"I just knew those two were up to no good!" James screeched as they made their way back into their dorm. "But I can't believe a Potter went dark!"
"Now you know how I feel mate." Sirius said putting an arm around his friend just as Remus walked in.
"I still think you're wrong about those two. I mean, they give me that great potion every full moon!" Moony said happily.
"Probably because they want you to follow in their footsteps because you're a werewolf." James muttered darkly and immediately regretted it.
Remus exploded. "DO YOU THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M A WEREWOLF THAT I WOULD JOIN THEM? DO YOU THINK I WOULD TURN AGAINST YOU GUYS; THE ONLY PEOPLE TO ACCEPT ME AS ONE OF THEIR OWN? OR DID YOU THINK THAT I WAS WEAK JUST BECAUSE OF MY CONDITION. I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I AM A RESPECTABLE LIGHT WIZARD WHO WOULD RATHER EAT WORMTAIL THAN JOIN THAT SNAKE NOSED TOSSER!" Remus screamed cutting off James' minute attempts at interruptions.
"Sorry moon, wee didn't mean it that way." James mumbled sheepishly. Both boys settled down and thoughts drifted elsewhere.
"Anyway, now that we have that cleared up, we have to discuss two things. The first thing is our February prank. All in favor of a big bang prank raise your wand." Three wands went into the air (Peter was in the hospital wing being cured for some attacks a Slytherin hit him with). "Ok, so let's begin…"
"Alright class, pack up your things. No homework for tonight in honor of apparition practice." Harry said as the class filed out. The marauders seemed to be giving him cold and meaningful looks a lot these days. Furthermore, they stopped coming to him and talking to him as a whole. Ginny came around from behind him and gave him a hug. Harry turned to her.
"Is it me, or have the marauders taken a turn for hating me?" Harry asked her.
"I really don't know Harry. Have you done something to upset them?" Ginny asked incredulously.
"Not that I know of; maybe we should talk to the. Anyway, its apparition test day, so they're probably studying anyway." She said diplomatically.
"Yes, you're probably right. I'm almost sure something is supposed to happen today. What am I forgetting?" Harry asked himself out loud. Just then, a weird ringing came to his ears. Ron and Hermione were calling! "Hello? Hey Ron, what's up?"
"Not good Harry, we forgot to remind you. TMR is coming to place his first item in the ROR. Expect him and tail him afterwards." Ron said in a rush.
"What's up mate, you seem to be in a rush?" Harry said and Ron's cheeks flushed.
"Well, I forgot I was to remind you yesterday, but I forgot. I told Hermione I had done it and if she catches me now she'll kill me. Oh, and I also have to tell you that when you get back, you will be reaccepted into the auror program, courtesy of Kingsley. BYE!" He said and the mirror disconnected.
"Well, that clears up a lot. Ok, let's go eat and then I can get to work, eh Gin?" Harry said and Ginny pouted.
"Why do you get to have all the fun in this job? Teaching is not my thing. I don't exactly like being the leader, nor does it suit me." She said.
"Aw, but Gin, you love to boss and punish people just like your mother." Harry said earning him a smack on the shoulder. Harry ran to the kitchens and ate speedily. Harry checked the clock. It was only ten to seven. He had to be under the cloak and outside the headmaster's office by seven. He changed instantly and flashed outside the door in his ice phoenix form. Harry had recently learned that an ice phoenix could change into a single drop of water, which was useful for spying. Moving in the droplet state was difficult and slow, but changing back and forth was very quick and simple.
A few minutes after Harry secured his position near the ROR, Riddle came in mumbling about what a fool Dumbledore was and how he would make him pay. He went into the room carrying the diadem of Ravenclaw with him. Harry got an idea. He quickly flashed over to the potions room in his quarters and grabbed two vials of Polyjuice. He also decided to grab a vial of Veritaserum just in case. Harry checked the map as fast as humanly possible and saw Voldemort was in the entrance hall. He flashed there as a droplet, which wasn't totally unnoticed by Voldemort, but the Dark Lord let it slide.
Harry followed him to Hogsmeade where he apparated away. Luckily for Harry, the trace charm was still there and Harry flashed over to his location- Malfoy Manor. Harry sat right behind Tom's throne as he sat there and summoned his minions to him. They came in with loud pops and each one in turn bowed and kissed the hem of tom's robes.
'Brown nosing snotbags' Harry thought. 'But I guess Death Eaters will be Death Eaters.' He mused. Just then Riddle began his long winded monologue.
"My good, loyal friends (Harry snorted), I have called you here today to discuss something of utmost importance. We have found an opening. In one week, we will attack Hogwarts School! Now, I must say that some of you seem disbelieving. It may seem a thoughtless move correct?" he asked and Harry silently prayed that no one responded to that. One man (must be new) did nod his head and Voldemort sent a lazy Cruciatus in his direction. Harry frowned. "As I was saying, this move has been carefully planned by me for ages. I have found that although Dumbledore is quite a force, he had many weaknesses. First of all, he can only match me, not kill me. Secondly I am not alone whilst all he has is maybe twelve members of staff. I on the other hand have ninety loyal followers, three dragons, one hundred dementors, an army of Inferi and numerous other dark creatures. We will attack them full force next Friday, and we will take great care to take down the muggle loving fool. He shall not be expecting one and I have only told you ninety, my most loyal." He said concluding his speech. Cheers broke out among the eaters and Harry looked disgusted. Voldemort continued. "Now follow me to the kitchen where we shall discuss my plans exactly. Malfoy, put up the barrier of the snake once we are ready.
Harry gasped. He had heard of the barrier, and even seen it. In order to get through it, one must have a dark mark. Harry began to think. Abraxas Malfoy was the only one left in the room, and he was putting up the barrier. Harry got an idea. He changed and stunned Malfoy. He bound and gagged him before stuffing him in a closet. He plucked his hairs and put them into the Polyjuice. The potion turned a murky black and began to thicken. Harry groaned and held his nose before downing it. His body morphed into that of the elder Malfoy and he checked his left arm- the dark mark was there.
He slipped into the kitchen and faced Riddle.
"Ah, Malfoy you have decided to join us. Very good; as I was saying, we will begin out attack at midnight, end of Thursday. We will first send in dementors and then we will at send in our Inferi army. The next unit will consist of Giants, Vampires and us. We will strike with grace in full force and take down Hogwarts. There is no one powerful enough to stand in the way of Lord Voldemort. But the true objective of this mission remains to be said. I, Malfoy, Avery, Nott and Lukerson will go find Dumbledore. I will engage him while you three join in. If you fools are competent, we may be able to kill the wanker. Remember to kill as many students as possible for we will need to have a reason to draw the fool out. And also, I want that fat oaf Slughorn dead. Beware of him and McGonagall, they can duel. Flitwick is a dueling champion so watch out for him as well, the dwarf. Remember failure in this battle will cost you dearly my death eater, you will pay the ultimate price for incompetence if you screw this up." Voldemort warned.
He then continued into a long-winded speech about his ethics and how purebloods are superior. Harry was truly bored, so he decided to form a plan of attack to counter Voldemort. By the end of Voldemort's annoying blabber, Harry had a hell of a plan, but it would involve seven days of nonstop work. Slowly, Harry slipped outside of the room, and went to the stunned Malfoy. He altered his memory to include a brief summary of the meeting (minus the attacking Dumbledore command) and enervated him before flashing away.
Harry arrived in Diagon Alley just as planned. It was bustling with people left and right. Harry hustled into a Quidditch store and purchased Five hundred bludgers and five hundred snitches. He was going to attack Voldemort's forces with a big bang. His next stop was quite unique; it was a muggle liquor store. He purchases fifteen gallons of Vodka from the store owner. He needed a few more things before finishing. His next stop was again muggle. He slipped into an army factory and grabbed a few thousand feet of electric wire for fence making and ran out. It was time to hit his last stop- the ice cream factory. He quickly flashed out with enough ice-cream to feed Hogwarts and place it all under a cooling charm.
He went will all these things back to Hogwarts and took them out in a separate room Ginny didn't have access to. He quickly went to work. After three hours he had finished a series of catapults. The next two days were spent fixing the snitches and bludgers to do their jobs. He wasn't disturbed, nor was he questioned about his whereabouts. He went without food for those two days, and hence snuck out for a bite in the night of Sunday. He snuck all the way to the kitchens, had dinner and snuck back up without a single encounter. He was lucky. Next, he got to work on certain ideas he had. He tweaked the snitches and bludgers to move in certain patterns and attack certain targets. That took another two days and soon it was Wednesday. He had two days to do this right. After dinner on Thursday, he would begin placing his traps around the school. For the time before then, he would be searching for a certain object- a time turner.
After everyone fell asleep on Wednesday, he snuck into Dumbledore's office and began sifting through his things. He found thousands of little trinkets and objects that seemed quite insignificant, but not a single time turner. Then it struck him. Maybe, the time turner was in the closet with the pensieve, but the closet was always locked! Not a single person knew how to unlock it other than the current headmaster. This was a lost cause. Then it him… there was one way he could get into the closet.
Harry changed into his water droplet form and flashed into the closet. It was dark, but Harry let his phoenix body light it up with bluebell flames. It was a tight squeeze but he could manage. Finally after sifting through a few things, he finally found it- Dumbledore's personal time turner. It was gold with a aqua trim and had a phoenix engraved on it. Yes, this would do. Harry flashed to his room to get some sleep. Merlin knew he would need it. He went into his bed and cast an impertable charm around it and kept only an alarm clock insider. He had less that 19 hours of sleep and he was going to make the most out of it.
He got up as soon as his alarm clock rang. He shut it off and quickly made his way to his room. He gathered the equipment and set to work. First, he started on the border of Hogwarts. He was gunna have a death eater barbeque. He laid around seven inflatable swamps around the forest, but didn't stop there. He conjured up sharks to swim in the swamps. That would slow down their forces considerably. The giant were the only real problem. Next, he laid the electric barb around the grass making sure it would set off if anyone stepped on it. His next few steps had to be strategic. Around the wire, he poured gallons of vodka all over the grass casting a charm on it to prevent it from drying. He added a charm to light the alcohol on fire when he needed to. It would create a ten foot wall of flame.
Next, he placed bludgers and snitches in the trees. If their targets arrived, they would hunt them down. Next, he set up a few catapults in the towers. He charmed them to load flaming ice-cream rapidly and fire at anyone with a dark mark, a dragon or another dark creature. This would create a hilarious scene causing the patronus to become easier. Next, he spread Peruvian instant darkness powder all over the perimeter of the castle before the swamps. His final move was very risky. He conjured archers made of metal designed to shoot poisoned arrows at Dragon's eyes. This was the only way to get rid of the dragons. Harry checked the time. It was only ten minutes till the attack. Harry ran off to wake the other teachers.
In each of the teacher's rooms was a fully functional floo to other teacher's rooms. Harry stuck his head inside and screamed to all the other teachers and Dumbledore. "There's a horde of approaching dementors from the north gate! We need to prepare!" He screamed waking every one of them up. Most of them were down instantly and began to prepare for battle. It was time for Harry to see the fruits of his labor.