Outside the house Arthur, Lupin, Sirius, Bill and Charlie were all stood around what appeared to be a large marquee which was folded up on the grass.
"All together now, one, two, three" Arthur instructed as they all began levitating the marquee which also began to set itself up too. Soon the roof was up, as was the similar but smaller room the covered the path to the house. It was then that Scrimgeour, the Minister of Magic, dissaperated into the grounds of the house.

"Blimey, what's the Minister doing here?" Charlie asked as he and the others watched the man walk up the path toward the house.

The Storm Hawks were all gathered in the lounge, all apart from Piper were in their formal clothing, sitting opposite the Scrimgeour.

"What can we do for you Minister?" Aerrow asked.

"I think we both know the question to the Aerrow" Scrimgeour replied as he placed a small bag onto the low table that lay in-between him and the Storm Hawks.

"And this is?" Aerrow inquired at the bag. Scrimgeour then took out a letter from his briefcase, the letter then floated out of Scrimgeour's hand and opened itself whilst hanging in mid air just to the side if them.

"Here it is set forth that this is the last will and testimony of Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts school of sorcery" The Minster began to read aloud the letter. "First to Finn of the Storm Hawks I leave my deluminator a device of my own making, in the hope that when things seem most dark, it will show him the light" Scrimgeour said as he passed a very surprised Finn a small circular tube with a metal bottom and top with a small switch at the side.

"Dumbledore left this for me?" Finn asked, looking at it curiously. "What does it do?" He asked confused. Scrimgeour seemed to know no more than he did as Finn flicked the switch and the lid at the top lifted away, it was than that the lamp nearest to flicked off and the light seemed to enter the device with closed it's top again. Finn then flicked the switch again and this time the light left the device and went back to it's lamp. "Wicked" Finn said as he rolled the device over in his hands. The Minister seemed to want to say something but instead carried on reading the will.
"To Piper of the Storm Hawks I leave my copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in the hop that she finds it entertaining and instructive" Scrimgeour said as he handed Piper a small and very battered book.

"This is full of children's stories" Piper said as she recognised the book, which they all knew was full of fictional tales involving magic and myth. Again the Minister did not say anything on the matter and continued with the will.

"Finally to the Storm Hawks Sky Knight Aerrow, I leave this note as a reminder of his perseverance and nerve" Scrimgeour began, passing over a letter which Aerrow noticed had already been opened. "Also the care and loyalty of my Phoenix, Fawkes with the reminder that help will always be given to those ask for it" Scrimgeour continued to say as Aerrow opened his letter, which had few words.

"One of three, now destroyed, it's true value never void" Aerrow read out what was written down. He, the others and Scrimgeour all looked confused. A device that switch lights on and off, a children's book, a riddle and the loyalty of a absent Phoenix, none of it made any sense. Scrimgeour seemed however, more disappointed at the lack of information rather than confused. "Is that it then?" Aerrow asked him, looking up from the letter, with a feeling that it was the Minister who had opened it first.

"Not quite, Dumbledore left you one more bequest, the sword of Griffindor" Scrimgeour told him , but made no move to produce the sword that had belonged to one of Hogwarts founders. "Unfortunately the sword was not Dumbledore's to give away, as an important historical artefact it belongs..." Scrimgeour began.

"To Aerrow, it belongs to Aerrow, Fawkes brought it to him when he needed it most in the..." Piper began but stopped herself, not wanting to inform the Minister of the fact that they had found the fabled Chamber of Secrets or that Aerrow had used the sword to kill the chambers monstrous Basilisk. The Minister didn't pry into Piper's near revelation but still looked at her curiously.

"In any case the current location of the sword is unknown" He announced.

"You mean it's missing?" Ace asked surprised. Scrimgeour seemed to ignore the question but instead chose to look back at them all.

"I don't know what your up to Storm Hawks, but you can't fight this war on your own, she's too strong" He told them solemnly.