Harry met April and the other aurors at the cave where he had once met Sirius in his fourth year. It still had a few remnants from Sirius' stay a few years ago. April gave him a quick smile when she saw him coming with the invisibility cloak and map.
"Where did you find this place?" Seamus asked as he looked around the cave.
"My fiancé told me about it." April said. She counted the aurors. "Now, this is going to be really difficult. We have to get Cho chang out of the castle because she knows too much and I'd rather not have her killed. I owe that to her family."
"Are we taking the trainees?" Kingsley asked as he looked at Seamus and Padma.
"Yes, they know the school better then any of us as they've just left the school. Now, Harry, I want you to tell us where Cho is."
"I can't tell you until we're actually inside the school itself." Harry said. April nodded.
"Right, then I'll go ahead with you then-"
"What's going on here?" Ron asked as he walked into the cave with Hermione.
"You brought your friends?" April asked Harry.
"No, I-"
"We were kind of eaves dropping on him when he told Sirius." Hermione said. Ron held up an ear on a thin flesh like string.
"Extendable ears." Ron explained.
"I told you that-"
"Stuff that Harry. We want to help get Cho out as well." Hermione snapped at him.
"You don't even like Cho!" Harry said.
"Sometimes you have to put differences aside." Hermione said. "Plus are you forgetting who's got the control over the house elves at Hogwarts?"
"What can house elves do?" Seamus asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Never mind that." April said. "You three" she pointed at Harry Ron and Hermione, "Come with me. The rest of you stay here until I come back and tell you what to do. Kingsley I want you to tell any aurors that turn up late what's happening." Kingsley nodded. April looked at Harry and he threw the invisibility cloak over himself and the others. They walked down closely to Honeydukes where they slipped into the back entrance and into the basement. Harry didn't really like being this close to an adult who looked a lot like his girlfriend. She was also his teacher and in a way mother and it made him feel slightly awkward.
"Where's this passage entrance?" April asked. "Sirius told me about it before we left Hogwarts"
"Just here." Harry pulled off the cloak and pushed a crate out of the way to reveal a trap door. He pulled it up and Ron went in first then helped Hermione down. Harry saw Hermione give Ron a quick smile and they looked up to watch April lower herself into the passage. Harry looked around quickly and then slipped into the passage himself.
"Lumos" Hermione whispered. A small circle of light appeared on Ron's face. "Oh, sorry" Hermione pointed the wand tip away and down the passage.
"I think it's slightly darker then this passage usually is." Harry said. "Lumos" His own wand tip lit up and he looked down the passage. "Definitely darker since I last came."
"And when was that?" April asked Harry. He shifted uncomfortably,
"When Rodulphus Lestrange fought me." Harry muttered. "Come on." He held his invisibility cloak tightly in one hand and handed his map to Hermione. She rolled it up and put it into the denim jacket that she wore. After about ten minutes of walking in complete silence Hermione let go of Ron's hand and got the map out and touched it with her wand.
"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
"Trust Sirius and James to make that the incantation." April muttered under her breath. Harry smirked slightly and looked at the map.
"Cho's in one of the dungeons, near the potions classroom. Voldemort's in the headmaster's office and-" Hermione held the map closer to look at it. "-what's that?" she pointed at a black dot with no name on it. Harry pulled the map towards him and looked at it. There was no name on the dot as it moved about the corridor with the statue of the humped witch. Harry touched the dot with his wand tip and Severus Snape materialised out of no where in front of them.
"About time Potter." He sneered. Harry, Hermione and Ron stared at him.
"How did you do that?" Harry asked.
"You don't think you're the only one to know about the secrets of the map. The werewolf told me a spell that I could use." Snape said. He looked at April. "Chang isn't speaking. She's denying everything that Lestrange and Malfoy are asking. She's very strong willed but I don't think she'll last much longer, they're using the Cruciatus curse on her."
"How long have they been torturing her?" April asked.
"About an hour." Snape said.
"How can she be breaking already?" Hermione asked. Snape looked at her.
"You don't know how powerful Lestrange's curses are. Her speciality is the Cruciatus curse, if you want to know what they're like just ask the Longbottoms, Miss. Bell or even your boyfriend Potter." Snape said to Hermione
"Oi!" Ron warned. Hermione glanced at Harry, who nodded as if to show that Snape was right.
"We have to help her." Harry said.
"You four stay here. I'll go and get the others and we'll think of a plan when we get back. Harry, don't go anywhere. Snivellus I'm trusting you to keep an eye on them."
"Don't call me that." Snape growled at her.
"I'll call you what I want." April said to him, "I am more powerful then you, I always have been and I know I have power over you." Snape snarled at her as Harry looked at the two. April looked quite smug about what she'd said and Snape looked ready to kill her.
"Fine, but I'm only helping because of my obligations to the order."
"Which Harry now runs, so you will be pledging allegiance to him" April said.
"I have to help him anyway. His father saved my life." Snape said bitterly. April nodded as if she suddenly understood something,
"Right then. Don't go anywhere." April said turning to the three seventeen year olds. Harry nodded and April disappeared into the dark tunnel.
"What was that about?" Ron asked to no one in particular.
"Old ties." Snape snarled at him, "so shut up and just sit down." Harry looked at the map as the dots of the deatheaters moved around the map and the dot labelled Voldemort left the office.
"He's leaving." Harry said. Hermione looked at the map and then looked at Harry again.
"What are we going to do?" She asked. Harry glanced at Snape who looked very intent on not letting them leave. Harry pointed his wand at Snape.
"Stupefy" he said. Snape fell to the floor as a red light hit him.
"Serves him right." Ron said with a smile. The three ran towards the school and as they neared the exit of the tunnel Harry pulled the cloak over them. Hermione looked at the map before Harry opened the hump in the statue.
"Ok, everything's clear." Hermione said. Harry nodded and jumped out of the tunnel and held his cloak up as Hermione and Ron jumped out as well.
"Where now?" Ron asked in a whisper.
"Dungeons." Hermione breathed to them. Harry nodded and they started for the dungeons. They had to stop on the main staircase as two Slytherins headed to the library. After a while Hermione gave them a nod to indicate that they could start again and they headed for the dungeons. As they neared it they could hear screaming echoing down the corridors.
"Oh god." Hermione said going pale. Ron took Hermione's hand and gave it a quick squeeze.
"What do we do now?" Ron whispered. "We can't fight against Lucious Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange." Harry nodded.
"Hermione is Draco Malfoy in the castle?" Harry whispered. Hermione looked at the map and gave a nod.
"He's in his common room." Hermione whispered to him.
"Ok, we'll go to the Slytherin Common room." Harry said. They looked at the map to see if the pathway to the Slytherin common room was clear. When they were sure they wouldn't bump into anyone they started for the common room.
"Where's the entrance?" Hermione asked as they came to a dead end. Ron pointed to a section of wall.
"There." He said.
"What's the password?" Hermione asked Ron,
"Er," Ron looked at Hermione and shrugged.
"Come on, over here." Harry pulled them to a hidden corner and summoned a parchement and a quill. He started writing on the parchment quickly. "If we can't go in there, we'll get him to come out here." Harry said,
"Isn't that dangerous?" Ron asked. "What if he comes out with those idiots?"
"If he does then we won't meet him because we know that he's not following the instructions on the parchment." Harry said, he looked at the letter as he read it again. He then looked up and smiled at his friends. "Something I learnt in training." Hermione grinned and Ron gave him a smile.
"Lets do it." Hermione said. "Dobby!" she said in an urgent whisper. The house elf appeared a little way off.
"Miss." He said. Harry pulled the cloak off.
"Over here." Harry whispered. Dobby turned and his face broke into a grin.
"OH MR. PO-"
"Silencio" Harry said as he pointed his wand at Dobby. Dobby still appeared to shout and scream in delight though he hadn't noticed he had been silenced. "No one knows we're here. Come here silently." Harry said. Dobby nodded and ran over to Harry. Harry pulled him under the cloak. Dobby looked at Ron and Hermione and proceeded to talk in silence. Ron tried not to burst out laughing and Hermione smiled slightly amused.
"Dobby, can you, um, stop talking for a moment?" Hermione asked. Dobby nodded frantically. Harry lifted the spell on Dobby.
"I need you to give this letter to Draco Malfoy." Harry said, "Speak quietly." Dobby frowned.
"Mr. Malfoy is not liking me sirs and miss." Dobby said, "He often hurts me." Dobby's eyes widened and he looked for something to hurt himself with. Harry held him tightly.
"If he hurts you we'll curse him to oblivion." Ron said to Dobby. Dobby's eyes filled with tears of gratitude.
"Dobby will do anything that Harry Potter's friends is wanting of him. They is as good as Harry Potter." Dobby said. Ron went red and Hermione smiled.
"Here's the letter. Once you've delivered it then come back to tell us." Harry said giving Dobby the letter. Dobby took it and disappeared around the statue they were hiding behind.
Draco headed up to his room holding Pansy's hand. She had blossomed slightly since the year before and Draco looked at her with a smile.
"I'm not really sure about this." Pansy said to Draco.
"You don't have to but you're the one who's always saying it." Draco said coming to a stop and pulling Pansy towards him. Pansy smiled and gave Draco a playful kiss. Draco grinned and pulled her into a deep kiss. They had literally just started kissing when Draco felt a shy tugging at his trouser legs. Draco pulled away from Pansy and looked down to see his old house elf looking at him shyly.
"What are you doing here?" Draco said coldly at his house elf.
"I is here to deliver a letter sir." Dobby held the letter out shakily and once Draco had it Dobby ran off. Draco looked at the letter then at Pansy.
"Who's it from?" Pansy asked as she put an arm around Draco's neck. Draco opened the letter and read it quickly.
Need to talk to you. Come outside your common room and wait. Don't bring anyone, particularly those berks Crabbe and Goyle. Need your help. Destroy this letter immediately.
Draco got out his wand and set fire to it.
"Who was that from?" Pansy asked.
"My father." Draco said darkly. "He wants to see me." Pansy pouted.
"Now?" Pansy asked as she lowered her arms and put a hand under his top. Draco sighed and pushed Pansy away.
"You know how angry father gets if I don't do as he wants." Draco said. Pansy nodded and let him go with a sigh. Draco jogged down the steps and through the common room.
"Hey, Draco!"
"Fuck off Blaise." Draco snapped as he left the common room. He walked into the small corridor outside the entrance to his common room and looked around. He waited for a few minutes when he saw Potter walking out from behind a statue.
"What are you doing here?" Draco hissed.
"We need your help." Potter said.
"We?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, me, Hermione and Ron."
"What do you need?" Draco asked. "Pansy's waiting for me-"
"That slut, why do you date her?" came Granger's voice. Draco couldn't see her and looked at Potter curiously.
"Ignore her. We need your help to get Cho out of the castle." Potter said. Draco smirked.
"Must really kill you to ask for help from a Slytherin." Draco sneered.
"If it will give you some sense of satisfaction, yes it is killing me but if they get any information out of Cho it will be the end for our side of the fight." Potter said. Draco looked at him for a moment then nodded. Granger and Weasley suddenly appeared in front of him. Weasley held a long silver cloak in one hand and Granger held a map.
"An invisibility cloak." Draco observed,
"You're cleverer then we thought" Granger commented. Draco wanted to snap back at her before he remembered why they needed him. Why was Draco working for good? He still didn't know, why he had agreed to help Potter, he had absolutely no idea.
"What do you want me to do?" Draco asked.
"Get your father and Lestrange out of that room long enough for us to get Cho out." Potter said.
"Why do you care for Chang anyway? Isn't she supposed to be your ex-girlfriend?" Draco asked.
"Yes, she is but I still care for her." Potter said.
"Did you ever care for her?" Granger commented. Potter gave her long look. She looked away innocently and gave Weasley a smile. Weasley tried to hide a smirk and they all looked at Draco.
"So you want me to distract them?" Draco asked. Potter nodded.
A/N:-hello people. Sorry i haven't updated but i've been REALLY busy and i haven't had much time. I'll try and update another chapter if possible tonight. Hope you like this, keep up the reviews and i'll try and stick in some reveiw replies at some point, only 10 more chapters to go, lol. If i post 2 chatpers a day u can have the next generation chapters 1 and 2 up by next week. I'll try and do that.