Order of the Emeralds
Chapter 8
Hermione lay down on her bed. She had stopped crying a while ago. No more tears could come. She sighed and closed her eyes and embraced the darkness. Unknown to her, two men slipped inside her room. One that was obviously the vampire Rio and the other the Immortal of Life. He was also the cousin of Lily and half-brother to David. He watched the elf sleep.
"What can we do for her?" Rio asked quietly. Both men loved Hermione, and each other. The Immortal softly sat down and stroked the lovely elf's tear-stained face.
"There is little we can do for her, except be here to help her through." Rio nodded unhappily. He had watched her be betrayed thrice. Once by blood, twice by love. He would kill all 3 of them when he had the chance and the Immortal sure as hell wasn't going to stop his lover. Being Life, he could not take another's. However he was angry at Voldermort for cheating him, and Death wasn't exactly pleased either.
Gently the men place a soft kiss upon their beloved's forehead and left the room, not before setting an alarm just in case she had a nightmare or her heart began to bleed. Beatrice watched the men through the cam. There was one in all rooms except Lily's, only Beatrice and Harry knew about them. Beatrice shuddered, Lord knows what the twins and girls would do if they knew. Although, it was safety activated bits…wouldn't be shown unless there was a weapon or something potentially dangerous stuck there.
Anyway, Beatrice was touched with the men, even if Hermione had never met the Immortal. Shame really, they would make a good triangle. Hermione with her knowledge, Rio with his loyalty and ability to bear children contrary to his gender and the Immortal with his kindness for all living creatures and his understanding. She smiled and began her plotting- She wasn't the true heir to Slytherin for nothing after all.
For the next few days Harry got to know Kestrel and Falcon. And together they decided a game plan. Kestrel was a descendant of Merlin and in line with that, the four founders. Therefore she could stake her claims, as a Mc Kenzie and a Malfoy by marriage, the school. She was, once upon a time, married to Antonius Malfoy the only honourable Malfoy in history. However the current line of Malfoy had nothing to do with her as the estate and title went to Antonius' first child from his first marriage. The plan was simple, Kestrel would take over Hogwarts and train the students to defend themselves and to gather the army of Sirenia to ready itself for battle. When asked her reason for this she claimed:
"For generations I have balanced the lighter and darker aspects of life, I intend to keep that balance. After all, if light took over then the innocent dark creatures would die, and the dark took over the light would die. In turn, either has the potential to kill off the world. In the magical and muggle worlds meet, then the muggles will kill off the magical because there numbers overrun us, 1000 to 1. I intend to put up many more barriers and be a little more selective about muggleborns, not because I dislike them, but because they mostly return to the muggle world and thus increases the risk of finding us out. Whilst we cannot deny them their birthright, we can train them and if they wish to return, mind wipe them and their families. This is what I have always aimed for."
Kestrel also took it upon herself to train Harry in the ways of Sirenia and etiquette in every species. She also gave him 'The Talk' which, at the end of, Harry blushed like mad. Kestrel had always prided herself on her cunning.
What she didn't anticipate was the fact her twin brother, David was right behind her smirking. Silent and careful he lightly blocked Kestrel's senses without her noticing and whispered in her ear
"Boo." Kestrel hit the ceiling.
tis an inset day so I managed to finish this and get this out, I hope you like it!