~ The Diary of the Phoenix ~

Author's Notes: Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed this fic. I really am amazed by the feedback its been getting since I've got back into it.

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The moon slowly moved to its peak and Harry looked back down from the sky to Aliandra who was currently standing in the center of the quidditch field. She was completely silent as the her robes and hair moved gently in the wind. Harry wasn't sure what he was meant to expect, actually the only member of the party that was out on the quidditch field that did seem to know was Aliandra.

Even Dumbledore looked slightly baffled by what the woman was doing

Then suddenly the moon shone so brightly that anyone would have mistaken it for the sun, the wind started to blow from all directions straight towards Aliandra, lifting her easily about a foot of the ground. Then from the west a bright white light came flying towards her and with another bright flash of light, she was on the ground gasping for air.

"Are you alright?" Sirius asked pulling her up into his arms.

"Yeah, I- I am, its at the Malfoys" She said quickly catching his eyes and blushing slightly "But its still safe, like I said it would be which means I can have a good nights sleep tonight" She said sending a glare to Severus then winked at Harry.

"Right then," Dumbledore said, "Severus I need to see you in my office, as for the res of you I suggest you try and get some sleep"

* * *

Harry was glad to get back inside out from the cool air, but he was far from sleep. He stared at the curtains hanging around his bed thinking about the events that had led up to tonight, everything from finding the diary to the quidditch battle. He wasn't sure if there was anything he could change to have made his position right now be any different.

Harry sighed, he'd accepted that he'd face Voldermort again, and in a way he was almost ready for it. It was strange to think that he might be left out of it this year. That Severus, Remus, Aliandra and Sirius would walk in their and well, fight Voldermort with out him.

But they couldn't leave him could they, Aliandra might be powerful but Voldermort would kill her in a second. Sirius too. And what was worst was the feeling that it was his fault. How could they have been so stupid, to just leave the diary lying around, especially when they'd suspected that the Diary was far more than just a diary.

It wasn't his destiny to be left behind after all, and he wasn't going to let his godfather walk in there by himself. "No, I'm not going to lose Sirius" Harry said sitting up in bed "Got to talk to Ron" he decided but just as he got out of bed, the door to the boy's dormitory opened.

* * *

Harry yawned, for reasons that remain unknown, he, Hermione and Ron had been dragged out of dormitories by McGonagall and all four of them were now trudging through the halls towards, well actually Harry had no idea where he was, and he really didn't care either.

He couldn't stop thinking about his decision, he couldn't stop thinking about Sirius. He'd just got his Godfather back, he wasn't going to lose him now. Honestly he was wishing that McGonagall would disappear so that he could talk to Ron and Hermione about it, although he had an idea that they were too tired for that sort of talk at this point in time.

"Professor" Ron said before yawning for the fifth time in a matter of minutes, "Are you sure Dumbledore didn't tell you *why* we all have to go and see him at this hour, because I know he's a bit mad and all, but this is just ridiculous"

"Where are we?" Hermione asked as they walked down an unfamiliar hall.

"We are in the staff apartments" Professor McGonagall said, "We have to get Sirius and Aliandra before returning to the Headmasters office."

"And you didn't think of waking them first, leaving us to sleep for a few more precious minutes" Ron asked sadly

"I have had the pleasure of waking up Mr. Black once before in my life" Professor McGonagall said, "And I am not in a hurry to repeat that event"

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean" Harry muttered thinking back to the other night after his nightmare. After taking a sharp turn to the left, the group were fast approaching a tattered old door that looked as if it hadn't been used in years.

It was a sharp clanging noise that made the group stop before entering the room. "You can hear that too right" Harry asked over a moment, wondering if he was the only one hearing the noises.

"yeah, I think.." Hermione started but was cut off by a cry of pain and McGonagall launched open the door with her wand out. The four froze when they found Aliandra and Sirius in the middle of a sword battle.

It was actually quite amazing to watch the two silver blades flash through the air and even more to see how quick the two were to move out of the way. The longer they watched the easier it began to pick up the patterns, Aliandra was being a lot more defensive than Sirius, she was deflecting blows but not slashing out herself.

Harry couldn't work out whether this was because she didn't get the chance, or because she was waiting for a precise moment, but he was quickly dragged out of his thoughts as Sirius pulled his wand out of his robes "Vendigo!" He shouted and blue light flashed out of his wand,

Aliandra had pulled out her own wand. "Imphig" She yelled pointing her wand at the ground. She went flying into the air and the spell that Sirius had shot at her went right under her. She landed perfectly glaring at Sirius. "That wasn't fair, you said blades only"

"Did I?" Sirius said grinning, "Oh I must have forgotten" he laughed and raised his sword to meet hers.

Aliandra rolled her eyes in response "Idiot, that would have really hurt you know" she said as she their swords met again and again. The two continued the battle, even though Harry was sure they knew of the presence of the audience they had gained.

"er--" Professor McGonagall said staring at the pair, "well, I knew they were a strange couple, but a sword fight three am in the morning, really"

"Well, they may have started hours ago" Harry said trying to look at it logically, "And they just don't know what the time is?"

"Yeah Harry, but how many people do you know that can handle a sword like that?" Ron said awed

"There is nothing mad about being able to wield a sword, all aurors are trained with that skill" McGonagall said, "I.." She was cut of as Aliandra screamed, the four looked at the couple. Sirius was standing in front of Aliandra grinning widely as he pointed both his and her swords at her throat.

"I hate you" Aliandra said, "You've been in Azkaban for twelve years, how the hell can you possibly beat me at this, you haven't practiced in years"

"I love you" Sirius countered with a grin, "And anyway, Moody told you the answer to that one years ago, I was brought up with these things and when your family don't care if they cut you with a blade, you learn how to defend yourself pretty quick."

"It's still not fair" Aliandra said as Sirius put the two swords down on the table.

"Ahem" Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly

"Oh Hi Minerva" Aliandra said casually "What are you doing here? Hey Harry, Hermione, Ron"

"What are you two doing?" She asked "Its three am in the morning" Aliandra just shrugged and Sirius looked at his watch,

"Hey, she's right" He muttered, "I told you it should have been three rounds"

"Three rounds is boring, and at least I got the chance to beat you twice" Aliandra said shrugging,

"What part of three am in the morning don't you understand?" Sirius said gaping at his wife.

She shrugged then looked back at the group, "So what can we do for you, at three am in the morning?" She asked smiling.

"Dumbledore wishes to see you both" McGonagall said calmly

Sirius sighed, "What part of three am in the morning doesn't he understand..." He said causing Ron, Hermione and Harry to laugh, then all six made their way towards Dumbledore's office.

* * *

"Good Evening" Dumbledore said cheerfully as the group shuffled into his office.

"Morning" Sirius said with a grin and the old Headmaster chuckled,

"I apologise for dragging you all out of bed at this time in the morning, but I have an urgent matter that you all have to be alerted off. It seems that Voldermort is less than happy that he cannot read the book that he has just recently got his hands on" Dumbledore explained.

"Well that was to be expected Dumbledore, why should we be alerted of the fact?" Sirius said, and Harry found himself amazed by how well his godfathers mind worked in the early hours of the morning.

Dumbledore nodded, "Because I made an error. I assumed that Aliandra would be the only one who could open the book. It was only an hour ago that I realised there were others... am I right?"

"They can access certain spells, it was made as a measure in case there was not a heir around when the book was needed."

Dumbledore nodded, "So while I have been thinking that Aliandra was the only person who had the power to open the book, it seems that Voldermort has been looking elsewhere. Witches and Wizards that are trained and practiced in ancient magic have been disappearing all over Europe."

Sirius frowned and looked at Aliandra who was shaking her head.

"That will get him no where" Aliandra sighed, "There is little ancient magic that protects the old book"

Dumbledore nodded, "I am aware of that, but, there are two of the kidnapped that will be able to open the book."

Aliandra and Sirius looked seriously at Dumbledore. "Who" They said in unison.

"A woman named Gwen Terthy, who was a Medi-witch with Lily Evans, and... Remus Lupin"

"No" Sirius said "No, he doesn't have Remus, he can't have Remus" Sirius was as white as a ghost, and he kept shaking his head. Harry placed a hand on his godfathers arm who looked at him,

"He'll be alright" Harry said, though he didn't feel nearly as convinced as he sounded.

Sirius closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath then looked up at Dumbledore, "We have to get him back"

Dumbledore sighed, "We do, I'm going to contact the Order and we'll start planning right away, but before all that, I need to talk to these three" he said motioning towards Harry, Ron and Hermione. Aliandra and Sirius nodded, then left the room with McGonagall whom had been standing up the back quietly.

Dumbledore looked at the students for some time before sighing, "I know you all cared about Remus, but I need you three to promise that you will not play any part in going after him." Harry was about to object when Dumbledore raised his hand. "Harry, there will be a time, in the future no doubt where you will need to face Voldermort, but now is not it. The fate of this world sits in your hands, and if you were to be killed, we would have little chance."

"But"

"Now all three of you, promise me that you will not go after Remus" The three students shared a look and nodded reluctantly.

"Good, now I think it's best that you return to the dormitories." Dumbledore said