Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth

By: souls

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Author's Note: For those of you who were wondering, I am still alive.

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Harry Potter and the Icons of Myth

Chapter 31: The Return

-January 12th-Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place-

The stop at Dumbledore's tomb had taken a lot out of the four teenagers. They each hadn't said a word since they left there and returned to Grimmauld Place. The other members of the Order were surprised to see the altered forms of the teens. It would have been comical if they had remembered that the four teens were really Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco instead of teens with connections to covert Order members. The Order now believed they'd been sent to them for protection.

It was all thanks to a WWW product that Fred and George had developed especially for the Order—obliviator drops. Sirius had taken the opportunity to drop some in the tart filling while helping Mrs. Weasley with dinner. Fred and George avoided the tart and laughed at the confused faces of the other members. However they never noticed Moody drop the obliviators in their pumpkin juice and could not remember why they had been laughing in the first place.

Harry (Vincent), Hermione (Harmony), Ron (Jack), and Draco (Gregory) were still wandering around the house in a daze. They carried the weight of the world on their shoulders. The realization of how true this was was slowly sinking in.

"Vincent! You'll be happy to know that we've set up wards against the detection of underage magic. Although that ward'll drop after your birthday." Moody said before clopping away. Vincent smiled and continued down the hallway toward his and Jack's room. As he turned the corner, he ran right into Ginny. The books in her hands scattered everywhere.

With a flick of his wand the books arranged themselves in a stack and floated towards Ginny. 'Now remember Potter, I'm not supposed to know her.'

"I'm sorry uh….Ginny, right?" Ginny nodded.

"How are you settling in Vincent? I know it's not too exciting around here."

"It's exciting enough for my tastes." Vincent winked and gave Ginny a roguish grin that he didn't even know he possessed. 'Please, let this work.' He silently pleaded. He concentrated and moved to draw something from the air. A moment later he handed Ginny a single red rose.

"Thank you." Ginny said. She blushed deeply. Before turning to go, she stumbled a bit and made a quick exit.

"Black. You picked that one up from Kurt didn't you?" Gregory asked with a smirk. "Not bad. Now if you're through chatting her up what say we find something to drink." Vincent turned around and followed Gregory down the stairs.

It wasn't long before they came to the Black family wine cellar. As they neared the door, a sickly sweet smelled wafted towards them. When the door opened they found Harmony and Jack. Jack was at an old table smoking a clove cigarette and Harmony was reading up on the different vintages.

"So Harmony what's good?" Gregory asked her as he sat down beside Jack.

Harmony smiled and called out a title, "Chateau Evylisse 1673 deux." Two bottles and four glasses appeared on the table. Vincent popped the cork on the first bottle and began pouring. Harmony took the opportunity to cast a silencing charm, among others, on the room so that they wouldn't be overheard.

"What do you think about us going back to Hogwarts?"

"I don't like the thought of being resorted. We've all changed there's no telling what house we'll be put in."

"I don't know about going back. If we go back now we'll be really behind."

"That's not too big a deal." Harmony received several weird looks as she said this. "All I'm saying is that we could catch back up real easy. We do have access to several very qualified witches and wizards. Mrs. Weasley mentioned that Ginny was taking extra classes so she could leave Hogwarts early."

Jack, who'd been leaning back in his chair, fell forward. "I didn't know Ginny was in that big a hurry to get out."

"She's not." They turned to Vincent. "It's because of us."

"Oh!" They all said. Jack handed Greg a cigarette before lighting another himself.

"I guess we'll be going back in September then."

"In the mean time we could get Moody to show us a few things. Maybe by then we'll be ready to deal with the others."

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TBC

[A/N: If anyone has a problem with my jumping back and forth in time please tell me I'll try to work on that.]