A/N Sorry about the long delay my beta hasn't been heard from in about a month I don't know if she is sick or if something has happened to her but I hold out hope that she is fine and just indisposed at the moment. Hopefully there aren't too many mistakes but if there are I will try and fix them later. I am looking for a new beta so I can get the next chapter up sooner if anyone is interested you can email me at or on messenger at nicekid1980.

THE CHOICES WE MAKE

Percy Weasley sat behind his desk just like every other morning going through the papers he'd received the night before and screening the mail going to the minister before he received it. He noticed a letter from Harry Potter the other day but he was unable to read it, so he just passed it on to the minister. Twenty minutes later the minister sent everyone in the office home early and said have a pleasant night off.

He was just about done when a snowy owl flew in, a dropped a letter on top of his desk, and left again. He started to get real nervous when he looked at the address on the letter before he scanned it for any traps or curses. Slowly he opened the letter and stood back when nothing happened he opened the parchment and began reading.

Dear Mister Weasley,

The time has come for you to make amends with your family. You have been a great spy for the order but your services are no longer required you have until tomorrow to make peace with them. I suggest you do not delay and tell them the whole truth, it will sound better from you than it will coming from me. I believe your father will need your services in the coming few weeks, I suggest you get on his good side fast. Dumbledore was wrong when he agreed with your plan to infiltrate the ministry. It was a good idea but you should never sacrifice your family and friends when other plans could have been arranged. I would suggest apologizing today as soon as you can because tomorrow it may be too late. Good day to you Percy and know that I forgive you and wish you the best of luck, if there is anything you need don't hesitate to ask.

Your Friend,

Harry Potter

Percy read through the letter several more times before he got up and left the office, leaving his resignation on the desk behind him.

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Arthur was just sitting down at his desk when an owl flew in his office door. "Well hello Hedwig nothing is wrong with Harry I hope." He asked taking the letter from her.

Dear Arthur

I believe you have a son returning to you. I ask that you listen to him before you hex him, as things are not always how they seem. Tell Molly I send my best wishes and tell everyone else I said hi as well. Good luck in the next couple days, I foresee a lot of changes in your future and most of it for the good. I will see you all soon.

Your Friend

Harry Potter

Arthur just smiled at the letter in his hand he didn't know how but when he left the Burrow that morning he new it was going to be a very good day, and if Harry was making predictions about his future he wasn't going to argue.

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Griselda Marchbanks was sitting in her office finishing up her morning tea, when a beautiful owl flew in and dropped a note on her desk. "Well hello there girl I have never seen you before let's see what you have for me?" She slowly unrolled the parchment and read the letter.

Dear Madam Marchbanks,

I was wondering if it is possible to take the NEWT's early. I feel I am ready to take them in a few of my subjects and I was hoping to free up some of my time this coming year to devote to my defense group and other studies I have been interested in. Your prompt response would be appreciated as well as keeping this information confidential from others besides yourself and me. My owl will wait for your response and I thank you for your time

Sincerely

Harry Potter

She smiled to herself as she wrote a quick reply and gave the letter back to the owl before it took off, out the window. Well this will be an interesting year, she said as she got back to the work on her desk.

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Albus Dumbledore was sitting at his desk starring at a silver substance in a bowl in front of him. He looked up as one of his instruments flashed orange, and looked out the window to see the expected owl coming in with a letter.

"Well I wasn't expecting you Hedwig, nothing wrong with Harry I hope," he said to the owl. She hooted calmly and placed the letter in front of him before flying back out the window. He sat back as he opened the letter, and his mouth opened in surprise at what he read.

Dear Albus

I was hoping you would have contacted me sooner in regards to the information you were going to be sending my way this year. I have been made aware that I now own most of my godfather's things. I give you my permission to keep using the house as long as I stay in the informational loop. Things are going fine here no pains and no special dreams. I will try to keep you as informed as you keep me.

Harry Potter

Albus smiled at the letter, Harry was surprising him more and more every year and this year would be no different he supposed. He grabbed a quill and some parchment and wrote a quick reply back, before calling Fawkes to him and giving him the letter. Fawkes disappeared in a flash of fire and Albus went back to his pensive to examine more memories.

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Harry was sitting in his bedroom at Number Four Privet Drive going over the letters he received that morning when he heard a beautiful sound in the distance. He trilled back a welcome to his old friend Fawkes just as he appeared before him in a bust of flames.

"Hello, my friend how are you this fine day," Harry trilled to the phoenix.

"I am well Phoenix Lord, I have a message from the white wizard for you," trilled the phoenix.

"Thank you Fawkes I assume you mean Dumbledore when you say the white wizard," Harry trilled as he took the letter from him.

"Dumbledore is his human name, to our race he is known as the white wizard." He trilled back.

"And why did you call me the Phoenix Lord, is it because I am a wizard who can turn into a phoenix," Harry asked.

"Yes you have been the Phoenix Lord since your birth, because your secondary form is that of a phoenix, although I sense your ability to transform has greatly expanded since we last met. You are the Phoenix Lord because you are our master and our protector. That is why you were able to call on me when you needed my help in the chamber of secrets and why I was able to bring Solomon to you with the sword of your ancestor."

"Solomon? Is that the sorting hat's name I always wondered about that. How are you able to speak with him though? Can he speak our language as well?"

"No, Solomon can only speak the many human languages but being a mind mage he can speak to me telepathically and I to him that is also how he sorts the students he can read there thoughts and there feelings," Fawkes trilled.

"Wow that is amazing. How many phoenixes are there in the world I have only ever heard of you and one belonging to Nicholas Flamel?"

"I believe there are over two hundred of us at the moment that aren't bonded to a master and about fifty that are bonded. I myself am bonded to the white wizard until the time of his death."

"Two hundred if there are so many why do wizards think you are so rare," Harry asked?

"Well we are rare compared to most other creatures that multiply and spread through the world. We are stay close to our homeland until we sense the need of a master, or a Phoenix Lord sends us somewhere to serve.

"Well that explains a lot then. Can you stay awhile or do you need to return to your master Fawkes," Harry asked. When he saw the phoenix settle down next to him on the bed he began to read his mail.

Dear Mister Potter,

Unfortunately I don't have a lot of news for you Voldemort has been lying low or so it seems since the battle at the ministry in June. Severus hasn't been summoned since then and if you haven't been having any dreams or visions hen I'm afraid we have little to go on so far. I have sent Remus Lupin as an envoy to a group of werewolves living in the northern parts Ireland and I expect him back in the next few days. Other than that every thing is just watching and waiting. I thank you for the use of Grimauld Place and I hope to have you join us there by the end of July for your birthday.

On a happier note I would like to ask you to continue with the DA again this year. I am happy to inform you that everyone in your group received Outstanding's on their O.W.L.'s and even the seventh years in the group managed them on their N.E.W.T.'s. I only ask that you open your group up to the whole school and I can make it an official club.

You will be in charge like before and you will be given your own classroom and office to use. I would like to keep the room of requirement a secret from most of the school as it could be very dangerous in the wrong hands. I have been unable to find a defense teacher this year and I may have to take on the class myself if I don't find a teacher in time.

The minister sent me an owl this morning saying O.W.L. results will being mailed out tomorrow and said he would be holding a press conference that morning. He had a strange smile on his face as he said this but he would give me no other information about It, I suggest you read tomorrow's profit.

Well I think that is all I have to tell you at the moment, if something changes I will sent a note or stop in and see you.

Sincerely

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorcerer; Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot

He folded the letter after smiling to himself because he already knew about the press conference the next morning being he was the one to call it. He reached over and picked up the next piece of paper and broke the official Gringotts seal.

Dear Mister Potter

It has recently come to my attention that I was appointed your account manager. While I remember you it is rare that you remembered me from your first time to Gringotts. Most wizards disregard us as lesser beings but you impressed the head goblin with both your choices and your behavior which is very difficult for a wizard. I am pleased to be at your service and look forward to meeting with you soon to discuss your financial situation and possible investments.

I have come across a situation you may be able to use to your benefit. As I worked in the mines before this I have knowledge of many accounts at Gringotts as opposed to only a few. I am aware of an increased deficit in the Malfoy family vault it appears a great sum of money has been transferred out in the last eleven years some of the money has been put into the personal accounts of Draco Malfoy, Cornelius Fudge, and Narcissa Malfoy. Most of it however was withdrawn in large chunks over the last two years and never returned.

This brings the liquid assets of the Malfoy family to a very small amount and with Malfoy Senior currently in prison the family has no income coming in to refill the vault for necessities. They will soon have to sell a lot of there estate and items within to survive because I doubt a family that proud would take a loan and the bank wouldn't give them one with the instability it has shown over the last five years and they have no current way to repay it.

I can make them an offer on there current assets or you can do it yourself if this is something you are interested in. The current head of the Malfoy family is Draco by the way, because his father is in prison and he is the oldest male family member. He will probably take any price right now to get out of debt with out having to use his personal account. I will try and keep you informed on this and any other account I believe would be easy for you to acquire and be valuable to you.

Sincerely

Manager Griphook

Potter Account

"Well that was interesting," Harry said to himself as he got out a parchment and a quill to draft a response. "Here Hedwig take this to the headmaster and take this to Gringotts for me," Harry said as he tied the letter to his owl's leg and she flew out the window.

"The next few hours will be very interesting Fawkes, I need a black phoenix how do I call for one or can you bring one here." In a flash he was gone and back again accompanied by a regal looking black phoenix.

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Draco Malfoy was sitting on his desk going through the paperwork he had received from Gringotts that morning. Ever since his father was sent to jail he was put in charge of the Malfoy fortune, or lack thereof. He sat back thinking to the day he came home from Hogwarts.

"BROKE HOW CAN WE BE BROKE WE ARE MALFOY'S FOR MERLINS SAKE," he screamed at her before slamming to door to the study in her face. Ever since then he was looking through paper work and owling Gringotts for bank statements and transactions that had been made for the last ten years. "Voldemort," Draco spat the name like a curse, "How could my father be so stupid," nearly all of the Malfoy fortune was gone his father had been liquidating things for years and giving to Voldemort freely hoping for something in return. Well he got what he wanted I suppose rotting in Azkaban for all his years of faithful service. At least his father didn't know about his personal account where he had been stashing money for years just in case he needed it for something. "Damn," he swore aloud. "Never will I serve someone else never will a Malfoy bow down to another wizard from this day forth." He swore an oath to magic he would do everything in his power to rebuild the Malfoy name.

"Mother get in here, now," he yelled into the floo.

A few minutes later she came in with a tray of food like she had every time he called for her that week. "It's about time, now we have several things to discuss take a seat. How much money do you have in your personal account and don't lie to me because I will know," he said looking her straight in the eyes.

"I have about one thousand galleons in my personal account son, how much is in your personal account" she asked quietly.

"About the same he answered, but it still is not enough. Father gave all our money to the dark lord hoping to get something in return now he is in jail and we have nothing. If we sell everything we own except the house we may be able to break even but it won't be enough to get us anywhere in the future." He sighed as he leaned back in his chair grabbing a sandwich and starting to eat it.

"It will be ok son, we are Malfoy's we will make it through this somehow," she said as she leaned back in her own chair eating a sandwich herself.

Draco leaned forward in his chair to grab another sandwich when a bright flash of fire appeared before him on the table. "What the hell," he yelled as they both stepped back from the table staring at the bird in front of them.

"Mom is that a phoenix? I thought phoenixes where red and gold not black; he has a letter addressed to me." This can't be good, he said to himself as he reached forward to take the letter. "Have you ever seen this crest before mother I have never seen it before it has a dragon, a griffin, a phoenix, and a snake on it?

"No I have never seen a phoenix that color before either she said and I have never seen that crest before too." Narcissa responded moving closer to the bird and the letter.

With shaking hands he unfolded the parchment and began reading the letter.

Draco,

It has come to my attention that you are having financial problems that you may or may not recover from. You once offered me your hand in friendship I turned it down because I did not want what you were offering. I now am in a position to offer you mine. I am the sole heir of the Potter and the Black fortunes when my godfather passed away at the end of last term he told me to spread the wealth around and invest wisely. So far I have done just that. The world as we know it is changing rapidly we are getting older and we can't hold on to our childish grudges, if we do we will all lose this war because even if Voldemort wins no one else will least not his followers. I will be trying to unite the houses this year and Dumbledore has given me full consent to start my defense group again, it will be open to all houses even yours. I am offering you an alliance and a possible friendship that will benefit the both of us. I have a vault at Gringotts with your name on it if you choose to accept my alliance it will be turned over to you tomorrow; it is an investment in your future. Think hard about your decision for I will not be offering it again, and there are several people who will not be happy with your decision. If you accept you will be hated by Voldemort and all his slaves and will be targeted by him, but all of my people will stand by you. If you reject it you will be treated like a death eater from here on out, and all of my allies will be watching you waiting for you to make a mistake and then dealing with it. Think hard about your decision, Minister Fudge will be making a speech tomorrow and I will be making one of my own when he is finished after that I will be at Gringotts if you wish to get in touch with me ask for my account manager Griphook.

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Later that night Harry sat on his bed going through all the information he had gained that day and sorted it out in his mind. He went to bed that night with a smile on his face hoping and praying his plans were going to work out alright.