Name: Alauralen
Title: Voldy, Demons, and Death Eaters! Oh My!
Summary: Charmed/Harry Potter crossover. Voldemort has seen opportunity in the leaderless underworld and has begun gaining the support of the demonic masses.
Rating: MA
Pairings: Remus Lupin/Phoebe Halliwell, Piper Halliwell/Leo Wyatt, Paige Matthews/Charlie Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger, Paige Matthews/Severus Snape
Categories: Crossover, Drama, Angst, Humor, Action, Violence, Non Consensual
The timelines are as follows: Harry Potter in the summer after OOTP and Charmed after the defeat of the Avatars, but with no Zanku. Leo is a white lighter, but not an Elder. Paige is not the headmistress of the Wiccan American magic school.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Charmed. I am not getting paid to write this so don't sue me.
Author's Note: This story is archived at Potions Master, Adult Fan Fiction, and Freedom of Speech Fan Fiction.
Chapter 10-A Proposal and a Set Time for Vanquishing
Phoebe and Remus had no idea that they had been observed. They were sitting on the sofa. Remus was leaning against one arm of the sofa with one leg stretched across it while the other dangled off the side. Phoebe was leaning back against him between his legs, head resting on his chest, his arms wrapped around her.
"Phoebe, have you been using a contraceptive?" Remus asked looking down at her.
"Yes. Why?" she asked puzzled.
Remus entangled both of her hands in his, and then kissed the back of one of them.
"Phoebe, I am not a rich man. Actually, I have no money at all. People like me are discriminated against in my society. It is very hard to get a paying job at all. That is why I have been working solely for the Order." Remus stopped and drew a deep breath. Phoebe wasn't moving and barely breathing. "Our claiming binds us more than any legal marriage ever could. However, I would still like to take you as my wife in front of family and friends. If you will have me," Remus said as he withdrew a beautiful, very old, white gold ring with a beautiful blue stone she didn't recognize as anything they had in the Muggle world. It had markings, sort of like runes, which she couldn't read on the inside of the band. "This is not new. It was my mother's. I want it to be yours."
When Phoebe turned to look at him, he saw tears shimmering in her eyes. "Of course I'll marry you. Like you said, we already are to each other, might as well make it official for everyone else, too." Remus smiled and slipped the ring onto her finger. "It's beautiful and it fits perfectly. Nothing you could have bought could ever be better than this. What does the writing on the inside of the band read?"
"'All my love, all my life,"' Remus replied.
As Phoebe watched the ring glitter on her finger, something started to gnaw inside her stomach. "Remus, I have been married before," Phoebe said, sitting up slightly and turning to look at him. He didn't look particularly surprised, so she plunged in, "I was married to a half-breed. His mother was a demon, his father human. We vanquished his demon half, but he was taken over by the Source just before we were married and I didn't know. I became his queen after I found out I was pregnant with our son, but the baby was evil, pure Source. He was stolen by a demonic seer and ended up killing every demon within fifteen feet of him when the seer's body exploded. He was so powerfully evil that no body could contain it."
Phoebe waited for him to process the information. She couldn't help but envision a scene where he was disgusted with her and demanded his ring back after throwing her from him.
"Are you still married to him?" Remus asked expression unreadable.
"Nooo. We vanquished him. I divorced him. Then, when he returned from the demonic wasteland, we vanquished him again. He is very, very dead," Phoebe replied, her heart in her throat.
"I knew you were married to the Source. I knew that you were corrupted by the evil of the child and the only decision that was not influenced by evil was the actual marriage. You thought that he was a normal Muggle when you took your vows. Dumbledore briefed a select few of us on each of your personal backgrounds before you got here, so that those who would be spending the most amount of time with the three of you would know what to expect. When I met you I saw the good in you, the compassion, the inner strength and I fell in love with you," Remus said, pulling Phoebe down to kiss her, leaving her with no doubts as to whether he meant it.
"Why didn't you tell me that you knew?" Phoebe asked confused, after breaking the kiss.
"I figured that you would eventually tell me. It doesn't bother me to know. You're mine now. We are getting married and starting all over again together," Remus said, before kissing her again. When he pulled away he looked a little uncertain. "Will you do something for me?" When she nodded, he smiled softly. "Stop taking the contraceptive."
Phoebe blinked in surprise. "You want me pregnant already?"
"You have to understand that I never thought I would ever marry or have children. Ever since you told me that you were going to have my child," Remus said with a smile, "I have been anxious for you to conceive our baby."
"Well, I figured that we would have time together before I got pregnant," Phoebe said uncertainly. Seeing the look in his eyes, however, she smiled back at him and said, "But we have nine months together before she's born, right? I will stop, but it may be a couple of months before my cycle returns to normal and allows me to conceive. I use a Muggle contraceptive and sometimes it takes a while to get it out of your system." Remus looked disappointed, but was trying to hide it. "Sometimes you get pregnant the very next month. Think of all the practice we'll get in," Phoebe teased.
Remus grinned at her wolfishly, "We had better get down to dinner," Remus said, standing and offering her his arm. He pulled her close when she was on her feet and kissed her deeply. "We'll begin practice tonight in OUR room," he said huskily in her ear.
At dinner, Remus and Phoebe announced their engagement. Phoebe's family, though knowing what would eventually happen between the two, seemed surprised by how fast they were taking things, but were still happy for her. Remus' friends, already knowing what the claiming meant, were no where near surprised and were also happy for them.
Dumbledore had sent Remus an owl saying that he had gotten their message and would be flooing to them that evening. Tonks, Moody, and Kinsley had come in with Arthur and had dinner with everyone else. They were the only ones who seemed shocked by the sudden engagement, but managed to recover quickly and offer their congratulations.
After dinner, as they were sitting around talking over tea or coffee, Dumbledore made an appearance with Minerva McGonagall in tow.
"Albus, did you hear the news?" asked Moody.
"About the plan to vanquish the demon? That's why we came," Dumbledore answered confused.
"No, not that," said Molly with a wave of her hand. "Well tell them," she said excitedly, looking at Remus and Phoebe.
"We're getting married," Remus said, smiling at Phoebe.
"Well, that was sudden," said Minerva, looking surprised.
"Not really. We're soul mates and we both knew we were meant to be together from the moment we first saw each other," Phoebe said with a content smile.
Dumbledore studied them both for a few seconds before smiling with eyes twinkling and said, "Congratulations! How soon?"
"Soon," they both answered.
"Good, good. I am invited, am I not?" asked Dumbledore mischievously.
"Of course, Professor," Remus said.
"Very good. Now I'm in a hurry. Minerva and I have read over your plan and it does have merit. However, Minerva also would like to be there to assist you," said Dumbledore. "What time were you planning to do it?"
"Um, whatever time Tonks and Kingsley will be able to meet us," said Paige.
"We take a break around 12:30 p.m.," said Kingsley. "We can apparate to your location then and, barring any problems, be back at the office before anyone realizes we left."
"You know which warehouse I'm talking about right?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, yeah we know the place. Calm down Remus," said a spiky, pink-haired Tonks.
"The rest of us should be there by 11:00 in the morning to set up the crystals and start the potion," Piper said.
"Good deal," said Dumbledore, making Minerva roll her eyes. "We have another meeting at Hogwarts. Good evening and good luck tomorrow."
"I am very happy for the two of you," said Minerva taking one of each of their hands in hers. "I wish you all the happiness you could wish for."
"Thank you," they both said, slightly taken aback by the gesture.
Minerva turned and both she and Dumbledore left Grimmauld Place.
Once everyone had had breakfast the next day, tension high, the sisters began to gather the ingredients they would need to make the potion. Since Molly didn't have things like pigs feet, Leo left to collect what they didn't have.
After getting all the things they would need together, they sat around to wait until the time came to leave. Phoebe had out her notebook and pen and was trying to write a summoning spell. The wads of paper lying all around her showed that she was having difficulty with it.
"Aw, to hell with it," Phoebe muttered under her breath just loud enough for Remus to hear. She scribbled something down, tore it out, folded it and put it in her back pocket.
"I re-worded the Balthazar summoning spell. It should work, I mean it is a magic to magic spell," Phoebe said irritably. She glared from one sister to the other, daring them to comment.
"Everything will be just fine. You three are not new at this. You have a good plan and something you usually don't: back-up," Leo said, giving his usual pep talk. "Your strength, your power comes from your emotions. Trust your instincts; they've never let you down before. Remember, I'm only a call away if you need me."
Molly and Remus watched as Leo's words seemed to seep into the sisters' souls, calming all of them. The change in overall demeanor was instantaneous and absolute. All three sisters suddenly seemed full of confidence and a certainty that they would triumph.
"Well, we had better get going to set up," Piper said. She stood up, kissed her sons, then her husband. "I'll see you later," she purred seductively to Leo.
Phoebe and Paige kissed their nephews and said goodbye to Molly and Leo. None of the teenagers had come down to see them off. Molly said they were still probably trying to talk some sense into Harry.
Remus had apparated Paige to the warehouse earlier so that she would know where to orb herself and Piper when the time came, this way none of them ran the risk of being seen anywhere in London. Paige took Piper's hand as Phoebe wrapped her arms around Remus. Paige and Piper disappeared in a cloud of bright white lights, while Phoebe and Remus vanished with a loud crack.
"Waiting for word is always the hardest part," Molly said, looking worried.
"I'll know if anything goes wrong," Leo said, trying to smile reassuringly.
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After getting the cauldron set up and the potion started over a fire that Remus had conjured, Paige and Phoebe outlined a rough circle 20 feet in diameter with the enchanted crystals. Paige kept one to give to a member of the Order to close after they summoned the demon.
Piper was just finishing up the potion as Tonks and Kingsley apparated in. Tonks looked like an old woman with steel grey hair done in a bun when she apparated in, but changed with a pained expression on her face into the girl they were used to. Except this time her hair was black like Paige and Phoebe's. Thick, curly, and fell to her waist.
"Like that you could be one of us," Paige said, clearly impressed.
"That's the idea. The demon won't know if all three sisters are inside the cage or not," Tonks replied with a conspiratorial smile.
Moody and Minerva apparated in after Tonks and everyone greeted everyone else. Piper announced that the potion was ready except for the final ingredient.
Remus gave Phoebe a loving, soul-searing kiss and told her to be careful, worry reflected in his hazel eyes. Phoebe flashed a smile, "Are you kidding? It's in the bag!"
"Don't get cocky," growled Moody.
"We're not cocky," countered Paige. "We just know we're gonna kick ass!"
"That's the spirit," said Piper enthusiastically.
The other witches and wizards looked at them as though they'd lost their collective minds.
"You do know that you are going to be fighting a demon in a few moments," Minerva said disapprovingly, "not going to a party."
"Yes, but if we don't believe we're going to win, then we won't," Phoebe said logically. "Leo already gave us our pep talk and reminded us that we know what we're doing."
"Now we just have to do it," Piper finished for her.
Paige handed Remus the last crystal and all three women walked into the center of the crystals. Phoebe removed the paper with the spell on it from the back pocket of her jeans.
"You call that a re-write?" Paige asked irritably, glaring at her sister.
"Just shut up and say the damn spell," Phoebe replied defensively, glaring back.
"How can I shut up and say the spell at the same time?" Paige countered with a smug smile.
Phoebe opened her mouth to reply, but Piper cut her off, "Focus! People are watching us!"
All three sisters closed their eyes, took a deep breath, slowly exhaling. Opening their eyes, they began to chant together:
"Magic forces black and white
Reaching out through space and light
Be he far or be he near
Bring us the demon Demorick here."
"Re-write my ass," Paige muttered loudly.
"Bite me," Phoebe shot back. "Next time you write the damn spell!"
Their bickering came to an end as a tall man appeared in front of them. Remus placed down the last crystal and stood back to watch his mate and her sisters' work as the energy of the cage surrounded them.
"Hey, asshole, how ya doin'?" asked Phoebe before landing a kick to his head. The demon barely even moved. "Oh, oh," she said panicking slightly. He went to through a punch, which she barely managed to block due to his strength. Phoebe finally landed a punch to his nose, breaking it, after a flurry of punches and kicks thrown by both of them, making them look as though they were performing a violent dance. With a howl of pain, the man snatched Phoebe up by the throat, while morphing into his demonic form, and flung her aside like a rag doll.
Piper threw up her hands and froze the demon as Phoebe hit the ground hard 10 feet away.
"You okay?" asked Paige as she ran to the demon and sliced a chunk out of his arm with a look of disgust.
"Ouch, yeah, I'll be fine," Phoebe replied, thrusting her feet into the air, while she pushed off the ground with her hands by her shoulders and flipped onto her feet wincing in pain.
Paige got to the cauldron and threw in the piece of demon flesh, making sure to keep her distance so that the explosion of the potion didn't knock her backward.
By this time the demon had fought through the freeze and, realizing what Paige was doing, threw an energy ball at her. Paige orbed out of the place she stood and the ball ricocheted back into the demon. Paige orbed back in the same spot just in time to see it hit the demon and watch him stumble back, hitting the wall of the cage and electrocuting himself.
Paige filled a vial as the demon hit the ground face-first. As it started to struggle up, Piper tried to freeze it again, but it barely worked. Phoebe moved in to kick it in the ribs with enough force to shatter a human's, but hardly even fazing the demon.
"Phoebe move," Paige yelled as the demon made a grab for her. Phoebe did a back flip out of the way and Paige threw the vial. When it hit the demon, it screamed and burst into flames. It took seconds for it to burn out with an explosion, leaving only a smudge mark on the wooden floor of the warehouse.
Paige called for a crystal, which materialized in her hand, bringing down the walls of the cage. Remus came into the circle to make sure for himself that Phoebe was alright. He couldn't believe his eyes, she seemed to be fine, even after that throw.
"That was so cool!" said Tonks in appreciation.
"You actually did it," Minerva said looking quite pale and faint.
"Was there ever a doubt?" asked Paige with a saucy smile.
"Well, yes. With all the fighting you were doing amongst yourselves," said Minerva irritably, "I didn't think you were going to stop long enough to fight the demon."
"Oh that's something we always do to relieve stress," said Phoebe with a dismissive wave of her hand. "You get used to it if you're around us long enough. Hell, you may even join in like our friend Darryl does," Phoebe turned to Remus who still seemed to be unsure as to whether she was really well. "We get thrown around a lot, Remus. Get used to it or I won't let you come to any more vanquishes," Phoebe said it with a smile, but Remus knew she was serious.
"Well, lets get back to headquarters," said Piper. "Leo and Molly will worry."
Once everything was gathered together, everyone orbed or apparated back to number 12 Grimmauld Place. Harry and company had finally joined Leo and Molly in the kitchen.
"How did it go?" Leo asked as everyone appeared.
"Phoebe got thrown around a bit, but really well. Actually, it couldn't have gone better," Piper said. She put down what she held and then sat in her husband's lap.
"The demon is nothing more than a smudge mark on a floor, Harry," Phoebe said, looking into his eyes. "Your family's deaths have been avenged."
Harry nodded and looked away from her penetrating eyes without saying anything.
Phoebe moved to a chair and sat down stiffly. While in the cage with her adrenaline going, Phoebe hadn't realized how badly she had been hurt when she hit the ground. Leo noticed, had Piper get up, and walked over to her.
"You're hurt," Leo stated, raising his hands over her back and with a warm, golden glow healed her injuries.
"Thanks, Leo. It wasn't bad, just a few bruises," Phoebe said lightly. Leo frowned slightly. It had been more than a couple of bruises, but he didn't say anything.
"That floor was really dirty, so I'm going to go take a quick shower. Thanks for backing us up," Phoebe said standing. She kissed Remus, and then went up the stairs as Tonks started telling those who hadn't been there a blow by blow, animated account of what had happened.
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