"This is a bad idea" Ron said looking at Harry, Tracey and Daphne "this is a very bad idea"

The four of them were in the room of requirements after Harry's first class with Snape, Harry had been asked by Dumbledore to learn Occlumency from Snape, something neither Harry nor Sirius were too happy about.

Tracey had begun reading up on Occlumency and Legimency when she had heard about Harry's lesson and had come to the conclusion that Harry could use Legimency to possess Voldemort.

"Do you have a better one?" Tracey challenged Ron who pretended to think for a moment before replying

"Go along with Dumbledore's plan,

Try to attack You-know-who head on.

Kidnap Malfoy, feed him Polyjuice potion with Harry's hair in it and send him to you-know-who,

Any plan except for this one"

Ron ended his tirade breathing heavily. Sensing the awkward silence that was entering the room Harry said in a low voice "I personally like the idea of kidnapping Malfoy"

"Thanks mate" Ron smirked "I too though it was inspired"

"None of those plans would help Harry's problem" Daphne decided to point out

"But Malfoy would be dead" Ron pointed out

"And if that's not worth it, then what is?" Harry asked the girls

"Harry we could get a look into the dark lord's mind" Tracey pleaded "do you really want to let go of this opportunity?"

Harry sighed and shook his head "Harry!" Ron called out

"I'm sorry Ron but we really need to do something, plus I don't trust Snape" Harry replied and Ron bowed his head in defeat, ever since Harry's first lesson Occlumency with Snape, he had been determined to go along with Tracey's plan "and after reading today about the mass breakout from Azkaban? We need to do something mate"

Ron sighed and nodded his head in defeat "But no one tells Hermione about this" he demanded and everyone agreed.

Harry mentally prepared himself, he pointed his wand at his scar and looked at his friends "I really hope his works; or else we're all buggered"

Saying this, Harry shouted "Leggimens"

Harry was suddenly rolled his eyes and fell to the ground. "That's not a good sign" Ron remarked and the three of them rushed to Harry's side

"What happened to him?" Tracey asked in panic

"He's probably in You-Know-Who's mind right now" Ron remarked "seeing what he's seeing, feeling what he's feeling"

"But he's fine right?" Daphne asked, but Ron didn't reply because he didn't know. The three of them picked up Harry to place him on a table when the raven haired boy suddenly woke up, gasping for breath as if he had been underwater the whole time.

"Oh my god Harry" Tracey hugged him tightly "I was afraid you were dead"

"Did you see you-know-who?" Ron asked Harry who nodded

"More than that" Harry added between gasps of breaths "I saw his memories"

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"So... you-know-who created seven of these...horcruxes?" Ron asked Harry who nodded

"And they are what keep him alive?" Daphne asked and Harry nodded again

"And we need to destroy them in order to kill him?" another nod

"And you saw only one of them?" Tracey finished and Harry nodded one final time

"I know it's not much" Harry began but was cut off by Ron

"It's the most we've got in the last five years" Ron conceded "this was a good plan"

"Still not telling Hermione about this" Daphne pointed out and everyone agreed.

"We need to tell Dumbledore" harry told his friends

"With Umbridge keeping an eye on you and Dumbledore? Good luck" Ron pointed out

"We could inform someone else who could reach out to him" Tracey suggested

"A member of the order?" Ron asked "who is in the school?"

"How many faculty members are members of the order?" Daphne asked harry and Ron who mulled over it

"Three" harry told Daphne and Tracey

"There's Snape" harry said "but we don't trust him" Ron added

"There's Hagrid" harry followed "but he's not exactly organised or subtle" Tracey countered adding "no offense to him, he's a great guy"

"Who's the last one?" Daphne questioned before harry and Ron began defending Hagrid

"McGonagall" harry answered

"Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner" Ron declared "but we should pen it in a letter and then ask McGonagall to deliver it"

"Agreed" Tracey nodded her head

"I'll have the letter ready by tomorrow" harry told his friends and girlfriend

"Perfect" Daphne replied and a silence descended over them as the conversation ended

"So... goodnight" Ron kissed Daphne as harry kissed Tracey, both of whom reciprocated

"Tomorrow, we begin the killing of Voldemort" harry declared as his friends shuddered and went off to their respective dormitories

XXXXXXX

"So how was your double date last night?" Hermione asked Harry and Ron during breakfast

"It was nice" Ron replied smoothly and turned to Harry "right?"

"It was" Harry agreed "how was your study date with Neville?" Harry asked back

"We completed all of our homework" Hermione replied brightly "I wish you guys would join us"

"Next time" Ron promised as he looked around the great hall, the only thing the students seemed to be able to talk about was the Azkaban breakout, that and Umbridge's renewed mean streak.

"Let's get to class" Hermione said

"You go on ahead" harry said "me and Ron need to talk... guy stuff" Hermione eyed the boys suspiciously but still stomped away

"Guy stuff?" Ron asked with a smirk

"Shut it" Harry replied "just hands this letter to McGonagall" he passed on the letter to Ron "the sooner the better"

Ron nodded and pocketed the letter as he and Harry got up from their seats "now, let's go to class or we'll be scolded... by Hermione"

Ron spent the entire day trying to look for an opening to visit McGonagall, but there didn't seem to be any time when he was free, McGonagall was alone in her study, and Umbridge wasn't around, until he was finally able to visit her after dinner

"Good evening Mr. Weasley" McGonagall greeted him without looking up from her desk "How can I help you?"

"I had a question about today's lesson?" Ron told McGonagall who looked up slightly startled by this sudden shift in behaviour, she then noticed Ron hold up a note that asked is it safe to talk openly?

"It is safe to talk Mr. Weasley" McGonagall nodded "what is it that you want to talk about? Outside of today's lesson I presume"

Ron smiled and placed a letter on her desk "this is a letter Harry wrote to Dumbledore about his visions of You-know-who. We need to get it to Dumbledore"

McGonagall stared at the letter before looking at Ron "I was under the impression that Mr. Potter was learning Occlumency from professor Snape"

"He is" Ron agreed "but he's not exactly a fast learner" Ron shrugged; he didn't think telling her that Harry used Legimency on Voldemort would be a very wise idea.

"And this vision?" McGonagall gazed carefully at Ron "would it have anything to do with why You-know-who collapsed in his death eater meeting last night?"

This piece of information caught Ron off guard "I wouldn't know" Ron replied trying to put on a facade as Daphne had taught him "but I'll ask Harry and inform you of my findings"

"Goodnight Mr. Weasley" McGonagall's gaze remained steady "and do try to keep your best friend out of trouble"

"I doubt even the headmaster could achieve that" Ron replied with a smirk as he walked towards the door "Goodnight professor" he added as he walked out the door.

XXXXXXX

It was the night before Valentine's Day when Harry was finally called into the headmaster's office. "Good evening Harry" Dumbledore smiled at him from behind his desk with McGonagall and Snape flanking him.

"Good evening Professor" harry greeted back "I'm guessing you've read my letter?"

"I have indeed" Dumbledore answered peering at harry with his piercing blue eyes "you have described these visions as flashes of memories, much like what one would see if they tried to invade the mind of another person"

"I did enter Voldemort's mind" harry replied deciding that there was no point in lying "I thought it would give me insight on how to defeat him"

"That was a foolishly dangerous thing to do potter" Snape told harry, though he didn't exclude Malice he still seemed pretty pissed "I am teaching you Occlumency to protect yourself from the dark lord, not for you to invite him into your mind"

"I'm not inviting him into my mind, I'm breaking into his" harry replied testily

"A door can open both ways potter" McGonagall added making harry pinch his brow

"We have simply called you here to request you to redouble your efforts in Occlumency and to please not attempt anything this dangerous ever again" Dumbledore told harry who sighed

"I'll say yes and pretend to agree, you'll nod along and pretend to believe me, but we both know I'm not going to stop" harry looked Dumbledore right in the eyes "the man killed my parents professor, I'm not going to stop. Good night professors" saying this harry exited the room, not wanting the teachers to have a chance to counter argue.

"Just like his father" Snape hissed and this time Dumbledore was inclined to agree.

XXXXXXX

It was a beautiful day for many reasons, firstly the weather was great and secondly it was Harry's first Valentine's Day with a girlfriend.

"So what do you wanna do today?" Tracey asked coyly bumping shoulders with Harry

"You tell me" Harry replied bumping against her

"I'm fine with anything" Tracey bumped again

"Okay" Harry replied grabbing her by the waist and pulling her into a long kiss

"Damn" Tracey panted once they parted "let's get back to the castle"

"why?" Harry questioned confused; he thought the date was going great

"There's this broom closet I need to show you" Tracey replied grabbing Harry's arm and making him laugh

"While there's nothing more that I'd like to do" Harry held Tracey back making her pout "we should be heading t the village"

"whyyy?" Tracey pleaded giving Harry puppy dog eyes "there's nothing for us there?" Tracey complained melodramatically pointing towards the village "we should just go away"

Harry laughed again, "once again I'd love too; but we promised Hermione that we'd meet her and Neville in the three broomsticks for lunch"

"Right!" Tracey declared remembering the conversation "why are we meeting her again?" Tracey questioned

"I don't know" Harry shrugged "she just asked us to meet her there and we agreed"

"Okay!" Tracey nodded "let's just meet her and get it over with and head back up to the castle"

"Yes dear!" Harry replied and received a playful punch on his arm. The couple headed into the Three Broomsticks and ran into Daphne and Luna who were sitting together.

"What's up guys?" Tracey asked hugging her best friend as they sat down

"Ron has quidditch practice" Daphne huffed as the couple sat down

"What about you Luna?" Harry questioned the blonde Ravenclaw who dreamily replied "I like the butterbeer here"

"Me too" Harry replied without missing a beat

"I prefer gilly water" Tracey added

"Tango for me" Daphne put in her two knuts and Harry brought the drinks

"Why are the two of you here, with us on valentine's day?" Daphne asked the two

"We were supposed to meet Hermione for something, and were hoping to get it done quickly to head back up to the castle" Tracey answered "and she's late"

"Technically we're early, we aren't supposed to meet her for another hour" Harry pointed out

"Irrelevant details!" Tracey huffed and crossed her arms across her chest just as Hermione and Neville entered the pub

"Hey guys!" Hermione greeted them "you are early" she addressed Harry and Tracey

"Or maybe you're late" Tracey gave Hermione a mock glare while Harry made a 'don't ask' gesture behind Tracey's back

"Ok sure" Hermione nodded along before turning to the fireplace "she should be here any minute"

"What is going on here? Harry asked Neville "why did she gather us here?"

Neville turned to Harry and replied "I was hoping you could tell me" Suddenly the fireplace burst into emerald flames and Rita Skeeter was standing in the Three Broomsticks.

"What is she doing here?" Harry and Daphne asked aloud in sync and Hermione answered "she's here to meet us" as Skeeter spotted them and walked towards them

"Hello Rita" Hermione calmly greeted the reporter who glared at her

"Why have you called me here?" Rita demanded

"Yeah why?" Daphne asked glaring at Rita and Harry got the feeling that there was no lost love between them, as Rita pointedly ignored her.

"She's here o write an article" Hermione answered before turning to Harry "you told me that you need people to believe you, well now's your chance. Tell them about the night you-know-who came back, Rita will write the article"

"And I'm guessing the quibbler will publish it" Tracey asked Luna who smiled serenely

"We would love to" Luna answered and sipped her butterbeer.

"Ha! Me write for the quibbler? Ridiculous" Rita laughed condescendingly

"Who else have you been writing for lately?" Neville asked innocently "really haven't seen any of your articles in magazine's lately"

Rita glared at Neville and asked "who are you? And where is Mr. Redhead? Off with some tart?"

Daphne's wand appeared in her arm and Tracey had to hold her back

"He's off finding other illegal animagus'" Hermione answered making Rita glare at her

"Fine!" Rita hissed "I'll write your stupid article, but after this, we're even"

"Agreed" Hermione answered as Rita sat down and pulled out her quill and parchment.

Everyone turned to Harry in anticipation and Harry swallowed back saliva. Tracey held his hand as he began recounting the most horrible night of his life. It was hard at first for Harry to tell everyone gathered about what happened but bit by bit it became easier for him to let it all out. Never once did Tracey let go of his hand throughout the entire recall, clutching tightly when Harry choked on Cedric's name as he talked about his death.

"...and then I appeared back in Hogwarts" Harry finished his story feeling drained. Recalling the night had taken a toll on him.

"Alright then" Rita spoke seriously "I'll have the article delivered to your father by Wednesday" she told Luna who nodded having lost her air of serenity, everyone seemed somber as they took in what had happened on the night of you-know-who's return.

"We should head back up the castle" Hermione declared to break the silence "it's late"

Slowly, everyone got up from their seats and began heading up towards the castle. Everyone kept glancing towards Harry who could feel all the stares and it pissed him off.

"Harry..." Tracey began but Harry interrupted her

"Don't" he said as the two of them stopped while others wisely chose to continue walking.

"you can't just bottle up your feeling Harry" Tracey bemoaned him

"I'm not bottling up my feelings" Harry replied heatedly "I have just recounted one of the worst nights of my life and you want to talk about how I'm feeling... and I get that; but I just don't have the strength to do that right now" Harry pleaded with her

After a few minutes of silence Tracey told Harry "I understand. I just want you to know that I'm here for you"

"I know that babe" Harry replied pulling her into a hug "and you will hear all about my emotions. Especially since the ministry is gonna be coming after my head"

"You think so" Tracey asked as she and Harry walked back towards the castle

"I just told the entire world that Voldemort is back babe" Harry told Tracey "hell I gave them a blow by blow account"

"You're fucked" Tracey replied and Harry couldn't help but grin whatever the consequences, he was ready for them, the article would be worth it.