Chapter 35

The next day was great for Harry. As a result of his previous mission, he had a pocket full of money and a full day to blow it.

"Morning," Alan said cheerfully as Harry walked into the kitchen. The scent of freshly baked muffins came to him and flooded him with a feeling of bliss. "Want a muffin?" Alan said summoning one from the oven.

"Thanks," Harry said accepting the muffing. "Anyone else awake yet?" he asked before taking a bite. "This is delicious!" He exclaimed.

"Thanks, and no, everyone is still asleep" Alan answered.

"Not anymore," Gray said coming in. "What is that delightful smell?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.

"Muffins," Alan answered. "Want one?" he asked and Gray nodded jerkily.

"And some coffee please" she muttered.

"You're going to have to wait a bit. The coffee there is stone cold," Alan advised.

"No problem," Gray answered and without a second thought pointed her index finger at the aforementioned pot of coffee. Before either of the two guys could say anything, a jet of white hit flame sprang from Gray's index finger engulfing the coffee. At that moment, the kitchen felt like an over. Harry could feel the sweat all over his body. His skin seemed to sizzle under the pressure. And just like that the flame was gone and the burning sensation with it, leaving Harry on the ground, sweating bullets and panting.

"What the hell was that?" Alan asked, not much better off than Harry. Gray shrugged.

"I'm a pyromancer" she answered nonchalantly.

"Those are incredibly rare," Harry said, still on the floor. "There are hardly one hundred of them left."

"Yup" Gray answered with pride, munching on her muffin. "I wouldn't recommend messing with me." She added. "So what do you guys do?" She asked as Harry and Alan stared back at her blankly. "Oh come on! All of us were chosen for the organization because we were special. You two were obviously not chosen for your intelligence," she remarked and the two looked at each other.

"Well I'm a visionary" Alan said after a second's hesitation. "I can see visions of the future, but it isn't much use unless I can interpret them,"

"I can do many things, but don't have a particular talent like you two," Harry said. "I'm good at fighting and mind magic I suppose." He added.

"Why do you think Suki and Ed are here?" Gray asked taking a sip of her coffee.

"Well Ed is here because he can use a sword as well as a painter can use a brush," Alan answered. "Scary guy,"

"And I think Suki's here because she's a good healer" Harry added. "She seemed pretty good from what I saw"

"Speaking of which, mind telling me why you're alive?" A voice asked from behind him. He turned around to see Suki in a nightgown, her hair in a mess and her foot tapping the ground making a fairly nice beat.

"Can't you just be happy? I survived by a miracle!" Harry answered nonchalantly.

"It wasn't a miracle. I'm not stupid" Suki defended. Then she leaned closer to him. "You have a secret and I'm going to find out what it is." She whispered. In turn he leaned towards her ear.

"My penis is actually a snake. Are you satisfied?" He whispered and her face turned red.

"You're an ass!" She yelled at him, her face red from shame.

"And you're nosy, so I guess we're even" he answered childishly. Alan sat in the corner snickering to himself while Gray tilted her head to the side trying to make sense of the exchange.

"Breakfast?" Alan asked, successfully diffusing the awkward moment.

"I'll take some too" a voice said as heavy footsteps were heard. Ed came into the kitchen dressed in a black robe that billowed in a manner similar to Snape's and adorned a sword sheath on his back. The sheath itself was a beautiful whirlpool of sapphires, diamonds, emeralds and gold. Blue crystals filled the voids in which the other precious stones were absent. The hilt of the sword was equally if not more impressive. The handle appeared to be made out of a mix of platinum and yellow gold with a few gemstones surrounding it. Harry could only image what the actual sword was made of. Whatever it was, it looked fairly heavy.

"What the hell is that thing on your back?" Gray asked without hesitation. Ed pointedly ignored her in favor of taking a bagel from the fridge. "Hey! Answer me!" she persisted, but he continued to ignore her and chose this time to leave the house entirely.

"So, do all of you have the day off?" Harry asked as Gray cursed Ed for being a rude degenerate. Smoke started to seep from her nose and ears, yet she remained either woefully ignorant or chose not to acknowledge it.

"Yeah I think we all do," Alan answered as Suki was too busy not talking to Harry and Gray was still- literally- fuming.

"Ah! In that case, let's get a few things done," Suki said entering the conversation. "First we should buy some food as we're almost out," she looked pointedly at Alan when she said this, but all he did was shrug. "Then we have to start dividing the chores. We can all obviously clean out own rooms and clothes, but someone will have to was the dishes, or spell them every day. The living room and kitchen clean themselves thankfully"

"You two should go shopping for these things right now," Suki continued handing them a list about three feet long. "Go familiarize yourselves with the neighborhood and grab a few things along the way."

"A few? This'll take a week!" Alan complained, causing Suki to sigh.

"Shut up and get the hell out of here!" Suki said pulling the two out of their seats and towards the door. "And don't come back until you're done!" She yelled.

"Why do we get stuck with this?" Alan muttered to himself.

"That's the luck of the draw. Now lets just get this done quickly," Harry reasoned and Alan nodded.

"Like we have a choice" he said and Harry nodded. "What's first on the list?"

"Let me check… it says we need… just about every vegetable known to man is on the list. Let's cover the grocer's first" Harry suggested, but he got no response. "Alan?" He asked, turning around to see what was holding his partner up. Alan was on his knees, his iris' a pure white. His mouth was slightly agape, but everything below his neck seemed to go limp. "Alan!" he yelled rushing to his comrade's aid. It all happened so fast. It was as if a spirit flooded Alan's body and he returned to normal. "You okay?"

Alan couldn't answer due to the fact that he was breathing heavily. "Need to go… get back… house… explosion." Alan gasped out.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked frantically. Something was clearly wrong.

"House… go back…explodes… die…run!" Alan said unable to catch his breath. Harry panicked and did the only thing that seemed right. He smacked Alan across the face. As his palm made contact, a resounding sound of flesh hitting flesh greeted his ears. Oddly enough it seemed to work.

"Now, what the hell were you saying?" Harry asked as Alan touched his red cheek.

"There's going to be a huge attack about thirty feet ahead of where u are standing. We need to get the hell away from here. It's not safe"

"When?" Harry asked.

"I don't know…" Alan said, attempting to get up. "Let's get the hell out of here" he urged and Harry sighed.

"Alright, but you have to explain this" he joked as he moved to help Alan to his feet.

Behind the pair, a thundering boom was heard and both of them felt a dangerous heat kiss their necks. Harry looked back to see flames approaching at godlike speeds and clouds of smoke falling off the flames as they danced closer and closer to the pair. "Aguaus Ultimus!" Harry yelled pulling out his wand. A wall of water was summoned and the flames were held back.

"The wall won't hold long will it?" Alan asked grimly.

"It could either put out the flames, or it could collapse. Depends entirely on how much strength the flames have," Harry said. "Let's hope for the best!" he said as he pushed more magic into the wall. "Can you stand?" he asked turning his focus to Alan.

"I…think…so" Alan responded while slowly moving to stand on his own. "I don't have the strength to cast a spell"

"That's fine. Get back to the house and I'll be there in a bit," Harry told him but he shook his head.

"No point in leaving alone," he said. "Might as well stick around. My strength will be back in a minute." What happened next seemed to happen in slow motion. The wall of water collapsed with a light splash, reduced to a mere puddle soon to be absorbed by the fire that destroyed it. The fire, Harry noticed was beginning to turn black- into fiendfyre.

What seemed like a tornado of fire came charging at the pair showing no signs of slowing down. Harry raised his wand, but his mind went blank. There were no spells he could think of to extinguish fiendfyre. He closed his eyes, awaiting the pain that was sure to come. Beads of sweat flowed from his forehead as the flames came closer. They seemed to taunt him, inching towards him, almost there, but not quite.

A/N: Yeah I know, its not my greatest work, but I really wanted to get this out and I have a crazy headache. Really this was just to introduce some of the unique characters and all. A filler if you will.

Anyway, tell me what you thought. I have a ton of work, so I'm going to skedaddle. Yes, I just said skedaddle.

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