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Stage of Time

Chapter 2-Planning

Draco stood outside of the Great Hall in front of his year and house mates. Next to him, on the right, was Blaise. On his left was Mira. He stared at her for a few minutes as he remembered last night and how it had changed his life.

Draco led Mira down the hallway to the 7th year common room. He didn't pay her much mind, as he had much bigger things on his mind than if he should talk with her or not. He led and didn't look to see if she followed. He came to the portrait that was outside the common room and said the password just loud enough for her to hear. The leaders of the Sylerin House all were there, waiting for them to come. Draco headed for a chair next to the fireplace as Mira went and draped herself over the only empty couch. Draco looked around and nodded at

everyone there.

Then he started the introductions. "My name is Draco Malfoy as you already know." And so it went until everyone had introduced themselves and it was her turn.

"My name is Mira Talan as you were told ealier at dinner. And I know the secrets each of you hold dear to your hearts. I also know the one factor that keeps all of you bound together." She looked around the room and made eye contact with everyone there. They all started to shift uncomfortably.

Blaise was the first one to call what everyone thought had to be a bluff. "So what is the one factor that keeps us all bound to each other?"

She looked him in the eye and said, "Voldemort. All of you hate him, you don't want to be his slaves, but you don't know how to get out of it. You all hate Dumbledore, so you couldn't imagine spying for him, but you want a way to fight evil without going to the other good side. That's why I came here." They all looked at her in wonder. Then they looked at each other. Had it they been that easily figured out by their parents? If they had been , then they could be in danger for their lives.

"Don't worry. No one but us knows what is going on with you. We are proud Slytherins, and no one can rule us. I myself have some secrets. Such as, I came here because I needed your help among other things." She pushed up the right sleeve of her robe and whispered a word. On skin that before had no mark,

now had the picture of a wings unfurling to show a snake uncoiling as it flew up. Everyone in the room looked more closely at her arm and gasped.

"This is the mark of Voldemort's most beloved. But I do not fight for him, nor do I fight for Dumbledore or the Ministry. I fight for the 4th side in this battle. A side that sees that Dumbledore and Voldemort are the same, they only fight for different sides. The Ministry will fall soon, because it will not say that this war is going on. The 4th side has no loyalties to any of the other sides. They are the ones who kidnap families to know what is going on with the other sides. They are the ones who are trained to kill with their bare hands. They are the ones that spend hours learning wandless magic, not because it is thought to be dark, but because if their wands are taken, they can still fight with magic.

"We don't have many people in Voldemort's army right now because they are mostly set in their ways. That is why I came here. We need all of you to fight for us. No one will ever know that you are not on their side, because in the end only our side will win. I need your help in creating a network of spies, so that we can get information to save other's families, and hold it against them. So that we can plan attacks on all sides have it look as if we have ever changing loyalties within our group and with others.

"You are the new group of Slytherins. You have seen your parents get beaten by a Mudblood, the ones you are supposed to be killing. You are proud enough so that he will not beat you. So I come to you with an idea. You will spy for us, tell Voldemort that if would be better for his cause if you were to not be marked. That way you can be trusted more with his secrets and then lie to Dumbledore to get on to his side." She finished as they all looked at her in wonder.

" But won't Dumbledore use the Truth Potions on us?," Pansy asked.

"Of course he will, but that is why I will teach you how to be stronger that it. I am immune to it, because I was given the strongest form of it when I was younger for a few years. I also learned how to lie well enough so that no one can figure out if I'm telling the truth or not," Mira answered back.

"If we do execpt your offer, what else it in it for us? You said that we would be free from most of the sides during this war, but we are the ones risking our lives for you and your cause," Crabbe asked.

"I will teach you the things they are afraid to teach anyone in this school. I will teach wandless magic, weaponary, and just about anything else you feel like learning. Mostly what is thought of as 'the dark arts', not many know them, only the powerful do, so everyone else is afraid of them and has made them bad. You may also learn things that the teachers in this school already know, but in a more advance form. So do you all accept my offer?," She looked at them and could see them thinking it over. In their minds her plan seemed to be better

than any of the one they had thought up.

Draco stood up and walked over to her. He stuck out his hand and said, " I accept."

Blaise stood up next and also accepted her offer. Now that the main leaders of Slytherin had accepted her offer, the others also began to accept.

Now that that was over, Draco started to speak. "As you all know, I have 7/8th Veela blood. This summer I came into my full powers and in order to be able to use them, I have to have someone to ground me. That person would be my mate for life. I found that person....but there's a major promble."

"What?," Someone in the room asked.

"My mate is Harry Potter." And with those words there had been silence in the room.

After everyone had gotten used to the idea, they started to talk about how to get Harry to fall in love with Draco. He was their leader and they respected him and what happening to him. They also knew that they needed Harry on their side when the war ended.

Draco never thought that his classmates would shun him for who his mate was. He was surprised at the fact that they had also noticed that Harry had changed over the summer. And so the plan was born.

Draco watched as Crabbe and Goyle pushed open the doors of the Great Hall. All the other tables had already been sitting down for the last 15 minutes. Everyone should be in there by now. Draco, Blaise and Mira led all of the Slytherins to breakfast. Crabbe and Goley fell into place behind them. Not a word was spoken as they all sat down, not even the new first years said a word. The other tables and the teachers watched them as they ate their breakfast. Still not saying a word. Slowly, the rest of the Great Hall started to eat again, but everyone, once in a while looked over at the Slytherin table and wondered what they were doing.

The teacher looked at each other. They knew what was happening. The Slytherins were telling the world that they were powerful and were there for each other, no matter what their age. It was a sign of what was going to happen in the up-coming year.

Draco looked up at one point and stared into Harry's eyes. Harry stopped eating and left the room, head down. The 7th year Slytherins watched him as he left, then looked at each other. Something had defentaly happened to Harry this summer that really changed him. They were going to have to find out what.