Harry Potter
And the
Banished Mages
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Chapter One
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Twenty-six year old Harry Potter sat in his five bedroom six bath tent that was hidden deep in the Forbidden Forest. With a sigh, he picked at the food on the plate in front of him and moved the food around with his fork. It had been eight years since he defeated the dark lord and six years since his self imposed banishment from the magical world when he refused to marry Melisa Knott, daughter of one of Voldemort's top killers and who had graduated two years before the defeat of Voldemort.
After the murder of Kingsley, the Wizengamot had elected Morian Knott, uncle to Melisa Knott, as the new Minister of Magic. Even though Morian wasn't a follower of Voldemort, he was a blood purist and he had slowly started replacing the muggleborns that Kingsley had installed in the ministry.
The next year saw the introduction of a marriage law that had been voted on while Harry and several of his peers were in the academy studying to be an auror. The bill passed with the minimum required seats filled, as anyone who would have opposed the bill was absent because they had not been notified of the vote. The law allowed the woman to choose their husbands and with a fee (bribe of the highest) that person would become the betrothed of the witch. Two million galleons saw his name sold to the Knott family. George was snapped up by Angela, while his friend Neville had quickly married Hannah Abbot while they were in France he never heard if Hermione and Ron married but assumed it. Harry did not learn of the law until Luna sent him a letter asking if she could come by his home and told him about the law and how he had to marry the girl or his family assets would be forfeited to the family.
So with the forewarning by Luna and her abilities, he had gone to Gringotts and withdrew thousands of galleons and then went to the trunk store where he acquired a dozen nine and twelve compartment trunks. He then hit the stores filling the first trunk with books, and two more of items he would need in his exile. He went back to the bank and emptied his vaults and then emptied his manors of everything he owned. He had the Goblins sell the manors and the money transferred to a vault in the Swiss Alps, which he later emptied.
Later on the night he'd bought the trunks, he'd had Kreacher take him to Ollivanders. There he took every wand in the shop and all the wand supplies and books. He also hit Slug & Jiggers Apothecary and removed every ounce of potion ingredients followed by hitting several stores in Knockturn alley. He left bags of galleons behind for everything he took, for he wasn't a thief, just an unknown shopper. He had escaped the Aurors by hours when the arrest warrant was issued by the ministry when he failed to show up for training. His last look on England at that time, was watching the Aurors break into his Godfather's home from down the road. With his elf at his side, he had teleported to the Chunnel entrance and had taken a train into France. From there, he'd flown across 'the pond.'
Arriving in New York, he registered in a small quiet motel off the beaten path where, with Kreacher's help, he disenchanted some of his gold galleons from his vaults. He melted them down in to one ounce bars that he sold to the muggle world where he bought more supplies until four of his five bedrooms were packed. In the last six years, he'd lived in eleven countries, with the United States being the longest. He spent twelve months seeing the country and raiding stores for books that he could buy. He sold a lot of his furniture from his homes at various flea markets around the country and made a good deal of muggle money. After almost being caught in the United States by British Aurors, he went to Japan, then China and then the Philippians. Then it was back to the United States, where he spent another three months down in Arizona learning the shape shifting ability of the Native Americans. From there he went to Russia and South America. It was in the Outback of Australia that he learned a ritual that could help him learn his animagus abilities. It would allow up to three forms with the help of the ritual, and using bones of the creatures. He could have picked any creature, but chose the ones he picked for their speed, stealth or powerful attack.
As he spent the last six years traveling the world, gathering books and learning magic and languages while the English Ministry continued the hunt for him and several times they almost had him. He would leave the Aurors or 'hit wizards' where the local governments could find them, and they were quickly in hot water.
Six months before, while he was in Peru gathering new books, he had almost been caught again; but he recognized his former friend Ron before he had been seen, and was ready when they kicked his motel room door in. Under his father's cloak, he cast spells that the English wizards had never seen before, because they were Chinese and Japanese in origin. He left Peru an hour later with five thousand more books for his massive library and left a wounded hit team that port keyed to Britain.
He went to Spain and where he set up his tent in an out of the way area on the beach that he landed on when he flew across from Morocco. Five months later, he had moved further down the country and around towards Marseille France and had just set up his tent when he stopped and watched a blond girl playing in the warm waters of the Mediterranean. It was several minutes later when she turned and waved at him, that he was surprised by who it was. Shaking his head, he stepped out of the wards where his old friend Luna Lovegood ran to him and wrapped her arms around his body for a hug.
He treated her to dinner and then a night of conversation and that's when Luna suggested it was time to return to England and hide out and that she had something very important to tell him, but couldn't until he was in England. She suggested a small clearing she knew about in the Forbidden Forest and that's where he would go. They agreed to meet on April tenth in the clearing, which would give him plenty of time to get there.
Using his animagus form of a Peregrine Falcon, he flew across Spain and France to Calais where he waited until night to fly across to the Dover. Now back in England, he worked his way towards London and took up residence over the Leakey Cauldron in his falcon form. Watching the alley for several days he, he gathered what news was available by listing in and swiping copies of the Daily Prophet when it was left on one of the tables.
The reward for his arrest was now up to three hundred thousand galleons and he smirked as they thought he was now back in the United States for the third time. He had spent a eighteen months hiding there, and learning as much as he could. His library had grown astronomically with him finding a store called Books a Million. Each of the stores had two levels. One was the mundane books while the other was magical and he spent at least a hundred thousand galleons on books from those stores. He had found books on magic that were banned in Jolly Old England by the Ministry, but due to the laws of the United States, were perfectly legal to own. His mundane collection would rival any small town library with books ranging from history, to philosophy to geography, to mystery to his favorites, Sci-fi and fantasy. He first picked up a book called Star Wars, 'Before the Storm' and he was hooked on reading from then on, and he knew that his former best friend would have been horrified by him reading but his other best friend Hermione would be ecstatic but disappointed it wasn't worth reading as she would have called it. By the time he left the United States, he had acquired every Star Wars book in print along with Star Trek, Dungeons and Dragons, and many more. He had a magical mail box with Books a Million that delivered new books every day. Before Kreacher had passed away, he would gather the books and place them on his coffee table so he could look at them before they were shelved.
He cried when Kreacher passed away and snuck back into England two years ago and buried the elf next to his friend Dobby. He was almost caught by Bill and Fleur when he buried the elf, but was able to escape using his silenced motorcycle that his godfather left him. He barely escaped the Aurors that time, but using his cloak, he hid on a freighter heading for Russia. Then it was from there to Japan where he started learning languages and more ways of magic. He swore he would never return, not on his magic, but did swear it and now he was back hiding in the Forbidden Forest and he had no idea why Luna told him to come back to the island.
Looking down at the food, he sighed and stood up. With a wave of his wand, he banished the food and set the dishes in the sink so they would wash themselves while he was doing something else. Else was sorting through the ten new books he had received that morning and he left one out to read while the other nine he used the magical index system he had created with the help of the parents of Fleur Weasley nee Delacour and sent the books to the shelves. The last book, 'Star Wars, The Last of the Jedi #4: Death on Naboo' by Jude Watson had been just released in the US and he took it and a drink into his living room to read.
He had read the first three and found them ok, and was hoping the forth would be better. Dropping in to his lazy-boy, he adjusted the chair knowing he was safe with the wards up around the tent. He was about a hundred pages into the book when the wards told him he had a visitor. With a frown, he placed the book down and let his wand slid into his hand as he walked to the door of the tent and pulled it back.
Sitting about thirty feet away from him on a log was his old friend Luna. With a cast of a quick detection spell he saw she was alone and he stepped out and before he could say anything she did.
Luna cocked her head to the side and smiled as her old friend appeared, "Hello, Harry."
With a flick of his wrist, his wand was back in its holder and he replied, "Hello, Luna, how are you?"
Luna slid off the log and skipped over to him and hugged her friend tightly, "I am doing fine, I just arrived back from looking for Snorkacks in Spain," she said as she hugged him again, "We need to talk."
"You said that in Spain, but you did not have time to explain why," Harry replied as he led his friend into the tent.
"I know, and I'm sorry about that," she said as she looked around the massive living room and then skipped over to the couch and sat down.
"Would you like a drink?" Harry asked as he walked over to a mini fridge and opened it.
"I'll have what you're having," she replied as she leaned back on the couch.
Harry pulled two cokes out and opened them. Handing the first coke to Luna he sat down in his chair. Taking a sip, he asked, "Now what's going on?" He then turned on his stereo and turned it down to low. The music of Tanya Tucker started coming from the speakers.
Luna giggled from the carbonation and replied, "You remember the Department of Mysteries?"
Harry's face blanked and he nodded, "You know I will never forget that place," he said.
"I know, but do you remember a room that was destroyed and sand?" Luna asked.
"The time room?" Harry asked and when she nodded, "Yes I do. Why?"
"They have developed a new time turner in the room or chamber I should say. This chamber would allow them to send four people back into time up to seven years…"
"Shit!" Harry said as he thought of them sending Aurors back in time to stop him from running.
"Indeed. They plan on sending a four man team back to the day before you ran. They would disrupt the whole timeline just to steal your fortune and force you to marry that Slytherin bitch."
Harry blinked at the curse word from his friend and asked, "What can I do?"
"You need to destroy the chamber," Luna said.
"Destroy the chamber? How do I do that?" he asked in confusion as he stood up and started pacing.
"They have inscribed runes in the chamber, and filled them with the sands. So it should be easy to destroy," Luna said.
"Why me?" Harry mumbled as he sat down in is chair.
"You're Harry Potter that's why and it's your life they plan to destroy," Luna said with a smile, her radish earrings swinging as she bobbed her head to the music playing from the stereo he had bought in Japan.
Harry sighed and ran his fingers through his long hair. He then looked up at Luna and asked, "When do they plan on doing the snatch?"
"May fourteenth," Luna replied.
"That's two days from now," Harry said as he looked at the calendar.
"I know, and it's the day before you left the wizard world. It's one of the few days they know where you're at every minute of the day because you were taking tests in the ministry for your Auror examines."
He thought back and she was right, examines had started at eight am on the nose. They had a twelve o'clock lunch and then it was more examines until six pm when they were released for the day.
"That would be the perfect day to snatch me, because we were exhausted by the testing we had undergone. I went home and if it hadn't been for Kreacher giving me the letter, I would have passed out on my bed. Instead I took a pepper-upper and we planned that night on what to do and how to escape from England," Harry stated.
"So in two days, we meet in front of the Ministry and I sneak you in," Luna said as she stood up, "Now once you destroy the chamber, I suggest you get out of the country fast, because they will want your hide."
"I will," Harry replied as Luna headed for the door, "Luna."
Luna stopped and turned her head, "Yes, Harry?"
"Thank you," he replied.
"You're welcome," Luna said as she left the room and a sharp crack was heard.
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Harry spent the next day in Diagon alley with a new identity, using his skin walker ability. He checked out all the stores, and picked up another two hundred books he didn't have. He also bought several brooms, why several he didn't know but it was as his subconscious told him too. He picked up a new Firebolt 2006 racing broom along with ten of the new Nimbus 2005 models. As he was getting ready to leave he looked in the discount bin and stopped. Inside were about eighty old Comet 200's, Nimbus 2000's, and Shooting Stars 2000's. He bought the entire lot for fifteen thousand galleons. When the owner asked, he said to the man that he heard that Hogwarts was still using brooms that were forty years old for the class and he thought he would help his old Alma-Martyr out.
With the brooms stored, he went to the rent an elf delivery that the Weasley Twins had set up and had the twenty-six Comet 200s and Shooting Stars delivered to the headmaster's office in two days time. A folded note that was sealed with a rune on the outside of the letter made sure only Headmistress McGonagall could open the letter.
Harry walked out of the delivery office and looked up and down the alley. His eyes settled onto one store and he walked over and entered the three WWW's. He spotted George behind the counter while Lee was helping a customer. A very pregnant Angela was ringing up a sale while another girl he didn't recognize was stocking a shelf. Behind the counter were two pictures. One was of Fred, and god how he missed his friend. The other was of himself shaking hands with Fred and George on the opening of their business after the disaster of the fifth year.
Shaking out of thoughts, he picked up a basket and started browsing the shelves for items he could use. Decoy detonators, portable swamps (three types), darkness dust, fireworks, and many other prank items went into the basket.
George was watching the older man walk around the store. He was surprised that the man was picking up prank items and was about to walk over when he froze. His eyes had caught something he hadn't seen in years. Looking around, he slipped the paperwork he was working on under the shelf and walked over.
"Are you finding everything to your liking?" George asked.
Harry looked over at George and replied with an American accent, "Yes, your products are ingenious. Who makes them?"
"We do, would you like to see my workshop, Harrison," George said with a raised eyebrow.
Harry almost panicked but replied, "I'd love to."
"This way," George said and then shouted out, "Lee, I have an appointment here. We'll be in the workshop."
"Ok, George. We have the shop floor covered," Lee replied as he finished helping the girl with a puffkin pick.
Harry followed George into the secure backroom, and was surprised when the door shut and George wrapped him in a hug.
"Bloody Hell, Harry, what are you doing here in England?" he asked.
"How the hell did you know it was me?" Harry asked as he patted his friend on the back.
"You may not look like you used to… Glamour? But you still walk the same," George said as he released his friend.
"Damn it, I thought it changed enough," Harry stated as he sat down on a stool.
"For those who don't know you, yes it has, but I knew you for almost nine years."
"True and no it's not a glamour. It's an ability I learned from the Apache Indians called Skin Walking," Harry replied as his skin rippled and he changed his look.
"That's bloody awesome. It reminds me of Tonks," George said in wonder.
"Almost, but not really. Her gift was more advanced than the skin walker ability. Do you know if she has gone to an American school? Her ability would have been honed to a fine edge, there. She would have even been able to change her sex with the ability and they would have corrected her clumsiness."
Harry reached over and pushed George's mouth closed, "Flies."
George shook his head and then asked, "What the hell are you doing here? The reward for you is astronomical and anyone could notice you."
Harry laughed and replied, "Only if the common sheep have gotten better. Now how is the family? How's the shop doing?"
"Everyone is fine including that idiot brother of mine that you sent back from Peru. Took the med-witches two months to change his bits back from a boil and it was funny as hell that he had to pop it every time he had to pee. The screams of pain that he shouted out every time made dad put a permanent silence spell on the bathroom at home. Mum wasn't impressed and wanted to send you a howler but we had no idea where you were to send it. She also delivered a personal one to Ron for going after you. Bill and Fleur are sure you entered the wards around Shell Cottage two years ago and Charlie is still in Romania at the dragon reserves. Percy is being Percy, and acting like he did in fifth year. Now Ginny, she's still single and flying for the Harpies. She says she's waiting for you to come back to her or for you to send for her," George said with a smirk.
"Not going to happen. I won't put any of your family in danger not after Fred," Harry stated.
"I know, and as to the shop. We're rolling in the galleons," George said and then reached into the desk he was sitting at and pulled out a bag, "This is a bottomless bag. Your shares of the proceeds are in it. Which comes to around five hundred thousand galleons," as he tossed the bag on to Harry's lap.
Harry looked at the bag and picked it up, "You should…"
"Don't even think of it. That is your share! I have mine and Fred's to work with, so we're doing fine. You have no income but what you took from your vaults, and even if what the rumors say about your resources, you still need to add to it. Now why are you back here in the country?" George asked.
"Well it started two weeks ago. I was in Spain enjoying the beaches and had just set up my magical tent when a certain blond found me. She advised me to come back to England and she would meet up with me. Well she did last night, and I'm scared by what she told me. The ministry has developed a special chamber in the Department of Mysteries that can send a group of people back in time up to seven years. Tomorrow night they plan on sending four people back to the day before I ran and prevent me from running. I need to sneak in to the ministry and destroy the room so it doesn't happen," Harry stated.
"So that's why Ron has been hush, hush for the last week. I bet he is one of the people going to be sent back. He has vowed to kick your arse for what you did to him," George said and then asked, "Now, how can I help you prank the ministry?"
"I don't know how you can help, but I did want to get a few prank items from you just in case they were needed," Harry said.
"And prank items you will have. Plus the notes on how to make your own," George said as he stood up and walked to a wall near the far corner.
Harry watched as George tapped some runes on the wall and a door appeared. He went into the room on the other side of the door and Harry followed him and stood there in shock. The room was huge, at least the size of a warehouse. There were shelves that went down the length of the room and up to the ceiling packed with boxes, bags and crates.
"By the Goddess, you have been busy. How did you make this room?" he asked as he looked around.
"This is actually an very large trunk with a door instead of a lid. The trunk shop sells them for ten thousand apiece," George said with a grin.
"I want one, it would be fantastic for my library," Harry stated.
"I'll have Lee run over and get you some," George said as he pulled a dozen thick journals off a small bookcase, "These are your copies. Fred and I had our own and when we started the business, we made you a set too. Anything I write in the master copy will be inscribed in your version. Now go ahead and look around while I go talk to Lee."
Harry took the books and opened his pouch that was like Hermione's beaded bag. One by one, the books went inside. He was looking at the items on the shelves when George came back in and slapped his hands together in his famous grin.
"Now let's see what we can get you," George said with a laugh. He walked over to the first shelf and Harry followed him.
George pulled out his wand and levitated two crates out off the shelf stamped with Peruvian Darkness Powder.
"Hey, I don't need that much," he said.
"Yes you do. I don't want you coming back to the isles until the law is repealed and the warrants retracted. This will help you my brother, so shut up," George said as he walked down the aisles and levitated crates, boxes, backs and jars off the shelves.
Ten minutes into George pulling things from the shelves Lee called out from the other room and Harry quickly changed his form back to what he originally looked like. They both exited the warehouse to find Lee standing by three trunks.
"Hey, Lee, any problems?" George asked.
"Nope, just told him that you wanted three more trunks for excesses supplies and he took the business key to pay for them. He said they are the same set up as your original one. Hey Harry, good disguise," Lee said with a smirk and then laughed at Harry's facial expression.
Harry sputtered and asked, "How did you know?"
"Harry, it could only be you. I know that George did not need six more of these trunks for excesses supplies," Lee replied as he stepped over to his old friend and hugged him, "Good to see you, mate."
"You, too, so what's been happening with you?" Harry asked as the two separated.
"Not much, got married had two kids, got divorced. Now I'm engaged to Samantha upstairs. So it's the 'same oh same oh,'" Lee said with a grin.
Harry laughed as Fred opened one of the trunks and started levitating the items into the trunk and stored them.
"Was that the blond stocking the shelves?" Harry asked.
"Yup, she graduated from Hogwarts two years ago. Muggleborn and needed a job, so George gave her one. She's really good with Runes and Arithmancy. She was her year's Hermione," Lee stated.
"I see. Well, when are you getting married?"
"December sixth. I'd send you an invite but don't want you in danger," Lee said.
"Well my thoughts will be with you two," Harry said as George came out of the new trunk.
"There we go all packed," George said and then tapped a glowing rune on the side of the door and it shrank down to the size of a matchbox. He then did the same to the other two trunks and handed them to Harry just as Lee's name was called from upstairs.
"I better get back to work. Take care, Harry," Lee said and ran up the stairs.
Harry nodded as he placed the three trunks inside his bag.
"Now, the neat item about these trunks, you can open them inside your trunk or tent. They will mesh with the wall and act like another room," George said with a smirk, "I did the same with the tent Fred and I hid out in during the war. The directions to installing the trunks are in the blue notebook I gave you."
"As the American kids say, bodacious, Dude!" Harry said with a smirk.
George looked at Harry in confusion, "Huh?" he asked.
"It's a saying from a muggle movie called Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure. It had me roaring in laughter. Ask Lee's girlfriend if she has it on tape. If not see if she can hook up a VCR to a TV, and rent the movie or better yet, take a magical trunk with you, and get a portkey to the United States. Go to New York Magical Alley, and to a store called Electronics are Us. Tell the manager I sent you and say you want the same set up I got. It will cost about twelve thousand but have him set it up in your tent and you'll love it. Once you have the machines set up, you can hit any video store for videos or music stores for music," Harry suggested, and then said, "Give my share of the company to Lee and his new wife as my wedding gift."
"Ok, Harry, I will," George replied as he sat down in his chair.
Harry checked his watch and sighed, "I better get going but before I do. How's Hermione? Did she and Ron get married?"
George closed his eyes and said a silent prayer, "Harry, Hermione vanished three years ago after a nasty fight with Ron and no one's seen her since. No I don't think Ron did anything to her," he quickly added, "She emptied her account of all her money at Gringotts, and we think she left the country. Where she went, we don't know."
"Well I know she never went to find her parents, maybe she did after the fight," Harry suggested.
"Well that was one of the items involved in the fight the other was…"
"Me," Harry said.
"Yeah, Ron was bitching about how you got everything, and he didn't even get chosen as a potential husband," George replied.
"With his eating habits, laziness and sloppiness, I am not surprised," Harry stated and then said, "Take care big brother, and tell everyone I said 'hello,'" laying a letter on the desk, "You can say this arrived from Italy, from me. It's a letter I wrote five years ago, but didn't have the guts to send. There are some pictures in there of me and the sights I have seen. Don't let your mother see the ones of Spain, Tahiti and Hawaiian beaches. She would blow her stack," he added with a smirk.
George's eyebrows went up and he glanced at the letter, "I won't and take care."
"You, too," Harry said as he walked up the stairs and out the door. He headed to the trunk shop where he bought three more of the magical warehouse trunks as he never knew when he would need them and he could use one of the bedrooms in his trunk to set them up. Two hours later, he was back in his tent after checking himself for any tracking charms. None were found and he was setting up the trunks when his proximity alarm went off in the tent.
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Harry arrived at the entrance of the tent very quickly and he stared at the elf standing there. With a quick look around he stepped out of the tent and said, "Hello, who are you?"
"Me's be Poppy. Are you my poppa's master?" the elf asked.
Harry blinked and thought, 'what?' and then asked, "I don't understand. Who was your poppa? Who is your mother?"
"Poppa was Dobby, mummy was Winky. Can I stay and be your elf?" the young elf asked and then said, "I don't like the school. To many bad memories"
Harry knelt, tears started to run down his face as he looked the elf in the eyes and he could see the resemblance of her and Dobby. He held out his arms and the little elf ran to him.
"He had a daughter and never told me," he whispered.
"Poppa never knew. I was born after he died. Mummy died last year of a broken heart," she replied with a sniff.
"I don't have a lot for you to do, but you can be my elf," Harry said as a glow surrounded them.
A pop caught his attention and he looked over to see three more elves standing there.
"Hello, who are you three?" he asked.
"We's be's Gred and Hoppy, and this is Lily. The school sent us to be with you," the one Gred said.
Harry blanched and looked around fearfully as he stood up with his wand out, "The headmistress knows…"
"No. Not the human masters, the school sent us. She says a great task is coming before you, and you'se need help. There will be twenty-eight more of us in a few minutes to join you. All of us are younglings but we follow the school's orders."
"What am I going to do with thirty-two elves?" Harry stammered out.
"Fifty-eight, thirty younglings and twenty-eight Potter elves are coming from around the world," Gred reported.
"I need a drink," Harry said and with a pop, a glass appeared floating beside him.
Taking the glass, Harry looked at the amber liquor, then drained it in with a single gulp. As the booze burned its way into his stomach, he said, "Well, come in. I was just emptying out one of the bedrooms so I could install some magical trunks and you can help."
The shouts of joy behind him had him shaking his head as they entered the tent. Harry went to the bedroom he had chosen and he said, "This room needs to be emptied, so I can install the trunks."
Before he had finished speaking, the stacks of canned goods, paper supplies and many other items started vanishing.
"Where are you sending it?" he asked.
"The room of lost things, we will retrieve everything when you'se finish setting trunks up," Poppy said.
"I thought the room was destroyed by the Fiendfyre spell eight years ago?" Harry asked.
"No when bad Crabbe died, the room vanished putting the fire out. Saved the room. The castle then moved the room to another part of the school so students wouldn't use it anymore," Poppy said with venom in her voice.
Harry blinked at the anger and he asked, "Why are you so hostile?"
"Bad Crabbe hurt mummy several times when he raided the kitchen for food. He would curse the elves there and say it was practice for the use on the muggleborns," Poppy said, "but you stop's him Master."
"I see, and I understand your anger, he wasn't a nice boy," Harry said as everything in the room vanished.
Pulling the six trunks out he positioned them to the walls and looked at the notes that George had given him. With a quick tapping of the Runes on the door frame, he watched as the trunks merged with the wall. As the trunks sealed with the walls he opened the first one and said, "This one will be the library. I need bookshelves like in the school for all my books which can be found in the red and black trunks in the living room. The items in all the bedrooms can be stored in the next trunks. Can do?"
"We's do, master. Now go rest and I'll be making you your dinner," Poppy ordered.
Harry nodded and knew not to fight the elves. Sitting down in his chair, he picked up his book he had started reading and Poppy popped in with a can of coke.
"I wonder," he said as he picked up his drink.
"Wonder what Master?" Poppy asked.
"Huh?" Harry said as he didn't realize he had said it aloud.
"Ye said you wondered and I asked what," Poppy explained.
"Oh, I was wondering if we could turn one of the warehouses into greenhouses so you elves had something to do," he said.
"We can. It be taking a little work, but with all of us doing so, we be having the basic set up done, tonight," Poppy replied.
"Well there's a sack of galleons on my desk over there. Take what you need and go ahead and make sure you set up a place for all of you to sleep. I want a place I can walk into," Harry stated.
"Yes, Master," Poppy said and vanished with a pop.
Harry continued to read as a train of Elves walked in through the front door and down the hallway. When the last one went into the room, the door slammed shut and he couldn't hear anything from the room. He read for thirty minutes and then Poppy popped in.
"Master, dinner is ready," Poppy said.
"and it smells delicious. Did the elves eat?" he asked as he set the book aside.
"They be's eating now," the little elf stated.
"Good," Harry said as he stood up and followed the elf into the dining room to find a dinner laid out for him on the table.
Poppy stood to the side while Harry ate. He tried several times to get her to join him, but she wouldn't, even when he insisted. She stated she had eaten already, so he let it go and ate his dinner. After dinner, he read some more and then said good night to the elves who were still working.
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Morning saw the arrival of Luna and she laughed while talking with Poppy and then gave the little elf a hug before Harry slipped on his battle armor made from the remains of the basilisk that Kreacher harvested for him before he left England. With his four wands and his .357 magnum revolver, he was ready for any surprises that could pop up in the ministry. A magical pouch on his left rear hip held some surprises that could help him escape once he destroyed the room.
"Harry, can I leave my bag in here?" Luna asked as she held up a blue satchel that had a weird creature on it.
"Sure, just remember to remind me that it's in here before we part ways," Harry stated.
"I will," Luna said as she hugged him.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"Luck," she said with a grin.
"Well, I will take another," Harry ordered and pulled the blond into his arms and hugged her tightly and then asked, "How come you don't act like you did in school when it's just me?"
Luna blushed and replied, "I did that to protect myself. No one wanted to be near the nutso, and it allowed me to stay under their attention about my abilities and they just assumed it was my craziness and didn't take my predictions to heart."
"I see, well I like this Luna more than the other, so please keep her around me," Harry stated.
Luna smiled, hugged him again and said, "We should get going."
"Yes, we should," Harry said and the two of them exited the tent.
Luna watched as Harry disassembled the tent and stored it in his pouch on his right front hip. With the tent stored, he pulled out his invisibility cloak and was about to put it on when she pulled her wand out and hit him with a spell that shrunk him down to a doll.
"We won't need your cloak yet," she said to the doll and picked it up and placed it in her pouch.
With Harry safely in her pouch, she turned and vanished from where she was, to appear at her former home that was missing from its location. With another pop, she was outside the ministry and headed for the entrance. She entered the Ministry for an appointment with the business department.
Luna kept an eye on the time and just before lunch; she left the business office after telling them she had to use the loo. Once in the stall she used the toilet and then put silencing wards up. She reversed the spell on Harry and he grew to his normal size.
"Why did you do that?" Harry demanded.
"How else was I going to get you in? If you had the cloak on and tried to use the phone booth, it would have still detected you. With me transforming you into a doll, I just smuggled you in. Now get your cloak on and let's go," Luna said as she stood up and stepped out of the stall and washed her hands.
Harry came out after her and they exited the loo. He followed her to the elevator and they descended down to the ninth floor where Luna cast the Disillusionment Charm. With both of them invisible they moved towards the door of the department and checked for any detection spells. None were detected so they slipped inside and stood in the circular room with doors. Harry remembered dropping a swamp in here and he almost laughed as he thought of the death eaters falling in.
With a whisper, he asked, "Which door?"
Luna never answered as she opened a door to the right of the one they came in and they went inside. There was a long passageway with four doors on each side. The passageway went down about two hundred feet and split into a T intersection.
They walked along the passageway and Harry listened at each door and wanted to peek in but he didn't. Reaching the end of the passageway he asked in a whisper, "Which way?"
"Left is the ministry library and to the right is more work stations like the four we passed. We have about two hours so we should find the room fast.
"Library? The ministry has its own library?" he asked.
"Yes, how else are they going to ban books unless they read them first," Luna stated.
"Banned books huh?" Harry replied and then said, "Come on I need to see this."
"But…"
"Just let me see," he said and he walked off leaving Luna to huff behind him.
"Harry!" she hissed out and then followed him, "you're going to get us caught."
"No, I won't," Harry said as they reached a pair of double doors.
With a quick check he found no spells on the door and wondered why they didn't learn from the break in back in fifth year. Opening the door, they stepped into the room that was the size of a large warehouse. Bookshelves were everywhere and everything was organized by subjects. Casting a quick Homenum revelio it came back negative.
"Wow!" Harry said as he looked at the thousands of books.
"Wow indeed," Luna added.
Checking the clock, he saw it was just a little after twelve and the sign on the door said the receptionist in charge would be back at one. With a grin, he pulled out two of his empty trunks and set them up.
"What are you doing?" Luna hissed.
Harry didn't bother replying as he opened the trunks to the twelfth compartment. Pulling out the Death stick he had stolen from Dumbledore's tomb he said, "Accio books."
Books started flying towards Harry and he pointed his wand into the trunk where the books flew in and landed in a large pile. He continued until the compartment was full and then switched to the second trunk.
"Open the next compartment," he said as he directed the books into the second trunk.
Luna quickly opened the next compartment and moved to the second trunk just as Harry finished filling it. They went off in on until every book was in the two trunks and only two compartments were empty on each trunk.
"I don't believe you did that," Luna hissed out.
Harry smirked and shrunk the trunks down and put them in his pouch. With a quick wave of his wand, he cast an illusion on the bookshelves to make it seem like they were full.
"There, that will buy us some time," he said and then turned to his friend, "Let's find this chamber and destroy it and get the hell out of here."
"I cannot believe you stole the Ministry's restricted library. That's like stealing the Hogwarts library," Luna said as he checked the door.
"I thought about it back when I first left but decided not too because it would hurt the children; and at the time, I wasn't interested in reading that much. Now I am," Harry stated as he opened the door and the slipped out of the room.
Luna followed her friend shaking her head in shock. They went down the other passageway checking doors as they went. One door refused to open and had a circle around an hourglass on it.
"This is it," Luna said, and then added, "My contact said the room's door had that emblem engraved on it."
"Who is your contact?" Harry asked.
"I'll tell you later," Luna said as she checked the door and removed two spells on it, "That's the alarm spells on the door, and this one should remove the locking charm."
With a complicated weaving of her wand, the door clicked as it unlocked.
"Good," Harry said as he opened the door and they entered an oval shaped room with a pedestal in the center. The floors, roof, walls and the pedestal were engraved with thousands of runes that glowed gold from the dust from the time turners.
Harry pulled his wand and said, "Accio dust."
They waited but the dust never moved.
"Shit!" Harry said as an alarm started sounding.
"They detected your spell, I think…" Luna said as she turned and pulled the door closed and hit it with a locking charm.
"I know," Harry replied as he pointed his wand at the wall and cast a reducto charm, "Reducto!"
Both Luna and Harry hit the floor as the spell started bouncing off the walls.
"SSSSSSSHIT!" Luna cried out as she avoided the spell by centimeters.
"Sorry," Harry said as he cast a shield charm that absorbed the spell.
"How do we destroy it?" Harry asked as he stood up just as a crack appeared in the door.
"I don't know," Luna replied as she conjured some barricades behind the pedestal. She mirrored the surface just as the door blew apart.
"Surrender Potter!" came a familiar voice.
"Stuff it Ron," Harry shouted back as several spells came into the room and hit Luna's barrier.
Harry and Luna ducked down behind the barrier and fired as many Reductos at the door as they could.
"That's Loony with him. Now we can toss her to the Dementors and get rid of her craziness," Ron snapped out as he fired another set of curses.
"What's the matter Ron, pissed that even Luna turned you down? Well, can't blame her for that boil of a dick," Harry fired back as he cast several more spells as he reached into the pouch on his left hip.
"Luna, I am going to have to cause some destruction to get us out of here," Harry whispered.
"I know, just get it over with," Luna said as she cast several more spells, "Hey Ronnie, heard you had to pop your prick like a zit to pee. Bet that stings!"
"Bitch! I'll show you…"
"Please a prick no bigger than a zit? And it probably stunk just like you. Didn't your mummy teach you to bathe as well as stuff your gob like a pig?" Luna shot back.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Ron snapped out and she could hear him start casting as Harry threw a round ball towards the door.
The ball bounced and went out the door where it hit the wall and rolled over next to one of the unspeakables who was reaching for it when Ron said the dreaded words.
"Avada Kedavra."
The killing curse shot into the room, and one of the Unspeakables shouted out, "NO!"
The Unspeakables dove to the sides of the passageway as the spell shot into the room just as the ball was picked up. The one pound M67 grenade exploded sending shrapnel in every direction. The man who picked it up was killed instantly, while Ron was hit by a dozen pieces of shrapnel and dropped.
His curse hit the pedestal, and the magic of the room flared as it disintegrated. The fairy dust exploded from the runes and landed on Harry and Luna, sticking to them as magic reached a critical stage in the room. Explosions detonated out of the room, shattering the magical walls and the rooms on the other side. In the brain room, the brains boiled in their tank as fires engulfed the room. In the prophecy room the tall shelving system collapsed as the explosion came through the wall and hit the first shelf, it then fell into the next and next and next. Thousands of orbs that had survived the first destruction of a section of the room were destroyed. In another room, the Death Veil disintegrated as a large section of its outer wall fell on the arch.
Harry and Luna were lifted up and hurled towards the back wall which exploded before they reached it with a vortex of golden dust around them. As they flew through the time room, a strand of the golden dust broke off and flew off in another direction as the vortex shattered another wall and they found themselves in the planetary room, where another explosion occurred just as they landed.
The Ministry of Magic rattled on its base and the explosion was registered as a six point two earthquake that caused minor damage in the city. But inside the ministry, the damage was anything but minor. It would take them several days to dig out the Department of Mysteries, and when they reached the chamber, nothing was found. Not a speck of blood, clothing or even the dust of the time turners. Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood had vanished into thin air.
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Edit By TeNderLoin
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Harry Potter™ is a registered trademark and copyright (©) of J.K. Rowling and all that crap. The only thing mine is the idea and several characters. Everything else is hers including all the money... Star Wars is owned by Disney.… Damn wish they'd share and why oh why did George sell out.