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Storm, panic, and love
Chapter 21
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It was late at night and everybody at Gryffindor Castle was asleep. In her room, Dawn lay cuddled to her boyfriend's side. All she wore was on oversized t-shirt and some underwear. The covers covered most of her body though so she had no worries for anybody seeing her. Suddenly something flashed in the darkness of the room and both Dawn and Orion shot up. Dawn easily took the pendant that was on her bedside table and looked into what seemed to be a mirror only to see the Headmaster's face.
"Attack on the Ministry of Magic." he said causing their eyes to widen.
"We're on our way." She said before they both jumped out of bed and got dressed.
Orion raced to his own room where he got dressed in a pair of loose pants and a t-shirt then a sweater over it. Dawn grinned when she found a pair of sweatpants and swiftly put them on along with a t-shirt. Pulling her hair up she took a sweater and put it on before racing out of her room with Orion seconds after her. As they raced down the stairs, Harold and Damien were both woken up but Dawn and Orion had already made it to the bottom of the tower. They raced through the castle until they arrived at the entrance doors and race out into the fresh summer night. Racing to the gates they arrived outside the wards and instantly activated the Portkey's they had.
Within seconds they arrived in the Ministry of Magic and dodged a curse sent there way. Many other members of the Order had arrived and were facing off against Soul Sucker. Then she remembered something. Christopher had stayed late, he hadn't returned to Gryffindor Castle. Cursing her luck, she raced through the fighters, Orion just a few feet behind her. They arrived in the hallways and ran until they arrived at the Minister of Magic's office. Aiming her wand, she blasted the door opened.
When the dust settled, she found that Christopher was sleeping on the sofa that was in his office. Swiftly she ran over and shook him awake causing him to build up.
"Dawn, Orion what are you both doing here?" He asked then the sounds of battle reached them.
"Soul Suckers attacked the Ministry of Magic you need to get out sir." Orion said causing Christopher's eyes to widen then a hard look set in.
"I will not leave," he said fiercely and suddenly a spell shot into the office and Dawn spun around and aimed a blasting hex at the Soul Sucker who dared enter the office.
"You have your wand?" Orion asked.
"Always, I was an Auror you know." He said before jumping to his feet.
With nods, they left the office and returned to the fight. As the fight continued Dawn felt the pendant around her neck heat up. Hiding behind a pillar, she took the pendant out and found Nicolas Flamel looking at her.
"What is happening?" She asked before shooting a spell at an approaching Soul Sucker.
"They decided to attack St. Mungos, the other haft of the Order has arrived, but we'll be in need of back up soon." He said causing her to pale.
"Got it."
Racing off she found Christopher and told her of what was happening. He gave a nod and ordered two squads of Aurors to St. Mungos. Dawn even sent Orion to St. Mungos to help. He left although not at all willing to leave her there to fight with the others. Finally, two hours after the attack started the Soul Suckers were captured and Dawn along with a few other Order members made their way to St. Mungos. Arriving they were glad to see that the attack had ended as well and in their favor.
Walking through the debris, Dawn was slightly horrified to see how much damage had been done to the place. She was glad that they had been able to stop more damage or even the destruction of the Magical Hospital but still the damage done would take some time to fix and during a war, in London no less, it would be hard. Bomb raids could be happening and that could affect the wards around the hospital.
"Dawn!" Came a cry and instantly Dawn turned to see Orion racing towards her. With a relieved smile, she met him haft way before accepting the kiss he gave her.
"Merlin's beard I am so happy you're safe." He whispered.
"I'm sorry to worry you Orion, you know I don't mean to," she whispered causing him to smile.
"I know it's just being away from you for so long brings back memories of your time as a prisoner of Grindelwalds." he whispered causing her eyes to grow sad. "Don't. I hate seeing you look sad."
"I love you Orion... Draco." She whispered causing his eyes to widen. He hadn't used that name in a few years.
Dawn noticed his shock and gave him a soft smile. She gently kissed him before going on to help the wounded. Orion fallowed behind her, determined not to leave her side. About an hour later, the wounded were all inside and Dawn had seen to all members of the Order. Finally done they left for Gryffindor Castle with Christopher. Walking up the driveway to the castle doors the group of three was silent. They did not say a word about the battle or battles that had taken place.
Walking into the castle the group was met by a worried Maria, Damien, and Harold. The moment they noticed there arrival they pounced. Maria through her arms around her husband, while Harold through his arms around Dawn who caught him. Damien hurriedly walked over to Orion who noticed just how pale the other boy was.
"We were woken up when you guys raced down the stair case. We didn't know what to do so we went to get Maria. Of course I don't think that was a great idea because she started to panic." Damien whispered causing Orion to sigh.
"Sorry about that. Didn't mean to wake you guys up. We just needed to get to the Ministry since it was under attack." She answered causing Damien's eyes to widen.
"What? But why...why did you and Dawn have to go?" Damien asked confused and a little fearful.
"We are members of an organization that are fighting against Soul Suckers and Grindelwald. We couldn't very well not go and fight." Orion answered softly.
"What organization, I thought the only people fighting Grindelwald and his people were the Ministry's of Magic?" Damien asked, he would have thought that he would have heard something about an Organization fighting off Soul Suckers and Grindelwald.
"We are called the Order of the Phoenix." Dawn answered this time causing Damien to turn to her only to see her smiling at him. "Most of us didn't want to just sit back and do nothing. We wanted to help fight in this war."
"But it's dangerous." He whispered.
"Many things are dangerous in this world but it doesn't mean you stop living or doing things. People have the choice, if they have the power to fight why stay on the side lines and watch as innocent live perish because some crazy idiot wants to take over the world." Dawn said causing Maria to sigh.
"I agree with you Dawn but I also agree with Damien. You both are just children and it's so dangerous fighting Dark Lords." She whispered.
"For some reason Maria I think I was born to fight Dark Lords." Dawn muttered causing Orion to wince, he knew all to well what she was talking about.
"Well its early morning, you three just fought in a battle and Harold and Demeter have been up for hours. Up to bed with the lot of you. I won't have you all falling asleep during the day." Maria said causing them all to laugh.
Looking down at Harold Dawn let a smile form on her lips before patting his head causing him to look up at her. She grew sad when she saw the tears in his eyes and gently whipped them away causing him to smile softly. Taking his hand she lead him towards the tower and soon the group of teens and one child disappeared leaving Christopher and Maria alone.
"What happened during the battle?" Maria asked worriedly.
"Soul Suckers attacked the Ministry of Magic; I had fallen asleep on my sofa. Dawn and Orion came to find me and woke me up. They wanted me to leave but I refused and soon we entered battle. Another battle had broken out at St. Mungos not long after and Dawn sent Orion to help there. It seems the Order of the Phoenix is a very organised group, they had two factions fighting. One at the Ministry and another at St. Mungos." Christopher answered causing Maria to whisper.
"They are so young I don't care if they are from the future and fighting a war there. Children should not be fighting Dark Lords and Ladies." Maria whispered a tear tracking down her cheek.
"I know Maria, I know how I wish I could tell them to stop and stay home, but I can't. I could see for myself that they were important during those battles and not to mention respected. One of my aurors informed me that the Order of the Phoenix were the first to arrive at the Ministry. They are fast and efficient not to mention have very powerful members. Just tonight, I say Nicolas Flamel helping the wounded at St. Mungos and the Headmaster at the Ministry fighting. Christopher stated causing his wife's eyes to widen in shock.
Arriving at their tower Dawn led Harold into his room were she gently tucked him in and sat beside him.
"Dawn, why do you fight?" Harold asked.
"To protect the people that are precious to me, to make this world a better place and most of all so that you don't have to fight," She answered causing him to smile even though it was a little one but it soon disappeared.
"Hey buddy, don't worry okay. I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself." Dawn said yet Harold only gave a nod.
"What if... what if one day you don't come back? What if I can't see you ever again?" He asked causing her to sigh.
"Everybody leaves this world in one form or another Harold. You have to think though that if I die during these battles then I die by choice and I die because I am trying to protect you from the world controlled by a Dark Lord. I don't want to leave you either Harold but sometimes people just can't chose to stay or not. One of these days, I will be gone but I won't be gone forever. I will be in your heart, in your memories for as long as you live." She whispered causing him to smile.
"Thank you Dawn, thank you for being an older sister to me." he whispered and she gave him a grin before kissing his forehead.
"Sleep well kiddo." She whispered and within seconds, the boy was asleep.
"The kid's a sweet one." Orion said from the doorway.
"Yeah, I'm going to miss him when we leave." Dawn whispered before standing and leaving the room. "I need a shower."
"We both do. Meet in your room after?" He asked and she gave a smile of agreement.
When they arrived at the top of the tower, they went into their own rooms. Walking over to her bathroom Dawn turned the water on then got undressed. She through her dirty clothe into the pantry before steeping foot in the shower. For a good two minutes, she stood there letting the water wash the sweat, blood, and dirt from her body that she took her strawberry scented shampoo and started to wash her hair. Rinsing it she then conditioned it with the same scented conditioner and then washed her body with her strawberry body wash. Finally, she left the shower and grabbed her towel. She wrapped it around her body before wandlessly drying her hair so that it would be soft. After drying off her body, she got her oversized t-shirt back on with a pair of green panties. Finished she climbed into bed just in time as Orion walked into the room dressed in nothing but a pair of sleeping pants.
"Feel refreshed?" She asked causing him to grin.
"Yes but I will feel much better once I have you in my arms." He whispered before closing the door and walking over to her bed.
"I think the same goes for me." She whispered as he climbed into her bed and kissed her. "Battles suck."
"I agree they pull me away from my time with you," he muttered causing her to smile.
"Well I wasn't thinking about that but I suppose you're right on that note as well." She murmured causing him to chuckle.
They continued their light conversation until finally they both fell asleep, peaceful smiles on their faces. Four hours later they were woken up by knocking at their door and looked at each other before smiling. After a few moments of resting, they both got dressed and Orion went to his room giving Dawn the time to get dressed. She knew she had her daily lessons with Professor Crystal today but she had informed her that she would come to get her later today because of the attack.
Looking at her wardrobe, she decided to go with a purple dress. She couldn't wait to return to her own time and start wearing pants again. It was perhaps the one thing she actually hated about this time. After putting the dress on, she put a pair of high heel black shoes and brushed her hair before leaving the room. She was just in time as Orion walked out wearing jeans and a blue polo shirt.
"You know what I'm going to miss when we return?" He asked causing her to frown.
"What?" She asked.
"Seeing your beautiful legs." he said causing her to laugh softly.
"And here I was thinking that I couldn't wait to get out of a dress." She stated causing him to pout.
"But I like your legs?"
"Only like?" She teased while walking down the stairs.
"No love!" Orion cried just as they passed by Damien's door that opened.
"Do I want to know?" He asked causing Dawn to grin.
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Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley all sat in one of the cleaned out rooms of number Twelve Grimmauld Place. They were currently reading the book they had found in Hogwarts the one written by Dawn Potter. It was an interesting book revealing great battles between the original Order of the Phoenix and the Soul Suckers. Currently they were reading about the double attack on St. Mungos and the Ministry of Magic.
"Do you think Voldemort would do something like this?" Hermione asked.
"Knowing the mad man, he would probably do it on more then just two locations." Ron answered causing Hermione to sigh. It was true, knowing Voldemort he would probably attack more then one locations at a time.
"Do you think Dumbledore thinks of this?" She whispered.
"I hope I mean it would be a good idea and he was there during these things, second in command of the Order." Ron stated causing Hermione to smile.
"Ron Hermione super time!" Molly Weasley announced and with that, the two left the room and went downstairs.
When they arrived it was to see Diana, Demeter and Damien, as they whished to be called by everybody, sitting there with the Headmaster. Swiftly the two sat down and Hermione found herself in front of Diana who gave her a smile.
"So Hermione I hear you are a very smart students at Hogwarts." She said causing Hermione to blush.
"Well I'm just book smart, I mean Harry was the practical smart, he didn't really show it often, as if he wanted to hid it but sometimes he would slip and I noticed. He was a brilliant wizard." Hermione whispered.
"Would you mind telling me about Harry, Hermione? After Harold disappeared, I never stayed in contact with the Potters. I know I should have but...but I lost so both Dawn and Harold to a disappearance, I couldn't handle it." Diana whispered causing Hermione's eyes to grow sad.
"Harry was a great person. He loved magic, but was hated for it. His relatives were not the best of people, no scratch that they were horrible. They tried to stop him from coming to Hogwarts but thankfully never succeeded. He was a brilliant student in Defense, the best in our year. Still I think he was the best on a broom. He flew as if he had been born to fly. He was the youngest Seeker of the century and played like a pro." Hermione murmured her voice filled with such emotion. "He stood up for his friends and tried to defend us as if he was our brother. He was our brother."
"He sounds a lot like Dawn. Dawn was a brilliant person. It seems like it's something all Potters are born with." Diana whispered. "Dawn was my best friend back then, she was the only other girl in the group, and during our years were spent time laughing and acting like the girls we were. She had her own room because the dorms only hold five girls, but she would come and talk with me in the dorms."
"She seemed like a really great person." Ron whispered.
"She was, Dawn fought with her heart and soul to defend us. She once told me that she would put her own life on the line for somebody she loved dearly. She showed it by protecting Harold.
"What about the other boy you mentioned, Orion Evans?" Ron asked curiously.
"Orion, Orion was a Ravenclaw that didn't seem to be accepted by his own house. He mostly hanged out with us and sat at Gryffindor table. He was a brilliant friend as well. Smart, amazing in Potions, complete opposite to Dawn who wasn't that good at them. He was also fiercely loyal to Dawn. I think it was the day they saved Dawn that he confessed his love for her. Orion was different, he seemed to be haft Slytheirn, haft Ravenclaw. He had a cunning and sly side but a gentle and intelligent side. It was as if he could have been in both houses. He was a mystery though, so was Dawn, they were secretive about their past. Well most people were with the war going on. Nobody wanted to die because of something they revealed about their past. It was a terrible time back then."
As the conversation continued on the group of people spoke about different things, Ron and Hermione listened as Maria spoke about her times at Hogwarts, before and during the time when Dawn Potter and Orion Evans had arrived. She also described things that happened during the war. Of course, Mrs. Weasley didn't seem to agree that speaking about the war would be a good thing at the super table but she held her tongue, it was as if she didn't want to anger this people to much.
"And so by the last year of the war we were allowed to join, only because were capable enough in battle and stuff. I helped with the Healing since I was better at it then the others plus the injured needed to be healed and Healers were on the demand. Did you know back then, there had been two types of Healers, Field Healers, and Hospital Healers. The Field Healers had the hardest jobs I find; they had to go out to where the fighting was and help get the wounded off the field." Diana explained.
"Why haven't I heard of them before hand." Hermione asked.
"Perhaps because you still have the teacher I had when I was at Hogwarts. No offense Headmaster but Binns needs to move on. Your students aren't learning nearly as much as they should. History should be taught correctly as to happen the past from happening in the future." Demeter said, talking for the first time that night.
"I agree but I'm afraid I can't find a person to teach the subject." The Headmaster sighed.
However, after that Hermione noticed that Diana, Demeter, and Damien looked at each other and started to whisper after a few minutes they each turned to the Headmaster who was looking at them hesitantly.
"Headmaster, we think we might be able to help you there. You know well enough that we are very good with History, Damien knows plenty after all he loves to read and such, we all know about the war's and who doesn't know about the Goblin wars, I'm sure we can make things much more interesting in class." Diana suggested causing the Headmaster to smile brightly.
"You three are such open souls, I will be very happy to have you return to Hogwarts. It would do well to have a set of older faces around. Every year we get new faces the ones who graduate seldom come for a visit." The Headmaster said and the trio gave bright smiles.
"Brilliant!" Damien stated and Remus laughed.
"So I'll be a colleague with my own grandfather, nice." He said causing the group to laugh.
After another hour, the children were soon ushered out of the room and the meeting began.
"Severus please speak first." The Headmaster stated and the Potion Master, who had arrived seconds after the children left the room, spoke.
"The Dark Lord is still searching for Potter and Draco Malfoy. The boy's father wants him back. He also wants the boy to join the ranks. Thankfully for us the search has brought out no results, both boys are still not located by the other side." The man announced. "Apart from that it seems like the Dark Lord is starting to take things from Grindelwalds point of view. He seems to have plans for a multiple attack but locations have not been told to anybody."
"Thank you Severus, I suppose the thought that both boys have not been found as of yet is a good thing in a sense. Although I wish they would have been found and placed in a safe place, it seems highly unlikely. Still I hope that they will be found for the school year coming. As for the attacks, I suppose it is time to place into action what had been done years ago. The Order will be separated into groups, the thing is this Order is smaller then it had been before. Many people who had gone into hiding during the first war with Vodemort have not emerged. For now, we will form groups and hope to Merlin that Aurors arrive on time. Thankfully, Amelia was able to improve things there and send more funding for Aurors. I am hoping to gather more members for the Order as well." The Headmaster explained and the Order agreed. It was a good idea to have more members.
"Any other news?" He asked and with that that meeting continued.
They spoke about possible attack's Voldemort could be planning, they spoke about how to defend those specific locations, and they formed teams. When it all finished the Headmaster spoke with his soon to be History Professors and they had all decided that they would not be giving books to the students but recounting stories, and giving them books to read in class. By the end of the night, the Headmaster was pleased along with the group of students still attending Hogwarts. They would be learning real History and just knew that the trio of new Professors would be brilliant because they had such great telling skills. Hermione compared their method to a story tellers, because in actuality History was a story, a large story that was true and that everybody should have the right to know properly.
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