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May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor

February 9, 2019

Olympic Park of Hoenggye

Pyeongchang, South Korea

"Welcome back to the opening ceremony of the twenty-third Winter Olympic Games."

Bonnie Bates, co-host for the BBC coverage of the opening ceremony plastered a wide smile on her face. Sitting next to her was co-host Tom Donovan, who was trying to look just as perky as his co-host, which was quite hard due to the jetlag he was suffering from. He didn't know how Bonnie was managing it, (a combination of Monsters, Red Bulls, and coffee, not recomended) and was trying his best to keep up with her enthusiasm.

His wide smile was creepy more than enthusiatic, but he kept right on talking. "The Olympic torch is getting closer and closer to the stadium, and we have yet to receive word on who the final torch bearer is."

"That's right, Tom," smiled Bonnie. "While we're waiting, how about a little history about the Olympic torch?" Not waiting for a response from Tom, Bonnie went right into her spheal that she had practiced earlier. "During the ancient Olympics, a fire was kept burning throughout the games, celebrating the Greek titan Prometheus stealing fire from the Greek gods. It was at the 1928 Summer Olympics that the fire was reintroduced, and at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the torch relay started."

"Who knew that there was so much history behind such a powerful symbol?" Bonnie beamed at Tom, only because it wasn't appropriate to glare at one's co-worker on national television. She had just been about to rattle off more facts and history, but had been cut off by him.

"And here the Olympic torch comes into the stadium, being carried by Kim Yu-Na," said Tom.

Interrupting him like he had her, Bonnie said, "She won gold in figure skating at the 2010 games in Vancover, setting a world record in the process."

By this point, Tom had realized what was going on, and decided he wasn't going to let Bonnie get the last word. "It was the first medal for South Korea at the Winter Olympics outside of short track and speed skating. She's also a bit of a celebrity in South Korea, at one point she even had her own reality ice skating TV show."

Bonnie, still miffed at Tom, beat him to the announcement of the final torch bearer. "I can't say that I'm shocked at seeing triple Olympic gold medalist Kim Ki-hoon carrying the Olympic torch into the stadium."

Without missing a beat, Tom replied, "I agree Bonnie. Not only did he win Korea's first Winter gold medal at the '92 Albertville games, he was also the first short-tracker to defend his olympic title, the only person to have swept all the gold medals available in short-track speed skating, and couted and coached triple gold medalist Ahn Hyun-Soo who won gold at the '06 Turin games. After all that, he then became a professor at Ulsan College. He's quite the remarkable athelete, even at fifty-one years-old."

"And now the moment we've all been waiting for, the lighting of the Olympic torch," said Bonnie.

Kim Ki-hoon, ignorant of the silent feud between the two BBC announcers, continued running toward the center of the stadium where the Olympic Cauldron was waiting. All around him the crowd in the stadium was cheering, and images of famous past Olympic moments, including some of his own, played on the screens that surrounded the stadium.

In the center of the stadium was a huge torch, and it was at the bottom that Kim transferred the flame. Around and around the larger torch it spiraled its way up; the only light in all the stadium since the lights had been turned off to add to the moment. Finally, the fire reached the top of the torch, exploding into a much larger flame.

The crowd oohed and awwed at the image before them, and the fireworks exploding above. On the screens around the stadium, images of fire and fireworks filled them. For a second the images flickered, before the screens blanked completely. The audience noticed, but didn't care, they were too enthralled with what was going on above. Even Bonnie and Tom had become silent for once.

Emmy screamed.

The lights in her hotel room flickered before the lightbulbs exploded, along with the TV that had been airing the opening ceremony that caused her ire in the first place. Both Ash and Nick flinched at the noise they made. Neither one could recall a time when they had seen Emmy so mad. Unsure of what to do, they decided the safest option was to remain silent and try to not become targets of Emmy's magic which seemed to be uncontrollable at the moment.

The screaming soon stopped, but Emmy was still fuming on the inside. All of her hard work over the past couple of months, gone. Watching hundreds of videos featuring wizards using magic and even more unrelated videos. Then spending even more hours editing the best clips together into a five minute video.

Knowing the symbolism of the Olympic Flame, and the international attention the Opening Ceremony would recieve, Emmy had come up with a novel idea of exposing magic to the Muggle world, an act that would make oblivating or modifying all the memories of the Muggle witnesses impossible. All Ministries of Magic would have a hard time concealing the existance of wizards for much longer.

The moment when Kim Ki-hoon lit the Olympic Cauldron and the Olympic Flame exploded, Emmy's plan was supposed to begin. On the screens surrounding the stadium, her video was to start playing. Over the next five minutes image after image of wizards performing magic, even young Hogwarts students was to be played. At the end was a message from the Order, breaking the Statute of Secrecy once and for all. Mere seconds after that, the video would be sent to millions of e-mails, uploaded to numerous video sites, making it near impossible for the Ministry of Magic to remove it from the internet like they had of the footage of the Hogwarts Express that had been uploaded on September first.

That was the whole point of coming to South Korea a month ahead of time, to get close to the broadcasting equipment, study how the screens were designed and figure out a plan of attack. One day Ash and Nick had returned, and the next they were on a plane destined for Pyeongchang, South Korea. To Emmy's dismay, Ash and Nick hadn't spent any time studying Korean over their break. Luckily, many South Koreans were ready for the onslaught English-speaking tourists, and were semi fluent in the language.

Except, the video that she had put so much work into never aired, and the opening ceremony had occurred without incident. Somebody had managed to best Emmy, and she had an idea of who that somebody was.

"What are you doing?" asked Ash in a quiet voice as Emmy grabbed her laptop and sat down on one of the beds in the room. Now that Emmy seemed to be calmer, it seemed alright to approach her.

"Research," Emmy replied. Then she added, "And revenge. What happened just now wasn't a concidence... who knew wizards had a brain."

"So there's a mole in the Order," stated Ash.

Nick disagreed. "Maybe not. We told how many people to watch the opening ceremony? Not surprising that word got to the Ministry that something was going down. They may be stupid, but they're not that stupid. If they were, Muggles would know about magic by now. We still have two weeks to pull something, there's even the closing ceremony."

"No," said Emmy simply. She then looked up from her laptop. "I was wrong. I thought we would have to take on the Muggle World by exposing magic, before we could take down the Ministry. I thought that the pressure from the Muggles would be too much, that the Ministry would have no choice but to concede defeat. It would have worked, but the Golden Boy went and found somebody with the same computer skills as me."

A frown appeared on her face. She knew about Darren, but had never actually figured he was a threat, just that he was a Squib who liked to dabble with computers, that her skill far outranked his. Once again she was paying the price of being too prideful, and unlike before, the consequences were much higher.

She continued talking. "We're changing focus and going after the Ministry. Once they fall, nobody will be able to stop us from revealing magic to Muggles, not even the Golden Boy."

Grins spread on Ash's and Nick's faces. "What's the plan?" asked Nick.

"I'm still working out the how, but I already know the when," Emmy answered. "We have less than three months to prepare. For now, let's concentrate on going home."

In a box at the stadium which overlooked the opening ceremony, a celebration was occurring. It was a celebration quite unlike the others that were occurring in the city that night. It was not celebrating the beginning of the Olympic Winter Games. Instead, it was celebrating the successful attempt at stopping the opening ceremony from being attacked by the Order of Prometheus. A virtual attack that is.

Harry Potter, or as Emmy called him, the 'Golden Boy', shook hands with his South Korean counterpart, Jang Yeong. Yeong was shorter than Harry, but he had a presence that reminded Harry of Albus Dumbledore, and even a twinkle in his eye. "Thanks for all the help, we couldn't have done this without all of your help."

"You are very welcome Mr. Potter. If the Order would have succeeded, your Ministry would not have been the only one affected, all Ministries around the world would have been. The least we could do was help," responded Yeong, Head Auror for the South Korean Ministry of Magic.

A large hand clapped Harry on the back. "Yo, you need to try this soju," said Darren, referring to the drink in his hand, "Not as strong as firewhiskey, and has a much sweeter taste. Almost as sweet as this thing," he said referring to the sweet in his other hand.

Yeong chuckled. "What you have there is a hangwa, a treat that is usually consumed at holidays and festivals. I think it is acurrate to say that today qualifies as such. I'm glad you are enjoying your soju and hangwa Mr. Tremlett. Many foreigners are hesitant to try Korean cuisine if they are unfamiliar with it."

"Mr. Tremlett is my grandfather, just call me Darren. Oh, that looks good," said Darren with his mouth full of the hangwa. "Oh, that looks good." Not giving a chance for them to respond, he dashed off to try another piece of food that caught his eye.

"You get used to him after a while," commented Harry. Then, changing the subject he said, "You have quite the operation here."

By 'operation' he was referring to the numerous computer wizards in the room. They weren't just wizards with computers like Darren was, but were actual wizards as well.

Once Harry had realized the Order was most likely going to do something at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea, he had told Kingsley who then contacted the South Korean Minister of Magic. From there, Harry and Yeong had started to correspond about what the Order could potentially do. Given their past history, the most obvious was some sort of interference with the ceremony.

They prepared for a phyisical was well as a virtual attack. Aurors, hit wizards, and even volunteer wizards were set up in the audience and at the entrance to the games, a security force that rivaled that of the most recent Quidditch World Cup. For a virtual attack, Harry had brought Darren, while Yeong had his own squad of technology competent wizards.

"Unlike your country we have found a way to balance our traditions and Muggle technology. Years ago the Muggles started improving their technology at such a pace, we could no longer ignore them, especially with the weapons our Muggle neighbors to the North were rumored to have," explained Yeong. "Instead of ignoring it, we decided to embrace it. By doing so, the relationship between wizards and Muggles is much more stable here than the United Kingdom."

"How did you get around the issue of magic interferring with technology?" asked Harry.

"Ah," replied Yeong. "It was quite tricky, but after several years we discovered that by placing a modified shielding charm around our electronics. All outside magical influences would 'bounce' off the shield, and the device would continue to function as usual. Also is effective against hot beverages, and unforeseen accidents. It only works though if the device is unplugged at the time the charm is applied, otherwise the magic from the charm would cause the device to break."

"How come I haven't heard about these spells before? We could set up a similar system at home, to prevent future Order attacks."

"I believe that is because your country-men prefer the old ways. You still write with quills and parchment, yes? Other progressive countries such as China, Japan, and America have embraced the charm, and created systems similar to our own."

Harry nodded. "Is it possible that I could get some notes on that charm and your system? Given the Order's history, the sooner we set up a system at home, the better."

"Very well, Mr. Potter. Now that the attack has been stopped, how much longer will you stay here?"

"Until the Olympics are over. Since they failed at the opening ceremony, they will probably try again."

Yeong smiled. "Then together we will stop them."

**Author's Note**

I'd like to thank Son of Whitebeard, Mryna Maeve, LizziePixie-Aiko, and BrokenRainbowsShatteredDreams for reviews. As for the ages of the next generation, I'm assuming you're referring to Harry's kids. This story takes place after the epilogue, so James is in his fourth year, Albus is in his second, and Lily is due to start Hogwarts next September. So far they've been very minor characters, but I do have plans for at least one of them. It won't be a major role, but it will be a bit more important than what's been shown so far.

Important Notice:

In this past week I've accepted a job offer, signed a lease for a townhouse, and started to pack. Within the next week I expect to finish packing, move, and unpack. I don't know when I'll have internet at the townhouse, so they're might be no new chapter Thursday. If that is the case, don't panic because I should have internet the following Thursday, and there will be an update then.

Some notes about this chapter. All the facts regarding Kim Yu-Na and Kim Ki-hoon are correct, as is the information about the Olympic Flame's connection to Prometheus. Whether or not they'll carry the torch in the opening ceremonies I have no idea, just that tradition dictates the ones doing so are athletes that have made major contributions to their country in past Olympic games, and it seemed like those two would definitely qualify as potential candidates. Also, I have no idea of what the stadium will look like. I imagine the screens around the stadium to be similar to that of the Bird Nest from the Bejing summer games.

As tradition goes, South Korea is known for their technology, and their internet is one of the fastest in the world. Therefore I thought it would make sense for them to embrace technology rather than ignore it like the wizards in the UK. I doubt Emmy paid much attention to that fact when deciding to go there, she was too attracted to the symbolism of the torch.

All the information about soju and hangwa come from a wiki article about Korean cuisine, so if it's inaccurate, that's why. Similar to the Japanese, Koreans introduce themselves by their family name first. So while Yeong is first called Jang Yeong, the western version of his name is Yeong Jang. For those interested, I came up with his name since it was belonged to Jang Yeong-sil, a 15th-century Korean scientist and inventor, the closest to a historic Korean wizard as I could get.

Expect Emmy's new plan to be revealed soon, along with her revenge on Darren.

That's all for now, thanks for reading, and if possible leave a review!