Disclaimer: Harry Potter isn't mine.
August rolled by quickly, as Harry and his friends were negotiating with Durmstrang and Beauxbaton's headmasters. They requested that each one attempted to create a defense group within the student population. They had agreed and would remain on alert for any attacks in or around their countries. Dobby and Winky were making great progress on gathering house elves and wizards to the cause. The goblins were training and reorganizing their spy network for the upcoming war. However, most of the wizard population remained in fear of Voldemort. Ginny's and Luna's articles were helping somewhat but not as much as Harry hoped. The ministry wasn't helping much. They had a decent number of auror recruits but they were untrained and poorly led. Also, they were stretched too thin. Ministries from other countries refused to help Britain. They were on their own.
Harry woke early again. Ron was still asleep (as usual). He looked at a calendar posted on Ron's orange walls. They were leaving for Hogwarts in three days. Harry was already packed with his new trunk. He let his friends share his storage area and the library.
Neville and Luna were staying together at Neville's house. They all knew something was up between them. They weren't sure but Harry was ready to bet 20 galleons that they were going out. He was very pleased. Neville deserved a good girlfriend. Even if she was a bit odd.
Ron and Hermione were being as dense as always. Even Aranea could tell they liked each other. Harry shook his head and went downstairs. Aranea was already there. She was enjoying a cup of coffee as she usually did at this time in the morning. Harry sat next to her, and she passed him some coffee. They enjoyed talking and joking during their coffee break. They commonly did this. This morning, they talked about what Aranea could do when it came to the Slytherins. There had been no further contact from Draco since Harry's birthday.
Aranea was terrified of going back to Hogwarts and staying with the Slytherins. Harry was worried too. It was no secret that she was friends with Harry. That was enough to get hexed every day by at least ten Slytherins. They took their worry over to Dumbledore. He agreed that Aranea was probably not safe being alone in the Slytherin common room. He said that he would think about what to do. He also encouraged that Harry and his friends teach her all they knew about DADA. The only problem was that they would have to request that ministry give them permission slips to accomplish most of the powerful spells. The only reason she was able to perform magic was because she only did it in dangerous situations. Fudge was still being an idiot with Harry. Even though he allowed Harry to perform magic, he wanted to get Harry in trouble, and Harry was not about to let Fudge have the satisfaction. He knew that Fudge was just angry because Harry had been right, and now his power in the ministry was tottering on a loose thread. However, Harry was determined to get his friends magic-permitting licenses from the ministry.
After everybody was up, Harry requested that his friends floo to the ministry to get magic licenses. He knew that they could perform magic in three days, but he felt that they needed the licenses early and that way, they wouldn't have to worry about using magic next summer.
Mrs. Weasley was finally convinced to let them go when Mr. Weasley took them when he went to work. After breakfast, Harry wrote a letter to Neville and Luna to meet them at the ministry. It wouldn't take long to get there because Neville lived only a few miles away. Harry and friends then flooed to the ministry. When they got there, they headed to the front desks and were checked again by dark detectors. They resembled little detectors used in Muggle security. Harry got a little annoyed with the young security wizards. They were just too careless with their checking. "They must think you wave the stupid thing and it beeps," he thought.
Just as they were finishing, three more wizards entered and stood waiting to be checked. Harry looked closely at them. He couldn't place it, but he had a bad feeling about these wizards. He noticed too that they were watching him closely. He stared right back. Then, he suddenly turned and asked if he could learn to test them. The security wizard shrugged his shoulders and gave him the detector. He walked to the wizards and slowly and carefully ran them through. After fifteen seconds the detector began beeping like crazy. Then, a picture of a Dark Mark appeared on the detectors screen. Harry immediately drew his wand and pointed it at the men. His friends and all the security wizards in the atrium did as well. They looked nervously around as if fearing that more Death Eaters were nearby. Suddenly, they heard a loud booming noise outside the atrium. Harry groaned. These Death Eaters were an advanced attack just like the trolls in Diagon Alley. Pick off as many wizards in the ministry as possible; then, the rest of them march in and overwhelm the weakened defenses. Harry heard screams and the door boomed again. Harry quickly cast the strongest locking charm he knew on the door. He then knocked out the three Death Eater and tied them up. Mr. Weasley was shouting at Harry to come with him. Harry took one last look at the door before running with everybody into the ministry. They only had gone ten yards when they heard at least twenty voices scream in unison, " Diffindo!" and the door exploded into pieces of splintered wood.
There were only thirty Death Eaters, but he saw over fifty inferi behind them. Harry had only ever read of the inferi. The dead bodies were walking slowly across the atrium. Harry heard the fires erupt and Luna and Neville crawled out. They were immediately surrounded by Death Eaters. Neville pulled Luna behind him and drew his wand. Harry
snarled and turned around. He ran to the Death Eaters. Ron immediately followed. Together they smashed like football players into the inferi and Death Eaters. They shot spells left and right. Harry fought viciously. Ron was fighting to reach Neville who had thrown a shield charm over himself. Then, quite suddenly, Ron was hit in the back with a purple light and fell to the ground just as he reached Neville.
Harry fought on as Neville managed to shield Ron, but Neville's shield was weakening quickly. Harry was stuck facing a wall of inferi with the remaining Death Eaters standing behind them with wands out.
Harry remembered that inferi could not die easily. The best way is the physically kill them. Spells were of little use except fire. Harry suddenly grinned evilly. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the shrunken sword that Malfloy had given him. He quickly resized it as the enemy inferi began walking slowly to the entrance of the ministry. Neville and Luna were still trying to hold off five Death Eaters continuously firing spells at the shield.
Harry drew the long sword out of its sheath. For some reason, it felt perfectly natural in his hands. He lifted it and charged. The girls charged with him firing spells and shouting that they would watch his back. Ginny turned to the side and fired an exploding hex at the five Death Eaters just as the shield collapsed. Then, she and Mr. Weasley lifted and carried Neville and Ron and Luna, who were all unconscious, away from the battle. The security wizards had left to get auror aid.
Harry meanwhile had reached the ranks of the inferi. They were tightly packed because of the lack of room in the atrium. With all his strength, he swung his sword. Two inferi fell headless. Harry hacked and slashed his way through the inferi. Hermione and Aranea followed firing spells at any incoming Death Eaters. Harry skillfully ran an inferi through the heart with his blade. The inferi were falling fast and the Death Eaters were almost finished. Finally, aurors arrived and the remaining Death Eaters apparated away. The last inferi were immediately cut down with diffindo spells.
Harry sighed. Why did all the attacks have to happen when he was in the area? This was really starting to annoy him. The aurors immediately took charge and looked for wounded and killed. All the inferi were on the ground dead. There were five dead Death Eaters as well. Harry growled in disgust. He lifted his sword. It was covered in the black blood of the inferi. Harry shuddered.
Hermione ran up, "Harry, if you EVER bolt off like that again alone, I will personally kill you!"
"You welcome," Harry said. Then they headed to where Neville, and Luna were lying. Ginny and Aranea were already there. Harry looked at Ron. He was rather pale but had woken up. Neville just looked like he was sleeping out of weariness and not pain. Luna looked the same.
Suddenly, there was a sharp tap on Harry's shoulder. He turned to see Fudge bearing over him. He sneered, "I see you have saved the day again Mr. Potter. Still, you are going to have a hearing for murder." He said this with a look of triumph on his face.
Harry rose slowly. He stared at the minister. The minister stared right back before calling to the aurors, "Take Mr. Potter into custody."
Reluctantly, three aurors walked up to Harry and drew their wands. Harry just continued to stare. Suddenly, his eyes glowed again, but this time they were changing color. They began to turn red. Blood red. Deep and menacing. The aurors were terrified and even Fudge stepped back. Harry suddenly shouted, "JAHVA FICK TESOGEBA. ROBBA TEAPER BENDERAS!!"
Fudge was lifted off the ground and suddenly began to scream. He was twitching violently. The aurors ran to Harry but he lifted his hand and suddenly hissed, "Mordregar!"
All the aurors were suddenly stopped and collapsed in a heap. The minister was still twitching. Ron and Hermione ran to Harry. Harry either didn't notice or didn't care. They grabbed him and held onto him. Harry suddenly hissed in a hated voice, "Harry is mine now."
"Get out Voldemort!" came a voice.
Everybody looked up to see Dumbledore standing there with fury in his eyes. Harry turned slowly. He jerked his arms out and caught both of his friends in the chest. They collapsed gasping for breath.
Harry walked slowly to Dumbledore with his wand raised. Dumbledore raised his wand and cried, "Trekaanma Oblivium!"
Harry was struck with a yellow light and fell to the ground. He lay there for several minutes with everybody staring warily at him. Then, he rose and looked around. He remembered what happened. He had been nearly taken over by his hate and anger. Voldemort could tell and took over his mind. If Voldemort managed to repeat the process, he was a danger to everybody.
He saw his friends standing in a group. Ron and Hermione were still on the ground. He couldn't stay here. He had to leave.
With this thought, he bolted to the door. He fled through muggle London before anybody could stop him. After running several miles, he stopped to catch his breath. He was alone.