Harry Potter

The Rebellion Begins

By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all related concepts do not belong to me! I am merely borrowing them for my own personal enjoyment. All OC's and anything you dont recognize is copyrighted by me: xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Rating: K

Pairing: Fred/OC

Genre: Adventure/Friendship/Romance

Warnings: Please do not flame me for anything.

Summary: This year the tables turn and it is time for the Wizarding world to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy. As the terrifying showdown between good and evil looms, the rebellion begins and there's no turning back!

Author's Note: Chapter dedicated too DJScales, Aileen Autarkeia, BamaRose and Forever Dreaming Grace. Thank you guys for your kind words. Im trying to get this one out earlier tonight because I have to get up early in the morning, because I have an early start in the morning and a date with tons of Homework that was due in WEEKS ago! Oh well.

Hagrid's Return

"Did she tell you she enjoyed it, Flint?"

"No, of course not...why would she?"

Marcus groaned in his sleep as he shifted on the bed beneath him, and clutched at the blanket that covered him tightly in his fists. The annoying voice of Alex Malcolm echoing coldly in his mind, as images appeared out of the darkness in front of him.

Charlie's arms were wrapped around Alex's bare shoulders as they kissed. Alex held her close against his body; holding her waist tightly as her hands tangled in his hair at the base of his neck.

"Alex..." her voice breathed, her breathing heavy as her chest rose and fell rapidly "I want you! I need you!"

Marcus glared hatefully at Alex Malcolm "No," he mumured, willing himself to wake up

Charlie turned in his direction and smirked, laughing darkly "Should have acted on impulse Flint" she sneered

Alex pulled her closer to him, wrapping his arms around her waist "She's mine Flint. Like it was meant to be!"

With a startled gasp Marcus bolted up in the bed he occupied at Grimmuald Place, his breathing was laboured and sweat clung to his face, neck and chest. Glancing around quickly, he was safe and was actually in the place he had fallen asleep; Charlie and Riley's bedroom. Movement caught his attention and he glanced sideways to find Charlie shift in her sleep, her eyes closed in peaceful slumber but nonetheless there...with him. Marcus sighed, as he run his hand over his face tiredly as he tried to forget the nightmare that had just plagued his mind She's here Flint, he told himself she's with you...not him!

"Marcus?" Charlie's voice reached his senses, as the bed shifted once more as she rolled over onto her side so she could see him "What is it?" she asked

"Nothing," he answered, shaking his head and glancing down at her in the dim light of the bedroom "Nothing...I...I'm fine"

Unconvinced Charlie pushed herself up and looped her arm through his as she hooked it over his shoulder, pressing her lips to the back of his shoulder just like he had done to her hours ago "Your tense," she mumured "tell me why..."

He glanced back at her through the darkness, opened his mouth to speak but no words came out, with a sigh he shook his head and looked away. How could he tell her he had seen her with the enemy? Happy and content wrapped up in Alex's arms, and telling him he should have acted on impulse! "It was just a nightmare," he mumured, "Just a dream..."

Shifting her position once more so that she was kneeling in front of him, her legs bent underneath her and resting either side of him, her hands burning into his bare shoulders; Charlie stared at him, just making out his features in the dim light of the room "It was about me...wasnt it?" she asked "Your dream?"

"No..." he shook his head, although his tone told her otherwise

Charlie licked her lips nervously "I don't know what you saw," she started again "and im not going to push you to tell me, but just know that it's not real..." she stroked her hand down his cheek

"I saw you...like this..." he guestured to their position right now "...with Malcolm!"

It was Charlie's turn to tense "Wow, that is a nightmare!"

He started to respond "It could -"

But he was cut off as Charlie captured his lips with hers; as she felt him responded to what she had started, gripping her waist and pulling her closer.

"It'll never happen!" she told him, when she broke away to breathe "I can't imagine being like this with anyone else, other than you!"

Marcus felt the dream start to slip away with her words; before kissing her again for good measure. Falling backwards onto his pillow, Marcus pulled Charlie with him as she laughed, placing her hands either side of him on the mattress to hold herself up.

"It's four in the morning," she mumured, against his lips "Im sleepy!" she pulled back and rolled onto the bed beside him, shifting so that she was lying with her back to his chest and closed her eyes "Night Marcus,"

Marcus frowned "But..."

"Goodnight, Marcus"

"Charlie..." he groaned, kissing the nape of her neck

The Muggleborn rolled her sleepy eyes "Sleep Flint!" she ordered

"Yes ma'am," he teased "Right away, ma'am"

"Don't make me hex you!" she grumbled "Its too early for me to hex you!"

"You'd have to find you wand first..." he pointed out, bringing her back to the fact that the bedroom was a complete and utter mess.

Charlie grumbled sleepily

"What was that?" he asked, smirking

"I said," Charlie grumbled "I don't need a wand to hex you!" she repeated "Now, go to sleep!"

He nodded and kissed her temple, "Goodnight Charlie," he whispered, before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

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The next morning saw the end of the Christmas holiday, which meant that Charlie and Riley would be returning to Hogwarts with the rest of their friends. After cleaning up her bedroom and packing away the rest of her things Charlie pulled on her Weasley jumper under her jacket and scurried off down the hallway to Hermione and Ginny's bedroom just as the others were leaving. Ron was wearing his zip-up jacket that his mother had knitted for him.

"I can't understand why you don't want to wear it, Ronald" Hermione was saying, as she decended the stairs

Ron glanced her way "I look like a bloody idiot," he responded "that's why"

"No more than usual, Ron" Riley pointed out, following the two bickering teenagers down the hallway, and headed down towards the kitchen as Charlie stopped at the top of the stairs as she realized Harry wasnt with them.

Re-tracing her steps, the young Slytherin pushed open the door just as she heard Kreacher speaking, he had been found a few nights ago in the attic by Sirius; who was none-to-pleased about it "Harry Potter," the elf was saying "the boy who stopped the Dark Lord. Friend of Mudbloods and Blood traitors alike..." he paused and glanced up as Charlie appeared in the door way "and friends with the Dark Princess herself..." the elf shook his head

"Kreacher!" Sirius's voice barked, as he appeared on the stairs behind Charlie "That's enough of your bile! Away with you!" he ordered

Kreacher bowed low "Of course, master" he croaked "Kreacher lives to serve the noble house of Black"

He sculked off a Sirius entered the room behind Charlie, the young Slytherin looking around at the tapestry on the walls.

"Sorry about that," Sirius apologized "He never was very pleasant, even when I was a boy. Not to me, anyway..."

Harry paused "What, you grew up here?" he asked

"This is my parents' house," Sirius answered "I offered it to Dumbledore as headquarers for the Order."

Charlie reached forward and touched the tapestry "What is this?" she asked

"This is the Black family tree," Sirius answered, he watched as she touched the picture with the name 'Bellatrix Lestrange' printed underneath "My deranged cousin," he explained "I hated the lot of them"

Glancing up Charlie frowned "So your related to my friend Nathan?" she asked

Sirius nodded "Second cousin," he answered "My parents with their pureblood mania" he pointed at a scorch mark, with his name underneath "My mother did that after I ran away," he told them "Charming woman."

"How old were you?" Charlie asked

Sirius turned to her "16," he answered

"Where did you go?" Harry asked

"Round your dad's," Sirius answered "I was always welcome at the Potter's" he stared at his godson "I see him so much in you, Harry. You are so very much alike,"

Harry shook his head "Im not so sure," he mumured, catching Charlie's eye as the Slytherin looked away "Sirius, when I was...when I saw Mr. Weasley attacked, I wasnt just watching. I was the snake" he admitted "And afterwards, in Dumbledore's office...there was a moment when I wanted too..." he swallowed hard "This connection between me and Voldemort. What if the reason for it is that I am becoming more like him?" he hesitated "I just feel so angry all the time. And what if, after everything that I've been through..something's gone wrong inside of me? What if i'm becoming bad?"

"Your not a bad a person, Harry" Charlie mumured, sliding up beside her friend "You're a very good person! You've just had a case of unfortunate events happen to you, but you havent been alone in those! I've been right beside you...and im gonna continue to be beside you, right to the very end!" she smiled "I won't let you go bad!"

Sirius smiled as he looked between the two "Listen to me, both of you," he added, turning to Charlie also "Understand when I say, that you two need one another this year, more than you have ever needed one another in the past 4 years" he stared at them both "The world isnt split into good people and Death Eaters, we all have both light and dark inside of us..."

The two friends nodded

"What matters is the part we choose to act on," Sirius finished

"Nature vs. Nurture," Charlie simplified "Its not who you were born to be that's important...but who you grow to become" she smiled "That's who we really are"

There was a knock on the door outside, and the three of them turned to see Hermione standing in the doorway "Guys? Time to go" she told them

Sirius led them to the door, as Charlie hugged him goodbye "See ya Snuffles," she smiled, before bouncing off down the hall to say goodbye to Marcus and Nikki before they left.

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The grey sky reflected down upon the surface of the Black lake, and the surrounding ocean beyond the walls of Hogwarts. They had only been back several days, and already things were becoming hectic; Harry was spending more and more time around Cho Chang; Charlie and Riley were explaining what had happened over Christmas to their Slytherin friends, while Hermione and Ron just tried to slip back into the swing of things as school life returned to normal. Umbridge was still at the school, although she was a little more suspicious and keeping a closer eye on the suspected Hogwarts Five, the four Gryffindors and one Slytherin; wanting to know their every movement within the school.

"Marcus, had a nightmare the night before we returned," Charlie told her friends "he said it was about me and Malcolm...and how I told him, that he should have acted on impulse instead of hesitating..." she shook her head "he also said that Alex told him, that I was always meant to belong to him..."

Pansy frowned "Him who?" she asked "You were meant to belong to him - Marcus, or him - Alex?"

"Second one," Charlie nodded "I swear if it were written somewhere that I was destined to play good 'wife' with Alex, I'd kill myself!"

Her friends nodded in agreement

"How was your Christmas?" Riley asked

Daphne turned in her direction "Quiet, we stayed at the castle" she answered "Umbridge kept questioning us about your disappearances!"

"What did you tell her?" Charlie asked

Daphne shook her head "Nothing, we didnt know where you had gone" she explained.

Charlie and Riley nodded, before looking up as William sprinted towards them from across the lawn "Charlie! Riley!" he called, reaching them finally "Hagrid's back!"

The Gryffindor and Slytherin jumped to their feet "See ya later, girls" they shouted to the three Slytherins, and pulled William along with them down the banking as they collided with the three Gryffindors at the bottom, Riley was about to ask what was wrong, but cut off as Umbridge's voice sounded from behind the door.

"I will say this one last time," the DADA professor was saying "Im ordering you to tell me where you've been"

With a frown, Charlie edged towards the window and climbed up onto one of the boxes outside as she sneaked a peek through the window; Hagrid has his back to the window and was blocking her from view. She waved her friends over, as Hagrid spoke "I told you. I've been away from me health!"

"Your health?" Umbridge questioned, disbelievingly

"Yeah." Hagrid nodded "Bit of fresh air, you know?"

"Oh, yes." Umbridge responded "As gamekeeper fresh air must be difficult o come by" she sighed "If I were you, I should get too used to being back. In fact, I mightn't bother unpacking at all"

Hagrid frowned, as the friends jumped down from the window and scurried out of sight as Umbridge left the hut. The students had just managed to pull Ron and William out of sight, when the old toad appeared promptly, spraying herself with perfume.

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Covered in cuts and bruises, Hagrid ushered the six of them inside after they had waited for Umbridge to disappear up to the castle; before knocking on the door and waiting for access. "Hagrid!" Riley cried, when she saw him "Where have you been? We've been worried sick!"

"What I am about to tell you," Hagrid started "Is top-secret, right?"

The six students nodded

"Dumbledore sent me to parley with the giants," Hagrid responded

William squeaked "Giants?" he asked

"Shh!" Hagrid told him

"You found them?" Riley asked, as she placed her hand over William's mouth, teasingly

"Well, they're not that hard to find, to be perfectly honest" Hagrid answered her "They're so big, see? I tried to convince them to join the cause. But I wast the only one that was trying to win them over"

Ron sighed "Death Eaters," he breathed

Hagrid nodded "Trying to persuade them to join You-Know-Who"

"Did they?" Charlie asked

"I gave them Dumbledore's message," Hagrid explained "Suppose some of them remember he was friendly to them. I suppose

"And they did this too you?" Harry asked, motioning to the bruises and cuts

Hagrid held a raw steak to his eye "Not exactly, no" he answered. Fang barked "Oh, go on, you have it, then, you dozy dog"

William smiled at Fang happily, as a strong whirl of wind blew whisps of straw across the floor, causing the students to look down. Getting to his feet, Hagrid approached the bedroom part of his hut and looked out through the window, into the darkening sky; Harry, Charlie and the others moved up behind him; also watching the weather change outside.

"It's changing out there," Hagrid mumured "Just like last time. There's a storm coming..."

Charlie glanced up at Harry, who stood just infront of her. Her hands curled tighly around his arm; as Riley held Will close to her, behind the older Slytherin.

"We'd all best be ready when she does!" Hagrid finished, as thunder rumbled in the distance and lightning clashed against the ever darkening sky.

It was easy to see that the battle wasnt over yet...

...and the War had only just begun!

A/N: Sorry for the lateness again! This is just a quickie; something to wrap up the holidays and get them back to school. Will be getting back into the swing of things next chapter and will hopefully bring you a longer chapter tomorrow night.

Anyway; what was up with Marcus's dream...and...are the friends ready for the upcoming battle that is looming on the horizon? Keep reading to find out.

~*Kara*~

All OCs and anything unrecognizable is copyrighted (c) and belongs to moi xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Chapter updated 10/03/2011 at 02:56am