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Rowling.
Authors Notes: Thanks for all the reviews. Oh, and Ron and Draco show up in this chapter.
-Chapter Three-
Over the next month Harry taught James the basic things of being an Auror, and James taught Sirius and Remus. Peter was usually not there, always telling them that he was in the Library, studying.
Nothing really happened until in the middle of October.
As the first students, the Marauders among them, entered the Great Hall for breakfast that morning they got a shock. Floating in the air were the bodies of the Potion Master, Grace Maryland; the school nurse, Elyon Johnson; and the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, Cornelia Chipfluff. Over the three bodies, the Dark Mark was hovering.
The Marauders, who were walking just behind Lily Evans and her friends, suddenly discovered that they were comforting several upset and crying girls. Lily had buried her face in James' robes, not even caring who he was. And he put his arms round her. Suddenly James got his senses back.
"Someone go get Dumbledore! Others go alert the rest of the staff, and Sirius, go get Harry! Quickly!" Several students ran off.
A minute later Harry ran into the room with a tired Sirius in tow. James noted that the man looked calm and in no hurry even if he was running. As Harry passed him he nodded, then he started to focus on the bodies in the air. Most of the other Professors, along with Dumbledore, came a second later. The female Professors gasped at the same time as on clue.
Harry was checking the bodies of the three dead teachers. He noted everything. They didn't look like they had gotten the 'Avada Kedavra' cast upon them. Nor was there any signs of fighting. He took some blood samples from the bodies, just in case, then he checked for other marks. He got more than he had hoped for. Each of the women had the Mark of the Black Snakes Order: a black snake biting its own tail so that it made a ring. Cornelia Chipfluff also had the Dark Mark burned into her skin. Harry stood up, erased his fingerprints from the bodies and walked over to Dumbledore.
"So? What did you find?" The Headmaster asked. Nothing in his voice betrayed his thoughts, but Harry knew the old mage better than the man thought.
"No signs of fighting, or the 'Avada Kedavra'. Also, all three of them had the Mark of the Black Snakes, and Chipfluff had the Dark Mark too." Harry said all this calmly. "It seems as thought someone failed in their mission or we've got a freelance wizard on the loose."
"My God, that's horrible!" McGonagall had come over to them. " Albus, I took the liberty to send an Urgent Owl to the Ministry of Magic, so they should be here soon."
Not a minute later the students parted to let a group of Ministry Officials through. Their leader was a man in his mid fifties. He had brown hair with grey stripes in it, and blue, cold eyes.
Harry noticed that the man glared at him when he thought that Harry wasn't watching, and something in the air made him watchful around the man.
"I am Jim Campbell," the leader of the Aurors introduced himself. "So, do any of you know what happened?"
"The 'Avada Kedavra' wasn't used-" Harry began but was cut off by Campbell.
"Even a Muggle could have seen that Mr Hunter," he said. "But I was asking if any of you heard anything?"
"That was my next point, Mr Campbell. There's no signs after struggle." Harry said, doing his best to keep calm.
"Very well, we'll check the whole school after we get those bodies to the Ministry."
Harry just nodded to the guy, then left.
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Harry was walking past the Teachers Lounge when he heard voices coming from inside. As eavesdropping was somewhat one of his second natures, he stopped to listen.
"I cannot find three qualified wizards or witches to take over the positions," Dumbledore was saying. "So I'm afraid we must take extra classes-" he was interrupted by groans and protests coming from the other Professors.
"What about Harry Hunter?" McGonagall asked. "Can't he take the Defence Against the Dark Arts position? At least until we find someone else?"
"We can't ask him to do that." Flitwick replied. "He's here to protect he school and to find potential Aurors among the students."
"I would be happy to teach." Harry, who had walked quietly into the room, said. All of the teachers turned to him. "And I think I can help you with the missing two positions, at least for a while."
"How?" Professor Sprout asked.
"I've some friends that owe me a favour or two. They could be here by tomorrow."
"Harry, I am grateful, but I can't affo-" Dumbledore was cut off by Harry.
"Don't worry Headmaster, we'll do it for free." Harry turned to leave. "If you'll excuse me, I have two people to contact."
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Back in the future Draco Malfoy was sleeping, but not for long. He could feel the presence that was Harry in his head; first like a light breeze, but then it steadily grew into a hurricane. He sat up in bed, annoyed that his sleep was ruined. He had always been a light sleeper, and now with the Order he slept even lighter.
Draco looked at the other person in the bed and smiled. His wife, Ginny, was sleeping and didn't wake up. Draco would always remember the look on her face when he had proposed at Ron and Hermione's wedding.
Suddenly the hurricane in his head grew even wilder and he hurried out of the room and down into the living room. He found his watch on the table and pushed a button. Suddenly a hologram of Harry appeared in front of him and settled down in the chair opposite him.
"What?" Draco asked, angry and annoyed at the same time.
"My, you're grumpy." Harry's hologram said. "Anyways, got problems over here. Three Professors murdered. All three of them Black Snakes and one also a Death Eater. Plus there's this guy, Jim Campbell, here. Don't like him."
"What does that have to do with me?" Draco asked. Harry always managed to get him interested in the most boring of missions. "Don't tell me that you just called me to check on how I was doing."
"No, I told Dumbledore that you would take over the Potion position. Ron's going to act as the school nurse, and I'm going to take over Defence Against the Dark Arts. Just temporary, don't look so shocked. And besides, I need you to help me with this mystery." The hologram said. "I expect you in the Three Broomsticks tomorrow at noon. See ya!" the picture disappeared before Draco could protest.
"And I have to alert Flameboy," Draco growled to himself. "Ron's gonna kill me."
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As it was a Hogsmeade Weekend, James and his two friends didn't have to sneak out. The three of them walked straight to the Three Broomsticks. When they come inside they saw Harry Hunter sitting in the back, watching the door. He looked like he was expecting someone.
"Lets sit over there." James suggested and they sat down at a table close to Harry. From here they would be able to hear everything that was said.
A second later the door opened again and two men walked in. One had silver- blond hair and the other had fire-red. Harry waived them over and they came after stopping at the bar to get two Butterbeers.
"Draco, Ron," Harry said. "How's it going back home?"
"Riddle's been a bit to quiet and we haven't heard a pip from the Black Snakes." The blonde replied. "We left Neville in charge."
"So, what's the hurry to get us here?" The redhead asked.
"As you know three Professors were killed. There was no signs of fighting so the three women had had to know the murderer. There where no signs of the 'Avada Kedavra' either. Then there's this Campbell-guy. There's something wrong with him, but I can't put my finger on it." Harry said. The other two listened closely. "I went through the three offices to the victims last night. Didn't find a thing. Whoever did it knew what they where doing."
"You took blood samples from the victims when you discovered them?" It was more of a statement than a question.
James was confused. He hadn't noticed Harry doing anything like that, and he had followed the man's every move.
"Of course I did. I finished analysing them yesterday." Harry stopped and didn't seem to be going to continue anytime in the close future.
"Well? What did you find?" Draco and Ron asked. They hated it when Harry stopped in the middle of something as interesting as this.
"Lots of the poison coniin. It comes from the plant Conium maculatum. The old Greeks used the poison at death punishments. Take for example Sokrates." Harry said this calmly.
James, Sirius and Remus looked at each other, mouths open. Suddenly the redhead noticed their shocked faces.
"Harry, those teenagers behind you. Do you know them?" he asked.
Harry turned and James, Sirius and Remus looked down. Harry just looked at them for a minute before saying anything.
"Keep out of the ordeal, and don't tell anyone." Harry and his two friends got up and left without another word to them or anyone else in the room.
James somehow felt that he had let Harry down and he wasn't exactly happy about it. But the information they had gotten hold off was worth it.
"Wow." Sirius said and the other two nodded.
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Authors Notes: Thanks for all the reviews. Oh, and Ron and Draco show up in this chapter.
-Chapter Three-
Over the next month Harry taught James the basic things of being an Auror, and James taught Sirius and Remus. Peter was usually not there, always telling them that he was in the Library, studying.
Nothing really happened until in the middle of October.
As the first students, the Marauders among them, entered the Great Hall for breakfast that morning they got a shock. Floating in the air were the bodies of the Potion Master, Grace Maryland; the school nurse, Elyon Johnson; and the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, Cornelia Chipfluff. Over the three bodies, the Dark Mark was hovering.
The Marauders, who were walking just behind Lily Evans and her friends, suddenly discovered that they were comforting several upset and crying girls. Lily had buried her face in James' robes, not even caring who he was. And he put his arms round her. Suddenly James got his senses back.
"Someone go get Dumbledore! Others go alert the rest of the staff, and Sirius, go get Harry! Quickly!" Several students ran off.
A minute later Harry ran into the room with a tired Sirius in tow. James noted that the man looked calm and in no hurry even if he was running. As Harry passed him he nodded, then he started to focus on the bodies in the air. Most of the other Professors, along with Dumbledore, came a second later. The female Professors gasped at the same time as on clue.
Harry was checking the bodies of the three dead teachers. He noted everything. They didn't look like they had gotten the 'Avada Kedavra' cast upon them. Nor was there any signs of fighting. He took some blood samples from the bodies, just in case, then he checked for other marks. He got more than he had hoped for. Each of the women had the Mark of the Black Snakes Order: a black snake biting its own tail so that it made a ring. Cornelia Chipfluff also had the Dark Mark burned into her skin. Harry stood up, erased his fingerprints from the bodies and walked over to Dumbledore.
"So? What did you find?" The Headmaster asked. Nothing in his voice betrayed his thoughts, but Harry knew the old mage better than the man thought.
"No signs of fighting, or the 'Avada Kedavra'. Also, all three of them had the Mark of the Black Snakes, and Chipfluff had the Dark Mark too." Harry said all this calmly. "It seems as thought someone failed in their mission or we've got a freelance wizard on the loose."
"My God, that's horrible!" McGonagall had come over to them. " Albus, I took the liberty to send an Urgent Owl to the Ministry of Magic, so they should be here soon."
Not a minute later the students parted to let a group of Ministry Officials through. Their leader was a man in his mid fifties. He had brown hair with grey stripes in it, and blue, cold eyes.
Harry noticed that the man glared at him when he thought that Harry wasn't watching, and something in the air made him watchful around the man.
"I am Jim Campbell," the leader of the Aurors introduced himself. "So, do any of you know what happened?"
"The 'Avada Kedavra' wasn't used-" Harry began but was cut off by Campbell.
"Even a Muggle could have seen that Mr Hunter," he said. "But I was asking if any of you heard anything?"
"That was my next point, Mr Campbell. There's no signs after struggle." Harry said, doing his best to keep calm.
"Very well, we'll check the whole school after we get those bodies to the Ministry."
Harry just nodded to the guy, then left.
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Harry was walking past the Teachers Lounge when he heard voices coming from inside. As eavesdropping was somewhat one of his second natures, he stopped to listen.
"I cannot find three qualified wizards or witches to take over the positions," Dumbledore was saying. "So I'm afraid we must take extra classes-" he was interrupted by groans and protests coming from the other Professors.
"What about Harry Hunter?" McGonagall asked. "Can't he take the Defence Against the Dark Arts position? At least until we find someone else?"
"We can't ask him to do that." Flitwick replied. "He's here to protect he school and to find potential Aurors among the students."
"I would be happy to teach." Harry, who had walked quietly into the room, said. All of the teachers turned to him. "And I think I can help you with the missing two positions, at least for a while."
"How?" Professor Sprout asked.
"I've some friends that owe me a favour or two. They could be here by tomorrow."
"Harry, I am grateful, but I can't affo-" Dumbledore was cut off by Harry.
"Don't worry Headmaster, we'll do it for free." Harry turned to leave. "If you'll excuse me, I have two people to contact."
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Back in the future Draco Malfoy was sleeping, but not for long. He could feel the presence that was Harry in his head; first like a light breeze, but then it steadily grew into a hurricane. He sat up in bed, annoyed that his sleep was ruined. He had always been a light sleeper, and now with the Order he slept even lighter.
Draco looked at the other person in the bed and smiled. His wife, Ginny, was sleeping and didn't wake up. Draco would always remember the look on her face when he had proposed at Ron and Hermione's wedding.
Suddenly the hurricane in his head grew even wilder and he hurried out of the room and down into the living room. He found his watch on the table and pushed a button. Suddenly a hologram of Harry appeared in front of him and settled down in the chair opposite him.
"What?" Draco asked, angry and annoyed at the same time.
"My, you're grumpy." Harry's hologram said. "Anyways, got problems over here. Three Professors murdered. All three of them Black Snakes and one also a Death Eater. Plus there's this guy, Jim Campbell, here. Don't like him."
"What does that have to do with me?" Draco asked. Harry always managed to get him interested in the most boring of missions. "Don't tell me that you just called me to check on how I was doing."
"No, I told Dumbledore that you would take over the Potion position. Ron's going to act as the school nurse, and I'm going to take over Defence Against the Dark Arts. Just temporary, don't look so shocked. And besides, I need you to help me with this mystery." The hologram said. "I expect you in the Three Broomsticks tomorrow at noon. See ya!" the picture disappeared before Draco could protest.
"And I have to alert Flameboy," Draco growled to himself. "Ron's gonna kill me."
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As it was a Hogsmeade Weekend, James and his two friends didn't have to sneak out. The three of them walked straight to the Three Broomsticks. When they come inside they saw Harry Hunter sitting in the back, watching the door. He looked like he was expecting someone.
"Lets sit over there." James suggested and they sat down at a table close to Harry. From here they would be able to hear everything that was said.
A second later the door opened again and two men walked in. One had silver- blond hair and the other had fire-red. Harry waived them over and they came after stopping at the bar to get two Butterbeers.
"Draco, Ron," Harry said. "How's it going back home?"
"Riddle's been a bit to quiet and we haven't heard a pip from the Black Snakes." The blonde replied. "We left Neville in charge."
"So, what's the hurry to get us here?" The redhead asked.
"As you know three Professors were killed. There was no signs of fighting so the three women had had to know the murderer. There where no signs of the 'Avada Kedavra' either. Then there's this Campbell-guy. There's something wrong with him, but I can't put my finger on it." Harry said. The other two listened closely. "I went through the three offices to the victims last night. Didn't find a thing. Whoever did it knew what they where doing."
"You took blood samples from the victims when you discovered them?" It was more of a statement than a question.
James was confused. He hadn't noticed Harry doing anything like that, and he had followed the man's every move.
"Of course I did. I finished analysing them yesterday." Harry stopped and didn't seem to be going to continue anytime in the close future.
"Well? What did you find?" Draco and Ron asked. They hated it when Harry stopped in the middle of something as interesting as this.
"Lots of the poison coniin. It comes from the plant Conium maculatum. The old Greeks used the poison at death punishments. Take for example Sokrates." Harry said this calmly.
James, Sirius and Remus looked at each other, mouths open. Suddenly the redhead noticed their shocked faces.
"Harry, those teenagers behind you. Do you know them?" he asked.
Harry turned and James, Sirius and Remus looked down. Harry just looked at them for a minute before saying anything.
"Keep out of the ordeal, and don't tell anyone." Harry and his two friends got up and left without another word to them or anyone else in the room.
James somehow felt that he had let Harry down and he wasn't exactly happy about it. But the information they had gotten hold off was worth it.
"Wow." Sirius said and the other two nodded.
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Well, what do you think? Please review.
I want to thank TatraMegami, Miranda Flairgold, selena(where's that mail), Nibowin Black, Pampered Tigeress, ~¤Arteims¤~, bill weasly, Tinabina87, Jenny, clingon87, Lily Evans, RJLL, Star and Stormmy for reviewing. Thanks guys!!!!!!!! ^_~