Chapter Six

Hogsmeade

The day was born bright and the atmosphere was cheery, friends were reunited with each other and jokes were being made. Harry however had a distinctly bad feeling. It was confirmed when there was a deep rumbling. Harry and Ginny were sat atop the Astronomy Tower and looked across to see a plume of black smoke from the near by village of Hogsmeade. The two jumped in to action instantly, by literally throwing themselves off the tower and merging with the floor in a dive.

The Death Eaters were trying to use the element of surprise and be gone before the met much resistance, a trade mark guerrilla tactic. They, however, never expected two figures to shoot out of the floor and hover in the air, glowing like furious stars, two more figures slowly joining them.

Harry began immediately, blocking of the roads with walls of stone and forcing all who tried to apparate in to the floor.

"You will not leave here alive, you have gone against the will of Gaia and sought dominion over your kin. Boundaries such as purity of ones blood or breed are equal to naught. Gaia created us all as equals and you are to remain as equals."

A sudden blast of power makes them all drop to their knees a Ginny yelled

"You who have taken on the mark of bondage are to be removed to balance the world as Gaia intended it, we shall leave your vessels for your blood relatives to bury and mourn, but your souls are gone."

The aurors arrived in time to watch every single Death Eater fall to the floor, dead. The Dark Mark burning viciously upon their skin so that if any were alive they would have surely wished for death.

The Daily Prophet reported on the Arrest Warrant for the friends who had, less then fought but more defended the village with necessary force. Fudge was claiming that they had killed all the Death Eaters with the darkest of magic, even going far enough to say it was worse than Avada Kedavra.

Harry sighed as he looked at The Prophet in his hands.

"He's an idiot. Albus, can you call in an emergency meeting soon for the Wizengamot?"

Dumbledore nodded as he looked at the four friends before him.

The whole Wizengamot had gathered together in Courtroom One, the grandest of all the Courtrooms used as a place for the Wizengamot to hold meetings. Fudge stood up as Dumbledore walked in

"Why have you called us here Headmaster?"

Dumbledore smiled

"I was told to gather you by four exceptional but annoyed people to dispute the false claims you put on them."

Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione rose out of the floor.

"Greetings, we are here to have the claims of our use of Dark Magic quashed."

Fudge bristled at the comment before the doors were flung open and Bane walked in, causing Umbridge to panic ever so slightly.

"I, Bane, Leader of the Great Herd of Hogwarts, am here to defend The Brethren of the Mother."

Fudge growled

"Centaur, this is a wizarding matter, you are to vacate this building now."

Harry growled, a sound much more terrifying than the measly warbles Fudge used

"Cornelius Oswald Fudge, this is not a matter of the jurisdiction of Wizard Kind as we are no longer of Wizard Kind, Bane is here as our ally and is to be treated as an honoured guest and ambassador of the Hogwarts Herd."

Ginny walked forward and grinned at the crowd.

"You are all, I presume, aware of certain traits held by the magnificent and beautiful Phoenix."

Amos Diggory stood up

"A phoenix is a creature of the light, no user of the Dark Arts with the intent to only cause pain can stand to be near one."

In a flash of brilliant flames, Fawkes flew over and landed softly on Harry's shoulder as he reached up and softly stroked the majestic bird on the chest.

"As you can tell, Fawkes not only likes us, but he feels safe with us."

Fawkes trilled softly in agreement.

Bane strode over and stood with the four as Hermione stepped forwards.

"We are no longer witches and wizards but something more; we do not wish to stand over you as a superior group but next to you as equals. We need unity in this time for strife is a weapon of Voldemort that he uses well."

Umbridge stood up, although she still did not reach far over the heads of her colleagues.

"What do a group of irresponsible children know of the complexities of the political world?"

Ron snarled at the toad like woman

"I suggest you hold your tongue Umbridge, since we know you are a tool of the cancer we seek to eradicate in the name of Gaia."

Hermione waved her hand and the left sleeve of the purple robes she was wearing vanished to reveal the Dark Mark; a pair of aurors walked over and took Umbridge away.

"We have confirmed that Death Eaters have infiltrated almost up to the minister and we have also confirmed that you are trying to protect your ass rather then protect your constituents. Hermione warned you about what would happen and now we must go ahead I am afraid."

Harry sighed as he put his hand on Ginny's shoulder and Ron called out

"We call for a vote of no Confidence on Minister for Magic Cornelius Oswald Fudge! He has abused his power for personal gain and accepted bribes from confirmed Death Eater, Lucius Malfoy."

The entire crowd raised their hands.

Dumbledore sighed as he sat behind his desk, looking at the four teens sat in front of him.

"Who do you suggest we put forth as the new Minister, Voldemort is sure to try and place a puppet in the seat?"

Harry sighed.

"We have two choices; Kingsley Shacklebolt and Arthur Weasley. Both are committed to The Order of the Phoenix and can be safely informed of The Children of Gaia. Kingsley would have the vote over his role as Head Auror ever since Scrimgeour was killed, but Arthur is a member of a respected family known for their alliance to The Light. Who do you think would do best, guys?"

Hermione sighed as she looked out of the window.

"It's a tough choice but really it boils down to who we prefer since both work with the Order, I'd have to say Arthur."

Ron nodded

"Dad has always wanted to have a good job and they don't get much better than Minister. Kingsley is happy where he is."

Albus nodded sagely, his fingers interlocked in front of him.

"Arthur it is, I believe he will make an excellent Minister."

Ginny sighed

"Albus, this is going to sound crazy, but we have something we want to happen if we get Dad in to the minister's seat."

"What would that be Ginervra?"

"We want to bring down the Statute of Secrecy."