Adam had found his way down to the dining room for breakfast without a problem once he had found his way downtstairs, his nose wasn't failing him and he was still a bit angry at himself for doing blood dream magic on Draco and Harry and probably in the process of pleasing his new brother and his cousin, Harry had dropped his occlumency shields. Adam was curious as to what had made it so hard for him to get Harry's and Draco's dreams to connect. He was going to need to do something about Harry getting hit with 'el crucio' when he was sleeping. It was bad enough he could have got whalloped with it when he was awake and he could possibly defend himself. This Voldy guy must be some sort of chickenshit if he has to resort to dream magic to torment a kid. This kid was his new brother and as such, he felt obligated to help him.
'I suppose those kids might as well get in on this, Grampa made em all Thunderbirds. I suppose that I should tell em pretty quick before Mr. Dumbledore wants Grampa's book and messes shit up. The rune tattoo's are pretty cool, ma'll flip when she sees mine. She almost crapped her panties when she saw I had a pierced bellybutton and it had a dragon's tail run through it.'
'Something smells good in there and I won't be alone either. Sounds like everyones in there talking about the same thing. Ok Adam lets get on with this... well maybe after breakfast'
"Yata hey y'all " Adam said to the group of excited teens. "Hello's and good mornings" came from all around. Draco hadn't said a thing all the way down to the dining room which struck Adam as odd but he didn't mind and he didn't the need help finding breakfast.
"Come on Draco, Harry's ok and Mr. Dumbledore and Mr. Weasley won't hurt him. He'll only be asleep for another half hour at the most, entirely rested and unhurt. I doubt he'll remember much of it anyway so chill a bit. I got some stuff to tell you guys anyway after breakfast." Adam had said to Draco as he helped himself to the wonderful selection of breakfast foods before him.
"Ya gotta eat dude come on." Adam tried to coax Draco into eating something. This was not unnoticed by Draco's house mates.
Blaise piped up, "Adam, Draco isn't much of a morning person and he won't eat just because you ask him to"
Just then, Draco began to eat like he had never had a meal before in his life.
"Don't look like it to me, uh... Blaze?" "Blaise thanks, and it looks like you've got one up on Parkinson, she could never get him to eat"
"Parkinson"
"Slytherin vamp" Ron added between bites of food.
"She's not a vamp Weasley." Crabbe said to Ron but for all to hear.
"She's a tramp and a bloody ugly one as well"
The group of teens all laughed gleefully and with surprise as well hearing Vince who had never been known to make a witty remark and be insulting as well.
Vince decided to share something with the group and not praise himself the way Draco would, or Blaise or well, anyone else but himself. He wasn't a step above a squib, far from it. He had had enough of being put down because people thought he wasn't very smart.
"Me'n Greg got 11 owl's last year didn't we Greg? Oi, Greg stop eatin for a minute and agree with me ya git." Vince said proudly to those that were close enough to hear, evidently it was everyone that did but Greg who was eating very actively and looking at Luna that didn't.
"Mph.. what'd you say Vin?" Greg finally responded.
"I tole 'em we got 11 OWL'S last year"
"Yup, right there mate. More pumpkin juice Luna? You look like you could use some." Greg answered Vince and was once again distracted by Miss Lovegood.
"I told you I'm fine really Gregory, but pumpkin juice would be fine thank you. Adam, you want to tell us what you got me to do?"
Luna directed her attention from Greg to Adam just as he was shoveling a mouthful of food in his mouth. Adam held up a finger and continued to chew swallowing very carefully and then taking a sip of pumpkin juice he said,
"I used you and Draco to filter Harry's dream vision and took away the pain from 'el crucio' at the same time. I combined a dreamcatcher spell and a paincatcher spell at the same time. Spur of the moment stuff, I hadn't ever tried to do a double, but I knew this would work. Luna you don't feel any kinda funny do you"
"No, not in the least, I feel pretty well actually, not as foggy as other times I see things." Luna offered back.
"Draco you didn't feel any of the pain you were absorbing from Harry did you" Adam asked his new found cousin.
"No, I did not. Why was that? I could see what was going on in his head and it was quite frightening. And his scar, his scar just bled and you put your hand on it and it stopped but he didn't stop screaming and and and"
"easy there dude, you're hyperventilating. If I didn't know better, you got to see as well. Usually the dreamcatcher spell is the only one that you need for a nightmare to go away. I use it on the nino's back home. Well, I did anyway. But it worked didn't it? Ma said I might start to do some cool magic when I got to be almost sixteen and for sure by then but I guess some of my power is kicking into adult overdrive a bit sooner"
"Aye"
"mate." George and Fred had said to Adam.
"Oi, Adam, you said you had some bloody book. Hermione heard my dad asking you about it. Was that why you were getting all defensive?" Ron said to Adam.
"Well, I recon I might have come off like that but, I appologized to your Dad Ron just so you know. He still can't have it though." Adam said to his new friend, a little grin on his face.
"Anyone see a newspaper yet this morning?" Hermione asked the group.
"Oi, 'Mione, here's one, but before you read it, put down your fork and sit back alright?" Ron had handed the paper to Hermione when she did as she was asked.
"Honestly Ronald Weasley, I'm not going to faint at anything the Prophet could print." Hermione said indignantly.
"Oh, you're not going to faint 'Mione. Here, read it out loud so's Adam and Draco can hear." Ron said as he handed the Daily Prophet to his girlfriend.
"OH MERLIN." Hermione exclaimed, eyes scanning the newspaper for the highlights.
"What is it Hermione?" Adam asked, he hadn't had a chance to talk to the Weasley boys as they were up earlier than he had been and knew what was in the paper, well they knew more of what was in the paper because they had heard it from their father before Draco had come into the library screaming his head off.
"We're offically in a state of war with the forces of Voldemort, The governing powers of three wizarding governments, British Ministry of Magic, the Hogwarts Government and the government of the Magical Navajo Nation that had fought together with each other against Grindelwald, another dark wizard, announced this morning by the new Ministress of Magic, Narcissa Malfoy"
Draco straightened up, he had stopped inhaling food when Hermione had said the word war and was just taking a drink of pumpkin juice when she had said his mother was Ministress of Magic. That was all it took for Draco to spray a whole mouthful of juice all over the end of the table he and Adam were sitting.
"Eew Draco! Lavio!" Adam had exclaimed when Draco sprayed him with his breakfast drink and cleaning himself and his elk skin shirt.
"Ministress of Magic? My mother"
"Yes Draco, it goes on to say that she is also the acting representative of one Prince Adam Thundercloud and Dumbledore is the representative of the Magical Navajo Nation. Professor Snape is the Minister of Magic at Hogwarts and is only second to the Headmaster. Seems that two of the wizarding governments that declared the war were Hogwarts and the Navajo's and that envoked a treaty that was signed in 1815 that basically gives the two governments the right to replace an ineffective British Minister during war time... WOO HOO, Fudge is out and MRS. MALFOY is in. Congratulations Draco"
"There's more 'Mione. Dad told me and Fred and George some of it already but he said Dumbledore would tell us more later. Had to do with that bloody order we joined yesterday."
"Ron," Adam spoke finally after hearing what Hermione had read in the newspaper, "... guys, ladies.. there's something we gotta do and pretty quick too but, well, watch this and then I'll explain ..."
Adam held his staff and he began to shimmer and glow and he became a great giant turquoise colored bird with golden claws and when he unfurled his wings, lightening could be seen within its feathers dancing from feather tip to feather tip. Adam changed back almost as fast as he changed into the beautiful magical creature to begin with.
"You're an animagus!" Hermione said and her mouth was soon covered by her hand as she stood there. She had never seen anyone her age change into an animal before.
"Well, I am but, that was not an animagus transformation, it was a celestial being transformation. You guys, hope you take this the right way, uh.. "
"Bloody spit it out mate, we're not going to hurt you." Blaise said to Adam.
"... Ok Blaise, Youguysareallabletodothistoo. There said it." Adam rushed looking at his new friend.. at least after he said that, he hoped he was his friend still.
"You're bloody kidding aren't you Adam?" Blaise said.
Murmers could be heard from the group when a previously unheard voice said,
"Bloody Brilliant Black! You and me all of us?" It was Ginny Weasley, her eyes wider than they were when she awoke in the Chamber of Secrets in her first year at Hogwarts.
"Yup, all of us. I can teach you the incantation easy enough. There's some way cool shit in my Grampa's book. but first, I'm going to heal that thing on Harry's head that made him scream, and I need your help. Don't tell Mr. Dumbledore ok? and don't think anything to each other when he's around unless you want to tell him stuff you think is secret, cause it won't be for long.
I'll work on some different charmed rings for us. That should let us have some fun despite this war. I should have known something was up when Ma sent me here 2 months before school starts." Adam told his new friends. They were just becoming friendly and Adam had never really been around paleface teen wizards and witches before and he thought it was 'way cool'.
"Ok, Adam, I suppose we can still use our mouths to speak?" Draco had decided to finally join in after he sprayed his drink when he found out about his mother.
"I for one would like to go see how sleeping beauty is upstairs and see if he's awake and alright"
"Oh don't worry 'bout him mate, Dumbledore's with him and so's my dad. No worries." Ron said to Draco.
Draco turned in kind to Adam and said,
"Adam you said you wanted to help Harry. How exactly?"
That got almost everybody's attention. Greg and Vince were still talking to each other and eating, Luna had just been quietly listening to everything that had been said.
"We have to use a piece of gold for starters. Anyone got an idea what for?"
"We're not in bloody school here mate. What are you going on with?" Blaise said to Adam.
"We, meaning us, are going to do us some magic. No wands, you won't need 'em. We're going to spin a dream catcher charm out of it and give it to Harry when he wakes up. Wanna give it a try or not?" Adam said with a mock indignant tone.
"Of course we'll help Adam..." Luna said for the group "what do we do?"
"Lets go outside. It'll get sparkly and inside will just kill your eyes."
Draco and Adam and Neville led the group to the part of the garden where his mothers secret scrying pool was.
"This outside enough Adam?" Draco smiled at his new friend.
"Good enough. Here's a dubloon. now, I'm going to start to spin it over that pool over there. We got to stand in a circle and be close enough to touch fingertips like this.."
Adam held his hand up to Draco's and touched finger tips with him. A spark could be seen dancing between their fingers. Draco almost flinched at the sensation but the feeling in it was intoxicating.. it was magic and it was powerful.
" and when we're done we'll have ourselves an amulet or pendant that will keep Harry safe from that Voldyhoozit dude. Then, we're going to give that creep a taste of his own bad medicine. Come on over here and we'll start, it will only take a minute or two and I want to get it to Harry when he gets up."
The group of teens walked to surround the small pool and raised their hands and touched finger tips. None of them said a thing as this was a new kind of magic that they hadn't seen before and quite frankly, they weren't a bit frightened. They should have been because it was some of the oldest magic on the planet and not to be tampered with by unskilled witches or wizards.
Adam was not unskilled and some of his talent was about to show because he was an elemental mage with almost untapped magical reserves.
Adam produced the dubloon from his pocket and he tossed it into the air over the pond an he waved his hand at it and it stopped dropping from the arc it was falling in and it began to spin.
"Keep your finger tips touching now because we need to make something out of the coin first and then we'll all say "Dreamcatcher". We can use our minds for this so we shouldn't be distracted. 'K, now can everyone feel the magic'
yes's could be heard all around.
'Alright, I'm going to put some speed on that coin and we're going to spin it into wire and then we're going to weave it into a dreamcatcher. I'll take care of the spell, you guys are going to supply the power. and don't freak out if you start to change a bit physically and don't break the connection.'
The coin that was spinning between the teen wizards and witches started to spin so fast it began to melt. As the coin melted, Adam began to make it fly around in a circle an arm's length away from each of the teens watching and participating in the spell, thus turning the coin into a very fine, very very long wire. 'I'll say the words twelve times and when I should say it a thirteenth time, we'll all say 'dreamcatcher'. this will be a powerful charm because it's 12 of you making it, I'm only doing the footwork.'
Adam began saying something in Navajo and he held his hand up and counted with his fingers for the teens to follow so they would know when the word ended and began again counting to the number twelve.
"Dreamcatcher" came 13 voices.
The glowing golden wire began to go from one of them to the other, faster and faster until it came to the end of itself as it unraveled weaving itself into a huge spider web like mesh. Adam uttered a reducing spell on it and conjured a chain to hang the dreamcatcher pendant on.
"We did good guys. This is a beaut. You can put your hands down now, unless ya wanna just keep em up there." Adam told them.
Adam just smiled at the new magical charm that his new friends had made with some very powerful magic.The interested teens stepped closer to Adam and began to gaze at the small round golden woven charm hanging on the chain that Adam held in his hand. The pendant's brilliance was remarkable as it seemed to shine brightly, reflecting light everywhere. Adam handed the pendant to Draco and asked him in a low enough voice so as the others wouldn't hear his question.
"Can I have a drop of your blood Draco? It will add a layer of protection to the charm."
Adam had whispered his question to his cousin and he got the same inperceptable nod that Draco was famous for and he held his hand without hesitation to Adam.
Adam reached into his hair for something he knew to be there, a small quill that was sharp on either end. He pierced Draco's pale white skin very delicately and only one fairly large drop of blood appeared. Adam let the drop of blood fall on the charm he held in his hand and told Draco to say something quietly over the charm.
"Here you go Draco, you give this to Harry, from you and from all of us, mostly you though." Adam whispered the last to his cousin who took the pendant charm from him and turned to begin the walk back into the manor, presumably to where Harry was sleeping, the twelve others following discussing what they probably would be getting into when they came face to face with Mr. Weasley and Dumbledore.
"Good morning children, I trust that you had a restful night despite this mornings unusual goings on." Dumbledore spoke to his students and Adam.
Good mornings were given all around by the students to the headmaster and to Mr. Weasley. The soon to become soldiers in a war that had been going on since before they were born, were officially a part of an declared outright war against Voldemort.
Dumbledore said, "Harry should be down in a minute and when he joins us, I have some news for you all"
"I'll just go and see him downstairs then, I am his host after all." Draco said smiling at the headmaster.
Draco excused himself as did Adam saying that they were going to see how Harry was getting along. Ron added that he would accompany them, seeing as how Harry was his best friend and he still didn't trust Malfoy completely, and he didn't really know Adam yet.
"We'll be back in a tic dad." Ron said over his shoulder to his father.
The three boys climbed the staircase headed towards where Harry had spent the night. When they got into the bedroom, Harry had gotten out of bed and was in the bathroom as was evident by the sound of the shower. Harry was singing quietly to himself. The boys that had come up to see how Harry was, were listening to Harry's beautiful voice.
"Weas... er, Ron, I've never heard Harry sing before, he has a beautiful voice." Draco had said to Ron.
Ron had noted that Draco had started to use his last name first but changed it to Ron and, he was quite surprised that Draco sounded genuine when he complimented his friend, almost as surprised at how Draco seemed when Harry was screaming.. concern? He couldn't tell but he was going to keep his eye on Malfoy just in case.
"Ron, can you keep a secret?" Adam inquired of his new friend.
"Of course I can mate. What's the secret." Ron replied, the singing in the bathroom had stopped but the shower was still going so they boys settled for a little conversation.
"Before you tell Ron anything Adam, perhaps a little insurance on keeping that secret a secret would be in order." Draco interjected.
"I can keep a bloody secret good as anybody." Ron said back to Draco.
"Then this won't matter. 'Fidelus'. Ok Adam, tell him." Draco said his wand being seen stowed in his wand pocket.
"Ron, I don't know you very well but, you know that Harry is my brother now don't you?" Adam asked Ron.
"His brother?" Ron said with a strange look on his face.
"Yes, his god brother really. Sirius Black was my father and Draco here is my cousin." Adam nodded in Draco's direction smiling.
"They told me all about the houses at school, and how they've been fighting all the way through school and namecalling, and pranking was the norm and, that you and your brothers and Harry and Hermione hadn't been all that nice to each other."
"That's right Adam, and Draco threatened Harry for landing his father in Azkaban Prison at the end of the year. Draco, it was us that hexed the lot of you on the train. Same spell at the same time. Sorry bout that. Maybe we could become friends since we're now allies?" Ron appologized and it didn't kill him like he thought it would.
"Weasley, I think that for Harry's sake, I'd like that. It won't be easy I'm sure, to pass up something good when the opportunity arrises, but I'll work on the Slytherins if you work on the Gryffindors. Deal?" Draco asked sincerely which floored Ron.
"For Harry's sake, you have a deal" Ron agreed.
"No Ron, not for Harry's sake, for Harry and Draco's sake. When we were outside making this charm, you got a taste of what it was like to work together for a common goal. Draco has a more... uh...vested interest in 'this' charm because after we were done, I did a little blood spell and put a drop of Draco's blood on the pendant."
"Blood? What for?" Ron said quietly, the shower had stopped, but Harry was whistling a nice little tune while he dressed presumably.
"Well, Ron, last night, we fell asleep on that monster bed and Harry and Draco.. uh, bonded somehow in a dream and I saw it. I am a seer Ron, I can do a lot of things you don't know about, but you'll learn of them soon enough, but, Draco's and Harry's auras wouldn't leave each other all night, which woke me up and, well, I can see this stuff pretty good, so, while they were sleeping, uh, I Draco, sorry but it was better this way."
"Don't be sorry Adam, in retrospect, I believe, I've loved Harry from the minute I met him. The last several years, I hated him because he refused my hand in friendship because I had insulted Ron and it hurt me very much, so, I made it my mission to make his.." Draco motioned to Ron, ".. and their lives as miserable as possible. I regret that now. Accept my appologies will you Ron Weasley?" Draco extended his hand to Ron who looked at it for a minute and took it and shook gladly, for the first time in his life, Malfoy was being decent.. wait more than decent and a grin broke out across his face.
"Draco Malfoy, I accept your appology, not for Harry's sake though, because that's the most genuine appology I've ever heard." Ron said to Draco smiling too.
"Ron, we're Thunderbirds, we cannot lie to each other now." Adam had told Ron with a raised eyebrow of his own waiting for a reply.
"Oh great. Does that include everyone else too?" Ron asked Adam.
Adam chuckled, and told his friend that it only extended to the T-Birds because it was part of becoming involved with something that was bigger than all of them.
"Ron, you see that red jewel in the middle of the pendant? It's Draco's blood that I transfigured into a ruby so it would last an eternity. Draco and Harry are in love and they didn't even know it. Some of the others are in denial but, Vince and Luna seem to almost be in the same boat, their auras are the same color when they're near each other, you and Hermione's are as strong as Harry and Draco's. Your brothers are too, by the way. Your sister and Blaise are compatible but so is Neville compatible with her.
I get a funny feeling about Greg and Vinnie though, but anyway, this pendant is a love dreamcatcher enhanced by love and it can repel 'el crucio' and probably a dozen other dark curses and block that Voldy fucker from hurting Harry anymore... Say, guys, think we can find some more gold? I only had the one dubloon with me, ma said there was some money here in a bank in London, If I could get to it I can get some money to get the necessary gold to make each of us charms for protection. I have a feeling that we might need it."
Adam rambled off on a tangent. Draco and Ron smiled at him like he was nutters but in a good way. Just then, Harry had padded silently to where the boys were on his bed sitting by Draco very closely.
"Feeling you might need what guys?" Harry had asked since he had just caught the very tail end of the conversation, giving Draco a hug as he sat.
"Harry, don't do that ever again will you?"
"Do what Draco? I had the best night's sleep ever."
"Harry, what do you remember of the night?" Adam asked.
"Well, I thought I was dreaming of Voldemort, he was screaming and blowing things up and he kept crucio-ing his servants left and right, not that I cared what he did to them, funny though, I usually scream and feel like I've been hit with a bloody flying car."
Ron looked to Harry with a grin on his face, remembering the car that brought them to Hogwarts in Harry's second year.
"Well, of sorts I guess you did Harry. You were screaming and your scar was bleeding and you looked like you were going to hurt yourself, so I kinda put a spell on you to to keep you from feeling anything..." Adam was saying...
"I was screaming and my scar was bleeding" Harry asked looking puzzled.
"Yes it was, Ron's dad came running in after Draco ran out of here screaming. I take it he's never seen you do this?"
"Uh, no Adam, it's not well known. If Voldemort knew I could see what he was doing, he would now doubt curse me through my dreams and I'd never wake up."
"Harry, that fuckface knows. He was using dream magic on you, but that will come to an end right here and now. Draco has something for you. Draco?" Adam turned to his cousin.
"Here Harry, let me put this on you." Draco said, with something close to love in his voice, Ron noticed this but wasn't saying anything because he didn't want to upset his friend... just yet anyway.
"What's this?" Harry took the pendant from Draco's hand before he could put the chain around his neck. "It's beautifully woven and there's a ?ruby on it?"
"It is beautiful Harry, but the stone is a drop of blood from the love of your life and it will protect you forever from that Voldy guy getting into your dreams as long as you wear it." Adam had told Harry.
"The love of my life? " Harry asked looking like he was trying to remember something.
"Oh, yeah..." Harry's gaze turned to Draco who finally smiled back, blushing slightly. "Thank you for giving me such a precious part of you Draco."
"Oi, Adam, could I see you outside for a minute?" Ron asked his new friend, a grin forming on his face.
"When the time comes mate, you suppose you could help me out with one of those things for the love of my life too?" Ron asked politely a grin on his face.
"Oh, for you and Hermione?"
"How did you know mate?"
"Ron, I might prefer guys, the stronger the better by the way, outdoorsey type really, but I can still tell when someone is in love. Does Hermione feel the same way?"
"I think so, after the end of the school year and we had got our selves a bit injured at the Department of Mysteries, we did get alot closer. Harry has always had to spend his summers with his muggle relatives and they always mistreated him. Sad really, but as for me an 'Mione, I guess I've always loved her like Harry, but now, I feel something much stronger and deeper when it comes to her and I think she feels the same way."
"Ron have you asked her how she feels about you?"
"Well, I've always been too bashful, but after the end of the school year when Harry's godfather died.. oh sorry Adam, I forgot Sirius was your father.."
"It's ok Ron, I only found out the whole story about him from my mother a few weeks ago when she got a letter from Mr. Dumbledore, so I haven't got someone to miss. I wish I had met him though."
"Well, after the end of the year, I've been feeling something different towards Hermione and I think she's feeling the same way."
"She is. Saw it yesterday and it was the same this morning. She's your soul mate too you know."
"Soulmate! Wow, how'dja know that?"
"Ron, seer.."
"Oh yeah right. So, you'll help me with one of those pendants when the time comes?"
"Sure Ron, only, we're all going to have one kind of like it, but we'll work on something special for you to give her. How's that sound?"
"Sounds good to me Adam. Lets ask Harry if he's ready to eat something yet."
"You lead the way Ron."
What Ron and Adam had seen when they had gone back into Adam's bedroom was one Harry Potter and one Draco Malfoy hugging, kissing and crying in each others arms. The two boys turned right back around and closed the door saying nothing leaving the two new lovers alone. They went back downstairs to their friends and to what was now a very full library of witches and wizards talking excitedly to each other about the blockbuster news that had rocked their world.
"Oi, Ron, Adam, where's"
"Harry and Draco?" Fred and George asked.
"Busy, Harry's just getting dressed. I'm sure they'll be down in a tic or so." Ron said to his brothers.
"Did you give him that thing we made this morning?" Hermione asked.
"Yes we did. He loved it. I'm sure you will all like to have one wouldn't you?" Adam asked his new friends.
"We're not much"
"on wearing jewelry"
"Adam, but thanks anyway" George and Fred said.
"You gits don't know what you're saying. That was not jewelry, tell them Adam." Ron said to his brothers because he knew something they didn't.
"What was it then Ronniekins?" the twins said in unison, smiling at their not so little brother, "Yeah what was it really Adam?"
"It was a charm to keep that fuckface out of Harry's head and it has some other properties to it. It can deflect a bunch of curses and hex's including 'el crucio' and various killing curses.
"There's more killing curses than the A.K.? Ron asked almost shocked.
"What's A.K.?" Adam inquired.
"Avada Kedavra. " the boys whispered in very hushed voices together.
"Instant death. Harry survived that when he was only a baby thats why Voldemort want's to kill him so badly that and it was Harry himself that was abducted by Voldemorts Death Eaters and was cut to bring him back from whatever existance he had been in. Harry's faced him... what 4 times now and he's survived every time. His dreams keep getting worse Adam." Ron said to Adam, seriousness in his voice, no joy at all.
"Not any more." Adam said to Ron under his breath."Howdy Mr. Dumbledore. Harry an' Draco will be down in a.. what did you call it Ron?"
"A tic?" Ron arched his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders at Adam.
"Yeah a tic. Harry and Draco will be down in a "tic". " Adam said to the old wizard who had approached the four boys and greeted them in kind.
"Adam, Mr. Weasley mentioned that you might have in your possession your grandfathers book. May I see it and perhaps share it with the Order members?"
"Mr. Dumbledore sir, mama said not to give it to anybody and I'm not going to. I'll tell you what though, I'll tell you anything in it you want to know. Mama wouldn't mind that."
"Adam, I do not know what is in the book but, I think we can use it to help Harry to end the torment he goes through everytime Lord Voldemort gets angry." Dumbledore said to Adam kindly.
"Already took care of that Mr. Dumbledore..." Adam said with a gotcha smile,
"Anything else you wanna know about what's in it?"'
"Adam it would perhaps aid greatly in our war with Voldemort. When your grandfather and I were schoolmates, he taught me many ways of your people and how to speak your language and read it's symbols. I'm a bit rusty I am afraid, in deciphering it but, I'm sure if you'd allow me a chance to study it for a time on my own, I might be able to use it to save many many lives."
Adam just screwed up his face and relented when Dumbledore said it could save many many lives.
"I'll let you see it, but, you may not keep it. I'll show it to you." Adam gave in.
'I better not get into trouble with ma.' 'If the need should arise, I'll smooth things out for you Adam'.
A burst of flames came from the fireplace in the library of Malfoy Manor and Narcissa Malfoy, new Ministress of Magic stepped through to see a full room of both sets of Order members, young and old alike.
She greeted them all, a house elf appeared with a cup of tea for the mistress of the manor and disappeard just as fast.
"Hello everyone." Narcissa scanned the group of people looking for the shock of blond hair that was her sons. "Where is Draco?"
"I'm right here mother." Draco said, Harry was there with him, wearing his new pendant and holding Draco's hand. Narcissa and Dumbledore noticed at the same time.
"Ah Harry, what a lovely pendant. Where did you ever get such a remarkable piece of jewelry?" Narcissa asked, pointedly not inquiring why her son was holding Harry Potters hand, only glancing at the two hands fingers intertwined.
"Thank you Mrs. Malfoy"
"Please Harry, call me Narcissa... or maybe you should be calling me something else?" Harry and Draco both blushed. Draco knew his mother could see auras but only when she was in an emotional state, in this case it wasn't a bad emotion but one she'd not felt in a very long time.
"Alright, Narcissa, Draco and Adam gave this to me this morning."
"What ever for? Is it your birthday and we've completely missed it? Oh dear."
"No, ma'am, it's not my birthday. Maybe Draco could tell you more.. Draco?"
"Harry went berserk with pain and agony and we, that is myself, Adam and the rest of us went out to the garden and did some kind of magic and turned a dubloon into this pendant. I added a drop of blood and it was transfigured into a ruby for a.. what was it called Adam? " Draco looked to his cousin that was smiling with a wild expression in his eyes.
"A love charm." Adam returned almost laughing.
"Well, a love charm is very powerful magic Draco. I take it you finally figured out that you were blind fool that couldn't see love when it hit him in the face then?" Narcissa said to her son waiting for his explosive but comical reply and hopefully the whole story of the pendant that was now around Harry's neck and the hand in Harry's hand.
"Do you want to hear the rest of this mother?"
"Draco," Harry squeezed his hand.
"I'm sorry mother, the reason for the love charm is because... you already knew I was in love with Harry mother? "
"Yes. Since you met him at Madam Malkins. You got along with him famously then. I don't know just what caused you to change your mind so quickly but I could see your aura's mingling even then. Albus told me that Harry would be there that day since Hagrid rescued him from those wretched excuses for relatives that were keeping Harry from his heritage and birthright and so, I brought you to Diagon Alley so I could see James and Lily's son. I had no idea until then that you were soul mates and much more."
"I don't guess then that you need much further information on this subject for now Ministess?" Draco smiled at his mother and bowed low in a sweeping motion of his hand, standing smiling and giving his mother a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Congratulations mother."
"Thank you Draco. Congratulations to you too. Now, ask everyone to come into the west wing conservatory will you? Albus has some things to discuss and you should know where you all stand as of this minute." Narcissa said to her son smiling from the kiss she use to get daily from a loving son.
"Oi, Zabini, get Crabbe and Goyle and Lovegood and come into the west wing conservatory, Granger, Weasley, Miss Weasley, would you come with us please"
Draco said to the teens that had never visited Malfoy Manor.
The teens chatted with each other and walked ahead of the adult witches and wizards, not bothering with silent communication because they knew it would be overheard anyway so the ribbing of Harry and Draco was gentle but funny none the less.
"Snakes and Lions, Blimey mate, the founders will turn over in their crypts! Bloody Hell!" Ron could be heard saying.
"Language, Ron." Hermione could be heard admonishing her boyfriend.
The large number of witches and wizards at Malfoy Manor that day were all seated comfortably in plushy row seating, the older wizards and witches in the front along with Adam, Mr. Weasley and Narcissa, the teens in the back, Harry and Draco holding hands and looking at each other smiling not really paying any attention until Dumbledore cleared his throat and Hermione tapped Harry on the shoulder, pointing to the headmaster.
"Greetings everyone. Congratulations to Narcissa on her installation as Ministress of Magic." Polite applause could be heard and some audible individual congratulations as well.
"We are now as you all know, officially at war with Voldemort. The young people behind you are to become very important in the fight against him but they need some special instruction this summer in order for them to have the skills that they will need to perhaps battle themselves Death Eaters or the like in kind.
In such, I will charm them to be able to learn the lessons of 2 years of wizarding school into two weeks and will take their NEWTs at the end of that time. Adam here, I'm lead to believe should be able to pass all available NEWT courses without the accelerated instruction and while the other young people here are learning their lessons in magic, Adam will be learning something from our new Ministress as to how things are done on our side of the ocean. Any questions?" Dumbledore said and instantly saw more than a dozen hands in the air and not all were the teens themselves. "Ah, yes, Miss Weasley."
"Headmaster, I have three years of learning to finish school. Will I be finished in two weeks as well?" Ginny said not believing what she had just heard.
"Yes Virginia, the spell works like a charm! ha!"
The odd collection of the Order of the Phoenix members laughed with the equally as odd collection of Order of the Thunderbird members. The British teens were talking excitedly when Hermione asked a pretty good question. "How will we learn everything in two weeks headmaster?"
"Magic Miss Granger. How else did you expect to do it?" Narcissa laughed as she answered for the headmaster.
"Your parents have all been informed of the situation if they could be located, if they haven't been informed, they will be by the time they read the morning newspaper. I expect some very interesting owl's this morning at Hogwarts this morning. You children will be staying here for the next three weeks for your safety as well as your instruction. I'm sure you will not be bored in the least bit and you may show Adam how British witches and wizard teens enjoy themselves." Dumbledore smiled at all of the wide eyed teens and then with a very serious look on his face continued, "You should all know that you are officially weapons of war against Voldemort and will be learning some very special magic the third week that you are here. You will all then go travel to America to the Magical Navajo Nation and spend some time among Adams people and learn some different kind of magical war tactics similar to how the Navajo code talkers did in the muggle World War Two and similar in the tactics used to defeat Grindelwald in the last Wizarding World War. As you know, Grindelwald was helping to eradicate millions of muggle Jewish people with the insane German muggle named Hitler. After the Americans developed the atomic bomb at the end of their war, a new dark wizard began to emerge you know him as Voldemort. He wants to eradicate muggles as much as Grindelwald did and would probably not hesitate to try to get them to use the weapons on themselves as they were forced to do twice by Grindelwald's magic. Luck would have it that Grindelwald was defeated or there might have been more bombs dropped because of a very strong imperious curse on the American President that ordered the weapons used. We cannot and will not let Voldemort create the need for the muggles to use them again. You will all come to Hogwarts as usual on September the first but you will not be taking your usual classes since you will have already completed your NEWT level classes, You will be doing Auror training along with a select few of your classmates, but when the time comes, you as a group will be a weapon that can be used and will be used to rid our world of an evil that must be eliminated. You will be the spear through the heart of darkness. Your special talents will be complete surprise to Voldemort when you catch him and alas, I'm sorry to say, kill him. How you will do this, I cannot tell you, but I can tell you that when the time comes to carry out this deed, you will know. You will know." Dumbledore trailed off a bit when he finished, pausing to take a sip of tea.
"In the mean time, you 13 young people have full unrestricted use of your magical powers. This does include the Avada Kedavra curse as well as the other unforgivables. I suggest that you only use these curses in training not because I believe you will use them in battle, but I believe you will not need to use them at all"
All of the Hogwarts students including Harry and Draco could not believe what they've just heard.
"Just like James Bond. Licensed to kill." Hermione said to Ron.
"James Bond?" Ron inquired
"Muggle movie spy. Very clever. We should watch some of the films, maybe we could get an idea or two on how to surprise Voldemort." Hermione said to Ron.
"Excellent suggestion Miss Granger. We will have to arrange for electricity to be made available as well as a television set and the other things needed. Enjoyable activity film viewing, I rather liked that Chaplin fellow when the muggles discovered the way to watch pictures move without magic." Dumbledore said to the group of teens. 'perhaps this is the diversion we need to keep them occupied for a few hours'
'we don't need diverted Mr. Dumbledore.' Adam thought back to Dumbledore and he just smiled that wild smile that Sirius Black smiled until the day he passed through the veil. Dumbledore smiled back at him, the teens chatted back and forth for a bit thinking that Dumbledore was finished, the topic was the observation that they had a 'license to kill' and as such they could be considered as deadly as Voldemort but at the behest of three wizarding governments.
"If you would give me your attention once more briefly children.. I'm sorry, I will have to start thinking of you as adults. I feel it is necessary to give you some statistics that might help you realize the gravity of your new situation. Some of the things I'm about to say may or may not come as a shock to you, but you represent what has been calculated as being amongst the top twenty most powerful magical citizens of the wizarding world and as such we have a decided advantage in our struggle against Voldemort. The spell that made you all members of the Order of the Thunderbird has brought forth special powers that undoubtably you've begun to discover, yet know how to wield as a weapon which is why you will travel to America to the Magical Navajo Nation. It has the geographical needs for secrecy in your training and, you might enjoy the sunshine as well. It does get rather warm in Arizona in the late summer as I remember. So you may wish to consider the heat when choosing travel clothing... ah thats a subject that can be approached at a later time. I believe that is all for now Thunderbirds." Dumbledore finished smiling at the next generation of leaders of their world.
"Mr. Dumbledore, can we go flying?" Adam asked the headmaster innocently.
"Why, yes, I do not see any problems with that. The manor grounds are sufficiently warded. I'm sure you could all do with some excercise and fresh air. I'm sure that Mr. Malfoy could find some brooms somewhere." Dumbledore said to Adam before he realized he had given a headstrong boy permission to do something before he got what he wanted.. Thunderclouds book. 'Merlin'
The teens were out of the room faster than you could say Quidditch, Adam could be heard laughing just like Sirius Black did all the way out of doors.
"Adam, you do realize don't you that, you didn't let the headmaster see your grandfather's book don't you?" Hermione asked with a smile.
"Uh huh, diversion tactics, Ma told me that he was a sneaky ol guy."
"That's a bit understated perhaps Adam."
"Huh?"
"He takes the cake when it comes to sneaky Adam, I swear he knows everything. Creepy really. You don't really want to go riding brooms now do you? That was just a way to get out of there wasn't it?"
"Well, I didn't say I wanted to go flying brooms now did I Hermione?"
The look on Hermione's face was priceless and it made Adam laugh right in her face.
"Sorry Hermione, you guys are going to learn how to fly without a broom."
"How do you fly without a broom or some other object exactly Adam?"
Everyones attention was turned to Hermione's conversation with the American when she asked her question.
"Like this."
Adam began to turn into the Thunderbird he had turned into before only this time he took flight and as he flapped his wings, you could hear the echo of thunder. Adam flew around the group of teens with three or four flaps of his mighty wings and landed turning back into Adam's human form.
"Adam, it takes a long time to learn to change into an animal, how long did it take for you to learn to change into... into that bird?" Hermione just gaped at Adam waiting for an answer she might not want to know.
"Uh, 'bout ten minutes I think, I didn't get it right off." Adam said to Hermione.
"It should take you ten months to master the transformation, but ten minutes is incredible"
"Nah, it was easy and you're all powerful enough to pull this one off and if you wanna learn it before Mr. Dumbledore says we can't do it yet then I'll teach you how." Adam said to the group of gobsmacked teens. Harry and Draco looked at each other and raised their eyebrows and shrugged. Harry offered for the both of them, "Ok Adam show us how to do it." He didn't know he had answered for the lot of them.
"Well, all you have to do is, hold your arms out and call the energy from the earth. Once you say the incantation the first time it gets really easy after that. Kind of like just doing it like breathing."
"What's the incantation mate?" Neville said.
Adam turned to the almost silent boy and said to him, "It's 'Thunderbird' Neville. Lets do it together the first time, its easy and after that you just think the word. Before we do it, you got to know how to change back into human first so, what you do is imagine yourself as a human, doing what ever it is that you want to be doing, like walking or sitting or standing but always on the ground or on something when you land. Ok now lets try it Neville, on three you raise your arms and say 'Thunderbird'. One..." the look on Neville's face was one of terror not unlike when he had double potions and had just blown up a cauldron, Snape standing almost on top of him. "...Two..." Neville took a cleansing breath and exhaled " ...Three, 'Thunderbird' " both boys said at the same time and Neville changed into a great bird the very first time. Neville flapped his wings at his friends and a bolt of lightening hit a statue in the garden.
"Oi, Longbottom, really was that necessary?" Draco had drawled at the now huge bird that was once the most uncoordinated wizard at Hogwarts School.
Neville changed back into, well, Neville. Only this Neville was not the one that had turned into the great bird. This Neville stood six inches taller, had longer hair and had become quite a handsome looking young man.
"That was magnificent Adam, Thank you so very much. I can't wait to show Gran." Neville gushed.
"Neville, look at yourself." Hermione said and Luna conjured a mirror for him to see.
"Merlin, look how bloody tall I am, and look at my hair! Woo hoo! You guys got to try it, come on Harry, Draco, you do it too. one, two, three 'Thunderbird' " and Neville changed again into a great massive bird and back into Neville again just to show his friends that if he could do it, then so could they.
"Easy now Nev, I'll give it a try...Uh, Draco, you want to do it with me? " Harry asked Draco innocently.
"Yes as a matter of fact I do want to do it with you Harry, but I think that first lets try the Thunderbird." Draco said to a now blushing Harry.
"Ok, Adam lets do this. If Longbottom there is capable of this, I don't see why we can't get this just as fast. What was it again, one two three raise your hands and say, 'Thunderbird'. " Draco more told Adam than telling him and he changed into a Thunderbird as well. The group of teens was stunned at how easily Draco and Neville turned into the magical creature. "One two three, 'Thunderbird'" Ginny could be heard saying, and in her place stood a bird. Ginny stretched out her wings and could feel the electricity in her wings crackling. She thought it tickled somewhat but it was a wonderful feeling. Ginny changed back into a new and improved Ginny. She stood taller and had filled out in a few girlish places. Her brothers just stared at her. Fred and Blaise were the next to try the transformation and then Greg and Vince and George.
Only Luna hadn't tried the transformation. "What's the matter Luna, you're not worried that something bad will happen to you are ya?" Adam asked the young witch.
"Did you see Ginny? She almost busted out of her robes when she changed back and,..." Luna whispered to Adam, "..I've already got big boobs."
"Don't worry, I think what happened was she finished growing. That's the way she was going to look anyway so I don't think you've got anything that won't be better." Adam tried to reassure Luna. " Ok, Luna lets try it together, it won't hurt a bit. Do what Neville did and it will be a snap. Ready, with me, it will be one, two, three as you pull the power from the earth and say Thunderbird out loud the first time. After that, you won't have to, you can think it. Remember to be on the ground or on something sturdy when you change back"
Luna looked at Adam like he had two heads but she agreed to do it anyway after she thought about it and seeing the others change back and forth witnessing the amazing differences in her schoolmates, she said, "OK Prince Adam, lets do this."
Adam smiled to his apprehensive friend and said, "Good girl Luna, this is easy and you have the power, the first time was scary for me too but I wanted to do it so that made it easier. One, two, three 'Thunderbird'. "
Luna and Adam made the transformation together back and forth a few times until Luna realized she didn't know what she looked like anymore and transfigured a stone into a mirror and stood in front of it looking at the subtle physical changes. Her waist was slimmer as were her hips, her bust was a bit fuller but not anything as amazing as Ginny's. Her hair cascaded down her back in soft waves and it had changed color to an amazing auburn, her lips fuller her cheeks higher, her eyes a bright blue. She turned and walked to Adam and kissed his cheek saying only, "Thank you Adam." and turned to her new companions a different person.. a young woman standing where a girl had just stood moments before and started to weep softly, happy tears.
What she saw were 12 different people, save for Adam, Harry had grown to about six foot four inches, the same as his father, his hair had grown a tad longer but was now tamed into something managable, it was coal black and shiny, Draco was running his fingers through it in complete shock at it's silkiness. The scar on Harry's forehead was almost invisible, his skin was as flawless and he no longer needed glasses to see.
Draco's hair was even lighter than it was before and it was much longer and still completely straight and it was a perfect line of white hair against black robe. If it were possible to be more silky than Harry's was, it would be hard to tell.
Draco too had grown into a tall man, six foot two, an amazing growth of eight inches. Draco's skin had taken on a very healthy tone, not the pale one he had as the preTBird Draco. Draco was a stunning looking young man. Harry and Draco made a very breathtaking sight standing together holding hands looking at each other in amazment.
Blaise was now as tall as the others within a few inches, he was six foot one, broad shouldered and had thick elegant eyebrows, his skin tone was a dark gold. His Italian heritage was very evident in his dark eyes.
Gregory and Vincent were no longer the bullish looking boys that they use to be, far from it indeed. Vince and Greg were almost identical in shape and size the only differences being their faces of course. Their hair had grown to shoulder length, about average for a wizard of their "age" and had changed color to a dark blond. Their eyes remained brown and they were six foot five inches tall, still the largest of the group. Vincent had a goatee beard and Gregory had a handlebar moustache, their physiques had indeed changed, they had body builder muscles. They were physically strong as boys, as men their strength hadn't been tested but it looked like it may have trebled or more.
Hermione had grown taller as well and stood as tall as the other girls, five foot ten inches. Her breasts had too indeed increased in volume, much to the enjoyment of Ron naturally but the other boys were checking out all the girls as well, some just out of curiosity others out of appreciation of the female form.
Hermiones hair wasn't bushy at all anymore, it was wavy and long, very long, like Adam's, down to the butt and very shiny. Her lips too were fuller and very pink, her eyes were the most amazing thing, they had changed into a golden color and her eyelashes were perfect, her features were very pretty to look at.
Neville had blown everyones mind by growing an amazing 9 inches by the time he had finished poping back and forth between bird and human he was six foot three inches, although losing no weight he actually had gained some.. all of it muscle, his hair was black and long and shiny and silky, his eyes had changed to sky blue, he was no longer the chunky potions klutz, his voice had dipped an octave and was very silky and distinguished sounding. Neville sounded and looked just like his father Frank. "Gran is going to crap her bloomers!" Neville gushed at the other astonished teen "Thunderbirds".
Ron was standing with his brothers looking at them in amazement and them at him. What Fred and George saw was no longer 'ickle Ronniekins' but a damn good looking young man with blue eyes like thiers looking back at them. What they didn't know that Ron was actually looking at his brother George's eyes as they were looking at him, as were Freds. Georges eyes had changed color to green. Everything else about the twins was the exact same, they were six foot four inches tall and their freckles had faded like their brother and sister's had. Their hair was as long as Bill and Charley's was and very stylish looking. What could Ron say but, "G-G-George.. y-your, your, eyes, they're green." very much stunned. He could care less what his brothers looked like anyway, but now his brothers were no longer identical.
"THEY'RE." George said,
"WHAT?" Fred finished for him now looking at his brother, they both turned on Adam and screamed, "OI Thundercloud! You've ruined our lives. Look at us." The twins said together.
"What's wrong George, Fred?" Adam said to them, he knew what they were going to say because they weren't remembering that their thoughts could be heard by the Thunderbirds... and Dumbledore.
"You've bloody ruined my eyes." George said indignantly.
"I've done no such thing George, you had green eyes all along. I bet your mama or dad put a glamor on you, so don't get all pissed at me, I didn't fuck you up, but if you want me to, I can..." Adam started to threaten.
"No need mate, I appologize. I shouldn't have gone off all half cocked, if mum and dad can do it, so can I." He blinked a few times and his eyes changed color back to the blue they were supposed to be.
"All better now I see. You are such a paleface." Adam grinned at the twins and Ron. "Draco, we're supposed to be flying, so where's the place you fly? And dudes you got to fix your fucking clothes" The teens transfigured larger versions of what they had been wearing out of the burst seams.
Draco had kept hold of Harry's hand and didn't seem in the least bothered that he was doing it and neither did Harry. Draco turned to talk to Adam because he had been looking at Harry and had secretly groped him when the others weren't looking under the pretext that he was fixing Harry's new clothes.
That was not all that had grown on Harry Potter and Draco was becoming incredibly horny although his manners prevented him from doing much more than the occasional grope or kiss with the others around now that the "clothes" had been attended to. Harry and Draco were totally amazed at their transformations looking at each other like it was the first time all over again. Draco was about to re introduce himself to Harry when Adam had asked his question.
"Follow me Adam. Damn, I am one happy chappy. Good show Adam! Amazing indeed, who would have thought that turning into a bloody scary bird would have done this. Neville's right, not only is his Gran going to crap her cloak but so are the others. Adam, we have our hand in the proverbial cookie jar and even though we're unrestricted now we had better learn as much in a half an hour as we can.
How about we fly the pitch as... Thunderbirds? We could practice manuvers as a group after we figure out how to take off, fly and land." Draco said in almost an instant he was so excited, he didn't realize he was now walking with his arm around Harry's waist.
Harry was amused at this very new Draco. He wished he could meet him all over again and it had happened. This time he would not do the wrong thing and reject Draco's hand. In fact, he intended to ask for it... formally only he didn't think this for very long. The group of teens... adult witches and wizards reached the gates to the pitch and opened it and let the others pass. Draco took the opportunity to say to Harry as Adam walked in ahead of them,
"Hello, I'm Draco Malfoy, pleased to meet you."
Harry blushed he thought to Draco 'I'm Harry Potter, the pleasure is mine.' and the two men shook hands, then kissed a tender kiss, meant to mean something. Walking into the pitch closing the gate behind them, walking to the assembled group hand in hand, they heard Adam begin.
"How about we do something like Draco said and practice some manuvers? You uh, already know one."
Adam said to the puzzled faces.
"Remember when we made the dreamcatcher? And we touched fingers? Well, after we change, we can fly around a bit and get used to our feathers, I'm pretty good at it already so I can help you then we can hover and touch wing tips and we can make a lightening bolt hit a target. but, before we do anything, we gotta slap a silencing spell on this area or there will be such a ruckus when the Gr'ups run their asses down here wondering who got killed. 'kay?" Adam said and got a dozen nods.
"Ok then, as a group we're way powerful, if we do the transformation at the same time, IN formation, we're indestructable to anything and possess the Finger of God. This is some serious shit. I figured you might as well know just what the fuck you're capable of. This is only one of them. Damn, I wish I knew someone that had dragons. We could have so much fun flying with them.. we can't be harmed by dragons, but can harm them, with our talons..."
Adam had gone off on a minor tangent again,.
"... So on with the silencing charms, all at once now, say silencio... one two three 'silencio'.
"Testing, testing one two three" Came out of Adam's mouth, but no sound did.
'Just as I thought. Very good work gang. Remember I said you don't need to say Thunderbird out loud, well, now's a good time to try it. On three. One, two, three, 'Thunderbird'.
As one, the group transformed and made a lightening bolt shoot into the clear blue daytime sky a thunderclap could not be heard but it could kind of be felt by them as it bounced back at them from the stands of the pitch which was the same size as the one at Hogwarts, standard sized of course..and there stood 13 thunder birds with their wings extended.
'You didn't think that we couldn't communicate as a Thunderbird now did you everyone?' Adam thought to everyone..
everybird was thinking about the same thing.. how great this was or words to that effect. They still had not heard how they sounded as birds, the mystery only dawned on Hermione fleetingly because she was anxious to fly.
She hated flying on a broomstick. If she could help it she wouldn't, but as a bird she was anxious to try it. There was no doubt in anybirds mind that they would transform back into human form while in the air.
They didn't know there was a muggle jetliner flying overhead and narrowly missed the lightening that came from the ground. They reported the incident but amongst themselves, they thought it must have been some new "technology" that the military was testing.
'Well, we don't have to touch wingtips, that was a doozie of a lightening bolt. I bet it coulda gone to the moon'
It did, and hit the only things on the moon from the muggle moon walk from the 1960's and the American government knew about it immediately because the lightening went for everything in it's path on its way to the moon, leaving a direct line back to the Malfoy Estate. The Yanks contacted the Muggle British government quickly and soon a car was on its way to Wiltshire.
'Let's just fly around, I suggest clockwise for six passes and then counter clockwise for six and then we can hover. Let's keep low so the Gr'up's don't see us'
'Adam, what is a gr'up?' Hermione thought
'A grown up, an adult.' Adam returned
'Ahh very well then, that's American slang?'
'Nope, my word'
'Let's fly everyone!'
The thirteen Thunderbirds flew to the air as one after some practice flaps to insure them that they could indeed get off the ground when they did that particular thing.
The magnificent birds took to the air circling the pitch until all of them were off the ground, soon they were flying behind each other in circles when Adam led them off into the other direction. Adam flew to a halt and hovered just flapping his wings almost imperceptively, sparkling could be seen from his wings but there was still silent thunder.
'Anyone wanna find out what it's like to transform from up here?' Adam thought to his new friends. He was laughing out loud, silently of course, and he heard a chorus of .. NO and Are you out of your bloody mind?
'Ok then lets get down from here, I'm getting kinda hungry again'
The teens circled the pitch and landed simultaineously. The silencing spell was... effective still. 'Let's go inside and shock the Gr'ups' Adam thought to the young adult witches and wizards. All of them had grown into thier adult selves.
Hermione thought to the group,
'I guess the need to accelerate our learning speed has become evident now hasn't'
Ron thought back to Hermione,
' 'Mione, you would bloody think of something like that right before we go shock the Order of the Phoenix'
'We're almost at the gate of the pitch, the silencing spell will be off so don't everybody talk at once'
Adam thought to the group that was about to leave the pitch and hear for the first time their adult voices.
"Testing, testing, bloody hell!" Ron exclaimed to the group, "I sound good!"
"Honestly Ronald Weasley, you didn't sound bad before." Hermione said back to him. She giggled at her voice.
"Adam, I suggest that we go back into the house and take a look at that bloody book that Dumbledore was going on about. Maybe we can find something else to make mischief with." Draco supplied dryly, the group laughed at the humor in it. His voice was much smoother.
"Oh, Adam that would be brilliant don't you think? Share information with the Order of the Phoenix and get nothing in return for it?" Blaise said.
The smile that was on Neville's face hadn't left it since they landed in the pitch and had transformed back into human form. He had heard what Blaise had said to Adam and the smile left his face but only briefly. Neville's deepest desire was to avenge his parents and it was always in the back of his mind, not going anywhere. He didn't want anything in return.
"Oh, I won't let them see the whole thing, just some of the more clever joke spells and stuff like that." Adam said to Blaise, George and Fred overheard Adam say 'joke' and that immediately got their attention.
"Oi, Adam mate," George started, "..what kind of joke spells?" Fred finished.
"Well, I think some of them are funny, but they're for battlefield use really, like the 'shit your pants if you cast a spell' spell. That's used for distracting your enemy." Adam supplied
"Eew, I think I'll skip that one thank you very much." Luna had said, Hermione nodding her head in agreement with her friend.
Ginny was the only one of the females that had other ideas about that one.
"You can see for yourself later, right now, I think things are going to be a bit interesting for a while when we walk inside." Adam said to George and Fred as he looked at the faces of the "Gr'ups". Something was not right.
"Her Majesties government is sending and investigative team to the manor to see into a bolt of lightening emanating from the quidditch pitch. Anyone want to offer an explaination? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, RONALD, GINNY, FRED, GEORGE and you Harry dear?" Molly Weasley shouted finally, when she noticed the new looks of her children and the others.
"A very good question indeed Molly." Dumbledore said to the even more red face of the round witch that was now gawping like a fish out of water.
"Well, we musta let loose with a bolt when we all changed into Thunderbirds at one time. We had ought to not do that so closely again I recon Mr. Dumbledore. Did you say that muggles were coming here to see what happened? Let 'em look there's nothing out on the pitch anymore." Adam grinned at the old wizard.
"There hasn't been a muggle on the estate in 400 years Adam, and for good reason." Draco said. His mother was approaching with Neville's Grandmother who was smiling radiantly at her grandson. Neville's Gran saw her son standing behind Harry and Draco in the form of her grandson Neville. "I had doubts about him Narcissa, I really did, but now look at him, look at them all!"
Narcissa had now joined them and with a stern look on her face said,
"Draco, quickly, you and the others change into muggle clothing and go greet our guests at the gates with a carriage. Do not let them drive their automobiles onto the grounds. Arthur, you and Molly go to the pitch and cast a charm on the pitch, let them see a wrecked muggle generator or something that looks like it could have sent a bolt of lightening into the sky, I'll make sure that they all see something different and Albus will enchant their reports so that as soon as they're read, they'll be forgotten. There's nothing that we can do about it now except wait for them to leave."
"Or we could make a time turner and go back and not do it..." Adam offered the rapidly cacaphonous conversation. Everyone stopped talking and turned to Adam at once.
"There is only one way to turn back time for the entire planet Adam and it rests in the book that your grandfather left to you." Dumbledore said to Adam, his face not grave but not as jovial as it had been.
"Nuh uh! I got a timeturner that will do the trick. I wanna play with the muggles first before I use it though." Adam said back to Dumbledore a bit defiantly.
"May I see it Adam?"
"Sure, right here." Adam reached into his shirt and pulled out the Magical device that Dumbledore had seen before, the last time being when he had last seen Thundercloud himself.
"That's your grandfather's?"
"No, it's mine."
"No need to be upset Adam, I mean it used to be your grandfather's?"
"Yes sir."
"Then indeed, let us use it. Adam, that is not only a time turner, but it could be key in our defeat of Voldemort. Ok now I believe that one good turn should do it. Now off with you back to the pitch before the muggles arrive."
"Ok gang, one last look at your younger old selves then?" Adam said to his new group of friends. The 13 of them went to the pitch and gave the time turner a good twist and they were younger again. "I think that when we change as a group we shouldn't touch wing tips, who know's what could happen and we haven't had target practice yet."
"That might be best Adam." Draco said.
"Right then, lets step back, and begin." The teens stepped back a good distance from each other and as one they began the transformation into Thunderbirds and once again took to the air for some flying practice. When the hour had expired, they were once again at the gate to the pitch walking to the manor holding the same conversations that they had the first time they had returned to the house.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU RONALD,GINNY, FRED, GEORGE and you too Harry!"
"I believe that the children are no longer such Molly. They are the adults that they were to have grown into which makes it perhaps easier to accelerate their education beginning tomorrow. Adam, I think that did the trick don't you?"
Everyone looked at the old wizard curiously when he asked Adam the cryptic question. Adam looked at Dumbledore smiled and asked, "No muggles?"
"No muggles."
"Darn."
"That's ok. Grandpa's necklace has more to it than just a time turner. It says so in the book."
"Maybe now we can take a peek at it hmmm?"
"Ok sure why not. I'll go get it." Adam turned from Dumbledore and ran in the direction of his bedroom.
"Oi, Adam wait up." Draco said to his cousin
"Ok, Draco, come on then."
"Adam, this is all very new to us, not the magic but, well, if yesterday morning came again, I'd say that you were crazy if you said that I'd be snogging Draco Malfoy and crazy in love with him..."
Draco's expression changed into one of a very relieved man, he too had been having the same deep thoughts and he squeezed Harry's hand when he said he was crazy in love with him.
"...but, I'm supposed to be the one that has to battle Voldemort and kill him, so what I guess what I'm trying to say is..."
"That you don't want to kill anyone. Well, no one want's to kill anybody..."
"Voldemort does."
"Well, I'm sure that on your judgement day, you'll be accepted into heaven above and not sent into damnation for eternity Harry. If you are predestined to off Voldypants, then do it and go on living. Where's that book? Ah, yes here it is." Adam transfigured a sock into his grandfathers book.
"Very clever Adam, I'll have to remember that when I want to hide something."
"Let's hope you don't need to hide something like this." Adam said holding up his grandfathers spell and story book.
"What's so special about that book anyway Adam? Dumbledore sure seems very interested in seeing the contents." Draco asked his cousin.
"There is a whole section on war spells in it. I suppose that's what he wants to see."
"Knowing that dodgy old wizard, I wouldn't doubt it." Draco said dryly, Harry just laughed knowing all too well how tricky Dumbledore was.
"Well, it's all come together for me now fellas, I know why ma sent me here and it's to help you guys and Mr. Dumbledore get that Voldydude. I promise that nothing will hurt you or any of the Thunderbirds. We're all family now, My family and I won't take anybody's shit for protecting them." The boys had returned to the solarium with Thundercloud's war book.
"Ah, thank you Adam. Perhaps we could look at it over here where everyone can see it." Dumbledore said to Adam.
Adam nodded to the old wizard and headed for a table in the middle of the sun room. Dumbledore began by explaining a few things about what the book could mean to the war effort to the group and as Adam opened the book, a flash of lightening sprang forth and hit an amulet on Dumbledore's robes. "Wonder what that was?" Adam exclaimed.
"It is the key to decyphering some of the runes in the book Adam. Your grandfather and I devised a way for this book to be read two ways, one the way we are now and two, to see the real words and meanings you would need to have this." Dumbledore held up a small amulet and upon closer inspection of it there was a Thunderbird etched on the surface.
"Ma has one of those too Mr. Dumbledore. It has something to do with the sky magic."
"That is correct Adam, but in the last war against the dark, your grandfather and I devised a way to protect the secrets hidden inside should it fall into the wrong hands, so it could not be used against us. We are all priviledged to be looking at such a treasure of the light wizarding world. Thank you Adam for sharing it with us."
"You're welcome Mr. Dumbledore. There's some pretty interesting potions in there too but you guys must know about most of them, I think there's even a cure for werewolves in there and the worst one of all in my opinion is the one that will make ya a squib." Adam shuddered at the thought of not being able to use magic.
"There are definitely some interesting spells and charms in here Adam, but the one I'm looking for has to do with your staff and your grandfather's necklace."
"Oh, that one, it's... right here." Adam showed the now mirthful old wizard.
"Very good Adam, thank you, with the incantation here, your amulet and your staff, we have a very formidable weapon that can be used as a weapon against the dark side."
The adult witches and wizards were listening very closely to the reparte between the teen wizard and the leader of the light side against Voldemort. When the mention of a weapon though the silence was broken.
"Albus, do you mean that with Adam's staff, that book and his necklace we can defeat Voldemort?" Narcissa asked.
"In a word, yes, but there is much to do before a final battle can take place. Just over an hour ago Voldemort's forces attacked several wizarding families in five different villages on the northern coast of the island..."
"Headmaster, I didn't feel any such disturbance, my scar..."
"Harry, when you changed into a Thunderbird, I believe the connection between your scar and Voldemort changed somewhat, you are no longer suseptable to the pain in which you were subjected to this morning while you slept. This could be a very good thing indeed for you."
"Does this mean that I won't be able to see what he's doing anymore?" Harry's hopes had jumped tenfold.
"Harry, if you want to see what he's doing there's a way to do that. After what we saw this morning is an example of what we can expect for the future, I see no reason that you've need to worry about that any longer. What magic did you use Adam?"
"Dream magic sir, I used a nightmare catcher and a pain stopper, I didn't know what was going on at first. We made Harry a dreamcatcher so it wouldn't happen again, maybe that's why Harry wasn't stricken when those attacks happened. I don't want him to hurt like that again, but if he takes off the amulet, I don't know what will happen to him." Adam answered Dumbledore with hint of concern in his voice for his new brother.
"I think Adam that, all will be well once again and very soon. Is anyone hungry besides myself?" Dumbledore said to the group of amazed witches and wizards.
"I surely am Albus, why don't we adjourn to the dining room and we'll have ourselves a spot of lunch, I'm sure that there is much to discuss as well." Narcissa said and the entire group followed their hostess.
Every hour that day was spent in discussion about everything from ministry business to how remarkable the changes were to the teenagers and some explainations by Dumbledore as well as a few stories about Adam's grandfather as well as how the last dark wizard was defeated by Dumbledore with the help of Navajo Magic, supplied of course by Thundercloud.
It was getting late into the evening, tea and supper had come and gone, Harry and Draco had gone off for a while together leaving time for the rest of the teens to wonder what they could be up to since they now knew that Draco and Harry had become a couple which was odd considering that only a day ago they had been enemies. Draco and Harry chose that time to return to the gathering.
"Oi, Harry, what have you and Draco been doing?" Ron asked his slightly red faced friend.
"Uh, Ron..." Harry started,
"We've been doing what you and Granger should have been doing since forth year Weasley." Draco finished for Harry who was now blushing very brightly.
Ron's face was now as deep a red as his hair was, and he looked at Hermione who was laughing to herself, along with Ginny and Luna.
"I believe that it is time to retire for the evening shortly and we've a very busy day tomorrow and for the next few weeks as well, I suggest we all get some rest tonight, Merlin know's we are going to need it." Dumbledore said and turned to Narcissa to bid his farewell for the evening. "Narcissa, I think we should keep the Thunderbirds here until they've finished their accelerated learning process. They can go into muggle London just before they go to America and get some proper clothing. I don't think that they will be a problem."
"If they know what's good for them they won't be a problem Albus. Birdy and I shared quite a bit when we were in school and afterwards as well. I'm not as worried as I was Albus, but I believe that one day, perhaps, Lucius will be able to rejoin our family, if he's not..."
"We shall see my dear if and when the time comes, I too wish for your family to be complete once again."
"Thank you Albus, I'll see them to bed." Narcissa said to the old wizard.