Tuesday morning dawned bright and early across Great Britain. At Potter Manor, the Lord of the Manor was sitting on a balcony in his dressing robes watching as the sun rose.
"This is it." He murmured. "This is the day that marks the beginning of the end of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters, and the Dark Order of Mages. Once I inform the Order and our Allies, there will be no going back. We will be set upon a course that only has one of two outcomes, our victory or our defeat. Merlin Potter, what in the hell did you get into this time?"
"Feeling anxious, Lord Gryffindor?" A voice behind him said. Harry didn't need to turn around to know whose voice that was. Ginny walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, hugging him tightly. Harry could feel Ginny's erect nipples pushing into his back. Turning around and taking his wife in his arms he kissed her forehead and took in a deep breath, smiling what Harry always associated with Ginny. Strawberries, smells of the country, good broom polish, and Ginny's natural scent.
"No. it just hit me that today marks the beginning of the end of the war." Harry replied.
"There is still a lot of work ahead of us after you kick Tom's ass, Harry."
"I know Gin. I just want this over with, that's all."
"You know what I want Lord of the Manor?" A mischievous smirk appearing on Ginny's face as she asked.
"What?"
"I'll give you hint." Ginny ran her hands inside Harry's dressing robes and boxers and grabbed his hardening penis.
Getting the idea, Harry picked his wife up and carried her back to their bedroom knowing they had time before they were needed at Phoenix Nest.
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At ten a.m. Harry Potter entered the conference room at Phoenix Nest. Under his arm he carried the complete plan for what he hoped was the last battle of the war with Voldemort.
After activating the dicto-quill in the corner of the room, Harry began, "I hereby declare this meeting of the Executive Committee of the Order of the Phoenix opened. All permanent members of the executive committee are present as well as the following Committee Members At-Large: Horace Slughorn, Fleur Weasley, Dobby Potter, Winky Potter, Mackrack and Griphook of the Goblin Nation, Madam Amelia Bones, Minister of Magic. Also present are Order of the Phoenix members Oliver Wood, Viktor Krum, Colin Creevey, Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, Poppy Pomfrey, Peter Pomfrey, and Captain Jennings of the Her Majesties Royal Magical Guard.
"Thank you all for coming on what I sure is a busy day for everyone. Let us get straight to the point. Over the previous weekend, a select group of members of the Order of the Phoenix were brought together and developed our plan for what we hope is the final and deciding battle of the second war with Voldemort."
For the next five hours, Harry and those who helped develop the plan went over the plan in detail. Everyone's jobs and responsibilities were explained in detail as well as all of the contingency plans. Once the plan was thoroughly explained, Molly Weasley, as the Quartermaster for the Order of the Phoenix, began to make lists of the supplies needed and where they needed to go, asking questions as she went. She knew that these supplies were absolutely needed in order to make sure that everyone came home from this fight.
When it came to the discussion about the explosives, Harry spoke up. "I spoke to the queen yesterday after returning from our planning meeting. She has told me that she has already contacted the Minister of Defense, who by the way is a squib, and already has the C-4 ready to go. As for the placing of the explosives around the different locations for our fair safe plans, Captain Jennings' men are placing the explosives as we speak. The blasting caps, which is what make the explosives work, will not be installed until the morning of the battle when the proper individuals will be given the codes and detonators."
Captain Jennings rose from his chair and spoke to the assembled group. "Each member of the strike team Lord Gryffindor will be leading will be given fifty pounds of the explosive C-4 and the blasting caps which will actually set off the explosive. Normally one person would carry only the detonators to make sure they do not go off prematurely, but in this case both the explosives and the blasting caps will be shrunk down and under stasis charms to make sure you do not trip any sort of wards and charms as well as blow yourselves up. Lord Gryffindor will have the remote detonator on his person.
"Each member of the strike team will be also be given extensive training on C-4 and on the muggle weapons they will also be carrying." The Captain removed his Glock and placed it on the table. "This is a Glock 18 hand gun; every member of the strike team as well as those who in this room that will be on the front lines are going to be receiving one and proper training. The muggle version fires a metal projectile at extremely high speeds. If you are hit with one, it will do significant damage. If you shoot someone in the head or in the chest, there is a very good chance that they will be dead before they hit the ground. Yes, you may consider it barbaric, but muggles are still somewhat barbaric, just like wizards are.
"The version the RMG uses is somewhat different. Instead of metal projectiles, our guns fire non-lethal bullets which shatter on impact. Don't get me wrong they still hurt, almost as bad as getting hit by a bludger, but they won't kill you unless you get a lucky shot and hot someone in the temple. Inside the tip of the bullet is a concentrated spell which will instantly affect whatever you hit. The ammo for each gun is stored and carried in what we call a clip or magazine. Each clip is charmed to hold one thousand rounds of ammunition; the muggle version holds only twelve rounds of ammunition.
"Each clip is color coded for easier usage. A red colored clip means that it is filled with stunners. A green colored clip means that it is filled with real muggle ammunition. These are metal bullets that can kill. Yellow colored clips are filled with the impedimenta jinx, silver clips are filled with rounds designed to take down werewolves. The tips are filled with Silver Nitrate and the outer coating is made of silver. These bullets also do not shatter like the others, they actually penetrate the skin. The gold clips are designed to fight vampires. These hold bullets that contain the sunburst spell, a spell designed to light up large stadiums. Like the silver clips ammo, these bullets are designed to penetrate the skin before releasing their spell. Two of these bullets in the head killed Count Dracula. Each of you will receive one clip of each color. Also, the stunners and impedimenta jinxes take a very special spell to reverse. A standard Finite or Finite Incanteum will not work."
As the afternoon wore on, Harry decided he needed to speak to his mother-in-law in private. So Harry took Molly over to a corner of the room and erected some silencing and privacy wards, plus and ward to obscure what people saw.
"Molly, I want to tell you why I do not want you at this fight."
"I really haven't thought about it Harry dear."
"You're a bad liar Mum. It's not because I don't trust you, because I trust you almost as much as I trust Ron and Hermione to guard my back. It is because you possess something in such vast quantities that compared to you, no one else seems to have, empathy and compassion. When everyone is staging at the Den, you will make everyone relax and remember why they are fighting. You have the ability to make people take their minds off of the worst things in the world, even for a little while. Then when the wounded and the tired start coming in, you will be able to calm them and help the medical teams treat them better and faster. That is why I want you there and not in Albania."
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After dinner, which was served in the conference room, everyone headed off for a little bit before the big order meeting. Harry and Ginny headed to Harry's office with Griphook to take care of a very solemn task, they were going to create a will, just incase.
After setting up the recording pensieve, Harry and Ginny, both in their ceremonial Gryffindor robes, began:
I, Lord Gryffindor, Harry James Potter, Head of the Ancient and Most Noble Houses of Azkaban, Black, Flamel, Hufflepuff, Potter, Ravenclaw and Slytherin; Lord of Hogwarts and Lord Protector of the Realm of Magical Great Britain; Leader of the Order of the Phoenix do hereby decree this to my last will and testament. All other wills are to be considered void.
Ginny then spoke:
I, Lady Gryffindor, Ginevra Molly Potter nee Weasley, Matriarch of the Ancient and Most Noble Houses of Azkaban, Black, Flamel, Hufflepuff, Potter, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, Lady of Hogwarts; Deputy Leader of the Order of the Phoenix do hereby decree this to my last will and testament. All other wills are to be considered void.
Harry then took back over:
First off, we name Griphook, Member of the Gringott Clan, Vice Chairman of Gringotts Bank, and First Deputy of the Goblin Nation as the executer of our estate.
Second, the following people should be here right now. If any of them are dead, then their inheritance should be divided equally among the remaining beneficiaries.
Now it is time to divide up the hereditary titles. Our hereditary titles are to be passed to the following individuals:
The Hereditary title of Lord Gryffindor: Neville Francis Longbottom or his heir
The Hereditary title of Lord Slytherin: Blaise Zabini or his heir only after making a Wizard's Oath to
never let his family become evil and destructive.
The Hereditary title of Lord Hufflepuff: The husband of Susan Bones or their heir
The Hereditary title of Lord Ravenclaw: The husband of Penelope Clearwater or their heir
The Hereditary title of Lord Potter: Ronald Weasley or his heir
The Hereditary title of Lord Black: Remus John Lupin or his heir
The Hereditary title of Baron Flamel: Charles Patrick Weasley or his heir
The Hereditary title of Duke/Duchess of Azkaban: This title is to be passed from each head of the
Department of Magical Law Enforcement to another upon their promotion, retirement, or resignation
The Hereditary title of Lord of Hogwarts: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore or his heir
The Hereditary Title of Lord Protector of the Realm of Magical Great Britain shall remain unclaimed until someone thru the inheritance ritual at Gringotts claims it.
The position of Leader of the Order of the Phoenix shall be given to Arthur Weasley, if he unavailable by election of the membership
Ginny took back over at this point:
So, I get to distribute the money and property…let's see, first…We declare that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Town of Hogsmeade, and all of the surrounding land be given to the Lord of Hogwarts. Albus please read the folder we left for you. You also get direct control of the Hogwarts Vaults and all stocks, bonds, and investments in the Hogwarts Portfolio
As for Griffin's Den, we leave that to the Order of the Phoenix in trust of Hermione Weasley. Hermione, use the place as the new Research and Development Center. While we are dealing with the Order of the Phoenix, we also leave Phoenix Nest to the Order of the Phoenix in trust of the new leader as well as Vault 713 to pay for the day-to-day operations of the Order. Also the Head of Order of the Phoenix also inherits the Order's seat on and voting rights as a permanent member of the ICW
We leave Black Castle as a sanctuary for all Werewolves and declare Vault 23 be used to pay for the upkeep of castle and the brewing of Wolfsbane each month..
To Remus and Dora we leave you everything with the Black Family Portfolio except for those things I have already given away.
To Neville and Luna we leave you the contents of Vault 22 and Lionfire Hall-the Ancestral home of
Lord Gryffindor
To Blaise Zabini we leave the contents of Vault 3
To Susan and husband we leave you the contents of Vault 5
To Penelope Clearwater and husband we leave you the contents of Vault 6
To Ron and Hermione we leave you the Potter Family Vault, Little Manor, Evan's Ranch, and James'
Place in Australia
To Charlie Weasley we leave you the Flamel Family Portfolio and Dragon Manor in Romania
To Bill and Fleur Weasley we leave you our house in Cairo the contents of Vault 12
To Forge and Gred Weasley we leave you the second WWW Vault. It has all of our profits, use it well
To the Duke/Duchess of Azkaban we leave you the island of Azkaban, Azkaban Prison, and Castle
Azkaban. We also leave notice that the Goblins of Gringotts and Ancient and Noble House of Azkaban have entered into a magically binding contract that will guarantee the goblins run Azkaban Prison without interference for the next thousand years at the rate of one galleon a year.
We wish to have the contents of Vaults 2, 10, 11,25,1002, and Subbasement 2 used to help rebuild the magical world by building magical orphanages, schools, public programs and anything the Potter Foundation can think of. The chairperson will be Minerva McGonagall-Dumbledore
Finally we wish for all remaining properties, investments, and contents of the remaining vaults to be sold, converted into galleons and disbursed equally between all beneficiaries.
Finally, we wish to say that we hoped we died in battle and that we took Old Tom with us. Do not cry for us, for as the Headmaster always says 'Death is the next great adventure.' Live well!
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After creating their will, both Harry and Ginny changed into the new robes that were created for Order of the Phoenix meetings. They were fire red robes with black and gold trim. On the left breast pocket was the Crest of the Order of the Phoenix on the collar of the robes were insignia ranks that were duplicated on the left sleeve at the cuff. On the back of the robes was a phoenix with it's wings spread wide soaring out of flames. As always, Harry and Ginny wore their swords on their left hip.
Using the back entrance thru the conference room on the 3rd floor, Harry and Ginny entered the Main Meeting room at Phoenix Nest. The room was almost filled to capacity as people mingled and spoke to one another waiting for the meeting to start. Molly and Arthur, who had seen them only a few short hours previously, moved over to them and hugged them both before engaging in some talk.
Finally as the grandfather clock in the hallway struck eight o'clock, everyone in the meeting chamber took their seats and quieted down. "Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming to this rather unique meeting tonight. As many of you know for the last couples of months, since Albus' supposed death, we have been making preparations for the final battle. Ladies and Gentlemen, I stand before you tonight to tell you that the final battle has arrived."
Many whispered conversations broke out and Harry let them happen as he waited for the right time to intervene. Finally Harry continued. "Yes the time has come for the forces of light to defeat the forces of the Tom Riddle's Deatheaters and The Dark Order of Mages. We will attack in one week from today. To lay out the battle plan I am now turning over the meeting over to Ron Weasley and Mad-Eye Moody."
For the next three hours, Ron and Moody laid out the Battle Plan and most of the contingency plans to the Order, the D.A., and the gathered representatives of the other factions of the Arm of Light. Questions were asked, and answered as truthfully as possible without giving away the entire plan. It wasn't that they were worried about betraying the Order, their oaths prevented that; no Ron and Moody didn't want people accidentally spilling the beans when having a conversation with another Order member in public. After all, Constant Vigilance was a nice philosophy, but not everyone practices it.
Finally the meeting drew to a close and Harry returned to the podium. "Well, that is the plan. You all have received your specific packets filled with instructions and timetables. All of the information is charmed so that only you can read it and even see the packet.
"I would also like to say that regardless the outcome; I am honored to be leading you into battle, because unlike the Death Eaters and the Dark Order of Mages, we are fighting for a better future for ourselves and children. A world where they can play with other children no matter what their heritage is: pureblood, half-blood, muggleborn, squib, muggle, werewolf, vampire, goblin, elf, centaur, or fairy. We are all gods' children and we should never forget that fact. So when you fight, keep you in heart your friends and family and this promise: I will fight to give us all the future we want with every fiber in my being, as long as there still is a breath in my body."
The entire chamber filled with cries for victory and approval at Harry's speech. Harry was very thankful for the book on public speaking that he found in Potter Manor's Library as well as the book on famous quotes that he had yet to use.
"Members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Army of Light, dismissed!" Harry barked. The assembled group stood and began to head out. The members of the executive Committee waited around because Harry wanted to talk to them. After the room was clear, Harry opened a magical portal and ushered everyone thru.
The room the group arrived in was some sort of workroom. Albus, Minerva, Ginny, and those who were at the weekend planning meeting already knew where they were and why. They were at Griffin's Den in the Alchemy Lab. Harry loved forward and removed the wards and charms on a door and stepped in. Knowing they were supposed to follow, the group stepped in after their leader.
What they saw were piles of precious stones with a staff laying on top of each one of them. There was also a group of staffs hanging from one of the walls. After summoning the remaining staffs, Harry handed them out to the proper people. After following Harry's instructions to finish their staffs, the group each stepped out of the room and into the testing area. Very pleased with the results, the group stepped back thru another portal to Phoenix Nest from there they separated and went their own ways.
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The remainder of the week was a very busy week. Oliver, Viktor, and their team returned to Albania to prepare for the arrival of the Army. Albus and Minerva prepared the castle for the extended lockdown while still trying to finish as much of the normal summertime work as possible. Poppy and Peter Pomfrey, Pomona Sprout, Horace Slughorn and Blaise Zabini, who wanted to became a Potions Master, were at Griffin's Den preparing the triage center and potions for both medicinal use and the war. They were joined many days by Fleur and Molly who were great with potions and transfiguration.
Griphook took charge of turning the grounds of Griffin's Den into a proper encampment, staging area, and final jump point to the Warfront. Included in these preparations were the placement of extra wards and also control stones for portals that would lead to Albania and to Phoenix Nest.
Bill worked with the curse and ward breakers on preparing what they needed to take with them to lower the wards. They spent many hours pouring over the intelligence the advance crew was sending back daily.
Arthur, Kingsley, and Alastor were spending their time at the Ministry, preparing them for the upcoming war and figuring out which Aurors would stay and which ones would go and fight.
However the busiest group of people was the advanced strike team. Between all the different training they were doing, Harry was tempted to teach everyone how to Astral Project to get everything done. They group ate breakfast together either at Hogwarts, Potter Manor, Little Manor, Longbottom Manor, or the Wolf's Den at six o'clock in the morning. The Wolf's Den was the name of Remus and Dora's small manor house in Hogsmeade.
At seven o'clock the group would take a portkey to Hogwarts would they spend three hours on spell research in the Library. Harry, as the Lord of Hogwarts, used one of the Rowena Ravenclaw spells that linked all of the Libraries Harry either owned or had permission to use. These locations included Albus, and the other professors' private collections at Hogwarts, Potter Manor, Dumbledore Manor, Longbottom Manor, the Burrow, the Ministry of Magic and some restricted access to the libraries in the Department of Mysteries, Phoenix Nest, Wolf's Den, Gringotts, the libraries of the Royal Family the small libraries that Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alastor Moody, and the Tonks Family owned and probably the most surprisingly was the extensive set of libraries of Lord Disney which included not only human books, but books in Elfish, Dwarven, Goblin, Mermish, surprisingly Parseltongue.
At ten o'clock the group would then head to the Room of requirement for weapons training. This included muggle weapons, thanks to members of the MRG, swords, staffs, knives, and hand to hand combat. Each person was then drilled on the properties and attributes of C-4, blasting caps, and the spells that were to be used to make sure they did not go off prematurely.
At one o'clock the group would break for a short lunch in of the unused classrooms by the Room of Requirement and were always joined by Albus, Minerva, and Filius.
At two o'clock the group would return to the Room of Requirement, this time for target practice with both firearms and their staffs.
At four o'clock they would, using the intelligence reports and the nature of the Room of Requirement, create the storehouse and compound in Albania and run different simulations. With Hogwarts herself controlling the mock Deatheaters they encountered, it was never the same twice and always very-very hard to win. Though they did win nine of every ten times. The tenth time they would lose because Hogwarts would cheat in someway. This would normally include the weapons that the Room of Requirement created for the simulation disappearing in the middle of a fight. The group quickly learned from their mistakes and continued to improve, though Harry and Ginny both spoke with Hogwarts on more than occasion and swore that she was laughing.
After a late dinner at Hogwarts at eight o'clock, the group would return to their homes to rest and do whatever they needed to do before being in bed at eleven o'clock. Though Harry would Astral Project himself to Balmoral where he would become familiar with his own final solution. Harry would carry a small, three kiloton yield, dirty bomb that he would use if the C-4 was ineffective or if he had no choice on Voldemort.
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Sunday afternoon brought another round of frantic activity in the war effort. Harry began placing the various locations he owned or controlled into a state of lockdown, including Hogwarts. The Order members began to move to Griffin's Den and Phoenix Nest where they would continue the preparations.
Harry, Ginny, and Albus personally moved the Royal Family to the Royal Estate at Balmoral and then finished sitting the wards. The queen also pulled Harry aside and informed him that the hopes and prayers of all Citizens of the Commonwealth were with him and his friends.
Harry hosted a large dinner Sunday night for those who were staying at Griffin's Den before sending his strike team to bed. Each one of the couples made slow long love that night, hoping that it would help them relax.
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Five-thirty Monday morning saw Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Remus, Dora, Griphook, Dobby, Bill, Albus and Minerva standing at the apparition point ready to leave. Bill would be meeting with the rest of his team in Albania so that they could finish their plans to lower the wards.
Albus looked at the group assembled before him and smiled. They were all wearing custom designed battle robes that guaranteed freedom of movement and maximum protection against spells and physical attack.
Albus pulled Harry to the side and spoke to him in a very quiet tone. "Harry, no matter what happens, remember that I love you. You are the child I never had and I can be any prouder of you, your wife, and your friends. May Merlin protect you and give you strength." Albus then pulled Harry into a strong hug which Harry returned.
"I love you too Grandfather. I'll make you and Grandmother proud today." Harry whispered.
They moved back to the group where Harry grabbed the portkey and started the countdown. "Everyone remember, please leave some leftovers for us to deal with. I would hate to get dressed for a party and miss it." Albus said as the portkey activated. Once it was gone, Albus let a tear fall from his eyes and said a small prayer with Minerva.
Albus hugged his wife as she wept for a few minutes in his arms before they both stood straight up, squared their shoulders and headed off to prepare for the battle.
