Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Nor do I hold ownership of Dark Refuge games

Chapter 2

The days after the locket incident were interesting to say the least. First to find out that Dumbledore knew the Voldemort had created several Horcruxes, and that Harry had a soul fragment in his scar.

This information had caused much uproar among the Order. Most, like Sirius and Remus, demanded to know why Dumbledore had done nothing about it. Others, like Molly, said that the Headmaster must have saved Harry the pain of knowing about it.

Then there was Ron's reaction. Ron's friendship had always been a sketchy at the best of times, but now. Now he avoided Harry, when he needed him most, muttering about dark influences whenever they were in the same room.

All this was overwhelming and could have caused Harry to have a breakdown, if not for his friends. And Hermiones insistence that the group of eight meet weekly to play a game of Dark Refuge.

Of course Mrs. Weasley had tried to shut the group down by banning them from her kitchen, saying their few hours of gaming was interfering with her cooking. So the group found and cleaned another room where they could meet in peace. When she tried having that room set up as a Order room, Sirius put his foot down.

The fight was long, loud and ended in Molly running back to the kitchen, her pride very much bruised. Of course it had shocked everyone there when Moody had stepped in and told Molly that the Order did not need the room.

How ever when Harry entered the new room the next friday he found Moody at the head of the table instead of Hermione.

"Moody, are you leading this game?" Sirius asked from right behind Harry.

"I am. I have run some training simulations before and this isn't to different. Besides I find your team make up interesting and want to see how Grangers character changes the team." The others caught the last part of his reason as they walked in.

"What's so strange about our team?" Tonks asked.

"In terms you rookies can understand; You have a Human Metamorphmagus who uses their gift to make any situation good for her, a halfling able to call most of the creatures of the forest to his aid, a winged bard, a dark elf monk whose curse prevents him from feeling emotion yet his faith is based on epithy, a half elf who worships wolves and wants to be a werewolf, and an elf who illegally fights corruption by killing the corrupt with special garrotes then displaying their bodies with folders listing their crimes.

"This is by no means a good team nor is it even a good idea to allow some of these people to meet each other. Yet some how you six were able to stop the gang of fire starters with minimal losses.I am hoping Grangers more experienced character can keep you all in check."

"Not likely." Hermione said as she walked into the meeting room. "No mission goes as you want it. That's why experienced GM's only have small goals. Collect one thing, stop a group, stuff like that. Of course there are some people out there choose to just mess with the GM just for the fun of it. Besides I'm not going to be playing Rebeca. Today I'm playing Joanne the K'iorn Solarmancer."

"Solarmancer?" Harry asked.

"Solarmancers are warriors who specializes in Light Leyas. This lets them act as illusionist who entertain the children of the rich nobles while also being their bodyguards. Didn't you read the characters in 'The Complete Leyas Spell Book'?" The six others avoided her eyes as she looked around.

"Well Moody it looks like you will get your perfect team today." Tonks said as she looked at the the character Hermione had marked for her. "Why the hell did you mark me as a Pyromancer?"

"Your temper and the fact that you were the last person I marked the characters for."

Harry blocked out their conversation as he read up on the character that was chosen for him.

'Aeromancer, an adrenalin junky with a huver surf hell why didn't I see this one earlier. This is me if I was on Refuge.'

The game that day was more fun than the first one. Each of the players chose an Elemental mancer that fit their personality.

Fred played a Shadowmancer, whose skills were mostly in stealth and detection.

George a Songmancer, his skills being used to lure enemies to their death.

Sirius chose to play an Aquamancer, whose reputation in the sailing community saved the group a lot of trouble.

And Remus chose a Terramancer. His gift with Earth Leyas, along with Tonks Fire Leyas skills, allowed them to warp the slavers ship to be a death trap when they tried to run away.

They had even used a few tactics that had surprised Moody and should not have worked. Like Harry's character flying right over their target and not being seen.

Later that night, while meditating, Harry felt a sudden shift inside of himself. Opening his eyes, he found his vision blurred and a strange colored glow surround...everything. As he removed his glasses his sight became a little better.

'What is going on.'

Meanwhile, in the heart of Gringotts, a messenger was running as fast as he could.

"King Ragnok." The Goblin King looked up from the last bit of business he had for the day before he went home.

"This had better be good Irontoe." The King said in Gobbledygook. "I have no intention of missing my sons demonstration of his forging skills just because some human demanded I see them."

"Sire, the monitoring scrolls on the Potter accounts just changed the heirs statues from minor to adult."

"WHAT?!"

Deep in the Hall of Records at the Ministry, the same thing had happened, only there was no one who witnessed this change.

PlotSearcher: Only one review in close to two months? that is depressing. Please remember to review and tell me what you think.

Also to SmartWind, while that is a good guess, it is incorrect.

Clue 2: The person he is named after is American.