The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
A Harry Potter Fanfic
Author's Note: Hula guys, this is my second Harry Potter fanfic, and first pure Harry Potter fanfic (the other one's a crossover with Artemis Fowl).
Nineteen years have passed since Voldemort was defeated. The story line's the same. Everyone whose dead is dead. Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione are all doing the same jobs, though Harry and Hermione are also doing part time jobs. The marriages and the kids are as they are in the book, except Neville, Neville's with Luna and Malfoy with Pansy.
Now that that's done let's get on. Don't worry, I'll be telling the jobs in a minute………
An Emergency
"Harry, Harry, get up" cried a voice through the cottage at the far end in Godric's Hollow.
Harry got up and stretched and called out, "Gin, what's the matter? It's just…" he chanced a glance at the clock and yelped: it was eight thirty in the morning. He had precisely thirty minutes to get to work!
He hurriedly pulled on a hooded sweatshirt and jeans. Meanwhile, Ginny called out again "Harry, dear, a call from the Ministry. They say it's an emergency"
Harry hurried out of the right most bedroom, which was once his parents' and to the living room. Though it was summer, a fire was lit and there sitting in the flames was Meercus' head, his boss' head.
"Harry, oh great, I caught you early, it's an emergency. It's great that I reached here early or by now, the problem would have leaked out to the wizarding world, from the quill of Skeeter…" he said in one go.
"Skeeter? I thought Hermione had captured here during our fourth year… right?" Ginny asked as she gave Harry a plate of boiled eggs.
"Oh not Rita Skeeter. Rita's niece Jane Skeeter is one the war path now" said Meercus distractedly as Harry stuffed the eggs in his mouth.
"Yeah and it's better if you called Hermione and Ron along, and this one is a case for both of you" he said nodding his head towards Ginny before vanishing with a pop.
"Harry what about the kids? I don't suppose a small thing like kids' safety will occur to the Ministry" said Ginny.
"Well we can leave them at one of our friends' house can't we?" replied Harry as Ginny showered.
"What about Neville?" Ginny asked.
"No we can't, he'll be on vacation at Australia. He told me he wanted to visit the Great Barrier Reef, last time he called, and Luna wanted to go hunting for Weelibies" he said.
"Weelibies?" Ginny snorted.
"According to Luna they're lunar creatures which come out at night, and the person who owns one, can get all his wishes fulfilled" he replied.
"And Neville believes that?" Ginny muttered as she stepped out of the shower and started drying her hair.
"We can leave them with Hagrid!" exclaimed Ginny.
"That's a great idea, and then if the case takes us too long, Hagrid can drop hem at Hogwarts, and Lily and Hugo will be with their elder siblings throughout, but not at Hogwarts…" replied Harry as he walked out of the room and into his three kids' room, one by one to wake them up.
"Dad, whazz the matter, I told you to wake me up at eight forty only if a UFO crashed on Al's balcony...." James mumbled, as he got up.
"Sonny, we, your mum and I have got a new case just this morning, which will take we don't know how much of time. Even Hermione and Ron are coming along. You, your two siblings and Rose and Hugo will be going to stay at Hagrid's. Then if we can't come back before you new year starts, Hagrid can drop you at Hogwarts and Hugo and Lily can stay with him…" Harry trailed as he went out of the room to explain all that to his second son Albus Severus.
"School's only across the grounds, though…" James mumbled.
His son Al had wanted the room with the balcony on the other side, facing the adjacent house, Harry didn't know why! Ginny though knew, it was because Rose, Hermione's eldest kid, the same age as Al too had taken the room with the balcony facing their house! Soon the three kids, James: 13, Albus Severus: 12 and Lily: 10 were barging down the stair case to have breakfast as Harry hurried out of house to Ron's place.
The first signs of life were stirring in Godric's Hollow as Harry made his way down the avenue path to the gate. The first time after his parents' death, he had touched this gate an old golden sign had raised, with bearings of good luck wishes on it.
He hurried down the pat to the next house on their right; on the left was a fence and vast expanses of grassland.
On the right there was another cottage, previously Albus Dumbledore's, now his best friends' house.
He knocked and a fully ready Hermione answered the bell.
"Oh Harry, Ron was just coming to tell, Meercus called…" she gasped, before Harry interrupted her.
"I know, he called here to, Ginny's getting the kids ready…"
"We're dropping them at Hagrid's" they both said in unison, before Harry grinned.
"Give us, actually Ron, five minutes and then, me, Ron and Rose and Hugo will be there, kay?" she asked.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, James, Albus, Lily, Rose and Hugo were standing gathered around a cup, which Hermione had just turned into a portkey.
Everyone stretched forward their hands towards the cup and they instantly felt a nagging tug and were flying away into nothingness…
Soon, they found themselves near a sun streaked forest looking over vast expanses of, evidently a pitch surrounded by stands rising from the ground.
Harry and the party scurried towards the cabin. It looked quite cozy on the outside, smoke coming from the chimney.
Harry knocked on the door and it opened to reveal a monstrous looking man and a number of loud woofs.
"Harry, yeh're here" Hagrid cried patting his head and giving all the five kids hugs at once.
"Ooh, Hagrid, you should work on your hugs" squeaked Rose, massaging her arms.
"Anyways, Hagrid, we've got a new mission, can you take care of the kids until then? And if we aren't back before September, can you drop them off at Hogwarts, and take care of them?" Harry requested.
"Sure thing, mate" replied Hagrid.
Soon Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione were strolling down the entrance to the Ministry.
Now, they were speeding down the grilles to their floor. Then, the lift stopped and the doors clanged open as the company steeped out. Though, they had been very affronted with the Ministry nineteen years ago, the new Minister was very efficient and one of their contact, thus the group had joined their posts. Soon they were heading down a plush carpeted corridor and were turning into a door.
"Aah" said a voice "Here they are.
"You took your time" said the other voice indignantly.
"Hiya, Harry" said a third voice.
"Can we get down to business?" asked a fourth, crisp voice.
There stood Meercus Martin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, the Minister of Magic, and a completely bemused looking Neville and Luna Longbottom.
"Aurors, and err, Herbology Professors and magazine authors" said Meercus, the Head of the Auror department.
"We have a new case for you" said Meercus dramatically as he led them to a magical projection area.
"But we aren't Aurors, why are we needed?" asked Neville, nervous, pointing at himself and Luna.
"Well, the complexity of the mission" said Meercus happily.
"You're kidding? No, one in their right minds would allow, two unqualified people, to take on as Aurors" gasped Neville.
"Well, you see, the case concerns all six of you" said Kingsley, speaking for the first time, in his deep voice.
"We have just gotten a lead that Voldemort" Ginny and Ron flinched "has got a son" replied Kingsley.
A heavy silence met his words.
"You're kidding, again" said Neville.
"You're telling me that the heartless man Voldemort actually married and had a child?" asked Hermione incredoulsy.
"No, he didn't marry" said Meercus, plaintively.
"Then who's this child?" asked Harry.
"You see, when he was at the orphanage, Voldemort I mean, when he was at the orphanage, there was this kid, four years younger than, twenty one years elder to you, who saw Voldemort as something of an idol. This boy later came to know that Voldemort was a wizard, which awed him even more, and it turns out the boy too, was a half blood, though he never came to Hogwarts. Because of this, his magic never got trained. And due to this, one day, during a summer, his magic just exploded out and blew up the orphanage. After that Voldemort legally adopted the boy and left him with the Lestranges' in-laws. According to out source, this boy who was outside in India, for several years, has now just returned and is on the loose. He is dangerous. After the orphanage blew up the Lestranges' taught him magic, Dark magic. And he's extremely angry about Voldemort's death" completed Kingsley.
"Okay, I understand why you called Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny, they are the best Aurors in the department after all, but why us?" asked Luna.
"Ah I forgot the main key point. He's got seven people hostages, under the Imperius curse. The names" said Kingsley holding out a hand, Meercus passed him a scroll of parchment from which he read out the names.
"Jazz Black-Potter, Bill Weasley and Fleur Weasley, Wendell and Monica Wilkins, Clarisse Longbottom and Stella Lovegood" finished Kingsley.
Al five faces had turned pale except Harry's. He stood dumbstruck, registering the two names Black and Potter.
End of Chapter 1
Author's Note: That was the first chapter. Will soon the second one soon.
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