Chapter thirteen
The following day Harry and Hermione headed to the ministry and straight to the auror office to speak with Steven jones.
'We need to see auror jones, it's important,' Harry said urgently.
'He said if you two arrived that you should be shown straight in,' the secretary opened the door to her bosses office, Hermione and Harry hurried inside.
'Oh, I don't like the look you both have. What's happened now?'
'He's ordered Snape to make a new potion, liquid imperius which will be like three powerful people putting you under the curse. He plans to put it in the water supply.'
'Bloody hell, so do you're people know if he's made it yet?'
'No, but Kingsley said the staff of Hogwarts was going to spy on him. I was able to help, I have a map of Hogwarts, it shows everyone in the castle. I sent it off to Kingsley this morning.'
'Good, I will let everyone know, but we'll have to alert all other countries that this could happen anytime. It might be time to stock up on bottled water.'
'Couldn't he plant some of his people in those factories?' Hermione asked.
'We'll put wards around it, they are muggle factories so they won't know. We can't take the chance that all of us end up under that curse. If what we spoke about is true then he'd have all of us kill each other the moment he told us too. He couldn't order us to kill ourselves, even under the imperius our survival instincts take over so he would need to order us to kill others. We have time right now, our spies have told us he's not even thinking about us yet, he is working on Europe first. So we'll let them know straight away while we'll work on storing as much water as we can.'
'I know you can use agumenti but for only a small amount. Why not have all students, all parents, everyone do that a bit at a time then bottle it?' Harry suggested.
'Good idea, I'll get onto that as well. He really is an evil bastard.'
'He is, but I also need to tell you about my latest vision. At first I thought he was checking out other countries to see how difficult their ministry would be, but that wasn't it, he has his death eaters doing that for him. He's looking for a wand, a special wand. I'm not sure if you've heard about it as it was mainly centred on Europe, the elder wand also known as the unbeatable wand or the wand of destiny.'
'I've heard rumours, none of us ever took them seriously.'
'Well, it's real. As you know he can't go up against my wand so he wants another, but not just any wand. I forgot to mention what happened when I was escorted from my muggle relatives place. The moment we got into the air we were surrounded, death eaters. The thing is there were seven Harry Potter's that night, we knew he had orders out that I wasn't to be killed, but captured, everyone else was kill on sight. He wants to kill me himself.'
'Clever, so some people polyjuiced into you?'
'Yes, Hermione, Ron, Ron's brothers, Fred, George and Bill, Bill's wife Fleur and a bloke called Mundungus Fletcher. George lost his ear that night, to Snape. Anyway, I saw someone, I knew he was under the imperius curse so I didn't want to stun him or he would have fallen to his death. I disarmed him which gave me away, they know I use that spell first, usually. Well, snaky turned up, he wasn't using his wand and I was half unconscious at the time, but my wand seemed to move on it's own, shot gold flames at him which broke his borrowed wand. I still have no idea how it happened or why, but we all got away.'
'So this elder wand is the reason, he wants something that you or your wand can't beat. Do you know if he found it?'
'He knows where it is and he can get it anytime. Gellert Grindelwald stole it from an old wand maker named Gregorovitch, he didn't win the wand so it worked like any other. Albus Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald and won the allegiance with the wand, it was buried with him. Voldy paid Grindelwald a visit before killing him.'
'So he might have the wand right now?'
'Yes, but it won't work for him,' Harry grinned, 'The night Albus Dumbledore died I was with him, we just returned from finding a horcrux, the fake locket I mentioned. Dumbledore was weak from the potion Voldy put around the locket, so I apparated him back to Hogsmeade then we borrowed Rosmerta's brooms, she owns the Three Broomsticks pub. We flew back to Hogwarts and landed on the astronomy tower. Right as we arrived I was told to get Snape but before I could we heard footsteps. Draco Malfoy came in and as he disarmed a very weak Dumbledore as he was putting me under a full body bind and I was already under my invisibility cloak so no one knew I was there.'
'So this Draco Malfoy has allegiance with the wand, does anyone else know that?'
'No, but he doesn't have it anymore. The moment Dumbledore died I was released, I went after them. Snape kept throwing off my curses like it was nothing but I did disarm Malfoy, Snape picked up his wand and they fled, but it didn't matter that it wasn't the elder wand, it was Malfoy's wand, but the allegiance still changed to me.'
'Ah, I see, so even though you haven't got the wand it belongs to you. Then I believe we should keep this information between just the three of us. Even though everyone here is trustworthy, when faced with the chance of owning an unbeatable wand it would tempt anyone.'
'I can't afford to lose my phoenix feather wand as it's a brother to his, just in case he realises the wand won't work properly for him. Now I spoke with Kingsley using charmed mirrors, they checked on the muggleborn babies, it was too late. He has some inside that is giving him the names so the order of the phoenix are now getting to them all before the death eaters. The muggleborns and muggles are being sent to other countries.'
'We've been keeping an eye out, there are a dozen families that arrived here in the last month.'
'I mentioned the potions I had, so they know someone, probably Snape, invented them. They are working on it now in the hope they can hide the muggleborns who might be born anytime. If the ones helping Kingsley get distracted or caught then we'd have no way to know if some are born.'
'We've got our potion masters working on it, your blood still had enough potion in it. They believe working with that will help.'
'Okay, that's good to hear, so you have to fill your people in on the imperius water, we'll go stock up as well.'
'Just start slow so the muggles don't get suspicious, they might panic thinking there's some big catastrophe going to happen. Do you have somewhere to store it?'
'I dug out a huge area and converted it into a cellar. It's not under the house, it's under the trees which will keep the temperature down. We did that originally as a shelter to hide in if it was needed.'
'Okay, then do a few trips every day to different towns. Now I have to get people working on storing enough in case this goes on for years. We will have to find some type of agent that will counter act that potion. That will be difficult when we have no idea what is in the potion.'
'Hopefully the spies at Hogwarts can find out, or even see what Snape is working with. It might give you an idea where to start.'
'Yes, good idea, well, like always, I can't thank you enough for the information.'
'You've given us a chance to be normal, so we want to help you protect your country. But Hermione and I are both glad we picked Australia, we've found a great place to make our home,' Harry and Hermione shook the aurors hand before leaving, heading for a few muggle towns to get bottled water. But they hoped they never had to use it, unless they wanted to.
Over the next couple of days, Hermione began teaching Harry ancient runes and wasn't surprised at how easy he picked it up. It would take him a while to get where she was since she had four years of studying that subject and it was her favourite subject out of everything Hogwarts offered. But she knew Harry would get there, he was finally able to show his intelligence.
Harry and Hermione finished dinner and they were now waiting for Kingsley to contact them.
'So what do you think they will do now they know that using a love potion would be useless?'
'No idea Harry, as I am now your wife they have no legal leg to stand on. There would be no use killing me or you, it wouldn't get them the money. If they think you might have made out a will then I believe they will start to act like friends again in the hope you leave them something when you die, which you aren't going to. They may even ask if they can join us.'
'That will never happened, but we can't tell them we know what they did, we have no proof it was them. Do you know who might try to get us to allow them here with us?'
'No, so tell me.'
'Molly Weasley, she will play on her fear for her children, she will ask if they can join us to keep them safe.'
'She can usually talk anyone into anything, we have to stay strong.'
'We will, we know the truth Hermione and we're newlyweds. We've had enough danger now we just want to live but also enjoy each other, as husband and wife.'
'Harry, you can't say that?'
'Think about it Hermione, we shock them, but I have another idea as well. If we say we're newly married which means we're on our honeymoon and shagging all over the house then we want to be alone,' Harry smirked, Hermione blushed but she nodded, she knew it was a good idea. So even though it might embarrass them and others at the meeting, it would help keep their privacy, without having to come right out and say no if Molly or others want to get Ron and Ginny with Harry and Hermione.
Chapter fourteen
'Harry.'
'We're here Kingsley.'
'I just thought of something, you can't mention that they gave you the potion, only that someone did.'
'We're not going to, since we have no proof who did it, so it wouldn't help anyway.'
'Good, okay, so what will be the reason you're calling?'
'I'll say something about the map.'
'Good, give it about five minutes after everyone arrives. I'll leave the connection open but it will be a bit muffled being in my pocket.'
'Okay, just don't stick it in your back pocket, I don't fancy looking at your arse mate.'
'Harry,' Hermione squeaked, Kingsley laughed.
'It will be in my front pocket, up high as well, I don't want you looking at my groin either.'
Harry laughed, Hermione's eyes went wide before Kingsley disappeared, laughing as he did.
'I have never seen Kingsley act like that.'
'Neither have I, something got him in a good mood, maybe he's been shagging, it always puts you in a good mood,' Harry flinched as Hermione slapped his arm making him laugh.
They heard voices so they went quiet and listened as the Order of the Phoenix filed in. They could tell who some voices were, some they couldn't. They heard Minerva explain how no one has been able to enter Severus' private potions lab so they haven't been able to work out how far along his potion might be. When the five minutes was up Hermione tapped her watch.
'Kingsley, are you there?'
The order fell quiet, Kingsley pulled out the mirror, 'If it isn't the-boy-who-lived.'
'You're a prat Kingsley.'
'No, just stating the truth, so do you have info for us, there's an order meeting here right now.'
'I just wanted to let you know I sent the map a few days ago, so you should have it soon.'
'Great, I mentioned it to Minerva, she's going to use it and hope it helps. So anything else going on?'
'As a matter of fact there is, Hermione and I got married a few days ago,' Harry and Hermione had to smother their laughter as Ginny and Ron went off, Molly's voice was heard as well.
'Congratulations, I always knew you and Hermione would get together eventually.'
'We just needed some time alone, but we're so alike, it's uncanny. Well, apart from Hermione and her reading habits, mine with flying. Anyway, can I speak with Professor McGonagall for a minute?'
'Sure,' Kingsley handed the mirror to Minerva who happened to be sitting next to Molly.
'Hello Harry, Hermione, you both look extremely happy.'
'We are Professor, very happy,' Hermione said giving a huge grin as she spotted Molly glance in the mirror.
'I sent the instructions on how to use the map, but make sure Snape never sees it even if it's closed. He knows what it looks like, he caught me with it in my third year, insulted him a lot.'
'Oh dear merlin.'
'Is that Remus?' Harry asked then found himself facing the man, 'Hey Moony.'
'Hello Harry, Minerva is right, you look good, happy.'
'We are, but why did you say dear merlin?'
'I know the insults we left on that map, I could imagine what Snape might have done to you that night if I hadn't been called.'
'Well, you know my dad and Sirius, but even your insult was good. I miss him Remus.'
'I miss him as well Harry, but he would be happy you're safe. He would also be happy you finally found Hermione. Sirius kept telling me you two would make a wonderful couple.'
'Yeah, we do, I spoke to him right after our wedding night, thanked him for all the advice on sex.'
'Harry,' Hermione squeaked, but hid her face so no one would notice her laughing.
'Well, it's true babe, I had you writhing and groaning, begging, imagine, I had Hermione Potter begging me.'
'I will be stopping sex if you keep going Mr. Potter.'
'Yes Mrs. Potter.'
'Oh, you two sound so much like James and Lily, it's uncanny. So what news of where you are pup?'
'They're working on storing water, they are working on potions, they have spies there. We're not really involved, but they fill us in if they think we need to know and we drop in to give them updates. So how are things there?'
'We found a horcrux, Neville told Minerva about the room of hidden things. So he changed the room, they both went in and found Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem, it was full of dark magic. We got it to Kingsley who destroyed it.'
'Fantastic, so that's four down, I'll be last, so that leaves the cup and the snake. Nagini will be the hardest, she's always with him.'
'Yes, she is. But tell me, are you two safe?'
'Perfectly, the aurors here enchanted our home, they are the only ones who can give permission to get in. But we've already told them we don't want any visitors, only the head auror who is the person we're dealing with. He also knows we're on our honeymoon, so we're not always here, we travel quite a lot. When we go to other countries he give us letters so we can fill in their aurors on what is going on, but only to those that give a magical oath. I mainly connected today because of the map and to let Kingsley know we're going away for a while, not sure how long. The head auror wants us to contact a few people for him since we'll be there anyway.'
'Will you ever return home?'
'No, Hermione and I are happy here, but when it is finally over we might visit. You will be able to visit us when it's over, Moony. I could make another pair of mirrors so we can talk, if you want?'
'Of course I want to Harry, you're family and now Hermione is. But I should give you back to Kingsley so we can finish the meeting.'
'It was good to talk to you Moony, I miss you.'
'I miss you too pup, look after your wife.'
'Oh, I do, in all ways.'
'Harry,' Hermione squeaked again, 'Remus, is there any way to control this man?'
'Sorry Hermione, Lily had no hope in controlling James either, you just have to learn to live with him and what he says. I will make sure to message when I do visit, I would hate to walk in on you two like I did with James and Lily.'
'We do like the sofa in the living room, the table in the kitchen, the benches, well, pretty much the whole house gets used.'
'You're impossible Potter,' Hermione shook her head but Remus laughed, 'You're no help Remus.'
'Nope, not when it comes to Potter men. His your husband, you'll just have to deal with him. Anyway, keep safe.'
'You too Moony,' Harry smiled then he was facing Kingsley who looked like he was trying not to laugh, 'I'll let you know what happens after our meetings.'
'You do that and we'll do the same, take care and congratulations again.'
'Thank you Kingsley,' Hermione smiled then the connection was broken, 'You are impossible.'
'Yep, but I heard the low growl from one of them, a gasps from others. How did Molly look?'
'Furious, it was so much fun.'
Harry grabbed Hermione until she was on his lap, 'It was, but how about we make it real, the kitchen bench is just the right height?'
Hermione giggled, 'True, but it would be uncomfortable on my backside, so if you want sex then the bed please Mr. Potter.'
'Anything for my wife, Mrs. Potter.'
After the order meeting broke up Tonks apparated to the Burrow, changed into her eagle then flew up in a tree to wait for the Weasley's to return. She knew Arthur would go straight to Bill's so he can be filled in since he couldn't make it to the meeting, then Bill would fill in Charlie.
'This is all your fault Ron, if you could have just kept that temper of yours under control,' Ginny screamed.
'It's too late now, even if Hermione was taken care of Harry would never want to get into another relationship, but it would look suspicious if he did. Kingsley and Minerva would get Harry alone to find out what is going on. If only Albus was still around, he would know what to do.'
'Can't we still make sure she is taken care of anyway, then Harry might return to get comfort from Remus?'
'It might be worth considering Ron, but right now we would not find them. You heard what they said, the aurors put their place under the fidelius charm. We have checked every country, no one has seen or heard of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, so we know they are using different names and it must have been done legally as owls can't even find them. I would also say that Hermione made polyjuice potion so they can go out without being recognises. Let's just hope they give something away when they speak with Kingsley.'
'Do you think one of us could sneak the mirror off him?' Ginny asked.
'He's an auror Ginny, it would be impossible.'
'We could try, we got used to lying convincingly.'
'Okay, we try, but would Harry answer if he heard another voice that wasn't Kingsley?'
'We're his friends mum, I'm his best mate, of course he will, especially if I practically beg him to forgive me for our fight. I know Harry, he will forgive me, Hermione might take longer, she can hold a grudge. I'm not happy about this, but I'm glad I didn't have to get with her, she would have driven me crazy. She can be an absolute nightmare. How Harry puts up with her is beyond me.'
'Yes, she is a lot to take in. But these plans began before you started at Hogwarts. It worked so well, Harry had no idea how to get onto platform nine and three quarters.'
'We know mum, he heard you say muggles which gave us a chance to meet him, the rest was easy. I acted like I was awed by the-boy-who-lived. Anyway, we'll keep trying to find them, take care of Hermione and hope Harry comes home,' Ron grabbed an apple then headed upstairs, Ginny glared at her brother before she headed to her room, Molly went into her kitchen to prepare dinner.
Chapter fifteen
Harry sent an owl to Steven jones explaining that another horcrux, the diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw has been destroyed, which left two apart from the one inside him. Once that was done Harry began his lessons, this time it was potions. He couldn't stop grinning when he's potion turned out perfectly, Hermione smiled knowing that Harry could have been doing this for years if it wasn't for Snape.
It was a week later that an owl flew into the house, Hermione and Harry knew it would be fine as the owls would know where Harry and Hermione were, and they only told Kingsley and Tonks.
"Wotcha Harry, Hermione, after you shocked the order I took to the skies. The day you met them was set up, she meant to get your attention so you would speak with her. It gave them the perfect opportunity to get friendly with you. Now something serious, they did mention taking care of Hermione, which probably means killing her. They said if they did then they hoped you would come home to grieve, to be with Remus. They still have no idea where you are but they are not going to stop looking. They believe Hermione has made polyjuice potion so you can't be recognised and they believe you are using other names, which it was legally done since owls can't find you, well, most owls can't find you. Hope those names won't make them suspicious. I would give your auror friend a heads up just to be safe. I doubt they will find you, not if they haven't by now.
"One last thing, they plan to try and sneak the mirror off Kingsley. He knows they will try this so he's charmed it, he made sure that only he or Minerva can activate it. Just say they got it though, Ron would beg forgiveness about the fight, and he believes you will forgive him, not Hermione though, at least not straight away. Ron also doesn't really like Hermione, it was to get you, Harry away from her then to get you with Ginny. That's all I needed to tell you, keep save and watch for red heads, Tonks."
'We discussed this Harry, they haven't found us and I don't believe they will.'
'No, but there is always a chance, I will let Steven know. Hopefully someone inside the ministry will find out if they arrive here then at least we will know.'
'True, but remember, they might have been lying and using us, but both of us were still better than them. Ron could never beat me or you, Ginny used to get angry because she missed which made her miss more often, the more she missed the worse her aim got. You beat me when we duel even when it was just practice, you've gone up against more death eaters than us and you're a lot fitter than they are.'
'Okay, Ron is lazy, I could out last him easily, Ginny is better but she never liked training, especially when Angelina would make us run around the quidditch pitch. Okay, maybe we both begin an exercise regime, to make sure we are fit. If the fighting starts here then we'll need it anyway, not just for those two.'
'Even though I was never one for physical exercise, it's a good idea. So we could run along the beach every morning, start off slow, especially me.'
Harry grinned, 'You have plenty of stamina in bed.'
Hermione giggled, 'Yes, well, that's different we use a whole set of different muscles in bed. Go and contact Steven, let them know about those two, maybe even three. But make sure they said take care of me. We might know they meant killing, but they didn't say it. If they did then Tonks could arrest them.'
'Yeah, they probably got used to being careful what they say.'
Harry kissed Hermione then headed into their office where they kept the mirror. Hermione stared after Harry, she couldn't believe how much she loved him. Even though they got married quickly, mainly for protection, they did love each other and they were also well suited, more than Hermione ever realised.
Since there wasn't much for them to do anymore, Harry and Hermione spent most of their time learning everything they could. But over the following months they did travel, using the rings to keep them glamoured. Steven had given them fake papers with other names, as he believed Jimmy Black and Jean Evans might be recognised in other countries. So whenever Harry and Hermione Potter was overseas, they would use their other identities. They always kept polyjuice potion on them in case they needed a quick getaway, Steven had also supplied them with a port key in case of emergencies. They were not taking the chance that either of them could get caught as they knew the other would try for a rescue.
Apart from exercising Harry and Hermione had been given a training wizard by Steven, so every day they would practice. Naturally they started off slow and with easier spells, now they had the training wizard up to full speed and both could take it easily, whether they disarmed or blew its head apart. Being an auror training aide they were charmed to be fixed which was a good thing as Harry often blew body parts away. He mainly went for their wand arm which would destroy the arm as well as the wand it was holding. Harry didn't want to kill so taking off an arm worked well since they would not be as good with their other hand.
Things progressed, they kept in contact with Kingsley and the order. They got to speak with Remus now he had charmed a set of mirrors. He knew Harry and Hermione didn't want to be found, at least not yet, so he worked out that Kingsley knew how to contact them by owl, he had him send the other mirror to Harry. Tonks kept listening to Ron, Ginny and Molly, they still had no idea where Harry and Hermione were, but they did decide to take care of Hermione if they got the chance. They had no idea how to do the job, if they did they never spoke about it. Steven had made sure that Harry and Hermione were safe, but he put the word out for any witches and wizards that arrived would be scanned to see if they were using a glamour or polyjuice potion. No one wanted to risk them leading Voldemort and his death eaters to Harry which would bring them to Australia and bring the war to Australia. They were willing to help any way they could but they really didn't want the war with Voldemort to come to their country.
During one of their meetings with Steven, Harry happened to mention that Sirius made him his heir of the Black family. Steven realised that Harry didn't really understand much about what that entailed, so he explained. Once Harry gave permission, two aurors headed to England to search all the Black vaults. They had a written permission note from Harry, one that was written with a blood quill so the goblins would know it was legitimate. They did not believe they would find anything to do with Voldemort, but they thought it was worth a shot. They were shocked when they discovered the goblet of Helga Hufflepuff sitting in Bellatrix Lestrange's vault, her personal vault not the one she shared with her husband. Since she was a Black by birth, the aurors could enter that vault thanks to Harry giving them permission. They only decided to look since Voldemort passed on the diary to Lucius Malfoy, and Bellatrix Lestrange was one of Voldemort's most loyal followers. If he was going to entrust any of his death eaters, it would be Bellatrix. Now they were another one down, the two Australian aurors hoped it meant Voldemort would soon be finished, before he could expand his terrorism to other countries.
Chapter sixteen
Steven, and two unspeakables were waiting in the conference room for Harry and Hermione Potter. Steven couldn't help but remember his first meeting with the pair, almost a year ago. The war in England had escalated so that many witches and wizards had been killed, most had fled to other countries. It was thanks to Harry being the heir of the Black line, due to his godfather Sirius Black, which allowed one of the Australian aurors to enter all Black vaults, with permission from Harry. It meant the vault owned by Bellatrix Lestrange-nee Black. They found the cup and destroyed it. So far no one had been able to get close to the snake, the few spies they had planted in Voldemort's circle were never alone with the snake. They were all making plans on how to kill the snake, eventually they believe they would have to wait until Voldemort sent his snake out of his hidden castle.
Harry and Hermione were escorted into the room by two aurors, who left, sealing the room after them.
'You said this was urgent, has he arrived here?'
'Not yet, but we know he has people here. What we found out surprised all of us, we never told you straight away as we were trying to work out what was going on.'
'I don't like the sound of this,' Harry sat down beside his wife.
'Albus Dumbledore is not dead, it was all faked Harry. The body you saw had been switched in that few seconds you had your back to him. Oh he wasn't affected by that potion either. The real Albus Dumbledore snuck through a secret door up in the astronomy tower, where there was a person who had polyjuiced into him, he was also under the imperius curse. It was all planned, Snape was to take out Albus to cement his place in the inner circle and you were to believe you were the only one that could stop Voldy.'
'Why would he leave me to do all this?'
'He expected you to die Harry, the plan was once you destroyed the rest of the horcruxes Snape would give you a memory, one that had been set up for you. Dumbledore and Snape would be talking about you, how you had a piece of soul inside you. Snape would even go as far as act angry that you had to die when he promised to keep Lily's son alive. Once you realised the truth you would go to your death, willingly. When you were dead Albus would emerge, with a story, he had two stories, one to make everyone believe he had been kept captive and it was a polyjuiced person who died that night. Albus would kill Voldy then take over. The plan to take over the world was originally thought up by Voldy, but Albus thought he would be the best person to rule the world. He needed you out of the way first as he still did not know what this "power he knows not" is, that made him cautious. Even with your mother's sacrifice you still should have died that night. We've been testing that since you explained. The magic of love is powerful, but not enough to stop the killing curse. Dumbledore wanted you out of the way, but he also wanted you to willingly give up your life. If you did that, to save everyone, to save your friends, he knew you would do it, die to save everyone.'
'So Dumbledore liked power after all,' Hermione said in a whisper but her eyes remained on Harry.
'Yes, when he found out what Voldy planned, to kill off all magicals and rule the world, Albus wanted that so badly that he came up with ways to have everyone, mainly Harry, do the work for him. He knew Voldy would kill off the muggleborns, and anyone that opposed him, he showed that during the first war. Albus found out about these plans before either of you were born so he had been working towards the same goal. Once the prophecy came to light he knew he would have something that would work for him. He also knew that Harry was well liked and respected by the students and staff of Hogwarts, not to mention the order. He's plans began to unravel when you two left and arrived here. He has been trying to find you ever since he found out. He was furious when he heard you passed on the message about the horcruxes, but he was beyond furious when he heard that our unspeakables could remove the piece of soul from behind your scar. All his plans were supposed to make sure you would not trust anyone other than Hermione and Ron. He never dreamed you would reveal something so dangerous to strangers or people from the order. He really pushed the knowledge that Peter Pettigrew was a spy, it was so you would believe anyone could be a spy.'
'We believe it's time to remove the soul Harry, then he's plans will fall through. If he does find you which we doubt, he will be wary of what type of power you have. Especially now you no longer have those potions in your system.'
Harry stared at the unspeakables, 'How did he find out about what we told the order?'
'He was in that house, he had a way to know when a meeting was going to be held and he had a secret way in. From what we found out he got the information about a secret tunnel from your godfather. I would say it was mentioned as a quick way for the order to escape if anyone breeched the wards. He heard every conversation since he made everyone believe he died.'
'So you take the soul out of Harry which should give him some protection,' Hermione said.
'Yes, it will, we don't need the connection anymore, not now we have a lot of spies in with his lot. We also know that he only has one left, after you, the snake. This will help you with his failing plans but he is still wary about this power you are supposed to have. He may just decide to try and take you out in the hope it's something he can beat.'
'Before we do this Harry there is one more bit of information we were able to find out. Now I'm not sure if you believed how important the memory of that conversation you had with Dumbledore was after you saved the philosophers stone, but it was very important.'
'Damn, he said it was destroyed, it wasn't, was it?'
'He convinced Nicholas he would destroy it so they would not be tempted to keep living. I'm not sure you know this but the potion made from that stone will restore him to a younger man. That is why he could hide in plain sight, no one would recognise a forty year old Albus Dumbledore, especially when he removed the beard and kept his hair shorter. He also stopped wearing those outrageous robes. Right now he's at his prime and has the stone which means he won't die. That is his second plan, to make everyone believe he is someone else.'
'So we have Voldy who can't die and now Dumbledore. Why would anyone want to live forever? I would hate to see everyone I loved die.'
'Neither of them love anyone, we knew Voldy didn't, but we found out that Albus did not love his family. His brother, who is still spying for the order did not like Albus, he felt the same. But Aberforth blames Albus for the death of his sister when they were very young. Those rumours from Skeeter, well, we believe some are true. It wasn't Ariana that killed Kendra, it was Albus. Now there was a fight between Albus, Gellert and Aberforth where Ariana died. He made everyone that knew them think that it was an accident and no one knows which one killed the girl, we think Albus did and he meant to. His sister and brother were holding him back from putting his plans in order, but it would look suspicious if he killed his brother as well. Killing a girl who was emotionally disturbed was not suspicious at all.'
'So he's waiting for Voldy to take out as many as he can then for him to die. Does he still believe Harry is the one to kill Voldy?'
'He still believes Harry will do the right thing, so yes, Harry will return and take care of Voldy. Since his other plans fell through he has to wait until someone, Harry, kills Voldy. I really wish we could say his name, Voldy doesn't really sound like a serious threat.'
Harry gave a tired smile as he ran his hands over his face, 'So we get rid of the soul, we need to kill the snake then work on a way to kill Voldy, or Tom, we could use his real name. Anyway, once he's dead Albus Dumbledore will emerge and everyone will believe he was working behind the scenes, or secretly giving me information. He will have some way for everyone to trust him again.'
'Yes, we thought he might take care of…Tom himself so everyone will see him as the hero. That is still a possibility but he is still wary of you Harry, of your power. Yes, we tested you once the potions were gone from your system, you are powerful but not anymore than a lot of powerful witches and wizards.'
'Yeah, I don't get why he really believes I'm powerful. Okay, yes I survived the killing curse, but we spoke about this, that maybe my parents did some very old ritual to give me a chance. It sounds more plausible than love. I know love is powerful and can make people do things you wouldn't believe, but it can't stop you dying. I'm sure many mothers and fathers stand between someone like Voldy and their children in the hope of saving them, they still died. So even if love is a possibility I don't think it was the power of love that saved me. Sirius was the first person I ever loved and he died. The more I hear the more I'm not convinced this will ever be over, but I will never give up until all of us can finally live in a world that isn't full of suffering. I will not return there but if he turns up here I will face him, if I have no choice. But I really don't believe it has to be me, not when all his horcruxes are gone. I just want this over,' Harry sighed.
The two unspeakables, the auror, and Hermione all felt the same, but to Harry, his always felt responsible. Now they had to get the soul out of Harry and hopefully one threat will be gone.
Chapter seventeen
'So how do you get the soul out of me?'
'It will take about an hour, it will hurt but not like when we've had to remove a whole soul. We have a room that we use for this, it's so the soul cannot escape.'
'So are you ready to lose Tom?'
'Long past ready.'
Hermione kept hold of Harry's hand as they followed the head auror and the two unspeakable to the Australian's department of mysteries.
Harry's eyes landed on two people, 'Remus, Kingsley.'
Remus engulfed Harry in his arms, 'Hey cub.'
'I missed you.'
'I missed you as well,' Remus moved and stared at Harry, 'You look older, but your eyes shine with happiness, something they never did before.'
'Hermione makes me happy Moony, but as for looking older, well…stress, worry, you name it, it's given me early wrinkles,' Harry turned, 'Hi Kingsley.'
Kingsley hugged Harry, 'Hello Harry. How are you holding up?'
'I'm okay, this latest news is a shocker. You do know about that, right?'
'We filled them in Harry, when we first found out, then we spoke again last week and organised for them to be here today.'
'So how long have you known about Dumbledore?'
'Just over a month, but it took a lot of work to find out what we did. Steven contacted me right away, then we did our own investigation. We found the secret tunnel at Grimmauld place, charmed it so we know when someone came through. The twins came up with a way to charm another set of mirrors, no sound this time, just a live picture. We saw Albus and Severus sneak in. We had our meeting planned so they wouldn't hear anything we didn't want them to know.'
'One thing we only recently found out. Apart from the plan that he was going to make everyone believe, either he had been held captive or he was hiding and helping you behind the scenes. Those weren't real, they were false rumours he put out. Even though he didn't believe anyone would find out the truth he had plans in case they did. No, the real plan he was going to use was his new younger look and to make it seem like he had a son, he would be that son but be as powerful as his father. If anyone saw him now and knew who he really was, they would know he'd done something to reverse his age, they may even believe he used dark magic. So using himself as his son would be believable,' Remus said.
'But to what else we did, we were able to use something else the twins came up with, a tracking charm. The moment they stepped into the house it attached to them, to their hair, even if they were hit with other spells, the charm remains. Every day the charm would multiply until every strand had the tracking charm attached. We found out they are staying at the old home of Godric Gryffindor, in Godric's Hollow and not far from your parent's home. The place looks like a normal cottage but it's actually huge. It seems they charmed it so muggles and magical see a cottage,' Kingsley look at Remus to continue.
'It took us a few weeks but we finally got in without them knowing. The twins used you to lure them out so they would not be there.'
'Used me, how did they use me?'
'Polyjuice, they pinched Mad-eye's potion from the night we moved you. They haven't wanted to use it unless they thought you were in danger. The twins and a few other friends were going to change into you. If there were a dozen Harry Potter's in different parts of the world it would really confuse old snake face, not to mention Albus. So Fred changed into you, then made sure you were seen near the Burrow, like you were sneaking back for a visit. Albus had the Burrow charmed in case you did turn up. The moment Albus and Severus left, which was quickly, we got into the house.'
'There's something else, I can tell by the way you two keep looking at me then at each other.'
'You should be an auror Harry, you're observations skills are very good,' Kingsley said.
'Maybe when this is all over, but I'm staying here, we've made our home here. Now are you going to tell me what else is going on?'
'All you have to do is turn around…pup.'
Harry whirled around, 'Sirius.'
Within seconds Harry was crying into his godfather's arms, 'How?' Hermione asked in a choked voice.
'We found Sirius in the house, in a deep coma. We had to work quickly, so I went to get one of our own golems. We've been using them as decoys, one was Sirius, we knew he would want to help,' Kingsley said.
'But how, we saw him hit with the killing curse, he fell through the veil,' Hermione said still watching Harry.
'It wasn't the real Sirius, Albus knew Harry and Sirius were becoming close, he was concerned that Sirius would take Harry away. But also Harry was getting older, he could have just decided to leave and go into hiding with Sirius. He wanted Sirius away from Harry, the best way was to kill him,' Remus said.
'Why didn't he then, why keep him alive?'
'In case he lost his influence and control over Harry, he would bring Sirius back to get Harry back. We have no idea what story he planned to use, only that he kept Sirius alive as a backup. When they failed to find Harry they were planning on giving Sirius the liquid imperius, which is finished by the way, for Albus, not for Voldy. Then have Sirius spin his tale, whatever that was.'
Everyone fell silent until Harry got himself under control, 'I'm here pup, alive and away from him.'
'I'm so sorry Sirius, it was a trick.'
'It was set up, Snape opened your mind so Voldy could plant that vision. He wasn't working Voldy he was working for Albus. After your other visions they knew you would believe that one was real.'
'I went to die Sirius, I was in the forbidden forest. I had a knife, I wasn't going to take the chance that magic could save me.'
Sirius wrapped his arms around Harry again, 'Then I'm glad you changed your mind.'
'I didn't, Luna found me, she told me about seeing her mother die when she was nine. We ended up sitting on the forest floor watching the thestrals while we talked.'
'She knew how you felt,' Hermione said giving Harry a kindly smile.
'Yeah, she did.'
'How about we get this soul out of you then you can spend some time together.'
'Yeah, sorry, you're waiting for me.'
'Don't be, we had this planned so we knew you would need time.'
'If you would lie on the table Harry we will get this done.'
Harry hugged Sirius again the kissed Hermione before lying down, 'Okay, I'm ready.'
Sirius kept his arm around Hermione to stop her going to Harry. Every wince from Harry made Hermione wanted to go to her husband.
'He'll be fine Hermione, the pain he is feeling is like the pain he always feels. But soon it will stop, for good.'
'I know Steven, I just hate seeing him suffer.'
'We all do, but I really want to curse some red heads. I always knew you and Harry would get together, they stopped that.'
'We got there in the end Sirius, but I hope you are not going to turn my husband into a Marauder.'
'Hey, it's me, and Harry is the son of a Marauder.'
'I am going to keep an eye on you…Padfoot.'
Sirius chuckled then hugged Hermione, 'I know you will, miss bookworm.'
'So who knows the truth, not just about you but about Dumbledore?'
'Us, Minerva, Tonks and the twins, we weren't going to take the chance that his strongest supporters would believe whatever he tried to spin to them. The twins have always supported Harry and they believed Harry should never have gone to those muggles. The twins want to hex the Dursley's, so far we've talked them out of it,' Remus said.
'Minerva is keeping an eye on Hogwarts in case he knows another way into the castle.'
'He took me by apparition,' Harry groaned again as his face screwed up in pain.
'We know, but we believe he could only apparate from the astronomy tower. We think he removed the wards from there, to fool you into believing he was more powerful than he is. Minerva has placed her own charms on the tower,' Kingsley said.
'Tonks is using her metamorph and animagus to spy on Albus and Severus.'
'What about the liquid imperius?'
'Albus plans to supply the ministry first, then Hogwarts. Severus is going to give Voldy a weaker version. Someone that can fight off the curse will be able to again but not straight away, it will wear down around a week or so. The other one does not wear off at all, it must have the anti-dote. The twins have set up another business, supplying water to all the shops in Diagon alley and Hogsmeade. They don't use their name naturally or everyone will believe its some prank that will turn them all into red heads. They called it "The Silent Partner" Kingsley smiled at Harry who gave a small shake of his head, 'Yep, they named it after you Harry, since you are their silent partner. Molly still has no idea you gave them the start-up money for their joke shop.'
'Harry never told anyone, he told me a few months back, only because we got talking about some of their products.'
'We found out that Ron knew not long after, he overheard the twins and Harry talking. We are being supplied with a wide range of Weasley products, some are jokes and some are serious, like the shield hats. They branched out into a wide range of clothes, but they decided to look into some muggle ideas, used something called Kevlar then charmed it to repel spells.'
'Kevlar is used by the military, police and bomb squads, I think,' Hermione said.
'Yeah, they also…well, stole some muggle weapons, they hope they can work them with magic. I know they have been working on a rifle with a laser sight. I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to muggle things.'
'I only know because of Lily, she told James and me about many muggle things. She even took us to the movies a few times.'
'Harry and I go to the movies all the time, his not too keen on chick flicks as he calls them,' Hermione smiled over at Harry who seems to be relaxed now. She hoped he wasn't still feeling any pain in his scar.
Chapter eighteen
'Alright, it's out, but stay lying down, you're going to feel very weak for a while.'
Harry nodded, 'Yeah, I can feel how weak I am. Thank you.'
'You're welcome.'
Hermione rushed over first, 'You're pale.'
'I'm fine, it wasn't pleasant but I've felt worse,' Harry turned to face Kingsley, 'The twins portable swamp.'
'Yes, they are working on that right now. They are going to make it into a small pellet then just scatter them around. The moment they activate the spell or they get stepped on, the swamp appears instantly. They are planning on making it bigger as well.'
'They had another idea, portable quick sand, but it won't completely take the person down. It will make them sink until their neck and their arms will be pinned if they didn't get them up in time. Now they are adding more to it, some ingredient will dissolve the wand. So if any of us accidentally get caught in it then we'll need wands,' Remus said.
'We know Voldy still has Ollivander, but we've been able to speak with different wand makers around the world. They are going to begin making extra wands, in case they are needed.'
'The room of hidden things, when I hid the potions book, I saw a large barrel, filled with wands. I don't remember where it was though.'
'Wands that have been stolen or lost by students over the years,' Sirius said.
'For a thousand years, I remember reading that the founders had to make new wands for some of their first students who kept losing their wands. Naturally they got broken or taken by muggles, but some just seemed to lose them in the lake or down one of the large stairways and never found them again.'
'Then the castle itself retrieved those wands and placed them in the room of hidden things. I'll contact Minerva, she can make sure the ones still inside have a backup, then get the rest to us,' Kingsley said.
'Anything going on with Ron and Ginny?' Hermione asked.
'Just that they are still trying to find you, we know they came to Australia but thanks to a few decoys they left in a hurry. They thought since Hermione sent her parent's here that you would have joined them.'
'How are they getting around? I mean the Weasley family never had a lot of money and international port keys do cost even if it's not a lot,' Harry said.
'We believe Molly is making them, Albus probably taught her then taught her how to mask it from the ministry. He used to give all of us one during the first war, but I do know he had to make them in his office. That's another thing we were talking about, he never gave your parents one. They were in the worst danger yet they had no way to escape,' Sirius said, 'I asked, he said since I was at the house every few days, same with Remus then we could get them out. He said he couldn't take the chance of the ministry finding out.'
'That's a lie, he wanted us dead,' Harry sighed then slowly sat up, 'Oh, head rush.'
'You're body is adapting to losing that piece of soul. Now as we told you our magical cores are connected to our souls. After all our tests we are still unsure if it means you will have the same amount of power or less. Give it a few days to get over all this than test your power.'
'It's destroyed.'
Harry, Hermione, Steven, Sirius, Remus and Kingsley turned to the unspeakable who had returned.
'So now it's just the snake. Does Dumbledore know which ones are gone?' Harry asked.
'All but the cup and you, we only found out after we explained about the diadem. Naturally he knows about the snake but he'll believe she'll be the one right before you,' Kingsley said.
'Can't we poison some rats or something, slip them into his place?'
'We have done that, so far it seems she doesn't touch them. We've got people working on a poison that will be undetectable to all types of animals. Remus is working with them, since he has werewolf senses then he can sniff out anything,' Kingsley said.
'We can talk more when we get home Harry, if you feel up to moving?' Hermione asked.
'I'm fine.'
Hermione, Sirius, Remus and Kingsley all glanced at each other than Harry, 'Sure you are,' they laughed as Harry glared.
'You always say you're fine even when you aren't, it's just you,' Kingsley said.
'Okay, I'm not but I'm not dizzy anymore, just weak.'
Sirius moved to Harry's side and slipped his arm around his godson, 'Then I will take you so you don't splinch yourself.'
'I don't mind Sirius, I'm so happy you're here.'
'If we hear anything Harry you'll hear me over the mirror.'
'Thanks Steven, for everything,' Harry gave him a weary smile then allowed Sirius to help him out of the ministry, with Kingsley, Remus and Hermione following.
The moment they got to the house, Sirius sat Harry down but he sat beside his godson, 'You know I'm staying here in this country right?'
'I wasn't sure what you would do, but you can stay with us, is that okay Mione?'
'Of course it is, now I'll make some tea and some lunch, you relax and talk to Sirius,' Hermione kissed Harry then went into the kitchen, but Remus followed.
'How is he really doing Hermione?'
'Okay, not great, but he's not depressed. I was worried that it would all get too much for him. He's worried about me, if Ron and Ginny find me. He's worried about all of you, being over there. He keeps thinking that it still should be him.'
'No, it doesn't, we believe the prophecy was fulfilled that night. Albus kept on about it so Harry would believe it still needed to be fulfilled. Once the snake is dead then anyone can finally kill him. Steven told us there are three people over there that are willing to die if they get to take him out. They're hoping they don't but they know it's a possibility. Now we also know there are some here that will die to protect their families, in the chance they can kill him. None of us want them to die, but Voldy is hardly ever alone so if someone does get the chance to kill him then one of his death eaters will kill that person.'
'Harry will hate hearing that, he will believe it has to be him,' Hermione levitated everything onto a tray, 'But we can't keep it from him either, that would feel like a betrayal to him.'
'We plan to tell him,' Remus took the tray and followed Hermione Potter into the living room.
'Sirius had an idea that would keep us safe and it might help us work against both of them. Even if we didn't want to fight, it would protect us. It would also mean we could work behind the scenes, disguised but no one would be looking for us,' Harry said the moment Hermione sat down.
'I know I used to say Sirius was a bad influence on you, but I can tell his finally grown up. So what is this idea?'
Harry, Sirius, Remus and Kingsley chuckled, 'I still feel like a big kid Hermione, but we're in the midst of war, I have to get serious sometime. Anyway, this idea, golems and your dead bodies.'
'Oh, so Dumbledore, Voldy and the three Weasley's would have no reason to go after us. But how would we make them believe we were killed?'
'We just need a convincible story,' Kingsley said.
'Are there any death eaters in custody?' Harry asked.
'A few, we hide them under the fidelius in different locations so Voldy doesn't break them out again, why?' Kingsley asked.
'Could you plan a fake escape?'
'With polyjuice, yes.'
'What do you have in mind Harry?' Sirius asked.
'Okay, we let it out that I still feel responsible, but since Hermione is my wife she was going to help. We also let it out that the aurors have been training us so we could have a chance. Okay, the fake death eater escapes, we get into a fight, he kills us. You get there quickly Kingsley as you are still an auror, you find our dead bodies, along with a very badly injured death eater. You send for help, someone, maybe Tonks takes the death eater back to his cell while you take care of our bodies, but Remus and whoever is disguised will go into one of the safe houses. You could have some fake papers that I had made, that you and Minerva are to arrange our burials, at Godric's Hollow, naturally. You don't let Voldy's lot find out though or he would take out the order and friends that would attend or you have a secret and private funeral.'
'Not bad, you really should be an auror. We could work that, work on where this fight will take place, which death eater would be the one who might be powerful enough to kill both of you. You know, we could make it four death eaters, that way both of you were just overpowered. Two kept firing spells at you so when you were distracted the other two take you out.'
'You two are so alike, it's scary,' Hermione said.
'Kingsley is one of the best aurors around and the reason he hasn't been caught. Harry has escaped old Voldy and death eaters, they both have mad skills,' Sirius said.
'Mad skills,' Kingsley chuckled making everyone laugh.
'I believe we have a plan that will keep Hermione and Harry safe.'
'And as Harry said, it means we can help more, no one will be looking for us,' Hermione said.
'That we would leave up to you, if you want to help, fine, if you don't, no one would blame you, we would understand,' Remus said.
'No, we'll help, get rid of Voldyshorts, Dumbledork and Snivellus.'
'What is it with nicknames?' Hermione huffed making the other four men laugh but Harry did kiss his wife.
'Just think Hermione, if we get rid of those three we can finally see about having kids.'
'Imagine Harry and Hermione's kids, powerful and smart, with a bit of Marauder thrown in. That is a dangerous combination, we'll have to watch the future Potter children,' Kingsley smirked then ended up laughing as two cushioned hit him in the face, from Hermione and Harry.
Chapter nineteen
Over the next week after Kingsley and Remus headed back to England, Sirius, Harry and Hermione worked on their plans, plans to kill Harry and Hermione potter.
They were sitting at the table when Harry heard his name being called. He grabbed the mirror to see Steven's face.
'Hi Steven, what's up?'
'Our potion masters did it, they made the anti-dote. It was thanks to your people that got us some of the water from the ministry that had the liquid imperius in it. They said it will take them a while to get enough made, but they are working around the clock.'
'That's brilliant, I'll let Kingsley know.'
'Good, we're sending you a case of vials, just in case we miss some water supply. Tell Kingsley that we'll work on meeting so we can hand over some and also give them the recipe. If you have good enough potions people then they could make their own. They might realise that we worked the antidote so they stop, when everyone feels safe they might slip it into the water again.'
'There are some people that can work any potion, I doubt they will have trouble. Hermione can even make it, she made polyjuice potion when she was twelve.'
'Twelve, does she want to be a potions mistress, we could use talent like hers?'
'When this is all over, I might,' Hermione grinned.
'I have to go, we have to get these to everyone and work on supplying them for the next month at least. The potion will take a week to make.'
'Okay, I'll let them know, thanks Steven.'
'That is really good news, old Snivellius probably thought he was better than anyone else,' Sirius said.
'Probably, he's ego is huge, just like his nose.'
'With the potion being put out of commission then you two ending up dead, it will put old Alby into a fluster. Hopefully it will make him reckless.'
'Him maybe, not Snape though. Do you think Molly might know he's alive?'
'He couldn't risk it, so I doubt it. They are still trying to find you, if they knew he was alive we would have heard or seen something.' Sirius said.
'And they don't know you're alive so that works in our favour. Is there any way you can tell it's a golem and not a real person?' Harry asked.
'With a full autopsy, they would need to have permission for that. The spells will reveal how they died, but unless they were cut open they would never find out. Now autopsies are not unheard of in the magical world but it's rarely used and most will never allow it. The papers you mentioned to Kingsley can say that you and Hermione won't allow that, I can have fake papers made up as well. Everyone already believes I'm dead and you were left everything so if I'm discovered then those papers will have a copy at the ministry, we just need to sneak it in.' Sirius said.
'But Dumbledore can't exactly show himself, he might do it illegally.'
'With me Harry, he wouldn't, he needs me alive and he won't get near your golems so he won't be able to tell it's not really you and Hermione.'
'Okay, yes he needs you to get to me, but the moment he thinks I'm dead he might just kill you.'
'Then he will know I'm not real but he will have no idea where I am or if I'm even with you, he wouldn't even know when I disappeared. As far as he knows none of us have been able to find you, you don't tell Kingsley or Minerva where you are. You even said to Remus that he can visit but only after it's all over. If I'm not seen or heard from he may believe I found you, but he might just believe I left the country in the hope I can find you. I wouldn't worry to much about this pup, it won't help him if he figures it out.'
'It's just if he finds out the Sirius he has isn't real he might believe Hermione and I aren't real either. That you found us and we're all together, hiding.'
'True, but it's not like it will help him. If he thinks that it will actually hurt his plans because I would tell you what he did which would make you hate him.'
'Okay, that makes me feel better.'
'What if we have a sighting of Sirius in Rome, Russia or even Greece right after we die?' Hermione asked, 'It could help, if he believes we're not real he will head to those countries. He will probably have Snape tell Voldy about the golems so he will go after Harry.'
'He probably will, okay, we'll work on a golem for me as well. Now if they ever did any research on me or my family they would know that my parents took me and Regulus to America quite a few times when we were young.'
'America it is then.'
'I wanted to ask you about how you found out about Regulus.'
'I found a letter in the locket that he wrote, how he went to get it. Kreacher told me the story of how he had to leave Regulus in the cave.'
'Right, now Albus faked that, what if that potion didn't really do much. I kept thinking that Regulus made sure his house elf thought he died, maybe he did, but maybe he didn't. If he did die then he would be in that cave, in the water. Now unless Voldy went back there he wouldn't be an inferi, they needed to be spelled.'
'Was your brother smart Sirius? I mean in the way is he able to work on plans like that? Some might have good ideas but they can't work the idea into a plan,' Hermione said.
'He loved puzzles, he was brilliant at chess and he was sneaky, so I would say yes, he could have worked on some plans. We have no idea how long he had to work on that before Kreacher took him to the cave. He may have been working on it for a year or a few weeks, it's hard to know.'
'I remember reading something about enchanted family trees that will tell you when someone dies?'
'That can be done, my parent's didn't want that enchantment added, my grandmother would add it herself when someone died, then my mother did the same when my grandmother died.'
'I was just thinking, if we're going to be dead soon, why not take the time to make a new family tree that way you can enchant it and find out for sure. I thought about it a couple of years ago, hoping I would find some blood family that wasn't the Dursley's, someone from my dad's side.'
'The potion that it needs is difficult to make, but not impossible, I would need the enchanted tapestry and I would need to use my blood then add the heritage spell to it. The potion takes a few months to be ready, then you pour in the blood. The blood needs a week in the potion then you soak the tapestry in the potion as you recite the spell to make the living family members glow and move, the deceased ones would stay as they were, just their names and faces would be on the tapestry.' Hermione explained.
'Do you want to do it Sirius, it would let you know either way, if he was alive or not?'
'Yes, I hate not knowing, if he's dead then he went to his death doing the right thing. Either way I'm proud of what he tried to do.'
'Then I will study the potion, I happen to be excellent at potions.'
Harry and Sirius chuckled, 'You are the smartest witch around Hermione.'
'We'll help but yes, I think if this potion was to work then it needs someone that is really good at potions. I'm okay and can make basic potions easy enough, but I never really liked potions so I never bothered to really learn.' Sirius said.
'Then later I'll go get the right book and the ingredients. You know, maybe I might do my own. I always thought that maybe I'm not a muggleborn, that I might have had a relative that was magical. We know some people are born without magic, squibs, so why would it be hard to believe that I come from a long line of squibs.'
'Lily thought the same, she was curious why she was a witch and her sister wasn't.'
'Right, two sisters, one a witch, one isn't, then Dudley, he didn't get a magical core either. Sirius, my mum was beautiful, her hair was deep red, her green eyes. Petunia is ugly, a real horse face of a woman and she has dull greyish eyes and her hair is a light brown. Do you think there might be a chance that either Petunia or my mum might have been adopted?'
'Lily thought of that when she found out she was a witch, she spoke with her parents, they said she wasn't. The trouble is, Lily never asked if Petunia was adopted, just her. But I saw your grandparents, just once, Lily did resembled her father. I never saw Petunia so I wouldn't know if she looked like them or not.'
Harry stared at Sirius and thought he might have hit the nail on the head, Petunia was adopted and that's why she was jealous of Lily, jealous of her beauty and her magical abilities. He did wonder if it was true and thought maybe making one of those family tree tapestries would give him the answer. He figured it couldn't hurt, and Hermione was going to make the potion, why not make enough for the three of them.