A/N: I dedicate this to my long lost (but found) friend Robyn and ever
friendly Sammy. Kim (Starlight) and Princesshalh have suddenly gone out of
touch. Why are you missing in action? And greetings to Harry's Mum Lily for
Staff of the
"Very well. I see no reason to keep this away from you anymore, Harry. A
Magical Emit, Harry, is something like reaching adulthood magically. It
normally happens around your teen years and happens to everyone. See, when
young you do not possess all the magical energy you are destines to. I think
its nature's way of keeping both the child's and the public safe. A child who
has no control over his or her magic could do a lot of damage involuntarily. So
part of his magical aura is kept in an unknown location where it is brought
back to the host when he comes of age. Usually around fourteen. This process is
literary goes unknown with the exception of powerful wizards. This process
could be rather painful since they will be absorbing a very large chunk of
magical aura. I was expecting this to happen sooner or later but was rather astounded
by the ferocity of your magical emit. I had never witnessed anything of that
nature. But nothing to worry Harry, it says all the more reason you will grow
up to become a great wizard. I know you do not believe a single word I am
saying because you're too modest to do so. But the next few days of course will
speak for themselves. I think we shall see a new height in your magical
abilities" finished Professor Dumbledore as the both of them arrived at the
Gryffindor Common Room.
Harry
had gotten a very long and informative description about the magical emit from
professor Dumbledore. So that was what had entered him. What he had felt enter
him was his own magical strength. But the most surprising part of the
explanation was when professor Dumbledore had said that he had never seen such
a large magical emit. It just meant he was magically powerful, but surely A man
with such expertise and so old surely would've witnessed a bigger magical emit.
According to Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Wizarding card professor Dumbledore
was nearly One-Hundred-And-Sixty years old. He nearly started all over the
floor with laughter thinking about what it would be to be the most powerful
wizard in almost a century. Dumbledore had done a good job this time in pulling
his leg. As he silently shook with laughter as the Portrait Portal opened up
revealing the Gryffindor Common Room.
Harry
suddenly felt being pulled into the common room by several dozen pairs of
hands. As he was pulled into the Common Room, several concerned called out.
"Harry! You kept us so worried!"
"Harry! Are you alright?"
"Harry! What was it?"
He was just about to answer when he
started to feel something very very heavy on top of his hands. He had to take a
step back to keep from falling onto the common room floor. He quickly looked
down and saw a Ginny with red eyes filled with tears from crying. She was
literary sitting on top of his hands and had her hands around his neck and was
still crying onto his shoulder. Even though he felt terrible seeing someone
crying, especially Ginny, he felt extremely glad deep down that there were
people who cared about him. People who would worry about him. He quickly
shifted weight and stabilized him self. He then stood their standing waiting
for Ginny to cry out for her hearts content. He just had a sudden urge just to
do that. To stay there allowing her to rid her sorrows on him and to comfort
him. The others had quickly backed away and were staring at him and Ginny with
an awe expression and one with sympathy. He imagined it would seem very
sentimental to the others. But he had no urgency to stop it. He wanted her to
rid her sorrow on him and that he did. After several minutes staring at Harry
and Ginny the rest of the common room including Professor Dumbledore settled
back into seats except for Ron and Hermione who were still staring at him as if
waiting for him.
It
took more than an hour for Ginny to stop crying, by which time Harry's entire
t-shirt shoulder was wet from her ears, and to look up at him. She now wore a
very beautiful smile and he returned it. Ginny got off him and sat down on a
close by armchair. Harry too sat down next to her and in an instant Ron and
Hermione had joined them. All four of them just stared at each other for a
second before Ron said "I thought Ginny would never get off of you Harry" where
Harry expected he and Ginny to blush furiously but was surprised that none of
them did nothing even remotely connected to blushing. Both of them somehow
couldn't seem to blush. It almost seemed as if their hearts told them that
there was no reason to be blushing. After moments silence it was Hermione who
spoke out.
"Harry what happened to you?" she asked now with her voice filled with
anxiety.
Harry
thought for a moment. He thought about the dream, the most dreadful nightmare
he had ever felt and then about the painful magical emit he went through. He
could tell about it to his friends. Dumbledore had not prohibited him from
telling about the events. At last he could tell his friends what happened, just
like the old times. Once he started explaining, there were several gasps. Most
of them were from Ginny, who hadn't unlike Ron and Hermione witnessed
everything he had gone through. But there were times even when Ron and Hermione
couldn't hold back their gasps. Once he finished Hermione started to mutter to
herself or at least it was what he thought she was doing.
"A Magical Emit? But it was too sever. Your not
even suppose to feel a thing. That means the magical emit was hundreds, even
thousand times stronger. But… But…. It's not possible. Is it...?" she kept on
going. Finally Harry moved his attention away from her.
He
had many things in his mind now. He turned his head towards Professor
Dumbledore. Many things had changed in the last two days. His whole life. But
he knew it was coming. He them snapped it towards Sirius. Why didn't he know
about his new ranks? Then finally towards his so-called protectors. He had to
get to know them better. He actually didn't know most of their names. There was
Professor Snape who had somehow undergone a complete personality change over.
That much was clear. There was Mad Eye Moody. He knew many things about the
man, but his personality was still one that was unknown to him. The Mad Eye
Moody he had got to know last year turned out to be a fake. A death eater
plotting his death. May be Malfoy was right. The whole world seems to be
spinning around him. He didn't like it one bit but he had no control. But right
now he had a mission to complete. Tomorrow or is it today, Minister…. Mr. Fudge
would reorganize the Ministry for a meeting here at Hogwarts. He didn't know
why but he no longer hated Fudge for his stunt earlier. He had no idea what he
was supposed to do when the Ministry got here. He had to think. There was the
resistance, which had to be organized, but he had no idea how. According to
Dumbeldore he had to learn advance magic this year. He might not even have time
to go to class. But he had. Otherwise when will he have time with Ron and
Hermione? Will he have even one bit of free time? He wished times would change.
Times when his biggest worry was tomorrow's homework or quidditch match. Even
then, his life wasn't normal. Not with the early plot of Voldemort. But now, it
was worse and even more he didn't have anyone to help. He was asked not to tell
Ron and Hermione. The two people who had been with him in times of good and
bad. His family.
"HARRY!!!!!"
Harry
quickly snapped his head back to see nearly the whole common room staring at
him and a very annoyed Ron and Hermione.
"Harry! Are you all right? Why were you staring
into thin air? You didn't seem to be in this world?" asked Hermione in a
concerned voice.
"Uh… Just thinking about something…. Nothing…
Really!" Harry stammered.
Everyone
went back to their work after that, except for Ron, Hermione and Ginny who
stared at him with a you-are –up to-something look. He had to be careful now.
Otherwise he was going to get caught.
It
seemed that he had been unconscious for several ours and had woken up at dawn.
They chatted till it was time for breakfast and then suddenly Harry was once
again surrounded by the Protectors. He made a mental note to talk with them and
get to know them later in the day. Once at breakfast, a familiar site replayed
it self. The owls coming in. It was very familiar in fact. Thousands of owls
fluttered into the Great Hall just like it used to when school was in progress.
But there were not many students. Only a handful of people. Harry wondered who
would be getting so much mail until he realized that most of the owls were
flying in the sole tables direction.
Harry didn't know what to do. Several Hundred
owls were flying at him. He could do nothing but duck under the table. He saw
that the others too were doing the same. Some, including Professors had cast a
protection charm from being injured by the enormous quantity of owls. There was
screeching and scratching every where and after several seconds Harry heard the
Owls taking flight once more and he got out from under the table. The whole
tabletop and the floor around was filled with letters and parcels. The others
were still getting out from under the table and Harry bent down and picked up a
letter. Who could be getting so much mail?
Harry Potter,
British Minister Of Magic.
Said the letter and had an emblem underneath he
couldn't figure out. But something had to be done. Him being the temporary
Minister of Magic was suppose to be a secret but anyone who saw any of the
front of the letters would find it out. He quickly put the letter into his
robes but there were still several hundred if not thousand still out there. He
could not hide all of them in time. He looked around and to his relief only
Professor Dumbledore had any of the letters in hand. He looked at Harry and
smiled with his usual twinkle and pointed his wand at the pile of letters. Just
as he finished muttering some words, the pile instantly disappeared. Only three
or four were left. He bent down to pick the left but saw they weren't addressed
but one for Ginny, one for Hermione and Ron and another for Arabella Figgs.
Harry sighed in relief. Dumbledore had hidden his letters and he was thankful
for it. The others had come out and were looking around in amazement.
"Who could be getting so much mail? And where
did the mail go?" asked Ron scratching his head confused.
"Mr. Weasley the Mail has been transferred to
where it belongs. No longer will the mail to the Ministry come into the Great
hall" announced Dumbledore and sat down on the Table. The others followed and
Ron Kept on Muttering.
"Why would the Ministry mail come here?"
"Obviously Ron something must have gone wrong"
replied in a matter of fact tone.
It
was normally Harry, Ron and Hermione who will be searching for answers, but now
Harry knew the answers and was trying to hide the questions from Ron, Hermione
and the others. He was thankful Dumbledore was one of the people knew about the
whole thing. He would never get through this, if he didn't have Dumbledore with
him.
The
rest of breakfast was literary uneventful. But at the end of breakfast
Dumbledore bent down and whispered in his ear to follow him out of the Great
hall. Harry nodded and got up from the table at the same time as Dumbledore and
followed him out of the Great Hall.
"Are you
taking where I am assuming you are, professor?" asked Harry.
Dumbledore
stopped in his tracks and turned towards Harry and stared at him with his
blazing blue eyes.
"Yes. With responsibility comes work, Harry" he
said and turned and started to walk again.
Dumbledore
turned around many corners and climbed and descended many staircases and
finally after some time Harry found himself in a wing of Hogwarts he had never
been to.
Finally
Professor Dumbledore came to a stop. Harry too stopped and looked around. This new
wing of Hogwarts that Dumbledore had brought him in to was completely deserted.
The corridor walls too were completely plain except for a blue colored door
that Professor Dumbledore was standing in front of. He smiled at Harry and
reached to the golden doorknob.
"This Harry is your command center. This room
and wing was built especially for you. This room is the new Ministry of Magic"
he said opening the blue door. Professor Dumbledore placed two hands on his
shoulders and guided him into the room. The room was magnificent.
There
interior theme was a navy-blue color and the entire room was outlined with
shiny golden metal strips. The room was very large. It was almost the size of
the Great Hall except for the fact that the whole room was partitioned with
blue three feet tall partitions. Above each partitioned room there was a sign
hanging from the ceiling above saying different departments like Department of
Magical Law Enforcement and Department of Magical Games and Sports. The
furniture on the other hand was made out of pure oak. This was an awesome
sight. He couldn't help but grin. Who ever hand designed and finished this room
was talented. He had a slight idea who could be so skilled. Of course that very
man was right next to Harry.
"This is wonderful Professor" Harry finally
said.
"I am Happy you like it. It was only done in
several hours" he replied now smiling even more broadly.
Harry
knew Professor Dumbledore was commonly known as the most powerful warlock
around but now he had seen another aspect of him. His creative mind. Something
many witched and wizards lacked.
Professor
Dumbledore led Harry into the room and guided him to the other end of the large
partitioned room. Harry looked around. The partitioned rooms looked just like
normal offices. They even seem to have work loads and quills with ink bottles
on top of the desks. He was surprised. For a room that was created in several
hours, this was amazing. It almost looked as if who ever created it had created
it for immediate use. Of course! They'd have to start working soon. He didn't
know exactly what that did but the ministry had to restart work. They had to
protect the magical community from Voldemort. Most importantly for him, he had
to lead the ministry since Fudge had appointed him as the new temporary
minister of magic. He suddenly remembered something.
"Sir, has Fudge organized the ministry meeting
yet?" he asked.
Dumbledore
stopped and turned towards him. He then slightly bent down to come in eye level
with Harry.
"Nice of you to bring it up. I was about to
tell you that the ministry will be arriving here in to this room at five in the
afternoon today. You shall have to address them all Harry but do keep in mind
that the ministry has many of Voldemort's spies or direct supporters. We cannot
identify or prove anything, yet, so don't reveal too much in public. We must
organize a private meeting for those who we can trust for sure. But now I think
you'll have some work to do. I think I'll give you a helping hand since there's
so many of them" he said and straightened up. And started walking towards the
end of the room once again.
"So many of what, Professor?" Harry asked.
What
was Dumbledore going to help him with? He was slightly feeling embarrassed
since Dumbledore was thinking he couldn't manage something by himself. Surely
he could manage by himself. Dumbledore came to a stop at a fully covered room,
unlike the low partition of the other rooms, and reached for the doorknob.
"Oh… Minister's of Magic tend to get a large
amount of mail" was all he said before opening the door.
Harry
stepped into a very glamorous room. It had completely a different interior
unlike the rest of the ministry room. It looked just like… Professor
Dumbledore's office. His most favorite room in Hogwarts. His eyes moved to the
desk in the center of the room. There was a shiny brass sign which had black
engraved lettering. It read,
Minister of Magic, Harry
Potter
So
this was his office. He felt awkward having his own office still being only a
student. No. He wasn't just a student. He was many things now. He was leading
the resistance against Voldemort, was the Minister of Magic. Too bad he
couldn't tell anyone. But they'll know that he was the minister, how can they
fide that?
"Sir, won't they find out that I'm the Minister
of magic. You can't really hide something like that" he said.
Dumbledore
smiled at him and once again gave out one of those new pride smiles he gave him
here and there.
"No. Harry it won't be a problem. Only the
Ministry workers will be told the identity of the Minister and they too will be
forbidden to speak it out. We shall perform a charm to stop them from revealing
it to any unauthorized persons. If it is breached we shall perform a memory
charm. Other than that to the public, the new minister of Magic will be
anonymous for security reasons."
Harry
nodded. He knew this was not going to be easy. But he had to. He felt it as if
it was his duty. He didn't like it one bit but he wasn't going to walk away
from any of his duties. No matter how hard they were.
"And what were you going to help me with
Professor?" he asked once again feeling a little embarrassed.
"Oh yes! I thought of helping you with the
mail" he said pointing into the room.
Harry didn't quite get it until he followed
Professor Dumbledore's hand into the room. There was a small mountain of
envelopes. The once from breakfast.
"Never got so much mail I suppose" Dumbledore
said laughing out loud and guided him towards the desk. "We'll have to go
through all of these Harry. I'll help you. Most of them aren't that important
but we must go through all of them."
Harry
nodded and started to pick up envelope by envelope while Professor Dumbledore
did the same. Professor Dumbledore of course was much faster than Harry like he
was use to this. Of course he was Hogwarts headmaster. He must be getting quite
a bit of mail too. Most of them contained complaints about variety of matters
which Dumbledore asked to sort into a pile since their was a different department
for answering different complaints and some were for department heads and
ministry workers from senders who thought it would be a good idea to send it to
the minister himself and then get it delivered from there on to their actual
sender. He was asked to sort them to another pile to be given to the ministry
Clarke whose job was to distribute the mail. After mail for those two groups
were sorted there was not even half a dozen envelopes left. Those were the
actual mail he was suppose to get. But those six envelopes alone were enough to
make Harry dizzy for several minutes. Each one required him to think very hard
for several minutes. Dumbledore advised him but never made the actual
decisions. He had to make six very important decisions in all six letters.
One
was from an undercover auror who had said he had some knowledge about
Voldemort's hide out and whether he should go there and join in as a spy. But
he had also stated the risk of doing so. If he was caught he would be killed
instantly and he would have to go in alone out of ministry hit wizard's help.
He consulted Dumbledore but Dumbledore insisted it was Harry's choice. Finally
after giving it many thought he wrote back to the auror saying it was too
dangerous with the ministry in chaos and that to wait till he was informed that
the ministry is ready. The others too were of similar importance. One from
Azkaban guards saying that the Demontors have started to rebel a bit and four
others from other ministry heads regarding important issues to the ministry. He
resolved the ministry head issues with help from Dumbledore but had to give a
lot of thought and had to consult Dumbledore often when it came to the Dementor
issue. He remembered Dumbledore asking Fudge to remove them but he had refused
then. This time Dumbledore requested Harry to do as he asked and to disband the
Dementors from Azkaban. Harry agreed and replied with his reply to disband them
immediately. When he questioned Dumbledore about who was to replace them he
asked Harry to consult the other ministry department Head's at the meeting.
Finally the mail had been sorted and replied. And Dumbledore suggested they
head down for lunch since it was time. Just as they exited the blue door Harry
turned to Professor Dumbledore.
"Sir, to attend the meeting at five, I don't
think I remember the way to this wing and room" he said once again feeling a
little embarrassed about it.
Dumbledore laughed out saying "Oh that was
because I took confusing turns to avoid Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger who were
following us"
Harry started to laugh out like Professor
Dumbledore.
"To get to this wing there's a new knight next
to the gargoyle to my office. Just step on the knight's foot to open this door"
he said walking in front of an empty portrait and waved his hand in front of
it.
Instantly
the Portrait created a porthole to the corridor where Professor Dumbledore's
office was.
When
Harry and Professor Dumbledore entered the Great Hall for lunch, the rest were
already there. They got some curios stares from all of them. Especially Ron and
Hermione. Harry silently sat down on the empty chair between Ron and Hermione.
Ron and Hermione were amazingly silent but after lunch while they headed up to
the common room, Ron brought up the topic.
"You and Dumbledore stayed where ever you were
for a long time" he commented.
"Hmm…" was all Harry said. He didn't want to
lie to his best friends. Not more than he had to.
"So where were you?" asked Hermione
"Uh… Around Dumbledore's office" he replied
praying they won't press the topic anymore. But his prayers weren't answered.
"We went up to Professor Dumbledore's office
but you two weren't in there" she said in a matter of fact tone.
Now he had to lie. A big lie.
"I said we were around his office. Not in it. We
were taking a walk. He just advised me about being safe" he lied.
"But-" continued Hermione. But he quickly
interrupted her by saying he wanted to go to the washroom and ran in the
bathroom's direction before they could question him any longer. How was he
suppose to keep this up?
The
rest of the evening he stayed away from everyone, exploring the castle alone.
Finally it was five' o'clock and he headed to the knight next to Dumbledore's
office. Once he got to the new wing by stepping on the knight's foot he didn't
find it hard to find the blue door. But before he could open it, Professor
Dumbledore opened it.
"Harry I want you to stay out here until I call
you. I must first perform the charm" he said
Harry nodded.
Once
Dumbledore entered he got close to the door to hear what was going on inside.
"Before I introduce the new Minister of Magic I
must perform the keeper's tongue charm. Any one who doesn't want to do so must
exit this room immediately" said Dumbledore's voice and after several silent
seconds "Very well" said Dumbledore and muttered something which was followed
by a bright flash.
"Now Minister, you may enter" he said but all
of sudden Harry felt nervous. Just like he did right before a match. He was
going to address most of
A/N: Again Sorry about the Cliffy. It gives
this story momentum just like the gaps in between chapters do. But I'm sorry
about the long gap. I had sort of a Writer's Block. Any how the story is now
flowing and this chap moves the story to a new era. An interesting era. Review
with anything. I like to have at least 250 by chapter twenty if updated. It's a
milestone you know. Do review. Next chap up soon.