Triple Play

Dark Owls were appearing every day at Hogwarts in the mourning. Each time they came, the newly added Filter Shield blocked the owls from making an entrance. The students were forbidden to leave school grounds and not allowed to go into Hogsmeade. If they wanted anything from Hogsmeade, they needed to order them through their Gringotts account.

Five days after the first six dark owls came there was a Devilish looking owl flew to Dumbledore. Dumbledore calmly opened it and it flew from his hands to the floor. Voldemort's snake-like head appeared on top if it. "Ah, Dumbledore, the fight between us is tempting, but not now. I shall send my Death Eaters to attack within two days, that's right, two. Send your little league to face my army. I am sure they would pull it off. Muhahahaha" Voldemort gave one more sinister grin and the letter burned to ashes.

Nobody had ever seen Dumbledore look grim before. It was the look that brought to trepidation to everybody's heart. "Misters Potter, Weasly, and Finnigan and Misses Brown, Ganger and Patil, please report to my office, we have some… issues to discuss." They obediently followed their instructions and left the Gryffindor table following him.

Dumbledore looked at them with sorrow in his eyes as they sat in his office. "I never underrate anybody. I do believe Voldemort has something against you six or individually. He not a person to take easily or think low of, I hope you are able to defeat him. It would end the terror for now, as the dark side always returns. Clouds everything it does. (A/n: I love the way Yoda talks!) For now, I wish you would not let your loved one die. If you do, it would bring you grief and despair, after that, your grief or despair would turn into anger, then your anger lead to hate, and hate is the source of Darkness. I believe you should get started, this journey has just begun. Here, this is a portkey and it shall send you directly to Leaky Cauldron, you needed items shall be transported with you and you should find some rooms fit for you." Dumbledore paused then he looked at their faces to see if they understood. "I also know about the gun issue you have been arguing about and I must say, I agree with Miss Granger here." Hermione gave a big smile. "I say we need flamethrowers instead, set them at spread fire." Hermione's expression quickly changed to shock of disbelief. "Just kidding Miss Granger," The twinkle came back to his eyes, "I know innocent lives could be hurt in the crossfire. Discuss the battle plan at Leaky Cauldron and I am sure you shall put up a great strategy to defeat the dark side."

Dumbledore placed a "Pepsi" bottle in front of them. They touched it at the same time and were pulled to a distance. The next thing they noticed was they were cramped in a telephone booth holding the telephone receiver. They heard the words "good luck" and the dial tone came.

"Ah, our saviors are here." Tom greeted them as they walked into the Leaky Cauldron. They blushed. "So sorry to say, but we only have three rooms left due to some people on business trips." Tom said as he led them up the spiral staircase. Hermione was sure Dumbledore told Tom to say that, Dumbledore was always a tricky man.

Their rooms were on the fifth floor and they began to pair up (Do I really have to tell you who each person paired up with?) and went to their respectful rooms. Each one had a king sized bed, a wonderful and romantic view of London, a magically lit fireplace, and room service.

At dinner time, they began to discuss the battle plan again. "Look Ron, get it through your skull, no guns!" Hermione yelled as Ron's opened mouth shut. "Excuse me," Tom said entering their room with a box, he saw everybody eye the box, "This is for you young chaps, Dumbledore sent them with permission from the Ministry, and inside here is an Erutan Cube." Tom put on a glove and pulled out a burgundy box. "Whoever touches it shall have some power over nature. Anything that is natural shall be under your control." Tom left the cube on the table and left. Hermione stopped everybody from touching the cube and read the card that was left behind. "This might help you as a weapon against Voldemort," Once she was certain Dumbledore had sent it, they all touched the cube and felt a tingly feeling surge from their hands to all over their body.

They quickly left for Flourish and Blotts and they bought six copies of Erutan for Eternity by Edna Nature. They all began to read it, and for once, Ron was actually enjoying reading. "So this is the wonders of reading Hermione keeps preaching about." Ron said in awe. The book described what the Erutan powers can do and showed how to do some of its infinite amount of abilities.

The next day, they were soundly snoring to their books in their rooms. Then screams woke them up and they jumped up. "The Ministry of Magic is under attack!" They shouted in unison and left their rooms. Just as they left their rooms, Tom scrambled up to them. "Death Eaters… at lobby… Diagon Ally." He forced the words out before he collapsed. Hermione checked his pulse and gestured he was okay.

Once they were downstairs at the lobby, several Death Eaters were terrorizing the guests. "Here is the plan," Seamus began; he was trained by his father in the art of war. "Tom said there were Death Eaters down here and at Diagon Ally, now we need to split into groups of three, I think Lavender and I should take care of these guys here, Ron and Parvati shall take care of the problem in Diagon Ally, and Harry and Hermione would stop the Death Eaters from destroying the Ministry." They nodded and went for their targets…

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One review, one? Come on, I am not doing that badly am I? Well, there might be 2 or 3 now, but when I checked a few days after last chapter was made, I only had one. Well, I hope for more, at least 5 reviews, or my next chap is not coming and I am starting another fic. _ Well, thanks to KZerina for reviewing, I just looked back at my reviews, thanks Emili Potter.

BTW I know this chap is shorter than my others, but I am really pissed. I waited like 5 days before I got one review. I am really hoping for more. Thank you. ~_~