Chapter 6
Fine Tuning Plans
"The question that remains is how we go about creating a new side to this war, we have to be discrete with recruitment or we will have both sides on us like a pack of hell hounds" said Snape,"We need to be extremely careful at the moment, and Harry if we are doing this, we need to train you extensively and I'm not sure how we can do that without others becoming aware of it."
"Well," said Remus, shifting forward in his chair slightly, "We could say that Sirius and I want to get to know Harry better while he is here to cover part of it".
"And as for the rest" Sirius chimed in, "Harry came to us and asked how he could be better prepared to fight Death Eaters and the like after the TriWizard tournament, that should explain why he wants to train, and Severus, you could use some of those Occlumency lessons Dumbledore wants you to give him or detentions, to teach him some more advanced spell work, we can do some here too, the House has wards so the Ministry can't detect any magic that goes on here, and no one else knows about it."
"I agree, I do need more training if what we are doing is going to be effective at all, we can start feeling out people slowly to see who might be willing to join us but we have to be careful, I'd like to be fully prepared before any open recruitment starts."
"Yes, I believe that those are all sound ideas, Harry, I will brew you some growth potion as well as a muscle strengthener so that any physical training will help you more quickly as well as reverse the effects that living with those damn Muggles had on your body, we can play it off as a growth spurt as you are at the correct age to be receiving one" Severus drawled.
"Thank you, hey can we meet up tomorrow during the day, and start training? Also, anyway you guys could take me shopping I really need some new clothes and things?"
"Yes Harry, we can start your training tomorrow, however, wait a few weeks on the clothes, the growth potions I will brew might cause you to outgrow any clothing you buy now."
"OK, anyway it's late; let's meet tomorrow at say ten? I can just tell everyone that Sirius and Remus want to spend time with me and that I want to hear stories about my parents, I wish we had more time though. It will be tough to get together once school starts"
"Alright, bed it's already past midnight" said Sirius.
They all headed out to the hall and to bed, except for Snape who flooed back to Hogwarts to brew potions used to the long hours and prepared for the next day.
