The darkest light #6

Chapter #6: Questions! Part II.

"This whole world is full of questions"

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The tension in the room was clear, after all, not every day you have to be forced to tell your son why you abandoned him, or at least that's not a usual practice during these days, not even in the wizarding world, however, the Potter family was facing this problem right now, and they had no other choice but to talk about this, they were running out of time and Harry needed to be trained as soon as possible.

Now, he does not know how to use magic as far as his parents know, but they could tell that there’s something inside him, there’s a burning desire that neither Lily nor James could explain but at least it seems like this confirmed their suspicions.

- So… Are you able to tell me why you did that or is like forbidden by law? – Asked Harry getting a little impatient with their lack of explanations.

And it was normal for him to feel like that, after all, his life suddenly gave a 180-degree spin, his life suddenly changed the moment he met his supposed parents, it was so scary how it happened at the same time he was being accused of an awful crime, but if Hermione saw that on the news, there was no way to explain it, well, there was the mind control option but he wasn't sure about that.

- Yes… I was just collecting my thoughts so I could be able to explain in the best way I could – James sighed and Harry nodded – Like we’ve said before, we didn’t plan to fully abandon you, at some point we were going to retrieve you, but things got rough and the war started sooner than we expected, so… As you can see, it wasn’t the right time to go after you – James said with a weak smile.

- Let me explain to you Harry about the wizard that has been terrorizing our world for the last decades – Lily started – Very few people know about his real story or origins, but there’s one certain thing, just like many of the young people that live in this world, he was a student of the most prestigious school in Europe… Hogwarts – Lily started with a nostalgic soft smile as she thought of her days in school.

- But contrary to many of his peers and most young people, he was far into deep involved in magic, he learned as much as he could and that included… The dark side of magic – James said and Harry nodded.

- Using magic is healthy for magical people, it's our way of liberating and cleaning our soul, you can say that it’s like a form of exercise for us, that’s why you will rarely find people that are not thin as using magic is fun and healthy – Lily added and Harry was surprised by that fact, he was jealous because he really suffered in his training as a member of the British special forces, he was jealous.

- But there’s also a certain kind of magic that is like the equivalent of drugs for muggles, this dark magic can corrupt your mind and soul and it only makes you more and more addicted and makes you want to seek more power, that’s why it is forbidden to be taught this kind of magic, however, he as a descendant of one of Hogwarts founders and the one who founded the base for hatred towards muggles, he was able to find a secret chamber and it seems there he found a lot of dark magic books and thanks to those books he discovered the power of death – Harry’s eyes widened after hearing that.

- What do you mean? Don’t tell me that you can overcome death with magic – Harry was getting worried, if that was the case, the enemy was far stronger than he thought.

- This is something we all share, it doesn’t matter if you are a magical person or a muggle… We’re all going to die – James said and the people in the room nodded – However, there’s a certain kind of dark magic that breaks that rule, I’m not going to tell you how to do it, but the act by itself is called… “Soul fragmentation” or as we call it these days… Horrocrux creation – James finished.

And the whole people in the room excepting Harry gasped in horror after hearing that word, and it only increased Harry’s confusion.

- So… Do you break your soul and if you somehow die, only one part of your soul dies? – Asked Harry trying to find logic in this kind of magic.

It surely reminded him of a video game where you have a lot of lives depending on the game we’re talking about or even with money if we’re talking about arcade ones.

- Kinda like that but… What you do is that you place each part of your soul on different objects or even, living creatures... But you don't just resurrect after dying, a ritual needs to be done first – Lily said with a serious expression as she stared directly at Harry’s eyes.

- That sounds painful and hard – Harry said a little nervous, he rarely talked about this even if his job involved a lot of life-or-death situations.

- I can’t answer that because there’s no registry of anyone doing that other than “You know who” – James sighed.

And Harry gulped, they were expecting him (someone who doesn’t know how to use magic) to defeat someone who even if he was killed, that monster can get back to life anyway.

- I know what you’re thinking, but don’t worry… Thankfully Henry… Your brother and Dumbledore were able to destroy four out of his remaining Horcruxes, he used one already to come back to life and the last one is going to be the most difficult – James sighed.

- I can imagine… Do you know what it is? – Asked the green-eyed man getting more and more worried.

- Yes… His pet snake... She’s always everywhere he goes, she never leaves his side – Lily said and the rest of the room remained in silence.

They’ve lost so many friends trying to reach that thing, but it was useless, and even if you were able to get as close as you could to that thing, well, it wasn’t as easy as cursing that thing to kill her, it was practically unkillable.

- Fuck, I don’t think this is a good idea – Harry said with a serious expression – If my brother who has been trained his whole life for this and was killed in the end… There’s no hope for someone like me – Harry tried to be logical even if it disappointed the people who wanted to put a hero role on him.

- No… We’re absolutely certain you’ll defeat him – James said with a serious expression.

- But why? That doesn’t make any—Harry was about to argue, but his mother suddenly interrupted him.

- That’s because it is meant to be like that – The red-head suddenly said in a calm but serious tone and that gained her a look of confusion from Harry – I know this might sound crazy for someone who has been raised as a muggle… But there’s a prophecy – Lily added and this didn’t ease Harry’s worries.

He remained in silence for a few moments as he scratched his chin, he was starting to believe his parents might have been insane, but it made sense for them to act like this, after all, they were desperate.

- No, we’re not going insane, don’t worry – Lily said with a soft smile sensing the way Harry was feeling – I won’t bore you with the whole thing but In resume, the prophecy says that only a baby born around the time when you and your brother were born would be able to match him and in the end destroy him – Lily confessed and Harry was having a hard time believing that.

But then his eyes widened as he remembered the dream he had not so long ago, and suddenly, the scar in the form of a bolt that he had on his forehead started to hurt him and he couldn’t help but fall on the ground.

- Harry! What’s wrong? – Asked the redhead as she tried to help her son back on the couch.

- I… I had a dream not so long ago – He confessed with a trembling voice.

- What happened in that dream? – Asked James a little worried.

- There were three men around my age, but one of them looked exactly like me except for his eyes, there was a redhead and one with very little hair – He confessed and the room completely gasped.

- And what did you see in the dream? – Asked Lily nervously.

And Harry remained in silence for a few moments as he tried to collect his thoughts, and his eyes widened once he realized something.

- The three of them tried to attack an apple tree… That tree had a very disturbing laughter, just like Bellatrix – He confessed and some of the people started to abandon the room – The man who had very little hair exploded… He disintegrated – The gasps continued – The redhead’s face was completely covered with the tree’s leaves – People in the room started sobbing – And then, the tree turned into a vortex and I don’t know what happened after that, but when I looked into the man that looked like me, some images came into my head – Harrys suddenly paused.

He was trying to collect his thoughts and he was trying to deny what he was thinking, he knew that there was more than what that dream was telling him initially.

- Two babies were crying in a room, there was also a cloak with smoke, and there were also two adults lying on the ground, they looked completely lifeless, and from my point of view, I was able to see another baby crying desperately as I fell into the darkness, disappearing forever – He mumbled slowly and there was a silence in the room but he still had something to say – Could... That dream be… Related to my brother’s death? – Asked Harry nervously.

And he didn’t even need to hear the confirmation, just seeing the expressions the people in the room had and the fact that his mother couldn’t hold back her tears anymore was enough for him to know that he was in the right.

- Fuck – He said before he gulped.

- Yes… It's so scary how accurate that dream is... Metaphorically speaking of course - James said sadly – Your brother, well, he had been successful in searching and destroying the Horcruxes but sadly humbleness wasn’t one of his attributes… His arrogance led him to believe that he could defeat the right hand of “you know who”, he and his friends thought it was a good idea to use her to get close to Voldemort’s pet – James confessed – And the second in command, or Bellatrix as you know her, well, she defeated the three of them easily, after all, there was a crimson moon that night, that's the time of the month in which "You know who" and his followers increase their power – Harry nodded at his father’s words.

- It was brutal – Sirius suddenly intervened – Seamus, your brother’s friend who had very little hair… His body exploded, leaving nothing but blood – Sirius sighed – Ron Weasley… The redhead, well, he tried to attack her and she let him get close to her only to decapitate him with her nails, we know that because your brother was able to come here carrying his head – Sirius gulped.

- And my brother? – Harry was more and more curious about what the woman he thought he loved did.

- Your brother had it the worst, she tested him first, in my opinion, she did this to confirm that in fact, your brother represented no danger to her master, so, when she got tired after she humiliated him, she created a vortex and she sent Henry and Ron’s head together, but not before casting a thousand knives into the portal, it seems like she wanted to send a message to us, with the supposed hero dead... Well, it was over – Sirius finished.

- And even if he was still alive when he came here, the only thing he could do was to cry before dying, but thanks to those tears we were able to see the memories of his whole life – Lily said between tears.

- And that’s how we knew that it wasn’t your brother who killed him… It was you – And suddenly the whole room was surprised by the presence of a new person.

It was an old man that surely reminded Harry of those depictions of Merlin in popular culture, the old man stared directly at his eyes with a soft smile on his face, however, the people in the room had mixed reactions.