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Everyone rushed into the Witangemot chamber and looked down at the chair that was in the middle of the floor. All kinds of reactions went over the faces of everybody. Nolwenn had been with Luna when she got a vision of this happening. So before anyone knew they had gone here. Luna smiled and told her it was why they got the front seats. Nolwenn smiled back and started to write down what she saw. Her work was nothing more than a list of things she saw around her. When she got back she would make a story from it.
As she took her notepad in front of her she started to write down. The friends had all walked in at a slow pace. They all looked relaxed but she could see they were everything but relaxed they were not. On the other side, she saw Goblins taking the seats of the Potters and some of the other grey members. Even Lily and James were taking a seat in the seats of the Lords. The light side was less but they too looked pleased as they looked at the toad sitting in the chair.
It was now that Nolwenn turned to the other side of the neutral seats. There she saw the dark part of the Witangemot and their faces were full of fury. Most of them were directed at Amelia. The moment Lucius walked in the friends all pointed their wands at him.
It was all in a subtle way but she knew they were ready. None saw it but she did just like Luna had done. Before she could say something Stacy stepped behind her and Luna. The moment Tracy held her wand between them she knew. She was there for protection and Tracy knew what to do. As Nolwenn looked over at Harry he only nodded to her and she knew. This time her look went down the row of seats. At the end of the row, she saw Narcissa sitting down. Nolwenn wanted to say hi but could not. for now, she was just glad she was there.
#*
The friends were sitting in a way none really knew why. They were not together but apart. If some would look at them they thought they had a fight. But the family knew they had it all planned out. Sitting together they would be a simple target. Apart you had to choose or divide your attack. So it again told them they were looking at everything that could happen and were preparing themselves in the best way they could.
"Amelia had been sitting in her chair at the front and looked at it all. She has placed her aureus in the corners they were best. So to see the friends do even more for them selfs warmed her heart. It was also seen by the way Augusta and Minerva sat apart. This was something the friends had made them do.
Slowly she started to stag the papers she had in front of her. Everybody had been placed into their seats and she looked around the room for one more time. This time It was their time to take the first step. They could get all the Death eaters in the room and just killed them all. But it was something that would only work against them as time went on. It would also tell everyone they weren't any better. Umbridge had done something wrong and they could take her now. She had done something against the wizarding world and against the children of that world. So she could be held responsible by law as a criminal and they could deal with it. It was now they could do it in a way as it should be and later they could take out the Death Eaters when they crossed the line.
"Thank you all for coming. I know it is short notice but it has to be done. As you all know there have been two incidents of Dementors at Hogwarts". Amelia looked at the side and knew Harry had done it again. Not only had he gotten Nolwenn and the others here to write for the quibbler. Or at least Luna had Nolwenn here for that. But he had got all the others and the wireless too. Again they were playing it all over England and again he would get a large part of the support behind his side. She had a small smile hidden from everyone, The kids were playing everyone and even them but one thing was sure the kids were doing great. "Now we are not here to do something about that, because it has been handled by King Hogwarts and Lord Potter. It had been on Hogwarts ground So we have no say about that. But where we do have some say over is over the way the Dementors had been taken out of Azkaban and been sent to Hogwarts. But also about the reason why they have been taken out".
All the members knew about the twelve people who had the say over them. They also knew about the twelve that knew about the password to get into Hogwarts. On the day Of the attack, Harry had come to the chamber and almost cursed them all. It was right after the blood feud. They could not blame him at all. He had been the only one who had stood up for their children and grandchildren. If they were not their family, they all knew the family they belonged to. So if Umbridge had been a part of that day they could all put it straight. Some were even thinking they could get in better with the friends who were as ruthless to the ones that hurt them as they had been to them.
Amelia had seen all the thoughts that were going through the heads of the members. She could not read them but their looks told her everything she needed to know. "Now as you all know Umbridge has been one of the twelve. Umbridge had gotten the seat of that from the deputy mistress. All thanks to the minister, some of the dark families and Albus the chief warlock. She has the right to take Dementors from Azkaban when I, the head of the DMLE. But also the minister himself signs the paper. Now early this morning she admitted to me she did not. In the declaration, I have gotten the right to ask her why under Veriserum and I will do it under your watching eyes. If she has broken the law you can all judge her like we always have".
Slowly Amelia walked over to Umbridge. Everyone was looking at her while the friends were all looking at the Dark side. Not all of them, but a lot held Umbridge on their good side. She always had the best interest for the wellbeing of the purebloods under them. Most of it was against the Muggle-borns and Half-bloods. But never against the Purebloods because they were they only once of any worth. As Amelia gave a sign the Auror knew he had to give her the Variserum. After a couple of drops and the standard questions of what is your name she started.
"Delores Jane Umbridge. Why did you give the minister a Dementor escort while you knew he was never in any real danger".
"Why did she ask that one question," Bella asked as she gazed over at Isabella who was sitting next to her.
"Well," Isabella said. "If she thought, Fudge was in danger. Then she will say it. It will still be wrong on her part but she acted in the safety of the Minister. It will not give Amelia the thing she wanted but it will make it clear for all of us what she thought at that time".
"And if not," Bella asked. Isabella just smiled and pointed at the floor.
"Potter has always been a danger from the moment he got back. He is not playing by the rules and giving Purebloods a hard time. I know he is a danger to all of us and I hoped one of the Dementors would suck out his soul" Umbridge said from the chair in the middle of the floor.
Amelia wanted to smirk but she kept herself from doing it. She knew Umbridge had just said she didn't trust Harry but it wasn't enough. She herself could see a lot of ways she could twist to get her free of any accusations. So there was still some convincing to do. "Still, Lord Potter, never attacked the minister so after you had the minister escorted by Dementors on his visit to Hogwarts. Why did you send them again after he had called a blood feud on us".
Most of the members looked on with bated breath. The dark was hoping for a word that could clear her. While others were hoping for something to condemned her all the way to Askaban. "He called A blood feud on us purebloods. So in my eyes he just needed to die, So yes I did send them to Hogwarts and I did have a couple of Students Imperioed to let them in".
Amelia knew that it was enough to get her a one-way ticket to Askaban for life. But after hearing it she wanted more she wanted her to be kissed. "What if Lord Potter didn't protect them and the Dementors had kissed a student".
Umbridge lifted her shoulders. "It would have been a Mudblood and they could have been mist, only Purebloods can create a Patronus".
It was clear to all of them that Umbridge didn't care. She was on her way to do whatever she needed to kill the last of the Potters. Zo Amelia didn't have to ask for the verdict, she already knew the outcome. It was A couple of hours later she was kissed and Fudge could do nothing about it.
#*
Voldemort had walked back into his room at Malfoy manor and waited for what was to come. He knew Lucius had told him that amelia had arrested Umbridge for something. He did not know why or what for but he had thoughts of getting her into his circle. She hated Halfbloods and she could do a lot of damage while working at the ministry.
Somehow he knew she would not make it and had to find someone else. It did tell him he had to get rid of Amelia. Lucius had told him she would be the next to become the minister. Amelia had run the DMLE with a hard hand and as the minister of magic, she would run even harder. According to Lucius, those brats would do it just to get their way. She was already doing everything with them so that one would be easy to predict.
Now Lucius wasn't one he trusted completely because he just wasn't to be trusted. He had seen it in the way he had told everyone he was Imperiused by him. Bellatrix and the others had gone to Azkaban screaming they believed in him. Lucius had told him he was used just to be free. It told him that if there was someone who would hurt him more Lucius would run away, or to the other side.
He knew it would be on the wireless because some of his other death eaters had told him that the last time it was. So this time he looked for it and found it right away. As he heard the question Amelia asked he knew he really had to get rid of her. If he could he would want her in his ranks. But her brother didn't want it and she is just as thickheaded as he was. So he had to kill him. Well, he had him killed because he wasn't that strong and skilled. The same thing would happen to her. She would stand against him and he would have to kill her or have her killed, just like her brother Edgar Bones.
As Voldemort started to walk from left to right he started to think of the enemies he had made in his life. From all of them that Potter brat and those kids were something else. They were ahead of him for a lot of the plans he made. At some point, he thought Narcissa was telling them everything but they had not acted on what he had told her. Somehow they knew he was playing her and they just retaliated after the first time.
With Snape, the Order kept on doing what he told him and doing what he suspected them to do. Somehow they were not as smart as those kids. He did wonder if they had someone else in his group that would tell him what he was up to. Other than Narcissa he could not think of anyone else. She was the only one with them and all the things she told him were gold. Severus did bring him some information, but that was never enough.
Lucius was another story. He was a coward and he knew it. But his money and the way he used it was unreplaceable. He could sell his own mother and that was the kind of man he needed at the ministry when it was his. Slippery enough to get things done, and scared enough not to double-cross him.
As he thought on he was wondering where the time had gone. In the old days, he only had Lily and Alice to worry about. James and Frank were just following them but were just like all the other purebloods. Their egos could not take it. So they would always think they are better and go for it. That was the way they all were and he played with it.
He had built up the fear and it had worked for almost everyone. Every Witch and Wizard was afraid of him, even Dumbledore. Only Alice Longbottom and Lily Potter had gone against him. So to see Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom go against him wasn't that surprising. It was in their blood to go against him. He hated it and on the other hand, he loved it. He didn't like that they were ahead of him, but that was not on him. It was like Bellatrix and Narcissa had told him. His death Eaters were not good enough to handle them.
He knew he had to do something about his army. He did have some Goblin clans he could use in the fight but they were outnumbered if they went up against Bogrod and his clan. No, the Goblins he had were good but he needed more. He needed Vampires, giants, trolls. He needed other wizards from other countries.
Voldemort didn't waste any time and started to send out groups of people to start and get him an army. Some went to the giant's while others went to the werewolves. If he planned it right he could have an army by thirty days, sixty at the most.
#*
While all of them had gone back to either Potter castle or Hogwarts. Narcissa made her way to Diagon Alley right after she got home with Lucius. Voldemort had told her that she had to go and look for a book together with Peter. It was the last thing she wanted to do but she had to. That Voldemort had demanded of her was bad. But that Minerva had told her to do it was frustrating as hell. She knew they were up to something but not what.
She went from bookstore to book store with the rat in her purse. It was the only way she could take him with her because everybody still believed he was dead. Sure they all knew he had betrayed the Potters. It was on the day Sirius was freed. Fudge had to admit he had seen Pettigrew but also that he had escaped. So for all the people knew. He was alive or dead. But he could not show himself in any way.
When she got out of yet another bookstore she had to slap her purse. She knew that she had slapped the rat, and she wanted to kill it. But with Voldemort knowing he was with her, she just could not do it. As she turned the corner she came face to face with Nolwenn and Sirius. Narcissa stopped but didn't say a thing, as Sirius pointed his wand at her purse. The moment Peter stuck his head out of the purse he was stunned by Sirius.
Sirius took the rat out of the purse and plucked a couple of hairs from it. He did it in a flask and drank it. Narcissa had big eyes as she saw Sirius change into the rat. "What how".
Nolwenn laughed. "Arabella's new Polijuce has a very nice side effect. It not only changes the person into another person. It also gives them the Animagus ability. So while you take Sirius back to Voldemort, I will be taking this rat to Potter castle". Slowly Nolwenn wrapped her arms around Narcissa and kissed her deeply.
Narcissa pushed her back and told her they might be watched. Nolwenn shook her head. "There is a notice-me not charm on you" she then pointed over her shoulder. Narcissa looked and saw Harry standing in front of Olivander. "He has placed a notice-me not charm on you and has been looking out for you all this time. I think he is afraid of me if you get hurt" Nolwenn whispered the last part. Narcissa laughed a little and clearly gave her a look of yeah right.
With Sirius in her purse, she went to the last bookstore before she apparated back to Malfoy Manor. There Sirius jumped out of the purse and walked through the front door as Peter. As Narcissa looked on she saw how good he was in acting like Pettigrew. It was then she knew why they had asked for memories of Peter with Voldemort.
Flashback
Narcissa had just told what Voldemort wanted to do and see how they had reacted. Right after it, Sirius had asked for memories of the rat.
End flashback.
While Sirius walked on she went back and apparated away. She still needed that book, are she would be in trouble. As she appeared in front of Potter castle she wondered why Minerva had told her where the book was. There was something wrong with it because it was way, too easy. Slowly she walked into the front door and heard. "Obliviate".
#*
Minerva had been standing behind the door with Bellatrix at her side. She had been the one to Obliviate Narcissa and held her lips to her ear. "You remember going to all the book stores. You remember bringing Peter back to Malfoy Manor. You don't remember seeing Sirius and Nolwenn in Diagon alley".
Nolwenn came from around the corner when she saw Narcissa standing there a little dreamingly. She walked to her jumped her around the neck. Slowly she kissed her deeply and took Narcissa further into Potter castle. While they walked on Bellatrix turned to Minerva. "Are we doing good, by doing this"?
"To tell you the truth, I don't know. She and Harry will be the only ones who will not know Sirius is Peter. You have to kill Sirius and on that day I will Imperius Peter who will be Polijuesed as Sirius to walk into your spell. Harry has to Crusio you, but we do not know how we will get him to do that".
"And all of this was the idea of my little me and Daphne," Bellatrix asked.
Minerva nodded "Yes, and they will have a very angry Harry when he finds out".
"But why does he have to put me under that spell".
Minerva had to think for a little bit on that. "The only thing I know is you have experienced it all before. or at least your Bella did before she was sent back. We are not sure but it could be the one thing that made the noseless pick you to be sent back".
Bellatrix sat down on the ground and looked up at Minerva. "We are almost there, almost at the point when it all will start over".
"No, it will not be like the first time". Both Minerva and Bellatrix turned on the spot and looked at Lily who had spoken. "I have seen some of this. It is the reason why Bogrod had your husband and his brother killed". Bellatrix frowned but kept her mouth closed. "It was one of the outcomes I saw. It was also the one which looked the best from everything I saw. Luna could see it much clearer than me but she wasn't born at the time. But before that happens we will have to do a little bit more. Narcissa will need my book and not the real one".
"Wait, you have a fake book" Bellatrix almost screamed.
Lily nodded, "I saw it all in a dream, and that was when I knew. Now in that book, there was a whole lot of very good and bad spells, rituals and even curses. I knew that if Albus or someone else would get their hands on it it could turn out bad. So I took everything that was useful out of that book and placed it in the fake one. After it, I filled it up with other things which I have changed somewhat. So things that look bad are really good but no one will know which one is good or even better. I knew it would be helpful for Harry so that is why I used it. Bella and Daphne have taken a spell out of it and are now connected with Harry. Voldemort did the same but because his intention was different it will not work for him as it does for others".
Bellatrix knew she was missing something but she was not about to ask for it. She knew there was a whole lot Lily had seen or Luna had seen. Some of it might happen other things may not. Some of it will play out other things will be forgotten. "You better tell me if I go the wrong way" and she pointed at Lily.
Lily just gave her a knowing smile and walked away from her and her mother.
"You know she takes after you," Bellatrix told Minerva as she looked at how Lily walked away.
"Yes and I'm proud of her, not so sure about my Godson James but I'm proud of my daughter".
#*
Albus had looked on as Umbridge was carried away. Her words had condemned herself and not any of them. Fudge had to let her go and he knew it. It only took one look from him to tell fudge he had to do it and he did. Lucius had done the same thing he did and just looked on as Umbridge was digging her own grave. Now Amelia was taking her to the veil and it would be her end. In some way, it was a shame he could not give her the second chance he gave all of them. But he was just glad she hadn't pulled them into her doings.
Now he was making his way to his office because he was still the chief warlock. He knew it was not for long because they were slowly taking it all away from him and everybody else. If he was honest he didn't need it but it was handy so he would get it back. As he sat down he only had to wait for a couple of minutes when Lucius stepped into his office. "There you are Lucius, so how are things with Voldemort". Lucius started to splutter but he didn't say a thing.
#*
The friends had gone back to Hogwarts and found every member of house Hogwarts with their nose in the books. It told them they too had to have some exam preparation left. So without a word, they all sat down and started to read, write, and learn. None of them said anything while they all knew the end of the year was near. While the friends and some knew what would happen. most of the members were waiting for something. Every year something happens and somethings would always happen to Harry. So this time they were just waiting for it.
Days went by until that one day. The first exam was practical Transfiguration. The other was the charm. It took a lot out of them. So they were all stumbling to the great hall for food before they would have their Dada Exam. After a slow meal, they all went back to their common room. All of them wanted a nap but they knew there was no time for it. It would only take thirty minutes for the great hall to be prepared so they could only sit down for ten minutes. In the way, they felt they knew it would take them at least ten minutes to walk back.
As they walked to the great hall Harry suddenly stopped. He saw something from the corner of his eye and knew it was time. As Bella and Daphne wanted to walk on, he suddenly grabbed them by the shoulders. At first, they looked angry at him but by his look, they knew something was wrong. While he didn't say it he thought clearly in his mind. 'Draco is ready to talk, he just motions for me, to come to him'.
Bella and Daphne nodded and went with him. Before they did they told the others to take some time for them to get back to them. Harry had already walked back and they followed. In a classroom, they saw Draco standing there with his hands in the air. "Okay, Potter I give. I need your help. I don't know why my mother trusts you but I don't. The only thing I know is that I'm afraid of him".
Harry looked at him closely. he wanted to trust him but he could not. The fear he had for Voldemort was real so one word from him and he would spill it all. "Have you seen what we have done the day Voldemort got back looking like a pincushion?" Harry knew he had gone home that night because Narcissa had asked for him. At the time he didn't know it but she had told them all later. Narcissa had wanted to show him what they were capable of. Narcissa had also told them he would get help if he was on their side. Draco nodded slowly and by his look they saw the fear. It took a lot from them not to smile. "You have also seen what we have done to the building the death Eaters were hiding in". Again they saw him nod but they also saw the fear increase just that little bit more.
Harry gazed over at Bella and Daphne. In his mind, they had been talking all the way. They knew Minerva and Nolwenn had been listening to them. But none had said a word. "Now, I will protect you if I have to. You will have a place by usLike I promised. There is just one little problem. After the last couple of years, we are not sure if we could trust you. So you have to prove it to us".
The fear in the eyes of Draco increased even more. It was clear he didn't expect to be placed in some sort of test. As he took a step back he looked at all three of them. "What would you have me do".
This time Harry gave him that little smirk. He like the fear but he knew Draco didn't have to fear them that much. "What we ask you is simple. Voldemort will try to trap me one of these coming days. When he does you will have to tell a teacher we are gone. What happens that night is none of your business or concern. After it, you will have to go home. There you can tell no one that we will help you when you get back to school. You can tell your mother but No one else. If you do we will know and you will know what happens then because we know where Voldemort is. He is in your home in your parent's bedroom next to yours". Draco paled a bit at those words. "Now some things will happen and you will have to do what you are told by Voldemort. Say yes, and keep still. The moment we can we will take you away from there. If we can't we will take you away the moment you step into these doors. But one way or another we will help you. The only thing you have to do is to warn a teacher your head of house is the best one after that is done, just keep quiet".
"How do you know I will be safe there" Draco whispered.
"We know he will ask you to do something. We also know you have to accept it. We have more ears on the ground than your mother. She has helped us a lot and we will protect her just like we will do you. You have seen what we do if someone hurts her. If you prove you can be loyal to us we will take care of you just the same as we do with her".
Draco was still looking worried but he nodded his head. In his mind, Harry was the only way out. He had memories of his father kneeling at the feet of Voldemort. The Malfoys didn't submit but his father did. He had always learned how great the Malfoys were. But as he saw how Voldemort used his father or the other death Eaters he knew it was wrong. Harry was on the other side and ruled his house just like Voldemort. Only he did it in the opposite way. He ruled by letting others speak their minds. He had seen it by him and his friends. He hated Mudbloods and Muggle-borns. But they spoke wisdom to him and he used it. He even listened to him and they gave him ways to help him. Somehow he knew Potter was telling him the truth. He didn't know how or why but he knew it. His mother trusted him and she had told him so. She didn't trust him and she had enough reasons for it. Before he could say anything else Daphne told them to get to the great hall now.
Without another word, they all went to the great hall. The exam comity was waiting outside with all the students. Albus and Snape were trying to get them in but the doors wouldn't open. Albus stepped aside as one of the Examinators and Snape took a run at the door. Their shoulders were ready to bust against it. Just when they were about to his. Zanita snapped her fingers. She had been looking from the side and when she saw the others, she opened the door. Just as the two were about to hit the doors opened. They stumbled through the door and landed flat on their faces.
The students laughed when they walked passed them and stepped to the middle of the floor. There were no chairs so it wasn't hard to figure that was what they had to do. The man who had been lying on the floor stepped to the front and addressed them. "You are all here to take your practice exams. We will test you on all the spells we call out. You have to perform them over and over again. If we call out your name you are done with that spell. Then you wait until we start another. So you all form a line and start casting Leviosa". All the students started to cast over and over again. Names were called as the first one was Draco. Draco stopped and stepped to the side. Next was Vincent, then Grabbe. The last to be called was Harry.
The next spell was Accio and, getting a pillow from one person to the other. After two tries the names were called again. First, it was Draco then Grabb and after it Vincent. The last were the friends and Harry. So it went spell after spell "Is it just me or is that person letting us work harder than the others?" Susan said as she was called as one of the last again.
"Well he is up to something but I do not know what," Tracy said as she was now called on last.
"Draco and the other Deatheater sperms are called first. We are called last every time. That is something that is the same" Bella said as she got ready for the next spell.
"He is keeping the junior Death Eaters fresh while we are being fiscally run down on purpose," Hermione said. The friends all looked at her and her eyes became very big. "Tonight is the night. Tonight it is going to happen. He is one of them" and Hermione looked at the person leading the exam.
"He is one of him, He is here to make sure you are not one hundred per cent. He is making sure you will fail" Hermione said again as all of them started to slowly point their wands at him.
"Put them down," Neville told them As Draco got closer to Potter.
"Potter" he hissed.
"We know Draco, we know, he is one of his" Harry hissed back before he could say it all. Draco looked from the Death Eater to Harry and the friends. How he knew this examinator was one of Voldemorts he didn't know. It immediately gave him the fear back he had before. Potter knew, Potter knew more than they thought he knew. That little bit of fear he had for Voldemort left him on the spot. Potter was the one to fear, have him and his friends as people before you and you will make it. Have him against you and you are a death Wizard walking. Draco only nodded as he rushed to the other side just to be safe.
Spell after spell was asked and time after time Draco was the first to be called, while Harry was the last. The friends all knew they could do nothing because then the DarkLord would know. They had to take it and just go with it. After three hours they were done. At the door, they were told they had done well. It was something they all knew because the spells had been things they could do in their sleep.
As they walked down the hallways they knew the Death Eater was following them. Neville took out his wand and was ready to spin around and curse him. Before he could he was stopped by Susan. "No, he is looking for extra things to tell his Lord". Susan turned and pulled out her own wand. Before Harry could do a thing he was stupified. Bella and Daphne caught him and pulled him further. Neville wanted to say something but was shushed by Hermione as she pulled Neville along. Susan looked over her shoulder and saw the Death Eater smile.
When they got into the common room Harry was released from the spell. All of the members knew he would blow up about it so they waited. To their surprise, he just sat down and looked at Susan. "Sorry Harry, But he will do it tonight. Now by pulling you along you looked like you were dead on your feet. What better than to make sure tonight is the night that you are at your weakest".
Alright, that was it. Susan had said what she had to say and now Harry would start and yell at her. For a moment Harry was still and they knew it was about to happen. There it was the first sound. Harry was about to blow and all the members stepped back. The sound became louder and louder. There was no yelling but laughter. Harry was laughing and the friends were smiling. They only heard him say one thing and that was that Susan was right.
This was it again for this time. See you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau.