Title: The End and the Beginning

Written by: mack2236

Beta'd by: Enji Benjy

Updated: 31/07/2014

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-TEATB- Flash back
***TEATB*** Scene Change

Isis Potter stalked down the corridors of the Ministry of Magic, she was not happy at being called in to work today. Not only was today the day her parents had died almost 19 years ago, but 5 years ago she had made an ass of herself. She had lost her crush and lost the trust and respect of her best friend all in the same instant.

Sighing as she thought back to that day, she should have realized what would have happened.

She had taken to Crushing on the slightly older Hufflepuff Metamorphmagus. Who would have blamed her? Tonks was funny, smart and lively and she didn't care that Isis was the 'Girl-Who-Lived', just like Isis didn't care that Tonks could change her appearance.

They had talked a lot through Isis's 3rd and 4th year, when Tonks had come to stop the Dementors from getting into the school grounds; she had then helped capture and prove Sirius Black's innocence. They had spoken a little over the following summer as her crush grew, before long it came to her 4th year. That damn Tri-Wizard Tournament had come back and, as her luck had dictated, her name was spat out as the 4th Champion. As much as she protested that she didn't put her name in, no one believed her.

In the end she had been captured by Voldemort, he had used her blood in a dark ritual to come back from being a shade. One of many dark rituals he had performed over the years, he had used so many that it took both his sanity and humanity, all because he feared death and his parents who left him. In the end, she had managed to flee from Voldemort's trap, but not before she was tortured and humiliated by the Death Eaters. To her, that was the final nail in the coffin of the male race after all the times she had been hit on and groped at Hogwarts.

That summer it had all gone to hell. She had been at Grimmauld Place with Sirius, the Weasleys (minus Percy) and Hermione. Most of the members of the Order of the Phoenix also stopped by for meetings or to give reports.

She had spent a week talking to Sirius about liking someone; in the end, he pushed her enough to give it a try. So later, when Tonks had shown up, Isis had asked to talk to her in private.

It had started off well, with them both agreeing that they got on well and were some of the best of friends, and then it had fallen apart. Isis had grabbed Tonks' hand and had told her about how she liked Tonks and then asked if they had the possibility of dating.

Tonks had pushed her away and had started to yell about her being a disgusting freak; she had forgotten that Tonks was raised in the Mundane world, which was massively prejudiced against Homosexuals. The yelling had drawn the attention of the rest of the house, who had come racing up to see what the commotion was about, only to find Tonks destroying the young woman and her heart.

In the end, Tonks barely talked to her anymore, Hermione looked at her in disgust for a while before she reluctantly started to speak to her again, even if it was just for intelligent conversation. Most of the Weasleys had started to distance themselves from her, the only ones left that would talk to her were Arthur and the Twins. Remus was disappointed and said her parents would be ashamed (Although she always thought he batted for the other team).

Sirius had been a godsend; he had helped pull Isis back together. It seemed that, although the wizarding world mainly only cared about blood purity, lately there were a lot of people against homosexuality; especially amongst the influx of the Mundane born.

Shaking her head clear of her thoughts about the past, Isis walked to the Auror Briefing room. She had been asked, by head Auror Savage, to accompany some Aurors apprehending a lost Death Eater.

As she walked, Isis checked over her equipment.

Basilisk battle robes from Slytherin's monster? Check.

Custom wand? Check.

Multi-purpose trunks filled with important stuff? Check.

Weapons? Gryffindor's weapon in the form of a sword staff, short sword, twin hunting daggers and throwing knifes. Check, check, check & check.

Her silk cloth to cover her eyes? Check.

Voldemort's last act was to blind her. She had beaten him, though, and then improved her Mage sight enough to compensate in battle, although in everyday life she had no need for it and had found other ways to cope.

Making sure her hood was pulled up; Isis stalked into the room and sat in a chair that was in the back corner and gave her the best view of the room. Ten minutes later, the Auror team arrived and didn't seem to notice her presence as they settled into chairs near the front. Listening to their voices, she picked out Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Cho Chang and Tonks.

'Well shit!' Isis thought, 'I get to spend my Saturday with a bunch of people that all dislike me, wonderful. I better get a damn bonus for this.'

"Listen up! There is a lot to do and very little time to do it in." Savage shouted as he walked into the room. "As you all know we had an escape from Azkaban 1 month ago, and you have failed to find the person. From the Unspeakables, we know that he escaped through a tunnel left from when Voldemort broke his followers out of the prison, it has now been blocked.

"Thirty minutes ago, the Patrol Squad stumbled across Draco Malfoy attempting a ritual. The Unspeakables refuse to attend this one, so I have instead gotten us the help of a Hit-Wizard and, from what the higher ups say, she is one of the best. Stop Malfoy and arrest him; if all else fails, you know what to do." He said, nodding at Isis. The other Aurors jumped, looking back to where she was sitting.

Shaking her head, she stood and walked towards Savage to get the co-ordinates to apparate too. "I hope that you have better observational skills then you have just shown. I'd rather not have to report back that you died by jumping into a killing curse."

Picking up the parchment, she turned the writing into Braille. Skimming over the bumps, she went to the apparition point and left with barely a sound.

Reappearing at the co-ordinates, Isis turned her Mage sight on, whilst waiting for the others to arrive. When they did, she started moving stealthily towards where Malfoy was found. Looking behind her, she made sure that the Auror team was following.

They finally found Malfoy in a clearing surrounded by bodies, young and old, male and female. Their blood and bodies had been used to make runes around Malfoy, taking a look at the outer circle, she noticed that there was a protective shield around him. Hearing a battle cry from behind her, Isis cried out, "Stop!" as Ron, Neville and Cho were blasted back with force. Running over to check them, she noticed that they were all still alive. "Fools! They are lucky to still be alive after that."

"OI! They are my team."

"And? They could have killed us all. The only reason they are not dead is because Malfoy didn't have enough time to set up lethal wards. Now we have lost the element of surprise, so stand back." Stepping forward and raising her wand, she mumbled "Best rising Aurors they have, Merlin help us all."

Deciding that the best way to drop the shield was to simply overpower it, Isis did just that. Building up her power between her wand and her right hand, she unleashed the ball of magic towards the shield. The ball blasted forward, kicking up dust as it exploded against the shield; the shield dropped but some of the blast made it through, throwing Malfoy onto his side. Unseen by all, was one of the ingredients being thrown into a portal in the middle of the ritual circle.

Tonks started to run forward in an attempt to stop Malfoy and regain some dignity back for her team. Isis looked over as she felt a pull in her gut, looking up she noticed what looked like cracked glass and got a bad feeling. The only time she ignored this feeling was in the summer holiday after her 5th year. Looking passed the glass, she saw the portal becoming unstable. She realized she only had one choice.

Pulling off her hood, she banished Tonks back as hard as she could. Placing a shield around Tonks, she spoke. "I am sorry, Nym. I had hoped we could have been together, I had hoped we could have stayed friends. Now it seems we will never get that chance. Good luck in your life and look after Remus and Teddy. No matter what... No matter what... Sigh, never mind." Feeling the tears sting her eyes, Isis ran forward as she heard Malfoy speak for the first time.

"Hehe, too late, little Potter, you do not see the world. But I do, I see the world as it is, that unfit and unclean filthy halfblood dark lord was a fool, no one should be spared in this world and I will be the one to destroy it and start it anew." Malfoy broke out in the laughter of madness.

Stunning him, Isis banished him to Tonks as a shield was suddenly raised around her. Turning to look at Tonks, she dropped her shield, giving one last sad wave to the woman she loved. Tonks ran to the shield and started to beat on it as she screamed for her to escape.

Isis new if she dropped the shield the explosion from the portal would wipe out everything in a 20-mile radius.

The portal exploded into being, transporting everything within the shield… somewhere. Tonks covered her eyes as a blinding light was released. Looking back towards the shield, she found that it was gone, as well as Isis.