Harry Potter and the Order of the Thunderbird

by scorpionboi

With a wizarding war on, Harry meets his godbrother, falls in love and is a member of a group of wizards that haven't been in existance in many years. A new generation of evil fighters. This is a slash epic., HPDM, VCGG, OC's, Wicked Ginny.

5. Trouble with the Ministry Already?

Note to you all, some chapters will be longer than others. this one for instance.

Have fun. Scorpionboi.
PS TY Dairygirl

Trouble with the Ministry Already? rev.

Draco had no sooner closed the doors to the billiards room with the 12 others when Adam disapperated from the middle of the room and apparated back where he had been standing before. He had his staff in his hand this time and a relieved look on his face. Draco raised an eyebrow and the others just openly gawked at what they had just witnessed. Adam had disapparated and apparated. That was not the really amazing thing though, it was he did it inside Malfoy Manor and he went into a warded room to retrieve something and remove it the same way he got inside.

Draco rolled his eyes and walked up to his new friend and cousin putting his hand on his shoulder and turning him to the group of young witches and wizards saying to him,

"Adam, Adam, Adam.. you do realize that you apparated... twice... inside of Malfoy Manor don't you? Don't answer. Right now, alarm bells are going off in the Underage Use of Magic office, the Licensing bureau of apparation and the office of Magical Law Enforcement don't you? Don't answer. And you realize that the Ministry of Magic is sending an owl to you right this minute?"

A black owl from the Ministry of Magic came swooping through the window looking as if it had been plucked in flight getting through the wards of Malfoy Manor, the parchment charmed to withstand most anything was smoking on the owl's leg. It offered its leg urgently to Adam and he obliged it by untieing the attached smoking letter.

Addressed, Adam Black, Malfoy Manor.

To Adam Black, Malfoy Manor Wiltshire For unlawful underaged apparating and disapparating,
You are hereby informed you are to surrender your wand,
to the Ministry Owl waiting for your reply. You will be visited shortly by Ministry Aurors to place you into custody for Underage apparation on two occasions, both at 7:59pm this date. Your parent or guardian can come to collect you after booking for trial.
Signed, Percival Weasley,

Ministry of Magic Underage Use of Magic Office

"That git Percy!"

12 of the teens said at once.

"Jinx" they all yelled at once again all of them laughed.

"Maybe I should take this to Mr. Dumbledore so I don't get into too much trouble with him or your mom Draco."

With that Adam apparated once again into the library where a meeting of the Order was in fact going on. Adam appeared out of nowhere once again with a letter in his hand. All conversation stopped. Adam showed the letter to everyone but handing it to Narcissa first and then to Mr. Dumbledore. After Dumbledore finished the letter he just started to chuckle.

"Young Adam, would you like to know how it is to be Prince? Go get your friends... and please... use the door. I'm sure that the alarms are still going off at the Ministry."

Albus turned to the assembled members of the Order and said to them, I think that things are going to go a bit faster than I had expected. Narcissa, can you scry to Little Bird and ask her to move up her declaration 12 hours?"

Narcissa nodded and turned to go out to the garden. Molly followed her.

"I'll keep things away Cissa. Come along now."

The two women went quickly to the scrying pool hidden by the charm and Narcissa spoke the incantation silently to herself and Little Bird came into view looking to her Blood Sister with a puzzled look, then one of worry when Narcissa began using Hand Signals to Birdy.

Birdy just smiled at her own pool and signaled her agreement to the request Albus had made of her. At five past eight in the evening, alarms went off within the Malfoy Manor alerting them to the presense of a person or persons outside the grounds wishing access and having being magically repelled, they were not welcome guests.

Narcissa sent her fastest elf to the main gate of the Manor to speak if necessary to whomever was at the gate and to send them away. The elf returned within a minute and relayed a message.

"There is aurors at the gates of the Manor and the big man said to tell our mistress the following message: The Mistress is to hand over Mr. Adam Black for breaking the law and they is going to take him to the wizengamot after he is searched and has spent the night in jail at the Ministry of Magic waiting for a juvenile wizarding judge"

The elf wasn't shaking and Hermione noticed this right away... Narcissa just looked to her and winked.
"Albus, did you say something about what it was like to be a Prince?"

Turning to Adam, Narcissa broke into that same smile she had that morning. Draco thought to himself

'Mother, you certainly don't go half way with the way you handle your affairs.'

"Mother, would you like for ME to go let in the Aurors or shall I let the... Order of the Thunderbird greet them?"

Narcissa and Albus looked to Draco and the other teens as they quietly assembled behind a very nervous looking Adam.

"Adam here seems to be under the impression that the Ministry has the jurisdiction to arrest him. I told him he was not because of his position. He needs some.. reassurance. Perhaps you headmaster would like to calm him a bit. If Neville can start an earthquake when he's merely angry, who knows what Adam can do besides apparate into places when he shouldn't be able to in the first place!"

Draco looked at Adam with one raised eyebrow only on the side of the face that Adam could see. There was also a slight smirk and a wink meant only for Adam to see.

"Adam," both Narcissa and Dumbledore began at the same time, "Jinx!" could be heard from the back of the room and a slight group giggle started.

Adam didn't feel any better just yet. He wasn't scared in the least of the Wizards outside the wards of the Manor. He was scared of what his mother would do to him when she found out he wasn't in England for 4 hours before he started an international incident.

"Go ahead Narcissa tell them." Dumbledore smiled that creepy smile of his and let his twinkling eyes flit from student's face to face.

"Adam dear, there is nothing wrong. The Ministry officials outside the Manor gates cannot gain access unless they begin to try to take down the wards in which case we will let them in. However they cannot and will not be able to take you away. What was going to be happening in 12 hours or so from now is going to be happening in a very short time.

Your mothers government has declared war on Voldemort and is now an ally of the Government of Hogwarts. Malfoy Manor is now an official embassy of the Magical Navajo Nation and thus if those aurors outside try to dismantle the wards it is an act of war on an ally of the light and there will be serious repercussions on those ordering the attack.

Your mother is sending a screaming Eagle to the Minister at this very moment.."

"Oh no a screaming eagle?" Adam queried,

"What's a screaming eagle Adam?" Draco whispered.

"A really scary bird and an even scarier letter. Full of magic. Mom's invention." Draco looked at Adam almost impressed.

'must be thinking of a howler modification, note to self"find out how to do that" Granger is giving me the eye I wonder what she wants.'

"Granger."

"Draco, please call me Hermione. That screaming eagle thing sounds very interesting. Wish I could see Fudges face."

Narcissa overheard this reparte and approached the three teens with a hint of glee her eye.

"I heard that and I think it would be a marvelous thing to do. Albus would you and the others join me in the main living room to the grand fireplace?"

Dumbledore just smiled and said, "My dear I think I would like that very much. Members of the Orders, let us follow our hostess. I think this should clear up the problem at hand. We'll have to discuss the press just afterwards. Molly, you remember that quick obliviate charm?"

"Albus, I have seven talented and powerful children and a dunderhead that I love for a husband"

"Ah well then I believe we can begin. Narcissa if you will."

Adam was curious about this floo thing but he stood behind a few feet just to be on the safe side. Narcissa threw in a handful of communication floo powder so that nothing or no one could come through the floo.. a accidental discovery of George and Fred while they were experimenting at 12 Grimmauld Place.

(Dumbledore and Snape recognized it immediately for what it was and asked the boys to make it only for the Order and it's members, enchanted of course so only the signatured floo powder bearer could activate it.)

All the order members carried some in and amulet somewhere on their persons next to an emergency port key. Narcissa had more than most because of the number of secret communications she had had with Albus and the order just this early summer and in clandestine war preparations. It was wizard patented to the Weasley twins and when the war was over, they could market it.. but if all this works, that ideal discovery might be realized sooner than they had imagined.

When Fred and George woke that morning, they had no idea just how much their lives were going to change. They got to bear witness to some pretty cool magic, nothing dark but surely some they wanted to learn... first time for everything they thought and the night was still kind of young. Adam was quietly waiting for Narcissa to do something and she did. She took some of what was going to be Weasleys Wizarding Warding Floo powder and threw it into the large fireplace and said quite clearly,

"Ministry of Magic, London, Minister of Magic's office, Diplomatic Executive Department Great Britain, Cornelius Fudge"

A blast of a different color fire hit the grate and blasted up into the chimney and a view of the whole of the ministers office and the collection of frantic and angry ministry officials when suddenly a bolt of lightening without thunder this time came out of thin air and a giant screaming Bald Eagle had an official pouch on its leg and indignently held it out. The minister looked scared when he got someone else to take the pouch from the great bird's leg. The bird snapped its great sharp beak at his hand as he did so.

It ruffled its feathers and just stared at the minister of magic. Fudge noticed the seal of the Magical Government of the Navajo Nation and his face paled. The witches and wizards in the ministers private office stood silently for the most part, some quiet conversations going on while the minister took the pouch delivered by the great bird and watched the minister open the parchment and begin to read, half mumbling and saying a word here and there out loud as the color began to drain from his face he turned to the fireplace and noticed the assembled group of what he knew to be the most powerful group of light wizards and witches and some of the most elite in the wizarding world.

He noticed the young man that he had met just that afternoon standing amongst the young people he also recognized as children of Death Eaters and other assorted powerful families and that is what had got his blood to boil in the first place. He knew of Little Bird Thundercloud only in passing years ago knowing she was an Unspeakable and very powerful. He only thought of her as an emigrant show off until this afternoon when he found that she was the head of one of the most resourceful and powerful wizarding governments on the planet.

After quickly scanning the letter he told the heads of departments to recall the aurors immediately from Malfoy Manor and recind the order of arrest that they had heard was issued for someone there despite how many violations that had been racked up just in the last 20 minutes alone.

'Merlin when shit hits the fan, it sure sprays all over the place' Fudge thought.

"I'm sorry young man for not realizing the true position you are in. The aurors have been recalled. I wish to extend my appologies for causing you any undue stress at the hands of the British Ministry of Magic. We are of course going to abide by the conditions set down in the international wizarding law regarding war. Malfoy Manor is now regarded as an official Embassy of the Government of the Magical Navajo but is not entitled to protection from our government and as well as the defense of the Ministry from within.

Albus are you informing the Ministry of your alliance with the Navajo's and re-claiming your independence from our government in accordance with what I've just read?"

Fudge was bristling. Dumbledore was still almost chuckling when he said,

"Cornelius,youdidread the whole of that declaration andyoudidreference the points made within our own book of treaties before you've asked that question. Are you as the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge duly appointed representative of the British Magical Government refusing protection to us?"

Dumbledore could not believe this stroke of luck. Fudge has just about resigned as the Minister of Magic and he had not even realized it yet.

"I am Albus Dumbledore doing just that. However at this moment, I am also declaring, the Magical Government of Great Britain is at war and will be allied with the Government of Hogwarts and the Government of The Magical Navajo Nation. We cannot offer the protection. You will have to make due with what you have"

Dumbledore could not believe what had just happened. The minister of magic had just made Hogwarts autonomous and no longer under the scrutiny of the ministry and that just untied his hands immeasureably.

"Cornelius you will be receiving the citizenship and diplomatic papers for Hogwarts shortly. I'm sure that you would like to continue your meeting and arrange for an ambassador, subject to our approval as will our ambassador be subject to yours. As their is only one qualified person here to act as ambassador to the Ministry of the British Magical Government for the Magical Navajo's, I present you with Narcissa Black Malfoy.

She is to act also as the guardian to Prince Thundercloud as long as he remains in Britain. He now wishes no British Magical protection and thus I recommend that you keep your distance. There are 10 young people here that have this protection from your laws regarding underage use of magic and in time will be taught to apparate and will be instructed in some rather advanced magic throughout this summer holiday.

Prince Thundercloud will be traveling about Britain periodically with his new friends and allies and as such will not be followed by officers of the MLE. If this happens certain protections will automatically cover them and they will be left un accosted. This will be most unpleasant for those that follow uninvited."

Fudge's face was turning so many shades of red at the time he couldn't form words which was a rare occurance since he was such a head in the sand windbag.

"Albus we will acquiesce to these conditions. I trust the aurors have left the Manor"

"Yes all save for one. Miss Nymphadora Tonks is still outside. She may pass." Narcissa interjected for the headmaster.

"That is all for now Cornelius, perhaps your law wizards should really read and refer to our charter to check on the formalities of what you have received. Now, if you would look further in that pouch, there are two more smaller pouches. These are for the great bird before you. Find the golden portkey and tie the other bag on the birds leg and let her take the other one out of the bag herself. She's quite a smart bird even if she is a bit short tempered. She won't hurt you if you don't hurt her but, hurry."

Cornelius gave that duty to Percival Weasley and no sooner had that been accomplished the great bird grasped the gold portkey in its great talon and vanished in what could only be described as a flash of lightening and then it happened.. a thunderclap when the great birds wings touched as it disappeared. This ended the floo conversation and the great bird arrived in the garden of Malfoy Manor.

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Adam rushed outside because he wanted to see his friend the great American Bald Eagle, the others followed. Hermione thoughtfully brought along Adam's Staff for him just tutting and smiling at the forgetful boy. She caught him just as he was running his fingers thru the feathers on the the great birds head and the bird was softly nipping his hair with her very sharp beak making soft sounds to her friend and companion since he was a small child. She held out her leg and Adam took off the other pouch which was what he knew to be a sky screaming portkey.

He kept the pouch in his hand folding it up tightly so as not to touch it accidentally. Hermione just touched his arm and asked quietly,

"Who's your friend Adam?"

"This wonderful lady is Lulu. She's had quite a day crossing an ocean and a continent three times in one day and she hardly looks tired but I know she is. Lulu, you can spend the night here with us and go to mother in the morning. She knows how tired you are and besides your boyfriend is at home. If anything is wrong, he'll come."

Hermione just listened to Adam talk so kindly to the bird and he took her hand and lifted it to the great birds head and said to it in a kind of cry,

"This is my friend Hermione Lulu. Say hello."

The bird just nodded and rubbed her beak on Hermione's hand. Hermione was beaming she had never seen such a magnificent bird ever. Hippogriffs are pretty impressive and so are Phoenixes but this one had a different kind of beauty. No wonder it was the national bird of America and this one is Magical she thought.

"It's very nice to meet you Lulu, you are the most gorgeous bird I've ever seen, save for one that I think you might know already... Faulkes."

The great bird nodded and cried a bit remembering her old friend. Harry had been watching this as had the other teens in the garden and he silently slipped away to seek out the headmaster.

"Professor Dumbledore, could you summon your Phoenix? I think there is an American Bald Eagle in the garden that might like to see an old friend."

Harry was smiling as was Dumbledore.

"Of course Harry excellent thought. How very kind of you to think of it. Fawlkes!"

Out of the night sky a red trail of sparks could be see coming from the north at almost lightening speed. Harry and Dumbledore came outside just in time to see the Phoenix soar around the garden looking at his old friend Lulu when he landed at her side and cried a Phoenix song at his old friend and dropped one tear. The tear landed on a friendship rose that was not as big as the others in the garden but at that moment, the rose grew into a very big very aromatic specimen of a plant.

"Phoenix tears must be good for something else Professor." Harry said to Dumbledore as they both watched the birds take to the night sky. Adam was smiling a very happy smile for his friend.

"Mr. Dumbledore"
"Albus for now Adam, what is it?"

"Here is a pouch that has Lulu's portkey in it, but on it is written in Navajo, it says, What did the old farts face look like. Birdy "

Albus and Adam just laughed as they shared the message with the others as they came closer everyone was remembering how Fudges face looked through the untracable magical floo powder.

"Adam, perhaps you'd like to write to your mother before Lulu goes off in the morning and if you ladies would like to do the same, I'm sure that Lulu wouldn't mind carrying your messages as well."

Albus looked at Little Birds friends and old colleagues smiling that amused smile again.

"Perhaps we should all go back inside and discuss what was going to happen tomorrow that just happened tonight."

Everyone nodded and followed the chatting group of people into the Manor Library which expanded magically to accomodate them.

"Adam, I'm sorry but the cat seems to be out of the bag a it prematurely, I'm afraid. There will be reporters to be deal with as well as an almost sure overwhelming arrival of invitations to various functions because of your position..."

"I don't want to go to any functions for a while. Ma said I had to rub off the rough edges so that's why I'm here and, I'd like to have a little fun. I've never been off of the reservation until today and I kind of like it. These kids are a fun group and they're powerful ..." Adam whispered.

"I know" Albus whispered back.

Adam resumed his normal tone of voice, " I'd like to get to know them and maybe we can learn something about getting along and become friends... maybe.." Adam cast a look to the teens in the room seeing 12 smiling faces.

"I think that is a very good position to take Adam, I think that isn't out of our scope of influence."

Dumbledore asked that everyone find a seat and he began with a short story that explained his relationship with the wizard called Thundercloud, and some history of the Order of the Phoenix and only passing over some things that had happened in the last 15 years so Adam could keep with the story and then he came to the part where he wanted them to pay a bit of close attention.

"Phoenix's and Thunderbirds, are very powerful groups indeed children. The witches and wizards here tonight are going to be mentoring you on some different forms of magic, much more advanced than anything you've tried before. We'll make it as interesting as possible and, no worries, there will be no failure. You will all take your NEWTS before the end of summer.

When you return from America where you will have praticed what you've learned far from the eyes of our "allie's and enemies" alike, We have big plans for the lot of you. Narcissa, Severus and Minerva are going to America with you in August to meet with Little Bird, that is Adam's mother and the sorceress that is going to polish what you've learned.

When you come back to Hogwarts in September it will to be taking special advanced magic classes with specialists in their fields. Severus will be teaching war potions naturally and Minerva will be teaching you advanced war transfigurations. Professor Sprout is going to teach emergency medical herbs and plants, along with Madam Pomphrey on emergency MediWizard courses, this tuition will involve all the magics.

You're to become very powerful just this summer and you'll need to be prepared to do battle. You are all unfortunately marked for death by those that follow Voldemort but as long as you wear these..." Dumbledore conjured a bag that held bracelets in it, he dumped it out on the desk before him,

"...you will be imune to the unforgiveables and, unless you desire to apparate, you cannot be abducted by portkey or by any other magical means, but you will be able to apparate with whom ever or what ever is touching you and perhaps be causing you harm in the process. The attacker should be splinched in the process of you disapparating as long as you wear these very powerful charmed bracelets. We'll use a glamor on them to conceal them from anyone that isn't wearing one. Let us just hope that you don't fall prey to some sort of attack and need to test these bracelets.
So you see, you will have a most intersting summer I think. Adam, I can see the weariness in the faces of your peers. I wonder if you'd like to take a sleeping potion to help you with the time adjustment from America. You'd be able to have that breakfast you missed today, tomorrow and be as refreshed as a new day dawns. I'm sure too that you'd like to talk to your new friends a bit more as well."

"I have one of my own professor, mother told me I might need it. It's in my room and yes, I think we'd all like to get to know each other. We tried some music earlier and it was great fun. maybe...Draco? you wanna play somemore"
"Sure Adam, in the conservatory then?" Draco replied

The teens turned as one and just then they all turned as one again 'odd' Dumbledore thought something fleeting and waited for someone to say something.

"Good evening all. It has been most interesting so far. I hope I didn't start anything bad Mr. Dumbledore."

"You did no such thing Adam. Go on now and have some fun with your new friends"

"Albus, you know Voldemort is going to be less than pleased with the information that the Prophet is going to be sure to be printing at this moment. You think Harry will be alright?" Minerva asked before they rejoined the Order that was patiently taking this all in.

Some amused faces some not showing their emotions, such as Snape and Neville's Gran who were just chatting quietly and often squeezing each others arms, smiles on their faces.

"I do believe Minerva, that Thundercloud did something with that incantation we witnessed earlier and Harry just might not feel the pain he usually does when Tom gets angry."

The others heard the last bit of that reparte and looked at the two leaders of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Those children need to be protected, and they must learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible Albus. Do you think they can do this? Longbottom, Goyle, and Crabbe..."

"Are very powerful wizards, a but rough around the edges but with a little kindness..." Albus looked at Severus, "... and intense work with a one on one bit of tutoring, I think we can prepare them for what Little Bird has planned. I think it's a sound plan and completely clandestine so far. Voldemort won't know what hit him when the time for the final battle comes. I've spoken to each of you individually about your assignments, and now with the events of this evening, you may begin with more haste in the morning. For now," Albus looked the lovely blond member of the Order, " Narcissa, I will leave you with your guests. I hope having 13 teenaged witches and wizards in your house won't be too daunting of an ordeal"
"Birdy didn't call me Queen Bee for nothing Albus." Narcissa laughed.

Narcissa escorted the people that needed to be elsewhere to the fireplace so she could use the special floo powder for the departing members so they would be untraced to whereever they wanted to go by the Ministry. Molly and Arthur Weasley stayed just a bit longer to speak with Narcissa.

"Cissa it has been too many years of not being able to see each other. You are always welcome in my home dear. Don't be a stranger, do you hear me?" Molly hugged Narcissa and Arthur shook her hand. The two eldest Weasleys floo'd together to "The Burrow".

Narcissa turned realizing that she was alone finally after a very busy afternoon and evening and she conjured a glass of wine and sat down fondling the small bird broach on her robes, thinking to herself in a moment of reverie,

'It begins Birdy'.

She took one sip from her glass and set it down on the table getting up to go in search of the teens in her conservatory where she could hear some incredible music following the notes as they became louder but not obnoxious and sounding more sweet as she got nearer. More musical instruments could be heard and she could hear three voices singing a very soft melody...it was almost angelic, the three young tenor voices were weaving magic and they didn't realize it but she did. Albus would have to be told but not in any time soon.

She listened as the 13 powerful teens were doing something as gently as they wielded what was presumed as half the magical power on the planet. She stepped into the conservatory almost unnoticed but she was stepping around the instrument playing teens to join her son at the piano still smiling and saying nothing. The teens continued for a few moments longer and Narcissa looked at them in such awe. They stopped and looked to Narcissa worried they were making too much noise. Instead she began to tell them a story.

"Children, I have never witnessed such gentle magic in my life."

The teens looked stunned at this revelation and Narcissa took this as her cue to continue after making her compliment,

"When the 13 of you came together tonight something inside of you all changed. No, no physical or harmful changes, but the core of your magic was released when you played that song.. together... with feeling and unity. Adam, tell them what I mean if you know"
Adam smiled and said that he only had heard of the magic of music but when his mother taught him how to play the guitar, her favorite instrument but when he played it he kind of glowed. His voice had always been pleasant to listen to as was evident just now while he was singing. He had only felt musical magic when his mother and he played the guitar together it was kind of like getting hugs and love at the same time while playing. When Adam explained that what happened was musical magic was flowing through them because it was done with the same feeling and it all connected.

"That about cover it Narcissa?" Adam smiled as he asked his question and finished his story.

"Almost dear, was that the music you all played together for the first time AFTER you were made into the Thunderbirds?"

"Uh, yes it was why?"

"You played a Navajo song. I recognized the melody and when you sang the words in English, it bonded the lot of you spiritually forever. You're best to find this out now rather than later, but will you all please say 'aye' in your minds when you hear your names?"

13 'aye's happened at the same time and the teens looked at each other in awe.

"I guess we can dispense with that step. You are all linked in mind and spirit now. That was some impressive light magic young people!"

The teens all looked a bit stunned but pleased anyway.

"Anyone for a cup of cocoa before bed? I'd like to get up early and go out to the pitch for some flying. Anyone want to join me before or after breakfast?" Draco said to an enthusiastic crowd of young people save for one Hermione Granger.

"I'd like the cocoa Draco, but if you wouldn't mind, I think I'll pass on the flying."

"Oh, come on Granger wheres your sense of adventure. We're not playing quidditch..."

"Whats quidditch again Harry?" Adam tapped Harry on the shoulder inquiring...

"Game on brooms."

"Oh yeah. Flying sounds good though."

Harry said to his friend,

"Common' 'Mione it'll be fun and you rode that Thestral in the middle of the night no less. Some daylight broomstick flying might do you some good. It's great excersise too."

"Harry, uh, Hermione is glowing a bit pink around her normal aura. I think its not her time of the month to go flying." Adam spoke to Harry under his breath so as not to cause undue embarassment to his new friend.

"Uh, I seem to remember Hermione, didn't you say you and Mrs. Malfoy were going to be chatting with the elves in the morning?" Hermione sharp as ever caught on right away and swore to Harry's white lie.

"Yes as a matter of fact thank you for reminding me Harry"
"No problem 'Mione." Harry said.

Ginny and Luna both knew what was going on and were really proud that Hermione had kept her PMS to herself, Harry didn't know that Hermione had already secured enough potion to help her through the uncomfort of being a young lady during the summer, but it didn't absolve her of the other private moments she would have to periodically have to take.

Harry asked Adam, " How did you know that Adam?" Draco heard Harry ask Adam this question and approached cautiously listening for an answer. He would like that mystery solved as well. Adam noticed Draco approached and said to them both,

" You guys wanna see the aura's? Go get the other guys and leave the girls over there."

Draco and Harry both went to their house mates and returned shortly with puzzled looks all around.

"Ok guys, lean in and touch this stone on my staff, I'm gonna say a spell and you can see what I'm talking about. But, if you tell one of the girls I told you you could find this information out, I'll kick your ass and not with magic. Agreed?"

Nine nods all around, since this was guy stuff and these were guys, he didn't tell them they could tell other stuff by aura too but they would figure it out... hehe, he did.

"I can't believe you didn't know how to do this. I don't use latin spells most of the time so this is pretty straight forward. God there is so much to teach you palefaces. Touch the blue stone on the staff, hands on hands is ok."

The boys did as they were told and Adam said,

"Aura sight, Dark and Light, good and bad, happy and sad this is the right of Thunderbirds."

Adam added 'Thunderbirds' and the boys all blinked a few times and looked to the girls across the room. The girls were talking about what they were going to all do for clothes for the rest of the summer, the young witches could hear their conversation stop and look at the boys that were giggling now and shaking hands all around.

"Adam that was so cool. I can't wait to prank the kids at school this fall." Neville was bubbling showing a new found spark of confidence the others were NOT used to seeing.

Fred and George were almost thanking the stars that they had a partner in pranking in the making right in front of them.. and who would expect LONGBOTTOM of anything so daring.

"Um, Hermione." It was Ron that spoke being almost silent after having his ribs poked by someone or another the entire afternoon and evening, "You don't have to go riding with us in the Morning if you don't want to. We..." he pointed over his shoulder at the other boys, "...can tell you might not want to and since you're going to do that SPEW thing with Mrs. Malfoy tomorrow, we wouldn't want to bother you."

Ron was as red as his hair at this point and Hermione realized something as did Draco Luna and Ginny and Harry.

"Oh Merlin! We can't even tell little white lies to each other. OK Adam Black what did you do to those boys?" Hermione turned on her new friend with a MALFOY smirk on her face and that scared both Adam and Draco and Harry and Ron and the rest of the boys.

"I just gave them a taste of aura sight. We're boys if you haven't noticed." Adam thought that this would be enough of an explaination for the smart witch before him but Harry knew better. He only sighed and listened to what was to come.

"Adam, only witches and gay wizards...Hermione whispered to him can do that charm. How long do you think it will take them to figure it out besides for what you've so conveniently pointed out to them already?"

"Thats up to them. You're right though. They needed it so we won't have to cross that bridge as hard as it will be anyway. Do you think any of them can tell already?" Adam asked a surveying Hermione.

"Draco and Harry have.. look at their faces. And Neville and Gregory have too. Ron is oblivious but George and Fred are checking us all out if you haven't noticed. Damn, they're fast aren't they?"

"Blaise and Vincent seem to be unphased either that or they're as clueless as Ron."

"That's a good thing." they both smiled.

Adam broke up the chatter and the music and asked if the others wanted to go outside and do something fun. 12 nods were seen and Draco led the teens outside via the most direct route.

"Ok Adam whatcha got in mind?" Draco asked his cousin and new friend.

"Well for one thing Drake, you don't mind if I call you that do you cousin?"

Draco just shook his head smiled and said, "Not by you Adam. Now what's on your mind?"

"Anyone wanna go for a ride on my ma's bird? Where's London? I wanna see where that old bridge was. You know the old London Bridge is in Arizona now? Anyway, Pipsqueak can hold all of us and get us there and back in no time. She kind of shows though when she flies slow and low. Will that be a problem?" Draco smirked.

Hermione and Luna all laughed a bit and Hermione said,

"Do you think after what we just saw in the fireplace we will"
Hermione had never been one to suggest breaking any rules but, with certain revelations of this evening she was anxious to test out a few theories she had in her head.
"Hey you guys, come on over here first. When we're flying, it's kind of hard to hear even yourself. Sooooo, if you want we can talk to each other without saying anything. its a Navajo spell but it works pretty good if we're all speaking the same language and we obviously are so.. wanna try it? "Oraca!" /there can you all hear one another / a shout of yes's and yo's were heard around mentally.

"If you want to speak to someone personally say 'quiet oraca' and the name of who you wanna talk to. While we're all flying though it might be a good idea to keep Oraca Totalus in force. Ready?" Adam uttered another word in Navajo and the magical bird that had brought him to Britain in the first place lept out of the end of the stone on Adam's staff.

"Guys meet Pipsqueak" The great bird bowed to the group of teenagers loving all the affectionate petting. Small sparks shot from her feathers to the hands that were touching her and this pleased the teens very much.

"She know's your Thunderbirds guys.. and ladies. She'll teach you how to fly."

"What do you mean teach us how to fly Adam?" Draco wasn't at all slow on this point.

"Well, I said she know's you're all Thunderbirds. That is only one of the Anamagus gifts that we'll get this summer.. you too Virginia. Theres lots to discover this summer and we'll have fun. Look at us. Unstoppable at 14, 15 and 17 years old. Lets get on the bird and get to London."

The teens eagerly climbed on the great birds back and settled into a magical covering of feathers that would keep them warm while so high in the sky and supplied them oxygen to breathe as well, and before they knew it the great bird was slowly soaring into the night sky towards the east. This was not unnoticed by the Order and it wasn't un noticed by a lone figure outside the Manor walls, but using a powerful muggle seeing device to spy on just what was going on at Malfoy Manor that day.

The unknown intruder had almost finished climbing down from a tree when he turned around and he saw 13 teenaged wizards and witches wands drawn and a great sparkling bird staring at him. "Petrificus Totalus, Jelly Leggus, Rictusempra" Neville had uttered and the Death Eater was subdued panic in his eyes and when Hermione just snapped her fingers at him he was totally bound and gagged as well.

"I'll have to think about that one." Hermione smirked... damn amost Malfoy like she thought to herself.

"We have to take this guy to Mother so she can get Dumbledore back here. Sorry mates, London is out now. We're not really in danger but it could muck up their plans. Good thing we didn't go anywhere before Neville spotted that guy down in the trees."

No sooner had Draco said those words, he heard quite clearly,

"It most certainly is young man. Just what do you think you were doing out past the Manor wards. They're going off like crazy. Dumbledore is in the Manor now. You have some explaining to do"
"Umm, Narcissa, it's my fault, they were just going along with me cause I wanted to see London at night on Pipsqueak. We wouldn't have been gone long and besides when Neville saw this guy see us fly up we thought we had better stop him before he could get out of the anti apparation field Draco told me you had out here. I'm really sorry. I won't do it again. Please don't tell mama"
"Adam relax, it won't matter in 5 minutes anyhow"
Narcissa almost laughed out loud but she cleared her throat... "Put that bird away and lets go inside. Vincent, Gregory, would you be so kind as to bring that gentleman inside the Manor and place him on the RED square in the middle of the room?"

"Yes Mrs. Malfoy." the boys said in Unison.

Greg only bothered to levitate the mans legs cause they wiggled so he drug him along the ground using a combination locomotor-wingardium leviosa spell, banging his head on the more than occasional rock close to the edge of the walk into the Manor.

Adam said, "Dang, I gotta pee." and he disapparated into the first bathroom he could remember being in inside the Manor. It was occupied at the time and he only closed his eyes and disapparated back to where he was not 2 seconds previously.

"I did not need to see that, I did not need to see that, I did not need to see that."

Adam was turning a very much deeper shade of red than he naturally was.
He had seen Mr. Snape at the toilet with his bits out relieving himself and Adam had almost had his out as well but he only could see the potions professor's impressive equipment.

"What did you not need to see mate?" Draco inquired still amazed that Adam could pop in and out whereever he wanted to without thinking about it. Adam just stuttered quietly to Draco, "Bathroom, Peeing, Mr. Snape, Big one..." Adam gulped afterwards still as red as he had been when he first apparated back to the group of teens.

Narcissa walked ahead of Vince and Greg, the Death Eater in tow... A crack of skull could be heard occasionally be heard as they found a stone that was close to the edge of the drive. Vince and Greg were having the time of their lives cause they weren't using their wands and they were doing combination spells at the same time. George and Fred and Ginny and Ron were all talking to themselves in their heads, when Adam joined in,

'uh guys, we can all hear you except Narcissa. Don't let her know just yet ok?'

'Got ya mate' the entire group said as one.

"Jinx." someone said aloud but just barely.

"Jinx what? I didn't hear anything." Narcissa just looked at Draco who replied,

"Can't tell you yet mother but soon." Narcissa had to be satisfied with that and they made their way into the entry hall where Greg and Vince deposited the Death Eater on the Red square where they had been instructed to do so. Dumbledore was there and so was Severus that looked as if he had a bit of color in his cheeks but otherwise no emotion showing as was Arthur Weasley all of them had their wands drawn.

"Severus you better step into the shadows before I enervate him. I don't want you to be seen." Snape complied but kept his wand drawn just in case.
"Enervate. Who are you?"

Dumbledore's voice was anything but pleasant while addressing the masked man. The man was still under petrificus totalus when someone said,

" petrificus finite " it was Adam.

The Death Eater was still bound but he could not move because of the binding jinxes and his legs were still jellified by a curse that had not been removed yet by one of the teens. All of them knew who it was.

"Could have been bat bogey..." Ginny muttered under her breath close to Hermione so that only she heard. Hermione laughed and only said, "Indeed."

"Unbind me you weak fool!" came the female voice behind the mask.

It was the voice of the only other witch besides Voldemort that Harry wanted nothing more than to kill with his bare hands. It was Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Silence you bitch or I'll kill you where you lie. Don't so much as move a muscle or say a word without being instructed to do so or you will meet such a fate. Do I make myself entirely clear?" Harry's magic was crackling as he spoke to Bellatrix.
"That's enough Harry..." Dumbledore said in a calming voice of authority.

Harry hadn't noticed but the magical level in the foyer of Malfoy Manor was palpable. The 13 members of the OOTT were feeling the wrath that was coming from Harry and were not about to do a thing to stop him. Hermione and Ron just stood behind Harry as did the others one by one. Harry's wand was drawn and pointed at Bellatrix when a hand touched his. It was Draco's.

"Harry, let the magic flow to Adam's staff." Draco said aloud but softly to Harry.

Harry did as best he could considering his very high level of fury and pure hatred.

"... you will do no such thing to Mrs. LeStrange. Bellatrix, would you like to rise higher off the ground than the snake you follow?" Dumbledore's voice once again took on a very threatening tone.

"Eat shit you has been wizard." With a mighty slap out of nowhere, Narcissa delivered something that she had been wanting to do for almost 20 years.

"Shut up or I'll give you another one.. that felt quite good you know. You are such bitch Bella. Try me."

Bellatrix knew to keep a civil tone in her mouth especially since she was tasting the coppery fluid that was coating her mouth from what was no doubtedly a half dozen loose teeth and a bloody nose.

"What do you want Dumbledore?" Bella sneered at everyone that she could see clearly since her vision was a bit hazy after Narcissa's mighty slap to her head. Her eyes fixed on Harry.

"Ah, Potty, Potty is the memory of that moodblood mother of your's holding you back from your threat? You weakling... you cannot do it can you?... you're pathetic and your friends are pathetic too, mudbloods and blood traitors as well. Red hair, you pathetic weak muggle loving insignificant excuses for wizards"
A very calm young lady approached the witch that was diatribing her family and uttered a spell and Bella's teeth began to fall out of her mouth and Ginny walked back to where she was standing, her wand also not in sight. The shreeking witch was getting louder as all of her teeth had fallen from her mouth making it bleed and look puckered and wrinkled and even more foul than before. Draco couldn't resist to make a comment to his aunt.

"Auntie Bella. Toothless isn't your look. Perhaps you should remember your manners and realize you are going to Azkaban, without teeth, without a trial and..."

A 'snap' could be heard as Harry broke Bella's wand and uttered 'incendio' and it burst into flame.

"...a squib."

Ginny had collected Bellatrix's teeth as they had fallen from her mouth and had scougified them and started to turn them into a bracelet all the while smirking at the furious witch.

"oh get wet bitch." Ginny uttered under her breath.Bella was drenched by water that fell onto her out of a hole that opened up above her head and knocked her to the ground.

"The water thing right fellas"
Nods all around as they were getting the idea of what they knew about some of their new abilities.

Now that Bellatrix was thouroughly wet, toothless, bleeding and becoming more and more enraged at her situation still bound, her screaming came to an abrupt end when she laid eyes on Adam and Dumbledore standing side by side.
"What magic have you been practicing Dumbledore? How could you have brought back Sirius from the veil? Wait a minute, it's a child. I know you now... you're mother is Little Bird Thundercloud...yes I can see it very clearly now... she must have rolled on the ground quite a while with that blood traitor to produce such a half blood cur..."

"That was your last word woman. 'Altolaryngo'..

" Adam waved his hand and looked at Dumbledore whispering appologetically,

"I'll undo that spell but if she says one more thing about mama, I'll make that permanent Mr. Dumbledore. Gosh she's mean. Who pissed in her Wheaties?"

"Voldemort, Harry, myself. A number of people really. She's brought this on herself"
The combined force of the OOTT and the hierarchy of the OOTP were looking at Adam. The amused looks and some slight sniggers could definitely be heard, which served nothing more than to infuriate Bella even more as she struggled against her magical bonds and tried to make her voicebox work again.

"Those 'or-or' dudes are coming back ain't they?" Adam asked to nobody in particular.

"Indeed, we expect them very soon Adam, would you please end your spell so we can ask the nice lady here some questions before they arrive?" Dumbledore asked Adam his eyes twinkling at the amusing sight of Bella trying to make a sound come out of her mouth.
"Sure Mr. Dumbledore. Ya want me to make her tell you the truth out loud or you wanna see what truthful answers are without her talking"
"Without her speaking Adam?"

"Uh huh."

"By all means lets 'see' what she has to say then. Her voice is a bit grating on ones nerves."

"Lady, I don't know who you are but you really shouldn't yell like you are some queen or something. Mr. Dumbledore is going to ask you some questions and you're going to tell the truth. 'el finite, voce cabeza'. She's all yours Mr. Dumbledore, sir."

Adam looked at the old wizard and just gestured with his hand as if giving his permission to pass and a slight bow as well just for show. The teens were highly amused and whispering to each other. Ginny was admiring her new bracelet of teeth and whispering to Hermione about something when in thier heads they heard,

'Shut up you guys and pay attention to what you're going to see.
Dumbledore began, "Why are you here Bella?"

A mist of sorts began to form above Bella's head and a vision of a room and on a throne on a podium there was Voldemort.

"Yes I can see you're here at Voldemort's bequest, but why are you here Bella?"

The mist changed slightly and a form was seen streaking across the ocean.

"Voldemort knows you're here Adam. He does not however know just who you are yet but in the morning that will all be a mute point. Bella where is Voldemort now?"

The mist changed again this time showing a very dark castle in a mountain setting.

"What are his immediate plans?"

The mist changed again and a vision of attacking Death Eaters was seen, and it changed again and another attack could be seen and then another and another and finally it was Hogwarts that was under attack.
"Albus, the MLE is here."

Narcissa said into the ear of the headmaster, the headmaster just nodded and replied quietly.

"I suppose you should allow them to pass."

"I can get em faster Mr. Dumbledore." Adam offered.

Dumbledore just raised an eyebrow and replied, "No need thank you. We need a few more minutes and you need to give her her voice back and, Miss Weasley, her teeth if you please.."

Ginny's mental voice could be heard by the teens

'I'll put them back with a hammer if she says one more thing about our family'

12 vocal chuckles could be heard from the teens as Ginny approached the struggling Bellatrix with her teeth strung and twirling around her finger.
"Gosh your teeth are in awful shape you poor thing.. don't you floss?" Ginny just smirked at the bound witch and handed the teeth to the headmaster.
"One more thing Bellatrix,.." Dumbledore once again returning his attention to the infuriated witch before him.

"When you contact Tom and I'm sure you will be able to sadly, tell him this from me and be very clear when you tell him, "It Ends". Adam if you please. "

"el finite." Adam said and Bellas screaming voice could be once again heard although slightly muffled because of a lack of teeth.

"Miss Weasley if you would put her teeth back"
"I don't know how sir." Ginny replied innocently, the truth remained to be seen at that point.

"It figures..."

Bella tried to say something but she could hardly form words because her lips were still flailing.

"...that a Weasley couldn't do a simple spell"
Ginny in a flash of anger and an evil thought, she conjured a hammer and approached the screaming witch and said to her very calmly, but with an underlying tone of anger,

"I know how to use this and unless you want to go to Azkaban toothless.."

"Miss Weasley, I'll take care of this if you please.. go to your friends and wait for the MLE please. DentumRestoratum"
The teeth that were on a string suddenly rushed into Bellas mouth and Bella began shreeking anew. Every one of her teeth had holes through the middle of them and the more she drew a breath the more they hurt. Dumbledore just gave Ginny a wink.

'that should keep her mouth shut'

'yes, quite'

The 13 teenagers all looked at the headmaster with a sudden look like they had just been caught with their hand in the cookiejar so to speak and all remained silent until Dumbledore told them mentally,

'don't worry, I can only hear you when you're close. Fred, George don't do what I know what you're going to do. ah the MLE..'

Severus and the other members of the OOTP silently left the entrance hall that held the struggling but now more quiet still infuriated witch. They went into a side room off the entrance hall of the manor and began to discuss what exactly had happened that day.

And quite a day it was. Young Adam Black has been full of surprises that's for sure, and this OOTT was only one more piece of an ever growing puzzle that would hopefully, finally, be the end of the second Voldemort War. Bella had not seen anyone but Narcissa, Dumbledore and the collection of young witches and wizards and she had taken special notice of Harry and Adam.

The MLE had sent Aurors Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks to collect the, "alleged D.E." that was now under the control of one Albus Dumbledore and Narcissa Malfoy. They did not however expect to find the person being held to be Bellatrix LeStrange, nor did they expect to see 13 teen aged witches and wizards at Malfoy Manor that would not normally be seen there together.

Kingsley and Tonks knew Harry of course and the Weasley children and Hermione and Draco Malfoy by sight, five of the teens they had not met yet. Kingsley turned his attention to Dumbledore, Narcissa and Bellatrix while Tonks turned to the teens.

"Wotcher 'arry, kids! Who's this 'arry?" Tonks said looking at Adam.

'give her the business Potter, but don't let all of our secrets out at one time!'

Draco's mental voice could be heard by all of them, Dumbledore only turned his head and nodded at Harry since he had heard Draco as well and continued his conversation with Kingsley and Narcissa .
"Oh, I'm sorry. British Ministry of Magic Department of Magical Law Enforcement Special Auror Nymphadora Tonks, I would like to present His Royal Highness Prince Thundercloud of the Magical Navajo Nation." Harry said this with a totally diplomatic voice a small grin.

"Call me Adam, Miss Tonks, pleased ta meetcha!" Adam said smiling shaking the amused auror's hand.

Tonks changed the color of her hair to match the red in her cheeks and said,

"Call me Tonks, these young 'oodlums do so you might as well too. Ha. This one's a pip. You're Little Bird's kid aren't you? You look like my Sirius Black too. You must be the reason that Fudge came back to the ministry all green and cursing. You kids should have seen 'is face when that great bloody bird with the diplomatic papers materialized out of thin air sparklin' all shimmery like, and a little bit of thunder could be 'eard too.

There was a big bundle of papers 'ung round the birds neck. Ol' Fudge made Kingsley take it off of the bloody thing, mutterin' somethin' 'bout that being the second very scary bird that day and he wasn't getting close to another. The bird just hopped over to Kingsley and bowed its 'ead and he took off the pouch and 'e patted the bird on the head, an' the bird nipped at 'is hand and vanished in a sparkle of red white and ..."

"Lulu" Adam could be heard saying.

'That poor thing is really gettin her flying in today. I thought she was somewhere still here. Ma musta wanted her for this, she's the flashiest eagle that lives with us' Adam told the group of teens.

They all just nodded at this and let Tonks continue with her story.

"...blue, and a little lightenin' bolt hit Fudge on his arse when he had his back turned trying to get away from the sparkles. Shoulda seen 'im screaming and yelling and the alarms going of for unregistered spells being used by non-unmentionables. It was quite a scene until the smoke from Fudges arse stopped.

Kingsley had to 'it 'im with a pitcher of water to put out the smolderin' an' then 'e snatched the pouch from Kingsley and looked at the seal on it and shouted for the international affairs Diplomat on Call an' 3 law wizards.

When they all got into Fudges office the Diplomat on call for International affairs opened it as per our charter and with the law wizards and us as witnesses, the pouch opened itself. Odd really, some spell I recon, because only when the Diplomatic Wizard touched it a mist came out and Little Bird Thundercloud was standing there kinda like a ghost would only smaller and she was gesturing to the enclosed papers in the pouch.

Well the DipWiz,snort 'dipwiz' ha!"

"Dora..." Harry said

"Right 'Arry, so the Dipwiz takes out these papers and wouldn't you know the first one said that Fudges Government Broke the Mutual Defense Treaty when he failed to let them know officially that Voldemort had returned last year and in such a case, the other wizarding government allied with them in accordance with the treaty was invoking the War Powers act of the Mutual Magical Defense and lots of other rot and then, someone else taking over the War Planning and some other stuff that had Fudge's blood pressure so high, if he turned anymore red I'm sure he would have crapped 'is pants sure enough.

I thought 'e did when the Law wizard told him he was no longer the Supreme commander of the British wizarding government's forces but Dumbledore was, and in possession of the Papers from the Navajo government making him the Supreme commander and Narcissa was acting as this cute blokes..." thumbing her hand at Adam "... representative.

I think that 'e thinks Cissa is still on 'is side like Lucius was. I bet 'e'll be 'ere in the mornin' crawlin' on 'is 'ands an' knees trying to get Narcissa to vote with 'im so's 'e can still control the forces of the Ministry an' try to keep 'imself out from under ol' Dumbledore. Personally, I think the Minister ain't going to be Minister much longer cuz he got all pale and clamy like when one of the law wizards told him something in 'is ear.

Ol' Fudge just sank back into is chair an' then the dipwiz left an' me and Kingsley came right over 'ere. So I guess we missed all the interestin' stuff eh? Ol' Bella sure is quiet. She's usually flappin' 'er gums somethin' fierce." Tonks finally stopped talking. The teens that knew her let out a breath and the other ones just rolled their eyes. They paid attention however and didn't interrupt. Once.

"Albus," Kingsley began. "..Narcissa, good to see you as always. These are for you. Enchanted I think there's a little spell on the seal so be careful when you open them"
"No need to worry Kingsley." Dumbledore said. "We've been expecting these."

Both Dumbledore and Narcissa touched the small bird pins that they had on their persons and the parchments opened themselves and slightly enlarging.
Narcissa and Dumbledore read their documents and showed them to Kingsley.

"Oh my word. This is now a world war and Fudge is no longer the Minister." Kingsley said, shocked but quietly, to Dumbledore and Narcissa.

"Narcissa, until we elect a new Minister, you are acting Minister of Magic for Britain. Albus you are supreme commander of all wizarding forces of the light in Britain and Ireland.
Are you going to declare Martial Law?" Kingsley said quietly to the two order members.

"Not at this time Kingsley" Albus said his voice slightly raised so the others would know his conversation was over.

Bellatrix only could hear bits and pieces of what was being said, her breathing being somewhat subdued because of the pain in her teeth.

'I'm going to enjoy killing you you little redheaded bloodtraitor bitch' she thought after the whispering had stopped between her sister and the two wizards she heard next,
"Take her to the ministry Kingsley... Dora would you come here for a moment please?" Dumbledore asked.

"Wotcher' Albus?" Tonks replied quietly.

"Kinsley was just told what Fudge's position is, now officially, when he received the papers from the Navajo's, but your cousin here, is now the acting Ministress of Magic for Great Britain and Ireland and is the official Ambassador of the Magical Navajo Nation and as such as long as young Adam over there is in the country, he is her ward. He has special powers and the other young people now hold dual citizenship, British, Navajo and Hogwarts, and have been granted special temporary war licenses. They may be forced to kill defending themselves and that is not subject to prosecution except of course by me should I deem it necessary.

The wizengamot and our justice system remain autonomous in the interpretation of the law but not in the enactment of laws until the war is over. Dora this treaty is not subject to the wizengamot's intreptation again as it has been approved by a blood seal by the British Minister of Magic at the time, and between the governments of Hogwarts, and the Magical Navajo Nation. Things, my dear, are about to get interesting. I think now our hands are untied to use our resources against the dark. I cannot predict the end of hostilities however but I can tell you this. Those 13 young people over there represent the best of the wizarding world for the generation to come. And they are THE most powerful allied triskadecatet in more than five hundred years. They are the ones that are going to bring an end to Voldemorts reign of terror..."

Tonks looked at the group of teens who seemed to be very interested in each other looking quickly at each other. Dumbledore could hear what was being said of course and the conversations were highly amusing.

"They are going to be so surprised at just what kind of power they wield..." Dumbledore continued, but not before a thought from one of the group. It was Draco's.

'Just what power wielding would that be headmaster?' Draco said to the heamaster silently.

'I'll tell you soon Draco, children. Be patient and lets let Dora go to the Ministry she'll be needed.'

"...very soon." Dumbledore finished audibly.

"Right-o Albus. Cissa, I'll see you again sooner than later I guess. Goodbye all!" Tonks waved to the kids and went to the floo. She didn't want to just pop into her office knowing it would be complete chaos and she wanted to get her thoughts together.

"Ministry of Magic, Entrance Foyer" Tonks had thrown a handful of floo powder into the mantle fireplace and was gone in a flash.

"Come in the library for some hot chocolate children. Albus has some things to tell you."

Narcissa told them. She knocked on the door to the ante room, where the other Order members had adjourned to when the Aurors arrived and invited them into the library as well.

Adam was approached by George and Fred and silently coming along each side of their new friend, they said to him,

"Oy, Adam." it was Fred.

"Yeah Fred? " Adam had slowed down to respond to the twins.

"Is there "
"any way to"
"keep Dumbledore from hearing what we're saying"
"in our heads?" both George and Fred asked seamlessly.

"Uh huh. wait a minute. Hey guys.."

George had got the attention of the other teens and they got close enough to hear what was going on with Adam.

"Take one of these rocks."

Adam had said after he spotted them in a flower arrangement. Adam tapped them three times and they turned into pinky rings that sized themselves when they were put on by the teens. "That should hopefully keep Mr. Dumbledore out of our heads and us out of his unless we look right into his eyes."

"Good idea Prince Thundercloud." Luna said outloud. "I'd hate to tell you the real reason we have to go to the bathroom in pairs."

Draco had chuckled, the other teens did as well including Luna. Luna, had hardly said a word the entire evening save for her 'seeing' when Thundercloud had used her body to talk to the headmaster but she seemed to be coming 'round nicely.

Vince noticed that she was feeling a bit better and they went into the library together with Greg as well.

"We'll see if it works."

'it should anyway' and the OOTT went into the library to hear what the headmaster had to say to them. They seemed to be showing signs of being tired except for Adam seeing as how this should be his mid-day but the hot chocolate being poured brought a slight yawn to him that he hid behind a hand to his face and he smiled at the house elf that had poured it and he said,

"Gracias mi amigo" the elf smiled back and said,

"You is most welcome Prince Thundercloud."

"just call me Adam please little one."

The house elf was almost besides himself, a wizard had just asked him to call him by his given name.

"Oh sir, I cannot."

"You may when it's just us then is that alright with you?"

The house elf was still amazed that this wizard is asking him to still call him by his given name. "I will sir, in private only sir. Thank you Prince Thundercloud sir"

The elf vanished. Hermione noticed Adam talking quietly to the house elf when it disappeared.

"Adam what did you say to that house elf to make him smile like that?" Hermione inquired quietly.

"I told him to call me Adam."

Hermione was shocked by this, she had never met a wizard besides Harry, herself and Mrs. Malfoy that were nice to house elves. Hermione of course always tried to get them to wear clothes but was beginning to get the idea that if the elves were happy, truly happy, then she wouldn't try to get them to become free against their wishes to serve a family. Especially if the family treated them somewhat like members of the family and not slaves.

"That was very kind of you Adam, most wizarding families don't let thier house elves speak unless spoken to or commanded to. Never do they ever call thier masters by their first names only. Etiquette being a mark of a house elves nature you know"
"Well that one was so nice to me and he had such a goofy smile on his face I just couldn't stop. I have a Pequeno de Casa named Tito. We're great friends and he does alot for me. I got him a magical rope for doing something for me once. I forgot to tell him not to put it around his neck and go showing it to the other little ones when he gacked himself going down a flight of stairs when the door shut on the rope. Good thing I got there before Ma did or I'd have been whalloped for sure. My mom's staff is five foot long but she can whack ya with it from forty feet away. Ask me sometime how I found out.. "

"Adam Black. Your father is Sirius Black isn't it? That makes you Draco and Narcissa's cousin"
"Right in one there Herm... you don't mind if I call you Herm do you?"

"No Herm is fine or 'Mione."

"Thanks. You wanna look at a good book later with the guys?" Adam inquired of Hermione.

What he didn't realize that 'Book' was a special word that could be used on Hermione that would get and keep her complete attention.

"Of course Adam that would be nice. Mmm, Adam, just what kind of book is it?"

"My Grampa's spell book and diary."

"Grampa, as in Thundercloud, your grandfather is Thundercloud?"

"Yup."

"Oh you bet Adam that is so wonderful. Who knows you have it?"

"Only Ma and you so far, she gave it to me and said I'd know when to look in it. I hadn't thought much about it since I've been here, there really hasn't been much time for me to be alone to look at it. At least we got to play a little music today. I love to play and sing. I'd like to do that when I'm grown for a few years."

"You seem pretty grown up to me Adam. We've had it a bit different here the last several years though. War with Voldemort, an ineffective and meddling Ministry of Magic. Harry just lost his godfather this spring. Oh, I'm so sorry Adam, Sirius was your father. I didn't mean to..."

"It's ok Herm, I never knew him. Ma told me some stories about some guys he went to school with. Sounded like they were kinda cool pranksters. Too bad I never got to meet him. Ma told me he was in prison for something he didn't do and was in hiding until he got pushed through some boogy man door and that was the end of him.

She gave me something just before I left this morning on Pipsqueak, two medallions on a gold chain about 8 feet long. Kinda pretty if you ask me. Would look pretty good on Harry if you ask me. I don't have a clue what it is really. We'll look at a bunch of stuff she gave me before I came over.

Grampa's book is pretty cool though, after we go upstairs, we'll all get together and we'll check it out. It's got a section called war chants. I only got to read the first part of the table of contents."

Hermione was chuckling because she knew of the Marauders and she kind of thought she might know what Adam was talking about when he said 'boogy man' door. Her curiosity was piqued when he mentioned the dual medalion and chain. She filed that away for further discussion but she in no means intended to let it drop.
Neville, Luna, Blaise, Greg and Vince were enjoying their hot chocolate and biscuits, Draco, Harry and the Weasley boys along with Ginny were discussing some of the possibilities that could befall them in the future but nothing that sounded close to fear was in their voices. These 'children' have been fighting this particular war their entire lives almost, in one way or another. Sometimes actually directly, as in Ginny's case when she was possessed by Tom's memory self and almost died in the process. That gave her rights of a battle wounded soldier to speak her mind when it came to Voldemort and she wasn't the least bit afraid to say his name like her brother Ron was.

Dumbledore chose that moment to pause his conversation with Severus and Narcissa and a few order members to address the teens more than for the sake of anyone else. There were a few points that everyone weren't entirely sure of at that moment but for one of the first times that the teens or the adult wizards and witches were about to find out, Dumbledore was going to lay it all on the line.. well maybe not all but a lot of information none the less.

"I am once again in awe of how proud I am of all of you here tonight. Children your conduct has been nothing less than I expected of you and your new position in this war. I'm sorry you have ended childhood at such an early time in your lives when you should be concerned with nothing more than who is snogging who or what your plans are for after you graduate..."

"Draco, what's snogging?" Adam asked out loud.

"Kissing" all the boys answered. Luna, Hermione and Ginny just giggled at the now blushing Adam.

'you could of used the ring you guys' said mentally.

'You didn't.' Draco thought back to him.

'Dumbledore hasn't looked at us again since you all said kissing has he?' Hermione had been listening to the silent conversation as had Luna and Ginny when they heard Luna say,
'headmaster Dumbledore, yoo hoo, yo! Albus! I think the rings work guys'
'No they don't Miss Lovegood'

The headmaster winked at the group and he continued vocally for the OOTP members that weren't privy to just what the kids and the wise old man before them. After the chuckling died down after Adam wondered what snogging meant, the headmaster continued aloud,

"...You children are no longer considered children, and are hereby emancipated adult wizards. Your postion in your Order gives you special rights granted by the mutual defence war council of 1815. You have triple citizenship in the Wizarding World Confederated Council. You have full diplomatic immunity. You are granted the power to defy the decree for magical secrecy in emergencies and on other occasions that I trust that you'll deem prudent and not folly.

Her Majesties government has been informed of the magical war that is being waged and has instructed her muggle prime minister to stay away from us at all cost and that includes his military. Bullet wounds hurt something fierce and are hard to magically repair..."

"No shit. Oops sorry Mr.Dumbledore, I got shot in the butt once back home"
Adam had said to a round of polite laughter at his candor and faux pas in language.

"I quite agree Adam. No shit. hahahaha. ahem.. as I was saying, you young people are going to graduate Hogwarts by the third week in July and then I'm going to spring for a holiday for you all. You are going to America for some special instruction by Adam's mother. Extraordinary woman she. I believe that on your sixteenth birthday boy's...Adam, Harry, Neville, Draco you'll begin to rapidly feel changes to yourselves.

George, Fred, you'll feel these changes I believe sometime during the night since you've already reached maturity. You'll be able to help the others. You young ladies should feel these changes tonight as well. Blaise, Ron your birthdays are just after the other boys but if I'm not mistaken, you will all feel the changes because of a symbiosis of sorts magically so when you're gifted with your full powers on the night of Samhain. The 13 of you will become the single, most powerful group of sorcerors on the planet in more than 500 years.

You will learn animagi transfiguration and be trained to apparate as soon as possible if you don't know how to already." casting a look at Draco and Adam,".. Adam will learn better use of the English language as well as some Latin, as well as increase his vocabulary so he can go on to a University as per his mothers wishes as well as his own and so he may pass his NEWTS from Hogwarts. Now the reason you're all going to be doing this early graduation work is simply this.

You will be taking special classes together. For the next two years, but not with as many classmates. You may graduate with your class at the normal time. Hopefully, this war will be over sooner than later but I'm afraid we're going to be in for a very hard fight.

I suspect that Voldemort once he learns of the invocation of the war powers act by the tri nation treaty of 1815 he will do more than what we witnessed from that ingenious way Adam got Bellatrix to be interrogated as we all saw he plans to massacre a lot of people.

Children this war began before you were born. Our world was blind to many things most of all thier belief that they were safe once Voldemort was almost vanquished when he tried to kill Harry. That was only the end of the beginning of this war. The time has come for the beginning of the end of this war and you fine young people were magically chosen to lead us, as was the end of the prophecy that Harry, you're going to now hear the rest of for the first time... I'm sorry my dear boy, but until now it was not necessary to reveal the rest of it.

Don't worry my boy, this might answer many questions you've been pondering for the last several years. As you know the prophecy you've heard says one born as the end of the seventh month comes to an end shall be the one that saves the wizarding world or will die with it in his defeat by the dark of the parents that have thrice battled Voldemort and lived. Adam, Harry, Draco and Neville all share the same birthday, the 31st of July. Adam, your mother was an unspeakable that fought Voldemort more than just three times as were your parents Harry, Neville and Draco. " "MY PARENTS fought Voldemort?" Draco almost screamed but didn't...

"Yes I did Draco, now be quiet." Narcissa interjected.

"The prophecy concluded with this:
The one is known the three are not, the marked one will defeat the equal, the unity of the three will keep all others from the final fight between the dark and the light"

Unfortunately, Harry your parents were killed, Neville, your parents well, your parents were as brave and powerful as any of the aurors the ministry employed at that time, and never, ever used illegal jinxes or hexes when dueling. Quite clever the pair of them were together, really, and the events that were set in motion that night were postponed, so it seems because here all of you are. It must be 'you four' that fights the final fight with Voldemort.

You will all find out things about yourselves that you never even thought about before and your life choices will be made. This will be a most interesting summer I assure you. Narcissa will be quite busy and I'm sure that we can find someone to assist young Adam in his endevor to be an outstanding representative of his mother and grandfather and begin his path to adulthood in his own home.

After this is all over children, you will be finally free to do what makes you happy. Are you all ready to learn some very advanced magic this summer"
The group of young witches and wizards all stood a bit prouder somehow and said yes they were and they seemed to the old man before him to change before his eyes.. all at once remembering the day that they were all born. Every one of them but only meeting Adam for the first time, he could almost feel that he's known him all of his life.

"Adam, we'll find a more suitable material and spell for your signet rings." Adam just nodded and blushed a bit smiling quite shyly. The other teens knew what he meant but the OOTP members did not...yet.

"I think you must all be very anxious to talk amongst yourselves before retiring for the night. Your safety is not at question There are more wards protecting you now than ever before in your life. So rest comfortably and easy tonight as because tomorrow morning you begin some intense training and I'm afraid every wizarding newspaper in the world will be beating a path to the gates of Malfoy Manor and the Ministry of Magic trying to glimpse the new Ministress of Magic as she either tries to leave here or arrive anywhere she could be expected.

Narcissa, you have my sympathies my dear but I'm sure you won't let them intimidate you in the least"
"I am a Malfoy Albus, light or dark it still commands respect, I don't anticipate anything I can't handle. I'm sure the learning charm will accomodate all of us in what we are going to be enlightened with this summer. Severus, you've been very quiet this evening. I suppose you have something to say by now." Narcissa quipped her mind only thinking of the possibilities the future now held.

"I have a few things that I've noticed and a few things I care to comment on at this time, however there are a few more things that I reserve the time to use in making them known at a later moment. Are you children using some sort of telepathic sort of communication?" Severus inquired, not sneering like he usually would if he were in school teaching these young people.
"Yes they are Severus." Dumbledore answered for them.

"Young Mssr's Black, Goyle and Crabbe as well as Miss Weasley used wandless magic did they not?"

"So it seems Severus, what are you getting at?" Dumbledore was now more than interested in the line of questioning the potions master was going.

"In a moment if you please Albus, I have a theory and I'd like to test something if you would indulge me?" Severus inquired, raising an eyebrow and almost smiling at the headmaster. A twinkle in Severus' eye was evident and has only been seen on few occasions as when he made a potions breakthrough..

"Of course Severus." Dumbledore was now almost amused given the dire consequences that were about to burst on their world in such a short time.

"Mssr's Potter, Malfoy, Longbottom and Prince Thundercloud will you join me here for a moment. No wands, Mr. Black, would you leave your staff with the headmaster? Your wands too boys. Now, you're all mages of the elements and since you can communicate telepathically, I'd like to try an experiment of sorts to help us locate Voldemort. You remember the image that was shown of that dark looking castle in the mountains over Bellatrix's head? Now clear your minds of everything and stand so you are facing each other north east west and south.
Good now together raise your hands towards each other and see only the image of that castle in your minds. Say nothing out loud only listen to my voice as we try this. Ok we'll begin, raise your hands fingers spread slowly from the ground and put them over your heads in a circle of hands and say

'Wind and Rain for three days hence' 'Wind and Rain for three days hence' ..."

Albus nodded to Severus to continue.

"Fire and Quake to keep awake'

'Fire and Quake to keep awake'

'Mistakes you'll make'

'Mistakes you'll make'

'You'll show your hand'

'You'll show your hand'

'You'll free your forces'

'You'll free your forces'

'Not of this land'

'Not of this land'

Albus once again nodded to Severus that his incantation had indeed been repeated correctly by the boys. The pulse of magic that they drew from the earth shot out from in between their hands and into the sky through the roof of the Manor as if it weren't there. The four boys only shrugged their shoulders and looked at each other wondering why the force that they unleashed didn't hurt them.

"You are all earth mages so the magic you used came from the earth and communicated with the forces of nature that you control through the link you made telepathically. Very advanced magic, not many wizards are capapble of the level of power required to cast such an incantation. My assumptions are incorrect headmaster, Longbottom is not a squib and far from it indeed."

"Good on you mate." Harry had gently elbowed the pink cheeked Neville as his potions professor just complimented him, even though it didn't quite sound like it. The boys were plenty used to this kind of treatment from thier potions master.

"I shall be entirely pleased to teach these young people headmaster. Good show boys now I suspect somewhere in the highlands it's starting to rain. Albus, tomorrow we're going to have to pay close attention to their movements if they make any. Harry, you better fire up your Occlumency extra strongly tonight. Perhaps with the others so close you will have a pretty good nights rest my boy. Merlin knows you really could use one. As could you all. Now if you'd care to leave some of the more mundane topic of Politics to us old fogeys..."

'Snape made a joke' the teens laughed at the old fogey thing and said thier goodnights.

"Good night mother, Ministress of Magic Malfoy. Good night all." Draco said making kind of a show out of mentioning his mothers new position getting a kiss on the cheek for his endevours.

"Good night Dragon. Sleep well. Adam if you can't sleep come see me alright?"

"Yes Narcissa I will. Goodnight all. Lets go Drake" The tall blonde Slytherin nodded at his newfound friend and cousin and followed the others to the grand staircase leading to the bedrooms.

"Uh, guys, Adam has a book he wanted to show us but we had to wait for obvious reasons. What say you Adam, still up for a look at it?" Hermione said to Adam but speaking to the group.

"Sure come on up, I'm still kinda excited all this shit happening today. Is England always like this?" Adam didn't ask that question to anyone in particular but it was Harry that said,

"Adam, if you haven't figured it out by now, if there's something actually happening in Britain in the wizarding world, it usually happens to us and it isn't usually fun. Scary really, most of the time. We've grown up with always being on the defense of something or other. Tiring, really so getting the chance to put an end to all of this is going to be something to remember forever no matter how it turns out.

Hopefully, it will be for the good and we'll be able to put down darkness when we find it in the future with the lessons we've learned and the ones that we're about to."

"Bloody hell Harry, that was deep." Ron finally piped up not having done anything very unusual magically that day except start a fire with a little too much gusto maybe.

He was paying pretty good attention to everything he'd witnessed and when he wasn't trying to get Hermione to talk to him he was listening to George and Fred talk to Zabini, Crabbe and Goyle. The day was certainly not one that he thought he would be waking into and it had certainly changed alot during his day and as nighttime came it had changed entirely again.

"Aye mate. I guess it was. What's this about a book Adam?"

"My grampa's book. It has spells and stories and stuff in it I think. Ma just gave it to me this morning saying that I might be able to do something with it since I made that cool rock she keeps at home with one of the spells in it when I found it about a year ago. Boy did I catch hell for that. She didn't tell me what it was for but it sure was pretty. Red about the size of a fist..." Ron, Hermione and Harry all knew what Adam was describing immediately... a sorcerors stone.
"Uh, Adam, perhaps... oh nevermind." Hermione cut herself off.

"Don't tell Mr. Dumbledore that we got it?"

"Yeah, for now anyway."

"Boy Draco, it sure is a long way to walk just to go to bed." Adam said.

"Yes it is Adam but here, we can make as much noise as we want and it won't disturb anyone else except maybe a house elf." Draco said quietly.

"Well, after this afternoon and evening, I think I'd rather enjoy some quiet. Don't you guys think so?" Adam looked at all the teens and seeing their nods he said,

"Ladies and Gent's, come on in and I'll get the book out. 'Venga'." the book in question came out of Adams wardrobe trunk and into his hands in a flash.
More wandless magic.

"Adam, how do you do the wandless magic thing so easily?"

"Oh thats easy, I keep forgetting to use the staff most of the time anyway so I figure when I do use it it makes for a more powerful spell. When Mr. Snape had us do that spell just a little bit ago, I kind of felt like I knew what to do naturally. You guys were pretty good just listenin' to him tellin' ya what to do. He's pretty smart.

Anyway, if you want, I can help you but I think you don't need much anyway. Greg and Vince and Ginny already did some. Kind of felt good didn't it"
"Yeah it did." Vince said.

"What's it like you guys? I mean whats school like? No offence, but you are the most white people I've ever been around. You're all kind of cool too. This Prince thing doesn't seem to matter much to anyone but the grown ups anyway. You think the other kids will make fun of me because of it?"

"No Adam why would you think that?" Blaise was speaking this time truely interested in his new friend .
"It's just because, look at me, I'm half and half.. you know, white father, Navajo mother, red skin, blue eyes and I like guys. You know.. gay."

"It doesn't matter what or who you are at Hogwarts Adam, and if you're mistreated at all, you can show the bigot that makes the sad remark to you what kind of fool he or she is. There are a few people at Hogwarts that might take exception to you thinking that you're not a pureblood... which we know isn't true or that it even matters but you'll make more friends and I'm sure a few enemies as well, but if you're unsure of your safety"
"I'm not worried about my safety, I'm worried about their safety... look at this spell here."

Adam had been going through his grandfathers book while they were talking, flipping through the pages until he came across one of the safety spells he only caught a glimpse of once before.

"This is a Navajo safety spell, grampa invented it. I'm gonna teach it to you. It's like a shield and should stop most hexes and curses and even El Muerte Diablo will bounce off of this one."

"Whats El Muerte Diablo Adam?" Luna inquired.

"It's a killing curse that sends the soul of the victim to well, not heaven. I recon its a shitty way to go. But there is a counter curse to it right here. Looks pretty complicated but the Safety shield spell is so easy its funny."

"Adam we believe you but this book is written in Navajo isn't it?"

"Yes it is... oh, sorry, I guess I better bring everyone up to speed huh guys?"

"It would make things a little easier, yes Adam. And we could communicate audibly if we spoke Navajo to each other as well. I'd like to see the kids at school try to figure anything out about us again... Ha! this will be great! Hit us with the lingo spell." Draco said excitedly.

"Avajone Arlaypay" Adam said

'did that do it? look at the book now..'

13 sets of eyes looked at the big dusty skin covered book and the words seemed to change into something that they could read.

"Oh Adam this one is easy." Hermione reached for her wand, Adam stopped her.

"You don't need that for this one Herm." Adam had called Hermione the nickname he used earlier and she didn't even flinch. This surprised Harry and Ron because when they tried to call her that she hit them on the shoulder and cautioned them not to call her that.

"Can you make out the words Hermione?" Adam asked.

"I think so came the reply... is that Spanish?"

"Uh.. yup. Try it."

"El tortise protecto" and she waved her hand at the group...

'now spin your hand catching us all in it... thats right Herm'

"Ok now someone know a pretty strong hex?"

"Bat bogey" Ginny offered

"Ok try it on me girlfriend!" Adam quipped, but added, " NO WAND"

"Ok but you asked for it." Ginny said, Hermione covered her hair, she hated the bat bogey hex for obvious reasons.

"BogusBatus" and sparks flew out the end of her fingertips, bats flew all around Adam and then vanished into thin air not being able to get to their target.

"Shit, that was one of my best jinxes too."

"Anyone up for something a little stronger?" Adam was confident in this little challenge for the group.

"Oy, I've got one for you Adam mate, how about this one.. Thorax implodus?" Fred inquired.

It's just came to me out of nowhere, never thought about it before, you recon its a spell?"

"Only one way to find out. Draco, you got a stuffed toy or something like that that we could use for an experiment?"

"As a matter of fact, I know just the thing.. accio Lucius' statue"
A small statue came sailing into the room and it was of Lucius Malfoy. Draco hated the statue from the minute he saw it. Solid metal and stone.

"His eyes give me the creeps. You can practice on that if you want. I hate it."

"Better yet, you try it. No wand."

"What was that spell George?"

"Thorax implodus"

"I'm going to try something else first.. just a thought.. 'Occulus explodus' and a pulse of spiriling white and black colors shot from Draco's fingertips and the Statue's eyes exploded out of thier place. A pulse of magic reverberated throughout the room. Draco was grinning.

"Ok Weasley, you thought it up you try it."

"Righto mate, no wand eh? then, Thorax implodus " Fred said and the solid form of the chest of the statue crushed like a can.

"Cool"

"Let me try something else just for fun is that alright with you? I've always wanted to do this to my father and even if this is just a statue, its kind of like a symbolic act of getting even for the stuff he did to me"
"Sure Drake but what did your father do to you?"

"More like what didn't he do to me. He hurt a lot of people Adam, he's not a good man, I love him really, but he's caused mother and I so much pain and he's gone from our lives for a while, hopefully forever but, he did somethings to me when I was little that I've never forgiven him for. He's made me realize who and what I am much sooner than I needed to.. I was 8 for heavens sake when he abused me.

So, I'd like to tell you all, I'm gay too.see not alone here Adam and my father only made me realize it at a too young of an age to understand. I do now, but he misued me in so many things and he always threatened me with exposure of my secret and beat me for every little thing that Granger did better than me and he always called me uncaring, unloving things as he used cruciatus or worse on me for it.

So, I'd like to try a spell on the statue if even symbolic. ' Testes reducto' ." Draco finished his little speech and his new spell and the area that would be the statue Lucius's bollocks blew up.

"Well that made me feel a bit better even if it wasn't the real thing."

"Draco did you say your dad did stuff to you?" Adam inquired.

"Yeah Draco, I had no idea that your dad was a pervert with you. No one should have to be that afraid of their folks. Does your mother know this?"

"No and I'd like to keep it from her if thats alright with you guys. It's very private and I don't know what made me say it to all of you but something is happening to us, I can feel it. I don't need to tell lies to protect myself, not to you anyway. I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. Thanks Adam... for being you." Draco finished a bit of a tear gathering in the corner of his eye.

"No problem cousin. Harry, you were my dad's godson? That makes you my god brother. I can tell that something is bothering you as well.. now's the time to tell, no one is judging us here tonight."

"I-I... thinkIlikeguysaswell." Harry spit out fast and quiet.

"Me and Fred and Oliver had a thing for a few years too Harry. Sorry little brother but you've wondered what we do when we go off on our own... not your cup of tea I think. Mother and Dad know, so do Charley and Bill. Charley and Bill are our big brothers Adam, Charley is into Dragons and Bill is a Curse Breaker for Gringotts. We should meet them sometime this summer. They'll be home at the Burrow soon"
"You guys live in a hole in the ground?" Adam asked innocently, Draco laughed and got some unfriendly stares from the Weasleys.

"No Adam they do not live in a Hole in the ground." Harry interjected before anyone else said anything or Draco got himself into a spot of trouble.

"So you mad at this statue too fellas?" Adam inquired, still trying to figure out just what kind of new spell they would come up with.
"As a matter of fact"
"we have a few issues"
"no offence Draco."

"None taken, go ahead let er rip"

The twins looked at each other no need for mental communication when they said at the same time.

'foliculus releasio' and the statues hair fell to the ground in a shower of tinkling.

"Been thinking about that one for a while, now we have to figure out how to make it into a short acting joke for the business."

"What business is that fellas?" Adam asked.

"Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes" the twins said.

"Whats that?" Adam inquired.

"A joke shop." Ron added, "We'll maybe get there these holidays"

"Holidays? like the forth of July at home?"

"Its what we call the time between school terms in the summer and winter Adam." Hermione offered.

"Oh. Cool. Ok now you wanna try one of those spells on me?" Adam inquired of his new friends.

"I'll give her a go Adam. Making those teeth fall out of that bitches mouth got me in kind of a foul mood. Maybe I got what it takes to bust the shield and getcha."

"Ok Ginny, when ever you're ready, that statue didn't have our spell on it so I know we can all throw a hex with some oomph."

"Impiri..."

"Stop Miss Weasley."

The headmaster and Narcissa were going to say good night to the teens before they retired for the evening when they overheard the last bit of conversation when they were coming down the hallway to the wing of bedrooms.

"What were you going to do Virginia?" the headmaster said to Ginny cooly.

"Well, we've been doing some spell casting, original stuff on that statue over there because we were doing an experiment with a shield spell."

"Darn truth thing is going to get us into trouble" Blaise could be heard to say.

"Indeed it could. Perhaps a lesson in thinking before you speak has just been learned and driven home just a bit. Now were you going to use an unforgivable curse Virginia?"

"Yes sir, only the Impirious though. Adam said it should just bounce off and disappate if it couldn't hit a target and he told me to use him as a guinnea pig."

"A guinea pig Miss Weasley? Very good idea.. but lets try something a little less dark shall we? Porkus!"

The spell came shooting from Dumbledore's wand, but couldn't penetrate Adam's shield, nor the others as it searched for a target. It came close to Narcissa when it hit the battered statue of Lucius an it became what looked like a broken Piggy bank.
"Good thing you ducked Narcissa dear, it seems our young people have managed to do some very powerful magic this evening. I think its about time for you all to go to your rooms and get a good night's sleep. Does anyone wish some hot chocolate before retiring? No, then I bid you pleasant dreams children. Narcissa, I believe I'll take you up on your offer of a room for the night. I'll accompany you to the ministry in the morning and we can see to Fudge and the announcement of your War council and the diplomatic correspondence as well with the other wizarding governments on the continent.. good night children."

"Goodnight headmaster, Mother. See you in the morning. And please... no elf alarm clocks. Draco said escorting his mother and headmaster to his chamber doors.

"Well we ought to get some sleep. Shall I show you to your rooms ladies?" Gesturing to Luna, Hermione and Ginny.

The girls all stood and turned to follow Draco, mental conversations going on in their heads..

" I can hear that Granger."

"Oops, sorry Draco, goodnight, we'll see you in the morning."

"Well ladies, it looks like we've got some planning of our own to do. Good night Draco." and the door closed leaving a slightly amused smile on his face.

'good night' Hermione cast a silencing charm on the door, the need to put a locking charm on it didn't seem necessary because for the first time in a very long time she didn't feel threatened by anything. Nothing at all.

"Ok Gin, Luna, lets try some of that wandless stuff, girl style.."

Meanwhile back in Adams bedroom the boys hadn't broken up their pow-wow with Adam.

"Ok they're gone." Draco said and he closed and silenced the door to Adam's room and he strolled over to where the 9 other boys were.

"Uh, guys, I'd like to talk to Draco and Harry if you don't mind for a little bit alone. Would you be offended if...?" "No worries mate, Oi, come one fellas lets find our rooms, I'm beat. See you in the morning fellows" George said for the rest of the boys.

"Blaise you wanna talk for a little bit with Nev, Ron and Us?"

"Sure, Im not really tired yet." Blaise said.

"Good night guys. Sleep well, You know where your rooms are don't you?"

"Yeah, got it. Thanks Malf...Draco."

"You're welcome Ron, George, Fred, Nev, Blaise see you in the morning." Draco said sneerless and almost caring.

"Now what was it you wanted to talk to me and Potter about Adam?"

"Well Draco, I told you guys that I'm gay and I appreciate it that it isn't an issue between any of us. Gay Navajo's are gifted seer's usually if they're not muggles. Anyway, when I got here this afternoon, I was a bit unsure of myself, I din't think there would be anyone here that I liked and that were gay and I could relate to. Well that being said, what is it between the two of you? Are you boyfriends? Your auras are all over each other and they're almost the same colors and I'm very confused. I like both of you very much. I'm attracted to you both... platonically for now, but I sense something much deeper between you two. Care to explain it?"

"Not really Adam, but, Potter here has been, well lets just say we haven't ever gotten along. I've known him better than most of the people in my own house since we began Hogwarts together. We had actually met in Diagon Alley when he was getting his school robes and I was fascinated by actually meeting Harry Potter in the flesh.

I didn't know Harry didn't know he was a wizard until just the night before and I insulted him almost right off the bat when I told him some wizarding families were better than others.."

"You didn't!"

"I did and I'm realizing it now that weathier and more powerful are not better but that is what started a rivalry until almost... 16 hours ago when I had a conversation with my mother. Anyway, I've made his, and the Weasley's lives difficult as I could and at the insistance of my father... that statue was a pretty good replica of the old bastard by the way, I was to bait them to the point where they would get themselves into trouble for over reacting.. jump in anytime here Harry..."

"You're doing just fine Draco, go on, if you start to sink I'll jump in.."

"Well, they over reacted alot, the Gryffindor golden trio.. that's Granger, Ron and Harry by the way, and they got away with so much rule breaking and managed to get themselves out of trouble often with not much more than their skins. Our head of house took quiet revenge by taking house points from them for letting a hair in their nose whistle.. seems petty, but, we all thought that Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived, thought he owned the world and was immune from following the rules was pushing his weight around showing off how great he was.

He was made a seeker in first year. He got caught by his own head of house flying when our flying instructor told us not to leave the ground. Well, I did kind of make fun of Longbottom when he broke his arm cause he couldn't stay on a broom and he lost his rememberall and I took off with it and was going to smash it against the tower at school when Harry caught the ball one handed and make an incredible stop before crashing right into his head of house's office window.

I still wish I could have seen her face when Harry caught the rememberall. Anyway, he got caught breaking the rules and he got rewarded with a position on his houses Quidditch team as a seeker... youngest in a hundred or so years. To make a long story short, everytime I tried to get him to mess up, I managed to make a worse arse of myself and I was never as good as him at catching the snitch either.

Never once beat him to it. I began to admire him in our forth year when he got his name pulled out of the goblet of fire when there was a triwizard tourniment at school and he wasn't even supposed to be eligible to enter. Harry won the tourniment but not without some earth shattering news to come with it.

I of course knew that the news he brought was true and I was frightened for him because my father was one of the wizards that tried to kill him the night the dark... Voldemort was resurrected . Harry was cursed and he was cut by Wormtail to obtain enough blood so the potion that he made from the bones of his dead father and wormtail's own hand and harry's blood. When Harry and Diggory disappeared from the obstical course when they reached the middle at the same time, the ministry and Dumbledore and almost all of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor were on their feet in shock. By the way ,I think Chang really did crap in her knickers Harry.

About an hour later Harry here had Diggory in one hand and the trophy in the other hand, Diggory was dead and, and I began to feel something for Harry by then. I was truely scared for him. I knew what my father had planned for him but if I were to tell anyone that I knew of anything that had to do with Voldemort, I or my mother or my father would be killed without a second word by him so I kept quiet.

I got a little bit of satisfaction last year, I'm sorry to say it was the wrong kind Harry, forgive me for what I did to you."

"'Sokay Draco thats over with but I still have that scar to remind me of what happened... go on you're telling a good story.."

"Anyway Adam, as of just this year, I thought your father was a convicted, escaped murderer on the run from Azkaban Prison, and my father was going off on a mission for that demented fuck to the department of mysteries.. too afraid to go himself I suppose.."

"He was there Draco. I dueled him again."

The color drained a bit from Draco's face but he continued anyway,
"Father was caught by Dumbledore and a bunch of Aurors and now I know, members of the Order of the Phoenix, and sent to Azkaban Prison. I swore revenge on Potter at the end of the year on the train but he and about 6 other's all hit me with hexes at the same time. I remember waking up at home in my bed and my mother was sitting by me and she had a look on her face I'll never forget.

I can't describe it but it was one of complete seriousnes and I knew what she was about to say was to be heeded or there'd be unpleasantness.
She said that my father was an evil man and too far gone in his zealousness in his support for Voldemort and she took off the pendant that father had given me before I went to school and had never taken it off and she said a spell ending what was a form of Impirio on the pendant and gave it back to me. I realized at that moment that mother didn't have to do any explaining to me about what father had done and to whom...it was Harry.

I felt something close to sorry for what I've put him through all of these years, but, Harry, you have to know, before I knew who you were before my father gave me that pendant, I truely did like you and I did not know who you were. Friends? I'm Draco Malfoy."

Draco held out his hand to Harry who took it this time and said,

"I'm pleased to meet you, I'm Harry Potter"
The two boys held hands shaking them for a while while Adam just smiled at them both when he said,
"You two are going to make a very powerful pair. Can you see your aura's yet?"

"Huh what do you mean Adam? Like with the girls?" Harry asked, he was still taking in all of what Draco had said to him and Adam.

"Yes, your aura's. Hang on a sec, lemme get my staff. Ok, 'Ohos' aura'."

Adam said a different spell and tapped his staff on the ground. Harry and Draco both blinked a few times, they could see colors around each other and they matched completely. Adam had a similar one but it wasn't the same.
Draco and Harry were still holding hands and not realizing it they got closer together and they kissed, their eyes closed and they could see things in each others minds. Things that they only dreamed about... each other.

"Ok guys that answers alot of my questions. I'm getting kinda tired, I think I'll take the sleep potion and hit the hay. You're welcome to stay in here if you want, it's big enough for a bunch of people. And did you see the size of that bed? What say? I'll be asleep in no time and I'd really like the company.. I'm not used to sleeping alone in a room."

"Sure Adam, let me go get my pyjamas and I'll be right back. Harry, I'll show you your room and you can get yours as well. Adam what time do you usually get up?"

Draco asked on the way out of Adam's room, he turned to see the young American standing in front of him almost naked. Draco blushed.

"Well seeing as I'm almost up now, how about we get out of bed about six and go flying or running or something?" Adam said unbothered by his...state. "Don't worry, I wear jammies too Draco. hahaha"

"Sounds like a good idea. I'll ask the others if they want to go with us"
"Please don't.. I'd kind of like it to be just us if you don't mind. I hope they won't be offended but theres something I want to show you first. Is that alright with you and Harry?" Adam asked quietly.

"Absolutely Adam, we'll be right back." Draco closed the door and took Harry to his room. "Back in 5 Harry?"

"Ok Draco, if I can get away from Ron and the others."

"Ok, five minutes it is then?" Harry nodded and went into his room to get ready for bed, taking his robes with him for in the morning.

Adam was asleep almost instantly and naked from the waist up, his long hair splayed out like an elegant fan on the big pillows on the massive bed.

"Come on Draco, we can silence our conversation and we won't disturb him. He sure is a different kind of bloke. Definitely someone that you don't meet everyday. My godbrother"
"My cousin"

"Our friend"

Adam was on his side by that time getting comfortable, he had heard what Harry and Draco had said. He had more family than just his mother now.

Harry and Draco began a quiet conversation that lasted into the wee hours of the morning, the day before them too exciting for them to get comfortable enough to get to sleep. When the three young men awoke in the morning just about half five they were entwined into each others arms and feeling content.

Adam woke first and watched his new brother and cousin sleeping.

'You are made for each other Draco and Harry, no need for the hate to bring you attention any longer. The colors of your auras are an exact match that means you are soul mates with a connection that I've never seen before. You must have kissed when I was asleep. You are beautiful men and I will not let anything happen to you. I'll teach you how to know your love, you already know how to say it'

Adam reached for a charm he had tied in his hair and he pricked the fingers of both sleeping young wizards and placed the wounds together and said an incantation while the blood flowed from finger to finger of Harry and Draco. When the incantation was over, Adam uttered a cleansing spell on the small wounds and he looked at the auras once again.

'Yep those two are forever meant to be together. Handsome couple of guys for palefaces too. They'll make such cute babies. Now for those others...'