CONSEQUENCE The boy who survived

Chapter 36 - Why did he do this?

"Don't change the topic Mr Potter, you murdered those people"

"Quite brutally" Kingsley added

"I wasn't that brutal" Harry argued

"They have holes in their throats" Tonks reminded him "you stabbed one man in the mouth"

"One of them has a hole in his forehead" Moody added

"You hit one of them in the neck with a cutting curse" Kingsley added

"Okay, okay" Harry cut them off before they could continue "I was fairly brutal, but in my defence, they were death eaters."

"You believe that gives you the right to kill?" Dumbledore asked "If they were death eaters then you should have reported them and..."

"Good Merlin, you're getting boring" Harry sighed

"Mr Potter, I am the head of this organisation and..."

"And you think you're the boss of me?" Harry raised an eyebrow "No, you're not. Let me tell you the pecking order Dumbledore. It goes you, the dirt, the worms inside of the dirt, the rest of these guys, my shit after curry night, Padfoot and Moony, my parents, then me."

"That's as maybe but you didn't have to kill those death eaters, you could have reported them"

"Did you want me to do that before or after they handed Aunt Bella over to Voldemort?" Harry interrupted

"Aunt Bella?" Remus raised an eyebrow

"She insisted I call her that" Harry smiled

"Where is she?" Dumbledore asked

"I don't know"

"Mr Potter"

"I really don't know" Harry smiled widely "Fidelius charm, I don't know where she is and I can't say because I'm not the secret keeper"

"Who placed the charm?"

"Me" Harry answered

"Wow, that's really advanced" Remus commented

"Moony, I just took out a massive group of aurors on my own. I think I'm a little past advanced"

"True" Remus grinned

"Why did you do this?" Dumbledore asked "Why save Bellatrix? Why kill those people?"

"I'd like to know that too" Moody said "you've left clues, those spikes that you put in the bodies, they were the same ones you used in that graveyard. The ministry will be able to work out it's you"

"The ministry?" Harry gasped with fake fear before letting out a small laugh, knowing he looked quite crazy "Good. If they take too long to figure it out then why don't you help them out? I'd prefer it if they get a move on"

"You want them to arrest you?" Dumbledore couldn't believe the words coming from Harry's mouth

"No, I don't want to get arrested. Well...I might in the future but not now." Harry shrugged "As of the moment, I don't have a plan that fits with me being in prison"