Harry Potter and The Grey Alliance
By SkyeDeploro
Quick AN: I haven't had a French class since grade 11 so it is terrible, causing me to go to an online translator so, Je suis désolé!
Disclaimer: I own nothing that you recognize. All rights belong to J.K. Rowling, along with the Harry Potter series. All info researched was based on PS/SS, CoS, PoA, OotP by J.K Rowling, and The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts by David Colbert. This is fanfiction, get over it.
Chapter Five: Publicity and End of Summer Plans
Friday July 26, 1996
Missing Hero!
By: Rita Skeeter
Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived, our misjudged saviour, has still not been found after disappearing earlier this month.
Although the ministry has made a statement about a search, we at the Prophet are not all that convinced that they are doing much.
With rumours floating around about Mr. Potter's 'supposed' appearance at the ministry, many doubt the credibility of the minister. After having denied the rise of the dark lord for a year, many have cried out in frustration over the minister's incompetence. Although the minister's actions have been questioned, no formal complaint has been made.
Continued on page 3D…
Monday August 5, 1996
Boy-Who-Lived Spotted in Muggle London!
By: Gilda Harper
Harry Potter has been recently seen, by your favourite Daily Prophet journalist (Me of course!), in muggle London Friday, apparently having a night out on the town.
Seems young Mr. Potter was having a really good time in the company of three beautiful older ladies along with an unidentified young man. Just my luck that I had seen him leaving a muggle club with his four companions. Although our entire world is on the look out for him, he seems to have been having the time of his life while we all feared for our hero's safety.
I was able to get a quick photo of him before he once again sped off. As seen above, our hero has changed quite a bit since last seen public. Harry will be breaking hearts all over, so watch out witches of Hogwarts!
(For related articles on the boy-who-lived, turn to page 2B.)
Thursday August 8, 1996
Minister Fudge Owns Up
By: Rita Skeeter
At a press conference yesterday, Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge gave a statement of all the misgivings the ministry had been involved with this past year and the denial of You-Know-Who's return.
He also went on to tell of the happenings of abuse and mistreatment of several students under the care of Delores Umbridge, former Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Fudge claimed that charges would be filed against Umbridge when she was found, and her court date is to be set later in the year.
A surprise appearance was made by the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter, who then gave a statement saying, "I do not solely blame our minister, for I am sure he has a very strenuous job. People make mistakes and I can understand that." After calming the masses a bit Fudge continued giving his grievances.
Fudge's office is to be brought under close scrutiny after this latest scandal.
When looked for more comments, Harry Potter had left before anymore questions could be asked of him.
Monday August 19, 1996
Attacks Thwarted by the Cloaked Shadows!
By: Jostlyn Ergo
Last night a deatheater attack took place in Claxton, only to be resisted by three cloaked figures, who not only held back You-Know-Who's forces, but made a large dent in them as well.
Eventually Ministry appointed aurors showed up, still leaving 38 dead, and 42 wounded.
Continued on the next page…
Tuesday August 27, 1996
Shadowed Order Fights for Justice
By: Jostlyn Ergo
After another deatheater attack Monday in the wizarding community Langcliffe, this mysterious group made another appearance. The exact number is unknown, but eyewitnesses say there were at least seven of these warriors.
First hand accounts exclaim they fought heedless of their own safety, making sure the innocent victims of the dark lord were to safety, before taking quick and brutal action to all those who fought for He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Witness Robert Sudbury claimed, "My wife and I were being pinned back by those deatheaters before two of the figures in black and bronze cloaks came and took over telling me to get my family out of there. They saved our lives, and I would gladly repay them any way I could."
When Minister Fudge was asked his opinion, he quickly exclaimed them as 'outrageous mercenaries' who felt themselves above the law to take matter into their own hands. After hearing the public proclaim them as heroes the minister quickly retracted his statement.
We would like to thank these brave few who stand up against these recent terrors for the people.
Wednesday August 28, 1996
Snorting with disgust, Harry threw the paper down on the counter in his kitchen. Moving to the fridge he opened the heavy door and began to stack the ingredients for breakfast in his arms. Standing in only a pair of black boxer's, he made his way to the stove.
Harry was not surprised from the articles in the papers, although that one about him and Neville at the nightclub did. It was a few days after his birthday, and the two thought they should go out to celebrate and have fun. Which they did. Luna was asked to go as well, but she turned them down politely, saying it was a quarter moon and that meant wild Werecows would be about. In translation, she figured it would be a boys night out.
Cracking eggs into a pan on the stovetop, causing a loud hiss, he grabbed a whisk from the drawer to beat the eggs, and found himself distracted by thinking of the last few weeks.
He, Neville and Luna had been making great progress with their training. Of course having Charlie there was a blessing.
During the past few weeks, Harry had several friends or allies come in and participate in the training, whether it was in learning with or teaching the trio.
Harry had also been learning and honing his skills in his Iumentum form, such as unarmed fighting, stealth, speed, and his new higher mental capabilities. He couldn't find much else about his kin, besides what he found in Beasts of Myth, but he figured he would learn anything else when he needed it.
Charlie had let him try memory absorption, and after a week or so he was able to isolate and abstract chosen thoughts or feelings. This had helped him immensely with his training, but with all the knowledge, he still needed to practice, and get used to the magic and physical fighting.
Harry had decided to see if he could do the reverse and give memories as well. This was only a thought at the moment, which he believed would help Nev and Luna with their training in the future.
At the thought of those two, Harry felt pride surge. They too had come so far in the last few weeks. Not that any of them were invincible or anything, but they could really hold their own.
Each had their own regimen for training in their strengths, but they still tried to work together as often as possible.
This brought them much closer, almost to the point of where they knew what the others were thinking before they said anything, allowing them silent communication, which had come in useful quit often when they were out.
Neville and Luna both became animagi soon after arriving at the villa.
Neville's form was a great black bear with a thick coat of pitch-black fur, razor sharp teeth and claws, and dark brown (nearly black) shadowed eyes. He was quite impressive.
Luna's form was a large wolf, with a light brown coat, snarling mouth, and large cool, illuminant eyes.
The group decided they would all need nicknames, and since Harry had adapter Ferus, they would have to choose some for Neville and Luna. Neville ended up choosing Nos, which was Welsh for night. Luna's nickname was a little harder for them to come up with. Neville finally gave the suggestion (while thinking of their meeting in muggle London the day this all started) of Inesco, which was Latin for to allure, entice, and deceive.
Luna looked him in the eye before quickly nodding as her lips twitched, holding back a smile.
Unconsciously, he set the breakfast out and made his plate before moving to the kitchen table to eat.
Yes, he was very glad with his choice of bringing them there to train. They had strong will, and didn't give up easily.
They had gone on many missions the last month, making allies, and by default, some enemies.
Ron and Harry had kept in touch, giving Harry an advantage over the dark lord with Ron's warnings of attacks and plans. Also, Ron was coming along great with his occlumency, which allowed the two to meet once a week and practice in secret from the order. Harry also just listened to Ron whenever he needed someone to talk to. Apparently, he and Hermione weren't talking much, although she did show a little regret whenever they spoke of Harry.
Harry knew he could forgive her, but things would never be the same.
With his excellent hearing, Harry picked up two sets of footsteps making their way to the kitchen.
Without looking up from his plate Harry said, "Breakfast is on the counter, tea is by the stove, and I picked some milk up last night, so it is in the fridge if you would like some."
Looking up, Harry made note of the differences in the two from earlier this summer.
Neville was the same height, not much taller than Harry now, but was much more brawny with a strong look of physical power, compared to Harry's more lean, but still very powerful form. Neville had been letting his hair grow out since the beginning of the summer, and now it had started to reach past his ears. Looking up he met Harry's eyes with a grin.
Placing his hand over his heart, and with a playful grin, Neville said "Ahh, breakfast! A man after my own heart!" before piling his plate up with a lot of everything, while Harry gave laugh before fluttering his lashes in a joking manner.
"Sorry, Nev. But my heart belongs to the fair maiden, who looks as if she might maim you, if you don't move away from the stove."
Luna ignored them both. Harry studied her a bit, noting her graceful yet powerful walk, and litheness from the small but strong muscles she had, no doubt from all the work this summer.
Luna shot Harry a smirk before saying "Like what you see, Ferusss?" and continued to get her tea.
Harry was a little confused about their relationship. He didn't know how he felt about her, but they were real casual about things so he just shrugged and said, "I plead ignorance. What do you guys plan on doing today? I had plans for reconnaissance on the Dilucesco Clan tonight, so don't do anything too- strenuous. Hopefully we won't have another situation like what happened with the Atrocitas." as he absently rubbed a scar about 10cm long on his forearm. "I was thinking maybe we could go to Diagon Alley before tonight." He continued.
Sitting down at the table, Neville swallowed some food quickly, before replying, "Well, I am hoping to go for a swim, then over to my Grams to redo the circumcaesura charm, we can go by and redo Luna's too," he turned to catch her nod, and continued, "then I was thinking maybe some weapon shopping, cause that contact I got from Soldat finally came through. But besides that I didn't have any plans for today. Luna?"
Putting her fork down, she said, "That sounds good, it would be nice to see father again. We will probably have to do that tonight after the recon, 'cause it would be easier not being seen. Its about time we go to Diagon Alley, we need to pick up our school supplies too."
Standing up from the table, Harry walked to the kitchen sink and started washing his dishes. "Alright that sounds like a plan. While Nev meets with the weapons contact, I need to run into town to pick up a few things for tonight. Luna, I guess you have the day off, until we go to Diagon Alley, you could work on that list of charms for modification; we should have that mostly done before Christmas break. We should meet back here at noon, and portkey to my flat in London, then floo to the Leaky Cauldron from there. Make sure you are armed before you go out, I may be paranoid, but I'm alive right?"
Leaving them with a grin, Harry moved to the iron staircase in the entranceway and made his way to his room. Walking into his room, with a grace not many could achieve, he went straight to his attached washroom and turned on the shower.
Hooking his fingers in the elastic waistband, he pulled the shorts off his hips before moving into the hot spray of the shower. Closing his eyes, he kept his head down leaning against the tiled wall of the shower with his palms flat against the wall. Sighing, he washed and finished, before grabbing a towel and quickly rubbing his hair a bit, leaving it standing up some. With the towel around his waist, he made strode into his room to his closet to grab some clothes. He quickly dressed in some khaki shorts, a black fitted t-shirt, and a short sleeve button up oxford, and black sandals, before moving to his bedside table to pick up his wand and holster to strap to his right arm before picking up his obsidian knife and strapping it to his left. Whispering a few words he crinkled his forehead in concentration and moved his hand palm down, down his forearm, causing his wand/holster to disappear, before repeating it with his knife/holster.
Quickly stopping in front of the mirror he ran his fingers through his hair, before disappearing with a quiet crack.
Looking around, Harry found himself in a dark alleyway. Walking out, he waved through the early morning crowds to the épicerie across the street.
Opening the door brought the sound ringing bells and loud music. The elderly man behind the counter looked up and nodded with a smile, before continuing with his sweeping and boisterous singing.
With a smile Harry made his way down a toy aisle. Finding what he wanted, he grabbed six, and made his way to the counter. He had the idea for a new weapon against vampires when faced with the Atrocitas Clan earlier that summer.
"Bonjour jeune monsieur!" the elderly man greeted him. Raising an eyebrow at his selection, he quickly rung up the price and Harry paid him.
Leaving the store, he quickly called "Merci!" over his shoulder.
Making his way through the crowds of people, Harry quietly reflected his summer. He had accomplished quite a lot, and he expected he would only accomplish more in the months to come. He didn't delusion himself into thinking he could take on Voldemort and beat him on pure talent. In a battle of wills and power he knew he was his match, that was proven in his fourth year after the third task. But Voldemort had years of training and study under his belt so to speak, and Harry knew he wouldn't have that much time to ready himself because if he waited to long, Voldemort would come after him. Harry planned on taking the war to Voldmort because he was tired of waiting for the dark lord to come out into the open killing innocents while he was at it. No he was-
"M'excuser…" he mumbled having been brought out of his thoughts by a man bumping into him.
Continuing on his way, he didn't notice the man he left behind gaping like a fish.
Somewhere dark, dank, and creepy…
A throne sat up on raised area, and sat upon it was a cloaked figure, which radiated hate and power. His snake like visage and red blood like eyes looked on in disdain to the squabbling followers who moved around trying not to bring the Masters anger upon them.
"M-master, I bring word of Potter's where abouts!" a black cloaked and masked minion rushed while kneeling at the feet of the dark lord himself.
Snapping his head up Voldemort made a slight hissing noise before motioning for his follower to continue.
"M-my l-lord, m-my c-c-cousin," he started.
"Ssspit it out already!" The dark lord cut in. Usually he basked in the fear he created in people, but his eagerness to kill the Boy-Who-Lived over ruled that.
"He is in France, my lord. In Melun. My cousin just sent word that he walked into him in the middle of the street." He finished hopefully, thinking he would gain some power in the dark lord's ranks.
"I want Hautain, Diggs, Kraft, and Torr to go and search Melun, ask the locals, and be quiet about it. Potter is going back to Hogwarts in four days. If he is found, we attack in two days."
Loud cheers were heard all through the dark lord's hidden castle as news spread of otters up coming doom.
End Chapter FiveAN: I know, I know. It has taken forever for me to get this out. If you can find me, I will let you kick my ass. You don't count Kim.
I have been really busy, and haven't had much time to write, so I have been adding bits and pieces every now and then, plus writers block, the flu, and it all adds up. Don't worry I'm better now, and next week is spring break and I have the whole week off, including work, so I MIGHT just sit back and type up some chapters for you guys. This chapter was short, but I decided to break it up, it is still 3,000 words+ so for now that is enough I'm hoping. I just had to get this chapter out, because I was scared from all the threatening reviews, j/k, I love reviews, even if they are flames, I always like roasting marshmallows :c).
You finally got a peak at what Voldie was doing, and next chapter, I am hoping will be cool with weapons, diagon alley, maybe some fighting? And the recon for the dilucesco clan.
Sweetest Thang- Aww, thanks, you always are one of the first reviewers! Thanks for keeping up with the story, and I hope you haven't given up on me!
Rogue15- I am hopping up and down, because I hope you noticed Harry just used a little bit of wandless magic in this chapter. Not much is explained yet of their training, but you will find that out when I have the first battle written so you get to see what they can do.
Saetan- I thought the Charlie idea was cool too. He has a great cover story. He wasn't in this chapter, but I think he will be back in the next or in chapter 7. I also explained how Harry used his memory absorption in this chapter, so hooray! But I don't think he will be traveling everywhere to get all these memories, but he will need to get some because he has to be Voldie's equal right?
scott- Yeah, I like this trio better. Thanks for the review!
Drake Smythe- Yeah, I just don't like Hermione, could you tell? Lol. But I am going to mellow her out a bit. I didn't mean to make her seem so psycho, but she won't be all anti-Harry, so it won't be too bad hopefully. Thanks for the review:c)
NiamhakaLadyHex- Aw, thanks… blushes … I do try. I hope you continue to read and enjoy it!
captuniv- Thanks! Like I told Saetan up there … I liked the idea that Charlie Weasley could be an unspeakable, his character is left so blank and just not spoken of all that much in the books, so I thought I would give the poor guy some of the lime light! Hope you enjoyed the new chapter!
Shadowface- Yes, this is my first time writing fanfiction. To tell you the truth, when I first started reading fanfics, your's (HP and the Warlocks Calling) was one of my favourites, but you never continued it. But I did keep watching out for your fics! Thanks for the reviews!
Quillian- hehe, I thought it was cute. I have read a couple of your fics before too, and you know, I read your HP vs Predator, and I had never seen any of the predator or alien movies before, but after I read that, I actually went out and rented Alien vs. Predator. I loved it, and I was cheering on Predator the whole time, my roommates thought me crazy, but eh, 'tis life. Thanks for the review!
nonjon- Alright, alright, big emphasis on the 'may' (did you notice my note up there for the next chapter? lol) It is out now though… smile's innocently … I AM SO SORRY! I know I should have let you know but you know how they get pissy when you only do AN without a chapter, and I didn't want my name and story to get deleted… so again, my humblest apologies. I gave my excuses and such and I am also terrible with time management, I'm nearly 20 and I can't plan, sad eh? Thanks again!
CANADIAN-COOLIO- Thanks! I like stories that aren't to over done, so I'm trying to do something a little different but stay somewhat close to canon. I haven't read the last chapter of dark knight yet, so if you say it is sad, I promise to get out the Kleenex first. Where in Canada are you from?
TheFirstOne- Nope, I promise, I'm not dropping it. And yes, more than likely there will be new types of magic in this fic. Charlie won't be his only contact (because he is usually out of the country, and he really does work with the dragons, and I just dropped a hint so I hope you picked that up :c)) with in the ministry, but you will have to wait and see. Thanks for the review!
Alexeyy- grovels … I'M SORRY! Please forgive me! Aw, thanks. I'm glad you like it.
bandgsecurtiyaw- Thanks, I like the non-human harry fics, if you have any to recommend, let me know!
XxRelena- Hmm, Harry and Luna? Ok it is moving in that direction, but I hate those fics where they are all of a sudden in love and crap, that's why a lot of ginny/harry fics make me hurl. But I have read a couple out there that are great, so I have nothing against that ship. I just like more of the unusual types. Thanks for reviewing!
Beast Mage- Thanks! I love it that you love my fic! Aren't we the pair :c)
Lillian Marie Potter- I must say, you have the power of persuasion in abundance! I literally saw your review, and thought 'Well, I have nothing to do right now, may as well get off my ass and quit disappointing people' So there you go. I think I saw just the right amount of PLEASE UPDATE's to get my cognitive juice's working. Thanks and I hope you like the new chapter!
Also, thanks to the rest of the reviewers: Night-Owl123, Spiller Sonique, King Dimension.
Preview for my next story, I don't know when it will be out, probably not for a while because I am focusing on this one. But anyways...
This story is based on the novel 'The Last Days of Summer' by Steve Kluger
Summary: Post-Hogwarts Harry Potter has defeated the dark lord and is now living his life as a professional seeker. He lives the life of a star but has lost sight of what life is really about. It takes a good telling off by a 12 year old half-blood Jewish wizard to wake up and realizing what he's missing.
May 15, 2004
Harry Potter
Puddlemere United
Puddletown, Britain
Dear Mr. Potter,
I am a 12 year old boy dying from malaria. Please catch the snitch for me becauseI don't thinkI will be around for much longer.
Your Friend, Fred Brogley
Dear Kid,
Last week it was the plague. Now it's malaria. What do I lookstupid to you? Your lucky I don't send somebody over there to tap you on the conk. I am enclosing one last picture. Do not write me again.
Harry Potter
Seeker/Puddlemere United
Dear Harry,
Nobody asked for your damn picture. I never even heard of you before. And you can forget about catching the snitch too. The only reason I needed that was because the bullies who keep beating me up somehow thought you were my best friend and the snitch was supposed to keep them from slugging me anymore. Thanks for nothing.
Can I go on a road trip with you?
Your arch enemy, Fred Brogley
Dear Fred,
"Somehow" they thought I was your best friend? Where did they hear that from? A death eater spy? Merlin? Cornelius Oswald Sludge? And didn't I tell you not to write me anymore? Go bug Wood.
Harry
P.S. And just because there's a spot open for a broom boy this summer doesn't mean your going to get it. Even if we are chips off the same block.
You like? If you have any questions, then review me, or if it is urgent email me cause I will get back to you that much quicker.
Thanks also to my beta darkgoddess!
SkyeDeploro