It had been three months since they had started training but even so their control had shot through the roof. They were now capable of pulling out their magic and forcing it to do their will. Though for now it was only basic things that they could do they both agreed that it could only be helpful if they were ever captured. Not many would expect someone to shoot flames without the use of a wand.

This of course was not the only thing that they were learning. They were also learning as many spells as they possibly could. Harry had come up with the ingenious idea of combining the two branches of magic to create something completely new. They were now able to cast normal spells wandlessly. While most powerful witches and wizards were indeed able to do this most were not able to do it at the level that Harry or even Tonks could. Also the tax on their reserves would be a lot greater then Harry or Tonks. They also spent a lot of time learning battle strategy and planning. Grex had managed to convince Harry that a battle fought on his field with all of his traps would be a lot easier then one played by his enemy.

But while they were in the safety of the Gryffindor Estate the rest of the world was not so safe. This is why they had decided to leave the safety of the Estate and venture out to hopefully stop an attack. So after gearing up (They had both discovered an affinity for a non magical weapon once again on the orders of Grex.) they donned their disguises and were off.

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Draco Malfoy had always acted the proper pureblood. He had hated the muggleborns. He had thought that he was better then everyone. But he knew that this was all a lie. He was doing all this cause it was what his father had expected of him. But now his father was in prison. The Dark Lord had not deemed it worthy to break him out yet. Or at least that was what Snape had told him. He was back at Hogwarts but he was no longer his usual arrogant self. Instead he was really seeing things for the first time. He saw just how smart some muggleborns were, mainly he saw how smart Hermione Granger was. He saw the potential in all of them. They were powerful. They had numbers, numbers that he could use to help himself. Of course that would mean that he would have to defy the dark lord and that was not something that he was going to take lightly. If he was going to put his plans into action he would need someone powerful on his side. He was not even going to try and lie to himself, saying since he was a Malfoy and the Dark Lord was a lowly halfblood (He had known he was a halfblood for a long time.) No he would need someone powerful in his corner. Although that meant that he would not be the leader which in his mind was perfect. Malfoys were not leaders. They were advisors. They came up with the plans. They knew how to manipulate people into doing what they wanted. It was a shame that Potter was dead. He would have been easy to manipulate. All he had to do was tell him the truth. That he wanted power and that he thought that the muggleborns were an underrated force. With a little finesse he could easily change the government. Giving the non-purebloods a place in it. And they would be so grateful that they would do whatever he wanted.

"Excuse me." He was interrupted from his thoughts by one of the many underrated powers of Hogwarts Hermione. After having opened his eyes he had realized that she was indeed an amazing witch. She was smart and powerful, there was no denying that. She also had a hidden beauty. This thought had scared him at first. That he could possibly find her at all attractive was a horrifying thought. At least it was at first. But as he began to spend less time with Crabbe and Goyle and more time in the Library studying for what was to come he had a lot of time to observe her. Now he could see it. She was indeed beautiful in her own way. It was all there. The figure, the face, the hair, she had it all. She simply chose to hide it.

"Excuse me." Once again he was taken away from his thoughts, though this time a little more forcefully.

"What do you want Granger." he replied with his usual sneer in place.

"I wanted to know if you were done with that." she replied pointing to the book in his hands. It was an advance potion book that was needed for the potion that Snape had assigned. There were few people in the class as only the best were allowed in.

"I doubt that you would be able to handle making anything in here. It was sheer luck and stupidity that even allowed you to get into the class to begin with." He knew that he should probably be a little nicer to her. Especially since she was going to be a huge player in his upcoming plans but he couldn't resist the chance to get in a few cheap shots.

"I will have you know that I scored the second highest on the potions O.W.L. Second only to you. Though I am sure that your fathers money had nothing to do with that." She smirked and crossed her arms knowing that it would get to him. It worked of course. Draco's carefully crafted smirk turned into a scowl but he was able to stop himself from saying the scathing remark that had popped into his head magically. He thought for a brief moment how to turn this into a beneficial moment. Quickly he came up with a plan.

"For your information my father has never once helped me increase my marks. All of my marks are cause I work hard for them." he smiled inside when he saw the look of disbelief on her face. "If you don't believe me then here look at my notes." and with that he handed her his notebook and walked away.

Hermione stood there looking at the place that Malfoy had been sitting moments earlier. She was replaying the conversation over and over in her head. Something didn't add up to her. Where was the scathing remarks about her heritage. Or the remarks about her dead friend. Compared to what she was use to from Malfoy she almost believed that what she had just witnessed was a polite Malfoy. But that was impossible... wasn't it? Then she glanced down at the notebook that he had handed to her. She opened it and noticed that everything was well thought and honestly she had to admit that Malfoy was indeed smart. Unfortunately this did nothing to help her. With her mind in shambles she left the library completely forgetting the Potions book that she had come for.

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Harry and Tonks had decided to hang out at some of the less known magical places of Britain. Currently they were in a town known as Dunnington. Apparently from what Tonks had told him Hagg lane was the gateway to the Magical part of the town. They had apparated silently into the quaint magical village. Everyone was happy but cautious. Both Harry and Tonks had taken care to hide all their weapons before they had apparated and were currently disguised as a happy couple walking around town. They watched a couple of kids too young to go to Hogwarts playing in the snow as they stopped at a small coffee shop. Just then two Aurors walked past them. Harry and Tonks nodded at each other and got up to follow them as discreetly as they could. No one noticed them. They listened in to all the conversations around them hoping to learn something that wasn't in the paper. They had been out of the world for three months with only the papers to tell them what was happening. Apparently the attacks had slowed down a tad and while everyone else was happy for it Harry and Tonks both knew that it was simply the quiet before the storm.

The two soon realized that nothing was going to happen today and decided that while they were out they should at least try and have some fun. Over the past three months the two had slowly grown closer to each other. They were nowhere near being a couple but they were close. They admitted to themselves that they liked the other and knew that the other liked them but were still afraid to admit it out loud. So with that in mind they headed to Diagon Alley to see what fun they could have.

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Fred and George Weasley were happy. They knew something that no one else did. They knew how Gringotts worked. When they had left school to start up their store they had both promised the other one thing. That a third of their profits would go to Harry. So as soon as they had started to prepare for the shop they had gone to Gringotts and made it so that a third of their monthly revenue was automatically transferred to their adoptive brothers account. After he had died they had completely forgotten about it. Then one month Fred, the more mathematically inclined of the two had noticed something in the books. The money was still going into his account. Normally this would not have been strange even with Harry being dead. What was strange was that there was no one to have the account. It should have been frozen. All the money that was being transferred into the account should have been sent back because there was no account holders. Harry had never written a will and there was no one related to him even distantly to inherit it. This meant that either the bank was making a mistake, someone had somehow gotten a hold of his account, or that Harry Potter was still alive. They knew that it was a long shot and didn't want to get anyones hope up. They also knew that it was possibly a plan set up by Harry himself so they didn't tell anyone about this. They simply hoped that if he was still alive he would be happy where ever he was.

It was then that the door to their shop opened and a couple walked in. They knew instantly that they were no normal couple. The woman was walking with an air of grace and confidence that only came from being a warrior and the man was radiating power.

"Can we help you two." one of the twins asked as the couple approached the counter. He was placing himself in front of his brother in case the two were hostile. He would be the distraction while the other went and got help.

"Yes I am wondering how it was that you two were able to afford this place. Obviously you have to have a partner of some sorts. And a rather smart one at that. I mean he would have to be a genius to have funded a joke shop in times like these." the man stated. George, the one who had put himself in front looked closely at the pair. They looked familiar, he knew that he knew them but didn't know from where. It was possible that they went to Hogwarts with each other though separated by a few years. It was then that he noticed that the womans eyes were subtly changing colors.

"Well if it isn't our dear friend Tonks. We haven't seen you in a while. Where have you been." he asked as his brother joined him. If Tonks was here then it was highly likely that the other was a new partner from the MLE.

"Oh I have been out training. I decided that being an auror was not for me so I left. Ran into an old friend and we decided to go off and train together." she said. Inside she was laughing like a mad woman. They had decided sometime during the three months that she and Harry had spent together that they should recruit the twins into their little club. They were amazingly smart and if pushed in the right directions could use their evil minds to develop weapons for the light.

"Oh really anyone we know." Fred said. He had a hunch who was the man was though didn't want to say it out front. "Hey we discovered something weird going on." he said before she could answer.

"Yeah we did. You see when we started the shop we had set it up with the bank that a third of our profits would go to our dearly departed friend Harry. He was the one that backed us and all." George of course had come to the same conclusion that his brilliant brother had.

"After he had died we had forgotten all about it."

"At least until Fred here noticed a discrepancy in the books."

"Yes it was then that we discovered that even though he was dead his accounts were still active."

"Normally we wouldn't have cared."

"Except for the fact that Harry had no relatives nor did he leave a will."

"We think that someone has somehow gotten their hands on his account."

"Yes and we were suspecting that it was death eaters."

"You wouldn't happen to have heard anything about this would you Tonks."

Both Harry and Tonks knew that they had been caught so with a silent motion they jumped into action. Harry sent dual stunner's at the twins while Tonks magically locked the doors and placed a silencing ward around the shop. After switching the sign to closed they grabbed a portkey and were off to Godric's Estate.

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"Well Lucius how are the plans coming along." The voice was gravely and full of hatred. It was perfect for the man that it came from, though not many would ever dare call him a man. Lord Voldemort was nothing more then an animal to most people, and extremely dangerous and deadly animal. He sat on his throne and stared out at his gathered minions his eyes finally settling in on the one kneeling before him.

"Good my lord. We are prepared to move whenever you wish." He dared not raise his head. He knew that this was his last chance, if he failed here his life was forfeit. But at this point in time he was confident that things would not fail. While the target was strong and well protected the old fool had let down his guard.

"Good be prepared to move at a moments notice." he smiled his blood chilling smile. "You have done such a good job that I think that you deserve a reward. What do you think Lucius." he asked.

"I am but a humble servant my lord. Whatever you wish to do I shall be happy with." He wasn't going to fall for that one again. He knew his place now, though at first he had deluded himself into believing that he was important.

"Good answer." Voldemort paused to think for a second as if wondering whether he should even let the man live. "Yes I do believe that you should be rewarded." He raised his wand and pointed it at the senior Malfoy. "Crucio." A jet of black magic erupted from his wand and struck the Lucius in the back. He collapsed from his kneeling position screaming. "Do not forget Malfoy that this is the last chance that I shall give you. If you fail you will die. Be happy that I haven't killed you by now." he said as he lifted the curse.

"Thank you my lord. I am eternally grateful." and with that the death eaters left leaving their lord alone to think.

"Soon. Soon everything shall be mine. With that Potter brat out of the way there is nothing that can stop me." he cackled an evil grin spreading onto his once handsome face.

AN

I would like to apologize for how long it has taken me to update. Unfortunately my inspiration for this story left... as it did for most of my writing. I actually had to force it back into its box and lock it there. It is currently in a safe being guarded by 4 vicious Chiwawa's XD. Please Review.