The summer before Harry's Sixth Year, Voldemort is gaining power and begining his assault on the Wizarding world. Dumbledore revives an almost extinct practice of Apprenticeship at Hogwarts, which Harry becomes part of. Harry and the other Apprentices are sucked into a mire of politics, betrayals, and power struggles, with echoes of the past reaching out and complicating things further. WIP

Harry returns to Privet Drive after 4th year and finds it...empty! What do you do when you can't go to your friends for help? (Additional Story Notes FYI: a. AU Summer before Fifth Year Fic, b. Not particularly fast paced.)