Harry Potter and the Return of the Dark Lord
A/N: I know this hasn't been 'updated in ages' as Wolfmoon put it and I am so sorry for that. I have been real busy with sports and school but I will try to get chapters up on a regular basis from now on. I also realize this chapter isn't one of my longest but you have to understand that I am home sick and couldn't keep writing for much longer. I got as much done as I could and hope that my long absence hasn't driven away my reviewers.
Now the Thank You's:
Usako3000: you reviewed chapter five twice! You're awesome! You always have great input and help my story improve. Thanks for the review.
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RockKing69: I do think that a phoenix is classed as a bird but I thought that it would be better if Harry was something that can blend in. A very rare magical creature like a phoenix would be tough to blend in as. Thanks for your input! I hope you like this chapter.
Wolfmoon: Wolfmoon what can I say. You are one of the big reasons I have kept this story going. Your e-mail was just the words I needed to get writing again. You're great! Keep writing and reviewing please!
The next morning Harry, Patrick, Dumbledore, Remus, and Sirius (in his dog form) were all going to Diagon Alley to get things that would be needed for their journey and Harry was going to pick up some of his Hogworts things while he was there. As they all stepped out of the fire place in the Leaky Cauldron all the eyes in the room were fixed on them. They walked to the back of the pub and through the portal to Diagon Alley. "Remus, I believe you have your things to get, and I have to get some things for Sirius, so Patrick you stay with Harry and we will meet back here in about a half an hour." Everyone agreed and went off their separate ways.
"All right, we're going to need to get some stuff for the order so I have to go to the order's vault, and Albus told me you were going to pick up some school supplies while you were here so you need to go to your vault as well. Let's save some time and go separately, Gringotts is a pretty safe place so we will go to our vaults and meet on the steps outside in five minutes okay?" Patrick said.
"The order has its own vault? Where does it get its money?" Harry asked. Although this man was a stranger Harry felt at ease with him.
"Mostly donations. Last time the order was up the Ministry donated lots of money. Plus there are a lot of private donators as well." Patrick answered and then handed Harry his key so they both found a goblin and went to their vaults. Harry got his money and headed outside to wait for Patrick. After waiting a couple minutes he felt something grab his arm. Turning around and expecting to see Patrick Harry was shocked to see Lucius Malfoy.
"Wandering along all by ourselves our we? Dumbledore won't be to happy to hear this will he?" Malfoy asked mockingly.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"Well I was just coming to go to the bank, but now I think I'll bring back something much better to the Dark Lord. "
"Are you going to try to escape here with me? You wouldn't make it ten feet before someone stopped you." Harry said not believing it even as he said it.
"Don't be stupid boy. No one here can stop me from taking you. I hope you thought real hard about what the Dark Lord said to you the other night because you are going to have to make that decision a lot sooner than you expected now." Malfoy threatened.
"Let go of him right now or you will be sorry Malfoy." Someone said from behind them.
"What are you doing here Patrick?" Malfoy sounded scared as he addressed Patrick who had just came out of Gringotts.
"I said let him go." Patrick demanded again ignoring Malfoy's question. What happened next happened so fast that Harry barely knew what was going on. Malfoy drew his wand, pointed it at Patrick and shouted "Crucio". As the word was escaping Malfoy's mouth Harry acted out of instinct and pushed Malfoy's arm to the side. The curse hit a bystander and the woman fell to the ground screaming and shaking in pain. Patrick took two swift steps forward, drew a sword from seemingly no where, and with one movement sliced his arm clean off. Malfoy fell to the ground in pain. From his elbow down had just been cut off. Patrick drew a wand, put Malfoy under the full body bind curse and shot ropes to tie him up then grabbed Harry and pulled him into a nearby shop. "Transform here and fly into that tree there," he pointed to a tree in an alley. Only come out of the tree when you see me, Dumbledore, Sirius, and Remus walk into the alley. Still don't go back to a human. Make sure we're alone and fly strait onto Dumbledore's shoulder." With that he ran off into the streets no doubt looking for Dumbledore and the rest. Harry listened to Patrick's instructions and flew into the tree in the alley.