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Chapter Six

Testing Day

Harry woke up the next morning completely refreshed. He walked downstairs to start helping Aunt Molly with breakfast when he noticed some movement outside. After a few minutes Harry decided it was just a gnome or something.
He continued down the stairs. As he passed Ginny's door it opened.
"Hey," Max said as she joined Harry down the stairs. She was dressed in khaki camis and a grey T-shirt. Harry thought they looked like the ones that they had worn at Manticore.
"Morning," Harry yawned. His sister had always been up training in the morning really early at Manticore.
"Harry, I hope you pass today. I'm coming with you. Tonight, do you think we can use the map together though? That is if we get a chance. I mean, I know you planned on using it tonight anyway," Max whispered as she and Harry continued quietly down the stairs side by side.
"Sure," Harry said as they entered the kitchen.
He sat at the table. Max made coffee and breakfast. She opened the kitchen door and called the Weasleys and Hermione down to breakfast.
A thundering sound erupted throughout the house. Harry laughed as all the Weasleys poured into the room. Hermione after Ginny.
Everyone started to reach for food but they stopped.
"It looks wonderful, Max. You really didn't have to though," Aunt Molly said.
"Thank you. It's fun cooking for a large group of people though," Max replied.
Ron reached for a biscuit. Before he could touch it though, Max said, "Not yet Ron."
"Why? Who are we waiting for?" Ron whined.
"We're not waiting for anyone. Hogwarts letters get opened first. There are packages too. Looks like we have some prefects." Max said.
She walked around the table handing out the letters to their owners.
"On the count of three, open them," Aunt Molly said.
"One, two, three!" Uncle Arthur exclaimed.
They opened their letters.
"So," said Uncle Arthur, "Who are our prefects?"
Harry looked at his letter. He wasn't a prefect this year. His jaw dropped as he read on. He was Head Boy.
Ron broke the silence, "Prefect again this year."
Hermione added "Me too. I really wanted to be Head Girl though."
"I'm a prefect again too," Ginny said.
Harry and Max sat staring at their letters.
Fred walked around to Harry and snatched his letter out of his hand. There was a cry of frustration as George did the same to Max.
The two sets of twins looked at each other.
"Oh no," Harry and Max grumbled simultaneously.
Fred and George walked around the table to each other and started whispering.
"Well?" Ron said.
"Yeah, are they prefects?" asked Ginny.
"Those two? Head Boy and Head Girl?" George asked.
"That's what it says here," replied Fred.
"But, Max is way more of a troublemaker than the two of us added together. We weren't Head Boys." George whined.
"That's great you two!" Aunt Molly said as she gave the younger twins a hug.
"Way to keep it in the family." Uncle Arthur said.
Everyone else agreed.
They started eating after badges were passed out and, because Fred and George kept insisting, put on.
They were half of the way through breakfast when there was a knock on the door.
"Open the door Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. The house is surrounded. There is no way out," a familiar voice called.
"Oh no," Harry said.
"Lydecker," Max finished.
"Should I open the door?" Uncle Arthur asked.
"Yeah no wand though. Remember they are Muggles." Max said.
"We're waiting!" Lydecker called.
Uncle Arthur opened the door. The two men talked for a brief minute.
Then Lydecker said, "Remember the briefing. Search."
The TAC team moved into the house. When they came into the kitchen they had everyone put their hands on their head and turn towards the designated wall.
The team moved to each person in turn and looked at the back of their necks. It was then that both Harry and Max forgot they didn't have skin covers on. It was too late though.
"Two in the kitchen Colonel Lydecker," called one of the members of the team in the kitchen. "Male and female X--."
He never finished his sentence. Max had spun and chopped the guy in the throat, then delivered a side kick into his chest. He was knocked backwards. He took the rest of the team with him. They collided with the stove.
Harry loved watching his sister fight. She is and always would be the best X5.
They could hear Lydecker running down the stairs. Harry and Max put on the skin covers just as Lydecker ran into the room.
He looked at his fallen team, then at the people in the room that were still standing.
Someone slipped into the room behind Lydecker raising a pipe, ready to strike.
Max used X5 speed, ran forward, and grabbed the pipe before the man even knew what had happened.
Realization dawned on Max's face. She had just shown her X5 abilities. Max then spoke.
"Fenestol brother, White," she said.
Harry sighed with relief. He knew now that Max knew what she was doing.
"Potter," Ames White spoke with disgust, "you have and never will be a Familiar."
"Potter?" Lydecker asked, "I recognize that name. We had four of them in the X5 program. Two sets of twins. They were the only ones whose parents were allowed visitation. That was only because of their vicious dog. It was huge."
Harry and Max looked at each other.
"Sirius," they said together.
They started laughing.
"What are you laughing about? That dog nearly bit my hand off when I refused them visitation," Lydecker said. He was clearly getting agitated.
Instead of making the twins stop laughing like it was intended to do, it made them laugh even harder.
"Stop laughing," Lydecker yelled. It was more of an order.
Harry and Max soon calmed down. The man Max had taken out was waking. She clearly only intended to do an extremely temporary knock out. Ames White had long since left.
The man stood up rubbing his throat.
"You were yelling about two X series?" Lydecker asked.
"Yes," the man said glaring at Max. Max just glared back. "She is the famous 452 Colonel."
"What the hell is an X5 or 452?" Max asked looking convincingly confused.
"Don't lie," said Colonel Lydecker, "You know exactly what they are."
"Really?" Max asked, "Because I sure don't recall--. Oh, X5 as in the training program I'm supposed to undergoing in about 2 days."
"You know," said the TAC team member.
"Can they do this?" Max asked mockingly while doing a very clumsy and lazy roundhouse kick followed by a side kick.
"You can do it better than that," the TAC member said, "You did one of them on me."
"Oh, you mean like this," Max said with a look of understanding. She delivered a roundhouse kick with ease and expertise.
Out of nowhere, two tazer darts struck Max in the chest. Harry could smell the electricity.
Lydecker replaced the gun in his pocket with a smug smile. "You're coming back with us 452."
Max shook her head. She had already pulled the darts from her chest and threw them aside. She took her wand out behind her back. There was screaming throughout the house. The invaders ran from the house screaming.
"Obliviate!" Max yelled while her wand swished toward Lydecker and the TAC members in the house.