In a single night, their whole world changed for the worse. Or so they thought...
Without the aid of their Savior, The students of Hogwarts came together, united under the same cause.
For, without Harry Potter at their side, they surely wouldn't stand a chance alone...
McGonagal is the new Headmistress of Hogwarts, and Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Luna have re-opened
the DA club. New friendships bloom, and War is taken seriously as these four teenagers decide to stay at
school forthe summer, in hopes of becoming good enough to defeat Voldemort on their own...

I do not own Harry Potter or any other character from J.K. Rowling's Books. So don't sue me, I don't have
any money!

Chapter 1: Potter's Leave

Life is too short.

Don't go through each day like they're one and the same, and always leave room for an adventure.

Upon my first year at Hogwarts, I realized that it was a mistake that, while at the Dursley's, I never had an adventure to
talk about.

And at the simple age of eleven, I knew what it was, to live like each day was your last.

No one could have known that so soon after I found out what my parents were - what I was destined to become-, that

I would end up fighting for my life.

Everyone had thought him dead. Vanished into the night from the strength of a mothers love for her child. But, in all
reality, that was the only thing that saved me. My mother had given her life trying to protect me... And here I am,
sixteen years later, trying to finish what everyone thought to be ended years ago.

Snape had apparently betrayed the Order, and killed Dumbledore when Draco Malfoy had been seemingly too much
of a coward to do so himself. Percy still held heated feelings towards his own family, calling them 'Blood Traitors' when
ever the chance came to him. And, The Ministry seemed to be in even worse shape without Fudge in office.

Everything was going wrong.

And of course, I, being The-Boy-Who-Lived, was the one that they expected to make it right again.

Oh, how dreams are shattered.

I quit school last year after Dumbledore's death. I still remember everyone's shocked expressions and protests as I
showed them just how serious I was. I had never wanted to be the Wizarding Worlds Poster Child.. The Chosen
One, and all that rubbish... And I decided to show them just that

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Flashback

"You can't stop me. No one can. Dumbledore's gone and no one can protect me now. All I want to do is be
rid ofall this mess.To be rid of all of you!" Harry shouted as he threw his clothes into his trunk, locking it with his
wand.Turning to face the people that had followed him into his room, Harry held his wand firmly in both hands and
hesitated only a moment before he broke it in two.
Collective gasps filled the room.
Hermione broke into sobs, while Ron tried to comfort her by pulling her into his arms and holding her shaking form.
"Well, that was bloody brilliant, mate! You'll never be able to defeat You-Know-Who without your wand!
What are you trying to pull?" Ron yelled in anger, not even looking at Harry. "Don't you ever listen, Ron?"Harry
asked, venom dripping from his voice. "I refuse to continue living as a Wizard! Look at all the pain I've caused!
I will not fight anymore. Destiny can screw itself. I'm not playing the pawn anymore; to be moved and
sacrificed at the Ministry's whim. Get yourself another savior! I'm done with this. I don't want to hurt anymore.
I don't want to cause anymore pain and suffering!"And with those last words, Harry disapperated; not to be seen again...

End Flashback

But I must admit, I have what everyone like to refer to as a Saving-People-Thing.

I wasn't too worried about my own safety. I just wanted Voldemort off their tails for a while. I figured they were all much
safer if I wasn't around.

And I was right.

I had bought a yearly subscription to The Daily Prophet, and sure enough, just two days after I left, all was quiet at
Hogwarts.

I knew Voldemort was looking for me, so I had to act fast. And without a wand, I had to learn something extra.

Besides hiding in every DADA book I had found, I was also being taught Wandless Magic...

Only three people knew of what I was up to.
All of whom thought it best to have something like this ready for Voldemort's final attack. We called ourselves
'Dumbledore's Army' in honor of the DA club I had started in my Fifth year at Hogwarts when Umbrige had taken over
as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and refused to let us practice curses and counter curse, and instead, made
us read a book of Theory about DADA, which all-in-all, wasn't very useful.

This was a secret weapon that would have shocked Hermione Granger herself.

Everyone is entitled to a mistake every once in a while. And I was simply pushing my luck. I know, breaking my wand
was a very bad idea, and I must say, I paid dearly in training for that one mistake.

But I had to show the Wizarding World -convince them- that I wanted nothing to do with anything that would connect
me to the them. They needed to think that I had given up.

This was a secret weapon that Hermione Granger herself wouldn't have thought of.

And that's exactly what we needed...

So, here I am, learning all I need to know to be able to defeat Voldemort.
On the first day home a fellow DA member had 'persuaded' Uncle Vernen and Aunt Petunia to leave for a vacation.
Or at least, thats what he told me. Personally, I think he had to have used magic on them to get them to leave at all. But,
I didn'tquestion him...

Whatever he had done had definitely worked. And without the Dursley's here for the whole summer, we had the chance to
prepare properly for the final battle.

Sighing, I threw the book I had been reading at my bed. It bounced to the edge and fell to the floor with a soft thump.

How was I supposed to do that? I had too many things constantly running through my mind to be able to concentrate
that fully to use Wandless Magic. It had only been a week since I had left Hogwarts, and I was already getting letters
from Ron and Hermione, telling me that I was being bloody selfish. Anger filled my body every time I thought back to
their letters. Who did they think they were? I was in bloody danger for Merlin's sake! Did they really think that I was
unlike anyone else? Did they truly think that I didn't fear death like the rest of them? Of course I did!

'And either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives.'

That one simple statement made me shiver every time I heard it. But I knew I had to face my fears if I were to keep
everyone I loved safe. Did they really think I'd just abandon them like that? Did they really have that little confidence in
me to think that I'd actually leave them to fend for themselves when I knew good and well that I was their only chance
of survival?

But, I knew deep down that I shouldn't be mad. Of course they were scared. Everyone was scared...

"Har- Uh... Jynx...Whats wrong?" someone asked through the closed door. I laughed at Snitch's inability to call me by
my new name. He had been doing it since we had used illusion charms on ourselves and changed our names in high hopes
of no one realizing who we were.

"Nothing Snitch," I replied, sounding a bit tired. I waved my hand at the door and it opened by itself, startling me. I hadn't
expected it to actually work...

Standing in the doorway was a young man with short black hair and clear blue eyes. He was tall and slightly built, wearing
a white shirt and a pair of old blue jeans with combat boots. Snitch lifted an eyebrow in question to my wandless magic,
then simply walked in when I didn't explain.

Sitting on my bed, he looked at me again.

"I'm just a little tired. Thats all." I reply to his wordless question.

"Right. Anyway, Balus and Rile have been working on a potion. It's supposed to deflect the Crucio curse. They wanted to
test it on me, so I kinda..." Snitch's face fell when he heard the footsteps coming up the hall.

"Hide me!" he whispered in a harsh tone.

Rolling my eyes, I looked back at the door and with a flick of my wrist, it closed and locked. Knowing that the locked
door wouldn't last long with Balus and Rile on the other side, I turned back to Snitch.

"Under the bed." I ordered softly, and he nodded his head in agreement.

Taking a seat where Snitch had just been, I reached over the side of the bed and picked up the book I had been reading
earlier, then lied sideways across the old mattress.

"Jynx! Have you seen Snitch?" a voice asked from the other side of the door. A soft click sounded and the door swung
open, revealing two men in Robes.

Looking up from the book that I was pretending to read, I shook my head.

"Haven't seen him. What did he do this time?" I asked, enjoying the torture that Snitch must have been going through,
knowing that any time he could be found out.

Balus, the man with purple eyes and shoulder length brown hair, laughed. "We just have something to test." he replied
indifferently.

The second man, with light green eyes and long blond hair, growled. "He promised us, Balus. We must find him!"

And with that said, Rile closed the door and they left, again in search for Snitch.

After a few moments of silence I laughed. "I think you can come out now. It sounds like they went back downstairs."
The brown haired boy poked his head out from under the bed and sighed. "Thanks Jynx. Hey, do you want to get out of
here for a while? At least until they forget about the potion testing..." Snitch trailed off with a shutter, most likely imagining
Balus and Rile torturing him for disappearing on them like that.

"Sure Snitch. Just let me get changed first.." I replied and I slid off the bed and grabbed a new shirt and some jeans from my
dresser before heading to the bathroom to change.

'So much had happened in the last week. All four of us look completely different now.' I thought to myself as I gazed at my
reflection in the bathroom mirror.I now had silver eyes flecked with blue, and still messy, yet, somewhat longer hair. Except
now, it was silver-ish blond color;I was a good four inches taller than I had been and not to mention, looked older that 21.

Tomorrow, we were going to Hogwarts for an appointment with McGonagal, - who was now Headmistress of the school –
for the teaching jobs that had been abandoned just last week. Yes... It was going to be real fun this year...

But, little did we know that back at Hogwarts, all four Houses had united for the the very same reason that the new 'DA' had
come together

To defeat Lord Voldemort.

Yes, a little short, but the next chapter is already being worked on! It SHOULD be posted in exactly one week (maybe less if I get over 5 reviews hint hint)
Anyway, next chapter should be a little longer and will be about whats going on at Hogwarts.

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