Daily Prophet: Dec 21 1994

Barty Crouch Jr. was given the Dementors kiss. Harry Potter NOT a Cheat!

As a follow-up to our last article Amelia Bones is no longer the interim Minister but has been officially elected in as the newest Minister of Magic in the Wizarding World of the British Isles. She has appointed Kingsley Shacklebolt as the new head of the Department of Magic Law Enforcement. While many disagree with her new appointment for the head of the DMLE no one can contradict Auror Shacklebot's track record and unbiased view of the law.

After Minister Bones was elected the trial for Bartemius Crouch Jr. occurred. As you remember readers, after the last trial Dumbledore left and captured "Mad Eye Moody" which in fact was a Madman just not Moody, a retired Auror. Under veritaserum Crouch Jr. told the Wizengamot a tragic tale about his father switching Jr. and his mother in his cell in Azkaban using polyjuice potion. It turns out his mother was already dying and this was her last wish of her husband. (For more on the story please read on page 2) After more questions, Barty proceeded to share the plans of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the ritual to bring him back on the summer solstice. The worst part: Barty Crouch Jr. Is responsible for Harry Potter's name being put into the Goblet of Fire. However, he didn't know where Harry was after the first event.

No news still available on where Harry Potter has been since his disappearance after the first competition. Although, recent information states that even though Harry did not place himself in the tournament it is believed that he must still compete or risk his magic and life.

The Wizengamot agreed they could not risk Barty escaping again and sentenced him to the Dementors Kiss. Crouch Jr. also admitted to the murder of his own father (Unforgiveables! Read on page 3). Hopefully the DMLE continues with their tight hold on justice as we move forward.

During breakfast in the Great Hall, many staff and students were opening their newspapers to big news.

Hermione Granger smiled, but not just about Barty Crouch Jr.'s admissions. In just 2 days she would be going home to see her parents. Never had Hermione been so excited about going home. For the first time since the first month of her first year, Hermione Granger was home sick, but more than homesick she also missed her best friend. Ron wasn't completely belligerent towards her anymore, especially after she was the one who captured Pettigrew and proved Sirius' innocence. However, she found that he would only openly talk to her when he wanted help with his homework so while there is no longer bad blood, she wasn't looking to hang out with him again anytime soon.

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Dumbledore was seething as he read his newspaper. He had executed plans over 15 years ago that were now falling apart. He could no longer keep Sirius away from Harry, not legally anyway. He also knew that if he created a big commotion about guardianship of Potter, the public's current sympathy towards Sirius would favor against Dumbledore. Dumbledore decided that he should write a letter to Sirius and keep an eye on him. He assumed the mutt was out looking for his godson, but if Dumbledore couldn't find him, that means he was in the muggle world and no one could find him. Sirius though was always a hiccup in his plans and now could not keep him captive or thrown back in a jail cell. Keep your friends close and enemies closer…right?

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That same morning, Sirius and Harry were having breakfast with Dobby and they smiled and cheered as they read the morning paper. The bender they had after the last big Prophet article was enough to let Harry know he wouldn't be drinking again any time soon. Both woke up with terrible hangovers in the morning and neither one in the right mind to make them a hangover potion. Plus, Harry was really too young to be having hangovers anyway.

After breakfast Sirius and Harry were so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Their appointment with the goblins was at 11 a.m. and saying they were a little nervous would be a large understatement. As the time grew nearer both were so nervous they were shaking and sweating. Finally, Sirius and Harry the headed towards the fireplace and floo'd into the lobby at Gringotts where two goblins were waiting for them. They were escorted into the same office they were in last week although now the room was sparse. There was no desk or statues of any kind in the room. Just opulent gold walls, a rune bowl and a ceremony knife. Dobby had followed Sirius and Harry over from the house in his own way and looked just as nervous. He kept glancing at the goblins around the room to the floor and back again.

Harry finally noticed the floor in the middle of the room. In it was a runic circle surrounding a rose compass that looked like it was carved into the ground in blood. The Goblins then reminded Harry that Sirius could not stay in the room in case of disruption or disturbance to the ritual. Harry looked at Sirius with fear in his eyes and approached his Godfather hesitant to initiate contact. Sirius though understood, stepped forward and fiercely gave Harry a hug holding him tight.

"It's going to be all right Harry, it's going to be alright. I'll see you soon, everything will be fine I'll see you soon." As Sirius pulled back Harry swore he saw tears in his eyes. Sirius was let out of the room by one of Griphook's assistants, turning around and glancing back the entire way. Finally, it was just Dobby, Harry, Griphook, and Bill Weasley in the room.

Griphook looked at Harry and nodded before saying, "We have healers on stand-by in the other room. We will lock the doors to this room as I leave and only the 3 of you will remain. No one can open the doors or disrupt the on-goings in here, the door will only be able to open from the inside. As this has not been done on any living creature before we do not know what to expect however I have every faith in Cursebreaker Weasley, and in your courage. Good luck Mr. Potter." Griphook bowed then left the room as well.

Bill had previously warned Harry of what the ceremony would entail, but that didn't mean he still wasn't a bashful 14 year old kid. His face was blushing red as he was told to remove the simple robe and clothes he was wearing so Bill could write the ruins on his body. Harry tried to stay as still as possible and Bill was the most professional Harry had ever seen him. Bill grabbed the bowl and knife from the ground and made a small cut in Harry's left palm. He then used the back edge of the knife to trace the ruins on Harry's skin with Harry's own blood. Finally, when he was done drawing runes on several body parts -front and back- he told Harry to lie down in the center of the carving on the floor. Bill banished the clothes and bowl, then instructed Dobby to stand at due north of the compass.

"Harry, you're going to feel a lot of pain, and when I pull this horcrux out of your heard I'm sure it's going to fight. It is part of Voldemort's soul remember and may even pull on your magic. Whatever happens, please fight the darkness and pain. The longer you're awake fighting with me, the easier this will be." Harry nodded at Bill, afraid to say any words, his body trembling in fear. "Dobby when the horcrux is pulled out it will try to find the other parts of the soul and try to join another's host. That's where you come in, as quickly as you can follow the pull of the magic to those locations and please pop back. I will hold it as long as I can until you tell me you've seen them all. After that I will stop containing it and will destroy it. Please be quick." Dobby also nodded and was shaking.

Bill took his position outside of the circle. He closed his eyes took a deep breath and squared his shoulders. Finally, he opened his with a look Harry had never seen in Bill before. Before him no longer stood Ron's brother, but Cursebreaker Weasley. Bill raised his wand and started chanting in a language that Harry didn't recognize. It was time.

The first thing Harry noticed was it seemed like a wind had stirred up inside the chamber. Secondly, Harry felt like he was being scratched all over his body. The ruins that Bill drew on him were cutting into his skin, not deeply enough for scaring but enough that Harry felt them all over. The blood from the ruins were now trailing from his body to the ground, and connecting with the carvings in the circle. As blood filled the carvings around him them a soft gold glow occurred and a ring formed around him.

Harry felt the pressure of magic surrounding him and felt like he would suffocate. He closed his eyes to help calm himself, and that's when he first felt it. After years of others staring at it, and headaches in the exact location, Harry knew immediately that his scar was the source of the pain. Instantly, the pain increased 10 fold. He felt like someone had taken a fishing hook, opened his forehead, and was scraping his brain out. He fought against screaming out, and tried to use his magic to help push the horcrux out of him. Harry heard a screech inside his head and felt the mass struggling to remain. As if it had tentacles like the giant squid in the black lake, it tried holding on to Harry's magic and body. Harry distantly heard someone screaming, and for a long time didn't realize it was him. Finally, with what felt like a rubber band snap the pain was over. Harry opened his eyes to see a black mass hovering above his body before he only saw black.

Dobby watched and waited as what looked like black smoke came out of Sir Harry Potter's scar. He was so caught up in his own freight that he jumped when Bill Weasley spoke to him. "GO DOBBY!"

Dobby looked up to see the red head sweating, his eyes still dark with fierce determination, straining to hold his wand on the black mist that now hovered in what looked like a bubble over Harry's body. He reached out with his elven magic and gasped at the dark magic reeking from this thing (though what did he expect when it came from He-Who-Must-Not-Be Named?) Immediately Dobby felt the connection from this horcrux down different channels to the others and followed the tendrils of magic using elfportation. First, he reached a shack with a snake nailed to the door, then he popped back to Gringotts, only to leave immediately again following the next channel. A dark house with an even darker house elf nearby, the come-and-go room and Hogwarts, a snake in a cemetery behind a decrepit mansion, and finally, a few floors down in Gringotts itself. The goblins prevented magic from other magical creatures on the vaults so Dobby could only see the number on the front of it before popping. As he arrived back he looked up and said "I is found them all Mr. Wheezes."

Bill nodded, then said an incantation which caused Fiendfyre to fill the glass ball containing the horcrux. The horcrux tried lashing out but could not break the magic, and quickly died in the black fame. Again, Bill started chanting and the glow around the runic circle grew brighter. Finally, the glow flared up to the ceiling, and just as quickly completely disappeared. The carvings on the floor as well as ruins on Harry were gone as well. Bill looked at the little house elf and simple said, "Open the door", before he too fell into darkness.

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