Wow, this chapter took a long time and it was quite a journey for writing it. First there was four research essays (three due on one day), then there was semester finals, and then I return home for Christmas seeing family and friends.

I tried my hardest to update on Christmas but instead I'm just past Boxing Day. But nevertheless it's finished! (though there may be some errors, I quickly edited the chapter, if I notice any mistakes later, I'll fix it)

I hope you enjoy the chapter, please review when you're finished!

(Also, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!)


Chapter 11

"Ron! Come down, the Ministry cars are going to be here any minute!" Mrs. Weasley yelled up the long staircase.

"One Minute!" Ron yelled from the top of the stairs.

Danny watched as everyone got all of their things together, helping the girls by quickly carrying the heavy trunks by flying intangible to the bottom floor.

Everyone but Ron was now waiting in the large living room with their clothing trunks, all of them anxious to get moving to Kings Cross Station for their trip to Hogwarts.

'They're a lot more organized than last year, probably because Fred and George aren't here to disturb anything' Danny thought with a smile as he waited alongside the teens.

Ron ran down the last steps of the stairs and holding his prefect badge. "Almost forgot this"

Hermione just shook his head at the display of Ron's lapse of memory. "Ugh, Ron sometimes-"

"Hey, lay off Hermione, I haven't needed it all summer" Ron interrupted defending himself.

"Ok, let's get outside and wait for the Ministry's cars" Mrs. Weasley interjected.

They all nodded and started to drag their trunks out the door. Danny politely changed into his ghost form and lifted Ginny and Hermione's wardrobe trunks.

"Let me get that for you" Danny said kindly, stepping out the door intangible.

"Thanks Danny" Hermione said nicely, a red colour starting to bloom on her cheeks.

The group stood outside the house waiting a few short minutes when two cars appeared coming down the hill.

Fleur quickly started giving everyone hugs and kisses goodbye, Ron quickly made his way to her expecting a peck on the cheek but instead he fell to the ground right in front of Fleur's feet.

They promptly put everything in the trunk and quickly got inside the back seat. Danny sat down noticing that the cars were enchanted to make up more space than it looked from the outside. He changed back from his ghost form to appear back in his wizard's suit robes, looking like a trench coat detective at first glance.


Later…

They arrived at Kings Cross and briskly got their things and stepped inside the station with all their things. The two Aurors from the car went ahead of the group scouting out the station ahead of them. Meanwhile Danny walked through the station beside Harry at the back of the group, looking over the crowd for any threats.

"So Danny, you're going to be on the train as security, right?" Harry asked inquisitively.

Danny nodded. "Yep, got myself the fun to watch over you guys socialize with each other while I work, oh joy."

"Hey, you should stop by at some point during the trip."

The group neared the platforms 9 and 10 just passing by platforms 5 and 6. Danny stared over the crowd seeing no threats to the group.

"Yeah, I'll try to make it if I-"

Danny stopped speaking when he noticed a familiar face in the crowd. Standing leaning on the side of a giant concrete pole right beside where the group would turn towards the portal way of platform nine and three quarters. The man had a fancy thousand dollar suit on, his hair long and grey tied back in a ponytail. He had a well shaven goatee on his jaw line, his features sharp and experienced. The man's dark blue-grey eyes looked over the crowd until they met Danny's.

"Vlad…" Danny growled under his breath.

The halfa quickly turned to Harry getting his attention. "Harry, I'll be right with you guys in a few minutes, you guys go ahead, I need to deal with something."

Harry noticed the man that Danny was looking at, a look of confusion going over his face. "Is something wrong Danny?"

"We'll see if there is something wrong" Danny said leaving Harry's side to walk towards the elder halfa.

Danny looked over his arch-nemesis and noticed how the man has barely changed in the last year. He looked just like Danny remembered him.

As Danny got nearer to Vlad, he gave a smug smirk that Danny just wanted to wipe right off of the man's mouth.

"What are you doing here?" Danny said in a quiet hiss.

"Looking for you my dear boy, shouldn't that be obvious?" Vlad responded.

Before Danny could respond a voice sounded over the crowd. A young man wearing squared glasses with neat short brown hair with an Oxford school binder under his arm. He looked just the type of person Oxford University would take into their school, dignified clothes that was formal but casual as well. "Hello! Excuse me! Are you Vlad Masters?"

At first Vlad was caught off guard by the random bystander but the man in a few short seconds gave a calm and dignified answer. "Why yes, I am. And I know that you may want to chat but I have a train to be going on."

"Yes, yes of course, you are quite busy, I suppose." The young man said a little disappointed, he glanced at Danny, looking him over for a moment and turned away, walking off into the crowd.

"With that Vlad stepped away from Danny and passed by the young halfa. "Meet me on the roof of the station" Vlad said in a whisper.

"And why should I?" Danny retorted, whispering as well.

"You and I both know that we need to talk, so don't make me be forceful about it." Vlad said in a dark threatening tone. And with that, he stepped away into the crowd mixing into the bustling civilians rushing to their trains, including strange looking people that Danny knew were the witches and wizards looking for platform nine and three quarters.

'Ugh, that fruit loop!' Danny thought in frustration, gritting his teeth together.

He started to stride through the crowd looking along for some sort of employee back section of the station that could possibly have a way to access the roof. Otherwise he'd have to transform in a heavily surveyed station.

He found what he was looking for, an 'Employees only' sign. He quickly went in trying to not drawn attention to himself. The moment he started to walk down a long maintenance hallway he felt something lifting him up in the air from the armpits.

Danny turned his head as much as he could and saw nothing behind him. But soon a voice sounded right beside Danny's ear.

"Don't panic, it's just me" Vlad said, his ghost forms voice echoing slightly.

A sudden and familiar cold feeling went through Danny, as his body started to go intangible. He went through the roof of the station and saw Vlad in his human form waiting across from him.

"Good to see you again, little Badger." Vlad said with his back straight, his arms crossed behind his back in his fancy suit.

"Not really, Fruit loop. Now how did you find me?" Danny retorted, crossing his arms in protest.

Vlad looked angry by Danny's retort but he kept his composure and calmly started to explain to the teen. "Well, you weren't very discreet with your actions in Old Trafford, and I remember Skulker telling me about you being in Kings Cross a year ago, so it turns out that you really are this predictable"

Danny just glared at Vlad trying to let the passive insult roll off him. He stayed silent trying to let Vlad explain himself some more.

"By the way, where does that portal between the train platforms go?" Vlad asked smirking smugly, obviously trying to catch Danny by surprise.

"How did you-"

"It's not that hard my boy; it's fairly obvious if you're watching with the eyes of a hawk." Vlad said interrupting Danny quickly, boasting himself in the process.

"Yeah well… what happened to this elusive reward that you put up for bringing me back home" Danny said quickly, desperately trying to put Vlad in the hot seat in this encounter, trying to change the subject from him having to explain himself.

"It has been disbanded since Spectra and Bertrand's failed attempt. I was very foolish to ever put up that reward. It was rash and showed my disheveled side." Vlad explained calmly, clearly not feeling pressured by Danny's question. "Now, are you going to stop this circle jerk and actually answer my question?"

Danny looked nervously up to Vlad trying to gauge his options. He could tell Vlad in a sort of way that it didn't reveal the magical world…or he could tell the whole truth…

'Yeah, I'll go with the first option' Danny thought sarcastically.

Then a thought came to him, maybe he could get Vlad to trade some information for his info. "I'll tell you if you tell me one thing"

"Depends on what you want to know."

"What was the reward for my capture?" Danny asked apprehensively.

"A prize of their choosing that could go up to the value of ten million dollars." Vlad answered simply without batting an eye.

"Ten million dollars! For me!"

"Yes Daniel, I did go to extreme lengths to bring you home" Vlad answered calmly.

"But, but why?" Danny asked exasperated.

Vlad sighed, looking as though he didn't want to answer the question. Danny watched apprehensively, expecting a witty remark.

"I thought that if I could bring you back to your mother, that I'd gain...favour with her." Vlad said, watching for Danny's reaction.

Danny looked at Vlad in mixture of disgust and slight disbelief. But the more he thought of the prospect the more it fit with Vlad's style.

"So what, you just believed that by somehow bring me home you'd somehow convince Mom to just abandon Dad for you? That's deluded, even for you" Danny said in anger, his voice edging dangerously to yelling.

Vlad hung his head looking a bit in shame. "It was deluded, that is why the reward has been disbanded. I am here on my own accord"

Vlad took a step forward looking into Danny's eyes. "So I told you about the reward, now answer my question. Where does the concealed portal go in the station?"

Danny sighed, deciding on telling Vlad a half-truth to his question. "It goes to a secret train station"

"And?"

"And what" Danny said anger to Vlad's response. "I'm not telling you anymore. And why would you want to know?"

"Call me curious-"

Danny didn't let the man finish, he stepped in front of the man and raised his finger in front of the man. "No, you have a reason for everything you do. So why did you come all this way on a hunch?"

"So testy, my boy." Vlad said with a smug smile. "You must admit there is nothing wrong with asking why weirdly dressed people are stepping through a wall, seemingly disappearing into thin air."

"What about you being here fruit loop" Danny said with no hint of amusement on his face.

"Shouldn't it be obvious? I've come to find you and bring you home." Vlad said stepping away from Danny towards the edge of the roof to look over London skyline.

"Well sorry to disappoint you but I'm not leaving. I have things to do here still" Danny said in a semi-sarcastic tone.

Vlad turned back to Danny giving him a hard glare, his iris' starting to glow red. "And what makes you think this up for discussion?"

Danny stiffened his body under the gaze of the man. His hands turning into fists quickly, "You're not taking me back Vlad!"

"But what if I did Danny, what if I just decided to force you back to Amity Park? What is so important here that's forcing to run away from your family and friends!?" Vlad said challenging Danny.

Danny sighed pulled his hand through his hair not taking his eyes off of Vlad. He wasn't sure how he should answer Vlad. 'Could I tell him?' Danny contemplated darkly.

'Would he even believe me? Or would he even let get away with not explaining?' Danny thought to himself, his body shaking a bit in apprehension.

"I can't tell you…" Danny began feebly. "Look…I can't go with you. I have responsibilities here now. I wish there was a way to explain and make you understand, but a lot is at stake here, I've started something here and I can't leave it unfinished."

Vlad just gazed at the younger halfa, not saying a word. Danny worried that he wasn't getting his point across starting babble some more. "I know that it sounds really dumb to expect you to understand, but even if you force me back home, I'll just come back and I guarantee that you won't be able to bring me back until I'm finished."

With Danny's little speech over, Vlad walked towards the teen. Danny visibly stiffened getting prepared to transform for a fight. He waited for any sigh of attack, but it never came. Instead, Vlad just put his hand on Danny's shoulder giving it a reassuring squeeze. "Alright little badger, I'll let you stay."

Danny almost couldn't believe it at first he stood there wide-eyed not sure what he should say. "Your-You're serious?"

"Yes Daniel, I am. Because I don't want to fight you on this Daniel, you are entitled to make your own choices, even if it's stupid… And it's something that I've started to realize about our relationship."

Danny couldn't help but smile at the comment. "Thank you Vlad."

With the threat of the confrontation with Vlad over, Danny instantly thought back to the train he was supposed to board.

"Hey Vlad, what time is it?"

"10:55, why?" Vlad answered with a quick glance to his wrist watch.

"I got to board a train in five minutes!" Danny said panicked. He quickly turned around and went over to the door to the roof.

"Danny, promise me something" Vlad yelled getting the teen's attention. "If you decide to come back to Amity Park, see me first!"

Danny nodded, opened the roof access door with a quick swing and ran down the steps making his way to Platform nine and three quarters.


Danny eventually made it through the platform's portal having to try and not bring attention to himself in the busy train station. He made to the platform noticing the train bringing tons of steam into the air, the engine looking ready for departure.

Danny strides quickly to the train weaving his way through the crowd. Some people in the crowd turn and stare at him, some of the wizards and witches looking as though they were talking about him specifically.

He ignored them trying to not dwell on the stares. He continued towards the train until he noticed a blonde haired boy with what looked like his mother giving the boy a close hug. The two looked familiar to Danny but he couldn't figure out who they were at first glance.

He continued to walk through the crowd of magical folk, not looking in front of him as he continued to stare.

'Blonde hair, where have I seen that before…hmmm…wait… those are the Malfoys' Danny thought in realization.

Just as he had the brain wave he walked straight into the back of a man, startling Danny in his blind walk. He looked up at the man he had walked into and saying sorry automatically to the man not getting a good look at him, though he did notice the man's light blonde hair.

"Ah, you must have been bewitched by some wrackspurts, no problem, no problem at all" the man said enthusiastically wiping is silver robes.

"Um, what?" Danny asked befuddled by the man's comment.

"Wrackspurts, they're invisible beings that make your brain fuzzy if they fly through your ears." The man said good naturedly holding out his hand to Danny. "My name is Xenophilius Lovegood"

Danny shook the hand. "Danny Fenton"

At the mention of his name, Xenophilius' eyes widened in surprise. "You're the halfa!? I have heard so much about you and your powers…they are tremendous." He said quickly. "You do know that your power comes from the energy given off of nargles don't you?"

Danny raised his eyebrow at the man not sure how he should respond to the man. "Um, yeah…sure."

Suddenly a loud train whistle could be heard, Danny looked over the tall blonde man and saw that the train was starting. "Uh, it was nice meeting you and all, but I've got to get on that train."

The teen didn't even bother to look at the man's response as he pushed his way through the crowd noticing that the train was starting to pick up speed. He saw the majority of the students waving through the train windows, some first years with tears in their eyes. He made it to the train running beside the speeding locomotive and quickly found an entry step onto the train car. The opening was starting to move faster than Danny could run, he looked up and saw the amount of space on the train platform was drastically shrinking before him. With a great leap Danny jumped onto the train step and grabbed on the side rail steadying himself on the train right before the train left the station and started to turn the corner.

With that he stepped up towards the train car door, slide it open entering the train. Inside were many compartments for all the students to sit and socialize. In the middle of the hall was a candy trolley being pulled by an elderly woman with an old wrinkled smile on her face.

As Danny stepped down the train hall he noticed people noticing him giving him points and looks as he walked down the hall.

'Ok, time for the fun task of security' he thought to himself, not very excited for the coming hours.


A few hours later…

Danny continued to walk down the train hall trying to ignore all of the stares from the compartments. It was really starting to get on his nerves.

This was probably his third time he'd gone through all the train cars. He couldn't even make the excuse of going outside since the other Auror, Proudfoot was already watching up there.

'He knew that would be the easier job' Danny thought in disdain.

He made it to the end of the train car and in an act of laziness, he turned himself intangible and stepped through the train doors and walked into the next train car. This startled a young girl on the other side who started to step away from him in fear.

"Hey, no need to be…afraid" He finished lamely as he watched her run away.

He sighed rubbing the back of his head awkwardly, feeling bad that he scared the young kid.

He continued to walk passing multiple compartments until he saw Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville and Luna all sitting together. 'Harry did say that I could visit' Danny remembered.

He walked to the compartment giving them a wave before he slid the door open walking into the compartment sitting down on the one empty seat of six which was on the right side close to the door beside Luna.

Neville and Luna both stared at him inquisitively. Neville more inspective and Luna looking more glossy eyed at Danny's side. He just tried to ignore the blonde's doe eyed stare

"Hey guys, how's it going" Danny greeted, stretching his legs out in front of him.

"Nothing much Danny, just talking about classes for next year" Hermione answered curtly.

Danny nodded, "Yeah, my job is reaaaally dull right now" he said rolling his head back to show his boredom.

Ron chuckled at this. "Yeah I can imagine"

A pause followed within the group not sure what they should talk about, before Harry ended the odd silence.

"So what was that about in the station, who was the old guy?" Harry asked leaning in a bit in his seat, clearly interested in an answer.

Danny fiddled his thumbs thinking if it was a good idea in telling Harry as well as the people around.

'Come on Fenton, you can trust Harry, Ron, Hermione and their choice in friends.' Danny thought. He looked over to Neville and Luna and clearly could remember the two of them from somewhere. 'Wait, they were in the Ministry with Harry… Ok, I can trust them.'

"That man was Vlad Masters, he's a halfa like me" Danny said looking into Harry's eyes.

"Wait, there was another halfa in the station" Neville asked bewildered. "Blimey, I didn't even notice"

Hermione had her hand on her chin as if she was thinking over something.

"It's not like we look any different to a human in our human forms" Danny commented while motioning to himself.

"So, what did he look like?" Ron asked apprehensively.

"He looked old and wore a fancy suit" Harry said answering for Danny.

"I bet you can beat him in a fight, can't you Danny?" Ron said smiling.

Danny shook his head grimily. "He's had many more years to train his powers compared to me. He's much stronger than me because of this."

Harry was about to ask another question when Hermione jumped in. "You said his name was Vlad Masters, right? Do you mean Vlad Masters, the billionaire?"

"One and the same." Danny commented not wanting to say anymore.

Harry heard this and started to remember the name as well. "I've heard of him, one of the richest men in the world. Started off as a middle class man that turned himself very successful" Harry said in disbelief.

"Yeah, he started off his fortune by robbing some banks. Kind of easy when you can be pass through walls and be invisible at the same time"

"Wow…" Hermione said shaking her head in disbelief. "I would have never- that's unbelievable."

Danny nodded solemnly not saying a word.

"So what does this guy do?" Ron asked innocently.

"Well he owns a worldwide corporation…"

"No…I mean, is he a good guy or-"

"He's a bad guy" Danny interrupted. "He's obsessed with gaining power, on Earth or the ghost zone. He's also very lonely."

Danny shouldn't have gone into so much detail about Vlad, this wasn't exactly public details about him. 'It's not like they're going to meet him' he thought to himself.

"So why was he here in the station?" Harry asked.

"He was trying to find me and send me home to America. I convinced him that I can stay."

At that Danny got up from his chair and slid open the door. "Got to get back to work…" Danny said in disappointment.

"Hey Danny" Neville said getting the attention of the halfa. "Nice meeting you, officially, not just at the Ministry."

This comment made Neville blush a bit, noticing how awkward his comment was.

"It was nice meeting you too Neville" Danny said with a smile.

He turned and nearly walked right into a small eleven year old girl. The girl gasped, looked up at Danny and then gasped again suddenly looking nervous.

"D-D-D-Danny P-Phantom?" She said nervously.

"Yes?" He said kindly trying to get the girl to relax.

She then took out a small envelope out of her robes pocket and gave it to Danny. "T-Thank you"

And with that she walked past Danny and went into the Harry, Ron and Hermione's train compartment. Danny wasted no time and opened the envelope and read the letter

Danny Phantom,

I heard that you're on board the train.

I would be delighted if you had joined me for a bite of late lunch

Sincerely,

Professor Horace Slughorn

'Why would the new professor want to see me?' Danny thought to himself confused.

'I don't have time for this, I'm here as security, not mingling. I'll just tell him that I'm busy…'


Danny quickly went to the compartment and found a man sitting there with a huge pot belly, with a Santa Claus like face except he had a red haired moustache with two mutton chops. The guy gave strange impression of a walrus and it unnerved Danny a little.

He slid the door open and the man instant smiled and greeted him.

"Danny Phantom! Or, could it be Danny Fenton." Slughorn said with a devilish smile.

The man shook Danny's hand wildly giving him a sweet smile.

"Sit, we can discuss things before everyone else arrives" The man said enthusiastically.

"I'm sorry but I was just coming by to tell you that I can't accept your invitation. I've got to provide security for the train."

The man's upbeat attitude seemed to disappear in an instant. "Yes, yes, of course, you are a busy, being the youngest Auror in history!"

Danny started to step out and leave when Slughorn spoke up again. "Well, I insist that you attend my Christmas party in December. I'll send you an invitation in November"

The ghost boy was taken aback by the request so he just nodded his head, knowing that he may be regretting this decision in the future.


Danny stood beside Tonks at the Hogwarts station watching the train slowly make its way to the station.

He flew ahead to check the station where he was surprised to see Tonks at the station, who was sent in at last minute to check up Hogsmede and wait at the station. Danny was a little miffed that the Head Auror didn't believe that he and Proudfoot could handle the situation with some intelligence agents in Hogsmede, but this was the wizard children of the country so it was fair to have extra security.

The train finally landed, Hagrid had just haggardly arrived towering over Danny and Tonks.

"Hows're goin' you two?" Hagrid said with a smile.

"Not too bad Hagrid, Hogsmede is secured, the magic protective spells have been cast." Tonks answered

"The train ride was pretty dull, meaning it was completely safe." Danny said in a bored tone.

Soon the train had fully stopped. The students started to disembark the train all making their way down the trail towards the carriages lined up to transport students.

Hagrid started to round up the first years and lead them an opposite direction down a hill where enchanted boats were waiting to cross the lake.

Danny and Tonks watched the students from the side trying to not get in the way. As he stood there Hermione and Ron walked up to them with a look of concern.

"Hey Ron, Hermione. What's up?" Danny greeted.

"Have you seen Harry?" Hermione asked biting her lip in fear.

"No, why do you ask?"

"He went to Slughorn's lunch and we haven't seen him since, we thought he'd be with Neville or Ginny but she told us that he left them under the Invisibility Cloak." Hermione explained.

"Well, let me check the train for you, you should get going just in case it's a false alarm." Danny said reassuring Hermione and Ron.

"Thank you."

The half ghost nodded and started to make his way to the train sidestepping through the crowd briefly making himself intangible to get through faster.

He made it on the train and started to look through the train going through the many compartments feeling his way through the many compartments.

'Uhhh, where is he!?' Danny thought stepping into a new compartment.

He suddenly felt something from underneath just as he was in mid step. Danny fell down right into floor his feet propped up by something invisible.

He quickly got off of the invisible mass and sat down on his knees in front of what he assumed was Harry. He felt his hand into the zone that he believed Harry was in and quickly lifted away the thin substance in the air and threw it behind him.

Harry was revealed to be completely frozen in place, blood leaking out of his nose, mangled and broken.

'I need Tonks to get him out of this spell' Danny thought as he started to lift Harry up.

"Don't worry Harry, I'll get you unstuck once I get Tonks."

He walked with Harry's rigid body over his shoulder, turning Harry and him intangible to walk right through the walls and onto the now empty train platform.

Tonks ran out of the train the instant she saw the two boys. Danny carefully placed Harry on the pavement and in a swish of Tonks wand and a bright red light, Harry's muscles were set free, causing the scarred boy to gasp haggardly.

Harry quickly wiped his face, swearing some of the dripping blood off his face.

"What happened?"

"I followed Malfoy, he found me, and immobilized me" Harry answered looking a little embarrassed.

"Harry. Let me fix your nose…now hold still." Tonks said raising her wand.

"Episkey"

Danny winced as he watched the nose automatically lodge into place with a small cracking noise. Harry started to scrunch his face, testing the nose and how well it could move.

"Thanks a lot"

"No problem Harry"

And with that Danny watched Tonks raise her wand again and suddenly a patronous was formed looking like some sort of gigantic wolf. In an instant the wolf started to run off to through the trails towards the castle, disappearing into the night.

"Danny take Harry to the gates, I've sent word that you're coming." Tonks instructed.

Danny nodded and signalled to Harry and the two of them started walking through the wood trail.

"So why did you follow Draco?" Danny asked inquisitively.

Harry looked conflicted about the question, his face completely stone faced.

"I think that Malfoy is a Death Eater"

"What!" Danny exclaimed stopping mid step to look at Harry.

"Hear me out, Ron, Hermione and I followed him on the trip to Diagon Alley and we saw him go into Borgin and Burkes, he scared Borgin just by raising his sleeve it must be the dark mark. He's also trying to repair something, and it must be involved with Voldemort." Harry explained.

"Harry, look, I've had many run ins with crazy plots, but you have to keep a level head about these things. When Malfoy did this to you, did he tell you anything about this?"

"He said some things when he didn't know I was there. He was hinting to a lot of things that were connected to what I'm saying. Hints at how he may not be at Hogwarts next year, doing something he called, important"

Danny stroked his chin in thought, "If this was true, what would you want me to do?"

"Maybe you can search Malfoy's home to find whatever Draco's trying to repair" Harry said desperately.

"I don't know Harry, I don't think I may have the authority for that" Danny said sceptically.

"You can get help from Mr. Weasley. I'm sure that he could help" Harry pleaded.

Danny sighed and gave Harry a small nod. "I'll see what I can do. Just don't be surprised if I can't do anything."


The two teens continued to walk towards Hogwarts gate through the muddy trail. Harry's face was still covered in blood which the halfa tried to point out but Harry just didn't care obviously thinking about more important to him.

Danny just walked silently watching the surrounding forest around him for any sort of ambush, but he didn't see it happening.

They eventually made it to the Hogwarts gate, now decked out in greater safety spells making it impossible for Danny to phase through.

Help was supposed to arrive any minute to open the way for Harry so the two teens just stood around the gate waiting patiently.

"So will you check out the Malfoy house?" Harry asked hopeful to get Danny's cooperation.

"Maybe" Danny said firmly. "I don't know the full extent of my Auror status and some of the wizard laws"

Suddenly there sound of footsteps coming from the other side of the gate, a man holding a lantern walking through the darkness towards the gate. The figure was shrouded over by the surrounding darkness making it hard to see who it was.

Once the man got close enough they could both see the figure's oily black hair with a dark green eyes and long hooked nose. They both instantly recognized Severus Snape, the Hogwarts potions master.

"Well, well, well" Snape greeted with a sneer towards Harry. "Nice of you to show up Potter, although you have evidently decided that the wearing of school robes would detract from your school appearance"

"I couldn't change, I didn't have my-"

"No excuses Potter, you had more than enough time on the train" Snape interrupted dryly. Snape then looked over to Danny and seemed to be inspecting him over.

"Mr. Fenton may I speak with you for a moment" He said opening the gate with a quick tap of his wand.

"Uh, sure" Danny says surprised. He steps through the now open gate. Just before Harry could get past the gate Snape closes the gate on him.

"I don't want you to be overhearing us Potter, especially with your invisibility cloak" Snape said looking at the cloak in Harry's hands.

Harry just looked on disappointed, giving the professor a glare from behind the gate. Snape stepped down the path lighting the way with his lantern just when Harry was no longer lit up by any sign of the lantern light, Snape turned to Danny and spoke very quietly. "Be careful when fight Death Eaters in the future Fenton, Voldemort has put a 'to be captured alive' bounty on you. He's obsessed with you, almost as much as he's obsessed with getting Potter"

Danny looked at Snape in surprised trying to process the news. And then he remembered what Goyle said back in their fight in Old Trafford. "You're lucky that I can't kill you!" flashed through the halfas mind, making him shiver involuntarily.

'So Voldemort wants me captured alive…' Danny thought horror.

"But why?" Danny asked the professor trying to comprehend the news.

"It seems that he's obsessed with your link to turning alive and dead in a flash." Snape said solemnly.

Danny nodded numbly, "Is that all you had to tell me?"

"Yes"

"Okay…"

The two of them stepped back to the gate where Harry stood, unhappy of being left out.

"Let's go Potter" Snape said with a snide stare.

Harry didn't respond he just walked through the open gate and started to follow Snape lighting the way to the school. He turned around to Danny and gave a weak wave.

"Bye Danny, thanks…for everything"

Danny smiled, "No problem Harry; stay out of trouble!"

With the light of the lantern gone, Danny was left out in the dark where only the moon gave any sort of light to see in the night.

Danny transformed, letting the light engulf him, transforming into his ghost half. He flew into the air looking for the steam of the Hogwarts Express to get himself back to London.


There we go, the end of the longest chapter so far in this story! Thank you loyal readers for the patience for this chapter!

Please review what you thought of the chapter. I really want to know if the dialogue wasn't unrealistic or bland.

Also, please speculate in what you think is going to happen next! I always get some inspiration from some of your ideas (makes me brainstorm)


Until next time,

Prophet =P