KRAKOW, POLAND 4 A

KRAKOW, POLAND 4 A.M 1939

The German Luftwaffe soared through the skies secure in their belief of invincibility. As The German bombers navigated through the dark skies with skill they rained down hundreds of bombs down on the city reducing schools, homes and hospitals to rubble. There were more than 200 German aircraft in the air raining death on the poles. The German pilots had nothing to fear with no flak cannons present and the polish air force engaged over the skies of Warsaw.

All of a sudden one of the German planes stopped in mid air as If an invisible fist were holding it in place. Then it exploded in a shower of sparks. One by one the planes stopped and exploded.

The next day the polish press called the destruction of the German bombers a miracle.

While in the wizarding world the daily prophet screamed out "British aurors destroy German aircraft." .Whether the wizarding world should get involved in a muggle war had been a hotly debated topic. Even though Hitler was being controlled by lord voldemort, many in the ministry felt that wizards had no business interfering in muggle wars when voldemorts forces were wrecking havoc all over Britain.

MINISTRY OF MAGIC

The minister for magic sat at the head of table in a dark gloomy room. The other ministers scurried to sit as close as possible to him. The prime minister was middle aged man balding man notorious for his short temper. His military background had been what had gotten him elected. A former auror he had received the order of Merlin first class. He had gained fame when he promised to vanquish voldemort within 5 years. His opponents had called an overconfident buffoon who would destroy Britain. None the less he had been elected simply because his opponent had revealed his plans to make peace with voldemort Britain had been horrified to hear this and so the prime minister had won in a landslide. There was tension in the air as the ministers looked at the minister expectantly as he began speaking

"I am pleased to hear that our aurors did a fine job destroying the German air force. But this is no time to be complacent with voldemort stepping up his attacks. Dawley how goes our mission to infiltrate voldemorts inner circle?

The short plump man known as dawley shifted in his seat.

"We have succeeded in getting one of our men into voldemort's outer circle and are currently monitoring an inner circle member to see if we can cast imperius on him. The problem is most of the inner members are remarkably talented wizards who can resist the curse. If our man is revealed we risk our entire operation. However our man has chanced upon a valuble piece of information. Voldemort plans to strike at Downing Street in an attempt to assassinate the British Prime Minister chamberlain"

The announcement was accompanied by a bauble of voices as the wizards argued over the best way to counter the threat. One of the ministers's a reed thin man looked around the table and spoke in high voice similar to that of a chipmunk

"What does it matter if chamberlain does get killed? If I understand muggle politics correctly the next in line to be prime minister is Winston Churchill who is a much more capable man than chamberlain."

A cacophony of voices greeted his statement.

"Are you off your rocker Patroclus?"

"We can't let the muggle prime minister get killed!"

"SILENCE EVERYONE" The prime minister shouted.

"Patroclus we will not allow the prime minister to be assassinated whether he is competent or not. Jimmy see to it that the security around the prime minister is upgraded to z class. I don't want the minister to travel anywhere without at least ten aurors with him. Now moving on what are the latest reports on voldemorts attacks Bentley?"

"Sir as far as we can tell voldemort has been responsible for the disappearances of over a thousand wizards so far. The explosion at the national museum of antiquities and eccentricities was caused by voldemorts minions. Voldemort has control over the German fuhrer. What is most worrying is that the German wizards are supporting voldemort. Voldemort is supporting the axis powers and has interfered in Germany's invasion of Poland. Voldemort set fire to Warsaw and only the ashes of the great city remain now. The attack at the polish parliament has left over a hundred dead. We must declare war on the Germans before they take Poland."

"If we declare war on the Germans then we risk angering Italy and Japan. Both are formidable opponents."

"Patroclus, who will support us in a war against the axis powers?"

"We know that France Poland Australia and Canada will support us. The U.S leans towards us but will not commit until they are attacked."

The prime minister sighed and stood up.

"It seems us we have no choice. Contact our allies and tell them we are declaring war on Germany."

HOGWARTS

Dumbledore gazed up from his crystal ball sighing. It seemed war is inevitable after all. Dumbledore had long ago bugged the ministry of magic so that nothing would

Happen in its corridors without his knowing. He got up to contact the order. Now that war had been declared the order would be very busy.

And so it began.

PART 2

Two men cloaked in black robes paced anxiously outside a derelict old house.

One was tall and had a long moustache while the other was plump and clean shaven.

They were waiting for there chief to come out from his talk with mooral, a local pub owner who had an ear for knowledge.

"Peter it's been quite a while. You think we should go in and check?" the tall man addressed the plump one.

"Give him some more time the old coot can handle himself pretty well."

Neither of them noticed a bird sitting on the rooftop. With a flash of light the bird changed into a woman wearing green robes. She took out her wand and muttered in a low tone. The two wizards standing below suddenly fell over. With a grin the female wizard leapt down and landed on her feet. She turned towards the door and gesture with her wand. The doors swung open to reveal a room with ten wizards holding there wands at ready. A wizard with a revolving eye stepped forward and grinned.

"Surprise."