Chapter 12 - Phoenix Burning Part 3

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August 21, Phoenix Burning.

Xiana woke up with her head nestled into her husbands shoulder. She noticed that he was still asleep and was breathing deep slow breaths. He looks so peaceful, she thought. She must have looked at his handsome face for nearly ten minutes. She was memorizing every line and curve.

She realized that it had been a full 18 hours since her husband had made love to her. She needed him to be inside her. She simply could not get enough of her husband. She smiled and slowly started kissing his neck, and then she moved on to his nipples. By this time Harry was moaning with pleasure. She then worked her way to his phallus and took it in her mouth. She gently flicked her tongue around his most sensitive area.

Harry's eyes flicked open, and moaned as Xiana was driving him to new heights of pleasure. Harry found himself reciprocating the gesture. Before both of them knew they had made love twice in the span of an hour. They went back to sleep and ended waking four hours later. Harry opened his eyes and noticed it was 10:30 am. It was time to get up and prepare for a very taxing day. Xiana also woke up but decided to stay and laze around in bed.

Harry took a shower, and got dressed. He decided to not yet reveal to the old bastard that he was the scorpion sorcerer. He made sure to wear his basilisk vest, wand holsters, and boots. He decided on charcoal semi formal pants with a sort sleeve emerald colored acromantula silk shirt with a black Phoenix in the back. He made sure to wear both wand holster and his katana.

He cast parseltongue invisibility spells on his wand holsters and katana that even Mad Eye would not be able to detect. He had set his meeting for 2:00 pm, but he was going to arrive there at 1:00 pm to gather intelligence and see what surprise the bastard had set up for him. He looked at the date and realized that it was black scorpion earring day.

Xiana had asked him if she could have a replica of his earrings. She loved their assortment and their protection. Harry was more than pleased to make her a double set of his earrings. This way she would have two of each gem for everyday of the week. Shortly after their wedding he had given her a collection.

Meanwhile Xiana was watching her husband get dressed. When he was done getting dressed she noticed his choice of weapons. It looked like he was preparing for war. She was apprehensive about his meeting with Dumbledore. She had full confidence in her husband coming out of this meeting victorious, but she hated the emotional toll it took on him. She looked at the time and noticed that she had to prepare and face her day as well. She too would have a difficult meeting with her father. She got out of bed and suddenly there was a gold and bluish glow emanating from her abdomen. The glow lasted for about ten seconds and noticed that the air surrounding her abdomen was crackling.

Harry was putting his earring in his right ear when he heard the air crackling. He turned around and noticed a gold bluish glow around his wife's abdomen. He asked his wife if she was all right. She looked at him and gave him a smile and her left eyebrow was near her hairline. She said she was feeling better then she ever had. Harry just shrugged his shoulders and went down for breakfast.

Meanwhile, it took every ounce of control for Xiana not to jump and scream her joy to the world. She had a pretty good idea what that glow meant. The glow she experienced was a sure sign that a magically powerful child had been conceived. She was not certain for sure, but she would find out soon enough. In the meantime she would keep this her little secret until she was sure. Her next period was due in two weeks. She would know for sure then.

Harry due to the time decided to ask Dobby for a large brunch. The elves were more than happy to cook a large assortment of foods. Harry gorged himself and reviewed his plans. When he was done he noticed it was nearly 12:30 pm. His first step was to apparate to Grimmauld place and find Remus. He was going to reveal everything to Remus. He needed him to be solidly in his corner. Harry made sure that his had he had reduced his pensive. He was sure Remus was going to be surprised. Harry once again checked his watch and noticed it was now 12:45. Time to turn a chapter in his life. Today he was sure he was going to sever some ties forever.

Harry concentrated on the attic in #12 Grimmauld place. Within seconds he was standing in the attic. The first thing he noticed was the low light. The second thing he did was thank the gods for helping find a new way of apparating.

He let his eyes adjust to the low lighting. He noticed some muttering in the far left corner of the attic. He now remembered that voice. This was the vile little maggot of an elf that had betrayed his beloved godfather. Harry felt an utter hatred spring forth. He made sure that his boots had a silencing charm and slowly made his way to the sound of the disgusting little voice. When he was within ten feet of the creature, it turned around to face him. Somehow it had noticed him.

Meanwhile Kreacher was muttering his disdain of the filthy blood creatures infesting his beloved mistress home. He was putting away some clothes when he felt a magical presence come near him. He turned around and vaguely remembered the face now starring at him with utter loathing. Kreacher took stock of the individual and maliciously said.

"Ah! Poor Potter come looking for his blood traitor godfather but finds himself all alone." Kreacher cackled. Seeing no response coming from the human Kreacher said.

"Is poor baby Potter not able to speak?" Kreacher never saw a human move so fast. By the time he registered what was happening a blade was already moving toward his throat. The only sound that was heard in the attic was a swoosh and thump. Kreacher head rolled for about 6 feet before coming to a stop. Harry configured a canvas bag and put the head in it.

Harry sat down and let his magic get a read of the place. As expected he found Dumbledore's magical signature and noticed that several wards had been cast. An anti portkey and apparition wards had be set. Harry decided to leave those intact. He could punch through those with little difficulty. He then set his magic to locate a specific signature. He found it in his godfather's old room. He decided to remote cast a silencing charm on the room and apparated there.

Remus was lying in bed when he heard a very familiar voice call him. He immediately sat up with his wand in had and stood looking at the very person he had been seeking for almost a month. Remus did not know what to think at first, but decided to put his wand down and said.

"Harry! I have missed you, cub. Where have you been? You will never know the worry you have caused me." Remus finished deadpanned.

"I'm sorry Remus. What happened needed to be done. I have a full explanation for you. I need you to keep an open mind. Will you do this for me?" Harry replied.

"Cub, I would listen to anything you have to say. I just need to know that you are all right. After Sirius, you are the only thing keeping me from seeking the afterlife. I have nothing else to live for." Remus couldn't help the deep racking sobs that were assaulting him. He was finally able to look at his cub.

Seeing how distraught Remus was. Harry did the only thing he thought would help. He walked over and hugged Remus for all it was worth while saying.

"It's o.k. Remus. I'm here now and I'm not leaving you alone with these bastards. Marauders look after each other. I brought my pensive, so that you can be brought up to speed with what has been happening to me." Harry said.

Remus got a hold of himself and looked at Harry with care in his eyes. Harry took out his pensive and enlarged it. He then took a multitude of silver stands and put them in the pensieve. He told Remus to go in and see his memories. Remus was reticent but followed Harry's orders. After about 45 minutes Remus came back and had a big smile on his face. The pride he had in his cub was beyond measuring. For the first time in three months, he finally felt a weight come off his shoulders. He turned to Harry and said.

"Damn Cub! Busy is an understatement in your case. God if they only knew. Don't worry, you secret is safe with me. I can't tell you how proud I am of you. Both James and Lily would be ecstatic at your accomplishments. I just want to let you know that I am with you the whole way. I will officially be quitting the order tonight. By the way congratulations on your new married status. "

"When we are done here, you are coming with me to your real home Remus." Harry said.

Remus was smiling and couldn't wait to get the hell out of here. Inside he was so close to loosing it. The shear betrayal that the headmaster had engineered was beyond comprehension. He was going to need every ounce of discipline to keep from losing complete control of his wolf side.

"You should go down and seat with the rest of the Order. I'll be down at the appointed time. I can't guarantee that there won't be some fireworks." Harry said.

"That's all right cub, this place needs a real brouhaha anyway." Remus replied.

Remus left and went to join the rest of the order. Harry took back his memories and preshrunk his pensive. He waited about 15 minutes and silently made his way down.

As he was nearing the kitchen, he distinctly heard Ron voice.

"Just, like I said. He is too much of a coward to show his face here today!" Ron spat.

It took every ounce of self-control not to leap from his chair and rip the little cretin's head out. Finally Bill looked at his brother with a sneer and said.

"He'll show up. Just show some patience for once."

It was Molly Weasley who stood up for Ron. She quickly replied.

"Bill! Show some loyalty to your brother. He's not too far wrong you know. We have been worried for him all summer, and he didn't bother to show up once and let us know that he is all right. What kind of a friend does that make him?"

Bill looked at Fleur and decided to keep his mouth shut. He had to maintain the illusion that he was still part of these helpless bastards.

Hermione agreed with Molly and said, "We have always stood with him, and this is how he repays us". At this point members of the order were getting their two cents in. Harry decided to make his entrance.

Harry opened the door and every member of the order looked towards him and their mouths dropped. Everyone was getting a different look at the boy who lived. Everyone acknowledged how different he looked. He looked like he had power surrounded him. He seemed to possess an air of confidence that was missing not too long ago. Many members of the Order narrowed their eyes at the transformed Harry Potter looking at them.

Harry took their silence and walked with an almost cat like gait. He could smell the fear in the air. He noticed that most of the Order was there: McGonagall, Jones, Shaklebolt, Tonks, Snape, the twins, Molly, Arthur, his former best friends, Mad Eye, and Hannah Abbott's aunt. There were a lot of other people he had never met before. The twins gave him a slight shake of their head. Harry returned it.

The headmaster himself had a calculating air in his eyes, as if trying to assess this new Harry. One thing for sure, everyone were surprised by his looks. Harry raked his eyes over his former friends and sneered at them, before settling his gaze on his true target. Albus Dumbledore, the so-called mighty wizard of the light. He gave him a look and narrowed his eyes at him.

Harry flipped his wand in his hand and conjured himself a beautiful muggle reclining chair. Every eyebrow from the Order except for Bill, Fleur, and Remus shot up at this clear display of power. He fixed them all with a glare and noticed one of his intended targets sitting in a dark corner just like a bug. He stood sitting there with a sneer on his face. Harry recognized him immediately as one Severus Snape, miserable potions master and bastard first class.

Finally Snape couldn't help himself, "Well, well, well. Look who graces us on this fine afternoon - The golden boy wonder himself. What happened, Potter? Got lost looking for your miserable mutt and finally realized that he is gone, and finally found your way home? "

Harry clearly heard Ron snicker at Snape's comment. Harry immediately felt a building volcanic rage ready to erupt. He decided to unleash his dementor on them. By now his eyes were glowing a bright emerald green, and his body became charged with his magical aura.

Everyone started to feel the droop in temperature, and they began to experience their worse memories. Within seconds of Snape's words, Harry countered.

"Headmaster, I strongly suggest you keep your lap dog on a very short leash this year if you hope to keep your potions master. Otherwise I'll be forced to terminate that pile of excrement before school starts."

The headmaster was about to respond when Hermione Granger said. "What happened to you Harry? You have become so cold, is that how you treat your teachers and best friends now?"

"I don't have any best friends Ganger. The people whom I thought were my best friends betrayed me to that bastard sitting at the end of the table. How dare you call yourself my friends when you have been spying and lying to me all year long? You have been reporting my every move to headmaster all year long. Didn't think I would find out, did you? You should tell your idiot boyfriend to cast a silencing charm when you are in public. Yeah it was real nice finding out that my supposed friends have been fucking me over since last summer. I hope you enjoy being part of your bird club"

By now, both she and Ron's faces had blanched considerably and Harry could tell that they were guilty. Granger had the grace to blush crimson. Hermione tried to recover by saying.

"Harry, we only did it because we thought we were doing what was best for you."

"Bullshit! You did it to advance yourself and nothing more. The headmaster offered you some crumbs and you fell into his trap and prostituted yourself for some power and prestige." Harry looked at Ron directly in the eyes and continued.

"I can expect this from Ron; after all he has been showing his jealous steak since 4th year. Now that I can see with my eyes fully open, it was only a matter of time before he betrayed me. I expected a lot more from you. I guess in the end it was to much to have miss righteous, know it all, Dumbledore can't make a mistake, free every house elf, needle me to pieces, stick with her friends. I suppose a good thing to come out of this is you won't be spying on me anymore and telling the Head-Master Manipulator what I am doing." By now Ron's face was ready to explode and Hermione was crying her eyes out. How dare that fucking bitch cry in front of me, when she is the one who fucked me over!

The headmaster was analyzing his young pawn trying to figure out how to salvage this slipup. Dumbledore was finding it hard to judge this new Harry. He was reacting and thinking like a Slytherin. He had to regain control of Harry at all costs. Finally he said.

"Harry, please forgive them. It's true I did ask them to spy on you but it was only in your best interest. You don't know how insidious Voldemort can be. You have a serious independent streak in you and due to your connection with Voldemort I needed to know what was really going on. Information is key to winning this war Harry. As you well know you are one of the key players in this war."

Whatever reaction the headmaster was expecting Harry, laughing hysterically was not it. Finally to everyone's dismay he got control of himself and bellowed.

"YOU FUCKING LIAR!" McGonagall was the first to stand up and said.

"Mr. Potter, you will show the headmaster some respect or so help me god on your first day back, you will be given a months detention."

Harry whipped his head around and looked at her directly in the eyes and narrowed his own eye and said, "Gee professor, it's truly amazing how you can stick for the dinosaur over there and when we come to you for help you turn a blind eye to us. The grease ball has been treating Gryffindors like shit for the last five years that I have been in that school and you have not lifted a finger to stand up to him. He has shown blatant favoritism to his house and you still do nothing. You are either blind to what is going on, or the headmaster has cowed you so much that you have become an ineffective head of house." He spat.

Minerva sat back down and gaped at Harry like a fish out of water. She couldn't utter a sound. Harry turned back to the headmaster and said out loud.

"How many of you know why you have been guarding me for the last two summers? What, no one dared to question him as to why you were guarding a lone wizard living with his muggle relatives in the middle of the most boring neighbourhood for the duration of the summer?" Harry looked at everyone in turn and continued.

"You must all be more stupid than I thought or you have been masterfully played by the puppet master all this time." How about I let you know why you have been guarding for this past summer.

By this time the headmaster face was blanching and he was starting to panic. This foolish boy was about to destroy 17 years of hard work. Finally he said "Harry I forbid you to tell them. You don't know what you are doing my boy. You could well cause Voldemort to win this war if you give them this information."

Harry's eyes had gone as cold as Antarctic ice. He answered back, "What's wrong Dumbledore don't you trust your bird club?"

"Harry, I must insist that you don't"

"You have NO RIGHT to insist! You are not my guardian, despite how much you want to control your secret weapon!" Harry spat.

"Harry, I know you're angry," Dumbledore tried.

"You don't know anything about me, you lying, stealing kaniving hypocrite." Harry shot back.

Dumbledore was getting angry by now "You are making a mistake Harry!"

"Well then I'll make my own mistakes! This is my life to live!" Harry shot back, digging into his power.

"I won't let you lock me away again! Fuck you, and fuck your war. I'll fight because if I don't, the real people I care about will die! Because you and your sweet talking, candy ass, secret keeping Order won't help me! You had god damn 15 years to prepare me for my destiny and you did shit. You never had any faith in me. Fuck, old man, you spent the entire summer training a dimwit who couldn't fight his way out of a candy rapper and you keep me locked up in my own private little kind of logic is that for the one who is destined to bring down Voldemort?"

Molly spoke up, "Albus what is he talking about?"

Harry had enough, "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. Born to those….etc" When he was done everyone was shocked. Even Snape's sneer had disappeared.

The headmaster face was as white as a sheet and he fell back in his chair. He had to do something real quick; he was losing the battle of wits.

"We're here for you now Harry." Dumbledore said.

"BULLSHIT! YOU WERE GOING TO LOCK ME AWAY FOR THE SUMMER! Thought if you kept me in the hell-hole I'd be a bit more cooperative once you offered me release huh? You've been playing this card from the beginning haven't you? My parents made the biggest mistake of their lives trusting you. You probably wanted her out the way. A mother would have been far to cumbersome to deal with, wouldn't it? It's far easier controlling your weapon when it's only you pulling the strings." Everyone was looking at Harry in complete shock. Harry decided to continue.

Dumbledore decided to regain control of the situation. "Harry, I don't know who you have been with this summer, but it is obvious that you have been led astray," with that he whipped his wand and cast Legilimens - BIG MISTAKE on his part.

That move had simply put Harry over the edge. He felt Dumbledore trying to get beyond his walls, but he knew that he would not succeed. This was his chance to get into the headmaster's head. He brought forth his dementor aura and concentrated all of his power on breaking Dumbledore's mind. He brought forth his viral attack squad and prepared to push a Trojan into his mind.

Within minutes, Dumbledore was locked fighting the effects of a simulated Dementor. Harry noticed his lapse in concentration and send out a sensor. He was searching for an easy way to penetrate his inner layers. He found it by travelling the same path that Dumbledore's worse memories were surfacing from. Once inside he planted his in a deep folder. He would get back to it later when he needed too.

He then began searching for all information relating to him. It didn't take long, since they had been discussing him; most of his thoughts concerning him were close to the surface. Bingo! He found it. 'YOU FUCKING DEMENTED SONAVABITCH! So I'm your sacrificial lamb, am I? You got something else coming old man. Now let's see about mind fucking you so that you will remember this little confrontation for a very long time.'

'You are never going to attack me like this old man.' Harry began pouring his raw core energy into Dumbledore's mind. He was now attacking the headmaster on two fronts. He emulated Dementors and pushing his core energy into his mind. He was just tainting his mind with core energy.

He wasn't leaving any memories there. However Harry remembered how painful it had been to clean Voldemort's core energy from his mind. Harry was planting twice as much. He made sure not to leave any soul essence behind. When he was done, he began pulling out of his mind.

To everyone on the outside it looked like a mind war had been declared. Snape was almost smiling, until he noticed Dumbledore crying out in agony. With a sudden jolt the headmaster found himself on his knees, with his hands pressing on the side of his head. Dumbledore was in sheer agony. Snape was about to curse Harry when suddenly Harry stood up and was back in his mind. Harry was breathing hard, but his years of Occlumency training and his innovations in the mind arts had paid off in spades.

Harry said, "So you want to know what this little contest was about. It was about the headmaster forcing his will on me again. However I completely mind fucked him! In the process I found out why he never bothered to train me." No one said anything so he continued.

"I WAS GOING TO BE HIS SACRIFICIAL LAMB! He was keeping me safe long enough for my link to Voldemort to grow beyond repair. That way when the final conflict came no matter who won the final duel, our souls would be so intertwined that we would both die."

Half the Order were now on their feet sputtering nonsense. Some seemed to look at the headmaster with loathing, others didn't believe a word Harry said. Seeing no rebutal, Harry decided to continue.

"The headmaster never had any trust in me. He thought that Voldemort had too much experience for me to catch up. He didn't believe that I could learn enough to be a match for him even though I faced him five times already. "Harry couldn't help himself he had tears running down his face.

He turned to Snape and bellowed. "Snape! Next time you are licking snake face's boots. You can tell him that he will never regain his remaining memories. His last 35 percent belong to me. He can no longer reach me and the link has been severed for ever." He spat.

By this time Dumbledore was regaining some of his faculties. Where did the little brat learn to do this, he thought. In 150 years of experience he had never seen a mind occluded like his. He didn't even get close to his wall, which was formidable to begin with. God damn it this was turning out to be one of the worse nights of his life.

He had lost complete control of his weapon, and now the whole order was aware of his ultimate plans. The Order of the Phoenix was burning tonight, he concluded. He knew he would loose some members tonight. He had no clue how to repair the damage.

Harry decided that proof was now needed to split the order. He took out his parents' letter as well as his Gringotts bank records of withdrawals and made copies for everyone. He wanted to show them how Dumbledore had gone against his parents wishes and had manipulated his accounts and stolen from the Potter family vault.

He then pulled out his emancipation papers and made a copy for Dumbledore. Finally he threw his lawsuit papers at Dumbledore and said, "If you want out of this court trial then you will from now on leave me alone. You will no longer interfere in my life. I am severing my ties to you and your bird club. I do not want to speak to you, or see you concerning any other matters. I will go to my chosen classes but that is it. I will not be sleeping in the dorms. I will travel back and forth to Hogwarts everyday. I sure as hell cannot trust you keep me safe so I will do it myself. See you September 1."

"Hermione, you might want to go to St. Mungo's to check your mind for lots of Big compulsions. You will find yourself interested. Next time I see you, I will check your mind first. Everyone else, do the same. Weasley, don't bother."

He was about to leave and remembered his course schedule. He took it out and threw it at McGonagall. The headmaster then said.

"I'm sorry Harry, but I cannot let you leave. There are anti apparition and anti-portkey charms to prevent you from leaving."

"Why do I bother trying to save the idiots of the wizarding world? I have learned a great deal this summer Dumbledore and you see the funny thing about limits when it comes to magic is entirely artificial. I'll be seeing you."

Harry nodded at Remus who stood up and told Dumbledore that he was quitting the Order. Several people followed and leftalso. Remus came over and Harry told him to grab his left arm. Harry picked his canvas bag and reached in and pulled Kreacher head. Many people screamed and Harry threw his head on the kitchen table. He then said.

"This is what happens to traitors who cross me!"

Without warning and no sound, Harry apparated himself and Remus out of the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix to the shock of everyone else present.