Three days into the holidays, Clarisa put on her now empty, but magically enlarge backpack, and had shadow traveled to the Mall that was near her school, and once there she waited at the entrance for her friend Gabrielle.
It didn't take long, before Clarisa saw Gabrielle, and gave each other a sisterly hug." Good morning Clarisa, ready for entire day of shopping?" Gabrielle happily asked." I'm ready whenever you are." Clarisa happily said, but as she turned." Wait, we need to wait for my cousin, her parents are dropping her off here, and will be spending a few days at my house." Gabrielle quickly said, stopping Clarisa dead in her tracks." Cousin, you don't mean Hermione Granger?" Clarisa asked, but kept her voice in check, since she didn't want to talk to her old friends yet." Ah, yes she is the one, why are you upset at meeting with her?" Gabrielle asked, as she looked to Clarisa." No it's nothing, I was just startle that I was going to meet one of Harry Potter friends." Clarisa quickly said, and waited with Gabrielle at the entrance.
It took a few minutes, before a dark blue car rolled up to the entrance, and a brown hair girl quickly stepped out, and rushed to hug Gabrielle." Gabi, it is good to see you!" Hermione excitedly said as she let Gabrielle go." Gabi, I never thought to call you that." Clarisa joked, as she came up to the two cousins." Alright you may call me Gabi, and Hermione, I want you to meet Clarisa Whitewater, a good friend of mine from school." Gabrielle happily started, but stopped, as she noticed how Hermione looked at Clarisa." YOU, you were at the place I was at last summer!" Hermione called out, and was about to pull out her wand." Hermione don't, I'm not a dark witch, and Dumbledore will confirm it, since I had been seeing him, Sirius and Remus for the last few days." Clarisa quickly said, causing Gabrielle to look to them." Are you saying that Clarisa is a witch?" Gabrielle asked, as her eyes went wide." I'm sorry I didn't say anything Gabi, but yes I'm a witch, and will be going to Hogwarts for my six year." Clarisa said, looking to Gabrielle." We need to go somewhere private, and out in the open isn't a good place to talk about this!" Hermione firmly said, and the three went into the mall.
Once seated in a private area of the food court, Clarisa explain everything to both Gabrielle and Hermione, accept for being Harry Potter, and once she was done, Hermione spoke first." So you telling us, that you were in hiding since the Shadow Mages law would have you quickly executed for no reason?" Hermione asked, as Clarisa nodded." That was the reason all the Shadow Mages was wiped out about two hundred years ago, and I'm the last one in existence, but now that the law is gone I can go to Hogwarts for my magical schooling." Clarisa happily said, as Gabrielle look sadly to Clarisa." Is this the reason you were avoiding friends, cause you knew, you would be leaving to go back to the wizarding world." Gabrielle asked." That was the reason, but I promise I will visit when I can during the holidays." Clarisa firmly committed herself, and Gabrielle was glad as was Hermione." Now that settled, let go shopping!" Hermione excitedly said, as she pulled both girls up, and they all went to the stores.
Shopping was a tiresome affair, and just before lunch, Clarisa was both exhausted and embarrassed, since many of shops they went too was Lingerie stores, because Gabrielle had complain of Clarisa lack of nice underclothing," since they saw each other in the locker rooms after PE class", had made Clarisa buy a full wardrobe of those that she and Hermione picked for Clarisa.
The three friends made it back to the food court, and were ready for a large lunch since they all was now very hungry after hours of nonstop shopping, and carrying large bags of clothing." So guys, what shell we eat?" Hermione asked, as they check the selections, which consist of many high price food chains." I'm for some fast food, since I feel hungrier then Ron, during the welcoming…." Clarisa quickly stopped herself, since that would be a big mistake if she had finished that sentence, but unfortunately Hermione was staring at her." Ah, how do you know that Ron eats like a pig, during the welcoming feast?" Hermione asked, as Gabrielle also looked to Clarisa." Ah, Harry Potter always told me about your adventures, and joked about how Ron had eaten." Clarisa quickly explained, and luckily she had already told Hermione about her fake friendship with Harry." Oh yeah, I remember now, so lets go and grabbed something." Hermione said, but seem unconvinced, as they found a nice restaurant and bought some food.
After a large lunch, Hermione again dragged her still very tired friends to the stores, to now give Clarisa a complete makeover, since her clothing, could be updated to today fashions." Oh come on you two, I am fine with what I'm wearing now!" Clarisa complained, as they entered a high fashion clothing store." CLARISA WHITEWATER, you are not fine wearing plain clothing, and from what Gabi told me while you tried the Lingerie on, you have no fashion sense, so we need to fully update your wardrobe!" Hermione sternly said, and at the same time reminding Clarisa of Mcgonagal." OK already, let get this over with, but this better not empty my bank account!" Clarisa complained, but knew it wouldn't, since she have over several million pounds in her muggle bank account she been using for a credit card, which luckily for her, barely scratch her wizard account.
Several hours later, and her magically enlarge backpack filled to the brimmed with all of her new clothing, Clarisa sat down on a bench and declare that she is done shopping for today." I guess we can call it a day." Hermione finally said, as she saw her friends exhausted from all their shopping." But can we do this again, since next time we won't need to buy clothing for Clarisa." Gabrielle hopefully asked." That will be fine with me." Clarisa started, but stopped as a Galleon rolled towards her, and she quickly stepped on it." Hey, someone drop…" Was all Clarisa said, since she suddenly felt a belly tugged, and was all she knew.
For a few moments, Hermione and Gabrielle stared at the now empty bench, until someone race towards them, and Hermione quickly recognize the person." Tonks, what just happened?" Hermione stuttered, as Tonks quickly waved her wand at the spot where Clarisa vanished." A wizard had rolled a Galleon towards Clarisa, and unfortunately she stepped on it to stop it from rolling." Tonks started, but stopped as she cursed herself." I should've known something was up, and stopped that Galleon from reaching Clarisa!" Tonks angrily said, since she was supposed to keep Clarisa safe, but turned to Hermione and Gabrielle." I'm sending you both to Grimmauld Place, since it's not safe here anymore, and from there Gabrielle can go straight home." Tonks firmly said, and took out a length of rope." Tonks, will Clarisa be alright?" Hermione shakily asked, as she took part of the rope, and gesture Gabrielle to do the same." I'm sorry, I can't say at this moment, but lets pray that they still don't know about Clarisa being a Shadow Mage." Tonks hopefully said, and then said the password to activate the Portkey.
In a dark and wet dungeon room, Clarisa slowly awoke." Oh please let this be a renovated room, Dumbledore just did!" Clarisa pleaded, but knew she was caught by Voldemort." So the muggle have awakened!" A voice spat out, and Clarisa saw a wizard in dark robes, looking through a small doorway window." A MUGGLE, I think you are wrong!" Clarisa quickly called out, and stood up with her wand in her hand." You are a witch, what are you doing living in the filthy Muggle world?" The wizard called out, sounding like it was a bad thing." I was trying to live a peaceful life and thank you very much for ruining it!" Clarisa yelled, then did a complicating wave with her wand, to conjured an unknown black Rune, which floated before her." What is that?" The wizard shouted, but was answered when three black balls flew out of the Rune, and shattered the doorway." Ahh!" The wizard screamed, as he was now covered in blisters, from the shatter doorway." Quite you will live for now." Clarisa said, as she dismissed the Rune, and created a new one, that sent black ropes flying at the wizard, both tying him up and silencing him." Wow, it does work, I can quickly get use to casting this way." Clarisa said smiling, since this was her first time testing these spells in battle." Now for me to leave this place, but first I should explore for now." Clarisa thought, and waved her wand at the bound wizard, and he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
At Grimmauld Place, Dumbledore had quickly assembled his Order, and was making plans for Clarisa rescue, when a dark cloud appeared, but once it was gone, a wizard in rip up Death Eaters robes appeared all bound up." What the…" Many Order members yelled, since they were expecting Clarisa to pop out of the cloud." Stand down everyone; he can't harm us like this!" Dumbledore commanded, and went to the bound Death Eater." He is cut up, someone get some Healing potions, to heal SOME of his wounds." Dumbledore called out, and someone went to get the weakest of their potions, since they didn't want to waste their most potent potions on a Death Eater.
Unfortunately in the end, Dumbledore had gotten no answers, and to make things more complicated, more Death Eaters started popping up the same way, but less wounded then the first one." Professor Dumbledore, what is going here?" Molly asked, as a Death Eater popped in front of her." I believe Clarisa is freeing herself at this moment." Dumbledore only said, as he gathered the Death Eaters together.
Back in a unknown place, Clarisa was smiling at what Dumbledore would be thinking, as she sent the nineteenth Death Eater to Grimmauld Place, but her amusement was cut short, as she came up to a plain but old double doorway, and heard a very familiar but unwelcome voice yelled from within." Get the girl now; I want to know why Dumbledore is interested in her!" Voldemort yelled, and Clarisa quickly turned into a shadow to avoid three Death Eaters running out, but once the door closed, Clarisa appeared, and created a Rune that sent out ropes to quickly subdue the three Death Eaters and then sent them on their way." Great, I know I'm not powerful enough to fight Voldemort, but maybe I can scare him." Clarisa thought, and turned into a shadow that went under the doorway and into a large room, with Voldemort and a few Death Eaters.
In a large room, as a snake like man sat on a thrown like chair, made up of hundreds of skeletons, he was observing a shadow moving on the ground, which had no explanation of what was causing it." My faithful followers, we have a guest among us!" Voldemort hissed, and the five other occupants of the room, quickly pulled out their wands, and search about." Show yourself, or face my wrath!" Voldemort angrily hissed, and instantly a dark shadow came up from the floor, and formed an image of a boy long thought dead." YOU, you should be dead!" Voldemort hissed loudly, but looked shocked at what he was seeing." I am dead you fool!" A black shadowy figure of Harry Potter yelled, and then pointed his shadowy finger at a Death Eater." Crouch, I got a bone to pick with you!" Harry yelled, and Crouch quickly waved his wand." Avada Kedavra!" Crouch shouted, but the green spell flew straight threw Harry shadowy form." You can't kill someone who is already dead!" Harry laughed, and waved his hand, to send out shadowy lines at Crouch, which quickly turn into ropes, that tide Crouch up tightly." Now be gone, and get what you deserve for what you did to me!" Harry yelled, and with another wave of his hands Crouch was gone in a puff of black smoke.
While Harry was taken care of Crouch, the rest was frozen in fear,after seeing a killing curse failed to kill someone, only when Crouch disappeared Voldemort shakily spoke out." What did you do to him?" Voldemort yelled, and Harry smile." I sent him to where he can be punished by those who wish him harm!" Harry simply said, and waved his hand at the remaining Death Eaters, which quickly got tied up, and disappeared before anyone can do anything." Now, I will be leaving you alone for awhile, but I will be back once I'm strong enough to defeat you!" Harry said, and then vanished leaving a not so very happy Voldemort.
Back at Grimmauld Place, Dumbledore was trying to stop Sirius and many of the Order members from killing Crouch, for what he did to Harry, and killing off Mad eye, but the sudden appearance of a shadowy figure stopped them dead in their tracks." HARRY!" They all called out, as Harry looked to Dumbledore." Professor, can I have a word with you in private!" Harry asked unkindly, and Dumbledore nodded, while dismissing a shocked looking group.
After putting the still remaining Death Eater to sleep, Harry shadowy form change to that of Clarisa, and she breathed a sigh of relief, as she fell to the floor exhausted." Clarisa, are you alright!" Dumbledore worriedly asked, as he knelt next to Clarisa." I need some rest, but I should be fine…" Clarisa only said, before falling into a deep sleep.
Moments after leaving the kitchen, the Order members was startled when a sadden Dumbledore stepped out of the kitchen, carrying a sleeping Clarisa." Clarisa should be fine thanks to Harry, but would someone get Madam Pomfrey to fully check her." Dumbledore worriedly said, before heading up the stairs to place Clarisa in an unused room.
Almost an hour had passed when Pomfrey entered the kitchen, where everyone was quietly waiting for news of Clarisa's health." The girl is fine, and it appears that she is unharmed except for some magic depletion, which should be back to normal in a day or two." Pomfrey informed everyone, and once seeing that it was all that was needed, she left to go back to Hogwarts.
Once Pomfrey was gone, Sirius turned to Dumbledore." Professor, how is it that Harry…" Sirius started, but was cut off by Dumbledore, since no one else knew the truth about Harry." Sirius, we will know more when Clarisa wakes up, but I fear we won't know anything until then." Dumbledore firmly said, and Sirius quickly quieted. "Professor, what are we going to do about Clarisa, since we got her now?" Molly asked, and everyone looked to Dumbledore." Since the wards around her Muggle school are enough to protect her, I feel it will be fine to let her continue." Dumbledore started, to the protest of the Order, but he quickly quieted them." I already made a deal with her, in which I allow her to continue going to the Muggle school if she takes her O.W.Ls this year, and come to Hogwarts for her six year." Dumbledore continued, to the relief of a few." Professor, will she be ready for her O.W.Ls?" Molly asked, and Dumbledore nodded." From what she tells me, she will be far ahead of her classmates, and will have no trouble with her magical schooling." Dumbledore said, and everyone accepted it.
Once Clarisa schooling was over, Molly remembered something." Professor, do you know how to contact Clarisa guardians?" Molly asked, as Dumbledore and a few others looked worried." I'm afraid Clarisa have no guardians to contact, since other then living in a large unplottable mansion, and fifteen house elves, Clarisa is living by herself." Dumbledore informed a horror struck mother." WHAT, she can't live by herself she is just a child!" Molly yelled, as everyone quickly moved away." And because of that, I'm taking her in, and I don't care what anyone says!" Molly declared, and Dumbledore looked unsure about it." Mrs. Weasley, Clarisa needs time to work on her Shadow magic, and it would be best to leave her alone until she is ready for the wizarding world." Dumbledore said, hoping against hope that Molly will wait till then." I don't see why she can't practice her magic while someone looks after her?" Molly sternly said in a way, that Dumbledore knew he would not win this argument." Mrs. Weasley lets wait until Clarisa wakes up, before we decide on her living arrangements." Dumbledore firmly said, and for a second Molly was about to protest, but knew Dumbledore was right and didn't say anymore.
Once Molly let off her steam about Clarisa, Tonks spoke up, after entering the kitchen." Sir, the Death Eaters are done being questioned, and many of them are saying that a young girl use some kind of magic that involved an unknown Rune to capture them." Tonks informed a startle group." Do you mean she place a Rune on an object, and used it against the Death Eaters!" Bill asked." No, she somehow conjured a floating Rune, and a bounding spells shot out it, this was what all the Death Eaters had said, and whatever spell that was, it took awhile for the Aurors to remove it." Tonks finished, making everyone looked to Dumbledore.
It took a while for Dumbledore to speak, since he was lost in thought, but after a long sigh, he looked to the Order." I need to confirm this with Clarisa, but I'm sure she somehow had mastered the lost art of Rune spell casting, which can make any spell fifty times more powerful then an average level spell." Dumbledore started, but stopped to think." A lost art, it must be ancient, since I never heard of Runes being use that way?" Bill informed Dumbledore." No it is not ancient, but it was lost around a hundred years ago, when it was decided, since it took too much magic to cast it was thought to be obsolete, so the only records of the Rune casting is locked away in the Department of Mysteries." Dumbledore inform Bill." Do you mind if I come to have a word with Clarisa, since I'm interested in learning anything new about Runes?" Bill hopefully asked, and Dumbledore nodded." I will ask her if she will share this knowledge, but it will be her decision to tell us, since I believe this is something that should be limited to a few people." Dumbledore warned, and called the meeting to an end to stop anymore questioning till he spoken with Clarisa.