AN Tonks is in her 6th year, was pointed out in Chapter 6. I now have a beta now who is currently working on my previous chapters, so thank you Real Swede. This story has now been out officially for a week and I have almost 100 reviews, 260 Favorites, and 430 followers thank you all for your support.

AN2 Whose excited for Star Wars? Whose got tickets?

Edited and made readable by Real Swede 1/17/16

Chapter 14

The first day of the fall term was weird for Harry. He went to breakfast with everyone and kept to himself mostly during his meal. He walked just behind Ron, Seamus and Dean as they went out to the greenhouses for Herbology. The class went by quickly for him as his thoughts kept wandering back to the night before.

During his break he went to his quarters to relax and clear his mind before heading down to Care of Magical Creatures. 'Ah Blast Ended Skrewts what fun this will be; why did I take this class again?' He questioned himself on that decision as he walked towards Hagrid's hut.

Following Care and lunch he went to his first ever Arithmancy class. While he learned much about the subject later in his previous world he never had taken the class so it was nice to actually be learning something. The double class lasted right up until dinner and he regretted never taking it before as he found it quite enjoyable. Following the class, he quickly headed to the Great Hall to finish dinner and then go to his quarters to gather some things before the meeting.

-SAVING HER SAVING HIMSELF-

Apparently all of them were a bit eager to meet as they were all there ten minutes before they planned on meeting. He showed the girls how to use the door and created a room that was just a little different to prove his point.

When the door opened they arrived in an extremely plush and comfortable room with dark woods and light furniture. Taking a seat around the table in the middle he looked at each of them with appreciation. He was so overjoyed they were here because a small part of his mind kept thinking they would do the smart thing and run as far away from him as they could.

"To begin with thank you all for being here and I hope you guys are ready for this. Now I know this might sound a bit weird but yesterday when I gave you all those books I didn't give you a deadline. So for your homework I suppose you could call it, for Rose and Hermione you need to finish reading the Occlumency books by the end of the month. As you read each section start practicing the meditation and clearing your mind. Hermione this will be really hard because your beautiful mind is constantly running at top speed while your awake." Hermione blushed furiously at his complement. "Rose the meditation should be pretty easy as will the clear your mind portion. I will help you both before we leave here every night. Tonks, you have it a bit easier read chapter seventeen in the metamorph book I gave you and work to integrate that into your daily routine." She looked at him quizzically. "I am a metamorph but have my transformation locked away deep in my mind so I cannot unconsciously shift. It will help trust me."

"Now we have that little bit out of the way we need to plan out this year. Now I know we have our training schedule planned out so that helps us prepare for the big things that happen this year."

"So we need to make an overall outline to how the year is going to play out as best as you know it and coordinate our training to better the possible outcome?" Hermione asked trying to figure out how to help.

"Yes exactly that, I was never a good strategist, I think better on the fly. But let's work out the year chronologically and how I think we should try and be ready for it."

"That sounds reasonable, Rose is going to have to think a lot about this as well since she is the one who has to do these things." Harry reasoned.

"You're right, Rose are you okay with this, it really is up to you?" Tonks asked.

"Yea I think I can handle it especially if we talk about it before hand." She replied

"Okay well the only thing major happening this month is 'Mione's birthday." Harry said while Hermione would have done a Weasley proud with her blush. Her birthday was that important to him, to them?

"I believe it falls on a Monday this year so we won't meet here that night and we could have a little party in the common room?" Harry asked them

"D-don't worry about that, its no big deal."

"Hermione its your birthday at least let us celebrate it." Tonks told her.

"Okay well how about instead of having a party we come here then? Just us; it would make me less uncomfortable."

"How about we meet here for dinner and a little group party afterwards?"

"October now? Well this is the month things get truly interesting for both Rose and I. Fleur and the delegations from the two schools will arrive here October 30th. So good news is between now and then we have a lot of training we can do."

"I should have asked this yesterday when you gave us that schedule of yours, but when are we supposed to finish our homework?" Hermione said sounding a bit annoyed at having to rearrange her schedule.

"Free periods, look Hermione most of it can be done long before we come up here and any books you might need I will have. Don't worry too much about it I am sure you can come up with something. The three of us can even work together on it." Harry suggested.

"Now the hard day is going to be October 31, for three reasons. Rose and I lost our parents that day so it has always been bad for us, then I tried to commit suicide on that day as well. Now for Rose this is the day your name is going to come out of the Goblet of Fire." Rose looked up at him slightly fearful that she was going to have compete in the tournament.

"Don't worry you have all of us with you for it and you won't be alone, I promise. Now the best thing you could do is after you get over your initial shock and Dumbledore's insistence you compete, is to try to get you to meet the other champions, which I will show you when we get closer. You need to swear on your life and magic in front of the entire student body that you did not place your name in the cup nor did you ask anyone to do it for you. Do not under any circumstance say you don't know who did, as you do now, understand?"

"Sounds pretty easy, can you write out what I should swear when it gets closer so I don't mess up, I might be pretty nervous before it happens."

"That shouldn't be a problem. Then we will have to deal with what ever fallout comes from the Daily Prophet. There shouldn't be much but it will happen regardless of our wishes. I will probably threaten Dumbledore to work on getting better security here for the duration of the tournament."

"Wait you can do that? How?" Hermione's curiosity peaked at that statement.

"I am Lord Gryffindor, Hermione; I can, if I so choose, disband the Board of Governors, remove teachers with a valid reason, and remove the sitting Headmaster with just cause. I can change school rules and modify the curriculum how I see fit. As long as I play within the bounds of the original charter of the school I can do what I want. There are no true viable heirs besides Rose and myself, Voldemort is no longer valid even if he is resurrected because he technically died and the magic would recognize that fact." He explained to a shocked Hermione, she told herself to read through the customs book as fast as possible.

"Now the first task comes after that on November 24th; it should be a dragon guarding a golden egg. We can work on that before the task, so no need to be worried. Then we have Christmas, which means we will take a break from training, however there is the Yule Ball." He saw the gleam in Tonks' and Hermione's eyes and it made him a bit nervous, Rose, however, looked unsure.

"Rose, I would like to escort you as your date to the ball. I think it might help you some if what my gut is telling me is true and will cause me to be your hostage for the second task. If that is the case, once you reach me and release me from the spell holding me, I can help you if anything goes wrong underwater. I can show you my memories of this task as well."

"I-I think it would be, I would be honored to be your date to the Yule Ball." She managed to finish with a smile. However, Harry noticed the other girls had a frown on their face.

"Ladies I would love to be able to take you as well, but I am pretty sure McGonagall would have a stroke. But you could find dates with friends and let them know you are going as friends or you could ask a third year to let them be able to attend. I am sorry I can't take all of you."

"No, it's okay you can't be with us all at the same time, but you better believe I am getting some dances in that night or we will have words." Tonks demanded and Hermione seemed to share her thoughts on the matter.

"Hermione, if I remember right though you have a decent shot of going with Victor Krum, you guys were great friends so I wouldn't discount it." She really didn't know what to think of that plan but she had a few months to figure it out. "Next we have the second task which we can practice for and should be easy."

Rose however interrupted him "Harry, I can't swim"

"Don't worry about it, we can teach you here before then. Besides I think having you use Gillyweed again would be a good choice. Then nothing major happens till the final task." Harry took a deep breath because, even now, thinking on that night was hard, the girls knew some of it and felt a bit of anxiousness towards the event. "This is where we will have to strike two targets at the same time. I think having Tonks and Hermione watching the map until Rose disappears will help. I will already be near the ritual area with Death's Cloak waiting for you. Now, I am sorry but it is going to hurt a lot." Rose looked him in the eye and sat a little straighter refusing to be weak and just nodded her head already mentally preparing for it.

"Now, Voldebaby will be there with the rat. Once the ritual takes place I will catch the rat while you have to duel Voldemort. While for all his bravado he will be fairly weak right after the ritual is done and with the training before hand you should be just fine. I will be there with the rat just in case though so if you need help I can but it would be best if you did it on your own, sorry. My return portkey will place me a tad bit off where you will be returned with the Goblet after your duel. I will drop off the rat in front of everyone, move back to the stands and make sure Fudge doesn't kill him." Looking at Tonks and Hermione, "While this is going on I want you two to keep watch on the map and keep watch on Crouch Jr. You will have Rose's cloak and will follow them once he starts to drag her off. Once they are in the office, blow the door off and 'rescue' her. When the teachers ask you just say you followed them trying to check on Rose and heard her scream." Both seemed to accept this part of the plan as it was for now. Hermione still had some reservations with attacking someone but thought she could wait till later to try and sort that out.

It was nearly curfew and the plan for the year seemed pretty much in place so the group broke up for the night.

-SAVING HER SAVING HIMSELF

As the trio of Gryffindors were walking back to the dorm Rose asked, "Harry, what are we going to do about Snuffles? I would like to talk to him and have him know everything." Harry thought for a moment, "We can do that, but we will talk about it tomorrow I think, as it will have to be done very carefully. He is not exactly sane right now and I know he cares but it could cause problems okay?"

Hermione needed to add her Knut to it as well, "Rose, maybe we should wait till this summer when we can hopefully have him free, then it will be much easier. I know it might be rough but Harry said he comes here soon to not be far away from you. Maybe we can help him get better so he can accept it better when he does learn everything"

"Okay, I don't want to lie to him but I understand."

They arrived at Harry's quarters and he gave the password and went in, then he slapped his forehead. 'Can't believe I forgot to give her those already' He mentally berated himself seeing the box of potions on the table. Turning around he called out to Rose and both girls came back to his door.

"Here take this box, in them are a series of potions. While they may taste like shit, they will help. See the numbers on them, it's a series of boosters so to speak. They will start to repair a lot of the damage from living with our relatives" He spat and his eyes glowed for a moment. "They fix a lot of your bones, muscle tissue, and will cause the food we eat and the workouts we do to be more effective. The last one we will take on a weekend though just before the first task. It will fix your eyesight but leave you groggy for about a day." He summoned another box and gave it to Hermione, "Also a series of potions but these will just help your body with the workouts we do and the food you eat. Think of them as supplements, I have a box set for Tonks as well so please remind me to give her them tomorrow."

Both girls thanked him for his gift and headed off to bed, barely making it in before curfew.

AN: Food for thought, Men and a plan, God has another, most of the time they are different from one another.