Interventions

(Our scene opens to a ultramodern board room. The walls are panelled with Stainless Steele and the Boardroom Table is made of a wood that is so dark it seems to absorb the light from the room.)

\"Let\'s hear from our operative in the most recent dimension we\'ve targeted for acquisition.\" Damian said.

\"Mr. Chairman, it seems that the Coreys have been busy. So far, they\'ve managed to wreak all kinds of havok and strengthened the light immensely.\" The trembling agent said. \"They seek to block the corruption. We need to make plans to assist our new business partner, Lord Voldemort.\"

(A report of what happened in the last chapter ensues.)

\"Okay.\" Damian said. \"He\'re where we respond in kind.\"

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Albus Dumbledore had been having a very bad time. He\'d met with Madame Corey who told him of the incursions from outside. The Order of the Phoenix were stretched somewhat thin and Tom was getting somewhat insistant in his attentions to the ministry. Just the night before the Ministry of Magic had been attacked. There was only one fatality, however there were several injuries. The climax of the attack happened when Voldemort came face to face with the Minister of Magic. Cornelius was not very brave but his duelling skills were inspired. They awarded the Order of Merlin 1st class posthumously.

Now there was the added difficulty of trying to avoid being drafted as Minister. In order to avoid this, he had put forward another candidate. Arthur Weasely was the head of a little known department of the ministry, however he was well liked for all of his muggle loving ways. The other candidate of note was Alloric Zabini who, Dumbledore suspected, to have sympathies with the Death Eaters.

\"I\'ve got to find a way to deal with this.\" Albus said to himself. \"Then there\'s the matter of the teaching spots that need to be filled. For some reason, someone killed Severus Snape and the last Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher ran screaming into the night after someone spiked his pumpkin juice with a Paranoia draught.\"

Albus sat down and began writing a letter.

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(Meanwhile in a community outside of London there was a gathering of Masked, robed figures.)

\"There\'s the house we\'re to hit.\" The agent said. \"If we\'re successful, my bosses and your master will be quite happy. I don\'t believe any of us need to know the price for failure.\" The agent shuddered at the thought. Pulling a picture out of his bag of a small girl with bushy-brown hair he said \"this is our target. If she gets away, then we\'re doomed. Now let\'s move out.\"

The group stealthily moved into the neighborhood. They magicked open the door and snuck through the house. They met the father, Doctor Granger, in the hallway. They killed him with the expedience of a Killing Curse. They came to the master bedroom only to be attacked by Butch, the family chihuahua. The mother, Doctor Granger was in the process from waking up from the noise of the attack and the poor dog being kicked for a field goal through the window beside the bed when she was killed as well. They were on the way to the little girl\'s room when there was an explosion from inside the room. The door blew off the hinges and pinned the Agent against the wall. A red-haired lady in a leather body-suit came walking out the door carrying the small child. Looking at the Agent, she spoke.

\"Sleeping on the job again?\" She said. \"When\'s Damian going to hire some Competent Help.\"

She disappeared just as the spells started flying. The Killing Curse passed through the spot where she had been standing and killed the Agent who was sneaking up whilst she was watching the wizards to stab her with a knife.

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Remus Lupin was sitting down to Breakfast when he got an owl from Professor Dumbledore. In the letter, he was requested to come to meet someone of some importance.

Sending another owl back to the Headmaster, Remus prepared to go to the meeting.

A couple of hours later, he apperated to the gates of Hogwarts and walked up to the castle. The castle, like always, projected a Welcome feeling. He walked the familiar course through the castle toward the Headmaster\'s office. The Gargoyle that guarded the door jumped out of his way as he walked up. Albus was expecting him. He rode the stairs up to the office and was about to knock on the door when he heard Albus tell him to come in. He opened the door and sitting with Albus was a young girl with a book and a red-haired lady wearing some of the most immodest clothing he\'d ever seen.

\"Ah, Remus.\" Albus said. \"Come in. I\'d like you to meet Mrs. Daytripper Corey. She\'s the person you have the Lycanthropy cure to thank for. She figured since she didn\'t want to call attention to herself, you wouldn\'t mind taking the monies generates since you brought in the formula.\"

\"Is she also the one I owe for the bump on the head?\" Remus asked.

\"Actually, no.\" Daytripper said. \"You were going to be \'Invited to Join\' Lord Moldie-Shorts. We thought you\'d like to decline the invitation. Now that you aren\'t a dark creature anymore, and known to be firmly on the side of light you\'re no more a target than anyone else.\"

\"Thank you.\" Remus said. \"Now, why do I get the feeling that you have something to do with the reason I\'ve been called here?\"

\"Because she is,\" Albus said. \"I\'ll let Mrs. Corey explain.\"

\"Last night, this girl was targeted for Assassination. Unfortunately, I was unable to rescue her family as they were dead by the time I got in there. The reason she was targeted was because she\'s a Muggle Born witch who is supposed to be in about 3 years one of Harry Potter\'s 2 best friends. She\'s rather intelligent, could read by the age of 3 and had equivalent to an 8th grade education by the time she was 7.\" Daytripper took a deep breath. \"Unfortunately, I have to make you a target again. You\'re the only person I feel can educate her on the Wizarding World properly and who has access to Mr. Black and his two charges. I\'d like you to adopt young Hermione.\"

\"I\'ll do it.\" Remus said. \"I\'ve always wanted to teach someone.\"

\"That\'s the second reason I\'ve called you here.\" Albus said. \"I need a Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor. I\'ve already brought Sirius in as the new Potions Master. I want you to take the other job. The other teachers have agreed to watch the children whilst you teach on each of their off periods, plus the house elves will watch them when no teachers are available.\"

\"So, Hermione,\" Remus said. \"Have they shown you the Library yet?\"

\"I\'ve been working on Hogwarts A History for the past 2 hours. They promised to show me the library later.\" Hermione said.

\"Would you like to live here during the school term?\" Remus asked.

\"I would enjoy it if there were more books like this.\" She said.

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A/N: The next chapter will be after the kids have been in school for several years. Harry, Draco, and Hermione being the only kids of their age until their eleventh birthdays become very good friends. When they start school they are all sorted into Gryffindor. The story will take up in their 7th year. Hermione is Head Girl. Harry is Head Boy. Draco is head of the Gryffindor Quiddich team.