Harry Potter & the War Of Darkness

Don't worry this will be quick...

Genre: Action&Adventure/Humour/Romance

Rating: I would rate this T maybe...just for some crude humour, and romance. warning little children...there is guaranteed snogging...

Disclaimer: None of the characters, except aselect few (ieArtemis Cauldronburn and others)and some of the background plot, belong to me.They are strictly JKR's.The main plot and its situationsare mine though.

So here we go...on with the basic gist of the story... well, Harry is now close to 17 and is learning to cope with the recent death of Dumbledore. He has found his destiny and is now trying to fulfill it. I know that's not a lot but you'll understand thatI'll give away too much if you read it...Well, enjoy...hopefully.

Chapter ONE

From Past To Present

Harry woke up with a fright from the recurring nightmare he has been having for the entire summer. He wanted to cry so badly but he knew that is not what Dumbledore wanted him to do. Crying would not bring him back so why should he? Though he tried and tried, he could not grasp the fact that Dumbledore – the only man left who was even close to a father figure to him – was gone. He prayed that it was not real. He prayed that that fateful night never happened – the night that Snape, the wizard that Dumbledore entrusted his life, had killed him. Once Harry had thought of this, hate had enveloped his soul. He killed him… Severus Snape killed Albus Dumbledore. Harry wanted to kill him. He knew that his soul would never rest until Snape was killed. If no one else would kill him, he knew he should. His mind, then, wandered to a faceless figure that has haunted his mind for the past six years. The same figure that had killed his parents and had chosen him, Harry, to kill. It was only two years ago that Dumbledore had told him about the fateful prophecy that would change his life forever. It stated that the entire wizarding world would never rest until the prophecy is fulfilled. The day was soon approaching. It would be a battle between good and evil. One of them was going to die. It was either Voldemort or he, Harry, who was going to die. A huge responsibility was given to him. He had to kill Voldemort or else the entire wizarding world was doomed for all eternity. Everyone was waiting for Harry. Will the madness ever end?

Suddenly, a knock was heard at the door.

"H-H-Harry?" A small, timid voice called. "Uh...Mum w-wanted to know w-whether you want p-porridge or bac-c-con."

"I told once, you great prune, don't disturb me when I'm ASLEEP," Harry bellowed. The door slammed shut and Dudley Dursley's footsteps seemed to be running away. Harry smirked to himself. Ever since he came back from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Dursleys avoided Harry like the plague and frankly, he loved it. It was much better than the way they used to treat him. For the first eleven years of his life, Harry resided in a small cupboard under the stairs. That same year he found out that he was more special than he thought. He found out that he, Harry, was a wizard. He was not an ordinary wizard, either, for at the tender age of one, he defeated the darkest wizard in history, Voldemort. The next year, he became promoted to his putrid cousin Dudley's second bedroom. Now, he is currently in Dudley's first bedroom because the Dursleys feared him that much. Ever since Harry was a baby, the Dursleys treated him like a fly that they could not swat away. But now, since they found out about how powerful a wizard he could be by the age of seventeen, and about how they must take care of him up to that age, they are immensely frightened of him. Harry was used to people being frightened of him by now. In his 5th year at Hogwarts, everyone shunned and eluded him, including his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

Harry, Ron and Hermione met approximately seven years ago on the Hogwarts Express. Ever since then, they became inseparable. Now and then, they all get into a spat and stop talking to each other but they end up being friends again. What Harry was wondering now was will it still be the Inseparable Three later on? Ever since last year, the relationship between Ron and Hermione changed. They are now always awkward towards each other and they blush and stutter a lot when speaking with each other. Harry had an inkling as to what was going on but he did not want to reveal his thoughts out loud quite yet. Harry smiled to himself when he thought about his hunch. Of course it cannot be true? Surely it could not be true? Could it?

Harry's thoughts, then, wandered to Ronald's family. Ron had an exceptionally large family. In the wizarding world, they were considered paupers but in Harry's eyes, they were the wealthiest family in the whole world. The Weasley family consisted of the humblest of fathers, the sweetest and kindest of mothers and seven children: Bill came first, then Charlie, Percy, then Fred & George, the twins, Ronald and finally Ginny. All of them had red hair and freckles. Bill was the oldest and the best-looking. Mrs. Weasley thought he would look better if he cut his long hair and took out his shark-fang earring out. Harry thought that the fang was quite cool. Bill worked at Gringotts, the Wizards' Bank. He has not been able to go to work lately though because of what happened. Bill was considered gorgeous in women's standards but now his face was terminally scarred. Last year, during the Battle with the Death-Eaters, a werewolf bit him. Though this werewolf was not in his animal form, he wanted so much to stay a werewolf forever. Thus, resulting in Bill being scratched and bitten. Fortunately, since it was not a full moon, Bill was not transformed into one himself. But, changes were starting to occur with Bill's outside appearance. His nails were longer and more yellow and his teeth were sharper. He even started eating with as much etiquette as a pig who has been locked in a barn without food for days. Though his excellent physical traits were depleted, his attitude and personality were still the same.

What was more shocking than the fact that he got bitten by a werewolf was the fact that Fleur Delacour still stayed with him. Fleur was a gorgeous French girl with the most beautiful golden hair and the heavenliest of skin. There was no doubt that she was part Veela. A Veela is described by most men as a heavenly nymph. They have the ability to lure men into their clutches and make them do almost anything that they want. It was like a magnetic force field. They were tremendously powerful. Harry could see that so clearly because when he went to see the Quidditch World Cup at the tender age of fourteen. The game was Ireland versus Bulgaria. Ireland had leprechauns as their mascots and Bulgaria, Veelas. Once the Veelas came out, wizards started flying out of their seats and started believing that they could fly to the Veelas. Irish fans started cheering for Bulgaria. Men started attempting to descend off the stands to retrieve the Veelas over fifty feet below. The witches were the only sane ones left. They had to pull their masculine loved ones away and avert their eyes just so that they could remain safe. It was a scary yet memorable time. Harry could remember feeling lighter than air at that time. Fleur's grandmother was one of these majestic goddesses. Therefore, Fleur had a part of herself that could attract any man. With looks alone, she probably could, but with that little piece of her ancestry, men did not stand a chance against her. Bill and Fleur are engaged. Since Fleur is so superficial, all believed that she would leave Bill once she found out that he was not handsome anymore. But, she stayed and they are to be wed. After she did that, Mrs. Weasley finally accepted her.

Charlie Weasley loves Dragons – from baby Norwegian Ridgebacks to ferocious Hungarian Horntails. He works with them in Romania. In Harry's first year, Hagrid, the half-giant groundskeeper at Hogwarts, had a baby dragon. Charlie came all the way from Romania just to retrieve it. Charlie is also quite good-looking but his looks do not match how Bill used to look. Charlie is just another unique member of the Weasley family.

Percy Weasley is the third son of the Weasley family. He was definitely the most practical and the most serious of them all. He was Head Boy of Hogwarts his last year. He is now assistant to the Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour. He left the Weasley family for good in two years ago. Actually, the main reason that he left was because of Harry. In his fourth year, Harry saw the Dark Lord return and told everyone. The Minister for Magic at that time, Cornelius Fudge, refused to let him spread that around so as to not worry anyone. The papers in Harry's fifth year stated that he was just an incompetent, arrogant teenager who likes to lie for entertainment. That really burned Harry up. Anyway, Percy left his family and never spoke to them again because they supported Harry Potter. Even when Harry's name was cleared, Percy still refused to return home.

"It's probably because he is a stubborn little git," Harry thought to himself.

Fred and George were possibly the most hilarious people that Harry had ever met. They were always joking around. They loved to joke around so much that they own their own successful, prosperous joke shop. The name of it was Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. Harry could vaguely remember one of their first inventions. It was Extendable Ears that allowed to listen to conversations you were banned from. Just last year, during the Dark time, when everyone started believing Harry, they invented You-No-Poo. Their slogan for it was, Why worry about You-Know-Who, when you could have 'You-No-Poo,' the constipation sensation that's sweeping the nation. It nearly killed Mrs. Weasley when she found out. She went hysterical and started saying things like: "What if any Death-Eaters see this? You'll be ashes before you can say 'Pumpkin Juice.'

Suddenly, a crack was heard from the other side of Harry's room.

"Harry!" Fred and George Apparated into Harry's room.

Hope you liked that... more to come...read on...