Harry's POV
Nothing had happened for days; the rumors had drifted, and everything had settled. Harry was sitting with his friends at the Gryffindor table, eating lunch. It was a school day, but the fourth year Gryffs had the afternoon off since their professor was in jail. A large brown owl swooped in with a rather large letter. The boy-wonder took it, feed the bird some ham, and opened the envelope. He quickly read the missive, and an evil smile broke out on his face, until he got to the last part. His face took on a red hue as the anger built up about what he read.
"Harry?" Luna asked, putting a hand on his arm.
"It's from Waters," he said, handing the letter to her. She'd finish it and gave it to Hermione after a nod from him. It wasn't secret knowledge, so he had no problems sharing. "Crouch Jr. is dead, and it seems that the trials for Crouch Sr. and Snape went off without a hitch. Crouch received ten years for breaking his son out of prison. Snape was put away for thirty, for multiple counts of mind-rape and the potion. He would have received longer, but he never used it. So, since there's no law against that particular potion, only creating mind-altering potions without Ministry approval, they could only do so much. They're going to give it to the Unspeakables, when they prove it's akin to the Unforgivables, then it will be outlawed. Good news is that Sirius is free, since he didn't receive a trial. The law states that they could only hold him for two weeks, and that was supposed to be a holding cell, but since he didn't get tried before that time was up, then they should have released him."
"Oh, do you think he'll go back to being him?" Hermione asked in a low tone, wondering if the now free man would want to look like he had before. She really hoped he didn't, mostly because he wasn't found innocent, but let go on a technicality. People would think he was still guilty, and that could be bad for him. Perhaps they could use the new magic to make a new identity for him.
"I don't know, I hope not," Harry said, thinking much on the same lines as his friend. He'd have to talk to Waters to see if there was something they could do to get Sirius' life back. But first, he'd talk to his godfather, and see what he wanted.
"So why the frown, everything you've said is good news?" Neville asked, hoping it wasn't too terrible.
"Well, the problem is that the old man escaped, and they think he's after me. Well, not after, but he really wants to talk to me," he snarled, wondering what Albus wanted to tell him so bad that he fled the Ministry.
"How did he escape?" the sandy-haired boy asked.
"His phoenix," Harry answered as he regained the letter and read that part again. "I thought phoenixes were Light creatures? Why would he aid Dumbledore in getting away?"
"Phoenixes are actually neutral. They're indifferent to what goes on around them. However, they are drawn to Light wizards, mostly because of the pure magic. As long as Professor Dumbledore doesn't darken his soul, Fawkes will stay with him," Hermione stated, biting her lower lip.
"Dumbledore feels that everything he is doing is for the right reasons. Too him he is still good and Light. Like Hermione said, as long as his doesn't darken his soul…" Luna explained with a shrug as she batted her earrings with her fingers. She was still trying to think of a way to combat Wrackspurts.
"Well, there goes another myth," the dark-haired boy said with a smile. "How does one 'darken their soul'?" he asked with a tilt of his head.
"Mostly by doing some very Dark, or just plain evil, magic," Neville said with a shudder.
Harry nodded in understanding. He was sure that no matter how annoying the old man was, he didn't dabble. The teen then shrugged it off as not his problem, and said aloud, "I wonder what the old man wants."
"I'm sure it is not malicious," reasoned Hermione. She didn't want Harry to think that the Headmaster was out to kill him. You could say a lot of things about the man, but he was historically a pacifist. He didn't even kill Grindlewald. "However," she added quickly, not wanting Harry to think she wasn't on his side, "I wouldn't put it past him to kidnap you, so perhaps you should be on guard."
"Yeah," he said softly, glad that he amped the school wards. He was hopeful that they held off the old man. He would be extra cautious when he left the castle. Maybe take Sirius or the twins along. If nothing else, they could sound the alarm if he were kidnapped. With that thought he finished off his ham sandwich, and he, and his friends spent the afternoon doing more things in the Room.
Harry's crews POV
Nothing happened for a long time. The group went to classes, while Harry hung out with his godfather, or practiced his magic more. With two wizards after him, he didn't want to be caught unawares. So, he had sparring matches with Worf, and debates on protective strategy with Spock. They were good times, and he felt that if he couldn't beat them, he could at the very least get away.
While this was going on, the away team finally found the end of the white space, but there was a stronger barrier holding them back. They were working on finding a hole in it, and then relaying a… tube to syphon the memories slowly into Harry's sleeping mind. That way the teen could adapt to them better and wouldn't undergo a compete personality change. Right now, they had to penetrate that shield. On their journey here, they found wisps of memories in the white space, and were hopeful to find a leak that they could expand on. It would make their mission much easier.
The science team made their way to the scar. They had slowly severed the parasite's connection from our hero's magic and were now poking and prodding the leech. They had come to the conclusion that it was a small part of a soul. Voldemort's. They took samples to see if there was anything they could learn, but so far it was just a mass of magic that expressed emotions, mostly hate and anger. Seeing that the last thing they wanted was to combine this tainted magic with Harry's. So, they were coming up with a way that they could remove it from the forehead and place it in a containment field. Then Harry could put it in another container and give it to someone else to deal with.
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