A/N: I really appreciate all the reviews ive been getitng lately and the story seems to be booming again in popularity, I'm glad people are enjoying it so much. This another early chapter but it is more dialogue based similar to the previous chapter.
Dustiniz117: I laughed at some of those i can't lie, way more than I would've thought of . Dr Bright would never be allowed near Hogwarts at all. Thank you for the review!
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Hermione arrived in the morning from her skiing trip in time to join Harry and the Weasley's at Diagon Alley in London and to see Fred and George's joke shop. They were accompanied by a guard, but instead of foundation security, it was some hand picked members of the order of the phoenix. In the guard was Remus, Tonks, Hagrid and Kingsley Shacklebolt.
Upon reaching the Alley after tapping the combination of bricks, Harry found that the once bustling shopping area, bright with colour, loud with noise from people chatting and all sorts as well as the bustling of a nice summers day was the polar opposite of how the Alley was now, dark and devoid of any colour, most of the shops were boarded up with signs saying 'CLOSED' except for a few important school supplies shops such as Ollivanders wand shop.
There were wanted posters of death eaters as well as leaflets on how families could protect themselves as part of the new ministry defence protocols that had been established now that Amelia Bones was the new minister of magic. Stalls were setup as many magical vendors attempted to sell amulets, necklaces, rings and other trinkets that allegedly provided certain "protections" to the wearer, something Arthur Weasley was not a fan of because of his new job in dealing with these kind of illegitimate vendors.
"They should be thankful that I don't have a warrant other wise they'd have all been arrested." Said Arthur Weasley through gritted teeth, a tone they had never heard the normally gentle man speak.
"Leave it Arthur, it's bad enough that the Alley is in this state as it is." Said Mrs. Weasley, putting a hand on her husband's shoulder.
Eventually they found the joke shop and the ground was mesmerised at the stark contrast between the state of the shop and the state of Duagon Alley, the shop was a buzz with laughter and colourful lights, it was decorated in and orange and purple colour on the exterior, there was some jokes that had been written on paper and plasted on some of the windows. One of them caused even Mrs. Weasley to chuckle.
"Why are you worrying about You-Know-who when you ahould be worrying about U-NO-POO?
The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!"
The group entered the joke shop and just like the outside, the inside was packed full of people, both students and grown-ups who were interested in the assortment of products, there were original products that the twins had come up with at Hogwarts and some newer products they had come up with Harry assumed over the summer.
"Harry!" Said a cheerful voice from up the stairs. He turned around to see it was one of the Twins which he gussed was Fred.
"Looks like business is booming." Said Harry with a grin as Fred patted his shoulder.
"Indeed it is, and our grateful thanks goes to our sole, super-secret partner." Said Fred. "Would you like a tour? George and Verity are dealing with the customers so I'm free at this time."
"I'd love one." Said Harry as Fred showed him around.
"We've got the usual pranks section which involves some of the products we tested at Hogwarts as well as some new ones, we've got a section for muggle prabks, figured there might be people liked dad who are obsessed with muggles at heart and rever in there culture and all that." Fred pointed to anothet section of the shop. "we've got a ladies section full of magical perfumes and make-ups," Fred pointed to wear Hermione and Ginny were currently perusing some of the perfumes. "Never thought our dear sister was into such girly things."
"But you would now our sister very well as you are rather smitten with her." Joked George from behind them.
"Hello my fellow handsome twin, left Verity with all the work have you now?" Asked Fred as he clasped George's hand.
"I have indeed, however I did not wish to miss out on meeting our favourite non-Weasley bretherin." Said George as he smacked Harry in the shoulder.
"Are you saying that because I am your super secret partner in your fine business?" Asked Harry in a playful manner.
"You may be going somewhere Mr. Potter." Said George.
"Anyway I was giving young Harold a tour of the shop and I was going to show him the back if that's okay with you?" Asked Fred.
"Go right ahead Freddie." Said George, a female voice called up for "Mr. Weasley."
"She means me." Said George. "Oh and take whatever you want from the shop, it's free for our sole, super secret partner in both business and crime."
Harry playfully rolled his eyes, he felt bad not paying for items but he had also given them a thousand galleons and that was before inflation of the galleon in two years, he might take a couple of things and one of them would maybe be a present for a certain female redhead.
"This way," said Fred as he pulled back a curtain that had appeared where Harry thought there was a wall originally. "Some security charms, only people related to the business can see through it, so me and Georgie as well as Verity and yourself."
Harry was led inside a dimly lit room in a turquoise blue, many trinkets and gadgets lined the walls as well as some machines that looked muggle in nature and some seemed to have the SCP foundation signia.
"This is sort of a side project George and I have been working on for a while, we wanted to branch out into defence as well, inspired by the DA of course." He said with a knowing grin.
"We have decoy detonators which explode and let off an assortment of magical compound that overload people senses and allows for you to knock them out in doing so, Peruvian instant darkness powder, renders light useless as it absorbs light around you ina sort of mist, you just chuck it on the ground and it does the job." Explained Fred.
"We've got some specialised wand holsters that can hide your wand from all forms of sensory charms that are used for security, though its for mostly legal purposes and safety." Explained Fred as he pulled a cloak off of a extremely complex contraption. "We got sent this by that organisation that Voldemort's been taking anomalies from and they said that this was being supplied to Hogwarts as part of the security requirements, however we need to magically alter it so that it xna act as a protection field whilst not disabling things such as Transfiguration inside the area."
"What is it?" Asked Harry as he marveled at the device, it seemed to be about the size of Hagrid's fist and was made up of an assortment of equipment, it was grey in colour and seemed to have a glass container with machinery and elements that Harry could not properly make out.
"It's a Scranton Reality Anchor, it is meant to prevent reality altering anomalies and beings from... Well altering reality." Said Fred with a small chuckle as he gently picked up the device and showed it properly to Harry as he bought it to a workstation desk.
"I'll show you how it works." Said Fred as he pulled out his wand and took off his watch. "I'll use this as an example, I'm going to attempt to transfigure this watch into a mouse."
Fred flicked his wand in the correct manner and the watch vibrated and looked as if it was about to transform when instead it let out a scraping as the watch seemed to stop mid Transfiguration and re-transfigure back into the watch.
"Technically speaking, Transfiguration if done properly, permanently alters the matter," Explained Fred. "So the device anchors the original form and prevents any transformation."
"Doesn't that mean that Transfiguration at Hogwarts is impossible then?" Asked Harry. "You can't perform permanent Transifguration."
"Unfortunately, you can't." Said Fred as he set the device down. "However, that's the project part, I've been trying to use some magic to tinker with the device to at least recognise magical certain magical signatures using information from the ministry and Hogwarts that can identify students and staffs wands, hopefully it will allow people within the wards to do what they like without the device recognising it as reality warping or Transfiguration."
"That's a lot of work then." Said Harry.
"That would be an understatement Harry, the device is extremely complex, but I'm confident that in time I should be able to get it working." Said Fred.
"Mr. Weasley!" Called a female voice. "We need your assistance down here with some customers."
"Take what you like from here Harry," said Fred with a grin. "And don't make any protests, you made this possible."
Harry nodded, promptly not saying anything as Fred left to assist with customers as Harry swiped a couple of decoy detonators, some Peruvian instant darkness powder from the defence section and he grabbed a pigmy puff, little pet furballs that seemed rather adorable and funny, for Ginny's birthday before leaving the shop with the Weasley's, including a disgruntled Ron who ahd been unable to get anything for free despite claiming that being Fred and George's brother should count for something, Hermione and there security detail.
"It's so cool to see what the twins have done with the shop." Said Ginny.
"The twins really are intelligent," began Hermione. "Some of the stuff they come up with is no small feat."
"You don't need really good O.W.L or N.E.W.T grades to be smart, the twins focused alot on their pranks and products that they now how to come up with new cool stuff, only they could run a successful prank shop with the stuff they've got." Explained Ron. "If they applied themselves in the exams, they'd have gotten an Outstanding in everything.
"They showed me the back area," Harry whispered to his friends as they waited for the adults to grab them some ice cream sundaes at Fortsecues, which was still running thankfully considering the state of Diagon Alley. "They've got some great equipment for defence, they let me take some."
Harry showed them the decoy detonators and the Peruvian instant darkness powder he had acquired whilst he explained what other stuff he had seen.
"They've got this device called a Scranton Reality Anchor, apparently it can prevent reality bending and reality altering entities according to Fred, they are using it at Hogwarts." He whispered.
"I've not heard anything about the security detail, even in order meetings that Ginny, Harry and I have listened in on, Dumbledore doesn't give a specific answer, he's quite vague." Ron explained to Hermione.
"Kids." Said Mrs. Weasley as she carried two chocolate Fudge sundaes for Harry and Ginny, whilst Remus carried a strawberries and cream sundae and a banoffe sundae for Ron and Hermione. "Ice cream sundaes for you."
They accepted their sundaes graciously as they made their way to the last few shops, by the time they were ready to go in and have new robes fitted at Madam Malkins, they had finished their ice creams and would be heading back to the leaky cauldron for some dinner before heading home.
Harry and Ginny were allowed to sit a little further from the rest of the group for some privacy, though Remus had to sit a couple of table to the left of them as part of his security, though it seemed that the friendly marauder had made sure ot pointedly not pay attention to what they said.
"I'm worried for this gear Gin." Said Harry.
Ginny patted his knee in comfort. "I know you are, we all are." She said before leaning back in her chair. "With Tom having made his return official and now being open and on the move, as well as all this security detail, anyone is going to be worried, we just have to keep our heads down, stay safe and try and be normal teenagers with normal lives when we can."
Harry nodded in understanding as Ginny continued. "I know that fate has been cruel to you, you lost your parents as an infant, grew up in a household where your relatives disliked you and made your life a living hell, you've never had a proper childhood and you've got a psychopath whose out for your head."
Ginny persevered on as Harry looked a little bit emotioanl as he thought back to the events of the past fifteen years of his life. But you have to also look at the positives in life, you've got a family who loves you as if you were one of their own, you've got two amazing best friends who have risked their lives in the adventures you've all been on, a girlfriend who is also a good friend and thinks you are extremely delicious and sexy." Harry felt himself blush at the compliement and Ginny gave him a cheeky wink. "You have the two men who were best friends with your dad In your life, you have love Harry, and you are loved by so many people."
Harry hugged Ginny and his girlfriend wrapped him in a loving embrace and she felt her shirt get a little wet from where Harry's head was, he wasn't sobbing but had definitely gotten a little bit emotional.
They separated as their food arrived and the tucked in, enjoying each others company before they would have to leave for the Burrow.
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The last month of the summer was uneventful, they had celebrated Harry's birthday at the end of July and Ginny hers on the eleventh of August, both received gifts they loved and thanked each other privately and publicly for their respective gifts.
Harry, Ron and Hermione received letters from Hogwarts containing their O.W.L results. Harry was very happy with his, having received an Outstanding in defence against the dark arts, Charms and Transfiguration, an exceeds expectations in Potions and care of magical creatures and an A in Divination and Astronomy.
Ron had received similar results though he only got an exceeds expectations in defence against the dark arts and recieved a poor rating for his divination, though no one seemed to care much about that since divination was a pretty crap subject unless you were an actual seer.
Hermione had received an Outstanding in everything except in Defence against the dark arts and astronomy, though it was very impressive considering the number of subjects she had taken.
Harry also received the honor of being Gryffindor quidditch captain, Ginny and Ron both remarked that they were going to kill it this year as a qudiitch team though Ginny jokingly informed Harry that if he didn't take her a starter then he would be sleeping alone for a month.
This earned many laughs around the table and Harry grinned at his girlfriend. "I'll see what I can do for you Gin."
Everyone got up the next day about an hour earlier than normal, whilst not having as much to pack the security at platform nine and three quarter's ment they could end up taking a bit longer to reach the train.
Harry had received word from a letter addressed to him by the twins that they had gotten the Scranton Reality Anchor to work and that it would be installed at Hogwarts before they got there and that the foundation had given them a sizeable chunk of cash for there time, which when converted from pounds to Galleons was around seventy-five thousand galleons.
They flooed directly to the platform and were stopped for a quick security check from a foundation security guard, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny had a designated compartment on the train as part of the new security protocol. They said goodbye to the rest of the Weasley's and Harry said goodbye to Remus, Tonks and Sirius who had come along in his animagus form.
Once they boarded the train, they were escorted by two guards to there compartment where they were given a breakdown fo the new rules in place.
"We will be standing on guard in the corridor, if you need the toilet you notify a guard and they'll escort you, any unauthorised exiting fo your compartment will be met with severe punishment, prefect meetings are the only exception and you are required to show your prefect badge at all times." The head security guard informed them as they went inside their compartment and made themselves comfortable.
"Already seems like They've got some tight security measures." Said Ron as they sat down.
"The security at Hogwarts is going to astronomical if I were to hazard a guess, who knows what they have lined up." Said Hermione.
"Well I recievd a letter from the twins, they've got that reality anchor finished and it's being deployed at Hogwarts," Explained Harry. "They've recieved a paycheck of about seventy five thousand galleons for their work."
"That's a lot of money, a galleon to a muggle pound is about four times that so that's about three hundred grand." Said Ginny.
"Attention all prefects!" Said a voice throughout the train. "Please make your way to the prefects carriage where you will recieve inspection before your meeting!"
"That's us." Said Hermione and Ron as the compartment door was opened by onw of the security guards.
Ron and Hermione waved goodbye to Harry and Ginny as the compartment door was shut and the two Gryffindor prefects were escorted down to the prefects compartment. They recieved a searching as well as having to submit there wands for the meeting.
Harry and Ginny meanwhile suddenly found themselves left alone, they were allowed to shut the compartment curtains for privacy of changing. Once Harry had pulled down the curtain Ginny had launched herself into his lap and was straddling him, kissing him passionately as Harry's hands wandered at the hem of her shirt, tugging it lightly before pulling it off, revealing her sexy red bra.
Harry grabbed one of her breasts and began massage it as Ginny ground herself against Harry, both of them moaning as there nether regions rubbed against each other. Harry removed his shirt as Ginny began running her soft fingers over his chest and abdomen before grabbing his face and kissing him throughly, it had been a little while since the last made out and both were eager to go at it again.
Ginny traced her hands down to Harry's now prominent bulge that was trying to escape his trousers, she rubbed the palms of both hands over his crotch area and Harry let put a grunt as he thrust into Ginny's hands.
He trousers came off and Ginny alipped her hand underneath his boxers to cup him, earning a moan from Harry, he found himself cupping Ginny's arse where her skirt was, she had done it short and tight just how Harry liked it.
"Are you craving for my arse again Mr. Potter?" She whispered in Harry's ear as her hand worked him.
"I love your fucking ass Gin." Said Harry as he gave one of her cheeks a squeeze which caused Ginny to let out a groan.
Ginny shifted herself off Harry, revealing her near naked back and her short tight skirt, she then lowered herself onto Harry's lap and began to shift her arse over his erection in his boxers, earning more moans from Harry as his hands found her hips and they grasped them firmly, allowing Harry to have more control in the ministrations of her arse dry humping his cock.
Harry groaned again as Ginny kept rubbing her arse against him, if she kept this up then he was going to cum in record time, Ginny also felt herself getting worked up, his erection would brush over her center through the skirt and it felt warm and wet there which made her shudder in pleasure.
Harry loved how Ginny's ass through her skirt was able to pleasure him so greatly just as much as her hand was able to, the feeling of her well shaped arse from exercise and quidditch was brilliant.
Harry groaned as he felt himself get closer to his inevitable climax. "I'm close Gin, fuck that feels good."
Ginny turned her head. "I want you to come so hard in your boxers that you won't be able to wear them without thinking about me." She then sped up her ministrations.
She stood up and Harry followed suit and pushed her against the window which showed the view of the English countryside as Ginny was now able to really show her ability. Harry still kept a firm grip on her hips as one of his hands pinched and then slapped her arse before returning to the brilliant pleasure of her arse.
He tried to hold back from climaxing as much as possible, he wanted to keep feeling his girlfriends bum rubbing over his cock, the wonderful friction was making him feel so much love and pleasure. He was able to get a few more seconds of pure bliss as Ginny's arse finally caused him to climax in his boxers, her arse never stopped rubbing against him as he continued to climax, his orgasm slowly fading as he pulled away and collapsed on the seat.
"That was brilliant." Said Harry as Ginny tucked her head into his shoulder, one of her arms wrapped around his chest as his arm snaked round her waist.
"I love rubbing myself against that powerful stallion between those legs of yours." Said Ginny playfully as she patted his inner thigh.
Eventually Ron and Hermione reentered there compartment with nothing new to report other than the new head boy and girl introducing themselves.
About half an hour later into the trip, the quartert noted that they would be coming up to Hogwarts every soon and they were all curious as to what security measures would be put in place, something they didn't have to wait long for.
All the Hogwarts students had begun to peer out of the windows as they entered the stretch of the train tracks where Hogwarts was visible, there was some sounds of awe and some of sheer disbelief as they saw Hogwarts.
A large perimeter had been setup around the castle, guards had been placed at multiple checkpoints around the grounds of Hogwarts, high powered strobe flood lights had been fitted around the perimeter, walls made of brick, mortar and concrete had been and stood at around seven meters tall, where several watchtowers with manned turrets were stationed.
As they went under a tunnel through the barrier, they arrived at Hogsmeade Station where they were allowed to leave in small groups one at a time, the house elves would still take the trunks to the students dorms but the students were to be escorted to the school under armed guard instead of the thestral drawn carriages, the first years who went by boat would still go under Hagrid's leave, but a small military boat would trail behind them apparently.
It felt intimidating just how many armed guards that were at Hogwarts as part of the security detail, Harry reckoned he counted at least twenty of them and he hadn't even entered the castle. The foundation was clearly taking the security of Hogwarts very seriously.
Ginny seemed to catch the drift of Harry's current thoughts as she made an interesting observation. "I've noticed that there are alot more students at Hogwarts, especially first years. It seems that the security detail has reassured parents and families that Hogwarts is the safest place to be."
They reached the large impressive oak door that lead to the entrance hall and were halted by a rather burly looking man who spoke in a gruff tone.
"Secruity check." He said simply as the quartet were treated to a search, thankfully it didn't last long and after a minute, they were let through into the great hall.
Harry noted that the guards outside Hogwarts were armed with larger muggle weapons, each with boxes attached underneath the main body of their guns suggesting that they used heavy weapons.
They made their way to he Gryffindor table, the doors were guarded on either side by a pair of guards. Neville and Luna joined the quartet shortly thereafter as more people began to filter into the great hall.
Harry was very happy that the security on the train meant he didn't have to deal with Malfoy, though he simply glared back at the snarky blonde git when he saw him sulk towards the Slytherin table, though something felt different about Malfoy, his demeanour was off and it looked like he was avoiding people as much as possible.
The first years who entered the great hall seemed very lost and Harry felt for them, their first year was meant to be one of amazement and wonder but they were entering a Hogwarts that felt more like a fortress than an actual school.
The sorting did not take long, though Ron was his usual self as he combined about being hungry halfway through it.
Once the sorting was done, Dumbledore stood.
"I do have some announcements to make, but I'm sure many of you are starving and I do not wish to deprive any of you." Said Dumbledore as he clapped his hands and waved his non injured hand over the Great hall.
Harry was always amazed as the food began to appear, the house elves always did an amazing job at preparing the opening feast.
Plates were passed around as people began to ask each other burning questions of how there summer began, very few chose to talk about the security as they felt it was a sensitive topic and that it wasn't really something they wanted to think about much, which Harry was sure the first years would appreciate.
Once everyone had eaten sufficiently, Dumbledore stood up from his chair and made his way to golden pedestal that had been carved into the shape of an owl, which unfurled its wings as everyone quietened down.
"To our new students, welcome." Began Dumbledore with a genuine smile and the familiar twinkling in his eyes. "And to our old students welcome back! I hope you have all had an enjoyable summer and are ready to get stuck in with the wonders of magic. First off I would like to welcome back Professor Horace Slughorn, who has very kindly come out of retirement to resume his once previous role of our potions master, whilst defence against the dark arts will be taken over by Professor Snape." There was applause for Slughorn who gave a jovial wave but Snape remained his usual self and only received mutterings from tables that weren't the Slytherin one.
Dumbledore's face changed slightly to that of a more serious look. "I know that times seem dark at the moment, but I want to assure every single one of you that you will be safe here within these every walls, especially since our fellow colleagues at a secret organisation known to some as the SCP foundation have provided an abundance of magical and muggle security detail to make sure that you can feel safe here, many of you if not all of you I believe were searched when you arrived here this evening and I believe you have the right to know why."
Dumbledore paused before carrying on. "Once there was a young man who, like you, sat in this very hall. Walked this castle's corridors. Slept beneath its roof. He seemed, to all the world, a student like any other. His name? Tom Riddle".
"Today, of course, the world knows him by another name. Lord Voldemort." A whipser of muttering and mumbling began but Dumbledore carried on loud enough to drown them out.
"Which is why, as I stand looking out upon you all tonight, I am reminded of a sobering fact. Every day, every hour, this very minute perhaps, dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle walls. But in the end, their greatest weapon... is you." Dumbledore's expression then changed to something more jovial. "Now off to bed, pip pip."
"That was cheerful." Said Ron as he turned to Harry and Ginny. "I guess we've got to help a little with guiding the first years up along with the other fish year prefects in Gryffindor, I'll see you in a bit."
"See you in a bit mate." Said Harry as Ginny laced her hand in his and the two made their way up to the Gryffindor common room.
"Hopefully we can bag the large sofa for the four of us first." Said Harry.
Ginny sped up towards the common room entrance. "Well get those legs moving then Potter."
Harry chuckled as he dashed towards the common room and gave the password thanks to an early heads up from Ron of what the password was, something prefects were not supposed to do but Harry knew Ron didn't really care.
Eventually they were joined by Ron and Hermione as they all lapsed into whispered conversations that consisted of both heavy and dark topics and light- hearted ones before there tiredness overcame them and they trudged their way up to their separate dorms.
"I'll be with you from tomorrow night," said Ginny. "I've got to make an appearance for my dorm mates at least."
"I expect you to keep that promise." Said Harry before he gave her a quick, yet passionate kiss.
"I hope there is more of that Potter," said Ginny with a playful smirk. "I might just have to keep you around because of that mouth of yours."
"Goodnight Gin." Said Harry as pressed another kiss to her forehead before making his way up to his dorm, his eyes still on his beautiful girlfriend as the door to the sixth year boys dorm closed, hopefully he could still get some quality sleep without Ginny, but that would be a difficult task he thought as he stripped down to his boxers and with a full belly, got into bed and closed his eyes.
A/N: Another dialogue kind of chapter, there will be some more action but I wanted to showcase some of the actions the SCP foundation were making in their stand against Voldemort, hoped you like the Hinny smut, there will be some more to come soon since I can't write action in every paragraph of this fic unfortunately.
Hope you enjoyed.
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