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Summary: The Bookman clan has never been truly sure how it happened, but the war ended on one single day. The winner was not clear for both sides had walked away that day. Akuma had faded into memory as the Earl's actions slowed to a stopped. The Exorcists disappeared like shadows with the last Akuma's death. The world as it always did forgot about the war after the Akuma disappeared completely. Unknown to the world, it would soon learn what happened that day as a new war dawned on the horizon. The war this time would not be between Exorcist and Noah...Fem!Harry AU! Select!WeasleyBash! Ministrybash! DumbledoreBash!

Chapter Twelve

I let out a low groan when I felt something cold press itself against my cheek. In response to the touch, I turned my head and buried it into the warm thing I was using as a pillow. I heard a small laugh and felt the cold thing press into the back of my neck. With a small growl, I turned my head and cracked open an eye to give whatever it was a glare for waking me up. Winter's green eyes stared into my own with amusement resonating from our bond. I frowned darkly at him and he snorted before bumping his nose against my cheek. I understood the message immediately and tried to get up only to find a pair of arms around my waist preventing me from doing so. I twisted slightly and found myself staring at a sleeping Tyki causing me to blush darkly. A low laugh caused my head to whip around to find the source only for my blush to deepen. Mana chuckled again making me scowl at him before I slowly got out of my comfortable place. Once I was out of Tyki's embrace, I was wrapped in a hug by my quietly chuckling Uncle, "An interesting position since we had left you with Allen."

I returned the hug with a bit of force while murmuring, "I woke up last night and felt the need to leave."

"Why?" He asked while his eyes darkened, "Who is the threat?"

"Voldemort has spy's within the castle," I answer softly while knowing he will tell the others, "I can't let him find out about our connection until it's too late,"

"Little One," He murmured softly with warmth lighting his eyes, "You worry for us,"

"Of course I do," I growled before backing up slightly, "Mana I just got you all back..."

He sighed and let me go with a small frown, "I know," He placed his hand on my head and smiled warmly at me, "I guess we'll have to put on a little play while in front of the masses."

"Like old times," I smiled up at him before looking at the slowly rising sun, "I should get going. People'll start getting up soon,"

He waved me away, "Go on then. We'll see you at breakfast."

I grinned at him before leaving the room. It took a moment to realize where I was and how to get to the Tower. Once I did, it was easy to make my way towards the Lion's Den. Winter moved at my side as we ghosted through the halls and kept the paintings from seeing us. It was harder than hell to avoid Peeves when he suddenly came through a door I was about to pass. I barely got up a small misdirection illusion before the poltergeist looked my way. It was a tense few seconds before he darted off making me wonder why he was quiet. It was well known throughout the castle that Peeves was always crackling like a madman making me wonder for a few seconds as to why. I shook my head before continuing on my way since it didn't actually need my attention.

~Line~Break~

I walked down the stairs to the Great Hall with a stony faced Hermione and an oddly unattached Luna. A small tendril of hurt wove its way through me, but I pushed it down. I should have expected it, but I hadn't. Had I been too focused on myself to think of how they should react in that situation? Or had I overestimated their ability to understand the information? I took a deep breath and tried to center myself when Luna wrapped her arms around my waist. I stopped walking and turned my head to stare at her in shock. She smiled up at me and asked, "Remember the promise you made me?"

I frowned before the memory of last year hit me...

Memory

"Luna?" I stared at the normally dreamy blonde, "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing," She looked away from me prompting me to frown, "The nargles are just swarming me-"

I cut her off as I swung her around to face me. She had tears streaming down her face and a crumpled letter held between two hands. I took the letter from her as I asked, "Fea child what's wrong?"

She shook her head and waved a hand at the letter. I scanned it and felt anger coil itself like a snake around my core. I took a deep breath to keep myself calm as I wrapped my arms around her. She froze before hugging me hard. Tears made my shirt damp as sobs shook her small body. I maneuvered us into a sitting position as I tried to comfort her. Of all the things he could do, he had to do the thing that has the potential to shatter her just because he can't bare to look at her. A growl left me causing her to whimper. I took a deep breath again as she murmured, "Why did he do that? Why did Daddy do that?"

"Some people can't handle the loss of their loved ones," I murmured with no small amount of bitterness at the fact, "They are driven to the edge from their grief and will do anything to be close to their lost ones. Some will shove themselves into research to find a way to bring their loved one back, some will go to places that their loved one loved so much and kill themselves, some will try to push what they saw in their loved ones on their children, and some too will abandon everything that had to do with their loved one," Luna whimpers and sobs were like daggers to my heart, "I know not which your father was in the beginning, but now he has graduated to the last one. He is lost in his pain little one," I brought her head up to stare into her tear filled eyes, "We can do nothing for him now," She sobbed harder and attempted to bury herself in my side, but I held her back, "Fea child listen to me and listen good,"

She pushed away from me violently and glared at me as she whispered, "Why?"

The one word was filled with a brokenness that made me want to kill her father. I mentally growled and said, "Because you aren't alone in this fucking world," She stared at me as her magic rose to the surface, "You need to listen to me because I care about you."

"So what?" She bit out, "You'll just leave me too-"

"No I won't," I felt numb at hearing her say that, "Luna I am not your father," Her magic slowly fell back at her shock, "I can't leave you or did you forget what I went through to get you a place inside of my family," Anger left her as tears gathered in her eyes, "I know it fucking hurts, but I won't leave you. Stop pushing me away,"

She fell to her knees and I followed as I wrapped my arms around her, "I...I..."

"Hush Fea Child...Luna," I buried my face in her hair, "I know it hurts, I know it won't go away," I don't know where the words were coming from, "But you have me. You'll always have me. I promise on my life and magic that you'll always have me as your sister, friend, and anything you need me to be. I will be there,"

End of memory

I felt a tension that had been inside of me release as the memory played before I hugged Luna close, "Yeah I remember."

She smiled and nuzzled my side, "Sisters always."

"Sisters always," I repeat before looking at a stone faced Hermione.

She was staring at us as emotions ran through her eyes. Something seemed to float around us making my head hurt. It was intense and filled the air much like the dense amount of magic inside the room of requirement, yet it wasn't magic. It felt baser, stronger, wilder, personal. I frowned and tried to figure out what it was, but failed to do so as Hermione just walked past us. A sting of hurt struck me as I watched my second oldest friend here walk away. My throat felt like I was being choked by an Akuma again. Luna's fingers curled around my hand as she moved back and began to tug me towards the Great Hall, "Hermione will come around. The mist just needs to get used to the idea and see the light instead of the darkness."

A familiar saying popped into my head prompting me to murmur, "Every friendship is tested at various points. No friendship is left untested. Some will end in the fire of those tests, but others will rise like a sword. Straight, true, sharp, and ready to cut through all adversaries."

Luna blinked at me before smiling softly as she murmured, "The nargles tell me that we will be finding that true for all our friends."

My mouth felt dry, but I nodded as we approached the open doors. I straightened my shoulders and allowed myself to walk with confidence that I didn't truly feel. I spoke softly as Winter brushed against my leg, "Whatever happens, we'll be better for it. We may lose some of our friends, but we must cherish what we had before."

Winter growled comfortingly and I took a deep breath. We entered the hall and I felt eyes on me as I moved with Luna towards the Badgers table. Susan and Hannah stared at us as we approached before smiling. We sat down next to Susan and she murmured, "While it's a mindfuck, we've dealt with shit like this before. We're with you."

"Yup," Hannah smiled a soft smile, "While it's going to take some getting used to, it does explain a lot of shit,"

I smiled at the two as relief crashed over me. We began to eat our breakfast. As it passed, Neville and Blaise walked to sit with Hermione at the Lions table. Ginny walked over with Draco and sat down on Hannah's side of the table. The twins ignored us completely and focused on Hermione. Tracy and Daphne sat down with me. Tension seemed to fill the hall making me want to roll my eyes, but I didn't. It hurt like a bitch to see that I may be losing five friends. Five friends that knew everything about me and that I would do anything to protect. It hurt almost as much as Lenalee and the other believing the lies about me being a Noah even if they were later proven. The group around me was chattering only to fall silent as a shadow fell over me. I turned and bit back a smile at seeing Allen. I heard a few gasps, but ignored them as I said, "Good morning is there anything I can do for you?"

"My family wishes to meet the Girl-Who-Lived," I held back a scowl at the name, "My name is Allen Walker,"

"Frost Potter," I inclined my head lightly to him, "It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Walker,"

He held out a hand to me and I took it, "I do hope we can talk later."

"Of course," I agreed easily, "It will be a pleasure to meet with you again. Perhaps during one of my breaks?"

"That is acceptable," The politeness almost made me gag, "Until then,"

"Until then," I repeated and watched him walk away.

I turned back to my breakfast as I ignored the silent Great Hall. Whispers broke out almost immediately prompting me to roll my eyes. Daphne spoke under her breath as she raised a cup to her lips, "Isn't he your brother?"

"Yeah," I replied with a slight smirk.

"He's polite and knows how to act," She replied after taking a drink.

"We were in the circus back then," I shrugged lightly as I grabbed an apple and munched on it, "Even after that, we had to act to survive. Mana wasn't always with us and after he died, well it was tough,"

Daphne frowned as Tracy asked, "Whatcha mean?"

I shook my head and put my full attention on my food. Some parts of the past need to be left alone for now.

~Line~Break~

I stared up at the sky as Hagrid taught his students about some type of wood sprite. It was one of the boring lessons he had to do and he didn't need my help at all. I blink as a bottle was held over my head. I turned my head to see Allen standing there causing me to sit up and ask, "What's up?"

"Want to go down by the lake?" He asked causing me to nod.

I turned towards the lesson and shouted, "Hagrid! Mind if I go do something?"

"Sure," He agreed while eyeing Allen with suspicion, "Jus' be careful,"

"I will," I jump down from my perch on the product fence and gave my brother a smirk, "Shall we?"

He nodded and we headed towards the lake. He handed me the bottle that he had while saying, "The castle is very odd."

"True," I cracked open the bottle and let out a sigh at the sweetness of it, "Damn where'd you get this?"

He let out a small laugh, "I knew you'd like it."

"Of course since it's sweet, but you didn't answer my question," I rolled my eyes as we walked under some trees.

"I got it from the Ark," He answered causing me to pause and stare at him in shock.

"The Ark? Here?" I asked while a sense of excitement filled me, "Can we-"

"Dad said we have to use it sparingly while at Hogwarts," Allen looked at me apologetically, "Sorry 'Arise,"

I let out a low groan, "Damn," I then looked at him curiously, "Why?"

"Dad doesn't like Dumbledore," I snorted softly causing Allen to ask, "Why'd you snort?"

"Anyone who likes that color blind fool is an idiot," Allen snickered softly, "Let me take a guess and say that he owed him a favor?"

"Yeah," He nodded as we returned to our walk, "Dumbledore helped dad out a while back and has kept that favor ever since,"

"Damn no wonder he doesn't like 'im," I took another dreg of the drink, "So what's up?"

"Nothing," I rolled my eyes at the answer, "It's a beautiful day,"

"Little Star please tell me what's bothering you," I turned towards him, "I love spending time with you and this drink is amazing, but what's bothering you?"

He sighed as we reached the lake and sat down on one of the large flat rocks that jutted out of the earth. I leaned back as he murmured, "It feels weird having you back."

"It feels weird being back," I reply causing him to snort.

"Not just that though," He stared out at the lake with his arms around his legs and his head propped up on his knees, "I...I hate that you went through what you did because of Dumbledore. It pisses me off that you had to go through all of that,"

"But I'm stronger because of it," I say while setting my drink down.

"Yeah, but it still hurts to know that I wasn't able to protect you-" I cut him off as I raised my hand and sighed.

"Allen you won't always be able to protect me and I won't always be able to protect you," I remind him, "It's a fact of life that everyone must live with. Just because we can reincarnate and shit doesn't mean that we're above that," I leaned back and dragged him with me, "Remember when Cross sent me away to join the order?"

"Yeah," He frowned at the sky, "It was horrible,"

"Did you think I would get hurt?" I asked him.

"Yeah, but that's because it was part of the job description," He reminded me.

"True," I turned my gaze towards the sky, "I was scared for you ya know,"

"Really?" He asked softly making me nod.

"Yeah it scared the hell outta me that you were alone with that jackass," I watched a leaf float through the air, "I was scared that the next time I saw ya, you would be someone you weren't...that I woulda lost the dearthair beag that I had come ta care for,"

"Dearthair beag?" He sounded out the word in confusion.

"It means little brother," I frowned slightly, "You don't remember much of the language I taught you?"

"After awhile," He murmured softly, "Languages that I don't use much fade out,"

"I guess you would be using Gaelic much without me being there," I murmured morosely as part of me mourned over the loss.

"But that'll change now," He said in a bright voice making me smile softly.

"Yeah," I turned my head towards him, "Feeling better now?"

"Yeah," He smiled at me making warmth bloom in my chest, "I missed this ya know,"

"Us laying about like this?" I asked making him nod.

"Yeah it's one of the things I missed most after..." He trailed off prompting me to hum softly in acknowledgement.

I closed my eyes and turned my face towards the sky. A delicious type of warmth curled about me as the sun glowed overhead. I spoke softly after a while of listening to the water of the lake brushing against the rocks around us, "Well we'll just have to do this more often to make up for lost time."

"Yeah," He was silent for a time before asking, "Is it really that dangerous here?"

"Little star you of all people shouldn't be asking that question," I replied causing him to laugh, "But yeah it's really dangerous...it's kinda like..." I tried to figure out how to explain it, "Like back before the Exorcists and Noah became friends..." I trailed off before asking, "How the hell did that happen?"

"It took a few lives, but eventually we came together," I opened an eye and looked at him, "I guess it's because we were trying to cope with the fact you never reincarnated with us and the fact that the Noah gave up their ability to create Akuma for them to reincarnate,"

I hummed at the thought before shrugging, "Odder things happen."

"How come you don't call me a gaelic name?" I opened my eyes fully in surprise.

"Why?" It was something a question I never thought I'd hear.

"How come you don't call me a gaelic name?" He repeated with a frown, "You call Tyki Chat and Joido Diabhal Chat,"

I blink before trying to think of a reason and came up with nothing, so I shrugged, "Never thought ta give ya one. Do ya want one?"

"Kinda," He was blushing slightly making me chuckle.

"Fine," I puzzled over what to call him before deciding, "Realta,"

"Realta?" Allen murmured the word softly, "What does it mean?"

"It means star or light," I answer causing him to blush again, "You are both as you shine brightly among the darkness and you brighten up my day each time I see you,"

"'Arise!" I giggled softly as I reached over and wrapped him in a hug.

"I've forgotten how much fun it is to tease you," He leaned into me with a small sigh, "I missed you Realta,"

"I missed you too 'Arise," He murmured as he hugged me close.

We sat like that for a while before I sighed and let go, "Well it's time I head back."

"What?" He whined, "You can't leave yet,"

"I need ta head back before Hagrid gets suspicious," I shuddered at the thought.

Allen grimaced as he realized what I was getting at and nodded as he stood up, "Fine."

I followed him and grabbed my drink before we headed back. I finished it and gave him the bottle before putting my hands behind my head as I slouched slightly, "Damn this sucks."

"What do you mean?" He asked while tossing the bottle into the air before catching it.

"It sucks that I can't spend time with you all like I want to," I groan softly, "And I can't use my magic yet either,"

"Really?" He looked at me in concern.

"My dark matter is still settling in," I explain making him nod in realization.

"Oh so that's why you have attempted to transform back into your Noah form," I nodded to him.

"Or tried to do more than transform my senses into those of my animagus form," He stopped and looked at me.

"You're an animagus?" He asked prompting me to nod, "What animal?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out," I grinned at him making him groan.

"You're going to prank us when you decide to reveal it aren't you?" He asked making my grin widen, "I'm going to regret asking aren't I?"

"Nah," I waved a hand at him, "I'm going to target Lavi and the others rather than you,"

"Good," He smiled a jagged smile, "They deserve it for what they did to you,"

I rolled my eyes at his black side before yawning, "It'll be a while before I do it though."

"Take as long as you like," He then asked, "So what happened at breakfast this morning?"

"Whatcha mean?" I looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Five of the group you sat with at dinner seemed to distance itself from you," He answered gaining a sigh from me.

A wave of hurt filled me and I let it sit there as I spoke tiredly, "They were curious as to how I knew you all...I gave them a way to find out."

"And they're reacting negatively," He finished for me and gave me an apologetic look, "Sorry if-"

"Don't be Allen," I glared at him, "Do not regret finding me," I looked at the sky with a small sigh, "It was bound to happen anyway,"

"What do you mean?" He asked.

In response, I exhaled deeply and settled into explaining, "Those five don't have the closest ties to me. Sure Hermione has been one of my best friends, but she came from a non-magical background. She's been a steadfast friend, but at times she just doesn't understand like she would've had she been raised in a magical environment. The others come from a magical background, but each has a reason to act like they do. The twins follow the one they love even if they don't want to. She's their other half and due to all of us being animagus, they can't seperate themselves from their mate-"

"So being an animagus gives you animal instincts?" Allen asked gaining a nod from me, "Are they magical?"

"No, but the animals that they are, are the kind that mate for life," I stress making him wince, "Anyway, Neville and Blaise are in a whole 'nother situation. Neville is a peaceful soul that hates violence even if he will fight to protect those he loves. Because of that, he is wary to approach those that he deems may cause harm to those he loves. Blaise will stick close to Neville because he doesn't want ta lose him like he's losing his mother,"

"Losing his mother?" I wanted to kick myself for saying that.

"I can't tell you the story since it's Blaise's to tell," Allen nodded in understanding, "Because of Neville's background, he'll be wary of the Noah since the amount of violence we seem to create," Allen chuckled sheepishly causing me to file that away into the back of my mind for later perusal, "Anyway that's all there is to it. Neville and the others will come back back, but it's Hermione I'm worried about,"

"You don't know if she'll come back," He supplied.

"Yeah," I stared at the sky, "I can't do anything to influence the situation. I have to wait it out and see what happens,"

"It hurts," He murmured softly.

"Yeah, but in the end we'll all be better for it," I continued walking.

Allen followed while asking, "Why don't they have the closest ties to you?"

"It's hard to explain, but the thing about those five is that..." I trailed off as I tried to figure out how to explain it, "It's kinda like how you were with the order in the beginning,"

"A lack of trust?" He asked.

"Somewhat," I ran a hand through my hair, "The trust is there, but it hasn't cemented it yet. With Hermione, the trust is cemented, but there are cracks throughout it,"

"Only a major event will cause it to cement then," He murmured softly, "Like with Kanda and I,"

"Yup," I closed my eyes for a moment before hearing Hagrid yell goodbye to his class, "Well back to the monotony of being an assistant teacher,"

Allen snorted before stopping. I walked a few more steps before turning towards him with a raised eyebrow. He smiled at me and said, "We'll talk later alright."

"Of course," I grinned at him, "See ya then,"

"Try not to kill anyway," He said as he walked away.

"It'll be hard since the next batch are a bunch of spoiled little bratty third years," He let out a laugh and I rolled my eyes as I returned to walking back to Hagrid's hut.

End of chapter.