As the time approached midnight, Clairi pulled the cloak closer to her as the wind picked up as she stood infront of Grimwalded Place. Waiting for number 12 to reveal its self. She gave the Order and Professor Dumbledore permission to continue to use the home as Head Quarters for the Order after her father passed. Even though she placed the Notice-me-not Charm on herself it didn't stop her from checking her surroundings to make sure she wasn't fallowed. The trees rustled in the wind as she walked up the stairs to the door. Walking in to the old home, She hung her cloak on the rack and started to cast a few household charms since Kreature now is at the manor, with Ira. Dust and mold seemed to begin to disapperate around her as she walked to the kitchen to start to brew some tea and coffee for the others when they flue in to the study.
She thought of what she was told earlier by Hermione. The younger Black went to her adopted parents house to visit. Clairi and her had spoken about placing strong enchantments around the Granger's home to trigger if any Death Eaters tried to enter the home. Hermione said she had a plan and not to worry about them. When Hermione got to the manor earlier, the girl's eyes where red and she cheeks pink from crying. Once Hermione had calmed down, the girl explained what she had done. She tried to use a temporary memory charm, but it wouldn't stick, as Hermione found evidence of a memory charm that was placed on them when Regulus had left her with them to raise. Hermione had to wipe all memories they had of the life they shared together. It was painful for her. Clairi knew just how painful it was, for Hermione it was like losing her parents like Clairi had lost her father a year ago. Clairi told her cousin to take a lie down, and she would see her at the order meeting.
Standing at the stove as she thought of everything that had happen lately. She had discovered the second line of text on the box.
The tick of the seconds pass
With each tock and tick, the hands and grains of fate and Destiny move forward and backward.
She would have to tell the order that, of what she is working on. The more time she spent with the box the more and more she began to believe that the box belonged to Impious M'Cronwell, her grandfather on her mothers side. From what she had found out about Impious was that the man was an Unspeakable who looked into many of the old wise tails of the ancient wizarding world and even looked into many of the muggle worlds wise tails. But what she couldn't figure out was why the box was in the vault of the family. So far she couldn't find any connection between M'Cronwell and the 's.
Sure Argues was a renown man known for many achievements in both worlds. He was one of the few wizards in the 13th century that lived in both worlds. The man was close to many Emperors and Empresses, Kings and Queens. Clairi had found a connection between and the Knights Templar. Which begs the question, where some of the Templars wizards? Had they hidden some wizarding artifacts with the missing Templars treasure? She had to many questions, but not enough answers.
"My Lovely Airi!" A very excited familiar voice pulled the heiress from her thoughts.
"Dora! How are you?" Clairi asked wrapping her arms around the women that was her older cousin or sister.
"Doing fine, just alittle morning sickness, but other then that I'm fine." Tonks had smiled at her.
"Morning sickness? Your not? No… Merlin this is exciting!" The two of them laughed as they swayed back in forth in a hug.
"It is exciting." Tonks agreed.
"How does Professor Lupin feel about it?" Clairi asked looking Tonks in the eye.
"Well he has his good and bad thoughts about it." Tonks explained as they both sat down.
"That I can understand." Clairi agreed.
They began chatting to catch up with their lives. Clairi knew that when her cousin fell in love with the man that they would have a complicated relationship. It took all of Clairi's 7th year for Tonks to convince Remus that he deserved a life with someone that truly cared about him. Remus wasn't convinced until one mission the two where sent on and they had a run in with Dementors. Seeing that Tonk's petrous had changed from the rabbit that Clairi had known it to me to a wolf had changed his mind enough to give it a go. When the man in question was a werewolf and had been deemed a monster at the young age of five due to a werewolf named Fenrir Grayback taking out his revenge for Lupin Sr. on Remus. It makes it hard for Remus to see himself like everyone else. Clairi understood that with the masses against you from a young age its hard to think other wise.
The two of them knew how the man felt about everything, and on top of that Remus had been helping Bill though his werewolf attack. Even though Bill wont turn, he will still feel drained leading up to the full moon and sick after wards. Bill will have heighten senses and feel protective of those that he sees as his family or pack. Which come's with being attacked by a werewolf. As the order members arrived, the room became stuffy and warm. Casting a cooling charm on the room so that the heat wont make the other people uncomfortable. Clairi kept her seat next to Dora , as Fred and Remus sat on either side of them. Hermione sat in between Ron and Fred with George standing behind them. Zander sat across from them with Theo seated next to him. The order members where wary of Theo until the young boy explained that he watched his father kill his mother, that he himself had been abused by the deranged father he had, and that his own father was planning to offer him up to the Dark Lord for pennants for his failure.
Once everyone was there, Kingsley and Mad-eye-Moody stood to begin the meeting.
"Good evening everyone, and welcome. I'm sorry that it is at an untimely hour of the night. But with us all being watched this was for the best." Kingsley began.
"Remember Constraint Virulence, it will keep you alive long enough to fine a safe place." Moody's voice came over them with a rough grugulents.
"True, so this evening we have a few things to discuss before we leave and go about our ways. One being the extraction of Harry Potter from his Aunts and Uncles home. The precautions for Bill Weasley's wedding that's in a few weeks. And Miss. Black would like to explain something that she has found as well." Kings spoke eyeing each individual in the kitchen.
"Pertaining to Harry Potter, I believe its best to have a particle approach to extracting the boy. Polyjuice Potion and have a select few become him to through off the Death Eaters." Moody explained.
"Harry wont be thrilled about that idea." Hermione spoke her opinion.
"True, that's why everyone who will change needs to be of age. Fred, George, Clairi, Ron, Mutdunges, Fleur, Theo and yourself Miss. Granger." Kings added.
As the extraction plan was explained, the individuals that would become Harry would be paired with another person to act as a guard. Fred with his father, George with Lupin, Mutdunes with Moody, Ron with Tonks, Fleur and Bill, Theo with Zander, Hermione and Kings, and then Clairi with Jaspin. While Harry protested the idea Hermione would be the one to pluck a few hairs out of Harry's head and place them into the potion. Then everyone would change clothes to be even more convincing to the Death Eaters. Then they discussed the wedding that many though should be held off till a later date. But Bill argued that this was a good as time as ever. Once they knew that Kings would be at the Ministry that night watching to see if anything happened and would alert everyone at the Wedding with his petrous if something put the Wedding in danger or the wedding goers in any danger. Once that discussion was finished every head turned to Clairi.
Taking a deep breath she began; "As you all know, being Bills apprentice and working to become a full Curse Breaker. I must prove myself by breaking the charms and curses on a certain artifact. That artifact came from 's vault. The goblins found the box as they emptied the vault to distribute the contains. They hand anything over that has any complex charms or curses placed on them to the Curse Breakers. If no Curse Breakers can figure them out then they get handed to the Unspeakable at the Ministry."
She paused to look around and saw that many who knew the protocol agreed and understood what she was explaining. Taking a sip of her tea, she continued.
"Well I was given a box that two other people couldn't break. Upon examination of the box I noticed that the runes would change when you looked away. The runes on the side of the Box were the ones that many study in school and that we see more then the other dialects. Then I noted that there was a stone on the lid, as I continued my examination over the months. The lid had the Moonic Runes written across the lid. Once night I was working late on the artifact. The stone had a gentle glow to it under the Waxing Crescent moon and then I noticed that the Runes on the right side where constraint. Thus I was able to decipher them. Thus far I have decipher;
As the clock tick forward
The sand drifts backwards
The tick of seconds pass
With each tock and tick, the hands and grains of fate and destiny move forwards and back.
Its an interesting thing, as my grandfather worked as an Unspeakable that fallowed many legions and myths that where both Wizarding and Muggle. I also know that the last thing he ever was working on was the Sands of Time legion. Which is why the Dark Lord went after his family." Clairi finished looking at them all.
"So what your saying Lass is that you may have found something to prove what your grandfather was working is true." Moody spoke after everything sunk in.
"It's possible, but I'm still working on other theories'. But that one holds the strongest, believable evidence." Clairi said as Fred wrapped an arm around her shoulders and squeezed her slightly.
"Well we can ask a member of the order that's in the Department of Mystires to see if there is anything left from your grandfather there." Kings thought out loud.
"Sir, I've already made inquiries to the Department and it has been unhelpful." Clairi rolled her eyes.
"Lets try again."
A week later Clairi, Fred, Zander and Theo met up with the others at the Burrow. Molly wasn't happy that any of her children born or adopted would be participating in the plan. But since they where of age she couldn't stop them. Clairi knew that if her father was still around that he would be just as against this as she was, but also knew that they would still go. Clairi and Hermione being the last two true Blacks in the Wizarding world, and both on the side against the Dark Lord put them at risk of attack. Then the Nott brothers where both in the list of those the Dark Lord would kill with out a second though. The order had many of those that where on the lunatics list and many that could fly under the radar for now. That night would put everything that they learned in school to the test. Every hex, charm, and curse that they learned would be needed. Their flying skills would be but to the test as well, many where known for their quidditch skills and others would be on magical creatures. This night would be the beginning of the war that they have been preparing for.