A/N: Thank you to all those that have been reviewing. I'm open to suggestions to the story so please R/R. Thanks to Rivenn for his beta job on this chapter. With the exception of IamSiriusgrl, can the rest of my betas let me know if they are still interested in being my betas because it's been a while since I heard from you guys/girls.

Disclaimer: I wish I could be as good as JK Rowling but I'm not. This is her stuff and not to mention the influence that this story took from various fanfics.

Chapter 34
Marauder's Sanctuary

A few days after Harry and Ginny's prank on the Slytherins, after the charms wore off, the school returned back to business as usual. Harry, Ginny, and Kayla continued their training together while Harry and Ginny still managed some alone time together. Hermione and Ron restarted the DA with about twenty students who were newly recruited and those who sided with Dumbledore. The Patriots were also back to their usual schedule and to Dumbledore's annoyance, their practice area was still a secret. Remus and Tonks recognized almost immediately that members of the DA and the Patriots were performing much better in their class and to a greater extent the Patriots were doing much better all around because of Harry's implementation of charms and transfiguration work into the Patriot's training.

Harry's spies at Grimmauld Place which were mainly the house elves reported that the Order of the Phoenix was in a state of disarray. The group was fighting with itself because of a growing minority in the organization was starting to voice the same concerns as Harry did earlier. This caused a split in the Order between the Dumbledore supporters and the Potter supporters. The only thing that was keeping the Potter supporters from breaking away was because Harry was still in school and being led by a teenager was not a comforting thought even though they agreed with what he was saying. Harry instructed members of the Alliance of Magic to start spying on all suspected and confirmed Death eaters. This task was mainly taken up by the house elves because they had access to every wizarding house and business. The house elves then recorded each suspected Death eater's activities and noted if they saw the Dark Mark or not. The goblins were also instructed to prepare to close all accounts of those suspected and confirmed Death eaters on a moments notice. The centaurs increased their daily surveillance of the Forbidden Forest and aided in constructing a massive underground safe house for mass evacuations should it become necessary. It was agreed that the Patriots were too young to participate in the fighting unless forced to. Harry started sending groups of about five patriots at a time into the forest with the centaurs as escorts so they could become familiar with the forest should they need to retreat into the forest for any reason. A tunnel was being constructed to connect the Chamber of Secrets to the safe house by the Patriots to have a secure escape route for either place.

In an attempt to speed up the process and for increased security, Harry sent twenty of his house elves to assist in building the tunnel and another twenty to help take care of the orphanages. Harry was afraid that Voldemort would try to attack the orphans because they were easy targets that were tied to him. A new three level communication system was setup that involved Harry's phoenixes and Blaze, the house elves, and watches to help ensure that if one or more forms of communication were to go down then they could rely on another form to communicate. The Ministry of Magic took control of the fight against Voldemort and made it easier to qualify for Auror training during times of war. They also reorganized the small town defense groups that formed after Harry's speech in Diagon Alley. The town defense groups were now better organized, received funding for training, leaders were trained in combat strategies, and a new communication network was setup using express owls to deliver information more efficiently. Each town also had an Auror advisor that met with town leaders once a week to help setup defense strategies and evacuation procedures for civilians.

During these weeks of preparation, Voldemort was quiet and most suspected that he was planning something big, so the question became when he was going to attack. During breakfast in early March, Harry, Ginny, and Kayla were enjoying their breakfast when the morning posts arrived. Hidden amongst the owls was a hawk that was making its way towards Harry. When Dumbledore and Snape saw the hawk they knew that it was a message from Voldemort.

The hawk dropped its letter while hovering above Harry and flew off. Ginny also knew what a letter delivered by a hawk meant so she held Harry's hand which kept him from touching the letter and said "Harry, be careful with that letter. A letter delivered by a hawk is usually from Voldemort or his second in command. It could be a portkey so you should open it with your wand."

Harry pulled out his wand and did a few complicated wand movements over the letter which revealed that the letter was not charmed. Harry opened up the letter while Ginny leaned in to read the letter also. The letter read as follows:

Potter,

The offer that I gave you during your first year stands. You can stand by me as my second in command. I recognize talent. In return for your allegiance to me, I will bring back your parents and your godfather, you and your loved ones will be under my protection, and you can choose a piece of land later on to live on with your loved ones which my followers will not disturb you. Post your reply with a red spark in the air in one week for a no or a green spark in the air for yes. Reply at night time and fire the sparks over the lake at Hogwarts.

Lord Voldemort

Harry handed the letter to Kayla to read while Ginny asked "Harry, what do you think?"

Harry responded "This is a very attractive offer."

Kayla asked "Are you really considering this?"

Ginny replied "He's just thinking about it but more likely he won't take it. It's like a 1 possibility of this happening mainly due to all the betrayals that have gone on."

While Ginny finished somebody came up behind the three of them and grabbed the letter. The trio turned around to see Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore behind them. Harry and Ginny were fingering their wands while Harry demanded "That's a personal letter and it does not concern you so I would like my letter back."

Snape replied with an air of superiority "Potter, nothing of yours is considered personal. We are entitled to know why the Dark Lord is contacting you and what he is saying."

Ginny pulled out her wand and set the letter on fire which quickly burned itself up as Snape dropped the burning letter. Dumbledore tried to put the fire out but it was too late. There were only ashes left. Snape angrily said "Weasley, how dare you attack me?"

Harry replied for Ginny "What time shall we serve detention with you tonight Professor?"

The image of what happened last time at detention ran through Snape's mind as Harry and Ginny was grinning at the man. Dumbledore sighed then said "Mr. Potter, will you follow me to my office." It was more of a command then a question which Harry complied.

The three professors and three students made their way to the Headmaster's office. Harry, Ginny, and Kayla sat off to the side at the farthest chairs from the three professors. Dumbledore asked "Mr. Potter, why is Voldemort contacting you?"

Harry replied "That is of a personal matter which I don't wish to talk about."

McGonagall said "Mr. Potter, this is an important issue even you can see that. We need to know what You-Know-Who said."

Harry said "If I felt it was necessary for me to tell you then I would but I don't believe that you all need to know. If you will excuse us, the three of us have classes we need to go to."

The three of them stood up and with a nod from Dumbledore, they left. Order members spent the rest of the day trying to get the trio to talk but they refused to and liked the fact that the Order was spending so much energy on trying to get a piece of information that wasn't worth anything.

A few days later, the Marauder's Sanctuary (A/N: The name is thanks to GiGiFanFic), which was the underground hideout built in the Forbidden Forest was complete. It was known as the Sanctuary for short. The tunnel to the Sanctuary was also complete and the Patriots were going to meet up with representatives from the centaurs, the goblins, and the house elves to setup the place.

The Marauder's Sanctuary had three entrances. The first entrance was through the tunnel connecting it to the Chamber of Secrets. The second entrance was a private floo network that was connected to a secured floo at Gringott's. The secured floo at Gringott's could only go the Sanctuary and was located in a vault that only members of the Alliance of Magic had access to. The last entrance was connected to a water well that was in the middle of the Forbidden Forest. The well was the only part of the Sanctuary that reached above ground. The water well looked to be a normal well and water could be drawn from it but if you wanted to enter the Sanctuary then you would jump down the well. After about ten feet of water, you fall through a magic seal that keeps the water from spilling into the Sanctuary but allows for people to fall through. The centaurs only have to touch the well and they would be transported into the Sanctuary.

The Sanctuary is four stories tall consisting of four wings that are connected by a large circular foyer which was a rotunda that has circular ramps that leads to balconies on each floor that overlooked the foyer. The top of the foyer was a large magical glass dome that showed the scene above the Forbidden Forest. The balconies ran the length of the foyer. The ground was laid with a light color marble with the walls colored in an off white color. The north wing was all living space. The first and second floor consisted of thirty rooms on each floor with fifteen rooms on each side of the hallway. Each room had two bunk beds, two sofas that faced each other with a small table in the middle. The sofa area was between the two bunk beds that were on opposite sides of the room. There are four desks in the room with two desks attached to each bunk bed. There was one desk on each side of the beds. There is also a small bathroom that is opposite to the main entrance of the room. The third and fourth floor were all doubles where there were two queen size beds in each room with a desk next to each bed. There were sofas to the back of the room that had a small table between the sofas and a small fireplace on the back wall. The bedroom suites were joined by a bathroom with two bedrooms to a bathroom. There were a total of thirty bedrooms each on the third and fourth floor. All of the bedrooms had magic windows that allowed in sunlight and fresh air.

The West Wing consisted of a large kitchen on the second floor with a large dinning area. The dinning area had three long rows of segmented tables to eat and had large magical windows that let in sunlight and air. The kitchen was at the far end of the wing. The third and fourth floor was a large infirmary that was similar to how the Hogwarts infirmary was set up. There were four stock rooms on each floor with each stock room specializing in centaur, wizard, goblin, or elf medicine. There were also large windows in this wing to allow light and air to flow through the room. The first floor was a small prison. There were a total of sixty small prison cells that had no windows and concrete walls on three sides to each cell. The fourth wall was made out of reinforced glass that was unbreakable which allowed those in the hallway to see into the cells but those in the cell could not see out into the hallway. Each cell had a small uncomfortable wooden bed, a small sink, and toilet. At the rear at the far end to the entrance on the first floor after the prison cells were large standard interrogation rooms.

The East Wing served as the entry and exit areas to the Sanctuary and as a multipurpose area. The fourth floor is large and spacious. The end of the hallway is where the tunnel to Hogwarts connected with the Sanctuary. In the middle of the hallway is a roped off area for those entering and exiting through the well. Near the entrance to the hallway from the foyer is the fireplace that was connected to Gringott's. There were plans in setting up a safe portkey point and second to the prison; this was the most guarded area in the Sanctuary. The second and third floor were partly joined because there were ten meeting rooms that accommodated about twenty people and two meeting rooms that accommodated about 250 people each. The larger meeting rooms were designed in a stadium setup. The ten smaller meeting rooms could be used as either classrooms or recreational area for children. The first floor had a small bank for counter withdrawal and currency exchanges. There were also small shops to buy miscellaneous items and a large library with study rooms that was about the size of the Hogwarts library.

The South Wing was separated for each magical group to control a floor. The Goblins controlled the first floor of the wing and set it up with various meeting areas and offices if they needed to move quickly. The House Elves controlled the second floor which consisted of a few offices and training areas for elves only. They also added smaller bedrooms to accommodate the house elves that were going to be staying at the Marauder's Sanctuary. The third floor was controlled by wizards. Harry had set up four office suites with each suite consisting of two offices that was joined by a common area. Each office had a large desk, comfortable seating area for about ten people, and bookcases behind the desk. He also had two meeting rooms set up that were designed for about forty people each. The rest of the rooms were training rooms for physical fitness and magic. Three rooms were for physical fitness with the equipment that could be seen in a muggle gym. There were six rooms for magical training with each consisting of large areas that had no desks but padded walls. The fourth floor was for the Centaurs. The Centaurs replicated the Forbidden Forest and had no rooms but what looked like plant life everywhere. The ceiling to the centaur's floor was enchanted to look exactly like what it looked like over the Forbidden Forest where they gathered to look at the stars and make prophecies.

The night came for Harry to respond to Voldemort's offer. It was decided that Harry would go out by himself to send the message then make his way back to the castle immediately. Ginny and Kayla were going to keep Harry in their sights but were to remain unseen. It was a clear night with no moon and everything went as planned. Harry sent off red sparks into the air to signal that he was not going to join Voldemort which was not a surprise.

Ever since the Marauder's Sanctuary was completed and furnished it fell into heavy use by the goblins and house elves. The cleaning house elves continued to do their job with cooking and cleaning. The war elves stayed at the Sanctuary for easier communication, deployment, and training. The goblins moved a few of their executive offices into the Sanctuary and started operating from underground just in case an attack was to occur at any of its banks around the world. The centaurs liked to stay above ground and vigilantly stood guard over the well entrance. The Patriots made occasional trips to the Sanctuary to setup their temporary rooms should they evacuate from Hogwarts. Harry, Ginny, and Kayla also setup their offices on the wizarding floor to better lead the Alliance of Magic. The Alliance members knew about Voldemort's offer and Harry's response. Harry had the Alliance on heightened alert just in case Voldemort decided to retaliate in response to Harry's answer.

Two nights after Harry's response, during dinner time, Nightlight appeared in the Great Hall with a burst of blue and white flames near Harry. Nightlight was carrying a message from the house elves' leader. Most of the students didn't take any notice of what was happening because it was common to see Harry's phoenixes around school. Harry opened the message as Kayla and Ginny leaned in to read.

Harry Potter,

An elf spy just picked up a message that the four orphanages will be attacked tomorrow night in response to your answer. What is your course of action?

Houseman

Harry, Ginny, and Kayla were whispering to each other about possible courses of actions to take care of the threat. It was decided that the Ministry and Order would be informed of the plan so they would not walk into a trap or spoil their plans. Harry used his watch to alert the members of Potter's Patriots to what was going on and told them they were allowed to join in on the meeting if they wanted to but this would reveal that they were a member of Harry's army. After alerting the Patriots, Harry alerted his liaison members for the Alliance and told them to pass the message along.

Harry made his way up to the Head Table and asked Professor Dumbledore "Professor, I think you might want to take a look at the intelligence I just received from my spies." He handed the message to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore read it and replied "Mr. Potter, don't worry, we'll take care of it."

Harry shook his head and said "Professor, something is already being done about it. I need you to call Mr. Weasley to come to a meeting to represent the Ministry in an official capacity and I need for the Order to be represented at the meeting also so I can tell you what is going to happen."

Dumbledore nodded and said "When and where is this meeting taking place?"

Harry said "Go to Gringott's and ask the bank manager to let you into the Sanctuary tonight about half an hour after dinner."

Dumbledore nodded again and asked "Can you tell me what you are planning?"

Harry replied "It's not safe here to say but you will find out tonight."

Dumbledore replied "Tonight then." He didn't want to push Harry anymore then necessary because this was the first time Harry was permitting the Order and the Ministry in on his plans. This could be the first steps to allowing both groups into the Alliance of Magic.

After dinner, the Patriots gathered down in the Chamber of Secrets wearing their battle robe uniforms. The centaurs were the first to arrive followed by the house elves. The Order and Ministry were dressed in their uniforms and arrived escorted by the goblins. The Patriots were the last to show up and every member volunteered to show up for the meeting. The meeting was going to be held in the largest meeting area which was setup in a stadium style seating and at the center is a large round table.

There was some mingling between all the different groups. The Order was led by Dumbledore and was accompanied by most of the Order and the Ministry was led in by Mr. Weasley with a few trusted advisors like Madame Bones. When the Order saw Harry's group arrive, they were wondering how they arrived and was surprised with how many students were following him.

Every group represented had three seats at the round table. Harry called for order in the room and everybody took their seats. The extra people who accompanied their leaders sat in the seats behind their leaders with the exception of the centaurs. The centaurs section had no seats.

Harry stood up and said "Welcome everybody to the first meeting of the Alliance of Magic in our new headquarters, the Marauder's Sanctuary."

There was a loud round of applause as many stood up and cheered. Harry raised his hand to calm everybody down and continued to say "We're assembled today to discuss the threat of Voldemort on the Orphans of Great Britain. We were informed earlier today by our spy located deep within Voldemort's inner circle that all of the wizarding orphanages will be attacked tomorrow night in response to my message to Voldemort."

There were some mumbling and Harry continued to say "Let me fill in those that don't know the entire story yet. A few days ago Voldemort offered me a chance to align myself with him as his second in command." There were gasps that were mainly coming from the Order but Harry ignored them and said "I rejected his offer and now he feels that retaliation is necessary." He sat back down when done speaking.

Alpha, the leader of the goblins stood up and said "Mr. Potter, what have you decided to do in response?" As he finished, the goblin sat back down.

Harry stood up and said "After speaking with a few advisors, we feel that the best course of action right now is to surrender the Lily, Moony, and Padfoot Centers. We should concentrate on the defense of the Prongs Center, where it is the easiest to defend later on in this war. The Prongs Center is located close enough to Hogwarts to be protected by both the Patriots and the Centaurs. We need at least one center open to accept children."

Dumbledore stood up and asked "Mr. Potter, what do you plan to do with the orphans?"

Harry replied "We plan on moving all of the children into the Sanctuary. There is enough room here for them and it would be safe for them. When things are more secured, we will move them all to the Prongs Center."

Mr. Weasley asked "What do you plan on doing with the other three centers?"

Harry said "That is the main reason for the meeting tonight. The three centers that will be abandoned will be evacuated tomorrow morning but will maintain the appearance that everything was happening like normal. I will pass the word to Ms. Grant, the director of the centers, of our plans. Security has been increased at every center with a strike team hidden at each site. After everybody is evacuated then the buildings will be laced with muggle explosives and when the Death eaters charge in, the building will seal them inside and implode on them."

Mr. Weasley responded "You can't be serious about killing."

Harry nodded then said "The Death eaters are the ones that are choosing to attack defenseless children. We know that once they break into the orphanages then they will start to torture and kill every man, woman, and child in those buildings. If we can take out all of these Death eaters without having to risk ourselves then I will take that path. So what if we lose a building, buildings can be rebuilt."

Dumbledore asked "Mr. Potter, would you be willing to allow the Order and Aurors to take on this fight."

Harry looked at the members of the Alliance as if silently communicating with them. Harry sighed then replied "I formally ask the Order and Ministry Auror's in help protecting the Prongs Center and help in the recovery effort around the other orphanages. This way the Alliance can remain relatively unknown to the world."

Mr. Weasley said "The Ministry of Magic will offer our aid and have Auror's stationed throughout Hogsmeade to help protect the people."

Dumbledore said "The Order of the Phoenix will also be there to assist the Auror's and evacuate the children."

Harry said "Thank you, the defense of Hogsmeade and the Prongs Center will fall under the responsibilities of the Ministry and the Order. The Alliance will evacuate the children and provide increased security while the children stay here at the Sanctuary. Alliance strike forces will also be on stand by to assist the Auror's and the Order should the need arise."

Houseman, the leader of the house elves stood up and said "Harry Potter, I would like to open for discussion the subject of allowing the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix into the Alliance of Magic as non-voting parties that will be permitted to advise and sit in on non-secured meetings."

Harry said "Let's take 30 minutes for each group to discuss this with our own advisors." With that, the delegates got up from their seat and went back to their groups to discuss the pros and cons of allowing those groups into the Alliance.

Half an hour later, the delegates gathered and Harry stood up to say "The discussion on admittance of The Order of the Phoenix and The British Ministry of Magic as non-voting members of The Alliance of Magic is now open."

Alpha stood up and said, "I have talked with the centaurs and house elves already and agree that if the Ministry and Order don't repeal all discriminatory legislation and ensure equality for magical creatures then we will not further consider allowing the two groups into the Alliance."

Mr. Weasley stood up and said "Alpha, I promise you that I will do all I can to promote equality for all magical creatures."

Dumbledore nodded and said "The Order also promises to assist in the push for equality."

Ronan looked to Harry and asked "Do you have any reservations?"

Harry nodded when he said "I'm not sure how much we can trust the Ministry and the Order to not turn on us when they see another opportunity to get what they want."

Ronan asked "What is it that you believe that they want?"

Harry replied "I believe that if they could find a way to control the Alliance then they would try to seize the power. The Order has already spent much of their time this school year trying to exert control over me and has tried to seize the leadership of the DA."

Members of the Order jumped up and started to voice their disagreement but were quieted by Dumbledore. After the Order calmed down, Dumbledore said "It is true that the Order wishes to have custody of Mr. Potter but that is for his protection. We still believe that it would be best of Mr. Potter were to submit to the Order."

Harry replied "Don't you get it, I went to Azkaban willingly before I allowed you all to control me like some tool. I just don't know to what extent you all will go to try to seize control of everything."

Dumbledore replied "We will be in an advisory role only so we wouldn't be able to affect much because we can't vote."

Harry turned to the members and said "I have my reservations and you all understand why. I have no problems allowing them to sit in on non-sensitive meetings because we need to communicate with those that are fighting against the same enemy." Harry didn't want to call them allies in this war.

Mr. Weasley asked "If we are allowed in then can we have access to this facility?"

Harry said "We can discuss that after if you are allowed into the Alliance. Now, who are in favor of allowing the Order of the Phoenix and the British Ministry of Magic to become members of the Alliance of Magic as non-voting members and can not participate in sensitive meetings?"

The majority of those eligible to vote agreed to allow them in while all of the Patriots delegation voted against letting them in along with a few other members. Harry said, "I extend an invitation for the Order of the Phoenix and the British Ministry of Magic to join the Alliance of Magic."

Dumbledore stood up and said "As the leader of the Order of the Phoenix, I formally accept the invitation on behalf of the Order."

Mr. Weasley stood up and said "As the Minister of Magic, I formally accept the invitation to become a member of the Alliance of Magic on behalf of the British Ministry of Magic."

Harry nodded and everybody stood up and clapped to welcome in their new members. After the clapping subsided Harry said "Unless there are objections by the other members, I will allow the opening of the Marauders Sanctuary to the British Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix to bring their wounded here, to bring those that need to go into hiding, and to attend meetings. Those that need to stay here will have to be approved by me or the Alliance."

He looked around to see if there were any disagreements and there was no dissent. Dumbledore stood up and asked "How are we to enter the Sanctuary?"

Harry said "The voting members will discuss that at a later time due to security concerns. We will let you know by the end of the week that is unless something happens that won't allow the Alliance to meet."

Dumbledore nodded and the meeting was called to an end. The Ministry and Order were given a tour of the facility which they were pleased to see such a nice facility. The Order and the Ministry were offered their own office suites which were next to Harry's suite. It was later decided that the only Ministry officials allowed to freely come and go were Mr. Weasley and Madame Bones. The only people for the Order that were allowed to enter the Sanctuary were people that knew Harry with the exception of Snape. While this was going on, the Patriots were making there way back to Hogwarts before the professors got back to school.

That night everyone hoped that tomorrow will turn out according to plan. The Order and the Ministry were glad to finally be able to attend the meetings which were one step closer to becoming voting members. Harry, Ginny, and Kayla just hoped that allowing the Order and Ministry in was the right thing to do and knew to be alert to anything that Dumbledore might try to pull.

A/N: The Alliance of Magic will be going public soon but for now they took a page out of Voldemort's playbook and decided to hide as long as they could and operate in the shadows until they are uncovered by the public. Voldemort as you all can guess is building for a few major attacks aimed directly at the heart of society which is to cause fear and panic by hurting the children and the heroes. Oh, I forgot to list the numbers earlier but the DA is about 20 members plus or minus about five people. The Patriots are at about 60 members plus or minus about five and the Order is at about 100 members plus or minus a few. Just general numbers to compare by so future fight scenes could be better understood. Let's see, one person asked where I am from. I'm from New Orleans, USA. For the last thing, I do try to fix my errors when there are constructive criticisms (which I appreciate cause I will keep them in mind if I decide to write another story) but when you read 33 chapters and the only thing you say is that the story is boring, all I have to ask is why are you still reading?