"Tell me something" Harry replied "do you ever have a terribly empty feeling, you know, in your skull? Because if you do then I'm pretty sure that you left your brain in your room. Grip your ears and pull your head out of your ass Hermione, we don't live in a playground where we can just give the bad guy a little bruise and put him in prison and hope he learns his lesson.
We're living in a time of war. People die, people are going to die and they'll continue to die as long as this war keeps going on. If people have to die then fine but I'd rather the innocent ones die of natural causes. Yes I am powerful, but so is Dumbledore and yes I can speak to snakes but that does not make me evil, it just means I know another language. I do bad things to bad people so they can't do it to innocent people, does that make me an evil person? If you want to consider me one then do so. But if I am then I am a necessary evil.
I don't listen to Dumbledore because I don't like nor respect him because unlike you and the sorry sod over there, I don't see him as the grand leader of the light. All I see is an old man living in a fantasy world where everything will turn out all fine and dandy if we listen to him"
"Harry" Dumbledore spoke softly "I understand that you do not trust me, but please believe that I know what I am doing."
"Sir I find it hard to believe. Dumbledore you are…I'm sorry but I can't think of a non-insulting way to describe you so I'm going to insult you, hope you're fine with that but I'll do it even if you aren't. You are a delusional and senile old bastard who believes that if everything goes your way the world will be as right as rain."
"Harry I have been fighting Voldemort longer than anybody else" Dumbledore argued
"You also helped create Voldemort" Harry argued back, Dumbledore looked at harry with disbelief and wondered how he knew that "when you brought Voldemort, or Tom riddle as he was known then, to Hogwarts, you didn't pay enough attention to him. Either that or you ignored him, you didn't notice him turning to the dark arts, you didn't notice him going into the chamber of secrets and you didn't notice that he had already began recruiting when he was in Hogwarts.
You're hoping that you could guide me into killing him and fulfilling the prophecy, perhaps you think that it makes up for your past mistakes or maybe you believe that it will be another impressive accomplishment for you. Or perhaps your stupid enough to think that you're the only one who can guide me, I don't really care what you believe but know that I don't believe in you"
"Hey! Dumbledore is a great man" Ron spoke in defence of the headmaster
"Ron, your opinion is about as valuable as you, so shut it. Now, unless there is anything else, I'd like to go before you dumbasses waste anymore of my brain power, I would have figured that you three would know how important that is seeing as it's the one thing you do not have but apparently not.
If you'll excuse me, I'd like to leave, I'll need to visit the hospital wing to make sure you brain vampires haven't been sipping my intelligence, I mean, you clearly have. Look at Ron, he's managed to master standing, breathing, blinking and looking angry at the same. I would leave you all with a thought before I go but I doubt any of you would have any place to put it." Harry left, giving the three the finger as he did.
Soon came the day of their results, Harry and Ginny passed all of their exams and spent the night celebrating. The next day the happily married couple spent the entire day meeting people in school and saying their goodbyes, they had many emotional moments with teachers and students.
They even visited Hagrid in his hut, the ghosts, elves, portraits and Ellie in the chamber of secrets. Harry was also pleased to know that his werewolf cure was nearly completed and would soon be going under the testing phase.
"Harry" A voice called out, Astoria Greengrass walked over to him and Ginny "can I talk to you in private?"
"Sure" Harry replied as they went into an abandoned classroom, Harry and Ginny put up some privacy charms before turning to Astoria.
"What's wrong?" Ginny asked "you look tense"
"It's Daphne" Astoria answered "she hasn't been taking the news of your departing well, I mean, she was at first but now that you're going she's a bit upset."
"I'm guessing this isn't the usual missing someone" Harry spoke
"Yes" Astoria nodded "she's gotten a whole better thanks to you but she still doesn't like boys or men touching her. The only males that are allowed to touch her at the moment are you and dad, she's worried that once you leave Hogwarts then she'll have less protection. Plus there is the whole business with her marriage contracts"
"Marriage contracts?" Harry said as he mentally prepared to tear someone a new one
"Calm down" Ginny nudged him after sensing his emotions "let's hear the whole story first, what marriage contracts?"
"They're family contracts" Astoria explained "not made by my dad, in fact he hates them. But as Daphne is the oldest Greengrass girl then she must marry someone and if she dies or becomes unavailable to do it then I will have to. She's afraid to be touched but there is no way that she is going to let that happen."
"The contracts" Harry spoke "as in more than one family?"
"Yeah, lots of different families want to marry into the Greengrass family. While we're neutral, we are also very powerful. Some may be hoping that they can use us to help the death eaters while others may be hoping to gain our money, name and wealth."
"Okay, give me a sec" Harry crossed his arms, he paced the room and began thinking, Astoria wanted to say something but was stopped by Ginny with a look that said 'wait'. Suddenly Harry stopped and his face lit up "I've had a great idea!" He exclaimed
"Harry that's brilliant!" Ginny shouted "he sent it to me using the bond" she explained to the confused Astoria.
"I'll go and tell Daphne, you can go and tell Astoria. Meet you in a few" Harry rushed out of the room and straight to the Slytherin common room.
When Harry entered the common room the Slytherin's were very surprised and a few were very scared, those few thought that Harry had thought that they were death eaters or was going to kill them to send a message to death eater relatives.
"Where the bloody hell is Daphne Greengrass?" Harry demanded
"Why should we tell you?" Pansy responded, she was very fearful but a little too stubborn to back down
"Parkinson, you will shut up and tell me before I make you look more like a dog then you already do."
"You wouldn't" Pansy shouted, the other Slytherin's backed away on the off chance that he would.
"What's that on your arm?" Harry asked casually "is that a dark mark?"
"NO" Pansy backed away, she didn't have a dark mark on her arm so she really didn't know what Harry was talking about.
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