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Chapter 17 M.O.M. Under Siege
~ Normal POV ~
After being together in the Hospital wing for the past week Harry and Audrey were now very comfortable being together as they seldom slept in their own bed. Though they couldn't let anyone else know, as the ministry would throw a fit if they knew The Boy Who Lived was together with Voldemort's only daughter. They would take her and questions her and then him and search for spells and anything they could think of for their Golden Boy to associate with a girl like her.
One fun thing was their so far crappy attempt to try to get Hermione and Ron to admit their, OH so obvious, feelings for each other, nope wasn't gonna happen.
Harry and Audrey had also fully reintegrated themselves into the school happenings. Though many still doubted their location during their 'disappearance', but they ignored those.
What everyone who knew about the reason for their absence was still wondering about was their mental scars that the torture left upon them. No one dared to ask though, as nothing seemed to be wrong. ~-~-~-~-
On a rather warm day, in the middle of February, the Marauders were sitting outside, lying lazily against one of the trees on the grounds and enjoying the sunlight, seeing some of the birds coming back, playing with the air over the lake.
"This is nice, some peace and quiet for a change" Harry said as he stretched and laid his head on Audrey's lap, since no one was near them to see and run a squeal about it.
"Indeed, I was ready to kill the next student who'd ask where we'd been" Audrey said grumpily.
"Will I'm sure that a lot of the Slytherins know" Ron said determined.
"But they won't tell, they're probably ashamed that we survived the wrath of their great Lord" Harry said looking solemn.
"Imagine the looks on the students and some of the teachers' faces if we were to tell them the truth" Hermione said grinning at the idea.
The other chuckled a little at the though then settled into a comfy silence, only to be interrupted again.
"Where are Draco and the others by the way?" Ron asked with his eyes closed.
"At HQ, they're reviewing some research with Alastor" Hermione said.
"They'll call us in if there's something wrong or if it's time for some DE ass-kicking" Audrey said contentedly.
They others nodded and they all went back to relaxing in the sun thinking about everything and nothing.
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Around 5 it was getting a bit too cold so the mages dragged themselves up and went back to their common room.
"Preordained" Audrey said to the painting of Eufora, which swung aside.
"I know it's safer if the password is changed ever so often but why in the name of Quetzalcoatl does Dumbledore use such irritating Destiny related words?" Harry commented as they walked in.
"Yeah, we've had Destiny, Fate, Foretold and now Preordained" Ron said.
"Who wants to bet that the next one is Prophecy" Hermione said evilly.
The other shook their heads laughing and sat on the couches.
Suddenly a head appeared in the fire, it was Draco.
"You'd better come over here guys" he said hurriedly.
"What's going on?" Harry asked crouching low before the fire.
"Voldemort's attacking again" Draco replied sounding urgent. "Well what are you still sitting on your asses for? 'Come ON!" he cried sourly with the trademark sneer firmly in place.
"We'll be right there" Audrey said with a little twitch in her left arm, which no one noticed.
She looked at her friends, they nodded and the four of them snapped their fingers simultaneously. In a flash they were wearing their battle outfits. Audrey had complained that they took far too long to get them on and they have worked on finding some other solution.
They apparated into the command centre of HQ, on calm days it was also know as the living room, and immediately walked towards Draco, Pansy and Blaise who were standing with some Order members looking through some things looking like blueprints.
"Where's the attack?" Hermione asked immediately.
"M.O.M." Blaise replied without looking up. "Here..." he said pointing at a square on the paper, "I think that would be the logical containment room to keep the hostages."
The Order member he was talking to nodded his agreement to the decision when Ron suddenly asked with a strain in his voice. "What about my father?" It was Pansy who answered.
"He was at his work" she whispered.
"When do we move?" Harry asked with a grim face turning to Draco.
"As soon as 'Mad Eye' gives us green" Draco answered.
"But Dumbledore said that he wanted you to go ahead and clear out as much of the area as you could as well as try to locate where the hostages are being held" Pansy said.
"What are we up against?" Audrey asked adjusting some of her straps.
"50 DE's as far as we know, but there could be more" Draco replied with a thin pressed lips.
"So we're going stealth" Hermione said grinning.
"If you want to keep the hostages alive... then yes" Pansy said.
"When you get the hostages you can transport them out of the Ministry, people will be there to take care of them" Blaise said as he was still pointing things out on the blue print. "We think you can find most hostages in the larger rooms."
"We'll look where we can" Ron said.
"And do be careful. Voldemort might have a trick up his sleeves, we don't want a recurrence of Oxford" Draco said looking intently at the two of Harry and Audrey.
The mages nodded in agreement as they put on their sunglasses and disapparated.
"Good Luck" Draco and Pansy muttered to thin air as they went back to their work, to try and keep them alive.
~*o*~
The four mages appeared in the lobby of the Ministry.
~ Let's split up, try to stay in the shadows and kill from there ~ Harry said peering from every direction possible without straining his neck.
~ Don't jeopardise the hostages and don't attack groups of DE's that are too large, just remember those locations ~ Audrey added glaring around.
Everyone nodded as they shook each other's hands, each then creeping silently off into different directions, The Children of Death.
('somewhere someone gave a evil grin to it all' Ouuu what a party this was going to accelerated into. Better use the red dress 'and the cackling continue')
~ Harry ~
Harry silently ran through a hallway on the sport wing, slowing down as he sensed nearing danger, taking to hiding in the shadows of the corners and doors, walking forward slowly. It didn't take long till he saw eight DE's threatening a large group of Ministry employees, taunting them and every five minutes firing off a curse of some sort to hit one or two of the captives with a scream answering the laughter. Harry glared while silently drawing his nodachis, his right foot making contact with the wall behind him while his left leg slightly bent forwards laying his weight on the left foot to get as much speed as possible from a standstill position and then he charged.
One of the DE's turned around just as Harry swiped out of the shadows, having just enough time to put up an arm to protect his face and at the same time knock off the black coloured sunglasses, thus making the last thing he saw be eyes like the flames of Hell. The DE's never knew what hit them and those who after a second or two did as they saw specks of blood touch the floor were already very much dead. After some more cutting left and right Harry had a content smile on his face, being left with the staring audience of hostages on the floor looking up at his back. He plucked his sunglasses from the floor covered in blood, shaking them a little before putting them back on again before he turned facing them.
"Who are you?" a shaking man asked staring up at him.
"Just call me Snitch" Harry said not stopping to elaborate why such a nickname could fit the blood soaked person he was. "Now, we don't have long. I'm going to transport you out of here with a spell where people on the outside will take care of you" he added.
"But..." a woman began.
She didn't have time to say more as Harry cast the spell and the hostages disappeared.
'On with the scouting' Harry thought and sped out of the room.
~ Audrey ~
Audrey was near the Auror HQ. She suddenly heard a lot of yelling and screaming. She located where it came to a stop in front of a closed door. She transformed herself into air and entered under the small crack under the door.
'I could live happy for a long time if I didn't have to do this in a long time' she thought.
She was able to walk through walls, but she hadn't fully mastered the technique yet, so she preferred not to use it, for fear of getting stuck in the middle of the wall. What she saw in the room was three Aurors fighting off seven DE's and, by the looks of it, losing. Audrey silently drew her left katana and charged. She had leaped to land behind one of the DE's who didn't notice her until he choked on the blade through his throat. The other six DE's turned around, forgetting about the Aurors which slumped a little at the walls as they recognised the fighter.
"Who are you?" a DE spoke up waving threateningly with his wand her way.
Audrey slowly removed her sunglasses still keeping her eyes closed, shook her braid out till it was covering her back with a content sigh, and opened her eyes drawing her second blade as she spoke.
"Recognize me now?"
"BLACK!!" the DE's hissed, though that was soon switched to the sounds of air escaping the lungs, bubbles plopping and wheezing throughout the wounds as one of Snape's potions over a hot flame. Audrey got up from the low crouch she had taken to slice one of the DE's legs off. Leaving her hair over some of her face, surrounding it like a black halo of shadow and death with two blue Safire's of the dark blue sea, it almost had them to almost drown in their depths and beauty, she rose to her feet completely.
When she was done there were six other DE's on the floor. Audrey looked at the Aurors.
"How did you do that? You're just sixteen" one said.
"'Never underestimate that which you do not know, that is a certain way to loose' " Audrey said, quoting a line which Moody had drilled into her brain.
"You work for Dumbledore don't you?" another Auror who had recovered and was leaning against the wall asked.
"What if I do?" Audrey said as she began to move her swords a little, cleaning them with but a word and sheathed them crossing her arms over her chest. The Aurors exchanged some looks.
"We want to help" the third spoke up.
"You want to help Dumbledore, which means a positive screw you up Fudge's arse?" Audrey asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes"
The three nodded and Audrey felt the truth in their words.
"I will take you to him, though he might be a bit busy with this attack. Maybe you'll get lucky and good ol' Moody will be the one to judge you" Audrey said grinning at the idea.
"Alastor 'Mad Eye' Moody is with you?" the first Auror asked wearing big eyes.
"Yep, the one and only" Audrey said, "Now grab my hand and I'll take you to HQ."
The Aurors grabbed her hands and she disapparated them to HQ quietly.
~ Hermione ~
Hermione was walking plastered by the walls through the lower levels of the Ministry when she suddenly heard footsteps coming her way. She silently hid in a shadowed corner and listened hard while keeping an eye out for anything more suspicious than normal as she saw two figures go huddled together down the hall before her.
"Where are they being kept?" she suddenly heard one of them ask.
"At the Department of Mysteries, courtroom five" the other replied.
The two DE's walked by and as she was silently drawing her knives jumped them from behind. They didn't utter a sound as they lay there gaping up at her like fish without water as they lost their life, which slow and silent dripped and pored out of their throats over their black robes making them blacker still.
"Thanks for the info boys" Hermione said with a grim smile as she transfigured them into a painting making them die over and over again, letting them howl their silent cries of pain and torment forever.
~ Ron ~
As Ron crept near the minister's office he suddenly heard a high scream. He crept by the walls following the whimpers to an office and as he took a peek from the door he saw three females who he guessed were secretaries, from the look of paperwork and phones on the tables, sitting on the floor crying. As Ron took a good look on the wizard who by the looks was protecting the women his heart swelled with new born pride. He could hardly stand anymore but by the look on his face he refused to give up. Ron almost clapped aloud, but we couldn't have that now could we? Ron drew his scythe and took a stance, as the DE in front of Percy was about to begin the incantation of yet another spell, his blood began to boil in anger.
"Ava..." a DE began, but never got to finish as Ron had jumped over them and landed in a crouch to keep his balance in front of Percy and thus effectively grace the DE's throat.
"It's a bit hard to curse without vocal cords" he purred with a smile full off malice and promise of pain.
The DE growled with a pure look of hatred as the other three behind him by the walls attacked. Ron's eyes narrowed into thin slits and with a smile he slit the DE's throat and leaped over him, leaving the DE glaring in shock and panic up at Percy while blood pored beneath his hands. As Ron moved the scythe to his left hand he drew his sword with his right and at the same time swirled in a circle, spiralling to cut one DE down by the middle and thus spraying blood in the process. While in the same movement using a clean slice to severe another's head he used his scythe to stab the last DE's heart into the wall. He looked on in satisfaction as the DE grasped the handle tearing his hands bloody as he struggled while slowly fall limp hanging like a grotesque painting on the wall.
When he was done he turned as he pulled his sword out, leaving the body on its own as it made its way downwards with a wet sloppy sound. Percy was sitting on the floor staring shell-shocked at the bodies, the only sounds his ragged breathing as the women had already fainted.
"Th-h-h-ha-ha-a-nk-s-s" Percy stuttered.
"No praw. Now tell me Perce, do you still think Dumbledore is foolish and a liar?" Ron asked calmly as he took of his glasses.
"Ron?" Percy asked dumbstruck as he stared at this little brother, covered in the blood of vermin and filth called DE's.
"No it's you friggin' fairy godmother, of course it's me" Ron said calmly.
"You-you-you k-k-kil-led them!" Percy stuttered.
"Yes, and your point is?" Ron sighed, wondering if he shouldn't send him to Saint Mungo's instead.
"Nothing" Percy mumbled staring at his toes.
"O-kay then, let's go" Ron said as he holed Percy up with his own bloody hand and transported the unconscious witches outside where he knew there were doctors waiting and left looking for more activities to do, dragging Percy along with him.
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The four mages met in the Lobby. Ron dragging a still flabbergasted Percy along.
"I located the rest of the DE's and hostages. They're in the Department of Mysteries, in number five" Hermione said.
"We've got to wait for the rest of the Order" Harry said.
"Which means we've got time enough to bring Perce to HQ" Ron said.
The other three nodded and Ron disapparated, two minutes later he apparated and along with him the rest of the Order's Assault team.
"Goodie we're all here, now let's get this going" Audrey said rubbing her hands eagerly while Harry chuckled at her with fond eyes.
The Order members looked at them with raised eyebrows.
"What? I'm in DE butt kicking mood, anything wrong with that?" Audrey asked looking at them slightly miffed.
"No...none" everyone mumbled, while her fellow mages just smiled.
"As Nova said let's go" Harry said and turned around heading for the Department of Mysteries, Audrey next to him having all look at them shrewdly as they left bloody footprints which seemed to vanish with the next step they took, Ron and Hermione following with troubled eyes right behind.
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When they reached the Department of Mysteries Harry looked around.
"We're back" he muttered darkly, glaring at whatever was behind the door.
"Yes" Ron said.
"But this time, we won't let anyone die" Audrey added.
"This time, victory will be ours in full" Hermione said softly.
They all nodded and looked behind to the Order.
"Ready to go?" Harry asked grinning.
"Yes, but how are we going to do this without compromising the hostages lives?" Kingsley asked.
"We walk in first and hide in the shadows. As we get a clear shot we'll spell the hostages out and then we'll give you the signal" Audrey said happily.
"Which would be...?" another member, Flavio Trevain, asked.
"You'll know" Ron said grinning.
Harry took of his sunglasses and spelled them away, making everyone take a step back.
"What's with your eyes?" Tonks asked staring. Harry just gave her the most malicious smile she'd ever seen on his face.
"Nothing" Harry said as Audrey followed his example. Their eyes still a sun blazing red of the phoenix fire and a deepwater blue shadowed by the fire of purple stars in them respectively.
Ron and Hermione looked at each other and took of their sunglasses as well, with the Order members breathing a sigh of relief as their eyes were normal.
~ I think they're in a bit of a vengeful mood today ~ Ron said only to Hermione.
~ Golly gee, I hadn't noticed. They will do the job without us you know that right? We can just stand at the sidelines and watch the show ~ Hermione replied.
~ That I do, besides we can grant them some vengeance. I know I would want some ~ Ron said.
"Come on guys, let's go" Audrey said, jumping up and down in her excitement.
"Right behind ya" Ron said.
With their respective armor armory drawn they snuck down the corridor past courtroom one to four, stopping by courtroom number five. As Harry looked around on his companions he saw that in the excitement Ron and Hermione had transformed their eyes as well. Ron's were shining a rich flickering brown with small flames of red in it while Hermione's were the flickering colour of sea-green with a blue shade to it glittering like the sun on the waves. Harry stopped by the door, peeking inside then silently made his way through it. He held up two fingers, pointing in respective directions on both sides of the room and they took each side in pares, splitting up as it were about 20 hostages and 35 DE's watching over them.
~ How are we going to do this? ~ Ron asked calmly.
~ Yeah, the original plan is not useful here ~ Audrey added thoughtfully.
~ That's true. Okay, first we circle the group of hostages and teleport them out of here ~ Hermione said.
~ As soon as the spell is cast they'll know where we are ~ Harry said.
~ And your point being? ~ Audrey asked with a raised eyebrow ~ We want them to know we're here as soon as we cast the spell. Then one of us sends a signal to our fellow Order agents while the other three create a distraction ~ Audrey said smiling a predatory smile at the DE's.
~ Agree ~ the others said as they spread themselves out circling the hostages.
~ Okay, on three ~ Ron said.
~ One...Two...THREE! ~ Harry counted.
"Telportare" they said in unison.
There was a pandemonium of curses and hexes as soon as the hostages disappeared with a POP! And every DE for itself it seemed was the law as the Mages cursed and jinxed wherever they could. Hermione suddenly smacked a DE in the face sending it crashing into the far side of the wall quickly sending a simple little shower of red sparks out the door.
Some seconds later the Order members spilled through the doors and joined the frenzy. Curses were being shouted from all sides with people falling both left and right though no one seemed dead yet, which simply was a miracle. Then the mages had a singular thought; 'Enough play girls and gents!' as they finally used the weapons who had screamed their disappointment in being left out beginning to splatter the walls red with gore and body parts and thus within 5 minutes every DE was either dead or unconscious by pain. As the last DE fell with a thud they all stopped in mid motion for two seconds then they all at the same time sheathed their weapons while closing their eyes, taking a deep breath each. As they opened their eyes now looking quite normal Kingsley looked at some of the, less than fast, dead DE's.
"Isn't that a bit cruel?" he said.
"Perhaps" Harry shrugged breaking one DE's neck as it moved some with a 'crack' sounding in the now silent room.
"Anyway we'd better go as I'm sure Fudge is going to blow this out of proportion and blame the Order or something else equally dumb and defaulting to us" Audrey said making everybody nod their agreement as she finished.
"What do we do with the ones that are still alive?" Hermione asked looking at Harry with a grim face out of the corner of her eye.
"We'll leave them here, the ministry will then perhaps start acting against Voldemort instead of being passive and being idiots" Kingsley said.
Then they all one by one they left by portkey to HQ, while the mages just disapparated.
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End of this chap. ~ Awww what a party killer you are! 'pout' I thought Harry was cool though and what did you think about Hermiones evil little deed with the painting eh? * evil cackle * ~
Ignore, just Zosas twisted little mind peeking forth. *cackle can be heard as Nova shove Zosa into a casket, slamming the lid down and nailing it closed*
Yeah I know 'sigh' But what can a girl do ne?
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Chapter 17 M.O.M. Under Siege
~ Normal POV ~
After being together in the Hospital wing for the past week Harry and Audrey were now very comfortable being together as they seldom slept in their own bed. Though they couldn't let anyone else know, as the ministry would throw a fit if they knew The Boy Who Lived was together with Voldemort's only daughter. They would take her and questions her and then him and search for spells and anything they could think of for their Golden Boy to associate with a girl like her.
One fun thing was their so far crappy attempt to try to get Hermione and Ron to admit their, OH so obvious, feelings for each other, nope wasn't gonna happen.
Harry and Audrey had also fully reintegrated themselves into the school happenings. Though many still doubted their location during their 'disappearance', but they ignored those.
What everyone who knew about the reason for their absence was still wondering about was their mental scars that the torture left upon them. No one dared to ask though, as nothing seemed to be wrong. ~-~-~-~-
On a rather warm day, in the middle of February, the Marauders were sitting outside, lying lazily against one of the trees on the grounds and enjoying the sunlight, seeing some of the birds coming back, playing with the air over the lake.
"This is nice, some peace and quiet for a change" Harry said as he stretched and laid his head on Audrey's lap, since no one was near them to see and run a squeal about it.
"Indeed, I was ready to kill the next student who'd ask where we'd been" Audrey said grumpily.
"Will I'm sure that a lot of the Slytherins know" Ron said determined.
"But they won't tell, they're probably ashamed that we survived the wrath of their great Lord" Harry said looking solemn.
"Imagine the looks on the students and some of the teachers' faces if we were to tell them the truth" Hermione said grinning at the idea.
The other chuckled a little at the though then settled into a comfy silence, only to be interrupted again.
"Where are Draco and the others by the way?" Ron asked with his eyes closed.
"At HQ, they're reviewing some research with Alastor" Hermione said.
"They'll call us in if there's something wrong or if it's time for some DE ass-kicking" Audrey said contentedly.
They others nodded and they all went back to relaxing in the sun thinking about everything and nothing.
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Around 5 it was getting a bit too cold so the mages dragged themselves up and went back to their common room.
"Preordained" Audrey said to the painting of Eufora, which swung aside.
"I know it's safer if the password is changed ever so often but why in the name of Quetzalcoatl does Dumbledore use such irritating Destiny related words?" Harry commented as they walked in.
"Yeah, we've had Destiny, Fate, Foretold and now Preordained" Ron said.
"Who wants to bet that the next one is Prophecy" Hermione said evilly.
The other shook their heads laughing and sat on the couches.
Suddenly a head appeared in the fire, it was Draco.
"You'd better come over here guys" he said hurriedly.
"What's going on?" Harry asked crouching low before the fire.
"Voldemort's attacking again" Draco replied sounding urgent. "Well what are you still sitting on your asses for? 'Come ON!" he cried sourly with the trademark sneer firmly in place.
"We'll be right there" Audrey said with a little twitch in her left arm, which no one noticed.
She looked at her friends, they nodded and the four of them snapped their fingers simultaneously. In a flash they were wearing their battle outfits. Audrey had complained that they took far too long to get them on and they have worked on finding some other solution.
They apparated into the command centre of HQ, on calm days it was also know as the living room, and immediately walked towards Draco, Pansy and Blaise who were standing with some Order members looking through some things looking like blueprints.
"Where's the attack?" Hermione asked immediately.
"M.O.M." Blaise replied without looking up. "Here..." he said pointing at a square on the paper, "I think that would be the logical containment room to keep the hostages."
The Order member he was talking to nodded his agreement to the decision when Ron suddenly asked with a strain in his voice. "What about my father?" It was Pansy who answered.
"He was at his work" she whispered.
"When do we move?" Harry asked with a grim face turning to Draco.
"As soon as 'Mad Eye' gives us green" Draco answered.
"But Dumbledore said that he wanted you to go ahead and clear out as much of the area as you could as well as try to locate where the hostages are being held" Pansy said.
"What are we up against?" Audrey asked adjusting some of her straps.
"50 DE's as far as we know, but there could be more" Draco replied with a thin pressed lips.
"So we're going stealth" Hermione said grinning.
"If you want to keep the hostages alive... then yes" Pansy said.
"When you get the hostages you can transport them out of the Ministry, people will be there to take care of them" Blaise said as he was still pointing things out on the blue print. "We think you can find most hostages in the larger rooms."
"We'll look where we can" Ron said.
"And do be careful. Voldemort might have a trick up his sleeves, we don't want a recurrence of Oxford" Draco said looking intently at the two of Harry and Audrey.
The mages nodded in agreement as they put on their sunglasses and disapparated.
"Good Luck" Draco and Pansy muttered to thin air as they went back to their work, to try and keep them alive.
~*o*~
The four mages appeared in the lobby of the Ministry.
~ Let's split up, try to stay in the shadows and kill from there ~ Harry said peering from every direction possible without straining his neck.
~ Don't jeopardise the hostages and don't attack groups of DE's that are too large, just remember those locations ~ Audrey added glaring around.
Everyone nodded as they shook each other's hands, each then creeping silently off into different directions, The Children of Death.
('somewhere someone gave a evil grin to it all' Ouuu what a party this was going to accelerated into. Better use the red dress 'and the cackling continue')
~ Harry ~
Harry silently ran through a hallway on the sport wing, slowing down as he sensed nearing danger, taking to hiding in the shadows of the corners and doors, walking forward slowly. It didn't take long till he saw eight DE's threatening a large group of Ministry employees, taunting them and every five minutes firing off a curse of some sort to hit one or two of the captives with a scream answering the laughter. Harry glared while silently drawing his nodachis, his right foot making contact with the wall behind him while his left leg slightly bent forwards laying his weight on the left foot to get as much speed as possible from a standstill position and then he charged.
One of the DE's turned around just as Harry swiped out of the shadows, having just enough time to put up an arm to protect his face and at the same time knock off the black coloured sunglasses, thus making the last thing he saw be eyes like the flames of Hell. The DE's never knew what hit them and those who after a second or two did as they saw specks of blood touch the floor were already very much dead. After some more cutting left and right Harry had a content smile on his face, being left with the staring audience of hostages on the floor looking up at his back. He plucked his sunglasses from the floor covered in blood, shaking them a little before putting them back on again before he turned facing them.
"Who are you?" a shaking man asked staring up at him.
"Just call me Snitch" Harry said not stopping to elaborate why such a nickname could fit the blood soaked person he was. "Now, we don't have long. I'm going to transport you out of here with a spell where people on the outside will take care of you" he added.
"But..." a woman began.
She didn't have time to say more as Harry cast the spell and the hostages disappeared.
'On with the scouting' Harry thought and sped out of the room.
~ Audrey ~
Audrey was near the Auror HQ. She suddenly heard a lot of yelling and screaming. She located where it came to a stop in front of a closed door. She transformed herself into air and entered under the small crack under the door.
'I could live happy for a long time if I didn't have to do this in a long time' she thought.
She was able to walk through walls, but she hadn't fully mastered the technique yet, so she preferred not to use it, for fear of getting stuck in the middle of the wall. What she saw in the room was three Aurors fighting off seven DE's and, by the looks of it, losing. Audrey silently drew her left katana and charged. She had leaped to land behind one of the DE's who didn't notice her until he choked on the blade through his throat. The other six DE's turned around, forgetting about the Aurors which slumped a little at the walls as they recognised the fighter.
"Who are you?" a DE spoke up waving threateningly with his wand her way.
Audrey slowly removed her sunglasses still keeping her eyes closed, shook her braid out till it was covering her back with a content sigh, and opened her eyes drawing her second blade as she spoke.
"Recognize me now?"
"BLACK!!" the DE's hissed, though that was soon switched to the sounds of air escaping the lungs, bubbles plopping and wheezing throughout the wounds as one of Snape's potions over a hot flame. Audrey got up from the low crouch she had taken to slice one of the DE's legs off. Leaving her hair over some of her face, surrounding it like a black halo of shadow and death with two blue Safire's of the dark blue sea, it almost had them to almost drown in their depths and beauty, she rose to her feet completely.
When she was done there were six other DE's on the floor. Audrey looked at the Aurors.
"How did you do that? You're just sixteen" one said.
"'Never underestimate that which you do not know, that is a certain way to loose' " Audrey said, quoting a line which Moody had drilled into her brain.
"You work for Dumbledore don't you?" another Auror who had recovered and was leaning against the wall asked.
"What if I do?" Audrey said as she began to move her swords a little, cleaning them with but a word and sheathed them crossing her arms over her chest. The Aurors exchanged some looks.
"We want to help" the third spoke up.
"You want to help Dumbledore, which means a positive screw you up Fudge's arse?" Audrey asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes"
The three nodded and Audrey felt the truth in their words.
"I will take you to him, though he might be a bit busy with this attack. Maybe you'll get lucky and good ol' Moody will be the one to judge you" Audrey said grinning at the idea.
"Alastor 'Mad Eye' Moody is with you?" the first Auror asked wearing big eyes.
"Yep, the one and only" Audrey said, "Now grab my hand and I'll take you to HQ."
The Aurors grabbed her hands and she disapparated them to HQ quietly.
~ Hermione ~
Hermione was walking plastered by the walls through the lower levels of the Ministry when she suddenly heard footsteps coming her way. She silently hid in a shadowed corner and listened hard while keeping an eye out for anything more suspicious than normal as she saw two figures go huddled together down the hall before her.
"Where are they being kept?" she suddenly heard one of them ask.
"At the Department of Mysteries, courtroom five" the other replied.
The two DE's walked by and as she was silently drawing her knives jumped them from behind. They didn't utter a sound as they lay there gaping up at her like fish without water as they lost their life, which slow and silent dripped and pored out of their throats over their black robes making them blacker still.
"Thanks for the info boys" Hermione said with a grim smile as she transfigured them into a painting making them die over and over again, letting them howl their silent cries of pain and torment forever.
~ Ron ~
As Ron crept near the minister's office he suddenly heard a high scream. He crept by the walls following the whimpers to an office and as he took a peek from the door he saw three females who he guessed were secretaries, from the look of paperwork and phones on the tables, sitting on the floor crying. As Ron took a good look on the wizard who by the looks was protecting the women his heart swelled with new born pride. He could hardly stand anymore but by the look on his face he refused to give up. Ron almost clapped aloud, but we couldn't have that now could we? Ron drew his scythe and took a stance, as the DE in front of Percy was about to begin the incantation of yet another spell, his blood began to boil in anger.
"Ava..." a DE began, but never got to finish as Ron had jumped over them and landed in a crouch to keep his balance in front of Percy and thus effectively grace the DE's throat.
"It's a bit hard to curse without vocal cords" he purred with a smile full off malice and promise of pain.
The DE growled with a pure look of hatred as the other three behind him by the walls attacked. Ron's eyes narrowed into thin slits and with a smile he slit the DE's throat and leaped over him, leaving the DE glaring in shock and panic up at Percy while blood pored beneath his hands. As Ron moved the scythe to his left hand he drew his sword with his right and at the same time swirled in a circle, spiralling to cut one DE down by the middle and thus spraying blood in the process. While in the same movement using a clean slice to severe another's head he used his scythe to stab the last DE's heart into the wall. He looked on in satisfaction as the DE grasped the handle tearing his hands bloody as he struggled while slowly fall limp hanging like a grotesque painting on the wall.
When he was done he turned as he pulled his sword out, leaving the body on its own as it made its way downwards with a wet sloppy sound. Percy was sitting on the floor staring shell-shocked at the bodies, the only sounds his ragged breathing as the women had already fainted.
"Th-h-h-ha-ha-a-nk-s-s" Percy stuttered.
"No praw. Now tell me Perce, do you still think Dumbledore is foolish and a liar?" Ron asked calmly as he took of his glasses.
"Ron?" Percy asked dumbstruck as he stared at this little brother, covered in the blood of vermin and filth called DE's.
"No it's you friggin' fairy godmother, of course it's me" Ron said calmly.
"You-you-you k-k-kil-led them!" Percy stuttered.
"Yes, and your point is?" Ron sighed, wondering if he shouldn't send him to Saint Mungo's instead.
"Nothing" Percy mumbled staring at his toes.
"O-kay then, let's go" Ron said as he holed Percy up with his own bloody hand and transported the unconscious witches outside where he knew there were doctors waiting and left looking for more activities to do, dragging Percy along with him.
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The four mages met in the Lobby. Ron dragging a still flabbergasted Percy along.
"I located the rest of the DE's and hostages. They're in the Department of Mysteries, in number five" Hermione said.
"We've got to wait for the rest of the Order" Harry said.
"Which means we've got time enough to bring Perce to HQ" Ron said.
The other three nodded and Ron disapparated, two minutes later he apparated and along with him the rest of the Order's Assault team.
"Goodie we're all here, now let's get this going" Audrey said rubbing her hands eagerly while Harry chuckled at her with fond eyes.
The Order members looked at them with raised eyebrows.
"What? I'm in DE butt kicking mood, anything wrong with that?" Audrey asked looking at them slightly miffed.
"No...none" everyone mumbled, while her fellow mages just smiled.
"As Nova said let's go" Harry said and turned around heading for the Department of Mysteries, Audrey next to him having all look at them shrewdly as they left bloody footprints which seemed to vanish with the next step they took, Ron and Hermione following with troubled eyes right behind.
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When they reached the Department of Mysteries Harry looked around.
"We're back" he muttered darkly, glaring at whatever was behind the door.
"Yes" Ron said.
"But this time, we won't let anyone die" Audrey added.
"This time, victory will be ours in full" Hermione said softly.
They all nodded and looked behind to the Order.
"Ready to go?" Harry asked grinning.
"Yes, but how are we going to do this without compromising the hostages lives?" Kingsley asked.
"We walk in first and hide in the shadows. As we get a clear shot we'll spell the hostages out and then we'll give you the signal" Audrey said happily.
"Which would be...?" another member, Flavio Trevain, asked.
"You'll know" Ron said grinning.
Harry took of his sunglasses and spelled them away, making everyone take a step back.
"What's with your eyes?" Tonks asked staring. Harry just gave her the most malicious smile she'd ever seen on his face.
"Nothing" Harry said as Audrey followed his example. Their eyes still a sun blazing red of the phoenix fire and a deepwater blue shadowed by the fire of purple stars in them respectively.
Ron and Hermione looked at each other and took of their sunglasses as well, with the Order members breathing a sigh of relief as their eyes were normal.
~ I think they're in a bit of a vengeful mood today ~ Ron said only to Hermione.
~ Golly gee, I hadn't noticed. They will do the job without us you know that right? We can just stand at the sidelines and watch the show ~ Hermione replied.
~ That I do, besides we can grant them some vengeance. I know I would want some ~ Ron said.
"Come on guys, let's go" Audrey said, jumping up and down in her excitement.
"Right behind ya" Ron said.
With their respective armor armory drawn they snuck down the corridor past courtroom one to four, stopping by courtroom number five. As Harry looked around on his companions he saw that in the excitement Ron and Hermione had transformed their eyes as well. Ron's were shining a rich flickering brown with small flames of red in it while Hermione's were the flickering colour of sea-green with a blue shade to it glittering like the sun on the waves. Harry stopped by the door, peeking inside then silently made his way through it. He held up two fingers, pointing in respective directions on both sides of the room and they took each side in pares, splitting up as it were about 20 hostages and 35 DE's watching over them.
~ How are we going to do this? ~ Ron asked calmly.
~ Yeah, the original plan is not useful here ~ Audrey added thoughtfully.
~ That's true. Okay, first we circle the group of hostages and teleport them out of here ~ Hermione said.
~ As soon as the spell is cast they'll know where we are ~ Harry said.
~ And your point being? ~ Audrey asked with a raised eyebrow ~ We want them to know we're here as soon as we cast the spell. Then one of us sends a signal to our fellow Order agents while the other three create a distraction ~ Audrey said smiling a predatory smile at the DE's.
~ Agree ~ the others said as they spread themselves out circling the hostages.
~ Okay, on three ~ Ron said.
~ One...Two...THREE! ~ Harry counted.
"Telportare" they said in unison.
There was a pandemonium of curses and hexes as soon as the hostages disappeared with a POP! And every DE for itself it seemed was the law as the Mages cursed and jinxed wherever they could. Hermione suddenly smacked a DE in the face sending it crashing into the far side of the wall quickly sending a simple little shower of red sparks out the door.
Some seconds later the Order members spilled through the doors and joined the frenzy. Curses were being shouted from all sides with people falling both left and right though no one seemed dead yet, which simply was a miracle. Then the mages had a singular thought; 'Enough play girls and gents!' as they finally used the weapons who had screamed their disappointment in being left out beginning to splatter the walls red with gore and body parts and thus within 5 minutes every DE was either dead or unconscious by pain. As the last DE fell with a thud they all stopped in mid motion for two seconds then they all at the same time sheathed their weapons while closing their eyes, taking a deep breath each. As they opened their eyes now looking quite normal Kingsley looked at some of the, less than fast, dead DE's.
"Isn't that a bit cruel?" he said.
"Perhaps" Harry shrugged breaking one DE's neck as it moved some with a 'crack' sounding in the now silent room.
"Anyway we'd better go as I'm sure Fudge is going to blow this out of proportion and blame the Order or something else equally dumb and defaulting to us" Audrey said making everybody nod their agreement as she finished.
"What do we do with the ones that are still alive?" Hermione asked looking at Harry with a grim face out of the corner of her eye.
"We'll leave them here, the ministry will then perhaps start acting against Voldemort instead of being passive and being idiots" Kingsley said.
Then they all one by one they left by portkey to HQ, while the mages just disapparated.
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End of this chap. ~ Awww what a party killer you are! 'pout' I thought Harry was cool though and what did you think about Hermiones evil little deed with the painting eh? * evil cackle * ~
Ignore, just Zosas twisted little mind peeking forth. *cackle can be heard as Nova shove Zosa into a casket, slamming the lid down and nailing it closed*
Yeah I know 'sigh' But what can a girl do ne?
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Chapter 18 – Fleeing of the Mages
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