Author's Notes - I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to get this chapter
posted, but here it is... Oh I have only three weeks and then I am on
holiday again, then I can write all day... but that is wishful thinking.
This chapter was going to be about Dudley's arrival at Hogwarts, but I got
a bit carried away. So that's the next chapter.
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-Chapter Five-
Hogsmead Attacked
The remainder of the holidays flew by. The Daily Prophet was reporting almost daily attacks on muggles, but these were so regular that they were no longer shocking. No one from the wizarding community had been attack or harmed in anyway. To Harry and the others it seemed that the Deatheaters were just having fun.
"It's the same as at the World Cup, it's their idea of fun." said Hermione wisely.
That was not altogether comforting.
"That could mean that the Deatheaters are doing it of their own accord." Harry said looking around at his friends. "And that Voldemort didn't plan them."
Ron and Ginny flinched.
"But that could mean..." Ginny started to say throwing Harry a worried glance, "That could mean that You-Know-Who might be planing something else."
"B-but he would try t-to... to get you again, would he?" Ron said awkwardly, examining the heel of his shoe.
*
They spent the evening before their return to Hogwarts packing.
"Harry! Did you see where I put my prefect badge?" Ron said, frantically spewing the contents of his trunk onto the floor in his desperate search.
Harry was sitting on his bed, head in hands.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Ron paused, the dress robes in one hand, and owl treats in the other.
Harry looked up at him in surprise. He shook his head a little as if to clear it of something.
"Oh sorry. My scar was just stinging again and..." He paused for a moment undecided- "...and I thought I could hear voices."
Ron was staring at him now, mouth open. He was used to Harry's dreams and Harry's ability to sense You-Know-Who's mood at times of great emotion, but this was something different.
"What? You hear what You-Know-Who was saying?"
"No, I couldn't hear what he was saying, well not clearly anyway. I just hear a rumble of voice and then screaming." Harry finished; he stood up and carried on with his packing. Just then Ginny popped her head in the door.
"Hurry up you two! Dinner is ready." she just had time to say before she was gone.
"Come on we can finish this afterwards." said Harry, shoving the robes he was holding into his trunk.
When he and Ron entered the kitchen a couple of minutes later it was to find it deserted, except for Hermione and Ginny who were looking around the room as if it had just swallowed about twenty people.
"Where is everybody?" Said Ron stepping forward.
"That what we'd like to know." Hermione said, a touch of anger in her voice.
"Did they all disappear into the wood work or something?" Harry said smilingly.
"Pretty much yes." Hermione said tersely. "A red and gold bird just appeared in the middle of the room, and they all disapparated."
"Red and gold did you say?" Harry said, looking at Hermione, she nodded. "That must have been Fawkes, I wonder what's happened?"
"I hope everyone is all right." Ginny said looking worried.
After about ten minutes of waiting they decided that it would be no good to let the food go cold.
When they had done eating they sat talking about what might have happened to course the Order to leave them without even a word. It was past twelve when they final decided waiting any longer was pointless so they went up to bed. Leaving a note, saying that they hoped everyone was all right and to please tell them what had happened in the morning as they were tired and had gone to bed.
*
Harry woke with a start, he could till that it was still night, the room was in darkness. For a moment he lay in bed wondering what had woken him. Then he heard the rumble of voices from down stars. He got up quietly, so as not to wake Ron. He crept to the stars and pepped down. The scene which meet his eyes was one of confusion. People who were coming in the front door looked dead on their feet. A good many of the people, who he could see, he knew but there were still quite a few who he did not. Mrs Weasley had spotted him.
"Harry, you should be in bed." She said quietly.
Lupin, who was standing next to her, turned and beckoned him down. Harry descended the stars as quietly as he could. When he reached Lupin, he was pushed into the kitchen.
"Is everyone all right?" He asked before the others entered.
"No one is badly hurt, we made Moody go to St Mungo's." Lupin said, but seeing the worried look on Harry's face he added. "He'll be fine, he fell badly. That leg of his!"
"Remus, he should be in bed. He's got to go to school in the morning." Mrs Weasley had entered the room, after making sure the front door was locked.
"Sorry Molly, I thought it would be better to let him know that everyone is all right. Or he'd be worrying all night and get no sleep." Lupin said, his eyes drooping. "Night Harry see you in the morning."
Harry sighed they weren't going to tell him anything then, so he went back to bed.
*
The room was dark, the only starlight came from the window, there was no moon. Dark figures were gathered around a chair.
"Well?" said a cold voice.
"They were there, they knew." said a second voice.
"How, how could they have known? We must have a traitor in our midst." The first voice said to it's self. "Well never mind they well not be so lucky next time. Mmm yes next time we will be better informed, when our friend starts to give us information."
A laugh cold as ice filled the room, the dark figures around the chair shivered and a boy called Harry Potter woke with a started.
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Author's Notes - Sorry it's short. I'll post again soon. Thanks to the people who have reviewed, and yes they do mean the world to me.
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-Chapter Five-
Hogsmead Attacked
The remainder of the holidays flew by. The Daily Prophet was reporting almost daily attacks on muggles, but these were so regular that they were no longer shocking. No one from the wizarding community had been attack or harmed in anyway. To Harry and the others it seemed that the Deatheaters were just having fun.
"It's the same as at the World Cup, it's their idea of fun." said Hermione wisely.
That was not altogether comforting.
"That could mean that the Deatheaters are doing it of their own accord." Harry said looking around at his friends. "And that Voldemort didn't plan them."
Ron and Ginny flinched.
"But that could mean..." Ginny started to say throwing Harry a worried glance, "That could mean that You-Know-Who might be planing something else."
"B-but he would try t-to... to get you again, would he?" Ron said awkwardly, examining the heel of his shoe.
*
They spent the evening before their return to Hogwarts packing.
"Harry! Did you see where I put my prefect badge?" Ron said, frantically spewing the contents of his trunk onto the floor in his desperate search.
Harry was sitting on his bed, head in hands.
"Harry, what's wrong?" Ron paused, the dress robes in one hand, and owl treats in the other.
Harry looked up at him in surprise. He shook his head a little as if to clear it of something.
"Oh sorry. My scar was just stinging again and..." He paused for a moment undecided- "...and I thought I could hear voices."
Ron was staring at him now, mouth open. He was used to Harry's dreams and Harry's ability to sense You-Know-Who's mood at times of great emotion, but this was something different.
"What? You hear what You-Know-Who was saying?"
"No, I couldn't hear what he was saying, well not clearly anyway. I just hear a rumble of voice and then screaming." Harry finished; he stood up and carried on with his packing. Just then Ginny popped her head in the door.
"Hurry up you two! Dinner is ready." she just had time to say before she was gone.
"Come on we can finish this afterwards." said Harry, shoving the robes he was holding into his trunk.
When he and Ron entered the kitchen a couple of minutes later it was to find it deserted, except for Hermione and Ginny who were looking around the room as if it had just swallowed about twenty people.
"Where is everybody?" Said Ron stepping forward.
"That what we'd like to know." Hermione said, a touch of anger in her voice.
"Did they all disappear into the wood work or something?" Harry said smilingly.
"Pretty much yes." Hermione said tersely. "A red and gold bird just appeared in the middle of the room, and they all disapparated."
"Red and gold did you say?" Harry said, looking at Hermione, she nodded. "That must have been Fawkes, I wonder what's happened?"
"I hope everyone is all right." Ginny said looking worried.
After about ten minutes of waiting they decided that it would be no good to let the food go cold.
When they had done eating they sat talking about what might have happened to course the Order to leave them without even a word. It was past twelve when they final decided waiting any longer was pointless so they went up to bed. Leaving a note, saying that they hoped everyone was all right and to please tell them what had happened in the morning as they were tired and had gone to bed.
*
Harry woke with a start, he could till that it was still night, the room was in darkness. For a moment he lay in bed wondering what had woken him. Then he heard the rumble of voices from down stars. He got up quietly, so as not to wake Ron. He crept to the stars and pepped down. The scene which meet his eyes was one of confusion. People who were coming in the front door looked dead on their feet. A good many of the people, who he could see, he knew but there were still quite a few who he did not. Mrs Weasley had spotted him.
"Harry, you should be in bed." She said quietly.
Lupin, who was standing next to her, turned and beckoned him down. Harry descended the stars as quietly as he could. When he reached Lupin, he was pushed into the kitchen.
"Is everyone all right?" He asked before the others entered.
"No one is badly hurt, we made Moody go to St Mungo's." Lupin said, but seeing the worried look on Harry's face he added. "He'll be fine, he fell badly. That leg of his!"
"Remus, he should be in bed. He's got to go to school in the morning." Mrs Weasley had entered the room, after making sure the front door was locked.
"Sorry Molly, I thought it would be better to let him know that everyone is all right. Or he'd be worrying all night and get no sleep." Lupin said, his eyes drooping. "Night Harry see you in the morning."
Harry sighed they weren't going to tell him anything then, so he went back to bed.
*
The room was dark, the only starlight came from the window, there was no moon. Dark figures were gathered around a chair.
"Well?" said a cold voice.
"They were there, they knew." said a second voice.
"How, how could they have known? We must have a traitor in our midst." The first voice said to it's self. "Well never mind they well not be so lucky next time. Mmm yes next time we will be better informed, when our friend starts to give us information."
A laugh cold as ice filled the room, the dark figures around the chair shivered and a boy called Harry Potter woke with a started.
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Author's Notes - Sorry it's short. I'll post again soon. Thanks to the people who have reviewed, and yes they do mean the world to me.