HARRY POTTER AND THE DARK YEAR
Chapter 1: Going Home
Note: I only own the plot and new characters. Everything and everyone else other than what I have just mentioned was designed by JK Rowling and are not mine to claim or disclaim.
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"Harry! Wait for us!" Hermione yelled across the station at Hogwarts School.
Hagrid stood waving as the students left while Professor McGonagall talked to Professor Slughorn. Harry heard bits and pieces of their conversation. "Snape… Dark mark… you-know-who."
"Pig? Pig?" Ron called to his owl. Everyone was looking for his or her lost items. Finally, the students and parents were seated in their compartments. Bill, Fleur, Fred, George, Tonks, Remus, Molly, and Arthur sat in one compartment, while Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Harry sat down in another. The train was enlarged to fit double the amount of people, due to the fact that parents and students would need a way home, preferably together.
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Harry's compartment:
"Harry? Are you okay? You've been so quiet lately," Hermione asked him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just… I was wondering who that R.A.B. guy is. I mean, he must be really smart and know what enchantments look like, just like Dumbledore," Harry spoke as though this person was the one person that could help him destroy Voldemort.
"You do know, Harry, that this R.A.B. guy could be a girl. The handwriting looked neat enough to be a woman," Hermione told him, but continued at the look on Harry's face, "but it is just an idea."
"Hermione is right, Harry. This R.A.B. could be a man or a woman. The problem is that there are so many people with those initials. I mean there are: Raymond Arnaldo Brant, Roy Andrew Barn, and Randy Artemus Board, and Rory Ann Bridge. And those are only a few. Before you even start the horcrux hunt, you will need to find this one person," Ginny told Harry.
"She's right, Harry. How will you find them if you can't even figure out the enchantments?" Ron questioned.
"Easy. One should be located with R.A.B… one near Voldemort, his snake… then there's the cup… and something belonging to Gryffindor or Ravenclaw," Harry shrugged as he told them this.
"We're with you all the way," Ginny told him.
"All the way," Ron and Hermione agreed.
Remus' Compartment:
"Who will be in charge of the Order?" Arthur asked.
"I don't know," Remus shook his head, as he told them. Then, his face lit up, and he exclaimed, "Why not Harry? He's coming of age in a month, and he owns Grimmald Place. He has also denied Voldemort four times, and was Dumbledore's favorite student."
"Yes, but isn't he a little young?" Molly worriedly questioned. "He does have a life and he needs to concentrate on finding You-Know-Who."
"All for the better," Remus continued. "That's what we're trying to do, find Voldemort. We can help him, and he can help us. Why not?"
"He's too young. We can't risk it," Arthur intervened.
"He's going to be at risk either way," Bill told his father. "He isn't going to let his parents' or Dumbledores' death go. He is going to avenge them, one way or the other."
"Yes, 'e is going to go either way. 'e vill need our 'elp," Fleur told them. " 'e may be a chil' still, but 'e will be of age soon. 'e can make his own decisions, but it would be easier if ve were there, watching 'im. Ve can't stop 'im from his destiny, only help 'im through it."
"We can help him without having him be the leader of the Order of the Pheonix," Tonks replied.
"As I said, he's the best for the job. He is the only one who could defy Voldemort four times. That's once more than his parents or the Longbottoms," Remus stated his opinion.