Harry Potter and the Impossible Mission

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Summary:

Harry is reflecting on the things that happened last year at the Department of Mysteries when he gets an unexpected visitor. He learns about his family and moves on after the death of Sirius. A new event begins at Hogwarts and Harry learns he must participate if he wants to help the Order. Harry begins working harder than ever to accomplish the task when one of the only people he feels understands him is taken by Voldemort. He deals with the contents of the prophecy and all the pressures that normal teens have, growing stronger to do what's asked of him all the time.

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Chapter 4: Interesting Train Ride

The next morning Harry was woken up by Mrs. Weasley's voice from downstairs. He looked over at the clock beside his bed and sat up, deciding to go down for breakfast. Harry then looked over to Ron's bed and noticed it was empty. Before going downstairs, he checked his bedside table to make sure his emerald green stone was still there, and then getting dressed quickly. He put the light green stone into the depths of his pocket. As he came into the kitchen, he saw Ron, Hermione, and Ginny already eating breakfast.

"Morning Harry dear," Mrs. Weasley said with a large smile as she placed a plate full of bacon, eggs, and toast in front of him.

"Good morning Mrs. Weasley," Harry replied as he began eating. Just then, Dumbledore walked in with a piece of parchment clutched in his hand. Harry looked at him curiously, but Dumbledore just smiled, the familiar twinkle in his light blue eyes, as he took a plate full of food for himself.

"Good morning, Professor," said Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.

"Good morning everyone!" Dumbledore said cheerfully, "You all are going to get your supplies today from Diagon Alley. You should stop by Fred and George's shop. I have been there quite a few times and they have been very successful so far." Dumbledore smiled around at the four. Hermione, Ginny, Ron, and Harry nodded in agreement.

They quickly finished breakfast and headed upstairs to get their things that they would need to go to Diagon Alley, but Dumbledore held Harry back. Harry turned around and looked up into the old man's face.

"Before you go Harry, I have something for you," Dumbledore said as he handed the piece of parchment he had been holding to Harry. Harry opened it and looked down at the writing, written in black ink:

I, Albus Dumbledore, Harry's great grandfather, give him permission to visit Hogsmeade on certain weekends.

Harry smiled and looked up to Dumbledore, "Thanks!"

"You're quite welcome!" Dumbledore said. Harry smiled up at him.

"Harry! Hurry up, dear!" A voice said from the next room. Harry looked around towards the door then back to Dumbledore.

"Thanks," he said quietly again. Harry gave him a big hug, and then ran to the next room where they would be flooing from.

He arrived in the room and saw Mrs. Weasley giving Hermione some floo powder. Hermione disappeared in a burst of green flames. Next went Ron.

"Diagon Alley!" yelled Ron. He too disappeared.

After Ginny came Harry. "Remember to speak clearly this time, Harry." Mrs. Weasley said. Harry smiled and nodded as he took some of the powder from the tiny blue dish that Mrs. Weasley held out to him.

"DIAGON ALLEY!" Harry felt himself swirling through a burst of green flames and saw the many fireplaces pass by him. Suddenly, he fell out of the fireplace and landed facedown on the floor. A pair of hands grasped his arms and helped him up.

"Thanks, mate," Harry said standing up and smiling at Ron. They waited till Mrs. Weasley came and then headed for Diagon Alley. They reached Quality Quidditch Shop, and Ron stopped walking, staring at something in the display window.

"What is it Ron?" Harry asked, coming over. "New broom," said Ron.

Harry turned his gaze from Ron to the window and saw what he was talking about. There was a tan brown broom in the window and had Lightning Bolt 6000 engraved on the tail.

"How much does it cost?" asked Hermione, coming over.

"Probably too much money," mumbled Ron, and his ears went red.

"Well, you two can look at that later! We have to go get school supplies!" Hermione said, grabbing both boys' arms and dragging them away from the window.

Their first stop was Gringotts where they got some money to buy all the stuff they needed. The group split up when they got outside agreeing to meet up at the Leaky Cauldrom for lunch. Harry, Ron, and Hermione made their way to Madam Malkin's to get new robes since the ones they had were getting short.

Pretty soon, all of their school supplies had been purchased and they still had an hour to spare.

"Ron, how are Fred and George doing with the joke shop?" Harry asked as they ate the ice cream they had just purchased.

"Oh, great!" exclaimed Ron, "They have been very busy with customers, hey why don't we go down there and see them now?" Harry and Hermione agreed and headed down that way.

"Harry! Hello, good friend! How do you like our wonderful shop," said one of the twins coming out of the back. Harry could never tell which was which. Just then the other came out.

"Hey guys!" said Harry, "I like the shop! It looks nice!"

Fred and George began leading the three around, making suggestions about what they thought Hermione, Ron, or Harry should buy, which turned out to be most of the shop. They did buy quite a lot, eager to try out the items on Malfoy and his Slytherin friends.

They left the shop and headed for the Leaky Cauldron. The others weren't there yet, so they sat down at a table to wait. About five minutes later, the others arrived. They exchanged greetings and Mrs. Weasley ordered lunch for them all. They talked about happy things and avoided the subject of Voldemort, hoping to have a peaceful day out of Grimmuald Place, where talk normally circled around Voldemort and his death eaters.

All too soon, they finished eating and had to head back to Grimmuald Place. Harry tumbled out of the fireplace and an arm grabbed him and pulled him up.

"How was your day?" Dumbledore asked.

"Oh, it was fun! Fred and George's joke shop looks great and we bought a bunch of stuff from them," Harry said, excitedly.

Just then Ron came out of the fireplace. Harry said good-bye to Dumbledore and they headed up the stairs. They dumped all of their stuff on the bed. Just then, they heard Mrs. Black screaming again and they went out to the landing to see what was happening. Snape had just walked in the door and he was looking very grave. Harry and Ron watched as he said something quietly to Dumbledore. Dumbledore nodded and motioned him into the room. He turned around and looked up to where Harry and Ron were standing.

"Harry, come on down here please," Dumbledore called. Harry looked over at Ron curiously, and then ran down the stairs quietly. Lupin had just managed to get the curtains closed over Mrs. Black's portrait.

Harry followed Dumbledore into the kitchen and sat down by him. All of the other Order members that were in the house had showed up too. Harry looked questioningly at Dumbledore and opened his mouth to speak, but Dumbledore shook his head.

Once everyone was seated, Dumbledore started talking, "Severus has just come to me with some not so great news. The death eaters are planning an attack on Diagon Alley tomorrow, and we need some Order members to be there all day patrolling. This will lessen the number on the Hogwarts Express, but I think the train will be fine. Are there any volunteers?"

Five people that Harry didn't know raised their hands. Dumbledore smiled, "Excellent. You five will be patrolling Diagon Alley tomorrow and some aurors will be sent over there too. I will notify the ministry in the morning. Everyone is dismiss."

Harry walked slowly back up the stairs towards his and Ron's bedroom deep in thought. Why would they plan an attack the same day that they left for Hogwarts? They know that would mean less security at Hogwarts. Unless…no, Harry wouldn't think that. Voldemort wouldn't have told his death eaters that if it wasn't true. Of course Snape could always be lying. No, Dumbledore trusted Snape, and so Harry would too. This year, Harry would try not to be so rude to him if he was going to be working with him in the Order. Harry walked in the room and saw Ron was asleep so he undressed, got into bed and fell asleep in a matter of seconds.

Everyone was frantic the next morning, trying to make sure they had everything packed for Hogwarts. No proper breakfast was eaten. Most just grabbed a piece of toast and ran off to do something again.

"Hurry up, you three!" Mrs. Weasley said, anxiously as Harry, Ron, and Hermione ran down the stairs dragging their trunks behind them. They could see the nervous looks on the faces of all their guards. The attack predicted to happen on Diagon Alley today had not yet come, and they all were wondering when it would happen.

They were rushed outside and quickly into cars that had been provided by the ministry. No one talked the whole trip, but kept glancing out the windows as if expecting to see Death Eaters jumping out from behind the trees and buildings that lined the bumpy road at any minute.

They arrived safely at the station and went through the barrier to platform 9 and 3/4 in pairs. Harry and Lupin went together. They ran on the train after quick good-byes to Mrs. Weasley. Lupin, Mad-Eye, Tonks, and some other Order members would be patrolling the train.

Their group got even smaller after Ron and Hermione left. Harry walked down the corridor with Ginny, who hadn't made prefect and seemed to be very glad about this, and found a compartment where Neville and Luna were sitting.

Ginny and Harry walked in. "Hey guys," said Harry, "mind if we sit with you?" Neville moved over to make room for Harry. Harry then stored his stuff in the compartment above the seat and sat down. Ginny did the same. They didn't have to wait long before Ron and Hermione came back from their prefect meeting. There were annoyed looks on their faces. Harry looked at his best friends questioningly.

"Malfoy," Ron muttered under his breath, "is the biggest…"

"Biggest what?" a cold horrid voice said from the compartment door. Malfoy was standing there with a smirk on his face. The six in the compartment looked up at the boy, glaring.

"Shut up, Malfoy. You don't want me to curse you," Harry said clutching the stone tightly, and than stood up pulling out his wand. Malfoy didn't even flinch though.

"I'm not scared of you today. You'll be regretting that you threatened me very soon," Malfoy said with a last smirk at them. He turned and walked from the door. Harry and the others had just had time to exchange confused looks when the train stopped, loud bangs were heard, and screams came from the front of the train.

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