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"Thoughts/mindspeak"
"Flashback"
"Writing"
Sorry for not updating sooner but I had a bitch of an English assignment and the glitch in fanfic kind of stopped me from updating. Ask 23Jericho or Dragonstar94 they had the same assignment. It was annoying, about Australia, like every other year, it was an oral presentation with a PowerPoint ... I'll tell you guys my result when I get it. :P
While they were eating up at the Head Table Dumbledore was fuming. "How dare those brats disrespect me like that! I need to get them under my control and soon!" As he plotted he didn't notice the gaze of the other teachers and students eyeing him like he was crazy. Truth be told, he did look crazy. He was wearing fluorescent yellow robes with green polka dots and hot pink daisies all over them, he was stroking his long beard and suddenly he let out a "Ha! I've got it!" and ran out of the hall. The students and staff stared after him, but soon dismissed his strange behavior as him just being an old eccentric wizard.
Dumbledore hurried to his office almost clapping his hands in glee. He had the perfect plan on how to make the Lupin-Emrys' obey him. When the Headmaster reached the stone gargoyle guarding the entrance he spoke the password, "flying acid pops," and hopped up the stairs. He was quite agile for a crazy old man. As he entered his office he calmed himself down by eating some of the lemon drops laced with calming potion. He left the ones laced with Veritaserum out on his desk for unsuspecting students. Although it was Saturday you never know who would need the help of the great Albus Dumbledore. He walked to the fire-place, grabbed some floo powder and yelled
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Meanwhile at the great hall it was mail time. Both Maddie and Ri were expecting parcels from their parents. They were not disappointed as two large packages, each carried by about six owls, dropped in front of them. Maddie had the one wrapped in silver paper, while Ri's was in gold. They quickly ripped off the wrapping to find that they had a Firebolt 2 each. The brooms hadn't even been released to the pros yet! The Slytherins all oohed and ahhed the brooms. These brooms were the best of the best. They were made of Oak and each twig was individually spelled for speed, balance, safety and strength. The brooms had runes carved like vines wrapping around the handle and Firebolt 2 was engraved at the very top in gold. It was rumored that, when they were released they would cost more than the Nimbus 1 and 2 put together. Ri and Maddie got them for free, because the one who designed the brooms had been great friends with Jon who saved the maker after an attack by manticore. Jon had traveled when he was younger and met the guy in Czech. The poor idiot didn't realize that manticores loved the smell of mulberries which happened to be the scent of the cologne he was wearing, luckily Jon did. Mr. Vampa (the broom designer) now does what ever he can to help Jon and pay off the life debt that he now owes the half-Elvin man.
"You guys have got to try out for Quidditch team." Draco exclaimed.
"What positions do you two play?" Theodore Nott asked, he was a chaser on the Slytherin team. Maddie and Ri shrugged as Draco answered for them.
"Maddie generally plays keeper and Ri is a seeker but when they play together they can be beaters, haven't seen them play chaser yet, but they are awesome players,"
"But Draco, you're our seeker," Nott stated. Draco waved a hand at him dismissively. "Theodore, Ri is shit loads better at seeker then me and I prefer being a chaser anyway. I only stayed on as a seeker because the others who tried out were crap. So now, I get to play chaser, because they will try out for their favourite positions, and our keeper graduated last year anyway." Both Maddie and Ri rolled their eyes at Draco's assumption that they would play. He knew them all to well and was right about the fact that they were going to try out. As soon breakfast was over, the Slytherins all went to the Quidditch pitch to see Maddie and Ri try out their new brooms.
Albus looked out the window and saw the Slytherins mucking around in the air with their brooms and smiled coldly.
"Soon you two will be under my control. Mwahahaha!" The portraits on the walls looked incredulous at the current Head master. What is this world coming to, putting a man like that in charge of teaching children? They were suddenly worried about the fate and future of the Wizarding world.
Sunday morning at breakfast timetables were handed out. Ri's subjects were Transfiguration, Potions, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Herbology and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Maddie did Charms, Transfiguration, Ancient Runes, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Draco had taken Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Ancient Runes and Herbology.
Ri's schedule:
Monday-
6:00-7:30= Breakfast
7:45-9:45= Potions
9:45-11:45= Transfiguration
11:45-1:45= Arithmancy
1:45-3:00= Lunch
3:00-5:00= Defense Against the Dark Arts
6:00-7:00= Dinner
Tuesday-
6:00-7:30= Breakfast
7:45-9:45=Herbology
9:45-11:45=Ancient Runes
11:45-1:45=Defense Against the Dark Arts
1:45-3:00=Lunch
3:00-5:00= Arithmancy
6:00-7:00=Dinner
Wednesday-
6:00-7:30=Breakfast
7:45-9:45=Defense Against the Dark Arts
9:45-11:45= Potions
11:45-1:45= Transfiguration
1:45-3:00=Lunch
3:00-5:00= Ancient Runes
6:00-7:00= Dinner
Thursday-
6:00-7:30=Breakfast
7:45-9:45= Arithmancy
9:45-11:45= Herbology
11:45-1:45= Defense Against the Dark Arts
1:45-3:00= Lunch
3:00-5:00= Transfiguration
6:00-7:00=Dinner
Friday-
6:00-7:30= Breakfast
7:45-9:45= Ancient Runes
9:45-11:45= Defense Against the Dark Arts
11:45-1:45= Potions
1:45-3:00= Lunch
3:00-5:00= Herbology
Maddie's was the same except for when he had potions she had Care of Magical Creatures and when he had Arithmancy, she and Draco had Charms.
On Monday classes started up again. By seven, everyone had dragged themselves into the hall. No one wanted to go to classes, the Slytherins especially. They were always singled out. Prejudice was such a bitch. Thankfully their first class was potions.
Just as the Slytherins arrived at their potions class, Professor Snape swept in, strangely enough, he wasn't scowling. The potions professor looked at his sixth year class. There was lot less people in this class than last year. Considering it was a class with people from all houses in it, but lot of students didn't get the grade to actually get into the class. The Gryffindors were represented by Hermione Granger, Dean Thomas and Parvati Patil. The Boy- Who- Lived and his weasel sidekick had argued that they should be allowed in because of their 'importance' to the wizarding world, thankfully it was the grade not status that got you into potions after 6th year .The Ravenclaws were Padma Patil, Terry Boot, and a few others, Hufflepuff had Ernie MacMillian, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbot and Justin Finch-Fetchly. Slytherins were Draco, Ri, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, Tracy Davis, Daphne Greengrass and a shy, quiet girl named Angelique Kelen. Severus wondered for a moment where Maddie was but then remembered that Maddie had her mastery in potions.
The potion that their class started off with was a fairly simple one, called Luminescent Light. It mimicked the effect of a Lumos spell, but you had to pour it over what you wanted to see in the dark. It was an easy potion to make but you had to be absolutely precise in the timing, otherwise the potion would be ruined and completely ineffective. When the students finished the potions, Severus walked around inspecting the cauldrons. The only usable ones were made by Draco, Ri, Blaise, Angelique, Padma, Hermione, Susan and Dean. The rest were useless and Snape assigned a 3 foot essay on the uses of the Lumos potion to those who got it wrong and then dismissed the class. A couple of minutes later his 3rd year Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw class walked in.
Maddie met Dray and Ri on the way to Transfiguration. She explained that Sirius, (who was the Care of Magical Creatures professor) had shown them chimera and Dray almost had a heart attack when he found out that his future sister- in- law had faced a chimera. Ri on the other hand was calm, his sister had faced worse at their previous school, which was called "Balmoral School for Magical Beings". When he told Dray that they had met Dragons, the blond boy went extremely pale and Ri had to catch and revive him from his fainting fit.
Professor McGonagall ushered them into the classroom, her lips disappearing as she pursed them in disapproval and slight confusion. Dray was still in shock and Ri and Maddie were sniggering as Ri helped him into a desk. As the professor started teaching the lesson Ri counted under his breath.
"3,2,1-"
"What the hell do you mean DRAGONS!?" his boyfriend screeched, (sounding suspiciously like a little girl, or like Pansy Parkinson). Ri leaned over to whisper this in Dray's. The latter attempted to hit him as McGonagall stomped over.
"Mr. Malfoy, what was that screeching about?" Draco coloured as he saw the rest of the class looking over at them. He decided to do a very un-Slytherin thing for one and tell the truth. "Professor it wasn't my fault, Ri and Maddie shocked me with the fact that they faced Dragons at their old school," Professor McGonagall paled as she took in Ri and Maddie's builds, both were not very "big".
"What sort of D-dragons?" she stuttered. Ri and Maddie rolled their eyes.
"It wasn't anything dangerous, just some Ironbelly's and Horntails is all." Maddie replied innocently, not knowing what all the fuss was about. McGonagall just gaped at the girl. Wasn't anything dangerous! She gulped "I wonder what they think dangerous is".
"Maddie, they are some of the most dangerous species of dragon there is." Draco said weakly. Ri looked at him, then Professor McGonagall and then the rest of their stunned class.
"Really?" he replied, finally figuring out why they were so upset. Just as he was about to reply Severus ran into the classroom.
"Ri, Maddie your parents need you, it's urgent apparently." he panted, confused. "They said to tell you "Griffins have come, wolves and falcon in panic," Ri and Maddie paled. That was their family's code. It meant that someone was in their family was in trouble.
"Where?"
"My quarters." The Lupin-Emrys kids ran from the room intent on getting to the snake's lair.
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(A day ago, on Sunday)
"Ministry of Magic, Fudge's office!" Dumbledore yelled. He got out the other end of the fireplace and waited for Minister Fudge. He didn't have to wait long as the alarms on the fireplace would have alerted him. A short, portly man wearing a green bowler hat ran into the office.
"Wh-, Albus! What are you doing here?" the man said. Albus put on his carefully constructed 'kindly grandfather' mask.
"Cornelius, my boy, I need a favour," The minister frowned.
"Albus I am already very busy and-"
"Don't worry all I need you to do is to sign this form," the headmaster of Hogwarts sent a mild compulsion charm at him. This would ensure that Fudge would do as he wanted. It worked; Minister Fudge signed the form that Dumbledore had handed him. He didn't even read it. Albus scooped it up and took off the charm, then he Obliviated the Minister and swept out the door his bright robes glittering.
When Dumbledore got back to Hogwarts he called the people he would need to complete this mission. "After this those brats will be under my control for good," he smirked evilly. The people who had already arrived looked at each other confused and slightly disturbed. There were people from the ministry, more specifically the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Werewolf Capture Unit and those who enforce the ban on experimental breeding. Some of the Aurors that were in the order were there. Dumbledore quickly put on his 'kindly grandfather' facade and spoke to his audience.
"Now you are all here, we are going to collect a werewolf's child as we all know how dangerous a werewolf can actually be, do you all understand?" The group cheered, all of them under either his spell or just in plain awe of Gellert Grindelward's defeater. He led the group to the floo where they flooed to the Leaky cauldron. Remus and Jon were staying at Lucius' manor now that they thought that Dumbledore had given up on them. The group then apparated to just outside the wards of Malfoy Manor. Albus stopped them before they hit the wards and spelled them, using an ancient spell that would allow them easy entry, and passed the wards. He then disillusioned them and led the way.
The aging Headmaster spelled everyone scentless and walked through the doors of the manor. They managed to get in without any of the wards sensing them and sneaked into the kitchen where Lucius, Remy, Jon and Tal were eating. As the person who was assigned to kidnap Tal approached, the spell protecting him from the former Werewolf's senses weakened for just a second, but that was enough. Remy turned and sent a revealing spell in the direction of the kidnapper, well technically babynapper. As the spell faded the ex-werewolf saw that Hestia Jones had been reaching for Tal who was in his high chair next to Jon. The Lupin-Emrys family acted immediately. Jon stunned her and Lucius sent revealing spells all throughout the kitchen. Remy had grabbed Tal and placed a ward around them both, protecting his baby son as best as he could.
Lucius and Jon were bloody fantastic duelers, but even they couldn't take out 20 Aurors, other fully trained wizards/ witches and Dumbledore. Soon the two men fell, and then the invading group set their eyes on Remy who looked terrified, clutching Tal to his chest. The four month old cub was crying and attempting to get to his daddy. Remus hadn't moved because the ward he had placed wouldn't let them leave the area they were in when the ward was cast. Dumbledore and the best ward- breakers he had with him, sent spells to break the ward. Eventually it fell, Remy ran out of the kitchen dodging stunners as he left, but it was all in vain. Although he kept the lycan speed and used it, that still wasn't enough. Dumbledore's group caught up with him and he was placed under a body bind, his baby ripped from his arms as he fell. The former werewolf had tears in his eyes as he lay on the hardwood floor, not being able to move. Tal was reaching for his papa screaming and crying as he was taken away from the people that loved him more than life itself.
Dumbledore's lackeys cheered as they left the manor. The witch holding Tal was struggling as the babe attempted to get away from the mean lady. She had put a silencing spell on him as soon as she could. They apparated to their temporary headquarters- the Burrow. Molly was waiting for them as they went in. She took the child off the relieved girl and she tried calming him down. Tal's accidental magic activated making Molly turn orange and black, the Weasley mother screamed as she saw her Halloween coloured arms.
The Weasley woman calmed down after a while and managed to take Tal up to Bill's old room where a cot was set up. The baby only fell asleep when a sleeping spell was placed on him; even then the sleep was restless. She walked back downstairs to find that an Order meeting had started. They were discussing about what to do with Tal.
"I say we should put the brat down," snarled a worker from the ministry who shared Umbridge's views on those who are/ were not fully human. The people who were sympathetic to magical creatures hissed at the woman.
"We will not kill a child. No matter whose it is." Marlane Whitner, a half-blood said frowning.
"She is right, do you want to use your brain Camery, and we don't even know if the child is even a werewolf, I mean we'll find out soon anyway. Full moon's coming up," Egar Tarkoran said. The Ministry worker, Camery flushed. Dumbledore decided to intervene.
"The child will be placed in Molly's care until his family does what I want them to do." the old man stated firmly. No one dared to question him. Dumbledore left the Burrow after updating the wards and instructing Molly on what she had to do and who she could let into the house. He grinned manically as he got into his office at Hogwarts, he didn't expect it to go off so well, soon the Lupin-Emrys family would be under his control, especially the two teens and their power his, he sighed happily as he grabbed a lemon drop and popped it into his mouth.
The body bind that held Remus down faded, after about 20 minutes. The man rushed to the kitchen and revived the still stunned men. Jon and Lucius got up and looked around wildly. "Where's Tal?" Jon asked his husband when he saw that the baby was no where to be seen. Remus' tears fell, rolling down his face. He struggled to answer Jon, his grief in the extreme. "That bastard took our baby Jon. Tal was taken from me as I fell." he then dove into Jon's a room sobbing and crying as the Part fae, that was his husband held him. Lucius was also upset and walked out of the room to send for the kids. He was half-way to the fire-place when a thought occurred to him, the usually stoic Malfoy rushed towards the library, passing the married couple. In his haste he just gestured for them to follow and left. When he got to the library he quickly ran around the book cases look for a specific book. By the time he found the other two had caught up and were reading over his shoulder.
The book was called "Finding things using the Dark Arts- by Salaim Sytherin." Lucius had it open on page 66, sub-section 6. "Finding people when they are lost. Used for those who are those who have been kidnapped.(can be made only on the full moon)
This potion requires:
3 leaves from fully grown Devil's Snare
1 powdered scarab
½ a cup of crushed Flus flower
3 drops of the nectum from Saint John's wart
2 drops of blood from relative of the missing person
10 hairs from a ocelot
The juice from 3 cocamandry slugs
Something belonging to the missing person
The rest of the page was on how to make the potion, it took two days and they couldn't start it until the next day, because some of the ingredients needed to be added in the light of the full moon. The three men went to bed that night extremely depressed because of their loss and slightly hopeful. The next day was when Remy realized something,
"Ri and Maddie don't know about Tal," he gasped, Jon nodded and went to the fireplace. He then fire-called to Severus' quarters. The potions master was in his quarters and jumped up when Jon's head appeared in the fire place. Severus looked at his childhood friend. He looked absolutely awful, with red eyes from tears running down his face from last night. His face was all blotchy.
"Jon! What's up. Is something wrong with Remy?" Jon shook his head.
"Dumbledore stole Tal," the depressed man managed to stutter out, trying not to cry. Severus gasped; to steal one's child was a disgusting offence. Jon said something else.
"Go to Maddie and Ri and tell them "The Griffins have come, wolves and falcon in a panic." Okay?" he gasped out. The professor nodded and started to run. Jon got out of the fire-place and went to comfort his husband.
Severus ran as fast as he could towards Minerva's classroom. As he ran in the door he saw that Ri and Maddie had confused looks on their faces and Minerva and Draco looked extremely pale, what in the world.
"Ri, Maddie your parents need you, it's urgent," he panted trying to get breath. "They said to tell you "Griffins have come, wolves and falcon in a panic," Ri and Maddie paled.
"Where?" Ri said.
"My quarters," the two teens bolted, running towards Severus's rooms. When they got in front of the portrait guarding the quarters, Ri hissed out the password not aware of the fact he said it in parseltongue, Maddie didn't realize either as it just sounds like English to those who speak it. The guardian was Salazar Slytherin and he was shocked to find that the child in front of him spoke the noble language of the snakes.
"Who are you child of the snakes," Lord Slytherin stated. Ri and Maddie scowled.
"Frankly that is none of your business. Now could you please let us through we have an emergency," Maddie replied in kind. The portrait was shocked and swung open. The two ran towards the fireplace, one at a time they spoke the words needed to get to Malfoy Manor. Severus' rooms disappeared in swirl of colour and as the flame spit him out on the other end Ri jumped up, waited for Maddie to come through and they ran towards the library hoping that their parents were there, they were. Well Jon was and he grabbed them in tight bear hug.
"I am so glad you two are here," He said. Maddie and her brother looked at each other, confused.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Ri said gently. Jon gulped when he thought of his baby.
"Y-yesterday, Dumbledore invaded Malfoy Manor, a-and to-took Tal, and we do-don't know w-why," he said. Maddie and Ri gasped. Why would he take Tal? A thought occurred to them both at the same time. "To control us!" they knew that the headmaster was pissed at them al for not submitting to his plans, but they never thought he'd go that far. When she voiced this thought Jon swore and with no explanation started dragging his kids towards the dungeons, they met with Severus who had finally caught up with them. He grabbed Maddie's hand and followed them to the potions lab.
Inside was Remus and Lucius, they were getting potions ingredients. At questioning looks they explained about the potion, Severus immediately took charge with Maddie right behind him, as they were potions masters the rest backed down. The two shooed the others out and pulled a cauldron to a place under a window, so when the moon was full the light would shine into the cauldron. It took them a couple of hours to get the part of the potion that could be done, ready. They had to change it a bit, because of the non-human blood in Tal but it went well and they were hopeful. It was 1pm by the time they were done and when they got out of the lab in the dungeons they had an audience waiting for them. Raising his and to stop questions, Severus explained that both himself and Maddie needed showers as some of those ingredients stank to high heaven.
After their showers, the two Potion experts explained that they couldn't do anything else yet because, they needed to add the next ingredient in when the full moon was shining on the cauldron. The hours before night fell slowly and the sun was cursed more than once in the Malfoy Manor, but finally night fell and the full moon was out.
Maddie, Sev and Jon went into the Potions lab when the moon was shining directly into the cauldron, the liquid substance glowing transparent. The needed ingredient was a couple of drops of a relative's blood, that's what Jon was there for. He lowered his hand over the cauldron right into the shining light and Sev grabbed a silver dagger, pricking the finger held out. When the drops hit the liquid it turned red, a light red that signified all had gone well. As he let the breath he had been holding, Jon backed away and let the other two do their thing soon the potion was a deep crimson red and now they needed all they needed to do was wait.
Meanwhile at the Burrow things weren't going nearly as well. Tal obviously wasn't happy and when the sleeping spell wore off he was screaming for his papa and dad. His magic was in the same mood as him, even at his very young age, the baby could tell that something was off. His accidental magic kept activating turning people from flesh-coloured to random colours; Molly was the one that got hit the most as she had to take care of him. She repeatedly was turned green and silver as Tal found that when she was those colours, she made the loudest sounds.
The Weasley mother was at her wits end, the babe wouldn't stop crying. The only times he stopped was when a sleeping spell was placed on him or when his magic activated and turned someone different colours, and then he giggled like a school girl. Molly was in the kitchen heating up a bottle for the wolf cub when Dumbledore arrived, it was the day of the full moon
"Hello Molly, I'm here to take Tal to Hogwarts for the Full moon and see if he has the curse." the old man smiled, the woman sighed in relief looking after her own kids hadn't been as hard. Then again they were actually hers and not children that had been kidnapped and forced to a strange place. She handed Tal over and Dumbledore bid them Adieu as he apparated to the grounds outside of Hogwarts. When he got to Hogwarts, the headmaster placed Tal in a locked, sound proof room next to his office and went about his day like the cruel bastard he was, as soon as the sun began to rise though, he was back in the room where Tal was sleeping. Dumbledore waited over an hour and the kid didn't change.
"Shit!" he said as now he didn't have an excuse as to why he took Tal, if the child had changed he could of said that he took Tal away for protection against others, but now. "I'll just keep hiding him with Molly until those brats do what I say," as it was too late to take him back to the burrow now, the headmaster transfigured a cot and went to his own quarters to sleep.
The next day Albus took Tal back, but he as hadn't been there to see Molly care for him, the kidnapper didn't know about how the baby's magic activated when he was upset or angry. Tal had coloured him green and black with orange polka dots by the time they were at the Weasley home. Albus was about to burst, the babe had continuously tried to get out of his arms, cried and screamed and then turned him different colours. Molly bit her lip to try and not laugh as Dumbledore dropped him off. The headmaster acted like a child, holding Tal as far away from himself as possible. This picture was made even more ridiculous by the fact he was still black and green, he didn't wait for Molly to speak and immediately apparated out of there as soon as Tal was in her arms. The woman raised an eyebrow and took Tal inside muttering about weird headmasters.
After the required amount of time had passed the group went to check on the potion. They had been waiting impatiently, because they could even look for Tal themselves as they were sure that Dumbledore had placed the baby under many wards. The potion was a deep, dark blue, almost black. They got out a map of England and laid it on a bench next to the cauldron. Pouring part of the potion on it highlighted a place in St Ottery.
"Where the Weasley's live," Lucius snarled. Feeling quite upset themselves, they tried to calm him down,
"Breathe Luc, it might not be the Weasley's where Tal is being kept." they quickly got out a map of St Ottery and poured the rest of the potion on the map fully soaking it. The map turned black for a second and then an area Stoat brook hill lit up. There was no doubt about it now. The group all memorized the location and then left the manor. Using apparition they got to St Ottery in a crack. Approaching the place where the map lighted up they could see nothing. Jon turned to his son.
"Can you use your mage sight to see what wards are up, and can you break them," Ri nodded, they didn't use their abilities much preferring to do things as they did before. But he had more skill in this area than Maddie and was quite good at breaking wards too. He son turned to the group.
"I can sense a creature ward, muggle repelling ward, a dark mark ward, a fidelius has been placed and a ward against animagus'." Remus swore.
"Shit! The creature ward will keep us all out for our creature blood is too pronounced, you Luc with your Veela genes, Sev and your Dark elf side, Jon with royal Elf and fae, Ri with Fae, Dark and Royal elf, Maddie your Fae Royal elf and werewolf genes will stop, and as I was former Werewolf they will stop me too." he grumbled.
"Don't forget Papa, the fidelius is on there to," Ri stated. Remy shook his head.
"That one isn't a problem that potion we made counteracts that and the muggle repelling ward won't affect us. The animagus one will not be a problem unless we are in our animagus forms,"
"But the old bastard placed a dark mark ward to," Lucius grumbled. The dark mark ward was a ward that forbidden anyone with the dark mark entry into whatever place the ward was charmed to.
"Ah but you forget Lucius, Voldemort gives people the dark mark using parseltongue, to place the ward you need to speak the opposite, Phoenixia. The old fool forgets that to break it you need to speak the opposite of what placed it," Ri smirked as the Malfoy's eyes widened.
"Parseltongue?!" Ri nodded. The were two in their group who could speak it. Stepping up to the edge of where the ward was, he released a tendril of his magic and let it find the best place to try and break the ward, basically the weakest point of the ward. They had to move about six steps east. Severus performed an obscure charm that made the ward visible to those without the ability to see magic, he gasped as the charm was activated. It took fair amount of magic to do, the house shimmered into view and the wards were seen as coloured gas like substances, they could see which was which as each ward was a different colour, the muggle repelling one was yellow, while the creature ward was a light blue, the animagus one turned green and the dark mark ward was a sickly looking white. The group passed the Muggle repelling one easily, same with the animagus one. Ri and Maddie stepped up to destroy the Dark mark ward. The two of them stood next to each other, Ri's left palm joined with Maddie's right one, chanting in parseltongue the two used their power to form a golden chain around the ward. The band of gold tightened on the ward. It looked like the gold was squeezing the ward's magic until the magic snapped and the ward vaporized. Resting for a minute the two teens each took an energy potion that Severus had handed them. Grimacing at the taste of the potion, but feeling better they led the group forward.
The creature ward was up last, and it stopped them going any further. Maddie turned to her boyfriend.
"Hey Sev why don't we try force, I mean shoving our power against the ward. Like trying to over power the magic holding it up?" he thought for a moment.
"But if we did that, wouldn't it inverse the magic?" Jon nodded at them.
"That is what Maddie is suggesting, if we try that, our magic will attempt to reverse the ward. So instead of it being a ward against those with active creature blood, it would be against those with no creature blood or dormant genes, but it is risky the ward's power could over power us instead and then it would try and strip us of our creature blood and the magic that comes with it."
"Why don't I try it and if I don't have enough power some of you can pour your power in with mine," Remus suggested, holding his hand up at the protests from the others he explained. "I have the least amount of active creature blood, as I am former werewolf. So it would be easier for me rather than the rest of you, and if it backfires on me would I just be turned into a normal human, rather than the ah special abilities I have now, wouldn't I?" Ri shook his head.
"No, I studied this ward at our old school, while Maddie was learning to harness her healing. Papa, I've looked at this ward while you guys were talking and this one is a new variation of the one your talking about, it was created around 10 years back. With the old ward what your suggesting would have been a good idea, but this ward pulls creature blood out of people if it is even the littlest bit active. I'm betting anyone Dumbledore has in there with creature blood was portkeyed in with special portkeys. The only way anyone with Creature genes would get through this way would be if they were underage or not gone through their inheritance yet. I'm guessing that's how Tal was brought through. We need a full human to be a conductor for our power."
"Someone like Sirius, perhaps?" Lucius purred smugly. Ri nodded.
"Yeh, Sirius would be a good choice Luc could you go get him right now?" the Malfoy head nodded and then apparated out of there. He arrived five minutes later with a confused Sirius in tow. The Black Lord had obviously been dragged from bed, judging by the rumpled clothes.
"God Siri, did you just get out of bed?" the man nodded miserably.
"Lucius didn't say why you needed me, just grabbed me out of bed and apparated. I could have been splinched!" he pouted. Remus arched an eyebrow as he turned to look at the afore mentioned man, who shrugged.
"You said you needed him right now," Remy, shook his and explained to Sirius why he was grabbed so suddenly.
"So you guys needed a human to pour your power so the ward will... inverse?" he questioned his old friend, Remus nodded. The grim animagus nodded hesitantly "Okay," the teens beamed at him. They positioned the man right in front of the ward and told him to raise his hand. Jon interrupted their preparations, just as Ri was about to stand behind Siri.
"Don't you think that it would be better for Maddie to be right behind Sirius as she has a blood connection and magic would flow through easier because of it?" the two thought about it for a second and then nodded, Maddie and Ri switched positions and she put her hand on her biological fathers back, feeling her brother do the same to her she told Sirius what he had to do.
"Now, all you do is push your magic to and through your hand and into the ward, if you feel something weird, it is probably our magic using you as a conductor, 'kay?" The man took a shaky breath and pulled his magic from himself and through his hand. The place in the ward where Sirius was pouring his magic turned from the off white it was to a darkening grey going on black. Soon though Sirius began to feel weak, the darkness covered only about a quarter of the ward. As he felt his magic fading, power came through him from the spot where his daughter's hand was on his back, it was the oddest thing he had ever felt but comforting as well. After a while Ri's power came through, when Maddie was running out and although it took around an hour the ward was almost completely dark. Jon, Remy, Sev and Luc lined up behind Ri and formed a chain, all of them pushed their power into the ward to get that last bit covered. The magic in the ward slowly reversed itself as time went on, but eventually the ward had been changed. Severus quickly handed out potions that would help boost the strength and recover the magical power that had been used. Everyone was exhausted, but felt triumphant. They didn't want to wait until tomorrow to attempt to rescue Tal, so they decided to wait for night to fall, it was currently 4 o'clock so they had about 2 hours to recover. Dragging themselves to a wood near the Burrow where they could not be seen, the group rested watching and waiting.
By the time it grew dark, no-one had attempted to go passed the wards so the group knew their little change hadn't been discovered. Everyone had invisibility charms and other spells placed on them that would stop detection. They then stealthily crept forward, past the reversed ward and up towards the house. Looking through the windows of the decrepit house they saw that there were few people actually in the house and no guards at all! The Weasley elders, Molly and Arthur were there as were five others, obviously members of the order of the phoenix. They also saw Tal and some of them had to stop themselves from laughing as he turned Molly Green and silver. Severus smirked as Molly could be heard shrieking,
"He's going to be one of my snakes in a few years," he whispered smugly. The others rolled their eyes, but didn't deny it. The group split up and covered all possible entry ways and exits. Wands at the ready they waited until all of the people in the Burrow were in the living room. Jon gave out the "get ready" signal, then "set" and finally,
"GO!" he shouted as they swarmed into the Burrow.