Harry Potter and The Horcruxes
Summary :Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, and Ginny embark on an epic journey to find the hidden Horcruxes. On their way they will lessons in, betrayal, life, death, trust, and most of all the power of love.
A/N: Second Chapter, Hope it was satisfactory

Luna and Neville's visit went well, and they were going to join the group. Plans were made for their escape. Time passed, as the plans fell into place. Soon it was the big day, which was chosen to be Harry's birthday.

It was Harry Potter's 17th birthday, and now he was officially of age in the wizarding world. The Weasley's were setting up for a small birthday bash for him. He invited Neville, Luna, and Hermione. It was all planned out, and they just had to hope that everything went well. Of course, Hagrid, Tonks and Remus were joining them as well. Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry had other plans besides a birthday in mind. Asking how Ginny had gotten involved would only earn you a glare from Harry. No, he didn't like the fact, he was bringing Ron and Hermione, he worried about bringing Luna and Neville, but he did not want to bring Ginny, if he had not let that beast that was born into him earlier that year win him, over, he would of forbade it. He needed Neville's Herbal skills, Luna's brewing skills, Ron's Strategy, Hermione's brilliance, Ginny's transfiguration, and his own Defense skills were useful to. So it was inevitable.

Harry looked at the clock. Any minute now it would begin. Their plan would be under way, and for the first time since coming into the wizarding world, Harry would be left alone. Sure, his name would still be everywhere, I mean the boy-who-lived getting 'captured' was a big thing. When Neville and Luna has visited the two they were taught how to make a dark mark, just for this purpose. It was of course Hermione who figured it out, with a little bit of research. That girl was brilliant, it was mostly her and Ron who had come up with the plan. Now it was up to the rest of them to make it believable. He was glad Fred and George had moved out, or else things would be a lot harder.

The door bell rang, bringing Harry from his musings. He stood up from the spot he had been sitting on the bed. After stretching until the soft pop of his bones, he bounded down the stairs. Mrs Weasley went to the door.

" Who is it?" she called through. She still thought that this act of checking who was at the door was absolute nonsense.

" Neville and Luna ma'am," Neville squeaked.

" What day is today?" she asked. She might as well be asking "password," like a Hogwarts Portrait.

"Boxing day," came the odd reply. No death-eater would know to say that. Mrs Weasley unlocked the door and let them in.

" Good morning Ma'am." It was nine o'clock in the morning, still seven hours until the 'birthday party'. Mrs Weasley nodded and led them into the living room where the others were waiting. She left them, and went to work on a cake. It was all part of the plan.

" Are you guys ready for today?" Harry asked, standing in the middle of the room. They all nodded, fright was evident in their eyes. He hated it. Mr Weasley entered the room.

" Harry, I got the stuff you asked for," he said, handing Harry a few wrapped parcels. " Will you be ready to leave around noon?" he asked, and when Harry nodded, he left the room. Harry handed a parcel to each of them, then set two on the table, and set six in the middle of the floor.

Each of them opened it, revealing various necklaces. Hermione's had a book with a wand crossed over it, and was made of the purest of silver, on an equally silver chain. She put it around her neck, and when she let is fall against her chest, it glowed purple for a minute, then returned to normal. Ron's was a Griffin on his hind legs, silver like Hermione's. When he placed it on his neck it glowed a crimson red then faded back to normal. Neville's had a potted plant on it, and it glowed Gold. Luna's was a Cauldron that glowed green when she put it on. Ginny's was a small mouse, that glowed blue.

" What is this Harry?" Hermione questioned, rubbing a finger over the charm, it was slightly warm against her fingers.

"Yeah Harry it's your birthday, you should be opening your presents," Neville said. Harry's presents from Hagrid, Remus, Tonks, and one anonymous one, came at midnight. He supposed it was a Wizarding Tradition, when Ron, Hermione, and Mrs. Weasley gave them to him at that time too. Harry hadn't opened them yet, but he would before the last phase of the plan, but only because Mrs Weasley insisted.
Harry shook his head at Neville "They're protection Charms, the only ones who can remove them are you, the colors that glowed are your magical signatures," he said. He pointed to the pile of other parcels he had laid out on the floor.

" The wand chooses the wizard," he quoted, " I want each of you to pick up a box, the one you feel most compelled to." They obeyed, grabbing one then sitting down on the floor in a circle. Harry took the last one and joined them. This reminded him of a muggle tale he once heard about in school, King Arthur and The Knights of The Round Table. The table was said to be round, so everyone was equal, there was no 'head' of the table.

Ginny opened hers first. It was an 12 inch, Ash, Fairy dust Core. Hermione's a 11 inch, Chestnut , Unicorn hair core. Ron chose a 13 inch, walnut, griffin blood core. Neville's was a 10 inch, Juniper, Mandrake Root. Luna had a 9 inch, Willow, Hippogriff feather core. Harry opened his and revealed a 12 inch. Cherry. Basilisk scale core.

" Why do we need these?" Ginny asked running her hand over the shiny surface of her new wand.

" They're unregistered, no one will be able to pick up the Magical signature of us. We are also going to need new Identities." He went over to the table, and picked up one of the two parcels sitting there. Upon opening it, he revealed a book called 10 steps to a new you! He opened it.

"Step one," he read aloud, "Sit down with a couple pieces of parchment and write down a new name for your self, and avoid using anything that can be traced back to you, including family names, friends names, or even pet names."

Ron got up and got everyone some parchment, and Ginny collected some quills. " This ought to be fun," he said, rejoining them.

"Sure will," Ginny added, also sitting back down. 29 minutes later, everyone had their names ready.

Harry held his up and read- " I will be known as Josh Heldin," he said smiling. " Don't ask where it came from, it's completely random.

"I'll be Damon Pally," Neville said.

"I'm Koen Arms, Please to meet cha," Ron winked at Hermione, making her giggle lightly.

" I've always liked my name," Luna said sadly, " but for the cause I shall be Selena Moon."

" I shall be Athena Pally, Koen's cousin,"Ginny said, indicating she didn't want her new identity to have a brother.

Hermione looked thoughtful for a minute. " I Shall be Rae I think Rae Jamsin"

Harry nodded, making mental notes of each name. "The next step is to figure out what you look like," he read, " then there is charms for looks, we are going to skip this step until we leave," he said, and read on. " Step three, You must make up a new background for yourself, Who are your parents, are they alive, what do they do, do you have brothers, sisters?"

They all set back to work on the new biographies. An hour later, they were complete. They read them to each other, laughing at some parts, serious at others.

"Step four," Harry read, " What do you do, Hobbies, Jobs, Boyfriends, Girlfriends, Marriage. Then it lists charms and spells for things like licences and such. We'll have to do this later to, we need to pack." He grabbed the last parcel off the table, inside was a shrunken trunk (not unlike the one Moody-Crouch had). They all went up to Harry's room, Neville and Luna, who had their stuff in trunks already, just threw them into the large trunk. Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione took what they could. Very little could go, too many things would be noticed and their cover could get blown. Time flew by as they readied things, making sure to pack only the important things. Soon Mr. Weasley came up to collect Harry, to go to Gringotts.

" Ok, you guys know what to do," he turned to Mrs Weasley, " I'm real sorry about this," he said sincerely.

" Don't worry about it, It's all for the sake of peace right?" Harry nodded. While he and Mr. Weasley were gone, the rest of them would be messing up the house, and throwing random curses at objects.

" Mr. Potter," the goblin said, " What can I do for you today?"

" I would like to make a large withdrawl," he said, Mr Weasley standing at his side, " and I would like it kept top secret, so I want my account to stay open," he said, hoping this wouldn't screw up his plan.

" A request like that must be taken to the top, right this way." He led them up a series of stairs, and into a large office area. " Mr Potter needs to speak with the boss," he grunted. The goblin behind the secretarial desk nodded, " You're in luck, he is free right now." The goblin-secretary picked up a coin and squeezed it lightly. There was a beep, then another Goblin appeared on the wall in front of the desk, behind Harry, and Mr. Weasley.

"What is it Buckhorn?" the goblin on the screen said.

" Mr. Potter here to see you, sir."

" Yes, Yes, I can see that, Send him in," Buckhorn squeezed another coin, and a door to their right appeared. Harry and Mr. Weasley went through.

" Mr Potter I presume," there was no hero worship in his voice, Harry was glad of that. " I'm KrikStone, the Manager here." He motioned them to sit down " What can I help you with?"

" I need to make a transaction, but it needs to be under the utmost secrecy," Harry silently pleaded this worked.

" Well, Mr. Potter, I assure you Gringotts is the best place to keep a secret."

" I need more than that, I need a promise, that no one will ever find out what happened here, at least till after the war," he hoped mentioning the war, would sway the goblin.

" Yes well, you are asking a lot, but under certain circumstances, I suppose you may have that promise." The goblins were openly neutral in the war, this was the closest Harry was going to get him to say he would help if it had to do with the war.

" Yes, Thank you so much, " Harry said.

" Now I must warn you, when I promise no one will find out, that means no one. We goblins do not side in this war, so everyone is included in no one."

" As I expected, Now what I need to do is open a new account under the name of Josh Heldin, then I need half of my funds transferred over to it, but my account needs to stay open. Also in any event anything should happen to me, I want everything in the Vault to be the Weasley's and only Mr. Arthur Weasley, and Mrs. Molly Weasley, can have access to it. The last thing I need is for half of what Mr Heldin gets, to be turned to Muggle money." He hoped he covered everything. Krikstone nodded, soon details were worked out and information was traded. Harry was given a new key to 'give' to Josh, and after they left, he gave the Potter key to Mr. Weasley. They were home by 2, one hour to go.

Harry and Mr Weasley entered the house, and were greeted by a cupcake each, and the sight of everyone wearing funny party hats.

" Happy Birthday Harry!" Mrs Weasley said, putting a hat on him and Mr. Weasley.

Harry smiled his thanks, and they all moved into the sitting room. Mrs Weasley and Ginny, served them all tea, then sat down. A round of Happy birthday was sung and they all ate their cupcakes. " These are really good Mrs. Weasley," Harry said through a mouth full of chocolate cake and peanut butter frosting. Harry unwrapped his gifts, then they all prepared for departure.

Stuff packed and shrunk, everyone stood at the door. " I'm really sorry about this Mrs. And Mr. Weasley," Harry said. " You both are the closest thing to parent's I've had," he said. Mrs. Weasley pulled him into a bone crushing hug.

" Stay safe, all of you," she said, " Now get it over and done with." She lay down near the door, and Harry stunned her, while Mr. Weasley lay at the kitchen door, and was stunned by Ron. They departed, but not before casting the ever-ominous Dark Mark above the burrow. Hidden under Harry's enlarged invisibility cloak, they stood in the garden, waiting for the final part of their plan to come together.

Remus and Tonks apparated just outside the anti-apparation charms. They chatted merrily, until they came in sight of the Burrow. Tonks was the first to notice, soon after Remus. They ran to the house, on the way Tonks pressed her ministry alert button. Upon entering they immediately revived the Weasleys.

Soon after the cries of Mrs. Weasley could be heard, it was their queue to leave. She was a good actor, the six had sufficiently been 'captured'. They left on the journey that would change, and possibly end their lives.