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The Guardian through The Bernards Arrive.
The Unicorn and the Stag
Chapter Eight
Rose felt terrible.
Absolutely bloody terrible.
Let the bloody demons of the Salem cemetery eat Dumbledore.
Harry was not going to be happy that she hadn't told this to him when she met him. But she didn't have a choice. Even telling him now would be dangerous. But if she didn't tell him, he'd just dig through the Bernard twins' memories until he found the information he needed. And that could kill him and the twins. Physically and/or emotionally and/or mentally. Oy.
So she had no choice but to tell him. And the Weasleys. And Hermione. She saw serious therapy for herself in the future.
"The Order of the Phoenix is a select group of powerful witches and wizards," she began. "It was formed twenty-five years ago by Professor Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Minerva McGonagall, Alastor Moody, Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, and James and Lily Potter. They Phoenixes' job was to fight Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
"They went on to establish an academy for future Phoenixes hidden inside Hogwarts' lessons. The spells and potions you learned would all be helpful in being an Auror.
"There are four levels of the Order. They are, in lowest to highest, White, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. There are levels before that for the Phoenixes-in- training. Your level is determined by the amount of power you have. It can increase, but decreases very rarely.
"The only Phoenixes there have ever been before now are the founders. But starting around when I started to Hogwarts, the training began again. That was because I knew Voldemort would rise again. Happy day." She wasn't sure how to explain this. "I have the power to predict future things. So do you, Harry, but you haven't trained your skill and can only see past and present happenings. You go to sleep, and have a very real dream, usually about Voldemort. You wake up with your scar hurting. That was how I saw Lord Voldemort's uprising when I was in the first year. I notified Dumbledore, who reinstated the training. New Phoenixes were selected a lot starting in your second year, when I started seeing what Voldemort would do once he came back. I selected Ron, the Weasley twins, the Bernard twins, Bill, Hermione, Ginny, and you, Harry. There are a few other names that you would not recognize. Harry, the only reason I am telling you and your friends this is because everyone in this room is level Gold. You can feel the magic emanating from this room from literally fifty miles away. Any one of us could perform Avada Kedavra without a wand."
The audience of her speech looked like they all wanted to know the answer to the same question. "Ron, what is it?"
"But why Ginny? She's the youngest of all of us. Why would Voldemort want her?"
"Unless I am strongly mistaken, I believe it is Harry's feelings for her." Harry blushed to the tips of his ears. Rose smirked very subtly. "Voldemort is using her as bait to get Harry. She is also a Gold, so he is probably getting considerable power, too."
"Professor..." Hermione began.
"The part about the Secret-Keepers is that each one of us is the Secret- Keeper for another. Alex is technically Ginny's Secret-Keeper, but she told Ally in case she is killed. They know where she is, but we can't get to it. The Death Eaters used a Shield Charm to create a sort of force field around her."
"So we'll never get to her?" Harry whispered.
Alex looked nervously at Rose. Rose nodded.
"There is one way," Alex said. "But it's highly dangerous for both the wizards and witches working it and the one they are trying to free. It requires ten Golds and their rings."
"Their rings?" Hermione asked.
"There are ten rings that the original Phoenixes prepared for something like this. They are colored red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, silver, and gold. Each wizard performing the Rainbow Spell (that's the name of the spell) gets one ring. They are pre-assigned to a Gold that has enough power to perform the Rainbow. They form a circle and place their hands on a magical object belonging to the one they are trying to recover. Their wand is preferred. They say an incantation at exactly the same time. If they do it right, the person should appear in the middle of them. If they do it wrong, they all die. There's no margin for error."
"Who are the Golds that can perform the Rainbow?"
Ally was talking now. "The red ring belongs to Fred, and the orange one to George. The yellow ring is mine, and the green one is Alex's."
"The blue ring is Parvati Patil's, and the purple belongs to her sister Padma. The black ring belongs to Ron and the white to Hermione."
"What about the gold and silver rings?"
"They belong to you and me, Harry. The gold is yours, the silver is mine," Rose said.
"Wow," Hermione said. "But if we're so powerful, why haven't we noticed?"
"You all have in your own ways," Rose responded. "Hermione, you are the top student at Hogwarts. Ron, those voices you were hearing weren't your imagination. Those were people's thoughts. And Harry, you've always been just behind Hermione. The twins have always been too good at hiding their pranking supplies for it not to be magical."
*~*~*
Harry couldn't believe he had the ability to get Ginny and hadn't noticed. He didn't care how dangerous it was; he wanted to do the Rainbow Spell.
"Rose, do the Patil twins know?"
"Yes, Harry. They've known since they were ten. I told their parents, they told their kids."
"Then couldn't we start really training?"
Rose looked thoughtful. "Yes, I suppose we could. But why do you want to?"
Harry felt her probing into his thoughts.
"I agree." She switched to telepathy.
*I do think we should perform the Rainbow Spell. But I'm not going to force anyone into it. They all know that it could kill them.*
*Don't you two dare leave me out of this!*
The connection nearly broke in shock.
*Hermione?!* Harry said. *How did you figure out how to do this?*
*I found out how when I was eight. I haven't seen anyone else who could do it before, but I learned how to tell when they were. Your face goes blank and you shut your eyes.*
*Really?*
*Yes,* said a third voice.
*Ron? You, too?*
*I didn't know I could.*
*You know, why don't we just sit here and wait for everyone else to join?* Harry said.
*I agree. The Bernards already know how,* Rose said. *The rest of them should figure out in about five...four...three...two...one...*
The four friends suddenly felt four new minds in the connection. After everyone had figured out who was who, Rose told them her and Harry's opinion on the Rainbow Spell.
*Harry and I think that it would be best if we attempted the Rainbow Spell. If any of you disagree, we'll call it off.*
*Not a chance.*
*I want my sister back!*
*What's life without her?*
*I am NOT letting Voldemort sit there and sap away her power, even if she is a bit of a pain at times.*
*I'm in.*
*Me, too.*
*Now we just have to ask the Patil twins,* Harry said.
*No need,* said another voice.
*We already know. We want her back, she's fun,* said another.
*Apparently, it's unanimous. Training will begin tomorrow at the Lake after classes,* Rose proclaimed. *We will perform the Rainbow Spell in six weeks.*
The Unicorn and the Stag
Chapter Eight
Rose felt terrible.
Absolutely bloody terrible.
Let the bloody demons of the Salem cemetery eat Dumbledore.
Harry was not going to be happy that she hadn't told this to him when she met him. But she didn't have a choice. Even telling him now would be dangerous. But if she didn't tell him, he'd just dig through the Bernard twins' memories until he found the information he needed. And that could kill him and the twins. Physically and/or emotionally and/or mentally. Oy.
So she had no choice but to tell him. And the Weasleys. And Hermione. She saw serious therapy for herself in the future.
"The Order of the Phoenix is a select group of powerful witches and wizards," she began. "It was formed twenty-five years ago by Professor Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Minerva McGonagall, Alastor Moody, Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, and James and Lily Potter. They Phoenixes' job was to fight Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
"They went on to establish an academy for future Phoenixes hidden inside Hogwarts' lessons. The spells and potions you learned would all be helpful in being an Auror.
"There are four levels of the Order. They are, in lowest to highest, White, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. There are levels before that for the Phoenixes-in- training. Your level is determined by the amount of power you have. It can increase, but decreases very rarely.
"The only Phoenixes there have ever been before now are the founders. But starting around when I started to Hogwarts, the training began again. That was because I knew Voldemort would rise again. Happy day." She wasn't sure how to explain this. "I have the power to predict future things. So do you, Harry, but you haven't trained your skill and can only see past and present happenings. You go to sleep, and have a very real dream, usually about Voldemort. You wake up with your scar hurting. That was how I saw Lord Voldemort's uprising when I was in the first year. I notified Dumbledore, who reinstated the training. New Phoenixes were selected a lot starting in your second year, when I started seeing what Voldemort would do once he came back. I selected Ron, the Weasley twins, the Bernard twins, Bill, Hermione, Ginny, and you, Harry. There are a few other names that you would not recognize. Harry, the only reason I am telling you and your friends this is because everyone in this room is level Gold. You can feel the magic emanating from this room from literally fifty miles away. Any one of us could perform Avada Kedavra without a wand."
The audience of her speech looked like they all wanted to know the answer to the same question. "Ron, what is it?"
"But why Ginny? She's the youngest of all of us. Why would Voldemort want her?"
"Unless I am strongly mistaken, I believe it is Harry's feelings for her." Harry blushed to the tips of his ears. Rose smirked very subtly. "Voldemort is using her as bait to get Harry. She is also a Gold, so he is probably getting considerable power, too."
"Professor..." Hermione began.
"The part about the Secret-Keepers is that each one of us is the Secret- Keeper for another. Alex is technically Ginny's Secret-Keeper, but she told Ally in case she is killed. They know where she is, but we can't get to it. The Death Eaters used a Shield Charm to create a sort of force field around her."
"So we'll never get to her?" Harry whispered.
Alex looked nervously at Rose. Rose nodded.
"There is one way," Alex said. "But it's highly dangerous for both the wizards and witches working it and the one they are trying to free. It requires ten Golds and their rings."
"Their rings?" Hermione asked.
"There are ten rings that the original Phoenixes prepared for something like this. They are colored red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, silver, and gold. Each wizard performing the Rainbow Spell (that's the name of the spell) gets one ring. They are pre-assigned to a Gold that has enough power to perform the Rainbow. They form a circle and place their hands on a magical object belonging to the one they are trying to recover. Their wand is preferred. They say an incantation at exactly the same time. If they do it right, the person should appear in the middle of them. If they do it wrong, they all die. There's no margin for error."
"Who are the Golds that can perform the Rainbow?"
Ally was talking now. "The red ring belongs to Fred, and the orange one to George. The yellow ring is mine, and the green one is Alex's."
"The blue ring is Parvati Patil's, and the purple belongs to her sister Padma. The black ring belongs to Ron and the white to Hermione."
"What about the gold and silver rings?"
"They belong to you and me, Harry. The gold is yours, the silver is mine," Rose said.
"Wow," Hermione said. "But if we're so powerful, why haven't we noticed?"
"You all have in your own ways," Rose responded. "Hermione, you are the top student at Hogwarts. Ron, those voices you were hearing weren't your imagination. Those were people's thoughts. And Harry, you've always been just behind Hermione. The twins have always been too good at hiding their pranking supplies for it not to be magical."
*~*~*
Harry couldn't believe he had the ability to get Ginny and hadn't noticed. He didn't care how dangerous it was; he wanted to do the Rainbow Spell.
"Rose, do the Patil twins know?"
"Yes, Harry. They've known since they were ten. I told their parents, they told their kids."
"Then couldn't we start really training?"
Rose looked thoughtful. "Yes, I suppose we could. But why do you want to?"
Harry felt her probing into his thoughts.
"I agree." She switched to telepathy.
*I do think we should perform the Rainbow Spell. But I'm not going to force anyone into it. They all know that it could kill them.*
*Don't you two dare leave me out of this!*
The connection nearly broke in shock.
*Hermione?!* Harry said. *How did you figure out how to do this?*
*I found out how when I was eight. I haven't seen anyone else who could do it before, but I learned how to tell when they were. Your face goes blank and you shut your eyes.*
*Really?*
*Yes,* said a third voice.
*Ron? You, too?*
*I didn't know I could.*
*You know, why don't we just sit here and wait for everyone else to join?* Harry said.
*I agree. The Bernards already know how,* Rose said. *The rest of them should figure out in about five...four...three...two...one...*
The four friends suddenly felt four new minds in the connection. After everyone had figured out who was who, Rose told them her and Harry's opinion on the Rainbow Spell.
*Harry and I think that it would be best if we attempted the Rainbow Spell. If any of you disagree, we'll call it off.*
*Not a chance.*
*I want my sister back!*
*What's life without her?*
*I am NOT letting Voldemort sit there and sap away her power, even if she is a bit of a pain at times.*
*I'm in.*
*Me, too.*
*Now we just have to ask the Patil twins,* Harry said.
*No need,* said another voice.
*We already know. We want her back, she's fun,* said another.
*Apparently, it's unanimous. Training will begin tomorrow at the Lake after classes,* Rose proclaimed. *We will perform the Rainbow Spell in six weeks.*