Beta'ed by: Mad about the Boro

Chapter 12

Asajj looked on from the shadows as her mother, Sirius and Remus looked over the crates full of guns on the truck in a rundown parking structure. Her job this time was to watch the guys they were dealing with.

There were three of them. All tall and imposing.

Remus said they were Russian mob guys that knew about magic. He had done business with them before, but you could never be too careful when it comes to illegal arms deals. She was of two minds in this situation. She wanted this deal to go off without a gunfight, but she was also hoping tonight brought more action than yesterday's potions deal; which, aside from some cold looks passed between Severus and the potions broker, was really boring.

"Chin up dear, half of all Shadow work is watching boring meetings like this from the shadows, waiting for your target." Luminara projected into her head.

"I know Mother. I'm not complaining. It's just, Dad said to treat this like a real mission and I wanted a chance to test my skills in the real world." She projected back.

"You will get your chance one day, but I'm hoping it's not today. I don't need any more excitement on this trip." Luminara replied.

"Yes Mother." She replied, smiling.

She was keeping a running conversation open with her mother and looking into the three men's minds at the same time. It was something her father taught her, and the fact that she could do it so well made her excited. Almost so excited that she missed the car pulling into the parking structure.

She did not miss the projected hate coming off of the four men in the car however, and that's what pulled her to the culprits.

She watched as they rolled into the garage and stopped on the first floor trying to make no noise. She had to hand it to them, as hit men go they were on the smarter end of the scale. She watched them get out of the car with assault weapons in their hands. She pulled the orders for the hit out of their heads as they walked up the ramps leading to the top floor, where the deal was taking place.

They were here for the Russians. Something about dealing in their city… she didn't really care.

She tried to implant the idea of turning around and leaving, but they were set in their mission. You had to hand it to them, they were very loyal to their boss; or they feared him more than they feared the three men making the deal. Either way, she knew they needed to be stopped before they made it to the top.

At the fifth floor, she made up her mind about how to handle the situation. She came out of the shadows behind the four men and conjured a wooden Bokken.

"It would appear you boys are lost. Too bad for you." She commented, making them turn around.

With the swift efficiency of a deadly Shadow, she beat the four men to within an inch of their lives. The beating drew the rest of the group down to see what was happening.

"I do believe these men were sent here to kill you three and take the truck." She elaborated.

"Da, they are from Blackpool." Said the only Russian that spoke English.

"Well, they are very badly beaten. Do what you will with them, but I call dibs on anything they are carrying. It's a Ratookian tradition." Asajj said, picking up one of the tactical M4s off of the ground.

"That small one is the son of a crime boss. He is worth keeping alive. We will sell them back to their boss." The Russian said.

"Like I said, that's fine by me. Do you want me to heal them, or should I leave them beaten?" Asajj asked, conjuring a black bag and stripping them of their weapons.

"Leave them like they are. Did they come in a car?" He asked.

"A black BMW. Also mine, if you don't want it?" She said, questioningly.

"No, you take. I also think a discount is needed for the weapons you want to buy." He said, waving them back to the truck.

Asajj shrunk the bag and pocketed it, before dropping back into the shadows once more.

"You did very well Asajj." Luminara praised over the bond.

"Thank you Mother." Asajj sent back, as she shrunk the car and checked the perimeter for any more mob guys.

Back at the truck, Luminara took a running tally of what they bought.

"2 cases of Makarov pistols, five crates of AK47's, two crates of M4's, a crate of M14's for Harry, 6 creates of MP5K's, and enough ammo to supply an army. Did I miss anything?" She asked Remus who was adding up the cost.

"Two crates of RPG's." He said, looking at the pile of crates off to the side.

"Right, two crates of RPG's. That comes to… ten thousand gold Galleons? You will take Galleons, right?" She said, pulling a sack of gold out of her purse. "This is a goblin certified sack of gold. It carries the stamp of the bank and the seal is unbroken." She said, handing the bag over.

The Russian took the bag, broke the seal, and saw the huge pile of coins inside. "Da, this is good, but for the sake of good faith, I will throw in five crates of AK74u's, and two crates of Dragunov SVU's." He said and the two other Russians added the seven crates to the pile. "I hope we can do business again some time." He said, holding out his hand.

"I look forward to it, but I think we are all set for a long time. I will, however, sing your praises to those I know." She said, shaking his hand.

"Thank you, and if any of you ever feel like becoming gun runners, you come to us and we will cut you into the business. Especially the girl. She has a great future in crime ahead of her." The big Russian offered.

"I'll be sure to let her know. Her father, the assassin, will be happy to hear his little girl is on the road to being just like him." She said with a smile.

Asajj slipped out of the shadows behind him. "Thanks for the compliment, I plan on following my father's path very closely." She said, making him spin around in fear. While keeping eye contact, she slipped back into the shadows and she was pretty sure he pissed himself just a little bit.

Luminara saw the look on his face and smirked.

"Did I mention she was gifted? But she still has some ways to go. I should know, it's what I do." She said, vanishing with the stack of crates.

Remus looked at the stunned Russians and smiled.

"That's my cue to make like a tree and get the fuck out of here. I'll contact you if we need something else." Remus said, before he too vanished. The three didn't see the portkey in his hand.

"That is the last time we do business with these wizards." One of the guys said in Russian.

"Da." The leader agreed, nodding.

The two women came out of the shadows in the TAB and found Harry talking to Andy over bowls of stew. "Did you make stew?" Asajj asked, sniffing the air.

"Yes, wash up and come to the table." He said, waving two bowls from the rack.

"Okay Daddy." She said, walking over to the sink.

Harry smiled a big smile. "You know, she calls you that mockingly, right?" Luminara asked, dropping into the seat next to him.

"I know, but I still like hearing it." Harry said, handing her a bowl.

"As long as you know." She said, digging in.

"You should have seen me out there Father. I stopped four men that were coming to kill the Russians." Asajj said, attacking her stew the same way she attacked the four gun men.

"What she leaving out is she conjured a Bokken and beat them half to death. You've been sparring with her again. She's always more violent after you spar with her." Luminara accused.

"Good, remember sweetie, the only fair fight is the one you win." Harry said, proudly.

"Yes, the Potter Family motto." Luminara said smirking.

"Actually, it's the Black Family motto." Andy corrected, with a smile. "Before we were pureblood fools, we were proud assassins. The Blacks watched over the wizarding world and killed dark leaning wizards. Until the betrayal of the Malfoy family, we were the real keepers of the light. Attacking from the shadows, and stemming the darkness. Where do you think Harry learned Shadow walking from?" She said.

"I always thought Albus taught it to him. It's what he said happened." Luminara said, looking at Harry with an accusatory stare.

"It's the story we worked up." Andy said. "We didn't want people to think Harry was learning dark magic, so we lied. I thought he would have told you the truth, though." She said, looking at Harry too.

"Technically, I did learn it from Albus. He read over the old Black family books and taught it to me." Harry said, looking down at his bowl. "Besides, I've been telling that lie for so long, I almost forgot the truth." He admitted, with a charming smile.

"No, that look is not going to get you out of this one. I think it's story time." Luminara said. "Besides, I want to know what he was like as a child." She said, looking to Andy.

"Mature." Andy said smiling. "From the time he came into our home, till the day he left, he was very mature for his age. He hardly cried or acted like a little kid. From the time he could walk and talk, he acted like a little man. Stood tall and did what he was told. It took Nymphadora forcing him to play games to get him to start acting his age. He was easy to raise. My daughter, on the other hand, has always been a bit of a wild card. Acting out, talking back, and fighting me on everything. Ted was no help. He just shook his head and went back to his paper." She said, smiling.

"Where is Ted? I thought I would finally get to meet him." Luminara enquired.

"He's working again. He runs his family's accounting firm. He goes into the office at seven and doesn't come home until ten some nights. Between the accounts he's working on, and looking over all the accounts the other accountants are working on, he barely has time to eat some days." Andy bemoaned, rolling her eyes.

"How are things?" Luminara asked, saying more with her eyes than she did with her words.

"It's not like that at all, dear. Both of us have been working like dogs for the last five years. With me running the Ministry, and him at the firm, we hardly have time to talk; but we always make time for that." Andy said, smirking.

"Ohhhh Mum! I don't want to hear about things like that!" Harry complained, looking green.

"Now you see how I feel when you two go at it like teenagers." Asajj said, rolling her eyes.

"Well, one day, we are going to have to drag him out of the office for lunch. I want to meet Harry's father." Luminara said.

"Well, not really. Ted always looked after Harry growing up, but the man Harry called Father was Albus." Andy said.

"I never said it, but Ted never really was a man that needed it to be said. He was always there for me growing up. A real rock to lean on, when the magic world got to be too much. I swung by his office today on my way to the Ministry. He was still in the same office I remember as a kid. Still sitting in the same big brown chair, with stacks of files piling up around him. We're going to go to a Football match on Friday. I thought I told you that?" Harry said, scratching his head.

"You might have. Between running around shopping, and doing the two deals, I think this is the first time we've had a chance to really sit down to talk." Luminara noted.

"See, now just imagine having the two jobs Ted and I have. Now you can see how fast we lose track of each other. It's why we set aside time to be together." Andy said.

"Oh, I forgot to ask how the car went over with him?" Luminara asked, smiling.

"It hasn't yet. We keep missing each other." She said, sadly.

"What's this about?" Harry asked.

"Andy found a car Ted had when he was younger. I put it on the tab with the cars I got as a gift." Luminara said.

"Right, I think it's time to fix this. I had no idea you two were having issues." Harry said, standing up.

"What are you going to do Harry?" Andy asked.

"Nothing, I just think it's time for Ted to meet my girls and see the home I built." He said, vanishing.

"I should stop him." Luminara said.

"Don't, I think Harry coming back might be the spark we needed to get things back on track. We both work way too hard. We need to make more time for us." Andy said.

Harry came out of the shadows in Ted's office, scaring the man away from the file he was reading. "Come on, old boy. Pack it in for the night." Harry said.

"I can't, I need to look this over. I need to prep the files for tomorrow's client meetings. I need to…"

"You need to get your arse home and be with your wife." Harry said, dropping into the chair across the desk from him.

"I don't think so." Ted said, looking at Harry like he had two heads.

"Look Ted, I can't tell you what to do. But the man I knew, the one that told me about life and love; he would not be spending this much time at work, when his wife is home waiting for him." Harry reprimanded.

"That's the problem, kid, she not home most of the time. And after coming home to an empty house for a while, I just stopped going home after work. I started going to pubs, you know? Have a pint, watch the match. Then, one pint became two, and three and four. Then one night, I got hammered and crashed my car coming home. I said it was wet ice when Andy asked, but I knew. So instead of leaving work, I stayed. I started looking over things more closely and in the first month, I found ten accounting errors. After that, I've been putting more time in here at work." Ted said, looking sad.

"Both of you need time off." Harry said, putting his feet up on the front of Ted's desk.

"We can't, she runs a government and I worked so hard, I ended up pushing this firm to the top of the food chain. I've got more clients than I can handle, which means I don't have time to train new people and I don't have the capital to merge with a smaller firm; and worse yet, every other big firm wants to buy me out to take my client list." Ted ranted, rubbing his forehead.

"Okay, what's the name of a very reputable, smaller firm?" Harry asked.

"What, why?" Ted asked.

"Because, tomorrow I'll buy them out and hand them over to you. It will solve your staffing issues, because it will double your work force. Then, you can hand off some of the work to good accountants and go back to just some core clients and running the office. Andy is doing something similar with the Ministry. She going to rely on her department heads more and take a less hands on approach." Harry said.

Ted wanted to dismiss him as crazy. He wanted to say it would never work. The problem was, it would work. "I can pay you back, or we can call it an investment and I can cut you in on the profits every quarter." Ted said, sinking into his chair.

"We can call it a gift for raising me right. Now, get your shit together. The women are waiting back home. Can you apparate, or do you still pretend to be a normal guy?" Harry asked.

Ted pulled an eight inch wand out of his sleeve. "I have it, but I'm still as weak as I was when you left." Ted said, with a rye smile.

"You know, if you just practiced more…"

"I know. I could be a real wizard, but I don't need to be. What good is magic in this job? In my life? I'm a simple guy, Harry. I like to get up in the morning, and read a newspaper that doesn't move. I like getting in my car and driving to work. I like things to be normal. I leave the magic to the women in my life. You can't live in the same house as those two and not accept your lot in life." He said.

"That's right, we have to take your car. Where is it?" Harry asked.

"In lot, out back." Ted said to and empty room. "I said all that and all he heard was where I parked." Ted muttered, shaking his head.

A second later, Harry came out of the shadows and tossed him his white Jaguar.

"You know, the first sign of losing your mind is talking to an empty room, right?" Harry teased.

"I knew you could hear me." Ted said, eyeing his shrunken car sadly.

"Now, do I need to make a portkey, or can you handle Shadow walking?" Harry asked.

"Shadow walking should be fine." Ted said, pocketing his car and shaking his head.

Luminara looked at her watch. "He's been gone a while." She noted.

"He's probably talking Ted into leaving the office." Andy reasoned.

"Father is talking about both of you needing to take time off." Asajj said, looking up. "Now he's figuring out a plan, and talking grandfather Ted into going with it."

"It's creepy when she does that. Is she always connected to Harry like that?" Andy asked.

"All the time, but they both filter out everything personal." Luminara said. "We share the same bond too."

"Amazing and scary at the same time. I couldn't do that with Nymphadora." Andy said.

Harry and Ted walked into the room. "And I based most of the furniture and colour pallet on your home." Harry said, leading Ted into the room.

Luminara stood up and hugged Ted. "It's nice to meet you, Ted. Andy and Harry told me a lot of great things about you."

"Most of it was lies, probably, but I'll stick with their story." Ted said, smiling a warm friendly smile.

"Ted, this is my wife Luminara, and my daughter Asajj." Harry introduced proudly, as Asajj hugged Ted.

"You did very good, Harry. Did you have to trick this woman into being with you?" Ted asked.

"I followed your advice, old bean. I found a great girl that loved me, and I held onto her."

"Good boy." Ted said, dropping into a seat at the table next to his wife. "Andy, it seems I've been neglecting you, and I think the best way to fix it is by coming with you on your trip."

"But what about the Firm?" Andy queried.

"Taken care of. Tomorrow Harry is going to buy out Goldstone and Sons. Robert is a good, honest man with a struggling firm. I'll put him in charge of the merger, along with Travis. Between the two of them, everything will be fine. Besides, I need time off just as much as you do." Ted said, holding her hand.

"Okay then. I think some time off is going to do us both some good." Andy acquiesced, kissing him.

"And I know just the place you can spend the trip. At Padme's lake house. Luminara can take you there with Obi, and Siri and Rani can meet you out there too. Asajj and I will have to stay with the fleet, but you should show them the sights of Naboo Lumi." Harry said, putting a bowl of stew in front of Ted.

"That's not necessary, Harry. We can spend time on the ship with you. We don't need to be kept entertained." Andy said.

"It's not like that, Mum. The Black Dragon is no place for a vacation, and I'm going to be very busy when we get back. Running the war from the front lines is a very time consuming job. Most of the time, I don't even come back to the ship for days at a time. Also, you can check on the construction of the house. Padme has the royal architect working on it, but I don't always trust my sister's judgment on things. They should be just putting up the walls by now." Harry said, smiling.

"Okay then. We'll make sure to bring you back some apples." Andy said.

"And you can take Ted's new toy with you and have some fun. The track and roads were built first, after all." Harry suggested.

"What new toy?" Ted asked.

"This one, dear." Andy said, pulling the red sports car out of her robes and handing it to him.

"Is that a Fiat Dino Spider!?" He asked, feeling light headed.

"It is. Luminara bought it for you two days ago, when we were shopping for cars." Andy explained, smiling at his excitement.

"I had one just like it when we first started dating." He said, looking at Andy.

"I know. That car was half the reason I agreed to go out with you." She said.

"What the other half?" He asked, smiling.

"Your smile. So cute and honest." She said.

"I love you, Andy."

"And I love you, Ted." Andy replied, kissing him.

"Do you think we'll still be in love like that when we're older?" Harry asked.

"We better be, or I'll hurt you Potter." Luminara said, kissing him.

"Gross! Old people making out." Asajj complained, standing up from the table with her bowl. "I'm getting out of here, before I see something I can't un-see." She said, walking away shaking her head as the two couples laughed.

Later that night, Luminara rolled over in bed expecting to find Harry, but he was gone. She was out of bed in a flash and dressed in a black robe. She saw light under the closet door. Inside the walk in closet, the door to the vault was open and she saw Harry sitting on the floor looking over a floating pendant.

"I'm sorry I woke you, dear." He said softly, breaking the silence in the room.

"Think nothing of it. If you can't sleep, then neither can I. Now, what do you have there?" She asked, dropping down next to him.

"I'm not sure. I found it in my mother's things. Well, actually, it found me would be the better turn of phrase. It's been calling to me for two days now, and tonight it all but screamed for me. I've been looking it over and I think it's some kind of receiver for a tracking charm." He said, spinning the pendent.

"So it's like your watch? The one you keep around your neck?" She asked, lifting the small pocket watch on a chain out of his robes.

"Yes, but it's been damaged. See the scorch markings on the casing?" He said, flipping it to the back to show her the scorch marks.

"Can you fix it and figure out why it's calling to you?" She asked.

"I don't know. If I try to force magic to fix it, like I do most things, it might restore the locke,t but not the charms on it. OHHHHH!" Harry yelled, grabbing his head.

In a flash, Asajj was in the room with a 1911 in one hand, and her saber in the other. "Father, are you hurt?" She asked, looking for the threat.

"I think so." Harry said, shaking his head as he did he felt blood trickle out of his nose. "Right, sweetie, go tell Minerva that a charm is trying to link with me. Tell her it's blood magic." He said.

"Right!" She said, vanishing from the room.

"Harry, what's going on?" Luminara asked, holding his head to her chest.

"I believe this charmed locket is trying to force it's way into my head, through my shields. I think it's blood magic, but I'm not too sure. I never really messed with that stuff. I feel another attack coming. I'm going to sink into my head and see if I can figure this out from that side. Have me moved out of the vault and on to the bed, please." He said, before his body locked up in pain and he slipped into unconsciousness.

Minerva, Sirius, and Amelia came rushing into the vault just then. "Asajj said Harry's being attacked by blood magic."

"Yes. Help me move him to the bed. He went into his mind to see if he could fix the problem from that end. We need a charms expert." Luminara said, motioning Sirius to grab Harry's legs.

"Asajj is going to wake Filius, right now." Minerva said.

"Do you think we should get Perenelle?" Luminara asked.

"Knowing her, she'll be here any second now. She has a monitoring charm on Harry." Minerva explained, sinking into a chair.

As if on cue, Perenelle came rushing into the room, casting spells on Harry as she walked. "What happened to him?" She asked.

"I woke up and found him in the vault looking at a charmed locket. He said it was calling to him since he got here." She said, floating the locket over.

"It's some kind of Blood ward." Perenelle said, floating the locket. "The signature is familiar to me."

"He said it was his mothers." Luminara supplied.

"That would be why I know it." She said, tracing runes in the air around the locket.

Filius walked in with Asajj, dressed in a bath robe and a sleeping cap. "What's going on." He asked, coming over to the floating locket.

"Lily put a blood ward on Harry and used this locket to monitor it, but it must have fried when Harry was hit with the killing curse as a baby." She said.

"Then all we have to do is dispel it and he should be fine." The charms master said, pulling out his wand.

"No, wait! Harry wants to find the other side of the link. If this works on blood wards, it means someone with his mother's blood is in danger." Luminara said, holding Harry's hand.

"I'll use my link to Father and see if I can help." Asajj said, sitting on the bed next to Harry.

"Do it, but if Harry tells you to leave, then you pull out of his mind. It's very dangerous to be linked with him if he's under attack." Luminara said, holding her daughter's hand.

"Yes Mother." She said, dropping into her head. She followed the link to her father and found him floating in his meditation room. "Father. Do you need any help?"

"No dear, but I think I figured this all out. Go tell your Mother to have Perenelle recast the blood wards over a new trinket and connect it to me. I will see if I can transfer the old wards onto the new object. Go now. I am having trouble holding the ward." He said, starting to glow.

Asajj flew out of his mind and then her own. "He said to recast the blood wards onto something else so he can transfer the old ward to the new trinket." She said, feeling light headed at the fast ejection.

"Find me something gold and free of all magic!" Perenelle ordered, pulling out a small pouch from her pocket. From the small pouch she retrieved a stone bowl, a silver knife and a few bottles filled with potions.

"Here" Asajj said, holding out a gold wrist watch. "I took it off one of those gangsters. It's clean." She said.

"Good, hold onto it." She said, pouring potions into the bowl. "Luminara, hold his wrist over the bowl." She commanded, grabbing the silver knife.

With Luminara holding his hand, she cut his wrist and let the blood flow into the bowl. "Heal that up." She muttered, as she went back to working on her bowl. "Okay, sweetie, toss the watch into the bowl." She instructed, writing runes in the air over the bowl. When the watch hit the bowl, the bowl exploded with light. When the spots in everyone's eyes cleared, the watch was sitting in the bottom of the empty bowl.

"Put it on his right wrist." She said, slumping into her chair.

Asajj slipped the watch over her dad's wrist and it glowed. Then Harry glowed. The light coming off of him was getting brighter, until it flashed like the bowl and Harry sat up in bed.

"I have a young cousin it would seem." He said, standing up and waving his hand over his body, his black robe shifted into black jeans and a black button down shirt.

He picked up his vest off of the table in front of his closet.

"She's barely six and she has a bad case of dragon pox. Her fever is spiking and my aunt and uncle are not helping her one bit. It would seems they still hate magic, even if it's their own kid, which is really not going to be good for them when I go get the girl. Call Severus and have him make the potion. She doesn't have much time left." Harry said, slipping on his coat.

He tried to shadow walk, but he fell over, dazed.

"It would seem I'm running low on power." He muttered with a desperate laugh. "Asajj, go to No. 4 Privet Drive Surrey and get the girl. Leave this on her bed." He instructed, creating a rolled up piece of parchment, sealed with red wax and the Potter crest.

"Go now." He said, trying to sit up.

Asajj vanished and re-appeared in the dark corner of a small room.

As soon as she came out of the shadows, she could hear the struggling moans and coughs. She ghosted up to the dingy small bed and looked inside. The small girl was covered in filth and, from the smell, she desperately needed a bath.

She also looked under weight. She had long, dark, red hair; but it was her glowing green eyes that held her attention. She knew those eyes well.

"Hello little one. I'm here to take you away to be with family that loves you." She said, picking the small girl up.

The little girl latched on to her so hard, Asajj could feel the strain on her small limbs.

"Shhhhh, little one. I've got you now, and I'll never let you go." She said, waving her clean and wrapping her up with a heavy blanket. "Now, I just have to leave this note and we can go." She said, dropping the note and shifting into the shadows; she was standing in her parents room, holding the shivering girl.

"Shhh. Hey, I got you. Let's get you fixed up, and then we can put you to bed." She said, looking at the people around the room. Her father was still on the floor. Her mother was sitting next to him. Minerva was sitting next to Perenelle. Sirius and Severus were talking in a corner. "She needs healing, right now. She's burning up and shivering." She said, trying to hand off the small girl to Minerva, but she wouldn't let go.

"You just hold her as Severus gives her the tonic." Minerva said, getting out of her chair so Asajj could sit and hold little Rose.

"I need her to drink this. I put flavouring in it, but it's still going to taste like an old sock." He said, handing her a purple vial.

"Rose, sweetie. I need you to take this. It will make you feel better." She said, softly as she put the vial to her mouth.

Rose took a small sip and made a face. "Yucky!" She cried, burying her face in Asajj's chest.

"Come on sweetie, you need to drink more of it. If you drink it all, I'll give you a treat." She coerced, smiling.

"Treat?" Rose asked, perking up. With just the first sip, the colour was coming back into her cheeks and her fever was breaking. "What kind of treat?"

"I have all kinds, but you have to take your medicine first. You are very sick." Asajj said, smiling.

"Okay, but it's very yucky tasting." Rose complained, making a face.

"I know. I don't like medicine either. No one does. It's why we all try not to get sick." Asajj said, as Rose drank the rest of the vial. She conjured a glass of water to wash it down. "Are you feeling better?" She asked.

"Kinda. I feel funny in my tummy. Like bugs are crawling around." Rose said, looking green.

"OH NO! Watch out!" Severus conjured a bucket and put it under Rose's face, just in time to catch a huge amount of black bile she threw up. "It's okay little one. Just let it all out." He said, pulling a candy out of his pocket. He handed it and the bucket to Asajj. "She will be sick for a bit, when she's done give her this, it will take the taste out of her mouth and settle her stomach." He explained, before walking over to Harry, who was just getting up and moving around again.

"Harry, this is not good. She needs to be taken to St. Mungo's. She needs intensive care treatment. She's been sick for too long. The virus is too deeply rooted in her system for the tonic to work. She's been sick for at least five days and she has not been given the tonic until just now." He said, looking murderous.

"What can they do for her?" Harry asked.

"Depending on how powerful she is…. Look, it's not good Harry. The pox latches on to your magical core and draws power out of you. Depending on how powerful she is, it could mean total loss of magic and a shortened life span, or if they can't get it out of her fast enough, death." He said, looking cold.

"Right. Then the hospital is out of the question. Asajj! On me, right now. Bring the girl." Harry said, walking out of the room. Asajj was following him out the door before anyone even registered they left.

"Where are you going Harry?" Luminara asked.

"Middle Earth. I'm going to heal this girl, even if it kills me. If I'm in Middle Earth, I'll be swimming in magic." He said, making his way to the Gateway.

"But how are you going to do that? You don't know anything about healing." Minerva asked.

"I don't need to know anything about healing. It's called the brute force method. I'm going to rip the virus out of her and heal her body as I go. If that doesn't work, I'll have access to an Elven King that healed a cursed wound. It's times like this I wish I had a Phoenix… wait, where's Fawkes?" Harry asked, as they made it to the ground floor.

"I don't know, Harry. He gave Luminara some of his tears a few days ago and then he vanished." Minerva said.

"Did you try calling for him?" He asked, walking out the front door of his house and into her office.

"No, I've always been respectful of his trips. He takes one every few months. Usually he's gone for a day or two at most." She said.

"Well, this is an emergency. I'm sure he would understand." Harry said. But before Minerva could call for him, Fawkes flashed in to the room with a smaller friend. "Hey, my old friend. I was just about to call you. This girl needs some healing. Can you help her?" He asked.

Fawkes looked at Rose, before turning back to Harry. He sang a few notes, but Harry understood what he was saying. He conjured a shot glass and held it out the the big red bird. Fawkes cried into the glass, filling it with glowing white tears.

Harry walked over the Asajj.

"Have her drink this, slowly." He said, before turning back to the two birds. "Hello, my feathered friend, it's been a few years." He said, scratching the big red bird behind his head. "Who's your friend?" He enquired.

Fawkes opened his right wing and wrapped it around the small bird in a protective way. A way Harry held Asajj.

"Your kid?" Harry asked, seeing the colour similarities. Fawkes nodded.

"Nice to meet you, Um?" The small bird barked out a short sharp note and Harry got Leanna in his head. "Leanna? Nice to meet you. I didn't know you had a mate Fawkes." Harry said, petting the small bird the same way he did her father and she liked it just the same.

Fawkes sang some more and Harry was shocked. Apparently, Leanna didn't like staying in the land of the Phoenixes. She liked adventure, and every few months, she would flash away from her home and get into trouble.

"You have the bug for travel in you, my dear. And so young too." Harry said, smiling.

He didn't know if it was the birds that brought it out of him, or if it was the nostalgia; but every time he talked to a phoenix, he slipped into his 'Albus voice'.

Fawkes barked a few short notes. before emitting a string of tweets that sounded like laughter. Harry laughed too. It would seem having a daughter was a full time job, no matter what you were.

Leanna barked out a few sharp notes, and Fawkes laughed again.

Harry smirked and looked back at the group looking after little Rose. His smirk fell off his face.

"All joking aside, I'm glad you got back when you did. That little girl might not have made it. I was going to have to do something really crazy to accomplish what you did with a few tears. Is she old enough to do the things you can do?" He asked.

Fawkes looked at Harry with his head cocked to the side, before turning to Leanna. She nodded and he nodded. He turned back to Harry. A long twill later and Harry called Luminara over.

"What's going on over here?" She asked, coming to stand by her husband.

"Love, I'd like you to meet Leanna, Fawkes' daughter, and the reason he take so many trips back home. Leanna, meet Luminara Potter, Jedi Shadow and your future companion." Harry introduced.

"Companion?" Luminara asked, petting Leanna.

"Leanna has a thirst for adventure. She likes to leave the nest and explore. With you by my side, and her by yours, she will never want for adventure again." Harry said, holding out his hand to Fawkes. The big red bird held out his wing and shook Harry's hand. "We will look after her for you and, in turn, she will tend to us." He said.

"Father, I think the tears are working. She's coming around." Asajj interjected.

Harry turned to his daughter still holding little Rose. "Hello, sweetie, I'm your uncle Harry. Well, really I'm your cousin, but you can call me Uncle. Did they hurt you?" He asked.

"No, they just left me alone. They don't love me, and they call me freak." She said, holding Asajj tighter.

"I see. Do you want to go back to them?" He asked, thinking about what to do next.

"I don't." She said, looking frightened.

"Right, you stay here with your cousin Asajj, she'll give you a treat and you two can have a sleep over in her room." Harry said, brushing a red curl behind her ear. "Asajj, take care of her. I need to talk to my relatives." He said coldly.

"Harry, I think maybe you should let me handle this." Amelia said, placing a hand on his arm.

"I'm not going to kill them." He said.

"I know, but, if you are going to take the girl, then we need to make it official. She's old enough to be in school. That means she's in the muggle system. She can't just go missing one night, it will raise red flags. Let me handle this and tomorrow you can come down to my office and talk to them, after we haul them in for child endangerment. Severus, can you write up a report on her health, and how close to death she was when Asajj brought here to the castle?" She asked, turning to the potion master.

"I will have it for you in the morning, before you leave for work. I am also available tomorrow after classes end to give a statement, if necessary." He said coldly. He might not look it, but he was very much against hurting children.

"Then it's settled. I will handle this." She said.

"Now that the threat of death has passed, I think we should all head back to bed. It's half passed three, and some of us have classes to teach in the morning." Minerva said, tiredly.

"Thank you all for coming to help like you did. In the few days we've been here, I feel like we've interrupted your lives so much." Harry said.

"We're family Harry. We look out for each other." Minerva assured him, patting his cheek, before returning to her room.

When everyone left Harry and Luminara walked back into the TAB, with Leanna riding on Luminara's shoulder. She turned to the stairs to go back to bed, but Harry turned to the Gateway. "Harry?" She asked.

"I'm too amped up to go back to bed." He said, pulling his coat on.

"Then I'll stay up with you. I'll make some tea and we can sit by the fire, or we can go for a drive." She said, turning back to look at him.

"No, just go back to bed love. I'm going to pop over to Middle Earth to recharge and then I'm going to take care of the dragons. They sleep the heaviest around this time of night. In the morning, I'll make breakfast." He said, kissing her softly, before the Gateway glowed.

He turned back to the portal. "Harry, be careful." She said, looking worried.

"I'm always careful love." He said with a smirk.

"I know, that's what I'm worried about." She said, smiling.

"See you in the morning love." He said, before stepping through the gateway.

"My husband is a very odd man Leanna, but I still love him." She said to the bird.

The bird nodded.