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Note: This is a sequel to "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"; taken place several months later during Easter holidays, so read that first.

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Rated PG-13 for content

Chapter 16: Voldemort's plan and Betrayal

Before we see what is Achilles yelling about, let's take a look at what You- Know-Who is up to......

"Wormtail, come over here." said Voldemort in the Riddle House.

"Yes, Master?" asked Wormtail in a small voice.

"When do the Easter holidays end in Hogwarts?"

"Just a few days more, Master. What are you planning to do, Master?" asked Wormtail timidly.

"I am going to attack Hogwarts."

"Brilliant, Master, brilliant! But how?" asked Wormtail before Voldemort turned his head sharply from the window and glared at him.

"Don't ask so many questions, Wormtail." he growled.

"Yes, Master, sorry, Master........." said Wormtail quickly.

"But I can only tell you this. I am going to give those Mudbloods and Mudblood-lovers a very, very big surprise. They will never know that I, Lord Voldemort, will use this method to punish them all. Looks like growing up in a Muggle orphanage does have its advantages...... Tell me, Wormtail, which of my followers' children are in Hogwarts?"

"Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle.........." Wormtail counted, listing almost all the Slytherins' parents out.

Voldemort clicked his tongue impatiently. "That's enough. You might as well say that all my followers' children are in Hogwarts." he thought deeply for a moment. "Come, Wormtail, I am going to hold a parent-conference......."

****

Back to Achilles.......

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU WOMEN?!"

Downstairs in the Dumbledores' summer house, the Hogwarts Sisters looked up the ceiling from their breakfast as Achilles continued cursing at the top of his lungs.

"Sounds like Sleeping Prince Charming is up." said Mandy coolly.

"Sleeping Tiger, more like. I am going to make him some coffee....." said Poppy as she got up from the seat.

"I am going to see him." said Georgia.

"I'm coming with you." Mandy said as she took another bite of her toast.

***

"I have work to do in Ministry, I have a.....ouch, a headache......" said Achilles as he clutched his head again.

"Stop yelling, you are going to tear the house down with your yells." said Mandy when she arrived at the door.

Achilles got out of the bed and glared at Mandy and Georgia. "Listen up this minute, okay? I am not a child, I am a grown man, with a life a thousand miles away from here. And I am going back to it right now."

Poppy came up to the room, heard Achilles and said, "I'm making you coffee. Don't you love my coffee?"

"Yes, your coffee is the......." Achilles frowned when he realised what he was saying. "Wait, don't change the topic! What I want to know is, what the hell do you think you are doing?"

"A Hogwarts Sisters' mission of mercy, pal." said Mandy simply.

"An intervention." added Poppy before she left for downstairs.

"Why me?" asked Achilles when Poppy left. "Mom is the one that needs the help!"

"Not exactly, you need help too," corrected Mandy. "You have a long life ahead of you. You shouldn't spend your entire life in anger and resentment."

Achilles's frown deepened. "I'm not angry!" he snapped. "The only resentment I feel is you all thinks that you have the right to disrupt my entire life.........."

"He is getting as long-winded as Minerva," said Mandy to Georgia and rolled her eyes.

"Let's leave him alone." suggested Georgia.

And they left Achilles yelling: ".......when all I did is to become an Auror!"

Then Achilles rubbed his head and grabbing a shelf for support. "Hold on, I'm spinning......."

***

Meanwhile, in the Auror Headquarters......

"Sir." said Wellard politely to Pellew.

"Yes, Mr Wellard?"

"Mr Smith send his apologies, Sir, he said that he could not come to the Headquarters until further notice." said Wellard slowly.

Pellew frowned. "Did he give any reason?" he demanded.

Wellard shook his head quickly. "He just says that it is personal."

Pellew sighed heavily. "Very well, Mr Wellard, when you see him, tell him to get his things done as quickly as possible. Now is the second war against Voldemort (Wellard winced as he heard the name) period and I do not wish to have my men away from work for a long time."

"Yes Sir." said Wellard.

As he did, Kennedy came running to them, waved hello to Wellard and nodded politely to Pellew. "Mr Pellew, you are required in Mr Edrington's cubicle, Sir, it's urgent."

"Very well, I will come," said Pellew seriously and turned to Wellard. "I can't hold you here any longer. You have the afternoon off, am I right?"

Wellard nodded.

"Have a good day then." said Pellew and went off towards Edrington's cubicle.

As he did, Wellard sighed.

"Hey, what is all the sighing about?" asked Kennedy as he ruffled Wellard's brown hair. "I thought you are happy to have an afternoon off. You should be, almost all the senior Aurors are working like hell here."

"Nothing, just that........" he sighed again.

"Oh, stop sighing and tell me, Terrence." said Kennedy.

"Tell you what?" asked Hornblower as he passed by.

"Nothing." said Wellard immediately.

"Yeah right," said Kennedy sarcastically. "Horatio, Terrence has been sighing."

"Sighing? What's wrong?" asked Hornblower in concern.

"Just that I didn't get know what's going on in here much." said Wellard quietly.

"Oh!" said Kennedy loudly. "It's normal. When I first arrived here, I often got left out of things but I got involved with more and more excited cases when I am older."

"Murders, kidnap, Death-Eaters......" Hornblower counted.

"So far Mr Pellew only let me to handle minor cases." grumbled Wellard.

"Because you are too young for major and important cases." said Kennedy.

"Thanks for a lot for reminding me!" snapped Wellard.

"Whoa, chill, Terrence, chill. Archie doesn't mean to say that," said Hornblower. "Just wait, you will get to handle big cases when you are older.

"By the way, Terrence, don't you think that you should be off? It's already 12.30 pm." asked Kennedy as he looked at his watch.

"Oh no! Athena is waiting for me! I must go, bye!" said Wellard and rushed to the exit.

Hornblower frowned. "Athena?"

Kennedy sighed in envy. "It's good to be young."

"And single." added Hornblower.

***

Back to the Dumbledores' summer house............

Achilles came down the stairs a few minute later and saw the Hogwarts Sisters sitting at a table, talking. He sighed, marched to them and slammed his hands on the table.

The Hogwarts Sisters stopped talking.

"I don't care if you three are staying here, I am going back home myself." growled Achilles.

"Sorry, Honey, you can't." said Mandy.

"Why not?"

"You can't disapparate, the Floo Network is not for transport but communication only and the Knight Bus doesn't come here, not even if you hold out your wand hand."

"Oh no, you can't do this to me! I didn't tell the Head of the Auror Headquarters that I will be absent......." said Achilles.

"We have taken care of that. We asked Terrence Wellard to tell your Head that you would be absent until further notice for personal reasons," said Mandy. "Such an obedient boy......."

"For how long?" asked Achilles in horror.

"Well, we told Athena that we would only hold you for less than a week....." started Poppy.

"W-wait a minute, Athena knows that I'm here?!" asked Achilles and the Hogwarts Sisters nodded.

Achilles threw up his arms in frustration. "Has everyone betrayed me or something? First, Philip Edrington told Athena my address, then Athena drugged me......."

"Not exactly, she lured you away from the table and I put the drug in." interrupted Mandy.

"Whatever. And now Terrence Wellard report to Mr Pellew that I would be absent without my consent!"

The Hogwarts Sisters didn't respond.

"I am going to talk to Athena." said Achilles and walked towards the fireplace.

"You go right ahead, we will leave you alone," said Mandy. "But we will be listening from the kitchen so talk loud."

Achilles snorted as he crouched down in front of the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of Floo powder, put his head in, threw the powder and called out the Dumbledores' address.

After a while, he saw the familiar living room that he used to live. There were no pictures of him on the wall at all, just pictures of Athena, Minerva and Dumbledore. Achilles brushed the odd feeling in his chest aside and called softly in case his parents were around, "Athena?"

No response.

"Athena?" he asked, louder this time.

He heard giggling, then his sister saying: "Good thing that you arrive on time, Mom and Dad just left for the meeting..........."

"ATHENA!" roared Achilles, knowing that his parents were gone.

He saw a pair of legs running to the living room.

"Come here!' demanded Achilles.

Athena came to the fireplace and squatted down. "Hi Bro, how are you feeling?"

Achilles softened at his sister's voice. "A little disoriented." he said softly.

"Hey, maybe Poppy has some potions to cure hangovers."

Achilles frowned. "I can't believe you let them do this. By the way, where are Mom and Dad?"

"Out for an Order of the Phoenix meeting. I am not allowed to go."

"Listen," Achilles leaned forward a little. "I'm going to try and bust out tomorrow, I'm going to get back to work."

"Don't rush back to work. I think maybe you ought to fix this thing with Mom once and for all." said Athena.

"Why are you so worried about this?" asked Achilles as he rolled his eyes.

"Of course I am, who won't want to see their family members make up?"

"But there is some other ways beside this!"

"Yeah right," said Athena sarcastically. "Anyway, the Hogwarts Sisters may be nuts, but they might know something you don't."

Achilles didn't say anything.

"Stay there. Deal with it." advised Athena.

Achilles sighed in annoyance when he heard someone at Athena's side yelling, "Athena, hurry up!"

Athena called, "Coming!"

"Who's there?" asked Achilles.

"Terrence."

"Wait a minute, Terrence? As in Terrence Wellard?"

"Yeah."

"What the hell is he doing there?!" demanded Achilles.

"Is that Mr McGonagall? Tell him that Mr Pellew wants him to get his things done as soon as possible!" called Wellard. "And tell him that I say hello!"

"Hear that?" asked Athena.

"Yeah!" yelled Achilles. "Anyway, you have not answered my question yet."

"He is here to accompany me. Mom and Dad are getting too busy with the Order so he decided to come here."

"Doesn't he have anything to do in the Auror Headquarters?!" he asked, loud enough for Wellard to hear.

"He is just a junior; the Headquarters don't need him much." said Athena airily.

"Why Terrence? Why not your school friends?"

"Oh well, Hermione is busy with school work, Harry is definitely out of the question, Ron is too busy with Quidditch, I don't go to Neville's when his grandmother is looking at me like a hawk and I got tired with the Weasley Wizarding Wheezes and the Woods'."

"Do your homework then." suggested Achilles.

"I have already finished my homework."

Achilles growled. "Hey Wellard, don't touch my baby sister, you hear me, boy?!"

"He is no boy! He is already 22 years old!" protested Athena. "Anyway, I won't let him touch me! Not if I can help it." she added and grinned.

"What?!"

"Okay, I have enough talking with you. I'm going kite-flying with Terrence! Isn't this great? I have not been to kite-flying since I was 9! And tomorrow, we are going to the beach........."

Achilles's mouth fell open as he pictured his sister in a swimsuit and Wellard applying sun-block on her back. "Hey, I don't allow you two to go the beach!"

"Too late! Dad and Mom allow me to go out with Terrence, since Mon is in love with Dad when she was 17 herself. So there!" said Athena and struck out her tongue at her brother.

"Oh come on, Sis, he is too old for you!" said Achilles.

"Tell that to Mom when she is in love with Dad. Terrence and I are just friends. Okay, maybe a bit more than friends........"

"But........"

"Bro, since when did you care for your sister? You left this house 20 years ago and didn't give a damn about us. Lecture me when you have made up with Mom, okay?" said Athena tiredly.

Achilles was speechless with shock.

"I am coming, Terrence." said Athena and turned back to Achilles. "I got to go." she said and she stood up.

"Athena, Athena, hey!" called Achilles.

Athena didn't look back.

Achilles sighed and redrew his head from the fireplace. Once he did, he saw the Hogwarts Sisters standing behind him.

"Oh, Terrence Wellard, huh?" asked Georgia.

"Athena Wellard.......not bad." said Mandy, who was holding a can of pumpkin juice, and grinned.

"Leave me alone." said Achilles as he got up.

He walked for a few steps, stopped beside Mandy, snatched her can and walked away with it.

"Thief." Mandy managed to say after a while.

"What's with him?" asked Poppy.

Nobody answered.