One shots pt 11

by phoenixgirl26

Another lot of one shots. Warning: the stories are mixed with some strong language, slash, time travel with some bashing of favourite characters thrown in.

8. Chapter 8

They're on their own:

Alastor Moody, or better known as Mad-eye Moody was on guard duty at number four Privet drive. He was tasked with keeping Harry Potter safe. After the return of Voldemort and after Harry escaped, everyone knew that Voldemort would go after Harry, sooner or later. This time Voldemort would not hesitate, he would kill the boy before Harry had a chance of escaping a second time.

When he arrive, Hestia Jones, who had been on duty, she explained that Harry hadn't been out of the house and neither had the Dursley's. Mad-eye did not like the muggle relatives of Harry Potter. They were not shy when showing their hatred of anyone magical, including their nephew, Harry. Albus Dumbledore had explained to the order that even though the Dursley's might not like Harry, he had the best protection staying with his mother's sister due to blood wards.

Mad-eye felt that Harry would be just as safe at the headquarters of the order of the phoenix. Apart from having many adult witches and wizards at the house, it was also under the fidelius charm, with Albus as the secret keeper. He thought Albus should change his mind about the boy's living condition, not just for his safety, but for his sanity. Everyone could tell that Harry needed to be around his own kind, not stuck with muggles who had no idea what was going on or what Harry was feeling.

Mad-eye knew Harry was a tough kid, but he was only fifteen years old. Harry faced Voldemort, witnessed a fellow student murdered, he was tortured and he was almost killed. He was injured but he was also suffering, not just from the torture, but also emotionally. The muggles didn't care how Harry was feeling, but many believed he needed to be watched more closely. The boy had already faced more than most adults, Mad-eye was worried that this latest event just might be too much for Harry. He planned to talk to Albus again about moving the boy before Harry did something because he couldn't handle all this anymore.

When he heard a noise, he looked towards the front of the house. He heard the front door. The muggles couldn't see him, he was hidden under his invisibility cloak, but he could see them. He watched as the three Dursley's hurry to the car, get in and drive away. Mad-eye noticed that the muggles seemed to speed away. That was the first thing that worried the ex-auror, the second was the muggles never left Harry alone in the house before, so Mad-eye wasn't sure why they did this time. But why were they going out so late and being sneaky about it?

'It's time to make sure the boy was still there and didn't sneak away when Jones was on duty.'

The grisly ex-auror let himself into the house, then used his magical eye to scan all the rooms. He saw Potter in his room, the boy wasn't moving and he was just lying on the bed. Mad-eye figured he was asleep, but he best make sure.

He limped up the stairs to see locks on Harry's door, a quick flick of his wand and they fell to the floor. He opened the door and the smell of blood hit him. He didn't hesitate, he raced to the boys side to see blood seeping from many places on his body. Mad-eye first checked to make sure the boy was still breathing. He was, but barely. He knew some basic healing spells, so he did those next.

Mad-eye flicked his wand all of the boy's things flew into the trunk, including a few items from under the bed. Once everything was in the trunk, he shrunk it then stuck it in his pocket.

'The Green Hills estate, that's where Harry will be,' Mad-eye told the white owl, who was outside on the windowsill, before he levitated the boy upright. He covered them both in the cloak then used his emergency portkey.

'Maureen, I need you're help,' Mad-eye yelled as he placed Harry on the couch.

A woman in her forties raced into the room, 'Is that Harry Potter?'

'Yes, questions later Maureen, heal first.'

'Right, sorry dad,' the woman began her healing charms, she summoned a few bottles of potions, forced the boy to drink before she began to carefully wrap his injuries.

'He will heal, now what the hell happened to him?'

'His muggle relatives did this. All of us told Albus many times Harry should be removed but the man wouldn't listen. Right now Harry would have been an emotional wreck. I would say his nightmares set the muggles off.'

'He has nightmares?'

Alastor and Maureen turned to see Daphne, 'Yes, sweetheart, he has suffered from them all his life, but they have been getting worse over the last few years.'

'I don't mind but why bring him here instead of Hogwarts?' Maureen asked sadly as she stared down at the-boy-who-lived.

'I lost my trust in Albus, he refused to listen to our ideas or advice, or even our opinions. But he just didn't seem to care about the boy.'

'But Malfoy always goes on about Potter being Dumbledore's boy,' Daphne said.

'That's what Albus wants everyone to believe, but I noticed a few looks Harry gave Albus. I would say Harry had come to realise that Albus was up to something and it wasn't good. Right now, the order of the phoenix are in a safe location with Albus as the secret keeper, yet he sent Harry, who would be suffering, back to magic hating muggles,' Alastor turned to his granddaughter, 'Don't believe anything you've been told about Harry Potter. He is nothing like what is being written nor what most Slytherin's think. He's kind, considerate, far to noble for his own good, loyal, brave, very unsure of himself and hates attention.'

'But what about all those things he seems involved in?'

'For some reason he finds himself in dangerous situations and gets himself out with the help of his friends. He has never had any help from any of the staff, yet he could have died many, many times. He also stopped Hogwarts from being closed. He was involved in the death of Quirrell, who was possessed with the spirit of Voldemort and he was only eleven at the time. This boy has suffered his whole life and it has been getting worse since he returned to the magical world.'

'That's why I'm not returning to Hogwarts,' Harry croaked.

'What did those muggles do?'

'What they always do,' Harry slowly opened his swollen eyes, 'Are you the real Mad-eye?'

Mad-eye laughed, 'Aye and my eye still doesn't work right after that piece of shit used it. Tell me boy….'

'Don't call me boy,' Harry growled, 'That's what…my uncle called me.'

'Fine, Potter, what set them off?'

'Owls and nightmares, then a phone call from Hermione. She phoned to tell me that the old man told everyone not to write to me, that I need time. Well, Hermione realised that would make things worse. She contacted Neville and Luna, asked if they would write and keep me updated. Ron couldn't even if he wanted to, his mother would keep an eye on him. She believes everything the old man says,' Harry slowly sat up, 'Where am I?'

'My daughter's home,' Mad-eye gestured to the two female's standing together, 'Maureen Greengrass and my granddaughter, Daphne.'

'Ah, one Slytherin that never laughed when Snape began his torment,' Harry nodded to Daphne then looked at the woman, 'Thank you ma'am, but now I need to go and find somewhere to stay before Moldyshorts and his death wieners find me.'

'No son, right now you need rest. It's not just the physical injures you have, your magical core will need healing. It would be more dangerous for you to leave since you could not defend yourself.'

'I don't understand, what do you mean about my magical core?'

'During your first year, all muggleborns, or muggle raised are told about how the magical core works. You can drain it the longer you continuously use magic, especially using powerful spells. If you are injured, then your magical core will help keep the injury from getting worse. If you are injured severely then your magical core will try to keep you alive until you can get help. It's the main reason why the underage law is in place. Those months away from Hogwarts allows our magical core to recharge. The moment I saw the state you were in in realised if you were a muggle, you would be dead. Right now, because of your injuries, your magical core needs time to build up, like a muscle.'

'I wasn't told any of that. But I found out recently that the muggleborns, or raised were filled in on a lot of stuff that I wasn't. They had secret classes with their heads of house, yet I wasn't invited,' Harry sighed then looked up at the woman, 'I don't want to be a burden or put you in danger, ma'am and right now anyone near me would be in danger.'

'Our home is very secure and you are not a burden. You will stay until you are fully healed. Daphne dear, ask the house elves to prepare the guest room for Mr Potter.'

'Yes mum,' Daphne glanced once more at Harry before she left the room.

'I don't think you're daughter likes the idea I'm here. I'm sure her boyfriend will use this to his advantage.'

'My daughter does not have a boyfriend.'

'Malfoy, I've overheard him a lot about what he and Daphne get up to in the boys dorms when he kicks out his friends.'

'I will never allow Malfoy to have anything to do with either of my daughters.' Maureen snarled.

'That fucking little bastard,' Mad-eye growled.

'Dilly is preparing the room now mum.'

'Thank you. Now, tell me you have not be taken in by that blond peacock?'

'What? You know I can't stand the pounce. Why would you believe I would?'

Maureen and Mad-eye turned to face Harry.

'I overheard Malfoy going on about what you two get up to. Um, sorry, but he said you are finally learning how to please your future husband.'

'What?! Daphne yelled, 'Why that piece of dragon dung. Wait until I see him again. I'll show him exactly what I learned when I remove his cock and force it down his throat.'

'Daphne,' Maureen scolded, but Mad-eye and Harry chuckled, 'You two are not helping. She is supposed to be a lady and a lady does not speak like that.'

Daphne scoffed making Harry and Mad-eye chuckle again, 'A lady can curse just like any boy, or man,' Daphne growled.

'Yes, you can sweetheart, we made sure you can look after yourself. Now come on Potter, I'm helping you to bed where you can rest.'

'Um, um, I haven't eating in a week, any chance of some food?'

Maureen and Mad-eye growled, Daphne looked down at Harry before she called for a house elf to bring some food for their guest. She always was curious as to why Harry Potter seemed thin, underweight, now she knew. The muggles he lived with were basically starving him. She realised it was probably because of the muggles that he dressed in rags when not in his school robes. Even though she did not know Harry Potter, she was determined to help him now she knew some of what he has been through. She knew he was telling the truth about you-know-who, she had heard some of the Slytherin's talking about him and how he wants to remain secret until he can build up his army. She had passed on the occasionally information to her grandfather. No one knew that Alastor, Mad-eye Moody was her grandfather. They all agreed to keep it a secret, so Daphne nor Astoria would end up hurt, or worse.

After eating, Mad-eye helped Harry up the stairs and into the guest bedroom, 'Will you tell the old man I'm gone?'

'I will tell him the house was empty, there was a lot of blood and the relatives disappeared in a hurry. No one will know where you are or even if you are alive. They won't know anything including that fact that I helped you.'

'Thanks.'

'You said Granger phoned you.'

'Yeah, she wanted to explain why I wouldn't be getting any mail. When Ron sent Hedwig with a letter to her, she explained that Dumbledore wanted the Weasley's to look after my owl. Hermione said Hedwig was safe and staying with her, yet I saw Hedwig in the tree.

'She was on the windowsill, I told her where we were going.'

'Thanks. But does anyone know you're Daphne's grandfather?'

'No, we always knew it would be dangerous if anyone found out. I made a lot of enemies and not all of them are in Azkaban. Maureen used her mother's maiden name before she married Jonathan. Naturally he was told but he was asked to give a magical oath. It was to protect Maureen and the girls, along with him.'

'I heard rumours that the Greengrass were neutral during the first war, yet many like Malfoy were saying they support Voldemort.'

'They will never support him. They remained neutral as the only alternative to supporting Voldemort was Dumbledore. Maureen and Jonathan do not like Albus Dumbledore.'

'I don't blame them.'

'When did you change your mind about him?'

'The end of my first year at Hogwarts. First was how he allowed Snape to be a bastard, then I heard about this information all muggleborns or raised were given,' Harry stared up at Moody, 'When he gave me my dad's invisibility cloak, I used it to listen and watch, also to get into the restricted section. Well one day this strange little house elf told me the cloak had a tracking charm on it then she told me which book I needed. I was able to remove the charm then I began to listen in on the old man and Snape. It was there plan, Snape to make sure I'm treated worse than others which will make my life at Hogwarts miserable. With my life at the Dursley's and Hogwarts, I would eventually say enough and join my parent's.'

'Are you saying Albus Dumbledore wants you dead?'

'Yep, I have no idea why just that I'm a threat to him, or something. I was hoping I would survive long enough just to get a bit older so I could disappear. Now though, with what happened with the muggles and Voldemort, I know it's time to leave. Once I'm up to it, I plan to leave the country. If Fudge and the Daily Prophet keep going then everyone will be against me. There is no use staying here with no family or support. For all I know Fudge will work on some charges and have me in Azkaban, so I can't stay here, I can't take the chance.'

'I may be able to help you with that. I have a place in America that will keep you hidden. It's warded, but it uses dark wards. America does not stop people using the dart arts as long as they do not use them against people or magical creatures.'

'Sounds like its perfect. But Mad-eye, he said I would be safe because of the wards. Two things which will prove he is lying. The wards are based on blood and as long as I stay with my mother's blood I would be safe. Voldemort has my blood running through his veins so he can easily bypass the wards. Also, Petunia asked why I was sent back to them when I was still hurt. I told her about Voldemort and how he still wants to kill me. She screeched that she was not the blood sister of my mother, she was adopted.'

'Did she say why she agreed to take you in the first place?'

'For the money and the protection. Now she knows that Voldemort is back she knows her family is in danger. They were already angry because of the owl then the phone call, I think they knew there were witches and wizards near the house as well. Finally Vernon said enough and decided to deal with me for good.'

'He meant to kill you?'

'he's threatened to before. He knew Dumbledore would make sure I was safe but now Vernon knows that Voldemort will do anything to kill me, he was more scared of him than the old man.'

Harry watched as Mad-eye went still. He wondered what the old auror was thinking about.

'How would you feel if everyone believed you were dead?'

'I wouldn't care, I would probably end up not having to face life threatening situations again. What do you have in mind?'

'Do you believe that people like those death eaters who got away with killing should be able to walk around where they could kill again?'

'No, I believe they should be dead. In some muggle societies, they kill dangerous prisoners. I think people like death eaters should be put to death.'

'Then I will make it seem like Harry Potter was beaten and locked up by his muggle relatives and then killed by death eaters. Hearing that should make people begin to question Albus, hopefully it will also mean more people will be more cautious and not just believe everything he says. Right now no one will know what's happened, but I'm due to be relieved by Fletcher in a few hours. I can deal with everything in the amount of time I have, so he won't know anything except you and the muggles are still in the house.'

'It sounds good, but what about money? If I'm dead I can't get to my vault.'

'Leave that to me. I will contact one of my goblin sources who will organise a trunk with an undetectable expansion charm on it. Now you will probably need two, one for your trust vault and one for your family vault.'

'I didn't know I had another vault.'

'Figures. Both your parent's worked, but I know your father was left some money when his parent's died. Also, your mother was left a house and money, she sold the house which belonged to her muggle aunt and the money came from her parent's. What you have in your trust vault is meant to last until your seventeen. I have no idea how much you have Potter, but it will be enough to live for about ten years. Then think of this, if you convert some of the magical money for muggle money, it gives you a lot more. The house in America I'm talking about is close to muggles.'

'Okay, sounds good, but I don't have my key. Dumbledore made Mrs Weasley do my shopping when we went to the quidditch world cup, I never got it back.'

'You won't need it, just a letter from you written in your blood. I'll need to get one of my special quills. Can you stay awake for an hour?'

'Yeah, I need to be really exhausted or the nightmares will return.'

'Then I'll get the quill then organise for you to be found dead.'

'Tanks for everything Mad-eye. I owe you, you're saving my life.'

'We all owed you when you first vanquished Voldemort, so this will mean we're even. Rest until I return.'

Harry watched as the old auror left before he sagged, 'I might finally be able to be just Harry. Maybe I should change my name,' Harry looked up when he heard a knock on the door, 'Hi, come in, if you want.'

Daphne nodded then stepped into the room, she pulled a chair close to the bed then sat down.

'I overheard what granddad was saying. Since you told everyone he was back, I've been talking a lot with my mother about what we can do. He will use anyone to get what he wants. If people like the peacock joins him which we know he will, then I could be taken to make my parent's join him. Tori could also be taken.'

'Tori?' Harry's brow furrowed, 'Oh right, Astoria, your sister. But you're right, if half the ones in your house join him then all the others would be in danger and we know Snape won't help anyone but Malfoy.'

'That's because Snape is Malfoy's godfather.'

'So that's why he's allowed to do anything he wants,' Harry sighed, 'I believe it's all part of the plan, keep the houses separated so anyone in Slytherin will either join Voldemort or end up ostracised, or worse. What I don't get is why the old man allows it. It's making more supporters for Voldemort out of some who would normally stay neutral. Dumbledore might trust Snape but I haven't since my first year, no matter what anyone says, even Hermione.'

'He's out for himself. He will play spy for both sides but he will be working on how to make sure he survives when it's over.'

'I would believe that of him.'

'Why does he hate you so much? Is it just because you made him disappear?'

'I think that's part of it. But the fact is he was in love with my mother and she chose his enemy, James Potter. I look like my father.'

'Wouldn't you think he might try to get close to you for your mother if he loved her?'

'I think he would have if I didn't look like my father. My godfather explained why Snape is such a bastard towards me.'

'There's rumours going around that he's innocent.'

'It's true, we saw Peter Pettigrew, he confessed to being a death eater and allowing Voldemort to get passed the fidelius charm. He also admitted to killing those muggles before changing into his rat animagus and escaping. We were going to bring him to the castle to show Fudge, but Lupin forgot to take the wolfsbane potion. He changed, Sirius changed into his animagus to help keep him away from us, but it gave Pettigrew time to change and escape. Fudge refused to believe us, but Snape was part of the reason. Snape hates Sirius, he told Fudge that Sirius confunded us. He wanted Sirius kissed. I stunned Snape so he never saw anything because he was unconscious. Sirius is in hiding right now, but I overheard the old man talking about reforming the order of the phoenix, Sirius will be with them, somewhere. Even though he's my godfather, he listens to Dumbledore, so I can't trust him. I do want him safe and I wish he was free, but can't put my life or freedom into the hands of anyone that trusts Dumbledore, or the ministry.'

'I don't blame you. But why I originally came in to speak with you. See, my father is one of the governors, he's been in meetings about who will be the new defence against the dark arts teacher. Fudge is putting in Dolores Umbridge, who won't be teaching anything. We'll only be allowed to study the theory. It's owl year but also the war is about to start. I spoke with my mother and she's agreed, but I would like to ask you if you wouldn't mind if Tori and I join you in America?'

'If you want to you can, I don't mind. At least I won't be alone. Will your father agree?'

'Yes, he wanted to send me and Tori to Beauxbatons, but I really didn't want anything to do with that school. It has nothing to do with Fleur Delacour being a veela, it's the way they all acted, like they were better than us.'

'I get that, Fleur might have changed, but the rest were right snobby bitches. Now I just have to hope your grandfather can make it seem like I died so we can escape this country before anyone figures out what is going on. And we have to make sure no one finds out the truth.'

Mad-eye arrived an hour later with his special quill, 'You need to write a letter giving me permission to empty your vaults into the trunks, also to change some into muggle money. I believe you should also write out a will which the goblins will execute, stating that you gave all your money to muggle charities for children.'

'They would believe that, especially anyone that really knows me.' Harry took the quill, he had already been told that it would cut into his hand but it could be healed straight away.

'Are you here to keep Harry awake or was there another reason?' Mad-eye asked his granddaughter.

'I spoke with mother, Astoria and I want to leave, so I asked Harry if he wouldn't mind us going with him.'

'I'm relieved sweetheart, I knew you and your sister would be in danger if you returned to Hogwarts. I will be sending a message to one of my contacts to have the house ready. Harry will need a couple of days before he can handle the trip, so you have time to pack what you need.'

'Granddad, what about Tracy and Blaize? They don't want anything to do with Voldemort or his death eaters, but they don't trust Dumbledore.'

'Alright, first, this is about hiding Harry as well as you and your sister.'

'I'm sure you can get them to give you an oath on their magic, or work it so this information is under the fidelius charm. At least let me ask them if they want to leave.'

'Alright, speak with them tomorrow, do not mention where you're going or who will be with you. If they want to leave, then tell them they will need to give an oath and that it's for the protection of you, Tori and Harry.'

'Thanks granddad. I'll let you finish up, I'm exhausted,' Daphne kissed her grandfather, 'Goodnight Harry.'

'Goodnight Daphne,' Harry gave her a smile then went back to his writing.

It only took another few minutes for Harry to finish before he had his hand healed by Mad-eye.

'So, when are you going to make it look like I'm dead?'

'As soon as I speak with my goblin contact.'

'If you can, keep an eye on Hermione and Neville.'

'I have someone inside Hogwarts that will watch Longbottom. I plan to speak with Granger. She will be in more danger than others since it's known you two are close. I believe she should leave the country, but it would be best if she goes somewhere else. If anyone gets suspicious they could try to find her then they will find you.'

'That's actually a good idea, but I just want her safe and away from here. Alright, thanks Mad-eye, for everything.'

'You deserve some help Potter and I promised your parent's to keep an eye on you if they weren't here to do it themselves. Now rest, you still need to heal.'

When Harry woke the next morning the first thing he saw was Hedwig who was sitting on the back of the chair with her head under her wing. He smiled before he slowly got out of bed. He had to steady himself before he could walk slowly to the bathroom. When he got back to the bedroom he saw a house elf making his bed but there was also a tray with food sitting at a small table beside the bed. Harry thanked the elf before sitting on the bed then getting stuck into the food. Even though he ate the night before, after not eating for nearly a week he was still hungry.

Late in the afternoon Mrs Greengrass said Harry could get up as long as he took it easy and not to use any magic. When Harry said he couldn't anyway or the ministry would find out, she explained that the wards around her home would stop the ministry finding out. She then explained why he shouldn't use magic, his core needed time. Right now Harry couldn't even use a first year spell and even if he could he would ended up exhausted.

Harry didn't leave the room that morning, he was thinking of all the plans Mad-eye arranged and how he would be gone soon but everyone would believe he was dead. He ended up tired so he decided to have a nap. When Harry woke, he headed down stairs, as he knew it would be close to dinner. 'Why do you wear those worn out clothes?' Daphne thought she knew the answer, but she wanted to make sure.

Harry turned to see Daphne, 'That's all they would give me, Dudley's old clothes. When I went to Diagon alley, I was always being rushed, so I never got time to buy anything decent, except my school stuff.'

'We'll fix that when we get to America.'

'Would you help me? I have no idea when it comes to clothes.'

'Of course. So how are you feeling?'

'Weak but okay, you're mum is fantastic.'

'She gave up healing when Tori and I were born. She always planned to return now we're older. It wouldn't be safe for her to return to St Mungo's now he's back.'

'No, especially if you and your sister disappear. Will your parent's be okay?'

'Yes, they know how to work it. They were always concerned about us being used. With Tori and I gone and out of their reach they will be fine. But if they feel they are in danger, they will leave and probably join us.'

'Good, I would hate for anything to happen to them. I might not know your dad and only just met your mum, but I can tell she is a nice person.'

'They're great parent's. They don't want us forced to join him or get hurt because we would try to fight them. Getting away is the best thing. We can still go to school, learn what we need without junior death eaters threatening us or ministry personal who want to bury their heads up their arse.'

'Daphne,' Maureen scolded.

'Sorry, but it's true.'

'What's Harry Potter doing here?'

Harry turned to the sound of the voice, 'Hello, you must be Astoria,' Harry gave her a smile then held out his hand. Astoria looked surprised but shook it, 'You're grandfather and mother saved me last night and said I need to rest for a couple of days.'

'Saved you, was it…him?' Astoria asked sounding frightened.

'No, no, it's alright, he's still hiding at the moment. No, my muggle relatives almost killed me. Your grandfather found me and brought me here.'

'I did and to make sure no one finds out the truth,' Mad-eye said as he stomped into the room.

'Is it done Mad-eye?'

'All done Potter,' Mad-eye took two miniature trunks from his pocket then a bag which he passed to Harry, 'I would say someone from the order will be asked to check on you within the next day or so. While I was there I cast a lot of charms to make sure my magical signature wouldn't register. I got rid of any trace that I was in that room. I still remember the magical signatures of certain death eaters and I have a lot of their first wands, so I used those wands and placed their signatures around the house and your room. But one magical signature I detected has me confused. I detected a small amount of Voldemort's signature.'

'But he wasn't there.'

'It was too small to be him, but it was part of him. Somehow there was a small part of him in that room.'

Harry's brow furrowed, 'Did the old man explain what happened down in the chamber of secrets?'

'He said you rescued the Weasley girl and stopped the monster. He refused to give out any other information.'

'That's all he told the school,' Daphne said.

'Ginny Weasley was slipped a diary that belonged to Voldemort when he was a student. It was so she would be possessed by him then release the monster, a basilisk that was put there by Salazar Slytherin to purge the school of all muggleborns. She had no idea she was doing it, she still has no memory of that time. When I got down there she was almost dead but a young Voldemort was becoming solid. He was draining the life out of Ginny through the diary. He was in his Hogwarts robes and had a badge on his robe. I would say he was head boy by the look of his age. He could have been in sixth year and a prefect.'

'He went to Hogwarts?' Tori's eyes widened.

'This is why I hate Dumbledore. Um, Mad-eye, put up the words Tom Marvolo Riddle in the air but make sure I can manipulate the letters,' Harry waited until the old auror did then Harry began to rearrange the letters to spell I am Lord Voldemort.

'That's how he got his name. But Tom Riddle, junior was born to a squib mother and a muggle father. He explained all that in the chamber and again in the graveyard. All those snotty pure-bloods like Malfoy are pets to a deranged half-blood. He is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin and that's how he was able to get so many followers, they just don't know the truth. Anyway, back to what I was saying. The diary, after I killed the basilisk, which bit me at the same time, Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix used his tears on my arm. When Voldemort realised I wasn't dying he said he preferred it that way, that he would get to kill me. I have no idea why, but I used the fang I pulled from my arm and stabbed the diary, apart from the diary leaking ink, young Voldemort screamed. It was like he was in pain.'

'Bastard,' Mad-eye growled, 'He made a horcrux.'

'What's a horcrux?' Maureen asked.

'It's an item that has a piece of soul in it. When Potter stabbed the diary using a basilisk fang it destroyed the piece of soul that was inside the diary. Now since Voldemort was just reborn then it means he has another out there or he would not have survived before he could do the dark ritual. But because of what you said Potter and what I detected in the room tells me it was a piece of his soul that was in your room.'

'But I didn't own anything of his, not like the diary.'

'There is something that could explain this,' Mad-eye limped over to Harry then brushed his hair away from his scar, 'Just as I thought. You're scar is faded. The soul was behind your scar. When your uncle beat you, at one time you must have died, so his soul died. It would not have survived for more than a minute or so.'

'That's why I had that vision, before the quidditch world cup. It's why I feel what he feels. It's the reason why I always got pain in my scar around Quirrell.'

'Yes, exactly Potter. It's gone now, but it explains why Albus wants you to give up your life.'

'I don't understand.'

'Voldemort can't be killed until his horcruxes are gone. Now Albus must believe they have to be destroyed, or killed in your case. That's not true. The department of mysteries can transfer a horcrux into a crystal that has been enchanted, then send it through the death veil. I only know this as my late wife was an unspeakable. Anything she told me at the time was charmed to prevent me speaking of them. When she died, the charm was lifted.'

'Does that mean you're going to stay?' Daphne asked.

Harry turned to face the girl and could tell she looked disappointed, 'No, I'm leaving whether he knows I haven't got a piece of soul behind me scar or not. I've had it with the way I get treated with the muggles, at Hogwarts and with everyone at the ministry. I'm also being kept prisoner by the so call light.'

'Then it two days you three can leave. Maureen is going with you and stay for a couple of days, to help you get settled. But I've given her a reusable portkey so she can come back here then visit you and no one will get suspicious.'

Harry could see relief on Daphne's face, but also on Astoria's face. He had no idea what those girls had to put up with in Slytherin house, but he knew that now Voldemort was back, it would be bad for any person to be close to the Slytherin's like Malfoy, who did support Voldemort.

Tracy Davis and Blaize Zabini said they would give an unbreakable vow if they could leave before they were forced to serve Voldemort. Mad-eye had them come to his daughter's home, Harry was up in his room so no one would see him until an oath was given. Mad-eye explained the oath was being done not just to keep his granddaughters safe but there was someone else who he was protecting that needed to leave. Once they took a magical oath to never reveal anything about where they were or about Harry Potter, the dark haired teen joined them in the family room to discuss their plans.

Mad-eye put the information about Harry, Daphne, Astoria, Tracy and Blaize under powerful secrecy oaths. This way if Maureen, Allan, the Davis's or Zabini's were captured they could not reveal where the teenagers were or that Harry Potter was alive.

Tracy and Blaize's parent's were thankful that there children would be safe even if they could not see them. They would write and after some time was passed they would work on visits, but in another country. That would keep Harry, Daphne, Tori, Tracy and Blaize safe. They might not know about Harry, just that there was someone else going to be hiding with their children.

The group packed up everything they had and using trunks with undetectable expansion charms on them and multi compartments, they were able to take almost everything they owned. Maureen had two house elves make a lot of food, then charm them to stay fresh. She packed everything up and when they were all ready, they stood together holding the portkey that would take them to America and away from the war that was about to start.

The order of the phoenix was gathering in the kitchen of the old black home. The moment they were sitting down Albus stood at the head of the table.

'I want six of you to retrieve Harry tomorrow night and bring him here. Remus and Alastor, you two will lead the group as you two are ones that Harry knows. He will be cautious after Crouch impersonated you Alastor, so expect Harry to ask something that only the real Mad-eye and Remus would know.'

'He doesn't know me, but he does know I was in that trunk without my leg and eye.'

'Then Remus, convince Harry this is the real Mad-eye. Mundungus, has Harry left the house at all?'

'No, I haven't seen him since the first the day. But it is hot out there so maybe he decided it was cooler in the house.'

'Yes, it probably is. Alright, I have been unable to convince Cornelius of the truth, nor has he changed his mind about Dolores Umbridge taking the position of defence against the dark arts teacher. We know she will cause trouble for Harry and his friends, but also for any muggleborns. Minerva, try to speak with them the first night back. Make sure they understand not to get on her bad side. I also want you to speak with Filius and Pomona so they can speak with their students.'

Minerva nodded. Albus continued with the meeting. After most of the order left, the children were brought back in ready for dinner. Hermione was relieved that Harry would finally be at the house. But she was still worried about her parent's. After eating, Hermione headed upstairs. Mad-eye got her attention so they disappeared into the drawing room.

'Is Harry okay?'

'I have no idea lass. What I want to talk to you about is why you haven't left with your parent's. You know he will go after you to get to Potter. To get you he will go after your parent's who won't be able to protect themselves. He won't hesitate in killing them.'

'I spoke with Ron and Ginny, they said the order will protect them.'

'There are not enough of us to take turns guarding them and it's illegal to ward a muggle home. We're all trying to stop any plans they might come up with. They are basically vulnerable right now and it won't get any easier. It would be easy for someone like Lucius Malfoy to find your home address. Now if you return to Hogwarts, Umbridge will be all over you and she is a Slytherin through and through. Once she gets there, she will insert her authority with Fudge's help, which means even you as a prefect will not have any authority, the Slytherin's will. If you want to survive and don't want your parents dead, then get your parent's and leave. If you want to stay and help, fine, but make your parent's understand the danger. They will end up dead if they stay.'

'Mum and dad have been thinking of moving overseas, to Australia. They have been waiting until I finished Hogwarts.'

'If you want to speak with them, I'll take you tomorrow. But if you want my advice, leave with them. It's not going to be very safe here, for anyone but more for muggleborns.'

'I want to leave with them. I spend so much time away from them now, I don't want them to be on the other side of the world and I'm here.'

'Then at midnight tomorrow night, meet me in this room and I will sneak you out. Don't leave a letter or anything, just leave and get your parent's to stay in a hotel straight away until they can organise to leave.'

'Thank you Professor.'

'Just Mad-eye Granger, I never did get to do any teaching,' Alastor patted Hermione on the shoulder, 'You're doing the right thing.'

'I know, I just hope Harry is going to be okay.'

'I'm sure he will, but if Potter can swing it, he might just join you. We all know he's going to be in the most danger. Now upstairs before the mouth believes you're up to no good.'

Alastor watched the girl leave. He will write to Potter and let him know the girl is leaving, but not until he has taken her home. He was just glad his granddaughters and the boy was safe in America with protection, even if they have no idea they have people keeping an eye on them. Maybe one day he would tell Potter he took care of the muggles, permanently. Even though he set it up for some death eaters to take the blame for killing Harry Potter, Mad-eye couldn't let those disgusting muggles get away with trying to kill the boy.

In America, Maureen was helping Daphne, Tori, Harry, Blaize and Tracy by showing them how to get around and what the floo addresses were to places they might need to go. She was staying with her daughters and the other teenagers for a few days, mainly to help them settle in. But she also knew it would be a long time before she saw Daphne and Astoria again. It would get certain people suspicious if she kept disappearing right after her daughters disappeared. She wanted to spend as much time with them as possible so now was the time to do that. She would be returning home the following day, then work on a visit in a few months. For now she and her daughters decided to help Harry with his shopping.

When they were done with clothes and shoes, Maureen took Harry to the oculist to have his eyes checked. They were both surprised that a potion had been developed to heal eyesight, no matter how bad and it had been around for more than ten years. Harry paid for the potion, took it and within minutes he could see perfectly.

'Wow, you're eyes are really green and pretty,' Tori said making Harry blush. Maureen, Daphne, Tracy and Blaize chuckled.

As they left the shop Maureen turned to Harry. 'They are a very unusual colour,' Maureen said.

'I've had people say my eyes are the colour of the killing curse. They are close in colour.'

'You know what the killing curse looks like?' Tori asked nervously.

Harry nodded, 'I had dreams, a flash of green light, a woman screaming, my mother. I had no idea what it meant until Hagrid told me about my parent's. But the killing curse was used a couple of times in the graveyard. First Peter killed Cedric, then Voldemort used it on me.'

'You survived again?' Daphne asked looking shocked.

'Um, no, not really, our wands connected. The old man said we have brother wands. Fawkes, his phoenix only ever gave two feathers and they went into ours.'

'The reverse spell affect would have happened,' Maureen said.

'Yeah, Dumbledore explained.'

'What's the reverse spell affect?' Tracy asked.

'One wand will make the other wand reveal it's last spells, in reverse order. The aurors use that spell when they capture someone to see what spells they have used,' Maureen said.

'Voldemort's wand hadn't been used since the night he tried to kill me, apart from Peter using it. It showed Cedric first since Peter used Voldemort's wand to kill Cedric. After Cedric's spiritual echo came out, others arrived. There was a muggle man, a witch, then my parent's. They're the reason I was able to escape. They surrounded him which gave me time to get to Cedric and the goblet.'

Maureen put her arm around the young man, 'With what you went through then to see your parent's, it's a wonder you're still in your right mind. Being so young and going through so many traumatic experiences could have made you snap. Did Albus know all this?'

'Yeah, he had to explain what it meant.'

'Bastard.'

'Mother,' Daphne squeaked.

'That man knew how much Harry was suffering and what he went through yet he sent Harry back to magic hating muggles. I would like to strangle the man. Let's get in,' Maureen huffed then yanked open the front door of the house, 'Put your things away Harry while I get lunch started.'

Harry nodded then took his bags upstairs to his room. When he finished putting his clothes away, he changed into some new stuff. When he stepped out of the bathroom he saw Daphne at the door.

'Mum never liked the old man, now she hates him more than ever. Are you okay?'

Harry shrugged, 'Fine, or I will be. Being here helps. It also helps to have people around that don't believe or trust Albus Dumbledore. I had enough arguments with Hermione and Ron. Both love the old man. Maybe things will change when they find out what happened to me. I wonder if they've been to the house.'

'I'm sure granddad will let us know. He said he would pay us a visit when he can.'

'Even though I really want to forget about the old man and others like Fudge, I do want to know how they took the news. I have a feeling that when everyone finds out I'm dead, old Voldy won't stay in hiding for long.'

'What about your friends?'

'There's only a couple that I'm concerned about. I mean I hope everyone will be okay, but I had enough of the way some people treated me, so I just want to forget about them. Neville and Hermione are the only two who ever stood by me. I hate the fact they will believe I'm dead, but it's safer for everyone to keep this a secret.'

'Even though many people did not like Granger and that was mainly due to her attitude. We all saw how close you two were. Everyone thought you two might end up together.'

Harry shook his head, 'No, we sort of think of each other as brother and sister. I'm the annoying younger brother and she's the bossy older sister.'

Harry smiled when Daphne began to laugh. She had a nice laugh and a nice smile. He knew many believed Daphne Greengrass was a cold bitch, he had heard it enough. But Harry knew it was all an act, to keep people like Malfoy away from her. They had only began talking a few days ago, but they were already becoming friends, it was the same with Astoria, Tracy and Blaize. Harry was glad there was another boy there otherwise he would spend all his time listening to talk about things like clothes, makeup, making out and other things girls like to talk about. Even though they were slowly becoming friends, hopefully they could get closer while they were living together and in hiding, otherwise it might get very uncomfortable having to share a house. Time would tell.

The following evening Remus and Alastor lead the group into the house of number four Privet drive.

'It smells like it's been closed up for a while,' Remus said.

'Maybe they went on holiday and didn't get their fake prize,' Tonks said.

'If they went anywhere, they would not take Harry, they leave him with Arabella. If he was there, Albus would have been told.'

'Just go see if the boy is there Lupin,' Alastor growled.

The five other members of the order of the phoenix stayed at the bottom of the stairs while Remus headed upstairs. It only took a minute before Remus was yelling for help. They bolted up the stairs, with Alastor limping behind them. All of them stood in shock as Remus held an obviously dead Harry Potter. Alastor was the only one who knew the truth but he was also known for being hard, so he took control and began to get everyone to find out just how the boy was killed.

Kingsley sent his patronus to headquarters to let Albus know what had happened. He just hoped Sirius didn't hear or the man might just leave the house and be caught by other aurors.

By the time Albus and Severus turned up at Privet drive, Amelia Bones along with four aurors were in the house. Kingsley had no choice but the send his patronus to his boss. It was part of the oath the aurors took when they joined. Kingsley knew Albus would not like it, but he also knew about the oath all aurors took.

Albus stopped at the door to the small bedroom. He gazed down at Remus who refused to release Harry even though the boy was clearly dead. Even though Albus would have liked to find a way for Harry to survive, which so far he had not found anything that would help. He did not want Harry to suffer, but being dead meant one more horcrux was destroyed. He wasn't sure if he or someone else could kill Voldemort, since the prophecy meant only Harry could. He would do everything he could in the hope he could destroy that man.

'Can you tell me what happened Madam Bones?'

Amelia looked up, 'Albus, why am I not surprised that you are here.'

'I sent some friends to pick up Harry so he would be safe. They were going to bring him to a safe house where his friends are staying. Was it his relatives that…killed him?'

'No, they did beat him, almost to death,' Amelia looked down at the teenage boy still being held by one of the potters old friends, 'We have picked up four magical signatures and we have detected the unforgivables. The cruciatus curse and the killing curse.'

'Why would his family beat him?' Hestia said in a hoarse whisper.

'They did not like our kind. But they agreed to keep their nephew, so I believed they accepted it was part of him. If something upset Harry then maybe he did some magic which frightened them.'

'If they hated our kind why was the boy left with them instead of placing him with a magical family?' Amelia asked.

'I used his mother's sacrifice to create a powerful protection around the house. I have no idea how the death eaters got in. They have tried to find Harry since the night he survived the killing curse so I know the wards worked.'

'That is easy to explain, headmaster,' Severus said then lifted his sleeve to show the dark mark, 'It was almost gone when the dark lord disappeared. He has now returned which has strengthened the connection. The dark lord can…for want of a better word, siphon some of our magic when it's needed. But it can be reversed. The dark lord can put magic into his followers using the dark mark. If he used four powerful death eaters and added to their power, I doubt any ward would have stopped them. Only something like the fidelius charm would have kept them out.'

'Didn't the boy say Voldemort used his blood in the ritual to get a body?' Mad-eye asked.

'You know who isn't back, it's a lie,' one of the aurors shouted.

'Silence Dawlish. I have seen enough evidence to know that Voldemort has returned,' Amelia glared then turned to the old headmaster, 'He used Potter's blood. Were these wards based on blood?'

'Yes, Lily's and her sister. The blood wards should have stopped the death eaters, but Voldemort would have been able to pass through them. How did I not realise this?'

'There is no use beating yourself up Dumbledore. For now let's concentrate on giving the-boy-who-lived the funeral and respect he deserves,' Amelia said.

'Madam Bones, dementors are here, two of them.' A voice yelled from downstairs.

Everyone but Remus, Severus and Tonks ran down the stairs and out the doors. Tonks moved towards Remus then sank to her knees.

'They are going to need to take him Remus,' Tonks whispered.

Remus slowly looked up, 'Apart from Sirius, you are related to Harry. You have to make sure he is treated right. Don't let Fudge use Harry.'

'I give my word. I will let mum know so she can be ready to take care of anything.'

Molly, Arthur, Fred, George, Bill, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Sirius and some of the order members looked up when they heard footsteps. The moment Dumbledore, Snape and the others stepped into the room, without Harry they knew something was wrong.

'Where's Harry?' Hermione whispered in a nervous voice.

No one answered just kept looking at each other, 'Remus, where is Harry?' Sirius asked moving towards his friend.

'Dead,' Remus said in a whisper.

'What!' And 'No! Was yelled by everyone. Sirius had fallen to the ground in front of Remus. He didn't even seem to hear all the shouting and questions being asked. Remus ended up sitting on the floor with Sirius, then the two men hugged. They had lost the last link to their old friends.

'Albus, please, tell us what happened?' Arthur asked in a shaky voice.

'First, his relatives beat him. He must have been weak. Then four death eaters were able to get inside the house. The Dursley's were not there, neither was their car, so we have no idea why they would hurt Harry. As for the death eaters, Amelia Bones has taken her aurors to arrest them right now. She did not tell me who they were.'

'Two dementors turned up right there in a muggle neighbourhood. Amelia sent word to the minister that since she was there she took care of them but she would be investigating why ministry controlled dementors were in a muggle neighbourhood, a neighbourhood where Harry Potter lived. She believes someone inside the ministry wanted to take care of Harry before he could convince people Voldemort had returned,' Kingsley said.

'He can't be dead, he was supposed to be safe, you said so,' Hermione said then looked up at the headmaster. A man she has respected and believed in. Now all she saw was a man that cost the life of her best friend, 'You promised he would be safe,' Hermione shouted as she stood up, 'You promised and his dead, because of you,' Hermione ran, pushing her way through everyone and up the stairs.

Molly went to go after her, 'Leave her Molly. She has the right to be angry with me. I believed Harry to be safe, but I miscalculated.'

'It means Voldemort wins because you made a mistake and my godson is dead,' Sirius snarled as he stood.

'Don't talk that way about Albus,' Molly screeched.

'Shut up you loud mouth hussy,' Sirius yelled, 'The prophecy Albus, remember. The prophecy that said only the boy born at the end of July could defeat Voldemort. Harry's dead, so Voldemort wins. He should have been sent here to me, like Lily and James wanted. I was supposed to raise him, they wanted me to be his father and you took that away from me,' Sirius' fist slammed into Albus Dumbledore's face before he pushed the man into the wall then stormed out of the room.

Many were too shocked at what had happened to even register that Sirius Black had punched Albus Dumbledore.

Mad-eye snuck away from the others and headed upstairs. Just as he was about to knock on the door to room the Granger girl was staying in, the door was yanked open.

'Take me home, please.'

Mad-eye nodded, then handed the girl his invisibility cloak. When she was covered he moved down the stairs and out the door. He felt her arm then turned on the spot, disappearing from Grimmauld place.

'Do you want me to help explain to your parent's what happened and why they should leave?'

'I've been telling them everything since I started at Hogwarts. They knew what happened to Harry in the graveyard. I don't think it will take much for them to realise how much danger we're in. Thank you sir. Help find the ones who did this to Harry and make them pay.'

'Don't worry lass, that is one promise that is easy to keep. Get in while it's safe. But remember, get somewhere safe, tonight.'

'We'll be gone within an hour,' Hermione turned and hurried into the house.

Mad-eye took a good look around to make sure no one magical was around. When he was sure it was safe, he disapparated. It was time to visit his daughter so she can send a message to Harry. He never told Harry how he planned to make it seem like he had died, but Mad-eye didn't think the boy would care that he captured a death eater, forced polyjuice potion into him, then killed him. If a person died while using the potion, they would remain that person. It was how Mad-eye was going to make sure no one realised that the real Harry Potter wasn't dead.

Tonks, who had spoken with Madam Bones about Harry and how they were related escorted the body to the ministry with her boss and the other aurors. She had sent a patronus to her mother who would hopefully arrive at the ministry soon. Andromeda Tonks was the closest living magical relative to Harry Potter. As she was the oldest of the three Black sisters, she was the one who would have legal rights over what happened to Harry Potter. Harry's great grandmother was her mother's great aunt.

When Remus went to find Sirius, he wasn't surprise to find all this things gone. Remus had a feeling that Sirius would leave. He had only returned for Harry, now he was dead, Sirius had no reason to remain. He was a wanted criminal even if he was innocent. Sirius would be better off out of England and it seems that's exactly what Sirius had done, leave England.

Remus had done a lot of thinking while holding the dead body of his friends son. After awhile he realised that he should not have listened to Albus Dumbledore. He had stayed away from Harry when he was a young child due to the risk of leading dark witches and wizards to the boy. Now Albus had sent Harry back to a place that left him vulnerable. First he was beaten by his muggle relatives then killed by death eaters who should not have been able to get near the house. Albus had made a grave mistake and now it would probably cost them the war. And if Albus could make a mistake of this magnitude, he could make more which could cost all of their lives.

Sirius mentioned the prophecy, something Remus had forgotten about. Albus had told James and Lily about the prophecy, which is why they went into hiding. James had told Sirius, and Sirius had told Remus. Sirius never told him exactly what it said, he just said the prophecy was about Voldemort and Harry and how only Harry could defeat him. With Harry dead, Voldemort would win.

Remus also thought about how he was treated in England. He could not work, the ministry put too many restrictions on werewolves. Maybe it was time for him to leave as well. He could not trust Albus anymore and there was nothing he could do. If he did leave, he would find Sirius and join his old friend.

By midnight that night, Hermione and her parent's had left the house and gone to London where they got a hotel. They planned to have movers take care of the house and their lawyer would see to the sale of the house. They would need to visit the dental clinic and explain how they had to leave, there had been a sudden death in the family. But they would also explain how they would not be returning. Hermione couldn't stop crying, her mother just held her while she grieved for the boy who had befriended her daughter. She had not been told all the details about the death of Harry Potter. That would come, first they had to leave for their safety.

Fudge was sitting in his office in shock. First Amelia Bones had shown proof that his undersecretary had sent two dementors after Harry Potter. Then she explained how four death eaters, Lucius Malfoy was one of them, had killed Harry Potter.

Fudge realised that with the-boy-who-lived dead, murdered by Lucius Malfoy who was known as a close friend to the minister, he would be forced out of office. Or if things went badly, he could be arrested.

It took a few hours, but Fudge handed a copy of his resignation to Amelia Bones. The other copy would go to Albus Dumbledore, as chief warlock of the Wizengamot.

Dolores Umbridge was arrested straight away. She kept saying the minister would get her off. She found out that night that Fudge told Amelia Bones to make sure Dolores was prosecuted. Dolores also found out that Fudge had resigned for taking advice from a death eater.

An emergency meeting of the top ten members of the Wizengamot to name an interim minister of magic until they could hold elections. Rufus Scrimgeour, the head auror, was named. He hoped to become full minister of magic, but for now he was happy to take the job as interim.

Right after the aurors arrested Lucius Malfoy, Theodore Nott senior, Garland Parkinson and Graham Flint for the murder of Harry Potter, the news broke. There would be no trial, the aurors had enough evidence to send them straight to Azkaban. But many were calling for them to be kissed.

People were surging to the ministry, yelling that the ones that murdered the-boy-who-lived should be thrown through the veil. People turned up at Godric's Hollow at the house where the Potter's had been murdered and young Harry had survived. The people that knew Harry personally all began to grieve.

Within days of Harry Potter's death, Voldemort was seen. All those that had called Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore a liar, now realised exactly what their actions had done. They had lost the-boy-who-lived, who might have been able to save them again. They had also lost the faith of Albus Dumbledore, who everyone knew was supposed to keep Harry safe.

What shocked Albus Dumbledore after the death of Harry Potter, was the order of the phoenix had disintegrated. First Sirius had left, Remus followed, Hermione Granger disappeared, but many other members all resigned. They told Albus that they had no faith or confidence in him since he couldn't protect one boy, then how could they expect him to protect others. Minerva had even resigned and she refused to fill in for him at Hogwarts anymore while he was at the ministry working as chief warlock.

It was two weeks after Harry and the others arrived in America that they got a letter from Mad-eye. He explained what happened when the order went to pick up Harry. He explained about the dementors and how Dolores Umbridge had sent them after Harry. He explained how Fudge resigned and how Voldemort was seen. Mad-eye also explained that first Sirius left the country, then Remus. Both men were furious with Albus Dumbledore and Sirius had actually punched the old man, breaking his nose. Mad-eye mentioned that Hermione Granger and her family were planning on leaving, but they had left their house which meant they were safe until they could leave the country. He also explained about the four death eaters who were arrested, were sent straight to Azkaban, but many were calling for their deaths.

'It seems due to your death Harry there has been a lot going on and a lot of changes,' Blaize said with a big grin on his face making the others laugh.

'Yeah, so this Umbridge woman was trying to shut me up. Not surprising if she worked for Fudge. What I like was Sirius and how he broke the old man's nose. I would have liked to have seen that. I also would have liked to have done it, along with Snape.'

'If Malfoy's dad ends up in Azkaban, he might not be ruling Slytherin anymore,' Tracy said.

'Voldemort will break them out. He did it during the last war. They strengthened the wards but I doubt it would stop Voldemort,' Blaize said.

'With people calling for their deaths, maybe they might consider it if they think about what happened during the last war,' Daphne said.

'Malfoy's a killer, it's best to deal with him now and not wait until he kills a lot of innocent people,' Harry said.

'Most people aren't sure what he did during the first war. Our families know he was a death eater, just not what he did as a death eater,' Blaize said.

'I'm not just talking about that. Old man Malfoy tried to kill me when I was twelve,' Harry went on to explain what happened and how Dobby saved him. The moment he said Dobby's name, the elf appeared.

Daphne got the truth out of the elf. Dobby had bonded with Harry, that's why he could come all this way just because Harry mentioned his name.

Harry agreed that Dobby could stay but he would mainly help clean the house and cook the occasional meal. The teenagers had gotten into a routine of cooking. They took turns, sometimes they would need help from one of the others. Harry was the only one that knew how to cook proper meals. Harry also made sure that Dobby could never reveal he was alive, nor in hiding in America. Dobby was also sworn to secrecy about Daphne, Astoria, Blaize and Tracy. Once everything was sorted, Dobby was happy and settled in to serve Harry and his friends.

Albus Dumbledore had sent a letter to Gringotts about Harry's possessions and money. He received a reply stating that Harry Potter had made out his will just after he turned thirteen. He left all his money to muggle charities for orphaned children. The few items that had belonged to his parent's had been willed to Sirius Black.

Albus had been hoping to claim the money in the Potter vaults, to help fund the order and help pay for recruits, especially now many had left. He was surprised that Harry didn't leave his good friends anything, especially Miss Granger. He knew he had a falling out with Ron, so he could understand not leaving the boy anything. There was nothing he could do, he had to figure out a way to find the other horcruxes and get more people to join the order of the phoenix. He had been hoping for the two oldest Weasley boys. When they found out about Harry, they refused to join and said they would fight but not have anything to do with an organisation that might limit what they could do and especially not one ran by Albus Dumbledore.

At the start of the new school term, Maureen helped Harry and his friends enrolled in school. Harry went by the name Hadrian Orion Evans. He wanted to keep some type of connection to his parent's and godfather. He had grown his hair and he didn't wear glasses anymore, he doubted anyone would see Harry Potter. His scar was also now completely gone. If anyone did try to say he was Harry, all anyone had to do was look at his forehead for them to realise he didn't have a scar.

It was only within months of starting school that Harry and Daphne became a couple. Blaize and Tracy had been together since before they left. They made sure not to ignore Astoria and always had time for her so she wouldn't feel left out. It would take time for the five of them to make new friends and since Astoria was a year younger, she would feel a little lonely in her classes without her sister and the others. But they all knew eventually Tori would make friends.

One thing the group liked about their new school, they went for the week but were allowed to return home on weekends. They had quickly wrote forged letters that their "parents" had given them permission that they could leave every weekend, if they wished.

Another thing they liked, their new school offered more subjects. Daphne instantly took the healing class which would have her ready to do her training as a healer when she left. Astoria was interested in designing clothes. She wanted to make wizarding clothes a bit more modern and better looking. The school offered a class which combined different aspects of art, so Astoria took that class so she could draw up her designs. Blaize wanted a career in law, they had a class that combined law and politics. Tracy thought curse breaking sounded good and so far, that was the only thing she had taken an interest in. So she decided to take that class, at least for now. Harry found out about the combined class that would teach you how to make wands and brooms. Harry didn't want to make wands even if he wanted to learn about them. He thought broom making and design would be something he would be good at. He had ridden four different brooms. First the old Shooting Stars that he used at Hogwarts, then the Cleansweeps that the Weasley's owned. The other two were his Nimbus 2000 and his Firebolt. He knew how those four brooms differed from others and knew what type of broom was needed for quidditch.

Hermione and her family settled into Australia and Hermione instantly enrolled in the Australian Magical Academy. The Grangers were going to buy another dental practice, they were just deciding where it would be. As they were only renting a home at the moment, they weren't even sure where they would end up buying a house.

The Weasley family ended up having to move into Grimmauld place after the Burrow had been attacked by Voldemort and his death eaters. Since word got out that Harry Potter was dead, Voldemort and his death eaters began to attack all known blood traitors or muggleborns.

Minerva had been able to get word to some of the muggleborns in the hope they would be cautious but also how it might not be safe to return to Hogwarts. The Creevey brothers and their parent's ended up leaving the country. The Patil sister's, who were half bloods but of Indian decent ended up moving to India with their parent's. Justin Finch-Fletchley and his parent's just got out of England before his home was burnt to the ground. But sadly many never got out in time.

Rufus Scrimgeour ended up killed within a week of becoming the official minister of magic. Amelia Bones was elected minister. She instantly brought in new laws. First was any person found to have the dark mark would be arrested and sent straight through the veil. There would be no trial for any marked death eater, they would just be questioned using veritaserum to make sure the ones with the dark mark weren't forced to receive the mark. Naturally she never released that information. They would believe that anyone with the dark mark would be sent through the veil in the department of mysteries. She gave the auror department a big boost of funds so they could not only recruit more aurors, but also hire aurors from other countries until they could build up their numbers. But another thing Amelia did was have everyone that worked in the ministry questioned using veritaserum so they could make sure there were no supporters of Voldemort's inside the ministry. Dolores Umbridge had admitted at her trial that she wanted Harry Potter dead, but she would have been happy if he had lost his soul. She said Cornelius told her to handle it any way she wanted but she also said he gave her a look that told her she had permission to get rid of the boy any way she could. She kept screaming for Cornelius to help her as she was sent through the death veil in the department of mysteries. Everyone believed if she was determined to kill a young boy, she could easily kill others if she felt they deserved to die. They all agreed that she was just too dangerous to be left alive.

Albus Dumbledore finally realised he would need assistance. Apart from being headmaster and chief warlock, he needed to take time away from those jobs to find Voldemort's horcruxes. He finally spoke with Mad-eye, who still wasn't happy with a lot of Albus's decisions. Mad-eye did know those horcruxes needed to be found and destroyed if they had any hope of killing Voldemort. So he told Albus how the unspeakables knew about horcruxes and how to deal with them. He did tell Albus that they also knew how to transfer a horcrux from the vessel into a crystal. He wanted a little dig at Albus for not revealing the truth about Harry, which could have been dealt with when he was a baby.

Albus finally spoke with the unspeakables, he shown them the diary and how he had been studying memories of Voldemort in the hope to discover how many horcruxes he made and what they might be. The unspeakables explained they would only need one horcrux, then they would transfer that into a crystal and then use that to locate all the other vessels. Albus realised his mistake, so he handed over all the memories he had collected and any other information he had on Voldemort. The unspeakables will now be in charge of locating and destroying Voldemort's soul anchors. They also planned to use these soul anchors to destroy Voldemort. That might take time to figure out, but they all believed that could be achieved within a year. They just needed a soul vessel before they could begin. Albus realised if he had spoken to someone earlier then Harry, as a soul vessel could have been used to find the other soul vessels then Voldemort would not have been able to return. Hearing all this made Albus realise that keeping his secrets just made their world worse and Harry lost his life when he could have been saved.

Amelia Bones was playing hardball, she had come up with a way to deal with some death eaters and had help having it passed through the Wizengamot. All vaults at Gringotts were locked and sealed until the owner submitted to questioning using veritaserum. She only got the goblins to cooperate when she offered them ten percent of the vaults the ministry would seize once it was proven the owner was a death eater. Anyone already in Azkaban had their vaults seized by the ministry so the goblins got a lot of money just from them.

Some lower class death eaters surrendered straight away in the hope their family wouldn't lose all their money. Amelia worked it so if the family of those death eaters were innocent, then they would have half of their vaults returned to them but they had to be questioned using veritaserum first to prove they were innocent.

Amelia had Tonks go through her aunts vaults to get an idea what the Lestrange's had. It was when she felt dark magic around a goblet that had the symbol of Helga Hufflepuff that it meant something. She just didn't know what. When Tonks spoke with Amelia then showed her the goblet, Amelia instantly went to the department of mysteries.

The unspeakables took possession of the cup and told the new minister that it should only be a week or so before they could deal with Voldemort. They advised her to just try to keep everyone safe, as much as possible until they got their crystals ready. She decided that Hogwarts should be used as a safe haven for everyone who was against Voldemort. Albus and his staff got the castle ready, with a hidden passageway for anyone that needed to hide at Hogwarts, then the castle went into lock down.

During that week many wives or older children of death eaters turned up at the ministry to try to have their vaults returned. The aurors explained they will be returned only if all their family submitted to questioning using veritaserum. They were surprised when they agreed. When the family's of the death eaters were taken to a small hospital wing and handed a potion that was not veritaserum, they all asked what was going on. The aurors explained that the potion would flush out any other potion that was in their system.

The aurors had found out that Voldemort had found a way to block veritaserum. The ministry potion masters easily made a flushing potion.

The family's of death eaters realised they either take the potion which would prove who they were loyal to, which was Voldemort, or they left without their money and no way to survive.

Albus would visit the unspeakables occasionally to see how they were going. He found out how they got hold of a horcrux, one that belonged to Helga Hufflepuff. It was the first time Albus felt they really had a chance of ending the war before it got worse. Albus had explained to Mad-eye who couldn't help having a little dig at Albus about how he liked to keep secrets. If he didn't, this could have been over before it began and many lives could have been saved.

Albus finally admitted to Mad-eye that he had set Harry up in a life that would make the boy want to give up his life. He felt he had no choice. Now he realised he was more responsible for the death of Harry Potter than the death eaters. Even though he knew Voldemort was about to die, he just couldn't seem to feel happy knowing how much he was to blame for the boy's life and the boy's death.

When Albus got a letter from Ron Weasley, he was furious. The boy didn't seem to care that his friend was dead. All he wanted to know was if Harry left him any money. It took Albus quite a while to calm down before he sent a letter first to Arthur to explain what his son wrote, then a letter to Ron. Albus wanted Ron to know that the money went to orphans and Harry's personal possession like his cloak and Firebolt went to Sirius. No one else got anything. He had been thinking of giving Ron the Gryffindor prefect job, now he knew what the boy was really like. He gave the position to Neville and Lavender got prefect for the girls. He didn't really believe Lavender Brown would make a good prefect, but she was the only fifth year girl left. The students were to return the following day, but he wasn't sure how many would actually return.

In America, the friends from England felt they made the right decision. They loved their new life and their new school. They had only been there four weeks but everything about the Salem Academy of Magic was one hundred times better than Hogwarts.

When Harry found out that the school not only had quidditch but a racing league, he instantly signed up to race. Harry loved to fly fast and he liked flying around obstacles. He knew that suited him more than actually quidditch, even if he did enjoy playing the game.

The friends gathered on Friday evening to floo home. They had a routine, Blaize would go first, then Tracy, Astoria, Daphne and Harry last. As they stepped out of the floor, Daphne ran to her mother who was standing next to Mad-eye. Blaize and Tracy went to their mothers and Astoria joined her sister in hugging her mother. Harry felt left out, but he was happy for his friends. Maureen moved over to Harry and pulled him into a hug.

'What are you doing here? You said you wouldn't turn up for months,' Daphne asked as she sat down.

'We have good news pet,' Mad-eye said as he took a seat that would allow him to see every person and every entrance and exit from the room.

'Well, don't leave us in suspense Mad-eye, tell us what's going on,' Harry said.

'As I told you in the letter I sent, Albus explained the truth to me and I explained about the unspeakables. It was luck and a bit of cunning on Amelia's part that she got hold of one. The unspeakables found the rest then used those to summon his soul. Him and his soul anchors was sent through the veil in the death chamber late last night and at the same time every marked death eater dropped dead.'

Harry sagged, 'It's over, really over,' he whispered.

'It's over Potter.'

'Do we have to return home?' Tracy asked.

'No, not unless you want to. After reading your letters we realised you will get a much better education here than at Hogwarts.' Maureen said making the teens smile.

'The school is great, we haven't had one bit of trouble and there is no underage restrictions. We just have to limit how much magic we use during the holidays and make sure no muggles see magic,' Blaize said.

'Plus we get to take other classes that will help us in a career. But we could come home for visits,' Tracy said.

Everyone agreed they would work on the teenagers visiting during the school holidays. When they noticed Harry was quiet, Maureen sat beside him put her arm around him and said he was now part of their family so he could join them during the holidays, if he wanted.

Harry said he would but he would like to remain dead as far as everyone is concerned so he would work on polyjuice potion. Since he had a great potions teacher now, Harry found he seemed to be a natural at potions, like his mother. Mad-eye offered a lot of different hairs Harry could use. He had a big collection at his house, all from muggles and all different ages.

Harry left his friends talk to their parent's and went upstairs to his room, 'Even though I get why you want everyone to think you're dead, I think you should contact Sirius.' Mad-eye said as he stood at the door to Harry's room.

'I've been thinking about it since you told me how he reacted. I was just worried word would get back to Voldemort supporters that might not have been marked with the dark mark. But word could get back to Dumbledore. Now it won't matter even if I would prefer to stay dead as far as everyone in England is concerned since the most dangerous are gone. Have you heard where he might be?'

'I found out a few days ago that he's in America. He's been drinking heavily and spends a lot of his time as Padfoot.'

'I'll write, but I'll charm the letter so he can't show any one.'

'if you want, I can take you to where he's living. He might believe the letter is a lie and that someone might be trying to lure him back to England. If he see's you then he will know.'

'Is Remus with him?'

'At times, but Remus found a job doing historical research so he's gone most days.'

Harry nodded, 'Alright, take me to him tomorrow, before we return to school.'

'We'll go first thing in the morning before he drinks too much that he can't see straight.'

'Thanks Mad-eye.' Harry waited until the man left before he sat on the window seat staring out over the trees that surround the back of the house.

'I was wondering where you disappeared to.'

'I figured you lot deserve some time with your parent's.'

Daphne moved over to Harry then sat between his legs and put her head on his chest.

'I don't plan to return there to live. I like it here, not just the school, but the people and the way everyone is. I know I'll have a better life here than in England. I also know you wouldn't want to return.'

'You're not just doing this because I won't be returning, are you?'

'No, like I said, everything is better here. With the death eaters and Voldemort dead it might get better over there. But that wouldn't change my mind about England. I really see myself making a life for myself here and with you.'

Harry tightened his arms around his girlfriend, 'Then we'll make a great life here.'

'Have you decided what you want to do?'

'I want to go into broom design. Being able to fly fast and around obstacles will allow me to test the brooms as well. Even though I will probably start with a racing broom or a professional quidditch broom, I want to make kids and family brooms. My teacher said I seem to just know what is needed so he thinks I'll get picked up by Corellian brooms. I've tested one of there racing brooms and they are equal to the Firebolt.'

'It seems we both have our careers picked out, now we just have to finish school and get on with our adult life.'

'An adult life that involves marriage and kids, sometime in future?'

Daphne smiled then turned so she could kiss her boyfriend. They had done a bit of touching, but both wanted to wait until they were sixteen before they took it further. Right now Daphne had to stop herself taking her boyfriend right there on the window seat.

Harry kissed his girlfriend and future wife. He couldn't believe he had a wonderful and beautiful girl like Daphne, but he also was finally getting the life he always wanted. One day in the near future they would marry. That is a day Harry couldn't wait for.

Mad-eye arrived at eight o'clock the following morning. Harry was ready and waiting for him.

'I got this port key for you, it will bring you back to the house.'

Harry took the port key and put it in his pocket, 'Thanks Mad-eye.'

The old man put his invisibility cloak over both of them, then he took Harry's arm then turned on the spot. They arrived in the front garden of a run down house.

Harry sighed, 'Thanks. I'll see you back at the house later.' Harry waited until Mad-eye left then made his way to the front door. He cast a few charms, he found only one person in the house. He slipped his cloak on the let himself in. He wanted to see what condition Sirius was in before he showed himself.

Even though it was morning, Harry saw Sirius slumped in a lounge chair with a bottle of whisky in his hand and Harry could tell his godfather had already had a lot to drink.

Harry pulled off his cloak then knelt down, 'Sirius, that's enough,' he took the bottle from Sirius's limp hand.

'No, it's another nightmare, you're dead, Remus saw your body.'

'I had help setting that up. I was beaten almost to death but I was saved by someone. I couldn't trust the old man and at the time I thought you would listen to him over me, so I made everyone believe I was dead. I had to Sirius, I almost died, the old bastard was setting me up to die and no one was helping when it came to Voldemort. I was fifteen and everyone either looked at me as if I was insane or I could save them. I had nothing left to give, I was so tired Sirius, tired of everything. I did contemplate taking my own life, then my so called family decided to deal with me.'

'You're alive.'

'Yeah, Mad-eye found out where you were, he brought me here. But Sirius, this is my home now, I won't return and I don't want anyone to know I'm alive. I have a good life here. I enrolled in school, it's great, I have a beautiful girlfriend and some great friends as well. I want you in my life if you can keep my secret.'

Sirius flung his arms around Harry and began to cry. All Harry could do was hold his godfather.

It took a while for Harry to get Sirius to calm down, then he gave his godfather a hangover potion before making him something to eat.

'I'm sorry that you thought you couldn't trust me. I don't blame you, I probably would have said something without meaning too. My temper gets the better of me sometimes.'

'Yeah, I heard, how you broke the old man's nose. We, my friends and I had a good laugh about that.'

'What about Ron and Hermione?'

'Ron had family and I got sick of him turning on me, so I wasn't going to trust him with this. I asked Mad-eye to talk to Hermione, she left which I'm pleased about. I found out she moved to Australia with her parent's. That school is like mine and a lot better than Hogwarts. She will have a much better life in Australia then in England. She doesn't know the truth about me, it's safer for her if she doesn't. But do you know my potions teacher believes I can become the youngest potions master in the world. I'm not going to but since I came here I can pretty much make any potion I want. Snape is one of the old man's biggest mistakes. But so much about Hogwarts just isn't up to scratch, not compared to here and other countries.'

'Then I'm glad you're happy. But do I fit in to your life?'

'If you want to Sirius. You know I hoped we could be close. It was thanks to the old man that kept us apart.'

'Azkaban kept us apart. Even though I am pissed at him, he wasn't at fault there.'

'You're wrong Sirius. Think about it. He was chief warlock and he spoke up for Snape who was a death eater which got Snape out of Azkaban. You were a member of the order yet he didn't even try to find out if you were innocent or guilty. He wanted you out of my life so he could control it. Sirius, he wanted me to die, I found out and so did Mad-eye. If I had a terrible life, at the Dursley's and at Hogwarts then I would do what I almost did, kill myself or get into a situation where I would die.'

'Okay, I get your reasons why he might have left me in Azkaban but why would he want you to die? That doesn't make sense when there was a prophecy about you and Voldy.'

Harry sighed, 'Yeah, Mad-eye told me about that. Think Sirius, the prophecy was fulfilled the night I got the scar so I wasn't needed anymore. But as for why he wanted me to die, I had a piece of Voldemort's soul behind my scar. I had to die or Voldemort would never die. When I was beaten by the Dursley's, I did die, at least for a minute or so. The soul left me but since there was nothing alive to possess it was destroyed,' Harry lifted his hair, 'See, the scar is no longer. Mad-eye told me the unspeakables could have transferred it to a crystal, yet the old man wanted me to die all because he just couldn't believe others knew more than he did. So you see Sirius, he had it all planned. He left you in Azkaban, made sure Remus stayed away and left me with people who mistreated me. These last few months have been the best of my whole life, because here I am just another teenage boy with a gorgeous girlfriend and no one is trying to kill me. The old man needs to die before he cost more lives. But as long as I don't ever see him again then he can just think about what he will face when he goes on to his next great adventure. From what you told me about mum, she won't be so forgiving and hopefully she will kick his arse to hell where he belongs. But its over now and if you keep my secret and from now on call me Hadrian, we can see each other. But you have to stop this shit and get a life.'

Sirius hugged Harry again, 'I've got something to live for now. My godson is alive and is willing to give me a second chance. So tell me about this gorgeous girlfriend?'

Sirius sat back down, Harry sat opposite then began to tell his godfather about Daphne and his friends. He also explained what he planned to do and how he was already working on creating brooms. Sirius wanted to meet his girlfriend and friends, so they worked that out for the following weekend.

When it was getting late Harry stood ready to go, 'First thing you are going to do is get a decent place to live. I can't bring Daphne to this hovel,' Harry smirked making Sirius grimace.

'Fine and it's not like I can't afford it. Go, I'll be good and I'll begin to work on everything from tomorrow. But Remus, what am I supposed to tell him?'

'For now tell him my ghost visited you.' Harry ended up laughing at the look on his godfather's face, 'Tell him you have a big secret but he will need to give an oath that this is kept a secret. He should trust you enough.'

'He does, more than ever. So many times I said Albus was making too many mistakes, Remus didn't believe it, until you died. Do you know he just sat holding your body?'

Harry sighed, 'Mad-eye told me. If you truly feel he can be trusted, then tell him but make sure he knows I want to remain dead to the world. I've got a good life now, I will leave if I have to so I can keep it.'

'Don't worry pup, he'll do what's right by you, we both will.'

'Okay, I've got to go and get some sleep before classes tomorrow.'

Harry hugged his godfather again before he activated the portkey. Harry arrived in his bedroom to see Daphne sitting on his bed, reading.

'So how did it go?'

'Good, really good and he wants to meet you.'

'I would like to meet your godfather. Is he going to use another name or try to work on clearing his name?'

'I'm going to ask your granddad if he could speak with the minister about this. Mad-eye said Amelia Bones trusts him. If they want proof, then Ron is there, all they need to do is use his memory. But if for any reason Ron's being a bastard, then it would be easy to find Hermione and get her memory. I doubt they will need it though. Between people like the old man, McGonagall and other order members, they all knew Sirius was innocent. When Mad-eye said all the death eaters dropped dead, they should have found Pettigrew which will help prove Sirius is innocent.'

'Then it looks like everything is working out for all of us. But I did want to ask. When you're officially an adult, will you ever let anyone know the truth?'

Harry sat beside his girlfriend, 'I doubt it, but I could change my mind once I am legally an adult. I would only tell Neville and Hermione. With some of the things Mad-eye has been telling me, I doubt anyone would blame me for what I did. I mean I did die and the old man was partially responsible even if the Dursley's did it.'

'Have you thought about them at all, the Dursley's?'

'I try not to. I hated them as much as they hated me. But I believe I never have to worry about them ever again.'

'Even if you never go near them or where they live, or even to England, why would you believe that? They could visit this country. I know it's big but accidents happen so you could bump into each other.'

'I don't know this for a fact but I believe…they were taken care of, permanently.'

'You think granddad...dealt with them?'

'Yes. I mean he made sure four dangerous death eaters were blamed for my death. Those four were sent to Azkaban. He basically guaranteed they would die. He would have done the same to those…freaks. But the death eaters dropped dead because of the dark mark. Your granddad and I think alike when it comes to those types of people which include the muggles. If they can mistreat a baby and almost kill me when I was only fifteen, then they deserve whatever Mad-eye did to them.'

'Yes, you're right. I learned a few years ago about some of the things my grandfather did. After hearing and reading up on the first war, I realised that people like my grandfather was needed.'

'Yes, if it wasn't for people like Mad-eye, the world would be a lot worst, or at least the magical part. Anyway, it's late and we need to get up early ready for classes.'

'Then kiss me.'

Harry grinned then he was almost lying on top of his girlfriend, kissing her with as much passion as he could put into it. But Daphne was giving him just as much. It was times like this that was difficult for both of them to hold back, but they were determined not to take their relationship further just because they were turned on. They loved each other and wanted a life together. And one day in the near future they would be together, heart, mind, soul and their bodies would be joined, forever.

During the following days, Mad-eye was able to speak with Amelia who questioned some of the order of the phoenix about Sirius Black. She knew Peter Pettigrew's body was found next to other death eaters but when they all died, their dark marks disappeared. Once she realised that Sirius never received a trial and Peter had been alive until recently, she instantly declared him innocent of all charges. She released a statement to the Daily Prophet and one to the W W N. She also paid a visit to the muggle prime minister to explain about Sirius, but also how Voldemort and all his death eaters had died and their world was safe once again. She handed a letter to Mad-eye to give to Sirius to show he was now legally free. Just like he helped Harry as he knew it was the right thing to do. He wanted to help Sirius since he was really innocent and again, Albus never helped, so he, Alastor Moody would help, any way he could.

The following weekend Harry met with Sirius, who took him to see his house, which was big and beautiful. Sirius had already begun to make plans on what to do with his life. At first he thought of opening a joke shop, but decided to work from home. He was going to make communication mirrors for the magical world that way no witch or wizard ever had to kneel at a fireplace again if they wanted to talk to someone. There would be no more waiting on owls for letters to arrive. People could still write to each other, but the mirror was handy and could be used whenever the person wanted. He was going to work on a way so the mirrors could connect to others. He planned to work on some type of number or name so if he called Hadrian on one, he could talk to his godson. If he used the name Moony, he could use the same mirror to talk to his old friend. It would need more work so he was going to just start with the two connected mirrors. Once they were done, he would concentrate on the others.

After Sirius showed Harry around his house and explained his plans, Harry used his portkey to take his godfather to their house.

'Sirius, this is my girlfriend, Daphne Greengrass, her sister Astoria, Blaize Zabini and Tracy Davis. Everyone, this is my godfather, Sirius Black.'

Sirius gave everyone a smile but he did bow to Daphne making them all laugh. When he turned into Padfoot, Astoria hugged the big dog and didn't want to let him go which made them all laugh again when Sirius whined. Finally the younger girl let Padfoot go so Sirius could change back.

'I hope you know that you're going to help me learn to change,' Harry said.

'I always hoped you would want to. We didn't have anyone to help, just a lot of research and a lot of times where we got stuck. That won't happen to you now we know how to do it the right way.'

'I wouldn't mind learning,' Blaize said.

'Then you can join Harry with the lessons. I found out that there is a potion you can take now that will allow you to see what animal you become. So even though the animal will always have some connection to you, the potion will allow you to see in case you don't want to become that animal.'

'Like the rat. I would hate to be a bug, spider or a rat,' Harry said.

'What about a snake?' Sirius asked raising his eyebrows.

'That wouldn't worry me, but I was only a parselmouth because of the soul. I'm not one anymore, I conjured snake and tried to speak with it, nothing and I couldn't understand it. Snake's are okay, but I've always been fascinated with animals like tigers or eagles. The American bald eagle is such a beautiful bird.'

'Then I doubt you will end up a snake. I know James mainly became a stag after he found out Lily's patronus was a doe, but he was hoping to be a bird.'

'I thought the same, I love to fly, but I wouldn't mind if I was a tiger or a lion, something big and ferocious. Anyway, let's have some lunch and we can keep talking.'

Harry led the others into the kitchen where Dobby was putting together their lunch. By the time they finished eating, Tracy, Astoria and Daphne said they would like to see what animal they could become if they decided to try. Harry said he would get to work on the potion as soon as he got the book with the recipe in it.

Sirius and Harry went for a walk down the street so they could talk, 'Remus just wants you happy and if that means everyone will believe you are dead, then he will go along with it. He offered to make an unbreakable vow.'

'No, you said we can trust him Sirius, so I do. I know he was influenced and manipulated by the old man and we know why. It's all good, I'm just glad his finally away from England.'

'Life for werewolves will be better in England soon. Between people like Amelia and Kingsley, they will push for them to have rights and be able to work as long as they take the wolfsbane potion. They know he was careful at Hogwarts and he was also a very popular teacher. He won't return, his enjoying his job here and they give him the time off he needs.'

'Good, so what about you? Have you decided what you're going to do with your life now you're free?'

'Yep, and as I told you, I'm going to make and market the communication mirrors. I'm also going to work on others that will record or take pictures of the person they are talking too.'

'If you and dad had them when you were students, how come someone else didn't work on a way to make them?'

'Part of is was lily. She was able to change two charms to make a whole new charm which is what allowed us to make the mirror.'

'I heard mum was good at charms, but I didn't know she could do something like that.'

'Flitwick was going to take her on so she could get her master's in charms. Your parent's went on the traditional holiday after leaving Hogwarts. Since both their parent's were dead and your mother didn't have anything to do with her sister, they took a year and travelled. Since the war was heating up, they wanted to have some fun and time together. Lily hated your dad for a long time, so they did really need that time alone. Lily planned to begin working with Flitwick when they got back, after they got married. They were in hiding and got married at the house with just a few of us there to celebrate with them. You came along, which surprised both of them, but they both said they wouldn't change that for the world. Then Albus told them about the prophecy.'

'I have some concerns that you might be able to answer or you might be able to get the answers.'

'I'll try.'

'Okay, first, I know Voldemort and his lot often made sure portkeys or apparition couldn't work, along with the floo. Why didn't they leave the country, or go live in a big muggle city and disappear in with all the muggles?'

'They did talk about leaving, they didn't say if they meant the country or not, just leaving. I'm not sure why they changed their minds. I can try to find out, but that information might be lost, with them.'

'You could be right. Okay, second, is there a way to tell if I was hit with the killing curse if you didn't have the wand?'

'Not that I know of, I could ask Remus, he would know if there was.'

'No one but me and my parent's were there, so how does anyone really know what hit me? We both know now the scar was because of the soul, so maybe I didn't survive the killing curse.'

'That's something to think about. Since I have more time than you, I might try to find some answers but I know Remus will also want answers as well.'

'Okay, it's just curiosity but it made me realise that someone must have let everyone know I survived something that no one can. Dumbledore, probably. Anyway, three, why was the information about me, the curse and the scar released? It basically made me a target for all the death eaters.'

Sirius ended up staring at Harry. He realised his godson was right, someone told how Harry had the scar and vanquished Voldemort, which meant anyone supporting Voldemort would go after him.

'That is something I will find out even if I have to torture the old man to get the answer.'

'So you're like me, think he did it?'

'Yes, since he had Hagrid get you from the house, no one else but me, Hagrid, Dumbledore and McGonagall saw you before you were hidden away. If he wanted you dead, then it makes sense to tell everyone about your scar.'

'He didn't know back then Sirius. I saw the look he gave my scar when I explained about the diary. I never heard him say he wanted me dead, but after the chamber and the diary, things seemed to get worse. I think first year he was testing me, then he finds out the truth about my scar so he allows things to happen which seemed to involve me. If you do find out he let that information out, punch him again for me this time.'

'I'll do more than break his nose. Let's just forget about him for now. He's out of your life, Voldy is dead, so now you finally get to be a normal teenager. Which I hope it means you're taking precautions with that good looking girlfriend of yours.'

Harry blushed which made Sirius laugh, 'For your information Sirius, we haven't and aren't going to until we're a little older. It was my idea to wait until we're at least sixteen.'

'So much like your mum. She believed teenagers should be a little older, but hormones usually doesn't allow them to wait.'

'So did you when you were a teenager?'

'Fifteen and two months, with two girls in the quidditch changing rooms.'

'What about dad?'

'He was one month shy of sixteen and it was because he was drunk. He fell for your mum when he was young so he wasn't going to go after any other girl. Well, it was a mistake and your mum actually found out he wasn't going to, so she forgave him. Your dad had a lot of girls after him, he never took them up on their offer. That is basically the reason why your mother finally gave him a chance. She had seen girls flirting with him, yet he said no, because of her. Lily was a special lady, one of a kind.'

'Maybe one day you will find your Lily, Sirius. They say everyone has their perfect partner out there, somewhere. You just need to find her. Look at me, before Mad-eye rescued me, I would never have looked at Daphne, mainly because I heard Malfoy talking about her. I figured they were a couple. But one incident changed everything, now I have the girl that one day will be my wife. I know I'm young, but we both know we want a future together. You just need to find your girl and maybe she will even like Padfoot.'

Sirius grinned as he slung his arm over his godson's shoulder. A mere week ago he didn't think he had anything to live for, now he had Harry, his family and maybe one day he will meet the perfect lady.

That evening after Harry went home, Sirius went to see Remus. He made sure his friend was sitting down before he explained about what Harry had asked. The two men ended up wanting to curse Albus Dumbledore, before the ended up crying. They both realised how many mistakes they made when it came to Harry, but those mistakes were caused by Albus. No matter what, Albus will never know Harry is alive. They didn't want the old man to begin thinking Voldemort would return again because Harry wasn't the one to send him through the veil. No, if Harry ever decided to let people know he was alive, it would be after the old man was dead. They knew that would be the time Harry would let everyone know, if he did let everyone. Either way, Sirius and Remus would keep Harry safe and keep his secret, forever.

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