NEW RECRUITS
Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Scotland, UK
September 2nd
2022 A.D.
"13 Months?!" Violet blurted in shock.
"Give or take," Aurora mumbled.
She, Lynx and Violet were walking quickly through the 3rd floor corridor towards to moving staircases.
"You're sure?"
"Well I can't be completely sure. Sophia told me that It's only happened once before and she was killed before she could actually give birth,"
"So it's defiantly going to be an Anomaly then?" Lynx asked.
"I don't know what it's going to be. There's never been a conceived Anomaly, they've all just evolved after conception,"
"Well, then It can't be part of the Prophecy can it?" Violet said quickly. "you won't even give birth until about March and doomsday's suppose to kick off in January,"
"Yes Violet, it's such a relief to know that the world will end before I give birth," Aurora scowled.
"Sorry, I didn't mean...on the bright side, you won't even start getting a lump for...,"
"A month, maybe longer," Aurora said. "as soon as I start to show, I'm going to have to leave,"
"Don't you think you'd be safer here?" Lynx asked as they reached the 7th floor.
"If the Cleric's find out that I'm carrying Al's baby, they'd probably try and nuke the school! Sophia can hide me, at least until the baby's born," Aurora sighed.
"And then what?"
"I don't know...I'll send it somewhere safe," She mumbled.
"What?! Your not seriously thinking of -"
"I don't know what to do!" Aurora voice shook. "I'm...I'm not ready for this! I don't know the first thing about being a mother! I barely even knew mine!"
Lynx stopped Aurora. "You're not alone Aurora," she tried to assure her. "we're all going to be here to help,"
"Al's coming back Aurora, He promised. And then he'll protect you," Violet agreed.
"That's if he doesn't freak out when I tell him, which he probably will," Aurora threated.
"I'm sure he won't fre -"
"I did! I didn't sleep for two days after I found out!" This was certainly a first for Lynx and Violet. Aurora had always been the one to keep her composer under stress. The only thing that every caused her to lose that composer was Albus. He was the only one that could actually make her upset or angry but this baby was literally putting her in danger of having a nervous breakdown!
"It's going to be fine!" Lynx squeezed Aurora's hand. "we're all here for you."
"She's right," Violet smiled. "we look after each other and we'll be fine."
Aurora managed to return the smile. "Thanks...I'm sorry, I'm all messed up at the moment."
"It's to be expected," Lynx laughed. "but now you've got to put on a tough face...Professor."
"Please don't call me that!"
"Oh please? It'll piss James off," They giggled. "there's no way I'm calling him sir!"
"Yes you are!" James said walking towards them. "don't make me deduct house points, Miss Cabot!" He grinned.
"You're not an actual teacher James." Violet scoffed.
"I'm an assistant teacher which means I can give you detention and take house points from you," He boasted.
"Yeah and you only go that job because of Alex," Aurora hissed. "I don't see why you didn't just go to work for your dad, everyone knows you want to be an Auror."
"Al said we should stick together."
"He didn't say that you should become a power abusive assistant teacher!" Violet spat.
"10 points from Ravenclaw for being disrespectful to a teacher," James sang.
"What's the penalty for cursing a teacher?" Aurora growled.
"I make you share a dorm with Hugo," James chuckled. "anyway, you've got your own class to teach so I'll leave you to it," He grinned before walking away.
"I can't believe Tannis actually gave him that job!" Lynx hissed through gritty teeth.
They continued down the corridor until they reached the tapestry that marked the entrance to the Room of Requirement. The door materialized a few seconds later and they went inside.
To say that Aurora was surprised when she walked in was one hell of an understatement. She started to feel very hot and nervous as she realized that there were easily more the 30 people waiting for her. The room was laid out exactly the way it had been when Harry had first started teaching Dumbledore's army.
"Is it my imagination or has the D.A. Gotten a lot bigger all of a sudden?" She asked absently. A few snigger's came from the large group.
There were student's from every house and all years between 4th and 7th. She spotted the Bob's on the left along with Neil Bogdon and Henry Hammings. Next to them were Lily, Hugo, Rose, Scorpius and Violet's brother, Ryan. Lily seemed slightly torn between looking at Aurora and gazing at Ryan. Lynx grinned as she and Violet joined the group.
Aurora was at a bit of a loss as where to begin. Unfortunately she could feel her stomach starting to lurch. For a second she thought she might actually be sick right then and there but managed to keep it down. She took a breath and tried to focus. This wasn't some fun little gathering between friends, she had taken over this position for a reason.
"Err...I feel the need to be honest with all of you," She said firmly. "I think some of you might be here for the wrong reasons and if you are then I suggest you leave now."
The group looked slightly confused.
"I know that most of you just want to be students. You want your biggest worries to be homework, tests, popularity and relationship troubles...unfortunately, those issues are about as meaningless as they come now. You've all been hearing people say that war is a possibility, something that they will do anything in their power to avoid? Well I'm afraid that's a lie...war is inevitable. It's coming whether we want it to or not."
Everyone's focus was pinned to Aurora.
"And when this war arrives, it won't be fought on some far distant battlefield, it'll be in the streets, it'll be coming through your windows and not matter was swashbuckling stories your parents may have told you, students cannot win a war. Soldiers win wars. That's why I'm here. I'm not hear to teach students. Student will not stand their ground against the enemy, students will not fight no matter what the odds, but soldiers will. I'm here to train soldiers. So if you want to be a student, I suggest you leave now. If you want to be a soldier, then you've come to the right place, because I don't plan on loosing this war!"
No one moved towards the door instead the room suddenly broke out in cheers and applause started by the Bob's.
Aurora flushed a little bit and smiled. "That's wasn't meant to be a speech."
"Reporting for duty...Sir," Lynx grinned.
Aurora laughed. "Alright...this is Dumbledore's army, now we're going to make it a real army. We'll call this first lesson basic training," She continued. "can anyone tell me a soldiers most important weapon?"
Several people looked like they wanted to speak but didn't.
"His head..."
Aurora was somewhat surprised to see that Hugo had actually answered.
"That's absolutely right Hugo," A massive grin fell over Hugo's face. "cut off from his friends, unarmed, a soldier is still dangerous as long as he can think. However, keeping your head about you when under extreme pressure is not easy."
Aurora flicked her wand causing a table to shoot over into the middle of the room.
"There will be hundreds of distractions around you but you still need to be able to think straight. So first, I'm going to teach you how to think, then I'm going to teach how to fight," She waved her wand again and two floating orbs appeared just above the table. One glowed green while the other turned red.
"Your gonna form a line and step up to the table one at a time. I'm going to ask you yes or no questions. Green means yes, red means no. If you lie or get a question wrong, I'll shot you. If you hesitate, I'll shot you...but no pressure guys," She grinned as everyone nervously formed a line in front of the table.
First up was Henry Hamming's who looked like he might pass out even before being asked a question.
"Nervous?" She asked.
Henry jumped and smacked the Green Orb which made the sound of bell chiming. The others in the line chuckled.
"See, that wasn't so bad was it?" She ask sweetly.
"It was okay...." He smiled.
A bolt of blue light suddenly hit Henry straight in the ass causing him to jump around and yelp in pain. "You didn't push one of the orbs," Aurora smiled. "Back of the line Henry."
Henry trudged to the back, rubbing his left butt cheek. Next up was Lily. She looked a lot more confidant that Henry did and readied her hand to smack an orb at a moments notice.
"Do you fancy Violet's Brother?" Aurora asked simply.
"What?! OWW!" Lily got the same treatment as Henry.
It was becoming clear that Aurora was going to ask the worst possible questions to try and distract people. Hugo stepped up.
"Do you masturbate more that twice a day Hugo?" She grinned but to her surprise Hugo hit the green orb without flinching. Everyone in the queue laughed.
"What!? I'm only human!" Hugo brushed off.
"Do you miss being able to swear?"
Again Hugo hit the green orb, despite the fact that everyone in the queue was still laughing.
"I don't know what you guys are laughing at, he's done the best so far," Aurora stated. "I tell ya what Hugo, you get this next one right and I'll let you grab my tits," Hugo suddenly looked like he was having trouble breathing.
"Are you jealous of ya sisters brain power?"
Hugo seemed to have lost all motor functions. He was actually staring at Aurora's chest instead of the other orbs.
"AWW!" He cried as a bolt struck him in the back side.
"Ahh, too bad Hugo," Aurora giggled as Hugo made his way to the back of the soar ass queue. "In case you haven't realized by now, I am going to embarrass the hell out of you lot."
Scorpius stepped up looking like he was approaching a very smelly toilet. "Your turn Mal," Aurora grinned deviously.
"Be gentle," He begged.
"You slept with Rose yet?"
He hit the red orb and what sounded like a loud buzzer went off. "Liar," Aurora smiled as Rose looked ready to explode. Scorpius yelped as he was shocked by Aurora's wand. The Bob's wolf whistled.
The red haired volcano stepped up glaring at Aurora who just smiled back sweetly. "Did he make you orgasm Rose?"
"THAT'S IT!" Rose roared and aimed her wand at Aurora but she had already raised a shield.
"There's no room for pride or egos in war Rose...and I never said that this would be pleasant," Aurora said quickly as Rose subsided. As she walked away towards the end of the queue, Aurora sneakily shot a bolt at her ass. Rose screamed and shot icy daggers at Aurora.
"What? You didn't answer a question!" She smiled. "Don't take any of this personally, I'm not doing this to make you feel bad, I'm trying to help you. If you can keep your head together when your most embarrassing secrets are coming out then you one step closer to being able to do it when people are trying to kill you!" Aurora said honestly.
Lynx stepped up.
"So...Lynx...," Aurora grinned trying to think up something good. "did you become an animagus just to impress Violet?"
Lynx hit the green orb. A large amount of Ahhh's came from the crowed and Violet blushed.
"That's sweet. Have you seen her naked yet?"
Lynx looked like she wanted to say something but instead simply touched the green orb again.
A volley of wolf whistles sounded around the room. Lynx just bit her bottom lip and smiled, trying to stop herself from going red.
"Ever thought about sleeping with a man...just to try it?" Aurora grinned.
Lynx hit the green button causing even more wolf whistles to echo off the walls.
"Ever thought about a threesome?"
A blue bolt struck Hugo in the other ass cheek. "OWW! It's wasn't even my clucking turn! Damnit!" Hugo stewed even more at the fact that he still couldn't swear.
"Hugo, I'm asking the questions!" Aurora sighed. She turned back to Lynx with a very evil smile on her face. "Ever thought about a threesome...with me?"
Lynx struggled for a second while turning bright red, then hit the red orb. The buzzer sounded and Lynx received a shock to her ass as everyone cheered and whistled.
"Sorry sweetie, I'm spoken for," Aurora smiled as Lynx joined the back of the queue. Violet stepped up already looking very embarrassed.
Aurora turned around slightly. "Do these trousers make my ass look fat?" She asked.
Violet hit the red orb which made the sound of a bell ringing. "That's good to know," Aurora smiled. "Is Lynx a talented girl in the bedroom?"
Violet went as red as tomato ketchup as she hit the green orb. Again people whistled and cheered. "Care to elaborate?" The Bob's called out.
"Do the underage sex wards in this school work on Lesbians?" Aurora asked quickly.
If it was possible, Violet went even more red. She hit the green orb that made the noise of a buzzer.
"Liar, Lair, pants on fire!" Aurora shocked her in the ass.
After another 20 minutes every single person in the room, except Aurora, was nursing an extremely soar ass. She flicked her wand causing the orbs to disappear and the table to shoot back where it came from.
"That wasn't bad for a first time," She said. "don't worry, there won't be any permanent damage to your backsides. Any of you that still want to be soldiers, meet back here same time tomorrow,"
Everyone seemed quite happy that the punishment was over for today.
Victoria Park/Stampede Train Station
Calgary, Canada
September 3rd
2022 A.D.
Albus stayed concealed inside the large crowd of commuters as he watched another train pull in. At the same time he was keeping an eye on the 2 plain clothed C.I.A. Agents across from him. To anyone else they would have just looked like normal travelers but then, everyone else couldn't hear the sound of their ear pieces. He had spotted them earlier that morning and used them to get him closer to the prize. When in doubt, follow the government agents. Every now and then they would speak into their jacket collars or nod across the arrivals hall to the other 2 agents standing next to a news stand.
The train doors opened and dozens of people came flooding out. Albus picked up the faint sound of one of the agents speaking to his jacket. "Target acquired," Just has he heard it a unique and intoxicating smell shot up his nose.
He looked left to see a small girl with dirty blond hair and big green eyes step off the train, looking around nervously. She was still just a child and hadn't entered her Metamorphosis yet but if she was almost 14 years old, it wouldn't be long before she did.
She started to make her way through the crowded hall and the agents immediately started following her. She walked over to the cash machine and pushed and held one of the buttons. Although she didn't actually put a bank card in, a few hundred Canadian dollars came out which she pocketed quickly.
The agents started closing in on her. Albus hung back, right behind one of them. The agent he was following pulled out a small odd looking gun from his jacket. A tranquilizer gun.
"I have a clear shot," He said to his collar.
A Second later, while keeping the gun concealed beneath his coat, he took aim at her and fired. Albus raised his hand and caused the dart to curve in mid air and hit the agent straight in the throat. He collapsed onto the ground. It was enough to grab Athena's attention. As soon as she saw the man on the floor, she started walking very quickly towards a security door.
She pressed her hand onto the keep pad and the door opened. She got inside and closed it just as the other 3 agents tried to follow her through. They quickly moved down the side of the hall until they reached another security door. One of them listened to instructions from his ear piece then punched in a code onto the key pad. The door opened and they shot inside.
Albus moved towards the door. As he did, he looked across the room to see a man talk into a walky talky. He wasn't C.I.A., that much was obvious because of the large tattoo he had on his neck but he certainly wasn't a security guard either. Albus and the spooks weren't the only people there for Athena but he couldn't worry about that now.
Albus flicked his fingers stopping the door from closing behind the agents. He walked through and into series of maintenance areas behind the main hall of the train station. He followed her scent around a corner and down a small hallway.
"Federal Agent! Get down on the ground!" An agent yelled.
"Please, I don't want to hurt you!" The Polish girl cried.
Albus suddenly shot round the corner, grabbing the agent that was aiming a pistol at her. He span him round and knocked the gun out of his hand just as the other two agents aimed at him. He slammed the agent in his grip into another agent, then sent a gravity burst at the third. The Agent was thrown through the air and smashed into a wall just in front of Athena who was frozen stiff.
He smacked the other agent around the face with the butt of his own pistol then laid a knockout punch into him. Only one agent remained. He pulled his secondary weapon from his ankle holster and fired. Albus raised his hand causing the bullets to freeze in mid air. He flicked them away leaving the agent stunned.
"Jesus...," He breathed.
"Not quite, but I can walk on water," Albus smiled.
The agent made the smart decision to drop the gun and raise his hands.
"Don't follow us," Albus left him there and walked over to Athena. He tried to take her by the hand but she recoiled. "I'm not gonna hurt you...you've been looking for me,"
"You're...you're the...," She stammered.
"Yes, and we need to be leaving now."
She held out her hand for him to take. Albus took her down another corridor and spotted a door marked: Emergency Exit. As they arrived at the door, they noticed a large padlock keeping it closed. Albus simply ripped the padlock off and pushed the door open.
They arrived out on the street just next to the train station and immediately moved off towards the car park. He could have flown her out but then everyone would know that he just attacked a bunch of C.I.A. Agents and he had been asked to do things subtly for the moment. He walked her over to a Red Sports car and with a quick flick of his fingers, the doors unlocked and opened.
"Get in," He decided to driver her to a secluded location before taking into the air.
Albus went to work on the ignition, pulling out some of the electrics and attempting to hot wire the car. Athena realized what he was trying to do and simply placed her hand on the sat nav. The car suddenly started up.
Albus didn't have time to look surprised as he spotted several men rushing out of the train station entrance.
"Seat belt," He said as he closed the doors and put his foot down. The tires screeched as they shot off down the road.
Athena fumbled the belt as she frantically tried to lock it into place. Two SUV's with blacked out windows were suddenly on their tales.
"Hang on!" Al said as he suddenly cut right, shooting through a red light. Car horns sounded and tires screeched as he cut straight through on coming traffic. The SUV's managed to stay with them as Al raced down the street towards the center of the city.
He took another hard right, driving off road and straight through a park! People panicked and run as he tore through the area and back onto a main street. Athena screamed as the back window suddenly exploded from bullets striking the car. A man was hanging out of one of the SUV's sun roofs with an automatic rifle.
Albus pulled a pistol from his belt, turned and returned fire.
"WATCH THE FUCKING ROAD!" Athena screamed.
Albus turned back and grabbed the wheel as the car raced past a massive cemetery.
"I thought they were supposed to arrest people!? Why are they shooting at us?!"
"They're not cops," Albus stated while weaving in and out of traffic.
"Who are they?! Why are they trying to kill us?!" She cried.
"Actually, they're just trying to kill me. You they want alive,"
"Well then let me the fuck out of this car!"
Albus ignored her and cut right, driving straight into the cemetery. He smashed straight through the main gates and into the graveyard.
"You can't drive through a cemetery!" Athena screamed. "there's dead people here!"
Albus put his arm out the window and sent a gravity burst at one of the larger tombstones. It broke out of the ground and flew backwards. The first SUV dodged it but the second didn't. It slammed straight through the windscreen sending the car into an out of control spin and smashing into a tree.
"You ain't kidding," Albus remarked. He smashed through the fence on the left and back onto the main road.
The remaining SUV stayed with them and more bullets connected with the back of the car. Albus suddenly snapped the handbrake up, spun the car and then threw it in reverse.
"What the hell is the matter with you?! Your driving backwards!" She panicked.
He aimed his pistol and fired, sending slugs through the gunman. He dropped back into the car with holes in his chest. Albus hit the handbrake again, turning the car the right way around.
"You know, you really shouldn't swear so much. Your only young," Albus said casually.
"HOLY SHIT!" She screamed as Albus just managed to dodge a truck that was turning onto the road. The SUV was forced to brake and drop back to dodge the same truck.
"Relax," Albus said simply.
"Don't tell me to fucking relax -" A spark of blue electricity shot from Athena's hands and hit the dash board. "No!" She clamped her eyes shut.
"It's alright. Just breath," Albus made a impossible handbrake slide to the left cutting down 9th Avenue.
He suddenly slammed on the breaks. In front of them the traffic had come to a stand still in the center of the city. It was complete gridlock. Albus looked around quickly. They were right next to the Stephens Avenue Mall. In the rear view mirror, the SUV came skidding around the corner.
"Fly! Fly us out of here!"
"That's not gonna work...,"
"Why?!"
"Because they can fly too!" Albus nodded out of the windscreen. In the distance a Bell 206 Helicopter was moving towards them. Sitting on both open sides of the chopper were two men with heavy weapons.
"Oh shit!" Athena blurted as she realized that they were surrounded.
"Hang on to something!" Albus put his foot down. He was driving straight at the Mall!
Athena screamed as Albus closed his eyes. A burst of gravity erupted under the car sending it spinning through the air. The wheels slammed into the side of the Mall. They were actually driving horizontally across the wall of the building!
Windows exploded behind them as the Helicopter opened fire on them. The car stayed glued to the Mall as bullets tore the side of the building apart.
He snapped the handbrake up sending the car spinning across the wall. The bonnet was pointing straight up as the building wall came to an end. The car shot off the side and landed back on the street. Albus slammed his foot down and took off down the road.
They had lost the SUV but the chopper was still with them. The gunman opened fire again, this time blasting out one the back tires. He tugged the wheel hard trying to keep the car steady.
Ahead, the road ended and became a small river between land and Princes Island Park. Albus gunned it and shot straight for the barrier at the end of the street. He held his arm out of the window again, this time using gravity to grab hold of a metal mail box.
Just as they hit the barrier, Albus span the wheel and blasted the car off the ground. It rotated in mid air like a Frisbee and allowed him to get a clear shot at the chopper. He blasted the mailbox at the rotor blade as the car continued to spin. Letters and packages exploded everywhere as it collided with the blades. The broken pieces of metal smashed into the windscreen of the chopper, killing the pilot instantly.
The helicopter went into a dive and struck the river just as the car landed safely on the island and skidded to a halt.
Athena was still frozen with fear while Albus breathed a sigh of relief.
After a moments silence he spoke. "So...how you enjoying Canada, eh?"
Athena freaked out, taking off her seat belt and bolting from the car.
"Hey! Where you going?!" Albus got out followed her. She ran towards the bank of the river but suddenly realized that she was stuck on an island.
"Athena!" Albus yelled causing her to stop in her tracks. "You've been looking for me over 8 months, now your gonna run away when you finally find me?"
"Your insane!" She yelled.
"That would explain a great deal," Albus laughed only making her more nervous. "but it doesn't change the fact that I'm here to protect you,"
"Protect me?! You almost killed me!"
"I wasn't the one that started shooting at you," He said quickly. "listen, we don't have time to argue about this. I'll explain everything, I promise but you need to decide right now...either you come with me or you go with them," Albus pointed to the two man that were swimming clear of the helicopter wreckage.
She looked desperately between the two for a second then walked towards Albus.
"I hope you don't mind flying," He said as he wrapped his arms around her.
A second later he blasted both of them into the sky and away from the area.