"So have you got it?" An obviously irritated Hungary asked. Taiwan rather had the idea the other girl didn't really like her. She wasn't sure why, there was no reason all countries couldn't get along and trade!

Of course as long as they respected territorial boundaries.

Still it was probably just that Hungary didn't really know Taiwan. Admittedly on the other hand the girl had had to put up with Prussia, Austria and Poland together while waiting for her; something which would drive anyone mad. With this conclusion in mind the oriental witch put a smile on she face before she answered.

"Yes. It was surprisingly easy"

She passed the bottle of polyjuice to Austria's proffered hand.

"See!" interjected Gilbert "I told you a Ravenclaw would able to do. Slytherin can cope with them"

Meimei personally thought it had been unfortunate that they'd had to go through a Slytherin student but it had been unavoidable none the less. Once they had acquired a decent amount of money they had planned to go do to Hogsmeade. However a small provincial village (even one close to a school with rich teenagers such as Hogwarts) didn't have a shop with polyjuice in supply. It was also not quite legal to sell to minors. So they had been forced to go to those with by the connections to get the potions and no scruples about such technicalities. Such people could mainly be found in Slytherin. The house practically ran its own black-market.

"If you thought Gilbert you would recall that I was worried that Miss Taiwan might not be able to get it not because of her house but because of you. After she has been associating with us and you are not exactly flavour of the month in Slytherin." Austria replied

"Oh that was easy!" Taiwan cut in, before another argument could start "I got Padma Patil to do it for me. She was a bit concerned because she is a prefect but she did it in the end"

The younger girl had become a real friend to Taiwan while she'd been here. Some of their housemates were surprised as Padma had never been friends with Cho Chang but these days that was the least of the oddities at Hogwarts these days.

"She said it was quite easy. Blaise was quite happy to organise it for her. If there was no war on I think those might get together"

"Oh, that's sad" responded Hungary "They're still young though"

"Like, totally I forget everyone here are like kids really" added Poland

"Right." Austria interrupted "moving on to more pertinent things now we've acquired the potion, we need to look at the next step getting to St. Mungo's. Poland, what have you found out?"

"Like, so I was talking to like everyone and the next Hogsmeade weekend is in a month. Which is like too long. But we totally don't have to wait for that because the school let's like students go visit St. Mungo's if they're invited or their guardians request to take them"

Meimei was rather confused they didn't know anyone at St. Mungo's accept and presumably it would look a bit weird for Gilderoy Lockhart to invite them. However when she voiced her confusion Poland was fully prepared.

"So I like totally wrote to France about it and he's found some student on the floor below Lisa Turpin. Had a bad reaction to a potion or something. Anyway, he's like totally convinced her to invite some of us along. She like hasn't been in school this year because her parents are afraid of Voldemort so she doesn't know about what's been happening. But like I was thinking it would look really weird if we all went along so I like need to know who's going to write back to him."

Taiwan wasn't really sure if she did want to go. After all it could be dangerous and it wasn't like she really knew France. She sold things to him but she did that to most of Europe. Besides (now they were speaking again) Vietnam always told her to avoid him. Some of the others had no such issues.

"The Awesome me should go because I came up with the Awesome plan and I found that old magic cloak"

"I suppose someone sensible should go"

"Like I totally would be the best"

Now, Taiwan was used the cacophony of sound that was World Meetings but she did not understand (as many before her have struggled) how counter to all rules of physics about sound four people could sound just as long as a hundred. Unfortunately no one has found a solution to this yet something which immeasurably saddens many people in the world.

However as she was soon to find out a permanent solution need not be found when you have a certain Central European female nation in the room.

"SHUT UP. For goodness sake we're supposed to be working together. Right we need to think about this rationally. I think about three people should go. Can we come to a decision?"

Hungary's frying pan seemed to do a good job of shutting them up. China's wok had always worked effectively when Taiwan was a child actually. Perhaps she needed her own culinary based weapon.

Still, she should focus on the matter at hand. After all now she had a chance to speak.

"I don't think Mr Austria should go. If everyone thinks he is Harry Potter then his going would gain more people's attention and could make him a target."

Hungary agreed "Yes, right Roderich you're staying put"

"I can agree with that too but I am going. I'm going to see my awesome plan through"

"Well, in that case I'd better go to keep an eye on you"

"Like that's cool and all, but I think Taiwan should go as well, like she's a Ravenclaw and that's like totally this girls house so it like won't look as weird."

"Alright, then Taiwan, Hungary and Gil-Prussia will go if we are all in agreement" Austria concluded.

Wait. That wasn't what she was looking for.

Lisa Turpin liked to think she was a sensible girl. She always tried to keep out of trouble and concentrated on her work. She had been sorted into Ravenclaw for good reason. She'd missed all her friends once her parents had pulled her out of Hogwarts though. She was sure her mother had good reasons for convincing herself and her father though. Unlike her muggle father she'd lived through the last war. However she'd been a pureblood. Not a pure-pure-going-back-hundreds-of-generations-pureblood but with too many wizard relatives to be called a half-blood. Which was of course what Lisa was. As a result she'd pulled Lisa out of Hogwarts and tutored her herself. She'd even got her best friend to be their Secret Keeper and cast the Fidelius Charm. It had been lonely though and she'd almost been glad when she'd came here. At least there were other people to talk to in the hospital. Her mother's paranoia whether justified or not wasn't enough to stop her taking her daughter to St. Mungo's when she reacted badly to a potion they'd been brewing. Still she'd be out soon anyway.

"Bonjour!"

Lisa looked up from her book. Standing in front of her was Gilderoy Lockhart or as he'd told her to call him Francis Bonnefoy. She wasn't really sure she should be talking to the man. After all, who knew what memory loss could do to someone and he'd been a fraud beforehand hadn't he. He was just some charming though and reminded her of the Beauxbatons boy who had asked her to the Yule Ball in 4th year. She still kept in touch with Pierre or rather she had until this year.

"Mon cherie, how are you doing today?"

He always listened to what she had to say as well which was nice with many people on the ward unable to or too busy to talk. Of course she'd only had her parents to talk to the last few months.

"Alright I guess. They think I'll be able to go home in about a week"

"A week?" Mr Lockhart, no Francis looked worried.

"Yeah, I guess back to the house"

"Ah, ma petite, I know it seems difficult but your mother only wants what is best for you. Wars can be nasty businesses and it is best to avoid them if possible. I'm sure it will all pass over anyway, such things always do-even if it takes a hundred years." He gave a hollow laugh "It may not be over by Christmas but it will end"

"I hope so" Urgh. Why did she always say such stupid sounding things when he always sounded so clever. Lisa wasn't sure she could believe he had faked his books, he always seemed so intelligent but then again he did claim to be a different person.

"I don't suppose, that you, if it is not too much to ask could invite some pupils from Hogwarts to visit while before you go home?"

"Well, I guess, I mean I said I would right?"

She wasn't really sure why she'd agreed but it was so hard to say no to him. He was so charming. Besides she was sure he wasn't dangerous.

"Ah, merci, they may you see be the key to my release from this hospital"

See he had a perfectly valid reason.

"Who is it you want me to write to anyway?"

"A Miss Cho Chang, Miss Hermione Granger and Mr Draco Malfoy"

That…was an odd grouping. The son of a death-eater and a muggleborn?

"Ah, mon cherie, thank you again but I must go or those nurses will come looking for me again"

He kissed her hand before leaving her. He was rather odd like that. But it wasn't like he was actually flirting with her was it, after all that would be creepy. He was much too old for that. They wouldn't have let him teach at school if he was like that. It was just a French thing. Well, she had promised to write that letter, much as it rankled at her to give Malfoy any more privileges. It was the fault of people like his father that she was stuck at home.

Albus Dumbledore stared at the letter. There was no spell on it any ordinary wizard could unmask (or even one a rather more brilliant wizard such as himself could do). It seems to be perfectly valid and legitimate. He'd checked with St. Mungo's and the girl had gone through all the correct channels there.

He guessed it wasn't surprising that the girl had taken the opportunity at hospital to invite some schoolmates to visit her but he would expect her to invite some friends. Not a group of pupils he was unable of any association with. Admittedly he was unable to know the friendship groups and cliques of all the students at the school but this definitely seemed unlikely. Miss Chang admittedly though in the year above was in her house so it was somewhat believable the other two though.

Albus had been increasingly worried about Harry, Hermione and Draco. Now, a letter had turned up asking for Hermione and Draco to go to St. Mungo's. He had after all every reason to be cautious. Perhaps he should let them go, after all, if they were like Mr Braginski and Miss Arlovsakya perhaps they would find their way home and the real ones would appear. Ivan Braginski had admitted he knew the others (and gone off on a rather long tangent about how he wanted them to be his friends) and had said simply that like he and Natalia they were government employees of foreign nations which certainly fitted in with what the one in Harry Potter's body had said. He really needed the real Harry (and Draco Malfoy for that matter if the plan was to go to plan) back soon.

Thinking of the two visitors he had in his employ did nothing to calm him down. Miss Arlovskaya had arrived back at Hogwarts slightly breathless and carrying her "brother". The man in question seemed semi-conscious and unarguably drunk. When he had questioned he how much exactly he had drunk she had shrugged and said it must have been more than 20 bottle of Vodka to effect him like this. When he had questioned her, quite rightly, about the mission he got an odd and disturbing answer in fragmented English.

"Easy. Those Death-Eaters very stupid. Brother and I hurt many. Maybe some dead, I don't know. I was busy fighting the mad witch when Brother was talking to a snake-eyed man. They got in this state together, I'm not sure how. I took Brother home and the mad witch took the other man. I think she was unhappy too they were not watching our battle."

The witch she'd fought was most probably Bellatrix. He'd have talk to Ivan to see what was going on between him and Voldemort. Unfortunately alcohol poisoning was as unlikely to kill Tom now as Avada Kedavra was with the Horcruxes and Harry around. Still anything that damaged Tom's body was good, he guessed.