A/N: I apologise for possible mistakes, English is not my native language so there can be mistakes in grammer, I tried to make it as good as possible. I hope you guys will still like it.

Canon until 5th book, everything else is AU. So no horcruxes or Hollows. Harry and Hermione are the main characters of the story. I tried to be as orginal as possible. Main pairing is H/Hr, but it might take some time before they come together.

The story will get interesting with time and the next chapters are longer than that.

Oh and I disclaim everything, besides the plot. Characters etc. belong to Jk. Rowling, also, the part at the beginning of the chapter is from Order of the Phoenix, it also belongs to J.K. Rowling.

Chapter 1: Unexpected Enemies

Only one pair was still battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: he was laughing at her.

'Come on, you can do better than that!' he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room.

The second jet of light hit him squarely on the chest.

The laughter had not quite died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock. Harry released Neville, though he was unaware of doing so. He was jumping down the steps again, pulling out his wand, as Dumbledore, too, turned towards the veil.

It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backwards through the ragged veil hanging from the arch. Harry saw the look of mingled fear and surprise on his godfather's wasted, once-handsome face as he fell through the ancient doorway and disappeared behind the veil, which fluttered for a moment as though in a high wind, then fell back into place.

"NO!" screamed Harry as he woke up. He was breathing heavily. He tried to find his glasses and looked around. He couldn't even remember when he slept and it was 9 in the morning. Harry potter noticed that he become 16 couple of hours ago, but he really didn't care. He felt like he saw Sirius dying in Department of Mysteries all over again. He tried to calm down while dressing up than went downstairs.

Uncle Vernon was reading his newspaper while waiting for breakfast as he always did. Not for learning something, just to make sure everyone knows that they are completely normal. Dudley was probably still sleeping since Harry couldn´t see him anywhere. And if you couldn´t see Dudley somewhere at first look, it means he wasn´t there. It was hard to not notice someone who was as big as a walrus. Harry went to kitchen to drink a glass water, but before he even entered:

"Don´t come in here boy, I freshly cleaned up" cried Aunt Petunia.

Harry sat on the table, irritated. He was actually quiet happy with this. The only reason his relatives didn't make him do every work at the house is that Petunia didn't trust him for an important job like hygiene. Harry tried to calm down. He was waiting for his friend Ron to invite him soon and with these thoughts, he felt calm enough to sit quietly.

After everyone was seated at the table, Aunt Petunia started gossiping with her husband. It was forbidden for Harry to join this conversation, not that he cared about it. Dudley was too busy absorbing everything eatable on the table as fast as possible to say anything. Compared to Dudley´s eating habits, Ron was a perfect gentleman. Harry was surprised to see his uncle sitting quietly and not talking much. Normally, he enjoyed breakfast gossiping.

"Give me a glass water Harry" said Vernon quietly, confusing Harry once more by using his name. He went to kitchen but before he could even take a glass his aunt gave a loud shriek. He whirled around just to see his uncle running at him with a big knife in his hand. Harry was too shocked to do anything.

At that moment the door blasted open and he saw a red light then everything went dark.

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Hermione Granger opened her eyes slowly after hearing a voice from her window. She looked at her watch. It was already 9. She cursed herself for sleeping this long and went to the window. She took the Prophet from the owl, and put a few Sickles on its bag. She smiled at the newspaper. They once again wasted more than 3 pages just to get on Harry´s good side. At 5th page, there was a big picture of Cornelius Fudge.

Fudge Quit his job!

After letting down the magical world more than once, not accepting You-Know-Who´s return until it was too late, showing the young hero of the wizarding world Harry Potter and the popular Headmaster of Hogwarts Albus Dumbledore as liars, Cornelius Fudge lost all his credit on every ones eyes. Most people started saying that he wasn´t capable of doing his job anymore. So the minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge resigned from his position.

Hermione didn´t read the rest. The prophet is getting more stupid each year, she thought. Funny think is, Fudge leaving his job made only to 5th page. They obviously thought the Battle of the Ministry, which they keep publishing nearly every week this summer was more important than ministers quitting. She put the newspaper away and run downstairs.

She grumbled while washing her face. Perfect day to oversleep. They had to go to Diagon Alley before her father went to work, so she can buy her school supplies and a birthday present for Harry. She went to living room, hoping her mother woke up earlier than her.

Fortunately, her parents were already up and furthermore, breakfast was ready. She happily run to her parents and hugged them.

´´Good morning love´´ said Mrs. Granger. ´´It looks like even we are more excited than you if you can sleep so much.´´

She blushed. Her father said nothing.

´´So we are going today. No problems, right, dad?´´ said Hermione. Mr. Granger shook his head negatively. Hermione didn´t lost her good mood, but wondered why her normally talkative father was this quiet.

"What´s wrong?"

"Nothing" said Mr. Granger with an emotionless voice.

"Probably something about his job" thought Hermione and let it go. None of them talked much while eating their breakfast. Hermione got more and more curious but didn´t say anything. After 20 minutes, she got up to wash her hands.

Suddenly, she saw a red light behind her. She whirled around and saw her mother lying on the floor and her dad walking towards her with a wand in his hand and a sadistic look on his face.

´´Avada Kedavra´´ said Mr. Granger. In last second, she realized something was horribly wrong and threw herself behind the sofa. She tried to recover from the shock. It was impossible. Her own father was trying to kill her. But wait, it was really impossible. Her dad was not a wizard.

BAM. The door crashed loudly and then another red light came from the doorway. Hermione readied herself for the worst and looked up. She saw her father lying on the floor and a tall man standing next to him.

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´´Rennervate´´

Harry slowly opened his eyes. Someone was standing right in front of him. She got up and looked at the man with a lot of scars on his face.

"Well, happy birthday Potter" grumbled Mad Eye Moody. "I couldn't bring any presents so I hope saving you was enough. Well, never mind. Oh and I guess I should apologies for stunning you."

"What's going on Professor? Why did Uncle Vernon attack me?" asked Harry. He called him Professor, because the man in front of him was once his teacher at Hogwarts. He looked around and saw the Dursley's lying unconscious.

"Dumbledore will explain. My job is to take you to him." said Moody. ´"He send me, because he had apparently had something else to do."

"Well, how can we go to him?" asked Harry. He had thousands of questions, but knew that Moody wouldn't answer them.

"Apparation" said the old auror simply. "Hold my arm."

Harry obeyed. He felt a really uncomfortable pulling on his stomach and then disappeared.

"Professor Dumbledore!" shrieked Hermione.

"Are you okay Hermione" asked to old wizard. ´"I am sorry for being this late."

Hermione couldn't help. She started crying and hugged the headmaster.

"P- Professor, my dad…" But she couldn't finish.

"This is not your father Miss Granger," said Dumbledore while trying to comfort her. "Your father never left his bed today. He is under a strong sleeping charm but not harmed. This is a Death Eater disguised as your father most likely to kill you."

"And my mother?" asked the girl, trying to calm down. She didn't know why they wanted to kill her and she didn't care.

"Only stunned" answered Dumbledore. "I will explain everything but we have to leave now. Harry is probably waiting for us. Hold my arm."

He turned his wand to the unconscious Death Eater and made it disappear. Hermione looked at her mother one last time than hold the headmasters arm. She felt him whirling around and than everything disappeared.

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Harry found himself in a broom closet.

"Wait here Potter" said Moody and left.

Harry sat down and started thinking about what happened earlier. He knew his uncle hated him but this was too much, even for him. Considering that Dumbledore was involved, he concluded that his uncle was somehow cursed. Still, it didn't made sense. The order knew that he was a target for Voldemort, so how come it was so easy to get to his relatives.

Suddenly, two people appeared next to him.

"Harry" screamed Hermione and hugged him. Harry happily hugged her back. Than, both of them turned to Dumbledore.

"Well, I know, I have to explain what happened today so please sit down" said Dumbledore and conjured 3 chairs.

Both of them sat down, wondering about each others presence and waited for his explanation.

"First, neither Granger's nor Dursley's are hurt. They are getting an explanation at the moment." he said. Hermione relaxed visibly, but Harry didn't know what to feel.

"Harry, you should know that Vernon Dursley was under the Imperius Curse" continued Dumbledore. Hermione was surprised hearing about the attack but decided to say nothing. For now.

"I thought the same Professor" said Harry.

"Is there something else bothering you my boy?" asked the headmaster smartly. His blue eyes once again looked like they were going right through him.

"How come they could curse him so easily?" asked the Boy Who Lived. "You are always protecting me but did nobody thought about this possibility?"

"Harry, the situation is more complicated than you think and I really can't explain all of it. But let me tell you this, Dursleys were protected with wards that even Voldemort himself can't break. At least that is what I thought." said Dumbledore.

Harry didn't answer. He already felt ashamed for blurting out everything but Dumbledore didn't seem to mind and turned to his best friend.

"As for you Hermione, I already told everything you need to know. Now, for the rest of the summer, you two will…"

"Why did they attack me Professor?" asked Hermione quickly. "I mean, since when are they trying to kill me specifically?"

"I actually hoped not to get there today" said Dumbledore calmly. But the girl didn't miss a hint of unease in his voice. "I can't give an explanation to you now. I'll tell everything when the time comes. Until then, you both have to take care of yourselves."

"Yes Professor" said Hermione unhappily and Harry just nodded.

"You will spent the rest of the summer with Weasleys'. This is their broom closet by the way. They are informed about your situation. All your belongings will be brought later, don't worry about that. If you don't have any other questions, than we can go."

They both nodded again. After that they followed Dumbledore to the Burrow, with more questions on their minds than even before.

"What was that?" whispered Harry to Hermione. She shrugged.

Dumbledore winked at them and apparated, leaving the kids alone in front of the Burrow. They both sighed and slowly knocked the door.