CHapter 69 - The Deathly Hallows

Sitting below a tree, Harry wondered what he should do. Ever since he argued with himself, he has been slightly lost with himself. He knew ever since coming back he just been playing around never really thinking about the consequences of his actions. Such as becoming a phoenix Animagus, forming contracts with water spirits, or playing around with dangerous magics.

While he was sure that Daphne and Fleur already figured it out and were cleaning up his messes. Well, mostly Daphne trying to keep track of him and all his bed partners, but neither had a problem calling him an idiot when needed.

"Harry." an aged voice called out to him breaking him from his musing. "Are you ready?"

Standing up, Harry looked at Dumbledore and nodded. With two quiet pops they appeared in a small familiar town, Little Hangleton. Walking a small trail the two headed to a familiar destination. A small cabin shack that led to the alleged descendant of Salazar Slytherin.

"So what is on your mind, Harry. You seemed distracted since school ended." Dumbledore asked as both drew their wands.

"A lot of things. The main one is the future though." Harry said vaguely.

"The future. We all worry about the future but that isn't what you're worried about."

"It's just a personal thing. Nothing to worry about."

Staring at the teen, Dumbledore just nodded as continued down the trail. He trusts Harry can handle his own problems. The teen was old enough in his mind.

After arriving at the first ward the two of them waved their wands. In mere moments before either could put any effort into it. The first ward fell to their probe of the ward. Once they knew that it actually fell neither made any movements to move forward.

"That fell way too easy." Harry commented dryly.

"I have to agree." Dumbledore nodded. "Well, let's continue."

Two more wards fell fairly quickly before they reached the shack and both had a few killing curses tied in. Neither curse was fast or painless either as one targeted the nervous system and the other would send one into a panic attack.

"Did he set the wards wrong?" Harry asked sarcastically.

'Or they haven't been renewed in a while." Dumbledore added.

"Whatever it may be. We should just get in and out." Harry said. "Without dying."

Pushing open the wooden door, Harry's eyes looked around the dusty shack. Waved in his wand a few times, he found nothing cursed or even magically inside. Well, besides a small wooden box holding what he came after.

Easily disarming the curses on inside the box, Harry opened it revealing a very familiar stone.

"So this is the resurrection stone." Harry heard Dumbledore say in awe.

"It can't bring back the dead, sir." Harry said as he stuck the ring into his pockets.

A deep sadness filled the headmaster eyes as he nodded in agreement. It was easy to tell he had an idea for the stone, but Harry didn't really care. After he gets the wand from Dumbledore, he will just make the enchanted items disappear.

"Well, time to go." Harry said as he shrugged.

The reason he brought Dumbledore in the first place was for backup and an insurance plan. Now he found out it wasn't needed, he figured at least now he wouldn't get scolded by the girls.

--

A few days after retrieving the stone Harry was left with only winning the elder wand. Something he didn't really much care for.

"Are you ready Albus." Harry asked as his wand was in hand.

Across from him standing on the flat ground in front of his cabin. Dumbledore also had his wand drawn.

"Whenever you're ready Harry."

"Then let's start easy." Harry smiled as he silently sent a stunner to begin with.

"Haven't we did this before." Albus laughed as he deflected it.

Ramping it up, a rainbow of colorful spells were fired from both sides. From simple to more rare jinx's both sides fought. Weaving and dodging the spells the two didn't hold back. If one didn't know better it could have looked like a duel to the death.

Finally after a lucky stunner from Harry wand managed to slip through Dumbledore defense.

While Albus was still quick and nimble for his age, his stamina wasn't so lucky. To be drawn into a battle of stamina wasn't doing him any favors. Now he could only watch as the blue stunner impacted him, throwing him to the ground. All while he felt the connection between him and the elder wand vanish.

Reviving the elderly man, Harry was grinning ear to ear. As he grabbed the wand he watched the headmaster pouting like a teenager.

"Come on, you lost fair and square."

"Yeah, yeah." Albus said. "So what do you have planned for the hallows?"

"I'm going to make the hallows disappear." Harry shrugged. "Truthfully they are more like toys than anything special."

Smiling as he heard this Dumbledore just nodded as he offered a hand to Harry to help him up. "I think I might have pulled something in that fall." A small bit of pain appeared in his back.

Shaking his head, Harry just held back his laugh. For a man who just lost a legendary wand, he was offer chipper. Something not many could do.

--

In another part of the world. A certain rat was currently bowing his head as his body trembled. Two red eyes were staring down at him like he was an insect.

"M-my Lord." Peter Pettigrew stuttered.

"Peter. Why have it taken you this long to track me down.'

"I'm sorry, my lord. Due to being on the watch list and distant. It took me time to track you down."

A small hum was his reply as Peter tried to keep his trembling to a minimum. The sight of Voldermort was too much to handle. Since he wasn't sure if he would live or die at any moment on a whim.

"Tell me everything you know about Harry Potter."

"Yes, lord."