The Dragon's Kitten

34 - The End

~*~*Harry's POV*~*~

*~*~10 Months Later~*~*

I was so exhausted mostly mentally and not so much physically. Running and hiding and searching for all of Tom's horcruxes was a lot harder than I imagined. Sure two of them were in Dumbledore's possession, but one was a complete fake. Unfortunately I couldn't do much with trying to fix the journal because I had already destroyed it.

I had expected the ring to be an easy one but it was probably the hardest one of all. The locket was the second hardest to figure out. I eventually figured out that the smaller the piece of his soul was the easier it was to "fix". The hardest horcrux to get to was the last one since I only found out about Nagini last week.

The biggest issue I had was going after it since Tom was basically living in Malfoy Manor. I knew Severus couldn't help me with this one either and even though school had started again I didn't want to accidentally run into Draco's parents. I was quite literally camped a few yards outside the place.

I tried thinking about ways to get inside without being noticed. Or even a way to get Nagini outside. I didn't want to give up on my mission just yet but I was beginning to think that I might not have a choice. Besides, I was also drawing a lot of attention to myself because I wasn't alone anymore.

I sighed and packed up my things. "Guess I'm going back."

I was honestly kind of glad that I ended up outside of Malfoy Manor. Making it back to platform 9¾ was actually really easy and it was a lot easier making it back to my aunt and uncle's house. I needed my broom and some other stuff so I snuck in while they were away. It kind of looked like they were moving.

"Harry?"

"Oh hi aunt Petunia." I jumped slightly.

"Yes. A fresh start now that you're basically finishing at Hogwarts." She shrugged. "What are you doing here?"

*Just getting my stuff for Hogwarts." I shrugged back.

She raised an eyebrow. "And who is that?"

I looked where she was pointing. "Ammm that's Scorpious."

"Why is there a baby with you Harry?" She squinted her eyes.

"Because he's my baby." I shrugged.

Her eyes grew and she moved her mouth like she wanted to say something. I honestly found it kind of comical but I was also glad that she wasn't screaming. I didn't need Scorpious to wake up anytime soon. I was still trying to figure out what to do with him. I wasn't sure how Molly would feel about looking after him for a while. I wasn't looking for anything permanent.

Petunia scoffed and left. I picked up Scorpious after shrinking my baggage and other stuff and left. Molly had pretty much the same shocked expression when I showed up on her doorstep with Scorpious. It took a while but she eventually agreed to take care of him for me. With that I finally returned to Hogwarts.

*~*~*~*~*

I hadn't spoken to Draco mainly because that annoying spell was still stopping me from going into the Slytherin dorm. He wasn't even coming out of there either. Even though it had only been a week I was basically camping outside of the Slytherin dorm with my invisibility cloak.

After Dumbledore was found dead McGonagall had been given the principal role after Severus turned it down. I honestly expected him to be punished for not taking the role but from what I've heard Tom has actually been changing. I felt bad for basically destroying half his soul but at that point in time I didn't know better.