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Voldemort was still ranting at the wireless as he heard everyone popping away and out of the Witangemot chamber. He knew of the words from that Longbottom boy. And he knew what the true intention was behind those words. The one thing he did not know was how those two brats knew about it and what to do. He had thought the implication of those words had died so many years ago.

As he screamed on and on, he was also thinking about the attack at the ministry that needed to happen sooner than he thought at first. With Harry and Neville telling them they would only help when they thought the same way it meant something for him. It gave him some opening to get into the ministry sooner. There would not be the friends and the Goblins to deal with. Sure he could take them all but his Death Eaters could not. Now with Bellatrix gone, he was sure they would have another problem.

He kept thinking about Bellatrix. She might not have found Potter and the spell might have gone wrong. But with Narcissa gone he was almost sure that Bellatrix had found Narcissa and together they made a run for it. It did not matter he would get them when he was the Lord of the world.

If he could take the ministry he could stay there, have all their resources and hide, behind their wards. He knew that Potter would not attack the ministry, especially if he would keep the workers there as hostages. So as soon as Malfoywais back he would start to make a plan of attack. Next week when all had saddled somewhat he would have his battle for the ministry.

#*

James had been placed by the window and the only thing he could do was look outside and at the grounds of the Peverell estate. What he saw was something he would not have believed if it was told. He heard them walking away and now he could see they had been right all along. Down at the grounds, he saw more than just an army. He saw everything and everyone. Goblins, Veela and Werewolves. He saw them helping just like the house elves and even Vampires. He also saw Muggles walking between them all and he was standing here nude for all the world to see. His mother had taught her grandson right when he was there, even if it had only been for a couple of hours.

#*

Harry had walked in front as the others followed him outside. When he got to the front door he saw the same thing his father saw. Only he saw the things he had been preparing to gather with his family and friends. There was a steady stream of people walking from the Veela spa to Potter castle. They all were there to help or get help from what was to come. As he looked on he knew that there were a lot of Muggle-borns. Half-bloods. But also a lot of Fullbloods who never followed the Light or Dark side of the Ministry among them. He saw people who had graduated from Hogwarts just last year. But also people who had been living in this world for a long time.

As he looked on he saw the line split up just like he wanted them to. One was for people who only wanted help but do nothing. The other was for helping but not with the fighting and the third was for the war that was coming.

Lily stepped closer to Hermione and just had to ask. "What are you all doing".

Hermione stopped and turned to her. "This is simple. We can't fight the war on our own". Lily raised her eyebrows and Hermione shoved her with her shoulder. "Yes, we can't do it on our own, and yes, we know it". Lily just smiled at her and Hermione went on. Hermione pointed her finger from line to line but she started to point at the Veela spa. "The people who get here have to first say the line they want to be in. If they are not honest, but out to get us. They can't get in and the wards will kick them out. After they get in, they will get a choice. Help us fight, help us with the war or do nothing. If they want to do nothing they will be in the first line and are either shipped out to another country or back home. If they can't fight but want to help they will get into the second line. meaning they will do whatever they can to help from the sideline. Cooking. cleaning, teaching all those things. If they want to fight they will get in the third line doing just that. But that does not mean they have to fight. They could teach it. or do the medical care we might need".

"And that is what is happening here," Lily asked.

"The first choice, yes. But after that, they will be placed where they want or where we need them".

As Hermione was telling her the last thing. Lily saw a very old man taken from the helping line to the fighting line. "Don't tell me he is going to fight, he can bearly stand on his feet".

Hermione looked at the man and frowned herself as she saw him walking with a stick from line to line. "He is not going to fight," Luna said from behind them. "But he will be of great importance to us. He fought in the second world war. The things he knows can help us so much in our fighting and he will be teaching war at Hogwarts. He knows the battles and the way they were won or lost. They are lessened we will need to learn to fight them all".

In the time Hermione and Lily had been talking, the family had slowly started to stand around her and listen in. "So you are really becoming war machines," Isabella asked in a soft and a little hurtful voice.

"We don't want to mom, but we have to," Harry said from behind her. As he took her in a one-arm hug he looked at Lily and held out his other arm. "Mum and dad did it in the first war, but they only did the fighting. We have to learn about war to fight it right. Do we want to? NO. Do we need to, sadly, yes? We have learned the Goblin way but we did not learn to kill. Yes, we can do it, because of it but that was not the intention at the time. We have learned that style of fighting just to show them we didn't think less of them. We never knew Voldemort had another Goblin clan to Attack Bogrod and when he did we had to help them. It is the one thing we are not going to teach any of the others".

Both Lily and Isabella smiled at him and hugged him closer and before they knew it all the friends were hugging them in one big group hug.

#*

When almost half of the members of the Witangemot had popped away. Rufus was just looking at the spot Harry had stood only a moment ago. "Albus, why in Merlin's name did you attack him like that," Rufus screamed at Albus as he looked at the seats that had been blown away by the attack on Potter. "You do know we need him, he has been running the ministry with his side for almost a year now".

"Rufus my boy. I don't think he will be all that important for".

"Stop it, Albus. You know as well as I do we need those kids. I can go on a rampage and I will but I do not have the funds to do it. I do not even have the people to do it. If the stories are true they not only fought Voldemort but they fought a Goblin war. A GOBLIN WAR ALBUS" Rufus screamd. "You know as well as I do that it means you fight to the death until the whole clan is no more. They did it and if I heard it right they were the ones that were fighting the other clan".

"Those are just stories my boy" Albus started.

"No, they are not" A member from the Darkside of the Witangemot said as he walked onto the floor. There were still some members left who had been listening on and this was one they did not suspect. "My family is in the circle of Voldemort. I have been listening to them and I Agree with some of his points. But I'm not a follower. And if I could I would have stepped over to the grey side but my family will not let me. Still, My family has told me they have fought Voldemort and they had fought him to a standstill. He is afraid of them, he does not say it but they can see he is. I heard he is training his followers hard just so they could help him more when he goes against them and Harry. They have also told me that it was true. Voldemort had a Goblin clan who he had placed inside the bank to kill them all. It had been the friends that went to war inside the bank and not Bogrod and his clan. The friends have done a Goblin war, the Goblin way" the member told them directly. "They not only won but they walked away with only some little bruises, scrapes and nothing more".

"You see Albus. If we have them at our side we do have a better chance".

"No my boy we have not. They have become monsters and they have become killers. You have seen how they have killed that sweet girl of Lord Parkinson. But also how they killed Lord Parkinson only a couple of minutes later with a muggle shooter. They have killed Remus Lupin who has been a help with the werewolves for all of us".

Members started to walk away and thought about the way they had stood behind the choice of Albus and Lucius. Rufus might have been the right way to go if they wanted to take the fight to Voldemort. But he was still a choice from Albus and Lucius. It was clear that they had not learned anything in the last couple of years. The friends never did anything to bring them down. The times that it happened had been the work of Albus, Fudge and mostly Umbridge. Now however it had been Rufus and he had seen too late that he had done wrong. "Is there a way we can get the friends back?" One said making most of the members stop walking out of the chamber.

"Well you have heard him tell Rufus to think his way or he will not listen," one of the members said.

"So you want Goblins running this place," Lucius said from the side as he stepped into the middle of the floor.

"Well, it might be the better choice because you sure as hell will not be standing with us when your master is knocking on the front door" another member snapped at Lucius as he pulled his wand.

"People take it easy and think for a moment," Albus said from the side.

"Don't you start that Albus? You have been just as big a part of this, just like Lucius has been. You have been giving everyone second chances while Lucius was breaking the law left and right. He brought it all down for A Lord, who he never served, but is back right now while he is banding over kissing his robe".

#*

The fight went on and Voldemort was listening to it all. He knew he would attack very soon. But if it goes on like this he might do it tomorrow. The new minister has no control and the new Worlock hasn't said a thing from the moment Harry popped away. Voldemort, however, was very thankful that the wireless was still running even if the operator was away, he could still hear everything. The fight was getting heated more and more and he was slowly enjoying it as he waited for the spells to start flying.

#*

James was still stuck by the window looking out to the grounds. In the background, he heard the wireless and everything that was going on. As he listened on he heard that in some way the friends had been right. Albus was stuck in his ways. Lucius was still putting the dark in front of the rest. And the other members were following them until now. Now they wanted the friends to help them but he was sure they would not. Somehow he had to warn them and tell them what was happening. When he heard the arguing going on in the chamber, he knew some would start to come here and ask for their help. When he moved he felt the spell lift and he dropped to the ground. When he got up he looked down and still saw that he was dressed but he did feel naked.

"It is a spell your mum always did to you. When she did we all said your smile was beautiful but you were never naked" Augusta told him as she lifted him up with a spell. With one hand she pointed at the wireless. "We knew this would happen because it is predictable. The friends have been the only ones that took the fight to Albus and the Witenagemot. They also did the Goblin clan war and that raised the respect even more".

"But they will be coming here," James told her.

"We all know and we will be ready for them. They will not find the help they want because we will not just help them. The friends are right when they told us we do it together or we don't do it at all. So when they get here we will be waiting and just see what will happen. The front gate is simple to get to and the house is just an illusion. So they will not see what you have been looking at for the last hour".

It was then Augusta told him everything Hermione had told Lily and the others.

Halfway through her story she heard a pop and looked behind her. There in the middle of the hallway of Potter castle stood Phillipe the head elf of Hogwarts. Augusta looked at him and only nodded at the elf because she knew exactly what he came to tell them. So she sent her Patronus telling the friends that Albus was making his way to Hogwarts.

#*

The fight in the ministry had lasted an hour and a lot of members had walked away. Albus knew he still had to get to Hogwarts just to get his place back at Hogwarts to keep an eye on Harry and the others. So after his talk with Rufus and Amos, he knew he had to do this. They would go to Potter castle while he would go to Hogwarts. When he got to the gates. He saw that they were closed and he was stopped by a house elf when he tried to spell it open. When he lifted his wand at the house elf right after it. Zanita popped up behind the elf and bent the spell back at him. He was just in time to step out of the way or he would have been hit straight on. He was about to open his mouth when Zanita opened the gate. He wanted to step in but was stopped when his stuff was dropped right in front of his feet.

"My. Lady" Albus said. "I'm still the transfiguration Professor".

"No, you are not" sounded a voice from the side.

Albus turned around and looked right into the eyes of Daphne. Next to her was Susan and on the other side Neville. Behind them, he saw Zanita who was now standing there behind them but there was no Harry Potter. How she got there so fast he would never know. But not seeing Harry was troubling him more. Albus looked from side to side but he did not see him anywhere and it unnerved him quite a bit. Normally they could not bring him out of balance but that was when he saw them all together. Now, however, he did not see all of them and that made him more uneasy than it normally would.

"If you are looking for King Hogwarts you just keep on looking. It will not mean you are the transfiguration Professor because you and Snivillus have been sacked" Daphne told him with a smile.

"Professor".

"No more he isn't, he is sacked just like you are," Susan said with her own smile that mirrored Daphne's.

Albus blinked and looked at her. "Severus has my".

"Yes, we know but that does not mean he is not sacked like you are" Neville now told Albus with the same smile Susan and Daphne had.

"You can't" The greater good".

"He had not spoken the last words or Zanita apparated in front of them and between Albus as she lifted her hands. The friends pulled their wands when they saw it. None knew what was happening but it was the one thing they had been talking about just before they got here.

Flashback

James had just been released from his spell and was filled in by Augusta about the things they had done outside. It was when they walked out the friends walked in. Bella had gotten a letter and it did something to them. The thing that was in the latter was shown to the extended friends of the group and the three grandmothers. Before they rushed out Harry stopped and looked at the ones left behind. "Not a word until they are save with us. The life of Albus is between living and death if this comes out".

The family looked at them but none knew what they were talking about. Some tried to ask but the three grandmas only shook their heads. Their looks were of shock but that was all they saw. When the family wanted to go after them Harry turned back to his other friends. "You all keep them here. Curse them, spell them, whatever you need to do, do it. No killing but other than that, everything is okay".

The family looked from the friends to the other friends meaning the members of House Hogwarts. The only thing they could do was take a step back when they saw them pointing their wands at them.

The door closed and Augusta just had to ask. "Are you all sure about this".

"We don't know what to think. Abbaforth has found something out and we do not know if he is right. It is something we have to find out first" Bella told them as she held out the letter Abbaforth had sent them for a second time. "The only thing we now know for sure is that Abbaforth is on his way to his bar. Harry is going there with you three, while we are going to Hogwarts to see what Albus is going to do".

The grandmas still didn't know what the friends were talking about and did what they always did. They just followed them in what they did. Just as they were about to get the Portkey to the bar Bella called out to Harry. "What is the trigger to pull the wands".

"The greater good, tell it to Zanita too. Activate" And all four of them popped away.

Bella and the others had looked at the spot and then back to the letter. "This is the game changer if it is right. We are so fucked or we have an ace in the bag" Before Any of the purebloods could say a thing Hermione said Activate and all of them popped away to Hogwarts.

end Flashback

Albus took a step back as he looked at the wands pointed at him. He wanted to say something but Severus appeared next to him. "Albus can we go in now".

"Looked at what the Troll dragged in," Daphne said as her wand went from pointing at Albus to pointing at Severus. "Like we told the slimeball over there. He is sacked and so are you. You have a master you can return to, and him we do not care about you and him anymore".

"I'm not a follower" Severus screamed.

"We do not care Severus" Daphne snapped. "The last time you threw a killing curse at one of our friends. Now if you did it on purpose or not we do not care. It was one spell too much and we are done. We are done with you, with the old ass and his greater good".

Severus opened his mouth but did not know what to say. He never thought he would lose his job at the castle because this had been the safe place he had for when it would go wrong. He knew Voldemort could snap and if he could get the killing curse. If that happened he would step out of the way and use his Portkey to get back here. "But you can't".

"Yes, we can, and we are doing it," Neville told him. But there is still a little hope. Harry is checking something and it could save both of you. So stay a little and let's see what happens".

Severus looked at Albus and just didn't know what to think about it all. His left hand went to his pocket and felt the second Portkey he always had on his person. It would take him to his house and from there he could apparate somewhere else.

"I don't understand," Albus said as he looked at the wands that were still pointed at him.

Susan gave a wicked smile at Albus. "Let's say it is for the greater good".

#*

Albus had left the Office of the new minister, while Amos and Rufus were looking at him. When the door closed Rufus turned to Amos and shook his head slowly. "Have we been played"?

"Yes, and I think we have been for a long time. Potter could have killed me when I was in his seat. I don't know how he survived the second AK but he did. He gave me a second chance and I do not deserve it at all. While I think about it they had been fair to all of us. I kept on listening to Albus but I had to listen to them. They took us all over the place and always slammed us down when we were about to get up. Just looked at how he warned you and you did not listen".

Rufus blinked but clearly lost the one thing Amos tried to tell him. "How do you mean," he asked.

Amos was now shaking his head. He himself wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed but he had seen some things. So why didn't the new minister see them? As he thought about it a little bit more he knew he just had to explain it all to him, hoping he would understand. "When they threw out Fudge from the Potter home. Potter was protecting the wife of Bogrod. When Fudge went against them with Lucius and Albus by his side. They gave him the chance to do it in his name. He did not and it became the ministry against them all. With Sirius, they did it again by binding all the members of the grey in one unit. At the world cup, they saved all of us or at least brought us to safety. Yes, they did and yes there were no Aurors, not even you. During the Triwizard cup last year they saved us from the dragon and Albus made one drop on the stand killing Remus and four others. With the second task, Potter saved the two girls and Albus did nothing. In the last, he fought Voldemort while Fudge and we, the ministry just didn't want to believe him".

"I know all that" Rufus almost snapped at Amos.

"No, you do not. Hell, I didn't until just a moment ago. Every time Potter and his friends did it for others. They never asked for something in return not once did they ask for something. The ministry against the seven houses asked for money. When it was the other way around they only asked for an Apology. Now they asked us to see it their way and you threw it in his face. They asked us to be open to Goblins, werewolves and other beings. You brushed them off. In the past years, we have been pushing them all away. The Goblins. werewolves and all the others right into the hands of Voldemort. He has made a bridge to get them back to our site and you just threw it to the side. We need him and we need them. Without them, we don't stand a chance and we will not be fighting Voldemort but Potter as well".

It took Rufus almost an hour before he realized what Potter had offered him. Potter could be at his side if he just saw it his way. As he thought more about it Harry had only asked him to see it his way not to do as him. "I think we have to go to Potter castle and see if we can talk to him".

"Them" Amos said.

"Them"?

"Yes, them," Amos told him again. "You never ask something from Potter alone but you ask everyone. They will decide what to do, When we do you better listen to what they want. Or, you will not like it and I have already escaped from the thing Albus has done. If I go against it now I will be dead for sure. They don't kill if they want to but they do if they need to, you have seen and heard it".

Rufus did not hear anything Amos had said. He was thinking of how he could save this and how he could get the help from Potter to become the best minister of magic there ever was.

#*

When Harry and the grandmothers appeared in the Hogshead he went right to the window. In the letter, Abbaforth had told them the bar would be empty. Harry was still having his doubts so he appeared with his wand in his hand ready to attack anything he saw. He did not react as his grandmother called him and just looked at every corner of the bar just to make sure he was alone. When he was satisfied he pointed at a table and sat down. The grandmothers sat down with him and Minerva placed her hand on his. Harry smiled up at her and gave a deep sigh. "Just tell us, Harry. There was something in that letter that set you off. You and all of your group knew or realized something we didn't" Augusta said while Grandmere murmured again. They all just smiled a little. "Still it set you all off and for you to leave Albus to them is a big deal, so tell us".

Harry hung his head and waved his hand. From behind the bar, three glasses appeared with a bottle of fire whiskey and two butter beers. It was then he looked up and gave another deep sigh. "It is a long story with a lot of little things. We had all the things but never the story. Now we have the story but it can go two ways. Zanita can handle Albus. And I can handle Albus right here".

Augusta and Grandmere wanted to say something but Minerva kept them from it. "Just tell us the story and we will go from there. Let's see if we get the same thing you are thinking about or not". Grandmere and Augusta wanted to react again but the look Minerva gave them was the same she would give the students.

"That look is not supposed to work on us," Augusta told her as she looked right back at Minerva who just smiled.

Harry had a little smile and started. "We only had bits and pieces from all the things we had heard and was said. But when I was in the between grandpa Harry told me something none of us knew.

In between Flashback three.

Harry was still looking around himself while Grandpa Potter and grandpa McGonagall were talking to him. When Grandpa Potter said one thing he had his full attention. "You know Harry. Albus never really defeated Grindelwald on his own. We had a standstill in the war to take care of the wounded and bury the dead. It was the one thing Albus had arranged for us all. The one thing we never knew was that Albus was gay. His first and only lover had been Grindelwald. They got in a fight and one badly aimed spell sailed to the left and hit the little sister of Albus. That was the reason they became on opposite sites. Now after it Albus was never the same he was really in love with Grindelwald and to see him losing it like this did a number on Albus". It was now that Harry McGonagall looked over at Grandpa Longbottom. He just gave him a nod to go on.

"On the day of the standstill, Albus had arranged to speak with Grindelwald in secret. Aberford had heard about it and asked us to follow him. Aberford was stronger than Albus just like mine Mini was stronger than everyone I have ever known. But they were not fighters. Now we followed Albus and saw the man try to stop the war by talking. He did not pull his wand because he was just not able to do it. Suddenly Grindelwald pulled his wand and fired on Albus who was pleading at that point".

Harry looked at his Grandfather and saw his mum in his eyes and his red hair. He could see that day had done a battle on him and that he was about to tell it had taken a lot out of him.

"We did what we had to do and jumped in. I have to tell you we were good but Grindelwald was the best at the time He used Dark curses like an Art. You have learned that there is no bad spell but intent. That is right but still, there are Dark curses. Curses that are mainly with the intent to hurt, are seen as dark spells. What you do with it is the Intend and what makes it really dark. Now we gave it our all and almost took him down but in the end, we came up short. It was then Albus stepped in and defeated him. After it, he brought him to Nermungard where he locked him up. Now what he did after it we do not know but we don't think he killed him. A couple of years after it, Albus changed a little and when Voldemort came to the top and another Dark Lord had arisen. But in his style, we saw a lot of the same things we had seen with Grindelwald".

End in between Flashback three.

Minerva had tears in her eyes and Grandmere was Looking at Augusta with doubt. This was a part non knew and only thought of the fight Albus had with Grindelwald. Now they have heard it had been a fight between their husbands and Grindelwald with Albus as the one who finished it.

Harry had stopped for a moment but slowly he started again. "They never corrected the story, because Albus did what he had to do in the end. Just like with me and Voldemort the story took off on itself. Albus had fought Grindelwald and won. I killed Voldemort as a baby. We never corrected it and so it went down as it was told by others".

Minerva had composed herself as she took the hand of her grandson. "Harry McGonagall went down in the starting battles with Voldemort before he was called a Dark Lord. He never told anything about that fight he had with Grindelwald. But I think he was hurt more than we ever knew in that fight. I remember that day because everybody was celebrating just like they did with you and Voldemort. He wasn't home and I never knew where he was. Yes, he had been fighting the war so he was at a battle. This was a part of his fall if you ask me. But what are you thinking right now" Minerva told him.

#*

Voldemort was still pacing from left to right thinking about the next step he had to do. He knew that the ministry was for the taking as long as Albus was doing the thinking for the ministry. "Ah, Lucius what can you tell me," Voldemort said as Lucius walked in.

"My Lord" and Lucius dropped to his knees kissing the robes of his Lord. "You have done well by choosing Rufus as your guy. He has already alienated Potter as an Allie and is clearly throwing the Ministry at your feet".

Voldemort liked it when his people told him he had done well. It wasn't that he didn't know himself but it was always nice to hear that awe in their voices. "Tell me, Lucius, when should I attack the ministry".

Lucius looked up and knew he better answered him right or he would be in a lot of pain. "I would say soon. They will not have the help of Potter and his group. Now I'm not saying you could not take them all. But with Potter out of the way you will have it just that little bit easier".

Voldemort had already lifted his wand. He wanted to attack Lucius when he saved himself by telling, him it would be easier. "You are right we will do it soon. I do not know when but it will be in the next couple of days. so make yourself ready useful and gather everyone that is ready for battle" While Lucius rushed off Voldemort was glad he had Bellatrix whipped them all in shape or he would not have been able to do it this week.

#*

Rufus and Amos had been talking a little while longer about how they would do it. They were still walking as they walked out of the night bus and stepped in front of the Veela spa. Rufus looked doubtful but Amos just dragged him. He had heard from his wife that this was the entrance to the Potter grounds. She had turned away from Albus before he had even seen the things she had seen. Oh yes, she did tell him but he wasn't the sharpest so he just didn't see it until today. A couple of weeks ago she had warned him That Albus had been using them and that she had started to believe Potter. Today he had seen it for himself. He only hoped Potter was not against him all the way. "This is the place. Those are Veela's and they will tell them to get us, just wait and see".

Amos had been right and it only took a couple of minutes before Lily and James were there to take him in. The wife Of Amos had never told him how they would be brought in so it was a surprise they took them by Portkey. It was a small trip so it told them it was only through the wards. Why they could not walk through them was a mystery but they weren't there to judge.

As they reappeared on the grounds they were in shock at what they saw. There in the middle of a clearing were Veela's, Goblins and werewolves. They were working with Witches and Wizards. They did not even notice there were Vampires and Muggles among them. "What is this" Rufus asked.

Lily smiled at James who smiled back at her. The friends had told them the minister would come to them and it would be soon. Not this soon but soon. They knew, the friends, had been right again. So they took him on a walk, to show him what they were doing in preparation. Not all of it but just the taking care part. The training for the fighting was done at Hogwarts, so that would not be seen by them. Lily could not help herself and had to push the knife a little deeper so to say. "What you see here is us working to give shelter and food to everyone who will need it in this war. You might think you can go to battle with Voldemort but you are wrong. You are looking at people who did it three times and got away by luck. The last time and the fourth time had been only a couple of weeks ago and we were saved. We lost that battle and the first minute. It had been the friends who had turned it around for us or we would not be here right now".

When they got to the castle they were led into a side chamber where the whole family was sitting. Amos and Rufus were placed before a half circle of the family and asked what they wanted. Amos tried to place his hand on his arm of Rufus but Rufus just went on before he could stop him. "We wanted to ask if Harry would stand by me, just to show he was behind the ministry".

Half of the family frowned while some just started to laugh. There was a little voice that sounded above everyone else. "Just stop it right here and sent them off. they will not listen".

Both Rufus and Amos looked at the side. There was a little girl looking at them with feathers on her arms. She was the one who said it but none of the adults stopped her or went against her. When they looked behind her they had to swallow. Right behind her were Jean the Franse minister and the Bulgarian minister, even some members of the ICW. Before Rufus could say something Alice spoke up. "We are thinking the same way as the Veela queen. But we just have to make sure. Do you want Lord Potter to stand by you and do nothing? Or are you willing to work alongside Goblins and other magical beings with the friends at your side?"

Amos shook his head at Rufus and nodded at Alice. Alice saw it but did not say a thing. She did make a note to hold him back just to see what he thought himself. Rufus had not seen it and gave a political answer. "We will first fight the war. After it we will work to working to gather and slowly make room for everyone".

"In other words, you will use us and kick us to the curb when the war is done," Luna told him as she walked in with a little bowl of pudding. Rufus opened his mouth but just didn't know what to say.

"As the new minister, you should have known what the old one had done wrong. You as head Auror should have known you do not have the manpower to fight the war. So you will need us harder than we will need you. We do not ask much only that you will work together from now on. It can be done because we have been doing it for a couple of years now. The chief warlock has been here from the first party where we had Goblins attending the dance. He has been there in the Witangemot when we had taken the seats and stood before the werewolves. You have walked to the castle and saw we kept our word and gave them a job. So we will ask again. Will you work together from now on or will you stand alone and condemn the ministry to Voldemort because that is what will be happening and it will be sooner than you think". Tracy told Rufus as she took Luna behind Jean and the Bulgarian minister. Luna had been right but she almost didn't notice it, when she walked into potential danger.

"I'M THE MINISTER OF MAGIC AND I WILL DECIDE WITH WHOM WE WILL WORK OR NOT". Snot popped right next to him and slapped a coin in his hand. A moment later Rufus was gone and dropped in his own office. "Just like Albus said. Potter will only look out for himself and doesn't give a pixy shit about someone else" Rufus murmured as he looked around.

Amos had been shocked when Rufus disappeared from next to him. But was even more shocked when Tracy asked him the same question. After it, she asked him to tell the truth whatever it was. Amos took a deep breath and had to think for a moment. "I don't know but I'm open to seeing what we can do. I have seen you work with them but I'm old and set in my ways. I want to do it but I'm not sure if I can do it as easy as you all seem to do it".

Amos looked on as Lily got to her feet and walked over to him. When she was next to him she held out two things. "This is a Portkey back to your office. This is a Portkey here for you and your family. The friends are giving you a second chance and it is the only second one you will get. You go back and tell everyone that is standing with you they can come here when things turn bad. When they are here they will be asked to help. If not they will be sent on for safety" With those words Amos disappeared and left the family alone.

None said a word but knew this was the last thing they could do for the ministry and to go on with their own plans.

#*

While the three grandmothers were still sitting, Harry started to walk from left to right again. "I have been thinking a lot and after my stay in the between, we had a talk. Yes, we talk too much" Harry said with a smile. None reacted but only smiled back because they would always talk to them after their talk. This time they had not because the time had been too short. "In that talk, we thought Albus had kept Grindelwald alive until now. Abbaforth has found him and killed him. Jean had told us something happened at Nermungard. The top has been blown away and it was the last thing we had heard from Abbafort. Now he gets back so it has everything to do with that".

It was right at that moment that the Floo erupted and a ball of light shot out of it. Harry turned around and threw a table in front of it that he extended to fit the room. One part of the room was filled with a blinding light while they were in the shadow of the extended table. Abbafort stepped in and was shot against the wall where he was stuck. His wand flew from his hand and landed in the hand of Minerva. While he blinked someone else stepped out of the Floo and was shot right next to Abbafort where he was stuck as well. "Keep them there" Harry shouted as he flashed away with Felix who appeared next to him.

#*

Zanita was still standing between the friends and Albus. Snape had walked backwards but was keeping an eye on it all. Albus was still holding his wand and thinking about what he could do. Taking the fight to Zanita would not be a wise choice. Sure she would not fight back but her bending his spells back at him was not an option. She would protect the kids and he would lose from them for sure with her by their side. There was a flash of fire and all of them looked to the side to see Harry appear. Harry dropped to the ground and shouted. "Take him, we have a problem and it has to do with Nermungard".

Albus heard the words and dropped his wand. With his other hand, he grabbed the Portkey in the hand of Snape as he rushed at him. As he activated it, they Popped away to who knows where.

This was it again for this time. See you all in two weeks.

Gr Winmau