The Heir of House Black
AN: I make no profit from this. Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling, Gundam Wing is owned by Sunrise.
10: Secret Discussions
The five of them sat at a small table in some unused classroom at Hogwarts. Dinner had come and gone and all of the students had gone to bed. Dumbledore had invited them all to stay the night to discuss more private matters. They had had a chance to meet with each and every professor briefly at dinner, but now they could more openly discuss things.
Dumbledore entered the room, expanded the table to fit three more as he, Professor Snape and Professor Mcgonagall entered and sat down at the table with the five of them.
"Well.. I must say, I'm very happy you decided to accept my invitation for dinner, Lord Malfoy." Dumbledore started, as pleasant as ever. He had fears, but he wouldn't let them cloud his judgement. "Harry tells me you have been informed on several matters."
Quatre nodded, smiling. "We very much appreciated the offer. I saw no reason to wait when the letter arrived. The sooner, the better I like to think. Before we get too involved though, you treated us all to a magnificent dinner, would any of you care for a night cap? Perhaps some Tea or Coffee?"
Quatre clapped his hand and the Djinni that worked for him appeared, bowing obediently to his master. "How may I serve, m'lord."
Snape declined, Mcgonagall nodded though. "I think a cup of brandy would be fantastic."
Dumbledore nodded as well. "Tea for me please"
The servant nodded and summoned the drinks, one cup appearing before all five boys, each, as well as a cup for Mcgonagall and Dumbledore, before the servant vanished. Dumbledore appreciated the nicety and the tea was delicious, but he knew a power play when he saw one.
'I have servants that can come and go as they please.' It was something Dumbledore had done himself in times before when meeting foreign dignitaries. Show off a little bit of his hand, just to put someone in their place.
Quatre smiled, taking a sip of his own drink. "Yes, Sirius Black, a man who died without having seen true justice, explained a great deal to Lord Black." He turned and nodded to Heero.
Wu Fei stood, walking over to Heero and placed a bowl on the table. He placed a wand at Heero's temples and drew a long, silver strand from his temple, placing it into the bowl. Summoning a small, lazy susan, placing the bowl atop and spun it, until the bowl was in front of Dumbledore.
"My memories will better explain the situation." Heero said.
"You can rest assured the memories are untampered." Wu Fei explained. "It would shame my house to practice deceit to potential allies."
Dumbledore nodded, understand the message clearly. Even if the memories were falsified, which he suspected they had not been, to suggest they were would be to insult a potentially powerful chinese family. He'd never heard of the Long Clan, but the Chang Clan were well known. Hogwarts was lucky to have gotten Cho to come, even if she was a lesser member. All the highborn Changs were privately tutored by the most prestigious of chinese sorcerers.
As he pushed his face towards the memories, he fell down the silver waterfall, landing in a familiar room. Snape and Mcgonagall landing at his sides. Sirius Black was looking at a slightly younger Odin Black.
"It's been hell trying to find you kid, yanno that. I think if you hadna gotten that picture taken with that pink princess of yours, then I wouldn't have ever found you. You've made your dad proud, the git that he was. Found yourself a spot in the muggle government, just behind the real seat of power. You are definitely your father's son."
Heero snorted. "Sirius Black, escaped convict." Sirius froze, a look of fear in his eyes. Snape smirked. "It seems the mutt got more than he bargained for"
Heero continued "Imprisoned for alleged crimes, without a trial. Sloppy police work. I suspect you are most likely innocent." Snape's face fell into a scowl.
"What is it you want of me. I have no ties to the wizarding world."
Sirius smirked. "Ah.. kid, I wish I could say that was true. I really do. Our world is pretty fucked right now, what with the Dark Lord on the rise and all."
"Voldemort, or should I call him Tom Riddle."
Dumbledore gasped. They knew who Voldemort was, impossible.
Sirius looked just as surprised.
"When I discovered the wizarding world, I did some digging into its recent history. Even if I have no part in it, it would be folly to ignore something that could blow up in my face at any time. Voldemort's war was partially responsible for Trieze Kushrenada's War to End All Wars. It seems that the rise of a Dark Lord preempts a non-magical war. Looking into history, you will see this is the case every time. It was a little bit of research, but based on accounts of the Dark Lord, the time of his appearance and his skill in magic, and of course the area he focused his war on, he had to have come from Hogwarts. Just looking at the list of Hogwarts graduates, a public record, Riddle makes the most sense. Then of course, there is his name itself. When you add a few letters, I am lord voldemort, an anagram for Tom Marvolo Riddle. Well, it seemed obvious."
Sirius was dumb founded. "I dunno who your mom was kid, but you had to have gotten that from her. Blacks aren't near that smart." he chuckled. The black family had been one of his biggest supporters and none of them had figured out who he was, and it had been right under their nose all this time.
"Anyway… Listen. I know you ain't gonna believe this, but Voldemort's back and the resistance just isn't as good as it used to be. Dumbledore's training Harry to beat him again, but it's not Harry's job. I'm his godfather and I intend to do my best to keep him from having to go to war if at all possible. Us adults should do that, not the kids. Chances are, I won't live that long though. I can't help out like I want to, not with the government after me. Dumbledore won't let me do what needs to be done either. He's a good man and a powerful wizard, but he's got too much on his plate. Listen… When I die, you're gonna inherit all of this and much more. You got yourself some powerful friends too. I dunno how much help you can be, but even if it's just being a friend to him… please."
He got on his knees, looking far more humble than any Black should ever look.
"I know we haven't ever done anything for you, Odin. I know the wizarding world doesn't owe you anything and you could live a much happier life ignoring us all… but please. Help Harry the way I want to but can't. Help him out and keep him safe."
Heero said nothing for a long moment. He had a scowl in place, the kind of scowl that reminded Sirius of his mother when she was disapproving of anything he did.
Sirius stood, looking a little upset, turning away. "Nevermind… I never should have thought Regulus's kid would have helped."
"Mission Accepted"
Sirius turned, a grin on his face. The memory faded and the group came back to themselves. Wu Fei was already returning the memory to Heero's head.
Dumbledore wasn't sure what to say.
"This happened a few weeks before his death. He sent a house-elf to summon me. We spoke briefly afterwards and I never saw him again. After his death, when I was going through his things, well, the house was home to an Order of the Phoenix for some time. It is a safe assumption that this is the rebellion he spoke of, a rebellion, that I suspect is led by the only man in Wizarding Britain to have a phoenix for a familiar" He looked pointedly at Dumbledore.
Quatre picked up as Heero finished. "We have made a pact with Lord Black's closest relative to protect Harry and keep him from knowing the horrors of War. We kill so that other's don't have to. I understand if you do not wish to fight the war in the manner that we intend to. If you wish for us to go our way, We will be happy to leave and never return to Hogwarts. You can fight Tom Riddle your way and we will fight Tom Riddle our way. We would love to join forces though, as that would clearly make things both easier for both of us and worse for Riddle, however I understand if you do not wish to stain your hands with blood. We will not, however, become your lackeys. An alliance with us is just that, an alliance between two organizations. We will not join the Order of the Phoenix. The Order will become allies with… he looked at Duo… "umm.. What are we calling ourselves this time?"
Duo grinned. "Order of Severed House-elf Heads?" he suggested.
"No… too telling. There's a good chance the enemy will recognize it" Heero negated the option immediately.
"SNAFU?" Duo grinned.
"Tempting.. Wizards won't get it though" Quatre conceded.
Duo sighed. "I suppose we can just go back to being numbers. It's soo boring though, we have the chance for an awesome team name. It feels like a waste"
Quatre laughed. "Yes.. simple is best though. The Order of Numbers. Well then, I'm certain you need to consider things, we don't plan on waiting around forever."
Dumbledore considered his options. Many things had been made clear to him. These five weren't the enemy.. At least they weren't Tom's allies. The could be a different enemy if he didn't make the right decisions and make them soon. He didn't want to agree to too much without more information though. He steeled himself and made a decision"
"I notice that not all of you are carrying wands. Are the five of you all wizards?"
Quatre smiled. He expected this question, but was curious as to where Dumbledore was going with the new line of questioning. "Wu Fei and myself have had formal personal Training, Though Wu Fei is the only one who deserves to be called a master. Lord Black and my husband however are still fairly new to magic."
Dumbledore looked at Duo curiously. He noted the blonde didn't mention him at all.
Duo smirked. "I got magic, but it's not normal by any means. I couldn't cast a spell not matter how hard I tried."
Snape smirked. "You're a squib"
Duo shook his head. "Nope… I was born with magic.. Just never used it, never taught it, never knew til just a few years ago"
Dumbledore gasped.. "And I ain't an obscurial either. Knew one though, poor kid. Plague got him, but not before he went wild." Duo continued on.
"Wait… are you suggesting you survived fighting an obscurial with no magical training before the age of 11."
Duo only grinned.
Dumbledore clapped his hands. "Well then, it's settled. We would both, obviously, like to get to know one another better. A true alliance cannot be formed without trust. I have a suggestion to help us create a better bond, for both ourselves and for Harry. You 5 will join Hogwarts as apprentices. It is uncommon for graduates to take an apprenticeship in a school not their Alma Mater, however it is not unheard of either. We can get to know each other better and perhaps in time, find a way to defeat Tom Riddle, without involving the hands of Harry Potter and the innocent's of his era."
The four looked at Quatre. This sounded too good to be true. They all had better things to do than play student and only two of them would even benefit from this at all.
Quatre smirked. "That would be fantastic. We'll need a few days to sort our affairs. We shall be here monday morning. No need to give us extra housing, I think I should enjoy being sorted and making some new friends. I have one condition though. It would be an insult on Wu Fei to suggest he needs any learning whatsoever and it is likely such a ruse would be seen through immediately by anyone with half a brain. If you want some of us, you have to take all of us. Find a position in the school to Hire Wu Fei that would benefit the school the most and we can do this."
Quatre stood "We'll leave you to your thoughts, have a pleasant night"
Quatre left, not giving Dumbledore any time to respond. Heero, Trowa and Wu Fei followed silently after, Duo, waiting for the others to leave, finally stood with a grin.
"Hey.. um.. I wouldn't bother with the 3rd floor hallways for at least a night or two… definitely not at night… Wasn't really expecting to stick around an all…" he grins.
"What did you do?" Snape scowled.
"Nothin lethal.. Nothing Peeves wouldna done.. He thought it was hillarious." Duo moved back into the shadows of the room and vanished.
Snape fired a stunner where the boy was, but the spell hit the wall. Duo was gone. He ran into the hallway that led to this room, they were all gone.