"Harry Potter and the Brethren of Ares"
Author's Note: Bad Author, Bad Author! *hits self over the head with a reminder to update fic*
Chapter 20: The Wise Ways of the Magi Part 3
"Professor Dumbledore, Percy Weasley has been kidnapped!"
Harry watched as the face of his best friend drained slowly to white.
Remus and Adrienne both stepped forward slightly. The three teenagers behind them darted unnoticed into the office.
Dumbledore stood up. "Was there a note?" There was no tremor in his voice; no indication in his demeanor that the true effect of the kindly werewolf's words had hit him...but then Harry saw his eyes, and almost wished that he hadn't, for the once piercing eyes of his mentor were swirling with something frightening that Harry didn't let himself identify.
Dumbledore took a piece of parchment from Adrienne's hands.
"Voldemort wants Harry. How original."
"Then I'll go."
Hermione shook her head. "Brilliant, Potter."
The adults turned to see the trio- an ashen faced red head, a flustered brunette, and a determined young man with his mother's eyes.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione, sit down."
The trio traveled quickly to the headmaster's desk and took residence in the seats before it. The kindly old man dropped back into his seat. Remus and Adrienne took position on either side of Dumbledore.
Harry felt his scar twinge. He leaned his elbows on the desk, and dropped his face into his hands. Adrienne leaned over the headmaster's shoulder, grabbing the chair arm for support, as Dumbledore smoothed the parchment over the cherry wood surface.
Perhaps trying to inject a bit of cheer into the moment, the professor smiled weakly. He folded his hands on top of the note.
"Would anyone fancy a Sherbet Lemon?"
Before Harry could bask in the sheer ludicrous of the moment, a familiar jerk behind his navel brought his headache to a crescendo. He heard Hermione and Ron's strangled yelps. It came to him.
The note had been a Portkey.
The Portkey was activated by the words "Sherbet Lemon".
He would never eat the damned sweets again.
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A/N: I DID IT! MY MUSE CAME BACK!
Just wait until the next chapter. I'm having the TIME OF MY LIFE writing the first scene.
Thank you to everyone who has stuck by me, especially Rosey, aka Apinda aka French Rabbi aka Parvai Elana Nakeiisha Name.
I love you all. Please feel free to yell at me in an email or review. Preferably a review!
THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! My year is very busy right now. I'm Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz", I'm taking four dance classes, I'm doing choir, and and and....
I'll shut up now.
~Merusa