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Chapter One: Meetings
It was early morning in Nottingham.
Many people were waking for work and various other affairs.
The buses and trams were gearing up for another busy day of custom and people were beginning the commute to work, which meant that the traffic jams were already underway in some areas.
However, this story focuses in two inhabitants of a rather expensive penthouse just outside of the city centre and prime real estate with good transport links, as the estate agent had gushed.
To their colleagues, they were known simply as Yami and Hikari, but to one another they were Caroline and Kelly.
Kelly, at this particular moment, was sat on their black sofa in nothing but a Jack Skellington t-shirt and black pyjama bottoms, eating Cheerios and watching Tom and Jerry.
This was normal morning routine for her; she did not start work early (in fact their jobs were very scattered and had no particular hours) but she could not resist the call of early morning cartoons.
Caroline, who had a fairly grumpy disposition, particularly in the mornings, had always remarked that it was unnatural to wake so early for no reason and believed that Kelly had been dipped in sugar as a child and the effects still hadn't worn off.
Though, Caroline had been known to get up early to watch her favourite Japanese animé but not very often.
Oddly enough however, this morning Caroline (or Caz as her better friends knew her) had joined Kelly and was currently brooding over a cup of hot chocolate murmuring things such as 'stupid cold mornings, God damned Winter' and other complaints about the fact that cold mornings weren't the best in the world.
Kelly had to hide a grin as she got up.
"Caz, if you're so cold why not go back to bed where its warm and you can read your Mills and Boon?" Her blonde friend grinned as she put her used bowl in the sink.
"As I told you, oh annoying friend of mine, we have an important meeting in about forty- five minutes and you're still not dressed!" Caroline snapped which caused the other to grin even wider.
"Fine, oh snappy friend of mine. I shall go and change into the appropriate attire" Kelly mock-bowed and skipped off to her bedroom and was soon muttering and throwing her clothes around trying to find the perfect outfit to wear for this meeting.
Caroline merely shook her head and finished her drink. She was rather wound up today because she knew that the events of their meeting would set in motion a series of events that would most certainly change there lives.
"I'm looking forward to this…Grandpa." She muttered to herself as she drained her chocolate milk and went to go and do the washing up whilst Kelly fussed about in her bedroom, trying to find her boots.
Albus Dumbledore sighed as he gazed longingly at the framed photograph of his late wife and daughter, who had both died before the reign of terror launched by Tom.
Today, he would be bringing people into Hogwarts that by the very laws of Wizarding kind should never be allowed to see it.
But he knew that he had to do this, for they were the best in their business and they would train the children for the upcoming war, especially Harry, Ron and Hermione; the Golden Trio.
He glanced at his Grandfather Clock and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Well," he whispered to himself. "Time to go."
If anybody within the Muggle bar were out of place you would think it would be Dumbledore in his purple trousers and green shirt, but the murmurs around the bar were of the mysterious girls, who had just walked in, admitting a blast of fresh Autumn/Winter air.
Dressed in matching clothes but opposite colours they looked like members of an elite corporation and so the people were afraid that something was going to 'go down'.
Their outfits were merely for show; Kelly had designed them when they first teamed up with one another, reasoning that (a) it would keep her out of trouble and (b) Caroline's wardrobe needed spicing up-Caroline had let her do it.
Kelly wore baggy black trousers with knee length army boots over them, a black polo neck jumper over which was a wafer thin silver armour (incidentally the strongest armour in existence; bought from the testing lab for MI5)
Then to top off the look a long leather coat that she had to have because it paid homage to her favourite ever villain Sephiroth from the Final Fantasy VII game and its movie, Advent Children.
Caroline's outfit matched almost perfectly, except she opted for the more feminine boots with a slight heel and her colours were white and gold instead of black and silver and she had a leather trench coat as well; only because Kelly had noticed it had been buy one get one free or BOGOF as they called it and Kelly couldn't resist the coats.
All in all, they gave off the impression that they were there for serious business and in a way… they were.
Dumbledore approached the two.
Kelly had bullied Caroline into letting her buy an Ice Cream Sundae which she was happily eating unaware of all the stares they were receiving from the occupants of the room.
"Ladies." The old man smiled at them.
Caroline nodded stiffly and Kelly merely said 'Hi' as she continued to plough her way through the Ice Cream Sundae.
He sat down opposite the women and proceeded to mutter things under his breath whilst waving around what looked like a polished bit of wood.
"There we go," he smiled merrily, his blue eyes twinkling. "Now nobody will hear what I have to say to you, they will merely hear a conversation between an old grandfather and his grandchildren." Caroline's eyes hardened a fraction at this statement causing Kelly to pay more attention.
Now, whilst Caroline invariably had an air of irritation when it came to their form of work, she had never been so defensive around anybody she had just met.
'Which means this isn't the first time they've met.' She deducted pushing her dessert to the side she opted for her serious game-face.
"Okay," Dumbledore finished his glass of water and smiling at them. "I shall see you there."
With that he got up and left, leaving the two girls to their own thoughts.
"Er… was he being serious?" Kelly managed after a couple of moments gob smacked silence.
Honestly? Magic? Wizards? Surely no sane person would believe him, yet…
Caroline looked as though she not only believed him, but Kelly got the sneaking suspicion that she had first hand experience with them before though she had no idea of the when and how; Caroline was bloody secretive and guarded her privacy as fiercely as the lion whose star sign she had been born under.
"Yes, he was being dead serious, I'd heard rumours, but he's returned?" She continued to herself. They walked home in silence, Kelly trying to digest the revelations and Caroline deep in thought about the returned Dark Lord.
What are you up to Grandpapa? She thought as they began to meander their way back to their penthouse, each lost in her own thoughts.
Dumbledore had returned to his office and immediately called for an Order meeting, telling them that he had something of great importance to tell them regarding an advantage for the Light.
He sat for a moment looking at his wife as she waved happily from her frame.
Oh, how he missed Guinevere… and they looked so like her. He glanced at his daughter, who also waved at him…and saw the resemblance there too; not surprising really - she was their mother.
"You called Headmaster?" The deep voice laced with disdain roused the old man from his reverie.
"Ah yes, Severus and Minerva. Please take a seat. It shall be some time until the Order gets my message and arrives, leaving me enough time to explain to you first."
The professors shared a look of mild annoyance and sat upon the offered chairs.
"As you both know I was married for a long and glorious time to Guinevere Dumbledore. We had two children, Marius Dumbledore, who was killed by Grindlewald, thus causing me to turn against him and Liliana Dumbledore who was substantially younger and died 16 years ago at the age of 45, seven months after she gave birth to her second daughter."
Minerva gasped lightly; Severus remained indifferent to the news and merely nodded for the Headmaster to continue.
"Well, because of Voldemort and the likeliness of his uprising, in addition to the fact that they had just lost their father, I made the hard decision to split the children and put them in separate orphanages to protect them from Tom. Severus, surely you remember when you first began teaching here the young girl who managed to break in and got to my office…"
Severus nodded again.
"Well, that was the younger of the two. Amazing really that she could even get close to Hogwarts; let alone make it past the wards and get to my office." He smiled and shook his head at the memory.
"Anyway, she will be coming to teach this year alongside her partner. The younger shall teach Muggle Studies and her partner, physical defence and offence to help those who wish to take part in this battle, which the younger woman will assist her with."
"But they're Muggles." Severus stated simply.
"Actually, the younger is a very powerful witch whose powers have been sealed by myself since her birth and the other, Muggle she may be… is going to be invaluable. They are the best in their business and shall show the students what it means to be in a battle."
Severus sensed the 'my word is final tone' and opted to stay silent.
What he didn't realize was that his life was about to get seriously interrupted; in a way that he would least expect.
And Hogwarts was never going to be the same again.