DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT, WILL NOT, AND NEVER WILL OWN HARRY POTTER. Ms. Rowling DOES.
Chapter 9- Of Prophecies, Shopping, and Weasleys
When morning came, Kierrion dragged Draco out of bed and down to the dining room for breakfast in their sleeping wear. Luna and Neville were in their sleeping wear as well. Draco, who was scowling, tried to fix his hair with his fingers as much as he could. Kierrion smiled and with a wave of his hand, Draco and his hair were smooth and straight. Draco's scowl turned into a thankful smile and Kierrion nodded.
"Good morning, Kier. Draco." Neville greeted before yawning once again. Luna giggled behind her cup of honey tea as Kierrion and Draco sat down.
"Good morning, Neville. Luna. We have a big day ahead of us." Kierrion said as he took up his fork and knife and began to eat his breakfast.
The female Ravenclaw came and gave him the morning paper before leaving for the kitchens once again. Kierrion was about to put his silverware down when Neville grabbed the newspaper and gave it to Luna.
"You can read it after you finish your breakfast. You'd end up not finishing your plate if we allow you to read." She said without looking at Kierrion. Neville smiled and Draco snickered when Kierrion pouted.
After eating, Luna gave the paper to Kierrion who took it upstairs with him. They all went back to their rooms to bathe and change. Half an hour later, they were all gathered in the study when Kierrion arrived.
Neville looked defeated which made Kierrion raise a brow. The founders were chuckling which made the Slytherin heir more curious that ever.
"Luna and I shall be discussing the party details while you and Neville go retrieve the prophecy. The less the number of people going to the Ministry, the more chances of you getting it back with little trouble." Draco explained before turning back to Luna who was explaining about the type of cakes they could choose from.
Kierrion sighed in defeat as he sat across Neville.
"Should we fear our adventure to the Ministry or their party planning skills?" Kierrion asked Neville who simply shrugged.
The two boys began discussing their trip to the Ministry after lunch as soon as Lucius' reply arrived.
Draco had owled his father the night prior and asked if he could meet them at the Ministry lobby at one o'clock. Draco didn't say anything specific aside from telling his father that Kierrion and Neville were meeting him there.
At half pass nine, the Malfoy owl came with the reply they were waiting for.
Draco,
I shall be waiting for them by the fountain at one o'clock. I hope that you won't be going with them less you want an earful from your mother. You know she will interrogate me when I get home. She was the one who got your post last night which means that you better not be with Kierrion and Neville later.
Your mother sends her love, Dragon.
Your Father,
L. Malfoy
Kierrion and Neville snickered when they read the last part of the letter.
"Draco, you father says that you shouldn't come with us later less you want an earful from Narcissa. She was the one who got the post last night." Kierrion said which made Draco's eyes widen and he cupped his ears instantly.
Neville laughed along with Kierrion when Draco blushed.
"And your mother sends you her love, Dragon." Kierrion said, teasing the blond boy further.
Draco groaned as Kierrion called him Dragon.
Neville laughed once more before Luna sent Neville a mild Stinging Hex.
Draco thanked Luna and both went back to their planning while Neville rubbed his sore bottom and Kierrion laughed.
Lunch had arrived and both Kierrion and Neville went to their rooms to change for their little Ministry adventure.
"After you get the prophecy, please buy everything on the list." Luna said as she handed them a twelve-inch parchment.
"You can take it out of my—" Luna was interrupted by Neville.
"No, Kierrion and I will buy these things from our vaults since it things you need for our celebration. You and Draco are planning everything as it is. We have to at least contribute." The Gryffindor/Longbottom heir explained which made Kierrion nod in agreement as well.
Luna understood and nodded without arguing.
Ten minutes before one o'clock, Kierrion and Neville bid the two blonds good bye and flooed to the Ministry.
Kierrion and Neville arrived and immediately went to the fountain, hoping to not catch attention from adults that were there. Neville had a glamour on, knowing that a lot of people would easily recognize him if he stepped foot into the Ministry as himself, son of Frank and Alice Longbottom.
They were both glad to have left early since Lucius was already waiting for them by the fountain.
"Good afternoon, Lucius." Kierrion greeted with a smile on his face.
Lucius turned and saw Kierrion with another boy he ventured was Neville behind glamours.
"Good afternoon to the two of you as well, Kierrion." He greeted them.
Neville discreetly, wandlessly, and non-verbally cast a privacy spell on them upon Kierrion's signal.
"Lucius, I'm sure Draco had explained briefly that Neville and I need to have a few minutes inside the Hall of Prophecies. We need to retrieve the one that concerns me and the Dark Lord before Dumbledore finds a way to get his hands on it. It will determine half of the future which you should know will benefit not only us, but the whole world as well." Kierrion explained and Lucius nodded.
"I contacted Rockwood who works down by the Hall of Prophecies. He is an Unspeakable and he has assured me that he can get you a few minutes to do whatever it is you need to do." The blond told Kierrion and Neville which both boys nodded and smiled.
Neville cancelled the charm and followed Lucius to the elevators, heading down to the Hall of Prophecies.
They were the only ones in their elevator which made them smile.
"Well, I like this better than the last time." Neville commented and Kierrion nodded in agreement.
Lucius looked at them with a raised brow.
"During our last life, we came here during our fifth year. We rode Thestrals from Hogwarts since it was the only way of transport that was available in short notice." Kierrion explained with a smile on his face like it was a normal event.
Lucius' eyes widen in shock.
"You rode those things from Hogwarts to here?" he asked in shock.
Both boys nodded just in time they reached their floor.
When they got out, Lucius looked left and right to find Rockwood who was standing by the door that led to the Hall of Prophecies.
"Lucius, I do hope you know what you are doing." Was the greeting Rockwood gave him.
The man then turned to look at Neville and Kierrion from under his hood.
"Rest assured, Unspeakable Rockwood that Lucius knows what he is doing and will not have risked his own name if it weren't important." Kierrion said coldly which made Lucius and Rockwood shiver for a moment.
"Very well. You have ten minutes. That's all I can give since I am not on duty today in the Hall. The Unspeakable on duty is on break still but will be coming back down in fifteen minutes or less." Rockwood explained.
"Ten minutes is more than enough." Neville said as Kierrion moved to open the door with Neville behind him.
When both boys were gone, Rockwood turned to Lucius.
"Lucius, I trust you with my life. I have no doubt in that. But will you please tell me who they are and why they need to be in the Hall of Prophecies? They look like they are no older than eleven." Rockwood spoke with concern.
Lucius sighed.
"I cannot tell you who they are in detail. I am bound to secrecy as it is. However, I can tell you that they know what they are doing and what they want. They have important things to do and our lives are intertwined with them. It is in mine, yours, and the world's best interest to allow them to do their work and not argue." He told his friend which seem to have understood that he wasn't getting any more out of the Malfoy Head of house.
Inside, Kierrion and Neville quickly went through rows of shelves, hearing whispers as they passed by.
They reached row ninety-seven and both immediately saw it:
S.P.T to A. P. W. B. D
Dark Lord and (?) Harry Potter
Both boys looked at each other and nodded.
Neville took out the fake prophecy they made as Kierrion slowly took the one on the self.
Kierrion felt a spark of magic surge through him before he placed the crystal ball in the charmed bag they had brought. Neville placed the fake prophecy and both quickly made their way back to where Lucius and Rockwood were waiting for them.
Both boys stood next to Lucius just in time the Unspeakable Rockwood spoke off arrived and looked at them.
"You know that children aren't allowed here, Unspeakable Rockwood." Said the other.
"They won't be staying long. And besides, they are just standing next to Lucius Malfoy, behaving like they were told." Rockwood sneered at the other and without any argument, the Unspeakable left them and entered the Hall of Prophecies.
Lucius and Rockwood turned to them.
"We hope that you managed to do whatever it was that you both needed to do in there." Lucius commented and both nodded.
"We did. All thanks to you and Unspeakable Rockwood." Neville said and bowed slightly at the Unspeakable.
"As a token of our gratitude, we would like to invite you for dinner next week." Kierrion said to Rockwood who was in shocked.
"He would be delighted, Kierrion. Just tell me when and where and I shall inform Rockwood." Lucius answered for his friend who was still in shock.
"Wonderful. Now that we are done here, Neville and I have to run a mountain of errands for two blonds who thought it was best that they plan our birthday celebration all on their own." Kierrion said with a groan.
"Unspeakable Rockwood, please expect an invitation to our double celebration either tomorrow or the day after." Neville said as he comforted Kierrion.
Rockwood had snapped out of his stupor and thanked the boys for even inviting him.
"Since we are indeed done here, Rockwood, I shall see you again soon." Lucius greeted and went back to the elevator with the boys behind him, waving goodbye to the Unspeakable.
When the door closed, Lucius turned to the boys.
"May I inquire as to why you thought of inviting Rockwood for dinner and for your party?"
"Rockwood, despite being a Death Eater, has his uses. He was very valuable to the Dark Lord before because of his job as an Unspeakable. Neville and I intend to use all of the resources that we can get in order to do what we have been tasked to do." Kierrion explained and Lucius understood perfectly.
Kierrion and Neville bid Lucius goodbye and flooed to the Leaky Cauldron and head to Gringotts to get some gold and start their errand that two certain blonds had made them do.
"Well, I think it's would be in our best interest to just let them do whatever they plan. You know how Luna gets when she sets her mind on something. No matter how much you try, she won't change her mind." Neville said jokingly as they left the bank a fifteen minutes later.
They first when to Flourish and Blotts to purchase a few books that was on the list, which both boys wondered why Luna and Draco wanted them to buy books in the first place. When they scanned the titles of the books needed, Kierrion and Neville chocked in shock.
Books:
1000 Islands Cook Book
Recipes from the Four Corners of the Globe
Menu fit for Royalty
Full Course Meals for All Occasions
Both turned to look at each other.
"Do you think that their planning to come up with the menu for the party as well?" Kierrion asked Neville who once again shrugged.
"I think so. Let's just get what they wrote down. I do not want to be on the other side of two blonds when we get back." He told the raven haired boy who agreed.
They gave the list of books to the attendant who looked at them and smiled.
"I wish all children are like you two boys. Doing errands to help your mother while shopping." She told them and they just smiled at her, pretending to agree to what she was saying.
Neville paid for the books and they quickly left, holding back their laughter.
"I can't believe she thought we were buying books for our mother." Neville laughed.
"Well, we are children who happen to be buying cook books." Kierrion commented which sent Neville into fits of laughter again.
They're next stop was a magical version of Harold's. They went to the grocery department and bought biscuits, different flavors of tea, and about fifteen different kinds of cheese and crackers. They also bought about five different kinds of ham in large quantities, which made them wonder if the ham was for the cheese and crackers. Both just shook their heads and went to the counter to pay for their purchases.
The attendant smiled at them along with the bagger who was cooing at them.
"I wish my younger brothers were as helpful as you two. Then mum won't be so high strung when it came to shopping." The bagger commented and the attendant laughed.
Kierrion paid and the bagger shrunk the bags and Neville placed them into the bag that he was carrying. He had covered the crystal ball that carried the prophecy with a shite cloth when they were in the bookshop just in case he needed to open the bag to either put things in or take things out.
They quickly left the store and went to the bakeshop to buy four different kinds of chocolate cake, three different kinds of mocha cakes, and three kinds of vanilla cake. The cakes were shrunk and placed inside Neville's bag and were about to leave the bakeshop when they saw the Weasley boys: Fred, George, and Ron enter the Quidditch shop across with Lee Jordan.
Both looked at each other and decided to follow them.
The Weasley matriarch was outside Ollivander's with the youngest Weasley spawn and Dumbledore. The collection of people made them wonder why Dumbledore was not in Hogwarts preparing for the upcoming term.
Kierrion and Neville entered the Quidditch shop and were a few feet away from Ronald Weasley.
"I heard that the newest broom, Nimbus 2000 will be coming out by the end of July." Lee said excitedly.
"Well, even if it does, we won't—"
"—be able to get one anyway."
The twins said with a sigh which made Neville and Kierrion look at each other. Both decided to do something for the twins since they were the one of the few Weasleys that didn't betray Kierrion during their old life. They waited patiently to see if they would be able to hear anything that would be useful for them.
Ginny entered the shop and called her brothers.
"Fred, George, Ron. Mum says we're heading to the Leaky Cauldron for lunch with Dumbledore."
The twins bid Lee goodbye and left the shop with Ron with them. Neville and Kierrion weren't far behind.
Inside the Leaky Cauldron, both boys took the vacant booth next to the one Dumbledore sat with Molly and Ron. The twins and Ginny were using the table next to the fireplace.
"So, are you ready to meet Harry Potter, Ronald?" Dumbledore asked with a cheerful tone.
"Of course! Who wouldn't want to be friends with him? His the Boy-Who-Lived! Just think! I'll be the best friend of the Boy-Who-Lived!" Ron said with a tone that made Kierrion and Neville sneer.
"Well, with you as his friend, it will keep the boy grounded and in the Light's path." Molly said with a motherly tone that Kierrion was hating by the second.
"Albus, are you sure that the boy is being treated right?" Molly asked as she turned to the Headmaster.
"I assure you Molly that Harry Potter will be the boy that I planned him to be. The Dursleys, though not the best family, molds the boy to be able to follow instructions without questions." Albus explained which just made Kierrion's blood boil. Neville quickly cast a containment bubble around Kierrion to keep his magic spike unnoticed.
Kierrion was having a hard time breathing. He clutched his chest as hard as he could, trying to remember how to breathe. Neville was also having a hard time keeping the bubble up. Kierrion's magic was more powerful that it was during their past life and Neville was seriously hoping that Lucius or someone they know would—
"Ravenclaw!" Neville called out.
The two Ravenclaw house elves appearing in a blink of an eye.
"Take him to the power room and ward the door close as soon as you get out." Neville commanded and the elves quickly left.
"Gryffindor." he called again and the two elves appeared. He instructed them to take him to Kierrion's manor and with a soft 'pop', Neville left the noisy pub and the traitorous Headmaster.
When he reached the manor, the whole place began to shake from the sheer power. Luna and Draco came out into the hallway and saw Neville standing outside the power room.
"What happened? And where is Kierrion?" asked Draco with worry.
"Kierrion's inside. His magic was lashing out and if I hadn't returned him here, the Leaky Cauldron would have crumbled to the ground." He explained as he fell back on the floor, sighing in frustration.
After a few more minutes, the doors opened and Kierrion came out looking so tired.
Neville caught him just as he was about to fall face front. Draco took the other side and they carried him to the study, placing him down on the couch.
"Oh dear Merlin, what happened?" asked Helga as she watched Kierrion being covered by a blanket Luna had conjured.
"Kierrion's magic spiked up. My containment bubble wasn't strong enough to hold in his magic." Neville said as he massaged his temples.
Kierrion was resting on the couch. He looked so tired as if he hadn't slept in days.
"Neville, what happened? Did something happen at the Ministry?" asked Godric.
Neville shook his head.
"We got to the Ministry without any problems. We got the prophecy and left. It was a clean and smooth task. However, when we were leaving the bakeshop in Diagon Alley, we saw Dumbledore and the Weasleys." He told them as he clinched his fists, remembering what had happened a few minutes ago.
"Neville…" Luna called out.
"Kier and I decided to follow them, hoping that we find…"
"Let me guess, you found something but it wasn't what you expected." Rowena guessed and Neville nodded.
"We followed them to the Leaky Cauldron and were in the booth next to them. Dumbledore was talking to Molly Weasley and Ronald. Albus asked the boy weasel if he was excited to meet Harry Potter. He answered yeah and said 'Who wouldn't be excited to meet him and be friends with him? I'll be his best friend! Me! Best friend of the Boy-Who-Lived.' To say the least, Kier wasn't so happy. It got worse when the mother weasel asked Dumbledore if the boy was being 'treated' the way he was supposed to be. Dumbledore knew that the Dursleys weren't the best kind of people and he even assured Molly that the Boy-Who-Lived was going to be very obedient to whatever he was going to be told."
No one spoke for a long while.
Draco's fists were white from being fisted too hard.
Luna sat next to Kierrion and moved the strands of hair that was on his face. She kissed his forehead and stood up.
"I need to leave for an hour or so. If Kierrion awakens, tell him I had an errand to run. I'll be back when I'm done." She said and left the study without even waiting for anyone else to say anything.
Neville shivered by the coldness of her tone. He knew that whatever Luna had in mind, it wasn't going to bode well for those her coldness targeted.
Draco sat down on the floor next to the sleeping boy and held his hand.
"Kierrion or Harry doesn't deserve this. None of you do." Draco said with a broken voice.
He was crying.
Draco Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, Scion of the Malfoy line was crying.
He was crying for Kierrion's pain.
The betrayal, the deceit, and the lies, Kierrion didn't deserve any of it.
No one did.
"Slytherin." Draco called out softly.
The Slytherin elves came in a soft 'pop'.
"Please take Kierrion to his room and have him change into his sleeping clothes. He needs rest and I'm sure he won't be waking up anytime soon." He said softly and the elves understood that their Young Master needed rest.
They 'popped' out the study with Kierrion and the remaining boys sighed in frustration. None of them spoke for a really long while until Draco stood up.
"I'll go and watch him. When Luna returns, you know where to find me and Kierrion." Draco said and Neville nodded.
When Draco was gone, the founders turned to Neville.
"Neville dear, do you know where Luna went to?" Rowena asked.
Neville shook his head.
"I'm sorry Lady Ravenclaw. When it comes to Luna, neither I nor Kierrion knows what she's thinking. However, I am confident that wherever she went, she knows what she's doing." He told her and the rest.
Meanwhile…
Luna was standing outside the empty Burrow. She stared at it with so much hatred in her eyes that she took out her wand and pointed at the odd looking house.
"Fiendfyre" she whispered.
A strand of fire came out of her wand and the more it got out, the bigger it became. The fire took form of a raven, it flew straight to the Burrow and the house began to burn. Then, she pulled out another wand and cast a containment bubble on the burning house, making sure the fire wouldn't disappear until the house was buried down to the ground.
She apparated to the forest nearby, watching the fire she conjured, consuming the home of the traitors that had betrayed her dear Kierrion. She was not the Luna that allowed people to walk all over her like before. This was her second chance and she was dead set on making sure that this time, things were going to be done differently.
She cast a strong disillionment spell on herself just in time the betrayers returned with the traitorous Headmaster. Luna could hear clearly Molly's cry as Dumbledore wasn't able to break the containment bubble to get rid of the fire that was burning the house down. The twins, Ron, and Ginny were staring in wide eye shock as they watched their only home burn down to the ground.
Luna plucked a leaf and transfigured it into a black hooded clock and wrapped it around herself. She then apparated on top of her containment bubble and all eyes were on her.
"This is just the beginning, Albus Dumbledore." Luna said in a croaked tone before disapparating back to Kierrion's home.
When she was gone, the containment bubble broke and the fire disappeared, leaving nearly nothing of the house that Kierrion once considered his second home.
"Albus! Who was that?! And why did he destroy our home?! Where will we live now?" Molly cried as Ron and Ginny hugged their mother.
"Don't worry Molly. I'll take care of everything. For now, you and your family will stay at Hogwarts until I find you a new home." He told her sympathetically.
Whoever it was that appeared before them, hated Dumbledore and the Light.
A/N: Read and review and tell me what you think.