The Thunderbirds First Secret Battle
"...What are they doing?" Molly said to Narcissa just as she turned to look where Molly was looking just in time to see them form into a circle and change into Thunderbirds. The two witches just stood with their mouths open at the incredible sight they had just witnessed.
"Molly, floo Albus, get the Order here, I'll floo the War Department and have an Auror's battalion sent immediately and tell them not to throw battle hexes at the childeren... uh the Thunderbirds. Go!" Narcissa said urgently to the portly red headed witch.
"Albus Dumbledore!" Molly threw some floo powder into the fire and shouted.
"What is it Molly? Is there something wrong? Is everyone alright?" Dumbledore asked the frantic witch.
"We're under attack, the wards are holding but the children all turned into Thunderbirds and I think that they're going to try something. Hurry Albus!"
"I'll summon the Order and be there shortly Molly, is Arthur monitoring the floo?"
"Yes, he's in the kitchen."
"Have him shut down all the floo's except the one in the foyer of the manor, you and Narcissa stand by there to repel unwanted guests."
"Alright Albus, Narcissa is calling the ministry's war department right now. Those bloody fools better not cast a single hex at one of my children."
"I'm not sure that they won't try Molly. Be brave, now go, I have work to do and so do you." Dumbledore said and his head disappeard from the magical fire.
"Arthur!"
"...And I want them here ten minutes ago." Narcissa could be seen standing at the small fireplace in Lucius'old study talking to someone at the ministry.
Narcissa stepped away from the fire and looked to Molly with deep concern in her eyes. She had never been attacked by Death Eaters but she had certainly been around enough of them to know how foul they really were and with Lucius in Azkaban prison and Narcissa not pardoning him the gravity of the situation did not escape her.
"Albus said to stand by the foyer fireplace to repel unwanted guests. Let's set up a cross fire from either side of the room. Got your wand handy Cissa?" Molly smirked to her friend of many years.
"Never walk around home without it Molly dear. Now let us tell Arthur the plan and get to the foyer to greet the Order." Narcissa said with an air of confidence but with a look of deep concern on her face.
Up in the air over Malfoy Manor the Thunderbirds were flying higher than they had ever risen before looking for what ever was hammering on the wards.'Shout when you see something and I'll show you how to sneak up on em, take em out and be back up in the air in a heartbeat. If they throw a hex at you it will trigger a lightening bolt to discharge from your wings to the source of the hex so don't worry about being shot out of the sky. Remember, together we're invincible'.
Adam was giving the Thunderbirds a pep talk when Luna said 'There they are'
'Ok, I got 'em now, you guys watch, I'm going to take out the last one, Draco you and Harry cast an anti apparition charm 500 yards behind them and on both sides so it'll be harder for em to escape. They don't need to know about us just yet, but, I for one wanna go scare the shit out of Harry's Aunt, Uncle and cousin tonight don't you'
With that, Adam was almost invisible to the night sky as he dove tucked wing picking up speed as he decended, he reached his talons out and swooped down on the unsuspecting Death Eater and snatched him skyward in less time it takes to blink an eye, his wings spread out, magical fire could be seen coming from his wings as he flew to the cliff that he had flown over when he arrived in Britain on Pipsqueak.
The heavy wizard weighed nothing to Adam. As he was a magical bird, he was very similar to a Phoenix in many ways, one being that he was able to carry extremly heavy loads. Adam flew over the cliff and let the Death Eater drop to the rocks in the sea below.
'Ok, one down' 'what did you do to him Adam?' Luna said from the ground as she landed, 'I let him go' Adam responded. 'You did what?' Ron said his wing flapping getting a little stronger as the Thunderbirds hovered surveilling the area for more Death Eaters before they went to get the 20 or so witchs and wizards that were trying to break the wards on the manor.
'I didn't say where I let him go Ron' Adam thought back to him with a serious mood to his mental tone.
'Ok mate, just wondering was all.' Ron said, 'I think I see another one that's alone. I'll be right back.'
Ron dove just like Adam had at the lone wizard. He was readying some sort of canon to shoot at the wards and perhaps the manor itself. When Ron came swooping silently out of the night sky talons extended and with the reflexes of a Quidditch seeker, the lone wizard was in his grasp. Talons were sinking into the flesh of his prey and it didn't bother Ron a bit, he'd lost friends to the war already and if taking this guy out would save a life, so be it.
'Where did you drop that bloke off Adam?' Ron thought,
'Just over those trees Ron, give him the same option as the other guy. Too bad for him if he can't understand your instructions. Hurry baaaack.!' Adam thought to Ron.
'In a tic mate. Now Mr. Death Eater, if you can fly go ahead. Here's where I let you off'
'That was cold little brother.' 'There might be something to be'
' said about you after all'
' Ronniekins the cold' George and Fred thought.
Everyone laughed, after all, Ron was a Gryffindor not a Slytherin.
'Theres still hope for you left, Weasley' Draco said. Harry would have laughed out loud if he could have at that moment. He was looking over the more than a hundred death eaters when he heard,
'I'm next down' Neville thought and was on his way down before anyone could bat an eye and before you know it he was in the air with another D.E. flying higher than Adam or Ron had on his way out towards the cliff and the sea.
'If you can't fly Mr. Death Eater, tough shit.'
Neville thought and let the man go. and flew off to his friends.
'Eew Nev mate, we're going to have to work on your targeting skills in Arizona. You missed the water'
'By how much?'
'Hundred yards or so. That guy went splat 3 feet from the edge of the cliff'
'That'll make it easier for the Auror's to pick him up'
'Neville,that was cold. They'll need a spatula to pick him up, you really creamed him.'
'Serves him right, now are we going to talk about those people before or after we give them flying lessons? Neville had thought to everyone, Ginny's voice could be heard 'looks like they've cracked the ward on the walls, how many more between them and the mansion Draco?'
'At least 4 but they're not as strong as the first one was. I suggest that we let them know we're here, Harry and I put an anti apparition ward behind them 500 yards like you said while we watched Neville here miss the water. Good shooting there Longbottom'
'You're easy to impress then Draco' Neville's confidence in himself was almost overwhelming when he said that. Everyone that knew Neville could sense a change in him.
'Look everyone, the eastern gate!' Blaise could be heard saying.
'looks like a hundred or so trying to get in, they're surrounding the manor' Adam exclaimed.
'Ok lets take out those guys doing the ward bashing and worry about the others later' Luna said.
'Ladies first' Adam said to the girls
'And it's a damn good thing too Thundercloud'
Ginny could be heard saying as she dove for the ground wings behind her going faster than even the boys besides Adam had done, her talons were extended and spread wide. She was going to take out two at one time. Ginny dove out of the night sky just as someone unfortunately, cast a lumos spell at her not knowing she was there. A bolt of lightening came from her talons and killed the wizard that had cast the simple lumos spell skyward.
Just as Ginny's lightening bolt hit it's target, she had two more wizards by the shoulders and neck and she was flapping her wings mightily skyward when six wizards turned to see the great bird take to the sky. They had to report this immediately to the dark lord and tried to apparate from the scene. They could not and they could not break the charm that Harry and Draco had used to prevent it. They were the next targets and they seemed to know it.
Once Ginny had returned to the formation she was almost on fire she was so pumped. 'Three with one pass, top that George or Fred'
'Oi, remind us to'
'never piss you off little sister.'
'Ok lets get those guys before the other guys know we've got these ones. Attack formation in a circle, peel off after me and head towards the ocean'
Adam shouted orders and the others were quite willing to let him take the lead in this thier first action as Thunderbirds.
'If they can still reach their wand's, rip their head's off and leave em where you killed 'em. this is a war don't feel bad about ending the darkness.
The 13 Thunderbirds came falling silently out of the sky, each aiming for a different D.E. The pounding of the wards continued as there were 3 more D.E.'s to take out before they could work on the ones that were going to be trapped by wards within the walls of the Malfoy estate when the outer ward was put back in place.
'Harry, you and Draco and me are going to take them out face to face, lets land, you all stay aloft til we get 'em taken care of, then we'll join back up and take out the other ones, I'm sure your ma and the Weasley's ma and pa would like us to come back inside. I told you we were unstoppable and we are. We got a job to do, Harry, Draco'
The three Thunderbirds landed silently and changed to their human forms, they had learned a thing or two about wandless magic and they were confident that they wouldn't be harmed in trying to capture the three remaining D.E.'s that were hammering the wards of the manor.
The three wizards transfigured their clothes into ones of midnight black and were almost invisible except for Draco's hair. The trio crept up on the wizards that were firing hex after hex at the wards protecting the new ministress of magic as well as Prince Thundercloud et al. The three young men stood behind the wizards that were wrecking valuable property with rapid fire reducto hexes and curses. Adam reached down to the ground and picked up three stones and they changed shape wandlessly into clubs, giving one to Harry and Draco.
"Crack"
"Crack"
"Crack"
Could be heard as high as the flying Thunderbirds were hovering. The 10 flying magical birds watched as Draco, Adam and Harry changed back into Thunderbirds and rejoined them.
'Those three will be in Azkaban prison before morning, no one will find them unless we tell them where to look' Draco said to the formation 'Now lets go and take prisoners or let em die trying to take us out' Adam said with a maniacal thought.
With the pounding on the wards halted, Narcissa went to look out of the window's at the front of the house. She could see the Thunderbirds swooping out of the sky and fly off with one and two people at a time. "Come and watch this Molly! Arthur!" Narcissa was awed at what she was witnessing.
Vincent and Gregory and Luna had transformed back into their human forms and had created a make shift jail where the flying Thunderbirds could drop off their catch and return for more. As the prisoners were flown to the holding pen, Luna hit them with Expelliarmus, and confiscated their wands before they were on the ground. Greg and Vince made them strip willingly or not, so they couldn't hide weapons and made them sit on the ground. Many of them arrived unconscious and bleeding from talon wounds. They could be treated medically then clothed. Could be. Greg and Vince being careful no one noticed that they used wandless magic to heal the punctures but they did nothing to wake them if they were out already. The ones that awoke and caused a disturbance were hit with a stupify to keep them quiet.
Goyle and Crabbe were ruthless, Luna wasn't any easier on the prisoners as she usually hit them with the Expelliarmus before they hit the ground and couldn't cushion thier landings as they were dropped off by the fast magical birds.
The ten flying Thunderbirds weren't worried that their prey would get away because the wards repaird themselves after the pounding that they had been taking stopped. Hence, once the D.E.'s had crossed the thresh hold of the wards, they were trapped, but they were still deadly.
Many D.E.'s started to cast hexes at the flying birds and each time one of them got hit with anything, a lightening bolt came from their talons and killed the spell caster immediately. Nothing as big of course as when they make lightening together, but impressive still. The Death Eaters were doing their best to escape and do as much damage as possible. It seemed that they were going to be captured or killed so that made them even more ruthless in the voracity of their curses.
"Woosh, woosh" could be heard behind Narcissa, Molly and Arthur, they turned in time to see several Aurors who were Order members with Dumbledore step thru the fireplace, almost at once, Dumbledore the most graceful of all.
"What is going on, the ministry Aurors and the Order members cannot get inside to assist you." Dumbledore said urgently to the three surprisingly calm people before him.
"Albus, come watch before it's all over with." Arthur said to the leader of the OotP and head of the Hogwarts government. Dumbledore watched the battling magical creatures and the Death Eaters with a look of amusement and relief in his eyes.
"They are incredible as a team Albus, don't you agree?" Narcissa said quietly to the old wizard.
"And Birdy hasn't hasn't had the opportunity to give them lessons in tactics on the battlefield. Yes, quite amazing indeed. When did they change into Thunderbirds?"
"About 20 minutes ago when the assault on the wards began and we contacted you"
"There have been Death Eater attacks all over Britain this evening, that's why the Aurors are late and on the outside waiting to apparate in."
"It seems that the only thing that they'll be doing is escorting those miserable excuses for witches and wizards to the Ministry hospital ward for questioning, assuming that they are all right of course, I didn't see any of them being handled too gently." Narcissa mused, the Malfoy smirk on her face.
"Let us go and join our young allies,the Thunderbirds. It seems that they are landing now and surrounding the area that they've been keeping prisoners.
'I do hope this is the beginning of the end' Dumbledore mused to himself 'I'm so tired of all of this, ah yes! Baby Ruth thats it, I want one of those muggle candybars from America. Thunderclouds favorite if I remember correctly'
His gaze went from the backs of wizards to the area where a "jail" of sorts was holding almost 85 wizards and witches were caught alive by the Thunderbirds. They could see that the Thunderbirds were changing back into themselves behind a hedgerow and directed his attention elsewhere.
Dumbledore stopped where he was, surveying the creative use of binding charms and stupify hexes as well as spells that stopped bleeding but did not really heal wounds and a pile of broken wands. Suffering could be seen on the unmasked faces of the Death Eaters that were captured so easily by mere teenaged, although powerful witches and wizards and fully trained, they still had not graduated from Hogwarts and they had not sought out direction.
Dumbledore turned as the teen witches and wizards came up the path behind him from where they had changed back into their human form. Luna and Crabbe and Goyle had sealed the make shift jail and joined their friends and the present Order members.
"I trust that you are all well?" Dumbledore said to the TBirds in general, looking from face to face at these shining bright stars of the light wizarding world. He could not have been more proud of them at that moment. The lot of them affirmed that they indeed were intact and unharmed. Luna had collected the cores of the wands she had broken and gave them to Adam as per his request.
"It seems that the Thunderbirds ARE a force to be reconned with and coming from me that is saying something. I'm very proud of you children, excuse me for saying children as I can see now that you are not children and as such, I believe that you shall from now on be treated as adults. You have special rights and priveledges that must be held in the highest regard and your deeds tonight are proof of that. You could have killed ALL of these people but you did not."
"Excuse me headmaster, " Draco began in a very sarcastic drawl, everyone knew what was coming as they had heard this tone very intimately for the past two weeks straight, "Perhaps you should check for the wizards that were pounding the wards until they gave way. We let them go."
"Pardon me Mr. Malfoy? Did they escape?"
"Well sir, no but,we didn't bother to pick them up and take them somewhere as safe as they would have been in Miss Lovegood's wonderful care. We let them go when they were asked if they could fly."
"What happened to them Mr. Malfoy?"
"We put dropped them off just over there." Draco said pointing in the direction of the western cliff face where they had dropped the attacking D.E.'s on the rocks below. He wore a completely innocent face as did the others.
"Headmaster, they didn't want to escape evidently, when given the opportunity to fly away they chose not to. We even let them keep their wands." Ginny said from behind Draco.
"They did what? Miss Weasley?"
"Well, it's not like we could bloody well pick up their wands while we had them by the shoulders and escorting them away from that bloody awful cannon!"
"Gin," Fred hissed from behind his baby sister.
"It's quite alright Fred, I understand the situation, go on Miss Weasley, you seem to be doing quite well so, please do continue." Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling and he was grinning, somewhat amused at the situation.
"Well, Adam took the first wizard out over there, and we could all hear the man yelling for Adam to let him go, seems our uh, talons are a bit sharp, anyway, Adam did."
"Did what Miss Weasley?"
"Let him go."
"You mean he released him?"
"No, I mean he let him go. He had his wand and didn't even try to cast a simple levitation spell, of course..."
"Pardon?"
"Well, he was bleeding pretty good when Adam let him go and well, bloodkindapouredoutallatonce when he took his talons out."
Adam said, "That's not exactly right Ginny," He had been silently laughing at Ginny's attempt at an excuse for what happened after Draco had become evasive and Ginny got a bit shirty and now the tale was getting out of hand and above all, Adam was honest to a T and wouldn't lie to Mr. Dumbledore. He knew what Ginny was doing, she was trying to tell a lie to Dumbledore to see if she could. Very sneaky indeed. "I told them what to do and they followed what I said to do, Neville here was the only one that let his guy down on the ground..."
"Aye from 200 feet up mate!" Blaise said laughing now at Neville's reddening but smiling face.
"So I let him down too soon. He could have walked away that one. Personally I would have transfigured the rock he landed on into a big pillow." Neville said, starting to sound like his host of the last two weeks.
"That would be the soul over there.. and there.. and there, Professor Dumbledore." Luna said putting in her two knuts worth.
"Thank you Miss Lovegood"
"Any time sirrrrrrr," Luna said beginning to have a vision, the teens that were talking to Dumbledore all reached out to touch Luna and she began to clear her mind and tell what she was seeing to the headmaster, the others could see because of the Thunderbird bond, but could not speak out loud when they were helping Luna with her gift. Luna didn't exactly sound like herself all the time. "...Voldemort is looking into a scrying pool with someone... he's cutting his hand and letting the blood drop into the pool... there's smoke over the water... Voldemort looks like he's screaming at the man... he's drawing his wand.. oh, he A.K'd the person and now he's staring at the pool, he can't see what it is.. it's a woman with a staff, long black hair standing in a big rock with a hole in it, everything is kinda red around her..."
"Birdy" Dumbledore said along with Narcissa who had joined the group of teens, Molly and Arthur were there as well listening.
"Can you see anything else Luna?" Dumbledore said to the surrounded witch.
"yes, he's put someones head under the water in the pool, he's drowning him it looks like... no, he's pulled him ... oh its a woman and he's cursing her... she's convulsing on the floor and Voldemort is just laughing now... that's it. It's over with now it went as fast as it came. You can let go of me now, thank you." Luna finished looking well, just fine. Her visions had become easier for her to scry and, with the help of her friends they were very detailed.
"How about you Harry, did you feel anything at all yourself?"
"No sir, I wasn't seeing what I usually see like through Voldemorts eyes or something, I saw what Luna was seeing, and I didn't feel it at all when he killed that wizard. I did feel a bit amused when he hit the Death Eater with the cruciatus I'll admit." Harry said to the headmaster sounding more like James everyday.
"Very well then Harry. Is there anything else to add so we can clean all of this up?" a round of "No sir's" could be heard from everyone.
"Well, I have a question or two if you don't mind." Narcissa spoke up giving Molly a wink as she stepped up to the group of young people.
"By all means Narcissa." Dumbledore said.
"What was Little Bird doing while she was standing in the rock?"
"She had two fingers out like this." Draco said holding one hand up with two fingers spread out.
"She put the seer's eyes out it seems, but how she knew she was being scry'd I'll never know."
"She's just plain spooky. That's how, Narcissa." Adam offered, the group giggled at his little joke.
"I'd also like to know what you want for your birthday Draco, Adam, Harry, Neville? It's not everyday that 4 young men turn 16 at one time, although you look like you are in your early twenties. Thunderbird magic works so mysteriously."
"You don't have to get me anything Mrs. Malfoy." Harry said.
"Or me Narcissa." Adam said.
"Me either Mrs. Malfoy." Neville said just as quickly.
"Oh, you know Mother, the usual extravagant party and tons of gifts for starters would be nice." Draco said without batting an eye like it was expected that he would be showered with gifts.
"Nonsense you three..." pointing to the three wizards that declined her offer of a birthday present. "... and as for you Draco...you'll be pleased. Neville, your grandmother has sent your presents here seeing as how you've been sequestered here except for the short trip to London for muggle clothing. Now, I asked a question. What would you like for your sixteenth birthday boys and don't be shy about it either, Lucius was a very rich man so get creative." That gave the boys something to consider and they put their heads together to come up with something that they could share perhaps. Adam knew at once what he wanted because he wanted one since he was a little boy.. a dragon.
"I want to see a dragon... up close." Adam said to Narcissa.
"Oh, I see, well dear I'll see what I can do. How about you Neville? Your mother is a dear friend of mine and so is your father. What do you think you would ask them for if you had the opportunity?" Narcissa asked Neville sweetly.
"I have everything I want Mrs. Malfoy, but if mum and dad were able, I suppose I would ask them for a greenhouse. We've certainly got the room at home. I can't really ask them for a brother or sister now can I?" Neville said smiling. he Longbottom estate was pretty large and it was just him and his Gran and the house elves. Plenty of room for a greenhouse
"Harry, I know you need for nothing, but what would you like?"
Harry looked at Narcissa with his deep emerald eyes for a second before his gaze went to Draco and he smiled. He turned his head back to Mrs. Malfoy when he said, "Mrs. Malfoy, I do need for something, something that I have never received in my life before up until a few weeks ago that is, and what I would like, is to ask Draco to marry me. That is, if it's alright with you." Harry's stunning answer to Narcissa's question came as a surprise to everybody except Adam and Ginny, Luna and Hermione. It was only a matter of time before this happened, but they didn't think it would happen so suddenly. The twins, Ron, Blaise, Vince, Greg and Neville weren't as shocked as the adults were.
"Married Harry?" Molly almost screamed "You're much too young dear. You can't get married."
"Actually Molly they can if they choose to, they're both at the age of consent as of tomorrow as far as wizarding marriage laws go and we cannot stop them. It is not at all uncommon for bonded soul mates of the same sex to marry and even have children if they so choose. In Harry and Draco's case, they have the potential to have them without the aid of potions. When were you two going to tell me that you were an item? You've got some explaining to do. Bonded soul mates? Does that mean that you've already... uh.. " Narcissa blathered quickly.
"Yes mother, we have and we are, and tomorrow when Harry asks you, I want you to tell him it's alright for him to ask me to marry him. That's what I want for my birthday, I changed my mind." Draco said to his mother, a very calm Malfoy exterior in an expression that was all too familiar to Narcissa.
"Don't look at me like that darling, your face might stay that way." Narcissa said just as haughtily as Draco did. "Who do you think taught your father that facial expression anyway? hmm?"
"It was you mother?"
"Of course, I didn't want your father getting hurt around Voldemort. I couldn't stop him and wizarding law prevents me from testifying against him in the wizengamot courts and besides he has things so well hidden in the manor it would take a hundred years to find it. Your father is very clever you know."
"You don't have to remind me mother. Now will I have what I want on my birthday?"
"We'll see my dragon."
Harry whispered into Draco's ear "I'd like to see your dragon again Draco."
Draco blushed a very deep red considering how white he was.
"You palefaces sure do make funny colors" Adam interjected as Draco turned a deeper red.
"Shut it Black."
"...ok." Adam was not going to upset his cousin seeing as how he looked like he might melt at any moment. "I'm hungry again."
"I guess so after what you poor dears had to go through" Molly said, mother hen mode setting in, "Lets pop back inside and get a spot of something, you all look like you could use it."
The group of excited yet tired young wizards fresh from their first battle as Thunderbirds went into the mansion with the the older wizards chattering about the bombshell that Harry had dropped, and the fight that they had just won without a single injury to any of them. They had been hexed and cursed at repeatedly, and only a few spells got close enough to hit their targets, the ones that did were dead.
There were 85 mostly live prisoners at the pitch. After the Aurors were allowed to apparate onto the estate after Harry and Draco lifted the anti apparition ward for them to get in.
The most seriously wounded prisoners were being attended to by the ministry aurors and mediwizards before they were clothed and sent to Azkaban prison via the MLE War Department, there were no trials, this was a war and they were prisoners wounded in a battle that they lost.
Adam brought up the rear of the group and he listened to the conversation that Draco and Harry were having. They weren't thinking their conversation so Adam had to listen carefully, he could hear clearly but he didn't want to miss anything he might be able to help them with. He really was a romantic at heart.
"Harry, when, how, did you... decide that... after just two weeks..."
"It's been five years Draco"
"We've only just.."
"I realized that after we were attacked tonight that, I've loved you since we met at Madam Malkin's place"
"I know that Harry, me too"
"I know Draco, the point is, I don't want to live an empty life after this war without you. We've both lost too much already, I've lost everyone I've ever loved almost and I don't want to lose you as well. I love you Draco. Thats why I want to marry you."
Adam chose that moment to interrupt the romantic banter.
"Draco, Harry will you let me make your wedding rings?"
"Adam..." Draco began, Harry put a finger to his lips to hush him.
"That would be lovely brother." Harry said for the two of them grinning at his love.
"Thanks you two. Now what's say we go eat, and leave the Gr'ups to do what ever they do and we go and scare the shit out of some muggles and mess with them or did you forget?"
"I thought that after what went on.." Draco said to Adam a bit puzzled.
"That we need to have some fun of a different sort?" Adam finished for Draco. Harry just smiled and hugged Draco closer to his side as they walked in together with Adam.
"T1 in t minus one hour Thunderbirds" Adam whispered to his cousin and his brother as they stepped inside the manor. They could hear the others all shout out mentally that they were glad to be doing this for Harry... and because they could.