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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Upcoming Attacks
Death Eaters stood gathered around Voldemort. He was smiling cruelly.
"In two weeks, the ministry will be mine." He smiled again. "And by the end of the school term, Hogwarts will be overcome. I need all of you to train your children. Make them warriors. Those who are worthy will receive my mark before the attack."
"My Lord, what of the girl and Potter?" A large death eater asked. "Are the orders on them still the same?"
Voldemort's smile became even more cruel. "The orders for the boy are the same. Leave him to me. Anybody who harms him will die a death worse than a traitor's."
"And the girl, my Lord?"
"She is Lucius'. Do as he wishes on this subject. Lucius?"
A death eater stepped forward and pulled off his hood. Malfoy's trademark white-blonde hair stood out in the dark room.
"Keep her from any serious harm. I want her fully intact."
A small death eater walked forward. "But, my Lord. You promised me…"
Voldemort turned toward her. "Don't worry, my beautiful spy. You will have your chance to duel her. I would not deny you that after all you've done for me."
The girl bowed. "Thank you."
He smiled at her fondly. "I never would have expected you to join me. You show more intelligence than the rest of your family. Just make sure you do not harm her too badly, or Lucius will be allowed to punish you how he sees fit."
The girl bowed again. "Yes, my Lord."
"Then, on the first day of February, the attack commences. Spend all your energy training up till then, don't worry about any of the brats. The ministry will be mine."
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The scene started to fade while Hope jerked awake, startling both her brother and father who were still on the couch in the same positions as earlier.
"Hope?" Draco reached out and touched her.
"Dumbledore. Go get him," she said quickly.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Draco asked quietly.
"No! I had a vision! Now go get the headmaster!" She snapped.
She felt someone touch her arm and turned to face her father.
"Calm yourself before the headmaster gets here."
Hope took several deep breathes before she heard the floo activate. The headmaster came through wearing purple night robes.
"Hope, I heard you needed to speak with me."
"The ministry will be attack in two weeks. The school will be attack toward the end of term. Voldemort has very carefully planned out both attacks."
Draco laughed. "Let him have the ministry."
Hope shook her head. "You can't! With the Aurors on their side, we'll never stand a chance against them. The final battle will be taking place in months, Draco. When we finish Hogwarts, either Harry or Voldemort will be dead. We can't lose our advantages so close to the end."
Dumbledore cleared his throat. Hope turned toward him.
"I will alert the ministry at once. Inform Harry and Hermione. Nobody else must know. You all will be allowed to choose if you go along or remain at school."
Hope locked eyes with the headmaster.
"Sir, I think we should reform that group that Harry had during his fifth year. Not all of the students, but all the ones who are now above age, and wish to fight. We are going to need all the help we can get."
He nodded. "You should divide them into four groups. Each one of you train a group of people, based on their skill level."
"Yes sir," she said. She leaned back against her father. "There's something else. The spy, I recognized her voice."
"Who is it?" Her father demanded.
Hope sighed. "I don't know. I would know if I heard it again. I need to go back to classes. Voldemort said that he wasn't worried about us brats until after the ministry attack. I have to learn who she is, or we'll continue putting our lives in danger."
Her father nodded. "You and Draco are both well enough to attend classes, I guess I have to trust you guys to protect each other. However, you will continue staying in my quarters."
Hope nodded. "Yes sir. What time is it?" She asked curiously.
He looked over toward the fireplace. "About five o'clock. So much for a full night of sleep."
Hope laughed. "Sorry, Severus."
"I'm not worried about it." He brushed it off as he stood. "I am going to go make some potions. Would you like to help?"
Hope laughed as Draco jumped up. "I think I'll go look over my lesson notes and schedule. I've not been in class for so long that I think I've forgotten what classes I have."
"Like you ever knew. You'd always ask Hermione or sneak a look at your timetable," Draco teased.
Hope smirked. "Well, I may not know my schedule, but I do know the material. Or ask your girlfriend who's at the top of all her classes."
"Except for mine," Severus said. "You remain second to Draco in my class."
Hope raised an eyebrow. "I will fix that. See you guys after classes!"
Hope went into her room and dug out her timetable. She noticed that she had DADA first, so she pulled out her book.
After she was caught up in all her latest lessons, she glanced at the clock. She had just enough time to shower and change before meeting outside the DADA room.
Hope saw Harry and went to rush up to meet him, leaving Draco with his girlfriend. She walked up behind him and covered his eyes with her hands.
"Guess who?" She whispered.
Harry turned around and picked her up before spinning her. "Hope! What are you doing here?"
Hope grinned. "Dad decided that I could come back to classes. I'll explain after class."
He nodded, still smiling. "Well then, you're my partner."
Hope laughed and followed him into the classroom. They went through DADA, and then went out to the lake where they began putting together lists. They had compiled a list of all the wizards who are of age before rushing off to lunch.
They went through the rest of their classes. Once they were safe in Severus' quarters away from listening ears, Hope filled Harry and Hermione in on her latest vision.
After all the serious talk, they decided to just hang back and have fun. Hermione started a game of truth.
"Hope, who was your first kiss?"
Hope blushed. "Harry."
Harry was surprised, yet pleased. "Really?"
Hope nodded. "At the Halloween ball. Unless you count Draco kissing my hand," she laughed.
Everyone else laughed too. For the rest of the night, they all went around telling each other secrets, knowing that even if it was embarrassing, they could trust each other with these secrets.
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A/N: Here you guys go. You're also getting two more chapters today, while I have a spare minute to post them. :)
Kayla
