Chapter 28: Rises Again

Alexz entered the room to find Jersey asleep on the bed. He quietly set down the tea before leaving the room. He cleaned up the mess left in the kitchen, ignoring the burning in his left arm.

"Hey." Jersey said a few minutes later, leaving the bedroom, sipping her warmed tea

"Hey, how are you?" Alexz asked, putting some groceries away that the house elves had brought up to her rooms.

"Better thank you. I… I wanted to thank you for checking up on me, for not taking no as an answer for not seeing me. It means a lot, I know it must have been a pain to get in touch with me, and then to take care of me when you found me. So thank you again." Jersey sat down on the couch and pulled a blanket over her legs.

"You're more than welcome. Of course I would come check up on you, I've been telling you this whole time that you mean a lot to me. Just relax today okay? I'll take care of everything and everyone."

"Thank you." Jersey said, smiling up at him. She sipped at her tea, opening her lap top and sending out emails and canceling appointments. "Alexz, would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight?"

"Yeah! I mean, sure that sounds great."

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Subconsciously Draco grabbed his left elbow in class and started rubbing it to ease his pain. "Okay, as you are all aware by this time, your potion should begin to turn a vibrant aqua-marine color. This means all you have to do is add your last ingredient, stir clockwise five times and let sit for ten minutes before allowing your partners to test out this very mild love potion. You will find the antidote on my desk. Remember everyone will be searched before leaving class today. I do not want any vials floating around the school. If your potion is any color than Aquamarine, please see me and we will go over where you went wrong and how to fix it."

"Professor, is your arm okay?" Becki, a seventh year student asked raising her hand. Her potion having been completed.

"Of course why do you ask?"

"Well sir, you've been rubbing it for the last half an hour." Draco looked down at his arm and finally noticed the slight burning.

"I'm fine thank you for your concern." Draco waited until his class was over before going to the infirmary.

"Hello Mr. Malfoy." Gabriel's voice chimed out. "What can I do for you?"

"I was wondering if you had that bat the burn salve I made for you at the beginning of the year. I ran out of m own stash."

"You too?" Gabe took the salve off the table and applied some to Draco's left elbow.

"What do you mean me too?"

"It's just you haven't been my first patient. There was my brother, then Dolohov, another teacher, and yourself. All left elbow burns."

"Really? That's odd."

"When was the last time your elbow burned?" Gabe asked, applying the white salve gently.

"Back when I was a Death Eater. It's how the Dark Lord summoned his followers."

"That's what Dolohov said too. Maybe the tattoos are defecting."

"Wait, didn't your brother claim to be a new aged Death Eater?"

"Well yeah. You don't think?"

"I don't want to think about that possibility. I think it's time I go get some answers and I know just who to start with."

"You do? Who?" Gabe asked, intrigued.

"Yep, my kids." Draco got up and went to find Elizabeth and Michael. He walked into the great hall, finding the two children seated with their friends at the Ravenclaw table.

"You two, come with me right now." Draco called out. He walked with them back to the rooms he shared with Harry, making them sit on the brown leather sofa.

"I'm not stupid. I know you know why I have you here, and I know you two know what's going on. So speak now or be grounded."

"Technically you can't ground us, we're your students, and therefore you could punish us, but not ground us. Also, technically as you're not our parent at this current time, you can't really tell us what to do with out our parent's consent. That means you can either step down as Potions master or wait until school vacation. Which would be in another month and a half, and with finals coming up, chances are likely you'll forget why you called us into the living room." Michael said, smiling.

"Also, we know you're thinking of killing us and you really can't do that. That's really against the law." Elizabeth rested her head on Michael's shoulder.

"Watch me." Draco growled out. "I am your parent and I am your teacher and since classes have ended for the day, I am therefore your parent. That means I could ground you, punish you, kill you all I'd like because I'm not your teacher. now you're going to tell me what you know. If you so much as tell me the 'we can't tell you the future' line Elizabeth Malfoy. I swear you will be grounded until you are forty!"

"Okay, sorry." Elizabeth sighed. "He's coming back. He's starting to gather followers pretty quickly. He used Dragon to escape when he went in to retrieve Brianna." Elizabeth caved, knowing full well her father would ground her for the lip they were giving him.

"How long have you two known about this?"

"Since before Dragon went down. I'm sorry dad, but we couldn't tell you, and technically we aren't the only ones who have known. Edward's known since Dragon got back, or at least since he brought Dragon back to speaking."

"That's not the point! You two should have told us! We could have prevented it."

"Technically, he would have come back eventually. He was working on an escape plan for a while now."

"Wonderful. Thanks you two for the head's up. How long do we have?"

"Four months maybe? Six if we're lucky. Then he's going to attack."

"So lets get this straight. School ends in a month and a half, we have three months of summer vacation which gives us some time to plan but not all, and then he attacks. Maybe we shouldn't send the kids home for summer vacation? Hogwarts is the safest place there is."

"Father, he's coming after dad. He will attack here first. He's had years to go over what went wrong. He's out for revenge. The first place he'll attack is Hogwarts, to get dad out of the way, and then he's going to go after the Ministry of Magic. Once he kills dad and uncle Remus, he'll be unstoppable."

"Then we kill him."

"Father, it's not that simple." Michael said, explaining the situation.

"We should let people know he's back. We won't tell anyone the terms, let me handle your dad."

"Alright."

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"I want to thank you all for being here tonight, even if you were forced. Recently, we have been informed of some very terrible and grave news. Letters have been sent out to your parents and finals next week have been canceled. It saddens me to say that Thomas Riddle has returned. From my understanding, he has already acquired a body and is well on his way to reforming the Death Eaters, along with other independent followers. For those of you who do not feel safe at Hogwarts, the train will leave tonight and tomorrow afternoon to allow you to return home, and your parents will be waiting at Platform 9 and ¾. For those who would like to stay, your parents are more than welcome to stay at the school with you and defense classes will be available." Harry took a small break to look around at the gathered students.

"We ask that if any of you notice something suspicious you let your head of house or another professor know as soon as possible. You will all receive letters from the Ministry at your home with in the hour about safety precautions, though I am sure some of your parents, if not all of them, are already aware of them. Please familiarize yourself with these safety tips too, so we can rest assure that all of our students are safe also. Now, if you will turn your attention over to the head of the Auror department, Mr. Dolohov." Harry stepped aside as nervous chattering broke out around the Great Hall.

"Thank you Mr. Potter-Malfoy. Students of Hogwarts, I ask only to have your attention for a brief time before we allow you to finish dinner and depart to your rooms. I am here on behalf of the Minister of Magic and on behalf of the Auror Department, to allow you all to know we are doing everything we can to make sure you are all safe with in the Wizarding community. The trains will depart at nine tonight and eleven tomorrow morning. Any student who decides to leave will meet in the Great Hall tonight at 7 sharp, this allows all students time to floo call or owl their parents. Any muggle born student who would like to get in touch with their parents in the muggle community, may stay after this meeting and I will personally make sure you get a hold of them." Dolohov smiled at the students, attempting to reassure them.

"There will be Aurors posted throughout the ride to the train station, on the train itself, and on both platforms, as well as around the school. We have placed safety guidelines in place for those staying at Hogwarts, and you will find safety pamphlets in your common rooms on your house boards. There are other useful information in an envelope on each one of your beds depending on your blood-status and location of housing. We want you to make aware that we are not trying to discriminate due to blood status, but unfortunately are enemies are and again we want to make sure that everyone is as safe as they can possibly be. Any questions can be directed to your heads of house, professors, head boy and girl, prefects, and any of my Auror staff or ministry employee. At this time, Hogwarts itself is crawling with Aurors that are maintaining the magical enchantments and increasing security measures on the school as we speak. Please keep that in mind if you plan on any funny business tonight, as there is a curfew at eleven, and they are trained to attack first and ask questions later, unless you are pre-stamped like some of the prefects and all teachers. Thank you." The noise only got louder, some students finishing their dinner other going to contact their parents, and some going to their rooms to pack. Only one student approached the teacher's table.

"What can I do?" Dragon asked, looking Harry dead set in the eyes. "I know all about Defensive and Offensive spells, I know my potions like the back of my hand. I can teach, I can protect the students that want to go home tonight and tomorrow. I refuse to sit around and wait to be attacked. You both raised me better than that."

"We will work something out Drag, I promise. Right now, I think you should help Matt with the kids don't you? They are probably worried with all this commotion." Harry hugged Dragon, before sending him back to his own family.

"That's probably not a bad idea Harry." Chastity said, making sure Cap and Exton had finished eating their vegetables, as it had become a game to hide them under their napkins, in their pockets, or feeding them to any of the owls that flew by the table.

"I know, that's why I'm going to let him do it." Harry rubbed his forehead with one hand, pushing his food around his plate with his fork.

"Hey it's going to be okay. We'll figure out how to get rid of him for good, it's going to be okay."

"I hope so."

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D/N: Haha look an update so soon! Yes I can't believe it either. We are coming to the end of this year. We believe there will probably be one more chapter before the next year begins! So now you know part of the twist, but of course there is MORE twisted goodness coming up I promise! Someone important even dies next year but I won't tell you who it is! mwahahahaha. We know we told you in the last chapter that Kime was engaged, however as of two Thursdays ago, Kime has called off the engagement, broken up with her ex-boyfriend. That is why this chapter has been released so fast, she needed something to keep her mind off of that and the fact that her friend Danny is in the hospital with MRSA. So you can all expect the next chapter soon, though we are going to try to make it long so maybe not as soon as everyone hopes. By the way you should all give a HUGE thanks to Adrianna, to who this chapter is dedicated, for if it wasn't for her, instead of a chapter there would be an authors note telling you all that I gave up on the story. I was really ready to abandon it completely. How could I ever do that to you all? Well because I didn't get many reviews and believe that people have stopped reading the story. Last thing!!! The thing with Cap rolling around on the ground talking about PigFarts, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Check out Star Kid Potter's a Very Potter Musical on Youtube it's Hilarious! I swear.

Sarahamanda: Glad you had fun! It sounds like it would be fun to dress like a fairy.

Orlin: Happy 2010 to you too! Trust me, take your time on being engaged, it's not something you should rush! Dragon: I thought New Moon was an amazing movie! I'm all team Jacob, and I think he should have taken off more than just his shirt! Then again, he didn't have his shirt off enough if you ask me. Matt got jealous. Thats not sad, Kime's 23 and recieved Harry Potter and Twilight gifts. Kime: Of course I'm the real Kime, just trust me, I have twisted plans but none of them involve Jersey and Alexz. Draco: I'm here, my husband just went a bit off the edge okay, I had to take care of him and the kids, so I had to take a small break.

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Burrbelle: I didn't realize I've been working on this story alone for three years now, that's a bit insane don't you think? It's also the longest I've worked on one single year let alone story. Then again I've worked on this whole series since my junior year of High school and in my 5th year of college! How insane is that!! That means over all I've been working on this series for 7 years!

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