AN/ Well everyone life has a way of getting in the way of fun. I have been having what the Chines would call an interesting life. For the long delay i am sorry but life got in the way. Here is one of my Favorite Chapters and I hope you will all enjoy it.
Chapter 26
Well that was un-expected
Diagon Ally
7:00P.M.
The group of six arrived in the Leaky Cauldron and split up from there. Neville and his parents went in search of the materials they would need for the meeting with the Queen, while Harry, Dudley and Mad-Eye headed for Amish's shop. They had decided to split up this way after the Longbottoms had said it would be safer this way. So while the Longbottoms went in search of books on heraldry and the materials to create them. Harry and Mad-Eye pulled Dudley into Madam Malkin's and got him a long black hooded cloak, before headed to Knockturn Alley and Amish's Shop.
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Voldemort's Lair
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Voldemort was not in a good mood. He had expected Potter to be brought before him. Instead he received word that eight of his followers had disappeared and the three that remained had searched the woods for hours without any sign of them. He could only assume that they were now in the custody of the Ministry, but with the removal his agents from the Ministry he had no clue as to where they were being kept. So as the three that had returned as failures were carried away after being punished, he turned to his long time friends and Inner Circle for their thoughts.
"Tell me Severus, what do you believe we should do about this constant failure?"
Severus Snape stepped forward and lowered his hood. "My Lord I believe we should not try and be discreet. We have the most powerful Purebloods in the world at our disposal. We should attack in force, out in the open and destroy Potter and that band of brats of his. I say we find where he will be and destroy him completely. He may be a match for a few of the "New Marks" and "Dieing" that we have sent after him so far, but not for a fully trained Death Eater. I propose we send all three Lestranges, both of the Malfoys, both of the Goyles, both of the Notts, Crabbe, Weasley, Umbridge, Fudge and myself. I know the young Misters Malfoy, Crabbe, Nott, and Goyle are all "New Marks" but in their time at Hogwarts they have preformed exceptionally well. If it were not for their age I would have had them Marked in their fourth year."
"If their fathers had tried to tell me this, I would not have believe them, but from you old friend this is high praise. Very well, I have learned that Potter and the others will be presenting themselves to the Muggle Queen tomorrow. You will wait for when they exit the palace tomorrow and exterminate them. If all goes as planned by tomorrow night Potter will be gone and we can begin the destruction of the Muggle world with no one able to stop us."
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Amish's Shop
Knockturn Alley
Three hooded people walked into the brightly lit shop. As Mad-Eye and Harry lowered their hoods Amish looked curiously at the other hooded man.
"Well Mad-Eye, you seem to have brought me another customer. This isn't like you, giving away secretes like this. Has Potter here been beating you so often in training that you're trying to level the playing field?"
"Now Amish, it doesn't do well to make fun of your best customers." Harry chuckled "this is my cousin Dudley Evans. Both me and Mad-Eye thought it best that in case of emergency there was at lest one other member of my group that knew how to get here." With a node from Harry, Dudley lowered his hood.
"Well now that the introductions are out of the way we would like to get down to business. I was telling Potter here that I think you might have something he would be interested in. They are going before the Queen tomorrow and they will wont to carry their wands concealed. I was also thinking about those modifications you made to me leg. Do I have your leave to talk about them?"
"Aye you have my leave." After getting Amish's leave Moody pulled up his pants leg and showed Harry and Dudley six runes carved into his leg. Each rune had a number of small dots in circles around them. As Moody touched his wand to one of the runes it glowed and one of the dots disappeared. In its place was the handle of a throwing dagger. As Mad-Eye withdrew the handle of the dagger it glowed blue then faded as the blade formed from it.
"Each rune is for a different weapon or item. The thing is this one here." He pointed to a seventh one on his non-wooden leg. It was a tattoo with six dots around it.
"This one will work without a wand. It is what I think you might want to think about." With that Moody touched his finger to the rune and withdrew a wand.
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The Longbottoms had finished gathering all the materials that was needed for the Heraldry that they would need for the presentation to the Queen. They were now in Madam Malkin's getting Neville fitted for Dress Robes with the Longbottom crest on the sleeves and back. The crest like most English crest had a shield with symbols around and/or on the shield. The Longbottom's crest was the same. The shield was split diagonally from the top left to the bottom right. In the top like most magical families it had a pair of crossed wands it also held a pair of crossed swords and a pair of crossed Scythes, with the swords and wands above the Scythes forming a inverted triangle. The lower half is a beautiful depiction of a mountain valley bathed in mist and snow. On either side of the shield were two sleeping dragons.
Do to the elder Longbottoms long stay in St. Mungo's; Frank had to relinquish his title to Neville. They were working on fixing this since the stay was involuntary, but for now Neville would be representing the House of Longbottom as its head. They had finally calmed Gran Longbottom down enough for them to find out what needed to be done to return the Head of House Longbottom back to Frank. They would have to first have Frank and Alice cleared by St. Mungo's and by an independent Ministry Healer to determined that there are no lingering effects from the potion that Snape and Fudge had kept them on for so long. They would have to be checked over the next six months to a year before they could return to work or for Frank to resume his duties as Head of House.
"Dad will you stop pouting. You know this is only temporary. Think of how Harry feels. I know for a fact he would be more then happy to have the chance to return control of his family back to his father. Just be happy you're not the one that has to go before the Queen and help convince her we are not there to declare war." Neville chuckled at the humbled look on his fathers face. As Alice and Neville laughed at Frank's stuttered attempt at an apology Harry and the other two walked into the shop. Madam Malkin let them know the alterations were done.
"Well let's get back for dinner and then we have a lot of work to be ready for tomorrow." As Harry began to walk to the door…
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The Author of this story's Bedroom
5:00 P.M.
The author sits at his computer writing. He had just set a seen in which all hell could brake lose and laughed to himself. Whatever everyone reading was expecting no one had a clue what he was about to do…
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Location Unknown
Time Unknown
Sitting under the shade of a tree, the woman with long black hair through her head back and laughed at what the author was about to do.
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The Author of this story's Bedroom
5:01 P.M.
Ok, OK. So some one knows what I'm about to do. Come on it's the Great Mother! Of course SHE would know what is about to happen.
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Location Unknown
Time Unknown
High in the Mountains of the northin the great halls of Valhalla, Odin and his Valkyries through there head back and laugh knowing that this will be a memorable event.
In the shadows Loki rolls on the ground with laughter.
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The Author of this story's Bedroom
5:03 P.M.
Ok, so no one that is not a God or Demigod will see this coming.
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In the Author's best-friend and Beta reader's Office
The beta reader throws his head back and laughs.
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The Author of this story's Bedroom
5:04 P.M.
Ok the readers have no clue what is come. Everyone else shut up and let me write.
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Surry Sanctuary #4
8:00 P.M.
A scream splits the calm of the living room of number 4. The inhabitants of the Sanctuary were startled as Harry went flying out of the Floo slamming into the opposite wall. In a flurry of movement everyone rushes to see that he is all right. Finally Ron could not take it any more and began to laugh. This triggered everyone else into pales of laughter.
"Harry can't you ever exit the Floo on your feet?" Ron said renewing the laughter in the room.
"I did, but sense when did we have hard wood floors in the Living room?" Harry grumbled as he regained his feet.
Sticking her head out from the kitchen Petunia just smiled. "You like them. With all the Floo traffic lately I had the Twins remove the old carpet."
"Which set of twins did this?"
"Dose it really mater?"
"Prewitt or Weasley?"
"You mean you trusted the Twins to do home repair?" This coming from Molly stopped all other questions.
In that moment it did not really matter which set of twins it was, as both sets started for the exits. They didn't make it, but it was a good try non-the-less as the four had split up. All going in different directions, with Fabian Prewett headed for the back door, while his brother ran for the front. The Weasley Twins did not fared much better as they ran for open windows in the living room only to slip on the extremely slick wood floor that they and their uncles had set in front of the Floo. Though Molly had never let the STF scale spell be used on her, everyone that saw her spell casting that day would swear she could give Harry and Albus a run for their money. In a flash she had both sets of twins bound and floating in front of her upside-down.
The others wisely returned to the kitchen or helped to set the tables out side. After thirty minutes Molly and the Twin Twins join the rest in the back yard and dinner was served. Conversation was light as everyone discussed the long day. When suddenly Hermione got that look that came over her when something amazing had just occurred to her and stood up getting everyone's attention.
"By the Gods! Harry, do you realize what you have done?"
"Hermione, it was the twins that slicked the floor. Not me."
"No, not that, the other thing. It's amazing! I can't believe you did it. In all the years I've known you this is the first time something like this has ever happened. Or at lest this summer."
"What Harry landing on his feet. Technically speaking he didn't, but we will take him at his word."
"No Ron, not that, the other thing. I really think this is a break through. For the past five years you have never been able to do it. I really think this is a good sign. Like things are finally going our way."
"Hermione, while this is interesting and all. And we could all guess about it the rest of the night. Why don't you tell us what Harry has done, so the rest of us can enjoy the excitement you seem to be enjoying." Ginny had an idea what her friend was talking about but wanted to be sure.
"Harry, don't you see. You went to Diagon Ally, did your shopping, and came home. I think this may be the first time in a long time you went to do one thing, did that one thing, and did not have to get in a fight to get back. Harry this is definitely the first time this summer you left this house and nothing unusual happened." Silence…utter silence, for the next five minutes no one spoke. It seemed that the world had shut off and stopped moving. Finally Dudley broke the silence.
"Well that was un-expected."