A/N: Here ya go another chapter and hopefully this will make up some for my lack of writing for a while.
Chapter Twelve: Let's Get Ready to Rumble
Hogsmeade Outside
"Now then" Harry said as he grinned "you two ladies said something about capturing me?"
"You arrogant brat" the first Death Eater said as he moved slightly to get into a better dueling stance.
"After all the years of chasing me that's the best you boot lickers can manage?"
"Enough of this" the other man said as he drew his wand "Avada Kedavra!"
A green light shot from the Death Eater's wand, as the sickly killing curse rushed towards Harry. Ron watched in horror as he saw the curse headed for his best friend, and his friend didn't seem to be reacting to it at all. Harry didn't seem to react at all as the green light of the curse hit him and he vanished.
"Where did he go" the one confused Death Eater asked the one that fired the curse.
"I don't know…maybe I blew 'em to bits with it, since I am so powerful."
"I doubt that would happen" Harry said from behind the two shocked Death Eaters "Reducto!"
The curse flew at the Death Eater that had fired the unforgivable at Harry and it hit before he could even react. Harry hit him in his wand arm shattering it to pieces and this caused the man to fall to the ground screaming in pain as blood started to pool on the ground around him.
"How…" the last remaining Death Eater stammered as he stared at Harry.
"How'd I what? Oh you mean how did I get over here, well that is a secret that I won't be sharing today, but I will share this with you."
"What's that" the Death Eater asked dumbly as he looked at Harry and tried to avoid looking down at his friend on the ground.
"Stupefy!" Harry said as the stunning curse was sent from his wand and connected with the Death Eater rendering him unconscious.
Ron had watched the whole battle which in all honesty wasn't even a battle, since it was mainly one sided. Any way Ron had watched it in disbelief and could not figure out how Harry managed to move behind the two Death Eaters since he was sure that there were Anti-Apparation Wards in place.
Ginny's Office DoM
"That explains the rough ride in, but why would there be wards up when there shouldn't be?" Hermione asked as she too used her wand to check and she found the same results that Tonks had.
"I can only think of a few reasons and none of them are good" Tonks said as her confused expression turned to one of concern.
"Do you think Death Eaters are attacking" Ginny asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
"That is the number one reason I can think of for there to be wards up" Tonks said held on to her wand waiting to see if anything would happen. If she were still an Auror she would have been notified of an attack, but since Hardy saw fit to let her go that didn't happen.
"Ok, we need to figure out who is here and how many of them there are" Ginny said as she took on her role as department head.
"Right, I will try to contact the Order and see what they know" Hermione said as she pulled out a small phoenix shaped necklace.
"I am going to try and contact Harry" Tonks said with a hint that she was also calling the others but she couldn't let Hermione know about them.
"I will see what the Unspeakables know" Ginny said as she was the last to proclaim what she was going to do.
Minister of Magic's Office
The article went on to list all the follies that Fudge had made over his term in office and there are even some hints in the article which could make one believe that Cornelius Fudge was in truth a Death Eater kept in office by Voldemort as his puppet.
Samson looked at the paper and then at the minister of magic "sir I told you back when Hukaby retired as the head of the department of mysteries that I believed my plan to be worth while, and sir I still believe it to be true."
"I hope so Samson, with that Potter brat back, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named on the loose I am not sure I am secure in my position as minister."
"You worry way too much sir, you need to…" Samson didn't get to finish his statement as an explosion was heard outside Fudge's office.
"What in the name of Merlin is going on out there" Fudge said as he looked at the door of his office.
"I'm checking sir" Samson said as he pulled a roll of parchment from his robes. He looked over it for a moment before his expression turned dire. "We're under attack Death Eaters have stormed the ministry and all available Aurors are locked in battles with them."
"What? This is all I needed now" Fudge said as he coward behind his desk.
"They have place Anti-Transport Wards up which mean you can't Apparate or use a Portkey either."
"Damn them" fudge said as he heard a large crashing sound closer to his door. The Death eaters were getting closer and Fudge was getting more desperate for a way to escape. A grin came to Fudge's face "Samson this way." Fudge went over to a shelf that he kept a bottle of Fire Whiskey on, and with a flick of wand and the correct password the shelf vanished to show a tunnel. "In here" Fudge said as he ran into the tunnel.
Samson didn't need to be told twice, he might have been shocked by how calm Fudge was and how in charge the man seemed, but he wasn't waiting around for the Death Eaters to come bursting into the office either.
When Samson got inside it the shelf reappeared leaving the tunnel bathed only by the light of two torches, one on each wall. Fudge continued to remain calm and in charge as he took one of the torches off the wall and started down the tunnel with Samson following behind him.
"Sir do you know where your going?"
"Of course Samson, I had this tunnel put in, in case of such an emergency. We will come out into a small house a few blocks from the ministry that I bought to use as an exit for the tunnel."
Hogsmeade Outside
Ron watched on as Harry walked over and bound the stunned death eater with ropes that he conjured up. Harry didn't want him to escape, so he made sure to use quite a bit of rope, a bit more than Ron expected was needed.
"Harry, you were brilliant" Ron said as he ran over to him "how did you manage to get behind them?"
Harry laughed at Ron "wasn't hard" Harry said as he finished securing the Death Eater. "it was a bit of old magic I suppose mixed with some new, basically I used an illusion of myself to distract them, while I went invisibly behind them, so like I said nothing to it mate."
"Brilliant is what it was" Ron said still sounding a bit shocked "I thought you were a goner when I saw that killing curse coming at ya."
"Take more than these two jokers to bring me down Ron, you should know that. How about you go fetch Dumbledore while I try to get some useful information out of this slacker?"
"Right I'll see if I can get him and anyone else I can since we might need to help them in Diagon Alley or at the Ministry."
"As soon as I find out what I can from him I will head for the Ministry, you should take a group to Diagon Alley to see if they need help there."
"Ok mate be careful" Ron said as he Apparated away from Hogsmeade.
Harry laughed slightly as Ron left "now your mine asshole" he said as he aimed his way at the bound Death Eater "Enervate!"
Ginny's Office DoM
Hermione went to contact the Order and got a hold of Dumbledore, so she informed him of the little she knew. "That's right Albus we wards are in place, so we can't get out, but we did manage to port in."
"That means they are using one way wards, which means they aren't worried about help coming to aid those inside, they just don't want those inside getting out to help anyone."
"Have there been reports of other attacks" Hermione asked though she didn't think so since Dumbledore didn't know about the Ministry.
"Not as of…" Dumbledore stopped speaking "hold on Mrs. Weasley your husband just come in."
'Ron' Hermione thought as she waited for Dumbledore to speak again 'what are you doing there?'
"Mrs. Weasley it is just as we expected there was another attack in Hogsmeade, apparently your husband and Mr. Potter were there when it happened, so they foiled it. However I am told another one is said to be taking place in Diagon Alley. I am going to get half the Order to head there and the other half will see about getting into the Ministry."
"Very well Professor we will do what we can in here" Hermione said as she finished her conference with Dumbledore.
Ginny contacted the Unspeakables to see what they knew of the wards "Harold what can you tell me about the wards?"
"Not much ma'am, we know that there was a break in about five to ten minutes ago, once inside the intruders put up the wards."
"Have you sent men to investigate?"
"Yes ma'am two my of my seasoned operatives went out a bit ago to do some recon on the situation."
"Keep me advised of the situation Harold and I will see what I can do to help from here."
"Ma'am if I may suggest that it is best for you to stay hidden because if you were to be captured it could be fatal to the Department of Mysteries and to us as well."
"I will take your concerns under advisement Harold and thank you for your concern."
Tonks walked off to a corner to get some privacy and after putting up a few silencing charms she contacted Spade at the Jade Scorpion. "Spade this is Panther are you there?"
"I'm here what's wrong Panther" came Spades voice across to her.
"Have you heard from Wolf" Tonks asked in a concerned tone.
"Yeah when he dropped off your mark, nice catch by the way, he was to tell you guys to take it easy and report in for a briefing tomorrow morning."
"He might be at home then waiting on us, I hate to ask, but could you get one of the guys to go over and check?"
"Why can't you? There is something your not telling me Panther, what's wrong?"
"Well it is kind of hard for me to since I can't leave the Ministry. Apparently something is happening here and there are wards up that are preventing me from Apparating out."
"Oh, sit tight I will get someone over to check on him, and also I will get a team to the ministry just in case."
"No, the organization doesn't need its cover blown. I am here as is Fox, so if I can just find out where Harry is I will be happy."
"I understand…I will get someone right on it and let ya know as soon as I find out anything."
Inside House (Tunnel Exit)
"We should try to get some help for in the ministry" Samson said as he sat down in a chair that Fudge motioned him to sit in.
"No way" Fudge said as he walked over to a cabinet and got out a bottle of Fire Whiskey. "I just escaped from that place, and I will be damned if I am going to go charging back in there."
"I didn't say you sir, but we should see if we could get someone to aid them."
"Nothing doing" Fudge said as he poured his drink "let them kill themselves for all I care. The more of those traitors and Death Eaters that die the better it will be, then I can go back and rebuild the ministry how I need it to be."
"Sir, don't you think this will look bad in the press?"
"No I don't, after all it is the job of the department heads to protect me. Amelia Bones is head of Magical Law Enforcement is loyal to Dumbledore and there for a threat to me, so she will no doubt fall when this is all done. Malcolm Hardy is Head Auror and I appointed him, so I will see to it that he is kept safe for now. Ginevra Weasley is head of Department of Mysteries thanks to me, but she is loyal to Dumbledore and Potter, so she will have to fall as well."
"I wouldn't bring her down just yet sir."
"Why the hell not? I need someone in there that I can control, not someone that is with Dumbledore and Potter!"
"I agree that right now she is with them, but if you leave her there for now, then we can set up a bigger scandal that will surely put her and others in Azkaban."
Fudge laughed in a maniac sort of way "I knew there was a reason I liked you Samson."