Narcissa was quick to recognize the after effects of psychic combat. She had seen and experienced it too many times with Bella when they were children. She quickly called for and then sent Dobby off to get Harry some nutrient potions.

"What happened?" Ginny asked once Harry was seated. She had so many other questions, as did just about everyone in the room. Before he could answer Cissy beat him to it.

"He's just exhausted Ginny. Entering someone's mind can be very taxing on your magic, but psychic combat multiplies it tenfold. He had to draw on his magical core too much and needs to recharge it. He needs rest, but knowing this scallywag as I do it would be useless to hope for such a thing. Therefore he will be taking some potions and I will hear no complaining, do you hear me?" She pointed a stern finger at Harry, signifying that it wasn't open for debate before continuing. "Just who did you capture and who did you run into in there?" Cissy asked but she was certain she already knew the answer to her last question.

"I think you already know who I ran into in there Aunt Cissy." Harry answered as he finally broke eye contact with Sasha, his face still unreadable. Narcissa nodded her head in understanding. She gave Lily a look and her friend's eyes widened and then her pretty face went pale. "Who I caught can wait for now, we have a few more pressing matters to address." He continued as his hand reached out for Ginny's. Their fingers interlocked and with it a shared strength was given and received by both. His eyes then looked to Emma and gave her a brilliant smile and a wink. "Looking hot little sis."

"Oh shut it you prat." His little sister beamed back at him for his silent unconditional love and acceptance. Lily rubbed the top of his head playfully as she always did when he was younger. He always knew how to ease the tension in a room, that was when he wasn't causing it as well. Dobby returned with a tray of potions. Harry looked grimly at them. He loved his aunt Cissy, but she didn't have his mums gift for not making potions taste like troll piss. A stern look by all the women in the room told him he wasn't getting out of this. Emma giggled when he mumbled something about there being too much estrogen in the room. While he went to the task of downing the entirety of the potions before him, Daphne pulled Ginny off to the side for a little chat.

"You have to pull yourself together. He marked you not her. " Daphne whispered at her highly agitated friend.

"He's mine. I won't share." Ginny hissed as she turned her head and shot Sasha an evil glare. Daphne grabbed her head and turned her face back to her.

"Do you trust Harry, yes or no?" Hellcat asked blankly in a stern tone that cut right to the point. Ginny shoulders slumped as she huffed out a breath.

"Yes , but why didn't he tell me?"

"Yes but nothing. Do you really want to be one of those girlfriends? At least a dozen girls a week try to pull Harry into a broomcupboard. Do you want him to tell you every time that happens?"

"This is a little different than that."

"Is it? Yes they have a history, and yes she's hotter than the sun."

"Gee, thanks for reminding me." Ginny interrupted but she ignored it and continued on.

"My point is this." Daphne stressed as she touched the mark on Ginny's neck. "This can't be easy for him. He's their champion, and all the responsibility and privileges that come with that. Despite all that, you're the one he wants. You need to make her and even Lily see why he chose you." She finished with a slight grin. Ginny took a moment to think about what she said before nodding in agreement and the two walked over to Harry. Tonks was standing over him with wand in hand making sure he finished every potion.

Ginny sat on the armrest of the chair and went to rubbing his back. Silently letting him recognize her feeling with the simple gesture, but she needed better contact. Her finger traced the spot where she marked him. It was still hidden under a glamour charm. As if on will alone it appeared answer her silent plea. She rested her forehead against his as she playfully played with his ear lobe in thanks. The simple gestures relaying what they couldn't say in a room full of people.

"How long have you known?" Sasha finally asked from across the room. The two looked at her. Harry's face was still unreadable, and for once Ginny's held a calm that Sasha had never seen on the girl when she was around. They truly were mates, and she was very happy for them. Not that it didn't sting a bit. Her feelings for Harry were very intense, and ran deeper in her heart than she had ever allowed another lover to dwell.

"After our little debate in my room, I started going over my memories in my Pensieve. Little comments and looks between you and your daughters that I didn't see or understand at the time. It got me thinking that there had to be something more to it. I paid Willow a visit and implied that you told me the secret." Harry told her with a slight grin. Sasha returned it shaking her head.

"She has always had a soft stop for you. I do believe I taught you too well."

"That you did M'lady that you did. Everything made sense especially the way you reacted when I told you I wasn't going to take advantage of that law about multiple wives." Harry explained to her in a calm voice considering the secret she had kept from him for so long.

"I never expected you not to take full advantage of that law. Don't deny that you thought about it. I know you too well." Sasha returned in not so much in a accusing, but a matter of fact tone.

"I'm a guy, of course I thought about it, but you were the one that taught me that theory has a different flavour than reality. During one of the most difficult conversations of my life, a brilliant woman told me something that stuck." Harry started, and looked to his mum and they shared a warm smile. It was nice to know that the little rascal occasionally did listen to her. He then looked up at Ginny and they too exchanged a look as well before continuing. "How can I ask her to share me when I'm not willing to do the same with her? Mine." His last word was for Ginny alone. She smiled broadly at that.

"Damn right, mine." She agreed with her mate. There would be no sharing. "I apologize for my actions earlier, I thought you were trying to steal Harry away from me," Ginny said looking at her with no malice. "I get why you tried to seduce him Sasha. I really do. You have to put the needs of your people first. There's no denying that the two of you would produce a very powerful Succubus."

"I can sense that your doubts are gone now, so perhaps something good did come from all of this. Make no mistake fiery one, his magic calls out to me like no human I have ever met in my 400 plus years. I will always want him, but I will always respect your bond. This I vow. Now to answer your question, yes a child with our blood in her veins would be far more powerful than even me. It was in my arrogance that I thought that was the child the prophecy spoke of. The moment Emma and I touched and she transformed I knew it wasn't a Succubus with Potter blood in her veins that the prophecy meant." Sasha told her before looking at Lily. "It was Evans blood, powerful, noble, and strong"

"Well now that's all settled I've got a question? The Le Fay it spoke of. That wouldn't be Morgana Le Fay would it?" Gabriella asked Sasha.

"The one and only." She answered in an attempt to seem witty, but the hard edge in her voice was difficult to conceal.

"Wait, Morgana Le Fay was the first Metamorphmagus?" Tonks said in shock. She had a bad feeling that things were going tits up very shortly.

"It was a power she was not blessed with, but stolen from my people." Sasha snapped, even now it was a raw nerve with her, and she no longer cared to hide it.

"She wanted the longevity of their life and ageless beauty." Lily informed them. She knew Sasha disliked talking of this. It tended to take her to a dark place, and rightfully so. For that reason alone she would take up the task of explaining it to the others, as Sasha had explained it to her. "With your permission?" Lily asked of her.

"Please" Was all Sasha could muster in a cracked voice and grateful eyes.

"When they refused, she took from them their most prized power through a dark ritual. Trust me when I say you don't want to know the details. Succubi lost the ability to shapeshift, and many were slaughtered or worse when they were revealed. Until that time they lived within our society. They were wives and mothers, worked in the Ministry and even taught at Hogwarts. They even cured a plague or two that was beyond our power to do so. Despite all they did to help out our people, it was all taken away from them. They were branded deceivers, evil seductresses, and the darkest of creatures thanks to Le Fay's new powers. They were forced to go into hiding for survival. Morgana's revenge was horrid and complete." Lily explained to the group. Their reaction ranged from cries of outrage to tears from the injustice.

"And we allowed that to happen," Gabriella said scornfully.

"My Great grandmother was killed by her own husband! They were together for forty years and it meant nothing to him. She healed him back from the brink of death three times. What thanks did she get! A poison dagger in her heart, that's what she got!" Sasha snapped and started pacing to keep herself from breaking something. Harry was on his feet and across the room in an instant. He spun her around so she was facing him.

"The past can't be rewritten. It can only guide us to a better tomorrow. When did you tell me that?" He asked as he whipped the tears from her eyes. He knew that she hated showing weakness. She gave him a weak smile and answered.

"When you first told me about the fate of your father. Are we having one of those student becomes the teacher moments?" Sasha half joked to him and he took it as a encouraging sign.

"Only I don't have a tail to snap you in the ass with when you're not paying attention." He joked back at her and she couldn't help but laugh. Things felt right between them again. It hadn't since that night and it felt warm and good. Things would never be as it once was, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

"Every job has its perks." She teased with an impish grin and a wink. She hoped a little flirting wasn't crossing the boundaries.

"You should have told me." Harry said turning serious. He wanted to know why, and he deserved an answer.

"I will never use emotional blackmail against you." Sasha answered in earnest. To result to such a pathetic deception showed total lack of skill as a seductress. Harry got that because he knew her so well. He was angry when he first read the Prophecy, but he had time to accept it and her position as Matriarch to her people.

"I'm with you until the end." He told her after he gathered his thoughts. She was right he would have felt honour bound to give her a child, wither he wanted to or not. That would have been the end of him and Ginny. They may have stayed together, but it would have been different. They would never have the level of unconfined love and acceptance that they share now.

"That's why you're my Champion."

"Seeing as Emma's a natural Mimic. I'm assuming you think she's the key to your people getting back your shapeshifting abilities." Tonks said from her spot across the room and drawing everyone's attention.

"If the Goddess Anu is smiling down on us," Sasha said hopefully. For the next hour the group went over how Emma could achieve her full potential as a Succubus and her role in educating the Wizarding World about Sasha'a people. When they were done Harry Pulled Sasha aside and asked her to check something for him. She agreed but it would have to wait for nightfall.

By the time Amelia arrived at Grimmauld Place the young ones were told to stay upstairs. Wards were put up to ensure they stayed up there. Not that they really needed it. Adam was bombarding them with Questions about Hogwarts, and looked like he wasn't going to let up any time soon.

"Let me first say I'm truly sorry for your loss Mrs. Greengrass." She said to the blond woman sitting next to Sirius Black. She had walked the ground herself and knew that the battle had been fiercely fought. Her husband's body was taken and was now being tended to.

"Thank you." She answered graciously as her hand tightened around Sirius's under the table. He squeezed hers back giving her silent support.

"I have a team at your estate right now. I'm afraid that I must inform you that most of you home was destroyed. By the looks of it, that must have been a battle for the history books." She finished and gave Lord Black a pointed look.

"Thankfully my daughter and some very precious friends came to my youngest daughter and my aid." Gabriella declared as she looked around the room at all that risked so much for her and the girls. She wasn't sure that she could properly put in words the extent of her graditude.

"Unfortunately, that and the attack on your daughter at Hogwarts did not pass unnoticed by Dumbledore. He knows that a battle took place within the walls of his school, but it seems that all evidence of said attack has disappeared." Amelia looked directly at Sirius as she paused. The look made it quite clear that she expected a full debriefing before she left. He gave her a curt nod that he understood. Only then did Tonks take over the briefing.

"Several students are missing, and he presumes that they ran on their own accord like Crabbe and Goyle. Professor McGonagall informed him that you pulled you daughters from school grounds after the attack and that seemed to appease him somewhat, she also accounted for the absence of the rest of your lot. He tried pulling students in for questioning, but Minerva refused to let them be interviewed without her presence. That stopped him from using Legilimency or Truth Serum. I told him that I would personally investigate the matter. So for the moment the man is contained." Tonks finished her report.

Sirius stood up and explained what happened today to the group. He left out Draco's name completely and only referred to him as Lily's spy. That allowed his cousin's son a certain level of protection, and Amelia knew the grey area a spy must tread. Since there was no longer any proof of a crime, and she was assured the attackers were dead. She saw no reason to probe deeper into the issue.

"Although the whole mystery thing is working for the Marauders so far, there are some that see you as hiding something." Amelia didn't like the grey area that they were all treading right now.

"Yeah, lets just throw our identities out there so our families can get killed or worse by those blood supremacist's!" George snapped.

"Sadly a very genuine danger, my point is that the Marauders need someone to represent them in the public eye. To make statements or give interviews. Possibly someone who knows how to spin any situation to their favour and work the room as they say. Perhaps a well known public hero that has a Order of the Merlin to her credit." Amelia finished with her eyes resting on Gabriella.

"I think Lord Potter would work better in that capacity. He was the real Hero of the battle of Diagon Alley. Ask anyone and they will tell you. He inspired us to fight. He showed us how to beat those horrid abominations. Something I never properly thanked him for." Gabriella then turned Harry. "My daughter and I would have died that day if not for you. I feared that Daphne would never truly let another in. She has blossomed this year because of your friendship. I kept getting letters telling me all about this young man that defied Dumbledore and encouraged the students to look beyond their houses, and fight for what they believed. He and his family taught them how to defend themselves and each other. He claimed an orphan as a sister long before she was proved to be a blood relative, and inspired her to become more than she was. Lastly there's Astoria. Through your actions, intended or not, she's alive. I owe you a debt that I can never repay Harry James Potter."

The room remained silent for a long time as the two looked at each other. For once Harry was at a loss for words. Then he got up and walked over to her, leaned down then whispered something in her ear. Even with all the people with Animagus enhanced hearing, what was said remained between the two of them. Gabriella half laughed, half cried in her response. "I think I can do that."

"Then we're good Aunty Gab." Harry teased with a wink. He was pushing his luck with that one. He knew better than to try Gaby. She only let Sirius call her that. She gave him a wink to let him know she was all right with it. Harry decided to push it a little further. "And I would take it as a personal favour if you took the job as the Marauders publicist. You would have to live here for safety reasons of course. The only downside is that you would have to work closely with my godfather, but I think you're up to the challenge."

"He's a sneaky little scamp." She giggled at Lily.

"Welcome to my world." She shot back with a laugh of her own.

"Honestly, how did you not pull out your hair with him and the scoundrel over her for 16 years?"

"Oi! I'm sitting right here!" Sirius objected on principle.

"Glad you're keeping up on current events. Now continue to do that and look pretty while Lily and I have a chat at your expense." Gabriella teased while patting his cheek.

"Keep it up Blondie and I'll take you over my knee." He countered as he glared at her, but the upward curve of his lips made it mute.

"You do remember what happened last time you tried that?" She inquired and blew him a kiss with a wink.

"Vividly" Sirius answered while sporting a grin that made her blush. Everyone in the room could no longer keep from laughing at the exchange.

"I've never seen him so…" Tonks leaned in and told Remus who was watching the exchange with a satisfying grin.

"I have luv, and it's long overdue. You should have seen them when we went to Hogwarts." He answered her back never taking his eyes off his best friend and the love of his life.

"You all right with this Daph?" Harry inquired quietly. She looked at him with a look of wonderment at what she saw. She had never seen her mother act like that, and it was a welcoming sight to behold.

"She's practically glowing. How could I not be?" She answered him a content smile.

"Well, now that's all sorted. I do believe that Mr. Potter has captured a Death Eater. How did your interrogation go lad." Amelia asked pointy wanting to get the briefing back on track. Harry's demeanour changed drastically in an instant. He was slow to stand. Not because of fatigue, but the weight that was now on his shoulders. There was a time when he would have gone rogue and took care of the situation on his own. There was so many ways that this could go bad. He had a daring plan, but it was highly risky. Plus, it was still in its raw undefined stage. He would be stupid not to take the advice of the people in the room.

"My prisoner although not privy to any of Tommyboy's major war plans, did have a very unique perspective on the inner workings of them." Harry started. He didn't want to disclose who his prisoner was just yet. Sirius, Remus, and his Mum would have to fight each other to get to him first. "I know that old snakeface has two vaults. One where he keeps all the gold they have collected and use to finance the war. The other is where he keeps his dark artifacts and trophies. It is in that one that we will find the last Horcrux, not counting Longbottom of course."

"Are you expecting him to just open the door and let us in while whistling a happy tune?" Tonks asked while rolling her eyes. The vault will be heavily warded and most likely in his main base. To go after it in an impenetrable fortress full of high level Death Eaters and Voldemort was a suicide mission. What was he thinking?

"Well actually, I think he will, but I'll get back to that after I finish my briefing Nympy." Harry answered her, and made sure to coo his nickname for her. She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Nympy?" Charlie and George asked Harry together.

"Don't go there boys. It's not a pretty place." Remus warned them. Tonks pointed two fingers to her eyes and then to the Weasley brothers. She followed through with bringing her thumb across her neck and making her punishment of insult quite vivid. Both held up their hands in surrender. She then turned her gaze to her husband and crossed her arms over her chest.

"You saying I'm not pretty?"

"Don't go there mate! It's a trap!" Sirius shot from across the table.

"Oh poo! Now the games over before it even began. Half the fun is watching him squirm." Gabriella scorned her soon to be lover.

"As much as I love the banter your lot spread so fluently, we need to keep on task." Amelia reminded them.

"Sorry." Several of the offenders answered in a unified clump. Harry started telling them everything he discovered with the exception of his altercation with Bellatrix's guardian and the events leading up to that. That was a side mission he planned on doing himself. He would protect his mum even if she ended up detesting him. She would still be alive. That is, if his suspicions were correct.

"That is a very clever and highly dangerous plan you have Lord Potter. It borders on the line of suicidal." Amelia conveyed with admiration and concern.

"That's why I'm the one doing it. My shadow abilities make me the prime candidate."Harry told the group of them with a conviction that left no room for debate. He then looked at Ginny to see her staring at him fiercely. "I know what I promised you, and I'm not going in there looking for a fight. This is a Shadow Op., pardon the pun, in and out beer and pizza afterwards. I've done it a ton of times."

"Why you? Why does it have to be you? You're not the only one that can do this you know." Ginny asked in a voice that for once didn't betray her true feelings.

"My abilities as Shadow give me the best chance of success and you know it. Gin you also know the killings are going to start up again, and soon. What we've faced so far were the raw recruits nothing more. You know how many nasties he's got hidden in the Forbidden Forest. When Dumbledore goes down, he will try to take Hogwarts. You know he will. Why not have him mortal when he does. Or better yet fight him where he hasn't got the benefit of his full forces. I can map out their base and create a back door in their protective wards." Harry tried his best to give her his reasoning.

"What are you not telling us?" Remus asked in an almost accusing manner. The wolf in him sensed it, while the man in him always knew when James was covering something up. Harry was too much like James for him not to see it. When Harry snapped his head at Remus his eyes gave it away. "Who did you catch?" He continues as he put his very keen nose to the test. There were so many scents in the room. He would have to isolate and remove them all to get to the one he needed.

"Don't." Was all Harry said to Remus. It was the pleading tone in his voice that set off the mental alarms in everyone in the room. Harry knew what he was doing. He could conceal the scent from the others, but the wolf was just too good to deceive. Lupin was not going to like what he found.

"If Bella went to the trouble to put her own twisted guardian in the prisoners mind, then she was protecting one of her secrets." Cissy declared to keep Harry distracted so Remus could do his work.

"You're trying to protect one of us. Don't try denying it sweetheart. I know you too well," Lily said as she stood up and made her way to her son.

"Then let me." Harry pleaded to her when she took his face in her hands and looked in his eyes. She wouldn't invade his mind. Lily didn't need to, a mother always knows.

"Me? You're trying to protect me?"

"Mum please." He begged but it was too late. Remus jumped to his feet.

"PETTIGREW!" The wolf in Lupin growled out. Both him and Sirius were heading to the dungeon to give the man in question a long overdue beating if not worse as Lily's eyes widened in shock. She would have been right next to them if not for her son holding her in place.

"Don't bother. Peter has left the building." Harry told them and his godfather and uncle stopped in their tracks and looked at him.

"He's dead?" They asked together.

"Not technically, but no one is home any more if you get my drift." He clarified.

"Knowing Bella as I do, she went for the weakest mind. How did you get out in time?" Cissy asked in admiration. She knew just how deadly her sister was in the Mind Arts.

"Claw, fang, and pure spitefulness." He answered trying to make light of it and failing to ease Ginny or his mums worry in the slightest.

"You will tell me everything young man." Lily ordered in a stern voice before turning it soft and beseeching. "I'm a big girl Harry. I can take it."

"Don't say I didn't warn you." He warned her defeated. He knew they deserved the truth, but this was not going to end well. "You want the long or the short of it?"

"Everything" She demanded. Harry sunk into his chair, the chore of standing seemed to tedious a task for some reason. Lily returned to her seat as well before he began.

"I saw a memory of Pettigrew and others digging up a grave. I didn't know who because the headstone was knocked over. At first I just thought they were collecting bodies to turn into Inferi. Then the memory changed and they were performing some ritual on the body. It had runes painted in blood, and there was a pregnant unicorn in the next room." Harry informed them but Daphne interrupted.

"What I second. Ginny and I ran into Pettigrew in the Forbidden Forest. He and another had a bunch of Unicorns surrounded by Acromantula. He was about to kill a pregnant one when we stopped them." She enlightened the group.

"What pray tell were you doing in the Forbidden Forest to begin with, and how did you achieve that goal may I ask?" Amelia inquired quite astonished by the girl's statement.

"Training my new Animagus, and we kind of tricked them into thinking I ruled the forest." Ginny answered impishly. She had of yet to register with the Ministry.

"And what is your Animagus form? Fear not child, I will ensure it remains protected from common knowledge." The elderly head of the DMLE soothed her concern. Ginny looked to Harry and he nodded that the woman could be trusted.

"Tempest Jaguar"

"Bloody hell!" Charlie gasped and looked at his little sister in awe.

"Remind me not to cheese her off." George told his brother and got a dumbstruck nod in return. Ginny repeated the action that Tonks gave her brother just a few moments ago. The only difference was that she did it with a grin.

"That's quite impressive Miss Weasley. Now how did you convince them that you ruled the forest?" Amelia asked.

"She transfigured a log into a Basilisk on pure memory, and then told them it was her pet while I made it move around." Daphne said with pride of their combined accomplishment.

"And they bought that?" Cissy asked surprised. Higher up Death Eaters were not to easily intimidated considering Voldemort's wrath at failure.

"I can be very persuasive." Ginny hissed out in Parseltongue. Several of the people in the room flinched at her action, but not all. Amelia was one of them. She was taken aback but she didn't openly show it, a side-effect of her line of work. You don't become head of the DMLE by shrieking like a school girl every time something scary happens. She knew about what Ginny endured her first year at Hogwarts. Ginny didn't let it break her and was proving to be full of surprises. A plan to eliminate the particular problem started to formulate in Amelia's mind.

"My apologies for doubting you, and for what Lucius made you endure." Cissy told Ginny with a pang of guilt.

"Harry told me about the difficult situation you were in. Plus it was your actions that led Harry and Tonks to Lestrange Manor and my rescue, so I hold no grudges. Besides what we endure only makes us stronger right?" Ginny answered sincerely and free of bitterness. Then she looked at Harry. "That doesn't mean that I want to be put to the test any time soon." She warned him in a low and a little too sweet of a voice.

"Seeing as I have a thing for smoking hot redheads. You can bet that sexy ass of yours that I'll be coming back." He whispered back with his wicked grin that always made her stomach roll a bit. She blushed a bit before lightly punching him in his shoulder in mock scolding.

"Git"

"Tease"

"AHEM!" Amelia cleared her throat quite loudly to once again get the meeting back on track, not that she wasn't enjoying the show.

"Sorry" They both apologized and snapped away from each other. Ginny was a second away from snogging him in front of everyone in the room, brothers be damned.

"Lily you're the potions expert in the room. Do you have any idea what they would be using unicorn Amniotic fluid for?" Amelia inquired.

"It's life giving nectar I can tell you that. To harvest something so pure and blessed would go against the laws of nature. Given Voldemort's obsession with immortality, I think we all know what it was going to be used for. As to how they actual use is I'm at a loss." Lily explained.

"Whoever they dug up was alive and kicking in the next memory I saw. He was in a room full of old Daily Prophets and Bellatrix was forcing him to view memories in a pensive. The way he was screaming and fighting against his restraints, I'm guessing not a pleasant one." Harry explained though he didn't want to. He was hoping that Sasha could have checked the grave sooner, but she needed the cover of night to dispel any enchantments and check for traps. He highly doubted that those Bootlickers didn't cover their tracks.

"If Voldemort was going to put anyone to the task of bringing someone back from the dead it would be my sister. If she put her own twisted version of a guardian in Pettigrew's head, that means she succeeded and he knew her secrets as to the how." Cissy educated the group.

"I have a question," Harry asked as he looked between him mum and godfather. "Why didn't you ever tell me that Skeeter ran a slander campaign against the two of you? I didn't have a chance to read any of them, but the headlines and picture was very eye catching."

"Pup I was distraught when that picture was taken and your mum was comforting me. What it didn't show was your dad was a few feet away." Sirius explained as Gabriella stiffened next to him. She knew the reason he was so distraught that day and she hated that she caused him so much pain.

"It was an obvious attempt to draw us out of hiding Harry. Death Eaters probably threatened or paid her to do it. Besides it was dead and in the past. Skeeter is a useful tool and we couldn't utilize her if you killed her. I love that you are so protective of me, but sometimes I have to protect you from yourself." Lily beseeched Harry in a calm and loving voice. She made a fair point but he didn't have to like it.

"Speaking of Skeeter, she made contact with me today. It seems that Lady Longbottom wants a meeting with you. And to show the sincerity of her motives, she gave us a file on research that proves that Dumbledore told Peter where the Longbottom's were hiding just prior to Voldemort paying them a visit. Plus Skeeter heavily implied that the old bastard was the one who financed her slander campaign to draw out you three." Remus told Harry and waited for the explosion that was very short in coming.

"THAT SON OF A BITCH!" Harry roared as he slammed his fist down on the table with enough force to crack the wood and break the bones in his now bleeding hand. Lily jumped to her feet to calm and heal her son, but Ginny was closer and took up the task. Her touch started to calm him almost immediately. Once he had regained his control, she healed Harry's hand.

"It would seem that Dumbledore has lost the support of Lady Longbottom. Not a good enemy to make, her viciousness is rather legionary, Auror Tonks I do believe that we can arrest the man now," Madame Bones said in almost a giddy voice. The old man's downfall was a long time coming.

"We will need to remove all the girls in question from the school prior to doing that, and secure them in a safe location until the trial. Moody is out of country, but we will have to neutralize Snape and his Phoenix first." Tonks advised and Amelia agreed with her logic. They could use going in to investigate the attack today as an excuse to pull students for questioning.

"I'll take care of Snape. I was going to use him to get into Tommyboy's base anyway." Harry advised in a calmer demeanour than just a few seconds ago thanks to Ginny.

"If memory serves, Monday is a burning day. That would be the best time to arrest Dumbledore." Tonks suggested.

"It would seem that we have two missions that need to coincide if to work properly. Can you wait that long Harry?" Amelia asked of him in a tone that let him know it wasn't really a request, just a courtesy.

"The sooner the better, they're programming that man to kill my mum." Harry warned in a way that told her that he would act sooner if he felt Lily was put at too much risk.

"How are you so sure cub?" Remus asked of him.

"They had a large picture of mum on the wall…it had a name on it. Sirius as well, but more emphasis was on mums. Added to that, the old issues of the Daily Prophet, and the forced memories, what do you think is going to happen. He's obviously someone she would trust and let her guard down around." Harry explained with an edge in his voice.

"Trust? Bugger me! Avery was going on about they needed me to tell someone a lie. It was the reason they attacked my home today." Gabriella explained and then looked a Lily. Both women came to the similar conclusion at the same time. Resurrected man with black hair, old Daily Prophets, one of Parkinson's memories was in their possession, and someone that would trust Gabriella. Very few men fit the criteria, and the short list had twiddled down to one. Lily buried her face in her hands and started to tremble. This was too much to take. Was it a dream or nightmare. Could she even dare to hope? If it was James, would he still be the man she loved for most of her life? She took a deep breath and looked at Harry.

"What is your intention son?" Lily asked in a tone that was very wretched and vulnerable. She knew her son and how far he would go to protect her, but she needed to hear it from him. She saw it in his eye even before he even said it, and how much it was killing him to do so.

"I will always protect my mum...even from herself." Harry told her, soul be damned or not. With those words Lily fled the room crying with Cissy and Gabriella hot on her heels.