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Author: pottervader Story: Harry Potter and the Prophesied Six Rating: Teens Setting: AU Status: WIP Reviews: 10 Words: 374,905
Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story except for the original characters, Rose, Andrew and Daisy Potter, Daniel Granger, Ti Malfoy and Maggie Longbottom. If Harry and Ginny had bet a million Galleons on Ron's reaction to Dumbledore's plans, they'd have been rich. Just as Ginny had guessed, Ron had been dismayed by the idea of waking up at seven in the morning on a summer day and having only a half-hour for breakfast. However, the prospect of learning spells that were either taught after N.E.W.T.s or not at all at Hogwarts greatly improved his disposition to those plans. Rose, on the other hand, was excited from the start. She wasn't too bothered by the early waking hour since she could never sleep past eight on any day. She couldn't wait to learn the new spells either. At any rate, the following day, Harry's friends all showed up by quarter past seven, practically bouncing on the balls of their feet. Initially, they were dismayed to have to run six times around the Manor itself instead of the two times within the outer perimeter of the Manor's grounds like they had done the previous summer. "I like you all close to the Manor," James had explained to them the first day of their training when Harry had asked. "It's better to be safe even with the wards up. Anyway, this shouldn't be too hard for you guys since you were all jogging around Hogwarts every morning for the past four months." They complied even if they thought it unreasonable to need to stay close to the mansion, even Fred and George. That first day, only Fred and George were panting heavily at the end of the run since they had not been regular in the group's morning routine during the school year. After their running, they had exercises which included fifty pushups and twenty-five sit-ups followed by breakfast on the porch. After eating, James moved them to the Duel Practice Room to practice their katas and other routines for about ten minutes before having them partner up in same-sex pairings to spar. Harry paired up with Ron, Neville with Ti, Ginny with Rose and Hermione with Maggie, leaving Fred and George to pair up. The twins had seemed to be joking around as they sparred the first time. To teach them a lesson, James had sparred with both of them at the same time and managed to knock them both down in less than two minutes. He then had them pair up with Neville and Ti who managed to beat them in three minutes. After this sobering experience, Fred and George took the sparring more seriously. At ten o'clock, Dumbledore made an appearance and had the group form a semicircle. He then asked Harry to come to the front and begin teaching his friends. "Um, right," Harry said, nervously as he faced his friends. "As you all know, Professor Dumbledore wants you lot to learn the spells I was taught last year and summer. I'm sorry we never got around to them, what with that blasted tournament going on. Anyway, I think first of all, we should review what you already know." With that, Harry asked them to demonstrate all the spells they knew, starting with Hermione. Of course the ones who knew the most spells were the twins and the least was Maggie. The others were a bit surprised as to how much the twins knew, since it was known that they had only received three O.W.L.s; in Defense, Charms and Transfiguration and none of them above an Exceeds Expectation. By the time they were done, it was already past noon, so Harry decided to stop there and start with something new the next day. The others protested until a loud grumbling sound was heard in the vicinity of Ron. "Oh, well now," Fred said, smirking. "It seems our dear brother..." George continued. "...needs to replenish..." Fred said. "...his energy source," George concluded. Ron glared at them as the others laughed. After lunch, they proceeded to the Potions lab on the third floor beside the Dueling room. There, Lily began a lesson on the common healing potions and explained the different ingredients used in those potions. She then told them that they would brew a simple reenervation potion the next day. As Lily led them out of the lab, Ti said, "That was great, Mrs. Potter. You really should consider teaching Potions at Hogwarts. It was so much different from what Professor Snape has us do." Lily frowned. "What do you mean, Ti? Doesn't he explain the potions he has you brew?" "No, Mum," Rose answered. "He just points us to the instructions on the blackboard and tells to follow them to the letter." Lily's frown deepened and she decided then to have a talk with Dumbledore about Snape's treatment of students, especially Gryffindor. After that, Lily led them back to the Duel Practice Room for their Charms lesson. Professor Flitwick had been kind enough to give her a list of Charm spells that may be useful in a duel. Lily had them first practice the summoning spell, having them summon things of progressively increasing weight, starting with a feather up to a large book. When the hour of Charms was up, Lily called in Professor McGonagall. The assistant headmistress had them first review many of the transfiguration spells she had taught them in the past. Then she started them on the process of changing part of a living thing into stone, starting with a weed. "This spells may be useful if you can turn part of a person's body into stone, like an arm or a leg," she said. Only Harry, Ginny and Neville were able to turn part of the weed into stone by the end of the hour. McGonagall told the others to have patience since the three were going to be very powerful which explains their ability to do the spell. After that, Dumbledore again came into the room. He told them that he wanted Harry to continue his lessons so they would all be at the same level for dueling by the end of July. The others cheered, clearly eager to have Harry teach them. With such enthusiasm, the weeks passed quickly and before they knew it, it was fourth Friday of July, just a week and a day from Harry's birthday. When it came time for his lesson that morning, Harry had to admit that he liked teaching, especially if the students were as enthusiastic and hardworking as his friends. Dumbledore hadn't returned to supervise him since the second week of June, trusting that Harry could deal with it on his own. "Okay, guys," Harry said as he stood again in front of the group, "yesterday, we started working with the shield charm. I think we should work on it again today. Everyone pair up. I want one of you to cast the shield charm and the other will try to get a tickling charm past it. Please do that for about fifteen minutes then switch places for another fifteen." Ginny partnered up with him. Harry noticed Ron partner with Hermione and Neville with his sister, leaving Rose to pair up with Ti and Fred with George, which had been the way they paired up for the past four weeks. He and Ginny watched them work for about five minutes before setting to work themselves. The bonded pair were almost of equal strength; neither one could penetrate the others shield. "Harry," Ginny said to him in his mind, "why don't we try something stronger, like a Stunning Spell?" "Uh, sure, why not?" Harry answered. "You go first. Protego!" Ginny started sending Stunning Spells at Harry's shield. At the fourth Stunner, Harry's shield collapsed with a sharp ringing sound. Harry then tried to send a Stunner at Ginny. This time, it only took the third Stunner before Ginny's shield collapsed. "Hmm, that's not too good," Harry said to Ginny as he walked up to her. "We should have stronger shields." "How do we strengthen them, Harry?" Ginny asked. "Well, I'm not sure," Harry said, "We'll need to research the shield charm. Dad didn't tell me much about it before he taught it to me last year." "We'll have to ask Hermione and Rose to help us on that," Ginny said, "Let's leave that for later. Why don't we watch the others and see if they need help with their shields." "Okay," Harry said. Meanwhile, Ti and Rose were doing their own exercise, with Ti trying to get his Tickling Charm past Rose's shield. Of course, Ti was a bit distracted by her appearance. He had noticed that Rose had undergone some changes in the past month. Merlin, he thought, she's growing more beautiful each day. That was true since her face was coming to resemble her mother's lovely face even though she had James' hazel orbs and not Lily's green ones. Rose was also getting taller, though just an inch shorter than Harry and four inches shorter than Ron who was now 5'8". She was also five inches taller than Ginny and the same height as Hermione. Rose was also starting to fill out in her chest area and getting the right curves in the right areas. It didn't help Ti's concentration that she wore tight-fitting Muggle exercise clothes that accentuated those curves. When Ti and Rose exchanged places and she started to attack his shield, it took her only a couple of minutes to break through, causing him to fall to the ground in a fit of giggles. That was a bit embarrassing to Ti, especially since his voice decided to break the way a boy's does as it changes to that of a man's. Rose ended her charm and walked up to him. "Hey, you can do better than that." She helped him to his feet. Ti looked at his feet as he ran his hand through his blond hair. "Yeah, I know. I'll try harder." "Good," Rose said: "For a minute there, you seemed a bit distracted." She turned around to walk a bit away from him. "Uh, Rose," Ti said, nervously. Rose turned back around to face him, "Yes?" "Um, I was wondering, would you care to go with me to Hogsmeade?" he asked in a soft voice. Rose was stunned for a moment before she said, "Uh, could you repeat that, Ti? Something must be wrong with my hearing. For a second there, I thought you said something about going with you to Hogsmeade." "Err, I did," Ti replied, as he ran his hand through his hair again, "Uh, so would you, come with me to Hogsmeade, as a d-d-date, on the first Hogsmeade trip when we get back to Hogwarts?" Rose couldn't answer for a minute as she processed what Ti had asked her. Wow! Ti's asking me out on a date to Hogsmeade! Should I? I mean, I wanted Neville to ask me first. Oh, I need to get Ginny's opinion on this. What do I tell Ti? "Uh, Rose?" Ti asked with concern showing on his face as Rose's face looked like she had been hit with a Confundus Charm. He waved a hand in front of her face, "Hello? Rose?" Harry and Ginny had noticed by then that there seemed to be something wrong there, so they came up to Ti and Rose. "Hey, Ti," Harry said, "having some trouble with my sister?" Just then, Rose snapped out of her daze. Seeing Ginny beside her, she immediately dragged her friend (and future sister-in-law) away, saying behind her back to Harry and Ti, "Excuse us. We have to talk." She whispered to Ginny, "I need to talk to you big time. Don't let Harry hear this." Harry and Ti looked on in confusion for a while. "Hey, Gin, what's wrong? Where are you going with Rose?" "Never you mind, Harry. This is emergency girl talk and very private. Don't you dare listen in or you'll be sorry. Why don't you work on the shield charm with Ti for a while?" Harry shook his head in confusion as he said softly, "Girls are strange sometimes. Even when they're bonded to you, you can't get them." Ti looked at him strangely. "What does that mean?" Harry sighed. "It's something similar to what Sirius told me about women a while back. Anyway, let's see how strong your shield charm is, Ti." Still puzzled, Ti shrugged and cast the charm while Harry prepared to cast a Tickling Hex on the younger boy. Rose and Ginny moved to a corner of the Dueling room and huddled together, talking in low tone. "All right, Rose," Ginny said, "what's got you in a tizzy all of a sudden?" "You'll never believe this, Ginny," Rose said, "but Ti asked me to go with him to Hogsmeade, on the first Hogsmeade visit, as in, on a date." "You're kidding!" Ginny said, "So, what did you say? Did you say yes?" "I don't think so," Rose said, "Don't look at me like that! I was stunned. I couldn't believe a boy had asked me to do that. I kept thinking of asking your opinion if I should go. Before I could answer him, I saw you beside me and panicked." Ginny sighed. "All right. So, what are you going to do? Are you going with him?" "Should I?" Rose asked, uncertainty coloring her tone. "I mean….he's a bit younger than me." "So?" Ginny said, "If you don't know, Ron is younger than Hermione by six months, yet they're together. What are you waiting for?" Rose glanced around the room, her gaze falling on Neville who seemed oblivious to what had happened as he practiced the shield charm with his sister. Ginny followed Rose's gaze. "Oh, Rose, comeon. I know you fancy Neville but remember what I told you before. Don't let that stop you from going out with other boys. Neville sees you as Harry's sister and a friend. Until that changes, nothing will happen between the two of you. So, go on. Say yes to Ti. You two seemed to be getting along lately. At least you know he won't take advantage of you." Rose seemed to think for a few seconds before saying, "All right, I'll do it. After all, what harm can come of it?" "Good," Ginny said, "Now, come on. Let's get back to Harry and Ti." They walked back to the two boys, not knowing that a certain brown-haired boy was watching them over his sister's shoulder. He broke into a fit of laughter then started laughing as Maggie's Tickling Charm broke through his weak shield. "Hey, big brother," Maggie said, canceling the charm. "What's the matter? I shouldn't have been able to get you so easily." "Oh, nothing's the matter, Mags," Neville replied, "Let's try it again." Neville cast the shield charm again and Maggie again started shooting tickling hexes at it. Neville again glanced at Rose as she and Ginny came abreast of Harry and Ti. Wow! Rose is really growing up. When did she get all those curves? She didn't seem to have them when we danced at the Yule Ball. He broke into another fit of guffaws as Maggie again broke through his shield. "Now I know something's wrong," the twelve-year-old said. "You aren't usually that pathetic. What are you looking at?" She followed the direction of his gaze. She pondered that for a moment before smirking. "What?" Neville asked, noticing her smirk. "Oh, nothing," she said, "I just happened to understand what's wrong with you." "There's nothing wrong with me, Maggie," Neville said. "Oh, you just go thinking that, big brother," Maggie said. Neville shook his head. Before he could say anything else, Harry called everyone over to him. Maggie bounced off toward Harry, leaving Neville to follow her with a confused look before going toward Harry himself. "All right," Harry said, "That was good but I noticed a few things." After giving them pointers, Harry had them return to doing the same exercise but using the stinging hex instead of the tickling hex. The results were much better after that, with everyone's shield holding firmly. They soon broke for lunch. As they descended the stairs, Rose placed a hand on Ti's arm to hold him back. Turning around, Ti looked curiously at her. "Um, Ti," Rose said, a bit nervously, "if that offer to go to Hogsmeade with you is still open, I accept. I'll be glad to go on a date with you there." Ti grinned. "Great! That's great, Rose. I'm sure we'll have a great time. Um, it'll be my first time there. Do you mind if you show me around then?" Rose smiled. "Of course, Ti. I'd be happy to." After lunch, Lily taught them how to make a blood-replenishing potion. This added to the list of potions they had studied, which now included potions that sealed wounds and increased their healing rate, potions that relieved tiredness, and pain-relieving potions. Charms class was also going well with new charms being learned such as the stealth and disillusion charms used by Aurors. In Transfiguration, they had progressed to turning the legs of rats to stone. They also learned the spell to reverse the stoning spell. In addition, they were given early lessons on Human to Animal Transfiguration which was actually a N.E.W.T. level class subject. In all, their summer training course was going quite well. However, the news from the outside world was not as encouraging. In the past two weeks, there had been four attacks on isolated farms in the Midlands, three Muggle and one Wizarding. The attacks were all fatal to the farms' occupants who included children, all horribly tortured and murdered. Because of the appearance of the Dark Mark over the destroyed farmhouses, it was assumed that Death Eaters were responsible. The Aurors were increasingly frustrated since there was no apparent connection between the victims, giving no clue to help them predict the next attack. Even the intervals between the attacks were different. James wanted the help of the Muggle police in solving those crimes since he believed that sharing information with them would help them track the Death Eaters. But Dolores Umbridge, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, was very adamant in her opposition to such measures, probably with Minister of Magic Fudge's full backing. That evening, after the other kids had gone home for the day, Harry noticed that his dad was in a particularly foul mood as he sat down to dinner with his family. "Dad," Harry hesitantly asked, "what's wrong?" "Yeah, Dad," Rose said, "You look like another Seeker caught the Snitch before you did." James took a deep breath before blowing it out, then he ran a hand down his face. "I know, kids. I'm just frustrated by the Ministry's policies in this war. I feel like I should never have joined the Aurors in the first place, considering the little difference I'm making, even as their head." "I did warn you about that, dear," Lily said, as she came into the kitchen carrying the twins. "I told you back then that Fudge didn't seem like the kind of person who'd stand up properly to Voldemort." She placed Andrew and Daisy in high chairs across from each other and sat down at the foot of the table, between them. "So, what's he done now?" James grimaced. "Let's eat for now. I don't want to ruin my appetite." Lily and the kids looked at one another then agreed. For the rest of the meal, they discussed how well Harry, Rose and their friends were doing with their training. After a nice dessert of his and James' favorite, treacle tart, Harry turned to his father, "So, Dad, just what had you so upset earlier?" James sighed. "The Ministry had a pamphlet printed telling the public how to deal with a Death Eater attack. It's supposed to be distributed to all Wizarding households this coming week." "What's wrong with that, Dad?" Harry asked. "It's about time the Ministry gave advice on how to deal with those bastards." In response, James threw a packet of said pamphlets on the table. "Here, read them yourselves." Harry, Rose and Lily each took one. The pamphlet was a four-page booklet. The first page had the Ministry seal at the top and the title, "WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN CASE OF A DEATH EATER ATTACK!" occupying the rest of the page. The second page had a picture of a Death Eater in a red circle with a diagonal line over it. The third page had the following list: Contact the Ministry immediately. Do not attack the Death Eaters. Don't even draw your wand. Stay where you are until help arrives. Accede to any demands by the Death Eater. Refusing will place you in grave danger. Above all, remain calm. The fourth page was blank except for a sentence which was so tiny Harry had to squint to read it. He was glad he did because it said: Failure to report a Death Eater attack is punishable by a year in Azkaban. Harry couldn't believe it. This is the stupidest list of instructions I've ever seen, then they threat people for not reporting an attack which was stupid in itself. What a load of codswallop! I can't believe they printed this shite! "Harry?" he heard Ginny's voice in his mind. "What's the matter? I can feel your anger. Wait a minute. Let me focus on you." Harry felt Ginny's presence sharpen in his mind and knew that she was now looking through his eyes. "Read this, Gin," he said to her as he continued to hold the pamphlet in his hands. "My dad just brought it home from the Ministry." After a few seconds, he felt Ginny's own anger add to his as she almost shouted in his mind, "What the bloody hell is that? That's such a load of crap." "I agree, Gin," Harry said. "It's another one of Fudge's greatest mistakes. This'll only get more people killed." Harry then turned his attention to his father, "Dad, this is a load of shite! It won't help anyone." "Yeah, I know, I know," James said, running his hand through his hair. He ignored his son's language since he felt like using words stronger than that himself. "That's what's got me frustrated and angry. This is definitely one of Umbridge's worst ideas and Fudge grabbed it and decided to use it." "You mean this was that woman's idea?" Lily said, horrified. "What was she thinking?" "I really don't know, dear," James said. "Who knows why she thought up this stuff? All it'll do is to make us look stupid. I mean, some of the things here are so wrong and will probably have the opposite effect to what she wants." "Can't you stop them from sending them out, Dad?" Rose asked. James sighed. "I don't know, Rose. I only saw them before I came home, so I haven't come up with anything yet. Maybe I'll send one to Albus and see if he can figure out a way to keep them from being sent." "That's a good idea," Lily said, "If anyone can come up with a way, it would be him." "At the very least, I'll try to arrange a meeting with Fudge, preferably without Umbridge, so I can talk some sense into him. Maybe I can get Percy to arrange a meeting." In the month after the Triwizard Tournament, in spite of being unaware that his boss, Bartemius Crouch, the head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation had been replaced by his son Barty Jr. under Polyjuice, Percy Weasley's position at the Ministry had actually improved. Percy had been given the post of assistant to Fudge himself. He even moved out of the Burrow before his brothers and sister came back from Hogwarts. "I sure doubt that, Dad," Harry said. "Ginny tells me that he no longer keeps in touch with them. He doesn't even greet his father when they see each other at the Ministry." James sighed. "I know, son. I heard that from Arthur, too. It's a real pity. That boy is a smart one, but he seems very ambitious. At any rate, I'm sure I can convince him to let me see the Minister on short notice." The Potters soon turned in after that. The next day was a Saturday which meant that Harry and his friends were off training for two days. Because of the summer heat, Harry and Ginny suggested spending the day in the Otter River which was near the Burrow. Harry and Rose got their parents' permission with little problem since Bill had managed to place wards similar to those around Potter Manor in the area around the Burrow to a distance of one mile in all directions, extending to the opposite bank of the river. Unfortunately, Neville and Maggie had wanted to spend time with their parents and grandmother so they decided to stay home. The twins also declined joining them for reasons they did not want to mention. Ti Flooed over to Potter Manor to meet Harry and Rose. Then the three of them Flooed over to the Burrow. When they got there, Molly gave them a picnic basket so they didn't need to come back to the house for lunch. The six teens then proceeded down to the river. The three girls made the boys turn around as they removed their robes to reveal one-piece bathing suits in pastel colors. Harry felt his eyes bulge out as he saw curves on Ginny's body that he'd never seen before. Glancing at Ron, he saw that he was looking the same way at Hermione. Neither of them noticed Ti looking the same way at Rose. In an effort to cool down, Harry and Ron decided to jump into the water from the tree branches that hung over the water, something they had done when they were younger. Rose and Ti opted to slip into the water in a more sedate fashion while Ginny and Hermione lay down on a blanket to work on their tans. When noon came, the three girls spread the blanket under a large tree on the riverbank and laid out the food from the basket. The six teens enjoyed the food Molly had prepared. After lunch, Harry and Ginny decided to sneak away from the rest and swam around a bend in the river so that they were out of sight of the others. Once they thought they were far enough, they engaged in the most passionate snog they had so far had as they treaded water. No one was around to see the bright light that enveloped the young couple. After an unknown length of time, they broke apart before they could collapse from lack of air. They swam to the bank and lay down in the grass with Ginny's head on Harry's chest and Harry's arms around Ginny. After a few minutes of silence, Ginny could feel a swirl of emotions coming from Harry. "Harry, are you all right?" she asked. "Huh? Oh, yeah, I guess," he answered vaguely. "No, you're not. What's wrong?" Harry sighed. "It's just that, I wish we could be like this all the time. You know, just lying around, playing Quidditch here or the Manor, swimming in this river, all without having to do exercises or dueling practice or extra classes." Ginny remained silent, knowing Harry needed to let this out. "He's out there, Gin, planning Merlin knows what so he can take over. And I'm the only one who can stop him. Not Sirius, not my dad, or even Dumbledore. It's me who has to get rid of him and I'm not ready! He's already started killing people. How many will die before I'm ready? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands?" "I don't know, Harry. But you can't face him until you're ready. Whenever that happens, you won't be alone. Remember, it may be you who gives him the final blow, but we're here to help you; me, Rose, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ti, your Dad and Mum, Dumbledore, the rest of my family, Sirius, Remus, all of us. We're all in this together. In the meantime, you have to let every good moment happen. Like now." With that, Ginny drew herself up and met Harry's lips with hers. Harry stopped thinking about Voldemort and training after that. For once, Ron didn't interrupt them. Later that afternoon, as the six teens returned to the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley met them. "Harry, Rose, Ti, how'd you like to stay for dinner?" Surprised, the three mentioned children exchanged glances before Harry replied, "Sure, Mrs. Weasley, we'd love too. Um, we just have to tell our parents and Sirius." "Oh, they already know," she said, "Harry, I thought I told you to call me Molly." "Err, yeah," Harry said, looking sheepishly at the woman who was a second mother to him and his future mother-in-law. "Sorry, Molly. It's still hard to accept that I'm allowed to do that." Molly smiled at him, "That's all right, dear." As she turned back to the house, Harry said, "Molly, you said our parents and Sirius already know we're staying for dinner. Is there a reason we should, something to do with the Order?" Molly sighed and turned around to face the teens. "I guess I can't hide that from you. There's going to be an emergency meeting of the Order tonight. They felt it best that you stay here. I'll be here with you. James and Sirius will come to get you three after the meeting." "Do you know why the meeting is being called?" Harry asked. "Did something happen?" Molly shook her head. "I don't know Harry, James just Floo-called me a few minutes ago. He said that Albus called the meeting. He also said to tell you that he'll let you know about it." The six teens exchanged looks of apprehension and worry. "Come on," Molly said, "James and Sirius dropped off some clothes for you three to change into for dinner. Go on and clean up." Knowing that there was nothing they could do about it for now except do as Molly asked, Harry and the others entered the house. "I wonder what happened to make Dumbledore call an emergency meeting of the Order," Harry wondered. "Whatever it is, at least he'll tell you about it, Harry," Ginny said in his head, "I think that's good enough for now." "You're right, Gin," Harry said, "I just hope it isn't what I think it is." A/N: Another cliffie, though a minor one. LOL! How did everyone find that? Please R&R. A lot of reviews encourage me to write faster.
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