The Return of the House of Death

The Veil of Death was once again shimmering as if it was a wall of water. As soon as it changed, Croaker was summoned to the chamber as he wanted to be notified if there were any changes in the mystical device. As soon as he arrived, he began waving his wand to try and take readings of the phenomenon before it once again changed.

The room started to rumble a little bit and the dozen or so Unspeakables in the room were nervously glancing around the room at each other. Croaker noticed them and sighed as they were doing so much to justify the vaunted reputation of the Department of Mysteries. There was a loud slurping sound followed by a pop and the rumbling finally grew quiet.

When their eyes once again focused on the Veil, there were two cloaked individuals standing on the platform and they saw that the Veil had returned to its normal state of haunted mists. The Head Unspeakable looked closely at the two people standing there and it was obvious that they were much taller than the two who left six weeks previously. He had no way of knowing if it was indeed Harry Potter as the long robes covered everything and there were hoods covering their heads.

Croaker was the first to take action and stepped forward. "Welcome back Mr. Potter. We thought we had lost you forever."

The taller one looked at Croaker for a minute or two before he chuckled and said "Harry Potter is dead. Even if he could return, I doubt he would. Your world did a pretty good job of destroying the Boy-Who-Lived."

Croaker was taken aback by those words and thought it was time he contacted his old classmate Minerva to see if the rumors of all the young man had faced were true. "Then who are you if I may ask?"

Before Croaker's very wide eyes, a skeletal hand came out of the sleeve of Harry's robe and a long handled scythe formed in it. "We are emissaries of the House of Death. Our Head of House has taken a special interest in the wizard once known as Harry James Potter and has charged us with investigating those who have wronged him."

Another Unspeakable asked "What is the point if he is already dead?"

The figure growled out. "The point will be whether or not they move on or get to spend time with us first for treating one of our own so badly."

Once that was said, the second figure laid his hand upon the arm of the first figure and they faded from view. When they reappeared, they were standing near an old abandoned shack. Dobby said "What did you do that for? Now everyone is going to go into hiding."

"Yeah, wizards are so smart. Just where do you think they will go to hide?"

Dobby chuckled "You're right Harry. They'll either go home or to Hogwarts for Dumbledore's 'protection' and the rest will be begging the Ministry to find and deal with us."

"Come on, we need to get that ring. Once we do, this gets so much easier."

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Croaker was intrigued by the thought of the House of Death seeking vengeance for Harry Potter but something was tickling away at the back of his mind. As he left the Death Chamber, he made his way to his office and started pulling ancient tomes off the shelves looking for reference to the House of Death. After several hours, he finally found the reference he was looking for and paled at the results.

He pulled another tome and found yet another reference that supported the theory that had been forming in his head. The House of Death was the forerunner of the House of Peverell. He knew the legends and the thought that House Peverell was again on the rise made him a little nervous. The appearance of Lord Peverell could have disastrous effects on their world as he would hold much the same power that Merlin would if he appeared. Croaker had studied on this subject extensively in his youth and knew that during the formation of the magical world, there were three main philosophies much like there are today. Merlin led the light, Morgana led the dark, and the Peverells lead the grey. The emergence of a true Lord of the Grey would galvanize that faction into action. Much like Harry Potter seemed to be doing before he disappeared.

He sat back in thought once again and then got up and pulled an ancient family genealogy text from the shelf. As he got to the right page, he paled as the implications hit him full force. The Potters and Gryffindors appeared the same year the family of Ignotus Peverell disappeared. He looked at notes made in the text by a previous head of the Unspeakables and saw that this was only known by the head of the department and of course the Goblins. He didn't have to research any more to know that Harry Potter was the last member of the Potter family. By the same logic, he could only conclude that he was also the last living member of the Peverell line.

The figure in the chamber said that Harry Potter had died but he was sure the magic radiating off the figure was the same as the young man who had stepped through the Veil only more powerful. He now had the decision to make of what to do with the information. He knew he couldn't reveal the truth about the Peverell line until they revealed themselves but he could let it slip about the new visitors and the statements they had made. In the end, he decided to do just that. He felt it was the least he could do for his old friend and colleague Charlus. If Harry Potter wanted to be dead then who was he to go against his wishes? He fully expected a new Lord Peverell to rise and reclaim his place in society as he let the legend of the boy-who-lived die.

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