"You were already dead and I never even knew about you until a few month's ago" Harry replied with a shrug.
Dorea shook her head and looked at the boy sadly.
"But that doesn't explain why you have to kill him" she pointed out. "It's complicated", Harry responded shooting a glance at the headmaster, indicating he did not want to discuss certain things with him present.
"I'm sorry but we need to understand" Dorea insisted.
Harry nodded.
"Do any of you know Legilimency?" he asked, not being able to think of another way to show them what he wanted to explain.
"I do" Charlus answered.
"I'll drop my Occlumency shields and you can see for yourself why I have to do it, but a lot of my memories are not pleasant" he warned. "I won't stop you going through anything you need to, I just want you to see I'm telling the truth and not trying to swindle you in any way" he finished sincerely.
"You know occlumency?", Charlus asked, clearly surprised. Harry just nodded.
Charlus and Dorea shared a look and the man nodded resolutely.
"Ok" he agreed. "It will put any doubts to rest" he shrugged.
He removed his wand and looked at Harry speculatively.
"Legilimens", he whispered and dove into the boy's mind.
Dumbledore immediately conjured a glass and filled it with the same brown liquid he had drunk earlier. He placed it on the desk in front of Charlus's chair causing Dorea to look at him worriedly.
"I saw some of his memories earlier, I fear your husband will need it when he is done", he explained seriously.
Dorea just raised an eyebrow at the headmaster and waited for her husband to finish. She hated legilimency but understood the necessity of it right now.
Harry watched as his whole life played in front of his eyes in a blur. He did not know how long it lasted but he knew a considerable amount of time had passed when it was finally over, his head pounding under protests of the strain.
Dumbledore and Dorea watched for close to an hour as Charlus and Harry just stared at each other while the man went through the boy's memories at will.
When Charlus had finished he extracted himself from Harry's mind and immediately stood, turned away and walked towards the wall, shaking uncontrollably.
"Charlus?", Dorea called worriedly.
The man just shook his head and turned to face Harry, his eyes full of tears as he just stared at the boy in both horror and utter disbelief. "Charlus what did you see?", Dorea asked. She knew instantly that it must be terrible, her husband was the strongest man she knew, he himself had seen war and he had never been in this state.
"Charlus" She said pleadingly once more. Charlus turned to look at her and swallowed deeply.
"What did you see?" she questioned again. "Things that no one should see, especially not a boy" he answered cryptically. "How the bloody hell are you alive?" he asked Harry weakly. Harry was rubbing his temples in an attempt to alleviate the throbbing in his head.
"I've been lucky" he sighed.
Charlus shook his head.
"That was more than luck", he stated noticing the drink on the desk and downing it in one. "You're a hell of a wizard" he finished, taking a deep breath.
"I just wanted you to see that I'm telling the truth" Harry explained. "It's like I said, I don't want anything from you, I just wanted to meet you and maybe be friends with my Dad" he added sincerely.
"I don't doubt you are telling the truth" Charlus replied in a whisper as he took his seat and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. "But I can't let you fight him, you're just a boy, it shouldn't be your problem" he said firmly.
"You saw for yourself that it is", Harry pointed out.
Charlus just looked at the boy and sighed.
The boy was only sixteen and he had seen more than any man should ever see. He should be worrying about homework and having fun with his friends, not planning on fighting a murdering maniac and all because of something as foolish as a prophecy. Charlus certainly did not hold Divination in high esteem.
He could see that the boy would not be swayed, clearly he was stubborn, very much like his wife.
"You have two years left of school, why don't you finish that and just see how things go", he suggested. "It will at least give you time to prepare", he added.
"That was my plan", Harry returned. "I was going to come back to Hogwarts, that's why I came here today, I didn't mean for any of this", he explained.
"And that is the main problem we have to deal with" Dumbledore cut in. "As you can see the resemblance between young James and Harry is very similar, that is the reason I asked you both here, I mean it is possible that we could use a glamour to hide the similarities" Dumbledore suggested. Charlus shook his head and frowned.
"That is not fair on the boy and all it would take would for him to be stunned and they fail" he pointed out. "He shouldn't have to hide who he is, he's been through enough" he added with a sad sigh.
"We can't say he is an illegitimate child either, he would be persecuted" Dorea cut in.
"Yeah, and so would we", Charlus pointed out.
"I don't want to cause any trouble", Harry piped up, realising the problems he was causing.
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