Chapter Two

Aquila sighed as she sat on the swing in the playground just down the block from Privet Drive. The sun was high in the sky, beating down on her with immense heat. She grabbed her braid and twisted it up into a bun, sticking a pencil in it to hold it in place. Sighing once more, she got to her feet and started walking towards the bus station, hoping to catch a ride to the shopping center before Dudley and Piers stopped her and started annoying the shit out of her. When the bus pulled up, she waved her hand sending a silent Confundus at the driver. Finding a seat in the back, she put on her earbuds and hit 'Play' on her mp3 player that she had swiped from Dudley's "trash pile" the other day. He had just gotten a new one on his birthday and had instantly discarded the old one.

As the bus drove through the city, she went over some of Voldemort's memories she had. Mostly the ones about his Horcruxes. She knew that one was in the Chamber of Secrets, she'd have to give that one to him when they got to Hogwarts. She now knew that she and the snake were also Horcruxes, and he already had those. That left Ravenclaw's Diadem, Hufflepuff's Cup, the ring, and the locket. As of right now, the ring was the only one at risk. She pulled out her notebook and started making a list of things they needed to talk about before Halloween.

List of Things

Horcrux in the Chamber

Retrieving the Ring

Plans for fixing the Wizarding World

Maybe contacting the Olde Gods?

Possibly freeing the imprisoned Death Eaters

Aquila sighed as the bus pulled up on her stop. She quickly shoved her notebook into her bag and got off. As she walked into the shopping center, she sighed in relief as the cold air hit her in the face. She walked towards the tech store, only needing a few more mp3 players to experiment on. She looked at the phones, trying to decide if she should grab one as well. It could probably come in handy one of these days. Shrugging, she grabbed one and shoved it in her small basket. She walked up to the checkout and soon she was walking out with 4 new mp3 players and a new cell phone. Seeing that it was barely past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Aquila decided to have a look around the shopping center. She soon came across a store for the more… feminine parts of attire. Sighing, she decided to pay it a visit, seeing as she had grown quite a bit in the year since she had last been able to go shopping.

Soon, Aquila had new bras and panties, glad to have things that fit her properly. She smirked, having barely spent half of what she took from Aunt Petunia's purse that morning. Wandless confundus charms were amazing to have. Decided she could spend a bit more, she stopped at a small bookstore and grabbed a few books explaining muggle tech. As she was making her way to check out, she saw a book about Norse Legends. She picked it up and thumbed through it, finding that the information was very accurate. As she turned around, she almost bumped into a very well dressed man. She stumbled backward and dropped her books. "Oh, I'm so sorry, sir! I should have watched where I was going!" she apologized as she picked up the books on the ground. Then she noticed the slight shimmer at the edge of his black trench coat. "I'll be getting out of your way," she said, before quickly walking off to purchase the books, keeping a close eye on the man she had run into.

By the time she had left the shopping center, it was close to dinner time. She got on the bus, using another casual confundus so she didn't have to pay. Sitting in the very front, she waited as others got on the bus. Feeling a familiar presence, she stiffened in her seat. The man with the illusions had followed her. Shaking her head, she pulled out her old mp3 player and played some of the music Dudley had saved on it. As soon as the bus stopped at her stop, she got off and started walking home quickly, keeping an eye on the man who was still following. She was so obsessed with watching the man, she walked right past Dudley and Piers. Then Dudley immediately grabbed her arm, causing her to stop. "Po-" he started, until he noticed true fear in her eyes. "Aquila, what's wrong?" he whispered.

"That man, he's been following me since the shopping center downtown. I ran into him at the bookstore I go to, and he's just… followed me. Something doesn't feel right, we need to get home now!"

Before Dudley could respond, the air temperature suddenly dropped and dark, ominous clouds formed overhead. "DUDLEY, PIERS! RUN TO MRS. FIGGS HOUSE! NOW!" she screamed as two dementors came flying towards them. She grabbed both boys by their shirts and ran, not caring about the creepy man behind her anymore.

There were two blocks to go when the Dementors caught up with them. Aquila reached for her wand, seeing Piers fall to the ground, his eyes clouded with fear. Suddenly, the man jumped in front of her and erected a green shield. "Go, I'll hold them off!" he called.

"Thank you!" she shouted as she and Dudley ran, holding Piers up between both of them.

Aquila pounded on Mrs. Figg's door. When it opened, Mrs. Figg looked surprised. "Dementors" was all Aquila could say before they were being forced to the fireplace. Mrs. Figg grabbed a handful of Floo Powder, mumbled something they couldn't hear, and suddenly the flames turned emerald green. "Albus! The girl was just attacked by dementors! Send as many people as you can, I have no idea how many there are!" she barked.

There were several loud pops as several Hogwarts Professors and a few others she didn't know apparated into Mrs. Figg's living room. "Aquila, dear. Tell me what happened." Dumbledore demanded.

"I was just getting off the bus and was on my way back home. Then two dementors came after me. We were able to get away at first, but then they caught up to us. Piers fell and we would have been… but then a man stepped in and put up a shield. I've never seen magic like that, Professor. He was good with illusions too. Very good, actually. I only noticed the illusion because I was close enough to the shimmer of magic around him. He saved our lives and…"

Aquila jumped off the couch she had sat on and ran outside. The dementors were gone and so was the man. Then she noticed the smell in the air. Something was burning. Turning, her mouth opened in surprise. Number Four, Privet Drive was on fire. Turning to Professor Snape, she motioned that she needed to talk with him. They stepped away from the group and she felt a privacy ward go up. "I need you to please get a message to the Dark Lord. Tell him to meet me at Gringotts first thing tomorrow. And do not let Dumbledore obliviate Dudley. Piers can go die in a hole, but Dudley is… I think Dudley might be a squib. He feels like he has magic, but not enough to do anything with."

Snape nodded and let the privacy ward drop. "Professor Dumbledore, sir. My school things were in the house. Do you think you could help me retrieve them after the fire is out? My trunk should have fireproof charms on it."

"What about your other belongings?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"All I owed was in my trunk. I had Luna Lovegood take care of Hedwig this summer. I didn't trust the Ministry to not try to tamper with my mail by going after her. Hedwig is rather recognizable."

Professor McGonagall looked at Aquila with a slight look of confusion before she had a girl with bubble gum pink hair go to the Ministry and tell them what happened. "Aquila, I'll have to have you come with us to Order Headquarters," he whispered as he handed her a piece of paper with an address on it. "And I'll have to obliviate Dudley and Piers as well."

Aquila gasped. "Professor, you can't obliviate Dudley! I think he's a squib! I can feel a really small bit of magic around him, and it has nothing to do with the 'blood wards' that obviously failed. I'm going to Gringotts tomorrow, and I honestly don't really care what you have to say on that matter. Send an auror with me if you're so worried. I don't think this attack tonight was one organized by Voldemort. There's no way he would have this much influence on the Dementors this soon, and there was no Dark Mark cast in the sky either."

Dumbledore looked taken aback for a second before he tilted his head in thought. "I suppose you're right dear. I'll have two aurors escort you tomorrow. But we should really get you and Dudley to a safe place."

"Very well, Professor. I will go tell him what happened," Aquila replied as she took a step away from the Dumbledor and started walking across the crunchy grass of Mrs. Figg's front yard. She saw Dudley sitting on the front step, his face a jumble of worry and sorrow. "Hey, Dudley. There's some things we need to talk about."

Dudley just looked at her, pain clear in his eyes. Aquila took that as acknowledgment. "For starters, I think you may be a Squib, like Mrs. Figg. I can feel that you have magic, but not enough to do anything with. It might help you heal, but that's it. Secondly, you'll have to come with us to a safe-house of sorts. We'll be going to the Wizarding bank tomorrow to get inheritance tests done. I'm not sure which houses you could inherit, but as of right now I'm making you a Ward of House Potter. I won't be official till tomorrow when I can accept my Heir rings. And for what it's worth, I'm sorry about Petunia and Vernon. While I may not have cared for them all that much, they were your parents. I guess now we both know what it's like to lose them." They sat in silence, side by side until it was time for them to go. "Oh, and just a warning. Magical transportation is really, really uncomfortable," Aquila warned before they were side-along apparated to the park across from Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

The next morning, Aquila woke with a groan. Images of the last night ran through her mind. "Great, more fuel for the nightmares. At least I'm going to see the Dark Lord today," she sighed to herself as she got out of bed and walked downstairs for breakfast. Seeing no one else was up yet, she padded over to the fridge and searched it for food. She grabbed a pack of bacon, a carton of eggs, and milk before closing the door and searching for pancake mix. Aquila opened cupboard after cupboard and huffed when she couldn't find it. Then she felt a familiar pull. Turning, she tried to find where the pull was coming from. There was a small cabinet that radiated dark magic, soul magic. She opened it and found a beautiful locket that also seemed to hold a piece of the Dark Lord's soul. Sighing, she called for Kreature. "Strange Mistress has called?" he asked, treating her like a lady of the house.

"Kreature, can you tell me what this is and how you came to find it?"

Suddenly, Kreature stood rigid with fear. "That is Master Regulus's locket. He called Kreature and took him to a nasty cave and made Kreature drink a bad potion. He gave Kreature the locket and told him to destroy it before he was pulled into the water. Kreature tried and tried but could not find a way to destroy it," he started to sob as he told Aquila the story.

"Kreature, don't worry. I know what this is, and no matter what you did you could not have destroyed this locket. It's very old, dark magic. I'll take it with me and have Gringotts take care of it, is that acceptable?"

"Yes, thank you Strange Mistress. Kreature is in your debt."

"Very well, it shall be done. Now, can you tell me where you keep the pancake mix?"

After Kreature had told her where the pancake mix was, she sent him to start cleaning the house to help the rest of the others, starting with the unoccupied rooms. Aquila started making breakfast, and soon there were stacks of pancakes on the table, as well as several plates of bacon and scrambled eggs. There were two almost identical pops as Fred and George Weasley apparated into the kitchen, surprised when they saw Aquila cooking. "Well, it looks like the Princess of Slytherin knows how to cook, Forge."

"That it does, Gred. And this smells lovely too."

"Stop it, you two. Don't eat all the food before the others get down here. Or I'll tell Kreature to make you clean out the bathrooms with no magic," Aquila threatened with a smile.

Fred and George stepped back and tried to look innocent as Aquila flipped more pancakes onto the stack next to her. She clicked the stove off and sat down on the chair closest to her. As she waited for more people to join them, her fingers started drumming a tune on the table as he rested her head on her hand. After about five minutes she grew impatient. "Where is everyone? It's nearly ten in the morning?!"

"Not to fear, oh Great Lady! We shall bring the other's to breakfast for you!" the twins exclaimed, and before she could stop them they let off loud bangs with their wands. "Oi, it's time for breakfast!" they yelled, their voices echoing around the house.

There was the sound of doors opening and closing and lots of footsteps thudding down the stairs. Mrs. Weasley was the first one in the kitchen. "Fred, George! What is the meaning of-" she stopped when she saw the table covered in food. "Aquila, dear. Did you make all this?"

"Yup. I was hungry and no one else was up. Figured I'd make food since I had nothing else to do."

By the time everyone was downstairs, it was nearing eleven o'clock. There were a few cracks of apparation as Dumbledore, Snape, and the aurors Tonks and Kingsley appeared in the living room. "Ah, good morning everyone," came his cheerful greeting.

"Albus, will you please tell us what happened last night?" Mrs. Weasley asked, her face cross.

"Ah, until Miss Potter and her cousin return from Gringotts I'm afraid I can't. I told Miss Potter that I would wait to share until she returned in case she had more information for us."

Mrs. Weasley was about to protest when Aquila spoke up. "Please, Mrs. Weasley. I promise I'll tell you what happened as soon as Dudley and I get back. I think us going to Gringotts may give us more information that could help fight Vold- The Dark Lord," she responded.

"Very well. You two should probably go. The bank gets awfully crowded around lunchtime," Mrs. Weasley conceded.

Aquila and Dudley stood up from the table and walked over where Dumbledore and the others were standing. With a few loud cracks, they found themselves in Diagon Alley. They walked down the alley, passing by all the stores as they headed straight for Gringotts. Dudley jumped a bit as they entered the bank and he saw the Goblins. "It's okay Dudley. Just treat them with respect and they'll treat you the same," Aquila whispered as she walked up to a bank teller. "Good midday to you, and may your enemies fall before your blade," Aquila greeted. The goblin looked taken aback before responding. "Good midday to you as well, and may your gold ever flow. How may I help you today?"

"My cousin and I would like to get some inheritance tests done, as well as claim any houses we may be the Heirs of," Aquila responded.

"Very well, if you would follow me. I would ask, however, that you leave your guard behind. Only those with official business are allowed into the main part of the bank itself."

Aquila nodded as she looked to Tonks, Kingsley, Dumbledore, and Snape. Then she grabbed Dudley lightly by the arm and followed the goblin into the bank. They entered a small, intricately decorated room with suits of armor in the corners and a set of beautiful swords hanging above the fireplace. The table looked as if it were carved from a solid piece of mahogany wood, and the chairs matched. The goblin produced two crystal bowls from a hutch against the far wall, as well as two potion bottles and two silver daggers. He poured the potions into the crystal bowls and placed the daggers next to them. "All you need to do is prick your finger and let three drops of blood fall into the potion. Then I will pour the potion onto special parchment and your results will show in less than five minutes."

Aquila nodded and did as the goblin instructed. Dudley looked conflicted but then decided to the same. Once the potion was ready, the goblin poured it onto the parchment and they waited in silence. Aquila watched in fascination as words slowly formed on the paper. When the results were finished, she read the paper with a shocked look on her face.

Inheritance Test

Name: Aquila Lily Potter, born July 31st, 1994

Brother: Serpens James Potter, born July 31st, 1994

Father: James Charlus Potter, born March 27th, 1974; died October 31st, 1995

Mother: Lily Carol Potter nee Evans, born January 30th, 1974; died October 31st, 1995

Godfathers: Sirius Orion Black, born November 3rd, 1973

And

Severus Tobias Snape, born January 9th, 1974

Godmother: Alice Abigail Longbottom nee Fortescue, born February 8th, 1974

Heirships:

Heir to House Potter, father's side

Heir to House Black, through godfather Sirius Black

Heir to House Slytherin by Right-of-Conquest

Heir to House Ravenclaw, mother's side

Heir to House LeFay, Magical Inheritance

Abilities:

Occlumency, father's side

Transfiguration, father's side

Legilimency, through godfather Sirius Black

Potions, mother's side

Parseltongue, through House Slytherin

Olde Magics, through House LeFay

Vaults:

Vault 693M: Main Potter Vault. 56,239,772G; 12,408S; 234K

Vault 882M: Main Slytherin Vault. 89,290,736G; 50,549S; 892K

Vault 884M: Main Ravenclaw Vault. 89,146,385G; 48,668S; 692K

Vault 996M: Main LeFay Vault: 167,835,926G; 359,472S; 972K

Potter Trust Vault: 300,000G (refills every July 31st)

Total: 402,812,855G; 471,097 S; 2,790K

Aquila gasped in surprise at the amount of money she had, as well as the Heirships she was to receive. "Excuse me, I think there may be something wrong with this test. It says I have a brother, a twin brother. I've no memory of having a twin brother at all," she spoke to the goblin, a look of faux confusion on her face.

"Yes, well it seems you're not the only one being surprised today. I shall have the Potter Account Manager Broadblood come up, as well as your twin brother. He showed up earlier today, and even we were surprised," the goblin responded.

"Oh, I'm sorry for not asking soon, but what should we call you?" Aquilla asked.

"You may call me Teller Silveraxe. I will return shortly."

"Thank you!" Aquila nodded as she went over to stand next to Dudley. Aquila's eyes widened at what was written on his parchment.

Inheritance Test

Name: Dudley Vernon Dursley, born June 23rd, 1994

Father: Vernon Marcus Dursley, born September 11, 1970; died July 10th, 2009

Mother: Petunia Iris Dursley nee Evans, born April 4th, 1970; 1974; died July 10th, 2009

Godfather: None listed

Godmother: None listed

Heirships:

Heir to House Pendragon

Abilities:

None listed

Vaults:

Vault 998M: Main Pendragon Vault: 143,558,902G; 59,472S; 504K

Total: 143,558,902G; 59,472S; 504K

"Dudley, do you know what this means?" she asked, pointing to the Pendragon name on his parchment.

"No. Honestly, I'm still working through the fact that my parents are dead, Aquila," he retorted.

Aquila sighed. "Dudley. The name Pendragon comes from Arthur Pendragon. As in King Arthur. You could walk up to the Queen right now and take the crown from off her head and she couldn't lift a finger against you. The Heir to Pendragon has been missing for… a very long time. This is incredible!"

Dudley's eyes went so big that she thought they would pop out of his skull. "You mean I'm royalty?" he asked slowly, trying to wrap his head around that information.

"Yes, technically you and I are both royalty. LeFay was very closely related to Pendragon and Merlin. Legend has it that when Morgana LeFay realized that Merlin was going to choose Arthur over her, she cursed Arthur and all his descendants. Arthur Pendragon used to have magic until she cursed the Pendragon line and made every single one of them squibs. She was so mad that she didn't stop to think how that could have affected Arthur. Stipping his magic from him like that could have killed him," Aquila responded.

Dudley was about to respond when the door opened. Aquila and Dudley both turned to look who came in the door. Standing there was a handsome young man, taller than Aquila, but he had her unruly black hair and Killing Curse green eyes and their father's smirk and their mother's nose. "Hello, sister."

A/N: And there we have it, folks! Chapter Two is done! Tell me what you think of recent developments! Also, because I'm sure some people will get confused later on, Serpens Potter and Lord Voldemort are the same person, but because of the soul magic, Lord Voldemort and Aquila are now twins. Even Gringotts tests show that. Again, if you notice any grammatical errors, spelling errors, or the like, please let me know. I'm editing this all on my own, and it is kind of hard for me to proof-read my own writing. As it is, I wanted to get this chapter out to you as soon as I could. Hence why I sat down and wrote this in like 2 hours. Hope you enjoy the chapter, don't forget to review! Also, if anyone can figure out who that mysterious man is from the beginning of the chapter, props to you :D leave your guesses in the reviews!