In the Room of Requirement, everyone was talking. Quietly. They were waiting. Waiting for Harry to come back. Waiting for him to give them their orders, and to tell them what was happening.
The fireplace gave a sudden flicker, and a very confused pebble bounced out. No one noticed. No one had even noticed that the fireplace (which hadn't been there a moment again) was there.
Until, they could hear screaming coming from it. It sounded very far away, and echoed as if coming out a long tube. People looked warily at it, a few even walking up and looking inside the chimney shaft to see what was happening.
"OUTOFMYWAYI'MCOMINGAHHHHSOMEONECATCHMEIDON'THINKICANSTOP!" Screamed a familiar voice.
"Isn't that Her-" Started Neville Longbottom, but before he could finish, Hermione Granger hurtled out of the fireplace and flew straight into him, sending him to the ground.
"Oh I'm so sorry Neville!" Hermione pulled an extremely winded Neville to his feet, who could only nod and agree, holding his stomach.
"WOWTHISISSOCOOLINEVERGETFEDUPOFTHISTHING!" Laugh another voice, and a second later, Maladicta slid out. She'd been sliding slightly more elegantly than Hermione and landed on the floor. Admittedly on her bottom, but she hadn't flown into any one. She was now wearing a very baggy dress type thing and got up, brushing ashes off her bottom.
"I never get fed up of that! I love Amelia's fireplace!"
Hermione frowned slightly at this, but then laughed, brushing ash off herself too.
A man came out the fireplace, sliding out onto his feet. He carried a standard, which depicted a bright yellow moon and a tiny wolf. He stood to the left of the fireplace, trying to look important. He cleared his throat loudly.
"The Lady Amelia Vuk shall grace your presence in a matter of moments. Please all rise and stand for the Crusher of Wolfgang the evil, defender of the Yennork and alpha female of the most powerful pack in all the lands."
Everyone looked at him curiously, but looked to the fireplace.
There were no screams.
No noise.
A small amount of smoke billowed up in the fireplace, obscuring it from view.
Maladicta clicked her tongue loudly. "Always have to show off…"
A green shoe emerged from the smoke. The assorted members of the DA and the Order took a deep breath.
A woman, whose hand rested upon the hand of a tall, muscular man, stepped into the room.
Her yellow eyes immediately locked with everyone in the room and she smiled.
Not a friendly smile, but a graceful smile.
"My comrades…." She spoke huskily, and spread her right hand wide.
She stepped fully into the room, her emerald green Victorian dress sending many shimmering green lights around the room.
The man at her side sniffed a little. The woman chuckled and shook her head a little at him, sending ripples cascading through her long, ashy blond ringlets.
"Jean, Jean….you know me. I must make a entrance!" She laughed, a sunny laugh, that made her eyes sparkle.
The man called Jean grunted. He broke apart from her and stood at the right of the fireplace, rapping it three times.
The woman turned to Maladicta and pinched one cheek. "You took your time but you finally did it. Well done my child." She kissed the girl on her forehead.
She turned to Hermione and smiled. "My dear girl…you have had me most worried these past few months…you are safe now though, but the greatest barrier has yet to be conquered." She kissed Hermione too on her forehead. "Now where is the other?"
The crowd around her parted, as if magically, to reveal a stunned looking Lupin. He had been surveying the scene, rather aghast. The woman now walked towards him, hands out. He stood up and she smiled kindly at him.
"My dear boy…how charming it is to meet you at last!" She kissed him too, on both cheeks. "Time has been hard but it can only get better…" She smiled. "You must meet my pack." She grabbed a hand and pulled Lupin to the fireplace.
Around sixteen people stood there, having entered the room silently. The woman gestured to herself.
"I am Lady Amelia Vuk. I am alpha female of this pack." She laid a hand on the tall man who she had entered the room. He clicked his heels together and bowed his head to Lupin.
"This is my mate, Jean Loup-de-garou. He is alpha-male."
He was tall, muscular, with light brown hair. He was also a good six inches taller than Lupin. But he beamed down at him, which gave him a friendly air.
Next, a couple with a young girl. The woman, short and round, the man tall and thin, with little wire rimmed glasses. The young girl was tall and thin too, long black hair obscuring her face.
"This is Elsa and Andrei Emmingtine, with their eldest daughter Violet. She is old enough to fight in her very first battle." Amelia pinched the girls cheek smiling, but the girl remained scowling at the ground. "I remember when I was a child there were battles all the time…"
She dragged Lupin to the next couple, who were both tall and dark haired. They had two children with them, boy and girl twins. The boy was grinning widely and the girl, who had dark bunches, was looking round the room with interest.
"Joanna and Ivan Hamstel, with their eldest children Dimitri and Polly."
After them, was a brown haired, rather austere looking woman with three girls, who were all rather pretty.
"Allisandra Pecan and her daughters, Artemesia, Desdemona and Eilish. Her husband is not here, as he is a yennork and cannot perform magic."
Then, a couple and a young man. The woman was short, thin with short auburn hair, the man with brown hair with a prominent wave. The young man was a strange mix of the two.
"Jasmine Simp and her husband Jonathan. This is their eldest, Bertram."
Lastly, a young Nordic looking woman with light blue eyes and pale blonde hair. She was dressed more up to date than the others, (indeed, her t-shirt bore the legend 'Nice shoes….wanna fuck??') and was the only one with a wand in her hand.
"Last but not least, this is Lara Keystone. Her father was member of the pack, which is why she is here. She is also a very skilled witch."
The girl smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Honestly Amelia, you make me sound a complete human!" She giggled.
Amelia smiled and turned to Lupin.
"Do you think we shall be enough? I can always contact more packs, or perhaps The Seven Clan Government for some of their battle squads…"
"What do you mean?" Asked Lupin, confused as to why she would be considering him so very important.
"Is there enough of our kind?" She asked, her eyes wide.
"Enough of our kind? What do you mean?"
Amelia drew herself up, looking haughty.
"It is time for the Wider werewolf world to sit up on their hind legs and take notice of what is happening past their own snouts. Tonight, we fight. For wizard kind!"
a/n: thank you for all reviews and name ideas!! ive tried to get as many as i could into the story, but others will be for the children left at home.
i know its short, but i wanted all the introductions done in one chapter, with nothing else happening.
so, to battle!
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