Chapter 21

Oh Merlin.

Harry Potter stood at the back of the Death Eater meeting next to his fellow Slytherin Death Eaters. He watched Voldemort with his heart beating rapidly in his chest. He could not believe what he was about to do.

"You will attack the ministry, you will kill anyone who dares to get in your way. You will proceed down to the Department of Mysteries in which you will steal as many of their time turners as you can get your hands upon. You will steal the many magical weapons that lay past the death chamber. I won't be accompanying you tonight. I have some more, pressing matters to attend to. You will bring me the items as soon as you get back. I will be in the study. Not all of you will go as you know. The one's that I have already talked to are to go to Diagon Alley and attack their. A few will stay here, doing research in my library."

Voldemort sat back in his throne like chair.

"Well. Go."

The Death Eaters all stood and many apparated away. Some of the adult Death Eaters came to the back of the room and latched themselves onto the younger Death Eaters that could not yet apparate. Snape grabbed Harry and was about to apparate when Luscius Malfoy arrived.

"Ah Snape. I do hope that everything will go to plan tonight? And Harry. You will be a great asset to us tonight. After all you have been in the department of mysteries before."

Harry nodded as Lucius grabbed his arm and apparated away. A second later Snape and Draco appeared. Lucius let go of Harry and stepped towards Snape.

"I am on to you Severus. Watch you're back." He turned on his feet and walked towards the ministry elevator across the hall.

"Come Draco, Harry." Harry looked at Severus and saw the look of defeat and desperation that never had graced Snape's features before. He frowned and followed Draco to the elevator. Something wasn't right.

Remus sat back on his hunches and stood up just as Lily entered the room.

"Call everyone?"

Lily sighed.

"Everyone but Tonks. I think you should call her."

Remus looked at Lily sharply.

"Lily. I can't call her just yet."

"Remus call her or she wont be coming to the meeting."

"That's a good thing," Remus said as he walked past Lily. Lily grabbed his arm and turned him slightly.

"That is not a good thing. She is a member and needs to be here. You know as well as I do that she plays a very important part in this war due to her metamorphmagus abilities. Now by Merlin you are going to talk to her."

"Oh Merlin. Ok. Lily. I'll call her." He walked towards the fire.

"Care to give us some privacy?"

Lily poked her tongue out at Remus and walked into the kitchen. Remus sighed as he threw a pinch of floo powder into the fireplace. He called out Tonks' name and a moment later her face appeared. Her face lit up when she saw him but she immediately tried to hide it.

"What do you want Lupin?" Remus sighed.

"Nymph, I-"

"Don't you call me that. It's Tonks." Remus sighed again.

"Look. Dumbledore thinks that there is going to be an attack on the Ministry, so there is an Order meeting. Please come." With that he pulled his head out of the fireplace and stood, brushing a small amount of soot out of his hair and off his shoulders. He crossed the room and walked into the kitchen. His eyes widened when he saw that it was already packed with people.

He sat down with a sigh then groaned as he stood again. He exited the room and walked through the living room, past a blushing Tonks. He walked up the stairs and stood at the top, listening intently. He heard a thump and a triumphant laugh from Sirius' bedroom and shook his head as he walked towards the door. He stood outside it, one hand poised on the door knob, ready to open it when it opened by itself and James came tumbling out. James ran into Remus and they both got sprawled onto the ground.

"Moony!" James exclaimed happily. "Come to join us?" He pushed himself off Remus and stood, offering a hand to the fallen werewolf.

"No. There is an Order meeting. So you two are of course required."

Sirius sighed.

"Bloody Order always ruins our fun."

Remus raised an eyebrow and started walking down the stairs. James turned to Sirius and shrugged. Together they both ran after Remus.

Harry could feel his heart pounding in his chest as he stepped out of the elevator. He and Draco followed Snape and Lucius through the familiar corridors and to that black door he had dreamed about so often last year. They walked through the door with no hesitation and Harry sighed when he found himself in the familiar black room. He saw the blue torches and was saddened when he remembered why he was here in the first place.

Him being a Death Eater didn't really hit him till just then. All before it seemed like a game he was playing, just messing with his parents and Godfather's mind. Just like they had done to him. This time Draco held the door to the Ministry stayed open as Snape and Lucius checked the other doors.

Harry jumped slightly as he felt someone walk up behind him.

"So, Potter. Think you can handle being a Death Eater?"

Harry turned to find himself face to face with none other then Bellatrix.

"Hello Bella. I seem to be doing alright so far." Bella leant down a bit so she was right in Harry's face.

"Watch yourself Potter or I might just have to kill you like your precious little Godfather."

Harry snorted. Bella glared.

"Think that's funny do you?" She reached forward and gripped his robes hard in his hands.

"Bella." Bellatrix and Harry both turned to see Snape standing there.

"You and the rest of your 'friends' are wanted in the time turner room."

Bellatrix nodded and walked into a room to the left, followed by about seven other Death Eaters. Harry glared at her as the door slammed shut.

"Come on Potter," Lucius said as they walked into the 'Brain room.' Harry stared blankly around the room as he remembered how his friends had wound up the last time he was in this building. Lucius lead him through more doors, and Harry soon lost his way and knew that had he been alone, he wouldn't be able to find his way back to the black circular room. He pulled off his mask and placed in it his pocket. They always bugged him. He smiled to himself when he saw that Draco followed suit.

They entered a room that was lined with shelf after shelf after shelf. On these shelves were lots of glowing cubes. They glowed all different colors.

"Alright," Lucius began as he shoved a black bag into Harry's hands. "I want the two of you to place as many blue and purple cubes in this bag as you can manage. And be careful. These weapons are very dangerous."

Lucius crossed the room to Snape who was also carrying a black bag. The two of them began to place gold and silver cubes in the bag. Harry sighed and followed Draco over to a shelf.

The Order all stood from the meeting and split into their groups of eight. These groups then grabbed a portkey and the next second they arrived at the Ministry. As soon as they appeared the Death Eaters that stood guard in the Atrium all started throwing jinxes and curses at them. Lily ducked just as an Avada Kedavra came barreling towards her. Unfortunately it hit Dedalus Diggle and Lily watched with guilt in her eyes as he fell to the ground, dead.

She stood and fired a stunning curse at the Death Eater and summoned his wand as he fell to the ground. She snapped it in half and looked up just in time to see a red curse get fired at her. She didn't have time to move and the next second she was lying on the ground, writhing in pain and screaming from the Cruciatus curse.

James ran forward and out of the corner of his eye watched as his wife got hit by the Cruciatus curse. James struck down the man in front of him with a stunning curse and turned to the person that was hurting his wife. He raised his wand and blasted him away. He landed with a sickening crunch across the room and James helped his wife up.

"Take out as many as you can, but I'm beginning to think that we aren't going to win this round," James said as he pulled Lily out of the way of an oncoming curse. Lily nodded and turned, ready to face whatever Death Eater dare try to attack her or her husband.

Harry looked up from the black bag as a Death Eater ran into the room. Harry frowned as he or she ran over to Lucius and Snape.

"Come on. That's enough. We need to go up to the Atrium. The Order of the Pheonix has arrived," Lucius began, turning to Snape. Harry was sure he was glaring at him.

Harry and Draco nodded and took off at a run behind the three adults. Harry's heart was pounding, and not just from the running that he was doing. He could tell that this was going to end badly.

As they got closer to the Atrium Harry reached into his pocket to get his Death Eater mask and stopped running when he felt nothing but air.

"Oh Merlin," Harry said as he began running again. 'Let's hope no one see's me' he thought as they entered the Atrium.

Sirius sighed as he saw more Death Eaters enter the room. This battle would not be won by the Order. That was for sure. He ran towards someone that entered and began battling with them. He heard a laugh from behind the mask and knew that it was Lucius Malfoy.

"Sirius Black. What a surprise. Why aren't you dead?"

"None of your business Malfoy."

Sirius fired a stunning spell at Lucius only to have it rebounded onto the wall behind him.

"Black. I have a surprise for you."

Sirius raised and eyebrow. "Oh yeah?"

Lucius nodded and turned. He grabbed another Death Eaters robes and thrust him towards Sirius. Lucius pulled down the hood to reveal the face of Harry. Sirus dropped his wand to the ground and Lucius blasted him away.

James Potter turned to the sound of the blast and saw Sirius hit the wall with incredible force. He turned to the Death Eater that was responsible and froze when he saw his son looking over at Sirius. James blasted Lucius out of the way and grabbed his son's robes. He apparated away to Grimmauld Place a second later.

Lily crouched over the fallen form of Sirius Black. He was breathing but only just. She looked up and watched with sadness as Order member after Order member apparated away to safety. She sighed as she also apparated away. She only hoped that James and Sirius would be ok.

Hey Guys. Im so terribly sorry that this has taken me so long to update. The reasons are based on three things...school work being so heavy. Word crashing and bloody writers block. Chapter 22 is just around the corner though.

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