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The Crystal Council
Chapter 2
The Prophecy
Dumbledore heaved a great sigh; the war was over Tom had failed to bring his vision of a pure-blooded magical world. There were casualties of course the Longbottoms would never be the same after the torture they endured. The Potters had survived their encounter with the Tom if only barely as both were in the IC at St. Mungo. What had surprised him most was what had happened when Tom attacked the Potter's child the spell rebounded and killed him and severely injured both is parents. The Daily Prophet had gone mad with the news that Tom had died and as such the entire wizarding world knew of Tom's downfall at the hands of a child. Just as Dumbledore was about to follow his train of thought further down the rabbit hole it was interrupted by the elevator announcing his stop and reminding him there was a reason, he was at the Ministry today. Death Eaters had been caught and awaited punishment and a meeting was being held to see what would become of them. While he hoped many would be given the Dementor's kiss he would continue to act as the moral compass the wizarding world saw him as and push for them to be imprisoned and not killed. Dumbledore stepped out of the elevator followed closely by his company that for some reason the minister requested accompany him, Sybill Trelawney. Dumbledore was only too aware why she was to join in on the proceedings today the minister Bagnold was trying to discern more about the prophecy and if it had truly been fulfilled. The two walked swiftly down the halls before arriving at the auditorium sized room already half full of ministry workers and their assistants. Dumbledore and Trelawney found seat about half way up the far wall and wait for roughly five minuets before the minister Millicent Bagnold walked in and took up her place at the center of the room.
After clearing her throat she pointed her wand at her neck and spoke loudly "Attention everyone it's time to convene this meeting about the fate of the captured Death Eaters." She looked around the room before continuing "Three were captured and all are charged with the torture of the Longbottoms, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, and Bartemius Crouch Junior." Bagnold paused again before continuing "We are here today to find a suitable punishment for these three individuals, there are two argument that we will be discussing. First, we have Bartemius Crouch Sr. who seeks the execution of the accused. Secondly, we have Albus Dumbledore who seeks the imprisonment of the accused. Both will give their opening statements and then we will proceed with arguments for and against both side and end with a vote. Mr. Crouch will begin." Bagnold finished.
Crouch Sr. stood and cleared his throat "Thank you for the introduction Minister. I believe the actions of the Death Eater reflects on all wizards and witches as such we must show the other magical communities that we will not tolerate such actions and punish those that do to the fullest extent possible, execution. While I know it seems extreme the harder, we come done on those we capture the less likely reemerge at a later time following a new Dark Lord. Therefore, I ask that you all seriously consider executing criminal who would kill you and your children without hesitation, thank you." Crouch took his seat as a light round of applause took place.
"Thank you, Mr. Crouch. Now let us hear from his opposition Albus Dumbledore." Bagnold said.
Dumbledore took a deep breath before standing and began speaking "Thank you Minister Bagnold. As Mr. Crouch has pointed out the Death Eater have killed and would most likely kill again. However, we cannot let fear rule us we must rise above revenge and seek the imprisonment of these criminals. Not only will we show the wizarding world we are better than the worst of us they might be able to share information on the other Death Eaters still in hiding.' Dumbledore gave a small bow as he finished before sitting down.
Bagnold stood once more "Thank you Professor Dumbledore. At this point we will begin full debates from each side from others in the room. Let try to keep it civil people."
Three hours later the meeting was finally adjourned, and Dumbledore was exhausted. The vote had been cast in favor of imprisonment. The room had emptied quickly after the vote not even the Minister had stayed behind. It was just him and Trelawney who was now sleeping on the desk. As Dumbledore reached down to wake her, she shot upright eyes rolled back and only the whites visible. Dumbledore stumbled back in surprise and looked around he was alone and with a trance state Trelawney. A deep voice suddenly began echoing though the chamber and commanded Dumbledore's attention.
"A child reborn lost in space-time, a bloodline born of the First and the Fae. The child will herald a new age, Light and Dark brought together a new power awoken. A beast of crystal its power immeasurable, a gift to the Queen. Four knights and lovers chosen. The First, with will of fire and strength of heart. The Second, with the serenity of the moon with kindness and perception. The Third, power with grace and poise carried of wings of flames. The Fourth, the right hand of Darkness, black as night turned to dawn. The child will banish the Kings of Light and Darkness and destroy their thrones and from the ashes a New Kingdom shall rise."
Dumbledore was frozen in terror another child and another prophecy and this one seemed more dangerous to himself. First things first he had to get Sybill back to Hogwarts and call a meeting of the most important Order members. He grabbed the now unconscious Sybill by the arm and pulled her over his shoulder and began moving to the elevator unaware of two others who had also heard the prophecy. Lucius Malfoy whom had been waiting outside the door to speak with Dumbledore and had left after hearing the prophecy. Klobtes a young goblin working for Gringotts and is currently hiding under one of the desks within the room still waiting to leave.
Dumbledore was now sitting at the table in the Grimmauld Place kitchen with three other members of the Order. Alastor Moody, Minerva McGonagall, and Severus Snape the four were now trying to decipher the new prophecy. Dumbledore was terrified of this new child know that whoever it was posed a threat not only to him and his plans but to any Tom might have put in place before falling to the Potter's child.
"Can we assume the child to be female? The prophecy does mention a queen." noted Minerva
"I would think so as the knight would have to have someone to protect. Though I am concerned about these knights they sound similar to the four horsemen of the apocalypse particularly the Forth knight." Replied Alastor
"The Fourth knight sounds like Bellatrix Black and the Kings and Light and Darkness are Albus and Voldemort respectively. That means we know three of the players in the game but too many others are out of place we'll have to be careful." said Snape
"We must find this child and if we cannot turn them, we must kill them." Dumbledore said quietly "If they refuse the Light or fall to the Dark, they must die."
"That seems a bit harsh Albus. Do we really have to go that far over a prophecy?" asked Minerva
"Yes." answered Dumbledore
The others were silent, all staring at the wall or the table, deep in their own thoughts.
"That's enough for tonight. We should all head home and speak of this to no one under any circumstance. Is that understood?" asked Dumbledore
They all gave a silent solemn nod before leaving the room one by one.
Lucius was happy, very happy as he returned to Malfoy Manor. This new prophecy would throw a wrench in the Dark Lords plans but if they could turn this new child to the Dark it would guarantee victory. However, with the Dark Lord out of the picture there was only one person to tell Bellatrix Black. Lucius quickly walked up the pathway and into the manor navigating quickly to Bellatrix's room. He knocked sharply on the door and waited for the "Come in." before entering the room.
"What is it Lucius? I'm busy." Bellatrix growled
"Well unless you've found a way to bring back the Dark Lord, you might want to hear the new prophecy that involves him and Dumbledore." Replied Lucius
"What prophecy and when did you learn about it." asked Bellatrix
"Trelawney had an episode after the meeting and I'm sure Dumbledore is just terrified that someone else may have heard the woman." Asserted Lucius
"Someone like you Lucius? What did the woman say? What was the prophecy?" demanded Bellatrix
Lucius shook his head and relayed the prophecy to Bellatrix. Her brow furrowed as she fell into her mind.
"I don't like this." Said Bellatrix suddenly "There are too many unknowns and our Lord's plans are in jeopardy once more." She continued "Tell no one of this prophecy Lucius not the others and not my sister. That is a direct order." She commanded
"As you will it Bellatrix, I shall tell no one. Though I am curious what happened to the others who weren't captured? asked Lucius
"I've ordered them into hiding to wait until the Dark Lord returns." Bellatrix replied
"And what of yourself, what will you do while we wait for our Lord's return." asked Lucius
"I will go underground use Polyjuice potion maybe sneak into Hogwarts as a teacher or in Hogsmeade as a shopkeeper." replied Bellatrix
"What of your Dark Mark how will you hide that?" inquired Lucius
"The same way Snape hides his magic, makeup, and long sleeves." Laughed Bellatrix "Don't worry about me I'll be careful."
Lucius sorted "It's not you I'm worried about. When will you be leaving? He asked
"I'll be leaving as soon as I say goodbye to Narcissa. After that you won't see me again till the second rising." Replied Bellatrix "and remember tell no one of anything that has happened tonight."
Without another word Bellatrix walked out of her room and down the hall. Lucius looked down the hall, silently dreading the day Bellatrix would return to his home.
Klobtes was terrified and after hiding under his particular desk for roughly an hour before peaking his head over the top and running out of the room and out of the Ministry. Ten minutes later he was back in Gringotts and headed straight to the head goblin's office and began banging on the door. He burst into the office of his manager Hylboirm.
"What's the meaning of this Klobtes? First, you're late and now you barge into my office! What's going on?!" demanded Hylboirm
"I'm sorry sir, but I have big new real big news." huffed Klobtes
"What are you talking about? asked Hylboirm
"There's a new prophecy sir and you need to hear it." answered Klobtes. He recited the prophecy and as he did so Hylboirm's eyes widened.
"Klobtes don't say another word and follow me." Hylboirm stated
Hylboirm motioned to Klobtes and lead him to a door near the back of his office and into a rather empty room containing a large metal door and a small button. Hylboirm pushed the button and the door open with a rusty scream reveling a small elevator enough for two adult humans to fit in, both goblins stepped into the elevator and the door closed. The elevator screed and began moving downwards.
"Klobtes what I am about to show you is ancient and existed before even Hogwarts was built. You must never share this secret with anyone under any circumstance ever as doing so will end your life." Hylboirm stated "in the lore of the magical world exist two beings the First was the founder and explorer of human magic and the second mastered natural magic and became Queen of all magical creatures. These two often came into conflict and as such the tow fought relentlessly to progress their own ideas of magic. However, it is said at the end of their lives they made a truce and conceived a child together. The child was given to muggles to be raised and cared for and the two came here to set up vaults. This was before Gringotts existed of course and as such we only watch over them with the knowledge that one day the combined bloodline of these two legends will one day appear again." Finished Hylboirm
The elevator came to a stop and the goblins stepped out into a dark corridor. Small lights floated near the walls as they made their way down the tunnel. Eventually they emerged into a small cavern where to massive twenty-foot-tall doors stood on either side. The first door was blue with a golden trim and encrusted with sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. The second door was a royal purple with black and pink designs that resembled roots and wings, encrusted with opal, diamonds, and amethysts.
"Behind these doors lay secrets we may never know or unlock." Said Hylboirm
"Sir why show me this? Why tell me this? What's the point?" asked Klobtes
"Because change is coming Klobtes and we must be ready. However, until the child arrives here all we can do is wait." Responded Hylboirm
So i lied a little when i said this would be a shorter chapter and it's the longest one I've published yet. However i did get it out quickly and that makes me happy. Unfortunately the next chapter might take some time as i have school, work, and life to deal with for the next couple of weeks. I also wish to respond to some of the reviews so here that goes.
MidnightWriterPhilosopher: I'm glad you like my explanation of the multiverse. I'e had an interest in physics for a long time and I have spent time trying to understand the laws that govern out universe and how those laws might change in a different universe.
moewe93: I'm happy you found it interesting. Hopefully i'll be able to keep you intrigued long enough the get the the end of this story.
sarronxo: I pretty sure i made Viskara up in my own head but i checked to make sure and couldn't find anything. Beyond that i hope you continue to enjoy the story.