[HP] The lesser of two evils #13

Chapter #13: Truth revealed.

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“I can’t believe it!” “Oh my god!” “He’s a hero!” A bunch of people were crowded in some busy part of London.

And the reason why there was a commotion was quite simple, it was due to a gross scene, a dark-haired man with emerald eyes who was only wearing a black cloak was lying on the floor, apparently lifeless, or at least he should be dead considering there were lots of bullet holes in his body and a pool of blood under him.

“Okay people, move on, this is a crime scene investigation!” A police officer appeared and tried to get the people out of there alongside his colleagues, the last thing they wanted was to encourage sick people to continue staring.

But that was practically an impossible task as the crowd was too big and the officers feared they could get overpowered.

“What happened?” One person asked as the police continued pushing them away from the scene.

“There was a bank robbery, but this man tried to stop the culprits, however, even though there was a rain of bullets against him, he managed to gain some time for the police to arrive and arrest the culprits!” An old lady who witnessed everything said with a shocked tone.

“What? Did he give his life just for that? I don't think it was worth it,” another person said after hearing the old lady’s story.

“Yes I know, I thought there were no longer brave men, but this man gave me the chance to witness it after so many years since the way!” The old lady said before the police approached her to question her.

Parallel to what was happening in London, there was a commotion in the wizarding world, to be more precise at the Potter’s residency…

All the guests that attended Lily Potter’s birthday were in the living room, at first, they thought they had been reunited there because it was time for lunch, but Nymphadora Tonks, the person who gathered all of them had a serious expression all over her face which made her parents and the people who knew her feel a little worried.

“Nymphadora, please calm down and breathe, and then please tell us what's going on,” Nymphadora’s mother said with a stern expression.

The older woman was expecting to get yelled at for calling her daughter by her name but surprisingly, the metamorph didn’t say anything which then confirmed to Andromeda that this was truly a serious situation.

“We all need to get out of here, something horrible happened…Harry’s magic took over him once again!” Nymphadora said with a worried tone, she came to that conclusion after what she went through.

This caused everyone to gasp, this was too unexpected and Harry’s family started to wonder about what triggered him to act like that.

“But that’s not the worst thing, his magic or a demon, or something I don’t know took control over his body, and then he called for the dark mark!” Now the fear took over the guests’ bodies.

Suddenly panic started to overcome the weak wizards and witches who attended the party, and the guests suddenly looked outside and their eyes widened after they saw the dark mark in the sky, that thing was able to bring very bad memories to them, still, for some reason, the death eaters hadn’t appeared yet but the paranoia and fear were starting to get the worst out of the people who went through the worst before Voldemort's downfall, seeing the chaos and mess that was happening there made James feel the need to act like a leader.

“Calm down everyone!“ James said in a calm but stern tone and everyone got silent.

This man may look like the calmest and chilliest guy out there, but he’s an Auror, a very good one, someone who has been in the force for more than twenty years, which was impressive in a career where people don’t last too long either because they quit or mostly because they die fast, of course, he’s someone people should trust and be afraid in the case of enemies.

“This is what we’re going to do, first of all, it doesn’t matter if you are or you aren’t part of the order of the phoenix, you need to get out of here as soon as possible, don’t worry about it, we’re not going to resent you or hate you, it’s fine you put yourselves and your family first,” James said in a calm and caring tone.

Many men felt frustrated and their wives too as they were part of the order of the phoenix, but they had kids and they didn’t want to put them in danger or worst, die recklessly because they knew that if they stayed here, instead of being helpful they were going to be a baggage, so, it didn’t take too long for a lot of the guests and their kids to leave the place.

The Potters said their goodbyes and tried to make sure their friends wouldn’t feel guilty for putting their loved ones as a priority, Henry had to say goodbye to his friends and girlfriend too, and now that there were fewer people, it was time for James to say the next thing.

“Okay, now that there are only the strong order members here, you have two options, just like the previous guests, you’re all free to go if you want to, I wish you would do that, it’s a priority for you guys to survive and keep our organization alive in case things get worse, I was afraid this was going to happen eventually, but don't worry, we have a protocol for cases like this,” James said with a serious tone.

“You’re crazy if you think I’m leaving!” Sirius said with a confident tone.

“Yes, I know that the werewolf who turned me into this is still in Voldemort’s ranks, so, maybe this is my chance to encounter him and get my revenge,” Remus said in a serious tone.

“Ted and I will stay too, right dear?” Asked Andromeda and her husband smirked.

“Of course, I know nothing is going to stop you from staying here dear and if something happens to you I’d rather die first before that happens, you can count on us,” Ted agreed with his wife.

“I’ll stay and fight but there’s a question I’ve been yearning to ask for some time…Where’s Harry Potter?” Fleur Delacour, the French witch asked without thinking twice, and then, everyone looked at Nymphadora.

“Well, not that there are only trustable people here, and considering everyone here knows about Horcruxes…” Everyone gasped. “There’s something all of you need to know and before you question me, I want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the last thing Harry told me to tell you,” the purple-haired witch said with a serious expression adorning her face.

All the people nodded as they were expectant about what Harry said, but most importantly, all of them were completely worried about his whereabouts, they needed to be sure he was going to be fine.

“He told me that the death eaters are going to come looking for the Horcrux that’s inside him, it seems like there was another one of Voldemort’s horcruxes that we weren’t aware of…” Tonks finished.

All the people in the room gasped and their eyes got completely wide as they heard that confession, this didn’t make sense for Henry as he alongside Dumbledore destroyed all the Horcruxes, so, hearing his brother was a Horcrux didn’t make sense, and all the guests were about to bash Nymphadora for saying something so awful, but then, someone appeared in the house.

“So, I was right in the end,” it was a calm and caring voice that belonged to an old man.

“Dumbledore!” All of the order members said at the same time and he just had a weak smile as he walked patiently, it was time for explanations, or that’s what they thought when suddenly a blast destroyed the house.

Meanwhile back to the crime scene…

“Well this sucks, yes, we have a hero but we also have a problem on our hands, this man doesn’t have an ID,” one of the officers said before sighing.

“Shit…I hate when my corpses do that!” Another one joked and a lot of the officers laughed.

Maybe they were cruel or maybe this was their way to cope with the gruesome scene in front of them, after all, no one wants to believe there are good people out there making sacrifices because if you think too much about them you will feel bad and it will affect your life which is the worst thing it could happen to a police officer.

What these people don’t know is that the person lying on the ground was someone very important in a different place, he was a wizard and his name was Harry Potter, the one who truly destroyed Voldemort was lying there completely dead…

“Shit…It didn’t work,” Harry Potter thought to himself.

…Or maybe not as he was still conscious despite receiving all those bullets. Harry Potter made a decision the moment he left his home and Nymphadora, he knew there was no way for him to destroy the Horcrux on his own, so, he thought that by getting killed he and the Horcrux would disappear forever.

And he thought a rain of bullets would have been enough to kill him, after all, there were many registries of wizards and witches dying from loose bullets during World War Two, even magical people are unable to be faster than a bullet, and yet, even after that rain of bullets, Harry’s body was healing at an incredible speed.