Harry woke up to a pounding headache as he groaned. He was on the floor, his back resting on the bathroom's wall as he stood up and realized he was dripping wet. He wondered what happened as he looked around. It seemed no one had found out where he was which was a good thing. If a Slytherin had found him lying outside the bathroom dripping wet he would never live to see the end of it.

He wondered if he'd been robbed, which was a ridiculous thought seeing as he was on the Hogwarts Express but even then he checked his pockets. His money pouch and wand were still there along with a few small vials of basic potions which he'd like to keep with himself all the times. He didn't know when he might need them.

Deciding he hadn't lost any of his belongings which were on him he applied a quick drying charm on himself before heading back to his cabin. With his occlumency training going on his control on magic had indeed improved quite a lot but it was still not to the level that it was before. He was worse than a first year if he were to put it bluntly.

"There's a wet spot behind you," Hermione said as Harry entered the cabin and turned around to close the door. Harry sighed before drying it quickly. "Where were you? You were gone for like half an hour."

"Had something to take care of," Harry lied before lying on his seat. He somehow felt tired and he wondered why. His headache hadn't gone completely yet but it wasn't like the headaches he used to get before. Before it was like someone was piercing in nails inside his head. This was like someone had banged his head hard onto something blunt.

Harry closed his eyes and didn't realize when he fell asleep. He was woken up by Hermione who told her they were arriving at Hogsmead station. He sat up, his yes still half closed as he groaned and ruffled his hair. Hermione left the cabin so he could change into his uniform as the train arrived at Hogsmead station and they boarded off.

Harry saw Neville and Susan a bit ahead of them and joined them on the carriage ride back to Hogwarts. Susan had lived for quite a few weeks at Harry's place this summer so the two had become good friends. As per her aunt's wishes she didn't tell anyone that she'd been held captive by Voldemort. She knew how sensitive and dangerous her aunt's job was and had understood about its dangers when she was still very young.

Neville had also opened up a little bit since last year, especially with Harry and Susan whom both he knew as their families were allies. It was even official now. Hermione remembered reading an article about it in the Prophet although the writer – Rita Skeeter – only said that this alliance will bring an end to Wizengamot's impartial judiciary system. She was introduced to Susan by Harry and was happy that they'd made two new friends starting their second term.

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Ginny hated that she couldn't meet Harry on the train. She'd searched every cabin looking for him but she couldn't find him anywhere. She hoped to see him on the station when she got off but before she could she had been called by Hagrid to gather by the lake.

She wondered if she will be able to talk to him tonight but then decided she couldn't haste like her stupid brother. She needed to take it slow and let her plan work things out for her. As she was thinking about how she would proceed with her plans her train of thoughts was disturbed by a giant water splash which completely drenched her and everyone else who was in the boat with her.

"It's nothing to laugh about," she said sounding annoyed when she saw Luna giggle.

"But he's so friendly," Luna said looking at the giant squid who was swimming right under their boat with one of its tentacles splashing water around. Luna would often tickle one of the tentacles as the squid put it gently on their boat before pulling it away. Ginny was not only scared by looking at its size but was also disgusted by its sliminess and the translucent goo that the tentacle left on their boat which she cleaned every time so she wouldn't mistakenly touch it.

Eventually they arrived at the other side of the lake and got off to group together at the entrance from where Hagrid handed them to McGonagall who then took them inside the castle and gave them her speech about the four houses before taking them to the great hall.

The moment Ginny entered the great hall her eyes went straight for the Gryffindor table searching for Harry whom she spotted sitting near the front chatting with a bushy haired buck-toothed girl and a round faced boy. They were laughing about something as her group of first year was stopped near a stool.

She smiled when the hat put her in Gryffindor. It was supposed to happen as she had no doubt about it. No Weasely had ever been put in any other house except Gryffindor and her family took pride in that. She walked down towards the Gryffindor table and took the spot a few feet away from Harry. She didn't want to just straightaway introduce herself to him like her brother had. She had a whole year to plant her seed of love for him. Besides, it would seem suspicious if a second year and a first year suddenly became couples.

So she enjoyed the delicious feast. She was finally happy to get rid of Luna who had been sorted into Ravenclaw although Ginny wondered how much brain that girl had to be put in that house. Perhaps the hat did make mistakes.

Fred and George were looking at their sister. She was scarier than Bill and Percy combined although not as scary as their mother. They looked at her evil smile as she ate her dinner and then looked at each other. Over the summer they had overheard what their mother intended to do with Ginny while testing one of their pranking items they planned to sell once they'd graduated from Hogwarts. They couldn't believe it even though it made sense. They knew no one would believe them because of their reputation as pranksters so they had decided to take this into their own hands. What Ginny had planned to do was borderline illegal and because she was a minor she would only face expulsion from Hogwarts but the real legal heat will have to be faced by their father as being their family head he would have to take responsibility for Ginny's action.

Their father was a good and honest man and Fred and George loved him more than anyone else in their family as he supported them no matter what. They couldn't let things get bad for him because of their mother's petty desires. Perhaps a warning letter to Harry would do for now. If he still didn't believe them then they could always talk to him.

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"But is he not like us?" Luna asked as she sat alone in her dorm after dinner. Her new dorm mates were still outside in the common room so she found the place apt for her talk with her best friend. She frowned. "So how is he different then? Why did you feel in danger when you sensed it?"

It was then that her dorm mates entered and looked at her. "Who are you talking to, Lovegood?" one of them asked with a smirk while the other two snickered behind her.

"Oh, just my friend," Luna said dreamily.

"Oh, right," the girl replied before snickering as she and her group headed for bed.

"Don't worry," Luna said talking to herself again, "I am sure we will all be good friends with each other."

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Harry sat in the living room of his Hogwarts quarters. Now that he was back he could look for ways to find out how to get into the secret chamber. If the basilisk was still here then they could use its venom although Harry was still in favor of using his own powers or rather the powers of the Yayu to destroy the horcruxes but the truth was he didn't know when or if he will be able to control it properly.

He wasn't feeling sleepy as he'd slept in the express on his way here so he decided to practice organizing his thoughts when someone knocked on his window. He looked and saw it was a Hogwarts owl. He wondered who sent him a letter this late. He knew it had to be student or perhaps a faculty because the owl was of Hogwarts. Could it be Daphne?

He opened the window and took the letter from the owl and saw it was sent by Fred Weasely. He wondered what the Weasely bunch wanted from him as he read the letter and was surprised. He smirked as he tossed the letter in the fireplace. If they really wanted to prank him they'd have to come up with something better. Using their sister was not going to convince Harry to be trapped in their prank.

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Daphne looked around wondering where this room was that Harry had talked about as she waited for him on the seventh floor when he arrived. He smiled at her before he started to walk back and forth on the corridor by the tapestry. She watched him, amused by his behavior when suddenly she heard a rumbling sound as the wall in front of her started to turn into a giant door.

"Like I said," Harry said as he stopped and opened the door to let her in. "Ladies first."

Daphne walked into the room and saw nothing but an unending space of white. She could feel that she was standing on some floor but all around her it was nothing. Harry followed her in as the door closed behind them and vanished. "Go ahead," he said. "Wish for a place you want this room to take the form of. Make sure your memory is detailed as the more detail you remember the more accurate and close the replica will be."

She closed her eyes and thought about the playroom in her house where she used to play when she was very small. To this day she remembered it vividly as it was where she felt safe and happy. When she opened her eyes she saw the place slowly started to appear more like her playroom. In the next few seconds it had completely changed. She couldn't believe her eyes as she walked forward and touched the chair she often used to sit in. It felt real. She then looked at the window and saw nothing but white.

"It seems you didn't focus much on what was outside the room," Harry said seeing her confusion.

"So this place has no limits as to what you want it to look like?" she asked.

"There are some limitations like it cannot replicate anything living," Harry said, "or real food and water but yeah, it can take the form of almost any shape as long as it is of an enclosed space like this room. If I were to wish for the room to change into a park or any open space like that then it won't be able to do it. Also, you can change it as per your thoughts like this."

Daphne watched as her room swirled around her for a moment before taking the form of a normal empty hall with some mannequins on wheels like she'd seen in some muggle shops.

"You can shape it as per your need?" she asked.

"As long as it is clear inside your head," Harry said. "You can also ask the room to animate them." She saw as the mannequins stared to move around on their own. "So, isn't this place amazing?"

"I have to agree, Potter," she said with a smirk.

"So, can we train here?" he asked. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "I was…I was wondering if you could help me with my occlumency seeing that I don't have Remus or Sirius here with me."

She stood there for a minute thinking before she smiled. "Okay," she said. "But you teach me all the spells that you know. We exchange our knowledge on spells and charms."

"As long as you teach me how to duel," Harry said grinning.

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Snape left his quarters as the eerie silence enveloped the castle. Everyone was asleep, even the ghosts. There was a strong wind blowing outside and the castle looked as haunted as ever but for Snape it was just another night to roam around making sure no student was outside their house towers.

Once he had made sure no one outside in the corridors or in any of the classrooms he headed for the second floor. Casting a silencing charm over himself he entered the unused lavatory and made sure Myrtle was not there. He sighed in relief when he didn't find her there before heading towards the central giant pillar which housed the sinks around it. He looked underneath one of the taps and saw the snake engraving.

"So close yet I can't open you," he said knowing he'd need a parseltongue to open the entrance and there was no one but Harry with that ability. He wondered if that was true anymore, though, as the horcrux inside Harry had been destroyed from what he'd managed to find out from Voldemort's inner circle. He could only hope that his ability to talk with snakes hadn't been lost with it.

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Starting next day the classes began for the new term and Harry and everyone else got busy with them. He would still wake up early in the morning to take a few laps around the castle and devote himself a few hours after classes to train in the room of requirement. Daphne helped him with occlumency for which he was thankful to her while he taught her the spells he'd learnt about from the books in his manor's library. Unlike Sirius though she didn't know how to properly cast the legilimency charm so all she did was give him pointers as to how he could organize his memories and create mental defenses inside his head.

He preferred it this way because he didn't want her to get hurt trying to teach him occlumency by going into his memories. There was no telling whether the Yayu would attack her like it did Sirius.

For the next few weeks everything went normal for which Harry was thankful for. Sirius and Remus kept him updated about things happening outside the castle and so far they had not found any more horcruxes. Amelia's search for Voldemort's past was still going and she had definitely gathered some stories on Voldemort's life.

It was the end of the week as Harry entered the great hall with Hermione and Neville. They sat at an empty spot at the table before Harry poured himself a glass of pumpkin juice. As he took a sip out of it he scrunched his face and spit it out in an empty bowl.

"Are you alright?" Hermione asked seeing his scrunched face.

"Taste the pumpkin juice," Harry said.

Hermione looked at him for a second before sipping her own. "It's fine," she said.

Harry looked at her for a moment before looking back at his own glass. "But it tastes horrible," he said.

"Are you sure you're alright?" she asked. "We both poured from the same jug. How can it taste different?"

"Have a taste then," Harry said sliding his glass towards her. She picked it up before taking a sip.

"It's only more delicious than mine," she said. "You must've a bad taste in your mouth."

Harry shrugged before drinking some water to wash down the horrible taste as he began to fill his plate.

A few feet away Ginny Weasely was watching everything and couldn't believe that her plan had failed. Not only did Harry not drink his love potion laced pumpkin juice but he gave it to Granger who would clearly feel the potion's effect any moment now. She could already see the slight haziness in Hermione's eyes as the bushy haired girl looked around until her eyes met Ginny's and she bit her lower lip.

There was a reason why love potion was illegal. Not only did its prolonged use messed with people's ability to think properly but in hormonal teenagers or kids of the age of 8-12 years the potion's effect was a lot stronger. One sip of a drink laced with it could suppress all of their emotions and replace it with nothing but pure, unadulterated lust.

"You are sweating," Harry said looking at Hermione who looked a little out of breath. "Are you okay?"

"I've never been better," she replied stealing glances at Ginny who was quickly eating her dinner. The red head felt insecure finding herself in Hermione's lust-filled gaze.

Harry looked at Hermione for a second before getting back to his dinner. A few feet away from them sat Fred and George looking at them intently. They had seen their sister lace Harry's cup with love potion. It seemed that Harry had not taken their warning seriously. They couldn't blame him. They had expected that considering their own reputation around Hogwarts. Luckily Harry had not drunk the pumpkin juice. Unfortunately his friend Granger had and the twins had no idea how that was going to play out. A part of them was excited to know while the other part was worried about the effects of the potion on Hermione. They didn't know how much concentrated the potion was but they got a rough idea seeing how Hermione was looking at their little sister.

"Perhaps we should let it play out a little bit," Fred said. "What do you say, Georgie?"

"She brought it on herself, brother," George replied nodding. "How long do you think the effect's going to last?"

"I'd say two-three hours," Fred said. "Can we distract our little sister's dorm mates for that long?"

"Don't we always love a challenge brother?" George asked.

"That we do, brother," Fred said.

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Ginny entered the common room and headed straight for her dorm. She had quickly finished her dinner so she could come to the safety of her dorm. Unfortunately she saw Hermione leave a few moments after her and was somewhat scared. She couldn't get into her dorm, though, could she, Ginny thought when she heard a knock on the door.

She was skeptical to open it at first but then the door unlocked itself and she saw Hermione walk in looking at her with a goofy smile and dazed eyes. It didn't matter how prepared Ginny had been before coming to Hogwarts, she had not anticipated anything like this would happen.

"Why are you boring us so much?" Rachel Woods, one of Ginny's dorm mates whined in annoyance.

"And this is how you change someone's hair color," Fred said ignoring her complaints as he showed her and another one of Ginny's dorm mate a small red pill which was the latest invention of the twins when they saw Hermione coming down in the common room looking a bit confused. Her hair was a bit messy which she was trying to straighten along with her uniform. She walked straight to where Neville was sitting as the twins watched her go. She didn't even realize they were looking at her before the twins exchanged winks with each other.

"Fine," George said with a dramatic sigh. "It looks like we'll have to do some more research and make the pills more acceptable to the younger demography, Fred."

"Thank you for your time," Fred said looking at the girls before they both stood up and joined their friends on the other end of the common room.

The two girls looked at each other before leaving.

"Are you okay?" Neville asked looking at Hermione.

"I'm fine, I think," she said sounding a little dizzy as she sat beside him. Neville looked at her with worry wondering why she was looking like she'd just been in a fight.

Inside the first year Gryffindor girls' dormitories Ginny sat on her bed with the curtains down. She was sitting in a curled up position, her knees close to her chest with her hands around it as she rocked back and forth. She looked at some of her hair on her bed which Hermione had forcibly pulled seeing how Ginny wasn't cooperating with her. The first year tried her best but it seemed her potion was a little too concentrated. She felt warm and tingly thinking how Harry would've done it had he drank the pumpkin juice but then the memories of her experience with Hermione returned and she shuddered.

It hadn't gone too far as because of Ginny's struggles Hermione had only managed to remove her top and plant a few kisses on her face, her lips and her neck. The second year lioness was adamant on going further down on her but luckily the potion's effects started wearing off and ultimately Ginny had dominated her while Hermione struggled to stay awake.

There were some changes she needed to do with regards to brewing the love potion as she wondered how else she could give it to Harry. Tonight's plan had clearly failed. She would need to come up with something new.

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Amelia looked at the pieces of information she had been able to gather over the last few weeks on Voldemort. As she pieced them together she found out some part of his life's story after he'd left Hogwarts.

As per what her informant had said he did get himself a job at Borgin and Burgs. Had she didn't know why he'd done it she would be confused seeing how bright a student he was when he was at Hogwarts. There was another thing. He really came from a family which was muggles on his father's side.

She still couldn't find out who his mother was as there was no record of that. All she could gather was the name of the orphanage where he was born after which his mother had died. It was a muggle orphanage but apparently the head nun who ran that place was aware of the magicals and so she'd called Dumbledore who then took Voldemort or rather tom which was his real name to Hogwarts.

She tried asking them if they knew who his mother was but the nuns seemed scared to answer that. She wondered why but she knew she wouldn't be getting any answers there so she focused her investigation on another direction of the case. Voldemort had not spared his father after his graduation from Hogwarts as the medical reports said that Tom Riddle Senior had died due to heart failure. Amelia knew it was one of the ways the killing curse worked. She wondered if she could find any other living members of the Riddle family. Perhaps they could tell her something about Voldemort's mother.

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Rodolphus entered Voldemort's room and kneeled down in front of him. "Forgive me, my lord but I have bad news," he said.

Voldemort sighed. He hadn't been getting any good news recently. Even that Bones had not stopped looking for him even though he had threatened her personally this time. Unfortunately for him she had taken shelter in her ancestral manor which had some pretty strong and somewhat impenetrable wards around it. Without his original body Voldemort couldn't break it.

"What is it?" he said looking at Lestrange.

"I went to Gringotts today to withdraw some money for our upcoming raid," he said. "There I found out that Sirius Black had annulled my marriage with Bella and the dowry amount which I had gotten from the Black family had been taken back by him. I did further digging and found that he also disowned Bella from his family and…"

Voldemort sat straight waiting for his next words but he had already guessed what Rodolphus was about to say next.

"He has acquired her vault and everything in it," Rodolphus said. He couldn't even breathe as he felt the power of the cruciatus curse all over him. He knew screaming would only anger his lord even more so he stayed there, head bowed down, whimpering in pain as Voldemort sent cruciatus after cruciatus at him without holding back.

If Black had Bella's vault under his control then Voldemort knew that Black had the information that there was a horcrux in that vault. He had only recently found out about the betrayal of Regulus who had slipped in a letter to Sirius when he had gone to threaten Amelia Bones.

As Voldemort looked at the rotting body of Regulus behind him in the large room where he was he knew he needed to move his remaining horcruxes. The problem was he only currently had two in his possession. The diary, the cup and probably the locket were with Potter and his little group. The one inside Potter was destroyed and that left him with just the ring and Nagini, his pet snake.

"Come, Nagini," he said as the snake which was smelling Rodolphus to see if he was dead so that she could eat him, slithered over to Voldemort before they apparated away.

A few rooms away was Grindelwald. He was enjoying the cloudy evening around the Riddle manor which was currently Voldemort's base ever since he'd lost the Malfoy manor. Grindelwald wondered if Voldemort knew that the Malfoys were alive but he decided not to tell him. That was his problem for not knowing everything. Besides Voldemort's objective was way too small compared to his own.

He looked in the general direction where hundreds of miles ahead stood the castle of Hogwarts which currently had five beasts on its grounds. It was a big target for him but unfortunately two of them were inside their vessels. Grindelwald needed to know who these vessels were but for now the easiest one for him was the phoenix in Dumbledore's office. That old fool still thought that he could somehow manage to take their powers for himself.

Grindelwald smiled at Dumbledore's foolishness as he rubbed his hands together before wiping his bloodied mouth and stood up to leave the room to get some fresh air, leaving behind a half-eaten body of a death eater lying in his room in the pool of coagulated blood.

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Thanks for reading…

A/N: No, Hermione did not 'rape' Ginny for those of you who might be wondering. She only managed to kiss Ginny at a few places before the potion's effect ran out…So don't bug me about it…