Harry Potter and the Silver Dragons

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End

"What did you say?" Asked a very stern faced young man with a touch of disbelief in his voice.

"Albus Dumbledore was killed when a group of Death Eaters, who were let in by a 6th year student at Hogwarts named Draco Malfoy raided the school." Said a very sullen faced older man with a touch of resignation in his voice.

"Does the Ministry of Magic know which one of them did it?" asked a very beautiful young woman who wore an unreadable expression on her face.

"They know exactly who did it," the older man said, now with a touch of anger in his voice.

"Don't keep us in suspense Victor, who did it?" the younger man asked.

"Severus Snape!" Victor said in a matter of fact voice.

There was a short silence in the room, "Can we safely assume that Snape got away?" The young lady asked.

"I'm afraid he did, Samantha," Victor said, "he and Draco Malfoy that is." He paused for a moment to let this sink in, "But on the bright side, the ministry did capture a few Death Eaters, including Fenrir Greyback."

"Greyback!" stated the man, "Isn't he a major leader in the Werewolf community?"

"Not to mention one of the most vicious and brutal servants that Lord Voldemort has ever had John," Victor said.

Both John and Samantha exchanged glances "So what is going to happen to Hogwarts now?" John asked.

Victor let out a sigh, "More than likely it will be closed down until the current situation can be resolved."

"And what does that mean for the boy, Harry Potter?" Samantha asked.

Victor shrugged, "I can't answer that question, but I do know that Potter will be going back home with the rest of the students today after the funeral." Victor looked both John and Samantha in the eye, "Your mission is to look after the boy, and try to find out, if he knows, what Dumbledore was up to when he was killed." Anticipating the next question that his operatives would be asking, "I have reason to believe that Harry Potter went somewhere with Dumbledore just before he was killed."

"And what if he does not want to tell us why they weren't at Hogwarts that night?" John asked.

"Then you are to follow him, and assist him whenever he needs your help." Victor said.

John and Samantha looked at each other as if trying to decide who would ask an important question that had to be asked and yet nobody wanted to ask it. John lost that match, "Why is this boy so important, besides the obvious reasons."

Victor leaned back in his chair, "I guess that I owe you too that much. You have of course read about how Potter was there when the Death Eaters attacked the Ministry of Magic in the Daily Prophet?" both John and Samantha nodded, "Well, the Prophet had the story right, if not only partially so, the Death Eaters were after a prophecy that was made to Dumbledore almost 17 years ago."

"Wasn't that about the time that Voldemort tried to kill Potter." Samantha asked.

Victor shook his head, "I'm afraid that you are off by just over a year, but anyway that prophecy stated, in a nut shell, that one would come that would have the power to defeat Voldemort, but it also stated that neither could live as long as the other survived." Victor stared at each of them in turn to make sure that they both understood, "Now, you both had better get going so that you will be there when Harry arrives at Number Four Privet Drive."

Without anymore questions or comments, both of them turned and left Victor alone in the room. The older man pulled out a photo of a wizened old man with a long white beard and equally long white hair that mostly covered the robes that he wore standing next to himself, both of them were waving. A tear formed in Victor's eye as he looked at the picture, "It was one hell of a run Albus," he said to the photo, "but somehow I never would have suspected that I would outlive you." Still holding the photo in one hand, Victor looked up at a mural that hung on the wall. The picture on it was of a silver colored dragon that was standing upright, and had a sword in one claw, a shield in the other, and had a serpent under one of the rear claws.

He then pulled up the sleeve of his shirt, and revealed a silver colored tattoo with an image just like the mural on the wall. "I swear Albus, the Silver Dragons will do everything in our power to bring Voldemort and Snape to justice." And with that the tattoo began to glow.

After the funeral for Professor Dumbledore, all of the students boarded the Hogwarts Express in order to return home. Harry Potter sat in the compartment that he shared with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and just stared at the piece of parchment that was in the locket that he and Dumbledore had recovered from the cave just before he was killed by Snape for most of the journey back to Kings Cross station, were he had been told that a Ministry of Magic car and a guard would be waiting to take him back to the Dursleys. He had not even noticed when the door had opened and Ginny, Ron's younger sister had joined them in the compartment or that Hermione and Ron (after a little coxing from Hermione) had left the compartment to do their rounds, which they had to do as Prefects.

The first that he knew that he was alone with Ginny was when she placed her hand on his shoulder and he looked back at her. Several weeks earlier, after Gryffindore had beaten Ravenclaw and won the Quidditch cup for the 3rd (this was not counting their 4th year when the Quidditch season had been canceled for the Tri Wizard Tournament) year in a row Harry and Ginny had finally given into how they felt, and with the approval of Ron, which Ginny claimed that she did not need or want, they had started going out together. Everything was going great until the night that Dumbledore had taken him to try and find one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, an object that he hid a piece of his soul in just in case something happened, such as the night that he had come to kill Harry, and his spell backfired on him. It was just before the funeral Harry had decided to break up with her, not because he did not care for her, but in order to protect her from the dangers that he would be putting her though if they had remained together.

"What are you doing here?" Harry asked Ginny trying to sound a little angry about her being there but not doing a good job of it.

Ginny gave him a sympathetic smile "I just came to make sure that you were ok." She paused for a moment, and when she spoke again her voice had a bit of an edge to it, "I also came to tell you that I am not giving up on us that easily. I completely understand why you broke up with me, but I have also waited for you for 6 years, and I will continue to wait another 6 years if I have to. I love you Harry Potter, and I know that you love me because otherwise you would never have broken up with me."

Harry was at a loss for words, and all that he could do was stare at Ginny. Something else had caught his attention, she had said that she loved him. In all of his life at the Dursleys and even his life at Hogwarts, Harry had never had anyone say that they loved him before. All that he could do was to lean over and he and Ginny locked into a kiss. When they finally broke apart several minutes later, Harry looked into her eyes, "I can't make any promises, but maybe after I am finished at the Dursleys and I have returned to were Voldemort killed my parents, and of course after Bill and Fleur's wedding, I was planning to return to Grimmauld Place if I am able to. I would love it if you would come to stay there for a while, if your parents say that it is ok that is."

Ginny smiled at Harry and she embraced him in a huge hug. When they finally broke apart again, Harry looked at her more sternly, "But you have to make it look like we are still broken up."

Ginny nodded her understanding at this, she then drew out her wand she pointed it at the door, and the blinds closed, cutting them off from what was happening in the rest of the train.

It was dark out when the Hogwarts Express pulled into Kings Cross station. When Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny disembarked from the train, they found Mr. and Mrs. Weasley waiting for them on the platform along with several other people all of them dressed in black business suits, and all of them wearing black sunglasses each of them also wore a stern expressionless face. Though he knew that they were really Aurors, they sort of reminded Harry of the members of the US Secret Service that protected the United States President. Mr. Weasley saw that Harry was staring at the Aurors, and told him, "On lone to us from the United States Wizard President. They have a lot more experience dealing with Death Eaters than our Aurors do."

"They have Death Eaters in the United States?" Harry asked as he watched 2 of them, one pushing a cart, go to the train to grab his trunk and Hedwig's cage.

"Not any more," Mr. Weasley said, "they hunted down all of the ones that escaped from us before Fudge even announced that You-Know-Who was back." Anticipating Harry's next question, Mr. Weasley quickly added, "Their President believed Dumbledore the moment that he announced that You-Know-Who was back, and immediately ordered all known and unknown Death Eaters hiding in their country to be hunted down.

As he watched the 2 Aurors bring his trunk to him, Harry could not help but to wonder what would have happened if that man was the Minister of Magic instead of Fudge. Harry flanked on all sides by Aurors went through the porthole, and waited for Ron who was breaking it to his parents that he would be joining Harry on his quest to hunt down Snape and Voldemort. Though Mrs. Weasley did not take the news of this very well, Mr. Weasley knew better than to argue with Ron and explained, much in the same manner that he did about Fred and George once, that Ron was now of age and had the right to do whatever he wanted to.

Hermione on the other hand still had to go and tell her parents about this and as soon as her trunk was loaded into the car she disapparated with a loud crack, but not before promising that she would meet up with them at the Dursleys. With a final hug from Mrs. Weasley for each of them, a handshake from Mr. Weasley, and a smile from Ginny that warmed Harry up on the inside, he and Ron climbed into the back of the car and drove off down the road.

"So Harry," Ron began when they could no longer see his parents or Ginny, "I guess that this is the end of our time at Hogwarts."

Harry thought about this for a moment, "Actually Ron, I can't help but to feel that it is the beginning of the end." And though he gave Ron a knowing smile, he did not mention 'For either me or Voldemort'.

The car pulled up Number 4 Privet Drive around 11:00 that evening, and sure enough there was a light on in the house. Two of the Aurors got out of the car and went into the house to make sure that everything was ok, while the others got Harry, Ron, and Hermione's trunks out of the car. Several minutes later one of them returned to the car, "With the exception of the muggles that are in there, the house is clear."

Harry and Ron made their way to the house the three Aurors that carried their trunks as well as the cages that Hedwig and Pigwidgeon, and the basket that Hermione's cat Crookshanks was currently in were right behind them. When they entered the house Harry found that the Auror that had not come back out to the car was sitting there with Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, both of them with horrified looks on their faces.

After taking everything up to Harry's room, the Auror that seemed to be in charge walked up to Harry and Ron and gave each of them a card with an incantation on it, "If you need any further assistance Mr. Potter, just say the incantation on this card and one of my teams will be at your side in no time."

"Thanks!" Harry said as he and Ron took the cards and pocketed them for safe keeping.

The Auror then bowed his head to Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia (Harry thought that he heard a snort from Uncle Vernon) and he left the house right behind the other three Aurors. Uncle Vernon waited till the headlights of the Ministry car had vanished, and wasted no time in glaring at Harry and Ron "What the bloody hell was that all about, and" he began staring intently at Ron, "what the bloody hell is he doing here?"

Harry looked back at Ron who was turning a little red in the face, and then turned to face Uncle Vernon "He's staying with us until I am FINALY able to leave this place." Harry shouted back, "And just so that you know another one of my friends will be arriving tomorrow."

Uncle Vernon looked at Harry, and then at Ron and something clicked in his mind, "It was your father that destroyed the fireplace and the sitting room, and it was your brothers that did something to Dudley's tongue."

"And you should also know," Ron put in, "that I am now 17, and am now aloud to do magic outside of Hogwarts, and so is Hermione." Ron stared Uncle Vernon down who was now suddenly looking a little worried, "So now that we have that taken care of that, I think that I am going to go up to bed." And before anyone could say another word he stormed upstairs, Harry right behind him.

"That was brilliant Ron," Harry said, "I don't think that I have seen Uncle Vernon look that scared since he first met Hagrid when Dumbledore sent him to get me before our first year."

"I don't know Harry," Ron said as he dug his pajamas out of his trunk, "I think that I should have done some magic just to get the point across." After he pulled his pajamas on, he looked at Harry and serious look on his face, "So what will be our first move when Hermione arrives in the morning?"

Harry had been thinking about this, "Well, first thing I intend to do is to try and figure out were the other 4 Horcruxes are, Hermione will be a big help there," Harry put in as he slipped his own pajamas on, "then in a couple of days we will take the Night Bus to Godric's Hollow, then with any luck after the wedding we can start hunting down the Horcruxes and start destroying them."

Ron nodded his understanding to this plan. Godric's Hollow was were Harry's parents, Lilly and James, were killed by Voldemort and were, after Lilly had died to try and save him, Harry had deflected the dreaded Avada Kedavera curse, and had sent it right back at Voldemort. This one action did not only send Voldemort, now powerless, into hiding, but it also made Harry one of the most well known wizards of all time.

In a sense he completely understood why Harry wished to return to Godric's Hollow. It would allow Harry to gain some closure after the Death of Dumbledore, and maybe even Sirius as well. This would allow Harry to move on and to do what he had to in order to stop Voldemort once and for all.

With a flick of his wand Ron conjured up a sleeping bag and climbed into it while Harry climbed into his bed. "Do you think that we will be able to find all of the Horcruxes before You-Know-Who figures out what we are doing?" Ron asked as he pointed his wand at the light switch on the wall, thus turning out the lights in the room.

Setting his glasses on the nightstand next to his bed Harry shrugged "Maybe, but I doubt it. Dumbledore told me that there is the possibility that Voldemort could sense their destruction."

"And what about this R.A.B. bloke who got to the locket before you and Dumbledore did?" Ron asked.

Harry thought about this for a long moment, "If he is on our side," he began, "then hopefully the locket is not the only Horcruxes that he…"

"Or she, as Hermione might very well point out."

Harry nodded, "Or she will have done some of the work already for us, though it would be nice to meet this person so that we might be able to work together."

Harry waited for a reply from Ron, but only heard a loud snore. He felt Crookshanks leap up to lay at the foot of his bed were he curled up. Before falling off to sleep as well, Harry heard Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia walking up the steps so that they could also get some sleep.

Authors Note: Due to the events that unfolded in the "Half Blood Prince" I decided to completely rewrite the story to take place after that book ends. Please note that any similarities that there are between this story and the last book (whenever it comes out) are purely coincidental, and I do not claim anything, or anyone in this story as my own (except of course the characters that I created). So please do not ask me to add/remove any characters or events from this story, the only person that has the right to do this is currently living in England.