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Chapter 2

Despite never having children of his own, Voldemort really took a shine to the young master Malfoy. Something about that young man reminded Voldemort of himself at his age.

"Come Draco, report you findings" he hissed. When the blond teenager raised his eyes to meet those of his master, there was no fear. Voldemort has done everything and anything he could make it hard for Draco. In proving his loyalty the young man had to endure such tortures that would make the crusiatus sound like a slap on the wrist. Voldemort liked those nights the best………….

"Master?" Draco asked to the obvious reminiscing dark lord.

"report"

"It is still not perfected. During the last test we lost 3 Death Eaters and after only 2 hours. The bodies are being examined now to find the malfunction"

"I take it they did not perish in battle"

"No sire, after the Traitors and Mudbloods retreated they were fine for about fifteen minutes, then they……. Just fell over…. As if hit by a spell from behind"

"i want a full report when the examination is completed"

"Of course Sire" Draco bowed deeply before he exited the dark lords chambers.

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Behind the frantic chatter that was a meeting of the Order of the Phoenix three friends sat in the corner discussing something everyone else would dare not say.

"What are steroids?"

"they are performance enhancing drugs that some Muggles take to be stronger or better at something physical Ron, and thats the only explanation i have for what happened today."

"what happened today was not a fluke" a familiar voice said "It was not being outnumbered. It was not stronger curses. I do not know what has been done, but the death eaters we fought today were near invincible." Dumbledore stepped out the shadows and walked to the head of the table which had remarkably quieted when he uttered his first syllable. "A few announcements before we begin, Today we have lost 3 valiant members of our Order and I believe a moment of silence would be appropriate for them and their families.......................................................... There is a strange force driving the Death Eater recently. They seem to be able to absorb any spell like a battery. I do not know of this kind of magic but it must be very old. For the time being I suggest only leaving the house for meetings and absolute necessities, we are still unsure of their abilities and I'd rather not find out the hard way……….. That is all……… Ms. Granger and Mr. Longbottom please stay behind for a moment……… I need you and Ms. Granger here to research the Chronus charm. I was not totally honest when I said I have never seen this type of magic, When I was young I spent a summer with my cousin in Brazil, he lived in a tribe where the warriors were never killed. I cannot say whether there is a connection but we cannot afford anymore time for wondering; you need to figure this out and you need to do it now." With that he was gone.

For a long minute Hermione and Neville stared at each other trying to digest what they just heard. Without a word they walked slowly to the library. They each shrank into their respective chairs and began to read the first page of over a thousand books they would have to read and hopefully find something in regards to invincible Brazilian warriors and the Chronus charm.

Hours had past, may be even days. The two read on silently absorbing all they could and searching for a related word or passage. Neville finally broke the silence "Here's something" his voice raspy because of non use "'The Powek 'POW-Eek' tribe of Pau Pau New Guinea were said to have the extraordinary gift of 'spell absorption' they would use their opponents own spells as energy to fuel their magic. Then when the 'battery' is full they would unleash a string of yellowish tinted spells that can severely hurt or even kill their opponents even without a wand'……. That's got to be it."

"What book is that?"

"Folklore from around the world"

"Did you see any yellowish tinted spells?"

"No I didn't"

"So that's out"

"Have you found anything on the Chronus Charm?"

"I looked in every spell book in this whole library, even in the dark magic section and found nothing; I'm starting to think the charm is from before spells started being written down"

"How did Dumbledore know about then?"

"I don't know…. But I'm going to find out"