Dusk and Flame

AU. Harry has returned to Hogwarts for his sixth year, but his life cannot stay dull for long. Harry begins researching the obscure branch of sorcery, Parselmagic. Ron is trying to define his own role; Hermione fears for her parents’ safety; and Neville is bent on exacting vengeance… And from secret meetings, a group is forming, made up of the most unlikely people imaginable: a double agent of sixteen years; a disillusioned pureblood; a young girl, unnaturally attuned to magical essence; a man long thought dead; an ambitious, ruthless Ministry secretary who has the perfect cover for his unorthodox actions. Together, they have created a daring plan that could help Harry defeat Voldemort… but only if all of them can survive it…

Percy Weasley plays smooth at the Ministry, and Lupin, Ginny, and Tonks rummage through the attic at 12 Grimmauld Place; Fudge receives the uncomfortable honour of having Dumbledore visit him.

Chapter 3: Whoever said purebloods couldn't blend into Muggle society? Exception: Theodore Nott, who drags Draco Malfoy in on a trip to London, to forget the omens ahead for the two Slytherins...

Harry returns to the wizarding world, which is falling ever more into an abyss of fear. And some intrigues, unknown to him, are coming about, including plots that are sixteen years old.