Redeeming Lost Time

Chapter 18: Year 7 Part 1

A fog grew out of the projector turning into a handsome manor. Snape is shown at a death eater meeting sitting on the right side of Voldemort.

"My Lord, the Order of the Phoenix intends to move Harry Potter from his current place of safety on Saturday next, at nightfall."

The scene switches to Harry looking around at the house on Privet Drive, remembering sadly his younger self and the life he led in that place. Suddenly, a large group of wizards arrives in the backyard to escort Harry to his new place of safety. Hagrid is there, as well as Ron, Hermione, Fleur Delacour, Mad-Eye Moody, Fred and George Weasley, Bill Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Remus Lupin, Tonks, Kingsley, and Mundungus Fletcher. Moody announces that they've had to change plans because Pius Thicknesse has gone over to Voldemort and all Ministry-regulated means of transportation are dangerous to them.

The new plan is to send Harry to Tonks's parents' house while six decoys go to other houses. Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Fleur, and Mundungus will take Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as Harry, and each of them will fly with one escort.

Harry is shown getting into the sidecar of a flying motorbike driven by Hagrid, and the entire party rises into the air. Flashes of light are visibly seen as the group is attacked and ambushed by death eaters. All of them make it safely to the Burrow until Bill a appears and say;

"Mad-Eye's dead."

The scene shifts to Harry, Ron, and Hermione gathered in a bedroom. Discussing their plans for the future.

"No, Harry, you listen," said Hermione. "We're coming with you. That was decided months ago, years, really."

"Let's see," said Hermione, "I've been packing for days, so we're ready to leave at a moment's notice, which for your information has included doing some pretty difficult magic, not to mention smuggling Mad-Eye's whole stock of Polyjuice Potion right under Ron's mum's nose. I've also modified my parents' memories so that they're convinced they're really called Wendell and Monica Wilkins, and that their life's ambition is to move to Australia, which they have now done. That's to make it more difficult for Voldemort to track them down and interrogate them about me or you because unfortunately, I've told them quite a bit about you. Assuming I survive our hunt for the Horcruxes, I'll find Mum and Dad and lift the enchantment. If I don't, well, I think I've cast a good enough charm to keep them safe and happy. Wendell and Monica Wilkins don't know that they've got a daughter, you see."

"Hermione, I'm sorry, I didn't... "

"Didn't realize that Ron and I know perfectly well what might happen if we come with you? Well, we do.

Ron has even given the household ghoul a pair of his pajamas and enchanted the ghoul with red hair and pustules so that when Ron fails to return to Hogwarts, his parents can give out the information that he's ill with an infectious disease. Anyone who checks in on Ron will see the ghoul in his bed, assume that Ron's really sick, and flee before becoming infected.

Hermione reveals that she used a spell to steal the books on Horcruxes, which Dumbledore had removed from the library for safekeeping, out of Dumbledore's office after he died. To destroy the Horcruxes will be very difficult, because only very destructive and dangerous items, such as the basilisk's fang that Harry used to destroy Tom Riddle's diary can be sure to do the job.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are bestowed gifts from Dumbledore's will. The first snitch Harry ever caught, the tale of Beedle the Bard and his deluminator.

They witness Bill and Fleur's wedding interrupted by a Patronus.

"The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming."