Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or One piece

Summary: Zerina Willow Potter-Evans' magic spirited her away on the night Dumbledore sent her to live with the Dursley's causing her destiny to be rewritten. She is returned during her supposed fourth year at Hogwarts only she isn't anything they expected. Where they expected to see a scared 14 year old they were met with a furious 23 year old member of the Hearts Pirates wielding magic unseen by the wizarding world in ages. Zerina is not amused nor is her husband or her band of adoptive family members. Zerina X Trafalgar Law.

Rated: M for blood, gore, and whatever else this will need to cover.

"Someone speaking through a telepathic bond"

'Zerina speaking in her mind'

Spells in bold

Chapter Ten: Dumble's situation, Ministry involves, old treaties, information is given, Summoners are what?!, Shanks!, preparations, A talk of fear, and rainy days

~Headmaster's Office, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Solaris and the Sorting Hat watched as Dumbledore left the room to send a letter via owl. Solaris sighed deeply, "It seems the old man has yet to give up."

The Sorting Hat snorted loudly, "He's a goat fucking inbred moron with a god complex he's deluded himself into believing is for the 'greater good'. Of course the bastard wouldn't give up that easily," The hat smiled darkly, "His death will be bloody as hell and I cannot wait to see the little Summoner's bonded tear him apart."

Solaris let out a wary trill, "Can you be a little less blood thirsty? I know Godric was feeling particularly blood thirsty when he made you, but please tone it down."

"Fuck that bull shit," The hat snorted and Solaris sighed.

The phoenix wondered if he could convince Zerina to summon him at some point. She would at least get him away from this blood thirsty hat. Why had he promised Salazar that he would act as one of the guardians of this school? He looked towards the sky with a near silent trill. Oh yes, the man had been on his death bed and Gaia had been amused enough to allow it. As the hat started laughing again for some reason, Solaris shook his head tiredly and took off to inform Zerina of the old goat's latest plan.

~Forge, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Zerina was looking over a letter sent to her by the goblin's when a bright flash of flame filled the room. Zerina barely gave it a glance before returning most of her attention to the letter, "Hello Solaris."

The phoenix let out a trill of surprise while Cole snorted and Akuma relaxed from his tense position. Solaris settled on the back of a chair that Zerina had managed to get the house elves to bring in, "How did you know it was me?"

"Aside from my brother's contract with the twin phoenix's of sun and moon, Taiyo and Tsuki," Zerina briefly looked up at Solaris, "You are the only phoenix that I actually know and I doubt the twins have the ability to come to this plane even if they combine their powers,"

"No they do not," Solaris shook his head, "I'm surprised they actually allow someone to summon them. From what I remember, the twins haven't liked any prospective Summoners since their master died,"

"Aki did something to get their attention and apparently acts a lot like the old man," Zerina paused as she tried to remember before shrugging, "Aki only blushes and finds an excuse to leave when I try to get the information out of him," She pouted lightly, "He's the only person I can't get information out of,"

Cole snorted loudly, "He's used to all your tricks since he grew up with you."

Zerina groaned softly, "The pains of being the younger sibling."

Solaris shook his head, "As amusing and confusing as this is," The Summoner and familiar duo snorted lightly, "I came here for a reason."

"We kinda got that since you haven't really approached us since that night in Dumbledore's office," Zerina set down the letter she was holding and leaned back against the table she had been standing next to, "So what's up?"

"Dumbledore hasn't given up on controlling you," Zerina shook her head tiredly.

"That man won't give up until his head's taken off, will he?" Solaris shook his head.

"No he will push and push until the very end. Whether that end is victory or death, he will never give up," Zerina noted the sadness in the phoenix's energy, "As a young man, he did many great things because of this, but in recent years, he has become something worse,"

"What happened?" Zerina had read up on the old man since she had some time and it was best to know her enemy.

Even with the information she found, she couldn't piece together what would turn the great man she'd read about into the controlling moron she was currently dealing with. Solaris let out a sad trill, "Since you went missing, the headmaster's already severe paranoia has grown to the point that he has been lacing his candy supplies, meals, and drinks with various potions to keep himself safe."

Zerina went through all the potions she knew that could do what Solaris had described and what would happen if one took them for years on end. The result caused her to pale, "He's poisoned himself. The potions he most likely used often contain a small amount of poison due to the properties of the ingredients used to make them. He took them every day?"

"For the last 13 odd years," Solaris added, "He also took some of the luck potion at least once a week if not more,"

"His mind has become twisted with the toxin in his blood thus skewing his view of right and wrong," Zerina gripped the edge of the table she was leaning against, "The poison in the luck potions I know of is relatively minor, but added to all the others..." She trailed off and shook her head as she whispered, "Death will be a mercy compared to the suffering he will most likely experience soon enough,"

A heavy air invaded the room and no one spoke for the longest time. The Summoner, her familiar, and her guard summon stayed quiet to allow the obviously sad phoenix to mourn. It was clear to them that Solaris had been quite close to Dumbledore even if the man was nowhere near Summoner level and he was just now finding out what the man had done to himself due to paranoia. Solaris let out a mournful trill as he cried silently. The great man he had seen grow up from an charismatic child to a brave and wonderful leader had gone off his chosen path into one of dark madness. It was a tragedy brought on by too much war and too much death.

~Forge, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

After Solaris had grieved for a while, Zerina hesitantly broke the silence created by asking, "What is his newest plan?"

She was wary of the phoenix returning to his grief filled state. Phoenix's were beautiful in every way and a sad phoenix wasn't something she enjoyed seeing. It didn't help that due to the way summon contracts worked, she felt some of her summons feelings when they were close enough. Being so close to Solaris, she felt his emotions on a slightly deep level due to both being not even two feet away from him and phoenix's feeling deeply. Phoenix were more in touch with their emotions due to the fact their powers came from them. An enraged phoenix's tears were as deadly as basilisk venom while a content and happy phoenix's tears could heal almost all damage. Solaris looked at Zerina with a knowing thankfulness that told her that the phoenix knew why she was hesitant before he cleared his throat, "Dumbledore has written a letter to the ministry of magic."

Cole perked up, "The magical government right?"

Solaris inclined his head, "Yes. In each major country, a ministry exists to keep track of the magic users in various countries."

"Why would he contact this government?" Zerina didn't really understand, "Aren't Summoner's above them?"

"Yes, but many years have passed since the last Summoner lived," Solaris explained earning a hum of understanding from Zerina.

Zerina's mind swirled with ideas of what Dumbledore might be trying, "Due to his and almost everyone in this areas limited knowledge of Summoners, he'll be trying to find some law or rule of some sort to get a hold of me?"

"Yes," Solaris looked at Zerina in confusion as she nodded while turning to Cole.

The kitsune looked at her curiously as she asked, "Cole do you remember the lessons Aki and I were forced into by Granny Lavina?"

Cole frowned lightly, "The political ones, the musical ones, or the historical ones?"

"Political history," Zerina shook her head lightly, "Specifically the ones that dealt with treaties,"

Cole's eyes widen before he gained a calculating look and turned towards Solaris, "Is there a branch of the government that would keep track of various obscure treaties?"

Solaris was confused, but answered none the less, "The unspeakables. Why?

Cole nodded as he flicked his tail causing a quill, ink well, and piece of parchment to fly towards him. Zerina watched him with amusement and explained for the distracted kitsune, "Cole's going to contact them since they'll have the copy of the treaty between this ministry and the Summoner's that lived here."

"That's how you'll nip this in the bud," Solaris stared at Zerina in shock, "You're far smarter than most take you for aren't you?"

Zerina gave a very Law-like smirk as she replied, "What better way to move around unnoticed than to pretend that I'm less intelligent that I really am?"

Solaris was left staring at Zerina as she moved over to where Cole was working to help him write the letter. Akuma snorted softly from his place on one of the few empty tables earning himself the attention of the dumbstruck phoenix, "Zerina prefers to leave certain things to others that would do them better due to her 'go with the flow' ways. In most cases, she leaves intellectual pursuits to her mate as he is very intelligent. When it comes to planning, he is very shrewd and leaves almost nothing to chance."

Solaris pointed one of his wings at Cole, "What about him?"

"Cole prefers watching and learning for the most part. Rarely will he ever truly involve himself unless Zerina is in over her head," Akuma yawned deeply, "Together, the two very rarely have to lift a finger or paw. When they do," Zerina suddenly began snickering darkly while Cole looked incredibly smug, "It tends to be entertaining for them and ruthlessly brutal towards those they're targeting,"

Solaris saw the evil grin stretch across Zerina's face and shivered at the sight while commenting, "They're rather evil aren't they?"

"No they're not. While most don't see it, the two are sadists of the highest order," Akuma looked highly amused at Solaris' surprised expression, "It harder to access this side of them, so it goes undetected. Law has found a way to get to Zerina's and tends to abuse the hell out of it when she's bored," Akuma chuckled softly, "People often think all of the Hearts Pirates victims come from Law, they're wrong," Solaris looked at Akuma sharply, "Zerina can and will do whatever it takes to keep those she sees as hers safe. Thus, she will brutally torture people or murder them if it will keep her crew safe,"

Solaris nodded with a small shiver as the feathers on the back of his swan-like neck rose up a little. He almost jumped as Zerina turned towards him with a rolled up piece of parchment in her hand, "Solaris would you mind delivering this to the head of the unspeakables?"

"I don't mind," Solaris let her tie the letter to his leg with a silver and black ribbon, "Do you wish for me to wait for a reply?"

Zerina thought it over before nodding lightly, "So long as it won't cause problems for you, I would appreciate it."

Solaris trilled softly, "Until we see each other again."

With that, he disappeared in a flash of fire and warm air. Zerina rounded on Akuma with a sulky look on her face that reminded the wolf of a young pup and whined, "Why did you tell him that? I wanted it to be a surprise!"

~Ministers Office, English Ministry of Magic, England, 1994~

Cornelius Fudge was just finishing up a meeting with Lucius Malfoy when a knock echoed on the door. Clearing his throat with a slightly embarrassed blush, Fudge called out, "Yes?"

"Minister," Deloris Umbridge's shrill voice came through the door making both men inside inwardly cringe, "A letter has come for you,"

Fudge frowned as he didn't know of anyone who would try to contact him at this time of day, "Who sent it?"

"Albus Dumbledore," Deloris let out a sniff of disgust.

Fudge wondered what the headmaster could want as he called out, "Bring it in."

As Deloris walked in with the letter, Fudge and Lucius shared a look. Why on earth would Dumbledore send a letter and not have his phoenix bring it to the recipient like he's always done? Lucius smiled charmingly at Umbridge and asked, "Did the headmaster's phoenix bring it?"

"No it was one of the schools barn owls," Deloris sniffed disdainfully, "That man really needs to remember that he shouldn't waste time and send his phoenix with the letter instead of a barn owl,"

Deloris left and Lucius smirked, "So the phoenix doesn't like his master any more?"

"Perhaps," Fudge opened the letter and began to read it.

Lucius was given the pleasure of seeing the minister gap at the thick parchment in shock and asked, "What does the old codger want that's has caused you to act that way?"

"Zerina Potter is back and apparently been duped into marrying someone," It took all of Lucius pure-blood upbringing to keep his features in check.

Potter being back had hit the papers as soon as possible and everyone was clamoring to learn about where their savior had been. The fact that the girl had been older than she should have been gave many hope to marry the last of the Potter bloodline. If she had been married like the old fool suggested, the plans he and the other 'former' death eaters would be in ruins. Lucius cleared his throat, "And what does he want to do about it?"

"Annul the marriage and figure out how much she's been tampered with," Fudge answered with calculating eyes, "I'll look good in the eyes of the press if I do it and make sure that Ms. Potter is given the best care possible," Fudge looked at Lucius, "I apologize that our meeting must come to an end. I need to act quickly,"

Lucius wasn't too surprised that the foolish man had done so though it was still slightly rude. He had a lot to do as well, so he left quickly. He had to speak with his fellows after all.

~Head Unspeakable Office, English Ministry of Magic, England, 1994~

A person in a thick dark brown robe sat in a large chair behind a very cluttered desk. The robe had dark gold symbols etched into the edge of the fabric. A thick hood covered the person's face and left it in shadows. Even when a burst of fire and warm air entered the room, the shadows never faded nor did the hood move. The person looked at the phoenix and muttered in a gender neutral voice, "What does the headmaster of Hogwarts want with me?"

The person's voice held no small amount of disgust when speaking of the headmaster. The phoenix shook it's head in reply and held out a leg. The door to the person's office opened and someone dressed in a similar robe asked, "A problem boss?"

"No," The head of the unspeakables undid the bindings holding the thick roll of parchment to the phoenix and watched as the phoenix took flight for a few seconds before settling on the chair opposite of the desk, "Dumbledore apparently wants to speak with me,"

The phoenix let out a trill and shook it's head prompting the person at the door to comment, "I don't think Dumbledore sent that."

The person at the desk let out a grunt of agreement and opened the letter. The person suddenly let out a dark chuckle that surprised the one at the door. Placing the letter down a few moments later, the person at the desk said, "I want Duck and Croaker to look up the treaty we have with the Summoners."

"Summoners?" The person at the door sounded confused, "Boss-"

"Deer," The person at the desk cut them off, "Go now before I decide to put you on brain room duty,"

Deer shuddered and took off immediatly, "Yes Boss!"

The phoenix let out a trill and the person at the desk spoke, "I'll have that treaty in an hour."

~Library, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

"Zerina can I speak with you?" Hermione asked the Summoner upon finding her in one of the deeper sections of the library.

"Sure no problem," Zerina smiled at Hermione while carefully marking her page.

The rather thick tome in the Summoner's hands distracted Hermione for a few moments, "What are you reading about?"

Zerina hummed as she closed the book and set it off to the side, "I was looking up Veela as they're a type of creature I've never encountered before."

"Really?" Hermione was rather surprised.

"Yes though they are remarkably like siren's only heavily aligned with fire rather than water and sound," Zerina looked at the girl in concern as she noted the wariness that seemed to drown the girl, "Is something wrong Hermione?"

Hermione shook her head, "No. Why would you ask?"

"You have an air about you that reminds me of my bonded when he get's lost in his plans," Law had often spent days on end locked in his office trying to figure out ways to keep the crew from getting hurt, "Have you been sleeping well?"

Hermione was surprised that Zerina had noticed, but chalked it down to the woman being very perceptive. Mentally sighing as another thing was added to the oddness that surrounded the Summoner, she answered, "Yes."

Zerina could tell that the girl was lying as she could see the darkness related to nightmares in the bushy haired leaders eyes, but wouldn't press. Instead, she smiled softly at the girl, "What can I do for you?"

Hermione hesitated for a few moments before steeling herself, "My friends and I have wish to speak with you about something."

"Your friends?" Perhaps Zerina's question on who Hermione was the leader of would be answered, "I assume Ginny is among them or is she your girlfriend?"

Zerina was immensely amused by the widening of Hermione's eyes and the dark red blush rushing over the teens face. She suddenly understood why Aki enjoyed teasing her about Law. It actually was funny watching people splutter and attempt to figure out ways to deny it even when they knew that it was a lost cause. Hermione seemed to realize that as well and pinched the bridge of her nose as she tried to calm down, "How did you know?"

Zerina's amusement died at the wary tone in the girls voice and wondered if same sex couples weren't well liked here. Marking that down as something to find out at some point, she pushed it away as she smiled at the girl, "You often have the same expression on your face as my bonded does when she goes on some tangent or another. The look in both of your eyes reminds me of the looks I see in my bonded's eyes," Zerina giggled softly at the surprise on Hermione's face. "The tension in your body eases a little when you're around her in settings like this while in crowd's it increases and your eyes automatically search for danger," Zerina sat up a little straighter as she realized something, "The question is what danger?" She looked at a suddenly stiff Hermione with narrowed eyes, "Hermione what exactly do you need to talk to me about?"

Hermione was surprised at Zerina serious demeanor though the shock wore off rather quickly. Relaxing her body a little, she looked at Zerina carefully, "Dumbledore and to a lesser point Voldemort."

Zerina's breath hitched and her eyes widened briefly before narrowing once more. Well it looks like her research was going to be put on hold.

~Guest Rooms, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Zerina stared at the thick piles of parchment Hermione had handed off to her and groaned softly as she leaned back into the soft material of the couch. The table they were was filled to the brim with the loose sheets of parchment. Cole let the papers in his tale fall back onto the table, "Whoever Hermione has doing her research is amazingly detailed."

"They also put in a lot of useless information," A tabby cat-like summon remarked in a feminine voice from the other side of the table.

"They're obviously new to the whole information gathering game," Cole glared at the cat.

Before a fight could break out between the two, Zerina growled out, "Be quiet both of you. Tabitha the one who wrote these is obviously new the spying game thus they're allowed a few mistakes. Cole do not pick any fights please."

"Yes Zerina," The two bowed their heads and went back to the large pile.

Zerina reached towards the cup of tea she had the elves bring up in lieu of going down for dinner due to her headache induced nausea. Taking a small sip of the tea, she looked over Tabitha. Tabitha was about the size of a husky with brownish amber colored fur. Amber colored eyes took in information at a fast pace. Thin wisps of amber colored light held up the thick pieces of parchment the summon was looking over. Tabitha looked up at Zerina and tilted her head to the side, "Zerina why don't you head down to dinner? We can take over."

Zerina shook her head lightly, "My headache has made me lose my appetite."

"Sleep then?" Tabitha suggested.

Zerina was tempted to argue, but decided that worrying her summons wasn't worth it. With a nod, she stood up from her seat, "I think I'll go get some rest. If you come across anything truly important, you know where to find me."

"Goodnight Zerina," The two chorused before returning their attention to the papers.

Zerina smiled softly and walked towards her room. Pausing as she did so, she looked at the two hell hounds resting on the ground, "Please keep them from fighting."

The two snicker and nod as the duo on the table shouted out their denials. Shaking her head lightly, she walked into her room and smiled at Calcifer, "I'll be heading to bed for now. If something happens..."

"I'll inform you," The large alpha bowed his head lightly.

Getting into bed, she easily fell asleep as Calcifer curled up around her.

~Summoner Out Post, Way point island, New World, 1524~

Law took one look at Luffy before turning to glower at a sheepishly smiling Shanks. Shanks laughed sheepishly as he explained, "I came across them while my crew and I were getting the ingredients were needed. Luffy found out what we were doing and offered to help."

"It's sounds like an adventure! Shishishishishi!" Luffy laughed loudly.

Law tried to remember why he hadn't tried to kill Luffy yet and remembered that Zerina would be angry with him if he did. He supposed their alliance was an important reason as well, but Zerina not being very angry with him was a little bit more important. She was going to be angry anyway since he sent Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo out together when he'd promised he wouldn't. The fact that the three weren't mortally wounded by those dragon-hippo-hybrid things was a miracle. Sighing deeply, he decided that getting rid of Strawhat wasn't worth it at and might actually benefit them. Turning towards an amused Aki, Law asked, "Is everything ready?"

"Yup," Aki said after looking over the list in his hands for a few moments, "Even with Luffy and his crew tagging along, we're in good shape. We can go the island Shanks mentioned at any time,"

"Good!" Shanks clapped his hands and gained everyone's attention, "Follow my ship to the island we're going to!"

Law made his way to his sub were his crew was patiently waiting and called out, "Follow the Red Force."

"Aye Captain!" His crew immediatly went to work.

Law made his way into the navigation room and sat down in his chair with a smirk on his face. Soon he'd be with Zerina-ya and killing the old bastard that had the balls to take her from him. He inwardly chuckled at the foolishness the old man showed in his continued attempts to control Zerina. If there was one thing Law knew about her, it was that Zerina couldn't be controlled and would do her best to piss off the person attempting to control her. He couldn't wait to see the chaos she was inflicting on those around her.

~Forge, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

"These are the pieces you'll be selling?" The strict-looking goblin working with Wrotfang asked.

Zerina nodded lightly, "Yes I feel that they're good enough to sell."

The goblin nodded as he looked over another dagger that was laid out on the 'to sell' table Zerina had set up, "Our human contacts will be pleased with these. When they're sold, you'll be given a majority of the profit with both our human contacts and we goblins taking a percent."

"As was our agreement," Zerina didn't bother complaining as it was a better deal than most got.

The goblin smiled thinly at Zerina as if pleased she didn't complain, "If this is all you'd like to sell, we'll be on our way."

Zerina nodded lightly and watched the goblins carefully load all the weapons she was selling into special carrying cases before placing them carefully into their cart. When finished, she walked them out of the castle and returned to her forge. Before the door could fully close behind her, it was opened by Professor McGonagall. Offering the exhausted looking Professor a look of surprise, Zerina asked, "Are you alright Professor?"

"Ms. Trafalgar please follow me," The Professor ignored the question, "We need to be quick,"

Inwardly surprised by the demand, she nodded politely, "If you will allow me a few moments, I need to secure the area."

McGonagall didn't argue and left the room. Zerina quickly rearmed the wards as Cole put away his book and jumped onto her shoulder. Calcifer, his three pack members, and Akuma looked warily at the door. Once finished, Zerina left with her summons and closed the door behind her. McGonagall nodded to her and started walking. Curious about what was going on, Zerina followed the Professor. McGonagall spoke as they walked up the main stair case, "The Headmaster has requested your presence in one of the meeting rooms."

"Hogwarts has meeting rooms?" Zerina felt slightly amused at the thought.

"They aren't used very often," The Professor explained, "I would have been surprised if you had known,"

Calcifer spoke up making the Professor jump slightly, "Why is the Headmaster requesting to meet with our mistress?"

McGonagall placed a hand over her heart, "You scared me. I didn't notice you there."

Calcifer looked smug as Zerina explained, "Calcifer and his pack are hunters of the highest degree. I would have been surprised if you were able to detect them regardless of the transformation magic you have."

"Transformation magic?" McGonagall hid the confusion she felt quite well.

Zerina wondered if it would be a bad idea to answer the question before mentally sighing. She'd already spoken of it and it would be best to answer any questions McGonagall had now rather than wait. She wondered idly wondered if she could blame this stupid place for her lack of information filter, "Transformation magic allows one to transform into the form their spirit takes. Your spirit animal so to speak."

"Ah," McGonagall nodded lightly, "You mean the animagus transformation,"

"I am unfamiliar with the term, but if that is what you equate it to, I suppose it is correct," Zerina wondered if their version was diffrent from the one she knew of.

"How do you know that I'm an animagus?" McGonagall looked at Zerina curiously.

Zerina paused for a moment as she thought about her answer. While she didn't like lying, she didn't want to reveal her ability to sense energy just yet. Perhaps a half-truth?, "Those of us that learn how to transform can sense when another transformer is around."

While it was true, you only sensed another transformer if you were in your animal form. McGonagall nodded at the information with a look of surprise on her face, "Interesting. I suppose it just shows how diffrent your magic is from ours."

Zerina didn't bother pointing out that magic is magic and thus her statement is false. McGonagall was somewhat right as only Summoner's and higher mages had the ability to sense others in animal form, but Zerina wouldn't say anything. Instead, she asked Calcifer's question, "Why does the Headmaster wish to see me?"

"A few ministry officials and the minister are here," McGonagall answered as she looked ahead, "They wish to see you and the Headmaster arrange for them to use one of the meeting rooms,"

Zerina smirked darkly and shared a look with Cole. The games were about to begin!

~Meeting Room, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Cornelius Fudge passed down the length of the room, "Where is she?"

"She'll be here once Minerva finds her," Dumbledore gestured to one of the seat at the long table, "Take a seat Cornelius,"

Fudge did so with a low grunt, "I don't understand how it could take so long to find the girl."

"If the reports are true, Potter is a woman not a girl," Amelia Bones cut in earning a glower from Fudge.

Fudge didn't get a chance to reply as the door opened to reveal McGonagall. All of them gasped at the woman that entered behind the aged deputy headmistress. She sure as hell didn't look like either of her parents was the thought of most of the occupants of the room. Amelia recognized Lily's eyes easily and felt her heart beat just a little bit faster than before. Lily's little girl was all grown up and quite beautiful. She had James' elegant facial structure and eye shape. She had Lily's mouth and nose with James' skin tone. The silky looking hair came straight from Lily while the spikiness of it came from the Potter's cursed hair. All in all, she took after both and Amelia was happy that she got to see it. Before Amelia could speak, Dumbledore did, "Please take a seat Ms. Po-"

A group of growls alerted the occupants of the animals following Zerina. Three large hounds, one gigantic one, a large wolf, and a fox glared at Dumbledore alongside Zerina. She smiled as if her companions weren't scaring the crap out of everyone in the room, "Headmaster my last name is Trafalgar. Might I remind you that I am married and have taken my husbands name."

Dumbledore swallowed deeply and nodded, "Of course. Ms. Trafalgar please take a seat so that we might begin our meeting."

Zerina took the chair at the end of the table closest to the door and her summons settled down around her. Cole jumped off her shoulder and settled on the table allowing Zerina to run her fingers through his fur. The room was silent for a few moments before Zerina broke the silence, "Can we get down to why we're meeting? I have a few things I need to do before my next appointment with my students."

"You're teaching?" Amelia asked earning a soft chuckle from Zerina.

"I'm merely helping them get a better grasp of the subjects they're having trouble with," Zerina explained with a pleasant smile directed towards severe looking woman with the monical, "Potions is the worst of their problems,"

"You're good at potions?" Amelia asked curiously.

"I'm a certified potions mistress back home," Zerina replied with a slight grin towards the wide eyes she was being given, "I was around 16 when I passed my mastery test,"

"Amazing," Amelia breathed and mentally checked off that Zerina had Lily's intelligence.

Before Amelia could further question Zerina, Fudge cut in, "Perhaps we should introduce ourselves and get one with our meeting."

"Of course," Zerina could tell that the red haired woman didn't like being interrupted.

"My name is Cornelius Fudge and I'm the minister of the British Ministry of Magic," The man in the green bowler hat stood up and gestured to the toad-like woman draped in pink sitting next to him, "This is Madame Deloris Umbridge, she is the senior undersecretary of the Ministry meaning that she works under me,"

"I am Amelia Bones," The monical wearing woman spoke before the man could continue, "I am the head of the Aurors which is the law enforcement for the magical communities,"

"If we're introducing ourselves," A jolly looking man wearing a pure white robe spoke up in an accent much like McGonagall, "My names Lewis Keeper. I'm the head of the department for magical travesties and injuries,"

"I'm Aiden Foxglove," A mousy looking old man with watery brown eyes, "I'm in charge of registering marriages,"

Zerina's eyes narrow at the last one, "What can I do for you all?"

"The Headmaster," Fudge almost squeaked at the fierce glare being directed towards the now pale and sweating Dumbledore, "Informed us that you might have been tampered with and forced into marriag-"

"I will tell you what I told the Headmaster," Zerina barely kept her emotions in check, "I cannot possibly be tampered with due to an item that I wear at all times," She gave the group a dangerous smile, "I was not forced to marry my husband. If I didn't want to, the ritual we used wouldn't have taken,"

The room was silent for a few moments before Amelia cleared her throat bringing Zerina's attention to her, "If you wouldn't mind showing me the item, I'll verify that it does all that you've said it would."

Zerina looked at her warily, but didn't sense anything off, "If everyone would make sure their wands are on the table and in full view, I will do so."

Fudge turned a slight purple color as he spluttered, "Are you implying that anyone in this room would-"

"I was forced from my home to this place and I'm surrounded by unknowns," Zerina's voice took on a hard edge, "I see everyone here as enemies until proven otherwise,"

It took thirty minutes for it to become clear that Zerina wasn't going to do anything until they did as she said. Once all wands were visible, Zerina carefully removed her fang necklace and handed it to Amelia as the woman stood. Amelia carefully examined the fang and did a few spells on it. Once done, she handed it back to Zerina, "From what I can tell, the fang prevents mental magic from effecting Zerina. The charms and runes on it keep harmful magics and poisons from hurting Zerina by alerting her to their presence. An interesting artifact. Where did you get it?"

Zerina replaced her necklace as she explained, "My adoptive clan gives each member one of these fangs either upon their birth or adoption into the clan. Other Summoner clans have something similar."

"Interesting," Amelia sat down.

Fudge cleared his throat, "Be that as it may, I would like to make sure you haven't been tampered with."

Zerina inwardly groaned before looking at Cole as he suggested, "If it would make you feel better and keep this from happening again, we will consent to allowing this examination if the examiner is willing to do a vow to make sure they won't do anything other than what is required," Cole held up a tail to stop anyone from interrupting, "We will also only allow it if everyone in this room vows to not use their magic against us for the duration of the exam or meeting."

The room was silent before vows were given albeit reluctantly by a few. Lewis stood and walked over to Zerina, "This will take a while, so please get comfortable."

~Meeting Room, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

After a three hours exam, Lewis finally stated, "She's never been tampered with."

Dumbledore grimaced at that and Fudge spoke, "Now onto your marriage-"

"As I said, the ritual we used wouldn't have worked if either party didn't want it," Zerina was getting tired of this.

Fudge cleared his throat, "Marriage rituals are no longer in use and no marriage ritual we know of would do what you've said it did."

Before Fudge could speak further or anyone else could speak, the door opened and in walked three figures in brown cloaks. The people from the ministry looked shocked and Dumbledore paled. Zerina looked each figure over before speaking the the one standing at the head of the group, "You are Ashwinder?"

"That I am," The leader bowed lightly, "It is a pleasure to meet you Summoner Zerina,"

Fudge spluttered lightly, "W-what are you doing here?!"

"Summoner Zerina wished for me to look up the treaty between our ministry and the Summoners," Ashwinder answered earning wide eyes from the group.

"What is a Summoner?" Umbridge asked while eyeing Zerina disdainfully.

"Summoner's are magicals like us witches and wizards only far more powerful," Ashwinder answered, "Summoner's have the ability to summon beings from another plane of existence to our own and can have them do whatever they want. To be clear, Summoner Zerina could order her hounds or her wolf to kill everyone if she so wished. They would do it no matter what," Ashwinder sounded amused as all the humans save for Zerina paled, "Summoner's are above witches and wizards in every way. If I were to put it clearly, we are merely peasants whereas Zerina is a queen,"

"And the treaty?" Fudge was very pale as he asked that.

"The treaty states that the ministry cannot interfere with a Summoner no matter what happens," Zerina could tell that Ashwinder was smiling, "The treaty has no end date and it would be very wise of you to not piss Summoner Zerina off," Ashwinder turned to Zerina, "I am happy to see that the Summoner's haven't been lost,"

"And I happy to finally meet a wizard that isn't stupid," Both ignored the splutters coming from Fudge and his group.

"If you need anything else, my department is at your disposal," Ashwinder and his group left after that.

Zerina turned to Fudge with a pleasant smile, "Minister Summoner's have various rituals and such that only we can use. The ritual my bonded and I used is one of them. As such, our marriage is recognized by all forms of magic. If you speak to the goblins, I'm sure you'll find that my bonded and I registered as married."

"O-of course," Fudge gulped, "I'll have someone look into it immediatly and have it filed,"

"If there isn't anything else, I should be going," Zerina didn't bother waiting for an answer and left with her summons.

The room was silent until Lewis commented, "Headmaster you've fucked up."

~Guest Room, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Zerina flopped down on her bed with a grin on her face as she finished the explaining what had just happened to Law. He chuckled deeply in response, "Have I ever mentioned how much I love your devious side when it comes out?"

'A few times,' Zerina hummed happily, 'Now all you need to do is get here and I'll be happy,'

"We will be soon. Redhair-ya picked up Strawhat's crew, so you're going to be seeing them as well," Law didn't sound too pleased about that.

'Luffy bothering you?' Zerina could see the rubber captain annoying Law worse than she did.

"Yes," Law sent his displeasure towards her when he sensed her amusement, "Why are you so amused?"

'Seeing him get under you skin is funny,' She smiled sadly, 'It means I'm not the only one that can do it,'

She didn't know whether to be pleased with that fact or sad that it wasn't something only she could do. Law sensed her confusion and replied, "When you do it, I'm not bothered since it's you. I dislike someone like Strawhat-ya being able to do it..."

'You think it makes you vulnerable,' Zerina finished for him, 'Law I know for a fact that Luffy isn't the type of person that would use it against you. He's a ball of sunlight and he thinks of you as a friend. Due to what he's done for those he has called his friends in the past, I doubt he'll ever betray you,' Zerina inwardly shook her head as she pushed down the mixed feelings she had, 'I'm glad he can get under your skin,'

Law was surprised by that admittance, "Why?"

Zerina ran a hand through her hair, 'It keeps you from getting depressed about me being taken and keeps you from driving yourself up a wall about how someone managed to do it. If he can keep you from falling into your cold mask, I'll be happy.'

Law was silent for a few moments before he murmured, "You dislike that mask don't you?"

'Immensely,' Zerina admitted with a deep sigh, 'I hate seeing and feeling the coldness that takes over each time you adorn that facade. It's harder to pull you out of it each time you go into it,' Zerina hesitated for a moment before murmuring, 'I feel like one day you'll put it on and not come back. It scares the hell out of me that the warm and loving man I fell in love might not be there one day,' Zerina could feel him about to speak, 'I know it's a necessary thing in our line of work and that it's how most of the world sees you, but I don't want to lose the real you,'

"It really scares you that badly?" Law mulled over the information.

'Yeah. It's my worst fear,' Zerina fell silent as she let Law absorb the information.

Law could be cold and distant at times, but he was barely that way with her when they were alone. The only times he was like that when they were alone was when he was either really scare or really angry. If they were with the rest of their crew, Law just acted a bit antisocial, but everyone knew he cared. Law finally spoke after ten minutes, "I promise that I'll never truly turn into that man. I love you too much to allow it."

Zerina smiled brightly as she murmured, 'I'll hold you to that.'

He chuckled in reply and they spent awhile just talking.

~Large abandoned port, Shōmei Arashi island , New World, 1524~

"Alright!" Aki shouted gaining everyone's attention once they'd settled down, "The next storm is tomorrow, so we're going to get to work on setting up the ritual. Everyone can wander a little, but make sure you're here by noon since that's when the storm will start. Understand?!"

"YES!" Was shouted in reply.

"Then get your asses moving!" Vultan immediatly began laying down the frame work for the ritual while Aki turned to Law as everyone left the area, "Are you sure you want to stay and help us?"

Law didn't hesitate as he replied, "If it'll increase the chance of this working, I'll do whatever it takes."

Aki nodded with a bright smile, "Glad to hear it," Aki began to turn towards where they were working when he paused, "Law."

"Aki-ya?" Law frowned as Aki ran a hand through his shoulder length hair.

"I know that I've never said anything before, but I'm glad my sister ended up with you," Law froze for a few moments earning a soft laugh from the curly haired Summoner, "Surprised?"

Law shook himself mentally as he answered, "Yeah. You seem to like shocking me more often than not."

"Did sis tell you that I only shock people that I like?" Aki grinned as Law groaned, "You thought she was joking,"

"Somewhat. She was fairly drunk when she told me," Law had been more focused on what Zerina had been doing to him.

Aki nodded as if expecting that answer, "She really does like to drink," Aki chuckled softly, "If I didn't like you, I would've burned you every other time we met up. Electricity is for those I like and fire is for those I dislike."

Law didn't know whether he should be pleased with that or not. He didn't get chance to decide when Vultan called out, "We need to be quick as our window of opportunity is closing."

Aki turned serious as Law stiffened and the two began to work. As Law opened a Room, he knew this would be a long day and night. In the end, it would all be worth it because by tomorrow Zerina would be in his arms once again and he wouldn't let anything like this happen again. He mentally smirked at the fact his crew would do everything in their power to keep Zerina safe and was glad that he had such a good crew. As Zerina had commented on multiple occasions, they were a family: Fucked and chaotic, but family all the same. Aki jarred him from his thoughts, "Trafalgar carve three trenches starting from in front of me to just before the treeline."

Law nodded and took out Kikoku. It would definitely be a very long rest of the day and night for them.

~Great Hall, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Thunder boomed and rain fell starting the day in a very bleak manner. Zerina inwardly shivered as she took a seat next to Sprout, "The day seems rather bleak, no?"

Sprout looked up at the ceiling where the sky revealed clouds as black as obsidian and as grey as ash unleashing heavy torrents of water onto the world outside. Sprout looked back at Zerina and nodded, "Seems that way, I hope the younger children will be okay."

Zerina glanced at the students speaking in whispered tones and some jumping as another peel of thunder rent through the air, "They are rather jumpy today."

"You're not very sympathetic are you?" Flitwick asked as he popped up.

Zerina shook her head lightly as she reached for the toast, "No. I was never scared of the storms. If anything, I always felt comforted."

"Oh?" The two looked at her in interest.

Zerina nodded lightly, "My mother's favorite summon was a dragon by the name of Sparks. He had complete control over the weather," A soft smile curled up on her face, "He's a sweet beast that my mother summoned almost everyday to act as my brother and I's baby sitter. He told the best stories and always had the best games for us to play."

"So storms like this remind you of him?" Sprout asked earning a nod from Zerina, "Can you summon him?"

Zerina bit her lip lightly before shaking her head, "Sparks won't let me summon him. Even though I am contracted to him, he will not answer my summons."

"Summons can refuse?" Flitwick looked both surprised and curious.

"Yes," Zerina ran a hand through her air, "They can do it for a number of reasons. Sparks won't let me summon him because I remind him of my mother and he has yet to get over his grief," She poured herself another cup of tea and began to eat, "If I truly need his help, he will heed my call, but not before then,"

The two nodded as Cole jumped onto Zerina's shoulder and murmured, "Something will occur, my ears are tingling."

Zerina looked up at the sky and felt the strings of hope begin to stir within her heart, "Perhaps bleak isn't the word I should you," Sprout and Flitwick looked at her in confusion, "Perhaps I should say it is the storm before the dawn of a new era."

~Large abandoned port, Shōmei Arashi island , New World, 1524~

Law gripped the railing harshly as thunder boomed and Aki shouted, "Five minutes!"

"Captain we're prepared," Shachi appeared through the door.

"Good," Law grimaced as the rain began to soak through his thick coat.

"Four minutes!" Vultan shouted as Aki began to glow lightly.

A large circle of dove grey and crimson red formed. Law could scarcely see through the downpour as some form of light shot from Aki's chain and hovered in the middle of the circle. He couldn't hear the words Aki said as a peel of thunder reverberated through the air. He like everyone else felt the presence of summon as it entered this plane. The heavy weight of it seemed to threaten to crush them all as large bird-like creature formed. Electric blue feathers that crackled with bursts of bright yellow energy covered the magnificent creature. It let out a loud screech as it flexed it's wings before a male voice shouted, "Why have you summoned me, Aki."

"Three minutes!" Vultan shouted over the storm.

The birds large hawk-like green eyes were focused on Aki. Aki shouted something up to the creature and it boomed out, "Very well. I will act the channel. Prepare yourselves!"

"Two minutes!" Vultan shouted again.

"Captain?" Bepo stood beside Law, "Do you think this will really work?"

"It has to," Law replied as he heard the fear in Bepo's voice, "We'll have Zerina-ya with us very soon,"

"One minute!" Vultan shouted making everyone tense.

Law felt his heart began to beat faster as Aki shouted, "50 seconds!"

The wind seemed to pick up and lightning struck close to the runic array. Law saw Bepo shiver as Vultan shouted, "40 seconds!"

Law's fingers tightened around the railing, "30 seconds!"

Energy seemed to fill the air as more lightning began to strick close to the array, "20 seconds!"

Law swallowed thickly as his throat seemed to constrict, "Ten!"

"9!" It has to work.

"8!" He wouldn't lose Zerina.

"7!" He would be damned if this failed.

"6!" The giant bird stretched it's wings further as the clouds above began to swirl, "5!"

Bepo let out a low whine as the air thickened, "4!"

The scent of ozone was so thick that Law could barely breath, "3!"

It felt as if his heart was going to explode, "2!"

The edge of his vision blackened, "1!"

Light filled his gaze as a huge lightning bolt dropped onto the large bird seconds before a loud boom sounded. Seconds later, Law felt his stomach drop and something hook into his navel before being yanked forward.

~Great Hall, Hogwarts, Scotland, 1994~

Lunch had just began when the air seemed to still and everyone fell silent as something pressed against them. Zerina felt a shiver run down her spine as her magic bubbled up. The tattoo on her shoulder burned in a way that caused her lungs to seize up and a heavy presence to settle onto her. Cole gasped as Akuma left the shadows to stare at a dumbstruck Zerina. Seconds later, a loud boom echoed through the room and a wave of light blinded them. When the light had faded, the scent of ozone had replaced the wonderful smells of lunch and a heavy presence seemed to swallow everyone whole. Zerina's heart began to beat wildly as the strain on her bond to Law disappeared and warmth rushed through her body. As Dumbledore stood to speak, Zerina shot out of her seat and took off towards the doors with Cole and Akuma following her. She ignored the shouts of confusion and alarm that echoed behind her as one sole thought filled her mind. Law was here.

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PortgasDAnne01: Thanks for the review! I can imagine that happening to Ace and everyone freaking out. Ace is in my top ten and hilarious just describes him. Hm...you'll just have to wait and see. I'm heavily debating on Zerina telling them. Let's just say the pirates will have a plan when the time comes.

Opinr: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you like the way I'm portraying Hermione and the others.

Lilithnocte: Thanks for the review! I'm glad this is one of your favorites. Hm...Ten seconds seems a bit much since Law can cut an island in half.

Ronin Kenshin: Thanks for the review! I hope you like this chapter too.

Biowind: Thanks for the review! Yeah I can't leave them out of this. I'm still figuring their reactions to the school out, but you'll hear from them in the next chapter.

alexc123: Thanks for the review! Dumbledore will be six feet under soon enough. Ah yes the dragons. Glad you liked the chapter and I hope you like this one too!

CrimsonDream01: Thanks for the review! It's Dumbledore after all, but he won't succeed! Here's the next update!

The Unbelievable: Thanks for the review! Yeah four is enough. Quite honestly Law's been really busy and he probably just forgot. Dumbledore and Ronald we hardly knew ye. Oooh nice idea, but what to do with the boys...

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Okay guys that's a wrap. Review please! Sorry it's a day late, but life caught me and I had stuff to do with my family.