Chapter 10
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A/N: I am sorry for taking so long to update. I was in the Hospital for the last two weeks because I got into a car accident and when I got back well let's just say the healing process was painful but I'm better now and I will try to go back to a normal updating schedule. Here is chapter 10 Enjoy!
The entire student body was looking for their new professor, Harry, Neville and Hermione in particular. Suddenly one of the boys from the Hufflepuff table got up and began walking towards Dumbledore.
Loud gasps could be heard coming from almost everyone as the boy began to change. The boy gained at least four inches in height and his hair began to change. His face started to change and soon where the boy once was stood a woman with a pale heart shaped face and short spiky violet hair.
As she neared Dumbledore Tonks tripped over her feet ended up sprawled on the floor. Everyone in the Great Hall burst into laughter as Tonks picked her self off the floor. She was blushing and grinning at the same time. Dumbledore smiled and motioned for everyone to be quiet. "This is Professor Tonks the new Defense against the Dark Arts professor. She is a well-trained Auror and I know that you will all learn much from her." The students clapped loudly none more than Harry, Neville and Hermione.
As dinner, ended Harry told Hermione and Neville to meet him in the room of requirement. Harry was the first to get to the room and he entered sitting in a chair that the room had provided. About five minutes later Hermione came in.
She took her seat and the two of them waited for Neville to arrive. It was ten minutes later that he showed up pulling behind him Luna. Harry sent him a questioning look. Neville shook his head and motioned for Harry to wait.
The two of them seated them selves. Luna was staring at Harry and Hermione with her usual dreamy expression. "Err… how are you Luna?" Hermione asked her.
"Oh I'm doing just fine Hermione." She replied.
"Neville what's going on here?" Harry asked his friend.
"Luna and I have something very important to tell the two of you."
"Neville I don't think they want to be kept waiting." Luna said dreamily. As she saw the questioning looks from Harry and Hermione.
"Yes your right so guys pay attention. Yesterday while I was eating with Luna, she asked me to follow her and I did. We got to the bathroom on the second floor. You know. Moaning Mertyls bathroom." Harry and Hermione shook their heads yes.
"When I asked her why we were there she said there was something in the last stall. So I tried to open it but I couldn't so then Luna cast a spell on it and the door opened. Inside we found two potions that were near completion."
"What were they?" Harry asked.
"They were love potions." Neville told Harry who looked confused.
"The love potions were meant for you and Hermione." Luna said clearing up the confusion.
"What!" Hermione shouted. "Who made the potions?" She demanded. Neville looked over at Luna.
"The potions were made by Ron and Ginny Weasley." Everyone but Neville looked at her in shocked silence.
"Are you sure that it was the two of them?" Harry asked after five minutes of silence.
"I am sure that it was the two of them and I can also tell you that they are planning something else seeing as I destroyed the potions."
"Thank you Luna." Hermione said. "But how do you know what they are planning?" She asked the girl.
Luna just smiled at her. "I can't tell you that just yet Hermione but I can help you in whatever you are trying to do."
"What are we trying to do Luna and how do you know about it and can we trust you?" Harry asked her.
"Well I know that you got Umbridge fired so that Professor Tonks could get the job."
"How did you know that?" He asked her suspiciously.
"You just told me Harry, and as for how I know about it, well lets just say that I see a lot more than normal people Harry."
Harry laughed as he found out she had tricked him. "Can we trust you Luna?"
"You can, I would never betray my friends Harry." He nodded.
"Well then I guess that we can count you as part of the group." Harry said. Neville and Luna were both grinning.
They stayed in the room past midnight telling Luna what she had missed and the plans that Harry had made to take down Voldemort. They refrained from telling her about them time travelling since it was precious information. Luna agreed to join and help them fight.
Voldemort's Lair
"Wormtail go and bring me Lucius. I need to speak with him." Voldemort hissed. Nagini curled around his feet and rested her head on the magically warmed floor.
Lucius walked in and bowed before his master. "Did you find out what I asked you to Lucius?" Voldemort asked the kneeling man in front of him.
"I did My Lord and Fudge said that it will be in the main lobby of the ministry at 11." Voldemort smiled.
"This plan needs to be perfect. Nothing must mess it up. I want the wizarding world to learn what true fear is like." Lucius nodded. "I need you to do one more thing for me Lucius."
"What is it My Lord"
"I need your son to keep Potter busy on the 31st so that Potter doesn't screw up my plans. I want him to be incapacitated not killed is that understood Lucius?"
Lucius nodded and left to write to his son. He was extremely happy. Here was another chance for the Malfoys to prove themselves to the Dark Lord.
A reddish brown owl along with a dark grey one landed on the Gryffindor table. One was carrying a letter the other was carrying a small box. Harry took the letter and Neville Hermione and Luna who joined them at their house table read the letter.
Harry,
The locket that you wanted me to send to you is in the box with the second owl. I don't understand why you wanted it. But it was hell getting the damn thing. Had to order Kreature to give me and he didn't so I stole it and he went mad. Still crying about it the miserable thing. Any way you owe me one. Take care of you self.
Snuffles
Excitedly Harry took out some parchment, wrote a message to the goblins, and sent the two owls on their way. "So how many Horcruxes does this make Harry?"
"All we have to do is capture the snake and we'll have all of the Horcruxes." Everyone nodded and began making their secret plans.
Across the hall, Draco Malfoy opened up a letter from his father.
Draco,
The dark lord has a special task he wishes you to complete. He has given you the job of making sure that Harry Potter does not interfere with his plans. On the last day of the month, you are to incapacitate Potter. Put him in the hospital wing but do not kill him. This is your chance to prove what you are made of do not mess this up.
Your Father,
Lucius
Draco looked up from the letter and looked around the room for Harry. He spotted him and Malfoy smiled evilly. Malfoy rose from his seat, tucked the note away into his back pocket, and made his way out of the great hall.
No one noticed that Ginny and Ron were not at breakfast.
Ron picked up the empty cauldron, which used to contain a love potion and flung it across the room. It crashed into the wall and fell to the floor with a loud clatter. "Ron stop someone will hear us!" Ginny shouted at her brother.
"Everything that we did is gone. It'll take weeks to order all the necessary ingredients to make the potion again." Ron snarled.
"Well its not like we have any other option so just quit your complaining about it." She told him.
"We do have another option and I didn't want to use it." Ginny could tell that this other option was slightly dangerous, but she wanted to hear it anyway.
"What is it?"
Ron looked at her hesitating only slightly. "We could use the imperius curse on the two of them." He waited for her reaction.
"Use an unforgivable on Harry?" She looked unsure but then she asked again. "Do you know how to use the curse?"
"Kind of, I've been practicing in the shrieking shack for the last few days and I think that I have gotten the hang of it."
"Then teach me how to do it." Ginny said. They did not notice that the bathroom door was opening and that Draco Malfoy had entered. As they turned to leave, they saw him and stood frozen as they realized that they had been caught.
Malfoy was reading over the letter that his father had sent him. It seems that the Dark Lord needed his help. Draco now had a huge problem hanging over his head. He had no idea how he could keep Potter from attending the conference on the 31st. Was Potter even going. He asked him self, then reasoned that he probably was so he need a plan.
He knew that he had to think of something because if he failed his family would be punished. He was not looking were he was going and ended up on the second floor. Trying to think of a plan a loud clatter interrupted his thoughts.
He decided to check it out. He started to hear a male voice shouting. Then a girl's voice and soon after the voices were gone. He neared the only place at the end of the second floor corridor. It was the girls bathroom.
The door was slightly open and he looked in side and was surprised to see Ron and Ginny Weasley. He was about to leave when he heard Potters name and the imperius curse. He listened to the conversation more closely.
Weasley wanted to use the imperius curse on Potter. Malfoy began thinking very hard. How could he benefit from this? Then a light bulb went off inside his head. If he could trick Weasley then he could get the boy to use the curse on Potter on the 31st, and that way Potter would be out of it and he would have passed his mission. "Yes" he thought to himself, "It could work."
While he was forming his plan, the Weasleys had finished their conversation. They were about to leave so he decided to make his entrance. Opening the bathroom door, he stepped in.
The looks on their faces at being caught made Draco want to laugh but he kept a straight face so that he could accomplish his goal.
"You know something Weasley I could have sworn that the imperius was an unforgivable."
"Malfoy?" He could see the horror in the boy's eye and this made him smile.
"Yes it's me Weasley. Would you be so kind as to tell me why you want to use the imperius curses on Saint Potter?"
Ron laughed nervously. "Wh…What are you talking about Malfoy?" Ron asked. His eyes were darting around the room looking for a way to escape. His sister was hiding behind him attempting to disappear.
"Do you think that I'm stupid Weasley? You may be but I'm not, so you have a choice. Tell me why you want to imperius Potter or I go to the Headmaster and tell him everything that I heard." The last sentence made Ron snort and smile happily.
"Please," Ron laughed. "As if he would believe you Malfoy. You're the son of a Death Eater."
"Yes I am but this is Potter we're talking about here. If Dumbledore hears that someone is messing with his golden boy, he will put a stop to it. So do you know what this means." The smile on Ron's face vanished. "So tell me what I want to know."
Ron hesitated. Ginny nudged him and he began speaking. "I found out that Harry is going out with Hermione and I want her back so we tried making a love potion but someone destroyed it so we are going to my back up plan which includes the imperius curse."
Malfoy nodded in understanding. He had seen the two of them kiss in the Great Hall. "Is that all?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Very well then. Let me help you."
Ron and Ginny looked at him for the longest while before Ginny shouted, "What?"
"I can help you get Granger and Potter. As you said I am the son of a Death Eater so I know a thing or two about the unforgivable and I want a favor."
"What?" Ron yelled, "Why should we let you help us?" Ron asked.
"Well for starters I'm sure you don't want me running to Dumbledore and I can offer you help. I assume that you have some trouble with the imperius so I will teach you. But if you let me teach, you must do me this favor. If you agree, I won't tell Dumbledore. Make your decision; I'm giving you till dinner. Come to the astronomy tower during dinner to give me your answer." Malfoy then turned around and left. When he was in the Slytherin common room, he began laughing. He couldn't believe that his half-baked plan worked so well. He was positive that they would accept his terms.
The Gryffindors and Slytherins waited outside of the defense room. They were all talking about what class is going to be like. The door slowly opened and Tonks poked her head out the door. "Oh good your all here." She opened the door wider and allowed them to enter.
Inside on every table there were four jars, each containing a blue flame. Harry, Hermione and Neville chose a table in the front and sat down together. Tonks was at her desk looking at them. Harry smiled at her and she returned it.
Everyone settled down and they were already judging how good of a teacher she might be. She swallowed and began taking. "Welcome to your new defense against the dark arts class. My name is Professor Tonks and to pass this class you need to be able to cast every spell that I teach with out any problems."
She waited for a reaction. Getting none, she moved on. "For our first real lesson you will be learning a flame freezing charm. If you have cast it correctly the blue fire in the jar will turn silver to show that the flame is no longer harmful." Tonks pulled out her wand and said the spell and the blue flame changed into shining sliver color. "That is how it should look if it is done right."
The class began practicing the spell. Tonks was moving around the room helping people out with the spell. Hermione was the first to get it followed by Harry then Neville, Draco and Blaize Zabini.
The three of them were headed out of the classroom when Tonks told them Harry to wait. Hermione and Neville both went with him "How did I do?" She asked as they sat down. She was staring at Neville with a curious look on her face.
"It was interesting lesson best one we had so far." Neville said. Tonks turned to him.
"I don't believe that we have met before."
"Oh yeah that's right. Tonks this is Neville Longbottom." Harry introduced him to her.
"Longbottom, where have I heard that name before." Tonks mumbled.
"My parents were Aurors. Frank and Alice Longbottom." Tonks gasped aloud.
"The ones that were tortured by Bellatrix? Neville nodded. "I am very sorry for what happened to them." The group was silent for a moment. "What was I supposed to tell you Harry?" Tonks said while slapping her self on the head. "Oh yeah! Now I remember. Dumbledore wanted to see you Harry. He told me to tell you."
"When?"
"Right after dinner." Harry nodded and the three of them got up from their seats and left.
Harry was eating as fast as he could. Looking up at the teachers table he did not see Dumbledore eating so he jumped up and told Hermione and Neville that he was going to meet Dumbledore and ran out of the hall. Five minutes later Malfoy left the great hall followed shortly by Ron and Ginny.
Harry ran until he got to the front of the stone Gargoyle and stopped. He realized that he did not know the password. So he began shouting out sweets. "Acid pops, Cockroach clusters, Blood pops."
"Peanut brittle." Dumbledore's voice rang out. Harry turned around and saw Dumbledore standing behind him. "Sorry about that Harry I was busy and almost forgot about our meeting."
"It's ok sir." The two of them walked up to Dumbledore's office and Dumbledore sat down telling Harry to do the same.
"I wanted to discuss something very important with you. It is about the conference Cornelius will be holding." Dumbledore paused for a moment. "I believe that Voldemort will attack on that day."
"I want to be there to help fight." Harry told Dumbledore who smiled at him.
"I was going to suggest that Harry. If the masses see you when Cornelius makes his announcement of Voldemort being back, they will know you were right and join in our fight against Voldemort and we might even have a chance at beating him."
"So then I can attend." Dumbledore nodded his head. "Then I would like to bring along a few others."
Dumbledore was still smiling but Harry could see that his request was about to be denied. "I'm sorry Harry but I cannot allow that. It is very dangerous and the parents of the ones you want to bring would never allow it."
"But"
"No." Dumbledore said his voice stern. "If they come there is no guarantee that I will be able to protect them so it will be only you. That is my final word on this matter." Harry wanted to protest but Dumbledore gave him a stern look and Harry stayed quiet.
"Is that all Professor?"
"Yes Harry but before you go I would like to give you some advice, you should do extra training on your own so that you are prepared when the time to fight arrives."
"Sure I will, but I wanted to ask you something."
"Of course Harry what is it?"
"I want to start a Defense Association where we can teach students how to fight so that they can defend themselves or the school if the need should arise."
"Yes that would benefit everyone greatly. Yes, you may Harry. Get a list of everyone who wants to join and I will see what we can do."
"Great thanks professor." Dumbledore smiled and Harry left his office feeling very happy.
Ron and Ginny climbed up the stairs to the astronomy tower and saw Malfoy waiting for them. "Have you thought about my offer?"
"We have but before we tell you our answer we want to know what kind of favor you want from us." Ginny told Malfoy.
Malfoy thought about this for a minute. Then he smiled. "I suppose it's only fair. All I want you to do is wait until the 31st to use the curse on him."
"Why? What's so important?"
"I over heard him talk about being able to join some order." Ron and Ginny both stiffened.
"What kind of order." The two siblings asked at the same time.
"I didn't catch the name but I know he said he is going to be able to join on the 31st. I want to stop him because this probably means more fame for him.
Ron was outraged. Harry was joining the order even thought he was younger than he was. Then another thought struck him if Harry joined the order Hermione would probably like him even more. Rage, jealousy and hatred consumed Ron. "We accept." He whispered. Beside him, Ginny nodded yes but she looked very un sure.
Malfoy's smile grew on his face "Good we start your training tomorrow."
That weekend Harry and the others posted a sheet that stated a Defense club was going to be created. By the end of the day, 20 people had signed up. That same day Malfoy met with Ron and Ginny in the Shrieking shack to practice the curse. On that day Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna met in the Room of requirement to begin training.
Everyone was making progress. Neville and Hermione improved the most. While Ron and Ginny could cast the imperius with out any difficulty. Malfoy wrote to his father saying that his plan to incapacitate Harry was almost done, and Voldemort began his planning to attack the conference. Dumbledore said that the DA would start on November 2nd and that he wanted Harry to be the one to teach it. Harry quickly agreed as it helped his plans and put it on the sheet. This instantly made 15 other people sign up.
Soon October 31st was only two short days away.
A/N: Well this is it for chapter 10. Anyone want to guess what is going to happen in the next one?
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