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A/N: Here is the conclusion to Dumbledore's confession. It will also foreshadow what the upcoming chapters could hold. After this chapter, I will be working on Two are better than one. Once chapter four of that story is up then I will start on chapter 34 of this one. These are the only two Harry Potter stories I am working on at the minute. Anyone who has my king of Dementor's work stored on their hard drive, please email me the file.

Three Broomsticks

The old headmaster looked around at the disappointed faces. He knew this was a huge gamble but the boy needed allies, pushing them away from himself, would hopefully drive many in this room to support and help Harry get rid of Tom finally. He was paying particular attention to Kingsley who was busy scribbling away, however, what he was about to show them from this point on was much worse. Then he had shown them before.

"With Peter now running back to Tom, it was only a matter of time before the inevitable happened. And it did on the evening of the 31st October 1981 Tom discovered the location of the Potters and decided to attack. As I predicted he chose the Potter's instead of the Longbottoms. However, Tom doesn't like loose ends and sent several of his followers to kill Frank and Alice along with their child. This memory is from when I reached the Potters after my monitoring ward had been triggered.

Memory four

Albus appeared on the tail of his familiar Fawkes, The cottage was a mess. A large hole was in the top right of the home, Albus summarised some form of magical backlash no doubt. He pushed open the door which was now barely hanging off its hinges and stepped inside. He used his wand to look around the immediate area and noticed spell scorch marks all over the wall.

From the patterns, it was clear James hadn't gone down without a fight. The old man would expect nothing less from one of their finest Aurors and duellists in the Order. However, he now was just one of the many victims killed by Tom. The young man's body laid sprawled at the bottom of the stairs. There was little he could do except kneel and closed the young man's eyes. I sensation of guilt crawled across the old man's chest. This was his fault, however, sacrifices had to be made for the Greater Good.

As Albus climbed the stairs he could hear the faint sound of crying, a child. The old man's face showed a small grin, the boy had survived just as he had hoped. He knew the authorities would be here soon. He needed to grab the child and leave. As Albus pushed open the door of the nursery he could now see the huge hole that had been made in the side of the cottage, Lily laid lifeless on the floor her hand still gripping on to the child's cot. Over to the corner of the room, Albus saw the smoking pile of black robes, Tom's magical signature was all over them. But there wasn't a body.

Albus ignored them for now. And made his way to the cot. He looked down on the face of the crying child. The child of destiny marked by the sickly wound that was now on the small child's head. Dumbledore lifted the child out of the cot, he needed to take the child to Poppy for a check-up. Just as he was about to leave the room with little Harry. he was stopped by Sirius Black.

"Albus hand Harry over to me, please."

Albus sighed why couldn't people stop interfering. "Sirius, I can't do that. Harry is still in danger I need to get him to Hogwarts immediately. Please step aside." Unfortunately, Sirius didn't move.

"Enough games Albus! Thanks to your incompetence James and Lily are dead! and now Harry will grow up not knowing his parents. All because of you, telling them they would be safe here instead of Potter Manor. I won't let you ruin Harry's life like you ruined James and Lily's. Now hand him over. I will take him to Black Manor."

Albus allowed his wand to slip into his hand, with speed of a man three-time younger than him, he fired off the confundus Charm before Black could raise a defense, He allowed the spell to take effect.

"Sirius I've just seen Peter trying to make a run for it. Chase after him."

Sirius transformed into his Grim and left the nursery leaving Albus and Harry alone once more. Not wanting to be disturbed by anyone else "Fawkes!" The red and gold Pheonix appeared in a flash of flames. Fawkes could sense what his master had done, he just hoped the old man would turn away from the path he was heading down. Albus grabbed the foot with one hand and cradle baby Harry in the other."

The memory once again faded from the pensive.

"So Albus not only did you cast a spell on Lord and Lady Potter but also Lord Black as well!" Kingsley was disgusted like many of the others around the room.

Molly looked almost in tears. "All these years I have trusted you, Albus. Was everything you told us a lie? The Albus I knew would never do something so underhanded like that. Poor Sirius all the man wanted to do was take care of his Godson. And because of you, he couldn't even do that. No wonder Sirius didn't like you much. You have done everything you can to keep family from that boy." The witch had trusted the man for years, she felt so betrayed. She assumed she would be supporting the light, but it seems she too had been following another Dark Lord."

Albus was feeling tired he could understand Molly's feelings, however, what he did was for the Greater Good He was thinking of thousands not few. The old man felt his strength whining this was taking a lot out of him. He needed to continue. "After that Harry and I arrived at Hogwarts in the Hospital wing. Again I did something that I am not proud of. " Dumbledore played the memory.

Memory five

Albus laid the small child on the large bed and then raised the rails to stop the child rolling off the bed. He heard the sound of the Medi witches door open. Poppy Pomfrey came marching out of her room. "Headmaster, what is the meaning of this, Oh my good heavens" Dumbledore shifted out of the way as Poppy began to check over young Harry.

"The boy was hit in the head with the killing curse Poppy, however as you can see he survived."

Poppy knew who the child was, after all, she had delivered him. Lily had requested her personally and she had been more than happy to oblige. Poppy wand slowly moved up and down Harry until it reached the wound on his forehead. "Good lord, his wound Albus is filled with dark magic. This needs removing immediately, no telling what long-lasting effect it could have."

Dumbledore wand once again slipped into his hand, it seems apart from the wound Harry was in good health, however, he couldn't have anyone knowing about what he suspected was inside the wound. "Obliviate" The medi witch froze as the memory charm took effect, Albus then spent the time removing the memory of the dark magic in the wound, and suggestion to clean the wound and leave it at that. Once he was satisfied he watched as Poppy cleaned the wound and closed it up. "Poppy keep an eye on young Harry I need to take care of a few things."

The room gasped in horror, "Good God Albus is there anything you won't do for your so Greater bloody good!" Alastor wasn't amused. "Anyway, I think it is time you tell us exactly what that scar is the boy has. It seems you went to extreme measures to keep it a secret."

Albus sighed once more. "You are correct of course Alastor, harry's scar is important, however, more on that soon I assure you. The reason I had left Harry in Poppy's care was that I had just been alerted to someone coming onto the school grounds. That person was Professor Snape, he wanted to see me on an urgent matter, and so we went up to my office. This memory is from that conversation." Albus touched his wand to the rune once more.

Memory six

Albus was sitting behind his desk looking over his half-moon spectacle at the man in front of him. The man was a former student of Hogwarts, his name was Severus Snape. The man was a wreck, and wouldn't stop crying. The man had been in love with another man's wife and that woman had been killed tonight. The woman in question was, of course, Lily Potter.

"So Severus it was you that heard the first lines of the prophecy at the Hogs Head. You had been asked by Voldemort to follow me. in case I was meeting the Order."

The man just nodded his head. "before I could hear everything I was removed by your brother. The Dark Lord then had me tell him everything I had heard. So I told him how the meeting had nothing to do with the Order, but you were interviewing a new professor. Seeing there was no information of value at the time I was about to leave until I heard the woman speak of the downfall of the Dark Lord. He then demanded I tell him everything."

Dumbledore leaned back his throne-like chair. "I see but you only heard the first two lines. You only heard when the child was likely to be born. So what made you suspect the child in question was the Potter boy?"

Snape didn't look at the headmaster. "I remembered the prophecy and around the time the child was about to be born. there were two boys born on that day the Scion of the Longbottoms and the Scion of the Potters. Believe me, I had hoped that the Longbottoms were the chosen family, however, I wasn't the only one listening out for births at the end of July. The Dark Lord had placed a spy at St Mungo who would relay to him what births took place in the last few days of July. Only two children were born both boys. With this Information, the Dark Lord started to plan."

Albus stroked his beard. "But why did it take him so long to attack both children." Dumbledore knew of course but wanted to make sure everything had gone to plan. he smiled as Severus told him about the Dark Lord's temper in not being able to find the Potter's child. When Severus told him that Peter had offered the Dark Lord information willingly in exchange for a place in his inner circle. Dumbledore smile vanished. It seems he wasted his time even using a spell as the man was already planning to betray the Potter's.

"Once the Dark Lord had the location, I pleaded with him to spare Lily's life. The Dark Lord had decided to attack the Potters personally."

Dumbledore grinned again, yes just as he suspected. another half-blood just like tom himself, however, he frowned as he was beginning to see why Severus was here now. "I see so because Voldemort didn't spare Lily life you want to betray him and spy for me? Or is it because of your guilt knowing you were in part responsible for Lily's death? and now you are trying to atone for that sin. you disgust me!"

Severus fell to his knees. "Please accept my allegiance, I have the intelligence of several high profile raids that are now being planned. Even though the Dark Lord has not returned Lucius Malfoy has taken leadership. He plans to attack the Minister tomorrow. I will also give you the names of all the Dark Lord inner circle. Please protect me and everything I have is yours."

Dumbledore was in deep thought. "Very well Severus I will take you up on this offer, however, you must swear your loyalty to me and do all you can to protect the child of Lily Potter, after all, it in part your actions that the boy now finds himself an Orphan. When the Dark Lord returns you will spy for the order. Swear to me now that you will do all this and I will protect you from the law."

Severus removed his wand and made the oath, as he did the memory faded, leaving not a few disgruntled faces around him.

"So that how the slimy git got off being sent to Azkaban." Alastor just shook his head. "You are well aware of what someone has to do for that Mark Albus? Turning a few Death eaters is nothing compared to what that sick bastard had to do to gain that mark."

Albus quickly intervened. "Sorry, Alastor Severus never killed an innocent to gain his mark. Instead, he killed a muggle his own father who had mistreated him and killed Severus' mother. This was more than enough for Voldemort to mark Severus. Also, Severus rarely went on raids, he was mainly kept on hand due to him being an excellent potion master. I have viewed all of his memories."

Alastor scoffed. "Sorry, Albus that still not a good enough reason, once this meeting is over I am resigning. It's clear now the only one worth following is the young lad. You call him a murderer I say otherwise. All those sick bastards had their chance and now its time to put them down for good."

"I too am resigning, along with the rest of my family Albus. "Arthur Weasley wasn't happy with what he was hearing. This was not how a suppose Light Lord acted. No wonder young Harry didn't trust the old man.

Dumbledore lowered his head. "I knew you would all feel this way, I hope after this you will all seek out Harry, with me nearing my end. He is the only left to take out Voldermort. He is young and still could do with counsel from many of you. But there is more I must tell you. After Harry was cleared by Poppy I had him transported to his muggle relatives and left a note in his basket before ringing the bell. I knew Voldemort was still out there. and the only place Harry was safe was with a blood relative. This was why I went against the Will of James and Lily, to make sure Harry was safe. I never returned back there as I knew Petunia hated magic. however I made sure I had a way to monitor Harry's life signs, should anything unpleasant happen within the home. As Harry grew up I kept my ears open for anything I considered suspicious. It was the year 1991 that a friend of mine contacted me."

Dumbledore took another drink of water. "As many of know, I was very good friends with the Flamels. My good friend Nicholas approached me after someone decided to try to break in and steal his precious stone. When we both checked the magical signature of the spell residue it was that of Voldemort. It became clear that he was looking to use the stone to create himself a body. I already told you I knew Voldermort wasn't dead. And the reason for this was Voldemort had created Horcruxes."

Bill and Fleur stayed quiet, they already knew this. With the help of Harry and Gringotts, they were doing all they can to track down the foul things. Bill noticed Alastor was looking a little green from the revelation.

Dumbledore could see some knew what a Horcrux was and some were looking at him blankly. "For those who do not know what a Horcrux is. A Horcrux is also known as a soul anchor, in which a wizard or witch perform a dark ritual, killing someone in cold blood. Their soul than his torn in two and piece is placed inside a Horcrux. This made the owner of the Horcrux immortal. Even if their body was destroyed a part of their soul still existed on this plain tying them to it. Through my extensive research into Voldermort's past, I came to the conclusion that he had made more than two. In fact, he had created seven, however, there was one that he didn't mean to create. An accidental one. You asked me why Harry's scar was so important, the reason was that scar was the accidental one Voldemort created."

Alastor grunted now it all made sense, why the blasted fool wanted the boy weak. "Let me guess Albus, the reason you did everything to the boy was that in your blindness, the boy had to be sacrificed so that the soul shard hidden behind his scar was destroyed when you forced a confrontation between himself and Voldemort. You by this time would have taken care of all the other Horcruxes so once the boy had died Voldermort would be mortal once more and you could step in and kill him."

Albus lowered his head in disgust how could he rebuke such a claim that 100% accurate. "Yes Alastor I did and that was my great plan until this year. This year because of Harry being granted not only one Lordship but three everything changed. The Death of Sirius changed Harry, and the boy started to choose his own path. A route that I admit I tried to block off, but alas it wasn't to be. Due to a Ritual, Harry had the Goblins perform. He is no longer a Horcrux. Also, it seems the reason the Goblins have now taken sides is that another one of Voldemort's Horcruxes was stashed in one of their vaults. I can only assume that one of the vault sorters were killed when they tried to remove the item from the vault." Dumbledore looked towards Bill hoping he would spread some light on the matter.

Bill could see Dumbledore looking right at him, so everyone else was also looking at him. Bill growled, "You are correct headmaster, a vault sorter was killed accidentally. The vault in question was the Lestrange's vaults and due to Lord Black annulling the marriage of Bellatrix and her husband, then half their vault contents would be transferred back into the Black Vault. During this transfer, the vault sorter touched the item and died. However, your assumption on this being the reason the Goblin chose a side is wrong. At the time Gringott had no idea who the Horcrux belonged too. It was only when Harry completed the ritual and the Goblins compared the two soul fragments that the connection was made. Both belong to the Dark Lord. This is why Gringotts has locked down all vaults of suspected death eaters and executing any who bears his mark. You already know the rest."

Kingsley was speechless he now knew why the Goblins had turned on Voldemort. As Minister, he would need to investigate this further.

Dumbledore reflected on what he had heard, so it was only because Harry had the soul Anchor removed that the Goblins joined the war. "Thank you, Mr. Weasley, for enlightening all of us on those detail. I can tell you in all six of Voldemort soul anchors have been destroyed. those that have been destroyed are. A ring that was cursed. This is one of the Horcruxes I retrieved, it is also the reason I am dying. Then we have Tom Riddles Diary, Voldemort's real name. The Diary was used to open the Chamber of Secrets in Harry's second year. Harry destroyed this by using the fang of a Basilisk. Next was Helga Hufflepuff cup which is the item Gringotts discovered in their vaults, the forth was Rowena lost Diadem, this was destroyed earlier this month when Draco Malfoy happened to come across it in Hogwarts. He destroyed it with the killing curse once it was revealed to him that the man he had been following was nothing but a half-blood. Someone he believed was inferior to him."

"And where is Draco now Headmaster? If he is marked then he should be in a Ministry cell by now. In fact, why am I only learning of this now?" Kingsley's eyes locked with Dumbledores.

Albus dropped his head. " Draco had been given a mission by Voldemort to carry out this year. I knew if Draco was sent to the ministry then Voldemort would learn his plan had failed and we would have lost our advantage. Instead, we decided to sever the boy's arm, and he was going to be hidden by his Godfather Professor Snape. However, Draco never arrived at his location. We suspect that Harry could be behind it."

Kingsley narrowed his eyes. "Why do you suspect the Young Lord Dumbledore?"

Albus groaned. "I decided to inform Harry that another one of Voldemorts soul anchors that been destroyed, however when Harry learned that Draco had taken the mark, and his reason for turning against the Dark Lord. He wanted Draco in a Ministry cell. I pleaded with him. And explained we would lose our advantage so in exchange the boy made us swear an oath not to interfere with him or what he was doing. In return, he wouldn't harm young Draco"

Alastor couldn't hold his laughter in anymore and burst out laughing much the confusion of everyone in the room. "Albus the boy played you like a fiddle, by making you swear an oath you couldn't interfere, the way it was worded allowed the boy not to harm Draco directly, but said nothing about indirectly. oh, the more I hear, the more I love the boy he would make fine Auror or Unspeakable. The great Chess master Albus Dumbledore fooled into promoting one of his pawns into another king. I suspect you might be correct Albus, the boy is responsible but I very much doubt he would kill the little shit. He most likely being held prisoner somewhere until you are dead, and then he will be handed over to the ministry when you can't interfere."

Albus couldn't believe it. Could it be true? Harry had played him for a fool. The old man looked down at his bandaged hand. "Anyway, that was the fourth Horcrux. Then you have a locket which again Harry somehow discovered and destroyed. The sixth of course was the accidental one in Harry's scar. This means one remains. So I ask you to grant this dying man's last wish. Find Harry and join him in taking down Voldemort. You help Harry in any way you can to find this last Horcruxes. I have come to the conclusion that it must be something close to Voldemort. Something he wouldn't let out of his sight."

Kingsley stood from the table. "That is something you will have to leave to Lord-Potter-Black-Slytherin and the rest of us Dumbledore, and I am afraid it pains me to say this, But Albus Dumbledore you are hereby under arrest and charged with the following. Using a Spell to change the free will of two Lords of A most Ancient and Noble House. Going against the will of A most Ancient and Noble House, one charge of illegal obliviation, one charge of falsely imprisoning a Lord of A most Ancient and Noble House. Neglect of a Scion of A Most Ancient and Noble House. That just to start with Dumbledore, I am sure more will be revealed in those other memories, but we will view them at the Ministry. Auror Moody, Auror Tonks please take the accused into custody. Also I Kinglsey Shanklebolt Minister of Magic hereby resigns from the Order of the Phoenix."

The Minister's resignation was soon followed by all other members in the room. When Tonk approached Dumbledore to fasten the cuffs, Moody was still stunned she dared to enervate him in this room. The old wolf would tear Dumbledore to shreds. she was interrupted by Minerva McGonagall.

"Minster is this really necessary, Albus can barely support himself, why not have him confined to the hospital wing at Hogwarts. I am certain he won't object. Besides before this meeting, Dumbledore transferred the headship of Hogwarts to myself. I will also inform of everything. Like, everyone, I am disgusted, but having Albus in a cell would do no one any good. Also, we all know Voldemort fears Albus, if he found out that Albus was now in the ministry, nothing would stop him from storming Hogwarts."

Kinglsey looked over to the old man indeed he was very frail and Minerva did make a good point, about the security of Hogwarts, "Very well Professor, Albus Dumbledore will be confined to the hospital wing at Hogwarts, however, I will have auror's stationed at the school. We will conduct various interviews at Hogwarts. Auror Tonk, Auror Moody you will take first watch."

Both Auror acknowledged and then helped Albus to his feet, however before he was removed from the room he turned his head. "Kingsley it is important that you inform Harry of these latest events. I have something that I must give him if he is to succeed in stopping Voldemort."

Kinglsey nodded. "Very well I will send him a message. "Kingsley shrunk all the vials and pensive and then stored it in a small box, before leaving the room with the rest of the Former Order. If the boy now was the only one who could stop Voldemort then he would have the full support of the Ministry behind him.