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The betrayal:
When they arrived home, she went to the kitchen to put some tea for them, Griffin just collapsed in a couch before the fireplace while Harry took the books and brought them upstairs. He checked in Phoenix's room to make sure she wasn't back and went downstairs again. When he came in, a big fire was roaring in the fireplace and Ron sat motionless with he's eyes closed. He just sat next to him, professor Villjé came in carrying a tea set and served them some.
"Don't you have more classes, Professor?"
"No Dragon, not today." The boy nodded.
They sat in silence for a long time, Harry liked to look at the fire and let his thoughts float in his mind, he noticed Ron falling asleep next to him, and thinking it to be a good idea, he closed his eyes. The last thing he noticed was professor Villjé putting a blanket on him.
When Phoenix apparated in the old street, she noticed it was past lunch, she felt drained, hearing Malfoy talking about all that people he had killed had really affected her. When she arrived home she was surprised to see the professor's car parked in the lawn, without giving it a second thought she went inside, it was very cold out. When she closed the door she was immediately embraced by professor Villjé, she had obviously been looking out for her. The woman led her to the living room where she saw Ron and Harry soundly asleep. While her guardian went away to get some tea and something to eat, she kicked out her boots and curled up in the couch next to Harry. It seemed Dragon had sensed her for he briefly opened his eyes, smiled at her and put an arm around her. She loved the way the boys were so protective of here, they always made her feel better, they were the older brothers she had never had. With a sigh she closed her eyes and let the fire warm her up again. Half an hour later Professor Villjé entered only to find the three children sleeping soundly. With a small smile, she went over to Griffin and shacked him gently. The boy opened his eyes, he always seemed to be alert when he woke up, it made her wonder, none of them ever lingered in bed as other kids did, they were always instantly awake. Seeing it was only his guardian, Ron stretched out and folded the blanket that had been using while the professor woke Phoenix and Dragon. Ten minutes later, the four of them were having a light lunch.
"Phoenix?" The girl looked up at Dragon.
"Yes?"
"How did it go?." Ron leaned back in his chair and centred all his attention on the girl, Professor Villjé looked at them, it was strange to hear them talking about things when she was around. Phoenix shoot her a penetrating look but answered.
"It went ok. They discovered that Lucius Malfoy, his wife and wormtail have been posing as us since last year."
"Wormtail?" Phoenix nodded.
"What was the result of the trial?" Phoenix smirked at this.
"Well, Fudge obviously didn't want to lose his face, the ministry is going to give us a million galeons, plus a house each." Ron looked at her astonished.
"Are you for real? A million galeons? That's a lot of money."
"Well Griffin, we aren't just normal kids. Phoenix was the most promising student of our class, you are the son of an important ministry member, and I'm the boy who lived. If Fudge didn't give us that much, he would lose support of lots of people."
"He's going to be in a tight spot nevertheless, accusing the Boy who lived of becoming a death eater will not sit well with the people."
"Yeah, and the hypocrites are going to forget that they weren't exactly giving us their support, idiots." Phoenix scowled, and Harry smiled a little. Professor Villjé had listened to all that in growing wonder and couldn't help but ask.
"Are you talking about the way they accused you?" Ron nodded.
"Yeah, they finally caught the people who had really done it and discovered everything. By the way Phoenix, who attended the trial?"
"It seemed Fudge wanted it quite, only Dumbledore, McGonagall, Lupin, Snuffles." Harry scowled in annoyance and muttered something about killing his godfather. "Some other teachers, your whole family, except Percy, and my parents."
"What about Sirius? Was he absolved?" Phoenix nodded.
"Yeah, he was given the same treatment as us, and he has been officially appointed as your legal guardian. And if you are wondering, we are to be accepted back at Hogwards at once."
"Hogwards?"
"It's the name of our last school." The professor nodded.
"So you are going back there." She looked a little unhappy, she had become quite attached to the three kids.
"We haven't decided yet, besides officially we don't know yet about the sentence so we still have some time to decide." Dragon looked out of the window, it had begun to rain.
"Why wouldn't you want to return? You told me you loved the school." Phoenix put her head in her hands.
"Returning means facing everyone, all the hurt, the betrayal. When we were accused no one asked us what had happened, all our friends turned on us without a second thought, even if we had proved time and time again that we were against the kind of thing that happened. Not even our families supported us." Professor Villjé felt pity for them, they looked so vulnerable and tired right now, she knew they hadn't told her much, but she could clearly see that it had hurt them deeply.
"Don't worry kids, you know you can stay here as long as you wish." They nodded their thanks, but didn't talk further.
The rest of the evening was spent reading and doing homework, professor Villjé had was correcting exercises on the table, while the three kids where seated on the floor before the fire place looking at a strange paper and discussing something softly. She had often seen those papers in their hands, she knew they were written in some strange language she didn't understand and that they hid them cautiously in someplace she didn't know. They seemed afraid that someone would try to steal them away, and every so often they burned a stack of papers. Phoenix was hunched over the parchment, it was written in the old celtic she had learned in Ancient Runes and taught it Ron and Harry so they could safely write about magic without their guardian finding out. It was the last project they were working on, they thought the killing curse didn't really kill the people, but put them in a deep state of chriogenesis, a frozen sleep. If that was true, then they maybe could create a potion to awake people of that deep sleep. The fact that they had found a protection against it didn't mean it was useful. Sure they wore the phoenix necklaces, and they could do more, but Harry couldn't keep giving scales of his animagy form to make all the necklaces they would need to protect everyone. They were still in the beginning stage of the project, but Phoenix had a hunch that they were looking in the right direction, or at least she hoped so.
To be continued...
Author's notes: thank you for all the reviews.
The betrayal:
When they arrived home, she went to the kitchen to put some tea for them, Griffin just collapsed in a couch before the fireplace while Harry took the books and brought them upstairs. He checked in Phoenix's room to make sure she wasn't back and went downstairs again. When he came in, a big fire was roaring in the fireplace and Ron sat motionless with he's eyes closed. He just sat next to him, professor Villjé came in carrying a tea set and served them some.
"Don't you have more classes, Professor?"
"No Dragon, not today." The boy nodded.
They sat in silence for a long time, Harry liked to look at the fire and let his thoughts float in his mind, he noticed Ron falling asleep next to him, and thinking it to be a good idea, he closed his eyes. The last thing he noticed was professor Villjé putting a blanket on him.
When Phoenix apparated in the old street, she noticed it was past lunch, she felt drained, hearing Malfoy talking about all that people he had killed had really affected her. When she arrived home she was surprised to see the professor's car parked in the lawn, without giving it a second thought she went inside, it was very cold out. When she closed the door she was immediately embraced by professor Villjé, she had obviously been looking out for her. The woman led her to the living room where she saw Ron and Harry soundly asleep. While her guardian went away to get some tea and something to eat, she kicked out her boots and curled up in the couch next to Harry. It seemed Dragon had sensed her for he briefly opened his eyes, smiled at her and put an arm around her. She loved the way the boys were so protective of here, they always made her feel better, they were the older brothers she had never had. With a sigh she closed her eyes and let the fire warm her up again. Half an hour later Professor Villjé entered only to find the three children sleeping soundly. With a small smile, she went over to Griffin and shacked him gently. The boy opened his eyes, he always seemed to be alert when he woke up, it made her wonder, none of them ever lingered in bed as other kids did, they were always instantly awake. Seeing it was only his guardian, Ron stretched out and folded the blanket that had been using while the professor woke Phoenix and Dragon. Ten minutes later, the four of them were having a light lunch.
"Phoenix?" The girl looked up at Dragon.
"Yes?"
"How did it go?." Ron leaned back in his chair and centred all his attention on the girl, Professor Villjé looked at them, it was strange to hear them talking about things when she was around. Phoenix shoot her a penetrating look but answered.
"It went ok. They discovered that Lucius Malfoy, his wife and wormtail have been posing as us since last year."
"Wormtail?" Phoenix nodded.
"What was the result of the trial?" Phoenix smirked at this.
"Well, Fudge obviously didn't want to lose his face, the ministry is going to give us a million galeons, plus a house each." Ron looked at her astonished.
"Are you for real? A million galeons? That's a lot of money."
"Well Griffin, we aren't just normal kids. Phoenix was the most promising student of our class, you are the son of an important ministry member, and I'm the boy who lived. If Fudge didn't give us that much, he would lose support of lots of people."
"He's going to be in a tight spot nevertheless, accusing the Boy who lived of becoming a death eater will not sit well with the people."
"Yeah, and the hypocrites are going to forget that they weren't exactly giving us their support, idiots." Phoenix scowled, and Harry smiled a little. Professor Villjé had listened to all that in growing wonder and couldn't help but ask.
"Are you talking about the way they accused you?" Ron nodded.
"Yeah, they finally caught the people who had really done it and discovered everything. By the way Phoenix, who attended the trial?"
"It seemed Fudge wanted it quite, only Dumbledore, McGonagall, Lupin, Snuffles." Harry scowled in annoyance and muttered something about killing his godfather. "Some other teachers, your whole family, except Percy, and my parents."
"What about Sirius? Was he absolved?" Phoenix nodded.
"Yeah, he was given the same treatment as us, and he has been officially appointed as your legal guardian. And if you are wondering, we are to be accepted back at Hogwards at once."
"Hogwards?"
"It's the name of our last school." The professor nodded.
"So you are going back there." She looked a little unhappy, she had become quite attached to the three kids.
"We haven't decided yet, besides officially we don't know yet about the sentence so we still have some time to decide." Dragon looked out of the window, it had begun to rain.
"Why wouldn't you want to return? You told me you loved the school." Phoenix put her head in her hands.
"Returning means facing everyone, all the hurt, the betrayal. When we were accused no one asked us what had happened, all our friends turned on us without a second thought, even if we had proved time and time again that we were against the kind of thing that happened. Not even our families supported us." Professor Villjé felt pity for them, they looked so vulnerable and tired right now, she knew they hadn't told her much, but she could clearly see that it had hurt them deeply.
"Don't worry kids, you know you can stay here as long as you wish." They nodded their thanks, but didn't talk further.
The rest of the evening was spent reading and doing homework, professor Villjé had was correcting exercises on the table, while the three kids where seated on the floor before the fire place looking at a strange paper and discussing something softly. She had often seen those papers in their hands, she knew they were written in some strange language she didn't understand and that they hid them cautiously in someplace she didn't know. They seemed afraid that someone would try to steal them away, and every so often they burned a stack of papers. Phoenix was hunched over the parchment, it was written in the old celtic she had learned in Ancient Runes and taught it Ron and Harry so they could safely write about magic without their guardian finding out. It was the last project they were working on, they thought the killing curse didn't really kill the people, but put them in a deep state of chriogenesis, a frozen sleep. If that was true, then they maybe could create a potion to awake people of that deep sleep. The fact that they had found a protection against it didn't mean it was useful. Sure they wore the phoenix necklaces, and they could do more, but Harry couldn't keep giving scales of his animagy form to make all the necklaces they would need to protect everyone. They were still in the beginning stage of the project, but Phoenix had a hunch that they were looking in the right direction, or at least she hoped so.
To be continued...
Author's notes: thank you for all the reviews.
