Harry Potter and the Dark Lord's Castle
Godric's Diary
Harry was losing control of his mind in Voldemort's prison. For Harry, each hour was like the one before it, each day was the same as yesterday, there was no end to his madness. The images in his mind were also changing, the worst moments of his life were replayed, but some of them now had different endings, his worst nightmares were coming true. The images in his mind showed Ron and Hermione dying trying to get the Sorcerers stone, Ginny dying in the chamber of secrets, Sirius getting the Dementors kiss, and finally Himself dying at Voldemort's hand. Harry supposed that this was how the Dementors made you go insane, this information didn't help him any though. Harry's one thought that wasn't adulterated was the thought that there was someone in Azkaban who was going to try and rescue him.
Harry spent his days cowering in the corner of his cell, trying to get out of range of the Dementors. He barely slept and had gotten even skinnier than he had been because he was only eating enough to survive. He had been keeping tally of how many days he had been in there; the tally now showed twenty-two marks. It had been twenty-two days since he had seen the sun, or talked to a living soul. Harry laid down of the floor and wondered why there had been no attempted rescue, didn't anyone care if he was a prisoner. That was his last thought as he drifted off in to a nightmare filled sleep.
Back at Hogwarts...
"The time for our attack has come," Dumbledore was saying as the door to his office opened and two men walked through the door. Dumbledore looked at them, but continued with his speech. "Harry has been at the mercy of Voldemort for more than three weeks, Fudge refuses to believe he has been kidnapped and will do nothing to help us. We know that Voldemort is holding him prisoner at Azkaban, we have two spies that are here to ensure that we can rescue Harry. The two spies have just walked in, many of you know them and I hope you will be open minded to both of them. They have both told me, under the power of Veritaserum that they have left Voldemort. Please welcome in to our circle, Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape. Severus has been working for our side for many years while Lucius has recently joined our side; we are here today to induct them in this ancient order. I call to order this meeting of the Order of Phoenix."
Dumbledore looked around the room at the members of the order, many he had not seen since the order had been disbanded, two weeks after Voldemort disappeared. Looking around the room he saw, professors' McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout. He also saw Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Arthur Weasley, Arabella Figg, and others. The order quieted down and Dumbledore, as the head of the organization stood up.
"We need to combine our strengths and work together if we are going to defeat Voldemort and rescue Harry. As you may know, there is only one person alive with the powers to match Voldemort. For those of you who don't know his potential, the answer is Harry Potter."
At these words the people seated around Dumbledore broke in to whispers, they had heard rumors of the power if the Potter boy, but they had no idea he was powerful enough to not only survive against Voldemort but to defeat him. Arthur Weasley stood up to ask a question.
"What about you, Albus, many say that your powers rivaled those of Voldemort at his height of power. He is no longer at his height of power, can you not defeat him?"
Dumbledore's face looked much older than usual as he answered the question,
"Arthur, look at me, I'm old, I'm in no position to fight Voldemort alone, there are only one person who can defeat him now. If we lose Harry Potter I'm sorry to say that we have probably lost the war."
The entire order looked depressed at these words but none more than Snape and Malfoy, they knew that they would be the heart of the plan to rescue Harry. Both of them had been at odds with Harry since his return to the wizarding world and neither of them were particularly happy about risking their lives to protect him. Snape had already written him a letter to let him know that help was out there, that note was about as sentimental as Snape had ever gotten.
The meeting continued for some time, each of the members volunteering names of people that they thought would be loyal members for the order. The meeting ended at around midnight, Dumbledore went to his office and sat at his desk. He began writing letters to his spies and allies, to gather information and support, he wrote to people in the ministry, representatives of all sorts of magical creatures, for werewolves, to centaurs, to mermaid, he also sent letters to the giants asking for support. Dumbledore knew better than anyone did how much support they needed if they were going to rescue Harry, the boy who was the only hope of the world.
Once Dumbledore finished this task he decided that he should gather more information on the subject at hand and the prophecies surrounding the defeat of Voldemort. He found the diary of Godric Gryffindor in his desk and began reading. The diary had been passed down through the Gryffindor Family, James Potter, as the last remaining heir of Gryffindor had left it in his possession before he had died. It was of course written in Middle English but Dumbledore could read it.
The diary told of how Gryffindor had met the other founders, how they had worked together to build Hogwarts and how they had started teaching young wizards. Dumbledore skipped past most of that and stopped on the first day of Hogwarts. At the sorting ceremony Helga Hufflepuff, the seer of the group had had a prediction. It told of how a boy, who Dumbledore believed to be Harry, would defeat a dark lord, who Dumbledore believed to be Voldemort, and would unite the world. Dumbledore had not shared this prediction with many people because he was afraid that it would make them overconfident. Dumbledore knew that the future was always changing and the prediction might be false, he also knew that if Voldemort killed Harry the prediction would also be untrue. As most wizards knew divination was a very imprecise branch of magic and although Hufflepuff was a true seer that did not make the prediction full proof. Dumbledore sat at his desk for hours absorbed in the life of Godric Gryffindor; the diary was very long, as Godric Gryffindor lived to be very old. Dumbledore read over the argument Gryffindor had with Slytherin, Dumbledore knew that this argument had started the rip that threatened to tear the wizarding world apart. After the argument between the two founders each started their own secret orders. Gryffindor started the Order of Phoenix to protect the world from the dark arts, and Slytherin started the dark order, whose goal was to make the dark arts rule the wizarding rule.
Dumbledore went to sleep knowing that the fight that started more than a thousand years ago was going to soon come to an end. If Harry won, the world would once again be united and wizards and muggles would be safe from the dark arts, but if Voldemort won the world would be ripped apart in war. That was why they must sacrifice everything to save Harry Potter. That was why they must attack Azkaban soon.
Godric's Diary
Harry was losing control of his mind in Voldemort's prison. For Harry, each hour was like the one before it, each day was the same as yesterday, there was no end to his madness. The images in his mind were also changing, the worst moments of his life were replayed, but some of them now had different endings, his worst nightmares were coming true. The images in his mind showed Ron and Hermione dying trying to get the Sorcerers stone, Ginny dying in the chamber of secrets, Sirius getting the Dementors kiss, and finally Himself dying at Voldemort's hand. Harry supposed that this was how the Dementors made you go insane, this information didn't help him any though. Harry's one thought that wasn't adulterated was the thought that there was someone in Azkaban who was going to try and rescue him.
Harry spent his days cowering in the corner of his cell, trying to get out of range of the Dementors. He barely slept and had gotten even skinnier than he had been because he was only eating enough to survive. He had been keeping tally of how many days he had been in there; the tally now showed twenty-two marks. It had been twenty-two days since he had seen the sun, or talked to a living soul. Harry laid down of the floor and wondered why there had been no attempted rescue, didn't anyone care if he was a prisoner. That was his last thought as he drifted off in to a nightmare filled sleep.
Back at Hogwarts...
"The time for our attack has come," Dumbledore was saying as the door to his office opened and two men walked through the door. Dumbledore looked at them, but continued with his speech. "Harry has been at the mercy of Voldemort for more than three weeks, Fudge refuses to believe he has been kidnapped and will do nothing to help us. We know that Voldemort is holding him prisoner at Azkaban, we have two spies that are here to ensure that we can rescue Harry. The two spies have just walked in, many of you know them and I hope you will be open minded to both of them. They have both told me, under the power of Veritaserum that they have left Voldemort. Please welcome in to our circle, Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape. Severus has been working for our side for many years while Lucius has recently joined our side; we are here today to induct them in this ancient order. I call to order this meeting of the Order of Phoenix."
Dumbledore looked around the room at the members of the order, many he had not seen since the order had been disbanded, two weeks after Voldemort disappeared. Looking around the room he saw, professors' McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout. He also saw Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Arthur Weasley, Arabella Figg, and others. The order quieted down and Dumbledore, as the head of the organization stood up.
"We need to combine our strengths and work together if we are going to defeat Voldemort and rescue Harry. As you may know, there is only one person alive with the powers to match Voldemort. For those of you who don't know his potential, the answer is Harry Potter."
At these words the people seated around Dumbledore broke in to whispers, they had heard rumors of the power if the Potter boy, but they had no idea he was powerful enough to not only survive against Voldemort but to defeat him. Arthur Weasley stood up to ask a question.
"What about you, Albus, many say that your powers rivaled those of Voldemort at his height of power. He is no longer at his height of power, can you not defeat him?"
Dumbledore's face looked much older than usual as he answered the question,
"Arthur, look at me, I'm old, I'm in no position to fight Voldemort alone, there are only one person who can defeat him now. If we lose Harry Potter I'm sorry to say that we have probably lost the war."
The entire order looked depressed at these words but none more than Snape and Malfoy, they knew that they would be the heart of the plan to rescue Harry. Both of them had been at odds with Harry since his return to the wizarding world and neither of them were particularly happy about risking their lives to protect him. Snape had already written him a letter to let him know that help was out there, that note was about as sentimental as Snape had ever gotten.
The meeting continued for some time, each of the members volunteering names of people that they thought would be loyal members for the order. The meeting ended at around midnight, Dumbledore went to his office and sat at his desk. He began writing letters to his spies and allies, to gather information and support, he wrote to people in the ministry, representatives of all sorts of magical creatures, for werewolves, to centaurs, to mermaid, he also sent letters to the giants asking for support. Dumbledore knew better than anyone did how much support they needed if they were going to rescue Harry, the boy who was the only hope of the world.
Once Dumbledore finished this task he decided that he should gather more information on the subject at hand and the prophecies surrounding the defeat of Voldemort. He found the diary of Godric Gryffindor in his desk and began reading. The diary had been passed down through the Gryffindor Family, James Potter, as the last remaining heir of Gryffindor had left it in his possession before he had died. It was of course written in Middle English but Dumbledore could read it.
The diary told of how Gryffindor had met the other founders, how they had worked together to build Hogwarts and how they had started teaching young wizards. Dumbledore skipped past most of that and stopped on the first day of Hogwarts. At the sorting ceremony Helga Hufflepuff, the seer of the group had had a prediction. It told of how a boy, who Dumbledore believed to be Harry, would defeat a dark lord, who Dumbledore believed to be Voldemort, and would unite the world. Dumbledore had not shared this prediction with many people because he was afraid that it would make them overconfident. Dumbledore knew that the future was always changing and the prediction might be false, he also knew that if Voldemort killed Harry the prediction would also be untrue. As most wizards knew divination was a very imprecise branch of magic and although Hufflepuff was a true seer that did not make the prediction full proof. Dumbledore sat at his desk for hours absorbed in the life of Godric Gryffindor; the diary was very long, as Godric Gryffindor lived to be very old. Dumbledore read over the argument Gryffindor had with Slytherin, Dumbledore knew that this argument had started the rip that threatened to tear the wizarding world apart. After the argument between the two founders each started their own secret orders. Gryffindor started the Order of Phoenix to protect the world from the dark arts, and Slytherin started the dark order, whose goal was to make the dark arts rule the wizarding rule.
Dumbledore went to sleep knowing that the fight that started more than a thousand years ago was going to soon come to an end. If Harry won, the world would once again be united and wizards and muggles would be safe from the dark arts, but if Voldemort won the world would be ripped apart in war. That was why they must sacrifice everything to save Harry Potter. That was why they must attack Azkaban soon.