Yzma's Challenge
At Milano Manor, Abigail Bones and her husband Jubal summoned all the staff as per protocol since Yzma had accepted a challenge from the Arkeyan Weapon Masters and that the challenge had already started. Needless to say, the core professors were seated on one side of the round table along with Madams Hooch and Pomfrey while the rest of the staff sat on the other side. Dumbledore and Ezio sat at the ends of the table while Ezio was currently glaring at the core professors minus Yzma because of all the mistakes they had made in the previous school year. Jubal Bones and Claudia Borsari were also present and so was Kenny Rodgers and Aurea Dumbledore.
"Alright everyone listen up," Abigail said, "As you all know Yzma Milano's challenge has begun. The challenge is for Yzma to prove she is worthy of the promotion to Head of Slytherin House and Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts."
"She should've been promoted from the start before Harry arrived," Aurora said, "That could've saved us lots of grief."
"Aurora's right about that," said Wendy "But Yzma turned it down and look what happened."
"How is this going to defeat Kai Malfoy?" Druella questioned annoyed, "Why don't we let the Kaiju storm the Malfoy residence and wipe out the entire Malfoy Clan?"
"We can't take any action against the Malfoy clan or Nathan Lestrange because of the Arkeyan Empire Bylaws," Pomona spoke annoyed at the Demon Realm Princess, "The Arkeyan Empire will take any action against anybody protected by their bylaws as a breech of protocol and they're already pissed at Minerva for breaking Protocol."
"Don't remind me," the Transfiguration Professor groaned, "The Arkeyan Weapon Masters are already pissed off as it is and if they wanted to the Arkeyan Weapon Masters could've easily enslaved the earth. Electra already mentioned that they're preparing to conquer the planet like they already conquered the universe."
"What I want to know is why is everyone so afraid of the Arkeyan Empire," Kenny asked.
"My People are not to be crossed Kenny," Aurea Dumbledore stated summoning a projection of various timelines, "Perhaps some visions will give you an idea why and what my people are capable of."
The Staff began seeing visions of the Earth of another Timeline that was unrelated to their current timeline and they could see that Emperor Drake's adoptive sister Maria had been dishonored by the brat Stacey Valmont, and that Drago, Ice and Cody had banished her to the Tenderloins district in San Fran, only for Colleen and Chrissie to force them to rescue Stacey, and for Drago Ice and Cody to be stabbed in the back by Shendu and forced to work at Rose and Sara's mansion with said brat and her pack. The vision then transitioned to the next day as the Entire Arkeyan Empire slaughtered the brat, her pack, Colleen, Chrissie, Drago Ice and Cody's relatives and slaughtered and butchered all of North America and destroyed it, before moving on to Asia and eventually Avalon, and every star, planet, and galaxy in its dimension. The entire Arkeyan Empire slaughtered and butchered all who dared to resist them, even going as far as eating all who so much as dared to resist them. In the end, the planet was left running with rivers of blood.
The resistance also saw Tchang Zu, Kaos, Malefor, and Doctor Eggman finishing the job as they freed Froggo's Army, destroyed the gates to seal them, covered the earth in eternal darkness, wiped out any and all traces of good magic, and made slaves of the remaining humans, forcing them to bow down to them or be eliminated like all the civilizations in all dimensions who dared to resist. To make matters worse, the Skylanders, aside from Spyro, Tigger Happy, Gil Grunt, Ignitor, Cynder, Stealth Elf, Drobot and the Giants, all bowed down to the Arkeyan Weapon Masters with Chop Chop, Drill Sergeant, and the Dragon Skylanders, aside from Spyro, Drobot, and Cynder, being the first ones to bow to the Arkeyans. All the other Skylanders from the Trap Team, the Swap Force, the Superchargers and even the Senseis followed their lead as all of Earth felt the full wrath of the entire Arkeyan Empire, and those that dishonored them were all facing the rage of the entire Arkeyan Empire, past, present, and future, until the end of creation.
Aurea ended the vision on that note and gave the staff an idea of how pissed the Arkeyan Weapon Masters were and why all of creation feared the Arkeyan Empire and why Earth was barely holding out as the last planet the Empire the Arkeyans hadn't enslaved since all the other planets and the entire universe was under the empire's iron rule.
"As you can see this is what my people will do should Yzma fail her challenge and should anyone present breech protocol," Aurea said, "Any comments?"
After seeing that vision the staff were shocked but Duncan, Margaret and Kenny were outraged at the Arkeyan Empire's disproportionate fury.
"I sound like a broken record at this point but this shit is beyond messed up!" Kenny snapped, "The Arkeyans went completely overboard in their rage!"
"My father would never allow such a betrayal to go unchallenged," Duncan snapped, "This mess is entirely Malfoy and Lestrange's fault!"
"Somebody needs to teach those punks manners or at this point beat it into them!" Margaret growled, "This craziness has gone on long enough! Fixing society problems should not require enslaving or destroying entire civilizations!"
"Perhaps we should see what might have been if Yzma was promoted earlier or if new bylaws such as the truth will out bylaws had been put in place," Tohru suggested hoping to ease the tension, "Or if the Arkeyan Empire stayed in Skylands and never came to earth at all. It seems like all the problems stem from the Bylaws which were created to protect witnesses from retaliation but now they're being used to terrorize the planet."
At Tohru's suggestion Aurea showed a vision of a timeline in which the Arkeyan Empire never came to Earth but the Kaiju Kingdom existed. The vision showed the GFMC being much slower to start but the Kaiju Kingdom joined the federation before Harry's 1st year at Hogwarts. The vision showed the detention fiasco still happening but Kai didn't know about it until he made a random visit in the summer after having sent an owl to Draco in which he and minions attacked the staff who taught the core classes and sent them and all of their relatives to the hospital.
"Now I feel worse because I was away," Yzma sighed putting her head in her hands, "I could've stopped this and done something. Ow!"
"Keep watching," Uncle said dope slapping Yzma, "Vision of timeline is not complete."
The staff continued to watch as Kai even attacked Dumbledore's relatives and put Margaret Rosenblatt in the hospital before sending Moloch to eliminate Hagrid which the oni did brutally. Margaret's attack however drew the wrath of Belloc and every Kaiju at his command and he promptly wiped out the entire Malfoy family before turning his wrath to every wizarding clan allied with the Malfoy family. He then made his demands to the British Ministry that they had to step up or else they'd suffer his wrath. On the other hand, the Kaiju in Albania found Voldemort's wraith and eliminated him and the artifacts that he had created.
"All of this could've happened had the Arkeyans never come to earth," Duncan said, "This is what we could've been doing all along but the bylaws are preventing us from acting."
"Perhaps but let's see what else could've happened had the position of Deputy Headmistress and Head of Slytherin house been Yzma's from the start," Filius said, "She would've done a better job than Severus that's for sure."
Severus just glared as the rest of the staff agreed with the Charms professor while Duncan promptly glared back.
Aurea showed another vision of another timeline in which Yzma was in the positions she had now only she had them from the start and she did indeed make the Slytherins behave better than Severus would've. The Dragon fiasco still occurred by Yzma had summoned her daughter Coi to fill in while she was away and Coi instantly took action by punishing only Malfoy and Lestrange with cleaning the trophies in the trophy room, cleaning the toilets and doing basically what they call servant's work after docking a lot of points from Slytherin. After the year ended Kai Malfoy sought revenge and sent his minions to attack but this time the minions failed because they were up against the combined power of the Arkeyan Empire, the Dragon Priesthood and the GFMC before the Arkeyan Weapon Masters eliminated the entire Malfoy clan and most of the black clan and all of their allies for the attack.
"Well, it seems that you should have promoted Yzma sooner Abigail," Rolanda said to Abigail, "And put the truth will out bylaw in sooner. That would've made all the difference."
"Thanks a lot, Rolanda," Abigail sighed, "Now I feel worse than Yzma does for not moving her up the ranks when I had the chance. This is all my fault. Ow!"
"None of this was your fault," Margaret snapped after dope slapping the Vice chairwoman of the Hogwarts Board of Governors, "I blame those two punks for causing this but Yzma's challenge is our only hope. If Yzma is successful then she can either challenge Kai to a duel or have somebody else take her place in the duel to reverse the bylaws from level 2 protection to level 1 protection."
At that point Charity Burbage and her husband Felix were present and Charity decided to speak up.
"Aunt Yzma as much as you don't want our enemies to say you're hiding behind guys like Duncan I suggest you let him take your place and defeat Kai in the duel," Charity said, "Our enemies are gonna do everything to weaken you hoping you fail your challenge. Letting Duncan take the lead by defeating Kai will send a stronger message that Hogwarts is changing and that you're willing to ask for help when needed."
"Based on what you said Duncan is our best chance so Duncan I'm counting on you to defeat Kai Malfoy and send a message," Yzma said, "By defeating Kai it will send a message that pureblood supremacy is over and that the Ministry and Hogwarts are changing and nothing is going to stop it."
"Like I said before. Kai Malfoy will be brought to justice," Duncan said cracking his knuckles, "And based on what we've seen the truth will out bylaw will make a huge difference at the school and let me do my job of getting the bullying at Hogwarts eliminated once and for all."
"Agreed and to make it easier the bylaws should make the use of truth potion and pensive memories mandatory and override the bylaw which prevents the use of truth potion on students," Aurea added.
"The School Governors are already scared of Kai Malfoy as it is but once he finds out what you're doing he's either gonna beat you into paste like he did with your cousin Aberforth, myself and the staff the Arkeyans already tortured, send a monster to kill you like Moloch killed Hagrid, or worse, he goes to his father and gets him to do the job instead," Severus spoke causing everyone to gulp at the mention of Kai Malfoy's father.
The staff were all terrified of Kai's father while Druella and the Americans had no clue of who Kai Malfoy's father was but the fact that the very mention of him was enough to scare even Albus and Aurea Dumbledore meant that they were all gonna die should Kai or any of his children, nieces or nephews call upon him.
"Back to the issue of the Arkeyans," Yzma said, "I'm scared shitless of them and even though they gave me this challenge to prove myself they despise me because of my ancestors so what's stopping them from simply tossing protocol out the window and enslaving or destroying the earth? After all Minnie over here disregarded protocol so in their eyes that's grounds for them to toss protocol out the window and just attack."
Aurea decided to answer Yzma's question and show the vision that she showed her people and it was to give the staff not only and idea of what her people were capable of but also what the Kaiju were capable of doing. The vision showed Hogwarts the day of Filch being impaled and Abigail was the one who eliminated him before the Arkeyans killed all the professors who taught a core subject and Hagrid via impalement before destroying all of England and Continental Europe as punishment for Minerva's mistakes. The European ministries tried to fight back but they were no match as the Arkeyans wiped them all out and left little to no survivors. The Arkeyan Empire then turned their wrath to North America by burning all of Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America in the process to punish Yzma further for not accepting the role as head of Slytherin House and not leaving anyone to fill in as race marshal while she was away but the ICW and the GFMC followed. Determined to stop the Arkeyan Weapon Masters they fought alongside MEGTAF and the muggle military to save North America and the Earth. With each battle the Arkeyan Empire's wrath grew until finally their armies grew giant and their enemies were forced to retreat. It seemed that all of Earth would suffer until the Kaiju Kingdom led by Belloc appeared. They were there to help the military of Earth. The Kaiju Kingdom went into battle with the GFMC and MEGTAF as they attacked the Arkeyan Empire's nearly infinite and seemingly invincible fleet and robotic armies but the Kaiju were not even breaking a sweat as Belloc easily finished the job which devastated the Arkeyan Empire by 52 percent and forced the Arkeyans to retreat and thus saved the Earth but at a terrible cost. The planet had been ravaged due to all the fighting and all of Earth had fallen under eternal darkness and a second ice age with rivers of blood flowing until the end of time and by the end the earth eventually suffered.
"Holy shit," Abigail Bones gasped, "I knew the Arkeyans were strong but they were foolish to attack the Kaiju Kingdom. This is a real wakeup call for all of us indeed."
"And even then the Arkeyans ended up having the Last Word by destroying the planet and ultimately ending the Earth's life," Jubal sighed, "This goes to show you that the Arkeyan Weapon Masters are not to be crossed and why the Kaiju don't get involved unless they really have to."
"Perhaps this will get the Arkeyan Weapon Masters off of their high horses and get them to actually do something about their bylaws," Charity spoke up.
"We already are," Aurea said, "As soon as Norm Alley was attacked I showed this to the Emperor, the Governors and the leader of the Arkeyans on the Radiant isles in Skylands. Turns out the attack in Norm Alley was a violation of Arkeyan Empire Bylaws and the bylaws states that if Arkeyan Property is attacked then any protection the offender has is cut down by two years. That means by the end of Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts we can finally bring the Malfoys, their allies, Kai Malfoy's organization and his organization's allies to justice once and for all."
Duncan, Kenny, and Margaret all were happy to hear that as they wanted to make Kai pay for his crimes.
"But Kai can still do a lot in four years," Irma said, "And his armies are still out there considering he has many other dark wizards, witches, and monsters at his command to increase his armies and not just on this planet I'm talking all across the universe and other dimensions and timelines."
"Don't forget Irma, once Duncan defeats Kai the red cells can go after Kai's armies and so can the portal masters and there's more," Wendy spoke, "The Arkeyan Weapon Masters are still gonna oppose Kai. They have to be on the defensive side but it's better than doing nothing."
"If all goes according to plan they may be allowed to send the Skylanders sooner if their bylaws get overhauled properly," Jackie said, "Then we can prevent this senseless bloodshed."
"You're absolutely right Jackie but if anything needs to change it starts with us and we bring in people to teach us and the students how to be world class people," Yzma said.
"Yzma you want to bring in non-magical mentors to teach us and the students," Aurea asked.
"Not just any non-magical mentors," Yzma explained, "Non magical mentors with muscles."
"You're not suggesting who I think you're suggesting are you?" Jackie asked as he, Uncle, Tohru, Margaret, Kenny and Duncan knew who Yzma was suggesting.
"I know the stuff they do is dangerous but they're professionals and they know what they're doing," Yzma said, "John Jacobs and the Power Team have saved a lot of non-magical kids by showing them what real power is and my distant relative Headmaster Chadwick Sayre gave them their first gig in the Magical World at Ilvermorny and the students there know what real power is."
"Yzma are you sure they can handle this?" Bathsheda asked concerned, "Need I remind you how the pureblood supremacists among the students, the Governors and the Ministry will react."
"I already know that not to mention what Kai's gonna do when he finds out but we have no choice," Yzma countered, "The Power Team is our only hope to bring positive change and our only hope to making sure the first step to saving the Universe."
"You've got my support on this Yzma," Albus said, "And Abigail Bones will support you since this is her call and her call alone but be careful and watch your back."
"Way ahead of you Albus," Yzma said, "After the attack on Bones Manor I had the goblins update the wards around Milano Manor but that doesn't make a difference considering Kai still has the Varden."
"She's right," Septima spoke, "Varden would just slice though any barrier and once Kai shows it to the forces of darkness it's powers will be duplicated, adjusted, and augmented by a thousand-fold."
"Which means that nothing we do is gonna stop Kai from slaughtering anybody and everyone who dares to piss him off," Felix gulped, "Anything else?"
"Maybe not Felix," Aurea said, "According to my people there is one bylaw that trumps all other bylaws. This bylaw states that anybody who insults the Arkeyan Weapon masters, their spouses, their in-laws, their culture, or the cultures or languages of the locations they reside in is to be beaten down regardless of the circumstances. This bylaw overrides all other bylaws on earth and other protections. Failure to heed this bylaw results in total elimination."
"You're right about that but what Duncan and I said was to give the Arkeyan Empire a reality check and show them that their bylaws are being manipulated by the guilty to do as they please," Albus said to his cousin, "We weren't insulting them."
"Knowing this I'd say my nieces and nephews are about to get extra protection and Malfoy and Lestrange are in for a brutal surprise," Margaret smirked, "I'm not sure if you know this but the half-blood my sister Christina married is the son of an Arkeyan Weapon Master of the Tech Element which means that should Malfoy mock my relatives he's going to be beaten down into the ground."
"I had best get some extra beds for the Hospital Wing," Poppy spoke. "I may have to bring in some extra help in the form of Elizabeth Moon and take her on as my assistant considering she's been getting the cold shoulder at Saint Mungo's as of late."
"Way ahead of you on that," said Yzma, "The Arkeyans have even taken care of getting some Mandrakes in the greenhouses at Ilvermorny in preparation for my challenge."
"Well, that's one less concern at any rate but back to the other part," said Duncan, "This is where the mandatory blood tests become more important even more so for the Order, the Dragon Priesthood, and the other allies."
"Not like any of that matters," Charity spoke with a sigh, "Kai Malfoy will find a way around that too. Let's face it. Minnie is to blame for Aunt Yzma tipping Kai Malfoy off due to Minnie breaking Protocol when Aunt Yzma had to leave her post right when she was needed the most and guest what. I just got a pensive memory in the mail this morning."
The staff were frightened as Charity showed the pensive memory of the previous Muggle Studies Professor at Hogwarts being impaled on a stake at the hands of one of the supporters of pure blood supremacy with a sign nailed saying Charity Burbage is next.
"Seems to me that Kai Malfoy is sending a message on behalf of all those who hate the way Abigail Bones has changed and updated Non-Magical Studies and they want that course removed from the Hogwarts curriculum or else," Tohru spoke.
"I don't know if this was Kai Malfoy's doing," Abigail said, "Kai Malfoy wouldn't waste time on impalement."
"Impalement is a tactic used by the Arkeyan Weapon Masters and that was only used for who they deem the worst of the worst," Ezio spoke, "Our children and grandchildren say that they've never seen the Arkeyan Weapon Masters that pissed off in all of their years."
"Abigail's right," Jubal said, "Somebody is trying to scare us on behalf of the pure blood bigots but it won't work because we have Duncan with us but Duncan can't do this alone. He needs our support and so does Yzma."
"Jubal's right which is why Abigail, Yzma, and I had a word and we've decided that I will be coming back to Hogwarts as Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor this year. I'm going to make sure Gilderoy Lockhart doesn't muck up the class," Aurea spoke, "We've also decided that Margaret Rosenblatt should take the lead in Sex Ed with Princess Druella assisting while Yzma Milano is free to focus on being Head of Slytherin House, Deputy Headmistress and School Councilor. She's going to have a lot of problems coming up this year and there are a lot of people that want Yzma to fail her challenge."
"Okay but what about the position of Monster Girl History and Culture Class Professor?" Poppy questioned.
"Druella can assist on the History and Culture aspect considering she made history but as for the Monster Girls themselves we've decided that Lisa Bei Fong is going to take the lead on that," Abigail Bones spoke, "She's a Hakutaku and as such she's the ideal choice to educate the students on the monster girls. Now the real question is finding a new Gym Teacher for the revived Gym Classes at Hogwarts and somebody to replace Argus Filch as Caretaker. I know we considered Jackie and Tohru but they're backup candidates at best and that position should only be used as a punishment."
"Well as for the Gym Teacher whoever it is had best have the strength and the spine to stand up to Kai Malfoy and his relatives," Felix said, "Kai is pain beyond description and his relatives are much worse if most of the planet fear them."
"Perhaps we should bring in the most famous Drill Sergeant," Jade suggested showing up much to the surprise of everyone.
"Jade what are you doing here?" Jackie asked, "How did you get in here?"
"Lock picking," Jade spoke, "Now let's bring in a Marine Gunnery Sergeant."
"Actually, we have a candidate in mind for the position of Gym Teacher," Margaret Rosenblatt said, "Duncan, Kenny and I vote Bradley Barns to take the reigns as Gym Teacher. If anyone can keep those bigot punks in line it's him."
"He's been under cover at all my previous schools and he makes a great Gym Teacher," Duncan continued, "And the best part is that he's a colonel in MEGTAF."
"Headmaster you're not actually going to consider letting a muggle teach at Hogwarts are you?" Severus questioned.
"I'm not considering it Severus," Albus responded, "I'm doing it and I need to be more attentive and more involved in the welfare of not just the present students but also the future students. So from this day forward all Muggleborn and half-blood students are to have their Hogwarts acceptance letters hand delivered by a member of staff and this is also going to apply to the purebloods. They are also to be given blood inheritance tests that are to be examined by the only members of the Dragon Priesthood."
"Good first move Headmaster but, once again I gotta ask, who do we get to replace Argus Filch as Caretaker?" Poppy questioned, "Ever since Yzma Milano became School Councilor she's sent students injured in detentions by the previous caretakers straight to me to make sure they were healed up and she had them stay the entire night. She even had me check them for injuries and that in turn was direct order from Abigail Bones?"
"We've got that covered and Druella's got something in mind for Filch's replacement," Ezio spoke, "But there is one last thing we need to cover. The Head Boy and Girl, the Prefects, and the Quidditch and Dragon Racing Captains. I'm pissed off with the Prefects and Quidditch Captains for what happened last year. I'm pleased with the Dragon Racing Captains for stepping up but the Dragon Racing Captains need to have their old power back and Haytham Abbot and his wife to be Enya Hever stepped up so they need to be made Head Boy and Head Girl this year so they can really keep the student body in line."
Before anyone could comment a Pixie came flying in looking badly singed and at the end of their life.
"Margaret I bring terrible news," The Pixie said out of breath, "The Forest around Hogwarts and all of Scotland are under attack. The Arkeyan Empire's rage is immeasurable!"
"What?!" Margaret Rosenblatt yelled as a vision of Scotland and the forest around Hogwarts was shown as the place was already up in flames even as they spoke.
The staff were completely shocked at how pissed the Arkeyan Empire was to burn an entire country down but Minerva was deeply affected since the Arkeyan Empire made it perfectly clear that it was her breech of protocol that caused this mess to begin with and they were making an example out of all of Scotland to remind all that nobody dishonors or insults the Arkeyan Weapon Masters and lives.
"At this point the drastic changes we've been proposing are urgently needed now more than ever," Jubal spoke, "The Sooner we introduce said changes the sooner my bosses in the ICW grow some backbone. If all else fails then one of us may have to kill Lucius Malfoy and Silas McCullen to make room on the board of governors for progressive board members that understand the changing times. We're changing and Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic is going to change regardless of what happens so that's that. Grindelwald may have been the most charismatic Dark Wizard of all time but he was right about one thing, the old ways serve us no longer."
"You've been studying your history Jubal," said Pomona.
"Somebody around here has to," Jubal said, "Oh and Duncan just for the record my wife Abigail said that she was gonna sack Hagrid regardless of what you just said. I just thought I'd say something to you now so we'd clear the air."
Everyone else was shocked but none more so than Duncan before he turned to Abigail for confirmation from her.
"Abigail I told you before," Duncan said, "Firing Hagrid wasn't fair."
"Well guess what Duncan life isn't fair," Abigail Bones retorted fiercely, "if life was fair my nephew Edgar and his wife would be alive, your Uncle James and his wife Lilly would be alive and we wouldn't be in the mess that we're in now thanks to McUseless or should I say McMuckup, grease mop, short stack, bean sprout, and the night owl along with the rest of the idiots Kai Malfoy beat or eliminated."
The staff that Kai Malfoy beat to a pulp were deeply shocked as were the staff that the Arkeyan Weapon Masters tortured for the Vice Chairwoman of the board of Governors was pissed off beyond measure and her blood inheritance tests revealed that her ancestors the Brentons were from an Old Wizarding Family with Muggle Heritage and their magical origin came from a Volcanic Arkeyan Sorceress who married the original Lord Brenton which explained why their crest was a flame and why they were known for their culinary and banking skills in the muggle world. It was also proven that one of Abigail Bones ancestors was an Ignis from Druella's home dimension which meant that Abigail Bones herself was not somebody to cross.
Aurea Dumbledore knew that Abigail Bones nee Brenton wouldn't say such things to the staff and about the staff unless something happened that she herself feared the most and judging from the tone Abigail was using this meant that Aurea herself may have to step in and fight one of Abigail's battles for her.
"If we have nothing else to discuss I'd say the meeting is over for now," Aurea said.
Nobody had anything else left to say out of fear of incurring Abigail Bones' wrath and sharing, Binns, Quirrell, Filch, and Hagrid's executions and final punishments or worse the Vice Chairwoman hands them to the Arkeyan Empire for public impalement. They could still see Filch's impaled corpse outside of the entrance hall of Hogwarts as well as Hagrid's hut which was heavily damaged and burned afterwards along with Filch's quarters being burned along with everything in it as a warning to all that the Arkeyan Weapon Masters are pissed and this is what happens to those who cross them.
One by one the party left on that note with the staff all giving off vibes of pure fear and desperation not to incur Abigail's wrath until it was just Margaret, Duncan, Yzma, Ezio, Charity, Felix, Jackie, Uncle, Tohru, and Aurea left.
"I'd say that went well," Jackie spoke. "Ouch!"
"That was complete disaster," Uncle barked dope slapping his nephew, "Half of the staff is frightened out of their minds of Vice Chairwoman of School Board."
"Somehow I expected that much," Ezio spoke, "I thought for sure Abigail was gonna eliminate Albus and the staff who the Arkeyan Empire tortured and save them the trouble."
"You don't know Abigail as well as you think you do Ezio," Yzma retorted as she was already burned out.
"Speaking of which I've learned to read body language over the years and Abby's scared of something or someone and she's trying to hide it by showing she's pissed off beyond belief," Margaret responded, "And judging from the way Abigail was pissed she's scared shitless of something or most likely somebody. We need to get Abigail to open her mind or get her to see a Bogart. That way it can tell us what we're up against."
"Good luck with that," Ezio said, "Abigail is a tough nut to crack so all we can do at this point is to wait, gamble, and let the chips fall where they may."
"Isn't that dangerous?" Jade asked, "Why don't we just confront Abigail?"
"I'd like to do so but challenging her now will make things worse," Ezio retorted, "Gambling right now is our best chance and all we can do is cast the dice and hope they roll in our favor. This is our only option."
"You seem to forget Ezio that I'm Belloc's son so nothing that Abigail or her husband Jubal fear scares me," Duncan replied, "In fact the ones who should be afraid right now are the cowards known as the Malfoys and their allies. Once Yzma competes her challenge and wins I'm gonna beat each and every one of them down to a pulp."
"Assuming they, somebody in their employ or somebody looking to work for them does not kill the Bones Family or get to us by destroying our property, or killing our patrons in front of places we own or work at," Yzma said grimly.
"What are you talking about?" Jade asked, "How can that hurt you? I get a murder can hurt you emotionally but how does that affect your business?"
"A murder or any violent act will usually wind up destroying the future of any hospitality business like a restaurant, a bar, or a nightclub," Felix spoke, "People don't go to bars, restaurants, or nightclubs where they feel unsafe. A murder is as unsafe as it gets Jade."
"What does murder destroying bar's reputation have to do with us?" Uncle questioned.
"This is the scary part. There was a murder three years ago at one of the buildings our family owns," Charity said, "It was during the reign of the Dark Lord and his followers. The Story is that Death Eaters attacked the Mystic Longue in Vicarstown and murdered fifteen patrons all of whom were muggles just because the club catered to muggles and Wizarding folk. There was a fight inside the club and the murder happened right outside after which the Dark Mark was cast."
"Then we should not be going to the club in question," Jackie spoke, "But did they ever catch whoever was responsible."
"They did but there's more. The club had different owners at the time," Yzma continued, "Our Eldest son Enzo took over and he was a veteran club promoter. He and his wife asked for help from Bar Consultant Jon Taffer to help them with changing the nightclub. Now it's called Aura Nightclub but to the residents of Sodor it goes by the name the Aura Station."
"Wise move on your son's part to change the name," Duncan said, "If he kept the original name people would still say it's the place somebody got murdered. I take it he has skills?"
"He and my eldest daughter Coi have business degrees in non-magical college and so does or daughter in law Diva who is also a pureblood witch here in Barrow in Furness," Ezio said, "It turns out Coi owns and works in Daytime establishments like Pizza shops and barbeque houses but our eldest son Enzo handles nighttime clubs and he and his wife even have a Gentleman's club in Barrow in Furness."
"Which means that we had best protect the businesses owned by the Milanos otherwise anybody looking to hurt Yzma will start killing patrons right at the locations," Tohru spoke, "But what about Scotland?"
"Scotland is going to have to suffer under the Arkeyan Empire's wrath and that means Hogwarts Castle will be completely unprotected until the Arkeyans see fit to restore the place," Ezio spoke, "If I was them I wouldn't even bother now I suggest you leave now or we'll make you leave."
The Chans and the Rosenblatts all left on note leaving Aurea, Yzma and Ezio to discuss.
"You do realize that we're gonna have a lot of stress and I was able to read Margaret's mind and Abigail is scared shitless," Yzma said.
"Yep and that's not the worst of it," Aurea said, "The energy source that burned down the forbidden forest is one that only sorcerers banished from the Arkeyan Empire give off and judging from the energy signature I'd say there's only one guy powerful enough to do this without breaking a sweat."
"Are you saying the guy that Abigail is scared shitless of is responsible for burning down the Forbidden Forest?" Ezio asked.
"I am certain of it but without proof we're up a creek without a paddle," Aurea said.
The Milanos sighed knowing there was nothing else they could do and that all of Scotland and everything and everyone in it would suffer what appeared to be the Arkeyan Empire's fiery wrath which meant that all of Scotland would be up in flames and Hogwarts would be completely unprotected due to the fire that destroyed the entire Forbidden Forest and burned it down to the ground also completely destroyed the wards protecting the grounds.
In another dimension consisting mostly of barren wastelands, vast deserts, molten caverns, pools of acid, dense forests with animated faces, sinister temples and shrines, and high mysterious mountain peaks a castle stood on a mountain fortress. A mysterious female computer voice inside the castle showed scenes of the Forbidden Forest being burned completely to the ground as well as the Black Lake being boiled until the forest was completely burned down.
"All targets located, Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts Wards completely destroyed," a Female Computer Voice spoke, "Remaining Elemental Dragon League of Locations and Warrior Dragon Bonemarks located. Unit Moloch has been eliminated. Kaiju confirmed to be responsible."
"So, the Kaiju Kingdom is still a pain in Kai Malfoy's ass as well as mine," said the mysterious warlord, "No matter I will destroy them and take over the Universe as the Arkeyan Empire should've done. Banishing me may have been their only triumph but now it's about to become their greatest mistake. I will rule the universe and even the Kaiju Kingdom will fall before me. Kai Malfoy will have all the help he needs to assist in putting Voldemort's Pureblood Supremacy legacy into place."
Author's Note: So the plot thickens. The Source of our troubles has revealed itself but next time the first step to the real battle starts.