Author Note Hope you enjoy
Chapter 54
June 24th 1995
Hogwarts
Staring at the bodies of Hufflepuff Cedric Diggory and Michael Potter his own brother Harry felt sick.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see his wife Daphne.
"Come on "She said "We can't do anything for them, let's go help the wounded".
Harry nodded and got up to help the other Archmagi get the other wounded students into an area where they could be transported to Saint Mungo's for treatment.
As he helped a Ravenclaw second year with a broken and bloody leg Harry felt rage.
These Death Eaters had attacked school children.
School Children and they had killed and maimed several.
That was inexcusable.
He had not kept track but he was sure that he had killed several Death Eaters in the fight.
Whatever happened to them he knew he had not taken out nearly enough.
As he was helping the wounded he felt a hand on his shoulder.
He turned around to see a tall and intimidating woman with Short, Grey Hair
"Mr. Potter, "She asked.
"Yes, "Harry replied, his guard still up.
"Amelia Bones" The woman said "Before today the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and after today the Interim Minister of Magic".
Harry gasped.
"Fudge, "He asked.
"Was killed in the surprise attack on the Head Section along with Dumbledore ''Bones said "I was sitting with my niece Susan in the stands and escaped being targeted by the assailants'
"I'm sorry to hear that, "Harry said.
Bones nodded and then looked at Harry "I saw your actions during the fight young man and I'm quite impressed "She said "And I am also interested in how a large group seemed to flock to you".
At that Harry blushed while also thinking what to say about the Archmagi.
Bones saw his hesitation.
"I want the truth Mr. Potter and you won't be in trouble since you all saved many lives today"
Harry nodded "Two and a half years ago "He said "When Pius Thicknesse and Delores Umbridge where sent to Hogwarts they did not teach any actual defense to the students so they wanted me to teach them how to defend themselves".
"I see"Bones said "And I can see why you kept it a secret then since I'm fairly certain those two and Fudge would not have approved of what you were doing "She sighed "But that doesn't matter you fought against the Death Eaters quite well and saved many lives which I would say is a testimony to your leadership".
"How did the Death Eaters get here? "Harry asked. "I'm pretty sure several of those Death Eaters were ones that should be in Azkaban right now".
Bones growled "That would have been because of a Prison Break back in March that Cornelius swept under the rug".
"Really "Harry said looking at her incredulously.
"Yes "Bones said "And we have reason to believe that Voldemort has returned and has been busy recruiting for some time now".
"Recuriting"Harry asked.
"Yes "Bones said "For weeks now we have been receiving reports of break outs in prisons of over a dozen magical countries around the world".
"And you think they joined the Death Eaters? "Harry asked.
"Yes' 'Bones said "It is highly likely and with several hundred broken out of prison's around the world that does not bode well especially when we do not know how many Death Eaters there are now".
"You think there were more than those who attacked today? "Harry asked.
"Yes "Bones said "These Death Eaters were probably the fittest of those under Voldemort right now".
"How can I help? "Harry asked.
"We are at war now "Bones said "How many are in your group".
"Over three hundred "Harry replied.
Bones nodded seemingly impressed "Good "She said "Have you heard of the Order of the Phoenix before".
"No,"Harry replied.
"It is a group formed by Dumbledore to fight Death Eaters in the First War "Bones replied "A good number of them were sitting in the stands and killed today along with a number of Aurors that were taken by surprise as well".
"In the war now we need to make some fast decisions. In the last war, one of the biggest problems we had was the infiltration of the Ministry that allowed for the subsequent neutralization of the DMLE, especially the Hit Wizards and the Aurors. We don't have time to be buggering about, war is here again, and we need to get as many on our side as possible that is especially important with the losses the Aurors and Order have suffered"
Harry nodded.
"This is not going to be the same war that was fought a decade and a half ago. That war was a slow, methodical advance against our society. This war will be a war that will move like lightning "Bones said "It's obvious that Voldemort has been heavily recruiting for some time right under the nose of the Ministry and I expect that he will plan on moving fast"
"When I get the chance my first act as Interim Minister will be to cancel the Trace on all wands to ensure that Death Eaters can not track people".
Harry nodded agreeing with her.
Bones reached out her hand "I saw you today Potter and you are a natural leader "She said "I would like to work with you to ensure the best possible outcome with regards to the war effort".
Harry reached out and shook her hand before Madame Bones left to talk with someone else.
His mind was whirling.
They were at war.
And most likely a long term war after all the first one had lasted for over a decade.
With a good chance that the Ministry could fall.
After all, Dumbledore, Fudge and the Boy-Who-Lived were now dead.
But he and the Archmagi would continue the fight.
And Harry then realized how good of an idea it was to split the Archmagi sessions into groups.
That would help in case the Ministry fell.
It would be better if they all worked in separate groups and only sharing the most general information and plans with everyone else.
That way, if one group was infiltrated or attacked, it wouldn't compromise the rest of the resistance.
He then moved to help the others, smiling as he saw Daphne using healing skills that she had picked up over the years to help the wounded.
"Harry".
He turned and saw the two people that he was the least expecting.
Lily and James Potter.
Their faces had a mixture of emotions on them.
Tears, Sorry and what looked like guilt were what Harry could read.
His rage at what the Death Eaters from earlier combined with what he felt about the Potters to make him quite pissed off right now.
"Yes "He spat out.
Lilly then broke down crying.
All Harry heard between sobs was "So Sorry "and "Please forgive us".
Now he was confused.
He looked at James for hopefully some clarification on what Lily was going on about.
"We just found out "James said "That that bastard Dumbledore put us under a spell".
"A spell, "Harry said.
"It was a spell that convinced us that it was ok to send you to the Dursleys, "James explained.
Harry noticed James seemed to be struggling not to say a lot of other things.
"Please Harry ''Lilly said "We never wanted to send you away, we were forced to by Dumbledore ''.
"Forced"Harry growled.
"Yes "Lilly said "Dumbledore cast a spell on us that forced us to send you away".
"Fuck that "Harry spat "Your my parents you where supposed to help me as I grew up".
And then he asked "Did Dumbledore say what he would be doing to keep an eye out on me with the Dursleys".
"Dumbledore said that he was watching over you at the Dursleys to make sure there wasn't a problem "James said.
Harry burst out in laughter.
"I never saw Dumbledore growing up at the Dursleys and I've been living at Daphne's home when I've not been at Hogwarts for the past six years".
Lily paled "We were paying them". She whispered.
"Daphne "James asked
"Yeah" Harry snerred "Didn't Lily tell you about meeting her after the first task Daphne is my wife the one who I married nearly two years ago under the Family Act and you weren't there".
At that both Lily and James paled
"Were so sorry we weren't allowed to go to your wedding because of Dumbledore ''Lilly said.
"Dumbledore ''Harry said incredulously.
"Yes" James said "You have to understand Harry Dumbledore convinced us that in order to train the Boy-Who-Lived we had to live in seclusion with the only people that weave been in contact with for the past thirteen years being Dumbledore and my friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew".
"Conviced,Conviced"Harry said "Someone else convinced you that it was a good idea to send your own child away".
He also noticed how they referred to Michael as the "Boy-Who-Lived".
"I know "Lilly said "We realize now that we made a mistake and that's why we're coming to you".
"You're coming to me for forgiveness "Harry said "Do you know anything about me like what house i'm in".
Both Lily and James looked quite nervous at that.
"Um,Um"James said.
"I'm in Slytherin "Harry spat "Me and my wife are and is that a problem to you "Remembering stories he had heard about James own time in Hogwarts where he had gotten in many scraps with the Slytherins of the time.
"No of course not Harry, your house wouldn't affect our opinion of you "Lilly said "We would still love you regardless".
Love him.
"You love me, "Harry asked.
"Of course dear we never stopped, "Lilly replied.
Well they sure had a fuck way of showing love.
Deciding not to focus on that he looked to James and asked his previous question "So James what do you think of my house after all both me and Daphne fought against the Death Eaters just as much as anyone else did here today".
James nodded and grinned although to Harry that grinned seemed a little bit forced.
"Of course your house wouldn't matter to me son "He said
"Son "Harry said "Son, Michael Potter is your son and Cyrus and Adeline Greengrass have been more of a father and mother to me in these past few years than you ever have been".
James winced at that.
"Yes we made mistakes "He said "But we aren't responsible for those mistakes we were tricked by Dumbledore into making them".
"Please "Lilly said "Harry we want to get to know you more and our future grandkids".
At that Harry grew angry.
So now that Michael was dead they wanted to get closer to Harry.
He could not tell if what they were saying about Dumbledore was correct or not.
It seemed like something Dumbledore would do although he could not guess why.
It didn't matter though.
Lily and James had cast him aside fourteen years ago and now they wanted him back as if.
Harry didn't notice then but his anger made a little object nearby explode and caused Lily and James to flinch.
"You really think after leaving me at the Dursleys for all those years and not even checking up on me and not being there for me during my Hogwarts Years when I've had to deal with some crazy shit and not being there for my wedding to the love my life and you think that I want you in my life now when you just want to say oops sorry that was Dumbledore's fault please forgive us".
"Well you've got another thing coming and fuck you,fuck you".
During his speech Lilly and James paled although not because of why Harry thought but because unbeknownst to him he had slipped into speaking in Parseltoung in his anger.
"Good day "Harry said, turning around and promptly walking away.
SCENE CHANGE
Rage then soon transformed into sorry.
Ninety Two
Ninety Two people had died during the attack.
They were from Gryffindor,Hufflepuff,Ravenclaw and Slytherin.
Students in all seven years had been killed and people of all ages had died in the attack.
Even Purebloods had died.
If that was really the purpose of the Death Eaters with their attack in wiping out the Mudbloods then they had done a bad job in doing it.
The reality of the Battle and what Madame Bones had said resonated now.
They were at war.
A war where anything could happen and where they would be facing the forces of a melomaniac.
Merlin help them all