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Chapter 14:
Catalin closed the large oak door to her bedroom behind her as she walked in. She walked steadily over to the wardrobe in the corner. The one that hadn't been opened in 19 years. She opened the doors to that closet and pulled out a solid black uniform. She pulled the plates out that went with the black part. They were a deep green. She slipped out of her robes and into the uniform. It still fit. She pulled on the rest of the armor and looked at her self in the full-length mirror.
"I'm getting way too old to be doing this sort of thing. I thought I was a teacher," said Catalin putting her robes back on and setting her uniform out for the next day.
She walked back downstairs to find the sitting room still full. Oliver walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her and buried his face in her shoulder.
"What's the matter sweetie?" asked Catalin.
"I feel bad for you," whispered Oliver.
"Don't feel bad Oliver. It's my job," said Catalin lightly.
He held her at arms length and smiled at her.
"Still the same old Catalin."
"I'm not old thank you very much," said Catalin crossing her arms and looking at him.
She laughed with everyone else as Oliver tried to apologize and make up for that comment. That is, until he realized that he didn't have to and scowled.
Catalin looked at her sons who were talking to Harry and Drew on the couch. She smiled sinisterly and started running towards them in a silent manor. She leapt into the air and landed right on their laps and smiled up.
"Hello my sons," said Catalin.
"Mom, would you not do that," asked James laughing.
"Boy, I brought you into this world and I can take you back out. And mind you, it was no piece of cake bringing you into this world. You are eternally grateful towards me. So is your father, he is my property," laughed Catalin.
"I don't remember being property but okay," said Oliver shrugging.
Catalin smiled and chatted with the rest of her guests until they had all left. She looked at Oliver.
"Wake me up tonight and you die," said Catalin going up the steps.
"Yes ma'am."
She smiled and bade them goodnight.
The next morning Catalin woke up at six am and left for the ministry. She had been there since she'd left the force but not in a while. She waved to old co-workers and chatted for a few minutes with a couple.
"Thomas! I haven't seen you in the longest how have you been?" asked Catalin to one of the people that used to be in her squad.
"I've been alright how about yourself?"
"Well, I'm married and I have two twin seventeen year old sons. Hm..." laughed Catalin as she hugged him.
She walked over to her desk and brushed the dust and cobwebs off of it.
"Geez you people act like I died. Everything is still the way I left it," laughed Catalin as she hung her cloak up and sat down.
Thomas laughed from across the office and she used a dusting charm to clean off her desk and looked at the pictures she'd hung up on the walls. The one that stuck out the most was the one of her and Oliver at her graduation. She was 17 and he was 23. It was probably the most precious picture she owned.
Sally came by with paperwork for her and greeted her warmly.
"Captain Patterson would like a word with you when you get a chance," said Sally.
"Ok thanks Sally," said Catalin as she opened a file and looked at it.
After about an hour of sorting work she walked up to Capt. Patterson's office door and knocked.
"Come in"
She opened the door and stood at attention.
"Sir?"
"Ah Cati, come in please. Have a seat."
Catalin walked into the room and sat down opposite her boss.
"So good to have you back. Minister Weasley told me that you would be coming back today. Sorry about your desk," said the Captain.
"No it's alright. I took care of it all."
"So Lieutenant Commander Nuperson, how does it feel to be back?"
"Actually sir, it would be Wood."
"Ah yes, I forgot."
"It feels odd because I haven't been here in such a long time. I've been teaching an Auroring class at Hogwarts for seventh years."
Catalin and Captain Patterson talked for anther few minutes before she returned to her desk. She hadn't been sitting for five minutes when Thomas came running around the corner.
"C'mon Cati, it's time to go!"
She stood up and grabbed her wand.
"Is Capt. Patterson leading?"
"No, you are."
"Me? I haven't led a squad in nineteen years I don't think I remember how."
"Start remembering and c'mon."
Catalin apperated after him sighed. She looked around at the burning buildings and heaps of rubble when she materialized. She took off after Thomas and hid behind a large rock where the rest of her team was. She took note that all of them were extremely young.
'Great, I get stuck with a bunch of rookies,' thought Catalin.
"Professor Wood?" asked the one.
She looked up sharply and found that the voice belonged to one of her former Gryffindor students.
"Marcus!"
"Yes professor, the rest of us are here. So glad to have you as our squad leader."
Catalin nodded and took more note of the situation at hand trying to remember all of he training.
**
Find her and bring her to me, alive. Kill the rest!" yelled Kristina and a group of her minions took off.
"With mother dearest out of the way, I will be unstoppable!" yelled Kristina and cackled evilly.
"Well, I don't think cackling suits me so I think I'll just laugh evilly," said Kristina then laughing evilly. "Yes, much better."
**
Catalin looked at the approaching death eaters and counted them.
"Ok, you all get one and I'll get two. On my mark," said Catalin watching them come ever closer and as soon at they were almost on top of them she yelled out and jumped out from behind the wall.
All she really could recall were bright flashes of light flying around her. Everything seemed to be going in incredibly slow motion. These death eaters were easily overcome.
"They must not have been as well trained at Voldemort and Veran's," said Catalin shrugging.
"Mother," said a cold voice from behind her.
Catalin was face to face with Kristina.
"Catalin!" yelled Thomas and Catalin disapperated.
When she appeared back in the ministry building she stormed off to the infirmary. Her boots clicked wildly on the floor as she moved. When Percy finally located her in the infirmary she was holding an icepack to her head.
"What happened Cati?" asked Percy.
"I death eater threw a big friggin' chunk of concrete at my HEAD!!"
"So you didn't set aflame today?"
"Well, some of them might have been flamers but no I didn't set anyone on fire today," said Catalin.
"Still haven't lost that part I see," said Percy.
Catalin looked back down at the floor.
"Lemme guess," said Catalin still looking at the floor. "I'm the one that HAS to kill her?"
"I'm afraid so," said Percy solemnly.
Catalin pursed her lips and nodded slowly. A single tear trekking through the dirt and grime on her face.
"Peachy."
***
Catalin was out battling the dark forces again and it was draining her out. She got days off every once in a while and she intended to really relax on this day off. She had her sunglasses, lemonade, raft, sun, tanning oil, and swimming pool to help her relax. The extensive gardens were in bloom and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. She'd just closed her eyes when all of a sudden she was now drenched in water. She surfaced and pushed the raft off of her to see her two sons doubled up and leaning on each other for support while they laughed.
"Boys," said Catalin with a twinkle in her eyes. "Go stand on the outside edge of the pool."
They looked at her strangely and obeyed. She waved her hand and the windows and doors in the house sealed shut. She raised her hands and a fifty-foot wall of water rose and washed over the boys and the house. And strangely enough the water level in the pool didn't even waver.
"Being in control of elements in awesome," said Catalin to the very shocked twins.
"CATALIN!" yelled a voice.
Catalin's eyes grew wide. Oliver was having a Quidditch match in the front lawns. She jumped out of the pool just as he came running around the corner sopping wet. She began running into the gardens and when she thought she'd lost him she sat down on a bench and laughed lightly. All of a sudden a set of wet lips pressed against the back of her neck.
"Mrs. Wood, you knew I was having a meeting out front," said Oliver.
"I'm sorry sweetie I forgot," said Catalin.
"That's ok, because you are going to come and apologize."
"No please!"
"C'mon."
Oliver dragged her out to the front lawns and back to where the rest of the team was.
"Men, our culprit."
"I'm sorry guys," said Catalin looking at the drenched team members.
"Hey don't sweat it Catalin. It's not every day that you get to see a fifty-foot wall of water come crashing over a huge house," said David.
Just then a ministry wizard appeared and told Catalin that a meeting was about to be held and she would need to be there according to the Minister. So Catalin excused herself, dressed and apperated away.
**
"Bring him to ME! I want him here! NOW! And bring the other two too, can't have any witnesses," said Kristina threateningly.
Three death eaters bowed and apperated away.
"What will you do, mother, when I have taken what you love most?" said Kristina in an eerie child like voice.
**
"Well boys that about sums up this meeting. I'll see you at practice on Tuesday," said Oliver and all of his teammates apperated away.
Three ministry wizards apperated in front of Oliver and looked very frightened.
"Mr. Wood! You wife just left to battle dark forces and we've caught wind that Death eaters are on their way here! Quickly!"
Oliver looked up that them and nodded and beckoned them to follow him into the house.
"JAMES! FREDRICK!" yelled Oliver.
The two boys came in the back door and came over to their father.
"What's up dad?" asked Fredrick.
"Death Eaters."
The first ministry wizard lit the fire and threw floo powder into the fire.
"When you go in yell 'safety zone' and you'll go to a safe place," said the official before disapperating.
The three men did exactly as they were told and when they rolled out of the fire it was onto a cold stone floor.
"Uh dad, is this where we are supposed to be?" asked Fredrick.
"I'm not sure," said Oliver looking around.
He patted his robes and looked for his wand.
"Where's my wand?"
"I don't know," replied James, "but I don't have mine either."
"Neither do I," said Fredrick.
"Well this is one of those times where your mother would say, 'just peachy!' now isn't it?" asked Oliver looking around.
The door opened and a tall person with a hooded cloak on walked in and summoned for them to follow him. They were led through what looked to be a castle. The hallways were dimly lit and damp. They stopped before a pair of large oak doors and the guide pushed them open. They entered what looked to be a throne room. A young woman in beautiful royal blue robes sat upon the chair. Her hair was pale and hung at her elbows. Fredrick nudged Oliver.
"Dad, is it just me or has mom gone completely nutters and done something awful to her hair?"
"No that's Kristina Malfoy. You went to school with her."
"Oh man I hated her," said Fredrick and shut his mouth as she stood.
"I bid you welcome," started Kristina, "because you are going to be here for a very long time."
She sauntered up to the three men and looked them over. She stopped before James and ran a finger down his cheek.
"I always did like you in school," whispered Kristina and kissed his cheek. "I'll send for you later. Take them away!"
They were pulled away and taken to one of the highest towers in the castle.
"This bites," said Fredrick.
"No joke, you don't have the Dark Lady lusting after you," retorted James.
"Boys, now is not the time to fight," said Oliver sitting down on one of the chairs.
**
Catalin arrived home that evening to an empty house. She looked everywhere for them.
"Well now, isn't that nice?"
She walked into the sitting room and saw the ash sitting on the hearth and a piece of parchment sitting on the table.
"Well at least they left a note this time," said Catalin picking it up. It read,
"Lt. Commander Wood, Leader of the 52 Squadron, Mother,
I have taken what you love the most. If you want them I'd suggest that you come and claim them as yours before I do.
Lady Malfoy"
Catalin read it twice before the realization hit her like a sack of bricks to the face. She screamed out loud and apperated back to the ministry. She banged into Percy's office and slammed the note down on his desk.
"Catalin!" said Percy quite shocked at the look on her face.
"Read" growled Catalin.
He adjusted the glasses on his nose and began to read the letter. He reached for the intercom button on his desk and pressed it.
"Squads 17, 42, 19, and 52 and their leaders please report to the conference room immediately."
They both walked briskly to the conference room and waited as the other squads filed in.
"This is your show, tell them." Said Percy taking a seat.
"Ok here's what's going up in smoke. My husband and sons have been kidnapped and we need to launch and all out assault on Lady Malfoy," said Catalin.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said a voice for the doorway.
"Cadance!"
"I heard you were in a spot of trouble and I thought I would come and help you," said Cadance smiling.
Chapter 14:
Catalin closed the large oak door to her bedroom behind her as she walked in. She walked steadily over to the wardrobe in the corner. The one that hadn't been opened in 19 years. She opened the doors to that closet and pulled out a solid black uniform. She pulled the plates out that went with the black part. They were a deep green. She slipped out of her robes and into the uniform. It still fit. She pulled on the rest of the armor and looked at her self in the full-length mirror.
"I'm getting way too old to be doing this sort of thing. I thought I was a teacher," said Catalin putting her robes back on and setting her uniform out for the next day.
She walked back downstairs to find the sitting room still full. Oliver walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her and buried his face in her shoulder.
"What's the matter sweetie?" asked Catalin.
"I feel bad for you," whispered Oliver.
"Don't feel bad Oliver. It's my job," said Catalin lightly.
He held her at arms length and smiled at her.
"Still the same old Catalin."
"I'm not old thank you very much," said Catalin crossing her arms and looking at him.
She laughed with everyone else as Oliver tried to apologize and make up for that comment. That is, until he realized that he didn't have to and scowled.
Catalin looked at her sons who were talking to Harry and Drew on the couch. She smiled sinisterly and started running towards them in a silent manor. She leapt into the air and landed right on their laps and smiled up.
"Hello my sons," said Catalin.
"Mom, would you not do that," asked James laughing.
"Boy, I brought you into this world and I can take you back out. And mind you, it was no piece of cake bringing you into this world. You are eternally grateful towards me. So is your father, he is my property," laughed Catalin.
"I don't remember being property but okay," said Oliver shrugging.
Catalin smiled and chatted with the rest of her guests until they had all left. She looked at Oliver.
"Wake me up tonight and you die," said Catalin going up the steps.
"Yes ma'am."
She smiled and bade them goodnight.
The next morning Catalin woke up at six am and left for the ministry. She had been there since she'd left the force but not in a while. She waved to old co-workers and chatted for a few minutes with a couple.
"Thomas! I haven't seen you in the longest how have you been?" asked Catalin to one of the people that used to be in her squad.
"I've been alright how about yourself?"
"Well, I'm married and I have two twin seventeen year old sons. Hm..." laughed Catalin as she hugged him.
She walked over to her desk and brushed the dust and cobwebs off of it.
"Geez you people act like I died. Everything is still the way I left it," laughed Catalin as she hung her cloak up and sat down.
Thomas laughed from across the office and she used a dusting charm to clean off her desk and looked at the pictures she'd hung up on the walls. The one that stuck out the most was the one of her and Oliver at her graduation. She was 17 and he was 23. It was probably the most precious picture she owned.
Sally came by with paperwork for her and greeted her warmly.
"Captain Patterson would like a word with you when you get a chance," said Sally.
"Ok thanks Sally," said Catalin as she opened a file and looked at it.
After about an hour of sorting work she walked up to Capt. Patterson's office door and knocked.
"Come in"
She opened the door and stood at attention.
"Sir?"
"Ah Cati, come in please. Have a seat."
Catalin walked into the room and sat down opposite her boss.
"So good to have you back. Minister Weasley told me that you would be coming back today. Sorry about your desk," said the Captain.
"No it's alright. I took care of it all."
"So Lieutenant Commander Nuperson, how does it feel to be back?"
"Actually sir, it would be Wood."
"Ah yes, I forgot."
"It feels odd because I haven't been here in such a long time. I've been teaching an Auroring class at Hogwarts for seventh years."
Catalin and Captain Patterson talked for anther few minutes before she returned to her desk. She hadn't been sitting for five minutes when Thomas came running around the corner.
"C'mon Cati, it's time to go!"
She stood up and grabbed her wand.
"Is Capt. Patterson leading?"
"No, you are."
"Me? I haven't led a squad in nineteen years I don't think I remember how."
"Start remembering and c'mon."
Catalin apperated after him sighed. She looked around at the burning buildings and heaps of rubble when she materialized. She took off after Thomas and hid behind a large rock where the rest of her team was. She took note that all of them were extremely young.
'Great, I get stuck with a bunch of rookies,' thought Catalin.
"Professor Wood?" asked the one.
She looked up sharply and found that the voice belonged to one of her former Gryffindor students.
"Marcus!"
"Yes professor, the rest of us are here. So glad to have you as our squad leader."
Catalin nodded and took more note of the situation at hand trying to remember all of he training.
**
Find her and bring her to me, alive. Kill the rest!" yelled Kristina and a group of her minions took off.
"With mother dearest out of the way, I will be unstoppable!" yelled Kristina and cackled evilly.
"Well, I don't think cackling suits me so I think I'll just laugh evilly," said Kristina then laughing evilly. "Yes, much better."
**
Catalin looked at the approaching death eaters and counted them.
"Ok, you all get one and I'll get two. On my mark," said Catalin watching them come ever closer and as soon at they were almost on top of them she yelled out and jumped out from behind the wall.
All she really could recall were bright flashes of light flying around her. Everything seemed to be going in incredibly slow motion. These death eaters were easily overcome.
"They must not have been as well trained at Voldemort and Veran's," said Catalin shrugging.
"Mother," said a cold voice from behind her.
Catalin was face to face with Kristina.
"Catalin!" yelled Thomas and Catalin disapperated.
When she appeared back in the ministry building she stormed off to the infirmary. Her boots clicked wildly on the floor as she moved. When Percy finally located her in the infirmary she was holding an icepack to her head.
"What happened Cati?" asked Percy.
"I death eater threw a big friggin' chunk of concrete at my HEAD!!"
"So you didn't set aflame today?"
"Well, some of them might have been flamers but no I didn't set anyone on fire today," said Catalin.
"Still haven't lost that part I see," said Percy.
Catalin looked back down at the floor.
"Lemme guess," said Catalin still looking at the floor. "I'm the one that HAS to kill her?"
"I'm afraid so," said Percy solemnly.
Catalin pursed her lips and nodded slowly. A single tear trekking through the dirt and grime on her face.
"Peachy."
***
Catalin was out battling the dark forces again and it was draining her out. She got days off every once in a while and she intended to really relax on this day off. She had her sunglasses, lemonade, raft, sun, tanning oil, and swimming pool to help her relax. The extensive gardens were in bloom and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. She'd just closed her eyes when all of a sudden she was now drenched in water. She surfaced and pushed the raft off of her to see her two sons doubled up and leaning on each other for support while they laughed.
"Boys," said Catalin with a twinkle in her eyes. "Go stand on the outside edge of the pool."
They looked at her strangely and obeyed. She waved her hand and the windows and doors in the house sealed shut. She raised her hands and a fifty-foot wall of water rose and washed over the boys and the house. And strangely enough the water level in the pool didn't even waver.
"Being in control of elements in awesome," said Catalin to the very shocked twins.
"CATALIN!" yelled a voice.
Catalin's eyes grew wide. Oliver was having a Quidditch match in the front lawns. She jumped out of the pool just as he came running around the corner sopping wet. She began running into the gardens and when she thought she'd lost him she sat down on a bench and laughed lightly. All of a sudden a set of wet lips pressed against the back of her neck.
"Mrs. Wood, you knew I was having a meeting out front," said Oliver.
"I'm sorry sweetie I forgot," said Catalin.
"That's ok, because you are going to come and apologize."
"No please!"
"C'mon."
Oliver dragged her out to the front lawns and back to where the rest of the team was.
"Men, our culprit."
"I'm sorry guys," said Catalin looking at the drenched team members.
"Hey don't sweat it Catalin. It's not every day that you get to see a fifty-foot wall of water come crashing over a huge house," said David.
Just then a ministry wizard appeared and told Catalin that a meeting was about to be held and she would need to be there according to the Minister. So Catalin excused herself, dressed and apperated away.
**
"Bring him to ME! I want him here! NOW! And bring the other two too, can't have any witnesses," said Kristina threateningly.
Three death eaters bowed and apperated away.
"What will you do, mother, when I have taken what you love most?" said Kristina in an eerie child like voice.
**
"Well boys that about sums up this meeting. I'll see you at practice on Tuesday," said Oliver and all of his teammates apperated away.
Three ministry wizards apperated in front of Oliver and looked very frightened.
"Mr. Wood! You wife just left to battle dark forces and we've caught wind that Death eaters are on their way here! Quickly!"
Oliver looked up that them and nodded and beckoned them to follow him into the house.
"JAMES! FREDRICK!" yelled Oliver.
The two boys came in the back door and came over to their father.
"What's up dad?" asked Fredrick.
"Death Eaters."
The first ministry wizard lit the fire and threw floo powder into the fire.
"When you go in yell 'safety zone' and you'll go to a safe place," said the official before disapperating.
The three men did exactly as they were told and when they rolled out of the fire it was onto a cold stone floor.
"Uh dad, is this where we are supposed to be?" asked Fredrick.
"I'm not sure," said Oliver looking around.
He patted his robes and looked for his wand.
"Where's my wand?"
"I don't know," replied James, "but I don't have mine either."
"Neither do I," said Fredrick.
"Well this is one of those times where your mother would say, 'just peachy!' now isn't it?" asked Oliver looking around.
The door opened and a tall person with a hooded cloak on walked in and summoned for them to follow him. They were led through what looked to be a castle. The hallways were dimly lit and damp. They stopped before a pair of large oak doors and the guide pushed them open. They entered what looked to be a throne room. A young woman in beautiful royal blue robes sat upon the chair. Her hair was pale and hung at her elbows. Fredrick nudged Oliver.
"Dad, is it just me or has mom gone completely nutters and done something awful to her hair?"
"No that's Kristina Malfoy. You went to school with her."
"Oh man I hated her," said Fredrick and shut his mouth as she stood.
"I bid you welcome," started Kristina, "because you are going to be here for a very long time."
She sauntered up to the three men and looked them over. She stopped before James and ran a finger down his cheek.
"I always did like you in school," whispered Kristina and kissed his cheek. "I'll send for you later. Take them away!"
They were pulled away and taken to one of the highest towers in the castle.
"This bites," said Fredrick.
"No joke, you don't have the Dark Lady lusting after you," retorted James.
"Boys, now is not the time to fight," said Oliver sitting down on one of the chairs.
**
Catalin arrived home that evening to an empty house. She looked everywhere for them.
"Well now, isn't that nice?"
She walked into the sitting room and saw the ash sitting on the hearth and a piece of parchment sitting on the table.
"Well at least they left a note this time," said Catalin picking it up. It read,
"Lt. Commander Wood, Leader of the 52 Squadron, Mother,
I have taken what you love the most. If you want them I'd suggest that you come and claim them as yours before I do.
Lady Malfoy"
Catalin read it twice before the realization hit her like a sack of bricks to the face. She screamed out loud and apperated back to the ministry. She banged into Percy's office and slammed the note down on his desk.
"Catalin!" said Percy quite shocked at the look on her face.
"Read" growled Catalin.
He adjusted the glasses on his nose and began to read the letter. He reached for the intercom button on his desk and pressed it.
"Squads 17, 42, 19, and 52 and their leaders please report to the conference room immediately."
They both walked briskly to the conference room and waited as the other squads filed in.
"This is your show, tell them." Said Percy taking a seat.
"Ok here's what's going up in smoke. My husband and sons have been kidnapped and we need to launch and all out assault on Lady Malfoy," said Catalin.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said a voice for the doorway.
"Cadance!"
"I heard you were in a spot of trouble and I thought I would come and help you," said Cadance smiling.