After hours of practicing the new spell Harry had finally mastered it. He had had to ask Dumbledore if he could use some of the Slytherin's to practice with since they all hated him and then memory charms on them afterwards to save their dignity. After much reluctance he finally agreed and Harry, with help form Ginny, had mastered the curse in just a few hours. When they were finished they went back to the Common Room to find Ron and Hermione sitting on the couch holding each other in front of the fire. Harry shocked at first walked over to them but they seemed oblivious to every-one and every thing but each other. Harry purposefully cleared his throat and they sprang apart so quick they could have apparated.
"Is there something I need to know?" he asked with a devilish grin on his face. The truth was he wasn't in the slightest bit surprised or annoyed that his two best friends were evidently together. It means that they would have a closer bond with each other if anything were to happen. They could be there for each other. "Don't worry I only have one thing to say to you two…" He said in a stern and serious voice "ABOUT TIME!!!" he shouted laughing and hugging his two best friends as they blushed furiously and grinned at their best friend taking their relationship so good.
"I'm gonna head up to bed now, Harry" Ginny whispered in his ear. He smiled at her and looked at her wistfully. If only Voldemort wasn't around to make my life hell… NO! what am I thinking this is GINNY Rons little sister. Anyway she's over that crush she used to have on me. Even Hermione said so on the train after fifth year.
"G'night Gin." HE replied tearing his eyes away from her and trying to clear thoughts of Ginny out of his mind.
When Ginny had gone up stairs Harry sat down on one of the chairs. He glanced over at the couch and noticed that Ron and Hermione were quietly arguing over something. Finally Hermione spoke up.
"Er… Harry, there's something we should have told you as soon as you came back." She looked over at Ron who continued.
"Some-one else has gone missing and another turned up for you. Here's a copy of it Dumbledore made." He handed Harry a small slip of parchment and waited for him to read it.
He looked down at the parchment and read the short note:
Potter, So as I can see your first crush doesn't mean enough to you, well we feel you may need some convincing. How about your Fanclub??
"Oh no!" Harry looked up at Ron and Hermione, reading the expressions from their faces he knew immediately who had been taken this time. "Colin"
"Colin and Dennis Creevey, Harry." Came a familiar voice from by the portrait hole. Harry turned around to see Dumbledore. Harry felt tears welling up in his eyes. He had never really liked Colin or Dennis to begin with he found them quite annoying but once he got to know them they became friends of his. He got and shot towards the stairs that lead to the Girls dorms and began to run up the stairs, realizing just in time that the stairs form a slide, and he grabbed onto the banister and pulled himself up until he reached the sixth year girls dormitory. He knocked lightly and Ginny opened the door.
"Harry?! How…Wha…Why are you up here?" she asked looking somewhat confused.
"Ginny Colin and Dennis have been taken to get back at me!" He said letting the tears finally fall. She gathered him into her and brought him into the dormitory. She sat holding him until he stopped. He looked up at her feeling rather stupid but happy at the same time. He was with Ginny. He wasn't sure why he felt this way, but he knew it was wrong. "I'm sorry, Gin…It was stupid." She lifted his face up to make him meet her gaze.
"No. It wasn't Harry, it just proves that you really are a caring person." She looked at him with her chocolate brown eyes and kissed his forehead. "Come on you shouldn't be up here"
They got up and went downstairs, Dumbledore was still there and Harry braced himself for the lecture and punishment for going up the girl's dormitories. But none came. He looked up at his headmaster and noticed that he wasn't angry in the slightest.
"It's OK Harry, its god to have some-one like Ginny to be there for you when you need it." His eyes lost the slight twinkle they had and became dark. "I must ask you Harry. Are you ready?"
Harry thought for a moment before looking up at his headmaster and nodding. He was fed up with his life being limited because of what Voldemort might do. He had lived for three years now double checking decisions that he made to make sure that no-one could get hurt. It was time to bring the Wizarding world out of fear and if he had to be the one to do it then he would gladly be the one to do it.
"Ron, Hermione, Ginny and I have been working on getting me prepared for this sir." HE looked at Dumbledore his eyes had changed again they were no longer darkened they were visibly full of pride.
"How so?"
"Well, I put everyone to their strengths. Hermione did some researching on spells, charms, hexes, and curses that I could use, Ginny has been using her quick learning skills to teach me them, and Ron has been using his chess expertise to come up with a strategy."
"I am proud of you all. What is your plan Mr. Weasley?" he looked at Ron.
"Well, there are a few things that could be done, but the one I think most wise and also most likely to work is this one, but there is a slight problem. It takes time. We need a month to brew Polyjuice potion." Ron looked at Dumbledore hoping that he would approve. He nodded his head slightly.
"That can be arranged Mr. Weasley, I will get Severus onto it straight away."
"Thank you, sir. We will need Sna- er… Professor Snape," He looked apologetically at Dumbledore before continuing. "to give us some of his hair. Harry needs to use the Polyjuice to become Snape before the first meeting once the Polyjuice is finished. Harry will join the Death Eaters when beckoned and then we will need some sort of signal from Harry to let us get the Teachers, Aurors and the Order to the location."
"Ah yes, quite right Mr. Weasley, we will need to make a full on attack, I had already anticipated this. If Harry were to be able to challenge Voldemort he would be out-numbered and surely killed with that many against him. Even the Boy Who Lived will not be able hold off that many Death Eaters at once." He looked at Harry with the familiar twinkle in his eyes for a second before looking back at Ron. "However, I have no plan to let Harry go alone, I will be joining him." Ron opened his mouth to object but Dumbledore interrupted him before he could say anything. "I will not be seen. There are other ways to be invisible with an invisibility cloak s I have told young Harry here on an occasion. First year, Harry?" He asked with mirth in his eyes.
"I think that covers it, sir" Ron replied quite proud that his plan had been accepted.
"Indeed it does Mr. Weasley." He turned to Harry. "I would like to see in my office tomorrow morning at ten prompt, I guess you will be able to guess my password, you have every other year." He stood up to leave.
"What do you want to see me for sir?" Harry asked
"Appariton lessons Harry, and Animagus lessons, we only have a month so we need to hurry." He turned and left the Common Room. Harry just stood there dumbstruck, before following Ron up to bed and absent-mindedly kissing Ginny on the cheek goodnight.
"Is there something I need to know?" he asked with a devilish grin on his face. The truth was he wasn't in the slightest bit surprised or annoyed that his two best friends were evidently together. It means that they would have a closer bond with each other if anything were to happen. They could be there for each other. "Don't worry I only have one thing to say to you two…" He said in a stern and serious voice "ABOUT TIME!!!" he shouted laughing and hugging his two best friends as they blushed furiously and grinned at their best friend taking their relationship so good.
"I'm gonna head up to bed now, Harry" Ginny whispered in his ear. He smiled at her and looked at her wistfully. If only Voldemort wasn't around to make my life hell… NO! what am I thinking this is GINNY Rons little sister. Anyway she's over that crush she used to have on me. Even Hermione said so on the train after fifth year.
"G'night Gin." HE replied tearing his eyes away from her and trying to clear thoughts of Ginny out of his mind.
When Ginny had gone up stairs Harry sat down on one of the chairs. He glanced over at the couch and noticed that Ron and Hermione were quietly arguing over something. Finally Hermione spoke up.
"Er… Harry, there's something we should have told you as soon as you came back." She looked over at Ron who continued.
"Some-one else has gone missing and another turned up for you. Here's a copy of it Dumbledore made." He handed Harry a small slip of parchment and waited for him to read it.
He looked down at the parchment and read the short note:
Potter, So as I can see your first crush doesn't mean enough to you, well we feel you may need some convincing. How about your Fanclub??
"Oh no!" Harry looked up at Ron and Hermione, reading the expressions from their faces he knew immediately who had been taken this time. "Colin"
"Colin and Dennis Creevey, Harry." Came a familiar voice from by the portrait hole. Harry turned around to see Dumbledore. Harry felt tears welling up in his eyes. He had never really liked Colin or Dennis to begin with he found them quite annoying but once he got to know them they became friends of his. He got and shot towards the stairs that lead to the Girls dorms and began to run up the stairs, realizing just in time that the stairs form a slide, and he grabbed onto the banister and pulled himself up until he reached the sixth year girls dormitory. He knocked lightly and Ginny opened the door.
"Harry?! How…Wha…Why are you up here?" she asked looking somewhat confused.
"Ginny Colin and Dennis have been taken to get back at me!" He said letting the tears finally fall. She gathered him into her and brought him into the dormitory. She sat holding him until he stopped. He looked up at her feeling rather stupid but happy at the same time. He was with Ginny. He wasn't sure why he felt this way, but he knew it was wrong. "I'm sorry, Gin…It was stupid." She lifted his face up to make him meet her gaze.
"No. It wasn't Harry, it just proves that you really are a caring person." She looked at him with her chocolate brown eyes and kissed his forehead. "Come on you shouldn't be up here"
They got up and went downstairs, Dumbledore was still there and Harry braced himself for the lecture and punishment for going up the girl's dormitories. But none came. He looked up at his headmaster and noticed that he wasn't angry in the slightest.
"It's OK Harry, its god to have some-one like Ginny to be there for you when you need it." His eyes lost the slight twinkle they had and became dark. "I must ask you Harry. Are you ready?"
Harry thought for a moment before looking up at his headmaster and nodding. He was fed up with his life being limited because of what Voldemort might do. He had lived for three years now double checking decisions that he made to make sure that no-one could get hurt. It was time to bring the Wizarding world out of fear and if he had to be the one to do it then he would gladly be the one to do it.
"Ron, Hermione, Ginny and I have been working on getting me prepared for this sir." HE looked at Dumbledore his eyes had changed again they were no longer darkened they were visibly full of pride.
"How so?"
"Well, I put everyone to their strengths. Hermione did some researching on spells, charms, hexes, and curses that I could use, Ginny has been using her quick learning skills to teach me them, and Ron has been using his chess expertise to come up with a strategy."
"I am proud of you all. What is your plan Mr. Weasley?" he looked at Ron.
"Well, there are a few things that could be done, but the one I think most wise and also most likely to work is this one, but there is a slight problem. It takes time. We need a month to brew Polyjuice potion." Ron looked at Dumbledore hoping that he would approve. He nodded his head slightly.
"That can be arranged Mr. Weasley, I will get Severus onto it straight away."
"Thank you, sir. We will need Sna- er… Professor Snape," He looked apologetically at Dumbledore before continuing. "to give us some of his hair. Harry needs to use the Polyjuice to become Snape before the first meeting once the Polyjuice is finished. Harry will join the Death Eaters when beckoned and then we will need some sort of signal from Harry to let us get the Teachers, Aurors and the Order to the location."
"Ah yes, quite right Mr. Weasley, we will need to make a full on attack, I had already anticipated this. If Harry were to be able to challenge Voldemort he would be out-numbered and surely killed with that many against him. Even the Boy Who Lived will not be able hold off that many Death Eaters at once." He looked at Harry with the familiar twinkle in his eyes for a second before looking back at Ron. "However, I have no plan to let Harry go alone, I will be joining him." Ron opened his mouth to object but Dumbledore interrupted him before he could say anything. "I will not be seen. There are other ways to be invisible with an invisibility cloak s I have told young Harry here on an occasion. First year, Harry?" He asked with mirth in his eyes.
"I think that covers it, sir" Ron replied quite proud that his plan had been accepted.
"Indeed it does Mr. Weasley." He turned to Harry. "I would like to see in my office tomorrow morning at ten prompt, I guess you will be able to guess my password, you have every other year." He stood up to leave.
"What do you want to see me for sir?" Harry asked
"Appariton lessons Harry, and Animagus lessons, we only have a month so we need to hurry." He turned and left the Common Room. Harry just stood there dumbstruck, before following Ron up to bed and absent-mindedly kissing Ginny on the cheek goodnight.