Avatar: The Tale of Harry, Book 4: Family

by stringdog

For 33 years, since the end of the Fire Utopia, the world has known peace and balance. Even the events 10 years prior did not threaten this. However, events are about to be set in motion that will bring the world to its knees in the coming years. Once again the world will need the Avatar to save it. Harry must step up once more but this time the threat is much closer to home.

40. Chapter 40

Here is the fortieth chapter in Book 4 released on schedule. This is the first of 3 chapters in the penultimate arc of Book 4, the preparation for the final battle arc, and this one focuses on those in the North. That is all I have to say for now so just sit back and enjoy the 40th chapter in the fourth installment of Avatar: The Tale of Harry. Book 4: Family.

Disclaimer: As always I own nothing related to these two great works of fiction.

Chapter 40

Harry walked through the Northern Palace deep in thought. It had been 2 weeks since the Northern Air Temple had fallen, and they had received the news of the battle that had taken place there. It was not as bad as expected, though they hadn't made the victory as costly as they would have liked even with the deaths of two more Uniques during the battle.

There was a lot to think about and the Avatar had to clear his head before the meeting he was heading to, so he quickly let the thoughts come to his mind. That way he could be ready and clearheaded for the meeting.

It had all started with the news of Albus death back when he was returning from his mission in the Earth Kingdom. It had taken all of Harry's willpower to keep his emotions in check as he fled to the free North. The flight had taken a solid week of hard ridding, but he had eventually made it to the Northern Air Temple.

Harry had wanted to stay, to aid in its defense but he knew that it wasn't his time yet. His final confrontation with James was coming but the Northern Air Temple wasn't that place as it needed to be on a large scale to have the necessary impact to end the war. As such, he had stayed long enough to get briefed on the situation, including the fall of the northern Fire Nation, and rest for a day before heading back to the Northern Water Tribe to resume his role as Lord Protector of the CFNS.

Returning to the Northern Water Tribe had been the toughest part. Once Harry got back he had to deal with more shit than he had ever dealt with in his life. First he had to deal with the fallout of the mission behind enemy lines that had cost Albus his life. No one blamed him for it, they all knew the risks and volunteered for it, but it was still a large fallout to address.

Not only had Albus died, a grief that hit hard when Harry was back with his wife and alone but that in public they had to keep down for the sake of moral, but also there had been injuries to several of the other younger LFTM members. It had been worse then the time they'd done something similar to take down Hermione, at least then none of them had died.

Lily and Rose's wounds were superficial, and Ginny easily healed them and after a few days bed rest they were released to continue with the preparations and to show off their fresh scars. Hugo had been kept longer due to the infection he'd contracted but Dominique's healing had saved his life and he too had been given a clean bill of health and discharged a few days ago.

That left the most serious issue to deal with, what to do about Albus's death. Due to the nature of the Spirit Weapon explosion, there had been no body as everything had been vaporized when it blew up, though Harry had confirmed with the Spirits that Albus was in deed dead. As such they couldn't have a funeral, not that they could anyway as Harry and his family were to be interred in the Tombs of Omashu in the family tomb.

That was why they had decided to hold a memorial service for Albus and all those who had died in the Battle of the Northern Air Temple and the Fire Nation after the survivors of those battles made their way to the North and had been patched up enough to attend. A proper funeral with an empty stone casket would be buried in the family tomb for Albus if they won the war.

The memorial service had been the day before and it had been a somber, tearful affair where all had cried as it was the right place for it. Harry had delivered the eulogy for all those who had fallen, including his own son, so far in the Principate War and began reading the list of names before passing it on to the other leaders so that all dead or missing could be named. It had been needed and allowed for some closure so that they could go on and focus on what they were fighting for.

Unfortunately, not all had been able to make the memorial service. Some had been too badly injured to make it and were still in the various hospitals set up in the Northern Water Tribe for their injured as the healers worked around the clock on them. The worst of them had been Victoire who was still unconscious and under constant monitoring by the best healers they had.

There was no doubt that Dominique, despite her own injuries, had saved Victoire's life with her emergency healing during their flight back to the North. The former Crown Princess's injuries had been extensive. She had a skull fracture, that had been the worst and had taken Ginny hours of work to stabilize and heal, though they would not know the long-term effects until after Victoire woke. She also had a broken shoulder along with numerous lacerations and a few impalements from the shrapnel, some of which were pretty serious.

Victoire would be covered in scars when all was said and done just like her father had been after the Battle of the Elemental Academy so she would look like the warrior the world now knew her to be. She was all healed up, but she was still asleep, and would need extensive rehab to get back to normal if she woke up. It was now in the hands of fate if she would ever wake but Ginny was optimistic about it.

The other injuries had been patched up and the leaders of the CFNS had gathered for a meeting to strategize for the future and have a full assessment of what had happened in the last month of the war. Harry was on his way to that meeting right now hence the need for a clear head. He was not sure he was ready for it but when you were at war you were seldom ready for anything.

Harry was the last to arrive in the meeting room that had become the default planning room for the leadership of the one free nation in the world. No one stood for Harry, which was good because he did not want to be seen as the ruler, just the acting leader during the crisis and would relinquish his authority the moment he could. Harry sat at the head of the table facing his godfather and took stock of the room.

Sirius sat opposite Harry at the other head of the table as a sign of respect to the Chief of the Northern Water Tribe, the nation that was their only remaining fully free nation and as such their host. Sirius looked like he had had aged a decade in the last few months. His hair was white, the wrinkles that had begun to develop in the last few years had deepened and his eyes were tired.

He had fully recovered from the assassination attempt at the start of the Principate War, but he was still not the same as he had been when he took the title of Chief, but Harry still trusted his godfather's council and knew he was still a wise leader. They would need him now more than ever to rally his people to defend the last bastion of freedom from the tyranny of the Global Principate.

On Sirius's right sat Remus. The new Archabbot of the Air Nation, even if it hadn't been a proper vote, had been here when the Northern Temple fell due to his age and the need to keep him safe to lead his nation while in exile. Remus hadn't changed much during the war, but Harry could tell that the toll of assuming leadership of a nation under the current circumstances had been tough on him and likely aged him as much as it had aged Sirius.

On the other side of Sirius was General Xander, the pompous and proper General of the Northern Waters and head of Sirius's military. The man was an ass, but he was a good general who inspired his men and women to fight their hardest for their nation and Chief. Usually, Xander was on his flagship in the middle of the fleet that was prepared for the attack, but he had come back for the meeting as all military leaders were needed for it.

The next two continued the trend of military leader and world leader on their respective sides of the table. Next to Remus sat Prince Xiang, the bookish, young, but smart leader of the ISEK in exile and future king if they won. Xiang had not expected to be thrust into his role this soon, but he had taken it in stride from the very start.

Xiang had coordinated with his people fleeing the Principate and worked on the administrative nature of the CFNS, a skill that he was very good at given his training in Ba Sing Se's overly complex bureaucratic system. Without Xiang they may have fallen apart already but the man knew how to make everything run smoothly on the administrative level making him an invaluable asset to the maintained of the CFNS.

Opposite Xiang sat Marshall Quirke, the Commander of the United Forces. She had also been forced to stay back while the Northern Air Temple was defended despite being an airbender herself and her flying skills as she was too important to risk. She would fight from the front in any defense of their last free territory when the time came, and they would need her abilities and leadership then.

Next to Quirke sat the only new member of the war council, the newly appointed Marshal of the Air Nation Defense Force, Marshall Bexley. A few years younger than Harry, Bexley had been in the Air House at the Academy and was one of the rare airbenders born to non-Air Nation parents, one of the 5 or so that were still born every year even a century after Harmonic Convergence had reintroduced airbending to the world.

This lack of Air Nation background had led Bexley to join the United Air Force when he graduated and later accept a commission in the ANDF to advance his career when it stalled out in the UAF. He was the highest-ranking officer still alive and free after the recent battle having fled the Temple at the last minute and barely making it out alive as he'd been one of the last defenders. Teddy had confirmed that Inglebee had been killed so Remus had named Bexley his replacement.

Opposite Bexley sat the only person at the table there for 2 reasons, Ursa. The Crown Princess and leader in exile of the Fire Nation was also the Commander of the United Marines, the fourth branch of the United Forces. As such, she was present in both capacities. The first to represent her nation and give updates on her father's situation in Royal Caldera City, the last holdout of the Fire Nation. The second because she was the leader of the force that would be the borders of the Principate airships and warships when the battle came so they needed her present for that plan.

Next to Ursa was Teddy. Though he was Commander-in-Chief of the United Forces, and the former General of them, he was at the meeting solely in his capacity as the President of the United Republic in exile and to lend his military experience to the defense of the Northern Water Tribe.

Similarly, the man who sat opposite Teddy was there purely for his key position in the defense of the Northern Water Tribe. Commander Bhupen was the Commander of the United Navy and was one of the two coordinators of the naval defense along with General Xander. Bhupen was also the most senior of the 4 Service Commanders of the United Forces and as such was the deputy to Marshall Quirke of all the gathered United Forces present in the North.

Next to Teddy and to Harry's immediate left was Dominique, there in her capacity as the ruler in exile of the Southern Water Tribe, though she still refused to call herself Chief despite the reports Harry had heard from her actions prior to the fall of the Northern Air Temple. She was still a little beat up from her duel with James and her left arm was in a sling due to a recently healed broken shoulder. Her left hand had a bandage on it hiding the now healed scar on her palm from James's axe.

Harry had a feeling that Dominique had not been fully truthful with that duel, but he didn't press her for details. He knew how close Dominique had been growing up, she was always around his place playing and training with James. They were clearly best friends and inseparable at the Academy so seeing James's fall must have deeply affected Dominique, let alone a duel with him that almost cost her her life. If she didn't want to talk about it Harry would respect her privacy.

The last person in the room and on Harry's right was the only person present who didn't hold a key rank that would have given him the automatic right to be at the meeting. Ron was no longer President of the United Republic, he was just a Prince in the Southern Water Tribe, and he was not a military leader. He was here for his tactical mind and the fact that he was Harry's primary advisor. Harry would not have any important meeting without him, and no one questioned his presence.

Ron was also in a wheelchair at the moment because of the wounds he had suffered in defense of the Northern Air Temple. He was healed up, but he was still tender, and Ginny would not clear him to walk given the large shard of glass she had pulled out of his calf. Ron also had a series of new scars all over his body, including a few on his face and a nick in one ear. Otherwise, he was still the solid warrior that Harry had known and trusted for decades.

"Thank you all for being here." Harry said once he was settled and formally getting the meeting formally without any ceremony. "In the wake of the attacks on the Northern Fire Nation and the Northern Air Temple in the last few weeks, as well as the events in the Earth Kingdom that myself and the new LFTM were responsible for, I have convened this war council to discuss our plans going forward."

Harry paused as he looked around the room to see if anyone had anything they wanted to say right now. No one did and they all continued to look at him, so he continued with the first thing he wanted to discuss.

"I want to start by asking Ursa for a report from the Fire Nation." Harry said looking to the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation. "We have had the other reports and the time to study them so we should be up to speed on what happened in the ISEK and the Northern Air Temple, but reports are hazy from the Fire Nation due to few survivors making it here. What have you heard from your father Ursa?"

"Thank you Avatar, alas I do not have much to report given the dire situation, but I will say what I know." Ursa said with a sad note in her voice. "There is a secret radio frequency only known to the Royal Family, so I have heard from the Firelord. He is currently barricaded in the Caldera and they have access to the port but that is it. The Principate forces used a pincer move to take the northern free territory in one fell swoop, killed numerous of my citizens as well as many of our military leaders and heroes, and reached the slopes of the Caldera. We barely prevented it from falling."

"But the capital held?" Sirius asked. "And your father is still alive?"

"He is and it did." Ursa said with a curt nod to Sirius. "But we do not know for how longer. What is left of our air force is holding tight over the Capital, James knows that an attack will cause massive civilian casualties and he cannot have that negative image ruin his victory. We are surviving and were well stocked just in case we had to hold out, but it will be lean. Rationing had already started when the southern lands fell and now it is even stricter."

"And the tunnels?" Harry asked. "I got the info from Hermione who was as reliable as possible given her reputation and forwarded it to Druzok before I left for Xidi. Did he block them?"

"He did, even placing traps in a few that took out some commandos who thought that they weren't blocked." Ursa said. "They also allowed the capital to stockpile food in them, so we have preparations."

"So, your father is prepared for a prolonged siege then?" Quirke asked. "How long can he hold out?"

"He is." Ursa confirmed. "We've been preparing since the start of the war and that doubled after the Avatar's report from Azkaban. Based on rationing, they can last at least a year if not longer as there are attempts to use the area around the Royal Palace and in the mansions to grow basic food supplies. It has been the nature of the Firelords to be paranoid as fuck about violent coups, especially after Hermione succeeded, and we are well prepared, though escapes seems next to impossible at the moment."

"But there can be no counter attack if the rest of the nation has fallen." Xander pointed out. "Right now, all it is doing is delaying the inevitable. If James takes the north, the Caldera won't last much longer."

"That is sadly true." Ursa said with a heavy sigh. "We barely have the forces and other than my father and one general with limited field experience, no military leaders to plan anything more than a defense. The Principate has us surrounded and blocked off. It was hard to talk to my father, but the secret wavelength is still secure for the moment. At this point it is about surviving and hoping that we win when James attacks the North. The rest of the nation is now the Fire Provence of the Principate and run from Fire Fountain City until the Caldera falls. That is all I have."

"That is about what we expected the situation to be." Harry said with a nod. "We can only hope that if we hold when the Principate finally attacks us here we can defeat James and turn the tide of the war. If that is the case then we can free the Fire Nation when we sweep south to clear up the remains of the Principate."

"That is our best option at the moment." Ron said. "The Principate, for as surprisingly well organized as it is after only a few months of existence with massive expansion, is still commanded by the will and force of one man. There hasn't been time to set up its internal structure to allow it to take roots. If we cut off the head and defeat the Princeps, the nation is not grounded enough to survive the loss."

"You think so?" Remus asked Ron.

"A nation built around one man cannot survive his loss." Ron said simply. "It will either wither and die quickly or fracture into multiple smaller kingdoms run by warlords claiming to be the new Princeps. It is what happened when Kuvira was defeated and at least one area held out after her fall. James knows this as well, he's no fool when it comes to this shit. It is probably why he has been so aggressive recently. Take what he can and then stabilize it once he's won and defeated the Avatar."

"Ron's right, while James leads the Principate it will not fall." Harry said. "He is the heart and soul of it. The cult of personality he has built around himself has truly taken root and with him in command they will survive but while we may be on the backfoot, we have not let James succeed without a toll."

"What do you mean?" Xiang asked sounding confused. "Maybe it is because I have no military training, but I don't see what you mean Avatar. We have been forced to hole up in the far north, James has the upper hand in terms of momentum, and his forces outnumber on us. How have we managed to do any damage? We have lost every battle of the war so far."

"Winning battles does not necessitate winning the war, they are very different things." Dominique said. "We have done a lot despite our defeats and that will cost him. I know you have not learned this yet Prince Xiang but to lead the South I must be a soldier and warrior, so I have studied this extensively. We have not rolled over and let him take what he wants, we've fought and made him pay a price for evert victory."

"A war is all the events taken together not a singular one." Harry said as he quelled his grief at the events so that he could sum them up. "Despite losing all 3 major battles so far, we have had successes as well. First and foremost, part of James's power and stability comes from the use of his Uniques. All extremists, or at least the major ones I have encountered, have only been as strong and as successful as their most fanatical and powerful supporters."

"I am starting to understand Avatar, but I am the youngest here." Xiang said. "I have the least experience or knowledge on this beyond the academic side of things. Are the Uniques really that important?"

"More than can be quantified as they are expressions of James's will and power." Harry said. "All leaders do this with their fanatics to show the people the strength of their enforcers. Unlike in the past where these units have been simply zealots, James did this by recruiting 10 unique benders, all of whom are master benders and masters in the powerful sub-bending arts that make them appear to be above the normal bender. They are powerful on a level few can compete with without advantages. As of the Assault of the Northern Air Temple, 7 of those 10 Uniques are dead."

"Are you sure Harry?" Remus asked. "That is big if we had taken down that many. I remember Voldemort and his Death Eaters; we barely made a dent in their numbers until the Battle of the Elemental Academy. Once they were almost all dead or in custody the movement fell apart and we were able to round up the remaining Purists without much of a hassle."

"Other than that traitorous cunt Peter." Sirius growled. "It took a fair few years to capture his ass."

"Yes, it did but we caught Peter in the end and other than the Yi civil war we ended their threat quickly." Harry said. "Same with cleaning up the Fire Nation after Hermione but in both cases stripping the leader of their bending destroyed their will to resist so again beating James in a similar manner is our best course of action."

"Although this time however we have a head start." Ron said. "James has lost all but 3 of his Uniques in this war and he has not had the time to replace them. This has caused a strain on his rule as they are his main council and the heads of his various departments in addition to what they symbolize to the people. Given their talents, they will not be easy to replace, and James doesn't have the time too which has given us an edge for now. That said, the 3 still alive include the 2 most deadly Uniques so it's nowhere near a cakewalk."

"Are we sure that they are all dead?" Bexley asked. "It is a boon if they are, but I want to know for certain, as well as who is left. I have glanced at the reports but I'm new to this council, so I don't know the finer details."

"Two of us at this table have personally killed a Unique so those two are without question." Harry responded. "I fried the Plant Unique in Xidi, and Ron took out the Glass Unique before we lost the Northern Air Temple."

"I can also confirm that the Flight Unique is dead, I watched Victoire throw him into a plane's propeller, that's how she got her injuries as that act caused the plane to explode." Teddy said. "There's no way he survived that."

"In addition, I saw the remains of the Combustion Unique after the destruction of the Spirit Weapon." Dominique said and Harry could tell she was struggling to keep her emotions in check as that had been right after Albus's death. "And I trust Rose, Hugo and Lily in confirming that they killed the Seismic Sense, Spirit Healing and Astral Projection Uniques, respectively even if their bodies were destroyed."

"Furthermore, James, in an odd policy of transparency, has confirmed all 7 deaths and has been very vocal about their noble sacrifice for the Principate." Ron said. "It is all part of his propaganda machine as he has used their deaths to strength his grip on power and rail against us for killing them to gain sympathy. It's working but he has still confirmed that they are dead and has held massive memorials and funerals with full honors for them to further solidify his cult. That may be a problem if he does fall but they will not have a leader and that is the important thing."

"That said James has been selective about his transparency." Harry said. "He has blamed us for the Spirit Weapon and propagandized it and Albus's death for his own goals. It has worked but that was still a defeat for him. All he did was salvage it as best he could."

"How so?" Xiang asked.

"He doesn't have the Spirit Weapon anymore." Dominique said simply. "We destroyed it and all his work on it. Sure, there will be backups out there, any sensible tactician has them, but he also cannot use it against us even if he were to rebuild it before he attack us here."

"He could though." Quirke said. "It wouldn't take him long to replace it and rig it to a ship, be it an air ship or naval vessel, for his attack."

"Not if he wants to maintain his grip on power and the support of the people." Ron said shaking his head before elaborating when all he got was a bunch of blank stares. "Spirit tech, especially weapons of mass destruction like the one he made, are huge taboos in war. Using one is an act of last resort and is a violation of the law of war that the people will not tolerate. No matter how much the public like him, they will not accept his use of such a weapon."

"Surely he was expecting them to accept it if he made one." Quirke pointed out. "Otherwise, why make it?"

"Likely his plan was to not reveal it until the final battle and claim that it was the only way in some elaborate PR spin that he almost certainly prepared before he launched his coups." Ron answered. "That is how I would use it and I trained James in the art of tactics. However, if he were to use it now then the people would turn on him. He has seen their reaction to the explosion in the Great Divide that showed them a Spirit weapon had been created and knows they don't approve. He has capitalized on it as much as possible, but he cannot use it against us now and that is the true victory."

"Yes these, the destruction of the weapon and the deaths of his Uniques, have been the key victories that we have managed to achieve so far in this war." Harry said with a nod. "They gave given us a fighting chance, but they have come at a great cost. Such is the price of war. We can grieve when it is done."

"That or we will be dead." Ron said helpfully. "Either way we focus on the immediate future."

"That is correct Ron." Harry said. "The important question going forward is what are our plans for the defense of the Northern Water Tribe? That is why I have called this meeting. We need a plan, and we need to start creating it now. We don't know when the attack is coming but we know that it is coming so let's be ready for it when it does come."

"General Xander, Commander Bhupen, you have the floor." Sirius said. "The sea is our first line of defense so give us your general overview of how you intend to defend the naval approach."

"It is straightforward really." Xander said in an official tone. "Only once has the North fallen and that was due to its defenses being weakened by Lucius's actions in the Second Purity War and the Spirit Portal, so I don't count it. The Spirit Portal is now closed so there is only one way in, and all our ships are currently in front of the walls of the city and several miles out forming our first line of defense. They are all equipped for this with the necessary weapons for ship to ship and ship to air combat while the aircraft carriers are in the right place. We are drilling for the inevitable, but the defense is simple."

"True it is." Bhupen said taking over the update. "Though of course we need to hammer out details over the course of this and several other meetings with our officers out in the fleet. Basically, the defense is that we face them, and they have to plow through us if they want to reach the Tribe. This is our last stand, if we fall the world falls so we will make them pay for success."

"Brutal, costly, simple, and the best we have." Harry said with a sigh at the cost the battle would take. "And are you prepared for submarines? They aren't commonly used these days, but this is James we are talking about."

"All ships are equipped with mines and depth charges." Xander said. "We will set up the mines in a large field in front of the ships for both James's fleet and his subs if he has them. Any that do get through will be bombed with depth charges."

"Good just checking." Harry said glad to see that they'd thought of that as well as that could have been a problem.

"Also, I will be at the front fighting on the ships, as will the other waterbenders who are able to serve with me." Dominique said seriously. "I intend to lead my forces from the front so I will be there as it is where I am needed."

"No one is stopping you." Harry said knowing that he wouldn't convince Dominique otherwise despite technically having the authority over her. "You are the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe; you will go where you need to. Those of the South are yours to command but Scorpius and Altinak are up to Sirius."

"My son will stay back and lead the warriors of the Northern Army in defense of the city." Sirius said. "We expect them to hit the city with troops so he will lead the defense here. Scorpius has volunteered and will serve under Xander, as will his father who has also volunteered. I ask that Lily stay here as well, she is no use on sea, but I am, er, not sure who her commander is."

"I am." Teddy said. "She is acting Chief of Police for the RCPD and will become the permanent one if we win. That position puts her under my command and not Xiang or Dominique's. If you wish for her to stay back Sirius, she will."

"She will understand that." Harry said with a nod. "It is the best place for her, just make sure she had earth for her lava."

"I will." Sirius said before looking at Ron. "I also ask for Ron to stay back and serve need your tactical mind in the city and leadership if they breach our defenses."

"We are on ice and I am but a warrior in your land with no military rank." Ron said with respect. "I will do this if you ask it of me. The only thing that can change this is if my own Chief orders me to be on the ships. I am first and foremost her subject, so her orders take precedence."

"I will not do that." Dominique said shaking her head. "Sirius is right, it is better to have you here uncle and not on the frontlines. We need you to hold back just like at the Temple. While you are a skilled warrior who would do well up front, this battle requires your mind and bending so the city is the best place for you."

"Very well, then I will be on the wall at the forward command." Ron said and no one questioned that. "I will coordinate as best I can and go where needed."

"Good that part is sorted." Harry said before looking to the next field of battle. "Marshall Quirke, Marshall Bexley, what of the Air support?"

"Standard air defense." Quirke said. "We will be in planes, hummingbirds and airships aiding were we can and engaging the enemy. There will be dogfights, bombings of the Principate ships, and everything else that comes with aerial combat. After the reports of the battle over the Northern Air Temple we understand it more and know that it will be an utter clusterfuck. Both of us will personally be in the air leading from the front as that is where we will be needed. I am not an ace for nothing."

"That is right." Bexley agreed. "Unless my Archabbot says otherwise."

"No, you are needed in the air and the remains of the ANDF will do their duty and follow you." Remus said shaking his head. "I will be in the Palace with the other non-fighting leaders to coordinate the battle from here."

"I will be where I need to be in the battle." Teddy said. "That is still to be determined but I will not sit back here and wait it out, I will be on the front with the United Forces, though I will defer to Marshall Quirke during the battle."

"Thank you Teddy." Quirke said with a small smile. "I will of course still need your council. You were a military commander before you were the President, that command will be needed."

"And you will have it." Teddy agreed before looking around the table. "We still have to flesh this out, but the bones of the defense are there. There is only one more thing before we knuckle down and hash out the details."

"Yes there is one person here who we can't command but who's presence in the battle is key." Sirius said looking at Harry. "Where will the Avatar be in the battle?"

Harry already knew where he would be. When the battle came, the time would finally be upon them and the moment that would decide the outcome of the war. There were only 2 words Harry could say in response so that the whole room knew his role in the battle.

"Fighting James."

Well there is the initial plan for one side in the battle, the next chapter will look at the other side of the final battle and their plans but we are nearing the climatic end to Book 4, only 2 more chapters before the final battle begins. The only other thing to mention here is that, as with almost all characters, Bexley is taken from the same wikia list of Ravenclaws to have a canon character's name in the role. However, that is all I have for now so as always please follow and favorite both this and myself so that you can stay up to date with new releases (chapters and stories) and please keep the reviews coming as I do love to hear from y'all regarding my work, it means a lot to me. Until next time.

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