Chapter 23: The Start Without Dumbledore
Harry was looking down at the list of potion ingredients that Ginny gave him for school supplies. He knew it was too dangerous to go into Diagon Alley so he went to the potions supplies in Marauder Manor. Ginny was in the office ordering four sets of books that were on their list for herself, Harry, Draco and Daphne. The other two were most likely in Draco's office either reading requests, writing orders, signing bills, looking at the army's funding, creating new spells or getting more warriors. Probably the last two because Harry knew that Voldemort would get thousands or maybe even millions of people from all over the world to his cause. When Harry finally finished getting all the supplies he left the room and gave Narcissa the supplies for her to pack.
She would do a lot of things in the house while Perla and Sirius were off in America leading an expeditionary force to get the help from Harry's contacts in America. While they were doing that he also had other trusted individuals getting the support of other people. A few hours ago a brown great horned owl gave Harry a coded message from Sirius. He quickly decoded it and it told him that they literally had the support of the American Ministry as well as the Canadian and Mexican ones.
After Lucius died, Draco, his mother, Daphne and Daphne's family moved into the Manor. The house elves were happy with the extra people that lived there. Harry also wanted them to move in with them for safety reasons after the house of Greengrass declared an alliance with the British Legion. The British Corps was the army that Harry led after making it an army instead of an alliance between Pureblood houses.
Harry walked up the grand stairs and entered Draco's office where Draco was writing a piece of parchment while Daphne had a decoding book that only the Elite knew of. Harry walked behind Draco and looked down at the parchment he was writing, then looked over to the message Daphne intercepted and was decoding."How is it going?" Harry asked with a smile as Ginny entered the room.
Draco looked up from his parchment then answered,"20,000 American witches and wizards are arriving at the North Port. 50,000 muggle soldiers were also promised to arrive in Glasgow in two days. It's the day after we get back to Hogwarts."
"Why only in Scotland?" Daphne asked in confusion as Harry adopted a grim expression."What happened?"
"I recently got word from Susan that Voldemort began the revolution and he has Wales and Cheshire under his direct control. We control Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland and Durham. The muggle Ministry controls the rest but Voldemort is pushing into muggle land. Sirius told me that America's Ministry is on our. Same with Canada and Mexico. So expect more soldiers to arrive in North Port." Harry said with a weak smile.
"What are you guys leaving? What exactly is North Port?" Ginny asked with a stern look that said she wouldn't stop until she got the answer.
"Instead of just fighting all over the country, it's an actual war with occupied land. North Port is the port that I made to receive troops, money, support and regular human needs like food and water. It's north of Camp Glasgow. Which is where our training camp is. Our biggest military base is north of Perth. It's called the North Base because it's right next to North Port." Harry explained with a sad expression. The rest all looked shocked at the new stage of war but all they could do was fight. They couldn't fall to the reign of Voldemort.
"Um, Harry, you should look at this." Daphne said as she thrusted the decoded message into Harry's hands.
We're marching into Lancashire, my Lord. We will arrive there in five days. Once we're there we will begin our offensive into Cumbria. On day 6 we will be in the middle of Lancs. Our allies have arrived. Our forces are larger than the British Corps
Corban Yaxley
"They'll begin the offensive into Cumbria in seven days, a week from now. The Americans, Mexicans and Canadians are arriving in two days. We have to train them for 5 days then we will set off and meet the death eaters on the border between Cumbria and Lancashire." Harry said as he pulled out a map of the British Isles.
"That's what is worrying me." Daphne said with a sad smile.
"What will muggles do? I mean…they are going to be killed instantly by the death eater. They also don't have magic." Ginny asked with a frown.
"I realized that fighter jets are pretty good against death eaters. There is no spell to take them down so either they don't do anything or they get anti-aircraft artillery. That is very unlikely as they hate anything that has to do with muggle. I was thinking of training them to be pilots for us." Harry explained with a nod.
"We don't have planes. The only planes we have we seized from the airbase here after we took control of Scotland." Draco said in confusion at what Harry had said.
"Don't worry. I have people designing the world's best planes. We're going to have 60,000 by the time they arrive. We have 10,000 extra for Canada and Mexico." Harry said with a smile. His smile quickly became a troubled look."Ginny what happened?"
"The muggle British Ministry is going to fight us and the death eaters to stop all wizarding wars. The rest of the muggle world disagrees with them except France. France is currently sending weapons to the muggles. That means more tanks to fight." Ginny answered with a worried expression.
"Don't worry we have Horntails." Daphne said with a soft voice. Somehow when she uses that voice it calms people like the Phoenix song.
"I guess you're right. I'm just worried." Ginny said with a sad face.
Kings Cross
They were all walking into Kings Cross with wands drawn. They were being extremely vigilant and they were aware of their surroundings. Earlier they received a message telling them that muggles are marching in Cumbria from Yorkshire. They were about to get into platform 9¾ when a family stopped them.
"Are you guys the people fighting death eaters?" The man said with a worried expression.
"Yes we are, why?" Harry asked while exchanging looks with the others.
"There are some people torturing other people." The woman said while the one kid looked scared.
Harry rolled up his sleeve to reveal his tattoo. He pressed the Griffon which brought 10 order members to him."There are death eaters in the area. Hunt and kill them. Don't leave anyone alive after what they're going to do in Cumbria." Harry ordered with a stern voice that said no arguments.
"Cumbria?" Kingsley asked
"They're marching on Cumbria. We'll have American soldiers tomorrow." Harry explained
"So Sirius got the Americans on our side?" Moody asked
"Yes and Perla got Canada and Mexico to our cause. Arguably one of the most magically powerful countries because of the Mayans and Aztecs." Harry said
"All right let's go." Kingsley said while nodding to the family before leaving.
"Thank you." The man said.
"No problem. We have to get to school though." Daphne said with a smile. The kid looked on the verge of tears and was extremely frightened. When Ginny saw this she immediately rushed forward and hugged the little boy while whispering soothing words in his ear.
"She looks like she's good with kids." The woman said with a small smile.
"She is." Harry told them while looking at his wife in happiness. He was also thinking about what a future with her would be like. Ginny picked up on his thoughts and smiled.
Once the kid looked calm Ginny released him. They said goodbye to the family before going through the barrier. It was strange because it was the first time Perla or Sirius wouldn't be there. Narcissa Black and Lord and Lady Greengrass were there as well. After Lucius' death Narcissa changed her name back to Black and Draco did the same. They all heard a whistle. They bolted to the door that led into the Marauder's compartment.
Once the train started taking off they waved at the adults that now lived at the Manor. They stopped waving as Kings Cross stopped being visible. Harry pulled out a parchment that he was sent and began reading.
Dear Lord Potter
The aircraft are ready for service. We are currently refueling them and moving them to the hangers for when the muggles get here. We have the magical training courses ready so now we're just waiting for them to arrive. We expect you, Lady Potter, Lord Malfoy and Lady Greengrass to arrive at 7 am. You don't have any classes so be there on time. The volunteers will arrive at 8 am.
Head of Production, Amelia Bones
"We have to be at North Port by 7 am." Harry said as he put the message away.
"Let's hear what the Americans are saying through the radio." Draco said as he pulled out a radio from his trunk.
"Fleur and Viktor are arriving at North Port as well with French, Norwegian and Bulgarian soldiers." Daphne said as she showed them a coded message."Same time as the North Americans."
"Alright." Harry said while Ginny nodded as Draco turned on the radio.
When they turned the radio on they heard the voice of the American president.
"People of America. We are sending soldiers to help fight the forces of evil in Britain. The Magical Ministry is sending American witches and wizards to Scotland to fight. Americans, soldiers or not, you contribute to this war. Fellow Americans that will be shipped to Scotland, farewell. You are lucky to be trained by the Elite soldiers of Scotland. Fight with pride. Die with honor because we are Americans." The muggle president said through the radio.
"Damn it. Now I have to give a speech about pride and honor at North Port." Harry said with a sigh and frown. Daphne laughed mockingly,"Don't laugh." Harry said sternly.
"It is funny though." Ginny said with a smile before she kissed him to silence him.
"Find a room." Draco muttered in disgust.
"I guess we'll just have to make another room in the compartment." Harry joked as he pulled out his wand.
"No, don't!" Draco yelled as he lowered Harry's wand arm.
"Fine." Harry said with a smile.
The Great Hall
Harry and Ginny sat down at the Gryffindor table while Draco and Daphne sat at the Slytherin table. Harry looked over to the other houses and saw that they looked mutinous except for a few people that looked annoyed or sad. Corner and Diggory especially. Harry noticed that Draco and Daphne saw this too. They all smirked as Harry noticed the two looking at him and Harry rolled up his sleeve and acted like he was about to touch it which would call in the British Magical Corps or BMC. When the two saw it they paled and looked away while looking at the other students from their houses.
Harry looked up to the head table and saw Minerva sitting where Dumbledore used to sit. Harry became very annoyed when he saw Umbridge. After a quick destruction of her weak occlumency shield he found out that she was there to take control of the school and try and stop Scotland from arming themselves. Harry knew this wouldn't work because you probably wouldn't be able to stop 80,000 people from North America from getting to North Port. To Harry he found it quite amusing that she thought she could do that.
After everyone finished eating the plates were cleared of food scraps. Mcgonagall stood up and walked to the lectern which caused the hall to quickly become silent. Minerva cleared her throat then began speaking."I am now the headmistress of Hogwarts. Professor Dumbledore was killed during the destruction of the Ministry. He wouldn't want you to mourn for his death. He would want you to be happy during this time of darkness. I have a few announcements to make. The Forbidden Forest is forbidden, I thought the first years should know that and so should a few older students." Minerva said as she looked at the twins with red hair that were trying their best to look innocent."No magic in the halls and Mr. Filch has once again reminded me to tell you that there is a list of banned items. If you want to see it you can look at his door. Now that you are fed, get to bed."
"First years with us!" Ginny yelled as she and Harry stood up and led the first years to the Gryffindor common room as they were prefects. When they were outside the portrait hole they turned around to answer any questions they had.
"Any questions?" Harry asked as many hands went up.
"Yes?" Ginny asked as she pointed to a boy with blonde hair.
"Are you really Harry Potter?"
"Yes I am," Harry said,"Yes?"
"Do you really have an army?"
"Yes, I have an army of a few hundred thousand." Harry said with a nod.
"Are there any questions that don't have to do with Harry?" Ginny asked, amused as the rest of the hands fell.
"The password changes every month. The new password is posted the day before it changes on the bulletin board." Harry said as he opened the portrait hole and entered with the first years and Ginny."The dormitories are up those two stairs. If you need help then contact the 6th and 7th year prefects if it's night because me and Ginny don't actually sleep here in the tower." Harry said as he left with Ginny to go to their suite.
