Unprepared
Ministry of Magic
Dolores Umbridge walked shakily towards Fudge's office, the minister of magic who had retained his power for the last ten years, he had been dealing with rumours of Lord Voldemort's return throughout them but he dismissed those as rumours. However the evidence in her hands made Umbridge worried,
"Dolores," the plump man greeted with a smile as she walked in with a brown file, her uneasy shocked face told him all he needed to know and she handed him the file with shaking hands. The man withdrew a selection of pictures and froze
"Get me Harry Potter," he demanded.
Dumbledore's office
Albus Dumbledore sighed, he had been shunned for the last ten years and had only just been able to cling onto this position as headmaster, he was dismissed as a fool and wondered if this is what Harry had gone through. No that boy had been insane, tortured he assumed as no human being could believe what he was saying and there was no way anyone would, at least Voldemort returning was less insane and that was saying something. The boy had been locked up with Lockhart and despite everything they assumed he was insane, he didn't look or act as if he was insane but when he preached they knew he was. Though his interest peaked when he saw the brown file on his desk, and as he opened it with a smile expecting it to be a report the images inside fell from his hand. His face a gasping mess and his bulging eyes looked ready to explode.
"Fawkes get me to Harry Potter," he demanded at the bird with all the bravery he could muster.
Hermione Granger's office
Ron had come in as he normally did in the morning, his wife had been promoted to head auror and she had been dealing with the death eaters in secret. It was the only way they could operate thanks to Fudge,
"Hi honey," the red head greeted with a grin as he entered and Hermione grinned at him. They had some strange tastes and when it came to this office well the doors were better off closed, though Hermione did notice something.
"Ready?" he asked moving closer to her, Ron was an exceptional auror and had used what happened to Harry ten years ago as a motivator. He had been kidnapped by death eaters and turned insane after six months, they had found him in South Africa babbling about nonsense. Ron had used his best friend to motivate him and had caught many criminals while his wife managed the actual department.
"One sec," she muttered sliding three pictures out of a folder and her jaw dropped
"No!" she sated with wide eyes and Ron quickly moved to see.
"Oh My God," he gasped looking at the pictures
"Harry was right!"
St Mugo's
"Luna have they arrived yet?" Harry asked looking out of the window with fogged eyes,
"Not yet," Luna answered, she had become a healer after hearing what happened to him ten years ago and after helping many people she had become his nurse; her job was to care for him and as he was supposedly insane try to cure him. She was one of many people who had been touched and hurt by what happend to him, Harry however did not need help, he was trying to give it and the file next to him meant he would soon be getting a number of visitors. Ginny had always been by his side, one of the few fighting for him and believing the truth not matter how crazy it sounded. She had taken these pictures and this letter proved he was right all along, something a lot of people would find incredible. Then there was a knock on the door
"Can I help you?" Luna asked; her job as a healer for him had mainly been to keep him company and yet even she had not believed what he said. Something that was bizarre in itself but now he had proof, he had not shown it to her yet. Despite him being right the implications were serious. This could be a human extinction level event and now after ten years he would be taken seriously.
"Hello?" Luna answered the door which burst into a knock and Harry turned towards it,
"Mr Potter your needed downstairs," a senior healer announced and Luna frowned.
What's going on?" she asked,
"Mr Potter is no longer a patient here," was her answer and Luna quickly pulled her to the side, not wanting Harry to hear.
"Are you insane? He still think it's true," the blond haired woman hissed, she had accepted a long time ago that many things didn't exist and one of them was Harry's theory. Her father had believed Harry but he believed everything.
"He's free to go because he's right," the senior healer answered leaving Luna stunned, Harry handed her the file on the way out.
"Bye Luna," he smiled at her and she just looked at him misty eyed and looked at the folder.
Meanwhile
"This is impossible," Fudge was saying over and over again "How can it be true?"
"It is minister, the pictures were checked and they do relate to certain recent events," Umbridge answered ignoring the hate filled glares she was getting from Ron and Hermione. She had been a scourge at Hogwarts and when Harry had been kidnapped somehow she convinced people it had nothing to do with the death eaters, Fudge agreed and was kept in power.
"So who went first South Africa or Kenya?" Harry Potter asked as he walked into the room, years of imprisonment had not been overly kind to him. He was thin with paler skin thanks to him rarely going outside, his hair was shaggy and ragged but his eyes were sharp and alert, he had been waiting for this day for ten years.
"Both," Hermione answered and Harry fixed her with a stare.
"Well would you look at that, ten years of possible preparations ruined thanks to you lot," he hissed angrily.
"Mate what were we supposed to think? I mean do you listen to yourself! Tell me it's not crazy!" Ron begged trying to be reasonable.
"You were my friends and besides if you had checked the facts then you would have known I was always right. Ginny listened and she did check the facts, something that took her ten years to do and she proved I was right. You could have done it in a year and we would be prepared by now," Harry accused angrily but then he took a breath. He was not here for revenge or to accuse,
"Mr Potter what you gave us was not credible," Umbridge argued.
"Shut up you, I had to suffer three months of you before I was kidnapped and then you had the nerve to say Voldemort wasn't behind it. You still don't think he's back! Mainly because he did check the facts, you think his death eaters don't know the truth? Look at Malfoy's new security fence and force. Voldemort listened and he thinks when it happens he can just walk in," Harry directed, it was a shame when your worst enemy listened to you more than your friends.
"Mr Potter Lord Voldemort has not returned," Umbridge firmly declared
"Enough!" Dumbledore interjected "Harry has been proved right and we all owe him an apology but first we need to discuss what we found out,"
"No we don't, I was right end of. What we need to do is get a wall built around Britain, all of it!" Harry announced firmly.
"Mr Potter that would be impossible!" Fudge declared putting his hands in his heads, he was feeling like a maniac and was talking to one.
"As impossible as what I told you?" Harry inquired gently and Fudge gave him no answer
"Fair point," Ron agreed and was hit by daggers from both Umbridge and Fudge.
"Look please just tell us what the hell is going on? Two countries this week went dark, not a single thing in or out, no coverage magical or not and every investigation has come back with nothing. Literally no one except Ginny Weasley has survived and she won't be back for hours," Fudge begged suddenly and Harry looked thoughtful.
"Look I have heard every theory under the sun in this week alone, from plague to zombie apocalypse so just tell us," he continued.
"Zombie apocalypse! Christ I think nature can come up with something more original than that," Harry scolded.
"In fairness I think she has," Dumbledore interrupted and Harry had to agree.
"Fine I'll tell you, I'll tell you about the end of days,"
Meanwhile
Ginny Weasley was sat on a plane, she had sent off the pictures she had taken, she had always known Harry was right and now she had proved it. She had escaped South Africa with her life barely intact
"Ok people we will be diverting around Kenyan airspace on route to Turkey and from then on Britain," the pilot announced over the intercom.
"Did you hear about that?" the man beside her asked in a tone of voice which she knew meant he was trying to chat her up.
"Who hasn't," she muttered, almost every news channel had been trying to work it out as had every nutter in the world but only one had worked it out.
"It's the zombie apocalypse I tell you," he half joked and she turned to him with a smile.
"I don't think so," was her response and the man laughed.
"Well what else can take down a whole country like that?" he argued in a friendly way and Ginny smiled, she had been there and she knew exactly what was coming.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she muttered looking out of the window and towards what she assumed was Kenya, though she knew that there was nothing left now. Just people trying to survive and every mission to it had failed. Planes had crashed down, boats were found empty and a few special ops teams were sent across the border, they never made it back and people were too scared of war to launch a military incursion. Not that it would help.
St Mungo's
"Minister what justification can you give for letting Harry Potter out of the hospital, he released a story about his theory two weeks ago," Rita Skeeter pounded on Fudge the moment he stepped out of the hospital.
"New material came to light about his mental state," Fudge told the woman curtly unsure as to how he was going to explain what was going on.
"But he does believe what he's saying?" Rita asked; she had gotten quite rich on that story, rich indeed.
"Yes," Fudge confirmed opting to walk away, he didn't want to have to say it.
"So why have you let him out?" she asked again.
"Like I said new material has come to light," he answered unable to shake the woman who was following behind, he had wanted to apparate home and work on his own safety but running away now would not look good.
"But if he believes what he's saying then surely he is insane,"
"New material!" was all Fudge said getting annoyed by her questions.
"And does this material indicate that Harry Potter was right?" Rita asked with a laugh intending to joke around with the minister to lull him into a sense of security.
"Yes Miss Skeeter is does," Fudge answered before storming off and leaving Rita's jaw hanging open.
Grimmuald place
"I'm not sure how to explain this to the order," Dumbledore began as he, Ron, Hermione and Harry walked up to the door. He had called for a meeting the second he could but realised what he was about to say sounded insane.
"You have to," Harry argued and Dumbledore sighed.
"You may be right, but you realise everyone in this house believes you to be insane," Dumbledore told him gently, Harry just looked at him.
"Until this morning you did too," was his arguments and Dumbledore had to admit the boy had a point, so he opened the door and the four of them walked in.
"Harry mate after you," Ron offered and Harry did so without a note of thanks, something that was expected all things considering. Ron looked crushed now, he had allowed his best friend to be put in a hospital for years and every time Ron visited he had never listened to Harry. With good reason he supposed
"Albus, what's going on?" Molly asked as the four walked in. Then she saw Harry
"Harry dear," she gasped looking at him and Dumbledore.
"We need to discuss this in the dining room," he told her solemnly and she quickly rushed into it, inside Harry could hear the voices of Lupin and Sirius, the two who he had not seen in ten years. They had never come to see him and Ron had but they had just assumed he was too crazy to talk, well this would be something of a shock to them.
"Albus!" Sirius greeted standing up and then his face fell as Harry walked into the room,
"What's going on?" he asked looking awkward, he had not seen his godson for a long time because it was a reminder of what the death eaters had done not just to Harry but also James.
"Harry's right," Ginny announced from behind and Harry spun around in time to see her, she pulled him into a hug and smiled.
"You shouldn't have gone," he whispered into her ear. She nodded and both realised this was a conversation for later,
"But thank you," Harry gushed before releasing her.
"Ginny dear can you come over here," Molly urged, she loved Harry like a son but knew well, knew he was crazy. The red haired girl turned to her mother
"I think you should hear what's going on first," she told the woman who frowned.
"Albus what is this?" Lupin asked as Harry took a spare seat and watched the order ,Ginny and Ron sat behind him.
"Yeah let's start with that," Tonks agreed and Dumbledore took his seat at the head of the table.
"Why have you brought him here?" Minerva asked suddenly worried Dumbledore had broken Harry out.
"Because he was right all along," Dumbledore sighed and for a moment there was silence.
"Sorry what the fuc..." Tonks began but Molly put a hand over her mouth.
"Yeah we're with Tonks," Fred and George frowned. One by one noises of disbelief filled the table and then Ginny handed Harry a picture who slammed it down on the table.
"Again what Tonks said," George muttered in shock and he was the only one who spoke, then one by one every pair of eyes looked at Harry.
"I think the word is sorry," Harry commented with a smile.
"It's true?" Sirius demanded looking at the picture and both Ginny and Harry nodded.
"No!" McGonagall gasped
"Like I said the world is being taken over by carnivorous Giraffes!"