AN:Alright so if you haven't noticed the publish date for this was a while back. I was going through my computer the other day and realized this story was 1: it was terribly written it was written about 10 years ago so I was in middle school. 2 I had it up and I know I could rewrite it better. So that's what I'm doing I took down all the chapters rewrote the prologue then put it back up. Also this takes place in a world where Deathly Hallows never happened. Hope you enjoy it and as always nothing is mine but the Plotline, Thomasina and the other characters.

AN2: So I looked through this story and realized I totally forgot to upload this part... so my first chapter jumped into the next chapter instead of this which leads into the next chapter.

AN3: If you haven't figured it out yet this story takes place after Half Blood Prince.

It was a hot sunny day in the late part of July. Harry was on his way home from the gym his shirt resting over his gym bag to cool off in the hot sun. He was thinking over his plan of action again. He'd promised McGonagall that he would stay with his relatives until he was seventeen. But she also knew he wasn't going to stay a minute longer than he needed to he would be out he door and apparating to the Weasley's. From there he would make more stable plans with Ron and Hermione and together they would go finish school and hunt down the of the remaining Horocruxs. Then came the long awaited confrontation with Voldemort. Harry waved to the girls that were out in their front lawns catching the sun. But he ignored their stares knowing that he had a girlfriend waiting for him at the Weasley's. However when Mindy walked up and asked him if he was new to the area he could only smirk at the girl he'd known since first grade. "No" he replied chuckling "I'm not new I've lived here for quite a few years." He nodded to her and continued on. He did have to admit though that he had changed quite a bit since he'd left Hogwarts, a growth sprout had finally hit him sending him upwards a good 9 inches, his skin had tanned in the sun, His muscles had filled out with his gym regiment as well. He also had finally gotten a decent hair cut shorter on the sides allowing him to style it in a way that was closer to what he wanted it to do instead of it going every which way.

Harry finally came to stand in front of 4 Privet Drive he dumped his gym bag over the fence. He placed his hands on the top of the gate he vaulted himself easily over the old gate to avoid the creaky door. Harry was just about to reach the door when it swung in and a short woman walked out nearly bowling Harry over. He leapt aside just in time to get a good look at the woman, or attempt to, she had a strong glamour cast on her that he couldn't see through, he watched her go stunned by the sheer amount of power radiating from her. All he caught was a smirk as she looked back at him before disappearing down the street. When Harry finally snapped back to reality, he noticed that Dudley was standing there with him on the walk way. Dudley shoved an envelope into Harry's hand "We're invited to a Masquerade tonight, good luck with a costume, since you cant use magic yet." Dudley said smirking, and with that said Dudley left the room to go and whine to Aunt Petunia about how he needed a costume. Harry smirked he was gonna be just fine on a costume, he could just wear the suit he'd gotten a few weeks ago. He was however very glad that his Aunt and Uncle had been letting him go out more, they had finally figured out the more they let him do the more he was out of the house. He walked up to the bathroom climbing into a luke warm shower scrubbing off the sweat and grime from the gym. He let his mind wander back to the girl who had dropped off the invitation, she seemed so familiar but he couldn't quite figure out how or where he knew her from. Defiantly a night that he would be taking his wand with him just incase. He stepped out of the shower drying himself with his towel before wrapping it around his waist as he walked back to his room going through his closet to find the suit pulling it out and hanging it on his door. Now all he needed was a Mask, lucky for him he had one, the same one he'd worn for the Halloween Ball the past year for the Masquerade a matte black colored mask with gold detailing, it was ornate but very simple at the same time.

He tossed on a pair of sweats and a lightweight shirt walking down the stairs to the kitchen finding Petunia helping Dudley with a classic pinstripe mobster costume. Harry smirked at their bickering as he made himself a plate of eggs, a sandwich and tossed a bag of steamable green beans into the microwave. He walked outside onto the back desk to eat enjoying the dusk and the growing shadows in the background. After cleaning up he went back in to get ready finding the Dursley's eating in the living room while watching the tv. He went up stairs reading the Daily Prophet before he had to get ready, nothing new had been reported just the same old propaganda that the Prophet spread to try and maintain order.

His alarm when off at 7:30 he took much less time than Dudley to get ready, he quickly did his hair, finally able to do it without it taking on a life of its own, he threw on his suit and pocketed his wand and placed his mask over his face. He walked down the stairs finding Dudley at the bottom glaring at him as he descended. Harry rolled his eyes opening the door and walking out without even a glance at his Aunt or Uncle.

Harry followed Dudley down the street he stopped in front of Thomasina DeLane's old house. Harry looked at the tree the memories of her came back, he never had quite shaken his crush on her but really who could blame him she was one of the first people to be nice to him, and care about him. Harry knocked on the door it was thrown open almost immediately by a man dressed as James Bond, he stood the same height as Harry just with blonde hair, he walked into the house. The entrance had a high ceiling it allowing the song that was playing to reverberate around the house. Harry looked around at the guests most of his old primary school class mates were there, he felt the presence of the woman who'd invited him's magic. He was headed back down the hall from the kitchen after getting a glass of water when the side door to the kitchen opened emitting a girl in a simple white frock, wings and a feathered mask revealing that she was dressed as a swan instead of the angel he originally thought her to be. She moved to the side to let another through this girl had on a long black dress with black lace over it in places it fit her well it had a high collar and a cape that flickered rouge, she was the one who had invited them her magical signature wasn't one he would easily forget. But she topped it off with a wide brimmed pointed witch's hat and a broom, her mask was green Harry smirked at the combination, she was the Wicked Witch of the West.

The boy who had answered the door came in past Harry walked up to the girls and linked arms with the Swan giving her a quick kiss. He walked back into the room with all of the dancing to give them some privacy. The dancing was mostly ballroom Waltzes, Tango, Foxtrot, were the few he could pick out. Harry danced a little bit but mostly stood in the corner getting hopeful looks from all the girls. He had some fun when he watched the two girls who we the to hosts did a fast paced latin dance with the blonde boy and a brunette who stood a few inches shorter than he did. The boy who was with them said it was a Samba when he asked him what it was when they had finished. The girls had started to dance with eachother feet moving quickly in the heels they had on though the heels never touched the floor. The two silky haired brunette girls spun, kicked up and dipped each other moving well with the fast tempo of the music. It wasn't long before the dawn shattered the darkness' stoney hold on the small town in England. It was then that the party ended, Harry was tired and had been dragged into many a dance with the girls on his block after he'd had a bit of the firewhiskey the other boy had offered him, which he gladly accepted it was nice to hang out with at least a few witches and wizards even if it was during a Muggle party they had thrown.

Harry and Dudley walked home venturing up the stair together before separating to go to their respective rooms. Harry pulled his wand out of his suit so he could store it safely, but as he reached into his pocket he also found a note. Harry changed into his boxers and a tee shirt before sitting down at his desk to read the note, it was probably just a girls number, or that was his guess based on all the girls he'd danced with that night. The green eyed boy yawned as he unfolded the note. To his surprise in very neat hand writing was the following:
Horocruxes
1: Slytherin's locket... Destroyed by R.A.B
2: Hufflepuff's cup... location unknown, still active.
3: Marvolo's ring...Destroyed by Albus Dumbledore
4: Ravenclaw's diadem...Destroyed by T.B.R
5: Riddle's diary...Destroyed by Harry Potter
6: Nagini the snake...Destroyed by T.B.R
7: Unknown... Location unknown, Still Active
Harry stared at the note. If it was true it was way helpful, according to this note most of the Horocruxes had been destroyed. But he didn't even know who R.A.B was how was he supposed to figure out who T.B.R was, how did he know any of this was true!

Harry was still staring at the hand writing when a tawny owl swooped down dropping a considerably thick letter on top of his hands. He was even more surprised when two more owls flew in with packages. Harry glanced at his calendar and saw that it was no doubt his birthday. He reached into the desk grabbing some owl treats handing one to each of the owls before they flew off out the window. He ripped open the letter with Ron's messy hand writing on it. He quickly read the note before throwing it to one side of his desk and ripping open the package. A sweater with an 'I'm sorry' note pinned to it, a tin of fudge, and a practice snitch. Harry smiled then turned to Hermione's card in neat writing wishing him good luck. He ripped open her present to find dragon hide seeker's gloves with HJP embroidered on them in thread that kept changing from gold to blood red and a book full of Quidditch plays. Harry's grin widened at his friend's choices for presents. He finally turned his attention back to the first envelope with loopy green writing on it his Hogwarts letter. Tearing into it four pieces of paper fell out picking up the first one he read the first two lines then threw it behind him realizing that it was just the normal welcome to or back to Hogwarts letter. The second was his book list as much as he didn't like it he kept it he wasn't going back, was he? But if the paper was correct all but two Horocrux were gone. Harry picked up the third piece of paper and read through it dropped it then scrambled to grab it again. He had been named Head Boy! He was leaning toward going back to Hogwarts again. Harry reached out to read the last piece of paper. He only got through the first few lines, before he dropped it in surprise, quickly picking it up again he read through it yet another time.

Dear Hogwarts Students of Witchcraft and Wizardry,

In light of the recent events we have decided to hold another Tri-Wizard Tournament. This year instead of going to Hogwarts all students 6th year and above will be taking the Gold train to Durmstrange this year. To compete and learn alongside Durmstrange and one other school this year. Beauxbatons has declined participation in the tournament this year. Another school will be coming as well with their tournament eligible students. Also in light of this and all the distractions in the past few years and the tournament this year, the Governors of Hogwarts have voted to extending the school to an 8th year for the next 2 years in order to teach those who have been struggling with school and war, this way everyone will have an equal understanding of magic as they leave Hogwarts.

Sincerely,

Headmistress McGonagall

Grabbing a quill and parchment he scribbled quickly to his two friend to tell them he was going to go back to Hogwarts no matter what. Also alerting Ron that he would need someone to come and get him for a side along apparation back to his house Harry packed his belongings into his trunk now able to shrink everything to fit in the trunk he climbed into bed to get a few hours of sleep before one of the Weasley's came to get him.