Destined to Be: The Court of Twelve
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Chapter 3
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Gem had stayed at Remus Lupin's home for about 2 weeks, more or less. She had taken up cooking (only a few of which they had ever seen before) and tending to the herb and flower garden (which hadn't been tended to for so long that had just grown wild) to earn her keep, as she insisted she must do.
And that is were she was, tending to the garden. Well, not really tending to, more along the lines of, sitting in the middle of and staring out ahead of her. Not at anything in particular, just out.
She was completely still, except for the slight swaying she made when the wind blew by. If you didn't know she was there, you would never have seen her.
Up the dirt road that the house connected to, walked an old man. White hair, with a beard so long that he could tuck it into his belt. He wore a forget - me - nott blue robe and his bright blue eyes stood out behind his half moon glasses.
As he approached the house, his eyes focused on the woman sitting amongst all the plants with her back to him. He approached her slowly, careful not to make any noise, so as not to announce his presence. When he was right behind her and about to speak, but it surprised him that it was the woman who spoke, back still facing him, still unmoving.
"Yes?" She inquired, before turning around to face the man in the odd robe.
She quite surprised the old man, and he took an involuntary step backwards.
"Oh, I was looking for Remus Lupin."
"Alright, I'll go get him for you." She stood up and entered the house.
The old man was surprised (once again) to see that the spot in the middle of the garden, where the woman had been sitting, held no sign that anyone had been there. (Such as bent stems, or any other tracks.)
About a minute later, the woman (If you hadn't figured it out yet, the woman is Gem.) came back out behind Remus and 'Snuffles'. (The black dog's name.)
Remus went over to the old man, followed closely by his dog. Nobody saw Gem sit behind a tree just close enough to hear every word they said perfectly.
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"Albus." Remus nodded in acknowledgement.
"Remus," He nodded back, "Who is that woman? I don't seem to recognize her."
"Uh…I don't really know, she says her name is Gem."
"She could be a muggle, or even a spy for all you know. That is really bad for security."
"Yes, yes, I know. Sirius already said that. I…I feel like some sort of obligation to her. On a subconscious level."
"Remus, do you like her?" He thought with amusement.
"Albus! Not that kind of obligation. Really! Sometimes you act like a teenager, oh enough of this, you know what I mean. Now, why are you here?"
"News, my dear boy, news." Said Dumbledore.
A spark of fresh interest now shone in Remus and Snuffle's eyes. (Yes, snuffles the dog.)
"Go on." Replied Remus.
"Well, as you know, Fudge still refuses to acknowledge the re-empowerment of Voldemort. You would think he would notice all the muggle torchers and deaths. Even some of our own. I believe our main interest at this point in time is to get the ministry involved, even if it is only so they acknowledge the present danger."
"And how exactly are we supposed to do that?"
"That, Remus, is my problem."
At that they fell into silence, both, most obviously thinking about how to get Cornelius Fudge to admit and announce the presence and re-empowerment of Voldemort. They were interrupted from their musings by a loud bark from Snuffles.
"Wha-" Began Dumbledore, but he never got to finish because Gem walked out from behind the tree and walked towards them. (At the time she was wearing loose black pants made of a thin fabric, and a large midnight blue T-shirt with a picture of fire drawn into the middle of it."
"This Fudge person is your minister, if I'm not mistaken. Well go above him." She began, either oblivious or choosing to ignore the glances they gave her, somewhere between fearful and intrigued.
"Explain the situation to the actual people who fight. It wont matter what the minister's opinion is if all his workers know the truth. (Something like a strike of Aurors, I'm guessing.) All three sat staring dumbstruck at Gem. (I'm including Snuffles.) Except Dumbledore recovered the quickest.
All of the sudden a high-pitched chime went off and held the note for four beats. Then it got lower and lower and lower, holding each note for four beats, leaving no time in between the change of notes. Then all four notes sounded at the same time and it was clear that all the noise was coming from Gem's Wind chime / dream catcher thingy.
"Uh-oh." Was all they heard from Gem before a light shot out from the center stone and the noise died down.
The light stopped about 10 feet away and then grew into a 7 foot by 7-foot semi translucent circle.
All was silent for a few seconds, (you know those seconds that seem like hours, well this was one of those times.) then, suddenly, a large black dog with black eyes, bound out of the circle.
(All black on this dog was devoid of any other color, somewhat like Gems hair."
It's ears stood straight up except for the tips, which bent down some. It was about five inches larger then Snuffles; a lot more muscular and looked as if it could get pretty vicious if the need did arise.
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Chapter Notes- I just wanted to explain something to all you people. . Her name. Shadow-Gem. I'll explain this now. Gem is her acual name, but her family name comes first and where she comes from, the family name is more important than the acual name. But also, the individuals (acual) name can be profic, or explain a bit about the person, and that goes for anyone. (For example Remus, I believe is the name of a person in Rome who was raised by wolves. So it would be a human with wolf like atributes. And Remus turns out to be a werewolf. Hmm…coincidence…I THINK NOT!)
I just have this thing that when I picture Dumbledore, I always picture him in froget-me-nott blue robes. Just part of my weird mind.
Please review if you haven't already
~CiErRa~
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Chapter 3
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Gem had stayed at Remus Lupin's home for about 2 weeks, more or less. She had taken up cooking (only a few of which they had ever seen before) and tending to the herb and flower garden (which hadn't been tended to for so long that had just grown wild) to earn her keep, as she insisted she must do.
And that is were she was, tending to the garden. Well, not really tending to, more along the lines of, sitting in the middle of and staring out ahead of her. Not at anything in particular, just out.
She was completely still, except for the slight swaying she made when the wind blew by. If you didn't know she was there, you would never have seen her.
Up the dirt road that the house connected to, walked an old man. White hair, with a beard so long that he could tuck it into his belt. He wore a forget - me - nott blue robe and his bright blue eyes stood out behind his half moon glasses.
As he approached the house, his eyes focused on the woman sitting amongst all the plants with her back to him. He approached her slowly, careful not to make any noise, so as not to announce his presence. When he was right behind her and about to speak, but it surprised him that it was the woman who spoke, back still facing him, still unmoving.
"Yes?" She inquired, before turning around to face the man in the odd robe.
She quite surprised the old man, and he took an involuntary step backwards.
"Oh, I was looking for Remus Lupin."
"Alright, I'll go get him for you." She stood up and entered the house.
The old man was surprised (once again) to see that the spot in the middle of the garden, where the woman had been sitting, held no sign that anyone had been there. (Such as bent stems, or any other tracks.)
About a minute later, the woman (If you hadn't figured it out yet, the woman is Gem.) came back out behind Remus and 'Snuffles'. (The black dog's name.)
Remus went over to the old man, followed closely by his dog. Nobody saw Gem sit behind a tree just close enough to hear every word they said perfectly.
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"Albus." Remus nodded in acknowledgement.
"Remus," He nodded back, "Who is that woman? I don't seem to recognize her."
"Uh…I don't really know, she says her name is Gem."
"She could be a muggle, or even a spy for all you know. That is really bad for security."
"Yes, yes, I know. Sirius already said that. I…I feel like some sort of obligation to her. On a subconscious level."
"Remus, do you like her?" He thought with amusement.
"Albus! Not that kind of obligation. Really! Sometimes you act like a teenager, oh enough of this, you know what I mean. Now, why are you here?"
"News, my dear boy, news." Said Dumbledore.
A spark of fresh interest now shone in Remus and Snuffle's eyes. (Yes, snuffles the dog.)
"Go on." Replied Remus.
"Well, as you know, Fudge still refuses to acknowledge the re-empowerment of Voldemort. You would think he would notice all the muggle torchers and deaths. Even some of our own. I believe our main interest at this point in time is to get the ministry involved, even if it is only so they acknowledge the present danger."
"And how exactly are we supposed to do that?"
"That, Remus, is my problem."
At that they fell into silence, both, most obviously thinking about how to get Cornelius Fudge to admit and announce the presence and re-empowerment of Voldemort. They were interrupted from their musings by a loud bark from Snuffles.
"Wha-" Began Dumbledore, but he never got to finish because Gem walked out from behind the tree and walked towards them. (At the time she was wearing loose black pants made of a thin fabric, and a large midnight blue T-shirt with a picture of fire drawn into the middle of it."
"This Fudge person is your minister, if I'm not mistaken. Well go above him." She began, either oblivious or choosing to ignore the glances they gave her, somewhere between fearful and intrigued.
"Explain the situation to the actual people who fight. It wont matter what the minister's opinion is if all his workers know the truth. (Something like a strike of Aurors, I'm guessing.) All three sat staring dumbstruck at Gem. (I'm including Snuffles.) Except Dumbledore recovered the quickest.
All of the sudden a high-pitched chime went off and held the note for four beats. Then it got lower and lower and lower, holding each note for four beats, leaving no time in between the change of notes. Then all four notes sounded at the same time and it was clear that all the noise was coming from Gem's Wind chime / dream catcher thingy.
"Uh-oh." Was all they heard from Gem before a light shot out from the center stone and the noise died down.
The light stopped about 10 feet away and then grew into a 7 foot by 7-foot semi translucent circle.
All was silent for a few seconds, (you know those seconds that seem like hours, well this was one of those times.) then, suddenly, a large black dog with black eyes, bound out of the circle.
(All black on this dog was devoid of any other color, somewhat like Gems hair."
It's ears stood straight up except for the tips, which bent down some. It was about five inches larger then Snuffles; a lot more muscular and looked as if it could get pretty vicious if the need did arise.
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Chapter Notes- I just wanted to explain something to all you people. . Her name. Shadow-Gem. I'll explain this now. Gem is her acual name, but her family name comes first and where she comes from, the family name is more important than the acual name. But also, the individuals (acual) name can be profic, or explain a bit about the person, and that goes for anyone. (For example Remus, I believe is the name of a person in Rome who was raised by wolves. So it would be a human with wolf like atributes. And Remus turns out to be a werewolf. Hmm…coincidence…I THINK NOT!)
I just have this thing that when I picture Dumbledore, I always picture him in froget-me-nott blue robes. Just part of my weird mind.
Please review if you haven't already
~CiErRa~