A/N I do not own the rights to Harry Potter. J K Rowling wouldn't sell them to me.

Chapter twelve - The Attacks

28th September 1992 3:15 PM

"A new law has been passed thanks to the efforts of Madam Undersecretary Dolores Umbridge. This law states that, on the night of the full moon, all werewolves must report to the Ministry of Magic half an hour before the full moon rises. This is so they can prove they have Wolfsbane Potion, in which case they can go to wherever they would normally go on the full moon. If they don't have Wolfsbane Potion, they will be taken, via Portkey, to a secure location provided by the Ministry." Minister Fudge had half a speech left when he was interrupted by thirteen people, in full Death Eater regalia, apparating into the atrium.

Lucius Malfoy felt his voice would be suitably muffled by the mask. "Avada Kedavra!" The green light shot from the tip of his elm wand and struck Fudge directly in the chest. For a single second, Fudge stood there, unsupported, with a look of surprise on his face that would be comical in almost any other scenario. Then, he crumpled to the floor.

Van Hellenberg sent a Killing Curse towards Madam Longbottom. The Aurors got over the shock of the first Death Eater attack in eleven years and fought back. Auror Black and Trainee Auror Tonks took to firing various Curses invented by the Black's into the crowd of Death Eaters. Auror Dawlish hid behind the Fountain of Magical Brethren.

A Death Eater left the crowd of Death Eaters and fired Killing Curse after Killing Curse at Madam Bones. Madam Bones, who was a skilled duellist, avoided them and sent multiple Stunning Curses back.

Tony Kirwood had a special mission. He had to injure Madam Umbridge without killing her. He had never trusted Snape. He decided to frame Snape for the attack. As Umbridge ran to cover he pointed his wand at her. "Sectumsempra!" The Curse that was a specialty of Snapes hit Umbridge on the shoulder, cutting deep into her flesh, revealing bone. Unfortunately for Tony, he hadn't been paying attention to Auror Black.

"Rursus Sectio!" When the amaranthine coloured light hit him, Tony let out a high-pitched, blood-curdling scream, dropped his wand, grabbed the affected area and fell to the ground.

"Nietoperz Straszak!"

"Really Tonks? A Bat-Bogey hex? These guys are trying to kill you. Ulcere Pessimo! And you're using Bat-Bogey hexes?"

"Bats coming out of your nose are quite distracting. Stupefy!"

"Reducto!"

"Avada Kedavra!"

"Rursus Sectio!"

"Crucio!" Trainee Auror Tonks fell to the floor screaming in pain.

"Oi! Leave my cousin alone! Reducto!" Gregory Goyle Sr then discovered that it is quite hard to breathe when a Reductor Curse has destroyed your throat.

A large group of Aurors entered the atrium. "Retreat!" All of the Death Eaters that could still apparate left. Except for the one fighting Madam Bones.

When Narcissa Malfoy left Malfoy Manor that day she swore not to return until Amelia Bones was dead. One Death Eater versus forty-three Aurors wasn't exactly great odds for her. She joined three other Death Eaters who were captured alive.

28th September 1992 6:47 PM

It was Dinnertime at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The students were enjoying the food. Sirius Black hated to ruin the mood, but he had to. Students noticed him and waved. "Sirius, to what do we owe this pleasure?"

"Business, I'm afraid. Could I speak with", he pulled out a list. "Abhishek Azad, Priyanka Azad, Susan Bones, Rajeev Chowdhury, Jared Clarke, Vincent Crabbe Jr, Cedric Diggory, Kimberly Fudge, Gregory Goyle Jr, Étienne Hubar, Jason Killick, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, William Melling, Theodore Nott Jr, Roger Papworth, Pansy Parkinson, Harry Potter, Roderick Van Hellenberg, Sheila Van Hellenberg and Adam Walters?"

Dumbledore was taken aback by the amount of names, knowing that "business" referred to informing families of lost members. "Certainly."

Sirius led the students into an empty classroom. "Was my father killed or arrested?" Everyone in the room looked at Goyle. "What? He's an Auror. He mentioned he's here on business. He brought the children of Death Eaters into a room with children of people who opposed the Death Eaters. My father also hinted in his last letter that the Dark Lord would return soon."

"Is everyone here ok with the rest of the people here knowing the fate of your relatives? Bearing in mind that all this information will be in the Prophet tomorrow?"

Most people just wanted to find out if their family was all right and didn't care who else heard. The children of Death Eaters knew that everyone would know the fates of their parents by tomorrow so didn't really care.

"Abhishek, Priyanka. Your mother was hit by a Curse. We don't yet know what Curse it is, but once we do she'll be fine. Your mother was also on a list of people the Death Eaters wanted dead, she may be a target once she's healed. Susan. A Death Eater attempted to murder Amelia through continued use of the Killing Curse. Amelia avoided all of the Curses and the Death Eater is now in custody. She was also on the list. Rajeev, your mother was on the list, but avoided injury. Jared, your father was hit by a Killing Curse. He was also on the list. I am sorry for your loss. Vince, your father was one of the Death Eaters arrested. We found the list on his person. Cedric, your father was hit by a Killing Curse. He was also on the list. I am sorry for your loss. Kimberly, your father appears to have been the main target in this attack. He was hit with a Killing Curse almost immediately. I am sorry for your loss. Greg, your father used the Killing Curse to attempt to kill multiple Aurors, including me, he also used the Cruciatus Curse on Trainee Auror Tonks. He was killed shortly afterwards. Étienne, your father was a Death Eater. I don't know if he killed, or seriously injured anyone. He was killed in the battle."

"My father was a Death Eater?" It was clear from the look on his face that the 14-year-old Ravenclaw knew nothing about his fathers illegal activities.

"Yes. Jason, your father was injured by a Reductor Curse to the elbow. He has lost his left forearm from the elbow downwards. He was also on the list. Neville, Augusta was hit by a Killing Curse shortly after the Minister. She was on the list. I'm so sorry for your loss. Draco, your mother was the Death Eater who attempted to murder Amelia Bones. Will, your father was put under the Cruciatus Curse. He was also on the list. Theo, your father was a Death Eater. He was arrested after being Cursed with painful boils that will last a year. A year if he gets treatment. Roger, your father is fine. He was on the list though, so may be targeted after today. Pansy, your father was one of the Death Eaters killed. Prongslet, I was on the list, so we are having an Auror guard at the house, same as everyone else on the list who survived. Roderick, Sheila, your father was one of the Death Eaters killed. Before I left, his wand was found to have cast the spell that killed Augusta Longbottom. Adam, your father was on the list. He was not at the Ministry when the attack took place. We don't know where he is. He has been listed as a missing person."

"Sir, my father mentioned, in his letter to me this morning, that an associate of his had sent a man to find the Dark Lord. He also mentioned that the man, I didn't recognise the name, had found the Dark Lord."

"Do you remember the mans name, Greg? The man who was sent to find Voldemort?"

"Yes, maybe you'll know who it is."

"Maybe, who was it?"

"A man called Wormtail."

Albania, the same time

Peter Pettigrew was repulsed at what he had to do. He looked down at the serrated knife he had stolen from an Albanian shop and glanced at the orphaned baby he had stolen from a nearby village. Ignoring the fact that he had orphaned it when its parents had found Peter in their child's room.

Peter screwed up all of his Gryffindor courage and began the ritual. "Let this innocent life, forcibly taken, renew my master, until he can return to his true form." He then used his stolen blade to slit the child's throat.

As the baby tried to scream in pain and terror, Wormtail lowered it into a stolen cauldron full of a Dark potion. Before the baby could drown or bleed to death, Voldemort left his current host, his familiar Nagini, and possessed the child. The potion then began to heal the slit throat and, in the process, deformed the child.

When Wormtail looked into the cauldron, instead of a dead baby he saw a baby with red eyes, no nose and cracked, leathery skin. "Thanksss, Wormtail. Now, take me to Luciusss' Manor."

Wormtail clothed his master and made his way to the nearby house of Ndriçim Belushi, an Albanian Death Eater who would help their master return to Britain.

3rd October 1992 9:00 AM

Narcissa Malfoy was angry. She didn't manage to kill Amelia Bones. Her "I was under the Imperius" defence was ignored. She is being put on trial, like a pauper. And now she's being force fed Veritaserum.

"What is your name?"

"Narcissa Druella Malfoy, née Black."

"What is your date of birth?"

"4th October 1955."

"Are you a Death Eater?"

"Yes."

"When did you become a Death Eater?"

"4th October 1972, the day I turned 17."

"Who else was involved in the attack on the Ministry on the 28th September 1992?"

Narcissa opened her mouth to answer. Then she started convulsing. She shook violently in her chair, before stopping suddenly and collapsing in the chair. They didn't want to risk someone else dying, so avoided asking similar questions to the rest of the Death Eaters captured that day.

After the last trial, where Nott got sentenced to life in Azkaban like the others, Bartemius Crouch Sr, who went to all the Death Eater trials, was approached by a young spotty individual. "What do you-" then Barty noticed the boys eyes. They were glazed over. "THIS MAN HAS BEEN IMPERIOUSED!" He yelled before Stan Shunpike grabbed him and disapparated. This was on October 31st 1992.

Hogwarts, the same time

The Halloween feast was in full swing. The Junior Marauders were eating and chatting and just generally having a good time. Hermione mentioning that she had seen what animal she would become, an owl obviously.

Filch, as always, ruined everyone's fun. "MRS NORRIS HAS BEEN MURDERED! MRS NORRIS HAS BEEN MURDERED!" He cried as he ran to the staff table, carrying a stiff cat.

Everyone was sent to bed. The staff all crowded into Dumbledore's office. Lockhart was making a lot of unhelpful suggestions. "She's not dead, Argus."

"She's not?" This was from both Filch and Lockhart.

"No, just petrified."

"Ah, such a shame I wasn't there. I know the very counter-Curse that could've saved her."

Before anything else could be said, Snape grabbed his arm and gasped in pain. "What is it Severus?" Snape pulled up his left sleeve. The Dark Mark was animated. Lockhart squealed and bravely leapt a foot in the air, before cowering behind Filch.

"The Dark Lord has returned, Albus. I am being summoned."

"Go to him, Severus."

Snape left.

"Uh, I, er, have somewhere important to be." Lockhart also left.

A/N Can one of you guys help me out with Hermione's Marauder name? I will give you full credit, unless for some reason you don't want it.