Chapter 9 - Horcrux and Shopping

Harry was escorted by two aurors and Amelia to the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry.

Harry recalled some of the locations from the movies when the death eaters attacked for the prophecy. Since he doesn't know if he will need it, he decided to map the Ministry using his Focus. Though it will only light up the areas he's been. While the Focus can see a bit of his surrounding area, it's not going to be labeled as he's never been there yet. It will at least record the floor plans and directions.

"Madam Bones! To what do we owe the pleasure?" Asked a man.

"Mr Croaker! I have something I need you to look at." Amelia replied.

Amelia then led Harry forward and asked him to remove his hat and part his hair.

Saul Croaker cast several spells to properly identify the scar and its magic signature.

After checking it out, Croaker was greatly troubled.

"Merlin's Balls! This is-- No-- This means..." Croaker muttered.

"Well? Out with it man!" 

"Based on my initial spell scans, this Madam Bones, is a very dark magic called a Horcrux. In short, it is a soul fragment or a part of one's soul, forcefully separated from it's main soul and generally locked on objects as anchors to our living realm. This means as long as the witch or wizard has one of these, their death will not be permanent. They can survive but only barely as a form of a wraith who will need to possess others to survive. Such foul magic that would mutilate one's soul is the darkest of magic that to even think of it is..." Croaker was very troubled as he spoke.

"C-could it be... his?" Amelia fearfully asked.

"There's no doubt. And based on these results, this is an unintentional horcrux. But if so, it means his soul is already so fragmented enough to make one unintentionally. I'm afraid this implies that there are more out there." said Croaker.

"S-so he's still alive then. Bloody Hell!" Amelia exclaimed.

"If you can call it that sure." 

"What do you mean?"

"His body is lost based on the remains of that nursery in Godric's Hollow and the magic traces left that night. So he should be in wraith form that can only survive by possession. I am not certain yet of his possible methods to regain a body. We will have to look into it." Croaker replied. "However, our priority will have to be tracking these dark artifacts first. I don't think Britain can survive another war this fast. After all even now, our society is still recovering with Death Eaters still running about."

"Yes. Yes we need to track those remaining horcrux. But what about Potter's? Can you remove it?" Amelia asked hopefully.

"It shouldn't be a problem. While it's never been performed on a human horcrux, it should be possible with the same rituals. Though I cannot guarantee if it will hurt or it's side effects. After all, horcrux are generally artifacts not people."

"But in this case, instead of destroying it, we will need to transfer it to a crystal first so we can use it to track the rest. It would have been hard to track them down without a sample but since we have one, this will be fairly straight forward." Croaker also added.

"Right. Get the ritual going to remove it as soon as you can. The sooner we get that thing out of the boy's head, the better we can all sleep soundly. But I want this kept quiet. This is too big to announce. Until we obtain and destroy all of it, we keep it quiet and only those who need to know, will know."

Harry meanwhile, already expected most of this. If the Unspeakable didn't have a way, he could have just followed the movie to get rid of it. Albeit with great risk. This was a much better outcome.

Suddenly, Harry realized he would need to test afterwards if he could still talk to snakes or if it was indeed an ability that was temporary due to Riddle's soul fragment.

"So I suppose that means we ignore the prophecy then?" Croaker suddenly asked.

"What prophecy?" Amelia asked alarmed.

Croaker sighed. "So I take it Albus Dumbledore never told anyone? There is a prophecy that we assume is related to the Dark Lord and Potter."

"That rotten old man!" Amelia sighed while gritting her teeth. "What do you think Harry? Do you want to hear it? Normally I wouldn't consider it since you're but a boy. That said, you're more mature than your actual age because of your experiences. If you want to ignore it for now, we can do so." She asked Harry.

Amelia explained to Harry what prophecies are and what it entails.

"It's fine. We can go listen to it." Harry said simply.

A few mins later.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

S.P.T to A.P.W.B.D Dark Lord and (?) Harry Potter

"Damn that bloody wanker!" Amelia gritting her teeth. "So this is what, the actual reason combined with the horcrux that Dumbledore kidnapped a boy?! To turn him into a weapon raised as a pig for slaughter?? That Bloody fool endangered our country because of a misguided belief in a bloody prophecy?! AAARRRGH!!!!"

If High blood pressure was a thing with witches and wizards, Amelia probably would have had an attack. Luckily their constitution is supported by magic so they were a bit more durable.

As much as Amelia wanted to, she couldn't add this in the case against Dumbledore since this was sensitive information that cannot be public until the entire war is over. So she would have to settle with making sure his machinations are mucked up.

"Well I for one think this is way too open for interpretation. It could very well be acceptable for Mr Potter to do the last blow or if it was through the Veil, we could simply have Mr Potter push him in. It does not specifically say he needs to fight him does it?" Croaker asked. "Sure it does say somethin 'bout powers the Dark Lord knows not but nothin 'bout using it. I reckon we can take care of this quietly so long as we find the horcrux and destroy them all."

Amelia thought for a bit then spoke again. " I want nothing to go wrong. Make sure all the personnel we assign to this task is under vows not to reveal anything. No mistakes. How long will it take to start the rituals to track the others?"

"It takes time. I can't say for sure till we research everything about this to look for the relevant spells and rituals."

"Then lets remove this from Harry so you can secure our sample."

Thus, the first horcrux was removed and surrendered to the Unspeakables. 

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London Selfridges Muggle Shopping mall

Harry was busy shopping for his basic needs from underpants, trousers, jackets, pajamas, and several casual and forma clothing. Of course he felt muggle attire was a lot more comfortable as a modern person and old clothing like wizards generally wear felt too archaic for him. 

The escorts were all so shocked and could barely contain themselves with all the new things they are seeing. The clothing options alone got them baffled. Since the Wizarding world in Britain was centuries behind, seeing new fashion was an explosion to their senses. Then they came to electronic stores and they might as well gone barmy. 

Harry however was still a bit bored as this was still old technology for him. He didn't really buy any electronics. He can probably create more advanced one using his Focus. Once the printers are built at least. For now, he was assessing the current level of technology. 

He was also observing the current fashion trends of this time period. He also bought raw cloth of different textures and colors. He wanted to make his own fashion. Doesn't matter if he looks weird in it, as long as he wanted it, he could even make some Jedi Clothing and not care who stares or not.

After getting most of what he needed, he bought some take out for the aurors and some for Susan and Amelia. Harry bought some Japanese dishes and a few Italian ones in case they don't like Japanese. Thankfully Wizards have better storage options with preservation spells cast by aurors. After that, they went back home.

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"Welcome back Aunt Amelia! You're just in time for supper, Harry got us some food from muggle London!" Susan exclaimed excitedly. While they were open to muggle items and food, they weren't that familiar with foreign food. At least not Asian food. European food was still normal considering their neighbor countries. So it came as a pleasant surprise to try some Japanese food.

"Come try it! We have some Ramen, some Katsudon, Tonkotsu and some Sushi. If you don't like those, we still have some pasta and pizza." Said Harry.

After trying each one out, they liked the Japanese food enough to store the Italian ones for another meal. 

"This is brilliant! I didn't know muggles had food this good!" Susan was really excited.

"I agree, maybe we should have Nancy learn the recipes or get more of these more often. I can't wait to try the Italian food tomorrow as well." Amelia was quite satisfied. It's like an explosion of flavors so she was willing to have the house elf learn them.

"I do know how to cook some of these so I can probably teach her. It's also good to have some variety for our food. The Dursley's never let me cook anything aside from British food so I never got to try other food as well but I heard it was good from what I saw in the telly."

"When you have some new food you want to try, you're definitely welcome to get us some as well!" Susan giggled.

For the first time in his new life, Harry was able to eat food he likes, and share them with family over supper.

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