Chapter Eighteen:

The Future of War

Harry comforted Ginny until her tears had subsided and she was once again her usual cheerful self.

She sat independent now and silently thanked Harry for his comfort and support he did not know what it meant to her.

She then got up and brushed her eyes clean, "thanks Harry"

Harry waved his hand and pushed the thanks away, he was not one to leave a girl to cry by herself, well in some cases he was but not in this one and not with Ginny.

She smiled, and then departed the room, leaving Harry alone to think, something that always had been dangerous with him before.

'If only you were mine, Ginny' Harry thought before he drifted into a peaceful but soon to be interrupted sleep.

Harry entered a dark room, only lit by a small fire that was almost burnt out, he knew that this was a vision, but he did not know how he had picked it up.

He usually kept his mind closed why was it open now, then it dawned on him, he did not close his mind when he fell asleep. 'Great he thought so what's he up to now'

Just then a voice could be heard, 'My lord we are ready to attack whenever you are'

Harry looked around and saw a younger more human looking Voldemort sitting on a black and silver throne at the end of the room, the person whom the voice belonged to was bowed down on his legs and arms showing his loyalty and devotion to his lord.

'give it an hour lucius and then I want the full attack to be placed on Diagon Alley, spare no one unless you see them as future death eaters'

Harry could see that this was the lucius from his time, not the younger one but he was sure that he was a death eater as well.

'Of course my lord'

'Oh and lucius'

'Yes my lord'

'Do not fail, and if you do you shall know the punishment'

Harry could hear the shudder in his voice as he spoke 'yes my lord'

'Good now leave quickly'

Lucius Malfoy rose from his position keeping his head bowed in the dark lords direction and headed out the door never facing it but departing it showing respect for his leader.

Voldemort laughed, at his maniacal plan, the same laugh that had sickened harry to his roots so many times and made his scar erupt in pain whenever he heard it.

Ginny left the classroom and was just reaching their courtiers when she remembered that she had left her things on the desk, she back tracked and headed back to the room, to pick them up.

Upon entering the room she saw Harry rolling on the ground, in pain, laughing like a maniac. She instantly knew what was wrong as his scar was flashing bright red.

She started to shake him and he slowly opened his eyes his pain showing in his every move.

Ginny cast the sonorous charm on her voice and called, "Draco Malfray report to the defense classroom immediately"

She then proceeded to talk to Harry. "Harry, can you hear me, what happened?" she asked in a soft motherly voice.

He took a few deep breaths and said, "There's going to be an attack… on Diagon alley in half an hour, we have to help"

Draco walked in as this sentence was said; he had obviously been running all the way here, "an attack?"

Harry had regained most of his composure though his scar was still twinging a bit.

"Yes we have to go" he said and then proceeded to stand up.

"But Harry this might be what is supposed to happen, and if it is we can't intervene"

"Trust me in the vision he was discussing the plan with our Lucius Malfoy not the younger one"

At these words Draco's eyes blazed with fire, he hated his father and hearing that he was here in the past really boiled his water.

"Well we should tell Dumbledore"

Harry agreed purely because arguing would only delay their arrival.

The three rushed down the corridors and to the great hall where the headmaster was currently eating his dinner oblivious as to what was about to happen in diagon alley.

Harry ran up the aisles and many heads turned at the look on their young professor's face, while it seemed very pale at the present time it also showed a look of anger and courage, what happened?

Harry reached the headmaster with Ginny and Draco close behind him.

"professor, there is to be an attack on Diagon alley in ten or so minutes myself and my two colleagues are going, we will be back soon keep the students here and inside and stay out of the battle all of them"

"What, an attack. Why Harry we can't possibly stay out of an attack we need to help"

"you can't because this battle was not meant for those of your time, but for those of ours, you and everyone else need to stay here you are not meant to come and there fore shouldn't" Harry said and then said a quick goodbye.

He looked around the hall and his eyes met his parents and the marauders he gave a sharp nod of his head that told the marauders 'to be good' worried as to what was going on they agreed to oblige for now.

Harry then grabbed his friend's arms and apparated right out of Hogwarts.

Dumbledore stared in amazement, his young professor had just apparated himself and his two friends right out of Hogwarts something that nobody had done be fore it was impossible, well seeing as to what just happened it wasn't when Harry and them returned they were going to have to explain a few more things… yes quite a few.

He then turned to the student body who all looked as equally shocked and proceeded in telling them the need to know details and send them up to their dormitories for safety measures, while diagon alley was nowhere nearby it did not do anything for the students nerves and they all happily obliged in following there headmasters orders.

Though some students, the marauders were a bit peeved that they were left out of the action, they wanted to fight, well except peter who did not even know what a punch was until he received one, but in the end agreed to wait until they were 'ready'. They also wondered what had happened in the conversation between Harry and Dumbledore and why Harry just apparated right of Hogwarts.

It was obvious that they had gone to help, but how did he apparate like that? It was just another thing that they would have to add to their list.

A.N. finally we get a little action in the story

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