The great mansion dominated the landscape it surrounded. It's looks and impression reflected its current owners and visitors with its tall and straight walls and windows it towered above the dark and misty hedges which flanked the gravel path that led to it's front doors the manor radiated power and wealth in a very high held way. This was the home of Lucius and his family, and it was about to receive a visitor as a black stream of smoke flew towards it. The stream of smoke reached ground level and disappeared leaving the man to walk up to the large iron gates that stood at the beginnings of the manors gravel path. Not altering his pace the man waved his wand and the gates seemed to almost ripple before he walked straight through them as of they were smoke. It didn't take the man long to enter the manor and walk through the grey stoned entrance hall, which wouldn't have looked out of place at Hogwarts, climbing the stairs the man found himself in a large dinning room. Decorated with tapestries and chandeliers with a large lit fireplace central against the wall there was also a large dark wooded dinning table, which could easily seat twenty or more people, placed in the centre of the room. The man had paused at the dinning rooms entrance as in front of him the dinning room was full of people, each seated at the table, talking in quite discussion. The peculiar thing about this room however, was not that the people seated were some of Atmos's most dangerous and wanted criminals including death eaters and even Master Cyclonis herself, sat at the head of the table, it was that there was a woman, seemingly uncontentious, floating in mid air on her back at the other end of the table to Cyclonis.
"Severus" Cyclonis spoke, taking note of the man who had killed, on her orders of course, Dumbledore ridding her of one of her two biggest threats. Severus took his gaze away from the floating woman to Cyclonis. "I was beginning to worry you'd lost your way, come we've saved you a seat" She continued, indicating a chair two seats from her. Severus silently took his seat as the rest of Cyclonis's followers watched. "You bring news I trust?" Cyclonis asked in a quiet and clam voice.
"It will happen the day after tomorrow at night fall" Severus told her.
"I've heard differently master" A deep voice spoke, belonging to a man sitting opposite Severus who had a hard and blunt looking face with his dirty blond hair tied in a plait. "Dorlishe the Auror has let slip that the Storm Hawks will not be moved until the thirtieth of this month, the day before their Sky Knight turns eighteen" He continued as Cyclonis and her followers looked to him.
"This is a false trail, the Ministry of Magic nor even the Sky Knight council no longer have any association or contact with the Storm Hawks, those closest to them believe we have infiltrated the them both" Severus interrupted the man.
"Well they got that right then" One of the death eaters further down the table chuckled, causing a few of the others to laugh too. Cyclonis allowed herself a rare smile before she turned her attention to the other end of the table.
"What say you Pius?" She asked the man sitting directly opposite her. The man she was addressing was thin, middle-aged and had long black hair and a beard. Sitting just in front of the floating woman Pius seemed a little nervous, more so due to Nagini, Cyclonis's pet snake, slithering on the floor right beside him.
"One hears many things master, but the truth among them is not clear" He replied, forcing himself not to look at the snake.
"You've spoken like a true politician" Cyclonis chuckled slightly, her pail and slightly shrunken face lighting up for a moment. "You will I think prove most useful Pius" She continued as her smile faded, never there for long. "Where will they be taken?" She asked, turning back to Severus.
"To a safe house, most likely the home of someone in the Order of the Phoenix, the Storm Hawks have seemingly but their trust in them only, I've been told its been given every manner of protection available, once they are there it would be impractical to attack" He replied. The sound of someone clearing their throat sounded. It was Bellatrix, who was sat next to her sister, Lucius's wife.
"Master I would like to volunteer myself for the task, I want to kill the Sky Knight" She said in a low whisper. Before Cyclonis could answer a loud and painful groan emitted from somewhere on the floor below.
"Petigrew!" Cyclonis shouted at the rat like man who was stood a short distance away from the table behind Pius. "Have I not told you about keeping our guest quiet" Cyclonis spat out in annoyance.
"Yes, my master, right away my master" Petigrew stuttered, twitching both his real and silver hands before leaving the room.
"As inspiring I find your blood lust Bellatrix, I must be the one to kill Aerrow" Cyclonis continued. Bellatrix who'd been leaning in expectantly withdrew back respectively. "But, I face an unfortunate complication" Cyclonis announced to them all again as she stood up. "That my wand and Aerrow's blades share the same core, they are in some ways twins, we can wound but not fatally harm one another" She announced as she laid her wand on the table. "If I am to kill him, I must do it with another's wand" She added as she stared to walk down one side of the table. "Come, surly one of you would like the honour" She inquired when no one spoke up. "What about you, Lucius?" She asked stopping beside his chair. Lucius, who still looked pale and worn with none of his usual self assurance he'd lost in Askaban, looked up at her.
"Master?" He asked taken a back.
"I require your wand" Cyclonis ordered rather than asked, holding out a hand. After a slight pause Lucius reluctantly pulled the wand, which formed the top of his walking stick, out and handed it to her.
"I think this will do" Cyclonis said quietly, running her a hand over the wand as she held the bejewelled snake head handle with the other. Then in one swift movement she snapped the little snakes head off the wand a threw it onto the table causing Lucius to flinch a little and now truly look worn down and defeated. As if to test her new wand Cyclonis turned her attention and the wands direction to the floating woman. "To those of you who do not know, we are joined tonight by Miss Burbage whom until recently taught at the Sky Knight academy" Cyclonis announced as the woman, now awake and looking around fearfully, floated until she was above the middle of the table. "I believe she even taught the Storm Hawks Sky Knight" She added causing her followers to jeer and taunt the woman. "It is her belief that the Sky Knights, not us will be the one victorious in this war" Cyclonis taunted as she took her seat once again. Nagini had followed it's master to her seat and was crawling up her chair. Cyclonis then raised her wand at the woman and set off a killing curse, causing Miss Burbage to fall onto the table with a great crash, dead.
"Nagini, dinner" Cyclonis whispered as she stroked her snake, which then started to slither down the table towards the woman's body.