Ron and Daniel were waiting to hear from Fred and George. They had asked them if they would like to reform the Marauders. Fred and George were interested, but they didn't know if Ron and Daniel were made of the right stuff. They had to prove themselves to the twins. They were waiting to hear what it was the twins wanted them to do.

Fred came over to them after about 15 minutes of consultation with George. "Alright, we agree with you to become the Marauders, but in order to prove yourselves, you have to prank a Professor. It doesn't matter which one, but it has to be in front of the whole school, during a meal."

Ron and Daniel high-fived each other, feeling this was the start of something big.

They already had plans to prank a Professor, but which one did they want to do it to. It would seem, that the more prominent the Professor, the more likely the chance was for failure. But that didn't deter the two. They made their decision, and got started to set it in motion.

TR-}

Hermione was waiting for her two companions in the common room, when an owl came pecking at the window. This was unusual, as they would be down in the Great Hall in 10 minutes, where the owl post was usually made. She took the letter from the owl, and gave him a cracker that she had been snacking on. The owl took it, and ate it, and then left.

The letter was addressed to all three of them, and was from Albus. She opened it and read:

Harry-Ginny-Heremione

I have a mission for you that is of utmost importance. Please join me after breakfast in my office.

Albus

Excellent, she thought, we get to test ourselves against something real this time. I wonder what it could be. {Come on you two, what could be keeping them. As if on cue, Harry and Ginny made their appearence together. How do they do that? They seem to know when the other is ready, without the mind link. Excellent, something else to research.} She thought.

'Hermione, it is just coinsidence. It is more. Don't over react to what happens between Ginny and I.' Harry told her in her mind.

"Hey guys, I was hoping you would hurry up, Professor Dumbledore wants to see us after breakfast. He has a mission for us. And for your information Harry, You two seem to always show up together, when I am waiting for you. How do you explain that?"

Ginny answered, "I don't know about Harry, but I can feel when he is ready to leave, and just leave at the same time. It's not really coinsidence like Harry explained."

"Alright, I can accept that, but why can't I feel it also?"

"Maybe it's because you are always ready to leave when you are finished what you are doing, as if you were in a hurry?" Harry replied.

"I guess. Come let's go eat, so we can find out what it is the Professor wants us to do." Hermione said, as they walked out of the Ravenclaw Common Room.

After they ate, they walked up to Professor Dumbledore's office. As they approached the statue of the Gargoyle, it moved of their way, to allow them to climb the staircase behind it. As they got to the door, it opened for them to enter.

Albus was seated in his overstuffed chair, looking over some paper work sitting in front odf him. He looked up, as they entered, and had them sit, while he continued to look at the paper work. He finished, and pushed the papers off to the side. "Good morning you three, I hope you all slept alright. Are you ready to test your skills against something real this morning?"

"Yes sir, I feel we are ready. We still get a little rambunctious at times, but between the three of us, we are able to get through most problems. We also believe that we have yet to figure out all of our powers. I am sure that Hermione is on the verge of discovering one. Professor, are we what you would call elementals. I mean Ginny can control fire, and I can control water. Does Hermione have control of an element also, and does that make us Elementals?" Harry wondered.

"Yes, I believe you all are Harry, and with this admission, you have opened up a whole knew dimension to your poweres. You are the water elemental, and Ginny is the fire elemental. Hermione is the wind elemental. Now all you have to do, is find the earth elemental. It is vital that you discover who that is, to complete your strength. When you have found this fourth individual, and have properly trained together, you will become an elite group, and a practically unstoppable force. However, that is for another time. Right now, we have a problem that needs to be taken care of immediately. My sources tell me that a large numbers of death eaters has gathered for a resurgence effort, to prepare for an upcoming event. I don't know what that event is, but I am sure it has to do with what Professor Quirrell is doing. We need to stop this group of death eaters from accomplishing what ever it is that they are planning. Do you feel you are ready for this size of an assignment?"

Hermione insisted, "Professor, we have been training for four years now, and have completed 90% of the tasks you have set forth on us. In the past year, we have completed 100% of these tasks. I know we don't know the full extent of our powers, but those that we do know, we have full control of. I think we are ready, don't you guys?"

Harry and and Ginny nodded their heads in agreement.

"Very good, then let me explain the situation. You remember where we found Gaunt's ring, in Little Hangelton? Well, Riddle Manor is also there, and that is where the death eaters are gathering. Exact numbers are unknown, but a rough estimate would be around 50. Aurors have noticed this activity, but can not do anything, because of the wards surrounding the Manor. These wards, though strong, should prove no problem to you three, but you must enter so as not to alert the gathered death eaters. We need to capture as many as we can, if not all of them. Do you wish to try your hand at this?"

"Yes!" was the reply from all of them.

TR-}

Neville was having difficulty fitting in with his classmates. He was different then the rest of them. He was alright with Ron and Daniel, but Seamus and Dean constantly badgered him about his lack of self esteem. Neville had been asked by the Golden Ones to hide his new found confidence and his new wand. Not even Professor Dumbledore knew of the wand. Only he, Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Lily and Remus knew.

He was in Herbology Class at the moment, replanting shoots of af some special plants for Professor Sprout. She liked this gentle young man, and was astounded by his knowledge of the subject she taught. He was far and away, the best student she had ever seen on this subject. She watched, as he worked the earth with his hands, and was taken back, as he seemed to glow, as he worked. The plants he worked with seemed to grow, as he left them when completed. He was humming a tune as he worked, and it looked like the plants were responding to his humming. Albus had to know what she was witnessing.

Since it was Saturday, she new Neville would be out here all day, except for meals. "Neville, I will return shortly, as I have to speak to Professor Dumbledore. I should return shortly. You need to take a break, and restore your body fluids, as you are sweating up a storm. We don't need you getting sick now do we."

"Alright Professor, as soon as setting this plant, I will take a break. I'll be alright until you get back."

"Thank you for your help, Neville, this morning. I probably would have been working long into the night, without it."

"You're welcome Professor."

As Pamona got to Albus' office, she wondered about the strange young man down in her greenhouse. He was so quiet and unassuming. You wouldn't even know he was in your class, if you didn't see him.

Albus heard the alarm that told him someone was approaching his office, and Armando told him it was Sprout. He called Pamona's name to enter.

'How does he do that. I don't think anyone could sneek up on that man.'

Pamona entered his office and took a seat across from him. 'I think he makes these chairs uncomfortable on purpose, just to put people in a nervous state when they talk to him' she thought.

"Albus, I need to tell you about one of our students, and his unique ability with plants."

Albus suddenly sat up at this statement, "And who might that be, Pamona? I assume that this is beyond normal capabilities?"

"Oh yes it is Albus. Neville Longbottom has the ability to work miracles with the plants. He glows while working the earth, he hums to the plants, and they start to grow once he has completed his work on them. As he walks through the aisles, the plants seem to turn towards him as he passes. I don't think he is even aware of this fact. It's not like he controls them, it is more like respect from the plants towards him. He even talks to the young sprouts, encouraging them to be stronger."

"You say he glpows as he works the earth? What color is this glow?"

"Sort of like a mix of brown and green, really light though. Easy on the eyes. Makes you feel calm inside. Nice and warm and cozy. Urggh, did I say that out loud."

Albus chuckled, "I'm afraid so, Pomona. And you say he doen't realize, he is doing all this, while working? I think I need to talk to young Mr. Longbottom. Please don't mention this to anyone Pomona, it might embarrass him too much."

"Of course Albus, now if you will excuse me, I need to get back as he is still down there working. It can get quite stuffy down there in the green house."

TR-}

The three had arriced at Riddle Manor. They took up positions at different locations, using their mind link. 'Hermione, do you see anyone on the grounds, like guards or workers, or even animals for that matter?"

"Not a soul Harry. Not even a mouse. Almost too easy, don't you think? It's as if they wanted someone to find them."

"You know, I feel something, that is not quite right." Ginny added.

"You're right Gin, I feel it too. Like they are expecting us to do this. Hermione, please return to us, as I have a very sneaking suspicion about this. You too Ginny, I think we need to re adjust our plan."

When they were all together, Hermione opened up her mind, to let her friends see what she saw, to include any auras that may have been present. There were the common wards that surrounded the Manor, but with one more that they did not recognize right away. This was the one that worried Harry. It was a rust colored ward, that he was unfamiliar with. He went over the wards he knew once more, and still nothing about this new one. He was unwilling to take a chance to attack, with out the answer to this ward. He would return later, with the girls, after talking to Professor Dumbledore. Both girls thought this the best choice, as they didn't want to al;ert the death eaters to their presence. They all returned to Hogwarts, and to Professor Dumbledore's office.

Albus was surprised to see them so soon, but congratulated them on their decision. To venture into the unknown, unprepared was to take on unnecessary chances. He also was unfamiliar with this new ward, and wondered as to the nature of it, and then it hit him. He was ready to call upon this students unique abilities, as Pamona called them. He sent Fawkes with a message to Pamona, and soon, Neville was in his office.

"Mr. Longbottom, I have sent these three on a mission, and they ran up against a problem, that I think only you can solve. You may not believe what I am about to tell you, but it is true. I believe that you are the fourth piece to our puzzle. Let me explain something to you right quick, as we haven't much time. Harry, Ginny, and Hermione are elementals. Harry is water, Hermione is air, and Ginny is Fire. I believe you are the fourth, being earth. We are faced with a problem and we need your expertise in eliminating it. There is a building that is currently housing about fifty death eaters. it is protected by wards, but one of the wards, they do not recognise. It at first baffled me, as I have a good knowledge of wards. But as I heard Harry, Ginny, and Hermione identify the wards, each one had one the others did not. One was the Fire Identification ward, one was the wind protection ward, and one was the water protection ward. The rust colored ward, or earth tone colored ward was for ground protection. That was why you couldn't recognize it, because it is an elemental ward, subject to the elemental you control. That was why the death eaters were so confident with their protection, they felt that being that elementals are so rare, especially all four, that there was no worry about using guards. Besides, by placing guards, you are sending a message that this was a place that needed to be examined. No guards, no worries about being watched."

"Are you sure about this Professor? I mean, I don't feel special. I love working with plants, and getting my hands dirty, but being able to control the earth, and plants. I don't think you have the right person."

"I want you all to come with me for a walk, and we will find out." Albus touch a lever on the fireplace, that none of them ever saw before, and a set of stairs became visable. The decended the stairs, and what looked like a solid wall. Like the wall to Diagon Alley. Albus touched a pattern on the wall, and it opened up to allopw the five to depart the castle.

Albus led them tho the edge of the forest. "Neville, I want you to concentrate on this sapling, and wish it to grow."

Instinctively, Neville got down on the ground, and dug his fingers into the earth, and reached out with his mind for the roots of the sapling, wishing them to grow strong. He found the roots, and fed them his magic. The sapling became a young tree within minutes. What was once a 3/4 inch sapling, was now a three inch tree, that stood about ten feet tall. Not only did the tree grow, but the plant life around the tree also grew, like the foot wide mushroom, or the grass that was 18 inches high. Neville didn't seem surprised at this. He felt there was something special with his Love for plants and the earth. He was just afarid that people would think him weird. Now, he felt like part of a team. He needed to train with them more than he did during the summer, as he knew he would become a member of the Golden Ones, but not this soon. What he didn't knoww was that he had just become a member of the inner circle. The Elite Four.

With Neville with them, along with Albus this time, they returned to Riddle Manor, and this time, with Neville's help, they were able to indentify the last ward. With the other wards taken down with out warning the people in the building, they went about with the last four. Harry looked at his, and found that since people are 70% water, the ward detected any life form that presented more than thirty %. Harry was able to counter that, by releasing all the fluids in his body, and watch it slipp under the shield, and he walked through the shield, un detected. Once on the other side, he retrieved the body fluids he had released.

Hermione found that the wind ward was set, so that anything stronger than a 10 mile an hour wind would be stopped from entering the wards. Although it seemed silly as a ward, on it's own, when paired with the other elemental wards, it was quite effecient in stopping unwanted guests, and ridding them of the remains. Hermione simply removed this ward, and waited for Ginny and Neville to remove their wards. She knew one ward had to remain in place, so as not to set off the alarm that the Manor was without wards, and since Harry thought his was the easiest to surpass, he left his up.

Ginny felt that the fire ward was set up to warn the inhabitants of the Manor of a breech in the ward if a creature with a body temperature of more than 0 degrees celsius tried to get through. Ginny was able to bypass this ward by raising the limit to 100 degrees celsius.

Finally, Neville checked his ward, and much to his surprise, he found that his ward was set so that anything that weighed more than 1 stone, would set off the sensor. When Harry had dispersed all of his body fluids, his body weight had dropped to less than 3/4 stones. Neville just modified the setting to 100 stones.

Harry then removed the fluids form his friends bodies, allowing them to come through, one at a time, and returning their fluids back to their body. They had to be quick with this, as with no fluids, their bodies were quite brittle and fragile. Once everyoner was through, they continued on to the Manor.

Harry, Ginny, and Hermione sensed the auras of 48 different people in the Manor, and set up their own anti-apparation wards, anti floo wards and anti portkey wards. They then went to different entries to the building, and with a mind link, they enetered the Manor with their wands firing at their objectives firmly set, and soon, all 48 death eaters were captured. Albus called in the aurors he had set on stand by, and they were able to transport all of them to a holding cell under the Ministry. Before they left, they congratulated the team that had captured these 48 terrorists. Among the 48, were Crabbe Sr. and Goyle Sr. Alecto and Amycus Carrow, and Fenrir Grayback, the werewolf. Remus will be glad to hear this.

When they returned to Hogwarts, Minerva had told them that Professor Quirrell had, for no apparent reason, cancelled all of his classes for the day, and left the school grounds headed for parts unknown.

It would seem that he had unexpectedly turned purple with a bad case of acne, that had a tendency to pop and spray puss every where. Neville said it sounded like a Mimbus Mimbletonia, what ever the heck that was.

But from that point on, Neville had become a member of the Golden ones Elite four, the Elementals. Albus also asked the sorting hat for a resorting of Neville, which the hat fought for about ten minutes, but finally caved in, and resorted Neville into Ravenclaw house.

With eight of the Golden ones accounted for, their were four left to find.