Chapter 2: New friends
"But the thing is we do not know you." The barkeeper said pointing a wand at Ajax.
"Oh God, really right now?"
"Right n.." BANG! The barkeeper was interrupted by a giant explosion.
The door of the bar went flying towards the three of them as it was blown off the hinges. Everyone was stunned as this was happening watching the door getting closer and closer to them. Ajax somehow had a wand in his hand and disintegrated the door throwing dust from the door on top of him, the barkeeper, and the old woman. The woman had her wand in her hand but it was after the dust settled.
"and who the hell was that!?" Ajax bellowed keeping his wand down to his side.
"I am wondering the same damn thing" the barkeeper chimed in.
A tall man about 6ft 2 with a giant white beard that touched his belly walked in and the room seemed to rumble in the amount of power the man was holding at the ready. "What exactly is happening here?" he asked in a voice and tone that appeared as a friend, rather than a person holding the amount of power it takes to take a dragon down with one stunner.
"Fuck! Albus you dimwit that's my damn door!" the barkeeper complained.
"Yes, Aberforth I will fix that, now who is looking for Peter Pettigrew?"
"That would be me." Ajax said stepping up to the man, holding his empty hand out. "Ajax Woods. Pleasure to meet you Professor Dumbledore."
"Ajax Woods? I am not familiar with your name, where did you come from?" Taking his hand in his shaking it.
"Places. More specifically a place you need to have more protection on. Tell me did any alarms of yours go off in the last three or four hours?"
"No not that I am aware of."
"Well I visited some good friends of Peters not to long ago." Ajax said with a sly smile. As Ajax said this every single person in the bar went pale. Dumbledore gulped and quietly said "We should talk somewhere more private. Abe please."
"Yeah, yeah, the last room on the left. I will bring some drinks on the house."
"Thank you." Dumbledore nodded towards the woman. "Professor McGonagall."
"Professor Dumbledore." McGonagall nodded back.
Ajax and Dumbledore went into the room Aberforth told them. They found them selves standing in the doorway of a small room with some comfortable chairs and a love seat with a small fireplace that is not lit. They moved into the room and grabbed chairs opposite of each other, and Dumbledore pointed his wand at the fireplace, and it grew to life.
"Tell me what you know" has he folded his hands and looked into Ajax's eyes waiting for his story.
Ajax nodded trying to figure out what exactly should Dumbledore know. "James and Lily are in danger"
"Well obviously my dear boy everyone is in danger these days."
"Not the time old man. Peter Pettigrew will betray them I need to find him."
"Pettigrew doesn't matter, even if he switches sides but we will keep an eye on him. I want to know how you know about them."
"Everyone knows that Peter is friends with the Potters."
"Why are you so worried about him changing side my dear boy" lighting his eyes making them sparkle and shine that would cause anyone to be drawn into him.
Ajax smiled "That will be disclosed after you tell me where he is."
"No."
"No?"
"That is what I said." Dumbledore said crossing his arms.
Ajax could not believe what he was hearing. He flat out told him that the Potters lives will hang in the balance if he does not get peter. Rubbing his head, he grumbled "Fine, where the fuck is Sirius?"
"Safe with the Potters."
"With the Potters, alright old man I have had enough of you. What the fuck do you want!?" Ajax standing up after getting interrupted by Aberforth.
"A young man is here for you Dumbledore."
"That's great, we're busy." Ajax walking over to Abe and grabbing the drinks he was holding.
"What did he look like?" Albus asked
"greasy black hair."
"Send him in he will be beneficial to this conversation."
Ajax turned towards him "Excuse me?"
"He will be most useful."
"I don't believe this." Ajax chugged the ale in his right hand and kept the second on the table in front of his own seat.
A minute of absolute silence and the door to the room opened and a man in his early twenties stood there. He has black hair that was slicked back going just past his shoulder blades.
"Ah Severus good to see you lad." Dumbledore jumped up offering his hand.
"Don't touch me. You were supposed to hide them. You didn't even fucking try. Why weren't they in potter manor at least it is impenetrable." Severus yelled at the man.
"Exactly what I have been saying Albus." Ajax chimed in.
"Now boys let's not get hasty."
"No lets, I gave you all the information he had every known location, and ally of them and you gave it to that fucking rat."
"Again, da jà vu Albus?"
Severus looked at Ajax and smiled. At least someone knows what the fuck is happening. "I'm Severus Snape but call me Snape."
"Ajax" taking his hand in a firm grip. "Albus, I don't know what your thinking and maybe I don't deserve to know but I do know that we are running out of time. More importantly the potters are running out of time. Snape, he won't do anything, we need to get access and get them out."
"Its to late he's already on his way."
"Then we go faster."
"We can't see the house." Dumbledore added. Followed by death glares. "Stay then, old man" Ajax snarled and rushed out of the room. Snape smirked "I like this one." And followed suit.
Snape bolted out of the bar looking all over the place for the man he just met. "Over here" Snape snapped his neck to the corner of the bar where Ajax was leaning. "Took you long enough. Grab my arm."
"I have been to Godric's hollow" Ajax smiled at Snaped drawl.
"Trust me" Ajax smiled handing his arm out. The second Snape touched his elbow, they disapparated and were in a graveyard. Both of them could see several people standing out in the open. "I can't fight them. I.. I'm with them" Snape mentioned preparing to get stunned.
"Obviously, dark magic is surrounding you so much, its hard to notice your core."
Snapes jaw dropped. "wha-what?"
"Here" Ajax handed him a black mask "It'll attach to your face and only you can take it off… So, don't, anyways let's go before they die." And he took off leaving Snape behind
"Mother fucker" Snape put the mask on and ran after Ajax.