Lana walked over to the door then paused. "Just for the record...Sirius and
I were never "married". Not in the strictest sense of the word." Smiling at
Amelia, Lana turned her back and walked out of the door.
Kingsley Shacklebolts working area was nearest to the office. He looked up and saw Lana. He gave her a look that said "how the hell did you get past me and into there?"
Lana smiled at him and took out her wand. She pointed it to her throat. "Sonorous."
"Um, can I have your attention please?" she said, her voice magnified around the Aurors work areas. "Some of you will know me, and most of you will know of me. Im Lana Madison, and ex-Auror now back in business. Those of you who were on my team last time around, I want you again. Everyone else, just get back to work."
Pointing her wand at her throat again, she reduced her voice. Tonks and Kingsley stared. As did the rest of the people in the Aurors section.
"Any questions?" Lana asked, raising her eyebrows.
"YEAH." Came a voice from the back of the room. "Why havent you aged a damn day? You still look as crappy as the last time I saw you!"
Standing on her tiptoes, Lana saw that it was James Harding. Kingsley winced, he was waiting for Lana to swing herself at him, but instead she grinned and laughed. "Yeah you look like shit too." she cat-called back.
Kingsley turned to the office. "GET BACK TO WORK!" he shouted to them all. There were a few mutters, some more cat-calls, but most people settled back into work easily.
~*~*~*~*~*~12:30pm~*~*~*~*~*~
Lana sat in her office, blinds open, "sunlight" streaming in. She had modified the room as soon as she walked in. Apparently, it had been left alone as a mark of respect for her when she had disappeared. For the first 10 minutes, people had been bombarding her with questions, until James had told them all to "sod off."
On the big wooden desk were photos. They had a layer of dust on them. There was one of her and her mother;one of her mother as a child;Lana and Sirius (taken just before Voldemort killed Lily and James);Lana and Lily;Lily and James;Lupin and Lana;and Peter.
Lana immediately grabbed the one of Peter and smashed it into smithereens. She stamped on it and screamed. Good job theres one of those thingy-charms on the door, she thought.
Flopping back onto her chair, she flicked her wrist and photo, the frame and the glass burst into flames and disappeared.
On the right hand side of the room was a huge cabinet with various magical instruments and books on it. On the left, was a fire in which Sirius, James, Lily and Lupin often came through to visit her with news of the Order. It was mainly Sirius and Lily tho. James was busy with his own thing, and Lupin wasnt exactly welcomed into the Ministry, although Lana made it quite clear to him that what she said goes, he barely came here.
Bang in front of her, the wall was windows and mirrors, with the odd one a two-way mirror. By two-way, she meant that if she said someones name, their mirror would glow and they would look into it and Lana would be able to talk to them. One was Sirius; the other Dumbledore; the other was tuned into whoever Lana wanted it to be. The last person was Lucius - when he thought he had an informant this high up in the Ministry.
As she span from side to side slightly on the chair, Lana wondered...Twice Lucius had ambushed her...Now it was time for her to get her own back.
Staring into the one on the left, she said - "Lucius Malfoy."
After waiting a few seconds, and nothing happened, she sighed. Must have been de-activated. She tried to pull open one of the drawers on her right hand side, and found it was locked.
Frowning, she pulled at it, knowing that she hadnt put a spell on it. "Argh." she said, kicking the desk.
"Temper temper." drawled a voice.
Jumping and almost falling off her chair, Lana yelped and looked in the direction of the voice.
Blonde hair sleeked back, cold blue eyes staring at her, black robes on, the face of Lucius Malfoy stared out at her.
"My my, dont you look beautiful today?" he said, smirking at her.
"Shut your mouth." she said. "Im never wearing this outfit again."
"Ooh, please dont let me stop you from getting undressed."
Lana gave him a withering look, then noticed something. He had a black eye and a scratch on his face. "Someone give you a beating, Lucius?"
"Oh yes. But I gave them MUCH worse." he said, grinning.
The little colour that Lana had in her face drained away. She knew that grin, that tone of voice. "Who?" she demanded, her voice shaking.
"Very upset he was when we found him." Lucius teased.
"WHO?!" she screamed, standing up.
"Bella and I had a lot of fun with him. I believe you know Bella?" he said, indicating someone to the side of him, who Lana couldnt see.
"You son of a bitch. WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"I think, darling, the question is - Who did YOU do?" he said, raising his eyebrows and lowering them quickly, "Hurry hurry."
Then he disappeared from sight.
Lana threw something from on her desk at the mirror, but it didnt shatter it. Standing there, she let out a long breath, hands on her hips. She bit her lip, thinking his question over.
She felt the pit of her stomach drop. She thought she was going to be sick. She felt like her heart had stopped. She couldnt have any rational thoughts, yet she must keep a clear head if she was going to try and find him...
LUPIN.
Not even stopping to grab her jacket or lock the door behind her, Lana ran out of her office.
Harding saw her running and he apparated in front of her, grabbed her in his arms. "Where do you think youre going to?"
"GET OFF ME!" she shouted, flinging both her arms forward and slamming her hands into Hardings chest, knocking him flying across the room.
Everyone whos desks were next to the corridor window stopped to stare.
Taking a breath, she looked at Harding. "Lucius and Bella have attacked Lupin. Goddess knows what theyve done to him. If I dont find him, hes going to die, if he isnt already, and I cant - I cant handle that."
"Ever thought it was just a trap? Come on Lana, use your head! You know what those pair are like!" he said, walking back over to her.
"Lucius had bruises. I dont care if its a trap, Id sacrifice my life for Lupin, like I would have sacrificed myself for Lily and James and Sirius if I could have."
Harding blinked. "Sirius? Sirius is dead? How the hell do you know that? Is that where youve been these past few years since he escaped? Harbouring a known murderer?"
"HE DIDNT DO IT!! PETER DID IT! HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?" Lana stared at Harding. "I have to go before someone else I love dies."
Then, in a rush of black and red flames, Lana disappeared.
~*~*~*~*~*~SOMEWHERE IN DIAGON ALLEY~*~*~*~*~*~
Lana stood in Diagon Alley. She was trying to calm herself down, so she could try and track Lupins scent. Years ago, she had locked onto his, Sirius, Lily, James and Peters mental...Rivers, she called them, so she could track them. In the years shed spent in the other dimension, shed had to learn to control these powers, or she would not have survived.
This "mental tracking" was a more complicated and much more difficult branch of her "magical sense" that she had used a few days earlier to check there were no more Death Eaters.
It meant giving in totally to her powers, and not knowing whether she controlled them, or they controlled her.
She knew that she had to keep to the alley ways, as her eyes were flicking from red to black to normal as she concentrated, and bumping into Molly Weasley wasnt on Lanas agenda. She wanted to get Lupin and get the hell out of Diagon Alley.
Keeping time and place was difficult in this state, because she had the actual, physical plane, Diagon Alley, all around her, and at the same time, the higher plane, with little threads of red, black and white symbolising different people and places.
Lana knew it was bad, because although she could sense him, she was having difficulty in finding the exact place or the area in which he was, and that meant that he was weak.
Turning into Knockturn Alley, a certain blonde haired Death Eater appeared in front of her, sending her radar squwiff - muddling it all up, like when you get a text message and your listening to the radio, and it goes all...Funny.
"Do you really think that wed leave him here? Or attack him in broad day light in the middle of an Auror-patrolled area?" drawled Lucius.
Lana lifted her head up and took off her sunglasses, her eyes flashing black and red and normal, she stared at Lucius.
"You really dont want to irritate me right now...But wait...Too late..."
Lucius was actually afraid when he saw Lanas eyes. Hed heard of Lanas power, that even the Dark Lord wasnt sure where she had gotten it from, just that it was very primal and primitive and powerful.
He raised his wand, expecting her to throw a spell at him, but she did was actually quite the opposite.
She paused, looking at him, wondering if she had time for this...Then decided that mutilating him wouldnt take long.
Looking away from him for a split second, Lucius did what Lana wanted him to - relaxed slightly...She ran at him, jabbing the palm of her hand up into his nose, breaking it. Knowing it took a lot to physically injure a wizard or witch without resorting to spells, Lana quickly spun around and elbowed him in the face, snapping his head back.
With her back to him, she flicked her leg up and kicked him in the balls, causing him to drop his wand and bend over. Turning around slowly, Lana was pleased to see that she had broken his nose and he already had a bruise on his jaw.
Grabbing him by the throat, she picked him up with one hand. "If hes dead because of you, or because I had to waste time fighting you...I will kill your family. Draco...Narcissa..."
Bending her knees slightly, she threw Lucius through the window of a shop.
She sighed, wiped her hands on her trousers.
In her minds eye, she saw the Dark Mark hovering above Lupins house. Thats where he was. In the intensity of the fight, she had connected with Lupins energy.
Kingsley Shacklebolts working area was nearest to the office. He looked up and saw Lana. He gave her a look that said "how the hell did you get past me and into there?"
Lana smiled at him and took out her wand. She pointed it to her throat. "Sonorous."
"Um, can I have your attention please?" she said, her voice magnified around the Aurors work areas. "Some of you will know me, and most of you will know of me. Im Lana Madison, and ex-Auror now back in business. Those of you who were on my team last time around, I want you again. Everyone else, just get back to work."
Pointing her wand at her throat again, she reduced her voice. Tonks and Kingsley stared. As did the rest of the people in the Aurors section.
"Any questions?" Lana asked, raising her eyebrows.
"YEAH." Came a voice from the back of the room. "Why havent you aged a damn day? You still look as crappy as the last time I saw you!"
Standing on her tiptoes, Lana saw that it was James Harding. Kingsley winced, he was waiting for Lana to swing herself at him, but instead she grinned and laughed. "Yeah you look like shit too." she cat-called back.
Kingsley turned to the office. "GET BACK TO WORK!" he shouted to them all. There were a few mutters, some more cat-calls, but most people settled back into work easily.
~*~*~*~*~*~12:30pm~*~*~*~*~*~
Lana sat in her office, blinds open, "sunlight" streaming in. She had modified the room as soon as she walked in. Apparently, it had been left alone as a mark of respect for her when she had disappeared. For the first 10 minutes, people had been bombarding her with questions, until James had told them all to "sod off."
On the big wooden desk were photos. They had a layer of dust on them. There was one of her and her mother;one of her mother as a child;Lana and Sirius (taken just before Voldemort killed Lily and James);Lana and Lily;Lily and James;Lupin and Lana;and Peter.
Lana immediately grabbed the one of Peter and smashed it into smithereens. She stamped on it and screamed. Good job theres one of those thingy-charms on the door, she thought.
Flopping back onto her chair, she flicked her wrist and photo, the frame and the glass burst into flames and disappeared.
On the right hand side of the room was a huge cabinet with various magical instruments and books on it. On the left, was a fire in which Sirius, James, Lily and Lupin often came through to visit her with news of the Order. It was mainly Sirius and Lily tho. James was busy with his own thing, and Lupin wasnt exactly welcomed into the Ministry, although Lana made it quite clear to him that what she said goes, he barely came here.
Bang in front of her, the wall was windows and mirrors, with the odd one a two-way mirror. By two-way, she meant that if she said someones name, their mirror would glow and they would look into it and Lana would be able to talk to them. One was Sirius; the other Dumbledore; the other was tuned into whoever Lana wanted it to be. The last person was Lucius - when he thought he had an informant this high up in the Ministry.
As she span from side to side slightly on the chair, Lana wondered...Twice Lucius had ambushed her...Now it was time for her to get her own back.
Staring into the one on the left, she said - "Lucius Malfoy."
After waiting a few seconds, and nothing happened, she sighed. Must have been de-activated. She tried to pull open one of the drawers on her right hand side, and found it was locked.
Frowning, she pulled at it, knowing that she hadnt put a spell on it. "Argh." she said, kicking the desk.
"Temper temper." drawled a voice.
Jumping and almost falling off her chair, Lana yelped and looked in the direction of the voice.
Blonde hair sleeked back, cold blue eyes staring at her, black robes on, the face of Lucius Malfoy stared out at her.
"My my, dont you look beautiful today?" he said, smirking at her.
"Shut your mouth." she said. "Im never wearing this outfit again."
"Ooh, please dont let me stop you from getting undressed."
Lana gave him a withering look, then noticed something. He had a black eye and a scratch on his face. "Someone give you a beating, Lucius?"
"Oh yes. But I gave them MUCH worse." he said, grinning.
The little colour that Lana had in her face drained away. She knew that grin, that tone of voice. "Who?" she demanded, her voice shaking.
"Very upset he was when we found him." Lucius teased.
"WHO?!" she screamed, standing up.
"Bella and I had a lot of fun with him. I believe you know Bella?" he said, indicating someone to the side of him, who Lana couldnt see.
"You son of a bitch. WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"I think, darling, the question is - Who did YOU do?" he said, raising his eyebrows and lowering them quickly, "Hurry hurry."
Then he disappeared from sight.
Lana threw something from on her desk at the mirror, but it didnt shatter it. Standing there, she let out a long breath, hands on her hips. She bit her lip, thinking his question over.
She felt the pit of her stomach drop. She thought she was going to be sick. She felt like her heart had stopped. She couldnt have any rational thoughts, yet she must keep a clear head if she was going to try and find him...
LUPIN.
Not even stopping to grab her jacket or lock the door behind her, Lana ran out of her office.
Harding saw her running and he apparated in front of her, grabbed her in his arms. "Where do you think youre going to?"
"GET OFF ME!" she shouted, flinging both her arms forward and slamming her hands into Hardings chest, knocking him flying across the room.
Everyone whos desks were next to the corridor window stopped to stare.
Taking a breath, she looked at Harding. "Lucius and Bella have attacked Lupin. Goddess knows what theyve done to him. If I dont find him, hes going to die, if he isnt already, and I cant - I cant handle that."
"Ever thought it was just a trap? Come on Lana, use your head! You know what those pair are like!" he said, walking back over to her.
"Lucius had bruises. I dont care if its a trap, Id sacrifice my life for Lupin, like I would have sacrificed myself for Lily and James and Sirius if I could have."
Harding blinked. "Sirius? Sirius is dead? How the hell do you know that? Is that where youve been these past few years since he escaped? Harbouring a known murderer?"
"HE DIDNT DO IT!! PETER DID IT! HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?" Lana stared at Harding. "I have to go before someone else I love dies."
Then, in a rush of black and red flames, Lana disappeared.
~*~*~*~*~*~SOMEWHERE IN DIAGON ALLEY~*~*~*~*~*~
Lana stood in Diagon Alley. She was trying to calm herself down, so she could try and track Lupins scent. Years ago, she had locked onto his, Sirius, Lily, James and Peters mental...Rivers, she called them, so she could track them. In the years shed spent in the other dimension, shed had to learn to control these powers, or she would not have survived.
This "mental tracking" was a more complicated and much more difficult branch of her "magical sense" that she had used a few days earlier to check there were no more Death Eaters.
It meant giving in totally to her powers, and not knowing whether she controlled them, or they controlled her.
She knew that she had to keep to the alley ways, as her eyes were flicking from red to black to normal as she concentrated, and bumping into Molly Weasley wasnt on Lanas agenda. She wanted to get Lupin and get the hell out of Diagon Alley.
Keeping time and place was difficult in this state, because she had the actual, physical plane, Diagon Alley, all around her, and at the same time, the higher plane, with little threads of red, black and white symbolising different people and places.
Lana knew it was bad, because although she could sense him, she was having difficulty in finding the exact place or the area in which he was, and that meant that he was weak.
Turning into Knockturn Alley, a certain blonde haired Death Eater appeared in front of her, sending her radar squwiff - muddling it all up, like when you get a text message and your listening to the radio, and it goes all...Funny.
"Do you really think that wed leave him here? Or attack him in broad day light in the middle of an Auror-patrolled area?" drawled Lucius.
Lana lifted her head up and took off her sunglasses, her eyes flashing black and red and normal, she stared at Lucius.
"You really dont want to irritate me right now...But wait...Too late..."
Lucius was actually afraid when he saw Lanas eyes. Hed heard of Lanas power, that even the Dark Lord wasnt sure where she had gotten it from, just that it was very primal and primitive and powerful.
He raised his wand, expecting her to throw a spell at him, but she did was actually quite the opposite.
She paused, looking at him, wondering if she had time for this...Then decided that mutilating him wouldnt take long.
Looking away from him for a split second, Lucius did what Lana wanted him to - relaxed slightly...She ran at him, jabbing the palm of her hand up into his nose, breaking it. Knowing it took a lot to physically injure a wizard or witch without resorting to spells, Lana quickly spun around and elbowed him in the face, snapping his head back.
With her back to him, she flicked her leg up and kicked him in the balls, causing him to drop his wand and bend over. Turning around slowly, Lana was pleased to see that she had broken his nose and he already had a bruise on his jaw.
Grabbing him by the throat, she picked him up with one hand. "If hes dead because of you, or because I had to waste time fighting you...I will kill your family. Draco...Narcissa..."
Bending her knees slightly, she threw Lucius through the window of a shop.
She sighed, wiped her hands on her trousers.
In her minds eye, she saw the Dark Mark hovering above Lupins house. Thats where he was. In the intensity of the fight, she had connected with Lupins energy.
