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Order meetings, News Articles, Return
Chapter 35
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Dawn bit her lip as she stood beside Orion in the Great Hall. Order members were starting to arrive yet nobody seemed to take much notice in them. Of course Dawn recognized most of the new members since she had met some of them the summer before she disappeared. She winced when she noticed Mrs. Weasley, that was one woman who wasn't going to be pleased that she was a member of the Order. Of course they would be informing the entire Order about who they were and what they had did. As of yet nobody knew, well almost nobody knew, that Draco had been Orion Evans. At last the last member arrived and the Headmaster asked for everybody to listen.
"You have perhaps not heard, for this is a recent event but two of Hogwarts' students have returned. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy." He stated and that caused the entire Order to cheer. "Harry Potter though was changed into a girl and is now known as Dawn Potter."
"The poor dear!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed causing Dawn to wince. This was not going to end well for her.
"Yes, yes at first but Dawn has become accustom to her new female body and in my opinion wishes to stay as a girl. But that is not where the surprises end. No both Draco and Dawn were sent back in time during the potion explosion and it is the reason why we could not locate them here in our time. They were simply not here. No both Draco and Dawn found themselves in the time of WW2 and the War against Grindelwald." That of course caused much fear in the Order. "Draco decided that he could not attend Hogwarts as a Malfoy and so chose to go, with a little convincing from Dawn, as Orion Evans. He was also sorted into Ravenclaw while Dawn was sorted back into Gryffindor. They staid in that time until the war was finished with the final battle."
"They did not fight did they! They are just children!" Molly Weasley exclaimed.
"They did indeed fight, both Draco and Dawn were members of the Order of the Phoenix, some of you might remember the tails, Demeter, Damien and Diana informed you of. Dawn Potter was the Leader of the Order of the Phoenix!" The Headmaster stated and Dawn gave a small smile as she heard exclamations of denial and even shouts of she was to young. "That is why I am giving her title back and taking my title as second in command."
That of course caused Dawn to pale Draco to burst out laughing and complete outrage amongst the Order.
"You can't be serious Headmaster!" Dawn shouted and that's when hers and Draco's presents was revealed. "Making me the Leader again, you lead the Order, Voldemort fears you!"
"Ah but child, you are a natural leader and Leading the Order of the Phoenix has always been your position. Not only that but Voldemort does not only fear me but you as well. you defeated him so long ago, you are his enemy." Dumbledore stated in his wise old tone that caused Dawn to growl.
"Old man, you are so not making me lead!" She shouted.
"And why not?" He asked.
"Because this Order respects you as their Leader not ME!" She argued.
"That isn't true!" Came a shout and Dawn froze as she looked around. Standing tall and proud were members she recognized. Although most were quite a bit older then they last were they were members of the Original Order of the Phoenix. "You led us to battle, you led us to victory. Without your leading the Order of the Phoenix, we would not have won those battles. You aided the Ministry of Magic in fighting back against Grindelwald, you were the icon of light along side Dumbledore even though he defeated Grindelwald you were known as the Leader of the Light and the Leader of the Order of the Phoenix!"
"We respect you. We will follow you in this war once more and if these young wipers don't fallow then they are fools." Somebody stated causing Dawn to smile even though it was just a little one.
"You see Dawn, the Order will fallow it's true leader." Dumbledore stated and Dawn let a sigh leave her lips.
"Well, if the Older members agree then, then I shall return to my position as the Leader of the Order of the Phoenix." She agreed causing cheers from many members.
"She is a child!" Molly Weasley shouted standing. "You should be ashamed of yourselves for causing a young child to enter battle, to know the life of war!"
"I'm afraid Mrs. Weasley that I already know war and even if I wouldn't have been placed back as Leader of the Order of the Phoenix I would still be participating in this war. This war is not like Grindelwalds, this is my war and I will fight in it." Dawn stated her eyes hardening and causing everybody to look at her with a certain amount of respect. "Now I have already read all the folders partaking this war and we can start with the meeting."
With that Dawn motioned for everybody to sit and took her own position at the front of the table where the Headmaster used to sit. The Headmaster sat on her right and at the urging of the Headmaster Draco sat at his side then McGonagall and people took sits from there. Once that was done the meeting truly began and the first to speak was the spy, Professor Snape.
"The Dark Lord is planning an attack, yet he has new tactics. He will only summon us on the day of the attack without informing us of where the attack will take place. He has also been forming plans to capture people but we have not been informed of who those people might be. I have tried to see if anybody has been informed yet found that nobody has." He stated and Dawn gave a nod.
"It seems like Tom is thinking about what happened to his old mentor." She stated causing everybody to turn to her in confusion. "Grindelwald was Tom's Mentor of sorts. He was a member of Grindelwalds army." She answered causing the Headmaster's eyes to widen.
"I did not know that." He stated.
"That's because you couldn't know about Tom Riddle's beginning as a Dark Lord at that time. You know we couldn't change the future that much." She said and the Headmaster gave a sad nod of understanding.
"Yes, you are correct." He agreed.
"As some of you know back during the war against Grindelwald the McGonagalls were the spies for the Order. At that time Grindelwald seemed to tell his trusted followers many of his plans. It seems Tom has learned that there is a possibility of a spy in his group. Try to remain low Professor, we do not want harm to come to you and not because you are a spy." She stated and the Potion Master gave a nod before they turned to other things.
Thankfully the Order meeting did not last long and by the end everything had gone well. Now some members were leaving while, mostly, the original members walked to Dawn and Draco and welcomed them back even thanked them. Finally it was only those who Dawn had met the summer before she had left that were left along with another person she had met but at the time hadn't been a member of the Order.
"Minister Bones, it is a pleasure to meet you once more." Dawn greeted causing the proud looking woman to smile.
"Indeed, I was shocked when Albus introduced you but I am honored to meet you. I was told quite a few tales by my own parents about you're leadership during the war against Grindelwald. Sadly they have died, they would have enjoyed to see you again and thank you for what you did. I would like that thank you on their behalf." Minister Bones stated while giving a slight bow.
"There is nothing to thank me for, I was doing what I believed in, your parents are the ones I should be thanking. I am not a leader if I have nobody to lead. They also fought hard for the freedom they wanted." Dawn stated while returning the bow.
"I look forward to working with you in the future and please call me Amelia, you urned that right long ago." She stated and Dawn gave a smile.
"Then please call me Dawn, Miss Potter makes it sound as though I had just gotten a detention." Dawn stated causing the woman to laugh lightly.
"As you wish Dawn."
A few more minutes of talking with the Ministry was enlightening but then Amelia had to leave for she had work awaiting her at home. After she left Dawn was greeting by Charlie and Bill who gave her looks.
"You know Mum is not at all happy." Bill stated.
"But who cares! We all know you are more then capable of fighting of Death Eaters, welcome back Dawn!" Charlie exclaimed before hugging her and causing Dawn to laugh.
"Thanks's guys." Although Dawn had yet to become very close to Charlie and Bill she respected both of them and wished to get to know them better especially seeing as they both did work out of the country and did different things, well of course Bill had moved back to England but still he had done work in Egypt.
Finally the last two people to greet her was Mrs and Mr. Weasley. The later seemed quite happy to see her and even gave her a hug that she returned. The first though seemed not as happy and Dawn knew why.
"Mrs. Weasley I know you care deeply for me and don't want to see me hurt but the thing is, I have fought in a war before fighting in this one. I will stand by while I can do something to stop more deaths. I want to fight because I have the power and the courage to do so." Dawn stated yet she knew she hadn't really broken Mrs. Weasley's thoughts that she shouldn't be fighting.
"But you are a child!" She exclaimed causing Dawn to sigh.
"Molly she may be a child in your eyes but before me I see a young woman ready to stand on her two feet and defend what she sees as right. She isn't a child Molly." Arthur defended causing Dawn to smile in thanks.
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The next morning Dawn woke up and groaned as she realized that today students would be arriving and tomorrow classes would be starting. That meant that she had to come up with a lesson plan for Charms. Turning around she smiled as she spotted Draco sleeping peacefully beside her. She gave him a gently kiss before getting up and going to her bathroom. She took a fast shower before getting dressed in a pair of jeans with a green sweater. Leaving her room she made her way to the Headmaster's office.
"Ah Dawn wait can I help you with?" He asked.
"Do you still have Professor Crystal's lessons plans?" She asked him and he frowned for a moment.
"I think I might, please follow me." He stated and together they left his office and made there way to the Charms hallway.
When they arrived they went strait into a classroom Dawn recognized, it was the Charms Class room but not the one Flitwick used. Not only that but nothing much had been changed about it. Only a few things here and there and it was clean. Going into the office Dawn found many things still there, papers, books and other things.
"I'm afraid Crystal didn't wish to bring much of her belongings with her and so left them here." He said and Dawn gave a sigh as she walked to the desk. For a moment she looked through it until finally she found what she was looking for. "You may of course use this office as your own and if you wish I can make an announcement for the students to come to this class room for charms." He stated and Dawn gave him a gentle smile.
"I think that would be a good idea Professor." She agreed.
"Albus child, call me Albus and here are Filius plans." He said and she gave a nod before he left leaving her alone with her planning.
Looking through both sets of plans Dawn started to combine them. It took her what seemed to be an hour yet it was actually two before she finished. Putting her quill down she let a sigh leave leave her lips as she massaged her neck.
"I wonder what she left behind." Dawn whispered while looking around the office. "Well it is technically my office."
With that she started to snoop around, the first place she looked was the desk. She found bits of old quills, parchment even ink bottles which had dried up ink in them. She also found to her great shock a picture, it seemed though that she could have forgotten it because it was hidden under piles and piles of papers. Piking it up she looked at the photo gently. It was Professor Crystal when she was much younger and a little baby in her arms. Her Professor seemed very happy as well. Turning it over she was shocked to see hand writing.
Crystal age 28 with baby daughter Lily Crystal newly born,
November 29th
The last part of the date was not legible but it didn't matter. Dawn was still in complete shock. She had never known that her Mistress had a daughter. Gently she put the picture on the table and continued to look. At last she found nothing else in the desk and so continued on with her explorations. It seemed Professor Crystal had kept a few books there History ones mostly, there was more papers and other stuff but nothing of great importance. Going to the desk she let a sigh leave her lips as she picked up the photo and looked at it again.
"What happened to her I wonder." Dawn whispered before she put the picture in her pocket and walked out of her office. She swiftly got to work cleaning up the class room so that it was the way she wanted. She added a few things around the room, opened the windows to let the fresh are in and to get rid of the musty smell inside. Finished she sat on the desk that was at the front of the class and smiled to herself. "Tomorrow is going to be one interesting day."
Draco frowned as he searched the castle for his missing Girlfriend. He knew she hadn't left the school because she would have told him. That left the thought that she was inside the castle and probably doing some sort of work. Grumbling about unfindable people he was about to go outside when he was stopped.
"Searching for me were you Draco?" That caused him to spin around and to find Dawn standing not far behind him a chiky smile on her lips.
"Um, yes looking for you. Where were you?" He asked.
"Setting things up for tomorrow, want some lunch?" She asked as he walked over to her.
"I am hungry after all the searching." He remarked causing her to laugh softly.
Gently he placed an arm around her shoulder and she leaned into it. Together they left for the Great hall. when they entered though complete silence met them and Dawn looked around with a frown. It was never ever this quite in the Great hall.
"Okay what happened?" She growled and a young student walked over with the Daily Prophet.
Accepting it Dawn started to read along with Draco who read over her shoulder.
Return of missing students!
by
Kira Yanoka
It had just been revealed to us that the two missing students of Hogwarts have returned in a spectacular show of magic. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy both went missing the first day of Potions class during their fifth year. Now a year and a haft later they had returned but with changes. Harry Potter now goes by the name Dawn Potter for he is now a she. Both students arrivals was unexpected though. First two black whole appeared then from that they shot into their respective tables. It was reported that both teens were also injured yet dressed in armor as if they were ready for battle or had been in battle. The Headmaster hurried them to the hospital wing where they made their second appearance the night after on Christmas Night. It is still unclear about their whereabouts for the past year and a haft...
Dawn closed her eyes after reading the article. The only good thing about it was that she didn't need to worry telling the public oh and it was actually the truth. The bad news was, Lucius Malfoy now knew his son had returned.
"Great, just bloody great." Draco whispered to himself and Dawn gave him a gentle smile and held his hand.
"We'll get through this Draco." She whispered and he gave a nod. "So where do we sit today?"
"Um I was thinking Gryffindor." He said causing Dawn to laugh and she gave a nod before leading him over. When they sat down most Gryffindors were a little shocked but still they accepted that a Slytherin was siting at their table, for a moment there was a tense silence between Hermione, Ron and Dawn and Draco. Nobody said a word until Draco caved.
"I would like to give you both my sincere apologies. During our time away Dawn was able to show me great things one of which is that people have the right to their own opinion and that muggle borns, and muggles are needed for the Magical world to continue. She also showed me that both can learn and mix with the wizarding world as if they were born into it. Also she taught me that even though some families might be poorer then others it does not mean that they are lesser then them sometimes they are better because they see things that the richer cannot and they have things we dream of. Family, love and a home we feel safe in." Draco spoke his voice filled with emotion as he spoke to both Ron and Hermione. "I would wish to try and become a friend to the both of you and I hope you will accept because Dawn loves you both terribly and she respects you both. You are her family and I would really like to get to know her family much better."
Dawn smiled brightly as Draco spoke. She hadn't known the boy would actually do this but it was so sweet of him. It seemed though that both Ron and Hermione were in shock because they were both looking at Draco as if he had grown a second head which he probably did. It was quite funny to see and Dawn had to try to surprise her giggles.
"Um - wow, that was unexpected." Ron whispered causing Draco to smile. "But I suppose if you're sincere about it we could try to see what a friendship would go to."
"I accept your apology Draco and I would to like to see where a friendship would lead." Hermione agreed causing Draco to smile in relief and Dawn to smile brightly at her two friends.
But just as they were going to continue to speak the Great Hall doors opened and in walked in none other then the Weasley Twins.
"Sorry about interrupting -" "But we heard that a dear friend of ours -" "Has returned and wish to greet her -" "with a hug for we have missed her terribly!" They said causing the students to grin.
Shacking her head at their attics, Dawn stood and walked over to them.
"You two can be so unique sometimes." She commented and suddenly she was being hugged by both twins and laughing.
"Dawnykins we missed you terribly!" Fred exclaimed.
"No not terribly worse then terribly!" George continued.
"It was unbearable!" They both shouted together.
"I missed you both as well boys." She laughed before wrapping her arms around both of them and hugging them back. "Now why don't you come and sit at Gryffindor?"
"We would love to but we must advice you that we ran passed Oliver on our way here." "We think he might be coming to greet you're return." They said causing her to blink and just then panting was heard and everybody turned to see Oliver Wood standing in the center of the Great Hall doors.
"Hello Oliver." She greeted and he looked at her for a moment before going towards her.
"Harry no wait it's Dawn right?" He asked and she gave a nod. "My poor, poor Seeker!"
With that exclamation Oliver hugged Dawn causing her to blink in confusion. He was babbling on about how she could still be a great Seeker as she still had the form and that he was there whenever she needed him. It was quite bizarre that Oliver had broken down and Dawn just patted his back. Thankfully Katie came forward and helped her out. From there the all went to Gryffindor table and Dawn had to hit Draco on the shoulder to stop him from laughing so much.
"That was not funny, what if you're old Quidditch captain came to you and started to cry on your shoulder?" She asked causing Draco to shudder.
"Not funny and not a pretty picture." He whispered causing her to smirk.
"Now you know how I feel." She stated.
"Oh look the students have returned!" Hermione exclaimed and at that both Draco and Dawn looked to see some students walking into the Great Hall. They seemed happy to have returned and Dawn smiled at all their happy faces. It was nice to see people happy again.
"So Dawn, Draco did you two get your schedules?" Ron asked and Draco gave a nod.
"Yes, so we are all ready for tomorrow." He said causing Dawn to smile.
In a sense she was sort of ready after all she had taught classes before. She just hoped that in this time her teaching technique was just as well received as when she taught in her own time.
Late that night Dawn looked at her wardrobe. She knew she was being girly but who cared. She wanted to look good for her first day on the job and tomorrow would be her first day in a sense. Behind her Draco was watching her a confused look on his face yet he shook his head and stood.
"Come on love, let's get to sleep. I'm sure we can find you the perfect outfit tomorrow and you'll show the entire school how sexy and amazing you are especially as a teacher." Draco stated causing Dawn to look at him and smile softly.
"You know how to cheer me up love but do you really think they are ready for my teaching?" She asked worried.
"If they aren't you'll knock sense into them. This isn't peace this is war and you're teaching them things that could possibly save their lives. You'll do amazing and I'm sure you'll be one of their favorite teachers." Draco stated and Dawn gave a small laugh before they both got into bed and cuddled together.
"I love you Draco Malfoy and you make me so happy." Dawn whispered and Draco kissed her forehead.
"I love you Dawn Potter and as I make you happy, you in return make me not only the luckiest man on earth but the happiest of them all." He whispered and with that both teens fell asleep in each others arms, smiles on their faces.
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In a room over looking fields of grass a young woman stood. This young woman was tall and slender. She had beautiful black hair that was pulled into a long ponytail and wore a long dark red velvet dress that fit her body perfectly. She was the picture of elegance. Her eyes were sharp and they seemed to have focused themselves on a bird that was flying through the sky. The hall she was in was dark, covered with long curtains that went to the floor and sealed the light from the room. The only light that shown in was from the moon shine and from the window she stood before. Suddenly the door opened and in walked a man. He felt to his knee in a bow then spoke.
"My lady, the repairs have been finished." He whispered.
"Total amount of deaths?" The woman asked, her voice cold and harsh.
"Twenty my lady including your father." The man answered and the woman gave a nod before turning to him.
"Send me a raven I have a letter to write." She stated before walking out of the room leaving the guard on his own.
Author note:
As I hit my 35 chapter of this story I'd like to take the time and thank everybody who has ready, reviews and even spoke of my story to others. I am over joyed to know that so many people have enjoyed this story as it is my favorite and I do plane on finishing this story. It is my greatest pleasure to know that I have people waiting for my chapters to come and I hope that you won't be disappointed in them. I understand that people are calling for action but a story is not all action and most have some chapters like this one. I hope to bring in some action and old characters very soon. You have all been very loyal and I hope that you like the future stories I have planed as much as this one.