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HP: Harry From The Ancient House Of Black [ Chapter 50 ]
🕑 Added 2024-12-02 18:33:00 +0000 UTC“You were all in a stasis and he tried to place a compulsion on me. It didn't work so he made all of you reject me. Made you all think I was jealous of how successful you all were and you forced me out before I could even tell you what happened to Harry."
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"No. . ." Sirius was sobbing and had fallen to the floor.
"Your godson's death is not on your hands Sirius." Cassiopeia's voice was unusually soft to Aries' ears. "Stronger minds than yours have fallen victim to such charms and curses. The fault lies only with one: Albus Dumbledore."
"Yes." Strength returned to Sirius at last and he came to his feet, wand in hand as he made his way to the door. "I will kill that bastard myself."
"You will do no such thing Sirius Black." They all turned to Aries sitting calmly in his seat, but there was a power there, a sense of authority none of them could refuse.
"Why not?"
"The return of the Dark Lord is near. Albus Dumbledore and his Order believe so as well, and as much as I loathe to agree with him, the signs are there. The death of Dumbledore would only pave the way for the Dark Lord's victory."
"So, you mean to let him live?" Remus questioned. "To get away with his crimes?"
"No." Aries answered. "Dumbledore will fall, and he will die." That seemed to pale Sirius despite the anger that wanted to consume him.
"Sirius, I have a destiny before me. There are changes I intend to achieve in this world. I will not be another Voldemort, but neither will I be an Albus Dumbledore.”
“A war is coming and everyone expects there to be only two sides: the dark and the light. But I tell you now that there will be a third side: mine. And when the smoke clears it will not be Albus Dumbledore or Lord Voldemort that will be victorious. It will be me."
"You?" Sirius was pale as could be and his wand was nearly falling out of his grasp.
"Aries will bring about a new age for the Wizarding World." Cassiopeia gave Sirius a stern glare. "You can join us in our return to prominence or you can be left behind with the rest of our enemies."
"And Albus Dumbledore will die?" Remus asked quietly. He cared little for the world after what Albus had done to him, he wanted only vengeance and to free his friends.
"Many will die Remus Lupin." Aries spoke with a cold edge. "Those who you claim are good, those who you claim are evil. But yes, Albus Dumbledore will die. Not today, not tomorrow, but when it serves the Ancient House of Black. He will pay for what he's done to us and to Harry."
"Why do you care what happened to Harry?" demanded Sirius.
"Dorea Black." He answered simply. "She was the mother of James Potter, and the grandmother of Harry and Thomas. The blood of the House of Black runs in their veins. They may be Potters, but they are Blacks as well. I will not allow anyone to harm members of our House, no matter how distant or how estranged they may be." Sirius walked slowly until he stood before Aries.
He seemed to have resolved the conflict within himself. Aries could tell he was hesitant and he doubted that Sirius would ever fully agree with what he had planned, but what his uncle did not know could not turn him away.
"What would you ask of me?" His tone was genuine and Aries could not help the smile that reached his face.
Sirius had taken a step into the deep end and there was no way he would let him return to the grasp of Albus Dumbledore. Aries pulled out a small black ring and placed it into Sirius' hand.
"This magical ring will protect you from compulsion charms." Aries explained. "You will need to master your emotions, for when the time comes I will need someone within Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix. Remus will have his own assignment, but you will be my agent within the Order and the Ministry."
"You won't hurt them, will you?" Sirius asked quickly. "My friends?"
"No, but we need to be one step ahead of Dumbledore. We can never allow him to become aware of our plans. He is gifted at Legilimency, so you must make it as if nothing has changed. You will get your revenge Sirius, but you must be patient." Sirius nodded to that, retook his seat, and downed another glass of firewhiskey.
"And what of James and Lily specifically? They need to be freed as well." Remus interrupted.
"No harm will come to your friends, but for now they will have to endure. Their sense of betrayal and anger will be magnified tenfold, and even I may not be able to keep them from taking revenge on Dumbledore before it would benefit us. We will release them in time." The two old friends agreed to that, content for the time being.
"I know you wish to catch up with your friend Sirius, but there is something else I must ask you."
"Anything Aries, anything." Aries smiled a genuine smile.
"Tell me what the Dark Lord has done since Thomas came to Hogwarts."
"Well that will be a bloody long story." Sirius said with a long exhale. "His first year Voldemort came after the Philosopher's Stone, which now that I think about it was kind of stupid to hide in a school full of children, but he possessed the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. I think Dumbledore suspected, which makes it even worse, but I don't know for sure.”
“When Thomas confronted Voldemort, he somehow burned the professor by touching him though it did not kill Voldemort. He escaped as a sort of wraith. At least he did not get the stone. Second year was much weirder." Aries leaned forward expectantly.
"The Chamber of Secrets was reopened. Dumbledore kept a lot of it silent, but Thomas kept us informed. It was then that he found out that he was a Parselmouth."
