Dumbledore gave Harry a puzzled look but shrugged. He pulled out his wand and he passed it over the parchment. As he did so words formed on the paper.
"Mr. Moony and Mr. Prongs wonders if this is the esteemed Headmaster of Hogwarts trying to find out our secrets?"
"Mr. Padfoot doesn't believe the Mighty One would stoop to this level."
"Mr. Prongs reminds Mr. Padfoot that..."
The words flowed freely until finally they started mentioned various characteristics of Dumbledore that became rather insulting.
Harry's gaze lifted from the map to the Professor. "Uh, sorry sir. I didn't think they would say something like that."
Dumbledore continued to gaze at the parchment. Finally he lifted his gaze back to the room. "How did you know?" he asked quietly. "Very few people have seen those wills."
Harry turned around and looked at his bondmates. He smiled as they all silently agreed he had been correct and it was not a dream. The smile extended further as he really knew he had seen his parents. He finally turned back to Dumbledore. "Sir, just tell me everything you know and then I'll be glad to tell you."
"Very well," Albus replied as his last hope of keeping information secret had faded. "But first may I ask how to unlock this wonderful piece of magic?"
Harry touched his wand to the parchment and said. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good," He then watched as the lines and dots appeared on the parchment.
"Very well done," Dumbledore replied earnestly as he looked over at the two Marauders present. "Very impressive."
Remus and Sirius both couldn't help but feel pleased at the compliment.
Sirius then had a thought. "Oh, Lily's won't be that phrase though. For her will try 'I solemnly swear I will kill the Marauders someday.' "
"Kill the marauders?" Harry asked.
"Yeah well Sirius turned her hair yellow one day and she wasn't very happy about it," Remus explained.
"Well that wasn't as bad as when James..." Sirius stopped when he noticed everyone looking at him. "Maybe that's best for another time."
"Or never if you are referring to that incident shortly after we graduated," Remus replied. He then turned to Dumbledore. "I don't THINK she would have used that one for her will though. Try 'I solemnly swear that I am up to good.' Though she always finished it with 'most of the time'."
Dumbledore looked again at the map and said "As soon as I get a chance, I will evaluate the wills and if your suggestions do work, then I will get them processed," He looked at Harry and Alain. "I have truly been trying to protect your interest in this Harry. If the matter had gone to the courts as they were, with no wills to speak of, it is very likely control of the money would have passed to the Dursleys."
Harry shuddered at the thought of his Aunt and Uncle controlling anything of his parents. "Thank you sir. I appreciate you doing that for me. They would have taken any money and destroyed anything that belonged to my parents."
"Though I would ask why didn't you ask Mr. Lupin to assist in zese matters?" Alain asked.
"Mostly that would have been my fault sir," Remus replied. "When James and Lily died along with Sirius in prison for killing Peter, I just wanted to disappear for a while. As you noticed on my CV I stayed in the muggle world for a couple of years after that."
"And once he had reappeared, the idea that the wills actually meant anything had long disappeared from my thought process," Dumbledore added.
Mr. Delacour nodded. "Very well. Now shall we get back to ze more difficult things you need to tell 'Arry?"
Dumbledore again hesitated and then got up and walked over to his cabinet where he pulled out his pensieve. He then returned and placed it on his desk. "Again I will stress how important it is that the information I am going to give not get back to Voldemort. The link Harry has to Vold..."
"It's gone!" Harry replied irritatedly. "The link no longer exists."
A look of sadness fell over Dumbledore. "I know the bond blocks it Harry, but you really don't understand what..."
"That I was a horcrux?" Harry exclaimed loudly as he stood up and glared at the Dumbledore. "You knew I had a piece of Voldemort's soul in me didn't you? You thought I was going to have to die before Voldemort could be killed."
Remus, Sirius and Alain Delacour were shocked at the words Harry had just said and all were looking at Dumbledore with a mixture of surprise, wonder and anger. Harry's bondmates were all comforting him.
Dumbledore could only ask one word as he stared at Harry. "How?"
"So you don't deny knowing about it? About thinking I had to die?"
"I strongly suspected it," Headmaster finally admitted. "Why do you think it's gone now?"
Harry looked at the pensieve in front of him on the desk. "Tell me the prophecy and I'll tell you how I know. I presume you can get a memory from me?"
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