New Guardian, New Life
By: Sheltie
I still don't own Harry Potter
Chapter 21
Fawkes sat on his perch watching the old man hunched over his journal furiously scribbling away. The majestic bird sighed inwardly. The phoenix came to Dumbledore early on and the old man did some rituals to bind the bird to him. These rituals were very dark in nature and bound Fawkes to Dumbledore with really no hope to escape. Fawkes laid his head down silently wondering why he had to come to this human. So the man started off light, but then slowly turned gray, then into his own personal dark. Dumbledore bound Fawkes to him be perpetuate his sign of the great leader of light. Fawkes again sighed, but then a sudden thought came to him and he felt something he never felt in a long time ago. Hope.
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Luna sat on her bed reading when a sudden flash of fire startled her from her concentration.
"Hello Fawkes" she greeted.
Fawkes trilled in greeting then stared intently at the blond.
Luna stared right back just as intensely. Neither blinked at one another nor moved an inch. It felt years passed until Luna smiled and nodded.
"I'll do it Fawkes, don't worry" she said.
Fawkes trilled happily and then flamed out.
After Fawkes left Luna, she left her room and went down to the common room. She found it empty, which she was grateful for. She then made her way into Harry and Hermione's room and grabbed Harry's invisibility cloak. She knew that Harry wouldn't be mad at her for using it, especially when he found what why. She headed to the library and then put the cloak on, first making sure no one was around to see. She went to the restricted section of the library in hopes of finding the right book.
After what felt like hours, she couldn't find the book and she deduced that the book had to be the headmaster's office. She was hesitant to go there, as that meant she had to find a way to get Dumbledore out of there. But she wasn't a friend with one of the smartest witches since Rowena and one of the bravest wizards since Godric for nothing.
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Harry and Hermione ran the DA in a more military style. They had Frank and Alice Longbottom floo in, thanks to the Room's ability to produce a secure floo line. The two aurors trained the members in shields and dodging. Frank and Alice split the group into two with one half working on dodging and the other shielding, then they switched. The two aurors wanted the group to be efficient in both.
They used stinging hexes on the students to simulate pain. This of course had the members griping.
"What was wrong with the tickling spell and leg-lock curses that we used before?" Ernie asked.
"Because Death Eaters don't use those kinds of spells. They aim to kill and inflict extreme pain." Harry said coldly.
Everyone stepped back from Harry at this.
"What Harry is trying to say is that it is more likely for us to want to dodge and shield if we know that a spell can hurt us. Tickling spell and leg-locking curse don't show that, thus we don't feel incline to dodge or shield against them. But with a stinging hex you know that you're going to feel pain so you are more likely dodge or shield" Hermione said.
Grumbles were heard, but they went back to training.
The group also started on healing spells thanks to Susan. Her aunt sent her books on the subject. Harry wanted members to be adequate in healing on the battlefield. He didn't want to lose his friends to this war if could help it.
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Luna frowned as she pondered a way to get into the headmaster's office without being caught. That's when Fawkes flashed in. They stared at one another for a few minutes then the bird nodded and flamed out. Luna smiled knowing the phoenix had a plan.
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Fawkes appeared back on his perch without the old man even noticing his absence. Fawkes watched as the old man wrote in his book and wiggle in his chair every once and a while. Then the old man got up and wandered around, leaving the book wide open. Fawkes took this as opening and swooped down and snatched the book in his talons, then flamed out.
Dumbledore didn't react for several seconds, but when he did he cursed in all the languages he knew. How could he be so stupid to have left the book out like that. But he was getting restless sitting thanks to the uncomfortable feeling he'd always get. He then right himself and apparated out to find his phoenix and his book.
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Fawkes flamed into Luna's room to give her the signal then promptly left. Luna, getting the signal nodded and rushed to the gargoyle. It opened, thanks to the fact that Hogwarts knew her. She made her way up and once in the headmaster's office she looked through the shelves hoping to find the right book. She moved quickly not knowing when Dumbledore would be back. She found the book and ran from the office.
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Fawkes arrived in the Amazon and dropped the book in the river gleefully trilling. Dumbledore arrived a few minutes later and knew he was too late. His flawless plan was destroyed. Thanks to his failed plans before hand, he'd begun to feel his age and that meant his memory was slowly going too. He had an amazing memory and could usually remember any plan not matter how complicated it was, but now with his slowly deteriorating memory he was made to write everything down in that book. Now he had to start back over and fresh. He cursed in several tongues until he exhausted himself. He then plopped down on the riverbank and pouted.
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Draco sighed as he leaned back in his chair. He thought about how his life had changed and couldn't help, but think how it was better. He had a girlfriend that actually loved him and a real chance to survive. He learned from his talks with Harry that Voldemort was a half-blood, which shocked him to his core. His father worshipped a half-blood. He couldn't believe that they whole pureblood society had been duped. But his talks with Harry and the others made him open his eyes and see that the wizarding world was in dire need of moving forward to the future and he knew he needed to jump in on this bandwagon.
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Luna read the book intently and learned of all the various dark rituals that might've been put on Fawkes. She then made copious notes and decided to try and create a ritual to help free the bound phoenix. Thankfully she was a Ravenclaw and was used to working on a couple projects at the same time. She balanced her homework and her work on the ritual equally and found it amazing that Harry and Hermione haven't noticed. But she had to concede that the pair were working hard on getting the DA in fighting form.
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Several long weeks of the DA was taking a toll on Harry, Hermione could feel it through their bond.
"Harry, you have to relax" Hermione said.
"I'm trying Hermione, but I'm worried that Voldemort is planning something" Harry said.
"You shouldn't worry about something that might not happen" Hermione said.
"But it's bothering me" Harry said.
"I have something to make you forget all your worries" Hermione said.
"You do?" Harry asked.
"Yes, but it's a surprise. So no peeking in my head" Hermione said.
"I would never do that" Harry exclaimed.
Hermione mentally snorted.
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Luna looked up with a weary look on her face.
"Luna, are you alright?" Neville asked worriedly.
"I'm fine Neville, just working hard in studying for my O.W.L's" Luna said.
"Alright, but be careful. If you work any harder than you'll be just like Hermione was last year at this time" Neville said.
"I'll be careful Neville. I think I'm going to take a nap" Luna said as she got up and stretched.
"Okay, you do that" Neville said and patted her on the back.
Luna smiled as she thought of how much her friends cared for her.
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That night Harry was getting ready for bed.
"Hermione, are you all set for bed?" Harry asked.
"Yes I am" Hermione said with a bit of nervousness in her voice.
Harry picked right on it and was worried.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yes."
Hermione came out and Harry's jaw dropped. Hermione was wearing a red teddy with gold lace.
"Do you like it?" Hermione asked nervously.
"I, uh, um, uh" Harry responded.
Hermione smiled as she felt through the bond Harry's arousal, which not only enhanced hers, but decreased her nervousness.
"Come on, get on the bed" she ordered.
Harry did as he was told like a robot. He laid on the bed complete at his wife's mercy. Hermione summoned a bottle of massage oils that she had ready then straddled her husband's posterior.
"Was this what you had in mind when you told me you had a way to make me forget" Harry said when his brain was reengaged.
Hermione smiled.
"Yes, it is" she said.
"Alright" Harry said.
"So is it working?" Hermione asked smirking.
"It started working as soon as I saw you wearing that" Harry said.
Hermione blushed, but inside she was beaming.
"Come now Harry, let me erase all that stress" Hermione said in a husky tone.
Hermione then began to rub the soothing oil all over Harry back. This made Harry relax and as he breathed in the calming scent he smiled.
"Where did you learn to do this?" he asked.
"I read about it" Hermione responded.
Harry snorted at this.
"So am I doing alright?" Hermione asked hesitantly.
"I'm not complaining" Harry said.
After Hermione finished she went and washed up. She then came back and spooned with Harry.
"You know, you are very sexy in that" Harry commented as he played with the gold lace.
"Really?" she asked happily.
"Yeah" Harry said and pulled her into a heated kiss.
Their hands roamed one another's bodies and could tell which part gave their partner the most pleasure thanks to the bond.
"Harry, stop, please" Hermione said breathlessly.
"Sorry Hermione, but it's kind of hard to stop with you looking like that" Harry said panting.
Hermione's hair was sticking to her forehead and the only part of her teddy that was still on her was the lower part since the upper part was slipped of during their exploring.
"It's alright Harry, I was getting kind of carried away too" Hermione said wiping the sweat from her brow.
Harry nodded then wrapped his arms around her.
"Lets end here then" he said.
"Alright, goodnight Harry" Hermione said.
"Night Harry."
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Susan smiled as she read the book Hermione gave her for Christmas. Oh, did she have plans for her sweet Neville.
"Susan, you still up?" Hannah asked.
"Yeah, I guess I didn't realize what time it is" Susan said now glancing at the clock.
"It's alright, you seemed very focused on what you were reading" Hannah said.
"Uh, yeah" Susan said blushing a bit.
"Oh, so what are you reading my dear sweet, innocent Susan?" Hannah asked teasingly.
"Nothing" Susan said as she tried to hide the book.
But Hannah was faster than Susan and stronger too. She yanked the book out of her friend's hands.
" 'Exotic Massage for Beginners'" Hannah said reading the title out loud.
Thankfully the Hufflepuff common room was empty except for the two or it would've been more embarrassing.
"Who gave you this?" Hannah asked as she now was skimming the pages, which had not only descriptive text, but pictures to go along with it too.
"Hermione did, for Christmas" Susan said blushing.
"Really, I didn't think the Gryffindor bookworm to be into stuff like this" Hannah said shocked.
Susan frowned at this.
"Hermione isn't as cold and frigid as people think Hannah" she said defending her friend.
"I didn't mean anything by it Sue. I just never thought she would read something like this, let alone give it as a gift" Hannah said.
"Well, Hermione knows how much Harry is stress about preparing the DA for combat, and she read this book to help reduce the stress" Susan said.
Hannah's eyebrow rose at this.
"Really?"
Susan just nodded, deciding to say no more about to protect her friend's privacy.
"Then why'd she give this book to you?" Hannah asked curiously.
"She thought that I might benefit from it. Since Neville is training just as hard as Harry" Susan said with her cheeks glowing bright red.
Hannah's eyes widen, she knew that Susan and Neville were in a serious relationship. She clearly remembered the day Susan told that Neville told her that he'd marry her when the graduate. The ring that now adorn on her friend's hand promised it.
"Well then, I'll leave you to your reading then" Hannah said as she handed the book back to Susan.
"Oh, and if ever feel like practicing on someone, I'll be happy to volunteer" she added leaning close to her friend's ear.
Susan just nodded, she knew where her best friend's sexual orientation went.
End of chapter
A/N: That's the end of this chap. Luna's working on freeing Fawkes, will she succeeded? Will Hannah join in on Susan and Neville's relationship? What is Dumbledore going to do now? Find out the answers to these intriguing questions in the next chap of New Guardian, New Life. Thanks for reading and please review.