Chapter 9: The Raid of Juniper
While team RWBY had stayed at Hogwarts to teach, JNPR had agreed to go with the Order of the Phoenix, so that the could help speed up the war effort and get back home. It had already been a month, and in that time, they had done nothing, at all. The most they did was keep Sirius company, and even then that wasn't much.
Jaune, Phyrra, and Ren had learned as much as possible from Sirius about magic, and how to fight it. Nora learned with them, but one couldn't really tell if she was listening or not. They were able to practice using their weapons to block spells from Sirius, or Mad Eye Moody whenever he was at Grimaud Palace. JNPR learned quickly to always been on their toes around Moody, and even when he wasn't there.
So, trained and armed with the knowledge of how to fight a wizard when one is a muggle, JNPR still stayed at base. It seemed that Dumbledore didn't know how to fight a war, at least to Phyrra he didn't. Jaune was in agreement. You don't win by sitting around, you win by going out and crushing the enemy.
Luckily for Jaune and his team, Moody thought the same way, and gave the four man team the location of a known Death Eater house.
The Goyle home was the target of the raid, and the objective was simple. Scorched earth policy. Destroy anything that might give the enemy an advantage if you can't carry it yourself. If anyone was home, they were expendable. This part of the orders JNPR was weary of carrying out, but it would need to be done. Voldemort's men did not deserve to live.
An hour later, Goyle Manor
JNPR was on the edge of the manor, Moody with them. He was there to make sure the wards wouldn't outright kill them. The old Auror nearly laughed when he saw that there were no wards around the house except for muggle repelling wards, and JNPR was able to fight it off.
"I don't like this. Why would they have no wards?" Ren asked, very worried about that. "Simple, they don't believe anyone would bother attack them directly. Time to show them wrong. This is where you take the reigns, Jaune. Lead well." Moody said, standing back as the team of four moved up, getting right by the front door.
"Nora, breach the door" Jaune told to the pink hammer wielder. Stepping back from the door, Nora put her hammer, Manghild, into it's grenade launcher form, aimed, and fired, obliterating the door in one shot.
In almost slow motion it seemed, the rest of team JNPR rushed in, each looking in a different direction, and saw that the room was clear. Keeping his shield in front, Jaune called for the team to stack up, with Phyrra going with Nora and Ren with Jaune. This was to lower the chance of getting hit by the Killing Curse, as the shields both Juane and Phyrra have were incredibly strong.
Moving upstairs with Ren behind him, StormFlowers at the ready, Jaune kept his eye on his surroundings. It would do no good to get hit from the side. He was plenty sure his aura wouldn't block the Killing Curse.
Sweeping the entire upstairs quickly, Ren and Jaune found nobody there. Seems it would be up to the girls to find someone. and find they did. All the boys heard was an explosion, a scream, and then silence. They looked at each other, and rushed down stairs.
What they found was quite the bloody scene. The kitchen was covered in blood and guts, including the girls. Nora had a sheepish expression on her face, and Phyrra looked shell-shocked.
"Well, the house is clear. Lets get what we can and set the charges." Jaune said to his team, trying to ignore the carnage in the room. Heading back up stairs, Jaune and Ren made quick work of the main rooms, taking what they thought was valuable, which was quite a lot, but the Order had given them bags with extension charms on them, so it all fit.
an hour later, JNPR had taken most of the items that might hold some sort of value, and all that was left was to set the charges. The charges in question were urns of greek fire, and a match. Not the best, but Nora had cleared exits for each of them, so all they had to do was light t and run like hell forward.
"ALRIGHT! ON THREE!" Jaune shouted, to make sure his team could hear him. "ONE...TWO...THREE!" he shouted, dropping the lit match into the urn and throwing it at the wall, back pedaling as he threw it. Once it hit the wall, he ran forward, not wanting to burn alive.
His target spot was on the back side of the house, and so he had to go around the burning building. Running still him and the rest of his team made it back to the point where Moody had dropped them off. taking out the rusty spoon that was their portkey for after the mission was done. Everyone got a hold of it, and Jaune said the password to activate it. "Burned" was spoken, and then the feeling hook behind their naval's was felt,and they were back near the Order headquarters.
An Order member was there to give them coats to hide their odd clothing, and walk them back to the home of the Black family. walking in, the team reported a mission complete, and then went to the room they were using to sleep in. Phyrra went to take a shower, as she and Nora still had some dried blood on them.
After they all showered and got some food, the team went back to the room, and fell asleep, not interacting much with the other Order members besides Sirius Black, and even then they were a bit more on the rare and quick side. Still, the team went to sleep, getting ready for another at Grimaud Palace, sitting there doing nothing.
A/N: Hey guys, Lone here. Thought I'd change things up and show a chapter with JNPR, as they hadn't had any screen time in a long time. Next chapter will be back to your normally aired RWBY and the Golden Trio+DA. Also, thank you to everyone for the view, follows, and favorites. the reviews are nice as well, as a couple have helped to shape the story to where it's going now. Till next time, this is Lone, signing off.
