I'm fighting fire with fire, the death eaters fear Voldemort more than the ministry, I've given them someone new to fear. I've made an announcement, you'll probably hear about it in tomorrow's edition of the prophet, I've offered a potion that removes the dark mark. If the person excepts then the mark goes and they'll be trialled by the ministry.
It's a deal I made with the new minister of magic and Amelia bones, head of the DMLE. I'm giving people a chance to remove the mark and face trial, if they don't take the chance then as far as me and the ministry are concerned, they're fair game."
"What are you talking about?" Hermione asked
"Like I said, I talked with the new minister and Amelia Bones, the both of them know they can't stop me. Legally or otherwise, so they agreed to my plan as they figured it'd be better to help instead of doing nothing. They can't stop me from hunting death eaters and they said that if it wasn't illegal for them, then they would probably be using the same methods as me. So as you can see, I have the support of the majority of the school and the ministry"
"What's to stop you from becoming the next dark lord?" Hermione questioned "you could probably become worse than Voldemort if you wanted, you need to join with Dumbledore, he can guide you properly."
"You're right Hermione" Harry smiled "I could become the next dark lord if I wanted, fortunately I don't want to, it might have to do with the current one putting me off from the idea or maybe the fact that ruling over a bunch of mindless minions and harming innocent people just doesn't do it for me.
As for Dumbledore, him and his order can go and retire as far as I'm concerned. Thanks to Dumbledore's orders and rules they're about as useless as a wet paper bag and each and every member of it is about as valuable as one as far as Dumbledore cares. I've seen the order, all that talent under all those restrictions, it breaks my heart to see such valuable people go to waste."
"That's not true" Hermione insisted
"Oh isn't it?" Ginny asked rhetorically "he had them all take turns in guarding a prophecy which only Harry or Voldemort could take, so they could've got Harry to pick it up and listen to it before they destroy it but instead they decide to have guards who really shouldn't be there seeing as the death eaters couldn't pick it up and the only way they could get is if Voldemort himself came to pick it up.
What use would those guards be then? My dad was one of them, what chance would he have against Voldemort? Besides, he nearly died protecting that Prophecy and would have done if Harry hadn't rescued him."
"Alright If you don't mind I'm a bit angry now" Harry interrupted before Hermione could reply "I' need to go and blow off some steam. I'll see you in a bit Gin"
Harry put his hands in the air and pretended to put a hood over his head, soon he was standing there in Curses costume except the hood was still down. The entire common room gasped and stepped back.
"I'll be back by midnight or one o clock" Harry said, he pulled his hood up, the shadows covered his face. Everyone was looking at him like he was a superhero, he apparated away, leaving an entire common room speechless.
"BUT YOU CAN'T APPARATE IN HOGWARTS!" Hermione screamed, looking offended at the fact that Harry had broken not only a school law, but a law on what was possible "How did he do it?!" Hermione demanded to Ginny, Hermione had to know.
"It's real simple" Ginny replied "on three everybody. 1...2…3…"
"IT'S HARRY!" The common room roared
"Nuff said" Ginny turned and went up to the stairs. For everyone that was good enough, Harry was Harry and if you were smart you learnt not to question it. Unfortunately Hermione was not smart.
Hermione chased after her, preparing to body bind Ginny if she needed to, she would get answers. She knew that Ginny slept in the higher girls dorm, she went in and couldn't find Ginny. She searched around and realised that she wasn't there, she checked all of the dorm rooms, even the first year ones. She even checked the boys dorm, expecting Ginny to be waiting in Harrys bed. But she wasn't, Hermione came back down and talked to the common room.
"Where has Ginny gone?! She's not in any of the rooms!"
"You didn't know?" One of the girls asked
"Ginny and Harry only come here to maintain appearances" Neville spoke "pretty much everyone here knows they've got their own place to sleep in, before you say anything, no, we don't know where it is."
The next day Neville was sat in the great hall at breakfast, reading the daily prophet and as predicted Harrys announcement was there. Frankly Neville completely agreed with Harry, if they don't want to change then they shouldn't be around to harm others because of it.
He continued reading the pages when it read that Curse had apparently taken out twenty death eaters using a bow and arrow. That was when Harry came in, followed by Ginny.
"A bow and arrow?" Neville gestured towards the newspaper
"It's called experimenting" Harry replied "I wanted to mix it up, I was getting into a bit of a rut using wands. The bow is a bit more effort and nowhere near as effective but it's really good fun"
"Really?" Neville asked sceptically
"Perhaps a demonstration?" Ginny suggested as she looked at Malfoy who seemed to be bothering a few young Ravenclaws at the other end of the hall.
"Good idea" Harry stood up, the bow came to his left hand. He pulled the string back with his right and an arrow formed, he aimed it carefully and let go.
The arrow soared through the air, it flew past tons of unsuspecting students from first years to seventh years. Malfoy who had just been laughing heard the sound of wind, he looked up and briefly saw Potter before a sudden pain made its way on to his face. He realised that Potter was holding a bow, and he felt blood coming down from his right cheek.
He put two and two together and looked back to see the arrow that was now stuck in the wall, realising how close it was from killing him. He turned back to see Potter with a smile on his face as he was now pulling back another arrow.
"You like it Malfoy?" Harry asked "I killed about twenty death eaters with it yesterday, I never miss with this. Now are you going to keep bullying or am I going to have to stop you personally?"
Malfoy made a noise that could only be described as high pitch and ran out of the hall, too scared to hear the cheers that followed. Harrys bow and arrow disappeared as he sat back down.
"I thought you said you were only going to kill death eaters?" Neville asked
"Oh yeah" Harry nodded "he doesn't know that, or at the very least he won't remember that. Plus I don't actually know if he has taken the mark yet, if he was considering it then I think I just helped him speed up his decision."
"MR POTTER!" A voice bellowed from the head table
"Yes Dumbles?" Harry asked with an innocent face "don't you look lovely today? Guess there is a first time for everything."
"I saw you fire that arrow and that will be detention!"
"That will be bull because we both know you can't give me detention, so why don't you sit that old, stupid, ugly decrepit ass of yours down and eat your breakfast unless you'd like me to make you."
Dumbledore was filled with rage, he glared at the man with a fury unmatched by anyone his age. Partly because there were not many people who had reached the age of one hundred and sixteen, but mostly because he was incredibly furious. The rest of the hall could feel his fury coming off from his magical waves, they all trembled and cowered at his power. Except for three.
Neville looked amused, Ginny looked entertained and Harry looked bored. Something which made Dumbledore even more furious, the entire hall was scared of him but Potter looked bored. Potter reached for something on the table, Dumbledore prepared in case it was a wand.
But no, Potter had picked up an empty plate. For most people this was a bit confusing, especially since Potter looked at it with an amused expression before holding it in front of him. As if he was aiming it, they noticed him pointing the plate at Dumbledore whose power had decreased.
Dumbledore paled slightly, understanding the implication and the reminder of how their last duel had ended. He did not want to risk the public seeing that again, he quickly turned and moved off, leaving a very confused hall.
"Huh…I guess he wasn't hungry" Ginny joked.
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