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"What!" said Remus, as he and Tonks jumped up out of their seats.

"I said Death Eaters are about to attack Diagon Alley." repeated Harry, starting towards the exit of the restaurant.

"How do you know?" asked Tonks, following Harry. Suddenly they heard screams coming from outside. Tonks and Remus ran ahead of Harry and then looked towards the right, were the most popular shops were located.

"Death Eaters." remarked Remus before turning towards the two boys. "You two stay here. I mean it." Then he and Tonks went running outside where all the commotion was coming from. Harry and Ron stood at the door and frowned at each other, looking down at their wrist bands.

"That's odd, the bands say Hermione and Ginny are in the opposite direction." commented Harry.

"That makes sense. Everyone is so focused on the current attack, the Death Eaters can come up and surprise them from behind." commented Ron, thinking about the strategy.

"Well then, lets go help Hermione and Ginny fend them off." said Harry as they started running in the direction that their wristbands were pointing them. As they reached the end of the Alley, they decided to hide in an alley way to assess the situation. There were ten Death Eater in the center of the road trying to fight off curses, but you could tell that they had no idea where they were coming from. Looking down at his watch, Harry saw Hermione's arrow pointing to the right side of the road while Ginny's was pointing to the left.

"They are attacking from each side." commented Harry.

"Good idea." remarked Ron. "As a matter of fact, if one of us can make it on the other side and start attacking it will prevent them from being able to move forward at all. It would be best though that they don't see us, like they can't see them."

"Okay, cast a disillusion charm on me and I will go across the road and then we will start the attack." said Harry. Ron nodded his head and cast the charm. Harry hurried across the road and got into a position so that the Death Eater couldn't see him. He nodded to Ron, and they simultaneously sent their first attack out.

"What the hell!" commented a Death Eater. "There are more of them."

"Where?" hollered the leader.

"I don't know, I still can't see anyone." The four teenagers grinned. They continued there attack and hitting there target repeatedly. It wasn't long before each and every Death Eater had been hit with a cutting curse and were bleeding from their cheek.

"That's enough! This isn't getting us anywhere. McNair, alert the others that we aren't coming. It's time to return to the Dark Lord." the leader ordered, but you could tell he wasn't happy about the last part. Suddenly all the Death Eaters apparated with multiple pops. Once they were gone, the four teenagers met at the middle of the road.

"Good job you guys." said Harry.

"We had surprise and concealment on our side, so it worked out well." commented Ginny,

"What others were they talking about?" asked Hermione.

"At the same time you alerted us, a group attacked the opposite side of the Alley. That was where Tonks and Remus went. Apparently they were planning on surrounding and trapping everyone." informed Ron. The girls nodded their head accepting the answer.

"We better get back to the restaurant. You hear them, they plan on leaving so Remus will expect us there." said Harry and the four took off towards the restaurant they had occupied previously.

Remus and Tonks watched as another Death Eater apparated into the fight, but instead of joining it merely yelled out to return to base and then disappeared again. The other Death Eaters looked at each other in confusion before disapparating also. Remus and Tonks looked around, but couldn't find anymore threats, so they looked for injured witches or wizards. There weren't many so once they were tended to the two Aurors made their way back to the teenagers they had left behind, hoping they were okay. When they entered the restaurant they saw the four sitting at the table, talking softly and drinking their drinks.

"Is it over?" asked Ginny as innocently as she could.

"Yes." said Tonks, taking a seat.

"What did you guys do?" asked Remus suspiciously.

"I don't know what your talking about." commented Harry.

"When Ginny and I heard the fight start, we came back in here to stay with Harry and Ron." explained Hermione. Remus just looked at them suspiciously about ready to accuse them of something when Mrs. Weasley rushed in.

"Oh, thank god you're okay." she gushed, running up to the children and giving them a each a huge hug. "I was so worried."

"They are fine Molly, but I think we should head back to headquarters." said Remus, pulling out a key chain that was their return portkey.

"Off course Remus. Come on everyone. Its time to go." The group all reached for the portkey and when Remus said the activation word, they all felt the familiar tug in their navels. When they landed Harry fell over, knocking over the other teenagers, resulting in all of them tumbling to the ground. As soon as they stood up, Dumbledore came rushing in, twinkle gone from his eye.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Death Eater attack." said Tonks simply.

"But they left suddenly. I don't know what happened." stated Remus.

"I had received an owl about it and then Severus' was called. He will arrive after to tell us what he can." commented Dumbledore before turning to the kids. "Everyone okay?"

"Perfectly fine." commented Ginny.

"Good, Good." he responded.

"Why don't we all sit down for tea until Severus gets here." commented Mrs. Weasley.

"Headmaster. Can we listen to what Professor Snape has to say." asked Harry.

"Yeah, we would like to know why they attacked." added Ginny.

"I don't know about that." started the Headmaster.

"I think they should." interrupted Remus. "They were there when it happened and they are getting older. We can't everything from them." Dumbledore still looked unsure.

"I will allow it." said Mrs. Weasley. "This isn't actually an order meeting, just a report. It wont hurt to have them there." Mrs. Weasley knew that everyone would be shocked at her acceptance, but after watching their diligence throughout the summer so far, she knew that the children could handle it.

"I suppose since Molly doesn't have an issue with it, then you will be allowed to be there." said Dumbledore, but you could tell he didn't like the idea. Harry couldn't help but wonder at that. He had realized throughout the summer that a lot that Dumbledore did didn't add up and he was starting to doubt the motives of the older man.

"Thank mum." said Ginny and Ron together, giving her a wide grin.

"Come on, to the kitchen for tea and biscuits then." said Mrs. Weasley. The group gathered in the kitchen and ate their biscuits and drank their tea, waiting for Severus to arrive. The four talked about little things amongst themselves, but Remus kept on shooting them suspicious glances, knowing he had missed something that had happened back in Diagon Alley. Finally, Severus swooped into the kitchen.

"Ah, Severus, at last. What information can you tell us about the attack." started Dumbledore immediately wanting answers.

"Apparently it had been planned in advance, but the Dark Lord failed to mention it to me because of suspicion that I was a spy. They planned to attack the front of the alley and then have a group attack from behind." informed Severus.

"But there wasn't attack from behind." commented Remus and he couldn't help but notice the looks the four teenagers shared.

"That is because that group was attacked before they had a chance to advance."

"Attacked by who?" asked Tonks.

"They are not certain. They claim they had to have been surrounded by Aurors but none of them actually saw any." commented Severus. This time it was he that noticed the smile the four Gryffindors shared and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in speculation.

"There were no Aurors other than the ones in the fight with Remus and I." said Tonks.

"Be that as it may. Someone attacked them and effectively stopped the fight due to the lack of reinforcements." said Severus.

"And what about Voldemorts suspicions of you?" asked Dumbledore.

"Well, who ever attacked the rear group actually made it appear that the Order knew about the attack ahead of time. Since I was not informed of said attack, it has taking me out of suspicion as a spy,, but now the Dark Lord is curious as to who in his inner circle is betraying him." Again, Severus noticed the looks the Gryffindors shared, getting suspicious himself.

"Well, that did turn in our favor then. I do wonder who these mysterious protectors are though." said Dumbledore thoughtfully.

"Another bit of information that you might want to know is that not only did they stop there advance, but said mysterious protectors marked the ten Death Eaters." said Severus.

"Marked how?" asked Mrs. Weasley.

"They each were hit with a cutting curse that was directed directly at their cheek. Each Death Eater that was in that group has a three inch diagonal scar on their left cheek. No magic with vanish them and only a strong concealment charm with hide them." informed Severus.

"So we will be able to tell who was in that group by the scar." remarked Remus.

"Unofficially of course, since this information came from Severus. But it will give us a head up as to who is following Voldemort." said Dumbledore before standing up. "Thank you Severus for the update. I must head back to Hogwarts now. Enjoy your day." he said before getting up and leaving.

"Mum, I think we are going to go in the library for a little bit." Ron told his mum.

"Alright dear." she said, starting to clear the tabled. Remus watched them go before deciding to get some answers. When he reached the library, they were sitting in a furniture facing each other. He pushed the door closed so that it was only left open a crack before entering the library fully.

"Okay, tell me what you did." accused Remus.

"What are you talking about?" asked Ron.

"We didn't do anything." assured Harry.

"Let me get this straight, you four are trying to tell me that you sat idly by why Diagon Alley was getting attack, with innocent lives at stake. Not to mention the pointlessness of all the training you have been doing if what you say is true." said Remus frankly. The four teenagers looked at him in silence before Ron chuckled.

"Yeah you're right that doesn't sound like us at all." said Ron. The other chuckled as well, realizing how bad their cover story was.

"So you guys were the group of 'Aurors' that surrounded them?" asked Remus.

"Yeah, but that theory is just ridiculous. If we were Aurors, why didn't we try to arrest them or figure out who they were?" asked Ginny.

"True, but how did you do it?" asked Remus.

"Well, when Hermione and Ginny left they didn't really go to the jewelry shop." said Harry. Remus looked at Hermione is disappointment.

"And I thought you were the one that wouldn't lie to me." he commented.

"I am really sorry, but we knew that today would be an opportune time to attack and we wanted to scope out the area and it was the only way we could get away. And technically I didn't lie, I only said that we would behave and be right back." Hermione said quickly, feeling guilty. Remus thought back on the conversation and realized she was right.

"I'll let you off this time." Remus said before starting to walk to the door of the library. "One more question. How did you tell the boys the Death Eaters were attacking?" he asked.

"Now what fun would it be if we gave you all of our secrets." said Harry with a smile.

"Alright. But I just want you four to know that I am very proud of what you did today. You were planned and efficient. And you didn't get yourselves hurt. Thank you." He said before walking out.

Unknown to those in the library, Severus had been listening in ever since Lupin had entered the library. He couldn't help but be impressed when the four revealed their participation at Diagon Alley. When he heard Lupin start to head for the door, he walked towards the entrance of the house and stepped outside. It was just getting dark and Severus couldn't help but look up at the sky and have a single thought before apparating away. If anyone could read his mind they would have heard him say

'You would be so proud.'


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