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Recap:

"Yeah…Voldemort is Carly's birth…father…" Dumbledore sat as his desk with his head in his hands. How could I not see this? He asked himself. He snapped his fingers and a house elf appeared next to him, "Get Gideon and Minerva tell them to come up here. Now." The house elf nodded and was gone. Then he turned towards his phoenix, "Fawks get the other order members tell them to get here now. Get Carly's mother first." With a flash of light the phoenix was gone and seconds later the two professors ran into the room,

"What's wrong Albus?"

"Sit. This is going to be a little bit." Gideon's eyes flashed towards the boys in the corner. All of them had their heads bent and where whispering to each other. Where was the fourth one? He asked himself. Minerva seemed to be thinking the same thing,

"Where is Peter…and your clothes?" She asked. James and Sirius blushed and Mrs. Potter waved her wand covering both boys in clothes.

"He was right here a minute ago…" Remus said. Sirius shrugged a grim expression now on his face. Sirius didn't seem to notice the door fling open and the fire place grow as 30 people entered the small office,

"Who the bloody hell cares about bloody Pettigrew? Carly's missing!"

"So is Lily." James added lamely. Everyone gasped,

"Sit I will explain..." Dumbledore trailed off looking at the people in the room, "Where's Diane?" He asked. Everyone looked around and a burly red headed man stood up,

"She wasn't at work today sir. She's missing too."

Chapter 26: Groups

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The dark cloaked figures holding Carly led Carly her into the room and shoved Lily in. Lily stood up flicking her hair over her shoulder towards the cloaked men. They grunted and left closing the door. Carly went over and yanked Lily up roughly pinning her against the wall, "Carly what the hell?" Lily yelled struggling under Carly's grasp. Carly kept her there even though her eyes were soft her actions were hard,

"Lily, you have to listen." She said sneering, "I am not doing this to hurt you I promise. Their watching us." She threw Lily to the floor where Lily crumpled,

"Can't they hear us?" She asked standing back up,

"No, these walls are too thick." Lily looked unsure, but lunched herself at Carly,

"Looks can be deceiving." Lily panted now on top of Carly,

"I promise; someone told me about this place before. It's the only medieval wizard castle left." She said pushing Lily off of her and onto the floor,

"How do you know?"

"I pay attention in History. All the medieval wizard castles had a hall of marble. There were only five ever. One belonged to the purest families of all." Lily tripped Carly,

"Who where they?" Carly again pinned Lily against the wall,

"It's crazy I know but it seems that all of the pure blood names were inherited by males so they all have or would have the same names as today except two families. The Gryffindor hall which was made out of gold marble belonged to Godric Gryffindor, somehow along the line it came to belong to the Potters." Lily gasped but continued to struggle under Carly's hold, "This one was destroyed along with the Weasley hall a long time ago. That one was made out of red and the family still exists under that name." Lily pushed back at Carly causing both to tumble to the floor, "One was the Malfoy hall which was destroyed forty years ago. This one was made out of green marble, the destruction of this one brought down the Black hall. That one was made out of silver marble."

"Is that how you knew about the blood lines?" Lily asked pushing Carly away from her and punching her in the face,

"Yeah, anyway this hall used to be Salazar Slytherin's. Unlike the other halls he hid his away from the public eye (AN: whoa sound familiar?) so know one knew about it till the discovery of Azkaban some hundred years ago."

"Why?"

"Because there is one wing to this castle, one that held chambers as in jail chambers. Lily half of this castle is Azkaban." Carly whispered glaring at Lily's body on the floor. She pretended to kick hard, but only hit her softly. Lily stood up her eyes wild,

"You're telling me that at any moment Dementors could waltz in here and suck us dry?" Carly nodded,

"It's unlikely though, but if it does happen do you know the patronus charm?" Lily nodded,

"It's not very good, plus I don't have a wand."

"We're going to have to worry about that later. Pretend I've knocked you out alright; I'll explain later I promise." Lily's eyes blazed, "I won't leave you here. I promise. Lily please trust me."

"How do you know what your doing?"

"I don't, but what else am I going to do?"

"Wait who inherited it after Slytherin died?"

"Somewhere along the line the name Slytherin was lost and ended up with my father." Lily seemed to except this answer,

"Just promise me you won't submit yourself to Malfoy." Carly let a grim smile light her face,

"Promise." With that Lily winked at Carly and Carly as real as she could make it without hurting Lily punched her in the face making Lily crumple to the floor in a heap, "Good acting." She muttered now sitting against the door looking at Lily's body.

"Why are they fighting?" A woman asked. She was standing on the other side of one of the walls that belonged to the cement room,

"Because ones a mudblood and one is the heir to all of this." A man answered coming up next to the woman. "Not to mention us," He added grumbling.

"Why is she the heir? Shouldn't a male be the heir? Shouldn't one of you who's been with our lord longer be next in line?"

"No, no, and I wish." A different man answered.

"Why can't we hear them?" Another man asked,

"Because the walls are to thick and the magic that runs in them repels our listening spells." The first man answered. The inner circle of Death Eaters stood watching the two girls fight,

"It would be better if they had wands." The woman said,

"Of course Bella, you would like a few illegal curses thrown in there wouldn't you?" The Death Eaters gasped and dropped to their knees,

"Sir why are you giving her a choice?" Malfoy asked kissing his masters robes,

"Because don't you want to handle the mudblood? I thought you would. She's a pretty thing. Shame she's a mudblood." Voldemort muttered. Malfoy smirked, an evil glint in his eye,

"Of course my lord."

"You'll have her either way." The woman behind Voldemort said.

"Sense when do you make orders?" Voldemort hissed turned towards the woman,

"Sense I'm the one suffering for the bitch's actions." The woman said pointing at her neck. The burnt ring still looked brand new. Voldemort laughed at the woman,

"You're a fool; we want Caroline to be on our side. If you kill the mudblood she won't be on the dark side. We need her."

"Why sir?" Some bold Death Eater asked,

"I was wondering when someone would ask. Caroline is as you all know my heir, not only that she, that mudblood, Potter, Black, and the werewolf are the most powerful sorcerers ever."

"How?" Another asked,

"Caroline can do wandless magic even though she doesn't know it; the mudblood is smart and has the power of love." He spat out the last word as if a curse word, "Potter has the gift of transfiguration, Black is just in the way by being quick and loyal, and the werewolf because he's smart and just like Black. Also all five of them are Gryffindors." He ended waving his wand causing seats to arrive for all of the people in the room. With that the Death Eaters sat down and turned towards Carly and Lily. They all laughed as Lily hit the floor and Carly sunk to the ground.

"Alright. Carly Mullet and Lily Evans are missing. Apparently if what Adrianna has said is true then they are being held at the Slytherin castle or as some of you know it the Black Marble castle." All the pure-bloods in attendance gasped,

"That's Azkaban isn't it?" The red head asked,

"Yes, Fabian, I have know idea what-" He was cut off again as Adrianna and Sirius fell to the floor Adrianna screaming out. Both were clutching the burn marks which where now bright red. When both controlled themselves James helped Sirius up and Harold helped Adrianna up,

"She's there. Talking to him." Adrianna let out now in a chair,

"He's giving her options." Sirius breathed. James' hand still on Sirius' shoulder gripped tighter, "Lily's there too she's bound in a chair." James' grip lessened,

"We have to save them now." Benjy Fenwick said, "Merlin knows her mother might be there also." Sirius and Adrianna had a grim expression on their faces,

"She is." Adrianna whispered. Dumbledore sat up,

"What?"

"You know the custom three thrones at one end of the marble halls?" Dumbledore nodded for her to continue, "The middle for the ruler, the right for the heir, and the left for the ruler's mistress."

"Voldemort sat in the middle, Carly was sitting in the right and a woman was sitting in the left." Sirius added,

"She wore a mask, but I know Diane when I see her." The members of Ms. Mullet's Auror group gasped. Fabian stood up,

"She must be under the imperious curse. She hates Death Eaters. Same with Carly,"

"Caroline didn't have much of a choice." A new figure said squeezing past all the people. There stood Andromeda Black clad in a black robe and a white mask swinging from her wrist. Sirius gasped,

"Andy? You're one of them?" Andromeda shook her head,

"Not now Sirius, it is defiantly not the time." The woman looked to be in her mid-thirties, she was a petite woman with short brown hair the hugged her face with sweat, "Lily is in danger no matter what happens. You have to get them out of there." She whispered gravely. Dumbledore waved his wand and another chair came up behind Andy and she sat in it. "He let her think about it till three." Everyone in the room looked at their watches. A relieved expression covered some of the order members faces. It was only 12:00 they had three hours. Mad-Eye Moody stood up,

"What the hell is going on?" He growled. Arriving late he had slipped in not understanding what was going on. Most order members nodded in agreement. While Dumbledore explained what was happening Sirius, Remus, and James stood huddled in a corner,

"They aren't leaving us here." Sirius stated. James nodded,

"No body knows their way around there."

"Oh, what and you do?" Remus asked,

"Better then you two." Sirius gasped,

"What?"

"My dad was one of the ones that did some of the revisions on Azkaban more then five years ago. At the time I didn't realize that it was all that bad, so I figured if any of us ever got sent there we could break you out soo…" Both Sirius and Remus leaned in waiting for more. When James didn't continue Sirius growled,

"So?"

"Oh, right I nicked the blueprints." Sirius grinned,

"Well what are you waiting for?" Remus asked pushing James towards the door,

"Go get them!"

"Get the cloak too." Sirius added tapping his nose. James nodded in understanding and rushed out. When the door clicked shut every single person looked back at the door and then at the boys. Sirius began whistling with his hands in his pockets rocking back and forth. Andy shook her head. Some things would never change she thought. She then turned back to Dumbledore,

"He gave her two options. What where they?" He asked,

"One was that if she turned sides she would be betrothed to the 'purest blood' line, having to as he so blandly put it, 'mate' with them. All of this for the cost of freeing Lily. He already made Carly his heir to his power. He knows more than she knows about herself." Sirius growled pushing his way towards Dumbledore's desk,

"I am not going to have that happen." He growled. Fabian put his hands on Sirius' shoulders,

"And who are you? You're not even part of the order. What are you some love sick friend?" Sirius turned fire in his eyes,

"I," He said pointing to himself and at his neck, "have a more important role here then you do. So back off." Gideon came up next to his brother and pulled him away from Sirius,

"Leave him be. For all we know Sirius could be one of the 'purest blood lines.'"

"As with James." Harold said. Sirius was about to say something when Dumbledore spoke,

"What do you mean knows more about her then her own self?" Dumbledore asked ignoring everyone else,

"I mean he knows that these three," she indicated towards the three boys. James had just arrived and was standing in the back with Remus, "Lily and she are sorcerers." A grim expression crossed Dumbledore's face as the order gasped,

"What was the other option?" Dumbledore asked,

"The other option was that if she refused the first option he would kill Lily, Sirius, James, and Remus. Making her become a…a 'mate,' for more than one man." Andy flinched waiting for Sirius to blow up. Instead Sirius collapsed onto a chair, and James was the one who talked. He pushed his way from the door making sure to put the items into Dumbledore's hands,

"Use these." He whispered. Everyone moved closer,

"I am surprised Mr. Potter that you have such interesting items, that I myself have never seen." Dumbledore said looking over the blueprints, the cloak, and the Marauders Map,

"What you don't know might surprise you." Remus said now standing in-between his friends, "Sir, we have to do something and fast."

"We?" shrieked Moody, "You three are going no where. Your not even part of the order."

"We're of age. Plus I know more about Azkaban than half of you." James said.

"Who's the bloody sorcerers?" Sirius yelled. Yes, he was shocked because he was considered one of the most powerful wizards in the world, but he had more important matters to control. Sirius' comment seemed to shut up everyone in the room,

"You have to let us go professor. If you don't we'll find our own way there. You can't expect Sirius and James to sit by as they wait for news their loves deaths." Remus whispered so only the people close enough could hear,

"And both of them know what love is?" Fabian snorted, "If I remember Black and Potter never heard of the word love. Let alone experience it." Gideon gripped his brother's arm. Wrong thing to say. Bracing himself for both of the boy's reactions he never expected Adrianna to stand up and slap Fabian,

"You are an ignorant man Fabian Prewett, do you have any idea what these mean?" She sneered pointing at her neck and Sirius' neck. Fabian's eyes grew wide as he shook his head, "This are marks from a special necklace that has a special bond between the giver and the receiver. The necklace only fits the person who is truly in love with the giver and vice versa. If anything bad is happening to the receiver all they have to do is rub it and it'll send heat shocks. In the world we lived in I was scared Sirius or James would go straight towards the girls without telling anyone. That is why I charmed it so I would feel it, Sirius or James would feel it, the girls' mothers would feel it, and the person who caused them harm would feel it." Andy gasped,

"Well this explains a lot." Dumbledore raised an eyebrow and she continued leaning forward in her chair she examined Sirius' neck, "The woman on the left side of the Dark Lord had a similar burn and when Carly began fiddling with a chain on her neck the woman began to scream. That was about forty-five minutes ago." She said checking her watch. It all made complete sense. Sirius and Adrianna both screamed out in pain around the same time.

"Alright we're assigning groups. Moody, you, Gideon, Fabian, Harold, Fingers, and Thrasher. You are group one. I, Adrianna, Benjy, Dorcas, and Shackelbolt make group two. Minerva, Flitwick, Arabella, Glister, Kane, and Andromeda are group three." The groups all nodded, "The rest of you split your selves among the groups evenly. Sirius, James and Remus let out a groan,

"You're forgetting us." James said a little annoyed,

"Sorry boys, please forgive me. It's for your own good." With a flick of his wand the boys were bond, gagged, and levitated, "Minerva you and your group keep these boys here at what ever cost. Make sure they do not leave the grounds." Sirius was outraged. How dare they! He's trying to protect you. Bullshit, what would you do in my shoes? Use some of your 'special' powers. Adrianna let out a squeak at seeing the boys on the floor wiggling,

"You cant do this!" She screeched. Dumbledore just ignored her,

"My group, we're the actual rescue team we find the girls and get them out as soon as possible. The other group I think you know what to do." The group nodded grimly. "We have precisely two hours and thirty seven minutes until Carly has to make her choice. We have to move at that time. When everyone is in the transition to the throne room. Do you all understand me?" Everyone nodded. He looked over at the boys all of them looking at him in complete loathing. He made sure they were watching as he duplicated the maps accidentally dropping one behind his desk, and forgetting about the cloak on his desk.

"That is just plain cruel." Andy whispered down in Sirius' ears as Dumbledore made sure they were watching. Sirius and James groaned in agreement. They looked over at Remus who seemed to be calculating something in his head. Why was he making them watch? It clicked.

As the groups left Dumbledore's office he made sure at least three people in each group knew how to do a patronus charm and left. There Andy stopped him when the door closed, "Are you sure about this Albus?" She asked,

"About what Ms. Black?"

"About knowing that Sirius, James, and Remus are going to get lose and find those girls on their own?" Dumbledore's eyes twinkled and he walked away towards his group. Andy ran a hand through her hair. Merlin she liked Sirius, she didn't want to condemn him to death. She really hoped Dumbledore knew what he was doing.

Looking around Sirius saw they were alone. Dumb teachers he thought as he transformed causing James to growl next to him. Sirius ignored him as he bite at the gag that held him. Sirius bit threw and started at the bonds holding his legs and arms (or in this case fore-legs) together. When he was free he transformed back and began untying James. Once James was free, James started working on Remus' bonds while Sirius rushed over to desk picking up the extra map and the cloak. He threw the map at Remus who was know free,

"Do you remember the spell you used to make everyone in Hogwarts appear on the map?" Sirius asked bouncing on his feet. Remus nodded pulling out his wand he muttered something on the blueprint. It burst into flames only to be replaced by a brand new map with little dots all over it. Before Sirius put his hand on the door Remus stopped him and James,

"You both know what your doing?" He asked. James shook his head,

"No." Sirius nodded,

"No. I have know bloody idea." Remus shook his head grabbing the cloak from Sirius. Now to get there.

Carly was now pacing, what the hell was she going to do? Touch the necklace again. It sends visions to the people that received the first ones. But wont that get me in trouble with the death eater here? True… What am I going to do with the whole options thing? Do you have hope? Hope for what? On Sirius, on Mrs. Potter, on Dumbledore? How do I know they know where I am? How do I know they even realize I'm out of bed? I can not trust hope right now. I wish I could help. You can. What? Tell Lily's conscious or whatever that I need help finding out what to do. Make sure she doesn't move physically. Alright. After a moment or two he came back. She says that you shouldn't submit yourself to being a baby machine. I'm not going to let her die! I'm not going to have anyone be killed! That's it I'm taking the first option. You do know that he's not going to let Lily go. He has too. No he doesn't your forgetting who this man is. He's killed innocent lives just to kill more. I'm not going to let him do it. I'll hurt myself in some way. I wont let him! You have no choice. How are you going to hurt yourself? Carly bit her lip. She truly was in trouble. Damn. Damn is right. Lily says she wont let you pick the first one. Tell her they both are the same thing. No matter what someone's going to be killed. And I'll be damned ifLily is the one killed.

Thanks for RR,

-Tandemswipe