"I imagine you are," Harry said, not in the least bit bothered by the apparent sadness and regret that the headmaster showed. "I had Rita look into your background Dumbledore, I wonder how your brother, Aberforth I believe his name was, I wonder how he would feel if he knew what you had done. I wonder how your sister would feel." Dumbledore looked like he wanted nothing less than to die right now upon hearing Harry mention his dead sister. "Tell me something Dumbledore, in my first year you had made those traps to test me, didn't you?" Dumbledore was silent for several moments before speaking.
"Yes," Dumbledore admitted in a defeated voice. "or at least partly. I had wanted to test you, make sure that you were progressing enough and were the hero that the wizarding world needed. I know you must hate me for it but I was only doing what I felt was necessary."
"And what would happen if you suddenly felt it was necessary to rape women or kill muggles?" Harry said with narrowed eyes. "Huh?"
"I would never do that!" Dumbledore exclaimed.
"Perhaps not, but what does it say about you that I can easily picture you killing whoever you want and just getting away with it because you have a 'good reason'?" Harry asked in a cold voice. "Everything you do Dumbledore, every illegal and morally questionable action, you just happen to have a good reason for it."
"I have only ever worked for the greater good!" Dumbledore argued after a moment.
"The greater good is subjective Dumbledore!" Harry yelled.
"You're greater good is not the same as ours!" Harry-Apophis growled. "Our mother died for this unappreciative world where muggleborns are second class citizens and blood is more important than ability."
"A world where people like Dolores Umbridge are allowed to torture children while incompetent assholes like Fudge are in charge." Harry snarled. "You're greater good involved sacrificing me!" The shocked look on Dumbledore's face showed that he was not expecting Harry to know that. "You think I wouldn't work it out sooner or later, I had access to the same books as Voldemort and Voldemort himself! I know about all his horcruxes, I know that the one in that basin is a fake because I found the real one at Grimmauld Place."
"What?!" Dumbledore blurted out.
"Apparently Regulus Black wasn't as loyal to the cause as everyone thought." Harry responded, it turned out that Sirius's younger brother Regulus Black, who had actually joined the Death Eater, had died while trying to destroy the horcrux. "I had pale-ass over here gather the rest." Harry said as he gestured to Voldemort. "But I don't think you have to worry about that, the horcruxes aren't important now."
"Sirius!" Dumbledore said suddenly.
"What about him?" Harry frowned.
"He wouldn't want this for you Harry! Nor would your parents or Nymphadora or Miss Delacour!" Dumbledore said, hoping that the memories of his loved ones would stop Harry from continuing on this dark path.
"Alright first of all," Harry-Apophis punched Dumbledore in the nose, causing it to bleed, the blood poured down into his mouth and on his beard. "do not call her Nymphadora."
"She doesn't like that." Harry added. "Let's address my parents first, they're dead, I don't know what they want. Perhaps they'll be disappointed or maybe they'll understand, either way that's between me and them when I go on to the 'next great adventure'. As for Sirius, do you think he doesn't know?" Harry said with a smile. "Do you think Tonks and Fleur don't know?"
"They know?!" The word to describe the level of disbelief that Dumbledore possessed hadn't yet been invented.
"I was a bit worried about telling them," Harry admitted. "but I cared enough about them to not want to hide it from them. I told Sirius first, he was hard to convince at first but I was able to do so. The realization of what you had done, what I suffered, and what you planned to do was enough to convince him. Tonks and Fleur were different, I had told them that there was something I wanted to tell them but I could only tell them if they would swear an unbreakable vow to keep quiet about it for a week.
I gave them that week to think about everything, then at the end of the week I went up to both of them, ready for as many possibilities as I could think of. But the two agreed, they wanted to help me, personally I prefer to keep their involvement to a minimum. They didn't like it but they understood, especially once I pointed out that everything is already in place and nearly done."
"But why?! Why would they help you on this mad path of destruction?!" Dumbledore demanded.
"Is it destruction? Perhaps, perhaps we'll burn or perhaps we'll all be reborn from the ashes, like a phoenix." Harry-Apophis replied.
"Fleur's reasons are simple enough," Harry said. "this country views her as a sex toy and she wants to help me, say what you want but she's a loyal woman. Tonks's reasons are obvious when you think about it," Harry continued. "she is an excellent witch and hard working auror, yet as far as the wizarding world cares she is a useless little slut who would be served better on her back. Plus that's not to mention what her father and poor mother, a brilliant witch in her own right, had to go through because she fell in love with a muggleborn.
But Sirius, Fleur and Tonks were really brought on board when they learnt about you. Everything you did from my first year onwards was to test me, deny it if you want but it's true. The fact that you didn't even try to teach me anything useful this year was further proof, along with the fact that you didn't use all of your influence to get Sirius a trial, tell me Dumbledore, was it because you were so scared of upsetting Fudge or merely because you didn't want me to have an option outside of the Dursley's?" Harry asked, he waited several moments for a response but Dumbledore didn't respond. "Doesn't matter if you don't answer, all the things I suffered under your watch plus your plan to kill me, you wanted me to die to stop Voldemort, didn't you?"
"It was the only way to stop Voldemort," Dumbledore said quietly. "once the horcruxes were destroyed, you would be the only one left. I had originally hoped you would be willing to sacrifice yourself for the greater good," Dumbledore said in a bitter voice. "but for some reason I doubt that will happen." He added after a heavy breath.
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