Lily's Plan
By: Sheltie
I don't own Harry Potter at all
Chapter 21
Remus made good on his promise and began teaching the group the Patronus charm. He did warn them that it would take a long time to get any results since it was a very difficult spell and not many wizards or witches knew it.
"Now what I need you to do first is think of a happy memory. The happier the memory the better results you'll have" Remus said.
The group nodded and began thinking of a happy memory.
"Once you have your memory in mind then you say the spell, which is 'Expecto Patronum'," Remus said.
In a chorus of voices the spell was cast. Nothing happened.
"What happened?" Daphne asked confused.
"This is a very tricky spell Daphne. You might want to change the memory you're using and see if it gets better results. That and the spell uses a lot of your magic so it's going to take a while for you to even produce anything" Remus said.
Everyone agreed that during these private lessons that they'd be on first name basis.
Everyone tried and tried again, but still none were able to produce anything. This frustrated them all.
"Be patient, it will take time" Remus said wisely.
He then had them all take a break since he could tell a few were pushing themselves a bit much. He didn't want them to exhaust themselves. He gave them all chocolate and that helped them all.
/Scene Break/
Malfoy was embarrassed, the scene he made at the Shrieking Shack was heard all over the school. He heard snickers and giggles wherever he went. Even in his own common room he got no rest. His own housemates did funny reenactments of the scene. Malfoy needed to plan his revenge against Potter. His plan had to be bold and Slytherin-like.
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Harry and Hermione were having a grand time. They had just exited the library after finishing their homework. Harry was whispering things in Hermione's ear making her giggle. It was an interesting sight to see. Hermione was giggling and Harry was carefree. Everybody in the school had never seen the two this light before. Both Harry and Hermione were getting quite used to their new status of boyfriend and girlfriend.
In a corridor Ginny scowled at the sight. She was supposed to be on Harry's arm giggling at whatever Harry was saying. That was supposed to be her.
"I wouldn't do anything stupid Ginny."
Ginny spun around to find Luna staring at her.
"Luna don't do that, you scared me" Ginny said clutching her chest.
"I apologize Ginny, but please don't do anything that you'll regret" Luna said.
"What are you talking about Luna?" Ginny asked.
Luna sighed.
"I've known you for a while Ginny and know that when you have your eyes set on something you will do everything in your power to get it. But you will not get Harry. He's with Hermione and he will never leave her. You know why this is, so why do you even want to try" the lithe blond said.
"I know that Luna, but I will get him. He will see that we are meant to be together. We're destined to be. She is just a passing thing" Ginny said confidently.
Luna sighed and shook her head.
"I'll warn you only once Ginny. If you mess with Harry and Hermione's relationship then you won't just have Hermione after you, but Padma, Daphne, Susan and myself taking you down" she said seriously.
Ginny backed away a bit since she was kind of scared at the serious look her friend was giving her. Her back hit against something and she spun around. It was Daphne and Padma.
"Luna is right Miss Weasley, if you try and do something to mess with Harry and Hermione you'll have to answer to us" Daphne said with a cold glare.
"And we'll show you no mercy" Padma added just as coldly.
Ginny gulped. She knew that Padma and Daphne were two of the smartest girls in school with Hermione topping both of them. Susan Bones was no slouch at all either since she was a Hufflepuff and loyalty was very big to that house. She then bolted to get away from the three girls. Once she was gone the three girls relaxed.
"I hope that warning got through her thick skull" Padma said.
"I do too, I really hate to do that to someone younger. She's about the same age as Astoria" Daphne said.
"It needed to be done or else she'd have the wrath of Hermione Potter on her and that is not something anyone would want" Luna said.
Daphne and Padma shuddered. They've seen Hermione in a small rage and feared what she'd do when she was really angry.
/Scene Break/
Their lessons with Remus was slowly progressing though most were only getting a faint silver mist. But that was something. Remus commented that it took most grown witches and wizards a long time to even produce a mist. This pleased the group, but also made them work harder. They wanted to get this spell down solid.
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Meanwhile in the Ministry Amelia was busy working on the budget muttering to herself on how stupid Fudge is for slashing her budget once again. A knock on her door interrupted her whispered ramblings.
"Come in" she said.
"Boss, I got the reports" an auror said.
"Good, set them on my desk" Amelia said.
It had taken a very long time to research and investigate Dumbledore's actions since he had a lot of power and could sweep it under the rug. That meant the investigation had to be done in a covert way. That is why it took so long they had to move slow, so not to alarm the old man. That and Amelia had to figure out which of her aurors she could trust not to blab. It was very important to keep this a secret.
Amelia looked through the papers and found that she had enough to bring Dumbledore down, but knew he was very wily man and could wiggle out of anything. So that meant she had to find more leverage. She needed to talk to Lily for some help.
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Back at Hogwarts, Halloween was upon the school. Excitement was buzzing about the feast to be held. Though Harry, Hermione, their friends knew they wouldn't be going, but instead keeping Lily company for the night. Their potion teacher always got depressed on this day since her husband dies this day.
As the feast was going on a gathering was being held in Harry's quarters. Sirius and Remus were also there to provide comfort and reminisce about the good times about the deceased friend. It was a somber atmosphere, but Lily was happy that she had people around her to help her through this night. Sophia Greengrass also came by to provide comfort for her friend.
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Amelia took a deep breath entered walked through the gates of Hogwarts. She had a meeting set up with Lily to discuss several things. She met Hagrid and she got caught up in the Hogwarts gossip. Not that she was really into that thing, but with Hagrid, you just nod and listen since he sometimes gave you valuable information. Soon she got to the castle and walked to the Potter quarters. Once inside she found Lily waiting for along with Harry and Hermione.
"Lily, Harry, Hermione" Amelia greeted.
"Amelia, please have a seat" Lily said.
Amelia sat down.
"What can my mom do for you Amelia?" Harry asked.
"I have a couple questions that I'd like answered if you can" Amelia said.
"I'll answer whatever questions to the best of my ability" Lily said.
Amelia nodded.
"First, I want to let you know that the case against Dumbledore is going smoothly. I am sorry I couldn't tell you this before, but I had to keep this all hushed. The old man has many ears" she said.
Everyone nodded. They all knew that Dumbledore had many people listening for any news that might be important for him to hear.
"That is good news Amelia" Lily said.
"Yes, but what I need is more on him, I need something I can use against him since the Gringotts record won't be enough" Amelia said.
Lily looked at Harry and he nodded. She sighed. She knew that she'd have to tell someone someday she just hoped that it would've been later.
"There's a prophecy that Dumbledore knows. It basically states that Harry is the one to defeat Voldemort" she said.
Amelia was shocked. She looked and saw that Harry knew this as did Hermione. Harry got his mom to tell him sometime ago and in turn he told Hermione. They've yet to tell their friends or anyone else for that matter. This was first outside the family to know.
"I see, this might be helpful. You do know the Department of Mysteries keeps records on every prophecy heard" she said.
"I do, I was going to take Harry there sometime when he was older, but I guess now is the best" Lily said with a sigh.
Amelia felt for Lily and took her hand to try and comfort her friend.
The rest of the time they talked about what else Lily had on Dumbledore, which wasn't much. The prophecy was the biggest advantage and they both knew Dumbledore would rather keep this piece of information out of the public so that meant Amelia could use it to her advantage.
/Scene Break/
Meanwhile two figures made their way across the barren land.
"We must find the master" one said.
"We do?" the other squeaked.
"Yes, now come" the first one commanded.
The second cowered and followed.
/Scene Break/
A couple days later
Dumbledore was annoyed as he sat in Amelia's office waiting. He was asked to come in and talk with the head of the DMLE, but she wasn't anywhere to be seen and was about to leave when Amelia came in looking rushed.
"My apologies Albus, but something came up and I had to take care of it quickly" Amelia said sitting down.
"Not at all Amelia, I know that you are quite busy with Bellatrix and Peter on the loose" Dumbledore said.
"Yes, but this talk isn't about that" Amelia said.
Dumbledore was now very curious since that is what he thought he asked to be here for.
"I got some very disturbing reports from Gringotts about you Albus" Amelia said.
Dumbledore paled slightly.
"It seems that you've been stealing from the Potter vaults, which you know is quite illegal to do" Amelia said sternly.
"Now Amelia, if I can talk with Lily and Harry then they will see it was all for the greater good" Dumbledore said serenely.
"I've talked to both of them and they have taken actions to stop it as you are quite aware of" Amelia said.
Dumbledore knew this. He had gotten a very loud floo call from Molly when she found out they no longer were receiving payments. The only way to calm the red menace was to take money from his own vault to pay her. He was very unhappy to do this.
"Now the Potters don't care about getting the money back since they have more than enough to get by on, but they want you charged with theft, but they know that getting these charges to stick would be very hard to do. So they told me of a very interesting thing about 'The dark lord approaches'" Amelia said.
Dumbledore paled even more. Amelia knew the prophecy and that meant Harry also knew. This wasn't good since he always felt that information should be kept from the person that needed until he deemed it was time to reveal it. Now he had no leverage on the boy. Nothing to weasel his way in.
"The Potters will drop the charges Albus if you promise yo stay out their lives, which isn't asking for too much" Amelia said.
Dumbledore had no choice and he nodded.
"Oh, and though your troubles with the Ministry is over I doubt the goblins will be so lenient" Amelia said smirking.
This got Dumbledore out the door with his next stop Gringotts.
/Scene Break/
Back at Hogwarts things were going smoothly for the group, though their Patronus lessons were still going at a snail-like pace.
"How can a spell be so hard" Daphne fumed after one lesson.
She threw herself onto the couch in the Potter quarters upset that she still had made no progress as all.
"Remus did say that it was a very hard spell and not many adult witches or wizards knew it" Susan said.
"But it has been over a month and none of us had produced anything more than a mist" Daphne complained.
"Come on Daph, I'll bet we've progress more than anyone else our age with this spell" Neville said.
Daphne still pouted, which was an interesting sight to see. Daphne Greengrass pouting was a very rare event.
"Whatever, so what are everybody's plans for the upcoming Hogsmeade trip?" Harry asked.
End of Chapter
A/N: sorry for such the short chap, but like I said before I am having trouble writing the third year and it will be probably not be that very long and very boring. I'll try and work on it, but I can't see any way out of it with the way I have it right now. I already have the winter break planned as well as planning out the summer and fourth year, which will be kind of follow the book. Thanks for reading and please review.