Warning... good stuff ahead. There is ritual blood magic, nakedness, and swearing, hence the rating.
I still don't own Most of the characters in MY story, JKR does. I lay claim to the story itself, I just wanted to play with them. I'm not making anything. ...until the laws change I won't try.
For SierraShrubber, because he needed something to read while waiting for HBP...(Adam is a FBP so no similarities there aye, JKR?)
The unwinding day
In Arizona, the sun rises early on any given summer day and this day was just like any other. At Window Rock, the mornings first sign's of light happen at about four a.m. and since there are no rooms in the Thundercloud home that do not have windows, big ones at that, the dawn's early light was a welcome sight to Adam, who got up with the sun. He was happy to be home, and he was happier still, that he had the chance to have other wizard kids his age that he actually liked and had already spent almost a whole month with. Adam probably had a good foundation for making lifetime friendships with them all.
He was reflecting on the private conversation he got to have with his mama after the other Thunderbirds made their way to their bedrooms the night before. The girls all had their own rooms and the boy's shared three to a room, Harry and Draco had their own room and so did Adam but it didn't really matter because out of the available beds, most of them had 2 people in them anyway.
Adam wished that his new friend Charley could have come to visit. He had told his mother that he found a guy that he liked, who didn't act like a sissy, liked the things he liked and he was a dragon handler to boot. When Adam told his mother who it was, she just gave her baby boy a hug and told him that she knew Charley from way back but she was sure he didn't remember her. She told him about all the people that she had learned to love in England and his father Sirius was a very special man.
She was floored earlier when Adam told her what Harry had given him for his birthday and she began to weep all over again. She told Adam some things that he was going to find out on his own about his father, some of them he might not like and other things that he would think were the greatest things in the world. She was happy that Harry didn't give him the money that Sirius left him because he certainly didn't need it, anything except for the money was the most precious thing that Harry could have done for his godbrother. Money wasn't ever mentioned at home unless it was needed for a project. What Adam needed, he was provided with, if he wanted something over and above, he earned what ever it was, with work or deeds.
The more selfless and generous he was only served to make his mother love him even more. Birdy had home schooled Adam and a few other magical Navajo children of wizarding parents that worked for her. There were no palefaces that lived there, the ones that accidentally wandered into their territory were made to leave by suddenly thinking that they needed to be elsewhere.
When hunters poached the wildlife in the forests on the MNN reservation, they were delt with, and then sent on their way with their guns destroyed and the desire to hunt forever wiped from their minds. Nothing ever severe unless they killed something.
Adam loved it when he got to fly with his mother. Last night, flying was the most fun he had ever had because it was not only with his mama, it was with his friends. He knew a little bit more about flying because he had been doing it for as long as he could remember and was anxious to see what the Thunderbirds could really do in the air.
His family's business was making some of the most incredible wizarding brooms and other wizard transports, not to mention they had diamond and gold mines. His mama and him would never want or need for anything material. His mama's favorite thing to do was to open bank accounts with millions of galleons in them and give them to charities and people that deserved the things that, that kind of money would make possible. He had a few ideas of his own and he was going to talk to his mama about them.
The Weasley's were once a rich and powerful family and he wanted the family that had taken such good care of his brother to regain some of the position that they once held socially. It seemed to have caused a lot of friction in the past for them because of Mr. Weasley's desire to stay where he was at the ministry, dealing with muggles and muggle things. To most wizards that was not the most desirable way to earn a living.
Mr. Weasley did it because it was honorable and honest work. Nothing to shame the name of wizard at all. Adam and Mr. Weasley loved the things that they did while Adam looked around muggle London on their lunch times. Adam thought he'd ask his brother about the Weasley's a bit more and maybe let him in on what he had in mind.
Adam was standing on the veranda that surrounded the house, the bedroom doors all faced east and the light was shining brightly, albeit very low in the sky. There were no clouds and the temperature was finally down to a very comfortable 83 degrees.
Harry and Draco had spent the night making love until they fell asleep in each others arms and the muted light coming into their rooms woke them both at the same time. It was very nice for them both. The made their way to the bathroom and showered and kissed and played with each other until they were clean. They were sated from the night before and they seemed like they were the happiest that they had ever been.
The smell of coffee wafted into their room and it was coming from outside the veranda doors. For the first time, Harry and Draco were awed at the warmly decorated room, southwest colors about everywhere, the brass bed gleamed like gold, the sheets were silk and the mattress was 15 inches of feathers that wore Draco and Harry like a glove.
What they had was the best nights sleep they had had in several days, as they dressed in their short silk pajama bottoms they ventured out the doors to the veranda and the smell of coffee.
The three men saw each other at the same time and smiled warmly. No one spoke and Adam poured mugs of steaming coffee for his brother and his cousin. He could tell that they were so much in love and he was happy for them. He felt like he knew them almost a life time already as they had become quite close sharing tales of their childhoods.
Harry held Draco by the waist and leaned on him sipping the most delicious coffee that he had ever tasted. The three boys watched as the sun made its way over the mountains and bathed them in warm sunlight. Adam gave his guests sunglasses and hats to keep the sun out of their eyes until it was a bit higher in the sky.
It was very bright and the lushness of Adam's home was at last revealed to the boys. The gardens were amazing, wizarding plants everywhere. Draco noticed a particular garden below. He stood and removed his dark glasses and gazed at the sight of two flowerbeds shaped in the forms of birds, one with lilies and one with narcissa's. Draco smiled and held his hand out for Harry to join him at the rail of the veranda.
Harry instantly knew what Draco was looking at and he smiled and just squeezed is new husband around his waist. Adam got up to see which garden they were looking at and he saw too, the lily and narcissa beds.
"Hey you guys, I have a great camera in my room. Why don't you two go down there and I'll take your picture. The lighting is just right and it would make a nice memento"
"Would you do it if we were not wearing clothes Adam?" Draco said with a wicked look at his husband, who looked just as wicked back at him.
"In a fuckin heartbeat. Lets get going before everybody gets up. I'll darken their windows."
"How are we getting down there without making any noise.?"
Adam went to his room without saying a word and got his camera.
"Apparate down there. I'll silence the pop"
Harry and Draco disapparated and apparated between the two flowerbeds and they looked at Adam for when he was ready. He gave them the thumbs up he had his camera ready Draco and Harry dropped their shorts and kicked them out of the camera's view and held hands and kissed. Their extra large manhoods usually weren't in the photo's that they posed for, but a few of they did. Well, maybe only one or two, or three, but hey!
Draco and Harry dressed and apparated back up to where Adam was and they resumed their coffee drinking and chatting about how beautiful the red rocks and tall pillars of stone stood majestically alone in some cases and close in others.
Adam told them that this was Monument Valley he had said many muggle movies were photographed there in the past, his Grandfather was a little more understaning with some old movie directors who were his friends and happened to be wizards as well.
The smell of coffee and the slow lightening of the windows that Adam had darkened previously, woke the other pairs of Thunderbirds who had also taken their morning showers if they were awake already that is, having slept the best they'd have in years. It seemed that everyone were in great moods that morning.
The girls were in sheer nightgowns and the boys all opted for short pants and no shirts and still none of them spoke to each other except to say good morning and get their coffee's just the way they liked them.
Someone silently farted and the only comment came from Adam.
"What the fuck crawled up someone and fuckin died?"
This brought laughter from everyone some mock waving of hands in front of faces and some stretching begain. Hermione leaned forward and brought her hands up as high as they would go and she closed her eyes and yawned.
Ron made a few of the guys look at him as he was waggling his hands trying to get their attention. (a/n Kind of like when Dobby was finking on Lucius about the Chamber of Secrets thing in the CoS movie) When he did, he pointed with his eyes and eyebrows and tilted his head at his girlfriend and put his fingers to his nose and waved his other hand. He would be killed if he told everyone mentally so he waited until it was safe to tell without making a sound in his head.
Ron had got up to go stand with Harry and Draco for a minute. Their tattoos were glinting in the sunlight. The three of them were admiring them as they hadn't really had a good look in good sunlight since they had been in forever misted summer Britain.
Adam, with an evil glint in his eye, chose that exact minute to offer Hermione more coffee when he said innocently,
"More coffee fartblossom?"
Hermiones face got red quickly when she said very, very quietly,
"Oh, Merlin. Was it that obvious Adam?"
Everyone answered at the same time, "YES"
This caused Hermione to just sit up and take a drink of her coffee and begin really to cry. Ron of course was the one to rat on her so he better be the one to console her. If Hermione found out Ron told everyone it was her, even though it was obvious anyway, he would be oh, so sorry.
Since everyone had already showered and had their morning coffee, they went inside thier rooms and dressed for the day, in most cases it was short pants and t shirts with sneakers because it was already beginning to get warm outside. Inside the huge house however, it was nice and cool.
Birdy had already been into each of the rooms and only finding seven slept in beds, she quickly used a housekeeping spell and the beds were made. She kept herself busy until almost five am when she decided that it was time for everyone to get a move on and come to breakfast.
A tremendous gong sounded throughout the house, Adam's mother's funny way of signaling it was time for everyone to assemble. No one had to think twice about the gong sound that they heard, they were a little surprised at how well they all slept and the fact that they all rose at about the same time with the sunshine.
It was time for breakfast again and the thirteen Thunderbirds true to their natures were hungry and made their way to the dining room. Coffee on the veranda had woken them up nicely and the laugh at Hermione's little fluff had them all except Hermione in great moods.
The boys had all put on shirts and the girls put on morning robes to cover their new muggle clothes. It was a bit chilly in the house, that was the nature of where they were going to stay for the next month,and it sure beat the climate of Britain. Birdy was already sitting at the breakfast table waiting for her 'temporary' family to come in and greet the day with her. She stood up when they all came in to sit for breakfast.
Birdy had transfigured the long table into a very round one, much like the one that King Arthur had for his Knights. The new decoration wasn't un-noticed by Adam or the others but learning what they were there for, the table change was no big surprise.
"Hey kids good morning. Adam honeylamb come sit by mama I have something for you. I forgot to give to you yesterday."
Adam did as his mother requested and sat down by her and a small box she had sitting by her plate.
"Here you go sweetheart, open it. Happy Birthday a day late. I think you'll like it." Birdy said to her son.
Adam opened the slightly heavy small box and looked inside. It was his grandfathers magical squash blossom medallion. He had seen it in a glass case since he was a little boy and he knew all the stories his mother had told him about it. His eyes lit up and he smiled at his mother before he put her into a bone crushing hug thanking her and giving her kisses for such a wonderful memento from his grandfather.
"Adam dear, this is no ordinary medallion. Your grandfather knew that you were going to be born just before he passed away and he wanted you to have this as his only male heir. This, sweetheart is, your birthright. We'll put it on you later tonight at the bonfire, your Thunderbird friends might like to play with a little Navajo magic."
"Oi, Adam let us see your present, it looks pretty cool." Ron said, Hermione looking over her boyfriend's shoulder trying to get a better view.
Adam passed the box that held the magical medallion to his friends and in turn they all admired the intricately designed stone encrusted with magical jewels. It was rather striking, the Thunderbirds could feel the magic as it was passed from one to the other. When it got to Harry and Draco however, they both held the box at the same time admiring the craftsmanship, they began to notice that there was a story of sorts on it by the engraving that went around the magical piece. If they had only known what they were looking at, they would have been amazed. It was a depiction of a magical ceremony, it's secret to be revealed when the time was right, but for now, it was just simply beautiful. Harry handed the medalion back to his brother and congratulated him on such a wonderful gift.
Birdy rose from her place at the table and started to walk on the inside ring of the table talking to everyone as they were tucking in to another wonderful southwest meal. They were especially taken by the breakfast soup, Menudo and devoured it as well as the huevos rancheros and the toast and other scrumptious breakfast food. Birdy and Adam didn't tell them just what was in Menudo and they didn't seem to mind so why bother them by saying that they've been eating cows stomach--- tripe.
The last of the food was cleared from the table and the 14 of them were again enjoying some coffee before the day's activities began. Birdy had walked the inside perimeter of the table placing small boxes in front of each of the Thunderbirds encouraging them to open them and take a look at what was inside. The TBirds opened their boxes and looked at the contents wondering why Birdy was giving them jewelry.
"What's this stuff for mama?"
"Well, I thought that you could change those rings for ones that would allow you to communicate to each other and as individuals instead of everyone hearing. This could keep down some confusion, and, Dumbledore can't get past these things so what you think together or with each other, he's out of the loop. Put em on, they'll fit magically, but before you do, I caution you, they won't come off until this war is over. You don't have to wear them on your fingers either, a toe will work too. They won't be as conspicuous if you wore them in your shoes.. think about it. Besides they will protect you from the Unforgiveables in Britain and anywhere else.
Here, we use a slightly different version of them and as such, I expect you to learn them here, because if you're ever in battle, they won't be expecting Navajo magic kicking their asses.
Did Dumbledore tell you that as a collective, you are indestructable to any number of curses while you were in the Thunderbird form? No huh? You are more powerful in your human forms though, but as long as you wear those rings, you shouldn't suffer the effects of any number of battle curses. And you can keep in constant contact if you're separated. If they're ever stolen from you, you should be pushing up daisies.The next wearer will be a squib and so will be the giver. We can charm them to do any number of things. The other things in the box will be explained further later but for now, tie the pouches up and keep them with you at all times.
I am going to cast a spell on you all later today and that will allow you to superlearn what you have to know to fight in and win a war. There will be plenty of time for recreation, swimming, riding, and if you want to, you can go flying on those battle brooms to get used to them. Their functions will be easy to master, and girls, I have special seats for you so you feel a bit more comfortable. The seats on all of the brooms have leg holders so you can fly without your hands and still stay on, kind of like a seat belt but a bit different since you'll be flying upside down frequently."
"Upside down?" Luna said finally breaking her silence.
"It's easier to cast a spell when you're unobstructed. You all will learn some great skills. If you can fly as a Thunderbird, you can fly those brooms. Same thing.
My father's spell selected you to carry out this fight for your very existance. Kids, when you're done here, you'll all be much more than unspeakables, you'll be unmentionables."
At this bit of information an even deeper realization hit the 12 young British witches and wizards because they had been usually indirectly involved in one way or another with the war for most of their lives.
"This should be a very interesting month Birdy." Draco said.
"Draco, Harry, I'm going to teach you four.." Birdy said pointing to Draco, Harry, Adam and Neville, "THE spell that will finally vanquish Voldemort once and for all. It's a stronger version of a combination of spells, after you make him a squib, you have to kill him with... unmentionable things. You'll all learn not to feel bad for what you're going to do. Oh, Draco, it's not going to be all work and no play. We'll have some fun along the way too. Don't worry, there will be plenty of time for you and Harry to get away for some private time. "
Birdy ribbed her friend's son wiggling her eyes at him and he blushed at the suggestion. Harry grinned at what Birdy said to his new husband. He giggled a bit and then he gave his husband a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"As I said, the rings that I gave you are charmed, you can silently communicate with each other by just thinking the name or names of the person you want to talk to. They have a pretty good range too. The other jeweled things are for specific magical purposes. Adam where's your staff?"
"Up in my room. You wan' I should get it?"
"Please, and do try to use the English you learned over the past few weeks darling. Not like you were of a different ethnic group that can't use the language properly. Narcissa would be most disappointed if all that time she spent with you went to waste."
"You mean we're not Jewish? 'Venga staff!' Adam said and no sooner than the words left his mouth he had his hand out and his staff was in it instantly.
"Does anyone know what that stone is, on the end of Adam's staff?" Birdy questioned her"students". She smacked Adam on the back of his head for his last comment and looked at the others.
Harry thought it kind of looked familiar and he just said out of the blue,
"Isn't that a philosophers stone Birdy?"
"Just how the hell did figure that out?" Birdy said, astonished that Harry knew what it was without clues.
"Uh, well, I kind of had some experience with one. One time a few years back" Harry said. "That was the third time I faced Voldemort."
"That was first year Harry!" Ron and Hermione said. "I remember what year it was in. You were there with me!" Harry retorted.
Draco, Blaise, Vince and Greg and all of Slytherin had always wondered what they were on about when they were awarded so many extra points after their first year at the leaving feast. Now he knew and didn't care.
"I should have known. It was Flammel's wasn't it? I read that the vault it was kept in was robbed. I knew that old fart should have kept it somewhere other than in that goblin bank."
"Birdy, it was at Hogwarts when I got my hands on it. Before I came to Hogwarts for the first time, Hagrid retrieved the stone from the bank while I was with him.
That's when I found out that my mum and dad left me a huge pile of galleons to get through school. I never thought much about it at the time." Harry explained. "Dumbledore says I'm rather wealthy, along with my husband. After we kill Tom, Draco and myself want to have some fun philanthropically. Sorry, you were saying?"
"Well, thisstone is about nine hundred years old, made by my grandfather. It has had more than the ability to turn things into gold or make the elixer of life if necessary, this one however is key to the power of Adam's staff. Adam can use the staff to do those things if he wants to. Lot's of things to be done with such a stone if it is used by the blood of the maker. If it were to ever be removed, it is charmed to explode into dust so, as a sorcerers stone used for alchemy, it's life would be over. I'll tell you this, there are more than that one." Birdy explainedand glanced at Adam.
Hermione and Harry and Ron had all been lead to believe that the only one known ever to exist was made by Flammel so naturally Hermione couldn't resist speaking.
"I thought that the only known philosopher's stone was created by and has since been destroyed by Nicholas Flammel, shortly before he died."
"Where do you think ol' Nick learned how to make the damn thing in the first place?"
"I...I don't know." Hermione was finally at a loss for words. Books she thought that were printed with facts were now in doubt.
"Well, he learned through dream magic. I guess I should tell you some history.
In the day's of Merlin, witches and wizards were not really willing to show themselves. Everyone in those day's had to live alike. Only the really rich people could act differently and they did.
Merlin, being the sort that he was, traveled to many parts of the world and made many discoveries, one being that there were magical people in small numbers in many places, their magic was what enabled Merlin to travel to those places and he took magical folk with him and left them about the world so that they could live lives without being ostracised by 'the people'.
One of the places Merlin traveled to was, here where the House of Thundercloud is today still. We have some of his things if you'd like to see them sometime while you're here.
Anyway, Merlin learned how to make a Sorcerors stone here. That's how that old fool lived for as long as he did.
Let's jump forward to now, and Adam's staff. It works like a wand but with a kicker, you can tone the magic up or down, soft or hard, intense or subtle, the way the magic is wielded is entirely up to Adam. My staff is very similar to his, although this one was his grandfather's and it is one of the key's to your success in the war. Adam do you use a wand to do magic?"
"Nope, not unless someone tells me to. The staff is cool though it works pretty good when I need it."
"It sure is sweetie, now, Voldemort knows that another stone exists, and he thinks I have it. I want him to know that the stone on the end of Thundercloud's staffis a Sorcerer's Stone, so I'm going to tell him. If he gets his hands on that staff, it will drain him of his powers and if he gets the stone off, like I said, it will blow up. He can't use it to do magic and he cannot let it go if it's ever in his possession until he's drained of all magic. Not a simple fire or warming charm, no levitation, nothing. He'd be lucky to make a pot of coffee muggle style."
Birdy stopped a minute letting that all sink in a bit before she continued, she took a sip of coffee and started talking again.
"The other stones on the staff are scrying stones, luck stones, safety stones, you name it, if you need to do it magically, one of those will do the trick. We are fortunate to have access to many, many such stones, so the potential is well, anything imaginable. His staff's core is a feather of a Thunderbird and it can produce lightening without a backblast to the wielder. Rather a nasty weapon. Oh, and unless you can speak Magical Navajo language, it's just a really pretty stick.
It is a huge reservior of magic. The ball at the end of the staff is where the dark magic goes when it is consumed by the staff. That is what would sap Voldemort of his powers. It only gets harder and harder and the magic can never be released.
Your magic is pure of heart and as such, it cannot be consumed by the staff. It can give to those that believe, and take from those that believe... the wrong things.
You kids are all very powerful wizards, I can tell by your auras. Hermione, you're muggleborn? No You're Not. Your folks must have to have been squibs. Very bright ones probably,excuse me dear, Harry, Draco, there will be plenty of time for that later..."
Harry and Draco had started to snog a bit and although it was kind of hot to watch, it was distracting, so they stopped.
"...So, who want's to learn some magic?" Birdy finished.
All of the Thunderbirds were more than enthusiastic to learn some different magic and they said so in many different ways. Most of them gave Birdy a hug as she asked them individually if they were ready to leave their childhoods behind and forever become adults.
After she asked the newlyweds, Draco and Harry both gave her a kiss on her cheek, not for the lessons they were going to learn, but because she gave them a special present in honor of their wedding for their home when they built one.
It was an Unplottable stone so that only they or their friends could find their home magically. She thought it would come in pretty handy with six babies on the way.
Draco and Harry decided at that minute that they would be proud to have Birdy be one of the god parents for their children and asked her if she'd like to be the godmother of one of the girl babies. Birdy let one tear our of her eye and gave the two loving men great big hugs for the honor just like Molly would squeezing the twins.
When Birdy had dried her eyes, she went to the center of the area inside the round table and told everyone that she was about to begin an incantation in Navajo that would help them to understand the things that they were going to be learning. Not unlike the speed learning spell they underwent at Malfoy Manor when they finished their last two years of lessons in record time.
There would be no tests after this, just experimentation and the honing of skills.
They would learn battle tactics, they would learn offensive and defensive tactics, they would learn potions skills, transfiguration skills, battle spells that were deadly but not unforgivable, and very deadly that were unforgiveable, and various combinations of all of them. Battle field first aid and healing spells and learn some unexpected animagus transformations.
When Adam told his mother that they could all already change into a few different animals she was pretty impressed. She had not figured that they would be able to master such advanced transfiguration spells without lessons and a lot of work. She was going to teach them how to become invisible without a cloak and many more things that unmentionables did without remorse but only because this was war.
Birdy had let the teens look around the grounds that surrounded her home, there was a flying pitch that the boy's all were interested in immediately, especially with battle brooms to fly with. Thus the reason for the suped up brooms Adam bought in London to keep them skilled while the battle brooms were stored.
The girls were less intimidated by flying because of their ability to transform into Thunderbirds if they fell off their brooms. One at a time though, Birdy asked them all to come and talk with her and for most of the day, with a meal and a siesta break, they had finished their talks for that afternoon.
She wanted this time to be special in the lives of the future of the wizarding world and she was determined to get her way, to hell with what Albus wanted them to know. They'd know everything HE wanted them to know, but she thought that she would add her two cents worth as well and kick it up a notch, say a few hundred million two cent's worth.
She knew that it was Harry that had to kill Voldemort, but it would take all of the Thunderbirds to send his remains to the sun where she figured it would stay and no one would try to retrieve, and they could send his soul to hell.
They would have to annihilate him and his all at one time. Totally. Birdy would be damned if they would feel one iota of remorse, not when Adam was going to be one of those that would help Harry end Voldemort's life.
'When theyare successful, they will all be billionaire wizards and witches and they can finally live in peace to enjoy it.' Birdy thought to herself.
This was incredibly dark magic that she was speaking about, but the intentions are for the greater good of all magical people, ( one of her reasons for making them ultra rich.) She knew of Severus' dark mark and she intended to do something about that straight away.
Severus' invitation wasn't at all just so that Birdy could visit with an old friend while he gathered potions ingredients and got some color into that God awful sallow skin of his.
He's looked sick for all of his life as far as she could tell. She has never seen him with so much as a hint of color.
SorryVoldemort, her old friend would live to be a very old man, just as the kids she was about to turn into wizard killing machines, They too would live a long time. She had just evoked war powers and told the Thunderbirds just the tip of the iceburg of what they would be learning. She was very good at giving a pep talk and could charm a rattlesnake out of it's skin. She kept gila monsters as 'pets'.
Birdy was not without compassion as she intended to give them all pensieves to temporarily put the learning that they would assimilate when she cast the learning implantion spell on them.
These "children" would hold the world in their hands and the Wizarding World would owe them their very lives when the war was over.
They could conceiveably rule the world to the eyes of some, but it isn't in their capability to aspire to that position. They were protectors of the free Wizarding World and Birdy damn well intended that they would be able to do their jobs and live normal lives despite of it all.
When the Thunderbirds went back to Hogwarts, they would be part time students, and part time instructors as well because, the British Ministry of Magic, The Government of Hogwarts and the Magical Navajo Nation were going to add the House of Thundercloud to the four other houses at Hogwarts for advanced magical studies, relieving the responsibility of that task exclusively from the British Ministry of Magic, but to two of three voting members.
The House of Thundercloud would indeed, accept graduates from wizarding schools from throughout the world. Upon investigation of their backgrounds of course but this could only add a new cooperation between Wizarding Nations.
All of the transfer students would have to have met the requirements that the Hogwarts curriculum required before they could pass into the house of Thundercloud and the Battle Arts School.
The Thunderbirds were already going to be resorted when they got back to Hogwarts. They of course didn't know this but, they were going to be the first students and instructors in the new house.
The class rooms were all going to be on that infamous third floor. Dueling arenas were going to be constructed, advanced potions laboratories were being installed soon to Severus' delight, as he hadn't been totally informed of what his role was going to be in the war. His value as a spy for the light in Voldemort's inner circle was dangerous and was no longer necessary. She wasn't going to lose another old friend to Voldemort.
Birdy had spoken to all of the Thunderbirds that afternoon, but she hadn't spoken to Severus. She had been thinking of him off and on all day and wished that she could find the time to tell him of her plans and his role in helping her teach these young wizards, to teach other young wizards how to be defenders in their homelands.
Birdy had personally gifted the project alone with two billion galleons, there would be no need to obstruct education for lack of support.
He had been friends with Frank Longbottom, his dislike for his son was only superficial as he never ever penalized Neville with deductions of house points, only humiliated him because he knew of his potential. He didn't know that Neville would become one of the greatest friends and research partners that he could ever hope to have.
Birdy did somehow, she knew things like Dumbledore did but, like Dumbledore, she hardly ever spilled the beans. Unlike Dumbledore, when she did, she spilled the whole can, and never left things out.
The Thunderbirds had flown all afternoon and most of the morning and were beginning to assemble to have the evening meal. Severus had indeed gained some color to his skin but he insisted on wearing long sleeved shirts and long pants, he didn't mind wearing the heavy boots in the desert that surrounded Casa del Thundercloud. Birdy transfigured the clothes he wore to a SPF 20sun through andhe got color... All over. He knew, and Birdy knew he knew she did. Adam did warn him that his ma would change his clothes if she didn't like them.
He had collected many potions ingredients that day while the Thunderbirds had flown about and spoke with Birdy. Severus was glad for conversation and the peace and quiet that was the American southwest desert.
The flora and fauna was abundant in the proper eyes, and it was quite beautiful. He had found a number of bee hives and thought to capture the queen bee's and transport whole hives back to Britain and Scotland as the native bee's had been driven to extinction and Severus and Dumbledore both had an ungodly love for honey. He had already shrunk the hives and provided them with a miniature envirionment. He would find a place for them in Britian.
Birdy had the supper for the Thunderbirds in one of the smaller dining rooms that suited them all very nicely. Harry and Draco had showered together to 'save water' they said, but in reality they used as much wather and time as one person taking two complete showers... ah well, they were still quite fond of just touching and holding each other. Being husband and husband was still very new and they both loved it.
They had gone to see the portrait of Lily and James and baby Harry and had a wonderful conversation with them. Lily and James were happy that Harry found a person that he could be as happy as they were with each other.
Being grandparents was very appealing to them. The only one that ever slept in the portrait was baby Harry and they thought that they would be great 24/7 baby sitters when they were moved to the new home that Harry and Draco were going to build.
The Thunderbirds, Birdy and Severus all sat down for their supper and the setting was pretty cozy considering their numbers. Birdy waved her hand at the table and it was filled with another wonderful Southwestern selection of main dishes.
Rice, or aroz and beans, or con frijoles, and for desert, flan. The men at the table made a very good attempt at finishing all of the food set before them. Severus of course remained a bit more reserved. He hadn't been flying and the energy that these young people needed for their magic was going to be impressive, so, he wasn't trying to set a record.
Ginny, Luna and Hermione all did a pretty impressive job of consuming the tasty new foods set before them just like the fellows did. Adam cast a burp charm on the girls and got a whack on the head for his troubles. Everyone had a good laugh though. Even Severus. At least it wasn't Flatulus Maximus Audious!
Birdy waited until everyone was done laughing and having after dinner coffee. The dinnerware and remains of the supper was cleared with a wave of her hand.
Hermione and Luna and Ginny and Draco had all been noticing that Adam and Birdy hardly used a wand to do magic with. Ever. Hermione got a bit brave and after she had finished what she could put up at the top 10 meals she had ever eaten, she asked nonchalantly,
"How is it that you don't use a wand or your staff to do magic with?"
"Dang you all are slow. I was wondering when you guys were going to get on and ask about it. Does Dumbledore use a wand when he begins a feast?"
Come to think about it, none of them ever had seen him do it.
"Well, that old coot has a damn good grasp of what you're all going to have a damn good grasp of, when you leave here. Severus would you mind opening the parchment under your placemat and read it out loud to these young people?"
"Very well." Snape began to read,
To Professor Severus Snape,
President of Hogwarts Government, Hogwarts, Unplottable Location, Scotland
You have hereby been granted the Dean's position of the House of Thundercloud War College, House head of Thundercloud House, Potions Department Headmaster of Research, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Signed, Albus Dumbledore, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Little Bird Thundercloud
"What is this all about Birdy, I can't be all of that! Voldemort will insist that I give him ten times more information than I've managed to not tell him in the first place. This damn mark I wear reminds me of that daily." Severus said a bit urgently.
"Relax Sev, show me that God damn thing."
Birdy ordered and Severus complied in short order. The Thunderbirds were watching with rapt attention, all of them except for Adam had seen the dark mark.
"Alto del Noche Marka!"
Birdy said as she held her hand over the dark mark on Severus arm. A smell of burning flesh permeated the immediate area but with another wave of her hand, the odor was gone and, so was Severus' dark mark.
Severus cried, this was a day he thought would never come. His day in court would never come again for what he had done for the light.
"Now Sevvie, isn't that all better?"
Birdy started to razz Severus a little bit and he blushed but he did something that no one, but no one had ever seen him do. He cried.
"Easy there now Sev, it was only the bloody dark mark."
Draco drawled unknowlingly to his former and new at the same time head of house. Harry was laughing silently and the Weasley's were wishing that they had a camera.
Luna had just that idea and held out her hand. She had a wizarding camera in it. She took Severus' picture and he held up his wrist smiling, tears running down his face. This is the one and only picture he was happy to have taken.
"Luna! That was quick thinking. How did you know that you could do that?" Birdy asked the puzzled looking girl.
"Well, you've been bloody been doing it all day,and I thought I'd give it a go with something different than we've already learned. It seemed to have worked."
"I'll say. That was very good. Severus, after you go and get yourself cleaned up, I'd like for you to stay with me and the ladies here this evening. Adam, why don't you take the boy's to the falls, It's water is probably 88 degrees so it should be comfortable enough. But you wait an hour before you go in past your butt, I don't want you to get sick like..."
"Maaaaa, we won't go right in. If we walk, it should take about half an hour."
"If you pop on over it should take you half a wink of an eye too, but if you walk, walk slow. I don't want you to not start to digest that ton of food you guys ate."
"Ok mama, we'll walk slow. I'm sure that Harry and Draco will hold us back anyway."
Adam said looking at the two newlyweds who were only half paying attention anyway.
"I suppose you're right there Adam. Potter and Malfoy seem to be attached somewhere everytime we see them. Swimming might prove to be quite difficult if they don't let each other go."
"That's Potter-Malfoy Sev, we have a whole new family crest and we're not constantly attached."
Draco said to this man he's known all of his life with a mock sneer.
"I stand corrected. I for one would love to find out what plans Birdy has with these young ladies and myself this evening. This should prove to be interesting, so why don't you try to behave and have a good time while we... entertain ourselves."
Severus said to Draco who was holding Harry's hand behind his back. Draco smiled to Severus and said he intended to do just that. The other Thunderbird guys just rolled their eyes since that scenario wasn't something new to them. Neville asked very innocently at the potions master,
"Which do you want? for us to behave, or to have a good time?"
Adam and the guys went to get some comfort things like, dry clothes and longer pants and headed out of the gates of Adam's home. As soon as they were through the gateway, a night time glamour spell on the Casa itself made it look old and uninviting if anyone (muggles/uninvited guests) got to where they could see the house and the land it was on. The wards were like the ones on Hogwarts and muggles turned around and left as if they had something urgent to attend to forgetting where they'd been.
The Casa itself was open to the guests of the Thunderclouds and their servants and other help. To others it was open by appointment, Little Bird Thundercloud was after all, the monarch of the land. It was rumored amongst her people that she could kill with a look.
She could, but that was a fact that was not known to but two others. Adam and Albus.
The young wizards followed Adam on a nice walk through what was some of the most beautiful scenery they had ever seen. Most of them had traveled, but this was Harry's first time away from Britain and he was amazed at everything he saw. The teen men met up with a rattlesnake warming itself on the trail they were taking.
Adam and Harry weren't afraid, initially the others were. Harry spoke to the snake in parseltongue, Adam could understand what Harry said and he laughed.
The snake slithered off and let the teens pass. Ron was used to this kind of behavior from Harry, the others had seen it of course at the dueling club in their second year. This was a first for Adam who hadn't thought to just tell the darn thing he would eat him if he didn't move and let them pass. He was impressed at what Harry said to the snake. Adam was sure Harry changed his eyes and stuck a forked tongue out at the snake to make him move but he didn't watch Harry, he watched the snake, everybody watched Harry from behind, willingly. When the snake slithered off, Harry was treated to a big kiss from his husband.
"Hey you guys, you wanna turn into big ol' snakes and slither on down to the swimmin' hole or is anyone up for a race?" Adam chided his friends.
"We hadn't better bloody do that mate"
"Your mum would kill us if we died"
"From a cramp.." "From swimming and running so soon"
"and after eating"
"we'd kind of like"
"a lay about and"
"look at the"
"stars anyway." Fred and George said together.
They liked what happened to them when they had turned into full grown men and Thunderbirds.
"For once, I agree with you whole heartedly George...and Fred, I'd rather like to see my husband without his clothes on again, nothing new for Adam of course..andclothes definitely get in the way." Draco said.
"I like the way you think, but if you think I'm the only one going starkers your mad love." Harry warned his husband grinning madly at him.
"We're all going skinny dipping aren't we?" Adam asked.
"See love, once again you get to show your arse and other bits to Adam AGAIN but the other blokes as well. I told someone that would start to make me crazy."
Blaise and Ron didn't seem to care, they'd been nekked 'round blokes before and Neville has been naked in front of his dorm mates so many times and well, most of the school has seen him naked for that matter,so he didn't care at all.
The gay men were paired up except for Adam who didn't seem to mind as he had eyes for Charley and only Charley, not that he wouldn't take a peek or twenty, but he wasn't interested in his friends that way.
"Seems like it brother mine, lead on, I think I hear warm water running up ahead." Harry said to Adam who replied,
"You got great hearing. It's about a mile ahead, it's beautiful there. And you guys, if you meet up with a snake, turn into a bigger one won't you? Scares the hell out of 'em."
The ten guys traveled the mile quickly enough but didn't rush things when they rounded a bend and were opened to a sight that was so out of place, it was like a Shangri-la. A waterfall, sandy beach, trees, islands, swings, a place for about 500 people to eat as well as a beach vollyball net set up on the shore of the magical oasis.
Neville was the first to drop his clothes and he ran straight into the water. He let out a whoop and dove in face first. Once he stood, he was up to the tops of his legs, he dove in again but swam underneath the surface. He came up almost 30 seconds later about half way across and yelled,
"Come on in you ponces, the water is great"
Adam levitated Neville out of the water and not too gracefully mind you, Neville was cursing up a storm, and not magical cursing either.
"Who you calling a ponce Neville? pssst Fred, what's a ponce?" Adam said to Nev and whispered to Fred who whispered back to him what it was.
Adam levitated Neville about twelve feet into the air, stark naked and dropped him straight away back into the water, landing him on his bum, nuts first.
"Yow! That was just bloody evil Adam, you could have killed me." Neville said spluttering.
"Nah, the water's shallow enough to get you wet but deep enough you didn't get hurt"
"Tell that to my bollocks you arse."
"Sorry 'bout that Nev, next time you'll keep em out of the way."
"I don't think I'll let you have a bloody next time you git."
"Protect thine own brother Longbottom, my sister might one day appreciate it." Ron said to a now crimson Neville.
George and Fred were all ready to jump into the water and do some swimming and play grab ass. Adam had other ideas which is why he got Neville out of the water in the first place. Adam had stripped naked and, Harry and Draco hadn't shown off their wedding present from Birdy... until now and they were rewarded with catcalls and a few propositions.
Blaise and Nevilleand Ron all got in on the ribbing. Harry and Draco didn't give them the satisfaction of a response but they did wag their bums at them.
"Follow me guys, I wanna show you something before we get all wet. It's just a little way up to where the falls drops into the pond." Adam said to his friends.
None of them minded being naked with each other. It was Adam that decided to start to kid everyone when he said,
"I bet those girls are scrying our naked butts right now."
Seven of the young men blushed, Harry and Draco and Adam were proud of themselves and they turned in the direction of the Thundercloud house and wagged their peckers at them, then turned and shook their bums and gave themselves a smack on the bum for good measure.
The others were reminded of the little outing to Privet drive and they too did the same thing before running off with the other guys. None of them bothered with their wands and none of them minded their closeness as naked as they were climbing up looking up into one another's bum as they went up.
Adam was in the lead and he took every opportunity to shake his bum at Neville and Blaise as he climbed, and his obvious bits and pieces were in clear view with each step he took upwards.
Ron couldn't help noticing that he was looking at three bums when he said,
"Adam, I know you said you wanted to show us something, but I didn't think it was going to be your arsehole and balls with each step. I wouldn't mind following Hermione and seeing her bits, but that's different."
"Hermione has balls?" Harry and Adam exclaimed.
Harry couldn't resist a go at making his already red friend even more embarrassed when he told him that he and his husband didn't think that the view was so bad from their prospective. Ron was the only one that didn't laugh but he was going to be keeping an eye out for his friends checking him out.
Adam and the guys made it to the top of their climb and Adam led them to the edge of the waterfall and they looked down. The moon lit the deep blue pool, it's bottom was covered with turquoise stones, some as large as muggle cars, it was illuminated magically with a wave of Adams hand and it became a bright lit deep pool inviting them all to dive in.
One after the other the guys all dove head first into the deep pool next to the waterfall surfacing just out of its turbulance. They were all very excited at this opportunity to feel so alive in nature and they began to swim and splash about. Adam disappeared from the waterplay and no one noticed for a few seconds that he wasn't there any longer and they heard him yell from above.
"Geronimooooooooo!" as he jumped feet first straight down into the middle of them all, holding his nuts before he hit the water, hardly making a splash when he actually hit it.
Adam swam underneath the waterfall and the others began to frantically look for their friend in the slightly turbulant water. Call's of "AAAAAAAdaaaam!" could be heard when he finally decided to reveal himself. Adam was thinking of sticking his peter out through the waterfall but decided to reveal his bum instead and he tooted his presence known.
Harry waved his hand at the waterfall and the water turned ice cold and Adam made a whoop when his butt disappeared. Some very colorful Navajo language could be heard coming from behind the falls. Adam climbed the stairs inside the falls to the top of the cliff this time deciding not to disapparate and he turned the water back to warm again.
Laughter could be heard from above the nine men below swimming in a paradise in the middle of a desert who looked up at an evil looking Adam who only asked 'who did it?'. Harry confessed immediately and gave his brother a sincere appology for dashing his bum with cold water.
It was kind of funny, and Adam himself laughed finally. As Adam stood on a rock that jutted out next to the falls, his hair was clinging to his back. The moon was rising and it was full and it was behind him making his appearance stunning to, well, all of the men in the water below.
Adam was very well muscled and he had a broad back, perfect teeth a nice bum and his equipment was more than adequate, Ron was impressed, usually red headed guys all had pretty good equipment, himself and his brothers included. Not something that Ron liked to think about but he'd grown up around them and when he was small he thought he'd like to be just like his big brothers and now he was.
"Hey Harry! That bloody mirror was right! I do look good, and I bet I'll be Quidditch captain too!" Ron exclaimed to his best mate. I guess the interruption was worth getting up at o'dark30 in the morningto look in a bloody mirror was finally worth it now.
Adam was a sight to be seen and even Ron could admire the male human form. Adam crouched down on his haunches, his hair drying and flowing about him, touching the ground and shrouding him in a black veil and he looked at his friends and he said,
"What?"
"Adam, mate, just then, ah, uh, even though I don't go that way, you looked very sexy." Ron said managing not to stammer much.
He did blush furiously as Blaise and Neville gave him curious looks, the others just gave him a knowing smirk. Every damn bloody last one of them.
"Bollocks!" Ron said dipping his head below water.
All of the men wagged either their bums or their willies at Ron as he was underwater when he came up spluttering and cursing.
"Alright, you guys! Enough of that please? You'll give a guy nightmares and I don't want those kind of nightmares. George and Fred if you ever do that again, I'll cut something off!" Ron admonished his brothers.
"Won't Hermione miss something Ron?" Adam asked, "Why threaten em with that? Throw a nut crusher hex at em... uh, but try to miss. It really hurts."
Blaise and Neville were enjoying this scene hugely. They promised to not let Ron forget this. It was the one time that Ron was sure that Neville was secretly a Slytherin.
'Blackmail it was going to be eh? Well, we'll see who'll outsmart who.'
It seemed that the rings that they were wearing did in fact keep their thoughts to themselves unless they wanted to actually contact someone and Ron was sure he would be able to prank his friends one time before they went back home. He was content to wait and was thankful his prank would remain a secret.
Adam shouted down below to the others and he rose to make a dive from the jutting rock. He stood toes just barely keeping him from the precipice and he made a perfect swan dive from the rock, again barely making a splash as he hit the water. He surfaced smiling his huge white smile at his friends.
He swam to Harry and Draco and gave them both a hug and a kiss on the cheek and told them both he was glad that they were family. He wanted to become Harry's true blood brother and he thought his mother might be able to help. Harry deferred to his husband on that one, and without hesitation, he agreed.
His permission gained him another kiss on his cheek and a grab on his bum as he swam off to talk to George and Fred for a minute while they paddled about playing with each other. He just grinned back at Draco who was telling Harry what he did.
Harry laughed at his husband... wrong move. Harry spent the next ten minutes or so begging Draco to forgive him for what he'd done. He had almost forgot once or twice that was why he was appologising in the first place. Draco finally gave in and pulled Harry under and behind the waterfall. Their show had been quite entertaining. While this had been going on...
"Freddie, Georgie... come talk to me for a sec." Adam said to the twins as they splashed about.
"Oi, mate"
"What's up?" George and Fred said together and looking below the water at Adam's floating parts.
"Not that you guys, well, at least, not now anyway, but, hey listen to me for a sec..."
Adam said just barely treading water looking at the two very good looking redheads that looked soooo much like his new friend Charley.
"...you guy's are like me and Charley aren't you? And Harry and Draco and Greg and Vince"
"Uh, guess so Adam, not like we hide it or anything from anyone and no one seems to mind either but George and I are soul mates and him and me wouldn't know what to do without one another. The fact that we're brothers bothered us at first, but I think that when the war's over, Ron there and Bill, that's our brother, will continue to populate the planet with little Weasley boys to carry on the line. Ron doesn't know that probably half of his boys will be like us poor bloke."
"I had no idea. It doesn't surprise me that you two love each other like you do. I meant, you're uncircumcised. Your aura's are exactly the same though. I can't tell where one begins and the other ends. If it wasn't for your eye colors being different, I could only tell you apart by that little freckle on your eyelid George. So are you?"
George and Fred looked at each other but couldn't see the freckle in question but grinned and gave each other an underwater hand squeeze, they knew and always would. They stood and pulled on the skin of thier wangs at Adam and answered his question.
Adam swam to them and gave them a Molly hug and a kiss on each of their cheeks like he did to Harry and Draco and he told them what he intended to do when he saw Charley next.
Fred and George didn't think that Charley would mind a bit of "excercise" with a good looking bloke like Adam and they told him so.
Adam swam to the others and gave them similar greetings and bonding like brothers, Ron, Blaise and Neville weren't a bit ashamed of their new friend and the way he expressed his fondness for them. Ron was glad there were no tongues though. He didn't especially like it when he caught Harry and Draco snogging and that was quite a bit of the time.
Neville and Blaise just gave Adam a squeeze back on his shoulder. Ron wondered why he didn't do that, he had kissed Adam's cheek just like Adam did to him.
'Blimey' Ron thought to himself, 'Why didn't I do that?'
Adam asked the guys in the water to join him where they had removed their clothes on the other side of the water that they were swimming in. They all leisurely swam back to the other side, the dangerous effects of their big meal long since past. When they reached the shore they all made to remove themselves when Adam stopped them.
"I love all of you guys like my brothers. Don't go getting any wierd ideas when I ask you this stuff, I know it will be personal so, if you don't want to participate in some way cool brotherhood bonding blood magic, I'll understand. You can watch if you want, but it would be better if you did join in."
"Get on with it Adam, my balls are starting to shrivel" Neville said, the others agreeing with him.
"Well, it's like this, I brought out some really old artifacts from when the Thunderclouds first became, well, the first Thunderbirds. This here flat thing is a brotherhood stone. It offers protection to those that participate, this is the dagger..." Adam showed the jeweled dagger to the men.., "... we'd use to knick ourselves and let the blood drip onto the stone."
"That's all Adam? To become brothers?... and we have to stand in the water?" Draco said starting to move to the shore as he was almost dried, well the top half of him was but Adam stopped him with the next thing he said.
"We'll need to release our seed on the stone and then nick our hoods (yes, those hoods) with this dagger and say an incantation."
The nine young wizards looked at Adam as if he'd grown 20 heads. Harry stepped to his brother and said,
"I'll do it with you brother."
Dracoseemed a bit miffed that Harry had agreed to release his seed on that stone and in front of the others and then bleed on it without asking him.
He did as his husband did and said that he would participate with his husband and his cousin. Draco and Harry looked at the others. What was being asked was a bit kinky but, they were brothers and they weren't doing it with each other, just releasing seed in front of each other in a ritual bonding. Nothing more, nothing less.
Harry and Draco held a hand out over Adam's hand. The next to approach was Greg, he put his hand in the stack, then it was Ron which amazed Harry who smiled at his friend, then, the twins and Vince, Blaise and Neville put in their hands and then Adam began an incantation that began the ritual. The stone that Adam brought out was made to float in the middle of the nude, aroused men and he began to chant in Navajo the same words over and over, the men minded not as they were inthralled by the spell, they all were stroking themselves to release their seed at the same time.
When the time approached, Adam ejaculated and the others followed suit filling the stone's surface with wizard seed, then passing the knife amongst themselves they knicked themselves dripping blood from their penises until the stone ran red with blood.
Adam said a Navajo healing spell and they all stopped bleeding their sated faces still mezmerized by the incantation and incredible magical orgasms. Adam put his fingers in the blood and seed and mixed it with both hands, two fingers each hand. He reached to put it on his face then he stood to paint Harry and Draco's faces, they let him without hesitation.
Ron reached into the magical mixture on the stone and pulled away four fingers coated. He streaked his own face and turned to his brothers and painted their faces. Neville was next with his hands in the bloodseed potion and he did the same to himself and then to Greg and Vince. Adam finished with Blaise, who let him smear the enchanted mixture on him. Blaise held a proud look on his face and was glad to be a part of something this special with wizards that would be special to him for the rest of his life.
Adam got out of the water and led the others with him once again back on top of the stone where they jumped the first time. This time there were no jokes about the view they were giving each other. This was a serious ritual and they were glad that it was these men that they had made that decision with.
The ten men reached the top of the rock and watched as Adam dropped backwards over the rock towards the water and shooting skyward as a Thunderbird. Within five seconds there were ten Thunderbirds skybound. The young wizards flew around in very acrobatic circles and made spectacular dives all over the water gliding their wings along the surface leaving sparks of lightening across the water.
Adam flew directly into the waterfall and transformed into his human form just before he hit the slow flowing water curtain. Draco and Harry did the same only going at the same time, Ron and Neville were next, Greg and Vince then George and Fred. Blaise made a spectacular loop the loop before he hit the water curtain and changed.
The ten boys were clean and felt wonderfully alive, they had bonded with each other and they could feel each others magic. Ron and Draco and the others were amazed at the power that they could feel coming from Harry. Harry could feel the others but because his own power was so intense, he couldsee andfeel their magical signatures.
Draco's magic was almost as powerful as Harry's. He felt the magic surging between his mate and himself. The feeling would remain strong among all of the Thunderbirds when their bond was activated. Adam estimated that their powers when combined were at least tenfold each and with the girls, even stronger as they would ground the rest.
Ron sat down next to his old friend Harry and his new husband after the ten men got out of the water and sat to watch the waterfall. The nudity thing had become somewhat of a mute point and Ron wanted to get serious for a minute. Ron ran his fingers through his wet hair in an effort to smooth it some. He looked at his friend and his friend's husband with his big blue eyes and said to them both,
"Harry mate, I'm glad that you found someone to love and raise a family with. I hope that one day I'll have the same happiness as you two have. Draco, standard warning here, if you ever hurt Harry..."
"No need for that warning Ron..." Draco began, "...I couldn't hurt him even if I wanted to."
"Well, that's all well and good, but what I wanted to say was, I guess, I love you Harry and you too I suppose Draco. We've got to get this fucking war over with because I'll be damned if I'll see those babies you've got coming not have both parents to raise them up. There, I said it."
"I'm touched Ron, but I'll tell you a little secret, we're going to win this war, I just know it." Draco said to Ron. Harry held his hand to Ron's face and leaned over to give his good friend a kiss on the cheek and a hug. Ron nor Draco seemed to mind the gesture and all three of them shed a single tear smiling at each other.
"I love you Ron. You're my brother like no other." Harry whispered to his friend.
Adam was smiling at the sight of the three wizards having their private moment. This was going to be a memory to last a lifetime and he memorized the way the three nude men looked in the enchanted light of the pool behind the waterfall. He was going to use muggle methods to draw the three of them as they sat together in harmony.
George and Fred noticed Adam watching their little brother talking to his best friend and his former worst enemy when they came up to him and sat on either side of him to start a friendly conversation.
"What you thinking"
"about mate?" the two of them said to their Navajo buddy.
"About growing older, making new friends while keeping the ones I have, you know, living life I suppose. Why do you ask?" Adam inquired of his two twin friends.
"You were looking at Ron and Draco and Harry there like you were missing something." George said, one of the few times Fred didn't help him with what he wanted to say.
"Well, you know you guys, I've made it no secret, but I've got a thing for your brother."
"Sorry 'bout that mate"
"Ron has eyes"
"for Hermione." Fred and George said quietly.
"Not him you goofballs. Charley. My mama said that there was someone for everybody and I think Charley is that someone for me."
"Oi, sorry there Adam"
"Didn't mean to"
"get the two"
"mixed up."
"It's ok. You know, I never had good friends like you guys, all of you. This war has me worried some."
"I think that our Harry might have a good go at Voldemort so no worries there mate" Fred said this time.
"That's not what I meant, but you're right about Harry. I wish that mama didn't have to teach us that stuff. The or-or stuff was scary as hell when I learned it all last year."
"You learned"
"to be an auror?"
"Uh huh, mama said that it might come in handy one day if I ever needed to defend myself physically."
"Was that before or after you learned how to turn into a bloody great bird that can repel magic with lightening?"
"Before. I figured out animagus transformations kinda on my own. I watched my mother do it a zillion times and one day, I just followed her. After that, she told me everything, taught me everything she thought I needed. Do you guys know what an unmentionable could be compelled to do"
"I thought un'speak'able meant not to mention anything about it." George said.
"Yeah, well, I know a few things already and it's scary stuff. I don't think I should say anymore about it until mama spell's us. This is a fun night guys, lets not ruin it by thinking about war and stuff. Sorry I brought it up."
"No worries Adam, how about we go and get dressed and get back to those great-big-beds. If you'd like, you can spend the night with Fred and me." George said as he put his hand on Adam's knee, Fred stroked Adams long hair down his back.
"I'd like that. I'll go get the others." Adam said smiling to his twin friends.
"Hey you guys, I'm going back to the house. I can leave a trail back so you can find your way or you can come with me." Adam said to all of his wizard friends as he dove into the water swimming under the waterfall and to the waters edge where his clothes and dry land were.
Neville and Blaise decided to make a race of it and swam like mermen. Neville won. Ron and Harry and Draco were the last to depart the magical place under the waterfall in the middle of the Arizona desert when they decided to roar out of the waterfall as Thunderbirds and fly to the other side.
Ron went first and then Draco and Harry, the three Thunderbirds turned the waterfall into a mist as they flew through it and skyward. Ron, Draco and Harry flew straight up and came together touching tail feathers and shot in different directions in a spectacular acrobatic flying move. They didn't know that they were going to make lightening, but they did, the thunder was deafening and was heard for miles and miles around.
They landed next to the others who were almost finished dressing after making the swim a quick one despite Blaise and Neville's race and silently changed back into their human forms. After flying, the only other time they had seen their pumped muscles without their clothes on was just after the visit to the Dursleys. Harry, Draco and Ron were really,really pumped and ripped and their bodies looked godlike.
Harry's raven colored hair, Draco's blond and Ron's Red were almost the only differences, Ron being the largest of the three. Adam whistled at the three of them and everybody had a good laugh. Draco and Harry seemed to be pleased with their looks, but especially, for each other.
Everyone seemed to be finished dressing except for Adam who's mind was still a thousand miles away with his thoughts. Fred and George told the others to just let Adam be for a little bit because they thought he was tired from swimming. They knew it was their dragon riding brother that was causing the funk in him.
Fred and George walked along with Adam in the lead of the group of young British wizards, his friends for life, his bonded brothers for life.
They'd spilled blood and seed to do magic. No man or woman, witch or wizard,could smite this bond of loyalty and brotherhood. The group chatted back and forth as Adam showed the fellows various special places to view the Casa and where to take pictures for when they went home.
Birdy, Severus, Ginny, Luna and Hermione were outside on the veranda sipping a special beverage potion called La Tamarinda del Noche, or the Tamarind of Night time. It made for soothing dreams but had no sleep effect.
The ten Thunderbird men came into their view. Birdy looked to them and stood with an imperious gaze, one eyebrow arched and then she sat down, took a sip of her La Tamarinda and waited for the young men to come up the steps of the huge house.
"Your aura's are red, yellow green purple,blue and orange. What did you do?" Birdy asked Adam quietly when he gave her a hug in greeting.
"Brotherhood and loyalty mama, that's all." Adam told his mother. His intentions were more important to her than what he did.
"Who made the lightening fellows? It was spectacular, a bit loud, but spectacular" Hermione said.
"It was Ronniekins just after he snogged Harry, Harry and Draco chased him it looked like to us." George said.
Hermione had to take this as the truth, it just wasn't the whole story.
"You're not going to tell us who it was really now are you?" Hermione tried to question them.
"It was me 'Mione, and Harry and Draco too. I made friends with Draco because of what he's done for Harry. We were just happy is all." Ron said to his girlfriend.
The conversation was duly noted by Birdy and Severus, who didn't bat an eye or miss a single thing.
Severus was still a bit confunded by Draco and Harry, married and soon to have children. 'What are they thinking?'
"What have you guys been doing while we've been swimmin?" Adam asked his mother.
"Oh, Luna here showed us some of her skills, really Adam you could have worn something. We quit watching when we saw you bring out the brotherhood stone. Most of us did anyway..." Birdy said to her son who just grinned at her, he loved to be naked and she knew it.
Ginny, Hermione and Luna were giggling and Severus was mildly disgusted with the vision he shared accidentally in. At least none of the Thunderbird men were hairy like some of their fathers were. Goyle's father was a particularly gorilla-like man as well as Crabbe's.
It was obvious that the flying as Thunderbirds the last few weeks has made the ten young wizards very good looking physical specimens, not an opinion, just an observation on his part.
"It's a good thing that we're out here and not closer to muggles, that lightening is recorded by the muggles and they'll be sending people around since there are no clouds. You'll be doing all of your warbird training in the monsoons so it will be covered up by mother nature. Boys, try not to do that anymore until it's time" Severus said.
"Not in a thousand years will a muggle get close to that place or any other on this land." Birdy said to Severus and looking at her charges.
" You boys go on and fly up a storm, make lightening and have a ball. I'll teach you how to direct it and then the real fun begins. Severus, it's alright here. We're not in Britain. We're magically unplottable. And besides, I don't care, and I make the law here."
"I'm sorry Birdy, I seem to have overstepped my bounds." Severus said appologetically.
"No sweat sweetie, as president of Hogwarts, you have some say in what goes on. In this case, it's nothing to worry about. I have a huge ward over the whole nation. What we do here is completely secret. The muggle satellites couldn't see us if we were naked swimming in the turquoise pool acting like foolsrunning around playing grab ass." Birdy said to Severus but what she said was directed at her son and his friends.
That evening, the same time that the fellows left to go swimming, a conversation began.
Ginny was a most impressive witch as was Hermione, with their spell skills, knowledge of potions and history of magic. Luna was almost as good with a wand as any of them, but her wandless skills were very adequate for what lay ahead for her.
The evening spent in the "parlor" as Birdy liked to call one of the smaller rooms in her home was meant by her to find things out about the Thunderbirds that they hadn't realized themselves. The conversation with Severus and Birdy was entirely relaxed. Severus seemed to know how to draw out certain answers from the young witches except forHermione of course,as he'd been teaching them for years.
Birdy used this slow information as a tool, nothing more to find out. She had a thought about how to defeat Voldemort and she wanted as much information as she could get if she was going to send her only son into a battle with a madman.
She would discuss her plans with Albus and Narcissa and Severusin much detail.
She thought that the three witch Thunderbirds were entirely charming and well suited for their parts in what wasshaping upto be a milestone in the history of the wizarding world.
Ginny Weasley, in Severus' mind, was a brilliant, pureblooded witch with an axe to grind with Voldemort. She had an intensity about her that never let a chance to let her thoughts about him be unknown.
Severus' opinion of Hermione as a know-it-all, changed as he rather did think she did know it all. Her need to show her intelligence seemed to be abated somewhat because it did show, matter of factly.
Luna Lovegood had always been an excellent, if somewhat odd student, reading and writing upside down. Her ability as a seer must have been passed from her mother to her as she died. Her powers as an acute seer were only realized after the Thunderbird transformation.
She had demonstrated her ability to the two heads of government she was currently socializing with. Ginny and Hermione helped her clear some of the fuzziness and everyone saw just what the male Thunderbirds were up to that evening. Skinny dipping and playing grab ass. Typical male behaviour when there are naked arses to be fiddled with.
Luna slightly blushed during her demonstration, Ginny and Hermione were giggling, Birdy's expression was one of a mother watching something she shouldn't be watching but did anyway and Severus was almost ashamed at their behaviour.
When he saw Harry and Draco snogging he rolled his minds eye but he didn't sever the connection he had with Luna, he continued to watch. Luna closed her connection with her friends and sat back and smiled at her hostess who was duly impressed with her clarity and ability to pinpoint her visions.
Active 'live vision' seer's were almost unheard of, and, usually they get a short premonition sort of vision, but this was almost too good to be true. Birdy listened to Luna when she said the others were approaching them. They all went to the big veranda to wait.
The potion beverage was very tasty and satisfying and the conversation turned to mundane things as the male Thunderbirds made their way up to the Veranda.
The conversation about skinny dipping had already started and Adam was blushing, Harry, Ron and Draco were confessing their lightening making, Birdy was admonishing Severus gently for possibly letting muggles know of their where abouts and generally relaxing finally after talking to the young witches while the young wizards let off some energy.
"So what did you boy's think of my turquoise pool? Pretty there yes?" Birdy said to the young blushing wizards.
Draco spoke for them, he did have a way with words after all.
"That place is simply one of the most beautiful on the planet Birdy, you honor us by letting us play there."
"Damn, you're a smooth talker Draco." Birdy said smiling at the blatent use of flattery," You sure did pick up something from your papa."
"Don't you know it!" Harry exclaimed while he held his husbands hand, smiling and making a quick check of his expression. He hadn't seen the old Draco in some time and he didn't want to see him again any time soon.
"Everybody into the hogan, I have some things I want to discuss with you." Birdy suddenly stood and made for her sanctuary. Everyone followed her without question as to why.
Thanks for the kind words ... the seven of you. S.