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Birdy's Plan
Or How Severus spent his summer vacation
The fourteen wizards and witches followed Birdy into her 'hogan' and got comfortable on the huge pile of pillows she conjured throughout the room, covered with the finest Navajo blankets ever made. She wanted everyone comfortable. The pair's matched up and Severus sat to one side of Birdy and Adam sat to the other side. The magical fire in the middle of the room was blazing but it was not hot.
Birdy asked for Harry's Dream charm so he could open a link to Voldemort. Luna assisted Harry and as Draco held Harry from behind, Harry began to force the link over the thousands of miles separating them.
Birdy taught Luna that evening a simple charm that would let her project what Harry was seeing into the magical fire she had just conjured. After the display of her power of seeing the present in a different location, but unable to show it unless a contact was made somehow seemed a little inconvenient. The power sharing she needed for clarity was eliminated, but touching her allowed anyone to see without a projection. Simple but complicated magic none the less. It seemed to work because Harry was once again in Voldemort's mind, and so was the memory of the El Crucio backlash.
Voldemort was pacing about in his chambers, magical devices about him used to gain information by seer's strewn about or shattered. He had lost contact with Harry Potter and could gain no information on his whereabouts. He was shouting at his minions who were standing just in the shadows, ordering them to cause as much mayhem and violence on muggles and wizards alike until someone told where Harry Potter was.
Vision projection into magical fire was like watching a moving hologram. Harry could communicate vocally with the others and he could hear what they were saying. Birdy told him to let his presence become known to Voldemort because she had another surprise for him, a special message she could send through magical fire.
Birdy was indeed a mage of immeasureable power when she cast a spell at the fire in front of them and another magical fire erupted right in front of Voldemort. Birdy stuck her face in the fire and waited for Voldemort to recognize his old nemesis.
"Ah, Empress Thundercloud, to what do I owe this displeasure?" Voldemort spat in a snake like hissing voice.
"You really should keep those snakes from crawling up your ass you weak bitch. You missing a few death eaters are youTommy boy?"
"I am Lord Voldemort and it would serve you well to remember that you weak excuse for a pureblood witch."
"Shut up Tom and listen, knock off the attacks or you'll regret it. I'll let you survive if you surrender to Dumbledore right now."
"You're mad you crazy bitch. Crucio! " Voldemort shot at the magical fire and he hit the unfortunate death eater that was looking on at his master and the head ofthe woman in the magically conjured fire.
She had to be a powerful witch to do something like that and they ( everybody on both sides of the fires ) were somewhat in awe at this display of magic. The wizard that was hit by the Cruciatus curse was not spared further pain when Voldemort realized he couldn't send a curse through this particular magical fire he intensified it and decided to investigate this power further.
"Tom you dumb asshole, that was stupid. I don't care about the dumbass that got hit with your curse at all, but that was stuuuuupiiiiiid. You know you can't hurt me and you never could so why bother. Go ahead and curse everyone in the room with you, it still won't bother me. Now you going to surrender or are you willing to turn your minions into sterile squibs and have your ashes blown to parts unknown after you're killed? I was thinking... the sun. Sounds convenient to me."
"Ha! Even you can't do that! That's two millenia old dark magic."
"Oh, I'm not going to do it..."
Birdy brought Harry to the fire and he put his head in, Luna was still helping him project and Draco was controlling the pain Harry would be in if he didn't help by holding on to his love. This time was not as nearly frightening as the first time he was in on a link with Voldemort.
Draco stayed hidden behind Harry, Luna held onto Harry's hand and Birdy held Harry round his shoulder and they placed their heads into the fire at one time. It was Harry that spoke first.
"Hello Tom you old sod. You gonna surrender or am I really going to have to kill you?"
"Ah Harry Potter, good to see you again. You finally figured out the dream curse and have been blocking me. It was quite a surprise to feel it rebound."
"Up your's Tom. What was that curse? El Crucio!" Harry said into the fire.
Harry pointed just his hand at Voldemort and Voldemort himself was hit with the same dark curse that had been torturing Harry since he returned to the wizarding world.
"Was that enough, Tom or do you want me to do it in person. I won't mind killing you early."
"I think you over estimate your powers Harry, after all it was you that gave me back my power and some of yours as well with your ... donation. Thank you for... immortality."
"We'll see half-blood, we'll see. At least both my parents were magical." Harry said tauntingly, his head moved from the fire, Birdy's however remained to taunt Voldemort.
She cast a rain spell on the room he was in and let the fire in his throne room go out severing the link Harry had with him. She gave Harry back his amulet as a precaution and said to them all,
"You think he know's where you are at now, Harry? You guys think he will stop his attacks or, are we going to spy on him until you guys leave here to kill him?"
"I'd bloody love to know how I don't hurt from the contact but if we can do this, then yes, I'd like to know what's going on as well. I suppose we should spy on him."
Harry said, amazed that he didn't feel sick, or wracked with pain from his scar.
"We will do this every night then. Severus you stay out of the picture, but close, you're an expert rapid learn instructor in more than just potions. I remember training with you. You're in for a lot of long days. I think that we should do them one at a time, but with both of us at it, we can do it faster. I don't think I'll need Albus here to help with the final incantation, I don't want them to live with the guilt. You do know what I'm planning don't you?"
"Unspeakable training"
"Well, yes and no. It's what I did after you left."
"Ah yes, well, ...I had tuition in what you speak, so yes, I can help. Won't Albus mind?"
"Not if he knows what's good for him. Once we explain the reason for the anti-guilt spell, I'm sure he'll agree. Voldemort is no Grindelwald"
"Indeed. When do you wish to begin this endevour?"
"I just pissed in the guy's wheaties. When do you think this began?"
"The day he found out you declared war on him."
"Twenty years ago Sev, and you know it. I'm pissed, and I have a plan."
"Do enlighten us won't you? It seems that we have time, considering even the hour, you have my rapt attention." Severus said to his old friend.
He knew when she thought something out loud when she had already decided a course of action.
"I'm going to teach you kids the hard stuff first, then the easy stuff second. The speed learning charm is rather harmless, but if we work individually with you instead of as a group we'll succede faster and easier, and, you can do as you please here. Consider this your home.
You are Thunderbirds now and, this is one place where you will always be considered my family. After all the learning has sunk in, we'll begin to practice. You will have to defeat Voldemort in human form Harry, and wandlessly I might add. I'm going to be using your wand to hit you with everything I know to make sure you can shield them.
The pouches you carry have special, magical absorption stones. Curses and hexes, spells in general that are cast in your offence, will be absorbed until the time when you should all place the stones in the one instrument that will be the end of Voldemort. You'll know what to do with them when the time is right." Birdy looked from face to face.
"Voldemort's wand is the brother to your's right?. You will be protected by the magical absorption charms and a spell not unlike the one that is protecting you now. All of you Thunderbirds will be wearing the charms in the battles that you will be involved in. That I'm sure of and that's what I was speaking earlier of. I say again, you will know what to do with them when the time is right.
You're going to learn to become invisible with a short charm. Easy, considering your magical abilities. You can walk up to people and make them dead and they won't even know you're there.
You'll have to be ruthless, unemotional killers kids, but this is war, and there is honor in doing what is right. There is no room or need for personal guilt.
Peopleare going to be hurt and that's all there is to it. We're going to try minimize that. The wizarding war college at Hogwarts will teach others from around the wizarding world to defend themselves so that this doesn't happen again. There are several more magical nations that will have taken up our cause in the coming months, we aren't alone in this fight.
Voldemort's forces are massive but so are ours, it is going to be up to me to donate more heavily to rebuild our world if we don't end this soon. I'm afraid that it might be months before we can lure his royal assholiness out of hiding to finally face his destiny."
Birdy told them all with determination in her voice and just a hint of malevolence for Voldemort. The Weasley twins were very interested in this war college for wizards at Hogwarts so, they asked a simple question.
"Pardon, Birdy" "but what is this" "war college and" "what does it have" "to do with us?"
"Well, it's like this boys, when you're done with the tuition there, you'll be qualified to do almost anything you wish to do. Medi-wizards, Law wizards, diplomatic corps, members of government, butcher, baker or a candlestick maker if thats the road you choose. That's one of the benefits of learning unmentionable things at an early age. It gives you a leg up on older wizards competing for the same jobs.
You might choose to go into business. The things you're going to learn will only help you. As for why the war college, the wizarding world as a whole, is woefully unprepared for a takeover of their governments by dark forces. This war college will teach teachers to take what they learn and adapt it to where they live and teach others to defend themselves. In many wizarding governments, mandatory government service is coming.
There will be militia armies so that those folks can live normal lives, but in a case of war, they would be the ones to fight for their own flags. Many wizarding nations are about to sign mutual defense treaties, like the one we did almost 200 years ago. I have to tell you kids something right away, we're going to be learning how to use the power of the Thunderbird to start with, wandless spell casting, rapid duel techniques, and then the auror skills training, animagus transformations other than Thunderbirds..."
"Uh, we can already do a few mama."
"Thats good, it will save even more time. I'm going to teach you some of the most scary vicious spells and curses, teach you to cause as much pain as possible when you double and triple your spells and more than a few ways to kill someone. This shit will make your hair straight Hermione. Severus and I have been talking about just what it was that we're going to do with Voldemorts remain's and essence..."
"I've thought about that as well, I'd like to see him done in with a Dementor's kiss." Harry said interrupting Birdy, "Don't suppose we could talk one into joining us..."
"Do you know a patronus charm Harry?"
"Um, yeah I can do a couple of forms, but the one that I saved Sirius with took out a hundred dementors. Other than O.W.L.'s I haven't had to use one. They made you take a Super NEWT in DADA for an OWL? Unbelievable. Will you show us your patronus then?"
"Sure, I have a new happy thought, and it's emotionally charged." Harry said looking at Draco.
"Get on with it Potter." Draco said to his husband. He'd seen Harry's patronus.
"You wanna stay in here?" Harry asked.
"Sure, why not? He's already broken half of the vases in here at one time or another." Birdy said putting her hand on her son's shoulder smiling kindly at her baby boy.
"Ha! I think that everyone should sit down to see this then." Harry admonished the group.
Draco gave him an extra good kiss to pump up his emotions and Harry yelled,
"EXPECTO PATRONUM"
Harry wasn't using his wand and a blinding white light erupted fromhis finger tips, forming the biggest version of the Stag patronus he'd ever conjured.
The stag barely had room to trot around the room stop at Birdy and hang it's head for her to touch him. James' animagus form even as a Patronus knew who she was. The stag then trotted to Harry and looked at Draco and bowed his head to both of them. The stag's antler rack was enormous and it almost touched the ceiling with them when he was running about and then disappeared back to whence it came.
"Harry that was an unspeakable level patronus, add another word and it will kill more than just dementors. That would be one of those little things you'll find out about later."
Birdy had congratulated Harry on such an impressive spell, but left him with another question about his patronus that he wished he would have had to wait for later.
"Who taught you that charm?"
"Remus."
"He didn't tell you the entire spell, just enough to conjure something to repel A dementor, but you took out a hundred with that single one. Amazing." Birdy said.
She knew that Severus knew his fair share of dark curses and his imagination was fertile.
"...I suggest that you all decide on what form you want your patronus to be if you don't already have one. That's something else we'll discuss, but we won't mention it."
Birdy winked to Severus who seemed to actually enjoying watching Birdy spill the beans to the very ones that were going to do some real wizarding battle very soon.
"Although you kids can cast spells as Thunderbirds and reflect spells back to the caster if you're hexed, we're going to assume that when the Thunderbirds show for a battle, the death eaters will disapparate in a heartbeat once they know who you are, and they'll soon find out your true nature. You will cast anti apparition spells on whole sites. This is how we figure to capture as many D.E.'s as possible, turn them into squibs and then put them into a prison for what their crimes are up to that point.
Until the fighting stops, you can take out as many of them as you can from the air if thats where you are. You should be under an invisibility charm, your own magical signatures will let you keep from flying into one another unless you do it on purpose.
You'll probably do better with battle hex casting in human form. The charms I mentioned will deflect anything. When you face Voldemort Harry, I just hope that you rip off his head and shit down his neck first before you all do away with his body."
Birdy got a room full of laughter from the teens that thought it was cool that Birdy used colorful language, Severus just rolled his eyes and continued to listen.
"Those brooms that we showed you are battle brooms and have lots of features. The ones that Adam bought this summer will help you with flawless control of the much bigger and faster war brooms.
War broom and battle broom flying styles are going to be learned. Some very terrible hexes that, although caused death, were not considered unforgivables, will be required of you to master. Battle field potions will be gone over twice this summer.
There's a lot to pick up but, if you could take on 2 years worth of wizard schooling in a week or so, then you're going to pick this up even faster. We'll be practicing on our feed cattle for the AK and variables"
"You expect us to kill animals just to practice?" Hermione said hand over her mouth aghast at what she'd just heard.
"Well, they're bigger than a human and harder to kill. Besides, we're going to eat them afterwards. Mercifully, they won't know what hit them, so don't worry Hermione. You've already done some serious damage to some very powerful wizards and witches. This will be easy, but you have to get used to it at least, not thinking about how terrible the curse is when you cast it. You'll do that wandlessly too."
Birdy said to the inquisitive, trepiditious young witch. She just patted the bushy brunette on the shoulder.
"You kids will know how to catch spells with your hands and turn them into something you want them to be and send them amplified or morphed, back to who ever hexes you or you can choose a target. I'll teach you how to cast one spell at ten targets and hit them all. Magic my darlings is highly personal and should be wielded as necessities deem fit."
"Blimey, that sounds like some awfully advanced stuff." Ron said, "Scary, but awfully advanced... I'm in."
"I rather thought that you kids would be interested in some of the things we're going to learn. Hey this isn't going to be all work and no fun you guys." Birdy said to Ron smiling," Although, when we work it's going to be work. And it's going to be hard work. We'll go over mage training as well. When we have fun, it will be hard fun."
The British ministry doesn't use my methods, but we might as well learn them anyway. Nothing that you all can't grasp with a little practice. We'll go over some tactical planning. Ron, I hear that you're a pretty fair chess player."
"Uh, I guess so Birdy. None of these blokes have ever beaten me." Ron said blushing at the compliment.
"You haven't played me yet Ron." Draco said smirking from where he was leaning on his husband.
"Nor I, Mr. Weasley." Severus interjected.
"Ron's been the strategist for our Quidditch team for a while now, after Umbridge sent those dementors after me last year and had me banned from Quidditch, Ron did quite a good job."
"Delores Umbridge? That bitch sent dementors after you Harry?"
"Yes she did Birdy and on my cousin Dudley too. She was appointed high inquisitor by Fudge and was the DADA instructor as well. She tried to become the Headmistress too. When I said Voldemort was back, she made me write 'I will not tell lies' over and over..."
Harry rolled up his sleeve and presented it to Birdy for her inspection. When she read 'I will not tell lies' carved into Harry's flesh, her eyes turned red like fire.
"Does she still work for the ministry?" Birdy inquired, her tone, mom like.
"Uh I think she still does. I think she sits with the wizengamot too."
"I have a seat on the Wizengamot and a fair bit of influence as well. What else did she do besides ban you from quidditch and make you hack up your arm with dark magic dear?"
Harry launched into a short explaination of the events of his fifth year at school. Draco looked at his husband with sorrowful eyes and he took up the explaination.
"Birdy, up until just this summer, Harry and I didn't exactly get along. Umbridge had a selected few of us act as her eye's and ears. Last year was the biggest waste of everyone's time as any courses realated to defense were diminished greatly to bookwork only. The professor's were scrutinized and harrassed, and if anyone dared to point out a mistake that Umbridge made, she had them dealt with in one way or another. Seem's my Harry here just took it like he always does and didn't seek help."
Draco kissed his husband whispering into his ear,
"I'm so sorry love." Harry just squeezed his husbands hand and smiled at him.
"She sent the dementors without anyones knowledge to Surrey. They have had a big thing in for me since my third year at school. Tried to kiss me several times, first time was on the bloody Hogwarts Express on the way to school, and they attacked me while I was playing Quidditch before Professor Lupin taught me the Patronus charm."
"You learned the patronus at 13 years old?"
"Uh, huh"
"Would you show it to me again? This time outside?" Birdy said almost excited.
"Sure, it is kind of big now isn't it."
Everyone had already seen Harry's patronus, but as always, it was impressive to see. The group of them walked outside into the late evening air. With Draco at his side holding his hand, Harry didn't use his wand when he yelled,
"Expectooooo Patrooonuuum!"
The great silvery misted corporial stag flew from Harry's outstretched hand and pranced around looking at each one of them. It gave Severus a glare and then it bowed to Birdy and nuzzled her cheek again before it disappated into thin air .
"I'm sure somehow that, that was James. Harry it was splendid. I haven't seen that stag run in almost 20 years." Birdy was beaming, and held a tear in her eye for her old friend.
"You know, that patronus was one of the biggest I've ever seen. You must have had a very happy memory to conjure something that massive."
"That's not the size it ususally is Birdy. This time it was a bit more animated and had more antlers. When I get lonely for my father, I could conjure this one."
Harry explained to Birdy. Draco hadn't left Harry's side and was holding him by the waist letting him explain to Birdy how easy it had become.
"How about you Draco, can you conjure a patronus?"
"I hadn't tried in many years for obvious reasons, but I think I can manage one. I have quite a happy thought and now an even greater need for protection. Expecto Patronum! " Draco shouted.
Draco had used his wand and a white tiger came into view of the Thunderbirds, Birdy and Severus. The tiger ran about and gave a roar before it too disappated.
"Those were two of the best patronus charms I've ever seen palefaces cast. I bet we can get the dementors away from Voldemort if we make him cast a patronus charm, they might leave his side. We'll get them close and we can send them back to where they came from." Birdy said.
"What was your happy thought Draco?"
"This git standing next to me gave me something I couldn't not yet obviously have done alone myself, and he married me. I think those are happy enough thoughts. Merlin knows after being under Imperious since before I went to school, I haven't had many thoughts of my own." Draco said, no drawl, no hint of sarcasm, just a loving look to his husband said it all to Birdy.
"Imperious curse by whom?" Birdy inquired.
"Father."
"Good thing he's in Azkaban or I'd kick his ass...again." Birdy said to the two young men.
"Again Birdy?" Draco asked almost amused that his father had his butt kicked physically and not magically.
"Yeah, he grabbed my boob accidentally he said, and I kicked the shit out of him. He was trying to woo your mama Draco, but he was a bit drunk on Firewhiskey and well, let's just say he got a little too fresh. Your mother threatened him with the removal of his bits if he ever did something like that again."
"Father's had mistresses for years." Draco said, raising an eyebrow.
"Uh huh and your mother knew about it too I bet."
"I rather think that she did. She didn't interfere when he went off for weeks and months to wallow like a pig at Voldemort's feet. She got even with him somewhat, I've been told."
"Ah yes, I heard about that. Who captured Lucius?"
"Dumbledore petrified him after he'd cursed Hermione." Harry said.
"The story I had heard was that, The MLE gathered up the fallen death eaters, Lucius among them and sent them directly to Azkaban, no story on how they fell.
Harry and Dumbledore had been fighting their way out of the ministry when Voldemort himself apparated into the entry of the Ministry itself.
Someone told me that Harry threw everything he had at the bastard, including Avada Kedavra. His shields were up either that or he knew Harry's heart wouldn't be in the curse. Auntie Bella managed to escape with him leaving the others behind. That's what I had heard from my mother anyway. By the way, we caught Auntie Bella a few weeks before we came here." Draco finished the 'pat' explaination.
The Thunderbirds had remained quiet listening to the story Harry and Draco were telling. Most of them knew what had happened already, but Birdy didn't really. Of course she would be interested.
"Well kids, I'm going to teach you some very dark magic. Don't worry about it. Your intentions are good, but if you have to, I expect you to use it. Your next AK will work Harry." Birdy admonished the teens and especially Harry the last.
Severus had been sitting quietly listening to the reparte going on between Birdy and Draco and Potter when he spoke up.
"Perhaps Birdy, it would be prudent to demonstrate some of the magic you plan on teaching these young people."
"I think we can find something to work with Sev." Birdy said and she conjured a tank full of water and it was full of fish.
"What are you going to teach us Birdy?" Neville said.
"In this case, it's not dark magic, we could say it's almost like preparing a meal. For purposes of this demonstration, these fish will do nicely."
Birdy reached into the water and grabbed a rather large fish by the tail and put it into another tank so she could demonstrate.
"Osteoablatio!"
Birdy said and the fish sank to the bottom of the tank. It was dead.
"Ok kids, essentially what I did was filet that fish without making a cut. Doesn't seem like very dark magic does it? Well, if you were in a battle and you hit someone with it, they'd fall into a pile of jelly and would probably promptly die. Can't live without bones and they can't cast a spell if they can't hold a wand, not that they would be thinking of anything but themselves before they died.
The biggest single secret you kids have going for you, is that you are going to learn Navajo wandless magic, and learn to kill. Not all the methods will be as nice as the one I just demonstrated. There are cutting curses, blasting curses, all kinds of battle magic that is deadly vicious but not unforgivable.
You kids as unmentionables, will have special priveledges and rights that require much personal responsibility. I intend to make you the most powerful group of witches and wizards of your age. Or any age for that matter. You are the secret weapon that Voldemort won't suspect when he tries for the big prize. Hogwarts. He can get try to get into this land but he know's if he tries, I'll send him into outer space for his efforts. That's why you are here and not in hiding in Britain." Birdy said to all of the Thunderbirds.
Neville was pretty much impressed. He didn't really want to use unforgivables on anyone but with what Birdy had said, made the reality of killing someone a little less terrifying for him and the others.
"Neville, your mama and dad never used dark spells, they did use some of the things I am going to teach you in the next few weeks. Tomorrow kids, Severus and I are going to start work with you. I bet that Voldemort is pulling his hair out if he has anyleft just trying to find out anything.
I've had some reports that his activities have been more than vicious just in the last two days. Hermione, Albus and I have had your parents placed into hiding. Good thing that they know better than to argue. The rest of you kids that have missing parents, I'm sorry about your circumstances but if they're alive, then they should stay that way if they don't get involved in the fighting.
You will not be able to distinguish them in a battle, but remember this. They will try to kill you and they won't bat an eye if they have you in their cross hairs with a killing curse. For example, Molly and Arthur Weasley are a very powerful wizarding couple and can protect the Burrow which is now also unplottable by the way Weasleys.
Harry, Draco, since Narcissa is Ministress of Magic, she has some remarkable new powers and can take care of herself. Fudge never seemed to know how to envoke the true power of his office, which could be why no one could be found in her office when those death eaters attacked.
Above all she's not stupid and can take care of herself. Malfoy Manor of course is well known to the Death Eaters but the wards there are almost as powerful as the ones at Hogwarts and here as well now. So everyone, take a breather, we're going to plan some things very carefully so I want you all to rest easy.
This next month for you will be going by fast at times and slow at others but it will be the last peace you will probably know until this war is over with. Wizarding wars don't usually last 20 years and with the grace of the God, this one will be over with very soon." Birdy finished. "I think it's time for bed. I have a lot to think about. Sev, stay with me?"
"Of course."
The hour was late and the day that everyone had spent together was exhausting but ultimately, refreshing and informative. The Thunderbirds made their way to their bedrooms, no one thought this time to try to hide the fact that they were sleeping together. Adam was the only one that wished that his special someone was there too to sleep with him.
He was happy anyway despite the fact that Charley was still in Britain, his friends were there with him and his mother liked them all, not because she saw the potential that was probably the only hope left to defeat the most vile dark wizard of the time since Grindelwald.
Adam's grandfather's magic was legendary and Birdy thought that the young people that came from Britain to learn the ways of Navajo war magic were spot on to do the job. Her concerns were the same as Albus's were, but she saw the potential of Thundercloud's magic.
Voldemort was going to be in for the fight of his life and, his life was going to end when they could trap him and his death eaters in a final battle that would free the wizarding world from the danger that he posed to both muggles and muggle born witches and wizards that he so despised.
The first two weeks that the Thunderbirds spent in Arizona on the Magical Navajo Nation were the hardest most grueling time the Thunderbirds had to go through. The rapid learning spells that Birdy and Severus charmed on the 13 Thunderbirds were as successful as had been planned.
The curses and hexes that they had learned were a bit of a shock to all of them, as they had never heard of the incantations they had to learn. They had become proficient in them, deadly as they were. Learning the magics was not as frightening as they had been thought to.
The Thunderbirds had all learned the battle magic magnificently. They had become proficient enough to become collectively, the deadliest wizarding force ever to be reconed with. The two weeks after the rapid learning process were spent just relaxing and learning more in the way of battle tactics. Ron was singled out for his stratigical mind when he played Birdy at wizards chess. The Thunderbirds were finally relaxing and having some fun in the MNN.
Adam and the Thunderbirds as well as Birdy did several daily transformations into their magical bird forms. They learned how to become invisible while in flight and in their human forms. They learned how to send hexes and curses as 'Thunderbirds' not just in retalliating by reflecting charms cast at them, and how to form wards while in flight or on the ground as humans. Most importantly they learned aerobatics to avoid being hit with curses while Thunderbirds themselves so as to not give their positions away while invisible. Although lightening is a reflex and can't be stopped, sending a hex back by reflection gives them a target they hadn't seen before.
The relationships between Thunderbirds and Dragons were explained in detail. The magical creatures knew their place on the magical heirarchy and the reason that the Dragons respected the Thunderbirds was one of mutual self respect was because of an ancient event in which Thunderbirds and Dragons waged their final battle. The King of the Dragons had surrendered, and pledged his allegience to them from that time on.
A light came on in the heads of the Thunderbirds all at once. They realized that they would have magical creatures as allies in the war that was going to be joined as soon as they were back in Britain.
Those dragons Charley had, were at Hogwarts. What their role would be wasn't clear at the time, but it was suspected that they were to provide barracades against battle spells being thrown at the combatants on the light side or Hogwarts itself. The dragons also were capable of incinerating anything that thier handlers directed them at. Handy and effective.
War was never something that any civilized peoples wanted, but the conflict between the light and the dark had been going on far too long and whether they wanted to or not, they were going to finish this madness. A new confidence had been forged by those now in power, and it was going to reach even the most remote parts of the world, to wizards and witches that had expressed a desire to help.
Those willing to fight would at least feel better knowing that there was a solid chance for a final victory. Those wizards and witches knew that if the dark won the war in Europe, it would only be a matter of time before their own homes and lands would be in as much if not more danger if they didn't make an allegience. They also knew that the wizarding governments that didn't participate, would be the first targets in the march of domination by the dark. The planet's population, both muggle and wizard would no longer be safe.
Birdy spent an unusual amount of time with Harry, Neville, Ginny and Draco as they all had personal scores to settle with Voldemort, the prophecy aside.
Neville's parents were tortured into becoming empty vessels of their former selves, and Harry's parent's were murdered, saving his life. These boys had some very distinct reasons to see Voldemort dead. Ginny had been possessed by a fifty year old spell that could have brought Voldemort back as a younger more vicious form of himself and kill her in the process. She had a reason to want to rip his heart out and, had expressed her desire to do just that.
Draco had been forced by Imperio to learn dark magic, to become vicious and as uncaring as his father had become. He hated the man that Lucius had become, but he loved his father and was happy that he was safely locked away in Azkaban prison. Birdy had suggested that if the four Thunderbirds had to have a part in killing Voldemort, she was going to insure that, that possibility could and would happen. She hated the man as much as the four teen wizards did and for much the same reasons plus a few of her own.
Her second target, would be Peter Pettigrew.
Narcissa had taken care of making sure that Sirius Black was exhonorated as Fudge had dragged his feet on the matter because even he had seen Pettigrew alive with Bellatrix LeStrange and Voldemort in the skirmish that put Sirius through the veil, alive.
Fudge had seen everything but had not lifted a finger or his wand to join in the defense of the Ministry. Bad move for a politician and the worst one he could have made was doing nothing. Birdy thought briefly of cursing Fudge on general principle, but Narcissa told Birdy that Molly had taken care of that task already and that seemed to satisfy her for now.
The task at hand now for everyone was to learn...