Four Fathers

Ch 12: The End

Dumbledore had not been seen since the incident with the newspaper, which was the same night that Draco and Shadow had punished him. They had not told Severus and their Dom's respected their silence telling him he would find out when it was time what had happened.

Dumbledore traveled all over the world trying to find someone that could help him or remove the marks. His magic could not do it. As soon as they saw the marks they refused to help him and sent him on his way. They still shined a bright red three months later. He was going slightly insane without the philosopher's stone. He knew the boy had stolen it before he had left. He just had to figure out how to get it back. He didn't know how much longer he could go through the withdrawals. If only he hadn't killed Nicholas to get the stone he could have made him make another one.

He had traveled to Europe and had run afoul of a Mackled Malaclaw. As soon as he had saw it he had dissaperated, he had no need to be any more unlucky for a week. What he need was a Felix Felises (sp?) potion. What he needed was some good luck. Traveling to Africa had run him afoul of a Nundu and he had run from the leopard before it could get anywhere near him. The withdrawals were slowly killing him he didn't need to be diseased as well.

To say he was frustrated was a vast understatement. He was the great Albus Dumbledore. How dare they turn him away? He had even gone so far to contact a vampire and they had laughed in his face and left him in the middle of nowhere.

It was early April as Headmistress McGonagall ran into Shadow Kuro. There had been many changes since the headmaster had left. Severus was Deputy Headmaster, the Slytherins and Gryffindors had had their classes seperated in both Transfiguration and Potions so that more work could be gone. Punishments were made standard for certain rules broken. If you were caught after hours you had to scrub cauldrons. If you attacked a student in the corridors you had detention with Filch cleaning up the entire castle every night for a week as well in addition to having every single spell you cast on the person cast on you to your punishment no matter the house. They had even gone so far as to get rid of the house points and individualized punishments were set up for disrespect and such.

"Mr. Kuro may I have a moment with you?"

"Of course Headmistress."

She had figured out that as long as they spoke in the hallways he would talk to her alone but if they went to her office then Midnight or Darkness came with him. He had told her that he was in a submissive dominant relationship. She had widened her eyes and he had told her that they weren't going to go having sex in front of people. She had relaxed after that. Of course what he hadn't told her was that they would in private but loopholes were all he could use since he couldn't lie.

"Do you know perhaps where Dumbledore could have gone? I hate to ask you but you were the last one's to see him and I can't keep the Auror's away much longer."

"I have no idea where he could have gone or did go but yes I think we were the last ones to see him."

She sighed. "I had thought so but no one has seen him and many are speculating just why he left. I hadn't thought that he would prove the newspaper right. Albus has more sense than that but I guess I was just hoping."

"I'm sorry I can't be of more help."

"Oh don't worry about it, I'm just rambling and your one of the few students that will listen to their teacher's ramble and actually listen and try to help. Go on dear to your next class. Sorry to have kept you."

He gave her a smile and then went to Draco who was waiting around the corner for him. None of them ever went alone but they had loosened up a bit since Dumbledore left. They knew why he left but they really didn't know where he went, probably searching for a way to remove the marks, though that couldn't be done but oh well. They had finally told Severus and he had been shocked and had ranted for a while but after he had calmed down he had hugged them both and told them not to blame themselves because he had been wanting to do that for years. The parents that had been caught had all been tried and found guilty under Veritaserum and those students had been told they would live at the school over the summer until homes could be found for them or family came forward.

Albus Dumbledore could no longer take the shakes and startled the students when he walked into the Great Hall and collapsed. The Auror's were immediately called and they flooed through and followed Severus.

Three weeks before the end of school Albus Dumbledore was caught and tried using Veritaserum exposing all his crimes to the world. The newspaper had things to write on for the next five or six months. Everything they had known about their leader of the light was a lie. Yes he had killed Grindlewald but that had been after drugging him and binding his magic and casting Imperio on him.

The last day of school at breakfast everyone received a newspaper stating that Albus Dumbledore had been kissed the night before at 8:00 P.M. There were cheers around the hall from everyone but the Slytherins who knew it wouldn't be smart to show how happy they were and from those who had lost their parents. Most of the students hadn't known and were still shocked but some had known and helped their parents. Minerva had not allowed any of the students to be questioned. Once they left it would be up to the families to allow it or not.

The students that had parents till left went. Shadow, Midnight, and Darkness left on the train with Draco so that they could floo to their own home since only Remus was still technically the only one alive. They had all decided that when it was safe they would expose that they were still alive and come out into the world once again. Their second option though was to stay in hiding for the next six years, wait till their children graduated and head out into the world or even to transfer their children and live as a third option. They weren't completely decided yet but truthfully all were opting towards that third option.

The basilisk had been given to Tom to take care of and he did so happily. She was very smart and he respected her. Tom had been pardoned on the expense of Dumbledore. He had been allowed to take Dumbledore's seat and the Wizarding World was coming along great. Creatures had been granted citizenship, rules had been changed, and for the most part everyone was happy.

They had chosen a mixture of their options and had come out and told everyone that they were alive but said that there were too many bad memories and that they would be moving. Sev handed in his resignation and Minerva almost crying trying to beg him to stay. He had told her they may or may not come back for the next year or two but that they needed to be away for a while. He had then handed her a sheet of paper which when she read found out that the Kuro's were his children. He left her standing in the hall gaping like a fish which was unbecoming of a feline like herself.

A/N. The end. I finally gave up with this story. I have the ideas all in my head I just can't seem to get them on paper so to save everyone some sanity this is it. The end.

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