PROPHECY EXPLAINED

The train station was bustling with muggles walking back and forth getting on train and shuffling luggage and bags back and forth. No one noticed the lone figure waving a wooden stick and an orange light hitting the wall between two platforms. The man smiled and then was gone before anyone could blink.

Tom Riddle a.k.a. Lord Voldemort smiled a sinister smile as a man came in and bowed deeply before him. "Rise and join your brothers it will be a glorious day." The man quickly stood up and left the room to join his comrades getting ready for the fight. The Dark Lord smiled and then laughed leaving his faithful servants to there mission.

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"Be ready my friends things will be starting very soon," Harry said to another random couple hidden under an invisibility spell as he passed them on his way to deliver his message to the next one.

Parents arrived and the children said there goodbyes quickly before a prefect would let them know to get on the train quickly so there wouldn't be any delays. This year there would be no waving from the train and children running up and down the platform yelling to loved ones as they left for school. It was a sad thing to witness a near empty platform except for a few prefects milling about watching for late comers.

Harry suddenly tensed and let out a whistle before pulling his wand and sealing the train closed and starting it on its journey to Hogwarts. Just as the train disappeared out of sight the first pops of apparition and killing curses were heard throughout the station. The walls cracked and a dust cloud blew up from the damaged walls surrounding the platform and the tracks where the train would have been.

"You're late the train left a few minutes ago," a voice called from the center of the tracks.

"Potter, my Lord will reward me well for your capture even if I bring you in a little damaged," he yelled sending off the cruciatus curse in Harry's direction. Several more followed and as Harry stood there waiting for the curse to reach him he nodded his head slowly watching as his army moved out from the shadows incapacitating half of the death eaters before the spells even reached him.

"While you all took aim at me my friends have disabled half of your group I suggest you leave now before you are all taken captive or worse he said as a smile lit up his face. As another third of there forces where cut down trying to escape use there portkeys or leave by apparition. "Handy thing wards, they keep people out and also they keep people in."

"Attack," screamed the lead Death Eater as he started firing curses and hexes as fast as he could.

"Protego maximas," Harry said as he waved his wand quickly above his head a bright golden light surrounding his body. He rolled to the side and started shooting spells off into the death eaters that where left on the platform.

A lone dark figure stood watching the fight from the top of a hill to the north. He had seen the train pull out and then a single figure left standing on the tracks. He watched and plotted as he saw his men loosing to the small group of fighters on the platform. He didn't recognize any symbols on there uniforms and he couldn't tell who they where from his position. He cast the dark mark into the sky and waved his wand apparating away to inform his master of the failure of his Azkaban force.

"Master the forces you sent have failed you and have been captured by a small group of fighters. They were wearing an outfit I have never seen before. I'm not sure if they were from the ministry or Dumbledore's order. They all had on dark green cloaks and took down most of your forces in the first few minutes."

"Crucio," the dark lord screamed as he pointed his wand at the shivering and screaming man trembling before him on the floor. "You have failed me! Why did you bother coming back to me if you have nothing at all to report? Return there and watch, I want to know everything that happens and who these strange men where who attacked my servants. You will return here tomorrow and if you have nothing useful for me again I will be very disappointed in you. Now go and send Malfoy in on your way!"

"My Lord," whispered the tight voice of a richly dressed man with long blond hair.

"Report, have you found your wife and son yet. I have a mission for him in Hogwarts this year and he will take my mark very soon."

"No my lord I have not found him yet, I have checked all of his friends houses and made a report with several of my ministry allies and he has not been seen or heard from since he was seen at the press conference in Diagon Alley. When that blood traitor Weasley was sworn to office," Malfoy spat as he uttered the last name.

"You have one week to find them before I assume they are not as loyal to me as you say they are. What of the ministry have you heard anything about the prophecy that was destroyed or which seer made it."

"Not yet, there was some talk about it concerning you and the Potter brat but nothing else My Lord. I am still waiting for a few of my contacts to get in touch though."

"CRUCIO, do not lie to me Lucius for I know all that goes on in your pathetic mind. You have lost most of your influence in the ministry and any friends you still have are members of my ranks already. You are growing useless and I tire of your constant failures I give you one last chance to prove yourself. Take ten men and go into Muggle London I want you two bring me fifteen virgins and they better not be soiled or market in anyway. The older they are the better they are for the ritual I have prepared. Go now and if you fail me again I will be most displeased."

"Yes my Lord I will not fail you again," he said backing out of the room.

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"Healers get to work patch up anything you can if anyone is too badly hurt yell and I will send them to the infirmary with a portkey." Harry walked around looking at all the death eaters and his people that where injured or helping to restore the platform, "Team leaders to me for debriefing!"

"Brown leader report" he said looking towards Neville.

"One hundred Death Eaters down no gold or silvers it looks like we got most of the fresh faces from Azkaban. Some have said they saw a man up on the north hill but he was gone before they could get a good look."

"Yes I saw him as well but he was only here to report on there success or failure. He will not be having a good night after his report," Harry smiled and looked at his next leader.

"Green leader your mission is reconnaissance take your team and go, this is a portkey to the castle. Anyone else have anything to report?" Seeing nothing else he handed portkeys out to the rest of the leaders. "Take your teams and go we will meet in the office for a formal debrief and green leaders report in the morning after breakfast. Blue team and red team you're with me." As they groups disappeared one after the other Harry spoke again. "Signal the Aurors!"

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Kingsley Shacklebolt was sitting in his office reading another report and signing off on it when an old man came running in "Attack on platform nine and three quarter sir I'm not sure how long it has been going on, saw over a hundred death eaters maybe more." The man got out before he collapsed on one of the chairs in the office.

"Shit," Kingsley said before tugging on the amulet around his neck and summoning his division of Aurors to his office. Turning to the fire he threw in a handful of powder before shouting "Headmasters office Hogwarts."

"Yes Kingsley is something wrong," asked Dumbledore from his plush green office chair?

"Just got a report there is an attack going on at platform nine and three quarters not sure when it began but I'm heading in with my division we could sure use the orders help. Report said over a hundred DE's."

The twinkle left Dumbledore's eye as he stood up pulled on a phoenix amulet around his neck and ran to the fire flooing directly to Number Twelve Grimauld Place.

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"Incoming get in your positions," said Harry moving to stand in front of the gagged and bound Death Eaters.

"Stand where you are and don't move ministry of magic," said the booming voice of a man dressed in Auror blue robes as several people apparated in. "State your name and turn around slowly or we will be forced stun you."

"If I wanted to do you harm Kingsley I would have done so already or had one of my people do so. I suggest you lower your wands and then we can talk about this pile of trash I found before you arrived," Harry said slowly turning around.

"Harry what are you doing here," Dumbledore asked stepping forward to get a look at the platform, nodding to the hidden people he could sense around him.

"Lower your wand Shacklebolt if you where in danger you would have already been killed. You didn't even arrive at a neutral spot to survey the scene, you just apparated into a possible battlefield on the word of an old man running into your office. What have I told you time and time again CONSTANT VIGILANCE," Yelled a gruff voice stepping out from the shadows.

Several people in the crown of Aurors winced when they recognized Mad Eye Moody standing there, and then from the shadows appeared several figures wearing dark green armor and masks wands drawn and pointed at the ground.

"Lower your wands and return to the castle, the train should be arriving soon and you should be riding in the carriages heading to the castle," said Harry to his people.

As one the group disappeared and Harry turned and looked at Kingsley and Dumbledore. "As soon as the train was full I sent it on its way two minutes later this popped in and my group dealt with it," Harry said pointing to the Death Eaters. "I hope Azkaban is ready to receive most of its missing people, and that you have added the new guards and wards to it."

"Yes we have Potter, although it's not common knowledge I would ask where you heard about it as I only received word this morning."

"Well it is a good thing I didn't get my information from a ministry employee then eh Shack."

"Correct now anything you would like to add to your story before we take them away?"

"Not really there was a watcher up on that hill for some of the battle but we didn't get an ID before he was able to apparate away. That is pretty much all I know I'm surprised though that the ministry didn't have any guards here when the Death Eaters arrived I would definitely look into who was supposed to be here today and find out why they weren't here."

"We will be doing that as soon as we have taken care of the prisoners; I thank you for your help and the minister will here about what happened here. The new law passed by the ministry will reward you and your group well for your work here today. I believe it is a one hundred galleons prize for the capture of a veritaserum proven Death Eater. We will send the galleons to a Gringotts vault of your choosing just give me the vault number.

"Very well here is a vault number for the gold, and I'm sure I will see you again soon Shack. Albus I will meet you in your office no doubt you have your own questions. And don't forget Shack CONSTANT VIGILANCE," he yelled, nodding to Mad Eye Moody and disappearing.

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"Virgins Malfoy I asked you for virgins, what did you do walk the streets asking random women if the where still pure then bring them here when they said yes. Muggles care little for purity you fool. Maybe the job was too difficult for you; maybe I should have given it to one of my more trusted men. Fetch me Severus while I think about an appropriate punishment for your constant failure."

"Right away my lord" Malfoy said before walking slowly for the door.

"Oh and before you go CRUCIO," the Dark Lord smiled evilly as he watched Malfoy squirm on the ground. God he hated the arrogant prick but he had his uses and as soon as he found his wife and son he would become a martyr for the cause. His boy was just as arrogant he had heard, he would gladly accept the chance to avenge his father. If it got out that he was killed by the blood traitors and muggle loving fools.

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"Good evening headmaster, are you ready for the New Year. Lots of new students this year I noticed. Do they get shorter to you every year as well or is it just me?"

"Someday you are going to have to show me how you get in hear before I do. It would be an invaluable skill to have. Yes I'm ready for the year the question is are you? I still haven't received a lesson plan from you to turn in to the ministry for there records. The students only seem smaller because you're still growing yourself I finished growing a long time ago and now I may even be shrinking a little."

"Lesson plans of you must mean these," he said pulling a dozen sheets out of his pocket. That's the gist of what I will be teaching this year of course that may change as the students progress and I fix what the last few teachers have done to screw them up."

"Very well I will forward these to the ministry after I look them over. Now to the capture of the death eaters at the train station and your friends, what can you tell me about that?"

"Remarkable is it not that twenty five students barely past there fifth year of education can take out so many death eaters and receive little wounds themselves only allowing one death eater to escape. It kind of makes you wonder why so many people are afraid of them."

"Yes truly remarkable maybe if you decide to open up your classes to the entire Wizarding population they will no longer fear the name or his followers and will all stand together and fight. I doubt it though he was a lot different to fight the first time around. He was a lot more daring and reckless. Since his defeat and resurrection he is being a lot more careful. He barely fights himself choosing to send his forces out to attack in groups and ambush people in there homes. He does not wish to become a spirit again and he will be taking steps to insure it doesn't happen again. He is right now gathering forces to fight for him and looking for allies. He is still searching for the prophecy and the seer who gave it. I'm afraid this time he will be much more difficult to get and he will be sacrificing many more of his death eaters getting thing done.

"Yes I agree he will be looking for ways to stop death from coming for him but he is wasting his time. Death won't come for him he can be hurt and maimed but he will heal. He has already found immortality he just hasn't realized it yet. You could cast the killing curse time and time again at him and he would not die as it can be cast on me and I will not die. We are both immortal and linked to each other in life, my scar it links us as well. As the prophecy states: And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. When he failed to kill me as a child he started surviving and at the beginning of this summer I started surviving; now it is up to one of us to kill the other. As soon as he figures this out I have to be ready to fight and finish him or else he will start killing at random and be unstoppable."

"Are you sure," Dumbledore asked without the standard twinkle in his eye?

"Yes and I believe the final confrontation will be here at the castle sometime during the school year. That gives us little time to prepare the DA is ready to fight and I'm opening it up to all who want to learn this year."

"Very well, I'll show you to your classroom and office then we can meet the others and head to the feast."

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