Harry Potter and the wizarding war

Chapter One: The beginning

Harry potter's day began like any other he had to endure during the summer holidays. He woke up paid the post owl, read the daily prophet, and put it in the pile beside his bed. Harry's seventeenth birthday had come and gone, he was now free of the Dursley's. He had spent only a short summer there perhaps only one or two weeks packing up his things. He was in a good mood through the whole two weeks he had passed his apparation test with flying colors and got to leave the Dursley's for good. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia had not even dared to tell Harry what to do, beings as he was now permitted to use magic outside of school.

The summer holidays had been greatly improved for Harry since he had now left the Dursley's. He was staying at Sirius' old house and on occasion he would pop over to the Weasley's to visit or stay for dinner, beings, as Mrs. Weasley wouldn't let him leave until he had eaten something. Hermione had now taken to going to Ron's to visit as well, but Harry suspected there was more than that going on. The excitement of Bill and Fleur's wedding was spreading greatly. They had decided on a date and it was rapidly approaching, so Harry mostly stayed away from the Weasley's kitchen as often as he could.

About four weeks into the summer holidays school letter's had arrived for Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.
"If you lot give me your book lists I'll go get them," Mrs. Weasley said. "I've got to go to Diagon alley anyways." She said looking over at Bill and Fleur, who were huddled over a piece of parchment deciding who they were putting on the guest lists and other random things. Ron and Hermione gave Mrs. Weasley their book lists, she then turned to Harry."I'm not going back to Hogwarts Mrs. Weasley." Harry said.

"Harry, I think you really ought to go, it might be worth while." She said, across the room Fred and George had given Harry a suspicious look and smiled mischievously when he looked at them. "Well dear I'm not leaving until this afternoon you'll have plenty of time to decide." She left the room and no sooner had she left then Fred and George came strolling up to Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Well, young Harry we've heard your problem." Fred said George smirked."You and I both know that our mum won't let you not go to Hogwarts." George said, "So we've a proposal for you."
"I don't think I like this." Hermione said. Fred and George looked over at her.

"Of course you don't, you're the head girl, and you're too into school to like what we're going to ask Harry." Fred said smirking at Hermione's disgusted look"Harry we'd like a word with you, alone if you please." George said Harry shrugged and followed the twins.

"Harry beings as you don't want to go back to Hogwarts we figure mum will make you go." Fred said Harry opened his mouth to speak.

"Yeah we know we tried to convince her not to let us come back for our seventh year but we reckon this could be our last chance to sort of get surveys among Hogwarts students." George said"So, we've only just come up with this mind, we were wondering if you would sort of go around Hogwarts and ask students what they think would be needed at Hogwarts." Fred said.

"So you want me to go up to people and ask them what they need at Hogwarts?" Harry said disbelievingly.
"Well yeah, we'll even pay you if you'd like." George chipped in.

"I'll do it, but you don't have to pay me." he added."Excellent, Harry. Oh and by the way don't mention to Ron, Hermione or our mum what we asked you to do."

"No problem but you know Ron and Hermione will ask me what you wanted to speak with me about." The twins exchanged looks
"just tell them we asked you if you had heard the date of Bill and Fleur's wedding, by the way it's next summer July 22."
"Er…Thanks," Harry said the twins smiled.

"No problem," they said together, "oh and Harry," Fred said, "George and I will send you mail at night but don't open it around Ron or Hermione it will be questioners. You know just to see what people think of our products. Have the students fill them out then send them to us. We just want you to hand them out. And make sure to tell them not to tell anyone else about it.""But if I say that-"

"Then the whole school will know about it and word will reach Hermione and Ron last." They smiled and then walked upstairs.

"Well," said Hermione, as Harry walked back over to her and Ron, "what did they want?" she asked.

"They just wanted to know if I had heard the date Bill and Fleur had settled on." Harry said dully.

"And do you?" Ron asked chortling

"Well I do now it's July 22," Harry said trying to keep his guilty out of his thoughts.

"Oh Harry," said Mr. Weasley strolling into the front room, "I was sent to tell you that professor McGonagall would like to speak with you." He said smiling, "and I've also been sent to tell you that you can take your apparation test before school starts."

"Thanks Mr. Weasley." Harry said giving him a smile, before he walked off.

"I thought you weren't going back," Ron said.

"I wasn't but I thought that I should." Harry said dully. Hermione looked at him suspiciously but remained silent.

"Potter," said professor McGonagall walking into the Weasley's living room. "I would like to have a word perhaps we could go for a walk?" Harry gave her a curt nod and followed professor McGonagall outside. "Well, Potter as you know we're always short of Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers."

"Yes Professor," he said trying to keep a straight face, beings as he had just seen Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, chase a garden gnome across the front lawn and had cornered it in an old work boot.

"Well I've been talking it over with Dumbledore and the believes that you would be an excellent defense against the dark arts teacher."

"But professor how-"