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Ieo-draco05 - the war is coming soon!
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The mixture of alcohol and emotions is a deadly one and that was exactly what Harry needed to get the memory from Slughorn. Once he had the vial in his hand, he felt the potion's euphoric confidence beginning to wear off. He needed to get to Dumbledore, but he stopped short. It was late and Dumbledore had been gone a while, besides from what Sirius and Hermione had told him, Snape and McGonagall had destroyed quite a few Horcruxes on their own…. His footsteps slowed as he reached the portrait of the Fat Lady who was quite annoyed
"What sort of time do you call this young man?! The password changed at midnight so you can sleep in the hall and maybe I'll have breakfast with my friend in McGonagalls Quarters and get you in detention…" She snapped
Harry stood looking at her blankly and then suddenly he turned around and ran down the stairs
"Wait come back! I was just annoyed, the password is still the same!" The Fat Lady called
—
Draco, Hermione and Blaise coughed as the dust settled around them.
"What in the world…" Draco said being the first one to get his bearings
Hermione looked up and her eyes went wide with shock as did Blaise's
"Well what do you know…." Blaise said letting out a slow whistle
"I. Love. Magic." Hermione said slowly then squealed and hugged Draco
The entire room of lost things had sorted itself into rows and objects. Much like a supermarket complete with boards. There was a separate section for books, jewellery, accessories, furniture, gnomes even! It was glorious.
"Where's our cabinet?" Blaise said wondering out loud as Hermione had already left the boys to make a beeline to the accessories section to look for artefacts.
"I marked it, let's see if it's still glowing…" they made their way to the furniture section and sure enough, glowing in the back was the vanishing cabinet. Blaise looked all the way down the row and imagined where the door would show up to get out….
"The room is taking its revenge out on us for your girl…." Blaise said dejectedly
"How do you mean?" Draco said pulling the cabinet out a little
"Look how far in we are!" Blaise said "it'll be a bloody trek just to get here…" he whined
"Oh shut up… lets get to work…" Draco said
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"I'd like both of you to leave…." Grindelwald said evenly
When Snape opened his mouth to protest, Narcissa held up her hand stopping him as asked "Why?"
"Because Lady Malfoy, you are the only pureblood here who has claimed her familial magic…"
Snape beat Minerva to the protest "I too have claimed my familial magic and…"
"… and you think that makes you qualified" Grindewald stated "You sound like someone who has studied the magics of old…"
"The Dark Arts… yes…" Snape said
"You're fool if you think they are dark… tell me, why do you think your Dark Lord has become less than human? Is he not a powerful wizard? And while it's unsavoury to discuss it, have I not killed enough wizards and yet here I am, perfectly whole…"
There was a moment of silence before McGonagall said "Now that you mention it, should we be looking for your Horcxues too?"
Grindewald made a disgusted face and continued "I revere my magic too much to tear it into tiny pieces… and that is what he has done, the reason he's less than human is because he's losing not just fragments of his soul but also fragments of his magical core…. Like an unstable element your Dark Lord is one big spell away from being reduced to a muggle, and an ugly one at that, depending on how many of those abominations he's made…" He took a deep breath and used the wand to fill a goblet with water, he smiled at it before taking a sip and relishing it "wandless magic is great but it is the simple pleasures of augmenti that I truly missed…" he looked up and said "the point being, Narcissa has the strongest magical core, she comes from a long line of blacks, she has the Veela gene from her maternal side and she has claimed her maternal familial magic which has given her the power of the fae… a wise decision…" he said tipping his head to her
Narcissa tipped hers right back and held it up proud. She knew Grindelwald had been asking for genealogy books form the library, she finally understood why…
"Thank you Severus, Minerva, but I believe my guest should rest a while before he begins my instruction…." Narcissa said politely standing up to take her leave
"I shall see you when the sun is up Lady Malfoy…" Grindelwald said as they all left his study.
Once back at Hogwarts McGonagall had only one question "Do you think it's wise to leave such an important artefact with them…"
"No… but what choice do we have…" Snape said flatly and walked away
—
Voldemort chuckled as he threw the latest paper to the side. The headline of Skeeter's Byline read
DEMOTION OR POLITICAL DISPATCH OF A RIVAL
MINSTER OF MAGIC PLACES HEAD AUROUR WITH THE MUGGLES
The article was a juicy piece about how Rufus Scrimgeour was trying to do away with his own protégée Kingsley Shacklebolt by placing him with the muggle prime minister's cabinet.
A few pages in was a puff piece about the rising star - The Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement - Pius Thicknesse and how he was against taking the post in the very first place because of all the corruption in the ministry.
"Well done Lucius… It's quite the scandal… Wouldn't you agree Pius?" He asked
"One hears many things, my Lord. Which among them is the truth is not clear." Pius said politely
"Ha! Spoken like a true politician. You will, I think, prove most useful, Pius." Voldemort said, then asked "Lucius, how goes Draco's little project?"
"Progressing as planned My Lord… he has even put in place the contingency plans for the primary target…"
"Tell him not to get too ambitious or creative… While Dumbledore is the primary target, the school is more important… we need to train them young…."
"Yes my lord…" Lucius said meekly
"Corban… How goes the recruitment from the Ministry?"
"Very well My Lord…" Yaxley said "we have most of the votes of the Wizengamot for when Rufus Falls, also I would personally like to recommend Dolores Umbridge, she's quite an unpleasant woman and while she is lying about her blood status, she holds a deep seated grudge against Dumbledore and the Order… I think she will be a great tool to implement… especially since she knows how to work the system…"
"We shall see to that when the time comes…"
"Yes my lord…" Yaxley said
"That's all you may leave, we shall meet again in a weeks time, you know what to do…"
Once he got back into his chambers he called on Nagini in Parseltongue. The Snake slithered up to him and rested on his lap. He held it's face in his hands and said
"I need you to pay a visit to an old acquaintance and wait there with her… Anyone who comes to her and asks her about me… Kill them…"
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McGonagall got back to her chambers and sent out a single note to Sirius:
I reckon it's time to shatter the orb and see what role Mr. Potter has to play in the prophecy
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Snape had just gotten back from Germany. He was nauseous from all the spinning. Taking two long distance floos was never fun. All he wanted was a tumbler with fire whiskey by the fire on his couch in his private quarters, however….
"Professor Snape! Sir!" Of all the people in the world he did not expect Harry Fucking Potter to be banging on his doors at 2O'Clock in the morning
He considered pretending to be asleep but the glow from the fire was a dead giveaway. Sighing he opened the door with an irate "Mr. Potter do tell me why I shouldn't give you a month's worth of detention with Filch?"
"I got it Sir…" Harry said holding up the vial "I got Slughorn's memory"
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