(( Disclaimer in part One ))
Logan and Severus exchanged a look full of relief, bemusement and curiosity before they remembered that they hated the other one and promptly broke away. Hermione cast an engorgement charm on the window that allowed the two girls to fly in through the window. The look on Logan's face as Rogue dismounted a broom was priceless. She stumbled a little bit as she dismounted. "First time flying," she grinned at the hairy mutant.
"Alohamora! Hermione said, wand pointed at the lock on the cell door. It sprang open, and the two men rushed forward, glad to be free. "The haglets have headed back towards the mansion, Harry and Ron already left to warn the others." Rogue informed them.
"I'll apparate, and the three of you can fly back" Snape said airily.
"I believe I'm more equipped in battle strategy" Logan growled.
The girls rolled their eyes. "You two sort it out yourselves," Hermione began and tossed the broom to Snape. "In the meantime, we'll inform Dumbledore and Xavier that after we rescued you lot, you stayed behind to whip out the rulers."
"It'll give you two a chance to bond" Rogue said impishly at the two flabbergasted men.
With that, Rogue mounted the broom behind her friend and they shot out the open window towards the X-mansion. "I'm driving" Logan growled at his surley companion.
"I'd like to see you try." Snape glared.
Logan, driven by pride put the broom between his legs, but found that nothing happened. "In the interest of saving time, I suggest you just shut up and go with what I say." Snape said silkily.
Snape took the broom from his hands, and the instant his hand made contact, the broom came to life. He mounted it and gestured for Logan to do the same. "Just hang on."
"I know that." Logan snarled.
Snape sighed and flew out of the window into the night sky. Logan kept his mouth shut while the wizard concentrated on flying. Soon enough they were hovering over the mansion, which even from this height looked as if it was under siege. An extremely bright light illuminated the grounds and small explosions could be seen, and heard by Logan. Going into a sharp dive, the broom and its two passengers hurtled swiftly towards the earth. The two landed in the middle of the battlefield, and before the broom was dropped, Logan had his claws out and was tearing after the haglets.
Snape, unarmed with his wand chose to take in an analysis of what was going on around him. Every pair of available hands was out there. He saw Harry and Ron casting spells towards the haglets with what appeared to be fair success. Rogue was taking on the group in a more physical way, kicking, punching and in general waling on one with everything she had. The haglet couldn't take it much longer and gave up shrieking its terrible shriek as it ran for the hills.
Jean, Storm and Scott were in various corners of the field, intermingled with the senior most students fighting the haglets. He saw a jet of flame hit one of the haglets, and with a great roar she burst into flame. The explosion caused such heat and fire that two nearby caught on fire and exploded as well. The mutants and wizards appeared to be winning, but he knew there were many more haglets. The question was, where were they? He scanned the field like a hawk, and out of the corner of his eye saw a chilling site. Hermioine was being slowly surrounded by the haglets. She stunned several of them and was hexing them as fast as she could. But there were so many of them, it was impossible for her to take them all on.
He picked up speed and advanced toward a haglet who was about to pounce on the girl. In his hurry he failed to notice another haglet going for him at the same time, and a talon like hand raked through his cloak and tore into his back. Luckily Albus and Minerva had seen what he had and surrounded the haglets in an instant. The two of the them along with Hermione stunned the group and in the process found the one, Tehthby who carried Snape's wand. The mixed group continued to battle the invading force of haglets and the four wizards, and assembled X-Men eventually rounded up the haglets with a holding spell and moved the group inside. Minerva McGonagall enchanted the rope holding the haglets to act as a port key. She grabbed the end of it, and took the lot off to Azkaban prison.
* * * *
Xavier's Office...
Bloodied and battered, the group gathered in Xavier's office. "I want to know what the hell happened tonight, and what they were, and who they are!" Jubilee said pointing at the wizards.
"And you are most certainly entitled to an explanation." Albus spoke up from his place.
"You must understand Jubilee, we concealed their identity for their purpose here. It was in no way meant too keep you in the dark." Charles answered quietly.
"Not even the team knew" Jean said slightly wounded.
"We're from England, we're wizards." Harry spoke up.
"It was obvious where you were for, but we want to know how you passed off as mutants. I mean each of you can do something one of us can do." St. John spoke up.
"I'll demonstrate." Ron said, whipping out his wand. "Incantio, flamarie!" he said and a wave of fire shot out of the wand and hovered in the air.
"We all enchanted our wands and muttered the incantations, hoping it would seem like we were just using out powers, like you lot do." Hermione added
"We came here as a favor to Charles, that should be good enough for everybody." Snape said sharply.
"We're involved, we deserve to know Jonathan" Logan said sarcasticly.
"And I think everybody here deserves to know what it is you do on security detail" Snape replied smoothly.
"Boys, I assure you that you may resolve your feud later, but for now there are more important matters at hand." Charles reminded them.
"I think, we should all take a break. Let the air clear between all of us" Ororo spoke up.
"An excellent idea, we shall meet up here again in an hour's time." Dumbledore consented.
*************
The motley crew assembled later on that night, and heard the tale from beginning to end. How the wizards were summoned, why they were needed and what purpose they served. Rogue and Hermione's oatmeal escape garnered chuckles from everyone in the room, Logan recalled the young wizard's first training session, and everyone agreed that Snape was indeed the hardest teacher in any subject. It was a night enjoyed by all. Tales they could now laugh at now that the danger had passed. The library incident was eaten up with great relish by the entire group, save four semi-embaresed participants. The night brought them together after experiencing battle, imprisonment and flight by broomstick. They finally left the office at half past one for some well deserved rest. The haglets had been defeated, and justice was served. All was right with the world once again.
Logan and Severus exchanged a look full of relief, bemusement and curiosity before they remembered that they hated the other one and promptly broke away. Hermione cast an engorgement charm on the window that allowed the two girls to fly in through the window. The look on Logan's face as Rogue dismounted a broom was priceless. She stumbled a little bit as she dismounted. "First time flying," she grinned at the hairy mutant.
"Alohamora! Hermione said, wand pointed at the lock on the cell door. It sprang open, and the two men rushed forward, glad to be free. "The haglets have headed back towards the mansion, Harry and Ron already left to warn the others." Rogue informed them.
"I'll apparate, and the three of you can fly back" Snape said airily.
"I believe I'm more equipped in battle strategy" Logan growled.
The girls rolled their eyes. "You two sort it out yourselves," Hermione began and tossed the broom to Snape. "In the meantime, we'll inform Dumbledore and Xavier that after we rescued you lot, you stayed behind to whip out the rulers."
"It'll give you two a chance to bond" Rogue said impishly at the two flabbergasted men.
With that, Rogue mounted the broom behind her friend and they shot out the open window towards the X-mansion. "I'm driving" Logan growled at his surley companion.
"I'd like to see you try." Snape glared.
Logan, driven by pride put the broom between his legs, but found that nothing happened. "In the interest of saving time, I suggest you just shut up and go with what I say." Snape said silkily.
Snape took the broom from his hands, and the instant his hand made contact, the broom came to life. He mounted it and gestured for Logan to do the same. "Just hang on."
"I know that." Logan snarled.
Snape sighed and flew out of the window into the night sky. Logan kept his mouth shut while the wizard concentrated on flying. Soon enough they were hovering over the mansion, which even from this height looked as if it was under siege. An extremely bright light illuminated the grounds and small explosions could be seen, and heard by Logan. Going into a sharp dive, the broom and its two passengers hurtled swiftly towards the earth. The two landed in the middle of the battlefield, and before the broom was dropped, Logan had his claws out and was tearing after the haglets.
Snape, unarmed with his wand chose to take in an analysis of what was going on around him. Every pair of available hands was out there. He saw Harry and Ron casting spells towards the haglets with what appeared to be fair success. Rogue was taking on the group in a more physical way, kicking, punching and in general waling on one with everything she had. The haglet couldn't take it much longer and gave up shrieking its terrible shriek as it ran for the hills.
Jean, Storm and Scott were in various corners of the field, intermingled with the senior most students fighting the haglets. He saw a jet of flame hit one of the haglets, and with a great roar she burst into flame. The explosion caused such heat and fire that two nearby caught on fire and exploded as well. The mutants and wizards appeared to be winning, but he knew there were many more haglets. The question was, where were they? He scanned the field like a hawk, and out of the corner of his eye saw a chilling site. Hermioine was being slowly surrounded by the haglets. She stunned several of them and was hexing them as fast as she could. But there were so many of them, it was impossible for her to take them all on.
He picked up speed and advanced toward a haglet who was about to pounce on the girl. In his hurry he failed to notice another haglet going for him at the same time, and a talon like hand raked through his cloak and tore into his back. Luckily Albus and Minerva had seen what he had and surrounded the haglets in an instant. The two of the them along with Hermione stunned the group and in the process found the one, Tehthby who carried Snape's wand. The mixed group continued to battle the invading force of haglets and the four wizards, and assembled X-Men eventually rounded up the haglets with a holding spell and moved the group inside. Minerva McGonagall enchanted the rope holding the haglets to act as a port key. She grabbed the end of it, and took the lot off to Azkaban prison.
* * * *
Xavier's Office...
Bloodied and battered, the group gathered in Xavier's office. "I want to know what the hell happened tonight, and what they were, and who they are!" Jubilee said pointing at the wizards.
"And you are most certainly entitled to an explanation." Albus spoke up from his place.
"You must understand Jubilee, we concealed their identity for their purpose here. It was in no way meant too keep you in the dark." Charles answered quietly.
"Not even the team knew" Jean said slightly wounded.
"We're from England, we're wizards." Harry spoke up.
"It was obvious where you were for, but we want to know how you passed off as mutants. I mean each of you can do something one of us can do." St. John spoke up.
"I'll demonstrate." Ron said, whipping out his wand. "Incantio, flamarie!" he said and a wave of fire shot out of the wand and hovered in the air.
"We all enchanted our wands and muttered the incantations, hoping it would seem like we were just using out powers, like you lot do." Hermione added
"We came here as a favor to Charles, that should be good enough for everybody." Snape said sharply.
"We're involved, we deserve to know Jonathan" Logan said sarcasticly.
"And I think everybody here deserves to know what it is you do on security detail" Snape replied smoothly.
"Boys, I assure you that you may resolve your feud later, but for now there are more important matters at hand." Charles reminded them.
"I think, we should all take a break. Let the air clear between all of us" Ororo spoke up.
"An excellent idea, we shall meet up here again in an hour's time." Dumbledore consented.
*************
The motley crew assembled later on that night, and heard the tale from beginning to end. How the wizards were summoned, why they were needed and what purpose they served. Rogue and Hermione's oatmeal escape garnered chuckles from everyone in the room, Logan recalled the young wizard's first training session, and everyone agreed that Snape was indeed the hardest teacher in any subject. It was a night enjoyed by all. Tales they could now laugh at now that the danger had passed. The library incident was eaten up with great relish by the entire group, save four semi-embaresed participants. The night brought them together after experiencing battle, imprisonment and flight by broomstick. They finally left the office at half past one for some well deserved rest. The haglets had been defeated, and justice was served. All was right with the world once again.