Chapter 13
Exchange
A very eager black dog awakened Dumbledore. After listening to Sirus. "Where's Mineva?"
"Waking the others to meet in the teachers room."
"Good."
Ten minutes later everyone is gathered together.
"So they're just going to give them back?" Liz asked.
"What's the catch?" Draco asked.
Harry glared at him.
"There's always a catch." Kyle agreed.
"They plan to exchange Michael for Rath." Sirus explained, "in case we discover the bugs."
Michael stiffened. Hermione touched his hand in comfort.
"If the exchange the doesn't work, they may know that we're on to them. And by the Rath and Nicolas were talking Maria, Snape, and Ginny wouldn't know about it."
"And if they plan to bug them, they'd probably use memory charms, so they wouldn't know, right?" Ron asked.
"They would." Remus replied.
"So how do we prevent me from being taken?" Michael asked holding Herimone's hand.
"We need to exchange someone else, to spy on them." Harry said.
Max looked at him.
"We could polyjuice the volunteer." Ron suggested.
"No, that would wear off too soon." Hermione said. "And there's no way to keep taking the potion, if you are tied up."
"Can you use your powers to change a person's face?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, like Nasedo." Liz agreed.
Michael looked at Isabel and then to Max. "I know I can't, but can you?"
"I don't understand, wizards don't have that kind of power." Hermione said.
"Hermione, enough, they are not aliens!" Ron exclaimed.
The room grew very quiet.
"Wait, you don't mean…" Harry couldn't finish.
"You're an alien?" Draco asked Kyle.
"No, not quite."
"We are." Michael said, gesturing to him, Isabel, and Max. "So are Rath, Nicolas, Lonnie, and Kavar."
"I'm confused." Ron said. "Hermione said the aliens crashed in 1947."
Liz sighed. "I'll explain. In 1947 a ship crashed in Roswell, it was carrying 4 aliens and 8 incubation pods. Two aliens died in the crash, the other two took a set of pods and hid them. The kids inside hatched as six year olds in 1988. The Roswell set included Max, Michael, Isabel, and Tess, who died last year. The other set was taken to New York City, which included: Zan, who died two years ago, Rath, Lonnie, and Ava. Three years ago I was shot and Max healed me. Later that year he also healed Kyle who was shot. Last year I started to develop powers. Kyle is now developing powers, too. Lonnie and Rath have allied themselves with Kavar and Nicolas who are completely alien, while the pod squad are human/alien hybrids. The reason they were sent here is due to a war on their home planet and Kavar is the guy who has been trying to assassinate Max, Michael, and Isabel. So he can rule their planet, because Max was their king." Liz sighed.
"We're the Roswell aliens, so don't tell anyone." Michael summed it up.
"So Maria is pregnant with a ½ alien baby?" Sirus asked.
"Yes." Liz replied.
"Could this Kavar know about it?" He asked.
"Nicolas could." Max said.
"But why take Michael?" Draco asked.
"Cause he's the father." Isabel said.
"We need someone on their side." Kyle said.
"When do they want to make the exchange?" McGonigall asked.
"They didn't say, but I'd suspect tonight or tomorrow." Sirus said.
"We need to make a plan and we need to make it now." Max said.
"I agree, but it will involve everyone in this room." Dumbledore said.
That night, Maria sat in the basement dazed. Ginny and Snape were upstairs. Maria felt like she had awoken from a very vivid dream, except she couldn't remember it. Rath walked over and crouched down in front of her.
"Michael?" She whispered.
"Maria, it's okay."
She hugged him. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to rescue you. Where's Snape and Ginny?"
"Upstairs, but you can't go up there."
"Why?"
"Kavar and Nicolas."
Suddenly the stairs descended and Isabel/Lonnie ran down with Ginny and Snape. "We have to get out of here now!" Lonnie whispered urgently. She handed Rath a circular metal disc. "I found this." He pressed the button in the center.
Isabel popped up off the couch in the teacher's room. "They're coming NOW! Lonnie and Rath!"
"Where are they transporting to?" Sirus asked.
"The great entrance, GO!"
Sirus transformed and sped out the door. He raced down the hall barking as he went, quickly any students in the hall fled. Harry, Draco, and Cho ran toward the barking with their brooms in hand. The three jumped onto their brooms and flew toward the ceiling above the entrance. Kyle, Isabel, Liz, Max, Hermione, and Ron hid at each entrance to the space in front of the large doors. Remus, McGonigall, and Dumbledore waited with Amy and Michael in the great hall. They all quietly watched, as a white spark appeared six feet above the floor. It expanded and a column of blue and white swirling light extended to the floor. Out of the light stepped Lonnie, Snape, Ginny, Maria, and Rath.
"Rath, go you have five minutes." Lonnie ordered.
"Rath?" Maria asked confused and dazed.
"Time's up." Max said standing at the top of the stairs.
Harry nodded to Draco and Cho, who swooped down toward Lonnie. Draco grabbed Maria as Cho grabbed Ginny. The two disappeared into the great hall. As Harry dove for Snape, Lonnie used her power to knock Harry from his broom. He fell into her arms.
"No!" Hermione screamed.
Isabel caught Harry's broom as Draco flew out of the hall.
"Draco, get Snape." Isabel commanded as she mounted Harry's broom. Draco whizzed over and grabbed Snape as Isabel flew toward Lonnie.
Lonnie held Harry in a chokehold. "No one use any magic or the boy gets it." She tightened her grip so that Harry had to gasp for air.
"Lonnie, let him go!" Isabel yelled as she jumped off the broom and on top of Lonnie. Isabel used her power to push Harry away. Lonnie in turn used her power to throw Isabel into the column. Lonnie got up and into it. It closed behind her.
"No," Kyle muttered as he fell to his knees.
Max and Liz ran into the hall. "We lost Isabel." Liz announced as she walked in.
"Why Isabel?" Ron asked as he walked in.
Hermione wasted no time as everyone stood stunned, and Rath started to run. "Petrificus totalus!" She yelled and waved her wand at him. No one noticed as he fell backward stiff. They had all turned and ran into the hall. Draco walked out and spotted Hermione trying to drag Rath by his feet. He walked over and pulled out his wand.
"Wingardum Leviosa." He said and Rath began to float.
"Need some help, Granger?"
Her eyes narrowed, "thank you."
The two followed the floating Rath into the hall as Ron spoke. "Why Isabel?"
Hermione saw Ginny being embraced by her parents. Maria leaned on Amy who was holding Snape close to her.
"Why don't we ask him?" Draco asked placing Rath on the floor at Dumbledore's feet. Dumbledore removed the spell on Rath, who jumped up, but immediately realized that escape was hopeless. He sat on a bench and waited. Max broke from the circle as Remus dismissed Cho. Max faced Rath.
"Why Isabel?" He demanded coldly.
"It wasn't supposed to be her, just Michael."
"Why?" Michael asked.
"We wanted someone on the inside to know why Maria is so appealing to Voldermort. Most we'd do to Mickey is leave him locked up."
"What is Voldermort's plan?" Hermione asked.
"Don't know, but when he gets what he wants he's gonna kill Kavar, Nicolas, Lonnie, and me."
"What's Kavar's plan?" Kyle asked.
"To kill Voldermort and the death guys, absorb their power, kill yous, and go home."
"Sounds fun." Draco commented.
Ron and Harry glared at him.
"We should get them to the medical wing." Kyle said quietly.
"Agreed," Remus said. Mrs. Weasley cradled Ginny as Michael picked up Maria. Amy helped Severus to his feet. Remus led the way.
"We should get to class." Hermione said.
Ron and Harry rolled their eyes.
"Good idea," Dumbledore spoke, "I have to go rescue Sirus from the large study hall in the library."
As the group spilt up to go attend their classes, Rath sat there looking confused.
"What about him?" Ron asked.
"I'll take care of him." Kyle volunteered; then he smiled. "Sirus is teaching potions next."
Max nodded his head.
Isabel tumbled out of the vortex and fell in front of Nicolas. "What is she doing here? You are not following the plan." He said as Lonnie stepped out of the vortex and it closed behind her.
"It was an accident, they were waiting for us." She replied.
Nicolas glared at her, " take her back, this will ruin everything."
"NO!"
The three turned to see Voldermort and Lucius Malfoy. "We have a plan for the little girl." The dark wizard hissed.