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          Dumbledore sighed and started to explain.

"Long time ago," He started, "a wise seer prophesized the coming of the three most powerful good witches of all time… the charmed ones. Needless to say, the time has come. You three, are blessed," He looked in turn at Lily, Melody and Natasha.  "You three, are charmed."

There was silence for a few seconds while everybody tried to comprehend what it was that was being said. Then, Melody broke the silence.

"Which means, what exactly?" She asked quizzically.

"The charmed ones have powers beyond the rest of us. Their destinies are far greater than ours. They are foreseen to vanquish the dark powers of the source of all evil."

Another long pause.       

"Uh….. that's…… um….. great."

"Perhaps you're finding it a little difficult to grasp what I'm saying," Dumbledore broke off at the obvious implied 'duh'. He sighed again before continuing. "Essentially, you three," He again looked pointedly at the three girls. " Are the charmed ones- three witches who have to protect the innocents of the world from the dark and evil source." He paused, " Who, by the way, is Voldemort."

"WHAT?????!!!!!"

Dumbledore looked a little amused at the outbreak from all six.

"But- but…." Lily hesitated a second before continuing. "But does that mean that it's up to us to stop Voldemort?"

"Precisely!" Dumbledore beamed, happy that they had managed to realise that so quickly. 

Granddad, have you gone TOTALLY nuts??!!" Natasha yelped, standing up from the cloud as if she had been burned. "And tell me, how the hell do you expect us to do that, huh?!"

"I don't expect you to do it by yourself." Dumbledore said, folding his long beard neatly. "There will be assistance along the way."

This did nothing to reassure his students and his granddaughter.

Dumbledore hurried on.

" There is one more thing."

"What?"

"Well along with your new identity- you get a whole new set of abilities." Dumbledore explained.

"Obviously." Melody said dryly. Dumbledore dug deep into one of

pockets of his robe. From them, he drew out  an ancient-looking, thick book. He passed it to Lily, who was looked very puzzled.

"This book will guide you and you have protect it with your soul and heart."

Lily looked at the cover which read,

The Book of Shadows.   

"What about us??" Sirius called out. "What are we here for, huh?"

"You are their whitelighters -you are here to protect the girls."

"Sir, no one can protect them and survive." Remus commented.

Dumbledore frowned.

"How the hell are they supposed to look after us?" Lily burst out. "I mean they can't even look after themselves at the best of times."

"Yeah, and we all saw how useful Sirius was when saving me from the acid back at the hall." Natasha grumbled.

"Yes, but they'll learn in time." Dumbledore reassured. "And they won't have to rely solely on themselves, they'll have other powers….and if you'll just open that book I just handed you, the process will be quicker."

They did so and suddenly felt…..different.

They were blessed.

They were charmed.

The book seemed to very old and the first page contained some sort of a spell.

"Hurry up and recite the incantation." Dumbledore urged them. "We don't have that much time."

The girls looked at each other for some moments before shrugging and chanted:

"Hear now the words of the witches

The secrets we hid in the night

The oldest of gods are invoked here

The great work of is sought

In this night and in this hour

I call upon the ancient power    

Bring your power to we witches three

We want the power

Give us the power."

As soon as the last words were said, a strange feeling washed over them. It felt as if a new bond was being created. It was a…weird feeling.

"What now- did they suddenly become all powerful?" James asked inquisitively.

Before Lily could look exasperated, Dumbledore answered him.

"We shall see." With that, Dumbledore waved his hand and abruptly found themselves back in the great hall- with a frozen, crazed demon in front of them.

"Uhh…. If anyone feels like explaining….?" Melody asked tentatively.

"Why don't I let you find out…" And with another wave of the hand- he unfroze the demon. The acid that was suspended in mid air also unfroze and….SMASH!!! It cracked one of the tables.

"Huh, that was meant for me." Natasha squeaked in a small voice.

"Well what do we have to do to stop us looking like cracked up furniture then?" Lily asked cautiously.

"Uh, people, I think you'd better think of something fast as… um… he's… uh…  rushing at you again." Remus advised.

They whipped around to witness death running at them in full speed.

"Oh my GOD!!!" Melody shrieked and, instinctively threw up her hands….. and once again…. The demon came to a stand-still.

He had frozen.

It was a while before anyone spoke. Then Natasha broke the silence.

"Uh, okay, now what?"

"Wouldn't it be good if we could just kind of…  oh, I don't know… move him somewhere?" Dumbledore asked suggestively.

"Oooh, wouldn't that be great," Lily said, dismissing the hint. "But, really, what do we do?"

Dumbledore sighed. This is going to take a while……..

         

"So, any bright ideas?  Any rhymes?  You know, those, erm, things  that, erm, sound like you can get rid of the other things?" Sirius offered.

"That was incredibly cryptic." Said James dryly.

Sirius nodded proudly.

"Yeah, I know!"

Melody let out an infuriated sigh.

"Oh god, we're doomed."

Lily cleared her throat.

"Okay, here we go….um…

We want this demon to leave us and go…… what rhymes with go…? Um….row, low, no, crow, oh I know! And by the end he'll turn into dough!"

Everyone looked at Lily.

"What you want to eat the demon know?!" Remus asked, exasperated. Lily frowned.

"Right, fine…. um… we want this demon to go, so hurry before we feel too low!"

Dumbledore buried his face in his hands.

"Lets stop Lily before she breaks into a song okay?" James said hurriedly, missing the venomous look that Lily threw him. Before he could start rhyming himself Dumbledore felt that he couldn't sit through another bad limerick.

"I can't take it any more. Okay, Natasha, can you please concentrate on the demon and imagine bashing him into the wall?"

Natasha raised an eyebrow.

"Sure, it shouldn't be too hard."

" Right, now, wave your hand." And seeing Natasha give him a bewildered look, Dumbledore smiled reassuring. "Trust me."

Natasha shrugged and did as she was told. As soon as she had, the frozen demon was lifted up into the air and slammed violently against the wall at the back of the hall.

Natasha gulped.

"Woah! That-that is some power." She said while the others nodded, awestruck, behind  her.

"Yes, and you would have discovered it sooner if you had just taken my hint." Dumbledore grouched.

"What hint??"

Dumbledore shook his head and sighed exasperatedly.

"Look, that doesn't really matter now, okay? Just trust me and look through the book and find a good  vanquishing spell that will work and make sense. We don't have much time."

And sure enough, the demon was stirring.

"Uh, okay," The three girls all crowded over the book and, rapidly began flipping through the pages.

"How about this one?" Lily asked as they stopped at a page entitled- 'vanquishing spell'.

"Just hurry up and say it!" Dumbledore urged.

And they chanted,

"Hell spawn creature

demon of death

fire shall take

thy very breath."

The demon started revolving very fast and with a loud boom, he disappeared.

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