A/N – Well this story is finally starting to flow out. Anyways this will be
my last update before Christmas.(duh its Christmas eve). Happy holidays to
all who is reading this.
Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers and I hope to hear from you for this chap. Ok well, not much to say. Enjoy!
Sean Signing out! Chapter Thirteen
The Sword of Destiny
Dumbledore surveyed the young adult sitting in front of him. It had only been a couple of hours since they had returned from St. Mungos, and the youth was exhausted. Dumbledore had spared him a couple of hours of sleep, but it seemed that all the hours in the world weren't enough.
"Why are we here Professor?" Harry asked gesturing to himself and Hermione.
"Because I have found what we are looking for." Dumbledore said with an air of mysteriousness about him.
"You mean you understand what happened on the Hogwarts Express?" Harry asked almost before Dumbledore had finished his sentence.
"Yes, I have finally found the reason Hermione survived the curse and why you managed to harness it. Its actually simple." Dumbledore said
"Ages ago, when magic wasn't the only way wizards battled, a pair of swords were created. Two and only two, they must be wielded by two people who have enough magical power to harness them. Of course when they were made the makers didn't realize that, even the makers of the sword weren't strong enough to wield them. It was then that they realized what they had created, something so powerful that if it fell into the wrong hands it would be the end of the world. So they hid them, they hid them well. After they died no one knew where they were hidden. They left one map, but it does not show the final destination, and crucial points along the way. Many have tried to follow the map without the last bits, but all have come back empty handed." Dumbledore finished.
"Who made the map?" Hermione asked, no doubt with the intention of doing some research.
"Patrick Potter." Dumbledore said quietly.
Hermione let out a gasp. Harry almost fell out of the chair. And Dumbledore just kept on staring at them.
"Is that a relative of mine, sir?" Harry asked
"Yes, Harry he was your ancestor. He and his wife Jasmine made the swords and wrote the map." He said
"Where is the map?" Harry asked "As a matter of fact, I have it. While I was calling around to gather information for this research project one of my 'sources' found it for me and sent it to me." Dumbledore said
"May I see it?" Hermione asked.
"Yes you may." Dumbledore said as he handed her a folded piece of parchment.
It was a normal map, with bits a pieces missing. Harry didn't see anything special about it, but as he reached out to take it from Hermione something strange happened.
Words started spreading out from the edges making a full ring around the map.
A Potter holds the map once again The time has come to face the Father of Lies Soon the Confrontation will begin, but without the Swords it is useless Together the pair must face him, but only one alone will slay him, but divided they will fall To find the Swords you must unlock my secrets Inside you lay the answer A secret passed down the family tree will unlock The Swords of Destiny
Harry was stunned; whoever had enchanted this map had really done a job on it. What the map had said almost contradicted the prophecy. Almost, still it came down to him and Voldemort. The only thing that had changed would be the fact that without Hermione by his side he would fail. And without the Swords they would fail.
"Well this is a problem." Hermione spoke up.
"What is?" Harry asked a little snappishly, there was obviously a problem.
"It says 'A secret passed down in the family' well...umm...you father...err." Hermione ended lamely
"He didn't live long enough to tell me the damn secret." Harry said angrily. This kind of stuff always happened to him, not to anyone else, him. He hated it, it just wasn't fair.
"I'm going to leave the map in your possession Harry, it obviously belongs to you." Dumbledore said snapping Harry out of his reverie.
"Wait, I have one more thing I want to ask you." Harry said.
"And that is Mr. Potter?"
"Since the final battle is obviously coming soon, I was wondering if I could start a group inside the school, so that way when I fight him I won't be totally alone. I was thinking a group of seven people. Myself, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Draco, and James Black. We could train together and devise attack plans." Harry said.
Harry had been thinking about this for a long time and he thought it would be good to kind of start the DA again. Except this time have it select people so that way he could train them specially.
"James Black?" Dumbledore asked curiously
"Yes sir, he is very smart for his age, and personally I don't think that he should be in first year at all. Him and Hermione are working up a counter curse for the Avada Kedevra. Hermione said it might work." Harry said
"Ahh, yes Mr. Black will be taking his OWL's next week actually. You have heard of genius's who go to collage at the age of ten, well Mr. Black seems to be doing just that. He will be a good addend on to you team. Yes you may start the team; I personally think it is a wonderful idea." Dumbledore said with pride in his old eyes.
"Thank you sir, for everything maybe we have a chance to kill Voldemort just yet." Harry said
"Of course Harry. Make sure to try that map, you just might have the answer after all." Dumbledore said with the twinkle in his eyes.
With that they left and went to their dorm rooms, and fell asleep instantly. Thankfully for them the next day was Saturday.
- - -
"Harry why are we here?" Ginny asked impatiently.
"I'm getting to that Gin." Harry said
"If you look around the room you will notice two things. Can anyone tell me what they are?" Harry asked to the room in general.
Luna's hand shot up into the air.
"Yes Luna?"
"We are all members of the DA, and we are all people who went to the Department of Mysteries with you." She said confidently
"Good, but that's about to change. We are starting a new team, much like the DA, but smaller. Its going to be called DA, but not for Dumbledore's Army, we are Destiny's Army. And we are going to be adding two new people." Harry said happily, he had thought up the name in History of Magic class.
Murmurs ran around the Room of Requirement.
"Come out James, Draco." Harry said to the door behind him.
James and Draco walked out of the room and waved to everybody. Harry was still a little cautious about James. He maybe a genius, but he was still young. Harry didn't feel too good about introducing an eleven year old to the kind of things that they were about to talk about.
"This is Draco Malfoy, I'm sure you all know him...one way or another." Harry added with a smirk, which earned him a friendly punch in the arm.
"This is my friend James Black. I know he is young, but he is a genius." James waved to everyone and blushed at Harry's complements.
"Why are we here?" Draco so aptly asked.
"I'm about to tell you. What I tell you no one is to know, this is going to be a secret of the team. What I tell you in here we tell no one! I don't think I can stress that point enough." Harry said, and they all nodded back at him.
For the next hour Harry explained to the group about the prophecy, and the map. Looks were passed around the room so fast Harry almost couldn't catch them all. He also explained to them about the Order of the Phoenix. By the end of his speech, most of their mouths were hanging open in shock.
"So what your saying is that you have to kill him, or he is gonna kill you?" Neville asked white faced.
"Yes that is exactly what I am saying. But I can't do it without the Swords."
"Ok, its Saturday so we have all day to train. Lets get started, Ginny, Neville I want you to go into that room and practice dueling."
Luna, Draco I want you to go into that room and work on your Patronus's, I found a boggart and charmed to only turn into a dementor."
Hermione, James I want you to work on that spell, hopefully you can finish it soon so we can practice it. And I'm going to work on the map." Harry finished directing everyone and they went their different ways.
They spent all afternoon doing different things, Harry was extremely happy with they progress they made. Neville and Ginny dueled all day, and by the time they came out of the room they were both sweaty and tired. Draco and Luna, both managed to defeat the boggart. Hermione and James poured over a piece of parchment for hours whispering to each other and not letting anyone come near.
Harry made no progress at all, the map just said the same thing over and over again, and it said he knew the secret but he didn't. He had tried every ink revealing charm he knew. Nothing worked.
"Listen UP!" Harry got everyone's attention. "You all did great today, everyone worked hard, and hopefully made some progress." Harry cast a meaningful glance at James and Hermione. "I can't wait to see what the next meeting will bring. Here are the same coins that we used for the original DA." Harry passed them out and quickly explained what they would do. After that he dismissed every one and they all left the room of requirement in a better mood.
Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers and I hope to hear from you for this chap. Ok well, not much to say. Enjoy!
Sean Signing out! Chapter Thirteen
The Sword of Destiny
Dumbledore surveyed the young adult sitting in front of him. It had only been a couple of hours since they had returned from St. Mungos, and the youth was exhausted. Dumbledore had spared him a couple of hours of sleep, but it seemed that all the hours in the world weren't enough.
"Why are we here Professor?" Harry asked gesturing to himself and Hermione.
"Because I have found what we are looking for." Dumbledore said with an air of mysteriousness about him.
"You mean you understand what happened on the Hogwarts Express?" Harry asked almost before Dumbledore had finished his sentence.
"Yes, I have finally found the reason Hermione survived the curse and why you managed to harness it. Its actually simple." Dumbledore said
"Ages ago, when magic wasn't the only way wizards battled, a pair of swords were created. Two and only two, they must be wielded by two people who have enough magical power to harness them. Of course when they were made the makers didn't realize that, even the makers of the sword weren't strong enough to wield them. It was then that they realized what they had created, something so powerful that if it fell into the wrong hands it would be the end of the world. So they hid them, they hid them well. After they died no one knew where they were hidden. They left one map, but it does not show the final destination, and crucial points along the way. Many have tried to follow the map without the last bits, but all have come back empty handed." Dumbledore finished.
"Who made the map?" Hermione asked, no doubt with the intention of doing some research.
"Patrick Potter." Dumbledore said quietly.
Hermione let out a gasp. Harry almost fell out of the chair. And Dumbledore just kept on staring at them.
"Is that a relative of mine, sir?" Harry asked
"Yes, Harry he was your ancestor. He and his wife Jasmine made the swords and wrote the map." He said
"Where is the map?" Harry asked "As a matter of fact, I have it. While I was calling around to gather information for this research project one of my 'sources' found it for me and sent it to me." Dumbledore said
"May I see it?" Hermione asked.
"Yes you may." Dumbledore said as he handed her a folded piece of parchment.
It was a normal map, with bits a pieces missing. Harry didn't see anything special about it, but as he reached out to take it from Hermione something strange happened.
Words started spreading out from the edges making a full ring around the map.
A Potter holds the map once again The time has come to face the Father of Lies Soon the Confrontation will begin, but without the Swords it is useless Together the pair must face him, but only one alone will slay him, but divided they will fall To find the Swords you must unlock my secrets Inside you lay the answer A secret passed down the family tree will unlock The Swords of Destiny
Harry was stunned; whoever had enchanted this map had really done a job on it. What the map had said almost contradicted the prophecy. Almost, still it came down to him and Voldemort. The only thing that had changed would be the fact that without Hermione by his side he would fail. And without the Swords they would fail.
"Well this is a problem." Hermione spoke up.
"What is?" Harry asked a little snappishly, there was obviously a problem.
"It says 'A secret passed down in the family' well...umm...you father...err." Hermione ended lamely
"He didn't live long enough to tell me the damn secret." Harry said angrily. This kind of stuff always happened to him, not to anyone else, him. He hated it, it just wasn't fair.
"I'm going to leave the map in your possession Harry, it obviously belongs to you." Dumbledore said snapping Harry out of his reverie.
"Wait, I have one more thing I want to ask you." Harry said.
"And that is Mr. Potter?"
"Since the final battle is obviously coming soon, I was wondering if I could start a group inside the school, so that way when I fight him I won't be totally alone. I was thinking a group of seven people. Myself, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Draco, and James Black. We could train together and devise attack plans." Harry said.
Harry had been thinking about this for a long time and he thought it would be good to kind of start the DA again. Except this time have it select people so that way he could train them specially.
"James Black?" Dumbledore asked curiously
"Yes sir, he is very smart for his age, and personally I don't think that he should be in first year at all. Him and Hermione are working up a counter curse for the Avada Kedevra. Hermione said it might work." Harry said
"Ahh, yes Mr. Black will be taking his OWL's next week actually. You have heard of genius's who go to collage at the age of ten, well Mr. Black seems to be doing just that. He will be a good addend on to you team. Yes you may start the team; I personally think it is a wonderful idea." Dumbledore said with pride in his old eyes.
"Thank you sir, for everything maybe we have a chance to kill Voldemort just yet." Harry said
"Of course Harry. Make sure to try that map, you just might have the answer after all." Dumbledore said with the twinkle in his eyes.
With that they left and went to their dorm rooms, and fell asleep instantly. Thankfully for them the next day was Saturday.
- - -
"Harry why are we here?" Ginny asked impatiently.
"I'm getting to that Gin." Harry said
"If you look around the room you will notice two things. Can anyone tell me what they are?" Harry asked to the room in general.
Luna's hand shot up into the air.
"Yes Luna?"
"We are all members of the DA, and we are all people who went to the Department of Mysteries with you." She said confidently
"Good, but that's about to change. We are starting a new team, much like the DA, but smaller. Its going to be called DA, but not for Dumbledore's Army, we are Destiny's Army. And we are going to be adding two new people." Harry said happily, he had thought up the name in History of Magic class.
Murmurs ran around the Room of Requirement.
"Come out James, Draco." Harry said to the door behind him.
James and Draco walked out of the room and waved to everybody. Harry was still a little cautious about James. He maybe a genius, but he was still young. Harry didn't feel too good about introducing an eleven year old to the kind of things that they were about to talk about.
"This is Draco Malfoy, I'm sure you all know him...one way or another." Harry added with a smirk, which earned him a friendly punch in the arm.
"This is my friend James Black. I know he is young, but he is a genius." James waved to everyone and blushed at Harry's complements.
"Why are we here?" Draco so aptly asked.
"I'm about to tell you. What I tell you no one is to know, this is going to be a secret of the team. What I tell you in here we tell no one! I don't think I can stress that point enough." Harry said, and they all nodded back at him.
For the next hour Harry explained to the group about the prophecy, and the map. Looks were passed around the room so fast Harry almost couldn't catch them all. He also explained to them about the Order of the Phoenix. By the end of his speech, most of their mouths were hanging open in shock.
"So what your saying is that you have to kill him, or he is gonna kill you?" Neville asked white faced.
"Yes that is exactly what I am saying. But I can't do it without the Swords."
"Ok, its Saturday so we have all day to train. Lets get started, Ginny, Neville I want you to go into that room and practice dueling."
Luna, Draco I want you to go into that room and work on your Patronus's, I found a boggart and charmed to only turn into a dementor."
Hermione, James I want you to work on that spell, hopefully you can finish it soon so we can practice it. And I'm going to work on the map." Harry finished directing everyone and they went their different ways.
They spent all afternoon doing different things, Harry was extremely happy with they progress they made. Neville and Ginny dueled all day, and by the time they came out of the room they were both sweaty and tired. Draco and Luna, both managed to defeat the boggart. Hermione and James poured over a piece of parchment for hours whispering to each other and not letting anyone come near.
Harry made no progress at all, the map just said the same thing over and over again, and it said he knew the secret but he didn't. He had tried every ink revealing charm he knew. Nothing worked.
"Listen UP!" Harry got everyone's attention. "You all did great today, everyone worked hard, and hopefully made some progress." Harry cast a meaningful glance at James and Hermione. "I can't wait to see what the next meeting will bring. Here are the same coins that we used for the original DA." Harry passed them out and quickly explained what they would do. After that he dismissed every one and they all left the room of requirement in a better mood.