"Anyone want to beat up a couple of Death Eaters on West End?" Fred asked, as we all leant up from our sleeping bags in annoyance. "They're causing a shitload of trouble."
"You're not ones to swear." I said, as I sat up. "And I can't go, remember?""What's wrong, Ezio?" George asked me, leaning against a wall. "Is it because Liz doesn't want you to get exhausted again? Or because you don't want people to see your tail?"
"You're dead!" I shouted, lunging at the twins, before they stunned me. Someone already disarmed them, as I came to. "Thanks- Liz!"
"Yeah, turns out, I'm a witch." She said, putting away her wand. "So if you try something, I will curse you."
"…You don't know any spells." I replied.
"Wanna see?" She said, pointing her wand at me. "Seamus has been teaching me."
"I'll go." Luna said, grabbing her flag. "I want to help, so you all get some rest while I go teach them a lesson."
"Luna, you're not going by yourself." Neville and Seamus said, standing up. "It's dangerous, there are Shadows all over town, and how are we going to get to London with Mrs. Weasley downstairs?" Luna threw Neville's sword at him (Luckily in it's hilt), and then a revolver towards Seamus (Which was luckily not loaded) followed by some bullets. "How do we get to London?" Neville asked, as Luna grabbed her cork necklace.
"You can make a Portkey out of anything." Luna said, as everyone else walked over. Wait, what the hell is a Portkey? "It's an object enchanted to instantly bring anyone touching it to a specific location. Most of the time, a Portkey is an everyday object that would not draw the attention of a Muggle. Travelling by Portkey is said to feel like having a hook 'somewhere behind the navel' pulling the traveller to their location."
"So, you're all going to magically warp to London, beat up a few Death Eaters then teleport back?" I asked. "I could call Apollo to get you there and back, you know."
"Relax." Luna said, as Neville and Seamus approached her. "I use it during the summer to travel from home to Diagon Alley. My father made it for me, so I could go and buy books there."
"Can I come?" Vivi said, carrying a staff.
"Whoa." Harry said, as he joined the conversation. "I'm not letting you take someone who's probably 5 or so into a fight, especially if he hasn't been in a real fight with Death Eaters before."
"I can fight." Vivi said, as he grasped his staff tighter. "I can stay at a distance, cast spells from other rooms, see where they're coming from behind a wall."
"Wait," Hermione said, confused. "Vivi's a Seer?"
"What's a Seer?" Vivi asked.
"Vivi, can you see things before they happen?" Cho asked.
"Yeah, that's how I'm good at that card game." He said. "I can tell what cards will appear, and in what order."
"That's a really unique power, Vivi." Hermione said, as Luna touched him on the shoulder.
"Alright, we're going to appear outside of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour." Luna said, clutching her necklace. "Knowledge is Sweet." As they suddenly disappeared, I got up and walked over to the twins.
"I'm going to form a telepathic communication with you." I said, as he suddenly started glowing. I don't want them to get in trouble, so I'm going to do whatever I can.
Neville
As we got back up from the Apperation, I was the third to get up, after Vivi. I helped Neville get up, and Vivi trying to lift Seamus up. We had to lift Seamus up after Vivi couldn't lift him for long. Can you all hear me? We all heard Ezio say. I had to form a telepathic link with Fred and George. Yes, and it's quite strange indeed, isn't it Fred? Quite so, George. It's quite strange that we can see his memories now as well. Can you see ours? What! Can you explain that incident with the cat? Knock it off, or I'll torture you for days using duct tape, waxing strips, and early recordings of Yoko Ono. After a small bit of silence, we all glanced around, looking out for anyone who would make a drop on us. Sorry about that. Anyway, find a way to get to the West End district, there's someone being attacked by Death Eaters, but I can't make anything out. …Does that mean that the person has Element Zero?
"Well, let's just get over there and help them." Seamus said, as he headed for the exit. Seamus, if they have Element Zero, you may not be able to use your powers near them. "Well, I'll use my wand, then." Anyway, the Knight Bus is running again, so go grab it and get as close to West End as possible.
"Sure." Vivi said, as we all walked out of the street. As we walked out, sneaking through the Leaky Cauldron, we came outside as I stuck my hand out, thumb sticking out, we saw the Knight Bus appear.
"No real names, except for Vivi." I said.
"Welcome." Someone said, sticking his head out. "You're catching the Knight bus, but you're all young children with weapons. And a flag, in your case." He said, pointing at Luna. "So, what are your names?"
"Ocelot." Seamus said, climbing onboard.
"Wolf." Luna followed.
"Fox." I said, as I waited for Vivi.
"Sparrow." Vivi said, as he climbed aboard.
"Stan." He introduced himself. "We can only travel around London, so you can't go to another city. So, where do you have to go?"
"The West End district." Luna said, as we all grabbed a handrail.
"Okay." He said, as I buckled Vivi's seat. "Four for London's West End."
"Alright, take it away Earl." A small head said, as the bus suddenly sped into motion, sending us all (Except Vivi and Stan) flying. "Hey, Stan, you didn't tell me we had first-timers."
Harry
"So, how are they?" Ginny asked. Well, Luna landed on a bed, Neville flew over the bed, and Seamus went halfway through the window. "Bad, then?" Actually, they said it went pretty well.
"Well, as long as nothing bad is happening." Raph said, as he played Chess with Ron. "How far away are they from the West End?" They passed it four times. "Well, it could be worse."
Neville
"West End." Stan said, as we all exited the bus, and promptly puked in the nearest bins, except Vivi. "That kid's not natural."
"Can we go again?" Vivi asked, extremely giddy.
"NO!" We all replied, causing him to recoil. The Death Eaters are a few meters away.
"Thanks." I said, as we all looked around a corner. We saw several Death Eaters shooting at three people, one was an older woman in her late twenties to early thirties, and the other two were younger boys, one around 19, and the other was 16. The Death Eaters were trying to hit them with Killing curses, but their cover, an overturned bus, was too great for them. I can't feel the woman, but the other two I can feel. I'm going to try and communicate with them.
"Okay, how do we handle this?" I asked, as Luna and Vivi looked around, and Seamus looked out of cover. "They're on the second floor, and a direct entrance is out of the question. And we'll be attacked by a scout on the third floor."
"How about we get in through the roof?" Luna asked.
"They can see the roofs." Vivi said, as he looked at an alley. "We could go around, but there are Shadows that way."
"Hey, Vivi." Seamus said, beckoning him over, pointing at a nearby staircase. "That leads to the Underground. What's down there?"
"There's some of those beast Shadows, and a Shadow that I don't recognise." Vivi said. "There's also a few people down there, but they avoid going out during the day."
"Vampires?" I asked. "Seamus, what are you thinking?"
"There's another entrance to the Underground closer to the building they're occupying." Seamus said, pointing at another Underground entrance, that was out of Death Eater eyes. "We go in that way, we come out the other."
A/N: I have never been to London.
"Okay, which way do we go?" Luna asked. "Which way should we go?"
"I don't want to deal with Vampires." I said. "Back alley it is." As Luna cast protective charms on us, and we took out our weapons, I stopped Seamus from loading his gun. "We need to be quiet. And guns are noisy."
"Good point." Seamus said, taking out his wand instead. "Alright, let's go." The wolf monsters are weak against fire magic, use that from a distance. As Vivi and Seamus used fire magic to destroy two monsters, Luna called a Familiar to attack a few more. Her Familiars have to be born from nearby fires, so she could only summon two, as there wasn't that many fires nearby. There's a type of scale-like Shadow nearby. George said. Only use Patroni on them, they'll bounce off any other spell.
"We can't use the Patronus Charm." Luna said, as we saw the Scale-Shadow. It did look like a weighing scale. Well, at least it will know how heavy you are when you kick it. "Neville, sword move?" As she levitated me up above the Shadow, she dropped me as I began to spin, as I hit the Shadow. It didn't kill it, but kicking the cracked mask did.
"There's more coming!" Vivi said, worried. "We can't take them all." Get over to that building, now. The door's unlocked, but there's a Death Eater at the door, so get the drop on him first.
As Neville jumped on top of a dumpster, he kicked himself off the wall, and grabbed a ladder, pulling it down for us, and climbing up. "Luna, act as my lookout, I'm going to jump out of a nearby window and land on the Death Eater. Neville, Vivi, stay here." As he climbed through the window, I waited with Vivi, watching as the Death Eater came out of the door, to check no one was lurking about. As he looked up, however, he received a critical hit to the face, courtesy of Seamus's shoe, as we came out of cover, and Luna from the fire escape.
"Okay, we're inside." I said. "Now what?"
"I'll take out the guy on the third floor." Luna said, as she ran towards the stairs. "I already have Judas acting as a distraction downstairs." As she continued, I looked at Seamus and Vivi, before looking through the next door.
"Okay, there's three guards in there." I said, as I closed it. "I'm going to try and cast Sleep on one of them, if that doesn't work, Seamus, go wild with that gun."
"Sure." He replied, sliding six bullets into his gun and giving it a quick spin.
"Vivi, can you draw their attention away?"
"I think so." Vivi replied. "But, how? …Unless I sneak into that balcony and fire off some fireworks at them." …Fred, George, I'm going to hurt you when this is over. Understand? Anyway, it's a good idea, but use your magic to light them, make sure you're a good bit away. As Vivi gave a quick nod, he sneaked off, as I began using Sleep on the first guard, causing him to fall asleep… directly into a whole that leads to the floor below.
"Oops." I whispered, as a Death Eater came over to look at his fallen comrade. "Well, it can't get any worse."
"Oh my god!" The Death Eater shouted. "Michael landed on a spike."
"Did it go through his torso?" The other Death Eater asked.
"It went through his torso, but he landed ass first." Was the reply. "I'm going to look around, he wouldn't have just fainted."
"Shit." I whispered. "What do we do?"
"You throw him out of the window, I'll shoot the last guard." Seamus said, as he snuck out of the window. As the door began to open, the Death Eater suddenly burst through it, as I grabbed him and threw him out of the window, causing him to hit the nearest wall face first, before falling face first into a dumpster. I just stood there, as the other Death Eater came through the door.
"Put your hands up, Muggle." He said, holding his wand out. Before Seamus held his gun at the back of his head.
"Drop your wand, inbreed." Seamus said, as he cocked the revolver. "Drop it, or I'll blow your brains out."
"You're both Muggles, you can't scare me." He said, with defiance.
"We're Conduit wizards, not Muggles." I said, as I grabbed him and threw him out of the window. Score 2 in the wall and dumpster. "Come on, let's find Vivi and Luna."
"You find Luna, I'll find Vivi." I said, as I ran to follow Vivi.
Heading towards a booth, I noticed that Vivi was on the ground floor, planting all kinds of explosives. Fireworks, alcohol, even a bomb. Okay, I'm going to hurt the twins so bad after you come back. As I ran downstairs, I snuck under the stage as Vivi saw me. Signalling for him to come over to me, I suddenly heard the front door open. The two of us hid below the stage, watching as a man dressed as a Death Eater stormed on stage. He then grabbed something, I have no idea what it was. However, he then began to pace, as I directed Vivi to leave, pointing towards a fire exit.
"I kn-kn-kn-know you're here." He said, as we paused in fear. "You're trying to wreck the ritual. Well, I won't let you." He then jumped off the stage, as he threw a few curses around, one hitting a balcony, causing several chairs to explode. "My employer gave me this task, and I won't fail."
As we managed to sneak to an open fire exit, I saw Luna sneak around upstairs. "Shit." I cursed, under my breath, as we watched someone else sneaking in. "My god, you Death Eaters are insane, aren't you?" We heard a voice say, before the Death Eater sent another curse towards the source of the voice, somewhere on the ground floor. Vivi and I watched, as the person rolled out of the way. "Come on, who is this 'Employer', Darth Vader?"
The person who said this was a grey haired man, wearing a thick leather jacket, a black tie and white shirt, a red shirt and black trousers. He was wearing red fingerless gloves, and was wearing a gun in a holster.
"You dare insult the greatest wizard to exist, Lord Voldemort?" The Death Eater said, as he sent another curse towards the man. "He's the greatest magic user ever to exist."
"So he's a coward that sends men who are afraid of him to fight for him?" The grey haired man said, as he drew his gun. "Guess he must be a really powerful wizard… Or a man afraid of death."
"So, you think you have the right to arrest me?" The Death Eater shouted. "What do you know?" He muttered to himself, under his breath. "How can you prove I killed Fudge?""We didn't know." Another voice said, before shooting the Death Eater's wand out of his hand, breaking it in two. The other voice belonged to a blue haired boy, who wore a blue cap, a tight woolen jacket, thick shoes and black trousers. "Might I ask your name?"
"Piss off, Muggle." He said, as he just stood there. However, the door opened to several Death Eaters who firing off Killing curses, as the two jumped behind cover. It was only then that I remembered who they were, the people from outside. But, there were only two of them, where was…?
I almost jumped as someone grabbed me, before covering my mouth so I didn't make any noise. "What are you doing here?" An older woman asked, with an Australian Accent. "You're just a pair of kids, you're being completely wreckless." Whoever she was, she looked stunning. She must be a model. Long black hair, a pair of long boots (that each had guns in them), and a business suit.
"We were helping you." I said, as we all snuck upstairs. "We saw the Death Eaters attacking you three outside, so we snuck in and took them out."
"Well, thanks." She said, as we suddenly heard a gun shot. "Dammit, they have the rifle?"
"What rifle?" I asked, stopping.
"I was camped out here after my hotel room got destroyed." She said. "I grabbed a sniper rifle from a dead officer and hid in here. The name's Miranda, by the way." I wouldn't use your real name, Neville.
"Well, I'm not really meant to be here, so call me Sparrow, this is Fox." I said, as we got to the door on the second floor, heading to the second floor, where we saw Luna and Seamus running towards us.
Luna
"I'll take out the guy on the third floor." I said, as she ran towards the stairs. "I already have Judas acting as a distraction downstairs." As I headed upstairs, I immediately saw a hole on the wall, so I could see what I could do to avoid attention. Only a single Death Eater was there, looking out from a window that faced the front. Looking for a way closer, I instantly noticed the area through the next room. "The theatre." As I opened the door and sneaked through, I made sure that no one else saw me. But I did see that they were performing some sort of ritual on the stage. I wonder what it was.
As I sneaked over to an appropriate door, I looked out through it's small window, seeing that the Death Eater was enjoying the three people getting attacked.
*-Luna, are you sure it isn't wiser to just find a gun and shoot him?-*
Don't be ridiculous, Ifrit, that would draw attention to myself. Anyway, I was about to sneak through, before I heard someone scream, "Oh my god! Michael landed on a spike."
"Did it go through his torso?" another Death Eater asked.
"It went through his torso, but he landed ass first." Was the reply. "I'm going to look around, he wouldn't have just fainted." As that was said, the Death Eater I was going to take out ran into the theatre. Panicking, I just hid on the opposite side of the door, which promptly flew open and smacked me in the face. As I was silently recovering, the Death Eater was looking around in the area below. As I readied my flag, he turned, as I gave a powerful swing to his torso.
Spinning the flag and running behind him, I struck his wrist, causing his wand to be dropped to the balcony below. Dodging his attacks, using the flag to hide exactly where I was, before striking him in the neck, knocking him out cold, as he tumbled down the stairs towards the balcony.
As I turned to look outside, I immediately saw Seamus run up towards me. "Luna, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." I replied. "I was just showing off my moves."
"Luna, if you dance in front of a guard, you deserve to be killed." He said, as he turned and saw the man I beat up. "Luna, did you do that?"
"Yes, I did." I replied, as I looked down onto the stage. "That's weird. Seamus, do you see down there?"
"Yeah, some sort of ritual." He said, as he looked down with me. "There's also some sort of red liquid, as well. And… Luna, get down." He said, pulling me down. We looked down to see a man coming from the front, as he looked around, before climbing onstage. A Death Eater, still wearing his mask. Male, roughly in his early forties, quite bulky, but a bit weak, physically, as he wore a white outfit that was quite fitting, something I'm more used to seeing on a scientist in a movie. He wore a single monacle on his left eye. He was very dark skinned, with brown hair tied back into a ponytail. Whoever he was, I doubt he was a Death Eater until fairly recently. *-Luna, that's an arcane circle. It's a powerful form of Dark Magic.-*
"That's used for powerful dark magic." I said, as we began to sneak away, before we saw Vivi in a booth, and Neville on the first floor. "But Ifrit doesn't know what the red liquid is, maybe it's some sort of new potion."
"Oh, no." Seamus said, as he became wide-eyed. "Ezio, do you think that's Macht?" I don't know, I can't tell, but I don't want you getting into a fight with him. Those three people are safe, so get the hell out of there. "Luna, let's go." He said, as he snuck towards a nearby fire exit staircase.
"What's Macht?" I asked, following him? "Is it dangerous?"
"It's a really weird drug," He replied, as he just managed to sneak to a higher level, and turned to me, to make sure I wasn't seen. "it does horrible things to the human body. Basically, Muggles become huge, suicidal monsters, and Conduits lose control of their powers."
"What happens if a Wizard uses it?" I asked, before sneaking up next to him.
"I do not want to know." Seamus said, as we began to open the door.
"I kn-kn-kn-know you're here." The man stuttered, as he picked up the bottle. "You're trying to wreck the ritual. Well, I won't let you." He then jumped off the stage, as he threw a few curses around, one hitting a balcony, causing several chairs to explode. "My employer gave me this task, and I won't fail."
"My god, you Death Eaters are insane, aren't you?" We heard a voice say, before the Death Eater sent another curse towards the source of the voice, somewhere on the ground floor. Seamus and I took the opportunity to sneak closer to the door, as we heard someone rolling. "Come on, who is this 'Employer', Darth Vader?" Japanese, I could tell, grew up speaking it exclusively, then taking it in high school, before perfecting it in university. He must be 21.
"You dare insult the greatest wizard to exist, Lord Voldemort?" He said, as he sent another curse towards the man. "He's the greatest magic user ever to exist."
"So he's a coward that sends men who are afraid of him to fight for him?" The man said, as he drew his gun. "Guess he must be a really powerful wizard… Or a man afraid of death."
"So, you think you have the right to arrest me?" The man shouted. "How can you prove I killed Fudge?""We didn't know." Another voice said, before shooting the Death Eater's wand out of his hand, breaking it in two. Female, prefers to be referred to as Male, aged 16, maybe 17, great detective, and able to solve several crimes. Quite proud of her heritage, as well as her family and friends. "Might I ask your name?"
"Piss off, Muggle." He said, as he just stood there. However, it was all a trap. Several Death Eaters then burst into the room, firing off Killing curses, as the two came into view. The older man was wearing a thick leather jacket, a red vest, white shirt and black tie, and black trousers, with white hair and grey eyes, wearing a pair of gloves that had small metallic plates on each finger.
The younger individual was a blue haired female, who had her hair cut short, and wore a bright blue hat on her head. She wore a jacket that held a holster for her gun, a six-shot revolver, with a white shirt, wearing a sarashi wrap instead of a bra to hide her cleavage, and thick soled shoes. And they were now hiding behind a few chairs.
"Hah. Stupid Muggles." He said, kicking up a skull into his hands. I doubt that it was a prop skull, however. "Just like everyone else I've killed for Voldemort, you were too easy to capture." I realised that we had to do something, but I had no idea what… Until I saw it. "Well, no matter." Picking it up, and resting one end on the shelf, "Go ahead and k-k-k-k-kill them." he said, crushing the skull, as I fired. *Bang* Shot him right through the head, but he was somehow still alive. "WHO!"
"Luna, what are you doing?" Seamus asked me.
"Saving them." I said, giving a faint smile. "Mind helping?" As he gave a nod, he came out of his cover, and started firing at Death Eaters on the ground. I ran towards the stairs that I came up in, and found a few more bullets, ones that were bigger than the ones Seamus used. I grabbed them before running downstairs, attacking Death Eaters with the large gun I had, as well as the flag. As we got to the second floor, we ran into Neville and Vivi, as well as a very pretty woman.
"Are you two alright?" Vivi asked, before a loud explosion could be heard, before the ground we were standing on collapsed. As we began to fell, a dark blue light surrounded us, as our fall slowed down. I landed on a chair but unlike Seamus, who landed face first, I landed in the seat perfectly, while Vivi landed on Neville, while the older woman just landed on her hands and feet.
Whoever this woman was, she was in her thirties, and at the peak of physical condition and very beautiful to boot. Quite tanned, so obviously somewhere sunny, and a very beautiful face structure. Wearing a business suit with long boots to conceal guns, and, from body language, is very mature. But, at the same time, something scares me, sort of like Nargles, or stories about Tetramites. Something about her seems artificial, like she was 'Designed' from the ground up. Her face structure was perfectly symmetrical, which is not normal, it just doesn't happen. And there's no scars from having plastic surgery. Her muscle tone was compact, to give her a lean posture, but still quite strong. And she appeared to be hiding something by instinct. I had no idea whether or not to trust her.
"Hey, are you alright?" The older male asked us, as we all got up, before we all heard some clapping from the stage.
"Well, well." The man said, after he had discarded of his cloak. "I guess it would be rude for me not to introduce myself. I am Agnus." He said, giving a small bow, which Seamus immediately exploited to shoot him, but something caused the shot to deflect. I wander what kind of magic it was.
"Where the fuck did you get a kinetic barrier?" The oldest woman asked. "It's not lie you could make it."
"It's not like someone from Cerberus didn't expect a leak of resources, did they?" He asked, sarcastically. Guys, I want you to ask about Cerberus. Get what ever information you can, and ask about Biotics. "But it doesn't matter, since you'll be d-d-d-d-dead in a moment." As the Death Eaters attacked us, I instantly grabbed my wand and used the disarming charm to knock their wands out of their hands, as Seamus joined me and Vivi used several spells to attack the Death Eaters. They're weak to thunder. Use that.
"Who's that?" The older man asked.
"Who's who?" The oldest woman asked.
Well, I spoke to you momentarily, call me Alsation, that was Groundhog, and the other one is Ferret. Ferret? What gives? Oh, shut it. Anyway, we'll act as support, give them a quick shock and they'll go down easily. But I don't think that older woman there to hear me, I can't sense her. As Ezio said that, Akihiko responded by grabbing his gun and aiming at his head. "Caesar!" He shouted, before pulling the trigger, causing a large man holding a globe and a sword, with a smaller man inside, to appear, as he struck all of the Death Eaters with lightning. "They're all down, let's rush them." Wait, hold on. They'll ambush if you attack up close, use that attack again. As he repeated the gun to head shot, the spirit appeared again. The next attack actually reduced the Death Eaters to… What gives? Did they dissolve?
"How dare you destroy my p-p-pets!" Agnus said, as he sent a killing curse towards Akihiko, before it curved towards the older woman. The younger girl got in the way, as she pushed the older woman to the ground, as the Killing curse missed them, barely. "Ah, you're a Biotic?" Agnus asked, before giving a faint smile. "Well, I'll enjoy playing with you, maybe seeing if you can become a future experiment." He then suddenly Apperated away, as we all regrouped.
"Is everyone alright?" The blue haired girl asked, as she came over to us.
"Yeah, we're fine." Seamus said, rubbing the back of his neck. "Hey, can I ask something?"
"Sure." She said, sitting down. "I've introduced myself to the other two, Sparrow and Fox. And since you're not using real names, but obviously part of the Order of the Phoenix, I guess you're not supposed to be here?"
"No, we're not." Seamus said. "Call me Ocelot, that's Wolf." He said, pointing at me. "Might I ask, what's 'Cerberus'?"
"Cerberus is an organisation that I'm a member off." She said, checking her guns. "We were set up back in the 1890s, after some aliens attacked Earth. We discovered that they were slave traders, and when they discovered that Earth had sentient live, they intended to invade and sell humans on the galactic black market." That's not what I've heard. Ask them about their involvement in galactic terrorism.
"But I've heard that Cerberus were terrorists." I said, sitting down. "I don't know the specifics, but I've heard you were bad people."
"Kasumi and Keiji?" She asked. Don't answer that, anyone! "Or was it that teleporter?"
"The one that attacked Fudge?" The blue haired girl asked, as she collected a sludge from a robe.
"What are you doing?" Vivi asked, to the grey haired man's obvious surprise.
"I'm collecting a sample from the robes." She said, as she put a small amount of the sludge between two small pieces of glass, then put them inside a box. "Well, this confirms it, whatever Agnus was doing, he was responsible for the death of Cornelius Fudge." As we looked confused, she then stood up, showing us two glass tubes, one with a red label, one with blue. "The red labelled test tube contains a sample I got from the scene of Mr. Fudge's death, and the blue one is one I just found. Notice how they're the same? What does that tell you?"
"The 'Death Eaters' weren't human?" Neville asked.
"Well, it also confirms that Agnus is guilty of murder, and that the Death Eaters were involved." She said. "But that is a good point."
"Why would Voldemort want someone to replace his loyal Death Eaters?" Neville asked.
"Sparrow, if he's creating creatures that can't think independently, then they're the ideal foot soldier." I said. "Anyway, what's this about Cerberus being terrorists?"
"There is only one race in the entire galaxy that's aware of a sentient species here on Earth," the older woman explained, "and as I've said, they're highly involved in slave trafficking. Cerberus' intentions were to prevent a huge disaster from occurring, and the Drophyd attacks have only accelerated that process. Say, a year ago, if the other species attack Earth before we naturally discover space travel, there are two possible outcomes, both bad. One, Earth is reduced to second class citizens, and two, we retaliate with nuclear weapons and the galactic government declare Earth off-limits, and if we try and use space-flight after that, they'll destroy our scouts. While I don't condone what Cerberus does, I do see it as a necessary evil."
"So, you attack this slaver race?" Neville asked. "Keep them from trying to make contact with Earth?" As she gave a nod, Neville walked on stage and looked at the ritual circle. "What are Biotics?"
"Basically, Biotics are people who exclusively use telekinesis." She said, as she moved a small table. "What causes Biotics is strange, a particular element, that can alter the very laws of physics, that coats our synapses."
"Element Zero." All four Order members said.
"Well, we have discovered a few things about Biotics." the older woman said, putting her guns away. "If a Conduit is hit with Biotic attacks or exposed to Element Zero, or stays close to a Mass Effect core, which is made primarily made of Eezo-"
"They can temporarily lose their powers." We said. As she looked at us in confusion, "A Conduit friend of ours had a MEC explode in his face."
"Was he alright?" She asked.
"Yeah, he had the metal removed, then got a Healer to help him." Seamus said.
"And another thing we discovered…" She said, leaning against the seat. "…Is that Biotics are more vulnerable to magic. Well, I guess I should give myself a better introduction." She said, holding her hand out for Seamus to shake. "Miranda Lawson. And you two?"
"I'm Akihiko Sanada." The grey haired man said, as he walked closer to us. "This is Naoto Shirogane." Wait, did you say 'Akihiko Sanada'? "Yeah, why?" I'll tell you when I get the chance to meet in person.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Naoto said, as she took out a camera and photographed the stage. "You're with the Order of the Phoenix, right? Can I ask a favour?" As we looked on and paid attention, she turned to take another picture of a blood patch. "Can you help me get into contact with that teleporter? If I can get a friend out here, she can be a big help." I wouldn't think that's a good idea, I don't want to put more lives in danger than there already is. But I could ask. Who do you need? "I wouldn't like to talk about it openly, can you give me a number to call?" As she took out her phone, she typed in a number, and put it away.
"Anyway, I'm sorry, but I have to be on my way." Miranda said, as she headed to the door. "If I can help you, I will, but don't expect it." As Miranda walked off, Luna tried to hand over her rifle. "Keep it. You're better than I am. By the way, why did you choose your nicknames?"
"I read 'In the Darkness of Shadow Moses'," Seamus said, "and I thought that, since I used a revolver the best, I just went with the guy in the book."
"I like Nargles better," I said, "but not that many people know what they are. So I went with wolves, because they're just dogs. That, or 'Raven'."
"I like fox tails." Vivi said. "They're fluffy."
"I was thinking of toads first." Neville said. "But Sparrows are able to soar free, and I think that makes them happy."
"Well, it says something about each of you." Miranda said. "Seamus wants to be notable, Luna is loyal to her friends and intelligent, Vivi is still a child but very mature, and Neville grew up repressed and caged."
"How do you know our names?" Neville asked.
"You're trying to save lives." Miranda said, about to head out the door. "That draws people's attentions, doesn't it?" As she left, she gave us a faint smile.
Luna, how soon can you get back here? "If I use the Portkey, I'll arrive back in the room. Why?" Get back now. I'm sorry, Sanada-San, Shirogane-san, but it's an emergency. As we hid their weapons and I grabbed the Portkey, we gave a faint smile to Akihiko and Naoto, before I whispered "But the heart is home." As we were pulled back to the bedroom, we were caught by Ezio telekinetically and Raph. "What's the problem?"
"I'm sorry." Ezio said, as he almost passed out. "Using my powers as well as Fred and George's caused a combination to occur, that burned us out faster. Fred fainted first, so we lost a visual connection, and George passed out soon after I stopped talking with you. Sorry, but I would've lost you."
"Well, that was bad." Luna said, as she sat down. "But we know how we shouldn't mess with Biotics. Well, Biotics, anyway."
"So, let me get this straight." Seamus said, getting ready for bed. "Biotic beats Conduits, Conduits beat Wizard, Wizard beats Biotic? That shouldn't normally work."
"Yeah, but I'm too tired to complain." Ezio said, before lying down. "Good night." We all decided that the best thing would be to go to bed, as we got ready for bed.
Akihiko
"Strange people." I said, as I sat down. "One thing that I think is really weird, though. How did they get a Shadow to follow them?"
"Well, there was a Shadow that helped start the investigation into the Inaba murders." Naoto-kun said. "There can sometimes exist Shadows that aren't born from someone's troubles, and they develop sentience. I think something like that must have happened to all of the Shadow People around town."
"Wait." I asked, as I helped Naoto-kun over the pile of rubble. "You got involved after a Shadow asked you to stop the murders?"
"Actually, I was the last member to join." She said, as we walked out. "Teddie was unusual. He actually developed a Shadow himself."
"How'd the Shadows work in the TV world, anyway?"
"Someone gets trapped inside the TV world, if not saved by the next time a fog appears in our would, they die, and their Shadow takes a monstrous form based about their own insecurities." She said. "My Shadow almost made me undergo a sex change, and acted like a whiny child."
"What, are you insecure with your masculinity?" He asked me.
"Actually, I hated the fact that the police who I aided on the case usually ignored my help because I was a child, and I was a girl." Wait, what? "There were no women in the force."
"I hardly noticed you were a girl." I said. "You must be good at hiding your gender."
"Well, a bra was too obvious, so I used a sarashi instead. Anyway, what caused your Shadow incident?"
"A crazy old man collecting Shadows and trying to bring about the end of the world." I said. "Although, there were only a few people that could fight the Shadows, and they must have already have the potential to use a Persona. Unlike you, we didn't earn it, it just happened to us."
"Wow, just shows how different similar circumstances are, I guess." Naoto said, as I took out my cell phone. "{Hello, Chief Roberts? Sanada here.}"
*{Akihiko?}* The Chief asked. *{I was wondering when you'd call. Get this, the Coroner's report is finally ready. I already have it. Might I ask, where are you and Miss Shirogane?}*
"{We're outside the West End theatre.}" I replied. "{Sorry, it sort of got demolished, but we know who killed Fudge. We're on our way now.}" As I hung up, Naoto got into the car I rented, as I turned it on. "Coroner's report is ready."
"I want to get to the crime lab." Naoto said. "I'll take a look at the samples, see if there's some form of connection between them, maybe run a spectrometer test on them."
21/07/2011
Harry
As I got ready to head to Sirius' house, Fred and George just handed me a few pieces of paper. "Their names are on the bottom." Fred said, as I put them away.
"They're extremely powerful, but one use." George said, as I looked at one. 'Dragon's tongue'? What the hell is that? "Remember, emergencies only." Before I was able to ask what it was, Ginny grabbed me and pulled me towards the fireplace.
We already had an idea what we would do today. Liz got a call from her brother asking if she could help get aid to a few safe havens (The reason why Swansea was completely abandoned? Well, most cities were evacuated, and the citizens that survived were moved to three cities, London, Manchester and Birmingham, which are now being protected by the army as strongholds, with Dublin, Cork and Belfast now acting as strongholds in Ireland, and Cardiff and Edinburgh as Wales and Scotland's main fort), so Raph, Ginny and Charlie are going to get some trucks with supplies over there and take any injured people to a hospital. Meanwhile, Seamus, Luna and Neville would be heading to Knockturn Alley and investigate a few Death Eater sightings. Liz and Cho would be going somewhere with Dumbledore to look for a Horcrux and hopefully destroy it. And Hermione, Ron, the Twins and I would be heading to Gringotts and trying to get the Goblins' support against Voldemort.
As we arrived in the HQ and helped Raph out of the wall (Remember how we fly through if more than one person goes through?) by sending him through the wall. As I got up and saw Remus fix the wall, Sirius came over to me with a letter. "Harry," He said, handing it to me, "Sir Humphrey asked me to give you this. I have no idea what it's about, though." Wasting no time in opening it, I took out it's contents and read them to myself.
As I read it, the front door rang, as Sirius went to answer it. "Sir Humphrey, come in." Sirius said, as he opened the door.
"Has Harry been here today, or is he away?" Sir Humphrey asked, as I looked at the letter in disbelief.
"He's here at the moment, do you need to speak to him?" Sirius asked, while Hermione took the letter from my hand.
"Harry, are you okay?" Ron asked me, as Hermione read the letter. I hardly moved, just standing there in shock. "What's wrong with him?"
"Someone stole £250,000 from him." Hermione replied, handing him the letter.
"50,000 Galleons?" He said, as Sirius and Sir Humphrey came in. "Who could have done it?"
"My uncle." I said before falling onto the next seat. "The money was withdrawn around my cousin's birthday."
"The one that got thirty-seven presents when he was 11?" Ron asked.
"Thirty-seven?" Sir Humphrey asked in disbelief. "Well, I always knew Petunia always wanted to distance herself from the magic world, but I guess she must have spoilt her son rotten."
"Harry sent me a letter saying that he threw a PlayStation out the window because he didn't want to go on a diet." Sirius said. "What was that game Harry, 'Mega-Mutilation Part Three'?"
"Actually, I think it was Resident Evil 5." I said. "Those sons of bitches!"
"Yeah, I'll inform the police." Sir Humphrey said, as he wrote something down.
"No need." We heard Kasumi's voice say, as she suddenly appeared. "Give me the address, and I'll… well, I won't get the money back, but I'll equalise the damages."
"Kasumi," Ron said, as he gave her strange looks, "is it a good idea to tell us that you're going to in front of a lawyer?"
"…You're right." Kasumi said, suddenly spotting Sir Humphrey. "Unlike Asari, you have to tell the authorities."
"What?" Sirius asked, confused.
"Long story short, don't mess with me." She said, as she gave a handshake to Sir Humphrey. "Kasumi Goto. Don't worry, I already have a solicitor. Anyway, the last person that made me angry really regretted it after I smacked him around with a giant Ogre statue. Anyway, all I need is a hose, and a truck."
"Let me guess," Raph said, as he leaned against the damaged wall. "Saints Row 2?"
"Yep."
"This is going to go so, so wrong." Raph said as he put his head in his hands. "Just tell me you aren't going to get someone called Johnny involved."
"Relax." Kasumi said. "All I'll do is equalise the damage. Or else find some way to prove that he stole the money. Whichever causes the most damage to them."
"My aunt and uncle are pre-occupied with their desire to appear as a normal middle-class family." I said. "If you can destroy that fantasy, their little world will crumble."
"Well, Ezio's free," Kasumi said, turning on her cloaking device. "I'll get him involved to see how he can help." As we heard a crack, Liz tried to grab Kasumi, before she got away.
"If Ezio goes along with her, I'm going to make him bleed repeatedly." Liz said, as Dumbledore Apperated in.
"Oh, you're all here already." Dumbledore said, as he looked around the room, before realising something was off. "Is anything wrong?"
"We think the Dursleys have been stealing from Harry." Hermione said, handing him the letter. "We aren't certain, but due to several dates, we think that they used the money to indulge their son Dudley."
"What?" Dumbledore said, slightly angry. "I never gave them access to these accounts."
"Yeah, well, we're going to figure out how." Raph said. "Hold on, hand me that letter." As Dumbledore passed it over, Raph took out his phone and keyed a few things into it. "I'm sending some info to Ezio, he can pass it to a friend and confirm that it was the Dursleys. I don't want any brash decisions going on."
"One thing I want to ask." Sir Humphrey said, slightly confused. "How did that woman get in here? This place is protected by the Fidelius Charm."
"She's an acquaintance of Dumbledore's." Luna said. "Hermione and I found that out."
"Well, I'll look into it after we find the next Horcrux." Dumbledore said, as Cho and Liz walked over to him. "However, the Death Eaters are guarding the location, so let me fight them." With that, the three of them Apperated.
"Well, we're going to head off and help with aid." Charlie said, as Raph and Ginny followed him out the door. "If you need us, call Raph. He's the one who can use the mobile phones."
"We'll try and let you all know of any developments in Knockturn Alley." Luna said, as she, Seamus and Neville followed out the front door. "Should we get the bus?"
"NO!" The two boys shouted, as they opened and headed out of the door.
"Well, it's probably for the better." Luna said, as she left and closed the door.
"By the way, Sirius," Sir Humphrey said, as he handed Sirius a necklace. "I secured a time for your hearing. It's at noon in a private room in Gringotts."
"You're actually getting an appeal?" I asked, shocked. "Good luck, hope you don't get Kissed."
"Why do you think I hired a private room?" Sirius asked, as he put on the necklace. "I assume that this will take me to Gringotts at noon?"
"Yes, it will." Sir Humphrey said. "As soon as 12 noon passes, you'll be taken to Gringotts for the hearing. Well, I have to be going, I'm meeting another client soon. But I'll be present at the hearing." As he gave a quick nod and Apperated, Fred and George got out their wands before pulling me out of the seat.
"Well, if you're rested enough Harry, I think we should go." Fred said, as they led me to the door.
"Yes, I think so too, brother mine." George said. "Wait, why are we heading to the door?" As they gave a grin, they turned us to face Ron and Hermione. "Grab our shoulders."
"If you're going to Apperate," I said, slightly worried, "make sure it's next to a bin."
FILES:
Gringotts Letter
Mr Harry Potter, I am writing this to you in order to explain some further developments about your parent's estate. It seems that they had several accounts in several Muggle banks. We are trying to properly link your accounts (as per your request), and the total amount in your accounts are worth 3,190,248G, 6S, 23Kn (£15,951,242.96). We don't know if this is all of the amount that your parents left you, however, but we will inform you when we discover the rest, if any, vaults your parents left.
However, there is an issue that has arisen when we checked the accounts. One of them was completely cleared of 50,000G (£250,000) when we looked at the account. This wasn't a one off event, the account was cleared over a period of 10 years. We are investigating this in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police, and we will report what we find.
May your endeavours lead to prosperity,
Ragnok
[What was left with the letter was a series of transactions of large amounts. Wait, most of these are around the end of June, or leading up to… that fucker!]
Happy Christmas, and sorry if this chapter was a little late. Anyway, I want to say, yes, I fixed Keiji's name, and I will fix any other mistake that any reader points out, but there are rules.
1) It must have supporting evidence in canon, unless there's no way of proving it (btw, I've only seen the movies, is there any evidence about when the books take place?)
2) I will not ship anyone unless it's canon (So I can let you guess who Shepard's romance is)
Also, about Keiji's name being wrong, I was actually told that it was wrong by two friends IRL. I was slightly embarrassed, so I decided to fix it. I have been thinking of either having him get killed off in Stolen Memory or keep him alive. I decided, might as well have a vote. Also, what should Kasumi do to the Dursleys:
A) Find Evidence that they stole from Harry and hand it to the police;
B) Steal the money back;
c) Steal a sewage truck and empty it into Vernon's place of work;
D) All three.
Vote for their fate in my new poll :D
Also, responses to a few reviews, because everyone does them, I suppose.
1) Fire-Warrioress, thanks to your kind words, and I will try and I will try and keep a limit to the amount of sources to this fic. And I have to say, the Shadows aren't from Kingdom Hearts, they're from the Persona series. But shame on you, now I have to include a joke about Kingdom Hearts. I was actually going to exclude that source.
2) aduck1, I wouldn't include Cerberus without some sort of plan to explain them. But thanks for the positive review.
As I said, I am accepting questions for characters to answer, both Ocs and borrowed characters. For example, 'What was your opinion about this', or 'What do you like about that', or even 'Would you like to engage in a mud wrestling match whilst completely naked with me and my sister?' *SMACK* What the hell?
'Isn't this story supposed to be rated for Teens?'
Hermione, that was… what the hell was that book?
'It's the Hogwarts Birth Register.'
Wait, the one that records all the magical births in the UK? *BOOM* Damn, it's thick.
'Well, I personally think that you should stop with all the vulgarness in the story, as well as… DON'T READ IT!'
Hey, I want to see when certain characters were born. It's not like I always have access to the Harry Potter Wiki.
'Why don't you buy the books, then?'
I bought all the DVDs, and I have the third game on PS2. Well, I got that for free, but… what the…
'Oh, come on, hand it over.'
Hermione, read that! *Hermione glances at the book*
'Wait, that's not right.'
Neither are aliens, wizards, superheroes, whatnot. But it is confusing.