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Chapter 25

(Ebony P.O.V)

I found dad talking to Uncle Jimmy not too far away from Xaviers office. From the look of anger Jimmy's face dad was telling him what we had found out Dumbledore had done, or he had killed Rogue. Jimmy seemed protective of her, like dad was protective of me.

"I think we may have someone we can trust in the school." I said, coming up behind them.

Dad turned to face me, and raised an eyebrow. "Whose that then cub?"

"Snape."

"I thought he hated you." Jimmy said.

"Maybe he does, but he hates Dumbles more, and Voldemort. And then there's the fact that he seems to like Lena." I said. "And I mean like. Oh Merlin! I hope I won't have to put up with him for good! With Lena's power, he could be around forever!" I shuddered at the thought. "Maybe if I kill him when she's not around…"

"YOU WILL NOT EBONY CREED!" I heared Lena yell.

"Then again, maybe not."

"You think we can trust him with this Cub?" dad asked, making sure I new what I was talking about.

"I'm sure. He wasn't lying when I made sure that he wasn't really Dumbledores pawn. And Rufus said we needed someone in a permenant position on the staff that we could trust."

"I'll think about it Cub, but you do not tell him anything, until I've decided whether or not we can trust him with this, right?"

"Right. My lips are seald. I can still tell Mione though, right?"

"Yes Ebony, you can. No one else though, right?"

"Right. See you later then."

"See you later cub."

"Later kid." Jimmy said.

I took off running once more, this time, searching for Hermione. I caught hold of her scent, and followed it back to our shared room.

"Hey Mione, good day?" I asked, almost bouncing into the room.

"Ebony! You're back! Finally! You've been gone far longer than I thought you would be!"

"Yeah, well, we discovered quite a few interesting things." I said. "But first things first, can wizards like Dumbledore read minds?"

"It's called legillamacy. I've read a small bit about it. Not much mind."

"Can you block it?"

"I haven't gotten round to that part yet." She said, shaking her head.

"Then I need to show you how to shield your mind from telepaths before we go back to school. Luckily, I know a few ways that you don't have to be a telepath to use. Otherwise, I can't tell you."

"Because someone will read my mind?"

"Pretty much." I said.

"Then I'm up to learning. What do you want to tell me?"

I sat down on my bed, before lying down, with my hands behind my head. "We can't trust Dumbledore." I said. "If you hadn't told me about magical guardians, and I hadn't contacted Gringotts, then both Harry and I would have died by our magical majority."

I then went on to explain everything that the Goblins had helped us find out during todays meeting, and then the rituals, and then what happened later.

"He was going to let you both die?" Hermione asked appaled. "But if we can't trust Dumbledore, who can we trust? There's Sirius Black, obviously, and Rufus Scrimigor, but who else? Can we even trust any other pupils? Could they be under his thumb too?"

"I don't know Hermione. Maybe Snape, but I'm still kinda looking into that."

"Snape?"

"Whole different ball game there, but he doesn't like Dumbledore, or Voldemort." I said, noticing Hermione flinch a little at the name. "I'm certain of that."

"Three adults in the wizarding world, well technically four, seeing as your dad is able to accept his Lordship because he's a mutant. But Dumbledore has a lot of political clout."

"Yes, but who said anything about going head on against him just yet?" I asked. "With people our age there's me, you, and Harry for definate. Hopefully that includes Fred, George, Ron and Ginny. Maybe Luna as well, if anything from her little speech a few days ago is anything to go by."

"That's still a very small group Eb. And not nearly powerful enough to take on Dumbledore, in anyway."

"We'll just have to scout out. There's also Rufus' contacts. And Harry does have the whole boy who lived thing, and I'm the heir to Merlins magic. That has to count for something. Maybe if we get to know some other kids from some of the Most Aincient and Noble Houses, we can gain more allies."

Hermione wrinkled her nose. "Whats the bet that Malfoy is one of them?"

"Oh, not him, no matter what his family is, we need to find out who the other families are."

"It's the start of a plan, at least. I think we need to start reserching. But we can't do that, without books, I'd say the library, but…"

"I have something better." I said. "Someone who's been raised in the wizarding world. Luna."

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