Chapter 121: The Story Clarified
As soon as she released him, Azrael patted Dobby on the shoulder and said "Look after them for me."
"It would be my pleasure."
Azrael waved his hand and Tom's body floated in to the air. In the next moment, both vanished from sight.
Harry put his arm around her and she said "You wanna hurry this up. You're cutting into my snog time."
"Yes dear."
He took her hand and dragged her to the head table. He reached into his pocket and pulled out two pieces of parchment and handed them to Minerva. "Those are mine and my fiancé's resignations as students of Hogwarts."
"But you're a Founder's heir. You belong here."
"Yes, I should be here but I refuse to subject either of us to the substandard education taught here and you will not be able to use my attendance here to make yourselves look better. If that were not enough, we just find most of you distasteful and want nothing to do with the lot of you."
Daphne stepped up behind them and there were six more letters lying on top of theirs. Minerva looked up and saw that Daphne, Astoria, Tracy, Lilith, Luna, and Cho were standing behind Harry and Megan.
Harry turned and kissed Daphne's cheek. "It seems as if some of the Ancient and Noble Houses agree with me. Are you sure sister?"
Daphne replied "Yes, as you suggested, we did some research and found the curriculum to be rather lacking in substance. It seems to have been in decline ever since Dumbledore took over as Headmaster."
Harry chuckled "That sounds about right. He wouldn't want anyone to seem smarter or more powerful then he was. He would want to establish the myth surrounding him by casting 'lost' magic that was really only stuff he didn't want taught anymore. I think we will get a much better education no matter where we go."
Luna said "I vote for Area 51."
Harry smiled and said "I told you it didn't exist."
"Neither does the Stargate but yet you walked through one."
Minerva desperately said "But your parents would have wanted you to attend Hogwarts."
Harry laughed "No, my parents wanted me to get a real education and told me to get the hell out of here as fast as I could. In fact, they told me to get as far away from the manipulator and the oath breaker as possible. You know, when mum gets done with you, I doubt they'll be enough left of you to burn in the fiery pits of hell. By the way, I posted a letter to your daughter this morning explaining everything. I'm sure you will have fun explaining to her your reasoning behind what you did to the child of the girl she thought of as her little sister."
As they were walking out of the hall, Harry stopped and yelled "Hey Cedric, you coming or what?"
Everyone looked up and saw Cedric step out of the shadows with a man beside him. As soon as they met up, Harry held out his hand and said "Harry Peverell."
"Barry Timmons"
"Well did you get all that?"
"Yes Lord Peverell, I want to thank you for the opportunity."
"Thank Cedric; he thought it would be best to have someone on the outside who could tell the story before everyone in the hall forgot about it by morning."
"Would you clarify something for me?"
"Of course"
"Just to be sure I have it right, you're saying that you as the heir of two Founder's of this once illustrious school is rejecting his heritage and refusing to attend because of the poor standards of education that are taught here."
"No Sir, I don't reject my heritage but I do refuse to attend a third rate school with students who have no integrity. In my whole time here the headmaster has been more concerned with things like the Wizengamot, giving second chances to death eaters, and trying to control me rather than focusing on turning out exceptional wizards and witches. As long as he is headmaster and the current staff remains, Megan and I will not return and if things don't change, I doubt you will see any of our children attend here either."
When Harry got to Dobby, he held out his hand and took Dumbledore's replacement wand from him. With a smirk, he snapped it and threw it on the floor. "That should give everyone enough time to get away before he comes up with another."
The older family members were moving to join up with the kids and when they met, Reggie loudly asked "I thought your plan was to just deal with one dark lord tonight. Why'd you go for both?"
Harry laughed "Dobby suckered me into a bet and there was no way I was going to let him win this time."
"What was the bet?"
"Well, if I lost, I was going to have to polyjuice myself as Ron Weasley and have to go to the Headmaster's office naked. I'd be willing to bet it wouldn't be the first time that happened but I don't want to be the one to find out what they do behind closed doors."