Chapter Seventeen: How Far Off Could You Be?
Disclaimer: Again, I don't own Harry Potter, I'm not doing this to turn a profit, its pure enjoyment and entertainment for me. Everything that I didn't create belongs to J.K. Rowling.
A/N: It has come to my attention that not everyone pronounces Reagan the same way as I do. So to clear up any pronunciation issues, the correct way to pronounce Reagan's name is Ray-gen. Just like the president. It is not Ree-gan. Its Ray-gen. Abanine (Ron and Hermione's daughter, Abby) is Ab-a-neen. Aden is Ay-den. Imaera is Eye-mare-ah. The American Potters are Kelsey, Kell-see, Tavean is Tay-vee-an, Arianna is Are-ree-ann-a, Bradden is Bray-den. So now that we're all on the same page....... Please continue! I decided to upload this earlier than I planned to, mainly to give you all something for the weekend, and slo because I want you all to go to Yahoo! and visit (and join) my new Yahoo! Group I set up for my fics. Here is the adress: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ericaevansff .All right, hope you enjoy the next chapter! (oh! and review!)
George grinned. Just the look on Harry's face was enough to make any grown man (or wizard) grin wildly. George had just Apparated from Britain to America along with Charlie and Bill Weasley. Bill's son, William had also come, as had Charlie's daughter Mackenzie. Both William and Mackenzie where fresh out of the Auror Academy. Two of their fellow Auror Rookies had also Apparated, Aden Cash and Skim Abrams. Three other higher ranked Aurors had also also Apparated, Imaera and Lance Cruz, and surprising enough, Draco Malfoy.
"Come on Harry, say something!" George prompted.
"Charlie, Bill! Kenzie, Will? Cash? Skim? Lance, Imaera, Draco? George what are you doing here?" Harry finally got out. His eyes had not reduced in size and his jaw was sitting on the floor. He had least expected to see George Apparate in front of him, but the sight of Draco here, out of his own free will, had completely blown his mind.
"Well, we come to some conclusions about this whole Kevin Brown thing and thought you might need some assistance." Charlie replied. Draco didn't say anything.
"Don't get me wrong, Harry, your an awesome fighter and an incredible Auror and you did take down one dark lord already, but that was a long time ago and we were afraid that you might not be able to handle this one on your own." George said.
"Besides, if Kevin Brown has his own army, then you need one too." Bill said.
"How did you know about the Kevin Brown?" Andrew asked.
"George Weasley." George said stepping forward and shaking his hand. "I have some personal issues with this Kevin Brown character that I need to get over. Besides, an incredibly smart somewhat bossy at times sister-in-law of mine wrote me last week and asked for some help retrieving information. She also happens to be our beloved Minister of Magic so if anything happens to her it become a British security matter."
"Where is Hermione?" Charlie asked, looking around.
"Kevin Brown took her." Harry replied. "Or one of his lackeys did."
"Oh great!" George said. "Well, then you really do need our help."
The ten new men (and woman), Harry, Andrew, Remus, Ron, James, Erika, Darenn and Paul all stood in the study trying to figure out what to do. None of the new members of their army reacted well when they found out who else ahd been taken.
"Kelsey Potter was taken?" George asked. He sat back in his chair and rubbed his chin. "That's not good."
"Well of course its not good." Andrew said. "Obviously its not good that anyone was taken."
"If that little girl has Potter and Malfoy blood in her, then she will have immense magical power." George stated.
"Why would that make her so special?" Andrew asked.
"Well, since you all never knew me, then you wouldn't know about your blood, the Potter blood." Harry said. "The Potter line is one of the oldest wizarding families in Britain. Along with the Malfoy blood line." Harry glanced at Draco. "Now, unlike many other old blood lines, the Malfoy and Potter line have not lost their magical ability. There are many people who believe that if you mix two ancient blood lines together, then you get a power magical force within a single witch or wizard. But if done incorrectly, then you get a squib. And if two old blood lines are mixed and one is loosinf magical power, then the offspring will just be normal."
"Kevin Brown's parents were Lewis Brown, a muggle and Clarinda Malfoy, a witch." George explained. "Kevin's mother was Lucius' sister."
"Yeah, Julie told us all that." Ron replied.
"So Kevin Brown has Malfoy blood in him." Harry said. "Mixed with Julie Potter's blood to create the blood the flows through their daughter, Kelsey's blood." Harry sat back in his chair, realizing the gravity of the situation.
"So my niece has this incredible magical power within her?" Andrew asked.
"Most likely, yes." Charlie said.
"Its called breeding." Draco spoke up. "Just like breeding a pure blooded dog, someone can breed a pure blooded witch ot wizard. There are some evil people in the world who have a child to use their magical power. Their intentions are to have the child, raise it to be evil and then use that child to do evil."
"Sounds like a Malfoy thing to do." Ron commented.
"My father actually had that planned more me." Draco started. "But my mother's blood line wasn't strong enough to satisfy my father's needs."
"And you also didn't have it in your heart to be evil." Remus said.
Draco glared at him. "My father was a liar and a criminal. I would never have followed him. After seeing him crawl back to Voldemort like some sort of rodent, I knew I was better than that."
"Sure could have fooled me." Ron mumbled under his breath and Harry rolled his eyes at his best friend. Ron would never get over his dislike for Draco and every Malfoy after him if he hadn't managed to do it by now.
"So we know that Kevin was after Kelsey all this time. Then why did he take Ginny, Hermione and Reagan?" George asked.
Harry shrugged. "Bait probably. He knew who I was of course, and he probably wanted to kill me. I killed his master, he wanted redemption."
"Just like that?" Draco asked. "Of course, who wouldn't want to kill the famous Harry Potter."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Honestly Draco, if I need to pull rank over you to get you to be quiet I will. I'm just stating a suggestion. There could be a million reasons Kevin Brown took them."
"No Harry I think you're right." Andrew said. "It would make sense. He could take Hermione if he had something against the British Ministry, but Reagan and Ginny haven't done anything. I think it was just coincidence that you all came to visit at the same time he planned his attack. He probably just saw it as killing two birds with one stone."
"Do we even know where he is?" Bill asked. Andrew shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"We, well uh, have some theories," he began. He pulled out a map Pointing to different places on the map, he continued his explanations of his theories. "We've detected a great amount of dark magic in this area for the past couple months. There is also a great stone fortress in the same location. The Dark Lord Aman Surl once commanded from here, years and years ago."
"That's where they are." Harry stated.
"Having psychic premonitions are we Potter?" Draco sneered.
"Watch it Draco." Harry replied. "I know they're there." Harry looked at Ron and Ron understood how he knew where they were.
"I'd believe him." Ron said slowly, not breaking eye contact with Harry. "He's probably right."
"Harry, how would you know?" Andrew asked. "There are three other places he could be."
"I just do." Harry stated.
"You seem a bit nervous, Potter." Draco said to him. "Hiding something are we?"
Harry glared at Draco. "I have nothing to hide from you, Draco."
"Then tell me, sir," Draco asked, slightly pushing his limits. "Why do you know where Kevin Brown is? He's my cousin, maybe I know where he is."
"I assure you, that's where they are." Harry said. "I don't need to give you any more of an explanation."
"I'd like one." James said, surprising even himself. Harry turned towards his eldest son, not dropping his glare.
"Excuse me?" Harry asked.
"Well, this morning when Reagan was answering your questions that you hadn't even asked. You know, it was a bit weird." James explained.
"Harry, if it will help us locate them, then we need to know." Andrew said.
"Yes, Harry, please tell us what is going on with you and your daughter." Draco said with a hint of mockery.
"Its not what you think." Harry replied. His face softened slightly with the thought of his daughter. He sighed. "I have the Connection of Three with my daughter, Reagan."
Draco's face fell and his eyes grew big. Even Andrew and Remus shared a similar expression.
"You, you what?" Draco asked.
"You heard me." Harry replied. No one said anything.
"That explains a lot." Remus replied.
"Yeah it does." George said.
"Can we get on with this now?" Harry asked. "I would like to get my daughter and wife and best friend back before something happens to any of them."
"Right," Andrew said but didn't take his eyes off of Harry.
"Unbelievable." Draco muttered under his breath.
"So we've concluded that Kevin Brown is here at the Fortress of Aman Surl. Now how many do we have?" Andrew counted heads quickly. "Eighteen. And Kevin has how many?"
"Forty. At least." Harry replied.
"All right, well we only need two more or so and then it will make it two to one. So.." he turned towards the fireplace. He threw some powder into the fire and cried, "Joshua Potter!" Josh's head appeared in the flames and within moments he was standing in the room. Andrew repeated the process and soon Blake O'Connor, Tavean Potter, Clyde Harrison and Frank Migee.
Harry recognized Clyde Harrison's voice the moment he said hello to Andrew. It was Harrison, the voice he had overheard in the hallway and in the forest. Harrison shook Harry's hand and Harry tried to push down every angry emotion he had been feeling towards the man. He looked as non evil as a wizard could look. He reminded Harry of an old monk (possibly because he stepped out of the fireplace in brown robes with a rope tied around his waist), but Harry was convinced that the man didn't look evil. Harry had a momentary flashback of seeing Friar Tuck from the Disney animated film, Robin Hood. He had never been allowed to watch television, but had caught a glimpse of the movie on his way past the living room. Harry shook himself from his memory. The last person to come out of the fire was Frank Migee.
"Hello Harry." he said and Harry froze.
"The voice." he whispered. Frank smiled at him.
"Its nice to finally meet you, Harry." Frank replied.
"Clyde Harrison is the Head of the Department of Mysteries in the American Ministry and Frank Migee is the the American Minister of Magic." Andrew explained as each man shook hand with everyone.
"The American Minister of Magic?" Ron whispered beside him. "Boy were were off."
"When were we ever on?" Harry whispered back.
A little over an hour later, their little army had been formulated and set out for the Fortress of Aman Surl. They Apparated a mile away from the fortress and the plan was to walk.
"Dad." James whispered to him. Harry looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Do we have to walk as humans?" James asked. Harry smiled at him son in a mischievous way.
"I donÕt think so. As long as we get there, right?" Harry whispered back. "Just remind me to Obliviate everyone one afterwards. After the Connection coming out, seeing us as Anamagi would rock everyone's world way too much. Especially Draco." James returned the mischievous grin and turned to tell Erika.
"Andrew," Harry whispered. "James, Erika and I are are going to go up ahead. You knoe, to scout it out."
"Harry, I don"t think its safe." Andrew whispered back.
"Its perfectly safe." Harry replied. He and James took off into a dead run and transformed into their Animagus forms mid-stride.
"Well that explains a lot." Harrison said to Andrew. Andrew nodded his head and watched as Erika transformed into her wolf form and ran off after the ocelot and the puma.
A/N: The Friar Tuck comparison is from, well me, but Friar Tuck is from Robin Hood. There is a Lord of the Rings reference here. See if you can spot it!!