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Title: Sudden Changes (re-write)
Author: Darkalli
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: Slash, violence, mentions of child abuse and language. Alcohol consumption.
Pairings: HP/SS, DM/BZ, LM/RL, FW/AJ, GW/OW

I wish I was a Glow Worm,
A Glow Worm’s never glum.
‘Cos how can you be grumpy,
When the sun shines out your bum!!

Chapter Five: The Potions Master

A week had passed since Harry, Remus and the Malfoy’s had arrived at Potter Manor. After the initial meeting in the library, Harry had finally gone on a tour of the manor being able to access all but one room. For some reason he was having trouble unlocking the room in question, even Remus had no idea why the room was inaccessible. No matter how many unlocking charms they threw at the door its lock refused to budge. Maybe Snape would know a way in.

Speaking of his Potions Professor, he had yet to give an answer to the letter that Lucius had sent him. He had sent a reply stating that he would think about the request but he had not yet given an answer. Harry was starting to give up hope that he would have any help from the stoic man, considering who he worked for and the past interactions between his father and the head of Slytherin.

The friendship between he and the younger Malfoy was slow going but at least it was getting somewhere. Harry had never realised that the blonde had a sense of humour, at least one that didn’t stem from the misfortune of others. The younger Malfoy had a very sarcastic way of complimenting people, he somehow managed to make it sound polite and derogatory at the same time. It greatly clashed with Harry’s dark sense of humour, which was cause for some very Spirited conversations between the pair.

On another note, the interactions between Remus and Lucius was rather frustrating. The blonde aristocrat attempted to be nonchalant in the werewolf’s presence but the two younger wizards noticed the elder Malfoy’s interest in the ex-marauder. Remus on the other hand was finding it harder to try and hide his inner beasts interest in Lucius Malfoy of all people. He still wasn’t sure why his animal side was so interested in the aristocrat, he was, however, noticing that the closer the days got to the full moon the more enticing the blonde seemed to smell.

Remus had confided these discoveries to his honorary godson who had then proceeded to do a little study session in the library. Three hours and six books later found Harry with only one solid lead, Lucius Malfoy was Remus Lupin’s mate. That was going to be fun to explain, especially seeing as the two men had, technically, only known each other for a week.

Even more interesting was the news about the Order, with his family home being unplottable no owl was able to reach him, other than Hedwig. Apparently that didn’t go over too well with the headmaster when every letter he tried to send to the young wizard returned un-opened. According to Remus, who had been called to two meetings that week, Dumbledore was getting angrier with every letter he received back. Thankfully the old coot had no idea that Remus was staying with Harry, who knew what kind of scheme he would come up with involving Remus.

It was quite amusing to hear of the rants the old man kept spewing out at the Order meetings, most Order members were on his side but there were a few that sided with Harry. Those members were the Weasley twins, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks and surprisingly Professor McGonagall. Harry had been positive that she would side with Dumbledore, but what Harry didn’t know until recently was that she was quite vociferous in her belief that Harry should never have been placed in the care of his mother’s muggle relatives. There were other members of the Order who were loyal to the Potters as opposed to Albus, Harry didn’t know any of them personally but it was nice to know that at least two of the Weasley’s hadn’t betrayed him.

With unequivocal proof that the twins did support him, Harry would be able to attain their help much easier. He knew that they were working on some new products, ones they weren’t planning on selling to the general population. There were a few of their current stock that could be useful in a fight. Harry planned to stock up before going back to Hogwarts, each member of the DA would have a supply. The Peruvian Darkness Powder would come in handy if any of them found themselves in the company of Death Eaters, or anyone they didn’t want to find out about their meetings.

Harry was trying to think of a place to hold the meetings, the room of requirement was a big no considering it was too obvious. He needed somewhere secret and secure, preferably somewhere that had its own wards that Harry would be able to build on. From what Harry had read on wards, creating them where there aren’t any was a real bitch to accomplish. He did have several places in mind but he wouldn’t be able to scope them out ‘til the school year started. He had never been more thankful for his father’s cloak, though he would need to be extra careful seeing as Weasley knew his usual route through the school and Dumbledore would be on the lookout for him at night.

He had already outlined a lot of what he wanted to accomplish once school started, thankfully with Lucius on the Board of Governors there were certain school rules that Harry didn’t know about. If a student asked for a resorting, then the headmaster must allow it. In the end it was up to the Hat to decide whether or not the student asking for a resorting was actually eligible for one. Seeing as the Hat was determined to sort Harry into Slytherin his first year, he knew it would accept his request.

Being in Slytherin would provide Harry with two benefits. One: He would be free of Dumbledore’s little spies that are in abundance in Gryffindor. Two: It would help Harry greatly in his endeavour to gain the trust and support of the Slytherin’s that didn’t want anything to do with Voldemort.

He would wait a few weeks for everyone to settle into their classes before Harry would start letting out the word of the DA meetings. He would need to find out who of the previous group would follow him and who are loyal to Dumbledore. He had already spent a good portion of the last few days figuring out a new way to keep in contact with the other members. The fake Galleons that Hermione had charmed in their fifth year would not do.

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“What are you up to, Harry?” Harry looked to the door and saw Remus in the doorway.

“Hey Remus. I’m just working on the plans for the DA meetings, I’ll be needing to teach all the Slytherin’s everything I covered in fifth year. With the help of previous members, I’ll be able to catch them up a lot easier.”

“Do you want some help?” Remus asked him as he walked over to the desk in his godson’s room.

“Yea, the more help the better.”

“Alright, what do you want me to do?”

“If you can write down whatever spells you know that are not covered at school, that would be a great help.” Was the reply from Harry as he handed Remus a piece of parchment and a spare quill.

“Of course.”

The next hour passed in a comfortable silence as the two wizards worked on their tasks. It was interrupted by a knock on the frame of the open door. Both wizards looked up to see Lucius standing there with a letter in his hand.

“I’ve just heard back from Severus; the earliest time he can get away from the school is this Saturday. Apparently Dumbledore has been gracious enough to give Hogwarts esteemed Potions Master the weekend off.”

“That’s great, how is he going to explain his absence though?” Harry asked as he stood from his chair.

“He has informed the headmaster that he is going to be collecting potions ingredients and will be unreachable. Seeing as Severus usual collects his ingredients from isolated areas, Dumbledore will have no way of reaching him.” Lucius explained.

“Ok, I’ll ask Harper to get a room ready for Professor Snape’s arrival. Finally, some progress.”

“Don’t expect too much, Harry. We won’t know if he’ll help until he gets here and we can explain what is going on.” Remus reminded him.

“I know, it’s just… most of my plans are centred on him helping us.”

“I know cub; we only have three days to wait ‘til we find out if he’ll help. I know he doesn’t like taking orders from Dumbledore any more than he does taking them from Voldemort. He may just surprise us and want to help out.”

“On a completely unrelated topic, I’ve been wondering why the hell do my family’s elves wear uniforms but the Malfoy one’s wear nothing but rags?” Harry asked the blonde.

“My father was the one who got rid of the uniform for our house elves before I was born. He was your typical stuck up pure-blood, he believed that the house elves should be treated in accordance to their station. Once my grandfather passed and my father took over as head of Malfoy Manor he had the elves uniforms changed to pillowcases.” Lucius explained to him.

“Well he sounds pleasant.”

“He was a rather unpleasant man, he never had a nice thing to say to my mother and he belittled me at every turn. He ah, mysteriously died when I was in my third year at Hogwarts. I would have changed their clothing back when I had taken over as head but by then I had already been approached by Dumbledore to be a spy for his little order.” Lucius explained further.

“You needed the image that it gave you, if you put them back into their original uniform you would appear weak and the Death Eaters would have a field day with you.” Harry added.

“I learned at a young age how to blend in, it made my transition into the Death Eater ranks a lot smoother. When Voldemort wanted a Potions Master that was actually good at their art he had me personally recruit Severus. Dumbledore thought it a good idea, two spies meant more information.”

“Severus will do anything to get away from both men, that includes helping you Mr. Potter. He may hate your father and he may dislike you but he hates Dumbledore and Voldemort more.”

“Well, come Saturday we’ll know. Anyway, Remus and I need to get back to what we were doing.”

“I’ll let you get back to it then; I do need to run a few errands at the Ministry. I’ll see the pair of you tomorrow, the last I saw Draco he was still holed up in the library.” Lucius replied as he got up from his position on Harry’s bed and made his way to the door.

Harry and Remus went back to their previous work as the elder Malfoy left to say goodbye before leaving for the Ministry. He had an image to uphold, it would be difficult to do once Voldemort found out about his loyalties. The plus side to that occurrence was that he would finally be rid of Narcissa, she may be Draco’s mother but she was an unfeeling woman who had more pleasure in organising party’s then in her own son’s life. From the outside it appeared as though Lucius was the uncaring parent but it was the opposite. Lucius was the one who spent most of his time with the Malfoy heir, while Narcissa was out at social events, Lucius was at home caring for his son. He had made a promise the day his son was born, he refused to be the uncaring, cold-hearted man that his father was to him as a child. Lucius made up for Draco’s mothers lack of love by spoiling him, which was probably not such a good idea but at least his son knew love growing up.

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Gred & Forge,

      Hey guys, I’m writing this letter in the hopes that the pair of you will be able to help me out with a certain endeavour of mine. I’ve heard, from inside sources, that you two are a select few who do not side with the other members of the Order of Flying Chickens. If you are able to get in contact with anyone else that are on my side, I would greatly appreciate it.

      I would like to invest more money into a small side project I would like you both to be a part of. Seeing as the main goal is to cause mayhem and panic amongst the Death Eater ranks I’m pretty sure you will both enjoy it. It’s time to put the full extent of your abilities to the test, not to mention having a lot of fun in doing so.

     If you are free this weekend I would like to have a meeting with the pair of you to discuss this further, just send a reply back with Hedwig. I’ll pop into the shops floo and bring you to my current location, make sure to have a list of what you have in stock that can be useful in the upcoming war.

Regards, your silent partner.

Harry looked at the completed letter before placing it into an envelope and giving it to Hedwig.

“Hey girl, take this to the Weasley twins and stick around for a reply please.” Hedwig gave him an affectionate nip on his hand before flying out of the open bedroom window.

There were only two days left before his Potions Professor was due to turn up at the Manor. Harry and Remus had spent the remainder of the previous day finishing up the plans for the DA meetings, they had managed to cover most of what Harry wanted to teach. If everything went as planned, he may look into becoming the Defence teacher at Hogwarts once the war was over.

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

“Look Gred, it seems our help is required.”

“Indeed Forge, let’s get started.”

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“I have called this meeting today to further discuss the matter of Harry Potter.” Dumbledore stood at the head of the table in the Kitchen at number 12 Grimmauld Place, the only members that were present were those that are loyal to him only, the ones that had openly voiced their opinion against his handling of Potter were left out of the loop.

“That boy needs to be tracked down and put into his place.” Alastor Moody suggested.

“I have been unable to track his whereabouts, every letter I send is returned undelivered and all tracking spells have been unsuccessful. Harry grandfather, Harold Potter, made his family home unplottable and it is well warded.” Albus informed them.

“Even if we somehow found the Potter Manor we would not be able to penetrate the wards without being invited inside by the head of the house. With Harry refusing to listen to me, that is likely not going to be happening anytime soon.” The headmaster added.

“We need to put tracking spells on his little followers, it’s only a matter of time before he contacts one of them. Once we have tracked them to Potters location we can collapse the wards ourselves. Isn’t your eldest a curse breaker, Molly?” Moody interjected.

“He is, however we have been unable to get in contact with him since the last meeting he attended and voiced his displeasure in us trying to get Harry to see reason. He feels we should leave him alone instead of trying to get him back under the control of the Order.” Arthur Weasley informed them.

It seemed that all of their children, bar the two youngest (and Percy), were against the Orders treatment of Harry, they all believed that he should be left alone and continuously voiced the obviousness of Harry now being seventeen and no longer under anyone’s control. The twins had even started to prank the other Order members who agreed with Dumbledore’s heavy handiness when it came to the welfare of their secret partner. Their behaviour got to the point where they were now band from attending any Order meeting, their last prank had left their younger brother sporting silver and green streaked hair and every time he opened his mouth to say something negative about Harry he was forced to say ‘I love Slytherin’. The little prank had lasted three days and saw to the little traitor spending those days locked up in his room at The Burrow.

Charlie refused to help them in anyway saying that their involvement in Dumbledore’s bid to regain control of Harry would not end well for any of them. Bill’s displeasure over the matter stemmed from the Order members demanding he create wards on the Dursley’s house that would prevent Harry from so much as stepping out the front door. He had voiced his opinion on the matter and refused to answer any letter or floo call since. He was even on the verge of uninviting his parents from his wedding to Fleur which was supposed to occur that summer but was postponed till the next due to the war intensifying.

Minerva McGonagall had opted out of attending the meetings herself, stating that she had her lesson plans to perfect before the new school year started. She had even stopped her visits to Dumbledore’s office unless the matter was school related, Dumbledore was not a happy man after these turn of events.

Dumbledore became angrier every day, everything was not going how he had planned. Everything was perfect until the little Potter brat went and threw a wrench into his perfectly laid out plans. It didn’t help that Voldemort had been recruiting more Death Eaters over the last few months, he knew that quite a few Slytherin students would be marked before the summer was over.

“Whatever it takes, I want him back under my control before summer is over. Dismissed.”

HPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSSHPSS

Saturday finally arrived and with it came the arrival of Hogwarts resident Potions Master, Lucius had gone to the Leaky Cauldron to meet his fellow spy so he could show him the way to Potter Manor. Severus’ room for the weekend had already been set up by Harper. The potion room in the cellar had been fully stocked that Professor Snape would have something to do over the weekend when he wasn’t doing anything else. It also contained most of the potions ingredients that Severus would have spent that weekend collecting if he wasn’t going to the Manor.

Harry had asked Harper to bring a fresh pot of tea and some scones to the library, they would be spending the next few hours talking and Harry wanted to be comfortable. The library would supply that comfort.

Draco was once again curled up on his favourite lounge with yet another book. In the couple of weeks that they had been residing in the Manor, the young Malfoy had managed to read his way through almost half of only one of the bookshelves. He had finished his summer homework a month ago so he had plenty of time to read.

The sound of the floo activating pulled Harry out of his musings. He looked up to see Severus Snape gracefully exit the fireplace, followed soon after by Lucius who was just as graceful in his exiting of the fireplace. Harry still managed to fall on his ass every time he used the floo.

“Potter, you are causing quite a stir within the Order.” They were the first words out of Severus’ mouth as he noticed the young wizard standing over near the window.

“That’s nothing unusual now is it?” Harry asked.

“Apparently not.”

“Please, sir, come and sit down and we can start talking about why I’ve asked for you to come here.”

“Alright, Potter. Why am I here?” Snape asked as he took a seat next to his godson who had only just noticed his presence.

“Uncle, I didn’t realise you had arrived.” Draco said as he placed a marker in his book and put it on the table.

“If you’d take your head out of those books for longer than it takes for a bathroom break you’d notice things more often.” Harry told him with a smirk on his face.

“Shove it, Potter.”

“Can we get to why we are here?” Lucius asked as he poured himself a cup of tea.

“Of course, Remus would be here but he was called by Dumbledore earlier this morning so he’s off at Hogwarts. As for why I asked you here, I’m planning on ending the war without the help of Dumbledore.”

“Why do you insist on going against the headmaster? I thought you were his perfect little Golden Boy.” Severus asked the young wizard.

“I came across quite a few revelations last year. One of which was Dumbledore paying Ron Weasley, with money from my vault, to spy on me and report everything I did to him.”

Harry started his explanation with the betrayal of his so called friend, he went on to explain about how he found out about Lucius being a spy. For an hour they sat there with Harry filling the Potions Master in on everything they had organised and discussed over the last few weeks.

Severus sat and listened throughout the conversation, interjecting only when he deemed necessary. It seemed like the old fool has been lying through his teeth about what was really going on with the Potter boy. Not that Severus ever trusted the man anyway, he only ever did things that benefited himself, anyone else be damned.

“What do you want me to do then?” Severus asked once Harry had finished his story, at least the parts he wanted them to know.

“I need you to help me with the DA meetings, I’m planning on recruiting the Slytherin’s that won’t be joining Voldemort. They have as much right to defend themselves as everyone else.” Harry explained.

“I’ll also need your help with brewing potions for the war, Voldemort and his Death Eaters will not be merciful.”

“Do you have a place in mind for these meetings?” Severus asked him.

“I have a pretty good place in mind, one no one but I can access.” Harry informed him.

“The Chamber?”

“Exactly, the Chamber is the perfect place. I plan on exploring it more when school starts, I’ll also need to clear out the tunnel that collapsed due to that idiot Lockhart in my second year. ” Harry replied.

"I tried telling Dumbledore that that man was nothing but a menace. He only prooved my point when he obliviated himself." Severus added.

"He was just as in love with himself as half the female student body, he even had me answering his fan mail in detention." Harry told them.

"I guess fame really can go to your head." Draco mused as he thought of how idiotic the man looked when he was claiming to be an expert at everything.

“Well now that that is all sorted, I’ll let you get settled in. There is also a potions lab set up in the cellar for you to use, complete with most of the ingredients you had planned on collecting this weekend.” Harry told the man as he rose from his seat.

“Thank you, Potter. I’ll head to my room now before heading to the cellar, if one of you could show me the way.”

Draco volunteered for the job of showing his godfather around the Manor while the other two wizards went off to do their own things. Severus wasn’t really sure what he had gotten himself into but he was sure that the results would frustrate the headmaster to not end, something he greatly looked forward to.

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