The buzz was over the school for quite a few days, blue blood usually indicated royalty of some sort. Many, students took to the library for research among them was Mr. Draco Malfoy.
Draco had been feeling euphoric for the past few days. His talk with Hermione had greatly cleared his confused mind and some of the guilt left him. He read the letter in his hand once more.
Gren Leed and Stock.
Attorneys at Law
234, Trigaurd Ave
England.
Mr. D. Malfoy
Slytherin House
Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry
Dear Mr. Malfoy,
This is to inform you that all legal transactions pertaining to the will of your late father have been completed as he desired. 98% of al the Malfoy holdings have been transferred to your name. 2% have been distributed to various trusts and family members, as given in the enclosed sheet. We have also included the temporary account passwords and keys to Malfoy Inc. around the world. We will send you daily reports of the businesses from around the globe. Currently, the companies are being competently handled my Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy. Please owl us if you wish any action to be taken in any regard.
Yours truly,
T. R. Gren
A smile crossed his face; he was a very rich man…
Meanwhile in Dumbledore's office:
Five students carefully entered through the Gargoyle entrance in front after trying a variety of passwords ('Sugar Chalks').
'Come in' came Dumbledore's familiar voice.
The five students walked carefully in. Harry spoke up 'Sir, you called for us'
'Yes, Harry. Do have a seat all of you there is much to discuss' said Dumbledore.
The five Hermione, Ginny, Ron, Louis and Harry took the seats that Dumbledore transfigured for them.
'Louis, how much have you told them?' asked Dumbledore a twinkle in his eye which reassured all present.
Louis told of his revelation to them of being a Mentac and described the scene in the common room and greenhouse.
'Very well' said Dumbledore 'Now, I want the four of you to trust Louis completely. He is new to this environment and I cannot think of a better group to help him adjust. I can assure all of you that his intentions are firmly on the side of the light and he shall prove useful in the foreseeable future'
He waited for the effect of his words to sink in. Louis smiled with pride.
'Now, about the sword. Louis I want you to show them the training room' said Dumbledore. A look of surprise crossed Louis's face.
'I have already explained to you the events of last year. You four will continue your training from last year along with Louis, who will have to catch up. This year, you should be prepared for any eventuality.' Dumbledore said remembering the awful events that had transpired under his very nose.
The five nodded their heads in silence.
'You will be joined by one more person. Mr. Draco Malfoy has been initiated into our side' said Dumbledore.
There were expressions of shock on the faces in the room. No one had expected this. They knew that Draco Malfoy had renounced the dark lord in private, but was he trustworthy?
Sensing what was in their minds Dumbledore added 'He is trustworthy. Over the past few months he has proven his loyalty time and again, by divulging all his family knew about the working of Voldemort's network'
Well if he was good enough for Dumbledore he was good enough for them was the general consensus.
'Sir how is the fight against Voldemort going?' asked Ginny.
'I will not lie to you. Things are not looking up. Even though the Ministry has acknowledged his return, it has been a tad late. Much damage has already been done. But, fear not thanks to recent developments I have full faith that we shall emerge victorious.' said Dumbledore in a grave voice. They have the right to know he reasoned to himself. The truth is always preferable to lies, why give them a false sense of security?
'Is there anything we can do?' asked Hermione in a subdued voice.
'No, Hermione' said Dumbledore. Hermione flushed as he called her by her first name. 'For now, you can train and prepare yourselves for the battle to come. It will be a hard and drawn out one. Both sides are evenly matched' replied Dumbledore.
'Sir, what are the implications of Louis's test being blue' asked Ron in a quiet voice, diverging from the topic and voicing everyone's concern.
Dumbledore knew this question was bound to come. He thought for a few seconds on the best way to answer it before giving his reply 'Louis comes from a family of very ancient pure-bloods, his ancestors were great and powerful. Louis do you want to complete the explanation?'
Taking the hint Louis continued 'My family has been closely tied to tradition. We do not discriminate against others in any form or fashion. But bound by tradition, marriage is only allowed to a certain category of families, one of the criteria but in no sense the only is the purity of blood'
That seemed like a reasonable explanation to the four in the room. Hermione did not even take offense to what he had said, but it did have an impact on her thoughts. Especially those which tended towards Louis and Ron.
'Is there anything you would like to tell or ask?' said Dumbledore. The quartet indicated in the negative and got up one by one.
'Louis, take them up to the room please, they should be acquainted with its workings. A new ward has been placed only a select few can now enter the room' said Dumbledore as they left his office.
Louis and Harry led the entire group up to the training room in the tower.
'How do you know about this Harry?' asked Ginny as they proceeded towards their destination.
Harry sighed, it was time to own up. He explained their nightly adventure as well as the reasons for not telling them.
'Humf!' said Hermione 'Louis, you should have told us!'
'Dumbledore, made give my word' said Louis 'I couldn't break that!'
'Alright Alright' grumbled Ron
The reached the wall and walked through it. A tingling sensation went through each one of them as the entered the corridor.
They all gasped. Ginny, Hermione and Ron due to the sight that lay before them, Louis and Harry as they realized the entire room had changed.
'It's all changed!' said Louis rushing into the main room with the others behind him.
The room had been enlarged so that several people could easily hold dueling matches at the same time. The most noticeably aspect was of course the new set of lockers that had been installed the side. Each had one of their names on it.
Louis headed for his and opened it. To his and the other's shock he found both his swords, as well as an entire assortment of weapons from his house.
Each one went to their lockers to open and see what all was within. They quickly realized only they could open their own lockers.
Harry's contained a main sword along with some other weapons, including a shield. Ron's contained a thin sword, with different knives stacked around.
Ginny and Hermione both had light swords, along with a scepter each.
'This is incredible' said Ron
(A/N I think it's time Ron graduated form 'Bloody Brilliant!' :) )
Louis smiled and took out his training sword. 'So Harry, Ready to begin?'
Harry took out his sword from the locker and grinned 'Sure!'
Hermione muttered something about boys and toys, which luckily none of the males heard.
Louis guided Harry over to a section where training armor was stacked.
'You want to put all of this on. It's much lighter than real armor, but provides good protection. We don't need any accidents.' Harry nodded as he wore the various pieces.
Vest guard, legs hands, shoulders, face and back. The material was light and looked like overstuffed cushions.
The others gathered around to watch. Louis suggested that they also get their swords so that they could at least practice some of the exercises. They complied and reassembled around him.
'First, you must learn how to hold the sword' said Louis correcting each one's grip. 'The idea is to provide maximum strength to the blade when you move at the same time being able to maneuver'
'Grip the sword and hold it up' said Louis taking out his own sword and bringing it up. 'Time to test the grip'
He went to Harry and clashed his sword. The sword in Harry's hand fell to the ground with a clang. Mortified Harry picked it up again.
'You must hold the sword as a weapon; it is your savior from death. Do not let it go' said Louis.
'You just surprised me' complained Harry 'Try now'
Louis did, but this time the grip head and there was a metallic tzing as the swords met in the air.
'Excellent' said Louis 'Now for every one else'
In the next few hours Louis taught them how to move their feet in the correct stance, how the balance one's body when moving the sword so as not to fall down and finally the rules of sword combat
'I think that's enough for one day' said Louis panting.
"I second that' said Ron
'Third'
'Fourth' 'Fifth'
The vote was unanimous and they put the weapons back into their places. Louis felt quite comfortable leaving his sword there, it was a much safer place than the dorm.
'Louis what's your favorite weapon' asked Ron
'The knife, tipped with poison. It is the best weapon' replied Louis almost immediately.
'I disagree' said Hermione 'The wand is the best weapon!'
'I'll show you' said Louis simply. He took out a plain knife from Ron's open locker. He then conjured up a training dummy in the centre of the room, its face way from them.
'Hermione' said Louis with some difficulty he was still getting used to being 100% informal. The others noted the pause also. 'Attack the person'
Hermione quick as lighting drew her wand out and set of a curse towards the dummy. The dummy suddenly side stepped and the curse smashed into the wall behind charring it.
'Hey!' said Hermione 'It moved!'
'The dummy waits for any warning of an attack and then reacts to it. You had to verbally say the curse, getting all its words and pronunciations right. It was warned in advance' said Louis who then began to stalk the Dummy with the knife in his hand.
Coming behind the Dummy he leaped and slit its throat from the back.
The others looked at him in surprise.
Hermione was still not convinced. Louis came back to the group, knife still in hand.
'But, you have to be close range!' she said. 'That could be dangerous'
Louis grinned and flicked his wrist and the knife went flying through the air and hit the Dummy's neck.
Meanwhile in the Library Draco Malfoy had discovered something quite interesting…
Author Note: Okay! Long chapter! I am inspired again. This story is going to smoke soon I promise. Currently this is at a very low level of excitement and action, by the end of it the entire scope with explode! Please review! Please…