Scene
I, Act I
(The
arrival)
The Office was empty. All the lanterns were out,
all the little contraptions were still, and silent and all the blinds
were pulled down, blocking the magnificent bright, summer sun from
creeping throughout the office. Suddenly, a large Snort came from
deep within the office, as Albus Dumbledore moved around in his chair
with his feet up on his desk and his blue wizards hat pulled over his
face. Albus Dumbledore is the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was also, in fact, leader of the Order of
the Phoenix, the most prestigious, and hardworking group of witches
and wizards around. Their sole purpose was to fight and stop the
reign of the evil Lord Voldemort.
A short while ago, Dumbledore
and the Order set out their final plan to rid the world of Lord
Voldemort. Dumbledore sent out his six best men (Cedric Diggory, Ron
Weasly, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe.
All of whom were members of the Order and Hogwarts graduates) to the
island of Azkaban, the former prison, turned base of operation for
the Dark Lord once the Guards, known as Dementors, joined with
Voldemort, rendering the prison useless.
That was a year ago.
For the past eleven months, Dumbledore has spent all of his time
sitting in his office, writing to the group and telling them
strategies, and current events happening around locally to occupy
their minds. However, for the last month, the group just stopped
writing, and Dumbledore has spent every day sitting and waiting for
their response.
Dumbledore shifted in sleep when all of a
sudden,
POP! A very loud popping sound filled the dark, almost
empty office, rudely waking Dumbledore from his slumber.
'I
swear I didn't mean to ma'am, I was just…' Dumbledore
continued from his sleep, but was cut off by the sudden flash of
light, chasing away the shadows in the room. A giant smile crept over
Dumbledore's face as Fawks, Dumbledore's pet Phoenix gently
landed on his perch with a letter in his mouth. Dumbledore ran over
to Fawks, and graciously accepted the letter form Fawks' mouth.
Dumbledore, hands shaking, opened the letter slowly, being very
careful not to rip the letter. He un-folded the thin, parchment and
noticed Cedric's, the squad leader, printing and started to read
the first sentence and nearly fainted on the spot.
'WE
DID IT!', Dumbledore frantically read on
'Harry Killed Voldemort! We were unable to write this past month due to a spell the Voldemort put over his fortress and most of the island. We've just landed on the main land off the shore from the Island of Azkaban, once we get our selves fed here in the local muggle town, we'll apparate in hogsmeade and take our brooms that Madame Rosmerta kept for us in her tavern. Were all well, and we'll see you in two hours tops.
- Cedric'
Dumbledore
smiled franticly and yelled a whoop of delight as he ran to the
closest window available, pulled out his wand, pointed it to his
throat and said with enthusiasm, 'Sonorous!'. Dumbledore stuck
his head out the window and yelled for all the staff and students of
Hogwarts, who had just got out of classes roughly twenty minutes ago.
'VOLDEMORT HAS BEEN DEFEATED!'
The chatter around
the ground died at once. Everyone, Students, Teachers, Filtch,
looked up at Dumbledore. Even a few centaurs, poked their heads out
of the forest to look at Dumbledore. Dumbledore let the anxious crowd
stare for a bit before beginning again.
'A team of former
Hogwarts students, turned current Order member have infiltrated
Azkaban and brought down the Dark Lord!' continued Dumbledore 'The
team will be arriving shortly, you all have a little under 2 hours to
get changed into your best robes and meet down on the front grounds.'
Finished Dumbledore. No one moved. 'GO!'
At once everyone
started running in all different directions yelling to each other and
to all who would listen about what to wear and how to style their
hair. Dumbledore smiled as professor little Flitwick flew several
feet after bumping into Hagrid, who was running to his hut. Hagrid,
however, did not even notice poor Flitwick. Dumbledore then took a
giant sigh of relief, pointed his wand to his throat once more,
whispered 'Silencio' and turned around and headed towards his own
wardrobe.
A little under 2 hours later, all the students were lined up outside the front doors, facing each other, on the two sides of the path leading to the large wooden doors of the castle. On the left side were the Hufflepuff and Gryfindor students, and on the right, were all of the Ravenclaw and Slytherin students. In front of the doors, were the students, all lined up, and dressed up in their best robes. In Front of the teachers was Professor Dumbledore, Mr. And Mrs. Weasly, Mr. And Mrs. Diggory, and Hermione Granger, who was a close, personal friend of the group.
The crowd waited in silence for any sign of the groups
appearance when a slight 'whooshing' could be heard from beyond
the front gates.
'Look!' yelled one of the
Gryfindors
'Something coming!'
'It's a giant bird!'
'No
it's not. It's a plane'
'It better not be Superman' said
Hermione under breath
The
distant shapes did not stay distant for to long, however, they sped
up, and got bigger and closer until they were only a few meters from
the gathered crowd. Most of the student and a couple of the teachers
all ducked, thinking they would be soon struck when, all of a sudden,
the six blurred shapes all halted and focused them selves.
'Witches and Wizards,' Dumbledore began 'let me present to you,
misters Ron Weasly, Draco Malfoy, Cedric Diggory, Vincent Crabbe,
Gregory Goyle and Harry Potter. The defeaters of Lord Voldemort.'
The crowed erupted into applause at once. The six men dismounted
their brooms and walked up the paths smiling at the students gazing
upon them. Cedric lead the groups right up to where Dumbledore was
standing and shook the Headmasters hand. Dumbledore then shook
everyone else's hands.
'Welcome Back everyone, I trust
your all hungry? We have a delicious feast awaiting in just a few
minutes.' Dumbledore offered
'Thank you Headmaster'
Cedric said, 'We are. We found out shortly after arriving at the
dinner in that muggle town, that we had no muggle money.'
Dumbledore laughed, 'Yes, I quite imagine that your ready to eat,
but first, we have some business to attend to first.' Dumbledore
then looked over his shoulder at Professor McGonagall, who walked
over to the large oak doors, and opened them.
'After
receiving you letter,' Dumbledore continued, 'I decided to visit
someone of great importance and tell her the news. Both she and
myself both felt that you all deserve to awarded for your
accomplishments. And so, I would like to ask all of you now to turn
your attention to the Minister of magic, Mrs. Amelia Bones.
At
that point, the door opened and Amelia Bones stepped out onto the
stone stair case. She approached Dumbledore and smiled as she
extended her hand. Dumbledore took it and kissed the upper part of
it. Mrs. Bones then turned around and addressed the six men.
'In honor of you courageous efforts and successes in defeating Lord
Voldemort, I, on behalf of the entire wizarding world, present each
and every one you with the order of Merlin… first class.' Smiled
Mrs. Bones, as she handed each male, their honorary pins while the
student s and teaches all clapped and shouted in agreement. They all
smiled at each other and started to head into the castle when Mrs.
Bones spoke up again.
'And for her endless diligence and work
ethic, working here on plans and strategies for our six hero's, I,
on behalf of the entire wizarding world, present Mrs. Hermione
granger with the Order of Merlin… first Class.' Mrs. Bones then
gave the last of the pins to Hermione who graciously accepted as the
crowd of student and teachers applauded and hollered once again.
'And now, if you will all follow me, I will escort you to the
dinning hall for our exquisite meal.' Dumbledore announced. All the
student and teachers followed Dumbledore, as well as Mrs. Bones, but
the six men and Hermione all stayed back a second, still admiring
their badges. Once the crowd of people were away, Ron Burst out.
'What the Bloody hell was that all about?' Ron
hollered.
'Ron… That's why they award these things. For
helping protect the wizarding communities…' Harry said, slightly
laughing
'That's not why he's upset Potter. He's angry
because the Mud blood got the same award as we did, like she's our
equal' Draco said with a sly sounding voice, while leaning on his
broom stick.
'That's not true… is it Ron?' Hermione
asked
'Well of course it is! We risked out lives out there,
all you did was give us a couple directions, and you get treated like
an equal? That's completely rubbish!' Ron Yelled.
'I
can't believe you Ronald! I thought staring death in the eye
for a year would maybe make you a bit more mature, but obviously, I
was wrong, wasn't I?'
'Mature? I'm not mature? Who's
the one who just saved the world? For impeding doom and such?'
'Oh, I suppose that now you'll want an award for barely passing
potions in 7th year, won't you?'
'Well seeing
as it took a lot for me to do that, yeah, why not?'
'And
what do I get for being the one who tutored you all year? Do I get
brushed aside?'
'You always pass everything, why would you
get an award for doing what you always do?'
'I can't
believe you! Your such a giant git!' Hermione wound up and almost
smacked Ron, but instead stormed into the castle.
'Two
minutes you together and your at each others thoughts… It's good
to be home.' Harry laughed Harry
'Oh stuff it.' Ron
replied
'Come on boys, lets go get some grub, I'm so hungry I
could eat a dragon.' Cedric said heading up to the castle. The
other five followed quickly, eager to get some food.
That's it for the first Chapter. Quite a lot more than I thought there would be. Well, R&R, flame if you have too.
Oh, I'd also like to thank http: for providing me with some of the info needed to right this first chapter.
