"They can't do this." Ginny Weasley shouted at her father, "How can you allow this to happen?"

"Sweet heart I'm sorry." He replied, "I don't have any power to stop this."

"But you do." Harry said calmly to Kingsley.

"I tried." He sighed, "But we don't have enough people on our side. Those that are light side are opposing us. We're backing the purebloods on this one. They're just terrified if they don't pair a light or neutral person to a dark person they'll have another major dark wizard in a matter of a few years."

"They're going to if they force us to marry someone they choose." Harry frowned, "It will be me. Parkinson will drive me to it. There isn't any way at all that I'd consent to having sex with her."

"I'm sure Malfoy will be dead within a week." Ginny huffed.

"With Nott right behind him." Hermione growled.

"Bulstrode." Ron whimpered still looking at the paper containing his spouse to be.

"Oh, I don't feel so bad now." Ginny snickered at her older brother, "That is seriously disgusting."

"Do you have a list of all persons being affected by this?" Harry asked.

"I do. I can't let you have it, but if a copy was to be made of this list there would be nothing I could do if I didn't know it." Kingsley smirked laying the parchment on the table and turning his back, as did the other adults in the room.

"You have a meet and greet tomorrow." Arthur mumbled as they all turned back after a few seconds, "All of you together in one place to be matched up with your chosen."

"I'm not going." Ron declared, "I think I'm moving to Australia."

"Oh we're going." Harry grinned evilly, "We're all going."

"Harry, I don't like that look." Kingsley grimaced.

"I like it." Ginny grinned, "What are we going to do?"

"Go to the library." Harry chuckled at the mouths that dropped open.

"Hey that's Mione's line." Ron spluttered.

"He can borrow it." Hermione was all for anything to get out of a marriage with Theodore Nott.

"Old laws aren't going to help you." Kingsley sighed, "This one supersedes anything that has been in place before."

"Oh well." Harry let his shoulders droop and turned his back, "I guess we can't do anything."

Only the wink to his friends let them know he wasn't backing down. To help with the ruse the other three also drooped and turned and made their way to Ron's room. They closed the door, locking and silencing it before Hermione turned on Harry.

"What's the plan?"

"First we need to get everyone involved to Hogwarts." Harry stated.

"You mean Slytherins too?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"Everyone." Harry declared, "I'm sure they are just as ticked as we are about being forced to marry each other."

"Point." He conceded.

"Letters are going to take too long." Hermione was quickly calculating how much time they had to get a meeting arranged before the event the next evening.

"It won't take us an hour." Harry grinned, "All we have to do is get to Hogwarts."

"How are we supposed to get into Hogwarts?" she asked.

"Portkey." Harry pulled a snitch out of his pocket. When his friends lifted an eyebrow he explained, "McGonagall gave it to me as an emergency portkey in case I get attacked or overwhelmed by fans. It takes me to Gryffindor tower."

"What are we waiting for?" Ginny placed a finger on the small ball.

Ron and Hermione followed with just a bit of reluctance. Harry tapped the ball with his wand and they all felt the pull as they disappeared in a swirl of color. None of them heard the gentle knock as Molly tried to get them to open the door. It would be a good thirty minutes before Bill suggested they fly up to the window to get their attention. By that time of course they were long gone.

"Harry, what are you all doing here?" Minerva asked as they all ran into the Great Hall during a staff meeting.

"Emergency." Harry explained, "May we borrow the house elves?"

"What?" she asked.

"I need them all for just about three minutes." He explained, "Oh, can we kick you out of here?"

"Harry." McGonagall started.

"Have you seen the new marriage law?" he asked. When she shook her head he continued, "It is pairing a light person with a dark one in the hopes of preventing another dark wizard like Volde."

"That's ridiculous they can't do that." She huffed.

"They are." Harry pulled his paper out, "They've matched me with Parkinson of all people."

"She was all for handing him over to Volde if you remember correctly." Hermione reminded the group.

"We don't want you here so you can't be blamed for helping." Ginny finished.

"I think we'll adjourn this meeting to my office in ten minutes." Minerva stated standing, all the others left without a glance or another question, "Babble."

"Yes Headmistress." And old elf popped into the room.

"Aid Mr. Potter with whatever he needs please. Whether it be lunch or anything else." She stated and pulled the doors shut behind her as she went.

"What is you being needing?" he turned to the young man.

"Can you and the other elves please grab each of the people on this list and bring them back here." He asked and the thought of the literal way Dobby had taken everything, "Make sure they are properly dressed with no one straight out of the shower or anything. We just want them here within the hour."

"We can do that Master Harry." He nodded and popped away.

"Harry." Hermione started.

"Is it worth the argument to marry Nott instead of using what we can?" he stopped her before she could start.

"Right." She nodded, "But you will pay them."

"I will offer." He stated.

"I wonder why he called you master." Ginny pondered, "They don't usually do that unless you own them."

She didn't get her answer as people started popping into the hall. After about fifteen minutes the popping stopped but the roar of talking in the room was almost overpowering. Harry stood on the teacher's platform and set a loud firework off to catch everyone's attention. It quieted immediately and everyone turned to face him.

"Good morning, I trust you all received the same notice I did." He held up his ministry decree.

"Are you the one that kidnapped us all?" Draco yelled.

"I didn't kidnap you the house elves of Hogwarts did." He smiled, "I did express the interest in talking to all of you and you know how helpful they are."

"Good one Harry." Seamus called.

"Now Draco are you happy with the person they've chosen for you?" Harry addressed him since he was the one that spoke first.

"NO." he yelled, "They negated my contract with Astoria. We've had that since she was born."

"Right and I am betting the rest of you feel the same." He stated.

"But what can we do about it?" Padma asked from beside her sister, "It supersedes any laws or contracts placed before it."

"As I see it we can all rebel separately and bring many charges against the ministry and hold up court for a while." He said, "Or we can work together and rebel causing an upheaval of tremendous proportions. We already know we can beat any of them with magic. If we work together we can over throw the whole thing."

"How?" came a chorus of exclamations.

"I don't have a complete plan yet but if we work together we can develop one. We only have twenty four hours in which to do so." He said, "Can we put our differences behind us and work together?"

"What if we don't want to be led by you?" Pansy Parkinson growled out.

"I have an idea." Harry grinned, "Everyone, take a seat at your house table. Now we are going to vote for a leader. First nominations, they must be nominated and seconded and the person must agree to be nominated."

"I nominate Draco." She purred.

"I don't want it." Draco announced before it could be seconded, "If this falls flat I don't want to be blamed."

"Any others?"

"Harry Potter." Luna stood.

"I second it." Ron added immediately.

"I will agree to be nominated." He nodded, "Next?"

"Hermione Granger." George snickered from the back.

"NO." she stated loudly, "Though I thank you for the vote George."

They waited and no one else volunteered a name, Ron called it, "Anyone opposed to being led by Harry?" Pansy was the only one who raised her hand, "All for Harry?" Most of the room raised their hands.

"Ok thank you." Harry nodded, "Anyone who doesn't want to be a part of this stand up. Babble."

"Yes Master Harry." He asked softly.

"Everyone standing is to be returned home and their memories of this meeting taken." He stated. This caused a few gasps around the room.

Eighteen hours later they were closer but not ready for their rebellion. Everyone had been resting for the last few hours except Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna. The rest of the people in the room woke up as food began to appear on the tables. Harry was thinking deeply and only pushing the food around on his plate as he sat at the table.

"Is Master Harry unhappy with his meal?" the old elf Babble popped back into the room with all the elves of Hogwarts.

"No the meal is excellent as always." Harry said, "I'm just unhappy that the ministry is trying to force us to marry people we don't love. And we can't seem to find a way out."

"Is there anything Babble can do?" he asked, most of the people in the hall looked up at the conversation.

"Unless you can turn back time and repeal the law I just don't see what you can do." He sighed.

"How far back would you need to go?" the elf asked.

"Far enough back to give us time to change some of our bad decisions." Draco spoke looking at his arm he sat just down the table from Harry, "I should never have taken his mark."

"If we had the right adults here it would have been stopped." Hermione added dejectedly, "Dumbledore and Sirius would have stamped out that law before they could even think of it."

"I should have let my Slytherin side out more often." Harry said, "It would have been a lot less hassle."

"You said it." Ron agreed.

"You have a Slytherin side?" Daphne Greengrass laughed, "Never."

"He did just have everyone unwilling to help obliviated." Ginny pointed out.

"The hat had a hard time deciding if I should go to Slytherin or Gryffindor." Harry shrugged, "I know how to be sneaky I just usually tended to the rash because it was expected. If I could do it over I'd be a lot more Slytherin about things."

"As you wish." Babble snapped his fingers and everything went black.

As soon as Harry was aware again he had his wand out and was looking around. He found himself on the Hogwarts express with some of his friends in the compartment and his wand pointing at a younger Malfoy. They looked at each other with wide eyes before Harry nodded slightly and saw Draco do the same. Harry sent a quick spell at each of the goons and they froze in place. He then turned to Hermione.

"What's the spell for date and time?" he asked, he knew it but if he was where he thought he was he wasn't supposed to know. Hermione was known as a brain so she could get away with knowing it.

She flicked her wand and gasps filled the compartment. Draco was the first to speak, "How did we get back to fifth year?"

"House elf magic." Luna said, "But it would have taken so many of them to do it. Even more than what you'll find in Hogwarts."

"How do you know?" Draco frowned.

"We have learned something about Luna in all the years we've known her." Harry smiled, "No one knows how she knows but she does and she's always right."

"About the important things anyway." Hermione shrugged, "We haven't gotten any proof on some of her creatures."

"Right." Draco nodded once as he drug the word out.

"We need to get word to everyone on the train not to give away what happened until we can get a meeting." Harry said, "I'll obliviate the twin hulks. Draco can you take the Slytherin group to warn?"

"Sure, only those in the meeting right?" he asked.

"Right." Harry nodded, "Hermione take Ravenclaw with Luna. Ron find Ginny and you have Gryffindor. Nev and I will take Hufflepuff."

"Actually I better take the puffs." Ron smiled weakly, "Some of them really, really don't like you and will frown on their friends if they talk to you like nothing is wrong. Last year was the tournament."

"I forgot. Thanks." He grimaced, "I'll go find Ginny."

They set up a meeting for that evening in the Room of Requirement. Within a few minutes everyone was told and agreed to keep it hidden except Ginny. He still hadn't found her. He had just reached the front of the train when a door flew open and Ginny stepped out. Her wand was drawn and she sent a spell into the compartment.

"Next time you think you can touch me that way remember that." She growled and turned to find Harry grinning at her.

"Doesn't look like you need any help." He smiled, "Anyone in that car from the meeting?"

"No these were part of the ones that left." She whispered, "Besides he really didn't do anything I set it up to make him accidentally do something then flew off the handle about it."

The two of them turned and walked back the way Harry had come. Before they reached the door Michael Corner was stumbling out of his compartment.

"Ginny, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." He groveled, "The car jostled and I was just reaching for your hand."

"Likely story." She sniffed, "If I hadn't lifted my hand to straighten my hair you would have grabbed me."

"You probably should leave her be." Harry smiled slightly, "It may have been an accident but if her brothers hear they will make sure you have one."

"You aren't going to tell them are you?" he pulled back with a shocked look.

"I won't." Harry motioned to Ginny, "But she might, especially if rumors were to start about her."

"I won't say anything." Michael waved his hand, "It really was an accident."

"I'm sorry but I'm just not sure I can trust you." She sighed, "I think it's best if we just stay friends."

"We only lasted three hours." Michael complained, "One kiss."

"I… just… can't." she turned away and the two boys noticed her shoulders shaking.

"You better go." Harry grimaced and put an arm around Ginny, "You want to set with Hermione, Ron and I?"

She nodded her head and they turned to go with Michael's sorry chasing them. She waited until they were safely ensconced in their compartment with a notice me not spell on the doors and a silencing spell covering each wall. When Harry told her it was safe she dropped her hands and started laughing so hard she nearly fell on the floor. While she was laughing Harry explained what had happened. When the laughing in the compartment settled a good while later Harry started thinking. He realized the car had become quiet and he looked up.

"What are you thinking?" the other five asked him together.

"I was just trying to figure out how we are going to play this." he stated, "We have seventy five people who just traveled back in time three years. Lucius Malfoy is free and Sirius is still on the run. Umbridge is going to be our defense professor, educational decrees, blood quills and all."

"We also have to destroy all the Horcruxes." Hermione whispered with a pained look at Harry.

"I don't think I can go through that again." Ginny sobbed looking at Harry.

"Do we have any idea why I survived?" Harry asked and they all knew he was referring to the forest.

"Master of Death?" Ron asked.

"You're mothers sacrifice?" Hermione suggested.

"Love?" Ginny hoped.

"He took your blood." Neville added.

"All of them." Luna answered.

"Ok, so I need to get the ring and wand." Harry didn't even blink, "But I can't take possession of the wand because Volde needs to try to kill me with it. Everything else is already in place."

"You need to work on Occlumency." Hermione pointed out.

"Not really." Harry stated, "I can't block him out but he can't read my mind or intentions. All he could ever do was send me nightmares."

"How do you know?" she asked.

"If he could have he would have." Luna said from behind her upside down quibbler.

"True." Ron agreed.

"What about Snape and Dumbledore?" Hermione argued.

"I'm ready for Snape." Harry grinned evilly, "Dumbledore is another problem. However, he does ignore me all year. Hopefully by the time he tries to read my mind it will be all over."

"So are we going to drive the toad insane or what?" Ron asked.

"We'll wait until I get my first detention. When she uses a blood quill then we can take her down." He agreed.

"Why wait?" Ginny asked slightly aggravated.

"Can't punish her for a crime she hasn't committed." He said, "When we do punish her, and we will, it will be way over the top for just one incidence of torture."

"That is a good idea." Hermione agreed, "However, we could just get the aurors there to catch her using a quill on someone then they'll have to arrest her and she won't be able to suggest that idiotic marriage law. I know she really just wanted to squash the light side people. How our people could be so blind as to agree to the lunacy I'll never know. She should have gone to Azkaban for her Muggleborn Registration Act."

"I agree, totally, and now with us all as light side she won't have anyone to force us to marry." Harry grinned.

"Are they?" Hermione questioned, "Are they on the light side or are they going to turn us over before we get a chance to finish him off?"

"They're light or the elves wouldn't have sent them." Luna sighed putting down her Quibbler, "Elves can't do dark magic. They can't send back young death eaters to stop us from killing Volde, they can only do extraordinary magic when they're working with extraordinary light wizards and witches."

"So we're trusting Malfoy." Ron sighed.

"And Zabini, Greengrass and all the others who came with us." Harry said, "We'll need to get in touch with those not still at Hogwarts. Oliver won't be easy to contact but I don't think I'll send the elves again."

"No I think that will scare them to death." Luna giggled, "You already drug them back in time once by using the elves."