Danny yawned softly. Malfoy was in the Room of Requirement again. Crabbe and Goyle were disguised and keeping a lookout. He blinked in surprise when he heard a soft scream and crash as one of Malfoy's friends dropped something as a warning. Danny gasped as he saw Sybil Trelawney. She walked outside the Room of Requirement before stepping inside with an armful of sherry bottles. Danny huffed in annoyance. Of course everyone but him could get into the room. He still had no idea how the witches and wizards conjured the doors inside. Maybe it was a spell.

However mere minutes later the teacher was flung out of the room with her bottles. Danny stopped himself rushing to aid her. The witch gathered herself together and stormed off. Danny raised an eyebrow. Less than ten minutes later Malfoy strolled out of the Room of Requirement with a broad grin. He turned to his still disguised friends.

"Good news guys. You don't need to drink polyjuice potion again. I finished it," Malfoy bragged. Danny gasped. He rushed off to Dumbledore's office. He didn't bother knocking but gave a quick scan of the room to ensure it was safe to speak.

"Professor, Draco finished what he's been doing in the Room of Requirement," Danny declared. Dumbledore looked up from his paperwork. He nodded grimly.

"Very well. Then tonight shall be my last. It was an honour to know you Danny. You are an amazing young man. Incredibly brave and I wish you all the best with your reign and the rest of the war. Remember my plan and your part in it. Please," Dumbledore replied solemnly. Danny gulped nervously and nodded, his throat constricting with emotion. The day was finally here. Dumbledore wouldn't see another sunrise in all likelihood.

"Thank you Professor. I could say the same thing sir. You are one of the most dependable people I've ever met. And you were the first person, and Remus, that I told about what I am. I'm glad to have known you and I only wish we could have known each other longer," Danny retorted sadly. Dumbledore smiled.

"I will alert the order to the possibility of an attack tonight. I wouldn't wish any harm to come of the students and faculty here," Dumbledore decided.

"Professor, before I go. I feel I should tell you something. Severus and myself have been training to have me become the order's new spy after your death. I think it's something I have to do or the order might dissolve. I'm also going to tell them what I am," Danny informed the wizard. Dumbledore scanned Danny's face before nodding.

"Alright then. I can see that you have made up your mind. Take care Danny. You aren't just risking your life in that. You are a king now. Your people need your leadership. Keep that in mind," Dumbledore replied.

"If things go south, I can always teleport away," Danny appeased the teacher. Dumbledore nodded. Dumbledore got out of his chair and gave Danny a warm, brief embrace as a heart-felt farewell. Danny phased out of the office feeling tearful. He retreated to his bedroom to regain himself.

That evening Danny patrolled the school invisibly with his crown on his head. He wanted to be as intimidating as possible. The castle ghosts had joined the patrol for danger. Order members were also there. Tonks, Lupin and Bill Weasley arrived at the school just after Dumbledore left. McGonagall and Flitwick joined the patrols, as they were on night duty. And, to Danny's shock, Luna, Neville, Hermione, Ginny and Ron were out in the corridors too. Danny had half a mind to tell them to return to their common rooms, but he decided to let them. The students had proved themselves capable in the Ministry of Magic last year. And they could use all the help they could get, as long as they didn't interfere with Dumbledore's last plan.

Two hours into their vigil, Danny saw a glimmer of green through a nearby window. He floated closer and gasped. There was a massive green skull above the astronomy tower. He sped to the scene and saw Lupin and McGonagall duelling with at least five Death Eaters, there were sounds of a fight nearby too. Danny bit his lip and duplicated, he sent one to find other order members to get to the fight and his original joined the fight, firing ghost rays at the Death Eaters to throw off their aim.

"Phantom! Nice of you to join us!" Lupin called haughtily.

"Shut it Remus. Should have back up soon," Danny retorted distractedly as he fired a ghost ray at a Death Eater behind the werewolf. The wizard gave a distracted nod as he cast a stunning spell at another Death Eater. Bill arrived on the scene and blinked in surprise at Danny already being at the fight.

"Duplicate. I can make copies of myself," Danny explained revealing the power having been able to keep the power relatively secret until now.

The fight progressed and the members of the DA joined the order and teachers. Danny fired ghost rays in any direction it was needed. However he didn't know that Fenrir Greyback had joined the fight before Bill shouted in alarm and began screaming in pain. Danny twisted around and fired ghost ray after ghost ray at the werewolf, still in human form, mauling the wizard until Greyback backed off and was lost in the crowd of fighting witches and wizards. The fight was chaotic and he didn't even see Snape slip past the fight and up into the tower. A few minutes later Danny saw Snape herding Malfoy out of the tower, everyone else was too busy to get involved. Danny bit his tongue and fired a ghost ray at Greyback, who was trailing along behind the duo instead. He had to act but he could choose how much. He could always lie and say he thought Snape was protecting Malfoy, a teacher saving a student. No one knew yet that Dumbledore was gone.

There was a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach but he had to keep playing his part. He could grieve later with everyone else. Now, he had to prevent any further deaths. He especially had to cover Bill. The fight was too heated for him to take the wizard to the hospital wing but he was too vulnerable to leave.

"It's over, time to go!" Snape shouted. Danny quickly repressed a relieved sigh. Snape was trying to end the fight. Danny scanned the fight for anyone who needed help. He gasped in alarm as he saw Greyback lunge at Harry. Danny hadn't seen the wizard enter the fight. He lifted a hand to blast the werewolf off the teen but Harry growled out a spell and the werewolf froze in a full body bind. Danny sighed in relief. All reason left Danny's mind. He had to make sure Harry didn't get himself killed. He turned invisible and followed Harry through the fight, firing a quick ghost ray at anyone who needed a little breathing room. Danny's heart skipped a beat in alarm as Harry stumbled across a group of sleepy Hufflepuffs. Harry didn't even pause and pushed through the students, shouting for them to get out of the way.

Danny followed Harry and gasped as he saw the Death Eaters attacking Hagrid, setting his cabin alight. Danny could see that Snape was in a difficult position. He couldn't protect anyone in the order without threatening his now cemented position in Voldemort's ranks. Danny didn't want to be spotted as then Snape would be forced to stop the halfa following to keep the real plan secret. Snape sent Malfoy ahead and turned to hold Harry off. Harry was outraged and Danny understood. The teen didn't know what Snape was doing. He didn't know that Dumbledore was going to die whether he was killed or not. All Harry knew was that Snape killed Dumbledore. He wanted to avenge his mentor. Thankfully Snape was only doing enough to stop Harry pursuing the Death Eaters or harming Snape himself.

Suddenly Snape reprimanded Harry for using Snape's spells and declared that he was the half-blood prince. Danny didn't understand the significance of that but it seemed to strike a chord with Harry. Snape turned to leave.

"Kill me, then. Kill me like you killed him, you coward-" Harry panted, breathless from chasing Snape through Hogwarts and the emotional duel afterwards.

"Don't call me coward!" Snape screamed angrily. Danny flinched at the hurt and anger behind that statement. Harry was wrong. Snape was incredibly brave. He knew that everyone he liked thought him a traitor now. And if Voldemort ever learned the truth, that Snape was acting on Dumbledore's orders, even after death, he'd kill Snape without a second's hesitation. Snape could never be called a coward. Snape hadn't wanted to kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore… had asked a lot of Snape. He asked a lot of both Snape and Danny, but far more of Snape.

Enraged, Snape threw a hex at Harry. Danny pursed his lips. He wanted to help Harry, but he needed to set up a meeting place with Snape before he left, they never bothered before tonight. For some weird reason this night had always felt so far away. Danny rushed over to Snape as he lifted his wand again.

"Severus, calm down. Harry's grieving and confused. Where do you want to meet?" Danny asked urgently. Snape lowered his wand slightly.

"Outside Grimmauld Place. Two weeks exactly, eleven at night," Snape breathed, also out of breath from marching out of the school and the emotionally charged duel. Buckbeak the hippogriff suddenly reared up and charged at Snape. The wizard gasped and fled, keeping the large animal at bay enough to escape. The hippogriff had clearly seen the duel and wanted to protect Harry, or perhaps Snape just stepped into the creature's territory.

Harry got to his feet as Snape ran to the gates and disapparated. Danny watched the hippogriff circle the area from the air.

"Be careful Severus," the halfa whispered. Harry recovered first and stumbled to Hagrid's flaming cabin but fell to his knees, everything crashing down on him. The grief, the hurt and anger, confusion and exhaustion. Together Hagrid and Harry put out the house using a water producing spell, thankfully no one getting hurt from the flames.

Yep, Dumbledore is dead.

This and the next chapter skims the events in the book. If you want a more detailed recounting then you'll need to go to the book.

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Until the next chapter.