Harry Black and the Resurrection Game Act I: Chapter 5 | FanFiction AudioBook

Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin

In this episode, Harry Black gathers his trusted allies to reveal long-held secrets regarding Voldemort's Horcruxes and the true nature of h

Key takeaways

• Harry reveals that Voldemort used Horcruxes to achieve a form of immortality and manipulated both Muggle-born and pureblood movements via fake identities like Ryan O'Grady.
• A mysterious, intelligent force Harry calls 'Bob' resides within him, causing Muggles to become violent and even attempt to kill him during a theme park incident.

Main topics

• Voldemort's Horcruxes and secret identities
• The Sowilo rune and Harry's scar

Notable quotes

I am the prince of slytherin.

Conclusion

This episode marks a massive shift from secrecy to open confrontation

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:05) Welcome back to our reading of Harry Black and the Resurrection Game, Act 1, The Games of Summer. Chapter 5. A Series of Tense Conversations. Part 1. The Hogshead Inn, Hogsmeade. Just before noon. The Hogshead Inn had the dubious distinction of being the most disreputable inn in Hogsmeade. The distinction was dubious for two reasons. First, there were only two inns in Hogsmeade. Second, it was the only business in Hogsmeade that was in any sense disreputable, as the rest of the town marketed itself as a bright and friendly tourist trap. that existed primarily to bilk Hogwarts students out of their galleons, with everything from overpriced chocolates to custom-made quills, for those few students who took inordinate pride in the quality of their quills. Few students ever went to the Hogshead. Fewer still ever went back a second time, as the staff and management were aggressively discourteous to all their customers, but especially those who were still students. and yet amazingly the place stayed open year after year despite the sticky floors, the dirty tables and the watered down beer. Even the addition of Argus Filch to the staff wasn't enough to close the place down and he made it a habit to insult and curse at every single customer without exception. it didn't help that most of the few who did come in had attended hogwarts while filch worked there and the irascible old squib seemed to have an eidetic memory when it came to what a particular wizard got detention for thirty years earlier and also what the punishment would have been if filch had gotten his way Speaker 1 (1:47) Back behind the bar, Aberforth shook his head ruefully as Filch loomed over a cowering Mundungus Fletcher and lectured him on how he'd told Dung when he was a third year that he'd never amount to anything. Despite himself, Aberforth smirked, as if Argus Filch had a clue what Mundungus Fletcher actually did for a living. His thoughts on the subject were diverted, however, by the soft whoosh sound from his back office. He sighed in annoyance. "'Argus!' the large man bellowed. "'Take over for me. I need a break.' "'Without even looking back, Aberforth passed through the office door "'and closed and locked it behind him. "'His guest was already inside, waiting for him, "'and sitting in his favourite chair. "'The preening phoenix who had delivered him to this room "'was perched on the back of said chair "'and probably was getting ash all over it. "'You know—' he said contemptuously it's considered rude to apparate into someone's private rooms without permission doubly so i reckon if you're burning your way in with a flaming chicken "'So nice to see you as well, brother,' replied Albus Dumbledore. "'But I thought you would prefer that I not enter through the front door. "'You did tell me once that I was bad for business.' "'Aberforth snorted. "'More importantly, it was you who sent word "'that you wished to see me about a sensitive matter. "'I assumed from the tenor of your message "'that you would appreciate my discretion "'rather than take umbrage for it. The other man sighed loudly and dropped down into the chair opposite. I want you to rehire Argus Filch as your caretaker, Aberforth said without preamble. Albus crooked an eyebrow in surprise. Is his work not up to your standards? he asked with twinkling eyes. Aberforth fought down the instinct to growl at his older brother. One would think that a man who spent decades cleaning a whole bloody castle could at least mop a floor, but apparently not. The bar is actually dirtier than when I hired him, but more than that... The wizard trailed off. I don't think working here is good for his health, he finally said. I'm pretty sure he's sneaking liquor when I'm not watching. Also, the work is a lot more physical than what he's used to at the castle, where house elves did nearly everything for him. He's an old man, you know. As are you and I, Aberforth, Albus replied. You and I are wizards, Albus, and powerful ones at that. The younger brother answered before his expression turned sour. No matter how much mileage you get out of jokes about my lack of skill and all those tasteless insinuations about bloody goats. He shook his head before continuing. Our magic sustains us, like it does all powerful wizards who don't ruin their health with the wrong kind of spells. Argus is... Condition doesn't allow him that luxury, and I don't want him keeling over dead from lifting something too heavy or just drinking himself to death, or worse, just wandering off somewhere. And on top of that, I've got business that needs tending away from the hog's head. I don't want him left alone here. Yes, I'd heard rumours about your new business opportunity. My congratulations, if that's an appropriate response. Damn it, Albus, just leave my... business affairs out of it and then everforth gave his brother a surprisingly malicious look anyway i'm sure you wouldn't want to bear the guilt of being in any way responsible for filch's untimely demise now would you With that, Aberforth turned his head towards the painting on the wall, the one that depicted their sister Ariana. She favoured both brothers with a sad yet dreamy expression. Albus sighed loudly. There is, of course, no guarantee that Argus will even want to return to the school. Aberforth shrugged. We both know he's only got two options, here and Hogwarts. If his pride won't let him ask for his old job back... Perhaps you should take the opportunity to practice a skill that you seldom get to use, a sincere apology. I mean, you did leave the poor man's cat paralysed and sitting on a shelf collecting dust for months. It was an honest... Albus paused and shook his head. Fine, I will speak to Argus with appropriate humility and let him know that Hogwarts cannot possibly survive without him. abberforth nodded and started to rise when albus interrupted him but in exchange perhaps i might prevail upon you to do something for me as well the younger dumbledore glowered and sat back down what he asked irritably from a pocket the headmaster produced a stack of notes bound in twine which he handed over As we've discussed before, Voldemort has been making use of a clever modification of the Fidelius charm. It is imperative that we learn the limits of his innovation, and quickly. And I imagine if there's anyone in Britain who might know how to break a Fidelius, or at least work around it, it's you. "'Aberforth reached over and took the notes. "'And what makes you think I know more about the Fidelius than you, Albus?' "'Albus smiled sadly. "'Well, for a start, I'm not the one who ensured that, outside of ourselves, "'no one in Wizarding Britain has any idea "'that Aberforth Dumbledore and Albus Dumbledore are brothers.' "'Potter Manor. Later that afternoon, With some difficulty, Harry crawled out of the back of Bobby Latimer's mother's Ford Fiesta before stretching his back until he heard it pop. That morning, he'd decided to ride back from Paris to London with Sirius. Ostensibly, that was so Godfather and Godson could have some bonding time separate from everyone else, and Harry enjoyed his time on the road spent getting to know Sirius better and sharing those parts of his life that he could safely reveal to the Gryffindor. That said, the real reason for his change of travel plans, which he did not share with Sirius, was that in light of what happened at Euro Disney, Harry had no intentions of getting back on a jet plane with a muggle pilot ever again. Bob the Evil Scar had been quiet since the incident that had nearly seen Harry strangled by a Disney Park employee and then run over by a roller coaster, but there was no guarantee it would remain that way. and Harry wasn't about to give it another opportunity to turn any nearby muggles into potential assassins, least of all a muggle pilot who could kill him and his friends with ease by crashing the plane before anyone could react. Of course, the fact that he'd travelled by car meant that he was the last of his friends to arrive at his home. After dropping off Regulus in his Archie Goodwin identity, Theo and Neville, in London at Heathrow Airport, the Finch Fletchleys continued on to their home in Scotland. Archie then side-apparated his two young charges back to the manor, where Amy and Lady Augusta were waiting. Later, after Harry and Sirius finally arrived, all seven of them sat down for a welcome home feast presented by Buttercup. Afterwards, Harry and his family and guests retired to the Manor's Great Hall, where the flu was located. Just before eight o'clock, the rest of Harry's guests arrived by flu, Severus Snape, Andromeda and Ted Tonks, and, in a surprise to some people, Hermione Granger. As Dobby served drinks to everyone, Harry took his place in front of the fireplace and steeled himself. Present in the room was everyone he no longer wished to have any secrets from, except, of course, for those secrets that he couldn't share. But first, he had an apology to make. Before we begin, I hate to do this because I trust everyone here, and I don't want any of you to think otherwise. But I know things. Some of those things I've shared with some of you. Other things I've shared with others of you. but they're all incredibly important things to know, and I want all the people I trust completely to be on the same page. I know that goes against everything Slytherins are supposed to stand for, but I recently had a reminder that secrets can sometimes get people killed. The things I want to share, I think they're going to be very important later, both for all of us and maybe the whole world. But in order to preserve the safety of everyone in this room, and likely the safety of a lot of people not in this room, I will need everyone to take a fairly stringent oath of secrecy. It's not quite an unbreakable vow, I can't ask that of you, but definitely the strongest oath of secrecy available that won't flat out kill you if you breach it. The Slytherin was relieved when no one objected, and at his request Regulus swore everyone to an oath not to reveal anything discussed in this room during this present meeting without the express consent of Harry Black. According to Regulus, he'd found the oath in one of the books in the Prince's lair that Harry hadn't gotten to yet. It was a simple but powerful oath, and its effects were similar to the non-consensual oath that protected the secrets of the prince's lair and the even prince's very existence. Although Regulus and Lucius had both limited their own coteries to Slytherins, past princes had used this oath to bind non-Slytherins into their inner circles, though they still couldn't bring such outsiders into the lair itself. In fact, in terms of potency, the oath was very close to the one that he and Sirius had both sworn to Arcturus Black as children before being told about the Anathema Codex, which was important, since magic from the Codex was on the agenda for discussion. Harry took a deep breath before diving in. Okay, let's start with the basics. I was born on July 31st, 1980, as one of the twin sons of Lily and James Potter. "'At some point before our birth, a prophecy was made. "'At that, Snape stiffened in his chair, but Harry continued. I can't relate any details about this prophecy except to say that Voldemort became aware of part of it, and based on what he'd heard, he concluded that either I or Jim Potter could be a threat to him, or possibly Neville, but I reckon he decided it would be more efficient to hit the Potters first and kill two baby birds with one stone. The Potters were protected under a Fidelius. But by that point, Peter Pettigrew was already a death-eater, and he tricked James and Sirius here into making him the Potter secret keeper. And then Pettigrew promptly told the secret to Voldemort. Sirius looked away despite himself. Andy reached over and patted him on the knee. Voldemort attacked the Potters at Godric's Hollow on Halloween of 1981. He stunned James and Lily, and then tried to use the killing curse on Jim. Most likely, I would have been next. But something went wrong, some weird anomaly affecting Jim that caused the curse to backfire and destroy Voldemort. It didn't kill Voldemort, though, because he used dark magic called Horcruxes to give himself a form of immortality. A Horcrux is a magical object of some kind into which a fragment of a person's soul has been entrapped. It prevents the person from passing over after death and allows them to function as a very powerful ghost with the added possibility of resurrecting the person if the right rituals are performed. Speaker 1 (13:21) Hermione's eyes widened in surprise. She was the only one who he'd never discussed horcruxes with at all. And while the Azkabal was aware that there were actual rituals which would need to be performed before Voldemort could be fully resurrected, they weren't sure what magic was required. The black copy of the Anathema Codex was locked up in Chevenois, the ancestral home of House Black. The Wilkes copy was missing, and the Longbottom copy was inaccessible until Neville became Lord Conditional after turning 15. We have so far destroyed three of his known Horcruxes, Harry continued. The diary of Tom Riddle that possessed Ron Weasley during my second year, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, and Salazar Slytherin's locket. But we don't know how many Horcruxes he has total, and don't know where the remaining ones are. Harry paused to prepare himself. All of you know most of that, although the Horcruxes are new to you, Hermione, but there are things most of you don't know. Things about Voldemort, and things about me. First things first. Everyone knows that Voldemort was the leader of the Death Eaters, and his plan was to use them to take over Wizarding Britain to further the cause of pureblood supremacy. Except, that's a lie. Most of those listening to Harry's speech were surprised by that claim, but not Amy and Theo, who were both on hand when he first revealed Voldemort's link with Ryan O'Grady. Lord Voldemort was