The great hall sat in a silent shock as Emma slowly pulled the hat off her head. Emma Malfoy, a Gryffindor? Everyone started whispering as Emma slowly got to her feet.
"Fine." She said quietly. She gritted her teeth and started walking over to the Gryffindor table.
"A Malfoy in Gryffindor?" a few people whispered, "It's impossible." Emma stood at the end of the table, a few people shifted out of the way and the sorting continued in silence, people still in shock of a Malfoy in Gryffindor though Hermione was starting to piece it together.
"I will not waste time on pointless speeches that I'm aware that your previous Headmaster went on with. All I will tell you is that you will continue your routines as you would usually do. No one is to be outside their common rooms when they are not attending a lesson or meals. You will not be allowed to address the teachers for petty issues such as homework. The Prefects will now have the power to deduct points as they see fit and any mention of Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore or April Marsden will result in instant detention." Voldemort said after the sorting. Ron saw his gaze fall on Jenny, who stared defiantly back.
"You will have an hour for each meal, including feasts and you must come to me to ask for permission to continue quidditch. Eat." Voldemort said. The plates filled up with food and everyone quietly picked up pieces of food and ate it quietly. Ron glanced around and realized exactly how many people had refused to return to school this year. Half of each table was empty except the Slytherin table, which was completely full. They were the only ones making any noise that rose above a whisper.
"Now I want you all to go to bed." Voldemort said sternly. All the students got up grumbling but followed his orders anyway. Hermione linked arms with Ron and they headed up to the Portrait of the fat lady.
"Password?" she asked. Hermione looked at Ron then they both looked at the other seventh years
"Um-" Lavender looked completely clueless.
"Morsmordre" Spat Professor McGonagall. "Now I want all of you to go straight to sleep, don't dawdle." Everyone rushed in but McGonagall kept the seventh years behind.
"Professor." Hermione said.
"I know you aren't prefects but I would like you to know that I'm trusting you four to look after the younger ones." McGonagall said.
"Yes Professor." Lavender said. McGonagall nodded and turned to go to her office. Lavender looked at Hermione.
"Come on then!" Ron said.
It took Harry about two weeks to master apparition. The way April taught it made it really easy to learn though Harry's constant thoughts of his friends had a tendency of affecting him. He wasn't totally sure but he thought that April was finding it slightly distracting having Jenny at Hogwarts as well.
"Ok, today is your test, are you ready?" April asked Harry.
"I think so." Harry said. He had a slight case of butterflies but he ignored them and concentrated on April.
"Ok, Apparate to the Ministry of magic, the atrium and I'll meet you by the old fountain." April said. Harry nodded. Apparitio ministry of magic atrium There was a crack and everything went black, there was another crack and Harry found himself in the ministry of magic. He looked around, sure enough he was in the atrium. It was very busy and Harry could see Aurors and law enforcement officers rushing around. Harry looked for where the fountain used to be. He spotted it easily as it caused a large gap in the people. He made his way to it and looked into it. There were a couple of coins in the bottom of the small pool. The area where the statues had been was now just a single statue of Dumbledore, at the bottom of the statue was a small plaque, Greatest Wizard who lived. Harry smiled at the statue. It looked exactly like Dumbledore except it was Gold.
"They put it up a few weeks ago." Came April's voice from behind him. Harry turned to look at April. "Come on, we have your test then I need to get to the Auror headquarters." Harry nodded and followed April. He glanced back at the statue for a few moments until a wizard passed Harry and he turned to continue to follow April. They went to the Apparition test centre on level six. There were a few other Witches and Wizards standing around outside the office waiting to take their tests. Harry saw how nervous they all were and looked at April. She gave him an encouraging smile.
"Don't worry." April said, "The younger you are when you learn to apparate, the easier it is to pass."
"HEY! HARRY!" shouted a familiar girl's voice. Harry turned to see Padma Patil running up to him. "It's so good to see you. Are you taking your test?"
"Yeah, are you?"
"I've just taken it. I passed each time. Pavarti's taking her test right now."
"Who taught you?" Harry asked, "Didn't your parents-well-"
"Oh, Mr. Lupin taught us. We're joining the, you know, and he said he'd be our mentors for something. He won't tell us." Padma said quietly. "Hello April."
"Hello Padma, well done on your test." April said, "Where is Remus?"
"He said he'd be down in a few moments, he went to see if you were in your office." Padma said.
"Ok, well. Here's Pavarti. Just stay around here."
"Potter, Harry" called a witch from the front. She was quite tall and thin and had stringy black hair.
"Don't worry Harry, just remember what I told you." April said. Harry nodded and followed the witch.
"My name is Jemima Johnson, I will be you examiner." She said. They walked into a room filled with all sorts of junk and rubbish. Harry frowned slightly. "Don't worry about all this. It's part of the test." She waved her wand and the door closed. "Now your test will consist of different parts, Each time I will give you a mark out of ten. These parts consist of various thing. Apparating in light, dark, rain and snow. I will then ask you to apparate silently and by speech, without your wand and with your eyes closed. Do you understand?" Harry ran through the list in his head.
"Yeah, I think so." He said.
"You will be marked for your accuracy and whether you can take everything with you. Now, could you apparate to the broken statue." Harry looked around and saw a broken statue on the other side of the room. Apparitio Statue. Harry thought. Two loud cracks later and he stood by the statue. The witch flicked her wand and everything went pitch black.
"Now, back to me please." She said. Apparitio Witch. another two cracks and he was by the witch again. "Very good Mr. Potter" The rest of the test was quite straight forwards and Harry was soon walking out of the test centre smiling to himself.
"How did I do?" Harry asked.
"Well, I'm pleased to say that you passed with flying colours. Congratulations Mr. Potter." She said. Harry grinned and looked around to find April. April was sitting in the corner reading a magazine, her head was cocked to the side slightly.
"April." Harry said, walking over. April looked up.
"So?"
"I passed." Harry said smiling. April grinned, "Well done, now we have to get to a meeting in my office quickly." Harry nodded and April led him to the lift and they got in.
"So how many marks did you get?" April asked casually.
"Flying colours, I didn't ask for the mark." Harry said.
"Well that usually means full marks." April said, "I'm really proud of you." April said, she put a hand on his shoulder and led him out of the lift when it got to level two.
"Auror headquarters, Misuse of Muggle Artefacts, Department of Magical Law enforcement-" April and Harry went down a corridor and then through a door that led to the many open cubicles that the aurors worked in.
"April, the other aurors are here." Said Kingsley Shacklebolt.
"But they're not supposed to be here for another ten minutes." April said looking at her watch, "Oh well, send them through in five minutes. I need to get out a robe for Harry." Kingsley nodded and walked off. "Come on." April said. They walked past all the cubicles to a door that had April Marsden, Head Auror written on it. April pushed the door open and they walked into a fairly spacious office. April held the door open for Harry.
"Just sit down over there and I'll be back in a minute." April said. Harry nodded and sat down in a large comfy chair facing the desk. There were several photos scattered over the neat and tidy desk. Harry picked up the nearest one curiously. He didn't know why but he had a tendency of looking into Pensieves and looking at Photos for no particular reasons. The photo had a photo of an eighteen year old April giving the camera a lopsided grin. There were three people around her, Harry recognised one person as Mad-eye moody before his various body parts had been blown off. The other two people he didn't know but vaguely recognise but they seemed to be treating April like a daughter.
"Well, Harry-" April said coming in with a cloak and robes draped over her arm.
"Who are these people?" Harry asked pointing at the picture. April looked at it.
"Me, Moody and Mr. And Mrs. Potter. They were my mentors." April said. "Well, here's your auror cloak, as long as you wear dark clothes underneath we don't care what you wear. These are your robes but you only have to wear that on formal occasions and stuff. I never really wear them, I only wear my cloak." April said giving Harry the robes, "Try it on." Harry stood up and put the robes on over his clothes. April took a step back and looked at Harry.
"Am I really going to be an auror?" Harry asked "Don't I have to take loads of tests and stuff?" April smiled.
"Under normal circumstances you do but you're not a normal circumstances, you're the boy who lived and the son of the Potters" April said. "And I would be honoured to be your mentor if you let me." Harry smiled.
"Of course." Harry said.
"Ok, now your robes are a little big but there's no time to fix it now. Put your cloak on and stand behind my desk. I need you to attend this meeting with me." April said, "It'll be here."
"Ok." Harry said. He pulled his cloak on and stood behind April's desk while April put the photo back. He felt quite important and no longer a child standing behind the desk. April flicked her wand and Harry's hood came up over his head at it's own accord. He smirked slightly and the door opened and a few aurors walked in. Harry recognised one of the first ones as Lee Chang. She was followed by someone, slightly smaller, in what appeared to be a trainee Auror's robes.
"April, sorry we're early." Lee said.
"No problem. I just had a few matters to attend to." April said, "Who is here?"
"China, what's left of the French and Germans. A few of the Spanish, Norsk and the Americans." Lee said.
"Do any other Aurors have trainees?" April asked.
"Just me and Herr Luftfeld" Lee said. April nodded. Harry watched as the Aurors from the different countries came in and sat on conjured chairs. It was only a few minutes before everyone was settled. There were quite a few British Aurors in the office, Harry could have sworn that the room hadn't been this big before.
"I would like to thank you all for coming, as you know we have a minor crisis as Lord Voldemort has taken over Hogwarts School." April started
"I thought that was just a myth" said an American Auror.
"No, it's the truth, as a result I've been forced to pull a few students out of school and not many have returned." April said, "Also, he has a hold on Beauxbatons and Durmstrang as well as many other European schools. This is not the only problem we are having and I have called this meeting to do something about the problem that we are facing. I thought it might be an idea to call in the Chinese and Americans to help, even though the influence of Voldemort hasn't quite reached your nations but without your help it could reach your nations."
"The Chinese have already put in our pledge to support you." Said another Chinese Auror. Lee looked at him, as did her trainee.
"Thank you, do we have the support of the Americans?" April asked looking at the Americans.
"We would have to consult with our Minister first but I'd say that to help stop this threat then sure." Said a slightly different Auror with a strong Texan accent.
"Thank you." April said. "As for Europe, how far are we with negotiating with the Vampires"
"Zey are vairy fuzzy creaturez but zey vill help if ve give zem more land." Said an auror in a blue robe, the French.
"And is there no hope with the Giants?" April asked the Norsk men.
"No, they are lost to us." Said a bulky looking auror. April nodded and looked to Harry.
"Can you write that down for me?" Harry nodded and picked up a piece of Parchment and a quill and started writing it down.
"I must warn you that we have had a large escape from our prison near Barcelona, we have many deatheaters now on the loose." Said an olive skinned auror.
"We have lost quite a few deatheaters as well." April said. "We need to think of a course of action to prevent the spread of Voldemort's power. I personally think that we should block off all the borders of the countries that have been taken over by Voldemort."
"It is your country that started all of this. Why did you not stop any of it before any of this happened?" asked a German auror with a very good English accent.
"I'm afraid that our Minister refused to acknowledge it and I was the only one who fought against it but I was also busy trying to protect Harry Potter and Hogwarts at the same time as well as going all around the country to try and stop attacks." April said, "But our Minister is declaring his Resignation in a few days and I have agreed to take over as Minster for a while so that I can sort out the mess that Fudge has caused."
"But you said you'd never take the position." Said Lee,
"I said that but I'm afraid that I have to as no one else seems up to the job and everyone is coming to me for help." April said.
"I feel that April's plan will be a good plan but there are still ways that you-know-who's message gets out." Said another Auror.
"And zere iz no way zat ve can control ze French borderz" said the French Auror.
"Yes, well I think that the important thing is to take out the problem itself. Storm Hogwarts and just kill that scummy bastard" said the Texan Auror.
"There will be children in there." April said, "Including my daughter, the problem with that will be that we could kill the Children by accident"
"Or they'll use them as Leverage and keep them hostage so if we attack they'll kill everyone so our raid would have been for nothing" said the trainee Chinese auror. Harry recognised the voice, he couldn't see her face because she had a hood on but that voice was the same as a member of the Elite DA.
"Miss. Chang." April said smiling. She lowered her hood and looked at April. Cho Chang looked very grown up in the robes, "What do you propose then?"
"As I said a raid could end up killing everyone in the school but if we somehow attack from inside the school, get some of the pupils involved and enlist the help of Harry Potter, he had this map that-" Harry cleared his throat.
"Yes, do not tell everyone Harry's secrets" April said. "But that is a good idea and I think that there is already something along those lines happening inside the school" Cho looked confused.
"So we are going to be killing the one responsible?" asked the Norsk man
"Yes, I think it would be the best way and I know someone who has control of hundreds of house elves around the world." April said, Harry smiled, she was referring to Hermione. "But I will be needing the help of all the nations around the world to help. We must contain Voldemort's influence before he takes over the entire world."
"Do you think we'll need the help of Harry Potter. I heard he is the saviour, he is the people's hero." Said the Spanish Auror. "Will he be able to help?"
"He is only seventeen Rodriguez, he will not be able to help" said a German Auror.
"He defeated you-know-who when he was one, he is more powerful now." Lee Chang said,
"And he's has faced him a lot of times since he joined the school" Cho said darkly. April smirked.
"I already have the help of Harry and he's currently in training." April said, "Do we all agree on our decisions in this short meeting?" there was a grumble of agreement. "Please go and discuss this with your ministers or whoever and then start implicating them. Meanwhile I will begin to work on the elimination of Voldemort. Thank you for coming." Most of the aurors disapparated and the British aurors went to their desks.
"Do you think it'll work?" Lee Chang asked April as she prepared to leave.
"It has to." Harry said voicing April's thoughts.
A/N:-And thus Haryr begins his Auror training. He'll also get a few more responsibilities. As you may be able to see, April is starting to replace Dumbledore...tht's how i'm intending it n e wayz, and she's gonna trust HArry a bit more then Dumbledore did, in terms of what he knows. But yeah, n e wayz. That's that chapter. Double update is OVER!!!! OVER I TELL YOU!! so I'll update again in a few days time