Harry Potter Promise NR.11
Date: 9/18/2017,
Categories:
Fiction
Fan fiction,
Author: zimbi
... Sirius and Amelia. "We know how to defeat him. You two are old enough to remember the last war, but you were still young. You can remember the fear, the hopelessness, the constant battles where we didn't seem to be making any progress." They both nodded, grimacing at the reminder. Minerva leaned forward, her eyes hard and glinting with hope. "Harry, Ginny, and Severus have figured out the key to success. It's far from over, but we have a chance." Sirius let out a deep sigh and nodded. "It still seems incomprehensible, but I'm sure when it sinks in I'll feel a little more hopeful." "So where do we go from here?" Amelia asked after a moment's silence. They looked at the teenagers, and Harry bit his lip, suddenly realizing that all of these adults were actually deferring to him. "Until we figure out how many Voldemort made, we really can't move forward. The biggest issue right now is to figure out how many, what they are, and where they are." He looked at Ginny. "We're going to tell the others, and ask them to help us with research." Sirius and Minerva looked worried, but Amelia nodded grimly. "I might not like you all getting involved, but I'm not naïve enough to think you'll keep this a secret from your friends. And together, you can cover a lot of ground with research." Sirius nodded reluctantly. "You said that Blaise, Daphne, and Luna were nearly there with their Occlumency. Have they been tested by Jason yet?" Harry nodded quickly. "Over the break, they told me Jason ...
... believed their shields were as strong as they could be." Sirius sighed. "Then I guess we really have no grounds to object. Hopefully you'll be able to find something out, and I'll take a look through the Black library, see if there's anything more there." "There's one thing I've been thinking about," Harry commented idly. "What does Dumbledore know? Professor, you told us that something about the diary piqued his interest," he looked at Snape. "Would he have considered this possibility?" Snape shrugged. "Albus is not unintelligent. I'm certain he would know of the existence of such a thing. Whether or not he believes the Dark Lord used such a device, or more than one, only he knows that." "But if he did suspect, why not do anything to try and find them?" Ginny asked. "He's had fifteen years since Voldemort was defeated the first time. What's he been doing?" "Sitting on his arse and waiting for me to take care of the problem," Harry muttered. Ginny snorted, while Minerva looked like she wanted to reprimand her charge, but couldn't quite manage. "Sounds about accurate," Sirius commented. "He probably thinks that since that damn prophecy is about you, he doesn't need to do anything. Or maybe he had some grand scheme, but we derailed it several years ago. Either way, it doesn't really matter. We're not planning on including him in this, so don't worry about it." Minerva agreed, and realizing the time, implored the students to return to their dorms. "It is getting late, and you both ...