Chapter Twenty Three: The Breakout
It had been a day since Abigail and Ginny came home and the Potter family was still learning how their little angel had such lungs as she cried constantly and seemed to only relax when Harry took her in his arms and began humming old muggle songs he remembered to her in order to calm her down. Ginny had gotten to introduce little Abi to the Holyhead Harpies and the family as harry organised a little get together as the DA, Order of the Phoenix and several friends came to see the little Potter girl.
"Little babe this one isn't she Gin." Gwenog said admiring the baby in Harry's arm who was cooing at the baby and sitting down.
"When she's with Harr there yep." Ginny said laughing at Harry's attentive face on Abi who was started to dose off in his arms.
"Mrs. Potter, how are ya?" A strange man asked.
"Sorry, this is a private event. How did you get in?" Ginny asked with her hand on her wand.
"I have a message from the Dark Mistress Umbridge; all who will oppose blood purity shall be killed!" He said raising his wand as Harry quickly handed Abi to Hermione and pulled the Elder Wand from its holder and non-verbally full body bound the man to the ground.
"I remember this snake…he was one of Riddle's lower grunts, he ran a Snatcher group during the last days." Harry said holding the wand to the man's throat, trying to control his anger.
"I too remember him…he was found innocent in the trials last year." Kingsley said remembering the close verdict of innocence and his own protests of them. "He said 'Dark Mistress' Umbridge…we will contact Azkaban, revoke her writing privileges and visitations."
The party then decided to end as every non family member and non-Ministry employee stead behind to keep the couple safe. "He got a name or what?" Ron asked looking at the man now bound in ropes on a chair looking as proud as Bellatrix did during her trial in the eighties.
"Snarl…that's all he was known by. When he was brought before us for trial he was unable to remember, his memory was completely wiped except for the nickname Snarl…he isn't a werewolf we checked." Kingsley explained to the small crowd in front of them all looking worried. "James…Sirius…can I ask have you two considered my offer?" Kingsley asked looking at the two Marauders' who were looking at their respective partners looking at them with eyes of death.
"What offer is that?" Lily asked looking like a blast-ended skrewt on the attack.
"To be Auror's, to help and stop an assassination attempt on Kingsley or Albus." James said in a calm cooling voice that Lily smiled at knowing he was being sincere.
"Dad…Sirius…you guys are trained Auror's?" Harry asked looking amazed that the two prank artist's that reminded him of Fred and George could be trained Auror's.
"Yes Harr, we trained after we left Hogwarts. Me, Padfoot and Wormtail…Moony couldn't because of his furry little problem. We were trained by Alastor in the years before your birth, by the time we were trained…the prophecy was made and we had to go into hiding." James explained looking at his son who was holding on to every word.
"Careful Prongs it looks like mini Prongs is looking at us like we have a lot of work to do." Sirius said laughing at Harry's expression of pure hero worship that was expected of Teddy or Victorie but not Harry. "I never told you little one because of two things; I was an outlaw…and more importantly, I never wanted you to be in the danger an Auror is put through." He said rubbing Harry's hair and smiling.
"Well are you going to re-enlist?" Harry asked thinking of how cool it would be having two trained Auror's around at all times for his mom and Ginny and the kids. "I think you should…I mean I wanted to but Albus needs me as an assistant more than the Auror's need another rookie." He said trying to coax the men into joining.
"Well I guess Harr has answered for us. I'm in!" James said smiling and shaking Kingsley's hand.
"Well I'm not letting you have all the fun. Sign me up!" Sirius said with a huge grin on his face and hugging Kingsley who was smiling at his friends.
"I could kiss you two!" Kingsley said smiling at them. "So I believe we need to be honest to Harry…you won't be an assistant, you will be an advisor. All Ministers have one, we trust them with our life and they in turn would give theirs to help us. Harry we have to train you in basic Auror training so as James and Sirius are now Auror's I am now officially making them your teachers and Alastor, so go to Hogwarts next weekend the three of you and good luck." Kingsley said leaving with Snarl in chains and whistling Odo the Hero.
The next day Harry woke up and saw a red letter addressed to him and decided to open it.
Dear Mr. Potter
I have finally the power I need. You and your MUD-BLOOD friends will soon be killed.
The Dark Mistress
"Ginny!" Harry said running up the stairs and showing her the letter. "Pack what we need. I have to keep us safe!" Harry said packing small bags of clothes and brooms.
"Harry relax babe!" Ginny said holding her wand and waving it creating a barrier around the grounds of the Manor and watching as it became invisible. "There! Now were safe, only people we trust can cross that barrier and it will remove the Imperius curse if they are under it." She said rubbing his head and smiling.
"How did you know that?" Harry asked looking confused as he knew all the security layouts of the Manor thanks to his family's journal.
"It was in the birthday card your mom gave you remember." Ginny said holding the blue Quidditch card up to him.
"Oh well…I read the verse in it but that's it I didn't even notice the spell." Harry said reading through it and the instructions which were now visibly able to show the barriers powers. "Mom and Dad taught of it all when they made protections."
"HARRY!" A voice screamed from the garden, it was Dean and he was hurt, barely able to stand and bleeding in his Azkaban uniform all guards wore when on the job.
Harry ran down the stairs already sure he knew why Dean was hurt and at the manor, he ran to the garden in time to catch Dean before he fell, he brought Dean into the parlour and contacted Parvati to come and tend to the wounds and then within a moment of contacting the Floo erupted with green flames and the figure of Parvati was in the room.
"Is he alright Harry…is he breathing?" Parvati asked looking upset as she and Dean had been dating a few weeks and the image of him all bloodied up and barely moving.
"I'm fine…" Dean said with all strength. "…she's escaped Harry…Umbridge escaped!" He said letting Parvati pour Dittany on his wounds and wincing in pain.
"How did she escape Dean…I need to know." Harry said placing a bowl of water on the table and helping to clean the blood of Dean's face and hands.
"Magic…some ancient spell…older than Azkaban it has to be…she used wandless and non-verbally so I didn't get the incantation…but whatever it is…it killed seven of my men Harry, all of them like they were bugs…I'm only alive because she wanted someone to deliver you a message…'the new age has begun…the age of Umbridge'…after that she used two Dementor's to fly me here I nearly died but I think she has them domesticated…like the one you bought for Hogwarts only these ones looked older…I need to rest now Harr, I'm sorry." Dean said falling asleep and Harry carried him to one of the guest rooms where Dean could rest and regain his strength.
"You can stay with him Parvati and call Dobby if you need anything." Harry said leaving the room and going into his own alerting Ginny to the news and mentioning that Dean and Parvati can stay here as long as they need to.
"I agree Harry, so let's get ready we will need some protection from her." Ginny said using a DA coin to mention the situation to the DA members and arraigned a meeting in Potter Manor for the next day.
A/N: This is the end of the happy family storyline I've been doing. Now I'm starting a new war storyline. I understand this chapter is as small as usual but the new storyline will have all the new action and longer chapters and will feature a new style in the Harry Potter saga.