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Harry Potter and the Return of the Dark Lord
"Get Up!" One of the Death Eater's spat at Sirius. They kicked him in his stomach. Sirius was now in a small dark room with two death eaters. Again he was bond up but this time his arms were above his head and his feet were attached to the floor. "How long have I been here?" Sirius managed to ask.
"Just a couple of hours." Sirius recognized that voice.
"Snape!" Sirius growled.
"Well you didn't think I'd really be working for that fool trying to save all the muggles do you?"
"Severus, what are you saying? Shut up! What if he gets to tell Dumbledore?" The other death eater said.
"He won't get out of here alive Lucius. And if he does, he'll have been tortured so bad he won't remember anything." At this point Snape punched Sirius in the face. "Now leave us, I think I'll have a little fun with our new guest here."
"All right I'll be down the hall if you need me just yell." Lucius answered and threw some dirt at Sirius before he left.
"What the hell is wrong with you Snape? After all that Dumbledore has given you you're going to turn you're back on him?" Sirius almost yelled.
"Shut up. You really got yourself in deep this time Sirius." Snape said mockingly. "And now I'm going to have to be the one to get you out of this mess." Sirius looked confused after this last statement. Whose side was Snape on? Sirius just couldn't figure out.
"What are you talking about Snape? Make some sense will you?" Sirius was angry now.
"You screwed up and now I'm going to have to save you."
"You don't have to save anyone. If you really want to help just give me your wand for a second. The order will be here and no one will know how they got here. If you're in here with me the whole time, they can't suspect you." Snape didn't look very happy about receiving orders from someone tied up, much less from Sirius. But nevertheless Snape handed Sirius his wand after quickly undoing the chains on his wrists. Sirius touched the tip of Snape's wand to his ring, and muttered something that Snape couldn't hear. Snape looked down at his finger with a confused expression on his face. "What's it doing?" Sirius asked eagerly.
"It's spinning. But not like it usually does. It's flashing red too." Snape answered, still confused. "What's going on?" He asked.
"Special addition I made to them. I wasn't sure if it worked yet so I didn't tell anyone. Hey, how did you get here anyway? Weren't you with the order?" Sirius was all of a sudden confused again.
"When you got caught Voldermort called a meeting. We all had to be here so I left the order so he didn't get suspicious. Now shut up and put your arms back into those chains." Sirius, even though he would have liked to hit Snape right then, handed the man back his wand and bond himself back up.
"Now I know this is going to make you terribly upset," Sirius said in a sarcastic tone, "but you better start doing something to me or Malfoy is going to get suspicious." Just then a sick smile came over Snape's face. He yelled the Crutains Curse and Sirius flailed around in the shackles for about a minute before Snape took the curse off. He then started punching Sirius.
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(Back in Knockturn Alley with the Order)
Everyone in the order looked down curiously at their rings. As they all took out their wands to apperate, Dumbledore stood up, "No one go anywhere." With these few words everyone started talking. Dumbledore looked over to the little group that was standing away from everyone else and gave them a short nod. Moody and Patrick grabbed hold of the two Protection Auror's and they all disappeared with a small 'pop'. This made everyone in the room talk even more so Dumbledore stood up and explained everything to them.
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The group of four looked around. Their faces fell as they realized that they were facing miles and miles of hills. They looked like they never ended, each one rolling on to reveal another of even bigger proportions. "Well it looks like your friends little rings don't work." The auror named Jacob said a little bitterly.
"They work. We'll just have to follow the direction." Moody said with a threatening look to the auror as he pulled off his ring and placed it in the palm of his hand. It pointed them strait forward. They all gave a sigh and started walking. After they had been walking for about a half an hour the sun started to peak out.
"Shouldn't we rest a little? We'll need all of our strength if we are going to have to fight the Death Eater." The other Protection Auror his name was (A/N: did I name him yet? I don't think so) Dan.
"We're not going to fight all the death eaters. Our best chance to get this job done is to get in and out unnoticed. You don't always have to walk into a place and start throwing curses." Patrick said simply. It was clear that these people weren't getting along. "And Voldermort will question Sirius, so we have to get there as soon as possible." The two auror's flinched at Voldermort's named but quickly forgot about it.
"How do you know what they'll do?" Jacob asked bitterly. He was supposed to be the expert about Voldermort. He had studied him for many years trying to figure out everything he did. Patrick gave him a death stare. Apparently this man didn't know about Patrick long stint in Voldermort's clutches, but Patrick decided that it was not the best time to tell stories. After they came over the second hill, they had been walking for about an hour, they saw the castle up ahead. "How can it be so close, we couldn't even see it before." Dan asked.
"It must be some kind of illusion," Moody said. "to discourage people from coming if they apperate here and they don't see anything but miles of hills." They took off at a run and before they knew it they were about 100 yards away from the castle. It was massive. Made out of black stone it seemed to absorb all of the light within ten miles from it. Around the giant castle was a moat, and no one even wanted to think about the dark creatures that inhabited that water. The moat was about ten feet wide, and ran all the way around the castle. They still couldn't get a good look at it because they kept their distance. "All right here's the plan; we will sneak in the castle, try not to be seen. If there is an isolated death eater that stands in our way, we can take him out quietly. We will lose if we try and start a fight with everyone here. So move quietly, and stay in the shadows. Our first task is to get over to that moat. Follow me." Moody had taken over as pretty much being the leader of the group. They all ran and when they were about ten feet from the moat, they dove behind a huge rock that would shield them from view. "Do you see anyone on the tops of the castle?" Moody asked Jacob because he was on the edge and could peek around the huge rock.
"No. There don't seem to be any people anywhere." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they had all put aside their little arguments for the time being and were focused on the task at hand. "Wait. I see a creature guarding the bridge though. I don't recognize him. It's nothing like I've ever seen before."
"Here let me see." Patrick and Jacob quickly switched positions and Patrick peeked around the edge of the rock.
"Do you know what it is?" Moody asked him.
"It's a Kappa." Patrick answered.
"Can you kill it." Dan asked. He was on the other end and grabbed his wand. As he reached around the rock to curse it Patrick stopped him.
"No! You can't curse this thing. Magic doesn't penetrate though its outer layers. No magic we can use anyway." Patrick warned.
"Well it looks pretty small, why don't we just run up to it and tackle it into the water." Jacob suggested.
"No. Kappa's are dangerous. It would kill everyone of us if we went out there after it. Its drive to eat human blood gives it extra strength in a battle." Moody told them all. They all looked slightly scared. "Can you do anything to it, Patrick?" Moody asked Patrick knowing that Knights had a special skill when it came to dark creatures.
"Ya, I think I can take it." Patrick answered. "Just give me a little room. They all moved to the other edge of the rock and peeked around the edge. Just like in Diagon Alley when Patrick drew his sword, he now took a bow from seemingly nowhere. As soon as he had the bow out a bag of arrows could be seen on his back. Dan opened his mouth to start to ask a question but Moody put up a hand that clearly said now was not the time for questions. Patrick loaded the arrow into the bow and pulled it back. He let go and the arrow traveled with such speed it could have been mistaken for a bullet out of a gun. The arrow pierced the Kappa's leg and it stumbled.
"Damn, you missed." Moody cursed quietly.
"Just wait a second." Patrick ordered. As the Kappa was stumbling around, it fell to the ground. Water emptied out of the top of its head and it lied on the ground not moving. "You can't just kill a Kappa by shooting it in the head, its scales are too think. The trick is to get it to fall down and empty the water out of its head." Patrick said matter-of-factly and got up to walk over the bridge. The others followed. When they got closer to the animal they noticed it looked quite like a monkey only with scales where there should be fur. Patrick kicked the Kappa over and pulled the arrow out of its foot. He looked at the point, and then threw it into the water. He turned to Moody and with a smug voice and said, "I don't miss." They all gave a little laughed and crossed the bridge. "This must be a new fortress for Voldermort, there's not much security." Patrick commented as they walked though the front gates into some kind of entrance hall and still had not passed by any wizards. Moody took off his ring again and put it in his hand. It pointed them to a small staircase off to the side which would have gone unnoticed had it not been for the ring. They silently crept down the staircase and before they reached the bottom they heard voices. Patrick put his hands to his lips and signaled for everyone to be quiet.
"I don't know why we have to stay guard here while everyone else is at the meeting." They heard one death eater say. He sounded very young. "It's not like these prisoners are going anywhere." This brought a smile to everyone's face; prisoners, just who they were looking for. This was looking too easy. As the other three people grabbed their wands Patrick whispered to them, "Don't use any magic unless we're seen. We don't know what kind of sensors Voldermort has up. He may be able to detect any magic used. Especially near the prisoners." As he said this he drew his sword. It seemed he was as comfortable with these weapons as with any wand.
"I told you, master wants us to bring Black to him when he calls." The other death eater said.
"Well why do there need to be two of us here? He's tied up. It'll only take one person." The first complained.
The four people listening to the conversation shook their heads at how foolish these young death eaters were. They unknowingly just told anyone listening what they were doing down there, a prisoners name, when they would be moving, and how many death eaters they were. They were quiet for the next couple of minutes and the group sat on the steps just waiting for the right opportunity. After about ten minutes passed a voiced echoed through the hall, "BRING ME BLACK!" It was Voldermort. They heard the two death eaters walk over to some kind of door and jingle keys around. The door opened and the death eaters saw Sirius still hanging with his hands and feet bond. "come on guys, where are you" Sirius thought to himself. He began to think the order wasn't coming. "Let's go Black, the Dark Lord is waiting for you." The death eater said mockingly. They heard a 'thud' and Sirius groan. As the two death eaters pushed and kicked Sirius over to the staircase, the four men listening to it all backed up the staircase and just around the corner. They heard Sirius being pushed and kicked up the stairs and then saw the group of three emerge from the shadows. The death eaters walked right by the four wizards not even noticing them. Patrick mouthed to the group, 'I'll do it.' And crept out of the shadows. Again he pulled out the bow and arrow and pulled it back ready to fire. He released the arrow and it went flying into the back of the head of the first death eater. By now the two groups were about fifteen feet away but Patrick showed great accuracy. The other death eater spun around wand in hand ready to curse the intruder but Sirius, still with his hands and feet bound, pushed the death eater. The man stumbled and this gave Patrick all the time he needed. He dropped the bow and arrows and drew his sword. With one swift motion the death eater was on the ground clutching his throat. It was no use, the blood was coming out too fast and soon his hands fell away from his neck and he went limp. The other three men, who had been standing wand in hands ready incase they needed to help, rushed up to Sirius and undid the ropes on his hands and feet. "Come on, we don't have much time." Patrick said and started to run for the doors.
"Aren't you going to pick these guys up?" Sirius gave a disgusted look at the death eaters.
"No, I want Voldermort to know who was here." Patrick said bitterly and with fire in his eyes. "Now we need to hurry up, it's only a matter of time before Voldermort sends someone up here." And they headed for the door. As they were crossing the bridge they heard Voldermort's voice echo through the castle again, "IF BLACK ISN'T HERE IN TWO MINUTES, SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE VERY SORRY!!!"
"Well I wouldn't want to be those death eaters in that meeting when Voldermort finds two of his men dead." Sirius said with a smile on his face. "I hope he gets Snape." Sirius added bitterly.
"Sirius, you know what Dumbledore says, we're all on the same side now." Moody scolded.
"I'm not sure." Sirius said skeptically. "I'm going to keep an extra eye on him." No one spoke for the rest of the trip, they were all think about Snape. Whose side was he on? Sirius knew he certainly didn't waste any time putting the Crutains (sp?) curse on him. When they reached a spot where they knew that the anti-appiration wards were down they all apperated back to Knockturn Alley.
The whole order turned when they heard a small 'pop' at the side of the room. Patrick, Moody, Jacob, and Dan all came back with a very beat up looking Sirius. When Dumbledore saw the group he stood up to address everyone in the room. "You can all go home now. This was successful. We captured death eaters, and we all got back alive. Please now return to your families. They will be worried about you. We will have another meeting when I know more. I ask you to please leave the group alone. They will give all the details of their trip at our next meeting." With those words people began to apperate away.
Dumbledore made his way to the group but before he could get all the way there he was intercepted by Remus, "Go easy on him Albus, he was only doing what he thought was right." Sirius's old friend tried to reason with the man.
"Remus, I am aware of his motives. I will take them into consideration, but the fact still remains that what he did was unacceptable." Dumbledore seemed very angry. Remus just nodded his head in agreement. "Please take Harry home." And with that Dumbledore continued towards the group. Sirius looked at Dumbledore with a mix of fear and regret. "Sirius, I'll need you to come back to Hogworts to get treated since you can not show up at a normal hospitals. Poppy's out but I'm sure the house elves will be more than happy to treat you." Dumbledore spoke quickly and coolly. "I ask that the rest of you also return to Hogworts, I need to speak with you all in my office." Dumbledore added this last part to Patrick, Moody, Jacob, and Dan. "On second thought, Dan, and Jacob, Jason will probably be wanting to speak with you, go see him instead. Patrick and Alastor can fill me in on what happened. I thank you for your help." Dumbledore shook each one of their hands and the two men left. "We will have to apperate outside of Hogsmead and walk quite a distance. Sirius, can you handle that?" Dumbledore asked. He may have been mad at Sirius, but he certainly didn't want to hurt him any further.
"Yes, but I can't apperate. My wand was taken by the death eaters. We didn't have time to go back and get it."
"Fine. I'll send an owl to Olivander's when we get back to Hogworts, he can bring some to Hogworts and we will get you a new one. For now, one of you two can apperate with him." Dumbledore said and disappeared with a 'pop'.
"I hope it takes the house elves a long time to treat me. I don't want to be anywhere near him for the next couple days." Sirius remarked. Then Patrick grabbed his arm and the three apperated away. The walk from outside Hogsmead to Hogworts was a quite one. No one spoke, or even looked at each other. There was not a word said until they got to the hospital wing, "Stay here, I'll send some of the house elves up." Dumbledore told Sirius, "Can you two meet me in my office?" He asked a little more warmly but still in an agitated tone to Patrick and Moody. The two of them were more than happy to leave the room and turned around without a word. For a couple of minutes Dumbledore stared at Sirius, every once in a while one of them would open their mouth about to say something, but then change their mind. Finally Dumbledore just turned and stormed out of the room.
"He was just doing what he thought was the for the best." Patrick and Moody had just gotten through explaining what happened at Voldermort's castle and were now trying to calm Dumbledore down.
"I know what he was trying to do, and I respect that, but he put his life, along with yours in danger. He should have stayed with the rest of us and we could have organized something to get the group back. As it was he didn't really do all that much. Eventually they would have figured out the wards were down and they would have came back. I just can not find a valid excuse for what he did. Trust me I tried. I like Sirius as much as anyone. But we can not have people doing this. You guys can go. I'll speak with Sirius later." And with that all three men went off their separate ways.
It had been about a week since the raid on Knockturn Alley and the summer holidays were coming to an end. There was only a week left until Hogworts started. The Order had been recruiting as much as possible and were gaining numbers by the day. There had been no death eater attacks to speak of, not even little ones on muggles. The Order was getting very nervous, if Voldermort was waiting this long, he had to be planning something big. The Order was gaining lots of help from the animals in the forest, thanks mostly to Remus's ability to talk to them, but it seemed Voldermort was looking abroad to find the most dangerous dark creatures know to wizard. Everything was set for the students return to Hogworts, there were dragons positioned at the entrance, and the train had been equipped with every protection spell anyone in the Order could think of. Protection Auror's would be riding on the bus this year also as an added precaution. There was a train that had been set up outside of Hogsmead, that people could apperate to and then be transported from the station to Hogsmead. Protection Auror's were on that too. The Protection Auror's (or PA's as they were called) were doing a huge part in helping the Order. The Ministry was still denying Voldermort's existence, and Fudge was very upset with all the safety measures Dumbledore was taking for the upcoming school year.
Besides all of the Order things that had been going on Harry had been training vigorously. Sirius, Remus, and Dumbledore were doing most of the magical training, but even more than that Patrick was training Harry to use the sword and bow and arrow. Those sessions weren't coming around as good but Patrick kept telling Harry that once they got to go and talk to the Knights, Harry would get properly trained. Over the next summer break Harry was going to train with the Knights and Patrick swore that he soon Harry would be as comfortable with the bow and arrow, and sword as with his wand. Sirius kept pointing out that though this was a good plan, the Knights hated wizards and were not likely to take Harry into training. Patrick seemed to have something in mind though he was not telling anyone.
When Harry was not training with Sirius, Remus, and Dumbledore or Patrick, Dumbledore seemed to always insist that Harry needed to practice flying. Harry thought this was strange and didn't understand why until two days before the school year was about to start and Dumbledore called an Order meeting.
"So what's our next move?" Arthur Weasly asked after everyone had given updates about what they were working on (A/N: it was really nothing new or important so I'm not going to go through everyone).
"We wait." Dumbledore answered. This caused a stir and Dumbledore wait for a moment for everything to die down. "Voldermort made that attack with the dementors to show us that he is indeed back in power. We countered with the raid on Knockturn Alley to show him that we were not going to wait until it was to late to start the Order. Now it's a race against the clock. Both sides are preparing for the upcoming war. We are both recruiting, trying to make our strong holds stronger, trying to gather intelligence on each other, and trying to build new alliances. The outcome of the war could very well depend on who wins this race." Dumbledore said the last sentence like he wasn't sure if it was a good thing. "That will be all for today, many of you have to get your children ready for the upcoming school year, some have to get yourselves ready for the school year, so go home and enjoy the last two days of your holiday. Opps, I'm sorry every can't leave yet." Dumbledore added over the noise of everyone getting up. I would like Arabella, Sirius, Remus, Victor, Harry, Charlie, Bill, and anyone else I did not mention that is a good flyer to stay. Just remember if I didn't call your name and you think you want to stay, I need only the best flyers. If you take up this job and are not the very best, you will most likely be killed or get someone killed. So please, only the best." These words were enough to scare everyone that was not called away, and even the ones called looked a little nervous. "Please everyone, sit down. We will be starting a new branch of the Order and I would like you seven to be the first ones in it."
A/N: I think I will stop there. This one was really long! I know it may not look as long as the first chapter, but I have less spaces between each line and that makes it look smaller. I'm about to check, but I think word wise it's bigger. If anyone doesn't like the way it is spaced now just tell me and I'll change it, I'm just seeing how it works. Now please read and review, also I need to ask everyone to PLEASE tell anyone they know who reads fanfic's to please review this. I'm not really happy with the number of reviews I get and if you guys could recommend this story to just one person, that would make a huge difference. Thanks!
Oh ya and for the next two weeks I should be updating kind of fast because I'm on vacation now so I have no school. By January 2 (that's when I go back to school) I want to have gotten (counting this one) 3-4 chapter up.
IMPORTANT NOTE: next chapter will be the end of that meeting and then the start of the school year…do you guys want the school year to start a new story…or to continue on this one? Please just tell me in your reviews.