A/N: I don't have much to say here except I am sorry it is late due to the site being down for upgrades.
Kkenny: I must say that I am disappointed that you don't know who the man in black is. Reread Chapter Thirteen and this one for more about him. Also I can't believe that I am not classic evil, well I guess I will have to work harder at it ;). Thanks for your review.
Tabitha78: Yes I did say it would get darker, and in chapter nineteen it gets even harder (Evil Grin). As for the relationship yes it is interesting isn't it? wink I am sure that you will find out who is helping the muggles (chapter 20) and when you find out some will not be surprised. Thanks again for the heads up on that error I fixed it on my message board. Thanks for your review and support on my message board.
Winter Blaze: How could I kill the Tonks of another world? The same way I have killed other characters because I am evil. (Evil Grin) If killing her wasn't bad enough the torture I put her through on my message board was worse. (Evil Grin) Its ok I understand how school can be and that comes first. Thank you for the review.
Recap
The man hissed in a snake like tone as he looked at Wormtail. "Like those idiots at the Daily Prophet said the Order is either to afraid to help, or they can't function without Harry Potter! If I know Dumbledore he has been focusing his efforts on getting that brat back! Though I am sure that we have now got his attention. That is why we will increase the randomness of the attacks. That way there is no one spot for the Order or those Auror scum to focus on. They will not even know what hit them before it is too late!"
Chapter Eighteen: Earth Prime Remains in Turmoil
It has been a total of twenty-five days since Harry disappeared from the world. Everyone is feeling the affects of Harry being missing, but there are some feeling it more than others.
World Events: Daily Prophet Headlines
WHY HASN'T THE FAMOUS HARRY POTTER SHOWN HIMSELF!
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named continues to terrorize London and other suburban muggle areas. Yet there is no sign of Harry Potter anywhere. Where can he be hiding? We have found ourselves under the attack of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for weeks now and yet Harry Potter is a no show. What is he afraid that he cannot beat He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!
Wizengamot Announces New Minster in Standing
The Wizengamot had an emergency meeting a few weeks ago about who would take the place of the late Cornelius Oswald Fudge. It took them longer than expected to finally name a new Minister of Magic. The Minister in Standing will be Arthur Weasley. He will act as Minister of Magic until this war is over. At which time there will be an election held to elect a new Minister of Magic or to reelect Arthur Weasley.
Where is Albus Dumbledore When We Need Him!
Again we ask like we have been for weeks why isn't the Order of the Phoenix helping? No one has seen or heard from Albus Dumbledore in weeks. Has he fallen victim to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? All attempts at contacting Albus Dumbledore have failed, and we are beginning to wonder if he is even still alive.
Hundreds Killed In Diagon Alley!
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and his Death Eaters attacked Diagon Alley and layered it in blood of many witches and wizards. There was an undetermined number of witches and wizards there, but reports suggest it may have been as many as two thousand. A lot of families were visiting Diagon Alley to do their shopping for the new school year. The minister told us that there were hundreds of muggle born witches and wizards killed in the village. Hundreds more were injured in the attack.
Arthur Weasley's Point of View
Arthur walked around his new office, Cornelius Fudge's former office. Arthur felt a bit weird being in this office. After all this is where Fudge had been killed, and he just didn't like the feel of it. He had asked for a different office, but the Minister was so busy with other more important affairs. There was very little time to make the new minister feel comfortable.
Arthur sat down at the desk. 'How do they expect me to know how to be a Minister of Magic? They should have got Albus to fill in as Minister until one could be elected not me.' Thought Arthur as he looked at the piles of parchment in front of him.
He pulled one of the rolled parchments off the pile and opened. As he looked it over a grim frown came to his face. 'Another attack by that evil cretin and his Death Eaters. I suppose most of these are about him.' Arthur thought as he tossed the parchment on to a different pile.
He grabbed a few more and after looking at each of them they landed on the same pile as the first. Then he got to one that didn't pertain to Voldemort. In fact this one pertain to the other issue plaguing Arthur's mind these days. 'If only I knew where Harry was, then maybe I could answer the questions people have about him. Wherever that young man is I hope he is fairing better than we are here.' Thought Arthur as he placed the parchment on to a different pile from Voldemort parchments.
Molly Weasley's Point of View
Molly walked around her kitchen and she looked like she had been crying a lot as she had red puffy eyes and dark rings below her eyes.
She sat down at her table and while shaking tried to drink a cup of tea but gave up after spilling a lot of the tea on the table. "I really need to get myself together. I have a lot to be thankful for; I have my kids and a great husband. Yet I sit worrying so much about Harry. It is no wonder though, since he has been like one of my kids since I met him. I do hope that he is fairing better on his own than he would with those worthless muggle relatives of his. That aunt and uncle of his needs to be taught a lesson in how to take care of a kid! That cousin of his is no better, he should be shown how to treat people too!"
Molly sat quietly as she just looked around her small kitchen. She didn't have much of value, but what she had was enough to make her happy. Well at least normally it would make her happy but these days she seemed to worry about Harry a lot. Arthur and her decided not to tell the kids about Harry because they didn't want them to worry. Though deep down Molly knew that Ron was smart enough to know something was wrong.
Alastor Moody's Point of View
Alastor had been jumping between the ministry and Hogwarts. He wanted to be on top of all the events of the day. He had spent most of his time trying to figure out what the Ministry knew about Voldemort's actions and what Hermione and Lupin had figured out about Harry.
Though Alastor hadn't found comfort in either place. The ministry had no real leads on Voldemort that would help him in locating the mad man. Hermione and Remus were no closer in their hunt for Harry either, so it did little good to go there either.
Alastor now sat alone in a dimly lit room. He had just finished looking over the Daily Prophet. "Those idiots never learn do they? They continue to think that this war revolves around Harry! If only they knew that Harry was gone and that he might never return!"
Alastor slammed his fist down into the wooden arm rest of the chair he sat in. "I can't think that way. Harry is a fighter and he will return some how I know he will!"
Remus Lupin's Point of View
Though Remus tried to get more sleep than he had since Harry first disappeared it was not easy. Every time he would lie down to sleep he would find he just laid there staring at the ceiling. He hadn't had a peaceful nights sleep since Sirius died, and now with Harry missing it wasn't getting any better.
He had been trying to help Hermione with finding a way to get Harry home, but found that was not an easy task either. Hermione was normally so caring and respectful to all those around her, but these days she had changed. Now she was more determined to find Harry and was a lot more irritable than usual. She had snapped at Remus quite a bit these days, and it wasn't just him either.
'Remus had entered into the library with Alastor the one-day to see how Hermione was doing and she told them both off and sent them from the library.' Remus laughed as he remembered the events of that day. "Hermione sure has a temper when she doesn't sleep right. I don't think she has gotten more than an hour or two a night since Harry disappeared. She barely eats anything she is just so concerned about Harry. Though I guess we all are on edge lately. Especially now that Dumbledore has left without as much as an owl saying where he went. I know that he has had a lot on his mind, but he could have told us where he was going and when he would be back."
Hermione Granger's Point of View
Hermione was looking older than a witch of her age. She had black rings below her eyes, which were red and blood shot from extensive reading. She looked like she had not slept much for the past twenty-five days, which was true she hadn't. The only time she slept was when she would nod off while in the middle of researching one thing or another.
Hermione hurled the book she was reading across the library. "Bloody hell none of these books have anything to help! I have been through almost every book in this damn library that might have something to help and yet I have found nothing!"
Hermione grabbed another book from the pile and began to look it over. However halfway through she hurled it across the library as well. "I am glad Madam Pince isn't here. She would be throwing a bloody fit about how I am treating her books."
Nymphadora Tonks' Point of View
Tonks sat alone in her empty bedroom on her bed. She still felt terrible about the fact that she was the one to lost track of Harry. She was still having the nightmares that wouldn't allow her to sleep much at night. Now with her fiancé away on unspeakable business, she was left to fend off the nightmares alone.
"I should be use to being a lone by now. He must do what he has to for work just like I do, but it makes it harder to get by without having him around." Thought Tonks as she sat on her bed. "If only I knew what was really going on here! I know he knows something, but he keeps it from me. I know he has his reasons for hiding things from me, but I thought he could trust me by now. I mean we have been dating since my seventh year at Hogwarts, he should know that he can trust me by now."
Albus Dumbledore's Point of View
Albus felt bad about leaving Hogwarts without telling anyone where he was going, but he had to find out what he could. He only knew of one man that knew what was going on and he was determined to get answers. That is why he had to go after him, even if it did leave everyone in the dark he just had to know the truth.
Dumbledore walked into a pub in Germany where he had tracked the man down to. He looked around for a moment and located the man sitting alone at the back of the pub in a booth. Dumbledore walked back to where the man dressed in a black cloak that covered his entire body, and black hood that concealed his face from view.
The man looked as Dumbledore came closer to his booth. He had a pint of fire whiskey in front of him and was in no mood for Dumbledore's lecturing. "Why have you followed me here Dumbledore?" The man asked in a German accent that also had a hint of rage behind it.
Dumbledore's eyes didn't twinkle like normal as he stared at the man. "I followed you here because I need answers! Blade you're the only one that can help me now!"
Blade took a long swig of his fire whiskey and motioned for Dumbledore to sit down reluctantly. "Albus I can not tell you more than I have. I wish that I could my old friend, but now is not the time."
Dumbledore was not happy about the answer he received. "When then? When will the time be right for me to get the answers I need. The world is in chaos and it doesn't look like the side of light will prevail this time."
Blade just stared at Dumbledore for a moment. "This is only the halfway point in the chaos my friend. More shall happen and more will die as a result. That is just one ramification of war I am afraid. Do not lose focus on what will come though my friend, as you know that light shall prevail just as I do. What has been written cannot be changed, and so it must play out how it is to be. In the end there will be a new rise in power, and on that day all shall know the true power of the Phoenix!"
Hidden Away From Everyone
"We have once again shown that we are in charge of this war." A man hissed in a snake like tone as he looked at his group of followers clad in black robes and masks.
Bellatrix looked at her lord. "Master we continue to strike and yet the Order does nothing to stop us. I worry that they are planning something that could bring us down."
Voldemort did not look happy at the comment of his follower. "Bella you worry to much my dear. Those fools are no closer to defeating us now than they were when we started this war. Even the ministry is no match for us anymore. We have proven to the world, that without their hero, they do not stand a chance of beating us!"
Bellatrix just looked at him she was not as convinced as he was. "My lord if that brat manages to get back then people might find the faith once again to fight us."
Voldemort looked even angrier than he had before. "That meddling brat will not return, not from the dimension I sent him. Even if he does figure out where he is, he will never find a way to get back here! If it wasn't for that spell I got from that man in Germany I would have never even known dimensional travel was possible. If it wasn't for that incantation I would have never been able to set up the trap for Harry. Though I hated to waste it on him, seeing as I could have used it to take over more dimensions myself! Alas sending that brat to a hell dimension will have to suffice for now."
A/N: Well that is it for this trip through the minds of those of Earth Prime. Now it is your turn to tell me the thoughts on your minds by Reviewing!