A/N- Here is the next chapter at 2000 words! Today in history class my
BORING teacher was trying to get us to guess who this important guy was.
His first name was Cornelius and this guy sitting in front of me screamed
Cornelius Fudge! It was really funny. It might not sound like it but you
had to have been there. Ewww I have to baby-sit from 8 to 4 on Friday! It
is a day off of school and I am spending it working!!! God help me!!! Oh I
saw Fifth Element with Gary Oldman. He doesn't seem like he is all that
handsome but I heard he was a wonderful actor. I can't wait to see him in
POA!!! I'm rambling aren't I. No one reads author's notes if I ramble...
Please review!!! I like this chapter a lot. It was fun to write for some
reason..uh oh...rambling again!
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Aurors Everywhere
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The next morning Harry skipped breakfast and went to the hospital wing to get some pain reliever. His head and back still hurt tremendously. As soon as he entered the medi-witch hurried over to him and pushed him to a bed.
"Mr. Potter, I did not give you permission to leave yesterday!"
"I had to Madame Pomphrey and now I have to go to the ministry," Harry told her.
"Oh no you don't. Arthur Weasley can take care of things while you are not well," she demanded.
"Madame Pomphrey, it is an emergency. I have to go to the ministry as soon as possible. I just came here for some pain killing potion."
Madame Pomphrey was about to argue but she thought better. He was as stubborn as a mule and it didn't help her any that he was the minister. He could even get her fired. She knew Harry would of course not do that but the fact that he could was a little intimidating. She poured the potion down his throat and Harry choked it down. After Harry finally managed to control his coughing fit and was on his way to the headmaster's office. He got permission granted to not attend classes today so he could go to the ministry and do some special work for the aurors. Then the minister took a portkey to his office. He wanted to give Mr. Weasley a break. Since the accident his best friend's dad had to work overtime.
A minute later he was walking in his massive office to see the assistant minister. "Hello Mr. Weasley. You can go home if you want. Sorry I haven't been here. How are things?"
"Things are busy Harry. I think I will stay here. I have a lot of work to finish up. Mind if we talk later?"
"That would be okay if you are sure you don't want to leave now. I have to go meet with the head aurors. I'll talk to you later," Harry said and left to find Acacia who was working busily at her desk.
"Hello Acacia," Harry greeted.
"Hi Harry. How are you feeling? I heard you were in the hospital wing but I wasn't sure why."
"I'm fine. Will you get the head aurors to meet in my office as soon as possible? I need to call an emergency meeting with them."
"Of course minister. While you are waiting I think you should catch up on your mail."
"Thank you Acacia," Harry said and went to his office to wait for the three head aurors. He didn't get any important notices or letters but he did have quite a few.
Ten minutes later there was a knock at the door and Harry let the aurors in.
"Hello minister," one said and they all sat down across from Harry's desk.
"I've called you here today," Harry started. "Because Voldemort is planning an attack on Hogwarts. We aren't sure when but it is probably going to be before the end of term."
"Who is 'we'?"
"Albus Dumbledore," Harry said simply. He didn't want to mention that 'we' was really the members of the Order of Phoenix.
"How did you find this information out?" another auror asked.
"That isn't important right now," Harry replied. "We need to prepare by sending aurors to Hogsmeade and Hogwarts. I know there are strong wards around the castle but they will get through somehow. It is possible so we need aurors stationed around."
"How many do you think will be imperative?"
"I think 75 for Hogwarts and 50 aurors for Hogsmeade."
"Okay and for how long?"
"It would only make sense to have them today until the attack which will probably be in May or most likely June. It is only January now but we should be prepared. We have to protect the people at all costs."
"That will be taken care of immediately sir."
"On to other business the dementors are not loyal anymore or at least they won't be in a short while. We need two aurors per every deatheater so they don't escape."
"Okay Mr. Potter. We will take care of everything by the end of the day."
"Oh and one more thing," Harry said. "I have a list of some aurors who I want specifically stationed at Hogwarts." He handed one of the aurors a list of other aurors that were in the Order of Phoenix. The last thing they said was for him to come make sure everything was to his satisfaction later. Harry decided to go back to Hogwarts for lunch since he skipped breakfast and he had to go to the castle anyway to talk to the headmaster. He also wanted to be there when the aurors came so he could greet them.
Taking the portkey and walking up to the gargoyle he said the password and made his way up the stairs and in the office.
"Hello headmaster," Harry said.
"Hello Harry, how are you doing today?"
"Fine Albus. I talked to the three head aurors and they are sending 75 aurors here and 50 to Hogsmeade. I made sure the order member's aurors were sent here also. They are also sending several to Azkaban."
"Then hopefully no deatheaters will escape and we will all be safer," Dumbledore said.
"Yes but we want the deatheaters and Voldemort to attack right? I don't know any other way of getting to him. We should eliminate as many deatheaters as we can and get some creatures on the light side. When the time comes we can send the students someplace safe."
"Wow Harry, you sure have planned this all through haven't you."
Harry grinned. He was glad that he was getting to show the world that he wasn't just the-boy-who-lived. He was a responsible teenager in charge of a big part of the wizarding world.
"Kingsley Shacklebolt is taking care of getting the goblins from the dark forest and Gringotts but Hagrid might be able to use your help with the giants once he gets back next week. Maybe you could accompany him on his mission."
"Can I afford to miss classes?" Harry asked.
"I think you can but you may need to stay here for a little while after term ends so you can catch up with any work that you miss."
"Where am I to stay? I hope I don't have to stay at the Dursley's."
Dumbledore let out a small chuckle. "After Voldemort is gone you won't need the protection. You can live here if you like, in the old room you had or with Sirius."
"Of course I want to live with Sirius. Remus too!" Harry said happily. He missed the sad look that came over his headmaster's face briefly.
"When are the aurors coming here? I think they can sleep in the common rooms on the 2nd floor and they can eat after everyone else eats in the great hall."
"They should be coming right after lunch and speaking of lunch I am kind of hungry. I skipped breakfast."
"Of course Harry."
Harry followed Dumbledore to the great hall and parted with him when he got to the Gryffindor table.
"Hi guys!" He said.
"Hey mate, how's life at the ministry?" Ron asked stuffing a drumstick piece in his mouth."
"Really busy. I didn't have to go to class today because I had so much work. Aurors are coming to the school but I will tell you all about that later."
Harry ate hungrily but stopped when he saw the headmaster stand and Professor McGonagall tap her fork on her glass to get everyone's attention. It was odd that he was making an announcement during lunch. Usually he waited until dinner but Harry knew what this would be about.
"Good afternoon everyone. I have an announcement to make." He waited for everyone to quiet down and then he continued. "75 aurors will be coming to Hogwarts for a long period of time. They will be stationed all around for safety reasons. I am sure that you all will respect them just like you respect Hogwarts' professors. Thank you and have a nice rest of the day."
There was a lot of angry chatter but Harry just ignored it and ate with his friends and talked. When he was finished Harry walked up to the headmaster.
"Professor, do you think I could use the great hall for a meeting with the aurors?"
"Of course, Harry."
"Thank you, will you come too?"
"If you wish."
After everyone left the great hall several aurors entered. Harry stood up at the front of the big room and cast a Sonorous charm on himself.
"Thank you all for coming," Harry said. He could see Tonks and some other order members. Moody was even there. Harry thought that he was retired but he shrugged it off and put the thought in the back of his mind for later. "You all will be here until the end of school or the attack, which ever comes first. You will all be stationed around the castle. I think 3 of you for each house and then some in the classrooms, hallways, dungeons and the great hall. Everyone can eat after the students finish in here and you can stay in the common rooms on the second floor. Now I will take questions if you have any," Harry said loudly.
The next hour was spent stationing each auror in a different spot. He hoped the houses wouldn't mind having the adults in there but he couldn't do anything about it. He answered specific questions and told them the password to each room and common room. Tonks and Moody were positioned near the headmaster's office. Other order members weren't stationed anywhere. They would patrol. Harry left at about 2:00 p.m to go to Hogsmeade. He decided to take the secret passage instead of a portkey because he was getting really sick of the little transportation devices
He made almost the same speech to the 50 aurors that were there and told them all where they should go. The places were more general since there weren't as many trained wizards as in the Hogwarts castle.
Then it was time for the visit to Azkaban. He had never been there before and was quite worried about the dementors. He couldn't very well use the patronus on every one of them. He went quickly and tried to block out the empty, cold feeling he felt. It was dark and eerie and Harry felt bad for the aurors. He told them who was a deatheater and by the time he left there were more than 80 aurors stationed all throughout various cells.
Harry went back to his room and visited his friends in the Gryffindor common room. Unfortunately all his friends except Hermione and Ron were mad at him. He did send three adult wizards in the common room permanently for the rest of the year. Harry tried to explain it was just protection and wouldn't interfere with what they did. The aurors didn't care about the lives of the students. He told them he still even copied papers and played pranks and he was the minister. The head girl growled at this but shrugged it off saying she copied papers too. By the time he finally managed to convince his friends it was for the good of the school it was well past midnight and he had classes tomorrow. He went straight to the common room he shared with Fallyn and Draco and went right to sleep.
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A/N- PLEASE REVIEW!! Harry is getting more responsible in each chapter isn't he? I hope you all like that. I try not to make him out of character but some times its hard. He is a 16 year old teenager in charge of a lot of things after all. I think this chapter was a little longer. I plan for this story to be about 28 or so chapters and an epilogue or two. I will try to maek 2000 word chapters from now on. This one fits that requirement. Also please read my short fic 'Entering the History Books.' It was something I did in my spare time and it is only one chapter but it's finished. It is based on the summary of one of the stories on the authors not of chapter 15. Please read and review it. REVIEW THIS CHAPTER!! REVIEWS MAKE ME SO HAPPY!!!
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Aurors Everywhere
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The next morning Harry skipped breakfast and went to the hospital wing to get some pain reliever. His head and back still hurt tremendously. As soon as he entered the medi-witch hurried over to him and pushed him to a bed.
"Mr. Potter, I did not give you permission to leave yesterday!"
"I had to Madame Pomphrey and now I have to go to the ministry," Harry told her.
"Oh no you don't. Arthur Weasley can take care of things while you are not well," she demanded.
"Madame Pomphrey, it is an emergency. I have to go to the ministry as soon as possible. I just came here for some pain killing potion."
Madame Pomphrey was about to argue but she thought better. He was as stubborn as a mule and it didn't help her any that he was the minister. He could even get her fired. She knew Harry would of course not do that but the fact that he could was a little intimidating. She poured the potion down his throat and Harry choked it down. After Harry finally managed to control his coughing fit and was on his way to the headmaster's office. He got permission granted to not attend classes today so he could go to the ministry and do some special work for the aurors. Then the minister took a portkey to his office. He wanted to give Mr. Weasley a break. Since the accident his best friend's dad had to work overtime.
A minute later he was walking in his massive office to see the assistant minister. "Hello Mr. Weasley. You can go home if you want. Sorry I haven't been here. How are things?"
"Things are busy Harry. I think I will stay here. I have a lot of work to finish up. Mind if we talk later?"
"That would be okay if you are sure you don't want to leave now. I have to go meet with the head aurors. I'll talk to you later," Harry said and left to find Acacia who was working busily at her desk.
"Hello Acacia," Harry greeted.
"Hi Harry. How are you feeling? I heard you were in the hospital wing but I wasn't sure why."
"I'm fine. Will you get the head aurors to meet in my office as soon as possible? I need to call an emergency meeting with them."
"Of course minister. While you are waiting I think you should catch up on your mail."
"Thank you Acacia," Harry said and went to his office to wait for the three head aurors. He didn't get any important notices or letters but he did have quite a few.
Ten minutes later there was a knock at the door and Harry let the aurors in.
"Hello minister," one said and they all sat down across from Harry's desk.
"I've called you here today," Harry started. "Because Voldemort is planning an attack on Hogwarts. We aren't sure when but it is probably going to be before the end of term."
"Who is 'we'?"
"Albus Dumbledore," Harry said simply. He didn't want to mention that 'we' was really the members of the Order of Phoenix.
"How did you find this information out?" another auror asked.
"That isn't important right now," Harry replied. "We need to prepare by sending aurors to Hogsmeade and Hogwarts. I know there are strong wards around the castle but they will get through somehow. It is possible so we need aurors stationed around."
"How many do you think will be imperative?"
"I think 75 for Hogwarts and 50 aurors for Hogsmeade."
"Okay and for how long?"
"It would only make sense to have them today until the attack which will probably be in May or most likely June. It is only January now but we should be prepared. We have to protect the people at all costs."
"That will be taken care of immediately sir."
"On to other business the dementors are not loyal anymore or at least they won't be in a short while. We need two aurors per every deatheater so they don't escape."
"Okay Mr. Potter. We will take care of everything by the end of the day."
"Oh and one more thing," Harry said. "I have a list of some aurors who I want specifically stationed at Hogwarts." He handed one of the aurors a list of other aurors that were in the Order of Phoenix. The last thing they said was for him to come make sure everything was to his satisfaction later. Harry decided to go back to Hogwarts for lunch since he skipped breakfast and he had to go to the castle anyway to talk to the headmaster. He also wanted to be there when the aurors came so he could greet them.
Taking the portkey and walking up to the gargoyle he said the password and made his way up the stairs and in the office.
"Hello headmaster," Harry said.
"Hello Harry, how are you doing today?"
"Fine Albus. I talked to the three head aurors and they are sending 75 aurors here and 50 to Hogsmeade. I made sure the order member's aurors were sent here also. They are also sending several to Azkaban."
"Then hopefully no deatheaters will escape and we will all be safer," Dumbledore said.
"Yes but we want the deatheaters and Voldemort to attack right? I don't know any other way of getting to him. We should eliminate as many deatheaters as we can and get some creatures on the light side. When the time comes we can send the students someplace safe."
"Wow Harry, you sure have planned this all through haven't you."
Harry grinned. He was glad that he was getting to show the world that he wasn't just the-boy-who-lived. He was a responsible teenager in charge of a big part of the wizarding world.
"Kingsley Shacklebolt is taking care of getting the goblins from the dark forest and Gringotts but Hagrid might be able to use your help with the giants once he gets back next week. Maybe you could accompany him on his mission."
"Can I afford to miss classes?" Harry asked.
"I think you can but you may need to stay here for a little while after term ends so you can catch up with any work that you miss."
"Where am I to stay? I hope I don't have to stay at the Dursley's."
Dumbledore let out a small chuckle. "After Voldemort is gone you won't need the protection. You can live here if you like, in the old room you had or with Sirius."
"Of course I want to live with Sirius. Remus too!" Harry said happily. He missed the sad look that came over his headmaster's face briefly.
"When are the aurors coming here? I think they can sleep in the common rooms on the 2nd floor and they can eat after everyone else eats in the great hall."
"They should be coming right after lunch and speaking of lunch I am kind of hungry. I skipped breakfast."
"Of course Harry."
Harry followed Dumbledore to the great hall and parted with him when he got to the Gryffindor table.
"Hi guys!" He said.
"Hey mate, how's life at the ministry?" Ron asked stuffing a drumstick piece in his mouth."
"Really busy. I didn't have to go to class today because I had so much work. Aurors are coming to the school but I will tell you all about that later."
Harry ate hungrily but stopped when he saw the headmaster stand and Professor McGonagall tap her fork on her glass to get everyone's attention. It was odd that he was making an announcement during lunch. Usually he waited until dinner but Harry knew what this would be about.
"Good afternoon everyone. I have an announcement to make." He waited for everyone to quiet down and then he continued. "75 aurors will be coming to Hogwarts for a long period of time. They will be stationed all around for safety reasons. I am sure that you all will respect them just like you respect Hogwarts' professors. Thank you and have a nice rest of the day."
There was a lot of angry chatter but Harry just ignored it and ate with his friends and talked. When he was finished Harry walked up to the headmaster.
"Professor, do you think I could use the great hall for a meeting with the aurors?"
"Of course, Harry."
"Thank you, will you come too?"
"If you wish."
After everyone left the great hall several aurors entered. Harry stood up at the front of the big room and cast a Sonorous charm on himself.
"Thank you all for coming," Harry said. He could see Tonks and some other order members. Moody was even there. Harry thought that he was retired but he shrugged it off and put the thought in the back of his mind for later. "You all will be here until the end of school or the attack, which ever comes first. You will all be stationed around the castle. I think 3 of you for each house and then some in the classrooms, hallways, dungeons and the great hall. Everyone can eat after the students finish in here and you can stay in the common rooms on the second floor. Now I will take questions if you have any," Harry said loudly.
The next hour was spent stationing each auror in a different spot. He hoped the houses wouldn't mind having the adults in there but he couldn't do anything about it. He answered specific questions and told them the password to each room and common room. Tonks and Moody were positioned near the headmaster's office. Other order members weren't stationed anywhere. They would patrol. Harry left at about 2:00 p.m to go to Hogsmeade. He decided to take the secret passage instead of a portkey because he was getting really sick of the little transportation devices
He made almost the same speech to the 50 aurors that were there and told them all where they should go. The places were more general since there weren't as many trained wizards as in the Hogwarts castle.
Then it was time for the visit to Azkaban. He had never been there before and was quite worried about the dementors. He couldn't very well use the patronus on every one of them. He went quickly and tried to block out the empty, cold feeling he felt. It was dark and eerie and Harry felt bad for the aurors. He told them who was a deatheater and by the time he left there were more than 80 aurors stationed all throughout various cells.
Harry went back to his room and visited his friends in the Gryffindor common room. Unfortunately all his friends except Hermione and Ron were mad at him. He did send three adult wizards in the common room permanently for the rest of the year. Harry tried to explain it was just protection and wouldn't interfere with what they did. The aurors didn't care about the lives of the students. He told them he still even copied papers and played pranks and he was the minister. The head girl growled at this but shrugged it off saying she copied papers too. By the time he finally managed to convince his friends it was for the good of the school it was well past midnight and he had classes tomorrow. He went straight to the common room he shared with Fallyn and Draco and went right to sleep.
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A/N- PLEASE REVIEW!! Harry is getting more responsible in each chapter isn't he? I hope you all like that. I try not to make him out of character but some times its hard. He is a 16 year old teenager in charge of a lot of things after all. I think this chapter was a little longer. I plan for this story to be about 28 or so chapters and an epilogue or two. I will try to maek 2000 word chapters from now on. This one fits that requirement. Also please read my short fic 'Entering the History Books.' It was something I did in my spare time and it is only one chapter but it's finished. It is based on the summary of one of the stories on the authors not of chapter 15. Please read and review it. REVIEW THIS CHAPTER!! REVIEWS MAKE ME SO HAPPY!!!