AN: I feel the need to point out here that I've never been to England period, let alone London, so past Big Ben, Thames river, the palace and the London Eye, just about everything I know about the city actually came from the Harry potter books, so if I've made a mistake on the city, please forgive me.
Chapter 14: Ginny
My name is Ginny.
We had no idea where the Thestral took off to and strangely enough, the only other were creatures around were Dementors. Since none of us wanted to get close to them if we could help it, we decided that the seasoned Animorphs would morph Thestral and carry us to our next destination, while we in turn held on to their stuff. Once again, it was a little tricky getting everyone on one, seeing as only Luna and Neville could see them, but Jake and the others were much more helpful than the Thestrals one and a half years ago, so it only took a couple of minutes.
At that moment, we were already flying faster than a broom could ever hope to go through the night sky, swooping over forests and country sides, lakes and rivers as we went on our way to London. Not that I was paying attention to the scenery. Not being able to see what I was sitting on, I'd opted to spending the trip with my eyes closed, enjoying the wind. I love flying more than anything else, but it's a little too disconcerting for me to not be able to see what I'm flying on. A complete lack of vision makes it easier to handle.
/So why do you want to go to this Grimauld Street anyway?/ Cassie asked curiously, as she gave her wings a few extra flaps, readjusting to the altered wind resistance. /Is there a zoo or something there?/
"Oh no, I don't know where that is." I shouted in response. She was the Thestral I was riding, but at our speed, the wind made conversations rather hard to here. "But I might know where we can find help for the out of school activity. They're the most trustworthy people I know and the least likely to have been infested."
/I see./ Jake broke in a few seconds later, probably getting a mental recap. There was no way he heard me. At least I don't think he could have, I don't know much about Thestral hearing. /If you're sure you're right./ He added hesitantly. I guess that was fair, considering all my friends and I had discovered and all the Animorphs had told us, he had plenty of reasons not to trust blindly and there was a possibility that I was wrong.
But I doubted it. If I was, the war would be a lot closer to ending. They were the key to our sides morale, our heroes, our greatest hope. If the Yeerks got them, they would have used them to end our side, or at least cripple it so Voldemort could finish what he started.
It's amazing how much weight our world is willing to throw onto the shoulders of a teenage wizard.
It only made me feel worse to inflict him with more knowledge that he'd be compelled to do something about, but at the same time we'd be giving him a power that would help give him a leg-up on Voldemort. And if anyone was guaranteed to be uninfested and actually capable of hurting the Yeerks outside of Hogwarts, it was Harry, Ron and Hermione.
/Hey, it's Big Ben!/ Marco cried joyfully, surprising me a little. It was the first time I'd heard him talk without any note of sarcastic humour or suspicion. Opening my eyes, even I grinned as we swooped past it. I'd seen it plenty of times, but it did look rather different from the air and very impressive.
/And there's the new fairis wheel London Eye./ Tobias added, his voice giving off a sense of awe as he stared at the brightly lit attraction. The red lights moving around the ring, bathed in the lights of the buildings around it and reflecting off the water really did make it look pretty impressive. I'd never seen it at night and I'd barely ever paid attention to Muggle attractions during the day, so to see it now was pretty amazing to me too.
/Remind me to come back here one day, after the war./ Rachel said softy. I could imagine the small smile that would have been on her human face as she stared at the city. /Along with Paris. I would love to be to come and enjoy this city./
/For that, we'll have to make sure it stays intact./ Jake reminded us, effectively ruining the mood the others had made for me. /We're almost at this Grimauld Street. What now?/
"Land. We'll be going into a house, but it'll be best if only one or two people come in with me." I called, relying on Cassie to relay what I was saying. "It's magically protected, but it may have compromised, so the people inside might think we're attacking them."
/I really hope you know what you're doing./ Jake muttered, not sounding too pleased as we dropped down into an alley. Again, I understood, I couldn't him for that. I was grateful that he'd put so much trust in my decision here in the first place. /Are you sure that approaching these guys is such a good idea? The Yeerks do have some of the Wizards outside your school and there will be plenty of infested people in London. They've tried getting the Muggle Political Head before and London's one of the best targets in the world./
"Trust me, these three will be clean." Neville nodded as we jumped off the Animorphs before watching on disgustedly as they demorphed.
"Oh man, that's gonna take some getting used to." Ernie moaned, looking more than a little green. I couldn't even nod my head in agreement, I was too scared that the motion would result in throwing up.
/You know who she's after?/ Marco asked, sounding far more wary than Jake. I've heard plenty of comments from him since meeting him in the forest and am already well aware that he holds the most sceptical nature in the Animorphs. Though it probably kept their team alive, like Hermione's often prevented others from doing something incredibly stupid or rash, so it's a good thing. /What makes you so sure that none of the bad guys have gotten to them?/
"Because there's only three people Ginny would be thinking of, only she would have an idea of where to find them and if either the Yeerks or the Death Eaters got to them, everyone would know it." Neville replied, Seamus, Ernie and Anthony nodding firmly while Luna grinned. "One of them is Harry Potter. The most powerful wizard of our generation and the one prophesised to defeat the Dark Lord. His death would gut the morale of our entire side and those who'd keep fighting would decide that there's nothing left to lose and charge in until we were dead. The war would end lot quicker and you'd know what side to bet on."
"And where Harry goes, so do Ron and Hermione." Seamus added. "They won't let him out of their sight, let alone do anything dangerous on his own. He's too determined to do everything on his own, regardless of the fact that he can't. They care about him far too much to risk him taking off on his own."
"So what makes you think he's here?" Cassie asked, already fully human again, despite the fact that the others were only halfway through the process. "You said it's compromised. Wouldn't he stay away?"
"That's why he'd come here." I answered as Ernie grabbed Anthony and headed towards the main street. The pair of them stuck their head around the corners and scanned the area, looking for any Death Eaters. "The house was inherited by Harry from his Godfather. It's such an obvious place to hide that no one would think he'd bother with it."
"Hiding in plain sight." Rachel nodded her fully human head in approval as the last traces of Thestral disappeared from the group. "Smart, gutsy. I like the sound of them already. Are all wizards like this?"
"Nah. But Harry, Ron and Hermione were Gryffindors like me, Ginny and Seamus." Neville smirked with a shrug. "They were always like that. And Harry and Hermione in particular always held the attention of our House and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the school so much that they started rubbing off on anyone who really took the time to get to know them. And Harry was the one to train us."
"They were planning to take on a really big mission from Dumbledore, our former Headmaster and leader of Order of the Phoenix, a group dedicated to stopping the Dark Lord." I informed them as Ernie and Anthony came back with an 'all clear'. "They're likely to cross paths with the Yeerks while they do it, if the level of secrecy and enormity that's given off about it is anything to go by, so if we can warn them and have them deal with the Yeerks along the way..."
"It helps both you and them." Marco nodded, though he still looked a little troubled. Though, now I felt that he was being a little paranoid. "Then let's hope you're right and they're their. Alone."
"But we'll do this similarly to how we met you guys." Jake stated firmly, leaving no room for argument and instantly gaining the backing of Marco and Ax. "Three people walk in. Ax, Cassie and I will ride those three in with insect morphs. You said it yourself, this place might be compromised." He added quickly as I opened my mouth. "We can't take unnecessary risks, and besides, Ax' sudden appearance is always the best way to ensure that the Yeerks aren't around."
"Fine." I sighed, conceding defeat. I suppose that it was fair. They knew more about the Yeerks and how they act, they were right to say that there was some danger to this and I was already asking a lot in trusting me this far. I couldn't expect blind faith to go any farther than this. "But everyone will have to have physical contact with me. The place is protected by a weakened Fidelius charm, so you need someone who knows the secret to show you where it is."
"Luna and I'll go in with you." Neville decided before anyone else could speak up, not that the others were arguing with the point. Harry in particular had always really liked Seamus and he and Ernie had developed a great deal of respect for each other, but neither of them had the same level of friendship and trust from them as we did and Anthony's only interactions with the Golden Trio, as Gryffindor House had taken to call them, consisted solely of the original DA meetings.
"Well, what are you all waiting for?" Rachel asked, raising an eyebrow. "The sooner we see if they're home and bring them in, the sooner we go ruin the reputation of 'the world's most secure prison' and send two tyrant into immature fits. I don't know about you guys, but I want to get those people away from creatures of depression ASAP."
"Yeah. Let's go." Jake nodded. He was already shrinking again, this time his skin hardening into a very distinct exoskeleton. Cassie and Ax were quick to join him and after a few minutes of the latest horror show, two flies and a dragonfly were perching themselves on my shoulders. I had to bat away the urge to fling them off the whole time I led the way to our destination. Taking a deep breath, I took a moment to bury my worries as I watched Tobias power flap into the air and circle around the area before grabbing Neville and Luna by the hands and walking right up to the door of number 12.
"I always wondered what it was like to see a Fidelius protected house for the first time." Neville muttered, stopping us for a second as he stared up in awe. Luna seemed to be happily staring up at the building too, causing a grin to spread on my own face and my fear of finding the place deserted or infested with Death Eaters to momentarily disappear. I remembered my first time. It seemed like the houses either side of Number 12 were on moving panels and as they moved, the house appears. First as a stick figure and then it expands outward. It really was an amazing sight.
However, the moment was over rather quickly as we registered how close we were now. letting go of each other, we drew our wands, praying that we wouldn't have to use them, and Neville stepped forward and opened the door.
"So far so good." He muttered, stepping slowly in, Luna and me following close behind and the others flying up towards the ceiling.
"Oh, I should probably warn you that Moody..." I started as Luna closed the door only to be interrupted.
"SNAPE!" Moody's voice crashed into our ears, causing all three of us on the ground and the three in the air to freeze in place at the intensity before I felt my tongue curl back in my throat.
"W-w-what was..." Neville started only to stop dead as a swift figure surged out of the shadows right at us. Our breathing quickening, we threw our wands up and were about to cast spells that would tell the Ministry that Luna and I have left school grounds due to our magic tracers going off when we froze again. the figure looked like... "Professor Dumbledore?" Neville cried, faltering at the sight of him. Even Luna looked stunned. But just felt a great surge of relief as I realised what was going on and a moment later, 'Dumbledore' had made it not an inch away from us and exploded into dust. "What was that?"
"Moody set up a few surprises in case Snape or any Death Eaters came snooping." I said, smiling apologetically. "Sorry, I forgot about them. and to be fair, I never knew what they were, past the tongue locker charm."
"We should probably keep going to calm Harry's nerves." Luna commented, taking the lead as Neville worked on his breathing. "If they're here, they know someone has entered now.
/Way ahead of you./ Jake called, causing me to look up just in time to see a flicker move around a corner.
"FILTHY MUDBLOODS AND BLOOD TRAITORS! TAINTING MY HOME WITH IMPURITY! LEAVE THIS PLACE AT ONCE, I DEMAND IT!"
"Oh shut up, you old hag!" I snapped, kicking the fallen, hollowed out troll leg out of my way as I stomped over to the portrait of Sirius Black's mother and ripped the curtain shut before she could rant any more about blood purity, effectively shutting her up. I forgot how much I hated that thing. That and the elf heads on pikes along the stairway.
"That looks rather unpleasant." Luna commented, actually looking put off as she noticed the heads. Neville turned to see what she meant and nearly puked.
/It's safe to say some pretty horrible people lived in here./ Cassie stated, though from her distance ahead, I doubt she'd heard our conversation. /You'll have to explain that later./
/But for now, we've found three people here, all tense and one of them has a lightning bolt scar on his head./ Jake called, continuing with business, but still sounding very disturbed. But I'd stopped care about the decor. A lightning bolt scar! He was here.
"Harry!" I shouted excitedly, breaking into a run. All my worries disappeared in an instantly, replaced by pure happiness. I hadn't seen him since my oldest brother's wedding was attacked. I'd been desperate to see him, to see that he was ok with my own eyes. And now... "Harry, it's Ginny, Neville and Luna! Where are you?"
"Ginny?" Three voices cried simultaneously, all of them sounding astounded. The room echoed with thumping feet on wooden floor and not a moment later, we were face to face with three of the most important people in my life. It would have been perfect if they weren't wearing wary expressions and pointing wands our way, startling Neville and bringing all of us to an immediate stop. "Prove it! Why did I break up with you?"
"Because you were scared for my safety." I answered immediately. I was fully aware of why he was doing this. Polyjuice potion and infiltration had happened too many times before and at the worst times possible. He needed to know I was really me. "You were scared that if You-Know-Who found out about me that he'd use me to get to you. Then I told you that Hermione suggested that I back down a little bit back when I was still trying to get your attention. That by not acting so intense I had a better chance of getting your attention."
"That's Ginny." He sighed, immediately relaxing. Not a second past after he lowered his wand before a I pounced on him, hugging him close.
"When did you find out about my parents?" That struck me cold. I'd been so happy to see him that I hadn't taken into account that Harry might be an imposter too. Letting him go, I took a step back and sent Neville a sheepish look as he stared hard at Harry, waiting for the answer to his question.
"You thought I found out in fifth year, at Saint Mongos." Harry started, staring right back. "But I told you later that I'd discovered it in my fourth year from a pensieve in Dumbledore's office."
"That's Harry." Neville sighed, letting his face relax into a happy smile. "It's good to see you guys are well. We've all been worried about you."
"We've been worrying about you too." Hermione replied, grinning as she approached Neville and getting pulled into a hug before turning warmly towards Luna.
"But why aren't you at school?" Harry asked as Ron moved to me, hugging me tight. I never realised how much I loved being hugged by my youngest brother. "What's happened?"
"A lot." Neville sighed, shaking Harry's hand. "But before I say anything else.." He started, looking over Harry's shoulder. "Turn around and don't raise your wand. Please trust me." He added, seeing the frown growing on Harry's face. Harry watched him warily for a moment, but Ron turned instantly. And threw himself between me and a very shocking body as he screamed.
"Bloody HELL, what is that?" His cry had Harry and Hermione whipping around and crying out instantly, both of them raising their wands as they did. "Ginny, get out of here, get back." Ron snapped, pushing me back protectively with his arm.
"No, Ron, it's ok." I tried, but he wasn't listening. He'd snapped into his protective big brother mode.
"Ginny go! Look at that thing, it's clearly really dangerous!" He cried, pushing me back again as Harry and Hermione stepped forward, ready to cast jinxes and curses that promised to be...unpleasant for Ax.
/Don't harm him./ Only to falter as Jake's voice reached their heads, startling Ron so much that he jumped and fell off balance. Taking advantage of their surprise, Neville, Luna and I brushed past them and quickly placed ourselves protectively in front of Ax. Right as a large, black and orange blur jumped out from behind a door and landed before us and taking a seat. When it stopped moving, I found myself staring at a beautiful and deadly tiger. /We mean you no harm./
"Sorry for the display." Luna said calmly as the Golden Trio stared on incredulously from each of us, their wands shaking in their hands. "But we had to be sure you yourselves weren't infested and questions wouldn't work for this one. Shocks work best."
"We should know, this only happened to us a few hours ago." Neville added with a small smile. "But I promise you they're friends. And so is she." He added, pointing to the hallway as Cassie walked in, offering our wary friends as friendly smile.
"What exactly is going on here!" Hermione shouted frustratedly, her eyes forever darting from one of us to the next, though they landed most frequently on Ax. "How did they get in here? Who are they? What the hell is going on?" Wow, she must have been frustrated. That was the first time I'd ever heard her say hell.
/My name is Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill. I am an Andalite./ Ax stated, much like he had when he met us., bowing his head to each of the freaked out teens. /The tiger is my leader, a human boy by the name of Jake. Cassie is another member of our team./
/And this,/ Jake started, already starting to demorph and leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione staring in horrified wonder. /Is a long story./
...
"This is just...these claims they...aliens?" Hermione had never looked so flustered in the entire time that I'd known her. Her face was forever warping from disbelief, confusion, doubt, fear, panic and intrigue while her hands had spent a lot of time fiddling and displacing her bushy hair and the rest of it fiddle with each other. It was actually a little comical, though the glare Hermione gave me when I giggled shut me up real quick.
By the time Ax, Jake, Cassie, Neville, Luna and I had finished telling the story, each of us magically gifted sharing what we'd seen and discovered both from the Animorphs and around the school, all three of them were as if they'd just been dropped off in the most loony, illogical world in existence. Ron was almost crushing my wrist from where we were sitting on the couch and gaping like a fish with a motor connected to its mouth. His freckles stood out a lot more than usual on his skin and he looked like he was caught between a fried brain and trying, and failing, to come up with a response to the tale. He had no chance of course, and Hermione was flailing just to say a few words and no one can string eloquent words together in an instant like Hermione could. Meanwhile, Harry's jaw had dropped and his eyes had widened many times throughout the recounting, but around the halfway point, he just froze in with both his eyes and jaw wide open, reminding me of a Muggle portrait Hermione had once shown me a picture of called The Scream.
"This just...isn't possible!" Hermione cried, seeming to pull herself a together, returning to normal. "No science has ever proved that this is even slightly possible without magic! Turning into animals, slugs that can wrap around your brain and control you, aliens with no mouths talking in your head! All without magic! How can any of you believe this?" She cried, turning to me and Neville. She knew full well how Luna could believe it.
"Well, if you went back in time and showed the people of four hundred years ago a working car, they'd claim that's only possible with the help of magic." I commented calmly, hiding the smirk I felt growing at that. I did listen when Hermione and Harry went on about Muggle things after all and Dad loves Muggle gadgets. I know some, more than Ron or most pure bloods at least. "And what about the platypus? Originally, people thought that someone just stuck pieces from different animals together because of how weird it looked."
"And who says Earth is the only planet to have life." Neville asked, cocking an eyebrow. "What makes Earth so special? There are who knows how many Galaxies and planets out there. Who says there aren't other places that are hospitable for life?"
/Most planets have life./ Ax stated, startling the Golden Trio again and finally getting Harry to close his mouth. /Though plenty of them would not be hospitable for humans. Some species live with very different atmospheric, chemical, climactic and gravitational needs./
"Even if that's so..." Hermione argued, looking at Ax warily. "What are the chances that such unique species and technology would be able to adapt to our planet and come here? Or that they could even develop such an advanced level of technology?"
"We have no magic." Jake responded patiently, pointing to himself and Cassie. "We were thirteen when we first found an Andalite and were given the power to morph. You saw me morph. Your friends, both in here and outside with our friends have seen the Yeerks, their allies and their slaves themselves, have overheard their conversations. And you saw me morph from a tiger. We came in as bugs on Ginny's shoulders. Unlike wizards, we can turn into dozens of creatures at will, any one we've acquired DNA from, even other humans, which you guys apparently can't do with a very special and difficult potion. And there's a creature in this room that clearly is not from Earth. What more proof do you need?"
"You know Hermione, you and I didn't even believe in magic before we got our Hogwarts letters." Harry commented, the first thing he'd said since this started, tilting his head to Hermione with a shrug. Ron however, looked just as sceptical as Hermione.
"Prove it." He demanded, looking at Cassie and Jake challengingly. "Turn into other animals at will, no wands. If you can do two new animals each and a human, I'll believe you."
"Fair enough." Jake shrugged, nodding to Cassie. Getting a shrug in return, they both stood up and walked into a bare part of the room. "Just remember this is disgusting to watch. So, will birds of prey be decent ones to start off with?"
"Fine." Ron shrugged impatiently, Hermione nodding in agreement. Harry merely shrugged and watched curiously, though he did frown as Neville turned away from them.
Birds turned out to be a rather interesting morph. Both Cassie and Jake immediately started shrinking while the skin Cassie's arms sagged out a little and Jake's mouth and nose fused together, hardening into a beak. It looked like someone had spilled ink down their bodies a moment later, the running lines forming the shapes of feathers before they became three dimensional. Then the first really disgusting thing happened. while Cassie's arms turned into beautiful wings, making her look similar to an angel, the skin on Jake's fingers was ripped back, revealing his white bones.
"AUGH!" Ron cried, throwing a hand to his mouth at the same time Hermione screamed and covered her eyes.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Harry gaped, his eyes transfixed to Jake's hands as feathers grew over the bones as I looked away. The crunching, squishing and sloshing sounds of bones crunching and organs reshaping only made the whole thing worse. And pretty soon, that would be me!
/Morphing is painless. Though you do feel the changes./ Ax informed them.
"A good thing too. The pain would be unbearable if you could feel it." Neville muttered, also looking away. We may have seen and heard it a few times already, but only Luna was unphased. Cassie had told me after they'd morphed Thestrals before leaving Hogwarts that you never really got used to it.
It wasn't until I heard flapping that I looked up again and saw two large birds flying around the room, one of them black and white while the smaller one was dark grey and white.
"An osprey and a peregrine falcon." Hermione muttered, watching in awe as they flew.
"Well, that was definitely different from a tiger." Harry commented, watching them with a look of wonder and...jealousy? Well, he does love flying and they're doing it on their own wings. I guess he would be jealous. "And that was far too slow and disgusting for an Animagus transformation. I choose to believe all this without watching more transformations right now."
"Yeah, me too." Ron nodded as I chuckled at his green face.
/Bear in mind though that we still have to change back./ Jake called, leaving all the others groaning and me glaring at him. he was far too cheery when he said that. he's enjoying making us uneasy, the jerk.
"So why did you tell us all this?" Hermione asked hastily, turning from the birds to Ax, me, Neville and Luna in turn. I'm not sure it was because she wanted to stall the disturbing show or because she was trying to get a grasp on the information her mind was slowly forcing her to accept. Probably both. "What do you want us to do about these Yeerks? We're in enough trouble as it is to add saving the Muggle world to the list and we can't go back to Hogwarts. Besides, your plan is for them not to know that humans are fighting them for as long as possible, magical or not, so what use could we be to you?"
"First, warning you means you're far less likely to get infested and end everything for us." Neville started, nodding to Harry. "Harry in particular would be a prime target to either publically reveal his dead body or use to get the rest of our side infested. This way, you know what's out there."
"Then there's the fact that you can interfere with some Yeerk plans while doing whatever you're doing." Luna continued, sounding far more serious than usual and causing them to take everything she said very seriously.
"And there's the fact that we could use some help from known 'outlaws' to help us break into and free the prisoners of Azkaban." I added, causing all three of them to jump.
"WHAT!" Funny how they all said that in the same tone and pitch and at the same time.
"If you go there and do that, you'll be outlaws! And that's assuming you survive an encounter with that many Dementors." Harry cried loudly, giving each of us a look that said he refused to let that happen. "Being outside of Hogwarts and talking to us alone could get you deemed as outlaws."
"Oh no, we're just going to tell everyone that we got lost in the forest trying to find those 'centipede monsters'." Neville shrugged casually, completely unphased. "And no one will ever know that we were at Azkaban, not even the people we save. And the Dementors will never be able to kiss us."
"And how do you manage to pull that one off?" Ron snapped exasperatedly. He was even less thrilled by our plan than Harry. Probably solely because I was involved.
/Because the gift my brother gave to Prince Jake and the others has also been given to the six leaders of the DA./ Ax stated calmly as Jake and Cassie started changing back.
"WHAT?" Ron shouted, turning angrily from Ax to me. seriously, I'm a more talented fighter than he is, would he stop with the over-protectiveness thing? "How?"
"By placing my hand on a cube and painlessly absorbing the power into my body." I responded calmly. However, the look I gave him was more than effective on making him shut up.
"Everyone will thing a group of Animagus' broke in to Azkaban, but it'll be a lot more effective if a few human witches and wizards were there." Neville informed them, looking at each of them hopefully. "It's even more convincing if Harry is there, seeing as Sirius Black broke out as a dog. It'll look like your idea to the Dark Lord. And by freeing the people in there, we save them from two evil armies and divide the attention of both of them while getting more fighters for our side."
"And if you are willing to help with the Yeerks, we'll give you three the power to morph too." Jake finished, turning to each one in turn before everyone, bar Ron and Hermione, who were staring at him in astoundment and hope in Ron's case, turned to Harry. "But of course, the choice to help and take on the power is yours. We won't force you into any of this."
"But the results won't be pleasant if we don't." Harry added knowingly as he stared right back. He'd already made his decision and the others would follow him to ensure that he came out alive. Their too heroic to look away, something Harry proved as he leaned back into the couch. "Besides, saving a lot of innocent people from Azkaban and gaining the ability to fly myself sounds like too good a deal to pass up. Especially if Voldemort and this new Visser guy go and throw tantrums over it."
"Well, when you put it that way." Ron muttered, still leaning close to me. he wasn't going to let me out of his sight until I left for school again.
"Well...If this does all prove to be real, then I'm sure it'll prove quite fascinating." Hermione sighed, rubbing her temples. What did I tell you? A unanimous yes.
"Great. Then let's go." Jake smiled, nodding toward the front door. "Tobias will have already gone to tell a couple friends of ours the plan and to get us the transportation we need and we have to make one more stop before we go to the prison. The Hogwarts group all need some non-magical combat morphs to be powerful and convincing."
"We should make one more on the way." Harry said, earning a curious look from Jake and Cassie. Actually, from everyone in the room except for Hermione, who seemed to know what he was gonna say.
/And where would this place be?/ It turned out Ax was the one to vocalise everyone else's question.
"To Ollivander's." Was Harry's response, his eyes hardening with a bit of self-directed irritation. "I don't like the idea of stealing from him, but Voldemort took him ages ago and his shop is full of wands. Which every witch and wizard we save is going to need."
Well, a nod from an equally troubled looking Jake settled it. Two more stops and then it was off to Azkaban. And there, we'll strike the first real blow we give both to the Yeerks and Voldemort. At the same time.
You tyrants want a fight? Fine. We'll give you more than you can handle.