.
"I want to stay with Harry and make his stay more enjoyable," Cho explained, "can I do it, for him?"
"I… Yes, you can, only if your father allows however," Dumbledore said as everyone turned to look at Mr Chang. Cho quickly broke into a quick exchange with her father in Mandarin, thankfully, Mr Chang looked more surprised than disapproving.
"I allow Cho to stay with the Dursleys, I can pay for her expenses there as well," Mr Chang replied.
"Fantastic, I would talk to Vernon and Petunia myself," Dumbledore continued, "to sweeten the deal however, I have something important to share with you Harry, do you know what emancipation means?"
"Yeah?" Harry replied confusedly.
"Fantastic because I would be getting you emancipated tomorrow," Dumbledore continued, "you see, in the very flawed Wizarding Laws, something that Amelia would be trying to change, there is a clause which states that in a situation where an heir to a Pureblood family is the last living one of their bloodline, they can get emancipated after the age of 14, while this law was made to favour the Pureblood Supremacists, I believe that it is time to make use of it before it gets removed."
"Wait, you are telling me that I can be an adult wizard at 15?"
"Yes I am, while magically you aren't an adult yet, law-wise, you will very much be, meaning that you would gain access to all of your vaults and be allowed to use magic outside of school," Dumbledore confirmed.
"Don't I have access to my vault already?"
"Oh no, you only have access to your education fund, something that I set up when I became your temporary legal guardian after Sirius's false imprisonment, no Harry, you are a lot richer than you think, you are in fact, in muggle money, a Billionaire."
"What?" Harry asked in pure shock.
"You descent from the Peverall line as I have told you before, they were powerful wizards who had accumulated immense wealth throughout their lifetime, when you became the Potters, that money continued to be passed down, your grandfather, Fleamont Potter, expanded the wealth by creating the Sleekeazy's Hair Potion, something that you still own a share of which continues to make you immense wealth monthly till today, he also started a muggle company under a different name, using purely muggle ingredients to make another famous muggle hair product company which you also own a share of allowing you to continue to make more and more money as your vault was left untouched, this means that you are a billionaire Harry," Dumbledore explained to a really shocked Harry.
"That's… surprising."
"Indeed," Dumbledore smiled, "I will be bringing you to Gringotts tomorrow to get that sorted out before bringing you to another place which I believe it was about time for you to visit, Sirius, as your Godfather will be following, I would assume that you would want to bring Ms Chang along with you?"
"Do you want to?" Harry asked Cho who nodded excitedly.
"Fantastic, meet me at my office after breakfast tomorrow."
"Last but not least however, is a decision that I've made in the past week, to allow you 4 to join the Order," Dumbledore said, looking at Harry, Cho, Ron and Hermione.
"But they are still minors Albus!" Mrs Weasley protested.
"They are in age Molly, but not in ability and mentally, Harry here has faced Voldemort 4 times and has fought through challenges that many wizards would not have survived, you have also seen his magical prowess, he beats many Aurors in capabilities Molly, I think he is ready and that it is his right to be in the Order after facing so much adversity, for the other 3 however, I believe that they should join the Order due to their involvement with Harry, the whole world and especially the Death Eaters know that Ms Granger and Mr Weasley are close friends with Harry, even more know that Harry is dating Ms Chang here, for their safety, I believe that it is better that they know what dangers lie ahead of them," Dumbledore explained.
"But-"
"Molly, including them in the Order does not mean that I am putting them on the frontline, I am just allowing them to learn about what is going on, I would also personally train all 4 of them over the holidays to help them improve their capabilities, Amelia had already approved the temporary removal of the Trace doing the practices," Dumbledore explained further, "I however, require consent from their guardians, Ms Chang is already of the legal age and Harry is about to be emancipated, this leaves Mr Weasley and Ms Granger, Ms Granger, I would explain to your parents myself about this situation so that they can make their decision, this leaves Mr Weasley, Molly?"
Mrs Weasley looked torn, on one hand, she clearly did not want Ron in the Order, on the other, she understood where Dumbledore was coming from. Reluctantly, she nodded and gave her permission.
"This is it for now then, have a good rest Harry, I will see you tomorrow."