(This is the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was my first ever fan fic, so I hope you all enjoyed it, please review... at the end of the chapter there will be info on my next Harry Potter fan fic, which will be the sequel to this one.)
Chapter 18: The beginning of the End.
'Harry?' said someone behind him. He turned his head and saw a woman he had never seen before.
'Who are you?' he said slowly.
'I am an Auror, I came from over there,' she said, pointing to the battlefield. There were still bodies of dead and knocked out Auror's and Death Eaters.
'Harry, you and this boy over here must come with me, who is he?'
'He's my cousin...'
Harry stood, still in pain. He walked over the woman. Behind her, four men and a Giant came up the hill. The Giant, wasn't as tall as the one Voldemort had, in fact, it was Hagrid.
''arry! Your okay! Than' goodness!'
He ran up to Harry and gave him a huge hug and lifted him off his feet.
Then, he let go... his face screwed with confusion... then, he fell to his knees and cried, loud and continuous.
He had seen Dumbledore there, and knew.
Harry was taken, along with Dudley, to Sirius' cave in Hogsmeade. He met up with Ron and the others. Hermione ran up to him and nearly knocked him over with her hug, Ron came from behind and the Weasley twins squished them all, and Ginny.
'Dumbledore died,' said Harry. And they all got off him and stared at him.
'What?' said Hermione.
'He died... saving my life,' said Harry, sadly.
'Harry?' said Sirius, coming from a part of the forest. Behind him was a cat, it was Esmot, but he was Crookshanks now.
'CROOKSHANKS! There you are, thanks Sirius, where did you find him?'
'Not important, just take him... Harry, come inside, I want to speak with you, alone.'
Crookshanks rubbed Harry at his ankles. Then, walked away.
Harry followed Sirius into the cave, and told him to sit.
'So, what are you thinking?' asked Sirius.
'I don't understand, what happened? I thought it was Peter Pettigew the whole time, how was it Dumbledore?'
'Because, Albus had a plan... see, Esmot captured Pettigew-'
'Who is Esmot?' asked Harry.
'Oh, right... he is a friend of mine, Crookshanks you call him. Anyhow, around the same time you were captured, Esmot caught Pettigew, quite a bit of good luck there. Dumbledore told Severus to bring him some Polyjuice potion, because he had an idea. We took a piece of hair from Pettigew and Dumbledore assumed his form, and returned, with the help of Esmot. That is when he returned to you...'
'I don't understand, why didn't he just kill Voldemort when he first came back?'
'It's not that simply Harry, in fact... I heard from an Auror that Dumbledore shot the Avada Kadavra spell on Voldemort. You may think he's dead, but he's not. Dumbledore didn't do that spell on him right away, because that spell was a last resort. Because what Voldemort is now, is he's but a ghost, weak yes, but not gone. He is what we call a Phantom. Not like a ghost, but in our world a Phantom is an image of someone who has died... let me explain it a bit better, sorry...
When you die, if you're not at peace in the Wizarding world, you come back as a ghost. But if you are murdered, wrongfully you come back as a Phantom, force to enslave a body... they are only an image that can walk, talk and feel, sure... they only last until what they have come back for is avenged. Until they are at ease.
'You mean, like what he did to Professor Querral?'
'Yes, like that, only different. Voldemort is a Phantom now.
'How though? He was not wrongfully murdered.'
'No, he wasn't... but he wasn't fully alive either. He has your blood in him, and if he was able to find out how to get the blood of your cousin in him, he would have become mortal... you wouldn't think mortality is what he is out for, but in order for him to become fully immortal, he has to start fresh. He was most likely planning to search for secrets within the castle. Secrets on how to become immortal, or at least inhuman. It wouldn't have taken him long to become immortal. Dumbledore wanted him to be in the state he was in, but by killing what was mortal in him, meant that he would be able to return when time came.'
'Does this mean that he isn't in power anymore? I mean, what he did to me last year in the cemetery, taking my blood, is all that erased?'
'No, it isn't. When he regenerates a new body again, if ever he should, all will be the same.'
'So what is going to kill him? What will make him go forever?'
'Dumbledore knew, I don't.'
'He did?'
'Yes, and I believe he was planning to tell you until what happened.'
'I'm sick of good people dying, just to protect me,' said Harry.
'Be grateful, Harry. I believe I just might know how to get rid of him forever...'
'How?'
'He must be made mortal, then killed. But how to make him mortal, I do not know.'
'I thought you said he was mortal?'
'No, Harry... what was mortal in him died today, for he wasn't fully mortal. He has your blood, that he always will, and that is what is the key to making him mortal... Because when he drank that potion, you and him were connected, as much as I'm sure you don't want to be.'
Mrs. Figg came inside the cave.
'Sirius, come out, there is something important you must attend.'
'Come Harry,' and they walked out.
There were five Auror's and five representatives from the Wizarding law enforcement.
'Sirius Black?' said the law man.
'Yes.'
'I hereby state that Sirius Black is cleared of all charges of the Murder of Muggles and Wizards. You are now free.'
Sirius smiled, and looked at Harry. Even though Harry thought he'd never smile again, he did.
'Thank you,' Sirius said.
'I turned in Pettigew and he confessed under Vertiserum,' said Mrs. Figg. 'We've also taken back the Dudley Dursley boy to his parents. Floo powder we used, he almost didn't fit up the chimney. Harry, Dear, they want no part of you back in their house, they blame you for what happened to Dudley, for he has a large scratch on his head.'
'He'll be living with me, anyway,' said Sirius.
'Oh! Harry,' yelled Hermione, running over to him.
'A man named Esmot Jaepter or something like that gave me this to give to you,' she said, taking out an envelop.
'Harry, don't open that just yet, wait until another time, okay?' said Sirius. Harry agreed.
Harry moved into a small house that Sirius bought outside of Hogsmeade.
Sirius had taken up a job as well. They weren't moved in long before Hogwarts reopened.
On January first, was when Hogwarts was back in business. All the students returned, some still fearful. The school was repaired very quickly.
Harry sat with Ron and Hermione at the dinning table. Professor McGonagall stood.
'As you all know, we lost one of the greatest wizards Hogwarts has ever seen,' she blew into her handkerchief. Harry too felt sadness. The loss of Dumbledore was very hard for him to get over, and he never will.
'I am the headmistress for now, but I am not sure I want the job too much. Let it be announced that on every November second, be known as Albus Dumbledore day!'
Cheers rang out. Harry noticed Malfoy was very pale. His father had been one of the Death Eaters taken alive from the battle field, and is now in a lot of trouble.
'As seems happens yearly, our current Defense Against the Dark Arts' teacher will be leaving us at the end of the school year.'
All the students, including Harry, continued their year curriculum.
Hagrid still took the loss of Dumbledore very hard, for Hagrid looked up to him very deeply. Despite the fact everything was back to normal by year end feast, it never truly will be, for Albus Dumbledore's seat was now filled with Professor McGonagall. Hufflepuff had one the house cup, mainly because the year was not complete. Fred and George graduated and did not get in any trouble.
Harry said his good-bye's with tearfully with his friend's Ron and Hermione. She and Crookshanks set to board the Hogwarts express with Ron.
That night when Harry was at his new home, in his comfortable bedroom, he remembered the envelope. He picked it up and opened it.
It was from Dumbledore!
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this, you know by now I am no longer with you. I arranged for you to read this when you get home, if I could not be around to explain it myself.
I hope that Sirius has explained to you what I explained to him, about Voldemort, and how he must be made mortal to get rid of him forever.
I handed this letter to Esmot, in case I was unable to make it through alive.
Here is what you must do in order to fully destroy Lord Voldemort.
You must find the location of the Green Flame Torch.
All I can say about it is that it is known in legend to kill immortality, but the location of it is unknown. You must find it, and you must use it, how I don't know. From there, I don't know how you can destroy the mortal Voldemort either, for there are reasons...
The Green Flame Torch must be found and used, Harry...
Dumbledore.
Harry put the note down, and stayed up the entire night in deep thought...
(Well, there it is, the book is finished. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review.
Watch out for my next book... or story I suppose it is called, named "Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch." So search for my name S.L. Stevens and you will find it.)
Chapter 18: The beginning of the End.
'Harry?' said someone behind him. He turned his head and saw a woman he had never seen before.
'Who are you?' he said slowly.
'I am an Auror, I came from over there,' she said, pointing to the battlefield. There were still bodies of dead and knocked out Auror's and Death Eaters.
'Harry, you and this boy over here must come with me, who is he?'
'He's my cousin...'
Harry stood, still in pain. He walked over the woman. Behind her, four men and a Giant came up the hill. The Giant, wasn't as tall as the one Voldemort had, in fact, it was Hagrid.
''arry! Your okay! Than' goodness!'
He ran up to Harry and gave him a huge hug and lifted him off his feet.
Then, he let go... his face screwed with confusion... then, he fell to his knees and cried, loud and continuous.
He had seen Dumbledore there, and knew.
Harry was taken, along with Dudley, to Sirius' cave in Hogsmeade. He met up with Ron and the others. Hermione ran up to him and nearly knocked him over with her hug, Ron came from behind and the Weasley twins squished them all, and Ginny.
'Dumbledore died,' said Harry. And they all got off him and stared at him.
'What?' said Hermione.
'He died... saving my life,' said Harry, sadly.
'Harry?' said Sirius, coming from a part of the forest. Behind him was a cat, it was Esmot, but he was Crookshanks now.
'CROOKSHANKS! There you are, thanks Sirius, where did you find him?'
'Not important, just take him... Harry, come inside, I want to speak with you, alone.'
Crookshanks rubbed Harry at his ankles. Then, walked away.
Harry followed Sirius into the cave, and told him to sit.
'So, what are you thinking?' asked Sirius.
'I don't understand, what happened? I thought it was Peter Pettigew the whole time, how was it Dumbledore?'
'Because, Albus had a plan... see, Esmot captured Pettigew-'
'Who is Esmot?' asked Harry.
'Oh, right... he is a friend of mine, Crookshanks you call him. Anyhow, around the same time you were captured, Esmot caught Pettigew, quite a bit of good luck there. Dumbledore told Severus to bring him some Polyjuice potion, because he had an idea. We took a piece of hair from Pettigew and Dumbledore assumed his form, and returned, with the help of Esmot. That is when he returned to you...'
'I don't understand, why didn't he just kill Voldemort when he first came back?'
'It's not that simply Harry, in fact... I heard from an Auror that Dumbledore shot the Avada Kadavra spell on Voldemort. You may think he's dead, but he's not. Dumbledore didn't do that spell on him right away, because that spell was a last resort. Because what Voldemort is now, is he's but a ghost, weak yes, but not gone. He is what we call a Phantom. Not like a ghost, but in our world a Phantom is an image of someone who has died... let me explain it a bit better, sorry...
When you die, if you're not at peace in the Wizarding world, you come back as a ghost. But if you are murdered, wrongfully you come back as a Phantom, force to enslave a body... they are only an image that can walk, talk and feel, sure... they only last until what they have come back for is avenged. Until they are at ease.
'You mean, like what he did to Professor Querral?'
'Yes, like that, only different. Voldemort is a Phantom now.
'How though? He was not wrongfully murdered.'
'No, he wasn't... but he wasn't fully alive either. He has your blood in him, and if he was able to find out how to get the blood of your cousin in him, he would have become mortal... you wouldn't think mortality is what he is out for, but in order for him to become fully immortal, he has to start fresh. He was most likely planning to search for secrets within the castle. Secrets on how to become immortal, or at least inhuman. It wouldn't have taken him long to become immortal. Dumbledore wanted him to be in the state he was in, but by killing what was mortal in him, meant that he would be able to return when time came.'
'Does this mean that he isn't in power anymore? I mean, what he did to me last year in the cemetery, taking my blood, is all that erased?'
'No, it isn't. When he regenerates a new body again, if ever he should, all will be the same.'
'So what is going to kill him? What will make him go forever?'
'Dumbledore knew, I don't.'
'He did?'
'Yes, and I believe he was planning to tell you until what happened.'
'I'm sick of good people dying, just to protect me,' said Harry.
'Be grateful, Harry. I believe I just might know how to get rid of him forever...'
'How?'
'He must be made mortal, then killed. But how to make him mortal, I do not know.'
'I thought you said he was mortal?'
'No, Harry... what was mortal in him died today, for he wasn't fully mortal. He has your blood, that he always will, and that is what is the key to making him mortal... Because when he drank that potion, you and him were connected, as much as I'm sure you don't want to be.'
Mrs. Figg came inside the cave.
'Sirius, come out, there is something important you must attend.'
'Come Harry,' and they walked out.
There were five Auror's and five representatives from the Wizarding law enforcement.
'Sirius Black?' said the law man.
'Yes.'
'I hereby state that Sirius Black is cleared of all charges of the Murder of Muggles and Wizards. You are now free.'
Sirius smiled, and looked at Harry. Even though Harry thought he'd never smile again, he did.
'Thank you,' Sirius said.
'I turned in Pettigew and he confessed under Vertiserum,' said Mrs. Figg. 'We've also taken back the Dudley Dursley boy to his parents. Floo powder we used, he almost didn't fit up the chimney. Harry, Dear, they want no part of you back in their house, they blame you for what happened to Dudley, for he has a large scratch on his head.'
'He'll be living with me, anyway,' said Sirius.
'Oh! Harry,' yelled Hermione, running over to him.
'A man named Esmot Jaepter or something like that gave me this to give to you,' she said, taking out an envelop.
'Harry, don't open that just yet, wait until another time, okay?' said Sirius. Harry agreed.
Harry moved into a small house that Sirius bought outside of Hogsmeade.
Sirius had taken up a job as well. They weren't moved in long before Hogwarts reopened.
On January first, was when Hogwarts was back in business. All the students returned, some still fearful. The school was repaired very quickly.
Harry sat with Ron and Hermione at the dinning table. Professor McGonagall stood.
'As you all know, we lost one of the greatest wizards Hogwarts has ever seen,' she blew into her handkerchief. Harry too felt sadness. The loss of Dumbledore was very hard for him to get over, and he never will.
'I am the headmistress for now, but I am not sure I want the job too much. Let it be announced that on every November second, be known as Albus Dumbledore day!'
Cheers rang out. Harry noticed Malfoy was very pale. His father had been one of the Death Eaters taken alive from the battle field, and is now in a lot of trouble.
'As seems happens yearly, our current Defense Against the Dark Arts' teacher will be leaving us at the end of the school year.'
All the students, including Harry, continued their year curriculum.
Hagrid still took the loss of Dumbledore very hard, for Hagrid looked up to him very deeply. Despite the fact everything was back to normal by year end feast, it never truly will be, for Albus Dumbledore's seat was now filled with Professor McGonagall. Hufflepuff had one the house cup, mainly because the year was not complete. Fred and George graduated and did not get in any trouble.
Harry said his good-bye's with tearfully with his friend's Ron and Hermione. She and Crookshanks set to board the Hogwarts express with Ron.
That night when Harry was at his new home, in his comfortable bedroom, he remembered the envelope. He picked it up and opened it.
It was from Dumbledore!
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this, you know by now I am no longer with you. I arranged for you to read this when you get home, if I could not be around to explain it myself.
I hope that Sirius has explained to you what I explained to him, about Voldemort, and how he must be made mortal to get rid of him forever.
I handed this letter to Esmot, in case I was unable to make it through alive.
Here is what you must do in order to fully destroy Lord Voldemort.
You must find the location of the Green Flame Torch.
All I can say about it is that it is known in legend to kill immortality, but the location of it is unknown. You must find it, and you must use it, how I don't know. From there, I don't know how you can destroy the mortal Voldemort either, for there are reasons...
The Green Flame Torch must be found and used, Harry...
Dumbledore.
Harry put the note down, and stayed up the entire night in deep thought...
(Well, there it is, the book is finished. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review.
Watch out for my next book... or story I suppose it is called, named "Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch." So search for my name S.L. Stevens and you will find it.)