{Working Together?} by MoonStar

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything created by JKR.

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Chapter 1: An Enemy Turned Ally

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Background: This is the summer before Harry's seventh year of Hogwarts. He is part of the Order and a group leader. Demons are really bad creatures that do not like humans (understatement). This idea was just bothering me for so long, so I had to write it.

Hope you like it- MoonStar

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It was too long of a day already, and it was only three in the afternoon! They had been away for four hours, trying to keep the demons in check. Why does there need to be another enemy? Wasn't Voldemort enough?

No. It couldn't be that easy. It would be wrong for Voldemort and Harry to fight each other as it was suppose to (note the sarcasm). It would be against the rules of nature to allow them to forever be against each other without another "Dark Lord" to try and rise. Now he had to fight two dark lords! At least they weren't working for each other, that would be too much to bargain for.

"All I want to do now is just get back to base and relax."

"Of course, Harry," one of his companions said, "I would like that also, but you know that Dumbledore has called a meeting of the Order."

"I know. It wouldn't be good if one of the group leaders failed to show up to a meeting called by the Head of the Order, now wouldn't it?"

The man just chuckled, he was one to bring light on the situation, no mater how bad it was. Sleep was one thing that everyone there wanted, but it seemed as if Geoffrey Rogers didn't need it.

The group walked on to get from the anti-apparation fields so they could get to the Order's base easier. It took a few minutes, but everyone was happy when they got past the wards. A quick apparation and they were outside the large castle that was almost as big as Hogwarts.

Once walking into the building's courtyards, Harry had a feeling of foreboding, like darkness was inside the castle. Seeing that no one else felt it, he pushed it of as nothing. They were all trained to feel darkness within a building and he trusted his group.

Walking in, it seemed as if the feeling disappeared and that was even stranger. 'Maybe I'm just imagioning it,' he thought quickly.

As they walked closer to the meeting room, they could hear some of what was discussed.

"Don't worry," Dumbledore was heard from inside the room, "I know that you have been against each other for so long, but we can't afford to fight each other now. I have already sent a group to try and find out everything they could about our new found enemy."

"You mean us?" Harry asked almost jokeingly as he opened the doors. He waited until his group was inside the room and seated until he continued, "We got the demons to retreat and I don't think that they will be starting again until next week, but you never know with these types of creatures."

"Yes I know. How was the battle?"

"It was small," Harry continued, looking around the room at the people, "No lives were lost and the demons-"

He couldn't continue, it just wasn't right. What is wrong with this picture? Everything!

"Please continue, Harry. Our... guests... won't be able to do anything here."

But Harry couldn't really continue his tale... it was just wrong. "Why is he here?"

"Well, you know that the enemy is against all humans, and stronger than anything we have ever faced before. We have decided to work together for now."

The room was filled with the voices of angry, confused, and frightened people that made up the Order. Dumbledore allowed them to talk and yell, as he was concentrating on Harry's reaction more than anything.

His face was blank, looking Dumbledore straight in the eye, looking for an answer to this madness. Finding that he couldn't get past Dumbledore's defences, he turned to the ones of the descusion. They were silent, looking upon the Order without an expression. 'Why could they be here? Are they really trying to help? Impossible.'

Why does his new ally have to be the one he was fighting for the past six years? Why did he have to work with Voldemort?

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End of Chapter 1

MoonStar: Knut for your thoughts? I don't know if I should continue this story and I would be very happy if you would review it so I know that someone is reading. Flames are welcome, especially constructive critisim. Please don't make me beg.

Next chapter: Does Harry put aside the difficulties? How does the rest of the Order deal with it?