::~//~::
"Albus." Remus nodded in acknowledgement.
"Remus," He nodded back, "Who is that woman? I don't seem to recognize her."
"Uh…I don't really know, she says her name is Gem."
"She could be a muggle, or even a spy for all you know. That is really bad for security."
"Yes, yes, I know. Sirius already said that. I…I feel like some sort of obligation to her. On a subconscious level."
"Remus, do you like her?" He thought with amusement.
"Albus! Not that kind of obligation. Really! Sometimes you act like a teenager, oh enough of this, you know what I mean. Now, why are you here?"
"News, my dear boy, news." Said Dumbledore.
A spark of fresh interest now shone in Remus and Snuffle's eyes. (Yes, snuffles the dog.)
"Go on." Replied Remus.
"Well, as you know, Fudge still refuses to acknowledge the re-empowerment of Voldemort. You would think he would notice all the muggle torchers and deaths. Even some of our own. I believe our main interest at this point in time is to get the ministry involved, even if it is only so they acknowledge the present danger."
"And how exactly are we supposed to do that?"
"That, Remus, is my problem."
At that they fell into silence, both, most obviously thinking about how to get Cornelius Fudge to admit and announce the presence and re-empowerment of Voldemort. They were interrupted from their musings by a loud bark from Snuffles.
"Wha-" Began Dumbledore, but he never got to finish because Gem walked out from behind the tree and walked towards them. (At the time she was wearing loose black pants made of a thin fabric, and a large midnight blue T-shirt with a picture of fire drawn into the middle of it."
"This Fudge person is your minister, if I'm not mistaken. Well go above him." She began, either oblivious or choosing to ignore the glances they gave her, somewhere between fearful and intrigued.
"Explain the situation to the actual people who fight. It wont matter what the minister's opinion is if all his workers know the truth. (Something like a strike of Aurors, I'm guessing.) All three sat staring dumbstruck at Gem. (I'm including Snuffles.) Except Dumbledore recovered the quickest.
All of the sudden a high-pitched chime went off and held the note for four beats. Then it got lower and lower and lower, holding each note for four beats, leaving no time in between the change of notes. Then all four notes sounded at the same time and it was clear that all the noise was coming from Gem's Wind chime / dream catcher thingy.
"Uh-oh." Was all they heard from Gem before a light shot out from the center stone and the noise died down.
The light stopped about 10 feet away and then grew into a 7 foot by 7-foot semi translucent circle.
All was silent for a few seconds, (you know those seconds that seem like hours, well this was one of those times.) then, suddenly, a large black dog with black eyes, bound out of the circle.
(All black on this dog was devoid of any other color, somewhat like Gems hair.)
It's ears stood straight up except for the tips, which bent down some. It was about five inches larger then Snuffles; a lot more muscular and looked as if it could get pretty vicious if the need did arise.
::~//~::
~HarryPotterCC1~
Yay! I got into some action. This is a bit of a cliffhanger, but you don't know why. I was also somewhat dissapointed that I only got two reviews. Me sad! Just so you know, it is the reviews and incouragement that drive that abusive plot fairy away.
Thanks to all my reviewers:
Siriuslyinlove ~ I got some historical information right! I'm so so proud of myself! Well, I got the beginning of some action in this chapter. I also think of Doumbledore in a forget-me-nott robe, that is why I wrote it. I posted!
MissMoppet ~ Yes, good question! Why did gem take dumbledore by surprise? I didn't reall mean for that effect, but hey, I guess my subcontious had other plans.
Please review ^_^
"Albus." Remus nodded in acknowledgement.
"Remus," He nodded back, "Who is that woman? I don't seem to recognize her."
"Uh…I don't really know, she says her name is Gem."
"She could be a muggle, or even a spy for all you know. That is really bad for security."
"Yes, yes, I know. Sirius already said that. I…I feel like some sort of obligation to her. On a subconscious level."
"Remus, do you like her?" He thought with amusement.
"Albus! Not that kind of obligation. Really! Sometimes you act like a teenager, oh enough of this, you know what I mean. Now, why are you here?"
"News, my dear boy, news." Said Dumbledore.
A spark of fresh interest now shone in Remus and Snuffle's eyes. (Yes, snuffles the dog.)
"Go on." Replied Remus.
"Well, as you know, Fudge still refuses to acknowledge the re-empowerment of Voldemort. You would think he would notice all the muggle torchers and deaths. Even some of our own. I believe our main interest at this point in time is to get the ministry involved, even if it is only so they acknowledge the present danger."
"And how exactly are we supposed to do that?"
"That, Remus, is my problem."
At that they fell into silence, both, most obviously thinking about how to get Cornelius Fudge to admit and announce the presence and re-empowerment of Voldemort. They were interrupted from their musings by a loud bark from Snuffles.
"Wha-" Began Dumbledore, but he never got to finish because Gem walked out from behind the tree and walked towards them. (At the time she was wearing loose black pants made of a thin fabric, and a large midnight blue T-shirt with a picture of fire drawn into the middle of it."
"This Fudge person is your minister, if I'm not mistaken. Well go above him." She began, either oblivious or choosing to ignore the glances they gave her, somewhere between fearful and intrigued.
"Explain the situation to the actual people who fight. It wont matter what the minister's opinion is if all his workers know the truth. (Something like a strike of Aurors, I'm guessing.) All three sat staring dumbstruck at Gem. (I'm including Snuffles.) Except Dumbledore recovered the quickest.
All of the sudden a high-pitched chime went off and held the note for four beats. Then it got lower and lower and lower, holding each note for four beats, leaving no time in between the change of notes. Then all four notes sounded at the same time and it was clear that all the noise was coming from Gem's Wind chime / dream catcher thingy.
"Uh-oh." Was all they heard from Gem before a light shot out from the center stone and the noise died down.
The light stopped about 10 feet away and then grew into a 7 foot by 7-foot semi translucent circle.
All was silent for a few seconds, (you know those seconds that seem like hours, well this was one of those times.) then, suddenly, a large black dog with black eyes, bound out of the circle.
(All black on this dog was devoid of any other color, somewhat like Gems hair.)
It's ears stood straight up except for the tips, which bent down some. It was about five inches larger then Snuffles; a lot more muscular and looked as if it could get pretty vicious if the need did arise.
::~//~::
~HarryPotterCC1~
Yay! I got into some action. This is a bit of a cliffhanger, but you don't know why. I was also somewhat dissapointed that I only got two reviews. Me sad! Just so you know, it is the reviews and incouragement that drive that abusive plot fairy away.
Thanks to all my reviewers:
Siriuslyinlove ~ I got some historical information right! I'm so so proud of myself! Well, I got the beginning of some action in this chapter. I also think of Doumbledore in a forget-me-nott robe, that is why I wrote it. I posted!
MissMoppet ~ Yes, good question! Why did gem take dumbledore by surprise? I didn't reall mean for that effect, but hey, I guess my subcontious had other plans.
Please review ^_^
