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A/N: I just want to give a Gargantuan Shout to my Friend Alethea27, a fellow Author on who has helped me mold the future of the series from a jumbled pile of words to what I think is shaping out to be a great story.
So, it would mean a lot if you went and checked out her stories on her page. She writes exclusively Sev/Lily Fanfics so it's not too far from what I'm writing. Anyways I wouldn't be here at this point if it wasn't for her. Alethea if you are reading this, Thank You.
Sam remained quiet as he drove Severus and Lily back home, it was relatively quick drive and they began to drive up to Lily's house at 7:12.
Sam popped out and opened the boot as Severus helped Lily out. "Such a gentleman."
Severus blushed a bit, "Erm. Thanks Lily."
Sam got her bags out of the boot but looked up as he began to hear yelling from inside of Lily's house. He closed the boot and looked towards her house, "And who might that be?"
Lily looked back at the house and groaned, "Oh great, now I have her to deal with."
"Is that your sister?" Sam asked.
Lily looked at Severus, "I'm guessing you told him."
"He would have had the 'pleasure' of meeting her some time or another," Severus explained.
Lily sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "She seems to be in one of her moods, the way that she is yelling with my parents it must be about that pig Vernon Dursley."
Sam turned to Lily. "I'm guessing Vernon was the reason she was yelling at you this morning?"
Lily shook her head. "Nowadays its always what she and my parents argue about." Lily looked at the front door of her house, "I might as well face the screeching discordant music that is my sister."
Severus took the bags from Sam. "I'll come with, no reason you have to face her yourself."
"You want to come Sam?" Lily asked him sarcastically.
"Not particularly." Sam replied in a deadpan manner. "You two kids go and face that dragon yourselves."
"Oh thanks a lot." Severus rolled his eyes.
Severus took Lily's bags and followed Lily towards her house, as they got closer the words of the argument became clearer and clearer.
"...For the last time Petunia, you will not spend the night alone with that boy, and that's final." Hal Evans dictated to his eldest daughter.
"Dad that's so unfair! Vernon isn't a pervert, he won't do anything like that! He's a gentlemen!" Petunia shot back.
"A Gentlemen, that walrus of a man?" Hal asked. "They way he ate the last time he was here, he acted like a pig!"
"Mum cooked her World Famous Sunday Roast! You'd be mad to try and keep yourself from gorging yourself!" Petunia tried to cover for Vernon.
"Nice try Petunia." Rose rolled her eyes, "But your Father and I are concerned that Vernon and you are taking things rather too quickly."
"But, we love each other!" Petunia yelled.
Severus and Lily looked at each other, took a deep breath, and entered the house.
They walked in to see Hal and Rose Evans looking at Petunia who was leaning against a wall, and the three turned to see Severus and Lily.
"Oh Lily, Severus how was your outing today?" Rose asked, trying to de-escalate the situation.
"Oh look it's the Freaks." Petunia sneered at Severus and Lily.
"Petunia Evans you do not call your sister or Severus that!" Rose told her daughter.
"Why, they are freaks of nature, ashamed of who they are so much they have to go to some freak school in Scotland!" Petunia shot at Lily and Severus.
Lily was a bit hurt at that statement and Severus bit his tongue to resist throwing back something insulting to Petunia.
Petunia was about to say something more but then turned her attention to the door opening, and there she saw a very attractive boy.
Everyone looked at Sam who walked in. "Hello all." Sam saw Petunia who was blushing a bit as she looked at Sam, and it was there he decided to turn on the charm. "Hello, you must be Petunia."
"I...um...I...yes I'm Petunia." She stumbled on her words a bit.
Sam smiled, reached out took her hand and kissed it. "The pleasure is all mine, and may I say you look marvelous."
Petunia's face became red as a tomato, "Oh my, and who might you be?"
"My name is Samual Yon Yalarad my dear, I'm friends with your sister and Severus." Sam answered and smiled.
Petunia looked at Sam after he admitted to being a Wizard.
"Is that a problem Petunia?" Sam asked her.
"That...isn't a problem Sam, oh may I call you Sam?" Petunia asked Sam.
"Of course, that is no problem at all. So, who's this Vernon I hear so much about?"
"Who's Vernon?" Petunia asked aloud as Hal, Rose, Lily and Severus had their mouths agape as Petunia asked that.
"Your boyfriend?" Sam looked at Petunia.
"Oh! Oh...well Vernon and I are taking a break actually." Petunia said.
"Oh really?" Hal asked as he crossed his arms with a smirk.
Petunia looked at her father. "Yes really."
"Since when?" Rose added as she stood next to her husband with a smirk of her own.
"Since a while ago! You two just don't listen." Petunia covered her tracks.
Sam looked at Severus. "Your mother is expecting us Severus, we'd better get going."
Severus nodded. "Okay, well I'll be seeing you later Lily." Severus bid farewell to Lily.
Lily smiled as she gave Severus a big hug. "Thanks Severus, I'll see you later." She kissed him on the cheek.
Severus erupted in a deep red blush as Sam pulled him out of the house. "Okay see you guys later."
The two boys walked out of the house and Petunia went to the nearest window to watch Sam leave with Severus in his car and drove over to Severus's house.
Petunia smiled dreamily as she watched Sam drive away. Hal leaned over to his youngest daughter. "Please tell me that boy is single."
Lily could do nothing but laugh.
Sam and Severus drove up to Severus' home and parked in front of it. They both got out and got their things from the boot and then went to the house, but before Severus could open the door Sam stopped him.
He went over to the door and kneeled at the door handle. "Open Sesame." To his relief nothing happened, the door didn't unlock and his mind was at his ease.
"Don't you think that this is a bit much?" Severus asked his friend.
"Oh Severus, if you only knew what I knew, you'd be taking every single precaution imaginable." Sam looked back his friend and then moved aside to let Severus open the door.
"I'm sure it's horrible." Severus sarcastically shot back as he entered the house.
Sam stood up and sighed. "More horrible than you can imagine." He followed Severus in and closed the door behind him and made sure to lock the door.
The two walked into the kitchen to see Eileen pulling a roast out of the oven. Sam and Severus inhaled the delicious aroma of the pork roast. Eileen turned around and smiled, "Hello you two, how was your little outing?"
"It was nice, we met a few of our friends at Diagon Alley, and we just went around actually looking at the stores instead of being in a rushed hurry like when we usually go around the time to buy school supplies." Severus explained.
"Help me with the sides Severus." Eileen asked her son as she brought the Pork Roast to the table.
Severus grabbed the salad as Sam helped and brought the silverware to the table.
They all sat down and talked about their day, and other topics before they all went to bed.
Severus and Sam got dressed in their sleep attire and then went to bed. Severus was hoping that Sam wouldn't move around as much tonight, but he was right. Sam only moved once during the night and Severus managed to get a restful night of sleep.
When Severus woke he felt great, he arose from his bed. "So I see you got over moving in your sleep." Severus turned around to see that Sam's side of the bed was unoccupied. He heard the scratching of a quill on parchment and looked over to see Sam was sitting on the floor writing away, and Severus saw that he was surrounded by several sheets of parchment that all had an immense amount of writing on them.
"What the blue hell are you doing?" Severus asked Sam in a near yell.
"What? I'm writing, I'm getting all my thoughts down in writing before I forget them." Sam looked to be exhausted.
Severus waled around the bed, and saw the condition of his friend and immediately went from being angry to being concerned. "Sam, Jesus how long have you been writing?"
Sam looked to be heavily exhausted as he continued to write. "Uhh, what time did you go to bed?" Sam asked him.
"Around 10:30." Severus answered. "Then I have been awake since 10:30." Sam replied.
Severus looked at his bedroom floor which was covered with parchment upon parchment covered with crazed writing. "Jesus, what is so important that you had to spend the entire night writing? Let me guess, it's about what we found about The Entrance at Diagon Alley and that door to the shop."
Sam nodded. "Yeah."
Severus sighed, "I don't see why this is such a big deal."
"I already told you." Sam continued to write as the door opened. Eileen was there and the door began to move several papers around, and Sam cursed under his breath.
"My goodness why is your floor covered with parchment?" Eileen asked Severus.
"Sam spent the entire night writing." Severus explained.
"The entire night? Sam you should be in bed resting!" Eileen said.
"I can't! I need to link everything together! I have to clear his name!" Sam mumbled.
"Well can I least get you some tea?" Eileen asked Sam.
"...Yeah I'd like some tea Ms. Prince." Sam softly sighed.
Eileen went to get some tea, as well as a sleeping potion. Severus went around and sat in front of Sam. "Okay, explain this to me again Sam so that I can understand it."
Sam looked at Severus and took a deep breath. "Every door, window, safe, and box in Diagon Alley is magically locked. Every store and building is warded to and extent. It's impossible to break into any store in Diagon Alley especially Gringotts, my Father has taught me that himself. The door to Diagon Alley is warded to make sure nothing can bring it down, and can resist the strongest of unlocking spells." Sam leaned in towards Severus. "The fact that somebody has circumvented the charms and wards put up in Diagon Alley has me beyond worried that something is wrong, and that something is in motion."
Severus finally began to understand why Sam was worried, if this was true then whomever had this charm on the doors of Diagon Alley must be planning something big.
It was at this time when Eileen came in with a cup of tea laced with a sleeping potion.
"Here you are Sam, I made this special for you." Eileen smiled.
"Oh thank you Ms. Prince." Sam smiled back as he took a sip of the tea and tasted lemon with shades of honey and downed the entire cup. "That's a nice cup of tea."
For Sam his eyes began to grow heavier and heavier as his arms fell down to his side. "I feel a bit...a bit..." Sam fell unconscious and fell forward into Severus' arms.
"Umph! He's a bit heavier than I expected." Severus groaned.
Eileen pulled out her wand, 'Wingardium Leviosa.' Sam began to levitate off of Severus and Eileen put Sam into bed and covered him with the bed sheet.
She put her wand away, and whispered to her son. "Come on Severus it's best to leave Sam to sleep."
Severus nodded and got a change of clothes, and then gathered every piece of parchment that Sam had wrote on. He took a quick shower, and got clothed before he went down to the living room and looked over Sam's writings.
Severus was looking over every single piece of parchment that Sam had written on and organized all over his floor and saw that each piece had only one thing in common...They all had the name 'Gabriel' written and circled on them. Once Sam was awake Severus would ask him who this Gabriel was.
Sam was still sleeping by the time Severus came back to his room. Severus looked at the clock and saw that Sam had been sleeping for most of the day.
He went over to Sam to try and wake him up. "Sam...Sam?" Severus shook Sam a bit, but it seemed as he was in a deep sleep.
Severus sighed as he gave up trying to wake up Sam. His eyes went over to Sam's spellbook which was out upon his trunk.
Severus knew it was wrong but something compelled him to take another look inside of it.
He opened the spellbook and looked in to see a new bookmarked page, the spell was known as The Lightningbolt Charm, and the incarnation was 'Quantus Fulmen.'
"That spell is my signature go-to." Sam droned out.
Severus nearly jumped out of his skin as he turned around to look at Sam who was sitting up in the bed. "Oh no please don't stop on my account please keep reading."
Severus put the book down, and looked away, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have looked in your book."
"Well, it's only fair after all I looked in your spellbook so you're entitled to look in mine." Sam smiled.
Severus looked at Sam, "Who's Gabriel?" Sam looked at Severus with a curious glint in his eyes, "How do you know Gabriel?"
"Every single piece of parchment had his name on it," Severus explained. "So, who is he?"
"He's my Godfather," Sam explained to Severus.
"Before you conked out you said something about 'clearing his name' what was that all about?"
Sam sat up straight and smacked his tongue, "It was around Six years ago, Gabriel said that he came across some conspiracy that was rooted with Abraxas Malfoy. He said that somehow Malfoy had found a way past Diagon Alley's defenses and was planning to take the collected wealth of Gringotts as well as all the valuables to be found in Diagon Alley."
This got Severus' attention, "Well what happened?"
"Nothing." Sam sighed as he got up and stretched.
"What do you mean nothing? Surely there must have been an investigation or something." Severus said.
"They tried, but Abraxas Malfoy was too smart for them. Gabriel swears that Malfoy had informants on the inside that sabotaged the investigation. All the evidence that Gabriel brought up against Abraxas was lost, and he was rather furious that the case against Abraxas was dropped. It was at this time where Gabriel confronted Abraxas in the streets, the two exchanged words, then Gabriel exchanged fists, and then they exchanged curses. Afterwards Abraxas Malfoy filed a lawsuit against The Auror Department, and Gabriel then decided to quit rather than drag the department down with him."
"Where is he now?" Severus asked Sam.
"Well, the last I saw him was three years ago at a party to celebrate Ernie getting into a private Wizarding institution in America, and he was rather...inebriated. So, my father threw him out of our home, and the last I heard he was living in an apartment in Manchester."
Severus sighed, "And I'm guessing you want to show your findings to him."
Sam nodded. "That man helped me through a tough time in my life, and when times got tough for him...I wasn't there for him. It's about time I fix that."
"Well, I'll go with you." Severus offered. Sam was about to protest, but Severus raised his hand. "I won't hear anything about 'doing this on my own' you helped me with my future education for Hogwarts and I'll be in your debt because of that. This is just me helping you in the smallest way I can."
Sam smiled, he'd never admit it but he was hoping that Severus would accompany him to see Gabriel. He hadn't seen Gabriel for so long he was worried that it might not go right as he hoped.
In the morning Severus and Sam had a light breakfast before they headed out to Manchester.
Severus was wearing a white t-shirt and his black jeans with his ratty sneakers. Sam was dressed in a yellow shirt with a nice black vest, he had always been prone to wearing his house colors even if he wasn't in Hogwarts.
"So where are you two off to today?" Eileen asked the boys.
"We're going to see my Godfather, I'm not sure you know him, his name is Gabriel Schell."
Eileen remembered the name. "Ah yes, Gabriel Schell I went to school with him."
Sam looked at Eileen, "Does that mean you went to school with my Dad as well? Because my Dad said he and Gabriel went to Hogwarts at the same time and graduated at the same time."
Eileen smiled as she fondly remembered, "Oh I did indeed, your father and Gabriel were attached to the hip when they were at Hogwarts. Tell him I said hi, okay?"
"I'll be sure to do so." Sam promised as he got his and Severus' empty plates and put them in the sink.
"Oh don't worry about those I'll take care of those." Eileen smiled.
"Thanks Ms. Eileen, come on Severus we don't want to miss him."
Severus went over and hugged eileen. "Love you Mum."
"I love you too Severus. Enjoy yourself today!" She smiled as Sam and Severus left the house.
When the door closed Eileen let out a giant sigh of relief. She went over to the couch and plopped down on it and pulled out her wand. 'Accio Yearbook.'
Her yearbook came down from upstairs and Eileen caught it and opened it to a specific page and saw a picture of Silas, herself, and Gabriel playing Gobstones, and the picture showed that Eileen was creaming the two in her game of choice.
Eileen smiled at that picture she remembered how she had to beg and plead Silas and Gabriel to play Gobstones with her even though they could never beat her.
Sam and Severus drove for a while, it was a beautiful day and Sam had the top down so they could enjoy the calming breeze, and sunshine that was shining down on them.
It was about a couple of hours that they spent on the road until they reached Manchester.
Sam was driving around one particular part of town looking for the apartment complex that Gabriel was last know to live in.
"You're lost aren't you?" Severus bluntly asked Sam.
"I'm not lost...I have just briefly forgotten where Gabriel's apartment is," Sam retorted.
"Which is the same as being lost," Severus shot back with a smirk.
Sam stuck his tongue out at Severus, it was a few more minutes until Sam slowed down in front of an old Apartment Complex known as 'Ivory Towers.'
"Here we are, I remember the name this is where Gabriel lives...or lived." Sam parked in a spot in front of the apartment building.
The two got out and looked upwards at Ivory Towers. "So, this Gabriel...is he...dangerous?" Severus asked Sam.
"No!" Sam instantly replied.
Severus raised his hands up, "Alright Sam peace, I just wanted to make sure."
Sam frowned slightly, "Well...for the most part. He gets a bit rowdy when he gets inebriated, but he's German so take that with a grain of salt."
Severus looked at Sam, "Rowdy? This isn't the OK Corral here Bat Masterson."
"Let's just hope he's here, I'd hate to go all the way to Munich to speak with him." Sam walked towards the apartment building with Severus close behind.
They entered through the doors and went to the elevator and pressed the button to go to the seventh floor.
Sam then pressed the stop button and the elevator came to an abrupt halt. Severus stumbled a bit while Sam was holding onto the railing so he didn't move as much.
"Sam what the hell? Why the hell did you stop the elevator?" Severus growled as he got a bit angry. "You do realize we're stuck now!"
"No we're not," Sam began to examine the electronic board of buttons. "Now where are you?"
Severus raised an eyebrow, "What are you looking for?" He looked over Sam's should to see what his friend was doing.
Sam was toggling and wiggling each button to see if any of them would give. Just then he was toggling the 'call for service' button and it flipped open. "Nice, it's still here!" Sam pulled out his wand and pressed it against the flipped open button and channeled some magic into it, and then the elevator doors opened to show a wooden door with a sliding peephole right in front of them.
"Okay, that's one of the most incredible things I have seen." Severus admitted.
"I know right! It's like he's hiding in plain sight! I mean who would expect somebody living right between the floor and the ceiling!" Sam grinned as he knocked on the door. There was no answer, so Sam tried again. "Nothing, I hope he didn't leave the country."
"Maybe you should try the doorbell," Severus joked.
"Oh good idea!" Sam looked for the doorbell on the row of buttons and then found the correct button for the doorbell and rang it.
'Ding-Dong.' The melodic bell rang as Sam and Severus waited, and there was still no answer.
"The hell with this." Severus moved past Sam and began to ring the doorbell repeatedly.
"Sev! Stop! You dick!" Sam and Severus fought over control of the doorbell.
"Oy!" Sam and Severus stopped to hear a voice with a slight German accent. "Whomever the hell is ringing on my doorbell you'd better piss off right now!"
"Well, your Godfather sounds really nice," Severus sarcastically muttered.
"Gabriel! It's me, Sam!" Sam yelled through the door.
The peephole slid open as a pair brown eyes covered with strands of brown hair looking at Sam, and then he looked at Severus. "Friend of yours?" He asked Sam.
"Yes this is my friend Severus," Sam answered back and Severus gave a polite wave to Gabriel.
"You vouch for him?"
"I do."
The peephole closed and then Gabriel began to unlock several locks before the door opened to show a relatively thin man with wild, long and unkempt brown hair that would make James Potter's hair look tame. His mustache was a bit cleaner than his hair and he had nine o'clock shadow that seemed to be permanently frozen on his face. Gabriel was in his pants while also wearing a white and gold bathrobe.
"Gabriel, it's great to see you again! You're looking well!" Sam smiled.
"It's nice to see you as well Samual, so what are you doing here?" Gabriel asked his Godchild.
"I've got to ask you something about The Malfoy Case..."
"Now why the fuck would you want to know anything about that fucking case?" Gabriel gruffly asked Sam, it was apparent that those wounds from that case were still open.
"I think we might have found something." Sam told him.
Gabriel glared at him. "Really? Six years afterwards, my career as an Auror down the toilet and you seem to have found something?"
"He's only trying to help you, you could at least be thankful he brought this to you!" Severus frowned.
Gabriel sighed and looked at Sam, "Kid I appreciate the visit, but I have another guest to entertain, of the female variety."
He closed the door and left Sam and Severus in the elevator. Sam growled and banged on the door, "Gabriel please I think Severus and I came across something that may clear this entire mess up!"
"Come on let's just go Sam, it's obvious that he doesn't want to hear it." Severus leaned on the back railing of the elevator.
Sam ignored Severus and kept banging on the door, "Please Gabriel this is important!"
Gabriel opened the sliding peephole, "Alright since you say it's so important then tell me."
Sam thought it over and chose his words carefully. "Open Sesame."
Gabriel's eyes widened and he closed the peephole and opened the door. "How do you know about that? I distinctly left that part out of my report, there's no way you could have known unless..." Gabriel rambled.
"Severus and I went to Diagon Alley, we forgot the correct combination to open the wall, and then talked about maybe saying, 'Open Sesame' and then the wall opened. At first we didn't think anything about it, but then I used the phrase to open a locked door to a store, and then everything you said about your case came rushing back to me." Sam explained everything.
"Okay, okay give me a minute." Gabriel left the door open and retreated back into his apartment, and went into another room, soon afterwards Sam and Severus heard a conversation between Gabriel and a woman, and saw a very attractive Witch who was just barely dressed get into his fireplace and floo away.
Severus could have sworn that Sam flinched when she went through the Floo Network.
Gabriel then came out wearing a long sleeve shirt and pants, "Would you like to come in?"
Sam and Severus entered Gabriel's apartment and sat on the couch in his living room as Gabriel got an empty glass and a bottle of Vodka.
"Umm Gabriel?" Sam looked at his Godfather.
"Yeah Kid what is it?" Gabriel asked his Godson as he poured the vodka into the glass.
"Isn't it like 10:30 in the morning?" Sam asked him.
Gabriel looked at the clock above his mantlepiece, "So it is." He went to the refrigerator, retrieved a container of orange juice and then poured it into his glass of vodka and then mixed it with his finger and then took a sip. "Ahhh, that's better." He sat in a loveseat across from Sam and Severus. "I'm just going to ask you two to forget you saw that lovely witch going through the floo, her husband would get mighty pissed if he found out that his wife was stepping out with me."
"We don't even know who she was," Severus exclaimed.
"Good, the less you two know, the better." Gabriel took another sip of his drink, "Now, tell me everything you know, both of you."
So, Sam and Severus told Gabriel everything that they knew, Sam brought his writings on the subject and gave them to Gabriel.
Gabriel was walking around reading everything that Sam had wrote. "So what do you think Gabriel?" Sam asked his Godfather.
Gabriel walked back to his loveseat and sat down, "A few years after I left The Aurors I thought that maybe there was no evidence and perhaps I was just crazy, but this!" He held Sam's notes. "This proves everything! Unfortunately, the statute of limitations ran out a year ago so even if we go to The Aurors they can't prosecute him."
"But...isn't there some way to stop Malfoy from what's he's planning?" Severus asked Gabriel.
Gabriel was thinking, "We need to have someone from The Auror Department to witness."
"Well you were an Auror, can't you just..." Severus began.
"No," Gabriel interrupted Severus. "It's not that easy anymore. When I quit, I left many burned bridges behind me. The friends I still have in The Auror's Department aren't so eager to help me."
"Well, I'm sure if the son of 'Seven Wands' Silas walks in to ask to speak to an Auror they'd be more than understanding." Severus looked at Sam.
"Fine, but I really hate playing that card." Sam groaned.
Alastor Moody was going over the last message from his partner Silas Yalarad. Silas was part of an international Manhunt for certain Dark Wizards known as 'The Dark Disciples' and he was currently in Austria, but Moody knew that the only reason that Silas was part of this International Task-Force, it was because one of the wizards that the Task Force were looking for was Antonin Dolohov.
Moody knew why Silas was so obsessed with Dolohov, and the subject was one that was something he knew better than to bring up. With both eyes fixed on the paper in his hand Moody read the message over and over.
'Moody,
I'm nearing him, it will be over soon. Tell Sam, Marie and Ernest I'll be home soon.
Silas.'
Moody sighed as he put the missive down and was hesitant to begin his paperwork which was piling up on his desk.
"Sir," Moody's new Auror straight from the Academy named Kingsley Shacklebolt was at the door of his office.
"Kingsley if I've told you once, I've told you several times over you aren't in The Academy anymore you are an Auror just as I. There's no need for the pleasantries. What is it that you need?" Moody asked Shacklebolt.
"There's somebody here to see you, it's Samual Yalarad." Kinglsey said.
Moody's eyes rose, "Sammy's here? By all means let him in."
Kingsley left and a few minutes later Sam walked over and knocked on the open door. "Moody!" Sam smiled.
Alastor looked up from his mountain of paperwork and gave a bellowing laugh. "Sam Yalarad, get over here!"
The Auror embraced the son of his partner in a giant hug. "How are you? I haven't seen you since you were a little tyke getting ready for Hogwarts! Now what brings you over here?" They broke off the hug and Alastor motioned for Sam to take a seat.
"Moody, I've always seen you like an Uncle, hell Ernie and Marie love you like you were a member of our family."
"What do you want Sam?" Alastor grinned as he sat back in his chair.
Sam knew that the jig was up and he had to come clean straight forward. "I don't ask for much, right?
Alastor nodded, "From me? No. Your father on the other hand gave you free reign to use your family fortune however you want while he's away and you haven't brought your family into financial ruin just yet so I can guess you aren't here for money."
"Do you remember the case that made Gabriel quit?" Sam asked Alastor.
"Of course I do," Alastor chuckled. "I remember seeing Gabriel deck Abraxas right in the face...just before they began to duel." He grimaced, "Then your father got inbetween Gabriel and Abraxas." Alastor sighed, "After that your father and Gabriel got into an argument and then afterwards Gabriel quit."
"Well, I need a favor, a real big one!" Sam implored Alastor.
"What is it? It must be important if you're coming to me."
"I need you and a few other Aurors to be in front of Gringotts at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Alastor looked at Sam, "Why on Earth do you want me, and a few other Aurors at Gringotts tomorrow?" He straightened up in his chair. "Is somebody planning on breaking into Gringotts?"
Sam shifted in his chair, "Well...generally speaking yes, but..."
Alastor Moody shot up out of his seat and got his staff, "Right, well thanks for this tip Sam. Don't you worry I'll have a group of Aurors there to catch those miscreants." He then rushed out of his office to gather men and prepare.
Sam was sitting there in Moody's office. "Well, shit."
It was 3:57 and Moody was near Gringotts with his old Partner Orion Black as well as Shacklebolt and a few other Aurors straight from the Academy.
Alastor turned to the greenhorns. "Alright, our mission is this arrest a group of people from breaking into Gringotts. I have already told Goblins who work there of this plot and they have made special precautions so that even if we were routed the doors of Gringotts would never open!"
Orion Black looked to be rather annoyed to be up this early, "Who gave you this information exactly? How do you know that you just did not get sent on a wild gremlin chase?"
"This information comes from a trusted source, and that's all you need to..." Moody fell silent. "Someone is coming, prepare yourselves!"
The group of Aurors took out their wands and prepared themselves.
A pair of footsteps were heard as well as a hushed conversation, sweat dripped down Alastor's face as readied his staff for battle. He saw three figures walk over towards the bank.
"NOW!" Alastor barked.
Five Minutes Earlier
Sam and Severus were waiting at the Entrance to Diagon Alley, they had managed to sneak out without alerting Eileen and they were now waiting for Gabriel to join them.
"Where the hell is he?" Severus asked Sam obviously a bit miffed for getting up this early.
"Hey relax we still have about..." Sam looked around and couldn't find a clock of any kind.
Severus sighed in frustration and pulled out a pocketwatch, "We have about five minutes, so he'd better get here fast!"
A few minutes later and Gabriel walked though the doorway leading to Diagon Alley.
"So sorry for being tardy, I hope that you two weren't waiting for long," Gabriel apologized for his tardiness.
Severus grumbled under his breath and Sam sighed, "Well we were waiting for a while, but at least we are all here."
Gabriel opened the door to Diagon Alley and the three of them walked over towards Gringotts.
"So is Moody going to be here?" The Retired Auror asked his Godson.
Sam nodded his head and gave a verbal confirmation.
Gabriel looked at Sam and groaned, "He took it the wrong way didn't he?"
Sam sighed and nodded, "Yeah."
"And he thinks that there are people trying to actually break into Gringotts."
"Uh-huh." Sam nodded.
Severus looked at Sam, "And you neglected to tell us about this why?!"
They walked over to the front of Gringotts. "Would you relax Severus, I'm sure that if we find Moody that we can..."
"NOW!"
A barrage of spells flew past the trio's heads. Gabriel instinctively casted a nonverbal 'Protego' and cast it around Sam, Severus, and himself, he then pulled out his wallet with his former Auror badge. "Ceasefire! Ceasefire Merlin damn it! There's juveniles here!"
The spells subsided and a lone voice came out, "Gabriel?" Alastor Moody popped out. "Well well well, Gabriel Schell. I would have expected as much, a former Auror turned to a life of crime." Orion Black tutted his tongue as walked out of cover with his wand in hand.
"I'm not trying to break the law...Okay maybe a little, but I'm not trying to steal anything from Gringotts I just want to see if I'm right." Gabriel stopped the 'Protego' and Alastor moody looked at Sam. "Now what on Earth are you doing here Sam, you told me someone was trying to break into Gringotts!"
"Well I was trying to explain but..." Sam started to talk, but Orion Black interrupted him. "Wait, are you trying to tell me that this young boy told you about this 'heist'?"
"He is no boy," Gabriel yelled. "He is Samual Yalarad, son of Silas, son of Sherwood!"
The Aurors gave a collected bow as Samual stood in an awkward silence.
"You are Samual Yalarad?" Orion looked at Sam.
Sam gave a small bow to Orion Black, "Yes Lord Black I am."
"My son has told me much about you."
"Which son would that be? The Scholar or The Thug?"
Orion glared at Samual. "Watch your tongue. That is my son you insult."
"It's be kind of hard to watch my tongue." Sam smirked.
"Anyway." Alastor got inbetween Sam and Orion. "I think you'd better explain yourself Samual."
"Why explain when we can show you," Sam looked at Gabriel. "The floor is yours Godfather."
Gabriel nodded and went to the doors of Gringotts. "If you plan on going in you can't. Alastor called the Goblins and told them about the plot, they have fortified their entrance, you will find no easy way inside." Orion explained to his former partner and protege.
Gabriel looked back at Orion, "Open Sesame."
The Doors to Gringotts unlocked and then opened. The Aurors outside and The Goblins inside were shocked to see what they had witnessed. Gabriel walked through the crowd of Auror and looked at the shops of Diagon Alley, put his wand to his throat and casted 'Sonorus.' "Open Sesame!" All the doors of Diagon, and Knockturn Alley unlocked and then opened. Everyone looked at the sight. "Merlin's Beard!" Alastor exclaimed. "That's impossible!" Orion gritted through his teeth.
Gabriel let out a sigh of relief as a large and immense weight was dropped from his shoulders. He turned around to look at Orion Black.
"There's no conspiracy to sack Gringotts Gabriel, you're just being Paranoid!" Gabriel recited Orion Black's words from Six years ago. "Abraxas Malfoy hasn't circumvented Diagon Alley's wards Gabriel, you're just being paranoid! There aren't any spies in The Auror Department trying to sabotage your investigation Gabriel, you're just being Paranoid!"
"Okay! Okay!" Alastor went to Gabriel and put his hands on his shoulders. "I think we've now have considerable evidence to clear your name now. Unfortunately we cannot bring Abraxas in for this."
"Why not?" Severus asked Alastor.
"There's a little thing called Double Jeopardy, we cannot try a man for the same crime twice," Alastor explained. "However we can make sure that every single door, ward, and entrance is protected from this!"
Gabriel gave a small smile, "Thank you." At last, Gabriel Schell finally received his peace.
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Now an excerpt from the upcoming chapter.
As Sam walked towards the door he had a chilling sensation run up his back, and he shivered.
"What is it?" Severus asked his friend.
"Sev, I don't know what it is...but I got a feeling something bad is heading our way."
A/N 2: So, I will be taking part in the 2014 NaNoWriMo and that won't leave me with enough time to update this story so the earliest you will see another chapter will be in December.
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