This Story takes place directly after the end of The Order Of The Phoenix

Harry is going into his sixth year at Hogwarts, at the most dangerous time. Voldemort is at his full strength again… and the muggle world knows of the wizarding world existence. The Ministry of Magic now has to fight against Voldemort and try to contain the damage that's been done.

Chapter 1

Open Attack

"Bloody threatening me, who do they think they are?"

Harry's Uncle was whining as he wheeled Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage out of Kings cross station. He hadn't taken a liking to being threatened by a bunch of people he referred to constantly as 'weirdoes'.

Harry just wished he would shut up. Harry hadn't asked for his uncle to be threatened, although he was grateful to them all, as it would make his summer quite a bit easier, or at least the time he spent with his so called 'family'. Harry was walking a little behind the Dursley's, hoping the moaning would be less loud. He knew that the others were still behind him, as he could feel eyes on the back of his head as he walked through the train station. He had a feeling that they would watch him until he entered his uncles car. Harry wasn't sure of the limits to the protection he had around them.

Harry stepped into the sunlight and turned to follow the Dursley's towards the car park, when he suddenly walked into the back of something rather large. He looked up to find that he had just walked straight into his cousin, Dudley.

"Whats the hold up?" Harry questioned.

Then he noticed that they were looking in the middle of the road, a little further along. Harry moved from round Dudley to find Voldemort was standing in the middle of the road. Cars had stopped either side, quite a few feet away from him. He was holding his wand and looking straight at Harry.

Voldemort started to laugh and raise his wand in Harry's and the Dursley's direction.

"Get down!" Harry heard himself scream, as he shoved into the back of Dudley, forcing him and his Aunt to the ground. Harry hit the ground hard and heard many other do the same around him. There was a great bang and the car in front of him blew up. The car raised a few feet off the ground, then landed with an almighty crash, as the remaining windows smashed.

"Mr Weasley! Lupin!" Harry screamed, as he crawled forwards, taking out his own wand.

His Uncle Vernon had moved his family back towards the boot of the car, and they all huddled together.

"There is no one here but us, Harry Potter, you will not evade me this time" Voldemort raised his voice so that Harry would surely hear him. Harry could tell by how loud his voice was that he was coming closer. Without thinking, Harry ran out from behind the car, to the next parked car. The could hear people running and screaming. Many people were doing the same as he was, ducking behind cars, in hopes they wouldn't be next.

Harry heard a pop behind him and turned, pointing his wind, to find Lupin at his side.

"Harry, try to get back inside the station" Lupin told him in a panicked voice.

Harry could see that Mad-Eye and Tonks had aparated next to the Dursley's.

The car Harry and Lupin were hiding behind had been hit by another curse. What Harry Couldn't understand was why Voldemort hadn't just aparated behind the car and finished him off. It would have been so much easier. Harry crawled up to the front of the car again and popped his head up over the bonnet. Voldemort was just standing there with a smile on his face.

"Reducto!" Harry shot over the car. All heard was Voldemort laugh.

"Harry, you know this is silly. You either come out and face me like a man"

At this, Lupin took hold of Harry's arm.

"Or I will kill what is remaining of your family" Voldemort finished.

Harry looked behind him at the Dursley's. He didn't count them as family, he didn't like any of them, but he didn't want them dead because of him. His Uncle was clutching his Aunt, as though afraid she would disappear if he let go, and Dudley was clutching his mother so tightly, Harry knew it must have hurt. Harry moved forward, why should more people die because of him? But Lupin was pulling him back.

"Harry, don't be stupid! Voldemort just wants you to be reckless, don't play into his hands"

Lupin was trying to remain calm but was failing. The panic was in his eyes.

"I am not going to let other people die because of me. I'm sick and tired of it all, he is the reason I have no one" And with that, Harry pulled out of Lupin's grasp and stood up.

He slowly took in the scene around him. Voldemort standing in the middle of the road, levitating a few inches off the ground, Muggles peering from behind hiding places, not wanting to be seen, but not daring to miss anything, cars stopped, the owners hiding somewhere else. He and Voldemort were the only two left standing in the whole road.

"My my, you are a silly little boy to have bothered me so much. I will enjoy your death greatly, Harry potter, you have been an unworthy foe" Voldemort raised his wand, Harry's had been raised since he had stood up from behind the car.

There was a flash of light and Dumbledore was standing a few feet infront of Voldemort, then other wizards were apparating around Voldemort, closing in on him. Voldemort shouted 'Feildus' and a soft blue orb appeared round him, shielding him.

"Dumbledore, how nice to see you" Voldemort pulled the robe up on his left forearm and touched it. Harry knew he was calling his Death Eaters to him.

"Tom, a pleasure as always" Dumbledore said.

There were loud popping noises and Death Eaters were appearing all around, either facing or behind the other wizards. Harry noticed the wizards were in the same blue robes. Harry guessed they were part of the magical law enforcement agency. Harry felt someone at his side, he looked round to see Lupin had stood up.

"Get back inside the station, Dumbledore will handle Voldemort" And he gave a Harry a little shove towards the station entrance. Harry ran over to where Tonks was still kneeling by the Dursley's. He took Dudley's arm and pulled him to his feet, then started to walk towards the station entrance. He heard movement and realised that his aunt and uncle had followed suit.

"You will not escape me, Harry Potter, or your fate to die at my hands" Voldemort shouted clearly as Harry entered the station. He heard curses being hurled and things blowing up, before the walls of the station muffled it out. He dropped Dudley on to a bench and watched as his Aunt and Uncle walked over to them.

"Harry!" He heard a familiar voice shout. Hermione and the Weasley children running over to him.

"What the bloody hell is going on? Dad and mum just told us to stay where we are and then disaperated. Whats happened?" Ron asked, looking rather pale.

"Voldemorts outside, he's just attacked me" Harry heard himself say. He felt numb, the realisation of what this all meant was dawning on him. The few people that were in the station were all looking at them. He grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her over near the wall. Like he knew they would, Ron Ginny, Fred and George followed suit.

"He's attacking in broad daylight, infront of god knows how many muggles!" Harry told the other exasperated.

"Oi, Harry!" Another familiar voice shouted. They all looked round to find a few Hogwarts students walked their way, all with there wands out.

"Whats going on?"

"My mum's just buggered off out side…"

"Whats this about you-know-who?"

"Who's fighting?"

Hermione held up her hands.

"All we know is that this is bad, Voldemort has attacked openly infront of a horde of Muggles"

She was answered with cries of:

"What!"

"Bloody hell"

"What are we going to do?"

"Will the ministry be able to do anything?"

Mrs Weasley aparated next to them.

"Harry! Are you alright? Where you hurt?" And she started to fuss over him and check him over.

"I'm fine, whats happening?" Harry asked, moving back a little to make her stop fussing.

She looked over the other students.

"Why don't we move towards the back of the station, were attracting too much attention"

And she was right. All of the people left in the station where now watching the children huddled together, some still wearing their Hogwarts uniforms, all of them with sticks in their hands.

"Mum, you've just aparated in the middle of the train station, of course were attracting attention" Fred said, slightly sarcastically, but he still had his arm around Ginny's shoulder, pulling her towards the end of the station.

Their friends had walked away and were discussing the events in their own huddled groups. It was only Harry, Hermione and the Weasley's left now.

"Mum, whats going on?" Ginny asked in a frightened voice. Fred Clutched her tighter to him and Mrs Weasley bustled over to her.

"I'm not sure, but Professor Dumbledore is out there now" She said, but she didn't sound as thought this was comforting.

"Mrs Weasley, whats the wizarding world going to do? There's too many Muggles, and they've all seen us with wands, and people disappearing and reappearing. How will they cover this up?"

Hermione sounded anxious. Harry has just noticed her parents weren't with her. Looking round he saw that they were sitting on the bench that he had put Dudley on. Mr Granger was bending down in front of Uncle Vernon, talking. Harry put his arm round Hermione, to comfort her. He was thinking the exact same thing. Had Voldemort purposely attacked like this, or didn't he care who saw what any more? It wasn't like his return was being ignored any more. Did he just want to cause as much damage as possible?

There were a few gasps, and Harry looked behind him to find Dumbledore, Mr Weasley, who had a cut forehead and arm, Lupin, who was limping, Tonks who was being held up by Mad-Eye, who himself was bleeding from his neck. Mrs Weasley practically ran to Mr Weasley and started to fuss over him. The only one unscathed, but looking furious was Dumbledore.

"Whats going on?" Harry asked, directly at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore held up his hand.

"Not here Harry" And he held his hand higher to stop Harry interrupting "Somewhere a little more private"

Dumbledore walked over to Harry and put his hand on his shoulder. Using his shoulder, Dumbledore manoeuvred Harry into an empty waiting room. The rest followed.